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By Martin Enserink
There’s little doubt what Erica Ollmann Saphire would do if she had Ebola or knew she had been exposed. The x-ray crystallographer at the Scripps Re- search Institute in San Diego, Califor- nia, is leading an international effort to develop a potent mix of monoclonal antibodies against the virus, some of which have already shown promise in animals. Knowing the staggering case fatality rate of this hemorrhagic fever, Ollmann Saphire says she would take the antibodies—never mind that they haven’t been tested for safety. “Believe me, I’d run for the freezer and ask for forgiveness instead of permission,” she says.
Many Ebola researchers say they, too, would eagerly try the antibodies—or one of the promising candidate drugs, or an experimental Ebola vaccine. And they would love for people in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia to have access to experimental therapies as well, as the death toll from the largest Ebola outbreak on record climbs past 600.
But it’s not going to happen.
As the outbreak in West Af-
rica worsened, debates intensified
among scientists, government offi-
cials, and company executives about
bringing some of these unapproved products
to Africa on a so-called compassionate use
basis—after all, “something is better than
nothing,” Ollman Saphire says. “I have been
on at least half a dozen conference calls
about this,” says Lisa Hensley, an expert in
hemorrhagic fever viruses at the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
(NIAID) in Frederick, Maryland.
But the organizations fighting Ebola on
the ground say they simply can’t bring an
untested, unlicensed drug to a population
that’s already distrustful of the teams try-
ing to stamp out the outbreak. “Some peo-
ple are throwing stones at us,” says Armand
Sprecher, a public health specialist at the
Brussels office of Doctors Without Borders.
“There are rumors that we are spreading
disease, harvesting organs, and other hor-
rible things. Bringing in unlicensed things to
experiment on people could be very counter-
productive.” A representative for the World
Health Organization (WHO) adds that using
vaccines now “would not be ethical, feasible,
or wise.”
Longtime Ebola researchers say they ac-
cept that decision, but they’re frustrated.
“It’s very, very disappointing,” says Heinz Feldmann of NIAID’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana, who has helped develop a promising vaccine candidate. But Feldmann hopes the tragedy will at least help unclog the product pipeline.
With 1048 reported cases and 632 deaths since March—a 60% fatality rate—the West African outbreak shows no signs of tapering off. People in the affected countries are more mobile than in the central African regions struck by Ebola in the past, Sprecher says, giving the virus more options to spread. What’s familiar are the cultural problems in battling Ebola. The measures that will contain the virus—strictly isolating patients, tracing and monitoring their contacts, and burying the dead quickly and safely—are often difficult for the local population to accept.
Despite the media’s fascination with Ebola, the disease is exceedingly rare, which has slowed the development of countermeasures. Before the current one, all known outbreaks had caused fewer than
2400 cases, across a dozen African countries over 3 decades. Add the poverty of those countries, and the market for drugs and vaccines looks unpromising.
(Complicating matters, Ebola-Zaire, now raging in West Africa, is just the most common of five Ebola species; each needs its own countermeasures.) Most research has been funded by the U.S. government in response to worries about biowarfare and bioterrorism.
But that support hasn’t been enough to bring a single product to the market. Feldmann’s vaccine, for instance, consists of a livestock pathogen called vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) in which one gene has been replaced with that for Ebola’s surface glycoprotein. It gives rhesus macaques full protection against Ebola-Zaire and saved four out of eight animals when sciencemag.org SCIENCE
P H O TO : ST R I N G E R / R E U TE RS/C O R B I S
Ebola drugs still stuck in lab
Experts discussed—and rejected—bringing experimental vaccines and therapies to West Africa
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A selection of Ebola vaccines and drugs in development. Only TKM-Ebola has entered a phase I trial, which was halted by FDA.
VACCINES DRUGS DEVELOPERS
VSV-based vaccines Profectus BioSciences; Public Health Agency of Canada
Adenovirus-based At least three different
vaccines labs/companies
TKM-Ebola (RNAi-based) Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Nucleoside analog U.S. Army Medical Research
Institute of Infectious Diseases
Monoclonal antibodies Many labs/companies
AVI-7537 (antisense-based) Sarepta Therapeutics
Health workers carry the body of an Ebola virus victim in Kenema, Sierra Leone, on 25 June 2014.
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Solana Beach Mixed-Use Project Planned After $5.5 Million Land Purchase
By Lou Hirsh
Project planned for 330 S. Cedros Ave. -- Rendering courtesy of RAF Pacifica Group
RAF Pacifica Group of Encinitas has acquired a commercial land parcel in Solana Beach for $5.5 million, with plans for a $21 million mixed-use development.
A company statement said the developer purchased a 40,000-square-foot entitled land parcel at 330 S. Cedros Ave., which previously housed Cedros Gardens. The parcel, within the city’s Cedros Design District, was acquired from an undisclosed private owner.
Plans call for a 26,000-square-foot mixed-use project that will include high-end restaurants, ground-floor retail, office and multifamily elements. The project is expected to break ground this year, with an estimated completion in 2018.
RAF Pacifica Group will be working with Sean MacLeod, a Solana Beach-based developer who originally secured entitlements for the parcel.
Led by Principal Adam Robinson, RAF Pacifica Group has more than 1 million square feet of ground-up development in the pipeline, including the $30 million vec•tor industrial and office project under construction in Carlsbad.
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RAF Cashes Out of Industrial With $170M Portfolio Sale
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Home › AoIR Conference Panels 2014
PROPOSAL FOR INTER-LOCKING
FISHBOWL/ROUNDTABLE/PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
ASSOCIATION OF INTERNET RESEARCHER’S CONFERENCE
DAEGU, KOREA 2014
Studying Selfies: Issues, Methods, Pedagogy
For Internet scholars, the “selfie phenomenon” represents a paradox. As objects, selfies (photos taken by oneself, usually with a phone, and often circulated in social networks) tend to incur cultural scorn and shaming. Yet as a cultural practice, selfie circulation grows by the moment, moving far beyond the clichéd province of bored teenagers. Popular notions of about what selfies are—and what they ought to mean—often take conflicting and contradictory forms. These include, but are not limited to, the notion of selfie as discourse (e.g. as an expression of narcissism, amateurism, self determination); selfie as evidence (of intimacy, authenticity, surveillance); selfie as affect (producing laughter, shock, shame, etc.); and/or selfie as a site of ethics (of production, consumption, circulation, remixing, etc.)
The rapid spread of camera-enabled mobile phones worldwide means that selfies have become a global phenomenon. Yet dominant discourses about selfies tend to be extremely U.S. focused. This October, we propose to gather a group of emerging scholars, published researchers, and teacher/activists interested in a robust consideration of “selfie expression,” as it occurs globally. We propose to use the format of Fishbowl, Roundtable and Pre-Conference Workshop, as follows:
FISHBOWL: BORDERS OF THE SELFIE
As we recently discovered in our 300 strong online Selfie Research Network, most academics studying selfies are doing so in isolation, largely unaware of research going on elsewhere. This Fishbowl is being proposed by an international group of doctoral candidates largely new to AoIR. Our object will be to gather information about peoples’ experiences taking, sharing and researching selfies among different populations of the world. Keeping with the conference theme of boundaries and their traversals, we plan on asking participants to share a three-minute “snippet” of their research, focusing on questions like: What sorts of locations, populations, or other borders does your selfie research cross? Where do feel yourself involved in ‘boundary work’ with selfies, vis a vis issues of theoretical framing, or ethical concerns?
Proposers: Gaby David (Uruguay and France); Crystal Abadin (Malaysia and Australia): Miao Feng (China and USA); Fatima Aziz (Pakistan and France); Kate Miltner (USA)
ROUNDTABLE: WHAT DOES THE SELFIE SAY?
How do selfies “speak“ as cultural objects, and what methods might we develop to better understand what is being said? At the moment, this answer appears to differ depending the academic boundaries of the fields in which one is trained, e.g. philosophy, psychology, rhetoric, art history, media studies, communications history, anthropology, computational sciences, cultural geography, and/or critical race and gender studies. Where our Fishbowl is intended to demonstrate the breadth of selfie research around the world, our roundtable works to foster deeper and more developed discussions of research methodology that deliberately traverse disciplinary boundaries. We will begin by featuring five international scholars known for mixing methods in their work, who will speak for approximately five minutes each about how they’ve conducted research into selfies using performance, spatial, narrative, and/or visual analysis, through critical theories of femininity and masculinity, via technological history, or by way of ethnography or phenomenology. We then will open the floor, inviting methods questions in particular.
Proposers: Dr. Marion Walton (SOUTH AFRICA); Dr. Elizabeth Losh (USA); Dr. Yeon Ju Oh (SINGAPORE) ; Dr. Clifton Evers (CHINA); Katrin Tiidenberg (ESTONIA)
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: SHOW US YOUR SELFIES
Where our Fishbowl and Roundtable are designed for researchers, our Pre-Conference Workshop is aimed at researchers who are currently using or would like to use selfies in their teaching practice. As an emblematic part of the social media’s increased ‘visual turn’, selfies provide opportunities for scholars to develop best practices interpreting images online in rigorous ways. We believe case studies of selfie production, consumption, deletion, circulation and abstention can also provide much needed insight into the social dynamics at play on popular social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, WeChat and Tumblr.
The workshop has two phases: a three week online session running from September 29 to October 19, followed by a three hour f2f session in Bangkok. In the online session participants will work practically with selfies by creating, sharing and discussing self-reflexive images and texts according to set weekly assignments. In the Bangkok session, we will discuss and analyse the practical work done in the online session, and share and discuss alternative assignments and pedagogical approaches to selfies. The online session will be open to all, and we also plan to open up the Bangkok session to scholars who cannot attend the conference in person by streaming video and keeping an open discussion space.
During the workshop, we will discuss the most effective ways to get students to think critically about selfies in the following contexts:
Selfie as an act of production. Why does selfie-making seem to lend itself to discussions featuring words like “narcissistic”, “empowering,” “disempowering,” and so forth?
Selfie as a media genre. What is the selfie’s relationship to documentary, autobiography, advertising, and celebrity?
Selfie as cultural signifier: what social work does a selfie do in communities where it was intended to circulate, and what happens when it circulates beyond those communities?
Selfie as a scene of human-computer interaction. How does the technical apparatus serve as an actor in networked relations? What do we learn about how users appropriate, improvise, and attempt to negotiate with devices?
NOTE: In order to facilitate increased connections, we plan to video our proceedings. Our plan at the moment is to have participants hold identifying cards with their email address or Twitter handles so they can be contacted by others working on similar issues in Bangkok, and beyond.
Proposers:
Dr. Theresa Senft (USA); Dr. Jill Walker (NORWAY); Dr. Radhika Gajjala (USA); Dr. Kath Albury (AUSTRALIA); Dr. Alice Marwick (USA)
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Foodie in Paradise: San Francisco Edition
In Community, farmer's market, San FranciscoTags al's place, anchor oyster bar, best restaurants, bon appetit, boudin bakery, Castro, farmers market, food, foodie, james beard, michelin star, Mission Bay, North Beach, rintaro, San Francisco, sotto mare, state bird provisions, tadich grill, zuni cafe August 19, 2015 4 Views Meredith Martin
San Francisco is — without doubt — a foodie mecca. From Michelin starred and James Beard Award-winning restaurants to plentiful farmers’ markets, the city’s thriving food scene as we know it today has been a long time in the making. In fact, the oldest restaurant in San Francisco (and all of California!), Tadich Grill, opened in 1849 and is still going strong as a local favorite. Tip: If you plan to visit for dinner, expect a wait and enjoy the full bar until your table is ready. Boudin Bakery, opened the same year, struck culinary gold with its famous sourdough now synonymous with San Francisco. (The 10 Oldest Businesses in San Francisco)
If sourdough isn’t your thing, there are plenty of other San Francisco originals to experience. Cioppino has its roots in the early days of the city when Genovese fishermen would create this hodgepodge stew with leftover fish and shellfish at the end of the day. Tadich Grill is said to be the first restaurant to offer the dish and makes some of the best cioppino around. (Sotto Mare in North Beach and Anchor Oyster Bar in the Castro makes good ones, too!) Moving from surf to turf, the roasted chicken for two — cooked for an hour in a brick oven — at the celebrated Zuni Cafe is legendary. Other San Francisco originals include the famous Mission-style burrito and local Dungeness crab. And you can wash it all down with an Irish Coffee, poured at Buena Vista since 1952… or an Anchor Steam to celebrate Drink Steam Week!
Why not venture out to one of the city’s more than two dozen farmers’ markets (full list) and cook up an original of your own? The Ferry Building Farmers’ Market is renowned throughout the country, visited by 25,000 shoppers each week, including some of San Francisco’s best known chefs and most famous farmers. Starting select Sundays this September, look for new pop-up markets in the city’s Mission Bay neighborhood at The Yard at Mission Rock. With fresh produce in hand, you don’t have to look far for culinary inspiration– Check out these recipes from our very own AL’s Place and Rintaro, just named to Bon Appétit‘s Top 10 Best New Restaurants in America.
Home cooking? How about some hometown favorites? One of the many great examples of diversity in this city of transplants is the availability of iconic food from around the United States (and world!). Whether you’re craving a Philadelphia-style cheesesteak, NoLa-style po-boys, or Baja-style fish tacos, you can find them right here in San Francisco. With a generous 4.44 restaurants or grocery stores per 1,000 residents (the highest in the country), there’s something for all paletes here.
My current favorite San Francisco treat is a relative newcomer: State Bird Provisions. Four years, two James Beard Awards and a Michelin Star since SBP opened, there’s a line out its door every night of the week. Reservations are made 60 days in advance, and your best chance at getting in for the 5:30pm first seating is to arrive at least an hour early to hold your place. Believe me, it’s worth it! Tip: If you’re a party of one or two, try for a seat at the chef’s counter to enjoy first pick at all the delectable small plates.
Meredith Martin is a Broker Associate at Paragon Real Estate Group and can be reached at Meredith@OpeningDoors.me
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Stackyard News Aug 09
Sunny Hill Eggs & Soldiers
Eggs are synonymous with soldiers and in an unusual twist on the traditional coconut shy, Belford based Sunny Hill Eggs will be putting their eggs to good use at the Glendale Show raising funds for the Help for Heroes charity.
Visitors will be invited to knock cartoon chickens off their perches with mini rugby balls.
The 15,000 visitors, expected to pass through the turnstiles on August 31st will be invited to knock cartoon chickens off their perches with mini rugby balls - just like the ones Sunny Hill chickens play with on a daily basis. All proceeds raised will go to help service personnel wounded in current military conflicts including Afghanistan and Iraq.
Run by sisters Christine Jackson and Catherine Armstrong, Sunny Hill were keen to raise funds for Help for Heroes given the North East's strong links with the armed forces. Christine said, "Like everyone we watch the news and see many of our young service personnel returning home severely wounded.
We came up with this idea to help raise funds and we hope that as many people as possible will stop and have a go on August 31st." The Glendale Agricultural Society who organise the show were only too happy to help out and find them space at the event. The Sunny Hill "chicken shy" will be situated on the Wooler Showfield, it will be £1 a turn and all the money raised will go directly to the charity.
Show Secretary Rachael Smith said "We think the chicken shy is a great idea. The Glendale Show is all about fostering a sense of community and we hope that this will raise a lot of money for this very worthwhile cause as well as being a lot of fun for visitors."
Help for Heroes is the brainchild of author and illustrator Bryn Parry, a former Green Jacket and his wife Emma who wanted to raise funds for members of the armed forces wounded in current conflicts. Improved medical services on the front line mean more service personnel return home but then face a long battle of recovery and readjustment. Help for Heroes works with soldiers and other servicemen and women both directly and through other service charities and has the blessing of the head of the army, Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt.
Sunny Hill Eggs is now the largest producer of free range eggs in the North East. From its headquarters in Belford, its 57,000 chickens produce some 1.5 million eggs a year. All the hens nest in state of the art sheds and are free to roam in their fields overlooking Holy Island. Sunny Hill believe these traditional methods result in better quality eggs. And visitors will be able to find out for themselves as anyone skilled enough to knock a chicken off its perch will win half a dozen freshly laid eggs and other goodies.
The Glendale Show takes place on Bank Holiday Monday, August 31st from 9.00am to 17.30pm at the Wooler Showfield in Northumberland. The show includes equine and livestock classes, main ring entertainments, food, craft and horticultural marquees and over 200 trade stands.
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Another inmate involved in Delaware prison riot has died
November 23, 2018 — 5:40am
WILMINGTON, Del. — The Delaware Department of Correction says another inmate involved in a fatal prison riot last year has died.
The News Journal of Wilmington reports an agency statement that says 30-year-old Kelly Gibbs died Thursday morning. The statement says foul play isn't suspected. No other details have been released.
Gibbs pleaded guilty this week to rioting, kidnapping and conspiracy related to the riot at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center that killed guard Steven Floyd. He also was charged with first-degree murder and assault.
He was not in the group of inmates tried this week, though their testimony depicted him as part of the initial violence. State police are investigating.
Forty-nine-year-old inmate Luis Cabrera died this month while being held at the jail among other potential inmate witnesses.
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Colin's Finse trip - March 2006
Thursday, February 15 2007 @ 12:17 AM PST
My first interest in visiting in visiting Finse was probably a remark by Damien on the first Trip To Tatooine back in 2003. At the hotel Marhala on the Isle of Jerba he casually remarked that after the trip he was off to Norway to visit Finse. I have to admit that impressed me a little to just take off to Norway like that. Of course I had seen the tiny amount about Finse on the ToysRGus traveller web site, but it had never occurred to me to make the trip. I imagined it was just a snowfield, very uninspiring and nothing compared to Tunisia, plus I wasn't that familiar with the film. Then I remembered an earlier feature in the Star Wars Insider magazine, the writer made the actual locations seem difficult to find as if you needed insider knowledge about where the filming actually took place. Plus the photos were taken during the snow melt, so it looked a little less like Hoth. I still needed something more to make me want to go.
But my main focus was still on Tunisia, I love that place, I love the desert. I would watch programs about Lawrence Of Arabia, watch Arabic movies and read the tour guide books. I would revisit Tozeur several times and spend days exploring around Star Wars Canyon, meeting locals and seeing some amazing sights. Someone said that snow was like a desert in many ways, the silence, isolation, cleanliness, the endless horizon and the lack of anything, yet there is so much there if you can just appreciate nature. I still needed some further motivation to make the trip though.
A trip to Belgium in October to meet up with Jeroen and others from the 2003 and 2005 Tatooine trips was to change all that... I don't know how it started, it was probably a remark by Jeroen about there not being another trip and that we should make a trip ourselves somewhere. Well the die was cast and we were making plans for Finse. Setting the date was a little awkward, it was always going to be the date of filming, but would it be 2006 or 2007?
So there I was on March 4th 2006 stepping off the flight from Manchester and walking into Oslo airport. I had a little over an hour to spare before Jeroen would land and then a further four hours before the train to Finse left Oslo Central. I had a wander around the airport and waited for Jeroen who walked through the arrivals gate and then walked off in the opposite direction! After a chat and a bite to eat we collected our pre-booked train tickets and headed off to Oslo. For some strange reason it seemed Oslo Central train station didn't have any trolleys for luggage but anyway there was plenty of time.
The train to Finse was spacious and comfortable, and the view through the window was one of a winter wonderland. There was a real excitement about the next 3 days and as we passed first through urban and then hilly countryside the sun set and we headed off into the night. As we approached Finse the train slowed right down as the railway line became steeper. The last few miles seemed to take forever then the driver announced the next station was Finse. Only four people got off the train at Finse and we were two of them. The train gave us plenty of time to get off with the bags, and left us in the dark out in the open in a town we didn't know in a temperature of -20ºC. We didn't even know which way to turn!
We headed off down the snow covered platform, well it's not really a platform since it is at the same level as the rails, and after 20m we came to a stack of beer barrels, behind the beer barrels was a familiar sign, it said 'FINSE 1222'. We had found it, it really was so close to the train station. In the daylight we would wonder how we ever thought it would be hard to find. But before doing anything else we had to have a quick explore around the outside of the hotel and take some silly photos.
Walking into the fantastic reception, we were surprised at just how quiet it was. Apparently it was the quietest few days, so I don't know if that's a good thing or not. We were told we could have any room if we didn't like the one we had. But it turned out they put us right by the hotel's back door, which is featured in a few on-location photos. Plus we got a nice view of the glacier and frozen lake. We were given a 'family' room which was 2 bedrooms and a bathroom.
Because we arrived after the normal meal times we had a buffet meal before retiring to the bar for a drink (note that is 1 drink at hotel prices!) and talk with the manageress, Merete, about getting a guide to show us the filming locations. As luck would have it an ex-resident of Finse was in town for a Red Cross training week and knew the filming locations because he was also a child extra in the movie. Merete fixed us up with a meeting for the next day and then showed us what little Star Wars items the hotel had to offer. Firstly downstairs where there is a set of framed photos and some facts about the filming, then back to reception where we were allowed to wear a genuine rebel snow trooper's head gear (but no goggles). Merete explained that no one at the hotel really cared about the movie and that it was all in the past. I got the impression that although she knew about the movie she had never actually seen it. In fact most of the staff had probably not seen it, it really is no big deal in Finse. Although she did not mind the occasional visit by the fans she did not want it overrun by them. I think she sees the hotel as primarily for outdoor activities.
The hotel breakfast was fantastic, every type of breakfast you can think of plus a few more! The hotel's dining / lounge area enjoyed a magnificent view of the glacier and surroundings. Make your own sandwiches for later because the hotel does not serve lunch, although the reception does sell cake, coffee and drink.
We waited for our guide but he couldn't show up until later so we decided to go for a walk on the glacier. We walked out across the frozen lake and then headed uphill. It was a lot of fun in the snow, you never knew if your next step would go straight through the snow up to your knee. As in the Star Wars Canyon there were lots of big rocks lying all around. Although we were in sub-zero temperatures the lack of any wind meant that just walking was enough to keep warm. Eventually Kenneth turned up after his training and we headed out on his snowmobile to the battlefield site. There was no need for him to point out anything, we knew straight away where everything was. But what came next was unexpected. Returning to the hotel we veered off the track to a large flat snowfield. This, said Kenneth, was an additional battlefield location where AT-ATs were super imposed on the film coming towards the rebels. I hadn't anticipated 2 locations at all and it was a pleasant surprise. Finally we were taken to the Han Solo / Probot rock. A little way off as I remember as Kenneth wasn't exactly sure of which rock it was, but close enough. By now it was getting cold and we had been out around an hour so it was time to head back to the hotel. Along the way Kenneth mentioned that another hillside not too far from the hotel had been used for filming and he could take us tomorrow. Well he never did, but I imagine it's the spot where Luke stands and watches the Falcon take off over the glacier, everything would line up perfectly from that hillside. As we pulled into the hotel Kenneth had one last piece of info for us, the place Luke gets knocked out by the Wampas arm. He pointed to a balcony of the Apartments 1222 building where he said that he and his friend watched it all happen, and by all accounts Mark was given a good old whack by that arm. Having now watched the Building Empire dvd I can imagine Mark wanted that scene over in as few takes as possible.
There wasn't much to do after that but retire to the lounge, play a few rounds of Star Wars Top Trumps, have a can of beer from the airport and wait for dinner to be served. There was a different menu every evening however the wine list prices are enough to give your wallet a coronary!
Now we had been shown the locations we decided to revisit them the next day on cross-country skis, which we rented from the hotel. It wasn't the best gear but it was all that was available. We had no idea how long it would take but Merete had mentioned it was maybe 4km in a straight line and 7km of actual walking. Apart from being tricky on the downhill slopes there was little trouble on the skis and the exercise made sure you were never cold, in fact quite the opposite, at times I would be unzipping my coat to cool down a little.
The first port of call was at the second battlefield site, just a stone throw away from the main glacier site. Here we collected samples of snow and rock for the collection. Figuring the snow up there is pure and feeling a little thirsty I thought it safe to eat a few handfuls of snow, with apparently no after effects. The main glacier looked just a stones throw away however it seems to get there involves navigating up one long uphill slope, very exhausting but worthwhile. Another set of snow and rock samples were collected, before tucking in to our sandwiches from the hotel's breakfast bar. Trouble is, it's so cold up there that the sandwiches started to freeze after a few minutes out in the open, just like our fingers as well! The way back was again via the Han Solo rock.
After dinner in the late evening we bumped into Kenneth at the hotel bar and he went through the 'Making Of' photos we took with us. He explained roughly where each was filmed, when we get to Lukes crashed Snow Speeder he pointed to Dex and said "That's my friend". So the Dex actor in the studio didn't travel to Finse, instead they used a local boy as a stand-in. This was confirmed when I watched the Empire Building dvd a week later back home. Kenneth gave us an autograph and his address and we agreed to send him some photos from the movie.
Day 3 (our last full day in Finse) and Merete said she had fixed for us to meet someone else in the village connected with the movie around lunch-time. We had a wander around the village and tried to find the railway museum which we did with a little help from the hotel staff. We killed an hour or so in the museum before going back to the hotel for a possible meeting. The guy didn't turn up so we take a load of 'Making Of ESB' photos and stick them into a scrap book to present to the hotel. One of the guests saw the photos, it turns out he was well aware of the film's connection with Finse. Merete showed up later in the afternoon and explained her 'friend' had been too busy at work to call in at the hotel but she would see what could be done tomorrow morning before we leave. We mention to Merete some of the places we saw in the village and one of them was the village school, where the people of Finse were treated to a private showing of the movie by Lucasfilm way back when. It felt like a bit of a wasted day since it was too late to go out into the hills or anywhere so we just had a quick wander around the Finsehytta to see if we could line up any photos. Afterwards we handed over our scrap book to Merete who placed it alongside the rebel cap in the cabinet behind reception.
Next morning we were up early to get our 10:00 train to Oslo. It was sad to be leaving such a wonderful place but it was so darn expensive in the hotel, we had to go. We got a call from Merete who took us to see our man from the previous day. It turned out he worked just next door in the railway station, as he did 25 years before when he handled all the film crews freight and equipment when it arrived by rail. He couldn't really tell us anything about the filming though. Merete then kindly showed us around some of the closed areas of the hotel and told us a little about the history of the hotel. It would be cool if they had some old guestbook or receipts with Kurtz's or Ford's signatures but sadly they do not. How much is a 1979 Mark Hamill autograph worth anyway?
Well the journey was over and it was time to board the train and return to our normal lives. Don't let anyone put you off making this journey, Finse is an easy place to reach and once there you'll have no problem spotting the locations. It was an amazing trip!
Colin Kenworthy
Star Wars Locations
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Welcome To Vallejo: Vallejo's story begins with General Mariano G. Vallejo, who saw the promise of this area in 1844. Named after him and twice the site of the state capital in the 1850′s, Vallejo grew into an important shipping and naval center. Prosperity attracted other businesses: A tannery, three breweries, hotels, a cigar factory, a carriage plant, an ice cream plant creamery and the Sperry Mills Flour Plant that is still in operation.
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While much of the cities history is steeped in the legacy of Gen. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, who helped settle the area he discovered in 1844, it's true the future that seems the brightest for this city of more than 120,000 residents, which the New York Times once called one of the most diverse cities in the United States. A much anticipated project which begun in the late 2006 is transforming on of the last undeveloped waterfront areas in the Bay Area into an eclectic collection of shops, restaurants, homes, office space, hotels and other attractions.
Meanwhile, a downtown revitalization is in progress, which has as its centerpiece the Empress Theatre; an early 1900s destination in the Beaux Arts Style along with mixed use retail outlets and a variety of amenities. With these new attractions, Vallejo boast its own 76 year old symphony, one of the oldest in the state, and a major theme park, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, which attracts 2 million visitors a year to the city. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is the only combination theme park, oceanarium and land animal park in the world. The park is located 30 miles northeast of San Francisco in Vallejo, California. Primary markets include San Francisco, Sacramento and Northern California. Add in a collection of world class golf courses, a flourishing year round farmers market, annual events such as the Solano County Fair and the Northern California Pirate Festival, and the city's close proximity to Northern California's wine country and you'll see why Vallejo has become a major destination for Solano County visitors and residence.
In many ways, the history of Vallejo has been defined by its location, its strategic proximity to the water. Today, Vallejo's past is very much a part of its present. Mare Island Naval Shipyard, established in 1854, was the west coast first shipyard. For nearly a century and a half, Mare Island Naval Ship Yard, the oldest shipyard west of the Mississippi, served as one of the nation's most important military installations. Mare Island remains an important community asset for economic development opportunities despite its closure by the U.S. Navy. But that's just the begging of the story, When the shipyard closed in 1996 implementation of a nationally recognized reuse plan began, with the goal of making Mare Island and Vallejo the newest destination in Solano County and the entire Bay Area. Helping to maintain the city's ties to the water, a ferry service considered a model of vision and successful operation serves hundreds of thousands of passengers traveling to and from Vallejo and the rest of the Bay Area every year. This constant flow of commuters and visitors has helped spread the word about Vallejo's reputation as a strategically located city with affordable housing choices that include numerous historic and architecturally beautiful homes. The City of Vallejo, in conjunction with private developers, has exciting plans for the three mile long island. Industrial, educational, recreational, residential and historical areas are being planned for the “New” Mare Island which will evolve in the coming years. Despite its change in use over the next few years, Mare Island will continue to serve Vallejo and the surrounding area in a variety of different ways. Mare Island will be remembered always as an important place in the history and defense of our nation.
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Published On: Sun, Aug 5th, 2018
Suspension | By Ila Choudhary
Six govt officials suspended over Muzaffarpur sex scandal
Patna: Six officials of Bihar’s social welfare department, which has drawn flak after the sexual abuse of girls at a state-funded shelter home in Muzaffarpur came to light, have been placed under suspension on account of “negligence and dereliction of duty”.
Brajesh Thakur, the alleged mastermind behind Muzaffarpur sex scandal was arrested on July 23.
Notifications to this effect were issued late last night. The officials put under suspension were posted as assistant directors of Child Protection Units in Muzaffarpur, Munger, Araria, Madhubani, Bhagalpur and Bhojpur districts.
All the officials, suspended with immediate effect, have been charged with “failure to take adequate legal action” with regard to “assault, indecent behaviour and other undesirable activities” at shelter homes within their respective areas of jurisdiction.
The Muzaffarpur shelter home incident had surfaced in a social audit conducted by Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
An FIR was lodged by the state social welfare department in June, which led to the arrest of 10 people.
Medical reports have confirmed sexual abuse of more than 30 girls formerly lodged at the shelter home, which has since been sealed. The case has been handed over to the CBI.
The suspension orders also pointed out that TISS had flagged anomalies, which the officials “did not bring to the notice of higher officials in inspection reports”.
The six officials were directed at a state-level meeting in May to take necessary action in the light of the audit report’s findings, but their failure to do so resulted in lack of timely action against the guilty, which has caused “an embarrassment to the department and the government”, the suspension orders added.
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The Enemies Project: Spring Programme 2016
The Enemies Project Spring Programme 2016 includes Icelandic, Argentinian and Georgian Enemies projects, Camarade events in Essex and St.Andrews, the return of Kakania in London and Berlin, a collaborative exhibition in Newport, a collaborative event involving five Universities and a one day festival celebrating English PEN and their writers-at-risk project.
January Sat 30th: Ovinir: an Icelandic Enemies project in London
Rich Mix Arts Centre : 7.30pm : Free entrance
Óvinir brings together two generations of Icelandic poets and writers to the UK to premiere brand new collaborations with British poets following events in Iceland. A unique chance to see some of the most interesting performers in Europe, feat. Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir & Jack Underwood, Eiríkur Örn Nörðdahl & Hannah Silva, Joanna Walsh & Andri Snær Magnason, Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir, Inua Ellams, Vahni Capildeo & more. http://www.theenemiesproject.com/iceland
February 3rd to 10th: The Enemies Project: Argentina
The Enemies project in Buenos Aires; an embedded collaborative program between a host of poets from Argentina and the UK, writing brand new collaborations over nearly a week in the Argentinian capital. Featuring Julián López, Anahí Mallol, Camilo Sanchez, Patrick Coyle & more. Co-curated by Flavia Daniela Pittella. www.theenemiesproject.com/argentina
February 29th: Respites: Wellcome Collection - London
Respites is a carefully curated series of day-long gatherings, exploring ideas and activities about rest, pleasure, contentedness, critical thinking and creativity. It is aimed at being a generative and respectful series of engagements with people who need and deserve more respite than they receive. Respites is curated by Ayesha Nathoo, Lynne Friedli and Steven J. Fowler, and is supported by, and part of, the Hubbub group, in residence at Wellcome Collection. http://www.theenemiesproject.com/respites
March Saturday 5th: The StanZa Camarade – St.Andrews
http://stanzapoetry.org/festival/events/stanza-camarade-performance
Camarade Workshop - 13:00 - 16:00 (The Town Hall, Queens Gardens - Upstairs Foyer) followed by the performance 15:55 - 16:10 in the Supper Room
The StAnza Camarade will see new collaborations written by poets both attending and participating in the festival, and a collaborative workshop beforehand. The StAnza festival are pleased to offer the opportunity to take part in the workshop and performance for a small group of attendees. Anyone who would like to participate in the project should email a short biography to stanza@stanzapoetry.org. http://www.theenemiesproject.com/stanza
March Sunday 20th: The Essex Camarade – Colchester
at the First Site Gallery - 1pm to 3.30pm - Free Entrance
Commissioned by the Essex Book Festival, this Camarade will see a series of brand new collaborations written by poets in pairs, from the Essex area or attending the festival especially. Feat. James Davies & Philip Terry, Vicki Weitz & Isabella Martin. Anna Townley & Lawrence Bradby, Jeff Hilson & Tim Atkins & more. http://www.theenemiesproject.com/essex
March Thursday 31st: Kakania at the Austrian Cultural Forum: London
Kakania returns to London after five extraordinary events in 2015, and two unique publications. Contemporary artists present new literary performance commissions, each responding to a figure of the Habsburg Era. www.kakania.co.uk (date to be confirmed)
April Saturday 2nd: The English PEN Modern Literature Festival
Over 30 contemporary English writers present works new works, each in tribute to a writer who is part of the English PEN Writer's at Risk programme, writers living under oppression around the world. The one day festival takes at Rich Mix, 2pm onwards, in 3 sessions throughout the day. All are free to attend but attendees are encouraged to join English PEN. Feat. Mark Ravenhill, Caroline Bergvall, Sam Winston, Emily Berry, Emily Critchley & many more. http://www.theenemiesproject.com/englishpen
April Thursday 7th: The Night-Time Economy: an exhibition, Newport
The Riverfront Theatre & Arts Centre: Newport. 7.30pm. A collaborative exhibition of photography and poetry from Kate Mercer and SJ Fowler exploring the often violent environment of Newport's nightclubs and pubs. This special view event will feature readings and is supported by Arts Council Wales and Poetry Wales. The exhibition runs for three weeks. http://www.theenemiesproject.com/nighttimeeconomy
April Saturday 23rd: The University Camarade
Entrance is free. 7.30pm doors for 8pm start http://www.richmix.org.uk/
The University Camarade will present over 10 new collaborative works, premiered on the night, written by pairs of young poets, all of whom are undertaking study in Creative Writing departments at five different UK Universities including Kingston, Glasgow, Edge Hill, York St John. http://www.theenemiesproject.com/unicamarade
May Monday 9th: Kakania in Berlin
8pm at Österreichisches Kulturforum Berlin
Kakania debuts in Berlin, with new literary performance commissions from contemporary artists, each of whom will present a work that celebrates / responds to a figure from the Habsburg era. Featuring Max Höfler on Ludwig Wittgenstein, Maja Jantar on Lou Andreas Salome, Stephen Emmerson on Rainer Maria Rilke, Tomomi Adachi on Paul Wittgenstein, Ernesto Estrella on Gustav Mahler and Ann Cotten on Otto Neurath. http://theenemiesproject.com/kakaniaberlin
May Saturday 14th: The Enemies Project: Switzerland for European Literature Night
A night of new collaborations celebrating contemporary European poetry at Rich Mix, with a cohort of Swiss poets collaborating with British counterparts, amongst others. The event is part of the wider European Literature Night celebrations.
May 16th to 21st: Mtrebi: a Georgian Enemies project in Tbilisi
An Enemies Project in Tbilisi, three British poets visit the Georgian capital to create new collaborations with local writers. Feat. Luke Kennard, Sarah Howe & more. Co-curated by Davit Gabunia.
Supported by UNESCO Reykjavik City of Literature, The British Council, Norwich Writer's Centre, International Literature Showcase Fund, El Tercer Lugar, The StanZa festival, The Essex Book Festival, English PEN, Arts Council Wales, Austrian Cultural Forum London, Österreichisches Kulturforum Berlin, University of Kingston, Glasgow, Edge Hill and York St. Johns, Rich Mix & more.
www.theenemiesproject.com www.stevenjfowler.com
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Wanted – New Meat for the English Bill-of-Fare.
The desire for new and exotic tastes is an extreme privilege of the extremely over-privileged, and the article I reproduce for you below shows that it is not a new pursuit. The piece is taken from the English publication, the Spectator of 17 October, 1891.
Wanted – A New Meat.
The lack of variety in those meats which, whether flesh or fowl, must always form the ground-work and basis of an English bill-of-fare, is a want keenly felt, but most difficult to remedy. To judge from the list of fresh food which the improved transport of the last few years has made available for the London dinner-table, a natural inference would be that, so far as novelty has been studied, we had made provision, not for man as humanised by Schools of Cookery, but for a race of fruit-eating apes. We have a dozen new fruits, shaddocks, limes, custard-apples, bananas, pines, Italian figs, pomegranates, lichees, ground-nuts, gourds, water-melons, and avocado pears. But among the thousands of tons of foreign game imported yearly, there is hardly a beast or bird which may not be had in better quality and condition at home, except the prairie-bird and the quail; for those canvas-backed ducks which escape the keen search of the New York dealers and find their way across the Atlantic, alight only on the tables of City Companies and millionaires, like the caladrus of old, that appeared only at the deaths of Kings. Yet there are probably twenty people in this country who have eaten canvas-backed duck for one who has ever tasted swan, or rather cygnet, the finest water-fowl for the table alike in size and flavour, a bird easy to rear, most prolific, rivalling even the breast of a teal, without the fatal drawback of that excellent little bird, that no one has ever been able to get enough of it. Even now, though so neglected by the world, swans may be had from the Norwich Swan-Pit for £2 each. They weigh some sixteen pounds, and with them is forwarded an ancient recipe for cooking them,—"done into rhyme by a Person of Quality."
Another "fowl" which was once reserved for the tables of Kings, and is now hardly thought good enough for aldermen, is the peacock. What roast swan is to roast goose, such is roast peacock to roast turkey. Many owners of county houses who keep peacocks and let them run wild and nest in their woods and shrubberies, take little trouble either to fatten or cook the pea-chicks. If they did, they would perhaps take more pains to rear these birds for the table. The meat is very white, and of exceedingly fine and close grain, and has the true game-flavour, with none of the stringiness of the common turkey. The American wild turkey is, however, an even finer bird for the table than the peacock. Those which appear in the poulterers' shops of London generally arrive in such bad condition from careless packing and refrigerating, that they are inferior to the domestic bird. But when allowed to run wild and nest in English woods, as is done on some estates, on its merits, and apart from any tricks of cookery, it is perhaps the very best land-bird that is available for food. The game-flavour is not too pronounced, but gives a character to the whole which is altogether absent in the tame black turkeys of the farmyard.
But flesh, and not fowl, is what is mainly desired to widen the possibilities of the dinner-table. Fatted swans, or peacocks, or American turkeys might be increased and multiplied without affording more than an occasional relief to the monotony of the menu and the brain-searching of housekeepers. What is wanted is some new and large animal, whose flesh has a character of its own which would readily distinguish it from beef or mutton, and an excellence which shall make it in- dependent of any special treatment in cooking,—something which shall combine the game-flavour with the substantial solidity of a leg of mutton. An increase in the quantity of venison reared in this country naturally suggests itself ; and it is not impossible that, in neglecting the produce of our deer-parks, we are hardly less careless than in losing sight of the culinary possibilities of the swannery. Good doe-venison may be bought in the neighbourhood of some large parks at a much lower price than mutton ; and the quantity of first-class venison which finds its way to London is surprisingly little, considering the number of parks and private herds in the country. It is objected that deer can never pay to fat for food, because the annual growth of their horns reduces them so much in condition as for a time to make the venison worth- less. But this applies only to the bucks; stags might be kept like bullocks, and doe-venison might still be remunerative. As early as 1740, an enterprising Jersey squire, of the name of Chevalier, who had succeeded to an estate in Suffolk —whose descendants still constantly sit in Parliament— had formed a small park for fattening deer and sending them up to London. His accounts of the cost and profits of the enterprise are still preserved, and he abandoned the scheme, not from difficulties encountered in fattening or selling the deer, but because of the uncertainty of carriage to London. Venison, even when reared under the present unscientific method, or rather, want of method, varies greatly in quality, that from certain parks being much superior to that grown on less suitable pasture; and it is not too much to hope that, if bred and fattened solely for the table, venison would be in demand as something more than an occasional luxury.
But swan, peacock, and venison are, after all, only revivals of the old bill-of-fare which was available in the households of Old England. To find a new meat, we must take stock of the world's resources of animal food, and inquire, after due survey, if there does not still exist some neglected quadruped which will furnish what we seek. Roughly speaking, our main supply of animal food is drawn either from the rodents, the ruminants, or the pachyderms,—represented by the rabbit, the ox or sheep, and the pig. To vary the supply at our disposal, we shall probably not be able to go beyond these limits; for the general experience of civilised man has already pronounced judgment on the question, and science supports the verdict. It is no good to eat a wolf; for the wolf has already got the benefit of eating the lamb, and left no surplus for us. Of the three great tribes, the rodents may be dismissed from our search; for those that are not already used as food are either too small to be useful, as the lemming or the guinea-pig, or too repulsive in appearance, like the capybara, or in habits, like the rat. Of the pachyderms, we find only one which is domesticated for food, the dear, familiar Berkshire or Yorkshire piggie. The larger pachyderms are too big; the smaller, like the peccary, too savage; the wart-hog and other African varieties too repulsive. Clearly, then, we must have recourse to the list of ruminants if we are to find one to add to the British bill-of-fare. At first, the choice seems wide enough. It embraces all the deer-tribe, the wild sheep and antelopes, goats and ibexes, which are numerous; but all have a rank and disagreeable flavour, which must prevent their coming into the list of first-class food. The possibility of extending the supply of venison, we have already considered. The wild sheep would probably differ too little in flavour from mutton to make it worthwhile to domesticate them, though those of the Himalaya will breed freely in confinement. The antelopes, therefore, alone remain, and it is among their number that the animal wanted must be found, if it is to be found at all. If the accounts of African hunters are to be relied on, the venison obtained from the larger kinds of antelope found in South and Central Africa is really excellent, that of the koodoo, the oryx, and the eland being the best. Perhaps the highest and most modern authority available for quotation on the subject is Lord Randolph Churchill. Those of his Lordship's admirers who have read and sympathised with his sufferings under the cuisine of the Donald Currie line, and the intolerable roast and boiled of South African dinners in his honour, will have marked with a feeling of relief that he confesses to have "made an excellent supper off stewed roan antelope," on the eve of his encounter with the lion. His Lordship's verdict on the eland, the flesh of which is said to surpass that of all other antelopes as much as Welsh mutton does Lincolnshire "teg," will be of material interest to the present inquiry. Less educated palates have pronounced it peculiarly excellent, having in addition the valuable property of being tender immediately after the animal is killed, which makes it much appreciated in Central Africa, where the meat is usually as tough as shoe-leather and nearly as dry." In addition to the quality of the meat, the eland has the additional requisite of large size. A full-grown eland is as large as a two-year-old shorthorn, and has far more the appearance of a high-bred bullock than an antelope. Its horns are short and straight, pointing backwards, and it has a dewlap like an ox. It can live on the hardest fare, and soon grows very fat on good pasture. Best of all, it becomes quite tame, and is easily acclimatised. The writer remembers to have seen a splendid group of these fine animals in the Jardin d'Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne, an old bull nearly sixteen bands high, a cow, and two young, apparently a yearling and a two-year-old. They were in good condition, though living in a paddock with only an open shed to shelter them from the weather. The late Lord Derby kept them at Knowsley Park for many years. It seems to be a waste of the resources of Nature to allow these fine creatures to be exterminated, as they soon will be, in our new African Empire. The argument that because the South African Negroes have not tamed them we should not attempt it, is of little force. The African keeps cows to give milk; meat was supplied in inexhaustible quantities by the wild antelopes, until the white man came with guns, and with far less trouble than domesticated animals give. We are far too apt to forget that England owes the best of her trees, vegetables, and animals to other countries. All are now so good, that we are prone to think that they can neither be added to, nor improved. Perhaps Admiral Rous was right when he declared that it made him " simply sick," when an "Arab cross" was suggested as a means of improving our thoroughbreds. But why should we not save the eland, the harness antelope, the koodoo, and other large African antelopes from extermination,—and even try to rear some in England? The experiment may be recommended to some of the noble owners of parks and chases, who have already done so much to preserve our own deer and wild cattle from extermination. America has allowed the bison to perish. Shall we not take warning, and preserve for our own use the splendid African antelopes which, within the memory of man, were a thousand times more numerous than they are to-day?
As the recipe for the day, I give you the instructions for cooking antelope (or venison) from The Table: how to buy food, how to cook it, and how to serve it (New York) by Alexander Filipini.
Antelope Chops, Port Wine Sauce.
Broil six fine antelope chops exactly the same as in No. 885*. Heat a glassful of port wine in a saucepan, add two cloves, one bay-leaf, eighteen whole peppers, a gill of currant jelly, thoroughly stir until the jelly is completely dissolved, then thicken with half a gill of sauce Espagnole, lightly heat again; then strain on a hot serving-dish, neatly dress the chops over it, and send to the table very hot.
korenni said...
Ostrich is pretty tasty.
MakingSpace said...
I've been reading your blog for some time but am commenting for the first time here. This author seems VERY determined to convince people to eat antelope. One wonders what he had a surplus of in his larder at the time. ha!
I keep getting thrown by the references to pigs as "pachyderms," and expecting to hear about cooking elephants!
The Old Foodie said...
Hi Making Space and Sandra – thanks for the comments, and my apologies for not responding sooner. I have been beset with problems on my new computer and am only just emerging from a full re-set.
I think the author must have been a dedicated hunter!
And yes, to pigs as pachyderms Sandra!
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101 Things to Do with Cheese
By Jennifer Adams
Slice it, dice it, melt it, shred it-or just eat it plain. There's no wrong way to savor the deliciousness that is cheese. But, as Adams and Barlow show, there are plenty of right ways to enjoy it.
Bake Gruyère on top of French Onion Soup. Crumble Gorgonzola into Pear and Candied Pecan Salad. Fill Lemon Crepes with mascarpone. Then overload Lasagna with cream cheese, cottage cheese, Parmesan, and mozzarella. Lead your stomach toward bliss with these recipes and more in 101 Things to Do with Cheese.
Jennifer Adams has been an editor for many years, specializing in cookbooks. She is a coauthor of 101 Things to Do with Gelatin. She lives in Salt Lake City.
Melissa Barlow is the author of Easy Christmas Cut-Up Cakes for Kids and the co-author of 101 Things to Do with a Salad. She and her husband, Todd, currently live in Bountiful, Utah.
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As of Friday, April 21, 2017
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Loretta Butler-Turner
FNM candidate Adrian Gibson, who will battle Loretta Butler-Turner in Long Island.
By KHRISNA VIRGIL
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LORETTA Butler-Turner yesterday officially nominated to run in the 2017 general election as an Independent candidate for Long Island.
According to the Free National Movement’s (FNM) rules, it means Mrs Butler-Turner is no longer a member of that party.
Speaking to The Tribune yesterday, Mrs Butler-Turner said despite all that has happened in the past, she never had any doubts about nominating to run.
FNM candidate Adrian Gibson and G Errington Rolle, of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), also nominated to vie for the constituency yesterday at the Clarence Town Administrator’s Office.
“I always had intentions of running again for Long Island, so this is the third time I have participated in a general election,” she said during a telephone interview.
“I guess it’s a little different in that this time I am on my own and I’m standing as an Independent and standing on the convictions of what I believe in.”
She also said: “I have had meetings, people calling me trying to deter me (and) I had an offer from a high ranking FNM trying to move me out of Long Island. There have been many attempts, but the reality is I stand on the principle that I believe in these people.
“I believe that I have given good service to Long Island and many times these political organisations put forward a cadre of candidates. But being a part of a team doesn’t make you a good MP. It’s up to that individual to perform.
“I have been a performer. I have been an advocate. I have gotten results and there is no reason because I am not a standard bearer or a part of one of the major parties that I should withdraw from the race.”
Mr Butler-Turner said she was the first candidate to nominate yesterday on the island because there were fears about doing so later. It was mandatory that candidates officially completed the process between 9am and noon yesterday.
“Let me state clearly that I was the first person to nominate this morning (yesterday) at the Administrator’s Office in Clarence Town actually accompanied by a small group of my supporters and then we had a massive motorcade from my headquarters in Buckley’s, Long Island.
“The reason we had the motorcade after the nomination is you must nominate by midday and we realised that there were many things in play and people might have tried to block the road to prevent us from getting there on time.
“So we also got our motorcade going very quickly. We were the first motorcade that went down to Clarence Town and it was an amazing turnout of vehicles and people. It was very festive with very strong, focused workers and very focused supporters. I am very pleased with the progress we are making.”
The FNM also had a “monster” motorcade to accompany Mr Gibson to the nomination centre. The attorney and former Tribune columnist said “the message was sent” to voters in Long Island.
Mrs Butler-Turner was among seven FNM members of Parliament who submitted a letter of no confidence in Dr Hubert Minnis last year, forcing the FNM leader to be removed as Official Opposition leader in the House of Assembly. The “rebel” MPs voted to have Mrs Butler-Turner replace Dr Minnis. She was later stripped of her Long Island nomination.
A disciplinary tribunal has been convened to look into the MPs’ actions and Dr Minnis asked the members to resign from the party after their coup.
However the tribunal has not ruled to date and none of the MPs resigned formally from the party. Edison Key is the only MP of the group to state publicly that he had left the FNM and is now supporting the PLP, however he did not officially cross the floor of the House of Assembly.
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MP 'NOT RUNNING AWAY' FROM CONSTITUENCY'
LONG ISLAND FOR LORETTA
sheeprunner12 2 years, 2 months ago
Newsflash .......... Loretta Turner is the DNA candidate for Long Island
TalRussell 2 years, 2 months ago
Comrades! Like we now know that in order to fully collapse yourself under the Red Party's rules - before you can be shoved-out from under the once big red tent - you actually have hand the Registrar of Elections - ya Candidate's Deposit to run for a House seat on Long Island. You can't be expelled for leading a Coup - just handing over that damn couple hundreds dollars deposit is what finally did Reheasa, in.
Tal ............ the 1,645 voters on Long Island will judge her on May 10th ...... She has burned too many bridges in Long Island ........ just like in Montagu
SP 2 years, 2 months ago
... BLT Stupidly Allowed A Few White Knights To Cause Her To Commit Political Suicide ...
This woman foolishly allowed a handful of UBP's behind Lyford gates to convince her "the commoners" would flock to someone with a big, hard, mouth.
Those days are gone BLT. Your people behind the gates are living in the past, unable to comprehend today's Bahamian just as they were unable to comprehend yesterdays Bahamians.
BLT is "TOTALLY FINISHED". She has absolutely no political currency left. She has proven beyond any shadow of doubt that she simply cannot be trusted.
True, SP ................ She should have consulted Jimmy Knowles (for taking Long Island people for granted ............ Her "fake commitment" to the island was quickly exposed ........... She threw every effective FNM general on the island under the bus ............ Now, she has to resort to doing what the PLP candidate is doing by bringing in Nassau/Exuma people to help campaign for her ............ But she will reap what she sowed (locally) since 2012
Cobalt 2 years, 2 months ago
@SP...... Yup. Political suicide indeed. Greed and the unquenchable desire for power was her downfall. History books are filled with idiots like her.
Greentea 2 years, 2 months ago
I hope she wins!
Reminder .......... FNM=1000 ...... PLP=300 ........... LBT=200 .......... This is what the predicted outcome by the pundits (on the ground)
BMW 2 years, 2 months ago
Runner I pray for those numbers. Plp done bought harding, who else they tryin to buy?
Just for an update on the happenings around town on the weekend ......... Rolle close up shop and went to the PLP rally in Exuma (cause Perry is not coming here) ......... LBT had a beach picnic with about 20 loyals and some tourists ........... and the FNM had a "Red Splash" fun day on Deals Beach and had the whole island there ........... This is one seat that we can declare right now!!!!!!!
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Virginia Ironside
Growing Old Disgracefully
The Spectator – Theatre: Edinburgh snippets – Lloyd Evans 25 August 2012
The festival always produces a real gem and I was lucky enough to see it. Virginia Ironside (Growing Old Disgracefully, Gilded Balloon), once a rock journalist, later an agony aunt, has earned a living by writing for so long that she can’t even scribble a thank you card without enclosing an invoice. Aged 68, she takes a flame-thrower to all the cosy platitudes of the elderly. A friend tells her ‘I’m 70 going on 50.’ ‘No, dear’, says Ironside, ‘if you’re 70 you’re not “going on” anywhere.’ She loathes women who complain that old age makes them invisible. ‘So wear a pigeon on your head! Or leap out from behind bushes at people.’
The label ‘stand-up’ has been attached to this show but Ironside is far wiser and kindlier than a nightclub comic. Her reflections on death are moving and very comforting. Far from being huge and scary, she says, death is small and perfectly natural. Like dropping a chiffon scarf. No doubt she’ll tour this show until her chiffon scarf drops as well. If it arrives anywhere near you, leap on your mobility scooter and zip along.
Honest, irreverent, frank charm. Beautiful humour and perfect poise. This is a five-star show.
“Are there any young people in the audience?” demands agony aunt extraordinaire Virginia Ironside with a mischievous twinkle. A good number of hands are nervously raised. “Well, you won’t understand a word of this!” comes the instant tongue-in-cheek retort.
Ironside is being modest. There is no denying there is a core audience of a certain age for a well-known sixty-something’s thoughts on growing old and crinkly, but the best observational comedy is universal and this is not the show to disprove it.
And so she launches into a whizz-tour of thoughts on negotiating life in the third age. There are the changing, often illogical, attitudes as she makes the transition from young woman to grandmother. The increasing aches and pains that lead to pill regimes, moaning about arthritis and the trick of trying to lift herself from her chair after a deep afternoon snooze without breaking wind. Oh, and there’s sex (or its absence) of course. Lashings of that.
In between all of this, there’s barely room to squeeze in her own life story – from one-night stands and interviewing the Beatles as a liberated 60s chick to her groundbreaking work in the national agony columns and the dismay at having to go up against Mariella Frostrup. Throughout, she ensures that a subtle moral beat underlying the stories does not intrude overly.
Though the veteran of countless TV and other live appearances, Ironside is not the most natural of solo show performers, but Nigel Planer’s direction neatly encapsulates all that energy and establishes a grid that maps out the show’s pacing, freeing up Ironside to concentrate fully on the audience. Totally at ease in the spotlight, she effortlessly prods us into several laughs a minute – and groans of happy recognition.
Arthur Smith on BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends
Virginia’s become, effectively, a stand-up comedian. Her show is really funny. I urge you to see it.
The York Press
It almost makes me look forward to the fun of being great at sixty, just like the indispensable Ms Ironside herself.
The Skinny – Stephanie Green
Virginia Ironside used to hate old people. Now she’s one herself. How great to go to a show which makes you laugh about being 60+. From being a rock column chick, hair styled by Vidal, who interviewed the Beatles et al, she was ‘groovy’ (how dated that sounds now).
Then she woke up one morning to find herself interested in gardening! Help! Book-clubs, cruises, adult education classes and podiatrists all come under her scalpel with all the wit and intelligence Virginia is famed for in her columns as ‘Agony Aunt’ for Woman and currently The Independent, plus numerous books.
Virginia is not going to launch a career as a standup comic, but that’s not the point. She is just herself and she’s spot on about being 60. Her delivery and memory (she’s very funny about ‘Senior Moments’) are a bit…now, what’s the word? It’s coming…wait a minute. No. Gone. Her mainly 60+ audience, including me, adored her and her dressing-gown is to die for. (Oops), though death and sex for the 60+ are not subjects Virginia shies away from.
Elaine Williams – Inverie Village Hall – Knoydart Arts Promotions
Hugely entertaining show from Virginia Ironside – erstwhile music journalist and rock chick, now agony aunt for the Independent, and columnist for Oldie magazine.
Although the show’s publicity blurb targets the over 60s, this is observational comedy at its best, and certainly not lost on the fair few numbers of younger audience members, myself included. Nigel Planer’s production presents Ironside as someone you’d really love to have over to dinner.
Virginia excels at deprecating humour, occasionally very wittily directed at her own son, who I was later surprised to learn is a member of my very favourite band the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. The subject of death and dying is not skirted around either, but approached with gentleness and compassion.
There is much for an audience to identify with in this hour long show. Yes, great stuff. See it if you can. Get it if you can.
Find tickets for Growing Old Disgracefully here
To book Virginia Ironside’s show for your venue visit www.scamptheatre.com or telephone: 01462 734843
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January 22, 2016 JoshuaPundit The Council Has Spoken! 6
The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up.
“If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.” – Sir Winston Churchill
Peace is purchased from strength. It’s not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats. – Benyamin Netanyahu
“Let’s set the record straight. There is no argument over the choice between peace and war, but there is only one guaranteed way you can have peace–and you can have it in the next second–surrender. – President Ronald Reagan
“Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.” – President Andrew Jackson
This week’s winning essay,Joshuapundit’s Barack Obama’s Real Legacy – America, Humiliated is about America’s recent interaction with Iran. It reveals why everything the Iranian and our State Department told us about the recent incident with two of our naval vessels are outright lies,and in particular why Iran chose that particular time for this incident. Here’s a slice:
When is a world power in serious decline? One indication is when neither its leaders, its military or its citizens begin losing the ability to command respect from foreign powers.
Our recent engagement (if you could call it that) with Iran is one shameful indication of such a decline.
The official story out of Washington is that two of our Riverine gunships manned by U.S. Marines somehow accidentally wandered off course into Iranian territory, where one of them broke down. The Iranian IRG naval forces showed up,impounded the two boats and detained our sailors briefly, repaired the damage and after an apology and confession of wrongdoing from the American commanding officer sent them on their way. Much was made of how kindly the Americans were treated by their captors, and how this was a triumph of diplomacy, exactly why the Iran deal needed to be implemented.
Most of the above paragraph is sheer horse manure. Instead, the capture of the two gunboats was deliberately planned and carried out in international waters and designed to send a sharp message the White House, which shamefully collaborated in this farce.
The gunboats were reported taken near Farsi Islands, which is the official naval base for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. According to the White House, these two boats were en route to Kuwait from our base in Bahrain. Since these boats are shallow draft vessels, they could have sailed fairly close to the Arabian side of the Gulf, hugging the shoreline. These are fast boats, and the trip should have taken just over an hour.There was no reason to go anywhere near Iran.
Somehow, these two gunboats wound up 70 miles off course, near an IRG naval base. And captured by what amounts to a couple of small motor boats with a fraction of their armaments and manpower:
Given the advanced radar, GPS systems and skill of the crew, does it seem logical that these two gunboats would err this much? The answer, of course is that they didn’t.
Former SEAL Matt Bracken caused a firestorm online with comments on Twitter and Facebook, and what he had to say was corroborated from one of my regular readers who shared his knowledge of these kinds of missions.
For an open-water transit between nations, the course is studied and planned in advance by the leaders of the Riverine Squadron, with specific attention given to staying wide and clear of any hostile nation’s claimed territorial waters. The boats are given a complete mechanical check before departure, and they have sufficient fuel to accomplish their mission plus extra. If, for some unexplainable and rare circumstance one boat broke down, the other would tow it, that’s why two boats go on these trips and not one! It’s called “self-rescue” and it’s SOP.
This entire situation is in my area of expertise. I can state with complete confidence that both Iran and our own State Department are lying. The boats did not enter Iranian waters.
What likely happened is that IRG forces intercepted the two gunboats on the normal route between Bahrain and Kuwait, jammed their communications and ordered them back to Farsi Island. The gunboats likely cooperated because they were ordered not to create an incident. And their ROE prohibit them from firing unless they were fired upon by their superiors. It’s quite likely the IRG was aware of these rules of engagement.
The IRG stripped the ships of their GPS units and all communications devices and even took the sim cards from the crew’s cellphones, so no real record of where the gunboats were actually seized would exist. Then they forced them to pose on their knees, to take pictures that went all over the world. And of course, there was that confession by the captain of violating Iranian waters:
The Iranians made a huge propaganda coup out of this:
A senior Iranian military commander in charge of the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that the 10 U.S. sailors who were recently captured and subsequently released by the Islamic Republic “started crying after [their] arrest,” according to Persian language comments made during military celebrations this weekend.
Hossein Salami, deputy commander of the IRGC, which is responsible for boarding the U.S. ships and arresting the sailors, claimed in recent remarks, the “American sailors started crying after arrest, but the kindness of our Guard made them feel calm.”
Hossein went on to brag that the incident provides definitive evidence of the Iranian military’s supremacy in the region.
“Since the end of the Second World War, no country has been able to arrest American military personnel,” the commander said, according to an independent translation of his Persian-language remarks made Friday during a “martyrs’ commemoration ceremony” in Isfahan.
“I saw the weakness, cowardice, and fear of American soldiers myself. Despite having all of the weapons and equipment, they surrendered themselves with the first action of the guardians of Islam,” Ahmad Dolabi, an IRGC commander, said in Persian-language remarks at a prayer service in Iran’s Bushehr providence.
“American forces receive the best training and have the most advanced weapons in the world,” he added. “But they did not have the power to confront the Guard due to weakness of faith and belief.”
Much more at the link, including Iran’s motivation for doing this when they did.
In our non-Council category, the winner was Michael Totten with North Africa Exports Rape Culture to Germany submitted by The Razor.
Totten is one of the more knowledgeable commentators on the Middle East, simply because he reports what he sees on the ground in person rather than sitting in an air=conditioned hotel while some stringer he hired tells him what the local powers that be want him to hear. In this article he discusses what’s going on in Europe right now and reveals it as an inherent part of the culture these refugees come from. Do read it.
Here are this week’s full results. The Right Planet was unable to vote this week, and one other member submitted an incomplete vote in the non-Council category. Neither was subject to the usual 2/3 vote penalty for not voting:
Council Winners
*First place with 3 1/3 votes!–Joshuapundit–Barack Obama’s Real Legacy – America, Humiliated
Second place *t* with 1 2/3 votes –Bookworm Room – Impressions of the Democrat Party debate
Second place *t* with 1 2/3 votes – VA Right! – Trump Doesn’t Have to be Conservative, Humble or Polite to Fix America
Second place *t* with 1 2/3 votes – Puma By Design – Extortion Season: Race baiter, Sharpton, Calls for Boycott of the Oscars
Third place *t* with 1 1/3 votes –The Noisy Room – Cruz Takes High Road — SC Conservatives Boo Trump After He Takes Cheap Shots At Ted Cruz
Third place *t* with 1 1/3 votes –The Independent Sentinel – Obama Moves to Destroy the Marine Corps Who Are No Longer to Be Called “Men”
Fourth place *t* with 1/3 votes –GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – Desert Storm @ 25
Fourth place *t* with 1/3 votes –Nice Deb – Saturday Movie Matinee: Hillary Is A Liar
Fourth place *t* with 1/3 votes –The Right Planet – New U.S. Army Patch a Dead Ringer for Muslim Brotherhood Logo
Non-Council Winners
First place with 1 2/3 votes!–Michael Totten –North Africa Exports Rape Culture to Germany submitted by The Razor
Second place *t* with 1 1/3 votes –Bob Owens/Bearing Arms –One Maryland Sheriff Working To Expand Second Amendment Rights In Maryland submitted by The Daley Gator
Second place *t* with 1 1/3 votes –Daniel Greenfield –The Democratic Party’s Choice: Lenin Or Nurse Ratched submitted by Puma By Design
Second place *t* with 1 1/3 votes –WeaponsMan –Review: Tough as They Come by Travis Mills & Marcus Brotherton submitted by Nice Deb
Second place *t* with 1 1/3 votes –Charles CW Cooke/NRO – Of Course Sarah Palin Is Endorsing Donald Trump submitted by Fausta’s Blog
Third place *t* with 1 vote –Mark Steyn –The Humiliation submitted by The Noisy Room
Third place *t* with 1 vote –Lyle Goldstein/National Interest – China’s Plan to Nuke America submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
Third place *t* with 1 vote – The People’s Cube – An open letter to Fareed Zakaria from The People’s Cube submitted by The Watcher
Fourth place with 2/3 votes –Jonathan Speyer/PJ Media – We’ve Got It Wrong: ISIS Is Not the Main Problem in the Middle East submitted by Joshuapundit
Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote –Rabbi Shmuley Boteach/Observer–Hillary’s Israel-Hating Secret Advisor Comes Out Swingingsubmitted by Bookworm Room
Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote –Diana West – What Is a Conservative? What Defines the GOP? submitted by The Right Planet
Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote –Caroline Glick – The Obama administration’s most covert war submitted by The Watcher
Make sure to tune in every Monday for the Watcher’s Forum. and every Tuesday morning, when we reveal the weeks’ nominees for Weasel of the Week!
And remember, every Wednesday, the Council has its weekly contest with the members nominating two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole Council. The votes are cast by the Council, and the results are posted on Friday morning.
It’s a weekly magazine of some of the best stuff written in the blogosphere, and you won’t want to miss it...or any of the other fantabulous Watcher’s Council content.
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Volkswagen to produce a limited edition Beetle in the USA
By Tokoloho Mogotlane Last updated Jun 19, 2018
Image credit: VW Vortex
Volkswagen of America Inc. have revealed a 2016 limited edition model of the Volkswagen Beetle, it is called the Beetle Convertible Denim Special Edition and only 2,000 units will be produced.
The 2016 Beetle Denim pays tribute to the Beetle Jeans model that was in its heyday in the 1970s. This car is truly committed to being a pair of jeans with an engine as its dark blue soft top is finished with a newly textured fabric that really looks like denim. The car is only available in two exterior colours, these are Pure White and Stonewashed Blue which will equally share the production run.
As the image above suggests, the denim theme does not end on the exterior, the interior design also features a unique light blue and silver dash and seat pockets that are jeans-inspired, with small Beetle flags in red. The seats are light blue denim-coloured and feature white piping and dark blue leatherette accents.
The Volkswagen Beetle Denim comes with a pack of standard features such as the Volkswagen MIB II infotainment system which offers higher resolution, faster processing speeds, and clearer graphics than ever before. There’s also a 5-inch resistive touchscreen display that comes with a host of standard features such as a rear view camera display, AUX-in, SD card slots, and a USB multimedia interface with Bluetooth, iPhone and iPod connectivity.
The Beetle Denim, as its full name suggests (Beetle Convertible 1.8T Denim Special Edition) packs a 1.8-litre turbocharged and direct-injection TSI engine that produces 170 ponies (127 kW) and 184 lb-ft (250 Nm). Volkswagen of America Inc. have announced that the starting MSRP is $25,995.
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Zimbabwe passport office has backlog of 200 000 documents
CECILIA Majanyuke flips through the pages of her passport everytime it is stamped by immigration officials.
She pays particular attention to the number of free pages in her travelling document - for it is a lifeline and precious tool to always have in neat shape - because that passport also defines the future.
Majanyuke is a cross-border trader.
Her sojourns across the regional borders, especially to neighbouring South Africa where she buys goods for resale here, have been hit hard by the current shortages of passport paper.
The shortages of passport paper have put her clothing business which had survived the last seven years of economic turmoil, under serious threat.
With an expired passport she has two options, either to illegally skip borders and risk deportation or wait for months without fending for her family.
"When your business is standing still and your children need to eat and go to school, you go through desperate measures.
"The decision to stop issuing emergency passports or limiting them to few emergency cases is a deep cut to us cross-borders considering that the $53 passports are taking ages to be processed," she told the Daily News on Sunday.
Majanyuke's story is shared by many people including ordinary travellers who have had to endure many months of waiting for a passport, be it a first application or renewal.
Zimbabwe is currently in the throes of a debilitating economic crisis which has resulted in acute shortages of foreign currency.
As a result, the country has been experiencing shortages of goods and disruption to essential services.
The Registrar General's office is grappling with the shortages of special paper needed in the processing of passports due to the foreign currency crunch.
Registrar-General Clemence Masango said the shortages of passport paper were so bad that his office had resorted to screening even those who wanted to pay top dollar for an emergency passport.
"We have two types of urgent passports — one which can be availed within 24 hours and costs $318, and another, which can be issued within three working days and costs $250, and then a category which can be availed within four weeks ($53), but is affected because currently we are unable to avail them within four weeks due to lack of consumables like ink, passport paper and others, which need foreign currency to be imported," Masango told parliament in February.
The passport office has a backlog of nearly 200 000 applications.
Masango said they have been forced to scale down the processing of emergency and urgent passports to avoid completely running out of paper.
His office is now issuing 500 emergency passports per day.
But for cross-borders this is a new challenge which threatens their very survival as waiting for many months means loss of business and shattered families.
"Due to failure in obtaining passports some women eventually attempt to cross the border illegally and pay bribes on the way, an option that is dangerous and open to abuse.
"Traffickers use dangerous routes that might endanger the lives of the women exposing them to robberies and crossing dangerous or flooded rivers," said Melody a cross border trader who hopes for improvements in the processing of passports.
Most cross border traders use Beitbridge and Chirundu borders which lead to South Africa and Zambia, respectively.
For those wishing to cut corners the journeys are always fraught with dangers such as being raped, robbed or enduring hair-raising situations of having to cross crocodile infested Limpopo and Zambezi rivers, respectively, when their water levels are high like during the rainy season.
"We are pleading with government to address the situation because these people are not demanding jobs… but…are simply looking for documentation so that they hustle and make a living.
"As a body we cannot tolerate this. People are already struggling to make ends meet, they need to send kids to school and have bills to pay, so if they are denied access to travel documentation how on earth will they fend for their families?
"The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe should prioritise sourcing foreign currency for the processing of passports with the same seriousness they apply in other sectors," said Zimbabwe Cross Border Traders Association president, Killer Zivhu whose association has two million members.
According to International Labour Organisation (ILO) research, small-scale cross-border trade can play a fundamental role in contributing to poverty reduction and food security across Africa.
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Children of Chabad Reps Deliver Winning Speeches in Federation of Greater Vancouver’s Contest
Sarale and Mendel Bitton winners of the Public Speaking Contest Award.
by Rosie Jacobs - Vancouver, Canada
Taking lessons from contemporary life, the children of Chabad-Lubavitch representatives to Downtown Vancouver won top spots in the Public Speaking Contest Award of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver.
The judges rated the speeches based on originality, organization and presentation.
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“A man walks into the Rogers Arena for the first time in his life. He has never seen a Hockey player or a Hockey game,” Sarale Bitton, who took the prize for Grade 5, said in her speech. “He is dressed properly in a nice suit, a tie, and a stylish gray hat. But when he looks around at the fans and at the players, he can’t help but wonder: ‘What are those uniforms? What are those blue shirts? They are not dressy, nor in fashion and in style? They are strange.’”
Sarale delivered her speech last week Thursday at the JCC of Greater Vancouver. A student at the Vancouver Hebrew Academy, Bitton, explained that those in the crowd and players would not be bothered by the weird look on the man’s face. “The players would continue to wear their uniforms proudly, knowing what they represent, and feel sorry for that man’s ignorance.”
Turning to her Jewish message, she said, that we have to be proud about our Jewish dress. Like the Vancouver Canucks ice hockey team, there is the Jewish uniform “just like that man who had no idea what Hockey was, others may not understand the meaning or the value of our Jewish uniforms. But we know what it means.”
Her brother, Mendel, who won second prize in the fourth grade category, spoke about one of the new AppleWatch’s features, which allows the wearer to send a friendly tap or your pulse to another AppleWatch user. “Apparently, there was a time when people just spoke to each other… in 2015 a new era has begun: We are now set to communicate without words or smiley faces – we may now send a 'friendly tap' or even our very own heartbeat.”
This, Mendel said, illustrates how we communicate with G-d. “We have the opportunity to wirelessly connect ourselves to Hashem [G-d], and send Him a 'friendly tap' or a heartbeat, a feeling coming from the deepest level of our souls,” he told the crowd in his winning speech. “Take a mitzvah, a good deed, whether it is to light the Shabbat candles on Fridays or to affix a mezuza on our door. It is a simple action, beyond words and lengthy emails, which has the ability to communicate with Hashem on the deepest level.”
Sarale and Mendel were among 120 students from three area day schools who competed in the contest. The first prize winner received a $100 Israel Bond; second prize, a $50 gift from the Federation.
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Board index Football Forums Anything But United
The World Cup thread
Non-United football chat
Peter Tatchell has been arrested in Russia already!!!! Fair play to him!
That didn't take long. They're a bunch of cunts the Russian state. But aren't all states tbf
Sid wrote: ↑
You'd have to think that Russia and Putin have a lot at stake in the world at the minute to allow much bad behaviour. However I just can't see this WC happening without controversy or bother.
All the same it's good to have some football to watch. I wonder who'll be the player United are called on to buy on the strength of how they play?
Fuckin' Robbie Williams........??? and Fat Ronaldo it's all so 1998!!!
clear push that... but the Saudi goalkeeper is utter gash.
shame for Dzagoev there. that'll probably be his world cup done.
Lovely control for that second goal!
Lazarus wrote: ↑
totally deserved that for all his high work rate since he came on. Saudi are total shit though.
FuB wrote: ↑
Not great football but they're both enthusiastic.
Lovely goal to wrap up a 4-0 for Russia.
Good to see the leaders enjoying the game whilst they get on with business.....
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... up-meeting
.........Make that 5-0! Do think this might have been a preordained result???
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Royal Protocol
A long line of Zulu Kings
1781 to 1816 Senzangakhona
1816 to 1828 Shaka
1828 to 1840 Dingane
1840 to 1872 Mpande
1872 to 1879 Cetswayo
1879 to 1916 Dinizulu
1916 to 1933 Maphumazana
1933 to 1968 Cyprian Bhekezulu
1968 to Date His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
maDlamini (born Sibongile Winifred Dlamini), married 27 December 1969 at St Margaret’s Church, Nongoma.
Buthle MaMathe, born c1951. In May 1996, she and her daughter were seriously wounded in an assault during which they were clubbed, stabbed and shot.
Mantfombi Dlamini, born 1956, daughter of Sobhuza II of Swaziland and sister of Mswati III, married 1973. A condition for this marriage was that she become first wife, which determines the king’s successor.
Thandi (born Thandikela Jane Ndlovu).
Nompumelelo Mchiza, married 25 July 1992.
Zola Zelusiwe Mafu, married 2004
Children 27 (As of 2003)
HRH Prince Lethukuthula Zulu (by Queen MaDlamini), born 1970.
HRH Princess Sibusile Zulu (by Queen Buhle MaMathe), born 1972.
HRH Prince Dennis Njeru Mucheke aka Charles,born 1984, is currently pursuing aviation studies in Florida.
HRH Prince Misuzulu Zulu (by Queen Mantfombi), born 23rd September 1974 in Kwahlabisa, KwaZulu-Natal, is currently pursuing a degree in International Studies in Jacksonville, Florida, and is a strong candidate for Zwelethini’s successor. He is unmarried and has one son.
HRH Princess Ntandoyesizwe Zulu (by Queen Mantfombi), born 1976, married 13th April 2002 at Enyokeni Royal Palace, Nongoma, to Kgosi Oupa Moilwa, Chief of the Bahurutse Bagamoilwa. Civil ceremony July 11, 2004 in Pongola.
HRH Princess Nandi Zulu (by Queen Buhle MaMathe), born 1977, married (civil) 6 December 2002 in St John’s Anglican Cathedral in Mthatha and (traditional) 7 December at the Thembu Great Place near Qunu, to Chief Mfundo Bovulengwa Mtirara, born 25 March 1973, Acting Deputy Paramount Chief of the Thembu from 2000, Chief of the Matye’ngqina Traditional Authority Area.
HRH Princess Lomkhosi (by Queen Mantfombi), born 1982, fiancee Melusi Moyo [9]
HRH Princess Bukhosibemvelo, (by Queen Mantfombi), born 1985, married Sipho Nyawo, who paid 120 cows as part of ilobolo for the Zulu princess. [10]
HRH Prince Shlobosenkosi Zulu (by Queen Buhle MaMathe) born 1988 is currently an 11th Grade student at Kearsney College in Botha’s Hill, Durban.
Zulu Kings
This List of Zulu kings gives a list of Zulu chieftains and kings from their earliest known history up to the current monarch(The personal standard of King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu adopted in 1999):
Mnguni
Nkosinkulu
Mdlani
Luzumana
Malandela kaLuzumana, son of Luzumana
Ntombela kaMalandela, son of Malandela.
Zulu kaNtombela, son of Ntombela, founder and chief of the Zulu clan from ca. 1709.
Gumede kaZulu, son of Zulu, chief of the Zulu clan.
Phunga kaGumede (d. 1727), son of Gumede, chief of the Zulu clan up to 1727.
Mageba kaGumede (ca. 1667-1745), son of Gumede and brother of Phunga, chief of the Zulu clan from 1727 to 1745.
Ndaba kaMageba (ca. 1697-1763), son of Mageba, chief of the Zulu clan from 1745 to 1763.
Jama kaNdaba (ca. 1757-1781), son of Ndaba, chief of the Zulu clan from 1763 to 1781.
Mkabayi kaJama, daughter of Jama
Senzangakhona kaJama (ca. 1757-1816), son of Jama, chief of the Zulu clan from 1781 to 1816.
Shaka kaSenzangakhona (ca. 1787-1828), son of Senzangakona, king from 1816 to 1828.
Dingane kaSenzangakhona (ca. 1795-1840), son of Senzangakhona and half-brother of Shaka, king from 1828 to 1840.
Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798-1872), son of Senzangakhona and half-brother of Shaka and Dingane, king from 1840 to 1872.
Cetshwayo kaMpande (1834 - February 1884), son of Mpande, king from 1872 to 1884.
Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868-1913), son of Cetshwayo kaMpande, king from 1884 to 1913.
Phumuzuzulu kaDinuzulu (1890-1933), son of Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, king from 1913 to 1933.
Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaPhumuzuzulu (4 August 1924-17 September 1968), son of Solomon kaDinuzulu, king from 1948 to 1968.
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu (b. 14 July 1948), son of Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon, king since 1971.
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ABC Confirms ‘Roseanne’ Spinoff: ‘The Conners’ Will Go on Without Roseanne Barr
ABC has sanctioned a Roseanne spinoff… without its titular figure.
The network, which has been the subject of nail-biting speculation with regards to the future of the beloved American family sitcom, greenlit the series for a spinoff on Thursday (June 21).
The Conners, the title of the long-questioned revival, will receive a 10-episode production at ABC, Entertainment Weekly reports. Per the site, the restoration will follow the Conner family through "the daily struggles of life in Lanford in a way they never have before." Among the tribulations faced by the spinoff's returning members — Dan (John Goodman), Darlene (Sara Gilbert), Becky (Lecy Goranson), D.J. (Michael Fishman), and Jackie (Laurie Metcalf) — include "parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging, and in-laws in working-class America."
The approval arrives nearly a month after the reboot was axed on May 29, in light of Roseanne Barr's string of bigoted tweets charged at former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett.
As previously reported, Barr's rumored compromise and withdrawal from the possible project supposedly contained "substantial fees and backend on any spinoff of Roseanne," to which the 65-year-old was contractually entitled. Though the rumored consultation between Barr and ABC seemed to suggest her readiness to financially and creatively detach herself from the spinoff and forgo those rights entirely for a one-time payment, therefore permitting the spinoff to proceed without her.
Soon after the spinoff news was announced, EW obtained this statement from Barr: “I regret the circumstances that have caused me to be removed from Roseanne. I agreed to the settlement in order that 200 jobs of beloved cast and crew could be saved, and I wish the best for everyone involved.”
“We have received a tremendous amount of support from fans of our show, and it’s clear that these characters not only have a place in our hearts, but in the hearts and homes of our audience," the Conner cast said in a joint statement following the news. "We all came back last season because we wanted to tell stories about the challenges facing a working-class family today. We are so happy to have the opportunity to return with the cast and crew to continue to share those stories through love and laughter.”
The Conners has not yet been given a premiere date.
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Source: ABC Confirms ‘Roseanne’ Spinoff: ‘The Conners’ Will Go on Without Roseanne Barr
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Where there's a whip, there's a way
The World of Otome Games is Tough For Mobs
Is it Tough Being a Friend?
Lonely Attack on the Different World
The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs v1 Chapter 4 Part 2
October 20, 2018 November 9, 2018 2slow2latemtl
TLN: Changing ‘scholarship student’ to ‘honor student’ since it sounds less stiff.
Also, to people wondering about some of the names and why a few of them are spelt differently than how they normally would, it’s because that’s how the official website spells them: http://micromagazine.net/gcn/mobuseka/
There’s a class about manners for a tea ceremony.
The teacher of the class was a gentleman with a neatly-ordered mustache who felt like a male instructor. He was an instructor that wore a suit over his slim body and straightened his back.
Right now there’s a table placed in the classroom, with sweets and tea laid out.
It seems he’s teaching us how to use utensils.
“Ready? When you invite a woman to a tea ceremony, you need to think about how you appear. From your behavior and up to what kind of education you received, your partner will see through into what kind of person you are. If you properly welcome a woman, she will think of you in high favor.”
The boys sat silently in the classroom while studying the mannerisms.
My father said that he also studied tea ceremony manners under that mustached man, but forgot about them when he graduated. Indeed, it’s possible that one’s behavior in their usual life may be looked into, but would one’s partner look that far?
In any case, women partners are people that walk along with their sub-race slaves, their lovers, as if to flaunt them. I’d like to tell them that they should be the ones paying more attention to their regular behavior.
“Hey, Mister Leon! Please take these lessons with more tenacity!”
“R, right!”
As I responded to his warning, I heard the laughter and chuckles of my surroundings. The ones laughing are the heirs from rich noble houses or from the royal court.
“He’s a country bumpkin, after all.”
“He gets all prideful just because he accomplished a small achievement.”
“A savage like him may be cut out for being an adventurer, but not for this place.”
The instructor straightened his back and continued the lesson.
“The first thing that matters in the tea ceremony is the entire atmosphere. First of all, I’ve gathered utensils. It is out of the question to hold up a vacant room! Be very particular about each and every utensil, and then invite the girl into your specialized room. However, remember that the spot where you’re preparing your tea ceremony is not below third-rate.”
Is there even a meaning to trivial lessons like this one? While thinking that there wouldn’t be a use for them after graduation, the instructor seemed to have seen through me.
“Mister Leon…it seems you don’t understand. Well then, let’s put it into practice.”
Being called up, it seemed as if I was a guest to be entertained.
It’s not a big deal anyways.
I, who doesn’t have an interest in tea or things of that sort, was wondering what significance there was in things like expensive tea leaves. I think that even the cheap ones are fine.
I did my best to make a reply that seemed as if I was impressed on the outside, while mocking on the inside.
“Wow~, how enjoyable.”
Perhaps getting motivated, the instructor adjusted his collar.
“Well, do enjoy yourself.”
The instructor made a smile.
He did best to boast about pricey tea leaves and sweets. I laughed on the inside while being impressed on the outside.
At least I thought as such──
──After the lessons were over.
When he left the classroom, I hurried after the instructor while calling out.
“Teacher! I’m deeply moved!”
Holding his head high, the instructor stroked his mustache in pride while looking back.
What a spectacle.
A gentleman even when looking backwards.
“Mister Leon, it seems you understand.”
I’m ashamed of my past self.
“Right! I had made light of tea. No, I was looking down on it. I am dreadfully embarrassed of that. I have deeply reflected on it now. I want to hold a perfect tea ceremony like you, teacher!”
The instructor nodded with a smile.
“Very good. However, you’re mistaken.”
The instructor turned around to face me, then placed his right hand on his chest.
Each and every one of his movements seemed so tantalizingly gentlemanly.
“The important thing is to welcome them. Furthermore, I’m only halfway there. Even to this day, I cannot provide a fully satisfying hospitality yet.”
“I, I see. Even you’re not perfect, teacher?”
The instructor nodded.
“Yes, that is so. I too am aiming for that time, that moment where I reach the best hospitality, but I still haven’t arrived at that state. However, I can teach the basics. Mister Leon, how about we traverse the path of tea together?”
“Of course! Teacher──no, Mentor!”
As the instructor──no wait, my mentor and I were talking with a smile, I heard the voices of Daniel and Raymond from behind.
“…Did Leon hit his head?”
“Who knows? Well, it’s fine as long as he isn’t hopeless, right?”
It was the May tea ceremony.
I got an answer from the person I sent an invitation to, so I borrowed a room to prepare in response.
There are several rooms dedicated to private tea ceremony use within the academy, and it’s normal for students to borrow them and provide hospitality there.
I originally wanted to borrow a full-scale room, but they were all full at this point in time, so I didn’t get to rent one.
I had a set of utensils, tea, and sweets.
I gathered these in accordance to what I consulted about with my mentor, I carefully made preparations from cleaning the room to changing the layout, and now all that’s left is for the girl I invited to come.
Luxon floated in the center of the room, checking the interior design.
[Remarkably elaborate. I would not think that this would come from my master that had tried rushing a merchant to finish business a couple weeks ago.]
“How annoying. If there’s something you notice too, then do say it.”
After having done one final look around, I took out my pocket watch and checked the time.
The girl I invited should come in just ten more minutes.
The one I invited was the second daughter of a baron household.
[I cannot understand this world. Is it not optimal to choose a partner based on the most suitable genetic information?]
“That’s impossible since there’s nobody that can check someone’s genes.”
[Then I have nothing to say.]
Right as Luxon finished talking, the girl had arrived.
“Thank you for com…ing?”
The girl took a very light attitude. That’s not something to particularly be surprised about, but behind her were two carelessly laughing girls whom I hadn’t invited.
“Ah, friends. Let’s kill some time while we’re here. I was invited to a large tea ceremony by an earl from afar, but it isn’t time to depart there yet.”
A tea ceremony hosted by a prestigious noble heir would already be at the scale of a party. It seems they wanted to kill time while their carriage to the venue was being prepared.
“I, is that so? Well then, when are you departing?”
“In about thirty minutes. We talked about how we had a little spare time left, then I remembered that I had replied to a tea ceremony invitation and said I would go.”
The other two sat as they pleased on the seats I had prepared.
They began eating the sweets I had brought.
“Oh, I’ve also prepared some tea.”
The three surrounded the table, leaving no place for me to sit. They then got excited talking about the tea ceremony they’re heading towards, and ordered me to make more tea or supply more sweets like I was a servant.
When the time came, the three left the room leaving the food scattered around without even a word of thanks.
“Well, I’m tired~. The sweets were good, but girls won’t be pleased if you don’t buy more expensive ones. Pay attention next time.”
Perhaps thinking that she actually gave me advice, the girl left acting as if she had said something good in the end. The three were in high spirits while heading to the tea ceremony they were actually looking forward to.
I dropped my shoulders.
“Those sweets that I bought were made just today at the store. They had a hefty cost, and yet she said to get more expensive ones…”
When seeing the table being dirtied from the food scattered around, I stared up into the ceiling.
“…Mentor, the way of tea is still a very steep road.”
While putting everything away with feelings of frustration as if I was about to cry, I heard a voice outside. It was a quarrel amongst several schoolgirls.
“…You don’t belong here!”
“B, but, my invitation──”
“That’s where you’re supposed make the smart move, commoner!”
I heard the sound of footsteps.
Several schoolgirls said things like “Let’s hurry and go, the carriage is about to leave,” and left. I peeked from the room under the guess that the so-called commoner from just a bit ago was the protagonist.
I was expecting the person there to be someone with an aura that could definitely compete with that of her rival Anjelica──but the girl sitting down in the hallway betrayed my expectations.
There was the figure of an ordinary girl with light brown, medium hair that had a bob cut, and she held no spirit or aura.
She had greenish-blue eyes and had a gentle look, making her a complete opposite of Anjelica. She was a modest girl.
She was a beauty, but…an ordinary child.
“Is she the type that shines when she gets polished? Even so, she’s more modest than I thought.”
In the hallway was an abandoned, ripped apart invitation.
Luxon, who had been forced to act like an ornament for a while now, placed itself onto my shoulder and looked at the situation.
[…Is this what bullying is? It’s due to her being an honor student, but not a noble, isn’t it. Many students at this academy cannot accept that an ordinary person had been admitted.]
“Well, it’s pretty much like that. However, something about her seems… too ordinary.”
Looking at her being gloomy while gathering the torn pieces of the invitation, I turned my gaze towards the room.
“Perhaps I can still invite one more person in here?”
I voiced out loud about how the remaining sweets and tea leaves could support one more person. I couldn’t leave that lonely figure behind me alone.
“Hey, you over there! Have some tea!”
I tried calling out to her in a light mood, almost like that of a playboy.
The girl, who was the protagonist, raised her head and made a bit of a surprised face when seeing me.
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Ccii says:
Yueld says:
I am still waiting for the worse. Is that all you’ve got? Hit me harder! Make the protagonist and MC grovel on the ground, smeared in mud, spit on, being laughed at by whole school including teachers. Still lukewarm!
Rabu YooPak says:
That’s the way man, mind breaking all the way.
ChaosRune says:
You have problems man
Decaf says:
When you read enough otome novels, dude… You too, will traverse the twisted path of mind break.
Isaac Cunningham says:
So the protagonist is the one on the cover, and also I have a feeling she might be a reincarnated aswell, after all there is already the mc and his sister, I don’t see why there can’t be another one
Newton Burmington says:
No she’s not reincarnated, fool! Only the MC and his sister!
Superhotdogzz says:
It is a bit pointless, unless you want to see two girl reincarnator start a cat fight for capture character, it might be a valid(but not good) Shoujo story, but not a Shounen one.
It could be a girl with morals who doesn’t want to go for all the capture targets
Unlikely. If protagonist had reincarnated she would have chosen her favorite capture target and would be with him rather than sitting alone in the hallway. Especially since need at least one of them to become strong enough to fight in the war that occurred later in the game. Didn’t MC mention would be bad if she didn’t pick one of them? Definitely wouldn’t have let Marie take her place like she did for coercion event.
bcahthekill says:
I think playboy not woo girl with tea party dude
Lendahand says:
Yes a true player would offer her water
Kukuruyuk says:
It should be milk.
SOrry guys, I correct myself. Playboy invite girl with tea…. Oolong tea with 90% vodka and 10%wiskey
Nah, it should be water, flammable water
Shiroyasha says:
Yes, pure water with 96% alcohol.
Bellmond says:
Miracutor says:
Gahh,! The wait are killing me! Thanks for the chapter…
exd890 says:
Shirou™ says:
Thx for the Chapter~!!
(´｡• ω •｡`)
lewisking50 says:
Could you tell us what names you changed? I get easily confused about that kind of stuff…
2slow2latemtl says:
I didn’t change any of them. I used the names from the official LN website since the beginning.
ohmariowv says:
Can I agree to disagree. I know you’re using the Official LN names… but I kinda liked the google translated “Angelica” over “Anjelica”
Tebix says:
Because Anjelica isn’t a name used, there only exists the name Angelica/Angelika
Gracias ala buena traducción que haces hasta la gente de habla hispana disfruta de tu trabajo. Gracias y sigue así.
MC… you accidentally set a flag.
I don’t know what’s killing me more, waiting on a proper translation to update or waiting for the raw to update since there’s a cliffhanger right now? Not spoiling!
Malik says:
Selamat says:
So the fate really changed to not be the same like in the game. The protagonist already different from the game. Guess he can’t rely on his gaming experience all the time.
I doubt that… We’ll see if that is the case though.
Certain events should still occur even if protagonist replaced by Marie. Such as outside events like the war that occurred later in the game where capture targets got massacred often. For example the time the prince’s armor attacked a ship and was killed off by the counter attack.
W. P. says:
Thanks 4 your hard work, but could you also translate the titles of the chapters?
Aishine says:
you can see the title in the last translation part
Kinda over-excited waiting for this series update, that i can’t sleep
Can anyone explain to me why the protagonist didn’t care at all about tea or any of this stuff, and then literally one sentence letter cares so much about it, respects the teacher etc.? I feel like I missed something.
Also, why is he even bothering to invite noble ladies to tea to begin with? I thought he didn’t want anything to do with them.
Bad writting
Ditto, the switch in attitude to the tea seemed a bit abrupt…I think the author might’ve been imagining an anime scene – the formula of a catalyst (character reaction, eye contact between character and teacher), realization (master! student!), then joining hands to grow on the path of xyz seems familiar. Whereas a good show (imo) would reference back to the scene, an average one would just use it as a throwaway gag. While I seem to recall watching stuff like that, I can’t name any shows.
As for the tea, I think it was the previous chapter where he mentioned not participating would result in social death in terms of finding a partner – bad rumours would be spread making it difficult to find one in the future, and he’s expected to find an upper class lady due to his status. Although…I’m still not sure why he has to bother in the first place. He has the means to be prosperous without having to marry upper class. Who cares what anybody thinks if he takes a commoner wife, or would the nobility make things really, really difficult? Although maybe that was mentioned in a previous chapter too.
If he doesn’t then all of the nobility won’t consider him a “real” noble and outright attack/raid/conquer his territory. It’s still jarring (and even the other characters noted it) but he at least has a motivation.
Tran says:
That is not a credible threat at all. He has an advanced warship with a self-replicating drone swarm. He could conquer the entire nation if he wanted, let alone deal with a bandit raid.
The story is riddled with plot holes, and they’re not even amusing ones. Really disappointing given the author’s other work.
During the time skip between the beginning of the direct tutorial and the end of class Leon had his ignorance educated and achieved enlightenment. That or the mentor drugged his tea. Maybe both. Probably just the former in my opinion.
Thanks for the chapter! Wonder if its too much to hope for that the sister doesn’t know about the DLC. Seems like she’s studied the 100% scenes enough to know how to displace the game protagonist and make herself the heroine.
GUTB says:
Translation is way too slow so I’m reading ahead in the raws. So yes this is standard isekai trash with a harem and an overpowered MC dominating everything in his path, but as far as isekais go it’s not bad. Also, I finally realized that the purpose of the title: MC’s life isn’t hard at all, but he has a very pessimistic attitude so he sees everything negatively even though he’s clearly stunningly successful.
1 translated chapter each 3 or 4 days n you call it slow? did you already read other LN with 1 translated chapter/2 weeks or so?
Nex says:
soumynona S. says:
hi, thx for ch.
but why is the link for this ch not in toc?
Whoops, let me fix that
Ti0☆♡ says:
Nigger, she’s not ordinary. She’s EXTRA THICC
Foggy_Glasses says:
Corrections/Suggestions..
The instructor nods with a smile. –> The instructor nodded with a smile.
The instructor nods. –> The instructor nodded.
her were two carelessly laughing girls that I hadn’t invited. –> her were two carelessly laughing girls whom I hadn’t invited.
Hakou says:
“I woN’t Be InvOlveD wiTh ThE ProtAgoniST”
Chronos5884 says:
Tsk, I don’t understand this tea ceremony for guys thing, and still don’t understand how women can get away with this shit logically. But on some level, I do think this is a reversal of stuff some people wind up having to do, it’s just… a lot more systemic and common than I’m used to with less reasons I can understand for it.
Poor main character! Raising a flag with the original otome protag!
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The Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences created the Center for Biotechnology Education to engage diverse audiences in the world of biotechnology and to prepare the leaders of today, tomorrow, and the next generation for the challenges of the 21st century.
By expanding the scope of biotechnology education, the Center for Biotechnology Education is building a pipeline of students and professionals prepared to achieve success in K-12 education, graduate school, and the work environment in the fields of biotechnology, bioinformatics, regulatory science, and biotechnology enterprise and entrepreneurship.
The Center is home to the following degrees and certificates:
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The Center’s mission is to expand the reach of biotechnology education through three channels:
Our graduate programs are designed for working professionals — delivering the rigorous and practical curriculum they need to advance their careers or academic ambitions. Johns Hopkins’ Center for Biotechnology Education (CBE) Program is rooted in the multidisciplinary skills of basic research, drug discovery technologies, bioinformatics, regulatory affairs, food safety regulation, and product commercialization. The program offers five master’s degrees, graduate fellowships, and certificates.
Orchestrating partnerships with industry and government organizations to provide community outreach, professional development, educational opportunities, workshops, research symposia, and lecture series for academia, industry, and the general public.
Inspiring the next generation to explore the world of biotechnology is an important objective of the Center. We developed several hands-on programs for children in elementary, middle and high school that introduce them to this exciting field.
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Build and sustain a climate and culture where everyone in the college is included, respected, and supported and each individual is able to reach one’s full potential for success.
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Recruit and retain a faculty, staff, and student population that represents the demographics of our ever-changing society.
Deliberately invest in opportunities to enhance diversity and add at least one “diversity catalyst” to every department.
In conjunction with increasing diversity among the graduate student body, develop and provide faculty training opportunities to improve cross-cultural and cross-gender mentoring; require diversity training for all faculty members, staff members, and students who mentor graduate students or postdoctoral fellows.
Promote work/life balance across the College through actions such as increased awareness of scheduled meeting times and considerate deadlines.
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Continue to establish diverse pools of applicants for administrative, faculty, and staff positions, and for graduate and undergraduate student populations.
Ensure that communication materials (publications, websites, etc.) reflect the increasing diversity of Purdue Agriculture.
Establish a College Ombudsperson position to focus on diversity and inclusiveness issues.
Focus on the importance of diversity and inclusiveness in conversations, tours, etc.
Create a regular spotlight feature on a diversity/climate champion in the College.
Create an annual College diversity/climate award for students, the staff and the faculty.
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Family and ACJP Set Precedent in Stopping ICE Hold for Juvenile in San Mateo County
April 10, 2014 April 10, 2014 / acjpdebug / 1 Comment
Rosario came to us at De-Bug last week for assistance regarding her son who had an immigration detainer hold at San Mateo County’s juvenile hall. We helped her create a “mitigation packet” — a package of letters, photos, and history that would be used to tell the fuller story of her son. He had already spent a good 7 months at camp, had an excellent report card, supportive probation officers, and a dedicated mom who kept every single certificate her son earned in school and at camp. In San Mateo County, Probation Chief John Keene stopped the practice of referring juveniles to ICE on a routine basis, except for ‘rare and exceptional cases’ — in which he would have the sole power of deciding whether or not to transfer a youth to ICE custody. This practice came after a four year campaign by the San Mateo County Coalition for Immigrants Rights, which De-Bug is a part of, to reverse this harsh policy. This mitigation packet was to be presented to the Chief to ask him not to enforce an ICE hold on Rosario’s son.
The “Storify” of Santa Clara County Preserving the Best Immigrant Detainer Policy in the Country
November 16, 2013 / acjpdebug / Leave a comment
Media coverage, and our own media, chronicling the culmination of a year long campaign to beat back a challenge to our county’s immigrant detainer policy. This win for public safety & immigrants rights is a result of efforts by the FIRE Coalition, the Public Defender’s Office, and wisdom of the BOS. (Click here or image to go to Storify page that has videos, articles, infographics, tweets, and more from the win!)
“Change the World From Here”
September 5, 2012 September 2, 2012 / acjpdebug / Leave a comment
This is a photo taken in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in San Francisco. Adults who are jailed and youth who are detained and catch an ICE hold are sent to this facility so they could be processed for immigration proceedings. One East Palo Alto youth remembers being shackled upon her release from Hillcrest Juvenile Detention facility in San Mateo County, put in a van where you can’t see what’s outside, and then taken here. She was then placed in a room for “hours and hours” until she was put on a plane to go to a group home in Southern California, where she spent four months before being reunited with her family to fight her deportation proceedings.
The flag that flies on a street pole by the detention facility reads “Change the World From Here”. In a place filled with fear and uncertainty, hope comes in the form of the families who fight tenaciously for their loved ones’ release. They all walk in the metal doors of the building knowing that they will bring their loved one home. — Submission Post by Charisse Domingo
A Day in Immigration Court with a 14-Year Old Defendant Facing Deportation
April 24, 2012 / acjpdebug / 1 Comment
This is a photo of ACJP De-Bug’s youngest member — only 14 years old, who had an immigration court proceeding today in San Francisco. He’s been coming to our weekly meetings for months now with his family and we’ve grown to know and love his quiet strength.
Scanning the courtroom, he was also the youngest person there who was facing deportation. The air was thick with apprehension, of not knowing what was going to happen, and greater than that — of the fear of ICE agents coming into court right then and there. In the waiting room that looks like a doctor’s office, the brown faces from Mexico, Central America, and Asia are furrowed. But this young man has incredible courage, far more than what he realizes himself. He stares down at his paperwork the whole time. The pro-bono attorney of the day rapidly runs through paperwork to give him and says will ask for a continuance. She battle-runs through the same set of questions we had seen her ask the Chinese person before us, and the Latino couple right before him. “Where are you from?” “Where is your family?” — All questions that are loaded and sterile at the same time, given the place we were at this morning.
They call his name from the bench and the pro-bono attorney motions with two fingers to come to the front. “You’re not alone up there,” I told him. “I know,” he says. “God is with me.” And he smiles. It’s only 5 minutes that he’s up there, but the wait was about an hour and a half. From the audience, I tell myself it’s all procedural today, but every pause of the judge pushes me closer to the edge of my seat. At the end, another court date is set, and he breathes a sigh of relief outside. He looks up again and can’t wait to run to his mom.
Young people should be thinking about school, sports, what music they like — not deportation proceedings. I am hoping the human side of the immigration system breaks through for this young man, and for all young people and their families. — Submission Post by Charisse Domingo
National Immigration Project Releases “All In One Guide To Defeating ICE Hold Requests”
April 16, 2012 April 16, 2012 / acjpdebug / Leave a comment
Authored by Lena Graber of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, the “All In One Guide To Defeating ICE Hold Requests” is designed to help communities disentangle local police policy and practices from immigration enforcement. ACJP at De-Bug has been one of the key organizations in the Santa Clara County FIRE (Forum for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment) Coalition that helped secure the most progressive detainer policy in the nation, spearheaded on the Board level by Supervisor George Shirakawa. Our Coalition’s yearlong efforts are featured on this guide. As we’ve always asserted, it’s not public safety vs. immigrant rights, but public safety THROUGH immigrant rights. Post submission by Charisse Domingo
San Francisco Bay Guardian: SF Supervisors Urge City To Defy Federal Immigration Holds
December 15, 2011 / acjpdebug / Leave a comment
The Santa-Clara-fication spreads. Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a similar policy to Santa Clara urging the City to limit cooperation with federal immigration officials and not spend county resources to do ICE’s job. Great job to the San Francisco Immigrant Rights Defense Committee for pushing this forward, and to Supervisor Eric Mar for sponsoring the resolution. We need more and more of our jurisdictions to turn the tide against the criminalization of immigrants. Post by Charisse Domingo
SF supervisors urge city to defy federal immigration holds
by Steven Jones
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors yesterday (Tues/13) approved a resolution calling for the city to adopt stronger policies for resisting federal efforts to deport undocumented immigrants who live here. It is the latest move to support the city’s Sanctuary City status and counter the federal Secure Communities (S-Com) program, a new database that allows the feds to circumvent local policies protecting local immigrants who have been arrested but not convicted of any crimes.
Santa Clara County Counsel Sends ICE New Detainer Policy for the County
October 26, 2011 October 26, 2011 / acjpdebug / Leave a comment
On October 21, 2011, just days after the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors passed a detainer policy praised by many community members, legal service providers, and immigrant rights advocates as one that balances public safety, honors civil rights, and protects immigrants, County Counsel Miguel Marquez sends off a letter to ICE notifying them of our County’s official stance. Click below to read the letter….
Juvenile ICE Holds Honored in San Mateo County
Unlike Santa Clara County that doesn’t honor ICE holds on juveniles, San Mateo County practices the unjust policy of honoring detainers for young people under 18. At ACJP, we’ve seen families come in with children as young as 12 who have had detainer requests placed on and honored in San Mateo County. This Sunday, we worked with two families from Redwood City whose children — ages 12 and 13 — both have ICE holds in San Mateo County. The younger one is so little that the clothes they gave him to wear at the hall don’t even fit him. This young man thought he just had to agree to the charges and then he could go home. But when he is released from the hall in mid-September, ICE has 48 hours to pick him up and he has to navigate the world of juvenile immigrant detention alone — a web of group homes, maybe a detention facility, maybe back home to fight his charges if he’s lucky. It is a policy that is cruel, and the community needs to raise our voices to stop it. Submission Post by Charisse Domingo
San Francisco Families Protest S-Comm Deportations
On the frontlines protesting ICE’s arbitrary rules under S-COMM are immigrant families pushing against the program’s implementation of nationwide deportations. Documentary photographer, journalist, and organizer David Bacon captures these images at a recent protest against ICE.
Photos by David Bacon (dbacon.igc.org)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – 12AUGUST11 – Immigrants, unions, churches and social service organizations march through downtown San Francisco to the office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a division of the Department of Homeland Security. They protested an ICE decision to implement the Secure Communities enforcement program, which has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deportations, even though some states have tried to withdraw from their implementation agreements with ICE. California legislators are poised to pass a bill calling on the state to do so also. Many immigrants brought their children to show that the impact of increased enforcement is the separation of families when some members are deported.
ACLU Press Release: DHS Ends Three-Year Charade on S-Comm
August 6, 2011 August 6, 2011 / acjpdebug / Leave a comment
Three years after Department of Homeland Security first rolled out the “Secure Communities Program” which sent fingerprints of those accused of a crime at the moment of arrest from the jails to ICE, DHS reveals they never needed state consent to participate in the program anyway. Immigrant rights organizations are angry, yet are not surprised by DHS’s latest move — which many feel is just part of their business-as-usual tactic to skirt transparency and ultimately deport undocumented immigrants at all costs.
CONTACT: Cynthia Bell, (202) 675-2312; media@dcaclu.org
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been able to cite only one statutory provision to support its position: 8 U.S.C. § 1722, part of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act (EBSA). But EBSA does not authorize the federal government to commandeer states’ resources to screen individuals in state and local custody.
“Three years after introducing Secure Communities, DHS changed the rules of the game by setting aside all the agreements that states negotiated in good faith. Today’s announcement is the latest in a long line of deceptive DHS theatrics and is an insult to governors and state leaders who signed these agreements, which now amount to nothing more than the paper they’re printed on. DHS has recklessly inflicted S-Comm on states and localities across the country without any legal justification for the program,” said Laura W. Murphy, director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office.
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BCG and tuberculosis
Current topic
M J Bannon
Northwick Park and St Mark’s NHS Trust, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK
Dr Bannon.
ADAM FINN
Sheffield Institute for Vaccine Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.80.1.80
Tuberculosis (TB) has represented a significant threat to children’s health since antiquity. Far from being eradicated, conclusive evidence exists to suggest the presence of a global pandemic. It has been estimated that by the end of this decade 15 million children will have developed the disease worldwide, with five million deaths.1 Various factors account for the resurgence of TB and these include the presence of pre-existing HIV infection,2 3 migration of populations from areas with a relatively high prevalence of TB to developed countries,4adverse social conditions,5 development of multidrug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis,6 inadequate medical management of individual cases,7 and ineffective public health surveillance programmes.8 Some industrialised countries have experienced a sustained decline in the incidence of childhood TB whereas others have observed that the rate of decline has either slowed or has even reversed.9 In England and Wales the rate of notification for childhood TB declined from 7/100 000 in 1978 to 3.1/100 000 in 1988.10 However, the number of notifications has steadily increased since then. This rise has been partly attributed to immigration of children and their families from the Indian subcontinent and increasing levels of deprivation.11 The rate of notification for UK children of the Indian subcontinent and African-Caribbean ethnic origin continues to be significantly higher than for white children.12 The precise impact of HIV infection and the development of multidrug resistance on the epidemiology of childhood TB in the UK has yet to be fully determined.
BCG is a safe and effective vaccine for the prevention of childhood TB in the UK
Percutaneous BCG administration may be an acceptable alternative to the intradermal method for infants, but requires further evaluation
Districts with a high prevalence of TB should consider universal BCG immunisation of newborns
New antituberculous vaccines are being developed, but their effectiveness needs to be determined
Strategies for TB control
In recognition of the re-emergence of TB as a significant international public health problem, the World Health Organisation has defined five key objectives as part of a TB control strategy: government commitment to effective control, effective case detection, supervised administration of short courses of chemotherapy at least for sputum positive cases, maintenance of regular supplies of drugs, and continued monitoring and evaluation.13 Although no overall eradication strategy is in place within the UK, guidelines for the control and prevention of TB have been agreed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee (JTC) of the British Thoracic Society.14Effective control is dependent on a combination of preventive, therapeutic, and surveillance measures. Known cases of TB must be notified and be adequately treated15; effective contact tracing of index cases should be undertaken by coordinated teams of nursing and support staff. Finally, definition and implementation of an appropriate bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunisation programme should be a prime objective for both health care providers and commissioners. Childhood diagnosis is often difficult as significant numbers of children with active disease who live in developed countries have few symptoms, and TB is legendary for presenting in a confusing myriad of different clinical scenarios.16 Furthermore, overwhelming childhood infection has been documented to occur despite surveillance programmes.17 Primary prevention of TB by means of BCG immunisation is a feasible strategy that may be both effective and cost effective.
Is BCG effective?
BCG is derived from an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, and since its introduction in 1921 over 3 billion doses of the vaccine have been given worldwide.1 Although BCG remains the world’s most popular vaccine with over 80% coverage of the world’s population, there is considerable debate with respect to its effectiveness in the control of TB. A meta-analysis of over 1200 articles from international publications has concluded that the overall protective value of BCG against all forms of TB was of the order of just 50%, but that protection against more serious infection was greater, being 64% and 78% against tuberculous meningitis and disseminated infection, respectively.18 It was also found that the reported efficacy of BCG varies considerably in different studies. This may result from various possible factors: variation in study validity; use of differing BCG preparations (several substrains of the vaccine are in current use); diverse population genetics and levels of nutrition; and environmental factors such as exposure to environmental (atypical) mycobacteria, climate, socioeconomic issues, and sunlight. For example, the reported efficacy of BCG in the prevention of pulmonary TB varies from 0% in South India to 77% in the UK Medical Research Council trial.19 Evidence for the protective value of BCG in the UK is encouraging, with a reported overall value of 75% with greater levels of protection provided against TB meningitis and miliary infection.20
Who should receive BCG and when should it be given?
Recommendations for BCG immunisation of children in the UK are to be found within Immunisation against infectious disease. 21 BCG is generally recommended for children who have not previously received the vaccine and who are found to have negative tuberculoprotein hypersensitivity on skin testing. Most districts implement an immunisation programme that is specifically directed towards high risk newborns, children who are recent immigrants from high risk areas, and schoolchildren aged 10–14 years. The value of neonatal BCG immunisation is accepted and tuberculin reactivity after neonatal intradermal BCG immunisation remains high and sustained at least until 4 years of age.22 A selective rather than universal BCG immunisation policy is currently advised by the Department of Health, whereby BCG is offered to newborn infants whose parents are from areas with a high prevalence of TB—mainly Asia, Africa, Central and South America. Practical difficulties are inherent in the implementation of any selective immunisation programme in that the definition of what is considered to be “high risk” is not always straightforward and some children in need of immunisation may be missed for several reasons. It has been suggested that universal BCG immunisation should be undertaken in districts where the prevalence of TB is relatively high (that is, greater than 40 notifications/100 000 resident population each year).23 This approach may be more practical to implement and be more acceptable politically to local populations.
With regard to the optimal time for giving BCG to infants, there is some evidence to suggest that later immunisation during infancy may confer a higher degree of immunity. BCG immunisation at 3 months of age was found in one study to provide a higher rate of tuberculin protein skin responses with fewer complications than when given during the first three days of life.24
School BCG programme
It was once thought that the school BCG programme should be stopped as a result of a falling incidence of TB in the UK during the 1970s, and at that time it was estimated that 4000 immunisations were required to prevent one case of active TB.25 This view has been revised as a result of an increased notification rate since 1987. One of the difficulties inherent in the correct administration of BCG to schoolchildren has resulted from interpretation of tuberculin protein skin tests (most commonly, the Heaf test), and this is especially the case with older schoolchildren who have previously received BCG. Tuberculin protein skin tests are far from perfect in terms of screening. A positive test may result from infection withM tuberculosis, infection with atypical or non-tuberculous mycobacteria, or previous BCG immunisation. There is now some agreement that a highly positive reaction in a child who has previously received BCG is more likely to be indicative of infection with M tuberculosis and may represent a need for chemoprophylaxis.26
Despite the recommendations of the JTC, a survey in England and Wales in 1991 found wide variation in practice with respect to BCG immunisation of both newborns, schoolchildren, and children considered to be at high risk.27 The need for cooperation between district immunisation coordinators, consultants in communicable disease control, and paediatricians was acknowledged. In light of an increase in the rate of notification of childhood TB since then and because of changes in health care delivery since recent NHS reforms, a repeat national survey of local BCG immunisation practice is probably warranted.
Is BCG safe?
BCG is considered to be a safe vaccine with a low incidence of adverse effects. Complications are more likely to occur in infants, where large doses of BCG are inadvertently given and if intradermal technique is faulty. Suppurative adenitis has been reported in 4% of infants who have received intradermal BCG and 0.3% of older children; osteomyelitis is an uncommon complication and disseminated BCG infection is extremely rare in normal children, occurring in about one to three cases per million doses.26
Most children after being given intradermal BCG develop a superficial ulcer that eventually heals within several months to form a small scar. It should be noted that a significant proportion of adolescents, particularly girls, consider a “normal” BCG scar to be cosmetically unacceptable.28
Among those UK children for whom BCG is not recommended are those who are immunocompromised and, in particular, those who have symptomatic HIV infection.21 There is considerable debate about giving the BCG vaccine to newborn infants who are known to be at risk of HIV infection. Current advice within the UK is that BCG should be withheld if possible in this situation because the prevalence of both TB and HIV infection is still relatively low. A different view is held in most developing and some industrialised countries where both diseases are significantly more common. It is recommended that where the risk of childhood TB is high, BCG should be given to infants as early as possible, even if mothers are known to have HIV infection. It would be difficult, in any case, to identify and subsequently exclude those infants who are already HIV infected. A recent review has concluded that there may be a slight increase in minor adverse reactions after the administration of BCG to infants with asymptomatic HIV infection and that the benefits of immunisation outweigh the risk of complications.29 A consensus view currently exists, however, that BCG should not be given to infants with active HIV disease and that the vaccine is contraindicated in older asymptomatic children who are found to be HIV positive.
Percutaneous BCG administration is increasingly used for infants as this technique is easier to learn and has a lower incidence of complications compared with the intradermal method. In one study, however, just under 16% of infants immunised in this way were found to be tuberculin negative on skin testing three months later.30 The significance of this finding is as yet unclear. One possible disadvantage of the percutaneous method is that the rate of BCG scar formation would appear to be lower, emphasising the importance of keeping good clinical records and recording all immunisations in the personal child health record. Further controlled research is therefore needed to determine the long term effectiveness of percutaneous BCG administration as a preventive measure.
A combination of frustration with the apparent failure of BCG to eradicate global TB and an enhanced understanding of the body’s immunological response to M tuberculosis has resulted in searches for alternative primary preventive measures. The pathogenesis of TB and the precise protective mechanisms of BCG vaccine are still far from clear. Recent research has described the role of Th1 and Th2 cells as well as the possible regulatory function of certain adrenal steroid metabolites.31 One experimental adjunct to treatment, based on immunotherapy, attempts to alter the immune response from one of tissue damage to that of bactericidal activity.32 Mycobacterium vaccae is a relatively harmless environmental species that has been used in immunotherapy, with some encouraging results in patients with active TB. Other research is directed towards the development of new BCG vaccines, including subunit versions created from cell wall antigens, and the use of recombinant vaccine technology.33 The superiority of these vaccines over standard BCG has yet to be determined.
An improved vaccine that would provide greater protection againstM tuberculosis, although technically feasible, is still far from being an achievable goal. In the meantime, BCG remains an effective and safe vaccine when given in the UK, and paediatricians should ensure that all high risk children are immunised. Local BCG immunisation programmes should be defined in accordance with local need, coordinated and implemented by multidisciplinary groups, and evaluated by means of clinical audit. It must also be remembered that the use of BCG is just one important aspect of the overall process of TB control. Vigilance, early detection of children who have been infected with M tuberculosis, and effective treatment for those with active disease is also required. Paediatricians who are relatively unfamiliar with childhood TB may need to re-educate themselves in this area. Although the prevalence of TB may not have reached the alarming levels seen in other countries, there is no place for complacency.
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Dr Bannon points out that TB is on the rise again, and that there is a worldwide need to try to gain control of this problem. This is certainly the message currently being directed at,1-1 and emanating from,1-2 the World Health Organisation.
In particular, Bannon advocates more standardised and perhaps widespread use of BCG as a means to this end. But as he points out, estimates of BCG efficacy vary widely, at best they are around 70–80%.1-3-1-5 Many studies, however, show much less impressive results. If anything, the vaccine prevents severe disease in the young rather than reactivation and pulmonary disease in older age groups.1-6
Although paediatricians should be pleased and take encouragement that this vaccine protects children, they should also pause for thought. Children with TB pose a negligible infectious risk to others. They acquire TB not from each other but, for the most part, from adults with reactivated lung disease not preventable by BCG. Contact tracing of paediatric cases is about finding the source of the infection, not about finding other cases who have been infected by the child because there will not be any. Many of the vaccines we use routinely in children, such as measles vaccine and Haemophilus influenzaetype b vaccine, induce herd immunity—breaking the transmission of infection from one individual to the next, protecting thereby the unimmunised as well as the immunised and resulting in dramatic reductions in incidence. But it seems we cannot expect this of BCG. The vaccine, given to infants and children, may protect the immunised individuals (somewhat unreliably) but will do little else to check the spread of the disease and thus can do little ultimately to control TB.
Bannon also mentions another problem with BCG, namely the fact that use of the vaccine complicates interpretation of the tuberculin skin test, still a mainstay in the diagnosis of TB. This has been one reason why the vaccine has not been used routinely in the United States. There, use of the skin test as a screening tool with prophylactic chemotherapy for positive cases, in children from high risk groups, or those living in areas of high prevalence has been a major strategic tool.1-7
A central plank of the WHO global strategy is now “directly observed treatment (short course)” (“DOTS”).1-2 This is relevant to developed as well as underdeveloped countries. In western Europe, many cases of TB occur in individuals and families who are:
from ethnic minorities
recently arrived in their country of residence
have a poor understanding of the local language
a combination of these.
Achieving a good level of understanding of the importance and practical aspects of a six month course of combination chemotherapy in such cases is extremely difficult. The shame and alienation associated with the diagnosis in some communities can make things worse. Most of us who manage children with TB in our clinics have a sense of unease as to whether the treatment is being reliably taken.
A major priority for public health services in Europe should be the provision of sufficient numbers of appropriately trained nursing staff or health workers to undertake directly observed treatment programmes, particularly in areas of high incidence. Such staff should, whenever possible, have cultural links with the communities they serve. They will also be able to undertake other vital parts of the strategy for controlling TB, namely case finding and education.
Finally, although vaccines and chemotherapy are the currency of doctors, who therefore feel it is legitimate to plan and discuss their use, it is not these tools but poverty which has dictated and continues to dictate the incidence of TB throughout recent history. TB peaked with the horrors of urban poverty and industrialisation in western Europe in the 19th century and started to fall as living standards rose, rising again in times of warfare and attendant social strife. Today, geographical and temporal differences in global incidence rates principally reflect poverty, while use of anti-TB drugs or of BCG are secondary factors. Although doctors and scientists have a part to play in this saga, the centre stage for the moment is occupied by politicians.1-8
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(1998) Establishing a united front against the injustice of tuberculosis. Int J TB Lung Dis 2:179–181.
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Ariana Grande Just Finally Dropped Her ‘Sweetener’ Tour Dates
The weeks following the release of Ariana Grande's fourth studio album, Sweetener, didn't exactly deliver the aggressive promotional cycle new albums typically receive.
From her high-profile breakup with ex-fiance Pete Davidson to the death of her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller, it's been a tumultuous time for the singer, who released her record back on August 17 and understandably took a break to focus on her mental health not too long after.
And while it seemed for a while that a tour in support of the album would be, at best, far in the future—possibly even in promotion of both Sweetener and a forthcoming fifth album, which is already in the works—Grande admitted recently that she was both ready and needed to tour. (Back in September, Grande responded to a fan asking about tour dates on Twitter, telling them that she would not be touring for a "loooooooooooooong time.")
On Thursday (October 25), the artist dropped the initial round of her Sweetener tour dates on social media.
See the full list of dates, below:
March 18 - Albany, NY - Times Union Center
March 20 - Boston, MA - TD Garden
March 22 - Buffalo, NY - KeyBank Center
March 25 - Washington, DC - Capitol One Arena
March 26 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
March 28 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
March 30 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
April 1 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
April 3 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena
April 5 - Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena
April 7 - Chicago, IL - United Center
April 10 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
April 12 - Indianapolis, IN - Bankers Life Fieldhouse
April 13 - St. Louis, MO - Enterprise Center
April 15 - Milwaukee, WI - Fiserv Forum
April 17 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
April 18 - Omaha, NE - CHI Health Center
April 20 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
April 22 - Salt Lake City, UT - Vivint Smart Home Arena
April 25 - Edmonton, AB - Rogers Place
April 27 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
April 30 - Portland, OR - Moda Center
May 2 - San Jose, CA - SAP Center
May 3 - Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center
May 6 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
May 10 - Los Angeles, CA - The Forum
May 14 - Phoenix, AZ - Talking Stick Resort Arena
May 17 - San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center
May 19 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
May 21 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
May 23 - Oklahoma City, OK - Chesapeake Energy Arena
May 25 - New Orleans, LA - Smoothie King Center
May 28 - Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena
May 29 - Orlando, FL - Amway Center
May 31 - Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena
June 4 - Raleigh, NC - PNC Arena
June 7 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
June 8 - Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena
June 10 - Charlotte, NC - Spectrum Center
June 12 - Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints Arena
June 14 - Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center
June 18 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
True to her word, the unveiling came less than 24 hours after Grande shared on Twitter that she would be announcing the dates today. It's expected that international tour dates will be released soon.
Artists Who Cancelled Their Concert Tours
Source: Ariana Grande Just Finally Dropped Her ‘Sweetener’ Tour Dates
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Overview of Charge of Wanton Publication and USG Classified Witnesses | US v Pfc. Manning
Posted on May 28, 2013 at 12:56 am
The language of "wantonly cause to be published on the internet intelligence belonging to the US government, having knowledge that intelligence published on the internet is accessible to the enemy" is an unprecedented charge in military law, and not tied to an existing federal criminal violation or punitive article of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Manning's defense calls it a "made up offense."
Manning pled not guilty to "Wanton Publication" in February. If convicted he is exposed to a maximum punishment of two years confinement.
According to a bill of particulars from military prosecutors, Manning wrongfully and wantonly caused intelligence to be published on the internet "by leaking thousands of documents gathered from SIPRNET including several databases to the WikiLeaks organization."
"Wantonly cause to be published" does not mean that Manning has to be the proximate publisher. The offense, however, is intended to proscribe and chill whistleblowers and publishers empowered by the Internet's low cost, accessible means of distribution.
The offense of "Wanton Publication" interdicts the release of large datasets, which can be subsequently mined or modeled for revelations by digital journalists and organizations like WikiLeaks.
Defense has argued that the "lack of actual harm supports the view that any alleged disclosure of information was not wanton." Defense also argued, that "[t]here is an issue of control if it be published at all, even if you give to a news organization-- no guarantee that it would be published."
At the Article 32 pretrial hearing in December in 2011, while cross examining an agent who was testifying about the FBI investigation of seven civilians including the "founders, owners, or managers of WikiLeaks", Coombs asked:
Coombs: Whom else did you uncover doing wrongdoing?
Agent: Seven other civilians. The FBI is potentially involved. I do not know what the FBI has determined.
Coombs: Do they include the founders, owners, or managers of WikiLeaks? Was WikiLeaks in this case?
Agent: Yes they are involved in certain aspects.
Coombs: Is it your determination...would you agree that my client would have been unable to do this by himself?
Agent: Depends on charge. 'Something by himself' ...other charges require interaction with others.
Coombs: Did my client possess the ability to upload from his cubical in Iraq?
Agent: Yes. He could have uploaded to multiple sites.
Coombs: Would he not also require the cooperation of others to post to (indecipherable)?
Agent: Not if he owned the site.
The government will use evidence allegedly obtained at the raid of Osama bin Laden in May 2011 in their case against Manning for "Wanton Publication". Prosecutors argue that the "bin Laden evidence" confirms that the information was made "accessible to the enemy."
The Government will also use a 2008 US Army Counterintelligence Memo entitled, "(U) WikiLeaks.org--An Online Reference to Foreign Intelligence Services, Insurgents, or Terrorist Groups?", which was charged against Manning under the Espionage Act. Manning pled to the lesser included offense of 18 USC 793(e) for the USACIC report in February.
Prosecutors will also use a PowerPoint presentation, entitled "Operation Security (OPSEC) PV2 Manning, , D Company, 305th Military Intelligence Battalion", dated 13 June 2008, that Manning drafted at Fort Huachuca, AZ, while training to be a military intelligence analyst.
The PowerPoint was the result of corrective training Manning received for reportedly posting personal videos on Facebook. The PowerPoint, said prosecutors, explains how to handle classified information and how foreign governments, enemies, spies, and hackers seek information about the US military on the Internet.
Over the prosecution's objection, defense sought and obtained the testimony of Professor Yochai Benkler, co-director of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, as an expert witness on WikiLeaks, new forms of digital journalism, and the internet. Coombs said Benkler will testify that WikiLeaks was viewed as a respected journalistic organization at the time of the charged offenses and "not viewed as a terrorist organization aiding the enemy."
"In 2009 and 2010 WikiLeaks received numerous awards," said Coombs, "and prior to the charged leaks, was a legitimate journalistic organization, albeit not mainstream." Coombs also said that Benkler will testify that "between 2006 and 2010, WikiLeaks published on a wide range of topics and various governments, corporate malfeasance and ineptitude, and was not bent against the United States and our way of life."
Benkler's testimony goes straight to defending Manning against the 'reckless disregard' language found in "Wanton Publication" and against the charge of aiding the enemy.
"News organizations take steps to verify-- and harm-minimization," said Coombs, "Once [WikiLeaks] received [the information] they collaborated with media partners to ensure the control and safe release." "These media partners put their own teams to work. They selected information that was appropriate, and WikiLeaks published the same information," said Coombs.
Manning has agreed to a stipulation of fact concerning the Osama bin Laden evidence in lieu of the testimony of a classified witness, Mr. John Doe.
The unclassified portion of the 'stipulation of fact' reads:
On 2 May 2011 United States Government officials raided the OBL compounded. Located in Abbottabad Pakistan collected several items of digital media. From the items of digital media the following items were obtained. (1) A letter from Osama bin Laden to a member of Al Qaeda requesting the member gather Department of Defense material posted to WikiLeaks. 2.) A letter from the same member of Al Qaeda to UBL attached to which was the Afghanistan War Log [singular] as posted by WikiLeaks. 3.) Department of State information.
The military judge will still need to rule on whether to allow the stipulation entry as evidence.
The following classified witnesses will testify for the government in their case against Manning for "Wanton Publication" as per a Court ruling at the May 21, 2013 Article 39(a) session:
James Moore, Department of State
SSA [Supervisory Special Agent] Alexander Pott [sp.], FBI
Dean Pittman, Department of State
Ambassador Stephen Seche State Department
Ambassador Don Yamamoto, Department of State
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, Department of State
Mr. Joseph Yun, Department of State
Ms. Catherine Stobel [sp.], from the CIA will also testify concerning the two CIA red Cell Memos and the 2008 USACIC WikiLeaks report, which are charged against Manning under Specifications 3 and 15 of Charge II, Article 134.
As mentioned above the USACIC report will be used in the government's case against Manning for "Wanton Publication". In addition, three separate classified witnesses, will testify about the CIA Memos and USACIC report. It is likely that these three special witnesses-- whose identity and testimony will be closed in entirety-- are original classification authorities for the documents and/or will testify in the government's case against Manning for "Wanton Publication".
Charges and Pleas, Chelsea Manning
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Trump won't concede that he was wrong to talk about "many sides," because "before I make a statement, I like to know the facts."
The NYT reports on "a long, combative exchange with reporters at Trump Tower."
Mr. Trump repeated that assertion on Tuesday, criticizing “alt-left” groups that he claimed were “very, very violent” when they sought to confront the nationalist and Nazi groups that had gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee from a park. He said there is “blame on both sides.”
Here's a part of today's statement, in which he is explicit that he did not condemn everyone on the non-counterprotester side.
"I’ve condemned neo-Nazis. I’ve condemned many different groups. Not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were white supremacists by any stretch... Many of those people were there to protest the taking down of the statue of Robert E. Lee. This week, it is Robert E. Lee and this week, Stonewall Jackson. Is it George Washington next? You have to ask yourself, where does it stop?”
ADDED: Some people thought his remarks yesterday represented a backing off from his much-criticized "many sides" line, but I was not one of them. I think what he said Saturday, yesterday, and today was basically all the same thing.
Tags: Charlottesville, Civil War, Robert E. Lee, sculpture, Trump rhetoric
But Obama was given the luxury of saying "If I had a soon, then he would look like Trayvon Martin".
That has to be the most divisive, race-baiting statement EVAHH!
Son, not soon......arrrrggh
Trump visits an optician for an eye test. The optician puts up a diagram on a wall of a swastika and asks Trump "What do you see?". Trump replies "Many sides".
Trump is right. Again.
Pinandpuller said...
Kids in some California schools can't wear the American flag on Cinco de Mayo.
3rdGradePB_GoodPerson said...
Right, MaH,
Let's hope that a hundred years from now, along w/ new Lee statues, folks are erecting statues of Zimmerman.
Tommy Duncan said...
Trumps statement sounds fair and reasonable to those of us who are not looking for blood and demons.
eddie willers said...
I was so glad to hear this response when his silly capitulation to the media Monday was was treated so snidely.
sodal ye said...
It won't stop. You can't take away entitlements once granted. And man, do they ever feel entitled to do this shit. Thanks Obama.
If you insufficiently denounce racism, then you are a racist too!!!!!!!
Midterm elections usually go south for the President's party, but I'm crossing my fingers. The Left and its media toadies are doing everything they can to push middle of the road folks towards Trump.
Middle class and working class whites who aren't racists are probably getting tired of being called racists by spoiled ignorant college kids.
Oh great, if Donald Trump claims not to understand where the line is between Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson on the one side and George Washington on the other, his protesters may not either. Here's a hint - Washington helped found the United States of America, he did not rebel against it.
Will Brown said...
I watched President Trump's news conference this afternoon, and then the synopsis given by Margaret Brennan on CBS, obviously Ms. Brennan and I watched two different news conferences.
If they were going alphabetically would Brigham Young be one of the first to go or one of the last? I'm trying to think like a millennial.
The funniest part was listening to the biased media in the room TOTALLY perplexed that Antifa was violent and was a part of the problem in Charlottesville.....They asked him that more than once....He told them there were two sides to every story and that journalists should know that....They don't even look....they just take the Democrat talking points of the day and stay on it.....
First, they came for the babies. Then, they came for the whites (and "white" Hispanics). Finally, they came for the males, and females, too.
Left-ward lies a progressive slope.
We all knew what he said yesterday was something he didn't really believe. It's very clear on which side he identifies with. The Alt Right Neo Nazi KKK . Shameful and despicable. Hopefully his Generals will jump ship soon and CEOs will continue to chastise him and distance themselves from him. Anyone who continues to support him after this will be toxic when Trump is finally gone. The smart ones will be leaving before it's too late.
When he said "Is it George Washington next?", Native Americans said "Where do I get in line?"
Andrew Jackson is the Second Father of this Country. Will they ditch on the $20 him for looking like Trump? That would be as racist as it gets. But then we all knew that appeasement was the game.
So kind of off topic, but not really.
So last week --mere days before Charlottesville -- a frothing leftist like ARM and Inga named Clayton Carter deliberately murdered a Republican neighbor, George Jennings, who was a member of the local leadership of the Republican party.
He shot Jennings in the head in front of Jenning's wife, on Jenning's own lawn, then when Jennings was down on the ground, came up and shot him in the head again, delivering the fatal blow.
This Clayton Carter had a yard full of hand-lettered anti Trump signs.
So: ARM, your side just murdered someone, right? Using your standards? Don't you and Inga bear complete responsibility for the murder of George Jennings by a leftist?
Funny how Jenning's murder for political reasons is nowhere to be found on the news. Hey, if a leftist walks up and murders Republicans in cold blood--who cares, amiright? Certainly Inga and ARM don't care. No big deal, he had it coming to him. Right, Inga? You certainly had no problems with the Steve Scalise shooting, so since Clayton Carter succeeded in murdering a prominent Republican, you probably consider him a hero. Right?
Link for the story: Daily Mail.
Maybe, just maaaaaybe, some of our leftist righteous indignation can be spared to consider whether or not Republicans should be murdered in cold blood by Democrat activists.
Ha, who am I kidding? Just like Lakim Faust, a black man gunning down any white man he could see as an explicit racist attack; this story doesn't bother the left at all.
Wendybar,
Perahaps you could provide us (and the press) w/ the state re antifa murders in the US?
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/us/tally-of-attacks-in-us-challenges-perceptions-of-top-terror-threat.html
Trump raises an issue I wondered about. How many, if any, individuals were there just to protest the removal of the General Lee statue but weren't part of the White Power brigade. Also, were the militia people separate from them as well?
There also had to be counterprotestors of good faith who weren't part of the Red Front antifa brigade.
There ya go, Kirk! We should just give the whole country back to the Native Americans. Although their casinos might go bust without customers.
Left Bank of the Charles
But ole George did rebel (there is that word!) against the British, against his own country did he not? Help me here.
Etienne said...
I think the alt-left should turn their dollar bills in.
I will drive to MLK Blvd, and all youse people can put your bills in my trunk.
Feel good about yourself! Get rid of your Washingtons!
The SPLC says Kessler is an Obama guy who helped organize the Occupy (bowel) Movement.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/jason-kessler
Left on Left violence that gets blamed on conservatives.
There will be no news at 11. Izvestia, bitches.
David Duke is back to praising his and your leader, Donald Trump.
David Duke @DrDavidDuke
Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth about #Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists in BLM/Antifa
Trump was rejecting an "ends justify means" approach to reconciliation, that has characterized progressive liberalism for nearly a century.
For example, judge people by the "content of their character" (i.e. diversity), not the "color of their skin" (i.e. [class] diversity). Also, don't abort the baby because you have deemed her unworthy.
Left Bank supports slave owners.
I condemn Left Bank as insufficiently woke.
3rd Grade.....
Would the BLM sponsored murders of police count? I would think they are in alignment with the antifa, no?
Trump is right to separate the speech and assembly he respects and yet may disagree with personally, from the cause of and responsibility for the violence.
Lefties are in constant contact with David Duke whoever he might be. That and the Daily Stormer. Jeez. No wonder they are so fucked up and confused.
Birkel:
American conservatives are neither color nationalists nor color supremacists nor class diversitists. This is the domain of the DNC, progressive liberals, and exceptional individuals.
Count them any way you want.
Why not toss in Ciraq data? Presumably all blacks are BLM.
In fact the folks who deny that black lives matter are a small minority. I guess that makes you special.
Perahaps you could provide us (and the press) w/ the state re antifa murders in the US?"
Dear ignoramus,
please check the comment posted right before yours.
Trump's statement is true. And as we all know, there is no quicker way to anger a leftist than by stating the truth.
UnknownInga82 believes unless Donald Trump silences David Duke despite the First Amendment, Donald Trump believes (in crazy town) whatever David Duke believes.
Therefore, Inga is guilty of the murder Vance mentions above.
"Presumably all blacks are BLM."
Except that nobody has said that except you.
The Southern Poverty Law Center confirms Kessler is an Obama guy.
Therefore, PB&J and Inga are responsible for the Charlottesville mayhem and death.
I know you're a gal. So it's understandable that ya don't understand the difference between compiled data and a anecdotes.
"Andrew Jackson is the Second Father of this Country. Will they ditch on the $20 him for looking like Trump?"
The second father? What the hell is that and why Jackson and not one of those who wrote the Constitution.
And FWIW, they want Jackson off the $20 because of his genocidal treatment of the Cherokee, not because of who he looks like.
I keep hearing regulars here bitch about lefties not posting in good faith, but somehow they never call out their own for over the top bullshit claims.
I have no doubt this post will yield the usual personal attacks. What a sad place this commenting section has become. Hypocrites and trolls of the right.
I suspect the Russian thing isn't going too well.
The Left will stop using their tactics only when the pain associated with such tactics overwhelms the benefits derived. You're correct on the logic and I agree completely. But the Left means to exercise Power and Dominion over us both. That cannot stand.
Leftists must condemn the Obama supporter, Kessler, who organized the Charlottesville mayhem.
International socialists and National socialists deny humanity.
The SPLC says so.
Michelle Obama: "The presidency doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are"
WARNING: Trump's distract, distract, distract tactic in full fire and fury mode at today's presser.
Uhmmm. Wonder how Mueller is doing right now on that Russia stuff.
Wonder why Trump made first trip to Trump Tower since inauguration.
All the wonder'ings will be over pretty soon.
I don't think it's controversial to suggest that most black folks believe that black lives matter. In fact, most Americans believe this.
You, and many here (who deny that BLM) are a minority.
Sorry to break the news.
Bob Loblaw said...
Yep. It was the leftists who were responsible for the violence, for the most part, just like they always are. You don't get to attack a group of people because they think things you disagree with.
History repeats itself as farce?
The Greensboro massacre is the term for an event which took place on November 3, 1979, when members of the Communist Workers' Party and others demonstrated in a Brown Lung in Textile Workers march in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. The CWP, which had advocated that Klan members should be "physically beaten and chased out of town" [sound like Terry McCauliffe?], engaged in a shootout with members of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party. Four members of the Communist Workers' Party, and one other individual were killed and eleven other demonstrators and a Klansman were wounded.
Two criminal trials of several Klan and ANP members were conducted: six men were prosecuted in a state criminal trial in 1980, five were charged with murder. All were acquitted by an all-white jury. A second, federal criminal civil rights trial in 1984 concluded with the acquittal of the nine defendants by an all-white jury.
Survivors filed a civil suit in 1980, led by the Christic Institute. The case in federal district court accused numerous police officers and four federal agents, as well as Klansmen and ANP members, of violating the civil rights of those killed, and it also charged the city with failure to protect the legal demonstration. The jury found the Klan/Nazi shooters liable for the death of Dr. Michael Nathan, the only non-CWP victim. The jury also held the Greensboro Police Department responsible for failing to do more to prevent the shootings, because it was told by an informant that the KKK planned violence. These groups were ordered to pay a total of $350,000 in damages. This is one of the few times in US history when "a jury held local police liable for cooperating with the Ku Klux Klan in a wrongful death."
It sounds good to me. Once again just saying what the idiot media are doing in a way that doesn't make it look like adult coverage.
Strictly speaking it's adult but just directed to soap opera adults.
UnknownInga14 wonders why Salon magazine has written an article saying the Russia story is bull shit.
That marks two Leftist Collectivist organizations trying to let you down gently.
http://www.salon.com/2017/08/15/what-if-the-dnc-russian-hack-was-really-a-leak-after-all-a-new-report-raises-questions-media-and-democrats-would-rather-ignore/
@Left
Didn't Washington own slaves? Like Lee, he was a Virginian.
Jan Smuts went into rebellion against the British - he was a General in the Boer Army in the Boer War - nasty bit of war, that. He ended his career as Field Marshall in the British Army - one of the best they had.
When the Bundeswehr was established after WW II, they used officers from the old Wehrmacht - not from the SS, obviously, - but from the old-line military.
Lee and Jackson were soldiers on the wrong side. They weren't Nathan Bedford Forrest. Do we really want to re-litigate the whole Civil War? It wasn't very civil remember.
PB of the Third Grade Mind wrote: "I don't think it's controversial to suggest that most black folks believe that black lives matter. In fact, most Americans believe this."
I believe black lives matter, just as all lives matter. I don't believe in Black Lives Matter.
There's an obvious difference.
Black Lives Matter doesn't seem to give a shit about the black lives lost in the inner city every day.
"There's an obvious difference."
Not if you check w/ a dictionary.
Why did an Obama supporter organize a rally in Charlottesville?
What tactic is this, that Leftists would attack other Leftists?
The SPLC wants to know why an Obama guy who led the Occupy (bowel) Movement is inciting racial animosity.
Answer for this, Leftists.
I'm still waiting for the slightest shred of evidence that points in the general direction of the Russia story.
Never said a word about them murdering...just that they are violent...Please keep up!!
BREAKING NEWS: Trump draws moral equivalence between neo-Nazis and counter-protesters.
The world is stunned. Trump's base celebrates.
Native Americans said "Where do I get in line?"
This will be difficult. "Native" Americans, or specifically nations and tribes, were genocidal, slavers, [class] diversists, and targets of the aforementioned, who discovered alliances of, if not principled alignment, then convenience, with alien people in order to preserve their communities, lives, and ambitions. It seems that native Americans today may face the same history, divisions, and dysfunctional convergence.
Since the organizer of the Charlottesville march was an Obama guy, I'm pretty sure any deaths that occurred cannot be logically blamed on anybody but the Left.
This was Left on Left violence.
I just hope the SPLC doesn't incite people carrying Chick-Fil-A bags to shoot Leftists in response to their incitement of racial hostility.
Nyamujal said...
"Not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were white supremacists by any stretch... Many of those people were there to protest the taking down of the statue of Robert E. Lee. "
They were statue and tiki torch enthusiasts. They just love statues so goddamm much!
Inga is now reduced to making up her own headlines.
BREAKING NEWS: Leftist says something idiotic, once again.
This will make the leftists really sad.
Looks like "Unite the Right" was set up and led by an Obama supporter and member of the occupy movement.
I guess this means Inca will have to call all Obama supporters and the occupy movement racists too.
Let's see, Unknown...neo-Nazis and Communist anarchists. They sound pretty equivalent to me!
Okay Wendybar,
How do the stats for antifa violence compare to:
http://domesticviolencestatistics.org/domestic-violence-statistics/
Brookzene said...
You're just twisting everything the snowflakes are trying to say.
International socialists killed a lot more people than National Socialists.
Reasonable people condemn both groups to the ash heap of history.
The MSM thinks International socialists are ok.
UnknownInga14 and 82 both agree.
That's really not breaking news at all.
Trump's right. And he apparently was right about how to get North Korea to back down, so that's two wins in one week.
I'm a native American. I was born here.
"BREAKING NEWS: Trump draws moral equivalence between neo-Nazis and counter-protesters.
The world is stunned. Trump's base celebrates"
They were funded and organized by the same people so yes they were all shitheads.
The neo-national socialists are color supremacists. The protesters are [class] diversitists and abortionists, too. Both groups deny individual dignity, and while the former has a history of denying intrinsic value, the latter have established it as a rite (i.e. Pro-Choice Church). Both groups are execrable and should not be normalized in a civilized society.
"Not if you check w/ a dictionary."
What do you know about dictionaries? You don't read.
BLM is a specific organization, dumbbell.
Brookzene is guilty of inciting racial hatred due to her support of Obama who was supported by Kessler who organized the Charlottesville mayhem.
"Trump's right. And he apparently was right about how to get North Korea to back down, so that's two wins in one week."
Well let's find that 'Mission Accomplished' banner.
BREAKING NEWS: Leftists Outraged at Protest Organized by Leftists!
I do wonder when the SPLC is going to hide their findings about Kessler.
Screen caps are saved.
The Left fought the Left and somehow the MSM and Leftist Collectivists think the president and conservatives are to blame.
Odd logic.
Trump has had a couple of good weeks. I was a little concerned when he seemed to be going wobbly yesterday, but I guess Althouse was right.
"Washington helped found the United States of America, he did not rebel against it."
I think Trump's reference was not to the rebellion but to the ownership of slaves. And it is completely clear that Washington and Jefferson both owned slaves.
Many sides means - you mask wearing, 2x4 beat-down antifa fascists suck, too. But he cannot say that. hack-D press will not allow it.
Yes, because the colonists rebelling against King George was very analogous to white power groups and neo-Nazis.
Help you out here? Okay, I doubt your much of a patriot if you can't tell the difference.
Etienne suggests: I think the alt-left should turn their dollar bills in.
And I'll take their twenties.
The left-right paradigm is circumstantial. Both groups are left of center in America.
Still, there is only one group that is a substantial minority that collaborates with foreign and domestic special, peculiar, and sovereign interests in order to defeat the People and our Posterity. It's not the neo-national socialists, who have no credible standing in our nation.
"BLM is a specific organization, dumbbell."
Okay, so why don't you link to something that proves that BLM, means that non-black lives don't matter?
Or, did you makeup the idea that BLM doesn't believe that all lives matter?
"I believe black lives matter, just as all lives matter. I don't believe in Black Lives Matter.
There's an obvious difference."
"Rumors abound on white nationalist forums that Kessler’s ideological pedigree before 2016 was less than pure and seem to point to involvement in the Occupy movement and past support for President Obama."
Leftist on Leftist violence is hard to blame on the president.
Take responsibility for your side, I believe was the message yesterday.
Brookzene supports a slave owner.
Brookzene is not yet fully WOKE.
"Well let's find that 'Mission Accomplished' banner"
Good thing Trump has been so much more competent than Mr. flexibility right? It is really nice to have a leader leading rather than bragging about how good a killer he is. At least most of us think so.
PB&J is not fully WOKE.
http://time.com/4400811/all-lives-matter/
I have been reliably informed by the MSM that All Lives Matter is bad.
It's bad marketing, this "Trump did not say enough" schtick. People say, "wha?" You can't invent outrage. There has to be something, anything, even a tiny thing. Trump said it was bad, and that was enough. He didn't say "bad bad bad bad white racist bad", and that was not required by normal people.
This is an outrage only to the bad marketeers in the MSM.
Bob Ellison:
You ("our Posterity") were not only born here, but a natural citizen of the legal and administrative jurisdiction by virtue of your mother and father ("the People").
"I think Trump's reference was not to the rebellion but to the ownership of slaves. And it is completely clear that Washington and Jefferson both owned slaves."
Well, as our nation moves forward and improves Washington and Jefferson can be associated w/ that progression. The South's fuss was a regression.
Or, put in terms DJT would get: Southern fighters weren't heroes. In America, we like people that aren't losers.
Static Ping said...
The media is in "have you stopped beating your wife" mode. Act accordingly. If you accept the news from propagandists you only have yourself to blame.
Unfortunately, much of our leadership in this country cares more about appearances and the narrative than facts. Charlottesville was two different sets of fascists beating each other up. The local government and the state government seemingly wanted a riot for their own purposes, not particular concerned what the results of that riot would be. What we get is Trump is obviously a racist in bed with the Nazis and the KKK, despite the fact that he has a consistent history of condemning those groups and his daughter is married to a Jew, because the media has prejudged him as a racist because they hate him. It is so stupid that it hurts.
Anti-intellectualism makes a great deal of sense when the intellectuals are idiots.
"David Duke is back to praising his and your leader, Donald Trump."
Funny how you seem to spend a LOT more time and attention following and focusing on what David Duke says than we do.
Obsessively, even.
Birk's link:
"But nobody said those other lives don't matter; no one even said that black lives matter a tiny bit more. Pretending that the choice is binary—and then acting as if it's the other side that framed it that way—is a handy dodge but a dishonest one. If I say "Save the whales," it does not mean, "Screw the eagles.""
The conversation and environment have been intentionally poisoned. While in small doses this is survivable, with the present dosage (e.g. political, cultural, and press), a dysfunctional convergence seems inevitable.
@exiledonmainstreet says Inga is now reduced to making up her own headlines.
Not as idiotic as assuming every Unknown is Inga.
@Birkel,
Hitler knew well on how Lefties could be turned to the even Darker Side of the Force:
"[T]here is more that binds us to Bolshevism than separates us from it," said Hitler to Rauschning. "There is, above all, genuine revolutionary feeling, which is alive everywhere in Russia except where there are Jewish Marxists. I have always made allowance for this circumstance, and given orders that former Communists are to be admitted to the party at once. The petit bourgeois Social-Democrat and the trade-union boss will never make a National Socialist, but the Communist always will" (Quoting from Rauschning's The Voice of Destruction, pg. 131) (Peikoff, 221)."
PB&J supports a slave owner.
PB&J is not WOKE enough.
Get WOKE.
(There is no natural stopping point for the demands of the Leftist Collectivists beyond the complete exercise of Dominion over their countrymen. I resist.)
@althouse
Just luv your timely red meat posts knowing it is going to be a shitfest. Be wonderful to know what the ROI is.
I take back what I said about Trump. He's showing some backbone.
PB&J thinks All Lives Matter.
Burn the heretic.
"President Donald Trump on Tuesday said there were some "very fine people" marching among the Nazis, alt-right and white supremacists Saturday."
Yes, those are his people.
David Duke endorses Trump: absolute proof that Trump's an evil racist!
David Duke endorses Obama and Keith Ellison (Google it): who cares what an obvious asshole like Duke says?
where the line is between Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson on the one side and George Washington on the other, his protesters may not either. Here's a hint - Washington helped found the United States of America, he did not rebel against it.
So you are trying to have people believe that the mob that routinely shouts anti-U.S. chants is against these figures because they rebelled against the country? That would be news to them. They think they want their statues ripped down on grounds of racism.
heyboom said...
And yet a search of the phrase "all lives matter" will get you 228,000,000 Bing hits on why that phrase is racist, perilous and dangerous.
Seeing many sides is recognition of nuances, a trait associated with intelligence and an open-minded attitude. Wasn't Obama praised for that quality in his speeches?
I always enjoy UnknownInga14 more than UnknownInga82.
But UnknownInga51 will always be my favorite.
UnknownInga51 is completely WOKE.
Is the 2 minute hate for Kessler about to start?
Does an Obama supporter who Occupied Wall Street get stood up against the proverbial wall?
Is he a Bolshevik in good standing?
FWIW, they want Jackson off the $20 because of his genocidal treatment of the Cherokee, not because of who he looks like.
Actually some want Jackson off the $20 bill in order to replace him with some token woman.
Others wouldn't mind taking him off because he is considered to be one of the fathers of the Democrat Party.
The neo-national socialists exercised their first (licensed, no less) and second amendment rights. While the antifa fascists exercised their extralegal right to intimidate and suppress their competitors' civil rights. The Democratic establishment seems happy. Perhaps [class] diversity or denying individual dignity is the problem for the former, but the latter seems bent on establishing monopolies for their 0.1%, foreign and domestic.
"Okay, so why don't you link to something that proves that BLM, means that non-black lives don't matter?"
Cool video for you.
When the left has divided everyone into racial and fractional units: Blacks, Chicanos, BLTS...I mean LGBT ..or whatever all with manufactured grievances against White people, why are they surprised when "White" people decide to form their own grievance group and fight back. If Blacks can be Black and proud, well...so can "White" people.
The Left is playing with fire. This is not going to end well.
Trump yesterday: President of the US
Trump today: Confederate President
We're not going to get anywhere with reforming our public discourse in this country if we insist that our side (whichever or whatever side that is) is ALWAYS the innocent victim, and the other side is ALWAYS the evil instigator and perpetrator. I know it's fun to play the game that way in comment threads, but when we turn off our computers and come out of our basements or (in my case) attics, we need to recognize that the world depicted in the movies and comic books of our childhood -- where the good guys are always good and the bad guys (hiss! boo!) are always bad and ALWAYS LOSE -- isn't the world we live in.
Charlottesville ought to be easy for conservatives. Conservatives don't root for Nazis and Klansmen. Yes, some conservatives regard R.E. Lee as an honorable man, and many conservatives think that we should not trash our country's history, even the imperfect parts of it (and it's ALL imperfect), but no true conservative (OK, as in "no true Scotsman") would root for the guys carrying Nazi and Confederate flags whatever their ostensible cause. But honest liberals ought to oppose "counterprotesters" from Antifa and BLM and other groups they know are extremists, often violent extremists. But all too many conservatives end up defending the Nazi/KKK and all too many liberals end up defending BLM/Antifa. Whereas what decent people, right and left, should be saying is, to Hell with all of them!
He was talking about the occupy wall street members and organizers in the march.
Looks like the KKK is still full of democrats.
In fact, if we are going to get rid of evil organizations, it long past time to get rid of the Democrat Party, the party of slavery, the party of secession, the party of segregation, the party that even today is a plantation party.
Yeah, but he didn't actually write those speeches. It took about three months to realize when the teleprompter wasn't there he couldn't make a coherent statement.
Ach,
Are you a woman?
Love love love my President.
Individual dignity precludes advocacy for [class] diversity and color supremacy, but not color blocs (e.g. little Mexico, China, etc.)
As for objections, take them to court. And, no, do not pull another one out of the twilight zone (a.k.a. penumbra). That's fringe and should be left there.
"Trump yesterday: President of the US
Trump today: Confederate President"
Actually Obama people organized both "Unite the Right" and Antifa.
It must really suck to watch everything you believe in be based on lies. Especially when you are as stupid as Inga.
Salon just told you the Russian collusion story is bullshit. Obama organized the neo Nazi march. North Korea backed down.
I look forward to you ranting off and disappearing again.
Trump has used the term 'alt-left'. More convenient than trying to describe all the various factions, just as in the 'alt-right'.
This is true. What we're seeing was inevitable, and it's going to get a lot worse. There's no way the leftists are smart enough to realize they're manufacturing white nationalists.
"Are you a woman?"
Depends on how I feel in the morning. Some days I like to use clean restrooms though I don't get the toilet paper on the floor.
Birk,
You're mixed up.
It's smart capitalists who want to be in a position w/o competitors so that they can dominate and maximize profits.
Sorta ironic that (according to you): Collective Leftist that wants free stuff for losers = Leftist that wants themselves to have dominion over all others [= mega capitalist.]
to Hell with all of them!
Well, perhaps tolerance at the fringe, but certainly not normalization. That said, there is a quantifiable order of risk based on which groups have real standing and leverage in our society, which does not conform to popular perceptions and labels marketed by the SPLC et al.
Even if the Party is not disbanded, the Democrats at the very least ought to apologize for its history.
When are you folks on the left here and around the country going to apologize for the Democrat Party's zealous support and promotion of slavery?
When are you going to apologize for your Democrat Party's support for secession and the destruction of the Union?
That's your party.
When are you going to apologize for your Democrat Party's advocacy for and implementation of segregation and Jim Crow? When are you going to apologize for your Democrat Party's treatment of blacks as third-class people -- no, worse than that, when are you going to apologize for your party's treatment of human beings like chattel?
That is on YOU. It is on you and YOUR Party. It's not hyperbole. It is true history. Your history.
Spiros Pappas said...
I think Mr. Trump made many interesting points about political polarization in our country. Obviously, people on different sides have to debate and agitate without resorting to violence! And was Mr. Trump staking out the middle ground, where most Americans are, in spite of the heated rhetoric from the media and college students? Anyways, it looks like smart politics to me. Not like Reagan, because Reagan was exceptionally quick and charming, but more like Nixon.
pacwest said...
"They think they want their statues ripped down on grounds of racism."
That would be a pretty wide swath of statues. Slave owners, Indian fighters, pioneers, theologians, authors, etc. The list would be pretty long. Let's not even start with the imperialists. Greeks, Romans?
Not sure what the point of all that would be though. No reminders of history they wish would not have happened would wipe out past sins or something?
Notice the careful placement of the quotation marks in Unknown's 4:57 comment: "marching among the Nazis" is not part of Trump's quoted words, though a careless reader might think he said that. What did he say? I'm guessing something about marching in favor of keeping the Lee statue, and I'm pretty sure there were people there who supported keeping the statue but stayed as far away from the Nazis as they could. I have read that thousands of other people were planning to go until they heard the Nazis were coming and changed their minds.
So how many people were on each side? How many of the pro-statue side were wearing (a) Confederate regalia, (b) Nazi regalia, (c) both, or (d) neither? How many anti-statue marchers were actually peaceful demonstrators (e), and how many were wearing masks and armed with bats and other weapons (f)? Estimates should have been in the first paragraph of any newspaper story, but I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere, because journalists no longer even pretend to be interested in delivering the facts. I do note that the tiki-torch marchers the night before seemed to be in class (d), at least in the most widely copied picture.
@Achilles says I look forward to you ranting off and disappearing again.
Have a stiff shot of Russian vodka in front of Fox News and Breitbart to keep up the high level of ignorance.
You know, if we are going to be honest here, there is very, very little difference between the National Socialist Party's treatment of Jews and other undesirables as untermenschen (subhuman) and the Democrat Party's treatment of blacks as less than human, as having the status of a farm animal, of property.
"Some days I like to use clean restrooms"
Aren't those the ones w/ the long lines....because of sexism.....or is that because of the dude upstairs who makes gals sit to pee?
Unknown will easily lie about what someone says with false quotes.
Lying is what leftwing progs do best.
BREAKING NEWS: AFL-CIO Representatives Resign from Presidential Council on Manufacturing
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on his and Thea Lee’s resignation from President Trump’s council on manufacturing:
We cannot sit on a council for a President who tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism. President Trump’s remarks today repudiate his forced remarks yesterday about the KKK and neo-Nazis. We must resign on behalf of America’s working people, who reject all notions of legitimacy of these bigoted groups.
It’s clear that President Trump’s Manufacturing Council was never an effective means for delivering real policy that lifts working families and his remarks today were the last straw. We joined this council with the intent to be a voice for working people and real hope that it would result in positive economic policy, but it has become yet another broken promise on the President’s record. From hollow councils to bad policy and embracing bigotry, the actions of this administration have consistently failed working people.
TRUMP: No, no. There were people in that rally, and I looked the night before. If you look, they were people protesting very quietly, the taking down the statue of Robert E. Lee. I’m sure in that group there were some bad ones. The following day, it looked like they had some rough, bad people, neo-Nazis, white nationalists, whatever you want to call ‘em.
Yes, those torch bearing Nazis were good boys. "Jews will not replace us!"
The Democrat Party -- the supporter, promoter, and cause of the greatest evils that this nation has ever known, from enslaving people to rounding up people in concentration camps to killing innocent babies (and now pushing for killing sick people).
And you folks on the left have the gall to even show yourself in public and to point fingers at people.
And was Mr. Trump staking out the middle ground, where most Americans are, in spite of the heated rhetoric from the media and college students?
Even Obama, despite notable differences in means, if not necessarily ends.
Obviously, people on different sides have to debate and agitate without resorting to violence!
This is absolutely critical and acknowledged in our First Amendment with good cause.
Given George Washington was a slave owner, why not take down every statue? Why not rename Washington State? Why not rename every city, street and institution with his name?
"Have a stiff shot of Russian vodka in front of Fox News and Breitbart to keep up the high level of ignorance."
I kinda figured you went on alcoholic benders when you flounced out. Reality must be really painful for you. Have fun with 7.5 years of the Trump administration watching Obama and his people try to stay out of jail.
And by the way, what is with all the street signs we should be protesting? I mean Castro Blvd? (No wait, that one is ok. I meant Davis St or Bedford Place). And the Eisenhower corridor? Greatest war criminal on earth. (Channeling my inner Cook).
How about expunge every founding father who owned slaves? Washington, Jefferson, Madison, etc... Fuck em all right?
And like the evildoers before you, you go around here wearing masks and hoods.
Well, "unknown" suits you -- all of you. Ultimately, you are non-entities, nobodies, unworthy of a name or identity -- a nothing.
How about expunge Harry S. Truman from everything? Biggest war criminal of all time right?
But Chairman Mao? More statues of him, please.
Have fun with 7.5 years of the Trump administration watching Obama and his people try to stay out of jail.
I don't see any chance Obama goes to jail, but there's a prosecution with Lois Lerner's name on it.
And anyone and everyone who privileged from what they founded.
It's quite the progressive... uh, slippery slope.
Heh heh. That's supposed to be MLK.
So I keep hearing Trump welcomed white supremacists... When did he ever shake hands with Richard Spencer?
I hear now Mark Levin has taken up the call.
ABOLISH AND OUTLAW THE DEMOCRAT PARTY NOW!
From the transcript of the news conference:
Trump: You take a look, the night before, they were there to protest the taking down of the statue of Robert E. Lee.
If I take a look at "the night before", I see a Nazi rally, complete with torches and chants of "blood and soil". Who other than a neo-Nazi would take part in such a thing?
Interesting that Communism is not cited as a 'hate movement' by the SPLC, despite killing 120 million people in the last 100 years.
Trumka is a criminal. He shouldn't have been on that council to start with.
"But Chairman Mao? More statues of him, please."
Don't worry, us thinkin' folks will save you backward losers and otherwise riled up DJT fans before we end up on the clearance rack, such that Chi Comms Gekko us and rename streets.
Blogger 3rdGradePB_GoodPerson said...
"Aren't those the ones w/ the long lines....because of sexism.....or is that because of the dude upstairs who makes gals sit to pee?"
I don't have to sit. Just because I have man parts doesn't force me to go into the dirty bathrooms. Win win for me. So it depends on how clean the place is though they all look clean honestly.
Long lines only happen at places with lots of people. I don't get along well in loud crowded places.
Lydia... honestly how are they any different than the neo-Nazis of Skokie, IL in the 1980s? Did the country collapse back then because there wasn't antifa to 'bash the fash'? Nope, we all had a good laugh at them and everything was fine.
I wonder when the SPLC will be cited as a terrorist organization.
Good riddance to the AFL-CIO. They were an affirmative action placement in any event. What little access to power they had they just pissed away as they rode off on their high horse.
Trump is smashing another Overton Window.
The one about discussing leftist violence in the US.
And the more the press fights his statements, the more biased they look as other information trickles out. Look at what AA wrote in the previous post, about the Washington Posts credibility. Would she have written that a few years ago? The trick the press does is they smother a story by not talking about it. By not giving it any attention. Trump forces attention.
The moment Bill Maher discusses leftist violence is when the Overton window moves.
"When did he ever shake hands with Richard Spencer?"
Is this some sorta twist on the Kevin Bacon thing? I.e., find the commonalities?
http://www.newsweek.com/bannon-spencer-trump-alt-right-breitbart-infowars-yale-gottfried-oathkeepers-572585
Be honest:
How many of you had ever heard of the president's manufacturing council or whatever the group is that people are resigning from? I hadn't, though I'm not surprised it exists. I certainly knew there's a whole lot of that kind of stuff cluttering up the federal organizational charts.
And how many think this would be a good opportunity to cut the budget a teeny bit by abolishing the thing? Put me down as one.
Blogger Alex said...
"How about expunge every founding father who owned slaves? Washington, Jefferson, Madison, etc... Fuck em all right?"
This is obviously the goal.
The progressives were the slave owners before. They don't care about racism or slavery. They care about power and that means limiting freedom.
Freedom is the constant to them and it is the enemy.
White AFL-CIO men voted Donald Trump in 2016 because of identity politics. If the left wants to ensure DJT wins those rust-belt states again in 2020, they will keep up the race war.
"I don't have to sit. Just because I have man parts doesn't force me to go into the dirty bathrooms."
Hopefully you lift the seat.
TwilightofLiberty.com said...
Good for him. Its probably already been mentioned but what would have happened if the left didnt show up on Saturday? The WNs would have had their speeches, done some cheering, probably some lame chants and then would have left at 3 pm when their permit was over. And that would have been the end except for the usual hand-wringing and navel-gazing. The left showed up looking for a fight and lo and behold they found one.
Well, i guess the WNs could have started fighting each other, but i doubt it.
but no true conservative (OK, as in "no true Scotsman") would root for the guys carrying Nazi and Confederate flags whatever their ostensible cause
100% absolutely agree. But a true conservative, and even the ACLU, will argue for his right to carry that flag and speak his hate-filled mind.
Without the International Socialists showing up to start violence, the couple of hundred National Socialist losers would have had their little sausage fest under the watchful eyes of the cops and gone home. It's basically Cedarford in physical form - if you ignore it, it loses all power.
I was taught in law school that "we defend our fundamental freedoms on the frontiers of scum" - we don't protect the haters' right to speech and assembly because we like them or their message - we do it to protect our own rights.
Wow... Imagine the sheer cost of renaming every town, street, county, state from 'unacceptable' figures. But that is far more noble than feeding the hungry.
I saw video of that march with the tiki torches (LOL!! Tiki torches!!). Oh so scary? Chock full of symbols of course but not necessarily the ones you are thinking of or that most people think of. The torch marches of nationalists in Europe often do the same silly thing and often dressed in similar fashion. There was no KKK in Europe as you may have read.
gadfly said...
Trump said, “before I make a statement, I like to know the facts.” That was
well after the Charlottesville fiasco and after ad libbing "many sides" and after refusing to answer direct questions from the White House press corps about the white supremacists.
That of course is just another example of his throw-away lies. This is the same liar who knew exactly who David Duke was in 1991 who agreed with George H.W. Bush's opposition to Duke and, in 2001, Trump said that Duke was a bigot, a racist and a problem - but he did not discourage Duke's support during this past election util uncomfortable questions were asked so he tossed out another throw-away lie. Early in the run-up to the election, the blatant support from extreme right-wingers was obvious on Twitter and Trump had a habit of re-tweeting their ugliest comments.
Steve Bannon has a job in the West Wing pushing sick Trade War philosophies simply because he is a dyed-in-the-wool alt-righter.
So another day, another lie and Althouse is probably right - he told lies about Charlottesville on both days.
Who other than a neo-Nazi would take part in such a thing? You mean this----> A rally protesting the removal of a statue of a Confederate General and renaming of parks?
People who object to the erasure of history?
People who feel that history has lessons to teach us and that erasing it doesn't help us learn?
People who are sick of being told they are racists because some other white people in the past owned slaves whether we were related to those slave owners or not?
People whose ancestors, rightly or wrongly fought in the Civil War?
People whose ancestors fought for the north but still think that it is a bullying thing to dismiss the past and change hundreds of years of AMERICAN history?
People who see that there is not going to be any end to the demands to force people to atone for the past deeds of strangers? What next?
People who decry the tyranny of the minority and of people who are not even affected by the statue, words, whatever?
Lots of other reasons besides Nazism to think that the removal of General Lee's statue is wrong.
Jesus but these lefties are all up on David Duke and Richard Spenser and the Daily Stormtrooper or whatever its called. No conservative refers to those people and Spenser was unheard of by anybody until very recently. But if we want guilt by association I suppose we could try and take the masks off the brave antifas and find out who they read, who they follow, who are their heroes. I have some guesses but I think we will have to wait for someone to get the idea of interviewing one or more of them and finding those things out. That could even be made into a business model, finding out about stuff like that and writing about it.
vicari valdez said...
you think we're going to just allow people who believe that anyone who isnt white, straight, christian, or physically and mentally able should be eradicated from the earth to continue harassing our friends, our community, our comrades, and innocent and vulnerable people?
nope, not gonna happen.
it's better to fight than it is to do nothing at all.
as long as a fascist continues to breathe, there will never be true peace.
DBQ,
This is a silly POV to take: "People who object to the erasure of history?"
Somehow German history knows that the holocaust occurred, but Germans don't need statues of Hitler all over the place.
It couldn't be any worse than the hovering women who piss all over the seats because they don't want to sit on pissy seats.
Did Obama "discourage" the followers of Louis Farrkahn for voting for him? How about the racist pastor of Obama's racist church? All those Arab activists who would love to kill every Jew in Israel? Nope - all solid members of Obama's rainbow coalition.
Hell, those Neo-Nazi losers might WANT to kill Jews, but it's Obama's buddies in Tehran who are working on the technology to actually do the deed. With $1.7 billion of US funding, in cash.
"you think we're going to just allow people who believe that anyone who isnt white, straight, christian, or physically and mentally able should be eradicated from the earth to continue harassing our friends, our community, our comrades, and innocent and vulnerable people?"
Call Guinness -- the record for World's Greatest Strawman has been broken!
The SPLC has identified the organizer of the Charlottesville mayhem as an Obama supporting, Wall Street Occupying Leftist.
But in some way this is grounds for criticizing the president and conservatives.
Leftism requires lying.
"It couldn't be any worse than the hovering women who piss all over the seats because they don't want to sit on pissy seats."
DBQ, I don't want to seem like I'm being too critical of you w/ repeated questioning of you.
But, I sorta think it's not so bad if some gals don't wanna sit on seats soaked in piss.
Insane.
vicari valdez
Who exactly has been harassing you? Are you a business owner who had their windows smashed in in Seattle? D.C.? That would qualify as harassment in my book.
The lesson of Robert E. Lee is that a good, capable, and honorable can, through his sense of what's right, find himself fighting for a cause that Grant referred to as "one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse."
Leave his statue be. Perhaps someday lefties will grasp what words like "honor," "integrity," and "honesty" are all about. Some of the less self-deluded may even wonder whether their own causes are "one of the worst for which a people ever fought."
Well, I can dream, can't I?
I mean, once the seat is pissed on, what harm can come from a bit more piss.
Gals gots ta hover. It seems.
Interesting that wearing a Che t-shirt doesn't mark you as supporter of evil.
Yahbut, If everyone sat down on the toilet seat like civilized humans, there wouldn't BE piss all over the seats. Instead they try to hover about 8 to 12 inches above the seat....don't even lift it UP...and unlike guys have no aim or sense of direction and they therefore create the pissy mess that they are trying to avoid and then just leave it for someone else to later clean up.
Kind of like the leftists who trash the city to protest the state of the city.
3rdGrade PB...
The statues of Hitler were taken down after the war. The confederate statues have often stood for over a hundred years. Why the sudden umbrage about these structures that you have passed hundreds of times without noticing?
What will be the good thing that happens after they are all gone and the blank spaces remain? Will the little black children have fathers again? Will they read at grade level? What beautiful thing will have come to pass other than being able to say that you wanted them down and now they are gone?
By the way, I once saw a couple of far-more-convincing U.S. Nazis handing out 'literature' in front of the Arlington (VA) public library. This would have been the mid-'80s, I believe. They were in full SS-officer uniforms - the all-black ones. I shuddered, averted my eyes, and walked on by. I still think that was the right thing to do, and I'm pretty sure they would have rather had a confrontation of some sort.
I also used to park now and then in front of U.S. Nazi headquarters in another part of Arlington. It was the one place in the neighborhood you could absolutely count on finding a parking place when going to the Bombay Curry House around the corner. By the way, I'm pretty sure one of the people I had dinner with at the BCH way back then was YoungHegelian, whom I have known off and on for many years. Nazi HQ was as creepy as you would presume: they kept the lights on at night so you could see the two large oil paintings in the front room, Hitler on one side and (I imagine) George Lincoln Rockwell on the other. I never saw anyone inside, or going in or out. It was in a duplex, and I did a double-take once. The dentist in the other half, who (I'm guessing) was there before the Nazis moved in, had the kind of name that is Anglo-Saxon but is only one letter different from something stereotypically Jewish. My first thought was "That poor guy!" then "Oh, not X, Y, maybe not that bad", then "Yeah, that bad, Jewish or not". The Nazis moved out a few years later. When I saw they were gone, I wondered if that was a good sign (couldn't afford the rent and had to start working out of their mothers' basements) or a bad sign (built a brand-new 4-story building from donations) but in those pre-Internet days had no way to find out.
What is the point of these reminiscences? I'm pretty sure the best way to hurt a Nazi who is not doing anything criminal is to ignore him.
So I guess 3rdGrade is making a moral equivalence between Robert E. Lee and Hitler?
Maybe the wrong move was not ditching the statues sooner.
Maybe, the South would be so backward to this day, if a strong, harsher cleaning out had been implemented from the start. Seems to have worked for Japan and Germany.
Better late than never.
"would be" should be "wouldn't be".
This should be funny. I am actually laughing. That was good work.
But I don't think Vicari is smart enough to make a parody of this quality. I don't think she realizes that she just talked about killing off everyone with a position that may or may not exist and then trying to blanket apply that to everyone that disagrees with her politically.
I don't think she realizes this is exactly how true fascists operate and that makes her a fascist.
"I don't think she realizes this is exactly how true fascists operate and that makes her a fascist."
When Achilles says "Burn down D.C.! " as he is wont to do, I always laugh and then shake my head. Very sad.
re Big Mike @5:48 pm:
Ah, yes, the "good, capable, and honorable" Robert E. Lee, who wrote:
The blacks are immeasurably better off here than in Africa, morally, socially & physically. The painful discipline they are undergoing, is necessary for their instruction as a race, & I hope will prepare & lead them to better things. How long their subjugation may be necessary is Known & ordered by a wise & merciful Providence.
PB&J has yet to denounce the organizer of the Charlottesville mayhem. The SPLC identifies the man as a Leftist, Wall Street Occupying and Obama supporting jerk.
It only stands to reason Obama and PB&J support the International Socialists over the National Socialists.
readering said...
Well at least we learned that Charlottesville boasts one the largest wineries in the US.
did Robert e. Lee advocate black genocide? Once again, you don't bring out the Hitler-card unless you really, really mean it.
Michael Fitzgerald said...
LMFAO! I love this! Are democrat party members even capable of self-awareness?
Lydia wants Abraham Lincoln statuary removed. Because Lydia is consistent.
Or Lydia knows not what Abraham Lincoln wrote and said.
I only respond to your boring stuff after you repeat it 100x.
BTW, that purple elephant things was genius.
user: achilles is very good at constructing strawman arguments. i will only debate my actual position, not the one he is imposing on me. this goes for everyone else. i will no longer debate with those who post in bad faith.
Godfather: But all too many conservatives end up defending the Nazi/KKK...
That is utter bullshit.
But you're welcome to join the Decent Real Americans here who're are busy calling anybody who disagrees with them about the wisdom of removing the statues "Nazis". I know people who have honorably served this country who yet remain attached to Confederate symbols, including the flags. I'm sure you're a better man than they. Good luck with "reforming public discourse" by hysterically insisting that "all true conservatives" can see that those men are Nazis/KKK.
Knock yourself out, Mr. "you other people have got to stop thinking that you're 100% right about everything and the other side is wrong."
Alex argues for the pro side of slavery.
And, thinks he's winning.
This blog is cool!
The victors write the history. The south was actually less antisemitic than the North, did you know that? In fact General Grant issued an expulsion order against Jews(General Order #11) that had to be overridden by Lincoln.
The problem with that kind of black and white thinking is the assumption everyone was fighting the same war. They weren't. There's no way you're going to raise an army to fight for slavery in a place where only 2% of people own slaves. Lee, like other non-slaveholding Virginians, were fighting for their country - prior to the civil war states were more than just the satrapies of the federal government they are today.
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Justin Sun compares Tron [TRX] to Ethereum [ETH], says it is “80 times faster”
Simran Alphonso
Tron’s vision of being a P2P entertainment platform is on the run, with its latest acquisition of BitTorrent and several updates. On 26th July, Justin Sun the Co-Founder of Tron compared Tron’s network to Ethereum and called it “80 times faster”.
Justin Sun tweeted:
“TRON is 80 times faster than Ethereum. With 14 years of experience, @BitTorrent is providing a world-class service to 100 million users in 138 countries. Add the two together and you get the largest and most advanced peer-to-peer network in the world! #TRONBT $TRX”
The acquisition rumors were circulating for months among the Tron enthusiasts. In early July, Cheddar released a video, wherein, BitTorrent’s Co-Founder announced to sell it for $140 million to TRON Foundation. However, this acquisition was not affirmed by the Tron Foundation or its Founder. On 23rd July, Tron finally confirmed the announcement and declared Tron to be the “largest decentralized Internet ecosystem in the world”.
Crypto Runner, a Twitter user said:
“Sun is doing big things for the company. Pretty interesting to see how it’s unfolding.”
The BitTorrent procurement has accelerated TRON’s “All-In Decentralization” ideology as both share a similar vision for a decentralized web. Tron believes that BitTorrent will turn to have a new life by emerging into Tron’s ecosystem, and that “TRON will continue with BitTorrent’s protocol legacy”.
One of the most common protocols for transferring large files is BitTorrent. The protocol allows the transferring of large number of digital videos, TV shows, video clips as well as audios. BitTorrent has been in the entertainment market for above a decade and as recorded in 2004, was responsible for 25% of the traffic on the internet.
To send or receive files, a person uses BitTorrent on their internet-connected compatible device. BitTorrent trackers provide a list of files available for transfer and allows its clients to find peer users known as seeds, who further transfer the files. BitTorrent allows its users to download various files available without the interference of a third party, plus offers basic services free to all its users.
All of these facilities are now in the hands of Tron Foundation as the crypto-company is now integrated with BitTorrent. The Tron community expressed to be “proud” as they officially announced the acquisition of “BitTorrent and all BitTorrent products.” This indicates that uTorrent, BitTorrent/uTorrent Pro, BitTorrent news, BitTorrent Sync, BitTorrent bundle and more now belongs to Tron.
In December 2017, Justin Sun on Twitter, said: “TPS at #TRON will be 1500.” He further stated, “We will solve this traffic jam and make an amazing platform for everyone”.
To which a crypto-enthusiast replied:
“Wow! How are you going to reach 1500 TPS? Ripple and IOTA claim 1000 TPS, QTUM is 70 now, ETH about 15 and Bitcoin just under 7 TPS.”
Considering Ethereum’s current TPS [Transaction per second] is 15, and Tron claims to be 80 times faster, the TPS of Tron reaches to 1200.
In May, Ethereum developers released a planned improvement to Ethereum’s network. This plan is to develop a new version of the code of Casper. This was initiated in order to eradicate mining-related problems from Ethereums network. The ultimate goal of this upgrade is to move the network from a PoW [Proof-of-Work] to a PoS [Proof-of-Stake] system.
As of now, no comments have been passed by Ethereum’s team or Vitalik Buterin, the Founder of Ethereum regarding Tron being 80 times faster than Ethereum.
Related Topics:BitTorrentnewsTronTRX
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Simran Alphonso is a Journalist at Ambcrypto. She has a background in Financial Markets and holds expertise in Digital Marketing.
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You are here: Home / Blog / News / Authority Brands acquires America’s Swimming Pool Company
Authority Brands acquires America’s Swimming Pool Company
JUST ANNOUNCED: Authority Brands acquires America’s Swimming Pool Company
Authority Brands, LLC announced today the purchase of America’s Swimming Pool Company (“ASP”). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition represents the first brand addition since Authority Brands was acquired by funds advised by Apax Partners in September 2018.
Founded in 2002, ASP is the nation’s largest swimming pool service franchise with over 100 franchise owners operating in more than 350 cities across 21 states. The company provides a number of services to swimming pool owners including pool maintenance, cleaning, inspections, repairs and renovations.
Authority Brands is a leading home services franchising platform and the parent company to The Cleaning Authority (“TCA”) and Homewatch CareGivers (“HWCG”). TCA franchisees provide residential cleaning services to more than 100,000 recurring customers, while HWCG franchisees deliver at-home services including elderly, disabled and after-surgery care, as well as help for those living with dementia.
“Being able to partner with an organization like Authority Brands is a perfect fit for our company, our brand, and most importantly our franchise owners. The outlook for the service sector is very strong, and companies who can align their values and visions will do very well together. Authority Brands brings a wealth of knowledge and industry experience to our company, which will help us continue our growth and long-term objectives”, said Stewart Vernon, Founder and CEO of ASP.
“The addition of ASP furthers the goal of Authority Brands to become the premier franchisor of home services by providing unparalleled opportunities for business owners, and delivering first class services to consumers,” said Rob Weddle, CEO of Authority Brands.
“Apax’s strategy is to help Authority Brands accelerate growth both organically and through acquisition” said Ashish Karandikar, Partner at Apax Partners. “Together, we have identified ASP as a compelling brand that has a natural home in the Authority Brands network. We are delighted to support Authority Brands with this acquisition and welcome the ASP team.”
Authority Brands supports individual franchisee growth by providing strong marketing, technology and operational support. With the addition of ASP, Authority Brands now has more than 550 franchise locations in the United States, Canada and Latin America.
About Authority Brands
Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Authority Brands, LLC is the parent company of three leading home service franchisors, The Cleaning Authority, Homewatch CareGivers, and America’s Swimming Pool Company. Together, these brands provide recurring home services through more than 550 franchise locations in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Authority Brands is dedicated to supporting individual franchisee growth through providing strong marketing, technology and operational support.
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Apax Partners is a leading global private equity advisory firm. Over its more than 35-year history, Apax Partners has raised and advised funds with aggregate commitments of over $50 billion. The Apax Funds invest in companies across four global sectors of Tech & Telco, Services, Healthcare and Consumer. These funds provide long-term equity financing to build and strengthen world-class companies. For more information see: www.apax.com.
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Spotlight!: Young Earth
October 12, 2017 / James Fenney
I’ve often thought that names say a lot about a band, but while the actual young Earth was harsh and lifeless, this Dublin based band are anything but. This up-and-coming indie quartet are brimming with bright energy, youthful exuberance and an air of lovable charm, producing some of the finest indie pop to ever emerge from the Emerald Isle. ‘Frequency Illusion’ features a great driving rhythm and spiralling guitar work, ‘Worth It’ is an infectious festival ready anthem, while the catchy hooks of ‘Got a Secret’ show a heavier side to the band and carries a kind of roguish air to it. ‘Under Cover’ has some sublime bass tones and is reminiscent of Royal Blood in the chorus, while ‘Let Go’ plays around with more refined, sun-drenched soundscapes that could have come straight from LA. Perhaps the real moral behind the name Young Earth is that they will grow, and become even more vibrant and full of life as time goes on. Regardless of what comes next however, Young Earth are sounding on fine form on their debut EP.
Fans of The Vaccines, Circa Waves, Two Door Cinema Club and The Kooks should check out their debut EP Frequency Illusion out 7th November
Top Tracks: Young Earth – Got A Secret
March 11, 2017 / James Fenney
Dublin based band Young Earth are on to a winner with their first new song of the year. ‘Got A Secret’ is a pure-bred indie rock banger, the perfect crowd-pleaser for festivals and clubs alike with its catchy hooks and superb spiralling riffs. It’s one of a dying breed of the iconic noughties sound of bands like Franz Ferdinand and Modest Mouse, a reminder of a time when indie ruled the world. Whether you want upbeat and carefree vibes or heavy, adrenaline fueled overdrive, this track is a must for your latest playlist. Even at this early stage of their career they are very much on their way to being the best Irish band on the indie scene. Young Earth may have a secret, but it’s plain for all to see that the ingredients are all here for something special.
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The Sabines (/ˈseɪbaɪn/; Latin: Sabini; Ancient Greek: Σαβῖνοι) were an Italic tribe that lived in the central Apennines of ancient Italy, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome. The above names, English, Latin and Greek, are all exonyms.
The Sabines divided into two populations just after the founding of Rome, which is described by Roman legend. The division, however it came about, is not legendary. The population closer to Rome transplanted itself to the new city and united with the pre-existing citizenry, beginning a new heritage that descended from the Sabine but was also Latinized. The second population remained a mountain tribal state, coming finally to war against Rome for their independence along with all the other Italic tribes. After losing, it was assimilated into the Roman Republic.
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There is little record of the Sabine language; however, there are some glosses by ancient commentators, and one or two inscriptions have been tentatively identified as Sabine. There are also personal names in use on Latin inscriptions from Sabine country, but these are given in Latin form. Robert Seymour Conway, in his Italic Dialects, gives approximately 100 words which vary from being well attested as Sabine to being possibly of Sabine origin. In addition to these he cites place names derived from the Sabine, sometimes giving attempts at reconstructions of the Sabine form.[2] Based on all the evidence, the Linguist List tentatively classifies Sabine as a member of the Umbrian Group of Italic languages of Indo-European family.
Historical geography[edit]
Latin-speakers called the Sabines' original territory, straddling the modern regions of Lazio, Umbria, and Abruzzo, Sabinium. To this day[update], it bears the ancient tribe's name in the Italian form of Sabina. Within the modern region of Lazio (or Latium), Sabina constitutes a sub-region, situated north-east of Rome, around Rieti.
The Sabine hills in the middle of Sabina.
Literary evidence[edit]
According to Dionysius of Halicarnassus, many Roman historians (including Porcius Cato and Gaius Sempronius) regarded the origins of indigenous Romans to be Greek, despite the fact that their knowledge was derived from Greek legendary accounts.[3] The Sabines, specifically, were first mentioned in Dionysius's account for having captured by surprise the city of Lista, which was regarded as the mother-city of the Aborigines.[4] Ancient historians were still debating the specific origins of the Sabines. Zenodotus of Troezen claimed that the Sabines were originally Umbrians that changed their name after being driven from the Reatine territory by the Pelasgians. However, Porcius Cato argued that the Sabines were a populace named after Sabus, the son of Sancus (a divinity of the area sometimes called Jupiter Fidius).[5] In another account mentioned in Dionysius's work, a group of Lacedaemonians fled Sparta since they regarded the laws of Lycurgus as too severe. In Italy, they founded the Spartan colony of Foronia (near the Pomentine plains) and some from that colony settled among the Sabines. According to the account, the Sabine habits of belligerence (aggressive or warlike behavior) and frugality (prudence in avoiding waste) were known to have derived from the Spartans.[6] Plutarch also states in the Life of Numa Pompilius, "Sabines, who declare themselves to be a colony of the Lacedaemonians..."
Sabines at Rome[edit]
The legend of the Sabine women[edit]
Main article: Rape of the Sabine Women
Legend says that the Romans abducted Sabine women to populate the newly built Rome. The resultant war ended only by the women throwing themselves and their children between the armies of their fathers and their husbands. The Rape of the Sabine Women became a common motif in art; the women ending the war forms a less frequent but still reappearing motif.
According to Livy, after the conflict the Sabine and Roman states merged, and the Sabine king Titus Tatius jointly ruled Rome with Romulus until Tatius' death five years later. Three new centuries of Equites were introduced at Rome, including one named Tatienses, after the Sabine king.
A variation of the story is recounted in the pseudepigraphal book of Jasher (see Jasher 17:1-15).
Sabine traditions[edit]
Tradition suggests that the population of the early Roman kingdom was the result of a union of Sabines and others. Some of the gentes of the Roman republic were proud of their Sabine heritage, such as the Claudia gens, assuming Sabinus as a cognomen or agnomen. Some specifically Sabine deities and cults were known at Rome: Semo Sancus and Quirinus, and at least one area of the town, the Quirinale, where the temples to those latter deities were located, had once been a Sabine centre. The extravagant claims of Varro and Cicero that augury, divination by dreams and the worship of Minerva and Mars originated with the Sabines are disputable, as they were general Italic and Latin customs, as well as Etruscan, despite the fact that they were espoused by Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome and a Sabine.[7]
Romans of Sabine ancestry[edit]
Titus Tatius, legendary King of the Sabines
Numa Pompilius, legendary King of Rome
Ancus Marcius, legendary King of Rome
Quintus Sertorius, republican general
Attius Clausus, founder of the Claudia gens
Gaius Sallustius Crispus, Roman writer
Marcus Terentius Varro, Roman scholar
Sabine religion[edit]
Dius Fidius
Quirinus
Sabus
Sancus
Soranus
Varro's list of Sabine gods
The Sabine state[edit]
Main article: Roman-Sabine wars
During the expansion of ancient Rome, there were a series of conflicts with the Sabines, ultimately leading to Roman conquest of Sabinum and indeed the whole of Italy.
Ancient peoples of Italy
Hostus Hostilius
Jump up ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sabine". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Jump up ^ Conway, Robert Seymour (1897). The Italic Dialects Edited with a Grammar and Glossary. Cambridge: University Press. pp. 351–369.
Jump up ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus. "Book 1.11". Roman Antiquities. But the most learned of the Roman historians, among whom is Porcius Cato, who compiled with the greatest care the "origins" of the Italian cities, Gaius Sempronius and a great many others say that they [Aborigines] were Greeks, part of those who once dwelt in Achaia, and that they migrated many generations before the Trojan war. But they do not name the Greek tribe or city they belonged to, or the date or the leader of the colony, or what made them leave their mother country. Though they follow a Greek legend, they cite no Greek historian as their authority. It is uncertain, therefore, what the truth of the matter is.
Jump up ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus. "Book I.14". Roman Antiquities. Twenty-four stades from the afore-mentioned city stood Lista, the mother-city of the Aborigines, which at a still earlier time the Sabines had captured by a surprise attack, having set out against it from Amiternum by night.
Jump up ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus. "Book II.49". Roman Antiquities. But Zenodotus of Troezen, a...historian, relates that the Umbrians, a native race, first dwelt in the Reatine territory, as it is called, and that, being driven from there by the Pelasgians, they came into the country which they now inhabit and changing their name with their place of habitation, from Umbrians were called Sabines. But Porcius Cato says that the Sabine race received its name from Sabus, the son of Sancus, a divinity of that country, and that this Sancus was by some called Jupiter Fidius.
Jump up ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus. "Book II.49". Roman Antiquities. There is also another account given of the Sabines in the native histories, to the effect that a colony of Lacedaemonians settled among them at the time when Lycurgus, being guardian to his nephew Eunomus, gave his laws to Sparta. For the story goes that some of the Spartans, disliking the severity of his laws and separating from the rest, quitted the city entirely, and after being borne through a vast stretch of sea, made a vow to the gods to settle in the first land they should reach; for a longing came upon them for any land whatsoever. At last they made that part of Italy which lies near the Pomentine plains and they called the place where they first landed Foronia, in memory of their being borne through the sea, and built a temple to the goddess Foronia, to whom they had addressed their vows; this goddess, by the alteration of one letter, they now call Feronia. And some of them, setting out from thence, settled among the Sabines. It is for this reason, they say, that many of the habits of the Sabines are Spartan, particularly their fondness for war and their frugality and a severity in all the actions of their lives. But this is enough about the Sabine race.
Jump up ^ Bunbury, Edward Herbert (1857). "Sabini". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. Volume II Iabadius—Zymethus. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
For a list of words relating to Sabine language, see the Sabine language category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Sabini.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rape of the Sabine Women.
Ancient[edit]
Ovid, Fasti (Book III, 167–258)
Ovid, Ars Amatoria (Book I, 102)
Livy, Ab urbe condita (Book I, 9–14)
Cicero, De Republica (Book II, 12–14)
Plutarch, Parallel Lives (Romulus, 14–20)
Juvenal, Satires (Book III, 81–85)
Modern[edit]
Donaldson, John William (1860). "Chapter IV: The Sabello-Oscan Language". Varronianus: a critical and historical introduction to the ethnography of ancient Italy and the philological study of the Latin language. London: John W. Parker and Son.
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It is the easiest thing in the world to open a gun store. All it takes is money. Sure, you have to fill out some BATF forms, and all that sort of stuff too, but there’s no exam you need to pass, there’s no formal ‘gun expert’ qualification you need to obtain before you start influencing people and helping them to make decisions that literally may make the difference between life and death – for them, for attackers, and for innocent other people in the general vicinity.
And if there is no qualification required to become a gun shop owner, there is also, of course, no qualification required to become a gun shop employee.
Depending on your perspective, this may or may not be a good thing. While the right to sell arms is closely related to the right to bear arms, I’ve heard more nonsense spoken in gun shops – and on both sides of the counter – than just about anywhere else, other than at a Presidential press conference. Here’s a case in point.
Are Shotguns Better than Pistols for Home Defense
Here’s an interesting article that reports on a rush of shotgun sales after a terrible home invasion in the exclusive upscale area of North Branford, CT. Apparently – and unsurprisingly – neighbors in the vicinity rushed to buy a self/home defense weapon after learning of the home invasion. Surprisingly though, most of these people bought shotguns, for two reasons.
The first reason is that to buy a pistol in Connecticut, you first need to attend 8 hours of classes and then wait anywhere from 6 to 12 weeks for your pistol permit to be approved. Buying a shotgun has a mere 2 week waiting period, or – if you buy a hunting license at the same time – you can walk out the store with your shotgun with no delay at all (just the standard phone check with NICS).
My guess is that all of a sudden, North Branford had a surge of interest in, ahem, ‘hunting’.
But, now for the second reason. They were badly advised. Read what gun store owner Andy Piscitelle says in the article :
The former English teacher says that when it comes to home defense, “We recommend shotguns.” This because the shot isn’t likely to go through walls and with the shorter (18.5-inch) barrel, the home defense shotgun “allows you to maneuver quickly and through doorways.”
Is any part of this true? Are shotguns a good choice for home defense? Does shot from a shotgun penetrate walls or not? And with an 18.5″ barrel, can you maneuver quickly and through doorways?
Let’s answer these questions in reverse order.
First, by law, a shotgun must have a minimum barrel length of 18″, and – for the purpose of maneuverability, perhaps more important is the related law that the overall length of the shotgun must be at least 26″. Now compare that with a pistol, which can have as little as a 2″ barrel, and an overall length of perhaps 4″.
There’s no comparison in terms of which is the more easily carried weapon in corridors and through doorways. Plus the pistol is lighter and easier to move around – if you go through a doorway or around a corner with a shotgun you can’t have it held out ‘ready to fire’ (for fear of someone hiding on the other side of the doorway/corner grabbing it from you) whereas you can have a pistol much more ‘ready to fire’ and able to be protected as you go through the ‘fatal funnel’ of the doorway/corner and more quickly brought on target as/after you pass through it.
Oh – one more comment about this claim. The last thing you ever want to do when there are intruders in your house is go looking for them. The only time you’d leave your bedroom would be if you needed to go fetch other people (such as children) so that you’re all huddled together in a defensive location, awaiting the police. So, hopefully, most of the time you won’t even need to think about how easy it is to maneuver around the house with any sort of weapon.
Second, shot penetration. It was unclear if Mr Piscitelle actually said that shot will not penetrate walls – his comments aren’t in quotes, so I contacted the reporter who wrote the article and asked for clarification. He confirmed this was indeed Mr Piscitelle’s claim. Piscitelle’s assertion is total nonsense. Indeed, you only have to think about this for the briefest of seconds to realize the nonsense of the claim. Let’s do both a ‘thought experiment’ and a real life experiment.
Thought experiment. Would an 00 buckshot ball, about the same size as a 9mm bullet, and traveling at the same speed, penetrate more, less, or about the same through walls as a 9mm bullet? Obvious guess – kinda, sorta, the same. Two rounds, of similar size, weight, speed and reasonably similar shape, will probably have similar penetrative powers.
Actual experiment. Please visit this extremely good website’s page that shows real world testing of shot penetration into dry wall (the image with this article is taken from their testing). The results of their testing – expect the shot to go through not just one or two, but half a dozen walls!
So – are shotguns a good choice for home defense? They’re bulkier and heavier and harder to maneuver than a pistol, and can shoot through as many as six walls.
There are two additional considerations – unstated in this article – to also consider.
The first is that firing a single shotgun round is like firing a machine gun – you get multiple ‘bullets’ all leaving the shotgun at the same time. This adds greatly to the stopping power of the shotgun (if they all land effectively on the attacker). But – don’t be caught out here.
At typical home defense ranges – 10 ft to 20 ft – the shot will not spread out much. Maybe you’ll have, at the most, the shot within a tight 4″ or so circle at the end of about 20 feet (depending on the barrel length and choke – shorter barrels with a cylinder bore are best). This really doesn’t make much difference in terms of accuracy requirements than firing a single round at a time from a pistol. It doesn’t make you invincible and doesn’t mean you don’t have to aim.
The second is that there is, however, one unique feature of a pump action shotgun that no pistol can ever match. There’s no more intimidating sound, in the quiet of the middle of the night, or at any other time, than suddenly hearing a shotgun being racked and made ready to do some business. The ability of a shotgun to intimidate is a major plus factor, and may prevent you from ever needing to actually use it.
So, back on topic. Don’t believe everything a gun store employee or owner tells you; and if he tells you a shotgun is safe to fire indoors without worrying about over-penetration and rounds going through walls and into other rooms (or even other houses) then you know that he’s full of, ummm, shot.
Lastly, I’m appalled to see that Mr Piscitelle is an NRA certified training counselor (this is a senior level certification – a person who is rated to train trainers in how to teach NRA courses). How is it possible that a training counselor can be so ignorant? I’m writing to ask the NRA about this and will let you know.
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I guess those choir boys learned a vualable lesson. Trying to scare people with a nonfunctional gun is usually a really bad idea. I can understand why Mr Henderson is upset that Mr. Williams continued shooting at him after he fell down. Tough, isn’t it? When you point your gun at people sometimes they respond by doing things to you that you don’t like. Life sucks when you’re stupid.Mr. Henderson is lucky that Mr. Williams didn’t practice much. An oversight I’m sure Mr. Williams is presently addressing.
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Android WiFi Tablet Will Rule the Future
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Nowdays, which is the most popular topic between Young? Obviously the Apple iPad VS Google’s Android WiFi Tablet is the hottest topic. As the Apple iPad rising in sales and popularity everyday, other manufacturers want a slice of that proverbial pie, so to speak. And topping the list of iPad killer – wannabes are Google’s Android WiFi Tablet, a project that is on its way to seeing store shelves in the near future and other tablet computers using Google’s open-source Android platform.
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The pros of the Apple iPad
A stunning graphics interface, crisp video and clear visuals are all part of the iPad’s package. Add to that smooth interaction between yourself and the iPad, superb touch screen sensitivity, iPad Bluetooth, WiFi and 3G connectivity, an amazing 10-hour battery life and the simple and easy-to-use OS platform that almost everyone has come to love. A plethora of exciting games and hundreds of different applications add to the coolness factor and beauty of the Apple iPad. All the apps (and more!) that made the iPhone popular now have their iPad counterparts, guaranteeing users hours and hours of multimedia bliss and entertainment.
The pros of Android WiFi Tablet
The main attraction of these rival Android WiFi Tablet is the fact that the Android operating system is open source. This means that coding for programs, applications and the like is available for people to use and improve on. Consequently, programmers will have a field day creating different applications, resulting in probably even more games and apps in the future for Android Tablets. Most of these tablets are also cheaper than the iPad. 7 inch Touchscreen Google Android WiFi Tablet, for instance, is a steal at only $126.99. It supports 32GB TF/Micro SD card expand, as well as WiFi connectivity. Compliant with wireless 802.11b/g standard, Connect to network by wired or wireless method, Support 3G mobile network, Built-in 1.3 Mega pixels webcam, Dual speakers stereo audio export with microphone, Install and uninstall software freely, Built-in Li-ion polymer battery, Support multi-languages. Another advantage of these tablets is that some of them feature cameras and Flash support, which the iPad does not have.
The Cons of the Apple iPad
It’s been said before and we’ll say it again: the lack of a camera and USB ports have turned off some potential buyers of the Apple iPad. Multitasking, which Mac lovers have enjoyed and loved in iMacs and Macbooks, is nonexistent in the iPad as well. There is, to date, no way to use two or more applications at the same time. It also does not support Flash with Safari (its web browser), as of the moment, making YouTube, Hulu and CBS fans very disappointed.
The cons of Android Tablets
Because of certain restrictions of the Android OS, tablets using this platform can only have a screen size of 7 inches at the most. This means that the iPad will stilling be much larger than any Android Tablet out in the market, even in the future, unless Google lifts or changes these restrictions. Also, Android WiFi Tablets haven’t surpassed the iPad when it comes to battery life. This alone is a huge factor to consider.
So, who emerges victorious in the battle between the Androids and Apple? I think Android WiFi Tablet will rule the future through the fact still remains to be seen, but I believe Android WiFi Tablet will be the last winner.
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Joel R. Tetreault
Title:Yara Parser: A Fast and Accurate Dependency Parser
Authors:Mohammad Sadegh Rasooli, Joel Tetreault
(Submitted on 23 Mar 2015 (v1), last revised 24 Mar 2015 (this version, v2))
Abstract: Dependency parsers are among the most crucial tools in natural language processing as they have many important applications in downstream tasks such as information retrieval, machine translation and knowledge acquisition. We introduce the Yara Parser, a fast and accurate open-source dependency parser based on the arc-eager algorithm and beam search. It achieves an unlabeled accuracy of 93.32 on the standard WSJ test set which ranks it among the top dependency parsers. At its fastest, Yara can parse about 4000 sentences per second when in greedy mode (1 beam). When optimizing for accuracy (using 64 beams and Brown cluster features), Yara can parse 45 sentences per second. The parser can be trained on any syntactic dependency treebank and different options are provided in order to make it more flexible and tunable for specific tasks. It is released with the Apache version 2.0 license and can be used for both commercial and academic purposes. The parser can be found at this https URL.
Subjects: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
From: Mohammad Sadegh Rasooli [view email]
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Winter Phase Summary PDF (in progress)
By Sir Mad Munkee, March 15 in Pendragon & Prince Valiant
winter phase
Sir Mad Munkee 6
NOTE: there are now 2 versions of the Winter Phase Summary sheet:
Plain vanilla KAP 5.2 childbirth
Improved Morien & Thijs childbirth
I'm GMing my new campaign's first Winter Phase tomorrow, and wanted a one-sheet with all the relevant stuff to do, collecting all the bits and bobs from BoEstate, Bo Entourage, etc. I'm hoping others might also find it useful.
Having said that, I'm almost certain I missed something, for the same reason I wanted this: there are far too many rules expansions, options and exceptions in too many different books.
Here it is, have a look, enjoy, and throw your feedback in! 👍
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aijzh8d54h9zcjw/WinterPhasev02.pdf?dl=0
Edited March 16 by Sir Mad Munkee
7dot62mm 9
Neat and really nicely laid out!
You could add some of these things if you feel they'd add value:
* Page references to where to find the various solos in the Pendragon rulebook
* In section 2 is there a rule saying the equivalent of "A die roll of 20 always results in a one-point increase in the score, even if currently 20 or greater." ... or is it just our house rule?
* In section 5 is there a rule stating the equivalent of "All horses suffer a –1 modifier for each year of the horse’s age beyond 7 years" ... or is this another house rule of ours?
* You could add family events, i.e. sister marries.
* In section 7 I think you should add "Traits cannot be increased over 19. Passions cannot be increased over 20. No statistics can be raised higher than its maximum cultural value, which is usually 15, 18, or 21. SIZ may not be increased after age 21 and no statistics may be increased after he reaches age 35."
In section 7 maybe: " For NPC squires roll 1d6 and add the points to any of the squire's skills desired, to a maximum of 15."
For player squires "Roll 1d6 for SIZ and 1d6 for STR at each Winter Phase. Result: 1-3) no growth, 4-6) 1 point of growth. The squire also receives additional training from his knight, which is represented by 5 additional skill points that the player may distribute to the squire’s skills. In addition he receives the normal Winter Phase choices same as knights.
* In section 8 add conspicuous consumption.
* Section 3 add 1 to age of squire, if he becomes 21 years old escalate the matter to the GM
* Followers Experience (Book of Entourage): "Each Winter Phase, during Step 2: Experience rolls, after finishing the rolls for your knight, all Followers also try to improve. All Key Skills and Passions Skills for Followers have a chance to progress. First, raise their Age stat by one year. Second, attempt to raise all their skills and passions. The amount and method depends on the ability’s current value:
15 or less: +1 point per year up to 15
16-20: roll 1d6: 1-5 = nothing, 6 = +1 point, up to 20
20+: roll 1d20: 01-19 = no gain, 20 = +1 point.
* If your character is or holds an office with a Baron or higher noble, decide on his future attitude towards graft and corruption, as explained in BoW p. 51. Decide what types of Graft the officer will attempt to partake in during the year to come and write it down.
32 minutes ago, 7dot62mm said:
Have another look. That's all in there. I re-worded the improvement stuff (under section 6, Household Member Improvement) you quoted to fit it in, but it's the same in meaning. Is the wording confusing?
That's straight up BoEntourage, page 10, and exactly what you quoted above, isn't it? "20+: roll 1d20: 01-19 = no gain, 20 = +1 point."
* In section 7 maybe: " For NPC squires roll 1d6 and add the points to any of the squire's skills desired, to a maximum of 15."
Hrm, where's this from? BoEntourage pg. 10 just describes advancement as it is on this sheet and discussed above. Wouldn't need both, would you?
Good ideas. 👍I've added them, so reload it and have a look (same link).
As for family events and some more complicated things, I've either included "with the GM" or referenced a page, where the content would've been too complicated to get into on a one-pager. And anything from BoWarlord I've left out for now, since I haven't read it in detail yet.
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Just now, Atgxtg said:
Gramercy!
3 minutes ago, Sir Mad Munkee said:
I'm working on a GM screen, not really for play, but to be a quick reference for the tables and reference that get used a lot, like the Winter Phase. You managed to condense all this stuff down to one page! Saved me a lot of work. I just have to shoehorn it to fit my screen size.
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Childbirth modifiers or the childbirth table is wrong. Where did you get this?
I don't see the PK squire stuff that was mentioned earlier, but that is good; those rules should be used for PK squires, not for follower squires.
14 minutes ago, Morien said:
Hmm, I know I started originally with a sheet someone else had done. Maybe those were his house rules. I'll flip through the relevant books and correct it. Thanks.
Yeah, there are all sorts of imaginable rules and modifiers, but I was going for a "so y'wanna play a knight?" kind of game, and ignoring any other variations. Wanted to keep it all on one page, after all.
On a quick look, I'm finding "-5 if Poor, +1 if Rich, +5 if Superlative" in KAP 5.2. Do you know of any other relevant modifiers in other books?
If you go by the KAP 5.2 Childbirth table, then no.
The modifiers you had earlier were the suggested variant childbirth modifiers ( http://nocturnalmediaforum.com/iecarus/forum/showthread.php?2155-New-Childbirth-Table-amp-Blessed-Birth&p=18243&viewfull=1#post18243 ), worked by me and Thijs on the Nocturnal Forum. But they should be used for the rules for Conception and Birth being separate rolls (& tables), not with the KAP 5.2 childbirth table (which, as an aside, I find murderous for the women and very displeasing).
not with the KAP 5.2 childbirth table (which, as an aside, I find murderous for the women and very displeasing).
That's an understatement.
I've found it to be the biggest glory and land inflation problem the game: Knight get married, gets more glory, more libra and and possibly another manor, wife dies in a few years, knight remarries and repeats the process. Carry that though two or three of generation and everybody ends up as legendary knights with massive estates.
I always thought the simple fix for this was to give the wife a CON roll to survive, and if she does it is treated as if she recovered from a Mortal Wound, which will possibly lower her CON for the next time.
Thanks to @Morien's clarification, here's a new version which (I think) covers Morien & Thijs' great childbirth suggestions. I quite like 'em!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xo1lmatjx0ia5ix/WinterPhasev03.pdf?dl=0
14 hours ago, Atgxtg said:
That's an understatement.
I know. I just tried to not distract people with full invective.
I've found it to be the biggest glory and land inflation problem the game: Knight get married, gets more glory, more libra and and possibly another manor, wife dies in a few years, knight remarries and repeats the process. Carry that though two or three of generation and everybody ends up as legendary knights with massive estates.
Not only that, but it very very much undervalues the Wives. After all, if they are likely to drop dead in a few years, there is much less incentive to actually caring about them as people. Or even worse, you put in the time to court them, and then they die on you like mayflies. For instance, there was one NPC lady whom the PK pursued, and wouldn't you know that she dropped dead like a couple of years into the marriage. All that half a dozen years of flirting and courting, gone.
In addition, given the murderous child survival rules (fortunately, THOSE got fixed in Book of the Estate), you were looking at only 1 in 4 children surviving to adulthood, on ordinary. This meant that your wife was likely to give you two children before she died, and of those two children, one, MAYBE, would survive to adulthood. So in the end, you had something like 25% chance of a living adult son from that marriage to carry on the family legacy. Not a good thing, dynastically.
With the new childbirth rules Thijs and I came up with, the chance of death in childbirth is much rarer now, and hence more of a tragedy when it does happen, rather than 'oh, goodie, I can get the marriage Glory again'...
2 hours ago, Morien said:
In this case it might be worth it. This is a problem but is rather subtle and can slip under the radar and really ruin a good campaign with escalation. The esasies way to get golory and land shouldn't be the childbirth table.
Yup. I had an adventure where the PKs (who were in exile at the time) were working to protect a princess and regain her kingdom (think Pennath, not king) from the treacherous vassal knight who had slain her father and usurped the land. Needless to say the PK all generated an Amor for the lady, and they went off to try and defeat the baddie.
It turned into one an all-nighter of the most memorable adventures we played, with players still talking about it over 25 years later. The PKs, plus Mordred (that's another story) manged to sneak into the castle, lower/ruin the portcullis, and then assault the keep. One PK in particular got on a hot streak and not only was critically inspired by his Amor passion, but started rolling phenomenally as well, and went though the opposition like it was paper. Usually without even noticing. There were two headless dead type things starting guard at the main entrance, in full armor, and he went up, split his attack still, criticalled them both and went inside without even realizing they were just normal footmen. Everyone else had a hard time just keeping up with him. He pretty much turned a suicidal assault into a victory. . He won the day, killed the usurping knight and won the hand of the princess.
It all became rather anticlimactic when she died in childbirth.
Yup. While the mortality rates in the middle ages were high, they weren't that high. Perhaps the only RPG where a player character had a higher character of survival adventuring than his wife and kidded did "safe" at home. I'll probably incorporate the new childbirth rules next week. One of my PKs pursued and won a faerie wife (getting the Griffon Egg wasn't easy), and no sense putting all that effort to waste.
I've put in those childbirth rules, for all the very sensible reasons above. I left out the "blessed bonus" bits, which I love, partly due to space limitations on the one-sheet, but also because I quite like the idea of them being the GM's little secret: a player rolls a blessed birth, doesn't have to roll survival, and forgets about the kid until he becomes PK age, then the GM says "by the way, you were a blessed birth, remember? Gimme a d6 roll..."
Now I've got 2 versions of the Winter Phase Summary sheet:
13 hours ago, Sir Mad Munkee said:
If you really want to have fun with it. Make them roll child survival each year and if they fail the roll, then say, "Oh, that's right, you were blessed. You live."
Decisions, decision....
On 3/16/2019 at 2:41 PM, Sir Mad Munkee said:
Maybe something for another discussion, but I just noticed that a knight already gets a +1 and has a 1 in 20 chance of getting an heiress. I assume you used a published table here, but I still feel that this is way to easy. I would not have heiresses in a random table. These should need real roleplay to get and some action by the PK to gain.
16 minutes ago, Cornelius said:
I think your missing the fact that the land is the "Widow's Portion"
That's land that the Wife gets to maintain herself that reverts back to her former husband's heirs upon her death. The actual holding is probably three times that, too.
So a Knight who gets the "21: Widow of a rich vassal knight. Dowry: £6d6 treasure.2 Widow's Portion: £1d6+7 land (see p. 18)." result only has that land for the life of his wife, and can't pass it on. That actually works out to the wife maintaining herself on a portion of an a holding with a total income of around £24-39, with the other £16-26 going to the heris of her former husband upon maturity and the remain portion going to them upon her death.
You need to get the 25+ results to bag a heiress, and then hope she doesn't have any sisters to divide the land among.
So it still can happen on the table, but it's pretty rare, and it probably harder to achieve randomly that by roleplaying it, since when you RP it you know what you are going to get out of the match before you go into it.
Edited March 17 by Atgxtg
On 3/17/2019 at 5:25 PM, Atgxtg said:
Unfortunately that is not what it says in the sheet. there it says:
21-25Heiress of vassal knight1 manor, 1d6+10
3 hours ago, Cornelius said:
Yeah, the sheet’s intended as a summary, not a complete explanation. I haven’t attempted to include things that explained in detail elsewhere. That’d be a 10-sheet, not a one-sheet.
Ah, that's because it's the table from the core rulebook and not the updated one from The Book of the Entourage. They toned things down considerably and got rid of the "breed you way to more land" problem than existed. In that case:
On 3/17/2019 at 12:12 PM, Cornelius said:
Yes, and the problem has already been addressed in the Book of the Entourage. Heiress with land, especially enough to support a knight and his family., are somewhat harder to obtain. PKs would be better off trying to roleplay for someone and get a sure thing.
3 hours ago, Atgxtg said:
Ah, that's because it's the table from the core rulebook and not the updated one from The Book of the Entourage. They toned things down considerably and got rid of the "breed you way to more land" problem than existed.
Yup, basically the same problem: the BoEntourage table is definitely better, but also massive. One-sheet, meet two-sheet. That's why I put in the BoEntourage page reference.
50 minutes ago, Sir Mad Munkee said:
No problem. This is the kinda thing that happens when a game has three different versions of something. But as far as Cornelius' initial point goes, he's right. That why they toned it down some. In previous campaigns my PKs would accumulate large estates by inadvertently killing their wives through childbirth, and then remarry an heiress with a manor. With a little luck (back luck for the wives good luck on the marriage table) a PK can get a half dozen manors to pass on to his heirs. Even without much luck snagging another manor wasn't all that uncommon.
Apart from the income escalation, I’d be strongly inclined to not handout heiresses (tables be damned), more for the story implications than anything else. I like the idea of Roderick or Arthur giving a player a 2nd manor for some truly spectacular awesomeness, or a PK chasing a wealthy heiress for 5 years with some intense RP before snagging her. Just “oh, good roll, your income just quadrupled” is a bit weak.
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44 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at iMigdol, at jTahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of kPathros, 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this day lthey are a desolation, and no one dwells in them, 3 because of the evil that they committed, mprovoking me to anger, nin that they went to make offerings oand serve other gods that they knew not, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers. 4 pYet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’ 5 qBut they did not listen qor incline their ear, to turn from their evil and make no offerings to other gods. 6 rTherefore my wrath and my anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, sand they became a waste and a desolation, as at this day. 7 And now thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil tagainst yourselves, to cut off from you uman and woman, uinfant and child, from the midst of Judah, leaving you no remnant? 8 mWhy do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, nmaking offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, so that you may be cut off and become va curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have you forgotten the evil of your fathers, wthe evil of the kings of Judah, xthe evil of their1 wives, your own evil, yand the evil of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They have not humbled themselves even to this day, znor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.
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Cautiously, I never deem a book with the superlative “this is the best thing I’ve ever read,” just like I resent putting an arbitrary star-rating on a book,which I believe is bound to change, depending on my reading mood at a specific point in time. For this reason alone, I refuse to say S.A. Hunt’s The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree, a proverbial diamond found in the rut of the wide pool of various self-published novels out there, is the best thing ever (because there are too many books like that, especially things I’ve read this year..) I am very picky, when it comes to choosing things to read in the fantasy genre because the fantasy genre can prove to be something that either artistically succeeds, or fails miserably, and then ceases to be only forgettable, formulaic drivel. It is a trying task for a fantasy novelist to write a novel that incorporates different archetypal character and plot structures, and provide an intriguing, hopefully ingenious gloss of unconventionality, to set it apart enough, to make it stand out in an overcrowded market of fantasy novels, which invariably get shelved, by the genre purists/dogmatists, into “genre ghettos,” never to be seen by the curious, inquisitive reader, hoping to find a read that defies genre standardization.
For the most part, self-publishing has been a boon to the general speculative fiction writer, who can write speculative, wildly imaginative fiction, that can coexist among different genres, even those generally agreed to be mutually exclusive, rather than mutually inclusive. S.A. Hunt’s The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree book is really a writer I see fitting in with the high-caliber adventurous speculative fiction writers, like David Mitchell or Lev Grossman. Both these writers released their own highly creative books, which I felt were exceedingly strong contributions to the literary world, as both their respective works -Lev Grossman’s The Magician’s Land and David Mitchell’s The Bone Clocks- were unafraid of experimentation, nonlinear plotting, or confusing, yet ridiculously clever inclusion of simulacrum (in adeptly written fantasy fiction, “simulacrum” has a deeper role than just “superficial representation of something).. In their works, the nonsensical pastiche of different fantastic visuals or plot devices may seem to be superficial or linear, yet they belie a much deeper psychical reality. And their pastiche is more nuanced, enigmatic, complex, unlike the deceptively instructional machinations of allegory.
How does S.A. Hunt fit into this oeuvre of sorts, of other speculative fiction writers, who excel in writing this hard-to-define form of post-modern fiction? Well, it is reductive, and even disingenuous to S.A. Hunt’s own artistic accomplishments, with the first novel of his Outlaw King series, to just lump him in with those two writers. But S.A. Hunt has a very deep,impressive grasp of how to shape evolved, interesting, and deeply psychological works, much like both Lev Grossman and David Mitchell, that really lend a psychical dimension to language, or at least tries to.
The basic story may be the journey of one character, named Ross, trying to uncover the mysterious legacy of his father, who wrote a series that held numinous meaning for the fans of the work, including two characters (who later become cohorts or friends later in the first book), who have a very deep,almost religious grasp of the inner workings of the book series that Ross’ father writes. And I better stop myself, from getting too far with this discussion of exactly what happens in the story. From my other reviews that I have written, I have a lot of trouble writing details about stories, for reviews, mostly because I prevent myself, unconsciously from doing so, to really try not to spoil the rich, cathartic, deeply engrossing (and emotionally empowering) experience of reading through any book, especially an interesting, infectiously creative book like this one.
The voice of the main character is pronounced, well-developed, and complicated. S.A. Hunt never skimps, fortunately, on plumbing the psychological depths of his main character, or exploring the ramification of being a writer, in a post-modern world. This is a question, explored through The Magician’s Trilogy,in a quasi-existentialist discourse on the purposefulness or meaning of magic, in a rational age. The same discussion, with a wholly different angle, is taken up, very subtly, throughout The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree, exploring the philosophical depths of “what constitutes an imaginary idea, or why do humans even have this faculty to imagine things?” Is this ability, intrinsic to self-conscious beings, something vapid, or inane? Was it the chief role of storytelling, in a world where the range of our emotions, to help us better understand the emotions that help enhance our ability to relate with reality?
By a writer with less talent, these things could have become pretentious and overwrought, particularly in a story, with hackneyed character development? This is not a polemic, this story utilizes the rich art of subtle storytelling, the ability to believably shape an entirely different reality, apart from our own, that feels mysteriously tangible and emotionally palpable, in a world, where we sometimes question whether our own main reality, isn’t of that same surreal substance of a story.
It is best to read this book in uninterrupted silence and concentration, much like with David Mitchell’s The Bone Clocks because it is a book that has more than just extremely clever linguistic wordplay, unsparing imagination, and great cultural references sprinkled in at just the right intervals in the story, to really get you more involved with the story (one culture reference is referred to in the GIF image, taken from Labyrinth, above). It is a novel that will invariably linger in your subconscious, forevermore. It is nice to drown into the wonderfully refreshing pool of a sea of dreams, made up of disparate fantasy tropes, etc. all winded together into a bizarrely cohesive whole, entitled The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree. It’s time to get myself out of this trance of mine, and remember that there is a sequel awaiting me.
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Mighty Leaf Tea’s Organic Cafe Orange tea, which will set your uneasy, stress-filled mind, at ease with a nourishing, and intoxicating blend of fine black tea, orange herbs, and potent Mate. Much like The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree’s own unconventional blend of inter-dimensional narratives, this tea crosses the dimensions of the mundane realities of tea and coffee, which you might have mistakenly thought were mutually exclusive things.
When you need something that invigorates the creative faculties of your mind without stressing you out or perhaps giving you a sour stomach late in the day, it is this strong, refreshing tea blend, which is really the closest thing to “Chocolate Orange Tea,” that is the best alternative than being trapped in the indecisive mind-set, of not knowing whether to choose coffee or tea for your long reading marathons of this book.
Mighty Leaf’s Organic Cafe Orange Tea is the literary tea blend that is best recommended to put you into a philosophical, cerebral trance, suitable for reading The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree, as this tea is quite the trippy blend, for meditative fantasy-novel readers.
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Your Guide To Drinking This Weekend: The Sloe Gin Fizz
Get three different recipes for the light morning bracer, courtesy of Alamo Drafthouse Beverage Director Bill Norris.
By Bill Norris Nov. 16, 2012
Well Portland Oregon and sloe gin fizz/If that ain't love then tell me what is/Well I lost my heart it didn't take no time/But that ain't all. I lost my mind in Oregon…Well sloe gin fizz works might fast/When you drink it by the pitcher and not by the glass /Hey bartender before you close/Pour us one more drink and a pitcher to go
--Loretta Lynn with an assist from Jack White
As we approach the time of year when excess in food and drink becomes the norm, when office parties and family gatherings and drunken uncles abound, it may behoove us to consider a morning bracer, one that has been around a long time, but that has also been much maligned over the last forty or so years, betrayed by shoddy product and consigned to the dustbin of sorority house parties and Bourbon Street bars of the 'get as drunk as you can, as quickly as you can' variety.
But few things are more reviving to a tired constitution than a fizz, and while the classic gin fizz and the more tricked out Ramos Gin Fizz are excellent indeed, they may prove to be a bit stout when the parties are stacking up and lengthy with work and children beckoning in the morning. Consider then The Sloe Gin Fizz, a drink that is a lighter on the booze than its forefathers, and when made properly can ease you into the day after a long night, or keep you steady as the hours of revelry extend beyond the norm.
A Lengthy Note on the Key Ingredient
Sloe Gin Fizzes are associated with underage drinking and massive hangovers for one simple reason: terrible, awful, evil spirits masquerading as Sloe Gin. Sloe Gin has a venerable history, extending back at least to the early 1800s, and more likely to the moment that the English decided to rip off the Dutch and make a juniper flavored spirit of their own.
Traditionally, Sloe Gin is a homemade liqueur, simply made by macerating sloes, the berry like fruit of the Blackthorn tree that grows in hedgerows throughout the English countryside, in high proof gin with some sugar. Sloe berries, a member of the plum family, have a bitter astringency that makes them deeply unpalatable on their own, but that interacts with gin botanicals and sugar in a kind of alchemy producing a liqueur that, when made properly, produces a low alcohol (usually about 52 proof) elixir that is served as a traditional winter warmer.
Sloe Gin mythology holds that the berries should be harvested just after the first frost and pricked with something sharp before being covered with sugar and gin and left to sit for as little as a few months or as long as a year. As Toby Cecchini noted in the New York Times, “What emerges is a ruby liqueur with the tart snap of sour cherries and a sly finish of bitter almond from the leaching of the pits: a clean, vibrant, adult libation a world away from an Alabama slammer.”
Our problem when trying to make Sloe Gin Fizzes is simple: most of the stuff on the shelf, and this includes brands like Hiram Walker, Dekuyper and just about anything else available, doesn’t contain any sloe berries and most likely doesn’t contain any gin. Instead, they are artificially flavored neutral grain spirits trying to imitate the real thing, but with considerably more sugar and a considerable lack of success.
There are three brands available that are made from actual sloe berries and actual gin. Plymouth Sloe Gin was reintroduced into the American market in 2007, is based on an archival recipe from 1883 and will probably be the easiest to find. If you can track down a bottle of Hayman’s Sloe Gin, from a venerable English distiller, do so, though it doesn’t see export to the United States. Finally, there’s the Bitter Truth Sloe Gin, an example from Germany that sees limited US Distribution and makes a nice drink.
If you have access to a Blackthorn tree, you can make your own Sloe Gin. If you get good at it, you can enter the annual sloe gin competition in Dorstone, Herefordshire, and compete to be named the "Grand Master of the Sloes," a title that would look good on any business card or CV.
Finally, Averell Damson Gin, another traditional gin liqueur made with Damson Plums in place of the sloe berries, is an excellent product with wide distribution that can be substituted for Sloe Gin, though it may require some recipe tweaking.
The Fizz (Cocktails)
The Gin Fizz is one of the oldest mixed drinks on the planet, appearing in Jerry Thomas’ Bartender’s Guide as a Gin Fiz in 1887. There, it was a mixture of gin, lemon and sugar shaken until cold and topped off with a charge from the soda siphon. Unlike the similar Tom Collins, a fizz was meant to be served in a smaller glass, without ice. A common morning drink, fizzes were meant to be knocked back quickly to get the system moving again on those rough mornings.
Fizzes also have variations - silver fizzes see the addition of a protein boost in the form of an egg white added to the mixture, while a golden fizz uses an egg yolk, a royal fizz uses the whole egg and a diamond fizz uses champagne in place of the sparkling water (which, of course, is a proto-French 75).
Sometime between 1887 and the early 1900s, bartenders started to look at the bottle of Sloe Gin as a nice alternative to plain old gin, and the earliest reference I can find to a Sloe Gin Fizz is in J.A. Grohusko’s Jack’s Manual from 1910. It is basically the same recipe as the Gin Fizz, with the Sloe Gin standing in for the regular stuff and the sugar cut back to acknowledge the liqueur’s higher sugar content.
To Egg or Not To Egg, That is the Question
None of the early sources suggest the addition of an egg white to the Sloe Gin Fizz, which of course would have made the drink a Silver Sloe Gin Fizz (say that three times fast after a few rounds). That noted, making your Sloe Gin Fizz silver will greatly improve the drink, with the egg white adding a beautiful foamy head to the finished drink while improving its mouth feel. The choice is yours - for production at large gatherings, the work required to properly set the egg white may be too much, but for a cocktail or two at home, go silver.
A Note on Glassware
To properly prepare any kind of fizz, you are going to want a narrow, straight sided glass of about eight ounces. The more common Collins glass is the correct shape, but as your fizz is served sans ice, the larger volume of the standard Collins glass will force you to add too much fizzy water, overly diluting the finished drink and making it more difficult to consume while it is still fresh and charged. An overly large glass is not the end of the world, but to really hit the cocktail’s sweet spot, go smaller with your glasses, and chill them well before use.
The Fizz (Actual)
The last and final step in making any fizz is the addition of charged water into the glass. There is considerable evidence that the soda siphons in use from the late 1800s through the 1960s were able to charge more gas into water than today’s models. The siphon industry, in the name of consumer safety, has installed regulators into the standard modern siphons because people can apparently not be trusted to not blow the things up.
For home use, if you have a vintage soda siphon, break it out to make all your fizzes. It adds a nice touch of flair and elegance and will make your drinks sparkle. For those who don’t have access to a soda siphon, standard bottled soda water (or better, the uber bubbly Topo Chico) will be just fine. Better is the Soda Stream system, which allows you to really charge your water.
But, most importantly make sure the bubbly stuff is tooth achingly cold. Nothing makes for a limper fizz than warm water mucking up the drink.
Sloe Gin Fizz (1910)
2 oz. of Real Sloe Gin
½ Teaspoon Superfine Sugar
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until extremely cold and strain into chilled fizz glass. Top off with soda water.
Sloe Gin Fizz (Jim Meehan, The PDT Cocktail Book, 2012)
1 oz. Plymouth Sloe Gin
1 oz. Plymouth Gin
¾ oz. Lemon Juice
¼ oz. Simple Syrup (1-1)
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled fizz glass and top with 3 oz. of Club Soda. No garnish.
Silver Sloe Gin Fizz (Adapted by Bill Norris)
1 oz. Plymouth or Hayman’s Sloe Gin
½ oz. Plymouth Gin
1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
½ oz. Simple Syrup (2-1) or more to taste
White of 1 Egg
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker without ice. Shake to begin the emulsification of the egg white and add ice. Shake hard until cocktail is extremely cold and strain into a chilled fizz glass. Top with soda water until the egg white foam stands over the rim of the glass. Serve with a straw.
Read other entries in the series here. Read Bill's Cocktails With Mad Men series here.
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your guide to drinking this weekend
Bill Norris
Bill Norris is the beverage director for the Alamo Drafthouse, The Highball, 400 Rabbits and Midnight Cowboy. Before joining the Drafthouse family, he tended bar in New York, London and Austin and created award winning cocktail programs at FINO and Haddingtons. His novel Snapshots, was published in 2001, is currently out of print, and can be purchased for a mere one cent on amazon.com.
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The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
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Bill Norris lends his expert opinion to the best hangover remedies.
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Dayo Okeniyi Joins The Cast Of TERMINATOR: GENESIS
Looks like this film finally has its full cast.
By Evan Saathoff Mar. 28, 2014
Dayo (that's actually his middle name - his real first name is "Mesay") Okeniyi has beaten John Boyega for a major role in the upcoming Terminator: Genesis. Just in case you were starting to get excited about the film, he will be playing Danny Dyson, son of Miles Dyson. I think last time we saw him he was but a mere toddler. But even then we could tell he would have a major role to play in whatever bullshit comes next. 'Twas fate.
You may know Okeniyi from The Hunger Games, which I've seen but don't remember, or The Spectacular Now, which I totally remember not seeing. I have no idea if he's a good actor or not, so feel free to sound off on that score in the comments.
But there's more! According to the Deadline article which gifted this casting news into my hands like Excalibur, Terminator: Genesis Parts 2 and 3 are going to to film all at once starting a couple of years ago (the should be finishing it up in just a couple days, so long as no one traveled back in time and screwed up their shoot). So this is probably going to be a huge trilogy regardless of how Terminator: Genesis 1 does. Speaking of that film, it now stars Mesay Dayo Okeniyi and begins shooting in Louisianna shortly. I am so very excited to see what Old Arnold looks like in various artificial ages.
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terminator: genesis
Evan Saathoff Senior Editor
Evan has been smartassing-up the Internet since 2008. His passions include dumb action movies, not-dumb action movies, Shakespeare, and Tyler Perry. While he claims to understand that people don't always get what they want, he nevertheless believes it would be “cool” if he could become more like Danny DeVito with age.
By Andrew Todd, Feb 20, 2019
Let's hope they get it right.
By Scott Wampler, Oct 25, 2018
This was probably inevitable.
The short "Meet Jimmy" will become a feature film via Platinum Dunes.
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” FIAT LUX ! “
"Memento mori", Australia's Royal Commission, Barrenjoey, Confession, Parish Missions, Pedophile Priests
They are a dying race. As are we all. Lighthouse keepers are not the only ones destined to disappear. Individually, and as a race, so are we. But there was one, atop Barrenjoey north of Palm Beach in Sydney, Australia, where he was the earliest lighthouse keeper, whose demise was dramatic. One stormy night in June 1885, George Mulhall went outside to get some firewood to warm his keeper’s cottage, got zapped by a bolt of lightning and ended up – or rather down – six feet under a gravestone bearing the following epitaph :
“All ye that come my grave to see,
Prepare in time to follow me.
Repent at once without delay,
For I in haste was called away.”
Traditional pious claptrap, perhaps, but also a reminder that death is our inevitable and universal destiny which can strike in sudden, unexpected fashion.
As a child, it was Parish Mission sermons (see my book “From Illusions to Illumination”, page 16) that put the fear of God into me by pointing out that some of the congregation would not be around the next time the Redemptorist Mission team came back for this periodic Catholic Revival. This “memento mori” was enough to scare us into the confessional.
Today, Australia’s Royal Commission revealing the use of that quaint confessional box by pedophile priests to molest juvenile penitents later or right there and then, has led to a marked abstention on the part of Catholics to seek sacramental absolution.
Hopefully, confessional boxes like manned lighthouses will soon belong to history. Ships still need the protection provided by lighthouses. None of us, especially children, needs the “spiritual guidance” provided by criminals in confessional boxes.
DELENDA RELIGIO
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Blockchain Cryptocurrency News World
Malta To Become “The Blockchain Island”
Burgess Powell October 1, 2018 0 Comments
Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat just announced that Malta will become “the blockchain island.” In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, Malta’s Prime Minister explained what blockchain and cryptocurrency will do for the small European nation of Malta, and how the world can benefit from a global digital economy.
Malta Wants to Adopt Blockchain
Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat
The Prime Minister of Malta began his United Nations speech, “I believe that global problems require global solutions.” Instead of adopting nationalism, Malta’s leader proposed an international, cooperative approach. “Local solutions breed global problems with devastating results,” Muscat added.
Specifically, Malta looks at pollution and immigration as global issues. An island in the Mediterranean, Malta contends with ocean pollution and massive immigration from war-torn regions to the south.
Malta’s answer to hurdles like immigration and pollution? Blockchain, AI and technology as a whole. “This is why, in Malta, we have launched ourselves as the blockchain island,” the Prime Minister explains to the United Nations.
According to Muscat, they are the first place to regulate a technology that, as he puts it, exists in a “legal vacuum.” He goes on to characterize cryptocurrency as “the inevitable future of money.”
Blockchain Beyond Cryptocurrency
Malta sees cryptocurrency as the future of money. Beyond crypto, the Prime Minister of Malta also suggests applying blockchain technology for medical records.
“It can provide solutions to healthcare solutions where patients have real ownership of their medical records,” he explained. This comes after Italy and a majority of other European Union countries came out in support of a Europe-wide blockchain initiative.
Furthermore, Malta looks to use blockchain to give people control over their data—taking control away from states and companies.
As part of Malta’s larger push to adopt blockchain and accept cryptocurrency, Malta’s Prime Minister foreshadows the rise of the digital economy.
First and foremost, it could give people control over their data, including their medical records, explained Malta’s Prime Minister. Cryptocurrency can also function as a more global alternative to fiat, cryptocurrency terminology meaning government-backed, currency. For these reasons and more, Malta is to become “the blockchain island” joining the most cryptocurrency friendly cities and countries.
But the president of Malta asserts the digital economy will create new challenges, too. “One of them [questions posed by digitization] is the nature of work,” Muscat explains. “How we envisage it, how we compensate it, how we maximize its efficiency and how the state creates safety nets.”
In other words, blockchain will make a lot of work redundant. In fact, blockchain may leave you and everyone else unemployed. Despite this, Malta sees blockchain and cryptocurrency as the path to the future.
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Seul Contre Tous
July 5, 2019 carlosnightmanLeave a comment
*Originally written in 2003
The follow-up to Noe’s 1991 brutal short Carne begins with a quick recount of what has happened – lead character ‘The Butcher’ has grown up hating the world after becoming an orphan because of the war. He owns a butcher shop and has a daughter, but everything else is sickening to him. He hates everyone and wishes they would all die, as we all die alone in the end. It is him against the stinking world he despises, everything is pointless, nobody cares. These ideas have been done countless times before, but never has effective, cold, or hard-hitting as here although the mood of Taxi Driver comes close. The Butcher kills a man he believed attacked his daughter, but it was the wrong guy, and goes to prison. Eventually he is let out.
Now The Butcher has found a new girlfriend, with her only because she gives him a room, sex, and promises to buy him a new shop. His daughter has been taken away from him and placed into foster care, and he only sees her for short spaces of time. She is the only one who can hold back his anger, and stop him from killing everyone on sight. However, his girlfriend repulses him, her mother is even worse in his eyes, and his grim surroundings only add to his growing hatred and rage. Like Carne, we hear his inner thoughts, how he sees everything as hopeless. Soon his inner monologue mixed with despair and fury causes an unreality and he, along with the viewer become uncertain of what is real, if the actions he takes are just his imagination or not. Soon he explodes with pure rage, beating his pregnant girlfriend on the floor and takes a gun with 3 bullets, intending to get his daughter and destroy everything. As he walks the streets his thoughts continue, and we wonder whether the people we walk with on our streets may be like this.
He is alone. Only the gun keeps him company. Several further shocking and brutal scenes are shown and they are made all the more unbearable because of the relentless pounding of words such as HATE being fired into our heads. That BOOM effect is useful in making the viewer uncomfortable, guns going off as the scenes cut. Our senses are assaulted by Noe’s direction, and Nahon’s performance is extremely impressive, easily worthy of any award. The scene where he repeatedly punches his girlfriend seems to go on forever, with all too real acting from her (Frankye Pain) adding to the horror. One scene with his daughter involving the gun is horrifying, but filmed so oddly beautifully and tenderly that we cannot look away, no matter how much we know we should be. If The Butcher escapes one harrowing act, he quickly replaces it with another. Characters like this are typically only seen in the realms of over the top horror, but Seul Contre Tous is entirely grounded in the real world.
Blandie’s performance as The Daughter is excellent, her vacancy ironic, he passivity revealing. With so much going for it, the film should rightly be seen by all self respecting movie fans, but beware that it won’t be easy. The film would be almost unwatchable if not for the beautiful cinematography, as well as some humour. However, the humour is so tongue-in-cheek that many people simply may not see it. It may leave you depressed with the world, or act as some skewed catharsis and give you hope because of your ‘better’ position. An extremely impressive film that deserves much more notice than it has received, but then again it is not the type of film you would take your partner, parents, or kids to see. Watch it on your own and let the pure emotion, and complete lack of love seep into you. One of a select breed of utterly harrowing films which will stay with you forever.
Let us know what you think of Seul Contre Tous in the comments!
Movie ReviewsCinema, Film, France, Frankye Pain, French Films, Gaspar Noe, Movies, Philipe Nahon
December 19, 2011 June 27, 2017 carlosnightman2 Comments
Pierre Salvadori’s Priceless is a modern, more cynical version of Breakfast At Tiffany’s – the location moved to opulent Southern France, and Audrey Hepburn has been replaced by the equally gorgeous and engaging Audrey Tautou. She plays a money hungry legacy chaser, a young and intelligent, pretty woman who stalks ridiculously wealthy older men, seducing them into becoming their sugar daddy. She is one of an elite group who haunts this area, and similar places throughout the world, and she will stop at nothing to make sure her life is not taken away. Gad Elmaleh (the funniest man in France) plays a hardworking waiter/barman/doorman/hotel employee extraordinaire in this extravagant place, also serving never being served. A series of events lead to Tautou’s character believing Elmaleh’s to be one of the elite she pursues, and enchanted by her he plays along. Soon the truth is revealed- Tautou leaves in search of another, and Gad is left with nothing. Naturally, he loves her and follows her, and so begins a gently funny and clever series of games where the viewer roots for the inept couple to finally get together.
Normally i am not a fan of romantic comedies, but I am a big fan of Audrey Tautou. She is versatile, always charming, always entertaining, always managing to lift what would otherwise be average films. Here she plays to her most popular strengths – her cute smile and sparkle in her eye meaning she is concocting some mischievous scheme, her dialogue delivery letting her character be at the same time strong willed and vulnerable. She is given a clever script to work with, and her character is an opportunistic schemer. Elmaleh is on familiar territory here, and he does his best Basil Fawlty routine, though he is a more likable character. He gets to perform some Buster Keaton-esque scenes, all the time enamouring the audience to him. We root for him because he is a loser. He want him to succeed because he has thrown away what little he had on an unlikely chance at love. The chemistry between the two is strong, and it is almost an inversion of Tautou and Kassovitz from Amelie. With the surprises in the script alongside these performances, the film already rises above the rubbish that is usual in the genre.
Salvadori, as well as getting the best from the film’s stars, gets to show off the scenery of Southern France and gives everything the gleam of wealth and beauty. Of course, all of this is hollow and ultimately all we want is for the characters to get away together. Although the film has little depth, the script fills the holes and it takes a talent to turn a character who is little more than a hooker and thief into someone we can care about. With moments reminiscent of Heartbreakers, Priceless is above all a heart-warming film like Amelie that will make even the most cynical hermit believe in romance.
As always, feel free to leave any comments on the movie and the review: Is this up there with Amelie, or should we stop making such comparisons?
Movie ReviewsAudrey Tautou, France, Gad Elmaleh, Movies, Pierre Salvadori, Priceless, Reviews, Sex
An American Werewolf In Paris: Teenwolf Goes Round Europe
December 17, 2009 May 13, 2012 carlosnightmanLeave a comment
This interesting prequel to the sequel An American Werewolf In Yorkshire lacks the British charm of that classic and replaces it with all the glitz of Fransay. Whereas the sequel was a low budget spin off of of Emmerdale starring many of off our favourite characters from that show (Archie, Seth, The Dingles, the lesbian, the evil guy in the wheelchair etc) this one is a high budget graphics affair starring a lot of French people I’ve never heard of, like Jacques Cousteau. It is kind of like Hostel as it features a group of back packing hippies travelling through Asia in search of drugs and womens.
The friends go to a club and fail to notice the strange hyropoctical symbols on the doors and walls. They enter and see that it is not a hippy club but is in fact full of dancey types listening to The Shaman and doing the spac leg. They decide to stay anyway as there is a pretty, but hairy girl. Everyone spots them as outsiders and want to beat and eat them, but they refrain from their natural French urges. Suddenly Born Sloppy plays on the radio and all the dancers go buck nuts. The lights turn off and red droplets begin to fall from pipes on the ceiling. The droplets become sprays and soon everyone is covered. It’s blood! Yes, all the people turn into werewolves and the friends try to escape but one is grabbed while the other escapes out the back door. He is horrified beyond belief but as he is in Paris he decides to chill and go to the Eifel tower for some sightspying. At the top he bumps into his friend who now appears to be a rotting zombie Nazi of some sort. His friend warns him that he will also turn at the next full moon unless he kills himself. Then he meets the hairy girl from the club who is trying to jump from the tower. He tells her to sort herself out and they go home for some lovin. Eventually it turns out she is a wolf and that he is also going to turn, but can he find a cure before it is too late? No! In the end they are all crushed by a bus.
I thought this film was pretty good, but it lacks the small farming community spirit of the first. Zak Dingle should really have popped up and been like ‘Ay up there Butch lad, what the frig are ya doing to my sheep, boy!’ The first may have had manure, but this just plain stank. That’s 90 minutes of my life I probably won’t ever get back ever of all time. 9 out of 10.
Best Scene: When the guy wakes up naked inside the Loover and all the people are looking down at him through the glass. One woman says something funny in French like ‘Es grand y bueno!’
Ooh la arrgh!
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Historicity of Emotions
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, 8–9 June 2017
Answer my prayer: performing expectation in early modern Finland
Disgust, Guilt, Redemption. Ugly War and Cathartic Potential in Naturalist Fiction
Feeling the Law: Debates on Rechtsgefühl in German legal thought around 1900
Infectious Emotions: Panic, Trust, and National Cohesion in Finland, Summer 1944
Neurohistory and the History of Emotions: A Rapprochement
Pilgrimage and emotion in early-modern Spain
Remorse and Supplication in Paradise Lost
Shyness and Savoir-Vivre: Social Knowledge, Emotional Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century France
The concept of national sentiment: On nation building and emotional language in 19th-century Finland
The politics of humiliation: Shame and shaming in modern history
Uncertain Hopes, Disrupted Patriotism
Voice and Speech as Instruments of ‘Emotional Practice’ in Nineteenth-Century Europe
War trance: Collective attachment and the Winter War, 1939–40
What is the history of anger a history of?
Tuomas Tepora
The concept of the “Spirit of the Winter War” originated after the short Russo-Finnish conflict in the beginning of the Second World War. Today, its popular usage refers to an emotional and political norm that denotes unification, or a sense of collective attachment in the face of hardship, and altruistic work for a common purpose. Concentrating on the war-time emotional descriptions before the post-war publicity had coined the concept, in this paper I trace the history of emotions of the Winter War from three intertwined perspectives.
First, I take a top-down viewpoint and look at the emotionally-invested propaganda and the politics of emotions during the war. Second, I expand my scope to explore the emotional norms and regimes in war-time society from a grass-roots level. Third, I look at the contemporary descriptions of the “Spirit” as a collective experience reflecting trance-like state and its war-time counterimages, such as suspicion and scapegoating of perceived deviants from the norm.
Top-down perspective on the origins of the war-time emotional norms and regimes is inadequate, as the exceptional circumstances opened up unusual paths to a bottom-up design of emotional landscapes of the society. Archetypal, mythic language and less verbal symbolism rose to prominence at the height of the war experience. This practice increased the sense of exceptionality and otherwordliness in many a contemporary’s understanding of the events.
In conclusion, I discuss the historicity of collective emotions, or emotional communities, in crises. The boundaries between various and overlapping emotional communities within the wider society turned permeable for influence from other emotional communities, for instance between social classes, yet at the same time the repertoire of emotional expression became restricted and highly controlled. However, shortly after the war ended, the shared feeling of oneness in “war trance” evaporated. Instead came uncanny nostalgia, a sense of losing something impossible to replicate and even individually felt shame of earlier being absorbed into a collective “trance”. This is how the still today voiced emotional norm and a hollow slogan of the “Spirit of the Winter War” began.
Dr Tuomas Tepora is a research fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. Among his publications are two single-authored monographs and one co-edited volume on the topics dealing with the cultural history of war and the history of emotions of the Finnish early 20th-century nationalism, the Finnish Civil War and the Second World War. His current project addresses the history of emotions of the personality cults in democratic societies with a special focus on C. G. E. Mannerheim.
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Finalists announced in last round of Read to the Final Four literacy competition
Of the eight schools that advanced to the Elite Eight, only the Final Four remained standing on Feb. 5, during the Read to the Final Four Literacy Competition pep rally at the University of Houston’s (UH) Hofheinz Pavilion.
After an activity-filled morning that included a dance-off, a science experiment by UH professor Dr. Simon Bott, and lots of cheering (assisted by the UH cheerleaders), the Final Four schools were announced. They are:
Dogan ES
Carrillo ES
Janowski ES
Browning ES
“It was so much fun!” said third-grader Braniya Banks, from top team Dogan Elementary. “All of Dogan helped us log our time to win.”
The Read to the Final Four Literacy Competition began in the fall of 2015, with 6,800 third-graders participating. Since that time, they have logged 6.4 million minutes of reading and, according to the Houston Public Library, checked out more than 5,000 books from its shelves.
Approximately 800 students attended the pep rally, which aimed not just to inspire the students, but to reward them as well for all of their hard work.
The top reader from each of the 68 participating schools will receive a bicycle, courtesy of CYCLE (Changing Young Children’s Lives through Education). The winning school will also receive a monetary award.
“This is a great event,” said Rachel Quan, vice president of External Operations for the Final Four Houston Local Organizing Committee. “It’s the culmination of a lot of different partnerships with the Final Four and the local organizing committee, the NCAA, the Houston Public Library, Cycle, UH and, of course, HISD. There’s a lot of folks involved in seeing that these third-graders get more excited about reading.”
The remaining four schools will continue competing until the final event in April, when the top school will be announced. Students at the other 64 schools should not stop reading, though, as there may be additional prizes for the top individual readers.
This entry was posted in District IV - Jolanda Jones, District IX - Wanda Adams, Literacy, News and tagged Browning ES, Carrillo ES, Dogan ES, Janowski ES, literacy, Read to the Final Four on February 5, 2016 by HISD Communications.
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An internet survey of 2,596 people with fibromyalgia
Robert M Bennett1Email author,
Jessie Jones2,
Dennis C Turk3,
I Jon Russell4 and
Lynne Matallana5
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders20078:27
© Bennett et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2007
This study explored the feasibility of using an Internet survey of people with fibromyalgia (FM), with a view to providing information on demographics, sources of information, symptoms, functionality, perceived aggravating factors, perceived triggering events, health care utilization, management strategies, and medication use.
A survey questionnaire was developed by the National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA) in conjunction with a task force of "experts in the field". The questionnaire underwent several rounds of testing to improve its face validity, content validity, clarity and readability before it was mounted on the internet. The questionnaire consisted of 121 items and is available online at the website of the National Fibromyalgia Association.
The questionnaire was completed by 2,569 people. Most were from the United States, with at least one respondent from each of the 50 states. Respondents were predominantly middle-aged Caucasian females, most of whom had FM symptoms for ≥ 4 years. The most common problems were morning stiffness, fatigue, nonrestorative sleep, pain, concentration, and memory. Aggravating factors included: emotional distress, weather changes, insomnia, and strenuous activity. Respondents rated the most effective management modalities as rest, heat, pain medications, antidepressants, and hypnotics. The most commonly used medications were: acetaminophen, ibuprofen, naproxen, cyclobenzaprine, amitriptyline, and aspirin. The medications perceived to be the most effective were: hydrocodone preparations, aprazolam, oxycodone preparations, zolpidem, cyclobenzaprine, and clonazepam.
This survey provides a snap-shot of FM at the end of 2005, as reported by a self-selected population of people. This descriptive data has a heuristic function, in that it identifies several issues for further research, such as the prescribing habits of FM health care providers, the role of emotional precipitants, the impact of obesity, the significance of low back pain and the nature of FM related stiffness.
Childhood Sexual Abuse
Over the past 20 years fibromyalgia (FM) has emerged as a leading cause of office visits to rheumatologists, both in its primary form and as an accompaniment of other rheumatic disorders. Epidemiological studies report a FM prevalence of between 2 and 7% in most nations [1–12], with a female to male ratio of approximately 9:1. It is increasingly evident that FM represents a significant challenge in view of its high prevalence, frequent comorbidities, and frustration with current treatment modalities.
Patient self-report is increasingly used to assess the impact of rheumatic diseases and gain insight into their impact and to formulate new questions for investigation [13–16]. Study groups such as OMERACT (Outcome Measures in Rheumatology) use self-reported information as a preliminary step in the development of Delphi-based questionnaires with the eventual aim of defining optimal outcome measures for clinical trials [17].
The major aims of the current study were to conduct a large internet-based national survey of people with FM to determine: (1) demographics and sources of information about FM, (2) symptoms and functionality, (3) perceived aggravating factors, (4) perceived triggering events, (5) diagnosis and health care utilization, (6) management strategies, and (7) medication use.
This questionnaire was developed in conjunction with The National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA) and a multidisciplinary Task Force of FM experts. The NFA is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop and execute programs dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with FM by increasing the awareness of the public, media, government, and medical community. The first draft of the questionnaire was completed in 2004 with a focus group of 12 FM volunteers providing feedback.
In order to establish content validity of the Questionnaire the following steps were taken:
• The questionnaire was administered to 42 people (ages 24–74) diagnosed with FM who attended a symposium on FM that was held at California State University, Fullerton. Based on the resulting feedback, the questionnaire was modified to improve its content, clarity, readability, and overall quality.
• The revised questionnaire was further tested on the a focus group of 21 people with FM (age range 36–60) who had volunteered to participate in NFA surveys via e-mail. Based on feedback from this focus group, the Questionnaire was further adapted to further improve its content, clarity, readability, and quality.
• A 2-day workshop of the Task Force met in October 2005 to finalize the Questionnaire content and format.
• A study was conducted to determine whether the finalized Questionnaire had appropriate stability over a 1–2 week period. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were calculated to index test-retest reliability. The majority of the single ICC values fell within the acceptable range of values from 0.82 to 1.00 with few exceptions. Most items with lower ICCs required participants to recall specific dates or to estimate things which occurred within a specified time frame (i.e., recall issues). Others items with lower ICCs related to symptoms and states (i.e., clinical features that typically fluctuate in intensity and frequency).
The reading level of the Questionnaire, except for section # 6 (medications), was estimated by using the "readability statistics" tool that is available in Microsoft Word. This analysis showed a Flesch Reading Ease score of 60.8 and a Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level of 7.0. The grade level estimates range from grade 5 through college; grade 7 is fairly low; indicating the Questionnaire was quite suitable for use by lay people.
The final Questionnaire consisted of 121 items [18] and consisted of 5 sections:
(1) Background Information (questions 1–25), (2) Symptoms (questions 26–51), (3) Physical Ability Impact (questions 52–63), (4) Employment Impact (questions 64–87), and (5) nature and effectiveness of interventions (questions 88–121). A decision was made to post the survey on the Internet for whatever period was required to obtain a representative sample of approximately 3,000 responses.
The questionnaire was posted on the NFA's website on October 12, 2005. The survey was completed in a satisfactory manner by 2,569 people over the course of 3 days. The vast majority of responses were from the United States. There was at least 1 responder from each of the 50 States in the United States. In most States approximately 0.05% of the estimated female FM population responded to the survey -based on a conservative estimate FM prevalence of 3.5% in women and the 2002 National Census figures [19]. In addition, there were 46 responses from 12 other countries (Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Germany, Holland, Bermuda, France, Israel, and Hungary).
Demographics and the sources of information about FM
The demographics of the population responding to the survey are shown in Table 1. The responders were predominantly middle-aged Caucasian females, 75% of whom had experienced FM symptoms for more than 4 years. Only 3.2% of the responders were male. The age distribution was slightly skewed towards older individuals (mean = 47.3 ± 10.68, range 17–77.5) which is consistent with published research on FM. They tended to be moderately overweight and reported having gained approximately 50 pounds since they were aged 18. Seventy percent had a BMI > 25 and 43% had a BMI > 30; comparable BMI figures for white females taken from National Health Interview Survey of 2004 are 47% and 21% respectively [19]. Just over 50% of the responders had a household income of between $20,000 and $80,000.
Demographic profile of responders
Demographic Feature
Age [years]
47.3 ± 10.68
Current weight [pounds]
Weight at age 18
129.1.5 ± 26.8
Height [inches]
Body mass index [BMI]
Symptoms < 7 months
7–12 months
> 4 years
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
Afro-American
Marital Status: Currently married
Number of Children: One child
> 3 children
Household income: < $9,000
$100,000–$199,999
> $200,000
Respondents obtained information about FM from diverse sources, including professional and consumer organizations: Health care professionals providing FM information were: family physicians (45.8%), rheumatologist (43.6%), internists (23.1%), massage therapists (20.3%), chiropractors (20.2%), physical therapists (14.4%), mental health professionals (psychiatrist/psychologist/social workers) (13.1%), pharmacists (7.8%), nurse practitioners/physician assistants (7.6%), nurses (5.3%), nutritionist/dietitians (4.4%), and gynecologists (2.9%). In addition to health care professionals, respondents received information from a number of other sources including: NFA (sponsors of the survey,70%), general media (41.6%), Arthritis Foundation (35.2%), Internet message boards (23.4%), Internet chat rooms (12.5%), local support groups (12%), and informal sources (e.g., friends,32.6%), health food store,13.6%, family member,10.7%). These percentages do not summate to 100% as more than one source could be acknowledged.
Symptoms and functionality
FM patients are usually poly-symptomatic with symptoms and syndromes affecting several organ systems. Every respondent in this survey reported multiple current symptoms and syndromes that have been associated with FM. The most common symptom was low back pain followed by recurrent headaches, arthritis, muscle-spasm, tingling, and balance problems (Table 2). The average intensity of symptoms over the past week was captured in response to the question "please select the number that best describes your experience with the following (specified problem) on average during the past week". This questions was followed by asking the respondents to evaluate each symptom on a scale of 0 (no symptom) to 10 (extreme symptom). The highest rated symptoms were: morning stiffness, fatigue, poor sleep, and pain. A considerable number of cognitive symptoms (i.e., problems with memory and concentration) were also acknowledged (Table 3).
Frequencies of symptoms and current comorbidities ≥ 25 % [in descending order of frequency]
Current Symptom
Recurrent headaches
Sinus problems
Tooth disorders
Symptom intensity during the past week [in descending order of severity]
Mean ± SD
Morning stiffness
Nonrestorative sleep
Difficulty falling asleep
Poor balance
Swelling of feet and ankles
Chronic pain, fatigue stiffness, and other FM-associated symptoms frequently impact on an individual's functional capabilities. Survey participants responded to the question: "even if you did not do the following activities, please indicate what you think your ability to do them during the past week would be?" The percentage of responders who indicated that they would have no difficulty performing each task was as follows: normal activities of daily living (65%); walking 2 blocks (45%); climbing stairs (38%); shopping (34%); light household duties (e.g., cooking/dusting) (32%); lifting or carrying 10 pounds (30%); walking half a mile (27%); walking 1 mile (18%); lifting or carrying 25 pounds (8%); heavy household duties (e.g., vacuuming/scrubbing) (7%); and strenuous recreational activity (hiking/biking) (3%).
The respondents were nearly equally divided regarding their ability to maintain gainful employment. Those who were still working felt that their symptoms compromised their ability to be productive due to frequent absences and reduced work hours. Approximately 20% of the respondents had filed some form of disability claim and 6% received workman's compensation.
Perceived aggravating factors
People with FM typically report that various events exacerbate their symptoms. These attributions were probed with the question "which of the following factors act as triggers that worsen your symptoms?" The respondents were permitted to list as many as they wished and thus the percentages do not sum to 100. The most common exacerbating events acknowledged were mental stressors, weather changes, sleeping problems and strenuous activity (Table 4).
Factors perceived to worsen FM symptoms [in descending order of frequency]
Perceived stressor
Emotional distress
Weather changes
Strenuous activity
Mental stress
Physical injuries
Low to moderate physical activity
Lack of emotional support
Time zone changes
Airplane travel
Work related conflicts
Chemical exposures
Perceived triggering events
People with FM often associate a specific event to the onset of their symptoms. In response to the question "have any of the following potential triggering events occurred around the same time that your fibromyalgia symptoms first became apparent" Approximately 21% of responders indicated that they could not identify any such association. Over 73% of those who indicated some triggering event made attributions to emotional trauma or chronic stress (Table 5). The next most common attribution was acute illness (26.7%), followed by physical stressors (surgery, motor vehicle collisions, and other injuries). Another 20.6% of the responses acknowledged physical or emotional abuse as a child and 15.1% associated abuse as an adult to the onset of their symptoms. Childhood sexual abuse was cited by 9% of respondents. Approximately 10.1% of the responders related the onset of FM symptoms to the menopause.
Perceived triggering events of FM onset (in descending order of frequency)
Emotional trauma
Acute illness
Physical injury (non-MVA)
Motor vehicle accident (MVA)
Emotional and physical abuse as an adult
Emotional and physical abuse as a child
Sexual abuse as a child
Sexual abuse as adult
Diagnosis and health care utilization
Most responders (98.4%) had been formally diagnosed as having FM by a health care provider. In 55% of responders the diagnosis had been made 4 or more years prior to the completion of the survey, whereas in 9% the diagnosis had been made within the last year. Rheumatologists were responsible for the diagnosis in 42.4% of responders followed by family physicians and internists in 23.2% and 12.2%, respectively. In just under 10% of responders the diagnosis of FM was made by other health care providers (chiropractors, nurse-practitioners, osteopaths, psychiatrists, gynecologists, and nurses). Some 46% had consulted between 3 to 6 health care providers before obtaining the diagnosis of FM, while 24.6% had seen >6 health care providers prior to diagnosis. In response to the question "how legitimate does your current health care provider treat your fibromyalgia?", there was roughly a bimodal distribution with 65.1% reporting "legitimate" or "very legitimate", whereas 27.8% felt that their health care provider did not view FM as a "very legitimate" disorder.
Over 96% of responders had seen a health care provider at least once over the past year for their FM symptoms. Some 44% of responders reported that they had visited a health care provider 1 to 4 times in the past year. An additional 23% indicated they visited responder 5 to 8 times in this time period, 14% reported 9 to 12 visits, and 13% reported more than 12 visits (13%). Approximately 29% of respondents indicated they had visited an emergency room on at least 1 to 4 occasions in the last year. Hospitalization due to FM symptoms was reported by 3.5% of the responders.
Approximately 70.4% of the sample reported that they had medical insurance. Most responders had out-of-pocket expenses related to management of their FM. For instance 74% of responders reported spending between $100 and $500 each month on over-the-counter products; whereas 61% spent between $100 and $500 each month on prescription medications.
Survey participants were asked to "indicate whether you use any of the following interventions for FM and if so, whether each helps your FM symptoms". Respondents rated the effectiveness of each intervention on a 0 to 10 scale, with 10 being most effective The interventions perceived to be most effective (effectiveness rating ≥ 6.0) in descending order were: rest, heat modalities, prescription pain medications, prescription antidepressants, prescription sleep medications, prayer, massage, and pool therapy (Table 6).
Interventions used by the survey responders [in descending order of frequency]
Effectiveness [0–10 scale]
Distraction [reading, watching TV etc.]
Heat modalities [warm water, hot packs]
OTC pain medications
Prescription pain medications
Gentle walking
Prescription antidepressants
Prescription sleep medications
Relaxation/meditation
Cold therapy [ice packs etc.]
Counseling [psychologist, MSW, pastor]
Pool therapy
Non-aerobic exercise [stretching, yoga, Tai Chi]
OTC sleep medications
Energy healing [e.g. Reiki]
Medications used by survey responders
The Questionnaire listed 253 medications and asked "which of the following medications do you currently use, or have tried in the past to relieve symptoms due to fibromyalgia and were they helpful?" Respondents rated the effectiveness of each intervention as "being helpful" (= 10) or "not helpful" (= 0). Table 7 presents the results in 4 columns: "every used ", " use now ", "continuing use " (computed from (use now/every used) ×100), and "considered helpful ". The most commonly used medications (ever used) were acetaminophen, nonsteroidals (NSAIDs), tricyclic antidepressants, and cyclobenzaprine. The most helpful medications (considered helpful) were: hydrocodone preparations, aprazolam, oxycodone preparations, zolpidem, clonazepam, cyclobenzaprine, and codeine preparations. The medications used most consistently used over time (continuing use) were: hydrocodone preparations, ibuprofen, clonazepam, acetaminophen, trazodone, gabapentin, and zolpidem.
Medications used by ≥ 25% of the survey responders [% use sorted on "ever used"]
Drug (with common USA brand name)
Ever used
Continuing use
Considered helpful
Acetaminophen [Tylenol]
Ibuprofen [Motrin, Advil]
Naproxen [Naprosyn, Aleve]
Cyclobenzaprine [Flexeril]
Amitriptyline [Elavil]
Aspirin [Ecotrin]
Celecoxib [Celebrex]
Rofecoxib [Vioxx]*
Codeine + APAP [Tylenol #2 or #3 or #4]
Tramadol [Ultram]
Hydrocodone + APAP [Vicodin]
Propoxyphene + APAP [Darvocet]
Zolpidem [Ambien]
Sertraline [Zoloft]
Fluoxetine [Prozac]
Paroxetine [Paxil]
Buproprion [Wellbutrin]
Trazadone [Desyrel]
Gabapentin [Neurontin]
Aprazolam [Xanax]
Oxycodone + APAP [Percocet, Roxicet]
Venlafaxine [Effexor]
Melatonin [Melatonex]
Diazepam [Valium]
Tramadol + APAP [Ultracet]
Clonazepam [Klonopin]
Valdecoxib [Bextra]*
* No longer available in the USA
Over the course of 3 days, over 2500 respondents completed a survey that was posted on the web site of the National Fibromyalgia Association. The demographics of the respondents to this survey revealed no particular surprises when compared to other epidemiologic studies and surveys [1–12]. The household income was similar to a previous survey of 537 FM patients in the San Diego, California [20]. In comparison to United States National Census figures, respondents were moderately overweight. Several other studies have reported obesity in FM [21–23] and weight reduction has been reported to provide improvement [24]. This concordance in demographic variables with other published FM studies suggests that the Questionnaire provided a reasonably representative measure.
It is difficult to make direct comparisons of health care utilization in this survey and other studies, as it is largely derived from patients with internet access in the United States. For example, a Canadian study reported annual visits to health care providers were 11.6, emergency room visits were 0.6, and hospital inpatient days or 2.1 [25]. However, the health care system in Canada is a nationalized service compared to the fee for service system in the United States. It is impossible to disentangle the availability and costs of services from service utilization.
Although a hallmark of FM is pain, the respondents listed morning stiffness, fatigue, and non-restorative sleep before pain, as comparable in severity. While morning stiffness is a common symptom in inflammatory rheumatic disorders [26, 27] it has only been mentioned in the occasional FM study [28, 29]. Morning stiffness is a characteristic feature of inflammatory arthritidies, where it has been defined as "slowness or difficulty moving the joints when getting out of bed or after staying in one position too long, which involves both sides of the body and gets better with movement" [30]. Whether such a precise definition would apply to FM patients would be an interesting topic for future study. Morning stiffness in rheumatoid arthritis has been correlated with elevated serum levels of hyaluronic acid [31]. Raised levels of hyaluronic acid have been reported in one study FM patients [32], but not in several others [33–35]. The 63% prevalence of low back pain is particularly noteworthy, as this has not been previously reported in survey or epidemiological studies of FM. It may be a productive topic for future research, as patients with low back pain have been reported to develop FM in 25% of cases [36] and some patients with LBP have augmented pain processing [37].
Six of the most frequently cited exacerbating factors involved some form of emotional distress (endorsed by 83% of the respondents). These results are in accord with several other studies [38–40]. The perceived adverse effect of weather changes (80% endorsed) is noteworthy. This effect has been previously reported [41] but in 2 studies FM symptoms failed to correlate with meteorological variables [42, 43]. In another study pain was correlated with high atmospheric pressure and low temperature [44]. Concordant with several other reports [45–47] "forgetfulness" and problems with "concentration" were rated as quite common and problematical. The frequency of disability claims in the current survey was about the same as a multicenter study in the United States [48].
One study of the prevalence of sexual abuse in FM suggested that it might be as high as 57% [49]. The 7.8% prevalence of childhood sexual abuse in the current survey is substantially lower and may reflect differences in "candidness" between an Internet based survey population and one-on-one interviews. A recent telephone based study found no association between FM and sexual abuse, but did report a three-fold increase of FM in women who had been raped. Thus, it was hypothesized that chronic stress, in the form of posttraumatic stress disorder, may mediate the relationship between rape and FM [50].
Among the most interesting data to come out of this survey was the use of various management strategies and medications by the participants. An attempt was also made to assess the perceived effectiveness of various therapies (on a 0 to 10 scale, with 10 being most effective). The 3 most commonly used interventions were non-medicinal (rest, heat, and distraction). Interventions with the highest effectiveness ratings were: prescription sleep medications (rating: 6.5), prescription pain medications (rating: 6.3), resting (rating: 6.3), heat (rating: 6.3), and prescription antidepressants (rating: 6.2). Although non-prescription pain medications and nutritional supplements were commonly used they did not appear to be particularly effective (ratings of 3.8 and 2.8 respectively). Conversely, pool therapy, used by a quarter of the respondents, was as effective as many of the more frequently used management strategies.
The most commonly used medications were acetaminophen (94%), ibuprofen (87%), naproxen (66%), cyclobenzaprine (64%), and amitriptyline (55%). Based on the percentage of respondents who rated medications as helpful, the top 10 were: hydrocodone preparations (75%), aprazolam (70%), oxycodone preparations (67%), diazepam (65%), zolpidem (64%), clonazepam (61%), cyclobenzaprine (58%), codeine preparations (55%), propoxyphene preparations (54%), and ibuprofen (51%). Interestingly, there is a discrepancy between the most commonly used and the most effective medications. This, discrepancy may be associated with the heavy use of over-the-counter drugs, which are generally cheaper than prescription drugs. There may also be a reluctance of physicians to provide ongoing prescriptions of opioids and benzodiazepines. The perceived effectiveness of hydrocodone preparations is of some interest as this medication has never been formally tested in FM patients. Future research should examine the profile of health care providers who prescribed this and similar opioids. Aprazolam (reported as being helpful in 70% of respondents) has been noted to be of some benefit when used in conjunction with ibuprofen [51], but has never been formally evaluated as a stand-alone drug in FM.
Another way to consider effectiveness of medications is to examine continuation of treatment. The most commonly reported medications that respondents continuing to use were: hydrocodone preparations (41%), ibuprofen (41%), clonazepam (40%), acetaminophen (37%), gabapentin (36%), trazodone (36%), zolpidem (34%), aprozolam (30%), cyclobenzaprine (30%), and bupropion (29%). As expected, newer medications available at the end of 2005, such as duloxetine, sodium oxybate, and pregabalin, were being used by only a small percentage of respondents (i.e., < 8%). Non-adherence to prescribed medications is reported to be common in FM patients [52], but whether this is a result of lack of efficacy, side effects, cost, or psychosocial factors, is not known.
In interpreting the results of this survey it is important to acknowledge its limitations. The surveyed population was self-selected as people with FM who had Internet access and was familiar with the NFA website. Approximately 70% of the respondents indicated that they obtained information about FM from the NFA (the sponsors of the survey). It is possible that those familiar with NFA differ in important ways from people with FM in general. They were not personally interviewed or formally diagnosed. Thus an unknown proportion of those responding may not have met in 1990 ACR classification criteria for a diagnosis of FM [53]. However, only 1.6% of the responders reported that their diagnosis of FM had not been confirmed by a health care professional. There is some evidence that certain combinations of symptoms are strongly correlated with an ACR based diagnosis of FM. For instance, Katz has reported that a history of widespread regional pain (score ≥ 8.0) plus fatigue (score ≥ 6.0) has a 75% concordance with ACR criteria [54]. This Internet based survey was new and previously untested and there is a need to confirm its psychometric properties in future studies. Preliminary testing suggested good face validity and test-retest reliability. Internet-based surveys are increasingly used to obtain patient data [55] and several studies have reported a good correlation with paper-and- pencil surveys [56, 57].
The information from this survey provides as a glimpse into the FM landscape in the United States at the end of 2005 as perceived by a self-selected group of FM patients with Internet access. These results pose several issues for more in depth research, such as the prescribing habits of FM health care providers, the role of emotional precipitants, the impact of obesity, the significance of low back pain and the nature of FM related stiffness.
We thank the following members of the Task Force for their contributions to this manuscript:
• Richard Gevirtz, PhD, Alliant International University San Diego, CA
• Kim Jones, PhD, FNP, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR
• Philip Mease, MD, University of Washington, Seattle WA
• Shari McMahan, PhD, California State University, Fullerton
• Daniel Rooks, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, MA
• Dana Rutledge, RN, PhD, California State University, Fullerton
• Stuart Silverman, MD, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Authors and members of the task force did not receive any funding, or any other remuneration, for their participation in this project.
The National Fibromyalgia Association received an unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer, Inc. for support of this study. Pfizer Inc. had no role in implementing the design of this study; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
RMB provided the statistical analysis and was responsible for writing the manuscript with help and advice from the co-authors.
JJ did the initial work in developing the questionnaire and provided help with the methods
DCT participated in the statistical analysis and provided help with the results and discussion
IJR participated in result analysis and the discussion
LM initiated this project, provided the website used in the survey and provided editing advice
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
California State University, Fullerton, USA
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX, USA
National Fibromyalgia Association, Orange, CA, USA
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Filed under: BBC,Interviews,Jane Eyre (BBC 2006),Media,Productions,TV,Uncategorized — by bronteana @ 11:29 pm
Toby Stephens prefers the Conflicted Man
Here are a few more tidbits for those desperate to hear more from our newest Rochester. From 'I'm much happier playing messed-up guys rather than the heroic lead. It's dull playing those parts'
With his striking good looks and an acting dynasty to die for – no less than Dame Maggie Smith and the late Robert Stephens for his parents – you'd think that Toby Stephens would be cornering the market in dashing, romantic leading roles.
Instead, his forte seems to be quite the opposite; crazed Bond villains (Die Another Day), tormented Cold War intellectuals (Kim Philby in Cambridge Spies) and, about to start filming, the enigmatic and mysterious Mr Rochester in a new BBC adaptation of Jane Eyre.
'I'm much happier playing messed-up guys rather than the heroic lead,' says 36-year-old Stephens. 'It's dull playing those parts. I'd rather play someone conflicted. They're always more challenging, and you've got more to work with.'
Right now Stephens' physical profile is extremely striking; he's darkened his hair and he's growing some pretty impressive sideburns in preparation to play one of English Lit's most troubled and misunderstood anti-heroes, Rochester, in Jane Eyre.
'The perfect messed-up guy – what more could I ask for?' he laughs
Yay! Sorry… I mean, splendid…
Yay! also. The man himself was on the telly in the UK two night ago, playing someone who was certainly a little messed up – the only worry is that he might go a bit OTT with the angst and passion. There’s something about his demeanour that evokes trouble and danger anyway, IMHO, so he only really need exploit that.
Comment by Liz — March 23, 2006 @ 4:44 am |Reply
I have never seen his work- not even Tenant, so I’m still going on reports from various people and trying to keep an open mind- but it is difficult not to ask people what they think. Most people seem to be worried about an OTT performance, and the sneer of course. But it sounds like he has a thoughtful approach beginning so I am very optimisic.
Somehow the description of Mr Rochester was ‘the perfect messed-up guy’ amuses me. 😉 It is up there with my other favourite description from an actor playing Mr R:
“He’s delicious!” -James Barbour.
My least favourite is:
“He’s a very very very angry man.” -Ciaran Hinds.
Comment by Brontëana — March 23, 2006 @ 11:17 am |Reply
Oh, that’s: “he’s hurt and very, very angry, very, very angry”
But this one is the one that really bothers me, also from Hinds:
“I wondered why they were offering an Irishman a job to play a quintessential sort of arrogant, chauvinistic Englishman.”
What isn’t wrong with this statement?
Grr…..so much is wrong with that statement I can’t even begin!
As for the new BBC mini-series…I admit, at first I was a bit shocked that Toby Stephens was playing my dearest Mr. Rochester. My immediate reaction was negative, simply because I didn’t think he *physically* resembled the character’s description. Nevertheless, ever since I saw Toby Stephens in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Hamlet in 2004, I have been completely in love with the man. Therefore…I was torn…torn between two sexy, but very different men. I simply had to reevalute my immediate reaction. Yes, Toby sneers a lot, but that is what makes him so…well, delicious! He is a very talented and entertaining actor, and after thinking about it, I am definitely willing to give him a chance. With a decent script, he should make a very memorable Mr. Rochester indeed.
Hehee….at this point I almost don’t care. As long as they put the gypsy scene in, I (along with most rabid fans) will be quite happy! 😉
Comment by The Moblèd Queen — April 2, 2006 @ 3:20 am |Reply
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Tag: Luton Airport
I won’t let a software glitch beat me
Monday 1st April 2019
I’d seen the build up in the trade press last summer. Another ‘on-demand’ ‘ride-sharing’ ‘app-based’ ‘innovative’ minibus service due to start running between central/north London and Luton airport from October 2018.
The operation called ‘Blue Bus’ would “drop you off as near to your home as we can”. Obviously there would be an “Uber-style app … matching customers to the closest pick up point”. It sounded too good to be true to be covering all of central and north London. I bookmarked it to follow up the launch with a ride.
October 2018 came and went but no news of the new service starting. I emailed Blue Bus founder and owner, Tazio Puri Negri to enquire about progress and he said he’d “keep me posted”.
I heard no more until last week when a fullsome effusive four page article appeared in the same trade magazine confirming what was now called B.Bus has been up and running for a month ….. and “we already carried around 20 passengers in the first two weeks”.
The article continued “at the moment the service is offered 7am till 5.30pm and is only available between Luton Airport and central and north London …. the long term strategy is to cover all the major airports of London. Gatwick is planned as our second expansion. There are even plans for airports to be served outside of the UK, but currently the Luton operation is where the focus for the time being will remain”. Just as well.
Unable to resist trying out anything new (and innovative) I downloaded the prerequisite B.Bus app, registered as a customer, and made my plans. I must have missed the bit when it said pick ups/set downs are initially only in the Paddington and Bayswater area, and it could well be my personal technical limitations at how to use apps but I found I could only default to having Luton Airport as the origin rather than destination for my journey.
Undeterred I headed off to Luton airport today to give B.Bus a try for a central London bound journey.
I’m sure it was something I’d not ticked or perhaps unwittingly opted out of, but arriving at the airport, my app wouldn’t accept any destination I entered despite using the inbuilt map or typing its name in manually. It got as far as telling me Paddington was a 3 minute walk away from Paddington Station but that’s as far as I got.
I decided to try the nuclear option of deleting the app and starting again. Trouble was the App Store wanted Wi-fi and I found my phone fighting between the various Wi-fi offers from National Express, Green Line and Arriva vehicles arriving and departing in the coach station – all of which need logging into or getting their own back by blocking Internet access. Increasingly frustrated I took refuge in the Terminal building and used their Wi-fi.
App successfully downloaded again and having logged back in as an already registered customer, I impressed myself with finally successfully booking and paying for a journey to Paddington and very impressively being advised a bus would be with me within 10 minutes. All I needed to do was take a 9 minute walk to the drop off/pick up point for cars and non scheduled coaches as B.Bus doesn’t come into Luton Airport’s coach station right in front of the Terminal building.
I’d looked on the app on my way to the Airport at likely waiting times and saw what looked like an hourly service so was well chuffed to have dropped lucky at just a ten minute wait. I received a confirmatory text at 1306 that my journey was booked and scurried off to try and find the rendezvous point in ‘Drop Off zone area Bay F’ ready for a 1316 departure. This was impressive stuff.
Once I’d worked out which way to walk it only took about five minutes and although the Bay letters are marked and positioned for the convenience of drivers and hidden from approaching passengers (other than Bay O) I eventually found Bay F and waited.
By 1330, fifteen minutes after my driver Simon had been due, I began to have that nagging feeling this wasn’t going to work out well. By 1345 I was on the point of giving up. The problem being there’s no contact details in the app and replying to the confirmation text just brought back ‘message not delivered’.
Luckily a bus industry insider had the mobile phone number of B.Bus owner Tazio Puri Negri so I gave him a ring to find out what was happening. A colleague answered and said he’d look into it and call me back within five minutes.
Which he did. Simon would be with me in twenty minutes and I’d be refunded my £7.99 fare. Sincere apologies were given with Simon’s non appearance put down to a software glitch which had shown no bookings for the afternoon.
Simon duly arrived with me at 1430 and I was finally on my way. We had a nice chat as we drove down the M1 and encountered only a short stretch of slow moving traffic near the M25 delaying progress and some minor delays on the Finchley Road.
Simon explained he’d got seriously delayed on the way up to the Airport by a crash on the M1 and also apologised for keeping me waiting as I boarded. I explained that I understood there’d been a software problem and he acknowledged he hadn’t received details of my booked journey.
The Iveco minibus is comfortable and its nineteen seats give good leg room. A usb socket is available in the side panels. There is Wi-fi but my phone didn’t seem to pick it up. Three of the minibuses are natural gas (CNG) powered necessitating a special trip to fuel up in London while the fleet has another similar three diesel powered Iveco Daily Tourys vehicles.
As we approached the end of the M1 Simon explained he was getting tight on drivers’ hours as he had to get back and fuel up before finishing his duty so we mutually agreed it would suit us both if I bailed out at Finchley Road and I’d jump on the Jubilee line and Simon could head back north before the homebound rush hour hit the M1.
It had taken 50 minutes to reach Finchley Road from Luton Airport and we bid our farewells.
Tazio and his B.Bus team are joining a highly competitive central London to Luton Airport market. Who can forget the legal battles between Arriva’s Green Line and National Express over the airport coach station access a few years ago. No wonder B.Bus is banished to the outer fringe of the airport although that presumably means a nice saving on departure charges.
The £7.99 fare is a bargain; setting aside software glitches, if I was a regular passenger needing to get to the Paddington area and was able to easily master the app and could summon up a comfortable luxury looking minibus to arrive within ten minutes, that’s a very attractive proposition at a great deal. When I travelled on Arriva’s Green Line 757 last September it cost £11 one way to Victoria.
On the strength of today’s experience though, it’s going to be a monumental task to make it a commercial success. Sure there are lots of hotels in the Paddington/Bayswater area and no doubt a percentage of their visitors pass through Luton Airport but I’m not convinced that market is big enough to sustain six minibuses.
As ever promotion and getting the service known in the marketplace is a Himalayan mountain to climb, and very costly too. It’s early days but I couldn’t see a social media presence (certainly the link from the app doesn’t work) and I can’t find a website by Googling ‘B.Bus Luton Airport’ or anything similar.
Apps are the current fashion but why not run a scheduled hourly shuttle on fixed times between Paddington and Luton Airport – at least we’d all know what to expect and when to expect it rather than the lottery of whether a minibus is around and can be with me “within minutes”.
It might be today’s software glitch but when I tried to rebook my journey the app was telling me “There are no buses available at this moment please try scheduling a ride”. That’s not much good if I’ve just stepped off the plane especially when trying to schedule a ride, the app could only offer me a journey tomorrow morning after 0730.
It’s always good to see new services being tried and I wish Team Tazio good luck; I think they’ll need it. I wouldn’t worry too much about those expansion plans for Gatwick and other airports just yet though and definitely and urgently get today’s software glitch sorted.
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TAIT: More than 'just Harold'
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Harold Tait, Cam Tait's father.Cam Tait / Postmedia
We simply call him Dad.
On Sunday — Father’s Day — we share memories and recall the oh-so-important life lessons they taught us.
I have two heroes. One is my mother. The other? Harold is his name, the man I so proudly call Dad.
Born in North Battleford, Sask., in the early 1920s, his survival was bleak — Dad was born with gangrene in his big left toe.
Doctors told my grandparents Dad was going to die. Grandma Tait insisted that if he was going to pass, he would do it at home.
So, they bundled Dad up in the cold Saskatchewan weather and took him to the family farm in Meota, Sask. — 20 miles north of North Battleford.
Eighty-five years, in 2007, Dad passed away — ironically, an infection invaded his left big toe which claimed his life.
And what a life he had. My grandfather dearly wanted Dad to take over the family farm. Dad wasn’t interested — he wanted to become a high school teacher.
Off to Edmonton it was where Dad enrolled in the education faculty at the University of Alberta.
Just before he took his first class, Dad caught polio in his left shoulder.
When he was in the hospital, Dad’s roommate was a residential land assessor for the provincial government. The more Dad learned about working as an assessor, the more interested he was. He decided to join his new friend and went to work as a property tax assessor.
One of Dad’s first jobs was in Grande Prairie where he was set up on a blind date with a beautiful woman who later became his wife, and my mother.
I guess it runs in the family. I met my wife on a blind date in 1995 — 50 years after Dad married Mom.
They moved to Edmonton and had a family — I have a younger sister and brother.
Dad was on loan to the Northwest Territories and was away from home for three months at a time.
He wrote home every day, rotating addressing the envelope to my sister, brother and I.
After 36 years, Dad unplugged his calculator for the last time in February of 1987. Mom retired a year later and they enjoyed many family times back at Dad’s hometown of Meota, on the shores of Jackfish Lake, where he built a home.
When Dad passed away, he had seven grandchildren and one great grandson.
In writing this, I was reminded of Dad’s quick wit and strong work ethic.
He shied away from the limelight and wanted to be on an even level with everyone.
I remember so well when he was introduced to someone younger who called him “Mr. Tait.”
Dad always shook his head, and said “No, it’s just Harold.”
But on Father’s Day, I’m reminded he was so much more.
He was Dad.
And we’ll be forever grateful.
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This Podcast Kills Fascists
This podcast surrounds hate with music and forces it to surrender to love. Protest songs from all types of artists and musicians, past and present. From various artists and genres, live, new, old, covers, parodies - we will be here filling the soundscape with protest music for today. NOTE: All of the music used in this podcast is owned by the artists and musicians and usage is meant strictly as social and political commentary. We thank the artists for their voices. Music to Fuel the Resistance.
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Show 6: MDC - Born to Die, Florence Reece - Which Side Are You On, Sage Francis - Makeshift Patriot, Renée Fleming & Joan Baez & Suzanne Vega & Lou Reed - Oh Freedom, MC Ma'at - Violent Rebelution, Tom Paxton - George W. Told The Nation, Talib Kweli - Bushonomics (feat. Cornel West)
Show 5: Public Enemy - 'Fight the Power', Wesley Stace - 'Mr. Tangerine Man' Live, Beyoncé - 'Freedom' Live, Neil Young - 'Let's Impeach The Presidenter', The Disposable Hoes Of Hiphoprisy - 'Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury'
Show 4: Marvin Gaye - What's Going On ( Live from Motown 25 in 1983) Nahko - Warrior People (Live at Standing Rock Sept 8, 2016) Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam (Live In New York 1964) KRS-One & Zack De La Rocha & Last Emperor - CIA (Criminals In Action) Anaïs Mitchell & Greg Brown - Why We Build The Wall Pearl Jam - Masters of War On The Late Show w/ Letterman
Show 3: Leonard Cohen - The Partisan (Live in Finland 2008) Pussy Riot - Make America Great Again Brother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn Franz Ferdinand - Demagogue Pink - Dear Mr President (Live At Wembley) Prince - Baltimore (feat. Eryn Allen Kane)
Show 2: Anderson .Paak Performs His Featured Verse Off Dr. Dre's "Compton" Bernie Sanders — We Shall Overcome Alicia Keys: "Blended Family (What You Do for Love)"/"Holy War" - The Voice 2016 B. Dolan - "Which Side Are You On" (Live at WBRU) Elvis Costello and Mumford & Sons - The Ghost of Tom Joad & Do Re Mi Medley
Show 1: Woody Guthrie - Ain't Got No Home/Old Man Trump by the Missin' Cousins A Tribe Called Quest -We The People' from Saturday Night Live 11/12/2016 Dave Matthews - 'Don't Drink the Water' at the Standing Rock Camp NO DAPL Protest Green Day: Letterbomb + Donald Trump - Live on Revolution Radio Release Tour The Mystery Lights: 'Fuck Trump' at Starline Social Club, Oakland, CA 11/8/2016 Run The Jewels: 2100 feat. BOOTS
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Sweetness of Nature
Lyrics By
Sir Charles Sedley
Jeffrey Collier
Henry Leck
“Music in the past, building skills in the present” is a new venture for Echoing Air and Henry Leck. The purpose of this series is to provide music educators and students arrangements of early repertoire that pursue vocal and musical excellence while placing the music in an historical perspective.
Echoing Air, Inc. was founded in 2009 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit ensemble dedicated to the exploration of and advocacy for music that features the pairing of 2 countertenor voices with 2 recorders and basso continuo. The name “Echoing Air” reflects the aspects of pairings of voices in duets and imitation, and is a quote from a famous song by Henry Purcell, who was perhaps the greatest English Baroque composer, “Hark, the Echoing Air”. Since its inception, the ensemble has undertaken many tours of the United States, including performances in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, and Arizona. Echoing Air has a fervent commitment to education. Ensemble members are all educators with a passion for working with students. Particularly in the present day where music is so often being cut from budgets, Echoing Air enjoys bringing our joy for what we do into the schools from preschool through graduate school. Dr. Rickards also expanded the ensemble’s outreach and community presence by inviting selected local teen singers to participate in the Echoing Air Vocal Ensemble in a project of collaboration with the Peabody Consort in the Indianapolis Early Music Festival of 2017. As an ensemble, we are ambassadors for our art, instruments, and music, opening doors of new experience and understanding to the audience and performers of tomorrow.
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Football Message Board
Joined: 5/2/17 Posts: 70
Re: Lol..We will see!! You will have to score 50 points to beat us this year..
Oh don't worry....we will score 50 on you....it will be a boat race by the 3rd QTR
(In response to this post by FearTheHorns)
Posted: 06/20/2017 at 12:45PM
Anyone else wish we had a "practice game" the weekend before the RMS? -- BuffsIn2017 05/28/2017 12:51PM
RMS is the practice game. ** -- 241Volcano 05/30/2017 1:20PM
Hope you are right -- BuffsIn2017 05/30/2017 9:03PM
A lot depends on Eliot -- Gonzo 05/29/2017 5:39PM
Re: A lot depends on Eliot -- buffalo30 05/30/2017 10:37AM
Kudos to Leavitt, but he wasn't aces right out of the chute -- BuffsIn2017 05/30/2017 9:44PM
Most of the Starters for the RMS played in it last year** ** -- CHIP1990 05/31/2017 4:23PM
I certainly think CU will stop CSU more often than the other way around -- BuffsIn2017 05/31/2017 5:07PM
Re: I certainly think CU will stop CSU more often than the other way around -- CHIP1990 06/02/2017 11:41AM
Agree with SierraBuff, this will a practice game.... -- SamSpade 05/29/2017 09:57AM
Agree...I think it would help Montez -- CUKev 05/29/2017 09:02AM
I guess I'll go the other way. Gonna be hard for Buffs to get -- hawg1 05/29/2017 10:50AM
I'm not worried about UW speed until the first three games are over -- CUKev 05/29/2017 1:42PM
Agreed. Doesn't make sense to play this in first game ** -- Buffalo Bob 05/28/2017 9:28PM
N Co will be better than bye week before Pac opener @ Folsom against Udub -- 2011 05/28/2017 7:11PM
Ehh. -- HooYahBUFF 05/28/2017 5:58PM
Re: Ehh. -- CHIP1990 06/14/2017 1:23PM
2 southerners going at each other. -- Ballerbuff 05/28/2017 5:07PM
Won't matter game will be over at half time -- Sierrabuff 05/28/2017 3:12PM
Re: Won't matter game will be over at half time -- CHIP1990 06/20/2017 1:14PM
Lol..We will see!! You will have to score 50 points to beat us this year.. -- FearTheHorns 05/28/2017 11:22PM
Re: Lol..We will see!! You will have to score 50 points to beat us this year.. -- CHIP1990 06/20/2017 12:45PM
So you're predicting the Rams will score 49??? -- CUKev 05/29/2017 1:44PM
So 6 more points for us, 6 more TDs for you -- EBN 05/29/2017 1:03PM
You working on any new "First Down Celebrations"? -- H.I. McDunnough 05/29/2017 10:56AM
It's May. Save it. ** -- hawg1 05/29/2017 10:50AM
Will be hard to stay under 50 -- Sierrabuff 05/29/2017 09:12AM
You guys still have Bobo, yes? -- BarkingDogBuff 05/29/2017 08:34AM
Obviously doesn't follow recriiting -- HooYahBUFF 05/29/2017 04:44AM
Same athletes? -- jackmorman 05/29/2017 03:06AM
Bold talk from a team that was crushed -- buffemup 05/29/2017 01:04AM
Looked awful good starting last year - hope to see repeat ** -- PaleoBison 05/28/2017 1:31PM
On one hand, yes, -- SilverII 05/28/2017 1:14PM
On the other hand -- northbuff1 05/28/2017 5:16PM
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Posted on 6 August 2007 by churumuri
CHURUMURI POLL: Indians love to sue?
ASHWINI A. writes: Strange is Dr Mohammed Haneef‘s demand for honorary Australian Citizenship, but stranger still is the statement of his publicity-savvy lawyer Peter Russo about Indians in general.
Just 10 days in India and Peter Russo seems to have gained expertise on the attitudes of Indians.
An Indian Express story quotes the know-all Russo as saying, “You’ve got to understand the Indians’ mentality—the mentality is to sue,” Russo said on ABC radio. “I didn’t realise that until I got over there and started talking to some of the relatives. But he specifically hasn’t asked me to sue,” he said.
If anything suing is hardly never an option for Indians simply because our laws in this regard suck. Suing is more the profession of western lawyers and we have heard stories of people in West—especially in US—making a living of it. Given this, Peter Russo’s statement is strange and it very insulting. He is perhaps talking about Dr Haneef’s attitude and not necessarily Indians.
The Australian Prime Minister John Howard‘s reaction to this rather bizzare demand is apt: “I won’t be doing that. There is no case for that to occur… but he wouldn’t be the sort of person you’d make an honorary Australian.”
Well said?
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Why Russo should stop at making Haneef an honarary Australian. He should indulge in the flight of his bizarre fancy and should recommend Victoria Cross to Kaleel for losing life in bravely attempting to annihilate a mass of infidels at Glasgow airport invoking the Fire God, Sabeel should get the Knighthood to become Sir Sabeel, and the two other members of the ‘Cambridge mob’ who are also in police cell should get the peerage so that they can use the title ‘Lord’.
India must be so incredibly screwed up that her citizens desperately prefer living in lands that have just kicked them in the (to put it gently) balls!!
This whole “insulting ” bit is a little lame. There are as many opinions as there are assholes. it will be hard to survive if one pay’s attention to all the muck that is thrown about. Grow some skin….
pays… not pay’s
Indians love to sue?
I hope so. WE lawyers also need to feed ourselves…. on caviar and champagne ;)
Why does Haneef want to be a Honorary citizen of Australia when India’s vice-president post is just waiting for him?? HDK and the sleepless Manmohan would be falling all over to nominate him.
The true colours of Haneef is being exposed. Just look at his mentality. He wants to go back and be a “Honorary” citizen of a country which had embrassed him and given him a lot of so called “Mental stress”. And all this for the sake of money. And our press and govt is behind him as if he a great martyr. Why are we all wasting time in discussing about such things which is of no value addition to either us or to Churumuri.
beg Honour,buy honour for you cannot steal or borrow honour. There is a saying n Kannada that – uninvitedly if anybody goes slipper him. So if our Honeyfaa goes they will do the same thing I suppose.
thalaeharatae
en maryadhae illada jana swamy ivaru..swalpanadru naachikae bedaava.
Booyaksha
That Haneef was given a hero’s welcome makes be sick…. The man was an accused in a international terror plot…..definitely not fit to be offered a “senior doctor’s ” Govt. job…and certainly not by namma benevolent C.M.
Further, Haneef only made it back to Indian shore’s because there wasn’t SUFFICIENT evidence to do something to him…and because it became a ‘spotlight’ issue both in Australia and back home.
That doesn’t mean he was proven innocent.
In the light of new ‘wholesome’ evidence he could (and should) well be chargesheeted. (This brings to mind the Hard Disk’s confiscated… What’s up with those? The Police seems to be keeping mum on that.)
AFAIK and IMHO, the guy is guilty as hell…good doctor or not…SIM card or not… chat transcript or not… If the Australian Govt. does give him a “honorary citizenship”, i hope it does so only to give them the legal right to cart him off to whatever is Australia’s version of Guantanamo.
As for the “arrogant” behaviour of Mr. Howard i’ve heard bandied about…i fully sympathize. If India’s security was ever threatened (it is, i know, but that we deal with in the way we do is pointless discussing)… i would wish that the Indian Govt. and its security agencies have the sense of initiative, will (and cojones) to take similar measures as the Howard Govt. did.
Cheer’s to Haneef! Canis familiaris!
rvaidya2000
Russo can be given honorary citizenship or Padma Bhushan for his incisive understanding of the analytical mind of average Indians after staying in Ashoka Hotel at Bangalore for ten days and interacting with our ” enlightened Madia persons”.[His Quote–Indian Mentality is to sue”]
Incidentally our Indian press did not ask about his cut in this whole– Haneef is innocent –business– In USA they used to be called “Ambulance Chasers” –This variety we can call as ” Jihadi Percentages” —
Haneef said on Teevee that “it is all aah-stray-lian kaans-pee-rasi” and now he wants be crowned a haanarary citizen! :D
Why do I get the feeling that if Dr. Haneef was not Muslim, but of the majority caste, the tone of the mails would be very different.
Just be aware that the general populace of Oz sees him as having behaved in a very dignified manner (60 minutes interview on Channel 9) and that it was a major screw-up by Howard’s government in an election year. When it began blowing up in their face thanks to the ham fisted Mr Keelty and the even worse Kevin Andrews, they could not shunt out Dr. Haneef fast enough.
Just go through the history of this before prejudiced, anti Haneef comments are made. And in answer to your unspoken question, no, I am not a muslim.
Why do you presume that al are anti-Haneef, anti_muslim, Mr.Seeker. and also why do you conclude saying that ” I am not muslim.” We have to learn to view things objectively. Whether somebody is directly involved in a conspiracy, or indirectly, either by innocence or ignorance, the authorities are bound to view such people with suspicion, whethet it is India or any country in the world. Let us not give a communal colour to it.
10 August 2007 at 6:43 am
Sathya-if the majority of the posts above expressed your sentiments, I will happily withdraw my comments. I would also enjoin all posters to heed your advice to view things objectively and also on the evidence.
Hypothetically, imagine for a moment that instead of Dr. Haneef, it was a friend of Sabeel and Kafeel who went by the name of Dr. Basavaraj Patil who gave them his SIM card before taking up a residentship at the Gold Coast Hospital. You can be sure the Oz govt would just as equally have detained him without displaying any daye or daakshiNyathe.
Would your posters then have said with the qualificatory AFAIK and IMHO “that he is as guilty as hell”, or “swalpanaadru naachike bedava”?
Let’s not be petty and say Dr. Haneef is in it for the money. Let’s give credit to his stand for the principle inherent. His honorary citizenship, whether granted or not, is a victory for not just him but for the next Iranna Gowda Hanchinamani, Moodalagiriyappa Sudheendra Rao or Shivarama Udupa who goes abroad earn a honest living.
Last thought.
Dr. Haneef is a cause celebre among all fair minded Aussies and ALL immigrants in Australia (Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis..you name it..everyone). If he returns, he will be accorded a hero’s welcome.
Pulikeshi the Last
Dr. Haneef left Australia at a good time. Indians get brutalised everyday in Australia. Our Kitta issues warnings, holds conferences, and nothing happens.
Such killings and assaults used to occur in Canada and Britain, too, under the name of “Paki bashing.” How did those countries put an end to this kind of criminal mischief?
This may sound a bit irrelevant: What are S. M. Krishna’s qualifications to be foreign minister or Nirupama Rao’s for his secretary’s position? Do not those positions presuppose an extraordinary knowledge of the world and impeccable diplomatic talent? What is one to make of the foreign minister’s ability to find the time to come to Bengaluru to sympathise with the family of a recently deceased actor and say that he regrets he did not have the time have a suit tailored for the actor as he promised? Surely he can find time to do something more substantive like helping keep at least some Kannada money from being expatriated.
On a similar note, is Labour Minister Mallikaarjuna Kharge aware of the number of people from his part of the country suffering as a result of floods and drought and seeking work in the neighbouring states? Hope he rushes to aid the families of those coolies who died in a terrible road mishap yesterday. Law chieftain Moyli should show some interest in keeping Karnataka from becoming an entirely rogue state. He should get started by getting the judiciary to behave. Maybe he can recommend Shylendra Kumar’s promotion. Maybe he can take away the eternally moaning Santhosh Hegde’s sinecure, or at least ask him to stop crying in public like the good-for-nothing chief minister that Lord Siddheshwara of Yediyur has inflicted on us. Our Muniappa should stop singing the praises of Mamathamma and get our trains moving on a regular basis.
I know I am fantasising.
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South Africa 1.9.2018 10:30 am
Parliament slams police ‘corruption’ at Pretoria refugee centre
Foreign nationals, predominantly from India, are seen speaking to media through a fence at the Desmond Tutu Refugee Centre in Pretoria during a site visit by John Moodey, the provincial leader of the DA in Gauteng. The foreign nationals claimed they had to pay bribes just to gain entry into the center where they also allege foreigners are beaten and treated inhumanely, 11 June 2018, Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles
The portfolio committee says allegations of syndicates operating with impunity at the Desmond Tutu Refugee Office are vexing.
It is unacceptable that the South African Police Service (SAPS) and Pretoria metro police are alleged to be contributing to problems around the Desmond Tutu Refugee Office in Pretoria, parliament’s home affairs portfolio committee said on Saturday.
The committee would “give a directive to the minister of home affairs and ministers within the security cluster” to urgently find solutions to the criminal problems that continued to manifest outside the office, committee chairman Hlomani Chauke said in a statement.
The committee raised its concerns the last time it visited and it remained concerned that criminal elements were still operating outside the office. The committee visited the centre on Friday to assess progress made since the launch of the automated asylum system in 2017.
“The committee was informed that the security situation around the precinct has not improved, with allegations of syndicates operating with impunity. It is unacceptable that the South African Police Service and metro police are alleged to be contributing to the challenges around the centre. It is also concerning that it is alleged that people are mugged in full view of police and nothing is done. We hope that the engagement at a ministerial level will assist in resolving the issue,” Chauke said.
The committee called for harsher action against officials found to be colluding with syndicates to undermine the refugee system, and called for lifestyle audits of officials within that environment.
Despite this problem, the committee welcomed the impact of the automated system on the processing of applicants.
“There seems to be a massive improvement in the process as a result of automating the system. The infusion of technology into the system should be strengthened even further to reinforce the current advances,” Chauke said.
– African News Agency (ANA)
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REWARD OF THREE by Kelly Jamieson New Release
by CJ's Book Corner • July 7, 2014
Title: Reward of Three (Rule of Three #3)
Author: Kelly Jamieson
Release Date: July 8th, 2014
About Reward Of Three
Sometimes the darkest nights produce the brightest stars.
When the pregnancy test turns positive, Kassidy, Dag and Chris are thrilled they’re going to be parents at last. Their polyamorous relationship has blossomed, and there’s more than enough love to go around for their long-awaited little “Belly Bean”.
Then reality sets in. Dag grew up without a father. Does that mean he’s too damaged to be a good role model? Kassidy is at a critical point in her career, working long hours on a high-profile project. And Chris gets a disappointing—but not exactly unexpected—reaction when he contacts his parents with the news.
As worry nibbles at the edges of their happiness, fate is poised to tear it to shreds, leaving a loving foundation three years in the making cracking under the weight of grief and guilt. And the trio in the fight of their lives to repair their unconventional bonds.
Warning: Our sexy threesome is back for their happy ending. Keep extra tissues on hand for tears, a fan on standby for hot sex, and a post-it note to remind you to take a deep breath. It’s time to find out if the juice is really worth the squeeze.
“What should we name her?” she asked.
Chris and Dag both laughed. “Her?” they said.
She grinned. “It could be a girl.”
“You want a girl, babe?” Dag laid his palm on her stomach.
“I’m supposed to say I just want a healthy baby, but I kind of do want a little girl.”
“A little girl would be awesome.”
“But I really do just want a healthy baby,” she added. “Boys can be fun too, and since he’ll have two dads, I won’t have to worry that I don’t know how to entertain him.”
“We’ll take him to strip clubs,” Dag said. “And teach him how to shoot tequila.”
Kassidy giggled and gave him a little punch. “Right.”
“Hey,” he said. “Those are important things in a man’s life. Along with hookers, fast cars and guns.”
Kassidy stared at him in horror. “Hookers?” Her forehead tightened. “You’ve never gone to a hooker, have you?”
“Fuck no. I’m kidding, babe. About the guns too. Fast cars, maybe not.”
“Oh. For a minute there I was having second thoughts about this.”
Dag nuzzled her neck and Chris laughed. “You know he’s full of shit.”
“November.” Dag sighed. “That’s not far.”
“About nine months,” Kassidy said, trying not to smile, and earned herself a tickle.
“Can we have sex?” Chris asked.
“Right this minute?”
His lips twitched. “I meant for the next nine months.”
“Christ,” Dag said. “Please say yes.”
“God yes,” Kassidy said. “But even if we couldn’t, you two still could with each other. Major benefit of a poly relationship. However, I’ve already Googled it and learned all about sex while pregnant. Apparently there’s increased blood flow to your pelvic area during pregnancy, which can make your genitals swell and heighten sexual sensation.”
Dag blanched. “My genitals are gonna swell?”
Kassidy giggled. “I certainly hope so. But no more than usual. Come on, follow along here. My genitals may swell.”
“Christ,” Chris said.
“However, some women report they can’t orgasm as easily.”
“We’ll just have to try harder,” Dag vowed.
“Thank you,” she said demurely. “I appreciate that. Apparently, many couples find they feel more pleasure from foreplay, oral sex or masturbation than intercourse. So lots of foreplay would be good.”
The two guys gave each other evil grins.
“Assuming I don’t have morning sickness,” she continued. “Because barfing during sex is not, well, sexy.”
“Uh…no.”
“But it’s supposedly important to keep some level of intimacy going throughout pregnancy, to keep the relationship healthy but also to prevent sexual problems after the baby is born.”
Chris frowned. “Why would we have sexual problems after the baby is born?”
“Possibly because after I give birth I will not want you to touch me ever again.”
Both guys’ jaws dropped.
“Kidding! Sort of. Seriously, it might take a while after the baby’s born before I’m ready to have sex again—with one man, never mind two! You two could get antsy. But then again, you have each other, which takes some pressure off me.” She beamed at them. “This is going to work out great. Not only that—three of us to take turns with diapers and middle of the night feedings.”
“Diapers. Ugh.” The corners of Dag’s mouth turned down.
“You’ll be changing your fair share,” Kassidy said with a little smack to his shoulder. “Don’t even think otherwise.”
He groaned, but she caught the soft look in his eyes.
“I’m scared too,” she whispered. “This is a big deal, you guys.”
“Babe.” Dag curled his hand around the back of her neck. “You’re amazing. You’re gonna be a great mom. The best. Love you so much.”
“I love you too, Kass.” Chris nuzzled her ear. “He’s right. And we’re right here with you all the way.”
“Th-thanks.” She swallowed. She didn’t feel much different. Her breasts were a little tender, like around the time of her period. Luckily she didn’t feel sick at all. She hoped that continued.
“Speaking of sex…” Dag rose and pulled her by one hand to stand. “Let’s go celebrate.”
The Rule of Three series by Kelly Jamieson
Reward of Three (Rule of Three #3)
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Rule of Three (Rule of Three #1)
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Rhythm of Three (Rule of Three #2)
About Kelly Jamieson
Kelly Jamieson writes romances with heat that’s sweet. Her writing has been described as “emotionally complex”, “sweet and satisfying” and “blisteringly sexy”. If she can stop herself from reading or writing, she loves to cook. She has shelves of cookbooks that she reads at length. She also enjoys gardening in the summer, and in the winter she likes to read gardening magazines and seed catalogues (there might be a theme here…) She also loves shopping, especially for clothes and shoes. But her family takes precedence over everything else (yes, even writing). She has two teenage children who are the best kids in the world, not that she’s biased, and a wonderful husband who does loads of laundry while she plays on the computer writing stories.
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Kelly Ripa Reveals Shocking Secrets About Her Relationship With Regis Philbin
Suzy Kerr Dec 15, 2017 7:56 AM PDT
Source: ABC/Disney
Kelly Ripa has a lot to say about her relationship with former co-star, Regis Philbin. Amid reports of a growing feud between the Live! co-hosts, Ripa finally revealed what it was like working with Philbin before he left the talk show in 2011. Will Ripa and Philbin ever make amends?
According to Radar Online, Ripa revealed that Philbin refused to talk when the cameras were off. Ripa believes that Philbin was very superstitious about talking on set and constantly told her to save it all for the cameras. Ripa couldn’t even say good morning without Philbin stopping her. Ripa’s interview comes amid reports that the former colleagues are still feuding with each other, even though he left the show over five years ago.
"I’d be like, ‘Good morning,’ and he’d say, ‘Save it for the air!'” Ripa revealed https://t.co/OH93mxZHxP
— New York Post (@nypost) December 12, 2017
Rumors of a growing feud surfaced when Ripa avoided Philbin at a party this year. Ripa reportedly showed up early at the event and left before Philbin arrived. An insider claims that Ripa and Philbin have not spoken to each other since he left the show and that she refuses to return his calls. Philbin was a part of Live! for a whopping 24 seasons before departing in 2011. Michael Strahan replaced Philbin after he left, and Strahan was followed by Ripa’s current co-star, Ryan Seacrest.
The band is back together! Here I am showing @ryanseacrest how radio works all while wearing really sexy slippers. @onairwithryan
A post shared by Kelly Ripa (@kellyripa) on Sep 5, 2017 at 12:00pm PDT
People reports that Philbin talked about leaving the daytime talk show shortly after his departure in 2011. In a revealing interview, Philbin admitted that Kelly Ripa was offended when he quit and that she though he left the show because he did not like her. Philbin, however, revealed that he only left the series because of his advancing age and he thought it was time to move on with his life. Based on their ongoing feud, it sounds like Ripa still hasn’t gotten over Philbin’s departure.
Ripa and Philbin co-hosted Live! for ten years before Philbin decided to retire.
Ripa and Philbin may still be at odds, but her relationship with Seacrest is better than ever. According to Cinema Blend, Ripa absolutely adores her new co-star and recently declared him as the future of the network.
It’s an @oprah thing! ??⭐️??
A post shared by Kelly Ripa (@kellyripa) on Oct 18, 2017 at 7:19am PDT
Unlike Philbin, Seacrest has no qualms about engaging in small talk before and after filming, which Ripa clearly enjoys. In fact, not only do they talk in between takes, but Ripa and Seacrest also spend weekends hanging out. Ripa’s relationship with Seacrest is similar to the one she shared with Strahan, though his shocking exit changed everything.
Just like Philbin, Strahan departed Live! without letting Ripa know about his plans to move on. Ripa did not take Strahan’s exit well and even took a few days off from the show after Strahan announced that he was leaving for a spot on Good Morning America. Perhaps if Strahan and Philbin had kept Ripa in the loop, they wouldn’t have such a strained relationship with their former co-star. Either way, it’s good to see Kelly Ripa enjoying herself on Live! once again.
Live with Kelly and Ryan airs weekdays on ABC.
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Reproducibility of the Antigen Leucocyte Cellular Antibody Test (ALCAT)
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Finally, results indicated that the Alcat Test is reliable and reproducible in a scientific point of view.
( Statistical Analysis, Summary Statistics & Scientific Report )
WML Neetling PhD, F.A.C.A. & AM Kachelhoffer, Mmed
This study was organized by the University of the Orange Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Jan – April, 1998. Dr. Neetling is a professor of Biochemistry in the Faculty of Health Science at the University and Dr.Kachelhoffer is a professor of Medicine in the Faculty of Health Science.
The Alcat Test is a relatively new blood test, developed as a screening test for adverse reactions to specific foods, food additives, pharmacoactive agents or environmental chemicals and food colorants.
This procedure utilizes electronic hematology instrumentation for cell counting and sizing combined with computerized data analysis to detect effects of pure food extracts with aliquots of whole blood. Citrated blood is diluted 1:5 with buffer and 500 ? l added to each encapsulated food extract in Coulter-type cuvettes.
This solution is buffered as a physiological fluid to pH 7.4 with sodium bicarbonate. The nylon discs contain dialyzed and freeze-dried skin test extract of foods taken from a solution of 50% Glycerol and 50% water with a 1 in 10 dilution of the antigens following 45 minutes incubation at 37 degrees Celsius with constant agitation. The cuvettes are incubated for a further 45 minutes at room temperature. Red cells are lysed by adding 16 milliliter Isotone ll containing 0.5% Alcalyse to each cuvette. Each sample is then analyzed in sequence in a modified cell counter and sizer with one control for every 10 food tests. A battery of 100 foods is used.
The Alcat Test is based on the accurate measurement of cells volume and counting of the remaining cells. Cell counting is done by counting pulses produced by changes in electrical resistance as the blood cells are suspended in a conductive liquid transverse a small aperture. Data are fed to a computer which compares each reaction mixture with an unreacted control aliquot and prints a graph of each superimposed on the control graph.
Scoring system:
Particles or cell pulses are counted and discriminated by size comparators to produce a histogram. The histogram is displayed by plotting the relative number of counts on the Y-axis. The cell size (in femtoliters) is displayed by plotting on the X-axis. Relative number (frequency) will refer to the number of cells of a particular size. The relative number is depicted by the height of a peak or the depth of a valley between two peaks.
The average range breakdown is as follows:
Range NEG : reaction scores below 9.5
Range 1+ : reaction scores between 9.51 and 13.5
Range 2+ : reaction scores between 13.5 and 19.5
Range MPOS : reaction scores above 19.5
B. Antigens Spectrum
C. Study Design and Protocol
Aim of Study:
The aim of this study was to determine the reproducibility of all antigens, supplied by the manufacturer in 10 unknown consecutive patients, who were referred by a qualified, general practitioner or physician.
Patient profile:
Ten adult patients (male or female), two with no history of allergy and eight with one of the following conditions were included in the profile:
(I) Migraine
(ii) Gastro Esophycal Reflux
(iii) Irritable Bowel syndrome
(iv) Recurrent Sinusitis
(v) Allergic Rhinitis
(vi) Asthma
(vii) Eczema
(viii) Tension Fatigue Syndrome
1. Patients on antihistamines
2. Patients on anti depressants
3. Patients on Corticosteroids
4. Patients on Anticoagulants
5. Patients with leukaemia / neutropenia / lymphositopenia
This study was conducted in full accordance with the principles of the “Declaration of Helsinki” and subsequent amendments. All patients gave their written informed consent according to the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Health Science, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. The protocol was submitted to the mentioned Ethics Committee and was unconditionally approved.
A total of 20 ml of blood was withdrawn from each patient via venous puncture under controlled, sterile conditions by an autonomous physician. Each aliquot was divided into 4 equal volumes of 5 ml of blood sample. All results were expressed in terms of a percentage which represented the reaction of the leucocytes with the specific antigens.
Patient data was gathered anonymously and number alphabetically A to l. Graphic and numeric data were presented for statistical analysis and scientific interpretation. Each graphic presentation was inspected by qualified staff of SensoLab to determine inaccurate reaction responses during measurement. Inaccurate measurements, according to graphic display, were eliminated and not presented for statistical analysis.
A One Sample Analysis procedure, provided by Statgraphics Version 7.0 (Statistical Graphic Corp, Cambridge, MA, USA) was applied to determine four sets of calculations on the data:
(i) Sample Statistics
– Number of observations
– Average
– Standard deviation
– Median
(ii) Confidence Interval for the mean
(ii) Confidence Interval for the variance
(iv) Hypothesis Test (t-test) for the Population Mean
The system calculates confidence intervals for the mean and variance using t and chi-square distributions, respectively, and assumes that data come from a normal distribution. The percentage level for the confidence level was set to accommodate the specific interval provided by the manufacturer in which the first measurement, expressed as a percentage, occurred.
All results are attached in the adjoining appendices in full printouts of the statistical procedures performed.
A full summary is enclosed in the adjoining appendices of the statistics of the entire study. The reproducibility of each antigen is summarized in that enclosure.
Summary Statistics
Number of patients evaluated = 10
Number of antigens investigated = 130
Number of data points investigated = 4989
Number of analysis performed = 1300
D. Statistical Report and Conclusion Remarks
The aim of this was to produce a statistical interpretation of the results and to make scientific conclusion based on the findings at completion of the study.
The number of patients included in this study gave an indication of the variance which occurs in the auto-immune system of 10 different adult individuals when exposed to 130 different antigens.
The Alcat Test covers a large number of antigens which are present in daily food substance and human exposure.
A total of 4.0576% of all measurements were detected as inaccurate for statistical analysis. This figure is well with statistical norms and could be regarded as normal for biological systems.
The overall reproducibility of Alcat Test system adds up to 92.0678% which makes the System acceptable as a screening model for testing allergy reactions in humans.
Certain antigens (20 out of 130) responded sub-optimal within the patient profile. Factors such as the stability of the antigen panel, the effect of transportation from the USA or storage temperatures could contribute to this phenomenon.
E. SOP’S Regarding Statistical Analysis in Present Study
1. Approval of an official Ethics Committee.
2. Written consent by patients included in the study.
3. Clinical supervision by qualified and registered medical staff.
4. No changing of official data gathered.
5. The use of an international statistical package.
6. Scientific processing and interpretation of data.
7. Checking (3x) of data processing by autonomous qualified scientists.
8. No staff, involved in data processing, allowed to be a member of the group who requested the study.
9. Final conclusion and findings to be regarded as the one and only result.
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The Right Stuff: Use of Alcat Testing to Determine Dietary Factors Affecting Immune Balance, Health, and Longevity
April 15, 2015 Email this
Commonly eaten, but incompatible foods , as well as other environmental exposures, seem to be associated with chronic activation of...
Roger Davis Deutsch
CEO, Cell Sciences Systems (US) & ALCAT Europe
The aging processes, described by Denham Harmon in the 1950s, are manifesting at earlier ages. Metabolic syndrome, characterized by obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, has sharply increased in recent years. Many observational studies support the thesis that the deleterious effects exerted by free radicals, upon lipid membranes, DNA, and protein structures, forms the common underlying basis of the many diverse degenerative aging disorders. The inability to tolerate foods and environmental factors induces chronic activation of the innate immune system and gives rise to inflammatory processes, which includes excess production of reactive oxygen species and the release of preformed and newly synthesized mediators of inflammation. A simple blood test (the Alcat Test) can be used to identify food and other factors that induce innate immune system activation. This review article describes the relationships between inflammatory processes, degenerative disorders, and dietary factors.
Keywords: nutrigenomics, metabolic syndrome, innate immunity, specific immunity, allergy, food Intolerance, food sensitivity
Since the introduction of the free radical theory of aging by Denham Harmon in 1956(1) numerous findings have supported the notion that random damage induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS) exerts deleterious effects on a wide range of cellular and tissue structures resulting in degeneration and aging. On the other hand, it has also been demonstrated that certain foods containing sirtuins, such as resveratrol (found in red wine) can switch on the same genes that are activated during times of calorie restriction thereby exerting a regenerating effect, or down regulation of the P53 gene.(2)
Whilst other foods induce hormonal secretions associated with the activation of proinflammatory genes, such as foods having a high glycemic index that induce insulin secretion. It is quite possible that food induced inflammatory bowel promotes sugar cravings as activated immune cells in the gut consume serotonin, thus possibly creating a deficit of this key neurotransmitter in the brain.(3) Yet, other foods exert anti-inflammatory effects, such as foods high in n-3 fatty acids (EPA, DHA), e.g. oily fish, which induce a decrease in inflammatory cytokine production from monocytes, notably, IL-1, IL-6, and TNF-alpha.(4)
Chronic inflammation is the primary cause of free radical generation and the common soil of most, if not all, of the diseases of aging. The most significant source of free radicals, as well as preformed and newly synthesized inflammatory mediators, is the activated innate immune system. Further, clinical observations suggest a link between genetic differences and how each individual reacts to food and other environmental exposures as a function of biochemical individuality. Adverse reactivity to foods and other environmental substances activates the innate branch of the immune system, generating release of toxic inflammatory mediators and reactive oxygen and nitrogen species.
Chronic activation of innate immunity appears to underlie and form a common basis for a wide range of generative diseases associated with the aging; including, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, dementia, auto-immunity, and others.
In some instances an infectious agent is demonstrable. However, in many cases no specific antibody is demonstrable and the inciting environmental factor is presumed to be other than microbial.
Commonly eaten, but constitutionally incompatible foods and additives, as well as other environmental exposures, seem to be associated with chronic activation of innate immunity and therefore a major contributor to degenerative processes.
A basic review of salient features of the immune system, for the non-immunologist, is in order. Many authors have drawn military parallels describing the human immune system as being similar to a country’s defenses. Like a military organization, the immune system must function under tight regulation. If it breaks down, the effects may be devastating. An enemy might attack without resistance; or, the army might grossly overreact to a harmless situation, dropping bombs or launching missiles on a pack of boy scouts or a Salvation Army parade. Simple as it sounds, the military needs to react when it should, and not react when it shouldn’t. So too must the immune system. The damage to the organism resulting from immune dysfunction could be every bit as calamitous as that to the nation if its military organization failed. Put differently, the immune system is a double edged sword. Under ideal circumstances it diligently discriminates between self and non-self; selectively protecting, through the aegis of powerful biological weaponry against a plethora of pathogenic microorganisms and; like rooting out enemy infiltrators, it also guards against abnormal cell proliferation, eliminating malignant cells before they can multiply and corrupt the population.
Normally, the immune system performs efficiently and unnoticed by the host. However, in states of disarray, its effects are anything but unnoticed. Given the complexity of the system, as well as the fact that molecular similarities sometimes exist between self and foreign proteins, it is little wonder that on occasion it does fail. Failure might manifest in different ways. Over reaction to otherwise innocuous substances is termed allergy. The self destruction when the immune response is turned against the host, which is termed auto-immunity, can be devastating, as in multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, myasthenia gravis, systemic lupus, and others. This would be similar to a military unit mistakenly attacking their own town folk.
A prominent feature of innate immunity is the phagocytic cells. The killing mechanisms of phagocytes are very effective. They have been compared with infantry soldiers. In some respects they are actually more like kamikaze pilots. Phagocytes will engulf foreign pathogens into vacuoles then, merging with cytoplasmic granules containing highly toxic preformed proteolytic enzymes, destroy the pathogen. Like a kamikaze, they are usually destroyed in the process. In addition to these enzymes an activated phagocyte will also generate free radicals and other toxic reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. These can be taken up by nearby cells causing peroxidation of lipids in cell and organelle membranes, deformation of protein structures and damage to both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.
It is noteworthy that overloading the macrophage/ monocyte system with the need to clear apoptotic neutrophils (i.e. dead kamikazes) allows some of them to undergo secondary necrosis, whereby uncleared cell fragments release their nucleosome fragments, which themselves may promote further inflammation and auto-immunity.(5) We often see that a commonly eaten food or food additive, will wipe out as much as 20% of the live neutrophils, in vitro, as determined by the Alcat Test method. This could well describe a model whereby food intolerance induces auto-immunity.
Interaction between the neutrophil and/or macro- phage and the invader is facilitated by the cell surface receptors’ ability to recognize molecular repeat structures on pathogen surfaces. Phagocytes also possess lectin receptors capable of recognizing mannose molecules on pathogens. However, many foods also contain lectin molecules and can easily be mistaken for pathogens, setting off a damaging response.
In some instances cells are assisted by the complement cascade of serum proteins, to effect binding of these markers on the pathogen surface, a process termed, opsonization. This occurs even on the very first exposure and is characteristic of innate immunity. Prior exposure is not necessary to initiate it and repeated exposure does not enhance it.
When bacteria with a polysaccharide capsule present, direct leukocyte contact is inhibited by the capsule. The ‘solution’ involves B-lymphocyte production of a specific antibody capable of recognizing a particular molecular structure, or epitope, associated with the micro-organism in order to facilitate binding. Phagocytes possess Fc ? receptors to facilitate this. Endocytosis and the further destructive sequence of events soon follow. This is characteristic of adaptive or, specific immunity as the antibody that is specific to the antigen (antibody generator) requires priming through prior exposure, and mounts a more efficient response upon re-exposure, as the formed antibodies increase their binding capacity as a result of affinity maturation.
When a virally infected or a cancerous cell, displaying altered surface markers presents, the altered cell will be destroyed by the direct killing action of a cytotoxic lymphocyte (CTL) or a natural killer (NK) cell.
If the host is attacked by a large pathogen, such as a parasite, other granulocytic cells (mast cells and basophils) release pre-formed histamine in a rather explosive fashion to attack the larger foe. This process is usually antibody mediated. Neutrophils may also react in this fashion toward a larger pathogen (or food macromolecule) in a process called frustrated phagocytosis.
Inappropriate activation, that is, reacting to a harmless substance such as a pollen grain as though it were a parasite, is termed allergy. Failure of the surveillance and neutralization of cancerous cells can result in neoplastic growth. Excessive generation of free radicals and reactive oxygen (and nitrogen species) and proteolytic enzymes, let’s call this intolerance, results in chronic inflammation, tissue and DNA damage, and leads to premature aging and possibly cancer. Inappropriate activation of CTL, and other defense mechanisms, aimed at self proteins, induces auto-immunity.
These imbalances, as well as simple nutritional strategies to redress them, will be examined in this review. As these responses are organism specific and involve cellular and molecular mechanisms, a practical cellular laboratory technique for determination of offending dietary factors to be avoided, the Alcat Test can be quite useful. The Alcat Test is a novel method for assessing cellular response to antigenic challenge, ex vivo, in whole blood that is exposed to a battery of test substances. It has demonstrated not only a benefit response to individually structured elimination of foods, but is also unique in that it exhibits a high correlation with double blind oral challenges with foods and food additives.
The concept of allergy was fairly well understood when first introduce by von Pirquet, an Austrian physician, in 1906. It was intended to denote an altered reaction to a normally innocuous substance. As a matter of convention, Allergists later narrowed the definition of allergy to denote only such altered reactions that exhibit immediate and pronounced symptom onset.
It has been estimated that approximately 20% of the US population suffers from this form of allergy, also known as atopy, but this number seems to be growing rapidly. Reports suggest that as much as 54% of the population will show a positive skin test to at least one allergen. This is mainly in reaction to inhalant allergens, such as pollens, mites, and epidermals; occasionally some foods; peanuts and crustaceans being the most common, as well as some contactants. However, “true”food allergy, also known as classical food allergy; or a Gell and Coombs Type I reaction, rarely occurs, affecting less than 5% of the general population in the US.
Other reactions to foods and chemicals, reactions termed intolerances or sensitivities, where symptom onset is delayed and typically less acute in nature, occur considerably more often. Physicians distinguish between immediate allergic reactions, and adverse or toxic type altered reactions; referring to the latter as, “intolerance”, “sensitivity” or, “hidden” food allergies. Although both involve abnormal immune reactivity, the mechanisms underlying each differ from one another. Broadly speaking, classical allergy is a function of the specific immune system while, intolerance or sensitivity, primarily involves the innate branch of the immune system.
Classical Allergy is a Function of Specific Immunity
The hallmark of specific immunity is memory; hence the rationale underlying vaccine immunizations. It is specific in that it makes use of pathogen or allergen-specific binding sites on immunoglobulins (Ig) and lymphocyte receptors in the process of recognition. Prior exposure to the activating substance is necessary in order to elicit a response. Re-exposure induces a response more rapidly and with greater efficiency, as affinity maturation, better antigen binding, occurs.
As early as 1920, American allergists Praustnitz and Kustner demonstrated that passive transfer of allergy may occur by injecting allergic serum into the skin of a non-allergic subject. In attempting to discover the factor causing such allergic reactions they injected allergic serum into the subcutaneous tissue of the arm of a non-allergic. Subsequent scratch testing at the injection site with specific allergen induced a characteristic allergic wheal and flare. Although unknown at the time, the causative serum factor was referred to as reagin.
Immunoglobulin E (IgE)
In 1967 two independent teams of investigators identified reagin as the rarest of the five basic antibody isotypes, IgE. One team comprising a husband and wife in Colorado named Ishizaka. The other, at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, later developed an immunoassay for quantification of allergen specific IgE- the RAST, an acronym for Radio Allergo Sorbent Test, a sandwich immunoassay using a radio- labeled anti-IgE antibody tag, read with a gamma counter.
The role of IgE in the pathogenesis of allergy was later elucidated. An antigen capturing and presenting cell (usually a macrophage or dendritic cell) takes up the allergen and degrades it. It binds to a major histocompatibility complex molecule (MHC molecule) and the MHC/allergen complex then migrates to the cell surface membrane. (All somatic, nucleated, human cells express MHC molecules for recognition of, “self” tissue.) MHC class II molecules present allergens or pathogen components to CD4+ (Cell Determinate) lymphocytes. A T-Helper 2 (i.e., lymphocytes that mature in the thymus gland) lymphocyte, with a conforming receptor will recognize the antigen pep- tide/MHC complex. Activation of the T cell requires not only this interaction, but also a co-stimulatory signal, usually involving a B7 molecule on the APC, and a CD 28 receptor on the T-cell. The T-cells, once activated proceed to chemically “instruct” those few B-lymphocytes that also possess surface receptors conforming to the initiating allergen peptide sequence.
In this allergic pathway the chemical message from the T cell to the B cell is Interleukin 4 (IL4). Activated B-cells mature into plasmacytes, efficient antibody producing factories, and continue churning out thousands of antibody molecules specific to the initiating allergen peptides. These cells then clone themselves as rapidly as their genetic machinery and availability of nutrients will allow. Each new cell is now also secreting soluble forms of the specific receptor molecule; allergen specific IgE antibodies, conforming to the peptide structures of the initiating allergen. The T and B lymphocytes that persist in the circulation following the resolution of an infection (or, as in this case, allergenic exposure) are termed memory cells.
T and B cells are notably allergen or pathogen-specific in so far as their recognition mechanisms are concerned. Hence, there will be relatively few memory T and B cells that initially recognize the specific antigen; however, those that do are capable of cloning themselves as rapidly as the cell’s genetic machinery and nutritional stores will allow upon repeated encounter with the pathogen. The key here is that the cells will require the appropriate signals (information) as well as the necessary store of nutrients to supply the needed building materials, as well as the enzymatic activity required by the synthesizing processes.
It is this capability of the memory cells to replicate and carry out their individual functions that underlies the human organism’s ability to counter a subsequent invasion by a particular pathogen much more rapidly than the 7 to 14 days required to gear up following the initial infection. Of course, this is a good thing when it occurs at the appropriate time; but, considering that common allergens, such as pollen grains, do not have the ability to multiply inside the body and, therefore, do not inherently possess significant potential for harm, allergy, per se, would have to be regarded as an inappropriate and itself harmful altered reaction. It can even be fatal at times, i.e., anaphylactic shock. The prevalence of allergy as well as that of intolerance is increasing and should be taken seriously.
Once in circulation, IgE antibodies bind to surface fc receptors on mast cells in the connective tissue of the skin and mucosal linings of the respiratory, GI and genital-urinary tract; as well as with basophils in the circulation. These cells possess internal pre-formed mediator-containing granules, including histamine. When two or more cell-bound IgE antibodies subsequently encounter the specific allergen, their binding and “cross-linking” induces aggregation of cell membrane receptors, activating various enzymes and kinases, which in turn activate gene activation factors, such as NF?B, resulting in the release of these mediators, a process is known as degranulation (Figure 1). Inflammatory processes, including: increased blood vessel permeability, mucus secretion, irritation of nerve endings, and smooth muscle constriction – all common traits of “true” allergy, soon follow. The so-called late phase reaction, mediated by newly formed lipid mediators, products of arachidonic acid metabolism; leukotrienes, through the lipoxygenase pathway, and prostaglandins through the cyclo-oxygenase path- way, perpetuates the reaction and underlie what is referred to as the late phase.
The elucidation of this pathway is defined, and almost always involves IgE; thus, the RAST test can be quite useful in identifying these allergen triggers. However, as intolerance to foods or chemicals does not follow this pathway, RAST is of little benefit in identifying offending intolerogenic foods or ingested chemicals. Further, because IgE mediated symptom onset is rapid and dramatic, “true” allergic reactions to foods are usually obvious from the history thus obviating the need for testing. Intolerances to foods often produce delayed and less dramatic symptoms and are therefore less obvious.
Figure 1. When two or more cell-bound IgE antibodies encounter the specific allergen, their binding and “cross-linking” induces a process known as degranulation.
Many “allergic conditions” that involve the immune system do not involve IgE antibodies. Recently, investigators from the University of Rome found that chronic fatigue patients had significantly higher levels of eosinophil cationic protein than did controls (18.0 +/- 11.3 micrograms/l vs. 7.3 +/- 2.1 micro- grams/l (p?0.01) yet, this was not related in a significant way to allergen specific IgE levels.(6)
Dermatologists from Humboldt University in Berlin previously reported that urticaria patients respond favorably to elimination diets, particularly to elimination of pureed tomato products, and exhibited recurrence of symptoms upon double blinded oral challenge, independently of the presence of IgE recptors.(7)
Dr. Lene H?j from Denmark also reported on a study of patients with chronic urticaria (CU), as well as angioedema (AE), that were tested for reactivity to both foods and airborne allergens using RAST to determine levels of allergen specific IgE, total IgE, and 100 common foods, using the Alcat Test. A test outcome driven elimination diet modification produced a positive outcome in 45 out of 51 of AE. “High clinical significance also at long-term follow-up was obtained in severe AE and CU by applying results of Alcat Test, whereas IgE-mediated allergy played a minor role.”(8)
For this reason a lab test that can accurately identify offending foods and other environmental triggers, regardless of what the underlying mechanism may be, would be an invaluable tool for managing inflammatory conditions and would also trim health care costs. The Alcat Test is such a test.
In addition to the release of pre-formed mediators, particularly histamine, the cells will also synthesize prostaglandins, through the cyclo-oxygenase pathway, and leukotrienes, through the lipoxygenase pathway, which augment and prolong the reaction. Some leukotrienes can exert a constrictive effect on smooth muscles surrounding the bronchial tube many times more powerfully than histamine. The substrates of these pro-inflammatory lipid mediators derive from n6 fats which are incorporated into the phospholipids membrane, stored in peroxisomes in the cell, or, are present in the circulation.
At some point along the pathway of both n6 and n3 PUFA metabolism, competition exists for the same desaturation enzyme (? 5 desaturase). The n3 metabolites, in contrast to n6 metabolites, exert an anti-inflammatory effect. It is believed that during pre-industrial times the ratio of n3:n6 fats in the diet were in balance; something like a one to one balance ratio. Today, the standard American diet emphasizes consumption of the pro-inflammatory n6 substrates, products like corn oil, safflower oil, and rapeseed oil, also known as Canola oil, with a ratio of perhaps 20:1 Hence, dietary emphasis on fish oil consumption, to redress that imbalance, even more so than other foods containing n3’s, has been shown, in several studies, to have some effect on moderating the inflammatory processes. Consumption of high amounts of fish oils can significantly alter the cell membrane composition by perhaps as much as 15%, thus diminishing the available substrate for pro-inflammatory mediator production.
Both pre-formed and newly synthesized lipid mediators, as well as other cytokines, including, IL3, IL5, and granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor, attract inflammatory cells, primarily basophils and eosinophils, but not neutrophils, to the local site of the reaction. A chronic state of inflammation and allergic lesions may ensue. Although neutrophils are not directly involved in Type I allergy, they do, as we’ll see, play a central role in intolerance reactions.
It is noteworthy that this pathway not only depends on the binding of the cell bound IgE antibodies with specific allergen, but also on a secondary or co-stimulatory signal by the antigen presenting cell. In fact in the absence of this secondary signal the T-cell may undergo apoptosis or become anergic (unresponsive) to the specific antigen. Anergy is an important mechanism by which T-cells develop tolerance to self proteins whilst they are maturing in the thymus. That is, T cells, while maturing, if exposed to self proteins, will either become anergic; or, if reactive, apoptotic. A breakdown of this mechanism is likely to result in auto-immunity.
Therefore, claims that an in vitro lab test will detect either allergy, or intolerance, when a specific condition of the assay calls for the isolation of the lymphocytes in autologous serum (because; by definition, the antigen presenting cells and the necessary co-stimulatory signal they provide are absent), should be taken with skepticism. This is the case with the “ELISA-ACT Test” which neither has a sound scientific basis nor has ever been validated by comparing it to the “Gold Standard”, a double blind oral challenge, because the promoters believe that no such standard exists.(9)
A useful lymphocyte proliferation assay should either be carried out on whole blood, where the normal cell to cell interactions are preserved, and growth factors are present; or, the sample should be enriched with macrophages or monocytes, to perform the role of antigen processing and presentation.
Modulation of the Specific Immune Response to Prevent Allergy
Thus there is clear evidence that IgE triggers allergy. A therapeutic strategy of injecting antibodies targeted against the cell binding (fab) portion of the IgE molecules appear to block the interaction at a critical point and thus prevents mast cell and basophil activation. In some test subjects, allergic subjects appear to have achieved tolerance to peanut under experimental conditions. However, there can be an untoward side effect of down regulating IgE, notably, compromising parasite defenses.
As the T-Helper 2 pathway is activated by parasitic infections the resulting explosive release of histamine is effective when confronting a pathogen of such relatively large size. Thus, non-specific blocking of the IgE mechanism may render the organism more susceptible to this form of infection.
A more specific therapy has been researched which, theoretically, will block a specific allergen reaction while leaving the general protective function of the immune system intact. This approach to classical allergy therapy lies with redirecting or modulation of this pathway to the non-allergy provoking T Helper 1 pathway.
When challenged with a viral or bacterial antigen instead of a parasite, T Helper 1, as opposed to TH 2 cell differentiation, is induced and the signals transmitted to B cells, notably, ? interferon (as opposed to IL 4), induces isotype switching to IgG, rather than the pathogenic IgE isotype. Instead of binding to mast cells and basophils and inducing them to release their deadly chemical arsenals, IgG antibodies, which are about 10,000 times more prevalent than IgE, opsonize the pathogen, enabling phagocytic binding and blocking of the pathogenic IgE antibodies.
This therapeutic effect is achieved by the use of injections of “immunostimulatory sequences” (ISS) of bacterial or viral nucleotides, covalently bound to the specific antigenic epitope. The bacterial or viral nucleotides induce a TH1 rather than the TH2 type response. Promising clinical results have been obtained using the specific allergenic epitope of ragweed pollen, Amb a 1, which will activate a TH 1 cell with a receptor molecule specific to that antigenic epitope. In this way, the non-allergy provoking TH1 response to the specific allergen is up-regulated, in direct proportion to the subsidence of the allergenic TH2 pathway.(10)
Hence, the reaction leads to the production of allergen specific IgG antibodies. In this fashion non allergy provoking, ragweed allergen specific IgG blocking antibodies are produced rather than the reaginic allergy provoking IgE antibodies.
Figure 2. As immunotherapy for atopic allergy progresses allergen specific IgE antibody titers decline while allergen specific IgG antibodies increase.
The Protective Role of IgG
Frequent and high exposure to an antigen favors an IgG response, whereas low level and infrequent allergen exposure induces an IgE response. Herein lays the rationale underlying classical immunotherapy vaccines, referred to as “allergy shots”, in use since 1911. The theory is born out by studies showing that as immunotherapy treatment for classical allergy progresses, allergen specific IgE titers decline, while titers of specific IgG increase (Figure 2). As the IgG increases, symptoms also abate (Figure 3). IgG is not an allergy provoking antibody; as in the case of viral or bacterial infection, it is protective.
Figure 3. As allergen specific IgG antibody titers increase, symptoms decline.
Just as IgG is not allergy provoking, a number of studies have also shown that IgG does not cause food intolerance related symptoms:
In their 1999 paper Keller et al write: “the occurrence of IgG-cow’s milk antibodies is a physiologic phenomenon without diagnostic significance.”(11)
Hadjivassiliou et al conclude: “IgG anti-gliadin antibodies have a high sensitivity not only for patients with celiac disease, but also for those with minimal or no damage…When the histological criteria of celiac disease are used as the gold standard IgG, anti-gliadin antibody has low.” (12)
In their paper entitled“Allergenicity of major cow’s milk and peanut proteins determined by IgE and IgG immunoblotting”Szabó and Eigenmann write: “The presence of IgG antibodies in non-allergics was related to regular ingestion of ”(13)
Jenkins and Vickers reported: “We found no evi dence that IgE/IgG4 antibody test…is a reliable diagnostic ” (14)
Zar, Kumar, and Benson sum up the situation in their paper, Food hypersensitivity and Irritable bowel Syndrome (IBS): “In fact, several studies have suggested that IgG and IgG4 production may be a normal immunological response to dietary antigens is probable that food hypersensitivity is a heterogeneous condition, and that more than one immunological abnormality may exist.”15
IgG maintains its protective role with respect to excess food antigens in the circulation by complexing with them and assisting the monocyte-macrophage system in their elimination; without inducing pathology. High IgG titers correlate with exposure, not sensitivity. Hence, allergen specific IgG testing is not of accurate in assessing food intolerance.
Thus, this specific branch of the immune system provides protection against specific foreign pathogens. It requires prior exposure to the pathogen in order to mount a targeted and specific response. Misidentification of normally non-pathogenic substances, such as pollens, mite feces, drugs, epidermals, and (occasionally) foods and other factors may induce an altered reaction, or allergy. Allergic reaction is very much a function of the specific immune system; it produces distinct symptomology and it follows a well defi and clearly understood pathway. Food intolerance, on the other hand, is induced by multiple pathogenic pathways – some immune and some non-immune, induces chronic and less acute symptomology, is not IgG related, is both genetically determined yet exposure related; and therefore is far less well understood and consequently, under-treated.
Despite the lack of supporting scientific evidence many labs promote allergen specific IgG testing for food intolerance. Confusing as it, the role of IgG in the pathology of food intolerance causes many clinicians, unsurprisingly, to misconceive that prior exposure to a food is necessary in order to develop sensitivity to that food, as indeed it would if food intolerance were a function of specific immunity. For instance, the late Robert Atkins of low-carbohydrate diet fame once questioned the author as to why all of his kosher pediatric patients were testing positive to pork on the Alcat Test, when, by definition none of these patients had a prior exposure. A reasonable viewpoint if in fact food intolerance were a function of specific immunity. However, it is not. Rather, food intolerance is primarily a function of innate immunity.
Innate immunity may be activated by various factors, and priming, or previous exposure, is not a pre-requisite. As Dr. Charles A Janeway, Jr., Professor of Immunobiology at Yale states, “The innate immune system is born with the ability to recognize certain microbes…(and) can destroy many pathogens on fi encounter.” (How the immune system recognizes invaders, Scientific American, Sept. 1993) The innate immune system also has an inborn ability to recognize offending foods.
The complement system, a major component of innate immunity, is a cascade of serum proteins first described by the Belgian bacteriologist, Jules Bordet in 1900. These proteins “complement” the activity of antibodies to opsonize the membranes of microorganisms, thereby facilitating phagocytosis. Complement proteins are non-specific; they will bind indiscriminately. However, host cells secrete enzymes that normally inactivate complement; an example of self /non-self discrimination.
The complement system also protects from detrimental microorganisms by attaching to their lipid membranes and assembling various components of the cascade called the membrane attack complex. This involves components C5 through C9, unimagi- natively named in order of their discovery. They are capable of puncturing the membrane, thereby causing the inward rush of surrounding fluid and resultant destruction of the invader.
Some microbes, such as those causing pneumonia or streptococcus infections, wear a polysaccharide coat in an attempt to block the attachment of the complement proteins. This is dealt with in one of two ways: either the tissue macrophages, which have receptors for these sugars, can bind directly to the bacteria; or, the activated macrophage will release interleukin 6 inducing hepatic production of mannose binding protein, which will itself bind the bacterium, and then activate the complement cascade.
As mentioned, excess antigen is cleared from the circulation by complexing with IgG antibodies. Sometimes, a Gell and Coombs Type III immune reaction, also known as immune complex disease, may occur wherein immune complexes are deposited in tissue or joints and attract inflammatory cells to the site, as in rheumatoid arthritis and glomerulonephritis. But, these are usually IgM antibodies rather than IgG. In examining 1012 renal biopsies from patients with glomerulonephritis through electron microscopy, Dr. M Haas from the Department of Pathology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine observed that such immune complexes were comprised of antibodies of the IgM isotype, and rarely of IgG. However the predominant component was C3, a key component of the complement cascade.
These findings are consistent with what researchers found while investigating the various mechanisms involved in food-induced asthmatic reactions (Figure 4). When the blood of nine asthmatic patients was analyzed to food reactions as measured by the Alcat Test, and compared to double- blinded oral challenge, there was a high level of correlation observed. Other immune parameters were measured. High correlation was also seen with activation of the complement cascade. Significant changes pre and post in vitro food challenges were also seen in levels of IgM antibodies, but not IgG antibodies. IgG antibodies do not appear to play a significant role in food sensitivity and are likely to be protective in that they block reaginic antibody action and facilitate natural clearance of excess antigen from the circulation without provoking symptoms. The cellular reactions (changes in cell size and/or count following in vitro challenge) seen by the Alcat Test, do appear to be clinically relevant and reflect multitude of pathogenic mechanisms, often associated with complement activation.
Figure 4. Multiple pathogenic mechanisms in food sensitivity reaction in vitro.
The most common phagocytic cells of the innate immune system are the neutrophils. These are the one class of granulocytes that are not involved in the late phase reaction of type I allergy; however, they usually comprise more than 90-95% of the granulocytes in circulation. The overall system is an effective first line of defense in acute infection but chronic activation leads to disease. Unlike T or B cells, they have a short half life and are very aggressive.
As mentioned earlier, neutrophils destroy pathogens in various ways, but predominantly by generating highly toxic reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, and/or releasing powerful proteolytic enzymes. These include, superoxide anion, which will react with the neutrophil mediator, myeloperoxidase to form hypochlorous acid; peroxynitrate; hydrogenperoxide – which is not a free radical but is still highly toxic, and others.
Figure 5. When neutrophils become activated they release toxic mediators of inflammation as well as reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, these are damaging to pathogens but also damaging to host molecules and tissues.
Inflammation and Oxidative Stress
This is where we see the link between chronic activation of the innate immune system and the degeneration described in Denham Harmon’s free radical theory of aging.
William R Clark, Professor Emeritus of Immunology (UCLA) describes some of the effects of neutrophil activation in his book, A Means to an End: The Biological Basis of Aging, Oxford University Press, 1999: “One of the more common sources of reactive oxygen species in the body as a whole is from cells that use the destructive power of these molecules as a natural defense against microbial infection. Phagocytes (literally, “eaters of cells”) such as macrophages and neutrophils, purposely generate high levels of oxygen radicals, which they store in tightly sealed intracellular compartments…. Oxygen radicals released in this fashion can be taken up be adjacent cells, and once inside they cause the same sort of damage as radicals produced internally….in the case of prolonged infections a chronic inflammatory state may develop, and the repeated engorging and death of phagocytes can cause serious oxidative damage to nearby healthy cells. This is also a major source of damage in chronic inflammatory autoimmune reactions such as rheumatoid arthritis, and can lead to serious tissue loss.
The damage done by reactive oxygen molecules needed to operate living cells can be enormous. No molecular species is immune. Oxygen radicals can attack and deform proteins molecules, disrupting structural complexes and inhibiting important enzymatic functions….Oxygen radicals also attack the individual nucleotide bases that make up both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.”
The Free
In 1956 Denham Harmon proposed “The free radical theory of aging” in which he postulates that random deleterious tissue damage results from the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitrogen species (RNS). Subsequent observational studies have lent support to this theory. As tissue deteriorates with age there may be a general increase in the level of ROS and RNS production. Of note is that aged rat mitochondria produce more superoxide anion than that of young rats suggesting ‘leakier’ electron transport and the ensuing mitochondrial damage. It is suspected that other ROS and RNS also exhibit increased production in other tissue as a function of age.
Further evidence of increased free radical activity and aging comes from the observation that larger animals consume less oxygen per unit of body mass than do smaller animals and exhibit a correspondingly longer lifespan. Similarly, cold blooded animals are more resistant to oxidative stress when maintaining a lower body temperature. Presumably, lower metabolic activity produces fewer free radicals and other ROS. Decreasing the flying activity of drosophilae by wing clipping or space restriction markedly increases survival time. Similarly, Queen Bees, which do not fly, live approximately 50 times longer than the worker bees that do.
Wolford has presented compelling evidence that caloric intake, which lowers metabolism and free radical production, is associated with increased lifespan across a range of species, including primates.
Table 1. Diseases associated with mitochondrial DNA mutations.
The bulk of aerobic metabolism, and, therefore, oxygen consumption, occurs in the mitochondria. Hence, higher levels of damage occur to DNA in mitochondria, especially deletions, as compared to nuclear DNA. This is indicated by levels of 8-hy- droxy-deoxyguanasine, observed in human brain, liver, and other tissues. It increases with age and produces a decline in the function of mitochondrion and the cells they provide energy to. A number of disorders are associated with mitochondrial damage (see Table 1).
Chronic Inflammation and Degenerative Disease
Many investigators have documented the role of neutrophil mediated inflammatory processes in a range of degenerative diseases. Crocker et al reported that peripheral blood neutrophils of pre-eclamptic woman are significantly more responsive to the agonists zymosan and fMLP, in terms of free radical production and the upregulation of other markers of cell activation, than are the cells of women with normal pregnancies or age-matched controls.(16) The authors conclude: “Circulating neutrophils are neither activated nor primed in vivo, however the re- lease of reactive oxygen species is diminished in normal pregnancy. In comparison, an elevation of reactive oxygen generation in preeclampsia may highlight a role for neutrophils in the oxidative stress and pathology of this disease.” There are also anecdotal reports of previously infertile women becoming pregnant after following an Alcat Test directed diet for a few months.
Rheumatoid arthritis is clearly an inflammatory condition. Investigators from New Zealand reported a two to eight fold increase in phagocytic (neutrophils and monocytes) free radical production versus that of non-rheumatics and healthy controls. Notably, the increased levels of superoxide production seen in the rheumatic subjects correlated well with TNF-alpha, but there was no correlation with plasma levels of C-reactive protein and only slight correlation with erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR).(17)
Recently, investigators from Harvard observed that neutrophils of poorly managed diabetics released significantly higher levels of free radicals following stimulation than did those of patients whose blood sugar levels were well managed or normal controls.
They also observed a significant correlation with blood sugar levels and severity of periodontal disease and postulated that high blood sugar levels induce priming of neutrophils.(18)
Inflammation is increasingly being seen to be at the source of a diverse range of degenerative diseases. The authors conclude that, “Inflammation and oxidative stress are important factors in the pathogenesis of diabetes and contribute to the pathogenesis of diabetic conditions.”
Research has shown that when neutrophils adhere to cardiac myocytes the latter incur significant damage via the NADPH oxidase enzyme system mediated oxidative burst. Researchers from the Immunology Research Group at the University of Calgary investigated the role of the adhesion molecule alpha (4) integrin. They observed that neutrophils that left the circulation and adhered to cardiac myocytes quickly induce myocyte shortening by 30-50% and rates of contraction and relaxation by 30%, within the first ten minutes. Furthermore: “An increased level of oxidative stress was detected in myocytes within 5 min of PMN (polymorphonuculear cells) adhesions.” This effect was blocked by anti- alpha (4) integrin antibodies and also by extracellular superoxide dis- mutase (SOD) suggesting superoxide anion as the effector mechanism. The authors conclude: “The results also provide pathological relevance as the emigrated PMN’s have the capacity to injure cardiac myocytes through the alpha (4) integrin-coupled NADPH oxidase pathway that can be inhibited by extracellular, but not intracellular SOD.”(19)
One of the most frightening of age-related diseases (for those who are aware of it) is cognitive decline. Proving once again what the legendary Indiana Jones stated to his much younger girlfriend: “It’s not the years, it’s the mileage!” French researches at the laboratory of Immunology (INSERM) investigating the role of neutrophil induced oxidative stress in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s patients, have indeed shown that levels of oxidative stress, and not chronological age, are most relevant to these conditions: “As circulating neutrophils are the most powerful sources of reactive oxygen species, we measured oxidative stress levels in resting neutrophils from 44 Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease patients and compared them to 40 healthy counterparts. Significantly increased oxidative stress levels were observed in patient’s groups while control groups had very similar levels irrespective of age.” They conclude, “Our results indicate that oxidative stress levels in circulating neutrophils are of interest for further mechanistic studies of neurodegenerative diseases and might open the perspective of a diagnostic tool.”(20) Indeed, the Alcat Test is such a diagnostic tool, as it measures the activation of circulating neutrophils when exposed to common foods and other environmental factors.
Atherosclerosis is the end point of an inflammatory process occurring within the intima of the artery mediated by chronic immune system activation. It occurs when oxidized cholesterol becomes a factor in the formation of plaque. As the oxidized cholesterol is consumed by macrophages they convert to foam cells. The result is stenosis of the artery, laying the basis for a stroke following a thrombotic event.
Investigators from Humboldt University in Berlin have measured plasma levels of fragments of the cell membrane lipid, phosphatidylcholine (PC) in blood plasma by HPLC and found significantly higher concentrations of PC in elderly coronary heart patients than in young healthy controls. Elevated fragmented PC was also seen following the smoking of even one cigarette and also during the reperfusion period following bypass surgery, which coincided with a surge in circulating neutrophils. These investigators also observed elevated PC levels in vitamin E deficient rats and concluded that plasma PC fragment levels increase following various forms of oxidative stress. Of course, fragmented cell membrane lipids may be metabolized to inflammatory eicosanoids.(21)
Dr. R Zhang and co-investigators reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association in November 2001, Association between myeloper- oxidase levels and risk of coronary artery disease, a significant association between both blood and leukocyte levels of the neutrophil produced inflammatory mediator, myeloperoxidase (MPO) and the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD). They concluded: “These findings support a potential role for MPO as an inflammatory marker in CAD and may have implications for atherosclerosis diagnosis and risk assessment.”(22)
Another group from Shandong University very recently reported on the significance of MPO in cardiovascular disease by demonstrating a possible role for this neutrophil produced inflammatory mediator in the oxidation of low density lipoproteins. Referring to measurements of MPO and high sensitivity C-reactive protein in both cardiovascular patients and controls they find, “MPO is a better marker for inflammation of local plaques. It may be one of the mechanisms that MPO induces the transforming from LDL to ox-LDL in plagues vulnerability.”(23)
Also, In 2001, Duncan and Schmidt performed a meta analysis of the association of infl tory markers of the innate immune system and diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity. Their analysis revealed “…evidence to suggest that chronic activation of the innate immune system may underlie the metabolic syndrome, characterizing the common soil for the causality of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease.” They conclude: “Better understanding of the role of the innate immune system in these diseases may lead to important advances in the prediction and management of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.”(24)
Similarly, obesity is a complicated and frustrating problem involving neurological and endocrine as well as immunologic components. In a study performed at Baylor Medical College, Sports Medicine and Performance Institute in Houston, reported in The Bariatrician, Spring 1996, entitled, The Short term efficacy of the Alcat Test of food sensitivities to facilitate changes in body composition and self-reported disease symptoms: a randomized controlled study, it was found that overweight subjects fol- lowing an eating plan eliminating foods suspected of activating innate immunity, based on laboratory analysis of whole blood samples, experienced a significant improvement in body composition and scale weight.
The effect of immune activating foods was distinct from that of caloric restriction, as a well matched control group that followed a calorie restricted diet was included in the study. The report, by Gilbert Kaats, PhD and co-workers states that “80 percent of the subjects in the experimental group lowered their body fat during the study compared to 34 percent in the control group. 78 percent of the experimental group achieved an improvement in their body composition compared to 29 percent in the control group… and 98 percent of the subjects following the Alcat Test plan either lost scale weight or improved their body composition.
Professor Cabo-Soler, Chief of Biochemistry at the University of Valencia reported in 1995 that iso-caloric food elimination diets, based on Alcat Test results, promoted enhanced weight loss, comprised more of adipose tissue, rather than muscle mass, as determined by DEXA studies.
One plausible interpretation of these data is that altered immune system reactions to the preponderance of artificial, genetically novel foods, and other environmental challenges, may overwhelm Phase I and Phase II detoxification capacity, thus triggering chronic innate immune activation. This, to a great extent, may account for the dramatic increase in metabolic syndrome and other chronic degenerative disorders seen in industrial societies. The lower nutritional value of commercially produced agricultural products is likely also a contributory factor.
Possible Causes of Food Sensitivity
It appears that multiple mechanisms are involved in adverse reactions to foods. An enzyme deficiency, such as a lactase deficiency may manifest lactose intolerance. Whilst additives used in prepared foods have been found to be particularly problematic. Professor Brostoff, from the Middlesex Hospital Medical School of the University of London explains that azo dyes, used extensively in prepared foods, will inhibit the activity of phenyl-sulpanotransferase-P, which breaks down cresol-P in the gut. If cresol-P is not broken down it may become neurotoxic. Benjam Feingold warned about food colorings in the 60’s with respect to hyperactivity in children. Results of a multi-disciplinary study of autistic children showed that all of the subjects had at least some reactivity to food colorings, as determined by our in vitro cellular assay.(26) Similarly, many foods contain chemicals, or have chemicals added to them, which are intolerogenic. Salicylates, for example, occur in many fruits and vegetables, and can induce a pharmacologically mediated adverse reaction in susceptible individuals.
Dietary lectins, which may be resistant to degradation through cooking and digestion, occur in numerous vegetables, fruits, grains, and some meats. All mammalian blood and tissue cells have membrane carbohydrate molecules that bind lectins and may cause reactivity. Some lectins can even bind to multiple fc receptors on mast cells, which triggers histamine release similar to that which is seen in classical allergic reactions. However, some lectin activity is actually benefit, in that it may augment the normal immune response. This, as well as some other lectin activity, is not blood type specific. There is no convincing scientific evidence that blood type is associated with specific food induced pathologies.
Recently, Dr. Lu Shan and co-investigators from multiple departments at Stanford University and the Institute of Immunology from the Rikshopitalet in Oslo, reported in a paper entitled, “Structural basis for gluten intolerance in celiac sprue“, identifying a 33- mer peptide, rich in proline and glutamine, which was highly resistant to gastric, pancreatic, and small intestinal brush border membrane proteases. They also found that it occurs in all grains that are toxic to celiac sprue patients (wheat, rye, oats, and barley) but is absent in other grains. Additionally, the peptide was shown to be a potent stimulator of T cells (CD+, or helper type) in 14 out of 14 celiac sprue patients. However, in both in vitro and in vivo assays the peptide could be broken down by bacteria derived prolyl endopeptidase (PREP), thus suggesting a possible treatment strategy.(25)
Similarly, many naturopathic physicians and others have maintained for years that a gut dysbiosis or a “leaky gut” whose failure to degrade food components, may be an inciting factor when undigested proteins traverse the gut prematurely and enter the circulation.
Synergism
This model illustrates an adverse reaction to foods, in this case gliadin fractions occurring in grains, that involves activation of specific immunity; the T cells of celiac patients with a specific leukocyte antigen which then release potent cytokines, attracting inflammatory cells of the innate immune system which cause damage to local tissue through the release of their toxic mediators.
An additional feedback loop from innate immune reactivity to specific immune function is observed when activation of the innate immune system up-regulates the expression of B7 molecules on antigen presenting cells, which, as seen in classical allergy, for example, provide the secondary signal necessary to turn on T helper cells. Thus, the coordination of the two branches of the immune system is suggestive of a complex synergistic function and it is often seen that treatment of allergy decreases food intolerance; and, conversely, the effective management of food intolerance, improves allergic states.
Nonetheless, classical allergy is mediated by the specific branch of the immune system and the broad category of adverse reactions to foods are mediated, primarily, by the innate branch of the immune system, secondary to gastrointestinal dysfunction and/or detoxification insufficiency. Although several factors can induce histamine release, usually it is IgE. Symptom onset is immediate and it requires a small dose of allergen to trigger symptoms.
Food Sensitivity is Multi-Factorial
Multiple pathogenic mechanisms are involved in ad- verse reactions to foods, some of which are immunologic; others, toxic or pharmacologic. Symptoms are typically dose dependent, and symptom onset is delayed.
Adverse reactions to foods are hard wired in our genes, but susceptibility is dependent upon many factors; such as the integrity of the natural barrier of the gut wall, the viability of phase I and phase II detoxification pathways, and the presence or absence of other co-factors. A combination of these conditions could push one over their level of tolerance at any given time. It should be borne in mind that the human lymphocyte possesses all of the enzymes and substrates that are involved in hepatic detoxification and therefore serves as a back up system, albeit, one that may provoke unwanted symptoms.
It is sometimes seen that reactions to apple do not occur unless airborne birch pollen, which cross reacts with apple, is high. A food which contains an intolerogenic chemical is tolerated in moderation; but over consumption of it, or it in combination with other food(s) dependent on the same detoxification pathway may overwhelm that pathway and produce symptoms when consumed on a more frequent basis. Therefore, nutritional status which supports detoxification can exert a significant impact on food intolerance states, thus meaning that rotational eating plans may be beneficial for food intolerant patients.
In exercised induced asthma, increased body temperature serves as a co-factor with antigen to induce the degranulation of basophils, and histamine release, not occurring at normal body temperature.
Stress produced cortisol will destroy secretory IgA antibodies in the gut (and at the site of other mucus membranes as well) allowing for the perfusion of undigested food macromolecules that may activate the immune system. Intestinal dysbioses, Type I allergy in the gut, prescribed cortisone, and other variables may also contribute to a leaky gut.
Given the complexity of food intolerance it is easy to appreciate the need for a rapid, cost effective and accurate laboratory test to substitute for the laborious process of elimination and challenge, which, if properly performed, would take months, and try the patience of even the most patient of patients, not to mention their health care provider.
Figure 6. The Alcat Test diagnostic system.
Laboratory Testing for Food Sensitivity
We began our development of a reliable test for food intolerance in 1984. Previously, during the 1930’s, allergists Cooke and Vaughn focused on changes in white blood cell counts following an in vivo challenge with a battery of foods. Initial successes encouraged others to continue this line of research utilizing microscopic observations of white cells following antigenic challenge in vitro. These methods offered some tantalizing results but were crude and results were not reproducible.
Our efforts focused on the utilization of electronic methods of cell measurement and computer analysis of the results following an ex vivo challenge of whole blood with food extracts and other substances suspected of association with non-IgE mediated hypersensitivity (Figure 7).
Analysis of whole blood offers a significant advantage in that it contains all of the immune factors, cellular elements and serum proteins that might be involved in an adverse reaction of this type, regardless of the underlying biological mechanism. Regardless of the various pathways that may underlie an adverse reaction to a food, the final common pathway will involve some mediator release. The cellular processes that occur; either swelling (vacuolization) decrease in number (destruction following degranulation) or shrinking (probably partial degranulation) are measurable through the Alcat Test.
Figure 7 . The principle of operation behind the Alcat Test.
It has been demonstrated by Mele et al from the Sacred Heart Catholic University of Rome that leukocytes which have reacted to Alcat Test positive food extracts in vitro, become incapable of releasing mediators when subsequently challenged by zymosan, an indication that the positive Alcat Test is associated with cell activation, and subsequent depletion of mediator stores.(28) Hence, a hypothesis that food intolerance reactions deplete immune resources and renders the subject more prone to infection, as has been observed, is not unreasonable. The method of measurement is the impedance or “Coulter” method that is used in routine hematology. It has demonstrated a high degree of correlation with clinical manifestations as confirmed through a rigorous double blind trial.
Drs. Peter Fell and Jonathon Brostoff reported an 83.4% correlation with Alcat Test results and double blind oral challenges with foods. (45th Annual Congress of the American College of Allergy and Immunology). Whilst Hoj et al reported a 96% correlation with Alcat Test results and double blind placebo controlled oral challenges with food additives.(27) (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vol.97 part 1, Jan., 1996). Hoj et al also reported a random sampling of clinical outcomes across a range of conditions suggesting the test results are accurate and useful in treating these conditions (Figure 8).
Figure 8. Results of an outcome study by Hoj et al, of patients following the Alcat diet plan.
Alcat Nutritional Assessment (ANA)
Professor Roger Williams, in his 1956 classic book, Biochemical Individuality, wrote: “Nutrition applied with due concern for genetic variations, which may be large, off the solution to many baffling health problems.”
The Alcat Test methodology can be adapted to perform a functional assessment of specific nutrient deficiencies. A functional test is superior to an assessment of levels of a specific nutrient in serum or other physical sample because an individual’s level may fall within a “normal” range, but may be inadequate for that particular individual due to a number of factors. Some of these factors are genetically determined while others are phenomenological; such as, impaired absorption, increased requirements due to stress (i.e. pregnancy, drug use, impaired transport through the blood secondary to inadequate protein binding molecule function, inadequate cell uptake secondary to cell membrane abnormality, inade- quate supply of co-factors) etc. Thus, serum tests may indicate normal levels, yet that particular individual, due to factors unique to them, is deficient.
Lymphocytes are metabolically active cells that are easily obtainable and reflect long term nutritional status, having an average life of approximately six to nine months. In this regard, measurement of nutrient impacted Lymphocyte growth and division will depict a more long term status, not one significantly impacted by vitamins or other supplements consumed just prior to testing. As such, this testing approach is analogous to how the measurement of Hemaglobin A1c represents long term (approx. 3 months) blood sugar balance.
Cell division and growth of lymphocytes represents metabolic pathways that are common to all reproducing cells and also indicates proficiency of immune system function. The lymphocytes that clone themselves to combat a specific pathogenic microorganism, at the time of infection, leave behind a few examples of their type as memory cells to get a head start on combating the same pathogen on subsequent exposure. The success of the secondary immune response will depend on how quickly those memory cells can proliferate and produce specific antibodies upon re-exposure to the pathogen. That rate of proliferation will be limited by the intracellular stores of nutrients needed for new DNA synthesis and cell growth. The Alcat Nutritional Assessment (ANA) is expected to indicate specific deficiencies that reflect the totality of cells but also those that are critical to the specific immune response.
The advantages of the ANA over other nutritional assays, even a cellular functional assay, is that testing whole blood preserves the normal cell to cell interactions and presence of the natural growth factors involved in cell division, and also eliminates a lot of cumbersome preparation procedures. It also allows for ease of measurement, avoids the requirement for radioactive material used in the old fashioned process of lymphocyte proliferation tests, and promises high accuracy, efficiency and reproducibility. The Alcat Test method of measurement of lymphocyte proliferation may also be applicable to other uses, such as determination of vaccine effi y (i.e. recall antigen induced proliferative response) and the monitoring of various immune proficiencies.
The assay will run on the current instrument platform with only minor software changes. Test kits can also be configured using the current Alcat Test kit cassettes.
Measurement of immune function and response to dietary and other environmental factors using cellular laboratory assessment represents a viable and practical approach to optimization of immune function and normalization of the inflammatory response to the benefit of health and longevity.
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Current overview of Alcat Test Studies 2014
(Most of these can be downloaded from www.alcat.com)
Double-blind studies:
High correlation of the Alcat Test Results with Double-Blind Challenge (DBC) in Food Sensitivity by P. Fell, presented at the 45th Annual Congress of the American College of Allergy and Immunology, Los Angeles, CA:November 12-16, 1988 and published in the Annals of Allergy.
Alcat a new test for food induced problems in medicine? Fell et , presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, Washington DC, 1st Oct 1988.
Alcat® – a new cellular test for food sensitivity Fell, Brostoff & Soulsby, presentation of study and results at the annual meet- ing of the American In-Vitro Allergy & Immunology Society, Au- gust 1990, Toronto,
Cellular responses to food in irritable bowel syndrome – an in- vestigation of the Alcat Test Fell, Soulsby & Brostoff, publication of the summarized study results, Journal of Nutritional Medi- cine, 2, No. 2, 1991.
Diagnostic Value of Alcat Test in intolerance to food additives compared with double-blind placebo-controlled (DBPC) oral challenges Hoj, J Allerg Clin Immun 1 (3); 1996
Reproducibility Studies:
Reproducibility of the Alcat Test by Potter, H. Steinmann et al., University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1994
Reproducibility of the Antigen Leukocyte Cellular Antibody test (Alcat)—Statistical Analysis, Summary Statistics & Scientif- ic Report“, University of the Range Free State in Bloemfontein, Südafrika, WML Neetling and Dr. AM Kachelhoffer von Janu- ar-April, 1998.
Parexel Medstat Final Statistical Report – Study of the Alcat Test in 10 subjects, Per Fuglerud, Parexel Norwegen, Nov. 1999
Study Comparing Alcat Test Results With Flow Cytometry and Microscop, Gitte Jensen, NIS Labs (Natural Immune System) Oregon, USA, 2009
Other Alcat Test Studies:
Evaluation of Alcat Test Results in the Non-IgE Mediated Pathol- ogy of the Skin“ DeAmici et , Study performance and study report at the University of Pavia, Italy. Presented at the 30th Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Im- munology, 11-15 June 2011 – Istanbul, Turkey. (Poster Presenta- tion, Abstract #553)
Alcat Test Results in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Symp- toms“ Berardi et al., Study performance and study report at the University of Pavia, Italy. Presented at the 30th Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 11- 15 June 2011 – Istanbul, Turkey. (Poster Presentation, Abstract
Rational management of food intolerance in an elite soccer club“ Angelini et , Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 2011, 8(Suppl 1):36
Alcat Test Identifies Food Intolerance in Patients with Gastroin- testinal Symptoms“ Berardi et , Report of the XXVIII Congress of the European Academy of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Supple- ment 90, Volume 64, 2009, pg. 490.
Food Intolerance in Patients with Cutaneous Diseases: Diag- nostic Value of the Alcat Test“ Berardi et , Report of the XXVIII Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Im- munology, European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunolo- gy, Supplement 90, Volume 64, 2009, pg. 490.
The Effect of the Alcat Test Diet Therapy for Food Sensitivity in Patients with Obesity“ Akmal et , Middle East Journal of Fam- ily Medicine. April 2009 – Vol. 7, Issue 3.
IMS Health Economics and Outcomes Research—Influence of Food Intolerance in Migraines: Final Report of Statistical Re- sults“ Immunological Center of Cataluna, Version 3, December 28,
Ogni intervento comincia a tavola, Mele Cristina, Medici Oggi, Maggio 2002: 210-213
Controversial antigen leucocyte cellular antibody test (Alcat): a nonspecific inhibitory effect of alpha glycoproteins, Kedryna & Guminska, Med Sci Monit 1999; 5(2):BR193-197.
A Comparison of the Alcat Test for Food Reactions Amongst 2 Population Sub-Groups“ Study presentation of DH Sandberg et al., 45th Annual Congress of the American College of Allergy and Immunology, Los Angeles, CA: November 12-16, 1998, pub- lished in the Annals of Allergy.
Outcome Study in 353 Consecutive Patients Following The Alcat Diet“, Study of Lene Hoj in Kopenhagen at the Allergy Clinic Charlottenlund, Denmark 1998. Non-Published.
Evaluation of the cytotoxic food test and the Alcat, Pol Merkuri- usz 1997 Feb;2(8):154-9.
South African Outcome Randomized study with 274 pa- tients, Dr. Jan Geldenhuys, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1997
Technical Study Comparing The Alcat Methodology With Ac- tivation Of Granulocytes Following Challenge With Zymosan, Study of Christina Mele at the University of Rome.
The Short Term Efficacy of the Alcat Test of Food Sensitivities to Facilitate Changes in Body Composition and Self-Reported Disease Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Study“ Kaats et in Am J of Bariatric Med, Spring 1996: 18-23.
El test Alcat de sensibilidad a los alimentos y su interés en Me- dicina Estética Cabo-Soler Alcuni Particolari Della Dieta In Medicina Estetica (Comments On Diets In Esthetic Medicine). Abstract of 14th Med Day of Esthetical Medicine & Dermato- logical Survey. Venice, Italy, Sep. 22-23, 1995. Published in the proceedings.
Prevalence of food allergy and intolerance in children based on MAST CLA and Alcat Tests“ Buczylko et , Rocz Akad Med Bi- alymst. 1995; 40(3):452-456.
Alcat Test Results in the Treatment of Respiratory and Gastroin- testinal Symptoms, Arthritis, Skin and Central Nervous System“ Mylek et , Rocz Akad Med Bialymst. 1995; 40(3): 625-629.
Food Intolerance in Patients with Angioedemia and Chronic An investigation by RAST and Alcat Test. Study of Dr. Lene Hoj, presented at the XVI European Congress of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Madrid, Spain: June 25-30, 1995, pub- lished in European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Supplement No. 26, Vol. 50, 1995.
“Autism – a multidisciplinary approach to treatment”, Kotsanis et 1994. Study conduction under the direction of Dr. Con- stantine Kotsanis, results presentation at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy 1994. Study data available for download at www.kotsanisinstitute.com/home/ autism-treatment
The Alcat Test: in vitro procedure for determining food sensitiv- ities“ Pasula , Folia Med Cracov. 1993;34(1-4):153-7.
The Alcat Test—A Guide and Barometer in the Therapy of Envi- ronmental and Food Sensitivities BA Solomon, Environmen- tal Medicine, Vol. 9, Number 2, 1992:2-6
Pilot Study into the Effect of Naturally Occurring Pharmacoact- ive Agents on the Alcat Fell, PJ. American Otolaryngic Al- lergy Association Annual Meeting, September 27, 1991, Kansas City, MO. Published in the proceedings.
Inhibitory Effect of Sodium Cromoglycate on Granulocyte Re- sponse to Food Antigens In-Vitro. Fell PJ, Sandberg DH et , 47th Annual meeting of the American College of Allergy & Im- munology, November 10-14, 1990, San Francisco, CA. Published in the proceedings.
Gastrointestinal Complaints Related to Diet, DH Sandberg, In- ternational Pediatrics, 5 No. 1, 1990:23-9.
Pharmacoactive Compounds in Foods – The effect on the Alcat Test in Healthy volunteers and patients suffering from Migraine Fell PJ, Brostoff J et , AAOA News 9:2:29.
Multiple Pathogenic Mechanisms in Food Sensitivity Reaction In-Vitro. Puccio SG et , 4th International Symposium on Im- munological and Clinical Problems of Food Allergy, Milan, Italy. November 5-9, 1989. Abstract Symposium Book, pg. 37.
Influence of Food antigens on Volumes of Circulating White Blood Cells and Platelets Aggregation Studienpräsentation beim Symposium on Immunological and Clinical Problems of Food Allergy, Mailand, Italien, 5.-9. November 1989.
Sapone, et al: Divergence of gut permeability and muco- sal immune gene expression in two gluten-associated con- ditions: celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. BMC Medicine, 9:23; 2011
Berardi et al: Alcat Test identifies food intolerance in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms, Clinical Study 2011, Po- liklinik Pavia, Italien
Fell, et al: Cellular Responses to Food in Irritable Bowel Syn- drome – An Investigation of the ALCAT TEST. Journal of Nutri- tional Medicine, 2, 143-149; 1991
Berardi et al: Food intolerance in patients with cutaneous diseases: diagnostic value of the Alcat Test. Clinical Study 2011, Department of Dermatology, Pavia, Italien
Samaroo et al: Novel immune response to gluten in individ- uals with schizophrenia. Schizophr Res, 118:248-55; 2010
Dickerson et al: Markers of gluten sensitivity in acute mania: A longitudinal study. Psychiatry Res, 196:68-71; 2012
Rashtak et al: Serology of celiac disease in gluten sensitive ataxia or neuropathy; Role of deamidated gliadin J Neuro-immunol 2011; 230:130-134
Vitte J et al: Oxidative stress levels in circulating neutrophils is linked to neurodegenerative J Clin Immunol, 24(6):683-92; 2004
Oodegard JI et al: Connecting Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes through Innate Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med, 2(3); 2012
Duncan BB et al: Chronic activation of the innate immune sys- tem may underlie the metabolic Sao Paulo Med J, 119:3; 2001
Lee Role of innate immunity in diabetes and metabolism: recent progress in the study of inflammasomes. Immune Netw 11:95-9; 2011
Tremellen K & Tunc Macrophage activity in semen is sig- nificantly correlated with sperm quality in infertile men. Int J Androl 33:823-31, 2010
Bastard JP et al: Recent advances in the relationship between obesity, inflammation, and insulin Eur Cytokine Netw, 17(1):4-12; 2006
Miesel R et al: Priming of NADPH oxidase by tumor necrosis factor alpha in patients with inflammatory and autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Inflammation, 20(4):427-38; 1996
Fitzpatrick AL et al: Leukocyte telomere length and cardiovas- cular disease in the cardiovascular health Am J Epide- miol 165:14-21; 2007
Tlaskalova-Hogenova et al: Involvement of innate immunity in the development of inflammatory and autoimmune diseas- Ann N Y Acad Sci,1051:787-98; 2005
Zhonghua et al: Changes of neutrophil myeloperoxidase in coronary circulation among patients with acute coronary syn- 33:1106-8; 2005
Wan-Wan L Al: A cytokine-mediated link between innate immunity, inflammation and cancer. J Clin Invest, 117(5):1175- 1183; 2007
Poon BY et al: alpha(4)-integrin mediates neutrophil-induced free radical injury to cardiac J Cell Biol 152(5):857- 66; 2001
Samaroo D, al. Novel immune response to gluten in indi- viduals with schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2010 May; 118(1- 3):248-55.
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One of Twitter’s most beloved features is set to change: The company is planning to extend its 140-character limit to as many as 10,000, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Twitter’s loud and devoted user base was quick to bemoan that such a change — expected to be announced by the end of March — would spoil the brevity and speed of the real-time service. The character limit that forces users to pen snappy tweets could give way to the longer essays found on Facebook, for example. It could transform Twitter into more of a public blogging platform rather than one that is succinct and well-suited to quips and breaking news headlines.
I can’t help but think that increasing Twitter’s character limit would be akin to opening Pandora’s box. Once the limit is increased, there will be no going back, and if the naysayers are correct, it will be the end of Twitter. However, the article goes on:
This person said, however, that Twitter Inc. is aiming to retain the look and feel of the user timeline. For tweets that are longer than 140 characters, users will have to click and expand to see the rest of the text. As users write beyond the 140-character limit, Twitter will signal to them that they have crossed the threshold as a way to encourage brevity.
So it might not be too bad. Personally, I think it would be a shame to increase the 140 limit, which for me is Twitter’s no.1 feature. That said, I think there are just too many users (businesses, brands, broadcasters, celebrities) with time and money invested in Twitter for it to fail. And, does the average user really care?
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Speaker Sharkey calls Malloy’s budget a ‘personal hit list’
by Mark Pazniokas
CTMirror.org File Photo
House Speaker Brendan Sharkey, foreground, and House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz in a recent meeting with the press.
House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, responded in scathing terms Monday to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s revised budget proposal, calling it “a public enemies list” and “a personal hit list,” not a basis for negotiating how to balance the budget.
Sharkey, who also canceled a meeting scheduled for Tuesday with Malloy, appeared to be responding to Malloy’s statement Friday in an interview with The Mirror, as well as in an op-ed piece he published in the Sunday edition of The Hartford Courant.
In both, Malloy suggested negotiations begin with his balanced budget proposal. Sharkey rejected that suggestion.
“The legislature is developing a budget that will be based on the most accurate information available from April revenue forecasts,” Sharkey said. “In the meantime, however, his budget outline reads more like his public enemies list than a plan for Connecticut’s future.”
Sharkey and the Senate’s Democratic leadership notified Malloy’s office they would not attend what had been planned as a bipartisan meeting Tuesday. Malloy still intends to meet with the Republican minority leaders.
“It’s telling that the statement was issued a mere hours after the speaker canceled a bipartisan meeting with the governor and other leaders that he had previously agreed to,” Brian Durand, the governor’s chief of staff, said in an email. “Rather than sitting across a table and offering ideas, the speaker is sending out unprompted, vitriolic press statements.”
Sharkey said Malloy’s proposal never could win passage.
“Hospitals, smaller towns, property tax reform, and critical social services are all dramatically slashed under the governor’s plan, all while insisting he be granted broad block grant authority to unilaterally cut further without any public scrutiny or legislative oversight,” Sharkey said. “His proposal isn’t feasible, would never get enough votes from either side of the aisle to pass, and it offers no real basis for productive negotiations.”
Sharkey indicated that the legislature will send the Democratic governor a budget based on its priorities, not Malloy’s.
“What happens next is that, as the actual budget numbers become clearer, the legislature will vote on, and send to the governor, a budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year that is balanced and represents more than a personal hit list,” Sharkey said. “I welcome our Republican colleagues to work with us to help make sure everyone’s voices are heard, and to ensure that what the legislature adopts becomes law.”
In his op-ed, Malloy challenged the legislature.
“I won’t accept half-measures or band-aid solutions,” he wrote. “Anyone who wants to negotiate with my administration should either come ready with their own balanced plan, or be prepared to work off of mine. We can’t negotiate off incomplete budgets or no budget at all.”
But he ended on a gentler note.
“I know that I have been asking a lot of the legislature, and I know I haven’t always asked in the gentlest way. But we all need to finish what we started five years ago when we set off down this less-traveled path. Structural reform, living within our means, new economic reality, call it what you like. Making it happen is within reach now.”
Durand questioned Monday whether Sharkey is willing to engage on the budget.
“A week ago, the governor produced a balanced budget after the speaker failed to lead his caucus to a balanced proposal of their own, after committing to do just that,” Durand said. “A week later, is this statement the best he has to offer? Is this what he’s been working on all week?”
The legislature’s constitutional adjournment deadline is midnight May 4.
“The governor has produced a balanced plan,” Durand said. “He’s said he won’t use the rainy day fund to balance next year’s budget, that he won’t raise taxes, and that he won’t borrow to close the deficit. As the clock ticks, where are the speaker’s ideas? Where are his plans for Connecticut? What does he expect his members to vote on over the next two weeks?”
Mark Pazniokas Mark is a co-founder of CT Mirror, a frequent contributor to WNPR and a former state politics writer for The Hartford Courant and Journal Inquirer and contributor for The New York Times.
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What would superionic water ice look like?
Phys.org's Giant lasers crystallize water with shockwaves, revealing the atomic structure of superionic ice links to
Nature Physics: Experimental evidence for superionic water ice using shock compression
Nature: Nanosecond X-ray diffraction of shock-compressed superionic water ice
Question: What would superionic water ice look like if it could be maintained at ultra-high pressure long enough? Would it be fairly transparent and have a low index of refraction like glass or "normal" water ice? Or would it be opaque or shiny, or perhaps transparent but high index of refraction like diamond?
With a description like "solid lattice of oxygen and liquid-like hydrogen superionic ice" it certainly sounds "shiny/metallic" to me!
The Phys.org article says:
In 1988, scientists first predicted that water would transition to an exotic state of matter characterized by the coexistence of a solid lattice of oxygen and liquid-like hydrogen—superionic ice—when subjected to the extreme pressures and temperatures that exist in the interior of water-rich giant planets like Uranus and Neptune. These predictions remained in place until 2018, when a team led by scientists from LLNL presented the first experimental evidence for this strange state of water. (emphasis added)
The researchers performed a series of experiments at the Omega Laser Facility at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE). They used six giant laser beams to generate a sequence of shockwaves of progressively increasing intensity to compress a thin layer of initially liquid water to extreme pressures (100-400 gigapascals (GPa), or 1-4 million times Earth's atmospheric pressure) and temperatures (3,000-5,000 degrees Fahrenheit).
"We designed the experiments to compress the water so that it would freeze into solid ice, but it was not certain that the ice crystals would actually form and grow in the few billionths of a second that we can hold the pressure-temperature conditions," said LLNL physicist and co-lead author Marius Millot.
"Water is known to have many different crystalline structures known as ice Ih, II, III, up to XVII," Coppari said. "So, we propose to call the new f.c.c. solid form 'ice XVIII.' Computer simulations have proposed a number of different possible crystalline structures for superionic ice. Our study provides a critical test to numerical methods."
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$\begingroup$ related chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/26863/… $\endgroup$ – Mithoron May 16 at 23:50
$\begingroup$ It would shine like a lightbulb, so color could be difficult to notice, but it's supposedly black. $\endgroup$ – Mithoron May 16 at 23:54
$\begingroup$ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superionic_water $\endgroup$ – Mithoron May 16 at 23:56
$\begingroup$ @Mithoron I think your linked question could use a better answer. I hadn't thought about temperature, by "shine like a lightbulb" you mean it will be hot enough to glow? If it were transparent you could probably still see through it, but what makes you think it is " supposedly black"? $\endgroup$ – uhoh May 17 at 0:02
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MTRSP1900-CTA3200 replied to garmon757's topic in Metra Commuter Rail
Are they like those vacuum toilets on airplanes? Every time I use them I press the button and then cover my ears ASAP.
I am pleased to say that based on her Twitter account she seems to be recovering. Obviously it was very traumatic for her, but fortunately she did manage to pull through. According to her, 210 will be sent off to be rebuilt to -3 specifications, though I'm not sure what her source is. I stumbled upon her Twitter and Youtube pages a few years back, but back then I didn't see anything wrong with the locomotive, and back then I also didn't recall any other Metra locomotives being involved in any mechanical mishaps. Now that I realized her favorite locomotive was the one involved, I started to do some research, also because since the initial news reports of the locomotive catching fire, there haven't been any updates as to the cause, which I found frustrating. In the picture above in this thread (where you can identify the locomotive number), I noticed that the shape of the object on fire resembled the roof air-conditioning units above the cabs. Based on this Tweet, I'm guessing the fire did start in the AC unit, and then spread to the engine area, because the images on NBC and the like show the fire much more intense than the photo above.
They can’t immediately be out of the race though, considering how much of a hot mess the F125 is turning out to be for LA’s Metrolink. Buying history doesn’t mean much when the times and products change. As we all know the workhorse F40PH is no longer in production, and even though the fleet for Metra is aging, they are still most likely to zoom past a broken down F125. Even Metra’s RTA friends at the CTA are switching builders for the new 7000 series railcars, and over in New York City, Bombardier is flat out banned from producing the upcoming order of subway cars after their many issues with the current order. I wouldn’t take Siemens out of the race just yet, but we’ll see what happens.
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MTRSP1900-CTA3200 replied to greenstreet's topic in CTA Rail
I mostly said it that way to quickly get the post up, but you do bring up a good point. Although both ways of turning the trains around are physically there, I don’t think it is up to the operator to decide which way they are going to turn around back towards O’Hare. I remember riding the Blue Line back in the late 90s and the Forest Park Loop being used extensively, and now I have seen trains holding at the platforms while new operators head into the cabs towards O’Hare.
Also correct, and a valid point as Red Line trains cannot do so at 95th/Dan Ryan or 98th Yard.
I’ll give an example I saw recently to clear things up. Hope this helps. First are the two claims. 1. In a married pair train set on the L, the even numbered car is the higher numbered car. ✅ Yes, that is true. Like 3457-3458 and 3201-3202 for example. 2. In service, even numbered cars always face one direction and odd numbered cars face another direction. ❌ This is false. While driving on the Kennedy I saw an eight car set of 2600s heading towards Forest Park. Some of the leading cars in the set were even numbered cars and some of the cars were odd numbered cars. This probably happened as a result of cars moving around the system over the years, and what the train did when it reached the end of the line. For example, at O’Hare, to change directions, the train operator must leave the cab at the front of the train and go to the cab at the rear of the train, turning that cab the new front of the train, where at Forest Park, he or she also has the option of looping around the yard and returning to the station without changing cabs.
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MTRSP1900-CTA3200 replied to artthouwill's topic in General Transit Discussion
Or at least give one to the Illinois Railway Museum. Hey, it’s April 1st, thought it was worth a shot.
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MTRSP1900-CTA3200 replied to sw4400's topic in CTA Bus
I’ve heard a lot of interesting things about storms. They say you’re more likely to get struck by lightning if you’ve just been struck by lightning, as opposed to the dude standing 5 feet away who was standing around with his hands in his pockets and was fine. If you can’t run for some reason, a generally accepted “brace” position is to squat down but make sure you’re only standing on the balls of your feet to minimize contact with the ground, and make sure to cover your ears to reduce hearing damage. The sound from close thunder is ten times worse than using a jackhammer without hearing protection, and the shockwave from thunder alone can cause property damage.
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MTRSP1900-CTA3200 replied to TripleTransit1's topic in General Transit Discussion
I looked at a track map for the DC Metro. It looks like there is also a single track connector near the Farragut stations. It leaves the Red Line south of Farragut North and ends up on the Rosslyn bound track on the Blue Orange and Silver Lines. It’s called the A&C connector on the map. I don’t know if it has been dismantled or anything, but it also looks like it’s a bit disruptive to normal service if a train were to use it. I’ve been on charter trains that have done the switch on and off the Blue Line. From my observations I think the main disruption is to the Pink Line. On trains transferring to the Blue Line, you just have to let the signals know you’re entering the Forest Park tracks. And if you need to switch directions, you can pull into Morgan Middle Track and get out of the way of road trains while you prepare to reverse direction. Transferring off of the Blue Line doesn’t really disrupt the Blue Line either since you just have to work the route selector at Racine to go up the ramp, but once you get up to the Pink Line there is no middle track to enter while you switch directions, so if you need to go to the Loop and Skokie, you’ll need to use the switches to get onto the Loop bound track. On the charters I’ve been on, they’ve had an operator at each end of the train to quickly turn the train around, but if you’re alone you better work fast.
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MTRSP1900-CTA3200 replied to maths22's topic in CTA Bus
I saw he hasn’t been on here lately as well and was wondering that. Hoping it’s nothing too serious, maybe he’s just taking a break from the forums. I appreciate his knowledge and humor and would enjoy seeing more of it.
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MTRSP1900-CTA3200 replied to BusHunter's topic in CTA Rail
I grew up in Oak Park, and I never could think about the Green Line without remembering the 2400s. They were THE Green Line cars, and I’m sure people who live along the Purple Line think the same. Agreed! That’s why I’m not as enthusiastic about filming trains at Howard Yard as I used to be. I loved editing the two videos I filmed in 2012 because there were 2400s and 2600s everywhere up in that yard. Even though there were no 3200s or 2200s I still thought it was much more exciting than 5000 set after 5000 set.
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MTRSP1900-CTA3200 replied to renardo870's topic in Metra Commuter Rail
Before it was discontinued, the ACES service on the Northeast Corridor ran with a diesel locomotive at one end and an electric locomotive all the way from New York Penn to Atlantic City. The electric locomotive pushed the train out of Penn Station down to north Philadelphia where the train reversed and the diesel locomotive pushed the train for the rest of the trip. I’m assuming this was because the train left the Northeast Corridor during the journey.
The Chicago Tribune has a picture of the damage in an article about the difficult commutes due to the weather. Not looking good for now. Link to the article.
Unless you want to count the Operation Lifesaver locomotive, the only one I can think of is Metra locomotive 100 with the RTA wrap, but that has been removed.
Metra locomotive 405 is now in Milwaukee Road colors.
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‘Escape At Dannemora’ Showrunners Michael Tolkin & Brett Johnson Discuss 12 Emmy Nominations; Working With Ben Stiller And Patricia Arquette
‘Faking It’ Canceled After Three Seasons By MTV
May 13, 2016 11:16am
Faking It will be no more. MTV has opted to end the scripted comedy series at the conclusion of the current third season, with the May 17 finale to serve as the series ender.
Showrunner Carter Covington took to Twitter to share the news.
140 characters is not enough to express how I feel about this news. I promise #FakingIt fans I'll share what was to come after finale airs
— Carter Covington (@mrcartaire) May 13, 2016
Created by Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov and executive produced by Covington, Faking It is a romantic comedy about two best friends, Karma (Katie Stevens) and Amy (Rita Volk), who pretend to be a lesbian couple in order to be popular. Gregg Sulkin, Michael Willett and Bailey De Youn also star.
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Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Levitation and Partial Inversion (x) ›
The Hamilton Family fonds details Dr. T.G. (Thomas Glendenning) and Lillian Hamilton's investigations of psychic phenomena in their home in Winnipeg, Manitoba between 1918 and 1945. The images detail numerous aspects of spiritualism including telekinesis, teleplasm, trance states and various other psychic phenomena. This site is comprised of over 700 images from the Hamilton Family photograph collection and over 1300 notes and accompanying documentation pertaining to seances held in the Hamilton's home. The entirety of the photograph collection has been digitized with the exception of duplicate photographs of the same image. It includes digital reproductions of photographs, stereo photographs, slides, negatives and glass slide negatives, as well as some accompanying textual records.
185 Kelvin Street
1947-1951 Period - Teleplasm
1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Other
1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing
1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Teleplasm
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - "Black Hawk" Statue
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - Dawn Stead Scripts of 1943
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - Drawing of Ship
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - Excerpts from the Stead Dawn Scripts of 1942-1944, Page 1
Hamilton Family fonds (1110) + -
textual record (605) + -
stereo photograph (105) + -
glass lantern slide (103) + -
slide (12) + -
Psychical research (1056) + -
Supernatural (927) + -
Apparitions (861) + -
Spiritualism (705) + -
Occultism (667) + -
Curiosities and wonders (661) + -
Spirits (589) + -
Seances (355) + -
Women mediums (320) + -
Scrapbooks (230) + -
Mediums (177) + -
Letter writing (48) + -
Letters (35) + -
Cameras (12) + -
Levitation (3) + -
Affidavits (2) + -
Floor plans (2) + -
Christian biography (1) + -
Paranormal (1) + -
Priests (1) + -
Séance (1) + -
Serbia (1) + -
Massachusetts (28) + -
Northern Ireland (3) + -
Man (1) + -
Belfast (3) + -
Belgrade (1) + -
Boston (28) + -
Lake Louise (1) + -
London (5) + -
Paris (2) + -
Regina (2) + -
Warsaw (3) + -
Winnipeg (1017) + -
Hamilton, Thomas Glendenning - Creator (589) + -
Hamilton, Lillian - Creator (57) + -
Hobbs, W.E. - Creator (39) + -
McTavish, Eileen - Creator (38) + -
Marshall, Mary - Creator (32) + -
Bach, Margaret Hamilton - Creator (29) + -
Chown, Bruce - Creator (28) + -
Marshall, Mary Subject (27) + -
Barber, Sylvia - Creator (22) + -
Reed, H.A. - Creator (21) + -
MacDonald, John D. - Creator (15) + -
McLean, Mary - Creator (15) + -
Stead, W.T. - Creator (7) + -
Creighton, William - Creator (6) + -
Pitblado, Isaac - Creator (6) + -
Turner, Ada E. - Creator (5) + -
Hamilton, Thomas Glendenning Subject (4) + -
Margery Subject (4) + -
Cannon, Mrs. William - Creator (3) + -
Green, H. A. V. - Creator (3) + -
Lawrence, Edith - Creator (3) + -
Mercedes Subject (3) + -
Poole, Elizabeth - Creator (3) + -
Snider, G. M. - Creator (3) + -
Benner, Dr. F. - Creator (2) + -
Cooper, W. B. - Creator (2) + -
Elliots & Fry, Ltd. - Creator (2) + -
J. Russell & Sons - Creator (2) + -
McKean Reid, Reverend D. - Creator (2) + -
Metcalfe, William - Creator (2) + -
Monuel, Henri - Creator (2) + -
Shand, Bessie - Creator (2) + -
Turner, H. - Creator (2) + -
Campbell, Peter - Creator (1) + -
Conan Doyle, Jean - Creator (1) + -
Crandon, Dr. Subject (1) + -
Crandon, Mrs. Subject (1) + -
Creighton, Florence - Creator (1) + -
Crookes, Sir William - Creator (1) + -
Dean, Mr. - Creator (1) + -
Dr. Allison Subject (1) + -
Gauvin, Gontzel & Co. - Creator (1) + -
Hamilton, Glen - Creator (1) + -
Hamilton, James A. - Creator (1) + -
Hamilton, Jimmy - Creator (1) + -
Hamilton, Lillian Subject (1) + -
Heljunon, Mrs. - Creator (1) + -
Hope, William - Creator (1) + -
Jarvis, John - Creator (1) + -
Mrs. Allison Subject (1) + -
Muir, Ethel E. - Creator (1) + -
Myers, Mr. - Creator (1) + -
Poole, Mrs. Subject (1) + -
Ransford, W. - Creator (1) + -
Reed, Gladys M. - Creator (1) + -
Reed, Sir Edward Subject (1) + -
Shand, H. - Creator (1) + -
Sproull, R. - Creator (1) + -
Steele & Co. Limited - Creator (1) + -
Young, Mrs. Subject (1) + -
bar - Creator (1) + -
de Fontenay, M. - Creator (1) + -
Steele & Co. Limited (1) + -
185 Kelvin Street (1) + -
1947-1951 Period - Teleplasm (1) + -
1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Other (3) + -
1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Psychic Writing (18) + -
1947-1951 Psychic Experimentation - Teleplasm (13) + -
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - "Black Hawk" Statue (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - Dawn Stead Scripts of 1943 (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - Drawing of Ship (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - Excerpts from the Stead Dawn Scripts of 1942-1944, Page 1 (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - Mary Marshall's Letter to Lillian Hamilton (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - Mary Marshall's Letter to Lillian Hamilton (Annotation) (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - Mrs. Poole's Letter to Lillian Hamilton (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - Original Script from W.T. Stead (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - Partial Materialization of Walter's Face and Jesus Drawing (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - Photographs Relating to Walter (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - W.T. Stead (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, 1930-1951 - W.T. Stead, Dawn Scripts (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #1, First Teleplasm in Canada (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #10, Second C.H. Spurgeon Miniature (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #11, Second Mass After C.H. Spurgeon (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #12, Third C.H. Spurgeon Face-Form (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #13, Wool-Like Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #14, Disrupting Teleplasm (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #15, Amorphous Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #16, Residue Photographed (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #17, Black and White Mass (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #17, Enlargement of Black and White Mass (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #2, Bell Cords and "Skein" Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #2, First Bell Cords (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #2, First Teleplasmic Mass (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #3, Knotted Teleplasm (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #4, Small Mass & Cords (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #5, Bell Cords and Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #5, Enlargement of September 23, 1928 (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #6, Stead Miniature (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #7, First C.H. Spurgeon Face (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #7, First C.H. Spurgeon Face, Miniature (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #8, Five-Face Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - #9, Five-Face Teleplasm (Second Exposure) (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - Bell Cords (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - Black Hawk and Son Clipping (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - Directory of Predictions, Page 1 (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - Directory of Predictions, Page 10 (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - Directory of Predictions, Page 7 (Reverse) (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - Directory of Teleplasms, Page 1 (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - Geley and Richet Quotes (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - Identification of Camera Equipment (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - Photographic Equipment (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - Prints of Hamilton Experiments, Page 10 (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups I-III - Prints of Hamilton Experiments, Page 4 (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #18, C.H. Spurgeon Comparisons (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #18, Fourth C.H. Spurgeon (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #18, Teleplasmic Residue (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #19, Teleplasm and Strut (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #20, Stereos of Talking Machine (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #20, Talking Machine (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #21, Amorphous Teleplasm of August 18, 1929 (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #22, Residue (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #23, Imitative Teleplasms (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #23, Unique Teleplase & the W.E. Gladstone Face (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #23, W.E. Gladstone teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #24, Two-Piece Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #24, Two-Piece Teleplasm & Medallion (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #25, Receding Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #25, Teleplasmic Mass & Preparatory Extrusion (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #26, Comparisons of Raymond Lodge and Jack Barnes (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #26, Raymond Lodge Likeness in Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #26, Raymond Lodge and Jack Barnes Faces (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #27, Hand Imitation (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #28, Lucy Materialization (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #28, Lucy Materialization (1st and 2nd Exposures) (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #29, Teleplasmic "Sails" (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #30, The "Ship" (5) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #31, The Second "Ship" (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #32, Enlargement of Katie King Materialization (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - #32, Katie King Materialization (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - Copy of Dr. Hamilton's Letter to Dr. Crandon, Page 1 (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - Copy of I. Pitblado's Report of Sitting, Page 1 (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - Copy of T.G. Hamilton's Letter to E.E. Dudley, Page 1 (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IV-VIII - Lucy Materialization Description (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IX-XI - #33, Head Mass (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IX-XI - #34, The Shining Garment (5) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IX-XI - #34, The Shining Garment (Unattached Descriptive Information) (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IX-XI - #34, The Shining Garment (Unattached Photograph) (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IX-XI - #35-37, Flat Hand, Teleplasmic Letters, Teleplasmic Spots (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IX-XI - #38, Second Lucy Materialization (3) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IX-XI - #38, Second Lucy Materialization (Quartz Lens) (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups IX-XI - #39, Walter Eyes Mass (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #40, "Dog-Face" Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #40, "Dog-Face" Teleplasm (Detatched Photograph) (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #41, Residue of "Hound" (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #44, First Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Face (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #44-45, First Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Face and Residue (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #46, "Cone" Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #47, Second Cone (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #48, Second Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Face (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #49, Third Katie Face and Veil (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #49, Third Katie Face and Veil (Annotation) (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #50, "Feather" Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #51, Jesus Drawing (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #51, Jesus Drawing Appraisal (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #52, The Katie "Shell" (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #59-60, John King Face and Residue (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #61, Dr. Bruce Chown In Charge (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #62, Chown Experiments (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #63, First Teleplasm in Three Years (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #64, Talking Machine (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #65, Residue of "Screen" and Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - #66, Suspended Square Mass (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - Comparisons of Photographs of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XII-XIII - Second Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Face (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #42, Emerging Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #43, Teleplasmic Hand Materialization (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #49, Katie King Face and Veil Materialization (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #53, The "Katie" Finger (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #54, Tzan (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #55, "Umbrella" Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #56, Condensed Substance (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #57, "Leaf" Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #66, Lucy Clelland and Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (3) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #67, Note by Lillian Hamilton (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #67, Residue of "Screen" (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #68, Supernormal Handkerchief (4) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #69, Four Faces and a Cartoon (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #69, Four-Faces Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #69, Identity of Reed Face in Four-Face Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #69, Sir Edward Reed (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #69, Sir Edward Reed (Annotation) (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #70, Original Gaelic Script (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - #70, Original Gaelic Script Translation (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole) (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - Final Face-Bearing Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - Five-Face Teleplasm Description (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - Four-Face Mass Enlargement (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - Notes on Seance of May 22, 1939, Page 1 (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - Sir Edward Reed (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - The Four Face Teleplasm (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Groups XIV-XVIII - Writing of Entranced Elizabeth M. (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - "Levitations by Psychic Force (Telekinesis)" (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Experiment C (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Experiment E (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Experiment F (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Experiments A & B (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - In Seance Room (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - J. Malcolm Bird (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Levitation & Inversion (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Levitation Sideways (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Levitation and Inversion (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Non-Contact Levitation (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Non-Contact Partial Inversion and Sideways Levitation (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Non-Contact Sideways Levitation (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Preparing Table for Movement Behind Screen (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Professor Fleming (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Seance Room Diagram (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Sideways Ejection (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Sideways Levitation (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Surges of Trance (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Table Tilt (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Telekinesis 1925 (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Unusual Incidents in the Trance (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - View of Seance Room from Cabinet (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Telekinesis - Woollensak Stereo (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Trance - #28, Lucy and Richet Quote (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Trance - #28, Lucy and the Medium (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Trance - #32, Katie King Materialization (2) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Trance - Constant Features of Trance Condition (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Trance - Deep Sleep (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Trance - Stage III (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Trance - Stage IV, Deep Sleep (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Trance - Stages I and II (1) + -
Annotated Photo Album, Trance - Trance Analysis (1) + -
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The Boss tells Dilbert, "I want you to interview the new candidate for engineering. Don't reveal any ugly truths." Dilbert and a woman sit at a conference table. Dilbert says, "At this company we're dedicated to the principle of employee empowerment, Jennifer." Jennifer asks, "The 'principle of employee empowerment'?" Dilbert thinks, "Uh-oh." Jennifer asks, "Why would you have a special phrase for something like that?" Jennifer continues, "If you could really make decisions on your own it would never occur to you to invent a phrase for it." Dilbert thinks, "My shields are down . . . A hull breach is imminent . . ." Jennifer says, "Just don't tell me you have 'quality teams.'" Dilbert stands up and screams, "Run for it, Jennifer!!! It's too late for me but you can save yourself!!! Run!!!" Dilbert's clothes are tattered and his glasses are bent. Wally says, "Whoa! Hull breach. Any survivors?" Dilbert replies, "One. I had to jettison my dignity but she made it to the escape pod."
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Glenmorangie Tarlogan
Glenmorangie // Highlands, Scotland
39 Tastes
Distiller Score
The Tarlogan is part of the Glenmorangie Legends, a Travel Retail Exclusive collection. It's the third release in the series following the Duthac and Tayne, each named after a legendary tale celebrating the history of the distillery and the lands surrounding it. Both virgin oak and ex-bourbon oak casks were utilized for the maturation of this no-age-statement whisky.
Distilled in pot stills from 100% malted barley, produced at one distillery, aged in barrels; if Scotch or Irish, must be aged for at least three years.
virgin oak and ex-bourbon
"This whisky has a very weighty, creamy, comforting consistency, and the immediate takeaway is that it's like drinking the whisky equivalent of buttery Scottish shortbread biscuits. Further sips bring out walnuts and malted chocolate with a hint of sweet spice. This Scotch would make an excellent before-dinner dram or an intro to an evening of Scotch imbibing. "
Reviewed by Amanda Schuster
Sweet & Rich
Arran 18 Year
Girvan 1988 27 Year (The Exclusive Malts)
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Carthage, Missouri, 1915 November, sheet 19
Carthage, Missouri, November 1915. Streets: Cedar, Poplar, W. Chestnut Avenue, Sycamore, Sophia, Case, S. Parsons
Carthage, Missouri, November 1915. Streets: S. Parsons Avenue, Orner, S. McGregor, S. Garrison Avenue, Sycamore, Walnut, Oak
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1915 August, sheet 09
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, August 1915. Streets: Themis, Independence, Merriwether, N. Lorimer, S. Lorimer, N. Spanish, S. Spanish, N. Main, N. Water, Aquamsi
Herculaneum, Missouri, 1915 June, sheet 2
Herculaneum, Missouri, June 1915. Streets: Main, Curved, Station Street
Flat River, Missouri, 1915 February, sheet 01
Flat River, Missouri, February 1915. Index
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, August 1915. Index
Webb City, Missouri, 1915 March, sheet 16: . ., : . .
Webb City, Missouri, March 1915. Streets: E. John, E. Daugherty, E. Main, E. Church, E. 1st (First) Street, S. Hall, N. Hall, N. Walker, N. Devon, S. Devon, S. Walker, E. Tracy
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Poster showing drawing of the SS Metagama; in the background is a yellow banner with a red-orange griffin.
Flat River, Missouri, February 1915. Streets: School, Coffman, Wilson, Bryan, Taft, 13th Street, 14th (Fourth) Street
Webb City, Missouri, March 1915. Streets: Austin, W. John, W. Daugherty, Joplin, W. 1st (First) Street, N. Washington, S. Washington, N. Oronogo, S. Oronogo, N. Roan, S. Roan, N. Ball, S. Ball
Flat River, Missouri, February 1915. Streets: 2nd (Second) Street, 3rd (Third) Street, 4th (Fourth) Street, 13th Street, 14th (Fourth) Street, 15th (Fifth) Street, Flatrive, Missouri, St. Francois, McKinley, Souther, St. Louis, Refining, Smeltin, Taft, Roosevelt, McKinley
Carthage, Missouri, November 1915. Streets: W. Macon, Miller, S. Garrison Avenue, S. Maple, Lyon, S. Main
Carthage, Missouri, November 1915. Streets: E. 2nd (Second) Street, E. Central Avenue, Elm, Clinton, S. Fulton, Orchard, N. Fulton, Locust, E. Central Avenue, Willow, S. Main, Grand Avenue, Charles
Carthage, Missouri, November 1915. Streets: Budlong Street, E. 10th (Tenth) Street, S. Main, Grand Avenue, Clinton, Grant, Howard, E. 11th Street
Flat River, Missouri, February 1915. Streets: Elkston Place Charlevoix Place, St. Joseph Lead Co. Shaft No. 8. Streets: Doe Run Lead Co. Shaft No. 2
Webb City, Missouri, March 1915. Streets: W. John, W. Daugherty, Joplin, W. 1st (First) Street, N. Ball, S. Ball, N. Pennsylvania, S. Pennsylvania, N. Liberty, S. Liberty, N. Webb, S. Webb
Bonne Terre, Missouri, 1915 April, sheet 08
Bonne Terre, Missouri, April 1915. Streets: Allen, Fite, Ward (Bear), N. Division, Benham, St. Joseph (Zoe), Louise
Webb City, Missouri, March 1915. Streets: Southwest Missouri, Electric R. R. Co's.
De Soto, Missouri, 1915 June, sheet 11
De Soto, Missouri, June 1915. Streets: W. Pratt, W. Kelly, W. Miller, W. Stone, W. Joachim, Margaret, Rock Road, Filmore, S. 5th (Fifth) Street, S. 4th (Fourth) Street
Bonne Terre, Missouri, April 1915. Streets: Wells, W. Johnson, W. School, Grove Street (4th (Fourth) Street), Long (Olive), S. Division (Western Avenue), N. Division, West Street
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Marvel Essentials
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April 16, 2014 by jerrymcmullen
Essential Hulk Vol. 3
First Published: May 2005
Contents: Incredible Hulk #118 (August 1969) to #142 (August 1971); Captain Marvel #20 (June 1970) and #21 (August 1970); and Avengers #88 (May 1971)
Key Creator Credits: Roy Thomas, Herb Trimpe, Stan Lee, Gil Kane, and Harlan Ellison
Key First Appearances: Glob, Barbara Norriss, Jack Norriss, Jim Wilson, Golem, Jarella, Doc Samson
Story Continues From: Essential Hulk Vol. 2
Story Continues In: Essential Hulk Vol. 4
Overview: Welcome back to the smashing adventures of the Hulk. Our misunderstood monster has moved into the 1970s, still hounded by the army but now facing new challenges from friends and foes alike.
Hulk faces off against his familiar gamma-radiated foes in the Leader and the Abomination. But now he starts branching out to be threatened by the Rhino, the Absorbing Man, Maximus, and the Mole Man – all villains generally associated with other Marvel heroes. Speaking of which, the heroes themselves get matched up against the Hulk, as the Avengers and the Fantastic Four cross paths with the Hulk in an attempt to subdue him. Note the use of the word attempt, because no one stops the Hulk.
This volume shows us a different side of the Hulk as well. He picks up a new sidekick in Jim Wilson, who does his best to help his new jade friend. We also meet Jarella, the princess of a sub-atomic world that is a mix of high-tech and sorcery. Jarella becomes the love of the Hulk’s life, although Bruce Banner still remains true to Betty Ross.
What makes this Essential?: I really enjoyed this volume. Roy Thomas takes over as writer from Stan Lee, and moves the character away from being on the constant run from the army. Instead, we get more match-ups against foes who could test the Hulk’s strength, such as the Thing, Absorbing Man, the Rhino, and others. He is built up as the misunderstood monster who wants nothing more than to be left alone. We meet Jarella for the first time, and see the sensitive side of the Hulk, showing he has other emotions other than anger. This is a great volume to own if you are a fan of the Hulk. For the casual Marvel fan, it’s worth a read, but it may not be essential.
Footnotes: Incredible Hulk #126 is also reprinted in Essential Defenders Vol. 1 and Essential Doctor Strange Vol. 2.
Avengers #88 and Incredible Hulk #140 were also reprinted in Essential Avengers Vol. 4.
Captain Marvel #20 and #21 are also reprinted in Essential Captain Marvel Vol. 1.
If you like this volume, try: the 2008 Hulk series by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness. Following the events of the World War Hulk storyline, the Incredible Hulk title was renamed to the Incredible Hercules and given to the Greek Avenger. The Hulk moved into a new adjective-less title and a new take was presented with the character. A mysterious Red Hulk was introduced, which led to months of speculation as to who that might be. McGuinness’ art is perfect for the Hulk and his supporting cast, and Loeb was having fun with the stories. This has been collected multiple ways, so it should be easy to find.
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Business News›Magazines›Panache›Mithali Raj in the making! Women cricketers pitch for equality in burqas and hijabs
Mithali Raj in the making! Women cricketers pitch for equality in burqas and hijabs
Insha is one of the young women setting trends in this suburban town of Baramulla in north Kashmir and in the Valley.
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Updated: Oct 02, 2017, 08.33 PM IST
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BARAMULLA: Her hijab firmly in place, she slings her bat across her shoulders and rides her Scooty to college and practice, challenging not just her rivals on the cricket field but also societal and religious stereotypes.
As captain of the women's cricket team in Baramulla's Government Women's College, Insha is one of the young women setting trends in this suburban town in north Kashmir and in the Valley.
"Bekhauff azad rehna hai mujhe (I want to stay independent without any fear)," sings the 21-year-old fourth semester student of the Government Women's College who successfully led her team to lift this year's inter-university cricket championship in the Valley last week.
Her brave words -- taken from the title track of Aamir Khan's talk show "Satyamev Jayate" -- are echoed by others who walk the tightrope between tradition and passion, playing cricket even if it means doing so with their hijabs, a scarf covering the head and neck. Some even play with the burqa.
Like Rabya, a first year student, an all-rounder who manages to bat, bowl and field with the burqa when she's in Baramulla. When she plays in Srinagar, she opts for the hijab.
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"I cannot go against the wishes of my teachers at Darasgah (religious school where she gets her Islamic teaching)," said Rabya.
The all-rounder on the team, the daughter of a daily wage labourer, is from the Jamaat-e-Islamia dominated old town of Baramulla.
Insha, too, wore her burqa when she first started playing, but the patriarchal society in which lives did not take it well and often taunted her. An undeterred Insha now wears a hijab and confidently drives her Scooty to college with her bat.
"The journey has not been smooth. When I walked in my tracks with a cricket bat, people would complain to my father. My family was supportive," said Insha, a multi-talented sportsperson who has represented the Jammu and Kashmir women teams in not just cricket but also volleyball.
Her passion for cricket was noticed by her Urdu professor and was backed by college authorities who levelled a small ground for cricket practice.
"I was amazed by Insha's performance and wanted her to do something in the field. However, lack of infrastructure in our college and the absence of any clear-cut policy on sports were stumbling blocks," said Rehmat-ullah Mir, who attributes his broad-minded thinking to his education in Hyderabad from where he completed his Ph.D in Urdu.
"A campaign on social media was started with the hope of getting some help, but the comments from the male-dominated society were discouraging. Then, with the help of the college principal, we decided to form a team and compete within the university," he added.
Building a team was a herculean task.
Two physical trainers of the college -- Gurdeep Singh and Showkat Ahmed - helped train women students. Insha, who had played at the national level, helped with additional inputs on warm-up exercises.
"I learnt stretching and warm-up exercises during my camps outside the state. We also want to do something in sports and have petitioned the government many times for opening a training centre here but to no avail," she said.
The other big hurdle was overcoming familial opposition. Consent from parents was mandatory.
"We have some good players like Rabya. Her parents agreed but only if she was allowed to play with her burqa on. Others also gave their consent but only if they are allowed to wear their hijab," said coach Gurdeep Singh.
When the entire team was being photographed after winning the inter-university tournament, Rabya was the only girl who walked away as her religious teachings prohibited her from getting photographed.
Rabya knows cricket may just be a transient phase in her life and she might have to one day give it up. Being the eldest of four siblings, she said she knows she has to set "an example".
Insha's father Bashir Ahmed Mir, who runs a fruit business in Baramulla, said he is proud of his daughter and hopes she will continue with cricket.
"Kuch toh log kahenge, logon ka kaam hai kehna," he said, recalling an old Bollywood song.
"I don't care about what people say and would rather focus on what my daughter wants. She was a tomboy from the time she was a child. All I wanted her to do is pursue her dream. I am thankful to her coaches Gurdeep Saheb and Showkat Ahmed for training her well. Cricket is only a game but they have developed in her a fighting spirit," he added.
Gardener Mohammed Ashraf Parray, who doubles up as groundsman, also takes pride in the girls' achievements.
"I feel very happy when these students play and win. I feel that my efforts have not gone waste," he said.
He regrets the many restrictions on girls. "Today, girls are equal to boys in everything. Then why this discrimination?"
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More happy endings (and commencings)
May 18, 2010 Jon Bickelhaupt
Beth Jan Smith and her daughter, Janel Beth
Beth Jan Smith received the only doctoral degree bestowed at the WSU Tri-Cities spring commencement. And while the news story didn’t say so, she may have been the only graduate who could celebrate in tandem with her child.
Beth earned an Ed.D. in educational leadership. Her daughter, Janel Beth, took part in the ceremony because she is scheduled to complete her B.A. in history this summer.
Beth has been a part-time community college adviser and adjunct instructor while finishing her dissertation on “The Influence of a New Student Introduction Program on New Student Retention at a Two-Year, Rural Community College.” Chances are she can put her advising expertise to work at home. She has five children, of whom Janel is the first to earn a four-year degree.
A certifiably happy moment
Wenatchee ProCert class
Not all happy academic endings involve caps and gowns. This year, 320 teachers obtained their Professional Certification through WSU — including this ProCert group in Wenatchee. Pictured from left to right are Dr. Joan Wright, instructor, with teachers Oliva Gonzalez-Franco, grade 1; Stephanie Ross, kindergarten; Betsy Myers, kindergarten; Jake St. John, high school English; Koni McLean, high school French and English; Malinda James, pre-school. Not pictured: middle school teacher Alicia Lopez, who was home with her new baby.
It’s official: Stacy rocks
When our dean and associate dean died last summer, many of us felt the loss of their friendship and expertise. But only one of us, dean’s assistant Stacy Mohondro, sat between the two suddenly empty offices.
Stacy Mohondro
For her exceptional support of the interim deans in a time of abrupt transition, for helping the bereaved families of Judy Mitchell and Len Foster, and for her excellent work and ready smile under all circumstances, Stacy has been honored with the Administrative Professional Contribution Award.
“What makes Stacy special is her great understanding of the importance of each person, and of his or her role in the college mission,” said her nominator, Krenny Hammer.
Stacy’s is the latest name on our list of 2009-2010 award winners.
Will she hang that picture in Vandal-land?
Cori and the cougar
Faculty and staff from the Department of Teaching and Learning gathered Thursday to bid adieu to their former chair, Cori Mantle-Bromley, who is about to leave the Pullman campus and head eight miles east to become dean at the University of Idaho’s College of Education. Cori, who has served as interim associate dean for the last year, gave a wry smile when she saw that her farewell gift was the portrait of a cougar. UI’s gain isn’t entirely our loss, as Cori’s new position bodes well for educational cooperation across the state line.
Look on the WSU College of Education Shutterfly page for pictures from Cori’s party, the WSU President’s Early Learning Summit, and some happy commencement snaps.
Athletic training students can boast of winning year
Kasee Hildenbrand, AT program director, with 2010 graduates.
Hats (and mortarboards) off to our Athletic Training Education Program. It’s been a truly stellar academic year, as you can tell from these student highlights shared by program director Kasee Hildenbrand:
• The Northwest Athletic Trainers Association District 10 gives out four undergraduate scholarships each year and, this spring, WSU students Yoko Jingi and Lee Martin were recipients.
• Jamie Jolliffe was selected as the winner of the Bobby Gunn Scholarship to attend the National Athletic Trainers Association’s meeting in San Antonio.
• A WSU student was selected to attend the Collegiate Sports Medicine Foundation Student Leadership workshop in Florida for each of the past two years (Omar Fercha and Josh Emery), with both going on to leadership positions–Omar as WSU Athletic Training Club president and Josh as District 10 student vice president.
• Also at the district meeting, two groups presented case studies during the Undergraduate Student Forum. One group, which did a case study on Acute Compartment Syndrome, won the presentation portion of the program and was able to present the topic to the certified members the next day. Group members were Omar Fercha, Emily Clarke, Josh Williams, Shelby Witschen, and Daisuke Yamada.
• Daisuke Yamada was selected for the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society program and will intern with the Seattle Mariners for this summer.
• Ten of the 13 graduating seniors graduated with Honor cords (above 3.5 gpa)
• Nationally, only 43.3 percent of those who take the exam to become certified athletic trainers pass on the first try. Ten WSU students took the exam in April with a first-time passing rate of 90 percent.
• Student Lee Martin was awarded an National Athletic Trainers Foundation Scholarship and will be recognized at the national meeting in Philadelphia this June.
On top of all that, the Athletic Training Club was very active. Members raised awareness and money to fight cancer by sponsoring a Relay for Life team; provided volunteer medical assistance for sports and recreation events; and, with their annual Halloween food drive, scared up more than a ton of donations for the Pullman food bank.
Student writers explore nurture, nature
May 6, 2010 Jon Bickelhaupt
Jake is Marissa Miller's protagonist
Cake baking and bird song inspired this year’s Inga Kromann Medal winners. Like so many WSU Pullman students who have competed in the children’s book design contest, the two elementary education majors reached into their own childhoods for stories to tell.
Marissa Miller, a junior from Gig Harbor, dedicated A Cooking Adventure with Grammy Mammy to her two grandmothers, who “taught me that the best foods are made with love.” She was so excited by the creative process that she plans to keep making books after she’s launched her teaching career.
Molly Ward won the Kromann Medal for best illustration. Her book, Sounds of the Northwest, resulted from her love of the outdoors. “I’ve always been intrigued with the sounds of nature,” she said, crediting her family for providing help with the project — which, she found, involved lots of planning, hard work, time and patience. Molly, a junior, grew up in Olympia and now lives in Portland.
Honor medals went to William M. Fitzgerald for his book Randy, to Cheryl Fredericks for Molly’s Pumpkin, and to Nicole Ragsdale for The Three Little Sheep Can’t Sleep. Bound copies of their books will be kept in the Brain Education Library.
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Category: canalization
An Empirical Racial Soul?
A brief materialist look at “spiritual race” mechanisms.
Readers of this blog are probably aware that I – a scientific materialist and empiricist – am critical of “spiritual race” theories, including ideas about a “racial soul” or “race soul,” whether these are derived from Spengler, Yockey, Evola, or German Nazism.
However, is there perhaps an area of overlap between biological and spiritual race theory, one in which ideas of a “racial soul” and “spiritual race” – an innate sense of self, instinctive behaviors and preferences, and metaphysical beliefs and aspirations connected to particular ethnies – have some sort of discoverable, knowable, physical basis, a materialist foundation? In other words, spiritual race exists but is not something independent of matter and of the physical body but is a derivation of it; the race soul being an emergent property of biological racial characteristics, influenced by culture and a people’s history, their “genetic memory” as a ethnocultural-historical entity.
One could speculate that characteristics of a “racial soul” are influenced by:
1. Genetics; complex epistasis of many gene variants and their expression that influence behavior in a manner beyond the current level of understanding of definitive “genes that affect behavior.”
2. Epigenetic influences that are stable over time because they are constantly reinforced by cultural/historical/environmental factors, some of which are themselves influenced by epigenetics (self-reinforcing) or underlying genetic differences (gene-culture effects and canalisation).
While I believe that epigenetic influences are grossly overestimated by ideologues of both the Left and Right, who have political reasons for de-emphasizing genetic determinism, it is wrong to lurch in the opposite direction and completely disregard potential epigenetic mechanisms.
3. Learned behaviors, passed down through the generations, which appear instinctive and unlearned because they are long-term, subtle and complex, and hence invisible to casual and immediate observation.
4. The combination of 1,2, and 3 so as to produce reproducible ethnic and racial traits that are seemingly unconnected to strict biological race, and seemingly so because the level of analysis is superficial and only looking at direct and immediate relationships between “one gene and one phenotype.”
Please note that if complex “cross-talk” exists between culture/environment on the one hand, and genetics/epigenetics on the other, manifested as a “racial soul” – or “spiritual race” – then by altering a group’s culture and environment, one can change the underlying physical basis of their racial soul. Is one reason for the degeneration of Whites in recent history – their complete spiritual and moral collapse – due to the poisoning of their culture and the decay of their environment due to Leftist/Jewish influences?
Also note that given variability within a race as regards genes and epigenetics, and different life experiences of individuals, outliers of the racial soul can exist (as noted, e.g., by Yockey and Evola) – a member of one “biological race” belongs to a different “spiritual race” – mechanistically explained by unusual combinations of influences 1-4 listed above. But for an entire group, and most of its members, the racial soul should be consistent (and also, unfortunately, consistently susceptible to degeneration).
At this point, it is imperative to further consider “cross-talk” between genes and culture, and between epigenetic influences, genes, and culture, and the process of “canalisation.”
Canalisation is a measure of the ability of a population to produce the same phenotype regardless of variability of its environment or genotype. It is a form of evolutionary robustness. The term was coined in 1942 by C. H. Waddington to capture the fact that “developmental reactions, as they occur in organisms submitted to natural selection…are adjusted so as to bring about one definite end-result regardless of minor variations in conditions during the course of the reaction”. He used this word rather than robustness to take into account that biological systems are not robust in quite the same way as, for example, engineered systems.
Biological robustness or canalisation comes about when developmental pathways are shaped by evolution. Waddington introduced the concept of the epigenetic landscape, in which the state of an organism rolls “downhill” during development. In this metaphor, a canalised trait is illustrated as a valley (which he called a creode) enclosed by high ridges, safely guiding the phenotype to its “fate”. Waddington claimed that canals form in the epigenetic landscape during evolution, and that this heuristic is useful for understanding the unique qualities of biological robustness.
Thus, it is part of the racial soul to reproduce the same phenotype regardless of variation in the environment, or even regardless of fluctuating variation (e.g., from genetic drift, bottlenecks, etc.) in the genotype – as long as certain core components of the genotype remain intact.
Also consider the related hypothesis of “evolutionary capacitance.”
Evolutionary capacitance is the storage and release of variation, just as electric capacitors store and release charge. Living systems are robust to mutations. This means that living systems accumulate genetic variation without the variation having a phenotypic effect. But when the system is disturbed (perhaps by stress), robustness breaks down, and the variation has phenotypic effects and is subject to the full force of natural selection. An evolutionary capacitor is a molecular switch mechanism that can “toggle” genetic variation between hidden and revealed states. If some subset of newly revealed variation is adaptive, it becomes fixed by genetic assimilation. After that, the rest of variation, most of which is presumably deleterious, can be switched off, leaving the population with a newly evolved advantageous trait, but no long-term handicap. For evolutionary capacitance to increase evolvability in this way, the switching rate should not be faster than the timescale of genetic assimilation.
This mechanism would allow for rapid adaptation to new environmental conditions. Switching rates may be a function of stress, making genetic variation more likely to affect the phenotype at times when it is most likely to be useful for adaptation.
Different ethnies contain different types of, and levels, of such genetic variation; hence, human groups differ, qualitatively and quantitatively, in their evolutionary capacitance. What this means in terms of a “racial soul” is that different groups may not reflect a type of phenotypic difference in one environment, but once exposed to a different, stressful environment, robustness breaks down and the inherent genetic variation is expressed in phenotypes previously masked. This expression of masked phenotypes is one manifestation of the “racial soul.”
Note that canalization and evolutionary capacitance reflect the concept of a racial soul in opposite manners. The former describes the robustness, the consistent replication, of racial behavior and racial expression in various environments (with perturbations within limits) – thus, different ethnies will consistently reproduce aspects of their racial souls even when transplanted to new living spaces, such as groups migrating to the same common territory (e.g., America). The latter concept describes situations in which differential expression of a racial soul is masked, hidden, because canalization stabilizes phenotypic expression within a particular environment, but this expression of the racial soul is unleashed upon transition to a more radically different environment. Thus, different groups, which appear similar in behavior on the surface, will reveal radically different behaviors – seemingly instinctive behaviors – for example in times of war, upheaval, or even radical changes in cultural paradigms.
Both poles of racial expression – the robustness of canalisation in which the revealed states are stable within a certain degree of environmental variation and the unleashing of hidden states of racial expression built up through evolutionary capacitance – should have materialist, physical explanations. Canalisation is due to gene-culture co-evolution (with perhaps epigenetics playing a role), while evolutionary capacitance is due to inherent genetic (and possibly epigenetic) variation of ethnies that creates the potential for behaviors that, hidden at one time, become revealed and expressed at another time.
Both of these poles of expression – the uncanny consistency of group expression and the hidden abilities of groups that become revealed in times of stress – can be considered aspects of race typically labeled as “spiritual race” and the “racial soul.”
On related notes, see “genetic memory” (mentioned above) – also discussed here – as well as Jung’s “collective unconscious.” If we are to seriously consider these ideas from the standpoint of materialist biological science, then the same mechanisms discussed above likely apply.
With sufficient understanding and technical advances, it may be possible at some point in the future to evaluate these ideas, and determine whether there is an underlying material basis – actual physical mechanisms – for these postulated phenomena, and, more fundamentally, determine the validity of the actual existence of these phenomena for the human condition. In other words, does a “racial soul” really exist and, if so, what is its physical, mechanistic basis?
Human Biology News: Social Mobility Genes Identified
It’s all in the genes…or at least some of it is.
Social mobility genes identified:
Dr. Belsky and colleagues matched the genotypes of Dunedin Study participants with the genome-wide associations with educational attainment that had been reported previously. The results revealed that genetic links with educational attainment predict outcomes that go well beyond the completion of schooling, as Dr. Belsky and colleagues hypothesized.
Details of the Duke study appeared June 1 in the journal Psychological Science, in an article entitled, “The Genetics of Success: How Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated With Educational Attainment Relate to Life-Course Development.” The study reported five main findings.
1. Polygenic scores predicted adult economic outcomes, even after accounting for educational attainments.
2. Genes and environments were correlated: Children with higher polygenic scores were born into better-off homes.
3. Children’s polygenic scores predicted their adult outcomes even when analyses accounted for their social-class origins; social-mobility analysis showed that children with higher polygenic scores were more upwardly mobile than children with lower scores.
4. Polygenic scores predicted behavior across the life course, from early acquisition of speech and reading skills through geographic mobility and mate choice and on to financial planning for retirement.
5. Polygenic-score associations were mediated by psychological characteristics, including intelligence, self-control, and interpersonal skill.
Of course the major question: does this differ between population groups?
What about all the hand-waving about “the associations are small?”
Three points:
1. Additional studies may uncover new genotype-phenotype associations that increase the fraction of the “social mobility phenotype” influenced by genes.
2. Even if the associations remain small, these small effects need to be multiplied over large numbers of people, particularly if differences exist between population groups, and over evolutionary time, and one will therefore likely see important large scale gene-based behavioral patterns emerging at the mass level, based on these “small” associations.
3. Point #2 of the paper is key: the correlation between genes and the environment.
Even if the genetic influence is “small,” that influence can alter the environment and that environmental change can not only directly affect phenotype, but can further select gene frequencies. Therefore, a positive feedback loop between genes and the environment, connected through resultant phenotypes, can be established even with “small” associations. Those associations “get the ball rolling” and the effects are amplified; the “better off homes” noted by the authors are the result of the parents’ genes and those of the surrounding population.
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The future of healthy longevity life extension
Filed under: aging, healthcare, rejuveneering, SENS — Tags: Avi Roy, Healthy Longevity, London Futurists, Phil Micans, rejuveneering, Tuvi Orbach — David Wood @ 11:15 am
There’s a great deal of news these days about potential developments to increase healthy longevity. How can we decide which are the most promising initiatives? What can we do to support faster development and deployment of new treatments? If we want to enable significant increases in healthy longevity for ourselves and our loved ones, what steps should we be taking?
This whole subject – healthy longevity – is complicated by the fact that it’s clouded by a great deal of wishful thinking and misinformation (some deliberate, some unintentional). Companies have products and services they wish to promote. Whole industries have worldviews that they want to maintain. People have engrained personal habits that they wish to justify and rationalise.
And did I mention wish-fulfilment? Here’s an evocative picture posted recently by Vincent Ocasla, a healthy longevity advocate:
(This picture has an interesting provenance. See the footnote at the end of this blogpost.)
Who, if they were honest, would not like to grasp the possibility of the kind of healthy age-reversal depicted here, if it could be provided ethically, for them and their loved ones? But what steps should we take, that would be most likely to accelerate the enablement of such a transformation?
Back in September last year, I organised a London Futurists “Hangout On Air” video event on that topic. This featured as panellists a number life extension activists from around the world – Franco Cortese, Ilia Stambler, Maria Konovalenko, and Aubrey de Grey. You can see the outcome here:
That ninety minute discussion covered a lot of important topics, but it’s far from providing the last word on the matter. To help continue the discussion, I’m holding an “in real life” London Futurists meetup on the afternoon of Saturday 26th April in Birkbeck College, central London. There will be a number of TED-style talks, followed by extended audience Q&A and discussion.
See here for more details about this event – and to RSVP if you’re planning to attend (this helps me to organise it smoothly) .
The speakers are Phil Micans, Tuvi Orbach, and Avi Roy. They each have fascinating and well-informed things to say about the subject. I expect those of us in the audience will all be individually challenged and inspired, at various times in this meetup, to rethink our own personal health strategies, and/or to alter our thinking about how to change society’s presently inadequate approach to this topic.
Phil Micans is Founder and Vice President of International Antiaging Systems and Assistant Director at the British Longevity Society.
Phil has been actively involved in the antiaging field since the late 1980’s. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Aging Matters™ Magazine, Chairman of the Monte Carlo Antiaging Congress, and Assistant Editor to the Lifespan Medicine Journal. He holds a masters degree in biochemistry from Canterbury.
Phil will talk about why orthodox medicine must change its approach to longevity, and the need for preventative and regenerative medicine.
His lecture will review data as issued by the US, UK and WHO authorities. It will become clear that ‘orthodox’ medicine cannot continue as-is for much longer and that a different path will need to be taken soon. The talk will also introduce the concept of the optimal health pyramid.
Tuvi Orbach is the chairman of Mindlife UK, and Managing Trustee of HELP Trust – a charity with the purpose to help and inspire people to enhance their lives.
Tuvi has a background as an entrepreneur who has established several companies integrating software, technology and “lifeware”. Products and services provided by his companies include:
An interactive self-help application to cure anxiety and depression
Computerised health screening and prevention for long-term conditions.
Tuvi will address combining the use of technology for self-help with better internal (mind-body, optimism etc) and external lifestyle modification. He’ll also talk about the integration of new science with traditional wisdom.
Avi Roy is is a PhD student researching biomarkers of aging, mitochondria, and regenerative medicine at the Institute of Translational Medicine, Buckingham.
Avi currently writes for The Conversation and has previously written for The Guardian. His articles have also been published in the New Statesman and Business Insider.
Avi also heads up the Oxford University Scientific Society, the Oxford Transhumanism and Emerging Technologies society, and organizes talks at the British Science Association Oxford branch.
The above 2014->2063 transformation picture has been adapted from (you guessed it) a similar one which portrayed the transformation in the opposite direction, 1963->2014. That earlier version was published in the Twitter stream for “History in Pictures”. So there’s at least one round of “cosmetic retouching” that has taken place. The online comments for the earlier picture suggest that it has been “faked” too.
Of course, the whole point is to find out what kind of rejuvenation technology (sometimes called “rejuveneering”) is possible, without the subterfuge of Photoshop or similar. I’ll be picking up that theme in a talk I’m giving at the Symposium of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists on May 1st. That Symposium has the theme “Face the future”. My talk there is the closing keynote, ‘More than skin deep: radical options for human transformation, 2015-2045’:
Vision: Within 30 years, those of us still alive will have the potential to experience profound human enhancement. Detox and rejuvenation therapies that clean out internal biological damage will be able to revitalise us in far-reaching ways. Smartphone technology will be miniaturised and ready for incorporation deep inside our bodies and brains. We’ll be living alongside enchanting, witty robots and other forms of super AIs and virtual companions, who will have deprived most of us of gainful employment. We might even be on the point of merger: human with robot, biology with technology.
But which elements of this vision are science fiction, and which science fact? What factors influence the acceleration of technology? And how can we collectively mould the trajectories ahead, so that human values flourish, rather than us bitterly regretting what we allowed to happen?
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DFS Soccer Guide Part III – Strategy
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Photo Credit: Ungry Young Man
This is the third part of a 3 part series.
Part I is more of a rant/history of the game.
Part II explains why it’s a great sport to play in DFS.
This one is about how to break down a slate and pick a lineup.
Take what you have learned to the Soccer/Football/Futbol pitch and win some money playing FanDuel DFS Soccer.
Cash or GPP
I know, I know. It’s the old cliche. But in soccer, this is very much a big deal. Soccer is where the most differentiation in play styles occurs. In other sports you typically say GPP to describe an option that doesn’t have a very high floor. In soccer, there are so few players with any floor that cash builds are very limited. Correction: good cash builds are very limited.
These few reliable options get priced up significantly due to their scarcity. Despite the pricing, they still carry very high ownership. Likewise, there are certain cheap players who will also be very highly owned. Not because they are good options, they are usually awful. But if you want the reliable guys you often need to punt with some min priced options to make it work. It’s quite normal on an 8 game slate for my opponent and I to only differ on two or three players.
However, as we covered in part II, scoring is very infrequent and having a low owned goal on a slate without many goals is incredibly valuable in GPP. When only the chalk hits, the separation between the winners and those below the cash line can be just a few points. When the chalk doesn’t hit, all hell breaks loose and it was the guy who found that 2% midfielder who got a goal who takes it down.
There are many players who do next to nothing in DFS each slate. They’ll score a goal every 20 matches or so. They are not smart plays, but on a low scoring slate that’s often the only way to win. In many ways, playing soccer GPP is very similar to playing showdowns. It’s not the smart plays that win, it’s the lucky ones.
Sources of Reliability
Elite Forwards – these are guys like Messi and Aguero who are the focal point of their team’s high scoring offense. Even on slates where they don’t score, as the centerpiece of the offense, they nearly always bring in some points with shots and assists. If you take a look at the highest scoring players each slate you’ll see it’s a very short list of repeat visitors and these are the guys. There just aren’t very many soccer players who can get multiple goals in a single game several times throughout the season. These guys are easy to find, they’ll be by far the most expensive options.
Elite Wings – these guys can be forwards, midfielders or defenseman. What’s important is they take on a role where they run the ball down the sidelines and cross the ball in. These players are often a focal point of an offense, which gives them a lot of opportunities to collect the counting stats like passes, crosses, fouls drawn, corners won, etc. They may even get an assist or score on their own. Some good examples are Mendy and Hazard. They aren’t quite as reliable as the forwards but will usually have decent floors with very high upside.
Set Piece Takers and Penalty Kickers – This itself isn’t that big of an edge but the best of them like Milivojevic get most of their value from that role. It doesn’t often come into play. But when it does it’s a game breaking difference. Set pieces and penalties represent some incredibly good opportunities to score. Even failed set pieces often yield points for the cross or shot attempt. These guys are a bit more difficult to find but after some time you’ll remember which relevant ones have that role. These guys are much more valuable in defensive-oriented games.
That’s pretty much it. After those few players that qualify for that, we get into matchup dependent players and GPP darts.
Talented GPP Darts
A lot of the high priced players don’t even fall into any of those categories as well. This is something very unique to soccer. Literally, the most talented players on the field could be some of the riskiest options.
Someone like Pogba is incredibly expensive and one of the best in the game, but he’s incredibly unreliable for DFS. In his past 11 games he’s been a disaster in 9 of them, in the other two he scored two goals and likely won you a lot of money. Someone like Pogba, who isn’t the focal point of a dominant offense and isn’t creating his own counting stats on the wing is a far better real-life soccer player than DFS play.
Always check their game logs. If you see a player go more than two games in a row without providing a decent baseline of points then be fully aware you can likely get nothing from them. That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be played either. Even Messi can do nothing sometimes, but you’ll still play him every time.
This will be very intimidating when you start, but over time you’ll become much more familiar with the players and it becomes easier. Soon you’ll be looking at stats for a refresher on their recent form rather than trying to figure out who the person is. When I first started really committing to soccer last year it felt like a foreign language. I would read articles and listen to podcasts and it was like they were talking about something from another planet. Nowadays, I’m able to follow along easily. There’s a bit of an intimidating wall to break through at the start, but after playing a few slates the players and their habits will become second nature.
Positional Arbitrage
Player roles are also constantly in transition. One game may have someone positioned on the wing and the next they are positioned in the center in a defensive role. Dele Ali is a great example of a very expensive and very talented player that can be used in very different roles that dramatically change his value. Always check to see where someone is playing ahead of time.
You also need to look out for positional mismatches. Some players literally play every position, but for whatever reason, the site lists them as a defender. That’s usually a smash spot to use them.
Most defenders don’t usually get many points. So DFS sites give bonuses to defenders for the clean sheet (shutout in American English) to make more of them relevant. So if you see someone you can play as a defender in the starting lineup as a midfielder or forward, then that’s a great positional arbitrage to exploit. They’ll usually be more involved in the offense, have more opportunities to shoot, cross and score. And… to really put the icing on the cake, they’ll still get that bonus if his team doesn’t allow any goals. It goes without saying though, a bad player is still a bad player regardless of where he plays so don’t follow this rule blindly.
The Slate Itself
This is where the DFS men are separated from the DFS boys.
Despite what anyone tells you, soccer is a game of elite teams and nobodies. Each league has just a small handful of teams that are full of superstars and the rest are just hoping to get their autographs after the game. This leads to games that are very one-sided and thus skewers DFS production and salaries into those few elite teams.
Who is playing whom is incredibly important in soccer. If you just pick players without paying attention to the slate itself then you’ll just be donating your buy-in.
Exploitable Matchups
If a top team plays one of the nobodies, you can be assured that’s where a lot of the easiest to find DFS points can be had. Those players will be chalky, but it’s for a very good reason. Those games are where the cash game chalk resides.
However, when those elite teams are playing each other, suddenly it’s a very bad play. That team which usually dominates possession and controls the game now finds itself evenly matched. DFS production drops immensely in those matchups, but you’ve still paid the same price as when they play the scrubs. If the two best teams are playing each other, it’s always going to be risky playing guys in that game. That is of course unless one is Messi. I can’t say this enough. Always, play, Messi. Always. He often provides more DFS points than his opponent’s entire roster.
In soccer, you absolutely need to pay attention to who is playing whom. When I go into a slate, I still don’t know who exactly I’ll play because I don’t know who is going to start. But I do have a very good idea of which teams I’m going to target.
But In A GPP…
Yet in a GPP, it’s the old cliche. Anything goes. In soccer, so long as the player is starting and it’s not cash. It’s ok to swipe right and not be full of shame.
You could even argue the worse the situation, the more leverage your play gets you in a GPP. Manchester City has normally been steamrolling opponents with scores like 3-0. Those players consequently get an absurd but justifiable amount of ownership. Most slates it pays off, but if you’re doing something with a lot of entries then it’s not the worst thought to consider fading that team.
The main reason is ownership. Now you hear ownership tossed around plenty. I for one think it’s an absurdly overvalued metric. Simply put, “ownership” is often used as an excuse for stupidity. But… in soccer, it may actually be worthy of the hype. Take Pogba. As covered earlier, he’s an elite talent that costs a lot, but often fails to produce. Yet his ownership is still pretty high quite often because we all know what he’s capable of in the right environment. But, that also means that in a lot of GPPs, there are going to be many teams rolling out Pogba and get nothing.
Pogba Ain’t No Julio
In NFL, when you take that low owned WR, you still need multiple TDs and plenty of yardage in order for it to be a real difference maker. The reason being that whatever your player does, Julio Jones is still getting his points. A bad game from Julio Jones is still a lot of yardage. It’s one thing to not play Julio Jones, it’s another entirely to find that obscure pivot who outproduces him.
The Julio Jones’ of soccer aren’t anything like Julio Jones. Julio’s good games are usually 4x the points of his bad games. Meanwhile, Pogba’s good games can be 30x better than his bad game because his floor is zero. Furthermore, he’s far more likely to hit his floor than his ceiling.
So, when you take the low owned option, you don’t need a great game. If there is a short slate of 4 games and it’s a bunch of evenly matched teams and then Manchested United vs some scrub then you know Pogba will be chalk. While it’ll kill you when you fade him and he hits and you don’t stand a chance, it’s still not a bad idea to pivot. The main reason being that so long as the slate chalk like Pogba hits the floor, you just need your pivot to not suck. In the NFL, it’s not just about fading Julio on the days he underperforms, it’s about fading Julio and finding that 80 yard & 2 TD guy pivot.
In soccer, simply fading a 0 from Pogba and replacing it with an average score of 4 from some random guy will give you a massive advantage over the field. I’m not saying don’t ever play Pogba. Players are chalky and expensive for good reason. I’m just saying that it’s easier to leverage a fade successfully in soccer than other sports.
In a GPP with a only few hundred total entries, it’s often enough of a separation to just mix in a few of the next tier down guys. Simply skipping past Pogba and onto a lesser name will often suffice. You don’t need to get too weird with your lineup. Even though soccer rewards weird lineups more than others, it’s still generally a losing proposition.
Of course, every time you fade Pogba is the time he explodes and every time you play him is the time he gets one point. It doesn’t matter that this is soccer, it’s still DFS. It’ll break your heart all the same.
To Goalie or Not To Goalie
There are multiple views on how to play goalies and defenders and they are all equally wrong. It doesn’t matter which strategy you choose, it will inevitably be the wrong one.
Don’t ever worry too much about a goalie decision because you’ll screw it up anyway.
Chasing the Bonus
This is a very risky proposition and usually quite costly. You’ll load up on a goalie of a favorite and hope for the shutout. In the process of doing so, you just spent a fair amount of salary on him. Furthermore, given that his team is the favorite and should dominate possession, he’s unlikely to face many shots.
While the wins are easy to predict, the real bonus of the shutout is far from assured. It just takes one lucky bounce, one out of position defender, one corner kick, etc, etc and the shutout is gone. This doesn’t just remove the chance for those bonus points you were hoping for, but it also gives you negative points for allowing the goal. Making matters worse, often times, the goal(s) represents the only shot(s) taken by the other team the entire game. Meaning, the goalie isn’t given any opportunities to make up points through saves so you ended up with minimal points for the win that are offset from negative points of letting in the goal.
Liverpool has a great defense. They rarely let in many goals. They are often the odds on favorite to get the shutout each slate. But teams usually find a way to score and lose 3-1. Their goalie Alisson is very expensive. His team has not lost in the last 12 games. Unless playing another elite team you can pretty much lock in the win bonus before the game even begins. For every game where he hits value with that 1 save shutout, he will often miss value with 1 goal allowed with no saves.
The other downside of choosing these guys is that their ownership will be extremely high. In cash, there’s often just two goalies played by most teams each slate. Sometimes even a single goalie can dominate ownership in cash games.
Finding an Average Goalie in Good Situation
The one nice thing about this is the main benefit is delivered to you from the very beginning. You get to pass on the savings to upgrade other players who will also disappoint you.
Usually, when you pay down at goalie you get the matchup you paid for. Unless you’re paying up for the top goalies, you will rarely face a very clear matchup. After the elite teams, it’s firmly in the “anything could happen” territory. In these situations, we’re not expecting to hit any bonuses. You’re just hoping that your goalie doesn’t let too many slip between his legs. This is, in essence, a punt play but not a horrible route to take. Sometimes they pay off marvelously.
Starting Simple Jack at Goalie
If you’re going for a contrarian lineup, this actually isn’t the worst idea. The concept is if you’re going to fade the top team like Manchester City, then if that team scores a lot of goals you won’t have much of a chance. So why not double down on that proposition? Don’t just fade the favorite, but play the goalie who faces them as well.
In soccer, the riskiest goalies are the ones with the highest upside. The reason being that saves count for a lot of points. If they are expected to be dominated by the other team then there will be a lot of shots on goal. Sometimes, ever so often, the goalie somehow racks up a lot of saves instead of giving up a lot of goals. If that happens, he’s going to give you a lot of points.
However, saves aren’t common in soccer. Most shots end up in the net. It’s very risky.
Under what circumstances could this actually work? If your contrarian play only works if Manchester City fails to score goals against Huddersfield, then you got to ask yourself, why not also play the Huddersfield goalie while you are at it? It’s the ultimate risk/reward play. The guy will fail most of the time. It’s normally a stupid play. But so is fading Manchester City. Remember, we’re not like Kobe, we’re not trying to win Oscars here, we’re trying to win GPPs. Sometimes, you gotta give up the Oscar and go full Simple Jack.
If you’re going to do some stupid contrarian stuff, really think it through and make sure it’s stupid enough to work.
Defense Bonuses
Chasing the clean sheet bonus is another strategy when picking defenders. The allure of those extra points can be very appealing at times. My advice on this is don’t let it cloud your judgment. Don’t take a crap defender in a good situation over a great defender in a crap situation. I used to exclusively play defenders in order to chase the bonus. When it worked I felt like a genius, when it failed I bemoaned my poor luck. It’s not luck though, they wouldn’t hand out those bonuses if they came easy.
I’ll still do it for GPP from time to time, snagging a low owned group of defenders to correlate with my goalie. But in cash I tend to choose talent over situation. Much like playing WR or RB at flex, the jury is still out on this one and “it depends” is going to be the standard response.
Ideally, you’ll find a talented defender who is also in a good situation for the bonus, but that’s always chalk.
Team Matchups
Elite vs Flyover Team
We already covered how playing the elite guys vs the scrubs is the source of cash game points. But what about playing the underdog?
A talented individual as a one-off can work in these situations. But playing too many players on the underdog is rarely a good idea because their opportunities to even touch the ball will be limited. Forwards on those teams are particularly risky because with their team playing defense the whole game, they aren’t being fed the ball and thus mostly walk around watching their team lose and reminding you why you don’t play these guys in the first place. Even when the underdog does manage to score some goals, they still do so in very limited opportunities and it won’t necessarily be done by a forward. I know, I know… but in a GPP…
Capturing the Favorite
One of the safer ways to get points in an unsure slate is to stack all the likely goal scorers from one of these games. Rather than guess which guy could score, you just focus on one team and cast a wide net. This is a bit safer, but it’s also the most frustrating. There’s nothing worse than rostering all the forwards and several midfielders on a favorite and then it’s the defenders who score or a substitute comes on and gets the goals.
This is also a bit of a Fabian strategy and more about cutting losses than anything else. For it to work you need either your team to utterly go off or it to be a low scoring slate. Otherwise, on a higher scoring slate, the limited upside of playing multiple guys from the same team could come back to bite you.
I only do this when there’s only one “high” scoring game on a small slate or as an act of frustrated desperation. Its upside is limited but it is somewhat reliable enough that I still regularly draw from this well.
Elite Teams vs Elite Teams
These are to be avoided like the plague. When you pay up for the elite talent on these teams, you’re usually paying up for their production against the flyover teams. When facing other top teams, they’ll suddenly find everything just a little bit harder to do. Nothing comes easy in these games. Even when one is a favorite over the other, it’s still never an easy matchup. There can be value to be found here or there but for the most part, this is Mordor.
Equally Matched Flyover Teams
This is what most games on the slate usually are. Most matchups are frankly too close to call. Anyone could win these games and that’s what makes people shy away from them in favor of the more obvious one sided options. When Manchester City plays Newcastle, you can very confidently expect Manchester City to score at least twice and the players on Newcastle to only touch the soccer ball at the end of the game while they ask the other team to sign their autographs on it.
When Newcastle plays Southampton however it’s an entirely different story. That game is coming up and nobody has the slightest clue what will happen. It could go 0-0. It could go 1-2. It could go 4-0. Nobody really knows and anyone who tells you otherwise is either lying or stupid.
Right now Newcastle is +131 and Southampton is +189. The implication here is that neither is actually favored to win, just that if one were to win, the odds makers think Newcastle is a little bit more likely to win.
Newcastle has 1.29 implied goals and Southampton has 1.11 implied goals. So this implies that they think Newcastle has a better chance at scoring but the difference is pretty negligible over a sample size of 90 minutes.
You can create any narrative you want from that bookie information, but for all intents and purposes, it basically means we have no clue what will happen. If you like Southampton then play Southhampton, if you like Newcastle then play Newcastle. If you like neither then that’s fine too. There is really no correct point of view for games that are this close.
Most likely there will be between zero and three total goals scored. But you don’t need Vegas to tell you when it’s raining either. These situations of uncertainty are my favorite. Generally speaking, the players are on the cheap side. The ownership is usually a bit lower as well due to the uncertainty. There are still some pretty productive players on the flyover teams but they don’t garner nearly the attention of those on the elite teams.
Matchups like this are where I like to dip my feet in GPPs. I still anchor them with some of the more reliable guys though. I would much rather slowly feel my way in the darkness with these matchups than gleefully follow Simple Jack.
Update: That just now referenced Newcastle-Southampton game was won by Newcastle 3-1. In that game, a player who has 7 goals in 30 games scored a hat trick. On the Southampton side, a substitute was the guy who scored. It was his first goal. It actually took me several minutes to confirm that, because as I covered in part I, finding soccer stats is not a simple task. If you played the guy who got you the hat trick you likely won the GPP. But if you played that guy every game, he’d have likely disappointed you with a zero in at least 20 of those 30 games and merely hit value (based on his rock bottom pricing) the other times. Soccer is truly a game of unexpected outcomes. Nobody could possibly predict those players scoring, especially one of them getting a hat trick no less.
Soccer is a hell of a ride. Embrace the variance, it levels the playing field.
If you have any questions or if you feel I left something out, please ask it in the comments section. I’ll gather questions and do a follow-up companion piece if there is enough interest.
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[Shuumatsu] V1 C4 When This Battle Ends P4
July 1, 2016 December 31, 2016 fgilan shuumatsushuumatsu, shuumatsu nani shitemasu ka? isogashii desu ka? sukutte moratte ii desu ka?
The Starry Sky Beneath the Starry Sky
“Apparently she’s aboard a scouting ship of the Winged Guard, near the 66th Island.”
“… how the heck did she end up there?”
“I don’t know, but she says she’s coming home. She’ll ride on the ship for a while, then fly the rest by herself.”
With a click, Naigrat shut off the transmission from the communication crystal.
“A rather interesting way to run away from home, huh? I wonder if she has any idea how worried we were…”
“I know, right? Kids with wings have so many ways to express their feelings, I’m jealous. The only way I can relieve stress is by binge eating.” She sighed with an expression of despair on her face. “They really like you. Not just her, but the other kids too. As their caretaker, I admit I’m a little envious.”
“Hmm… I don’t know about that.”
“You haven’t realized it?” Naigrat clasped her hands to her mouth in surprise. “Are you that dense? Or maybe you’re a concealer type?”
“What is that supposed to mean…”
“Hm, well roughly speaking, it’s a broad classification for those ‘good for nothing guys that pretend to not have any interest in romance but secretly want to be approached by girls’.”
… that didn’t make things much clearer.
“If you’re a dense type, it means you genuinely just don’t realize that you’re being liked, and you’ll probably never figure it out on your own. The girl will get frustrated as she tries more and more approaches, all to no effect. A variation is the mistake type, who mistakes the girl’s romantic interest for other emotions.
The concealing type actually realizes that he’s being liked, but pretends not to know. The effect is similar to the dense type, but there might be a sense of guilt from continued deceit, or maybe the girl will eventually notice that you’re pretending… various other developments can be expected. Well anyways, which type are you?”
“… there are so many things messed up with your explanation that I don’t even know where to start.” Willem sighed deeply. “If you want to talk about romance and fiction, do it elsewhere. I mean, I won’t deny that I appear to be liked by some of them.”
“Hmm?” Naigrat opened her eyes wide. “That’s a little unexpected. I thought you were the type of character oblivious to that kind of stuff.”
“Don’t say character… I’m not performing an act or anything.” He scratched his head. “I want to have a serious talk. Love is something that just wells up on its own when you get to that age, regardless of whether or not you actually have a partner. Most of them quickly find someone to pit those feelings against. Someone nearby of the opposite gender, a distant idolized figure, that ideal someone they hope to meet someday. Some keep throwing their feelings at these futile dreams until the very end.
… the girls here never got a chance to do any of those things. Then I came along. Their possible targets increased from zero to one. So, by some weird logic of their own, they convinced themselves that they were in love. Anyways, something like that — what’s with those eyes?”
He realized that Naigrat was staring him down with the utmost intensity.
“Eyes of disbelief at finding a man much worse than expected.”
“What… I don’t believe I said anything strange. Anyway, I think most of them just yearn for a father figure. Of course I’m glad that they like me, but it’s nothing more than that.”
“A boring answer, huh?”
“Boring means peaceful. Nothing better than that, right?”
“I guess… I won’t deny that, but….” Naigrat pointed straight at Willem’s chest. “As a girl, let me say this. While I respect your whole philosophical take on this, in the end you’re still ignoring their feelings. Even though they may be kids, they’re still girls with real emotions. I don’t like guys that can’t be considerate.”
Willem wondered if Naigrat could still say ‘as a girl’ at her age, but decided to not touch upon the matter. He was at least that considerate.
“And even though they’re young, for some of them it might be the last chance to have these kinds of feelings. So I want you to properly confront them. I’m not joking around; this is a true request from the bottom of my heart.”
“Can’t do that.” An immediate response. “If romance or love or whatever is that important, then even more reason to not force and rush it in this narrow place. Regul Aire is vast. There are thousands of other fine men out there. Having your daughter someday taken by one of those guys is the duty of a father.”
Willem took a minute to think about what he just said. Of course, he hadn’t been looking around him with those eyes, so when he thought of men in Regul Aire, about all that popped into his head were guys with green skin or pig faces or scales growing everywhere. But wait… maybe discriminating by looks and race was now a thing of the past? If you just looked at personality, there might be some decent guys…. He imagined a scenario. What if, one day, Kutori came home and introduced her Borgle boyfriend, saying ‘we are in a serious relationship’? Could he give them his blessing with a smile?
“Ah!? What’s with that face?”
“Oh, sorry. I was just thinking that Grick might not be such a bad guy after all, when you look at him that way…”
“That literally has absolutely nothing to do with our conversation!”
Willem glanced outside the window. Not a single cloud drifted through the sky. A peaceful night.
“I’m gonna head out. If you still want to talk, we’ll continue later.”
“Wait, where are you going?”
“Star gazing or something. Anyways, I’ll borrow this key.”
He waved his hand briefly, then exited the room.
“Huh? Hey! Wait… that key!”
He pretended not to hear Naigrat’s screams behind him.
Willem stood on top of a small hill located near the edge of the 68th Island, holding Seniolis, which he had taken from the warehouse. A gentle breeze floated by, the air felt clear and refreshing, and the stars twinkled softly in the distance. Anyway, it was a perfect night.
He unwrapped the cloth covering Seniolis, exposing it to the wind. Willem then ignited a small amount of Venom. A patch of pain gnawed at his forehead, but he could tolerate it for the time being.
“Start maintenance,” he murmured and touched one of the shining metal fragments on the blade body. With a soft plunk, the lone shard separated from the blade, drifting through the air until it stopped about five paces away from him. As it settled into position, it emitted the clear ringing sound of a metallophone being struck.
He touched a different metal fragment. That one also glided through the air before stopping a small distance away. It produced a clear sound slightly different than the previous one. He repeated the process with another. And another.
The legendary ancient sword Seniolis consisted of a total of forty one metal shards bound together by spell lines. By manipulating the spell lines, Willem was able to unravel the blade into its individual pieces. Before long, only a small crystal, previously hidden inside the blade, remained in his palm. Surrounding him, the forty one fragments floated about, emitting faint gleams of light as if creating their own little starry sky.
First he looked at the general state of the weapon. Some resistances, such as poison or curse, seemed to be operating at a higher level than normal, while others, such as paralyze, hardly worked at all. This must have been the result of a long period of combat without any maintenance. The habits of its users and the types of battles it fought probably affected it over the years as well.
Next, he checked the more specific parameters. Simply put, it was a disaster. Because it had been wielded for so long by brute forcing magic into it, problems had sprung up all over. A large Venom blockade had formed at the root of the backbone circuit which ran throughout the sword, with protrusions of various sizes surrounding it. Three spell lines had been destroyed completely, and most of the others were beaten up badly, operating at about thirty percent lower efficiency on average.
“How did you guys manage to keep fighting with this…” he murmured with a laugh.
Willem lightly flicked the crystal with his fingertip, sending in a small amount of Venom. It lit up a previously invisible spell line, which then got sucked up by one of the floating metal fragments. Another clear metal sound rang through the air. He sent in another spurt of Venom, which caused a different spell line to shine and a different metal fragment to ring.
He repeated the process again. And again. A flurry of light and sound danced in the air around him. One by one, the dormant spell lines awoke, and the exhausted metal shards regained their vigor.
— he sensed a presence behind his back.
“Welcome home, Miss Runaway.” Willem spoke to the newcomer without turning around.
“… what are you doing?” the presence behind his back asked suspiciously, neglecting to return his greeting.
“Just what it looks like. Doing some maintenance on your partner.”
“Hold on a second. You didn’t even get permission from its user first?”
“I’m the manager around here, aren’t I? The only permission I need is my own.” He let out a cackle.
“That laugh doesn’t fit you.”
“Hmm, is that so?”
“I like your usual softer laugh.”
Just a little while ago, he had been telling Naigrat how he was aware of the girls’ feelings. He had tried to play it cool by saying he logically decided to reject those feelings. Yet, just now, his heart skipped a beat.
“Well, go on. Continue your little concert.”
“Concert?”
“Those pretty sounds. They didn’t fit very well together though.”
“Not trying to perform a symphony or anything.”
“Then make it a street performance. I won’t give you any donations, but…”
“… a strange guest has come to listen, huh?”
Willem turned his attention back to the crystal lying in his palm. Kutori sat down beside him, back to back. Once again, the clear metal sounds filled the night sky around the hill.
“These lights… what are they?”
“The Kaliyon is made of a bunch of different Talismans bound together by spell lines into the shape of a sword. Do you know what Talismans are?”
“I’ve heard of them before.”
Now that all methods involved in manufacturing or repairing the swords had been lost, naturally that included the small details and secret techniques as well. All she had heard was that powerful spells or Talents could be inscribed into paper, ceramic, or metal shards. Those who could wield those fragments received the benefits of the contained spells… or something like that.
Occasionally, such items were still brought up from the land by salvagers. Apparently, it wasn’t too rare for them to be circulating amongst the wealthy upper class.
“The light floating in front of your eyes now… that’s a Talisman to protect your tongue from burns when you drink something hot.”
“… huh?”
“Next to that is one that lets you tell which way is north even in places you haven’t been to before. Above that is one that prevents nightmares while you’re stuck in bed with a cold. Then, we have one that lets you imitate cat sounds perfectly, one that protects your fingernails from scratches, one that gets you a six to ten heads ratio on coin tosses…”
“Wait a second. This is Seniolis, right? The legendary weapon? Not the top one hundred convenient little charms?”
“Think about food. Some items, if you eat them separately, they’ll taste good and go down just fine. But if you eat them all together, or in just the right combination, they’ll destroy your stomach. It’s the same idea.
If you tie together a bunch of different Talismans with spell lines, it can produce wildly varied effects due to some complex interference mechanisms. I’m not a specialist so I don’t know the details, but the engineers over in the central workshops said something like that.
Anyways, about Seniolis in particular, it’s one of the oldest Kaliyons. I heard it was born practically by a miraculous accident out on the battlefield. That’s why it has so many random and oddball Talismans.”
“Hmm….” Kutori, tilting her neck in bewilderment, looked around at the forty one floating Talismans. “I didn’t know that. Since it’s the legendary holy sword and all, I thought it was handed down directly from god or something.”
“Well, unfortunately that wasn’t the case.”
The Emnetwyte at the time were, needless to say, desperate to survive. To accomplish that goal, they utilized anything and everything. Fighting was not a pretty business. Yet, still, they yearned for beauty and perfection. So they named their long sought after symbols of strength Kaliyons, or holy swords.
“I see.” Kutori grew silent for a moment. Metallic noises and lights danced around the pair. “Not too long ago, I spoke with the First Officer.” Slowly, she began to speak again. “He said that if I don’t want to when the time comes, I don’t have to open the gate to the fairy homeland. In order to grow my strength and resolve, he would bet the sinking of the 15th Floating Island.”
“… is that so?”
“Can I really become stronger?”
“Even if you don’t want to, I’ll make sure that you do. I am your manager, after all.”
“I thought you’d say that.” Willem could feel her back move as she laughed. “Well, I guess I’ll go ahead and say it. I don’t want to become stronger.”
“Wait, wait. Isn’t this the part where you realize how much love and support people give you and open up your honest feelings while tearing up?”
“I am being honest here. How about you notice that?”
Willem pretended to not hear that last remark. So he had become one of those concealing type guys that Naigrat mentioned earlier, huh? The guilt was a bit worse than he had expected.
“Well, how about this. If you go fight and return home, I’ll listen to one request. Anything you want.”
“Eh?” Kutori was caught off guard for a second. “I-It’s not like I really have anything I want you to do for me. Besides, even if you say ‘anything’, you probably won’t actually do anything big. Like if I said ‘marry me!’ or something…”
“… of course I know that. But, I’m curious. Why?”
“Well, it’s just not in the range of things I can do. Just like if you requested me to ‘bring a dead guy back to life’ or ‘eliminate all the Beasts’, it would obviously be impossible.”
“Marrying me is as impossible as those things?”
A child around that age feeling some sort of attraction to a nearby reliable older figure of the opposite gender was only natural. It might have been one valid form of love, but it was also a temporary passion brought about by the sheer lack of options. So taking a step back while that fever cooled down was the responsible thing to do as an adult.
“At least wait until you’ve grown up a little more.”
“If I had the time then I wou–!”
“You have time,” Willem said, cutting Kutori off mid sentence. “You’re about to go fight and buy that time, aren’t you?”
“… but I don’t know how it’ll turn out.”
“Then find a clear reason why you need to return home. Did you know? Soldiers that had a fiancee waiting back home or something had an overall higher survival rate. They were so determined to live no matter what the battle threw at them.”
“Well, that option of having a fiance waiting back home just got crushed a second ago…” Kutori interjected, staring coldly at Willem.
“Ah — well, you know. You can’t go desperately chasing an unrealistic future. Have a more down to earth dream.”
“Isn’t that wrong though? If you’re trying to go all out with this emotional drive thing, then why limit yourself with reality?”
“… you’re a smart one, huh?”
All he could manage was a laugh. To hold a reason why you need to return home — of course, these were not originally Willem’s words. He just borrowed them from someone else. On top of that, he might have been a little hypocritical since, when that someone told him those words, he ended up going berserk and couldn’t return home as promised. While Kutori certainly didn’t know all that, it seems like she had caught on to the superficiality of his advice.
“Well if I’m so smart, then I wish you’d stop treating me like a kid.”
“I’m afraid I can’t.”
“Why are you so persistent on that point only?” Kutori said with a strangely adult-like sigh. “… sweets.”
“You know, that dessert you made in the cafeteria a while back. Do you have any other recipes?”
“A few, I guess.”
“Then, what about butter cake?”
— Ah.
“That, of all things?”
“Never mind.” It wasn’t completely unexpected. He had a feeling the conversation would eventually flow in that direction. “I know how to make it. It was practically beaten into me by my master. But, someone much much better than me was always around, so I never really made it myself.”
“Well, if you know how, then that’s enough. One of my seniors always looked so happy eating butter cake after coming home from a battle. By the time I could wield a sword, though, it had disappeared from the dessert menu, so I could never be like her. That’s why I’m asking you.”
Willem took a deep breath in, and slowly let it all out. “Alright,” he responded, then resumed his work.
After a little longer, he completed Seniolis’ maintenance, resetting the various resistance levels while leaving only the spell resistance at a higher setting. The surplus spell lines that resulting from cutting off various obsolete functions went towards strengthening the foundations.
With his fingertip, Willem pushed the crystal. The floating metal shards surrounding them glided through the air, one by one gathering around it. As each fragment returned to its original place, it emitted a faint ringing sound. The symphony went on for a short while, then, after the finale, a large sword had been restored in Willem’s hands.
“Okay, okay. I’ll make you eat so much cake you get heartburn. Got it? You better survive and come home.”
He handed Seniolis back to its rightful fake owner.
“Leave it to me,” the girl said with a smile.
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5 thoughts on “[Shuumatsu] V1 C4 When This Battle Ends P4”
dreian694 says:
*sniff* Smells like a death flag.
Tokanya says:
oooh, the irony.
“Did you know? Soldiers that had a fiancee waiting back home or something had an overall higher survival rate.”.
Sadly, did you know? That quote is horseshit, and death flag raiser.
ヽ(´･ω･｀)ﾉ Elfulus says:
Fufufu.
Is that a deathflag I see over the distance?
Thanks for the chapter fgilan! That tragedy tag weighs on my mind.
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Home Minister Rajnath Singh has lauded Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar’s support for the Indian Army. Singh on Wednesday took to Twitter to share a video of Akshay. The actor was seen appealing to his fans and well-wishers to help martyrs’ families in the video. “Akshay Kumarji your support to Bharat Ke Veer is commendable,” Singh said in the video-caption.
In the over three-minutes long video Akshay said, “Friends yesterday we celebrated 70 years of our independence with great pride and honour. I want to ask you one thing — did you celebrate the Independence Day along with people who fill you with pride and provide your security? Those who put their lives on the line to gift us this independence every year…”
The Rustom actor added, “Everyday in news we hear at some place or the other our soldiers have given up their lives just to protect us.”
Akshay also requested his fans and followers to contribute for the soldiers of the Indian Army. “Now it’s our turn to do something for them. This year our Home Ministry has launched a website through which you can directly donate money to the families of the martyrs — bharatkeveer.gov.in,” he said.
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Akshay concluded by saying: “They are there that’s why we are here. Nothing is more important than respecting these bravehearts. So let’s do this together and make them proud of us. Jai Hind.” (IANS)
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‘Sanskari Censor’ Does It Again, Sex Scene Axed
By Filmi Fanatic
Is the CBFC the new villian for the directors and their films?
Well it seems so and that is why they are called the ‘Censor Board’ where they are censoring everything left right and centre and more so after Mr Phalaj Nihalani has taken over. The directors are getting cautious day by day of the scenes in their movies if they want it to pass smoothly through the board.
The latest example of it being the Ajay Devgn starrer Baadshao where director Milan Luthria has decided to trim the 10 minute long love making scene before sending out the film to CBFC for certification, Milan decided to self censor the film as he doesn’t want to get in trouble with the board.
Although the scene has “aesthetically shot”,he apparently cut some portions of the scene which included kissing and bareback and now has sent it to the ‘Sanskaari CBFC’ to get a U/A certificate which was not possibe if the scenes were kept. But in all this where are we heading to? The primitive films were a kiss was shown by two flowers touching each other…
Hope this action by the director impresses the board and the film releases without hiccups.
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Special Article: Mid Year Report On Bollywood
It’s that time of the year, yes, its July 2017, which means the time has come to review the Bollywood movies released in the past 6 months from January till July. This year has been a mixed bag of sorts, the films that were thought won’t do well, kept the box office registers ringing and the films which were to hit the bulls eye with its blockbuster performance sank without a trace. So, here’s looking back at the months gone by with our special ‘Filmi Files’ report card:
a) BAAHUBALI 2
The first half of 2017 definitely belonged to the sequel Baahubali 2 which was made in Tamil, Telugu and later dubbed in Hindi. The magnum opus turned into a blockbuster thanks to the brilliant special effects and the action sequences. Infact the sequel fared better than the original and the Hindi version crossed the 500-crore mark too.
b) RAEES
People loved Shahrukh ‘bhai’ in Raees, his first release of 2017 where he played a bootlegger and it went on to become a hit. Now the audience is eager to see him in his ‘Punju’ singer avatar in Imtiaz Ali’s “Jab Harry met Sejal’. Would SRK’s magic work again?
c) KAABIL
When the films of two big stars release at the same time, either one of them becomes a hit or both flop, but not in the case of Hrithik starrer ‘Kaabil’ which clashed its release date with Raees but despite that did great business at the box office becoming another hit of 2017. The intense story of a blind man who avenges his girlfriend’s rape and death hit the right chords with the audience.
d) BADRINATH KI DULHANIA
Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt again proved that star kids can perform. The sequel Badrinath ki Dulhania showed their magic and chemistry and proved to be one of the top films. The audience loved the peppy numbers especially the recreated ‘Tamma Tamma Loge’ and the box office danced with the 200-crore mark.
e) JOLLY LLB 2
One can never go wrong with an Akshay Kumar starrer and Jolly LLB was just one of them. Portraying a lawyer, his performance was given thumbs up both by the audience as well as the critics. Now this is one man who is on a roll, give him any character and he plays it to the T.
While there have been films which kept the audiences hooked to their seats, some of the films that were thought to be blockbusters in making, could not adhere to the audiences’ expectations.
a) RANGOON
Vishal Bhardwaj’s highly ambitious period drama set in the pre-Independence era could not gather the interest despite boasting of stars like Shahid, Saif and Kangana. Despite the visuals, the film could not please the audience and was one of the disappointments of 2017
b) BEGUM JAAN
Touted as the Vidya Balan movie, this film had a very unusual story line and with its promos had garnered a lot of curiosity, but unfortunately despite the humungous star cast, it didn’t do well and slowly it has even started to fade from the memory of the audience.
c) TUBELIGHT
Salman Khan + Eid release = Sure Shot Blockbuster hit, but this year this Eid release did not match the expectations for a diehard Sallu Fan. Well, it can’t be touted as a flop, this movie has got mixed reviews, some liked the sober and childlike Salman while some thought it was the re run of his Bajrangi Avatar. Time for a makeover and having the action Salman back? Food for thought?
6 months of 2017 has had more of mediocre films like Raabta, Half Girlfriend, Noor and Philluri which created the much hype but unfortunately ran for a week or so before being replaced by another movie.
The audience is now waiting anxiously for the latter half releases which show some promising stuff in the form of SRK starrer ‘Jab Harry met Sejal’, Lipstick under my Burkha, Toilet -Ek prem katha and Mubarakan. Varied topics, varied movies, how they do at the box office. only time would tell. Till then sit back, enjoy and wait for our Yearly report of 2017
Posted on July 4, 2017 July 4, 2017 Categories Bollywood, Special Article, World CinemaLeave a comment on Special Article: Mid Year Report On Bollywood
Jacqueline Fernandez Goes Topless For Cosmopolitan’
The chirpy happy, girl-next-door Jacqueline Fernandez has shown her wild side in the form of a topless photoshoot for the fashion magazine ‘Cosmopolitan’ for its latest issue. The actress who is shooting for her upcoming movie ‘Judwaa 2’ with Varun Dhawan and Tapsee Pannu gave her fans a special treat in form of the pictures on her twitter handle which have since gone viral and raising temperatures.
The actress who has always been known for her coy and friendly image has gone for a bold image makeover with this sultry photoshoot which has made everyone asking for more. In the photoshoot, the actress looks stunning by flaunting her long mane which looks amazing in every frame making it difficult to take our eyes off. Although the magazine and Jacqueline have only shared just a glimpse of the photoshoot, still its making everyone impatient for the next set of pictures and trust us, it would be worth the wait!
'I refuse to be another flower, picked for its beauty and then left to die, I'm gonna be wild, difficult to find a…… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…—
Jacqueline Fernandez (@Asli_Jacqueline) July 01, 2017
Posted on July 4, 2017 July 4, 2017 Categories Ad Campaign, Bollywood, First Look, Glamour & Fashion, World CinemaTags Cosmopolitan, Jacqueline FernandezLeave a comment on Jacqueline Fernandez Goes Topless For Cosmopolitan’
Second Trailer For ‘ Lipstick Under My Burkha’ Goes Viral
Before its release on 21st July, Lipstick under my Burkha released its 2nd trailer last week which is already creating waves. The second trailer has already crossed five million views. People are getting curious and intrigued to see the ‘most controversial film’ of the year which deals into the secret lives of four women who are being told to supress their sexuality, an ageing widow who comes on terms with her own sexuality at a later stage of life, a homemaker with kids who longs for employment, a small-town girl who is forced into a wedlock which she does not approve and a young girl college who aspires to be a pop sensation.
Starring seasoned actors like Ratna Pathak Shah, Konkana Sen Sharma and newcomers like Aahna Kumra and Plabita Borthakur, the film already hit a massive roadblock a few months ago when the CBFC refused to certify the film due to its bold subject, ‘lady oriented content, abusive language and audio pornography. But now that it has got the clearance, everyone is waiting with bated breath for this movie which is under the Prakash Jha banner and directed by Alankrita Shrivastava and which has strong feminist connotations.
Posted on July 3, 2017 July 4, 2017 Categories Bollywood, Movie Trailer, News, World CinemaTags Lipstick Under My BurkhaLeave a comment on Second Trailer For ‘ Lipstick Under My Burkha’ Goes Viral
‘Bahubali 2’ Shatters Many Records On Its Opening Day!
New Delhi: SS Rajamouli’s magnificent visual delight ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ opened in theatres on April 28, 2017, and the fans can’t keep calm. The huge canvas of the film has been one of the major talking points among viewers besides the quintessential question of ‘Why did Kattappa kill Baahubali? (Kattapa Ne Baahubali Ko Kyu Maara).
With trade analysts predicting it’s first day collections eyeing a Rs 100 crore historic collection, the lead hero Prabhas has certainly arrived and how! The epic saga of love, drama and war has clicked with the fans creating a rage across the nation.
The social media platforms are buzzing with the rousing response this film is witnessing pan India. “The advance booking is crazy; there are corporate bookings of 100-200 seats. There is a repeat value for this film. The opening day collections should be at Rs 70 crore in all the languages. It’s all set to create history with the film earning Rs 230-240 crore over the weekend,” a Mumbai- based exhibitor Akshay Rathi told PTI.
“I came at 5 AM. I got a ticket for the second show (night show). I wanted a ticket for a matinee or first show. But I am happy that I got a ticket,” Anusha, a college student, in Hyderabad, said.
Fans of Prabhas, who plays the lead role of Baahubali, put up huge cutouts of the popular star to celebrate the release of the film. Outside cinemas, fans poured milk on the cutouts, copying religious rituals reserved for gods. In fact, filmmaker SS Rajamouli, actress Anushka Shetty and music director MM Keeravani visited a theatre screening of the movie in Hyderabad to gauge the response of the audience, according to PTI.
In Delhi, major cinema chains like PVR and Inox have allocated 80 percent of its total capacity to ‘Baahubali 2’. “PVR has allocated close to 80 per cent of its total capacity to ‘Baahubali 2’ in India as well as in Delhi. The film has taken a phenomenal start, the occupancy is expected to be 85 percent for day one for entire PVR chain,” Kamal Gianchandani, CEO PVR Pictures, told PTI.
The Telangana government has allowed five shows of the film to be screened following a request from the producers. In Karnataka, fans reportedly paid up to Rs 1,600 per ticket to watch the film. As much as 75 per cent of screens available in the state is showing the film.
In Bengaluru alone, 72 of the 94 single screen theatres were screening it, trade experts said. In Mysuru, as many as 40 screens out of 45 are showing ‘Baahubali 2’.
The Kannada film fraternity is pushing for the implementation of a budgetary proposal to peg the ticket prices at Rs 200 in single screen theatres and multiplexes.
In Kerala, producer-distributor Prem Menon of Global United Media, predicted the film will shatter all the existing box office records in the state. “It has released in 310 screens (142 in Malayalam and the rest in Tamil) and we are still counting. Theatres across the state had scheduled close to 60 early morning shows today. We are expecting the film to gross Rs 5 crore in Kerala, which will be a record,” he told PTI.
In Mumbai, the ticket prices started as low as Rs 200 and went up to Rs 1,500.
Trade analyst Komal Nahta says the Hindi version itself is all set to create new benchmarks.
“The opening day looks like 40 crore plus for Hindi version and the weekend will be more than 100 crore. The film is destined to make history and it is going to break every single record – opening day, weekend, first week and so on,” he said.
Nahta says going by the positive word-of-mouth across the board, the film will challenge existing record holders from Bollywood such as ‘Sultan’, ‘PK’ and ‘Dangal’.
Prabhas starrer will surely break the record of Bollywood stalwarts Salman Khan and Aamir Khan.
‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ has an impressive star cast of Prabhas in the lead with Rana Daggubati, Tammaanah Bhatia, Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj and Nassar playing pivotal parts.
The first part ‘Baahubali’ had collected Rs 650 crore (gross) at the worldwide box office.
Posted on April 29, 2017 Categories News, World CinemaTags Bahubali2, Prabhas, Ramya, SS Rajamouli, Tamannah BhatiaLeave a comment on ‘Bahubali 2’ Shatters Many Records On Its Opening Day!
It Is The End For Regal Cinemas
By Monica Arora
The majestic colonnades and pillared glory of Lutyen’s Delhi oozes its charisma in Connaught Place, an open market place situated in the heart of central Delhi. Designed by British architects of the bygone Raj, every shop, structure, restaurant and cinema hall narrate a story, convey a tale or whisper an anecdote each time one happens to visit the area.
Amidst the upcoming brands, which are replacing the erstwhile traditional stores, stood the Regal Cinema, whose last show was open to the public on 30 March 2017. The iconic cinema hall, which was established way back in 1932, was flanked by the Shivaji Stadium and the Rajiv Chowk Metro Station, both relatively recent constructions. And therein lay its magic!
The fact that a single screen theatre stood the test of time for decades and kept on lighting up a million dreams of cinegoerswithin its cosy, womb-like interiors is what rakes up all the nostalgia.
Popularly known for showcasing most of Raj Kapoor’s movies, the original showman of Indian cinema, the shutting down of Regal is perhaps an ode to the end of an era…an era when movie stars were worshipped like gods and goddesses and public frenzy knew no bounds at the premiere of a new Bollywood release, which invariably saw the stars personally attending the first show at landmark theatres.
Regal being one of those in the capital city of New Delhi thrived and prospered with each new release bringing more and more crowds to watch their favourite movies on the silver screen.
And, who can forget the thrill of watching a new Hindi film amidst the chawwani-throwing crowds and the whistling fans who would even end up performing a jig right at their seats if a superhit song played on the screen. Certainly, that experience can never be replicated or recreated with the closure of most single screen halls giving way to swankier multiplexes with latest digital technology and modern amenities.
With no online booking facilities available till even a few years back, zealous fans would line up right from Connaught Circus where Regal is situated upto the Outer Circle to ensure a First Day First Show ticket of a much-awaited movie. Hell! There were much fewer releases back then and Raj Kapoor comprising one-third of the holy Bollwood trinity of Dev Anand-DilipKumar-Raj Kapoor, was the Charlie Chaplin and messiah of the masses. Therefore, it was indeed a befitting tribute to the great showman that the swansong or the last two shows of Regal were two of his superhits: Mera Naam Joker and Sangam.
It is no secret that over the last decade or so, the cinema hall had started losing much of its former charm owing to lack of upgraded technology and poor maintenance and upkeep. But relatively lower ticket prices as compared to multiplexes kept the proverbial fire burning for its owners. Till it was time to finally call it a day.
Following in the footsteps of its other neighbours in the vicinity, Odeon, Rivoli and Plaza, all of which have already been transformed into PVR Odeon, PVR Rivoliand PVR Plaza, the final tickets have been printed and sold for the last shows at Regal; the final coffees at the Espresso machine have already been sipped, the last of the popcorns have been savoured…until it reopens in its new multiplex avatar!
For those who have had a chance to witness the delight and excitement of the milling crowds in a single-screen theatre at some point in their lives, they can understand that such an atmosphere can never ever be created within the sanitized precincts of a freezing multiplex theatre with lesser seats, more screens and a perpetually Arctic temperature zone, no matter the weather outside.
The black and white mosaic flooring, the huge, whirring fans lining the sides of the theatre walls and the old-fashioned Eveready torches which the ushers used to indicate the seat at Regal Cinema will just end up as memories of the good, old days.
The huge posters adorning the lobby area and the stately marble staircase leading to the rear, upper stalls and balcony will all be a part of this brilliant legacy and tradition that is breathing its last with curtains for most single-screen theatres all around the country.
But as time and tide stand still for no one, similarly, the old always gives way to the new…jeena isi ka naam hai!
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ameliademandprogressorg First Branch Forecast September 17, 2018 June 26, 2019
THE TOP LINE
Happy birthday to the US Constitution, signed 231 years ago today. In its honor, we are pleased to publish online the Constitution Annotated, a treatise commissioned by Congress that explains the Constitution as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. By we, I mean Cornell’s Legal Information Institute, GovTrack.us, and Demand Progress.
Reforming the House’s rules is a major topic of conversation in front of and behind the scenes.
— A coalition of 20 organizations and 8 experts on Congress released a letter outlining 10 principles for rules reform. Fleshing out those principles, Demand Progress issued a 21-page white paper with specific reform ideas. Roll Call has the best summary of those recs.
— The House Rules Committee held a members-day hearing on rules reform, with 11 documents submitted containing a variety of ideas.
— Minority Whip Steny Hoyer outlining his reform ideas in a major speech; it included several of our technology reform suggestions.
— Let’s get it started. While some House members said it was too soon to consider what to include in the rules package, 15 members of the Problem Solvers’ caucus pledged to withhold their votes for Speaker if their rules recs aren’t adopted.
— The House’s subpoena power will be the topic of a Good Government Now + Leg Branch Working Group panel on Friday. RSVP.
— Punishing defectors. The Republican Steering Committee is considering a rules change that would punish lawmakers who disobey the party, costing members their committee assignments, chairmanships, and party donations. (Bad idea.)
The mini-bus Legislative Branch Appropriations bill, 2019 passed both chambers and is on the president’s desk.
— What’s in the conference bill? Casey summarized it here; I wrote about the House and Senate bills as they passed each chamber. Notable is that the House paralleled the Senate and added $8.8m for paid interns, a good start, but well shy of the approximately $18m needed to have 1 intern working in an office over the course of the year.
— What’s the good stuff? Money for GAO to expand its science and technology program; funding for CRS to oversee a NAPA study on restoring the Office of Technology Assessment; a study of staff pay and retention in the House that includes a look at equal pay based on race and gender; a similar study in the Senate except that it was stripped of a review of staff diversity; a study on how whistleblowers communicate with the House; making the House’s witness disclosure forms digital and centralized; publishing the bioguides as structured data; a slight bump for MRAs; campaign e-filing for the Senate (finally!); and CBO transparency.
— Equal pay? Apropos the Senate’s cutting its study of pay equality focusing on diversity, the Joint Center found in a new report that that among top House staff, “of the 329 personal offices of White Members, only sixteen (under 5 percent) are led by chiefs of staff of color.” Read the report; there’s a lot to unpack.
— Shutdown delayed. In passing this and another appropriations minibus, Congress managed to fund most of the government through a normal appropriations process and cut a deal to fund the remainder through at least December 7th, when there will likely be an ugly lame duck Congress fight over the border wall.
CRS must publish its non-confidential reports online by tomorrow. We’re skeptical they’ll publish all the reports they’re required to put online, and do so in a tech-smart fashion. Look to https://www.congress.gov/crsreports for their reports, and https://www.everycrsreport.com/ as a model of what they should do.
LEGISLATIVE CAPACITY, PROCESS, AND POLY SCI
Congressional Budget Office Director Hall testified before the Senate budget committee last week. According to his testimony, CBO’s three transparency goals are to enhance the credibility of their work, promote a thorough understanding of their analyses, and to help people gauge how estimates would change in different circumstances. We wrote to CBO last year with our own transparency recs.
Earmarks could make a comeback if Dems take the House, at least according to Minority Whip Hoyer. Vox laid out the pros and cons, and the Congressional Institute describes how they’d do it. Would this centralize dealmaking power in the hands of leadership?
20% of laws enacted in recent years were federal property naming bills, composing only 1.5% of all bills introduced in the current Congress.
Fiscal year Rosa Hashana. Rep. Steve Womack, the co-chair of a special joint select committee looking at the appropriations process, proposed changing the start of the fiscal year to January 1. Other members aren’t a fan, as the December holidays make that logistically difficult.
The Government Publishing Office hired a new CIO last week, Sam Musa.
15 dark money groups spent over $600 million on elections since Citizens United. These groups accounted for more than 75% of the over $800 million spent by dark money organizations between January 2010 and December 2016, according to a report from Issue One.
— Number 1. The US Chamber of Commerce is the top-spending dark money group, accounting for $1 of every $6 spent on dark money political ads, or roughly $130 million.
— Bad reporting. Three groups—the 60 Plus Association, Americans for Tax Reform, and the National Rifle Association—had major discrepancies in their IRS and FEC reports. Issue One andProPublica compiled a searchable database of 1,200 primary source records on dark money spending.
Shedding light on dark money. A federal appeals court ruled last week that the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, the main political arm of the Koch network, must disclose donors to the state AG. Justice Roberts stayed implementation of the opinion, which would have resulted in the disclosure of dark money donors.
Open Courts? The ROOM Act, which provides for eventual appellate audio and video streaming of proceedings, making all PACER opinions available to GPO (who can publish them online), addressing the judicial code of ethics, and adding more than 50 judicial spots to overburdened courts, was favorably reported by the House Judiciary Committee after an amendment that would hold the creation of the new spots until January 2021.
Foreign influence extends to the halls of Congress. Non-government witnesses who testify in House hearings must file Truth in Testimony statements, which include whether the witness/organizations has received funding from a foreign government related to the subject of the hearing. In a new report, POGO highlighted how think tanks exploit a loophole to avoid disclosing their funders, provided specific examples of when this has happened, and pointed to Rep. Speier’s proposal to close the loophole.
— Omissions. Witnesses exploited the phrase ‘related to the hearing’ and testified in a “personal capacity,” to avoid submitting information. For example, the Atlantic Council did not disclose foreign funding despite receiving over $1 million from the UAE in 2017. As we have seen, foreign countries can buy influence at these think tanks.
— Non-disclosure. Witnesses didn’t file the required formsor didn’t do so properly in many cases. CSIS, for instance, testified 21 times for House Foreign Affairs between 2016 and 2018, but reported relevant funding in six of their filings.
Mind your own business. Trump signed an executive order to curb foreign influence in U.S. elections. The order allows for levying sanctions against foreign individuals, entities, or countries that have engaged in election interference.
Foreign agents trying to influence American politics are supposed to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The law largely relies on self reporting and has easily exploitable loopholes. The Center for Responsive Politics held a discussion on how we can fix this broken system. Demand Progress and POGO have jointly submitted testimony on reforming FARA enforcement and improving its disclosure processes.
What’s Google collecting? A new study found devices communicated surprisingly frequently, even when there was no user interaction. A dormant Android phone with Chrome active in the background communicated location information to Google 340 times in a 24 hour period. An iOS device with no Google apps communicated with Google about half as many times in the same period.
Major web companies and ISPs will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee on September 26th. Twitter, Amazon, Apple, Google, and other will discuss data privacy practices. California Governor Jerry Brown signed data privacy legislation in June aimed at giving consumers more control over their personal information.
Circumventing fundraising limits. Rep. Mia Love raised over $1 million for a primary race that was never going to happen. There was no threat of a challenger; in Utah there’s no primary when a candidate secures their party’s nomination through a nominating convention. The FEC told Love’s campaignshe violated federal guidelines about money for primaries; she said she would redesignate or refund some of the funds.
Speaker Jordan. Conservative groups are working to help Jim Jordan, co-founder of the Freedom Caucus, to become House speaker or minority leader in the next Congress. They may not get to 218, but his campaign could give him influence and weaken Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s bid to lead the party.
Rep. Ron DeSantis resigned from the House last week to focus full time on his gubernatorial campaign in Florida. DeSantis’s resignation means there are now six vacant seats.
Senators can’t catch a break. Majority leader McConnell will break another Senate tradition and keep the Senate in session for most of October. The goal, as described in the Politico headline, is to screw Dems who are campaigning for reelection.
The British Parliament is looking at reducing the number of MPs, which is a reminder the size of the House isn’t fixed, either.
The House is off and will reconvene on Tuesday the 25th.
The Senate reconvenes Monday, with the first vote at 5:30. It is off on Wednesday for Yom Kippur.
A Senate Judiciary Committee vote on Brett Kavnaugh is set for Thursday at 1:45 PM, but in light of accusations of sexual assault, it may be pushed back.
Down the line
Reboot Congress conference is this Friday in San Francisco; I’ll be there.
Data Transparency 2018 hosted by the Data Foundation is happening October 10th in DC. The event will explore how government and society are beginning to embrace data formats that equip insight-driven decisions and reduce compliance burdens.
The FOIA Advisory Committee will have their second meeting of this term on November 29th. The committee, comprised of FOIA experts from inside and outside the government, has identified communication and technology as critical issues to explore.
Published September 17, 2018 June 26, 2019
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Feedback for Affinity Publisher on Desktop
Footnotes/Endnotes
By garrettm30, August 31, 2018 in Feedback for Affinity Publisher on Desktop
A_B_C 1,766
Ahh …
elles83 0
A good native footnotes/endnotes manager would be great and it would differentiate AP from other parties programs.
Peter Kahrel 23
I'll add my vote for footnote and endnote support.
> Hope you can implement it in a similar way like in InDesign, . . .
Please, Affinity, whatever you do, don't look at InDesign's notes. Footnotes are at the document level in InDesign, they should be at the level of the story. That way each story can have its own numbering style and start number. It should also be possible (as it isn't in InDesign), to set the first footnote in a text as an uncued note. And users should be able to define their own sequence and appearance of note symbols (asterisk, pilcrow, dagger, double dagger, paragraph symbol, etc.).
> Visit any university library and you'll find that endnotes replaced footnotes long ago, perhaps in the 1950s.
Complete nonsense. Academic publishers prefer footnotes.
> In the era before computers, endnotes were far easier to typeset.
That's why notes were set as endnotes at some stage. Endnotes hung on for non-academic texts and in texts published by penny-pinching publishers, but nowadays footnotes are preferred by many. Footnotes are still more labour-intensive than endnotes, but the difference in effort is not nearly as big as it used to be.
> In today's world, their appearance at the bottom of a page is seen as clutter by most readers.
In my experience, readers just get annoyed by having to go to the end of the book (or worse, to the end of the chapter in multi-authored volumes).
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On 9/15/2018 at 11:54 AM, Peter Kahrel said:
Exactly. I don't want to scout for footnotes somewhere else in the book, particularly, where there are many of them.
Obviously, with a very few notes in the document placing them at the back of the chapter or at the end the book is acceptable and oftentimes desirable.
And I agree with Peter. We need greater flexibility than in indesign.
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On 8/31/2018 at 4:05 PM, Seneca said:
I'm sure the dev team are already working on this.
"Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one."
+1 for footnotes and endnotes.
Yannick 1
Without footnotes it's absolutely impossible for me to work with AP
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Jaran Gaarder Heggen 1
And by adding support for bibliography and Reference Tools like JabRef, Zotero and Medeley it will be even easier to make good references/endnotes/footnotes...
That way we can actually drop Words or other word prosessors for writing and go stright to Publisher to do all our work for books and reports that need references and bibliographies...
Would be great...
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On 9/15/2018 at 12:54 PM, Peter Kahrel said:
By adding support for bibliography and Reference Tools like JabRef, Zotero and Medeley we would get everything needed, and it the notes/bibliography would be formated correctly all the time, with minimal effort...
We would get all the flexibility needed if they would support Bibliography and Reference Tools like JabRef, Zotero and Medeley?
Calum MacLeod (pangur) 2
Please add me to the list of those wanting footnotes, endnotes, etc.
I realise that margin notes can be mimicked easily once anchoring graphics to paragraphs is fixed.
I use Spacemacs. LaTeX, and Auctex at present. Though a bit old fashioned it does footnotes with ease. So, I am guessing that Affinity Publisher will have them eventually anyway.
hum3 1
On 9/3/2018 at 3:40 PM, Mike Perry said:
Add me to those voting for footnotes and endnotes, but with a strong stress on the later. Visit any university library and you'll find that endnotes replaced footnotes long ago, perhaps in the 1950s. In the era before computers, endnotes were far easier to typeset. In todays world, their appearance at the bottom of a page is seen as clutter by most readers. And being able to have both in the same document would be handy. Footnotes could be used at the bottom of a page to clarify ideas. Endnotes far away could be used to give references that most people don't read.
I would, however, agree with those who'd like to see footnotes handled in a more powerful way. Untangling Tolkien, my day-by-day chronology of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was done in Framemaker, which allowed me create the equivalent of footnotes for references to the source in LOTR in a sidebar alongside the text to which it applies. That worked far better than bottom of the page footnotes or endnotes. I can't do that in ID.
Seriously? Giving the information on the page is way more user-friendly than having to constantly refer to another page. Function over form on this one – we are relaying information here, not sweeping it out of sight to make the page less 'cluttered'. If your footnotes look rubbish, then it is probably the designer....
Definite want for footnote / endnote support here. Can't use AP until they are supported. It would be superb if you could support them from within tables – something that ID fails to do and makes my life miserable.
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Yes, please. Support for footnotes in tables would be wonderful!
Birn 1
Footnotes, yes! If you want to get customers you need footnotes/endnotes and Hebrew/RTL support!
Joansz 2
Still no footnotes and end notes. They are a must have. Product useless without this, IMO.
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fde101 614
In case you missed this comment in another thread:
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Footnotes/endnotes a must have feauter like daily bread.
eliaskroell 0
also voting for footnotes and endnotes.
in my opinion it is a absolute must have feature!
fluffy sheep 0
+1 for footnotes and endnotes. essentiell feature!
Bhikkhu Pesala 38
I agree that footnotes are essential for a professional DTP application
Endnotes are not essential if there is an option, like in PagePlus, to place footnotes at the end of the story or at the bottom of a page, or column. Ideally, one would have both, but footnotes per story would be a good start.
For publications with lots of short footnote references, columns for footnotes would be the icing on the cake. I wrote a tutorial on how to do this in PagePlus, but it is a workaround at best.
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PatrickOfLondon 11
Yes please, I would like to add my vote for footnotes and endnotes facilities.
Thank you for all your good work so far on Affinity Publisher Beta.
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On 2/24/2019 at 3:13 AM, Bhikkhu Pesala said:
Footnotes at the end of the story *are* endnotes.
20 minutes ago, fde101 said:
Almost, but not quite. Endnotes are placed at the end of the story, while footnotes are placed at the bottom of the text frame. PagePlus has both. The option to place footnotes immediately after the end of the text before a page break, or at the end of the story has been a feature request for many years.
BillF 3
Footnotes may not be essential for a general non-fiction work, where either no referencing is given or endnotes will suffice. However footnotes are essential in any serious academic work. The reader of which should not have to keep on jumping between pages and the end of a chapter to see the reference. I hope we will see this feature soon.
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Nintendo Switch Discussion
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Re: Nintendo Switch Discussion
Post by ShadowMan » Sat Sep 01, 2018 9:30 pm
Yeah, Dead Cells is ace. The procedural generation works fine and the rogue lite nature of it keeps pushing me forward. Its tough, but fun with a great combat system. I'll have to get back to it later, because I finally started Hollow Knight now and I'm loving it!
Lastly, I grabbed Resident Evil Revelations 1&2 on the Switch, because I thought Raid mode would be good on a handheld. And I was dead right, Revelations 2's raid mode is a blast on the go, I'll be playing this loads for sure! Switch is quickly turning into a Capcom/Nintendo/Indie handheld for me.
My Complete Megaman/Rockman collection: http://retrogamer.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=26485 *Updated 22/05/2011*
Post by ALK » Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:31 pm
A new Direct is airing tomorrow at 11pm. Mostly likely some details about the Subscription later this month along with the usual game reveals/announcements.
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Post by ALK » Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:29 pm
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Or not. Delayed till a future date due to the earthquake today.
Post by ALK » Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:31 pm
The first (Of I'm sure many) Pokemon edition Switch has been revealed.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/0 ... s_november
Final Fantasy 15 Pocket Edition and a Remaster of Crystal Chronicles are coming to the Switch
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/0 ... ndo_switch
And Tales of Vespia has been dated for January 11th.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/0 ... _on_switch
Post by Antiriad2097 » Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:23 pm
Great, more JRPGs. Where are the Assassin's Creeds, Call of Dutys, GTAs?
I love my Switch, it has some great games in there, but its really lacking in big western titles. We got Doom and Wolfenstein, but there doesn't seem to much else of that ilk around.
So few of the news items are really interesting.
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Post by DPrinny » Mon Sep 10, 2018 8:21 pm
Antiriad2097 wrote: ↑
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Gamer Guy
Post by Gamer Guy » Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:30 pm
anybody else excited for Smash Ultimate for switch in dec?
pratty
Post by pratty » Tue Sep 11, 2018 4:57 pm
Gamer Guy wrote: ↑
I wasn't the biggest smash player but I'm really looking forward to this game, largely because of how stacked with content it looks. Looking forward to what this other mode is going to be, hopefully some single player content.
Pratty's trade list, updated (May 2019)!
The delayed Direct is coming tomorrow at 11pm.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/0 ... _september
The Online Subscription Service will start on the 19th. Will include a 7 day free trial to try it out.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/0 ... _in_direct
More titles confirmed for the SEGA Ages line, including the likes of Outrun and Thunder Force AC/III.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/0 ... n_and_more
Post by pratty » Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:23 pm
Yoku's Island Express is down to a tenner on the e-shop. Worth a purchase?
Matt_B
Location: 5 minutes from the beach, 30 seconds from the pub
Post by Matt_B » Fri Sep 14, 2018 3:25 am
A big thumbs up for Animal Crossing, coming sometime next year. Hopefully it'll take up where the 3DS game left off rather than have anything to do with the awful spinoffs.
https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/13/17857 ... easer-2019
They've also announced the other NES games bundled with the online service and they're the predictable mixed bag. There's yet more crossover with the NES Classic lineup and the ones that aren't are mostly filler. Still, there'll be additional games coming at the rate of three a month, which I suppose is something. I'd like to see a commitment to adding SNES and N64 games to the service at some point though, even if that'll probably entail a price hike.
https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/13/17856 ... games-list
Bluce_Ree
Post by Bluce_Ree » Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:32 pm
A lot of Switch fans will be like 'we don't care about those games, the Switch is all about the unique experiences' but if Far Cry 5 got announced today for Switch they'd spaff themselves dead.
Carcassonne and Katamari will do me though.
Post by ALK » Fri Sep 14, 2018 10:20 pm
Funny enough, AC Odyssey was confirmed for a Japanese Switch release yesterday....however much like Resident Evil 7, its another Steaming affair.
Post by Matt_B » Sat Sep 15, 2018 12:16 am
Bluce_Ree wrote: ↑
To be honest, I'm not sure that they would, or at least not in the numbers that publishers would need to justify porting the games.
While it's clear from Doom and Wolfenstein II that the Switch is quite capable of making a reasonable stab at a lot of AAA games, the ones that are getting ported over don't appear to be selling that well. Going by the numbers on VGChartz, FIFA and Skyrim both managed about a million - which is pretty good - but the likes of Doom and LA Noire are in the low hundreds of thousands, and Wolfenstein II only managed a paltry 70K in its first month. They may go on to sell bigger numbers at discounted prices in the long run, because nobody likes paying full price for old games that can be had for peanuts on other platforms, but there's certainly no gold mine.
That said, I'd think that COD and GTA are in a different league sales-wise to the games that have been ported so far, so they might stand a better chance.
Post by pratty » Sat Sep 15, 2018 8:32 am
The Smash themed Pro Controller is up for pre-order on the Nintendo Shop.
I was very pleased with the latest Direct. I always expected a Luigi's Mansion 3 at some point and I expect this installment to be the biggest and best yet, as I think Nintendo would like it to become a heavyweight franchise. I'll be keeping my eye on the Animal Crossing details too, I've never gotten into the series but maybe this next one will draw me in.
Nice to see a little more of Deamon Ex Machina, and Yoshi which looks like a must-buy for me. I'm interestred in the Final Fantasy stuff too. I probably won't pick up NSMB U again unless it becomes really cheap, but for some reason I'm tempted to double dip by the Kirby's Epic Yarn 3DS port. I'll be keeping an eye out for info on that "Town" RPG
I'm sure many moaned about the lack of Metroid, Fire Emblem, No More Heroes, Bayonetta, the new Pokemon RPG, the rumoured Pikmin 4 etc, but that's the cool thing about it; there's a lot more up still their sleaves as the new reveals have just shown. If people could only be a little patient.
On a related note, there was guy at work complaining Nintendo haven't released any big games on the Switch for a while, and while he's looking forward to Smash it's still too far away. But the reality is there aren't that many, it's a bit of a myth that Nintendo has dozens of AAA heavyweight blockbuster mega frachises. Really the big sellers with a fairly wide appeal are Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Smash and Mario Kart. Everything else is relatively niche and only appeals to certain people.
I suggested games like Splatoon 2, Xenoblade 2, Xenoblade 2: Torna (effectively a brand new game), Mario & Rabbids, Mario Tennis Aces, Fire Emblem Warriors, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Captain Toad, Octopath Traveller, Kirby, Arms, the upcoming Mario Party, and he just said he doesn't like RPGs, doesn't like muliplayer games, doesn't like sports games, doesn't like Pokemon, doesn't like 2D platformers, and for some reason isn't interested in ports of games he's not even played before. The only games he owns and rates are Mario, Zelda and Mario Kart, he does seem interested in a new Starfox and Smash as I say, but in the meantime his own narrow minded-ness is souring his experience with the Switch, and he goes around telling other people not to buy a Switch because it has no games.
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Ellen DeGeneres recounts assault by her stepfather in David Letterman interview
Posted 8:33 pm, May 28, 2019, by CNN Wires
Ellen DeGeneres. (Photo by: Doug Inglish/Warner Brothers/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Ellen DeGeneres revisits abuse she experienced as a teenager in an upcoming episode of David Letterman’s Netflix show, “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.”
In the interview, which releases Friday, DeGeneres talks about being sexually assaulted by her mother’s then-husband when she was a teen.
The abuse started, DeGeneres said, after her mother, Betty, was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“He told me when [my mom] was out of town that he’d felt a lump in her breast and needed to feel my breasts,” she recalled in her conversation with Letterman. “Anyway, he convinced me that he needs to feel my breasts and then he tries to do it again another time, and then another time.”
DeGeneres first opened up about the abuse by her stepfather, who is deceased, in a 2005 interview with Allure.
She told Letterman she’s sharing her account with the hope of empowering other women and girls.
“I’m angry at myself because, you know, I didn’t, I was too weak to stand up to, I was 15 or 16,” DeGeneres said. “It’s a really horrible, horrible story and the only reason I’m actually going to go into detail about it is because I want other girls to not ever let someone do that.”
DeGeneres said she didn’t tell her mom right away in an effort to protect her.
“I should never have protected [my mother]. I should have protected myself and I didn’t tell her for a few years, and then I told her,” she said. “And then she didn’t believe me, and then she stayed with him for 18 more years and finally left him because he’d changed the story so many times.”
DeGeneres also said she wants to encourage other survivors not to suffer in silence.
“When I see people speaking out, especially now, it angers me when victims aren’t believed,” DeGeneres said, adding,”because we just don’t make stuff up.”
CNN has reached out to DeGeneres for further comment.
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By gekkofm Uncategorized
Will Google Glass arrive at retail or is it just a beautiful PR stunt?
We simply cannot escape talk around Google Glass. It’s as ubiquitous as the Beckham’s and their PR allure. Ever since Google Glass hit the media, I feel like it’s an established and viable product as modelled by the curly-haired model in the original promotional photo, which the media are still using.
But despite years of buzz, the consumer is still no closer to adding the glasses to their ever-expanding tech kit. So is Google Glass just a clever PR stunt that refuses to give up, or are we set to see the product reach the hands of those who matter, the consumer?
Google Glass seems to have been everywhere but the shop shelves. Diane von Furstenberg used the product on the catwalk at New York Fashion Week, while Virgin Atlantic has tied up with the brand for flight crew to check in passengers on selected trans-Atlantic flights.
Brands want to build partnerships with this newsworthy, futuristic piece of innovation and why wouldn’t they when Google Glass is experiencing a media frenzy? It’s exposure on a scale any business desires, singling out its brand through association as the future now.
But no one has had more positive brand awareness than Google itself, which is why this could all be a bubble about to burst. There are many barriers the brand has to overcome before it’s ready for public consumption.
It is heavily tested and commented on by the BBC’s Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones, who states: “So far, I’m intrigued by the possibilities that Glass offers, but not convinced that the user interface is up to scratch.”
Doubt clouds Glass sceptics as to the viability of the product in the face of increasing privacy rules and pressure on Google to respect these rules. Even in preliminary testing phases, Google Glass has opened a Pandora’s Box of legal concerns. If it does become the next big thing in wearable technology, what are the ramifications for intellectual property and personal privacy when somebody can secretly film or take a picture of you with, literally, the wink of an eye?
It’s now standard practice to see all manner of things documented online by people when using one hand with a mobile phone; what will happen when they are given glasses that make it possible for them to be recorded with two hands? Google responded by making modifications that would make this harder to do, but hackers will be only too happy to quickly find ways around those measures.
A report out highlights the fears consumers have over privacy issues pertaining to the product. It was found that 72 per cent of Americans cited privacy concerns as the biggest reason for not wanting to wear Glass. Those polled were especially concerned about the possibility of hackers accessing personal data and revealing personal information, including location information, Adweek reported.
That’s not to say I don’t applaud Google for this extravagant teaser campaign. It’s been executed extraordinarily well and it has built up a buzz and anticipation that may explode into fireworks or a flame, leaving us wanting more, but when’s the launch date?
If it does indeed arrive into the retail space, I can only imagine it will be a watered down variant of the present. But the fact that Ray-Ban sunglasses maker Luxottica announced last month that it has sealed a strategic partnership with Google over its Glass eyewear surely only adds fuel to the fire of concerns over privacy intrusion.
Imagine sitting on a train opposite someone who appears to be wearing a regular pair of Ray Bans, when really they’re analysing your data – it’s just not acceptable in a democratic society. Or has democracy gone full circle where the insistence on knowing everything has now come to threaten our right to privacy?
Nonetheless, this innovation, in which ever form it manifests itself, will eventually land in a retailer near you (I hope) and it will need investment in dedicated, knowledgeable brand representatives who can create the right consumer engagement with those cost conscious shopper tribes. This must be a priority if they are to make a connection with consumers and help them understand how this innovation works to enhance their day-to-day lives, to leave them with a memorable impression of both the product that will lead to a sale.
Whether Google Glass comes into the retail space or not, one thing is for sure: this has been an unstoppable PR masterpiece.
Read the full article at http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/blog-will-google-glass-arrive-at-retail-or-is-it-just-a-beautiful-pr-stunt/033797
Tagged consumer, engagement, Gekko, Google, Google Glass
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Biblical mystery solved: Ancient Canaanites DNA lives on in Lebanese
Mira Abed | Los Angeles Times | July 31, 2017
The Canaanites lived at the crossroads of the ancient world. They experienced wars, conquests and occupations for millennia, and as a result evolutionary geneticists expected that their DNA would become substantially mixed with incoming populations.
Astonishingly, new genetic analysis shows that scientists were wrong. According to a new study in the American Journal of Human Genetics, today’s Lebanese share a whopping 93% of their DNA with the ancient Canaanites.
One of five Canaanites found buried in present-day Lebanon from which scientists extracted and sequenced DNA. Photo by Dr. Claude Doumet-Serhal/the Sidon excavation
Archaeologists at the Sidon excavation site have been unearthing ancient Canaanite secrets for the last 19 years in the still-inhabited Lebanese port city…
They sequenced the whole genomes of five individuals found in Sidon who lived about 3,700 years ago. The team then compared the genomes of these ancient Canaanites with those of 99 Lebanese people currently living in the country, along with the previously published genetic information from modern and ancient populations across Europe and Asia.
…This evidence supports the idea that different Levantine cultural groups such as the Moabites, Israelites, and Phoenicians may have had a common genetic background, the authors said.
The findings have powerful cultural implications…In a country struggling with the ramifications of war and a society fiercely divided along political and sectarian lines, religious groups have often looked to an uncertain history for their identities.
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. Read full, original post: The DNA of ancient Canaanites lives on in modern-day Lebanese, genetic analysis shows
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Category Archives: Euro 2012
England bow out on penalties, Chamakh doesn’t want to bow out – AFC
How many of you did not predict penalties in this tie? That was one outcome that everybody knew would happen. With no goals through 90 minutes and extra time England had finally succumb to the dreaded penalty shootout. It was definitely not a good night if your name was Ashley; both Young and Cole did not score their penalties which condemned England to taking the next flight home.
The game itself was not a classic by any means, especially if you were supporting England. After a bright start from both teams where it seemed they were prepared to throw two fingers up at all those who predicted a defensive stalemate from the two countries. That lasted all of five minutes then the real picture loomed.
As the game wore on Italy became stronger and stronger and missed quite a few chances you would expect them to gobble up. I believe the English post was struck twice over the course of the game and Balotelli had a game he would rather forget in terms of the chances he missed. England rode their luck a few times in the game as they became more and more tentative in their play. They dropped deep, kept their shape but at the times the broke on the counter they couldn’t string a number of passes together. The ball would break down and they would scurry back into position win the ball back and do the same over again.
As I had stated yesterday a game featuring these two countries needed the addition of someone special to produce that one piece of magic. I wanted that someone to be Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, England was calling out for his appearance. Rooney offered absolutely nothing on the night, nothing he tried came off and a lot of the promising attacks fell apart at his feet. Despite Jordan Henderson being trusted ahead on him last night young Alex will return to Arsenal with a lot of experience gained from his involvement in the tournament overall.
Theo Walcott did come on in the second half replacing James Milner who again was in the team on merit for his defensive qualities yet offered nothing going forward. Theo did in fact have the Italians on the back foot when in possession however that wasn’t in possession often enough as the England team seemed to force all their play on the left hand side. I have no idea why this was the case as Ashley Young gave the ball away far too much on the left flank and should really have been subbed at some point. I suppose in the end England believed their best hope to be penalties and played for them. Roy didn’t take that gamble the England team needed, the nation knew not to expect much when Henderson was brought on for Scott Parker and the only gamble Roy was prepared to take with the penalty shoot-out didn’t pay off. Not much else to say on the matter, the journey for the England team has ended at the quarter final stage. We didn’t expect much going into the tournament but gained belief as England progressed; we had some positives from Theo and Alex’s participation and will benefit next season from their experience gained.
In other Arsenal news the Bordeaux president has ruled out the prospect of Marouane Chamakh returning to the club this summer. It was though that after showing interest in the January transfer window for the striker they would renew that interest as it’s looking more and more likely he will become surplus to requirements next season. This has now been confirmed that Bordeaux will not be a likely destination. President Jean Louis Triaud said:
“It is not worth making things up. I tried to contact him six months ago when the transfer window was open”
“Since I crossed paths with him at the Parc des Princes, he was able to tell me he was very happy in London, loved Arsenal and was fine where he was. We’re talking about things which do not exist.”
Don’t know what to make of those quotes, can Chamakh really be happy with the way his career has been going at Arsenal or is he happy with the bumper wages he is on? I stand by the latter, we must not forget he signed on a free and his agent would have made the most of that situation with wage negotiations. These same wages Chamakh is on would price him out of any move back to his old club. France isn’t known for its high wages apart from the money currently being thrown about at PSG.
I still believe Chamakh will move on if and when we complete the signing of Giroud from Montpellier but for now he is taking a seat next to Denilson, Arshavin and Bendtner in that waiting room of uncertainty.
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Posted on June 25, 2012 by GambeanoSnitch. Posted in Arsenal, England, Euro 2012 | Tagged afc, arsenal, ashley cole, ashley young, england, euro 2012, italy, oxlade-chamberlain, theo walcott
England through, Giroud closer, Arshavin slips up – AFC
So England are through to the knockout stages at Euro 2012, they made hard work of it against the Ukraine who should feel hard done by for the goal that was not given. As predicted Roy Hodgson took the cautious approach and did not promote Theo Walcott to the starting eleven. Milner was chosen to provide more defensive cover against a determined home nation who went for a win. Rooney returned and scored the winning goal however his performance overall was rusty and ineffective.
Theo did get on the pitch in the second half though he was starved of any service as the England players chose to ignore him as an outlet. Strange choice there as his pace could have been utilized to stretch the Ukrainians who kept pushing for a goal. The minutes though will hopefully keep Walcott fresh in readiness for the game against the Italians.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain came on with a few minutes to go but didn’t really get a chance to have an effect on the game. He had one run but the ball trickled away from him at the point when he could have spread the ball to Theo. It’s still assuring that Roy Hodgson showed faith in the Arsenal man to come on in the closing stages of the match. A big boost to his confidence and there’s no reason why he wont be in Roy Hodgson’s plans for the Italy game.
As I mentioned earlier England will be facing Italy after winning the group; the French lost their final game against Sweden 2-0 and will now face Spain by default. The group stages are now over and the real pressure starts, Arsenal still has a part to play in the competition, roll on the Quarter finals.
The Olivier Giroud transfer to Arsenal seems to be gaining more momentum as the deputy president of Montpellier has confirmed negotiations between the two clubs over a transfer. This is the most definitive news yet concerning a deal with the tall striker and prices of around £13million are being quoted related to a clause in Giroud’s contract. Either way expect any deal to be concluded once France are no longer participating in the tournament.
Giroud managed to get some minutes on the pitch in France’s disappointing defeat to Sweden as so did the heavily linked Yann M’Vila. The midfield terrier started the game however my focus was on the England game and so I cannot report on either player’s performance against the Swedes.
Andrei Arshavin has caused a slight bit of controversy in his homeland after he was embroiled in an argument with some fans at the hotel the Russian team were staying at. Mobile phone footage captured the Russian captain responding to abuse from the fans in where he claimed his country’s failure to advance from their group was not the players fault but could be pointed towards the Russian fans and their expectations.
Although the words were not said on an official platform it has been enough for members of the Russian football union to condemn his lack of remorse and question his status as captain of the team. Ideally this controversy will blow over as soon as possible especially if Arsenal harbours plans to sell Arshavin back to Zenit St Petersburg. Factors like this could affect negotiations over any transfer fee and Arshavin’s decision to move back to Russia if he falls foul of the Russian public.
Posted on June 20, 2012 by GambeanoSnitch. Posted in Arsenal, England, Euro 2012 | Tagged afc, arsenal, arshavin, england, epl, euro 2012, football, giroud, m'vila, oxlade-chamberlain, russia, soccer, walcott
Walcott scare, M’vila close, Van Persie to sort out future soon – AFC
Theo Walcott has caused concern in the England camp after limping off from training citing a tightness of the hamstring as the cause. For Theo to miss out in the next game would be a big blow after the impact he made in the last game against the Swedes. The biggest message you can send out to the manager when you are aggrieved at not starting games is to show him what you can do when you come on the pitch. Walcott’s goal and assist was the perfect response and a chance in the starting line up for the next game was not an impossible outcome.
We all now know Roy Hodgson has carefully selected the best teams in his opinion that was best suited to play to his specific tactics. James Milner has left many scratching their heads at his worth to the team given his unspectacular performances. In his defence he has played to Roy’s expectation and is more unsung in the role he is asked to play. He has been a helpful assistance to Glen Johnson on the defensive side and can whip in a decent cross on the offensive side of England’s game. There are times when Milner’s robotic attention to detail is required and times when the more gifted, talented attacking players are needed.
I think that maybe Milner would have been selected ahead of Theo for the Ukraine game anyway due to the fact England won’t be going into the game desperate for a win. They wont need to get at the Ukrainians from the start so I feel Hodgson will opt for a more cautious approach from the off. Rooney will probably start but in midfield personnel will probably be the same as was used for the Sweden game.
It would still be a shame if Hodgson didn’t even have that dilemma to contemplate a switch but any impending injury will save him from criticism if England failed to qualify and he did not start the Arsenal forward. Theo did give us a scare during the Sweden game when he went down clutching his leg but that injury at the time was from his calf so today’s is unrelated. Theo has seemed to aggravate the hamstring which kept him out of the team during the tail end of the season; hopefully this has been spotted early enough to not keep him out any longer than Tuesday’s game.
The news has filtered around that Arsenal’s first game of the season will be a home game against Sunderland. Source of this is from RedAction who may well be correct but since the fixtures will be released today 9am UK time I see no need to read into this too much. I’ll prefer to wait and see when they are out which will probably be by the time you read this post. I will be more interested in the games that occur around our jinx month November, The Christmas and New Year’s fixtures and the run in towards the end of the season.
It was nice to hear quotes from M’Vila that he is aware of Arsenals interest and that he would be interested in a move to the emirates.
“I like Arsenal and I like the premier league”.
He then followed up with:
“I don’t know what is happening with the clubs, but yes I would be interested in the premier league and Arsenal.”
That’s the most positive quotes from all the players that have been linked to Arsenal since the season end so far. I now believe that transfer will happen once the Euros are over, not before though.
Robin Van Persie’s Holland team bowed out of the Euros with a whimper last night. I think many Arsenal fans secretly wanted the dutch to leave the competition early so that the future of our skipper could be sorted out as soon as possible. After Robin’s amazing season for Arsenal a lot was expected of the dutch master at Euro 2012. Even he must admit he hasn’t covered himself in glory at the tournament and his stock and ego has suffered a bit of a hit. Lets hope he can now decide whether he wants to stay at Arsenal quickly and look forward to atone for his disappointment as soon as possible.
Enjoy your day people.
Update: RedAction were right. It has now been confirmed Sunderland home is the first game followed by two away trips to Stoke and Liverpool. Final game will be away to Newcastle. I will need time to digest to run the rule over the fixtures and will comment in a future post.
Posted on June 18, 2012 by GambeanoSnitch. Posted in Arsenal, England, Euro 2012 | Tagged afc, arsenal, football, m'vila, premier league fixtures, roy hodgson, soccer, theo walcott | 4 Comments
Theo Walcott, England saviour – AFC
Ladies and gentlemen he’s back on the national radar. The critics were left to eat their words last night as Theo Walcott’s introduction midway through the 2nd half changed the game in England’s favour. England were in dire need of inspiration from somewhere; they did well to fashion a one nil lead in the first half only to self implode with two poor goals conceded. One being an own goal from Glen Johnson and the second a free header for Olof Mellberg; England really went to sleep for ten minutes in the second half.
England were in desperate need of a change to stem the flow as Sweden were growing more and more in confidence. I mentioned in my blog yesterday that I felt Roy would use Walcott’s pace in the second half to stretch the Sweden defence and keep them on their toes. What I didn’t expect was for Sweden to be leading at that time however what an impact that was made by Theo Walcott.
Theo was brought on as an immediate reaction to the 2nd goal scored by Mellberg. The change was needed, something was needed to bring the game back in favour of England. Theo didn’t take long to make his mark, within 5 minutes of coming on he pounced on a loose ball cleared to the edge of the Swedish box from an Ashley Young corner, he cushioned the ball and pinged it through a crowded box. Luckily the keeper was unsighted and saw the ball too late to react, the ball flew into the back of the net and England was level.
Walcott is not known for is long-range shots so this was a welcome surprise for all. England fans, especially gooners were jumping up and down and cheering the goal that given England a second chance to get a result. Arsenal fans have had to put up with the constant barracking of Walcott as people questioned his right to be in the England squad. Mark Lawrenson tended to put the knife in when Walcott came on the pitch when he suggested that Theo has apparently been living off of his hat trick performance against the Croatians 4/5 years ago. Pretty harsh but Mark Lawrenson doesn’t do positivity, I’m sure he must have Stewart Robson as a facebook friend.
That goal was the perfect response to any critics and a reminder to Roy Hodsgon of exactly what he can bring to the England team. Theo wasn’t finished there though,England were level but the boost from the goal meant that their heads were up as they had a new impetus. And so then came the winner courtesy of some excellent work from Theo. From an England break Theo received the ball just outside the area from Glen Johnson; he turned at the defence and drove forward, he used his pace to get past two defenders to reach the by-line, he cut the ball back to Danny Wellbeck who with a brilliant piece of adjustment sneaked the ball into the goal with a back flick. Although it needed a good finish the pace of Theo unsettled the Swedish defence enough to create the chance, what an impact.
The turnaround was complete,England had the lead and all they needed to do was hold on for the last ten minutes or so. With a few minutes left Roy Hodgson made a change and brought Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on. A bit late for the youngster to make much of an impact but he did mange to get in the right position for a late chance. Theo was the creator again as he put on the after burners to chase a ball played out in a counter attack, the Swedes were stretched at this point and as Theo worked his way into the box he saw Oxlade-Chamberlain at the far post. The ball was played over and heading to the boot of young Alex only for an over enthusiastic Steven Gerrard to charge into the box and steal the ball before it could reach the Arsenal man. The connection from Gerrard sent the ball flying into row Z and the chance was gone. England still managed to hold on to record the 3-2 win and move a step closer to qualifying from their group. Roy Hodgson’s tactics were working in the first half, they got thrown upside down with the sloppy Sweden goals early in the second half however he had a plan B in the two Arsenal players on the bench and thankfully he saw that early enough to introduce Theo who made the all important difference.
Posted on June 16, 2012 by GambeanoSnitch. Posted in Arsenal, England, Euro 2012 | Tagged afc, arsenal, england, euro 2012, football, olof mellberg, oxlade-chamberlain, roy hodgson, soccer, sports, theo walcott, wellbeck | 2 Comments
Oxlade-Chamberlain plays his part, Giroud again,Wiltord retires
Well that came out of the blue, here we were wondering if Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain would get the chance for a cameo role against the French. What we didn’t expect was for Roy Hodgson to give the young gunner a start in the game. This wasn’t a friendly, this was a start against one of the tournament favourites France and I have to admit the boy didn’t let his country down.
I spent the best part of yesterday’s blog expressing how I hoped Oxlade-chamberlain would play some part in the tournament but never imagined he would have been in Hodgson’s plans. Downing seemed a shoe-in for the left side of midfield due to his age and experience against a high-profile team like France. It wasn’t to be, rumours filtered through in the late morning that Roy would be starting the youngster but they were just rumours, nothing concrete to confirm.
The buzz from the rumours alone were enough to get Arsenal fans excited, this was a game we weren’t going to miss but the added bonus of young Alex playing ensured it would not be missed for anything. Once it was confirmed it was a proud moment for all linked to Arsenal to see that Roy Hodgson had big faith in his ability.
And to the game the young gunner did not disappoint, putting in a disciplined and controlled performance that made a mockery of his young age. We all know Oxlade-chamberlain for his dazzling runs, awesome skill and play with no fear attitude but this wasn’t a game for running gung-ho at the French team. Roy Hodgson set out a game plan to be followed and Oxlade-chamberlain ensured he did his part in a disciplined performance by England.
France in hindsight were the better team, they had more chances at goal and more possession.England were camped in their own half in the second half of the game and did enough to contain the pressure. Roy Hodgson selected the team that he felt would cope best against the French flair, disciplined enough to track back and close the French down but still pose a threat on the counter. The 1-1 draw was a great result for England and Oxlade-Chamberlain can hold his head up high for playing his part in professional team performance.
He was replaced in the 76th minute as Roy decided to change some tired legs; he played his part and now can look forward to the remaining group games having overcome the hardest test in the group. Expect him to have a more offensive role against the Ukrainians and Swedes if he plays.
The Olivier Giroud story is starting to pick up more pace as news surfaced that the Montpellier manager Rene Girard has apparently confirmed on French radio station RMC of Arsenal’s interest in the striker. Again it could be more made up stories since it’s the easiest story to run with without hard evidence in writing. If the manager has in fact confirmed the negotiations with Arsenal let’s hope his club Montpellier can confirm this more officially soon.
Special mention goes out to Sylvan Wiltord who announced his retirement from football yesterday. Our former French striker was one of the invincibles and spent a good few years at Arsenal. One of his most memorable moments was scoring the only goal at Old Trafford to clinch the title for us in 2002. Even more memorable was his part in one of the more remembered goal celebrations in Arsenal history when he allowed Kanu to pole vault over his head when in standing position. He will always be remembered for playing his part in that title clincher AND for looking like a member of Fine young cannibals. All in all we salute a former gunner who takes place in a part of Arsenal history.
Posted on June 12, 2012 by GambeanoSnitch. Posted in Arsenal, England, Euro 2012 | Tagged afc, arsenal, downing, football, france, giroud, kanu, montpellier, oxlade-chamberlain, soccer, wiltord
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A Forged Tradition
One ring to rule them all.
A Forged Tradition Varying Eloquence and Unwavering Authenticity with the Laguna Rads
Words by Jason Sering | Photos by Rick Hoss
In the heart of the surfing mecca that is Southern California, the small town of Laguna Beach has become a highlight, with beautiful beaches and flawless waves.
But its mountain bike heritage is almost as deep as its surfing history. Laguna is home to the Rads, one of the oldest and most storied clubs in the sport. And, as with many such groups, the Rads is also one of the most exclusive.
Over the past 35 years, the Rads have developed many rituals and traditions. Some remain secret, known only to the members of the club, while others have become legends, such as the world's longest running downhill race, the infamous Leaping Lizard.
But the Laguna Rads ring is unique.
The square-shaped, sterling-silver ring was commissioned in 2011 by an esteemed-but-unnamed member, and forged by Danish jeweler (and Game of Thrones extra) Martin Wohlgemuth. Its two untreated, natural-cut South African diamonds have a hint of green, which perfectly complements the Runic inscriptions along its side panels. It’s an alphabet with sorcerous connotations, used for more than a thousand years by Germanic tribes for writing, divination and magic. On the ring’s left side, framed by the club’s lizard mascot and a poison oak leaf, the runes read “No Rules.” On the right side, between a scepter and a bike chain, reads the phrase “One for All, All for One.”
The ring—and its inscriptions—honors brotherhood and all the Rads represent—friendship, unity, tenacity and the unique strengths and follies that inspired the original riders.
The tradition behind the ring is simple: It moves from member to member, with each recipient wearing it until they decide to pass it along to someone else. The exchange happens at one of the Rads’ weekly gatherings, often with a speech of varying eloquence but unwavering authenticity. The ring’s new heir can include anyone from a freshly elected president, the winner of the latest club event, a particularly stoked member or an injured rider struggling through recovery.
As with any object of importance, countless tall tales and trivia surround the ring. But, like other lore from the Rads’ history, the stories are almost impossible to fact check and are as diverse as the members of the club. A few of the accounts include the ring providing a 100 percent success rate when worn to job interviews. Or how one ring-wearing member, after being pulled over for riding his bike on top of a car on the freeway, was given a free ride home from police instead of being arrested. Another legend has it that the ring is not really made of silver, but from the recycled alloy of a GT Zaskar. Rumor has it that a recent toxicology and DNA test performed on the ring was more than 100 pages long, included various substances of dubious legality and the DNA of a recent inductee, which was also found on nearby trail-closure fences.
None of the tales have been verified, but true or not, they add to the ring’s deep heritage. Its heft, surprisingly weighty for its size, is a reminder that the small loop of silver represents something far greater than the individual wearer.
As the great wizard Gandalf said to a despairing Frodo in Lord of the Rings, “All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you.” They are wise words, and the Laguna Rads ring is a symbol of the club’s most basic tenet: that few treasures are greater than sharing good times with good people, and the kinship created by mountains, gravity and two wheels.
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Reading up on Cranmer’s Eucharistic Doctrine
“It has been a common mistake to assume that there was no fourth alternative open to Cranmer besides Catholic, Lutheran, and Zwinglian. There was in fact, a fourth available possibility in Virtualism, the Eucharistic doctrine according to which, while the bread and wine remain unchanged after the consecration, the faithful communicants receive with the elements the virtue or power of the Body and Blood of Christ. This was the view of the Eucharist affirmed by Martin Bucer, Henry Bullinger, Peter Martyr, and John Calvin. It has been argued at length by C.W. Dugmore in The Mass and the English Reformers and more recently by Peter Brooks in Thomas Cranmer’s Doctrine of the Eucharist, that Cranmer’s was a high Calvinist doctrine.
Furthermore, however close to Calvin or Zwingli Cranmer’s Eucharistic beliefs were, it must be noted that Cranmer and Zwingli differed in their evaluation of the importance of the Eucharist. Cranmer, like Calvin, desired a weekly Eucharist, whereas Zwingli settled for a quarterly Eucharist. On balance, then, I think Cranmer moved from a Catholic through a Lutheran to a Calvinist or Virtualist doctrine of the Eucharist, and that the final stage was accompanied by the strong influence on him of Nicholas Ridley, relying on the Nominalism he found in Radbertus. Cranmer, it must be insisted, affirmed that by the power of the Holy Spirit, the true consecratory agent in the sacrament, Christ with all the benefits of his passion and resurrection was spiritually present at the Lord’s Table, and that this was known in the hearts of believers by the interior testimony of faith. Faith did not create the presence–that would be blasphemy. Rather it confirmed the presence through the power of the Holy Spirit. Cranmer would undoubtedly have agreed with the statement made by his mentor, Ridley, in the Cambridge debate of 1549. There Ridley stated that the three practical benefits of the Eucharist were unity, nutrition, and conversion. (Worship and Theology in England, Book 1: I. From Cramner to Hooker, 1534-1603; 2. From Andrewes to Baxter and Fox, 1603-1690, p. 183 & 185)
In his well-known book Christ and Culture H. Richard Niebuhr has this wonderful section early on where he talks about our picture of Jesus, and how our perspectives tend to shape it. Niebuhr writes:
[Jesus] can never be confused with a Socrates, a Plato or an Aristotle, a Gautama [Buddha], a Confucius, or a Mohammed, or even with Amos or Isaiah. Interpreted by a monk, he may take on monastic characteristics; delineated by a socialist, he may show the features of a radical reformer; portrayed by a Hoffman, he may appear as a mild gentleman. But there always remain the original portraits with which all later pictures may be compared and by which all caricatures may be corrected. And in these original portraits he is recognizably one and the same. (Niebuhr, 13)
My question is this: what is a Hoffman? Is it slang for an actor, a dandy, a gentleman… what? Neither the Oxford English Dictionary or the Urban dictionary have a clue–perhaps someone reading this will.
John Keble, c. 1860
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“Because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus.” —Ezek. xxvi. 2, 3.
Tyre of the farther West! be thou too warn’d
Whose eagle wings thine own green world o’er-
spread,
Touching two oceans: wherefore hast thou scorn’d
Thy fathers’ God, O proud and full of bread?
Why lies the Cross unhonour’d on thy ground,
While in mid air thy stars and arrows flaunt?
That sheaf of darts, will it not fall unbound,
Except, disrob’d of thy vain earthly vaunt,
Thou bring it to be bless’d where Saints and Angels
haunt?
By Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus
How do colleges manage it? Kenyon has erected a $70 million sports palace featuring a 20-lane olympic pool. Stanford’s professors now get paid sabbaticals every fourth year, handing them $115,000 for not teaching. Vanderbilt pays its president $2.4 million. Alumni gifts and endowment earnings help with the costs. But a major source is tuition payments, which at private schools are breaking the $40,000 barrier, more than many families earn. Sadly, there’s more to the story. Most students have to take out loans to remit what colleges demand. At colleges lacking rich endowments, budgeting is based on turning a generation of young people into debtors.
As this semester begins, college loans are nearing the $1 trillion mark, more than what all households owe on their credit cards. Fully two-thirds of our undergraduates have gone into debt, many from middle class families, who in the past paid for much of college from savings. The College Board likes to say that the average debt is “only” $27,650. What the Board doesn’t say is that when personal circumstances go wrong, as can happen in a recession, interest, late payment penalties, and other charges can bring the tab up to $100,000. Those going on to graduate school, as upwards of half will, can end up facing twice that.
via The Debt Crisis at American Colleges – Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus – Business – The Atlantic.
Catholicity and covenant: York Minster and the Anglican claim to continuity
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In the course of a recent Catholic Herald column attacking entry charges for York Minster, William Oddie indulged in ultramontane triumphalism:
I have had this problem before, getting into Anglican cathedrals built by the Catholic Church and purloined at the Reformation.
In this week’s Herald, the Dean of York Minster – the Very Rev Keith Jones – responds to Oddie and in doing so articulates a generous but appropriately robust Anglican vision of the English Church’s historic relationship with both the English people and the See of Rome:
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Jesus blesses the little children
Fundamentalist Christians use the rod and kill the child in the name of God
Anna mentioned this to me earlier today. I’m thankful these folks have been sent away. This is a horrible situation, and people need to be warned about this book.
“If any of you put a stumbling-block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck and you were drowned in the depth of the sea” (Matthew 18:6).
Click below to watch the video/news report.
Adora Svitak: Would You Buy This for Your Daughter?
In his book Lost Icons: Reflections on Cultural Bereavement, Rowan Williams points to the sexualization of children (and the formation of childish adults) as the key in the spread of points of view where adults and children are seen as competitors for resources, for attention etc… This is an extension of that trend.
The issue of the over-sexualizing of girls from an early age has come to the forefront with a recent news story about model Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau posing suggestively for the cover of Vogue magazine. Over a series of photos, the ten-year-old is shown sprawled on leopard-print cushions, wearing a skimpy gold dress, stiletto heels, and posing heavily made-up, with rouge and lipstick. She’s ten years old, yet she looks scarily adult in the photos.
The question is, should we be so surprised? We’ve had it coming for a while now. After all, we live in a culture where the walls of any Abercrombie and Fitch store are adorned with some dude’s naked torso and skimpily dressed girls, where JCPenney, Macy’s, and Aeropostale’s websites all feature comprehensive selections of lacy G-strings and thongs on their juniors pages. “Aerie,” American Eagle’s undergarments line aimed at teenage girls (According to a press release: “aerie by American Eagle is a new line of intimates and dormwear designed for girls 15 to 25 years of age”), features on its homepage “Drew–Our New Pushup Bra That Adds 2 Cup Sizes,” with the heading “Double Whoa.” Do fifteen-year-olds really need an extra two cup sizes?
via Adora Svitak: Would You Buy This for Your Daughter?.
Twin reduction abortions: Why do they trouble pro-choicers? – By William Saletan – Slate Magazine
Slate discusses the discomfort many pro-choice folks express about the increasing request for “twin reductions:”
To pro-lifers and hardcore pro-choicers, this queasiness seems odd. After all, a reduction is an abortion. If anything, reduction should be less problematic than ordinary abortion, since one life is deliberately being spared. Why, then, does reduction unsettle so many pro-choicers?
For some, the issue seems to be a consumer mentality in assisted reproduction. For others, it’s the deliberateness of getting pregnant, especially by IVF, without being prepared to accept the consequences. But the main problem with reduction is that it breaches a wall at the center of pro-choice psychology. It exposes the equality between the offspring we raise and the offspring we abort.
via Twin reduction abortions: Why do they trouble pro-choicers? – By William Saletan – Slate Magazine.
For the record, I don’t think this sort of thing is less repugnant to pro-lifers–at least not the ones I know, or myself. The author seems to be overlaying a rather utilitarian view onto why people are pro-life/anti-abortion. Since many pro-life folks have problems with the consumerism that equates the willful termination of a human life with (for some even laudable) choice, there’s no reason they would be any less keen on challenging these procedures–indeed, I think many folks in the pro-life movement would place such procedures on par with late-term abortion, which are seen as being less necessary in difficult cases (i.e. health of the mother, rape, incest, pregnancy at a tender and biologically difficult age).
Thirty Three Things V.1
Here are some random things I’ve been reading/discussing online lately:
The Lead: Study explores educational level and religiosity. Note: the results aren’t what you’d likely expect.
Bishop Pierre Whalon on “What is Anglicanism”
Preaching to their own Choirs: on how folks didn’t change their minds about heaven or hell after reading Rob Bell or Francis Chan
Education needs a digital age upgrade (NYT)
A National Debt of $14 Trillion? Try $211 Trillion. (NPR)
Why Bank Bailouts haven’t led to jobs (Harvard Business Review)
Stuff on Adam & Eve, evolution etc… (seems like this has been a popular topic, so I have a few links: Hermeneutics, Origins & Ethics (JD Kirk), Evangelicals Question the Existence of Adam and Eve (Jesus Needs New PR), The Search for the Historical Adam (Christianity Today)
About Original Sin being the only empirically provable Christian doctrine
The Brain on Trial (The Atlantic)
Bert and Ernie will not marry, despite the efforts of signers of an online petition (BBC). Money quote: A statement from the show’s makers said: “They remain puppets and do not have a sexual orientation.”
Harry Potter and Running from Death (Front Porch Republic)
Why Hospitals in Portland are Banning Early Births (The Atlantic), how inductions and c-sections are actually harming the health of mother and baby.
The Least Pivotal Time in American History (The Atlantic)
Why bother with Marshal McLuhan? (The New Atlantis)
What Neuroscience cannot tell us about ourselves (The New Atlantis)
Place and Placelessness in America (The New Atlantis)
Happy Birthday Herbert Hoover: The Lost Legacy of a Hated President (The Atlantic)
The New America (Church & Culture): “It’s now official. The United States is ‘bigger, older, more Hispanic and Asian and less wedded to marriage and traditional families than it was in 1990.'”
Anglicanism’s Magisterial Authority (The Creedal Christian)
Speaking of Hoover. At the end of the campaign, when he arrived in Palo Alto, he opened a telegram that read “Vote for Roosevelt and make it unanimous.” (Google Books)
Europe’s Conservative Confusion: nearly every government on the continent is center right. So why can’t they get along and figure out how to get along and save the EU economies? (Foreign Policy)
What isn’t behind the London Riots (Called the “Shopping Riots” now by some) (The Washington Post)
Can Motherhood be Criminalized?
Where have all the Girls Gone? It’s true: western money and advice really did help fuel the explosion of sex selection in Asia. (Foreign Policy)
The Kids Aren’t Alright: What’s really behind Britain’s wave of youth violence? (Foreign Policy)
The Sons of Brixton: Cameron’s Failed Politics of Austerity (Foreign Affairs)
Bearing the Cost of War: Why the U.S. Should Raise Taxes — Just As it Has in Previous Conflicts (Foreign Affairs) “Most Americans have made no sacrifices at all for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The burden should be shared. It’s long past time for Congress to enact a wartime tax, something it’s done in almost every war in the past.”
GetReligion talks about the various Adam & Eve and Evangelical stories out there recently–and who should have credited who…
Augustine’s Origin of Species: How the great theologian might weigh in on the Darwin debate. (Christianity Today)
Two Churches that closed down the show (Internet Monk)
Peter Berger talks about the accusation of being “On the Wrong side of History.”
The Fading Shadow of the Habsburgs
The Progressive Crisis
Well… there you have it. Let me know what you think of any of these pieces.
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We offer help and advice for schools when it comes to MUGA pitch funding in Northamptonshire NN1 5 as well as various other grants. This is used to install outdoor MUGA facilities that the children can play different activities on during lessons and extracurricular clubs. The new games spaces can also be used by members of the local community outside of school hours to increase physical activity and health. Our specialist consultants are here to help you with applying for grants to build a brand new sport facility. Feel free to contact us through the form on this page and we’ll get back to you to discuss the different options.
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In both primary schools and secondary schools, multi use games areas are commonly used for a range of sports, games and activities. Ofsted often recommend having one of these areas so that the children can enjoy being active and doing different things. Many schools do not have good quality MUGA facilities and outdoor spaces. This means that the kids can’t always enjoy a range of sports or activities during outdoor play and PE lessons. By installing a new MUGA pitch through funding grants, you can encourage healthier lifestyles for your pupils and members of the wider community. The multi use games areas come in a variety of designs which can be tailored to suit EYFS age children up to primary and secondary school for Key Stages 1, 2, 3 and 4. Depending on the MUGA sports you would like to play, the specifications can range from artificial grass to macadam and polymeric. Each of these nearby surfaces in Northamptonshire can be line marked in different colours to outline each individual sport. The sports facility could then be used to host community events and competitions as well as activities within the school.
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If you are thinking of having a new sports pitch facility built with a multi use games area grant, there are a number of options you can choose from. Nurseries, Early Years groups and primary schools often choose to have exciting playground surfaces installed. These are popular because they can have different games and activities applied to the pitch in Northamptonshire NN1 5 with thermoplastic markings or wetpour graphics. The thermoplastic markings come in a variety of colours, shapes and designs which are heat applied to a tarmac pitch. These graphics are both fun and educational as they can include word and number games, maps, grids, targets, compasses, roadways and a huge variety of other designs.
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Wetpour graphics are also installed in a range of colours within a full wetpour pitch. This is a specialist rubber flooring type which provides a soft, impact absorbing area for kids to play. The wetpour surfacing is commonly used beneath play equipment so that children can learn to climb, traverse and balance without getting hurt if they fall. Colourful shapes and graphics are often incorporated into these to create a complete, engaging play space. You can choose from a number of designs which are perfect for Early Years Foundation Stage learning, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and even up to secondary school level. These facilities are often funded because they encourage children to be active while learning new skills and having better chances in life.
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THE GENERATION GAP: How Do Four Different Generations View Dating? Let’s Find Out
What do Vietnam, Letterman Jackets, pagers and 50 Shades of Grey all have in common? They’re all the common denominator for cultural differences that defined each generations distinct dating styles. I sat down with two Baby Boomers, who were navigating dating in the 1960s; two Gen Xers who were dating in the 1980s and early 1990s; two Millennials who and were dating in the 1990s and 2000s; and two Gen Zers who are currently navigating the world of “Netflix and Chill,” and “sliding into the DMs.” Through these conversations it became clear to me that each generation has a unique perspective on what exactly defines sex, dating and romance.
Most people assume that dating has always worked exactly the same way, but I discovered that the people I spoke with from each generation told very different narratives. Throughout the conversations with each generation, I realized how much the deterioration of the family unit, the Sexual Revolution and the advent of technology have influenced dating and sex.
Question 1: What year were you born?
Respondent 1: 1949, 70 years old
Question 2: What kind of technology influenced the way people in your generation dated?
Respondent 1, 70 years old: My family only had one phone line so my sisters and I would tie the line up all day and night. I would also write a lot of handwritten letters, especially when my husband was in Vietnam for a year.
Respondent 2, 72 years old: My sister and I were lucky because our mom and dad paid for us to have our own phone line so we could talk to our boyfriends that way, without tying up the phone line. There wasn’t much technology aside from that.
Respondent 3, 49 years old: Answering machines came out when I was in high school and it was the coolest thing ever. With answering machines, you didn’t have to worry about leaving the house to run errands and missing a call from your boyfriend. He could just leave you a message.
Respondent 4, 45 years old: Leaving messages on the answering machine became the really cool thing.
Respondent 5, 38 years old: I got my first pager in high school so that was always how my boyfriend would reach me. Or if I was running late for something I could call him on the payphone and let him know.
Respondent 6, 38 years old: I would call my boyfriend on my cell phone or email him.
Respondent 7, 19 years old: Right now the big thing is Tinder and dating apps like that. You can also use Snapchat or FaceTime to talk to people. It makes long distance relationships a lot easier.
Respondent 8, 17 years old: Most people will find girls they like on Instagram and message them or get their Snapchat to start talking to them.
Question 3: What are some ways that people would flirt or what kinds of romantic gestures were there?
Respondent 1, 70 years old: Slam books were the thing at my high school. You would start a book to pass around where you would answer questions like “who has the best eyes in the class?” or “who has the nicest smile?” and then other people in the class answer the same questions.
Respondent 2, 72 years old: Giving someone your senior ring or letterman jacket was the biggest one.
Respondent 3, 49 years old: Guys would give their girlfriends their letterman jackets, that was a big one. Or if you really liked someone you would make them a mix tape.
Respondent 4, 45 years old: Mix tapes are the main one I can think of. Or giving a girl your letterman jacket.
Respondent 5, 38 years old: I can’t really think of any big grand gestures.
Respondent 6, 38 years old: I can’t think of anything except just flirting in person like standing close to the guy you liked or touching his shoulder when you talked to him.
Respondent 7, 19 years old: Most flirting is just like Snapchatting someone a lot. Boys will tell you to hit them up if they want you to come over.
Respondent 8, 17 years old: There’s not really much flirting. You’ll just Snapchat the girls you like and hope they Snapchat you back.
Question 4: How did your generation handle sex in relationships?
Respondent 1, 70 years old: People didn’t have sex outside of marriage. People didn’t talk to their friends about sex either, everyone was very private. You dated to get married and have children, so sex and intimacy were saved for that.
Respondent 2, 72 years old: Nobody was having sex with anyone they weren’t married to. Women would occasionally talk to their friends about their sex lives but just brief mentioning of it, never any detail.
Respondent 3, 49 years old: Premarital sex was no longer something that would be considered taboo, but it was nothing like the culture surrounding sex today. You really only had sex with your boyfriend or someone you were in love with, not just any guy.
Respondent 4, 45 years old: Almost everyone I know was having premarital sex but they weren’t floozies. It was like you’d have sex with someone you’d been dating for a long time, if you were sure you were going to get married. You didn’t just sleep around.
Respondent 5, 38 years old: Pretty much everybody was having premarital sex. I lost my virginity at age 18 and told all my friends about it. Of course, I didn’t tell my parents until I was older, but nobody made a big deal of it. If you’d been on a few dates it was pretty normal to have sex with them.
Respondent 6, 38 years old: As far as I know everyone had premarital sex. You’d go on two or three dates and then sleep with them, that was normal. You’d talk to your friends about what you did and that was how people learned more about sex.
Respondent 7, 19 years old: Sex is kind of the reason people date now. There are some people who want to get married but most people approach marriage with the mindset that if it ends in divorce they can just start over. Everything is allowed nowadays.
Respondent 8, 17 years old: Everyone is having every kind of sex with whoever they want. Nothing like when my grandparents dated.
Question 5: What are the pros and cons to how each generation dated?
Respondent 1, 70 years old: The Baby Boomers had a very limited dating pool so I guess that was a negative thing. I really think we had it right though, at least with the way boys and girls interacted. Boys still came to the door to meet the parents when they picked the girl up for a date. It was very sweet and innocent and much more intimate. I think Gen Z is lucky that they have access to social media to meet each other but many of them aren’t using it in the right way and it’s taking some of the personalization and intimacy out of dating for them.
Respondent 2, 72 years old: I don’t think any generation has had it totally “right” but I think that Baby Boomers and Gen X definitely did a better job at keeping romance in relationships and making dating feel more special. The social media the younger generations have access to certainly helps with connectivity and long distance dating but if it’s being abused to the point of having meaningless, emotionless relationships then what’s the point?
Respondent 3, 49 years old: I think my parents’ generation did a really good job of dating. I think we did a good job of dating too. My children are all Gen Z and I do worry about them. Dating is easier for them but marriage is harder and marriage is where it really counts. The divorce rates these days are crazy and of course I don’t want my children to get a divorce.
Respondent 4, 45 years old: Is it okay to say I think my own generation had the most pros? Gen Xers really had it right. Relationships weren’t solely focused on sex, which is good because sex is such a small percentage of the amount of time you spend with someone when you’re married to them. Sex is important but it shouldn’t be the focus. Dating for us was just about having fun together, going bowling, playing mini golf, drinking milkshakes or whatever and just getting to know everything about the person.
Respondent 5, 38 years old: I think my generation kind of ruined it for the younger generations. We wanted to get away from the idea of waiting until marriage but we took it too far and now it’s really hard for the younger generations to get back to the heart of the idea of waiting for someone you love. And Gen Z has it even harder than we did because they have all this technology. I like the way Baby Boomers dated because there was way more romance.
Respondent 6, 38 years old: I think Millennials did well because they made things more socially acceptable, but what came with that was also making things less special.
Respondent 7, 19 years old: It’s actually really sad because everyone acts like they love the freedom of having sex with whoever they want whenever they want but I think most of us hate it. It ends up leaving people confused and heartbroken and unfulfilled. Most people don’t want to admit it but I think the Baby Boomers and Gen Xers were onto something. There’s something really nice about writing handwritten letters to each other and going on real dates and not just focusing on when you’re going to get to have sex. I think most people come from broken homes now too, so marriage just isn’t really valued.
Respondent 8, 17 years old:Well I think the idea of picking a girl up at the door and meeting her parents is really nice. I don’t know why we don’t do that anymore. I think the older generations had more intimacy and romance and my generation is kind of lacking in that.
The consensus? As technology has advanced dating has become easier but the sacrifice made has been long lasting, meaningful relationships. Even Gen Zs agree, that as sex has slowly lost its value over time, dating has become less about intimacy and marriage, and more about personal freedom and exorbitant fleeting pleasure.
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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > TV IV > Doctor Who: We swear, TimeLash wasn't that bad!
Best Producer/Showrunner?
This poll is closed.
Verity Lambert 49 7.04%
John Wiles 1 0.14%
Innes Lloyd 1 0.14%
Peter Bryant 3 0.43%
Derrick Sherwin 3 0.43%
Barry Letts 12 1.72%
Phillip Hinchcliffe 62 8.91%
Graham Williams 3 0.43%
John Nathan-Turner 15 2.16%
Philip Segal 3 0.43%
Russel T Davies 106 15.23%
Steven Moffat 114 16.38%
Son Goku 324 46.55%
Total: 696 votes
[Edit Poll (moderators only)]
Edward Mass
Hair Elf
(old thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...hreadid=3597393)
We had the 50th Anniversary, we've had a regeneration episode, now we have...a long wait for August. They're filming right now, and so we just have to wait for them to finish. What do we know about the 12th Doctor (as he will be known as)? Not much. He doesn't like the color of his kidneys, and he doesn't know how the fly the TARDIS. Other than that, speculation.
In the meantime? Well, The Moonbase just came out on DVD, and the Underwater Menace is coming soon. The Time of the Doctor is getting a DVD and Blu-Ray release next month in Region 1. You can celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Eccleston being revealed as the first revival Doctor in a few weeks (he also turned 50 recently). There's always the audio adventures, which we'll get to later. There are the books. There are the comics. There's this thread. Hey, you're already reading it!
With no new Who on the horizon, we look to the past (as there is always more of it). Various posters are doing re-watch/read/listens to old episodes/books/audio dramas and giving opinions. If you haven't seen/read/listened to every Doctor Who thing, do it, because we have to get through about six months surviving on arguments over which African dictatorship is secretly housing The Space Pirates.
The Something Awful Doctor Who IRC Channel (SADWIRCC) is #mrrock. Stop by and ask for more information.
Now for the formalities.
By edict of the moderators, this is a SPOILER-FREE ZONE. Other than backstage stuff (hiring people), DO NOT POST SPOILERS. AT ALL. Even if Queen Elizabeth II, Barack Obama, and Vladimir Putin have a three-way press conference on every channel to reveal life on Mars and also that Martha Jones is a Rutan, DON'T POST IT HERE. If you must post about spoilers, go to the spoiler thread.
If you want to start with the revival, you can start with The Eleventh Hour and catch up with the last Doctor's work. If you want to watch the original series, there are plenty of places to start. You COULD start with An Unearthly Child and watch everything in chronological order. You could also watch individual serials of all the Doctors and determine which you like the best. Keep in mind, this was a different era of television, where you could get away with shaky sets if the story was good.
The most popular serials you can jump into are:
First Doctor: An Unearthly Child, The Aztecs
Second Doctor: The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Web of Fear
Third Doctor: Spearhead from Space, Carnival of Monsters
Fourth Doctor: Pyramids of Mars, The Robots of Death
Fifth Doctor: Kinda, Frontios
Sixth Doctor: Vengeance on Varos, Revelation of the Daleks
Seventh Doctor: Dragonfire, Remembrance of the Daleks
A GUIDE TO DOCTOR WHO AUDIO DRAMAS
There are hundreds, possibly thousands of Doctor Who and Doctor Who-related audio dramas. This is not a post telling you what audio dramas to listen to, because everyone has an opinion that is different from everyone else (some people possibly like Minuet in Hell, but I doubt it). This is a post telling you the basic info on the different series of titles there are, and boy, are there a ton of different series. Confusing.
Big Finish monthly releases
Since 1999, Big Finish have released, on a consistent basis, mostly standalone stories featuring the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and, occasionally, Eighth Doctors. Up to 184th(!) release next month.
Audio dramas based on scripts meant for television. Stories involving the first three doctors are "enhanced audiobooks", meaning there is narration as opposed to having a full cast.
The Fourth Doctor Adventures
Tom Baker gets his own line of releases.
The Eighth Doctor Adventures
An on-again-off-again series featuring Paul McGann.
More enhanced audiobooks. Ended in 2014, replaced by...
The Early Adventures
Black-and-white era Doctor Who enhanced audiobooks.
Doctor Who Unbound
Doctor Who's version of "What if...?"
Destiny of the Doctor
Enhanced audiobooks originally made by AudioGo for the 50th anniversary. Notable for featuring stories involving the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctors.
The BBC Radio Adventures
If it was commissioned for the Beeb, it fits into this category. Contains the first Doctor Who audio drama, Doctor Who and the Pescatons, everything released by BBC Audio, Eighth Doctor Shada, and Real Time.
There are a ton of these, ranging for good (I, Davros) to who gives a poo poo (anything involving a companion from the audio series).
And now, some images.
Current show-runner Steven Moffat, wondering where the invisible, all-knowing woman was in The Daleks
Take that, Hitler!
Don't SPLINK!
The Curator meets the Brig
I wasn't alive when the Sixth Doctor was incumbent, so I only kind of get this.
Peter Capali's frightening drawing of Tom Baker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G11kCiSGEk
Cerv, you owe me
Edward Mass fucked around with this message at Jul 20, 2014 around 18:34
# ? Feb 19, 2014 07:48
I made the first vote of the poll and Phillip Hinchcliffe has 100% of the votes. This is accurate and this percentage should not change.
jng2058
Power Gamer for Hire
And if we were only discussing the quality of stories, you'd have a point. But showrunner includes a lot of poo poo that never makes it to the screen and for that you've got to respect Verity for getting the whole thing rolling and RTD for bringing it back from the dead.
My vote went to RTD simply because he somehow managed to take a dead and discredited show that existed only in books and audiobooks and turn it into phenomenon. That takes a ton of skill, luck, and devotion and RTD brought all three in spades. Because of him we talk about 75th and 100th anniversaries and aren't completely insane for doing so when, not even ten years ago, I'd have told you that Dr. Who was dead and gone.
The_Doctor
"The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."
You're just going to leave that hanging colon in the title, are you? Hmm.
MixxMaster
CaptainYesterday posted:
Sixth Doctor: Vengeance on Vars
Come on, How could you get the title wrong? One of Colin's best. Some say it's a CLASSIC!
Neddy Seagoon
We've got this thing licked!
MixxMaster posted:
Please don't lock us in the thread, it's only just started .
And as for thread titles; Doctor Who: We'll explain later.
Potsticker
Wonderful thread, all of them.
Cleretic
I have just transcended common sense!
Goku was showrunner during Trial of a Time Lord, right?
Here are gifs from the last year/season of Matt Smith's run, including Day of the Doctor and Time of the Doctor. I have plenty of stuff from the previous seasons as well that I'll get around to creating an album at a later date.
jng2058 posted:
If I was voting purely on quality of stories I'd give the nod to Moffat. Hinchcliffe ran the show during a period where everybody was bringing their A game, the show was running as smooth as could be, riding a massive wave of popularity and spreading out into demographics that had ignored or been uninterested in the show before. As far as I'm concerned the Hinchcliffe/Holmes/Baker era has never been topped in terms of creativity, success and a relatively smooth production running in the background (Tom was still creatively happy and not being such a menace on set).
Umbra Dubium
The British Empire was built on cups of tea, and if you think I'm going into battle without one, you're sorely mistaken!
Which is why I voted for Segal. Yes, The Movie was disappointing in many ways, but after watching the documentary about its rather long inception, I think we should all be very thankful for what Segal managed to achieve.
He used what little clout he had to kill Lost In The Dark Dimension.
The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.
Well it's not a checkbox poll but you got the important part right.
MrL_JaKiri
Ask me about my calm and reasonable opinions on cycling!
I am in no way a zealot about cycling!
Cycling helmets are ABSOLUTE HARAM!
Unironically voting for JNT
counterfeitsaint
I'm a girl, and you're
gnomes, and it's like
what? Yikes.
Sometimes I wish I could talk about this Doctor Who show that's on tv right now, but every thread is constantly derailed with people going on about all this weird 60s and 70s stuff.
I only recognize a single name on that list, and I haven't decided yet if I want to vote for that name or null vote.
I picked Hinchcliffe, but I think the problem is that for a lot of Classic Who there was a kind of partnership between the producer and the script editor, whereas in New Who the equivalent roles have sort of amalgamated into the show runner job. So there's an implied vote for Holmes, I suppose.
Irish Joe
Someone needs to fix the thread title. The colon with no subtitle is driving me crazy.
Doctor Who: Yes, we know who you are.
The third episode of The Caves of Androzani was amazing
"Your safety is my top priority" *SHOVE*. Probably the simplest way anyone's done in a president and gotten away with it.
bobkatt013
You’re telling me Peter Parker is ...... Spider-man!?
I really like the fifth doctor recommendations.
bobkatt013 fucked around with this message at Feb 19, 2014 around 14:02
Open Source Idiom
bobkatt013 posted:
I really like th efifth doctor recommendations.
The inclusion of Four To Doomsday was a bit of a headscratched, honestly. It's not particularly bad, but I'd have recommended something like Kinda.
Open Source Idiom posted:
I would say its one of if not the worst Fifth Doctor Story. The racism, the Adric, the ethnic dancing. The whole thing is so so bad. The only good thing is the amazing spacesuit the Doctor uses.
SONIC BOOM!!!
The Goku era will always be my favorite.
Bicyclops
Hey, Karn, what do you say to console someone who just got Thought Erased? You give up? "Need a hand?"
I'm not surprised that Goku is winning. My real vote is for Douglas Adams. All hail the script editors.
Bicyclops posted:
Douglas Adams was a good writer but not a great script editor. The stories during that time were not that great.
The Power of Kroll was a real stinkbomb, but I enjoyed every one of the serials from season 16.
I thought Adams was season seventeen and Anthony Read did sixteen?
counterfeitsaint posted:
And eighties
And Noughties, a lot of the discussion that's been happening recently has been about RTD and the first four series of the revival - discussion that's been driven by Jerusalem's posts on his rewatch.
So I guess if you want to post about something post about it and people will discuss it with you
Two of the names on the list have been the producer of Doctor Who in the last 5 years
Correct, Adams took over from Destiny onwards
to all of my Architects
let me be traitor
Great, but that was Anthony Read's season, and he had nowhere to go but up from Underworld and Invasion of Time :snore:.
EDIT - drat YOU, BRITONS!
After The War posted:
Shame he wrote one of those.
Lower expectations before you get the job, all going as planned
Oh, okay. I guess most of the post City of Death stuff was a bit forgettable. I should have gone with Son Goku anyway.
I think I've given GBS their fun with the drat whale, it's probably about time for some smug Hartnell. Here are the options I'm considering, I can't make up my mind:
Nothing about Horns of Nimon is forgetttable.
Gaz-L
Leaning towards 3, though dat hat in 1 is certainly a compelling case.
Oh, and about the OP, I actually found a site reviewing the BF dramas that gushed about how perfect Minuet In Hell is!
Some Guy posted:
Minuet In Hell Mind of Evil - Meets - The US TV Movie
Pace & Development:
Characterisation & Acting:
Intrigue:
McGann delivers his finest performance to date in a story so brilliant weaved together that every scene is engaging. The roles of the Brigadier and Charley are well used and the strands of the plot drift in and out of each other in an enjoyable adventure with a great deal of depth.
Gaz-L fucked around with this message at Feb 19, 2014 around 15:36
The Nimon be praised!
One day, the show will come back. Yes, it will come back. Until then, there must be no regrets about lost episodes, no tears over Matt Smith's departure, no anxieties about Moffat's writing. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to Capaldi that he is not mistaken in his.
No Nick Briggs in the Poll? Suddenly the audio show doesn't count?
Gaz-L posted:
Even though I feel like I was on the positive side of my opinion of Minuet in Hell with "It's so campy/goofy bad it's good!" I'm shocked that there's people actually professing it's straight out good.
Detective No. 27
Have any Americans received their Dark Eyes 2 discs yet?
CobiWann
There are lost episodes of course. Stories that were commissioned but never made. Or made but misfiled, post broadcast. Sheer incompetence, of course.
Potsticker posted:
There are people who say the same thing about how perfect The Sirens of Time is.
Fighting Trousers
Does this excite you, girl?
That guy also seems to really hate that Eight and Charley talk about love in Scherzo, too.
CobiWann posted:
People who never listened to any other audios, right? ...right!?
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