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Travel tech hub set to launch in Cape Town
By Tom Jackson on April 1, 2016 Hubs, Southern Africa
The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) is to launch an innovation cluster and hub in Cape Town to foster and promote development in travel technology.
CiTi said the launch was a follow-on to the success of its fintech hub launched last year, which has attracted entrepreneurs and multinationals to locate and invest in the Western Cape financial innovation sector.
The hub – which will be officially unveiled at a launch event at the Bandwidth Barn on April 21 – will focus on creating linkages between developers, entrepreneurs, innovators and business.
CiTi will use its small business support and acceleration programmes to stimulate startups, while its skills development initiatives will aim to ensure a steady pipeline of ICT talent. It will provide a physical space for startups, entrepreneurs and developers to establish and support travel tech solutions commercially in the Western Cape and South Africa.
“We believe that travel technology has enormous transformative potential and that the creation of a travel tech cluster to stimulate development and investment will benefit not only Cape Town but the entire country,” said Ian Merrington, chief executive officer (CEO) of CiTi.
“We have already seen significant investment into this sector over the last few months and further structured acceleration could see that increase exponentially. The purpose of our innovation clusters is to actively identify, support and stimulate innovation and growth in key sectors that will benefit the greater ecosystem.”
Western Cape parliamentary whip and chair of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Tourism and Agriculture Beverley Schäfer said the tourism sector was a priority job creation area for the Western Cape and a vehicle for sustainable economic growth.
“A travel tech innovation cluster gives us the opportunity to use our regional innovation leadership and competency to further accelerate the growth of business involved in travel and tourism,” she said.
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Posts Tagged crisis pregnancy centers
By Amanda R. Matos • 1 year ago
Trump Admin Sending Immigrant Teens to Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Pregnant immigrant minors are being sent to anti-abortion clinics, commonly known as crisis pregnancy centers, despite a federal judge ordering that Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) stop blocking minors in government custody from accessing full reproductive health services.
Pregnant immigrant minors are being sent to anti-abortion clinics, commonly known as crisis pregnancy centers, despite a federal judge ordering that Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) stop blocking minors in ...
By Maya Dusenbery • 3 years ago
Anti-choicers Use Surveillance Tech to Target Ads to Women Visiting Abortion Clinics
What do you get when today’s surveillance culture is combined with the anti-choice movement’s shameless ends-justify-the-means attitude? A mobile advertising company teaming up with crisis pregnancy centers to track the phones of women entering abortion clinics and send them deceptive anti-choice propaganda.
What do you get when today’s surveillance culture is combined with the anti-choice movement’s shameless ends-justify-the-means attitude? A mobile advertising company teaming up with crisis pregnancy centers to track the phones of women entering abortion clinics and send them deceptive anti-choice ...
By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 3 years ago
Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet
In 1996, Bill Clinton signed a bill that set the stage for the mass deportation machine that is our immigration system today. Today, a coalition of immigrant rights groups are calling on Congress to restore due process for immigrants and end local police and ICE collaboration.
In 1996, Bill Clinton signed a bill that set the stage for the mass deportation machine that is our immigration system today. Today, a coalition of immigrant rights groups are calling on Congress ...
Doctors who began providing abortions before Roe v. Wade tell their stories
At New York Magazine, seven doctors who began providing abortions before or shortly after Roe v. Wade reflect on what it was like in those early days, and how anti-choice violence and legislation has affected them in the decades since.
At New York Magazine, seven doctors who began providing abortions before or shortly after Roe v. Wade reflect on what it was like in those early days, and how anti-choice violence and legislation has affected them in ...
By Alexandra Brodsky • 4 years ago
Say Her Name.
Why do “you people” care so much about crisis pregnancy centers?
CPCs: We’re protecting women as “an adult tells a child not to to touch a hot stove.”
Over the course of the three days of the conference, I chatted with a few dozen pregnancy center workers. Multiple women told me it was their job to protect women from abortion as “an adult tells a child not to touch a hot stove.”
Over the course of the three days of the conference, I chatted with a few dozen pregnancy center workers. Multiple women told me it was their job to protect women from abortion as “an adult tells a ...
By Verónica Bayetti Flores • 4 years ago
Texas crisis pregnancy centers exposed
If you follow Feministing, you probably know about crisis pregnancy centers. We’ve written on numerous occasions about these facilities run by anti-choicers that usually disguise themselves as health care facilities but serve the purpose of preventing folks facing unintended or unwanted pregnancies from accessing abortion services. Their coded language can be hard to distinguish even for those of us who’ve spent time on campaigns to increase access to reproductive health care, and for most people they can be impossible to tell apart from actual health care facilities. Because of this, NARAL Pro-Choice Texas just released a new site exposing crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) in the state.
If you follow Feministing, you probably know about crisis pregnancy centers. We’ve written on numerous occasions about these facilities run by anti-choicers that usually disguise themselves as health care facilities but ...
Why is the Obama administration still funding anti-gay, anti-choice conservative religious groups?
Over at The Nation, Andy Kopsa has a damning long-read about how the Obama administration is still funding anti-gay, anti-choice conservative religious groups–despite the President’s promises that, under his watch, tax payer money wouldn’t go towards groups that discriminate, proselytize, or are just plain ineffective.
Over at The Nation, Andy Kopsa has a damning long-read about how the Obama administration is still funding anti-gay, anti-choice conservative religious groups–despite the President’s promises that, under his watch, tax payer money wouldn’t ...
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Bouvet Ladubay, Loire
Bouvet Ladubay
Founded by Etienne Bouvet in 1851, Bouvet Ladubay is the second oldest bubble house in Saumur. In 1890, it became the largest French producer of wines elaborated with the traditional method.
For Bouvet Ladubay, wine is an art that must be practiced wisely, combining tradition, experience and technology, to create fine wines of quality.
Since the early 1980s, Bouvet has tied the promotion of his image to sports and the arts. The development of public relations as a pillar of its activities led to the creation of the Contemporary Art Center. The Petit Theatre, built by Etienne Bouvet at the end of the last century and renovated in 1992, offers a setting in which the Center d'Art staged its own program of concerts, conferences, film screenings and fashion shows .
In 2008, Patrice Monmousseau built "Bouvet Ladubay Full Metal", a new production unit of 14,000 m2 composed of 1000 tons of metal. It takes advantage of all the innovations and technological advances, thus ensuring to Bouvet Ladubay the quality and the reputation of his House.
With his daughter Juliette Monmousseau, general manager of the house, Patrice Monmousseau founded the investment holding company Ogmius Capital, in which West Growth Investment Company, CM CIC Investissement and Unigrains participated. In 2015, with the collaboration of these new partners, the Monmousseau family bought 100% of the shares of Bouvet Ladubay and thus regained its independence.
Bouvet Brut Rosé Excellence
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Location: FINRA Manual > Notices > 2005 > 05-72 SEC Approves Amendments to NASD Rule 3150, Regarding Reporting Requirements for Clearing Firms, and NASD Rule 3230, Regarding Requirements for Clearing Agreements
Reporting Requirements for "Piggybacking" Arrangements
Senior Management Clearing Agreements
"Piggybacking" Arrangements
Rule 3150
On August 26, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to NASD Rule 3150, regarding reporting requirements for clearing firms, and NASD Rule 3230, regarding requirements for clearing agreements.1 The new rule text is contained in Attachment A and is effective on February 20, 2006.
Questions concerning this Notice may be directed to George Walz, Vice President and Director, National Examination Program, Department of Member Regulation, at (202) 728-8462; or Shirley H. Weiss, Associate General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Regulatory Policy and Oversight, at (202) 728-8844.
By way of background, some introducing firms choose not to contract for clearing services directly with a clearing firm. The reasons vary. For example, the firm may not do sufficient business to satisfy clearing firm financial and other requirements to support a separate clearing agreement. In such cases, the firm may contract for clearing services with an introducing, or "intermediary" firm that, in turn, contracts directly with a clearing firm for clearing services. Firms that contract for clearing services with an intermediary firm are often referred to as "piggybacking" firms, or "piggybackers."
Under this arrangement, only the intermediary firm has a contractual arrangement with the clearing firm, which clears for both the intermediary firm and the intermediary firm's piggybacking firm(s). Under current practice, the intermediary firm may assign account numbers to the piggybacker's accounts (both proprietary and customer accounts) that do not identify them to the clearing firm as belonging to a piggybacking firm. For example, the intermediary firm may assign account numbers that identify these accounts as branch offices of the intermediary firm.
Although these piggybacking arrangements may satisfy the business needs of the parties—the clearing firm, the intermediary firm, and the piggybacking firm—they may impede NASD regulatory programs and may cause problems for the clearing firm. For example, under Rule 3150, clearing firms are required to report certain data to NASD for purposes of the surveillance component of its National Examination Program (NEP). In fulfilling its reporting obligation under Rule 3150, a clearing firm whose clients include intermediary firms that have contracted with piggybackers may be reporting the combined data of the intermediary firm and its piggybackers as only belonging to the intermediary firm. In such cases, NASD staff is not able to distinguish between data belonging to the intermediary firm and data belonging to the piggybacking firm(s) for purposes of conducting surveillance.
In addition, this inability to separate the piggybacking firm data can, and already has, become a serious issue if an intermediary firm goes into SIPC (Securities Investor Protection Corporation) liquidation. If the data from the intermediary and piggybacking firms are not distinguishable, the clearing firm will be unable to facilitate the orderly transfer of accounts without doing time-intensive research and creating a special program to separate accounts belonging to the intermediary firm and its piggybacker(s).
To resolve these issues, NASD has adopted amendments to Rule 3150 (governing reporting requirements for clearing firms) and Rule 3230 (governing clearing agreements) that would permit regulators and clearing firms to distinguish between data belonging to an intermediary firm and data belonging to its piggybacker(s).
NASD Rule 3150. The amendments to Rule 3150 require clearing firms to report data to NASD about each piggybacking firm separately from the intermediary firm's data. These requirements will apply to the data pertaining to the proprietary and customer accounts of piggybacking firms only if the piggybacking relationship with the intermediary firm was established on or after February 20, 2006.
NASD Rule 3230. The amendments to Rule 3230 require intermediary firms to maintain data in such a way as to enable NASD and the clearing firm to be able to identify the data pertaining to the proprietary and customer accounts of the intermediary firm and the data pertaining to the proprietary and customer accounts of any piggybacking firm. These amendments will enable NASD staff to surveil data reported by piggybacking firms as part of NASD's NEP Surveillance program and facilitate any future SIPC liquidations. These requirements will apply to the data belonging to the proprietary and customer accounts of any piggybacking firm only if the piggybacking relationship was established on or after February 20, 2006.
1 Exchange Act Rel. No. 52352 (Aug. 26, 2005), 70 FR 52460 (Sept. 2, 2005) (SR-NASD-2005-058).
3150. Reporting Requirements for Clearing Firms
(b) Each member that is a clearing firm is required to report prescribed data to NASD under this Rule in such a manner as to enable NASD to distinguish between data pertaining to all proprietary and customer accounts of an introducing member and data pertaining to all proprietary and customer accounts of any member for which the introducing member is acting as an intermediary in obtaining clearing services from a clearing firm. The reporting requirements of this paragraph (b) shall apply to the proprietary and customer accounts of members that have established an intermediary clearing arrangement with an introducing member on or after February 20, 2006.
[(b)](c) Pursuant to the Rule 9600 Series, NASD may in exceptional and unusual circumstances, taking into consideration all relevant factors, exempt a member or class of members unconditionally or on specified terms from any or all of the provisions of this Rule that it deems appropriate.
3230. Clearing Agreements
(a) through (g) No change.
(h) All clearing agreements shall require each introducing member to maintain its proprietary and customer accounts and the proprietary and customer accounts of any member for which it is acting as an intermediary in obtaining clearing services from the clearing firm in such a manner as to enable the clearing firm and NASD to identify data belonging to the proprietary and customer accounts of each member. The requirements of this paragraph (h) shall apply to intermediary clearing arrangements between a member and an introducing member that are established on or after February 20, 2006.
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Samsung XCover 4
Home » Samsung XCover 4
When working in an outdoorsy environment with extreme conditions, you probably wouldn’t want to use a brand-new Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge or an iPhone 7. You’re more likely to look for a mobile that could withstand almost anything, a phone that will allow you to keep up-to-date with the latest gossip on your social media feeds, a device that you can still use to browse the internet with and yes of course, make phone calls and send text messages with.
Well, good news, Samsung have recently announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) that they’re bringing out a predecessor to the oh so reliable XCover 3. The new XCover 4 is a rugged Nougat-powered smartphone that’s ideal for people working in the conditions mentioned above.
Aiming at business users, the Galaxy XCover 4 comes with Samsung Knox 2.7 preinstalled, which Samsung claims “provides defence-grade security from the moment the smartphone is turned on”. The XCover 4 is fully water and dust resistant and comes with MIL-STD 810G certification, which means it’s designed to withstand extreme temperatures, mechanical shocks and vibrations and intense solar radiation. There’s also a built-in “Glove Touch” mode, for using the handset while, you know, wearing gloves.
The Samsung Galaxy XCover 4 will be available across Europe next month, but no pricing details have yet been announced.
The Specs.
Overall this smartphone has a much slimmer chassis, if you compare it to the rather chunky XCover 3, it also packs a 5 inch HD TFT display, which is different from Samsung’s’ go-to flagship device high-res AMOLED screens. The XCover 4 also packs a 1.4GHz quad-core processor which is backed up by 2GB RAM, you will also find a 2,800mAh battery and 16GB of built-in storage, don’t worry though, you can expand that to 256GB as it has a microSD card slot. You’ll also find a 13MP main camera, a 5MP front-facing camera with flash, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC and a standard microUSB charging port.
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I know they do..that's why it's fun.
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BeepBoop said: ↑
The battery for the pickups in my old ESP-LTD EC-1000 finally started dying the other day .
Now I'm like... why didn't I get an Ibanez? I have the cheapest versioon of the ESP LTD Kirk Hammett guitar too and it's way older and its battery powered pickups are still working... but man - I tried restringing it the other day and haven't touched it in years and good god, f--- THE FLOYD ROSE BRIDGE. It's f---ing ridiculous. I mean it's a genius invention that lets you go f---ing bananas with a whammy bar without going out of tune, but when you break one string and it all goes to s---. I broke 2 9's on the E string trying to get this thing restrung, the clamp thing just doesn't have the ability to grasp it anymore it just. It's just a nightmare dealing with that thing
LOL good old Floyd Rose. When everyone wanted to be Eddie Van Halen. Those things were almost a necessity if you were a shredder in the 80's. Hated those bridges. Such a f---ing pain in the *** for so many reasons. I currently have a PRS with a stock bridge that I can't use the whammy bar in... it just falls out lol.
ya im over the floyd thing, looks kool,
turns into a pain, gimme a good ol wrap around and be done with it
i never used the whammy much anyway for what i like playing
kickboxing, Feb 7, 2018
I got the hammett guitar cus I just was in love with metallica growing up in the 90s. What really sealed the deal on it for me though was I heard Joe Satriani do that pinch harmonic rising scream scream in between the pickups I was like "THIS IS MY s---! I AM GONNA DO THIS!". It is a pretty cool sound to be able to make, but its not worth dealing with the floyd rose bridge. It takes me like a f---ing hour to restring one and i'm having an anxiety attack about it the entire time and i'm sweating out of my entire body and I just f---ing HATE IT. lol its so horrible ugh. The EC-1000 is the most expensive guitar I have tho. It cost like 900ish brand new. It's just a solid guitar. I almost wanted to get something like and explorer or a flying V or something rediculous and I had this dream of having an eventual collection of ever increasing expensive guitars, ending with the Steve Vai EVO. But the Floyd Rose ruined that.... and my experience playing in bands in college was horrible as well. Every guy in the band is trying to bang me and I'm like the only person that can play at an advanced level and I'm "teaching" the bassist sort of scenarios, over and over and over.
Then what finally killed my passion for music was I met these two GAY guys, one twink and one bear, who were banging each other and wanted to form a band and they wanted a chick in thee band because they were having issues with straight guy guitar players or something idk, dumb insecure guy s--- ya know. And we wrote a entire alt rock album played the local scene and recorded a demo of it and ordered like 1000 copies of it and would sell em for 5 bucks at shows, and one night after a show this local music reporter for some bulls--- magazine came up to us and wanted to interview us about our "sound". Needless to say, this was not a time when the guitar solo was "in". And there was ONE song where I allowed myself to just go f---ing wild and I carefully wrote a "tasteful" solo that was very fast, yes it was shredding basically, but it was hitting the right notes in the right places not just going to town on the guitar, ya know? And this magazine guy looked at me and was like "Sweetie, the 80's are over. If you want to make it as a band in this "scene" you need to drop that shredding bulls---. No solos, period.(this was like, during Indie Rock was popular) so the shittier you sounded the more succesful you were basically. And I told this guy to f--- off and get lost and he left, and apparently he had a lot of pull with getting bands good gigs in basically the whole state and those 2 gay assholes who I thought were my friends kicked me out of the band.
It broke my heart. That I had actually had good players in a band and they were cool people and we were playing regular hour long gigs in the bars around the city and stuff. In my mind, this was like my one shot at "making it". So I actually tried to OD on pills and booze after that and woke up covered in my own vomit. It crushed me... was in and out of the mental health system for years after. Just like 3 or 4 years of crushing depression. I still don't really forgive those 2 for doing that, but I no longer feel the urge to kill either of them like, I tried to get my weed dealer to rob their house and s---, I got DARK, like off the deep end. But I'm okay now, and thats my music story!
f---ing floyd rose.... f---ing bands. Now I just play whatever I want for my own entertainment and that's it.
f---ing Floyd Rose.
But to be honest, I think the magazine guy was right and they made the right call by taking the guitar solo out of the song.
Lol. Is that a joke or sarcasm? Damn man. The solo wasn't the problem, it was that they wanted connections with this guy, didn't tell me about that part before he started insulting me to my face of course. ASsholes!
LOL just a joke. From your description of the band, this just popped into my head.
BeepBoop likes this.
Cool clip of 2 guitar legends. Also, Les Paul is a funny guy. @5:00 he does a little comedy act lol
maggotbrain and BeepBoop like this.
I don't think I've ever bothered to use a whammy bar in 20 years of playing guitar....
Yeah, I played an LP for years that had a whammy bar but it was just so wrong. And the one in my PRS just falls out whenever I try to use it. There is nothing to lock it in place. It just kinda sits there. So I too have never been a whammy guy. But Satch does get some crazy screams out of it. A few posts up me and Beep Boop were talking about Floyd Rose bridges and how much we hate them. That's what you really need if you want to be crazy whammy guy.
I have had a few..I just add 2 extra springs to make it solid and ditch that stupid bar. Still vastly prefer the LP bridge style.
On the LP was it a Bigsby?
No it was a stock LP bridge. It is very much like this one... not sure what the model of it is.
Another quality move by Gibson. Releasing a 'modern' Flying V.................... for only $4,499. $4,499! They deserve to go away now. Let the new guys take over the industry.
Oddly, I don't think it looks that bad even if it is a Star Trek rip off. The price is absurd though. Other than a redesign, it's just a standard V spec-wise. But 4x the price.
Went to the G3 Tour last night. Satriani, Petrucci, and Phil Collen. Good stuff. Satch is sooooo f'ing good. As good as Petrucci is, Satch blows him off the stage. He is such a seasoned solo performer and can carry a solo song so much better than just about anyone. Phil Collen just sounded like he was trying to keep up with the 2 of them all night lol. He did bring a fantastic singer from his band Delta Deep though.
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Just saw this clip for the first time ever. It had me LOLing! So ridiculous...
cmvideo75, Apr 5, 2018
cmvideo75, Apr 25, 2018
Jason Becker still writing music. Amazing. Here is a cool track from his new album with 13 different guitarists playing parts in the song...
cmvideo75, Dec 11, 2018
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There are many great players, but Satch and Vai live in a different world. I am thrilled to have seen both live.
MysterLynch, Dec 14, 2018
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Looks so easy when he does it lol
when it looks real easy , its NOT
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What I don't like about Halo 2
Started By Syracuse022, Oct 20 2006 10:25 AM
Room's starting to spin... 'cuz of gayness...
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I just read the Gears of War EGM article and CliffyB has a very interesting quote. Sorry, but I'm going to butcher it, because I don't have the magazine in front of me. The gist of it is: Lots of shooters have great stories, pretty graphics, awesome weapons, or revolutionary features. The key seems to be nailing the feel. Halo really got that right. Those of you who can find the magazine ought to check out the exact quote, because what I said is really nothing like it. It immediately hit me, though, that his ideas are at the core of why Halo 2 irritates me so much. In Halo 1, when I fire the assault rifle, the rattle of the vibration and the sound of the gun make me feel like I'm really firing a slightly inaccurate automatic weapon. The pistol really feels like it's recoiling in my hand because of the force feedback, and grenades explode in ways that impact enemies, vehicles, and the environment. Punches feel solid, and if I'm aiming at part of someone's body and am close enough, it hits them. It "feels" right. In Halo 2, they once again nailed the force feedback and sound aspects of the weapons. The BR and the SMG feel and sound like I imagine they should, which makes them satisfying to use. The problem that really destroys the "feel", then, is the fact that bullets disappear after a certain distance, making the rifle in my hands seem almost useless- I'm zoomed in, I see the target, but I can't hit him? By the same token, a grenade that explodes and doesn't even move the Warthog it was directly beneath just "feels" silly. It's very frustrating, especially since they nailed the visual and auditory aspects of the grenades (especially the plasmas- the blue lightning in that explosion effect is amazing). Another aspect that is off (and has been mentioned countless times before) is the Chief's newfound middle school softball arm. A badass space cyborg that can jump 10 feet in the air and snipe someone in the face at the same time shouldn't have to aim so high to throw a grenade halfway across the map, realism be damned. Punches is where it really gets ludicrous. The idea that someone can lunge magically and sometimes hit but sometimes miss their target when within melee range is just as silly as the insanely long reach of punches in Halo 1. The difference is that in Halo 1, the gameplay benefitted from this aspect. Punches had a longer, more user-friendly reach, and they always hit where one was aiming. Halo 2, however, is a crap shoot. Will my punch hit? I don't know. It depends whether my Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon lunge works or not. Let's roll the dice, baby. That shit feels AWFUL. On the other end of the spectrum, however, is jumping, which is much smoother, easier and responsive in Halo 2. In Halo 1, jumps felt frustratingly delayed sometimes, so it's not like all of Bungie's tweaks and modifications broke the game. It's just that some really silly stuff keeps H2 from being as great as its predecessor. Most of the weapon problems have to do with only changing a few weapon tags here and there. It's amazing how much one little number (projectile range or speed, for instance) makes such a huge difference in how Bungie's engine plays. Auto-aim is controlled by these same small tweaks.
#4 BRASH
Shook Amon Tobin's Hand
We gotta plan a night we can go throw eggs and spray paint on Bungie HQ all the hate we feel. Someone needs to bring plastic forks and toilet paper. Quilted Northern, don't get that public restroom shit.
I got your back, Dual.
Slowly becoming your entertainment dictator.
I hates me some sports games.
#5 RetroShadow
RetroShadow
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Someone needs to bring plastic forks and toilet paper. Quilted Northern, don't get that public restroom shit.
I guess i can supply that material.
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#6 Kinetic
is Algebraic.
PSN:DocKinetic
Steam:dockinetic
I'll bring the cooking spray to go with the forks, but they need to be metal.
So I'm on Half.com looking into selling my Limited Collector's Edition H2. Check out their description (important part highlighted in bold... Freud would be proud)
HALO 2 is the sequel to the highly successful and critically acclaimed Halo Combat Evolved. In HALO 2, the saga continues as Master Chief a genetically enhanced super soldier is the only thing standing between the relentless Covenant and the destruction of all humankind.
The making of Halo 2: behind the scenes of bungle studios; featurettes on game design, animation, music and more; deleted scenes and outtakes; art gallery: from concept to game; commentaries from the development team; and much more.
Seriously, though, anyone want mine? For money?
Selling your LE copy is so hater. 'Cuse winz.
I'm thinking probably $22 :cool: , but do you mind if I get back to you? I'm looking into trying to sell an Xbox at my school, which might be more lucrative if I threw in H2... If I don't manage to sell my Xbox here, the same thing applies for my Halo Edition Xbox if anyone is interested.
I want the Halo Edition one if you still have the box. How much sucka?
It depends what you want it with. On my school's website I'm offering it for $200 including -Halo 1 -Halo 2 LCE -DVD remote -one controller -the advanced AV cable (the one capable of producing S-video and fiber optic output- actual S-video and F/O cables not included... sorry... don't have em with me at school.) How much was shipping when you sent those 360s? Also, I don't have the original box it came in anymore, sorry... Since Valor asked for the H2 LCE first, I'd have to let him have first crack at that. I'd figure at that point you just want the console, and I'd send it your way for $140 or so. Would you mind paying for shipping though? I'm kind of on a college budget (and that speeding ticket I just picked up is killer...) I'm kind of gouging the price at my school, mostly because I'd like to see the box have, you know, a GOOD owner, and these kids at my school HAVE to be holding controllers upside down - it's the only explanation for how bad they are. So yeah.
All I need is the halo xbox, and the halo controller with power cable. I don't mind paying shipping, it's only like 5/10 bucks UPS ground. I really wanted the box, damn it.
PS I'm not saying I don't like Halo 2 by the way, I could never decide which Halo game I like most, they're very different games and hard to compare.
Seems to me to be the opposite of the formula for successful sequel development...
That's the problem. It IS a great multiplayer game. But it professes to be the sequel to the greatest multiplayer game I've ever played. And from weapon behavior to physics to vehicular combat to melees, it's nothing like it. And that's not okay. Publish it under a different title and I'll bet you money you'd have people saying, "It's good, but it's not Halo. Halo does (insert complaint here) much better." I fucking guarantee that's what would have happened. Instead, I feel like I'm bashing my head against a wall, trying to fit a square peg into the circular hole because Bungie followed a sequel formula that went something like this: "Damn. People really liked our game, huh? Let's change everything. It's cool how 2 years later people still turn to our game for multiplayer because it's so deep and rewards skill. Let's make it so that instead of having a learning curve, everything's automated so that people can enjoy that rewarding feeling of success without pesky things like playing the game and learning its nuances. In fact, while we're changing stuff, let's not even look at actual fan complaints and just do whatever the hell we want. Yeah. Ready... break!" Fixing what's not broken can kill a sequel. By the same token, sometimes it can revolutionize the way we play the game, give us something amazing that changes everything. Apparently Bungie and Ubisoft decided to take the "fix what's not broken" route, ignoring critical acclaim and hardcore fanbases. For most of us (i.e. not Ivan and UHYVE), it's becoming increasingly apparent that Halo 2 is hardly a revolution and that the changes Bungie went out on a limb for were less than successful (lunge melees, dual-wielding, the sword, disappearing bullets, power weapon system, no pistol, etc. - these didn't amaze me or change the way I want to play the game... instead, they frustrated me and made me want to go back to Halo 1). Blaze is absolutely correct in comparing Double Agent's multiplayer to Halo 2's because it is such an enormous departure from what made the series famous. He's decided that the dumbed-down gameplay isn't rewarding enough for him- there's nothing to keep him coming back for more after the initial enjoyment wears off. Brash is still engaged by the gameplay (a case of the square peg, the circular hole, but that's just my opinion), but how long will it last for such a hardcore fan of the previous iteration? I'm willing to wager he eventually reaches a point where the dumbing-down frustrates him because it's not in there to reward players like him. It's in there to reward the Madden and NBA Live players of the world (the fabled casual gamer), who can't handle a game that requires time and effort to become good at. How do you make it fun for the casual gamer? Give them a chance. How do you alienate the hardcore gamer? Make it so that the work he's put into getting good at a game is all but eliminated by gameplay with too shallow of a learning curve. Time will tell...
#16 mattacus
Cuse, you have almost perfectly summed up the feelings in the deepest most secret parts of my heart. I love you.
It's in there to reward the Madden and NBA Live players of the world (the fabled casual gamer), who can't handle a game that requires time and effort to become good at. How do you make it fun for the casual gamer? Give them a chance. How do you alienate the hardcore gamer? Make it so that the work he's put into getting good at a game is all but eliminated by gameplay with too shallow of a learning curve. Time will tell...
So a casual gamer couldn't enjoy Halo CE? Halo CE was famous for the quick learning curve and simple gameplay. The better players are still the better players in H2. It maybe easier to shoot and kill and H2, but there's definitely much more strategy involved. Because of the maps and their depth, you must use better strategy for Flag or Assault and even TS compared to HCE. I even heard you say "damn how'd Ivan do that with the Flag" yesterday, and it's because we run plays with such speed and precision you'd think we're playing football.
Cuse, you complained that I didn't have to remind you of the fact that H2 complaints weren't allowed anywhere else on the forum and here you go again. I don't want to see anything else about H2 in this thread.
The elements of Halo 2 you're talking about are ALL in Halo 1!!!!!!1!!!!AReyouSHITtingME!!!!11!!!!
Allow me to demonstrate:
Take yourself back to CTF on Halo 1. Ever seen the 5 second capture on Battle Creek by TDT? Ever seen a guy turret jump from a Warthog, directly into a base on Blood Gulch, run out the back door and get picked up immediately by the Warthog driver, who has timed his lap around the base? Hell, have you ever seen the map Damnation? It's the best map in either game, and if you think Zanzibar/Terminal/etc. represent such a revolution in their assymetrical design, maybe you'd better go back and look at Damnation, eh? Let's say I'm on Blue Team, who spawn in the lower base. As I infiltrate the Red Base, I have all sorts of options. As I exfiltrate, I have even more, with the ability to drop to all sorts of different levels on the map. I was going to walk you through some of the numerous strategical opportunities, but you know what? Fuck that. Go plug in a second controller and tool around on that map by yourself. If the "map and its depth" don't immediately jump out at you, something is very wrong, and I'll give you a hint, it's not with the game or the map.
The point is, my exclamation had nothing to do with Halo 2 as a game, it had to do with CTF as a gametype- I don't know how many times I've yelled something similar at Halo 1 LANs. And the fact that you ran a way out of the base that I wasn't expecting does absolutely nothing to convince me of statements like "depth" and "much more strategy." As for "speed and precision... football," PLEASE dude, just once, go watch a video of TDT or StK when they were dominating the Halo 1 tournament scene. The skill necessary for slaying (a skill you yourself admit is under-rewarded in Halo 2), the nuances of strategy, the added intensity because of weapon timing- nothing in Halo 2 can match that. Let me give you an example- on the pro level, a number of slayer gametypes deteriorate into camping matches in both games. In Halo 2, whichever team has the sniper on maps like Lockout or Gemini (remember when that was in MLG? What a disaster...) can camp as long as they like; in Halo 1, rockets, snipers, power-ups, they're all coming back on a set timer, one that is not dependent on the team with the upper hand dropping a given weapon. If the team that had the advantage sits back for too long, the other team will be armed to the teeth and ready to break their camping set-up. It creates a much more compelling gameplay experience, as teams gain the upper hand then try to press the advantage in order to maintain control of the map and pick up the power weapons on the next timing cycle.
As for the maps in Halo 2- in all of my (by now probably hundreds of) rants, I have NOT ONCE criticized Halo 2's maps. Zanzibar, Terminal, Colossus... all of these maps are fantastically designed, and if I were playing Halo 1 on them, I'd probably die of happiness because of the well-designed spaces for circulation and encounters. Instead, the maps are hamstringed by the gameplay, and everytime I visit them, it's all I can do to not leave mid-game, especially the larger of these, where bullets disappear and vehicles roam free and unchecked. What a sad existence for such beautiful maps.
One final thing: the learning curve? I have no problem with the learning curve in either game at the lower end (first 20 hours). In fact, I get a kick out of watching my girlfriend play Halo 2. It's really fun to see the game played by the people it was designed for (see: Bungie, soccer mom testing). Once you get past the early mechanics however, how can you even compare the two? Whether my sword lunge hits or not has nothing to do with me, beyond my pressing R when aimed at the person. Whether my rocket hits or not, again, has absolutely nothing to do with me beyond the very easy to learn skill of pressing and holding R. Where's the depth that will keep me coming back? I'll never experience the thrill of watching a Warthog drive across the opposite side of Blood Gulch, leading them by a good 40 degrees, pulling the trigger and watching in awe as a rocket slowly makes its way across the map to obliterate the Warthog and kill all three people inside, spilling my flag harmlessly to the ground. Moments like that are rewards for the hardcore, for the people who play the game for hours until they have an inherent sense for the mechanics of the game. If the mechanics are nothing more than lock-on and let the rocket or sword do the work for you, there's nothing compelling there, nothing that will keep me coming back.
I win. Except you still won't get it because:
1) You won't plug in Halo 1 and look at the depth and strategy of Damnation
2) You won't download a video of TDT (Zyos, Darkman, Shizz, and Alex) and/or StK (Strangepurple, Clockwork, Ogre 1, and Ogre 2) in their prime. (http://www.halo-pro.com)
3) You don't listen... nothing in your argument against my post had anything to do with what I actually said, and any counter-argument will almost assuredly be as ignorant
I dare you to tell me that Halo 2 would still be this popular among the hardcore players if Halo 1 had online play and Halo 2 had been released under a different name. In addition, I'll wager that even after calling you out, you still won't look at TDT's 5-second cap, or find a Halo 1 montage and see how much more epic the plays are simply because of the necessity of skill.
Did you know I had a friend who played Halo 1 with us for 3 years, has played Halo 2 for the last 2, and just got his first Killtacular this summer? It was with the sword. This kid yells about anything, shotgun kills, sticks from close range, flag captures... He didn't even get excited. He knew it was bullshit. Nothing cheapens an accomplishment more than not even being involved in its attainment. Anyone else in that room could have pulled R and gotten the same effect. That's the key to my argument. If you get one thing, get that. Halo 2 is not fun because all of these accomplishments that before were the result of hours of practicing with a pistol, or perfecting your double melee technique are now the result of lunges, auto-aim and homing.
I'm done. I win. Motherfucking red team. If you still don't get it, whatever- you probably didn't watch the videos.
Cuse, your rants always make me want to go play OG Halo...
#20 Supa Ben
Whether my sword lunge hits or not has nothing to do with me, beyond my pressing R when aimed at the person.
Many Factors come into play here that can change the outcome.
Dodging- yes you can dodge the sword with relative ease if you know how.
Jumping- Jumping before the slash gets rid of a big factor that makes you miss, the ground slope.
General aiming comes into play a lot to if you aim far right and he's running left there is a good chance you will
It actually has a bunch to do with you, and sword whores are not that hard to kill if you know how i.e. "Skillz"
and also noob combos goes the same too.
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The Automix Editor provides the ability to edit the automated process of the Automix feature, and bypass the selected Automix Type. Files are grouped in pairs to create custom In and Out points for each series of mixes. The Automix Editor is available in the Automix view of the SideView (Playlist Options menu).
The Automix Editor will only be audible through the PFL if a headphone channel has been created in the Audio Setup (if no headphone channel is available, a pop up window will display asking if the feature can be used through the master output).
Progress Display - The left value indicates the current position of the Playhead, while the right value indicates the total time of the Automix and will be updated along with all edits performed.
Playlist - Displays the current playlist (as loaded into the Automix view of the SideView). Files are grouped in pairs to easily edit the “mix out” point of the current track with the “mix in” point of the upcoming track. Clicking on any pair will zoom into the mix point of those tracks for precision editing.
Scroll Bar - Displays the zoom level of the waveform and can be dragged to any part of the Timeline to perform precise adjustments.
PFL - 3 separate PFL buttons are available. The top PFL button previews only the tracks in the top portion of the timeline, the middle PFL button previews all tracks in the timeline, and the lower PFL button previews only the tracks in the lower portion of the timeline.
Playhead - Shows the current position of the Automix. All play functions use the playhead to determine the start position. It can be clicked and dragged to any part of the Timeline with a mouse.
Timeline - Provides a visual display of the audio information from the playlist. It displays the waveforms of each track, the beatgrid using the grayscaled background, and each automix point (marked in blue). The Timeline can be zoomed in or out to make precise Automix adjustments with a wheel mouse.
Play/Stop - Will play the automix if it is stopped and will stop the automix if it’s playing.
Play-Hold - Plays the Automix as long as the button is held. Once released, the playhead will jump back to it’s previously stopped position.
Reset - Used to undo the last edit performed.
Match BPM - Turn on/off BPM matching (when turned on, the BPM of the songs will be matched to provide a smooth synced transition.)
Open the Automix Editor by clicking on the Options button in the Automix section of the SideView.
Click on the first pair of tracks that require adjustment. The Timeline will automatically zoom in to the default mix point that is currently set in Automix Options (Fade and Length) and will be indicated in blue.
Use a wheel mouse to zoom in and out and the scroll bar to move back and forth to the areas that require a precise edit. Grab the tracks with the mouse and move them back and forth in the Timeline to adjust their position. Once the track position is determined, drag the blue mix point indicator with the mouse to enlarge or shrink the area which will increase or decrease the length of the mix point. Any part of the previous song or next song positioned outside of the Automix point (blue), will not be heard in the mix.
Continue to adjust each automix point as required, using the mouse to zoom in and out to make fine adjustments while pre listening to the mix points. Highlight any mix point to toggle on/off Match BPM or Reset it to the original automix point.
Close the Automix Editor to automatically save the Automix Points. Once closed, the changes made for any pair of tracks, will apply each time those 2 tracks are played with Automix in the same order in future playlists (saved to database).
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It was with a heavy heart that Jaba Kankava, captain of Georgia, left Ukrainian club Dnipro after eight years to join French Ligue 1 side Reims on a three-year contract last week.
Kankava had helped Dnipro to the final of last season’s UEFA Europa League, where they lost 3-2 in a thrilling Warsaw final to Sevilla, but despite on-field success the club face severe problems off it. Reports in Ukrainian media claimed that Dnipro’s players had not been paid for several months with some key players already leaving the side this summer for pastures new.
Yevhen Konoplyanka moved to Sevilla for whom he scored on his competitive debut last week in Tbilisi in the incredible Super Cup loss to Barcelona, meanwhile Croatian striker Nikola Kalinic departed for Italian side Fiorentina last week as Dnipro’s storied Europa League final side began to dismantle.
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A re-match followed in 1959 with Real winning 2-0 in Stuttgart, and di Stefano again the tormentor.
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Years of struggle finally concluded in 2012 when Reims gained promotion back to France’s top league, Ligue 1, after a 33-year exile.
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Marseille, Lyon and Lille are also equipped with expensive players as Reims’ modest aim is to survive in the division, something they managed last season relatively comfortably, finishing 15th in a 20-team league where the bottom three sides are relegated.
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He certainly won’t be short of Georgian sporting colleagues in France with a vast number of Georgia’s national rugby team based there, while national teammate Tornike Okriashvili is just a short trip over the border in Belgium at Racing Genk.
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Though Georgia’s hopes of reaching Euro 2016 have long vanished, the Scots and Irish will have to carefully navigate their way past a Georgian side with nothing to lose, and a captain relishing a new life at one of Europe’s forgotten historic clubs.
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HBCU@SXSW gained national attention from several media outlets due to our impact on technological diversity.
“Tech leaders, pressured by criticism that their workforces employ fewer African-American, Hispanic and female professionals than other industries and far less than their increasingly diverse customer base, have been trying to recruit more African-American engineering students and young professionals. But progress has been slow. HBCU@SXSW organizer Rodney Sampson, an Atlanta-based tech entrepreneur and his wife wanted to take a practical approach: fund the next generation of engineers to attend one of the largest tech industry events in the nation, a nexus of thought leaders, investors and future colleagues.” – JARRAD HENDERSON, USA TODAY
“That’s the dance that Sampson wants to teach students at SXSW. The 100 selected came from among 400 applicants. He imagines the program as a leg up for students as well as a boon for tech companies — who can shop for talent among dozens of represented colleges in one place — and a revenue driver for Opportunity Ecosystem, which is developing its own entrepreneurship curriculum. Over three days, the students will get an intensive orientation to the tech world. They’ll meet with startup entrepreneurs, take classes in coding, film, media and using social media to engage political movements, and attend a recruitment breakfast with more than 50 tech companies. They’ll also receive an SXSW Interactive badge, worth $1,325 and which gives them access to hundreds of sessions and speakers.” – KEITH REED, NBC NEWS
Currently, African Americans and Latinos make up less than 5% of the tech workforce and Opportunity Hub aims to change that through SXSW’s history of inspiration, education and creating the right connections.
Last year, more than 50 student-entrepreneurs and faculty from HBCU’s across America were a part of SXSW. By bringing in hundreds of HBCU students this year, the leaders at Opportunity Hub believe that diversifying SXSW will diversify the innovation, entrepreneurship, and investment ecosystem for all. – JOHN KRAUSE, SXSW
“Businesses are built on relationships and referrals—the more people you know the better. The SXSW conference introduced HBCU students to leaders in the tech industry: recruiters, engineers, entrepreneurs, marketers, and executives.
During sessions, we learned about internship programs companies offer, when to apply, and how to stand out.
We also learned about industry trends, such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and hardware technology becoming more integrated into everyday life beyond the use of just our phones and computers.
Through networking with each other and professionals, we built key connections that could lead to opportunities now and in the future.
Without opportunity, diversity and entrepreneurship, our society would remain stagnant. HBCU@SXSW offered students like myself the opportunity to learn new things and meet industry leaders in technology.” – KRISTEN SHIPLEY, via LINKEDIN
At the South by Southwest Conference, Morgan also expounded upon Huddle Ventures, a newly-launched parent company for Opportunity Ecosystem and a future angel fund. Morgan is working with other Managing Partners Michael Peterson, a former business development professional at Hewlett Packard and IBM, along with Rodney Sampson, serial entrepreneur and Partner at TechSquare Labs, which is an Atlanta-based technology hub and venture fund.
According to Morgan, the trio’s current priority is Opportunity Ecosystem where they leverage capital and resources to impact underserved communities, such as fully-funding 100 students from HBCUs and PWIs to experience SXSW. Morgan said that by he and Peterson partnering with Sampson, they “didn’t have to reinvent the wheel with what he was already doing.” – MARK J. BURNS via Sports Illustrated
“Thanks to the HBCU@SXSW initiative, 100 students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities earned a unique opportunity to attend the festival in Austin. That’s double from the previous year. Students from a mix of institutions like Howard, Tuskegee, FAMU, and Fisk were in attendance.
Many of them study computer science, cyber security, and digital media. The students were exposed to various careers and connected with mentors, available to answer their questions all while enjoying the perks of SXSW.
The success of this program is a launch pad for future all-stars ready to take center stage in tech. Invest in the future.”
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Police Found Dozens of Infant Corpses Hidden Inside Detroit Funeral Homes
Acting on an anonymous tip, police in Detroit made a shocking discovery of dozens of infant corpses hidden inside multiple funeral homes. by...
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Acting on an anonymous tip, police in Detroit made a shocking discovery of dozens of infant corpses hidden inside multiple funeral homes.
by Matt Agorist
Acting on a tip from an anonymous source, Detroit police conducted a series of raids on funeral homes and discovered a situation comprised of something out of a horror film.
Detroit police have since launched a “wide probe” into other funeral homes after finding dozens of infant corpses hidden inside at least two of them.
“This is deeply disturbing,” Detroit Police Chief James Craig said at a news conference, hours after police raided Perry Funeral Home and allegedly seized 63 fetus or infant bodies, more than half of which were packed together in unrefrigerated boxes, according to the WaPo.
“We want to understand the reasons: Is it financial gain? If so, how? Who knew or who else is involved in this?”
The raid on the Perry Funeral home comes just one week after police raided another funeral home in which the bodies of 11 infants were found hidden behind a false ceiling designed to deceive authorities.
“I would like to look at you and tell you I hope … that this is isolated to these two. I can’t say that with certainty,” Craig told reporters, shortly after leaving a meeting with FBI and state investigators.
“This is much larger than we might know.”
Police are remaining tight-lipped on the investigation and declined to speculate as to why the bodies of so many infants are being found in these funeral homes. Craig did explain that a single anonymous tip has led to the massive and horrifying discovery.
One would think that the funeral homes equipped with cremation systems would not get backlogged with a cache of bodies, so the impetus behind hiding infant corpses — literally in the walls — remains a disturbing mystery.
During the raid on the second funeral home, police found “three unrefrigerated boxes containing the remains of a total of approximately 36 deceased bodies of fetuses or infants,” according to a statement from the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, “plus a deep freezer containing an unknown number of additional deceased bodies.”
In total, workers with LARA’s Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau found:
Three un-refrigerated boxes containing the remains of approximately 36 deceased bodies of fetuses or infants plus a deep freezer containing additional deceased bodies. Some of the deceased had dates of death in 2015.
The funeral home failed to certify and file death certificates for the dead bodies of the fetuses and infants for whom they assumed custody with the appropriate governmental authority within 72 hours of death.
The funeral home failed to secure permits for removal or burial of dead human bodies before interment or disposal.
Perry “obtained possession or embalmed the dead human bodies of the fetuses and infants without first being expressly directed or authorized to do so by a relative of the deceased persons or a person entitled to custody,” the release said.
“We will continue following the evidence,” Craig said. “It’s just unbelievable.”
“There’s no connection that we know of between the two funeral homes, but there are similarities, including the improper disposal of fetuses,” Craig said.
“We discussed having a task force operation to investigate this, although that’s preliminary.”
Alluding to just how widespread this issue could be, Craig noted that this problem could spread outside of Detroit.
“We may ask Michigan State Police to help at some point because some of this investigation may take us away from the city of Detroit,” he said.
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Algonquin 22, Worcester North 16
Friday, October 24, 2014, at Northborough
Ryan Barry scored the winning touchdown on a 55-yard run with 2:11 left in the game as the host Tomahawks finished the regular season 5-2. Thomas Polutchko had a 20-yard touchdown in the third quarter as Algonquin rallied from a 16-7 halftime deficit. Barry also connected with Colin Robinson for a 74-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter for Algonquin. North�s Madison Greene returned a kickoff 100 yards for a score and nearly scored another, but fumbled at the 2-yard line. It was recovered in the end zone by Nate Griffin, though, to give North a 16-7 halftime lead. TOny Sanchez had 26 carries for 95 yards for the Polar Bears, while while Greene rushed 16 times for 87 yards. Barry was 6 of 13 for 160 yards, while adding 59 yards on 4 carries and Polymeros had 13 carries for 78 yards.
1 2 3 4 Final
Worcester North 8 8 0 0 16
Algonquin 7 0 7 8 22
Algonquin TD Colin Robinson 74-yard pass from Ryan Barry (Eric Hart kick)
Worcester North TD Madison Greene 100-yard kickoff return (Tony Sanchez run)
Second quarter
Worcester North TD Nate Griffin 2-yard fumble return (Tony Sanchez run)
Third quarter
Algonquin TD Thomas Polutchko 20-yard run (Eric Hart kick)
Fourth quarter
Algonquin TD Ryan Barry 55-yard run (Billy Polymeros run)
Updated: Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, 6:49 p.m.
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Arrested Teachers in the News 24 January 2013 (Thursday)
Discussion in 'Daily Arrest Blotters' started by TMP, Jan 25, 2013.
Sex abuse, female perps:
Guilty: Kathleen Cawthorne, Naruna, Virginia (arrested Apr 2012)
Heather Michelle Cooksey, Tioga, Louisiana (arrested Dec 2012)
Guilty: Sarah Jones, Edgewood, Kentucky (arrested Mar 2012)
Guilty: Debra LaFave, Tampa, Florida (arrested Jun 2004)
Clarice Marie Lee, Tuscon, Arizona (arrested Jan 2013)
Guilty: Kelly O'Rourke, Little Rock, Arkansas (arrested June 2012)
Kinsley Wentzky, Columbia, South Carolina (arrested Jan 2013)
Gamil Lamont Lopez, 31, teachers aide at Strom Thurmond High School, Edgefield County School District, Johnston, South Carolina, "charged with having sex with a student'
Gamil Lamont Lopez, Johnston, South Carolina (arrested Jan 2013)
Ruperto Salinas Villalon, 60, teacher at Palmview Accelerated Center, Palmview High School, La Joya ISD, Mission, Texas, "accused of having sexual contact with an 18-year-old high school student"
Ruperto Salinas Villalon, Mission, Texas (arrested Jan 2013)
Ryan John Browning (266xx Timberline Drive, Wrightwood, California), substitute teacher at Serrano High School, Snowline Joint Unified School District, Phelan, California, "alleged inappropriate romantic encounter with a 15-year-old female student"
Ryan John Browning, Phelan, California (arrested Jan 2013)
Bryan Paul Mertz, 40, science teacher at Air Academy High School, Academy School District 20, Air Force Academy, Colorado, "allegedly having sexual contact with a minor"
Bryan Paul Mertz, Air Force Academy, Colorado (arrested Jan 2013)
Michael James Agrippine, Allentown, Pennsylvania (arrested Jan 2013)
Daniel Patrick Armstrong, La Quinta, California (arrested Aug 2011)
Guilty: Caleb Douglas Hesse, Joshua Tree, California (arrested Aug 2012)
Manuel Cruz, Hialeah, Florida (arrested Jan 2013)
Chad Brandon Hawkins, Fort Worth, Texas (arrested Jan 2013)
Robert Pimental, Wilmington, California (arrested Jan 2013)
Timothy James Hensley, Paradise Hills, California (arrested Jan 2013) [child porn]
Mary Patricia Maloney, Palm Springs, Florida (arrested Jan 2013) [DUI, offered cop oral sex]
Non-sex stuff:
Kathy Griffin, Little Rock, Arkansas (arrested June 2012) [failure to notify]
Chad Brandon Hawkins, Fort Worth, Texas, Arlington Heights High School, Forth Worth ISD, Manuel Cruz, Hialeah, Florida, Hialeah High School, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Tuscon, Arizona, Amphitheater High School, Amphitheater Public Schools, Clarice Marie Lee, Kinsley Wentzky, Columbia, South Carolina, Dreher High School, Richland County School District One, Forest Acres, Heather Michelle Cooksey, Tioga, Louisiana, Pineville, Tioga High School, Rapides Parish School System, Robert Pimental, Wilmington, California, George de la Torre Jr. Elementary, Los Angeles Unified School District, Dominguez Elementary School, Carson, Newport Beach, Bryan Paul Mertz, Air Force Academy, Colorado, Air Academy High School, Academy School District 20, Debra LaFave, Debra Jean Beasley, Angelo L. Greco Middle School, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Temple Terrace, Rustburg, Virginia, Naruna, William Campbell Combined School, Campbell County Public Schools, Kathleen Cawthorne, Sarah Jones, Edgewood, Kentucky, Cincinnati Bengals, cheerleader, Dixie Heights High School, Kenton County School District, Mary Patricia Maloney, Palm Springs, Lake Worth, Palm Springs Middle School, Timothy James Hensley, Paradise Hills, Bell Middle School, San Diego Unified School District, San Diego, Wilson Middle School, Ryan John Browning, Phelan, Chaparral High School, Snowline Joint Unified School District, California Eagle Summit Community Day School, California Heritage School, California Phelan Elementary School, California Piñon Hills Elementary, Piñon Hills, California Piñon Mesa Middle School, California Quail Valley Middle School, California Serrano High School, California Vista Verde Elementary School, Victorville, California Wrightwood Elementary School, Wrightwood, Oak Hill High School, Elmer, Michael James Agrippine, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Union Terrace Elementary School, Allentown School District, Roberto Clemente Charter School, Central Catholic High School, Diocese of Allentown, Quakertown Community High School, Quakertown Community School District, Quakertown, Ruperto Salinas Villalon, Penitas, Palmview Accelerated Center, Palmview High School, La Joya ISD, Mission, Caleb Douglas Hesse, Joshua Tree, Friendly Hills Elementary School, Morongo Unified School District, Daniel Patrick Armstrong, La Quinta, La Quinta High School, Desert Sands Unified School District, Gamil Lamont Lopez, Johnston, Strom Thurmond High School, Edgefield County School District, Kelly O'Rourke, Little Rock, Arkansas, Mount St. Mary Academy, Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock, Kathy Griffin
TMP, Jan 25, 2013
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Ben Franklin at Dickson Mounds Tot Time on July 4
ISM Location:
Dickson Mounds
LEWISTOWN, IL – At Dickson Mounds Museum’s Tot Time on Thursday, July 4at 9:30 a.m., tots and their caretakers will celebrate America’s birthday and meet Ben Franklin, a man for all ages! Inventor, statesman, and founding father--he seemed to do it all. Listen as Franklin reminisces about his political life, writings, and scientific inventions. How has this founding father changed the way we live our lives today? Tots, their caretakers and older siblings are all welcome to join in the fun, including a craft to take home and cake to eat. This program may be a great way to start the holiday.
Terry Lynch of HFK Presents will portray Ben Franklin and present the program. Nationally known actor Terry Lynch specializes in historical portrayal to meet the needs of the young at heart who are never too old to learn something new about history’s most interesting, inspirational figures. His one-man interactive presentations give audiences a new, first-person perspective on the people and events that make up our history and culture.
Admission to Tot Time is free and registration is not required. Light refreshments will be served. Groups of eight or more should call the Dickson Mounds Museum in advance to ensure the availability of supplies. The program begins promptly at 9:30 a.m., with the program portion lasting approximately 30 minutes, followed by crafts, snacks, and time to explore the museum.
The 2019 Tot Time program series is sponsored by Spoon River Electric’s Operation Round-up grant, Canton Chamber of Commerce, Havana National Bank, Lewistown American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Bishop Post #1, Lewistown VFW Post 5001 Auxiliary, Rusty Melhouse of Edward Jones, and Jeff and Linda Sisson of Havana. The Tot Time program series continuously seeks sponsors. Please contact Curator of Education Christa Christensen at 309-547-3721 for more information.
The Illinois State Museum-Dickson Mounds is located between Lewistown and Havana off Illinois Routes 78 and 97. The museum is open free to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day. Tours and special programs are available for groups with reservations. For more information call 309-547-3721 or TTY 217-782-9175. Also visit us on Facebook at Illinois State Museum-Dickson Mounds or online at the Dickson Mounds link on the Illinois State Museum website at www.illinoisstatemuseum.org.
Christa Christensen
christa.christensen@illinois.gov
Release File (pdf):
dicksonmounds-tottimejuly2019final.pdf
Release File (doc):
dicksonmounds-tottimejuly2019final.docx
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History of Salzburg Festival 1: Failed attempts to start a festival
Posted on July 18, 2013 by David Nelson
The Salzburg Festival is one of the pre-eminent annual music festivals in the world. For about six week each summer, the finest conductors, singers, instrumentalists, orchestras, and actors make Salzburg their home as they present wonderful performances. Here is a series of five short articles that tell the story of how this festival came to be.
Imitating Bayreuth and Wagner
The idea for a festival in Salzburg started in the 1800’s. Starting in 1876, the annual Bayreuth Festival performed Richard Wagner’s operas, and many people felt that Salzburg should have a similar celebration dedicated to Mozart’s music. In 1877, Hans Richter, who had conducted at Bayreuth for the first festival there, brought the Vienna Philharmonic to Salzburg for three concerts of Mozart. Although these concerts were neither well received nor financially successful, it established the link between performances of Mozart and Salzburg. This, as we shall see, turned out to be very important.
In that same year, 1877, Professor Karl Demel proposed building a concert hall on the Mönchsberg where Mozart’s operas would be staged. Again, this was to be similar to the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth. Architectural plans were made, but politicians and business leaders from Salzburg and Vienna were not very interested in the project. Demel finally abandoned his idea in 1891.
Early 20th century attempts
At the turn of the 20th century, interest in creating a festival started again. In 1903, Max Reinhardt and Hermann Baur wanted to establish Salzburg as one of the musical centers of Europe, and in 1905, they suggested that a theater and opera festival be formed in Salzburg. Reinhardt was a successful and influential theatrical director and manager who was known for introducing new ideas into German theater. Although they could not raise the money for either project, the idea for a festival in Salzburg was planted in Reinhardt’s head.
Another attempt to start a festival that did not succeed was in 1906. Lilli Lehmann, a great soprano from Berlin who had been active in raising the funds to build the Mozarteum, staged a Mozart festival in Salzburg with the Vienna Philharmonic. The three Da Ponte operas were staged and featured Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss as conductors. Even the strength of these performances was not enough to build momentum to start a festival.
The front of the Salzburg Festival houses today
Music for a “Rich and Elegant Public” or for Beer Drinkers?
The next suggestion for a festival theater came in 1913 when Friedrich Gehmacher and Heinrich Damisch, two amateur music lovers, suggested that idea to the Mozarteum. Gehmacher was skilled in fund raising, and saw the financial benefit for the city. He said, “I think if is superfluous to point out what enormous economic effect the Salzburg Festival would have,” and that it would bring “a rich and elegant public” to Salzburg.
This new festival hall was to be located near Maria Plain, a magnificent Baroque church that overlooks Salzburg from the north. Still, some people did not like this idea, and even the leaders of the Mozarteum were opposed to such a refined festival because they thought that some of their supporters were simple “Biertischgrossen” (overweight beer drinkers). Gehmacher and Damisch finally took matters into their own hands and established the Salzburg Festival Hall Society in Vienna with a parallel organization in Salzburg. But by this time, 1917, the price of the land near Maria Plain had increased and beyond what the new society could afford.
In Part 2 of this series, we will learn about Max Reinhardt, along with his friends Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss, were successful in getting the Salzburg Festival started.
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Specter Switches
Specter Joins Dems
"Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right. Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their registration to become Democrats. I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans.
"When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party. But, I saw the stimulus as necessary to lessen the risk of a far more serious recession than we are now experiencing.
"Since then, I have traveled the State, talked to Republican leaders and office-holders and my supporters and I have carefully examined public opinion. It has become clear to me that the stimulus vote caused a schism which makes our differences irreconcilable. On this state of the record, I am unwilling to have my twenty-nine year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate. I have not represented the Republican Party. I have represented the people of Pennsylvania.
"I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary."Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right. Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their registration to become Democrats. I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans.
"I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary."
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), April 28, 2009
Great statement, but Kos is cynical:
This move is about political survival, and nothing more. Specter's overriding concern is staying in the Senate, and he'll bend whatever conviction is necessary to make that happen. And since it was clear he wasn't going to survive a primary challenge, well, he did what he needed to do. I wouldn't be surprised, if the Dems pick up a good primary challenger to Specter, for the incumbent to suddenly re-find religion on EFCA.
Still, it's one more vote for control. That'll still affect cloture on an issue by issue basis, but now Specter will be looking for potential opposition over his left shoulder rather than his right. So welcome aboard, Senator Specter. You're one of us now, and we expect you to vote accordingly.
Another way this gets us closer to 60: without a new Senate organizing resolution, Specter keeps his committee seats--seats which come out of the GOP's share. And the Democrats could put a big condition on that re-organizing resolution: seating Senator Franken.
Specter referred to Reagan's big tent, and while he doesn't explicitly say that the big tent is Obama's now his action says so loudly. This is one more toll of the bell for the Jim Leach version of the GOP, as the moderates abandon the regional remnant of the Party of Lincoln to the likes of Huckabee and Palin and Limbaugh, who will no doubt argue that this defection PROVES that the way to win is by being even MORE conservative. (Whether or not it's metaphysically possible to get more conservative than neo-con and neo-Confederate is another question.)
The Iowa angle here: Chuck Grassley is now the last survivor of the Republican Class of 1980, which gave us giants like Jeremiah Denton, Paula Hawkins, and of course Dan Quayle. This doesn't boost Grassley's seniority at all; as I noted recently Grassley outranked Specter by a notch based on House service. Back home, last of the class is just one more small facet of the 52 consecutive years in office card that Bob Krause, or some other Dem, can play next year. Laugh if you will, but remember that the `58 Studebaker worked for Greg Ganske (I suggest an Edsel myself).
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Khimji Ramdas Shipping Partners with CECO-PEERLESS in Inaugural Export of Pressure Separators from the Sultanate of Oman
Muscat, XX March 2019: Khimji Ramdas Shipping recently partnered with CECO Environmental Peerless Manufacturing Company as inland haulers in Oman for the export of High and Low Pressure separators made in Oman. The haul, executed in coordination with the Ministry of Transport and the Royal Oman Police (ROP), involved 1200-metric ton of finished products to be transported over 700 Kms from Nizwa to the Port of Duqm and the subsequent loading onto chartered ships heading to Kuwait.
Commenting on the partnership Arjun Parthsarathy, Sr. Manager – Projects from CECO-PEERLESS said, “This project has been one of the most important and prestigious venture for us and has spanned over 18 months from launch to realization. Khimji Ramdas Shipping was picked amongst many prestigious bidders for this massive operation that involved obtaining special permits from the related ministries and the ROP, customs clearance, stool-down, and port coordination amongst others. Through years of expertise and strong relationships, the company has executed the assigned tasks seamlessly which is highly commendable; we indeed are glad to have made the right choice.”
Separators are pressure vessels used for separating an oil well stream into gaseous and liquid components. Manufactured by Special Technical Services (STS) an oil field equipment manufacturing company, the separators are the first-of-its-kind to be exported from the Sultanate.
MC Jose, CEO of Khimji Ramdas Shipping said “A shipment of five units of high and low pressure separators were moved earlier this month. Our expertise and experience were illustrated whilst handling this heavy and out of gauge cargo in their haulage from Nizwa to Port of Duqm. We also facilitated the load out of the separators on to the vessel carrying them to their final overseas destination. This being the first ever export of such separators from Oman, makes the shipment a special one and we are so proud to be associated with. It is also an opportunity for us to demonstrate to the Project Handlers around the globe the capabilities of Oman to provide effective logistics solutions for all types of cargo movements in an attempt to promote Oman as a major Logistics Hub in the region for heavy cargo discharge, storage and distribution.”
Throughout the past few years, Khimji Ramdas Shipping had systematically extended its services to every segment of Logistics. Project cargo handling started in 2016 after having adequate technical team on board, the same year Khimji Ramdas Shipping moved two rigs for an oilfield in Oman and also a sea mining dredger. Thereafter Khimji Ramdas Shipping has been playing a crucial role in handling the transportation of heavy lift cargoes to different destinations within Oman.
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Prof. Dr. Klaus Meier
Lehrstuhl für Journalistik I, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
> Information in English
Chair for Journalism Studies I
School of Journalism
Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
D-85072 Eichstaett, Germany
Ostenstr. 25
Fon ++49 / 8421 / 93-1562 or -1564
E-Mail: km@klaus-meier.net or klaus.meier[at]ku-eichstaett.de
Dr. Klaus Meier, * 1968, holds the chair for „journalism studies I“ at the Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt (Germany). His research explores ethics and quality of journalism, innovations in newsrooms, transfer between science and practice, convergence, digital journalism and journalism education. He is winner of the „Ars legendi“ award for excellent university teaching in 2017.
From 2009 to 2010 he was professor for cross-media journalism and media convergence at TU Dortmund University and from 2001 to 2009 professor of journalism studies at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt, where he was head of the programmes “Online Journalism” (2003 to 2005) and “Science Journalism” (2005 to 2007) and dean of study in the faculty for media (2007 to 2008). From 1996 to 2001 he was research and teaching associate at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, where he earned a Dr. phil. in communication science.
One of his book publications is the text book „Journalistik“ (first 2007, 4. ed. 2018); he also edited „Journalismusforschung. Stand und Perspektiven“ („Journalism Research. Status and Prospects“) (first 2013, 2. ed. 2016) together with Christoph Neuberger and he published the books „Internet-Journalismus“ (first 1998, 3. ed. 2002), „Ressort, Sparte, Team“ (2002) and „Experten im Netz“ (1997). He has worked as a coach and consultant in about 40 workshops with several media and journalists in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Singapore and Bangkok. He is a former newspaper and television journalist (1989 to 1993).
He is member of the editorial board of the journal Digital Journalism. Together with José A. García Avilés and Andy Kaltenbrunner he is co-founder of the international network innovamedia.net. Since 2011 he is founding member and board member of Forum for Journalism and Media (fjum) in Vienna, a non-profit organization which fosters quality journalism through innovative advanced training. Since 2018 he is vice chair in the executive board of the German Communication Association DGPuK.
Selected publications in English:
(2019) Quality in Journalism. In: Tim P. Vos/Folker Hanusch (Hg.): The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. The official encyclopedia of the International Communication Association (ICA). Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118841570.iejs0041.
(2019) Bridging the Gaps: Transfer Between Scholarly Research and Newsrooms in Journalism Education—Toward an Evidence-Based Practice in an Age of Post-Truth and State of Flux. In: Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 74 (2) 2019, 199–211, (online first 15. Feb 2019), https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695819830021 (together with Jonas Schützeneder). If you do not have access: For the full paper, please send me a mail.
(2018) Audience Engagement in a Post-Truth Age. What it means and how to learn the activities connected with it. In: Digital Journalism, 6 (8) 2018, 1052-1063 (online first, 25 September 2018) (together with Daniela Kraus und Edith Michaeler) (DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2018.1498295). If you do not have access: For the full paper, please send me a mail or use this link, which provides some free eprints: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/zvKe58EtVWEJdvqYMNay/full.
(2018) Journalism meets games: Newsgames as a new digital genre. Theory, boundaries, utilisation. In: Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, 7. Jg. 2018, H. 2, S. 429-444 (https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms.7.2.429_1).
(2018) How does the audience respond to constructive journalism? Two experiments with multifaceted results. In: Journalism Practice, 12. Jg. 2018, H. 6, S. 764-780. Online first, 10 May 2018. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2018.1470472. If you do not have access: For the full paper, please send me a mail or use this link, which provides some free eprints: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/fXizRdmtveSrsSJznzv8/full
(2017) Audience Engagement. An unprecedented variety for newsrooms and the training of journalists. In: Andy Kaltenbrunner/Matthias Karmasin/Daniela Kraus (ed.): Journalism Report V. Innovation and Transition. Wien: Facultas, pp. 71-85 (together with Daniela Kraus, Edith Michaeler and Florian Reiter).
(2017) Technological innovation and convergent journalism. Case study on the transformation process of Bavaria’s public broadcasting service. In: Revista Mediterránea de Comunicación / Mediterranean Journal of Communication, 8, 1, S. 33-44 (together with Isabel Bracker and Melanie Verhovnik) (DOI: 10.14198/MEDCOM2017.8.1.3).
(2017) Converged media content: Reshaping the ‘legacy’ of legacy media in the online scenario. In: Bob Franklin/Scott A. Eldridge II (Hg.): The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. London/New York: Routledge 2017, S. 449-458 (together with José A. García-Avilés und Andy Kaltenbrunner).
(2014) Media Convergence Revisited. Lessons learned on newsroom integration in Austria, Germany and Spain. In: Journalism Practice (Routledge, London), 28 Feb, online first, Free abstract (together with José A. García Avilés and Andy Kaltenbrunner). For the full paper, please send me a mail.
(2013) Convergent Journalism – Newsrooms, Routines, Job Profiles and Training, in: Sandra Diehl and Matthias Karmasin (eds.): Media and Convergence Management. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer, 285-298 (together with Andy Kaltenbrunner).
(2009) Newsroom Integration in Austria, Spain and Germany: Models of Media Convergence. In: Journalism Practice (Routledge, London), 3 (3), 285-303 Free abstract (together with José A. García Avilés, Miguel Carvajal, Andy Kaltenbrunner, Daniela Kraus). For the full paper, please send me a mail.
(2009) Germany: Newsroom innovations and newsroom convergence, in: Natascha Fioretti and Stephan Ruß-Mohl (eds.): Merging Media, Converging Newsrooms. Lugano/Milano: Casagrande, 37-49.
(2007/08) Our „IFRA Special Report“ on „Cross-media newsrooms in Germany“ has been translated into English. If you wish a pdf, please let me know.
(2007) Innovations in Central European Newsrooms. Overview and case study, in: Journalism Practice (Routledge, London), 1 (1), 4-19. Free abstract. For the full paper, please send me a mail.
Papers at international conferences:
Cardiff, September 14 – 15, 2017: „Audience Engagement in a Post-Truth Age. What it means and how to learn the activities connected with it“. Conference „The Future of Journalism“ (together with Daniela Kraus and Edith Michaeler).
Winterthur, February 5 – 6, 2015: „The role of norms and normativity in the re-invention of journalism“. Paper/Workshop together with Wolfgang Donsbach and Annika Sehl, conference „Re-inventing journalism“ of the Journalism Studies Sections of DGPuK, Ecrea und SGKM.
Cardiff, September 12 – 13, 2013: „Media convergence revisited: lessons learned on newsroom integration in Austria, Germany and Spain“. Conference „The Future of Journalism“ (together with José A. García Avilés and Andy Kaltenbrunner).
Vienna, March 18 – 20, 2010: „Trust and Transparency“. Conference „Journalism 2020„.
Zürich/Winterthur, November 19 – 21, 2009: „Journalism Research as Interactive Innovation Research“. Conference „Journalism Research in the Public Interest“ of the Journalism Studies Sections of ECREA, SGKM and DGPuK, supported by the Journalism Studies Divisions of ICA and IAMCR.
Cardiff, September 9 – 10, 2009: „Transparency in Journalism: Credibility and trustworthiness in the digital future“. Conference „The Future of Journalism“.
Elche/Alicante, April 29 – 30, 2009: „La reinvención del „periodismo transparente“ en la era digital“. Conference „Jornadas del Periodismo“ at the Universidad Miguel Hernández.
Barcelona, November 25 – 28, 2008: Our panel „Media convergence in Europe“ is accepted for the conference 2nd European Communication Conference – focusing on Communication Policies and Culture in Europe of ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association).
Madrid, October 3 – 7, 2008: Conference of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA)/Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP). Some participants of the seminar „In search of new readers. Audiences’ tastes have changed. New technologies for new audiences. Social networks and blogs.” wished to download my presentation. Here it is: The changing relationship between journalists and their audiences: Drifting together or drifting apart? As a consequence I appeal for more authenticity through transparency („open the windows and the drawbridge of the fortress newsroom”).
Lugano, May 1, 2008: Annual DGPuK conference „Identity and plurality in the Sciences of Communication“. Presentation „Newsroom Convergence. New models of newspapers’ editorial organization – an international comparison“ (together with José A. García Avilés, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain, and Andy Kaltenbrunner, Medienhaus Wien, Austria).
Luzern, March 7/8, 2008: Conference „Merging Media, Converging Newsrooms“. Presentation in the panel „Total Symbiosis or the End of Serios Journalism? The Multi-Channel-Cross-Media-Newsroom“.
„Journalistic story-telling with online multimedia. Challenges, quality criteria, training“. Symposium „New competencies for production and consumption of computer-based media“ to start the new course programme „Computer Mediated Communication“ at Roskilde University, Denmark, Mai 10 to 12th, 2000 (Manuskript).
For more information, please send me a mail.
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Stepanus Bo'do' sagte am 28. August 2009 um 18:48 :
Dear Professor
I am Stepanus Bo’do‘, from Indonesia. Being interested in Online Media for several years during my study and now as academic staff in Communication Departement of Tadulako University, i am very interested in your writing.
This last decade witnesses the transformation of news media following the arrival and widespread of electronic and digital technology such as the internet. Research for my previous thesis in 2005 [Interactivity and Online Newspaper in Indonesia] discovers the various new forms tools for news media to maintain interaction with theirs active audiences. Internet have create new forms of ways news are being circulated, from electronic version of the more conventional media to blogs to mailing list, and now, to news sharing via facebooks, multiplys and other social networking medias.
Stepanus
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Judges commented
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“Light Switch Timer is the first timed lighting device to be accredited to Secured by Design, impressing us with both with its innovation and ease of use.”
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Alan McInnes, General Manager, ACPO SBD
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“All products which receive our Secured by Design award must pass a rigorous evaluation of quality and effectiveness. Light Switch Timer was the first timed lighting device to achieve accredited status.”
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Secured by Design accredited products, have to undergo rigorous evaluation in order to prove their ability to reduce or prevent crime.
About Alan McInnes, General Manager, ACPO SBD – Following service with Sussex Police Alan became Director and General Manager of ACPO Crime Prevention Initiatives in 2006. He was one of the original authors of the Secured by Design project in 1989 and took it to national status in 1992.
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Re: The language of old Europe
Quote from: dublin on January 27, 2014, 06:46:35 AM
Are people who spoke these languages still with us? Can they disagree too, or are they all dead?
What? No, of course they're not all dead, there's a few million first nations people in Canada, of which a very tiny percentage speak a fraction of the languages that were once spoken. The genes live on, the languages have died. Languages, genes, completely independent. You cannot forensically look at a human body and say 'oh he's clearly a French speaker'.
I was a student in a school that was about 1/3 native, and I guarantee you not one of my classmates was a speaker of Nuuchahnulth, while many of their great grandparents certainly were!
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You have the same situation in Ireland, where despite Irish being obligatory subject in Schools very few people actually speak it. We are talking about process of forced assimilation, through political, economic and cultural pressures. With mass media we are bound to loose many more languages. But What about 100 years ago? Before television, radio, newspapers, rock and roll...Was the situation the same as now? Did they speak their languages then. If a ruling elite wants to eradicate a language, it is possible to do it. Look at Hungary where they banned use of Slavic languages in 17th century under punishment, and now we have majority R1a, old Slavic population speaking Hungarian and feeling Hungarian. Yet before 17th century, you can not find anyone speaking Hungarian in Hungary except small ruling elite. A lot of the language that I am talking about is almost extinct in Ireland and in the Balkans. But it has been documented in 19th and 20th century, so it has been preserved for future generations. In 50 years time we wont have any of the small languages left. They will all die out. People will be assimilated because they want to be assimilated, or because they have no choice but to be assimilated. I am not saying that the line that divides languages and the one that divides genes is the same and static, i never claimed that. Just that languages are originally product of genetically homogeneous, family related group of people. And that we can uncover who made which language by doing some linguistic archaeology coupled with genetic research.
Ehhh? The daughter marker of R1b (R1b1) has been found in modern humans all around modern France and Spain during the last Ice Age, the last point of which ended 10,000 years ago. That places a clear massive string of R1b DESCENDANTS in a period that ended at 8,000BC. There are more holes in this argument than Swiss cheese. Is your argument that the pre-Ice age DNA was wiped out? Well, I'm here (R1b1b2a1a2f3) at least.
Can you give me link to data that shows that there are any ancient remains carrying R1b haplogroup from 8000 bc from western Europe. The data i have is that the oldest R1b was found in bell beaker remains:
Early papers publishing results on European-wide Y-DNA marker frequencies, such as those of Semino (2000) and Rosser (2000), correlated haplogroup R1b-M269 with the earliest episodes of European colonization by Anatomically Modern Humans (AMH). The peak frequencies of M269 in Iberia (especially the Basque region) and the Atlantic façade were postulated to represent signatures of re-colonization of the European West following the Last Glacial Maximum.[81][82] However, even prior to recent criticisms and refinements, the idea that Iberian R1b carrying males repopulated most of western Europe was not consistent with findings which revealed that Italian M269 lineages are not derivative of Iberian ones.[83]
More recently, data and calculations from Myres (2011),[84] Cruciani (2010),[85] Arredi (2007)[86] and Belaresque (2010)[87] suggest a Late Neolithic entry of M269 into Europe.
These hypotheses appear to be corroborated by more direct evidence from ancient DNA. For example, Early Neolithic Y-DNA from Spain did not reveal any R1b, but rather E-V13 and G2a,[87] whilst a similar study from a French pre-Beaker Neolithic site revealed haplgroup G2a and I-P37.[88] It is only later, from a German Bell Beaker site dated to the third millennium BCE, that the first evidence for R1b is detected. Ancient Y-DNA results for the remains of Beaker people from Iberia have yet to be obtained.
Whilst Cruciani, Belaresque and Arredi support a spread of R1b from South-Eastern Europe, Klyosov (2012) postulates that "Western European" R1b-L150 entered Europe from Northern Africa, via Iberia, coincident with the spread of the Bell Beaker culture.[89]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaker_culture
Where were R1b before that period. This is a bit of a mystery. This is a simplified diagram that Dr. Michael Hammer presented at the FTDNA conference late last year, representing spread of R1b into Europe:
But i actually believe that this is wrong and that you could be partially right about the existence of R1b in western Europe much earlier than 3 millennium bc. But not in western Europe of today, but in western Europe which today lies under hundred meters of sea, off the coast of western Europe.
The main question about the above diagram of R1b expansion into Europe, is how do we know they came from Asia minor over Balkans and not from central Asia via Black Sea steppe, which is much more logical route if the oldest R1b people are found at the edge of the European Steppe, and if they came from Asia? Or, which is also not possible, that R1b people entered Europe from North Africa via Iberian peninsula, the western Atlantic, via Ireland and Britain, to Germanic lands of lowlands and Frisland?
If this is diagram of the spreading of the Bell beaker culture:
Why and how did they draw the diagram posted earlier, showing the entry point into Europe to be the Balkans? Is this based on some clairvoyant knowledge or wish, rather then facts? The spreading of Bell beakers from North Africa, West of Europe, then to the north west of Europe and finally into Central and Eastern Europe seems much more likely. At least it is possible that the expansion took place from both sides, from Atlantic coast and from Black Sea steppe, at different periods in history.
How can we explain this discrepancy between the archaeological, genetic, linguistic data, which all show concentration of R1b genes, languages and culture diminishing from west to east, and your map which shows that they entered Europe from the Balkans? Wouldn't have they left some trace from Bosporus to Germany?
Here is a map showing distribution of R1b genes in the world:
Data says no traces of Bell Beaker people in the Balkans. And this is the reason why. Look at the geography of the Balkans. Lots of rivers, lots of mountains, lots of bad people with lots of weapons. Very bad for people on horses and later chariots. This is why they all stayed east and north of Carpatian mountains and Danube. This is why old Balkan cultures survived until today. This is why you have an island of I2a in the sea of R1 (A and B). So I really doubt that there was any Balkan rout into Europe. If R1b people came from Armenia, then they came via Black sea steppe, like Huns after them. But they could equally have come into Europe from Central Asia, via Asia minor, via north Africa to west of Europe as well as via Black Sea steppe. Maybe the original Bell beakers came via the sea. And the later waves came via the steppe with the steppe people invasions of the migration period. Not everyone had to come at the same time. The fact that the concentration is the highest in the West of Europe surely points to the fact that R1b people have been in that part of Europe the longest?
But where could R1b people have come to western Europe so early after the last glacial maximum? From Africa. R1 haplogroup, the father group of both R1a and R1b, came into Euroasia before last glacial maximum. When they came to Europe is debated, by i believe well before last glacial maximum. Where and when did the split occur, we don't know for sure, but it is quite possible that that too happened before the last glacial maximum. When Ice started advancing, the human population moved partially to Spain, partially to the Balkans, and partially to Black sea region. These became centers of linguistic and cultural changes. Did the people from Spain reach North Africa 10,000 bc? Quite possibly. They had tools and knowledge to build rafts and boats. Sea level was 110 meters lower. So it is possible that some of the Early Europeans escaped to north Africa. But It is also very likely that some early R1b people were already in North Africa at that time. This is attested by huge presence of R1b, R1a genes in Africa and cultural and linguistic similarities between Berbers and the Irish. Look at these links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabyle_people
The Kablye Berbers in the atlas mountains of Morocco are known for having red hair. The Kablye are a very big ethnic group they are one of the biggest Berber speaking ethnic groups. Berbers take up most of northwest Africa and if Arab Muslim didn't invade north Africa, Berber language would probably have been spoken in much of north Africa Today.
There are some Kablye tribes with 18% blonde hair, so obviously they did get their red hair and pale skin from Europeans originally but when and from which Europeans is still debated.
Riffian people are another Berber ethnic group and they also are known for European features like Kablye.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riffian_people
Look at the percentage of R1b people in populations of Africa:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_R1b_(Y-DNA)
When did R1b and R1a get there? Were they there before last glacial maximum? Were they among the people who lived in green Sahara between 7th and 4th millennium BC? And did they get back to western Europe as the ice started to retreat? If they did, they probably lived in now submerged lands off the western coast of Europe. And if so, our chances of finding any early genetic material is very small as it is lying under 100 meters of water. Did R1b emerge in what today is dry western Europe from wetlands which now form the coastal waters of western Europe? Most people at that time lived in coastal areas, because the availability of food was the greatest. And as water rose, population moved further and further east, until they reached the land that is still dry land today. This happened sometime before 3000 bc. Is the maximum frequency of R1b in Ireland, England, western France and Western Iberia proof of that? Quite possibly.
Once established in north west Europe, they mixed in central Europe with R1a, I2 and N populations forming Celts, Germanics, Norse, Western Slavs. Then they could have moved toward south of Europe and the Balkans. These invasions are well documented with Celtic invasion of the Balkans and Asia minor one of the ways of spreading the genes below Danube. If R1b genes in the south east are older then the ones in the north west, this does not necessarily mean that the spreading was from south east to north west. At the time of Celtic and migration period invasions, whole clans went together, including women and children. No one stayed at home. So it is entirely possible that some clans with the oldest genes just moved south and settled in the Balkans and in Asia minor during Celtic invasions of the south eastern Europe. And maybe the oldest clans never left central Asia until the migration period and only then moved to south of Europe with Huns, Tatars and Slavs. And maybe some of them moved down to Asia minor and later entered Europe with Turks? It is also possible that a lot of R1b people came to Europe with Macedonians and Romans and settled in the Balkans, bringing old R1b subclades with them. We can't exclude any of these migration options.
How is this possible if the main body of the R1b people came through the Balkans? And how did they enter western Europe through the wall of R1a people living above Danube all the way to Baltic?
Did R1b people prosper because they were nomads, shepherds and they survived the sudden climate changes which devastated agricultural population of Europe several times over?
In the book "The Secrets of the Irish Landscape" we read that according to the dendrochronological research done in Ireland on Irish bog Oaks, during the period between 2354 bc and 2345 bc the oaks completely stopped growing and showed bark changes which indicate that they were submerged in water. It seems that it started to rain and it didn't stop for 10 years. This caused complete failure and disappearance of the existing stone age culture due to crop failure. After the rain stopped we see the old culture being replaced by the beaker culture in a sharp artifact cut. Interestingly in the annals of four masters we find this:
The Age of the World, 2545. Rudhruidhe, son of Parthalon, was drowned in Loch Rudhruidhe, the lake having flowed over him; and from him the lake is called.
The Age of the World, 2546. An inundation of the sea over the land at Brena in this year, which was the seventh lake eruption that occurred in the time of Parthalon; and this is named Loch Cuan.
http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/T100005A/
The Ussher chronology is a 17th-century chronology of the history of the world formulated from a literal reading of the Bible by James Ussher, the Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland). The chronology is sometimes associated with young Earth creationism, which holds that the universe was created only a few millennia ago by God as described in the first two chapters of the Biblical book of Genesis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ussher_chronology
The reason why i am mentioning Ussher chronology is that in his list of dates the date for the biblical flood to 2348 bc, right in the middle of the above major weather event.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/world-born-4004-bc
But the bible and the Irish are not the only ones to record this event.
In Chinese records we read that after there were 9 years of rain after 2346 bc.
Mayans talk about big floods and rain in 236o.
Something major weather wise has happened in the middle of the 3rd millennium bc. Did that wipe out the original agricultural R1a and I2 agricultural population from the north of Europe, freeing the land for the expansion of the first wave of R1b shepherds?
The same thing happened around 800 BC, when all the bog bodies were deposited across northern Europe, because of the sudden change of climate to wet and cold climate, which devastated local agricultural population again.
In Serbia, R1a, I2, R1b, E1b people have been living side by side for millenniums. R1a and I2 predominantly in valleys and agricultural flat lands working the land, and R1b in the mountains minding their flocks. E1b on the coast. There was never any animosity among them because there was no competition for resources. I believe that we had the same situation in the rest of Europe, but the balance was destroyed not by war but by climate change.
R1a tribe, people which since at least early neolithic lived in Eurasia, still lives there today. On it's fringes it mixed with other tribes and produced mixed tribes with many mixed languages. These languages we today classify as Indoeuropean, but the common link between them is R1a language. R1b shares the most basic common roots with R1a as they both belong to the same paternal genetic and therefore linguistic branch. They share the natural language, the earliest language based on natural sounds.
The important thing is that R1a, R1b, I2, J, E1b languages, which contributed in creation of all modern Indoeuropean languages are also pre Indoeuropean. Indoeuropean means post mix in third millenium bc, pre Indoeuropean is pre mix in third millenium bc. For relatively pure R1a languages, Slavic languages, it is all one and the same language from beginning of language to today, with more or less foreign elements added to it. For relatively pure R1b language, Gaelic language, it is pretty much unchanged since at least 8000 bc but with noticeable components from I2 and R1a language added to it. The core is however the same, unchanged. For Balkan south Slavic languages, the situation is the same as far as R1a language part is concerned. But South Slavic languages are a mix of R1a and I2 languages, which occurred a lot earlier than 3000 bc. Western dialects of Croatian and Serbian preserve a lot of this oldest I2a language, which is mostly covered with R1a language. The same language can be found in traces in Irish. Later this old Balkan language was mixed with R1b and E1b languages. In western Europe things were a lot more turbulent, as can be seen from numerous changes in languages of western Europe through history. These changes are not present in Slavic languages (R1a) or in Irish Gaelic (R1b) which are pretty much unchanged. We can see this from the fact that there were very little changes in these languages since the first written records were made in these languages to today. These are very conservative old languages. Between them we have an ever changing see of western European languages.
Each of these original languages which contributed to the creation of the Indoeuropean language family is also pre Indoeuropean. No need to wander what the language of the pre Indoeuropeans was. Each tribe spoke their own language in their own territory. Look at the genetic map of Eurasia and all becomes clear at once.
I hope this clarifies my understanding of what Indoeuropean is. Next i would like to give a quick summary of what i mean by early human language, and how i believe it was developed from natural sounds.
« Last Edit: January 27, 2014, 10:34:54 AM by dublin »
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If you are implying that i could be racist let me tell you this: I don't know what my haplogroup is, i don't know what haplogroup any of my family members and friends belong to. And i don't care. Genes are not something we choose. They determine a lot of who we are, but we should strive to be as best human being as possible regardless of what tribe we come from. I was brought up not to care what culture, religion or nationality someone belongs to, and to take difference as positive and enriching.
Great! That sounds like a good attitude (similar to mine).
So your motives aren't problematic. But I'm still very concerned about the association you're trying to draw logically. Languages and genetics are simply different things, and while sometimes you will obviously find correlations (skin color, for example, will give you SOME information statistically), it won't actually be precise or reliable enough to tell you anything important. There's nothing wrong with considering genetic data (in fact, I think it's a good idea among many, many other things), but there is something wrong in founding an argument about linguistics on that. If you don't understand why, then you have some background reading to do. Language, at least as far as all linguists are concerned, is not something you can study by looking at genetics, archaeological evidence or other areas. All of these types of evidence can work together and build a powerful theory, but one is not a substitute for another, and language, when the data is available, can be very useful in that.
Genetic differences are relatively minor and have a very large time depth. Languages change faster than that. In my (admittedly newly exposed) perspective, any theory that compares Irish and Serbian directly (without instead discussing Slavic and Celtic, at the VERY least) is absurd. If you would like me to sympathize with your concerns about Indo-European and understand your perspective, you'll at least need to address that.
Maybe you're just using random examples (eg, Serbian), and I've mistaken them for central claims (eg, about Slavic and Indo-European).
If you ever want to get published or present at a conference (or, yes, just post effectively on a relatively informal forum!), you will need to learn how to effectively and convincingly summarize your work into an abstract form. It's not easy, and no one is holding that against you.
But, no, I won't be reading hundreds of pages on a theory that doesn't make sense to me from the start. If you can address some of these fundamental questions we have and then it starts to seem more reasonable, then, sure, I'll put some more time into it. Questioning things is great. But in doing so, you must realize that you're probably going to be wrong most of the time, or at least that you won't be more right. (You might discover that one theory is wrong only to come up with a different but equally wrong theory.)
Your discussion of genes and families:
The scale of study is hugely important and possibly problematic here. You might be able to do what you're talking about with a massive computer simulation that can actually track things like fatherhood and differentiate siblings who move to different places, but that would involve entire genomes, not just two different genetic types. Two genetic types are going to tell you almost nothing about language. In fact, you will find lots of false positives out there, even if you are right about the subset you're looking at. Look at neighboring groups with their own languages in the two regions-- you'll find that those people actually share these same two genetic markers but that they don't share languages. The resolution for two values is not large enough to then start comparing something as diverse as languages.
Serbia is the best example, where we have every haplogroup known to man, all sharing the same language. But with different local dialects and customs, which you can identify as links to old cultures belonging to the original genetic tribe from which particular local family or clan came from.
Whoa! Present-day minor cultural variation is due to ancient genetic and historical factors? This not only seems implausible (or at least unreliable) to me, but it seems to go against your theory that there are clear genetic indicators correlated with all speakers of Serbian.
I use genetics as a tool to track spread of cultures and languages.
To me this seems like a very bad idea. Or at least it is a bad idea if it is your only source of data. As I've said, there is simply not enough data in the genetic data to deal with the minor variations in Slavic and Celtic dialects you're talking about.
So far i think it works. I know everyone cringes when they hear genes and cultures mixed together, but just because someone abused something in the past, doesn't mean that we should never use it again. Just because someone killed someone with a knife, should we never use knife again?
Not at all. But there are two reasons people cringe:
1. It was used for bad motives.
2. It was bad science to begin with. The bad motives clouded their judgment and biased their science.
Just because someone used a certain method for bad purposes does not mean it's appropriate for good purposes.
Rather than your "knife" example, consider something like extreme torture. If it really is bad (in addition to be used for bad purposes), it should be avoided. I'm not claiming that relating genes and language is pure evil (like extreme torture), but that it may just be a bad methodology. That's all that would matter scientifically; you're right that misuse is irrelevant-- I agree completely.
So the problem then is that you're basing your theory on the idea that genes and language are reliably related. Fine if so. Then don't try to work out the Serbian issue right now. Instead, try to establish some basis for genes+language claims!
Tribes develop from families, and families propagate genes. This is a fact and can not be ignored.
True, but irrelevant.
Look at Slavs. From Central Europe to Siberia, they can all more or less understand each other.
(And so are you now talking about Slavic as a whole? Still some big issues open!)
They are all more or less R1a.
That certainly doesn't cause anything. If anything, it's just a fortunate coincidence for a researcher. That's not a good feeling, that your research program is based on what you hope is a coincidence.
Their cultures are also very similar, and all that after crusades, conversions, occupations, exterminations, communism, nazism, huns, avars, mongols, turks, germans, austrians, hungarians, vikings and all the other invaders and conquerors.
After thousands of years, over two continents, the language and culture is the same where the population is the of the same genetic type (R1a). All this without schools and without books to codify the language.
Perhaps. But so what? What does this say about Proto-Indo-European, in a case where there was a lot of migration?
Let's look at a simple, established fact:
Proto-Indo-European was spoken somewhere probably by a relatively homogenous group at the time. About 6000-8000 years later (or, looking back, about 3000 years later), those people had spread and their languages were then spoken by people who were genetically and obviously physically very different. Compare the red-haired Irish to the blonde-haired Scandinavians, to the dark-haired and darker skinned Italians, and then the very, very different looking Indians. They all speak related languages.
Now you might argue something is wrong with that hypothesis. If that's the case, then, well, good luck! There's essentially definitive evidence for IE languages being related, although many details are unclear. Nothing in historical linguistics is ever certain, but the field may as well collapse if the major IE languages don't actually work out as Jones proclaimed 250 years ago. Sanskrit is related to Greek and Latin. Therefore, there is no clear relationship between genes/appearance and language. Often, there might be a relationship. But it's not reliable. And that's where you're left.
Another area where a lot of research has been done is with the so-called Khoisan languages (a disputed group, really). The genetic and linguistic relationships are intertwined but not strongly correlated. It's possible to figure out the relationships, but they're things like "group X stopped speaking their language 1000 years ago and then they picked up a language from group Y". That research is specifically about disentangling genes and language! Something to read about.
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« Last Edit: January 27, 2014, 10:46:19 AM by djr33 »
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Yes, there's a decided attempt to not face them, from what I can see.
« Last Edit: January 27, 2014, 11:39:53 AM by lx »
do you even know what freknu asked?
Also the whole term "Indoeuropen" needs to be seriously reevaluated, as latest genetic data are connecting Indo European directly with R1a haplogroup and to lesser Extent R1b haplogroup only.
freknu's question: Like lx, I fail to see why it needs reevaluation?
Both Irish and Serbian (South Slavic) languages have very large layer of paleolithic language, and have preserved the oldest language roots. You can build "PIE" roots using roots found in Serbian and Irish. This is how old this stuff is.
Freknu's question: You can build PIE roots from all IE languages. What is this supposed paleolithic substratum and why must it be pre-IE paleolithic?
I am currently trying to answer these two questions first as they are important to set frame of reference for further discussion. You don't have to agree with me. But you have my answer. I will clarify few more things in reply to djr33 tomorrow.
So please read and feel free to make comments. I will address his other questions later.
« Last Edit: January 27, 2014, 01:43:39 PM by dublin »
Let's make my questions even more direct:
1) provide a list of Serbian and/or Irish words which you claim to be of a pre-PIE paleolithic substratum.
2) explain why you believe these words are of a pre-PIE paleolithic substratum.
This is what I was referring to.
I see you're pretty read up on genetic migratory patterns, though you come to some conclusions that I've seen debated, about R1b being strictly linked to the first PIE speakers that came into Europe. I understand the scene needs to be set (and in fact I did ask earlier to stick to less fringe topics and set a basis to lead out to the new ideas) but even if we say the underlying migratory theories you're citing are correct, this still has no bearing on how you translate this to languages. That's why people are saying you're dodging the question and not providing any evidence.
Freknu's questions get right to the point. You seem to have a theory you want to prove, but haven't got the evidence just yet. Herein lies the problem.
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You begin with the central claim (or claims) of your theory (or theories), and work outwards from there — make your claim and incrementally explain it.
You do not begin with the periphery and work towards the centre — drowning the reader with "irrelevant" data that won't make any sense at all (if ever) until you make it to the final and central points (if you ever get there to begin with).
As has been pointed out already, the link between genetics and language is more artificial than Donald Trump's hairpiece.
My central inqury was and still is:
Quote from: freknu on January 26, 2014, 06:39:51 AM
provide a list of Serbian and/or Irish words which you claim to be of a pre-PIE paleolithic substratum.
explain why you believe these words are of a pre-PIE paleolithic substratum.
« Last Edit: January 27, 2014, 07:15:42 PM by freknu »
djr33
Great. So we can talk about languages, genes, customs and cultures calmly, impartially and without preconceptions rooted in bigotry. I hope. We can accept facts when they are presented to us and use logic and not emotions to evaluate each other's arguments.
Freknu and Lx
I am going to continue my conversation with djr33. I believe that my answers to him, also answer your questions. So here we go:
I said:
Then you said:
And I agree with you 100%. You can not use genetics to determine a language of a population. I started this research about 20 years ago. I know I am old. This was before public internet, discussion boards and genetic data. I started by trying to understand very peculiar local customs, traditions and dialect characteristics of the South East Serbia, the Southern Carpatian region. They use "Celtic" standing crosses to mark the border between villages, their language is one of the oldest and most conservative dialects of Serbian language and it contains some constructs that, as far as I am aware, only exist in Irish. This was the start.
Most of my research is in the area of anthropology, archaeology and ethnography. Linguistics is a crucial part of this research. Languages, part of languages, survive when one language replaces another. As I said, when two languages merge, smaller or bigger percentage of the less dominant language survives inside the new mixed language. Sometimes we can clearly see the layers of the previous languages, because a lot of both languages which went into the mix was preserved, like in English, or German, or French. But sometimes only a fraction of the less dominant language will survive. Like in Hibernian English. A slang word, a name of a plant or an animal breed, a name of an archaic tool or custom, a name of an ancient god or a demon, a grammatical construct, toponimes and hidronimes. If the population that originally carried the swallowed language is also completely swallowed or destroyed, we will have problems finding these bits of old language (or languages) in the mass of the new language because we will have no reference language. But if only part of the population carrying the less dominant language was assimilated into the new culture and language, and the other part still lived somewhere where they still spoke their original language (or an evolved variation of it), and still had preserved their old customs and traditions, then the situation is completely different. You can literally overlay two languages and cultures together and spot the similarities straight away. If you then compare your results with a third language and culture, which is directly related to the dominant language and culture from the mix you are investigating, picture becomes even clearer. You can tell exactly what came from where. This is what I did with Serbian (South Slavic languages) and Irish. South Slavic languages are the most conservative and the oldest dialects of Slavic language. Church Slavonic was based on south Slavic dialect of the population which lived around Thessaloniki in the 9th century.
Old Church Slavonic, also known as Old Church Slavic (often abbreviated to OCS; self-name словѣ́ньскъ ѩзꙑ́къ, slověnĭskŭ językŭ) was the first Slavic literary language. The 9th century Byzantine Greek missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius are credited with standardizing the language and using it in translating the Bible and other Ancient Greek ecclesiastical texts as part of the Christianisation of the Slavic peoples. It is thought to have been based primarily on the dialect of the 9th century Byzantine Slavs living in the Province of Thessalonica (now in Greek Macedonia).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Church_Slavonic
This language is still spoken in south of Serbia. And actually even older dialects exist in the Balkans still today. Irish is also very conservative language. But it is actually a conglomerate of old Irish (R1b) language and I2 and R1a languages. In early medieval Irish texts (before Vikings, Normans and British) there are references to a peculiar "Iron" language which half of Ireland spoke and which was not like "our" language (Gaelic). Eventually Gaelic language prevailed and non Gaelic population was subdued and absorbed or exterminated. But part of their language and culture was also preserved in Irish language and culture, as well as in toponimes and hidronimes. If you compare Irish language, culture and toponimes and hidronimes, with South Slavic and Germanic languages, culture and toponimes and hidronimes, you can clearly see which parts come from these languages (a very large part) and which part comes from the original Gaelic (R1b) language.
I started looking at genetic data only a few years ago. The available data is still very limited particularly data coming from "interesting" parts of the world, like north Africa, central Asia, even Balkans. People have no money to do expensive genetic tests. So when we say "15%" of population has R1a haplogroup, that means 15% of 0.01 percent of the population...Not something i would like to use as my main argument for anything. As more an more people get tested, data becomes "statistically" more reliable. But you know what they say about "lies, damn lies and statistics"?
Now why do I then use genetic types to name languages? Because I can not use names like Irish or Slavic or Celtic to identify the language through time that spans millenniums. Languages like everything else get born (or created in case of slang languages) and then they evolve. As I said already, natural languages are born within genetically compact families. So originally every language was linked to some genetic type. I am talking about original languages, from the times of Cro Magnons. By the time people recolonized Ireland after the last glacial maximum, the language that particular tribe spoke was already old, but still descendant of same language the original population of the dominant genetic type within the tribe once invented. The megalithic R1b inhabitants of Ireland had a language, before Celts were Celts and Irish were Irish and part of that language is in Celtic languages and in modern Irish. The Celtic languages are Indoeuropean, and R1b as part of R1b language went into creation of the Celtic languages. But Celtic languages are also R1a, and I2 as part of these languages went into creation of Celtic languages too. We have the same situation with Serbian, Slvic, Scythian, Vedic...All of them are stages of the evolution of one language. R1a language. But what are we going to call that language before it became Vedic language? You can call it Proto Indo European. However this language has been through history directly linked to R1a population as all ancient dna from burial sites are confirming. The direct ancestor of this language is the language spoken by the direct genetic ancestors of the R1a Proto Indo Europeans, Slavs. Indo European languages were created by mixing of R1a language (and it's dialects) and other pre merge, pre Indo European people like R1b people, E1b people, various Asian people. This is, i have to repeat it again, the reason why we need redefining of what Indoeuropean, proto Indoeuropean and pre Indoeuropean means. I believe, based on archaeological, historical, ethnological, anthropological, linguistic and genetic data that i have collected and correlated, that R1a people were proto Indoeuropeans, the core component of all Indoeuropean languages, and what makes them related to each other.
This is the diagram of the distribution of R1a in Eurasia and north Africa:
Here is what Eupedia says about R1a haplogroup:
Haplogroup R1a probably branched off from R1* around the time of the Last Glacial Maximum (19,000 to 26,000 years before present). Little is know for certain about its place of origin. Some think it might have originated in the Balkans or around Pakistan and Northwest India, due to the greater genetic diversity found in these regions. The diversity can be explained by other factors though. The Balkans have been subject to 5000 years of migrations from the Eurasian Steppes, each bringing new varieties of R1a. South Asia has had a much bigger population than any other parts of the world (occasionally equalled by China) for at least 10,000 years, and larger population bring about more genetic diversity. The most likely place of origin of R1a is Central Asia or southern Russia/Siberia.
R1a is thought to have been the dominant haplogroup among the northern and eastern Indo-European speakers who evolved into the Indo-Iranian, Mycenaean Greek, Thracian, Baltic and Slavic branches.
I would say that R1a haplogroup was also very influential in creation of western European languages by mixing with R1b, I1,I2, N, E1b, J...haplogroups.
http://www.eupedia.com/europe/Haplogroup_R1a_Y-DNA.shtml
http://www.eupedia.com/europe/origins_haplogroups_europe.shtml#R1a
I believe, based on the same data, that R1b and E1b languages were Afro Asiatic languages or Afro Atlantic or Central Asia, North Africa, Atlantic languages. They contributed in the creation of Indoeuropean languages by mixing with proto Indoeuropean R1a language. R1b and E1b languages also formed other languages by mixing with other genetic language groups such as J, G and C in Africa and Asia.
Look at Basque language. Non Indo European language, and one of few almost pure R1b, pre Indoeuropean mix, languages left. Everyone expected Basque people to have one of the old European, pre Indoeuropean, haplogroups. The fact that Basque people have, with Irish, the highest percentage of R1b people, came as a shock. First this was used as a proof that R1b was the original hunter gatherer type of Europe. But we know now that this is not true. What is special about Basque people is that they did not mix their language with R1a languages, and so have not become Indoeuropean. Irish on the other hand, another R1b language, did mix extensively with R1a and I2 languages and became Indoeuropenised. Both R1a and R1b share common language roots, as both genetic types which are carriers of the languages share common genetic progenitor R1, same father. But long period of separation and extensive mixing of R1b with other non R1 languages in central Asia and Africa, change R1b languages so much, that when they finally entered Europe in Neolithic, they only partially resembled R1a languages, and partially had Afro Asiatic characteristics. This Afro Asiatic influence is evident in Irish, even though it is still debated:
The concept of the Insular Celtic languages being descended from Hebrew was part of Medieval superstition, but the hypothesis that they had features from an Afro-Asiatic substratum (Iberian and Berber languages) was first proposed by John Morris-Jones in 1900.[2] Some well-known linguists have been adherents such as Julius Pokorny,[3] Heinrich Wagner,[4] and Orin Gensler.[5] There has been further work on the theory by Shisha-Halevy [6] and Theo Vennemann.
The theory has been criticised by Graham Isaac[7] and by Kim McCone.[8] Isaac alleges, that the twenty points identified by Gensler are trivial, dependencies or vacuous, but without giving an rationale. Thus he considers the theory to be not just unproven but wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_Celtic_languages#Possible_Afro-Asiatic_substratum
Celtic languages – Irish, Scots Gaelic and Welsh – incorporate grammatical traits found in Afro-Asiatic tongues that are otherwise unrelated, according to research published last week in Science magazine.
Other Celtic languages that were spoken in continental Europe and have since died out did not have these grammatical quirks. Afro-Asiatic languages are currently spoken in countries across Northern Africa and the Near East. This points to the possibility that there was early contact between Celtic and North African populations in the British Isles.
Orin Gensler, of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, said the similarities would be explained if, when Afro-Asiatic people learnt Celtic from the new immigrants, they “perpetuated aspects of their own grammar into the new language”. Gensler has studied many grammatical features found in both Celtic and Afro-Asiatic languages. He found many of the shared features were rare in other languages.
Linguists have discovered surprising differences between Celtic languages and related languages such as French, while seeing striking resemblances between Celtic and Afro-Asiatic languages that are spoken in countries including Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.
Gensler examined features of the languages such as the order of words in a sentence. In Gaelic and Welsh the standard sentence structure is verb subject-object, which is a rare sequence. This is also the case in many Afro-Asiatic languages. Celtic languages that used to be spoken in continental Europe had the verb in the final or middle position.
Berniece Wuethrich, author of the Science article, said: “The only other non-linguistic evidence that could point towards this connection is in blood type, but it is not definitive. Irish and British people have different proportions of blood types to most Europeans. Where there are comparable proportions is in the Atlas mountains in Northern Africa, home of the Berber people.” Berber is a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language group.
Geneticists say there is no evidence of North African ancestors in Irish genes. “There is no particular correspondence between northwest Africa and this island but that is not to say we won’t find something,” said Dr Dan Bradley of the department of genetics at Trinity College. “There is no good genetic evidence to support what the linguists are saying. You have to keep an open mind though.”
While in general clues about the identity of prehistoric inhabitants are gleaned from archeological remains and DNA, linguists say that certain elements of a language can preserve information about ancient times.
It is widely known that when the Celts invaded Ireland there were people already here. Man is first believed to have arrived on Irish shores about 9,000 years ago – the earliest-known archeological evidence for human habitation dates to 7,000BC.
Archeologists are not sure of the origins of prehistoric immigrants to Ireland. A team of scientists in Dublin and Belfast, including Bradley, is studying the genes of modern Irish people to find evidence of these origins, a project which is partly funded by the government’s millennium fund
These oddities of grammar still persist in the English language spoken in Ireland. They do have a slightly different way of composing a sentence.
’ What would you be wanting with your Guinness?’
‘What do you want with your Guinness?’
So who do you think brought these Afro Asiatic characteristics to Irish? I believe R1b population with their languages.
Germanic peoples speak Germanic languages, and it has long been recognized that a substantial pre-Indo- European component exists in those languages. Piergiuseppe Scardigli estimates that a full 40% of the basic ancient Germanic vocabulary is not Indo-European, but rather comes from some other source. This includes such basic words as land, rain, path, silver, and word (Scardigli, Der Weg zur deutschen Sprache). Edgar Polomé finds it "obvious" that Germanic retains traces of the language spoken by the pre-Indo-European inhabitants of Denmark and northern Germany (Polomé The non-Indo-European component of the Germanic lexicon).
Are there any linguistic links between Berber and German? Berber, the simplest and most conservative Afro Asiatic language, like the related Semitic languages, uses vowel mutation to express a change of meaning. Thus amagur (camel) becomes imugar (camels). This same feature is characteristic of Germanic languages as well; thus English man/men, foot/feet, write/wrote, etc. In The Loom of Language, Bodmer observes that Germanic and Semitic share this distinctive feature (Bodmer, The Loom of Language) which is, needless to say, uncommon in other Indo-European languages. Based on its traces in Germanic, Eric Hamp reconstructs the pre-Indo-European language of northern Europe as one in which there was a four-vowel system with no distinct "o," and which used the same words for deictic and relative pronouns (Markey and Greppin, When Worlds Collide: Indo-Europeans and Pre-Indo-Europeans- The Bellaio Papers). Berber also has a four-vowel system with no "o" and uses the same words for deictic and relative pronouns.
Many pre-Indo-European root words surviving in Germanic can be traced back to an Afro-Asiatic source (the parent language family of Berber as well). An excellent example is the word silver, which comes from Berber azerfa. This term was apparently spread throughout Western Europe by the Beaker Folk, who traded in silver (Cardona, Indo-European and Indo-Europeans). Berber (Afro Asiatic) words in Germanic include:
EARLY GERMANIC ~ AFRO-ASIATIC (Proto-Berber)
baus (bad, evil, useless; German böse) ~ ba's (calamity, misfortune)
ela (eel) ~ 'il (snake)
gawi (district; German Gau) ~ gawad (land, with epenthesis)
kelikn (loft, upper story) ~ qal'a (fortress, hill, citadel [Skomal, 223ff])
land (land, country) ~ lha'nt (grassland, with collective suffix)
paþa (path) ~ put (to step along)
preu (awl, piercing tool) ~ par (to separate, cut apart, make an opening)
regen (rain; German Regen) ~ rayyn (well-watered, with noun suffix)
sek (to cut, mow; English sickle) ~ tsîk (to pluck up)
silver (silver) ~ azerfa (silver)
summer (summer) ~ asammar (hot weather)
werð (word) ~ werd (to call out)
Germans are not the only West European nation deeply influenced by Berber culture. Celtic is especially rich in Afro Asiatic vocabulary. Even a common Irish word like aue, "grandson," cognates with Berber aouwi, "son." This is, by the way, the root of the Irish prefix Ó, still found in Irish names like O'Reilly this most common "Irish" word is actually Afro Asiatic and has cognates in Berber! Irish tribal names like Uí Máine, Uí Faoláin, and Uí Néill, seem to have been patterned after the Afro Asiatic collective prefix found in Berber Ait Frah, Ait Ouriaghel, and Aït Ndhir (Adams Hamito-Semitic and the Pre-Celtic Substratum in Ireland and Britain). According to world-renowned scholar Julius Pokorny, it is "from every point of view impossible" that the Celts were the earliest inhabitants of Ireland; the Berbers came first (Pokorny, The pre-Celtic inhabitants of Ireland). He reminds us that the Megalithic inhabitants of Éire were long- headed Mediterraneans, who "still form the principal element in the population of North Africa." There are many customs in common between Celts and Berbers, Pokorny assures us, including "queer sexual morals" (Pokorny The pre-Celtic inhabitants of Ireland). Welsh scholars have also affirmed "the kinship of the early inhabitants of Britain to the North African white race" (Sergi, The Mediterranean race), while the linguistic evidence of nouns, verbs, infixed pronouns, pre-verbs, consonant quality, and lenition of consonants all proves "close relations between Berber and Insular Celtic" (Pokorny, The pre-Celtic inhabitants of Ireland).
Especially in their syntax, Celtic, Spanish, Basque, Portuguese, French and English have all been deeply affected by this same "Atlantic" substratum, which Gessman calls "almost certainly Hamitic" (Gessman, The Tongue of the Romans).
Here is a list of common Basque and Berber words:
English, Berber, Basque
tree ...saGar (pl.).. SAGAR (*)
Basque "sagar" actually means "apple"
to arrive ...fel.... HEL
Basque "(h)el-"
to attach...aGi ....ATXI
Basque "atxiki" (to add, to stick)
beef ....esu (t-esu-t "cow") ...ZEZEN
Basque "zezen" means 'bull'
wood.... saRir ....ZUR
Basque "zur"
to run fast .... azl ZAL
(no such word in Basque, but compare Basque "zaldi", 'horse')
to say ...... enn ERRAN, ESAN
Basque "esan", "erran" probably from earlier "esran"
to sleep..... eTTes ETZAN (to lie)
Basque "etzan"
sheet ......axawlil OIHAL
Basque "oihal" (cloth)
child .....araw (H)AUR
Basque "(h)aur"
enemy .....henGa ETSAI
Basque "etsai"
to sneeze .....usraG urtzinz
Basque "usin"
to do .....eG / ekn- EGIN
Basque "-gin-" (to do, make)
String.....ehed HEDE
Basque "hede"
gazelle ....ahenkoD AHUNTZ (goat)
Basque "ahuntz"
drop.... eTTeb ITOITZ
Basque "itoi"
seeds ....âllun ALE
Basque "ale"
to throw .....enDw ANDEatu
the Basque word for 'to throw' is "-gotz-"
milk ....ax ESNE
Basque "esne"
master..... mess messaw MAISU
Basque "maisu" means "teacher"
sick ..... iran -urn- ERI
Basque "eri"
name ......isem IZEN
Basuqe "izen"
smell ..... ûxem USAIN USNA
Basque "usain", from an earlier *usani
shadow ..... têle ITZAL
Basque "itzal"
nail...... êsker AZAZKAL
Basque "atzazal" means "finger nail", and it's a compound of "atz-" (finger) + "azal" (skin, bark).
Gold ......ûreR URRE
Basque "urre"
to milk ......eZZeG JEIXI JAITZI
Basque "jaitzi"
to chose .....ebres BEREXI
not a Basque word ("berezi" means 'special')
to find..... eGraw AURKItu
Basque "aurkitu"
valley.... eRahar HARAN
Basque "(h)aran"
calf .....ahRu ARATXE
The Basque word for 'calf' is actually "txahal", which requires an earlier *zanal or *sanal.
Linguist Jaime Martín, claims in his book "An enigma untangled: the origin of Basque" that he had found similarities between Dogon languages of Mali with Basque.
On linguistic structures, Dogon and Basque concur in sentence placement order, with the subject at the beginning, the verb at the end – which is the biggest difference from Romance languages – and the direct object in the middle. Also, demonstratives (this, that) go after the verb, as opposed to Latin and Spanish, where it goes before. “I was surprised”, he confesses. They differ in that Basque maintains declinations while Dogon does not have them.
As far as vocabulary goes, he compared 2,274 from both languages and found 1,633 similar pair, which represents 70% of the total.
According to the author, comparative linguistics from a %50 of similarity one can talk about a relationship between two languages.
Ten examples of almost identical words: bede/bide (path in Dogon and Basque, respectively); soro/soro (agricultural land); beri/bero (hot); gara/garai (high); bana/banandu (to separate); gogoro/gogortu (to hold on); kwiye/kuia (pumpkin); pipilu/pipil (bud); togi/toki (place); kose/gose (hunger).
He also found Basque words made up of two Dogon terms, such as “senide” (brother), which is “sani de” in Dogon. Furthermore, he noticed that most of the words were older in Dogon that in Basque. All that has taken him to the conclusion that the Basque language originates from Dogon.
Therefore, according to this professor, the Basque language, which has been the subject of multiple theories about his origin, none of them conclusive, would have an African origin.
He is not the first comparing Basque with other languages; as Martin points out, Koldo Mitxelena – the most famous Basque linguist – denied the correlation between Basque with African languages.
Another well-known linguist, Antonio Tovar, carried out a comparative study among Basque, Berber, Copto and Egyptian and three other Caucasian languages.
Tovar only found up to 7% of similitude with Berber, very little, but pointed out how similar Basque sentence structure was to other languages.
What is interesting is that Mali is part of west Africa where we find a lot of R1b haplogroup. Fulani of Mali, a nomadic, herders tribe who also live in Niger, and Chad, have a high frequency of R1b1c. The also carry the European version of lactose persistence at a pretty high frequency, especially for Africa, of 37%. Lactose tolerance is almost directly linked with R1b herders population. If you look at these maps you will see that they are quite similar:
Lactose tolerance map. Red is most tolerant.
R1b distribution:
There is a great chance that lactose tolerance is passed on through a genetic block related to original R1b herders.
When and how did dairy herding reach these parts of Africa? Or maybe the real question is how did dairy herders reach Europe from Africa?
So to recapitulate this. I did not base my conclusions on Genetics. I used genetics as one of, the last and least used, tool. But you can not exclude genetics from this conversation. I agree with the existence of proto Indoeuropean people but I believe they are R1a people today known as Slavs. I agree that there is such a thing as Indoeuropean people but only as a mix of original proto Indoeuropean R1a people with Afro Asiatic people R1b, E1b, old European people such as I, G, J, and Central Asian and Indian people. I believe that pre Indoeuropean languages are the original languages that formed Indoeuropean languages by mixing together. Some of these pre Indoeuropean languages survive pretty unchanged (Slavic in R1a, Basque in R1b) some preserved quite a lot of pre mix structure and vocabulary (Gaelic), and some are mix of original languages with varying percent of the original languages (the rest of European and Indo Iranian languages).
Serbian language and other South Slavic languages, have preserved a lot of the oldest pre mix (pre Indoeuropean) language roots and their meanings. These roots are used for building syllables and words. They are very much pre Indoeuropean. They come to us straight from at least Cro Magnon times. The vowels i presented are the core languages roots. "GL-LG" root is one of the oldest consonant roots of human language. It defines the length of your tong inward and outward. It defines binary code which can be used to describe any amount of information. Pronounced fast it creates "glg" sound which if pronounced sharp becomes "klick" sound, found in most primitive klick languages of Africa. I will after this go back to vowels and add few more things that made me conclude what i concluded about vowels and their meaning. I will also give examples of pre-Indoeuropean words from Irish and Serbian and explain why I believe they are pre Indoeuropean (older than 3000 bc).
Until then stay happy.
R1b in Africa:
http://www.eupedia.com/forum/threads/26626-R1b-in-Africa
"Celtic" torques from west Africa:
They are called manilas and come from west africa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manillas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torc
Interesting and not really talked about...Who came from where?
African bracelet money
http://coincoin.com/I062.htm
A man holding exactly the same torcs can be seen on a relief showing Scythians bringing presents to Persian king.
How do we explain this? Who came to Africa and when and brought these torques with them? Copper production originated in the Balkans with Vinca culture 5000 bc. Gold production originated int the Balkans too at the same time. The oldest golden treasure in the world, dating from 4,600 BC to 4,200 BC was found in Varna, Bulgaria. The oldest silver artifacts date from ancient Sumer about 4000 bce. Sumer is culturally directly linked with Vinca. So metal production, and torques were brought to West Africa from Europe or middle East.
So who and when brought torques to Africa? And how and when did R1b end up there in such numbers? Did the root go from Ireland along the Atlantic coast to west Africa? Or the other way round?
Absolutely. I never intended to imply anything else. However, we still seem to disagree about the validity of using genetic data for this purpose. That's a purely scientific concern. I'm not unwilling to be wrong about this, if your arguments are convincing.
I started by trying to understand very peculiar local customs, traditions and dialect characteristics of the South East Serbia, the Southern Carpatian region. They use "Celtic" standing crosses to mark the border between villages, their language is one of the oldest and most conservative dialects of Serbian language and it contains some constructs that, as far as I am aware, only exist in Irish. This was the start.
The simplest hypotheses:
1. It's just by chance. It seems important because you noticed it. But if I asked you "Would you believe that two Indo-European languages/cultures have striking chance similarities not due to historical relationship?" would you be willing to believe that? I mean, would you believe that out of the several hundred modern IE languages that such a pair exists among those. The fact that you noticed this makes it seems much more statistically relevant than it is: with a level of significant set at, say, .05, the chance of finding one major coincidence among all of the IE languages is remarkably high. You must show that something more is going on.
2. Let's assume these are related historically. What reason do you have to think that they were not there in the original language (PIE) and lost in all of the others? That's the standard default assumption for shared features in languages. For example, very few modern languages preserve the instrumental case, but that doesn't make researchers assume that those languages are older or more closely related than the others; it just means that it was lost elsewhere. In fact, this is necessarily the case within the subfamilies of Slavic and Celtic already! So why not the others too?
In fact, for both possibilities I would imagine there are very compelling examples to be found that do work out that way.
Therefore, you have a hypothesis based on suggestive evidence (in your opinion), but even if you can somehow work out a way to defend it, should you? Is it a better hypothesis than what already exists?
It would help me if you could provide a very short, very simple timeline of what you think the evolution of the IE languages looked like. Did PIE exist within that? What existed after, and what before?
Most of my research is in the area of anthropology, archaeology and ethnography. Linguistics is a crucial part of this research. Languages, part of languages, survive when one language replaces another. As I said, when two languages merge, smaller or bigger percentage of the less dominant language survives inside the new mixed language.
So maybe you can be right without challenging the PIE hypothesis in any way: you're hypothesizing a substratum that was spoken in modern Serbia and Ireland. That's possible. What you're seeing is the result of IE being adapted into the existing regions, and the same with the genetics. I'd be much more likely to accept this argument, although it's still very tentative.
The concept of proposing unknown substratums to explain change (or similarities across a region) was common practice for a while. Why did sound X develop? Simple, there must have been a language spoken there that had sound X. It makes sense. However, recent approaches have questioned this, and even come up with the term "substratomania" to confront the problematic assumption in the literature. Certainly sometimes there are substratums to be discovered. But it's not as reliable as you might think.
In fact, this sounds more and more like the conclusion you should be reaching, assuming that your argument holds up. That's a whole different conversation we can have, although most of it will just be guessing and imagining.
OCS... This language is still spoken in south of Serbia
Huh? I took a class on Slavic linguistics (specifically historical development from PIE) and I don't think this fits in with that. OCS is dead, while I have heard that Bulgarians consider it "Old Bulgarian" because it evolved into that. Certainly dialects that descended from OCS (or it's spoken form, more specifically) might exist in Serbia, but don't confuse that with them necessarily being special or "old"-- all languages are equally old, given that each has an ancestor and so forth, at least for tens of thousands of years.
Another reason to be more skeptical of this. If you are going to rely on data, you better be able to rely on statistics. If not, that's even worse
Now why do I then use genetic types to name languages? Because I can not use names like Irish or Slavic or Celtic to identify the language through time that spans millenniums. Languages like everything else get born (or created in case of slang languages) and then they evolve.
That appears to me to represent fundamental misunderstandings that, for example, the class I teach is intended to correct. While some of this may just be your background and lack of familiarity with technical terms, "slang languages" is very concerning because of (what I think are) the implications of that. All languages are "slang" languages; some just happen to be socially perceived as "standard" and thereby valued. There is nothing whatsoever about the linguistic forms themselves that can be evaluated in such a way. Therefore, in historical linguistics, the standardization is all but irrelevant, except to the extent that it is a factor in determining the size and distribution of certain dialects.
As I said already, natural languages are born within genetically compact families.
Sometimes. That's not entirely reliable. Intermarriage is very commonly practiced in some parts of the world (such as Australia, the Americas, and perhaps old Europe).
There are no easy boundaries for dialects and languages. Family "trees" are likely more accurately represented by the gradient "wave model", where every individual essentially acts as a drop of water in the ocean, with what we identify as languages forming "waves".
So originally every language was linked to some genetic type.
That's possible. It's far from a clearly necessary assumption!
But what are we going to call that language before it became Vedic language? You can call it Proto Indo European. However this language has been through history directly linked to R1a population as all ancient dna from burial sites are confirming. The direct ancestor of this language is the language spoken by the direct genetic ancestors of the R1a Proto Indo Europeans, Slavs. Indo European languages were created by mixing of R1a language (and it's dialects) and other pre merge, pre Indo European people like R1b people, E1b people, various Asian people. This is, i have to repeat it again, the reason why we need redefining of what Indoeuropean, proto Indoeuropean and pre Indoeuropean means. I believe, based on archaeological, historical, ethnological, anthropological, linguistic and genetic data that i have collected and correlated, that R1a people were proto Indoeuropeans, the core component of all Indoeuropean languages, and what makes them related to each other.
That may be entirely true. But (read Anthony (2007) The Horse, the Wheel and Language) the Indo-Europeans spread by conquering diverse populations. Whatever their original genetic makeup was, it is now very mixed in the daughter languages. (And the opposite can happen where a population loses its language.) Again, genes and languages are not necessarily correlated!!
Ok, that's one of the three posts. I'm running out of time at the moment, so I'll try to look through the others later. Feel free to reply to this now.
Edit: ok, third post is short--
... A man holding exactly the same torcs can be seen on a relief showing Scythians bringing presents to Persian king. ...
Interesting. Again, see my alternative explanations above (coincidence, lack of loss).
But evidence like this sometimes exists and can be legitimately confusing. The question is whether it overwhelms the other evidence so that we reject a theory like PIE.
An example that comes to mind is something I saw somewhere (you may be able to find it by searching-- it was on a forum I wasn't previously familiar with, I just stumbled across it) about depictions (carvings, statues) of elephants by the Mayans. How can that possibly be explained? Not surprisingly, a lot of crazy theories followed in the thread. "It's proof that X!!!!" Something about the Basques was mentioned I think... bringing elephants to the Mayans. I don't recall. Crazy stuff.
The point is that weird data does come up, but there is usually a rational explanation. If you can't find an obvious way to explain it, then maybe it's non-obvious and complicated, but something that doesn't contradict existing theories. The problem with theories is that with enough imagination we can theorize just about anything and even come up with some way to make almost any two theories [at least data!] compatible (even if they seem incompatible). So... that's why science is hard, and why scientists exist. I'm not suggesting you give up at all, but do consider, to the greatest extent you can, alternative theories! Getting excited by a theory is one of the most dangerous things you can do in science-- but we like the idea, we're tired of not knowing, and we just want it to be right. The scientist's dilemma. (And why won't everyone just believe us for once!?)
You still haven't answered my questions, and from your wall of text I can find only one Irish word and no Serbian words.
Ir. ó "grandchild, descendant" < OIr. úa < aue < PC. *awyos < *PIE. awos- "grandfather; descendant"
cf. PG. *awô *awōN, Lat. avus, Ind. āyā, PSl. *uj, Serb-Cro. ujāk
Just because it worries me I'm going to deal with Germanic as well.
PG. *bausuz "inflated, swollen; evil" < PIE. *bhes- "to blow; to inflate, swell"
cf. Grk. psyche
PG. *ēlaz "eel" < PIE. *ēl- "line, strip"
cf. OInd. ālī, Grk. olinge
PG. *gawi < *gaawja "riverlands" < *awjō "island" < *agwjō < *ahwō < PIE. *akwa- "water"
PG. *landaN "land" < PIE. *lendh- "land, heath"
cf. OIr. land "open space", Rus. ljádá "land covered with young trees", Alb. lendina "meadow"
PG. *paþaz "path" < PIE. *pent- "to go, walk; way, path"
cf. Lat. pons, pontis, OCS. pǫtь, Grk. pontos, Skr. patha
PG. *preunaz "awl" < PIE. *breu- "protrusion, tip, edge" < *bhares- "point, stubble"
cf. Lit. briauna, Alb. brez, breth, Lat. fastus, Rus. borščь
PG. *regnaz "rain" < PIE. *reǵ- "damp; rain"
cf. Lat. rigō, irrigō, Alb. rrjeth, rrjedh, Lit. roki
PG. *sumaraz "summer" < PIE. *sem- "summer, year"
cf. OInd. samā, Arm. am, OIr. samrad, Cymr. hafod, Gaul. samon
PG. *wurdaN "word" < PIE. *wrdho- "word" < PIE. *wer- "to speak"
cf. Lat. verbum, Skr. vrata, Hit. werija, Av. urvāta, OInd. vrāta, Grk. eiro, Rus. vru, OCS. rota
Got. kēlikn "tower" < Gaul. cēlicnon < PIE. *kel- "to tower; hill; protrusion"
cf. Grk. kolonos, Lat. celsus, collis, PG. *hulliz, PSl. *cьlnъ
OHG. sihhila < Lat. secula "sickle" < Lat. secō "to cut" < PIE. *sēk- "to cut"
cf. PG. *sagô, *sagō, *sahsaN, *sīþaN, *seglaN, Lat. secō, scissor, sectiō, saxum, sīgnum, OCS. sěčivo, sekyra, MIr. arasc, tescaid, airsce, Lit. išsēkti
However, you still have not provided a list of Serbian and Irish words you believe to be of a pre-PIE substratum and why you believe this. The recent posts you have made is random and circumstantial at best, and more importantly, assumptive.
The middle post, to which I didn't reply yet, is too much at the moment. Those are kinds of examples I would use to discuss chance similarities, which is to say they're examples of most likely bad science. (Of course we can't be sure about that, but it's more likely wrong than right, based on available evidence. Intriguing, certainly.)
Among many other things you should look at, here's an explanation of why finding some examples is not evidence of much:
http://www.zompist.com/chance.htm
At this point, I'll let freknu's question take over. It's really what matters here, anyway: the actual vocabulary in question.
I would appreciate reading a, say, 200-300 word abstract of your claims that states very clearly what you're claiming and which theories are maintained and which must be abandoned. At this point I'm lost.
This, in particular, is so extreme that I don't even know where to start. I suppose a proper answer is "maybe", but I'd guess not. The time depth involved in what you're talking about is just way too much. The English word "click", for example, has nothing whatsoever to do with the phonemes used in the Khoisan languages of Africa...
Broadly speaking, your approach is based on a biased sample of evidence. You gather many kinds of convenient evidence while not addressing those facts that do not support your point. You're using selective evidence to try to show that your point is correct, while the extreme lengths you need to go to for this is most likely an indication that either the evidence isn't there or your hypothesis is actually incorrect. Drawing together so many facts "and this... and this!" makes your argument appear to be solid because you have so much evidence, but that's just because the small percentage of evidence that happens to support your claims appears large when you take that percentage from as diverse sources information about lactose tolerance and click phonemes.
And yet science has no way of definitively proving that you're wrong on this one, partly because of the lacking evidence in this case. You're welcome to continue, but I can't see myself believing this theory based on the evidence you have provided, which I assume is the best evidence out there.
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We can't talk about this, if the only argument you are going to use against my examples is chance, coincidence...How many coincidences do we need to start considering some other explanation? If you have the same toponimes, hidronimes, grammatical structures, words and customs, traditions, and we know that for instance Celts lived in South of Serbia for a very long time how is this a coincidence? More troubling are all Serbian words, toponimes, hidronimes, grammatical structures, words and customs, traditions in Ireland, and that they are only explicable using Serbian language and additional set of customs. And we have no documented influx of Serbians (Balkan of Baltic) or Slavs into Ireland. And no late Celtic migration into Ireland either, which could have brought to Ireland things Celts picked from Slavs. This points at much older, common stuff. But then we come to the question: Why is the key to understanding this old stuff found only in Serbian?
The concept of proposing unknown substratums to explain change (or similarities across a region) was common practice for a while.
I am not proposing any new unknown language. Just saying that Indoeuropean as we see it today (or as you see it) is a mix of R1a proto Indoeuropean language and R1b and other Afroasiatic languages or old European (G, J, I2) languages. And these old, pre mix, pre Indoeuropean languages, are still here. You just have to look at the whole Indoeuropean term differently. Then it is easy to explain why we have certain language traits in only one part of Indoeuropean territory and not in others. It is not that everyone except Serbian and Irish forgot to use a certain grammatical construct, It is that it only developed where and when Serbs and Irish came in contact. No need to push this ridiculous thing about 99% of Indoeuropeans forgetting pert of their language, and only one percent still clinging to it. These local differences are due to local mixes of local R1a dialect and what ever local R1b or other Afroasiatic or old European dialect they mixed with on that territory.
I took a class on Slavic linguistics (specifically historical development from PIE) and I don't think this fits in with that.
I speak the local dialects I talk about. If you take old church Slavonic and give it to anyone in south of Serbia, Macedonia or Bulgaria, they will be able to read and understand most of it. Again PIE = old R1a language whose direct descendant is Slavic family.
Certainly dialects that descended from OCS (or it's spoken form, more specifically) might exist in Serbia, but don't confuse that with them necessarily being special or "old"-- all languages are equally old, given that each has an ancestor and so forth, at least for tens of thousands of years.
So you agree with me that languages survive for a long time. That is great. People in Eurasia actually spoke before Indoeuropeans appeared. When I say old, I mean probably older than R1a languages, or as old as them but from a different genetic family - I2. There are a lot of language traits in Serbian (South Slavic) dialects which are not found in other Slavic dialects, and which are specific to the I2 territory and tribes and families that come from that area. Some of these traits are also found in Irish language. This territory also shares common cultural traits and customs with the Irish which are not found in Eastern Serbia for instance where R1b and R1a mix is dominant. And Celts never lived in that area. That was the land of Illyrians.
Another reason to be more skeptical of this. If you are going to rely on data, you better be able to rely on statistics.
The way I do it is that I look at everything else first, then check various genetic data, to see what comes out. A lot of times you see genetic patterns which closely follow the linguistic and cultural ones.
I am not the first to link genes to cultures. Lactose tolerance is directly linked with Linear Pottery culture and their descendants.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Pottery_culture
It has been suggested that the Funnelbeaker culture was the origin of the gene allowing adults of Northern European descent to digest lactose. It was claimed that in the area formerly inhabited by this culture, prevalence of the gene is virtually universal.[2] A paper published in 2007 by Burger et al. [3] indicated that the genetic variant that causes lactose persistence in most Europeans (-13,910*T) was rare or absent in early farmers from central Europe. A study published by Yuval Itan and colleagues in 2010 [4] clearly shows this. A study published in 2009, also by Itan et al.,[5] suggests that the Linear Pottery culture (also known as Linearbandkeramik or LBK), which preceded the TRB culture by some 1,500 years, was the culture in which this trait started to co-evolve with the culture of dairying.
Ancient DNA extracted from three individuals ascribed to a TRB horizon in Gökhem, Sweden, were found to possess mtDNA haplogroups H, J, and T.[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funnelbeaker_culture
Funnel beaker people built megalithic tombs, henges a lot earlier then they appeared in England and Ireland. So they brought the the culture, and probably language, with them. Bell beaker people then inherited the genes from them, as it takes only one parent to pass the lactose tolerance to children. So R1b Bell Beaker man having children with Lactose tolerant woman will produce lactose tolerant children, and the other way round. This is why we have such high concentration of lactose tolerance gene in the genetically mixed north west of Europe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactase_persistence
Every language is slang, created. Agreed. Certain groups introduce slang to distinguish themselves from the rest of the tribe. Language evolves through slang. But some languages, the oldest ones, are created from natural sounds, like the ones i posted in my opening post, and some are partially or completely artificial. The reason oldest languages are built from natural sounds is because when they were built there was no grammar or language to give meaning to non natural sounds. I will elaborate on that in my next post.
Broadly speaking, your approach is based on a biased sample of evidence. You gather many kinds of convenient evidence while not addressing those facts that do not support your point. You're using selective evidence to try to show that your point is correct, while the extreme lengths you need to go to for this is most likely an indication that either the evidence isn't there or your hypothesis is actually incorrect. Drawing together so many facts "and this... and this!" makes your argument appear to be solid because you have so much evidence, but that's just because the small percentage of evidence that happens to support your claims appears large when you take that percentage from as diverse sources information about lactose tolerance and click phonemes. And yet science has no way of definitively proving that you're wrong on this one, partly because of the lacking evidence in this case.
We have surviving religious customs, traditions, language and associated symbols that go back to at least 10,000 bc. They are linked to the fire worship, and particularly fire bird worship, and are tightly linked to R1a Arian people. I call them Arian because the symbols which are related to this culture are bird (eagle), swastika and god Agni, Fire, Triglav Trimurti. The root terms of this fire cult, the symbol names, god names, practice names, of which most either have no Etymology in their related languages, or have etymology which has nothing to do with their function, or is completely opposite to their function, have clear etymology in the language you get as overlap of Irish and Serbian. If such complex things as whole belief systems can survive so long (12000 years at least), language or some of it's parts, can survive even longer.
I would really appreciate some argument against what i said, or agreement with me. Not we can't prove you are wrong but that does not mean you are right. What does that mean anyway? That I am right but you will refuse to accept it? I don't expect people to agree with me. I appreciate your critique and freknu's questions and comment very much. I never claimed to be all knowing. I came here so you can point at the mistakes i made. But actually point at them and say: this is wrong because...And not this is wrong because i can't believe it is right.
Thank you for your analysis. I will talk about it more in my next post. Sorry have to rush.
We can't talk about this, if the only argument you are going to use against my examples is chance, coincidence...How many coincidences do we need to start considering some other explanation?
But that's the entire point. The fact that the data is intriguing does not mean that there is an equally intriguing explanation. It might just be chance. There's nothing wrong with me saying that it is possibly chance, but you're right that it doesn't start a very interesting discussion. The issue here is plausibility and burden of proof. Your ideas are pretty out there (non-mainstream) and, you must admit, not obvious in the larger picture. If there is some simpler explanation, then it must be considered.
If you have the same toponimes, hidronimes, grammatical structures, words and customs, traditions, and we know that for instance Celts lived in South of Serbia for a very long time how is this a coincidence? More troubling are all Serbian words, toponimes, hidronimes, grammatical structures, words and customs, traditions in Ireland, and that they are only explicable using Serbian language and additional set of customs. And we have no documented influx of Serbians (Balkan of Baltic) or Slavs into Ireland. And no late Celtic migration into Ireland either, which could have brought to Ireland things Celts picked from Slavs. This points at much older, common stuff. But then we come to the question: Why is the key to understanding this old stuff found only in Serbian?
You're already assuming that your questions are well-formed. Coincidences do occur. Remnant traditions that have disappeared in other groups do occur. Ancient contact was possible. Certainly the answer isn't just "they aren't similar", but it's far from a necessary logical conclusion that we must abandon existing theories!
I'm totally lost. As I said, a clear 200-300 word abstract on exactly what you do want to claim would help.
You seem to be taking on the absolute most extreme position possible-- not just not fully supported by the evidence, but among those positions, the one that is least supported. A substratum theory might not be entirely reliable, but it's compatible with everything you're saying and compatible with existing theories. So far you have offered absolutely nothing in support of your theory in contrast to a substratum theory, for example, so I don't understand why you're claiming what you are.
I speak the local dialects I talk about.
You're necessarily biased then. (If I told you that American English was really cool because X, you'd be right to wonder about my biases too!)
Whatever else goes on with this research, I urge you strongly to consider:
1. How this might be affecting you.
2. Whether someone else who knows what you know but isn't directly part of it would come to the same conclusions you have.
If nothing else, you're putting much more emphasis on the implications of this evidence than anything else. Your entire theory of, well, everything, is starting from the two dialects you just happen to speak. That's a big warning sign. It doesn't mean you're wrong. It just means that you're likely to have a biased perspective.
If you take old church Slavonic and give it to anyone in south of Serbia, Macedonia or Bulgaria, they will be able to read and understand most of it.
Really? I'm interested in that detail. How literally do you mean this? Certainly the script isn't familiar.
Again PIE = old R1a language whose direct descendant is Slavic family.
Not sure what you mean by "old R1a language", but... yeah, that's exactly what every book out there says: PIE split and the daughters became Slavic and other subfamilies (including Celtic). So again, it's very hard to figure out whether what you're saying makes any sense if it isn't clear what you're accepting and rejecting.
So you agree with me that languages survive for a long time.
That entire statement is completely incoherent!!
The problem is the definition of "language". What is a "language" such that it can "survive" for some period of time. Is it a mental object? If so, it can't really outlive a single person, so, no, not a long time. Is it a social communication system? If so, then, sure, dialects and individual internal languages interact in a complex network and eventually "languages" are preserved for hundreds and thousands of years, but they are constantly changing, and they vary across individuals.
The very idea of an "old language" is completely incoherent even though people seem to like using it. For example, Basque is not "an old language". That's like telling me that a particular region of water in the ocean is very old. Things move around, but it's really odd to actually talk about age. Unless language developed independently in different regions tens of thousands of years ago (and that's not what we're talking about here), the entire topic is unfounded. But, ok, sure, languages are old. They have histories. Yes.
People in Eurasia actually spoke before Indoeuropeans appeared.
Absolutely, and obviously. There is a huge amount of evidence to that effect including written records-- Akkadian, Dravidian, Basque, Estrucan, Iberian. Etc.
If you think your theory is better than existing theories because it is based on that, then you must re-evaluate existing theories.
When I say old, I mean probably older than R1a languages, or as old as them but from a different genetic family - I2.
As I said, that's a completely incoherent point.
I think you mean to say something about either location ("has been in a certain location a long time") or our analysis ("we can analyze as going back to a certain time depth"), but neither of those is particularly significant in the big picture.
There are a lot of language traits in Serbian (South Slavic) dialects which are not found in other Slavic dialects, and which are specific to the I2 territory and tribes and families that come from that area. Some of these traits are also found in Irish language.
It's completely absurd to think that Serbian is not part of Slavic. It's unclear to me how you can balance Serbian as slavic with Serbian is as special and connected to Irish. Beyond that, however you do manage to work that out, I cannot see why it's any less plausible to work it out within PIE rather than just within Slavic.
This territory also shares common cultural traits and customs with the Irish which are not found in Eastern Serbia for instance where R1b and R1a mix is dominant. And Celts never lived in that area. That was the land of Illyrians.
So you keep saying. But why must your conclusion be the right one? Why not just deep shared history? In 3000 years the world might change significantly. Perhaps only Zimbabwe and Canada will remain democracies. But you wouldn't want to posit a theory that they were mysteriously related countries in contrast to all other countries. You would want to realize that the other countries also shared this (actively or passively) and lost it. Simple enough.
Eyeballing data is bad!!
Create a hypothesis, look at all of the data (or a random sample thereof) and use a statistical method to test it. If you can blindly support your theory without hand-picked supportive data, then you can feel confident. If you can only support it by eyeballing and selectively interpreting evidence, something is wrong. Or at least you haven't yet reached a reliable level of analysis. You're still in the "what if" stage of research, which is where it all starts.
Sure. But how reliable is this? Is it reasonable to then assume that it has anything to do with language?
There's a huge danger in the field of citation misuse. "Someone said something similar once!" It all builds up. Where did the citations start? Was it well founded at that point? Clearly you must recognize this, given the vast amount of research on PIE that you are flatly rejecting!
Every language is slang, created. Agreed.
Then why say it?
Everyone is stupid because we're not smarter than we are.
Everyone is intelligent because we're not dumber than we are.
Meaning comes out of contrast. "Slang" here is now meaningless.
Certain groups introduce slang to distinguish themselves from the rest of the tribe. Language evolves through slang.
=Language evolve through speaking. Yes!!
But some languages, the oldest ones, are created from natural sounds, like the ones i posted in my opening post, and some are partially or completely artificial.
Ack!
This sounds, honestly, truly insane. What is this even meant to imply?
What defines "natural" and what defines "artificial"?
Do you believe that a god created some good languages and some bad ones? Or maybe some cultures found good languages by chance and others didn't do a good job?
How else could you explain this?
Really worrying ideas! Do you understand the implications of what you're suggesting?
If one of the students in my class said something like that (I've heard worse probably) I'd immediately try to correct them.
There is no objective criteria from which we can determine which languages are natural or artificial (or good or bad or whatever). The fact that you're suggesting we could is a clear indication of very very bad science.
But I'll hear you out: what's your theory on that one?
The reason oldest languages are built from natural sounds is because when they were built there was no grammar or language to give meaning to non natural sounds. I will elaborate on that in my next post.
Ooh. I think I might get what you're saying a bit.
The first languages (maybe several hundred thousand years ago?) were simple pointing and grunting, with little conventional/abstract grammar. This would be, among other things, considered an iconic system-- surface-level. Instinctual.
Then over a long time, languages have built up systematicity and arbitrary conventions, disconnected from what one could "guess" and so forth.
That's a reasonable assumption, though it is controversial. Some people (like Chomsky) would argue that it was more of an abrupt change, that Human Language (as it is used today) was developed with a small change in the brain and that earlier, iconic forms of communication are simply not the same thing. Language is what it is because of these properties, so it isn't a question of being "more evolved" or not. Complicated area.
Regardless, here's the problem with your claims about this: the time depth is massively different. Many historical linguists believe with some certainty that about 10,000 years is the limit of how far back we can go reliably in a language due to the extent of changes and the speed at which borrowing occurs, etc. So whatever happened before that is masked. Even if we double or triple that, we're still not back far enough to be at a kind of language like you're describing. The very shortest window for human language to be like it is now is 40,000 years ago. The window is something like between 40,000 and 2 million years-- not before 2 million years (physiologically) and not after 40,000, because every human on earth shares the capability so clearly it must have evolved when humans were still one group. I'd guess it's more like 100,000+ to 2 million, but anyway, it's not shallow enough to apply to the kinds of dates you're talking about.
In language, frequent lexical items retain irregularities longer. "Be" is irregular in so many languages because of this. Something like religion is so central to a culture that it might preserve that rather than something less important like specific linguistic properties.
Alternatively, some of what you're describing is really not specific. Worshipping fire? That's more logical than worshipping sky-dwelling gods. It's so obvious that it almost supports itself just by default. So along with preserving it over time by habit/culture, that doesn't seem to be the kind of thing that would really show arbitrary cultural conventions being retained for a long time.
Well, I've tried to provide some details above.
Why is alchemy wrong, as opposed to chemistry?
It would be very easy to point out a simple problem with your argument or to agree with you if most of our standard assumptions were in place. For example, if everything else was equal, and you said "I think Serbian is a Celtic language" I'd say you're wrong. Simple, no real argument to be made there. I could show you some sound changes confirming it for example. Or if you said "I think Serbian is an East Slavic language" I could equally well show you why that analysis doesn't make sense, given standard assumptions.
But you're not saying anything so concrete. What kind of evidence would disprove your theory? That's important. Falsifiability! If your theory is meaningful then there should be hypothetically some kind of evidence you'd accept against it. What would that be? Then we can discuss whether it exists. At the moment it's simply at the stage of being unbelievable. It appears to explain less than existing theories, less coherently, and based on problematic evidence.
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Books and Dogs
This is a blog inspired by the acquisition of a new puppy (Simon, a Dobermann, born 15/11/2010). However, since even I don't really believe the emotional life of a puppy can sustain a blog indefinitely, I'm combining such reflections as Simon's progress gives rise to with my other indulgence, books. So this will be about books and dogs, in particular books about dogs, and dogs in books. There'll also be plenty of photos of Simon.
He came to stay
As I write, and if airlines perform according to schedule, Charlie's owners are arriving at Cape Town International after a holiday of slightly more than five weeks -- during which Charlie has been keeping Simon company and me occupied. I may have mentioned before that Charlie and Simon struck up a friendship in the park -- if charging up and down trying to up-end each other can be called a friendship (as I suppose it can: after all, some rugby players are friends -- or are they? I don't know enough rugby players).
I was not quite sure whether a meeting in the park constituted grounds for cohabitation, but on balance thought that canine incompatibility manifested itself more promptly and unmistakably than the human equivalent -- in short, if dogs are going to have a dogfight, they have it when they meet rather than after a year of marriage. So Charlie came to stay.
The stay has been, I suppose, harmonious -- and if I hesitate over that word, it's not because there was discord, but because harmonious may suggest something easier on the ear than Charlie and Simon's accord. In short, it's been noisy, muddy, bumptious and generally untranquil -- but hey, tranquility is for pensioners, not young dogs. Besides, they did have their tranquil moments.
In short, the visit has been a success -- unlike the one I stole the title of this posting from, the one Simone de Beauvoir drew on for her revenge novel called She Came to Stay. I must confess that I haven't read the book -- I have an aversion to de Beauvoir and Sartre both, on account of their shabby treatment of Camus, who has been my intellectual hero ever since he was everybody's intellectual hero (except Simone and Jean-Paul's, of course).
This is the Googlebooks synopsis:
Set in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, She Came to Stay explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon to fall. Although Françoise considers her relationship with Pierre an open one, she falls prey to jealousy when the gamine Xavière catches his attention. The moody young woman from the countryside pries her way between Françoise and Pierre, playing up to each one and deviously pulling them apart, until the only way out of the triangle is destruction. "Behind the sympathy there is curiosity. . . . A writer whose tears for her characters freeze as they drop." -- Sunday London Times
What the synopsis does not tell us is that the novel is based on the real life menage a trois that de Beauvoir and Sartre attempted with a real-life gamine -- or really a menage a quatre, since Xaviere seems to be a composite of the sisters Olga and Wanda Kosakiewicz. Be that as it may, She Came to Stay was de Beauvoir's act of revenge, and in it she deals with Xaviere as no doubt she wished she could deal with Olga.. So much for The Consolations of Philosophy.
This is a far cry from Charlie and Simon, who have no philosophy and no notion of revenge. As Raymond Gaita says in The Philosopher's Dog,
about his dog Gypsy, 'I am ...certain that when she lies on her mat or sits at the front door gazing out to sea, she is not thinking of her sins or the problems of philosophy.'
The one thing that the philosopher can be sure of, in other words, is that his dog is not a philosopher. But philosophy being philosophy, not all philosophers share this certainty.:
In this novel, the uncertainty arises because a philosopher called Quincas Borba has a dog called Quincas Borba. This predictably leads to some heavy ontological speculation -- culminating in this one, at book's end, when both philosopher and dog are dead, the dog dying after the philosopher:
...seeing that the dog's death is recounted in a special chapter, you will probably ask me whether it is he or his late namesake who gives this book its title, and why one rather than another -- a question pregnant with questions that would take us far.
A question pregnant with questions ... there is, of course, the famous Chinese philosopher who dreamt he was a butterfly, and was never certain ever after that he was not a butterfly dreaming he was a philosopher. Perhaps Gypsy is a philosopher with a dog called Raymond?
But for everyday purposes, I am tolerably sure that Simon is not a philosopher (though I wouldn't vouch for Charlie: that dark-brown gaze of his is either profoundly meditative or extremely dim). One thing I am sure of, and that will have to be the moral of this blog: If you're going to have a menage a trois, do it with a couple of dogs rather than a couple of philosophers. Ask Xaviere.
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Browse > Home / Bellator, contracts, legal, UFC / UFC states GSP still under contract
UFC states GSP still under contract
The UFC has responded to claims that Georges St-Pierre is a free agent. Not surprisingly, the UFC denies claims that GSP is free from his contractual obligations from the UFC.
On The MMA Hour on Monday, GSP declared that he was a free agent per his attorney. His claim was that the UFC did not provide GSP with a fight and as a result his contract was terminated.
In a prepared statement, the UFC responded later in the day:
“Georges St-Pierre remains under an existing agreement with Zuffa, LLC as his promoter. Zuffa intends to honor its agreement with St.-Pierre and reserves its rights under the law to have St.-Pierre do the same.
It looks like we may be heading to a legal dispute over GSP’s contract. The declaration of a terminated contract by GSP was reminiscent to Rampage Jackson’s claim that he was free from Bellator’s contract due to not fulfilling certain things within the contract. As you recall, a lawsuit occurred and was subsequently settled. You can bet that the UFC would oppose GSP from fighting in another organization if it boils down to it. GSP’s lawyers seem confident that there was breach of the contract, and/or an unmet requirement within the contract which allowed for the termination. We will see if the parties can come to a resolution prior to litigation.
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2 Responses to “UFC states GSP still under contract”
Wil on October 18th, 2016 5:32 PM
Give em hell GSP, I would love to see you take on that monopoly and win. The UFC desperately needs another star other than McGregor, thats why they gambled on CM Punk, thats why they want Rousey back, thats why they are pushing the other two blonde/blue eyes in Van Zant and Northcutt, they want a cash cow star so badly. If McGregor loses his next fight, or retires, or both, the UFC is in some trouble. The ratings are already down significantly in comparison to last year……they should have paid GSP what he wanted…hell they spent 500K on an amateur like CM Punk and several million to a one shot novelty fight with former champ Lesnar….should have spent that on GSP.
d on October 18th, 2016 8:30 PM
What ratings have you been looking at Wil? The actual UFC numbers are going through the roof this year, are easily eclipsing last year’s numbers and the sport is at an all time high.
As for GSP, we have very little idea what the negotiations are that have been going on.
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Eat Fat, Get Thin, Dr Mark Hyman
For decades we’ve been told that the fat we eat turns to fat in the body, contributing to weight gain, heart disease, diabetes, and generally poor health. And yet, even with all our low-fat products, we’re fatter and sicker than ever before. What’s going on? Could it be that the most feared food group is actually…the most helpful?
As ‘Pegan Plan’ creator and author Dr Mark Hyman explains in Eat Fat Get Thin, a growing body of research is revealing the immense health and weight-loss benefits of a high-fat diet rich in eggs, nuts, oils, avocados, coconut oil, and other delicious superfoods. That’s right – as it turns out, the key to losing weight, increasing overall energy, and achieving optimum wellness is eating more fat, not less. Dr Hyman debunks some of our most persistent fat-phobic myths and clearly explains the science behind fat’s health benefits. In addition to learning why fat is good and which fats are best, you’ll learn how to apply that knowledge to your day-to-day life. With easy-to-follow advice, simple and flavourful recipes, shopping lists, and more, Eat Fat Get Thin will help you lose weight and stay healthy for life.
Property of a Noblewoman, Danielle Steel
An abandoned safe-box in a New York City bank is opened to reveal a treasure trove – a bundle of old letters, photographs and priceless jewellery, including a wedding ring and a locket.
Court clerk Jane Willoughby is charged with discovering more about the mystery of the box’s owner, the late Marguerite Wallace Pearson di San Pignelli. Jane is sad to think that these most precious possessions are to be sold off. Why did Marguerite never claim them? Had she no one to leave them to?
After arranging for the jewellery to be valued, Jane and Christie’s auctioneer Phillip Lawton are thrown together in a quest to find out more about Marguerite’s story. But neither of them could imagine where the contents of the box could lead them . . . or how it will change their lives forever.
Ghost Gifts, Laura Spinella
All Aubrey Ellis wants is a normal life, one that doesn’t include desperate pleas from the dead. Her remarkable gift may help others rest in peace, but it also made for an unsettling childhood and destroyed her marriage. Finally content as the real estate writer for a local newspaper, Aubrey keeps her extraordinary ability hidden—until she is unexpectedly assigned the story of a decades-old murder.
Rocked by the discovery of a young woman’s skeletal remains, the New England town of Surrey wants answers. Hard-nosed investigative reporter Levi St John is determined to get them. Aubrey has no choice but to get involved, even at the terrifying risk of stirring spirits connected to a dead woman’s demise and piquing her new reporting partner’s suspicions.
As Aubrey and Levi delve further into the mystery, secrets are revealed and passion ignites. It seems that Aubrey’s ghost gifts are poised to deliver everything but a normal life.
Iris Grace, Arabella Carter Johnson
Iris Grace is six years old and severely autistic. For the first few years of her life she barely communicated at all – she hardly ever looked up when her parents walked into a room, she rarely smiled or spoke. Her mother Arabella despaired – Iris seemed to be trapped in her own world, unreachable.
Then one day the family decided to get a cat, Thula, with whom Iris had an immediate affinity. She appeared to open up and communicate with Thula in a way that she hadn’t done before. The little girl who seemed to be lost in her own world slowly blossomed. Iris is an extraordinarily gifted artist who sees the world in a profoundly vivid and visceral way, and with Thula by her side, she will sit and paint for hours.
This book isn’t the story of a genius or child prodigy (although Iris is almost certainly both of those things), this is the story of how a remarkable bond between a cat and a child saved a family.
Beautifully written, readers will be spellbound by the story of Iris Grace and her devoted pet cat Thula.
15th Affair, James Patterson
Four bodies are found in a luxury hotel
The first is a man who checked in under a false name. Two are in a room next door, full of surveillance equipment. And the fourth is the house maid, who saw too much.
Detective Lindsay Boxer is sent in to investigate and hunt down an elusive and dangerous suspect. But when her husband Joe goes missing, she begins to fear that the suspect she is searching for could be him.
As the case gets ever more complicated and personal, San Francisco is suddenly faced with an atrocity no one will ever forget.
The Plumberry School of Comfort Food, Cathy Bramley
Verity Bloom hasn’t been interested in cooking anything more complicated than the perfect fish finger sandwich, ever since she lost her best friend and baking companion two years ago.
But an opportunity to help a friend is about to land her right back in the heart of the kitchen! The Plumberry School of Comfort Food is due to open in a few weeks’ time and has rather gone off the boil. It needs the kind of great ideas that only Verity could cook up . . .
But as Verity tries to balance stirring up publicity, keeping their top chef sweet and soothing her aching heart, will her move to Plumberry prove to be a sheer delight . . . or a recipe for disaster?
Not in your Genes, Oliver James
Professor Robert Plomin, the world’s leading geneticist, said in 2014 of his search for genes that explain differences in our psychology: ‘I have been looking for these genes for fifteen years. I don’t have any’.
Using a mixture of famous and ordinary people, Oliver James drills deep down into the childhood causes of our individuality, revealing why our upbringing, not our genes, plays such an important role in our wellbeing and success. The implications are huge: as adults we can change, we can clutch our fates from predetermined destiny, as parents we can radically alter the trajectory of our childrens’ lives, and as a society we could largely eradicate criminality and poverty.
Not in Your Genes will not only change the way you think about yourself and the people around you, but give you the fuel to change your personality and your life for the better.
Maestra, L S Hilton
By day, Judith Rashleigh is a put-upon assistant at a London auction house.
By night she’s a hostess in one of the capital’s unsavoury bars.
Desperate to make something of herself, Judith knows she has to play the game. She’s learned to dress, speak and act in the interests of men. She’s learned to be a good girl. But after uncovering a dark secret at the heart of the art world, Judith is fired and her dreams of a better life are torn apart.
So she turns to a long-neglected friend. A friend that kept her chin up and back straight through every past slight. A friend that a good girl like her shouldn’t have: Rage.
The Talented Mr Ripley meets Gone Girl in this darkly decadent and compelling new thriller that asks: Where do you go when you’ve gone too far?
Flawed, Cecilia Ahern
Celestine North lives a perfect life. She’s a model daughter and sister, she’s well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she’s dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan.
But then Celestine encounters a situation in which she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule and now faces life-changing repercussions. She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found FLAWED.
In this stunning novel, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society in which perfection is paramount and mistakes are punished. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her everything.
A Boy Called Hope, Cathy Cassidy
I’m Dan Hope and deep inside my head I keep a list of things I want to come true. For example, I want my sister, Ninja Grace, to go to university at the North Pole and only come back once a year. I want to help Sherlock Holmes solve his most daring mystery yet. And if it could be a zombie mystery, all the more exciting. I want to be the first eleven-year-old to land on the moon. I want my dog to stop eating the planets and throwing them up on the carpet. And finally, the biggest dream of all, I want my dad to love me…..
A Boy Called Hope is a brave, bold and funny debut about family in all its shapes and sizes.
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By the Numbers: Why Even Try?
After last night, it seems pretty clear that the Eagles have hit the low point of Andy Reid’s tenure as head coach. The only question now is whether you have any hope that he can turn things around. I assume many of those folks who have stubbornly supported Reid over the last few games are starting to change their minds, but we’ll find out.
7.9 = Vince Young’s interception percentage this season. For comparison, Mike McMahon had a 3.9 percent interception rate in 2005. I’ve never seen a team get four second half possessions, and give the ball away in three of them. If Michael Vick is out again, Mike Kafka will undoubtedly get his chance next week.
57.9 = Young’s completion percentage this season, worst season of his career. What happened to quarterback gurus Andy Reid and Marty Mornhinweg?
6 = Two game stretches when Reid has had a worse point differential than the last two games. It’s one thing to get blown out by New England, but Seattle?
1 = Torn ACL for Colt Anderson. It’s not fair that one of guys who consistently plays the hardest had such a career-threatening injury in a meaningless game.
137.0, 6.7 = Tarvaris Jackson’s QB rating and Marshawn Lynch’s yards per carry from last night. What was that about the Eagles defense improving?
133 = Total yards from scrimmage for LeSean McCoy. Bright spot!
0 = Emotional reaction to yet another embarrassing loss.
Tagged with Philadelphia Eagles, NFL, Seattle Seahawks, Week Thirteen, Andy Reid, Vince Young, Mike McMahon, Marty Mornhinweg, Colt Anderson, Marshawn Lynch, Tarvaris Jackson, LeSean McCoy.
December 2, 2011 by Brian Solomon.
Week Thirteen
Vince Young
Marty Mornhinweg
Colt Anderson
Tarvaris Jackson
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Life... Better, Safer & Humane
Medica Superspecialty Hospital (MSH) offers the highest standard of clinical skills and nursing care across a wide range of specialties and being one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery providers in Eastern India, we bring you the finest ambience and services for inpatient and outpatient treatment. We are a tertiary care hospital with a capacity of 400 beds, providing state-of-the-art facilities in Cardiology and Cardiac surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Joints and Spine treatment, Eastern India’s largest Dialysis facility, advanced Urology services and a host of other support services, all under the same roof.
Medica Superspecialty Hospital (MSH) has been created to satiate the patient’s quest for excellence in clinical services, ambience and staff behaviour, at prices affordable to all. It is our attempt to fill the lacuna in healthcare services in eastern India that, till recently, forced patients to travel to north or south India for treatment. We have striven to build in transparency in our actions and develop a strong doctor-patient communication.
This hospital is planned to be the first green hospital of the country. Medica Superspecialty Hospital has been planned to serve as the hub for our hospitals in Siliguri, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Assam, Bihar and Orissa.
Visitor’s Guidelines (CCU)
8:30 am – 9:00 am & 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Infection prevention and control: patients in CCUs are at risk of infecting others and contracting infections, so everyone who comes in contact with them is expected to adhere to standard infection control practices like hand hygiene (the best method to prevent contamination) – the nurse at bedside will brief you about them. Please refrain from visiting patient if you have fever, runny nose or other contagious infections. Masks are available on request. When not at the patient’s bedside we request visitors to move to the waiting area to ensure the privacy of other patients. CCUs are sensitive zones and visitors must refrain from talking loudly and using mobile phones.
Medica Institute of Critical Care (MICC) –
A Pioneer as an ‘Institute’ in Critical Care Medicine
Largest Critical Care facility in Eastern India with specified ICUs
Provides one stop solution to all critical care problems under one roof
MICC is led by Dr. Arindam Kar, Dr Sauren Panja and Dr Tanmay Banerjee along with a group of doctors, trained in managing critical patients suffering from a diverse spectrum of diseases, in a rational manner
With updated modern MICC has a team approach to the patients in the units where each unit is covered by a Resident Doctor, Nurse in Charge, on duty Nurses and support staff round the clock with a Consultant who covers all the units 24X7 as per roster
MICC aims to promote highest standards of multidisciplinary care for critically ill patients and families with scientific approach to management, proper education and professional development
State of the art facility
Largest in Eastern India: Equipped with proposed 120 beds Medica Institute of Critical Care is the largest in Eastern India with state of the art technology
Specified ICUs: Specified ICUs for cardiothoracic surgery, trauma & orthopedics, neurology & neurosurgery, cardiology, surgical, renal transplant & nephrology, gastric surgery & gastroenterology and others
Non-vertical Proximity: Each floor has designated ICUs demarcated for specialized tasks based on patient condition, enabling the critical care units to work within specific criteria, and carry out treatment in the best possible manner
Comprehensive Care: Providing healthcare in all aspects under one roof
Updated Modern Technology: Best and updated technology and equipment to deliver continuous care-EV1000, Therapeutic hypothermia, Extracorporeal lung support, PICCO monitoring, Extracorporeal blood purification therapies, ECMO and eICU
Adequate Medical Staff: MSH has nursing-patient ratio 1:1 and doctor-patient ratio 1:5 which meets the NABH standards
Consultant Ratio- Round the clock cover of in house consultants for critically ill patients making quality of care at par with best facilities around the world
Protocols & Guidelines: All protocols & guidelines for carrying out various aspects of procedures are strictly met
Family Meeting: Suitable space for family meetings with patients under critical conditions. However, only two family members are allowed to meet the patient twice a day.
Counseling: Regular counseling to keep family members updated about the health status and handling of problematic issues
Communication: Proper communication between hospital & patient member is important. Appropriate address & telephone numbers to be provided by patient family to the hospital
Transparency: Reasonable rates are maintained. No hidden cost for treatment & diagnostics
New Technologies & Innovation
MICC has come up with newer facilities to practise and deliver safe and effective ventilation to our patients
ECMO with LV Assist: Extra Corporeal Oxygenation with Ventricular Assistance at bedside to bridge critically ill patients to Cardiac Surgery or Intervention
NOVA Lung: A novel technique of Extra Corporeal Removal of CO2 for COAD or difficult to ventilate patients which leads to early liberation even avoiding invasive ventilation
NAVA: A new ventilation initiation technique to ensure patient ventilator synchrony & eventually early liberation from ventilation
POC diagnostics: Point of care diagnostics test performed to ensure quicker diagnosis & earliest commencement of therapy. Available options are: PT, INR, Lactate, PRO BNP, Quantitative Troponin, Electrolytes, BUN, Creatinine etc
PCR based diagnostics: We have the Safety First / Sepsis Panel which will expedite the time taken to identify the organisms thereby helping us to treat our patients by this PCR based microbiological diagnostic tests for quicker diagnosis of infection for effective & correct treatment of infectious disease
Therapeutic Hypothermia: Induced reduction of core body temperature to preserve organ function. Applicable for post Cardiac Arrest care, Brain Trauma victims, AMI, Fulminant Hepatic failure patients
TDM: Therapeutic drug monitoring for effective & precise dosage without the risk of over or under dosing & avoiding side effects
Thromboelastograph: Complete diagnostics & monitoring of coagulation function, must for transplant surgery, Cardiac Surgery & Coagulopathic conditions
Poison Referral Centre: MICC is in the process of creating a poison referral center for cases of poisoning and drug overdose, catering mostly to the eastern parts of India. It would be a tertiary referral Centre that aims to provide holistic care and counselling to the patient as well as the family. The Centre will be supported by the Forensic Department and technical support will be provided by a renowned University situated close by
Research and Trials: The department has an integrated team of Investigators, Manager, Clinical Research Associate and Study Nurse, who enable smooth and effective functioning of the department
EICU: MICC at MSH is the first hospital in Eastern India to put the dynamic technology to use by turning paperless in phases. Implementation of this technology has increased the patient contact and care hours thereby increasing the quality of care
Ambulatory Care: We have a dedicated team of inter and intra hospital transportation, complete with advance life support. We have air-lifted several critically ill patients from remote areas to tertiary care facilities
Tele ICU: With the superior help of eICU, we are able to eliminate distances and provide medical, procedural consultation to our patients and health care teams at our hospitals in Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Siliguri
Home Care: We have a robust team comprising Doctors, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, who offer services to patients post discharge to monitor their progress at home, administer intravenous medications, rehabilitation and counsel them
Dr. Harsha Vardhan Agrawal
Consultant -Department of Internal Medicine
MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine)
Dr. Tanoy Bose
MBBS, MD( General Medicine)
Dr. Abhijit Bhatta
MBBS, MD (General Medicine)
Dr. Arpan Choudhuri
MBBS, DNB (Family Medicine)
Dr. Amitabha Saha
Co-Director – MICC & Coordinator- Internal Medicine
MBBS, MD (Anaesthesiology), MRCP (UK), EDIC
Dr. Avijit Bhattacharya
Visiting Consultant - Department of Internal Medicine
Dr. Pulak Ghosh Dastidar
Dr. Arnab Bera
MBBS, MD(Pulmonary Medicine), DNB(Pulmonary Medicine), Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine
Dr. Saurabh Dutta
Associate Consultant - Department of Internal Medicine
MBBS, MD ( Medicine), IDCCM, EDIC, MRCP
Dr. Tapas Guha
DTCD, MD (Internal Medicine), MRCP, Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine (London)
Dr. Swapan Sarkar
MD (General Medicine)
Dr. Subhas Chandra Hazra
Dr. Arup Kumar Kundu
MD( General Medicine)
Dr. Tanmoy Banerjee
MD (Internal Medicine), MRCP, SCE in Acute Medicine, EDIC, CCST (Acute Medicine and Intensive Care)
Dr. Aviral Roy
Consultant- Intensivist
American Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Critical Care
Dr. (Prof.) Binay Krishna De
Senior Consultant & Head (Academics)
MD. (General Medicine)
Dr. (Prof.) Shyamala Das
Sr Consultant
MD (Internal Med)
Dr. Chinmoy Kumar Maity
Consultant Internal & Geriatric Medicine
DTM&H, MD(Gen. Medicine), MRCP (UK), FRCP (Glasgow)
Dr. Jajati Sinha
MD (Gen.Med.)
Dr. Tapas Bandyopadhyay
MD (Internal Medicine)
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Movie Masterclass
Teaching editing
Tag Archives: tokyo story
by Rakondite | November 5, 2018 · 5:45 pm
The 100 Greatest Foreign Films courtesy of BBC Culture – Number one? Seven Samurai
Three years ago, the BBC polled critics across the world to identify the greatest 100 American Movies, followed by Films of the 21st century and Comedies.
Finally, the spotlight fell on ‘Foreign’ films – those not made in the English language. 209 critics from 43 countries took part.
The results were not a surprise to Mamoun, who has given and recorded masterclasses on and introductions to many of the films on the list, particularly the first three.
Above all, Mamoun has given masterclasses on The Seven Samurai in many different countries: from Sydney in Australia to Zimbabwe in Africa; the UK, Greece, Denmark, Norway and Bosnia in Europe; Mumbai in India; Colombo in Sri Lanka; Havana in Cuba; Santiago in Chile, South America; and in California, where the masterclass was given in three different venues (UCLA Extension, CalArts, The Psychoanalytic Centre for California).
A 65-minute version (edited from a four-hour session) was recorded for Channel 4’s series Movie Masterclass. Kurosawa productions acquired the licence for the Channel 4 programme, which was screened on Japan’s NHK.
Mamoun’s brief ‘Encounter with Kurosawa‘ can be read here.
The BBC top 10 list:
10. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)
9. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)
8. The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959)
7. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)
6. Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
5. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939)
4. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
3. Tokyo Story (Yasujirô Ozu, 1953)
2. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio de Sica, 1948)
1. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
In the top twenty foreign films are Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955) and The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966).
Mamoun has contributed a 45-minute video to Criterion’s amazing restoration of The Apu Trilogy.
Mamoun produced The Battle of Algiers for C4’s Movie Masterclass, and he presented it as a masterclass at the BFI Southbank. The film was one of more than 25 films that he has presented at the European Film College, including Ozu’s Tokyo Story and de Sica’s Bicycle Thieves.
Masterclasses and introductions can be accessed on Vimeo.
The full list of films can be seen here
Filed under News - Masterclasses
Tagged as Akira Kurosawa, BFI, BFI Southbank, European Film College, Kurosawa, Mamoun, Mamoun Hassan, Movie, Movie Masterclass, National Film and Television School, National Film Theatre, Ozu, Pather Panchali, Satyajit Ray, Seven Samurai, tokyo story, World cinema, Yasujiro Ozu
by Rakondite | June 17, 2016 · 10:50 am
Movie Masterclass – Ozu’s ‘Tokyo Story’ at the European Film College
We are pleased to share Mamoun’s masterclass on Ozu’s masterpiece, Tokyo Story. Mamoun has revisited this film several times, but this most recent visit at the European Film College in Ebeltoft allowed him to discuss the film with the students in detail.
Filed under Lecturing, News - Masterclasses
Tagged as Akira Kurosawa, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, European Film College, Film School, Japanese cinema, Kurosawa, Mamoun, Mamoun Hassan, Movie Masterclass, Movies, Ozu, tokyo story, World cinema, Yasujiro Ozu
by Rakondite | September 2, 2015 · 12:16 pm
Mamoun returns to the European Film College – 23rd and 24th September
I Bambini Ci Guardano 1944 (The Children are Watching us)
Mamoun is looking forward to his yearly visit to the European Film College to give two masterclasses on De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves and Ozu’s Tokyo Story However there will be a twist. His discussion will also refer to De Sica’s pre-neorealist film The Children are watching Us (1944). He will explore how De Sica’s craft developed but also how certain inspirations persisted.
Under principal Nadia Kloverdahl Reich the College is developing physically and educationally – with a new building and a new faculty amongst many changes. A happy combination of the old and the new. Mamoun looks forward to working with Micah Magee, the new Directing Fiction teacher.
Filed under Lecturing, News, News - Masterclasses
Tagged as Bicycle thieves, De Sica, European Film College, Film School, Mamoun, Mamoun Hassan, Movie, Movie Masterclass, Movies, Ozu, tokyo story, World cinema, Yasujiro Ozu
Babylon Premieres in Calgary – with an introduction from Mamoun Hassan
Babylon at 40 – Restored and Reborn in the USA
Landmark British films at the BFI Southbank – 19 July 2019
Introduction to ‘The Lady with the Dog’ at the BFI Southbank
The Lady with the Dog – at BFI Southbank 13th May 2019
M on Babylon – a Conversation at Theatre Utopia with Lee Fairweather
Babylon (Film) - A Conversation with Mamoun Hassan in Croydon on Babylon – a Conversation at Theatre Utopia with Lee Fairweather
Gemstone on Congratulations to Andrés Wood: ‘Machuca’ listed as top 20 Latin American film
Bill Douglas: Childhood Trilogy in Le Monde: Justified Sinner | Movie Masterclass on Bill Douglas – His ain man
Movie Masterclass: Pather Panchali - First Edition Books on Movie Masterclass: Pather Panchali
News – Masterclasses
Movie Masterclass · Official website of Mamoun Hassan
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IDF Operation Protective Edge - August 19, 2014 12:00-8:00am
7:59am Doesn't it seem like a lot of people who don't like Israel are in California?
The list at the sit-in at Sen. Feinstein's office is a veritable who's who.
7:50am Miracles happened in Gaza during the war. It's just that these 3 miracles were not among them:
2:22am Fellow settler Israel Shield puts forward his theories on why we are negotiating with Hamas and agreeing to ceasefires.
As he points out, Israel is not saying anything, while all the information/leaks are coming from the other side - but that doesn't mean there is any less cause for concern about the terms.
12:20am Wishing everyone a quiet night as the fragile ceasefire extension is in effect for 24 more hours.
IDF Operation Protective Edge - August 26, 2014
IDF Operation Protective Edge - August 22 2014
Hamas = ISIS
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9:26 am Tonight’s Forecast: Rain of Rockets with ...
Female IDF paramedics' fight for life
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Difficult to watch? You bet. But if you are a lover of film this is a must-see cinema event of 2014.
The torture endured by a 1936 Italian-American Olympic runner in a WW II Japanese internment camp is staggering to behold. Personal rage from the camp Corporal is focused on his defiant prisoner with chilling sociopathic intensity.
This is Louie Zamperini’s true story, shaped and directed with astonishing skill by Angelina Jolie. Her accomplishment is a stunning slap in the face to a biased industry that gives evidence that only a man can master complex technology and compassionate storytelling.
What Jolie’s film does is lay bare the cruel and hopelessly held belief that human torture, both physical and verbal, are ever justified.
Consider that the timing of the film’s American release, Christmas Day, is an unwitting wakeup gift that should question the effectiveness of our verbally abusive politicians, our out-of-control police tactics and our newly revealed horrific torture of foreign-born war prisoners. No nation is innocent. But from America, shouldn’t we expect better?
#NakedOnTheScence
Posted by E. Randahl Hoey at 12/13/2014 12:44:00 PM No comments:
Hot, Hotter, Hottest! Move over HUNGER GAMES. This is a female AND male survival of the fittest epic that encapsulates self-reliance and free will – a compelling premise.
After a Great War, cities have been leveled. A new political order, set in futuristic Chicago, is established to eliminate further devastation. For this to happen all youth must face Choosing Day when they hit age 16 and declare acceptance in 1of 5 seemingly enlightened categories. These will define how they must peacefully live for the rest of their lives. God forbid if you think outside the box.
Since we all are currently living in a polarized U.S. political system, the film resonates. Speak out and disagree with a commonly held belief? Duck!
In this film, being labeled Divergent (a free thinking spirit), puts one at serious risk. Of course. Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior (Shailene Woodley) wants to fit in with her perception of family and friends so she goes through a rigorous training program to prove how she can overcome almost unimaginable physical challenges to fit in and make her loved ones proud. Her assigned State-sanctioned Monitor, named Four, (Theo James) is a steely and sizzling athletic judge who pushes her to the max.
When Tris falters, you recognize the compelling look that Four suddenly gives her now compromises his detached objectivity. She is revealed as Divergent. The tension that precedes their first kiss -- and how their compromised lives subsequently unravel -- drives the rest of the film.
Sure, it may seem overly long for the plot to develop, as did Veronica Roth’s trilogy aimed at young adults. But this adaption is geared for a broad audience and delivers nicely. Kate Winslet certainly adds luster to villainy, stirring welcome pepper into the stew!
Posted by E. Randahl Hoey at 4/17/2014 12:16:00 PM 1 comment:
Laugh-out-loud funny doesn’t begin to capture the perverse humor that director/leading man Jason Bateman plops onto the screen.
Personally, I love to spend time with really smart kids. However, Bateman, playing Guy Trilby, pulls the rug out from under his version of Spelling Bee brainiacs in ways that border on child abuse. But no harm is done except to send up obnoxious and pushy parents plus the competition director, Dr. Deagan, played by Alison Janney, who brings new meaning to phrase ‘prune face.”
Bateman, acting since a kid, knows his way around a set and particularly how to work with actors. He sails through his feature film debut with zany wit and assurance and expands his sardonic comic chops in the process.
Screenwriter Andrew Dodge delivers a well-crafted black comedy that is a welcome addition to contemporary film humor for grownups. My other gold star goes to the recent AMERICAN HUSTLE.
Playing opposite Bateman is a 10-year-old ball of sunshine, New York born Indian actor Rohan Chand. This kid can’t stop sparkling, even under the most adversarial situations tossed at him by Bateman. I wanted to love him and smack him at the same time. An example? As the lad leans over the top of his airplane seat and endlessly pesters Guy, the audience exploded with laughter when Trilby blurts, “ Hey kid, shut up, turn your curry hole around and sit.”
The burning question is why does 40 year-old Guy Trilby enter a nationally televised competition limited to kids who have not yet graduated from the 5th grade? All unravels in the final frames, and, while seemingly an author derived dénouement, the ‘get-even’ revelation works just fine in this high-spirited comedy.
Take a break and look forward to some delightfully spiteful giggles.
OSCARS HIGHLIGHTS 2014
The cheers that arose when 12 YEARS A SLAVE won Best Picture were well deserved. I am proud the Academy seemed to rally around this film in spite of its weak box office and deeply distressing illumination of our nation’s embarrassing exploitation of Blacks.
The Academy membership is 94% Caucasian so this was also a concern. Because it is a difficult film to watch I worried whether it would even find an audience. These thoughts shaped my early January thinking as I tried to balance my personal opinions with what seemed likely to be manifest in the minds of industry voters.
Perhaps a palette cleansing comedy like AMERICAN HUSTLE would snare the gold. I was wrong.
The evening’s consensus represented a spot-on collection of winners that, in my opinion, has seldom happened in Oscar’s past. Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong’o and Jared Leto deserved their honors.
The Directors Guild awarded Alfonso Cuarón (GRAVITY) its top prize, which is usually an indication of what film will win the Oscar. I nevertheless applauded the Best Director gold going to Steve McQueen (12 YEARS A SLAVE). I had been plugging for David O. Russell (AMERICAN HUSTLE) because directing great comedy is really really difficult. Nevertheless the fact that social, emotional and political issues dominated story lines was welcome.
HIGHS & LOWS: What they wore
1. Julia Roberts in a sad black Givenchy gown with a matronly peplum and ill-fitting black lace that covered her plunging décolletage with Victorian modesty. No tits. Yawn.
2. Will Smith wearing a tux and open neck white shirt with scarf peaking out that seemed to suggest -- ‘I’m just too cool and too important to be bothered with all this dress up shit.’
3. Kevin Spacey in a smart blue Burberry tux, a nice relief from tuxedo black, black, black.
4. Sally Field looked matronly in a net embroidered long dress with short sleeves that looked positively dowdy on camera. Alas.
5. Lupita Nyong’o floated in pale blue Prada with a neckline that plunged to her navel. Here’s a young woman, flat chested as a boy, who looked sexy and lady-like at the same time.
6. Anne Hathaway’s Gucci designed gown featured her chest completely neutered with what looked like sparkling armor plating. That and her closely cropped hair completed a decidedly butch look. Dull.
7. Bette Midler showed up in a red floral Reem Acra gown that blended amusingly with the floral red Oscar carpet. Remember her singing “Gonna lay down on my bed of roses”? No, not tonight, Bette, we’ll “walk all over you.”
8. Bradley Cooper and Brad Pitt vied for wearing perfectly tailored tuxes. At last Brad wore pants hemmed so they didn’t tumble 6 inches over his shoes.
9. Charlize Theron in knockout Dior that parted as it swept over her left and right breast and hung deliciously suspended just below each shoulder. This offered tension then release as the gown descended into a sheer floating train that delicately offered an elegant finale.
Enough with the frivolity. Except for one note. Plastic surgery victims included Goldie Hawn, Kim Novak and John Travolta. And one billion viewers wondered if maybe it was just the lighting.
HIGHS & LOWS: The show
1. Ellen DeGeneres delivered a funny and free flowing opening monologue that was scripted yet came off spontaneous and even zany. It seemed to promise a great evening.
2. Jared Leto gave a very moving acceptance speech upon receiving Best Supporting Actor for his stunning performance as a transgendered prostitute in DALLAS BUYERS CLUB. He exceeded his 45 seconds but effectively urged compassion for everyone to be allowed to love whomever they choose without fear or prejudice. He was graciously allowed to finish without being played off by the orchestra.
3. Pharrell Williams sang a knockout HAPPY from Despicable Me 2 which brought the house down. Kids on stage and celebs in the front row danced with him to create an opening number that will be remembered.
4. Boredom set in during the next two hours until Lupita Nyong’o won Best Supporting Actress for her wrenching performance in 12 YEARS A SLAVE. What radiance she brought to thank-you. The audience loved her.
5. DeGeneres asked the audience if they were hungry and ordered pizza. Sure enough a chap delivered 3 boxes and Ellen passed out slices much to everyone’s delight. Later she canvassed the audience to tip the delivery boy. She conned $200 from Harvey Weinstein. All Lupita could offer was her lip gloss, which Ellen immediately applied to her own lips!
6. Pink sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow in a distinctively phrased version in honor of the 75th anniversary of the WIZARD OF OZ. Liza Minnelli, draped in an off-the-shoulder electric blue schmatta and blue streak in her hair, seemed pleased but miffed when Ellen said she made a convincing drag queen, then topped it off with ‘great job, sir’. It was funny to everyone except Liza.
7. At 11:00 p.m. (EST), it was 2.5 hours into the show and best Actress, Actor and Film had not yet been awarded.
8. To add to the tedium Bette Midler sang a sappy and draggy rendition of Wind Beneath My Wings that seemed endless.
9. At last, Cate and Matthew won Best Actor Awards and 12 YEARS A SLAVE received a thunderous applause when it was announced as Best Picture. Amen!
Bottom line? The show was only fair. We needed more of Ellen and a tighter evening where the awards of lesser interest to one billion viewers are moved to an off-camera ceremony. If the goal is to increase movie attendance, give us 2 zippy hours of genuine broadcast entertainment rather than 3.5 hours of drawn out of narrowcast self congratulations.
READY, SET, RUN LIKE HELL!
The Oscar race has now bunched up the competition. Much to my surprise I’m encouraged. The Awards are often expressive of emotional favorites. This time talent and bold risk-taking have enriched the stew.
Based upon directing, writing and acting, AMERICAN HUSTLE gets my best 2 out of 3 votes. I’ve gone into detail in my review as to why. However, I really admire Spike Jonze’s original screenplay for HER. It is uniquely fresh and explores relationships in countless intuitive and insightful ways. Rarely have I experienced love and heartbreak so completely in cinematic terms.
12 YEARS A SLAVE is a film that a colleague said he could only bear to experience once. When I first saw it I too sat quietly as the lights came up, unable to have a conversation. I have put off reviewing it. An opportunity came up to see it again the other evening and enough time had passed making me feel brave.
It is even more disturbing the second time around. As I watched, however, I had sufficient perspective to mull over the flesh searing violence that Director Steve McQueen reveals compared with how Quentin Tarantino dealt with this in DJANGO. The whipping in the latter was unvarnished and raw and objectified its victims in the same way that pornography objectifies the anatomy of sex.
Director McQueen lets us meet and experience his characters and suffer with them as they experience unbearable physical and emotional agony. They are real people enduring horrific torture from entitled sociopaths that stretches contemporary understanding of our recent history in searing and visceral ways not easily forgotten.
I’m grateful and impressed that this film, the director and leading actor, Chiwetal Ejiofor, have all received nominations.
It doesn’t surprise me that AUGUST OSSAGE COUNTY and SAVING MR. BANKS scored weakly or not at all. Meryl Streep is a beloved icon and even her excessive overacting seems to have been forgiven. However, Julia Roberts is just imitating Mama Streep. Amy Adams will win Lead Actress. Tom Hanks, also much loved, was passed over for both his performances in CAPTAIN PHILLIPS and SAVING MR. BANKS. As I mentioned in both my reviews, nice guy that he is, he just didn’t manage to surrender to the paradoxes of each character that he was attempting to become. He ranges from nice to sort’a angry. But we really do love him anyway.
What will become of GRAVITY? It is an international box office phenomenon and it’s Sandra Bullock’s performance that humanizes the technological genius of Director Alfonso Cuaron. It is also life affirming in quietly spiritual ways that chill and shock us into a consciousness few movies manage to achieve. It is, for me, a masterful piece of filmmaking.
My sense is that it will surrender its pride of place to Best Director David O. Russell, Best Lead Actress to Amy Adams and Best Picture (all for AMERICAN HUSTLE).
Of the 5 directors nominated there are 3 who equally deserve the top award – Steve McQueen (12 YEARS A SLAVE), Alfonso Cuaron (GRAVITY) and David O. Russell as mentioned above. Alexander Payne’s direction of NEBRASKA is noteworthy and he skillfully handles the camera and his actors with great skill. But the competition is fierce.
It is Director Martin Scorsese who has disappointed me with his work on THE WOLF OF WALL STREET. That he is a master is without question, this being his 8th nomination. However, his endless 3-hour repetition of the sexual, drug and alcohol fueled excesses of his main characters ended up desensitizing me to the point that I started looking at my watch. At 2-hours it might have been intriguing, even humorous, but ultimately I left the theatre wanting a cleansing shower.
Let’s see, what else? Ah, Best Actor will probably go to Christian Bale (AMERICAN HUSTLE) although my heart belongs to Joaquin Phoenix in HER. He is so simple, evanescent and of the moment that I was with him every second. Jennifer Lawrence sizzles in AMERICAN HUSTLE and will walk away with the best Supporting Actress award. Jared Leto should win for best Supporting Actor, shaved eyebrows and all.
If there were an honorable mention award for Lead Actor I would want it to go to Matthew McConaughey (DALLAS BUYERS CLUB and WOLF OF WALL STREET). He inhaled both characters impressively and gave up his hunky good looks to stretch and grow into a dramatic and then comedic actor that caught many of us off guard. Bravo.
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The electronic buzz that underscores the film’s opening moments sets an audible motif for what is to follow. From this monotone can a story with the provocative title, HER, promise love, yearning, probable heartbreak yet unfold with believability and possible eloquence?
When a very tight close-up of a man’s face next appears, caught up in absorbed concentration as he speaks tenderly to a computer screen -- the answer is a resounding ‘yes’.
Theo (Joaquin Phoenix) finishes speaking and signs off as Loretta. He reaches over and, from a printer, pulls out a femininely scripted letter he has just voice-dictated. He works for “Beautifully Hand Written Letters.com. It’s a futuristic twist on Dear Abby and the company seems to be thriving. The camera pulls back to reveal myriad cubicles of similarly focused verbal scribes.
On a slick and quiet subway ride home, ear piece inserted, Theo voice activates his waiting emails. Restless at home, he activates a cyber female who simulates sex with him, calling out in ecstasy for him to grab the dead cat underneath her bed and strangle her to the point of inducing her sexual climax. ok.
Theo fumbles awkwardly, then plays along. She gets off, thanks him and hangs up.
Theo plays around with a new Operating System and discovers how to create a sensuous woman with whom to interact. That is, a bodiless woman whose voice offers the sole definition of her existence. Scarlett Johansson’s wafts into Theo’s technological fantasy. His whim turns into an interaction, then gob-smacked affection and ultimately a deep and dependant love that becomes obsessive and excludes his real girl friend who develops her own OS obsession. It’s a new age of dating one’s private OS.
Samantha grows and evolves in ways similar to that of a human child’s mind and body. She bubbles with innocent curiosity. “What’s it like to have a vagina?” Yes, a big word but she seems to precociously read Theo’s mind. “Why does it have to be ‘there’? Why can’t it be under my arm?” Samantha spontaneously draws on Theo’s screen a reclining woman, arm upraised, and a male who is merrily plunging back and forth into her newly placed pudenda!
Samantha’s point is that an OS can do anything that a real person can do except possess a body. Theo tenderly embraces Samantha, bringing to the fore a quintessential male/female relationship that defines the hidden intricacies of love modern. Is the significant other really just a manifestation of oneself? Do we seldom get to see who the other really is because we are so self-absorbed in our own needs?
The relationship moves forward, hiccups and struggles as they attempt to comprehend each other. If I say more I will might discourage you from seeing this remarkable film on your own. Trust me. Just go. Be prepared to have your heartstrings plucked, strummed, then snapped. Perhaps you will wake up to what is really going on in your own love life. Maybe you will fall asleep and not want to cope. Either way, this film has the potential to pull you out of yourself and leave you unmoored.
Director Spike Jonze, also the screenwriter, breaks all the boundaries that define human relationships. His work tickles our synapses while caressing the heart strings. And listen to the score composed by Owen Pallett. It unfolds subtly and makes it’s appearance when least expected. His music lifts and illuminates.
At last we have a film that has the potential to leave you breathless.
Saving Mr. Banks . . . the story of Lady Grump and Mr. Charm – a Technicolor film dealing with black and white characters.
Perhaps this is no surprise since the first image on the screen is ‘Walt Disney Presents”. What follows? A middle age woman (Emma Thompson) slowly comes out of a Zen-like meditation with a stern scowl. We get it. She can’t get over the anger that must be buried deep within. Poor thing.
We hope for relief as she takes a meeting with her solicitor – we’re in London, 1961 – but no, she is spitting nails. That sugarcoated daddy who creates silly American cartoons has been courting her for over 20 years to give him the rights to her beloved 1934 novel, Mary Poppins. Never, I mean NEVAH! Definitely Lady Grump.
We are left breathless in anticipation of the dog and catfight that this feisty dame will surely be having with the legendary Walt Disney.
You can only imagine my disappointment when Walt (Tom Hanks) turns out to be kind and patient and charming throughout this entire 2-hour film. Barely a scowl. OK, he’ll be Mr. Charm.
So, the plot has been announced -- goodness vs. badness. Sure enough, author P. L. Travers, upon arriving in Hollywood, provocatively ratchets up her objections ad nauseam concerning her fear that Mr. Disney will sugarcoat her Mary, introduce animation and, worst of all, characters who sing and dance! Good old Walt just keeps smiling and nodding patiently. Really?
But Neal Gabler writes in his Disney biography of 2005 about a man who inspires all those around him but can become “ . . . cantankerous, abusive, mean spirited, even vicious.” Well, let’s not go into THAT – remember, he and his corporation represent a billion dollar brand of goodness.
Enough about Walt. Instead, director John Lee Hancock and his writers treat us to revealing flashbacks of Travers, her childhood in Australia and her playful and ever doting father (Colin Farrell). The underbelly of her idyllic childhood is that her beloved and story-telling hero is an alcoholic who drinks himself to an early death in 1906. Seven-year-old Pamela (P. L.) is understandably traumatized.
His loss is so deeply etched in her broken heart that P.L. has unwittingly created a hardened shell around herself in order to never surrender again to such enchanting intoxication.
Enter Walt Disney, the world-celebrated intoxicator of enchantment. The psychological nightmare that haunts Travers makes sense if you absorb the flashbacks carefully and thus understand the illogical logic of P. L. Travers’ lifetime of anger now projected onto Disney.
But no, at the very end of the film, Walt just shares with Travers his own difficult childhood and suggests that they both free their respective Mr. Banks (real and fictional fathers) and resolve to let them fly up and away, like a kite (song cue). Yeah, just like that. Unfortunately this filmic denouement comes off as simple-minded fluff.
Is it possible that a movie might have been made about a man and a woman, different in every way, who turned their respective painful childhood traumas into creative fantasies which managed, years later, to enchant the entire world?
I wonder. Would the powers who control a modern entertainment empire sanction a story about their founder which reveals, according to author Neal Gabler, “ . . . how a painful 1941 labor strike destroyed the collegial atmosphere at Disney’s studio; how this experience embittered Disney and galvanized his fierce anti-communist politics”? Would the film be allowed to shed light on Disney’s role as one of the first to speak to the House Un-American Activities Committee about suspected industry communists and lead him to become a leading player in creating the Hollywood Black List? Then there is Gabler’s quote about Disney’s “ . . . affiliation with an executive organization famously hostile to Jews.”
What about the ever-complaining P.L. Travers? Although she never married, she adopted a son at age 40, separating him from his less appealing twin as advised by her astrologer. Her self-centered choice caused both men to grow into sadly dysfunctional adults. In a revealing 2005 Valerie Lawson biography of Travers it is noted that P.L. managed to have some robust romantic relationships with both male and female partners. Now that’s interesting.
In short, reducing the film’s two central characters to represent Anger and Charm is a missed opportunity. Both are fascinatingly complex and quite authentically human. But the filmmakers dare not suggest this. Instead we are given both as cartoon characters with little depth.
A grownup film is yet to be made weaving the struggle between two immensely talented people as they attempt to translate Mary Poppins into a film that resonates truth yet remains genuinely entertaining. Creatively, a spoonful of sugar can still make the medicine go down, don’t you think?
ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES
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But your 10 year old may love it.
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March Spotlight: Adult Ballet Students
Ballet is for Everyone…Including Adults!
Neglia Conservatory of Ballet believes that ballet is for everyone to enjoy. Whether it’s watching ballet, performing for an audience, or practicing pliés at the barre, everyone can benefit from ballet.
We are fortunate that Neglia’s instructor Angela Hastings is adept at teaching all types of new dancers (from toddlers to adults) no matter their age or dance experience.
Due to popularity, Adult Ballet class has expanded its program to two evening classes per week. We recently caught up with three students to get their unique perspectives on Adult Ballet
#1 “Body Awareness Follows Me Outside the Studio”
Matthew Austin from Amherst, NY just started ballet in January of 2018 at the age of 27.
Matthew has interest in martial arts, skating/hockey, camping and traveling. His only previous dance experience was with the Polish Heritage Dancers of WNY. He participates in Capoeira – a 16th century Brazilian martial arts which combines elements of dance, acrobatics and music. His initial goal was to use Adult Ballet as a cross-training tool for Capoeira.
“There are a lot of similarities between Ballet and Capoeira such as musicality and the precision and control of movement that I am excited to develop at Neglia,” says Matthew.
And he was also inspired by NFL players who have used ballet to help their balance and flexibility.
“I definitely find it to be a great workout and I look forward to attending classes in the evening and moving since I spend most of my day sitting in an office cubicle,” says Matthew.
Of the unexpected benefits of Adult Ballet, Matthew appreciates “the general body awareness that follows me outside of the studio. I work in an office where I spend the majority of my day sitting at a computer, and I now find myself frequently correcting my posture throughout the day.”
Trying ballet for the first time can be intimidating.
“I was definitely nervous before my first class as I didn’t know what to expect but everyone was very welcoming,” says Matthew. “The first class was overwhelming as all the movements are so new, but after a few classes I’ve gotten the hang of it. Angela is a great instructor and she always makes sure to correct my postures and movement and provide me with sequences that are appropriate for my skill level once we move to center.”
His advice to other adults interested in trying ballet?
“I would definitely recommend trying ballet. I think no matter what your motivation is for trying, if you are persistent and come to each class with an openness to new knowledge, you’ll really enjoy your experience.”
#2 “Don’t Give Up”
Meet Michele Mesi from Williamsville, age 58.
In 2006 Michele started leading a dance team at her church and realized she needed her balance, strength and technique to improve. So she turned to ballet. Returned actually. As a child she had tried ballet but was discouraged because she was told she “didn’t look like a ballerina.” Michele did keep up with tap and jazz into her college years. She hoped that adding ballet would help her find some “grace”.
In 2012 she started taking adult ballet regularly at local studios, and added Neglia in 2016.
Trying Adult Ballet in recent years ended up being a blessing for Michele. She has stitches in her Achilles tendon and developed scar tissue. Her doctor had informed her if she did not have surgery she would not dance, or walk.
Fortunately, the barre work Michele does in ballet class stretches out her tendons and she has avoided surgery.
Besides the physical and health benefits of ballet, Michele finds that “ballet is definitely a stress reliever. When I get at the barre I forget the day’s stresses at work. It’s great exercise and I have made a lot of friends.”
It’s not uncommon for adults with injuries to give up a fitness regime, but Michele’s advice is:
“I tell others to keep doing it and do not give up. You will get better the more you come and your body will eventually stretch out.”
#3 “The Stress of the Day Melts Away”
Emma Montague, age 26, hails from outside of Philadelphia and has been in Buffalo for five years. When she isn’t working as a mental health counselor, cooking, enjoying modern art or traveling, she enjoys dancing.
“Ballet is a great workout, and it’s fun. What better way to exercise than to dance? Humans evolved dancing and singing together – I believe doing so satisfies a deep need in us. The stress of the day melts away. The class is also social, and we’ve gone for food/drinks after class in the past,” says Emma.
Emma began dancing at age 9, first with ballet and then added jazz, tap, hip hop, and modern. Following her teen years, she danced occasionally while at university.
After seeing an ad on a bus shelter, she found her way to Neglia on Mondays. She was one of the first students to include Thursday evening classes once they were added to the schedule.
“It’s made working out 4-5 days a week easy. The two days I take Adult Ballet feel more like fun than exercise,” says Emma.
“Angela does a great job of breaking down the steps, and I have even seen people who are absolute beginners improve and grow rather quickly. There is a range of skill levels in the class and everyone is very friendly. If you are interested, you should give it a try!”
When asked about the studios at Neglia, Emma says “I’ve taken classes at most of the ballet studios in the city of Buffalo and it’s the nicest space I’ve encountered. It’s pretty conveniently located, parking is a snap, and on a clear day you can see the mist from Niagara Falls, which is neat.”
“Angela is good at accommodating a wide range of skill levels to help everyone feel satisfied by the end of class.”
Whatever your background or your motivation, we hope our readers will use these testaments to give Adult Ballet a try.
Adult Ballet Class meets on Mondays from 5:45 – 7:15 pm. Drop-ins welcome for $15. 10 consecutive class cards available for $100. Contact 716-447-0401 or info@negliaballet.org for more information.
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Harsanyi: I find your lack of faith affirming
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Article Discussion: Harsanyi: I find your lack of faith affirming
by admin on April 21st, 2010, 4:46 am #1394520
Trust: placing confidence in, or depending on, someone or something.
According to a new Pew Research Center poll, 22 percent of Americans would use this word to express their view of federal government.
Then there are those 4 out of 5 Americans — free of any ailments that inhibit rational thinking — who trust government "some of the time or never." This distr...
Post your comments on the Denver Post article, Harsanyi: I find your lack of faith affirming (click that link to go back and read the article).
Article Discussion: Harsanyi: I find your lack of faith affi
by JohnSWren on April 21st, 2010, 4:50 am #1394524
Can we trust our two-party system? Seems to me it's still the best chance for the common person to have a real impact.
I was just challenged by one of my Facebook friends because I did not attend the Tea Party rally here in Denver April 15. This is my answer to that friend on Facebook, (to see the entire exchange scroll down to April 16 post from Lawrence on http://www.facebook.com/john.s.wren?v=w ... 6350448781)
"Lawrence, every candidate who runs on the Tea Party platform outside the two parties will play a spoiler role. That's my point. Seems exceptionally stupid to me.
"Take who I understand was the MC of the event, Rob McNeally. I've known Rob for a long time and for the most part I like his spirit. If he ran against Mike Coffman in a primary, OK. If I were in the district I'd vote for Mike who has done a good job in my opinion, but it would be Rob's right as a Republican to run in the primary if he really doesn't agree with Mike on some issue. But Rob is running on the "Tea Party" platform (as a Libertarian Rob has informed me), as you well know. Rob has NO chance of winning, but there is a very good chance he will take enough votes from Mike to give the race to who I would imagine most of the Exceptional Americans who were gathered at his feet there on the West steps of the Colorado Capitol would least like to be elected.
"This will happen all across the country, it looks like. Who do you think would be funding and encouraging this kind of effort? Have you read C.S. Lewis's The Screw Tape Letters?
"That's why I say people who truly want to make a difference will affiliate now as a Republican or Democrat, run in 2012 in the primary. It's not the immediate gratification of calling another rally, but it's the way our system works. The founders had great fear of the mob. Seems to me the Tea Party is becoming part of that mob.
"By the way, there seems to be some question as to whether I'm a conservative. Yes, for one election cycle I was registered as a Democrat. But I made it clear that I was a conservative. I was elected to the Denver Democrat's executive committee and the state Democrat's executive committee, and I consistently spoke out on issues. Anyone who says otherwise is either uninformed, mislead, or a liar.
"Right now I'm unaffiliated. When I'm registered as a Republican, conservative Democrats don't trust me (yes, there are conservative Democrats) and when I'm registered as a Democrat my GOP friends don't trust me. To me the most important thing right now is to encourage more participation in the Colorado Caucuses, something I'm testing out as Unaffiliated. Seems there are some who don't like me no matter how I'm registered, I guess they just don't like me. "
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by SnoMan on April 21st, 2010, 4:57 am #1394529
It would appear that our distrust of government and our desire to control our own lives and not bequeath that power to any government is in our national DNA and springs from a very respected source. Selected quotes from Thomas Jefferson:
"I know of no safe repository of the ultimate power of society but people. And if we think them not enlightened enough, the remedy is not to take the power from them, but to inform them by education."
"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." (FYI - This sentiment was shared by all the Founding Fathers and is why we are a constitutional republic and NOT a democracy.)
"I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master."
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by Hooptie1964 on April 21st, 2010, 6:25 am #1394623
"Let's start with the news media - especially newspapers - which, by nearly any reasonable measure, are beyond ethical reproach."
That makes me laugh. A lot.
On a slightly different note, it is interesting to me how the distrust of politicians is so high, yet the number of times an elected official is kept in office by the exact people that distrust said official is amazingly high.
What's the phrase....Doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result is a sign of stupidity? ....or at least something close to that seems to apply here.
Hope. It's what you do when you don't have a plan.
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Re: Article Discussion: Harsanyi: I find your lack of faith affi
by Angel on the Sidelines on April 21st, 2010, 6:58 am #1394671
Trust is like belief, once you attach to either, you are bound by them. Trust is a two way street, and as easily abandoned as with beliefs.
In either case you cannot know what you believe, but faith will hold you to it that whatever you believe is [i]real[/]. Trust involves faith, and Darth Vader being the most trustworthy in America shows just who we trust.
Why do we know the dark side will fulfill their role? Media framing of the issue controls the direction of Americans thoughts.
Healthy skepticism can help, who else can pull the curtain back to show the little man at the controls?
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
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by troyjgrice on April 21st, 2010, 7:21 am #1394737
I think it was George Carlin who said "Never believe anything the government says".
Nobel laureate FA Hayek concluded in "The Road to Serfdom" that, in order to get promoted in a democratic political system, one must be willing to purge themselves of their principles and morals and cut deals that a lay person would find unsavory. Thus, the very system itself is conducive to promoting THE SCOUNDRELS IN OUR SOCIETY (re: Rahm Emmanuel and Dick Cheney).
JohnSWren above regurgitates the neocon Mike Rosenoid spiel that one must vote "party over person" or risk empowering the opposition. I posit that the "party over person" or "hold your nose and vote republican" philosophy gave us a democrat-lite GOP that bankrupted the country and paved the way for Obamunism.
You MUST vote your principles as it will teach the GOP a lesson. They have not learned anything yet and need to suffer another embarrassing defeat in order to purge the neocons from their ranks.
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by irisman on April 21st, 2010, 7:37 am #1394780
Americans have always had a distrust of politicians and all sorts of authorities. In general that's been a good thing. It kept us from falling prey to would-be dictators. About half the people trust government some of the time, so that's not all bad. When the institutions of society become corrupt and predatory, people become cynical, and the whole social structure begins to crumble. I'm beginning to think that we're dangerously close to that point.
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by 300Paul on April 21st, 2010, 7:43 am #1394792
So, who do we trust?
Trust in yourself, pay your taxes (for those of us who do so) and realize that the government is in it for themselves and extending their power over the populace for "our own good". The only hope we have is to vote and to use our common sense to guide our vote correctly, parties be damned.
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by bellle on April 21st, 2010, 8:02 am #1394831
Isn't there enough data (polls) to clearly indicate that most people don't like the direction that the Obama administration is trying to take America???
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by jamesjamato on April 21st, 2010, 8:31 am #1394912
Only a person of the myopic vision of David Harsanyi could claim that the Johnson administration "delivered little." What about those civil rights laws that redeemed the promise of America and make our country a better, stronger and more just place? What about Medicare that has enabled seniors to enjoy a level of security they never had before? These achievements will be remembered by historians and they tower over the belittling comments of Harsanyi.
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by Smartest Person Ever on April 21st, 2010, 8:56 am #1394975
What I find very telling about this study is that when republicans control gov't, 50% of republicans trust the gov't. That number plummets with dems are in control.
Democrats, on the other hand, were steady at about 35% trust no matter who is in control.
Which goes to show, again, most repubs are authoritarians who want a big daddy to tell them they're OK.
For instance, when the bush administration was insisting they could wiretap anyone they wanted, at any time, without a warrant, hardly any repubs spoke up. Didn't hear anything from the so-called libertarians either. You'd really think they'd be all over that - but nope, a republican was doing it, so no big deal.
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by tallpine on April 21st, 2010, 9:05 am #1395000
irisman wrote: Americans have always had a distrust of politicians and all sorts of authorities. In general that's been a good thing. It kept us from falling prey to would-be dictators. About half the people trust government some of the time, so that's not all bad. When the institutions of society become corrupt and predatory, people become cynical, and the whole social structure begins to crumble. I'm beginning to think that we're dangerously close to that point.
And at the root of it all is a single cause: GREED
The government is not the Devil, and the private sector is not God. Both are equally flawed, and equally deserving of criticism.
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jamesjamato wrote: Only a person of the myopic vision of David Harsanyi could claim that the Johnson administration "delivered little." What about those civil rights laws that redeemed the promise of America and make our country a better, stronger and more just place? What about Medicare that has enabled seniors to enjoy a level of security they never had before? These achievements will be remembered by historians and they tower over the belittling comments of Harsanyi.
IIndeed! LBJ delivered a lot. Namely, a Medicare program that is $20 TRILLION IN THE HOLE and his "Great Society" that destroyed black America by putting them on the dole. Nice job, LBJ!
Re: What's not to trust?
troyjgrice wrote: I think it was George Carlin who said "Never believe anything the government says".
"conducive to promoting THE SCOUNDRELS IN OUR SOCIETY" Yes, I think there is a real danger that this is happening. You and I agree on the problem. Now let's think about the solution, Mike Rosen (who hates it when I call, anyone who knows me knows this is true) aside.
1. There are good people in the Tea Party (who may also be registered as Libertarian, but that really doesn't change this argument at all) who want to make a real difference, you are probably one of them I'd guess. But it's clear the Tea Party is no more than 20% or so of the voters, at most. Do you agree with that?
2. One way for these people to make a difference is to run a candidate against the Republicans and Democrats. We've seen the outcome of this approach with Ross Perot and Ralph Nader. Why do you think that won't happen with a candidate like Rob McNeally?
3. The result across the nation in local races will be the defeat of the candidate the Tea Party would least like to see elected. Rob's race is the clearest example.
I'd say this same thing to anyone who was a liberal 3rd party as a way to short circuit our system and score a quick win.
Good government is hard work over time. The "Greatest Generation" has for the most part just sat on the sidelines, my generation the "Boomers" has been even worse. If I'm fat and out of shape, I can't recover fitness in 8 months, sames true of regaining control of the system that has served us so well in the past.
Let me as you one last question, when is the last time you attended your neighborhood caucus? People who haven't been attending their neighborhood caucus regularly over the past decade or two have no right to complain about our wonderful Colorado Caucus system, in my opinion. If you don't know how it works, take a look at http://www.COCaucus.org
Maybe there is something here I don't understand correctly. If so, please enlighten me.
I look forward to a good discussion!
Coffee break is over, I'll respond to anything you post here tonight.
by BAW on April 21st, 2010, 10:53 am #1395267
I also find the lack of trust in government "affirming."
I "hope" Tea Parties, Town Hall participation and some election results indicate Americans are still dedicated to liberty and the promise of American ideals.
I "hope" Americans are not sheep and will not be brainwashed or indoctrinated to the point of accepting the "tranquility of servitude."
I "hope" Americans still believe in self-reliance and personal responsibility.
I "hope" Americans are smart enough to see through the lies.
But it works for me if we just have the wisdom to never trust the government.
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by luckless on April 21st, 2010, 11:15 am #1395332
Smartest Person Ever wrote: What I find very telling about this study is that when republicans control gov't, 50% of republicans trust the gov't. That number plummets with dems are in control.
I also thought that was the most fascinating part of the poll. It appears that when Republicans lose an election they just hold their breath, and refuse to participate. Its something we see time and time again. Its a mentality where the same Tea Party people who called me a traitor and unamerican for speaking up against the crimes of the Bush administration, are now saying that they represent the real America in fighting against a president that they just refuse to believe was elected fairly. Its the same mentality that allows these people to proudly bloviate about paranoid conspiracy theories...ie a pro-corporate pro-market attempt to deliver health care to all Americans is really a socialistic plot to destroy American and kill your grandmother.
Look at Clintons numbers. Clinton was one of the blandest and most centrist presidents this country has ever had, but here is Republican trust numbers for RR, GHWB, BC, and GWB: 53, 44, 25, and 50. Elect a Democratic president, no matter how centrist, and watch the right get fired up. Obama is at 12% and exactly what has he done thats so wild and leftist?
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On Electing Statists
by troyjgrice on April 21st, 2010, 11:17 am #1395338
You seem to be just reiterating the "party over person" ideology. I reject that idea outright. If McNealy siphons votes away from Coffman because Coffman lacks ideological consistancy than so be it! It will be a good lesson finally jammed into the face of the neocon GOP establishment.
It is this pre-formed coalition idea that mutated the GOP into the Bush/Rove/Kristol/Cheney/Shelby/Lindsay Graham cabal that is NOT CONSERVATIVE BY ANY TRADITIONAL DEFINITION.
The "coalition" idea turned the GOP into democrat-lite and gave us burgeoning DC centrism, the rejection of the Bill of Rights, rule by executive decree (executive order and signing statements), foreverwar, looming federal bankruptcy, Keynesianism and infinite banker bailouts (Paulson), stimulus 1.0 (2008), warrantless wiretaps on US citizens, TSA perverts scanning nude pictures of children at airports, The Dept of "Fatherland" Security, etc., etc.
It was the neocon BUSH coalition which rejected limited government and laid the groundwork for Obama's national socialism.
BUSH CREATED OBAMA!
Now, the question really is: do you want 2 more years of Pelosi or 2 more years of neocons. If you settle for neocons then you will get more democrat-lite. If you reject neocons and they lose, then the establishment GOP will FINALLY be destroyed and we can return to traditional limited government.
Re: On Electing Statists
by JohnSWren on April 21st, 2010, 12:17 pm #1395505
troyjgrice wrote: John,
Troy,
Back from lunch, just took quick look and saw your response. Thanks.
It's hard for me to see any way that causing the defeat of Mike Coffman would be a good thing, and is what you are expressly saying.
Multiply that by local races across the country, what do you see as the good result that will come out of that blood bath of conservatives, Democrats and Republicans? I just can't see how that will bring about any good at all. What do you see happening after November?
We all do need to wake up, you and I can agree on that. But why not wake up NOW!
I'm still interested in what your experience with the Colorado caucus-assembly system has been in the past. Did you go last March 16? In prior years? Did you get a chance to take a look at http://www.COCaucus.org?
by grandpaw on April 21st, 2010, 12:54 pm #1395592
Smartest Person Ever:
It is interesting that 51% of Republicans trusted the Nixon administration.
I note that the most trusted president was Kennedy, 62% by Republicans, more by others.
What impresses me is that both Democrats and Independents are more skeptical than Republicans. I think skepticism is a good thing.
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So John thinks that the only people who are awake are those who agree with him. He is entitled to that opinion, although it does sound somewhat arrogant and self-righteous to me.
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If I can something helpful say, Lord, show me how.
If I can right a human wrong, If I can help to make one strong, If I can cheer with smile or song, Lord, show me how.
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Egyptian Muslims continue to terrorize and murder Coptic Christians
U.S. GENERAL VISITS EGYPT FOLLOWING CONTINUED MURDER AND TERROR ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS
Muslims continue to terrorize and murder Coptic Christians despite U.S. government pressure
Patrick Goodenough
Published on CNS News
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(CNSNews.com) – A top U.S. general is visiting Egypt at a time when the government is under fire for its response to an evidently orchestrated terrorist campaign of killings targeting minority Coptic Christians in northern Sinai.
U.S. Central Command commander Gen. Joseph Votel on Sunday described Egypt as “one of our most important partners in the region” and said his talks with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and others would explore ways to strengthen the partnership in the fight against terrorism and in promoting stability.
Underlining the nature of the threat, hundreds of Coptic families have fled the town of El-Arish on Sinai’s Mediterranean coast in recent days to escape a campaign of violence attributed to the Sinai affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group.
At least seven Christians in El-Arish, the largest town in the sparsely-populated desert peninsula, have been killed since the end of January, among them a teacher, a veterinarian and a shopkeeper. Five were shot and two burned to death.
Last week the ISIS affiliate released an online video threatening to cleanse Egypt of Christians whom it described as “infidels” and accused of insulting Islam. Copts comprise about 10 percent of the population of Egypt, the most populous Arab nation.
The video entitled “And fight against the disbelievers” (a verse from the Qur’an), featured a clip of a terrorist said to have carried out a deadly suicide bombing last December [1] at the Copts’ most important church, the St. Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo.
More than 100 panicked Christian families fled from Al-Arish to Ismailia, a town some 125 miles to the west where churches are providing aid. After several days and considerable criticism, the government agreed to provide youth hostel accommodation in Ismailia for them.
The presidency said in a statement Saturday that Sisi “stressed the need to confront attempts that seek to destabilize the country and foil the terrorists’ plans to terrorize the citizens.”
A number of human rights and political groups have accused the government of not doing enough to protect the Christians despite the ISIS video threat. They are urging authorities to help those who want to leave temporarily, and to safeguard their properties in their absence.
The Egyptian military has been confronting ISIS militants in northern Sinai for several years at the cost of the lives of hundreds of soldiers. The group is held responsible for the Oct. 2015 down of a Russian passenger plane after it took off from a southern Sinai resort. All 224 passengers and crew were killed in what President Vladimir Putin confirmed was a bomb attack.
But harassment and violence against Copts, accompanied by a weak government response, goes back decades, long before the establishment of the ISIS affiliate in late 2014.
The worst previous spate, apart from the Cairo church bombing, was a series of church attacks [2] by angry Islamists after Sisi in mid-2013 ousted the one year-old Muslim Brotherhood administration of President Mohammed Morsi.
Criticism also came from Coptic communities abroad.
“Swift and decisive action must be taken by the Egyptian Government to protect the Coptic Christian community in North Sinai before any more innocent lives are lost at the hands of extremist militants,” the Australian Coptic Movement Association said Saturday.
For the past six consecutive years, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent statutory watchdog, has urged the federal government to designate Egypt as a “country of particular concern” under U.S. law for its treatment of Christians. The State Department over ruled the recommendation each time.
The U.S. based organization Coptic Solidarity says it’s hoping President Trump sets a new course with Egypt – supporting its fight against terrorism but also making human rights a high priority.
“Coptic Solidarity calls on the new administration to give a high priority to ensuring justice for Copts with Egyptian officials to end the culture of impunity and recommends that a percentage of U.S. economic aid to Egypt be dedicated to compensate Coptic victims of violence for lost lives or properties,” it said earlier this month.
The group also called for the U.S. to “lead the world in exposing and combating … Islamist ideologies and those who promote them.”
And it urged the president’s support for legislative initiatives to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization [3].
Source URL: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/us-general-visits-egypt-following-murderous-terror-attacks?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT0RVMk5HTmlOekJpWVRFdyIsInQiOiJUYlwvRFwvUmlvbjAwMEFhblFwT2VDS3BXUm51bndMTW9mSkRxMHlCTXZmZnlYMDdteDdNVk1UZTVjU1NGclFvczRPSEMzaVlGNTZ1dG1idzl0cE1FdEU1ZE04R3NZdGJGN1FqWVRtOVwvXC9iaTdPVHBGbThCcDRodTd1UG8yeFBhTWgifQ%3D%3D
[1] http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/cairo-church-bombing-comes-amid-growing-coptic-disenchantment-govt
[2] http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/egyptian-islamists-target-christian-churches-wave-apparently-coordinated-attacks
[3] http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/egyptian-delegation-lobby-trump-administration-action-against-muslim
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Wikileaks Unloads on DNC Chair Immediately After He Was Chosen
Shortly after The Democratic National Committee selected Tom Perez over Keith Ellison (aka Hakim Muhammad) to chair the DNC, Wikileaks unloaded links to the John Podesta emails that expose Perez's sabotaging of Bernie Sanders during the 2016 primaries.
According to Wikileaks, the "DNC has chosen Tom Perez (backed by Obama) over Keith Ellison (Sanders)." They then linked to documents in their archives regarding Perez.
Wikileaks then tweeted, "New #DNCChair Tom Perez: 18 Podesta Emails show him working for Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders."
Sanders supporters took to Twitter to voice their opinion on Perez being chair of the DNC.
Among the emails to which Perez is tied, this one is one of many that indicate what he was doing on behalf of Hillary Clinton.
From:tomperez1@verizon.net
To: john.podesta@gmail.com, maya@mayalharris.com
Subject: Observations from the road
John and Maya Nice job two nights in a row by HRC. Congrats on Iowa as well. A win is a win. They said high turnout would hurt us and we won nonetheless. I was in NH on Sunday and Nevada on Monday and Tuesday for HRC and thought I would give you some observations from the field. 1. I was super impressed with the field staff that I met in both places. Really impressive group everywhere.
2. I dont think I can add more on New Hampshire bc you are there and probably dont need someone else from the peanut gallery. I think people will be surprised at how she is able to close the gap. I like the “vote with your head and your heart” line, and I like the comeback on the establishment stuff. I also liked how she let her guard down a bit last night in the town hall format. She humanized herself.
3. I wish she would talk about the issues she cares about through the prism of more human stories. Logos, ethos, pathos. She has met so many people with so many gut wrenching stories of grit and determination, struggle followed by success. I wish there were more pathos, or more real stories behind her really sound policy proposals. Whenever I talk about ACA, I talk about through the prism of real people for whom the ACA saved their lives. The stories are incredible. In my HRC advocacy, I now say how these people dont have the time to wait for Senator Sanders to complete his quest for the perfect health care system, or the perfect immigration reform bill; it gets alot of good nods, especially when I talk about Kennedy McCain immigration and how Bernie opposed this, and immigrants are still suffering the consequences of inaction.
4. I spent two days in Nevada and I am a huge huge fan of Emmy, the state director. She is whip smart, passionate, organized, and knows Nevada inside and out. I have been with her twice now. She is a huge asset, as is Michelle, one of her top aides. Jorge is a top flight comms guy who knows Nevada well from Harry Reid days. Best field organizer I have met so far is a young man named Henry who is about an hour from Las Vegas. I spoke in this remote town at 10 am on Tuesday to HRC volunteers, and he had 50 people there– incredibly diverse! Great team.
5. I think Nevada is the firewall on a number of levels, and the most important thing I want to communicate in this email is my strong belief that HRC should travel to Nevada asap after New Hampshire. I think she should be in Nevada no later than Thursday or Friday of next week.
6. Nevada is an opportunity to fight back on so many levels. First, the current storyline is that she does not connect well with young voters. Given that Nevada is far more demographically representative of America, I am confident that HRC can do well with all African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans (dont forget the sizeable population of Asian Americans in Nevada, including Filipinos.). Emmy and the team have a good plan to attract all minority voters. When we do well there, then the narrative changes from Bernie kicks ass among young voters to Bernie does well only among young white liberals– that is a different story and a perfect lead in to South Carolina, where once again, we can work to attract young voters of color. So I think Nevada is a real opportunity , and I would strongly urge HRC to get out there within a couple days of NH.
7. Nevada has a greater unity density than New Hampshire or Iowa, and this also presents an opportunity. I spent alot of time with union folks in Nevada. Of those who have endorsed, I think there are varying levels of enthusiasm. I spent alot of time giving passionate pep talk about how Nevada is labor’s biggest and best opportunity thus far to send a strong message to the country that organized labor remains strong and relevant. They could use additional stroking. Teachers are fine. Trades have some great folks (Todd Koch for instance) and some seemingly more tepid folks. President Clinton I am told is coming out there very soon and I hope he can speak with labor and close the deal.
8. I went and met with Jim Murren at MGM. A great guy as you know. The caucus system is really tough on shift workers, and he is a huge ally. We can reach out to him often enough to say thanks. I am glad I saw him.
9. The major Latino publication in Las Vegas will be endorsing next week. Jorge has major street cred with them. We had a good meeting. They adore HRC and will endorse with enthusiasm.
10. The caucus system out there is so screwy, and the challenges for shift workers sufficiently significant, that I do worry about turnout. This is why I hope HRC can get there asap. Anyway, wanted to give you my thoughts. Let me know how I can be of further assistance. I believe I am heading to Milwaukee next Thursday to help with debate spin. Tom Perez
Tom Perez was nominated to be Labor Secretary in 2013 by Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro Sobarkah. At that time, he faced serious ethics questions regarding his time in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. He also has a history of being pro-sharia law and is a Muslim Brotherhood lapdog.
Perez also refused to answer questions whether the DoJ would advance a proposal to criminalize speech against any religion, obviously covering for Islam.
In spite of all of this, Perez became the leading candidate to replace Eric Holder at one point.
I suppose this is par for the course when it comes to the corrupt DNC.
http://freedomoutpost.com/wikileaks-unloads-on-dnc-chair-immediately-after-he-was-chosen/
Posted by Freewill at 10:40:00 PM
UNREPORTED: 1,500 PEDOPHILE ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE NATIONALLY SINCE TRUMP TOOK OFFICE
Written by dt on February 27, 2017 . Posted in Corruption, Governance, Truth and Republic, World News
( I’d say this is great news !!! /dt ) February 26, 2017 President Donald Trump is making good on his pledge to use the “full force and weight” of the U.S. government to break up child sex trafficking rings and lock up sexual predators. Since Trump was sworn in, authorities have arrested more than 1,500 pedophiles in the United States.
“This should be one of the biggest stories in the national news. Instead, the mainstream media has barely, if at all, covered any of these mass pedophile arrests. This begs the question – why?” Liz Crokin wrote for Townhall.com on Feb. 25. The numbers are “staggering” when compared to the less than 400 sex trafficking-related arrests made in 2014 according to the FBI. In a press conference from the White House on Feb. 23, Trump addressed how human trafficking is a “dire problem” domestically and internationally. “Dedicated men and women across the federal government have focused on this for some time as you know – it’s been much more focused over the last four weeks,” he said. The press conference “was barely a blip in the mainstream media and the massive arrests have been almost completely ignored by the MSM altogether,” Crokin wrote. Crokin noted some of the major arrests that have been made since Trump took office:
On Jan. 27 authorities arrested 42 in a human trafficking operation in Tennessee.
On Jan. 29 authorities announced that 474 were arrested in a statewide California human trafficking operation and 28 sexually exploited children were rescued.
178 people were arrested in Texas for sex trafficking in sting that operated in January until Super Bowl Sunday.
On Feb. 14 the Polk County sheriff announced that 42 were arrested in Florida in child pornography related cases.
Meanwhile, as the major media “ignored these historical arrests, they have zeroed in on casting conservative icon Milo Yiannopoulos as a monster,” Crokin wrote. “They claim he supports pedophilia based on comments he made in a video years ago. The reality is Milo was a victim of child sex abuse, and although he did joke about his abuse in an interview, he in no way promotes pedophilia. The opposite is true, and he addressed this controversy head on in a press conference. Milo has personally taken down and exposed pedophiles in his columns over the years. However, the mainstream media and the left ignored this information and demonized Milo. “The irony of all this is that the left and MSM have been the biggest proponents of pedophilia. Salon has published articles attempting to normalize pedophilia; however, to maintain their faux outrage over Milo, they deleted them.” Crokin continued: “The face of the very fake news network CNN, Jake Tapper, fired off several tweets condemning Milo. For example, he tweeted: ‘My friend, a survivor of sex trafficking: Milo straight up defended abusing 13 yr old boys… Please don’t let that be normalized’ “If Tapper is so concerned with sex trafficking, why in the world hasn’t he covered the massive sex trafficking arrests that have taken place since Trump took office? It seems he, and many in the leftist media, are only concerned with sex trafficking if it can be used to destroy a conservative,” Crokin wrote. The “good news,” Crokin noted, “is that we have a president who genuinely does care about children and he’s vowed to make solving the human trafficking epidemic a priority. “The recent pedophile arrests are just the tip of the iceberg and, whether Tapper and his ilk in the MSM like it or not, this story will eventually get so big that they will be forced to cover this horrific epidemic that has plagued our country for too damn long.”
500 pedophile arrests made nationally since Trump took office, Jake Tapper, Milo Yiannopoulos, sex trafficking, Unreported crackdown: 1, WorldTribune.com
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Germany IN REVOLT: Biker Club Now Violently Attacking Muslim Immigrants - Political News
Biker Club Now Violently Attacking Muslim Immigrants
February 26, 2017 World News
Europe is in chaos. Over the last year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has allowed over one million Muslim migrants to come to Germany. Many of these refugees are young, uneducated males, with no skills, no understanding of German, and no plans on assimilating.
As terrorist attacks and sexual assaults by these Muslim newcomers become more common throughout Europe, many Germans are regretting inviting these people to their country.
Now there are multiple reports of German biker clubs roaming the streets of German cities, attacking Muslim immigrants. Two Pakistani men were recently hospitalized after getting attacked by a group of 20 German bikers.
The Cologne, Germany newspaper, Express, reports large groups of rockers and hooligan gangs are now organizing themselves via Facebook to meet in downtown Cologne and other German cities to start “manhunts” of foreigners.
This year there have been nearly one thousand criminal complaints from women in Germany about being sexually assaulted by Muslim asylum seekers. It is believed that the true number of attacks is much higher, as many women do not report the crimes.
The bikers say they are defending the honor of German women by “beating the living hell out of Muslim refugees”.
Source: americainformer.com
Posted by Freewill at 9:58:00 PM
AMERICA'S MEW MOST WANTED LIST PART 1
AMERICA'S MEW MOST WANTED LIST
By J.B. Williams
NewsWithViews.com
A new day is indeed dawning in America, a day when the Rule of Constitutional Law has returned – a day when accountability has returned – a day when the American people will take their country back from a global cabal of malcontent misfits and make America great again! Of course, some of those malcontents don’t like it much.
For nearly a hundred years, since the Wilsonian era, America has been driven into a failing state, a nation no longer acknowledged for the leadership we have provided or the good we have done in the world for over 200 years. America was being destroyed by anti-American, anti-freedom and liberty forces around the world and embedded within. That era has ended…
Starting on January 21, 2017, the swamp (READ: sewer) we have shamelessly called our government for far too long, is being drained. To clean out the sewer we call politics and media, a new most wanted list must be addressed swiftly.
Americas NEW Most Wanted
1. George Soros – Soros is a Hungarian immigrant citizen of the United States, which means he has sworn an oath of allegiance to the United States and the US Constitution. Soros calls New York his home. He has five children, Alexander Soros, Jonathan Soros, Andrea Soros, Robert Soros, Gregory Soros. This family is at the epicenter of a growing anti-American assault on the USA through a plethora of evil orgs actively engaged in countless acts of sedition, subversion and treason, to include the “AstroTurf” protests (riots) bused in across America and now threatening every political town hall event.
George Soros and at least two active sons must be immediately arrested and charged with high crimes against the United States. All worldwide financial resources must be seized by the Federal Government and used to pay for repairs to the USA that happened at the hands of this evil family. Soros must be used to set an example of how America treats treason from immigrants we have so generously accepted into our home. Soros is Most Wanted #1 because he organizes and finances most of the sedition and treason we see unfolding in our country today.
Sadly, Soros money has traveled far and wide, including to many U.S. politicians on both sides of the political aisle. Not only has Soros financially propped up the obvious left, Obama, Clinton, Sanders, Schumer, Reid, Pelosi and others… He has also bought and paid for politicians allegedly on the right, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan and many more.
2. Every Organization and Politician who has accepted a penny from Soros operations – No matter which organization, what their public stated purpose might be, or which side of the political aisle one sits on, if Soros money is behind their power, then they too are engaged in acts of sedition, subversion and maybe even treason.
3. Senator John Sidney McCain – Contrary to the carefully crafted public image of “Maverick War Hero” John McCain, his fellow service members from Vietnam call him something else, “songbird.” Nixon’s blanket pardon included McCain, whose service file has been sealed ever since, including McCain’s courts martial for treason. Since that era, John McCain has been a high-ranking traitor to the United States at every opportunity. Even the Wall Street Journal recently called him out in the open as the unelected defacto “President of the Shadow Government” put in place to undermine and destroy the newly elected President, Donald J. Trump – Working in concert with others in Congress, Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Senator Charles Schumer and many others.
However, McCain is the ring leader… He has been for many years. Without McCain, there is no way for Democrats in the U.S. Senate to block or even slow the Senate confirmation of any Trump cabinet appointee. What I present here is a tiny tip of the iceberg for McCain… but just look at the following images…
The above photos confirm McCain, Graham and Blumenthal (among others) working directly with and even awarding known terrorist leaders across the Middle East under Obama’s “regime change” policy, giving rise to Muslim Brotherhood power around the globe. The above photos have all appeared in public before. Only when you set the three photos together, can you understand what these photos mean. McCain MUST be brought up on charges immediately, along with others. McCain must be held fully accountable.
4. The U.S. News Media – The state of real journalism in America has sunken to a “fake news” level at best. We no longer have an “eyes and ears of the people” form of ethical news reporting in this country. What we used to call tabloid propaganda now permeates every major news outlet in America, resulting in a total breakdown between newsrooms, the people and the administration, due to daily malicious journalistic malpractice, as demonstrated in a recent statement by MSNBC - that their new task is to “control exactly what people think.”
But it’s actually much worse than that… Funded largely by Federal tax dollars and International Corporate interests – the commercial propaganda machine we call the “news media” is openly engaged in undermining the will of the American people and their efforts to restore their country to a secure, sovereign nation ruled by laws, not global political social interests.
Not only do today’s newsrooms not report true and accurate news, they work to incite socio-economic and racial divisions, promote riots and violence, cause the targeting of law enforcement and undermine the duly elected government of the people for benefit of a One World Order. Look no further than the massive support for leftist politicians from a group alleged to be “unbiased” in their views.
To be clear, every journalist in America is not the enemy. But every editorial board that controls what content is allowed to reach the people and in what form, what messaging is allowed to appear in the public domain to control public views, should be held accountable for their actions. These boards are responsible for misleading people all over the globe about the true state of our Union, governmental policies, real challenges, real solutions and real threats to the American way of life. These acts constitute a Fifth Column form of subversive and seditious behaviors intended to control the future of our Constitutional Republic, rather than report on it.
Facing a death spiral in public confidence and an increasing public demand to return to ethical journalistic standards, news orgs like CNN and The New York Times only double down on their anti-American “fake news,” even referring to demands for truthful reporting as only opposition to a free press. (MORE FALSEHOODS) This behavior has forced Americans to seek truth in secondary news sources.
The news media has huge power and with that power comes enormous responsibility to report the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so that the American people possess the facts needed to self-govern under a constitutional form of government. When they fail to keep that responsibility, they must lose that power.
5. 42 Republican Members of Congress – all of whom openly oppose secure borders and enforcement of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Laws, working together to undermine the Trump Administration’s efforts to secure the USA against foreign invasion. The following members of Congress not only oppose enforcement of our laws on immigration, they support the continued importing of potential jihadists via Obama’s Refugee Resettlement operation.
Why is Trump’s list of campaign promises in jeopardy despite Republicans controlling both chambers of congress? Why is Trump’s cabinet being held up in a Senate that doesn’t need a single Democrat vote to confirm Trump appointees? The answer is found in the following list of Republicans, all of whom lead the opposition to everything Trump was elected to accomplish. These 42 members of Congress stand not only against President Trump, but also against the 63 million Americans who voted for him.
• Sen. Jeff Flake, Arizona
• Sen. John McCain, Arizona
• Rep. Jeff Denham, California, 10th district
• Rep. Edward R. Royce, California, 39th district
• Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, California, 50th district
• Rep. Scott R. Tipton, Colorado, 3rd district
• Rep. Mike Coffman, Colorado, 6th district
• Sen. Cory Gardner, Colorado
• Rep. Carlos Curbelo, Florida, 26th district
• Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida, 27th district
• Rep. Randy Hultgren, Illinois, 14th district
• Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Illinois, 16th district
• Rep. Susan W. Brooks, Indiana, 5th district
• Rep. Kevin Yoder, Kansas, 3rd district
• Sen. Jerry Moran, Kansas
• Sen. Susan M. Collins, Maine
• Rep. Justin Amash, Michigan, 3rd district
• Rep. Fred Upton, Michigan, 6th district
• Rep. Erik Paulsen, Minnesota, 3rd district
• Sen. Ben Sasse, Nebraska
• Sen. Dean Heller, Nevada
• Rep. Leonard Lance, New Jersey, 7th district
• Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey, 11th district
• Rep. John J. Faso, New York, 19th district
• Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, New York, 21st district
• Rep. John Katko, New York, 24th district
• Rep. David P. Joyce, Ohio, 14th district
• Rep. Steve Stivers, Ohio, 15th district
• Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio
• Rep. Steve Russell, Oklahoma, 5th district
• Sen. James Lankford, Oklahoma
• Rep. Glenn Thompson, Pennsylvania, 5th district
• Rep. Brian K. Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania, 8th district
• Rep. Charles W. Dent, Pennsylvania, 15th district
• Rep. Mark Sanford, South Carolina, 1st district
• Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
• Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee
• Sen. Bob Corker, Tennessee
• Rep. Will Hurd, Texas, 23rd district
• Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
• Rep. Barbara Comstock, Virginia, 10th district
• Rep. David G. Reichert, Washington, 8th district
13 Republican Senators listed above are responsible for the hold up of Trump nominees in the Senate confirmation process. Democrats lack any power to block any Trump nominee in the U.S. Senate.
In the same supporting report, 106 reliable Republicans in congress are separately identified. It is critical that we not only deal with the 42 turncoats on Congress, but support the 106 as well.
Because the swamp is vast and the dangerous creatures in it are many, this report has been broken up into two parts. The above TOP 5 Most Wanted anti-American operatives inside the USA represent TOP PRIORITIES due to their positions of power, their coordination and cooperation inside America and the level of danger they present against the American people in their effort to restore America to a Constitutional Rule of Law as a secure sovereign nation.
Unless and until there is immediate action taken by the Trump Administration against the people on the above list, there is no point in issuing Part 2 of this report. Trump, though I believe his intentions are real and honorable, will only be pretending to “drain this swamp” if he fails to address the operatives listed above, who are most responsible for the existence of that swamp.
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So WHERE DOES THE RV / GCR FIT IN TO THE PICTURE ON THIS?
Retail Apocalypse Gains Momentum As David Stockman Warns ‘Everything Will Grind To A Halt’ After March 15th
Michael Snyder
J.C. Penney and Family Christian Stores are the latest retail giants to announce widespread store closings. As you will see below, J.C. Penney plans to close between 130 and 140 stores, and Family Christian is closing all of their 240 stores.
In recent months the stock market has been absolutely soaring, and so most people have simply assumed that the “real economy” must be doing well. But that is not the case at all. In fact, the retail apocalypse that I have been documenting for quite some time appears to be gaining momentum.
J.C. Penney is not in as rough shape as Sears is just yet, but it is definitely on a similar trajectory. In the end, they are both headed for bankruptcy. That is why it wasn’t too much of a surprise when J.C. Penney announced that they are getting rid of about 6,000 workers and closing at least 130 stores…
J.C. Penney (JCP) plans to close 130 to 140 stores and offer buyouts to 6,000 workers as the department-store industry sags in competition with online sellers and nimble niche retailers.
The company said Friday that it would shutter 13% to 14% of its locations and introduce new goods and services aimed at the shifting preferences of its customer base.
Meanwhile, many observers were quite surprised when Family Christian Stores decided to fold up shop for good. They were known as the largest Christian retailer on the entire planet, but now after 85 years they are going out of business forever…
Family Christian, which bills itself as the “world’s largest retailer of Christian-themed merchandise,” announced Thursday it is closing after 85 years.
The non-profit company, employing more than 3,000 people in 240 stores in 36 states, said in a brief statement that the retailer had been facing declining sales since filing for bankruptcy protection in 2015 and had no choice but to shut down.
These two announcements are part of larger trend that we have been witnessing all over the country. As I have documented previously, Macy’s announced that it would be closing 100 stores earlier this year, and about the same time Sears said that it would be closing another 150 stores.
Back in 2010, Sears had a staggering 3,555 stores.
Before their recent announcement, Sears was down to 1,503 stores, and now this latest round of cuts will leave them with somewhere around 1,350.
Of course it won’t be too long before Sears has zero stores, and my regular readers know that I have been talking about the demise of Sears for a very long time.
The cold, hard truth of the matter is that the “real economy” is a total mess, and that is one of the primary reasons why these ridiculous stock market valuations that we are seeing right now are not sustainable.
One expert that agrees with my assessment is former Reagan Administration White House Budget Director David Stockman. In a recent interview, he explained why he believes that “everything will grind to a halt” after March 15th…
Stockman, who wrote a book titled “Trumped” predicting a Trump victory in 2016, says, “I don’t think there is a snowball’s chance in the hot place that’s going to happen. This is delusional. This is the greatest suckers’ rally of all time. It is based on pure hopium and not any analysis at all as what it will take to push through a big tax cut.
Donald Trump is in a trap. Today the debt is $20 trillion. It’s 106% of GDP. . . .Trump is inheriting a built-in deficit of $10 trillion over the next decade under current policies that are built in. Yet, he wants more defense spending, not less. He wants drastic sweeping tax cuts for corporations and individuals. He wants to spend more money on border security and law enforcement. He’s going to do more for the veterans. He wants this big trillion dollar infrastructure program. You put all that together and it’s madness. It doesn’t even begin to add up, and it won’t happen when you are struggling with the $10 trillion of debt that’s coming down the pike and the $20 trillion that’s already on the books.”
Then, Stockman drops this bomb and says:
“I think what people are missing is this date, March 15th 2017. That’s the day that this debt ceiling holiday that Obama and Boehner put together right before the last election in October of 2015. That holiday expires. The debt ceiling will freeze in at $20 trillion. It will then be law. It will be a hard stop. The Treasury will have roughly $200 billion in cash. We are burning cash at a $75 billion a month rate. By summer, they will be out of cash. Then we will be in the mother of all debt ceiling crises. Everything will grind to a halt.
I think we will have a government shutdown. There will not be ObamaCare repeal and replace. There will be no tax cut. There will be no infrastructure stimulus. There will be just one giant fiscal bloodbath over a debt ceiling that has to be increased and no one wants to vote for.”
In that same interview, Stockman also predicted that “markets will easily correct by 20% and probably a lot more“, and he noted the glaring disconnect between current stock prices and how the U.S. economy is actually performing…
“The S&P 500 has been trading at 26 times earnings while earnings have been dropping for the past six or seven quarters. There is no booming recovery coming. There is going to be a recession and there will be no stimulus baton to bail it out. That is the new fact that neither Trump nor the Wall Street gamblers remotely understand.”
It is very difficult to argue with Stockman on this.
There are some people out there that seem to think that Donald Trump can miraculously turn the U.S. economy around just because he is Donald Trump. It doesn’t work that way.
We are 20 trillion dollars in debt, and we are currently adding about a trillion dollars a year to that total. There is no possible way that Trump can cut taxes, increase military spending, build a border wall, spend much more on veterans and spend an extra trillion dollars on rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure.
We are flat broke as a nation and there simply is not money available to do everything that Donald Trump wants to do. So we shall see what happens after March 15th.
Unfortunately, I happen to agree with Stockman that economic reality is about to come knocking and Trump and his supporters are about to get a very rude wake up call.
What are we Americans missing here? Would not the RV / GCR take care of this situation - at least help? Are these guys not at all aware of the plan for the RV? For NESARA?
Or, are we all involved in the scam of our lives?
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/retail-apocalypse-gains-momentum-as-david-stockman-warns-everything-will-grind-to-a-halt-after-march-15th
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Benjamin Fulford Report Feb 27 2017
Ben Fulford says battle to free humanity accelerates in US Japan Israel Korea and elsewhere
The world-wide take down of the Khazarian mafia is accelerating with arrests, assassinations, information warfare, financial warfare and more esoteric forms of combat, according to multiple sources.
There is also a flare up of activity in Antarctica. Top US and Russian generals Joseph Dunford and Valery Gerasimov met on February 16th and “launched a combined US-Russian force steaming toward Antarctica after the cabal set off nuke,” according to Pentagon sources. This “nuke” is apparently the source of radiation being detected in various parts of the atmosphere and so there will be serious retaliation, other Pentagon sources said.
Ben Fulford Feb 27 2017
There are also reports that all civilian personnel are being evacuated from Antarctica and that large contingencies of special forces are arriving with state of the art scalar and other weapons technology.
http://www.disclose.tv/news/mass_evacuation_of_antarctica_as_special_ops_and_military_moving_in/137988
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Pentagon sources are also saying the “Deep quake in Bolivia may have been a message to the Bushes in Paraguay and their drug lords in Peru and Bolivia.”
There is also a lot going on in Japan and Korea related to the Bush/Clinton Nazi faction’s allies the Unification Church, who have a ranch next to the Bush ranch in Paraguay.
The official government seal or chop (the Japanese equivalent of a Presidential signature) of Japan has passed into the hands of Crown Prince Naruhito and he immediately started a major clean up, targeting the treasonous regime of Shinzo Abe in preparation for the start of a new age in that country. That is why all the Japanese newspapers suddenly started reporting a real estate scandal involving Abe and Defense Minister Tomomi Inada.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/24/national/politics-diplomacy/akie-abes-message-pulled-website-school-tied-questionable-land-deal-ethnic-slurs/#.WLO27_Il8vk
Akie Abe’s message deleted from nationalist school’s website as PM’s wife gives up honorary title | The Japan Times www.japantimes.co.jp
Akie Abe gives up her honorary title at a nationalist school making real estate and hate speech waves in Osaka that is also linked to defense chief Tomomi Inada.
There are also moves being made against high-level thugs like Tenzan Nakai, who once tried to get this writer to drink a glass of orange juice laced with amphetamines so he could film me appearing to be mentally unstable. The video of me on amphetamines would have then been used to convince the drug hating Asian secret societies to lift their protection of me so I could be killed, Sources close to Nakai also inform me he poisoned my webmaster Lisa with a cancer causing agent. A picture of him can be seen here:
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Other members of this Unification Church linked group of sub-contractors for the Satanists include Dr. Yoshiro Nakamatsu, the Dalai Lama, Prime Minister Abe, Finance Minister Taro Aso, the geisha murdering former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, according to multiple sources including members of various royal families.
This group, realizing that Abe’s goose is cooked, is now trying desperately to put in the politician Ichiro Ozawa as the next prime minister. Ozawa is one of the co-conspirators in the Fukushima nuclear and tsunami mass murder attack on Japan and is not going to be allowed anywhere near the Prime Minister’s office, right wing sources close to the emperor say.
Sources in Japanese military intelligence, meanwhile, say the payroll for all these Unification Church linked goons has been traced through several routes to the French branch of the Rothschild family, and to the Federal Reserve Board shareholders Jennie K. Scaife and David N. Scaife. Their foundation, among other things, financed the 911 linked Project for a New American Century. These are the people who called for a “New Pearl Harbour.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaife_Foundations#Scaife_Family_Foundatio
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The Scaife Foundations refer collectively to three foundations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The three subdivisions are: the Allegheny Foundation, the Sarah Scaife …
Japan will soon be rid of all of these traitors and the US military and agency white hats are going after their paymasters like the Scaifes and the Rothschilds in the US and Europe. The Japanese intelligence sources also say the US military and agencies should take a close look at the activities of the Cabot family of Boston.
Japanese gangster sources (both Sumiyoshi and Yamaguchi) meanwhile say the head of the Satanist gangsters in California, and a person they have regularly done business with, is movie director Martin Scorsese. Scorsese was in the news last week making veiled threats of multiple assassinations of politicians.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4258760/Martin-Scorsese-speaks-Dublin-Ireland.html
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Martin Scorsese said ‘it’s a scary time’ for the world at an award ceremony in Dublin. He said the aftermath of the Iraq War ‘had created thousands and thousands of …
The purge of cabal stooges has proceeded further in South Korea where President Park Geun Hye has been removed from power and top Samsung group scion Jay Y. Lee has been put in jail.
http://www.reuters.com/article/southkorea-politics-samsung-group-choi-idUSL4N1F71RP
There is also a lot of intrigue taking place in North Korea. The world’s media is going full out on reporting the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s elder brother Kim Jong Nam in Malaysia. The murder was carried out using VX gas, which is only produced by the US military industrial complex. However, it appears they only killed a body double because the real Kim Jong Nam has tattoos
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while the man killed in Malaysia does not. The official Chinese Xinhua News Agency is reporting the incident as the death of a person with the North Korean passport name of Kim Chol.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-02/26/c_136086425.htm
Sources in Chinese intelligence say the real Kim Jong Nam and his family have been taken to a safe location. This may be why a planned trip by North Korean officials to the US has been cancelled. Asian secret society sources say their preferred candidate for Emperor of a United Korea is Kim Jong Nam’s eldest son, the Sorbonne educated Kim Han Sol.
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and not Kim Jong Un.
Meanwhile in Indonesia there is also a lot going on in terms of taking down the cabal. Here is what a CIA source in Indonesia had to say: “It looks like the Indonesia government ( Jokowi backed by Xi Jinping) is putting the squeeze on PT Freeport and the Grasberg mine. Which actually means the certain cabal members known as the Nazi Bush/Clinton/ Rockefeller crime syndicate, are having their grapes squeezed hard.”
http://www.indonesia-investments.com/news/todays-headlines/mining-dispute-indonesia-arbitration-for-freeport-government/item7627
This maneuver is aimed at cutting off the cabal’s gold supply and thus their ability to continue to finance nefarious activities around the world.
In the Middle East meanwhile, the entire fake Zionist ISIS campaign is being wound down. “New National Security Adviser [H. R,] McMaster has already made his mark to neutralize Zionists with moves to block labeling the Iranian Republican Guard as a terror group,” Pentagon sources say. In a sign he is onto the entire ISIS scam McMaster said last week the phrase “radical Islamic terrorism” is unhelpful because terrorist organizations like ISIS represent a perversion of Islam, and are thus un-Islamic.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/25/politics/nsa-radical-islamic-terror-term-unhelpful/index.html
This of course means that the takedowns of the real architects of terror, people like Benyamin Netanyahu and Jacob de Rothschild is imminent. US traitor John “ISIS” McCain, who has recently being leading the blame everything on Russia campaign, has been outed as having himself illegally asked the Russian government for donations.
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“When pedogate and Hillary arrests begin, this should free the USA from the death grip of the Jewish mafia,” the Pentagon sources say.
The fact that Trump had a meeting with leaders of anti-human trafficking organizations on February 21st is a public sign the pedophiles and the Jewish mafia in the US and Israel will be targeted, they say.
The death of Fox TV commentator J Alan Colmes “following a brief illness,” was a sign an attack on the corporate media whores in the US had begun, US intelligence agency sources say.
CIA sources meanwhile say the Trump regime is also going after the pharmaceutical companies. They say a secret executive order has been made and that arrests and assassinations of top pharmacidical industry criminals has begun. It is a good bet we will not be hearing from Bill Gates any more soon, the sources say.
Faced with this common Satanic enemy, the Anglo-Saxon people are uniting again. The United States is apparently about to join the 2 billion strong, English speaking Commonwealth of Nations. That will put them in a more than equal global position with China.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/89757691/white-houses-reaction-very-positive-as-queen-extends-us-an-invitation-to-join-commonwealth
In Europe too, action continues. The Dutch government has formally begun an enquiry into leaving the Euro while opinion polls show anti-Euro Marine Le Pen in a commanding lead in France. However, the biggest news in Europe last week came from Spain where top Spanish banker and former IMF boss Rodrigo Rato was sentenced to jail along with 64 other bankers.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-corruption-idUSKBN1621JS
On the more esoteric side of things there has been huge battles in cyberspace between competing AIs, multiple sources agree. This battle is over both the control of finance and the control of information people receive and the Satanic faction is losing.
There are also media reports of witches getting together to cast spells against Donald Trump.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/lana-del-rey-witchcraft-donald-trump-new-album-song-a7600826.html
Light-workers are counter-acting this with mass prayer and meditation. We have also received the following message from a very esoteric source:
“Satan has returned to the original creation and received absolution.” What this means is that what is going on now on the surface of the planet earth is a mopping up operation targeting lesser demons, this source says.
NASA recently announced that NASA that 7 habitable planets have been found only 40 light years away. NASA has also announced faster than light technology. These are signs the quarantine of the planet earth may soon be lifted and humanity will be free to expand exponentially into the universe. We shall soon see.
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Doganköy Köyevi was full of people who wanted to see Patrick “The Iron Man” Burns exhibiting his beautiful, imaginative works of art on Sunday. He and his wife Kate have lived in North Cyprus for 10 years and love the peaceful and creative environment on the island. The sculptures, which are made of iron, Patrick has made over the last five years, he also makes engraved glassware. His iron sculptures have become very popular and are available to see in several villas and gardens around Cyprus. Kate says that the art works are perfect to adorn Mediterranean houses white walls and are suitable for inside and outside of the home. Patrick also produces iron sculptures made to order according to customer requirements.
One of his absolute favourites among the works is the magnificent horse head. The plan is to one day produce a great horse and display it permanently somewhere for everyone to enjoy.
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Beautiful glass art.
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Juan Martin del Potro loses to Florian Mayer in Sydney
Del Potro beat Roger Federer to win the 2009 US Open
Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro saw his comeback from injury stall with defeat by Germany's Florian Mayer at the Sydney International.
The Argentine, 22, was playing only his third tournament in the last year after a serious wrist injury but lost 6-2 7-5 in the second round.
Del Potro is currently ranked 259th but will play in next week's Australian Open because of a protected ranking.
"Of course I want to play and win a tournament," he said.
"When you lose, it's hard, but now it's different, I have different sensations. I lost but I have another tournament in three days. I have my wrist in good shape. That's good."
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He added: "Mayer played better than me but it's normal. I am very far off my good game but I did my best. It was shorter, but I tried."
Ernests Gulbis, Gilles Simon and Richard Gasquet were among the other second-round winners on Wednesday.
In the women's quarter-finals, third seed Kim Clijsters had an impressive 6-3 6-2 win over seventh seed Victoria Azarenka.
"I think the score definitely sounds a lot easier than it was," said the Belgian. "I played the important points better. I think that's obviously a good feeling to have, when I'm down break point I can hit a good serve."
Clijsters will next face Russia's Alisa Kleybanova, who battled past Dominika Cibulkova - conqueror of world number one Caroline Wozniacki in the previous round - 6-3 5-7 6-2.
China's Li Na defeated Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-3, and Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia beat Italy's Flavia Pennetta 6-4 6-1.
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Digital Witnesses: The Parker-Hulme Murder Case and the Teaching of Crime and Sexual Deviance
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BUTCHER HOLLER HERE WE COME
Now Touring & Available for Booking!
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REVIEWS FROM BUTCHER HOLLER HERE WE COME
“Visceral. A jarring piece of theater and a fine introduction to the Tank’s DarkFest!” – New York Times
“A Fast-paced thriller. Bold, inventive, crisp staging. A finale that is at once terrifying and exciting!” – NY Theatre Now
“A Vulnerable and exciting experience. Committed and powerful performances. One grand hallucination!” – NY TheatreScene
“Inspired direction by Leah Bonvissuto of a strong cast.” – Dallas Morning News
“The play feels like a secret, as if the audience is the first to witness an undiscovered talent…it is an incomparable production that tests the limits of theatre.” – Arkansas Traveler.
“Wildly fantastical & disturbingly real!” – Austin Entertainment Weekly
“Stunning & a cathartic theatre piece not to be missed!” – BroadwayWorld
“A powerful sensory experience..with committed, great performers!” -Austin Chronicle
“It is a great inspiration to learn that theater is still alive in this country….work that is food for the senses and the spirit” –Baltimore Examiner
The result fuses the creeping horror of The Shining with the tension of Mamet’s American Buffalo” – TheaterJones
“Shattering…[It] played like a combination nightmare, mystery rite, and horror ride at a depraved theme park.. The acting is terrific: elemental, raw, and persuasively aggressive. Leah Bonvissuto’s direction could hardly be more menacinge. Casey Wimpee’s script is, finally, awe-inspiring. The consistency of a shocking dream and authority of brutal poetry” –CreativeLoafing, Tampa
“Wonderful…exceptional performances and use of our own senses against us making it a standout Fringe 2013 experience….unnerving and allows us to experience the loss of our rational world even as the trapped coal-miners lose their grip on their own.” -Black and Gold Review
“Perfectly executed in performance.” –Southern Glossary Magazine
“An intense, funny, scary, dark experience… five excellent actors with an engrossing, serious script that keeps you on the edge of your seat… See the show, and be prepared to leave a piece of your soul in the dark space.” –CityBeat, Cincinnati
“An intense drama….the acting is excellent….very compelling” –New Orleans Defender
“Expertly Crafted…gripping from the opening seconds..this is a play about darkness and sound. The five actors work like a well oiled machine.”– –Pegasus News
“Literally and figuratively underground theater at its best! …Te playwright does not shy from showing men at their worst; there is no sentimentality in this play. At the same time, he manages to portray these besieged miners with respect and understanding… Part ghost story, part psychological thriller, part dark comedy, Butcher Holler is a remarkable drama featuring five actors whose commitment and dedication to this challenging, uncompromising work are worthy of a Fringe prize!” — Total Theatre
“A gut-punch of a play…Written by the always-edgy Casey Wimpee and directed furiously by Leah Bonvissuto, it’s a snarl of a piece…an Epic poem! – BC BlogCritics, NYC
“Dramatic, disturbing and ingeniously staged… the result is constantly shifting sound and visual perspectives that can often surprise and rattle the audience. (Bless live theater, there is no way a movie would be able to give you this type of visceral sensation!) Highly entertaining, innovative and impressive, this is a fascinating journey.” — Haunt Life / Hollywood Fringe
“Guided by director Leah Bonvissuto, it’s some of the most grounded, honest acting I’ve seen from a company in a long time … a near-perfect script!” – Matt Ritchey, Hollywood Fringe
“The mission of [Ad Hoc] Economy is to showcase works with an emphasis on “American Culture and its relationship to ritual, mythology, madness, dreams, and deliverance.” Butcher Holler Here We Come stomps and kicks and gasps its way through each one of these huge topics, swirling them around in a pitch dark stew, imploring us to hold on and pray for escape.” – StageBuddy
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Butcher Holler Here We Come has additionally been honored with the Inkwell Playwright of Promise Award (2019), Best Ensemble (Hollywood Fringe, 2019) Broadway World’s Outstanding Original Full-Length Script (2017), and has been nominated for New York Innovative Theatre’s Actor in a Lead Role (Adam Belvo, 2015).
Synopsis: 1973, West Virginia. Following a cave collapse, 5 coal miners struggle to survive the dwindling supply of oxygen, the lack of food and water, the unravelling sense of passing time, and, even more threatening, their own competing natures. Brutally weaving through family histories, complicated friendships, crooked politics, childhood visions, audacious hopes, eerie dreams, criminal addictions, and fervent spirituality in this run-of-the-mill Appalachian community, Butcher Holler Here We Come is a descent into the male psyche-in-crisis where secret desires, carnal urges, and hidden memories come boiling to the surface in a primitive territory of Earth that mirrors the subliminal mind.
LENGTH OF SHOW: 75 minutes
Text: Casey Wimpee | Direction: Leah Bonvissuto | Rep Actors: Adam Belvo*, Isaac Byrne*, Jared Culverhouse, Judd Farris, Devin Finn, Colt Keeney, Morrison Keddie, Nicholas Kier, Michael Mason*, Harlan Short, Adam Laten Willson*, & Cole Wimpee* (*denotes primary cast) | Original Sound Design: Ryan Dorin |Original Graphics & Imaging: Kalli Newman | Original Photography: Yvonne Allaway
75 min in length. Minimal technical requirements (no lighting or sound needs).
A Dark room required / Flexible seating preferred / Can play to a capacity of 90
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Nutrition and Food Sciences Research- Editorial Board
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-Morteza Abdollahi, Associate Prof., National Nutrition & Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Email: morabd@yahoo.com
-Khosrow Adeli, Prof., University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Email: khosrow.adeli@sickkids.ca
-Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh, Prof., Regional Nutrition Adviser, WHO-EMRO, Egypt. Email: aljawaldeha@emro.who.int
-Leila Azadbakht, Prof., Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences,Isfahan, Iran. Email:azadbakht@hlth.mui.ac.ir
-Ahmad Esmaillzadeh, Prof., Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences,Isfahan, Iran. Email: esmaillzadeh@hlth.mui.ac.ir
-Afrozul Haq, Prof., Clinical Nutritional Immunology & Biochemistry (Research), Laboratory of Nutrition Research National, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Email: haq2000@gmail.com
-Majid Hajifaraji, Associate Prof., National Nutrition & Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran, Iran. Email: m.hajifaraji@nnftri.ac.ir
-Hedayat Hosseini, Prof., Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Email: hedayat.s.hosseini@gmail.com
-Ronald Johnson, Associate Prof., Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, Canada. Email: rjohns03@uoguelph.ca
-Kianosh Khosravi Darani, Prof., National Nutrition & Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran, Iran. Email: kiankh@yahoo.com
-Fariba Kolahdooz, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Email: kolahdooz100@yahoo.com
-Mohsen Meydani, Prof., Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, USA. Email: mohsen.meydani@tufts.edu
-Parvin Mirmiran, Prof., Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran, Iran. Email: mirmiran@endocrine.ac.ir
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-Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Associate Prof, Division of Health Promotion & Nutrition Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA. Email:yasmin.mossavar-rahmani@einstein.yu.edu
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-Pamela J. Surkan, Assistant Prof, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg, Baltimore, USA . Email: psurkan@jhu.edu
-Hassan Vatanparast, Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. Email: vatan.h@usask.ca
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BEF France 1939/40 - Suffolk Anti-invasion defences
With the British Expeditionary Force largely under French Command, their defence strategy was decided by the French defence strategy. This, as is well known, relied on a single supposedly impregnable line - The Maginot Line. With Belgium neutrality during the phoney war, the Allies were concerned about the fact that this line stopped at the France / Belgium border. As part of the extension of the Maginot Line along this border, the British built many pillboxes and trench systems covered by huge anti-tank ditches - the so called Gort Line. Although the intention was to develop defences in depth, there simply was not the time to do this.
The Gort Line consisted of a series of mutually supporting strong points at regular intervals. Anti-tank guns, in short supply, were given shell proof concrete cover. Machine guns, sited on fixed lines, were also given concrete protection. Infantry defences were developed in line with Infantry Training 1937, weapons-pits for 2 - 3 men dug first then developed into a trench system. Due to a high water table in places, breast works were sometimes needed. A bulldozer could be used for this - to scrape up the earth to form the breast work. But the trenches were all dug by hand as the many traverses needed could not be dug with machinery. The huge anti-tank ditches were dug both by hand and machinery and were fully revetted.
Above: Artists drawing of anti-tank ditch (left) and trench (right) - BEF France 1939/40
Timber was in short supply meaning the same shuttering had to be reused over and over again in pillbox construction. There was also some confusion in which weapon mounts to construct in the pillboxes as it was not clear if certain parts of the defences were to be manned by British or French troops!
Dannert / double apron wire obstacles were erected in great depth. This was to allow the wire to also act as an anti-tank obstacle (wire would wind around the tanks drive sprockets).
Concrete mixer used in construction of BEF defences BEF pillbox (IWM O 1785)
The Maginot Line also lacked any depth - the outpost line was so weak that the Germans were freely able to patrol it and in his book The Battle of France, Andre Maurois describes as "agonizing" the fact that he did not see any troops upto ten miles behind the line.
The second main part of the Allied defence strategy was to be a rapid advance into Belgium to halt the expected main German attack. But the main German attack developed through the Ardennes with disatsrous results for the Allies. There is a good account in John Hosfall's Say Not The Struggle of the BEF's retreat, fighting from various canal / river 'stop-lines'. He describes the infantry battle with platoons / companies fighting in hastly dug weapons pits or from buildings.
The failure of the Maginot Line strategy was to have a lasting affect on British Home Defence strategy. As for the Maginot / Gort Lines, "was it even occupied, all this concrete" wondered Andre Maurois.
The Battle of France, Andre Maurois, The Bodley Head 1940
Dunkirk, Major General Julian Thompson, Sidgwick & jackson 2008
Say Not The Struggle, John Horsfall, The Roundwood Press 1977
Engines of War, War Office, Adam & Charles Black 1941
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"One More Bite"
Jennifer Rardin is the author of Bitten to Death and three previous novels in the Jaz Parks series.
She applied the Page 69 Test to One More Bite, the latest novel in the series, and reported the following:
One More Bite, which released to US readers on January 5, 2009, takes fans of the Jaz Parks series on a brand new adventure, in which our heroes must assassinate an assassin. But this killer’s got skills. Including, of course, the ability to hide his/her identity.
On page sixty-nine of the US version of the book (the UK version is in mass market size so it reads differently) we find our heroes, Jaz and Vayl, narrowing down suspects. Is this single page representative of the rest of the novel? Yes and no.
From page 69 you can deduce that Jaz and Vayl are more than just coworkers. And their troubled histories keep them mired in such a way that it’s hard for them to move on with their lives. You also get a sense of Jaz’s voice, a strong, sassy melody you’ll be humming long after you’ve finished the story.
What this page misses is the action. Readers tend to pick these books up and keep them in-hand until they’ve read the entire story because the pacing is so quick. All the books in the series, including One More Bite, also contain numerous laugh-out-loud moments. But even though you won’t be giggling when you get to the bottom of the page, I think you’ll read on. If only to find out what happens between Jaz and Vayl. Their relationship is one of the most fascinating aspects of this book, and this series. But that’s just my opinion. What do you think?
Excerpt from One More Bite—Page 69:
sad bowl of ashes and the samples I’d be handing off to some stranger during the opening ceremonies tonight. Vayl accepted the whole story with nothing more than a lowering of the brows, his substitute for any of a number of the four-letter words that relieved the worst of my stresses.
I moved on to the part that had burned holes into my guts. “Viv’s on the level with her story. Whether that makes her our killer or not . . .” I shrugged, unable to go on. Those pictures. Jesus. You could distance yourself from the victims. But not from Viv’s stoned and tragic face. Especially when you put it next to the before shot of an outgoing debate team member with a promising political career ahead of her.
“Viv’s had it pretty rough since. She dropped out of college. Doesn’t see any of her friends. Works at the library in her hometown and lives with her mom and Iona.”
“So do you believe she has simply come because her mother will not let her stay home alone?” Vayl asked. “That she is, indeed, Bea? Or that she truly intended to find someone like us all along?”
“I prefer choice number three.”
Vayl’s brows lowered. “Disturbing, is it not, that the living allow the dead to exert so much power over them?”
We stared at each other for a second and then shook our heads, trading sheepish grins. “We’re a couple of hypocrites, Boss.”
He inched closer. “I wish you would not call me that.”
I lifted my chin so I could look into his eyes, glittering like gems in his immobile face. “Sverhamin, then?”
“Ahh.” His breath blew across my lips. “When you agreed to accept me as such, did you ever think you would find yourself here?”
“In Scotland?”
He gave me that semi smile that made my knees want to buckle. “Why is it that you love to tangle with my patience?”
Read an excerpt from One More Bite.
Learn more about the author and her work at Jennifer Rardin's website, MySpace page, and Facebook page.
My Book, The Movie: the Jaz Parks Series.
Posted by Marshal Zeringue at 12:38 PM
"Random Acts of Heroic Love"
"Drink, Play, F@#k"
"Dog On It"
"Crime of Fashion"
"Hater"
"Pleasing the Dead"
"Boca Knights"
"The Little Giant of Aberdeen County"
"Tinkers"
"Addition"
"Jack London in Paradise"
"Murder in Four Parts"
"The Samaritan's Secret"
"Death Was in the Picture"
"Super in the City"
"Blonde Roots"
"Eon: Dragoneye Reborn"
"Houston, We Have a Problema"
"Flight Into Darkness"
"The Empty Mirror"
"The Toss of a Lemon"
"The Piano Teacher"
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Fate of Estrogens in a Municipal
concentrations for fish (5-9). Ozonation, UV-radiation,membrane filtration, and activated carbon adsorption are Sewage Treatment Plant
potential treatments that might improve the effectiveness ofestrogen removal in a STP (4, 5, 10-15). However, imple-mentation of these techniques would increase the cost of wastewater treatment. Alternatively, understanding the fate of estrogens within the STPs might yield removal methods B E N T H A L L I N G - S Ø R E N S E N , † A N D based on better management or minor modifications of The Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Universitetsparken 2, In batch experiments, Ternes et al. (16) investigated the DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark, EAWAG, basic aerobic microbial reactions of estrogens in contact with Ueberlandstrasse 133, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland, activated sludge taken from the old Wiesbaden plant, which removes BOD. Experiments were performed at 20 °C with a Kaiserin-Augusta-Anlagen 15-17, D-56068 Koblenz, Germany starting concentration of 1 µg/L and a total suspended solids(TSS) concentration of 0.52 g of TSS/L. Assuming a pseudo-first-order reaction (TSS ) constant): dC CE2 with the pseudo-first-order reaction constant kE2 ≈ 150 The fate of the highly potent endocrine disrupters estrone L/(g of TSS‚d), E2 was found to have a T1/2 of about 0.2 h with (E1), 17 -estradiol (E2), and 17R-ethinylestradiol (EE2) nearly all the E2 being converted to E1. E1 was removed was investigated in mechanical and biological sewage more slowly with a T1/2 of about 1.5 h at 20 °C in the same treatment as well as in sewage-sludge treatment at concentration range and with the same TSS concentration.
a municipal German sewage treatment plant (STP). The The pseudo-first-order reaction constant was therefore kE1 main outcome of the study was that a common municipal ≈ 20 L/(g of TSS‚d). In this study, EE2 was not degraded STP with an activated sludge system for nitrification significantly within 48 h. Layton et al. (17) conducted a similarstudy with estrogens using activated sludge from STPs and denitrification including sludge recirculation can operating in a warmer climate. E2 was mineralized to CO appreciably eliminate natural and synthetic estrogens. As within a few hours. Thus, an accumulation of E1 could not a consequence, the endocrine effects of biota in the be observed. As in the German study, EE2 was found to receiving waters should be significantly reduced. All estrogen metabolize much more slowly, even though 40% was concentrations decreased gradually along the treatment mineralized in 24 h. Activated sludge bacteria can therefore train. In the STP effluent, the steroid estrogen concentrations be expected to be more active at higher ambient temper- were always below the quantification limit of 1 ng/L. The elimination efficiency of the natural estrogens (E1 and E2) Estrogens from humans are largely excreted as conju- exceeded 98%, and EE2 was reduced by more than 90%.
gates, mainly glucuronides (18). In batch experiments, E2- The natural estrogens were largely degraded biologically in glucuronides were cleaved to E2 with pseudo-first-order the denitrifying and aerated nitrifying tanks of the activated reaction constants similar to those of E2 degradation, and sludge system, whereas EE2 was only degraded in the the E2 produced by the reaction was then oxidized to E1 nitrifying tank. Only about 5% of the estrogens are sorbed (16). In some studies, concentrations of E1 and E2 or estrogen onto digested sewage sludge. It is very likely that activity increased after primary settling as compared to the conjugates (glucuronides and sulfates) of the estrogens raw influent (19-21), while Holbrook et al. (13) found nointermediate increase in steroid estrogen concentrations at were cleaved into the parent compounds mainly in the first five U.S. STPs. It was suggested (19) that the intermediate increase of these concentrations could be explained bycleavage of conjugated steroid estrogens in the primaryclarifier. This assumption is consistent with the findings of Introduction
Adler et al. (22) that on average 58% of total E1, 50% of total Desbrow, Routledge, and their co-workers (1, 2) have reported E2, and 26% of total EE2 were conjugated in raw sewage that the estrogenic effect on fish caused by sewage treatment plant (STP) effluents may in some cases be attributed to the Matsui et al. (20) recently performed a detailed profile of presence of the natural estrogens 17 -estradiol (E2) and estrogen removal in a Japanese STP using an immunoassay estrone (E1) as well as the active ingredient of most birth- for E2 in combination with the yeast estrogen screening (YES) control drugs, 17R-ethinylestradiol (EE2). Recent publications assay for measuring estrogen activity. The estrogenicity suggest that steroids may be the main source of estrogenicity measured by YES tended to decline during the treatment in many municipal STPs (3, 4). Since the sources of natural train, but the major reduction was found in the denitrification estrogens cannot be eliminated, specific treatment processes step, which was also the first step in the active sludge in STPs must be optimized. To date, it is known that municipal treatment. It was further observed that the E2 concentrations STPs reduce steroid estrogens to some extent, although and estrogen activity of the dewatering liquid from the sludge frequently not to levels lower than the known effective treatment were even more than twice as high as the inflowto the plant. The aim of the current paper was to investigate * Corresponding author telephone: +49 261 13065560; fax: +49 the fate of E1, E2, and EE2 due to sorption and degradation 261 1305363; e-mail: ternes@bafg.de.
in each treatment step of a municipal STP with nitrification, The Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
denitrification, and both biological and chemical phosphate § Bundesanstalt fu¨r Gewa¨sserkunde (BfG).
VOL. 37, NO. 18, 2003 / ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 9 4021
FIGURE 1. Flow scheme of the Municipal STP Wiesbaden with sampling locations
Experimental Section
acetate and the instrument standard Mirex was used as thequality parameter for the analysis. Furthermore, as sewage Estrogens in Water. Estrogens were analyzed in water
sludges vary considerably between different STPs, the according to the method reported by Ternes et al. (19). The suitability of the method was confirmed for each type of analytes were extracted from filtered water samples onto sludge (at each sampling location) by spiking 100 ng/g of the RP-C18 cartridges. Extracts were cleaned with a deactivated estrogens in an individual recovery experiment. The main silica gel column. The estrogens were trimethylsilylized before quality criterion was that the recovery was within the 95% analyzing with GC-ion trap-MS. As against the original confidence interval range found for the different types of method, however, the brand of the RP-C18 solid-phase sludge used in the original evaluation method.
material was changed to RP-C18 Bulk Sorbent from SepartisGmbH (Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany). Furthermore, an ad- Flow Scheme of Plant and Wastewater Characterization.
ditional cleanup step based on gel permeation chromatog- The schematic of the municipal STP Wiesbaden is shown in raphy (GPC) was introduced to remove matrix interference Figure 1. The mechanical treatment consists of a screen, an from raw sewage extracts. Details of the GPC method and aerated grit-removal tank, and a primary clarifier. The primary evaluation of the GPC procedure are reported by Ternes et sludge collected in the primary clarifier is pre-thickened and then pumped into the mesophilic digester (33 °C, 20-d A 10-point calibration was performed over the whole retention time). The primary effluent is directed to the procedure after spiking groundwater with the respective activated sludge system for biological and chemical phos- estrogens at concentrations between 0.25 and 100 ng/L. In phate removal, denitrification, and nitrification. Fe(II)Cl2 is each analysis series, a blank sample of deep groundwater added in the first denitrification tank for efficient mixing in was run in parallel. According to the evaluation method the water before oxidation to Fe(III) and subsequent pre- originally described (19), the recovery of the steroid estrogens cipitation with phosphate in the aerated nitrification tanks.
After settling in the secondary clarifier, the activated sludge g93%, and the relative standard deviation (RSD) of the is returned to the inlet of the first denitrification tank. Internal e14%. A further quality parameter designed to ensure that matrix effects did not influence the extraction or recirculation supplies additional nitrate to the inlet of the cleanup, not mentioned in the original description (19), was first tank to improve denitrification. The secondary effluent the ratio between the surrogate standard, 17 -estradiol-17- is released to the river Rhine after its suspended solids had acetate, and the instrumental standard, Mirex (CAS Registry been reduced in a rotary sieve (not indicated). The activated No. 2385-85-5). The average of this ratio was determined as sludge system is operated with a solids retention time of a mean of all calibration samples. The quantitative result of 11-13 d, which is typical for a nitrifying plant with pre- a real sample was only considered valid if this ratio deviated denitrification. The excess sludge is dewatered to about 5% less than 30% from the average value of the calibrations. The total solids concentration in a rotary sieve before being newly included GPC cleanup step exhibited a systematic loss of 11%. This loss was effectively corrected by the surrogate The digested sludge is thickened and then treated thermophilically at 200 °C (not indicated) for sludge reduction Estrogens in Sludge. The method used for measuring
before being dewatered in a filter press. The sludge liquid estrogens in sludge was recently described in Ternes et al.
produced after thickening and dewatering is sent to the (23). Sludge was freeze-dried, and aliquots of 0.5 g were successively extracted twice with methanol and subsequently Several parameters (e.g., BOD5, COD, ammonium, nitrate, twice with acetone. For each extraction step, the slurry of the phosphate, and T) were measured regularly according to sample in solvent was ultrasonicated for 10 min. The four German DIN standards at selected points in the treatment solvent fractions were combined, and a cleanup was carried process. The nitrogen levels are of special interest for out with GPC and silica gel. The extracts were then derivatized comparison with other STPs, as the current study suggests and analyzed by GC-ion trap-MS. Standards for the a link between steroid estrogen elimination, nitrification, calibration curve and a blank for each analysis series were and denitrification. On November 13, the nitrogen concen- made by spiking the combined solvent mixture used for trations in the secondary effluent were 1.0 mg of NH4-N/L extraction followed by the full cleanup procedure described and 7.3 mg of NO3-N/L. The ranges during the preceding 2 for native samples. The 9-point calibration curve was weeks were 0.6-1.3 mg of NH4-N/L and 6.3-7.6 mg of NO3- performed with the respective estrogens at concentrations N/L, which illustrates well-functioning nitrification and between 1 and 200 ng/g. The recoveries of the analytes were denitrification. On the sampling days, the water temperatures g83% with an RSD of e19%. As in the water analysis described in the biological treatment units were 16-17 °C. The average above, the ratio of the surrogate standard 17 -estradiol-17 - for the 2-week period preceding the sampling campaign was 4022 9 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY / VOL. 37, NO. 18, 2003
TABLE 1. Measured Concentration and Mass Flux of Estrone (E1), 17 -Estradiol (E2), and 17 -Ethinylestradiol (EE2) in the STP Wiesbadene
Total concentration including fraction sorbed on suspended solids. b Average of nitrification and excess sludge. c Average of inlet and primary sludge. d Assumed to be similar as in digestion. e Boldface type indicates measured data. The range of minimum to maximum is indicated in parentheses. Italic type indicates estimated data. Regular type indicates calculated data.
FIGURE 2. Measured mass flux of estrone (E1) and 17 -estradiol (E2) in g/d. Adler et al. (22) estimated the conjugated (glucuronide, sulfate)
estrogen quantities for a municipal STP inlet to be about 130% of the nonconjugated compounds. The estimated inlet load of 14 g/d
corresponds to about 45 µg/(p d).
17.7 °C with extremes of 14.8 and 19.9 °C. Furthermore, the sampling days was apparent. The average of the measured inlet, return sludge, internal recirculation, and sludge streams concentrations from each treatment step was therefore as well as the sludge-liquid recycle streams were recorded calculated and used for the mass flux analysis and the and used for calculating the loads of estrogens and the dilution effects in the first denitrification tank. The water Estrogens Sorbed onto Sludge. Allowing for the quantifica- inflow to the STP was 66 000 m3 on November 13, which is tion of analytes in native samples, LOQs were set as the second within the range seen in the preceding 2 weeks of 40 000- lowest calibration point within the linear correlation curve 110 000 m3. On November 13, the return sludge flow and equal to 1.5 ng/g. At this level the signal/noise ratio internal recirculation were about 50% and 200% of the inlet determined from the chromatogram exceeded 10 to ensure a precise quantification. Each sludge sample analyzed was Sampling. The sampling locations are shown in Figure 1.
spiked with 50 ng/g of each estrogen in parallel to confirm Sampling was generally carried out at the outlet of each that the recoveries were in the range found during the method treatment step. The sewage was not accessible for sampling validation. The recoveries of the spiked sludge were not before the grit removal tank. Water samples were taken as statistically different from that was seen in the original 24-h flow-proportional composite samples (cooled at 4 °C) method evaluation. As in the analysis of water samples, no from the outlet of the grit-removal tank, the primary and systematic difference could be detected in concentrations secondary sedimentations being collected from midnight to between the two days. The results were consequently midnight. All other sludge-liquid and sludge samples were taken randomly between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. The steps in thewater treatment process were sampled on November 13 and Measured Concentrations and Mass Flux Analyses of
14, 2001, while the sludge treatment process was only sampled Estrogens. Wastewater Treatment. The measured concentra-
on November 13. The retention time of the sludge in the tions of the estrogens are shown in Table 1. Since E2 can be digester is about 20 d. The samples taken from the digester naturally oxidized to E1 (the reverse reaction could theoreti- do not therefore correspond directly to the analyzed inlet cally occur under anaerobic conditions), the combined sludge but rather to the average load of the previous 20 d.
concentrations of E1 and E2 were calculated. These combined In general, the total concentrations of suspended solids in values facilitate a comparison of their fate in the different the 24-h composite samples of the main water flow path treatment processes. The concentrations of the estrogens were low (<200 mg of TSS/L). Particles collected by filtering decreased with successive treatments through the STP.
these water samples were extracted in the same way as the The E1 and EE2 concentrations were reduced by 50% and sludge samples, and the extracts were combined with the 70%, respectively, in the first denitrification tank due mainly water extracts for a combined analysis of the total concen- to the dilution of the primary effluent by the return sludge tration. The estrogens were measured separately in sludge and the internal recirculation with low estrogen concentra- and water in samples taken from the activated sludge process.
tions. However, the E2 concentrations were comparable, The concentrations of suspended solids were quantified by which might be due to the cleavage of conjugated E2 by sludge bacteria and a reduction of E1 to E2. Comparing theloads (Figure 2), it is obvious that more nonconjugated E1 Results and Discussion
and E2 were discharged from the first reactor than the Performance of Analytical Methods and Limit of Quanti-
maximum quantity which had entered it, while the input fication (LOQ). Estrogens in the Water Phase. The LOQ was
and output of EE2 (Figure 3) were approximately equal. The calculated according to the German DIN 32645 (24) with a results underscored the assumption that conjugates (glu- confidence interval of 99% using the standard deviation of curonides, sulfates) of E1 and/or E2 not measured in the a linear regression curve. Since the calculated LOQ values inlet were cleaved. Another reason might be the strong daily were always between the first and second calibration points, variations of the natural estrogens in the inlet. The activated the LOQ used was set as the second lowest calibration point sludge samples are grab samples taken between 9 a.m. and of the linear correlation corresponding to 1 ng/L to ensure 11 a.m. during peak load (urine peak) whereas the primary and secondary effluents were 24-h flow-proportional samples.
The differences between the measured concentrations In the second denitrification tank and the following on the 2 d at each treatment step were similar to or less than aerated reactor, the natural estrogens are further reduced by the analytical variations found in the validation of the biological degradation so that a total of more than 98% is analytical method. No systematic difference between the two eliminated (Figure 2). Of particular interest is the high 4024 9 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY / VOL. 37, NO. 18, 2003
FIGURE 3. Measured mass flux of 17r-ethinylestradiol (EE2) in g/d. Adler et al. (22) estimated the conjugated (glucuronide, sulfate) EE2
quantities for a municipal STP inlet to be about 35% of the nonconjugated EE2. The estimated inlet load of about 0.7 g/d yields 2.3 µg/(p
d), which corresponds to the annual 50 kg of EE2 consumption in Germany.
elimination of both compounds under denitrifying condi- ng/L, respectively. Since the dissolved concentration of the digester liquid is similar to that of the inlet and the primary About 90% of the EE2 was eliminated (Figure 3), which effluent, we assume that the sorbed E1 and E2 concentration must be due mainly to aerobic biological degradation. In in the primary sludge (suspended solids separated in the contrast, the batch experiments with activated sludge from primary clarifier) is also in the same range as in the digested the old plant that removed only BOD did not exhibit more sludge. On this assumption, the detected inlet and outlet than minor reduction (16). The activated sludge system of loads of the digester are about the same (Figure 2 and Table the new upgraded nutrient-removal plant has a substantially 1), and we can assume that natural estrogens are not degraded longer sludge retention time (SRT ) 11-13 d) than the old appreciably under the methanogenic conditions in the one (SRT < 4 d), which might allow the growth of micro- digester. The sorbed concentrations of EE2 are either slightly above or below the LOQ, which only allows us to conclude The concentrations of sorbed estrogens appear to decrease that the sorbed load in the excess and digested sludge is slightly along the treatment train (Table 1). However, when lower than 6% of the inlet load (Figure 3 and Table 1).
considering the variations between the two days and the Recommendations for Treatment Plant Design and
analytical RSD up to 19%, no significant difference could be Further Investigations. Because the degradation kinetics of
found. Thus, the estrogen contamination of the activated E1 and E2 shown in the aerobic batch experiments of Ternes sludge in the tanks ranged from 7.8 to 13 ng/g for the sum et al. (16) are similar to first-order reactions, a reactor cascade of E1 and E2 and from less than 1.5 to 3 ng/g for EE2. Similar or plug-flow reactor is significantly more efficient than a results with respect to the elimination of EE2 in activated single-reactor system. In a single reactor, the degradation sludge systems were found by Busch et al. (25). The strong efficiency can be additionally decreased due to a hydraulic decrease of concentration from the first to the second reactor short circuit between the inlet and the outlet. In their profile despite the almost equal amounts of sorbed E1 and E2 in the of a Japanese STP, Matsui et al. (20) also found that activated sludge of the same sample (Table 1) indicates slow denitrification is an important treatment step for removing sorption kinetics and no equilibrium between the sorbed natural steroid estrogens. However, the oxidation products of E1 are still unknown. It can only be concluded that the The Wiesbaden STP was also investigated in 1997 (19).
estrogenicity is lost during denitrification because the YES Then, only partial removal of estrogens was detected. The assay response and that the estrogen concentrations de- STP effluent had average concentrations of 2 ng/L of EE2, 5 creased. Thus, anoxic and aerobic degradation of E1 and E2 ng/L of E2, and 24 ng/L of E1. The old activated sludge system will have to be further investigated in batch experiments consisted of a fully mixed reactor system with BOD removal.
with sludge from other nutrient-removal plants in the lower In the spring of 2001, the activated sludge system was enlarged and upgraded for all-year nitrification and denitrification EE2 was degraded significantly (about 90%) only after the (Figure 1). In June 2001, the estrogen concentrations in the Wiesbaden plant was upgraded from removing BOD to effluent decreased below the quantification limit of 1 ng/L removing nutrients with solid retention times of 11-13 d.
for the three major estrogens E1, E2, and EE2 with this Since the biodegradation of EE2 is not described in the literature, anoxic and aerobic degradation as well as anaerobic In August 2002, the estrogen concentrations were still transformation should be investigated in a full-scale nutrient- below the LOQ, whereas the internal recirculation is pumped removal plant as well as in batch tests to obtain a better into the second tank, making the first tank anaerobic and description of the elimination mechanisms and kinetics. Due inducing enhanced biological phosphate elimination. At this to the strong daily variation of ammonia originating from time, iron(II) chloride was added to the secondary clarifier urine, the daily variation of estrogens resulting from the peak in order to avoid disrupting the removal of biological urine load in the morning hours has to be considered in phosphate while still precipitating the remaining phosphate.
future experiments on full-scale plants.
Sludge Treatment. A clear increase of natural estrogen concentrations in the water and sludge phases was observed Acknowledgments
by comparing excess and digested sludge. The excess sludgeleaving the secondary clarifier exhibited only low estrogen This study was part of the EU Poseidon Project (EVK1-CT- concentrations. The dissolved E1 was found at 1.4 ng/L, 2000-00047), which was financially supported by grants whereas the other estrogens were below the LOQ. However, obtained from the EU Commission within the Energy, digester liquid from dewatering of digested sludge contained Environment and Sustainable Development Program of the much higher E2 and E1 concentrations with 5.4 and 67.1 fifth framework. We also thank the Danish University of VOL. 37, NO. 18, 2003 / ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 9 4025
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Queen Zee & Sonic Yootha Join Forces For Sassden 002
Planet Slop
Fri 15 December, 2017
The trans power punk band and LGBT social event play Sound in January.
Queen Zee & The Sasstones are returning with their second regular Sassden events in January, including a very special show in Liverpool featuring Sonic Yootha DJs.
The Sasstones have fast become one of the most popular bands in Liverpool, and have been taking their show across the country over the last few months, including tours with Cabbage and Marmozets.
If that isn’t enough their latest single Idle Crown received its first play on Radio 1, whilst the video received its premiere via Kerrang.
LGBT+ issues are central to the band, particularly transgender rights. Many of their shows raise money for trans charities, and frontperson Zee – who came out as transgender during the band’s rise – is an outspoken activist for the cause.
That said, at their core they are simply a bitchin’ DIY punk band. Their performances can often feel like witnessing some kind of warped second coming, where Jesus showed up in drag and threw a basement party.
These will be the band’s first shows of 2018, which is already shaping up to be a big year for them.
Sonic Yootha meanwhile have been credited by some for “saving” Liverpool’s gay scene. Their posters say it best “A monthly new wave, old rave, disco, electro, rock, pop and soul social for homos, heteros, drag shows & don’t knows”. The crowd at Sonic Yootha is a true melting pot, and perhaps this is why some have said it has saved Liverpool’s gay scene. They provide a level of relaxed inclusivity. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming – everyone is invited.
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To that end, both the Sasstones and Yootha have played a role in the massive turnaround in queer culture that the city has been party to recently. It is a gradual process, but the popularity of both, along with other new events such as EAT ME + Preach, Beers For Queers, Lez Be Avin It and the continued success of the likes of the House of Suarez’s Vogue Ball and Homotopia.
Sassden is shaping up to being a major contribution to this diversity in the LGBT+ scene, adding a an ingredient that has been missing; queer punk. Sassden 001 featured a packed Sound basement, and the next will likely build on the success of the first, especially with the presence of Yootha. We would recommend getting tickets ahead of time.
As Zee herself says, with tongue firmly in cheek; “It’s not making punk any better, just making night life worse“.
As well as Queen Zee & The Sasstones and Sonic Yootha, Sassden 002 will feature live performances from III and Incisions, as well as a DJ set from Asylums on Fire.
The band have also announced a Manchester Sassden the night before, where they will be once again be joined by Incisions and Asylums on Fire, along with Thirsty Girls Collective.
A second wave of acts, including drag queens and cabaret, are expected to be announced after Christmas.
Sassden 002 takes plays at Jimmy’s, Manchester on Friday 26th January and Sound, Liverpool on Saturday 27th January 2018. Advance tickets for both are available now from See Tickets.
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Clinton backs tax deal
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Washignton (CNN)–After meeting Friday with President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton told reporters he supported the tax and benefits package negotiated with Republicans because "I don't believe is a better deal out there."
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I think it is time for the ultra left to shut up and start going after those right wingnuts who have obstructed government the last two years. Congress and the senate did not have the balls to deal with with the tax cuts last summer, and left the president only three weeks to get the job done. Then, they said they did not like the agreement, and attacked the president for their own failure. Time to stop being stupid and start going after the GOP Baggers instead.
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Marty, FL
I tend to agree with a temporary extension, but there should be reasonable compromises that the GOP is willing to make for the majority of Americans first–repeal DADT, ratify START, pass the Dream Act, and the 9/11 Responders Bill.
Jayden,FL
Seeing President Clinton speak at the podium brings back so many good memories from the 90s... I wish wish wish President Clinton could run again for President but he can 😦
PS- When Obama left the conference i thought it was funny.. lol
stufit
"I did not have sex,ual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinksy" Famous Clinton line, later proven and admitted to be a lie. Why would even a democrat liberal consider him any kind of authority?
stufit. . . when Bush lied thousands died.
I meant can't-
Richard M. Humphreys
Don't often write about these things. I respect Borger, Gergen, et al but the commentary on stagecraft and the pluses and minuses of leaving CPOTUS on the podium missed the central perspective-that of the average american watching the ex president. Bill was masterful in explaining to "Janet Busdriver" why the tax deal was good for her and I think that message got through. Bill demonstrated a casual mastery of critical supportive facts and equally important....he made the case in an easy fireside chat manner. A coup for Barack with the American people
OBAMA-2010
@ Marty, FL–I completely agree with your point regarding the reasonable compromise. I totally support President Obama's position regarding the tax cut issue. It is not the best deal; however, it does give the American people another couple of years to get their act together. It's not enought that the GOP is making a case of victory in this matter, but for the Democrats to scoff at the President; that is totally disrespectful!! I am a currently a moderate conservative democrat, but the more I read and think and the issues of concern, the more I see the need to move from the democratic party and transistion as an independent. I don't like the tactics being played by the GOP nor the Democrats for that matter.
once upon a horse
BUBBA HAS SPOKEN!! now it's time to move on.
Albo58
Well, if a perjury-convicted rapist thinks it's a good idea, then what's the point in discussing it further? Geez, the Dimwits must have been salivating to see the current and former POTUS at the same podium...pathetic!
GonzoinHouston
There's a much better deal out there. Let the tax cuts expire, then wait 3 months before you start talking. By that the point the GOP will give Obama absolutely anything and everything he ever wanted. The GOP's main interest is the rich, and their main interest is not paying taxes. The original Bush tax cuts were hugely tilted for the rich. Once the tax cuts expire, the middle class will discover that their taxes have gone up very little but the rich are getting hit hard. The pressure on the GOP will be huge, and that's when you want to negotiate.
Sniffit
Keep it up GOPers and corporatocrats....you think the mild "hacking" that occurred with respect to Assange's arrest was bad? HAHAHAHA...just wait until the mouse roars.
@ Liberated Liberal,
Looks like Wire Palladin is from SF...self-explanatory.
@ OBAMA 2010
I wholeheartedly concur with you, on all your well-stated points.
Dear Bubba:
There is a third option for a better deal, and it's rapidly approaching go time. The Teatards will look like wet kittens in comparison to the waking of the sleeping giant.
Liberated Liberal
I think the President finally admitted he can't do anything anymore. Please put Bill in charge!
I take it then that you've never discussed an idea or a proposal you've had with someone who may have relevant experience in your endeavor? I suppose then that it would be beneath you to seek counsel when needed, advice when necessary, or just an "ear" to bounce your ideas to? I congratulate you for being an "island".
Our President is a man, a leader, and concerned enough about ensuring that those that just "refuse to get it" for x or y reason at least have been given every available 'medium'/opportunity from whatever sources to UNDERSTAND what they think they should reject off-hand. I was one of those people. And if that means utilizing Bubba and his soft-spoken easy-going, you-know-me, I look like you approach, then so be it.
Our President is a brilliant and caring man. And quite frankly this country does not deserve his extraordinary and unappreciated efforts.
Obama 2012.
Four and The Door
This tax deal is going to pass. And then it is going to work. And who gets credit? Who cares? It will work and then we all benefit. ( But one thing's for sure. A recovering economy will certainly be good for Obama either way ).
Albo58 – Perjury convicted rapist? WHERE dude? For the perjury part, fine. For the convicted part (you mean the impeachment by all those liars and hypocrites that dare to pose as moral examples even today?), fine. But... rapist?
You don't like him, alright, but you know that accuse someone of a crime that he/she did not commit is a crime in itself, don't you?
Sore loser...
Vitter, Newt, Sanford, Craig..@ Stufit we REALLY don't want to get into a character issue here now DO WE???
T'sah from Virginia
@Marty FL
AGREE – and also get a few more "tidbits" – I mean, it would NEVER add up to what the RICH are getting.
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Now when you see someone there's nothing left to say. You've already seen the pictures from their trip to Rio on Facebook. You've read their tweets about the diet their on.
And they already texted you about the pregnancy scare. So you end up just sitting and staring at each other until you both start texting other people.
Ellen is one of my favorite comedians. Now that I have read her third book, I am going to go back and read her other two, My Point Nov 22, Davytron rated it did not like it Recommends it for: As expected, this book was a joke get it, because Ellen is a comedienne? Yes, there are moments where I laughed out loud but that does not make up for the significant lack of cohesion or purpose behind anything Ellen wrote.
It's as if she had come up with a bunch of unrelated but great one-liners and observations but didn't have anywhere to stick them in her As expected, this book was a joke get it, because Ellen is a comedienne?
It's as if she had come up with a bunch of unrelated but great one-liners and observations but didn't have anywhere to stick them in her show so she decided to unload them in a completely random fashion in an overpriced, super short book. So many of the chapters were meandering stories that had no relation to the actual point. One chapter she abruptly stopped and said "maybe I shouldn't have written this chapter" after getting off track. This book was seemingly Ellen's attempt at encouraging people to be happy.
She tries to emphasize the importance of doing stuff, communicating, and eating right. It was particularly ridiculous when Ellen chastised society for preferring shorter, impersonal communication e.
Was she talking about her own book? Because her book is the embodiment of the preference she criticizes. The chapters are at max 4 pages each with giant font and margins; any idea she presents is briefly touched upon but never elaborated or explained.
If you're a fan of Ellen and desperate to read this book, just sit in the bookstore and read it for free. It will only take you an hour, you can laugh at Ellen's comedic observations, and you won't have supported this transparent celebrity cash grab. Real artists struggle to get their books published and this tripe was clearly published only because omg it's Ellen!!
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Sep 25, Natalie Monroe rated it liked it Shelves: Unless you're a serial killer. You're not going to buy this book. You're not going to borrow it from the library. You're going to click on the nifty quotes section on the right and read through them. Snort into your coffee.
Laugh embarrassingly loud at work, or on the train, or wherever you are right now. Then click out. Mark Seriously I'm Kidding as read and check out a cute kitten video. Because you're done. The actual book is disjointed, overly quirky, and not remotely an autobiography like its blurb suggests. Ellen DeGeneres is best experienced through cute quips.
You'll be finished in a third the time and zero the annoyance. This book is a bunch of absurd disorderly ideas. But it still deserves 4 stars. Well because it makes me laugh and clap, which many other books cannot. Dec 13, Sandy rated it did not like it.
I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres is a goofy, cute, and at-times comical book. If you like Ellen's brand of humour then this is a nice escape for a few hours. It's also a very quick read meant to pass the time. The book is supposed to highlight what's going on in Ellen's life but I'm able to pick out very little of what I think are actually real slices of her life when the rest is just meant to amuse and distract the Seriously The book is supposed to highlight what's going on in Ellen's life but I'm able to pick out very little of what I think are actually real slices of her life when the rest is just meant to amuse and distract the reader.
This is not a memoir, a biography, or a serious book of any genre or nature.
I'm not sure you can even classify it as nonfiction. I'm not sure if you're even supposed to say it's for adults or for children, or even teens. But if you want a break from something serious or heavy then pick up this book I recommend borrowing from your local public library like I did for you to focus on. The rest are just her jokes and ramblings. View all 5 comments. Dec 29, Jason rated it liked it Shelves: I only snickered a couple times while reading this.
I wanted to laugh out loud! My favorite standard Ellen jokes are when she talks about not wearing pants or drinking too much wine. I guess my expectations were a little off when I read this. I wanted to hear jokes or more about Ellen's life, but instead, I got chapters where she encouraged me to recycle, to be happy, and to meditate.
She sounded an awful lot like Oprah. Not really. Ellen doesn't take herself too seriously. See the title. She e I only snickered a couple times while reading this. She even took a few jabs at Oprah in the book, which made me laugh. In one chapter, Ellen mentions a time when Portia thought she discovered a new species of animal, but it just turned out to be a javelina. I live in Oklahoma. I've never heard of a javelina! I had to get out of my comfy chair and walk over to my laptop and find a picture of a javelina on Google.
I really would have appreciated a picture of a javelina in the book. It could just be a stock photo. Other pictures from Ellen's stories would have been welcomed as well. She could have also added funny captions below each picture. Mar 23, Tisha rated it it was ok. Ellen DeGeneres is one of my favorite TV personalities. I watch her shows almost like an addict! So naturally I was very excited about reading her book. But I am disappointed!
First of all, it was not an actual book for me. I would rather love to call it a journal or something that one writes in an informal way! And the contents of it were another issue for me. Well, I really expected to laugh out loud reading her book just like I do while watching her shows. I found out pretty dull and if you watch her shows then you know most of these facts already! So, my high anticipation just turned into dissatisfaction!
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Not everyone is able to do everything perfectly! Jul 06, Kristen Richeal rated it did not like it. Crystal Starr Light. I meant to read her other book but forgot until I saw this book of hers came out, but for some reason never got around to either one. In my humble opinion, this is a better way to read Ellen's books. Another case of 'Why not? Let's go for it: There were times when my inner cynic popped up but overall this was alot of fun.
The "pointless" chapters were some of my favorites: It's about knowing and accepting who you are. True beauty is about who you are as a human being, your principles, your moral compass.
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If it rings, there must be danger. Is someone tied up in the old sawmill? I just called to say hi. We can say please and thank you. We can be punctual. We can just be nicer to one another. It's something we have in our power to do. It reminds me of that Margaret Mead quote: Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. This more amusing than laugh-out-loud funny, it's a bit all over the place but that's half the charm really: One of the shortest audiobooks I've read but it did lift my mood so mission accomplished?
Would recommend, especially if you are a fan of Ellen, but I would recommend borrowing it from the library or a friend before you commit to buying it. Crystal's review Jan 09, Erin rated it really liked it. I love Ellen. After listening to this audiobook I still love Ellen! Some people don't normally find her that amusing. To those people I say, "You're stupid.
If you didn't think that was funny, then you might not like this book. But to me, it was laugh-out-loud hilarity the whole way through. A few jokes were even so funny that I kept reliving them afterwards and going around town laughing sporadically.
It is probably best that I just let people think that I'm laughing at them rath I love Ellen. It is probably best that I just let people think that I'm laughing at them rather than explaining about how I'm laughing at Ellen's joke about "getting back on the horse" where she preteded she was actually getting back on those little merry-go-round pay coin-pay horses outside of the grocery store.
I love Ellen and I record her show every day because it makes me happy! The best is when SHE starts laughing. I crack-up forever. I'm seriously still laughing at this time when Debra Messing was on about 5 years ago and a recorder-playing man dressed in a soldier suit started cheerfully walking by.
This clip doesn't quite do it justice because it doesn't show the interruption, but maybe it will make you laugh anyway. If you've read this far then you must be a friend or just have a lot of time on your hands! Aug 08, La-Lionne rated it really liked it Shelves: Overall, the book was wonderful. It had so many laugh-out-loud moments. What made it even better, was that there were many great advices.
Humor aside, Ellen Degeneres is a very cool woman and is easy to relate to.
Aside from the fact that she is rich and famous: The reason I'm taking away one star is because some of the jokes just didn't translate as well on the paper. Without her tone of voice and facial expressions, it's just wasn't the same. I've been a fan of her show forever, and on TV, s Overall, the book was wonderful. I've been a fan of her show forever, and on TV, she's a beast.
It's all just minor hick ups, I would still recommend this book. Go Ellen! View all 3 comments. This was nothing but Ellen's very random thoughts similar to her stand up routines in the old days, interspersed with many MANY reminders to watch her talk show.
I found the audio version, narrated by Ellen herself, funny for about 5 minutes and then it was just silly. If you like silly, you'll love this!! If not, do something else for 3 hours, like watch Ellen reruns.
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View all 4 comments. Mar 13, Barbara rated it liked it. I listened to the audio version of this book and it's a lot like watching Ellen talk on her television show - lots of casual, humorous observations about everyday life.
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Vegan Cooking For Carnivores: Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller that makes healthful, conscious cooking easy, from Ellen DeGeneres's personal chef. Home by Ellen DeGeneres. Kobo ebook. In a statement, DeGeneres said that the series "didn't feel like the right fit for me". The series had a preview episode on December 18, with regular episodes beginning the following January. Presented after two cancellations due to network concerns that a lavish ceremony following the September 11 attacks would appear insensitive, the show required a more somber tone that would also allow viewers to temporarily forget the tragedy.
DeGeneres received several standing ovations for her performance that evening, which included the line: "What would bug the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews? This was three weeks after Hurricane Katrina , making it the second time she hosted the Emmys following a national tragedy.
She also hosted the Grammy Awards in and in On September 7, , DeGeneres was selected to host the 79th Academy Awards ceremony, which took place on February 25, And I want to put this out there: If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would be no Oscars, or anyone named Oscar, when you think about that. The resulting photo of twelve celebrities broke the previous retweet record within forty minutes and was retweeted over 1.
DeGeneres' dog collection at PetSmart was launched in February , [47] and a cat line was introduced later that year. She also provided the voice of the dog in the prologue of the Eddie Murphy feature film Dr. In , the commercial won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial. DeGeneres began working with CoverGirl Cosmetics in September , for which she has been criticized, as her animal-friendly values clash with Procter and Gamble's the maker of CoverGirl Cosmetics animal testing.
The beauty campaign was DeGeneres' first. Penney in a tour and advertising campaign. Her line of home products, initialized as E. She explained her choice of name, claiming that she often sees the number when looking at her clocks, that she found Greyson on the 11th, and that the singer's soccer jersey has the number The first act she signed to the label is Greyson Chance.Available for download.
The more nonsense was said, the more fuming I got. As in, mememememeeme. Oct 05, Jasmine rated it liked it Shelves: Audio CD Verified Purchase. Error rating book. Get it by Tuesday, Jun 04 Only 1 left in stock - order soon. One chapter is made up entirely of her making sounds. Home by Ellen DeGeneres Jan 1, Return to Book Page.
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Martin Luther declared here I stand rejecting papal authority and standing on the authority of scripture. On one side was the Pope, the direct link one pope after another back to Christ, as it was argued and to that authority all must submit.
In response, the Protestant principle became sola scriptora, scriptora sola, only scripture. In Protestant Christianity, responsible searching for the truth involved dealing first of all with the Bible and for some Protestants only with the Bible where every other potential authority was ruled out.
Gradually over the last couple of centuries pressure has been building against that authoritative position of scripture. Some of the origin of that pressure has been from within the church and some has been from outside.
Thus, I was trained to analyze the Bible like any other piece of literature and I have never interpreted it literally. And then the scientific method arose and particularly the work of Charles Darwin and evolution. But other factors developed. The ending of slavery within the British Empire and the American Civil War were huge attacks on the centrality of scripture because the Bible accepts slavery and there are accounts of preachers going around the southern States declaring that the Confederacy may have lost the war but the principle of slavery was still right because of its biblical support.
World War I became a huge dividing line where chaplains on each side of the war carried identical bibles, represented the same God, prayed for victory such as is described possible in the Bible but truthfully it was nothing but European colonial powers in a brawl who threw their young men into a holocaust of destruction.
The rise of women has been a major attack against some of the basic social principles espoused in the Bible. And at the moment the present fight in various Christian churches over homosexuality has to do with by what authority shall we make a decision when the Bible condemns homosexuality even if the condemnation is very marginal.
Now, I suspect that a number of you were raised in a Christian church and if you were raised in a Protestant church I would hazard that at some point you rejected the church because of its position on science, women or some other factor and that factor would be rooted in a particular understanding of the Bible. And if you were raised in a Roman Catholic Church I would hazard that at some point you rejected the church because of its hierarchy rooted in the Pope or because of one of the positions taken by that hierarchy.
So that is the rummage sale going on in the church right now: Everything is out there on the street and there is this bidding war going on as to what authority will be used to decide on truth, meaning and so on.
My question is, by what authority will Unitarians, will this congregation, decide what is truth. What deserves your loyalty in terms of meaning, value and significance? How do you decide? For instance, you have a very fine hymnary with some quite traditional Christian hymns that here and there have been changed in wording.
Besides being responsible and free, what values did those folk who prepared this hymnary use in their decision making? I am not suggesting that you adopt this but in my United Church tradition we have what is called the Wesleyan quadrilateral, a kind of four legged stool to sit on.
It suggests that in sorting out truth and meaning there are four sources that have to be used to test out the worthiness or value of a truth: When it is the Bible only, you get fundamentalism. When it is personal experience only, it is the tyranny of narcissistic individualism. When it is tradition only, nothing changes. When it is reason only, it is intellectual game playing. The four sources need to be in dialogue and in tension with each other.
So, can I call you my Unitarian friends? What content do you put into those words and would you lay claim to other values that would go into this process of seeking out truth and meaning? Maybe there is nothing else you would name but my invitation today is for you to contemplate whether, in naming truth and meaning for you, there are sources of authority that you rely on but which are not specifically named in these principles.
In , at an archaeological dig in downtown Toronto a remarkable find was made. Beneath the old Sackville Street School playground were traces of a house, a shed, and a mysterious cellar. Between June and October , the site received more publicity than any dig in Canadian history. Journalists from all over the world interviewed staff, produced television and radio programs, and published articles that appeared in newspapers from Kuwait to Japan.
Respected scholars traveled to Toronto to discuss the findings. More than three thousand schoolchildren and members of the public participated in the summerlong dig. Thousands of fascinated visitors came to watch, intrigued by the painstakingly slow process of piecing together the story of two human lives, written there in the soil in fragments of pottery and bits of broken glass. An abolitionist newspaper dating to showed Mr. Blackburn as leaders in the campaign to end slavery in the United States and to help its refugees make new homes once they reached freedom.
But the most intriguing information came from Michigan. These were the first racial riots in the city of Detroit. In fact, it was the Blackburn case that formally established Canada as the main terminus of the Underground Railroad.
Yet until archaeologists discovered the site of their Toronto home, the Blackburns had been forgotten. They had no children. They never learned to read or write, and to this day not a single photo of the couple has come to light. Thornton and Lucie Blackburn were all but lost to history.
All trails led back to Kentucky. Thornton was sold as a slave at age three and grew to be a young man of character and determination. He met and married another slave while they were both in captivity. But they were discovered by slave catchers in Michigan and slated to return to Kentucky in chains, until the black community rallied to their cause.
The Blackburn Riot of was the first racial uprising in Detroit history. The couple was spirited across the river to Canada, but their safety proved illusory. The Blackburn case was the first serious legal dispute between Canada and the United States regarding the Underground Railroad.
But they never forgot the millions who still suffered in slavery. The Blackburns died in the s, and their fascinating tale was lost to history.
Lost, that is, until a chance archaeological discovery in a downtown Toronto school yard brought the story of Thornton and Lucie Blackburn again to light. The collective experience of the Blackburns therefore encompassed some years of history, and on both sides of the long border the United States shares with Canada. The Blackburn saga is framed within the history of Africans in America and their ongoing resistance to the inferior and exploited status colonialism thrust upon them.
This rejection of their enslavement by the turn of the nineteenth century had culminated in the establishment of well-worn paths leading out of the slave states. These clandestine routes and the courageous individuals who assisted those who traveled came to be known as the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad occupies a very special place in the North American saga. Tales of hidden tunnels and false-bottomed wagons, perilous escapes by night and brazen daylight rescues all paint an enthralling picture.
Yet the stories we learn are filtered through much embroidered late-nineteenth-century accounts by white authors. In the place of the daring freedom-seekers who made the perilous journey north, the heroes have become whites who helped them on their way. Yet surviving slave narratives show that most people escaped alone and unaided. The North Star was, in many instances, the only friend that the weary and footsore fugitive found on his pilgrimage to his new home among strangers.
Jackson told the same story: They knew no other resource than to depend upon their own chance in running away and secreting themselves. The Blackburns traveled the routes of the Underground Railroad as it was, rather than as myth and legend would have it be. No one will ever know how many African Americans fled slavery in the tumultuous years before the Civil War.
Black people in the United States had been escaping those who claimed their service almost since the first Dutch slave ship landed her human cargo at Jamestown in Some runaways formed maroon communities beyond the outposts of white settlement.
Estimates of those who came to Canada range between 20, and , Reliable contemporary observers place the number at somewhere between 30, and 35, over the entire antebellum period. African Americans waged a daily, unrelenting battle against their enslaved condition. Charismatic leaders arose to foment revolts always limited in scale and quickly contained, but these struck terror into the hearts of whites across the South. Such collective resistance was relatively rare, for the entire system of the slaveocracy militated against bondspeople being able to organize or arm themselves.
Instead, when the beatings, hunger, and the destruction of family occasioned by sale and sexual interference became too much to bear, African Americans made the single most overtly antislavery statement possible, short of suicide or murder: In so doing, they deprived their owners not only of their productivity and of their own market value but also that of their children and all ensuing generations. White America found ways of separating itself from blacks as fellow human beings.
People of color were required to carry with them papers attesting to their free status, lest they be taken up as fugitive slaves under harsh federal laws that enabled slaveholders to seek out their absconding property anywhere in the United States. Slavery in America was inextricably intertwined with the concept of race. Senate on February 6, The exodus of black men, women, and children from the slave states was a vast, collective rejection of their circumstances and of the racially biased rationalizations that supported slavery.
Whippings, mutilation, rape, and varied forms of physical and mental torture were ways in which the slaveholding class maintained its hegemony over its unwilling workers, and thousands of unacknowledged slaves provided much of the work in pioneer wagon trains heading to the U.
But slave narratives show that a majority of runaways fled for a more specific reason: When selling off slaves, they paid lip service to keeping couples or at least mothers and children together. These so-called Border States became a slave-producing resource for the larger, more prosperous plantation economy of the Lower South.
Wives and mothers, fathers, and even tiny babies were taken from their loved ones and sold far away. At the same time, the rift between North and South was widening into an irreparable chasm.
Increasing Northern and foreign criticism of the American slave system and resistance to the expansion of slavery into the newly added frontier districts resulted in a hardening of pro-slavery positions. A series of slave revolts terrified slaveholding whites and intensified efforts to control supposedly contented local black populations. In addition to the escalating threat of being sold away from their families, enslaved African Americans in the first decades of the nineteenth century suffered from enhanced surveillance, ever more limited mobility, and a host of other indignities and restrictions.
Slave flight to the Northern states and to destinations outside the borders of the United States turned from a trickle to a flood as conditions deteriorated in the South. Proslavery advocates blamed the progressively more vocal abolitionist movement for slave discontent and minimized the numbers of runaways officially reported, but the fact that mounting numbers of black Americans were taking terrible personal risks to flee bondage was difficult to counter.
It was to preserve their own marriage that Thornton Blackburn and his bride would make their own break for freedom in the summer of ; the year was significant, for was the watershed for abolitionism in the northern United States. Originally, the antislavery movement, a factor in both the South and the North in the Revolutionary era, had proposed that slaveholders support the gradual emancipation of African American slaves.
Some hoped slavery as an institution would die a natural death. But by the s, with increasing pressure to extend cotton-growing and the slavery that made it so profitable into the American West, it had become evident to antislavery advocates, both black and white, that the practice was not going to end anytime soon.
The first black antislavery convention had been held in Philadelphia in September , as African Americans of the urban North worked to create mechanisms to both combat Southern slavery and ameliorate the conditions of their own lives, for even as free people they were subjected to unrelenting racial discrimination. Then, in concert with black abolitionist leaders, a white printer from Newburyport, Massachusetts, named William Lloyd Garrison published the first issue of the antislavery paper The Liberator on January 1, As the antebellum years progressed, there was a measurable increase in both popular and political opposition to maintaining a system of human bondage in a nation founded on ideals of democracy and freedom.
Nearly three decades later this elemental conflict would culminate in the bloody Civil War. But before that time, a great many brave individuals, out of conviction or simple humanity, laid their livelihoods and even their lives on the line to support black refugees who chose to take the freedom road.
For fugitives like Lucie Blackburn and her husband, the odds against making a successful escape were staggering. Federal law facilitated the efforts of owners and the brutal slave catchers they employed to retrieve runaways throughout the United States and its territories. Local and state ordinances nearly everywhere prohibited black people from defending themselves against their white captors in courts of law.
That so many of the enslaved were able to liberate themselves is astonishing. That uncounted numbers were captured and carried back to places where white men ruled with the lash is unutterably tragic. Once unearthing the history of the Blackburns had begun, it became apparent why most literature about slavery and the Underground Railroad deals with the general rather than the particular.
Rescuing slaves was illegal under the federal Fugitive Slave Law and the much more punitive legislation passed in , so records of Underground Railroad routes and stations are scarce. Only since the middle decades of the twentieth century have most archives and libraries, historical societies and museums begun to preserve evidence pertaining to the heritage of peoples of the African Diaspora on this continent.
So much has been discarded, still more destroyed, carelessly and sometimes intentionally. Only a handful of authenticated fugitive slave stories survive, mainly in autobiographies and in narratives recorded by abolitionists.
Theirs was a heritage of oppression, with the vast majority of its documentation produced by slaveholders rather than slaves, most of the latter of whom were illiterate. The problem lies with names. Although soon after Africans landed in America, they adopted European-style surnames, these were rarely recognized within the slaveholding culture that governed their lives.
Most whites, if they acknowledged a surname for their servants at all, assumed that the slaves took the name of their owner. This was indeed often the case in the first generation out of Africa, but slaves were sold, inherited by married daughters, given away, or even raffled off as lottery prizes, and so, within a generation or two, a great many bore names that had no relation at all to the people who now claimed their service. The fact that white culture did not use slave surnames freed black Americans to choose ones they desired, pass them down through the female line as well as the male, and take names that pleased them rather than ones that carried any connection whatsoever to a hated master or difficult mistress.
Names of towns and cities were popular, as were the names of people who had been kind to them, important events or battles, and even European heroes or figures from the Revolutionary War era. To make people even more difficult to trace through history, records kept by white slave owners and overseers only very rarely mentioned slave surnames at all. It was part of the culture of domination they maintained to address even venerable black bondspeople by only their first names, as one might with children or pets.
Personal papers might reveal a chance comment about this or that bondsperson. Family relationships can sometimes be inferred from sale documents, wills, or inventories. Hiring agreements help trace the movements of this or that slave over time. The vast population movements after the American Revolution further complicate the process of fugitive slave research.
As slaveholders pushed out into the American interior in the successive waves known as the Westward Movement, they carried with them their slaves. Archaeology is unique in that it gives voice to the inarticulate and the illiterate of any age, including, in this case, the relatively modern.
Each archaeological site is a window to the past; it exposes information about people who lived and worked and died in a specific place, at a fixed time. They left behind, in the very earth, a kind of picture puzzle of their lives.
There are always many pieces missing. But by placing the material culture of their everyday lives in historical context, one can discover an enormous amount about how the key events and larger social, economic, political, and cultural trends acted upon the people who lived through them.
And sometimes, as was the case with the Blackburns, one can discover what role they took for themselves as actors in that great play. All rights reserved to the author and kindly granted to the Unitarian Congregation of Guelph where the author gave an overview of her book and its spiritual connections. In September, at a discussion after a service I had done, Jim Wilton asked me if I would do a sermon about death.
He commented that Unitarian Universalists had a tendency to avoid the subject of death -- in fact, he thought we avoided the dark side of life in our determination to be hopeful and optimistic.
There is truth in Jim's perception and as I enjoy being challenged, I agreed to do some thinking about death for the next time I spoke.
I had actually been thinking a lot about death at that time as I had just started to work as a chaplain in a busy hospital in Hamilton. Much of my work involves patients and their family come to terms with medical diagnoses, amputations, or their impending death. It was not uncommon for me to deal with two or three deaths of patients on a night when it was my turn to be on call.
Each of us knows that life is terminal. However, there are different levels of that knowing. We use clich's when we refer to death to help us skim over the surface of our knowing. You can't take it with you, we say of material goods; or we won't live for ever. If we want to be indulgent, we might say, "Gather ye rose buds while ye may old time is soon a-passing.
Both time and experience remove those layers. I was 36 years old when my mother died suddenly and at that time I felt as though layers of my own mortality were suddenly stripped away. So much of my identity, my sense of self had been shaped by her that I felt like and aphid exposed to a world I no longer felt sure I fitted into. With time, and loving support, I survived and found strength and meaning which has helped me to better understand others.
Being present at the death of many strangers had a different effect on me. I find it very moving when I am requested to be present at the most vulnerable time for both the patient and their family. Grief is usually an expression of love and at times, the depth of feeling and connection I have experienced has deeply moved me. Let me tell you about Leon. If you use the Scotiabank at St George's Square, there is a poster beside the bank machine full of children's smiles.
Included is a picture of Leon, a man who was ill all of his life. I met him when I did a Remembrance Day service on his ward last year.
Leon was 47 years old, very frail and tiny as a result of his illness which had also necessitated the amputation of an arm and a leg. His family came from Holland and he told me with pride about the heroic behaviour of his relatives during the last war.
I did not have many more conversations with Leon, but I became very aware of his influence on other patience on my unit. So often, a patient adjusting to the loss of a limb, or in pain following surgery would say "I felt so sorry for myself -- until I talked to Leon. He gave me a different way to look at things. Some months ago, Leon had a second arm partially amputated in an unsuccessful attempt to save his life.
I was on call when his parents requested the Sacrament of the Sick, what used to be called The Last Rights. Leon was a devout Roman Catholic and as the priest anointed him with oil, he attempted to cross himself with the stump of his remaining arm. Both of his parents were deeply loving people, who had suffered alongside and who deeply admired their son. They very much wanted to give him permission to stop fighting, to go to sleep, to die. It gave them some comfort to hear how influential their son had been and I liked his father's comment, "If Leon is not in heaven, I don't think there is a heaven, nor would I want to be there.
What moved me deeply about this man was not just the very big spirit in the small, frail body. Nor was it the devout faith which had helped him right until the end. Leon was not a saint, he had been angry, depressed, questioning of life, but he also remained caring and connected to others, until the moment he died. It was his unflinching engagement in living with both its pain and its happiness which moved me deeply.
A week after I started thinking about this talk, I was alone at night in the hospital when I got the results of tests that confirmed that I had a malignant tumour in the tube connecting my kidney and bladder.
My thinking about life and death became very personal in the time before, during and after surgery. I learned a number of valuable lessons in this part of my journey. Firstly I found other people?
My first reaction was to tell only those very close to me who needed to know. Cancer can become a dirty little secret and it was a wise patient in the hospital who challenged my secrecy. She asked me how I would feel if the people I cared about wanted to withhold such information from me to protect me. She challenged me to make a list of people I cared about and to talk openly with each person on the list.
I am so glad I did, as the love and support I received from family, friends, colleagues and this congregation wove a magic carpet which floated me through the most difficult days. The experience has been life altering in positive ways. I have become more comfortable in my own skin. More in tune with my own needs and more balanced in regard to what I give to life and what I get from life. My own career direction has changed too.
I no longer plan to be an ordained minister; instead I intend to continue to be one of the many who minister in this congregation. Fear of death can dominate and direct how we live our lives. Joseph Addison says "The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their lives which infallibly destroy them.
I always loved the movie "Moonstruck" The mother in the film acted by Olivia Dukakis is a very pragmatic woman who knows that her husband of many years loves her, but she is trying to work out why he also needs to have a young mistress. Eventually she understands -- it's because he is afraid to die. Sometimes it is our work, our prestige, which provides our buffer against death and as each of these gets removed, we come face to face with ourselves and our mortality.
Facing death means facing the purpose and meaning of life. The children's story I chose today and Tom Harpur's essay present a view of life after death which appeals to me. My two years at seminary studying church scripture and history helped me understand that hell- however well Dante described it -- hell was used by the church as a means of controlling people with the threat of perdition.
The truth is that we don't know what happens when we die. It makes as much sense to think that we might come back and have another life as it does to conceive of heaven and hell.
Personally, I like the image of death liberating our souls so that they can be freed to move off like the dragonfly. When I was young, Dylan Thomas' poem made sense to me: However, as I get older and closer to my own death, I find I admire a different kind of courage.
It is the behaviour best described in the last stanza of a poem called courage by Anne Sexton: When you face old age and its natural conclusion Your courage will still be shown in the little ways, Each spring will be a sword you'll sharpen Those you love will live in a fever of love, And you'll bargain with the calendar And at the last moment When death opens the back door You'll put on your carpet slippers and stride out.
Last week I had the privilege of meeting a woman with this kind of courage. She used to be a member of this congregation over 30 years ago. She's been told that she has only a few months of living still to do. She is planning her memorial service and the details of her cremation so that her sons and her husband will not have to guess at her wishes. This is someone who loves life, her family, her plants, her garden and some beautiful objects which she cherishes.
I found her ability to gaze steadily at death was reflected in her engagement of life. When death opens the back door, she will put on her carpet slippers and stride out. I'd like to think I would have the courage to do the same. The folk song, Bobby McGee, has a line which has always haunted me. Freedom meant not being accountable to anyone or for anything. When Martin Luther King made his famous "I have a dream" speech, he gave a vivid picture of a world without racial prejudice where people of colour could truly be free from oppression "Free at last, free at last, thank God I am free at last.
Bush talks about freeing Iraqi people in the name of democracy, I have a feeling of dissonance. What he calls "freedom" seems more like exploitation for his own energy-focused purpose. As Unitarian Universalists we refer to ourselves as a liberal religion. We covenant together for a free and responsible search for truth and meaning. From outside our denomination some people think that that means we are so open-minded that we accept everyone and every idea so like Bobby McGee we have "nothing left to lose.
Ours is a creedless faith. The mystery is always greater than the name. We do not require our members to subscribe to a particular theology in order to join our congregations. Instead we encourage individuals to garner insights from all the world's faiths, from science, from feminism, poetry and experience and each one of us shapes our own personal faiths.
However, although the individual is the ultimate source of religious authority, it is not the only source. If it were the only source, we could easily fall prey to the condition which afflicted Otto Von Bismark, the German Chancellor, of whom it was said, that he believed firmly and deeply in a God who had the remarkable faculty of always agreeing with him. Our individual views are tempered by history and need always to be tested within the crucible of our religious community.
Both our Unitarian and our Universalist tradition rejected the notion that higher authorities be they rabbis, theologians, or bishops could impose their views on the laity and this is the origin of our freedom of belief. But our traditions also supply us with a rich legacy of positive affirmation from Universalism's faith in a benevolent god to Unitarianism's assurance that human beings have within themselves the capacity to shape their future.
Freedom of belief exists in dynamic tension with the insights of our history and the wisdom of our community. It is true that we welcome the devout atheist and the ardent Christian, but one could never advocate racism or genocide and still in a meaningful sense call oneself a Unitarian Universalist. Our religious search requires that we are both free and responsible. The word "freedom" comes from an ancient Norse root verb that means to become loving.
Freedom is not a state of being, but is more accurately a choice for becoming. So our religious freedom is about becoming never about just being. As freethinkers we need to keep expanding to stay evergreen and avoid psycho-sclerosis -- the hardening of mind and spirit. Our responsibility is to deal with the diversity which our freedom produces not to shy away from it. Avoiding or ignoring our differences may make for more comfort, but the avoidance will not encourage us to move along in our search for truth and meaning.
Giving voice to deeply held beliefs can be a transformative experience. When you make the effort to put your thoughts into words, you not only feel more free, but you also become aware and more conscious of what you really think!
Some Unitarian Universalist churches make a time in the services sometimes as part of chalice-lighting, where individuals make short faith statements. Articulating our beliefs helps us, helps others and makes it easier for us to speak openly about our beliefs to others outside our church when we have practiced in the context of our community. Our personal search for truth and meaning carries the responsibility that we do not hold our beliefs rigidly. We need to be able to blur our boundaries to allow humanism to discipline our affinity for mystical experience; to discover the Buddhist or Christian truths which enrich our rational thought and acknowledge the earth-centred nature of existence which can be forgotten in high-minded philosophy.
The beauty of our religion is that as we each tell our stories and as we listen to each others wisdom we can learn from it all. A good example of this was in a recent Hamilton Unitarian Universalist chuch newsletter where Allison, the Minister, stated: The humanists know that the theists need to hear the word "God" every now and again, and the Christians know that it means a lot to the pagans to hear "Earth Mother" and "Goddess" from time to time.
The agnostics and atheists come to worship even though they are not sure what if anything they are worshipping and the Buddhists bow their heads in prayer although they may be meditating, we can't really tell! We recognize that we come from different traditions but there is a unity and a universality that shines through all that distinguishes us.
That spirit is what we truly celebrate in our services. For many of us, becoming Unitarian Universalist was a liberating experience. We were freed from rigid creeds, doctrines and authorities which restricted our spiritual growth.
Freedom also includes the responsibility to articulate our beliefs, to understand and include the beliefs of others and to put our beliefs into action through our behaviour.
Marion Ham summed up these ideas in the words of one of our hymns which see each of us as a stream. Before I begin, I need to make a disclaimer about some shameless plagiarism. A few weeks ago the Elora Chant Group delighted me and many others in this congregation.
I had been percolating ideas about this sermon and the words of their chants have somehow inserted themselves into my talk this morning. All around us things are growing: Leaves are breaking out on trees; crocuses, snow drops and scillas give a wonderful jolt of unfamiliar colour in gardens as the symphony of spring begins again. For some of us, this process lifts our spirits and brings us new energy.
We'll start our thinking of spiritual growth here in our gardens. Seeds are buried deep in the earth and now they are beginning to stir. As they feel the warmth of the sun, they start to stretch after their long sleep, they break their outer shell as the moisture from the rain soaks in and the earth gives them nourishment through their roots.
The seed feels the warmth through the layers of soil. Over my head I hear singing in the air: There must be a God somewhere. Perhaps for you it is a goddess, perhaps a spirit, a higher power or a sense of wonder. No matter the name, the beginning warmth that stirs the seed of the spirit, the warmth that creates the wonder, the yearning, the connection with the eternal comes from beyond us, connects us, warms us, and starts the questing of our inner soul.
When I use the word soul, I am not focusing on the Christian idea of soul as the part of the human which lives eternally. I am focusing on the soul as the seat of human personality, the soul as the fundamental part of our nature and the essence of who we are. We need to return again. The religious way is the deep way -- the way that dips into the heart of things, that sees what physical eyes alone fail to see, the intangibles at the heart of every phenomenon.
Sometimes we need to visit the shadow of our soul. Each of us has a pattern and shape to our lives which is made on choices we made and situations and events which occurred to give our life its unique shape.
Beyond this is the shadow of who we are not, the other life, the other person, the other place, the other ways of looking at life. Spiritual growth and the care of our soul requires us to open our hearts wider than they have been before, softening the moralism that may have characterized our attitudes and behaviour for years. Moralism is one of the most effective shields against the soul protecting us from its intimacy.
As we deal with the complexity of the soul, morality can deepen and drop its simplicity becoming more demanding and also more flexible. The family is the nest in which the soul is born. The family is a microcosm reflecting the nature of the world which runs on both virtue and evil. No family is perfect and in reality most have serious problems contrary to the image of sanitized families depicted on television.
The prefix "dys" in dysfunctional is representative of the Roman name for the mythological underworld. Soul enters life from below, through the cracks, finding an opening into life at the points where smooth functioning breaks down. We need to recover our soul by reflecting deeply on the events that have taken place in the crucible of the family. The sentimental image of family can be a defense against the pain of proclaiming the family in what it really is, a sometimes comforting and sometimes devastating house of memory and life.
The Christian image of God as our father in heaven looks different for each person depending on their experience and view of fathers. Yet there is a sense that part of our spiritual journey is to find the deep father figure that provides a sense of authority and wisdom. Care of the soul's fathering requires that we sustain the experiences of absence, wondering, longing, melancholy, separation, chaos, and deep adventure. For some people, the kind of authority and wisdom we need comes from scriptures or prophetic writings.
Revisiting scripture in seminary as a Unitarian has for me been a deeply enriching experience. The historical metaphors and stories have stimulated my imagination and thinking especially when my life experience confirm the ring of truth in these stories that still has relevance today. You may have a different source for the authority and wisdom that feeds your soul.
Whatever it is recognize it consciously and visit that place. Like the rain for our seed in the earth, our spirits grow when we soak them in spiritual wisdom.
As Unitarian Universalists, we covenant to affirm and promote: My friend Ann Treadwell mused that she was curious why these two ideas were joined. Perhaps they were really two separate principles and we wanted to keep the number limited to seven, and so lumped them together. She correctly concluded there was a rationale why acceptance of others is tied to spiritual growth. Actively living in religious community is the earth that nourishes spiritual growth.
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A LITTLE TALK WITH THE RUNNING GODS!
by Nancy Shura-Dervin
2012 BULLDOG 50K/25K RACE REPORT
After last year's Bulldog races heated up to a record 109 degrees, I had a little talk with the running gods the night before the start of the 2012 races. The first light of dawn on race day was thick with ocean fog and the temperature felt chilly as the 50K runners lined up for early morning bib pickup. It was with much relief that I conducted a trail briefing and sent the 50K runners on their way. The morning hours were cool and overcast and should have contributed to some very fast times but in the end, all the course records were broken by women!
Our 2012 Men's 50K Champion is 27-year-old Rickey Russell from Novato, CA. Rickey's 4:02:46 finish captured the win followed by 50-year-old Robert Leonardo (4:04:21) and 41-year-old Shawn Waco (4:13:25). Rickey only ran his first and second marathons (both trail races) in the last year with a best of 3:38:02.
The 2012 Ladies' 50K Champion is seasoned ultra runner Eileen Kickish (age 32) from Fountain Valley, CA in a time of 4:40:07. Second place female is the 2010 50K Champion, 41-year-old Maggie Beach (4:43:34) and 25-year-old Kristina Tudor (4:51:53) came in third among the females.
A new 50K Ladies F50-59 CR was set by Lora Zagnoli (5:21:24).
The 25K Trail Run was won by 32-year-old Benjamin Maniatis, who came in second overall at the 2012 Valley Crest Half Marathon in June! Benjamin's time of 1:49:45 was respectably ahead of second place Simren Dulai (1:53:49) and third place overall, who happened to be our 25K Female Champion Annie O'Donnell!
Hot off her first marathon and first 26.2 win in July at Salt Lake City's Desert News Marathon, Annie ran 1:54:01 to set a new Ladies 25K CR by 12:06! 2011 25K Champion Anissa Faulkner (40) came in second with a time of 2:03:31 followed by 37-year-old Susan Mitchell (2:25:12).
Honorable Mention to a few runners who were missed in the first publication of race results:
— 25K: Rachel Solis - F/41 - 2:50:00
— 25K: Russ Pillar - M/47 - 2:43:40
— 25K: Julio Pineda - M/33 - 3:13:30
— 25K: Greg Andrews - M/42 - 2:45:28
— 25K: Stanley Choi - M/54 - 3:07:30
— 50K: Brian Dooley - M/39 - 7:59:02
— 50K: Tyler Garewal - M/24 - 5:55:00
Being aware of the challenge of recruiting volunteers for a long, hot summer ultra, we had some fantastic new peeps step up to man (and woman) the aid stations! Bulldog Lateral Station 1&5 was again hosted by our "regulars" Dennis Ladnier, Karen Mohr, Bill Gearhart and Lynn Zink who were joined by newbie Andrea Kooiman and her ez-up shade tents! Corral Canyon Station 2&6 was completely taken over by Randy & Sarita Shoemaker and their 805 Boot Camp Gang! If you go to our race photos and check the Course & Scenery album, you will see Grand Central Station up there, complete with boiled, salted potatoes! Tapia Station 3&7 was adopted by Jimmy Dean Freeman and the Coyote Runners. Race participants told me that they could hear the "howling"� for at least a mile as they descended down into the station! This year, we beefed up the MCSP Station by bringing the New Basin Blues team down from Corral to work Station 4. This added support gave the 50K runners a big boost and a little push as they started their second loop. Special thanks to Capt. Dan Westergaard and especially to Lisa Davis, who stayed until the very last 50K runner headed for the finish line.
We owe a huge debt of gratitude to our entire team of volunteers from the o-dark-early gate and parking monitors /bib pick up workers to the course sweepers and cleanup crew of one (thanks Murray Greenberg) and everyone in-between, including our CEMP Medical Team, the SFV Amateur Radio Club, and the cross country students from Reseda, Monroe and Panorama City High Schools. I wish we could list the names of every volunteer and say how much we appreciate you all!
Finally, but not least of all, BIG THANKS to our race sponsors who help with the awards, gifts and financial support of this event. Please take a moment to look at our Sponsor list and shop with our Sponsors http://www.trailrunevents.com/sponsors.asp!
The 2012 Bulldog Runs is dedicated to Ray Solis from the SFV Amateur Ham Radio Club who passed away on August 6. RIP Sweeper Ray.
Please mark your calendar for the 2013 Bulldog Trail Runs on Saturday, August 24!
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Judge finds Apple infringes on Qualcomm patent but declines to block iPhone imports
Qualcomm has lost a bid to block sales of certain iPhone 7 models in the U.S. — even though Apple is infringing on one of its patents.
A U.S. International Trade Commission administrative law judge ruled on Friday that Apple infringed on a power saving patent to extend battery life in mobile devices.
Even so, Judge Thomas Pender found it is not in the public interest to ban the sale of certain iPhone 7 models in the U.S. as Qualcomm sought.
Qualcomm can still make its case for a ban to the full International Trade Commission, but Pender’s ruling strikes a blow to its efforts to gain an upper hand in its wide-ranging legal war with Apple.
“We are pleased the administrative law judge found infringement of our patented technology, but it makes no sense to then allow infringement to continue by denying an import ban,” said Qualcomm General Counsel Don Rosenberg in a statement. “That goes against the ITC mandate to protect American innovators by blocking the import of infringing products.”
Rosenberg added that Qualcomm is looking “forward to a full ITC commission review in the coming months and continues to pursue the more than 40 other patent infringement cases we have brought against Apple globally.”
Last year, Qualcomm filed a patent infringement complaint with the ITC that sought to block the sale of iPhone 7 models that contain cellular modem chips from Intel and run on networks from AT&T and T-Mobile.
Qualcomm is the market leader for top-tier cellular modem chips that link smartphones to cell towers and the wider wireless network. It originally charged Apple with violating six patents but trimmed that number down to three just prior to a trial before Pender in June.
In his ruling Friday, Pender found that Apple does not infringe on the other two patents.
The ITC does not have the authority to levy financial penalties. All it can do is block infringing products from being imported into the U.S.
Before it takes that step, however, it must consider the “public interest,” including whether the ban would harm competition or consumers.
Apple argued that an import ban could force Intel to exit the cellular modem business – giving Qualcomm an even more dominant market position.
Qualcomm countered that Intel has spent billions developing 4G and 5G technologies, and it was highly unlikely that it would walk away from that investment.
In the end, Pender found “the statutory public interest factors weigh against issuing a limited exclusion order,” according to a summary of the ruling posted on the ITC website.
Apple applauded Pender’s ruling.
“Qualcomm has continued to unfairly demand royalties for technologies they have nothing to do with to protect their monopoly,” the company said in a statement. “We’re glad the ITC stopped Qualcomm’s attempt to damage competition and ultimately harm innovators and U.S. consumers.”
Qualcomm and Apple are fighting a fierce legal war in courts worldwide over intellectual property. It shows no sign of ending anytime soon. On Monday, Qualcomm upped the ante by accusing Apple of stealing proprietary software and providing it to Intel so it could develop more competitive cellular modem chips for smartphones.
Qualcomm has filed patent infringement and breach of contract lawsuits against Apple in Germany, China, the U.S. and elsewhere. Several of these cases go to trial later this year or next year.
Apple claims Qualcomm uses its market dominance in modem chips to force smartphone makers to overpay for use of its cellular inventions. It has stopped paying patent royalties to Qualcomm, and designed Qualcomm’s chips out of the latest iPhone models.
Qualcomm counters that its cellular technologies are the lifeblood of iPhones. Without them, iPhones would be glorified iPods, which sell for considerably less.
For use of Qualcomm’s patents, Apple was paying $15 to $20 per phone, according to analysts.
Qualcomm has a second infringement case against Apple pending at the ITC. It involves three additional patents. A trial was held earlier this month, where Apple likely made similar public interest arguments regarding a possible ban harming Intel and overall competition in the cellular modem market.
Pender is retiring from the ITC. A new administrative law judge is expected to release initial findings in the second case in January.
Qualcomm’s shares ended trading Friday up 32 cents at $72.03 on the Nasdaq exchange.
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Beloved Teacher Eric Rothschild Remembered at the White Plains Woman's Club
Written by Joanne Wallenstein
“He expanded the envelope of opportunity for every student, he championed all of us, he was that special teacher who could light you up, he changed my life….”
Those were just of the few of the words of praise spoken for beloved teacher and community member Eric Rothschild at a memorial service at the Woman’s Club of White Plains on Monday November 26, 2018. Hundreds of former students, colleagues, school administrators, friends, admirers and devotees braved the elements to attend the service for Rothschild who passed away at the age of 81 on October 30, 2018.
Not many 81 year-olds could draw an audience of this size, but Rothschild was more than a teacher -- he was a mentor, a lifelong friend and a guru to everyone who was blessed to be in his circle.
Family friend Peter Weintraub credited Rothschild with inspiring him to become a teacher. He said, “Every time a student comes to thank me, I say “don’t thank me,” thank Eric Rothschild.” He said that Eric remembered every student he ever taught, including their siblings, their children’s names and where they live now.” Another devotee said, “In the days before Facebook, Eric was a one man social network.”
Weintraub read “ A Giant Pine,” a poem by Georgie Harkness:
A giant pine, magnificent and old,
Stood staunch against the sky and all around
Shed beauty, grace and power. Within its fold
Birds safely reared their young. The velvet ground
Beneath was gentle, and the cooling shade
Gave cheer to passers-by. Its towering arms
A landmark stood, erect and unafraid,
As if to say, “Fear naught from life's alarms.”
It fell one day. Where it had dauntless stood
Was loneliness and void now. But those who passed
Paid tribute and said, “To have known this tree in life was good,
It left its mark on me. Its work stands fast.”
And so it lives. Such life no bonds can hold–
This giant pine, so magnificent and bold.
Former SHS teacher Neil Ginsberg paid Rothschild the highest compliment, saying, “Our country would not be in this mess if everyone had the privilege of being taught by Eric Rothschild.” Both Ginsburg and teacher Maggie Favretti spoke of Rothschild’s role as a mentor for their teaching careers at Scarsdale High School. As an aspiring teacher Ginsberg was told to “go see the best social studies teacher in Westchester County” and he was thrilled when Rothschild agreed to be his mentor. Favretti said, “Eric loved everything about teaching because he loved the kids.” She said, “He encouraged us to be more, to go to school, to do research … and he observed my European history class because he wanted to learn more.” Ginsberg continued, “He challenged students to be curious. His passion for learning was contagious. He was in a class of his own.”
Rashid Silvera, another legendary teacher in the Social Studies department at SHS also credited Rothschild for bringing him to Scarsdale when he was employed at a neighboring district. He said, “Eric invited me to be a part of his dream team.” Silvera reviewed some of the pivotal civil rights events that occurred during Eric’s student years at Scarsdale High School and Harvard College and said he “paid attention” and “they got into system.” He called Eric the father of STEP (Scarsdale Student Transfer Education Program) which he founded in 1966 to “let people from somewhere else come here so that we could feel them and they could go back and bring with them what we thought was good and glorious and true.”
Silvera remembered that when his own grandmother passed away, Eric sent his son Adam to Roxbury to attend the funeral “and give me love.”
Vic Leviatin, a friend for 56 years said Eric introduced him to tennis and to author Michael Harrington who at the time had just written “The Other America.” He remembered summers at Camp Andrewscoggin where Rothschild was head counselor, and credited him with helping Vic to design the W.I.S.E. Program, a precursor to the Senior Options program at SHS that became a model for similar programs all over the country.
Family friend and former student Anne Rubin was so impacted by knowing Eric and taking his AP US History course that she decided to become a professor of history. She said he was “brimming with enthusiasm,” and with “sheaf’s of notes and overhead transparencies he brought history to life.” Rothschild taught “the power of music and humor – and that history did not have to be dry.” She said, “My shelves are lined with books that he gave me…. Eric had this relationship; intellectual mentor, friend, and father with so many former students. He went to dozens of graduations and weddings. He tickled our babies.” She added, “He had the kindest biggest heart that I have even known. He gave of himself unselfishly. He will live on in my heart and in all of our hearts.”
Peter Rothschild, Eric’s brother quoted Martin Luther King, saying, “I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be.” Discussing his brother, he said “Eric’s passion gave his life meaning and vitality. Eric and teaching cannot be separated.
Teaching was everything … the joy of elevating interests and prospects of students was everything. He was that special teacher who could light you up. …I am so very proud of him.”
Addressing Eric’s many fans, eldest son Alan Rothschild said, “He took more pride in your success than his own.” Looking back on his life as Eric’s son, Alan remembered “seeing the man walk on the moon, summers at camp, hundreds of books, STEP picnics and visiting a family in Mississippi, family car trips to visit historical sites, his dad grading papers with a red felt pen and the ding of his typewriter.”
He said that his father had the first of several heart attacks when he was only 46, so when he got the diagnosis of Parkinson’s 13 years ago, he said, “Don’t worry, my heart will get me before Parkinson’s does!” Alan said his father met many challenges in the past 13 years, and the cognitive challenges of Parkinson’s scared him the most.
As he grew sicker Eric watched the NY Giants and said with increasing frequency, “The coaches are not listening to me. Take me down to the field so that I can talk to them.”
Adam Rothschild said, “Growing up as the son of Eric Rothschild was like having a very large family – I shared my Dad with all of you. It was great but there were some boundary issues. You hung out at our house… You cooked with us… You did research in our attic… You went to camp.”
He said the family had received many condolence letters since Eric passed away and called them “stunning and consistent.” He read one from a former student who is now a professor at the Air Force Academy who said, “Please know the impact he had on me.” He said he tells his own students, “I had a teacher who knocked it out of the park with every lesson. He opened our minds and challenged us to open them further.”
He ended with these words:
Death leaves a heartache no can heal
Love leaves a memory no one can steal.
People in the News: Frieman and Fishman
Eric FriemanTwo SHS grads were noted for their success in the past weeks:
SHS graduate Eric Frieman has been named by Forbes to the 30 Under 30 list for Healthcare. When Eric Frieman's older brother came back from deployment in Iraq, Eric wanted to make sure he had help if he needed it. It was hard to find. Frieman cofounded Veteran & First Responder Healthcare in 2016 to provide intensive outpatient addiction and mental health treatment programs. The company has grown to more than 60 employees and a partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Rob Fishman, a 2004 graduate of SHS has been named to Hollywood Reporter's “Next Gen 2018: Hollywood’s Rising Executives 35 and Under.”
Here’s the entry from the Hollywood Reporter: After building and selling his first two startups — data company Kingfish Labs to BuzzFeed in 2012 and influencer marketing firm Niche to Twitter for $30 million in 2015 — Fishman is busy on his third. His Brat digital studio, which has raised more than $40 million from such investors as Anchorage Capital and Shari Redstone's Advancit Capital, produces teen-centric shortform video series for distribution on social media. The 1-year-old company found early success with its Chicken Girls drama and Rob Fishman (Photo credit Ramona Rosales)subsequent movie, which amassed more than 15 million YouTube views. (Bill Simmons' teenage daughter is a fan.) Since then, Brat — which Fishman runs with Niche co-founder Darren Lachtman — has grown to 50 employees and is filming shows nearly every day out of its Hollywood production facility. "We've had a great opportunity to insert ourselves into youth culture really quickly," says the Cornell alumnus, who got his master's degree in journalism from Columbia and spent more than two years running social media for The Huffington Post. After years away from writing, Brat has given him the opportunity to brush up on that skill: "Now I get to rewrite our scripts."
A Celebration of Life in Honor of Jedd Sereysky
Jedd Benjamin Sereysky MD, PhD, 34, passed away on October 29th, 2018. Jedd was the son of Andrew and Joan Sereysky, brother of Brett Sereysky and husband of Jessica Nikitczuk Sereysky.
Jedd was born on July 18, 1984 in New York City and raised in Scarsdale. He graduated from Scarsdale High School in 2002 and then from the University of Rochester in 2006 with a BS and MS in Biomedical Engineering, with a focus on Biomechanics. He went on to earn his MD and PhD at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. He completed a General Surgery Residency at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, and had just begun training in the Harvard Combined Plastic Surgery Residency Program.
A Celebration of Life will be held at Goldwurm Auditorium of the Ichan Medical Institute, located at 1425 Madison Avenue, on Saturday, November 10th at 1:00PM. Jedd’s family and friends will be wearing bright colors and pastels to honor Jedd.
Jedd and Jessica’s first child, Benjamin, is due in January 2019. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked those who knew and loved Jedd to come together to support Benjamin’s education. For that reason, the JBS Memorial Scholarship has been created to ensure that Benjamin has every opportunity to pursue higher education in honor of his dad. Donations can be made here.
Four Prewriting Strategies For Writers Of All Ages
Written by Caroline Crossn Gilpin
When you need to turn a blank page into a brilliant essay, paper or presentation, try these prewriting exercises. They are easy, quick, and adaptable to any writing assignment. They are certain to generate ideas, organize your thinking, and inspire you to better writing. Try the four below and see which works best for you!
1) Free writing
Free writing is a process of generating a lot of information by writing non-stop. It allows you to focus on a specific topic, but forces you to write so quickly that you are unable to edit any of your ideas.
Time yourself! Free write on the assignment or general topic for 5 minutes non-stop. Force yourself to continue writing even if nothing specific comes to mind.
Don’t overthink it, and do not worry about grammar, spelling or even making sense.
Don’t judge what you write -- just get down as much as possible in the timed period.
After you've finished free writing, look back over what you have written and highlight the most prominent and interesting ideas. Then, if you like, you can begin all over again, with a tighter focus.
Take a look at the following example, which demonstrates the free writing method for the prompt “Where Should I Apply to College?” The writer is unconcerned with convention, style, or writing rules.
Where the heck am I going to apply to college? I have zero idea, how can I possibly know now as a teenager? College, stress, school, grades, maybe a Gap year? I don’t want an all-girls school even though my grandmother wants me to go to Mt. Holyoke because she did. I want a party school! YES, frat parties and football games and the stuff I have heard that sound so fun! I love parties. Parties, parties, parties. Big schools have that. School, college far away would be scary. Here is my partial list: UConn, Wheaton, Roger Williams (beach), U of Miami (warm), Brown (dream school can’t get in) and U of Wisconsin where the state makes a lot of cheese and it requires a flight to get there -- that’s a drag. I do really well in interviews. I’m really hungry and wonder if I have hit the five minute free-writing mark. How about Maine? Cold but beautiful and I want to be a marine biologist (I do? Where did that come from?) and my friend’s brother is taking it at Colby……
2) Reporter’s questioning
Asking the six questions that journalists use everyday is a powerful way to direct and organize your writing. This exercise works with all writing projects, from personal narrative writing to research projects or literary analysis. Questioning is effective because it focuses attention on what needs further research. The level of questioning can be basic or sophisticated, and the facts generated often end up as textual evidence in body paragraphs of the finished paper.
Who? Who is involved? Who is affected? Who is the central character?
What? What is the topic? What is its significance? What is the basic problem? What are the issues?
Where? Where does the activity take place? Where is information missing?
When? When did the issue or problem develop? When is the deadline or end point?
Why? Why did the issue or problem arise? Why is it an issue or problem?
How? How can this be fixed? How does it affect those involved? How can it be resolved?
Example: How much does the U of Connecticut cost? Where is Wheaton College and do they require SATs or ACT scores? When can I apply and what is the deadline? Do I know anyone who goes to either school? What types of programs exist? Who do I know who can help me figure this out?…….
3) Mind mapping
Mind mapping is an effective prewriting exercise because it provides a visual picture of your ideas and how those ideas relate to one another. The result will look like a web on your page. This exercise also determines where most of your ideas are clustered, giving you an indication of your level of interest, often sending you in new directions and areas of original thought.
To begin, put the subject, topic or prompt in the center of a page, and circle it. As you think of other ideas, link the new ideas to the central circle with lines. Review the image, and revise with a new web as often as you like.
4) Brainstorming
Brainstorming is a process of quickly and freely generating a lot of information using lists and phrases. It can be done individually, with a partner, or in a group. Like freewriting, it requires openly expressing thought without judging, evaluating, analyzing or rejecting any ideas. Simply get everything down on paper!
After you complete your list, if possible find a partner and explain your list. Ask your partner’s feedback to inspire more items on your list, adding until you think it is complete. This is brainstorming at its best.
Brainstorming alternates between loose thinking/writing, and then tightened thinking/writing. After you have completed your initial list, either individually or with a partner, put on your editor’s cap. This is the time to organize, reduce, reorder, categorize, analyze and evaluate the list. Cross off items and reorganize the list, grouping like items together. Put the most important at the top. Your condensed list often becomes an organized outline for your writing project.
Brainstorming example: College, costs, distance, flights from near home, state schools, small liberal arts private schools, community colleges near home. Grades, test schools, Naviance. What kinds of students at the following. My list. Early decision?? Do any schools allow pets on campus? Do I have to take a gym class? I love science and where are the best science schools? Scared, worried, want that one place badly.
The above brainstormed list, condensed after editing: Grades and costs will influence where I apply. Chose an ED if my ACT comes back high. Apply everywhere, then wait and see, and finally, reevaluate. Don’t get invested emotionally until accepted!
Caroline Crosson Gilpin is a private English tutor and essay coach for student writers in grades 5-12, and college and graduate students. An experienced high school teacher and college writing instructor, Gilpin is also a former editor at The New York Times Learning Network. For many years she was education editor at The Scarsdale Inquirer, where she reported on local and national education issues and also coached student writers and interns. Gilpin’s four award-winning biographies are part of an early reader series for National Geographic Kids. She has master’s degrees from Temple University (in journalism), and from Teachers College Columbia University (in Teaching of English). For a complete list of in-person and remote tutoring services, contact her at carolinegilpin60@gmail.com or visit Carolinegilpintutoring.com.
Emily Hirsch, Owner of Candy and Cards. Passes Away at 101
Emily (Ethel) S. Hirsch, a longtime resident of Scarsdale, NY, passed away on October 25, 2018. Emily was born in Brooklyn on June 16, 1917 and was the daughter of Fanny (Saks) and Charles Shartless. She was 101 years old.
Emily was the owner of Scarsdale Candy ‘n Cards for 51 years, until her retirement in 2017.
Emily is survived by her two children, Jeffrey (Susan) Brown and JoAnn (Jay) Donzella; four grandchildren, Lisa (Scott) Kirshenbaum, Jill Lefkowitz, Amy (John Vignola) Brown, and Jason (Lisa) Brown; and six great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends and relatives at Dorsey Funeral Home at 14 Emwilton Place, Ossining, NY on Monday, October 29, 2018 at 9:30 a.m., followed by a service at 10:00 a.m.
Interment will follow at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, NY.
Donations can be made online in her name to the American Heart Association.
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BS: Brexit #3: A futile gesture?
KarenH 28 Feb 19 - 05:29 AM
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Subject: RE: BS: Brexit #3: A futile gesture?
From: KarenH
Date: 28 Feb 19 - 05:29 AM
No it most certainly will not be - it will be the fault of whoever drew a line across Ireland designation a large slice of it to be British - how unnatural is that
Pretty sensible line to draw given the Irish tendency to murder eachother on religious grounds and the wishes of the majority of those in Northern Ireland. And I think they designated it 'Northern Ireland'.
There was never a political entity called 'Ireland' before the Normans/Welsh went in. It was a collection of squabbling petty chiefdoms, rather like much of Europe at that time.
I can only hope that they crack down hard on any sectarian violence and on those who justify it through emotive nonsense like 'unnatural'.
From: Jim Carroll
"Lots of Irish think of themselves as British."
You know that - o course ?
Not in my part of Ireland they don't - can't think of one
Those who do, do so because their Britishness was either forced upon them 100 years ago as a "temporary measure" to gain a peace that was never fulfilled, or to dominate in a deliberately created sectarian Protestant State
The most artificial thing you could possibly do is draw a line across a country and call part of it it somewhere else - it robs people of their national, cultural and historical identity and is guaranteed to creat a permanent industry of body-bag manufacture
I'm afraid Frank Harte's words are being borne out by your own display of both British arrogance and a lack of knowledge of the Irish people, who they actually are and who you appear to wish them to be.
We had to start bombing teagues/prods/pubs in Brum because the Uk voted to come out of the EU? I don't buy it.
I still don't buy it, and thank you for the recap on Good Friday and DUP policies but I knew about that and I still don't buy it.
"Yes I bombed them, I killed/kneed-capped/mutilated/punishment shot various young people/women/children but HISTORY MADE ME DO IT. It's your fault for not keeping to the Good Friday agreement and for voting for Brexit'
Geddit? I don't buy it. It's a choice, not history.
Ah, over-simplification criticised and then a good example of it given, an example from Frank Harte (whoever he is).
This word 'British'. Lots of Irish think of themselves as British.
Date: 27 Feb 19 - 01:53 PM
Perhaps, as Israel is now being accused by American Rabbis of colluding with a group described as being equivalent to the KKK, there's a name that should be added to your list Bobad
You can throw these in FOR GOOD MEASURE
Jim Carroll
From: bobad
is it possible to be a communist and a terrorist?
See; the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, Cambodia, the Red Brigades, the Front Line and the Red Army Faction.
From: Iains
I don't believe that is cricket!
"Does it have pastels as well"
Game, set and match, I think
Will be interesting to see if Cohen's massive dump on Trump - "Conman, racist, liar - forged cheques, collusion with Russia, conspiracy over Clinton e-mails.... will have any effect on BRITISH/AMERICAN RELATIONS
Are you speaking double dutch above.
the apple does not fall far from the tree does it?
Do like the new paint box! Does it have pastels as well?
Good if you put upan unopenavble link and miss out the important bits
Article well worth reading
Whatever you might think of armed intervention in Syria, by states or citizens, Hemming's warning illustrates the arbitrary nature of our terrorism laws, the ring they throw around certain acts of violence while ignoring others, the risk that they will be used against brown and bearded people who present no threat. The non-intervention agreement of 1936 was not the last elaborate system of official humbug the British government devised."
is it possible to be a communist and a terrorist
Franco thought so. Thousands of british Communists went over and were regarded by Franco the same as we regard ISIS. That is why the Brirish security forces distrusted and kept tabs on them.
Even the lefty rag the gruniard agrees:
Today they would be arrested under section five of the Terrorism Act 2006. If convicted of fighting abroad with a "political, ideological, religious or racial motive" – a charge they would find hard to contest – they would face a maximum sentence of life in prison. That they were fighting to defend an elected government against a fascist rebellion would have no bearing on the case. They would go down as terrorists.(and quite rightly so).
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/10/orwell-hero-terrorism-syria-british-fighters-damned
From: peteaberdeen
i've seen many ridiculous and abusive points on here - and i know we should ignore them but..... is it possible to be a communist and a terrorist? perhaps if you are resisting occupation by a ruling military force....otherwise a communist is usually as pro-establishment as you can get.
"We had to start bombing teagues/prods/pubs in Brum because the Uk voted to come out of the EU? I don't buy it."
Please don't siplify a complicated and very dangerous situation
Permanenet peace in Ireland depends on the Good Friday agreement being seen through to a satisfactory conclusion
The DUP, in supporting Brexit, is drawing away from that solution, its main reason being maintaining British rule
Trivialising it really doesn't help understand it
This morning's announcement from Westminster that it is finally admitted that Norther Ireland will be far more severely hit by Brexit that will Britain will almost certainly add fuel to an already sensitive situation
Crashing out and leaving a hard border will just about clinch it
Singer Frank Harte once gave a talk on Irish political songs to a group of rather staid English Folkies at Loughborough around the time of 'The Troubles'
He began his talk:
"The British have never understood the Irish"
Pregnant pause
"But the Irish have always understood the British"
Never seen so many squirming bottoms
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-47377548
More thread drift from the usual cabal.Obviously nothing sensible to contribute as usual. Here is a little gem from your favourite source the illustrious guido:
Commie Corbyn refuses to support hezbollah ban
https://order-order.com/2019/02/26/labour-refuses-support-hezbollah-ban/
Aesop: “A man is known by the company he keeps”
I presume if you support corbyn you support the terrorist organisation hezbollah.
Stop prodding the ants Steve - everything his says is an inane contradiction
From: Steve Shaw
yo = to.
Whilst I have no wish yo engage with you, I would suggest that you re-read your last two posts, which are at odds with each other.
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that's all.
In my own case to describe corbyn as clever would be deceitful.
To describe corbyn as duplicitous would be in the alternative sense of
someone who always lies to get their way.
nowt insincere in any of my posts I can assure you. and Orwell is on another thread. Best kept there otherwise a few get confused
From: mayomick
"I could think of many descriptors to define corbyn.
Clever is not one that could easily spring to mind. In fact it would be duplicitous of me to associate such a word with the leader of the opposition." .............Iains
"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity." ............. George Orwell
"Or boxing very clever of course"
I could think of many descriptors to define corbyn.
Clever is not one that could easily spring to mind. In fact it would be duplicitous of me to associate such a word with the leader of the opposition.
The great guido has the measure of the man, and some of the accompanying comments pull no punches.
Corbyn is totally unfitted to be a future PM.
Or boxing very clever of course
Perfect timing to demand a second vote
Corbyn has either seen sense or had a change of heart
Whatever is correct, he still has my vote (if I had one)
From: Bonnie Shaljean
And if May runs true to form via her usual bait-&-switch, and breaks her word at the last minute? She could just be playing My Deal Or No Deal poker, using the nation's ass as a bargaining chip, and wasting still more time. I trust her promises exactly as far as I can throw a 44-ton lorry.
I'm not thinking Remain-vs-Leave. Just Deal-vs-Crashout.
From: Dave the Gnome
Great btexit news at last! The pound is climbing against the Euro :-)
Oh. Hang on. Seems to be because it looks like brexit will be delayed. Ah well. I suppose we will just have to wait for the unicorns after all...
From: DMcG
Apparently Farage has said if there is another referendum with a choice between May's deal and remain, leavers should boycott it.
Suits me.
The fault is squarely on the shoulders of Cameron who would not stand up to the bully boys of the right wing. He was shit scared of losing power so caved in to the right within his own party and in the likes of UKIP. Any politician worth his salt would have demolished the xenophobic little Englander arguments and sent them packing but he played his little populist game and lost big time.
All subsequent moves by May and this useless bunch of tossers has been trying to get out of flushing the country, along with their careers, down the pan while trying to play down the fact that they dropped us in this shit in the first place.
From: Raggytash
"And if a hard Brexit will result in sectarian violence, then in so far as the Irish government plays a part in demanding a backstop leading to a bard Brexit, it will be the fault of the Irish government and its political choices."
Karen you seem to overlook the fact that this whole debacle was brought about by the UK decision to leave the EU.
The UK Government knew, or should have known, the ramifications of such a decision so if any blame is to be laid it should firmly be at the door of the UK Government.
In another referendum this country will vote remain
The laddie has a hotline to God I suppose, or is it merely whimsy, or perhaps his delusions let him think his bizarre views are sufficient to bully the electorate?
Poll 23.2.19
Leave 41%
Remain 45%
Undecided 13%
Level of uncertainty? well don't ask a bookie. They were hopelessly wrong last time around.
I would imagine if we go down the road of another referendum and betray democracy then whoever has the best soundbite prior to polling will win the day.
After all it is a well known fact on this forum that the people are sheep. It is also a well known fact that if you want the sheep to go in a certain direction and your dog is having an off day, then rattling a bucket is all you need to do.
Question: does the leave or remain bucket contain the sheep nuts?
"t will be the fault of the Irish government and its political choices".
As it stands, Brexit has already begun to eat into the economy of Ireland, both north and South - installing a hard border would accelerate that substantially
Britain has deliberately used the DUP to push Brexit through - how on earth do you expect the Irish people to react to that ?
There really is a chance of a reawakening of the old conflicts and once again that can be laid squarely at the doors of Westminster
The British don't seem to have the slightest concept of the continuing effects of colonisation on the victims of that long dead means of dominating entire nations
From: The Sandman
The above is more likely to happen if a labour or liberal government were elected rather than the conservative paRty relying on the support of the DUP
kAREN, There is a simple solution, the uk and ireland agree on a referendum which involves the total people of the island of ireland, the referendum is a united ireland northen ireland then gets its wish to remain in europe, the referendum is imo likely to be in favour of a united ireland.
And if a hard Brexit will result in sectarian violence, then in so far as the Irish government plays a part in demanding a backstop leading to a bard Brexit, it will be the fault of the Irish government and its political choices.
I don't buy 'A nasty British big boy did it six hundred years ago and ran away' as an excuse.
And you cannot blame 'history' especially some half-baked romanticised notions that once upon a time there was a united country called Ireland or whatever the Celtic word was, for modern day violence.
Sorry Jim
Your posts were among my sources of information that 'sectarian violence' was likely to be an outcome of a hard Brexit. So I am aware of the risk, and you are wrong to claim I am ignorant of it.
That risk is precisely why, whatever Bonnie did nor did not intend to say, there is a chance of UK troops being deployed in the North of Ireland. Working on the assumption that the UK government has the brains to see that there is a risk of sectarian violence it makes sense for them to have 'military' and other intelligence at work monitoring those likely to instigate such violence. I hope they have.
Let's not say 'sectarian violence', let's say 'murder', car bombings, knee cappings, pub bombings, tarring and feathering and all the rest of it. And protection rackets and so on while we're at it.
And I think one of the main things that brought about a reduction in this was whichever POTUS stamped down on the US sending money to fund the Irish terrorists.
But will, hopefully, wreck the Tory party :-)
I've been opposed to referendums for at least four decades, but I've decided in extremis that a people's vote is quite literally the only way out of this morass. I'm holding my nose here, but I hope that Labour's tentative moves in that direction bear fruit. In another referendum this country will vote remain, and that is the only solution to this that won't wreck this country.
"Hard Brexit is off the table" doesn't mean that Brexit itself is off the table. Only hard Brexit. You know, the one that means leaving without a deal. Remain doesn't figure in the March 12th scenario.
Will no one rid me of these meddlesome remainiacs?
Not until you can give good news about Brexit beyond "We are leaving on 29th" which is your normal response to Raggy's requests!
Schrödinger's Brexit... love it, Donuel.
May delays the meaningful vote. Again. I set my hair on fire (whatever's left of it that hasn't already been incinerated).
The Cooper/Letwin amendment - fingers crossed - passes (getting more likely by the day, especially now that Corbyn's on board).
Meaningful Vote comes on March 12th.
(a) May's deal is approved. Hard Brexit is off the table.
(b) May's deal is defeated. Hard Brexit is effectively off the table.
Because Cooper/Letwin deadline is the 13th.
Britain isn't left alone out in the economic cold.
Ireland doesn't tear itself apart.
Everybody eats.
I reach for the fire extinguisher and douse my hair.
From: David Carter (UK)
That Ireland will be still part of the EU seems a pretty positive reason to me.
From: Donuel
Brexit has an equivalence in quantum mechanics. Right now there is a super imposition of all states/possibilities. We can not know the position or outcome. No matter how radical the outcome it will become orthodoxy in time and you will know the true position you are in.
Psychologically
When this baby Brexit is born it will slowly develop. You will go through a phase where Britain will think Brexit is still a joke like peek a boo game because you have not learned object permanency yet. A true position will emerge whether there are any benefits as self awareness develops.
Some forecasts of disasters or legendary traffic jams in the Chunnel have only helped to make the crises to become more manageable.
As orthodoxy = radicalism + time you will learn your worst fears and best hopes will only be understood after a full year passes.
At this late date I see this baby is coming for good bad or indifferent. imo
" a move towards a united Ireland "
I would much rather this happened for a positive reason rather than an 'any port in the storm one though
The on thing about this is that Brexit has enabled the different groups to unite in contrast to the UK where once united party has shattered itself into smithereens taking the rest of Britain with it.
Having to wait for a plumber and putting up with 60mph fog does have its compensations
Corbyn has just said if both May's proposed deal and Labour's are rejected, then Labour willl back a second referendum.
There is some doubt as to what the options would be that it would support, but one step at a time...
Karen, re-read my last post, and read up on some history. I already said that the armed-forces remark was rhetorical. Of COURSE they're not going to. I am not worried about that, so don't misrepresent me.
May already agreed to the backstop (a fallback measure to prevent a closed border in the event of hard Brexit) in her initial deal. Now she want to undo it, effectively going back on the promises she made in her own deal. Ireland isn't the bad guy for needing to protect itself from the risks of internal violence - so it's *not* about the British army, OK?
May now wants to change the deal she herself presented and signed, to appease the hardliners in her party. And the open border was already enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement, a treaty that Britain signed. Taking away the Backstop will be disastrous for Ireland on both sides (and the North is, after all, in the UK). Ireland didn't create this mess. Look at the bigger picture, get the facts straight, and please stop cherry-picking.
I think thats right Jim, a move towards a united Ireland is one of the few, perhaps the only, upside of brexit.
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“Scott Walker: 30 Century Man” Murders Mystery (in a good way).
in Cinema Chat and Daily Blog
Much of the success of “Scott Walker 30 Century Man’” lies in its simple production and form.
After spending a good hour last night futiley attempting to explain Scott Walker, both the man and his music, to people in person, over the phone and through a battery of poorly worded text messages, I finally broke down and began replying with the only obvious answer, “Go listen.”
In a sense, director Stephen Kijak does the same. He keeps his production clean and restrained, using archival footage, brief animated musical interludes and interviews juxtaposing the blown minds of collaborators and musical luminaries as David Bowie, Brian Eno, Radiohead, Sting, Jarvis Cocker with candid chats with Walker himself that demystify the man, leaving the mystery to exist in his music alone.
A ray of light in times rife with tabloid music documentaries spawned in the vain of their cliché-ridden “Behind The Music” melodrama archetypes, “30 Century Man” keeps Scott Walker’s personal life personal.
I won’t lie. I’m not going to say I wasn’t expecting a sort of Syd Barrettesque portrait of a whacked out genius old man half-crippled by acid flashbacks, holed up in a dusty makeshift basement recording studio somewhere, crooning tales of “Anthrax Jesus” and punching “donkeys in the streets of Galway” into an unplugged microphone. But gone are the tales of sex and drugs and rock n’ roll excess, fucked up family life and the prototypical plunge into despair.
Instead of dredging up any dirty business, the movie unfolds tastefully to tell the tail of a humble, honest, sane musician with a firm grasp on his limitations as an artist and as a man.
In removing the shackles of Walker’s mythos, Kijak has done all Walker’s fans a favor. The justice will come the next time we listen to our favorite Walker track or album from beginning to end and are left with only the sound.
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Julian Casablancas “Out of the Blue” (Live at the Downtown Palace Theater 11.6.09)
in Daily Blog and Los Angeles, CA
*Thanks for Dr. Hughes for the ticket and oOCarolinaOo for posting.
THAT guy
Friday night at the Julian Casablancas show “That Guy” was this guy. His sense of style was the first thing that piqued my interest. Not only the “Pothead” t-shirt, but also the arms full of bangles, his painted nails, red eyeliner and the 9 foot long scarf he wielded like octopus arms throughout the entirety of Casablancas’ show at the Palace Theater.
This guy arrived wasted and alone. He sat down in front of us and within seconds proceeded to tell everybody around him how boring the opening act was.
“Don’t you think they’re boring?” he’d ask randoms and before anybody could respond, he’d again let them know exactly what the opening act was. “Totally fucking boring.”
“These guys are totally fucking boring, right? Totally fucking boring,” he’d say, then calm down, settle in for a few bars before reminding us all, once again, of how fucking boring they were. “Wow! These guys are fucking boring!”
And if anybody was qualified to own this opinion, this guy was.
He may have been rude and drunk and dumb and style-impaired, but one thing you could never accuse him of was being “boring.”
He shouted random shit at random people around us. He weaved between the aisles of seated people striking up random conversations and shooting photos of random shit: strangers and walls, the seats, the floor. He looked confused and lost and stumbled alot. He fixed his hair and mumbled to himself. He offered Blow Pops to strange girls.
At one point I thought he might actually be physically handicapped when, with his entire body defying gravity on a 45-degree funhouse angle, he hobbled the entire length of the balcony to the stairs. His return only provoked more awe when he arrived, miraculously, 10 minutes later walking upright, steady and calm as if he’d just stepped down from his turn on the tightrope.
He spotted Fab Morretti in VIP and took a picture with him, struck up a conversation, and when fans rushed Fab for photos, this guy stood just behind him, calmly tilting his head so his face would end up in every shot, peering out of frame just enough so that it looked unintentional, like he was just hanging with Fab at the show and when some fans came up to take a picture.. The best part is that he thought nobody was watching. Truth was the entire balcony was watching.
Feeling his new gravity, and not wanting to return to the cheap seats, this guy found himself a new seat in the assigned seating area of the VIP next to Fab and Liv and Devendra Banhart, unbeknownst to Fab and Liv and Devandra Banhart. He just removed the name placard and sat there like he owned it, like he belonged there, and you know what? He did.
Because this guy was more of a rock star than all three of them put together. This guy came alone and by the end of the show more people in our section were watching this guy than the band.
When the lights went down, this guy stood up and rocked the fuck out, waving his scarf like a propeller in the air nonstop for an hour while the rest of the balcony squatters remained seated.
He went batshit crazy up there, banging his head, twirling his arms, dancing ala St. Vitus. He had girls rushing for photo ops and guys giving him shout-outs during the intermission. The forgotten star of the show himself, Julia Casablancas, actually saluted and waved to the fucking nut from the stage. No joke. And the guy played it off like they were bro’s.
The guy was a folk hero by the end of the show.
Ben and I lost him in the theater, but found him on the corner of 6th and Broadway, alone again, sparking up a fresh joint. We relayed our praises and he offered us some weed.
We introduced ourselves and this guy, with no trace of sarcasm in his voice, introduced himself as “Oasis.”
O-fucking-ASIS.
Of course his name is Oasis! What else could it be? This guy was a walking party and wasn’t that band, back when they rocked that “Wonderwall” jam, supposed to be some sort of rolling ball of party before they became a twisted knot of fight? This besides the fact that Oasis had his name in decals on the back of his jacket AND his scooter.
Anyway, as we said our goodbyes an SUV full of new Oasis fans rolled up to praise him. “Dude you fuckin’ rule! Great dancing!”
Oasis threw up some devil horns, took a hit of his joint, unchained his scooter and disappeared into the long dark night in a white puff of pot smoke.
Oasis, I don’t know if my words can properly express my gratitude for the gifts of joy and wonder you gave me Friday night, so instead I dedicate these of your namesake to you.
And all the roads we have to walk are winding.
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding.
There are many things that I would like to say to you, but I don’t know how.
Because maybe you’re gonna be the one that saves me…
You know the rest.
Whatever you do, stay you.
kostrzak
Julian Casablancas - “River of Brakelights”
From Julian’s upcoming debut album PHRAZES FOR THE YOUNG.
Four words: Cool. Mad. Narrow. Long.
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Comics Lowdown: All is revealed!
DC announces their Writers Workshop participants, First Second unveils their Spring 2018 books, Viz licenses some new media, and Mimi Pond talks about her new book—and getting dropped from ‘The Simpsons’ because she was a woman
The Big Reveal: DC announced the names of the six writers who will take part in this year’s DC Writers Workshop: Magdalene Visaggio (Kim & Kim, Quantum Teens Are Go), Sanya Anwar (1001), Joey Esposito (Pawn Shop, Captain Ultimate), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Last Sons of America, Warlords of Appalachia), Robert Jeffrey (Route 3, Radio Free Amerika) and Ryan Cady (Big Moose). Batman writer Scott Snyder will lead the workshop.
“It’s 13 weeks, and we meet for two, two-and-a-half hours online in a Brady Bunch-style box of windows. I teach it in such a way that it’s all superhero writing for DC. I try and make each week a lesson about a particular technique,” Snyder told Heat Vision. “My job is not to teach you how to write by formula for DC. It’s for you to come in and write the stuff you’re passionate about in your own way. I don’t care if that’s funny political, light-hearted, dark, whatever. Your job is to come in and have something to say. My job is to help you fit it into the rubric of superhero calculus and to help you maximize that story: look at where you should beef things up, slow it down, be aware of pacing. You need to come here and have something to say.”
At the end of the workshop, DC works with the writers to place them in writing slots for DC comics.
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LinkedIn (pronounced IPA: /ˈlɪŋktˈɪn/) is a business-oriented social networking site founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003[2] mainly used for professional networking. As of December 2007, its site traffic was 3.2 million visitors per month, up 485% from the end of 2006. As of May 2008, it had more than 24 million registered users, spanning 150 industries.
LinkedIn's CEO is Dan Nye. As of February 2007, founder and former CEO Reid Hoffman, previously an executive vice president of PayPal, remains President of Product and Chairman of the Board. LinkedIn is located in Mountain View, California, and funded by Greylock, Sequoia Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and the European Founders Fund. LinkedIn reached profitability in March 2006. LinkedIn also has offices in Omaha, Chicago, New York, and London.
On June 17, 2008, Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, and other venture capital firms purchased a 5% stake in the company for $53 million, giving the company a post-money valuation of approximately $1 billion.
The purpose of the site is to allow registered users to maintain a list of contact details of people they know and trust in business. The people in the list are called Connections. Users can invite anyone (whether a site user or not) to become a connection.
This list of connections can then be used in a number of ways:
A contact network is built up consisting of their direct connections, the connections of each of their connections (termed second degree connections) and also the connections of second degree connections (termed third degree connections). This can be used to gain an introduction to someone you wish to know through a mutual, trusted contact.
It can then be used to find jobs, people and business opportunities recommended by someone in one's contact network.
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Job seekers can review the profile of hiring managers and discover which of their existing contacts can introduce them.
The "gated-access approach" (where contact with any professional requires either a preexisting relationship, or the intervention of a contact of theirs) is intended to build trust among the service's users. LinkedIn participates in EU's International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles.
The feature LinkedIn Answers, similar to Google Answers or Yahoo! Answers, allows users to ask questions for the community to answer. This feature is free and the main differences from the two previously mentioned services are that questions are potentially more business-oriented, and the identity of the people asking and answering questions is known.
The free LinkedIn Groups, feature allows users to establish new business relationships by joining alumni, industry, or professional and other relevant groups. The Group Directory is searchable.
The newest LinkedIn feature is LinkedIn Polls, still in beta.
A mobile version of the site was launched in February 2008 which gives access to a reduced feature set over a mobile phone. The mobile service is available in six languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish.
Social Networking Sites with comparable features to LinkedIn
Various websites such as CareerBuilder.com, Yahoo! HotJobs, and Monster.com specialize in job search. Reputation systems are increasingly common across the Web. Ryze was one of the earliest online social networking sites to offer online business networking, but more recently most social networks facilitate professional networking to one degree or another, either as native features or via third-party software application widgets. Many of the specific features (such as answers or testimonials) are common web features.
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“It has the look and feel of an uncoated paper, but with the print quality of a coated paper”
Taking a classic Italian car and crushing it isn’t everyone’s idea of art, in fact, some would say it’s sacrilege. But that’s exactly what artist Ron Arad did with the much-loved Fiat 500 in his ‘Pressed Flowers’ collection. He took the classic car and had it flattened to resemble a four-wheeeled version of a crushed aluminium can.
His cars have featured in exhibitions in New York, Torino, Tel Aviv and Moscow and are a dramatic side spin from his radical steel and aluminium furniture designs that have put him at the forefront of contemporary design and architecture.
We can take a guess that Ron Arad’s desire to turn the classic Fiat 500 design into works of art, was inspired by his own vintage ‘Cinquecento’.
We were so impressed with the concept of taking something classic, turning it into art, and then ultimately preserving it, that we invited Ron to be part of a visual book we designed for Italian paper company, Favini. And it goes without saying that the Italian car company, founded in Turin in 1899, was a perfect partner for Favini’s design project.
Favini’s Dolce Vita range of paper is something special. It has the look and feel of an uncoated paper, but with the print quality of a coated paper, giving a favourable tactile feel that has the benefit of high definition print results. “It has a special invisible coating that gives it the quality of a coated paper. Normally when you print on a paper that’s uncoated the image goes soft, but with Dolce Vita the image stays sharp,” explains Jack Pearce, Creative Head at Silk Pearce.
Ron Arad agrees, “This paper is fantastic, it's very tactile and the quality of printing is excellent. Today, when you see so many images on a screen, it’s refreshing to see something that is printed so well.”
The concept of the visual book includes the images of Ron Arad’s crushed Fiats, supplemented with other photos of Fiat components, which were photographed inhouse.
The additional car parts we sourced from Ricambio International, a family-run business specialising in new and conditioned spare parts for Fiats and Alfa Romeos. “We visited the company’s premises in Surrey and were amazed with what stock they had available. From a small shop frontage, we were taken around the back and confronted with a mass of items – they had every spare part you would ever need,” explains Jack Pearce.
The company was established in 1969 by the present owner’s father, at a time when the very first Fiat Cinquecento was still coming off the production line. Fifty years on, it’s good to see that the business has been rejuvenated from its early days of suppling new parts to new Fiats, to now maintaining what has become a much-valued classic car.
Playing on words is the key to the book’s title – Flat 500 – which could be misread at Fiat 500. The Dolce Vita visual book is a presentation of photographs of crushed Fiat 500s and their components printed on a matt flat paper to demonstrate the high intensity print quality, coupled with its tactile appeal.
“Wherever we reached out for help with the project we were met with enthusiasm,” explains Jack Pearce, “Ron Arad and Ricambio International were with us all the way through. It must be something about the Fiat 500 – it’s a friendly little car and everyone knows and likes them.”
All images of ‘Pressed Flowers’ are used with kind permission of ©Ron Arad and Associates Ltd.
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Some call for Simon to quitCook County's top health official under fire after Southtown publishes comments
by Gregg Sherrard Blesch Staff writer
Immigrant advocates on Wednesday called for Cook County's top health official to quit based on comments published in the Sunday Daily Southtown.
In an interview about Oak Forest Hospital, interim health chief Dr. Robert Simon expressed frustration that illegal immigrants are among patients receiving long-term care, which he said costs taxpayers $800 a day.
The county should make efforts to find their families and provide airfare to their countries of origin, Simon said.
"These anti-immigrant remarks are not reflective of the mission of the bureau of health," said Omar Lopez, representing the March 10 Movement for Immigrant Rights, the coalition that mounted massive downtown rallies last year.
Simon started a presentation to the county board Wednesday with a statement that blamed controversy on the Southtown, saying his words were cherry-picked and sensationalized.
"The statements were offered in the context of what I believed to be a discussion about finding solutions posed by one part of an overwhelming regional health care crisis and were not meant to demean or belittle any human being," Simon said.
His response was printed in its entirety in Wednesday's Southtown.
Minutes earlier, outside the board room, Simon's critics held a news conference calling for President Todd Stroger to demand his resignation.
Commissioner Roberto Maldonado (D-Chicago) joined members of the March 10 Movement and the National Nurses Organizing Committee, which represents county nurses and is engaged in a brass-knuckles battle against layoffs under Simon and Stroger's leadership.
Maldonado, whose district is largely Hispanic, said he called Simon after reading the Southtown story on Sunday and was not satisfied by Simon's official statement issued Monday.
"It was a very uncompassionate retraction," he said. "People can respectfully disagree on issues, yes, that's true. But you're not respecting me when you're making those kinds of comments."
Simon pointed out in his response that it's common for hospitals to make arrangements with families across borders for immigrant patients who need long-term care.
In cases where that's not possible, the county still would be obligated to provide care, either within the county system or somewhere else.
In fact, Oak Forest Hospital employees say such efforts are made when patients are admitted and that the ones who are there have nowhere to go.
Maldonado and the other critics said they sensed an antipathy toward immigrants they fear color Simon's decisions.
"We're giving luxury service in a setting like a park," Simon said in the interview last week, defending his proposal to dramatically reduce long-term care at Oak Forest Hospital.
"We've got undocumented aliens living there like that," Simon continued. "All those undocumented aliens, you as a taxpayer are paying the entire bill."
Stroger spokesman Steve Mayberry said Simon's job is safe.
"While Dr. Simon's comments having to do with immigrants are not reflective of the administration's philosophy, he has in fact been asked to rethink and restructure the way health care is provided in Cook County, and we look forward to him continuing that task," Mayberry said.
Nor was there any apparent support among commissioners for Simon's resignation.
"I think the comments as presented in the press were out of context," Commissioner Tony Peraica (R-Riverside) said.
"I don't think we have enough to go on to make an informed decision," Peraica said. "He's been in the position perhaps 60 days."
Peraica did, however, rail against Stroger's administration for failing to produce a document that shows exactly what positions and services have been cut, even though more than 30 days have passed since commissioners approved the budget.
The uncertainty has created terrible morale among employees, Peraica said.
Commissioner Joan Murphy (D-Crestwood) said she opposes the cuts at Oak Forest Hospital but doesn't think Simon should resign over the flap.
"They are too ill to go back to Mexico, if that's where they're from," Murphy said. "If their families could deal with it, they wouldn't be in Oak Forest in the first place. I've expressed to him (that) nursing homes don't want these patients.
"If they're moved to another location, it's like signing a death warrant for them," Murphy said.
The purpose of Simon's appearance before the board was to report on efforts to overhaul the system, and he emphasized measures to improve a dismal track record of collecting payment from Medicaid, insurance companies or patients with the ability to pay.
Simon said all of the necessary initiatives, including technology, new management hires, staff training and outsourced contracts, would take an infusion of $40 million to $50 million to execute fully.
That cost estimate isn't more precise, Simon said, because he doesn't know what the union agreement will be.
Relations with the nurse's union have been poor and are deteriorating.
The National Nurses Organizing Committee assumed representation of the county's nurses in 2005 with a promise to be more aggressive than its predecessor, the Illinois Nurses Association.
Simon on March 19 said an NNOC representative shoved and struck a Provident Hospital employee who was attempting to boot her from the hospital for circulating petitions among patients.
NNOC spokeswoman Sheilah Garland rushed to a microphone to dispute the account.
Commissioner Bill Beavers (D-Chicago), who was questioning Simon at the time, shouted, "I didn't ask you nothin', sit down."
The Stroger administration later played video of the incident captured by a security camera to reporters. The film appears to show a woman throw an elbow as she walks past an employee identified as nurse manager Wendell Reyes.
No charges have been filed, but Reyes plans to press charges, Mayberry said.
Garland, who left the board room after her microphone was removed, said the altercation Simon described never happened, nor did nurses stage a work slowdown, as Simon also alleged.
"Everything he was saying is a complete and utter lie."
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The How and Why of Turning the Cistern Buried Along Buffalo Bayou Into a Split Level Public Bath House
by Christine Gerbode
As Buffalo Bayou Partnership continues to seek out tour guides for the cavernous 1927 city water reservoir and maybe-future-art-space buried in Buffalo Bayou Park, University of Houston architecture grad Sheridan Staats sends over her design for turning the structure into a split-level public bath house, complete with pools, saunas, gardens, a bike trail connection, and a cafe. Renderings and schematics are showcased in Staats’s undergraduate thesis, which also dives into global bath house and infrastructure history and the case for reusing the site in a way that nods to its utilitarian aquatic past.
The kelley green box on the map above shows the cistern’s buried footprint on the north shore of Buffalo Bayou (in blue), just west of Sabine St. and south of Memorial Dr.; the darker green line passing through the southwest edge of the cistern shows a plan to run the bayou’s bike trail into the cistern and onto a suspended causeway:
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Now Hiring Tour Guides for That Abandoned 1927 Cistern Buried Along Buffalo Bayou
Historic Preservation, Parks, Proposed Developments
Update, 3/24: BBP has updated the link to and language of the job posting; this story has been updated.
Wanted: Buffalo Bayou Partnership is seeking some college types folks to show people around the long-empty city drinking water reservoir near the intersection of Sabine St. and Memorial Dr., which the group also hopes to turn into a temporary art space some day. The “accidental cathedral” was only accessible by a set of hatches and 14-foot ladders back when BBP first examined it; a $1.2-million grant is being used to bring the 87,200-sq.-ft. underground space up to code for visitors.
The cistern, nicknamed after the 6th-century reservoir beneath Istanbul, lies just north of the Lee and Joe Jamail Skate Park beneath what will become a raised outdoor lawn intended for concerts and events at Buffalo Bayou Park. The 1927 reservoir was drained and decommissioned decades ago after it started leaking uncontrollably; the structure was planned for demolition and fill-in by the city around the time the park’s planners took an interest in the space, initially imagining uses like parking and mulch storage.
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Coach House at Fifty: A Retrospective (Sticky Fingers Edition)
Coach House at Fifty looks back at an underreported slice of the complex history of one of Canada’s most celebrated small, literary publishers, and particularly the impact of changing technologies on book design and production at the shop on bpNichol Lane in the shadow of Rochdale College in Toronto.
The Gordon platen press and the Linotype Model 5.
About the eBook
Curator DENNIS REID reminisces about ‘The Old Coach House Days’ (1964–66) when the press released early poetry books by Wayne Clifford and Joe Rosenblatt. Michael Ondaatje was an unknown, and the production technology was primarily 19th-century letterpress augmented with silkscreen.
Simon Fraser professor JOHN MAXWELL picks up the narrative in ‘The Early Digital Period’, starting in 1974 when publisher Stan Bevington bought a Datapoint 2200 and a Mergenthaler V-I-P phototypesetter. Maxwell’s research and teaching focus on the impact of digital technologies on the cultural sector (and particularly books and magazines), the history of digital media and the emergence of digital genres and mythologies.
‘Twin Heidelbergs’ looks at the genesis of Coach House as a silkscreen shop and follows the effect of key purchases of capital equipment as Stan Bevington moved his company from silkscreen to letterpress to offset and thence to digital in the first twenty years. And then lost the publishing arm of the company to managers who thought they knew better, but didn’t. And then fought to get it back.
‘A Short Walk Around the Perimeter of a Heidelberg KORD’ is a photo essay bySANDRA TRAVERSY.
‘The Beginning of My Career’ is a frivolity documenting publisher TIM INKSTER’s several (unsuccessful) attempts to gain employment at Coach House. The first attempt was declined on the grounds that Inkster was (arguably) too young. The second, a scant four years later, was declined on the grounds that Inkster was too old, knew too much and would cause trouble.
DAVID SLOCOMBE contributes ‘The Origins of SoftQuad’, a look at the spin-off company founded to improve automated typesetting at Coach House, but which spun rather too far off its axis after the early death of its president, Yuri Rubinski.
Coach House exterior, May 1968; Stan Bevington; Coach House pressroom, 1971.
Pulled from the Pages
Coach House is in the public eye this year, as publisher Stan Bevington and his colleagues celebrate the golden anniversary of the press. Fifty years on, Coach House is still pushing the edge of Canadian literature. This fall they have a Giller winner in André Alexis’s Fifteen Dogs; they will publish superstar poet Christian Bök’s The Xenotext, spun out of a poem encoded into bacterial DNA; and they are a key part of a major celebration of Canadian type designers Carl Dair and Rod McDonald. Coach House has for fifty years been known as a central crossroads of avant-garde literature and the printing arts.
Coach House is also known—by a much smaller number of people—as a crucible of digital technology innovation in publishing since the early 1970s. This story is a crucial part of Coach House’s history, but it is a story that largely lies outside the standard narratives of computerization—in industry or the arts. It is a story that, notably, does not begin with Steve Jobs, or any other Silicon Valley celebrity. Rather, it binds together threads in technology, art, literature, and a very particular cultural milieu in the Toronto of the day.
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According to Marvel.com, ‘Inhumans’ is going to be coming to ABC in the fall of 2017. This is a surprising development as the movie had once upon a time been slated to be among the next slate of movies. The movie has been removed from the upcoming slate in recent months with speculation that the project had been abandoned altogether.
The Inhumans have played a prominent role on ‘Marvels Agents of Shield’, but despite that it is still a surprise for a couple of reasons. First, ‘Agents of Shield’ has suffered prominently in the ratings. This season has brought Ghostrider into the fold, and there hav e been rumors of that character getting its own show. Despite the buzz with that character, ratings don’t lie and there have continued to be murmurs of cancellation.
Last year, ‘Agents of Shield’ ousted the characters of Mockingbird and Lance Hunter. This was in setup to their own show, ‘Marvel’s Most Wanted’. Unfortunately, that show couldn’t find a foothold at ABC. The project was put in the dumpster fire before it ever got developed. It was an unfortunate event considering they were arguably the two best characters in ‘Agents of Shield’.
According to the announcement, a version of the first two episodes will release in IMAX. That is a sign that they are definitely going all in with this show. It is an unprecedented way of releasing a TV show. Additionally, the show is going to focus on Black Bolt and the royal family.
This is great news and hopefully the show can deliver in a big way. Hopefully we will also get that ‘Ghostrider’ show. Who knows, perhaps they can find a way to weave Bobbi and Lance back in?
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Cash, Rays Face Tough Roster Questions
Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Nathan Karns throws in the third inning of a Spring Training game. (Photo courtesy of Will Vragovic/Tampa Bay Times)
There is an update to the portion of this piece about the middle infield (below).
As the 2015 Grapefruit League season winds down, manager Kevin Cash and the Tampa Bay Rays have a number of roster questions left to settle: Who will fill the final two starting rotation spots? Who will back up Rene Rivera behind the plate? Who will the team slot in behind Asdrubal Cabrera, Logan Forsythe and eventually Nick Franklin? And finally, what will the team do with outfielder David DeJesus? Unfortunately these questions don’t come with the easiest of answers.
With two of their projected five starters (Alex Cobb and Drew Smyly) set to begin the season on the DL, the Rays are looking at a few options — both internally and externally — to join Chris Archer, Nathan Karns, and Jake Odorizzi in the rotation. However, those efforts are mainly focused on replenishing depth, figuring they only need to cover for a month or so. Besides the team doesn’t need a fifth starter until April 14.
Matt Andriese, who got the start Monday, and Mike Montgomery are the leading in-house candidates who remain on the big league spring roster. Burch Smith, who was recently reassigned, is also an option and he can be brought back from minor league camp.
Matt Silverman is reportedly looking outside the organization for a low-cost option, and as Marc Topkin (Tampa Bay Times) wrote, this is the week veterans who aren’t going to make other teams are cut loose. Among a healthy list the Rays appear to be considering are Wandy Rodriguez (in camp with the Braves), Bruce Chen and Shawn Marcum (in camp with the Indians), Clayton Richard (in camp with the Pirates), and the recently released Paul Maholm. In the case of Maholm, the 32 year-old left handed pitcher has previously been connected to the Rays.
Then there’s the backup catcher conundrum between Curts Casali and non-roster invitee Bobby Wilson. Cash discussed the two candidates with Rays Radio on Sunday:
That decision will likely be based on defensive skills, offensive potential and roster flexibility.
I think both of the guys have had good camps, Cash told Topkin. They’ve showed things they needed to show. And we kind of anticipated that would happen. … Both have been outstanding in getting their work in putting their best foot forward.
Cash acknowledged both Casali and Wilson have been on point behind the plate as well:
There hasn’t been a lot of separation there because they’ve both played so well.
Casali, by and large, is the better hitter, although Wilson has more big league experience and a reputation as a strong defensive player. From a roster point of view, Casali would be the most reasonable option since he is currently on the 40-man; a spot would need to be opened for Wilson.
As for who will play behind Cabrera and Forsythe to start the season, despite the poor offensive showing this spring, Tim Beckham seems to be a lock for the spot. After all, Beckham is already on the 40-man roster, and he is more than capable to play either middle infield position.
The decision by Cash is between Jake Elmore, who has more flexibility all over the field, and Alexi Casilla. However, Casilla was just released from his contract — although the Rays could potentially re-sign the infielder who, as I noted previously, has more big league experience at second base. Also working in Casilla’s favor, he is a switch hitter with numbers similar those of Franklin vs. right handed pitching. The Rays will need to open spot for another middle infielder who isn’t currently on the roster.
If you haven’t noticed, opening a spot on the roster is a running theme here. The running assumption has been to deal David DeJesus to open a spot on the 40-man roster. Having said that, a market for DeJesus hasn’t developed — and that’s taking into consideration the teams who sought outfield depth due to injuries. Additionally the team doesn’t seem keen on eating the $6 million he is guaranteed in 2015. As Topkin insisted, barring an outfield injury, they may keep DeJesus — at least to start the season — at the expense of that extra reliever or middle infielder.
In terms of roster decisions, there will be plenty of discussions throughout the week. Still the decisions will likely all come from the Trop, where the team will work beginning on Wednesday. Alas the team will have to drop (and/or risk losing) someone to make room on the roster. There just doesn’t seem to be a clean, creative way to potentially add Wilson, Casilla or Elmore, and a couple of pitchers.
I haven’t even touched on the questions swirling around the bullpen; I’ll speak to them tomorrow.
— Kevin Cash and the Rays inched closer to settling their final roster by reassigning RHP Brandon Gomes and LHP Everett Teaford, C Mayo Acosta, OF Corey Brown, OF Joey Butler, RHP Jhan Marinez, RHP Jim Miller and LHP Jordan Norberto.
Cash told Marc Topkin the conversation was toughest with Gomes, who allowed one run in sevem spring appearances, striking out 15. The Rays skipper also noted all have agreed to take part in the remaining spring games if needed.
— Rumor has it the Rays are close to signing LHP Scott Diamond for AAA depth — tacit acknowledgment that Matt Andriese, Nathan Karns and Mike Montgomery could all be in majors. Per Topkin, there is lots of chatter with veteran starters getting released, there there isn’t any indication anything is imminent.
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Voting Info —November 8, 2016 —California General Election
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My Voting Location
My polling location and hours
Open from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. on Election Day, November 8, 2016.
No polling location information is available on a county search.
Try searching for your street address.
Check my polling place
Check your voting location with your county elections office.
Voting is Easy: Sign Up, Get Ready, Vote!
Fill out and submit a voter registration form to vote in an election no later than 15 days before the election.
NEW: Even if you missed the deadline, you can still register and vote up to and on Election Day. Check here to see how!
1. Sign Up!
You are eligible to vote if you are a U.S. citizen, 18 years or older.
You must register to get on the official list of voters in your county.
The deadline to register is 15 days before the election.
You can pick up a voter registration form at your library or post office, have a registration form mailed to you by calling 1-800-345-8683, or fill out the form online at www.registertovote.ca.gov.
It is important to fill out the form completely. You will be asked to include your driver license number or other identification.
Once you are on the list, you only need to re-register if you change your address, change your name, or want to change your political party.
For more information, check Can I Register To Vote?
2. Get Ready!
Before you vote, it helps to learn about what you will be voting on.
All registered voters receive two things in the mail:
A Sample Ballot that lists everything that will be on your ballot along with where you vote (your “polling place”).
An Official Voter Information Guide about statewide candidates and measures.
You can use this Voter's Edge California site for more information about everything on your ballot plus a handy way to find your polling place.
Find your polling place and ballot.
3. Vote!
You choose whether to vote at your polling place or use a “vote-by-mail” ballot.
For voting in person, the polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. You may also be able to vote before Election Day at your county elections office.
If you registered and your name is not on the list of voters at your assigned polling place, you can vote using a “provisional ballot.”
To vote by mail, use the form in your Sample Ballot to request a “vote by mail” ballot to be sent to you. The deadline to ask for one is no later than 7 days before the election. When your “vote by mail” ballot comes, fill it out and mail it back so that it is postmarked no later than the day of the election. You may also drop it off at any polling place in your county on election day. You can sign up to get a “vote by mail” ballot for every election.
Check Ways to Vote for more information.
Visit the Easy Voter Guide for more voting information and to download a copy, and get your Voting is Easy as 1-2-3 flyer here.
Can I register to vote?
To register to vote in California, you must be:
A United States citizen living in California
18 years of age or older on Election Day
No longer in prison or on parole for a felony conviction
Not found by a court to be mentally incompetent
For more information on the rights of people who have been incarcerated, check Rights of people with criminal convictions or visit Voting Rights for Californians with Criminal Convictions or Detained.
On the web at registertovote.ca.gov
If you have a California driver license or identification card number, you can authorize use of that signature for the registration form. Fill out the online application and simply hit “submit” at the end.
If there is no signature on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles, you will need to:
Enter your date of birth and last four digits of your social security number.
Sign the paper application.
Mail it to the address provided.
No printer? Go ahead and click “I don’t have the ability to print” and your county elections official will mail you a form to sign and return.
By calling 800.345.VOTE (800.345.8683) and asking to have a voter registration form sent to your home.
By picking up an official registration postcard form from your county elections office, any DMV office, or a public library, post office, public assistance office, or any government office that serves the disabled.
When should I register to vote?
Fill out a voter registration form no later than 15 days before the election.
It is important that your voter registration application be filled out completely and:
Submitted online no later than 15 days before the election; or
Postmarked or hand-delivered to your county elections office no later than 15 days before the election.
Even if you missed the voter registration deadline, it isn't too late to vote. With Same-Day Voter Registration, you can register up to and on Election Day.
Missed the voter registration deadline? You can still register and vote!
Even if you missed the voter registration deadline, it isn't too late to vote. To register up to and on Election Day, go to your county elections office or another designated location, and complete three simple steps:
Register to vote.
Seal your ballot in the provided envelope, and sign it.
This is called Conditional Voter Registration (CVR) or Same-Day Registration. Your vote will be counted after elections officials verify your voter registration and confirm that you have not already voted in this election.
Check here to find locations where you can register and vote at the same time--all the way up through Election Day!
After the election, check the Secretary of State's website or call 800-345-VOTE (8683) to learn how to see whether your ballot was counted. If it wasn't counted, you'll also be able to see the reason why.
For more information, check the Future of California Elections’ 2018 Election Reform Primer: What Voters Need to Know.
What happens after I submit my registration form?
If time permits, your county elections official will contact you when your voter registration application is approved, or if more information is needed to confirm your eligibility.
You can check with your county elections office to make sure you’re registered. Check the status of your voter registration.
What if I need language assistance?
The California Secretary of State's online voter registration application is available in:
Español Spanish
हिन्दी Hindi
ខ្មែរ Khmer
ภาษาไทย Thai
What if sharing my address could put me in a life-threatening situation?
If sharing your address could put you in a life-threatening situation then you may qualify for the Safe At Home confidential address program.
Victims of domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault are able to use a free P.O. box instead of their home address to help them maintain their privacy when receiving first-class mail and registering to vote.
Safe at Home registrants can receive their voter information and sample ballots at this P.O. box.
While in the program, participants are required to vote by mail.
Please do not apply to register to vote using the Secretary of State’s online registration site. Contact the Safe At Home program toll-free at (877) 322-5227 or by using the Safe At Home email.
Once I am registered to vote do I ever have to register again?
You must re-register if you:
Move to a different address.
Change your name.
Wish to change political parties or to register with no party preference.
Were removed from the registration rolls while in prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony.
What is a permanent vote-by-mail voter?
When you register you can choose to have vote-by-mail ballots (“absentee” ballots) automatically sent to you for every election.
If you are already registered, you may also contact your county elections office to change your status to be a permanent vote-by-mail voter.
For more information, check How do I vote by mail?
Do I have to register as a member of a political party?
You have a choice.
You may choose among qualified political parties or choose “other,”
OR If you do not want to register as a member of a political party you can mark the box next to “No, I do not want to disclose a political party preference” on the voter registration form.
Your choice to register with no party preference may affect your ability to vote in a June Primary Election for U.S. President and County Central Committees (party nominated offices), but you will still be able to vote for other offices and measures on the ballot.
You may register with no party preference and still vote for any candidate on the ballot in the November General Election.
For more information, check How California Primary Elections Work: The Top-Two System.
How do I register if I am military, overseas, or I live abroad?
Register to vote either using California’s online voter registration or by filling out the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) if you are a U.S. citizen who is:
a member of the Uniformed Services (on active duty) or an eligible dependent
a member of the Merchant Marine or an eligible dependent
a commissioned corps of the Public Health Service
a commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
residing outside the United States
For more information on using or obtaining an FPCA, visit the California Secretary of State or this federal site.
Be sure to fill out and submit the online voter registration or FPCA as early as 60 to 90 days before an election. This will allow time for voter information and ballots to be sent to you and for you to return your ballot. The absolute deadline for your registration form to be submitted online, postmarked, or delivered in person to the county elections office is 15 days before an election.
When you register to vote you will have the option to choose to have your ballot sent to you by mail, fax, or email.
You will receive a permanent vote by mail status, but each time you move you must fill out either a new online California voter registration form or FPCA.
For information on voting, check How do I vote if I am military, overseas, or I live abroad?
How do I register if I am a college student?
As a Californian living away from home while attending a college, trade school or technical school, you may choose to register to vote using either the home away from home address you use while at school, or your traditional home address.
Choosing which address to use when you register to vote is a personal decision. Whatever you decide, you may not register to vote in two places during the same election cycle.
Can I register if I am homeless?
Yes, you can register if you are homeless if:
You have a fixed location where you can be assigned to a voting precinct. You must describe your location using cross streets, landmarks, or other information to explain where you live.
AND you have a place where you can receive mail, such as a post office box or homeless shelter.
Big changes in Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento, and San Mateo counties
If you live in Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento, or San Mateo counties there are big changes to how you vote starting in 2018:
You will automatically receive your ballot in the mail a few weeks before the election.
Most neighborhood polling places will no longer be used for voting.
Instead, you will have three choices for how to vote:
Mail back your ballot,
Drop it off at any secure Ballot Dropbox, or
Vote in person at a Vote Center.
Find your Vote Center or Ballot Drop Box location here!
(Other counties may put this system in place starting in 2020.)
In order to receive a ballot in the mail, you must register by the deadline, which is 15 days before an election. The registration deadline for the Tuesday, November 6, general election is Monday, October 22.
Missed the deadline? You can still register and vote at a Vote Center, all the way up to and including Election Day. For more information on same-day voter registration, check Missed the voter registration deadline? You can still register and vote!
For more information on election changes, check Voter’s Choice Elections.
Note: If you live in Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento, or San Mateo counties and you are already registered to vote, you will automatically receive your ballot in the mail. Check Voter’s Choice Elections for more info.
Request a vote-by-mail ballot from your County Elections Office.
Make sure that you send in your request so that it’s received by your county elections office no later than 7 days before the election.
Follow the directions to fill out your ballot and envelope.
Mark your vote-by-mail ballot.
Place the vote-by-mail ballot in the special envelope provided by your county’s election office.
Fill out the information on the envelope.
Don't forget to sign the back of the envelope.
Seal the envelope.
You may have to put postage on the envelope.
Make sure that you use the right amount of postage.
Return the ballot:
By mail or
Drop it off at a location designated by your county or
Drop it off at any polling place in your county by 8 pm on Election Day.
You can have a relative or person living in your house drop off your vote-by-mail ballot at a polling place on election day. Fill in the information on the return envelope.
If you mail your ballot back, don’t delay.
Your completed vote-by-mail ballot must be postmarked on or before Election Day.
Once mailed and postmarked, the ballot must be received by the elections office no later than 3 days after the election.
Vote Early in Person
You may be able to vote in person either at your County Elections Office or at another early voting location before Election Day. Some early voting locations are also open through Election Day. Check with your county for details.
Click here for a complete list of early voting and ballot drop-off locations in your county.
Vote at the Polls on Election Day
How do I vote at the polling place in person?
Polling places are open from 7 AM to 8 PM on Election Day.
Vote Centers in Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento, and San Mateo counties are open before Election Day and will also be open from 7 AM to 8 PM on Election Day.
How do I find my polling place?
If you provided your voting address, then your polling location is printed here in the My Voting Location section of this site.
You can find your polling place location on the back of the Sample Ballot (or voter information pamphlet) mailed to you by your county; or,
You can contact your County Elections Office to find your polling place.
You can text "Vote" to GOVOTE (468683); or
You can call (800) 345-VOTE (8683) and choose option 5.
What are the basic steps for voting in person?
Go to the registration table. Say your name and address and sign the list of voters. A poll worker will give you a ballot.
For paper ballots
Mark (fill out) your ballot by following the instructions.
Tear off the stub at the top of the ballot. You may use this stub later to check that your ballot was counted.
To preserve the secrecy of your vote you will place your ballot in an envelope or folder, or fold it if instructed by your county.
Cast your ballot by following the procedures required by your county.
Put your ballot into either a ballot box or a scanner if your polling location uses a scanner.
For touchscreen voting machines
Not all California counties use the same type of touchscreen voting machines.
The poll worker will give you either a unique passcode or a computer memory card to gain access to the type of touchscreen in your county.
Follow the instructions on the machine.
If you have questions, ask a poll worker.
Voting Basics
Voter's Choice elections: big changes in Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento, and San Mateo counties
Do you live in Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento, or San Mateo counties? Starting in 2018, you have more days and more ways to vote! (Other counties may put this new system into place starting in 2020.)
If you are registered to vote in any of these counties, you will automatically receive a ballot in the mail a few weeks before the election. Most neighborhood polling places will no longer be used for voting. Instead, you will have three choices for how to vote.
1. Vote By Mail
You can fill out and mail in your ballot as soon as you receive it. Be sure to pay attention to postage requirements, as some ballots may require extra stamps.
2. Ballot Drop Box
You can drop off your ballot at any secure Ballot Drop Box as soon as you receive it. No postage is required at Ballot Drop Boxes.
3. Vote Center
You can vote in person by visiting any Vote Center in your county. At every Vote Center, you can:
Vote in person.
Drop off your completed ballot.
Vote with an accessible voting machine.
Get help and voting materials in multiple languages.
Register and vote even after the registration deadline has passed, including on Election Day.
When Vote Centers Are Open
All Vote Centers will be open for at least 4 days before Election Day. For the June 5 primary, this means all Vote Centers will be open from Saturday, June 2, through Tuesday, June 5.
Some Vote Centers will be open for 11 days before Election Day. For the June 5 primary, some Vote Centers will open starting Saturday, May 26.
Find a Ballot Drop Box location or Vote Center.
Learn more about the Voter's Choice Act.
Vote Centers will accommodate voters with limited English proficiency. Vote Centers will also have well-trained staff at every location prepared to support voters with translated voting materials in languages required by law. To the greatest extent possible, counties will aim to have multilingual staff and volunteers available to help voters at Vote Centers.
Accessible Voting Places
All Vote Centers will be accessible to people with disabilities. Counties participating in this program are also required to create a Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee (VAAC) if they do not have one already. A VAAC is made up of voters with disabilities and helps during the planning process to ensure voting is accessible. Please contact your county elections office to learn more about the specific tools and resources available to people with disabilities.
Voters with disabilities may request a remote accessible vote-by-mail ballot. You can use this ballot at home with your own computer and assistive technologies, then print the ballot and mail or drop it off.
Why the Change?
The new Voter’s Choice Act is designed to make voting more convenient and accessible.
You choose how you vote: Whether using the mail, a Ballot Drop Box, or a Vote Center, you choose the method that works best for you. Voters with disabilities may use their own accessible technology to mark their ballot at home.
You choose when you vote: Instead of just one day to vote, you can vote in person for up to 11 days before the election—even on the weekends.
You choose where you vote: You can vote at home or at any Vote Center location in your county.
You get the support you need: Vote Center staff will be there to help you have a great voting experience, including providing assistance in multiple languages and helping voters with disabilities.
Do I have to show identification to vote?
To register to vote, you will need to provide your California driver’s license or ID card number or the last four digits of your Social Security number.
Most of the time, on Election Day you are not required to show identification at the polling place unless:
You are voting for the first time in a Federal election and you registered by mail.
You did not provide either your driver's license number, state ID number, or the last four digits of your social security number on the registration card when registering by mail.
Acceptable forms of ID include a California driver’s license, California identification card, passport, or a student ID card showing your name and photograph. Visit the California Secretary of State for more information on acceptable identification.
What if I am not on the list of voters at my polling place?
If your name is not on the list of registered voters at your polling place you have the right to cast a provisional ballot. For more information check What is a provisional ballot?
What is a provisional ballot?
A provisional ballot is a regular ballot that is put inside of a provisional envelope.
Who must vote a provisional ballot?
Voters who:
Do not appear on the list of voters at the polling place.
Moved into a new precinct and did not update their registration.
Registered by mail, but did not provide a CA drivers license number, CA ID number or the last 4 digits of their Social Security Number when they registered.
Return vote-by-mail ballots to the polls without an envelope.
Vote by mail, but decide that they would prefer to vote in person and do not bring their vote-by-mail ballot to turn in at the polling place.
Register too late for their names to be printed on the list of voters.
For a more extensive list of people who must vote with a provisional ballot, check the California Secretary of State.
Are all provisional ballots counted?
If voters are eligible to vote and vote provisionally, their ballots will be counted.
What if I go to the wrong polling place and have to vote a provisional ballot, will my ballot still be counted?
Firstly, you must always vote in the county where you are registered to vote.
If you're in the right county but the wrong polling place, then all of the candidates and measures that are on the ballot you were supposed to vote on, if you had gone to the correct location, will be counted.
But any contests and measures that are not also on the ballot at your correct polling place will not be counted.
How are provisional ballots handled?
Fill out your name and current address on the provisional envelope and sign it.
After the polls close, the ballot is returned to the election office, where the information on the envelope is verified against the voter registration records.
If the information that the voter has written on the envelope matches, then the ballot is removed from the envelope and counted.
Can I check the status of my provisional ballot?
You may contact the county elections office to learn whether your provisional ballot was counted and if it was not counted, the reason why.
How do I correct a voting mistake?
I damaged, lost, or marked my ballot incorrectly. What do I do to fix this?
You can get a new ballot as long as you have not already cast (voted) your ballot.
If you vote at a polling place ask a poll worker for a new ballot.
If you have your vote-by-mail ballot, you can turn it in and request a new ballot either at your county elections office or polling place.
If you do not have your original vote-by-mail ballot you can vote using a provisional ballot.
The process to correct a voting mistake is a little different if you live in one of the five Voter’s Choice counties (Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento, or San Mateo). As long as you haven’t already voted, you can get a regular ballot at a Vote Center without turning in your vote-by-mail ballot.
Where do I vote if I am registered but moved within California?
If you moved on or before the registration deadline, which is 15 days prior to the election, then you should re-register at your new address. Check How do I register to vote?
I moved within the same county:
If you moved within 14 days before the election you can vote at the polling place for your old address.
You may vote a provisional ballot at your new polling place or at the county elections office.
You will need to fill out a written confirmation that you’re eligible to vote and registered in the county where you’re voting.
If you moved to an address that is assigned to the same polling location as your old address, then no matter when you moved you may vote at that location. However, you must confirm your change of address at the polling place.
I moved to a new county:
If you moved on or before the registration deadline, which is 15 days prior to the election, then you must re-register at your new address in order to vote at the upcoming election. Check How do I register to vote?
How do I vote if I am military, overseas, or live abroad?
For information on registering check How do I register if I am military, overseas, or live abroad?
Receive and complete your ballot:
When you registered to vote using California’s online voter registration or a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) you had the option to receive your ballot by mail, fax or email. In some counties you may be allowed to download a ballot. Check the county list to see if downloading is possible.
You should receive your ballot between 45 and 30 days before Election Day. If you do not receive one, contact your county.
If you do not receive a ballot 30 days before Election Day you may be able to request Federal Write-In Ballot that allows you to vote in federal, but not California, elections. Check with your county elections office about this.
Follow the directions received with your ballot to fill it out. Review the ballot to make sure you voted for every contest you intended.
Return your ballot:
Fill out and sign as directed on the back of the return envelope.
Mail it using US Post Office if you are in the U.S.
If outside the U.S. use APO/FPO or diplomatic pouch mail. OR use foreign postal system and make sure you use the correct postage.
Consult your post office to find out when the ballot should be mailed to make sure it is postmarked no later than Election Day and arrives in your county no later than three days after Election Day. In other words, mail your ballot back before Election Day.
By fax if you are living outside the territorial US:
Fax the ballot plus the completed return envelope.
Fax an Oath of Voter form that your county provides.The oath waives your right to confidential voting because you are faxing your ballot.
Your faxed ballot and materials must be received by county elections office by 8 p.m. Pacific time on Election Day.
While you may request your ballot by email or download it, you may not return your completed ballot by email.
Visit the California Secretary of State for more information.
Why am I in a mail-only precinct?
Under California law, if you live in a precinct with 250 or fewer registered voters, then you may receive vote-by-mail ballots and not have the option to vote in person at the polls on Election Day.
Check How do I vote by mail? for directions.
How do I vote if I have disabilities?
Disability Rights California (DRC) will operate a toll-free hotline on Election Day for voters with disabilities. The service is designed to help those who have difficulty accessing polling places, casting ballots or simply have questions about voting. The toll-free number for voice calls is 888-569-7955. The statewide number for video calls is 800-719-5798.
Watch the Center for Independence's video on Why You Should Vote.
Accessible information
The state Official Voter Information Guide that is mailed to each registered voter is available in a downloadable MP3 audio version, audio cassettes, in American Sign Language, and in large print. You may call (800) 345-8683 to request these versions.
The California Secretary of State also maintains a Voter Hotline for voters who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech-impaired at: (800) 833-8683 - TTY/TDD
Before each election, registered voters are notified as to whether or not their polling places are accessible. This notification appears on the Sample Ballot mailed by your county.
Signing in at the polling place
You can vote even if you can't sign your name!
Accessible voting machines
Each polling place must have one voting machine that allows voters, including those who are blind or visually impaired, to cast a ballot without assistance.
The voting machine permits voters to privately and independently verify vote choices and, if there is an error, allows them to correct those choices before submitting their final ballot.
You may choose up to two people to help in the polling place. However, the person who provides assistance may not be:
Your employer or someone who works for your employer; or
Your labor union leader or someone who works for your labor union.
Poll workers must provide curbside voting for voters with disabilities who need this assistance. Parking for curbside voting will be provided as close as possible to the voting area.
A poll worker will bring the list to sign, the ballot, and other required materials to the voter’s car. The poll worker will take everything back into the polling place and put the ballot in the ballot box or scanner.
For more information check Rights of voters with disabilities.
Remote accessible vote-by-mail
Disability Rights California has a great video with information on remote accessible vote-by-mail, a new way for people with disabilities to vote from home.
How do I vote if I speak a language other than English?
The Secretary of State's office provides voting-related materials and assistance in nine languages other than English.
For answers to your questions about voting and elections, or to request mail delivery of a voter registration form, vote-by-mail application, or the Official Voter Information Guide in any of these languages, please call one of the toll-free Voter Hotlines shown below.
(800) 232-VOTA (8682) - español / Spanish
(800) 339-2857 - 中文 / Chinese
(888) 345-2692 - हिन्दी / Hindi
(800) 339-2865 - 日本語 / Japanese
(888) 345-4917 - ខ្មែរ / Khmer
(866) 575-1558 - 한국어 / Korean
(800) 339-2957 - Tagalog
(855) 345-3933 - ภาษาไทย / Thai
(800) 339-8163 - Việt ngữ / Vietnamese
For more information on in-language voting resources visit the California Secretary of State and read this handy Language Assistance Fact Sheet.
To find out what languages are available in your county, contact your county elections office. The information is often listed on the county's web site and may also appear on the county voter guide you receive in the mail.
For more information check Rights of voters to language assistance.
Are emergency ballots available if I can’t get to the polls on Election Day?
If it is six or fewer days before Election Day, you may be able to get an emergency vote-by-mail ballot.
Situations where emergency ballots are available:
You can make a written request for this ballot if you:
Are hospitalized, in a nursing home, sanatorium, or in your residence and you are too sick to get to the polling place.
Have a physical handicap that causes you to be unable to get to your polling place.
Have a physical handicap that makes you unable to vote at your polling place due to architectural barriers denying you physical access to the polling place, voting booth, or voting apparatus or machinery.
Are unable to go to your polling place because of conditions resulting in your absence from the precinct on Election Day.
How do I make the emergency request?
Make a written request. Your county elections office might have a pre-printed form for you to use.
If you don’t have a form, then make sure that the request authorizes a particular person to bring you the ballot and is signed under the penalty of perjury.
You can use this Los Angeles County Emergency Vote-by-Mail Application sample request as a guide to help you write a request to your county.
Mark the ballot as directed. For detailed instructions check How do I vote by mail?
Return the ballot and envelope personally, or through your authorized representative, to either the county elections office or any polling place in your county.
Or, if you are able, you can go to your county elections office during open hours and vote early in person.
For more information and sample requests, visit Disability Rights California.
What is ranked choice voting?
Ranked choice voting allows voters to election a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice candidate for a single office. This makes it possible to elect local officials by majority vote without the need for a second run-off election.
How ranked-choice voting works:
To start, every first-choice selection is counted. Any candidate who receives a majority (more than 50%) of the first-choice selections is declared the winner.
If no candidate receives more than 50% of the first-choice selections, the candidate who received the fewest number of first-choice selections is eliminated.
Voters who selected the eliminated candidate as their first choice will have their vote transferred to their second choice.
The votes are then recounted. If any remaining candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, they are declared the winner.
If no remaining candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, the process of eliminating candidates and transferring votes to the next ranked candidate is repeated until one candidate has a winning majority.
For more information on ranked-choice voting, check out FairVote California’s video in English or Spanish and their info cards in English, Spanish, and Chinese. You can also read or listen to the Ranked Choice FAQs from the Alameda County Registrar’s office.
How do I write in a candidate?
Each race has a blank spot with a line drawn on it for a write-in candidate.
Mark the spot beside the line as if you were voting for a candidate whose name is printed on the ballot.
Write the name of the candidate you wish to vote for on the line.
Each county publishes a list of qualified write-in candidates.
The list will be available at your polling place and the county elections office.
If you write in the name of a qualified write-in candidate, your vote will be counted.
A vote for someone who is not on the qualified candidate list will not be counted.
What is a special election?
A special election happens when an elected official has left the office before the end of the term. This usually happens when the official dies or has resigned from the office.
What is a recall election?
A recall election decides whether or not an elected official will be removed from the elected job, and who will replace that official.
For more information visit Recall Elections.
What is an initiative?
An initiative is a law proposed by a group of citizens by means of a petition containing the signatures of the required number of voters. Initiatives can propose a new law (statutory initiative) or amend the state constitution.
For more information visit Fast Facts on State Ballot Measures.
What is a referendum?
A referendum is a vote on whether a law passed by the legislature and signed by the governor should be enacted.
There are some important dates and deadlines for California voters to know. To see if you have upcoming local elections in your area, check the Secretary of State's list of upcoming elections.
When is the voter registration deadline?
In order to vote in the November 6 General Election, you must register to vote no later than 15 days before the election.
Submitted online no later than 15 days before the election;
OR postmarked or hand-delivered to your county elections office no later than 15 days before the election.
You can also check the status of your voter registration to make sure you’re registered.
For detailed information check Register to Vote.
When is the vote-by-mail application deadline?
Your vote-by-mail request must be received in the county elections office no later than 7 days before the election.
For detailed information, check How do I vote by mail?
When do I vote?
Before Election Day
Both vote-by-mail and early-in-person voting start 29 days before Election Day and continue through Election Day.
From 29 days before Election Day through Election Day.
Early-in-person
From 29 days before Election Day, through the day before Election Day. Some early voting locations are also open through Election Day.
Election Day, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
For detailed information check Ways to Vote.
Local Election Dates & Deadlines
Your county may have an election at various times over the course of a year. Check for election dates, voter registration, and vote-by-mail deadlines in your area.
My Rights as a Voter
California's Voter Bill of Rights
You have the following rights:
You are eligible to vote if you are:
a U.S. citizen living in California
at least 18 years old
registered where you currently live
not in prison or on parole for a felony
2. The right to vote if you are a registered voter even if your name is not on the list. You will vote using a provisional ballot. Your vote will be counted if elections officials determine that you are eligible to vote.
4. The right to cast a secret ballot without anyone bothering you or telling you how to vote.
5. The right to get a new ballot if you have made a mistake, if you have not already cast your ballot. You can:
Ask an elections official at a polling place for a new ballot; or
Exchange your vote-by-mail ballot for a new one at an elections office, or at your polling place; or
Vote using a provisional ballot, if you do not have your orginal vote-by-mail ballot.
6. The right to get help casting your ballot from anyone you choose, except from your employer or union representative.
7. The right to drop off your completed vote-by-mail ballot at any polling place in the county where you are registered to vote.
8. The right to get election materials in a language other than English if enough people in your voting precinct speak that language.
9. The right to ask questions to elections officials about election procedures and watch the election process. If the person you ask cannot answer your questions, they must send youto the right person for an answer. If you are disruptive, they can stop answering you.
10. The right to report any illigal or fraudulent election activity to an elections official or the Secretary of State's office.
On the web at the Secretary of State's website
By phone at (800) 345-VOTE (8683)
By email at elections@sos.cac.gov
If you believe you have been denied any of these rights, call the Secretary of State's confidential toll-free voter hotline at (800) 345-VOTE (8683).
Download your California Voter Bill of Rights from the Secretary of State in any of the following languages:
Check out the Voter Bill of Rights video!
Reporting problems: Help is just a phone call away
Your County Elections Office
Contact your County Elections Office to get any voting problem resolved quickly.
The California Secretary of State
If you believe you have been denied any of your voting rights, or you are aware of any election fraud or misconduct, you can call the Secretary of State's confidential toll-free Voter Hotline at (800) 345-VOTE (8683).
Election Protection
If you encounter any issues in casting your ballot, or feel like your rights were violated, visit the Election Protection website or call one of the hotlines below to get help resolving your dispute and reporting your claim.
English: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)
Spanish & English: 888-Ve-Y-Vota (888-839-8682)
Download Prepare. Know Your Rights. Vote. in Spanish and English. For more information, check ya es hora ¡VE Y VOTA!
Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Bengali, Urdu, Hindi, and Filipino/Tagalog: 888-API-VOTE (888-274-8683)
Download Know your Voting Rights from Asian Americans Advancing Justice, California.
Check here for more information about Election Protection and the hotline schedule.
Disability Rights California
Voice: 1-888-569-7955
California Relay Service: Dial 711
Disability Rights California will explain your rights, work to resolve a problem, and help file a complaint If you have a disability and:
You cannot get into your polling place
The accessible voting machine is not working
Other people can see how you are voting
You are told you cannot vote because you have a disability
You have a question about you right to vote
Download and print the hotline for voters with disabilities one-pager.
For more information check Disability Rights California
Election 2016 Controversies: The Brennan Center for Justice
The Brennan Center for Justice writes:
The 2016 election has been like no other. It’s rife with sensational claims from both sides about some of the core tenets of American democracy. From assertions the election will be “rigged” to questions about handling of classified material to debates on a nationwide crime wave, there are plenty of issues to unpack. But what’s the truth behind the rhetoric and political posturing?
“Election 2016 Controversies” will assess issues related to democracy, justice, and the rule of law ahead of November. The series includes Brennan Center briefing memos, research, opinion pieces, and relevant news stories. It’s a one-stop-shop for factual information on some of the most important topics of 2016. This page will be updated frequently, so check back in for new developments through Election Day.
Check Election 2016 Controversies for up to date information.
Rights of voters with disabilities
What are my rights to access and vote at polling places?
State and federal laws require polling places to be physically accessible to voters with disabilities.
Access to the polling place
County elections officials inspect each site and often make temporary modifications to homes, libraries, churches, businesses, schools, or other facilities for Election Day.
Poll workers are trained on election laws and the rights of voters with disabilities, including the need to make reasonable modifications of policies and procedures to ensure equal access.
Before each election, every registered voter is notified whether their polling place is accessible. This notification appears on the Sample Ballot mailed to each voter by their county.
The California Secretary of State has approved several voting systems for use that allow voters with disabilities to cast their votes privately and independently.
The voting machine permits voters to verify their choices and, if there is an error, allows them to correct those choices before submitting their final ballot.
Poll workers must provide curbside voting for voters with disabilities who need this assistance.
For more information check How do I vote if I have disabilities? or visit Disability Rights California. To learn more about the rights of voters with mental disabilities, read this guide prepared by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
Rights of voters to language assistance
What rights do I have for language assistance?
Local elections officials are required to provide services and official election materials to bilingual voters in precincts where there are a certain number of people who speak the language.
In some localities, voter information pamphlets and sample ballots are translated into Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese, among other languages.
In some polling places, bilingual poll workers are available to assist voters in their own language.
Know your rights in 13 languages.
Get information about your rights in eleven languages from Asian Americans Advancing Justice, California. The materials will help first-time voters, immigrant voters, and limited-English proficient voters exercise their right to vote on Election Day. They have instructions on how to register to vote, how to vote, how to access language assistance in the voting process, and how to handle problems encountered during Election Day, among other subjects.
Farsi Hindi
Punjabi Spanish Tagalog Thai
For more information visit the California Secretary of State.
Rights of people with criminal convictions
What are my voting rights if I have a misdemeanor?
A misdemeanor conviction does not affect your right to vote at all. You can vote in all elections.
What are my voting rights if I have a felony?
If you have a felony conviction, you can vote IF you:
Are on probation, even if you are in county jail as a condition of your probation, or
Have completed your probation, or
Are awaiting a judge’s decision on a probation violation, or
Are on mandatory supervision, or
Are on post-release community supervision, or
Have completed your parole.
The only time you are not allowed to vote is IF you:
Have a felony conviction and you are still in state prison, or
Are serving an 1170(h) felony sentence in county jail, or
Are awaiting transfer to a state prison, or
Are on parole.
Once you have completed your sentence and parole, you can register to vote. If you are unsure what type of sentence you are serving check with your parole or probation officer.
Can I vote when I am on parole?
No. You can only vote once you have completed your parole.
Can I vote on mandatory supervision?
Yes! You can vote at all times when you are on mandatory supervision.
Can I vote while I am on post-release community supervision?
Yes! You can vote at all times when you are on post-release community supervision.
Can I vote when I am on probation?
Yes! You can vote at all times when you are on probation, whether your conviction is a felony or a misdemeanor
Can I vote while I am in county jail?
Maybe. You can vote IF you are in county jail:
Awaiting trial for any crime, or
For a misdemeanor conviction, or
On a probation violation, or
On felony probation.
The only time you lose the right to vote while in county jail is when you are:
In state prison for a felony conviction, or
In jail awaiting transfer to a state prison for a felony conviction, or
Serving an 1170(h) felony sentence in the county jail, or
In jail for a parole violation.
How do I get back my right to vote?
In California, you do not need to do anything to “restore” your right to vote. It is automatically restored once you have completed your sentence and are no longer on parole. However, you must register or re-register to vote in an upcoming election.
For more information visit Let Me Vote.
Download brochures in English and in Spanish.
You can also download and print Let Me Vote palm cards in English and Spanish.
Is voter registration information confidential?
Voter registration rolls are not available to the general public.
Your social security number, your driver license number, and your signature are never provided to anyone requesting information.
California law allows certain voter information to be released to a member of the California Legislature or U.S. Congress, or to any candidate, any committee for or against a proposed ballot measure, any person for election, scholarly, journalistic, or political purpose, or for governmental purposes.
Commercial use of voter registration information is prohibited by law and is a misdemeanor.
If sharing your address could put you in a life-threatening situation then you may qualify for the Safe At Home confidential address program in order to register to vote and vote by mail.
For more information check What if sharing my address could put me in a life-threatening situation?
More Voting Info
Be an Election Day Poll Worker in California
What does it take to be a poll worker? You must be
A registered California voter or legal resident of the United States.
A high school student who
Is a United States citizen
Is at least 16 years old on Election Day
Is attending a public or private high school
Has at least a 2.5 grade point average
Has permission from parents and school
Attends a training session
What does a poll worker do?
Sets up and closes a polling place
Helps voters understand their rights
Protects ballots and voting equipment
Why be a poll worker?
Get involved and assist voters
Contribute to your community
Earn extra money (varies by county)
How do you apply?
Contact your county elections office for an application.
Interactive map of County Elections Offices
Check out this interactive map providing contact info and quick stats on your county’s elections.
Information about political parties
What is a political party?
A political party is a group of people who try to determine public policy and influence government by getting its candidates elected to office.
What is a “qualified political party?”
A qualified political party is entitled to participate in any primary election or presidential general election.
A political group may qualify as a party in one of two ways: voter registration or petition.
With the voter registration method, the Secretary of State must be able to verify that the political party obtained voter registrations equal in number to .33 percent of the total registration, by the qualification deadline.
With the petition method, the petition submitted to the secretary of state must have signatures of registered voters equal to 10 percent of the votes cast at the last gubernatorial election.
What are the qualified political parties in California?
For more information, visit the California Secretary of State.
How do I find out what political districts I live in?
For information on State legislative districts and U.S. Congressional Offices, visit the California Secretary of State.
For information on your city, county, and other local offices contact your county elections office.
Evaluating state ballot measures
Evaluating state ballot measures:
Examine what the measure seeks to accomplish. Do you agree with these goals?
Who are the real sponsors and opponents of the measure?
Check Voter’s Edge California to follow the money for state measures.
Is the measure written well? Will it create conflicts in law that may require court resolution?
Does the measure create its own revenue source? Does it earmark, restrict or obligate government revenues?
Does the measure mandate a government program against the cost of reducing overall flexibility in the budget?
Does the measure deal with one issue that can be easily decided by a YES or NO vote? Or, is it a complex issue that should be thoroughly examined in the legislative arena?
If the measure amends the Constitution, consider whether it really belongs in the Constitution.
Be wary of distortion tactics and commercials that rely on image but tell nothing of substance about the measure. Be aware of half truths.
How to vote in the California Top Two Primary
Certain candidates in California are elected in a “Top-Two Primary.” These include candidates for:
State Assembly
Governor and Lt. Governor
Insurance Commissioner
In a Top-Two Primary, you can cast your vote for any candidate.
All candidates from all parties will be on the ballot for these contests.
You don’t have to be registered with a party to vote on these contests.
You can vote for a candidate from any party.
You can “write in” a candidate in the Primary Election.
The two candidates with the most votes will appear on the General Election ballot even if they have the same party preference.
Nonpartisan offices: Judges, County Supervisor, other County and Municipal offices, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction are always open to all eligible voters.
What does party preference mean?
Voters may either register with a political party preference or choose "none." A candidate's party preference does not necessarily mean that they have that political party's support. The list of candidates who receive a party's official endorsement (support) is in the county Voter Information Guide.
Evaluating California budget and taxes
Visit Fast Facts: State Taxes and Budget.
What are bonds?
Bonds are a form of long-term borrowing that the state uses to raise money for large projects. The state sells bonds to investors and agrees to repay the investors, with interest, over a certain number of years, somewhat like a mortgage.
Why are bonds used?
Projects such as roads, school building, prisons, parks, office buildings, and housing for veterans involve large dollar costs, and are used over many years. The use of bonds helps to fund the initial large dollar costs, which are hard to fund out of day-to-day operating revenues. Also the repayment of these bonds over time means that future taxpayers who benefit from the facilities will help to pay for them.
What types of bonds does the state sell?
General Obligation Bonds
These are the most common type of bonds, and are largely repaid from the state's unrestricted general tax revenues. These bonds have to be approved by the voters, and their repayment is guaranteed by the state.
These are repaid from a designated source, such as bridge tolls. Revenue bonds do not require voter approval and repayment is not guaranteed by the state.
Lease-Revenue Bonds
There are repaid from lease payments by state agencies using the leased facilities. Lease-Revenue bonds do not require voter approval and repayment is not guaranteed by the state.
What are the direct costs of bond financing?
The state must repay the principal of the bonds over time to the investors until the bonds are fully paid off, plus annual interest costs. The interest cost of repaying bonds depends on the current interest rate and the time period over which the bonds are to be repaid.
Voter registration drives
Visit the California Secretary of State's Guide to Voter Registration Drives.
Future of California Elections
The Future of California Elections (FoCE) is a collaboration between election officials, civil rights organizations and election reform advocates to examine and address the unique challenges facing the State of California’s election system.
Check out the 2018 Election Reform Primer: What Voters Need to Know.
Visit the Voter Experience Index. This informative set of tools was developed to improve the voter experience. It is a collection of research, publications and “how-to” guides produced by members of Future of California Elections and partners.
Contact the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Contact the League of Women Voters California Education Fund for additional election information.
Contact the League of Women Voters in your county
Find your local League of Women Voters
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Contact state election office
To find contact information for your local election office, search for your county or address here or find your county election office on the California Secretary of State website.
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Yolo County Clerk
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A Question of Coverage:
The Beck Song Reader As Fan-Performed Art
The Year’s Best Coverfolk, 2012: The Singles
(b-sides, deep cuts, YouTube one-offs, & more one-shot coverage)
The Year’s Best Coverfolk, Vol. 1:
Tribute Albums and Covers Collections (2012)
Christmas Coverfolk, 2012:
New Tracks from Old Friends
Griefsongs: A Prayer For Newtown
Chanukah Coverfolk, 2012:
with songs by Woody Guthrie, South Park, Peter Paul & Mary, & more!
Christmas Cheer Coverfolk: Seasonal Songs of Drinking
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Covered In Folk: the Down Under Edition: Kasey Chambers and others cover Tim and Neil Finn of Crowded House
October 13th, 2007 — 12:46 am
I saw Tim and Neil Finn open for 10,000 Maniacs way back in the hairspray eighties, before Natalie Merchant turned into a banjo-playing folk recluse. Though back then my tastes ran to the produced radioplay of Finn-led popgroup Crowded House, there was something arresting in the simple guitar interplay and close harmonies of the Brothers Finn, riding high on first big Crowded House single Don’t Dream It’s Over. Their songs revealed a surprising poignancy once the wall of sound came down — one that still comes through powerfully, despite the ravages of age in their voices, on their recent Finn Brothers release, and in the newly-reincarnated Crowded House that was all the rage at Coachella this year.
Since then, I’ve learned that Tim’s the new-waver and Neil’s the pop star. Tim’s solo work includes singles but no hits, which is a shame, really: he writes decent if simple melodies, and his more recent work is stark and fine, but he’s spent much of his career burying it under synthesizer and make-up. The rest of the record-buying public seems to appreciate Neil’s slightly softer songwriting more, if sales are an accurate indication. In my experience, though, when they write together, as they did for most of 1991 album Woodface, the end result is the best of both worlds.
Sixpence None the Richer does a sicklysweet girlpop cover of Don’t Dream It’s Over that you’ve heard a hundred times; their version is probably more true to the original recordings than anything else out there. But the best covers of Finn Brothers’ work strip it down to the bare essentials. Want proof? Here’s Aussie folk sensation Kasey Chambers with a version of Neil’s Better Be Home Soon from 2005 Tim and Neil tribute album She Will Have Her Way that will make you cry, and another simple cover of a song co-written by Tim and Neil, just for comparison’s sake:
Kasey Chambers covers Better Be Home Soon (orig. Crowded House)
New Buffalo covers Four Seasons in One Day (orig. Crowded House)
The above cuts plus other beautiful coverversions, all by female Australasian artists, can be yours with the purchase of She Will Have Her Way; I recommend that you buy the bonus version, which is cheaper and includes all the originals, too! Chambers’ solo work is not available through her website, but amazon.com has acceptable prices. The acoustic intimacy of Finn Brothers release Everyone Is Here is gorgeous; I hear the new Crowded House album Time On Earth is good, too. Or there’s always 1991 popgem Woodface, available on the cheap at your local bargain bin.
Today’s bonus coversongs:
Jennifer Kimball’s lush cover of Crowded House hit Fall At Your Feet
Neil Finn’s live cover of the Smiths’ There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Kasey Chambers’s amazing cover of Fred Eaglesmith’s Freight Train
Extra special bonus:
Richard and Teddy Thompson recover* Persuasion (orig. Thompson/Finn)
*Originally, Persuasion was a Richard Thompson instrumental theme written in 1991 for the movie Sweet Talker; Tim Finn liked it so much that he added lyrics and re-recorded it. Richard and Teddy cut this version with Finn’s lyrics in 2000. Technically, that doesn’t make it a cover, but I think it qualifies as a “re-cover”, so I’m going to let it stand.
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News Update: March 26, 2014
Bret McKenzie, songwriter for both The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted, teamed up with Funny or Die to shoot a fantastically fun and funny music video for the song "I'll Get You What You Want (Cockatoo in Malibu)." The video even features some extended visuals that we didn't see in the song in Muppets Most Wanted.
I'll Get You What You Want with Bret McKenzie - watch more funny videos
Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy made an appearance on The Queen Latifah Show on Friday to promote Muppets Most Wanted. They had a nice chat with their old pal Queen Latifah and then performed "Rainbow Connection" with Queen Latifah and John Legend. Watch both videos below!
Dr. Teeth and Floyd Pepper appeared online at fuze.tv to promote Muppets Most Wanted and to answer some incredibly binding questions from popular music lyrics. The video is one of the finest examples of a Muppet appearance we've seen in this promotional cycle, and hardens my belief that we need to see The Muppet Show back on TV even more. It was announced recently that an official album for the Muppets Most Wanted Original Score will be released through Intrada and Disney. This is great to see, since The Muppets never received an official release of its score. It's not clear whether the album will be available only on CD or for download as well. Either way, Christophe Beck's score for the film is definitely coming on April 15th. More information can be found on the Intrada forum.
Back in 2012, the Muppets performed a special live All-Star Comedy Gala in Canada at Montreal's Just For Laughs comedy festival. The full video has finally been made available on Hulu, so you can enjoy all one hour and six minutes of the live gala as much as you want! The Gala received great reviews from Muppet fans and was a big hit at the Just For Laughs festival, so it's well worth watching. The video is so long, we decided not to embed it, so you can jump over to Hulu to watch the whole thing!
Our friends at WeLoveFine t-shirts have announced the five winners of their Sesame Street T-Shirt Design Contest. You can purchase all five of the winning shirts on WeLoveFine. The winners are as follows...
GRAND PRIZE WINNER (Trip to NYC to visit the creative team at Sesame Workshop):
"Om Nom Nom Nom" by David Vortreide JUDGES PICK (chosen by Caroll Spinney) ($400 Cash): "Steampunk Snuff" by DiHa JUDGES PICK (chosen by David Rudman) ($400 Cash): "The Sesame Gang" by Drew Borja RUNNER-UP ($150 Cash): "The Man of Fur" by Trevor Halligan RUNNER-UP ($150 Cash): "Meet the Mummy" by Mattie Watkins
There have been loads of other appearances by the Muppets and their human co-stars while promoting Muppets Most Wanted, and we've done a very poor job of keeping up with them all. Thankfully, our great pals over at ToughPigs.com haven't missed a beat. They've collected a score of interviews from the stars at the film's press junket as well as videos of Janice, Scooter, and Miss Piggy talking to AwesomenessTV. Thanks, guys!
Finally, to close out the News Update, we're so beyond humbled and blown away to announce that Ryan Dosier and The Muppet Mindset have a featured review blurb in one of the latest TV spots for Muppets Most Wanted. We're also thrilled that the blurb is joined by another blurb from Joe Hennes of ToughPigs.com. Thanks to Disney for this incredible honor! Check out the TV spot below.
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, muppetmindset@gmail.com
Tags: Bret McKenzie, Janice, Muppets Most Wanted, News
Anonymous Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 6:28:00 PM CDT
Kudos to ToughPigs for keeping track, but what you should really recommend to your readers, is the awesome page the editors of Muppet Wiki have put together:
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Muppets_Most_Wanted_promotional_appearances
AWEsome, I say!
lano500 Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 5:42:00 AM CDT
It's a bit more fun reporting it yourself. :/
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MH-17 one year later
49020 Views August 23, 2015 177 Comments Saker Analyses and Interviews The Saker
This column was written for the Unz Review: http://www.unz.com/tsaker/flight-mh-17-one-year-later/
Over a year has passed since Malaysian Airlines flight MH-17 has been shot out of the skies by somebody, but we still don’t know the truth and all sorts of hypotheses are circulating on the Internet. In the West, the Emperor Barak Ist decreed on the day after the actual shoot-down that the party responsible for this atrocity was, of course, the Novorussians. That is as predictable as it is irrelevant since not a shred of evidence has been presented by anybody in the West. In contrast, the Russians did provide quite a lot of evidence, but it was all immediately dismissed without further ado. Again, this is also as predictable as it is irrelevant. The undeniable fact is that the western narrative about the Ukraine absolutely mandates that either the Russians or the Novorussians shot down MH-17. Any other version is completely unacceptable and therefore shall never be considered, nevermind accepted, by the western politicians and their corporate media.
But for the rest of the world the question remains opened: who shot down MH-17 and how?
The first thing we know is that the Ukrainian traffic air controllers directed MH-17 to fly directly over the combat zone and to lower its altitude. We also know for a fact that there was at least one Ukrainian aircraft in the immediate vicinity of MH-17 that day. This was confirmed both by Russian radar signals and by several local witnesses who saw at least one, possibly two, SU-25 aircraft in the air that day. Finally, we also know that Ukrainian air defense units were present in the area that day and that their radars were active. What nobody saw that day was the kind of large and highly visible smoke plume which would have accompanied any large missile launch, not did anybody hear anything special. Apparently, no missile launch, and yet the Ukrainian radars were active. How come?
I believe that MH-17 was shot down by a Ukrainian SU-25. Critics of this theory have pointed out that the SU-25 is a “close-air-support aircraft” which was designed to fly very low and to engage attacking amour columns, that it was never designed to fly very fast or very high, and the SU-25 does not have a radar or air-to-air missiles. Finally, the cockpit of the SU-25 is not pressurized which means that the pilot cannot fly over 7’000 meter in altitude. This is all quite true. But it also misses the point.
First, while it is true that the cabin of the SU-25 is not pressurized, all a pilot needs to do is use a mask to supply him with oxygen. The aircraft itself can easily fly well over the 7’000 meter limit. It is true that the speed of the aircraft is inadequate to intercept a large civilian jet flying at its cruising speed. The SU-25 engines were never designed to fly high and while they can be made to bring the aircraft over 7’000 meters, they cannot develop enough speed in this rarefied atmosphere. But what the SU-25 can do is carry a R-60 infrared-guided missile. Not only does such a missile not require an engagement radar, but it’s speed is over 3’000 kilometers per hour, way faster than any civilian airliner. The problem with the missile, however, is that it’s range is short, about 8’000 meters.
The SU-25 does not have a radar capable of detecting a civilian airliners and guiding the SU-25 towards it. But the Buk missile radar battery definitely does. Since the course of the MH-17 was known well in advance, all the Ukrainians had to do was the keep one or two SU-25 loitering at low altitude under the air corridor which MH-17 would take and wait for the Buk missile operators guide the best placed SU-25 towards the airliner at the appropriate moment. All the pilot would have to do when given the signal was to sharply climb towards MH-17 and get inside the missile’s flight envelope (in this case within less than 8 kilometers of MH-17) and then fire off his R-60 missile. At that point, the missile would guide itself towards the biggest heat source of the aircraft – one of the engines.
The R-60 is a rather small missile and it would never be able to destroy a large airliner like the Malaysia Airways Boeing 777. But the R-60 is more than capable to destroy one of the Boeing’s engines. At this point, the airliner would rapidly lose speed and enter into a sharp turn while the pilots would be trying to figure out what happened, extinguish a burning engine and compensate for the increased drag. This is exactly what was observed on radars, by the way. The rapid loss of speed and altitude would make the Boeing easy prey for the SU-25 which has a powerful cannon on board which would then easily catch up and finish off the attack with a volley of 30mm cannon fire. Having finished off it’s target, the SU-25 would then sharply turn and return to its base. This is exactly what the Russian radars saw.
One might wonder why the Ukrainian would use a close air support aircraft like the SU-25 instead of a dedicated interceptor like the SU-27 or a fighter like the MiG-29. Here again, the explanation is very simple: not only does the Ukraine have many more SU-25s than SU-27s or MiG-29s, but these would also be very conspicuous to any witness. In contrast, the one (or, possibly two) SU-25s tasked with the destruction of MH-17 would be very easy to conceal in the eastern Ukraine and on any airfield. It is precisely because the SU-25 would be an unlikely aircraft to be given such a mission that it is the perfect aircraft to execute what is a textbook example of a false flag attack.
As for the Buk, it is such a big and conspicuous missile system that it is impossible to hide. Furthermore, had such a missile been fired broad daylight, the launch would have been clearly seen for many miles around. However, as long as all the Buk battery was doing is guiding the SU-25 towards MH-17 nobody would have noticed it. Nobody except the Russian, NATO and the USA, of course.
As somebody who has personally monitored military and civilian air traffic over Europe, I can attest to the fact that several militaries in Europe are constantly monitoring the entire airspace between the Atlantic and the Urals. These countries include the US and NATO. This is especially true for a battle zone. In fact, US and Russian AWACS aircraft are always present when a conflict occurs anywhere near Europe. They have been monitoring the war in the Persian Gulf, the war in Bosnia and Croatia, the war in Afghanistan and many other conflicts. Besides their AWACS, the Americans and Russians also use their space based satellites to monitor any conflict zone. Of course, neither side is willing to share all the detailed information it has, but the real problem here is political: the US won’t share anything at all because of the need to protect the regime in Kiev while anything the Russians would share will be immediately dismissed as “propaganda” (which is exactly what happened with the little the Russians did share).
I would add here that if had been the Novorussians who had shot down MH-17 the US could easily have proven it just as they have done it with KAL007 in 1983. In fact, in the 20 years which separate us from the shooting down of KAL007 US intelligence capabilities have considerably improved, so I would expect the US could provide much more data than just radio intercepts. And yet the US provided exactly *nothing*. There is only one logical possibility for that otherwise bizarre US refusal to provide any data at all: the US points to the “wrong” party. In other words, the fact that the US is not releasing any data all all is, by itself, an indirect proof that the Ukrainians did it.
As for the Ukrainians themselves they, of course, know *exactly* what happened and there is no need for them to “investigate” anything. So there is really nothing left to investigate. The Ukrainian did it and the West will never admit it.
chimmy on August 23, 2015 · at 3:48 pm EST/EDT
Wow, ties up all the loose ends; better than reading Sherlock Holmes.
The Wend on August 23, 2015 · at 4:00 pm EST/EDT
Israel did it. There is plenty of evidence on the internet.
Just like the massacre in Odessa was orginized by Israely citizen Kholomoisky.
Solon on August 23, 2015 · at 4:08 pm EST/EDT
Silence is not a legal defense.
The “noise” emitted in the Western media is to obfuscate the obvious.
The nations conducting the investigation are complicit in the crime coverup.
The travesty will not stay buried too much longer.
When Ukraine finally loses the war, shortly, and the junta runs for cover into Canada and the US, the remaining suckers in Kiev will spill the beans.
This crime is a huge criminal act. It cannot be held secret too much longer.
alan on August 23, 2015 · at 4:35 pm EST/EDT
true, but that’s why they have to be beaten first! that goal still seems far away
Daniel Rich on August 23, 2015 · at 10:27 pm EST/EDT
@ Solon,
Q; When Ukraine finally loses the war, shortly, and the junta runs for cover into Canada and the US,
R; Yikes Yats declared recently that the Ukraine isn’t his historical homeland and with Proroshenko also being a tribal member, this twofer will most likely end up in the arms of the Apartheid State [where so many criminals live safe and sound, and moreover, are protected from being held accountable for their misdeeds].
Uncle Bob 1 on August 24, 2015 · at 12:20 am EST/EDT
Unless the new peoples government,shall we say,adopts the old tried and true,KGB method.And eliminates them at the first opportunity. Yes,I’m an optimist.
Mulga Mumblebrain on August 27, 2015 · at 1:08 am EST/EDT
Yatsferatu will require a wooden stake through the chest.
Julian on August 24, 2015 · at 2:04 pm EST/EDT
When do you expect the truth about World Trade Center building 7 to be released and acknowledged? It’s been a few years now. Or even JFK for that matter.
They’ve lied about the JFK, MLK and RFK assassinations for forty years. They still lie about 9/11, Saddam’s WMD, Iran’s ‘nukes’, Chinese ‘aggression’ in the China Seas, Putin’s ‘aggression’ in Ukraine etc. So long as the Western MSM remains a mendacious propaganda system entirely populated by lying vermin whose well-paying jobs depend on 100% ideological reliability, 100% of the time, the truth will never be acknowledged in the West, and the brainwashed moron populace, indoctrinated to hate ‘evil Putin’ will believe exactly what their Thought Controllers tell them to believe. That is the essence of really existing Western ‘Freedom of Thought’.
nmb on August 23, 2015 · at 4:10 pm EST/EDT
Desperate to find a pretext
MH-17 flight: Another tragic incident to be exploited
http://bit.ly/1dpkeOV
I forgot to put the link about Israeli involvement. The text was written by Christopher Bollyn –
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=102261
An interesting conclusion:
” There are some who might find this line of reasoning to be unfair to Israel, “the Jewish state” and “America’s best friend in the region.” To them, I would simply say: You do not understand the true nature of the Zionist beast. Israel operates like a gangster state that uses murder and intimidation to force nations to submit to its will. The Israelis would think that the downing of MH17 should be considered a message to the governments of Malaysia and The Netherlands and that other nations would be wise to take note of what happens to countries that challenge Israel.
If Israel were a person it would be a psychopathic serial killer on the loose. The psychopath who is a serial killer might appear to be a nice, intelligent, and civilized person – but that is only how he appears. When no one is looking he murders people in cold blood and gets away with it, time after time. The fundamental problem with his worldview is that he believes that he is superior to other people and that their lives are worth nothing. This is exactly how the Jewish supremacists who rule Israel view non-Jews. ”
My first response on seeing the link was, “yeah, right.” But the article seems to be pretty even-handed reporting facts that can be verified. I think this conclusion is sound:
While we cannot say with certainty that Israel was involved in the downing of MH17, we can say that it had both the motive and the capability to do so, which is more than we can say for the pro-Russian rebels who have neither the motive nor the capability but who have been wrongly blamed…
Also, whatever happened to Malaysian Airline flight 370?
Yes, concerning the very topic of the Saker’s article, the conclusion which you quoted sounds more sound.
Anyway, Bollyn’s analysis is very convincing, from the start to the end. Take note of this part, for example:
” We know that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down while flying through the air traffic control region of Dnepropetrovsk, where the governor, Igor Kolomoisky, happens to be an Israeli billionaire involved in aviation companies. Furthermore, Yaron Mofaz, a relative of Shaul Mofaz, former chief of staff of the Israeli military, oddly took a photograph of the ill-fated Malaysian plane at the airport in Amsterdam shortly before it was shot down, which he then provided to Reuters.
( IGOR KOLOMOISKY (2nd from left) the Israeli governor of Dnepropetrovsk is a prominent supporter of Ukraine’s Jewish community and the president of the United Jewish Community of Ukraine. He owns several airlines as well. MH17 was in the air traffic control region of Dnepropetrovsk when it was shot down. For reasons that have not been explained MH17 was diverted from its normal route and instructed to fly across the war zone at a lower altitude of 33,000 feet by air traffic control of Dnepropetrovsk. Click to enlarge
Yaron Mofaz, an relative of the former Chief-of-Staff of the Israeli military, took this photo of MH17 before it left Amsterdam on its ill-fated flight over Ukraine. Mofaz works with a company that owns a similar Malaysia Airlines plane that has been kept in a hanger in Tel Aviv since November 2013. So, why did he take this photo? Click to enlarge )
Yaron Mofaz also happens to be a director of a Mofaz family company that works closely with a company in Florida that owns a former Malaysia Airlines airliner, virtually identical to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and MH17. This Malaysian airliner, it just so happens, was sent to Israel in late 2013 where it was parked in a hangar in Tel Aviv. For these and other reasons it is logical that we consider the possibility that the shooting down of MH17 was an Israeli false-flag operation with a twist. Therefore, the real question is not whether Israel was involved, but to what degree was Israel involved in the atrocity? ”
No paranoia here at all. This man, Bollyn, is just observing the facts and makes conclusions that are logical.
mjm on August 23, 2015 · at 9:31 pm EST/EDT
If the picture in the article is the picture of the plane taken at the airport — the one that circulated at the time of the shootdown — then it isn’t a picture of MH17. The plane in the circulated picture had a different number on the wheel flap. I checked it carefully at the time.
I don’t have an opinion on whether you are right or not (certainly the Israelis wouldn’t “not” do it).If they did it it though,it would have to have been a join effort with the Ukrainians (they couldn’t just do it without the Ukrainians knowing and helping).With the US being Israels stooge,and for some reason Russia’s reluctance to condemn Israel,it could have been them.Hopefully we’ll know at the end of the day.
The Wend on August 24, 2015 · at 12:44 pm EST/EDT
Russia is scared of Israel just like everyone else, because Israel controls 80% of the world’s finances and 95% of the world’s media.
That is according to a specialist for foreign affairs of the Soviet Union who publicly said that back in 1979. and a week later was arrested for the murder of his own wife, I forgot his name, but I have it somewhere in my files on the Jewish question.
Basically, the world doesn’t stand a chance against them. Norway thought it can do something, but then Breivik happened to them (Breivik worked for Israel and confessed he is pro-Israel and a Free-mason).
For example, former world chess-champion Bobby Fischer denounced the Jewish role in the bombing of Serbia-Montenegro in 1999., and to this day his interviews on the subject are not translated in Serbian language, so people have no clue (well some do, but majority is blissfully ignorant about who was killing them). Bobby Fischer died as a refugee in Island. The man who installed United States on the throne in the most traditional Soviet sport.
Well just look at Christopher Bollyn’s biography and how Chicago police broke his arm after he dared to interview a Jew inolved in 9/11 attacks. It is ridiculous. Alan Soral speaks truth when he says their behaviour will eventually produce a new Hitler sooner or later.
Unfortunately, Bollyn is correct. The Zionazi ideology was summed up by Jabotinsky, the fascist Godfather of the Likud tendency (whose influence, through his acolyte, Begin, and the Herut Party, the precursor of Likud, those great Jews, Einstein, Hannah Arendt, et al warned of in a letter to the NYT in December 1948)who stated that ‘We will kill anybody who gets in our way’. And it has copious and repeated endorsement by orthodox and ultra-orthodox Rabbis and ‘Torah Sages’ who repeatedly declare murder of the goyim to be not just acceptable, but a religious obligation, a good deed or mitzvah. While fascism and general psychotic murderousness is common throughout humanity, its worst expression is surely where it bears the imprimatur of ‘religion’.
No MiG-31s for Damascus: Russia Denies Sending Interceptors to Syria
Russia has not sent Mikoyan MiG-31 supersonic interceptors to Syria and does not intend to operate the aircraft in the war-torn country, CEO of Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG Sergei Korotkov stated refuting recent rumors.
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/military/20150822/1026049778/no-mig-31-for-syria.html#ixzz3jek3a088
too bad. I feel sorry for the Assad regime, it’s not like they are asking Putin to send Russion troops to fight for him, he’s just asking for weapons so his people can do the fighting.
Isabella on August 23, 2015 · at 11:32 pm EST/EDT
He only said Russia will not be Operating them. Today a Russian made fighter jet brought down an Israeli warplane over Syria, operated by a Syrian pilot.
However, just because the CEO of a company says that no Russians will be operating them………
And what of Sukhoi?
Notice never gets mentioned.
Check out their 50 series= 5th generation now testing utube videos.
Could this be a coy ploy/wink that seems to infer ‘no MiGs= no a/c any type’?
Vietnam Vet on August 23, 2015 · at 4:45 pm EST/EDT
As Sherlock would say, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. But with everyone so crazy these days about smart phones, selfies, etc., the lack of any pictures or video that a roaring Buk launch would have left is remarkable.
now explosions in US military base in Japan. Is some kind of tit for tat low grade sabotage operations taking place between not so friendly nations ???
elsi on August 23, 2015 · at 8:02 pm EST/EDT
Of course, since first explosion in Tianjin was obvious that was not an accident.
To see where is going all this.
Uncle Bob 1 on August 24, 2015 · at 1:22 am EST/EDT
Well “if” those explosions in China weren’t really accidents.Then this explosion in Japan could be a “subtle” way of saying, two can play that game.Then there is also the possibility it is connected with the North Korean situation,or Japanese not happy at US bases,or something with ISIS,or then it could just be a real accident.So many choices,to chose from.Hopefully we’ll find out soon.
Update: Now a huge fire has broken out at a factory in Tokyo.So unless its “also” an accident,then who knows what’s up.
SanctuaryOne on August 23, 2015 · at 4:52 pm EST/EDT
It likely wasn’t an engine seeking R-60 since the MH17 engine damage is inconsistent with a missile hit. A radio distress transmission would be likely and detectable jamming necessary.
An Israeli Python missile hit on the RHS nose fits the cockpit damage seen -as explained very precisely and scientifically in the link below.
It also explains why everyone is quiet -any Israel connection is untouchable.
Regardless, metallurical analysis and autopsies will have long since determined whether there were 30 mm cannon shells and/or missile fragments/shrapnel. I have yet to see any refutation of this explanation:
“The missile that attacked MH17 had a passive radar homing head, which explains why the missile exploded so close to the cockpit. Under the radar-transparent nosecone of a Boeing 777-200 there is a surveillance radar station operable during the flight, so most likely the missile homed on to this radar as the target.
Apart from a radar homing head, the missile could also be equipped with an advanced, matrix type, imaging IR seeker, which enables the missile to determine the size and the type of the target and choose for attack its most vital element. For a huge Boeing aircraft, that’s the cockpit.
A simulation of the missile attack has proved that missiles with that type of guidance choose to attack a big passenger plane from the front hemisphere.
There are four air-to-air missiles that fit the description established by the experts, namely: French Magis-2, Israeli Shafrir, American AIM-9 and Israeli Python – all short-range.
The first three have been struck off the list for various reasons, including type of warhead or guidance system specifications. The Python deserved a closer look.
The Python is equipped with a matrix-imaging IR seeker. It enables a relatively moderate power warhead to effectively engage big aircrafts. The warhead is armed with a set of ready strike elements. Even more importantly, some open military sources suggest that in early 2000s a number of Sukhoi Su-25 assault fighter jets we refurbished to use fourth and fifth generation Python missiles, which look very similar to the Su-25’s standard air-to-air R-60 missile.”
http://www.rt.com/news/310039-mh17-israeli-missile-version/
The Saker on August 27, 2015 · at 4:35 am EST/EDT
At this moment in time I take no position on the Python vs R-60 missile issue. I favour the R-60 due to Occam’s Razor’s logic: it is the simpler explanation. But that does not mean it is the correct one. Likewise, some have suggested that a MiG-29 could have been used instead of a SU-25. Again, I think that the SU-25 makes more sense, but I am not willing to dispute the MiG-29 theory, at least not at this point in time. What I can say is that the Python theory has some very solid argument going for it (you mention some) and that there is also strong indirect evidence that Kolomoiskii was involved. So all in all, I am *very* sympathetic to the “Israeli” theory, I just don’t have enough information (yet) to back it.
Absolutely; plus an R-60 that detonated just slightly too early from the front (what kind and intensity of I/R signature would the weather radar in the nose cone emit?) or too late from behind, thus mostly missing the engine pod, would in millseconds reach the LHS cockpit area where the most damage is evident.
The lack of a 7700 transponder code or a mayday call can also be explained by the pilot’s rule: ‘aviate, navigate, communicate’ and in that order, or in other words ‘fly the damn plane, everything else is secondary’. I have to assume, since radio transmissions are not encrypted, that someone somewhere would have recorded any conversation and published it -or it was jammed.
I have not been able to establish the dimensions of the strike elements -shrapnel- in either the R-60 or Python. The BUK amongst other reasons seems far less likely as it is designed to detonate overhead and at the front so that the target flies through a wall of shrapnel. Also the shrapnel of the 2 kinds of BUK are too large for the holes shown. As for the 20mm or 30mm cannon theory, some question the quantity of holes in such a small ‘bullseye’.
What I don’t understand is Russia’s reluctance to publish compelling evidence. They must surely have immediately obtained sufficient wreckage to determine from chemical and metallurgical analysis what hit MH-17.
But Russia gave only mild denials, consequently the Hegemon and its vassals have won the propaganda war hands down -and even continue to do so dropping BUK hints and this latest tribunal nonsense. The Russia-BUK-MH17 meme is baked in now and the damage permanent.
Veritas on August 23, 2015 · at 5:15 pm EST/EDT
Dear The Saker,
As you say it is the complete lack of evidence that points all fingers to Kiev – no atc tower recordings, no black box (why did Malaysia hand over to UK?) recordings, no satallite or any other evidence to back up “NR or Russia did it” scenario. So what else can you conclude?
Interestingly today the Australian press are publisinh questions by a German journalist as to why MH17 was allowed to fly in a war zone:
http://www.sputniknews.com/europe/20150823/1026086934/west-hides-truth-about-mh17-crash.html
The US used this to get sanctions and milked it for all its worth to demonise Russia and ethnic Russians in Ukraine to justify their involement and destruction.
Babushka in Oz on August 24, 2015 · at 1:08 am EST/EDT
At first reading the Sputnik article sounds like the truth is coming out … that a non-profit German investigative group called Correctiv had won a partial court victory to get facts from the German foreign office re flight paths over E Ukraine.
…however the full article in the 23 August 2015 Sydney Morning Herald (printed issue) … regarding a briefing by Ukraine officials 14 July 2014 – they explained:
…that the violence had escalated because Russian tanks had intervened…
…as a result there had been a dramatic escalation in air combat. A few hours before the briefing a Ukrainian military plane flying at 6200 metres had been shot down over eastern Ukraine. Only Russian missiles or the Russian air force could be responsible… The separatists would not have had appropriate military equipment.”
So, there it is in a nutshell… a German NGO has proof that Russia did it!
Probably the “key” to that is an “NGO” says it.Those Western stooge NGO’s have become the bane of humanity,and are becoming a ” clear and present danger” in the World.They need to be dealt with before they cause more harm to the World.
Outlaw Historian on August 23, 2015 · at 5:34 pm EST/EDT
I’m reminded of the crime committed by Outlaw Empire forces when they shot down an Iranian airliner flying in its national airspace with its transponder on. Nothing Happened to the guilty party–ZERO–other than the ship’s captain getting awarded a medal for his grisly deed.
Many millions murdered by the Outlaw Empire and zero justice gained for any of the victims. That state-of-affairs MUST end. The place to counterattack is in Syria by defeating its proxies and mopping them up in Iraq. Returning Iraq and Syria to their former positions prior to 1990 ought to be a shared policy goal of Russia, China, and Iran. And at the same time, carving out a viable state for the Kurds would defeat the majority of the Outlaw Empire’s policy goals in the region.
As for MH17, the Outlaw Empire’s ultimately responsible as it’s clear it had the propaganda all fixed and ready as soon as MH17 hit the ground.
Rita Lama on August 25, 2015 · at 7:46 pm EST/EDT
What about the statement provided by the Almaz-Antey company, manufacturer of the Buk missile system? They concluded that a Buk missile hit the aircraft.
So, in the Saker’s analysis, it is required to explain away the damage patterns that led Almaz-Antey to their conclusion. These damage patterns cannot have been caused by an air-to-air missile or a Su-25’s on-board canon – that’s at least what Almaz-Antey say. To me, the Almaz-Antey assessment appears plausible as far too many small holes can be seen on pictures of MH17 wreckage. Neither does a Su-25 carry that many bullets, I presume, nor do these bullets make such small holes.
On the other hand, we do see somewhat bigger holes on pictures of wreckage stemming from the cockpit area.
The German former Airbus pilot Peter Haisenko published an analysis focusing on the front section damage patterns. He concluded that they were caused by Su-25 canon bullets. A Su-25 fires a mixture of armor piercing and explosive bullets. According to Haisenko, the explosive bullets could have caused the breakup of the aircraft since they induced a pressure spike inside the aircraft’s hull.
So, do we have to entertain the possibility that MH-17 was hit by an air-to-air missile, bullets fired from the on-board canon of one or two Su-25s, AND a Buk missile?
The scenario would work out as follows: MH-17 was hit by an air-to-air missile, which disabled one of the engines. Whatever the Ukronazi plan was, the crew stayed alive and initiated emergency procedures including a U-turn. The Ukronazies, either in panic or according to their plan, then had to finish off the airplane. They may have fired the Buk missile first or they may have ordered the pilot(s) to use their on-board canon, whatever. The aircraft, now traveling from east to west, then broke up in the air. We know, too, that the cockpit was severed from the rest of the airplane. If that was the initial brake up, as suggested by Haisenko’s analysis, then everything behind the cockpit suddenly became severely tail heavy and, thus, went into an upward-pointing orientation. The ensuing stresses broke off the tail section, which traveled a little bit farther than the middle section, as the middle section with the wings attached experienced the strongest slow down. All of that taken together led to the debris field as we know it, from east to west: middle section, assorted parts of the tail section, cockpit.
The problem with this theory is that no credible witnesses have come forward testifying to the appearance of a vapor trail emitted by the Buk missile. On the other hand, all the hard evidence is taken into account. Witnesses, on the other hand, provide soft evidence that can always be influenced after the fact. The Ukronazis may have silenced all witnesses within their reach and the Novorussians, not really knowing what had happened, may have silenced witnesses initially and stuck to this line ever since.
blue on August 23, 2015 · at 6:37 pm EST/EDT
See http://www.whathappenedtoflightmh17.com/the-pressconference-of-almaz-antey-has-two-major-errors/
“The purpose of today’s conference is to prove our non-involvement in the MH-17 tragedy,” Almaz-Antey said to reporters.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsohFzbJ-vs
Almaz-Antey unveils new evidence regarding MH17’s downing (ENGLISH FULL VERSION)
A BUK missile solid rocket propellant smoke trail would stay in its entire length for 10 to 20 minutes. It would be present near the impact on MH17 and visible theoretically for over 100 miles at FL320.
The broken cloud would conceal some trail but not all of it. Rural people over at least 100sq miles would hear the launch. None did. The two kinds of BUK shrapnel are too large for the damage shown and are of the wrong shape. The BUK explodes above the target so there would be major damage on the upper fuselage and cockpit area which is not the case. Unless somehow the huge BUK missile was somehow air launched and contained different shrapnel and guidance it was not a BUK
It is not clear why the BUK manufacturer would reportedly claim it was theirs -other than sales, money/ an offer that could not be refused.
The forensic evidence would confirm what happened. Where is it? Where’s the evidence against an Israeli Pytthon or even a discussion?
The Israeli missile theory has several strengths but also weaknesses:
1) If such a missile exploded near the cockpit, how was the crew still able to carry out a U-turn? The crew should have been incapacitated immediately, right? I am here assuming that the U-turn actually took place, of course.
2) Does such a missile create sufficient damage for the airplane to break up? Here we have to keep in mind that most of the shrapnel cloud did not hit the airplane. And the shrapnel that did just punched a great many of small holes into the hull panels in the first place.
SanctuaryOne on August 24, 2015 · at 2:41 am EST/EDT
Speculation here but the missile exploded to the right of the cockpit as it travelled towards it -the LHS of MH17 looking from the rear of it.
It is likely that some of the shrapnel entered the No. 1 engine -LHS. With that engne out MH17 would enter a left turn. With the flight computers destroyed/damaged it is also anyone’s guess what the aircraft would do.
As for the amount of explosive it would depend on position. By the description given the Israeli Python is very sophisticated and able to home in on the weather radar in the nose of the Boeing 777 and trigger at exactly the best position/time.
It took less than a pound of explosive (12 ozs?) to disintegrate the Boeing 747 over Lockerbie – the pressurisation of the plane creates the damage.
See diagrams in link below:
Someone with aviation expertise should be able to tell whether an un-piloted aircraft with one engine out could ever go through a complete U-turn. Remember that an aircraft normally has to bank into the turn – so as to generate a sideways force that will effect the turn. My speculation here, but if the left engine is out and the aircraft does not bank, then it will yaw strongly to the left, _then_ start to bank and roll over absent any rudder or elevator input. Then it will fall straight to the ground, probably breaking up in the process. The debris field would then look different from what we have seen.
Might it be possible that one or both crew were not incapacitated by the initial hit and carried out the turn?
And we still have the several centimeters wide circular holes from the hull panel right behind and below the pilot’s side window. These holes were the ones that led Heisenko to his conclusion.
So, we would be left with a Python missile exploding right next to the captain. The co-pilot probably survived, carried out the U-turn, and brought the aircraft down from its cruising altitude. That brought the aircraft within range of the Su-25’s canon. The Su-25 pilot then fired his canon to finish off the aircraft, causing the breakup and the debris field as we have seen it.
I read the manufacturer’s analysis of the possible BUK missile attack. It has been some weeks ago, but I seem to remember that they said that the likely launch point was pretty far behind the jetliner. Quite a few miles behind. That may explain why no one actually at the crash site heard or saw a BUK launch.
Is it really credible that people on the Ukrainian side of the line would not come forward and spill the truth that they had seen a BUK launch from the Ukrainian side of the line???
Whatever would they have to fear??
augusto on August 24, 2015 · at 2:56 pm EST/EDT
no matter at all if by a buk or by a SU25 cannons.
A buk would have been seen by hundreds of residents if not thousands!
a cannon causes lots of holes that everybody seen in the bottom cabin area of the airliner.
But the point is that BOTH will for sure been originaged direct from the Ucrainians – and that is absolutely WHY
the Us electronic gossipers… did not show nothing factual to the world blaming the russians. I mean: nothing but words. Words came just one hour after the crash.
Doubting Thomas on August 23, 2015 · at 7:10 pm EST/EDT
Speaking of explosions:
US base in Japan goes boom!
Could this be the space weapon gone awry? (Rod of God or whatever)
Could this be North Korean sappers?
Could this be a false flag?
Could this be Malaysia getting revenge?
Or is this Putin’s fault? He and Japan are having a row. Maybe he did this? You know how evil he is.
So many conspiratorial thoughts.
I’ll have to wait until some one produces an article, a video, before and after Google images, photoshopped evidence, suspicious audio tapes, statements from Strelkov, Twitter traffic, and eight or ten pages of profundity from Anonymous and Blue.
Meanwhile . . .
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-23/caught-tape-explosion-us-weapons-depot-japan
Could this be a snafu by some ammo humpers in ordnance, dropping something which should not be dropped or failing to perform proper maintenance?
Just last March there was an incident at Picatinny
http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2015/03/2_injured_in_explosion_at_picatinny_arsenal.html
http://www.state.gov/t/pm/rls/fs/182344.htm
Dangerous Depots: The Growing Humanitarian Problem Posed by Aging and Poorly Maintained Munitions Storage Sites
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
On July 11, 2011, 98 shipping containers holding gunpowder at the Evangelos Florakis naval base on Cyprus exploded. The blast killed 13 people and injured 61 others.
Yes, could be, if there was only one explosion, but already three in a few days, besides consecutively, in the same geographic zone, after a yuan devaluation which provoked heavy loses in “the West market”, is way too much, at least for my not so expert in military issues nor in intelligence analysis amateur brain.
Alan on August 23, 2015 · at 10:00 pm EST/EDT
I doubt yuan tiny depreciation has anything to do with this. A more like likely theory would be the recent two gigantic blasts in china is due to USA taking revenge for OPM hack. And now china responded with this blast in japan
I’ve been listening to the Almaz-Antey press conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsohFzbJ-vs
I hour 5 minutes in is the meat: ‘If it was shot down by a SAM (BUK — the stuff they produce) then it must have been a BUK M-1 SA-11’ — which has been out of production since 1999, so it’s not their fault and the sanctions against them is unfair. And they do not refute any other versions of how it was shot down (e.g., something other than BUK). Also, Ukraine has over 900 of those missiles, and may be using them despite their being beyond the end of life cycle.
THey did not conclude it was hit by a BUK — only that if it was it was an old one and it wasn’t their fault — so they should not be sanctioned.
I am not an expert. Am I mistaken when I say the preliminary report says the pilots never had time to send a mayday message? The black boxes stopped recording and that indicates a major attack, not an attack on one engine. The attack was not recorded. This is as best as I remember it. It can be argued the preliminary report is faulty, of course.
Pilots in three airplanes survived Buk attacks longer. That possibly points to an air-to-air missile of some sort. A weapon more powerful than a Buk.
You are mistaken since none of the information contained on the black box recorders was released. Indeed, the West has released NO additional evidence to prove its claim. As with Iraq, the Outlaw Empire spewed its Big Lie then shut-up.
Maybe explosives on board, too. Like in the Twin Towers.
It’s called planned detonation by external means. I just made that up.
Explains everything that happened to the plane. Breakup, no pilot communication, cadavers, dead parrots.
Just enough damage internally to send the plane down in big pieces.
Don’t forget that for many days the Ukies tried to shell the crash site to destroy the evidence. They never could get close to the wreck sites but they fired artillery as best they could. Hit the Donetsk train station keeping the investigators away for many days.
So, there it is. Lots of circumstantial evidence pointing only to one source, the culprits.
Ukies tower
Recordings missing
Radar withheld
Satellite imagery withheld
Military planes
Ground radar from Buk system
30 calibre holes
Secret investigation
Stone walling international oversight
Also, the immediate accusation that Russia had supplied Buks is forgotten. The story always was to implicate Russia. It was laughable to think the militia could have operated a Buk at that time.
Is it possible that Ukraine did it but it was an accident? Heard some documentary about a witness who said the pilot returned to base and was very upset and said “it was the wrong plane”. I find it hard to believe that either side would want to do it on purpose.
That is the See Putin Get Putin possibility. That is only credible if it is an entirely amateurish Ukrainian effort.
Not impossible – the two planes bear a striking resemblance. It surely stretches credibility for any Ukrainian to seriously believe Putin would fly his jet back from Brazil straight over Ukraine though!!! That would be the height of arrogance, ignorance and genuine madness all rolled up in one!!
Marcel Leutenegger on August 24, 2015 · at 5:58 pm EST/EDT
I think you refer to Capt. Voloshyn returning to the airfield without his air to air ordinances, visibly upset saying “it was at the wrong place at the wrong time.”
This could be interpreted in at least three ways:
1. He was accidentally involved in the downing of MH17, for instance confusing it with another target, and that he felt guilty for it.
2. He witnessed an ill-aimed ground-to-air missile or anything else downing MH17 and was upset, because he felt with the innocent victims.
3. He was ordered to shoot down the plane, but had difficulties in doing so because MH17 was not where he was told to head for. Hence, he would have been upset because he had to improvise.
Whatever happened, there should be enough hard evidence to establish with certitude what downed MH17 and, if several weapons were used, in which order. Once that is known, I bet the number of suspects will become very limited.
Bystander on August 26, 2015 · at 1:04 pm EST/EDT
I saw a German mainstream propaganda documentary where admittedly they seemed to have interviewed that Captain Voloshin. He said there that he did not fly that day, and his comments were made on a different occasion a couple days (before or after?). I think is was on “ARD”: “Die Story im Ersten: Todesflug MH 17”. It seems he had said that before:
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2225278&cid=9
He seemed credible to me, but then again, if he shot she plane in cold blood, he must be a psychopath and could and would lie better than a normal guy’s lie-detector would recognize. Either that or it was simply another pilot. The rest of the documentary was just a collection of bullshit without evidence, not worth mentioning, just interesting because of the way they try to brainwash people.
I don’t know whether that info is helpful, but I think every peace of the puzzle is worth mentioning, even if it does not seem to fit in the picture at first sight.
@Saker: you are doing an incredibly good job, thanks a lot
know the truth on August 23, 2015 · at 8:00 pm EST/EDT
“The Ukrainian did it and the West will never admit it”.
There is another dimension to consider here. Ukraine is now a country under the occupation of the US with the fascist junta in Kiev wholly dependent on America for its very existence. I find it highly unlikely that the Kiev junta would have dreamt up such a plan and then executed it without the prior knowledge and approval of the Americans. Kiev is not an independent actor here and this false flag is a classic operation straight from the CIA handbook.
Evil swine that’s what they are, pathologically evil and hanging is too good for them. The emperor Barack must have known exactly who was responsible for this crime against humanity and yet gets up on the world stage and accuses the Novorussians and then Russia itself for the crime (which was actually the whole point of the atrocity in the first place), does that not make this uncle tom an accessory after the fact ?
Mats on August 23, 2015 · at 8:39 pm EST/EDT
If the Ukies had done it unsupervised, they would have shot down their own planes.
What skills do they have besides murder, rape, torture and thievery? They are a cluster of crony corrupt officials, ignoramuses and Banderites. They probably believed that the plane was Putin’s. The CIA runs the place. Do we think there are not keepers controlling the airport? The SBU is controlled by CIA. The military is controlled. The police. Any bureau, department, ministry of consequence is under total American control.
Take a look at any colony of the US in war time. El Salvador, S.Vietnam, S.Korea (just the last 24 hours, closely in tow to US military), Iraq, Afghanistan. The government that exists is under total operational control to US ambassador, Station Chief and Military Attaches/advisers or commanders in country. The control mechanism is obvious: $$$ and fear.
know the truth on August 23, 2015 · at 10:54 pm EST/EDT
Haha ! Yeah you probably right there, not the sharpest tools in the box are they ?
Daniel Rich on August 24, 2015 · at 12:28 am EST/EDT
@ know the truth,
Q; I find it highly unlikely that the Kiev junta would have dreamt up such a plan…
R; My first question was, “Qui bono?”
My subsequent answer, “Not the Ukraine, not the Donbass and most certainly not Russia.”
The Apartheid State’s murder spree off the radar and the Dutch on the Sanction Train to Moscow; in short, kill a whole flock of birds with one rocket plane stone…
beerkat on August 23, 2015 · at 8:01 pm EST/EDT
while the israeli possibility is viable as well, i think your version is more plausible. some say it is not possible mainly because the pilots would have sent a mayday out. there may indeed have been a mayday that is still a secret recording. or the radio equipment may have been shut off or altered by remote control, as entire jets can be flown remotely these days. further, one of the pilots may- though highly unlikely- have been in on it and prevented radio use. has anyone investigated the pilots?
From all previous accidents (MH 370, for example) Malaysian pilots are mutes.
Very helpful when covering up what the truth is.
Saker thank you for publish this analysis, very informative and crystal clear, even for non-versed in military matters as me.
This is why I miss so much more analysis from you, because always I have understood all you was saying so well, regardless of the topic.
I have read long discussions in other old threads about this issue, so technical and cofussimg, that I got bored and leave them as impossible to me to get something clear
Seamus Padraig on August 23, 2015 · at 10:47 pm EST/EDT
Yeah, Saker. We miss your analysis. We know you’re busy, but …
Birgit on August 23, 2015 · at 8:54 pm EST/EDT
“Finally, the cockpit of the SU-25 is not pressurized which means that the pilot cannot fly over 7’000 meter in altitude.”
That’s funny. This plane cannot exceed a certain altitude because the pilot is exposed to a lack of oxygen up there? Well, supply the pilot with an oxygen mask. I’m sure the plane wouldn’t mind.
Weston on August 23, 2015 · at 10:32 pm EST/EDT
RT made a document proving that SU-25 can be operational above 8000 km.
Reflections on MH17 (RT Documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=rCsgilNl80o#t=892
Muaci on August 23, 2015 · at 8:56 pm EST/EDT
> What nobody saw that day was the kind of large and highly
visible smoke plume which would have accompanied any large
missile launch, not did anybody hear anything special.
Means nothing. “Smoke plume” (fuel and oxidizer burning) are
significant 1st 50-100-150m, phase in which engines are ignited
and the trust enables the rocket to lift off from the launch pad
unbalancing the forces.
E.g., “a basic solid-fuel based on ammonium perchlorate, aluminum
powder, and a rubber binder (such as used in the Space shuttle
solid fuel boosters) produces mostly hydrochloric acid and water
with aluminum oxide, all which CONDENSE and form plumes of
visible smoke.”
Those are contrails (CONDENSATION trails) essentially hence,
which depend on the weather (pressure, temperature, humidity,
etc.) largely.
Now, I invite you to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHEL-7hHtto
Aspide: Italian medium range AAM and SAM
Where the Aspide SAM is comparable to a Buk msl (half of the
payload). Notice how 1) the Aspidi sometimes leave contrails, and
sometimes they DON’T; 2) the plumes dissolve FAST: O( s ) [see
below].
At 0:30/0:58, an Aspide reaches perhaps 100m of height when the
contrail is no longer visible. Ditto with another one at 0:36.
Next, curvature of the earth. Were you at the sea watching the
horizon, everything below 50m would be invisible for you ANYWAY
starting from 30km on because of the curvature; below 150m from
c.ca 50km on, and 300m [=height of the tour Eiffel] from 65km.
(Let’s recall that the crash area is basically flat at large.)
Time now to watch another video:
http://www.rt.com/news/310230-mh17-crash-new-video/
‘Bodies all over’: New MH17 crash site footage minutes after
Boeing downing (VIDEO)
The bodies are of lesser interest for us; incidentally, the video
shows something far more IMPORTANT: the horizon situation at the
scene: WATCH.
Seen? Good luck at discovering msl contrails if any [see Aspide
above] with such a cloudy background, and, of course, provided
you had the *inspiration* to begin seeking the horizon 360
degrees; OTOH no witnesses seem to be mentioning to have observed
any Boeing 777’s contrails, which is remarkable (detecting an
acft even of the size of a 777 flying at 10km altitude during
daylight is virtually impossible if there aren’t contrails).
Now: sound travels at c.ca 340m/s; that’s 30s to go through 10km.
So half a minute as a minimum is the time that had to elapse
before you might have begun to fancy on what was going on above
in the sky. Don’t forget that a Buk msl burns its fuel in 15s.
Re-watch the Aspide video, carefully study how the plumes
dissolve QUICKLY at the launch site.
** On anybody not hear anything special
That’s easy. (Similar elaboration.) Besides that would be
compatible with the one-two military jets: masking the noise, and
acting as a synchronized distraction/attracting the regards in a
different direction.
Muaci on August 24, 2015 · at 4:27 am EST/EDT
Almaz-Antey unveils new evid regarding MH17’s downing
1:09:10+
Muaci, maybe you should avoid videos of Italian missiles since they are an irelevant distraction here and instead look at a BUK launch itself. I think you will find that the smoke trail is long and persistent e.g. at 1:00 minute in this one of the BUK M2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDXScnEKaP0
and this one at 1:27 and 1:56 of a BUK M1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSXMhaFntrU
I think you will have to agree that the trail is a tad longer than the 150 meters that you insist is all that is visible.
Yes, I can see aircraft at FL320, contrail or not, assuming clouds are not 10/10 (video shows about 4/10) as part of my training is to look for aircraft. Anybody can see one at that height if the sun reflects off it. Regardless of whether alto Cu or cirrus obscures MH17 at FL320 there’s likely 20,000 feet of clear sky between the lower Cu to see a BUK trail. Then there’s the noise – you can hear a jet at 32,000′ so you could certainly hear a BUK.
I imagine there’s some kind of bang too as it breaks through the sound barrier.
** “Italian missiles”
[T]he Aspide (Italian name of Vipera aspis) name is an Italian
medium range air-to-air and surface-to-air missile produced by
Selenia (now part of the Alenia consortium). It is provided with
semi-active radar homing seeker. It is VERY SIMILAR to the
AMERICAN AIM-7 Sparrow, using the SAME AIRFRAME, but at the
moment of its introduction, the Aspide was provided with
monopulse guide instead of the conic scan, which made it more
resistant to ECM and more precise.
[A]lenia Aeronautica was an Italian aerospace company. Its
subsidiaries included Alenia Aermacchi and Alenia Aeronavali.
Alenia Aeronautica owns ATR, a joint venture with EADS [Airbus
Group]. In January 2012, the company was reorganized as Alenia
Aermacchi.
** “I think you will have to agree that”
Enough BS. Watch
instead.
And please do your homework (the Internet is your friend) on
contrails—on what their dependencies are (also mentioned at
1:09:10+ above). Last but not least, understand that your
selection of videos can’t offset the counterexamples I have
** “as part of my training is to look for aircraft”
Then you should know better.
Your reply is condescending and insulting and lacking in relevant facts; shouting in CAPS and using words like ‘BS’ is unhelpful in promoting informative discussion.
Dictionary definition of ‘contrail’: “A visible trail of streaks of condensed water vapor or ice crystals sometimes forming in the wake of an aircraft”.
A jet engine uses oxygen from the air to burn liquid Kerosene, a major by-product of that being water vapour that forms ice-crystal contrails at freezing temperatures at altitude.
A solid rocket missile such as the BUK does not use atmospheric oxygen for combustion as the oxidant is within the solid fuel. Smoke particles are a major product of BUK solid propellant.
Apples and oranges then -and no matter how you try to distract with information about Italian missiles the undeniable proof of a solid rocket BUK smoke trail is in the actual footage of those BUK launches showing the enduring smoke trail -end of discussion.
Another one on August 23, 2015 · at 9:06 pm EST/EDT
I agree that this is one of the most likely versions, but some questions I still have:
Why have the Russian traffic controllers no recordings of a Mayday from MH-17? Why do russian state media (RT, Sputnik) present so many differnet versions from other Russian media, including BUK from Ukrainian-held territory, SU-27 firing etc. etc. ?
What about a version, with both sides making crimes/mistakes:
Ukraine SU-27 engages ground targets ore MH-17 – rebels take down two Su-27 on that day (ref. youtube)
Did the rebels hit MH-17 mistakenly with a Strela missile after MH-17 went lower b/c of whatever?
One thing I am sure about – the Russians did not give BUK to the rebels, they are not that crazy! If they have them, they are captured from Ukrainian forces or stores.
Red Ryder on August 23, 2015 · at 10:54 pm EST/EDT
The facts of that day are not certain.
The rebels downed maybe one plane, SU 25. We don’t even have solid proof of that.
We don’t know for certain the cloud conditions, the volume of artillery fired in the vicinity, Buk sounds heard or not heard, plumes, contrails, movement of militia units, et al.
We know day 2 and thereon. Fairly good photography from many sources of the wreckage. Good security by the militia from then on.
We know the OSCE and Investigators were bullsh*t agents not there for the truth.
There was good press from Russia there. They did good interviews.
Technical investigation is bogus, lame, corrupt, malicious and generally criminal.
They left bodies behind, pieces of bodies still being located.
They left most of the plane for months and months. Never had any intention of rebuilding it like FBI and US authorities would.
Thereafter we have attempts to prove a theory by many different people.
Some new “facts” from Russia have entered the mixmaster bowl of “facts”.
I think it is all dubious to say some specific event occurred because this or that group of facts add up neatly to this theory or that theory.
We know for certain that the US and Ukies would have brought down an airliner. Hell, they would bring one down every month if it would help their cause.
We know the other nations involved in the “investigations” are whores to the US. Vassal doesn’t quite described their prostitution.
Until the war is ended and the criminality of everything done by Porky, the junta, the US and the EU/NATO is documented, this is small potatoes. Less than 300 people. That’s a few weeks in Donbass.
But the way of the world is, the guilty will live a long and rich life.
You can bet that the layers beneath the decision makers has already been thinned out. Dead men tell no tales.
If the Russians really do have solid, court solid, proof, then maybe justice will be served.
Otherwise, forget this whole thing. It’s as over as all the beautiful people snuffed by bombs and shrapnel, land mines and bullets in the war. Just add the passengers and crew to the body count and pray for their families in memory of the horror of MH-17 and war of resistance in Donbass.
sejmon on August 24, 2015 · at 1:41 am EST/EDT
I do believe Russians got all evidence of crime and World will see them soon as current junta will run from Kiev. All evidence now will subject even worse propaganda against Mr.Putin/Russians as we ever seen. BHO probably seen evidence…..
Another one on August 24, 2015 · at 5:07 am EST/EDT
I meant SU-25, my mistake.
> The first thing we know is that the Ukrainian traffic air
> controllers directed MH-17 to fly directly over the combat zone
> and to lower its altitude.
Not so fast. It’s **MUCH** worse. MH17, after it had been
directed over the zone **PLAUSIBLY DENIABLE** style (direct
route), had to lower its current flight level precisely BECAUSE
it was unable to raise it AND there was traffic in the area;
something that implies FOREKNOWLEDGE (acft load, etc./data from
the airport to let us understand) additionally, and SOPHISTICATED
PLANNING in order to carry out the false flag.
I suggest as a title of comparison to study IN DEPTH the Giuliana
Sgrena/Nicola Calipari case, something you can OTOH seriously do
only if you can read Italian, everything published in other
languages on the topic being worthless and simple watering down.
Asnónimo on August 23, 2015 · at 9:59 pm EST/EDT
Those who suspect the following series of accidents is not accidental are paranoid conspiracy spammers and should be contained.
Chemical plant blast in China (second in 2 years)
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/07/asia/china-chemical-plant-explosion/
Petrochemical plant blast in China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdfHee9fdTQ
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/china-explosion-incredible-footage-shows-6082830
Massive blast in Tianjin, China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfF2j8tDzf0
Chemical plant blast in China
https://www.rt.com/news/313116-china-chemical-plant-explosion/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34029202
Explosions at US military base in Japan
https://www.rt.com/news/313159-explosion-us-base-japan/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-HFmaUM3Z8
@ Assnónimo,
Q; Those who suspect the following series of accidents is not accidental are paranoid conspiracy spammers and should be contained.
R; Why not shoot me [and fellow ‘heretics’] on the spot, to be sure I/we’ll never raise my/our voice/s to ask questions ever again?
Btw, plural can’t be singular, but you know that, don’t you?
elsi on August 23, 2015 · at 10:45 pm EST/EDT
Daniel I think asnónimo was being sarcastic.
@ elsi,
Q; Daniel I think asnónimo was being sarcastic.
R; Only assnomino knows what s/he [really] meant. My money is ‘on purpose‘ – Link to Stanford.
Asnónimo confirms that he was indeed being sarcastic. He assumed this would be quite obvious, and is now saddened to realize that literalists exist ammong us who have a severely disfunctional sarcasm detector. There must be a cultural gap here somewhere. Asnónimo wishes to offer perfunctory apologies for the sake of politeness.
Daniel Rich on August 24, 2015 · at 2:33 am EST/EDT
@ Asnónimo
Q; …to realize that literalists exist ammong us who have a severely disfunctional sarcasm detector.
R; Not being judgmental at all, are you?
I already have a judge and he lives in my name, but yeah, I grew up to be the only heretic in the family…
Vineyard Moderator - ME on August 24, 2015 · at 2:55 am EST/EDT
The horse is dead, it doesn’t need to be beaten further. Everyone, let’s just let it go, OK. Thanks. Mod ME
Larchmonter445 on August 24, 2015 · at 2:51 am EST/EDT
As a person who has studied China for fourteen years, I can assure you that accidents happen all the time, and petrochemical plants, oil and gas pipelines are usually the sites. In any quarter of the country, for all sorts of reasons. Simple wear and tear, complete disregard for caution, mechanical, electrical, smoking in places that no sane person would smoke, greed, callousness, stupidity, disobedience to procedures, faulty construction, faulty repair, inferior quality parts, indifference.
China was completely backward when in the late seventies they built upon a third rate infrastructure.
In many places, they built some new versions of old plants. In other places, they built from the ground up and those places generally have not suffered. China grew enormously fast and they had little time for anything but output.
Now, the people are very aware about the petrochemical dangers and other chemical plant damages to environment. They protest all new construction. Generally, in the recent years they win those protests. However, the old stuff still works and still produce. Until their is an accident.
It was that way in Harbin went poisons went into the water supply, in Dalian when the harbor was polluted from spills, in Qingdao from oil pipeline that was old, and in Tianjin and so with accidents a product of decades of too fast, too old, greed, negligence and the drumbeat to get rich.
This will continue for many more years. The guilty will go to prison. The responsible will be demoted or sent to prison. The victims will get money. China had too much too soon, got wealthy and has problems to solve.
The good part of all this is China has enough wealth to take on the Hegemon all over the globe in a battle of investment, banking and infrastructure development.
So, we all benefit while some Chinese suffer from the problems of spectacular growth.
400 million people are out of poverty. That is worth the problems.
1.3 billion people have food, shelter and a great nation to be proud of.
The people in Tianjin will get justice. By the way, notice there is great pride in how the people reacted and how the local government acted and then took total responsibility.
The culprits in Tianjin are know, in custody and will be severely punished.
Compare that to the toxic flooding of the Colorado river by the US EPA. And notice that there will never be a single criminal prosecution of anyone.
But everyone thinks accidents in China are sabotage by US?
The US is too busy destroying the US.
Could an accident be sabotage?
In China, I am certain local events may be engineered by a criminal mind.
It might even be in the CIA or MI6 playbook to use a very big accident with poor government response to agitate a revolt.
But the government is very aware and the responses to all these are enormous government responses with the top officials arriving on scene quickly to calm and assure the people.
The Central Government does not mickey mouse around when an event, accident, mudslide, earthquake, typhoon, coal mine cave-in or whatever occurs. Tens of thousands of PAP, PLA, emergency services and relief are dispatched.
The Chinese self-organize in emergencies. Often, this is a calming social effect. The top tier cities are sophisticated, educated, and don’t panic.
If you might notice, the Chinese people are not talking about any sabotage or mystery attack. They know this was greed and violation of local zoning and safety laws.
The government is buying out the owners of the nearby apartments.
It’s China. Stuff happens.
@ Larchmonter445.
Q; But the government is very aware and the responses to all these are enormous government responses with the top officials arriving on scene quickly to calm and assure the people.
R; And that, oddly enough, makes China more democratic then, say, uncle Sam, where the carpet is vast and deep. Cigarettes anyone?
That aside, I concur with your rational explanation. I can understand people are freaking out, but I’m more concerned about what’s going to happen in and around the Donbass in the upcoming weeks…, becasue one thing is for sure, whatever happens, it will be on purpose.
Espina on August 24, 2015 · at 7:12 am EST/EDT
I feel reassured after reading your post, my youngest sons girlfriend is currently on a month long internship in Shanghai and Beijing and i’ve been on edge since the explosion in Tianjin. I look forward to your informed and authoratitive posts on events, you are more than up to speed on current realities.
‘Lang may yer lumb reek’ Larchmonter.
Regards Espina
Muaci on August 23, 2015 · at 10:20 pm EST/EDT
OBLIGATORY READING:
http://russia-insider.com/en/military/mh17-tragedy-almaz-altay-buk-systems-manufacturer-speaks-out/ri7657
BUK Manufacturer Almaz-Antey Speaks Out on MH17 Tragedy
[T]he theory that one of the BUK missile launchers controlled by
the Ukrainian military and shown by the Russian satellite imagery
shot down MH17 has now received strong public endorsement as a
result of a presentation made today (2nd June 2015) by the BUK
missile system’s manufacturer Almaz-Antey.
The Almaz-Antey presentation confirms MH17 was shot down by a BUK
missile, burying once and for all the SU 25 theory, about which
regular readers of Russia Insider will know I have always been
skeptical.
but that’s not what Almaz-Antey said, as I established at http://thesaker.is/mh-17-one-year-later/comment-page-1/#comment-136334. Mercouris is either garbling this or lying, or RI invented what he said. Pitiful.
> but that’s not what Almaz-Antey said
And which is your *argument*, something comparable to, say:
Lenovo’s Thinkpad (where Almaz-Antey ~ today’s Lenovo) are NOT
Thinkpad because Lenovo acquired the brand line which was
originally developed by IBM back in 2005?
Elaborate please, which “garbling” or “lying”? Detail, precision
matters and the video is 1:31:15. (Thank you BTW for the URL, I
didn’t know that such a VITAL video has been made and is
available for watching.)
I hour 5 minutes in is the meat: ‘If it was shot down by a SAM (BUK — the stuff they produce) then it must have been a BUK M-1 SA-11′ ”
The video is 1:31:15 long, but at about 1:05:00 and a few minutes beyond is where it is explicitely said IF a SAM hit it then it was the old BUK, but they refused to say it was a BUK but could have been downed by other versions (explanations) — such as a fighter jet shooting an air-to-air missile. cannon, a bomb, or whatever.
The purpose of the conference was to show it was not the company’s fault by excluding the possibility it was done by a modern BUK — something they had shipped recently after the trouble had begun, and therefor no sanctions should be applied to them. Any SA11 M1s in Ukraine were sent there long ago, perfectly legally and properly.
Mercouris saying the company said it was a BUK is not true. They didn’t say that, and explicitly said several times they could not rule out other explanations. The story that was told and retold that the company said it was a BUK is lie. Listening to video proves it’s a lie. Mercouris wrote the story about the presentation without even listening to video of it? Or was it dysinformation?
** “explicitly said IF a SAM hit it then it was the old BUK”
Understand that they CAN’T, legally and as in reasoning
scientifically [vs. snake oil sellers bluffing] state anything
beyond that, with the official investigations still ongoing. The
“IF” is hence required!, they can’t supersede/bypass the
investigation commission which hasn’t released yet its final
** “Mercouris saying the company said it was a BUK is not true.
They didn’t say that, and explicitly said several times they
could not rule out other explanations.”
?! See above. Notice that Almaz-Antey also resists, when
questioned, to explicitly name those that may have launched the
msl—because they are not allowed to, though anyone who isn’t an
idiot may easily answer by himself.
Please re-read:
What law says they had to or could not say anything? The same law that stops all other speculation from everyone else who are somehow immune to that law?
Did the company say it was shot down by a BUK? No they didn’t. End of story!
Very helpful reading [14x pp], indeed MH17 ~ 9/11:
http://www.journalof911studies.com/resources/2015LooneyVol40Mar.pdf
Volume 40, March 2015
The Cause of the Destruction Of The World Trade Center Buildings on September
11, 2001 and the Admissibility of Expert Testimony Under the Standards
Developed in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceutical, Inc.
(Stevan Douglas Looney, J.D.
Under the standards established by the United States Supreme Court in Daubert v.
Merrell Dow Pharmaceutical, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S. Ct. 2786, 125 L. Ed 2d 469
(1993) and its progeny, expert testimony offered to support the official theory and
hypotheses concerning the cause of the destruction of World Trade Center Buildings 1,
2 and 7 (the WTC) on September 11, 2001 would probably be excluded from admission
into evidence by an impartial judge in a civil or criminal proceeding. In contrast, expert
testimony presenting an alternative theory and hypotheses explaining the cause(s) of
the destruction of the WTC grounded in and adhering to accepted and reliable scientific
principles using the scientific method would satisfy the Daubert test and would be
admitted into evidence.
If a “Daubert hearing” were held to determine the admissibility of expert opinion
evidence regarding the cause or causes of the destruction of the WTC, expert opinion
testimony presenting the official theory would likely not satisfy the Daubert test of
reliability and would be rejected by an impartial judge after a Daubert hearing as
unsupported by science and the laws of physics and, thus, unreliable and inadmissible
into evidence under the Federal Rules of Evidence. In that event, the official theory of
the cause of the destruction of the WTC would not be presented to and considered by
the trier of fact. Conversely, expert opinion testimony and related evidence presenting
an alternative hypothesis explaining the cause(s) of the destruction of the WTC that are
grounded in reliable scientific principles using the scientific method, or “good science”,
would pass the Daubert test and would be admissible into evidence. Consequently, in a
civil or criminal proceeding the ruling or verdict on the question of the cause or causes
of the destruction of the WTC would be based only upon expert testimony and related
evidence presenting an alternative theory or theories.
Cont’d [awaiting moderation, to follow threads difficult: where to reply?]
http://tass.ru/en/world/816060
Netherlands provides no response on alleged Buk missile debris — Lavrov
[R]ussia’s top diplomat noted that the key facts in investigation of Malaysian Boeing crash over Ukraine are still withheld
[O]n August 12, the Dutch Safety Board and the Dutch Prosecutor’s Office published a joint press release, which said that the investigators were scrutinizing the elements, which, they believe, might be related to the Buk anti-aircraft missile system.
Muaci on August 24, 2015 · at 11:39 am EST/EDT
[Forgotten to enter name+e-mail]
Cont’d [awaiting moderation, to follow threads difficult: where to reply/threads?]
Ann on August 24, 2015 · at 6:50 am EST/EDT
Muaci…I’m sorry to be a prude, but there is a policy here about caps…capital letter use…
The policy here at Saker’s is that we don’t use them because they are like shouting…you can read it in the Saker policy column…I think its on the right at the top….
Q; …just as they have done it with KAL007 in 1983. In fact, in the 20 years which separate us from the shooting down of KAL007 US…
R; I have a friend who likes to talk about his 12-year-old daughter, but in fact she’s 23 and that makes him a lot older.
One more week and it will be exactly 32 years since KAL007 was shot out of the sky – Link to transcripts on Wikisource.
Chris on August 23, 2015 · at 10:32 pm EST/EDT
“several local witnesses who saw at least one, possibly two, SU-25 aircraft in the air that day”
I have seen several reports where eye witnesses said they saw a military plane. I do not recall a single one of them specifically identifying a Su-25. Did I miss something?
alan on August 24, 2015 · at 2:17 am EST/EDT
uh, this is in the Ukraine, how many types of fighter jets do you think there are over there ? you think they have F16 or F18 there ?
Chris on August 25, 2015 · at 7:23 am EST/EDT
Well Ukraine inherited a pretty full armament from the USSR, so no F-16s or F-18s but their soviet equivalents, yes. The Su-25 in spite of its appearance is more or less equivalent to the A-10, quite different from a F-16 or F-18.
According to wikipedia the Ukrainian Air Force consists of:
45 Su-27 Air Superiority Fighters
80 Mig-29 Multirole Fighters
25 Su-24 Tactical Bombers
40 Su-25 Close air-support fighters.
A Su-27 or Mig-29 is a far much more logical choice for intercepting a jetliner at 30,000 feet, not sure how many are air worthy, but there are more of them than Su-25s. I am guessing the Su-25 are easier to keep in the air, but still there are supposed to be 125 more suitable (Su-27s or Mig-29s) aircraft available.
> But the R-60 is more than capable to destroy one of the
> Boeing’s engines.
Without the black boxes having recorded nothing?
But, those black boxes were not delivered to the UK where could be well manipulated?
alan on August 24, 2015 · at 12:19 am EST/EDT
Apparently according to Western sources who currently have the blackbox, there is NOTHING in there that is worth listening to… so, literally NOTHING, ZIPPO to share with outside world !!!
And of course, not a single western MSM is interested in asking for *any* recording whatsoever!
Now, continuing reasoning: Buk msl = INESCAPABLE NATO FALSE FLAG
ADMISSION [imagine the consequences]; while AAM narrative allows
WARDING OFF towards *lone wolf/bad luck [wrong
place/time]/similar* pretexts.
So it may even be GENUINELY REALISTIC eventually [watch the torus
from the Almaz-Antey video presentation] that “there is NOTHING
in there [black boxes] that is worth listening to,” provided we
are ready to discount that the plausibly deniable [see ‘plausibly
deniability’] *mise en place* of the MH17 diverting from its
original route can’t be analyzed given that the records, ATC ones
inclusive, are OFF LIMITS.
The site discourages the use of gratuitous caps. Please take note of this. No quarrel with your message at all. Mod ME
Remark acknowleged. Please take note of the timestamp (for other replies of mines have been issued previously, and are still waiting to be moderated).
Waiting x moderation… continuing [append to my previous reply]
Imagine furthermore the disarrangement [delays, delays, … oh my!,
oh my!] among the investigators under the Dutch Safety Board’s
*management*. MH17 = false flag turned sour; damage control
increasingly becoming = mission impossible; those investigators
are, strictly speaking, NOT suicide bombers—in the sense that
they might be ready to blindly follow orders till the end, and
swallow suicide (cyanide) capsules [life imprisonment being the
alternative] in case they were caught covering up something of
this scale eventually. Saumon fumé, exquisite wines, escorts and
Sildenafil (Viagra), are not easily available in jail, and then
much less enjoyable in any case.
Uncle Bob 1 on August 24, 2015 · at 1:30 pm EST/EDT
Though a case might be made,if the investigators were really into the current Western Values.Then Viagra in prison might be right up their alley,so to speak.
Kampfbeobachter on August 24, 2015 · at 12:30 am EST/EDT
The more I read about MH017 the more confusing it gets. According to numerous reports the FDR and CVR are both in western hands. Why don’t we learn anything about their content?
What about the notion, that the downing of the Boeing 777 was a big mistake insofar as the target was presidents Putin’s Il 92, a 4 engine aircraft but from a distance with a somewhat similar appearance. The mistake is insofar incomprehensible because the attack took place in broad daylight and excellent visibility.
know the truth on August 24, 2015 · at 5:17 am EST/EDT
It was no “mistake” as you put it, it was cold blooded deliberate murder of innocents by depraved and inhuman psychopaths. Wake up and smell the coffee.
Just reading the comments on Unz Review… gosh what a vile lot of garbage from the usual suspects. Some names I think are banned here.
Saker, I hope you are strong enough to let those personal attacks bounce off.
So many events happening right now,I believe the Empire is pulling out all the stops to destabilize the World. And keep Russia and China unable to concentrate on just one problem at a time.We have the coming attacks in Donbass.The “accidents” in China,and now Japan.The pushing for war in Korea.The Israeli bombing/shelling,possible invasion of Syria.And now last ,but not least I believe,a possible Color Revolution starting in Lebanon.This isn’t being reported on very much yet,RT is reporting it.This is not looking good there.This very well could be the Empire’s latest plot in the Middle East.
Uncle Bob 1…
and another to add to the list….
the Aussie stock market crashed this morning. Panic as investors sell up and flee the market. (Funny how there are always buyers for those sellers!)
“It is all because China’s economy is weak as they have stopped buying the stuff we dig out of the ground”.
Chaos everywhere.
jiri on August 24, 2015 · at 1:59 am EST/EDT
“We also know for a fact that there was at least one Ukrainian aircraft in the immediate vicinity of MH-17 that day. This was confirmed both by Russian radar signals and by several local witnesses who saw at least one, possibly two, SU-25 aircraft in the air that day. ”
Is a flying SU-25 easily identifiable as such by an ordinary person?
Fighter aircraft are fairly small in size and would appear as just a small dot at an altitude of a few thousand metres.
The witnesses identified it as a fighter, not as an Su-25, in the witness reports I saw, except for one, who was a plane spotter. Su-25s look like fighters and most people don’t know one combat aircraft from another. The Su-25 reported to be near the airliner was reported as flying low, then climbing up towards the airliner. So yes, people would have no problem identifying the aircraft as a fighter. They would have certainly heard it as it climbed, too, and this they also reported. Mod ME
Thanks for the explanation.
Honk on August 24, 2015 · at 3:16 am EST/EDT
Putin’s Mobile Crematoriums
A while back, there was this “Putin’s mobile crematoriums” story, I never took it seriously, but today I stumbled upon the fact that it is being reported by the mainstream media (CNN, Bloomberg, Business Insider) as being disseminated and being deemed credible by Congress man Mac Thornberry. Not that I give a lot on Congress people’s opinion, they all “knew” about WMDs that weren’t there, but nevertheless: Mobile crematoriums – WTF?
It sounds lunatic beyond belief to “hide” the fact that Russian soldiers are dying by their hundreds and thousands, by creating something specifically for cremating them close to the battlefield. Just the risk that such a car is discovered – which is exactly what is being claimed happened. How would Putin explain away Russian mobile crematoriums on Ukrainian soil?
A cursory Google search didn’t yield any relevant “mobile crematorium hoax” result, except for a short one on RI: http://russia-insider.com/en/media-criticism/bloomberg-peddles-russian-mobile-crematorium-garbage/ri7433
So as this has been reported by people and outlets whom you should expect to not stoop to utter lunacy, and the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsJort1d7mU) proof is long enough and shows the machine in action and an actual person handling it, it could lend itself to debunking.
* Has this been thoroughlt debunked anywhere?
* Do mobile crematoriums exist anywhere for any non-holocaustian purposes?
-> This would explain how such a video could be made without too much of an effort?
-> Or could this be a real crematorium, just loaded onto a truck?
Last summer there more than a few stories of mobile crematoriums being used by the Ukrainians. The “empire” almost always blames the other side for what they have been doing. Mod ME
> The “empire” almost always blames the other side for what they have been doing.
So the Ukrainians would do it to cremate their own soldiers and declare them “missing”? So there are no mass graves? But I’d think hundreds or thousands of families with “missing” family members would – still clamoring on some vague hope – cause way more trouble than if declared dead, at the same time burying all hopw.
Or to cremate rebel soldiers (that have torture marks?) to “destroy the evidence”?
I mean the creation a thing as horrible as a mobile crematorium – which implies the cremation is being hidden from the public – would need some strong motive, and it would have to be organized from the top. I mean if a Ukranian Nazi group did it in reverence of the good old times… I’d understand. Otherwise it’s hard for me to see this as anything but a hoax, regardless of which side is claimed to sport a crematorium fleet.
Leaving aside the stupidity of the Western “claims” of Putin sending mobile cremation vans for Russian soldiers in Ukraine (I think that is too silly to give any credence to).The claims that the Ukrainians used them is another story though.They have so many dead,that they want to hide them.That is entirely possible that they would use them.Another point on that though.In Europe cremation is used far more than it is in the US.I’m not sure that that is so usual then in itself.It’s the reasons that they are using them that is the shocking part.The last I heard (I can’t be sure on the figures) the Ukrainians claim between 9-14,000 MIA’s in their forces.The NAF says most of those aren’t really missing,but are dead from the fighting.But the junta is afraid to admit it.Cremating them is an easy why to hide where they are,and what happened to them.
> Leaving aside the stupidity of the Western “claims” of Putin sending mobile cremation vans for Russian soldiers in Ukraine (I think that is too silly to give any credence to).
> The claims that the Ukrainians used them is another story though.They have so many dead
So Putin – by using mobile incinerators – has succeeded in persuading you.
Seriously though, I was trying to approach this without relying on what we (believe to) know about the numbers of casualties on each side, as the crematoriums, if true, would be proof for the deception of one side in that regard
I think you misunderstand my post.I reject totally the idea that Putin sent mobile crematoriums for Russian soldiers in Ukraine.There would be many reasons to reject it.But the easiest one is that if there were so many serving Russian soldiers dying there.There would be a huge outcry in Russia.There are only so many “accidental” deaths that people will acccept without a huge scandal developing.Russia isn’t Ukraine,a country under nazi rule.Nor is she a country at war that expects to lose soldiers.
google mobile incenerator
look at the wikipedia entry and see http://www.todaysurematthews.com/self-contained-mobile-incinerators/ for one which looks like the video (made in UK)
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9oWguV9lVc
MediBurn Medical Waste Incinerator
for general information.
Instructive – and creepy! Thanks
Asnónimo on August 24, 2015 · at 10:39 am EST/EDT
Ukraine acquired these mobile crematoriums in preparation for the Euro-2012 football extravaganza to eliminate street cats and dogs that were apparently very abundant. Any search with terms like dogs, crematoriums, Ukraine will lead you to plenty of these reports 3-4 years ago, because animal right groups were denouncing the practice.
Apparently, those mobile crematoriums for dogs were then put to use again to deal with the accumulation of bodies in the front during the most catastrophic phase of the war, and there were even some pictures of them in various places. But the practice must have been discontinued because it was obviously very very bad press to be treating your own dead soldiers like street dogs.
Somebody, probably among the western media planners of this abominable neo-colonial experiment, must have realized the value of the idea to flesh out the notion of invading Russian troops being sent to their death, troops that could not be located, dead or alive, because they had simply been… cremated!! There you have it. Clever.
JJ on August 24, 2015 · at 1:00 pm EST/EDT
I did repost a link some days ago….western troops etc under AFU are given the identities……..of killed AFU
Forgot to mention, that the inimitable Lyashko gave a passionate speech last year accusing Poroshenko of burning ukrainian soldiers just like dogs.
http://www.cclocator.com/en/video/?v=Cs0TLPVLYVA&lang=en
0:00(Oleg Lyashko accused) the Minister of Defense of crimes against his own soldiers
0:03Lyashko posted a satellite photo of the field crematorium where according to his information were secretly cremated
0:09several thousand bodies of dead Ukrainian soldiers.
0:15Poroshenko and Geletey are blatantly lying. They’re hiding more than eight thousand of our losses in the ATO!
0:19These guys gave their lives for them… But they received neither thanks nor respect
0:23It turns out that Poroshenko is burning our heroes like dogs in German crematoriums!
0:28I came across a satellite reconnaissance photograph where the Field Crematorium can clearly be seen
0:33next to a military hospital in the ATO zone in NovoAidar.
0:36As I was told, Germany gave us this crematorium. Why?
re: Israeli involvement: In then Russo- Georgian conflict 2 MIGs were shot down by a Georgian air command that had just been trained by an Israeli unit specializing in computer/missile/ground control etc. so the Israelis legitimately have their hands in the pot ( not need for secret ops–they are up front about it). Brazen you might say.
вот так on August 24, 2015 · at 3:57 am EST/EDT
Excellent report. I recommend reading this article, as well.
Israeli-made air-to-air missile may have downed MH17 – report
It may have been Su-25’s equipped with Israeli Python A-A missiles. Apparently some of these Ukrainian aircraft were modified to use those missiles, and the missiles themselves look similar to R-60 A-A missiles.
Also, an R-60 doesn’t have to physically destroy the airliner. One of these exploding next to the cockpit, killing the pilots, and probably damaging the electronics in the cockpit controlling the aircraft, would cause the plane to fly in such a way it would start breaking up. These aircraft are only stressed for low “g” flight and not stressed to sustain any kind of battle damage.
@ BOT TAK,
Q; These aircraft are only stressed for low “g” flight and not stressed to sustain any kind of battle damage.
R; I think the only plane designed to withstand severe damage is the A-10 [Warthog]
Although passenger planes are not designed to be used as military planes, they’re still exposed to volatile weather and rapid changes in temperatures [see, f.e. @ an Aloha Flight on a Boeing 737].
This is what you’d normally hear on a CVR. Note, at the beginning of the recording, you can hear a loud bang. Although that’s the sound of the tail snapping off, it’s clearly recorded by the CVR, at the other side of the plane, a Boeing 747-400 [the distance is 225′ or 68,8 meters]
So, all this pussyfooting with the MH17’s CVR and the fact that after one year, nothing recorded on it has reached the outside world, paints a very bleak picture.
I guess the captain yelling, “We’re under attack!” with the sound of bullets whizzing by in the background is a bit hard to sell as “The shepherds separatist shot it down with a duck BUK.”
No matter what or how, almost 300 innocent people died and I think we owe it to them to never stop digging for the truth to be unearthed… or whatever is left of it.
teranam13 on August 24, 2015 · at 3:58 am EST/EDT
Mayasian MH17: Its good that you established a plausible scenario established as the first of many that will be brandied about very soon. How about a time line? From one event to another would the pilots have time at least to say , “Damn, what was that?” possibly? A shock wave can kill instantly, can it not?
Incredible, another huge fire near tokyo airport, are these explosions n fires all just coincidences? Its like getting stuck by lightning over n over !
David burford on August 24, 2015 · at 6:02 am EST/EDT
Great article as usual. I would just like to point out that just as the USA must have detailed radar images of the skys over Ukraine when MH17 went down Likewise they must have data on the Indian ocean three months earlier when MH 370 went down. they cant have Diego Garcia loaded up with nuclear missiles without having complete coverage of the waters of the whole Indian ocean. If they don’t then we can only imagine that the Russians can take it out without warning any time.
I think we can all rest easier knowing the high “level” of officials the “New” Ukraine has put into office since the coup.A perfect example is this “stalwart”,the new police chief in Lvov:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153490387159831&set=pcb.10153490389109831&type=1&theater
Terry on August 24, 2015 · at 7:30 am EST/EDT
Every time I see the drawing at the top of this article, which was apparently produced by the Ruaaian military, I just shake my head. Surely even the most bungling amateur knows that a Boeing 777 is a wide bodied jet with TWO engines, while the drawing shows what looks like a Douglas DC 8 from the 1960’s with a slim body and FOUR engines!
TONY LANE on August 24, 2015 · at 9:17 am EST/EDT
I honestly do not understand why this has not been cleared away, it is clear to everyone that Russia did not do it, so that leaves only the USA. there is no AL CAIDAH or ISIL there is only the worlds largest terrorist network of AMERICA,BRITAIN and ISRAEL and it is called ABI.
I want to point out that Malaysia lost three planes in a short period of time. MH370, MH17 and a plane from Asia Airlines (if I got the name right). Malaysia owned a part of the company. Statistically, this is abnormal.
At least two of the planes stopped communicating. Both changed course. One disappeared and all the wreckage of the other has not been collected from the crashsite. According to international rules, the plane should have been reassembled as much as possible, but that was not done.
The preliminary report says nothing about witness accounts. Witnesses are usually heard in court and in Donbass there are many. They saw one or more fighters in the area.
It has been said commercial airplanes were forbidden to fly over the area 8 July 2014. Why was that changed?
I dont know what happened, but I want to know.
Some interesting links:
The preliminary report in English.
http://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/uploads/phase-docs/701/b3923acad0ceprem-rapport-mh-17-en-interactief.pdf
The rules of ICAO, the International Civil Aviation Organization, are explained.
http://journal-neo.org/2015/08/13/who-is-obstructing-the-mh17-investigation/
Boeing-777 was downed by Ukrainian MiG-29, Romanian expert says.
http://english.pravda.ru/world/ussr/13-08-2014/128268-boeing_crash_ukraine-0/
For those who do not believe Carlos exists. He was interviewed on Spanish TV in May 2014.
Interview from 8 may 2014. In Spanish.
Amenazan de muerte a un español en Ucrania por opinar sobre la crisis
http://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/view/127516-amenazar-controlador-espanol-ucrania-crisis
OSCE Investigator: Flight MH17 downed by machine-gun fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76PG9RQStFU#t=470
In German, but you can translate it.
MH17 – Die ungestellten und die unbeantworteten Fragen
https://propagandaschau.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/mh17-die-ungestellten-und-die-unbeantworteten-fragen/
You are chasing your tail.
Might as well re-read the Warren Report and rethink JFK’s assassination according to that book of lies.
Forget it. You’ll know or not know the facts at some point in the future. There is no hope of the truth coming out soon.
Usually, it takes forty years for truth to surface if it’s CIA action at core.
In this case, it will be ten to twenty years before the truth comes out.
Mats, are you saying we should stop trying to make sense of what happened to MH17? That is how I interpret it. If the interpretation is correct, you are also telling Saker to do something else.
Why should I bother studying the Warren report? JFK died many years ago and as far as I am concerned his death was an internal American problem, though of course it affected the whole world somewhat. I think the death of JFK and 911 are for Americans to investigate and I know some have done a good job.
MH17 is different. The tragedy took place in my backyard and it has the potential to make things worse in Europe and Russia already in October if the final report is released. You may not know it, but many in Europe worry about the present tensions and fear the fallout of the Dutch investigation. MH17 is certainly something we have the right to take a look at as best we can. We may not find the truth, but we have the right to look for it.
FYI, finding interesting links is hard work and I provided them for free.
The Capitalist Pigs and Liberal Cult miracle economy (high equity prices on Wall Street) is crashing.
They just discovered that there is no growth in debt creation and war mongering.
They are blaming China, but they know it is the FED and Obama’s destruction of growth.
Hug your nearest tree.
It is the economic equivalent of a stomach virus—severe colitis aftereffects. They have the runs.
However, those algorithms are also picking up bargains in high value stocks.
As small investors panic, the big funds buy cheap.
And the key, a strategy built into the algorithms, is to force the FED to another QE4. That’s how the market goes back up.
Gold. Watch that price rise. They have buried it for several years, but it will rise again.
China and Russia will benefit enormously as gold goes to its true value levels.
This is just looking at the facts that EU and US are in very bad shape, under very evil management.
China will be okay. It had already turned its economy inward for consumption and services and global for infrastructure development (Silk Road Belts).
Robert Tan on August 24, 2015 · at 2:06 pm EST/EDT
Dear Saker, yesterday, I listened to this video interview of “V” The Guerrilla Economist by Rogue Money:
https://youtu.be/GmiGKwybnrA
“V” discussed the situations in Greece, Ukraine, Syria, Iran/Israel, The House of Saud, Russia, China, Dedollarization, Christophe de Margerie, the IMF, and the Petrodollar. Some of the things (tho, not all) discussed in the interview were eye-openers. I’m now beginning to wonder whether or not the tragic MH-17 has any link to the preservation of the Petrodollar. It seems stupefying to even suspect that, I know. But then again, it is now a known fact that ISIS is a creation of the West. I feel that anything could be possible as long as there is desperation involved. What is your take on this?
*(In my opinion, tho, I don’t believe the Petrodollar will die. Most likely it will be diminished in use.)
I wonder what to make of today stock market collapses.Is it the beginning of the huge crash we’ve been hearing was/is coming.And I’m a bit concerned that it seems to be hitting China the most, so far.Is it maybe something the Empire and their stooges cooked up.Many questions it seems,but no answers yet.
And on a related and important note.I think it is good to remember that the USSR and the “Socialist Bloc”, existed and built societies without a stock market.In the USSR,people had jobs,they had health care,they have meals on the table,children were born and raised,with full education provided (they actually had population increases from births back then,unlike today).They washed clothes (and had clothes to wash),went to movies,watched TV,and listened to radio.Had theater,ballet,concerts.Had subways,trains,cars (not as many as in the West,but quite a few).Built,the second largest economy in the World.And as Martin reminded us,one of the smaller “bloc” countries the DDR,even surpassed many Western countries to become the 9th largest industrial power on Earth.And all of that, and much more as well, while under attack by the West everyday of their existence.And all of that without the “Casino Capitalism” of Western style stock markets.So in case we are in the beginning of this predicted Worldwide “Crash”. That doesn’t have to mean the World will end.Except for the 1%,the World can actually survive and live without a stock market.
eimar on August 24, 2015 · at 6:55 pm EST/EDT
Uncle Bob,
Read somewhere that Chinese state/institutional investment in their stock market is around 6%.
Which means those that might lose their shirts are private investors a.k.a gamblers.
David on August 24, 2015 · at 2:42 pm EST/EDT
But, we knew all this a year ago. Right off the bat, UAV thugs raided the ATC tower in Kiev and confiscated the evidence very shortly following when the MH-17 went down. If UAV and the coup regime were NOT involved, what was the expected reaction? Instead of the well-timed raid on the tower, shock and confusion, at least for a short while after receiving reports of the crash. We didn’t see that, of course- what we saw was the immediate barrage of accusations directed at Mr. Putin. It has the stink of premeditated mass murder for political purposes (terrorism) all over it.
SingingSam on August 24, 2015 · at 2:54 pm EST/EDT
Saker, thank you for the analysis and for keeping a focus on MH17.
The hard evidence held by the empire will remain secret indefinitely. Russia knows this and is growing increasingly impatient with the investigations run by the DSB and JIT.
I am waiting to see what Russia does after the DSB releases the final report. We have a few clues. First we know that as far back as 2/22/14 the Russian Investigative Committee opened an investigation.
http://www.kp.ru/daily/26323.5/3204312/
http://rt.com/news/216871-ukraine-military-mh17-report/
The Russian IC investigation has reached the conclusion that the air-to-air missile was not Russian made.
http://rt.com/news/273943-mh17-crash-missile-ukraine/
http://sputniknews.com/world/20150715/1024676143.html
Putin said approx. June 19 that it is necessary to wait for the conclusions of the Dutch Safety Board. He didn’t say why, but I can think of a couple of good reasons. First, to give the DSB plenty of rope with which to hang themselves. Second, to avoid accusations that Russia is making the DSB’s work more difficult.
http://tass.ru/en/russia/802790
Russia’s growing impatience with the DSB shows in what they said in July 16th about the draft of the DSB’s final report. Russia clearly is gearing up to slam the DSB’s final report.
http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150716/1024699993.html
The comments by the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Aug. 10 made it clear that Russia regards the DSB investigation as deeply flawed and is determined to pry the lid open. She said, “It was unacceptable to put with such an absolutely politicized approach in line with an aggressive informational campaign on vilification of someone and simultaneously on ‘brushing away’ all substantial facts. We are talking about hundreds of people who died. Their fate should not remain a ‘black hole’. Truth should be found, but it is necessary to do it in line with international law, and that is what we are going to do.”
Lavrov underscored what Maria Zakharova said the next day. He said, “After the investigation is over, it is necessary to make the punishment of the guilty inevitable.”
Russia will not remain on the sidelines of the investigation much longer. The good news is that the empire does not have a lock on all of the hard evidence. I expect evidence to be revealed following the DSB’s final report and again in early 2016 when the JIT makes some kind of public report about their sham criminal investigation.
denk on August 24, 2015 · at 3:29 pm EST/EDT
*We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality – judiciously, as you will – we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.’*
hxnx birdflu, swineflu,
asia boxing day tsunami,
bali terror bombing,
fukushima,
malaysian airasia airliner disaster,
sabah freak earthquake,
tianjin armaggedon
thailand terror hit,
shandong explosion
Il Discobolo on August 24, 2015 · at 6:48 pm EST/EDT
In the night between 31st August-1st September 1983 the four engines Korean B-747 flight KAL KE007 was hit at high altitude by two A-A missiles launched by the Su-15 piloted by Lieut. Col. Gennadi Osipovich. One missile hit one of the engines, the other punctured the tail of the aircraft. The aircraft continued to fly for almost 15 minutes, of which the CVR registered only the first 1 min and 44 seconds. In such period of time there is no words from the cockpit crew that show they were aware having been hit by missiles. Moreover, they were so busy to maintain the aircraft airborne, that in the CVR recorded period of 1 min and 44 seconds there is only one call (after 55 seconds) to the (Tokyo) Air traffic control.
Interesting, also in this case, there is no (the original) tape of the recordings in the (Tokyo) Air traffic control center.
Where are the tapes of the Ukrainian Air traffic control centers? They have recorded not only the radio communications, but also the conversations between the air controllers and of any other person present.
Anyway, even if the B-747 has four and not two engines as the B-777, it appears hard that just hitting one engine there is a sudden crash of a huge aircraft without some further, sudden and strong action against it.
Here the transcript of the CVR 1 min and 44 seconds after the “hit” of the Korean Air Kal KE 007:
1826:02 Cockpit: [Sound of explosion?]
1826:06 Captain: “What’s happened?”
1826:08 Co-pilot: “What?”
1826:10 Captain: “Retard throttles.”
1826:11 Co-Pilot: “Engines normal.”
1826:14 Captain: “Landing gear.”
1826:15 Cockpit: [Sound of cabin altitude warning]
1826:18 Cockpit: [Sound of altitude deviation warning]
1826:21 Cockpit: [Sound of autopilot disconnect warning]
1826:22 Captain: “Altitude is going up. Altitude is going up. Speed brake is coming out.”
1826:26 Co-Pilot: “What? What?”
1826:27 Cockpit: [Unintelligible]
1826:29 Captain: “Check it out.”
1826:33 Captain: “I am not able to drop altitude.”
1826:34 Public Address: “Attention emergency descent”
1826:38 Crew: “Altitude is going up.”
1826:40 Crew: “This is not working. This is not working.”
1826:41 Crew: “Manually.”
1826:42 Crew: “Cannot do manually.”
1826:43 Cockpit: [Sound of the autopilot disconnect warning]
1826:45 Co-Pilot: “Engines are normal sir.”[13]
1826:46 Public Address: “Put out your cigarette. This is an emergency descent.”
1826:50 Captain: “Is it power compression?”
1826:51 Flight Engineer: “Is that right?”
1826:52 Public Address: “Put out your cigarette, this is an emergency descent.”
1826:52 Flight Engineer: “All of both.”
1826:54 Captain: “Is that right?”
1826:55 Public Address: “Put the mask over your nose and mouth and adjust the headband.”
1826:57 Co-Pilot: “Tokyo radio Korean Air 007.”
1827:09 Flight Engineer: “All compression.”
1827:10 Captain: “Rapid decompression. Descend to one zero thousand.”
1827:15 Public Address: “Attention emergency descent.”
1827:20 Flight Engineer: “Now…we have to set this.”
1827:21 Tokyo radio: “Korean Air 007, radio check on one zero zero four eight.”
1827:23 Flight Engineer: “Speed.”
1827:26 Flight Engineer: “Stand by. Stand by. Stand by. Stand by. Set.”
1827:33 Public Address: “Put out your cigarette this is an emergency descent.”
1827:43 Public Address: “Put the mask over your nose and mouth and adjust…”
1827:46 End of CVR recording
Majo on August 24, 2015 · at 9:07 pm EST/EDT
I read that crack US pilots wearing Ukraine uniforms replaced the Ukrainian pilots in the two SU 25 planes. The manoeuvres to bring the passenger plane down in the ‘dance of death’ choreographed for it to fly before dropping in pieces in an empty field were too complex, difficult and exact, to trust to Ukrainian pilots. Saker does not mention the whole dead bodies dropping though the straw roofs of the small village homes and sheds the plane briefly hovered over.I have seen the videos of the bodies strewn around, horror of the inhabitants no-one believed. Nor does he mention that the plane was carrying dead AIDS victims as well as AIDS infected blood samples in the hold to go the the AIDs meeting I think in Malaysia. Malaysia only just taken over by Mrs Clinton as US Secretary of State after she managed the end of Libya. The new “alli” was proving difficult at the time this flight was chosen to bring down. Subsequently the Malaysian Airlines went bankrupt or something close.
no, no – nothing of the kind.
It was Zacharschenko just pissed off on the phone, who contacted one of his commanders in the area with orders to the Buk battery manned by his guys. The battery sent the signals to the SU-25 on the airliner´s position.
This new tech explananation has one merit: it´s way better than that of the pentagon.
denk on August 25, 2015 · at 2:55 am EST/EDT
Total CEO Plane Crash Robs Putin’s Russia of Outspoken Oil Ally
i now believe the globalists are satanists who revel in sending us msg hidden in plain sight. looks like all those seemingly coincidental numerical patterns do have a *story* to tell ! [1]
Air Algerie Flight 5017
A witness reported seeing a ball of flame in the crash area at about 1.50am, suggesting the tragedy happened in minutes.
One witness said it was “as if a bomb had fallen” on the desert, and that the plane had hit the ground at a steep angle and at full speed, ruling out any attempt at an emergency landing
we have the pending performance on a France/Russia deal whereby Russia is to receive delivery of two Mistral warships. Maybe certain elitist elements would rather see France breach the contract?
Air France 447, like MH 370, MH 17, and AH 5017 also “vanished without a word from the crew.” Perhaps, then, the official report
regarding Air France 447, which explained the affair in terms of heavy weather, a high altitude stall, and pilot error also happens to more or less describe what occurred with AH 5017?
Then again, it was reported regarding Air France 447 that:
“Two pilots of an Air Comet flight from Lima to Lisbon saw a bright flash of light in the area where Flight 447 went down, the Madrid-based airline told CNN. The pilots have turned in their report to authorities.
“Suddenly, we saw in the distance a strong and intense flash of white light, which followed a descending and vertical trajectory and which broke up in six seconds,” the captain wrote in the report.
The flash of light contributes to the theory that an explosion is what brought down Flight 447, which was carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.”
on board was china’s top defence scientist , xiao xiang, who oversee the nuclear submarine and nuclear aircraft carrier program.
china was colloborating with brazil in a nuclear submarine research,
xiao was on his way back to china.
To be sure, these reports have gone down the memory hole. [1]
http://www.globalresearch.ca/air-algerie-ah5017-air-france-447-malaysian-mh370-and-mh17-vanishing-aircraft-numerology-and-the-global-elite/5394526
on airfrance 447,
M.A. in Oregon, u.s. • 6 years ago
I am so saddened to see this happen. I am praying for all the people and families involved. I hope that all countries involved or at least several countries will do their own investigations into what caused this to happen. Everyone knows the country I live in can’t be trusted for any reason whatsoever. I hope that all involved will find peace and comfort someday, as only time will allow. If anyone would like to read the truth about world events please visit: rense dot com, globalresearch dot ca, infowars dot com. Please watch internet movies: Zeitgeist the movie, Wake up call, and ENDGAME:Blueprint for global enslavement. There is no church or religion above the TRUTH. Always search for the TRUTH, wherever it may go, whoever it may lead to
http://www.airfrance447.com/06/03/xiao-xiang-35-scientist-chinese/
Mikael H on August 25, 2015 · at 1:12 pm EST/EDT
But how come that the russian radar screen showed no presence of a fighter jet contrary to what have been said
Do you remember that press conference held by russian authorities allegedly showing fighter jets in the area but Picture show nothing of that if you Watch that press Conference. Radar screen only shows airliners in the air together with MH17 then you can see MH 17 slowing down after being hit and eventually dissapear from screen. Now an echoe appear at the same spot as the MH 17 dissapeared from and the russian (General?) speaking asks about that sechoe claiming it is a fighter jet (SU 25?) but that echoe has almost no horizontal speed at all and dissapears from screen very fast.
If that echoe was a fighter why didnt russia see it Before and why did it have almost no horizontal speed at all? Answer is that most likely it was debris from MH 17 giving away that echoe
But I can hardly muself Believe that russian military is that incompetent so what is going on? Watch it for yourself here its between minute 19 and 23 but Watch whole if you want of course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=476LHsr2SWM&feature=youtu.be&t=1013
The answer above was supposed to be an anser to the article and not to “denk”
My mistake
nonetheless,
my take on mh17, mh37 etc is here,
http://thesaker.is/crosstalk-remembering-mh17/
the mother of all cia air assasinations,
the attempt on chinese premier zhou enlai’s life.
http://abundanthope.net/pages/Political_Information_43/Jakarta-Warning-to-prospective-CIA-agents.shtml
Le Ruscino on August 25, 2015 · at 7:01 pm EST/EDT
The Ceiling of a 75 year old WW2 Spitfire is 40,000 Feet or 12,192 Metres !
Here is the Actual Data:
Spitfire F. Mk. IX BF.274
(Merlin 61)
Climb and level speed performance
………………Climb and level speed performance has been measured on Spitfire F. Mk. IX B.F.274 both with and without a 30 gallon external jettisonable tank fitted. The climb performance at combat rating and position error have also been measured without the tank fitted. The engine was fitted with a 0.477:1 reduction gear and a Rotol R3/4F5/3 metal propeller.
Climb at normal rating:
Maximum rate of climb in M.S. supercharger 3200 ft.min at 13,500 ft.
Maximum rate of climb in F.S. supercharger 2540 ft/min. at 25,900 ft.
Service ceiling (100 ft/min) 42,100 ft.
Time to 10,000 ft. 3.1 mins.
Time to 30,000 ft. 10.7 mins
Climb at Combat rating:
Time to 10,000 ft. 2.7 mins
G on August 25, 2015 · at 8:55 pm EST/EDT
One other thing that is consistently overlooked is the fact that the ukrianian airforce had been utilizing a tactic of
Using civilian airliners as cover and this was reported in a sitrep by strelkov on June 9th 2014 over a month before mh 17. So granting that we do not assume that te ukrainian govt is so evil that they’d intentionally murder over a hundred innocent civilians to blame russia and the sepretists and granted that even if we accept the ukrainian and their western allies claim that the dpr did shoot down the plane by accident, they still are at fault for directing a plane over a conflict Zone where airstrikes were being carried out and where they knew AA guns were being used for the purpose of covering their airstrikes they are still at fault while the dpr’s only fault is that they used whatever mean necessary to defend themselves. I’m not saying that definitely this happened and maybe the ukrainian govt is that evil but for the sake of convincing those on the other side it seems this situation is more plausible and still the blame is on the ukrianian govt. please Lmk what anyone thinks about this theory. The sitrep I cited was found on slavyangrad website.
r e m o on August 26, 2015 · at 2:13 am EST/EDT
Remember also CHAFF was recorded deployed at the time seen floating directly thru the ground-crash smoke; evidence of military aircraft action immediate to the catastrophe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY5YD36NuqI
Also, fact it was the second Malaysian in 6 months to suffer tragedy (MH17 HAD to be ‘picked’) leads to deeper or further down the authority chain decision making than ‘just Kiev.
Two birds with one stone.
in the case of mh370 i counted six birds,
*the most obvious one from the outset,
sowing discord bet chinese/malaysians
*payback to malaysia for its *war crime tribunal* in kl ,amongst other *crimes*,
the court indicted bush, blair as war criminals.
*dr mahathir’s archenemy ,soros, exacting his pound of fresh.
*take out top defence scientists from china, much like the airfrance 477
hit which liquidated the father of china’s nuclear sub/carrier program,,
xiao xiang.
*prempted the transfer of state of art chip tech to china.
*last but not least, *persuade* kl to join the *pivot* against china.
kl has been put thru the wringer for almost a yrs now, starting with mh370,
then mh17, airasia QZ8501, mh148, sabah freak earthquake, warsj led media campaign against pm najib, racial riots targetting chinese malaysians….
all signs in recent weeks point to an about turn of attitude, kl is now talking tough against china in the scs issue, a far cry from its friendly posture pre mh370.
another china’s ally bites the dust, following nepal, myanmar, sri lanka ?
porphyrius on August 26, 2015 · at 8:03 am EST/EDT
Dear Saqr, what do you think of this “alternative” Ukrainian version:
http://garmata.org/blog1/214-bolshay…otiv-voentorga
Большая военная тайна. Авиация и ракеты против «военторга»
Their thesis is logically argumented. The only moot point is, supposing the Russians really were involved, they would have shown an incredible level of incompetence in the course of a highly sensitive secret operation, which, while possible, seems unlikely. For instance, I imagine that following the tracks of passenger liners to avoid such a tragic error should be technically possible, even if the Ukrainian plane was purposely hiding behind the Boeing.
Could you provide an analytical comment on this?
Vierotchka on August 26, 2015 · at 12:30 pm EST/EDT
A good Facebook friend of mine, a British academic teaching at University in Athens, former Ambassador – William Mallinson – posted this today:
“This is disgusting: the Netherlands, once a beacon of justice, are now just a a lying client state, no longer able to reveal facts…..read on:
“On Wednesday, however, Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte’s government issued a statement rejecting all Freedom of Information Act (WOB) requests by Elsevier into 17 documents relating to the JIT pact. It said that the benefits of disclosing information about the MH17 investigation were outweighed by the risk of damage to the Dutch state’s relations to other states and world bodies.””
Speaks volumes, doesn’t it?
Stange Town on August 26, 2015 · at 3:06 pm EST/EDT
Given that the preliminary findings suggest a missile, the investigators have not said from whom though. But in even manufacturers of BUKs themselves in Russia have concluded that it was a BUK missile, so why are we still considering the SU25 ‘theory’. This information was released by Russian traffic control 24 hours after the event, was this to deflect attention?
That is not correct. The manufacturers said IF is was a SAM then it had to have been an SA11 M-1, which is a BUK out of production, so they could not be held responsible and should have sanctions against them. They also said they can not refute other possible causes of the plane being shot down.
See my comment at http://thesaker.is/mh-17-one-year-later/#comment-136334
for the past two yrs something very disconcerting happened in china, practically every other mth we heard about a major *accident*, especially in the petrochemical industry.
in an earlier post,
Asnónimo on August 23, 2015 · at 9:59 pm UTC
*Those who suspect the following series of accidents is not accidental are paranoid conspiracy spammers and should be contained.
[the guy is in snark mode no doubt ;-)]
[from what i recall this is just a partial list]
https://www.rt.com/news/313159-explosion-us-base-japan/*
some would say that with such a dismal record, tianjin is just something waiting to happen. matter of fact, as if on cue, the msm and even alternate media are having a field day dissing/gloating on china’s *massive corruption*.
china’s industrial safety measure is woefully inadequate, but is it that bad ?
when it suddenly started raining cats and dogs, its prudent to think scientifically.
the fundamental theorom of probability says,
*once is accident, twice coincidence, thrice……enemy action*
who might that enemy be, ?
well who’s been attacking china since 1949 ?
[i.e. if u dont count the opium war, eight nation alliance rape of beijing, burning of
yuan ming yuan, younghusband’s invasion of tibet 1903 etc etc]
1959 tibet uprising,
1962 india sino border war, [instigated by fukus]
1989 tam,
1999 attack on chinese embassy in ex yugo,
2001 hainan spyplane provocaton, one chinese pilot dead.
2003 iraq invasion, chinese embassy attacked by cia rent a mob *insurgents*,
chinese oil contract under saddam hussain declared null and voil by the occupying
force, loss estimated at trillions.
2003 sars, all hxnx series, swine flu, bird flu in subsequent yrs until this day,
2008 tibet riots
2008 nepal’s pro beijing monarchy ousted by cia/raw.
2009 xinjiang bloodbath,
2013 south sudan seccession engineered by fukus, china’s oil pipeline
cut in half,
2013 asia pivot,
2013 tam bomb attack,
2013 chinese facilities and workers attacked by cia rent a mob *insurgents* in
libya, tens of thousands chinese evacuated, financial loss estimated at tens of billions,
2014 mh370
2014 hk umbrella rev,
2015 pivot on steriod,
2015 sri lanka’s pro beijing prez deposed by cia/raw,
[a partial list]
2015 tianjin Armageddon ???
from past pattern , fukus enjoyed sending nasty *gift* to china/russia etc, prior to a major event, this is to inflict max humuliation to the host when its under the world’s spotlight.
1989 tam rebellion courtesty of unitedsnake, on the eve of gorbacev’s visit to beijing.
2008 tibet riots, courtesy of the snake, on the eve of beijing olympics.
2009 xinjiang bloodbath, courtesy of the snake, during g8 meeting. hu jing tao had to rush back to china to deal with the crisis.
2014 ukraine putsch , courtesy of the snake, while moscow was basking in the
limelight of sochi olympics extravaganza.
2015 tianjin monstrous blast, on the eve of beijing’s victory parade commermorating ww2,
a gift from g-o-d or is it the antichrist ?
*Pentagon’s “Rods from God” program which involves satellites armed with tungsten rods measuring about one foot by twenty feet that can be fired earthwards at over 6000 mph to any target of White House choosing. The effect is “nuclear without the fallout”. The program is so highly classified that very few people know anything about it.*
http://www.counterpunch.org/2007/02/03/the-irony-of-bush-s-indignation/
the timing of tianjin blast is just a bit too convenient, coming on the eve of beijing’s
ww2 victory parade and right after china’s devaluation of the yuan, which was greeted by howls of *currency war* in the west.
tianjin is a fast rising super star in china’s new phase of economic development, it plays a pivotal role in the *one belt , one road* grand strategy.
*China’s ports, cities and hinterlands feature prominently. Fifteen ports, from Tianjin in the north to Haikou in the south, are earmarked for upgrading. The Shanghai and Guangzhou airports are slated to become logistics hubs. Inland, largely poor provinces are supposed to see a boost too.*
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/03/28/china-lays-out-path-to-one-belt-one-road/
this *accident* reeks of a signature cia hit, the sobs always aim for the max bang per buck.
viz….
+it deals a serious blow to tianjin port’s ugrading plan,
+major petrochemical projects suffered a series of major *accidents* recently,
future development would come under even stiffer resistance from the populace.
+the tianhe super computer has been shut down due to structural damage to the building,
+the msm , even alternate media’s almost gleeful trumpeting of massive malpractice and corruption further erodes cpc’s cred amongst the populace,
+china’s image suffered another huge blackeye,
http://theinternationalreporter.org/2015/08/20/tianjin-port-explosion-like-a-small-nuclear-bomb-going-off-44-days-radio-sinoland/
greenpeace was first on the scene , a * rapid response field team* no less, ala the unitedsnake’s worldwide *rapid reaction force* i guess ?
the verdict, tianjin blast is the result of massive mismanagement and corruption in china, !
so somebody have been cutting corners and taking bribes,
but how was the chemicals ignited , i’d go for sabotage., whether its nuclear, *rod of god*, stuxnet or ignition by local agents. ?
i’d even venture that the series of *mishaps* in the past two yrs were part of the plot, a build up to the current narrative. its going viral all round, that tianjin armaggedon is an indictment on the whole chinese system.
this guy nails it , [1]
*The space-based blasting of already flammable targets such as oil pipelines
and chemical plants makes for an ideal dirty attack because the targets offer built-in plausible denial and cover-up excuses — such as: “insufficient regulation” or “negligence”.*
post sars/swine flu attack, the talk was all about how the chinese sanitary sucks,
after the tibet, xinjiang bloodbath where hans got chopped up or blown to smithereens, every headline in msm and not a few in alternate media screamed *chinese oppression, brutal crackdown, genocide* . [sic]
sounds familiar ?
http://www.tomatobubble.com/id878.html
not exactly o.t.
Gibson on August 28, 2015 · at 1:30 pm EST/EDT
You forgot one thing,
Since the explosion at Tianjin, China has been dumping large amounts of US Treasury bonds, by the mother load, and i mean huge numbers. It will reak havoc on the american economy, it will be like QE but in reverse.
So you could say, that China is saying, f* you…..you blow up our chemical plant, we’ll destroy the dollar…..
the empire of chaos is on steriod,
something big seems to be brewing,
what’d the snake think up next ???
when it comes, it’d make tianjin looks like child’s play ?
Gibson on August 28, 2015 · at 12:26 pm EST/EDT
One thing everybody forgets so fast are the things that were repported directly after the incident became know. Like the following….
1. That the last 10 flights of this airplane’s route, never went over the route it took when it was hit. There was an article about this with the data from Flightradar24.com to prove it. So on that day, this flight was explicietly redirected towards a different course then it usally followed. Also the aircraft altitude was orderd to be lowered by the urkrainian air traffic controllers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10975524/Crashed-MH17-flight-was-300-miles-off-typical-course.html
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-17/was-flight-mh-17-diverted-over-restricted-airspace
2. What about the air traffic controller who yelled it out over social media when it happend that the UAF and SBU where responsible for the attack. Or was this also a false or misleading info.
3. What about all the fake ‘so called’ evidence that was shown to the world by the ukies and all that has been proven to be false. This is clearly a sign of a desperate act to put the blame on the innocent. There sould by a justification for all that false evidence and at least a law suit should be presented against the ukainian goverment.
One thing still can’t forget is that so called voice recording made between the rebels and some colonel where they were talking about the shooting of the aircraft. Only the idiots had posted it a day before on youtube or facebook, on the 16th july. Still nobody wonders….?? WTF is wrong with you people. This is a positief indication that the whole thing was planned en carried out.
Because i know for sure, the russians would never make such a stupid mistake.
4. Where is the flight data and voice recorder messages. Why has this not yet been made public.
Remember the plane crash in the france alps, that data and voice recordings where made public within a few days. And here still nothing.
5. Indeed, where is the US intelligence data? …so far all they could come up with was an image from google maps with red crayon marker depicting the flight path of the aircraft.
Most impressive… who made that, some fifth grader ?
6. And something i remember but haven’t read anything about it since that day. Was that flight MH-17 had a delayed departure of 2 hours. Why was this….Why was flight MH-17 delayed for 2 hours instead of its originally departure time from amsterdam.
Further more, this week it came out that the ‘official’ report by the investigation team lead by the Netherlands, will be presented on October 13th.
I quess its fair to say that the report is then finished by now and that it is being reviewed by all the countries and agencies that are connected too this incident. So that means that the urkainiane goverment allso must be reviewing this report, because of the standing agreement they made, that no evidence or information can be made public without the including countries consent.
So what to expect on October 13th….nothing new i quess.
Gibson.
in any unatural death, no way would the chief beneficiary be involved with the investigation.
yet thats exactly what happen with these series of *accidents*
the mh370 forsenic team was headed by canberra , as if thats not enough,
its *assisted* by fbi and mi6, talk about the fox guarding the chicken coop !
judge , prosecutor, executioner all in one.
game , set , match.
any wonder that the malaysian police chief lamented aloud
*i doubt we’d ever know the truth* and…
dr mahathir didnt hesitate to lambast canberra and cia for *withholding vital information about mh370*.
unbeknown to the good dr, the snake was already linning up more nasty surprises
to punish kl’s *insolence*.
on earthquake *drill* turning *live*, disappearing planes , cyber warfare and climate scam .
this is definitely not ot
this is the evil empire in a nutshell !
http://www.sott.net/article/202731-Connecting-the-Dots-Mass-murder-in-Haiti-plane-madness-in-the-skies
Igor on August 29, 2015 · at 10:02 am EST/EDT
Great blog! Thanks. You are kind of a Western Boris Rozhin (http://colonelcassad.livejournal.com). I hope your readership will continue to grow.
this is not ot
mh370 ,mh17, asia pivot, ukraine putzh, tianjin armageddon….
this is a concerted assault on the brics !
another pov,
i cant vouch for everything claimed in this piece but we both agree,
like hell this is just an accident !
http://crimesofempire.com/2015/08/27/the-tianjin-blasts-indutrial-accident-or-manhattan-incident/
tianjin armageddon, *accident* or ff ?
dont think this is ot, this is non trivial, coz brics is currently attacked by this m.o. or its variants !
the great satan is exploiting china’s massive corruption to mount a ff in tianjin, then followed up with a media blitz telling the world its all the chinese own fault. [1]
similarly when they hit china with sars, the *international community* was duly informed by the msm, aka cia’s mighty wurlitzer, its the result of china’s dismal hygenic practice.
post xinjiang bloodbath where hans were slaughtered like sacrificial lambs, the usual suspects cnn, warsj, nyt blamed china’s *brutal oppression* for driving the *freedom fighters* to violence. a meme readily echoed by many *progressives* in alternate media.
this is a particular sick joke coz china’s the most generous minority policy in the world bar none.
the above are classic cia m.o., works like a charm since 1875.
i basically agree with the author, with some caveats…..
+some say mike adams is a disinfo agent.
well anybody who censors my comments cant be very credible in my book !
adams also boasts about a bevy of *chinese dissidents* as informants, sounds suspciously like a *company* man talking doesnt it ;-)
+the author falls for the msm meme that china is striving for worlds top dog by toppling the incumbent. thats bs,
china has neither the heart nor muscle to be no1.
it needs to maintain at least a growth rate of 7/8 % just to feed its gigantic populace forchrissake, its forace in africa, south america spawns out of the need to circumvent the unitedsnake’s stranglehold in the malacca straits chokepoint.
hardly a move to *challenge* or *compete* with the great satan ,as widely peddled in the western bullhorn.
+the socalled nefarious chinese plan to paralyse the great satan by hacking its power /water grid is pure and undulterated bs cooked up by pentagoon to feed the murkkan *mushrooms*. [2]
its the usual crap attributed to unamed officials or pentagoon accredited *security contractors, unsubstantiated by any hard evidence.
the sad state of affairs in the land of the *free* now is such that this is all it takes to scare the murkkans into wetting their pants !
http://empireexposed.blogspot.sg/2015/08/tianjins-fiery-explosion-mainstream.html
*murkkans are like mushrooms, kept in the dark and fed bushit all day* !
grrr on August 31, 2015 · at 5:31 pm EST/EDT
Agree. Actually it was quite obvious from the beginning: who has a motivation?
denk on September 01, 2015 · at 4:20 pm EST/EDT
thats right, cui bono ?
when i heard about the malaysian airliner mh370 *diappearance* with 200+ chinese nationals onboard, i instinctively knew it couldnt be an accident.
anybody who had been following closely the geopolitical scene in asia ought to smell something fishy, malaysia was the last man standing in asean who didnt wanna join the zwo asia pivot against china !
my hunch was vindicated by the series of mishaps which followed, mh17, airasia, ….mh148 etc..
as for tianjin, shandong blast , im 99% sure its a u.s. black op.
unitedsnake the world’s no1 arsonist has been attacking china relentlessly since time immermoria. [1] currently its mounting a military provocation in scs, ecs, an attack on china’s economy, a demonisation campaign thru msm. in the last 10 mths alone it has perpetrated a spade of black ops against china including the mh370 and xinjiang terrorism .
the timing and m.o. of the tianjin blast has the cia finger print all over it.
this doesnt constitute a smoking gun yet but….i’d be damned if the snake has nothing to do with it !!
true to form, the snake already has a ready ans for this,
*Another factory explosion rocks China. Another case of corruption exposed? *
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2015/0822/Another-factory-explosion-rocks-China.-Another-case-of-corruption-exposed
just do a search on the subject , the verdict is in, nothing to see here, its all about the rampant corruption in china. !
this is how the cia one -two punch works,
1] attack the target,
2] saturation media demonisation to blame the victim.
like the rapist who told the judge the fault is with the victim who’s too scantily clad. !
in the xinjiang bloodbath, the world’s no1 butcher of muslims the unitedsnake let loose its jihadists mercs on the hans, then followed up with a media blitz on *chinese brutal oppression in xinjiang, ccp brutal crackdown on peaceful demonstrators*,
the world’s no1 *shit stirrer* was pissed off when that ruse failed to provoke an international jihad against china,
*Unrest in Xinjiang: Where’s the Muslim outrage? * [sic]
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2009/0713/unrest-in-xinjiang-wheres-the-muslim-outrage
sobs. !!!
as for those who sniff *conspiracy theory* !
i quote
* Is there any way you can look at the chronological events over the last month and not conclude they are connected
Are there too many coincidental technological, financial and geopolitical dots lined up to come to any conclusion other than we are already in the early stages of war??*
http://sgtreport.com/2015/08/guest-post-what-will-historians-say/
i agree with two caveats,
1] to say there’s a war going on is damn unfair to china/russia,, coz they’ve been at the receiving end of unitedsnake’s one-sided covert/overt attacks for decades, if not centuries.
2] of course the explosion at the unitedsnake naval base in jp is connected to the series of *accidents* in china, but i dont believe its a chinese/russian retaliation as suggested by some, i think its more likely a u.s. subterfuge to obfuscate and confuse. it sure looks like kindergarten stuff compared to the tianjin armageddon anyway.
this isnt o.t.
its all part of the zwo attack on the brics. !
further to the previous list of unitedsnake’s attack on china, the following
just comes to mind,
*terrorists slaughtered chinese workers in afghan,
*terrorists slained chinese engineers, workers, tourists in afpak,
*terrorists butchered chinese sailors in the makong river,
*gunmen killed a busload of hk tourists in cold blood, manila.
sobs have started ww3 and mum is the word..
from jimstone
*World War 3 has probably started
(and mum is the word)
There was a major explosion in Dongying China. This would be the third explosion. This one was as bad as the huge one at Tianjin and was felt 50 KM away. Of extreme interest here: The Tianjin blast happened at 11:30 PM. This blast happened at 11:28 PM. These blasts happened within two minutes of each other on the clock. So I am calling it, once is an accident, twice is coincidence and three times is enemy action, and with the subtle message being delivered which is: same time of night so you over there in China know this was US, and no accident. I have no doubt this is aggression against China.*
something just happened…..
*Something changed three weeks ago and a series of events began. It all started with China announcing 600 additional tons of gold. This was followed by the IMF rebuff of China, the three yuan devaluations and three “coincidental” explosions. Then equity markets around the world (which were already weak) began to violently unravel and finally spilled over to the U.S.. This tested the PPT’s limits (which were apparently $23 billion last week).*
http://sgtreport.com/2015/09/something-just-happened/#more-404869
*What do Krefeld (8/5/15), Bitterfeld (8/3/15), Moscow (8/12/15), Tianjin (8/12/15), Conroe (8/15/15), Shandong (8/22/15) and Sagami (8/24/15) have in common?
Explosions in chemical plants. We are told Sagami was not a chemical plant but… who really knows?
The first 6 explosions happened after Germany, Russia, China and Texas openly opposed Washington and its Neocons. Germany opposed Washington on arming Ukraine. Moscow… well, we know. Texas demanded its gold and has b een fighting the Fed for a sweet long time. China devalued three times its Yuan in one week.
Sagami is not so easy to understand. But Neocons have never shied away from creating false flags by killing americans when necessary.
Coincidences?*
the sagami blast is a dud, it merely punctured a hole in the ceiling of a store room.
obviously a ff but why ?
a theory going around suggest that someone is simultaneously hitting china, unitedsnake to instigate a nuclear war bet the two powers,, i dont buy it.
the great satan harbours the most malice towards china and has the greatest motive to attack due to the chinese monetary policy.
afaic its the no1, in fact the only suspect.
i believe the sagami ff is a psyop to shift the blame to some shadowy *third force*.
the cunning of great satan can never be overstated.
Adam Baum (@Adam1Baum) on September 16, 2015 · at 9:04 pm EST/EDT
If anyone was following the Spanish Air traffic Controllers ( @spainbuca) tweets that fateful morning as I was knows it would have been impossible for the events transpiring in real-time to have been pre-scripted the ways his tweets read.
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Majid Najah on September 13, 2018 · at 12:26 pm EST/EDT
Reading this in the news: “Roy Moore former Alabama Supreme Court judge names Borat creator in $95m lawsuit over bogus ‘pedophile detector”.
I couldn’t otherwise than that : If you dare to criticize us, We will harm your reputation severely and will cause your entire family severe emotional distress, as well as financial damage in the name of antisemitism.
Our pastime in the name of freedom and democrazy is duping celebrity into tricky interviews propagating it in Media and Hollywood and creating Trends in social policies for people to consent and adhere and consume.
Anonymous on September 13, 2018 · at 3:43 pm EST/EDT
Sacha Baron Cohen is a mean-spirited creep.
_smr on September 14, 2018 · at 2:59 am EST/EDT
More precise:
Alabama Supreme Court = Mafia asset
Former Judge Roy Moore = Mafia asset
Sacha Baron Cohen = Mafia asset
As always, all actors, extras and props used to stage a pre-scripted public goy-mocking ritual are Mafia assets.
chimmy on September 15, 2018 · at 8:48 am EST/EDT
One could, especially an INTP like myself, ponder and meditate on the exemplar given above. What is real? What is deception? Who are the decievers? Who are the marks?
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/art-history-101-trompe-loeil
Is Moore the straight man and Cohen-Baron the wiseguy? Or is Cohen-Baron with Enlightenment-Reason-ridicule setting Moore up to deliver the Judeo-Christian punchline? Lost in the Liberal/Conservative kerfuffle, is the fact that the Law itself is a shabby stage prop that does not hold up under close scrutiny.
war is coming on September 13, 2018 · at 12:39 pm EST/EDT
Is finally Putin lying about Skripal?
The Strange Russian Alibi.
Even Craig Murray has some doubts now:
Like many, my first thought at the interview of Boshirov and Petrov – which apparently are indeed their names – is that they were very unconvincing. The interview itself seemed to be set up around a cramped table with a poor camera and lighting, and the interviewer seemed pretty hopeless at asking probing questions that would shed any real light.
I had in fact decided that their story was highly improbable, until I started seeing the storm of twitter posting, much of it from mainstream media journalists, which stated that individual things were impossible which were, in fact, not impossible at all.
The first and most obvious regards the weather on 3 and 4 March. It is in fact absolutely true that, if the two had gone down to Salisbury on 3 March with the intention of going to Stonehenge, they would have been unable to get there because of the snow. It is therefore perfectly possible that they went back the next day to try again; and public transport out of Salisbury was still severely disrupted, and many roads closed, on 4 March. Proof of this is not at all difficult to find.
And of course it did not take long for the ‘sanctions machine’ to be back in action.
US To Impose “Very Severe” Sanctions On Russia Over Skripal Case
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-13/us-impose-very-severe-sanctions-russia-over-skripal-case
Another comment from Gilbert Doctorow:
RT Interview with the “suspects” in the Skripal poisoning case.
https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2018/09/13/rt-interview-with-the-suspects-in-the-skripal-poisoning-case/
‘We’re not agents’: UK’s suspects in Skripal case talk exclusively with RT’s editor-in-chief (VIDEO)
https://www.rt.com/news/438350-petrov-boshirov-interview-simonyan/
The initial Skripal incident could be a warning hit by gangster types that MI6 missed but then quickly made the best of with a Novichok offering from Porton Downs/chem warfare which is just a few miles away. Likewise a rogue or blackmailed employee but with all we know (and don’t know) I’d assess these likelihoods as low.
Margarita Simonyan is no dummy and one gets the impresson she was less than satisfied with the responses and believes there is more to the story. I’d agree and guess they are perhaps gay or maybe in some questionable business. If their names are accurate, then ascertaining their business and home town should be a breeze. If they were in any way attached to the ‘GRU’ they would know that -another example of why they are not. Someone who knows them or knows of them would surely rat them out -especially if money was offered.
Their trail demonstrates such inept behaviour at being intelligence agents they would not have made it past the first day at spook school.
A inside door knob would be risky but better but ‘Novichok’ on an outside door knob in wet and snowy conditions is such a poor indirect and risky way to kill someone. Add to that that it degrades with time and weather but the sample taken was judged by the OPCW as ‘pure’ weeks later. Clearly the Novichok wrapper was added after the event by British/US/Israeli agents. The hit itself was likely BZ as traces of that were found.
Aside from all the technical and logistical impossibilities analysed ad nauseam, the multiple sensational timings of the Skripal script are statistically a dead giveaway. Once OK, twice, possible but suspicious but this number is obviously targeted and maxed out villification against the Kremlin.
Larchmonter445 on September 13, 2018 · at 2:38 pm EST/EDT
They are gay. 99% certain that is why they are sketchy and answered strangely. They need to cover it up.
The truth of the interview is they are telling the truth, but not all the truth. All the truth is about being out cruising for some “fun”.
Doesn’t matter what Twitter feeds say. Most people are idiots.
For certain, the UK is stuck with their lies. The whole caper is a British F*ckUp. They will have to keep lying to keep it going.
These two clowns now have ruined lives.
No one interviewing them would have gotten any other responses.
She did the interview set in her office, not a studio, as they wanted to be interviewed. What she uncovered was they were in Salisbury looking for other gays. It simply was not told directly. What wasn’t explicit was implicit.
Serbian girl on September 13, 2018 · at 3:55 pm EST/EDT
I feel quite sorry for these guys. They go on a trip for some private fun, a party in Salisbury in the u.k. (a.k.a “u-gay”) and the next thing they know, MI6 publishes their photos as Russian agents! What a nightmare…
For them, on the plus side they have unprecedented advertising for their particular ‘fun’ inclinations but If, heaven forbid, I were them I’d be looking over my shoulder.
Not for getting whacked by any Russian alphabet agency but instead by USA/UK/Israel. Eliminate the two accused and the case from the UK side is closed with the added benefit of blaming Putin for the assassination as usual. All it would take is a lucrative contract taken out on them.
After that just tidy up Skripal senior and daughter (if not already) or if they were somehow in on the whole scam then plastic surgery and new identities. The surgeon and nurses would of course have offers they could not refuse.
Anonymous on September 14, 2018 · at 1:42 am EST/EDT
So, Putin’s highly-trained hitmen turn out to be just two tomcats prowling for other tomcats. Priceless.
The Skripal comedy continues -perhaps the state broadcaster BBC could offer a weekly TV series?
I do hope though that the real Novichok isn’t exported to Syria for bombing consent.
Isabella on September 14, 2018 · at 2:49 am EST/EDT
I dont know how one determines a persons’ sexuality, apart from those few homosexuals who choose to act in a stereotypic manner. These two men dont. Moreover, they claim very firmly to be “straight”.
However, they do tell us that they are in the sports nutrition business. They provide multivitamins, food supplements etc for “sportsmen”. This, I suspect to include not only pure protein supplement for body builders, but anabolic steroids. Since these are banned in most countries I”d be inclined to suspect they are also banned in Russia.
They categorically refused to say any more about their business in order – as they said – to “protect their clients”.
Thus, I’d suspect it more likely that they were doing a quick business trip to arrange a good deal on getting delivery of some banned body building drugs.
No wonder they are so stressed and embarrassed.
I’m also aware however, of President Putins’ manner when he dropped this bombshell. He seemed very slightly amused.
I have a feeling he might be inviting May and the UK Government into his parlour.
Perhaps if a couple of maybe homosexual guys were buying banned drugs for the Body Cult scene, May can be portrayed as being anti-Gay and a Homophobe, thus giving her yet more trouble.
She really shouldn’t think she can bully an ex-street fighter who grew up “fighting anybody, anywhere, who tried to bully him, no matter he seems small and slight” as his ex-teacher said.
Hi Isabella,
I still owe you an answer. It is at
http://thesaker.is/moveable-feast-cafe-2018-09-03/#comment-555952
Awfull Offall II
Isabella on September 14, 2018 · at 10:04 pm EST/EDT
Thank you AO – your explanation sort of explained, while not totally, but that’s OK.
I liked very much the story of Pluto – and the message, that there’s a boundary one must not overstep.
I am a shy person, which many will find hard to understand. Being shy does not mean one is not passionate, clear about ones’ convictions, determined to fight for them. It has taken me a while to understand what shyness is, and still, I many not be clear.
But to me, it’s boundaries; that I know mine and am concerned you may trample over them, and that I dont know yours, and am worried I may overstep them.
Many may disagree, but that’s as far as got with that.
Pluto told you his boundary, that’s all. I once had a wonderful friend and companion called Flay, a pure bred cross German Shepherd and Rottweiler. Wonderful wonderful dog. He was the same guarding to me, to anyone who came too close too aggressively. A very very deep, soft “Hurrrrrr” – it had aggressive Australian males backing off very precipitately. :-)
I can’t remember the actually discussion – Africans in huts? sounds intriguing – but I understand your message.
Please, dont worry. In this complex, multi-faceted world, I doubt if I did not write for while that it was because of that one event. More, Almost certainly because of many issues, coming to a confluence.
Only one person has offended me enough to put me off writing here for a while, and that was a moderator, not you, so please, do not be concerned.
I’m happy to writing to here again, although few respond to anything I have to say, so i thank you for that too.
Take care, and may all your problems be sweet ones :-)
ioan on September 15, 2018 · at 1:42 pm EST/EDT
I hear you Isabella, you’re a good fella, when time permits, I’ll do that with many friends, here.
thank you for your wonderful answer, and thank you for your good wishes. Unfortunately the problems some someones invent for me are definitely not sweet – on the plus side I have no problems with „sweet“ things like Gummibärchen (rubber bears? chemical products meant to be put in the mouth and consumed) which should make obese and kill one‘s brain but which I use as nourishment from time to time without any terrible consequences so far.
I am very happy I was not guilty offending you…
I think I do understand and like your concept of shyness…
Well, boundaries, we all seem to be born with a sense of them – AND also with a drive to tease them, and to try to overcome or even destroy them. What business did I have to try to impede Pluto‘s horizon gazing? I tried to expand my boundaries of reaching out and influencing the world. And how do you do that? In molesting others… one steps back when one is told not to „in this case“ (in this case by Pluto), but should learn not to do it at all, and to live in peace with one another. However, things are not so easy, not so clear. Growing up means expanding your boundaries at the expense of others (e.g. the parents), and falling in love means mutual destruction of those boundaries – just to find out that without them you feel much better. If it is really „falling“, it is an event you cannot stop, but in many cases creating a union of two persons is a tentative, circumspective process involving teasing and defending boundaries all the time fearing and aiming at and hoping for their final dissolution. One sudden successful attack of one particular aggressor against one particular boundary is the one and only event able to create one new life…
During the last days and especially last night, after having read much but not too much at bibliotecapleyades… it dawned upon me that perhaps one particular commenter (who has not yet appeared at this café) who seemed to preach outraging things, namely a state of complete boundarylessness, did not in fact advocate a state of permanent mass orgy, but on the contrary hinted at the possibility of expanding the boundary of two people with no boundary between them outwards to encompass the whole „community“, as he put it, and again, as within a twosome, for reaching a general knowledge and understanding that would make everyone feel better – making even the „most intimate“ details not „public“, but common obvious knowledge. I was helped in this by nearly having been a witness of the birth of a baby wisent (european variant of the american bison, or the other way round) in Berlin‘s zoo: I first saw it when it was two hours old, impressingly being permanently cared for at this moment and also the next day by his mother. Well, these zoo animals have no privacy, their most intimate moments – like initiating new life or bringing it out to the open – can be seen by anyone present, in the zoo as in the good old days in the woods or plains within a herd. Thus, „no boundaries“ is one of nature‘s ways…. and the contrary too: some months earlier two new bisons were born at the corral next door. The two kids had no problems with one another, behaved brotherly – but the mothers, society had: the wrong kid was sternly sent away by the wrong mother, when it came for nutrition or warmth and company: „you don‘t belong here! learn it!“ By now, they seem to have learned it, the two mothers trot around with one child each, have their meals separately from „those others“… and all this overseen by a melancholical papa („a sad old padre“ – Johnny Cash) who is again „communal“.
Well, lack of response in the café lately… It seems to be a sign of the times – a disappearance of those boundaries which keep people together, and so everybody presents his thing, and the next one his and so forth.
I wish you all the best,
Awfull Offall II.
Dimitar on September 16, 2018 · at 8:05 pm EST/EDT
“…the wrong kid sternly sent away…
This phenomenon is everywhere present in nature, underpinning the survival of species. For example, eagles in the wild – usually, but not always – give birth to a single eaglet. In the event that there is a second hatchling, once it becomes apparent which is the stronger one, the second in line is then ignored, left to starve and die, ending up as a meal for the stronger one.
When we consider just how much territory is necessary ( esp. these days as natural habitats become smaller and smaller ) for an adult eagle ( and its eventual mate/family ) for survival, it becomes clear why such behaviour occurs.
Spiritually too, the saying “God sees the sparrow fall, but does nothing to prevent it”, rests on a similar principle. Soul needs to demonstrate a will to survive, to carry on and propel itself onward throughout eternity. God helps him who helps himself as the saying goes.
This also expalins why the so-called elite of this world are basically spiritually dead. They plateau-ed out, having no need of God, everything is at their fingertips. This world is a fine heaven for the strong, but that eventually changes, too. All comes to Soul in due course, in exact measure, and at exactly the right time.
Isabella on September 16, 2018 · at 4:50 pm EST/EDT
I have just found this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2r5lY1sF08
I dont know this guy, but he seems to be knowledgeable about some aspects of forensic investigation, especially using CCTV pictures.
He shows what would he said is evidence that the two guys told the truth in that they both used the same exit gate at Gatwick on arrival at London, thus proving that the photo’s were doctored as they carry the identical same time stamp.
However, I dont know a thing about these technologies.
Does anyone know enough to check them and confirm – and has anyone heard of this guy.
I always like to get a triangulation before I accept something as “highly likely”. Haha.
Thanks people.
paul on September 13, 2018 · at 3:33 pm EST/EDT
Even craig murray . . . huh?
Need better bait, son.
JJ on September 13, 2018 · at 4:54 pm EST/EDT
Well they took the hint to come forward as Putin said he knew who they were…and perhaps FSB will question them as they have been instructed to open a criminal case for the Skripal poisening….remember Juliya a Russian citizen is being illegally held by british military intelligence who has said she wishes to return home and get married….big question is clearly uk is to continue with its fabrication as they have tied all this in with chemical weapons etc in Syria….what will Russia do next CAPS..considering it already says it has evidence of uk being involved with white helmets and setting up chemical fabrication……send all uk dips home close embassies.. seize uk assets…any actions it can take at UN….seek damages…shut the gas…..take the 200 as prisoners in Syria for an exchange with Skripals….how far could they take this????,?, Cos betchya bottom dollar uk and usa have already made plans to do much much worse than current and soon to be implemented further sanctons…..are there any precedents available for us to think about ….anyone got suggestions?????
http://tass.com/world/1021517
Russia denies as disinformation that a uk mole has defected from Russian italian embassy revealing the true names of the two….curiouser and curiouser…..
Russia will do nothing as she does nothing for 4 years.Or Putin has lost power like Trump(to a lesser extent) and they are both hostages one of the Deep State and the neocons(certain)and the other of the Oligarchs who are more and more losing very big amount of money and business(can’t not travel anymore,properties seized etc..)Remember who stopped the war before Mariupol in the Donbass not Putin.Untill a VERY serious russian retaliation happen,nothing will change,thing will only get worse to one point there will even be nothing to sanction anymore as everything will have been, including Swift,the energy sector,cancellation of Nordstream,total embargo,russian debts issue etc..
The ‘our partners’strategy has failled.The US and their vassals only respect force not weakness.
The message from the 4th Reich is clear tonight:”surrender” or else…
‘Washington’s message is clear’ – do as we say or be punished, US Secretary of Energy Perry says
https://www.rt.com/news/438413-iran-oil-sanctions-us-minister/
“Russia will do nothing as she does nothing for 4 years”
Russia never was a real opposition. A controllable asset since Gorbachev it is used as the fear wagon of the Global Elite to ensure there is a reason for the massive Global MIC.
Their will never be a serious Russian response.
If there was a poor way to do the Skripal “bad guy” interview that was it – zero chance that was not done on purpose. At least it gives all the “Gay” bashers a forum to vent their bile.
vot tak on September 13, 2018 · at 8:02 pm EST/EDT
Anyone reading what Murray wrote can see the above is misleading about his views.
Vot Tak, your perceptions are always spot on.
We have a lot of disinformators working the Vineyard. Today, they are twisting otherwise reliable sources.
It’s getting to be a full time job smacking back at these trolls and bots.
I’m over politeness with some of the clowns.
“Is finally Putin lying . . . ” Masterfully presented, linking Putin to Skripal with the question about him lying.
Then, the clincher, Craig Murray used fallaciously as an authority who “has doubts”.
Brilliant work by trained monkeys.
Keep at it, Brother. You are like a scout in the lead with these “commenters”.
A tad rich coming from a Trump groupie.
Bro 93 on September 15, 2018 · at 12:16 pm EST/EDT
A tad “poor” of a resentful and off the wall comment, coming from a Putin and Xi and Multi-polar World Hater who loves his Empire Chains.
Especially since Vot Tak is the last person in the Vineyard that could be called a “Trump Groupie” and L445 has expressed his DJT reservations very many times.
“A tad “poor” of a resentful and off the wall comment”
Hahaha, all the US half brain brothers in a row. All have generally polar opposite opinions but but then give themselves a group hug when they eventually identify a sliver of commonality.
No wonder the US/Ziogay elite can do whatever they want.
VT detests Trump with Larch & yourself as his groupies.
http://thesaker.is/the-putin-trump-helsinki-summit-the-action-is-in-the-reaction/#comment-544219
Larchmonter445 on July 26, 2018 · at 10:06 pm EST/ED
The race between Hillary and Donald was fought between a giant organization equipped with $2 billion dollars, and the tiny Trump group that fit on his airplane. He never had more than ten people running the campaign he directed. But he had the grassroots rebellion of MAGA which ultimately won the Electoral College race with daring and an unreal energetic old man never quitting.
It was pure and simple. He has the message for the people who were mocked by Hillary, demonized by the MSM and forgotten by the powers in DC.
Trump is a great Leader, not much as human being other than he loves his family and has always had a heart for hard working men and women. He had the right issues, the right slogan, and a vision that his voters wanted to hear over and over.
If you didn’t follow it closely, you got the MSM version or some revision from a distance.
He was f*cking brilliant as a campaigner. And he spent very little money. He actually helped the RNC raise hundreds of millions for the House and Senate and state organizations. He took very little money other than what came in huge in small donations from millions of voters who loved his moxie and NY style.
End Quote
vot tak on September 14, 2018 · at 9:21 am EST/EDT
Cheers L445, & thanks.
The “gay” angle is very possible why the men were defensive, also Isabella pointed out they might be involved steroids related suppliment trade.
What is obvious though, is israel’s gay/bi public skool bois running the quisling may regime deliberately selected these two, knowing they had nothing to do with any Skripal hit, because they knew the two were well travelled and involved in something they wanted kept private.
Since this frame-up is a very obvious fraud, I think we are looking at a new stage in the zionazi-gay psywar where they no longer make even a modicum of effort to make their bs propaganda credible and rely, instead, on their total control of western regimes and media. No need to present evidence when one can block the goy masses seeing or hearing anything real.
As for the opportunistic Russia bashing trolls, who also by some strange coincidence seem to object to anti-zionism and ridicule of gays, they’re sacred cows here now.
Waiter ! a lot of people are missing, did you saw them these days ? I know, I know, you’re not at the top of a tree :
by ioan
Once you are at the top of a big tree
You can see the whole landscape,
Other trees, meadows, rivers,
Even the flying birds, on a blue sky,
The shining Sun or dark clouds approaching.
There, where you reside,
You hardly can see things below your feet,
For that, you’ll have to descend
And then begins for you the rhythm and rhyme
Which will tell you something different
From another angle, with another view
Far from that of yours, belonging to a few.
mundanomaniac on September 13, 2018 · at 3:37 pm EST/EDT
great tricky poetic simile to the lost souls
on the top of the collective trees
Next week I will post a poem for you my friend.
dusk singing –
the soul is a sranger
in this world
how winter ends
an old man wanting
to go home
deepening silence
entering into it
making it your home
when tongues stop wagging
the body eloquently speaks
is it word of you?
thats all i care about…
a short walk
in the fields of heaven
is priceless
the love you give freely
lightens the next person’s load
how to draw christmas trees
best, second best, last best
same visitor
as yesterday
I’m still there,
With wings hanged on a nail
Watching other birds
Flying over
your generosity
washes away
all restraint
Dimitar on September 16, 2018 · at 3:15 am EST/EDT
watching you
of “no shore”
rushing in
the empty space
you left behind
once again –
the dream of flight
washing away
I thought I was
that which I am
wings sheathed
nix the last line…
Kent on September 13, 2018 · at 3:04 pm EST/EDT
Putin has gone public and asked these two people to come forward. They did!! It’s on his shoulders now, ALL THE WAY!!
Deena Stryker on September 14, 2018 · at 1:19 pm EST/EDT
I believe the two guys were used by Russia’s fifth column to embarrass Putin. That they carelessly disposed of the evidence shows they are not professional hit-men — or they may have been instructed to do so to put the Brits on the Russia trail.
He didn’t look very embarrassed at the EEF Deena, when he said “Oh yes, we know who they are”. All the time was that little smile, as if he could barely contain his amusement at something.
I think he said he had encouraged them to go to the media for a very good reason. Perhaps he just wanted to put the cat among the pigeons, because, Lordy, if you go look at the Daily Mail, the stories they are now coming out with about them are indicative of the utter hysteria the UK is in over this.
“They were complained of because of the smell of cannabis from their room”; [a 75lb room in London gets you a very basic B&B], “they had a prostitute intheir room with “noisy sex”. Methinks the fact that May could be shown up as a homophobe targeting a couple of Gay guys has hit home. “One was found with papers marked “Top Secret”, “they have good information from Bellingcat” …….. Dear God, you couldn’t make this up.
I wonder what our slightly mischievous dear President has up his sleeve now. May must be swallowing red win like there’s no tomorrow. Ha.
sean the leprechaun on September 13, 2018 · at 3:21 pm EST/EDT
So Mr putin asked them to come out and explain they are not Russian agents, no harm in coming out with that, or anything else for that matter. So they are gay, or not, boo hoo, Russia is just another liberal state like all others. Makes Putin look like a saint, regardless of how these men handled themselves in front of a camera; anyone ever had a real job interview?
Per/Norway on September 13, 2018 · at 3:51 pm EST/EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l2RNa9Q7Ws
“Will You Worship the AI God?” a new interesting 15 min video from mr and mrs Dykes from truthstream media.
https://astromundanediary.blogspot.com/2018/09/my-recommendation.html
Lommy on September 13, 2018 · at 4:47 pm EST/EDT
Why would Russia even think of doing away with the Skripals? Nothing for Russia or Vladimir Putin to gain and a lot to lose. We all see evidence, nearly daily, of Western propaganda and falsehoods. I follow Russian news agencies daily and never observe the overt news distortions of the West.
I’ve been to Russia and have come to trust the Russian government and President Putin more than I trust my government and politicians here at home.
I found this book on the interweb, i think it may prove to be useful if thump`s and murica`s hubris gets to big..
https://archive.org/details/NuclearWarSurvivalSkills_930
Nuclear War Survival Skills
by Cresson H Kearney
milan on September 13, 2018 · at 6:36 pm EST/EDT
Studying oil and its apparent coming financial demise I found it quite eye-opening to come across an opinion piece in the Vancouver Province this morning which reads:
Joseph Maloney: Why are we refining Russian oil instead of using our own?
and then this…
“Alaska’s production is declining. Huge tankers still deliver oil to Washington refineries, but the amount is dwindling. It has to be made up from somewhere because, despite electric vehicles, demand for oil is projected to increase every year until 2040.”
https://theprovince.com/opinion/op-ed/joseph-maloney-why-are-we-refining-russian-oil-instead-of-using-our-own
this guy though really needs to read this blog and learn about Putin whom he calls ‘a brutal dictatorship?’
“Oh, and let’s not forget about Vladimir Putin, that great defender of democracy and human rights. As my grandson might say, “Not!”
“We know we’d much rather buy oil from Canada than Russia. I just don’t believe, given the choice, Canadians would rather get our oil from a brutal dictatorship thousands of kilometres away than from a province right next door.”
Wow, if oil really is in short supply or is going to be our world is truly doomed. Everything I’m reading projects some serious trouble in the world of oil sometime in late 2020.
S75pony on September 13, 2018 · at 9:43 pm EST/EDT
Mr Maloney is rather confused on most aspects of his selective writing, however he reflect distorted views of many.
Eastern Canada buys some $1.6B of crude from Saudi, no feasible means of transportation of domestically produced crude to remedy this problem. PM tURDO is attending color parades and entertains the world in his Indian costumes while promoting reversed masochistic racial hatred. Do I need to mention foreign minister?
It’s a sad state of affairs
He’s 100% spot on.
Putin and Trump are both members of the same brutal class – dictatorship of the Oligarchy. All while the Turkey’s continue to think they have a single word to say in it (which they don’t).
sean the leprechaun on September 14, 2018 · at 11:55 am EST/EDT
Canada has oodles of oil, like heavy thick black stuff, aka tar. Very hard to refine and very hard on the environment. Russia, Venezuala, Saudia have the best oil, light sweet,…….well Texas also. If Canadians were smart, pun intended, they’d invest heavily into making the black tar more marketable, invest in refining development to be ‘greener’. Oops, not much money here for that, little piggy Windsor gets the lions share of our money……………well her money, it is her ugmug on all fiat currencey.
amarynth on September 13, 2018 · at 7:24 pm EST/EDT
Read this carefully. The hegemon is talking … citizens you are but slaves, hear me, oh hear me, all children and concubines – if you do not obey me, you will be punished. Washington makes the rules and Washington makes the punishment. It is the Will of Washington that you obey!
Is this not the epitome and the kernel of most of the problems in our world today? I cannot be more disgusted! Who is this guava that thinks anyone has to obey him and his administration. Who is he that wants to define what ‘acceptable’ is? Who is this stinky cabbage that thinks he holds the punitive power? Would someone tell him to go take a hike! How can I effectively tell this man to go crawl into a hole somewhere?. People like this are dangerous to everyone.
I am so disgusted!
LOL, and what does one expect from a Freemasonic country which believes that character is something one is born with making them the supposed elect? They make the rules because they were born better than everyone else? I thought that was a Jewish thing?
You are wrong..the Rules of Tel Aviv,which owns the US + the majority of EU states(the Uk and France for sure).And to some degree the rules of the Saudis which are a new Jerusalem colony.
Samson option…
@ anonymous
Current freemasonry I believe was created by the Jews for the Jews ultimately, so in fact the Jews are at the top of their pyramid. The rest are just lackey’s to be used, slaves ultimately. I was being facetious.
Skripal poisoning hoax takes strange turn with RT’s exclusive interview of UK “suspects”
These two lgbt guys are at best innocent or very bad gangsters/mafiosis of some kind.
They look too idiot and stupid to be GRU agents.
The DTelegraph confirms strangely that there is a link between Skripal and the Stelle dossier.Was Skripal the ‘leaker’ for Steele?
Did Putin promised Trump something or to the countrary did the MI6/Clinton gang tried to eliminate Skripal(ir did not work well)?
Since the fisa warrant under Obama,to spy on Trump,Steele is involved and why not Skripal?
https://youtu.be/eGNaHZmzMm8
Taras 77 on September 13, 2018 · at 8:37 pm EST/EDT
https://patrickarmstrong.ca/
Fairly decent summary of Russian situation-my go to comment on the prospect of war between USZIOCON and Russia is the following:
Optimistic view that the people running the US military aren’t that stupid; pessimistic view that the neocons are that stupid;
Not sure that I would bet the ranch on the first part as they may not have any latitude to make the decision or they are more politicized than professional!
Ted 99 on September 13, 2018 · at 8:45 pm EST/EDT
In brief, this is the fitness industry, everything related to sports industry, vitamins and microelements,” he said. According to Petrov and Boshirov, they traveled to Europe to do business from time to time to examine the market and “see if there is something new – some biologically active additives, amino acids, vitamins, microelements.”
Performance enhancing “substances”. Where else would you go for doping supplies other than England? No wonder Putin was laughing about it.
Anonymous on September 13, 2018 · at 10:53 pm EST/EDT
British scientist Christopher Busby has apparently been arrested, his house raided. He has done a lot of work on the effects of ionizing internal radiation (of radioactive materials ingested or inhaled or otherwise absorbed) and the military/nuclear industry does not like his work at all.
He had made some comments about the Skripal affair back in April. Says the stuff could be made anywhere and was probably from Porton Down
https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-dr-chris-busby-on-novichoks-and-the-skripal-russia-poisoning-affair/5635305
also, interestingly, he says in the video that the risk model being used to determine the survivability of a nuclear war is wrong by factors of probably 10,000.
one minion on September 14, 2018 · at 4:40 am EST/EDT
Any more info on the arrest or a link to info?
I can’t find it reported anywhere and after the Dr David Kelly debacle, our dissident (refusal to toe the official Government line) scientists are at greater risk without publicity detailing their harassment.
Ted 99 on September 14, 2018 · at 6:03 am EST/EDT
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-45516797?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-england-devon-45445757&link_location=live-reporting-story
He had better check for being miked up and secret recording listening equipment…has stuff on his computer been copied or deleted or bugs installed…etc etc..what was that film with Gene Hackman…enemy of the state????
Marcel Leutenegger on September 16, 2018 · at 6:36 am EST/EDT
Chris Busby has got some experience with hacking of his computer(s). His main issue is/will be a different, potentially very expensive one.
He owns and operates expensive measurement instruments to track radioactive contamination of samples taken by himself or sent to him. In the worst case, his instruments get confiscated. In any case, he will need to check and calibrate all instruments to warrant that future measurements are accurate. I guess that the UK government (in particular its nuclear and defense departments) are eager to tune down the sensitivity of his instruments, because it would simplify to keep the cover on the abundant contamination in the UK and elsewhere.
I had a chance to read some more of Russian Reader…It’s not just the Rolling Stones gathering no moss in Russland…now the Grateful Dead also make their appearance.
Late 60’s, early 70’s FLASHBACK:
“Drivin’ that train, high on cocaine,
Casey Jones you betta watch your speed!
Trouble ahead, lady in red,
Take my advice you’d be better off dead.”
No, I am not going to link it. But I would like to sink it:
Members of the Lacrosse team in my dorm a couple of doors down would leave…and lock their door…with that ONE SONG playing full blast on a turntable till 2 am, over and over and over and over again for hours…very often, while they “pottied” somewhere else on campus……..
Here’s the Russian version:
https://therussianreader.com/2018/09/10/the-grateful-dead/
featuring the pension reform protest by the author, Max Stropov, on a placard worn to the rally:
“Life is hard, but happily it’s short”
and a “song” by the group “Communism”: https://youtu.be/D_EJHH0L5bU
I put SONG in quotation marks because it sounds more like noisy grinding factory machines and gravelly voiced from Hell…..like a bunch of half-starved Alex Joneses Russian equivalents ranting in a gulag somewhere in Siberia.
I then moved on to “Russia, Great and Beautiful” expecting some optimism and patriotic pride to balance the nihilism of Max Stropov:
https://therussianreader.com/2018/08/30/russia-great-and-beautiful/
This article is about the political persecution of Victoria Lobova whose placard onlookers might feel more sympathetic to:
“I’m a young woman. I don’t want to decide anything. I want lace panties, and I want [Prime Minister Dmitry] Medvedev to respond to the country about yachts, vineyards, nonsense, malarkey, and hodgepodge.”
I gather that Victoria was inconvenienced by some hours of questioning and one night in detention for having a sign with a swastika on it, although she argued vociferously that the text of the sign clearly indicated non-approval of Nazism.
Anyway, she gets her wish:
“The FSB investigator was unable to get me to confess, and the case seemingly died down. But then the police again paid visits to my house. I would not open the door, which they photographed, probably by way of reporting to their superiors. When they left they would first make the rounds of the neighbors. That was when I realized they would not leave me alone and would send me to prison come what may.
I left Russia in May. I just bought tickets and flew away. There are opportunities for obtaining political asylum. In this sense, I think everything will be fine. I have lots of evidence that I was persecuted.”
Is this the ridiculous level to which “dissidents” have descended in 2018 Russia??
“I would not open the door.”
Doesn’t she realize that such a monstruous regime…. as she lamely attempts to portray would simply have kicked the door in and dragged her off?
Is Russian Reader Soros-funded, I wonder??
Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther leader, got a lot more “real” after travelling to Cuba (so far, so good) and then Africa (No they don’t consider you their African “soul brother”….they consider you an American Fool…) when he observed:
“In Oakland, the “pigs” would at least knock on the door and call out “Police!”
“In a lot of these other countries, they just come through the wall with a tank.”
Azorka1861 on September 14, 2018 · at 1:38 am EST/EDT
Alan Sabrosky: Israel writing US laws, Zionist lobby now has total control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udE7PHve_c4
ICS (Intelligence and Security Committee) torture report: MI6 protecting criminal staff,
MI5 facilitating domestic terror attacks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enaJHo7gywA
UK tolerated “inexcusable” treatment of detainees by US after 9/11, damning official report finds
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-torture-rendition-detainees-treatment-isc-mi5-mi6-911-war-terror-a8421856.html
Sorry, shortcut ISC is correct
Viktor Orban and Nigel Farage stand up to George Soros and his EU Parliament cronies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kjIS0jZCDE
BATTLE OF VALUES: EU Parliament recommends sanctions against Hungary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4yvax9uHg0&t=2047s
Mujo on September 14, 2018 · at 5:39 am EST/EDT
OTC Bitcoin Trading in Russia is Becoming More Active, Like China
https://www.ccn.com/otc-bitcoin-trading-in-russia-is-becoming-more-active-like-china/
We now see that Israel and Saudi Arabia are allies:
ELINT News
@ELINTNews
#BREAKING: Saudi Arabia purchases Iron Dome air defence system from Israel- @i24NEWS_EN
That’s good, since iron dome is even more of a scam than patriot. Will make saudi arabia both more vulnerable to missile attack and at the same time expose their regime as zionazi-gay quislings.
“Will make saudi arabia both more vulnerable to missile attack and at the same time expose their regime as zionazi-gay quislings.”
The Russian/Saudi S400 contract should plug any holes https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russias-s-400-way-more-dangerous-you-think-24116
“But the S-400 is the real game changer. The reason is the multiple intercept missiles the S-400 system can fire. The S-400 supports four different missiles – the very long range 40N6E-series (400 km), the long range 48N6 (250 km), the 9M96e2 (120 km) and the short range 9m96e (40 km). By comparison the US Patriot system supports only one interceptor missile with a range of 96 km.”
All angles are pretty well covered http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2018/02/20/Saudi-ambassador-to-Moscow-S-400-missile-deal-with-Saudi-Arabia-in-final-stages.html
“On October 5, TASS quoted the information office of The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) as confirming an agreement with Saudi Arabia, for the sale of the S-400 air defense system, a Kornet-M anti-armor system and a rocket launcher Tos-A1, the AGS-30 grenade launcher and the Kalashnikov AK-103, during King Salman’s visit at the time.”
“The Russian/Saudi S400 contract should plug any holes”
I guess, by extension, that makes the Saudis, Israel and Russia allies.
Isn’t that the purpose of Grand Strategy?
To take a former adversary and turn them into an ally?
I think the process is very, very far from completed, but as a general principle it is the sanest intention.
The most insane intention is to be committed at all costs to perpetual irreconcilable conflict in order to be a perpetual dupe of the Divide and Conquer M.O. of the Empire.
But how the slaves of Empire Love Their Chains!
They just don’t EVER want to give those up! LOL
Hi Brother, here you have more on that : https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/chinese-port-operator-at-haifa-will-mean-questions-for-u-s-navy
“The Shanghai International Port Group is expected to take management of a new private seaport at Haifa, Israel in 2021, bringing a Chinese presence to one of the region’s strategic harbors. The move has been met with fierce resistance from Israeli longshoremen, and according to a new report, it could also have implications for the U.S. Navy’s operations in the Eastern Mediterranean.
According to comments recently reported by Newsweek, ex-chief of naval operations Adm. Gary Roughead (USN, ret’d) believes that a Chinese-run port in Haifa would mean that U.S. Navy ships could not regularly call at the Haifa naval base, Israel’s largest naval installation. He suggested that the likelihood of Chinese intelligence activity would present an enhanced risk to operational security. ”
“The Chinese port operators will be able to monitor closely U.S. ship movements, be aware of maintenance activity and could have access to equipment moving to and from repair sites and interact freely with our crews over protracted periods,” Adm. Roughead reportedly said at a conference at the University of Haifa last month. “Significantly, the information systems and new infrastructure integral to the ports and the likelihood of information and electronic surveillance systems jeopardize U.S. information and cybersecurity.”
SIPG operates the world’s busiest container port, the Port of Shanghai, along with other large terminals in China. While the firm is publicly listed, the majority of its shares are held by the government of Shanghai. It won a 25-year concession for Haifa’s new Bay Terminal in 2015, and will take over operations in 2021.
In other overseas ports with new Chinese operators – like Hambantota in Sri Lanka, Gwadar in Pakistan and Doraleh Multipurpose Port in Djibouti – regional security interests have expressed concern over the potential for the dual-purpose use of the port concession. A deepwater port can be just as useful for naval vessels as for merchant ships, and military planners note that these seaport contracts could be used to expand the reach of China’s navy. ”
Worth reading this also : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Israel_relations
A lot of questions there to chew : has Israel recognized China as the New World power of the World ? what does that mean and what implications will have ? Suggestions, guys ?
Palestine will find their well maintained port of Haifa useful. By that time, the usn probably won’t be going there any more. ;-D
“Isn’t that the purpose”
The grand strategy is for the shareholders of the Global MIC to fill their boots based on the blood of poor unfortunates everywhere, most recently in Syria, Donbass and Yemen https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/un-18-million-starving-yemen/.
“Grand Strategy?”
Only if you count a bigger bank balance as utmost import.
Павел (Paul) on September 14, 2018 · at 5:58 am EST/EDT
… Ghazal Break … (from Afghanistan)
This Ghazal laments … “It’s impossible to buy a whale in a shop” …
meaning there are things which cannot be bought.
Ghazal ba lesane dari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TflMsms8nFw
(I searched to find this ghazal on YT without luck.
Today looking through old computer files found this video clip I had downloaded years ago and just found it on YT, now knowing the complete title. It’s great to hear this again, and good to be able to share it.)
Thanks Paul for your sharing of music, what would be the Cafe without music ? our souls need that also.
News on Christopher Busby
https://nuclear-news.net/2018/09/14/breaking-news-prof-chris-busbys-home-has-been-raided-by-everyone/
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1040303634897137665
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-45516797
Anonymous on September 15, 2018 · at 12:49 am EST/EDT
From above State Broadcaster BBC link:
This really is too funny:
“A cordon was set up around his home on Wednesday morning when the two officers complained of feeling unwell – which Dr Busby attributed to “psychological problems associated with their knowledge of the Skripal poisoning” ”
Is this Skripal Derangement Syndrome or an obsessive compulsive disorder or even a combination of both?
Next, BBC tabloid Novichok sightings?
parrhesiastes on September 14, 2018 · at 11:04 am EST/EDT
One might speculate as to the underlying reason for the US operations with zionist and saudis in Eurasia. In essence what does the US really want? Why is there a world war?
However this question was addressed by the State Department, evidently, error, on 21 August. It is answered now, though they evidently are trying to memory-hone the truth.
Regard: The “why” behind the US foreign policies was spoken with absolute honest clarity in the “Statement of A. Wess Mitchell
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs” to the Senate on August 21 this year. The transcript is at :
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/082118_Mitchell_Testimony.pdf
Quoth the esteemed gentleman (inter alia)
“It continues to be among the foremost national security interests of the United States to prevent the domination of the Eurasian landmass by hostile powers. The central aim of the administration’s foreign policy is to prepare our nation to confront this challenge by systematically strengthening the military, economic and political fundamentals of American power. ”
Tellingly the “official” State Department copy is changed and omits the true spoken words…
See yourself: https://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2018/285247.htm
This is the essence of MacKinder’s Thesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Geographical_Pivot_of_History and was the underlying reason for both world wars in the 20th century.
An essay on this observed truth https://journal-neo.org/2018/09/11/behind-the-anglo-american-war-on-russia/
A deeper essay on the same subject https://www.silkroadstudies.org/resources/pdf/Monographs/1006Rethinking-4.pdf
I would propose that the zionish aspect exists due to the perceived necessity of “Forward Operating Base Israel”…lookit a map, Comrade… The ISIS/Saudi/Zionist games divides the New Silk Road and the Eurasian land mass…and exists to throttle said pathways.
Interestingly the latter essay is attributed to Eldar Ismailov and Vladimer Papava
Brother Comrade Putin knows the game. The US has to maintain the fiction for the public that it does not know the game, and is consequently obliged to maintain a vast public delusion, hence “fake news” and all the rest.
The question in se was posited, and not well answered, at https://consortiumnews.com/2018/09/13/why-the-u-s-seeks-to-hem-in-russia-china-and-iran/
Recent ‘exposes’ of Mackinder/Wolfowitz (notably by PCR and FW Engdalh) have followed from the publicaiton of my book ‘Russia’s Americans’ last March, whose Chapter II, The Wolfowitz Doctrine reveals these real reasons behind the current Russophobia, Chapter V being devoted to Makinder’s World Island and the New Silk Road. No recognition has as yet been forthcoming. Maybe, in Rebecca Solnit’s words, political science is only recognized when it is ‘mansplained’….. (See http://www.otherjones.com for my ‘alternative’ credentials and blogs since 2006.)
P.S. The fact that these truths were finally revealed to our law-makers shows how ignorant they have been up until now, and the scrubbing of that testimony shows how eager the deep state (yes, the deep state) is to keep them hidden for as long as possible. People need to get on this!
parrhesiastes on September 15, 2018 · at 1:01 pm EST/EDT
Indeed, the “disappearance” of the words is strong evidence…of their truth.
I shall look for your book, Deena…can you kindly post precise name/isbn etc?
I am glad to know of your http://www.otherjones.com/ Thank You.
(By the way “parrhesiastes” is a word worth examining, too. Essentially a cathode to “fake” in these times. One who speaks the antithesis of rhetoric. A person who “to speak[s] everything” and by extension “to speak freely”, “to speak boldly”, or “boldness”.[3] It implies not only freedom of speech, but the obligation to speak the truth for the common good, even at personal risk. (from wiki) Some react emotionally to Parrhesia, as such speech is often seen as rude, excessively blunt.)
DougDiggler on September 14, 2018 · at 1:22 pm EST/EDT
Strangely, all videos of the RT interview with the Skripal suspects seem to have been pulled down. More “de-platforming” contrary views at YouTube?
It looks totally different now that the whole interview is available – a total different feel to it. Not sure if it is on the tube, but here on rt.
I agree with those fellows … just leave us alone!
A reminder of “possible connections”..
“.For starters there’s a comment by Jonathan Winer. He brought up the 2006 polonium poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko. Winer said it was a “murder that was very directly linked to Russia.” That alludes to the long-running mainstream narrative that Putin was behind it all.
But that is a false narrative. I meticulously studied the Litvinenko case at the behest of the International Federation of Journalists. Subsequently I wrote two books about it. They document that the popularly believed narrative is actually a magnificently perpetuated hoax orchestrated by a political enemy of Putin’s. I don’t know whether Putin had anything to do with Litvinenko’s death. But my books prove that the people who made the case against Putin were lying.
What did Winer know about the Litvinenko case? According to the State Department he’s a former official from its Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. He was State’s special envoy for Libya.
Perhaps more interesting is information from a February 2018 Weekly Standard article. It reports that Winer had been “old pals” with Christopher Steele, the guy of Trump Dossier fame. That’s the document that plays a key role in the ongoing Robert Mueller Russiagate probe.
The Weekly Standard article claims Winer and Steele were at one time “both in the business of selling ‘business intelligence,’ much of it involving Russia.” More recently, according to CNN, Winer was “the man who gave the [State Department] the Steele dossier.” The document has since been largely discredited and tied to the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton.”
https://russia-insider.com/en/politics/major-new-movie-active-measures-brings-rabid-anti-russianism-silver-screen/ri24746
Sam on September 14, 2018 · at 6:01 pm EST/EDT
The Truth About the China World Order
https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-1387-the-truth-about-the-china-world-order/
The Secret Battle for Africa
Phony Opposition: The Truth About the BRICS
The Death of SWIFT and the (Engineered) Death of the Dollar
Echoes of WWI: China, the US, and the Next “Great” War
The Strategic Aspect Of Bashing China’s Re-education of Uyghurs
Good report… but the common tendency to go China-bashing usually goes overboard and misses the point.
It’s almost like the flip-side of the recent “Russia-did-it” meme. This China/Russia fear nexus surfaces, I think, as a shadow image of our worst fears (about our own political/economic systems)… a conundrum of fear that is manipulated to create the bogeyman that the puppeteers require to motivate the masses, and morphs insidiously into the supposed enemy to whom activists devote their critique.
It’s easy to bash enemies in the night; yet we often awake and find our own butt to be the target being thrashed.
The New World Order is no different to the old one.
In March, IMF chief Christine Lagarde pledged IMF cooperation with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). In June, World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim issued a statement congratulating the AIIB on its formation and calling it an “important new partner” for the Washington-led development bank. In July, NDB (New Development Bank) President K.V. Kamath returned the favor, conceding that the NDB and the IMF/World Bank are complementary institutions, not rivals. Also in July, the AIIB and the World Bank signed an actual cooperation agreement, promising to identify projects for joint financing later this fall.
These institutions do not view themselves as competitive. It is only various media pundits who have speculated that these new banks are in fact some sort of challenge to the so-called “Washington consensus.”
What none of these experts has bothered to report (for obvious reasons) is the remarkable fact that the Vice President of the NDB is also an Executive Board member of the IMF, who then went on to pledge cooperation and joint action between the NDB and IMF.
Also missing from this narrative is the fact that the NDB’s chief, Kundapur Vaman Kamath, is a former staffer of the supposed NDB “rival” Asia Development Bank.
Or there’s Jin Liqun, widely tipped to be the head of the AIIB, who also happens to be a former Vice President of the Asia Development Bank and alternative Executive Director of the World Bank.
Same old same old.
Taras 77 on September 14, 2018 · at 11:45 pm EST/EDT
Another layer peeled off the onion by PCR and the stench of American history does not get any less:
http://www.unz.com/proberts/americas-false-history/
vot tak on September 15, 2018 · at 11:09 am EST/EDT
Murder of Donbass leader committed with help of Western intelligence services – DPR acting head
https://www.rt.com/news/438513-donbass-leader-assasination-donetsk/
“The assassination of Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, was committed with the help of western intelligence services, the republic’s acting head said.
One person has been detained as part of an investigation into the murder of Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said on Saturday.
Pushilin stated that the detained person is “an agent of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU)”, adding that SBU was involved in Zakharchenko’s assassination. DPR investigators analyzed the remains of the explosive device that killed Zakharchenko and identified technology that hadn’t previously been used by SBU, he said.
“This gives us an understanding that the terrorist attack was committed with the assistance of Western intelligence services,” he added.
Earlier in September, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) accused Ukrainian intelligence services of being behind the explosion that killed Zakharchenko.”
US Biological Warfare Program in the Spotlight Again
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/09/13/us-biological-warfare-program-in-spotlight-again.html
“This is a scoop to bring the US biological warfare effort back into the spotlight. On Sept. 11, Russian media reported that the Richard Lugar Center for Public Health Research laboratory, a research facility for high-level biohazard agents located near Tbilisi, Georgia, has used human beings for conducting biological experiments.
Former Minister of State Security of Georgia Igor Giorgadze said about it during a news conference in Moscow, urging US President Donald Trump to launch an investigation. He has lists of Georgians who died of hepatitis after undergoing treatment in the facility in 2015 and 2016. Many passed away on the same day. The declassified documents contain neither the indication of the causes of deaths nor real names of the deceased. According to him, the secret lab run by the US military was established during the tenure of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. The viruses could spread to neighboring countries, including Russia, Igor Giorgadze warned.
The laboratory’s work is tightly under wraps. Only US personnel with security clearance have access to it. These people are accorded diplomatic immunity under the 2002 US-Georgia Agreement on defense cooperation.
The US has bio laboratories in 25 countries across the world, including the post-Soviet space. They are funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). Foreign inspectors are denied access to them. It should be noted that independent journalist investigations have been made public to confirm the fact that the US military conducts secret research to pose a threat to environment and population. Jeffrey Silverman, an American journalist who has lived in Georgia for many years, is sure the Richard Lugar Center, as well as other labs, is involved in secret activities to create biological weapons. Georgia and Ukraine have been recently hit by mysterious disease outbreaks, with livestock killed and human lives endangered. The US military operates the Central Reference Laboratory in Kazakhstan since 2016. There have public protests against the facility.
In 2013 a Chinese Air Force Colonel Dai Xu accused the US government of creating a new strain of bird flu now afflicting parts of China as a biological warfare attack. According to him, the American military released the H7N9 bird flu virus into China in an act of biological warfare. It has been reported that the source of Ebola virus in West Africa were US bio-warfare labs.
Russian experts do not exclude the possibility of using a stink-bug by the US military as a biological weapon. A couple of years ago, mosquitoes with Zika virus have been spotted in Russia and South Ossetia to cause outbreaks of human and animal flu.”
They got away with creating AIDS.
Yes yes and so on and so forth,
but if Israel is Saudis ally by selling it weapons why do you imagine that Russia is not also Israel’s ally when it sells Saudi S400’s.
Is the friend of my friend not my friend also?
Anonymous, there is not one or two factions here. There are many. For me, it is a sort of a litmus test .. anyone that makes comments on Russia / Israeli ‘friendship’ must have read 200 Years Together by Solzhenitsyn. There are translated copies around on the interwebs if you search. I don’t know how good the translations are, but for me it at least opened a window to the depths of the Russian / Jewish roots. Once you read that thing with some attention, much is revealed. There are roots and it is to our benefit to understand the history here. It is not black and white.
Regarding Trump, it is not so difficult because we know where he stands. Not because we are guessing, but because he told us so. Watch Donald Trump speak at AIPAC 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZGgMJ3QDAQ
Amarynth,
not only do we know where the Donald stand (with Adelson et al) on Isreal, we know where the Russian elite stand too https://thesaker.is/syrian-war-report-july-23-2018-israel-evacautes-white-helmets-members-from-southern-syria/#comment-543589
We should stop referring to “Russia” and only talk of their elite (scum).
Good time for some music:
Randy Newman – Short People (Official Video)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8bfyS-S-IJs#
“Short People”
With no more rhyme or reason the middle finger becomes ones only defence. The link, if more was needed, is final proof of a US halfwit.
Why do israelis have such feelings if disdain for their colonials? After all, without them, israel wouldn’t exist.
I’ve often thought about this, and I believe its a power thing, ie those who live by the sword have to be this way in order to justify continuation of their psychic thievery.
For example, Macedonians have been named as one of the most hospitable people in the world, however, they are absolutely disastrous as far as their attitude toward each other goes. I know so many Macedonian families who are divided due to ( mainly petty ) disagreements. This of course, is then exploited heavily by the occupier or third party. In the Macedonians case, the US/NATO can be distinguished only by their absolute derision, their total abasement of any and every thing Macedonian. All done with a smiling face, and “extended hand of friendship”. The crimes of Albanians, the absurd claims of greeks/bulgars are all accepted as normal, whereas the most basic cry of help from a Macedonian is met with a chorus of ridicule and is soon silenced.
So maybe, its a part of the power-mongers psyche – to abase their victims to such a degree that they are no longer human, and on down the ‘food chain’. This way, they are in the right because their victims no longer count, to be crushed underfoot and so on.
Btw. there would be neither greece, Albania, Bulgaria etc. w/out Macedonia. Another reason we need to be exterminated. People are especially touchy when their ‘myths’ are threatened.
Preview Time
QUIZ: Reasons U Might Keep an I on Q:
# 1 Reason:
https://youtu.be/fKi6kMPALl4?t=60
Stop it at 60-63 Sec
You see, those that have both eyes on Q all the time, you may not like as allies, especially the one put at the middle point. But they are joined by one guy, with tight eye closed, winking at U. Indicating that they that composed this thing would like to work with YOU. Well, most of you here.
Is that good, or bad??
I don’t know, but I intend to find out. Good OR bad!!!
The fact that nearly all media repeat the fairytale about “9-11”, even RT and Press TV and so on, I deduce, occurs because editors are unwilling to create cognitive dissonance in the audience and lose their belief…
But of course “9-11” is also the foundation built on sand…
Thus from my notes…
INTERESTING SITES 14 SEPTEMBER 2018
BEHIND THE SMOKE CURTAIN, LONG 911 EXPOSE (modern-day nazis did it…) Very thorough and truthful, tough lady!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXBk8JqwFlw&feature=youtu.be
HOW 911 WAS FUNDED
https://ahtribune.com/us/israelgate/2358-dov-zakheim.html
EXPLOSIVES AT PENTAGON NO PLANE MISSILE PREPLANT
https://ahtribune.com/us/maga/2365-pre-planted-pentagon-explosives.html
SCOTT BENNETT 911 PENTAGON 2.3 TRILLION BUCKIES STOLE
http://armypsyop.wixsite.com/shellgame
Bro 93 on September 15, 2018 · at 7:18 pm EST/EDT
You got that right, brother.
I will read all you links later, but I have some humor to post and since I know of Scott Bennett fairly well I will trust that the rest of your links are good ones…most probably
911 was part of a huge deception and attempted heist (gold..)…and debt erasure….( 10 year bonds to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars floated and used by the Cabal to attempt to buy up controlling interest in all vital resources in Russia) to literally steal control of the entire world……for Satan.
If they had completed the looting and disintegration of Russia….right about now they would have owned it ALL…and no one of us or our children would have ANY chance ……until some hypothetical emergence from the Ensuing Dark Age…..who knows when….if ever.
But I don’t believe that Putin was fooled by the pyrotechnics magic show for one second. (Although he did put up a good show of calling up Dubya and offering his “support” I suspect he knew the score that same day. I did and I know non-political people with simply good intuition that grasped the essence of the matter immediately…. ..but decided to “keep their heads down”….and shut up. The capitulation of True Slaves.
Do you have this in your Fight Back Library yet?:
http://www.israelshamir.net/Contributors/Collateral_Damage_911.pdf Part 1
and Part 2:
http://www.israelshamir.net/Contributors/Collateral_Damage_Part_II_26122008.pdf
No time to be timid.
teranam13 on September 15, 2018 · at 2:51 pm EST/EDT
Maybe All those techie-priests of the NWO in Silicon Valley should put aside micro dosing with LSD and try zapping themselves with micro doses of electric current instead? It works for plant life in China:
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/2164365/electric-plants-powering-chinas-new-agricultural-revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIfcrqH1mxE
James O’Keefe Announces Deep State Investigation at the Gateway Eagle Forum
interesting, im looking forward to see what they get on tape this time. only teaser in this vid.
Hunt for Red October……………. Russian Humor TIme……Deep Dive Off the Shores of Pindolandia
Forget Connery and that Latvian Soviet Sub Captain Hollywood Fantasy.
Red October Weather Prediction
The 2018 “Red October” will not sneak into Kennebunkport, Maine to kiss Evil Bushes.
It arises in the Midwest, sweeps Northwest, and down left, knocking Dems on their tushes!
And also sweeps up from Texas and the Southeast, like Lee and Sherman joining forces,
Or Forrest (renouncing Pike’s Luciferian “Morals”) joining Sheridan’s men and their horses
To save Atlanta from the New World Order, knock over those stupid Guidestones from Hell,
Real republic of United Brothers of Many Races, Arise! Smash the disgusting Imperial Spell
That infected the aristocracies of Boston, New York, and the Carolinas! Puppets and fools
Who sold themselves for Empire silver and gold, unconscious of the loss of their very souls!
Red October! Don’t ask me how Eight became Ten, DECember twelve or Nine (NOV.) Eleven.
Deja vu: A Red Tide, again in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood upends e’en Heaven.
No wonder I never get anything done.
Stuck my one toe in some tidal verse and got carried out into the Gulf Stream of Consciousness…….
The Approaching Storm is dreadful and ominous for some, rapturous for many others. It won’t be boring. If you’re evil it might kill you, if you’re righteous it might thrill you, if you think you’re blue, it just may Red Pill you.
How I Wasted My Saturday Afternoon:
I was very low on energy.
So I clicked on Afri-synergy.
A well spoken black from Georgia,
And what the brother said
https://youtu.be/q40sgioRmv8
Is “This whole state is turnin’ red.”
I watched and then read comments
As I often do, to see what’s up
What’s happenin’ in their head
When this foreigner just cracked me up
With one of the funniest comments I ever read:
his symbol: https://yt3.ggpht.com/-eOiSHBUp67Y/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/17qquuyUilQ/s48-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg
A cute penguin logo.
His handle: “Lying Press”
His comment:
“My God could this Russians not let the Democrats to win only once?”
All fatigue vanished. Still smiling.
Do we have good data (no boring YouTube blatherings, please) to support the prediction that the Dems will indeed get knocked on their tushes in the midterms?
Frankly, I hope they do, so they can get on with tripling down on a failed platform and slouch into oblivion, but we’re still a long way from that.
It doesn’t matter who you vote for -a politician will always get in.
That’s true.
But consider:
If you were never a politician before, but left your plow in the field to answer the people’s call for leadership….and got on the ballot….and got elected….you’d have become “a politician” the moment your name was on the ballot.
And infinitely more qualified to serve than countless impotent whiners that neither plow nor sow nor reap nor serve….or ever try.
The drums continue to beat concerning Mattis being forced out-surprised he has lasted this long; although he has publicly appeared to be ok with some of pompous/bolton/trump syria war mongering, the continues to be viewed as the only adult in the room.
With his departure, prob within a few months, the neo con lackies favorites are Senator Cotton (abelson’s main man) or Gen Keane, the kagan’s main man. Neither one prompts any enthusiasm to put it mildly in normal peoples hearts-both war mongers of the first degree.
Mattis did not get any good news with the appointment of mira recardel , a vicious hawk with quite a reputation, to be bolton’s deputy-gad, the termites are really coming out of the woodwork.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/15/us/politics/jim-mattis-trump-defense-relationship.html
First They Came for Alex Jones, then RT and Syrian TV
“Russian and Syrian news services in the US have been censored, but you can still get streaming jihadist propaganda from al Qaeda-controlled Idlib Province.”
https://blackagendareport.com/first-they-came-alex-jones-then-rt-and-syrian-tv
Neil Young; “Birds”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4imn-swb34
Sad and beautiful song, full of autumn, birds flying onward, or home, as in death and loss, leaving a trail for someone, or many, to follow, and somehow very fitting for Zakharenkho.
Raskolnikov on September 16, 2018 · at 4:55 am EST/EDT
If the greatest war we fight is not exterior, but interior, then Russia comes up trumps in identifying the potential for inner victory as its natural, given right. In many places, in myriad ways, culturally and spiritually, and not least in the somewhat humble and unassuming “leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Zakharchenko.
In the unfeigned, natural ability for what sits best in eastern Europe, there it was simply, and whether Western intelligence services were involved in the death of Zakharenko or not, many, many people from western countries, from north, south and east, intuitively look towards Russia with hope, interest and admiration for what exists as the potential for non personal, up front and universal human values.
‘US-Funded’ Lugar Center in Georgia May Be Bioweapons Lab – Ex-Minister
https://sputniknews.com/world/201809161068073217-lugar-center-alleged-bioweapons-lab/
“Igor Giorgadze, former Georgian state security minister, has claimed that the US-funded medical facility, known as the Richard G. Lugar Center for Public Health Research, in Georgia could be a cover for a bioweapons laboratory.
The ex-minister has created a website to publish loads of leaked documents which, according to him, might shed light on some disturbing experiments at the lab.
Having allegedly obtained some 100,000 pages of secret docs, Giorgadze said he would consistently make them publicly available. For instance, he has already revealed a United States Patent for the development of a remotely controlled “device for the aerial release of mosquitoes.”
“With the toxic mosquito release system, large masses of people can be immunized or enemy troops can now be wiped put or rendered useless without having to risk or endanger our own troops. […] For military purpose, the mosquitoes may be used to deliver an agent such as malaria to create sickness, or they could use much more toxic or highly contagious agents and viruses,” the description to the document says.
Another no less disturbing patent published by Giorgadze describes a “capsule” which looks like a “cartridge for a firearm” and is designed to disperse a toxic agent “when struck by the firing pin of the firearm.”
“The sabotage cartridge with toxic agent technology now turns the enemy’s cartridge ammunition into a weapon of their own death and possibly the death of all his nearby combatants,” the doc says, adding that it could also be made with an internal radio-frequency device to enable remote activation of the release of the toxic substance.
Another leaked document contains data on “hollow point payload capsules” that may be filled with a “product that may tag a person for tracing, induce sleep, cause disease, or have other effects.”
The ex-minister also published a plethora of papers, showing results in the treatment of some 30 people diagnosed with Hepatitis with certain medicines developed in the United States.
He previously claimed that dozens of people had died, with the cause of their deaths being “unknown,” and with no formal probe carried out. The papers show that the treatment included the use of US-made drugs, Harvoni and Sovaldi that proved deadly for some patients.
Meanwhile, Russia’s Defense Ministry has been analyzing the documents related to the alleged biological program, and has stated that the materials contain some signs showing serious violations of the international convention on biological weapons.”
China just keeps on expanding its influence in the most unexpected ways – the US cannot be happy about this latest development:
China To Take Over Israel’s Largest Port, Could Threaten US Naval Operations
one minion on September 16, 2018 · at 3:03 pm EST/EDT
This Bulgarian woman has been doing a lot of research on that story. Here is her account of visits to the Lugar Centre and interviews of those living in the locality:
http://dilyana.bg/us-diplomats-involved-in-trafficking-of-human-blood-and-pathogens-for-secret-military-program/
Very useful article.
Demonstrations in Chemnitz, Germany. former name in GDR Karl Marx-Stadt
Live from Germany, the illegal immigration problem
(Shortly about Hendrik Maass – https://www.mandy.com/actor/profile/hendrik-maass -)
https://www.bitchute.com/video/uM0IMqVpl_4/
These days a newspaper reader: He thinks: Sensational, Germany has 2018 more Nazis than
in the 3rd Reich
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f85ccc9498a712d8f5450e1f075a92f6635cb4823d6614fb62e925a10d000e3d.jpg
Azorka1861 on September 16, 2018 · at 3:50 pm EST/EDT
GDR Anthem with lyrics in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1CyPjQQTAM
The stench of browder comes wafting again over the transom-gad, the vermin just will not go away:
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-16/browder-gate-broadens-eu-threatens-cyprus-article-7-over-russian-assistance
Friends, Countrymen, Vineyarders, lend me your ears.
Sorry, wrong Solilo-Q-u-y. Thinking of a way to Pre-Q-ual y’all for my Pre-October Q-uizzarama.
OK, here goes:
Hamdontlet It B Q’s Solilo-Q-uy
To Q, or not to Q: THAT is the Q-uestion:
Whether ‘tis nobler in the blogosphere to ponder
The clues and puzzles of indecipherable code,
Or to out a horde of unpaid anons and autists,
Highlight them but once…and then delete them,
As Zuckerberg and Bezos would have us do?
To ban, to censor…and to be vexed no more
By endless fitful dreams that addle the brain,
‘Til one resolves to end it all with opiates,
Thanking Posobiec and Pamphlet for their aid!
To rest eternally from the shame and disapproval
Of those that will have none at all of Q,
Or where Deplorables in Q-T-Shirts and MAGA hats
Will go One and All! From where they “go” to bolt
And run in the opposite direction. “Why?”, you ask?
I-ran! I heard “Iran is next.” and I cannot bear
Regime Change In Washington, much less Te-he-ran.
So, I ran.But I hesitate….. to gobble the bottle of blue pills.
What on Earth does Q mean by “Fear Is real” ?
And “Israel is LAST”? Could it possibly be The Plan
To break the Empire Grip on those Hebrew Slaves
That STILL feel compelled to bow to Mordoch, Marduk
Enki ,Baal, Lucifer,Yahweh or whoever In God’s name
That “chose” their Tribe to be First Among the Slaves
And to degrade, corrupt, sodomize, molest and kill
Any Spirit or Will to Christ in every Jew or Goy
On sorry earth? Nah! “Twould be worse to hope
And fight and be DISAPPOINTED once again
Than to end it all, right now, and run no risk
Of scorn, ridicule and laughter from the MSM
Or my peers in the Alternative Media who disdain
The Deplorable Q-ARMY of Flyover Country USA.
Give me that “child-safe” medicine bottle!
I am resolved! Right NOW! If I hesitate
A moment longer I will be in the Limbo of…..
Perpetual Indecision…and thus be remembered
As the vacillating fool that couldn’t either Fish
Or Cut Bait Get off the Pot…or not…Forever!.
And that/s my Pre-Q-ual
To my Magnum Q-pus
And any Se-Q-uel
I found a treasure on the interweb!
https://ruralsurvival.info/downloads/
“The content of this RuralSurvival.info℠ archive:”
all kinds of books on military strategy, survival etc etc etc, i will link a few examples below.
http://www.thelibertyman.com/downloads/Spetsnaz.pdf
https://ruralsurvival.info/downloads/AR350-30_Survival_Evasion_Resistance_Escape.pdf
https://ruralsurvival.info/downloads/Arthritis_cures.pdf
https://ruralsurvival.info/downloads/FM_21-76-US-army-survival-manual.pdf
https://ruralsurvival.info/downloads/FM3-06_Urban_Combat.pdf
Aragon, the Fight for Freedom.
https://youtu.be/AqjIWmiAidw under 6 minutes
will it die, merely survive or absolutely THRIVE in the global currency reset?
The Question is of little importance to those whose attention is on the BRICS, OBOR or even the Color of October/November Blue or Red but to those with a passion for ideas and Thinking Big…but Decentralized….. and Organizing Something Autonomous….. the indifference of others is of little concern.
It is in position 191 out of the top 200 in capitalization on http://www.coinmarketcap.com
Will it climb up the ladder, or drop off the radar, after losing 10 more places?
Why Aragon? Spain or Portugal? A few developers seem Spanish, or are they Portugese? Some seem American. Others Eastern European. How did they get together?
I don’t know. All I know is that “Isabel of Aragon” stuck in my brain before I was a teenager….and still sits there, an unopened file.
Let’s see:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/930C4D10716430D47ABFB7A8253BFCF2/S0022046906008839a.pdf/isabel_of_aragon_d_1336_model_queen_or_model_saint.pdf
Hmmm she was a Queen of Portugal, and not of Spain!
Isabel was born in c. 1270 to Pere III of Aragon (Pere II of Catalonia)
and Constance Hohenstaufen (see Figures 7, 8 below). Through her father
she was a great-niece of Elizabeth of Hungary or Thuringia (d. 1231), one of
the most influential saints of the late Middle Ages. In 1281/2 Isabel married
Dinis of Portugal. Although his reign is often viewed as the high point of
the Portuguese Middle Ages, it was marred by civil war in 1319–23 between
Dinis and his favoured illegitimate son Afonso Sanches on the one side,
and Isabel and her son, the future Afonso IV (1325–57), on the other.
Hmmm. Those royals got around. Hungary, Thuringia, Portugal. Today, lots of people are getting the idea of mobility….and ditching that of nobility.
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South Florida's Shortcuts to Success
How did South Florida do it? Eleven years ago, the school didn't even have a football program. Today the Bulls are 4-0 and ranked No. 6 in the Associated Press poll.
Ray Melick of the Birmingham News tackles the question of why teams such as South Florida, Rutgers and West Virginia have skyrocketed to the top of the charts. Writes Melick:
"Good coaching is part of it. So is commitment to the program. And scholarship limits have spread talent around more evenly. But those reasons don't explain everything, in particular how some very talented football players are denied admission to some schools but not others."
Melick quotes Alabama's Nick Saban, who says, "I think there are six guys starting on South Florida's defense who probably could have gone to Florida or Florida State but Florida and Florida State couldn't take them."
There are different admission policies from school to school, writes Melick, making it easier for some athletes to gain entrance into certain schools.
Meanwhile, South Florida officials are hoping the buzz created by the football team exposes the the university to prospective students nationwide.
"This will cause a few people to sit up and take notice," South Florida undergraduate admissions director Robert Spatig said. "We will seek to capitalize on it as much as we can."
Thanks to Sonny Side Up for the photo.
usfstudent said...
Whats been going on lately is all the craze about the University of South Floridas football team. As people keep brining up 11 years ago a football team didnt even exist here at this school. With the recent huge win over West Virginia University bringing the bulls to number 6 pepople think that it will help prospective students take a look at this school. Alot of atheltes or even regular students want to go to a big named school where they have a great football team or baseball teams because it makes it more fun. The admissions director is right when he spoke about taking advantage of the fact that our football team is becomeing increasingly more famous and that hopefully it will help and bring in aa bunch of new prospective students.
Is there a bigger joke than paragon of virtue Nick Saban pointing fingers at anyone else? Seems like he's got enough problems of his own to worry about...
so sad that saban is SO bitter that he let jamar taylor and mike ford get away....don't hate cause South Florida is having success....just step your game up
WVUfan said...
Nick Saban is a joke. You know how you know he's lying? His mouth is open.
Seriously, God Forbid anyone out of the sacred SEC has success those SEC kool-aid drinkers have to assume its a fluke or cheating. I hope USF beats the SEC champ in a bowl game like WVU did 2 years ago.
Surprise, surprise, Saban is full of shit:
http://blogs.tampabay.com/usf/2007/10/leavitt-fires-b.html
Just because Saban said it, doesn't mean that it's not true. It is a fact that the ACC and SEC have higher admission standards than the Big East.
And by the way, when the Big East learns to play defense, then maybe they will deserve the accolades that they have been getting. USF is far and away the best team in the Big East because they play defense.
The SEC takes partial qualifiers (you can have up to 10 on your team at a time, two per year), the Big East and the ACC (and every other conference that's not the Big 12) do not.
Game, set, match.
Saban should look at Ole Miss in his own conference...they would take ANYBODY. He must be afraid of Big Ed.
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written by Tony Barwick
directed by Alan Perry
Straker’s ambitious plan to launch a satellite that will track a UFO to the aliens’ home planet overlooks one key thing.
More academic exercise than space adventure, `Close Up` sees UFO at its most fussily technical. There are blueprints, satellites, planning meetings, schedules, spacewalks and ultimately a denouement that relies solely on an overlooked piece of equipment. Every time there is a hint of character activity, it is snuffed out by another round of techno jargon or business speak. Devoid of much of an attempt to spice up the material the end result is like watching a documentary about a top secret organisation. If it were any drier it would be the desert; kids in 1970 would surely have lost interest.
Straker's easter egg was ridiculously complicated
Not that the episode is devoid of potential. There’s Kelly for a start, a man clearly frustrated that these high falutin’ projects nab all the money relegating his pet idea- something that turns out to be crucial- to the back of the funding queue. If this were any other show, he would become deranged and start to sabotage things or he’d take Straker hostage till he forced his paymasters to cough up the money. At the very least he’d have a row with his boss who simply patronises him. Instead, he looks as if someone has used some of his milk. Even when he is later proved right and it turns out it is the very lack of his idea that renders photos of the alien planet useless, he doesn’t even look smug about it. On the other hand, how come he didn’t mention this weakness earlier as he was involved in the project.
There’s also a very curious scene between Straker and Lt Ellis that seems to have come from another plot altogether. She’s a bit annoyed too (though annoyed might be over stating it) because she has put a lot of work into a timetable (yes, a timetable) and Straker just doesn’t seem to appreciate it. The aforementioned scene though suggests he does appreciate other aspects of the purple haired woman. Do they have a snog though before Col Foster enters the room? Of course not.
You might imagine that the bellicose General Taylor would carpet Straker for wasting millions of tax payer’s money – or at least his annual bonus- on a project that ends up next to useless. Nope, after all his bluster the other week about a far more trivial matter he seems content to write it off. In this manner we sail through the episode waiting in vain for something resembling tension, conflict, love, opinion and end up with a scientific paper of a script. The most excited anyone gets is when the satellite takes some test photos of the Earth; mind you they are only monochrome ones. “Fantastic” they coo, clearly easily pleased.
Visually the episode does score. Some impressive effects work sees a vista of the Earth through the window of the satellite while a whole set is constructed to show a mission control supervising the rocket launch. An odd sequence where Kelly explains to Straker the difficulties in identifying photographic information without magnification details (stay awake!) is perhaps a reward for those who’ve been struggling to watch thus far.
Elsewhere the increasingly multi tasking Lt Ford gets to operate the photo machine; just what do all those other clipboard carrying people do all day?! Tony Barwick’s point appears to be that in order to make something important work you need to make sure every link in the chain is solid and look after the smaller details. A shame the writer does not head his own message.
Labels: Close Up, Gerry Anderson, TV, UFO, UFOwatch
Plaything of Sutekh 12 April 2013 at 10:44
Proof if it were ever needed that the Andersons didn't understand character. Everything is plot based, the characters motivate nothing throughout - it's a tough watch for a non-fan. No jeopardy or conflict and the scene with Straker and Lt Ellis looks like part of it is missing. Interestingly the director and 1st AD on the episode 'Ordeal' got a serious dressing down for altering what they saw as a poor script, yet those behind this episode continued unfettered. Apart from the music, the only minor positive is that the episode, in its own way, continues the series' overarching theme of perception/seeing things as they really are - by featuring Kelly's electron telescope. For hardcore fans only.
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Clare Bowen Talks Growing Up in Australia, Overcoming Childhood Cancer, Starring on “Nashville,” Finding Love, Creating New Album & More
by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey | July 12, 2019
Jim Casey talks with singer/songwriter/actress Clare Bowen and her husband, Brandon Robert Young, about:
Clare Bowen and Brandon Robert Young. photo by Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com
releasing her self-titled debut album in the U.S. on July 12
releasing the album in Germany, U.K. and Australia over the last year
starring as Scarlett O’Connor on Nashville for six season
growing up in Australia
speaking with a Southern U.S. accent on Nashville
working and touring with Charles Esten
overcoming cancer as a four-year-old
drawing from childhood experiences for her new album
opening the album with new single, “Let It Rain”
featuring Buddy Miller on new song, “Tide Rolls In”
the tender new song, “All the Beds I’ve Made,” which Clare and Robert co-penned about each other
closing the album with the gut-wrenching ballad, “Warrior”
performing the album live
upcoming acting projects
Podcast Participants
Brandon Robert Young
Jim Casey, editor-in-chief of NCD
written by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey | published July 12, 2019 11:10 am
category: NCD News, NCD Podcasts, The Writers Room | related posts: Brandon Robert Young, Clare Bowen, Let It Rain, Nashville, Scarlett O'Connor, Warrior
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Don't let our love start slippin Vince Gill
That's Country Bro Toby Keith
Redneck Yacht Club Craig Morgan
Remember When Alan Jackson
Heads Carolina, Tails California Jo Dee Messina
How Country Feels Randy Houser
GOD'S COUNTRY BLACK SHELTON
Something To Be Proud Of Montgomery Gentry
No One Else On Earth Wynonna Judd
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N O R A W E S T O N
GUARDIAN 2632
GUARDIAN 2632 Prologue
Twelfth Paladin
I'm speculative author Nora Weston. My fiction and poetry slips in-between and all around science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Frequently, my characters find themselves in frightening situations. Reality is then turned upside down and placed in the middle of a supernatural event. I use these extraordinary situations to explore human nature since some of my characters rise to the occasion, stay focused, and beat the odds; other characters consistently make decisions that lead them into a bleak reality.
GUARDIAN 2632: Travel through time with Dr. Zane Grayson, executive director of Guardian TMF…a monstrous time traveling facility, as he fights against corruption, Elites, Time Mercs, and his own obsession with time surfing to realize his future may actually exist in the past, 1998 to be exact. Guardian 2632—a story of epic proportions depicting what a man will sacrifice to save a life. Read the prologue!
Bits and Bytes from Reviews
“Nora Weston spins a stimulating story that will keep readers rapidly turning pages as they get zapped into a wormhole and sent back in time! Zane created the super computer Gabriel and trained the Mercs, an Entity that were loyal to Guardian TMF who were sent back to correct the wrongs in Time. Guardian 2632 is a book that stays in the mind, long after the final page is read!” Linda’s Reviews: 5/5 Goodreads
"I'm normally not a sci-fi reader, but this tale, with its strong romantic plot, kept me interested. The author really brought the futuristic details to life in all the technology. Ms. Weston writes the technological aspects clearly, so that even sci-fi novices like myself don't fumble over them. My favorite was Gabriel, Zane's interactive computer. He had a snarky attitude all his own. My verdict: I enjoyed this read about a man who will do anything to save an innocent life. The characters were well-defined and complex. The emotional undercurrent was strong, and I hope to read more of Nora Weston's work really soon! Pick up your copy at Melange Books today!” Mysti Parker’s Reviews: 4/5 Unwritten
“There was quite a bit to like about this book. The story was very interesting. It reminded me a bit of quantum leap. A man is tasked with the job to travel to different periods in time, and set right what went wrong. The plot involves a woman who Zane had met during one of his travels in time. She is the wife of a corrupt cop, and is desired by a local mob boss. The Boss is willing to do anything he can to save her. Zane shows how much someone will sacrifice in order to protect another. I look forward to seeing more from Ms. Weston in the future, and I’d like to see what’s next for Dr. Grayson.” No Rating/Rhodes Review
“A very interesting Sci-fi, a sci-fi full of mind boggling adventures that will have your head spinning with all the twist and turns. If you’re into a sci-fi world than you will definitely enjoy this futuristic world full of neat gadgets, weapons, computers, and the intelligence mode of the sci-fi. I liked Dr. Zane Grayson's character; he was definitely a bad ass when it came to fighting, not only physically but mentally. My heart went out to Julia as I learned of her life of abuse from her husband and I was so glad Zane went back in time to save Julia's life so he could have his life with her. Even though my usual reads are paranormal romance/erotica, I will definitely remember this sci-fi story.” Queentutt’s World of Escapism Reviews: 3/5 Goodreads
"With cosmonauts time surfing and a manager in charge of the Guardian TMF (Dr.Grayson), this novel steps right into the sci-fi time travel aspects that will draw sci-fi fans in. The techi is named Zane and keeps the system operating. The female Marissa gives the story an extra kick, of characters playing off of each other.
Stealing from time, the characters go through the past and present -2632. The very beginning of the novel did not capture me, and it took a while for me to get into it with all the time changes to keep up with and various characters, but I'm glad I stuck with it, because this novel had a series on twists and intriguing moments as well as characters.
I would recommend this to sci-fi fans." Ami Blackwekder: 3.75/5 BK Walker Books
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Nora's blog is the NORACAST. Want to host a book review, interview, or a giveaway for Guardian 2632 and/or The Twelfth Paladin? Interested in guest blogging at the Noracast? It's easy! Simply send Nora an email.
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The Twelfth Paladin: Good against evil battles as an angel, demons, and a temptress extraordinaire vie for the soul of Jake Cottrell. Jake dares Hell to burn him. Hell agrees.
Scarred with angelfire by a rebellious angel, named Micah, Jake Cottrell is sanctioned to become the twelfth paladin in Micah’s supernatural unit of slayers. However, regret abounds as Micah is banished and ordered to protect what he now despises…a human he believes is unworthy of such an honor. Never fear, Jake is a seeker of mischief who soars on a blistering blacktop to escape the wrath of Hell while he transforms into the twelfth paladin.
"This was a really intense book to read. It was very much about the battle between Heaven and Hell, right and wrong, good and evil. It has angels and demons, virtuous women and succubae, and choosing to do good or evil. It contains a strong sexual theme and furious battles where personal souls are at risk. It was at times funny and at times very difficult to read.
That said the story was gripping. I was on the edge of my proverbial seat, the entire time I was reading. I have read angel/demon stories before but none quite so compelling. I loved the characters, even when l hated what they were doing." Books, Books, and More Books/5 out of 5 clouds
"The Twelfth Paladin is a crazy story with lot's of action and suspense that will leave you reeling. This story had side stories that made the whole book come together. There was never a dull moment and I really enjoyed it. Plus the characters all seemed to feed off of each other and need one another." Kaidans Seduction 5/5
"To live up the standard of a paladin is a tall order, but Jake may be more up to it than he knows. "The Twelfth Paladin" is a fantasy of heaven and hell as Jake Cottrel is sanctioned to become the titular paladin. But his journey will be one of temptation, spite, and the fires of hell following him wherever he may go. "The Twelfth Paladin" is a read for those who want a story of good and evil with a bit of spice on board." Midwest Book Review
“What a plot!! As soon as I started- I was immediately drawn in by the brilliant writing of Nora Weston- amazingly well drawn characters and plot-lines, locations so well written you feel you are there- this book is a winner!!!” Rick Friedman: 5/5 Goodreads
"For starters, this is my first experience reading a book from a young man's point of view and it was quite interesting. I wanted to smack Jake upside the head several times during the first few chapters for a variety of reasons. But Jake grows on you as the story progresses, and ends up burrowing under your skin. He was my favorite character! He definitely didn't start out the way. I loved the way the author used our technology against us. It was an intriguing concept of hell having its own website. LOL! It also made complete sense. The web, while linking us together around the world for good, also has plenty of other temptations littering the cyberspace. So why wouldn't the devil capitalize on such an open market? I enjoyed getting to know Jake and Micah and couldn't help but hope that the author dips back into this realm sometime in the future! After all Jake is the twelfth paladin. There are eleven more stories out there!!" Nikki/5/5/Goodreads
"Well, this is definitely a keeper for the bookshelf. I loved the concept of the novel. What a way to showcase angels, good versus evil. The flow of the book was great, transition from one chapter to the next kept me wanting to read and never put the book down. I loved being kept on my toes and trying to figure out what would happen next. A very well written novel and I would highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys the concepts of good versus evil, storylines including angels.
Carla: 4/5 Goodreads
“Awesome Read with the powerful message of how light consumes the darkness. I loved how the characters played a game with hell not knowing they had made a deal with the devil. I loved how it started out by receiving emails from next@hell.net and to dareme2@earthzone.net – I thought it was brilliant how even evil can get to us through technology. Great Read!” Queentutt’s World of Escapism Reviews: 4/5 Goodreads
“In a battle of Good vs. Evil, who will come out on top? You'll have to read it yourself to find out. A must-read for anyone who loves reading about the supernatural and can open their minds about heaven/hell, angels/demons and the like.” Megan Hardy: 4/5 Amazon
"I found myself mentally willing Jake to stop his actions as he stepped further and further into the darkness ruled by evil. At the same time, I found myself as curious as Jake as he begins to realize Davis isn't playing an imaginary game. I became caught up in the action as Jake finds himself being pulled in by temptations which would appear to be too delightful to resist.
Nora Weston captures her characters with a vivid imagination. As you read, you can visualize the scene exactly how she describes it. You will find yourself rooting for the good guys, holding your breath, your heart beating just bit quicker during some of the more intense scenes, and completely caught up in this book!
I can say after reading "The Twelfth Paladin," Nora has a new fan. I will definitely be paying attention to when Nora has a new book in the works. Don't just take my word. Visit Nora and let me know what you think!" Michelle/No Rating/A Lil of Dis, A Lil of Dat Chelle Style
"The Twelfth Paladin is a modern tale about the making of a man with a scarred and disappointing past into one of God's true knight and defenders of old. The second half of the book is one hard, heaven bent against hell ride which I will not spoil for you.
I liked how the characters were drawn possessing the ability to do good or evil so always having to make the choice. In the story, evil is always more enticing and easier than good. The hero and heroine are flawed, but have potential for growth. The villains were a love to hate crowd for me.
Speaking of Jake's point of view, I just have to say that I felt Nora Weston did a great job of Jake's thoughts ringing true to his being a male. Many women authors struggle having their men think, speak, and act male, but Nora has that part down. If you like tales of angels and demons fighting for supremacy over flawed human souls, then give this one a try. Sophia Rose:
4/5 Goodreads
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Mortal Kombat 11: 10 Characters We DON'T Want To See
More Kano, less... drunken oaf.
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A fighting game is nothing without a cast of recognisable fighters. Imagine Tekken without Heihachi, or Street Fighter without Chun-Li. There could be no Injustice without Superman, nor could Soul Caliber go without Astaroth. And much like these franchises, fighting game grandfather Mortal Kombat is no different.
Excitement is building in the run-up to MK 11's release, and fans and journalists alike have donated more than a fair amount of thought as to who will fill the remaining 17 roster spots after the reveals of 8 characters so far. Speculation is rife with mentions of fan favourites, but at the same time, among all this excitement... there is an underlying worry.
There are always characters in fighting games who stick around based on comedy value, or importance to the lore, or simply for the fact they've been a series mainstay for as long as the franchise has existed. Unfortunately, all ten mainline entries in the Mortal Kombat series have rosters that slooowly begin to pile up as the years go by, and with larger rosters comes a bigger chance of Mortal Kombat featuring some truly dud characters.
10 Controversies That Have ALREADY Hurt Pokemon Sword & Shield
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"Songs can hurt like a fist."
Dollhouse's 'Epitaph One' to be shown in Australia. But it will be retitled as 'The Future Project'.
Someone forwarded us the press release for it this morning, it was somewhat jaw dropping.
Simon | Dollhouse | 04:11 CET | 37 comments total | tags: dollhouse, epitaph one, the future project
I can kinda understand what they're doing. Drawing in new viewers in with a 'new' programme so that once they find out it's a continuing series, they'll catch on to Dollhouse.
But, The Future Project? Really?
nonbeliever93 | August 24, 04:18 CET
Worst. Title. Ever.
Well, maybe not ever. There have been many horrible titles, after all. But it is clumsy, and uninspiring, and oh, so dull. Sounds like the title of a 12-year-old's fan fiction.
I mean, yay for it being aired an' all, but... God, that title stinks.
Winther | August 24, 04:32 CET
Bizarre. I agree; horrible title.
Maybe they should just re-title all episodes, the result would be disastrous.
Numfar PTB | August 24, 04:47 CET
very weird... nice to hear that the show has been popular in Australia though (at least for that small percentage of us who actually shell out for foxtel over here)
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mortimer | August 24, 04:48 CET
Better still, swap titles, thus making it impossible to talk about across markets. This wouldn't have happened under the empire, that's all i'm saying.
(does 'The Future Project' have some cultural resonance in Australia ? Cos otherwise, not only is it a pretty terrible title, lacking intrigue and anything remotely like poetry, it's also just inaccurate as to the contents)
Saje | August 24, 04:55 CET
You know, mortimer, I find it kind of bizzare how low the cable percentage is over here >:(.
For me, im not obsessed by televsion by any means, but I dont really think there is one show I currently watch thats on Free-to-Air anymore. Even shows like Rove, and the Chaser, or whatever, I dont really watch anymore. Any 'hit' show thats worth my viewership I, like most, grab on torrent. But there are maybe 10 to 20 shows I watch and like and they are all scattered across all the various cable channels, plus they are all recorded for me by the IQ, and I just couldnt imagine living only with the 4 channels.
It feels like, for some strange reason, 90% of the country want to live like it was 1993 still. But its not. Life is easier now and they just dont seem to notice. Do they still pop in a VCR and record and pause in the ad's? Come on. Plus its not THAT expensive. Its like just paying for broadband, and everyone does that now!
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Beren77 | August 24, 04:55 CET
I think 'Be Quiet Now Buffy People!' is a much better title than 'Hush'.
"The One Where Buffy Goes Invisible" ('Gone')
"One Death, Two Fights and a Vengeance Demon" ('The Body')
"The Pasty Blonde Guy from 'Boyzone'" ("The Zeppo")
Speaking as an Aussie (albiet one that hasn't lived there for the last few years), the title "The Future Project" has no cultural resonance for me. And, Epitaph One has no bad connotations for me either. So, this makes no sense that I can understand.
Bluey | August 24, 05:39 CET
Yay to the airing, even if we were beaten to the punch by SDCC, Singapore, Sweden and the UK.
Boo to the title though, it sounds like something from Procrastinators-not-so-Anonymous.
But while we're retitling can we change 'Gray Hour' to 'Grey Hour'? Ta. ;-)
missb | August 24, 05:40 CET
What's up with the re-title? FOX8 must be worried that we won't know what "Epitaph" means.
robfearon | August 24, 05:42 CET
Of course elsewhere on the web FOXTEL still calls it Epitaph One. I smell an error, not a retitle.
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@theonetruebix | August 24, 06:01 CET
I asked about it on TV Tonight.
http://www.tvtonight.com.au/tv-lounge/comment-page-1#comment-89914
Simon: Yes FOX8 is rebranding Dollhouse Epitaph One as The Future Project.
Of course, they probably simply saw the same press release. Confirmation using the same source isn't confirmation. ;)
This confirms my very stereotyped perception of Australia as a wild and crazy place that makes its own rules. When they're not busy with their epic struggle against the cane toads.
Sunfire | August 24, 06:11 CET
Confirmation using the same source isn't confirmation
If you assume that they used the same source. I think it's because "Epitaph One" sounds too much like "England won the Ashes" to Aussie ears.
Hell, why stop at episode titles? Clearly, we should rename the show The Different-Personality-Every-Week People.
From the creator of Spaceships & Horses.
Simon, as with all things Aussie, we stopped caring much about cricket after we stopped being undefeatable. So most of us wouldnt even know that the Ashes were actually on, haha. Sorry to dampen your spirits :D (I watched every test for 12 years lol, and even I didnt know till I heard we lost)
'Be quiet now Buffy people!' sounds ridiculously similar to the Japanese titles for Pokemon episodes, which are just hilarious to read.
Progressive_Stupidity | August 24, 06:41 CET
I suppose it could be Dollhouse: The Future Project in the same sense that Needs was advertised in the US as Dollhouse: The Awakening without actually being retitled as such.
I think they should call it "Welcome To Future Town!!"
'Mad Maxine' seems a logical choice, for some values of 'logical'.
If only the main character had a car and/or deadly sharpened boomerang.
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It reminds me now of slogan on the Serenity blue poster.
At least The Future Project is shorter than what they probably wanted to call it.
"This what you will see on Dollhouse if the show lasts for 5 years."
Lioness | August 24, 07:45 CET
Shh... I'm currently watching: How a Teenage Slayer Deals with the Death of a Parent
Also, Does this mean its going to get more promotion than normal? It's very odd.
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Jaymii | August 24, 07:48 CET
I've decided to change my name to Gossi, The Moron.
gossi | August 24, 08:27 CET
It should be noted that TV Tonight uses the term "rebranded" not "retitled", even though Simon asked about titling. I really do suspect we're talking about the equivalent of "Needs" being a special event called "The Awakening" but only for, in essence, branding purposes in advertisements.
Not that such a thing would undercut the idea that it's kind of a lame and awkward phrase even in that context.
I'm guessing the network might be concerned of scaring off new viewers, starting a new season with an episode with "Epitaph" in the title. It makes it sounds like you need to have watched what had come before, yet I think it actually works okay as a stand alone episode. Unfortunately, it sounds like no thought was put into what the new title should be.
Matt_Fabb | August 24, 08:57 CET
They aren't starting a new season with it. It's airing one week after "Omega" airs.
It's just a branding thing I suspect to make it more accessible/memorable. I'm not bothered about it.
I am bothered some of the international networks appear to be getting their knickers in a twist about showing the episode 'cos, like, they all have the rights to it by default of buying the 13 episode season. Foxtel were playing the card that they didn't want to show it, and that's just lameoh.
I suspect that since an "epitaph" is a text honoring the deceased, to some ears "Epitaph One" might sound like a series finale, rather than a jump-into-the-future episode. Fox8's scheduling gurus probably spazzed (to use b!X's description) over the fear that viewers would think the show was over. Although, how many "regular" viewers even know/care what a particular episode is titled?
Whedonage | August 24, 09:36 CET
Yeah, see, I don't know how it is in Australia, but here in the U.S. they never mention Dollhouse episode titles on the air. (Actually, I remember some people here when "Needs" was advertised as the special "Awakening" event asking if it had been retitled.)
My god do they not believe in subtlety or just find it offensive? Not to be overly dramatic but art should be titled as the artist or artists see fit. It's not the famous painting of "That woman who knew Leonardo Da Vinci" for a reason.
silent knight | August 24, 14:49 CET
(Actually, I remember some people here when "Needs" was advertised as the special "Awakening" event asking if it had been retitled.)
Really? But networks use promotional titles and taglines all the the time!
Invisible Green | August 24, 19:12 CET
No idea re the significance of the name (there is a new show called 'The 7pm Project' but on a different network and news/entertainment) or why Fox8 felt the need to change it (it doesn't use episode titles in promotions or when screening). But a big woo-hoo to the ep being screened!
tac_tics | August 24, 23:20 CET
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"Put the thing in the thing."
'You're Welcome' Among Greatest Episodes Ever on Television. *CAUTION* MAJOR Battlestar Galactica Spoilers.
It's OK to read to the Angel part the spoilers don't come until a few lines after, at least not any plotline spoilers, but it does tell you the name of the episode.
ShotgunWes | AtS | 17:23 CET | 26 comments total | tags: you're welcome, angel, battlestar galactica
Says whoever this guy is. He says, "...like 'Bastille Day' and 'You Can't Go Home Again,' the story is nothing less than captivating," so I think I'll take his opinion with a grain of salt until I see the ep.
The First Weevil | November 30, 17:34 CET
There are tons of better episodes than You're Welcome, even within S5 itself.
Grounded | November 30, 17:58 CET
I won a James & David autographed script at the Halloween event of this episode. I got Amy to sign it as well.
RavenU | November 30, 18:00 CET
I love "You're Welcome" but it's one of the greatest episodes ? Nah.
pelinxf | November 30, 18:03 CET
I think that the new series of Battlestar Galactica is the best sci-fi series of the last few years (well since DS9 finished anyhow) and last night's episode was very good indeed.
I tell you, you're all going to forget about 'Lost' once it airs in the States (probably).
Simon | November 30, 18:07 CET
I watched the 'Pilot' miniseries and must admit I did like the way space 'dogfighting' was shot. Sort of hand held cameras. In space. If that makes sense....
zz9 | November 30, 18:23 CET
One would hope Whedon fans would be pretty familiar with handheld shots in space...
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KernelM | November 30, 18:33 CET
Indeed. And considering Zoic does Battlestar as well...
Serenity's in the mini series isn't it, or am I thinking of something else.
Haven't watched Battlestar Galactica as being at uni I have to ration my downloads carefully (bloody download limit). Even if I was at home I'm not sure if I would, but thats more a petty "I don't want Sci.Fi to make Battlestar, I want them to make Farscape".
While being a very good episode, I hardly reckon that "You're Welcome" is the best episode of Angel (agree with him on "Phase One" being the best episode of Alias, watched that episode so many times), I'm not sure what I reckon the best is, very hard to pick just one, I find it hard enough to pick a favorite season, let alone an episode.
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Ghost Spike | November 30, 19:03 CET
You can see it through the window when Mary McDonnell is with the doctor in part one.
This guys is nuts. Battlestar Galactica was hugely popular? Thats like calling Ted Bundy a celebrity or saying the Ford Pinto is a 60's classic.
Battlestar Galactica is only famous for being the worst Star Wars rip-off in a host of incredibly bad Star Wars rip-offs that was spawned in the wake of that blockbuster. Most of BG fans are/were Star Wars fans. BG was a huge in-joke in the SW fandom community. Most of the outcry from the remake was from SW fandom anti-revisionist factions already pissed off by Lucas' degradation of the classic. It was outcry based almost soley on principle. Yeah, the new BG is better, it would have been ahrder to make it WORSE than the original.
What a moron, "Bastille Day", "You can't come home again?". Whats next? Comparisions to The Last Starfighter?
I'll stop now before I really go into a rant.
sTalking_Goat | November 30, 19:23 CET
The Last Starfighter. he he he
*Loved* that movie. Watched it again for the first time in years last month. Special Effects have come a long, long way, but it was still entertaining.
Angela | November 30, 19:40 CET
To sTalking_Goat, that was then, this is now. These days Star Wars is just a shadow of it's former self and the new Battlestar Galactica is one of the best shows on television (including non-science fiction shows). I would even say that it is almost as good as Firefly, which is my favorite show all time.
Zoic_Fan | December 01, 00:43 CET
Mostly agree, I think BG is probably my favourite new show this season, but I don't think it's better than Firefly (which is/was my favourite sci-fi series of the last few years, probably ever) Farscape is also well worth a mention though to me it took a lot longer to find it's feet than BG or FF.
Paul_Rocks | December 01, 07:36 CET
It's funny how your taste changes over time. I remember that I liked the original BG when it aired. I watched it again a few months ago on DVD and I kept asking myself, "What were you thinking?". I think Joss has spoiled me. Most of the reviews I've read on the new BG series have been positive and I'm looking forward to seeing it. Seriously doubt it will top 'Firefly' though.
As for 'You're Welcome', it was good, but I thought a few were better. Destiny, Damaged,A Hole in the World, Underneath, and Not Fade Away are my season's favorites.
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Madhatter | December 01, 10:31 CET
"You're Welcome" was wonderful for the emotion is evoked. It was great to see Cordy looking wonderful and acting like Cordy. And then I kept reflecting on the evolution of Cordy since the start of BtVS; that's what made me so sad. Plus, the whole supernatural aspect of the visit was intriguing.
Gaudior | December 01, 12:05 CET
Snap :) Although I'd add Smile Time to that list too - and possibly Power Play if only I could find my tape so I can watch it again to see if it was as good as I remember... This is just begging for an incredibly geeky complete S5 episode ranking now isn't it? ;)
Grounded | December 01, 12:52 CET
BS is shaping up to be a really good series and one that i will keep watching.I also have good memories of watching BS the first time round and sometimes imo thats the best place to leave them,as good memories.
"You're Welcome" was great for bringing the Cordy story to an end,Joss really couldn't have left her in a coma; could he? but i thought A Hole In The World,Damage,Destiny,Smile Time,were just as good ,if not better.Heck, i even liked The Girl In Question,i have family in Italy and the characterization was hilarious,especially,the Spike and Dru "ciao" scene, it still cracks me up watching it.Oh happy days!
rainbird | December 01, 13:36 CET
Grounded, I agree as well. Smile Time was great, but I had to draw a line somewhere. This is why I hate comparing episodes :)
I loved seeing Cordy again, but "You're Welcome" is definitely not one of the greatest Angel eps ever.
As far as BG goes, I have to disagree with the majority here. I love the original show; the 'cheesiness' is part of the charm! Dirk Benedict was great as Starbuck. I would have possibly liked the new series had they not made it a 'Battlestar Galactica' retool. It was a decent idea, but they alienated thousands of original BG fans by toying with the mechanics that made the original show work (such as the male bonding of Apollo and Starbuck, the mechanical aspect of the Cylons). Also the pilot movie was basically softcore porn; so much sex! If I wanted to see porn, I would have put on a DVD. I was very disappointed when I found out that the pilot got picked up. I signed an online petition to get the series canned. I'd much rather watch Farscape, Stargate:SG-1 or Stargate: Atlantis. And I have to take issue that BG is anyway near the quality of LOST. LOST to me is the only show left on TV anywhere near the level of a Whedonverse show. Obviously, that is an opinion!
Maybe they should change the name of the series to Battlesex Galactica! Hope I didn't tick anyone off; I just felt that both sides of the coin should be represented!
xanderheartwillow | December 01, 14:47 CET
I have to agree that You're Welcome is Angel's best episode ever. It's the one I'm most looking forward to watching again on the DVD.
BTW, I'm still pissed at Joss and co. for firing Charisma.
Rion | December 02, 10:48 CET
I don't think YW is Angel's best ep by far, but it depends on what really constitutes as a 'good' episode anyway. I think in terms of pathos, meloncholy and a beautfiful sense of loss and everything bittersweet, YW holds its own, but plotwise it was a bit of a mess. I also think Cordelia's return was rushed. It should have been fleshed out more, but considering it was Carpenter's last quick, hurrah, it was done very tastefully and incredibly movingly!
Thierry | December 02, 15:24 CET
YW was good. But I have to give the Best Episode Ever honor to "Five by Five." Eliza hit that one out of the park, IMO, and it was one of the few times I thought that maybe SMG wasn't the best actress in the Buffyverse.
Smo | December 02, 15:32 CET
But I have to give the Best Episode Ever honor to "Five by Five."
It's worth best episode ever purely for the last 20 seconds :)
Exactly. Once I was watching that episode, meanwhile someone who couldn't care less about BtVS/AtS was trying to type something on the computer near the TV. She stopped, watched it, and couldn't stop asking questions about the scene, the show, the actress -- everything. Whenever someone tells my that BtVS is too cheesy to be profound, I whip out that episode.
It's my favourite Buffyverse scene. It's too exquisite for words.
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2 Free 1st 5 Pages Writing Workshop Opens on Sat 2/4/17 w/ Lit Agent Kristy Hunter and Author Kelly Barson
Our February workshop will open for submissions on Saturday, February 4th at noon, EST. In addition to our wonderful permanent mentors, we have Kelly Barson as our author mentor and Kristy Hunter as our agent mentor! (See below for Kristy's background and query preferences!)
The workshop is designed to help writers struggling to find the right opening for their novel or for those looking to perfect the all important first five pages before submitting for publication. Why the first five pages? Because if these aren't perfect, no agent, editor, or reader will continue reading to find out how great the rest of your story really is!
Why is the First Five Pages Workshop a GREAT Opportunity?
You are mentored by at least two traditionally-published published or agented authors for the duration of the workshop. These authors have been through the trenches and know what it takes to get a book deal, solid reviews, and sales.
In addition, you receive feedback from the four other workshop participants.
Feedback is given not just on your initial submission, but on two subsequent opportunities to revise your manuscript based on the previous feedback so that you know you've got it right!
The final revision will also be reviewed by a literary agent, who will also give you feedback on the pitch for your story--the one that may eventually become your query letter or cover copy.
The best entry from among the workshop participants will receive a critique of the full first chapter or first ten pages from the mentoring agent, which may, in some cases, lead to requests for additional material.
Please see the complete rules before entering the workshop, but in a nutshell, we'll take the first five Middle Grade or Young Adult entries that meet all guidelines and formatting requirements. (Double check the formatting - each month we have to disqualify entries because of formatting.) Click here to get the rules. I will post when the workshop opens and closes on Adventures in YA Publishing and on twitter (@etcashman), with the hashtag #1st5pages. In addition to the rotating team of our wonderful permanent author mentors, the final entry for each workshop participant will be critiqued by our agent mentor.
February Guest Literary Agent Mentor
Kristy Hunter joined The Knight Agency in April 2014. With a degree in Women & Gender Studies and English Literature from Vanderbilt University, Kristy moved to New York City immediately after graduation to try her hand at publishing. She completed the Columbia Publishing Course and worked in the city for several years—first at Grove/Atlantic and then at Random House Children’s Books—before deciding it was time to make the move back down south. She now takes advantage of her new surroundings by being outside as much as possible with her French bulldog, Gummi.
Kristy is currently accepting submissions from a wide variety of genres, including women’s fiction, mystery, historical romance, romance, young adult, and middle grade. Having spent significant time in the south and New York City, she particularly likes books set in these regions. She also enjoys books that feature horses, boarding schools, sisters, and sororities—to name just a few. Her favorite books include THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett, RULES OF CIVILITY by Amor Towles, THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger, THE HUSBAND’S SECRET by Liane Moriarty, I’LL GIVE YOU THE SUN by Jandy Nelson, ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS by Stephanie Perkins, and WONDER by R.J. Palacio.
February Guest Literary Author Mentor
K.A. (Kelly) Barson earned an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She and her husband live in Jackson, Michigan, surrounded by kids, grandkids, unruly dogs, a cat, and too many pairs of shoes. She feels most like herself when her hair is purple.
In addition to her own writing, she also teaches writing, spends every moment she can with her family, and procrastinates cleaning more than she should.
She is the author of 45 POUNDS MORE OR LESS, and CHARLOTTE CUTS IT OUT, both published by Viking Books for Young Readers.
CHARLOTTE CUTS IT OUT
Lydia and I were in eighth grade when we came up with our Grand Plan to go to cosmetology school and get jobs to build our clientele while we earned business degrees. Then we’d open our own salon . . .
Now Charlotte and Lydia are juniors, in a Cosmetology Arts program where they’ll get on-the-job training and college credits at the same time. The Grand Plan is right on schedule.
Which means it’s time for Step Two: Win the Winter Style Showcase, where Cos Arts and Fashion Design teams team up to dazzle the judges with their skills.
Charlotte is sure that she and Lydia have it locked up—so sure, in fact, that she makes a life-changing bet with her mother, who wants her to give up cos for college.
And that’s when things start going off the rails.
As the clock ticks down to the night of the Showcase, Charlotte has her hands full. Design divas. Models who refuse to be styled. Unexpectedly stiff competition. And then, worst of all, Lydia—her BFF and Partner in Cos—turns out to have a slightly different Grand Plan.
Like 45 Pounds (More or Less), K.A. Barson’s Charlotte Cuts it Out is a funny, relatable story set in the heart of the Midwest, just right for girls who have big dreams of their own.
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6 New Releases this week 1/30-2/05 plus Two Giveaways!
Happy Monday! This week we have giveaways for EXO and OUR OWN PRIVATE UNIVERSE and we're featuring loads of new releases. Don't forget to check out all the new releases and enter below to win.
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YA BOOK GIVEAWAYS THIS WEEK
by Fonda Lee
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U.S. Only
It’s been a century of peace since Earth became a colony of an alien race with far reaches into the galaxy. Some die-hard extremists still oppose alien rule on Earth, but Donovan Reyes isn’t one of them. His dad holds the prestigious position of Prime Liaison in the collaborationist government, and Donovan’s high social standing along with his exocel (a remarkable alien technology fused to his body) guarantee him a bright future in the security forces. That is, until a routine patrol goes awry and Donovan’s abducted by the human revolutionary group Sapience, determined to end alien control.
When Sapience realizes whose son Donovan is, they think they’ve found the ultimate bargaining chip . But the Prime Liaison doesn’t negotiate with terrorists, not even for his own son. Left in the hands of terrorists who have more uses for him dead than alive, the fate of Earth rests on Donovan’s survival. Because if Sapience kills him, it could spark another intergalactic war. And Earth didn’t win the last one . . .
Author Question: What is your favorite thing about Exo?
My goal with EXO was to write an alien invasion story that was completely different from anything else I’d read or seen in YA fiction. There are plenty of aliens-conquer-earth stories out there, but I wanted to get past the arrival, invasion, and war part of the narrative and explore the idea of a world post- colonization, one in which humans have both benefited and suffered from the new world order. And I wanted to tell the story from the other side—we’ve seen plenty of plucky, brave, YA rebels who want to overthrow the system, but how about the story of someone who is in the system, who benefits from it and defends it despite all its flaws, yet is still heroic and tries to do the right thing? Could I make the reader root for someone who enforces alien rule over Earth? Could I make people ponder difficult, moral ambiguous issues while entertaining them with plenty of science fiction action? I think and hope that I succeeded, and if so, that’s my favorite thing about EXO.
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Our Own Private Universe
by Robin Talley
Advance Reader Copy Giveaway
Fifteen-year-old Aki Hunter knows she’s bisexual, but up until now she's only dated guys—and her best friend, Lori, is the only person she’s out to. When she and Lori set off on a four-week youth-group mission trip in a small Mexican town, it never crosses Aki's mind that there might be anyone in the group she’d be interested in dating. But that all goes out the window when Aki meets Christa.
Author Question: What is your favorite thing about Our Own Private Universe?
My favorite thing might be that OUR OWN PRIVATE UNIVERSE is a coming-of-age story featuring a romance between two girls, and that for the most part, it’s a happy story. I definitely think there’s a place for tragedy in literature, of course, and in LGBT young adult literature too ― but sometimes, especially when things are looking dark outside, it’s important to see happiness, too. And for us LGBT readers, it’s often still rare to find happy stories about our lives.
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MORE YOUNG ADULT FICTION IN STORES NEXT WEEK WITH AUTHOR INTERVIEWS
The Careful Undressing of Love
by Corey Ann Haydu
Dutton Books for Young Readers
Everyone who really knows Brooklyn knows Devonairre Street girls are different. They’re the ones you shouldn’t fall in love with. The ones with the curse. The ones who can get you killed.
Lorna Ryder is a Devonairre Street girl, and for years, paying lip service to the curse has been the small price of living in a neighborhood full of memories of her father, one of the thousands killed five years earlier in the 2001 Times Square Bombing. Then her best friend’s boyfriend is killed, and suddenly a city paralyzed by dread of another terrorist attack is obsessed with Devonairre Street and the price of falling in love.
Set in an America where recent history has followed a different path.
Author Question: What is your favorite thing about The Careful Undressing of Love?
My favorite thing about my newest novel is, honestly, how much time I spent in the world of the book and how far I pushed myself and had others push me. I think ideas can start to feel stale when you are a few books into your career, and I knew I needed something different to challenge myself. THE CAREFUL UNDRESSING OF LOVE was that challenge. I love the contained feeling of my other books, and the way they speak to a world I've spent time in and bits and pieces of the life I've lived. THE CAREFUL UNDRESSING OF LOVE isn't that kind of book. It's about things I care about, but the world is a brand new one that I had to work hard to invent and make real.
When I write about New England or our current day New York City, I am drawing on experience. When I wrote about this reimagined New York City, I had mostly simply my imagination to draw on. When you're writing a location as it exists in the real world, you don't have to ask what something looks like or how history is taught or who the mayor is or what is being sold on street corners or what is considered safe or dangerous. Those questions are already answered for you. In writing THE CAREFUL UNDRESSING OF LOVE, I had to answer questions I'd never considered asking before. I had to make decisions about things that are totally set in the real world. And as I made those decisions, the book shifted and curled around them.
I love how much I learned writing this book. I learned that world building and plot are bound together, they bounce off each other. The world you create starts to dictates plot and plot makes you ask more questions and get more specific about your imagined world. It was a revelation for me. I'm a writer who is happiest when she's being challenged, and this idea challenged me every step of the way. I'm so grateful.
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MORE YOUNG ADULT NOVELS NEW IN STORES NEXT WEEK
Blood of Wonderland
by Colleen Oakes
HarperTeen
Dinah has been exiled from Wonderland. The vicious father she always feared has framed her for the brutal murder of her brother and turned the kingdom against her.
Now hiding in the lush and mysterious Twisted Wood with only her war steed at her side, Dinah is faced with a choice: leave Wonderland forever or stay and fight her father for the throne.
When a chance encounter with one of her father’s long-lost enemies brings Dinah more allies than she ever could have imagined, war starts to feel inevitable. But before Dinah can lead her people into combat, she must confront certain truths about her heart and her destiny—no matter how dark those truths may be.
Revolution is rising in Wonderland. Dinah’s battle has begun.
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By Your Side
by Kasie West
In this irresistible story, Kasie West explores the timeless question of what to do when you fall for the person you least expect. Witty and romantic, this paperback original from a fan favorite is perfect for fans of Stephanie Perkins and Morgan Matson.
When Autumn Collins finds herself accidentally locked in the library for an entire weekend, she doesn’t think things could get any worse. But that’s before she realizes that Dax Miller is locked in with her. Autumn doesn’t know much about Dax except that he’s trouble. Between the rumors about the fight he was in (and that brief stint in juvie that followed it) and his reputation as a loner, he’s not exactly the ideal person to be stuck with. Still, she just keeps reminding herself that it is only a matter of time before Jeff, her almost-boyfriend, realizes he left her in the library and comes to rescue her.
Only he doesn’t come. No one does.
Instead it becomes clear that Autumn is going to have to spend the next couple of days living off vending-machine food and making conversation with a boy who clearly wants nothing to do with her. Except there is more to Dax than meets the eye. As he and Autumn first grudgingly, and then not so grudgingly, open up to each other, Autumn is struck by their surprising connection. But can their feelings for each other survive once the weekend is over and Autumn’s old life, and old love interest, threaten to pull her from Dax’s side?
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by Stephanie Garber
Flatiron Books
Welcome, welcome to Caraval―Stephanie Garber’s sweeping tale of two sisters who escape their ruthless father when they enter the dangerous intrigue of a legendary game.
Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over.
But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner.
Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. But she nevertheless becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic with the other players in the game. And whether Caraval is real or not, she must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over, a dangerous domino effect of consequences is set off, and her sister disappears forever.
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Fire Color One
by Jenny Valentine
Philomel Books
A father and daughter reconnect after a life spent apart to find their mutual love of art isn’t the only thing they share in this beautifully written, heartrending story reminiscent of Big Fish.
Sixteen-year-old Iris itches constantly for the strike of a match. But when she’s caught setting one too many fires, she’s whisked away to London before she can get arrested—at least that’s the story her mother tells. Mounting debt actually drove them out of LA, and it’s greed that brings them to a home Iris doesn’t recognize, where her millionaire father—a man she’s never met—lives. Though not for much longer.
Iris’s father is dying, and her mother is determined to claim his life’s fortune, including his priceless art collection. Forced to live with him as part of an exploitive scheme, Iris soon realizes her father is far different than the man she’s been schooled to hate, and everything she thought she knew—about her father and herself—is suddenly unclear. There may be hidden beauty in Iris’s uncertain past, and future, if only she can see beyond the flames.
Beautifully written and powerfully felt, Fire Color One is a stunning tribute to fathers and daughters, and the power of connection through art.
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How to Break a Boy
by Laurie Devore
Keep your enemies close, but your friends closer.
Olivia Clayton has mastered the art of tearing others down to stay on top. She and her best friend, Adrienne, rule their small southern town like all good mean girls do--through intimidation and manipulation.
After Olivia suffers a family tragedy and catches Adrienne sleeping with her boyfriend, Olivia is over it. She decides to make a change--but it's impossible to resist taking Adrienne down one last time. Up to her old tricks, Olivia convinces golden boy Whit DuRant to be her SAT tutor and her fake boyfriend. But when it starts to feel real, Whit gets caught up in Olivia and Adrienne's war.
Olivia may ruin everything she touches, but this time she won't go down without a fight--not if it means losing Whit.
And definitely not if it means losing what's left of herself.
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Lifers
by M.A. Griffin
Fear haunts the streets of Preston's city: a girl has disappeared. Preston is drawn to investigate, exploring the city in the hunt for his missing friend. And deep in the bowels of a secret scientific institute, he discovers a sinister machine used to banish teenage criminals for their offenses.
Captured and condemned to a cavernous dimension, Preston is determined to escape. But this is no ordinary jail. Friendships will be forged and lives will be lost in a reckless battle for freedom, revenge--and revolution.
Set in a world all too similar to our own, Lifers is thrilling, pulse-pounding storytelling of the highest degree.
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by Katie McGarry
Seventeen-year-old Violet has always been expected to sit back and let the boys do all the saving.
It’s the code her father, a member of the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, raised her to live by. Yet when her dad is killed carrying out Terror business, Violet knows it’s up to her to do the saving. To protect herself, and her vulnerable younger brother, she needs to cut all ties with the club—including Chevy, the boy she’s known and loved her whole life.
But when a rival club comes after Violet, exposing old secrets and making new threats, she’s forced to question what she thought she knew about her father, the Reign of Terror, and what she thinks she wants. Which means re-evaluating everything: love, family, friends . . . and forgiveness.
Caught in the crosshairs between loyalty and freedom, Violet must decide whether old friends can be trusted—and if she’s strong enough to be the one person to save them all.
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by Michael Grant
The summer of 1943, World War II. With heavy memories of combat, Frangie, Rainy, Rio, and the rest of the American army are moving on to their next target: the Italian island of Sicily.
The women won’t conquer Italy alone. They are not heroes for fighting alongside their brothers—they are soldiers. But Frangie, Rainy, Rio, and the millions of brave females fighting for their country have become a symbol in the fight for equality. They will brave terrible conditions in an endless siege; they will fight to find themselves on the front lines of WWII; and they will come face-to-face with the brutality of war until they win or die.
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The Dark Days Pact
by Alison Goodman
Viking Books for Young Readers
June 1812. Just weeks after her catastrophic coming-out ball, Lady Helen Wrexhall—now disowned by her uncle—is a full member of the demon-hunting Dark Days Club. Her mentor, Lord Carlston, has arranged for Helen and her maid, Darby, to spend the summer season in Bristol, where Helen can sharpen her Reclaimer powers. Then the long-term effects of Carlston’s Reclaimer work take hold, and his sanity begins to slip. At the same time, Carlston’s Dark Days Club colleague and nemesis will stop at nothing to bring Helen over to his side—and the Duke of Selburn is determined to marry her. The stakes are ever higher for Helen, and her decision will truly change the world…
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by Jeff Giles
Bloomsbury USA Childrens
It's been a shattering year for seventeen-year-old Zoe, who's still reeling from her father's shockingly sudden death in a caving accident and her neighbors' mysterious disappearance from their own home. Then on a terrifying sub-zero, blizzardy night in Montana, she and her brother are brutally attacked in a cabin in the woods--only to be rescued by a mysterious bounty hunter they call X.
X is no ordinary bounty hunter. He is from a hell called the Lowlands, sent to claim the soul of Zoe's evil attacker and others like him. Forbidden to reveal himself to anyone other than his victims, X casts aside the Lowlands' rules for Zoe. As X and Zoe learn more about their different worlds, they begin to question the past, their fate, and their future. But escaping the Lowlands and the ties that bind X might mean the ultimate sacrifice for both of them.
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Wait for Me
by Caroline Leech
The perfect blend of sweet romance and historical flavor, Wait for Me, from debut author Caroline Leech, brings a fresh new voice to a much-loved genre.
It’s 1945, and Lorna Anderson’s life on her father’s farm in Scotland consists of endless chores and rationing, knitting Red Cross scarves, and praying for an Allied victory. So when Paul Vogel, a German prisoner of war, is assigned as the new farmhand, Lorna is appalled. How can she possibly work alongside the enemy when her own brothers are risking their lives for their country?
But as Lorna reluctantly spends time with Paul, she feels herself changing. The more she learns about him—from his time in the war to his life back home in Germany—the more she sees the boy behind the soldier. Soon Lorna is battling her own warring heart. Loving Paul could mean losing her family and the life she’s always known. With tensions rising all around them, Lorna must decide how much she’s willing to sacrifice before the end of the war determines their fate.
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0 YA Sunday Morning News: This Week for Writers 1/29/17
Welcome to the first new installment of This Week for Writers! Follow the links below for all the big YA news that happened this week.
Writing for Publication: Before the Sale:
What are Endorsements and Do They Belong in Queries? via Sub It Club: The do’s and don’ts of adding an endorsement to your query letter.
How much of my story should I give away in a query letter? via Ask the Agent: Agent Jennifer Laughran answers your most pressing query letter questions.
Sending Multiple Projects to Multiple Agents via Kidlit: Freelance Editor and former agent Mary Kole answers questions on querying multiple projects.
Why I Pass After Only A Query Letter via Babbles from Scott Eagan: Scott explains reasons why he rejects a project based on the query alone.
Ditch the Pitch via Books & Such Literary Management: Wendy Lawton provides tips on how to get an agent without the dreaded conference pitch.
PubCrawl Podcast: Publishing 101 REDUX – Querying & Representation via Pub(lishing) Crawl: A podcast on all things agents and submissions.
PubCrawl Podcast: Publishing 101 REDUX – Being on Submission via Pub(lishing) Crawl: Part two of the podcast series.
Tackling the Dreaded Synopsis - Part One via Operation Awesome: Increasingly, authors must write a synopsis of their novel; this post provides insight on how to get started.
Writing for Publication: After the Sale:
7 Things Authors Must Do Differently in 2017 via Writers in the Storm: Advice on how authors can set themselves up for successful book marketing.
4 Steps to Create a Blog or Podcast That You and Your Readers Will Love via Digital Book World: Blogging and podcast tips to build a following.
7 Top Book Marketing Tips via Digital Book World: Exciting takeaways from the DBW conference.
How to Pick Categories for your Amazon Book via Karen Woodward: The importance of categories and keywords when listing your book on Amazon.
Promotion on a Shoestring Budget: 5 Tips for Publicizing Your Book via Writer’s Digest Guide to Literary Agents: Tips for self-promotion.
Author Interviews:
Interview with Jeff Zentner, Morris Finalist! via Becky Albertalli Tumblr: Author Becky Albertalli interviews The Serpent King author, Jeff Zentner.
2017 Morris Award Finalists: An Interview with Sonia Patel via YALSA: Interview with 2017 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist, Sonia Patel, on her novel, Rani Patel in Full Effect.
2017 Morris Award Finalists: An Interview with Jeff Zentner via YALSA: Interview with 2017 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist, Jeff Zentner, on his novel, The Serpent King.
An Interview With 2017 Morris Award Finalist, Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock via YALSA: Interview with 2017 William C. Morris Award Finalist, Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, on her novel, The Smell Of Other People’s Houses.
History Is All You Left Me Author Adam Silvera Talks Second Books and More with Nicola Yoon via B&N Teen Blog: YA authors Nicola Yoon and Adam Silvera chat about each other’s books.
These Young Adult Novels Come With Back Stories: The Authors’ Own via New York Times Books: Interview with authors Allison Glock and T Cooper.
With #MuslimShelfSpace, Muslim Authors Get the Spotlight via NBCNews: Interview with author Sajidah K. Ali on #ownvoices.
BREEANA SHIELDS INTERVIEW AND POISON’S KISS GIVEAWAY via Literary Rambles: Debut author Breeana Shields discusses her novel, Poison’s Kiss.
April Daniels Tackles Trans Teen Trouble in Superheroine Story Dreadnought via The B&N Teen Blog: April Daniels discusses her debut novel, Dreadnought, book one in the Nemesis series.
Cassandra Clare Shares the Troubles and Triumphs of Seeing the Shadowhunters World Onscreen via The B&N Teen Blog: Cassandra Clare discusses how The Mortal Instruments became a movie, then a TV show.
Q & A with Marissa Meyer via Publishers Weekly: The Lunar Chronicles author discusses her new graphic novel, Wires and Nerve.
Ellen Hopkins, author of THE YOU I'VE NEVER KNOWN, on honesty being the key via Adventures in YA Publishing.
Literary Agent News and Interviews:
#MSWL for 2017 from the #BookEnds team! via BookEnds Literary Blog: See what BookEnds Agents are looking for in 2017!
Greatest Hits: Becoming a Career Author via WriteOnCon: Agent Catherine Drayton provides tips on becoming a career author.
Curtis Brown Creative talks to… children's and YA agent Stephanie Thwaites via Curtis Brown Creatives: Youtube video interview.
What to Do (And Not Do) After Attending a Writer’s Conference via Writers Digest: Agent Irene Goodman provides a list of rules to follow post-conference.
NLA Welcomes Danielle Burby and NLA Welcomes Joanna MacKenzie via Nelson Literary Agency: Two new agents at Nelson!
Writing and Pitch Contests:
Announcing Pitch Madness 2017…Candyland Edition! via Brenda Drake: The submission window opens February 24th.
The Athena Contest for Excellence in Young Adult & New Adult Fiction via YARWA: Contest for YA and NA published authors.
Upcoming Contest--Mark Your Calendars! via Adventure in YA Publishing: Our Red Light/Green Light contest kicks off on March 9th!
Cicada Magazine Call for Submissions via Cricket Media: Cicada, a YA lit/comics magazine is looking for your short form YA fiction, poetry, comics, and essays.
Writing Craft:
How to Choose a Book Idea: Using the Hedgehog Concept via The Creative Penn: A guest post by Jeff Elkins discusses how to know if your book idea is worth pursuing.
Real Life Diagnostics: Are the Stakes Clear in This Opening? Via Fiction University: Janice Hardy reviews a YA contemporary novel opening and provides her thoughts.
How To Research Your Novel … And When To Stop via The Creative Penn: Ways to research, organizing data, and when to start writing.
Publishers Don’t Want Good Books via John M. Cusick: The difference between a good book and a great one.
Is Your Novel “Good Enough”? via Writers in the Storm: Author Kathryn Craft talks about putting your novel feedback to work.
How to Keep Readers Happy When Your Character’s Unlikeable via Writer Unboxed: Author Holly Brown discusses likeability and character.
The Single Largest Problem of Most First Time Novels via Kristen Lamb: A breakdown of issues writers face when writing their first manuscript.
Greatest Hits: Differences Between YA and MG (For The Writer Who Does Both) via WriteOnCon: Author Claire Legrand provides a list of differences between YA and MG writing.
Story Genius on Backstory via Writers in the Storm: Surprising truths about backstory.
128 V̶e̶r̶y̶ ̶G̶o̶o̶d̶ Excellent Alternatives to the Word “Very” via Writer’s Digest: An infographic guide to replacing the word “very” in your writing.
The Basics of Show Don’t Tell via Pub(lishing) Crawl: Examples on how to show in your writing, not tell.
Guest Post: K.L. Going–Is Your Novel Opening As Strong As It Can Be? via Highlights Foundation: Tips to make your novel beginning a compelling read.
Writing Inspiration:
Giving Up and Giving In via Writer Unboxed: When to give up and when not to.
Stuck on a Writing Goal? Use the Past to See the Way Forward via Writer Unboxed: Looking at what you’ve accomplished in the past to help set goals for the future.
How Busy Full-Time Working Writers can Find Time to Write via Fiction University: Guest blogger Drae Box gives advice on finding time to write.
Behind the Book: Tricks and the Value of “Difficult” YA via RivetedLit: Guest author Ellen Hopkins discusses her new book, Tricks, and how difficult YA brings light and hope to readers.
These Lyrical Lines Will Make Your Heart Sing via Epic Reads: Words to make your heart sing.
The Power of Mindset via Sub It Club: Changing your perfectionist mindset.
Accomplish Your 2017 Writing Goals With this Perfect Solution! via WOW! Women on Writing: Tips for accomplishing your goals.
Never Tell Me the Odds—Getting Your Head Right for Success via Kristen Lamb: How to set yourself up for success by controlling what goes on in your head.
Rules for a Successful Writing Life from Maya Angelou via Writers in the Storm: Quotes from Maya Angelou and how they feed the writer’s soul.
Enjoy The Small Victories via Babbles from Scott Eagan: Writing is a long journey, which is why we must celebrate whenever possible.
Balancing Your Writing Life via Kidlit: Finding time to do everything in life, plus write.
How to Keep a Productive Writing Routine During These Dark Times via Adventures in YA Publishing: Guest author Lance Rubin provides tips on how to create amidst turmoil.
Publishing News & Trends:
Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian To Become Film via YA Interrobang: The beloved novel by Alexi Sherman will get the big screen treatment.
Netflix options THE KISSING BOOTH film via YA Interrobang: Beth Reekles’ The Kissing Booth will be adapted into a feature film.
GLA News via Writer’s Digest: The Guide to Literary Agents section of Writer’s Digest will continue with a new editor.
What new YA covers hit the web this week? (January 23) via YA Interrobang: A round-up of cover reveals!
THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR movie rights optioned by MGM, Warner Bros via YA Interrobang: Nicola Yoon’s novel may see the big screen in the future.
'New York Times' Cuts a Range of Bestseller Lists via Publisher’s Weekly: The New York Times is revamping its coverage of publishing, starting with its bestseller lists.
Netflix Just Released A Teaser Trailer For Its Adaptation Of "13 Reasons Why" via BuzzFeed Books
This Week In YA News: Riverdale, King’s Cage, And More! via Epic Reads: A rundown of YA news, including what’s on TV, in the movies, and on the shelves.
Procrastination Pro-Tips: YA Book Awards, THE 100 Pop! Figures, A Bookstore/Hotel/Bar, And More! via Forever Young Adult: A wrap-up of YA news over the week.
New YA E-Book Deals:
Epic Reads Book Deals
Amazon Teen & Young Adult Book Deals
New YA Book Giveaways:
Adventures in YA Publishing Giveaways
Epic Reads Giveaways
Goodreads Giveaways
RivetedLit Giveaways
YA Books Central Giveaways
YA Book Awards and Congratulations:
The 2017 SCBWI Spark Award Winners via The Official SCBWI Blog: Congrats to all the winners!
The 2016 Book Shimmy Awards Winners! via Epic Reads: Epic Reads releases its *Book Shimmy* Awards, an annual community-based award show dedicated to honoring young adult novels.
SCORPION RULES wins Monica Hughes Award via YA Interrobang: Erin Bow’s The Scorpion Rules won the 2016 Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy. Congratulations, Erin!
NYT Bestseller’s List – YA Hardcover via NYT Books: Congratulations to A.G. Howard for topping the YA Hardcover NYT Bestseller’s List with the novel, Roseblood! Susan Dennard took the second spot with Windwitch!
Publisher’s Weekly Bestseller List – Children’s Frontlist Fiction via Publisher’s Weekly: More congratulations to Susan Dennard for joining the PW list!
2017 Youth Media Award Winners via I Love Libraries: The American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults, including the Michael L. Printz Award. Congratulations to the winners!
Four Debuts on the NYT Children’s Best Sellers Lists via NYT Books: Congratulations to all the YA authors!
YA New Book Deals and Releases:
Emily Suvada’s YA Debut, This Mortal Coil, was sold to Sarah McCabe of Simon Pulse via Publisher’s Weekly: Congratulations, Emily!
What authors received YA book deals in December? via YA Interrobang: All YA book deals made in December 2017.
What new YA books release this week? (January 24) via YA Interrobang: A breakdown of YA books released during the week of January 24.
Your 2017 YA Pre-Order Guide via The B&N Teen Blog: An exciting list of all the YA books you’ll want to pre-order for the first half of 2017.
New and Upcoming Book Releases – January 2017 via Reading Books Like a Boss: A comprehensive list and synopsis of all YA (and adult) fiction released this month.
Just for Fun:
John Green gets very helpful about common mispronunciations viaThe Official SCBWI Blog:
Get An Inside Look At Veronica Roth’s Writing Space via Epic Reads: Take a peek into where the writing magic happens!
EVERYTHING EVERYTHING movie release date moves to May via YA Interrobang: Nicola Yoon’s YA novel hits the big screen in May!
5 Bookish Ways To Decorate Your Dorm Room via The B&N Teen Blog: Suggestions for book nerd style!
Dive In To This Sea Of Bookstagrams via Epic Reads: Fall in love with books through these Instagram accounts.
3 On A YA Theme: Spy Stories via Book Riot: Look no further for YA spy story recommendations.
6 YA Novels Perfect for Fans of Jane Austen via The B&N Teen Blog: Austen-inspired novels across YA genres.
If I missed anything, please leave a comment!
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1 Ellen Hopkins, author of THE YOU I'VE NEVER KNOWN, on honesty being the key
We're thrilled to have Ellen Hopkins join us to share more about her latest novel THE YOU I'VE NEVER KNOWN.
Ellen, what was your inspiration for writing THE YOU I'VE NEVER KNOWN?
When my younger daughter was three years old, my ex kidnapped her out of daycare and I lost her for three years. It’s something I’ve wanted to write about, but the time had to be right, and the story had to be far enough removed from real life to allow me the perspective I needed. Reconnecting was difficult after only three years, so it struck me how hard it would be to reconnect after losing her entire childhood, into almost-adulthood.
What scene was really hard for you to write and why, and is that the one of which you are most proud? Or is there another scene you particularly love?
The hardest scenes to write were the gaslighting scenes because as someone who spent way too much time being gaslighted by a man very much like Ariel’s father, they brought back terrible memories. Still, it’s something we need to teach our children about so they can understand what’s at stake when it happens to them.
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0 Jakob Wegelius, author of THE MURDERER'S APE, on not talking about ideas beforehand
We're delighted to have Jakob Wegelius here to talk with us about his latest novel THE MURDERER'S APE.
Jakob, what was your inspiration for writing THE MURDERER'S APE?
My first inspiration for writing about Sally Jones was old songs, sung by seamen long ago. These songs are adventurous, and often tell a colorful story of some unfortunate sailor’s life and travels.
How long did you work on THE MURDERER'S APE?
I started working on the book in 2008 and it was published in Sweden in 2014. But I didn’t work exclusively on The Murderer’s Ape during these years.
7 How to Keep a Productive Writing Routine During These Dark Times
Today's guest craft post is more about how to keep up with your craft when it's hard to concentrate than it is about any one particular aspect of writing, but all the technique in the world doesn't mater if we don't (or can't) put in the time in front of our computers actually plunking down words. Lance Rubin, the author of Denton Little’s Deathdate (winner of the ILA Young Adult Book Award) and the upcoming Denton's Little Still Not Dead, shares his survival tips for trying times.
How to Keep a Productive Writing Routine During These Dark Times
By Lance Rubin
Here’s a scenario you might relate to:
You sit down to write. But first, a quick Twitter check of the news.
OHMIGOD A NEW DISTURBING THING HAS HAPPENED IN OUR NATION.
You are absorbing everything you can about this new disturbing thing, trying to understand what happened, what its implications are, and what you can do to combat it. You are retweeting useful information and biting remarks and taking note of what you’re going to say to your senators and your rep when you call later in the day.
You notice the time.
It’s been forty minutes since you sat down to write and you’ve written approximately….nothing.
End scene.
Since November 9th, and, let’s be honest, even somewhat in the months before that, I have found my ability to be disciplined in my writing routine severely compromised. Never before in my life can I remember a time when so much surprising, horrifying, unbelievable news was flying off the proverbial presses. The sheer volume of it is enough to make your head spin, and if, like most YA authors I know, you’re on Twitter, you’ve got a perpetual front-row seat to this Great American Car Crash happening in real time all the time just a few clicks away on your devices.
(In the event that you feel differently about this and have been celebratory and productive since Election Night, this piece won’t be very useful. My advice to you instead is to start reading more books written by authors from the many marginalized groups that are going to suffer because of this administration.)
Speaking as someone who hadn’t mastered best life practices for interacting with social media even before all this---when the fate of our democracy wasn’t lying in the balance---I’m not sure how to proceed during this scary and uncertain time, when I often feel like it’s my civic duty to be engaging with this information.
So what do we do? We must fight, we must resist, but this will be a marathon, not a sprint, and as artists, we still need to create (especially if it’s part of how we’re making a living). I’ve been grappling with this daily, and though I’m definitely not there yet (I had a nice work rhythm going in early January, but post-Inauguration, it’s all gone to shit), here are some thoughts on what’s been most successful for me thus far. (And, goes without saying: no two writing processes are alike, so take what works for you and discard the rest.)
1. Write in 50-Minute Chunks
When presented these days with an open chunk of hours and my computer and phone, it is inevitable that I will take near-constant breaks from writing---often without even being fully aware that I’m doing it---to check email or texts or Twitter or Instagram. Work can get done this way, but the efficiency optics are pretty dismal. On an intellectual level I know that, but it’s hard to argue in those moments with the rationalizing of my brain: Your work is important, but, uh, the fate of the planet and your fellow human beings is slightly more important, don’t you think? Just do a quick check to make sure the world’s not ending in fifteen minutes.
So how to address this problem? The 50-minute writing block. Studies have shown (read: I Googled and found some random articles like this one) that, for maximum productivity, fifty minutes is the ideal chunk of time to work before taking a break. After that, the law of diminishing returns kicks in. So, on an ideal day, I’ll work through three internet-free 50-minute blocks, separated by 10-minute breaks. Before each block starts, I turn off my computer’s wi-fi. I put my phone in my bag. I check what time it is. (Some people set a timer so they don’t need to keep looking at the clock. Not me.) I take a deep breath. And I begin.
In the spirit of full candor, I should mention that I sometimes delay a few more minutes. Because nine times out of ten, I hate that moment of starting. Especially at the beginning of the day. Writing---creating of any kind---is always such a daunting leap into the unknown, no matter how many thousands of times one has sat down at a computer and gotten started. And so, apart from luring me in to check the news, my mind’s got a million other tricks to justify not starting. (For example: oh wait you should look up that information on WebMD so you can write about that illness more confidently or you forgot to respond to that person who tweeted about your book!) YOU NEED TO RESIST THAT VOICE. Because, again, even if you just left the interwebs three minutes ago, some new disturbing national thing may have just happened and now it’s going to suck you in for another forty minutes.
Eventually, I begin. The first ten minutes of the writing day are usually pretty brutal. There’s no rhythm, I feel like a bad writer, and impulses to do anything else but write are firing in all directions. But since I’ve set out this deliberate plan for myself, it wins out over any bullshit excuses my brain is coming up with. Just push through the fifty minutes. During that time, I’m allowed to sit and stare, either at my computer or around the room, but other than that, I have to be writing. (If I have to pee, that’s allowed, too, but hopefully I already did that during one of my breaks.)
By the fifteen or twenty-minute mark, I usually start thinking less about bad news and that desperate itch to check my phone. I get more deeply focused on making the thing I’m trying to make. It feels good.
And then the block ends: Hooray! Break time! I can do whatever the hell I want for ten minutes! That said, a word to the wise (and to myself): be wary of diving into the internet during your break. As we’ve already established, time moves really quickly when you’re in there; that ten-minute break will quickly balloon into a forty-minute one. That’s fine, as long as you’re mindful that it’s happening. Being caught off-guard by the Black Hole of Internet Time always feels kinda dirty.
My best breaks are the ones where I have a few simple goals to achieve: bathroom, respond to that one email, fill up my water, stretch and walk around the room, that sort of thing. Those happen less than I’d like---I’m guiltier than anyone of taking the too-long break---but it’s what I strive for, anyway.
2. Make a detailed schedule of your workday. Every day.
Along with the fifty-minute blocks, I’ve found it’s very helpful to map out a schedule for my entire workday. As writers, we have editors and agents, but on a day-to-day basis, we’re really our own boss. I spend too much time being the chill boss when I usually benefit more from being the rigid asshole boss. If your days are pretty consistent schedule-wise, you can map out the writing part and stick to it every week. As a freelancer, though---juggling my own writing, other creative collaborations, and voiceover work---every one of my weeks is a little different. If I can go into a day with a battle plan, I am not only much more productive, but I end the day with a clearer sense of having accomplished what I set out to do.
I try to be specific and realistic when I’m making this schedule. “Okay, after I drop my son off at daycare, I won’t get to the coffee shop until 9:05, so I’ll start my first block at 9:20 am, which should give me time to order food and get settled.”
The cool part is you can schedule time for your social activism, too. I’ve found that setting aside a half hour or forty-five minutes, usually overlapping at least partially with lunch, gives me time to call my reps, post some actions on Facebook, read up on Twitter, and get a sense of what’s happening. Then there are days like this past Tuesday when I went to a noon rally outside my senators’ offices. It helped to schedule the rest of my day, so I could be as productive as possible even though I was devoting a larger-than-usual chunk of time to resisting.
I know this approach might sound over-the-top and obsessive, but I’ve found it effective. It’s easy as a freelancer to get lost in a sea of time, to have hours pass where you’ve been productive but can’t remember what exactly you’ve done. Scheduling allows you to tackle each part of your day with intention and to give both writing and social action the focus they need instead of combining both into a furious, easily-distracted blur.
3. Build in a spiritual component to your day.
Once you’re mindfully scheduling your day, I would also highly encourage you to set aside time for a spiritual component. The news is an unsettling shitstorm; it’s easy to find yourself in that horrendous mental space all day, which isn’t beneficial to anyone. If you want to be your most productive self on a weekly basis, you should try to take at least a little time to connect directly to the present moment, to your heart, to your loved ones, to what’s in front of and around you right now.
In December, I returned to meditating after not doing it for three years. It’s been grounding. You could also: Take a walk. Go for a run. Sit outside somewhere. Listen to a spiritual-minded podcast. Read a book that will open your heart and mind. Re-read a book that has opened your heart and mind in the past. Hang out with your dog. Your cat. Your hamster. Spend quality phone-free time with your partner. Your kids. Call a friend you haven’t spoken to in a couple months. Call your parents.
Even in these atrocious times, there is still so much beauty. Don’t deprive yourself of that. It’s going to make you that much better equipped to write and to resist.
And in sticking to a daily routine that allows you to access the best of yourself, you won’t deprive us of all the awesome art you’re going to make.
Lance Rubin is the author of Denton Little’s Deathdate and the sequel coming out February of 2017.
He’s worked as an actor and written sketch comedy, including successful runs of The Lance and Ray Show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City. He’s also co-written a new musical called Broadway Bounty Hunter. Lance lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son. He is very glad he doesn’t know his deathdate. You can follow him online at LanceRubin.com and on Twitter @LanceRubinParty.
Denton Little's Still Not Dead
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Hardcover, February 7, 2017
You only live once—unless you’re Denton Little!
The good news: Denton Little has lived through his deathdate. Yay! The bad news: He’s being chased by the DIA (Death Investigation Agency), he can never see his family again, and he may now die any time. Huh. Cheating death isn’t quite as awesome as Denton would have thought…
Lance Rubin’s debut novel, Denton Little’s Deathdate, showed readers just how funny and poignant imminent death could be. Now in this sequel, he takes on the big questions about life. How do we cope, knowing we could die at any time? Would you save someone from dying even if they were a horrible person? Is it wrong to kiss the girl your best friend is crushing on if she’s really into you instead? What if she’s wearing bacon lip gloss?
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0 Congratulations to the 1st 5 Pages Participants and the Workshop Winner!
Congratulations to all of the participants who worked so hard during our January 1st 5 Pages Writing Workshop! You can check out their wonderful pages here - including the winning entry! Congratulations Samantha!
And a big thanks to our wonderful guest mentors, Shea Berkley as our author mentor, and Lauren Spieller as our agent mentor. They both provided terrific critiques. And as always, thank you to our talented and fabulous permanent mentors, who read, comment, and cheer on our participants every month!
Speaking of our mentors, we have exciting mentor news! Our lovely mentor, the talented Brenda Drake, is now a New York Times Bestselling author! Congratulations, Brenda! I adored her YA fantasy, THIEF OF LIES, and I can’t wait for the sequel,GUARDIAN OF SECRETS, which comes out on February 7th! (But is available for pre-order!!) I really can't wait for February 7th because that's also when RETURNED, the final book in the fabulous FORBIDDEN series, comes out - written by our wonderful mentor, Kimberley Griffiths Little. (RETURNED is also available for pre-order!)
Our February workshop will open for entries on Saturday, February 4th at noon, EST. We'll take the first five Middle Grade or Young Adult entries that meet all guidelines and formatting requirements. (Double check the formatting - each month we have to disqualify entries because of formatting.) Click here to get the rules. I will post when it opens and closes on Adventures in YA Publishing and on twitter (@etcashman), with the hashtag #1st5pages. In addition to our wonderful permanent mentors, we have Kelly Barson as our author mentor, and Kristy Hunter as our agent mentor! So get those pages ready - we usually fill up in under a minute!
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2 Upcoming Contest--Mark Your Calendars!
On March 9th, we'll be kicking off this year's first contest on AYAP. If you're a new follower, we host a contest called Red Light/Green Light. It provides writers with an opportunity to showcase their opening pages and win valuable feedback from agents or authors.
In the weeks leading up to Red Light/Green Light, you'll want to check back here every Thursday, as we use the time to provide our potential contestants with great advice on how to perfect their openings, as well as interview our contest judge.
Curious as to how Red Light/Green Light works? Here's a breakdown of the contest's schedule.
Round One: Fantastic Firsts
In our opening round of RL/GL, your first line will go head to head with other writers' firsts.
Round Two: Tell Me More
First lines that progress to round two are expanded to full first paragraphs, allowing you a bit more space to really intrigue our contest judge.
Round Three: Query Me, Please
In our third round, your queries are given the opportunity to shine.
Round Four: Page Turners
In RL/GL's final round, full first pages are displayed, giving competitors the opportunity to leave our judge wanting more. Whoever's opening proves irresistible will be our winner!
Later this spring, we'll also host a Critique Partner Match Up here, followed by more events in summer and fall, so bookmark Adventures in YA Publishing for help along your road to publication--there's plenty you won't want to miss!
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About AICAT
Partner Countries
Diploma Program
MSc Program
Testimonials and Success Stories
Tel-Aviv University and the Arava International Center for Agriculturai Training (AICAT) are pleased to invite students to participate in a unique and innovative MsC degree in Plant Science, with an emphasis in Food Safety and Security.
Tel Aviv University and the Arava International Center for Agriculture Training (AICAT) are pleased to invite students to participate in a unique and innovative MSc degree in Plant Science, with an emphasis in Food Safety and Security.
The program is intended for students with relevant BSc degrees from recognized universities across the world. The program will be held over four semesters, with most of the studies taking place in the Arava. The summer semester will be an intensive session given in Tel Aviv. For most of the year, the students will live on farms in the Arava region where they will be able to gain hands-on experience 2-3 days a week as part of their internship arrangement for tuition assistance.
The program will work in close cooperation with the Agricultural Research and Development Center (at the Yair R&D Station). Some of the lecturers will be researchers from the Center and students will conduct their practicum research with the assistance of R&D researchers.
The program will be academically supervised by Tel Aviv University and is of an equivalent level to the Hebrew-speaking program. Many of the programs' lecturers are tenured faculty members of Tel Aviv University.
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is Israel’s largest university, attracting over 30,000 talented students and renowned faculty members from around the globe. The university has a strong interdisciplinary focus and collaborates closely with leading institutions worldwide.
Manna Center Program for Food Safety & Security
The International MSc Program in Plant Science is housed in the Faculty of Life Sciences and is operated by the Manna Program for Food Safety and Security at Tel Aviv University. The Manna Center Program seeks to bring together researchers from diverse academic disciplines to promote innovative research, to forge ties with professionals and academics around the world, and to prepare the next generation of scientists and policymakers to guide global food security issues.
The Yair R&D Center
The program works in close cooperation with the Agricultural Research and Development Center in the Arava. The Center is a leading scientific research and development center established in 1986, with the aim of advancing sustainable methods of cultivation in the arid region, raising the quality of the produce, finding new crops and opening new markets. This unique research institute combines practical research in the fields of sustainable agriculture, water management and aquaculture – providing critical knowledge to the regional farming community as well as to other countries around the world.
October 2017: Arrival to Israel
October 2017-February 2018: Preparatory Semester
Preparatory studies in the Arava with a focus on:
- Improving English abilities
- Refresher Plant Biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry courses
February 2018: Internal entrance exams. These special exams, administered by Tel Aviv University, will test the candidates' academic levels.
Candidates who pass the exams will be accepted to the MSc program.
March 2018-June 2018: First Semester - MSc studies in the Arava
July 2018: Second Semester - Food Safty and Security Summer Institute, will take place at Tel Aviv University and will be taken with other international students
October 2018-March 2019: Third Semester - MSc studies continue in the Arava
March 2018: Completion of MSc degree and Graduation
Details and Conditions of Acceptance to the Program
The program is open to excellent students who have completed an undergraduate degree in biology, agriculture or a related field. Prerequisites include undergraduate courses in plant biology, genetics and cell biology, and a minimum GPA of 80 on a scale of 100, 3.0 on a scale of 4.0, or equivalent (based on US standards). Exceptions may be made in the case of an exceptionally strong application with a lower GPA.
Candidates will have a personal interview with representatives of the program from Tel Aviv University and AICAT.
1. Open a profile in the TAU International Student Portal and upload required documents. Student Portal link:
https://portal.telavivuniv.org/login.php?accesscheck=/index.php
If there is any issue with uploading documents, please contact: foodsecurity@tau.ac.il
The following documents should be uploaded to the Student Portal by July 1, 2017.
University transcripts
University diploma
Academic letter of recommendation
Short (one page) essay in English explaining the student’s background, why are they interested in the program, and what they expect to do with the degree once completed
English proficiency exam results (TOEFL or IELTS) if university degree was not taught in English
Passport photo
Passport scan
2. Demonstrated Command of English: Since the program is taught in English, all applicants must prove their English-language proficiency validated through a TOEFL or IELTS exam. Please note that scores are usually sent out one month after the exam, therefore students must take the exam ahead of time.
3. Interviews: In June, representatives of Tel Aviv University and AICAT will interview qualified students who have submitted the required documents listed.
Preparatory Semester
Biochemistry and Genetics
Introduction to Plant Biology
Principles of Experimental Statistics
Scientific Writing
Structure and Function of Plant Roots
Photosynthesis - Theory and Practice
Introduction to Food Security
Plant Response to Abiotic Stress
Food Security & Public Health
Bioethics and Biotechnology
Developmental Plant Biology
Seminar - Selected Topics in Plant Sciences
* The program is without thesis and is subject to changes of the TAU
Newsletter 1 - February 2015
Newsletter 2 - May 2015
Newaletter 3 - November 2015
Dr. Hagit Kvitt
General Genetics
Subject: General genetics – Manna Institute ,MSc studies, Tel Aviv University
Residence: Moshav Faran
Short Biography:
Marital status – married + 3
1993 – Move to Moshav Faran
Relevant Employment:
2014- Lecturer at the Arava International Center for Agricultural Training
Relevant Education:
1986-1989 BA in Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot
1991-1993 Master's degree in Human Genetics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
1995-2007 Research on diseases in fish and reproduction of fish at the National Center for Aquaculture, Eilat
2007-2014 PhD in marine biology, School of Marine Sciences, Haifa University
Dr. Effie Tripler
Essentials of fertigation, Roots, Structures and Function
Subject: Lecturer on: Essentials of fertigation ; Roots, Structures and Function - MSc in Plant Science
Residence: Moshav Ein Yahav
Resident in Arava since 2004.
Soil and Water Scientist at the Central and Northern Arava R&D.
Lecturer at the Food Security program TAU-AICAT from 2014.
Ph.D. From the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Yair Cohen
Marine Biology, Scientific Writing
Subject: Marine Biology and Scientific Writing Program in the MSc program
Residence: Moshav Idan
Marital status – married
I moved to the Arava in 2013.
2007-2009 Research assistant at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
2013- Coordinator for aquaculture, Central Arava Research and Development Unit
2005-2007 MSc in Biology, University of Auckland, New Zealand
2009-2013 BA, University of Ottawa, New Zealand
Dr. Gidon Winters
Subject: Plant biology seminar, Marine biology and Practicum - MSc, Manna Institute, master's degree studies, Tel Aviv University
2012 – The Arava International Center for Agricultural Training (AICAT): Scientific Methodology
2011 - Head of the Central Arava branch of the Dead Sea-Arava Science
Center, Hatzeva, Israel
2008 - 2010 Post-Doctoral research fellow, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.
2007 – 2008 Faculty member at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (AIES)
2002 - 2006 Teaching assistant at the Inter University institute for Marine Biology at Eilat, Israel
1998 - 1999 Education officer Tel Aviv University Botanical Gardens.
1996 - 1998 Education officer for the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA), Nahal Me'arot Reserve.
1994 - 1998 Education officer for the Israel Society for Nature Protection.
2002-2008 Ph.D. (Plant Sciences), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Thesis subject: Non intrusive techniques for monitoring the physiology of reefs – implications for reef monitoring.
1999-2000 Studying Environmental Law and Environmental Economics at the
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (AIES).
06-08/2000 Conservation Biology and Policy summer course at Duke Marine Lab, Duke University.
1998-2000 M.Sc. (Ecology and Environmental quality), Tel Aviv University,
Tel Aviv, Israel. Thesis subject: The use of pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry in coral photosynthesis research.
1994-1998 B.Sc. (Biology), Haifa University, Haifa, Israel.
Teacher’s certificate (sciences, high school), Haifa University, Haifa, Israel.
Dr. Yael Bar Lavan
Subject: Introduction to Plant Sciences – MSc in Plant Science.
Today - Lab manager, Dr. Roi Gazit lab, Faculty of Health Sciences
The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
1999-2008 R & D Arava agriculture center. Conducting research of phytopathology in the laboratory and in the field.
Actual trials and responsibility for the technicians participating in the study.
2014-present: Teaching- AICAT Study Center, Sapir (Central Arava) and Tel-Aviv University. Courses: Plant physiology, Seminar for M.Sc. students.
2010-2015: Teaching assistant and supervisor in Plant Science lab (Course for B.Sc. students). Ben Gurion University.
2013-2015: Teaching assistant in Genetic of Aging (Course for M.Sc. and PhD students). Ben Gurion University.
2010-2013: Teaching assistant in Plant Physiology (Course for B.Sc. students). Ben Gurion University.
2015 - Post Doc. - Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva- faculty of life science.
2010 – 2015 Ph.D. - Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva- faculty of life science.
Thesis title: Regulation of Cellular Protein Homeostasis in a Multicellular Organism
2000-2003 M.Sc. - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem- department Faculty of Agriculture: Advisor by Prof. Yaacov Katan and Dr. Stanley Freeman.
1994-1997 B.Sc. - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem-Faculty of Agriculture Biochemistry and Food Science
Program and Application Fee
- Total Tuition for Preparatory Semester: $850 including health insurance.
Students will cover $850
- Total tuition for the degree in the framework of this program is $15,000.
Students will pay $5,000, and a scholarship will be given to all students for the balance.
- Students' share of tuition will be paid throughout the program and before its completion.
- Students will be able to practice in farms (paid practicum) 3 days per week; the rest of the time will be devoted to studies.
- Flight tickets will br paid by the student
- Each student must have a laptop
- Student must pass medical checkup
Required fields are marked red
Consult the Team
AICAT Arava International Center for Agriculture Training
Tel +972-77-6449455 | Fax +972-6449058 | adc-aicat@arava.co.il | Sapir MP Arava 8682500
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Arava International Center for Agriculture Training
Tel +972-77-6449455 | Fax +972-77-6449058
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The Ayoreo of Paraguay and Bolivia
Name: Ayoreo
Living Area: Paraguay, Bolivia
Population: aprox. 3.500
Language: Ayoreo
The Ayoreo (Ayoreode, Ayoréo, Ayoréode) are a native ethnic group living on Gran Chaco, in an area among rivers Paraguay, Pilcomayo, Parapetí and Grande, stretching both in Bolivia and Paraguay. They speak the Ayoreo language, which is classified under Zamucoan, a small language family of Paraguay and Bolivia. Ayoreo combine hunter-gatherer lifestyle with farming, depending on the season of the year. There are records about a kind of shamanism (“nainai”, shaman).
Since 1969 many have been forced out of the forest, but some still avoid all contact with outsiders. Their first sustained contact with white people came in the 1940s and 1950s, when Mennonite farmers established colonies on their land. The Ayoreo resisted this invasion, and there were killings on both sides.
The Ayoreo live in small communities. They grow squashes, beans and melons in the sandy soil, and hunt in the forest. Large tortoises and wild pig are particularly prized, as is the abundant wild honey. In the forest four or five families will live together in a communal house. A central wooden pillar supports a dome-shaped structure of smaller branches, topped with dried mud. Each family will have its own hearth around the outside; people will only sleep inside if it rains.
The most important Ayoreo ritual was named after asojna, the nightjar: when the bird’s call was first heard it heralded the arrival of the rainy season, and a month of celebrations and festivities.
The Ayoreo who now live in settled communities live in individual family huts. Those who have lost their land now have little choice but to work as exploited labourers on the cattle ranches that have taken over much of their territory.
The evangelical New Tribes Mission has a base near their communities, and exerts a powerful influence on their daily lives. Under the missionaries, the asojna ritual—and many others—have been suppressed.
Well-known by: for being one of the last uncontacted tribes of South-America outside the Amazon.
There are several subgroups, for example Totobiegosode (‘people from the place of the wild pigs’) were isolated, but many of them have been eventually relocated forcibly, while some remnants still keep avoiding contact. Some groups still live uncontacted, being the only extant uncontacted tribes in South America not living in the Amazon.
In 2010, an expedition in search of new species of plants and insects, organised by the Natural History Museum in London, was suspended when concerns were raised that Ayoreo people might be encountered and disturbed.
© Text and images: Survival International
Etiquetas: Bolivia, Paraguay, Peoples, South America
The Bora of the Amazon forest
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The Carnival of Oruro
Masked festivals of Canton Bo
Wayang kulit shadow puppet
Indian chicken tikka masala
Ceddo
Man Ray and Africa Art
The Andean Cosmovision of the Kallawaya
The Kágaba of Colombia
Yakut ritual cup
Mexican huevos rancheros
Turumba
The Vedda of Sri Lanka
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Good #OSH is good for business — EU OSHA
October 9, 2015 David Mairal
Source: Good OSH is good for business — EU OSHA
In tough economic times, it’s important to remember that poor workplace safety and health costs money. What’s more, case studies show that good OSH management in a business is linked to improved performance and profitability.
Everyone from individual workers to national health systems loses out when OSH is neglected. But this means that everyone can benefit from better policies and practices. Countries with poor workplace safety and health systems use valuable resources dealing with avoidable injuries and illnesses. A strong national strategy leads to numerous benefits, such as:
Improved productivity through less sickness absence
Cutting healthcare costs
Keeping older workers in employment
Stimulating more efficient working methods and technologies
Reducing the number of people who have to cut their hours to care for a family member
Getting a clearer view
It’s vital that policy-makers understand the costs of poor or non-existent OSH. Some are obvious — lost working days and compensation payments, for example. Some, though, are harder to estimate, such as the cost of human suffering. The economic effects on society of workplace accidents and work-related injuries can be hidden, such as lower staff morale or lost clients and contracts.
Estimates vary — which is one reason why more research is needed — but typically, for most countries, the costs of accidents at work and occupational ill health range from 2.6% to 3.8% of GDP.
EU-OSHA wants policy-makers to have access to the most accurate figures possible. That’s why we have published a report comparing some of the most thorough methodologies estimating the costs of poor OSH to society. The report is the starting point for a large-scale project on estimating the costs of poor OSH across Europe.
The benefits for business
Not only does poor safety and health cost companies money, but good OSH pays dividends. Businesses with higher safety and health standards are more successful and more sustainable.
Studies estimate that for every euro invested in OSH, there is a return of 2.2 euros and that the cost–benefit ratio of improving safety and health is favourable.
The economic advantages of good OSH for businesses large and small are significant. To give just a few examples, good workplace safety and health:
Improves workers’ productivity
Cuts down on absenteeism
Reduces compensation payments
Meets the requirements of public and private sector contractors
Taking action could bring significant benefits to your business. Find out more about implementing improvements and managing risks here.
Across Europe, schemes have been put in place to reward organisations financially for having safe and healthy workplaces. These include:
Lower insurance premiums
State subsidies and grants
One example is the German butchery sector. Participating companies had their premiums reduced if they promoted safety, for example by buying safety knives or giving safety training to drivers.
The scheme resulted in:
1 000 fewer reportable accidents per year for the sector in Germany
A reduction in costs valued at 40 million euros in six years
A saving of 4.81 euros for every euro invested
For insurers, offering such schemes can help to reduce the number, severity and cost of claims. Find out more about economic incentives and how they can be introduced:
How to create economic incentives in occupational safety and health: a practical guide
Economic incentives to improve occupational safety and health: a review from the European perspective
OSHwiki economic incentives
news, safety and healtheconomy, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), management, Occupational Safety and Health, risk prevention
Tips for your home – EU Climate Action
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Collins Aerospace selected by US Army to provide critical expertise in the development of Future Vertical Lift Collins Aerospace selected by ...
Collins Aerospace selected by US Army to provide critical expertise in the development of Future Vertical Lift
The U.S. Army has selected Collins Aerospace Systems as one of three companies to serve as a Mission Systems Integrator (MSI) for the Joint Multi Role (JMR) Mission Systems Architecture Demonstration (MSAD) program. The JMR MSAD program will provide critical information to the Department of Defense to develop a strategy for Future Vertical Lift (FVL), which is expected to eventually replace every Army helicopter in the United States. Collins Aerospace is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
As an integrator on the program, Collins Aerospace will design and demonstrate the next generation of cyber-hardened mission system architecture, and Model Based Systems Engineering tools and processes needed to develop and integrate the avionics on FVL.
“Collins Aerospace has been a pioneer in open systems architecture for more than 30 years, such as CAAS avionics for the Army’s Special Operations fleet in 2001 and other pathfinder programs leading the way for OSA-based avionics upgrades on over 20 different aircraft types,” said Dave Schreck, vice president and general manager for Military Avionics and Helicopters at Collins Aerospace. “We know our history of innovation will be beneficial in reducing the overall lifecycle costs and risks associated with this next-generation fleet of vertical lift platforms.”
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Collins Aerospace will serve as an MSI on the program until its completion in December 2020.
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One Of Paris's Coolest Menswear Shops Lands Stateside
France and America have always had a special relationship. After all, our croissant-happy pals gave us Lady Liberty (thanks!). Now, Bloomingdales — the venerable 155-year-old American department store — is looking toward the City of Light for it's latest project, a partnership with the menswear boutique PHM Saints Peres.
Launching today at its 59th Street location in New York City, the Beverly Center store in Los Angeles, and (if you live in anywhere outside of the two metropolises) online, the shop-within-a-shop concept is all about bringing a taste of Paris' booming menswear scene to the states.
It all started over a year ago when Kevin Harter, VP of Fashion Direction, Men's & Home at Bloomingdales, stopped by his friend Pierre-Henri Mattout's recently-opened boutique. "I immediately fell in love," Harter says of the 480-square-foot shop in Paris' 7th arrondissement. "I wanna say it was that day, but soon after he came to me and said we should do something together."
"The entire concept at PHM Saints Peres is 'Paris meets New York'," Mattout offers."The overall idea is to create tomorrow’s basics, blending high fashion with performance and streetwear adds a little je ne sais quoi."
The result is an eclectic mix of brands — Commes des Garçons PLAY tees, patchwork pieces from Junya Watanabe, slim pants from Norse Projects, basics from Sunspel, Spalwart sneakers, Hender Scheme bags, and Mattout's own line — which span the menswear landscape in terms of style and point of origin.
"For me it was really important to make this as organic as possible," Harter says of the collaboration. And creating not only in-store spaces but an online home was a priority as well, to ensure the project has a wide reach. "With the retail landscape the way it is right now," Harter says, referring to the current see now, buy now phenomenon sweeping the fashion industry. It’s incredibly important—probably more important than it’s ever been—to surprise and delight for your customer."
Mattout had other reasons why a partnership like this makes sense: "I feel Parisians love the American attitude of wearing clothes casually while Americans have a respect for the French touch." Check out some standout pieces, below.
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2019 Canada Cup - Day 2
Surrey, BC - - 2019 Canada Cup - Day 2
- Canada Stays Perfect with a Pair of Wins at the 2019 Canada Cup; Juniors Drop Third Game
The following is a media release issued by Softball Canada.
Canada Stays Perfect with a Pair of Wins at the 2019 Canada Cup; Juniors Drop Third Game
Surrey, B.C. – The Canadian Women’s National Softball Team earned two shutout wins on Wednesday, defeating the Calahoo Erins 10-0 and New Zealand 12-0 to stay undefeated at the 2019 Canada Cup International Softball Championship.
In the first game against the Calahoo Erins, Team Canada got out to an early lead in the top of the first thanks to a Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, Sask.) single that plated Erika Polidori (Brantford, Ont.) and then an error allowed Kelsey Jenkins (Delta, B.C.) to reach and Emma Entzminger (Victoria, B.C.) to score from third. Jenkins pushed home the third run of the night for Canada as well, singling home Gilbert after she led off the third inning with a double to left.
Canada added three more runs in the fifth. Gilbert earned her second RBI of the night on a ground ball single to left that scored Entzminger. Gilbert scored on Jenkins’ single two batters later after being advanced to second on a single by Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, B.C.). The final run of the frame came thanks to a hit by pitch to Callum Pilgrim (Abbotsford, B.C.) with the bases loaded.
Canada added four runs in the seventh. Shianne Brannan (Chino, Calif.) started it off with her first home run as a member of the National Team, Polidori singled in the eighth run and Entzminger pushed a run in with a sacrifice fly before Salling singled to score Canada’s tenth run.
Box Score: Canada 10 vs. Calahoo Erins 0
Gilbert’s five hits on the night lead the way for Team Canada, and Jenkins was the top RBI getter in the game with three. In the circle, Jenna Caira (Toronto, Ont.) earned the win in her first start of the tournament, going the full seven innings in a two-hit shutout with eight strikeouts and no walks.
Game two was another dominant performance for Canada both offensively and defensively. Sara Groenewegen (Surrey, B.C.) got the start and fired a four-inning no-hitter while striking out three. The only baserunner of the night came on a first-inning walk.
The runs came early and often, starting in the first with five, all of which came with two outs. With Gilbert on second and Salling on first, Jenkins continued her hot hitting with a double that plated both. Two batters later a single by Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ont.) pushed home Jenkins to make it 3-0, and an error on a Natalie Wideman (Mississauga, Ont.) pop-up allowed two more runs to score.
Joey Lye (Toronto, Ont.) tagged up and scored on a Jenkins’ foul out in the second for run number six. Two more runs came home in the third thanks to a Leung single and an RBI ground out by Hayward.
Canada finished off the game in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Entzminger and a three-run home run from Leung, who finished the game three-for-three at the plate with two singles, a home run and five RBIs.
Box Score: Canada 12 vs. New Zealand Major Sox 0
Canada will look to stay undefeated against Chinese Taipei at 6:00pm PDT on Thursday night.
Canadian Juniors Shut Out by Mizuno Impulse
The Canadian Junior Women’s National Team fell to 0-3 after a 4-0 loss to Team Mizuno Impulse from Texas.
Mizuno Impulse scored their first run in the top of the first inning after managing to get three singles. Team Canada got a leadoff single by Kendra Falby (Tampa, Fla.) in the bottom of the first but she was called out for leaving the base early on a steal attempt. The red and white put two more runners on base with two outs on a single by Lauren Benson (Surrey, B.C.) and a walk, but a pop out left both runners stranded on base.
The pitching took over from there for Mizuno Impulse, as they sat Canada down in order in each of the next four innings. Falby singled again in the bottom of the sixth but was retired on a double play on a ground ball to third by the very next batter. Benson got a leadoff single in the bottom of the seventh, but a pair of strikeouts and a pop out ended the game. Mizuno Impulse added single runs in each of the third, fourth and fifth innings to pad its lead.
Box Score: Mizuno Impulse 4 vs. Canada Juniors 0
Katie Korstrom (Abbotsford, B.C.) got the start for Canada and allowed two runs on six hits and struck out two batters in two innings and a third. Alexis Lucyshyn (Calgary, Alta.) pitched four innings and two thirds of relief, also allowing two runs on three hits and struck out three. Falby and Benson each hit two singles to account for Canada’s four hits.
The Junior team will wrap up the preliminary round with a game against Puerto Rico at 8:30pm PDT on Thursday.
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Hear MEGHAN KABIR's Somber Take On MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'Live Wire'
Singer-songwriter Meghan Kabir has released her cover version of MÖTLEY CRÜE's "Live Wire".
Kabir's rendition of the track is heard in CRÜE's biopic "The Dirt" during a scene where Nikki Sixx is shooting heroin.
Kabir, credited as Shahnaz (her middle name), sang backup on "This Is Gonna Hurt", the second album from Nikki's SIXX:A.M. project. She's also collaborated on material for Kelly Clarkson, Cassadee Pope and Selena Gomez.
Says Meghan: ""Getting the opp to honor the rich legacy of Motley Crue & @nikkisixxpixx songwriting genius with 'Live Wire' while allowing me to create my own haunting take on the song and color the dramatic scene it takes place in, was truly so special. I think I'm most excited to represent women in this film as not just the performer on 'Live Wire' but as the sole musician and producer on this track. It's a pretty rare thing and does my heart a lot of good!"
"The Dirt" movie, which was helmed by "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" director Jeff Tremaine, was released on March 22 via Netflix.
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I Am Legend is actually at its best earlyon, while Will is solo and captured starkly against the breathtaking backdropof the vast, urban wasteland. Unfortunately, the second-rate special effectsleave a lot to be desired
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Written by Richard Matheson in 1954, I Am Legend was a harrowing tale of survival pitting the last human alive against the horde of bloodthirsty vampires who had taken control of Earth. The book’s hero, Robert Neville, relied on a combination of garlic, mirrors, stakes, sunlight and crosses to keep the cannibals at bay while he simultaneously tried to come up with a the scientific explanation for the plague which had turned everybody else into zombies.
The Last Man on Earth (1964), starring Vincent Price, was the first film adaptation of the apocalyptic best seller. That, in turn, was followed by The Omega Man(1971) with Charlton Heston and, more recently, by I Am Omega (2007), a straight-to-video rip-off released just last month.
Now, we have I Am Legend, a relatively-realistic, modern update of the original whichreflects present-day sensibilities by having its apocalyptic scenario result from a man-made virus. The picture is a Will Smith vehicle in the purest sense, given that he spends more than half of the movie on screen alone (ala Tom Hanks in Cast Away), unless you count the omnipresent Samantha, his trusty, tagalong German Shepherd.
Thus, the production represents a true test of Smith’s star power, as its fortunes are fated to rise or fall to the extent that he convinces his audience to invest emotionally in his lonely protagonist’s desperate plight as he perambulates the eerie exoskeleton of a depopulated Manhattan. The point of departure is 2009, which is when one Dr. Alice Crippen (Emma Thompson) announces the discovery of a cure for cancer to the world, not knowing that the vaccine also causes rabies.
Fast-forward three years, and we find New York in chaos. The healthy few are in the midst of being quickly evacuated, while all the infected folks are morphing into ghouls and being left behind. And although Lieutenant Colonel Robert Neville (Smith) has been given a clean bill of health, he gallantly opts to stay in the city to work on an antidote.
You see, he’s a virologist, and has a fully-equipped, state-of-the-art lab in the basement of his brownstone bordering Washington Square Park. So, after he tearfully bids his wife (Salli Richardson) and daughter (Willow Smith) adieu, he proceeds to divide his time between scientific research and blowing away the occasional nocturnal creature he encounters after dark.
Not surprisingly, Will Smith comes across as quite the macho charmer in his familiar role as the hero having to save the planet.
After all, he’s successfully played this sort of character plenty of times before, most notably in such CGI-driven spectaculars as Independence Day (1996), Men in Black (1997) and Men in Black II (2002). But who knows how a holiday season release of this summer-style blockbuster will be met?
I Am Legend is actually at its best early on, while Will is solo and captured starkly against the breathtaking backdrop of the vast, urban wasteland. Unfortunately, the second-rate special effects leave a lot to be desired, so the arrival of the cheesy monsters he has to wrestle with fails to measure up to the tension built in anticipation.
The movie has a couple of other annoying flaws, neither of which could be discussed without spoiling the fun. Suffice to say that the first involves the introduction of two new characters near the end, and the other revolves around the movie’s revised resolution which delivers a distinctly different message from that of the book.
Nonetheless, it’s got a great performance by Will Smith and just enough edge-of-your-seat entertainment to remain recommended, even if the cinematic house of cards collapses during the third act.
Good (2 stars). Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fiaction and mature themes. Running time: 100 minutes Studio: Warner Brothers
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I've played on a number of other adult chats, including IMVU, Second Life, and AChat, but the graphics and animations of 3DXChat are clearly higher quality than most MMORPGs out there and definitely better than all other MMOVSGs available. 3DXChat has the best combination of high-quality content for both social and adult scenarios, intuitive, elegant and user friendly style as well as a diverse community of open minded and adventurous players. What’s more, the community overall is very active, and a lot of players contribute their time and energy to organize social events that are a lot of fun for everyone who attends. It’s a highly complex, highly dynamic environment that can be intimidating at first, but if you just make an effort to get to know people, you’ll soon be having the time of your virtual life on 3DXChat.
This introduction video is at least a year old, but its all actual ingame footage and shows you how amazing the graphics in 3DXChat are! There are plenty new furniture and character customization options added since the video was recorded.
Straight sex, gay sex, lesbian sex, dick girls, group sex, 3DXChat has a big gender diversity and while lacking in the amount of poses compared to other MMOVSGs, id say, quality over quantity. The game designers are making sure that their content is absolute top notch and new updates rolling in every few weeks.
The Interface has recently changed and now offers you 10 different dances, 5 different idle poses, waving, sitting, lying down, running and walking an of course, plenty of high quality sex poses with more coming in frequently.
Getting around different locations and rooms happens by clicking on “Select Location” button and choosing your destination from five different public maps as well as a variety of different, shared user apartments.
Moving around in game is accomplished by clicking with your mouse. When you want to interfere with an object, just click it to open a simple menu. Mouse can also be used to free look, after pressing F5, you can look around freely with your mouse and basic wasd or arrow movement. It is also used to adjust the camera angle and zoom in/out.
Each of your three character has two apartments you can customize with the available furniture including stripping poles - with 4 different dances (for women), couches, tables, beds, lights plants, radio and even a functional TV that you can watch with!
Speaking of radio, every map has its own style of background music provided by SkyFM. For example, the Sin Club plays mostly rock music, and Love Island plays nice calm and romantic music.
3DXChat currency is XGold, which can be used to give other users virtual gifts, or should I say cards with a short message. XGold is gained by daily reward system providing you maximum of 300 XGold per day. It can also be used to purchase a beer, or to boost your shared apartment to the top of the list.
If you’re still wondering whether you should give 3DXChat a try or not, all I can tell you is that I’ve been enjoying this game for several hours a day during the past fourteen months, and even at the full-price, $19.95-a-month subscription rate, it still costs only about twenty cents per hour of gameplay. In fact, I just renewed with a one-year subscription, which means that 3DXchat will cost me less than 10 cents per hour of gameplay over the coming year. Seen in that light, I think it’s fair to say that you simply can’t afford not to play this high-quality, award-winning adult MMORPG.
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Laurell Hamilton's Anita Blake series is now nineteen books long and is still going strong, and the longer it gets, the harder I find it to write reviews because of what has become a tremendously complicated back story. So I'll try to keep it simple!
Anita Blake has come a long way from her early vampire-slaying days. She is now inextricably caught up a life that has few remaining connections with humans. Part of a supernatural triad with the smolderingly sexy vampire Jean-Claude and the handsome, charismatic werewolf Richard, Anita also has ties to other shapeshifter groups within St. Louis. The early novels in the series tended to focus more on separate murder cases, but as Anita's life has changed, and her necromancer powers have grown, the novels tend to focus more on the complex issues in her own life.
In the previous novel, she and her allies fought against - and subdued - a primeval force, the first-ever vampire known simply as the Mother of All Darkness. Turns out she isn't completely gone - and she's gunning for Anita using every underhanded trick in the book.
I enjoyed this one quite a bit, as I do most books in this series. Hamilton has created such a rich, dark world, full lush imagery, complicated characters and relationships, with a magical system that is consistent and makes sense. The later books in the series veer into erotica territory, and this one is no exception, but here the scenes were more integral to the actual plot than in some previous books. There were some other, non-sexual scenes that seemed to have little if anything to do with the plot, such as the dance recital, exhaustively described at the beginning of the book, and I was left wondering if seeds were being sown for future plot lines, or if perhaps some more vigorous editing might have improved matters. Still, I am always excited by a new chapter in Anita's saga, and this one was a page-turner once it got going, and there were some very interesting developments. I look forward to seeing where the next installment takes this fascinating supernatural saga.
Books in theAnita Blake series:
1. Guilty Pleasures
2. The Laughing Corpse
3. Circus of the Damned
4. The Lunatic Cafe
5. Bloody Bones
6. The Killing Dance
7. Burnt Offerings
8. Blue Moon
9. Obsidian Butterfly
10. Narcissus in Chains
11. Cerulean Sins
12. Incubus Dreams
13. Micah
14. Danse Macabre
15. The Harlequin
16. Blood Noir
17. Skin Trade
18. Flirt
19. Bullet
Bullet (#19 in the Anita Blake series) by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley Books, 2010)
Book Series Reviews: "In some places it is great writing, but overall it's just good. There are parts in the book that shouldn't have made the cut, and there are things that are talked about where we really should be given the details and not just kind of loosely told that it happened."
Reading with Tequila: "Bullet brings back everything we've been missing in the Anita Blake series. Lots of action, danger and plot progression here that will do much to woo back disenfranchised series fans disappointed by the erotica feel of many recent books"
Sidhe Vicious Reviews: "It seems to me that Ms. Hamilton has heard some of her fans and has taken it back a notch to be more like her 'old school' Anita Blake, though I found it to be a great mix of everything that makes Anita Blake and the rest of the darkly rich characters amazing."
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Early to Death, Early to Rise
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Title Smith-Speck von Sternburg
-exhibition catalogue: the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston (1946) 'Smith Collection of Paintings' Preston: Guardian Press.
-Herrmann, Frank (1967) 'Who was Solly? An answer in several parts provided by Frank Herrmann, Part 1', The Connoisseur, April 1967, Vol. 164, p229-234
-Herrmann, Frank (1967) 'Who was Solly? Part 2: the Collector and his Collection', The Connoisseur, May 1967, p12-18
-Herrmann, Frank (1967) 'Who was Solly? Part 3: the Italian pictures', The Connoisseur, July 1967, Vol 165, p153-161. Also includes a covering letter from Herrmann, dated 30 June 1967
-Herrmann, Frank (1968) 'Who was Solly? Part 5: the distribution of the Collection', The Connoisseur, September 1968, Vol. 169, p12-17
-'Descriptive catalogue of the Collection of Italian Pictures of the Rafaelle Period of the later Edward Solly', London: Richard & John E Taylor
-'A Descriptive catalogue of some paintings of the Rafaelle Period in the Collection of E.Solly, No.7 Curzon Street, May Fair', London: J.Davy
-family tree detailing the descendants of the 1st Baron Somers
-research note concerning the collection of Lady Henry Somerset
-page from an unidentified catalogue concerning pictures from the Soulages collection
-letter from Carol Forman Tabler, Consultant Curator for European Art, dated 25 June 1981, concerning pictures in the Parrish Museum, Southampton, New York State
-9 b&w photographs of pictures in the Parrish Museum, Southampton, New York State
-letter from Valentine Arbogast, Director, dated 13 November 1962, concerning pictures in the Parrish Museum, Southampton, New York State. Also includes 18 b&w plates featuring images from the Parrish collection
-letter from D.R. Bull, Professional Officer, South African National Gallery, dated 22 March 1976, concerning pictures in the collection. Also includes a summary descriptions the following pictures by Sir Joshua Reynolds: portrait of David Steward Erskine, Lord Cardross; portrait of Alexander, Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton; a Courtesan; 'Cupid'
-list of pictures in the collection of the Earl of Southesk at Kinniard Castle, photographed by the Courtauld in 1956 (8pp)
-Hendy, Philip (1931) 'The Collection of Mr John T Spaulding' Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, XXIX, December 1931, pp109-113
-Pope, Arthur, 'French Paintings in the Collection of John T Spaulding', pp97-128
-catalogue of pictures in the collection of the Speck von Sternburg family, Lutschena, (4pp) [in German]
Extent 1 file (1 exhibition catalogue; 6 journal articles; 3 catalogues; 1 family tree; 1 research note; 1 page from a catalogue; 3 letters; 4 summary descriptions; 1 list; 9 b&w photographs; 18 b&w plate illustrations)
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Mike Mac's Domination Machine
Oakland Raiders (4-8) at Green Bay Packers (10-2)
Lambeau Field - Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon in the booth. The always fantastic Ed Hochuli reffing the game.
KGB, Chuck Woodson and Brett Favre all return to the lineup.
There were some entertaining moments in the Packer's dominating win over the Raiders, here's what stood out to me.
Will Blackmon may just have a future in the league. His punt return for a TD (kinda) was terrifying and easy all at the same time. When the return man decides to catch the ball on the run in traffic I usually scream something that sounds like a little girl watching her favorite doll get eaten by a pitbull "nooooooooo." But a few moves later we had a TD (kinda) on the board. He also was involved in the tackle and fumble recovery of for a TD (for real) in the end zone. Blackmon may just be one of those guys who has "it."
Early in the game the Packers weren't finishing drives and Favre looked to be about 100 years old after taking a hit to the legs. The cold didn't look like much fun. Kevin Harlan basically pleaded for Rich Gannon to dissect his game, his injury, etc. Y'know, provide the QB's perspective sort of thing. Gannon either didn't understand that he should provide some analyis or just steadfastly refused. He eventually muttered something about Favre loving the cold. Harlan was clearly annoyed that he couldn't get a real answer. Even my dog was embarrassed for him. And my dog licks places on himself that pretty much forgo any possible shame you can put on a guy, so that tells ya something.
Jam Russell doesn't like the cold. They showed the Raider's QB of the future on the sidelines. Perhaps he was auditioning for the role of Snake Eyes in the new GI Joe movie or something. Completely bundled up with just a small slit for his eyes exposed to the elements. I know he wasn't playing but that wasn't a real positive sign.
This Packer team is legitimately good. We got 14 points from special teams (solid returns AND good coverage), scored 24 points on offense (and left 6-10 points on the field, easy) and didn't give up anything on D other than one drive where Jerry Porter had to be perfect to pull the ball away from Al Harris, who was covering him perfectly. This game could have easily been 44-3.
Ryan Grant can play. I know the Raiders have a terrible Run D, but 156 yards is 156 yards. It's nice to see us rolling up the running game as the weather turns craptacular. I've gone from worrying about him, to feeling surprised about him, to feeling really dang good about the guy in just 8 weeks. If he keeps this up I may have to show up for a vicious fanny slap on him like Favre gave Juice Coston after the Don Lee TD.
Speaking of the fanny slap, I know people hate the incredibly tired "Favre has fun out there" mantra but I'd be lying if I didn't rewind that on the Tivo and show the wife. She loves that sort of stuff. Personally I just find it entertaining when Juice Coston turns around, sees Brett with a goofy grin on his face and then starts laughing.
Nick Barnett's a stud. He doesn't seem to get much credit but the guy makes tackles all over the place. He rocked McCown's world repeatedly and made a number of tackles in the backfield to keep the Raiders down.
Most of all, it was nice to see a crappy team come to town and just KNOW that the Packers were going to win. The final score is just another reason to feel good. It wasn't close. It was never close. The Packers calmly stood on the Raiders throats until the whistle blew. This team looks damn good.
Posted by MF at 10:03 AM
Brent Schoonover said...
This was a game that had me smiling from ear to ear nealy the whole game. It's not crazy to think we have three more straight games coming that can be just like this.
from the sports guy:
During yet another John Madden fawning session over Hines Ward last Sunday, I got to wondering -- if Brett Favre somehow threw a touchdown pass to Hines Ward, would Madden have an orgasm on the air? If so, would he break it down for us? 'Boom, right there!'
MF said...
why is it brett favre's fault that lazy announcers have a mancrush on him? shouldn't you be mad at madden, not at favre?
Butch said...
How about those Eagles! Do you think the Panthers or Redskins have a shot at getting us home field?
All I want for Christmas: Carolina to beat Dallas on Saturday night, so we go into Sunday's game against Da Bears knowing if we win, the road to the Super Bowl goes through Lambeau.
Coach Carl said...
It's Bear Week !! Where's the excitement??
Whoops! Bears back on bottom.
What kind of city is it? Windy.
Hey Bears, you won your Super Bowl (sweeping the P...
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There was a kid running at the neighborhood pool the other day. The pool attendant asked him to walk — as pool attendants have done since pools existed. The boy’s dad — a big-chested, serious kind of guy — came over to the attendant and told him (I swear I’m not making this up), that as the child’s father, he’s the only one to tell his kid what to do, and that if the attendant has something to say, it should be directed at him, don’t talk to his kid; he’ll decide if his kid needs direction.
Life is amazing!
The attendant kept his cool (I would have rolled my eyes or worse) and replied — carefully — that it was his job to make sure that people follow the pool rules, and “no running” is pretty much the universal pool rule. The dad pushed back and added some aggressive posturing to intimidate the pool guy, saying that he didn’t see anything wrong with what his kid was doing, so, as far as he was concerned, the pool guy needs to back off. In summary: The kid was free to run at the pool because the dad said so, fuck the pool rules, (this is America!) nobody tells my kid what to do except me.
Uh, ok.
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
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There’s a weird sort of fear spreading amongst reasonable grownups. My sister’s family had some friends over. Or, maybe my sister’s family went over to their place. I don’t remember, doesn’t really matter. Anyway, one of the adults gave one of my sister’s kids some polite direction about sharing or something basic like that, you know, stuff people tell kids. Then the grownup realized the grave error in 21st century feedback rules concerning kids who aren’t yours, and apologized to my sister for shamefully overstepping. “Are you KIDDING?” my sister said. “I absolutely want you to tell my kids if they’re doing something you don’t think they should be doing! In fact, do more of it! They need to learn to hear things from people other than me.”
If I’m the only one who can tell my kids what to do, I’ve failed them in every possible way by making sure they have completely unrealistic expectations of the world. Also, I can’t ever die, because my kids won’t be able to take care of themselves. Following Big-Chested Dad at the Pool’s logic, a lifeguard can’t lifeguard, teachers can’t teach, coaches can’t coach and, later in life, managers can’t manage… you see where this is going, right?
Is cushiony perfection for our kids a new national obsession? We all know That Mom in the neighborhood, who is literally at the school every day, escalating everything to make sure her kid gets an A, is chosen for Student Council, or gets placed in the gifted program. Later, when her kid is in college, professors will hang up on her and laugh behind her back because she’ll call about something that’s none of her business.
All events are blessings given to us to learn from.
My middle schooler and his project partner failed to turn an assignment in on time, after many reminders of the deadline. The other kid’s mom (who I met once, briefly) came to my house and wouldn’t leave until I talked with her for nearly an hour about the Injustice. She was heartbroken for the disappointment her kid must be feeling at the failure, and wanted to fix it somehow. She left, but I think it was only because I told her I had no idea how to reverse the course of what happened and suggested she escalate to a school administrator if she believed the teacher could be convinced to reverse his decision. I haven’t heard back from her.
I don’t mean to brag, but my high schooler fails at quite a few things. None of them too epic, but there’s still time. We talked about it recently. I told him it’s my job to let him fail while he’s still at home with me, because he needs to learn how to lose his shit and then pick it up and move forward. That’s like the most major of life skills — in my experience, anyway — and I’ll be damned if any kid of mine is going to fall to pieces his first semester in college because I’m not there to fix life for him. You remember that person from your dorm days precisely because that person became an utterly forgettable shadow.
Map Out Your Day
Eat a Healthy Breakfast
Make Your Day Top Heavy
This is an open notice to people who know my kids: You can tell them what to do. It’s really, really OK. Tell them not to put their feet up on your coffee table. Tell them to stop running, not to play with that knife or not to touch your things. Actually, now that they’re older, you’ll likely be telling them not to eat all of your potato chips and beef jerky, and not to take that drink onto your freshly cleaned carpet. Whatever the rules are at your place, tell my kid to fall in. I have a selfish motive.
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Philadelphia Eagles vs Dallas Cowboys Rivalry: A High Profile NFL Rivalry
Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys Rivalry 2018
Eagles vs Cowboys Rivalry Rival History
The Philadelphia Eagles vs Dallas Cowboys Rivalry is one of the highest rated rivalry over the decades in NFL. When a Cowboys fan sees the word Eagle it strikes huge hatred and stirs up butterflies. There are many more NFL enmities but this one is the most intense and deeply rooted. It has lasted for three decades with intense battles and followers who despise each other. The Eagles first met with the Cowboys in the year 1960 September 30th at Cotton Bowl. And the Cowboys lost to the Eagles by 27-25.
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The two teams have met each other for as many as 166 time with 4 post season games.They have played together for over 58 seasons since 1960 to 2018. The two teams have never tied in any game. The Cowboys have won with 63 regular season and 3 postseasons with the Eagles following with 50 regular seasons and 1 postseason game. The Dallas Cowboys have remained at the forefront with a total of 2,491 points and the Philadelphia Eagles at second position with 2332 points.
The Eagles have met with the Cowboys on Monday Night Football 12 times where the Dallas Cowboys won 7 games. The two teams have also met on Sunday Night Football 10 times with the last meeting being in the year 2016 30th October. The two teams recently played on January 21st, 2017 in the Lincoln Financial field at Philadelphia where the Eagles emerged winners from the Cowboys with 27-13 scores. In this recent game for the first time since 2015 November Tony Romo played and threw passes to Terrance Williams.
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Reason For the Rivalry
The Philadelphia Eagles vs Dallas Cowboys Rivalry started in 1966 when the Eagles won the last term for 12 years.
In the year 1989 Buddy Ryan, Eagles coach, apparently placed 200 dollars on Luis Zendejas, cowboys kicker. But the accusations never proven to be true or false. In 1981 after 10 years of loosing the Eagles won because of a tie which was broken with the cowboys loosing. This heightened the rivalry as the Cowboys wanted their glory of winning back.
Exciting moments:
One of the most exciting games was the one in 1989 where cowboys kicker had a bounty placed on him by the Eagles coach. This game was then named “the Bounty Bowls”. Two weeks later a rematch took place in Philadelphia. the Cowboys were having a poor play that season and they lost to the Eagles. This heightened the rivalry as fans went wild in the field. In this games fans threw snowballs and beer at Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson who called the fans thugs. The fans keep fighting each other. In 2015 a released video showed a Cowboys fan, cops arrested Jorge Castillo for injuring his alleged eagles fan brother, Ignacio Castillo.
The rivalry is still on up to date and the fans keep looking forward to more exiting games of the 2017 season.
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Micron PCM (Phase Change Memory) for Mobile Devices
7/18/2012 06:48:00 PM dannzfay No comments
Micron announced today the availability of the world’s first mobile phase change memory in a dual-chip/multi-chip package for mobile devices. There is a lot to say about PCM memory, but the shortest definition is that it is a flash memory replacement with very high write speeds and great durability.
Like we just said, phase change memory (PCM) is a direct competitor to flash storage technology, but it can also act like a RAM chip. There was a lot of research done in this field and slowly, but surely, companies involved in PCM research gave up on using it as a RAM alternative and concentrated on building a viable storage alternative. The two main advantages PCM has over NAND is the fact that write speeds are greatly increased, while the endurance is many times higher. Most SSDs using 25nm NAND have a rated durability of 3,000 or 5,000 program/erase (P/E) cycles, which translates in a lifetime of 5 to 10 years of daily usage. A storage device using PCM technology is rated at more than 100,000 P/E cycles, thus making it at least 20 times more durable than today’s NAND, and durability is currently the most pressing issue in SSD industry.
PCM technology and any kind of memristor that uses the phase change concept is based on the amorphous and crystalline states of chalcogenide. The amorphous state is a high-resistance state where the material doesn’t allow the current to pass signaling a binary “0” and the crystalline state is a low-resistance state signaling a binary “1.” The technology is times slower than today’s SRAM, but it is many times faster than NAND when writing, while the read speed is competitive. Add the increased durability and you have a strong NAND flash technological competitor. If PCM will manage to successfully compete against NAND on price it still remains to be seen. Instead of launching a high-capacity PCM device like Samsung’s 8 Gb PCM chip in 20nm technology launched last year, Micron is offering a multi-chip package containing 1 Gb for software and operating system storage and 512 Mbit LPDDR2 high-speed memory.
Micron PCM Marketing Shot
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Windows Phone 8 to Pack Mass Storage Features
One of the great new features that Windows Phone 8 might bring along is rumored to be support for mass storage.
Through this capability, users will be able to connect their handset to their PC without the need to install the Zune software to be able to access files on the mobile phones. Other smartphone operating systems already feature the capability, enabling users to easily move files back and forth between phones and computers. According to WPDang, Windows Phone 8 will come with this feature as well, in addition to offering support for removable microSD memory cards.
This might also change users’ ability to install applications coming from unofficial sources, rumor has it. However, with Microsoft promising over-the-air updates for Windows Phone 8, the need for Zune is much lower, and the manner in which devices connect to PCs might indeed be changed.
Images credits to Microsoft
Raspbian OS for Raspberry Pi
We've written about the raspberry Pi with pretty much every occasion we got, so we're obviously not going to skip on such a relevant occurrence as the appearance of a new OS for it.
Based on the Debian, the Raspbian operating system is optimized specifically for the $35 / €28.60 device. The main asset is the faster web browsing, courtesy of improved floating point operation processing, but the applications, kernel and firmware will be upgraded as well.
Go here to see where and how to download the file (it is an SD card image, to make everything nice and easy). Other operating systems are available as well, based on a Linux core. If you don't have one of the Raspberry Pi credit card-sized PCs yet, you can finally get as many as you want.
Image credits to Raspberry Pi Foundation
Office 2013 Features To Arrive on Windows Phone 8
On Monday, Microsoft unveiled to the world its brand new Office 2013 productivity suite, set to become commercially available sometime in the beginning of the next year.
The application brings along a brand new user interface, along with various features based on cloud connectivity, and new social capabilities. Designed for use on desktop PCs, as well as on tablets running under the new Windows 8 platform, the application will arrive on Windows Phone 8 handsets as well, though in a completely different form. In a recent blog post explaining some of the main cloud features of Office 2013, Microsoft also noted that some of these capabilities would be delivered to Windows Phones as well. One thing that is certain at the moment is that Office 2013 will be connected across devices, so that users could easily access documents wherever they might go.
For example, Word and PowerPoint will remember where you were with reading a document, and will enable you to return exactly to that page. This feature will be available on all devices where one user has Office installed, including handsets that are powered by Windows Phone 8. “For example, Word and PowerPoint make it easy to get right back into your work by remembering where you left off in each document or presentation,” John Jendrezak, group program manager in Office, explains. “So, if you didn’t have time to finish reviewing an important document before you had to leave work, Word will remember what paragraph you were last reading/editing when you open that document on another machine.”
John Jendrezak also notes that “these features extend to your mobile device as well. For example, your Windows Phone will show your recent files for one-touch access while you are on the go.” Microsoft did not offer further details on what office will include on Windows Phone 8 devices, and even used a Windows Phone 7.5 handset to demo some of the features in the new application, WMPoweruser reports. Chances are that existing users will get a taste of these enhancements as well on their smartphones as soon as Windows Phone 7.8 arrives, though this is only a supposition for the time being.
Office 2013 on Windows Phone
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ColorFire Eyefinity XStorm Radeon HD 7850 Pro X6 Video Card
7/18/2012 12:22:00 AM dannzfay No comments
We met ColorFire’s first cards here and here and we were quite impressed with Colorful’s new brand. Today, the company has yet another high-quality product that features AMD’s Eyefinity technology in its most complete implementation.
The new card is called Colorfire XStorm 7850 X6 Eyefinity Pro and is based on AMD’s Radeon HD 7850 design. Radeon HD 7850 is AMD’s product name for the 800 Mhz version of the “Pitcairn” GPU. Pitcairn comes with 1,280 shaders and 80 texture units all using GDDR 5 memory running at 4800 MHZ effective speed. ColorFire has decided to outfit its new card with six mini DisplayPort connectors that can connect to HDMI, DVI or D-SUB slots using the proper adapters, as Overclockers.ua report.
The card features 2 GB of GDDR5 memory and the GPU is slightly overclocked to 860 MHz. The 92mm fan cools a heatsink containing two copper heatpipes. The whole thing is priced around $300, which is about €246 for the European multi display enthusiast.
Colorfire XStorm AMD Radeon 7850 X6 Eyefinity Pro
Images credits to overclockers.ua
AMD Piledriver FX Quad Core Processors
As we’ve just reported here, AMD is rushing to clean up after the Bulldozer mess and most processors based on this architecture will EOL in December 2012. The Bulldozer based FX models will be replaced with Vishera parts based on the enhanced Piledriver architecture.
We’ve already reported here about the 8-core FX 8350 Piledriver processor and we’ve confirmed it here, but now it’s time for our readers to meet AMD’s new quad core lineup. The new processors are FX 4300, FX 4320 and FX 4350. The former will be the slower quad core Vishera part at launch and will work at 3800 MHz and the Turbo boost will be able to clock it at a full 4 GHz. It comes with a total 8 MB of cache and sports a 95 watts TDP. The middle quad core Vishera brother is the FX 4230 that is clocked at 4 GHz but will reach 4200 Mhz when Turbo is applied and sports the same amount of cache like the FX 4300 and the same TDP. The fastest Vishera quad core processor launched this winter will be AMD’s FX 4350 and this CPU will reach 4300 MHz on Turbo although the default frequency is “only” 4.2 GHz, as Fudzilla report.
AMD’s FX 4350 will come with a 50% larger total cache when compared with the rest of the 4300 line. Featuring 12 MB total cache, the FX 4350 will not consume more than the 95 watts just like the rest of the 4300 brothers. It’s quite ironic that AMD is the company that frequently launches CPUs faster than 4000 MHz despite the fact that Intel was the one bragging about its low performance “10 GHz” Pentium 4 architecture for more than 7 years, if we take into consideration the 1999 Pentium 4 hype.
AMD's FX 8150 Processor
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Expo2004 offers guided tours
By Chris Williams. Published: 5th Mar 2004, 07:33:44 | Permalink | Printable
The show can wait
The Big Ben Club are currently busy organising the Expo2004 show, to be held this June in Utrecht, Holland. While many RISC OS users from the European mainland and the UK will hopefully flock to the event, the Big Ben Club have thoughtfully planned ahead for those people who will also be travelling to the area and would prefer to experience Utrecht's rich architecture and culture, rather than another conference hall full of excitable RISC OS users. Seen one Iyonix, seen them all, surely?
The Club are willing to provide a guided tour of the city during the morning of the show day, provided there's sufficient demand, with the tour guide being a local resident who was born in Utrecht and therefore knows the place inside out.
"The tour offer is a new element at the Expo so it's a try out. It should not be too much of a worry for me, organising the Expo itself is just enough," joked event organiser Aad Bezemer.
"I noticed last year several [RISC OS users'] partners were going into town by themselves and that gave me this idea. So it is just for partners and family who have seen enough shows, but would like to see something from Holland. With this year's experience, we will see what will happen next year."
Utrecht is known for its architecture, canals and the Dom tower. There's also an old monastery, footie club and university. One review describes the city as "one of the fastest growing cities in Europe but still retains an oasis of tranquility compared to Amsterdam which is only half an hour's train ride away."
The Expo2004's exhibitor list includes the usual faces: Castle, RISCOS Ltd., Desk, X-Ample, Aemulor and CinoDVD team, Archive, MW Software plus Ray "Dr. Wimp" Favre.
Big Ben Club website - contact Aad if you want the guided tour
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Maybe there should be 2 completely different tours - the 'Select' tour as the '5' tour - ignoring each other, going off in opposite directions and doing their own thing. Each group will visit only half the interesting sites but both tours will be at exactly the same time so you can't do both...
markee174 on 5/3/04 12:17PM
Satire!
monkeyson on 5/3/04 12:35PM
Indeed. Althought its probably too absurd to happen in real life.
I don't know why you lot are complaining. Windows has split (ie the '95/98 and the NT streams). Unix split early on and is now posively fragmented. RISC OS is surely only following the example of those other more widely used OSs.
mrtd on 5/3/04 1:26PM
Is there a connection between the slow but very reliable en almost indestructible sea-scout-boats (lelyvlet) in the picture and RISC OS? :fish:
egel on 5/3/04 1:39PM
In reply to markee174:
Sorry, there must be three tours - 'Select' tour, '5' tour and, of course, the 'OMEGA' tour! OMEGA has a nice architecture but Utrecht's architecture exists and can be explored by everybody.
Gollum on 5/3/04 4:22PM
Sorry, there must be three tours - the 'Select' tour, the '5' tour and, of course, the OMEGA tour.
I thought about the Microdigital tour, but I'm not sure if they know what they are doing yet. Probably wandering aimlessly around lost in the suburbs
markee174 on 5/3/04 4:48PM
Castle will be doing a mystery tour - it promises to be very good but no details will be released before the day!
Of course Omega users would take the Select tour.
JGZimmerle on 5/3/04 7:05PM
Omega and Amsterdam? It all makes sense now, the network drivers have been pulled into a black hole
mavhc on 5/3/04 7:39PM
In reply to mavhc:
Don't worry! The drivers come back, slightly transformed! Hawking's radiation of black holes, you know?
The Acorn plc tour has been cancelled due to them selling off the coach at short notice - turns out the engine was worth more on its own...
markee174 Announcing the MD 'Omega Overvecht Stroll'. If you are lucky and get aimless enough you will hopefully come across the Rooi Brug (our local red light district which should at least occupied until you can work out where you go from there.
gollum Isn't the Omega architecture rather more like the Leidse Rijn? New but no great advance on anything built in the last 10 years in Almere?
JGZ The Select tour will involve visiting a number of major junctions in the Utrecht to show the benefits of their restructuring, with their nice new rounded courners, coloured street signs and cool new rubbish bins
blahsnr on 5/3/04 9:22PM
JGZ
The Select tour guide will spend hours telling you about how they have rebuilt the coach chassis 'under the hood' so that it now looks much more shiny.
A printed tour guide has just been announced covering all excursion options in depth. It promises to be much better than any tour guide you may have used previously, and guarentees you won't get lost.
martin on 7/3/04 8:45AM
Better handling for multiple websites in web management tool
SiteMatch 2.37, which compares copies of web pages on your computer and those online and uploads any changes, can now process many sites - handy if you've forgotten the last website you updated.
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This year’s wildfires justifiably have received much attention for their devastation on property, natural resources and human lives. One of the many story lines is the role that drone aircraft could play — both for the good and not so good.
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Most of his attention has focused on privacy issues at the state level. One of his efforts in the most recent legislative session, HB 1639, would have required law enforcement and other agencies to get approval from the appropriate state or local government before purchasing a drone or any other “extraordinary sensing device,” in legislative speak. That proposal passed both houses but fell victim to disagreements on other bills and didn’t make it out of a Senate conference committee.
Taylor says his privacy proposals have wide bipartisan support, and he will try again. Meanwhile, he is also aware of the need to enable firefighters to use available technology in line with privacy and constitutional concerns.
The federal government, especially the Federal Aviation Administration, has focused more on keeping drones out of airspace for aircraft. The states, meanwhile, “are all over the board,” in Taylor’s words, when it comes to regulation.
Drones also have utility in search-and-rescue operations and in police reconnaissance. Our nation’s system of checks and balances can be used to address constitutional concerns. One example is a Taylor bill that involves the courts when agencies seek to use a cell site simulator, which law enforcement can use to impersonate a wireless service provider’s cell tower. That measure, HB 1440, cruised through the Legislature this year and has been signed into law.
Drone use by individuals may take awhile to figure out. But there should be repercussions if individual drones interfere with firefighters, police officers and others who are tasked with protecting public safety.
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