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Pratap Jena
Odisha government
health and family welfare minister
Director of health services
Odisha issues ultimatum to 108 absentee doctors
The Odisha government today issued a notice warning of disciplinary action against 108 doctors, who have remained absent from their places of duty for a long period.PTI | November 20, 2017, 07:35 IST
These absentee doctors are yet to report for duty though their postings were made 3 to 5 years ago
Bhubaneswar, Nov 19 : The Odisha government today issued a notice warning of disciplinary action against 108 doctors, who have remained absent from their places of duty for a long period, if they fail to reply within a month.
The state government had issued notices several times to the said doctors, who remained absent in an unauthorised manner, directing them to join duty at their respective places of posting but they never responded, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Pratap Jena.
These absentee doctors are yet to report for duty though their postings were made 3 to 5 years ago, he said adding, these doctors have remained incommunicado, flouting the official orders.
Therefore, this is the final notice issued by the government and if they fail to submit replies within the stipulated time period of one month, action would be taken against them as per law, the minister said.
A senior official said these doctors have either deserted their place of duty wilfully for a long period or failed to report for duty.
Attempts have been made to ascertain their addresses to communicate with them but their whereabouts could not be known as they have not intimated their present address either to their immediate authorities or to the Director of Health Services or Director, Medical Education and Training, he said.
The final notice, which was also published in newspapers, has an e-mail ID and asked the absentee doctors to submit their representations along with supporting documents within a month, failing which disciplinary proceedings would be taken against them.
The government move came following allegations that many doctors posted in remote areas and peripheral health centres remained absent from the place of their posting as they are engaged in private practice and not inclined to serve in far-flung regions, said an official. SKN JM
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FDA Approves Major New Lung Cancer Medication
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Health regulators in the United States have indicated that they have granted approval to an advanced lung cancer medication.
The drug in question is produced by the pharmaceutical manufacturer Roche Holding, and addresses lung cancer in patients with a specific genetic mutation.
Roche Holding will be selling the drug, alectinib, under the brand name Alecensa.
The medication has been approved with the intention of treating patients with advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Alecensa will be particularly effective in treating those patients within whom this disease has worsened after, or who could not tolerate, treatment with competitor Pfizer’s Xalkori.
There are hopes that the drug will now be approved for wider marketplaces as well, as Roche Holding looks to increase its share of the lung cancer pharmaceutical marketplace.
“Today’s approval provides a new therapy for a group of patients who would have few treatment options once their disease no longer responds to treatment with Xalkori,” Richard Pazdur, head of the Food and Drug Administration’s Hematology and Oncology Products division, commented in an official statement.
Xalkori was seen as an advance in the field of personalised medicine as it was designed to treat only patients with the ALK genetic mutation.
This is a relatively tiny portion of overall cancer sufferers, with this specific group accounting for only 4% of NSCLC patients.
As competition hots up in this particular area of pharmaceuticals, it has been reported that Pfizer is also developing a drug for ALK.
The pharmaceutical heavyweight has had to acknowledge that many patients have stopped responding to its own products Xalkori, and Pfizer is attempting to develop an alternative remedy.
Pfizer has established itself as one of the 50 largest corporations in the world according to Forbes magazine, with a market capitalisation in excess of $200 billion.
The pharmaceutical lobby is famously one of the most influential groupings in the United States, and indeed the industry spends more on lobbying government than any other comparable industrial sector.
While the United States pharmaceutical industry unquestionably produces many valuable medicines, the country has also been criticised for its reliance on responding to illnesses with drugs, as opposed to addressing the cause of problems.
Indeed, the US has something of an addiction to popping pills, with the country one of only two in the world that allows the television advertising of drugs (the other being New Zealand).
The FDA’s Accelerated Approval Program allows conditional approval of a medicine that fills an unmet medical need for a serious condition based on early evidence of clinical benefit.
A confirmatory study is required to verify the benefit of Alecensa for it to gain full approval, the agency revealed.
There are an estimated 158,040 deaths from lung cancer annually in the United States (86,380 in men and 71,660 among women).
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New Study Says Country Music Mentions Drugs More Than Any Other Genre
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It’s easy enough to find songs about any drug (or booze) imaginable, but these days the favorite topic among musicians is weed.
But guess who does it the most?
In addition to wailing about love lost, broken dreams, odes to the Good Lord—“Drop Kick Me Jesus Through The Goal Posts of Life” or bemoaning that “All my Exes Live in Texas”—country music loves to serenade cannabis and does it more than any other genre.
Topping the charts, of course, is “Weed with Willie,” about a sad sack who swears he’ll “never smoke weed with Willie again.” But even after getting smoked under the table “with drool on my chin. We broke down and smoked weed with Willie again.”
But really, who hasn’t smoked a joint—or at least wanted to—with Willie Nelson?
According to a recent study by Addictions.com, aptly titled “Drugs in Music,” country music mentions drugs in general more than any other musical genre, and the most-referenced substance is weed.
One would have thought that rap, hip-hop or some of the sweet sixties music would be up there.
But Addictions.com’s survey notes that out of eight categories, country leads the way with a 1.6 mentions per song on average, followed closely by jazz and pop music.
Hip-hop actually falls into last place at less than 1.3 mentions per song on average.
This data obviously challenges the assumption that all rappers are lyrical drug peddlers. A 2014 New York Times article shed light on a growing and deeply disturbing practice of using lyrics by aspiring rappers as evidence for the prosecution in criminal trials.
It it worth noting that Addiction.com’s study did not classify alcohol as a drug.
According to the methodology, the researchers “scraped song lyrics from Song Meanings API and analyzed drug mentions, what drugs were involved, and how it changed over time, and grouped drug slang words together in their respected drug categories.”
After going over songs from country, rock, jazz, rap/hip-hop, pop, folk and electronic genres from 1933 until now, the drug references were grouped into seven categories: pills, heroin, marijuana, LSD, cocaine (including crack), ecstasy (including MDMA and molly) and meth.
However, once the study results were broken down into individual musicians and who references pot the most, country artists aren’t even in the Top 10.
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HOME / HMN News & Updates / English Version: Early Life Lessons Pay Off for Andrea
English Version: Early Life Lessons Pay Off for Andrea
At the age of 15, Andrea Pardo-Spalding was a teenager in Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico, unable to speak English and nearing poverty. Today, she is a successful architectural designer who is just months away from becoming a licensed architect for HMN Architects, a full-service architectural and interior design firm based in Overland Park, Kansas.
With minimal English speaking skills, Andrea and her family moved to the United States in search of a better life. Andrea immediately enrolled in Wyandotte High School while her parents worked at a local restaurant. With the help of an English-Spanish dictionary, El Centro (a United Way partner who once provided English classes), and a lot of determination, she eventually learned to speak English.
During high school, Andrea continued to excel, not only as a student, but also as a volunteer and a leader. She became a mentor and advocate for immigrant student higher education opportunities by bringing awareness within Kansas City and even to the Kansas Legislature.
Through these efforts and persistence, Andrea was accepted to attend college — just days before high school graduation. Andrea gives much credit to journalist, Mary Sanchez, who wrote about the struggle of immigrant students to reach a college education in The Kansas City Star in April 2004 as well as her many mentors along the way. But most of the credit, she admits, goes to her exemplary, hard-working parents and grandparents, who taught her that anything is possible.
“Although the pursuit of the American Dream once seemed like an uphill battle, for me it is with the endurance and resilience of one’s character that beating the odds is possible,” Pardo-Spalding said.
Throughout high school, college and her professional career, Andrea has been involved in many organizations and received numerous Honors, Awards and Accreditations including:
– Volunteer for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
– Recipient of the President’s National Volunteer Service Award
– Recipient of multiple college scholarships; including the Greater Kansas City Hispanic Scholarship Fund
– Member of the Developing Scholars Program (directed by Anita Cortez who funded her research work on downtown redevelopment for professors in the College of Architecture)
– Winner of the 2006 “Inspire by Example Award” by the Community First National Bank
– Winner of the 2006 “Lideres de Hoy Essay Contest Award” by Allstate and the National Council of la Raza
– Recognition of Design Merit by K-State Department of Architecture
– Masters of Architecture degree from Kansas State University
– LEED Accredited Professional
– In the process of becoming a Licensed Architect in the state of Kansas
Andrea continues to support the Hispanic community while working on becoming a licensed architect. She single-handedly started designing residential plans in her community including, six new single-family homes for Community Housing of Wyandotte County and Mission Adelante home remodel. Simultaneously, she also brought awareness about building codes and regulations by writing educational articles which have been published in El Sol de Kansas Magazine.
Andrea commends HMN Architects who opened the door for her in 2014 to join their team. She enjoys the variety of projects including Healthcare, Education, and Retail and is fascinated with the process of each design phase. As a forward-thinking, LEED Accredited Professional, one of Andrea’s main goals is to engage with community services that involve sustainable practices and technology innovation.
“My motivation stems from a genuine interest to give back to my community. With my commitment and vision, I yearn to make a difference in the built environment of the Greater Kansas City area,” Pardo-Spalding said.
Working with HMN Architects since 2014, Andrea brings energy and determination to her projects, which include (indicated with an asterisk are some projects with a previous firm):
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Clinton, MO
Expansion & Renovation
Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas
Quivira Medical Plaza Cancer Center Remodel
Olathe Medical Services, Olathe, Kansas
OMSI / OMCI College Point Renovation
Olathe Cancer Center
Stormont-Vail HealthCare, Topeka, Kansas
North Clinic
Lafayette Regional Health Center, Lexington, MO
Health Center Addition & Renovation (not built)
Cass Regional Medical Center, Harrisonville, MO
MRI & Imaging Addition
Barber County Commission, Medicine Lodge, Kansas
Barber County Public Safety Building
Kids TLC, Olathe, Kansas
151st Terrace Addition & Remodel (in-progress)
Royster Middle School, Chanute, Kansas
Gymnasium Addition (not built)
*El Torito Market, Kansas City, Kansas
Remodel of Neighborhood Market & Restaurant
*Fogones Mexican Grill, Shawnee, Kansas
Remodel of Dining Area & Kitchen
*Acapulco Auto Sales, Kansas City, MO
Remodel of Office & Garage
*Grace Episcopal Church of Ottawa, Ottawa, Kansas
Dining Room Addition & Renovation
*St. Timothy Episcopal Church, Iowa, Kansas
Fellowship Hall Addition & Renovation
Andrea continues to support the Hispanic community in Kansas City along with her role-model parents, who opened their own successful authentic Mexican restaurant, Pardo’s Grand Buffet Mexicano in 2009.
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Bob Berry MNZM
Whitestone Cheese founder Bob Berry has been awarded an MNZM for services to the industry.
Mr Berry, who is semi-retired and lives at Lakes Hayes, said he was delighted to accept the award on behalf of all those who had contributed to the boutique cheese-making enterprise.
The company employs 60 people and Whitestone is a recognised brand in the United States, Australia and the Pacific.
Mr Berry was born on D-Day 1944, was brought up in Karitane, attended Waitaki Boys’ High School and on leaving school worked for stock and station agency Dalgety and Co.
He began farming a hill country property near Waikouaiti in 1972 and bought another farm at Maheno in 1982.
Mr Berry and his wife, Sue, decided to diversify into cheesemaking in 1987 during the rural downturn.
“I was sick of being a price-taker rather than a price-maker,” Mr Berry said.
“A lot of farmers exited farming during the ’80s and started all sorts of enterprises.”
Mr and Mrs Berry set up their cheese-making factory in a garage with the help of Evansdale Cheese founder Colin Dennison, and slowly built up their knowledge base by employing cheesemakers from Europe and elsewhere in New Zealand.
“All have contributed something to our recipes and the regional styles we have developed.”
The company was now putting out more cheese per day than it did during its entire first year, processing about 55,000 litres of milk a week.
Mr Berry said his favourite cheese was the company’s “flagship” Windsor blue.
He was a founding member of the New Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association, served as chairman for five years and is a life member.
He continues to sponsor many community initiatives through the company, including contributions to and sponsorship of the Oamaru Opera House and the Alps to Ocean cycle trail.
Whitestone Cheese is now run by his son, Simon.
This is well deserved recognition for service to the industry, business in general and the community.
Other southern rural people honoured include:
Stewart Barrnett, who received an ONZM for services to agriculture and business.
Mr Barnett (73), who spent 34 years with the former PPCS, now Silver Fern Farms, 22 of them as chief executive, said he was extraordinarily lucky to work for a farmers co-operative during his career as it gave him the chance to meet many people in the industry.
He also played a role on New Zealand producer boards, particularly the meat and deer industry boards.
“The meat industry involved me fully; it was constantly evolving.” . . .
Bev Clark received an MNZM for services to health.
A champion of health services in southern rural towns, Bev Clark, of Wanaka, has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Born in Winton in 1942, and now retired from her various health advocacy roles, Mrs Clark has a long history of fighting to retain and improve health services.
While farming at Hokonui, in Southland, with husband the late Boyd Clark, Mrs Clark became involved in the successful battle to retain, and improve, maternity services in Winton, spending eight years as chairwoman of the Central Southland Health Trust and the Winton Birthing Unit.
Mrs Clark said last week, at one point her husband joked she should move her bed to the unit because of the amount of time she was spending there.
In the late 1990s, Mrs Clark became involved in an even bigger battle, to retain and upgrade Clyde’s very rundown Dunstan Hospital.
As chairwoman of the board of Central Otago Health Services Ltd, she was one of those who took on Labour health minister Annette King.
In 2003, the board threatened to resign over the state of the hospital, and Mrs Clark recalled being accused of “blackmailing” the government and being described by Ms King as “petulant”.
But a public meeting of 1000 people backed the board and the government agreed to put in $7.6million, with the community adding about $3million more.
Mrs Clark has served as a director on the Southern Regional Health Authority and the Health Funding Authority, has chaired the Consumer Liaison Committee for the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and was a council member of their division of Rural Hospital Medicine.
She also spent six years on the New Zealand Psychologists Board.
Mrs Clark is a marriage and funeral celebrant in Wanaka and is a founding executive member, treasurer and life member of the Celebrants Association in New Zealand. . .
She has more than earned recognition for the years of work fighting for and helping to maintain and run rural health services.
Stuart Heal, a former CEO of the rural co-operative CRT received an MNZM for services to cricket andd the community.
Dr Garry Nixon regards his MNZM as recognition of the importance of rural hospital medicine as a specialty.
. . .Dr Nixon (55), of Alexandra, has been a medical officer and rural hospital doctor at Dunstan Hospital since 1992 and was instrumental in establishing rural hospital medicine as a specialty.
He has served as a researcher, teacher and lecturer in rural health at the University of Otago and has introduced several specialty training modules to benefit rural patients.
One of those modules – the certificate of clinician-performed ultrasound programme – has been recognised as a world-class programme of special benefit in remote rural areas.
Dr Nixon was made a Distinguished Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners in 2010.
In 2014, he was appointed chairman of the university’s health science division’s rural working party and, in 2015, he was made the director of the postgraduate rural medical programmes at the Dunedin School of Medicine.
His aim is to promote the vocation of rural hospital medicine to ensure the career is sustainable and attractive to doctors in the future.
“What gives me the most satisfaction is the opportunity to work with young doctors as they’ve been coming through – they’re a great group.”
There was still a lot of work to do in rural health in terms of bringing it into line with other specialties in medicine so it had the same status and supports, Dr Nixon said.
The full Honours List includes:
DNZM
To be Dames Companion of the said Order:
The Honourable Ellen Dolour France, of Wellington. For services to the judiciary.
Ms Karen Margaret Sewell, QSO, of Wellington. For services to education.
KNZM
To be Knights Companion of the said Order:
Mr Robert George Mappin Fenwick, CNZM, KStJ, of Auckland. For services to conservation and business.
Mr Michael Friedlander, CNZM, of Auckland. For services to philanthropy.
Mr Christopher Robert Mace, CNZM, of Auckland. For services to science and education.
Mr Matiu Nohorua Te Rei, of Wellington. For services to Māori.
The Honourable Ronald Leslie Young, of Greytown. For services to the judiciary.
CNZM
To be Companions of the said Order:
Professor John Renata Broughton, ED, of Dunedin. For services to Māori health, theatre and the community.
Ms Janice Amelia Dawson, of Auckland. For services to governance.
Mr George Gerald Farrant, of Auckland. For services to heritage preservation.
Ms Myrlene Dawn Jones, OBE, JP, of Auckland. For services to netball and education.
Dr Dianne Christine McCarthy, ONZM, of Blenheim. For services to science, business and women.
Dr Thomas Ernest Miller, of Auckland. For services to medical research.
Ms Jennifer Mary Prince, of Wellington. For services to children and children’s health.
Professor William Te Rangiua Temara, of Hamilton. For services to Māori and education.
Other awards for agribusiness and rural people include:
ONZM
To be Officers of the said Order:
Mr Mark Joseph Greenwood, of Te Puke. For services to biosecurity.
Mr Christopher Morton Kelly, of Wellington. For services to agriculture.
Mr Samuel Kevin Prime, MBE, of Kawakawa. For services to conservation and Māori.
To be Members of the said Order:
Dr Maurice Rewi Alley, of Palmerston North. For services to conservation and education.
Mr Gerald Brackenbury, of Lower Hutt. For services to conservation.
Dr Andrew Ian Dennis, of Nelson. For services to conservation.
Mr Andrew Graeme Lowe, of Havelock North. For services to conservation.
Mr Mervyn Douglas Thomas Utting, of Gisborne. For services to sheep dog trials.
Mr Ruari Ingram Foley, of Waimate. For services to the community.
Mr Gary William Fowler, JP, of Hikuai. For services to the community and agriculture.
Mrs Jennifer Anne Gallagher, JP, of Darfield. For services to the community.
Mr Jacob Cornelis van Dorsser, of Rotorua. For services to the environment.
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Honours southern & rural
Southern and rural people among the many recognised in today’s Queens Birthday Honours include:
Order of New Zealand:
Dame Malvina Lorraine Major, GNZM, DBE, of Hamilton. For services to New Zealand. The recognisition would be for her services to music but she was a diary farmer.
DNZM:
Ms Beverley Anne Wakem, CBE, of Porirua. For services to the State.
Beverley was Chief Executive of Radio NZ when I worked for Radio Waitaki. She called into the stuido one day and made a very good impression on us all. She was later General Manager of Human Resources and Corporate Affairs for what was then Wrightson Limited.
CNZM:
Owen Marshall Jones, ONZM, of Timaru. For services to literature.
Professor Peter Donald Graham Skegg, of Dunedin. For services to medical law.
ONZM:
Mrs Robyn Denise Broughton, MNZM, of Invercargill. For services to netball.
Ms Fiona Farrell, of Akaroa. For services to literature.
Fiona grew up in
Dr Ronald George Gibson, of Morrinsville. For services to veterinary science.
Mr Brian Martin Hight, of Auckland. For services to agricultural publishing.
Mr Clive Paton, of Martinborough. For services to viticulture and conservation.
Mr Alister Douglas Malcolm Brown, of Wellington. For services as a chef. (Neither southern nor rual, but he’s a grat advocate for meat).
Ms Fiona Louise Campbell, of Wanaka. For services to art philanthropy.
Mr Ross Alexander Corrigan, JP, of Hawera. For services to farming and the community.
Mr Lindsay Galloway, of Christchurch. For services to Chatham Islands agriculture.
Mr James Millton, of Gisborne. For services to the wine industry.
Mr Alfred James Wakefield, of Rangiora. For services to harness racing.
QSM:
Mrs Dorothy Rosemary Acland, of Peel Forest. For services to the community.
Mrs Shona Joyce Beck, of Kaitangata. For services to the community.
Mr Colin Edward Heslop, of Culverden. For services to the community.
Mrs Yeverley Kristine McCarthy, of Wanaka. For services to the community.
Mr James Harding Crosby Morris, of Omarama. For services to the community.
Dr David Henry Mossman, of Havelock North. For services to veterinary science.
Mrs Verna Elizabeth Stevens, of Gore. For services to the RSA and the community.
Mr John Dougal Stevenson, of Dunedin. For services to broadcasting.
Dougal was a regular participant in celebrity debates to raise money for IHC. Fellow debater Pinky Agnew once caused him to blush by describing him as the thinking woman’s crumpet.
Among others honoured I was pleased to see that Rod Deane received a KNZM for services to business and the community. Included in the latter would be many years of service to IHC.
John Kirwan also received a KNZM for services to mental health and rugby. While his All Black career was notable it his his more recent work in helping people with mental health problems that makes him worthy of this honour.
Michael Cullen will also be a knight. My political bias gets in the way of understanding why he deserves it.
Background notes on all those honoured are here.
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Honours earned and deserved
ANZCO chair Graeme Harrison has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday honours.
It is worthy recognition for his contribution to agri-business.
He is not only a leader in his business. His views on the meat industry as a whole are among few which show real understanding of its complexity and his passion for agriculture is unquestioned.
Another meat industry leader, former Alliance Group chair and Southland farmer John Turner was made an Officer of the Order of Merit.
Chairman of the Alliance Group from 1998 to 2007 and director from 1987 to 2007, Mr Turner guided the company through a financial recovery to make it the world’s largest sheepmeat processor and marketer, with a turnover of more than $1 billion.
He has been a strong advocate for the co-operative principles of ownership allowing farmers to become involved in the meat industry beyond the farm gate, encouraging them to become knowledgeable about the end user of their products and thus ensuring quality.
During his time as chairman he initiated a range of programmes encouraging farmers to be on the leading edge in the production and quality of their product and was renowned for his ability to examine situations from many angles and make sound commercial decisions.
Sheep milking pioneer Keith Neylon was also made a Member of the Order of Merit.
Another worthy recipeint of an honour was stone mason Bill Dooley who was made a member of the Order of Merit for his contribution to the restoration of historic buildings:
Mr Dooley is the head of Dooleys Masonry, the Ouse St business that has spread its influence around the globe.
He has been a stonemason all his working life, learning the trade from his father and grandfather. Although he turns 80 next month, Mr Dooley has not yet retired. However, he says he “probably” will at some stage.
Sadly Des Templeton of Riverton who was awarded a Queens Service Medal died last week. The award was made for his contribution to the flax industry.
Des Templeton may have died too soon but not before he turned his family business, a flaxmill operating at Otaitai Bush, into a scenic wonder of Southland, a museum of national significance as the only original flaxmill in New Zealand operating on its original site.
Some sneer at honours. I know enough about the work each of these men has done to be confident the awards have been earned and are deserved.
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George Stigler on the contribution of monopsonistic competition
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Perceptual mapping of chemesthetic stimuli in Spanish and English speakers
Boone, Laura Marie
John E Hayes, Thesis Supervisor
John Neil Coupland, Honors Advisor
chemesthesis
sorting task
multidimensional scaling
food sensory
Chemesthetic stimuli, such as capsaicin (chili peppers), zingerone (ginger), and menthol, elicit complex sensory responses that are often difficult to describe, given the range of temperature, touch, and pain sensations experienced. Recently, the sorting task has been applied to chemesthetic stimuli in an attempt to minimize linguistic contamination of perception. Given the growing influence of Hispanic culture in the U.S., we were interested in exploring how Hispanic and American ethnic backgrounds influence the perception of chemesthetic stimuli and the attributes used to describe the stimuli in two languages. The sorting task is especially well-suited for use in cross cultural studies because it relies on the cognitive process of categorization rather than the language-based process of description. A group of native Spanish-speaking Hispanic participants sorted nine chemesthetic stimuli and two tastants into groups based on perceived similarity and then labeled each group with a description in Spanish. The results of this data collection, analyzed by multidimensional scaling, were compared to the equivalent data collected from another group of native English-speaking individuals. A significant difference was found between the perceptual mapping of chemesthetic stimuli of Spanish and English speakers; the Spanish cohort showed less distinction between chemesthetic stimuli, creating fewer clusters with higher stress. Textual analysis showed that the Spanish speakers were less consensual regarding attributes but provided a greater number of unique descriptors than the English speakers. Personality measures and food involvement data were also collected from these participants to further understand the effect of ethnicity on perception of chemesthetic stimuli. Our findings suggest that native Spanish-speaking Hispanics, specifically those who have emigrated to the U.S., are more idiosyncratic in their perception and description of chemesthetic sensations than native English-speaking Americans.
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List of Tendencies
Thread: List of Tendencies
Ken Valentino
Thought I'd start a new thread with a "simplified as possible" list of tendencies. I've realized that without showing the whole game plan, it's hard to communicate the whole idea. Any tendency on its own doesn't have the power to "Always" be true, another tendency could be stronger etc. This is what has made finding a "by the ear" and a "unified" music theory elusive, and what makes labels inconsistent.
This is pretty deep stuff that has taken many years for me to click to. I've changed this list many times and it may still need changing. Please, if the aim of your response is respond with normal theory ideas don't bother. If that would've worked for me I wouldn't have spent all this time on a new theory. If however you've tested out some tendencies and want to give negative or positive feedback or have creative ideas towards things please respond.
The ear has a "Tendency" to want the labels on the right(in bold) to be the reference point, the "1".
Conditions - Thin Thick
Soft Loud
Silence Sound
Connections - Disconnected Connected
Random Repetition
Far Close(in register or in time)
Complex Simple(divisible)
Viewpoint or Tonality - How Conditions and Connections combine
Weak Strong - is there a huge advantage one way or the other?
Conflict Agreement - are the tendencies pointing towards the same note or place in time?
Risky(Strong and Conflicted) Safe(Weak and Agreeing) - Hard to tell, I still haven't figured out its tendency, maybe it doesn't have one.
Ambiguous(Weak and Conflicted) Obvious(Strong and Agreeing)
Symmetric Bright
Ambiguous Risky (Both Conflicted, but Risky is Strong)
Symmetric Dark
Safe Obvious ( Both Agreeing, but Obvious is Strong)
Extended Key
Risky Obvious (Both Strong , but Obvious is Agreeing)
Dark Bright
Lets use an analogy of we're in a small boat trying to get to land.
Close means that the land is close
Simple means that the path is clear
Strong means that we can paddle fast.
Agreement means that the current is headed in the direction I want.
Risky means that the current is going against us, but we are strong enough to make it.
Safe means that we're too weak to fight the current, but it's at least going to land somewhere.
Ambiguous means that either I'm fighting the current but not getting anywhere, or there's no current to fight but I'm so weak I can't paddle.
Obvious means that I'm in luck, I'm can paddle fast and the current is headed in the direction I want.
Examples with intervals and numbers:
Close - Half Step, Whole Step
Simple -Octaves, The low note in a P5, The high note in a P4
Ambiguous(intervals only) - TT, +, P4, min6, m2
Safe(intervals only) - min3rd, whole step
Risky(numbers) - b6, 4, b2
Obvious (numbers) - 3, 5 ,7
Examples with Rhythms:
Close - Grace note, two 16th notes (as opposed to whole notes), The & of 4 in 4/4
Simple - 2/4, 4/4
Ambiguous - Free time
Safe - Quick constant time
Risky - Duplets in 3/4
Obvious - 1 (2)& 4 1 for 4/4
Strategies, like "Balanced" are great to know, but the tendencies actually give a reason "why" balancing happens. Like if everything is Obvious then nothing is Obvious(example stacked 5ths).
As soon as we think we've found the answer for everything, the goal changes.
Notice that we're not trying to describe how to make "good" sounding music. All we're trying to do is match the way we think what the "1" is, to how the ear really chooses a "1".
Numbers and their tendencies
8 - The simplest connection. Farther though than most connections in melodies.
5 - Strong, Positive and Very Simple. Closer from below, but more Obvious from above. This number is so Simple the positive aspect can sound clear or hollow compared to other bright numbers.
4 - Strong, Negative and Very Simple. Closer and more Obvious from above. Needs other tendencies treating the 4 in a negative way or its 1 in a positive way just to really be a 4.
3 - Strong, Positive and Simple. Closer and more Obvious from above. The Brightest number.
b6 - Strong, Negative and Simple. Closer from below, but more Obvious from above. Very Dark and just like the 4 it needs a huge advantage from other tendencies to exist.
6 - Weak, but Positive. Closer from below and so close that Low may not matter. Can become 5 3 very easily and going above doesn't stop that. Just needs a little help to be Obvious.
b3 - Weak and negative. Just needs a little bit of positive tendencies on its 1 to exist. Closer and more Obvious from above, but the ratio is simpler from below. So weak it's the easiest Dark number to make Obvious. More complex if far.
2 - Weak, Complex and Positive. Closer more Obvious and much Simpler from above. Farther is simpler up to 3 octaves.
b7 - Weak Complex and Negative. Easy to get to work just like the b3. Below is closer and close enough that Low doesn't matter.
7 - Strong, Very Complex and Positive. Can be very Close. No need in a melody to jump to it. Will never be Simple no matter how it's voiced. If a true 7 it should sound bright.
b2 - Strong, Very Complex and Negative. Can be very Close. Takes many positive tendencies on the 1 to get a true Dark b2.
Symmetrics
Symmetric "issues" were an early discovery, but learning all the ways to deal with them has been a long study. 6 notes only (like an Allman Brothers harmony) means we don't have to deal with them. Or with a Blues turnaround (could work with the same band) we could have all 12 notes in a single lick with jumps, which means we are dealing with them.
Most "Avoid" notes are in a symmetric, create a strong key elsewhere or they are 3 to b3. If you're able to get C# to sound great in the Key of A minor, then "Avoid notes" just means that it's risky, not "wrong".
The main thing to remember about a Symmetric is that it needs/wants to be Asymmetrical or uneven. Slight or 1/4 step bends help, 1/2 steps either way are needed (even though up has more of a potential to be a "1"). The "hidden" trick is that 5ths and 4ths can work too or anything you can do with other tendencies to overpower them. Be forewarned though, they fight hard. This is how I learned that strength doesn't mean that you know where you're at.
There are only two symmetrics that need to be memorized,Tritone and Augmented. All other "Symmetrics" seem to not take on that sound until a TT or + connection occurs. Keep in mind we're talking about a "anti" number or an "interval" to be exact. So we are labeling possible connections between numbers that have become "Symmetric".The numbers used should sound similar to normal, but have a different "issue" because of the needs that a Symmetric has. They have less color and more tension.
Tritone - very common. The secret with many chord progressions, but melody can prove it easily. A 3 for instance has a greater need for b3's and 4's if a b7 is in play.
Augmented - proves that the problem is that things are equal. Hurt the b6 and Augmented on the Key can be a good thing. That being said The b357 Augmented has close positive moves and is the most common viewpoint.
This may seem like a pain but one of the best things I ever did was memorize the tritone of every number and the Augmented of every number. TT 1, b2 5, b7 3, 6 b3, b6 2, and the classic 7 4. For Augmented: b3 5 7, 1 3 b6, 2 TT b7, and 4 6 b2.
If you're into Chord progressions and want to focus on that right now:
Why Does I II IV I, or I VI IV I work, but not I IV II I, or I IV VI I (without other tendencies help). Because of Symmetrics. The're all major chords, why is one better than the others to measure from?
is timbre (ie. instrument tone) also acting as a tendency or basically it has to do with
Thin Thick
Ken Valentino 2
Originally Posted by anatole
is timbre (ie. instrument tone) also acting as a tendency or basically it has to do with ?
I couldn't find a way to log in as myself, I guess it's been a long time since I was here. So I added a "2"
I believe timbre is a combination of Tendencies. I default to Thick and Thin as far as my own playing, but depending on the room, etc..
Some instruments contain partials/harmonics that are more complex than what other instruments contain. Some have similar partials, but even then they may be at different volume levels.
Then there's even if the partials are not exactly harmonic/simple ratios. Being a guitar player it's not really an issue for me, but I've heard of testing that disproves octave equivalence with just changing Timbre.
Still the Tendencies apply. Complex --->Simple is just now at a microscopic level in Timbre land!
Originally Posted by Ken Valentino 2
I sent you a message on facebook did you get it eventually?
I hate it they let down the forum at all about jazz, at least they are realizing the good things that's been buried in the process.
I'll say it's not nevermind. I hope you kept all your good recent posts, BTW did you approach coexisting and morphing tonics in your book ?
OK for combination.
yes OK I mainly play on the acoustic piano.
and I realized that If I would ask a friend to play a line with a horn that it would not feel connected as much as if I would play the same line on the upper piano register (right hand),
at the time I thought, oh OK so one can play "outside" with a horn over the piano chords and it's allright while it may sound quite conflicted at the piano solo.
so I thought careful not to be trapped in solo piano (left hand vs right hand) testing..
so what does it mean then ? that at the piano the upper part connects more to the chords than a different sound like a horn would do ? it seems to me there are quite big consequences coming down that observation, isn't ?
about the last thread you opened @AAJ, the one Engelbach answered about shell voicings, it seemed you were not really specifically asking about shell voicings but more about minimal diad/two notes chords with which ratios would be perceived consistently toward a single tonic. (ie. a +5 over a [1 5] might not be perceived as a bright +5 whereas it would better over a [1 7]) (well it what I understood)
in the LCC book, at page 112 (Alternate Modal Genre Chapter) there is a "note to pianists: when playing a scale against a minor chord, it is only necessary to play the minor 7th (or minor 6th) degree of the chord in the left hand. The tonic and seventh degrees of a 7th chord are all that is necessary, as well. Allow the scales of the solo (in the right hand) to express the vertical coloring of chords."
somehow this kinda sounds like what you were experimenting with.
now I can't remember if I read it somewhere in the LCC or if it was Motherlode or even you Ken who was saying it's the lydian tonic interval (between the bass note, ie. modal tonic and the lydian tonic) that is "important"..
well I can't much help you on this but the thread looked quite interesting to me I wish it could go on.
Last edited by anatole; 02-01-2017 at 11:11 PM.
I haven't been on facebook in a long time.
I have some of the posts saved. I talked with someone just today that had saved some also.
Yes, the ear could group things differently and as a result the perceived Tonal Numbers and/or Tonic(s) could be different.
Coexisting Tonics/Bi-Tonality is usually easier with a horn as opposed to the right hand, (as you said) because it's less connected. TG to a single Tonic is usually easier on solo piano because it can stay connected. Of course both situations are capable of either.
"Outside", as far as how I understand it, can still just be a single Tonic. It's just happens to be hanging by a thread. So that definition of "outside" should be easier to hear on solo piano.
Yes I wanted to get really concrete on exactly what ratio was perceived. I was hesitant to believe in larger integers(like 225:128) at first. A couple of things helped though. One was this site: http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/
It had a "Gallery of Just Intervals" that contained pretty good quality sound files for lots of different ratios. I was surprised to find out how much in tune larger integers were as long as they were divisible. Also I could compare it to 12EDO to see if that's how I was perceiving it.
In the case of 225:128 the 128 is divisible by 2 so that would be the Tonic. The 225 is 5x5x3x3 which can mean the 3rd of the 3rd of the 5th of the 5th. That's quite a bit to connect, so having a 7 already being played (which can be the 3rd of the 5th), means I only have two more connections to make.
Having a 5 on the other hand would mean more connections would have to be made, and if a Tonal Number didn't contain x3 then it could even get in the way, like connecting to +5 which is 5x5.
So I was curious if shells were used that helped the larger ratios to be perceived. It seems to be the case.
OK nevermind.
I was looking for you on the interweb's, I went on facebook, and I also sent you an email at your band website,
BTW nice songs Ken, you're a good singer. well from what it lets see, it seems your having really good times with the music, band-playing, nice festivals, happy students.
congratulations, it's really cool Ken having built such a happy lifestyle. I hope it keeps on going as sweet as it is.
do you have tasting good organic food and artisanal chemistry-less wine down there ? well it seems that yes.
Coexisting Tonics/Bi-Tonality is usually easier with a horn as opposed to the right hand, (as you said) because it's less connected.
OK yes very interesting, so that's what happens in jazz, I guess that may be how Motherlode says the chords and the melody are on parallel universes,
the melody creates/focuses on its own TG and tonics, and at certain points in time, the chords and the melody connect/agree (and somehow "resolve", though resolve is a loaded word, it's like outside) !?
TG to a single Tonic is usually easier on solo piano because it can stay connected. Of course both situations are capable of either.
indeed this is a better informed definition of "outside" I really like it that way than the way I naively employed it.
when you say, single Tonic, hanging by a thread, you do mean like complex/removed ratios ? for instance a +4 being a real +4 and not the 3 of the coexisting II and/or the +5 being a real +5 and not the 3 of the coexisting III ?
(well see as I understand these things more conceptually first, even though the recent discussion we had helped me with the impressions/intuitions I had, I was under the impression that both was always happening. ie the +5 being (very complex) and connected to the I plus being also a +4 (quite complex) of coexisting II and a 3 (bright simple) of coexisting III).
it is indeed very interesting and it means that it's also really cool to test things on the piano solo.
well it put much perspective into the difference between piano solo music and band playing.
mmh almost getting it..
for example, you say in tune, 225:128 is a natural ratio ain't it ? so it is in tune with its tonic ? (ie. it's in agreement/a positive number with/to its tonic)
in the sound example, they play an A, then they play the 225:128 ratio which sounds more or less like an G two octaves up, trick is G is a b7 to A, so it's not necessarily a positive number to the low A, two octaves up it gets more in agreement but still ..
so you compare that 12EDO G with the natural 225:128 and check which one is the most positive number to the low A ?
well, I almost get it, it seems like the more the "shell" is up in TG the more it supports distant ratios, as when you pay a tritone down with the left hand it can support almost anything up,
but that's not satisfying as an explanation, I do prefer yours but I don't get completely.
what I get for instance with a +5 up if I played [1 5 7] down the 5 - +5 connection would conflict with the 7 - +5 connection,
the sound get weirder than if I had just played [1 7],
so with [1 5] it's a different sound, it creates a conflicted +5 which is more a b6 to the I and a bII to the 5 ?
so those are not shells strictly speaking ?
it feels like it comes down to play the lydian tonic interval with the left hand ?
hey Ken, sorry for posting two posts at a time,
this one I posted just before AAJ's forum got shut down.
Originally Posted by Ken Valentino
I can hear it like 1--2--3/7--1/4---2--->3 MTs -- then 7/+4 -->1/5 CT. If Agreement was made between Tonics then we have CTs. Notice we have not left either Tonic.
The 2--3/7 at first proved that I was morphing. Just a 3 would've been 2-->3, but add in the sound of a 7 and 2---3/7 makes sense. Then the next 2-->3 proved I was attached to the past, otherwise it would've been 5---6.
A Morphing Tonic has to move on to a single winning tonic in order to resolve. They can't exist at the same time so +4/7-->1/5 is by definition only possible with CTs. Or put another way if there's resolution on more than one Tonic at the same time, those Tonics are Coexisting.
Any combination is of course fine, in this example we had V-->I--I/V which is entirely possible if I'm still attached to the Lydian Tonic. The ending sounds floaty and both Tonics test out to be active.
really really interesting Ken thank you,
you know I play (a little) C flute to have something I can carry when I'm off for too long, also I thought it would be good to play the LCC on something else than the piano, so that I may hear things differently.
at a certain point, I was wondering how a 5 - 6 (G - A) in C lydian did sound different (somehow better) than (G - A) in C major to me..
so really cool stuffs we're discussing.
now I'm wondering if a lydian scale can also create a coexisting tonic on its V ?
the 1 - 2 - 3 - +4/7 -> 5/1 - 6/2 - 7/3 CT also here it's even better for coexisting V if I don't play high 1 (8 !?) ?
interesting also if I play C lydian and high C# instead of C ? it feels like G lydian ? as if I had a morphing V ? like 1 - 2 - 3 - +4/7 -> 5/1 MT - 2 - 3 - +4 and then -> 5/1 CT creates a new tonic on high D ?
otherwise,
if you take that Coltrane opening phrase B - E - F# -> B (high, loud and sustained) - F# - E -> B (low , loud and sustained)
https://youtu.be/qlsEwLmr17c?t=1h4m13s
I think it's the same at the beginning of A Love Supreme, well this would seem like a 3 notes lick, but played with such dynamic and articulation, it's really something more than just 3 notes, it's a killer.
how would you say you hear it ? are there CT or MT ?
before, can you really start a phrase with something else than a I ? even if it's on beat 1 ?
because I would have said it's a 5 - 1 - 2 -> 5 - 2 - 1 -> 5.
see now, I'm thinking if that'd better be a 1 - 4/1 - 5/2 -> 1/5 - 5/2 - 4/1 -> 1/5 CT ?
having those high sustained B and low sustained B kinda sound resolving but there something more to it than only being a 5, isn't ? (would call those B floating ?)
is there a coexisting V (high B) with low E (which is the 1) ? low E and high B are in agreement ? (well sorry if I misunderstand cause I'm really new to that good stuff, but the first low B sounds quite different than the final low B)
because when you take the phrase that just follows, it sounds different, this one sounds really bluesy compared to the one before that was floating/tripping,
B - E -> F# (loud and sustained) - E - F# - E -> A (low, loud and sustained)
so what's happening ? it seems quite many thing are at stake here.
I don't know, I hear many things, each E note sound different, the second one bluesier than the first one, the third E being bluesy but less bluesy because of the low A which is really bluesy, so perhaps that could even be told as:
1 - 4/1 -> 5/2 CT and 1 MT - b7 - 1 - b7/5 -> b3/1 MT ?
anyway that low A sounds really active and bluesy.
what would you say about those two licks ?
BTW it seems that when ML says Coltrane is playing morphs,
a true morph is not suppose to have clearly defined lines of demarcation. It’s a process heard after the fact.
so he means morphs that do morph but don't necessarily resolve ?
because we can have morphing tonics without them to be obvious ?
so morphing is a process that begins without the ear being sure tonics have morphed until the new is confirmed with an obvious/strong/tonal move or on the other hand the new tonic could also morph and move on, and so on ?
Yes the Tendency is to have fewer Tonics, the ear usually feels more at rest when there's a single Tonic. But everything is relative so some other Tendency had to be at work to get the ear to split into two Tonics in the first place. In other words the melody made sense the way it headed and the chords made sense the way they headed.
Yes that sounds right. A +4 and the 3 of a coexisting II would sound very similar, but a real +4 could directly connect to the Tonic. I'd just switch out "Always happening"with "either is possible".
Well you can. Slightly sharp is not really that bad of a thing for number, look at a 3. What interesting is that it does just sound like a G, It's not really anything that weird at all. Take a 5 and play it flat and It'll sound way more tense, not so with a b7. This means it's probably the way we've been perceiving it all along.
Then it even gets tricker because a 225:128 and a 7:4 are almost the same as far as intonation. So I can't play one without the possibly of the other being perceived instead. I have to connect differently, maybe even create a CT on +IV at first. After I learn to connect to it though, I can then get rid of the CT by not allowing the ear to build a Tonic there.
Then not only does this 225:128 b7 sound different, it also resolves to a +5. A bluesy 7:4 b7 on the other hand is more resolved than a b6. So those two notes can be completely backwards and (if the correct ratios are used) the math backs it up.
Yes I agree that "up in TG" doesn't always work. And yes I usually hear a dark b6 when connecting through a 5. That being said I've been able to do it, but it makes sense why it's easier to leave it out.
Yep can't go wrong with a Tonic!
I don't get it, do you mean "can't go wrong with a [single/unique?] Tonic" ?
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question. I thought you were referring to adding the Lydian Tonic as the other note in a shell, like playing a [C Eb] shell on Cmin7 or a [F Eb] shell on a F7.
Yes, in major the 6 could be the 3 of the IV which is horrible for coexisting. In Lydian it could be the 5 of II which coexists pretty well. That may be what you're hearing.
Yes those both make sense to me.
I hear it on B, but the E sounds like the 7:8 b7 of F# to me. Since it's connected to the V it could work as a CT or a MT. It could also work as one of those larger ratios like we've been talking about. So instead of a negative 4:3 the E could be perceived as 21:16. Which is 7x3 or the b7 of the 5.
The other reasons this may be true is that F# wasn't resolved to. It wasn't allowed to become a Tonic. Also the 4(E) didn't hurt the Tonic(B) like it normally would.
Something seems fishy. Like 5--2-->1 should've happened normally.
Yes a Low E and a high B would be in agreement. Heard as a CT on V it's floaty. Does the first low B sound like a pickup 5-->1? Usually different numbers go hand and hand with different resolution patterns.
The bluesy sounds to me are usually x7 somehow.
That sounds like it can work to me, if the b3 is a blue note (7:6). I need to go listen to this part again though. Are you talking about at the first of the tune?
Yes, like people practicing changing Keys through the circle of 5ths, we can keep changing keys. Moving on and on. If everything moved like this it would normally be called a modulation.
But when a pattern/connection emerges we start to anticipate the next Key coming up.
The resolution part of things should still be possible, it's just more a matter of when.
yes it is what I meant by lydian tonic interval!
though I don't understand what you meant by "can't go wrong".. (sometimes I miss some stuffs as I'm not a native speaker, though I find it cool not to use a reduced vocabulary set)
I get that it seems the less full the chord is on the left hand, the less conflict we may have up on the right hand.
for those two coltrane phrases, the link below starts at the right moment,
in the first lick B - E - F# -> B (high, loud and sustained) - F# - E -> B (low , loud and sustained),
that first B - E could be a pickup 5 - 1 yes, it is what I was thinking as I hear the E kinda darker than the first low B.
the phrase seems to resolve on the high B with the F# being quite weak (as being a 2 of E).
I may have oversimplified the idea though with 1 - 4/1 - 5/2 -> 1/5 - 5/2 - 4/1 -> 1/5 CT
if it's fishy it means it's an interesting case and also a pretty good sounding effect. good stuff then!
on the other hand I was wondering if the second lick B - E -> F# (loud and sustained) - E - F# - B -> A (low, loud and sustained) was a morphing tonics sound ? well those last two B and A sound really bluesy.
it made me think about the post you made about coexisting/agreement/weak vs morphing/conflict/strong
which was really really interesting,
yes OK very cool. it sounds like the "tonic station" stuff, do you remember the river trip drawing in the LCC book ?
thank you Ken for your answers, it's always very very insightful.
Normally playing a note repeatedly (like in the case of comping a note over and over) causes more conflict. A Tonic is the only single note that doesn't cause conflict from being repeated, it instead just becomes stronger.
If for example the shell consists of two CTs like C and Eb then both those Tonics could be as loud and repetitious as you wanted and it would just gain strength. If instead C was the only Tonic and the Eb was a #9(2") or a TG b3 then the Eb would act the opposite.
In other words there's "muddiness" from just too much information, too much overall complexity, too Thick. But that's a slightly different thing than "conflict", which could happen even with thin open sounds. Fewer notes are usually going to be less "muddy", but "conflict" can only be figured out by knowing which notes are Tonics.
Yes to me the loud and sustained "B"s are definitely Tonics. I don't feel any conflict from them being louder and sustained. As far as the "E" I really don't feel like I'm hearing it as a CT naturally. If I repeat it more it gains conflict. But if you're testing out the E and it passes the Tonic test for you then it should be how you're hearing it.
If I keep E as the lower more fundamental Tonic I hear it as 5 -->1 -- 5/2 -->1/5 --2-->1--5
When I get into the high Tonics register I feel more influence from it. Just the middle of the phrase sounds floaty.
If instead I have B as the lower Tonic I hear it as 5/1 - 1/4 - 5 -> 1 -- 2/5 -->1/4-->1
This time the middle of the phrase sounds more grounded.
Yes I do hear that as MTs. And I hear it bluesy with the F# having E as a b7 and then A being a bVII MT.
Yes I think it's very related. And You're Welcome!
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Zilliqa is a blockchain platform natively implementing network sharding to massively increase transaction capacity. Emerging in late 2017, the project continues trend of novel blockchain and smart contract platforms seeking to address some of the speed and scaling issues that have dogged the blockchain community in general and developers in particular.
A key challenge for blockchain technology is scaling to meet the needs of an increasing number of participants and applications. Zilliqa is one of the first projects to propose a concrete design to sharding, an innovative blockchain scaling technique which is also a part of the Ethereum development roadmap. Sharding allows blockchain networks to scale by breaking network nodes into subgroups, or shards. Shards work in parallel to process transactions and reach consensus on the blockchain more efficiently. Zilliqa’s operational testnet with limited nodes, or computing power, has processed 2,500 transactions per second across several shards. Zilliqa estimates that with an increased network size of 10,000 nodes, the Zilliqa blockchain will enable a network speed that matches the average transaction rate of VISA and MasterCard with the advantage of much lower fees. Zilliqa will be the first project to implement sharding on a full public blockchain.
Native Sharding: The Sharding concept employed by Zilliqa was first proposed in an academic paper A Secure Sharding Protocol For Open Blockchains (Zilliqa Chief Scientific Officer Prateek Saxena is a co-author). Sharding works by dividing different nodes of a network into subgroups, or shards. Shards then work in parallel to process transactions and reach consensus. Eventually, such transactions are merged into a new block and processed on the blockchain. The main advantages of sharding is that it reduces the amount of data each node needs to store, the number of transactions each node needs to process, and the volume of data that needs to be processed across the network. The Zilliqa team estimates that sharding will allow the Zilliqa blockchain to reach 8,000 to 10,000 transactions per second.
While sharding shows great promise, it has yet to be tested publicly at maximum node capacity and suffers from several challenges that need more research. Sharding introduces some network security issues: attackers may be able to focus attacks on a single shard more effectively, compromising parts of the network. In addition, not as many nodes share as much network information and once a large percentage of the nodes have a problem with the information or lose the information, then no other nodes in the network have that information. Zilliqa hopes to be the forefront of the research on sharding vulnerabilities.
Zilliqa’s Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance Consensus: Zilliqa’s consensus model is divided into epochs, which last approximately 50 blocks. At the start of the epoch, a set of nodes are elevated to serve on the Directory Services Committee, which is responsible for sharding the network and assigning miners to the shards. During the epoch, each shard generated ‘micro blocks’ and submit those to the DS Committee, which aggregates them into a transaction block and distributes block rewards. At the end of each epoch, one member of the DC committee is swapped out and the entire network is shuffled. This approach relies on a consensus protocol scheme called Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT), which assumes a portion of the nodes in the network will cause errors or be actively malicious. Unlike many proof-of-work and proof-of-stake schemes, in which one validator confirms a bulk of transactions and other validators confirm it, PBFT involves every node independently verifying transactions and then sharing their results with each other. Consensus is reached based on the total decisions submitted by validators. Hyperledger, Stellar, and Ripple all use a variation of PBFT.
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Zilliqa conducted a presale contribution round in November of 2017. Zilliqa planned to raise $20 million in total, but due to the significant increase in the ETH/USD exchange rate, the project increased the hard cap to $22 million to allow for Zilliqa community members to contribute after the presale. Community member contributions start on December 27, 2017 and will run for a maximum of 2 weeks. Only members of the Zilliqa Slack channel or Telegram group who joined the respective channels before November 29, 2017 (as well as all waitlisted early contributors) are eligible to participate in the community contribution round. Contributions also exclude United States, United Kingdom, People’s Republic of China, and Japanese citizens. The contribution amount per member is limited to 2.5-5 ETH. Know Your Customer/Anti-Money Laundering (KYC/AML) processes will be enforced and facilitated by Bitcoin Suisse.
After contributions, the Zilliqa public testnet was scheduled to be released in December of 2017. Zilliqa also plans to launch its public main network in Q2 of 2018, with decentralized applications scheduled for delivery the following quarter.
Zilliqa tokens are called, “Zillings,” or ZILs for short. Users will use Zillings to run transactions and smart contracts on the Zilliqa blockchain, similar to how ether functions on Ethereum.
The allocation of tokens from the crowdsale are as follows:
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30% to tokens to supporters in contribution phases
30% to developer team, advisors, community outreach etc.
The Zilliqa team is exceptionally qualified and reflects a unique academic background. Many on the team are former or current doctoral students and professors at the National University of Singapore’s School of Computing as well as Princeton, Berkeley, and France’s Inria. Zilliqa’s founder is Xinshu Dong, and Chief Scientific Officer is Prateek Saxena. The team has notable advisors including Loi Luu, the founder of the Kyber Network, a decentralized exchange, and one of the original architects of the shading concept. Additionally, Zilliqa has established a team called Zilliqa Research to conduct research and development, and community engagement efforts. Zilliqa’s advisor team is also composed of fintech and banking experts.
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December 22, 2017 at 7:49 am, CryptoSponge said:
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Itinerary (7 Nights)
Seattle is often characterised by its relaxed attitude and rainy climate, but this thriving metropolis...
Seattle is often characterised by its relaxed attitude and rainy climate, but this thriving metropolis also offers one-of-a-kind architecture, the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges, and a unique urban sophistication.
Seattle to Inside Passage
Cruising – sit back, kick off your shoes and put your feet up during our...
Cruising – sit back, kick off your shoes and put your feet up during our ‘at sea’ days, where you can chill in the bar, lounge by the pool or enjoy a relaxing beauty treatment in the spa. For simple pleasures, why not try a game of table tennis? Or if you’re feeling energetic, now’s the chance to explore all the amazing activities the ship has to offer, from spectacular, West-End-style entertainment to adrenalin-charged sports.
Inside Passage to Juneau
Juneau, the capital of Alaska, was founded during a gold rush in 1880. Today, the...
Juneau, the capital of Alaska, was founded during a gold rush in 1880. Today, the former gold-mining town counts among its riches some of Alaska’s most spectacular scenery. Nestled at the foot of Mt Juneau in the Alaska Panhandle, it faces the water from the mainland side of Gastineau Channel. Several magnificent fjords are located along the channel coast and the majestic Mendenhall Glacier, a favourite of visitors, is nearby.
Whizz above the tundra on a zip wire or experience the amazing buzz of mushing with husky sled dogs across the snow. Soar above a glacier in a helicopter or pan for gold like the pioneers of yesteryear. Watch humpback whales, seals and orcas up close or glide in a gondola to Mount Roberts for some breath-taking views.
Juneau to Skagway
When gold was discovered in the Klondike region of the Yukon Territory (just across the...
When gold was discovered in the Klondike region of the Yukon Territory (just across the border from Alaska), it resulted in the historic Gold Rush of 1898. As thousands of gold-crazed adventurers sought the best starting point for their arduous trek, they found the deepest penetration possible by boat was at the northern tip of the Lynn Canal. This is how Skagway was born.
Ride the White Pass and Yukon railroads in a vintage rail car, learning the fascinating history of the Klondike Gold Rush. Meet a musher from the world-famous and gruelling Iditarod dog-sled race or discover Skagway’s breath-taking mountains and glaciers on a thrilling helicopter trip. Fly over the treetops on an exhilarating zip-line ride or explore Skagway’s stunning scenery by boat, jeep, bike or kayak.
Skagway to Endicott Arm & Dawes Glacier
Keep an eye out for bears, eagles and harbour seals on your trip through spectacular...
Keep an eye out for bears, eagles and harbour seals on your trip through spectacular Endicott Arm Fjord, Alaska. Be amazed by the sheer granite walls soaring high above the fjord and the towering waterfalls cascading down. At the head of the fjord, marvel at the impressive Dawes Glacier, where huge chunks of ice drop dramatically into the sea as blue glacial ice meets water.
Endicott Arm & Dawes Glacier to Inside Passage
Inside Passage to Victoria
Located on the southern tip on the island of Vancouver in British Columbia, the city...
Located on the southern tip on the island of Vancouver in British Columbia, the city of Victoria is probably best known for its mild climate and active outdoor lifestyle. (In fact, the city has been named the ‘fittest city’ in Canada more than once.) As the capital of British Columbia, the city is very tourist-friendly. Among the many attractions are world-famous gardens, its 150 years of British history, gourmet dining and fantastic shopping.
Enjoy a garden tour of floral Victoria on Vancouver Island, known as the City of Gardens because of its mild climate and spectacular summer hanging baskets. Outdoor lovers will adore biking, kayaking, fishing, zip-lining and whale watching in the breath-taking scenery while Butchart Gardens, Canada’s oldest Chinatown and historic Craigdarroch Castle provide plenty of fun-filled exploring.
Victoria to Seattle
Back to Seattle early morning. We can extend your stay here or you can take...
Back to Seattle early morning. We can extend your stay here or you can take your return flight back to the UK.
Alaska Cruise, Vancouver to Seward
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Alaska Cruise, Vancouver/Seward
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15 Questions you've always wanted to ask about sex and intimate health
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01. Is it normal to feel colic after sex? "Before, during and after sex, because of the stimulation of the pelvic floor muscles and the uterine wall, it is common for some women to tolerate minor spasms and minor cramps," says gynecologist and mastologist Cecilia Pereira, of All Clinik Rio de Janeiro. However, one must be aware of the intensity of pain and it is not normal to experience high-intensity pain. If this happens, it is necessary to seek a gynecologist to investigate the problem.
Cecilia emphasizes that the position in the sexual act and the size of the penis can contribute to the increase of the discomfort, but as the vagina is an elastic and adaptable organ, in the In most cases, the couple can figure out the best way to reach pleasure without pain.
2. Calming does not hurt, but it's important to remember that sex is a great ally for stress relief because the hormones released in the sexual relationship bring the feeling of pleasure and relaxation. According to Cecilia, the body does not change for a long time without sex, what can occur is an inhibition by the insecurity of doing something in which the habit is lost
03. Is it possible for a woman to have an orgasm while she sleeps?
It may happen, but it is unusual. "What can happen is that the woman during sleep has dreams that can provoke sexual arousal and she ends up waking up with a greater sensitivity to having orgasms in the sequence, either with the sexual relation itself or with masturbation," explains the gynecologist Edilson Ogeda, coordinator of the Nucleus of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Perinatology of Samaritano Hospital of São Paulo.
04. It is necessary to pass the underwear or to boil it to avoid illnesses?
There is no obligatoriness, but Cecilia explains that the big problem is in the humidity of the piece: "It is known that the heat of the iron or even of the dryer of hair helps to dry the panties more, thus preventing women from using it even with a certain humidity, which in turn can be harmful. "
05. Can I get some kind of infection by having sex in a pool or in the sea?
Gynecologist Julio Mayer de Castro Filho, from the network of medical centers dr.consulta, says that yes, this habit can present risks. "It is possible to catch infection by having sex in a pool without proper water treatment, especially in unfamiliar places (motels, for example)." In addition, penetration into water without insoluble lubricant can cause trauma to the genitals,
"Drying the panties in the bathroom is not a good habit, because the bathroom is a place that suffers a lot of contamination, besides receiving constant moisture," says Cecilia. It turns out that, often without realizing it, the woman wears a panties that apparently is dry, but still has moisture, favoring the growth of fungi that can unbalance the vaginal flora. "The best option is to dry the panties in a sunny or airy place," she says.
07. Do certain sexual positions tend to cause vaginal infections?
Julio explains that the sexual positions themselves can not generate infections. What may occur is that during sex, some trauma in the intimate region. "This could serve as a gateway to some germs, and some positions can be uncomfortable for women who have, for example, a retrograde uterus (uterus facing back)," he recalls. So, it is best to seek the help of an expert if you experience pain in relationships.08. Can I use moist wipes every day in the intimate area?
"This will depend on the sensitivity of the woman.For those with more resistant skins there is no harm in this, but others with sensitive skin may have allergies, local discomforts and, ultimately, vulvar and vaginal infections, "warns gynecologist Flavia Fairbanks of the FemCare Clinic. However, even without the signs of irritation, it is important that wet wipes are used only in emergencies, since the best way to ensure intimate hygiene is bath
09. Sometimes I feel something "dripping" on my panties. What is this?
The vagina is lined by a secretory mucosa and responsive to the hormonal oscillations of our menstrual cycle according to age. What we feel is nothing more than the physiological vaginal content, that is, healthy mucus that helps maintain vaginal pH, flora balance, lubricating and even helping the woman to identify the ovulatory period, depending on its consistency "When the secretion gets a different color, odor or blisters, it may mean that something is wrong and an appointment with a gynecologist is necessary," says Cecilia. > 10> Is the undergarment bad for the intimate area?
The best thing is that the lining is always cotton, okay? "In addition, lace panties do not hurt as long as they are not used often and exclusively," "Lubrication in the sexual act depends on several factors, some directly related to the stimulus received by the woman." Unlike the home m, a woman's sexual desire often depends on the preliminary acts of sex, place, security with partner and body. But not only that moment is responsible for the lubrication of women: the use of hormonal contraceptives, the state of menopause, the postpartum period and stress can also affect the desire, "says Cecilia.This problem can have the most varied diagnoses and therefore it should be checked with a specialist.
12. Jeans can cause discharge, is there any model that should be avoided?
"Jeans can cause discharge if it is too tight. I prefer to use parts with lighter tissues, especially women who have recurrent candidiasis, "says Julio.
13. Do you have to wear long pants or wet bikinis can cause fungal infections?
Know when you go to the beach "Cases of fungal infections are frequent in these conditions, because they develop in high temperature, damp and humid environments," he says. Women with large breasts are more likely to have breast cancer?
The emergence of breast cancer may be associated with many factors, but breast size is not one of them. "Big breasts, but with a lot of fatty tissue have a lower risk of developing the disease than small breasts, but with a lot of glandular tissue. The risk of breast cancer is associated with family history, obesity, smoking, few pregnancies, short breastfeeding, among others ", points out Edilson.
15 There is a risk of contamination when washing clothes of people with STDs along with those of other people in the household?
"Most agents that cause sexually transmitted diseases can not survive outside the body. Therefore, this risk is negligible, "says Julio.
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MENDICANT
others, even Catholic countries, it is forbidden by law, as in some parts of Austria-Uvnigary.
II. This now form of conxentual life was not intro- duced without strong opposition. With what feelings the older orders occasionally regarilcd the rapid spread of the mendicants may be gathered from the bitter words of Matthew of Paris, "Chronica majora, ad an. 1243", ed. Luard, IV, London, 1S77, 279, SO; "ad. an. 1246", ibid., 511-17. Still it is well known that St. Francis was indebted to the Benedictines for the " Portiuncula ", the first church of his order. The chief opposition came from elsewhere; from the uni- versities and from the bishops- and secular clergy. The menilicants did not confine themselves to the sacred ministry, but had almost from the Ijeginning learned memljers who claimed equality with other doctors at the universities. The Dominicans were the first religious order to introduce the higher studies as a special point in their statutes and if they probably owe their mendicancy to the influence of St. Francis over St. Dominic, the Friars Minor are probably in- debted for their higher studies to the influence or at least to the example of the Preachers. On the other hand the Church appreciated the work of the new orders and exeniptecl them from the jurisdiction of the bishops, granting them extensive faculties for preaching and hearing confessions, together with the right of burial in their own churches, rights re- serx'ed hitherto to the secular clergj-. It should be stated here that this opposition was not inspired merely by envy or other mean motives, but rather from economical reasons. For the parish priests de- pended in great part for their income on the offerings of the faithful, which threatened to diminish through the great popularity enjoyed by the mendicants. On the whole it might be said that the Church protected the regulars against unjust attacks, while on the other hand she found means to redress abuses, tending to endanger the legitimate interests of the secular clergy. The opposition to the mendicants was particularly strong at the University of Paris, and in France generally, less violent at the University of Oxford and in England. Isolated cases are to be found also in other countries. As early as 1231-.32 Gregory IX had to protect the mendicants against the pretensions of some prelates, who wanted the friars to l^e subject to their jurisdiction like the ordinarj' faithful. See different forms of the Bull "Nimis iniqua" (Bull. Franc. I, 74-77), repeated by Innocent IV, 1245 (op. cit., 368). Although this Bull sjieaks in a general way and is addressed to different countries, the abuses enumerated by it were proliably of local character.
The first great storm broke out at Paris, where the Dominicans had opened their schools (1229-30) and erected two chairs of theology; the Friars Minor fol- lowed them (1231). At first (1252) the opposition was directed against the Dominicans, the university wishing to grant them only one professorship [Denifle, "Chartularium" (see below) I, 226]. The university sought allies and so drew the bishops and the secular clerg}- into the struggle (Chartularium I, 252), with the result that Innocent IV, at first favourable to the mendicants (Chartularium I, 247), took away their
Erivileges with regard to preaching, confession, and urial rights in the Bull "Etsi animorum", 21 Nov., 1254 (Chartularium I, 1267). This sudden change of attitude towards the mendicants in In- nocent rV has not yet been sufficiently explained. The first step of Alexander IV was to suspend the dis- positions of his predecessor, Biill " Nee insolitum ", 22 Dec., 12.54 (Chartularium I, 1276), in which he promised new dispositions and forbade meanwhile to act against the mendicants. In these critical circvmi- stances it was doubly unfortunate that Gerard di Bor- go S. Donninoshould publish his book " Introductorius in Evangelium setemum" (12.54), which, besides many other Joachimite errors, attributed to the mendicants
a special vocation, to hike the place of the secular clergy in the near futuic ( 12(iO). The answer was not
long delayed. William of St. .\ ur, tlic Irader of the
opposition against the mendicants, [mlilicly attacked the treati.se in his sermon "Qui amat" (ed. Brown, "Fasciculus rerum expetendarum " . . . London, 1690, II, 51 ; Guil. a S. Amore, " Opera omnia, " Con- stance, 1632, 491). It has been made evident of late that the professors extracted from Gerard's treatise and from Joachim's " Concordia " the thirty-one prop- ositions, partly falsifying them (Matt. Parisiensis, first ed., VI, London, 1882, 335-39; "Chartularium" I, 272), and denouncing them with the book to Inno- cent IV. William went farther and wrote his famous treatise against the mendicants, " De periculis novissi- morum temporum" ("Opera om.", op. cit., 17-72; Brown, op. cit., II, 18— 41, here under a false title). The author starts from II Tim., iii sqq., and sees the ful- fillment of those words in the rise of the mendicant friars, who however are not specified , though everybody knew the significance. The whole list of vices enumer- ated by the apostle is apphed to the mendicants, whom WiUiam blames on all the points which formed their characteristic note. The danger, he goes on, is at our doors, and it is the duty of the bishops to avert it. In order that those impostors and pseudo-preachers may be the more easily detected, William draws up forty-one signs, by which they are to be recognized. This treatise made an enormous impression.
Alexander IV, however, in the Bull " Quasi lignum vit»", 14 April, 1255 ("Bull. Franc." II; "Bull. Tra?d." I, 276; "Chartularium" I, 279), settled the questions at issue between the miiversity and the mendicants, independently of the case of Gerard di Borgo S. Donnino. The pope annulled the statutes of the university against the mendicants, who were authorized to continue their public schools, even with the two chairs of the Dominicans, as a part of the uni- versity. On the other liand, the Master General of the Dominicans wrote from Milan, May, 1255, to his brethren to be careful and not to provoke the secular clergy against the order ("Chartularium" I, 289; Reichert, "Monumenta Ord. Frat. Prtedicatorum ", V, Rome, 1900, 21). At the same time the common in- terests of the Preachers and Friars Minor inspired the beautiful letter of John of Parma (q. v.) and Humbert of Romans, Milan, May, 1255 (Reichert, op. cit., V, 25; Wadding, " .Annals Ord. Min.", Ill, 380). The pro- fessors and students of Paris nevertheless did not ac- cept the Bull " Quasi lignum vita- " : they wrote 2 Oct., 1255, a sharp protest against it (Chartularium I, 292). Alexander IV, 23 Oct., 1255, condenmed the "Intro- ductorius in Evangelium a'temum " (Denifle, " Archiv. f. Litt. u Kirchenge.sch.", I, 87 sqq.). Moreover 5 Oct., 1256, he condemned the treatise "De Periculis novissiniorum temporum" in the Bull " Romanus Pontifex" (Chartularium I, 531). Reluctantly the university submitted to the orders of the pope. Wil- liam alone resisted and having been banished from Paris and France, he wrote another attack against mendicants, " Liber de antichristo et eiusdem minis- tris" (ed. under a false name by Martene-Durand, " Vet. Scriptor. amplissima collectio", IX, Paris, 1733, 1271). This redoubtable attack against the mendi- cants, conducted by the most famous university, was met by the ablest writers from among the friars. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote " Contra impugnantes Dei cul- tum"; St. Bonaventure, " QuEestio disputata de pau- pertate" (Opera omnia, ed. Quaracchi, V, 125), " Apologia pauperum " (VIII, 233), " De tribus quses- tionibus" (VIII, 331). Directly against William's "De periculis" another Franci.scan, Bertrand of Bayonne, or perhaps Thomas of York, wrote the treatise, "Manus quse contra omnipotentem" (Char- tularium I, 415). John of Peckham, later Archbishop of Canterbury, took part in the controversy with his "De perfectione evangelica", partly ed. by Little in ;
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A Lady's Deception
Sir Hugh Grey returns from Canada a war hero. After a scintillating liaison with Miss Eleanor Broxton before he’d left, he dreams of a future with her. But the secret she’s hiding could ruin both of them, and their love might not withstand it.
Haslemere Men Series, Book 2
By Pamela Mingle
Mr. Hugh Grey and Miss Eleanor Broxton share a scintillating liaison the night before he leaves for war in Canada. The memory sustained him for the years he was away. Now, the reputed rake is back, knighted, and he’s got enough money to right the estate his father left in ruins. What would make Sir Hugh Grey’s world perfect is the lovely Eleanor by his side.
Their attraction is sizzling, and the sweet way Hugh is wooing her—a kitten, kisses in the moonlight, and expert help in lighting her dreary work space—makes Eleanor dream of forever with her strapping knight. But she will not risk a scandal, which could ruin his newfound respectability and esteem, especially in her father’s eyes. When Hugh discovers what she’s been hiding, it could drive them apart forever.
“Hugh and Eleanor's story was "sigh worthy". And, I mean that in a good way! Hugh was so romantic and sweet. He gave Eleanor a kitten, for Heaven's sake! I think I may have found a new "book boyfriend" in the dashing, handsome and romantic Sir Hugh!” –Tammy W., Goodreads
“Absolutely great story! I highly recommend!” –Carol B., NetGalley
“An exceptional historical romance!” –Lori B., Goodreads
“Get a big box of tissues ready because this is a very emotional story. A thoroughly enjoyable read!” –Petula W., Goodreads
Series: Haslemere Men, Book 2
Imprint: select historical
Genre: historical, historical regency
Tropes: fling, second chance, secret baby
By Sissy's Romance Book Review August 26, 2017
'A Lady's Decption' by Pamela Mingle is Book Two in the "Haslemere Men" Series. This is the story of Mr. Hugh Grey and Miss Eleanor Broxton. I have read the previous book but feel this can easily be a standalone book.
Hugh and Eleanor had been friends when they were younger and on the Eve of him... ...more
By Tam August 29, 2017
Hugh and Eleanor's story was "sigh worthy". And, I mean that in a good way! Hugh was so romantic and sweet. He gave Eleanor a kitten, for Heaven's sake! That was a "swoon worthy" move in my opinion. Eleanor can't help but be swept off of her feet by Hugh, again. But, the secret she is hiding from... ...more
By Valerie August 07, 2017
I enjoyed reading A Lady's Deception. It was a fast paced book that read very easily. The characters had personality that I could understand and sympathize with. Eleanor struggles to support her desire for independence among the dissatisfaction from her family. Sir Hugh fights to understand the c... ...more
By Lux August 10, 2017
Hugh Grey and Eleanor Broxton shared an amorous dalliance the night before he left to join the war forces in Canada. They didn't have any communication in the years they were apart. Sir Hugh Grey came back form the war, knighted and financially able to restore their old house to its former glory.... ...more
By Candy August 11, 2017
Hugh Grey brought a commission and was leaving for Canada in a day or two. Eleanor Broxton, he had meet at a house party. He felt an instant connection, as did she. They ended having a liason and then he left. She started a dressmakers business and worked very hard. After two years, he returned a... ...more
By Donna August 02, 2017
Thanks NetGalley for a copy of this book. A quick and easy read with a slightly different storyline from most of its genre and would certainly recommend it. ...more
By Bec August 31, 2017
Eleanor Broxton and Hugh Grey had very strong feelings for each other and spent an incredible night together before he headed off for war in Canada. Now two years later, Hugh is back with plenty of money; knighted and finding people calling him 'Sir'. Yet, there's one thing he wants more than any... ...more
By Brenda August 14, 2017
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Mr. Hugh Grey and Miss Eleanor Broxton share a scintillating liaison the night before he leaves for war in Canada. The memory sustained him for the years he was away. Now, the reputed rake is back, knighted, and he’s got enough money to right the estate his father left in... ...more
By Janis August 15, 2017
A Lady's Deception follows A False Proposal, this time telling the story of Hugh Grey, brother of Adam from the previous book. Both men take a roundabout route to their true loves, but not without a lot of intrigue and frustration along the way. One of the best things about these two books is tha... ...more
By SH August 15, 2017
The first chapter of this novel set the pace. The instant attraction between Miss Eleanor Broxton and Mr Hugh Grey leads to one brief encounter that changes their lives forever. Hugh leaves almost immediately for Canada, only to return two years later, hoping to meet Eleanor again. However, Hugh’... ...more
By Amanda September 06, 2017
A Lady's Deception starts out quite passionately! Hugh and Eleanor spend one night in the wild passion but now years have passed can they pick up where they left off? Hugh is still enamored with Eleanor and she realizes she still cares for him but she has too much to focus on and a relationship w... ...more
By Petula August 21, 2017
Hugh Grey has finished his army service and returned home after the death of his father. After more than two years away he has a lot of responsibilities to take on. He carries a lot of emotional baggage and often speaks before he thinks.
Miss Eleanor Broxton is an independent and strong minded yo... ...more
By Julia September 04, 2017
This romance story was sweet, reminding me of Downton Abbey (which is, of course, set in a different time period). I liked the chemistry Hugh and Eleonora had from the start and enjoyed the slow dance around each other until they found their happily ever after.
This review is based on a NetGalley... ...more
By Galina December 28, 2017
What a refreshing historical romance. This book brought tears to my eyes several times. A book that can bring out that strong of emotions from me is definitely worth 5 stars.
I don't want to give spoilers, so will keep this short because the emotional journey was sweet. If you like a good journey... ...more
By Susan August 30, 2017
A second chance at love story and a secret that could ruin that love. Finding out if these characters could overcome their past and move forward to a happier future was an enjoyable experience.
I received an ARC copy of this book from Netgalley. ...more
By Karen August 28, 2017
I admired Eleanor's work ethic and her perseverance. She tried to make the best of a bad situation. I thought that Hugh was a strong character and willing to make changes in his life. I enjoyed their story and would like to read "A False Proposal (Haslemere Men #1.)" ...more
By Annalice March 30, 2019
Maybe I liked the beginning better than the ending??
And I definitely liked the very beginning lol. ...more
By Shirley September 15, 2017
I have never read books by this author so it was a pleasure to discover this book. This has a good plot and the characters are believable. The reader can suffer their realistic pain. A good read. ...more
By Amy October 01, 2017
Loved this story!! Second chance at love is always one of my favorite types of stories.
Even with all the years apart, the chemistry between Hugh and Eleanor was just as hot as it was before. After what Hugh had gone through with his own mother, I had to wonder if he would ever forgive Eleanor for... ...more
By Carmen November 28, 2017
Great second chance at love story. I really enjoyed it. ...more
By Kelsey December 27, 2018
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I was very pleased with this book. The characters and plot were well developed. It had so much heart! I couldn’t put it down. I look forward to future books by this author. ...more
Pamela Mingle
Pamela Mingle found her third career as a writer after many years as a teacher and reference librarian. Her love of historical romance was nurtured by Shakespeare and Jane Austen, and her novels have all been set either in the Elizabethan or Regency periods. Many long walks in England, Scotland, and Wales have given her a strong sense of place around which to build her stories. Game of Spies, her newest book, follows Mistress Spy, both part of the Spies in Love series.
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SURREY, 1812
Hugh Grey stood in the shadows at the Haslemere assembly, as far from the light as he could get and still make out the dancers. For November, it was oppressively hot inside. No surprise there—the room was packed with revelers. Too many sweating bodies crammed into a space barely large enough to contain them. He was present for one reason only.
To catch a glimpse of Miss Eleanor Broxton.
Hugh had nearly concluded she was not in attendance, and his patience was on a short tether. He had business to take care of. In two days, he would board a ship for North America. Canada, to be precise, if one could be precise when it came to such a vast breadth of land. Not for him the battlefields of the Peninsula and the never-ending war with Napoleon. He wanted something new, and the colder climes of Canada suited his temperament.
A blond head flashed by. Not Eleanor, devil take it. When the dance ended, and Hugh had yet to spot her, he began to move toward the anterooms. She’d stayed away, proving she was wiser than he by half. It was difficult to progress quickly through such a crowd, but because of his size, people moved aside for him. And emerging from a sea of bodies, there she was.
Hugh stopped cold, flummoxed. “Miss Broxton.”
He bowed, and she offered her hand. “Mr. Grey. You’re not leaving?” He loved the cadence of her voice. So caressing, wrapping her words around him. And could that be a spark of pleasure in her eyes?
“I was, yes.” Hugh was still holding her hand. Reluctantly, he released it.
“So soon? It is early yet.”
He hadn’t intended to do anything more than feast his eyes upon her, but he said, “If you will dance with me, perhaps I’ll stay.”
“I—” A handsome young buck approached, full of himself. How easy it would be to grasp him by the collar and send him on his way.
“My dance, Miss Broxton.” She spared the boy a glance before turning back to Hugh.
“The next, then,” she said. He nodded and watched her walk away with her partner. After a moment, she looked back at him. Not once, but twice, the second time a hint of a smile curving her lips. Something clutched at him, just under his ribs, and would not let go.
Should he wait and hope to claim his dance? If she hadn’t looked back at him and smiled, he probably wouldn’t have. He worked his way over to stand with those who were not dancing. And that’s when Hugh spotted Sir William, Eleanor’s father, his cold and forbidding eyes staring at him. Challenging him.
Hugh got the message. As long as the man drew breath, Eleanor would be off-limits to the likes of him. Even though his brother, Adam, was Broxton’s man in the House of Commons, Hugh still wasn’t good enough. He should never have come here. Why was he tormenting himself?
Instead of waiting for his dance with Eleanor, he made his way to the entrance, all the while counting himself a fool. Nothing had changed, nor ever would, if Sir William continued to believe the worst of him.
Eleanor, for once, was glad of the general chaos that was an assembly ball. It limited interaction with one’s partner. If her eyes roved around the room, said partner would probably not even notice. Or care. She took full advantage of the situation, especially after they’d gone down the middle, to find Hugh in the press of people.
Since he was taller than most of the men present, she had no difficulty spotting him. To her dismay, it looked as if he’d decided to leave. No. He’d asked her for the next dance. Well, she had been the one to do the asking. He’d simply nodded his assent. But when she’d looked back at him, his eyes had gleamed out at her from the dimness. He had wanted to dance with her.
Eleanor made a rash decision to follow him. Assemblies were less formal than private balls, so excusing herself wouldn’t matter. Much. It didn’t matter to her, in any case. “Mr. Buckley, I’m feeling a bit unwell. Pray excuse me.”
“No, I’ll be fine. Please stay and find another partner.” A perfunctory curtsy, and she made her escape before he had time to balk any further.
In truth, she was feeling, if not unwell, strangely agitated. She hadn’t felt that way since the house party at Deborah Grey’s country estate earlier in the year, where she had met Hugh. Like a fool, she’d initially set her sights on his brother, Adam, only to discover he was enamored of someone else. But Hugh had swept in and somehow managed to take her mind off Adam. In fact, he’d captivated her. He’d taught her how to shoot an arrow—his big body surrounding her—even though she’d been hopelessly inept at it… The memory had never left her. And the night of the ball, before its abrupt end, he had walked with her in the garden and stolen a kiss. Remembering the feel of his lips on hers sent a thrill right to her core.
She was desperate not to lose sight of him. Nudging, and in some cases shoving, merrymakers out of her path, she set a course for the entrance. The room was dimly lit, and she prayed her parents wouldn’t be on the lookout for her. Recalling where they’d been standing when she’d last seen them, she veered away from that part of the room and ducked her head. Their vigilance was suffocating. Out of their range at last, she glanced up, searching for Hugh. But he was nowhere to be seen. He must have already gone.
That didn’t deter her. Grabbing her shawl from the pegs near the door, she threw it around her shoulders and ventured out into the cold. She would find him.
Icy sleet lashed at her, and she wrapped her shawl close around her, dodging puddles and piles of dung. Carriages were lined up along the street, the coachmen huddled around fires, drinking and laughing. She kept to the shadows to avoid their notice. Hugh would be heading for the livery to claim his horse for the ride back to Longmere. Her eyes were beginning to adjust to the darkness, and she lifted her skirts and picked up her pace.
Thud! She slammed into something that felt like a wall, and the breath whooshed out of her. The wall turned and grasped her arms. “Eleanor.”
It was Hugh, wearing a heavy greatcoat. And now that she’d found him, she had absolutely no idea what to say.
He reached for her hand. “Let’s get out of this deuced weather.”
That suggestion held promise, though it was also fraught with danger. But she allowed him to lead her. When they reached the stables, Hugh opened a swinging door on the far end of the building and drew her inside. They were in a storage area, with bales of hay piled in neat stacks. Tack hung on the walls and rested on long plank tables. The air was redolent with horse, manure, and saddle oil. He seemed to be familiar with his surroundings, unerringly finding a short stack of bales for them to sit on and pulling her down next to him. Warmth immediately surrounded her.
“I’m afraid it’s not as elegant as you’re accustomed to, but it’s the best I could do on such short notice.” His teeth flashed white in the darkness. He found this situation amusing, did he? Eleanor tried to think what, exactly, she wanted to say, but he spoke first.
“Why did you follow me?”
Why indeed? Through the neighborhood grapevine, she’d heard he had bought a commission. What if she never saw him again? She wanted to be near him, hear his laugh, his soothing voice. And she craved more than that. She desperately wanted him to touch her. Kiss her. Hold her. Do everything a man does with a woman. Oh God. She couldn’t possibly say any of that.
“I heard you were leaving. I wanted to say good-bye.”
“The gossips have done their work, then.” He chuckled, a low, provocative sound in the dark. “I should thank them.”
Eleanor sighed. He’d wanted to see her, too. “Why didn’t you stay for our dance?”
“Your father looked as if he might call me out, if I dared speak to you. I thought it best not to goad him by dancing with you.”
Her father again. Would he never allow her to live her own life? Decide for herself what was best for her? Defiance reared its head, spurring her to be rash. “I’m not answerable to him. To them.” She had to include her mother in this, since she was worse, in many ways, than her father. She expected—demanded—Eleanor’s absolute obedience to whatever directives were set out for her, and Eleanor had had her fill of it.
“I can hardly believe that.”
He was right. Until she was married, she was dependent on them. It had been a foolish thing to say, but she felt daring tonight, and a twisting, bunching feeling down low in her belly made her reckless. “Where are you going, Hugh? When will you be back?” And then, hesitantly, she said, “I wish you weren’t leaving.”
Damn. Why did she have to say that? His cock stirred, and he was glad of the darkness. Grasping her shoulders, he drew her close. He shouldn’t take such liberties, but here they were, in this secluded place, alone. It was so dark he could barely make out her features, so he traced his fingers over her face. He explored her cheekbones with his thumbs, finally skimming them across her lips. She gasped, whether from shock or desire, he couldn’t say and didn’t care. And then he did what he’d been longing to do since their first kiss that night in the garden. Lowering his head, he set his lips on hers.
At first Eleanor didn’t respond, receiving his kiss in an innocent, untaught way. When he whispered, “Open your mouth, sweetheart,” she complied without hesitation. After a moment of simply soaking up the pure joy and sensual experience of his open mouth on hers, he plunged his tongue into the warm moistness of her. He wasn’t sure how she would react. To his everlasting delight, she threw her arms around his neck, pressing her breasts into his chest. Hastily, Hugh shrugged out of his coat. Hardly knowing what the hell he was doing, he got to his feet, dragging her with him. His arms went around her, but he couldn’t hold them still. He was beyond that.
He ran his hands up her sides, pausing at her breasts, pressing his thumbs against the fullness overflowing her stays. His swollen length was crushed against her with unmistakable urgency, something even an inexperienced girl would recognize. Downward his hands moved, until they cupped her magnificent derrière. He filled his hands with it, aware he should stop, but also knowing he wouldn’t unless she demanded it. But she didn’t. On the contrary, she welcomed every onslaught he made against her innocence.
Operating purely on the pent-up desire raging in him since last spring, he slid her skirts up so he could touch her with no impediment. He hesitated for a beat, allowing her the chance to push him away, to call a halt to what they were doing. But she did not.
Eleanor was floating in a haze of sensuality. Never before had she experienced anything like this desperate need that now held sway over her. She couldn’t have denied it even if she’d wanted to. Which she most decidedly did not. When Hugh stroked her inner thighs, above her stockings, she purred with pleasure.
He spoke softly into her ear. “I want to see your breasts, Eleanor. Feel your breasts. Will you let me?”
God help her, she wanted that, too. She tugged her dress down over her stays, so that the tops of her breasts were exposed. Hugh pushed the straps of her chemise off her shoulders, and her breath caught when he slid his hand underneath and found the tip of one breast. He rolled it between his fingers, delicately pinching, until she moaned, “Oh, God, Hugh. Oh, God.” And then he pulled up her skirts and returned his attention to her thighs, moving ever closer to her most intimate place.
Suddenly, before she could find her moorings, he was stroking her there, the most sensitive part of her. She felt as she had the one time she’d been to the sea and floated on the buoyant water, the feeling joyous and surprising. When the pleasure grew so intense she thought she might lose her mind, Hugh pulled her down onto their makeshift bed. She was too far gone to even consider stopping him.
He pushed up her skirts, and in the darkness she saw him fumbling with his falls, felt him pressing against her entrance. But just as she was on the verge of exploding, he hesitated. “Eleanor—”
“Don’t say anything,” she said, putting a finger to his lips. “I want you, Hugh Grey.”
And then he was pushing inside her, little by little, and sliding back out, giving her time to accustom herself to his invasion, then thrusting forward again. She felt no pain, only a sense of fullness and an incandescent joy that he was now a part of her. When at last he broke through her barrier, she barely noticed, because she was focused on the one thing that truly mattered: release from this torture, this agony of bliss she was drowning in. Hugh thrust a hand between them and found her center once again, and Eleanor dropped over the edge at last, crying out fiercely. He followed her, emitting a primal grunt of release, then dropping down to cover her body with his.
Two thoughts occurred to Hugh as he lay there in the warm cocoon of Eleanor’s body. His backside was damned cold, and second, what the hell had he done? Taken advantage of a chaste girl by stealing her virginity, that’s what, all for the sake of satisfying his uncontrollable urge to have her. And worst of all, he’d ruined her, if anyone were to find out. It was that last thought that spurred him into action, even though he’d much prefer lying on the hay bales with her in his arms for hours more. He sat up and buttoned his falls, then fished in his pocket for a handkerchief. He found Eleanor’s hand and set the square of linen in it.
“Eleanor, you must get back to the ball. Your father will be wondering where you are. If we were to be discovered—”
He couldn’t see her expression clearly, but when she spoke, she sounded like a thoroughly pleasured woman. “Nobody will discover us. And I’m not concerned about my parents.”
Hugh smiled at her bravado, then leaned down to kiss her once more. “That’s foolish, and you know it. Up you go, you must be off.” He stood and brushed himself off while she cleaned herself. When she rose, he made sure no telltale strands of hay marred her skirts.
“My shawl,” she said, when they were nearly to the door. “Where is it?”
Hugh glanced around, finally spotting it, a splash of darkness against the hay, and hurriedly wrapped it around her shoulders. He did not let go.
“You must return on your own, Eleanor. We can’t be seen together.”
“I’m aware. This is good-bye, then,” she said, her eyes wide.
He nodded, unable to speak. What could he say? He refused to apologize for making love to her. He knew her well enough to believe she would have called a halt if she hadn’t wanted him. But there was a huge difference between what two people wanted and what was prudent, and they’d crossed that line. He wished to hell he’d never bought that commission, but it was too late now. Besides, nothing had changed. Broxton would never countenance a union between him and Eleanor.
So he said the one thing that seemed to make sense. “You’ve given me a precious gift, Eleanor. Thank you.”
She nodded, and he opened the door, peering into the night to make sure nobody was lurking outside. And then reached for her hand. They walked together until the lights of the assembly rooms might have revealed them. There was one thing that must be said.
“You will inform me if there are consequences. Adam will know how to get word to me.”
Nodding, she said, “Good-bye, Hugh. Be safe.” Rising up on her toes, she brushed her lips across his.
When he could see that she’d entered the building, he returned to the stables and asked for his mount. He rode home to Longmere in a persistent, icy drizzle, half buoyant, half miserable. He’d just made love to the woman of his dreams, but was soon to be separated from her for God knew how long.
What a damned mess he’d made of things.
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The Green Weenie was a sports gimmick co-created by Bob Prince (1916–1985), the legendary broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and Pirate trainer Danny Whelan. It was most popular during the 1966 baseball season in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The "Green Weenie" was manufactured by Tri-State Plastics, a Pittsburgh plastic thermoforming company between 1967-1974 and during the 1989 season.
The Green Weenie was a green plastic rattle in the shape of a hot dog, which when waved at opposing players, purportedly put a jinx on them. Conversely, when waved at Pirate players it allegedly bestowed good luck.
The superstition began during a 1966 game against the Houston Astros, when Danny Whelan shouted from the dugout at Astros' pitcher Dave Giusti, "You're gonna walk him!" while waving a green rubber hot dog in the direction of the pitcher's mound. Giusti did walk the batter, and the Astros lost the game. During the next game's broadcast, Prince quizzed Whelan about the frankfurter incident, and the gimmick was born. Within weeks, Green Weenies were being sold to fans at Forbes Field.
Though the gimmick didn't conjure up a pennant for the Pirates in 1966, the writer Dave Cole has noted that Roberto Clemente did win that year's National League MVP Award, Matty Alou won the National League batting title, Bill Mazeroski led the league in double plays, and Willie Stargell had his personal best year in batting.
According to the August 12, 1966 issue of Time Magazine, however, the hex of the Green Weenie sometimes seemed to work: "When the Pirates played the Giants two weeks ago, Prince pointed a Weenie at Juan Marichal. Marichal won the game, 2-1, but next day he caught the third finger of his pitching hand in a car door and missed two scheduled turns on the mound. In Pittsburgh, the Pirates were trailing the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 in the seventh inning when Prince's fellow announcer Don Hoak begged Bob to use the Weenie. 'Not yet,' said Prince. In the eighth inning, with Pittsburgh still behind by two runs, Prince finally waved the Weenie. The Pirates scored four runs and won the game 5-3. 'Remember,' said Prince to Hoak. 'Never waste the power of the Green Weenie.'"
The Green Weenie was revived several times during subsequent seasons, but failed to stay popular with fans.
In 1974, Prince invented another talisman, encouraging female fans to spark a Pirates rally by waving their babushkas (folded kerchiefs used as head coverings, especially by East European women, a large immigrant minority in Pittsburgh). "Babushka Power," as it was called, most likely inspired the Terrible Towel, another sports gimmick created a year later by sportscaster Myron Cope for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's football team. The Terrible Towel has remained popular with Steeler fans for over thirty years.
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This new green-roofed hotel with mirrored walls blends into Uruguay’s mountains
under Architecture, Eco Tourism, Eco Travel, Gallery, Hotels
by Nicole Jewell
Visitors to Uruguay’s Maldonado region can soon stay in a stunning new hotel, which is tucked into 250 acres of gorgeous natural landscape. The Sacromonte Landscape Hotel — designed by local firm MAPA Architects — is a green-roofed mountain retreat that uses mirrored exteriors to strategically blend into its surroundings. The sustainable hotel complex, which is comprised of 13 individual cabins, a winery and a farm-to-table restaurant, was completely prefabricated off site to reduce the project’s footprint.
MAPA Architects utilized a variety of strategies to enable the Sacromonte Landscape Hotel to blend into the environment. The buildings’ sizes and height were kept subtle as to not disrupt the amazing landscape. The cabins have a mirrored facade on one side that camouflages the buildings into the grassy meadows. The rear side of the cabins feature locally-sourced timber trunks and local stones, creating a rustic look.
Related: This modern hiking hotel blends into the dark alpine forests of Italy
To keep the project’s footprint at a minimum, the structures were prefabricated off site in 10 weeks in a factory in Montevideo. In fact, the overall design focused on implementing various sustainable construction techniques. In addition to using prefab manufacturing, the structures were built with low-E glass and built on bases made from locally-sourced stone. Eco-friendly wastewater treatment systems were also installed to make the project as green as possible.
The eco-resort just recently opened for business and is expected to be fully operational by September, 2018. Visitors will be able to reserve individual cabins, which come with private decks and circular pools for enjoying the spectacular views. Inside, guests can enjoy the modern design, including dark stone floors and oak-paneled walls. For dining, the hotel restaurant offers dishes made with vegetables and fruits grown onsite in an organic garden. And of course, wine tastings are offered daily.
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Photography by Leonardo Finotti
This new green-roofed hotel with mirrored walls blends into Uruguay's mountains
Sacromonte Landscape Hotel
The Sacromonte Landscape Hotel — designed by local firm MAPA Architects — is a green-roofed mountain retreat that uses mirrored exteriors to strategically blend into its surroundings.
Visitors to Uruguay’s Maldonado region can soon stay in a stunning new hotel, which is tucked into 250 acres of gorgeous natural landscape.
MAPA Architects used various strategies to help the hotel blend in with its surroundings.
On the rear side of the cabins, a facade of locally-sourced timber trunks and local stones creates a rustic look.
The resort recently opened for business and is expected to be fully operational by September 2018.
The sustainable hotel complex, which is comprised of 13 individual cabins, a winery and a farm-to-table restaurant, was completely prefabricated off site to reduce the project’s footprint.
The cabins have a mirrored facade on one side that, thanks to the reflective view, camouflages the buildings into the grassy meadows.
To keep the project’s footprint at a minimum, the structures were prefabricated off site in 10 weeks in a factory in Montevideo.
The large transparent walls allow for stunning views.
Each cabin comes with its own splash pool.
The buildings’ sizes and height were kept subtle as to not disrupt the amazing landscape.
The huge glass windows bring in an abundance of natural light.
The landscape around the hotel is breathtaking.
The cabins are tucked into 250 acres of a stunning, mountainous region
In addition to using prefab manufacturing, the structures were built with low-E glass, and built on bases made of locally-sourced stone.
Eco-friendly wastewater treatment systems were also installed to make the project as green as possible.
The cabins meld into the landscape.
The entrance to the hotel.
The hotel cabins are intentionally compact to reduce their footprint on the landscape.
The hotel is surrounded by vineyards and grassy meadows.
Inside, guests can enjoy the modern design, including dark stone floors and oak-paneled walls.
Tree trunks were used to clad the backside of the cabins.
Visitors will be able to reserve individual cabins, which come with private decks and circular pools for enjoying the spectacular views.
Sacromonte Landscape Hotel by MAPA Architects
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B.A.J.A.B.A. on JaZzLine
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BAY AREA JAZZ AND BLUES ARTISTS (B.A.J.A.B.A) features and highlights Bay Area talent in all of the flavors of the Africa American Musical Diaspora or The Evolution of the Blues. This program also presents a monthly series called BAJABA ShowCase, a live performance in the KPFA Performance Studio.
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Afrikahn Jahmal Dayvs, MC: Radio Producer and Host. Afrikahn has been working in radio since 1971, starting out in Oklahoma on two different stations. A few years later, the greater Bay Area became his next movement on the airwaves with shows on over six stations including internet radio. His love of Jazz and Blues, its roots, inspirational musicians, and especially the desire to showcase an array of the amazing breadth of talent that the Bay Area has to offer lead him to produce and host the BAJABA radio show on independent station KKUP/KPFA. BAJABA Showcase was created by the late, great Jazz Activist Doug Edwards, (‘The Doug of Edwards’ as he was known), who passed in Sept. 2010. Afrikahn has continued on and grown the fan base of this uncompromisingly integral part of our Bay Area musical landscape while also hosting shows throughout the week. (written by Joey Brite, Behind the Curtain Productio
Additional voices on Bajaba on [email protected] —
Ken “The Groove Meister” Pruitt and Safi Wa Nairobi.
Safi Wa Nairobi, Associate Producer, also shares responsibility for video documentation of B.A.J.A.B.A.’s live performances: at KPFA, Berkeley as well as on the road. Safi has been producing with KPFA Radio since 2004, including with Pushing Limits (disability focus), The Radio Chronicles (documentary storytelling) and is one of the original founding members of Women’s Magazine. Safi also produces for KPOO Radio, 89.5FM, San Francisco. Hugely Inspired by the African Diaspora and all music associated therewith, Safi continues to help celebrate the wizardry, genius and creativity of some of the world’s finest artists– particularly those in the San Francisco Bay Area. Safi wa Nairobi holds the B.S. in Political Economy of Natural Resources from UC Berkeley, as well as the MA in Media Studies (video emphasis) from New College of California, and loves to sing–in the shower.
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Alert! Mongolia Suspends KFC Outlets after Hundreds of Food Poisoning Reports
Mongolia is conducting an enquiry and has temporarily suspended operations of all KFC restaurants in the country. This step has been taken as 42 people were hospitalised and hundreds showed food poisoning symptoms after eating at one of the outlets of KFC, a fast-food chain.
The city's Metropolitan Professional Inspection Agency said, “The incident occurred in Ulaanbaatar last week and was caused by poor internal hygiene checks. Out of which 247 people had reported food poisoning symptoms such as diarrhoea and vomiting.”
The agency further said, “Preliminary checks show it was caused by the restaurant's water supply where bacteria had bred.”
Interestingly, KFC, which is part of Yum Brands Inc, opened its first restaurant in Mongolia in 2013 and currently has 11 restaurants there, all in the capital. They are operated by its franchise partner, Mongolian conglomerate Tavan Bogd Group.
However, a spokeswoman for KFC Global told Reuters in an e-mail "We deeply regret the negative impact that many people have suffered, especially to our guests of the Zaisan restaurant, and we are working to support our team members and customers during this difficult time."
"KFC Mongolia is cooperating fully with the government's investigation and recommendations around addressing the source of the incident. The procedure includes a thorough investigation of all KFC Mongolia restaurants and specifically into determining the exact cause of the reported incident."
Tavan Bogd apologised in a separate statement, saying the incident had happened due to weak internal quality checks and that daily standards and rules were poorly implemented.
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Drew Weisholtz is an award-winning writer who has had his work published on several websites, including GuySpeed, StarCrush.com and theFW.com. Previously, he has written and served as a producer for ABC News Radio and also spent time as a stand-up comedian. He can be found rooting for his beloved Yankees and Giants and begrudgingly holds out hope his Rutgers Scarlet Knights will one day return to the NCAA Tournament. When that's not consuming him, he passes time quoting "Saved By the Bell" and making fun of his in-laws. You can follow him on Twitter.
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I M U R with Selci
Vancouver natives I M U R hit the stage at the Eddy for an unforgettable night of genre-bending, goosebump-inducing, make out music.
About I M U R:
Vancouver’s I M U R has become synonymous with bass-heavy beats and smooth, sultry vocals. The electronic-r&b trio’s eclectic mix of instrumental melodies and “slick hip-hop production” (Georgia Straight) transcends genre and “induces true goosebumps” (All Things Go). Since their conception in 2015, I M U R has played Shambhala Music Festival, World Ski & Snowboard Festival, Astral Harvest, Center of Gravity, Rifflandia and most recently the main stage of Bumbershoot Music Festival alongside internationally recognized artists Big Sean, Odesza and Solange.
Their first EP, Slow Dive, landed them a #5 spot on Billboard’s Global Viral Spotify Chart and singles from their sophomore album, Little Death (2017), have been featured in ads by Patagonia and Lululemon and on popular TV shows such as Wynona Earp and Working Moms. In addition to receiving praise from Noisey, Exclaim!, Hiphop Canada, Beatroute Magazine, The Georgia Straight, IDOBI, All Things Go and other International blogs, I M U R was recently nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award for Electronic Artist of the Year.
About Selci:
Selci is the diversely talented Canadian electro-pop musician. Born in rugged Winnipeg and currently incubating in the Calgary electronic music scene, Selci has honed her passion for music, production, dance and writing. Her grasp on blending pop and alternative culture is astute and innovative. She curates her pastel and surrealist infused music videos that pair impossibly well with her sound. Selci’s performances utilize live electronics in a deeply immersive fashion, by live sampling, looping and playing the beat pad and keys. She has a hauntingly powerful voice that completely transports listeners into her tapestry of sound.
Sound production equipment for the King Eddy provided by PK Sound and Yamaha.
Price: $10 advanced tickets, $13 at the door
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Florida Rep. Corrine Brown Denies Spending $800,000 In Charity Money For Personal Use
Brown called the allegations against her bogus and racist.
By: NewsOne Now | 09.22.16
After 24 years in office, Florida Representative Corrine Brown (D-FL) recently lost her congressional seat.
Her loss comes after being indicted on 22 federal charges including conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and tax violations. Despite the allegations, the congresswoman says she’s innocent.
Rep. Brown and her attorney, James Smith, III, spoke with Roland Martin about the allegations being levied against her, which claim she and her Chief of Staff established a “sham charity” to access $800,000 for personal use.
Brown said U.S. Attorney Lee Bentley has damaged her name, calling the allegations bogus and racist. She continued to lambast the claims and said they were “done prior to the August 30th election” to keep her from winning reelection.
Brown believes the charges were issued for political reasons. She told Martin, “You know for a fact the first step was to change the district, put 25 prisons in the district,” and the second step in securing her ouster was the corruption charge issued prior to the election.
Congresswoman Brown will appear in court for a series of status hearings in October. If the case goes to trial, Attorney James Smith, III explained the legal proceedings will probably not take place until February of 2017.
He reiterated the embattled congresswoman’s claim of innocence and said, “Let me just be very clear, my client has emphatically and will emphatically continue to deny the charges.”
Smith implored those who may consider whether or not she is guilty of the scathing charges to look at Representative Brown’s record and reminded viewers of her “decades of good faithful service at the state, local, and federal level on the behalf of her constituents.”
Rep. Brown denies being connected with the individual who established the unregistered charity she is being accused of using as her “own personal slush fund.”
Brown forcefully said on NewsOne Now she has “absolutely no relationship whatsoever” to the woman who allegedly set up the questionable charity.
Later during their conversation, Congresswoman Brown said the following of the charges: “It is a bunch of bull.”
Watch Roland Martin, Rep. Corrine Brown, and her attorney James Smith, III discuss the allegations being made against the congresswoman in the video clip above.
Watch NewsOne Now with Roland Martin, in its new time slot on TV One.
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Calendar of Events: April 11 – April 17, 2018
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Over 70 artists will be in downtown Mobile for SouthSounds Music & Art Festival – April 13th-15th, including Of Montreal! See them on the Lagunitas Stage @ the Merry Widow, Friday April 13th at 10:30pm
Bay Awakening Luncheon Join Mobile Baykeeper for an annual luncheon supporting its work toward clean water, clean air and healthy communities. Featuring a panel of well-known authors and artists Watt Key, John Sledge and Nall the Artist discussing stories of Mobile Bay. Battle House Hotel, Friday, April 13, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visit mobilebaykeeper.org/bay-awakening for more details.
“Engaging the Next Generation”
Mobile United invites young professionals to “Engaging the Next Generation,” a volunteer fair on Dauphin Street between Joachim and Conception streets on Friday, April 13, 6-8 p.m. Free and open to the public. Visit facebook.com/engagingthenextgeneration.
LoDa Artwalk
Visit downtown Mobile this Friday, April 13, for art exhibitions with receptions and entertainment in a variety of galleries and venues, beginning at 6 p.m. Check out mobilearts.org/announcement/loda-artwalk for additional information or contact 251-208-1550.
Join us for a family movie night at Semmes Municipal Park on Friday, April 13. “Beauty and the Beast” will be showing from 7-9 p.m. Visit cityofsemmesal.gov for more information.
“Titanic” in the Park
History Museum of Mobile will host a viewing of “Titanic” in Mardi Gras Park beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 13. Bring a lawn chair/blanket. Visit www.historymuseumofmobile.com for more information.
A Day for Science
Hosted by March for Science Mobile on Saturday, April 14, 9 a.m. to noon in Bienville Square. An open-air science fair for all ages with speakers and booths from local organizations. Call 251-680-0084 for more information.
Military Vehicle Show
The Dixie Division will hold its annual vintage military vehicle show and swap meet on Saturday, April 14, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. Find us on Facebook for more information.
Loxley Municipal Park will host the 31st annual Baldwin County Strawberry Festival on Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15. Visit baldwincountystrawberryfestival.org.
Disney Concert
Join us in this family-friendly concert as the Mobile Pops Band explores the world of Disney! Saturday, April 14, 6 p.m. at Medal of Honor Park. Visit themobilepops.com for details.
3rd annual Zydeco & Crawfish Festival
Saturday, April 14, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Waterway Village in Gulf Shores. Free to the public. Find us on Facebook for more information.
Confederate Memorial Day
Join us Sunday, April 15, 2 p.m. at the Confederate Rest, Magnolia Cemetery for observance of Memorial Day featuring period re-enactors and weaponry. Contact J.A. DePree, 251-421-0491.
22nd annual motorcycle show
Join us Sunday, April 15, on Dauphin Island for the Mobile Bay Vintage Motorcycle Club’s annual spring show at Waves (formerly Fins). Free admission, food available. Proceeds support Dauphin Island PTO. Call 251-509-5451 or 251-635-8520 for more information.
“Chill Out” Day
There will be no taxation without relaxation this tax season. Kona Ice of Coastal Alabama will be offering free shaved ice on Tuesday, April 17, to help local residents chill out. The truck will be making a stop at Bienville Square, 150 Dauphin St. in Mobile from noon to 1 p.m.
Police/Citizens Council Meet
The Police Citizens Community Relations Advisory Council will meet Tuesday, April 17, at 6 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Visit cityofmobile.org/pccrac for more information.
Brown Bag in Bienville
On Wednesday, April 18, Jamell Richardson will perform a free concert in Bienville Square, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The following Wednesday, April 25, the Bodhi Trio will perform. Call 251-208-1550.
Blueberry Picking at Weeks Bay
Come out and pick fresh, organic blueberries beginning at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18. Visit weeksbayplantation.com for more information.
St. Mary Crawfish & Bluegrass Extravaganza
Enjoy crawfish and gumbo and listen to foot-stomping music on Saturday, April 14, 4-8 p.m. Music by bluegrass band Fat Man Squeeze. Hot dogs will be on hand for non-crawfish eaters. Tickets are available at St. Mary Catholic Church and school offices, at Mobile Popcorn and online at brownpapertickets.com. Proceeds benefit Veterans Recovery Resources.
Fairhope High School IB
Come celebrate our second-ever “Jamboree for IB” at The Warehouse Bakery on Saturday, April 14. Sneak preview from Eastern Shore Repertory Theatre’s upcoming “Newsies,” the FHS Jazz Band, “This is Now” and more, all benefiting this academic program. Visit us on Facebook @morganthompsonfoundation for more information.
Bowling for Autism
Eastern Shore Lanes and the American Autism and Rehabilitation Center in Daphne are hosting this event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Eastern Shore Lanes on Sunday, April 15. All profits will enhance the outdoor play area and sponsor local families for the summer camp program. Visit www.eslanes.com.
Mutts and Mimosas
Join us Sunday, April 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Off the Hook Marina & Grill for brunch and $5 pitchers of mimosas. Bring the family and fur kids and help us support the Saraland Animal Shelter. Find us on Facebook for more information.
Spring into Wine + Art
The inaugural Spring into Wine + Art will be held Sunday, April 15, at 2 p.m. at the American Legion Post 199 in Fairhope. All proceeds go toward the South Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program.
Point Clear Rotary Club
The musical duo Roman Street will join the Point Clear Rotary Club Tuesday, April 17, 6 p.m. at Fairhope Civic Center for this year’s Taste of Rotary “Taste and Tunes” event to benefit the Point Clear/Fairhope Rotary Youth Club, scholarships and other local nonprofits. Call 601-917-5182.
Bark and Bingo
Join us at Serda Brewing on Wednesday, April 18, as we partner with ARF (Animal Rescue Foundation) for a special fundraiser for dogs, benefiting ARF. Win prizes from local vendors Walks & Wags, Dog Days Bakery and Happy Dog 123. Find us on Facebook for more info.
The Pact Open House
The Facility for Performing Arts Creative Training will hold its open house Saturday, April 14. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks provided, as well as entertainment throughout. Please email thepactmobile@gmail.com.
Set in the early 19th century, this is the story of two young servants longing to the tie knot while striving to elude the clutches of the count and countess who are conspiring to loosen it. Saraland High School on Friday April 13, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 15, at 2 p.m.
SouthSounds Arts & Crafts Market
In conjunction with all the great music during the SouthSounds Music Festival, there will also be an art market featuring one-of-a-kind arts and crafts produced by local artisans. Cathedral Square on Saturday, April 14, and Sunday, April 15, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Theatre USA presents “Pericles”
April 13-15 and 19-21, Theatre USA will host one of Shakespeare’s final plays. “Pericles” follows the adventures of the title character as he sets out to woo a princess, only to be pursued by an evil king across the vast seas. All performances at the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center. Call Theatre USA Box Office, 251-460-6306 for tickets.
“Meme” in Art
Susan Fitzsimmons will display her art exhibit focusing on the “Meme” idea of conveying cultural ideas, symbols or practices that can be transmitted through writing, speech, gestures, rituals or other imitable phenomena at the University of South Alabama Visual Arts Gallery, through April 20. A reception will take place Thursday, April 19, at 6 p.m. Call 251-461-1438 or email sgfitzsimmons@southalabama.edu.
Medicine in Art
Dr. Charles B. Rodning, professor of surgery, will discuss the validity of integrating the scientific, humanistic and artistic domains of intellectual endeavor into the patient-physician relationship to achieve healing. Friday, April 13, USA Health Strada Center. Lunch served at 11:30 a.m., presentation begins at noon. A free community event but reservations are required. Call Kim Partridge at 251-460-7770 or email kepartridge@health.southalabama.edu.
Ellen Jones Art and Life
Join us at Innova Arts on St. Louis Street on Friday, April 13, 6-9 p.m. as we celebrate the life and art of Ellen Jones. Proceeds from the silent auction of her artwork and the donated items of other local artists will benefit The Ellen Jones Art Fund supporting Legacy 166, an organization dedicated to art education for underprivileged children. Visit innovaarts.com for more information.
Enjoy free concerts in the Pavilion at Town Center Park every Friday evening through August 31. April 13 will feature Eric Erdman. Visit spanishforttowncenter.com for the summer lineup. MUSEUMS Last chance for “Titanic: Honour & Glory” “Titanic Honour & Glory” exhibition ends Sunday, April 15 at the History Museum of Mobile. Call 251-301-0273 or gavin.snyder@historymuseumofmobile.com.
“Alabama Main Streets”
Traveling Post Card exhibit will be on display from now through Saturday, April 28, at the Spanish Fort Public Library. Visit spanishfortpubliclibrary.org for more information.
Thursdays at MMoA
Every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., the Mobile Museum of Art offers free admission to all Mobile County residents. No reservations are necessary. MMoA is at 4850 Museum Drive. Call 251-208-5200.
“Windows to the Sea”
“Windows to the Sea” is the latest permanent exhibit at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Estuarium. Visit disl.org. “Savage Ancient Seas” Ending April 21. Don’t’ miss “Savage Ancient Seas” at GulfQuest and be transported to a time when the last of the great dinosaurs roamed Earth and swam the seas. Visit www.gulfquest.org.
Fairhope’s Founding
Learn more about the 1894 founding of Fairhope at the Fairhope Museum of History, 24 N. Section St. The museum is open daily (except Sunday and Monday), 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 251-929-1471.
Little Discoveries
“Outside the Box,” aimed at children age 6 and under, explores how innovation and creativity can lead to a world of possibilities, starting with a simple cardboard box. Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Call 251-208-6893 or email jholland@exploreum.com.
“Permian Monsters: Life Before Dinosaurs”
Take an adventure back in time 290 million years when bizarre-looking animals dominated life on land and sea. The Exploreum will display this traveling exhibition through June 3. Visit exploreum.com.
“Galapagos: Nature’s Wonderland”
In the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, there is a paradise unlike any other: the Galapagos Archipelago. Immerse yourself in this spectacular film at the Exploreum, until May 26. Visit exploreum.com.
Art as a Business
Free workshop Wednesday, April 18, at 10 a.m. in Bellingrath Hall at Central Presbyterian Church (corner of Ann and Dauphin) with Yolanda Johnson. Optional $5 lunch available afterward to benefit the CPC Food Pantry. Call 251-432-0591 for more information.
Metaphysics of “The Wizard of Oz”
Join us for this four-part series beginning Sunday, April 15, at 10:30 a.m. at the Center for Spiritual Living. Rev. Kandace is sure to shed new light on this classic film by presenting it through a “Science of Mind” lens. Come dressed as your favorite character. Visit centerforspiritualliving-mobile.org for more information.
“History of the FBI, Creative Writing & Forensics”
Miniature conference hosted by the Honors College for those interested in criminal justice, creative writing, psychology, journalism, forensics, publishing or fascinating ideas in general. At the Honors College in the Seaman’s Bethel, University of South Alabama, on Friday, April 13, 5-7 p.m. and Saturday, April 14, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Contact honors@southalabama.edu.
Violence in the Workplace
John Conrad, assistant director at Bayview Professional Associates, will discuss the current statistics regarding the prevalence of workplace violence. Tuesday, April 17, 4-5 p.m. at the Ben May Main Library, 701 Government St. For more information, email jsigler@mplonline.org or call 208-7085 or 208-7078.
SPORTING EVENTS/ACTIVITIES
DOGA Flow Class Benefit
Grab your best furry friend and join Mobile’s first DOGA Flow class on Saturday, April 14, at 10 a.m. Hosted by Personal Edge Fitness to benefit Save a Stray. Email saveastraydoga@gmail.com or erikacturner@gmail.com.
Special Olympic Track Meet
Join us at St. Paul’s Episcopal track on Friday, April 13, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. to cheer on 400-plus athletes from 52 Mobile-area schools. Contact mobilecospecialolympics@gmail.com for more information.
Mobile BayBears vs. Biloxi
The Mobile BayBears will host the Biloxi Shuckers at Hank Aaron Stadium Monday, April 16, through Friday, April 20. Call 251-479-BEAR.
Via! Bingo
Bingo every Tuesday and Thursday, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Open to the public. Via! Health, Fitness, Enrichment Center, 1717 Dauphin St. Visit viamobile.org.
South Alabama and Mississippi Mountain Bike Association invites all levels of cyclists to join them every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. at USA Bike Trails and Sunday at 9 a.m. at Chickasabogue Park. Email carrie@rideSAMBA.com.
Weekly 1K/5K
Every Thursday evening at 6 p.m., join Red Beard’s Outfitter and Cortlandt’s Pub in the Spring Hill Village Shopping Center for a 1K or 5K run and walk. No cost to participate.
Fitness and Athletics Classes
Classes are being offered at Palmer Pillans Middle School in Tai Chi, bellydance, candlelit yoga, Piyo Tone and piano. Call 251-463-7980 or visit mobilecap.org
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DURECT to Present at the H.C. Wainwright NASH Investor Conference
CUPERTINO, Calif., April 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX) announced today that Jim Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the H.C. Wainwright NASH Investor Conference on Monday, April 3 at 4:40 p.m. Eastern Time. The conference is being held at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City.
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WTO appeals court rules against Boeing; Airbus claims minimum $15bn in harm
March 28, 2019, © Leeham News: The World Trade Organization appeals panel today upheld European claims that Boeing received billions of dollars in illegal tax breaks and subsidies from the US Department of Defense, Washington State, Kansas and South Carolina.
The report may be found here.
From a previous set of rulings, the WTO also agreed that the US and Boeing failed to cure illegal tax breaks used under a federal program called Foreign Sales Corporations of FSC (pronounced fisk) dating to before 2006.
The adverse decision comes at a time when Boeing is on the defensive over two fatal accidents of its 737 MAX program and criticism over the development and approval of the MCAS stall recovery system believed by some to be at the heart of two crashes.
Airbus claims minimum $15bn in harm
More than $3bn Washington State tax breaks were granted in 2003 to incentivize Boeing to locate the 787 production line in Everett. These were extended in 2013 for the 777X wing factory and final assembly line, amounting to an additional $8.7bn.
Kansas tax breaks amounted to several hundred million dollars. South Carolina tax breaks, the amount never revealed publicly, are believed to be in the vicinity of $1bn, issued to incentivize Boeing to locate the second 787 FAL in Charleston.
All in, Airbus claims $15bn in harm through lost sales supported by Boeing’s illegal subsidies and tax breaks from Washington State alone. It doesn’t have an immediate estimate of the harm of the other subsidies.
The WTO ruling allows the European Union to impose sanctions should it choose, if Boeing fails to cure the illegal subsidies.
Rulings against Airbus
In previous rulings, the WTO appeals court upheld panel findings that Airbus benefitted from illegal subsidies for the A350 and A380 programs.
With the decision in February by Airbus to terminate the A380 program, the WTO action over these illegal subsidies should, based on precedent, become moot, Airbus says. This leaves “minor” subsidies for the A350 left to cure.
“We hope that these findings will prompt the United States and Boeing to move forward constructively in this long-standing dispute and join us in working towards a fair-trade environment,” Airbus said in a statement. “In the absence of a constructive approach, the EU now has a very strong legal case to move forward to countermeasures.”
“The WTO has now rejected every allegation of unlawful subsidies to Boeing with the single exception of one measure—a Washington State business and occupancy (B&O) tax rate,” Boeing said in a statement. “Boeing has pledged from the beginning of this case to comply with the WTO’s rulings, and the B&O tax rate will be no exception. Boeing will support the United States and Washington State as they take steps necessary to fully comply with today’s ruling.
“We trust that our example will prompt Airbus and the European Union to immediately bring themselves into full compliance with the substantial rulings against these parties by the WTO.”
Category: Airbus, Boeing
Tags: Airbus, Boeing, World Trade Organization, WTO
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26 Comments on “WTO appeals court rules against Boeing; Airbus claims minimum $15bn in harm”
sowerbob
Well I am sure that the cheque will be en route from Chicago to Toulouse tomorrow morning first thing. Possibly with ‘much love Den’ on the back
Texl1649
If the 777X wing shop in Washington could only make sense with $8.7 billion in (exceptionally high tax rate) subsidies which won’t be available in the future, I think the future of Boeing manufacturing in Washington state is going to be very similar to the future of conservative politicians in Seattle: slim to none.
The real loser here is the state of Washington (and people long on Boeing stock this year/quarter).
More like harm to Washington state to the tune of 8 billion, for the benefit of Boeing shareholders.
For 8 billion Washington could have added a few more lanes to I-5 through Everett and made Stevens Pass a four lane divided highway.
And yes, the check is in the mail.
Claes Eriksson
quid pro quo, all goverments support aerospace one way or another with tax money. Just look at Japan, China and Russia besides France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Singapore, UAE, UK.
Fighting each other just feeds the lawyers in each country and the final result will be some words and promises then the illegal support will be dome slightly differently maybe thru the military, space or department of energy.
Put the money in test rigs and develop engineering tools to develop new aircrafts and engines with a higher tempo than today.
I think that needs to be amended.
The US supports basic research, that research is avialbl to the world
Boeing has taken the public trough to extremes where corporations threaten states with loss of industry or gain to strong arm tax cuts (the smart ones which Washing State is not, make sure there is minimum levels of commitment of jobs and buildings in exchange)
Europe has two tied where the Airbus gets support for programs from all involved government and then each government much like a US state also has its own support.
Its an ugly system and a fact of life but should be minimized.
Airbus is the only success on that state model so far. All the rest become co dependent bloated state run operations that are slow.
Europe had a lot of capability in small pockets that went into Airbus and the wisdom to keep more hands off than China and Russia and more so now by a lot than previously.
Ever been to Europe and had a look at the scientific environment ?
mark from toronto
Yup Boeing makes a fine lawn dart
Could Boeing please stop all the spinning… it becoming pathetic. Take one (or a couple) to the chin with pride and own up to whatever comes your way.
$15 billion a drop in the pond for Boeing.
Everyone is missing the real commercial aircraft subsidy issue China has invested tens of billions of subsidies dollars into their C919 and CR929 programs but the EU and US will not file a case against China.
The first reason, Boeing (US) and Airbus (EU) still want to sell their aircraft to China (but does China really have choice?) The second reason, other industries do not want China to retaliate against their industries (e.g. auto)
Instead of Boeing and Airbus continuing their endless tit for tat subsidy war between themselves, its time to draw a line in the sand and file a joint complaint to the WTO on China unfair subsidies for their large commercial aircraft industry(over 100 seats)
Otherwise don’t complain in 2030 when China has 15% of the market-share and by 2050 1/3 of market-share (ABC Airbus Boeing Comac)
keesje
Don’t you do what we did?
ikkeman
Yes, China is pouring billions into … problematic … a/c programs.
Now is not the time to object, let them pour a few billion more in, get them certified (paying the FAA or EASA millions) and then start objecting. When China sells enough to have the incentive to bleed on the subsidies just to keep production going.
it’s not an accident the US only filed after the a380 seemed to be going somewhere.
The A380 is going nowhere except to the scrap yard.
A bit out of Monthy Pyton’s Black Knight, isn’t it?
‘‘Tis but a scratch”
“’tis but a scratch.”
– – – – European claims that Boeing received billions of dollars in illegal tax breaks and subsidies from the US Department of Defense, Washington State, Kansas and South Carolina. – – – –
The state and local government subsidy to private business game that is being played in the US today is incredibly stupid, economically inefficient, and a net loss to taxpayers in 99.8% of cases studied across the full lifecycle. But I honestly do not understand why Europeans think it constitutes “unfair” subsidies to Boeing specifically. The game can be played by any corporation willing to make ‘promises’ about how many jobs it will bring to the region. At one time my current state of residence was simultaneously offering two subsidy programs to different divisions of Boeing and two to different divisions of Airbus including one massive subsidy for competing programs. Anyone can request these programs, so where is the unfair?
[in case you are wondering our state was spared the dubious honor of being selected for any of the four program, three of which were later cancelled]
Grubbie
All of this WTO legal action wasn’t Airbuses idea.
Based on 787 and 777x subsidies, how will Boeing get “subsidy” funding for their NMA? It might be time for a three way agreement (Boeing, Airbus and Comac) for allowable global government funding (e..g 1992 agreement with 33%) Meaning if launching NMA cost $24 billion, Boeing can collect $8 billion from US and foreign governments (e.g. Leonardo with Italy government) for the program
Is Boeing and their “risk sharing partners” willing to ante up $24 billion for the launch of the BMA taking in account Boeing now wants to share or own future aftermarket services revenue?
I think with RR having publicly backed out of the NMA programme, and with all the problems with the 737MAX, I think any talk of NMA is somewhat moot. Possibly so forever, if the 737MAX problems become a real threat to the whole business.
NMA has seemingly been on the tip of Boeing’s tongue for years, but has not been launched. It’s clearly marginal as a business case goes.
I think we all knew from the beginning that Boeing’s very positive cash flow had nothing to do with the quality of the product line.
The US military have given Boeing a 200+ contract for F18s/F15s that will have a hefty profit margin. Therefore no chance of going out of business.
The commercial side of Boeing will come under increasing pressure. Today demand outstrips supply. In a few years time that will change. Airbus ramp up will continue. The Chinese and Russians will have certified their own narrowbodies and will want to sell them to anybody and everbody.
Will the 737 MAX fly again. Probably. Will anybody want to fly in it. No. Everybody will know that it is a heavily compromised airplane for nobody will let Boeing keep it a secret.
A NSA is required. But not quickly. Boeing need to spend 8 years on it to allow new blood to be introduced. In other words forget about a NMA, it was nonesense anyway.
Will Airbus demand retribution. Do pigs fly. No. Airbus order book is full and doesn’t appear to be going in any other direction. So there will be a lot of talk and no action.
EU may put offsetting tariffs on 787 as it is massively subsidized.
How much money did 787 subsidies cost Airbus in A330 sales and profits? The A380 was subsidized, but since it was a flop there was little harm to Boeing. In fact if Airbus had gone straight for A350-1000 that would have cost Boeing a LOT more then the A380 distraction.
Neutron73
Uhhhh…..a common refrain from Airbus fans like you Mark is that the A330 enjoyed its best sales EVER due to 787 delays. Therefore, you won’t be able to prove any harm to Airbus. At. All.
And the A380 being a flop doesn’t mean Airbus didn’t gain an advantage? They got all those big sums of cash that Airbus is basically telling the member governments “nope, we don’t have to pay you back”. I don’t think that will go over well……..
Nonsense, the selling price of 787 was reduced by the subsidies and Boeing was able to accumulate a huge backlog by sell it well below the price if it was not subsidized vs Airbus long amortized A330 production line with much lower cost conventional construction.
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LennyCo — June 3, 2019 in Entertainment
Buster Douglas Says Ruiz Beating Anthony Joshua’s One Of Biggest Upsets Ever
Buster Douglas
Ruiz Over Joshua
Bigger Than Mike Tyson??
6/3/2019 9:20 AM PDT
Buster Douglas — the man who SHOCKED the world and beat Mike Tyson — tells TMZ Sports … Andy Ruiz‘s TKO of Anthony Joshua is one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.
Bigger than his 1990 upset of undefeated heavyweight champ “Iron” Mike?? Buster — a 42-1 underdog when he KO’d Tyson in the 10th round — wouldn’t pick which was bigger … but was clear, this fight was historic.
“I think it was a great fight, man. It was a big upset. An upset is an upset. Ruiz came to fight, Andy came to get it and he got it.”
“Despite all the obstacles that were laying there in front of him that were against him, that he had no chance of winning, and he went out there and did the impossible.”
Let that sink in … Buster Douglas — the guy responsible for arguably the most shocking upset in sports history — says Ruiz did the impossible when he stopped Joshua in the 7th round.
Douglas says he actually sees a lot of similarities between him and Ruiz.
“The man believed in what he was doing. He believed in himself despite all the naysayers,” Douglas tells us … “It’s a lot of similarities there. I’m just happy for him, and wish him all the best.”
Leading up to the fight, Ruiz was a heavy underdog against the unbeaten Joshua … and seemingly nobody believed he had a chance in hell to win the fight — a feeling Douglas vividly remembers.
“It definitely takes me back. It’s like I kinda relate to what they’re going through, the emotion that they’re feeling going into the fight. ‘I’mma show them tonight!'”
Buster says he was so PUMPED when Ruiz won … “I felt like running!”
“That’s awesome, man. It was great to see that. Takes you right back to that moment that you had yourself.”
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Let’s celebrate Bob Dylan!
March 14, 2008 July 4, 2018 ~ jama
Welcome to a special edition of Poetry Friday, honoring the work of Bob Dylan!
The idea for this celebration came from my November 2007 post about “The Diner,” by Richard Jones. I was lamenting the inaccessibility of some poetry, and, in general, wishing that it wasn’t an art form primarily cultivated by a subculture of students, teachers, aesthetes, or other poets. In Jones’ poem, the people at the diner toss names like Baudelaire, Rilke, and Rumi around in their small talk. Poetry is second nature, essential food. Every man’s food.
Rich and famous artist/writer Kevin Slattery and I agreed that Dylan would probably hang out at this diner, since they were talking about Rimbaud and Verlaine, two of his early influences. It would be a natural stop for this lonesome traveler, who once said, “I consider myself a poet first, and a musician second. I live like a poet, and I’ll die like a poet.”
Don’t let his craggy singing voice deter you from appreciating his singular accomplishment — 600+ songs which define the last five decades of American culture, blending elements of narrative, chant, ballad, free verse, lament, epic, nonsense rhyme, folk, jazz, blues, country, et. al. It all comes down to the writing, which has earned him several nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Yes, I am a thief of thoughts
not, I pray, a stealer of souls
I have built an rebuilt
upon what is waitin
for the sand on the beaches
carves many castles
on what has been opened
before my time
a word, a tune, a story, a line
keys in the wind t unlock my mind
an t grant my closet thoughts back yard air . . .
no I must react an spit fast
with weapons of words
wrapped in tunes
that’ve rolled thru the simple years
teasin me t treat them right
t reshape them an restring them
t protect my own world
from the mouths of all those
who’d eat it . . .
(from #8 of Dylan’s 11 Outlined Epitaphs; rest is here.)
*At this very moment, the self-proclaimed Archbishop of Anarchy is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he’ll be performing tomorrow night.
TODAY’S MENU:
1. I’d love to hear your Dylan musings, but posts about songs or poems by anyone else are perfectly fine (we’ve got lots of seating here, and the tables are wide). Leave your link with Mr. Linky, below, with a comment.
2. Those of you posting about Dylan will automatically be entered into a drawing to win this 2-disc DVD:
This is Martin Scorsese’s 2005 documentary tracing Dylan’s early days in Greenwich Village through 1966, when he was famously booed on his world tour for going electric. There is a lot of fascinating commentary from the reclusive Dylan himself (he smiles! he’s human! he says his first two girlfriends, Gloria and Echo, brought out the poet in him! Why didn’t I know his eyes were so blue?!).
3. Check out my Wednesday post about “Like a Rolling Stone,” to find out why this is the one song I would take with me if I were banished to a desert island.
4. Big thanks to Jules of 7-Imp for this anecdote from singer Sam Phillips, whose daughter, Simone, upon hearing Dylan for the first time, asked, “Mommy, is that God singing?” When asked why she thought that, Simone answered, “Because his voice is funny, and it doesn’t make me laugh.” Oh, yeah!
Thanks for dining with us (jingle, jangle). I’ll try to round everybody up by the end of the day.
“. . . he not busy being born is busy dying.”
Here are the sounds that are filling the diner today:
Mother Reader is full of bright lights and the big city of Las Vegas with her take on The King.
Kelly over at Big A Little a is looking forward to her favorite season with a beautiful poem by Mary Jo Salter and a Dylan favorite which perplexes her, “One More Cup of Coffee for the Road.”
John from the Book Mine Set shares the Dylan classic, “The Times They Are a Changin,'” and a very cool original poem about the northern lights.
Susan at Wizards Wireless has been sharing Pooh and friends with her son (yay, bears)!
You must check out Tiel Aisha Ansari’s original poem, “Perpetual Amazement,” at Knocking from Inside. Wow!
Over at Wild Rose Reader, Elaine is leaping into spring with two original acrostics and a bounty of poetry collections and picture books written in verse. At the Blue Rose Girls, Elaine has posted “When I am Asked,” by Lisel Mueller (one of my favorites)!
Ready for a Poetry Friday Mash-up? Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect is celebrating Pi Day, Einstein’s birthday, and a wistful Dylan masterpiece, “Every Grain of Sand.”
Only Edna St. Vincent Millay will do for Eisha at 7-Imp today — “Spring” really hits the mark. She’s also got “Song for Woody,” Dylan’s first original song.
Here’s the perfect chance to make friends with Sara Lewis Holmes, who’s sharing Dylan’s “All I Really Wanna Do,” at Read Write Believe.
At A Year of Reading, Mary Lee shares a beautiful sunrise with her original, “Daylight Savings Time.”
New to Poetry Friday, Kathy from The Brain Lair, is all about school with Tom Wayman.
writer2B is reminded of a Sunday School friend upon discovering Dylan’s comic gem,”Ugliest Girl in the World.”
Tadmack at Finding Wonderland has posted “Permanence,” by Lawrence Raab — such a gorgeous poem!
At destined to become a classic, Madame T has penned, “I went to war and all I got was this lousy license plate.” Not Dylan, but in the same spirit!
You’ll find a touching, reflective original poem about “Changing History” through telling stories at Cheryl Rainfield’s blog.
Laura Salas shares an excerpt from her article, “How Poems are Gathered and Published,” and she’s written an original poem about Dylan (love it!) as part of her weekly 15 Poems or Less feature.
Thanks to Chris at book-a-rama for a dose of Dylan’s “Mississippi.”
cloudscome at A Wrung Sponge has discovered a new Irish poet, Eavan Boland, and her favorite Dylan lyric for today is “God Knows.”
At Doing the Write Thing!, Marianne is into snowshoe hares with a poem by Nancy White Carlstrom.
Getting ready for National Poetry Month, Sylvia at Poetry for Children, has posted “Javier,” by Kathi Appelt, along with some ideas about how to celebrate during the month of April.
The queen of coffee, Karen Edmisten, has composed a shockingly clever poem called, “It Ain’t Me, Bob.” Dylan does have a way of inspiring women, to be sure!
Shelf Elf shares her love of museums and Lee Bennett Hopkins’ anthology, Behind the Museum Door, with an excerpt from “The Moccasins,” by Kristine O’Connell George.
Dive into the sea with Susan’s review of Sea Stars: Saltwater Poems, by Avis Harley and Margaret Butschler over at Chicken Spaghetti.
Christine discovered that she knew a lot more Dylan songs than she thought at The Simple and the Ordinary. She graces us with an excerpt from “Blowin’ in the Wind.”
Liz in Ink is waxing romantic today with thoughts of Bob, Joan Baez and those heartbreaking “Boots of Spanish Leather.”
For some substantial Tennyson, visit Michele at the Scholar’s Blog.
Prepare to be amazed and impressed by Kevin Slattery’s visual poem, “When I Paint My Masterpiece,” a retrospective gallery showing of all his Dylan-inspired work!
Jill at The Well-Read Child has us pondering Dylan’s “Every Grain of Sand.”
Get into the ring with Kelly at Writing and Ruminating — she offers a beautiful review of Charles R. Smith, Jr.’s new verse biography of Muhammed Ali, Twelve Rounds to Glory.
Long-time Dylan fan boreal owl shares reflections, lyrics for “Maggie’s Farm,” and an original poem inspired by Dylan, “Highway 401 Revisited,” at Words Take Flight. Awesomeness abounds.
Cozy up at Becky’s Book Reviews — she’s got 2 videos of “Mr. Tambourine Man,” and of course, all the lyrics.
You’ll find a nice review of Poems in Black and White by Kate Miller, at What Adrienne Thinks About That.
Bill at Literate Lives features a poem from Eileen Spinelli’s collection, where i live.
Becky’s children are memorizing poems by Kipling and Lewis Carroll over at Farm School.
Over at Mitali’s Fire Escape, you’ll find a special treat — an excerpt from her upcoming novel, Secret Keeper (January 2009), which includes some poetry by Bengal’s Nobel Laureate, Tagore.
A nice double header over at Laurel’s Kid Lit(erary) — an original poem, “Dear Bob Dylan,” and some Norman Dubie.
Miss Erin features the lovely poem,”Poppies,” from Tracie Vaughn Zimmer’s novel Reaching for Sun.
Don’t miss Dylan’s “Clean Cut Kid” over at The Reading Zone — it’s a poignant reminder of what Vietnam was all about.
Just in time for the upcoming movie release of Horton Hears a Who, here’s a funny review posted by Suzanne at Adventures in Daily Living.
Mary at Audiobooker features Poetry Speaks to Children — an anthology and CD set with poets reading their own works.
If you’re in the mood for Yeats, visit Crispus Attucks at Dominant Reality, where you’ll find “1916,” written about the Easter Uprising.
Finally, a sweet anonymous poem called “Guests,” found in grandmother’s cook book at A Little of This, A Little of That!
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53 thoughts on “Let’s celebrate Bob Dylan!”
writerjenn says:
OK, Jama, you made me go downstairs and pull out my copy of Bob Dylan’s Lyrics 1962-1985. I also like “Like a Rolling Stone.” Also “Positively 4th Street,” “Tangled Up in Blue,” and “Most Likely You Go Your Way.” And the last 2 stanzas especially of “All Along the Watchtower.”
Here it is Bob Dylan Day….the man who’s filled me with so many pictures with his WORDS…and….I can’t think of a word to say?
Maybe I’ll just go back to my blog and post all the pictures….
saralholmes says:
Love that anecdote. I’m going to have to post and run, because I’m busy tomorrow, but I did find a Dylan lyric to share. I’ll be back to leave it with Mr. Linky. Save some leftovers at the diner for me!
kidslitinfo says:
Thanks for hosting, Jama!
mreader says:
I’m leaving my contribution early because I won’t have a chance in the morning. It’s part of a song, so you should approve. Of course, my songwriter wasn’t as good as your songwriter, so I had to tweak my song a little. Enjoy!
I wish I had a more obscure Dylan lyric to share, but a good lyric’s a good lyric.
I’ve also shared an original I’m working on.
http://bookmineset.blogspot.com/2008/03/poetry-friday-writers-diary-45.html
John Mutford
Thanks for hosting, Jama! I posted a short poem from Winnie-the-Pooh.
Elaine M.
Jama,
Thanks for hosting the roundup this week!
At Wild Rose Reader, I have two original acrostic poems for spring and recommendations for some spring and seasonal themed poetry books and picture books in verse.
At Blue Rose Girls, I have a poem by Lisel Mueller entitled “When I Am Asked” in which she explains how she began writing poetry.
Miss Rumphius Says
Hi Jama!
I am in with poems today to Einstein, pi and of course, my favorite Dylan lyrics.
http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2008/03/poetry-friday-mash-up.html
Thanks for rounding us up!
I LOVE Bob!
Hey, nice choice, and a great idea for a contest. I love the song you chose.
I’ve got an Edna St. Vincent Millay poem, “Spring,” plus some lyrics from Dylan’s “Song to Woody” at 7-Imp.
Thanks, Jama!
~eisha
This is my first time trying this. I’m posting a poem about school that is music to my ears as a teacher librarian!
http://brainlair.blogspot.com/2008/03/poetry-friday-school-stuff.html
Thanks for hosting! Sorry I have no Dylan lyrics to share 😦
Mary Lee (A Year of Reading)
Thanks for hosting, and for the encouragement to learn a little more about Dylan. I knew he was a major musical presence, but I had no idea how many songs he’d written! The muse truly loves him.
TadMack says: 🙂
Uh oh! I don’t think I know a Bob Dylan song. I’m fairly sure that nothing of his has been made over into four part baroque harmony (recently at least) and that’s my musical forte. Still, I think he wrote that Blowin’ in the Wind song with Peter, Paul & Mary, right?
Thanks for hosting Poetry Friday. 🙂 I’m glad you said we could also post other poems. Mine is a poem I wrote about the power of writing to change history, even if only internal history.
I forgot to say who I am (I wrote the writing poem.) I don’t have a Live Journal account so it posts me as anonymous.
I’m in with 15 Words or Less poems (http://laurasalas.livejournal.com/52666.html). Come add your own! And Jama, mine’s about Dylan, just for you.
And I’m also in with How Poems Are Gathered and Published, musings on the different ways poetry collections/novels, etc. are put together into some form for sale. (http://laurasalas.livejournal.com/52984.html)
OK, Jama, you’ve convinced me. I must get over my aversion to his voice and just start reading his lyrics. I need to find a songbook, because I need to find a quiet, computerless place to read them. I LOVE the lyrics you posted.
mariannenielsen says:
Thanks for hosting Jama. Sorry, though no Bob Dylan here 😦 Instead I have a poem from The Midnight Dance of the Snowshoe Hare by Nancy White Carlstrom. Definitely not Bob Dylan!!
Thanks for hosting. I’m in with a poem about libraries, “Javier” by Kathi Appelt.
Cloudscome says:
I have a new-to-me Irish poet today and my Dylan favorite of the day “God Knows”. I think I need One More Cup of Coffee For The Road too, (my favorite from college days) so I’m looking forward to cruising the blogs. Thanks for the round up!
Karen Edmisten wrote:
Jama, as always, you educate and inform and inspire. I always leave here thinking I have to *tell someone something* … “Hey, did you know ….???” 🙂
I’m in with a very poor original attempt at stringing Dylan titles into a poem, but I had fun doing it.
Bob-less
Bow-wow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yeah
Bow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yeah
Oh, wait. That’s George Clinton, not Bob Dylan. Oops.
Jama, I’m in with a slightly updated re-run of a a post about a kids poetry book, “Sea Stars: Saltwater Poems.” I’m not a Dylan fan. I know. Party of one.
Chicken Spaghetti
Thanks for doing the round up this week.
I’m in with “Blowing in the Wind” because that was the first Dylan song that came to mind.
While I don’t think I have an aversion to his voice (or Cohen’s or Waits, etc), I suspect that deep down I probably do as I often prefer covers of his songs (“Knockin On Heaven’s Door”, “One More Cup of Coffee”, and “All Along The Watchtower” come to mind).
liz_scanlon says:
Ooooh, Jama. I am really loving this. Humming into Friday. THANK YOU!!!!
I’m somewhat late on parade this week (it’s been a busy day so far!) but I’m in with Alfred Tennyson rather than Dylan. Thanks for rounding up…
Michele (Scholar’s Blog)
Stephen Scobie
I’m not sure if you’ve ever heard of Canadian poet and Dylan fanatic Stephen Scobie but he has a brilliant poem named “Idiot Wind” (after the Dylan song of the same name). It stands alone as a great poem, but if you look closer it reveals itself as an acrostic of sorts: each first word forms a couplet from Dylan’s tune. I tried looking for it online, but alas, it’s not there.
Jama — I just re-did my Mr. Linky. The first one went to the wrong post. Can you delete it???
I left my “visual” poem, When I Paint My Masterpiece over at Linky….
Here’s mine. I hope I did this right.
http://boreal-owl.livejournal.com/35217.html
kellyrfineman says:
Thanks for hosting. I’m not good with the themed Fridays, and I’m not much of a Dylan fan (sorry – although I do like “Like a Rolling Stone” and “Just Like a Woman”), so I’ve posted a book review of Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali. They bear a lot in common: the same age range (born in 1942 to Dylan’s 1941); controversial figures; changed religious affiliations and birth names; protested the Vietnam War and spoke out for peace. Will that do?
blbooks says:
I’m in with Bob Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man. I have a YouTube video as well of him performing the song in 1964.
Becky (Becky’s Book Reviews)
Re: Stephen Scobie
Thanks for the heads up. I’ve never heard of Scobie, but I’ll certainly look for his poem.
I’d be glad to if I knew how (ulp)! Alas, I am not as well schooled in these things as Dr. Fineman.
I’m in with some poems my kids are memorizing to recite at next month’s Arts Festival in town — a little Kipling and Lewis Carroll.
Becky at Farm School
http://farmschool.wordpress.com
mimagirl says:
Sorry, I don’t know any Bob Dylan songs, but here’s a spring-ish poem!
http://jamarattigan.livejournal.com/84908.html
Thanks for the roundup. 🙂
I’m in this week with a brief excerpt of my just-finished novel, Secret Keeper coming 1/09 from Random House, that features <a href="http://www.mitaliblog.com/2008/03/poetry-friday-light-by-tagore.html"an offering by the Bob Dylan-ish poet/songwriter of West Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore.
Oooh! Ooooh!
I posted and THEN realized it was Dylan Day! What a great idea.
So I posted AGAIN!
xoLaurel
http://kidliterary.blogspot.com
eekellen says:
Dylan Favorite
I love “The Times They are a Changin'” It’s been playing in my head for months now. Actually I came to appreciate Bob Dylan through Peter, Paul, and Mary who recorded several Dylan songs. (Puff the Magic Dragon is probably my all time favorite song.)
Jama, thanks so much for the lovely things you said about my poem! That gave me such a good feeling to read. 🙂
Thanks for hosting – and for everyone’s terrific poetry postings.
Mary Burkey
http://audiobooker.blogspot.com/
Re: Dylan Favorite
I don’t think Dylan wrote Puff. But many others did cover his songs, PP&M among them.
Re: Cover songs
Yes! I love “Ring Them Bells” covered by Gordon Lightfoot. But not by Dylan.
No, he didn’t write Puff. But that song led me to other PP&M tunes and then to Bob Dylan.
gottabook says:
Gotta love Dylan! But I cheat and post today about a favorite Dylan mashup…
http://gottabook.blogspot.com/2008/03/like-rolling-cat-in-hat.html
I don’t know much about Bob Dylan, and I can’t get my poems to look like poems when I post them, but I am linking up anyway because I promised myself I would!
http://alotalot.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/poetry-friday-6/
Thanks to everyone for introducing me to Dylan tonight. 🙂
Re: Grandma
How ironic I just stumbled here. I have been entitling all of my blog entries with Bobby D. lyrics, and feeling oh so obscure! Apparently not!
http://www.toughmama.blogspot.com
Thanks for the link. Since the Seuss website has been retired, I won’t link to you, but I’ll still enter you into the contest for the DVD!
Every Grain of Sand, Indeed
So YOU’RE the one to blame for all these posts about Dylan I’ve been reading of late. Good job. Wonderful post. You cast the pebble that started a ton of ripples.
Since you are your ‘devotees’ all seem to be fans of Mr. Dylan I thought I’d let everyone know about new novel, BLOOD ON THE TRACKS.
It’s a murder-mystery. But not just any rock superstar is knocking on heaven’s door. The murdered rock legend is none other than Bob Dorian, an enigmatic, obtuse, inscrutable, well, you get the picture…
Suspects? Tons of them. The only problem is they’re all characters in Bob’s songs.
You can get a copy on Amazon.com or go “behind the tracks” at http://www.bloodonthetracksnovel.com to learn more about the book.
And again, great post.
Re: Every Grain of Sand, Indeed
Thanks for stopping by. Good luck with your book!
houseofglee says:
late, but here
Thanks for this link, Jama! I regret not knowing about it at the time (having been a sporadic PF participant).
Re: late, but here
You’re very welcome. Just saw your superhero tea party video and loved it!! And that’s got to be the best user pic ever . . .
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In Their Proper Place: Metropolis (1927)
“It was their hands that built this city of ours, Father. But where do the hands belong in your scheme?
In their proper place, the depths.”
So back in July I did a post on trying to start a revolution and I mentioned this film. Now this film is not mainly a horror film but a mix of a Dystopian Drama, Sci-fi and Horror, a Dystfiror. This film also reminds me A LOT of Atlas Shrugged, so I chose this poster instead of the other one that has the robot on it. Robot, you may ask? But that’s getting ahead of ourselves.
So this film takes place in a future far away [2026]. In this land the people have been split into two groups, the workers and the rulers. High above is the city Metropolis with its pleasure garden, as the wealthy lounge about doing nothing and anything they want. Below the city lies the workers, who are constantly going to support the city and all of the upper-dwellers’ desires.
Sounds familiar? That’s because stupid Matt Damon ripped it off for his Elysium film. Go here to read why I don’t like Matt Damon (hint: you have to scroll down to #5).
Anyways, the ruler of Metropolis is Jon Frederson, who’s only compassion and love is aimed at his son, the rest of the world and people be d*****. His son Freder…Now I know what you’re thinking because I thought of it too. Really, Freder Frederson? Really now? That’s you’re name?
Why yes, yes I do think so.
Well I don’t care.
So anyways I’m like that’s really all you can come up with? With all the names there are that is the only one you can think of? Freder Frederson?
Spongebob would be disappointed in you.
When I watched it I renamed him Alan, as Alan Frederson was way better than Freder Frederson.
Anyways, I digress so Freder is chillin’ in the pleasure garden (everytime I hear pleasure garden I think of Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights), just enjoying being rich and worry-free.
They got lots of pleasures, alright.
Maria brings some children to see the Garden, and Freder sees her and falls for her, completely taken with her.
Maria, leader of the Rebellion
He then follows her down to the workers’ realm.
Freder journeys down into the machine rooms and sees it explode, injuring and killing the workers.
AAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
He runs to report to his father:
Sorry had to do it
Frederson is upset at having gotten the news from Freder instead of his foreman. (Everytime I read that sentence all I can thik of Señor Senior Sr and Señor Senior Jr. from Kim Possible). Sorry! I’m moving on, I swear! So the assistant Josaphat is fired for his failure. Jo knows that now that he no longer holds such a high position, he will be sent to the worker’s underground and forced to be in the factories, getting the same harm inflicted on him that he did to others. He decides to kill himself, but is stopped by Freder. Frederson is confused by the way his son is starting to act and sends his henchman the Thin Man.
On a side note, evil, businessman and father Frederson, has some secret plans in the mix. They were found on the dead factory workers’ bodies, which angered him extremely, as he doesn’t want it revealed yet.
Upon Freder’s return, he finds a worker and takes his place as the worker is too old and sick to continue. They trade clothes, in which the worker, Georgy, is supposed to come back later for them. However, Georgy enjoys his taste of the high life and spends the night at a club, forgetting all about Freder. (You might recognize pieces of this film as parts were used in Queen‘s Music Video for “Radio Ga Ga“.)
Freder on the other hand finds a map in his pocket and hears about a secret meeting. (There is also this weird scene where he hallucinates from exhaustion, but let’s skip it).
Meanwhile up above evil dad Frederson has discovered copies of the map and decides he will do something about this little insurrection. He goes to see his minion, Rotwang, in order to figure out what to do about it. [Check out the name Rotwang. It just screams evil!]
Rotwang is an inventor and he had been in love with Frederson’s wife, who died in childbirth. Rotwang has been unable to let go of her memory and created his own version of the perfect woman Maschinenmensch.
Its a pretty freaky scene, and totally creeps Frederson out.
Understandable, as it would freak me out too. It did. It still does.
Rotwang deciphers the map, and sees that it shows a system of catacombs that lie beneath Metropolis. They go down to investigate what’s going on.
Downstairs, there is a large gathering of the workers. Freder is there too, trying to find out what’s up. Maria is at the head of the group as she is the leader. She tries to rally the people to arms and to fight against their oppressors. She tells them that they must be patient until they can find a mediator between the two worlds.
Freder believes that he is the one to fill that role. He also realizes that he is in love with Maria and declares his love for her. She returns it.
The two make plans to meet up the next day, but unbeknowest to them they are being watched by Freder’s father and lackey. Freder’s father asks Rotwang to make the robot look like Maria so they can turn all the workers against her. Rotwang agrees, but has a secret agenda. He plans on killing Freder for causing the death of his mother.
Like what a jerk! He couldn’t do anything, he was just a baby. And Rotwang is a MAJOR creepo!!!
So Rotwang follows Maria and kidnaps her, hiding her away to complete his evil plan.
from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Georgy gets caught and sent back down to the worker’s area. They think that Freder’s friend Josaphat is involved, as that is where Georgy was supposed to spend the night, and Josaphat has to flee to the worker’s city. Freder goes to meet with Georgy, but can’t find him. He goes over to the Cathedral where the two were supposed to meet but can’t find Maria.He does overhear monks talking about the apocalypse, and the Whore of Babylon wrecking havoc through the world. He begs them not to harm Maria and goes searching for her.
Meanwhile Maria is trapped while the mad scientist Rotwang completes his robot’s likeness.
I’m sure you all knew I was going to make this connection.
Rotwang complete his robot and sends it off to Father Frederson. This version of Maria is wanton and lustful. Freder goes to see his father and finds the two in an embrace.
I mean seriously, what were you thinking?
Freder freaks out and drops into a delirious state of mind.
False Maria begins to unleash chaos throughout the land as she causes men to murder and fight each other.
Freder recovers and finds his friend Josaphat. Meanwhile, Maria manages to escape their grasp. Freder and Josaphat try to stop the false Maria from urging the workers to destroy the city, but everyone tries to attack him as they recognize him as Frederson’s son. He is luckily saved by Josaphat. Upstairs, Frederson wants the workers to fight, allowing him to use his army against them.
The workers are extremely riled up and rush to the machine rooms destroying the Heart Machine that powers the city.
Grab your torches and sharpen your pitchforks!
The system’s below start to fail and the worker’s area began to flood. But the workers have forgotten one thing. They left their children behind!
Noooooooooo!!!!!!!
Maria has managed to escape and runs downstairs to help save the children. [Side Note: Unemployment and inflation were so bad in Germany at the time that the producers had no trouble finding 500 malnourished children to film these flooding sequences.] Maria and Josaphat work together to get them out okay. In the machine room, Grot begins to yell at the workers. He reprimends them for letting their emotions get the best of them and killing their children. The parents freak out and march after the false Maria.
They take False Maria and burn her at the stake. Freder is heartbroken, thinking he lost her.
But then when she burns away, she is revealed to be the robot.
Rotwang chases the real Maria to the roof pursued by Freder. Fredersen and the workers watch from the ground. Rotwang falls to his death and Freder is able to unite the two. He [heart] ends by linking the hands of Fredersen (head) and Grot (hands) to bring them together.
This movie was actually supposed to be against facism and Hitler, but unfortunately Adolph Hitler and Joseph Goebbels really liked this film. Fritz Lang, the director, was Jewish, but Hitler told him that in spite of his background they would make him a honorary Aryan. Lang left Germany immediately after that night.
To go to the previous post, go to It’s Coming From Inside the House
For more on Metropolis (1927), go to Viva La Révolution
For more on dystopian futures, go to Na-Na-Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
For more on mad scientists, go to A Halloween Hello From the Austen Men
For more on creating a monster, go to I Want Friend Like Me
For more on Harry Potter, go to Fashionably Postworthy
For more of my favorite quotes, go to Horrorfest III: The Revenge
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Anthony Caro 1924-2013
Woman Arranging Her Hair I (Spring), 1955
32 1/4 x 17 3/8 in / 82 x 44 cm
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In 1954, Anthony Caro moved back to London, having spent the previous two years in Much Hadham working as an assistant to Henry Moore. By 1955, he was teaching at...
In 1954, Anthony Caro moved back to London, having spent the previous two years in Much Hadham working as an assistant to Henry Moore. By 1955, he was teaching at St. Martin’s and making his own work in the garage attached to his Hampstead home. In August, he made his professional debut, aged 31, contributing two works to a group show at the ICA. In 1956, he was given his first solo exhibition in Milan, which was soon followed by a second at Gimpel Fils in January 1957, where this sculpture was one of 16 exhibited.
Between 1953 and 1959, Caro’s work focused mainly on single figures performing everyday actions – putting on clothes, smoking, waking up - their proportions imaginatively distorted to express how an action felt, rather than how it looked. Caro explained ‘My figurative sculptures were to do with what it is like to be inside the body. That means, what it’s like to be sitting in this chair or lying flat downs, how it feels to smile. For example, when you’re lying down, you feel heavy, your weight causes you to feel flattened and pressed down.’
The sculptor’s interest in physical sensation was reflected in his equally sensuous approach to materials. Working with clay and plaster, always with a view to casting in bronze, he later mixed in stones and bits of found objects. Seeking to animate the clay, he would drop it from a height, incorporating the impacted pieces into the figures. The pitted irregular surface of Woman Arranging Her Hair I (Spring), can be seen, in part, as a reaction against the smooth and curvilinear forms of Moore. Caro’s figures bear some relation to the work being made by his contemporaries, for example Kenneth Armitage’s Woman Lying on Her Back, 1955, although Caro’s figures are more brutal, abject even, and so are perhaps more aligned with Germaine Richier and Jean Dubuffet.
Ian Barker notes that Caro drew upon specific paintings by Picasso as a reference for his sculptures, identifying the oil La Toilette, 1906, as the reference for this particular work. The pose here is also markedly similar to a bronze by Degas, made c.1895 – 1910, which has the same titles as Caro’s sculpture, and in which the figures raised arms make the same distinctive angles in the air. Here, both the abstract qualities of the figure – the circles and triangles from which she is composed – and the way she topples over the edge of the base, anticipated the abstract steel sculpture Caro pursued after 1959.
Nat Hapler, H.C.E Gallery Provincetown, Massachusetts, usa
Vera G. List, acquired from the above in March 1961
Private Collection, UK, acquired 2003
London, Gimpel Fils, Paintings by Redvers Taylor, Sculpture by Anthony Caro, January 1957, cat no.33, not illus
New York, Visual Arts Museum, 1975, details untraced
Dieter Blum, Anthony Caro: Catalogue Raisonne Vol.IV, Student Work 1942 – 1953 Figurative Sculpture 1954 – 1959, Verlag Galerie Wentzel, Koln, cat no.A61, illus b/w p49
Ian Barker, Anthony Caro: Quest for the New Sculpture, Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2004, Illus b/w p60
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Home Amaral Justice McCann News Videos McCanns ask for extrajudicial settlement
McCanns ask for extrajudicial settlement
They were the ones who took him to court for defamation and asked to suspend the judgement in order to negotiate. On the eve of the trial of Gonçalo Amaral, against whom they filed a complaint, the McCanns asked to negotiate.
by Hernâni Carvalho
Not often the accusers ask to negotiate before a trial, but in this case it was so. TVmais found that, on the eve of Gonçalo Amaral's trial, the McCann couple lawyers proposed a meeting in order to reach an extrajudicial settlement [out of court].
In court, Madeleine McCann's parents demanded from Gonçalo Amaral (see box*) a compensation of 1,2 million euro for alleged defamation. Now it's them who propose an extrajudicial settlement. TVmais also learned the lawyers for the defendants have accepted a meeting to take place within the following 20 days.
As all parties have agreed, the start of the trial, scheduled for the 24th of this month at the 1st Civil Court of Lisbon, “has been suspended because the parties are trying to reach an agreement”, said a judicial source to Lusa News agency. All witnesses have already been notified of the suspension of the hearing.
Now follows a period of six months, after which, if there is no agreement, the hearing will be scheduled and the trial will start.
This trial was supposed to have started twice and was postponed as many times.
In this action Kate and Gerry McCann further claim for the protection of rights, liberties and guarantees and in order to secure the amount they claimed, the McCanns asked for the seizure of Gonçalo Amaral’s assets. To understand how he interprets the step taken by the McCanns, we contacted Gonçalo Amaral, who told TVmais “the eve of every negotiation is the most unsuitable moment to speak”. Until the close of this edition we were unable to talk with the McCann couple.
The process is taking place at the 1st circuit of the Civil Court of Lisbon. Madeleine McCann's parents demand 1,2 million euro for alleged defamation. The defendants are Gonçalo Amaral, former coordinator of the Judiciary Police and author of the book “Maddie, The Truth of the Lie”, the book publishers Guerra & Paz, Valentim de Carvalho who produced a documentary based on the book, and TVI, who have broadcast it.
Book Unbanned
With a legal proceeding made by the McCann couple, the prohibition of the book and documentary “What Lies beneath the Truth”, which present Gonçalo Amaral’s theory of the involvement of Kate and Gerry McCann on their daughter’s disappearance and hiding her cadaver, was provisionally ordered on the 9th of September of 2009.
However, the Appeals court and the Supreme Court of Justice had favourable decisions benefiting Gonçalo Amaral, as it is explained in the ruling of the Appeals Court of Lisbon ( transit in rem judicatam on 22/11/2010), and in the decision of the Supreme Court ( transit in rem judicatam on 13/09/2011) rejecting the appeal made by the McCanns.
As we published at the time the courts decreed for the book trustee [Isabel Duarte] to return the books to Gonçalo Amaral and to the book publisher. And so it happened (26/04/2012).
The Madeleine McCann case
Madeleine McCann disappeared on May 3, 2007, from the apartment 5 of the Ocean Club, a tourist resort in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve, where she was enjoying a holiday with her parents and twin siblings. At that time Gonçalo Amaral was the coordinator of the Department Criminal Investigation of the Judiciary Police of Portimão. Kate and Gerry McCann remained in Portugal until they were made arguidos [official suspects of a crime], in September of that same year. Then, they left for England with the twins. The process was eventually archived for lack of evidence in July 2008, although the Public Ministry admits the reopening of the case if new data (just like the Law states regarding any closed or archived process) about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann emerges.
in: TVmais, 24.01.2013 (paper version)
En Español aquí» Hasta que se sepa la Verdad
Gonçalo Amaral, quoted the following, by the Brazilian philosopher Paulo Freire (author of Pedagogy of the Oppressed) on January 19th: “If our option is progressive, if we are in favour of life and not death, of equity and not injustice, of correctness and not of fatalism, of the coexistence with the other and not of its denial, we do not have another path but live fully with our choice.”
Excerpt from 'Querida Júlia' talk show, broadcast by SIC on 23. 01. 2013
Hênani Carvalho (HC) - The McCanns, Madeleine's parents, as you know, sued Gonçalo Amaral for defamation. On the eve of the trial they asked for an extrajudicial meeting with the various defendants. As you know the defendants are the coordinating inspector Gonçalo Amaral, TVI, Valentim de Carvalho and Guerra & Paz. They asked for an extrajudicial meeting. I wrote about that this week on TVmais.
Júlia Pinheiro (JP) - The issue is today on the news-stands.
HC - Exactly. The extrajudicial meetings close to the trials are common, but usually it's the defendant who proposes...
JP - The defendants, right?
HC - ... a solution out of court.
JP - Not the one that accuses [plaintiff], right?
HC - Let's see if this meeting will end in something, if it doesn't, at least it bought someone time, whomever that someone is.
JP - So, what do you think? Is this a delaying tactic, to win time?
Lower Third - 'McCann couple orders the suspension of the trial against Gonçalo Amaral'
HC - So far... the beginning of this trial has been postponed about two or three times already. The fact that all parties have agreed [on the extrajudicial meeting requested by the McCanns] led the judge to agree with the suspension of the trial, so everything will start in six months time with either an extrajudicial solution or with the trial.
JP - Unfortunately, without knowing anything about Maddie McCann. That's the issue that doesn't move forward, it doesn't progress anymore.
HC - About that, there is something that we do know, she disappeared from Praia da Luz, that night, from that apartment.
JP - And she was never seen again. Let's move to...
HC - She was seen various times.
JP - Recently I haven't seen anything about the sightings.
HC - There was another one, just a few days ago she “appeared” [ref. Brazilian Hoax/Daily Express].
JP - Really?
HC - Yes, but I have had enough of that championship [circus].
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Anonymous Thursday, January 24, 2013 12:50:00 pm
Huge congratulations to Sr Amaral for holding his nerve at such cost to himself. He deserves so much respect for everything he has done. I pray that everything will turn out well for him now, and justice will be secured for Maddie at last.
Anonymous Thursday, January 24, 2013 1:02:00 pm
thank you joana,the mccanns have LIED FROM DAY ONE,just hope Mr Amaral is not too lenient with them as they have put him through hell,seems to me the mccanns do NOT want thier followers to know they have BOTTLED IT,all VERY quite in the mccann camp.
It should be Goncalo sueing the McCanns for £1.2 million - in fact all the money in the world would never make up for what they`ve done to this good man, who only wanted justice for their daughter.
Louisee
I want to be optimistic, but time and time again over the past years leads me to different conclusion.
What has to be remembered the McCanns have NEVER, so far stepped inside a court room to air their dirty washing. Although far from centre stage v Amaral, there is the matter of Mr Bennett, sadly a McCann's sitting duck, as far as any personal appearance in court by Mr or Mrs McCann is concerned, it's merely a rule of law.
All so far, that has been settled out of court has been to the ADVANTAGE of the McCanns. We might have had Mr Mitchell standing on the steps outside the Grand courts of London, but nothing went on inside, before a judge.
Although, again fellow followers of the case, just remember what went on be for Lord Justice Leveson, Brooks, Cameron & May in Alzheimer's mode. Oh! the poor darlings
IMHO for this to advantage Dr Amaral professionally, morally and if he is so lucky to have a financial compensation for loss of income, yet alone anything else - I'll eat my thick winter woolly socks, happily.
I can't rejoice that this is coming to any conclusion because I feel in my bones, all it not as it appears.
Equally apart from any OUT OF COURT settlements at any level, this may just be a delaying tactic hoping for a bunny to be pulled out, very obligingly from the MET operation Grange bag.
aka missypuddleduck
@Meadow,please, please, have belief in Mr Amaral,do you think he doesnt know what the mccanns are and how vile they can be,but you must remember Mr Amaral KNOWS more about them that we do,and if sy and pj go for an abduction do you really believe that Mr Amaral would let it go at that.Mr Amaral has lost a lot through the mccanns but he has TRUTH on his side and if it goes t**s up we will hear more about the mccanns and their lies.
Senhor doutor Amaral,
caríssimo senhor,
Por favor descasque os McCanns, exija um dinheirão e depois mande-os às favas.
Também temo uma cilada mas ao mesmo tempo creio que o senhor sabe o que faz.
Abração da Rosita
Are they obliged to wait 6 months or can they solve the case as soon as they want?
If the McCanns thought they could win and be awarded over a million, they would have gone ahead.
It has been easy for the McCanns to try and silence the world when it has not been their own money they have been using to attempt to do so.
Are their financial backers even thinking they are now going too far, or has the money from the Fund really dried up?
They could always sell that house of theirs if they want to continue this game of 'sue'. No? Thought not.
The lawyers for the defendants (sic) have accepted a meeting to take place within the following 20 days.
I'm very disapointed with you Gonçalo, if this is true. I bought and read the book and you are not following the examples you described in the book.
Meadow, agreed. Goncalo Amaral has withstood appalling intimidation from Team Mccann without caving in as they had anticipated. Instead it is the McCanns who have had to capitulate which is good news indeed. However, as you say, you never know what games these people are playing but on the other hand, no one is more aware of their dirty tricks than Amaral himself.
Yes, we've seen the sham that was Leveson and we know how those in positions of power operate in the UK - endless deceit, manipulation, obsfuscation & cover-ups etc. But at the heart of all this is a three year old vanished toddler, and the parents story does not add up. In the current climate of overwhelming corruption in the UK (much of which involves cover-ups of horrific abuse of the most vulnerable kids) will 30+ Met officers from Operation Grange all agree to forget the fate of this missing little child in order to protect her parents? Why would they do that - so the powers-that-be, such as politicians, are spared embarrassment??? Maybe, but I'm not convinced as I believe most police officers are decent people - it's those at the top (of every institution) that are corrupt.
'Maddie' police review was example of political interference
by David Henck, Frederika Whitehead and Hui Shan Khoo
London's first chariman of the Metropolitan Police Authority said the decision to review Madeleine McCann's disappearence in Portugal was an example of political interferene. Lord Harris told Exaro: "It was not immediately apparent that this was the case where there was any remit for the Metroplitan Police. Whatever happenned did not happen in London. "There was no particular connection. The McCanns do not live in London. It was simply a decision by the prime minister to review this case"
Cameron is accused of bowing to pressure from executives at News International (NI) in May 2011 to order the Metropolitan Police Service to review Madeleine's case. (....) http://www.exaronews.com/articles/4731/maddie-police-review-was-example-of-political-interference
Meadow @4 "... apart from any OUT OF COURT settlements at any level, this may just be a delaying tactic hoping for a bunny to be pulled out, very obligingly from the MET operation Grange bag."
You do have a point here friend but when you read the terms spelled out by the Appeals Court you are in no doubt they are not favourable to the McCanns at all!
Even if the Met pulls out a bunny - it could only be a corpse. Dogs don't lie! Not those many times anyway.
Anyway, please read what three (3) senior Portuguese judges had to say:
"it is written in the final dispatch that “(…) despite the fact that the national authorities took all measures to render their travelling to Portugal possible, due to motives that are unknown, after the many doubts that they raised concerning the need and the opportunity of their travelling were clarified several times, they chose not to show up, which rendered the diligence impossible to perform.
We believe that the main damaged party were the McCann arguidos, who missed the possibility to prove what they have protested since they were made arguidos: their innocence towards the fateful event; the investigation was also hindered, because said facts remain unclear (…)”."
"What is certain is that since the start of the investigation there were incongruent and even contradictory situations concerning the witness statements; the telephone records of calls that were made and received on mobile phones that belonged to the couple and to the group of friends that were on holidays with them; the movements of people right after the disappearance of the little girl was noticed, concerning the state in which the bedroom from where the child disappeared from was found (closed window? open window? partially open window?) etc., and the mystery would only become even thicker due to the clues that were left by the already mentioned sniffer dogs.
The Appellate Court Judges,
Francisco Bruto da Costa
Catarina Arelo Manso
António Valente"
(quote/unquote)
Full text here:
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2010/10/lisbon-appeals-court-ruling.html
mc Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:55:00 pm
Peça (m) a Mike H. no FB porque acabei de copiar e googlar em não inglês para ele.
Comprei a revista propositadamente.
Please look at the information available on line about the amount of corruption within the Met exposed within the last few years.
They used to have an excellent reputation, but no more. How did this happen?
If they come out with more reinforcement of the McCann 'fairy story abduction', and ignore the top class doggies who worked on this case, which no cop worth his salt could ignore, then what is there left to say!
AMARAL IN TERMINATOR'S MODE
So, the Macs did it!
What probably will happen now is; although the McCanns' may be willing to dish out £1 million plus to their nemesis (I have always thought this is why Kate decided to write that book and raise some money to pay for the compensations ahead...) the posse will now try to prevent Amaral from disclosing the amount of compensation paid and/or for talking more about the case.
Whether Amaral will bite that is somehow a mute point.
Although he has been made destitute by the McCanns' legal actions against him (both this one and, we suspect, the one related to Leonor Cipriano which aimed at destroying his character prior to this trial) Amaral does not need the McCanns' millions.
Amaral is now in "Terminator" mode...
Important to remember the McCanns' have taken from him his reputation, his job, his livelihood, his wife, his home, his car, his bike, his family, his reputation, his weight, the list goes on...
Also, I understand Amaral is presently collaborating with the famous American criminal profiler Pat Brown, on THE DEFINITE BOOK on the case, which is bound to be a huge success world-wide.
Mr. Amaral, aka "Big Rock", I respectfully take my baseball cap off to you, brother!
@10 More good news indeed! It's pay day I suppose!
It is a wise move. It might save the couple a lot of money and a lot of bad press (things that there were never mentioned before and are not in the PJ Files might have come to light).
What Amaral has to watch for now is the conditions the McCanns' will try impose on him along with their massive payout (surely this will be well above £1 million!).
Conditions such as: "not to disclosed the details of the agreement between the parties"; "not to comment further on the case"; "not to print more copies of the book", etc.
I can only hope Amaral will, in due time, throw up a party in Lisbon's EXPO where all his supporters will be invited to attend!
:t:t:t Hip! Hip! Hurrah! :s:s:s
If this is a portugues case then i dont see why every one is worried about sy,they cant change what the the pj know about the case, or are you saying the pj are corrupt and that they will fall over to please sy.There can only be one verdict going by the official pj files. guilty
Many thanks for responses, it's good to have healthy objective conversation. Yep .. my nerves are on edge! There is a lot going on at the moment even if the media is silenced << note SILENCED, no silent.
The last year in the UK with or without the Leveson inquiry has open my eyes. We do not live in such a open democratic society as I once thought. The deception to the population who believe they are not manipulated is worse, than living under a regime where you know you are force-fed propaganda, lied & cheated to.
If the it doesn't reach the Court then the PJ and SY will be free to obfuscate the facts (because of pressure from the British and Portuguese governments)and archive the case as a unsolved abduction. If it goes to Court and many facts are exposed then the PJ and SY will find it difficult to simply archive the case. This 6 month suspension has placed the PJ and SY in a dilemma. It is my view that PJ's and SY's remit is to garner evidence to show an abduction and to archive definitively. They can't do this whilst this case is suspended. They are now playing a waiting game.
Also, slightly out of context: who is this independent witness who also saw a man carrying a small child and confirms the Smith sighting? His name is 'George P' - no more is known .. or is it?
Joana Morais Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:25:00 pm
Sorry for the delay, been working till now, on with the translation.
There's obviously a breakdown in communications between the Portuguese media and the UK's because this current news hasn't reached any UK editors desk, the recession must have affected them so badly all their mobiles and computers have been cut off!!
Shame on the lot of them.
To me Amaral has nothing to loose by hearing what McCann's are going to suggest (although I doubt he had any choice in the suspension issue) considering that the Judges proviso on the six month limit is very clear, no agreement and it goes to trial.
AMARAL has been separated from his family, had his reputation and pride put in question, been insulted and judged by journalists in the UK that had never even met him and his worldly goods frozen.
No small matter.
If all of this had happened to a man with less determination and pride that man would have folded long ago but against all odds AMARAL hasn't.
I think Amaral has the will and the determination to see this thru on his terms and we all know what those terms are, he's been consistent in his beliefs of what still needs to be done.
I can't see that changing whatever the McCann's may dangle in front of him.
Like all of you I want to get to the truth of what happened to MADELEINE and Amarals object is just that, he wants to get to the truth, he's put everything that's important to him on the line to find out that truth, whatever that may be.
McCann's on the other hand have muddied the waters to such an extent and surrounded themselves with the type of people that don't emanate trust let alone people of integrity or honour and willingly allow someone like a Clarence Mitchell to speak on their behalf says it all to me, I wouldn't let him within 100 miles of me let alone allow him to speak on my behalf. Enough said.
Sandra Ryan
Annon @ 1803
Suppose what one means by independent, is either McCann or part of the T9 holiday group. Therefore the Smith family are independent, as regards another witness - not to my knowledge, but of course who says the PJ released all the information
What has always been the ''unknown'' is the number of witnesses in and around PDL that night who can CONFIRM SEEING NOTHING, a sort of negative positive! Except the Smiths and that was in the opposite direction
Always worthy to remember that the Smiths stepped up to the mark to confirm, the man they saw was definitely NOT Robert Murat, since they knew him from previous holidays to the area..... the rest i.e. stepping of the plane is history, of what happened next (sadly not a lot)
When JT allegedly saw the abduction in progress, she was in the same road with JW and Mr McCann. JW IMHO has always been the three wise monkeys, followed closely by the T7. I never understood JW's statement, he was in and around the area for approximately an hour, if someone had been studying the area, he might have spotted them
Time changes nothing to alter the sequence of events that makes no sense
Nice to hear Pat's back on the case :)
@ 4 meadow
I understand your caution when it comes to the McCann couple they are devious, despicable, underhand. Some might say evil. There is no question, if, at any point before this matter is settled, that they are able to get back on track and cause Sr Amaral further harm - they would relish the opportunity, they would not hesitate to act.
But as @5 said - With the exception of perhaps Tony Bennet, there is no one who knows better than Sr Amaral how malicious and nasty are Kate and Gerry McCann. He knows who and what he is dealing with.
For them to want to 'deal' now suggests they are most probably at their MOST desperate, their MOST dangerous too - when they have nothing to lose, or EVERYTHING TO LOSE? Despite this recent good news for Sr Amaral, McCanns will, behind the scenes, be doing the usual - wheeling and dirty dealing - with the low lives with whom they associate. But he will know this too.
McCanns are mercenary - they want money, lots of, and they'll take it wherever they can get it, be it at the expense of good and honest people. It doesn't matter to them whose lives they destroy in the process, as long as they get their way. It would take something pretty big though for them to pass up the chance of ripping someone off to the tune of £1.2m (especially when that Fund is looking less than healthy, and the bills for all those fancy lawyers still to be met) – and something even bigger for them to not be able to dust the floor with Sr Amaral , as they have been promising their supporters they would.
So – What’s the deal?
As far as they are concerned there is one person, and one person only who stands in their way, who can prevent them pulling off what they started in Portugal the night their little girl was removed from Apartment 5A.
The libel action against Sr Amaral was not all about money, though that too (they were hell bent on harming Sr Amaral, his wife and daughters, ruining this family financially, leaving them with nothing) nor was it about what they consider to be their "good name" and most definitely as in the case of Sr Amaral's book, it had nothing whatsoever to do with damaging their imaginary search!
At its core was their need to SILENCE SR GONCALO AMARAL, to destroy him. They set out to make that happen, and were it seems, until now, prepared to do whatever it took to accomplish this – So what changed?
They do not strike me as the type to back down simply because they felt there was a chance they might lose and wanted to save face – these people don’t care about such things – their arrogance knows no bounds, they would have had Clarence spin their way out of a case lost – I Could be on the wrong track, but I reckon it has to be something more than this – something of great importance and enormity for them to even consider dealing with the man Kate McCann hates with a passion, who she wishes harm – the man who knows what she did in Portugal!
Time will tell.
Until then, I applaud Sr Amaral for the way in which he has acted and conducted himself throughout this long process in what must have been at times harrowing and soul destroying for him to hear the lies the couple spouted about him, the untruths their friends in the press printed about him.
Despite all, he has stayed true to his beliefs, never allowing himself to be baited by the appalling behaviour and distasteful tactics of the McCann couple.
He will not ‘sell out’ to the McCanns, be gagged by them, so as to protect them from any wrongdoing on their part coming to light, in any deal.
He will not let down himself, his family, or little Madeleine. Too many close to her have done so already!
They do however ‘owe’ him, and big time – but can money ever give back what they took from him?
So for now I congratulate Sr Amaral send him every good wish, hope that he is taking a little time to celebrate, and hope that this ends in a way that he would wish.
I've just read Mercedes blog which states:
"The defendants are Gonçalo Amaral, former coordinator of the PJ and author of the book "The Truth of the Lie", the publishers Guerra & Paz, who published it, Valentim de Carvalho, who produced a documentary based on the book and TVI, which issued it".
Presumably this means that the McCanns will not just be negotiating with Goncalo Amaral but also with Guerra e Paz, Valentim de Carvalho and TV1. If this is the case he is not alone.
THE HYENAS STRATAGEM
Something must have happen that forced an experienced and most expensive team of lawyers' (Isabel Duarte and Associates) to make such a detour. I am entertaining a few passing thoughts on this which, if I may, will share with you here:
(1) The gambit may have had to do with Amaral's health or that of his lawyer but I sincerely hope not. I would call this "the hyenas' stratagem" proper.
(2) The judge chosen to preside over this case may have turned out to be an experienced and independent judge that ID and her team knew could not be bought or influenced as others before might have been.
(3) Ever since the Appeals Court and (then) the Portuguese Supreme Court has thrown out the McCanns' ulterior arguments, Isabel Duarte (ID) knows the defamation case is lost. Full stop.
She has no arguments left, not least because Kate McCann has written a book herself about the case that defames Amaral and others (...)
(4) Since ID knows the case is irreparably lost and a massive compensation pay-out looms in the horizon for her clients, her team has all to gain from postponing the trial under the guise of an "out-of-court" settlement.
(4.1) This way she and her team will, hypothetically, gather vital intelligence such ...
# What kind of compensation figure is Amaral's team thinking of? Five, six, seven or even eight digits?
# Which arguments does Amaral have for such estimates (in order to work out counter-arguments)
# Others
All of these (above) can be made of use later if the case goes to court as indeed is likely to be.
It will also serve for the McCanns' to decide whether they will have to sell their Rothley home or not - as indeed they wanted Amaral to.
The out-of-court strategy itself, is essentially femenine (seductive) in nature and, as such, likely to have been the brainchild of ID.
:o "Talk to me darling! I know I have been a bit bitchy sweetheart, but I will make it up for you IF you tell me all about it" (smack!)
She knew Amaral's team was bound to bite, for she knows his victim is undergoing severe self-esteem problems not to mention others of a more biological nature, as a direct result of the legal actions and financial constraints she has imposed on him over the past few years...
(5) Meanwhile, the McCanns' reputation management teams (both in Lisbon and in London) along with Scotland's Yard "Dry Cleaning Operation (a.k.a "Grange") will go on painting the town yellow and green.
(6) No doubt (as Meadow above and others suspect) the Yardies will come out with material that will (attempt) to throw further "doubt" into Amaral's Occam's Razor (sharp) Theory.
(7) The overall idea is, on the one hand, to attract public opinion (particularly at home) towards the McCanns' "official" lame version of events - now being sponsored by their own PM and his elite (albeit corrupt) police, and...
(8) And, on the other hand, to influence the Portuguese judge their way should anything "dramatic" happen via the Yardies - particularly bearing in mind Portuguese senior judges view of the McCanns' character and that of their friends. See below for details.
(9) Other more controversial possibilities come to mind...
Anon 23/24
What you have written about the McCanns wanting to silence Dr Amaral reminds me that he said of them 'They know I know'.
One day soon, hopefully everyone will also know.
I'm neither a fan of the McCanns or Amaral - both parties leave me cold and I've never bought into the childish pro/anti circus
Bennett, I detest - but that's a different matter altogether
IF - it turns out that Team McCann approached Team Amaral to engage in extra-judicial talks about coming to an agreement
(and not vice versa)
Then I expect Team McCann to explain themselves about this to their real life supporters (as opposed to anonymous blog supporters) BEFORE a copy of the Daily Wail hits the doormat in middle England -with the news)..
and explain themselves very publically - as they have done thusfar -whenever the wind was blowing their way
Otherwise this would be the game changer for Team McCann - if they still give a hoot about public opinion
Seems only fair - and fairness has been in very short supply in this saga of egos - on all sides
I'm pretty sure that this http://justice4mccannfam.5forum.biz/f55-goncalo-amaral-wife where Mad Marcos and Isabel Duarte were/are? members is one of the reasons for the McCanns to have asked to settle out of court. What happened in that forum was illegal, and even the lawyers could be disbarred.
In 2008, one year after Madeleine's disappearance the PJ requested the TAPAS NINE return to Portugal for a reconstruction. They REFUSED. The Official Find Madeleine Facebook page has posted the following on their site this evening:
'Official Find Madeleine Campaign: A year after Madeleine's abduction, Gerry and Kate requested a reconstruction, but the PJ refused. They have asked numerous times too for the case to be reopened'
How on earth are they able to get away with such blatant and provable lies? Gobsmacked!
Though the name of 'George P' does not sound familiar, if I remember rightly there was a mystery? witness that Dr Amaral had thought important enough to have brought back to PDL, but he was taken off the case just before he had time to do this.
Who that was, who knows? It would appear there is still much that was not revealed in the File.
isar, the McCanns have had since the middle of this month to "explain themselves about this to their real life supporters" - the best they did was to try to deflect this news with the Fund Blood Money story (again) and the Brazilian hoax.
@21 "There's obviously a breakdown in communications between the Portuguese media and the UK's because this current news hasn't reached any UK editors desk, the recession must have affected them so badly all their mobiles and computers have been cut off!!"
Yes! I know what you mean. This morning I sent a copy of this article to:
The Daily Mirror
The Daily Express
The Evening Standard
London LBC Radio
Etc. not forgetting our dear friend Tony Parsons - the journo.
So far, not a word! They are probably saving themselves for what Scotland Yard has to say next ...
Well we already know (thanks to #11) what Lord Harris, London's first chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority has to say about them but... they are not listening are they?
The real question might be: who are the McCanns' really?
Gerry McCann in particular?
Who are they, what secrets do they know, that forces the British government to cover their backs? I don't think ethnical prejudice against the Portuguese alone explains it.
Anonymous Friday, January 25, 2013 12:02:00 am
Panics, that is the only thing we are sure of.
My opinion is that Amaral(his lawyer) was intendig to tell more on that trial of tomorrow.
Possibly the pressure on the McCanns is coming from the involvement of the Met police in the case. They can not attack the most famous British police, "the fish and chips munchers". And it is better that they pay the defendants now, before the fund money finishes.
Because they have to pay a lot of people: Murat, because they allowed him to become arguido, the Express because that paper didn't lie, because of the PJ's defamation, because they obstructed the police work, because Kate lied about and insulted Mrs. Fenn after her death, she insulted Father Pacheco, people of the Ocean Club lost their jobs because of the "abductor", the fraudulent fund cheating on good people, they even insulted Cameron.
And paying everybody's lawyers and assistents.
Selling their house ( if they manage it) will not be enough.
you know this how?
If Amaral accepts this agreement it is because the PJ will come up with the rest of the truth and he knows it.
It is not necessary for him to fight back anymore, all alone, as a former police man.
He is leaving this task over to officials, police, Atorney General and Judges. A Justice force.
Amaral knows he won the war, there is no need to shoot.
And the McCanns know it too.
Kate and Gerry must know already that the PJ have evidence and that they are lost.
I expect serious steps at any moment.
I hope this is not take as long as the Letter of Fatima took.
And that the process will have more contents than the Letter had.
Anonymous Friday, January 25, 2013 7:53:00 am
Good morning and what a healthy and intelligent debate, yes we know comments are vetted, but nevertheless it's objective.
Let us please, for one moment just remember MADELEINE, how often this little person get's actually overlooked. What really did happen to her. My only lasting feeling for this child lingers with the witness statements of Mrs Fenn, regarding the prolonged crying on the Tuesday evening.
A child's life-time is just such a small snap and window of time. An opportunity to enjoy them for their trust, innocence, boundless love and enjoyment.
To Brenda Ryan
''To me Amaral has nothing to loose by hearing what McCann's are going to suggest (although I doubt he had any choice in the suspension issue) considering that the Judges proviso on the six month limit is very clear, no agreement and it goes to trial.''
Then next question has to be to the board, is there actually another bite of the cherrycake if the Team McCann doesn't get what it wants: £dosh & confidential\gagged silence with little expense, and that is to totally withdraw from their case.
Second bite of the cherrycake!!
So, the Q is Can the McCanns on failure to get the settlement THEY want, since I'm sorry Sr Amaral's concerns\needs doesn't enter their equation & way of thinking IMHO - totally walk away and back out of the case, or can the Judge now order it to continue?
I'm trying to find my way through the current smoke\fog screen, but one thing is quite clear IMHO the McCanns can't control in Portugal the way they do in the UK. They haven't got a whole bevvy of Portuguese lawyers, PRs gurus, hangers-on and press lapping at their feet. Is that really the issue? They lack confidence.
My problem is, WHY? And why now?
aka more puddled than duck ;)
here's the disconnect for me:
Team McCann have accused Amaral of hindering the search for Madeleine with his assertions
IF Team McCann now seek an extra-judicial agreement with said Amaral
then they've changed the script for good
For that would imply Team McCann does not disagree with some/all of Amaral's views on the case - does it not?
The sooner the PR machine behind Team McCann explains this - the better IMO
Too much fog already
I too would like to send my good wishes to Goncalo Amaral - you have stood fast while others have shown disrespect but you never wavered. May all go well for you and thank you for your strength and determination to seek the Truth.
I hope this will not take 6 months, again too long.
Prezado doutor Amaral,
por favor peça a indenização agora, antes de os McCanns acabarem com o dinheiro do fundo.
Demorando muito, eles não terão dinheiro para pagar os danos que causaram. Eles estão fugindo das própria obrigações.
That the McCanns ask to give up the trial and to reach a settlement, it is a confession.
They must have been informed how far the revision has gone.
Their own request, hahahahahahha!
very good!!!!!!!!!!!
And I fear more and more for the twins.
Anonymous 37 what is the letter of Fatima,
Anonymous Friday, January 25, 2013 12:13:00 pm
Regarding Witness 'George B' NOT 'George P'. He is a vital witness and there are enough clues to locate him. If he can confirm the Smiths sighting then this surely is enough to reopen the case.
Taken from the jillhavern website:
The pizza girl
During this time, on 6th May, Michael Wright says he met a girl from Liverpool. He says he bought a large quantity of pizzas from a ‘pizza shack’ on the beach of Praia da Luz; the girl serving the pizzas was from Liverpool. She apparently told him that her father, known as ‘George B’, had seen a man carrying child during the very early hours of 4th May in the resort, the day after Madeleine ‘went missing’. Michael Wright apparently didn’t know if ‘George’ had been spoken to by authorities.
This possible ‘sighting’ of Madeleine was for some reason never mentioned by the McCanns, although they many times referred to the ever-changing and unreliable claimed sighting by Jane Tanner, and to another, at around 10.00pm on the evening of 3rd May, by a man from Ireland, Martin Smith.
A number of questions have been raised about this ‘sighting’ of ‘George B’. For example, did ‘George B’ report this ‘sighting’ to the Portuguese police? If so, it should of course be in the police files. If it wasn’t reported, why not? As Michael Wright was advised by the girl of this ‘sighting’, did he run and tell the McCanns? - and did the McCanns then contact the police?
Let us look at this another way. Suppose you're out there helping your close relations Kate and Gerry after the tragic abduction of their daughter. You go down to the beach on Sunday - just three days later - and go and get some pizzas. The girl there tells you that her father saw someone carrying a young girl on the night of 3rd/4th May. So - what do you do? You might, for example: (a) immediately ’phone Kate and Gerry to and tell them of the lead, or (b) contact the Portuguese police immediately, or (c) contact the UK Police immediately, or (d) ask the girl to make contact with the father so you can speak to him? But - no. Apparently Michael Wright does none of these things. He did nothing and apparently only mentions it to the police months later.
Concerning Guerra & Paz -Valentim de Carvalho,
Are the above part of the defamation action along with Goncalo, or just the action that seeks a definitive ban on the book and DVD?
Joana?
Joana Morais Friday, January 25, 2013 2:27:00 pm
The former, the McCann action that sought to ban the book and DVD went to the Supreme Court, Gonçalo Amaral, Guerra & Paz and Valentim de Carvalho filmes won - see links in article above. The current action is for alleged defamation - but since the McCanns lost their previous action, they also lost their legal fundamentation (reasoning) and argumentation.
Fernis Friday, January 25, 2013 2:29:00 pm
Will this disgusting couple manage to gag GA once again? This time may be forever! At least I hope GA will demand a public apology, published in english and portuguese newspapers.
Anonymous Friday, January 25, 2013 2:45:00 pm
To aka more puddled than duck @38.
You had me puddled there for a moment when you quoted from my post and addressed me as Brenda Ryan, not someone I have ever been mistaken for and that's a fact.
I'll take it as genuine mistake.
Sandra Ryan.
For the most part the McCanns have steered well clear of mentioning the Smith sighting.
After all, why would they want to be issuing one of their photofits of a Gerry McCann lookalike, when Mr Smith says he is up to eighty per cent certain it was Gerry McCann himself carrying the lookalike Madeleine on the way to the beach that night.
As for the 'George B' sighting of a couple carrying a child in the early hours of the morning who darted off down a path when caught in his headlights, it is strange that more was not made of that either, and why no description of the couple.
Yet why would that be directly connected to the Smith sighting, unless he also said the man looked like Gerry?
Sandra Ryan, humble apologies brain in bottom gear there for sure
Hi Joana @46
Have I got this right Joana? Guerra & Paz, Valentim de Carvalho & TV1 were only involved the the court hearing related to the book ban. They are not defendants in this libel trial and therefore will not be involved in the negotiations - Goncalo Amaral alone will be negotiating with the McCanns - is that correct? Sorry, I was confused by the above paragraph from Mercedes blog.
from the article above:
"Defendants
The process is taking place at the 1st circuit of the Civil Court of Lisbon. Madeleine McCann's parents demand 1,2 million euro for alleged defamation. The defendants are Gonçalo Amaral, former coordinator of the Judiciary Police and author of the book “Maddie, The Truth of the Lie”, the book publishers Guerra & Paz, Valentim de Carvalho who produced a documentary based on the book, and TVI, who have broadcast it."
The Portuguese legal system is often a mystery to us in the UK, so it's sometimes difficult to understand the process. Talk on one hand is that the Mccanns have approached Mr Amaral and asked for a settlement and on the other hand, that in fact it is Mr Amaral that is the one who has asked for the settlement.
Some sites are commenting that the only reason the mccanns have approached the courts to ask for a suspension is because they were the ones who brought the action, so they are the only ones allowed to legally ask for it's suspension and it is nothing to do with them asking for a settlement.
Who knows what the truth is, but I think it's such a shame that time and energy is being used up in protracted legal actions, rather than been put into finding out what happened to Madeleine.
let them sweat
The McCanns asked to settle out of court not the other way around.
apologies for being behind the curve - did Martin Smith sadly die in the interim (I think Pamela ??? did also )? Just worried about Martin S and George B - we need them for when the McScams are eventually.
Has it every occured to any of you posters that if the McCanns thought they would lose they only needed to drop the case...end of story....but negotiations are going on....which I suspect means Amaral has approached the McCanns to do a deal???
I think the Macs' will be more than happy to pay, assuming it is peanuts - something up to, but not over £100K.
More would be tantamount to admitting guilt. Even "Mickey Mouse" Mitchell would have difficulty in explaining that!
There could be as well, as someone already suggested, a strategic reason why the Macs' decided (in the wake of the Appelate Court decision) to publish their best-selling, pulp fiction book...
Namely to foot the compensation bills ahead without having to sell their house in Rothley or bother their fellow Scot benefactor Brian Kennedy yet again.
Kenneddy, let us not forget, is worth a whooping "£3250m fortune", not exactly peanuts.
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2008/09/non-charitable-odd-fund-mccanns-brian.html
For all we know, good old Brian may, after all, have been footing the bills all along! Which may be the reason why you don't find the exorbitant fees charged by the Macs' crème de la crème lawyers and reputation management outfits, mentioned in their company books.
Coming back to Amaral...
The Macs' particular interest in "Big Rock", is pretty-ugly obvious.
Amaral was the Portuguese top-cop who had the nerve to arrest two of Her Majesty subdits and in the process expose the truth of a lie - that was a no-no for their inflated egos! The reason why (I would argue) they made a point to come to Lisbon just to see Amaral on the dock.
Remember the Macs' cold, calculating faces with their predator nickel eyes smirking at court proceedings! There is a picture of them somewhere...
I also remember the subservience of the Portuguese authorities, allowing two former suspects on a limbo, to enter the court through a set of doors reserved (exclusively) to magistrates! Everyone knew immediately the audience was a scam! It all had been arranged for the Macs' benefit. And so it was.
I hope this does not turn out to be the Portuguese version of the Jean Paul De Menezes affair. Remember? In the end the assassins walked out of court Scot-free and the victim's family given a few coppers in compensation for the killing.
I really don't see why Portugal has the need to be subservient to Britain but there you are. Could it be because they think their economy depends on British investments in Portugal - so-called neo-enslavement programs?
I doubt! British companies operating in Portugal are probably doing a "Starbucks" on the Ministério das Finanças! Check them out!
Anyway, by paying "some" compensation (not too high, not too low), the Macs will add more points to their claim that they have been victims of an incompetent police and a backward, Third-World Justice system, and that will be that - wait and see how the "reputation management" goes...
:o Meanwhile... Cameron will be on the phone shouting orders to his Portuguese counter-part - remember the toffee parentally reminding the Portuguese PM to face the photographers in Downing Street?..
:o Meanwhile... Scotland Yard's Dad's Army lookalikes will go on promoting the "official" version of events by muddling the waters as much as they can or, as much of Porto's PJ will allow...
PROOF OF SORTS:
Note how the Brit media pack was quick to release news of Scotland Yard in Portugal to conceal, or counter-act the REAL news of the Macs' now wishing to settle it out of court with "Big Rock".
Mind you, had the journos done so, Lord Leveson might have come down to Parliament Square on his gown, his nightcap still on, to chastise them!
We could go on with conspiracy theories but what for? This case is now CLOSED. We more or less know what happened. All it needs now is a pay-out. A monumental pay-out!
A payout for G. Amaral and a payout for A. Bennett - the ones who truly held the bull by the horns and ultimately stopped the bullsh*t!
Thanks also to Joana, Astro and all unsung heroes who kept the pressure on and without whom this last development would not have been possible.
God bless all!
All unravelling now. Just waiting for the British press to do the decent thing and report the facts of this sinister case. That would be a first. Best wishes to Sr Amaral. My thoughts and prayers are with you for all you have suffered. Vindication will come soon. To those who have lied and perverted the course of justice - your time is coming.
They asked for a extrajudicial settlement to gain time. PJ & MET are very close to discover the abductor. In the following days will be extraordinary news on the case.
Read as well: "They just don't get it" at The Blacksmith Bureau
« (...)Leaving aside the couple's role earlier in the investigation, at all the subsequent crucial junctures of the affair the parents have either lied or deliberately misrepresented or muffled events to deceive the British public about the interrupted investigation.
On August 2 2007 they began the calculated lying about the police activities against them which form the core of Amaral's claims.
In summer 2008 they deliberately misrepresented the Portuguese archiving summary which had confirmed the Seven's refusal to co-operate with the inquiry and the McCanns' failure to "demonstrate their innocence".
In January 2009 they secretly commenced the silencing and libel actions against Amaral while lying on the greatest possible scale that they were in Portugal for different reasons.
In 2010 the Portuguese courts demolished their human rights claim against Amaral and one of the three legs of their libel claim. There was no media statement from the McCanns.
In January 2013 the McCanns accepted defeat in their libel claim but refused to make any statement or answer any questions about the matter. (...)»
If Team McCann came knocking on Amaral's door
to seek an agreement
then their PR army might better explain to the 60 million or so British tax payers, who finance Operation Grange, why that is so.
Team McCann has a PR machine akin to a Bentley
Amaral has a mere noddy car
With every minute Clarence et al - keep silent on the above conundrum
They lose credibility
Or are there certain facts that can't be spun?
Precisely because they've spun themselves out of orbit - over 6 years?
Joana Morais Friday, January 25, 2013 10:04:00 pm
58 They can't just drop the case without punitive consequences - google "litigância de má fé", other accusations would certainly follow.
Hey @59 cogito! :) The name is Jean-Charles de Menezes not Jean-Paul, what? Thinking of Sartre? I was in London at the time. I know the area well. Yes, a few coppers that's all Jean-Charles family got. He stayed dead of course. Hope same does not happen to Goncalo and his family at least he has the advantage of being alive.
@61 "They asked for a extrajudicial settlement to gain time. PJ & MET are very close to discover the abductor. In the following days will be extraordinary news on the case."
Are they as close as Eddie & Keela? I would be surprised!
Even if that was the case it would have NO impact on this case and/or the amount of compensation the McCanns' will have to dish out.
Remember the relatively recent case of Amaral vs Aragao-Correia? The guy in connection with the McCanns'- rent-a-cop-Metodo3-Leonor Cipriano-Photoshop-Marinho Pinto-Isabel Duarte?
Well, Aragao-Correia and another lawyer (Pedro Dores) were sued for defamation by G. Amaral and both got off the hook quite easily because the Portuguese judge determined both culprits (Correia and Dores) had acted on the assumption that what they were saying(about Amaral) was true...
By doing so, the judge may have opened a precedent in Portuguese law!
Even assuming Amaral lied in his book - which he could not have done because he is quoting from the Official PJ Files and expressing the opinion of the PJ preliminary report itself! The law would be still on Amaral's side as long as he believed he was telling the truth!
Furthermore, if an abductor was "found", invented or paid for, the abductor would have to prove s/he was the real thing!
He would have to have with him or know the whereabouts of Madeleine's body (dead or alive) and we know from the dogs and other circunstantial evidence, she is most likey to have died in Apartment 5A. The dogs simply could not have been wrong those many times in those many places! Believe what you will!
As for the McCanns' argument that the book hindered the search for Madeleine that is a poor argument for which there is no empirical evidence.
What we do know for sure is that "any publicity is good publicity". So given the amount of books Amaral has sold the Madeleine Fund, Ltd. should in fact be paying Amaral for all the publicity he has given to their case!
As for the rights of the McCanns' or their children (clever move) to a good image, that has to be seen against Amaral's own family and childrens' rights! Again the McCanns have no case.
This is all common sense when you come to think of it and you have to be very stupid or very arrogant or both, to believe that by the sheer force of money, political connections and legal expertize you can change the obvious and prove otherwise!
Is it true,Joana? Did Martin Smith die? I can't believe it.
Pamela Fenn is dead, I know, she was an eldery lady, but not Martin, I hope!
Meanwhile, what is it that was told to the UK authorities by someone close to the McCanns, yet is kept under wraps so as not to damage relations between the UK and Portugal!! The UK media has even enquired about this, but were refused answers.
Have the UK authorities known all along exactly what really happened, and are so afraid of what will hit the fan if the truth comes out, and that certain people in high positions will be left with egg on their faces for taking the decision not to inform Portugal.
If so, shame on them, and Portugal ought to be DEMANDING to know exactly what this is all about, and to hell with the consequences, as this case has already cost much in time, money, and man power, not to mention the vilification of certain people and even Portugal itself, and so much damage has already been done.
Has there ever been a case like this, and so much political involvement? For what? For why?, and from the get go why did Prime Minister Brown phone these people on numerous occasions, even enquiring whether Dr Amaral had been removed from the case yet as they wished, and still it continues, with 'favours' done for the McCanns at the cost of millions.
No expense has been spared for these two.
#65 Jean Charles de Menezes that was it. Thanks! Yes! I must have been thinking of Jean-Paul Sartre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAMCZKDgL04
@58, I think that the negociations have to do with money that the McCanns have to pay Amaral for the damages they caused him, financially and morally. Libel.
It will be a huge amount, I hope.
Team McCann has successfully run the agenda for six years
Kate wrote 'that' book
Now they go cap in hand to Amaral?
Considering Kate & Gerry always rammed it down our collective throats that the search for Madeleine was paramount - and Amaral was obstructing that search..
It appears disingenious that they now plead to their nemesis.
I too pay for the folly that is Operation Grange through my taxes
I too demand answers from Team McCann
just answer the 48 questions woman - that'd be a start
@61, how do you know about "extraordinary news about the case"?
Wishful thinking of truth?
Well it sounds to me as if GA may choose to settle, a result which makes a good deal of sense all round. He doesn't have the money for the case - if truth be told, neither do they. Such matters can drag on for years in Portugal, endless appeals etc. Tavares de Almeida's case has only just been concluded after what, about 13 years? And he is expected to appeal too. So as bitter to swallow as all may find it, an agreement between the parties is the best way forward. However Mr Bennett is clutching at straws, thinking it will save him - it won't.
Joana, se percebi bem, as indemnizações em Portugal são mais esmolas do que castigo.
Percebi bem?
http://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t6355-letter-25-jan-2013-to-carter-ruck-and-the-court-about-that-proposed-settlement-with-dr-amaral-is-this-now-an-abuse-of-process
McCanns vs Tony Bennett hearing at the Royal Court of Justice. The Strand. London.
Likely taking place Feb 5 beginning 10 30 am.
Anonymous Saturday, January 26, 2013 12:12:00 am
Joana, is Amaral obliged to wait 6 months before he demands his money from the McCanns or can he decide this settlement as soon as he wants?
@44, the Letter of Fatima,
I can not record it very well but it is known that the Virgin Mary appeared to three young sheppards, in 1917, in Fatima and she told them three secrets. The third secret was kept in a letter, probably not written by the Virgin herself, who came from Palestina and whose maternal language was Aramaic, not current in Portugal at the beginning of the last century, neither current nowadays, if I am not mistaken.
Somebody else must have wroten it.
According to the wishes of Our Holy Virgin, that secret was kept unknown till the beginning of this century, when the Vatican (I think) revealed its contents.
Those were the wishes of the Virgin.
More or less 83 years before the world learned about the secret and what I hope is:
that the secrets that the PJ know will not take that long to be revealed.
Anonymous Saturday, January 26, 2013 2:13:00 am
THE LAZZIERIS OF THE TABLOID SCENE GO COMMANDO
I reiterate my opinion the McCanns' have known all along they would loose this case. By "all along" I mean ever since Amaral's case was sustained by the Appeals court.
This is, you will recall, when Kate McCann decides to write her book - possibly with the intent to pre-empty sales of any eventual publication of the "Truth of The Lie" in England and to have their case heard on their home turf ahead of Amaral's.
Now that their book sales are dwindling, the time is about right. Well, give it another six-months.
No doubt Kate expected it to be a best-seller that would help their clan to meet Amaral's counter-compensation claims when the time came - "top up Madeleine's fund", as she put it.
All very well, the only problem now is if the accused all decide to push the compensation barrier well over the 1,2 million barrier! What happens then?
I don't think Amaral and the others have much choice. They would have to accept what the McCanns' have to offer or pursue them in court and we have already seen how difficult (or even impossible) that is.
Even if the court demands the McCanns' to dish 2 or 3 million what will happen if they refuse? What can the interested parties do next? Issue a warrant for the arrest of the McCanns' assets in the UK? Talk to Carter-Ruck about that!
What will Clarence Mitchell say? "Our case is very much on course!" Of course not! That was then! He will say something along the lines:
"Unfortunately given the nature of the Portuguese justice system (cough) was not possible to do justice to our case but we will appeal and if this unjust decision is not reversed we will go all the way to the European Court - we will leave no stone unturned!"
The Lazzieris of the tabloid world in the UK will go commando!
On McCann Files there is a letter of Tony Bennet's, very good.
He is pointing to the fact that the McCanns are measuring with two different measures.
One for Amaral and a different one for him.
@58,hahahahha, you wish,as blacksmith wrote.
THE MCCANNS ARE TOAST
No no no, I can't go with the flow. Yes I want to. I want to see an outcome.
The actions of the PR machine are also rather akin to the British Royal family. SILENCE. And you only put on your best public show, when you are fully in control.
They are buying time. And perhaps the only way to BUY time, is the six month delay for a period of settlement out of court. But it is NOTHING IMHO to do with settling, and certainly NO WAY to the advantage of Sr Amaral. TM Utopia would be a settlement\award of £zillions, apology and subsequent gagging IN THEIR FAVOUR. It isn't going to happen and well they know it. So as I've posted previously, why now? They are bloody laughing!!!
I have followed the Blacksmith site always. I like my conversation straight and up front, wysiwyg, the satirical twist now & again leaves me cold and so does the jumping ship occasionally. Currently I don't know what to make of the posts, I do understand however, it's several contributors. I like to think Blacksmith has his finger on the pulse and is accurate in his assessment at the level of gagging in the UK press on this one subject.
When you have lived this saga, you have seen the request for REVIEWS turned down by home secretary, after home secretary. Remember when May's final refusal was met with FLUFFY-TALK retort from TM. Then what? Big front page slash in the Sun, letter to Cameron, meanwhile Brooks wheeling & dealing with McCanns for serialization of the MADELEINE, then WOW .. guess what £3.5m MET review. Then in front of LEVESON inquiry you have the about turn\Alzheimer's moment when May said something like it was always our plan.
And you think the McCanns don't walk and water?
BEWARE!
aka Puddleduck
PS: I can't rest on this matter - we have been here before, waiting on the McCanns next - WILL THEY WON'T THEY moment.
Anonymous Saturday, January 26, 2013 12:16:00 pm
Bom, vou fazer uma "cópia" do vídeo!
Cópia, ditado............. maus tempos vindos da XXXXXXXXXXX que escrevinhava tanta coisa da vida privada e pública de GA.........
Andava à procura do dito vídeo e, não o apanhava ou estaria muito bem disfarçado.
Obrigada, JM e Astro.
Just read Tony Bennett's letter to Carter-Ruck regarding the consequences of this news upon his own court case. Just feel very concerned that he is at a big disadvantage due to defending himself in UK where he has been vilified by the Press and if convicted will be used by the establishment and media to send out a message to individuals not to interfere in justice unless you can risk losing many thousands of pounds.
Anonymous Saturday, January 26, 2013 3:40:00 pm
@61,what abductor
@76,
the rogatory letters took nearly as long as the Virgin's secret.
Good afternoon Meadow (#80)
May I comment on your comment? You could have a point. To be honest I have thought about it myself but then thought I was being unnecessarily pessimistic.
Yes! There could be other reasons why the McCanns' lawyers pulled a pre-emptive surprise. I can think of two or three now:
(1) To gather intelligence on what Amaral's team is up to, what trumps, what sort of compensation are they seeking, etc.
The McCanns' lawyers KNOW their wealthy and influential clients are bound to loose this case no matter what, particularly after an Appeal AND Supreme Court decisions favourable to Amaral.
The other thing is, the actual Portuguese Minister of Justice (Paula Teixeira da Cruz) does not see eye-to-eye with the bombastic Marinho Pinto - Holy Cockrell of The Portuguese Lawyers Association and (surprise! surprise!) a witness for the McCanns' and set piece in the process(es) against GA.
Same, by the way, applies to his godchild: Marcos A. Correia. Both must be fuming now, unless of course this was their suggestion - I mean, Holy Cockrell's suggestion - his godchild is an imbecile!
Trust me, the minister would not allow any corrupt decisions on her turf i.e. any decision favourable/paid for by the McCanns'.
(2) Scotland Yard may have recently expressed doubts about the McCanns' innocence and they may be about to announce the closing of the review.
A development (they may have thought) that could weight heavily on the judges, even if this trial has nothing to do with the McCanns' guilt in the disappearance of their child (for which they are obviously responsible) but with the fundamental rights afforded to Amaral by the constitution of his country, vis a vis him in the process "damaging the search for Madeleine" and denying the McCanns' family the right to a good name.
The fallacy of this argument is, that any court decision favourable to the McCanns' would be infringing the rights of Amaral's children too, quite aside from his constitutional right to express his views - which, by the way, are those of his team and of other British experts.
(The Batata @ 66 has fluently commented on this point and I am not going to elaborate further).
(3) Indeed, it could be as you suggest... just a device to see if anything pops up in the mean time. Anything that could be used as ammunition against Amaral. Anything Scotland Yard might create, construct or invent from the PJ Files that will throw further doubt into his reputation.
We know for sure Scotland Yard "review" is nothing but "reputation management". That the decision has come from toffee Cameron after Rebekha Brooks seduced him into it . Clarence Mitchell, himself in intimate terms with the latrines of power in The Commons, could have been an instigator too but, that is besides.
(4) Finally it could all, as you suspect, have been a gambit from the Macs' lawyers and at the end of it they will say:
"Well, we offered "Señor Amaral" the possibility to settle out of court. All he had to do was to admit his guilt, to apologize for the damage he has done to the search (cough) and the pain he has inflicted on the Macs clan; to promise not to talk more about the case, and we would have paid the poor, starving bastard all legal fees and expenses and that would have been that. But Mr. Amaral is a proud man, and one with a criminal record (we ourselves made sure he got one) and he refused, so..."
I find such hypothesis far-fetching and I am reminded of William of Ockham's admonition:
"Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate." - AKA "Occam's razor".
The suspension of the case may have some bearing on TB's full libel case - IF it ever comes to that. But it will have no effect on his hearing in two weeks time. That is for contempt of court, and the judge has already made it clear that all he will be looking at is if he has broken his undertakings.
By continuing to write as he has done to Carter Ruck, he is compounding his problems. He would be better just to keep quiet publicly and press for the full libel trial to go ahead. I doubt he will, again because of the financial implications.
I still think both GA and the Mccanns have much to gain and little to lose by trying to come to a settlement.
TWO VIEWS: WHICH IS WITCH?
Isabel Martello (Carter-Ruck private) says:
"I understand that the trial, which had been due to take place in January 2013, has been postponed at the request of the Claimants' lawyer, to allow the parties to explore whether a settlement may be reached which gives the Claimants sufficient vindication and protection in the future".
Santos Oliveira (Amaral's Special Forces) states:
"...Your (Mac) clients' Portuguese lawyer wrote to him and to the Civil Court, on or about 8 January, with these proposals:
1. To adjourn the trial for 6 months
2. To seek a settlement with Dr Amaral." (quote/unquote)
:h I am con-fused!
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id232.html
If that is true about Martin Smith then very sad news indeed, though still hoping this not to be correct information.
"...yes, confirmed to me a couple of days ago - and the very important point is that Snr Santos e Oliveira told my contact that this letter from Isobel Duarte, dated around 8 to 10 January, came completely out of the blue - just as he was busy with last-minute preparations for Dr Amaral's trial of his life and then...suddenly...from the McCanns...can we please settle...can we please have an adjournment...
No wonder there's nothing about this dramatic move on the McCanns' 'Find Madeleine' website, nor any word from the McCanns' mouthpiece for the past five-and-a-half years, Clarence Mitchell.
I understand he is ill at the moment.
It is invariably DEFENDANTS who ask for a settlement.
It is almost never CLAIMANTS. It doesn't take an Einstein to work out that the McCanns' negotiating position and bargaining power has reduced measurably since the start of the month. And that's probably something of an understatement." (quote/unquote)
Reference: http://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t6355-letter-25-jan-2013-to-carter-ruck-and-the-court-about-that-proposed-settlement-with-dr-amaral-is-this-now-an-abuse-of-process#139286
If it is fact that the McCanns asked to settle out of court, I can see that they wouldn't want to 'air' this news to their supporters or the wider public in general. However, I think it very unwise for them to refer to 'legal rumours' and threaten to ban anyone 'spreading rumours and innuendo' on their Find Madeleine Facebook page. Once their true supporters realise they have been lied to, it is only a matter of time before those same supporters will question what else they have been lied to about...
88 You mean, we need to choose between the famous Carter Ruck who purposefully mistranslated an interim injunction valid only for the Portuguese territory and abusively used that "mistranslation" to shut sites, ban books from world wide editors and online shops, and to silence certain media, the Carter Ruck who also defended Trafigura, the company that dumped toxic waste in the Ivory Coast in 2006, killing and maiming tens of thousands human beings in the process and between the well respected lawyer firm Santos de Oliveira & Associados? That's an easy choice.
No doubt, being a solicitor himself, and having dealt on behalf of various people in Court, Tony Bennett knows exactly what he is doing by writing that letter to CR, and by informing the Court of the latest development in the case of the defamation trial of McCanns Vs Dr Amaral and others, which does have an overall bearing on his case, especially if it did go to a libel trial.
As for Dr Amaral, and that request from the McCanns for an out of court settlement, and all of them, as you say 'having much to gain and little to lose if they reach a settlement', there is no way the McCanns would want a settlement from Dr Amaral that did not include money and silence, unless of course, which is looking ever more likely, they know damn well they will lose and end up being counter sued, and having to pay out quite a large amount to all the Parties concerned.
In which case Kate McCann needs to be churning those books out faster than fast before that house of theirs becomes up for grabs.
If Martin Smith had died, we would have read it somewhere.
I don't believe this rumour.
#34 wrote:
"The real question might be: who are the McCanns' really?
Who are they, what secrets do they know, that forces the British government to cover their backs? I don't think ethnical prejudice against the Portuguese alone explains it."
Maybe a particular activity they all engage in...? A very peculiar lifestyle that although not illegal is socially frowned upon, so much so that those involved in it, particularly those who are considered as "pillars of society", cannot afford to have their "activities" exposed.
(no,not paedophilia...think of a musical style and a very lively dance)
About the "secrets of Fatima", for those interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BAcia_Santos
http://www.fatima.org/essentials/opposed/cvrup4.asp
(and lots more to be found about it, just google for it)
'In which case Kate McCann needs to be churning those books out faster than fast before that house of theirs becomes up for grabs'
Oh please lord NO! Did she leave someone out of the first one, someone she failed to be 'angry' at!
Let's see she hated the elderly Mrs Fenn, loathed the police from any force - they smoked, drove too fast, wore informal clothing and never offered her a coffee - didn't mind paedophiles being locked up in comfortable conditions as long as they didn't hang around shopping areas, despised the British social worker who offered her assistance, her twins were a bloody nuisance, hated Goncalo Amaral with a passion, deserted God,and wanted to kill Robert Murat... What a nutjob! Oh and she didn't want to sleep with Gerry - but we can forgive her that one - who in their right mind would?
The world is not ready for another book of lies from this demented female! On upside, some entrepreneur if inclined could make a 'killing' selling sick buckets! Or, Kate could give one free with every book purchased.
#88 "You mean, we need to choose between the famous Carter Ruck who .... and the well respected lawyer firm Santos de Oliveira & Associados? That's an easy choice."
Thanks! You mean Santos de Oliveira, then? He is not saying much though, so we have to assume Ms. Martello added the rest for the sake of "reputation management".
I still think that this could be a delaying tactic. They know they have lost the case, so all they can do now is to postpone Pay Day.
Six months? That will be, what? July? I think trials in Portugal are not held during the Summer so, we are effectively talking about late September. Nine months. The proverbial gestation time.
The other thing is, Isabel Duarte is a staunch supporter of the McCanns'. She genuinely believes her wealthy and infamous clients are innocent of any wrong doing! Even of abandoning their children to their fate! I have heard her holy cockrell* who is also a key McCanns' witness, expressing such view on prime time TV!
Things being so, it could turn out Madame Duarte is hoping Scotland Yard may come up with Madeleine alive which, for those of us who have dogs, is a rather preposterous hope but you know...
... "your neighbours lawn is always greener than yours". You have only to watch Isabel Duarte body language when she is standing next to the McCanns. If you were to change the dress she is wearing to a black one and put a white apron on top, you would think she was the McCanns' maid not their lawyer! Pathetic really.
Meanwhile Isabel, will make other equally preposterous demands on her compatriot Amaral, such as "generously" allowing him to walk out of the negotiations Scot-free (literally) if only he undertakes to apologize to the McCann clan and promise not to utter a word about the case ever again. Fat chance!
Goncalo Amaral would never accept such terms. He is a wounded man. A man who lost his job because of the McCanns'(practically), who had his character assassinated, who was robbed of his reputation, of his livelihood, and even lost his home, his wife! No doubt he wishes to be completely vindicated! He is probably in a kamikaze frame of mind right now. I know I would. It is his own soul and that of his country that are at stake here.
Fax the McCanns!
* "Her holy cockrell" in this context means the president of her professional association (OA), nothing else! Thanks to @86 for coining the term. It suits a Pinto!
Anonymous Sunday, January 27, 2013 1:41:00 am
Heavens, this is taking ages. I have the impression that I was born following already this case. Is there anyone that could tel us some more?
"Justice works in silence" which turns to be very boring. Guessing, guessing, no conclusions, how tiring for us all.
The world is full of leaks excepted at the PJ.
I hate secrets, I hate silence, I hate delays.
Sometimes I consider giving up the whole story and go looking for another murder, somewhere else.
Really very irritating.
My hope is that Alves and Duarte are already preparing the defence, they don't have to feel irritated with the delay.
It is already nearly 6 years of discussions, suppositions,insults, articles, interviews, books and we are no centimeter further than we were in 2008.
"They know I know."
Know what, Amaral, for goodness sake?!
Who is coordenating this review, that it is taking so long? The Virgin Mary?
the first PR experts on the scene (within 24 hrs) at Luz were
Bell Pottinger - allegedly on behalf of Mark Warner - themselves ever so image conscious - bad for business this child disappearing malarkey
You can't get better at spinning than Bell Pottinger ('better reputations - better results') - they managed the 'scene'
It went downhill a tad when Team McCann criticised Mark Warner for not having a 24/7 creche service.
Exit Bell Pottinger - enter an army of lawyers and the ex-head of the Media Monitoring Unit - Clarence Mitchell.
No stone unturned - indeed - where PR matters were concerned
Shame Team McCann did not lavish such attention on physically searching for their first born
rant over almost over...
Gerry DID answer the 48 questions
Kate did not
They are husband and wife and were both at the scene - on that night
do the maths - I think it's tabula rasa for the McCanns
A thought -
The Madeleine case, a case thus far of a Missing Person (not an abduction - a missing person) What I wonder are the chances if it is re-opened, that the information that results in this, allows also for the status to be changed to - Murder Investigation. Permitting also, one would imagine a quite different type of investigation.
Just a thought - investigations do get stepped up a gear depending on what is discovered as they progress...
Anonymous Sunday, January 27, 2013 10:50:00 am
Good morning and thanks to Joana for keeping the blog going. Its very objective and most of all readable.
reply 16th Jan No 86
Thank you. How fortunate for the McCanns to find firms of lawyers who all manage in a very similar way. The last thing they want is a negative front page splash - and yes they would weave a settlement to their advantage if they can walk away from Sr Amaral with their reputation in tact, AM gagged and little expense. The road they have traveled is long and they are not certain what they will find at the end. But this is gamesmanship. Libel and this type of law is all about reputation and the £.costs of keeping a lid on a situation. But for Sr Amaral and his family he needs a very loud & clear, but positive outcome. On the other hand TM might think a mutual gagging & the status-quo is worth striving for.
How many trips have the McCanns been making to Portugal in recent months - amazing how they travel incognito! Without a trail of media. Like it isn't happening.
Will we indeed have to wait six months
> will Bennetts case prompt AM to back off (Hope & think not)Is TM using this to demonstrate their might. Don't suppose they need to turn up in court
> will SY\MET\Grange pull a rabbit out of the bag - which might strongly support abduction and AM be totally wrong
Wait and see, again!
Reply @ 88
How small the world is in everything McCann, I'm I right in thinking that Trafigura was where MASTER SPY\ child FINER ''Halligen''was involved and has now been extradited after 3 years to the USA for fraud?
The strange bed-fellows of these people make for even stranger reading. Whether it's Halligen or Mitchell.
Thanks you everyone
Anonymous Sunday, January 27, 2013 1:16:00 pm
@88 "the trial, which had been due to take place in January 2013, has been postponed at the request of the Claimants' lawyer, to allow the parties to explore whether a settlement may be reached which gives the Claimants sufficient vindication and protection in the future".
Yes! it could have been that .... some kind of psychological move to unsettle Amaral's team (by asking him for enough vindication and protection) but this would have been essentially to gain more time and inflict more pain and starvation on Amaral.
The McCanns no longer have a case. Does this nut honestly think the court would be favourable to the McCanns' after an Appeals Court and then a Supreme Court's veto? No way!
One must bear in mind this statement was issued by a Carter-Ruck lawyer on the eve of a cowardly and unhumane onslaught on Tony Bennett's freedoms, in order to justify and avoid cancelling the proceedings. We can only hope the conservative judge in charge will be able to see through the ploy. Fingers crossed.
I wonder why Goncalo Amaral didn't just say no to the McCanns.
If he had done so, the libel trial would have gone ahead, the McCanns would probably have lost and Goncalo Amaral would have been awarded personal compensation and also had his legal fees paid AND there would have been a restoration of his assets and ability to earn a living. Maybe also a reconciliation with his wife, who knows?
Now, he has to see what the McCanns come up with and then wait 6 months even - unless I'm wrong here- he does not agree with their proposals. And even if he does agree, there will still be a 6 months wait until the freezing of his assets can be overturned.
Why has he chosen this route I wonder, when he must surely want his day in court with the McCanns?
The Curse of the McCanns' strikes again!
Many die and many more injured in a coach accident in Portugal today!
The British media may not have commented on recent court developments but their collective unconscious was certainly on the ball today. The BBC was quick to report on the disaster! They informed its listeners immediately! Many McCann supporters (the majority of the UK) may have felt somewhat vindicated as a result.
This phenomena, you will recall, has happened before in Algarve (tornado) and Madeira (torrential rain) timed under similar circumstances causing many victims and great devastation. We need not mention the individuals associated with this case that have died since (...)
The theory here is that a deeper level of consciousness The British Collective Unconscious interprets any development against the McCanns' as "acts of war" against its people. We must never forget the British are a vengeful and aggressive culture bent on World domination! You need only to look at their on-going history to see that.
By making concessions or even engaging with the McCanns', Portugal has opened its doors to EVIL! The sooner this business with the McCanns is dead and buried the better. I think.
For the scientific basis of this argument see here:
"A meta-analysis has shown that intention can affect a wide range of living organisms, including their healing. Moreover, studies have demonstrated that a group can significantly influence the eye or gross motor movements, breathing and brain rhythms of a different group. Although the effects were small in scale, ordinary people, who were trying remote influence for the first time, consistently produced them. The EDA studies succeeded 47% of the time and the studies in general had the intended effect 37% of the time, in contrast to an expected 5% chance success rate. Distance seemed irrelevant, with effects extending even into outer space, during a space mission."
http://www.collectivewisdominitiative.org/papers/kenny_science.htm#is
Moini S.
PS Just for the skeptics.
I have just "googled out" the town where the accident happened. In happened in the Beira Alta province of Portugal where I understand Goncalo Amaral was born. There, is the "signature" of the M-Field (M as in Mind).
May the blessings of GOD be with you all people. Protect you all from all Evil. Et amen!
' Once their true supporters realise they have been lied to, it is only a matter of time before those same supporters will question what else they have been lied to about...'
that particular train has left that particular station already
Miscalculation
Kate & Gerry created the PR monster that is 'Team McCann'
one wristband at a time
they are both intelligent peeps - having got 'carried away with it all' - is neither excuse nor reason
Kate's book was about Kate - emotional incontinence - albeit lucrative
We, the great unwashed, care not a flying fig about your romantic relationship with Gerry
We would however, quite like to know what happened in Luz to
MADELEINE - your daughter
You may decide to illucidate us from a posh roof top restaurant in London about this matter or from your back garden.
Either way - public credit for you has pretty much evaporated
Explain now - why you are giving in to Amaral - which bits of his
observations are true then?
THE McCANN ROTTWEILER
I am detecting a lot of anti-British press feelings here. These are understandable but may reflect poor judgment.
Dr. Martin Roberts on this count hits the nail in the head when he writes:
"The press, for their part, having experienced the nature of the McCann Rottweiler, are unlikely to repeat their error. Once bitten, twice shy. The newspapers have ever since been noticeably coy in their coverage of the pair and events surrounding them..."
DR. MARTIN ROBERTS ON MS. MARTELLO'S STATEMENT*
"There is currently some indication that the McCanns are seeking 'vindication' from Dr. Amaral.
Whether that might take the form of a million or so euros is unclear, but should the McCanns vs. Amaral proceed to trial, and the McCanns lose, then it will be the author who is vindicated. And what a can of worms that would open up!" (quote/unquote)
* Ms. Isabel Martello of Carter-Ruck is quoted as saying: "I understand that the trial, which had been due to take place in January 2013, has been postponed at the request of the Claimants' lawyer, to allow the parties to explore whether a settlement may be reached which gives the Claimants sufficient vindication and protection in the future".
http://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t6355-letter-25-jan-2013-to-carter-ruck-and-the-court-about-that-proposed-settlement-with-dr-amaral-is-this-now-an-abuse-of-process#139286
Hello #67. I am not Joana Morais (I wish!) but I may be able to help you on this.
I can confirm a certain Martin Smith (medium, ufologist and paedophile) has hanged himself in a Manchester prison.
This Smith however was not the same Martin Smith who (allegdly) saw someone resembling Dr. Gerry McCann carrying a child resembling Madeleine in the back streets of Praia da Luz around the time the child was found missing. It was another Martin Smith.
Incidentally, to date there is no reality-testable proof that Dr. G. McCann was indeed with his friends at the so-called "Tapas Bar" at that time even if he claims he was.
I hope this helps. The bill for my services has been e-mailed to you. £50 only. Thank you.
STOP PRESS! THIS COULD BE ALL ABOUT EXCHANGE RATES!
If you can believe that, that is! This is what Tony Bennett has added today to his previous comment (with some irony, admittedly):
"I have quoted from an AFFIDAVIT of Isabel Martorell***, NOT from a letter.
[The letter in Portugal was sent by Isabel Duarte on or about 8 January 2013].
What I have quoted from the Affidavit is verbatim and leaves nothing important out regarding the proposed settlement.
* It is ADMITTED by Carter-Ruck that the McCanns, via Isabel Duarte, wrote to Dr Amaral and to the Lisbon Civil Court, two weeks ahead of the final trial, asking for an adjournment
* It is CLAIMED by Carter-Ruck that this is to enable the parties to try to reach a settlement
* It is ASSERTED by Carter-Ruck that the McCanns seek a settlement which "gives the [McCanns] sufficent vindication and protection in the future".
No more than that.
EXCEPT THAT IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN whether or not, having themselves having sought an adjournment, the McCanns can now extract a settlement which gives the McCanns 'sufficient vindication and protection'.
The McCanns WERE asking for COMPLETE vindication, and 1,200,000 euros (I make that £1,010,760 at the current rate of exchange - see NOTE).
They have changed their position.
Thet are now merely seeking SUFFICIENT vindication.
I am not sure how they could be 'protected' from Dr Amaral's facts and his hypothesis, given that Amaral's book has been back on sale in Portugal for 2 years and 3 months, has been translated into nine European languages, is on sale in 32 countries, and is freely available in an English translation on the internet.
Unless, that is, Dr Amaral agrees that:
* his book be banned again
* his book be no longer sold in any of the 32 countries where it is now being sold, and
* he uses his best endeavours to remove all English translations of his book from the internet.
NOTE: Every time the value of the euro goes up against the pound by one-hundredth of a cent, the value of the McCanns' claim against Dr Amaral goes up by £120. Or down by £120 for every one-hundredth of a cent the euro falls against the pound.
The McCanns have done really well in the past few months because the euro has recovered from a low point of 77.82 euros to the pound to 84.23 euros to the pound.
If...
1. the case does go to trial, and
2. the McCanns win, and
3. the Court agrees that the McCanns are entitled to what they claim, viz. 1,200,000 euros damages, THEN the McCanns will have gained a handsome £76,920 during the past few months, due to the euro's recovery.
That could give the Find Madeleine Fund a much-needed boost." (quote/unquote)
http://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t6355p120-letter-25-jan-2013-to-carter-ruck-and-the-court-about-that-proposed-settlement-with-dr-amaral-is-this-now-an-abuse-of-process#139621
*** Dude (#88) - the name is Martorell! not Martello! :)
THE MCCANN ROTTWEILER BECOMES A CHIHUAHUA
"Yet now, just two weeks away from the beginning of the final trial of the action, as Snr Santos e Oliveira and Dr Amaral were completing their extensive preparations for that trial, it now seems clear that your clients are unwilling or unable to prosecute their claim and are suing for peace.
A claimant seeking to settle a case is most unusual - and I suggest, with respect, that the prospects for your clients achieving any of their goals in this very expensive litigation have as a result, without doubt, receded significantly.
The prospect of your clients succeeding in banning Dr Amaral's book must surely now be rated as negligible. As you know, in the Court Documents submitted in this action, I have pointed out that Dr Amaral's book has been:
* read by many in Portugal, with over 200,000 copies sold,
* has been translated into 9 European languages,
* is available to read in over 30 countries, and
* has been translated into English (albeit without the publisher's consent) and is available at several places on the internet (as you and your clients must be aware), and
* has been allowed by the top two courts in Portugal to go back on sale, consistent with Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The primary facts and arguments on which I rely for all my publications about the reported disappearance of Madeleine McCann are essentially derived from Dr Amaral's 220-page book, 'The Truth About A Lie'.
His conclusions (as set out above) can be freely read and discussed in many countries and in England. Your clients have been powerless to stop its widespread distribution, yet you are pursuing one individual, myself, for doing no more than what thousands of others are also doing, namely, repeating Dr Amaral's central three allegations.
Your clients have tried to sue him for libel, but have failed after 4 years of litigation to do so, and their prospects of succeeding look increasingly remote......." (Tony Bennett)
Full text at: http://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t6355-letter-25-jan-2013-to-carter-ruck-and-the-court-about-that-proposed-settlement-with-dr-amaral-is-this-now-an-abuse-of-process#139286
McCanns V Amaral...The Next Round
December 09, 2009 7:36 PM - Written by Martin Brunt
Kate and Gerry McCann will launch their libel action against former police chief Goncalo Amaral in Lisbon on Friday.
They want a permanent ban on his book The Truth of the Lie, in which he challenged their version of events the night their daughter Madeleine vanished in May, 2007.
And they want around a million pounds in damages, money they say will go to the Madeleine Fund to support the continuing search for her...
Joana, came across this on your site - got me wondering about Brunty, has he commented on the latest news, would anyone know?
guerra Sunday, January 27, 2013 8:41:00 pm
Those who have followed this circus from its inception will understand my being cautious about celebrating what appears to be good news. Yes, it could very well be that this latest manoeuvre by the McCanns is because they have reconciled with the fact that they have no case against Mr. Amaral and that it is in their best interest to end the process in order to mitigate their losses. If this is indeed what is happening, I wonder how the McCann’s representatives will approach these negotiations. Surely they must know that they have to at least compensate Mr. Amaral for the lengthy period of time that he was deprived of his assets which had been seized to assure the prospect of a future pay out to the couple. Will they test Mr. Amaral’s mettle, by substantially reducing the amount of damages they are seeking or is this a dangerous ploy? Perhaps their best approach is to make an initial conservative offer to compensate for the damages they have inflicted on the man. No doubt they will attempt to muffle by any means possible the details of any compensation awarded to Mr. Amaral. Or, maybe it’s not what we think; it could be that this is just a delay in the hope that in the future, circumstances will be more propitious to corrupting justice. We'll just have to wait and see.
I find it difficult to grasp the notion that this entire escapade has been sustained all these years because two ordinary English citizens, with the aid solely of their acquired wealth through a fraudulent fund, are able to control the worldwide English media, that the actions, to the McCann's benefit, of high profile people can somehow be explained as a need for these people to enhance their own image by associating themselves with a couple of self created celebrities. It just doesn't make sense.
When I read the following:
"In summer 2008 they deliberately misrepresented the Portuguese archiving summary which had confirmed the Seven's refusal to co-operate with the inquiry and the McCanns' failure to 'demonstrate their innocence'."
I think to myself: in a case of this renown is it possible that no journalist personally verified the archiving summary? Did they just accept the McCann's representation; a representation of a case given by a couple who were the official suspects in that very case? Is it that simple, you pay off the editors and the journalists have no say or is it just plain ignorance?
And what explains the immediate unprecedented interest by the British government in the disappearance of a toddler overseas, the opportunity to gain political brownie points? Why were the warnings by England's ambassadors to Portugal regarding the veracity of the McCann's version of events not heeded? Were politicians just hedging their bets? Not even the McCanns being declared suspects in the disappearance of their child stopped politicians from facilitating and joining the parent’s pilgrimage to the European parliament, and as a result giving more credibility to their endeavours to deceive the public. Is it because the media did such a good job of convincing British politicians how innocent the McCanns were and how inept the PJ were or was it just that these politicians had hoped that some of the celebrity status of the couple would rub off on them? And how do you explain that the date that Mr. Rebelo was given to come to England to witness the questioning of the McCann’s comrades, is the very date that the McCanns leave England for Brussels? Is this just another of many coincidences?
Mrs. McCann had the audacity to address a letter to Mr. Cameron, in the Sun newspaper, asking for the case to be reviewed. And who would have guessed that Mr. Cameron, on the eve of Mrs. McCann's book release, would publicly consent to Mrs. McCann’s wishes? We later found out that Mr. Cameron did not do this on his own initiative, but that he succumbed to the "persuasion", (something I predicted had happened) of one of Mr. Murdoch's favourites, Mrs. Brooks. Was Mrs. Brooks paid for her services? What was her motivation? Had Mr. Cameron been “persuaded” to call Mrs. McCann's bluff or had he been persuaded to knowingly or unknowingly promote the book and further polish their image?
And then you have the man leading the Scotland Yard review doing public relations exercises for the McCanns, making numerous talk show appearances and starring in a documentary; has anyone seen anything like it anywhere? What was that all about? Was he being paid by the couple or is this just another person seeking the limelight, perhaps an acting career?
Why would Mr. Leveson refer to the PJ case files as fluff? Was this is true opinion of the content of the files after reading them or was this just another example of someone trying to be popular?
I see that some are now theorising that Mrs. McCann's book was written with the main objective of generating funds to compensate Mr. Amaral. That's strange, from all accounts, (I have never read the book myself), the book is filled with vitriol toward the man, and some say that he among others is libeled. Was this just rash behaviour on the part of Mrs. McCann or was she confident that no lawyer in England would take up any case against her?
As you can see there are so many questions to be answered.
Anonymous Sunday, January 27, 2013 11:42:00 pm
Joana/62 - thanks for drawing attention blacksmith bureau - they just don't get it, brillliant stuff, says it all i suppose
Anonymous Monday, January 28, 2013 12:41:00 am
@105 There are 3 other defendant parties besides Gonçalo Amaral.
Anonymous Monday, January 28, 2013 1:07:00 am
NHS doctors Kate and Gerry McCann: 81 Lies and counting
By Estelle on the 3 arguidos
"81 LIES"
They lied about the checks (every hour then when that wasn’t received well changed it to every half hour)
They lied that they were performing the checks themselves (then it became known other men in the group were also checking on the McCann kids)
They lied even after that in the TV interview when Kate says she discovered Madeleine gone ‘on one of my checks’ – it was the only check she made that night.
They lied about the distance from the apartment to the Tapas bar
They lied that you can see the apartment from the Tapas Bar
They lied about whether they actually saw Madeleine with their own eyes or just listened at the door (as did their friends)
They lied about who checked and when (changing their stories)
They lied about who remained at the table all evening and who was absent
They lied that leaving 3 children all under four years old alone at night ‘at the time was not irresponsible’
Their friends lied about seeing Murat there that night (as incoming and outgoing phone records placed him consistently at home)
They lied about Bundleman.
Tanner lied about when she gave Bundlemans details to the Police (changing the date)
Tanner lied about the description of Bundleman (changing the height and appearance) Wilkins & Gerry or Tanner lied about that check when they were all in the same place but never saw each other.
They lied that the door was locked and changed it to unlocked when it was not well received.
They lied that the door was closed, then it was open because of ‘danger of fire’
They lied about the shutters being jemmied or forced
They lied to friends, family and media when the called them that night telling them of an abductor who had broken into their apartment
Gerry lied when he said there was no way Madeleine could have gotten out of bed and then said she must have wandered off.
Gerry later lied in his blog saying the twins must like their new cots because they were asleep by 7:30pm which was very unusual, and yet the twins were asleep by 7:30 on the night of May 3rd allegedly.
They lied to friends, family and media in phone calls that night saying the Police had not shown up when they were already there.
Kate lied to Mrs Fenn saying the Police had been called.
They lied saying they had called the Police when it was in fact Mark Warner
They lied when they said it felt so safe and then said they knew they were being watched.
They lied to family, friends and media on the phone that night when they said nobody was doing anything when in fact locals, holidaymakers and staff were all helping search.
They lied when they said they were all searching when Kate and Gerry were hitting phones until midnight
Tanner claims she knew nothing of the disappearance until another friend knocked on her door.
Gerry lied when he asked for a priest claiming not to know where the church was.
They lied as to what time the Police arrived
They lied that Cuddlecat was Madeleine’s favourite toy and then that it was a present to be given to her on her fourth birthday.
They lied saying they would cooperate fully with the investigation
They lied saying they would not do anything to hinder the investigation
They lied that the fund was going to be a charity.
They lied that the fund would help other missing children and families of.
They lied when they said they didn’t know Murat.
They lied when they said they would stay in Portugal until their daughter was found.
They lied when they said they were going to learn Portuguese.
They lied that it could not possibly be Madeleine’s blood in the trunk of their hire car....
They lied about the crime scene, about how many people came into the crime scene, walked around and contaminated it, again making investigation much harder and destroying much evidence according to detectives.
Gerry lied about the existence of the tennis bag.
They lied about going to sue media companies.
They lied about the film deal.
They lied about sacking Justine McGuinness and her subsequent departure.
They lied about returning to Portugal for questioning voluntarily and now will only do if their Arguido status is lifted. They have also appointed General Pinochets extradition-fighting lawyers.
Gerry lied about his faith. They lied to the local catholic priest (who now claims he was deceived by the McCanns) and then deserted him for the Anglican reverend instead and never, ever took confession apparently.
They said a lie detector test would clear them and now refuse to take one.
They lied for months saying they were not suspects in the disappearance of their daughter and were then both made formal Arguido / suspects under Portuguese law.
They lied about the possibility of sedation and then claimed ridiculously that perhaps the Abductor had sedated all 3 of their children before making off with Madeleine.
Gerry lied about Kate’s ability to cope with three children on her own when her own Parents and her own diary say different.
They lied about the amount of alcohol consumed that night. In another lie about cooperating they refused to provide their mobile phone records to the pj. Kate explaining away the scent of death of cuddlecat because she took the child's 4th birthday present cuddly toy to work and exposed it to contact with 6 dead people.
They lied how everything had been so normal up till May 3rd when it is now known that Mark Warner staff had received complaints from other holidaymakers because of their home alone children crying and seeming in distress. This also brought Mark Warner staff looking for the McCanns on the night of the 2nd and insisting they attend to their distressed children.
They lied about 90 minute tennis lesson with several versions of the story being put out by official sources within the McCann Camp They and at least one friend lied about Madeleine’s last meal on May 3rd.
They lied about the abductor entering through the window and then changed it to the patio doors.
Matthew Oldfield lied about his check on the McCann children changing his story not once but twice. Kate lied about physically searching for her daughter but then admits to not have done so in a tv interview.
McCanns claim they were the first to arrive to tapas on May 3rd, Rachel Oldfield claims they were the last to arrive.
Despite being in Rome and Madrid and claiming to be spending the rest of the week quietly at home in PDL with the twins, the hire car in it’s first week clocked up over 500 miles.
Gerry lied about his checks on the children in the apartment, at first having claimed to have entered several rooms later then claiming the abductor must have hiding in the apartment while he was there.
Gerry and O Brien have lied about their locations when holding a mobile phone call together on June 10th as verified by phone records and pinpointing.
Jane Tanner has changed her statements, arrival time at tapas, direction of travel, checking times for night of May 3rd.
Najova Chekaya who joined the tapas 9 at the table at 9:30 states nobody left the table until Kate went to check putting Oldfields, O Briens, Tanners and Gerry McCann's statements into question"
Now add the last 5 years of lies.
«After nearly five years from Maddie's disappearance, do you believe the case will be reopened? Do you still defend the reconstruction?
It is very difficult for the case to be reopened in the near future, it's all a matter of political will. However the decision of the civil process, may play a role in creating that political will. In the case of a reopening of the investigation, the reconstruction will always be one of the first steps to be taken, there is no doubt about that.
Does the couple have feelings for vengeance against you?
I don't know if they nurture feelings of vengeance on me, everything points that way. They prey on me to silence uncomfortable voices.
The dispute that opposes them against you will end when? Is it a high price to pay because you didn't found their daughter or because you have said that probably they were the negligent ones?
They were negligent, you need only read the archival dispatch made by the Public Ministry and recall the facts. I have nothing to pay to the McCann couple, but they do, they should have already acknowledged publicly the commitment and efforts of the Portuguese investigators in their search for their daughter, often leaving behind their own families and children. They are rich and still ungrateful.
Where have you gone to get the strength to continue life?
To my daughters and to the values that I defend, among them, it is always worthwhile reiterating, justice and truth.
Do you have feelings of revenge at those who destroyed your life, like the McCanns?
I do not have feelings of revenge because I understand the couple is doing a “headlong rush”, for example, if the process where Madeleine's disappearance was investigated had not been prematurely archived, the reality would be different. However, the moment will come when the damages caused to my family and to myself will have to be accounted for and reimbursed, there is no doubt about that.
Gonçalo, you have lost everything you had. How have you survived?
I have survived with my retirement pension, or rather, with part of it, even because the company that I created after my retirement from the Judiciary Police has been ruined by the McCann couple. I do have projects for my life that do not depend on that couple, but since I know they do seek to destroy me I will not reveal them here.
Who was and who is now Gonçalo Amaral? Do you continue to fight for what you believe?
I am a Portuguese man like any other, with flaws and virtues, I have always placed my family above all, despite having constituted family twice. I live for my daughters and for the happiness of those who are near me, it is enough to know that the other is happy for me too be also happy. I defend the values that life has instilled in me, and yes, I am stubborn in defending those values. A democracy only makes sense if there is justice and truth, if a man has value beyond the State, there are not neither should there be reasons of State which place in question those principles.»
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2012/02/goncalo-amaral-maddie-case-leads-to.html
Psicón Monday, January 28, 2013 11:27:00 am
@Batata The last MET/PJ Porto meeting was not routine. And there are other signs all of you including Joana must see. The case will be solved very soon. Yuka.
Anonymous Monday, January 28, 2013 12:04:00 pm
I did not enjoy reading the comment trying somehow to connect the terrible accident of the bus in Portugal and the Mccann case, some lunatic sense about a curse and so on. It's complete madness and disrespectful to the victims and their families, because, as far as we know none of them had any connection whatsoever with the McCanns! Someone immediately grabbed the chance to say it happened in Gonçalo Amaral's native district, reinforcing the notion of doom... as a matter of fact, it happened in Sertã, BEIRA-BAIXA, not BEIRA-ALTA, the province where G. Amaral's family comes from.
Some mental sanity urgently needed, PLEASE!
#101, Isar,
between Alex Woofall (Bell Pottinger, on behalf of Mark Warner, and who, by the way, statted to the media he never heard the McCanns mention any suggestion of abduction...) and Clarence Mitchell there was Justine McGuinness.
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2009/03/madeleine-mccann-fund-pr-justine.html
Reference has been made to the British psyche. The Bull-dog breed? Is that how we are seen elsewhere, pushy the end justifies the means. Perhaps, I don't know since it's a rather introspective study of oneself.
But there is some explanation of the public & media response to all things McCann and a certain strange parallel and void that the McCanns filled, or at least the angelic picture of MADELEINE.
And that is Princes Diana. The Express in particular had some sort of obsession that she should be on the front page, both in life and in death day after day. They all but dug her up, just to see what dress she was buried in.
Obsession! but obsession with what (British doggy lovers) THE GREAT UNDER DOG! (those perceived as being less fortunate, than oneself)
See the parallels between Di & TM
McCann come for working class (another great British) obsession CLASS but they made good, university educated and doctors - at senior level
And there you have the classic British drama. Rags to riches.
Whether Leveson, the pussy-footing Cameron\Brooks\May saga or Blair or Brown, the common factor being Brooks & Murdoch. Media control, who is the master, who is the puppet?
And like what shall call another classic British phenomena TITANIC, who will go down with this ship?
Anonymous Monday, January 28, 2013 1:08:00 pm
Where are the McClaimants and Claimants Mitchell?
No news?
Still nothing in the UK press..interesting!
Joana, or anyone else who knows, if the 4 defendants refuse to accept settlement with the McCanns, do they have to wait for 6 months for the Libel Trial? Or is the 6 months the maximum time the judge has allowed for them to try and reach a settlement?
Sorry for so many questions, just trying to understand this strange situation.
SLR FUND APPLICATIONS
Guerra: "I see that some are now theorising that Mrs. McCann's book was written with the main objective of generating funds to compensate Mr. Amaral."
Hi Guerra! Good to hear from you! Excellent analysis, as usual! :) I was the one who come up with that theory....
Yes, I believe the idea to write the book arrives around the time the McCanns' loose in the Appeals' Court and we hear one of their expensive lawyers (Duarte) admitting that it would be difficult to have the decision reversed. She was right, of course.
She did cash in some more with the proceedings' fees but, that was that.
At the same time, we heard Amaral (himself a lawyer) stating that the McCanns' were bound to loose their libel case because the arguments and legal context were the same; semi-colon.
"Mickey Mouse" Mitchell on the other hand boasted: "their case was very much on course!" which was true, but so was the "Costa Concordia"...
You will remember the "rationale" given by Kate McCann to write the book was her daughter's SLR FUND (Search, Litigation and Reputation-management) was nearly depleted.
So, given the timing of events my hunch feeling then, was:
Hers, is a decision designed to cover for the possibility (certainty in fact) that with this set-back there would be massive costs and counter-compensation claims ahead (from Amaral and his publishers).
Now, I suspect the McCanns' negotiations will be aimed at insuring that all expenses will be covered by the "SLR" Fund without them having to sell their house or ask "uncle Kennedy" for another blank cheque. Of course this is all speculation but, when the time comes for the McCanns' to pay, ask yourself this:
With which money have they managed to do so? the "SLR" Fund of course!
In my perception, writing a book further damaged their chances of any vindication against Amaral in court. Why? Because she is accusing Amaral of writing a book that defames her and then proceeds to do exactly the same or worst! True to say, writing a book had the advantage of allowing her to have the first word on their own turf (UK) ahead of their nemesis.
Now, did they think Portuguese judges were corrupt? Yes and no! That's when she saw they were not as stupid as she thought, that she decides she better start providing for the massive pay-outs ahead!
Now, the more they delay Pay-Day the better for them - not just in terms of exchange rates (in case a miracle happens) but of RM or PR.
The payout will be undisclosed (you bet) and Amaral must promise not to comment further on the case (I doubt). The case has now entered the phase of damage contention or "reputation management".
In any case, the McCanns' will probably be looking at the chess board and think this is a draw.
(1-1) Amaral had them in a police station and made them suspects. The McCanns had him in court, found him "provisory guilty" (an anomaly on Portuguese Law) and had him gagged (at least for a while).
(2-2) Amaral wrote a best-seller about them. They wrote a best-seller about "him".
(2-3) They made Amaral homeless and attempted to destroy his reputation (via Marcos Aragão-Correia with a little help from his godfather Marinho Pinto)!
(3-3) The problem now, as the song goes, is: "The winner takes it all..."
In terms of reputation management it has been quite a success for the McCanns! A very expensive operation admitedly but then, who pays for it? You? Me? Of course not! The SLR Fund does!
# 121/122 THEY LIED!
Clarence Mitchell will not appreciate your use of the tense. He calls it reputation management!
We must never forget that the prestigious spokesperson was the one most close to Tony Blair's assertion that "Iraq had weapons of mass destruction" we, therefore, must respect his wit...
... And his responsibility for the deaths of countless innocent lives and the on-going chaos in Iraq (and Middle-East)if it were not for his "reputation management".
PS This was an excellent summary by the way. I am keeping a copy of it for future reference, if I may. Thank you. Muito obrigado!
No twitter não estão a conseguir ver o Blog........... em UK. Eu vejo!
Bj.º
Anon 112
After reading that, it is very difficult to imagine that Dr Amaral would ever give in to the demands of the McCanns.
The McCanns may be trying to buy time and silence, but are ultimately wasting their time as more books based on the truth of the OFFICIAL investigation will continue to come out, and will alert people to beware giving money to the McCanns.
Much as they would like to, the McCanns cannot silence the world.
Fortunatelly the settlement will only depend on Amaral and his companions, not on the McClaimants.
It will be a question of choosing between Yes or No.
gerry is a scott and those people are mingy. I don't see him prepared to pay much.
I suspect the parents want to delay this process as much as possible for an unknown reason.
But if they refuse to pay the amount their victims ask for, the victims can ask for the trial.
And it can happen within a short time.
I like this idea of the SLR Fund, but if you follow the excellent FUND.LTD analysis on the Mccanfile site, you will notice the book was written and very much needed to keep the FUND.LTD alive in order to carry out SLR activities! oh and awareness and searching.
Just to avoid confusion when writer above said uncle Kennedy you of course mean ''Everest' since there is also an Uncle both Brain Kennedy. Although we don't hear so much about Uncle (Everest) Kennedy following the non-did\we didn't we fall out over the Halligen PI! expenditure for which Kennedy (Everest) was topping up.
On the issue of money, the current published audit for 2011\12 didn't show a particularly healthy balance £500k at it's level of expenditure. But it does seem to have a mysterious 'feed' account, quasi restricted \ unrestricted ... whatever that means. But to the crunch, books close again for 2012\13 for tax purposes at the end of March, just weeks away. And it's the balance NOW not a year ago, for that we have no idea. And you can imagine that the McCanns just like AM did take measures to protect assets, so other family members don't suffer.
It's balls in the air, AGAIN.
I don't care a toss about the money, it's been thrown around like confetti. It's another side of the British public THROW MONEY AT IT - as a measure of OUR CARING. Except the public should know by know THESE FUNDS never bring good, they divide families and communities, time and time again.
April Jones missing since October brings another measure of VALUE to a child's life and measure of support for the family £diddlysquat! - last count I knew of before Christmas about £50k and it's a REGISTERED CHARITY.
Is there any possible way to determine whether a D-Notice has been issued to mute the British Press from reporting this?
I can think of no other reason that they would cover the McCann's libel case in such detail up to this point and to now refuse to publish the out of court settlement request. All the major news outlets in the UK have been notified, yet not one word has been written regarding this significant development.
I too am beginning to wonder at the motive behind this approach to Mr Amaral's lawyer. Some sort of "ploy" I feel. Mr Amaral and his team need to proceed with care and shouldn't trust anyone.
I am wondering if the real reason the McCanns want Dr Amaral silenced is because he made mentioned in his book of the Gaspar statements, and the obvious suggestion of a paedophile connection WITHIN THEIR OWN GROUP OF FRIENDS to the disappearance of Madeleine.
Dare they even allow it to be mentioned in Court?
If this is the case, they are between a rock and a hard place, either carry on suing Dr Amaral and risk it being mentioned in Court, or sit back and let his book be published in the UK and people finding out anyway and drawing their own conclusions.
Maybe they think it would be better to try and contain it in Portugal, and hope it will not come out in a trial.
No way would they ever want that can of worms opened by the UK media.
Scots are NOT mingy! I am a Scot and resent that remark. Most Scots are friendly, generous people. Don't let two people cloud your judgement of the entire country.
Joana Morais Monday, January 28, 2013 5:53:00 pm
115 No one in the UK divulged the news about McCanns loosing at the Appeals Court of Lisbon in 2010, nor at the Supreme Court in 2011, nor that they delayed the delivery of the books to their rightful owners till April, 26 2012, one day after the second McCannorama farce was broadcast. So far, and more than a week has gone by since it was first published in the Portuguese media, no media in the UK has published that the McCann couple asked the four defendants for an extrajudicial meeting to settle matters out of court. Not even a mere distorted press release in sight.
129 The latter, but I'll try to get a more complete and informed (based in law) answer for you.
Joana, @140,
I believe the British media are gagged by Carter Ruck.
I also believe they would love to publish about the settlement.
Its not about the money it about how shit scared they are that Mr Amaral will bring things up that he knows about the case and them that is not in the public domain at the moment.
@128,must be a treble d notice on this case now;-)but dont worry we have the internet and portugal to let us know whats happening
Nige Monday, January 28, 2013 8:32:00 pm
Hi Jo #140. The first defeat for the McCanns at the Appeals Court in Lisbon, in 2010, was covered by a number of media outlets i.e. Guardian, Sky News, Sunday Express, Daily Star, Sun. The second defeat at the Supreme Court was reported but only by the Sunday Express (included an interview with Sofia). But since then, you're right, not a sausage. Not even a chipolata.
Joana thanks for all your hard work over this case
just a thought is it possible to "break" this news by adding to the madeleine mccann wikepedia page
Joana Morais Monday, January 28, 2013 10:03:00 pm
I stand corrected, thank you Nige :) Mr. Mitchell must be busy grilling cervelats in Davos.
lynn Monday, January 28, 2013 10:10:00 pm
When I read D Notice,my mind took me right back to when a previous PM ,put one on Operation Ore,which managed to "cover up" one of his aides involvement ,and conviction re, paedophilia?????so I wouldn,t put it past the current person in his position to do the same!!!as his past "connections" with RB might be best kept under wraps!!!OMG ,what a mess!!!What is REALLY REALLY wrong is ,once again money and power dictating who gets convicted of a crime,and who doesn,t!!All IMO of course Joana,but ,once CM resigned from his" very nice thank you" job,to become "spokesperson"for the MaCaans,you really have to say WHY when Madeleine could have been "returned" the very next day.Someone whith mega mega bucks has one hellava "secret to hide for him to take this debacle on.
Joana, my compliments for the fact you did not ask Nige to back what he wrote above. If he can prove it.
In some other blogs he would have gotten in trouble, even if he was doing his best to inform that.
#123 Psicon. Hi there friend! I suspect you may in the grips of a "cognitive dissonance" crisis, but that is besides.
The last MET/PJ Porto meeting was not routine? Because SY said so, or because you say so?
What kind of meeting was it then? Final? Well, it could well have been but no one, so far, has passed wind on that. Just you.
There are other signs we must see?
You mean "other signs" as in Astrology, or "other signs" as in Semiotics?
I have just read a comment some smart alleck posted at: #130 ("SLR Fund Applications"). What this layman wrote made sense to a doctor but, let me know what YOU think.
As for your enigmatic assertion that "the case will be solved very soon" I can only smile and agree with you but... to be honest... I am starting to feel impatient for you already said that a few days ago... has your source (if any) told you "how soon"?
A week or two? Six or nine months?
Is there any chance you could be more specific without blowing your source (if any)?
Anyway, while you/we are waiting, let us have a look at the "critical circumstantial evidence" Scotland Yard refuses to look at or eliminate; which is understandable, since what they are doing is not police work but "reputation management" and that may be one reason the PJ is not taking them seriously. Who does?
Even Lord Harris (London's first chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority) has been quoted as saying that "the decision to review Madeleine McCann's disappearance in Portugal was an example of political interference." (quoted at #11 above)
Anyway, here is a video of the "critical circunstantial evidence" the Yardies are desperately trying to bury. Have a look (link provided) and tell us what you make of it as an insider:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lrrMoUr3OA
U. Batata (Dr.)
Yes, Kate aged a lot. Who wouldn't?
Nobody can live with such an enorm feeling of guilt. It must be terrifying. Besides she had the unhappy idea of pressuring the British government to find Madeleine.
Somewhere I read that that attitude could point to an endurend psychose, it seems no one can convince her to shut up.
She is out of balance, imo. And as far I believe, she could be paranoic.That is my opinion.
Gerry must know much more than others know and it is his responsibility to save the twins, before a new disaster could happen.
Responsibility? Certainly not.
An unexistant notion at the McCanns home.
Where are Tapas 7 gone and why aren't they openly supporting the McCanns?
Seven witnesses to their innocence and not a word?
Hi Meadow! (#135)
Good evening! I wrote the byte about the SLR Fund. In answer to your comment: "the book was written and very much needed to keep the FUND.LTD alive in order to carry out SLR activities!"...
I have to agree - as long as we understand S stands for Search, L for Litigation and R for Reputation management. Litigation includes of course legal fees and compensation "pay outs". This will probably be their first pay-out and a truly memorable one at that. Fingers crossed.
My take on the fund comes from the only through and intelligent study I have read about it.
Funny you should refer to the very competent Enyd O'Dowd in reference to the SLR Fund. That is where I got the idea from and I quote:
"The auditors passed the questions to Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns official spokesman. I exchanged emails with him and finally received the following email:
I have now been authorised to issue the following brief statement from Madeleine's Fund in response to your approach:
............... mumbo-jumbo...................................
I appreciate that this does not directly address your specific questions but this is all that the Fund wishes, or needs, to state at present. I hope it is helpful nonetheless.
Clarence (Mitchell)
So I am none the wiser, but more puzzled as to why the official spokesman is not facilitating what his clients claim they want – the ‘highest standards of transparency.'(Enyd O'Dowd)
For someone like me who studied Semiotics and Critical Discourse Analysis at university level I cannot help but to laugh at "Mickey Mouse" Mitchell's reply to Enyd.
Meadow, I was referring to the Kennedy with "da" money - obviously. See here:
My own view of the British is that (many) are indeed very caring. You must not pay attention to the odd anti-British rant in here. By the same token you must not pay attention to Tony Parsons xenophobic rants about the Portuguese on his quality paper (cough) "Daily Mirror". It's all round reputation management.
Yes, there are many children out there missing which is quite a tragedy particularly if you happen to be the mother of them (or indeed the father) which again begs the question:
Why have the McCanns' been chosen (as it were) by the British establishment as some kind of ideological export?
What's next? An OBE to the victims of the Portuguese justice system? A knighthood?
BTW see if you recognize the face of a royal in the Fund's picture (McCannFiles link above).
Be well Meadow
Bye now.
# Where'r your Tapas gone?#
(#Tapas gone?#)
# Far, far away #
#chirpy chirpy cheep cheep#
Anonymous Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:14:00 am
They do still support the Mccanns and a couple have done fund raisers for missing people charities. I'm sure they want to be able to live the rest of their lives without having other people's foolish opinions rammed down their throats at every turn so they do what they do quietly.
Amaral cannot succumb to any McCann deals or else he'd be labelled a hypocrite. Amaral only a few days ago quoted the philosopher Paulo Freire (as stated above in Joana Morais' article):
“If our option is progressive, if we are in favour of life and not death, of equity and not injustice, of correctness and not of fatalism, of the coexistence with the other and not of its denial, we do not have another path but live fully with our choice.”
If he is to adhere to this philosophy then Amaral must fight on. He cannot compromise justice for self gain. He cannot even settle for an apology from the McCann's in exchange for his silence. This will only massage his ego and again justice is not served. He is danger of being labelled a narcissist as well as a hypocrite if he does not fight on.
I know this sounds harsh as Amaral is financially destitute and in a position where financial settlement is tempting. However, if he doesn't fight on it will plague his mind for the rest of his life.
Joana Morais Tuesday, January 29, 2013 1:48:00 am
@156 try harder.
What is an extrajudicial settlement (in Portuguese law)?
An extrajudicial settlement is an agreement in which the parties agree on compensation for lost profits, or for damages, within the framework of civil liability, outside the Court. It is made by the representatives of the parties and must be ratified to have juridical value.
All the bellow answers may vary according to what was specified and requested by the parties and to what was ratified, at the time, by the judge in charge of this process.
If the four defendants refuse to accept settlement with the McCanns, do they have to wait for six months for the Libel Trial?
No, if the four defendants and claimant fail to reach an agreement the case will return to the status of civil action and the decision of when to start the proceedings will be made by the judge.
Or is the 6 months the maximum time the judge has allowed for them to try and reach a settlement?
The six months period is the maximum (in this specific case depends on what was established/see above note); however it can be extended if all parties agree on said extension and if the judge also agrees to that.
Can the McCanns on failure to get the settlement THEY want totally walk away and back out of the case, or can the Judge now order it to continue?
See above for the second question and,
Article 116º of the CP states, in case the claimant “renounces” or “withdrawals” the complaint:
1 - The right of complaining cannot be exercised if the holder (claimants/complainants/plaintiffs) has expressly renounced to it or where if it has practiced acts from where that renunciation can be inferred.
2 - The complainant may withdraw the complaint, as long as there is no opposition from the defendant, until the publication of the 1st instance court ruling. The withdrawal prevents
the complaint to be renewed.
3 - The withdrawal of the complaint concerning one of the co-defendants of the crime [fill with McCann allegations] benefits the remainder, if there is no objection from these, in cases where
they cannot as well be persecuted.
According to the law there is pecuniary liability in certain instances, [Article 515º of the CPC and 83º of the CJC] ex. If the complainant ends the process by forfeiting or by unjustifiably refraining from making the accusation; or if it is defeated in the process that was requested by him/her [in this case the couple]. There are also other punishments regarding the legitimacy of the complaint, ie, if the complaint is manifestly not justified or clearly without foundation.
Further note:
In civil law the right to complaint is of up to three years after the knowledge of the practice of the fact, not of the occurrence/fact itself. A complaint under criminal law has a deadline of six months after the knowledge of the fact [Article 115º CP].
Anonymous Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:07:00 am
Reply to @ 156, regarding the T7
RIP Madeleine
''so they do what they do quietly.''
That sort of lingers doesn't it. Shall we add JW to that one as well.
If Amaral acccepts the settlements, it should be also under the condition of publicising the whole story on all of the British news papers and TV channels(I mean the McCanns'request), giving up the trial and Amaral's victory.
Otherwise he should not accept it.
Thank you for finding that information for me Joana.
I really hope Mr Amaral and co defendants refuse the McCanns advances, i really can't think of anything they could offer that any of them would accept.
I can only think they want everyone gagged and i do not believe Mr Amaral would concede that after fighting for his freedom of speech all this time., and all it has cost him.
@meadow
I don't recognise the Royal. But either way it doesn't matter. They are all corrupt/corrupted by who they associate/associated with.
The reason the McCanns are supported is the people surrounding them.
The reason the McCanns don't want the libel trial to go ahead is because certain facts will be exposed in Court that will be reported by Portuguese Press As has already been said. In turn it will hit the Internet and all the world will know. The McCanns have tried to find out what is in the files that have been withheld from them. They can have it but only in a Court of Law.
There is no problem with funding per se. There never has been. The Fund started to help the search for Madeleine but it has now morphed into "aiding the family". There is no need for them to sell anything, not even their house. The costs involved in "the cover up" are paid for by those "in the cover up".
As will any compensation/legal fees etc. that accrue.
McCann's press release in May, 16 2009 - H w many lies can you spot?
McCanns To Sue Portuguese Cop Over 'Slurs' Sky News
The parents of Madeleine McCann are to sue former Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral for defamation.
Kate and Gerry McCann are to take action over comments made by the man who previously led the botched inquiry into Madeleine's disappearance.
In a statement, they said: "We - together with our three children Madeleine, Sean and Amelie - are taking this legal action against Goncalo Amaral over his entirely unfounded and grossly defamatory claims - made in all types of media, both within Portugal and beyond - that Madeleine is not only dead, but that we, her parents, were somehow involved in concealing her body."
The couple, from Rothley, Leicestershire, said they are taking action because his claims that Madeleine is dead are hampering the search for their daughter.
They want a gagging order to prevent further publication of Mr Amaral's "deeply offensive" book The Truth of the Lie.
The McCanns also want to block broadcast of his TV documentary and publication of his "disgraceful thesis" that they were involved in their daughter's disappearance.
The statement continued: "The primary reason for our legal action is simple: to stop any negative effect that these absurd and deeply hurtful claims may be having on the ongoing search for Madeleine.
"We can no longer stand back and watch as Mr Amaral tries to convince the entire world that Madeleine is dead.
"Nor can we allow this blatant injustice to Madeleine, with its obvious risk of hindering our attempts to find her, to continue.
"Mr Amaral's entirely unjustified claims have not only brought indescribable devastation and suffering to our lives, they have hugely compounded the already immense pain and anxiety we have endured since Madeleine's abduction."
Mr Amaral was in charge when Kate and Gerry McCann were made arguidos, or official suspects.
He was later removed from the case after speaking out against UK officers and he then retired.
Madeleine disappeared two years ago in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while her parents dined in a nearby tapas bar.
The couple recently marked the second anniversary with a PR offensive incorporating renewed appeals for information into Madeleine's disappearance.
I think that there can be two aspects in this requesting.
If Amaral choses to take them to court and they lose again, the media in the UK can use their lost by saying that Portugal is still a fascist country, that (former)police agents are protected by the judges, that the parents were victims of corrupt authorities, etc etc.
If he accepts the settlement and demands the truth to be publicised in the UK -the McCanns are the claimants- perhaps it could be better in order to open British eyes and to prove Amaral is correct in his allegations.
What is the best way to let the McCanns lose?
Anonymous Tuesday, January 29, 2013 1:44:00 pm
I agree with 160. Mr. Amaral should insist as part of the settlement that the McCanns go to the UK press and admit they asked for a settlement because they knew they could not win the case.
However...Mr. Amaral has been financially destroyed by this harassment by the McCanns so only he can decide how much more he can take both financially and mentally.
Buy I think the McCanns reign of terror is coming to an end. They will go to jail.
The photo line up for the TM's FUNDltd is Mike Tindall, I'm not sure he was the Royal squeeze then, but now of course married to Tara Philips, the queens grand daughter. You'll not see him step out of line now.
The bandwagon rolled on in 2007 with many jumping on. Are they still on board, or will they go down with the Titanic !
Like those that surrounded this case, all remain silent. One might say united we stand (quiet) divided we fall (dare to speak)
@ Meadow at 162 "I don't recognise the Royal..."
I give you two cues:
(1) He is a rugby player
(2) and his married to the daughter of Princess Ann - sister of Prince Charles, father of the celebrity princes.
How "da L" does he get to be at the launching of The McCanns (S)LR Fund?
Was the dude there on Her Majesty's Service or on his own initiative?
See photo here (at the top of the article):
HAS THE MCCANNS' "ROTTWEILER" IN PORTUGAL SETTLED OUT OF COURT ALREADY?
I understand the McCanns have also sued for damages the journalist above (Hernani Carvalho) and Prof. Dr. Paulo Sargento who not long ago had an interesting exchange with the McCanns' "Rottweiler" on the "O Crime" newspaper.
What came of these processes. Has the McCanns' "Rottweiler" settled out of court with them already?
#155 "I'm sure they want to be able to live the rest of their lives without having other people's foolish opinions rammed down their throats."
My dear, the "Tapas" lied. All in general, Jane Tanner in particular. That much was made explicit in the final dispatch from the Public Prosecutor.
As long as the McCanns' go on with their global "reputation management" campaign, as long as they go on trying to silence experts (and other people with money) that speak out against them, they will be in the public domain. They will be criticized.
The only way out for them is to come clean which I don't think they will because, as one of them admitted (David Payne), they have made "a pact of silence".
"Pacts of silence" normally lead to "pacts of noise".
They should have stuck to the truth, nothing but the truth but instead they immediately set out to pervert the course of justice.
Pray for them the case does not re-open; because if it does, some will be arrested for perverting the course of Justice. Just an hunch.....
I agree absolutely. As I said in previous comment, the Fund is not looking healthy, not healthy enough to meet cost of legal actions, all legal fees, and most certainly not enough to cover any 'pay-outs' regarding libel. So who picks up tab?
Whoever it is paying for McCanns to run amok in a bid to silence some, - prevent the public knowing the truth, I would suggest has/have something they need kept hushed up too - and not necessarily directly relating to Madeleine vanishing without trace!
As to the Fund, in the beginning of course the public donated in the belief that this would help find Madeleine, but it was not too long before the Fund and those operating it, drove it down a different road with everyone involved, but Madeleine, benefiting from it!
The wealthy persons too who were prepared to back it, who genuinely wanted to help, who had felt sorry and were sympathetic for the McCanns soon wisened up and withdrew their assistance. Most understood it was better to keep a distance from the McCanns, and their Fund!
Those who haven't, I would say, are as much, up to their necks in this mess as the McC's themselves! When it is obvious things are not as the McCanns claimed - how could they not be? No right minded person would continue to back this fiasco!
And the latest that they are wanting to 'deal', no matter the reason - it proves they were not confident to go forward on the arranged date.
For a couple who have accused someone of what they have - as per the reminder kindly posted @163 - and taking into consideration also the length of time since they instigated this action against Goncalo Amaral - it has to be something 'pretty big' something which is of great concern to them for to now, not be 'ready to go' at the drop of a hat, to not be prepared for a case, which they started, had years to prepare for, and knew well in advance of the date of the Hearing.
Their reason can only be to benefit them in some way, as they certainly are not offering Goncalo Amaral any favours, McCanns don't do olive branches, and we all know Madeleine is never in the equation, any deals are to save the necks of the duo, and those who also have an interest in matters being hushed up. All of those with something to lose!
Obviously I do not know Goncalo Amaral, but what I have come to know of him through this case, I would bet that he will never be ready to deal with McCanns if it means that any matter in relation to their guilt at whatever level is to be buried forever, if it means that Madeleine whatever happened to this child has to be buried too!
That said the McCanns do owe this man - big time. I do hope that there is a way that this can happen, without involving a deal which aids the McCanns to continue in the quite despicable way in which they have been thus far. A way that is best for Goncalo Amaral, one that he is comfortable with.
This libel action is not as straightforward as most. Not simply a case of 'he said/she said.' Right let's agree an amount the one having told nasties, coughs up!
It has another crucial element, at the heart of it there is a little girl who vanished after her parents abandoned her, to go out for dinner. A little girl who should have been cared for, and allowed a life, her childhood with her siblings but due to the reckless actions of her parents - this was cruelly taken from her.
It is not as simple as- 'he said this,or that', so now must pay for it, so much more to it than that.
For one of the parties, it is the truth of what became of Madeleine that is of greatest importance, that it be allowed to be made known.
For the other- It is about preventing that truth being made known.
Interesting from the quote above:
"We can no longer stand back and watch as Mr Amaral tries to convince the entire world that Madeleine is dead."
The entire world would like the opportunity to decide for themselves, they can no longer stand back and watch while the McCann couple attempt to convince them that their child was abducted, and is alive and well, living in her lair!
From what Joana has so well explained at 158, it would appear to be possible therefore that if Dr Amaral and the others completely reject whatever the McCanns are proposing, THE CASE COULD BE BACK ON AGAIN IN A FEW WEEKS, and not the six months we were expecting.
Please correct if this is not so.
For this case to have dragged on for so long, and Dr Amaral having his assets frozen in the meantime, is something that needs sorting as soon as possible, and I hope he receives great compensation for having had to put up with that for a start.
Missing Abroad appoints ex-Met Head of Homicide and Serious Crime
"Missing Abroad is delighted to announce the appointment of another key advisor. Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Commander Simon Foy retired recently and immediately agreed to join us as a special police advisor."
http://www.missingabroad.org/news/missing-abroad-appoints-ex-met-head-homicide-and-serious-crime
"The investigative review commenced in May 2011 under the leadership of the then commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson. A murder team within the Homicide and Serious Crime Command was tasked to conduct the review and is led by Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood acting to Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell and Commander Simon Foy."
http://content.met.police.uk/News/Detectives-believe-there-is-a-possibility-that-Madeleine-McCann-is-still-alive/1400008147005/1257246745756
'Detectives believe there is a possibility that Madeleine McCann is still alive'
Yeah sure!, and those dogs who worked the case are just a phantom of the imagination, never to be mentioned again!
Anonymous Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:30:00 pm
From Stop the Myths
Posted by Pedro Silva » Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:01 pm
MADELEINE McCANN IS A REAL, LIVING, FINDABLE CHILD, all efforts are based on this.
Pedro Silva
Poor Pedro he doesn't know that K & G said they stopped searching back in April 2012, there is no effort unless Pedro is out plodding the pavements looking for Madeleine!
Where has Pedro been for past year?
ANOTHER PENSIONER JOINS DAD'S ARMY OPERATION "GRANGE" ? (AKA "DUNDGEON")
News have arrived at our big desk (cough) that ex-commander Simon Foy, Fuy or Fosse (?) has recently been given a tacho* with "Missing Abroad" - a retired folks, professional, official organization that purports to find or "review" British citizens missing abroad.
We understand this specialist organization (as it were) has no saying in the "140,000 plus children that going missing inside the UK each year" - according to Lady Catherine Meyer**.
What do we make of this "news" development?
The same we make of the on-going Scotland Yard "review" of the Madeleine McCann case.
When a prestigious (albeit corrupt) police force is drafted by a toffee prime minister to do "reputation management" instead of police work, they cannot help but to become the laughing stock of the Internet world - the last bastion of freedom of speech and opinion on the planet.
Well, may be Mr. Foy, Fuy or Fosse (?) will have the good sense of starting by eliminating crucial circunstantial evidence such as the one illustrated in the YouTube video below... but of course, he won't! - that's the job of Andy No Brainer's Reputation Management Department.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw4Uhoik6qI
In my opinion, these news in themselves, are nothing but "reputation management" to send G. Amaral the following subliminal:
"You better settle out of court quickly for we are about to produce Madeleine alive! Booooo!"
G. Amaral, who is the kind of retired inspector Scotland Yard cannot afford in a million years (too smart, too intelligent, too Portuguese) must be entertaining a smile before he dishes out the cards and calls off the shots once and for all. End game.
Keep trying dudes...
* "tacho": Portuguese for "gravy train"
** Lady Catherine is married with Sir Christopher Meyer, of bad memory. This Siree was at the time of Madeleine's accident or "abduction" in charge of the Press Complaints Comission. That was a time, you will recall, when Portuguese people - from their embassador to their judicial police, were frequently abused, insulted and misrepresented in the British press (still are today). A fact which was completely ignored by Lord Leveson in his so-called enquiry, in spite of several remindings from Portuguese journalists, diplomats and members of the public.
http://www.ceop.police.uk/Media-Centre/Press-releases/2012/A-child-goes-missing-in-the-UK-every-3-minutes/
:c The McCanns' rottweiler!
IMO - Madeleine stopped being at the centre of the case -
once book and film rights were being discussed and agreed to
(and I really don't care by which 'camp' those deals were done, they're all as bad as one another)
T'was the moment Madeleine became a commodity and a political football
Apart from the sad disappearance of Madeleine, this to me is the most depressing aspect of the case
Stepping briefly on that soapbox:
'In the battle between moral instincts and mercenary ones - money wins everytime'
Stepped off now
Anonymous Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:20:00 am
@ 175 in the absence of a body and/or a documented confession by perps hitherto unknown - backed up by evidence as to how they did IT...
a live Madeleine is in fact still findable
there ends my discourse in logic
Anonymous Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:08:00 am
How can the McCanns continuing living with such a weight on their shoulders, how can they survive it, having thousands of people against them and who are demanding for justice?
They don't know where to start or where to continue fighting back.
Their stress and tiredness must be undescribable and I wonder if they regret the moment they decided not to report the death.
I bet Tapas 7 do.
What do Tapas 7 have to do with Madeleine's death?
I think that the McCanns thought that the story would be similar to Ben Needham's and that the public and journalists would forget it after 6 weeks.
Nope, we didn't and neither did the media.
A live Madeleine or a dead one, a corpse/cadaver is in fact still findable! The point being made was not that she is not findable, but that there is NO EFFORT to do so!
Logic tells me if they don't seek they will not find!
Anonymous Wednesday, January 30, 2013 2:39:00 pm
Four top London libel lawyers now lined up to crush pensioner #McCann http://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t6387
this is what you call intimdation,bloody disgusting.
I hope Mr Amaral does NOT give the mccanns a chance to shut him up
A search for a 'cadaver' is not even being mentioned, as we are assured by the McCanns, who have the loudest voice in this, that there is no evidence that Madeleine came to any harm, so therefore the public should look here, there, and everywhere, for a living Madeleine.
Well, they would say that, wouldn't they. Yet those who worked on the case say something different based on what they discovered.
As for searching for a 'dead' Madeleine, the property of the McCanns in Rothley was never searched. WHY was that? When Murat and his family had their property turned upside down, even the garden was thoroughly searched, so they were obviously looking for a dead Madeleine.
If the case is reopened, a search of the Rothley property of the McCanns should not be overlooked, as Gerry McCann was back and forth between PLD and Rothley before they returned to UK.
Which of us, if we had a beloved child who died abroad, would not want that child returned home, and if anybody could do it, the McCanns certainly could with all that was available to them.
Who would ever believe that Madeleine may have been there all the time? Not many would! All the more reason to look there first.
#167, (in connection with #162):
"@ Meadow at 162 "I don't recognise the Royal...":
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id405.html"
What are you on about??????
What royal, married to the daughter of Princess Ann??? If you mean Mike Tindall, the husband of Zara Philips, daughter of Princess Ann, then you are way, way, way off mark! LOL! If you're going to launch yet another rumour/conspiracy theory, this time with royal links, at least check the facts and who's who, make some proper research, for goodness sake!
The man in the photo you mention (in McCannFiles), I suppose you mean the third man from the left, IS NOT Princess Ann's son-in-law, he's a former rugby player (well, you got the rugby player part right...), he's Martin Johnson, who has Leicester connections, as he played for the Leicester Tigers.
You reminded me of that brasilien guy, who supposedly sent the MET a photo of Madeleine with her "abductors" somewhere in Brasil, which quickly was exposed as a hoax, as it was revealled the photo was from the evacuation of the Ibiza airport in 2007, after a bomb threath!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Johnson_(rugby_union)
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zara_Phillips
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tindall
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id58.html
Mcx Wednesday, January 30, 2013 4:32:00 pm
Joana @158
Obrigado pela informação.
The number 3 of art 116 is interesting. However the claims against each of the four arguidos are different (perhaps overlaping in some cases) which means the plaintiffs may choose to drop some claims and maintain others.
This could be a strategy to isolate Amaral and concentrate their fire power (read their depleted fighting fund) into a single arguido or could simply mean that Isabel Duarte no longer believes she can win this case (Courtesy of the appeal's court decision) and is trying to save herself and her clients from a huge public embarrassment.
In any case, the backtracking of the plaintiffs at this particular moment is interesting to say the least. The McCann's could have waited a few more days and propose an in-court settlement during the preliminary (public) hearing.
In civil cases judges ask the parties involved if there is any chance of a settlement before the beginning of the trial.
The fact that they are attempting a settlement far from public eyes can only mean that Isabel Duarte is trying to avoid a public trial and the huge costs and media exposure that it entails.
I can't help but thinking that the McCann's, perhaps ill advised by Isabel Duarte have bite off more than they can chew.
As for back suing. I think Amaral has better chances of suing the Portuguese State (which has already been more or less sentenced in the appeal's court decision) than to successfully prosecute the McCcann's for litigation in bad faith. Time will tell I guess. The law does work in mysterious ways ....
bijocas ....
BACK TO THE TECHNO-CRANCKS...
@181 "The point being made was not that she is not findable, but that there is NO EFFORT to do so!"
There is no effort by the parents to find her body - seemingly.
There has however, not long ago, a bona fide effort by the American criminal profiler Pat Brown. To my mind (if we except the searches done by the police) hers was the only pragmatic, empirical search to date, if we discount the techno-crancks Stephen Birch and his "ground radar" and Daniel Krugel's and his "quantum sniffer".
Although I can give some credibility to Krugel's technology (on the basis of its prior achievements) I cannot help but to think Birch is either working for Burson-Marsteller or is completely deluded or both.
Birch suggested (or rather his "ground radar" did?) that the PJ (or the Portuguese government) buried Madeleine's body at Robert Murat mother's property (under the very nose of her German shepherd dogs? yeah! yeah!).
Birch fails to explain why the PJ, or the Portuguese government, would have done so and not announce the finding instead? What would they have to fear or hide?
That they, the PJ, had accidentally killed Madeleine when they left her unattended at the station while boozing at the nearby Carvi Seafood restaurant or the Ocean Club's "Tapas" bar?
It is indeed suspicious the McCanns' insist in finding the abductor and their daughter alive when they, themselves, have admitted she could be dead.
The fact they have not searched for Madeleine's body (or even thanked Pat Brown for doing so) beggars belief.
To me this means, they may be trying to impose a view on the general public which is not the true one. The all circus transpires of "reputation management".
The fact that the British prime minister has bought into it and ordered Scotland Yard to dry-clean for the McCanns' only darkens their image further - particularly on the World Wide Web were reputations are made - and destroyed.
BEWARE! IF YOU CALL THE MADELEINE HOTLINE WITH A LEAD YOU MIGHT BE HEAVILY CHARGED FOR THE CALL!
"The hotline service is an 0845 number which can be expensive for those calling on a mobile. Such numbers are popular with commercial organisations; they generate profits for the organisation as they get a percentage of the charge made to the caller. They are also inexpensive to run for the organisation.
An 0800 number would be more logical for an organisation searching for a missing child as such lines are generally free or cheaper for the caller than other numbers... I would have expected the Board to consider this option so that there would be no financial deterrent to the public phoning in leads to the Fund hotline." (Enyd O'Dowd)
Reference: http://www.mccannfiles.com/id429.html
@ 173 "Missing Abroad appoints ex-Met Head of Homicide and Serious Crime"
Is this the charity or related business, Dr. Kate McCann is embassador for?
If so, Pat Brown has written the following about her appointment: "unfuckingbelievable!". The "french" is hers! See below:
http://patbrownprofiling.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/criminal-profilng-topic-of-day-kate.html
Given the timing of Mr. Foy's appointment perhaps we can say as well, or not so well, this is "unfuckingbelievable"!
A VERNACULAR MESSAGE TO WANNABE FREE SCOTS, BY DAVID CAMERON
I do not condone nor criticize Pat Brown's use of the vernacular.
David Cameron is right now being grilled by the British tabloid media for telling Angus Robertson of the Scottish National Party: "WILL YOU F**K OFF!"
Dr. Gerry McCann please note!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5v2vPsxwKXE
THE QUEEN'S CONNECTION?
Talk about the Queen's connection at the launching of the SLR Fund! I've just read this update:
"By Tony Bennett
Tue Jan 29, 2013 at 9:41 pm
I have just finished reading the McCanns' lawyers' 'Skeleton Argument', which runs to 15 pages.
Up until now, I thought I was just up against:
Isabel Martorell, Partner of Carter-Ruck and her support staff, including an Assistant Solicitor
Adam Tudor, Senior Partner of Carter-Ruck
Jacob Dean, barister.
Apparently these already mighty legal resources are not considered strong enough to overwhelm me.
So, at the hearing on Tuesday 5 February, Jacob Dean will merely be the Junior barrister in the proceedings.
The McCanns have also appointed a Senior barrister to lead their case to imprison me...
Adrienne Page, Queens Counsel"
Who the hell is footing the McCanns' collossal legal bill in the UK alone?
Definition of Queen's Counsel is:
"Queen's Counsel is a status, conferred by the Crown, that is recognised by courts. Members have the privilege of sitting within the Bar of court... the award of Queen's or King's Counsel is known informally as taking silk, and hence QCs are often colloquially called silks. Appointments are made from within the legal profession on the basis of merit rather than a particular level of experience."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Counsel
So what this means is the lady at the service of the McCanns' is not connected in anyway with the Queen herself. It mereley means the lady is pretty good and carries "above senior" status.
One wonders how much she charges per biting-minute
She must be some sort of predatory shark in legal waters who, in the past, has maimed and killed all (at least most) of its oponents in court. Truth is relative, you know...
THIS MOVE ONLY GOES TO SHOW HOW DESPERATE THE MCCANNS ARE TO WIN THE CASE AGAINST BENNETT AFTER HAVING TO CONCED DEFEAT TO AMARAL.
Thank God for the SLR Fund!
If a child/member of your family is missing the people you should phone immediately are your local Police Station. You do not need to phone a Charity only to be told to phone the local Police. Charities do not find missing people. You can pay them to advertise a missing person but they don't actively go looking for them. They are the "middle men" scamming money from distressed people!
Joana Morais Wednesday, January 30, 2013 10:16:00 pm
Mcx I agree with everything you wrote, except with not countersuing the McCanns, it's far more easy to bring proceedings against the couple than suing the PT state for the gross failures to protect one of its citizens and for archiving a case when there are obvious pending matters in the process, mainly due to the McCanns and Tapas 7 lack of cooperation (not forgetting the lack of cooperation of two successive HO secretaries, and the meddling and interference of three English PM's and aids).
The McCanns arrested Amaral's assets; persecuted him in an attempt to discredit his good name, honour, ultimately to humiliate him; forced the Amaral's divorce; the Amaral's children suffered immensely due to all the distress; by freezing Amaral's assets as a measure to secure the absurd amount of 1,2 million euro they effectively attempted to leave Gonçalo without means to financially support his defence and to leave him without any hypothesis of working; the harassment and illegal intrusion of his family private life is evident in an obnoxious pro McCann forum where two Portuguese lawyers connected to the McCanns are or were members; the persecution of Amaral and public figures that spoke about the case in the printed press or TV breach ERC codes, thus evidentiating the non-stop attempts to silence and gag said persons; the abusive use given to an interim measure with effects only in the Portuguese jurisdiction by Carter Ruck who successfully scared Amazon in taking not only Amaral's book but also Pat Brown's book about the case; Kate's book in itself is liable to be sued for libel by numerous people and institutions; and so on...
Amaral, Guerra & Paz, Valentim de Carvalho and TVI have in their power to counterclaim the McCanns, and I sincerely hope they, together, can afford the time and legal expenses to take the vindictive and narcissist couple to court.
beijokinhas, Joana
Read as well: Exclusive to mccannfiles.com
Enid O'Dowd analyses the accounts of Madeleine's Fund: Leaving No Stone Unturned Limited for the year ended 31 March 2012
«It is relevant to state here that Dr Kate McCann, a director of the Fund, made a commitment in her book Madeleine (p.138 Irish paperback edition) that 'from the outset everyone agreed that despite the costs involved, it (the Fund) must be run to the highest standards of transparency whatever it cost'. This was a clear commitment that from May 2007 when the Fund (limited company) was established, that transparency was paramount. My earlier report found a distinct lack of transparency. Were the 2012 accounts more 'transparent' than the earlier ones? Not in my opinion.
The 2012 accounts were received in Companies House on 9th January 2013 after the latest filing date (31st December 2012); a fine of £150 applies. I commented in my earlier report on the consistent pattern of filing close to the legal deadline and how this did not tally with Dr Kate McCann's public commitment to transparency, especially when the audited accounts and other financial information are not on the official website www.findmadeleine.com.
The accounts for the year ended 31st March 2012 were signed off by directors Edward Smethurst and Brian Kennedy on 21st December 2012, and by the auditors haysmacintyre on the same day. There is therefore no logical reason why they were not filed on time. The optics of late filing for such a company which seeks donations from the public is surely something the board would consider. I can only say the reason for the late filing is a mystery to me. (...)»
Anonymous Thursday, January 31, 2013 2:47:00 am
# Joana 193
I think Mcx @185 suggests what he does (my assumption) because he may be aware ( as we all are) of the difficulties (and astronomic cost) of counter-suing the McCanns - be it in Portugal or in the UK.
That said, the court can dictate the McCanns pay all the costs incurred but I am not sure it can determined an amount of compensation to pay to Amaral, on the basis of income lost, etc.
Surely the Macs know that! They have made sure they had top speed forward but that the reverse was just as fast to get them out of trouble as soon as they get into it.
Amaral can sue them afterwards but if the McCanns' feel it is too much (anything above £100K, say) they won't pay. Wait! Probably they won't wish pay at all! Not a penny! For that would be tantamount to an admission of guilt and that is not what their "reputation management", their "official version" of events is all about.
They will refuse and refuse and appeal and appeal and appeal. Amaral will get nowhere.
May be what Amaral should do is merely to accept the court's decision which will pronounce the McCanns' arguments as fallacious -as indeed the Supreme Court has already suggested. That alone will clear his name...
It will clear his name but won't affect the McCann brand name that much. They will simply put the defeat down to "the incompetence of the backward Portuguese justice system". Wait and see what "Mickey Mouse" Mitchell has to say.
Amaral can afterwards make some money to keep himself afloat by writing that tell-all book Pat Brown told us about.
Personally, I would not accept one penny from the McCanns. It is truly a pity (and a measure of subservience) that the Portuguese did not try to have them (and some of their friends) in court for perverting the course of justice and abandoning Madeleine to her fate.
That much could have been proved and would have muzzled them from the start but ... so much for missed opportunities and political correctness "para Inglês ver" ...
As for any legal action in the UK, that would be prohibitive, unless they had the back-up of a Portuguese citizen of the financial stature of Belmiro de Azevedo say, but we know the Portuguese do not have the same herd instinct of the British.
See what happened to Amaral... how the Portuguese elite allowed him to be thrown to the lions and humiliated in court, in Portugal, by two medical, British, child-neglecter's - that is how it goes in post-Renaissance Portugal.
If you sue the McCanns' in Portugal I suspect (as Mcx does) that nothing will come of it. The McCanns' only respect Portuguese law inasmuch as they can use it for their own advantage (very much like their government does with the European Union) and that is that.
On the other hand, if you tried to sue the McCanns' in the UK you would have to face the might of Carter-Ruck. We are talking about hundreds of thousands of pounds in lawyers' fees alone. May be.
Ask Pat Brown or wait to see what happens to Tony Bennett soon. He will get Justice in the end but will have to wait years until the European Court of Human Rights looks into his case.
Finally and to the point, I simply do not see how Amaral can sue the Portuguese state for what happened to him. On what grounds? Your friendly "legal adviser" MCX did not explain that, nor could he, I suppose ...
Joana, Astro, is there no way for you both of finding out what is going on in Porto?
Is there no journalist around that could be spying for us?
This is taking much too long.
What a country is Portugal!
justice works in silence,
the law does work in mysterious ways...
the public is getting tired, isn't it?
No semanário O_Crime hoje:
a manipulação que lançou a Scotland Yard atrás de uma falsa pista no Caso MADDIE.
https://www.facebook.com/ocrime.jornal ( mas tem nada, para se comprar...... )
Falam no singular mas sabemos que toda a situação é plural.
( já sabe quem é........ )
The McCann have cleverly deflected so much to being all about THEM and THEIR hurt feelings, and the hindrance with the 'search' for Madeleine.
Yet what about THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC from this pair?
The McCanns have been allowed to go around selling their 'abduction story' for years, having the public give them MILLIONS on the strength of it being TRUE. The media have also aided them in this brainwashing, willing to repeat everything Clarence Mitchell (their spokesperson) has been telling them to give out to the public. This is the same Clarence Mitchell the PJ said 'lies through every tooth in his head'. Poor, unsuspecting public, and no warnings allowed to be given!
At the same time the McCanns have done everything possible to prevent the public from finding out that the OFFICIAL INVESTIGATORS believed Madeleine was dead, AND HAD EVEN REQUESTED THEM TO HAND OVER THE BODY.
Several years later, and after the brainwashed public had been giving money to the McCanns for all those years, Kate McCann then writes a book denigrating the whole investigation, and the investigators, no doubt aware the truth will eventually come out, but wanting to put their slant on it, and hoping the public will still believe their version and the money still flow in, and so it continues.
Yet I say again, WHAT ABOUT THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC who have handed over so much money already to this pair?
Aren't they allowed to hear the true version as to what really happened during that investigation, and the conclusions reached, and why they were reached, so the public can make up their own minds whether to give more money to this pair.
It is a disgrace that old age pensioners and even small children have innocently handed over money to these well heeled characters, merely on the strength of the McCanns' say so of an UNPROVEN ABDUCTION, and more than likely quite a few people have gone without a meal or other necessity to do so.
Meanwhile, the McCanns live in the lap of luxury in their big house with their rich benefactors backing them, and have continued to attempt to stop any voice that contradicts their 'abduction story' by using intimidating threats of litigation.
Before the McCanns be allowed to go around peddling their 'abduction story' and requesting money, they should first have had to PROVE THAT MADELEINE WAS ABDUCTED.
Can they do that? No? Thought not!
Until then their attempts to sue people who stick to the OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION VERSION ought to be chucked out of court, because the people they are attempting to silence are serving to ALERT THE PUBLIC TO BEWARE OF INNOCENTLY HANDING OVER MONEY TO THE MCCANNS.
I SAY AGAIN, WHAT ABOUT THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL THIS.
HOLY COCKRELL!
#197 "I simply do not see how Amaral can sue the Portuguese state for what happened to him. On what grounds?"
On the grounds that IF the McCanns' had been charged with perverting the course of justice and abandoning their children to their fate, Amaral would not be in the situation he is in today (as has been for the past few years) nor would the McCanns be defaming him and Portugal as a matter of routine.
Also Marcos Aragao Correia and Marinho Pinto - the "Holy Cockrell", should be investigated for corrupting the course of justice. How exactly does the "Holy Cockrell" obtained those "photoshop" pictures to incriminate Amaral? Who paid him besides the weekly "Expresso"? How did his godchild find himself as the lawyer of Leonor Cipriano? How much did he exactly receive from Metodo3 - the McCanns' former rent-a cop outfit? How do they both end up as McCanns' witnesses in the trial against Amaral?
These are serious questions that ought to be investigated by the PJ - instead of wasting time and resources "reviewing" a case only "para Ingles ver".
Portugal should be taken to the European Court of Human Rights for falling to provide justice in this case (i.e. arresting and sentencing the McCanns' and some of their friends) in spite of all the implicating evidence provided by Amaral and his team AND then allowing the suspects to defame Amaral in court!
Do you follow? This was a double, gross miscarriage of Justice!
First the McCanns were allowed to walk out of the case Scot-free and then Amaral allowed to be charged by the suspects! It is unfuckingbelievable!
Amaral may have a case in the European Court of Human Rights indeed. Let's wait and see what he does, but I would agree with you that he will probably be better off (in terms of justice, finance and public opinion) writing that DEFINITE book on the case with a little help from Pat Brown and be done with it.
Fax Law and Justice! Fax theMcCanns!
Joana! you can now concentrate on other things and leave the blog for posterity. This case is practically closed. Only needs a finishing touch now and then. The True Portuguese (and that includes the historical giants) as well as the peoples of the Earth, have an eternal debt of gratitude to you and Astro for keeping the Truth afloat!
Why is it assumed that Jes Wilkens is a reliable witness? What was in his stroller?
Scotland Yard in Porto for Maddie
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Raiders go 2-2 in post-season
Submitted by admin1 on Tue, 05/27/2014 - 11:56pm
For the Roseville Area High School fastpitch softball team, .500 seemed to be its destiny this season. The Raiders finished the regular season with an even record and did the same in the post-season.
Softball: South St. Paul takes it on the chin at North
Packers rebound against Titans in doubleheader action
In makeup Classic Suburban Conference softball action Wednesday, May 14 at McKnight Fields, the North High power-hitters dismantled the Packers by a score of 22-3 in a five-inning game.
“We started out OK,” said South St. Paul head coach Paul Moen, “but then we never have fared well against North. That 13-run inning really hurt us.”
Beacons fastpitch survives first three rounds
The Beacons were among the final four teams in last year’s Section 4AA playoffs. The fastpitch softball team has a chance to reach that spot again this season if they can pull off an upset on Tuesday.
Concordia began the week as one of six teams still vying for the section title, and a win over DeLaSalle on Tuesday would match last year’s playoff run.
Polars take the wind out of Zephyrs in softball
The cold, brisk northwest wind and cool temperatures of May 9 weren’t a hindrance to the “Senior Day” celebration prior to the Mahtomedi and North softball game.
The North bats did more to put a chill into the Mahtomedi Zephyrs than anything else that occurred at McKnight Field.
Pioneers hold off Spartan softball rally
It was 6-4 when the dust settled on a well-played Hill-Murray vs. Simley softball game at the Pioneers’ home field May 5.
But it was a very near thing.
Huskies fastpitch trying to put all the pieces together
The St. Anthony Village High School fastpitch softball team started five seniors in the state tournament last June. With a number of new faces in the lineup this season, the Huskies are going through some growing pains.
St. Anthony reached the midway point of the regular season last week and enters this week with a record of 7-4. Not a bad first half, but head coach Lamar Brendemuehl is waiting for his squad to put all the pieces together at the same time.
Mustangs fastpitch gears up for long week of games
The Mustangs have had trouble putting up wins so far this season but they’ll have plenty of chances this week. While not quite as bad as a year ago, doubleheaders are becoming common again this season.
Mounds View played a doubleheader last week and has three more on the schedule through the end of the regular season.
Irondale softball team gains momentum
Despite not playing a game in more than a week, the Knights had a successful weekend. The Irondale girls softball team won an eight-team tournament to pick up some momentum heading into the final two weeks of the regular season.
When Irondale stepped on the field in Lakeville on Friday, it was playing for the first time since April 23. Rust wasn’t a factor as the Knights beat Visitation, Wayzata and Duluth Denfeld to win the Black bracket of the Lakeville North tournament.
Softball: North puts the ‘chill’ on Hill-Murray
Polars remain undefeated this spring
On a cold, wet, wind-whipped Wednesday, the Hill-Murray Pioneers traveled to North High for a softball game.
April 23 was a day better suited for the ducks and geese that occasionally flew across the sodden skies above the McKnight Field complex, than it was for a softball game between two undefeated powerhouses.
Softball: Polars dominate Titans, 5-0
Schanks has 10 strikeouts in 2-hit shutout
It took four innings for the North High softball players to get unwound, but when they did the put five runs on the board and downed the Tartan Titans by a 5-0 count on Monday, April 21.
Leading the North in battle was senior pitcher Haley Schanks. She allowed the visiting Titans just two hits while striking out 10. At the plate she went 2-for-3 - both singles - and running bases for her was Georgie Robasse, who scored two runs.
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Book Review: Hard Silence
Published on April 25, 2016 April 24, 2016 by Lilly's Book World
Book Title: Hard Silence
Author: Mia Kay
Hosted by: Book Enthusiast Promotions
FBI profiler Jeff Crandall returned to Fiddler, Idaho, to work on new Bureau protocols in peace…and because he hasn’t been able to stop thinking about Abby Quinn. Kind, beautiful and quietly sexy, the petite rancher next door is loved by the entire town but keeps fiercely to herself. She’s a mystery that doesn’t want to be solved, though he’s desperate to try.
Whether that interest is professional or personal is a question he’ll sort out later.
Abby knows sharing her secrets would bring death and destruction to Fiddler. She survived her childhood, barely, but a long list of stepfathers weren’t nearly so lucky: their bodies are buried across the country, waiting to be discovered. The best protection is silence, anonymity and isolation, though the handsome agent next door seems hell-bent on destroying all three.
And he just keeps kissing her…
When Jeff is called in to investigate an interstate serial killer case spanning two decades, Abby knows it’s only a matter of time before he connects the dots, sees her for who she really is and walks away. But it’s when he’s standing in the crosshairs of Abby’s past that Jeff faces his biggest challenge yet: how to give the woman he loves the life she doesn’t believe she deserves.
I was telling you in another review that some books deserve more than just 5 stars. This is an additional title that would fit just perfectly in such a category. It has the attributes needed: great story, great characters and a great writing style.
First thing I’d like to mention is how great the author expressed the characters’ emotions and especially Abby’s trauma. How she spoke to her animal friends in an easy way as she felt safe, how she was scared to talk to any humans, but when she finds a reason to put her life in order, her efforts are well expressed and her struggles are well depicted. There are many great things about the story, but I think the writing style tops them all.
Now, to get back to our story. Abby is running away from a past she wants to keep buried. Still, her mother’s sins follow her and even if she tries to do the right things, she lives in fear that they will catch up. FBI Profiler Jeff Crandall is intrigued at first by his mysterious neighbor and while trying to uncover her secrets he finds himself att5racted to her innocence. They will understand that what stands between them, will also bring them close.
Both characters are built with utmost care and there are no random facts about them. I like how Jeff is attached to his work and I like how Abby always tries to save lives and somehow help the souls in need. Her relationship with the young kid (read the book and find out!) is also very interesting!
I could go on and on about what I like about this book, but I’d have to tell you the story in more detail. Read the book, you won’t regret it!
Body Found In Well.
The Lewisville Clarion headline was brief, and the story wasn’t much longer. Beau Archer’s remains had been found in an old well on his property in Virginia. The man had gone missing twenty-eight years ago and, without family to keep it open, the investigation had gone cold.
Abby Quinn read the story three times, scrolling through the online version of the small-town paper in the hopes of finding more information. When she didn’t, she wavered between relief and regret.
Beau Archer, her first stepfather, had stumbled into her life when he’d married her mother in Atlantic City. He’d taught Abby to ride a bike. She could still hear his boots pounding on the hard-packed dirt of the country road in front of his house, his heavy breath in her ear. He’d whooped with laughter when she’d turned at the end of the lane and made her wobbly way back to him. Then he’d taken her for ice cream.
A month after that memorable bike ride, his loving wife Wallis had shoved his lifeless body down a well.
He deserved more than one paragraph in the newspaper, but at least now he’d get a headstone.
Toby—her third Toby in almost twenty years—whined through the screen door, reminding her of the time. She deleted the alert email, cleaned out her trash folder and cleared her browser history. It was time to get to work.
Walking out onto her front porch, Abby let the door slap closed behind her as she stood and enjoyed the brisk Idaho spring morning. Past the security light illuminating the yard, the still-early lavender sky met the dark hills on the horizon.
Stretching her muscles, she winced as pain lanced from her neck down her left side. Most days she could ignore it, but she’d pushed too hard yesterday. She’d felt the muscles cramp as she’d fixed fences and then stayed at the computer, perched in her chair squinting at code until late in the evening.
And then the nightmares, and the news about Beau.
Already halfway to the stables, Toby looked over his shoulder to see if she was following. Abby swore the border collie was smiling. She could always count on her dog.
“Work. Yeah, I know,” she grumbled good-naturedly as she tramped down the steps and toward the paddock. At the outer edge of the light, she faced the darkness beyond and hesitated.
Nineteen years, sixty-nine hundred mornings, and she still gritted her teeth and held her breath when she stepped into the shadows. But she did it.
She did it again when she swung the stable doors open. Reaching around the wall, she turned on the lights before she stepped inside.
On either side of the aisle, her horses poked their heads over the stall doors, blinking under the bright lights, chuffing and huffing hellos.
“Good morning, George,” Abby whispered as she put a calming hand on the palomino’s velvety nose. “I told you I’d be back this morning.” After a year of working to earn the animal’s trust, it was rewarding to look into eyes no longer hazy with disappointment. Still, the minute the gate opened, George trotted into the misty dawn, as though afraid someone would slam the door and trap her inside.
The other horse remained quiet in his stall. “Good morning, Hemingway,” Abby whispered as she stroked the giant black gelding’s nose and danced her fingers through his forelock. He was becoming such an elegant animal. “How are you, handsome? Ready to work this morning?” He dropped his head to her waiting hand. “I’ll take that as a yes.”
She forced her left arm up, ignoring the persistent pain, slipped the halter over his head and scratched his ears until he quieted. “No saddle today, I promise. Let’s get used to this first.” She opened the door but let the lead rope dangle as she walked away and let him follow. He needed to know she wouldn’t tug and pull. His clopping tread reminded her of Beau and her wobbly bike ride.
Shaking the memory free, she stood in the stable doorway. The pasture was cloaked in fog, and dew silvered the grasses not already trampled. It was like looking through a soft-focus lens. In this moment, right before sunrise, the world was fuzzy, tinted green, blue and gray. The birds chirped quiet, sleepy greetings. Hemingway froze when she picked up the rope.
“I won’t hurt you.” Abby took one step, keeping the lead slack, and waited. When the animal moved forward, she took another step. They inched through the paddock and the gate to the edge of the field.
“Good boy,” she murmured as she offered him a carrot and stroked his graceful neck. “See? No pain.”
Leaving him there, she went back into the stable only to run out when an equine scream ended in canine yelps and snarls. All that remained of Hemingway were his thundering hoof beats and the waving grass.
Abby knelt next to Toby and ran her hands over him, checking him for injuries. The dog’s shame gave way to a plea for a belly rub.
“I know you want to herd him,” she scolded as she gave in and scratched his chest, “but he hates to be crowded right now.” She stood and sighed. “Let’s go get him.”
Hem’s trail was marked in the dew, and easy to follow. The tall grass swallowed Toby in a gulp, and Abby waded through the swaying fescue to the river, her bag of carrots and apples bouncing against her hip. Stepping carefully on the slick rocks, she hopped to the Simons’ pasture and continued up the hill.
Off to her left, a covey of quail clattered clumsily into the sky, scaring her as much as she’d startled them. Toby shot off, intent on catching the slowest prey. Abby trudged on alone.
The giant gelding was stopped at the fence, munching on Deb Simon’s newly budded shrubs. He watched her approach with one dark, wild eye.
“Shh.” She touched his neck and pursued him when he flinched away. When he quieted, she rubbed his sweaty coat and stared down at the ragged plant. “I hope you haven’t killed that. I’ll never find a replacement.” At least the Simons were gone for the summer. It would be enough time to determine the damage and do some shopping, if necessary.
Comforting pats grew to long strokes as Abby ran her hands over the horse’s shoulder and then down his back. When she reached his ribs he stepped away and tossed his head. She kept a steady grip on the lead rope. “Quiet. I need to see if you’ve reinjured yourself. It won’t hurt. I promise.” She hoped she was right.
She got farther the second time. “Good boy, Hem.” He moved away again, and she started over.
It took four tries before she could run a light hand over his bones and feel the spots that were once jagged pieces. The horse shook beneath her, but he stayed still. “Good boy. I know it’s scary to trust someone, but you’re a brave man.” She pulled an apple from her bag. “You’re going to be good as new.”
The horse ignored the treat and stared over her shoulder, his nostrils flaring at a new scent. They weren’t alone.
Abby’s skin tingled as her muscles tightened. If she faced the intruder, she risked chasing Hem again. She tensed and moved her weight to the balls of her feet and whistled for backup. Toby came at a run. The dog was too well trained to bark, but his eyes stayed glued on their observer. Abby kept her focus on her dog.
Instead of growling, he wagged his tail. He’d seen whoever it was before. Convinced it was safe, Abby turned to face their audience.
“Hi, Abby.”
Jeff Crandall stood on the Simons’ porch, barefooted, in a wrinkled T-shirt and faded jeans. Lounging against a newel post, he was sipping a cup of steaming coffee, holding it with one hand while the other was shoved into the front pocket of his jeans.
Mia Kay spent years writing legal documents and keeping people out of trouble. Now she spends her days looking for ways to get her characters into trouble. She lives in Arkansas with her husband, who doesn’t mind discussing (and sometimes causing) mayhem over breakfast.
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Darnell Williams
image via OPDoak042881.pdf
Update: On October 1, 2013, OPD held a press conference and announced that they had arrested Darnell Williams for the killing of Alaysha Carradine. He is the man pictured in this sketch.
On September 11, 2013, the Oakland Police Department released the following press release and sketch:
Oakland, CA — Oakland Police Investigators have released this sketch of the person they believe to be responsible for the homicide of Alaysha Carradine, 8 years old, of Oakland, that occurred on July 17, 2013, at 11:18 PM.
The SUSPECT is described as an African American male, 17-24 years old, 5’7, 160, with a thin, dark mustache. He was wearing a black hooded jacket and blue jeans.
Sketch of suspect, Alaysha Carradine homicide
BACKGROUND: On July 17, 2013, at 11:19 PM, Oakland Police officers were dispatched to the 3400 block of Wilson Avenue on a report of a shooting. When officers arrived on scene, they located four victims who were suffering from gunshot wounds.
This investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the Oakland Police Department Major Crimes Section-Homicide at 510-238-3821 or call the TIP LINE at 777-2805.
Crime Stoppers of Oakland at 510-777-8672 or the TIP LINE at 777-2805.
Nixle Tip Watch allows tipsters to send OPD a tip three ways: 1. Text TIP OAKLANDPD to 888777 from your cell phone 2. Call our toll-free tip hotline at 855-TIPS-247 (855-847-7247) 3. Respond to OPD's Nixle messagesFor more information, please contact the Media Relations Office at 510-238-7230 or [email protected]. or Visit Nixle.com to receive Oakland Police Department alerts, advisories and community messages, or follow OPD on Twitter, @oaklandpoliceca.
"Oakland police release sketch of slaying suspect." SFGate: Sept 11, 2013.
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Star Wars: Invasion (2009)
This series is set twenty-five years after the Battle of Yavin. The Jedi, and the galaxy, are facing their first real threat since the Sith were defeated: an invasion of hostile warriors called the Yuuzhan Vong.
Issues6
Star Wars: Invasion - Revelations (2011)
As the invading Yuuzhan Vong penetrate deeper into the galaxy, the Jedi fight back! But one Jedi in training has taken a different path: Finn Galfridian, under the guidance of the mysterious Master Dray, infiltrates Coruscant and discovers revelations about the leaders of the New Republic that could lead to disaster!
Star Wars: Invasion - Rescues (2010)
The Yuuzhan Vong invasion spreads death and destruction across the galaxy, leaving behind ravaged worlds with little hope of survival. Artorias, the homeworld of the Galfridian family lay in the path of the Yuuzhan Vong armada, and now, though separated, Finn, Kaye, Nina, and Caled work to fight the invaders with the hope that one day they will again be together on their peaceful planet
Star Wars: Knight Errant - Deluge (2011)
In answer to a distress call, Kerra returns to her Sith-controlled homeworldfor a daring rescue, but her arrival on the planet coincides with an ambush from a Hutt mastermind! The clash with his invasion and a number of other unexpected surprises place Kerra’s small-scale rescue into a hot spot. She has to troubleshoot fast, and, as always, alone!
Star Wars: Knight Errant (2010-2011)
More than one thousand years before Luke Skywalker, a dark age grips the galaxy as an ineffectual Republic abandons entire systems to Sith control. A newly knighted Jedi on her first mission, eighteen-year-old Kerra Holt has joined a band of Jedi volunteers traveling deep behind enemy lines, with no support from the Republic and little chance of survival. She thinks she is prepared for
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City Council breaks the law
Daniel X. O'Neil
Open Letter to City Council and City Attorney Chris Melcher:
Can you please stop violating the state's Open Meetings Law by making decisions behind closed doors?
Seems you've become so brazen in this regard that now Melcher even acknowledges such law-breaking in writing. You, Mr. Melcher, cavalierly note in an undated memo to Council:
"Closed executive legal discussion of this item was held on March 25, 2013. At subsequent open informal on March 25, 2013, Council President Hente announced that the Council had reached on consensus on the matter."
This matter dealt with whether the city will pay someone's legal bills when they're investigated for an ethics violation.
The extraneous word "on" notwithstanding, Melcher fully admits a violation of the Open Meetings Act, because the law doesn't allow any decision to be made in closed session.
In a 2006 story in the Aspen Times, the newspaper reports on the case of a school district superintendent being hired by the school board during closed session. The story quotes Colorado Press Association attorney Chris Beall as saying public bodies can't take any action, formal or informal, in a closed session.
“When a board or body [in executive session] comes to a consensus and the public action is to rubber-stamp a decision that was made in executive session, the open meetings law declares actions taken in executive session are void and of no legal effect,” Beall is quoted as saying in the article.
The same story quotes Tom Kelley, the state's pre-eminent First Amendment attorney, saying, “If the decision was made by consensus or straw vote in the executive session, that was a clear violation of the open meetings law.”
In another case in 2007 involving the Emergency Services Agency, I wrote a story quoting another media law expert Steve Zansberg as saying the law bars a public board from reaching a decision by any means in a closed session, and that includes by consensus.
And then in October 2011, the Gazette reported the Council made two decisions about collection of stormwater management fees in closed session contrary to law, although Council President Scott Hente asserted they weren't formal decisions. From the story:
As to why the decisions were made behind closed doors, Hente said Wednesday the council didn’t violate the law because council members simply reached general agreement during the meeting. The council didn’t cast any votes, he said.
“I don’t want to split hairs. We provided staff direction, which we do all the time in closed session,” Hente said.
Attorney Steve Zansberg, who has represented news organizations across the state in open records and open meeting cases, said the council is misreading the law.
“The law clearly states that not only formal action but any adoption of any position cannot occur in an executive session,” Zansberg said.
“Informal decision-making, no matter how it’s conducted, is prohibited,” he said.
Must someone sue the city, running up more legal bills that taxpayers must pay, in order to get this behavior stopped?
Mr. Melcher, please study the law. Please consult prior cases. Please advise your client accordingly.
And Council, even if Melcher doesn't advise you accordingly, can you please have some respect for the law and for the public you serve and stop the practice of deciding stuff when nobody is looking?
A concerned citizen of Colorado Springs and Sunshine Laws fanatic (Pam Zubeck)
p.s. We've asked for comments from Melcher and Hente and will report back when we hear from them.
City Gov City Council Chris Melcher Open Meetings Law Steve Zansberg Chris Beall Tom Kelley
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Surat Basin
Meegan Hefford died from rare genetic disorder and protein diet. Source: facebook
by Victoria Craw
9th Jul 2019 12:26 AM
Natural ingredients such as caffeine and green tea extract are among the most dangerous supplements in "common use," with just a teaspoon enough to kill in some cases, a public health professor has warned.
UTS Associate Professor of Public Health, Jon Wardle, told news.com.au supposedly natural products can wreak havoc in high doses, with many people not realising the potency of widely available supplements.
"People look at something like caffeine and they get a bit blasé about it," he said. "They might forget about the cups of tea they're drinking, the Coke they're drinking. It does all add up."
"A lot of these products have the maximum dose [of caffeine], which is 400 mg, but if you look at the product itself that would be a small spoonful. People are putting a heaped spoonful."
An espresso coffee would have around 50-100 mg of caffeine, while some products containing green tea extract can be the equivalent of 20 cups of green tea.
Prof Wardle said while deaths are rare and most supplement companies are trying to do the right thing, a legal loophole that allows supplements to be classified as foods rather than medicine has created a "legal grey zone" that is potentially dangerous for consumers.
"There's no understanding of the risk of these things. If you're selling this into the Australian market as a supplement there would be a lot more obligations," he said, adding that the "more is more" gym culture can have "astounding" risks such as liver disease, anxiety and high-blood pressure.
Lachlan Foote died after taking caffeine powder in a protein shake.
Lachlan Foote’s family have spoken out about his death as a warning to others.
The warning comes following the death of Lachlan Foote, a healthy 21-year-old who died after ingesting caffeine powder. His family have spoken out about the toxicity of the substance following a coroners report as a warning they hope will save lives.
"It turns out that Lachlan came home after celebrating New Year's Eve with his friends and made a protein shake, innocently adding too much pure caffeine powder - a teaspoon is lethal," his father, Nigel Foote, said.
It's unclear where Lachlan had got the caffeine powder from, although it's a commonly used supplement in fitness circles and the family believe it could have been shared among friends.
"It appears the pure caffeine powder was bought by someone else and shared, so it's very likely that Lachlan never got to read the warning label on the packet and was unaware of its potency," his father said.
"And the fact that he kept the caffeine powder in our kitchen pantry, where one of us might have mistaken it for flour or sugar, proves the point - Lachlan would never have kept it there had he known it was a threat to the family."
The sports supplement industry was brought to regulatory attention last year following the death of bodybuilder Meegan Hefford, who died from a genetic disorder which stopped her breaking down the vast amounts of protein she was ingesting.
Caffeine and green tea extract featured heavily in the roundtable discussion with a summary report finding that pre-workout supplements were likely to contain "very high" levels of caffeine that could lead to "inherent risk".
Restrictions on sales were discussed including the prospect of whether this could drive people toward less regulated purchases online.
editors picks health warning supplements
Free parking down main strip for first time in 50 years
Breaking After much deliberation, council have made the decision to remove the paid parking meters on Cunningham St making way for free parking.
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Sunny sellers
Summer brings with it lots of sales opportunities from ice creams and ice-cold soft drinks, to sunglasses and barbecue briquettes. The latter two items can often be sourced from your car care supplier. Indeed Convenience Distribution Group (CDG) is currently running a promotion on Object Eyewear sunglasses. You can currently get 24 pairs of sunglasses for just £60 (which works out at £2.50 a pair) and a free six-peg display stand. The suggested selling price for the sunglasses is £4.99, so you make a very decent margin on them plus they are available on sale or return terms so if, for any reason, you don't sell them they will be uplifted and credited to your account in October.
CDG also offers the Bar-Be-Quick range which includes instant/disposable barbecues as well as lumpwood, briquettes and instant light charcoal.
Another summer 'must stock' is sunscreen, and Nivea has recently launched roll-on sun screen for adults and children. There are four products: Nivea Sun Kids Protection Roll-On SPF 30 and SPF 50+; and Nivea Sun Protection Roll-On SPF 30 and SPF 50+. All retail at £7.99. Also available in the Nivea range are sprays (SPF 15, 30 and 50) and a 200ml after-sun product.
Unfortunately for many people the summer means hay fever, so having products such as Piriteze and Clarityn available, as well as plenty of tissues, is important.
Apparently more children than adults suffer from hay fever so you might want to consider stocking HayMax Kids, a 100% drug-free barrier balm suitable for babies from birth, toddlers, children and teenagers.
When applied around the base of the nostrils, it forms an invisible barrier that traps pollen and dust and pet allergens before they enter the body.
The product is also Soil Association certified organic, vegetarian and has never been tested on animals. Rrp is £6.99 per pot.
To communicate to shoppers that it's suitable for kids, it has new eye-catching packaging that features superhero characters.
Brand support comes from national press and magazine advertising, and PR campaigns as well as point-of-sale material including posters and leaflets.
Another summer bugbear is insect bites, but Incognito has the solution with its spray and roll-on insect repellents.
The formulations of the spray and roll-on are identical. They are 100% natural and Deet-free, and provide 100% protection against mosquitoes as well as protection against biting insects and many arachnids, such as spiders and ticks.
The Incognito range is supported by national PR and advertising campaigns.
There's probably no dessert that represents summer as well as a bowl of strawberries and cream. Bakery company Aryzta Food Solutions is cashing in on this with the launch of a limited-edition Strawberry & Cream Muffin. Available from this month, it's a strawberry-flavoured muffin with white chocolate chunks, real pieces of strawberry and a creamy vanilla frosting. Rrp is £1.09 and the muffins come in cases of 30.
Shane Vaughan, head of retail marketing at Aryzta, says: "Strawberry and cream is a flavour intrinsically linked with summer. While we can't guarantee 'summer', we can guarantee that the addition of the Cuisine de France Strawberry & Cream Muffin will brighten retailers' fixtures and boost sales this summer."
Another product with a strong association with summer is Pimm's. And, following the successful launch of Pimm's Cider Cup Strawberry & Cucumber last year, three more flavours have been added: Summer Fruits, Mango & Passionfruit and Plum & Red Apple.
Claire O'Neill, innovation commercialisation manager at brand owner Diageo, says: "The extended Pimm's Cider Cup range is timed to perfection for retailers, who can now offer customers the perfect patriotic tipple to accompany the British summer time. Summer is a key sales moment for cider and as a brand long associated with everything British, Pimm's Cider Cup is a must-stock ahead of moments of national celebration including Wimbledon and The Queen's Patron's Lunch."
Many brands are cashing in on traditional summer activities with competitions and promotions. Highland Spring, for example, has been back on TV with its 'Anywhere for Tennis' campaign. Building on the success of last year's 'Everyone for Tennis', this latest initiative includes an on-pack promotion giving consumers the chance to win thousands of tennis sets, plus an active holiday. And online, consumers can win tickets to tennis and golf events.
On to cricket, and Foster's has been named as the Official Lager of England Cricket having signed a two-year deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board. The deal includes all international T20 matches, One-Day Internationals and international Test Matches. These include this summer's home international series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan and next season's tours by West Indies and South Africa. The deal will be supported by a nationwide campaign across the country throughout the summer.
David Forde, managing director of Foster's owner Heineken, says: "We're thrilled to team up with England Cricket. It's been a decade since we last sponsored the sport in the UK and what a time to start again! England are playing superbly and the popularity of all forms of international cricket is soaring."
Meanwhile, Lucozade Sport has gone down the football route for publicity with England striker Harry Kane heading its Summer of Movement campaign.
An on-pack promotion gives consumers the chance to win a Fitbit Charge HR activity tracker worth £120, every 90 minutes until July 22.
Consumers have to enter their on-pack code online at www.lucozadesport.com to find out if they've won.
The choice of Harry Kane to front the campaign is down to the fact that Lucozade Sport is the official sports drink supplier of the England football team.
Finally, music events are big business during the summer and Red Bull has launched a limited-edition Culture Clash can to support its summer gig. The London event takes place this month, and aims to drive 'relevance and brand love' among 18-24-year old consumers.
Red Bull Culture Clash brings together four new crews and four new sounds. Never seen before 'collectives' will go head-to-head with their peers in the ultimate showdown, inspired by Jamaican soundclash culture.
All Red Bull cans currently feature a limited-edition design that includes striking visuals of the live Culture Clash, reinforced with in-store pos. In addition the event will be supported by city-wide advertising and sampling.
Red Bull reckons the Culture Clash creates a great opportunity for retailers to get involved and support the event in-store attracting the core young generation of shoppers.
Joanne Thompson, supervisor, Canvey Island Service Station:
"We get a lot of holidaymakers and day-trippers in the summer. We don't really change our range, we just sell more of certain items.
"Alcohol is a big seller in the summer and we recently added another chiller which means we can chill the bigger packs (10s etc) rather than just the singles and four-packs.
"Ice creams are obviously very popular and we make sure we stock multipacks as spending £1.60 on a single ice cream is not an option for everyone. The multipacks give better value, especially when you can get four ice creams or lollies for £1 in some cases. We always look for what's on offer in ice cream so we can pass on the savings to our customers.
"The only line that we do add for the summer is sunglasses. We have a Foster Grants display on the counter. There are five different styles and they all sell at £4.99.
"Other good summer sellers are charcoal, briquettes, fire lighters and lighting fluid. We sell a hell of a lot of lumpwood charcoal but we also sell disposable barbecues. We have a country park nearby where you are allowed to barbecue so people buy them to take there.
"We've just started selling Calor gas canisters for gas barbecues. We've already sold a couple and I think we'll do really well on these."
Cracked Egg Muffin in time for Easter
Aryzta Food Solutions adapts muffin for Easter
Ferrero ramps up its spring occasions range
Cracking on
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West Belconnen wins 2014 AILA NSW Planning Award
West Belconnen wins 2014 AILA NSW Planning Award News / Awards / 20.11.2014
McGregor Coxall is proud to announce West Belconnen has recently been awarded ‘Planning in Landscape Architecture’ at the 2014 AILA NSW Awards. The jury cited “McGregor Coxall’s West Belconnen Landscape and Open Space Strategy is a demonstration of an exemplary planning process. The work is underpinned by imagination and focus on the qualitative aspects of site and place: attributes too often absent from planning studies.” West Belconnen is a proposed 21st Century Garden Suburb straddling the ACT/NSW border. The project as been accepted as a Green Star Communities Pilot Project and is aiming for 6 Star accreditation.The plan encompasses the site’s key characteristics and translates these into principtiles that will integrate a robust, sustainable urban environment for 30,000 new residents within a natural setting. In 2013 McGregor Coxall was awarded the project and aptly responded to the client's vision "to create a sustainable community of international significance in the nation's capital, exemplifying World's Best Practice in its design, construciton and long-term liveability".
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That secret EU masterplan
Roland Smith
Here are my instant thoughts on the three ‘masterplan’ bullet points in the above story, which can be found on the Sunday Times website here (£subscription needed).
This is clearly nothing more than a rebranding exercise, not least because it even uses the word “rebranding”. Whether intentional or not, Tim Shipman’s phrasing about “a different sort of member state” further illustrates this is firmly in the realms of “thin gruel”.
One can imagine commission colleagues meeting up for lunch in future and joking: “So how’s my friend from a ‘different sort of member state’ these days?!”
So Bullet 1 need not detain us.
Bullet 2 is a bit more interesting as it echoes a concept found in the EEA Agreement, that of the so-called “emergency brake”. Indeed the way it is phrased here, it sounds like it is the same as the power held by EEA states…but obviously within the confines of EU membership. Surely a victory then?
However there is a snag. Just two days ago, the Guardian reported the same thing about an emergency brake but added a crucial detail: it would be “subject to agreement from the European Commission”, thus actually confirming (again) that inside the EU, Britain is subordinate. The EEA countries have no such proviso and have the power to apply the brake unilaterally. [Worth noting to those who say Freedom of Movement is absolutely no different for EEA countries.]
The third bullet is more nuanced (or designed to mislead — take your pick). Cameron is supposedly looking to change the law so that parliament is sovereign. Now that would be an interesting move — though one wonders how that would work — until one reads the rest of the sentence suggesting this would only apply to the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which is the EU’s implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights (a non-EU convention) with a bit more added on top. In other words, we would remain subject to the ECHR — a point which Cameron seems privately happy with.
On this reading, the bullet point’s practical significance would therefore be very limited. However the rest of the article elaborates on this bullet as follows:
Now you could read this and interpret it as meaning the Government would set up “something similar to the German constitutional court” based in Karlsruhe Germany, which has a much wider remit than just the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Witness its involvement in some deep questions about German sovereignty and the Maastricht treaty, the eurozone, etc.
But within this passage, “neutering the Charter of Fundamental Rights” is again mentioned and we end up with the distinct impression that we’re being taken for fools. Nothing new there then.
Desperately seeking rabbits
One final thought. This passage appears later in the article (on page 4 of the printed paper where fewer will read it):
Now what does that say to us?
Well, apart from the almost comical image that it evokes of panicked, besuited Whitehall folk rushing hither and yon it also says that ministers have little idea of how the EU works, nor how deeply ingrained and limiting EU law has become to the UK and its government. In any normal world, you’d like to think they would all suddenly and simultaneously stop dead in their tracks, as an almighty penny makes its descent.
They are too busy with their careers, with pleasing the prime minister, with fitting in with their rampant group-think, to notice anything so obvious.
And these people are in charge.
This is why we need change. And big change. Brexit would be the start of that change.
Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute. Brexitologist. Globalist. euexit@gmail.com #Brexit
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Kickstart that Geek! Dreamchaser
Posted on February 2, 2017 by Kevin Smith(@SharnDM)
Find the Kickstarter HERE!
I had a conversation with Pete Petrusha, creator of Dreamchaser and owner of Imagining Games, on twitter about his game. After getting the chance to play it, with notorious RPG Academy hosts Michael and Caleb, I stated that we had “played pretend with just enough crunch to make it a specific game”. I eventually followed it up with mentioning that “That’s all Tabletop games are right? Playing pretend with varying degrees of crunch”. Now, I’m not even the 100th person to say this, it is no special revelation, but there is something special about the Tabletop RPG Dreamchaser that call to mind the “let’s play pretend” aspect of these games more than anything I’ve played in recent memory.
Dreamchaser is a Tabletop RPG that eschews a specific setting, concrete character classes, or even character abilities. The game outs the onus on the players and the GM to craft these things solely through their own imaginations. Players are encouraged to dream up simple scenarios they might have always wanted to do in an RPG that, for whatever reason, systems in the past haven’t been conducive to. Keeping things within simple phrases, maybe they’ve always wanted to “Climb the (mountain, world tree, tallest building)”, or defeat the (dragon, BBEG, evil god)” you get the idea…maybe even they simply want to “Make the perfect sandwich”, though that is not nearly as simple as it seems from what we found out! This then becomes how your story ends, and getting there requires some milestones and your own imagination.
Obviously it’s is an open system, and one that puts no small amount of pressure on the players to help with crafting the game the group plays. I have not always been a fan of this personally. Many players love it and you’d think I would as well given my background in Improv Theatre and general love of both playing and running games. Frankly though, when I play I like to react to my environment, and effect change to the narrative in that fashion, more than I like to be the impetus of everything going on around me. If I wanted to control the narrative, I’d simply run the game. For example, when I played G.I. Joe Wushu almost a year ago on the RPG Academy Podcast I had fun but the constant need for me to explain the details around me was a bit overwhelming. I didn’t think I’d like playing another game where the I had to be a driving force for so much of the plot itself, but I was wrong.
Where Dreamchaser succeeds is how it handles these player driven narratives in a more collaborative fashion. Sure there are aspects of the game that only you can come up with (mostly character details), but even from the onset when people are adding their “dreams” to the pile of potential picks they get to play off each other’s choices and come together with the ultimate end game scheme. Throughout the game there are numerous times where everyone works together to drive the story along, but it is almost always collaborative. Every now and then, in a heated situation, a player will have to strike out on their own and relay the scene to everyone else but by then the player has developed skills and abilities that can be easily used to narrate the sequence. Add in a simple rolling system, 2d10’s where you are attempting to roll beneath whatever target number is being dictated by your skill and style of approach to the confrontation, and you have just enough crunch to ground the game into a pretty smooth flow.
I think Pete has something special here. Granted if you’re a crunch lover who genuinely likes the rigidity of systems requiring tactical moves, group balancing, etc. you’ll not find as much of that here, and that’s ok. However, if you want to play a game that leans toward a player driven story-line with a strong enough mechanic backing it to allow for surprises and interesting challenges, you’ll find it here. Plus, the fact that Imagining Games found a way to incorporate starting from the end to truly make the game about the journey adds a remarkably satisfying gameplay element to it. For a game so new, it feels polished.
In my opinion, this game is a no brainer. Buy it, love it. Adore the amazing artwork! Here are my suggestions for levels to back at.
I personally backed this Kickstarter (something I don’t always do, even if I adore the product). I loved the game and I trust Pete to deliver. However, I don’t have a lot of capital so I backed at my reccomended “poor guy” level “Electric Dreams”.
As you can see, it gets you everything you need to play the game. It just doesn’t provide that satisfying tangibility of a physical book.
If a physical copy, but don’t want to raise your cost much maybe the softcover version is more your speed at prices in the $24-$30 ranges. In my opinion though, if I had the money I’d hit up the “Pretend Box”
For a level that’s pretty much the “get it all” level, $65 is a pretty great price point.
So head on over to the Kickstarter folks! Let me know your thoughts below and, by all means, if you have any questions about the game you feel I didn’t address ask away. Having had the unique pleasure of playing I can likely give you an answer or I can always punt to Pete who I’m sure will answer quickly. Take care dreamers!
-Melv
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2 thoughts on “Kickstart that Geek! Dreamchaser”
Pete Petrusha on February 2, 2017 at 7:04 pm said:
Thank you for the stellar review! I’m just so happy you really enjoyed the game! 😀
Kevin Smith(@SharnDM) on February 3, 2017 at 7:52 am said:
Loved the game Pete! More than happy to write an article laced with praise.
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Home > MISSING PERSONS, 2018 - 2019 > Jenna Van Gelderen opened 9-9-18
JENNA VAN GELDEREN 250PX-JVGWESTERNWALL SYCHIC BRIAN LADD
In August of 2017, 25-year-old Jenna Van Gelderen was housesitting/petsitting for her parents in the Druid Hills neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia while they were vacationing in Canada. It’s believed that Jenna vanished during the early morning hours of August 19th shortly after talking and texting with a friend. Jenna had plans to meet a friend at her parents’ home later in the day on the 19th. But when the friend arrived, Jenna and her vehicle, a dark blue, 2010 Mazda 6 sedan, were missing. When Jenna’s brother Will arrived at the home on the 19th to check on his sister, he discovered the door to the house was locked and the TV and lights had been left on. Jenna was nowhere to be found. After 24 hours had passed, and no one had heard from Jenna, her brother reported her missing. On September 5th, the police located Jenna’s vehicle parked along Defoor Place off Chattahoochee Avenue in northwest Atlanta. A witness had contacted the police when she recognized the car on her way to the gym after seeing information about the case on Facebook. Jenna’s car was almost out of gas, and her suitcase was found inside. The police have not made public the condition of the car or if any other evidence was located inside or around the vehicle. Jenna’s father has mentioned to the media that police reviewed video footage from a camera placed on a recording studio near where Jenna’s car was located. The content of the footage has yet to be shared. Jenna Van Gelderen Photo of missing person Jenna Van Gelderen Image source: Help Find Jenna Van Gelderen Facebook page Jenna is 4-foot-11 (150 cm), weighs 140 lbs (64 kg), and has dark brown hair and brown eyes. She also has high-functioning autism.
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When career stagnation sets in
Stuck. Lack of growth and development at work leads to stagnation which could lessen ones value making it difficult to find new opportunities. Shutter Photo
Positive mindset. Despite the disappointments, it is important to look at life on a positive note and always see the glass as half full, not half empty.
This mindset will enable you endure regret letters and soldier on to get a fulfilling position commensurate with your level of education and competencies.
Career stagnation is a real buzz killer for many workers. After years of getting comfortable at the same job, you get complacent and bored of doing the same thing over and over again. There’s no more challenge or growth and most times, no salary increment. Usually when workers come to this realisation, they try to find a new job or at least seek to be promoted to another position which comes with different duties, challenges and perhaps higher pay. Unfortunately, changing career paths, positions or jobs doesn’t come easy. It can be a frustrating venture that ends up in self-doubt.
Failed attempts
After a couple or more of unfruitful job interviews or requests for promotions or even salary reviews, workers begin to question their credibility and worth when in their search for bigger and better opportunities they are turned down at job interviews or when their colleagues are promoted while they stay at the same level. When this happens, it is only natural for one to wonder whether they are too young or too old, underqualified or over qualified for any upward movement or any movement for that matter.
Jane Muiruri the senior human resource manager Nation Media Group, advises that in such instances, one should focus on their achievements as enablers, not disablers. She says interviews should not only be about getting a job, even an unsuccessful interview experience gives you an opportunity to identify areas for further development.
“Employers look for several criteria, such as education, relevant experience, attitude, skills and capacity to learn. They also look out for candidates who possess values that are coherent with the organisation’s culture. You should therefore not be presumptuous of the reasons you have not got a job after a couple or more interviews. It may have been that there were more qualified candidates than you who got the jobs you applied for.”
Staying at a job for too long
M.O a frustrated job seeker worries that his unfruitful job hunt could be because he lacks a degree or that his current salary quote and the competitive rates do not compare.
“I have worked for the same company for the last 10 years I joined as a clerk and rose through the ranks to a managerial position. However, my pay is too low, considering the numbers of years worked, as well as responsibilities. I tried to upgrade my academic qualifications but have not been able to go further because of financial constraints.
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I have applied for several jobs and done many interviews, but no offers have come my way,” he says.
This, Mwikali Muthiani a managing partner at Millennial HR says, happens all the time. He says in such cases, instead of rushing to leave the organisation, one should first ask for a salary raise.
“Working for one employer for 10 years demonstrates commitment and loyalty. Although employees who stay in one organisation for long may miss opportunities for accelerated salary increase, this is compensated through other long-term benefits, such as pension, gratuity, loans, service and bonus,” he says.
Muthiani advises that in a situation like this, one smart way of asking for a salary review would be to present a compelling case of one’s value to the organisation, backed by market data showing how similar positions are compensated within peer organisations. One can gather such data through professional networks, or use published salary surveys.”
However, if one insists on changing jobs, or if your request for a salary review is not forthcoming, Muthiani says, when they apply, they must ensure they meet all prerequisite qualifications required.
“Don’t apply for a job that requires a degree if you do not have one. However, if you are invited for an interview where you do not meet all requirements, it means there is a quality that attracts the employer to your profile.
Focusing on this quality and demonstrating how you would use it to excel in this role if selected will be your biggest opportunity,” he says.
Muthiani adds that many employers will require an undergraduate qualification for certain roles, so it is possible that this may limit you career growth.
No promotions
Aside from failure to get employment elsewhere, remaining in the same position while colleagues are promoted over you can be equally frustrating and is a sign of stagnation.
Joy has worked as a secretary in a higher learning institution for the last 15 years with very minimal upward progression, despite having advanced education.
“I have a BSc. in Human Resource Management and I am currently winding up my MSc. in Human Resource Development. I have tried changing my career with my employer but it has been very difficult due to red tape.”
Fred Gituku, the Vivo energy human resource manager says there are numerous underlying causes of being passed over in regard to promotions apart from red tape.
“If one has acquired all the necessary academic and professional qualifications, the missing aspects are likely those for which no learning institution could issue a certificate. This might include perceptions of your potential, capability, and fit within your work environment or externally in the market, “he says.
Gituku says considerable self-awareness is required to fathom how one comes across to others, and the impact this has on their environment.
How to know it’s time for change
1.No new challenges at work
2.No opportunities for growth
3. If you are undervalued
4. Overloaded with work but unnoticed/ unappreciated
5. Health deterioration because of work
6. Toxic work environment and bosses
7. Having the same role and doing the same job with little to no increase in pay.
Compiled from www.simplilearn.com
Adapted from Nation Media
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Patriots Owner Robert Kraft’s Lawyers Say Florida Prostitution Sting Videos Would ‘Destroy’ Fair Trial
Filed Under:Florida, Florida News, Local TV, New England Patriots, NFL Owner, Prostitution, Robert Kraft, South Florida, Video Evidence
MIAMI (CBSMiami/CNN) — Attorneys for NFL owner Robert Kraft filed a second amended motion in court Wednesday to stop the public release of video evidence collected as part of a Florida prostitution sting.
The motion argues that video evidence showing New England Patriots owner receiving “paid acts” in a room at a South Florida day spa, could “destroy any prospect” of a fair trial.
Kraft is one of more than a dozen defendants charged in a sting at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida. He has been charged with two counts of solicitation and has denied through a spokesman that he committed a crime.
Kraft waived his arraignment and has requested a jury trial in the case.
SEE ALSO: Prosecutors Release Video Evidence In Florida Sex Spa Scandal Involving New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft
Florida prosecutors offered to drop misdemeanor charges against him in exchange for fines, community service and an admission that he would be found guilty if he went to trial. But a source familiar with the case told CNN that Kraft will not accept the deal.
“I am truly sorry,” Kraft said in a statement last month. “I know I have hurt and disappointed my family, my close friends, my co-workers, our fans and many others who rightfully hold me to a higher standard.”
Attorneys first filed a motion to stop the public release of surveillance videos and other evidence in March.
The second amended motion was filed Wednesday in Palm Beach County court. A suppression hearing is scheduled for April 26.
(©2019 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company, contributed to this report.)
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Archive for the tag “David Himbara”
Opinion: Museveni supported RNC and FDLR leaders extradited from the DRC to Rwanda!
There was a meeting in Uganda in December 2018 between Philemon Mateke and leaders from the FDLR and the RNC, which is both rebels working within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These leaders got captured on the border between Uganda and the DRC late in December. That after the reported alleged meeting between them and the government official Mateke. Than, with a special message by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who wanted to find a lasting solution and use them for his means.
Therefore, this news must be a backfire to the meddling and the interference of Museveni in the DRC. As his supported people by the CMI and ISO isn’t that wise or smart. As they get captured and now weeks after. Are taken into custody by the Rwandan government. So, the squabble and in-fighting with the neighbour continues.
Latest report:
“Le Forge Fils Bazeye, the spokesperson of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels, who captured in December last year, was sneaked out by Rwandan agents. Bazeye, the rebel intelligence chief, has been in detention in the capital Kinshasa. On Friday last week, Rwandan agents paid off guards who were manning the prison and got him out. Meanwhile, Congo army also arrested Col Tawimbi Richard, a member of National Congress [RNC] headed by former Rwandan army chief of staff, Gen Kayumba Nyamwasa, who is based in South Africa” (edge.ug, 29.01.2019).
With this in mind, there is definitely more happening behind the scenes than we know. That there are plans and support behind closed doors. Where there are delivery and plans, as the militias gain strength and new reinforcement. They are able to be persistence and get weapons. This also, as the other groups has also said they are wanting to retaliate against Kigali and Kagame.
Therefore, there are more happening than we understand or can grasp. As there are more sinister powers being used by warlords and presidents, who are warlords with vast supported armies. They are using their connections and their missions, while they are giving way to militias to further their wealth and their power in the region. That is why the secret meeting of December 2018 and the aftermath. Says something about the things at play.
Where Museveni isn’t succeeding, but still playing with fire and creating instability, to ensure his vision and mission there. Gods knows how much violence and killings, he needs to gain before his time is over. Peace.
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Opinion: Mzee is aiding the RNC and FDLR in the DRC!
Certainly, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is true to himself and his own personal gains. If there was someone to own and support militias within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Why do I say that, well, he earns fortunes on conflict minerals exported through Entebbe International Airport and gold refined in Entebbe as well. Therefore, the recent reports aren’t new in a way, but the senses of it.
In the past, Museveni has together with other neighbours supported the rebellion of M-23 and other outfits. It has been because of potential of exploits, but also direct control in the mineral rich Republic. That is what the President does to enrich himself on others suffering.
We can now, see from both Virunga Times and New Times, the connections and the way things are going. That Museveni are scheming again, this as in the recent months, FDLR or M.R.C.D. have attacked Rwandan soil. While the Group of Experts report from the UN on the 31st December 2018, proved a connection of support of the FDLR in Uganda. As the reported stated that, there was a meeting with Philemon Mateke, Uganda’s state minister for regional affairs, telling the objective from Museveni; while the FDLR operatives was later arrested on the border into DRC.
Here is the two important pieces of intelligence:
“Indeed, this rigour on the part of the report’s authors is likely the reason that made Kayumba Nyamwasa sufficiently panicky to feel compelled to gather a few of his trusted partners in crime to think about ways to avert what is clearly an impending UN sanctions regime against him. Kayumba’s peronal assistant, Kennedy Gihana, and RNC financier Tribert Rujugiro’s publicist, David Himbara, were quickly mobilised and tasked with engaging media houses with the aim of undermining the UNGoE report, according to a source within top RNC circles. They were given talking points to deny that: Kayumba has ever travelled to the location of the operation base in the DRC; has any force anywhere; indeed, that he knows nothing of any “P5” formation” (Albert Rudatsimburwa – ‘Kayumba Nyamwasa in panic mode as sanctions loom’ 06.01.2019, link: https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/kayumba-nyamwasa-panic-mode-sanctions-loom).
“The objective, continued Museveni’s message, would be to gain support needed to popularize the rebellion in the international media and to bring attention to their shared cause. “Museveni is prepared to take the risk provided that they furnish him diplomatic cover that suggests that this is a broad-based rebel outfit with legitimate grievances,” according to an analyst familiar with politics of the region who happens to be aware of these goings-on” (…) “Most importantly, Museveni’s commitment for a “lasting solution” to their shared problem seemed to delight the representatives of the two outfits, who reassured the “messenger” that they were ready to close ranks in line with his guidance. As this website has reported, it is common practice for RNC senior officials to travel to Kampala where they are accorded protocol and armed security that at times is beyond what under normal circumstances is accorded even special visitors of the state. Indeed, their meetings with senior officials in security circles (particularly CMI and ISO) confirms that in the goals of FDLR and RNC, Museveni sees a shared interest worthy of serious investment” (James Wakabi – ‘MUSEVENI’S SUPPORT FOR RWANDA’S DISSIDENTS CONTINUES AS KAMPALA MEETING DETAILS REVEALED’ 07.01.2018, link: http://virungapost.com/2019/01/07/musevenis-support-for-rwandas-dissidents-continues-as-kampala-meeting-details-revealed/).
We know see, with these revelations, that there are conceptions and deceptions on the way. That both the militias, the government and the ones in-charge, planning and scheming behind closed doors. In meetings like gangsters and not keeping minutes, as they wants to get certain things out. That we see the activity and sponsorship directly from Museveni. This shows that he is gearing up again. For what real reason is not certain, until its revealed. What is clear, is that there is something sinister going-on. The Neighbours are sponsoring militias within the DRC and they are toying with each other with these forces for various of reasons and grievances. Who knows how this will end, but Museveni never stops to entertain these things, that is what is worrying. As he supporters and facilitate through Kisoro, Kasese and other places in Uganda, as the militias can cross easily into the porous borders there. Peace.
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By Intern on April 21, 2019
On April 12, Friday, the first ever Senior High debate between detainees under the senior high curriculum of the Social Entrepreneurship Technology and Business Institute Inc. (SETBIFI) against their sister school Thompson Christian School was held at Ma-a Davao City Jail.
The Senior High School program was launched in school year 2018, through the initiative of Dr. Aland Mizell, the President of SETBIFI, with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), and the Thompson Christian School. The program offers the requisite Senior High School education for detainees who graduated from the old high school curriculum to enable them to advance to the College Education behind Bars (CEBB) program, launched in the year 2017, in partnership with University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP).
The SETBIFI partnered with the Thompson Christian School (TCS) to provide the curriculum as well as the faculty members for the senior high school program. After finishing this two-year program, the student detainees will become graduates of TCS.
The debaters from the SETBIFI and the TCS with the adjudicators: J Insp. Francisco Corpuz, the Deputy Warden of Davao City Jail, Grace Meraflor Lantajo, PhD, USeP professor of Political Science and, Mr. Amado Munda of the Tabula Rasa artist group; Atty. Susan Carriaga, President of TCS and Vice President of SETBIFI; Dr. Aland Mizell, SETBIFI President, teachers and coaches.
The debate, which coincided with the conclusion of its successful first school year, centered on the issues of recidivism and political dynasties. The adjudicators were: J Insp. Francisco Corpuz, the Deputy Warden of Davao City Jail, Grace Meraflor Lantajo, PhD, USeP professor of Political Science and, Mr. Amado Munda of the Tabula Rasa artist group.
A palpable sense of anticipation tingled in the air as the detainees, faculty members, and students of TCS await the start of the debate. The nervous excitement of the entire Grade 11 class of SETBIFI charged the whole room with a restless energy, adding in the presence of the media.
The debaters from TCS and SETBIFI argued over the subjects of Recidivism and Political Dynasties. The students of TCS were well composed as they delivered valid points while their opponents, the SETBIFI, retorted with reverberating conviction as it becomes apparent that the issues discussed were deeply related to their experiences. The winner of the debate on Recidivism is the TCS while the SETBIFI won the debate on Political Dynasties.
The debating team from TCS was composed of Ulysses Gubantes, Enoy Gryck, Amalia Tabogoy, Zoe Magbanua, Shyra Habail and Knives Sabellano.
Representing SETBIFI were: Keith Altiso (Best Debater), Julius Bancure (Team Captain), Abdulrauf Ali, Pamela Sampiano, Welma Gera, and Arcelyn Aplasin.
“It was very fun. It was a blessed experience,” said Zoe Matthew Magbanua, one of the debaters from Thompson Christian School. Zoe said that he was not at all intimidated by their detainee opponents for they were all very cordial throughout the duration of the event.
SETBIFI debaters Julius Bancure, Pamela Sampiano. Welma Gera and Arcelyn Aplasin with their coach Amalia Cabusao.
For the SETBIFI students, the debate was a chance to engage with people outside the walls of prison.
Keith, named as the best speaker of the debate, said that his knowledge on political dynasties is based on their discussions in class and a little bit from what he saw in the media from the past. This 27 year- old student detainee has served three years in prison and is waiting for his release anytime soon. He described his life in prison before the SETBIFI was established as monotonous.
“All we do is eat, sleep, and wait for the headcount after the shift of the guards,” Keith said. He thought he has lost interest to study again after dropping out of school due to the influence of friends. By the time he gets out of prison, he wants to continue his education and fulfill his dream to become a lawyer.
The debate not only left an impact on the debaters themselves, but also on the audience. The detainees who got to witness the exchange of arguments were in awe of their classmates and the outsiders who challenged them. One inmate, a 28 year-old woman charged for drug possession, expressed how much optimism was bestowed on her and her fellow detainees while watching her yellow-clad classmates exchange points with the outsiders in this exercise of intellect.
“This (debate) proves that we are more than just detainees. We are capable of doing more,” she said when asked what the exercise meant for her. She also expressed her gratitude towards the people behind the debate and the Senior High program. She has hopes that another batch will be coming in after them, and that more inmates may be given the chance to be accepted in the learning program. She later reiterated that going to classes made her more hopeful about life outside as she is now inspired with prospects of a dream profession.
At the end of the activity, both the participating detainees and the students from Thompson Christian College came out as winners; both parties having earned fresh outlooks from what can be called a singularly unique experience.
The primarily anxious atmosphere around the SETBIFI’s Grade 11 class was supplanted with cheer and good humor as the debate ended and the school year came to a close. People in yellow were shaking hands with the visitors as they congratulate each other over the success of the event.
The educational programs of the SETBIFI challenge the way most people see prisons. As Dr. Mizell stressed in his opening remarks, prison is not just for punishment it can also be a tool to help reform people and give them the chance to be better and realize their potential. It is sweet to envision such a humane system being replicated throughout the country en masse.
By Daphni H. Madelo and Maria Concepcion O. Lim – USeP Interns
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July 30, 2015 by Moline Skeptics
“Out of his element” (Alchemy)
There’s no doubting the creativity on someone who can come up with the phrase “Orbitally Rearranged Monoatomic Element.” And that creativity has allowed modern-day alchemists to attach all manner of miraculous properties to these elements, including the ability to cure fatal disease and attain superconductivity at room temperature. It has also allowed them, for 40 years, to convince some people that the elements exist without producing them or offering any other evidence.
These proponents insist the ORME are precious metals existing as lone atoms and forming no bonds in a not-quite-explained state of matter. Besides curative and superconductive properties, they are said to repair DNA, emit gamma rays, pass through solid objects, disappear and reappear, levitate, rejuvenate cells, read minds, make dreaming more lucid, regrow missing appendages, and increase psychic awareness.
The first prominent modern-day alchemist was David Hudson. He claimed he had discovered this alternate state of matter and resultant magic, but that the ideas were dismissed when he introduced them to Cornell University chemistry professors. That’s the one claim of his I find believable. I’m less charitable to his insistence he can cure late-stage cancer with dirt and some abracadabra. He also claims his coming was prophesied in the Bible, as part of the Davidic bloodline. Hey, his name is David, what more proof do you want?
To fund his research, he found some investors, although he has yet to repay them in transformed powdered gold or any other currency. If Hudson did any genuine research, he has not explained his methods or detailed any attempt to test, falsify, or replicate it. He has vaguely insinuated that the power is too great to risk falling into the wrong hands, but has otherwise said little about his lack of verifiable results.
Hudson argues that volcanoes millions of years ago saturated soil in the Southwest with precious metals. What’s more, they have concentrations of hundreds-of-ounces-per ton, exponentially more than the traditional yield from platinum group metals. As to why Arizona farmers are wasting their time harvesting corn instead of palladium, Hudson explains that the metals are in a mysterious form undetectable by normal science. Only he has the ability to recognize and derive them. That explanation leaves unanswered why Hudson is not the world’s first trillionaire.
Hudson has tapped into a knowledge known by ancient cultures, according to a blogger identifying herself as Lucy S6. She tells us, “The ancient Egyptians knew about it, but today’s knowledge is suppressed by dark and powerful sources that are trying to prevent our true evolution to a higher consciousness.”
It was also known to the ancient Babylonians, which Lucy S6 says is why George W. Bush invaded Iraq. Once there, U.S. agents went straight to the Museum of Antiquities and stole Nebuchadnezzar’s treasures, which are bursting with ORME goodness.
And here’s what Bush is getting, according to Lucy S6: “These elements resonate with the primal energy, the zero point from which all life originates and which is a quantum potential of possibilities.” I have no idea what that means, but it means the same if you rearrange the words thusly: “The potential of quantum possibilities resonate from the zero point from which these primal life energies originate.”
For the rest of us who never served as a head of state, the dark lords keep us sick and ignorant by controlling our food supply. Insects instinctively know to eat these foods in order to protect mankind, so the overlords created pesticides, which they learned to manufacture while making nerve gas in World War I. All this leads to an ORME deficiency (I’m all the way down to zero), which makes us ever sicker. This in turn drives us back to the corroborating doctors and Big Pharma. Eventually we are told we have cancer, with the disease actually being delivered to us in the form of chemotherapy, which is a form of mustard gas.
If you’re like me, you have a headache after reading all this. Must be the ORME deficiency.
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{{TLD| |logo = |status = Delegated |manager = |country = |language = |translation = |registryprovider = |registrations = |date = |type = [[gTLD|Generic]] |category = [[:Category:Health New gTLDs|Health]] |community = |PIC = [https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/802 Download Here] |priority = |keypeople = }} '''.dentist''' is a [[gTLD]] that was proposed in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant was [[Donuts]] (Outer Lake, LLC) but ownership of the TLD was later transferred to [[Rightside]] ([[United TLD Holdco, Ltd.]]).[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings][http://rightside.co/rightside-registry/tld-overview/tld-portfolio/ TLD Portfolio, Rightside] Retrieved 04 June 2014 Their application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 31 May 2014, making Rightside the [[Registry Operator]] of the string.[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated Strings, ICANN.org] Retrieved 3 June 2014 ==Background== ===GAC Early Warning=== The application was issued a [[GAC]] Early Warning from the representative of Australia and GAC Chair, [[Heather Dryden]]. The warning system is noted as a strong recommendation on behalf of national governments to the [[ICANN Board]] that a given TLD application should be denied as it stands. Applicants are encouraged to work with objecting GAC members.[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/gac-early-warning GAC Early Warning, NewgTLDS.ICANN.org] Retrieved 24 Nov 2012 The warning notes that the TLD refers to a regulated market and [[Donuts]] did not provide for adequate mechanisms to prevent consumer harm.[https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/Dentist-AU-97537.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353387372000 Dentist AU, GACweb.ICANN.org] Retrieved 24 Nov 2012 ===Application Details=== The following is excerpted from the applicant's response to question #18: "ABOUT DONUTS Donuts Inc. is the parent applicant for this and multiple other TLDs. The company intends to increase competition and consumer choice at the top level. It will operate these carefully selected TLDs safely and securely in a shared resources business model. To achieve its objectives, Donuts has recruited seasoned executive management with proven track records of excellence in the industry. In addition to this business and operational experience, the Donuts team also has contributed broadly to industry policymaking and regulation, successfully launched TLDs, built industry-leading companies from the ground up, and brought innovation, value and choice to the domain name marketplace. ABOUT DONUTS’ RESOURCES Donuts’ has raised more than US$100 million from a number of capital sources for TLDs. Our well-resourced, capable and skilled organization will operate these TLDs and benefit Internet users by: 1. Providing the operational and financial stability necessary for TLDs of all sizes, but particularly for those with smaller volume (which are more likely to succeed within a shared resources model); 2. Competing more powerfully against incumbent gTLDs; and 3. More thoroughly and uniformly executing consumer and rights holder protections. THE .DENTIST TLD This TLD is attractive and useful to end-users as it better facilitates search, self-expression, information sharing and the provision of legitimate goods and services. Along with the other TLDs in the Donuts family, this TLD will provide Internet users with opportunities for online identities and expression that do not currently exist. In doing so, the TLD will introduce significant consumer choice and competition to the Internet namespace – the very purpose of ICANN’s new TLD program. This TLD is a generic term and its second level names will be attractive to a variety of Internet users. Making this TLD available to a broad audience of registrants is consistent with the competition goals of the New TLD expansion program, and consistent with ICANN’s objective of maximizing Internet participation. Donuts believes in an open Internet and, accordingly, we will encourage inclusiveness in the registration policies for this TLD. In order to avoid harm to legitimate registrants, Donuts will not artificially deny access, on the basis of identity alone (without legal cause), to a TLD that represents a generic form of activity and expression. .DENTIST will be attractive to registrants with affinity for or professional interest in the term DENTIST. This broad and diverse group of dental practitioners includes, but is not limited to, dentists, maxillofacial surgeons, oral surgeons, orthodontists, periodontists, and others. It also includes dental practices and other firms and organizations that support the practice of dentistry around the world. The TLD may offer consumers the opportunity to offer opinion or directory services about the range and quality of services offered in the space. .DENTIST would be operated in the best interest of registrants and in a legitimate, secure manner. DONUTS’ APPROACH TO PROTECTIONS No entity, or group of entities, has exclusive rights to own or register second level names in this TLD. There are superior ways to minimize the potential abuse of second level names, and in this application Donuts will describe and commit to an extensive array of protections against abuse, including protections against the abuse of trademark rights. We recognize some applicants seek to address harms by constraining access to the registration of second level names. However, we believe attempts to limit abuse by limiting registrant eligibility is unnecessarily restrictive and harms users by denying access to many legitimate registrants. Restrictions on second level domain eligibility would prevent law-abiding individuals and organizations from participating in a space to which they are legitimately connected, and would inhibit the sort of positive innovation we intend to see in this TLD. As detailed throughout this application, we have struck the correct balance between consumer and business safety, and open access to second level names. By applying our array of protection mechanisms, Donuts will make this TLD a place for Internet users that is far safer than existing TLDs. Donuts will strive to operate this TLD with fewer incidences of fraud and abuse than occur in incumbent TLDs. In addition, Donuts commits to work toward a downward trend in such incidents. OUR PROTECTIONS Donuts has consulted with and evaluated the ideas of international law enforcement, consumer privacy advocacy organizations, intellectual property interests and other Internet industry groups to create a set of protections that far exceed those in existing TLDs, and bring to the Internet namespace nearly two dozen new rights and protection mechanisms to raise user safety and protection to a new level."[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/802 Application Download, gTLDresult.ICANN.org] Retrieved 1 Mar 2013 ==Ownership Transfer to Rightside== Donuts applied for .dentist through Outer Lake, LLC which is a subsidiary of [[Covered TLD, LLC]]. Donuts used Covered TLD to apply for 107 of its 307 New gTLD applications, and it is believed that Rightside (through subsidiary United TLD Holdco) has the option to gain an ownership stake in the TLD applications under Covered TLD. Thus there are a number of the 107 TLDs under Covered TLD in which ownership was transferred from Donuts to Rightside.[http://domainnamewire.com/2014/01/13/donuts-assigns-rights-to-futbol-and-reviews-top-level-domains-to-demand-medias-rightside/ Donuts Assigns Rights to .futbol and .reviews TLDs to Demand Media's Rightside, DomainNameWire.com] Retrieved 04 June 2014 ===Contract Signed=== On 20 March 2014 Donuts received a [[Registry Agreement]] signed by ICANN for .dentist after passing all the required processes needed to become a Registry Operator for the string. Later Donuts assigned the Registry Agreement to Rightside (United TLD Holdco, Ltd.).[http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries-date Registry Agreements, ICANN.org] Retrieved 3 June 2014 ==Delegation and Availability== .dentist was delegated to the Root Zone of the [[DNS]] on 31 May 2014, completing the successful application for the string. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:TLD]] [[Category:Health New gTLDs|dentist]] [[Category:TLDs with Registry Agreements|dentist]]
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Rihanna is a SINGLE LADY again, according to folks close to the superstar pop singer. MTO News confirmed that Rihanna and her longtime boyfriend Saudi businessman Hassan Jameel have decided to separate.
Or as we hear it . .. Rihanna decided to separate. One of Rih's gals told MTO News, "Rihanna and him weere together for a while it was a good relationship, but now it's over." The insider added, "Of course Rihanna broke his heart. That's what she does - break men's hearts."
And what was the cause for the split. Nothing all that scandalous. The tipster told MTO News, "Rihanna just got tired of him. She gets tired of men sometimes."
Sooo . .. now that Rih is single and Drake is single. Do you think a reunion is in the cards???
According to Newsweek, "Jameel was the richest man Rihanna has dated. His family has an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion, according to Forbes. They investigated part of their wealth in professional Saudi pro soccer league with 14 teams, called the Jameel League."
Besides the soccer league, "her former boyfriend also is the president of his family’s charitable organization, Community Jameel. Created in 2003, the organization aims to end poverty, improve health and education and create cultural and economic opportunities for people in the Middle East and around the world. They do not “define people by their problems, but by their potential,” the charity says on their website. They “invest[s] in training, job creation, and businesses aimed at helping communities transform themselves.”
Rihanna isn't the first celebrity Jameel has dated. He was previously linked to Naomi Campbell. Rihanna and Campbell famously unfollowed each other on Instagram last year, over Jameel.
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Shana Edalat was born February 20th, 1999, in Montreal. She moved to North Vancouver with her mother at age seven and now considers it home. Her mother is originally from Morocco, having moved to Canada 23 years ago. Shana enjoys drama class in school, and also spends time at the library as a teen volunteer. Cosplay (dressing up in fantasy costumes) and reading manga (Japanese comics) are two hobbies that she is proud of. Her love for reading manga translates into something personal and motivational; she turns that inspiration into drawings of her own.
Shana holding some of the Japanese manga books that she enjoys, North Vancouver City Library.
“I like drawing. I like to draw manga characters. They’re sort of like the Japanese animated style drawings. I really like creating character as well. My friend and I talk a lot about that; we create our own characters, and she’s thinking of writing her own story with our characters. So that’s a big hobby of mine. I work in my room, at my desk. When I go out I think about drawing, and I write things down because new ideas just come to me randomly. And I talk about it with my friend and we share ideas together.
I’m currently reading this manga series called Fairytale. Oh, it’s wonderful! You really get a sense of family from the characters. They are so tight knit and whenever I read it I just feel so comfortable and happy. I feel like I’m part of the family. How they are is how I wish school life was like—everyone supporting each other constantly!”
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Carmen Steenbergen hands a cheque to Donna Ellerby, with Community Partners in front of the new donation bins.
Ellerby was joined by Jen Baliant and Ingrid Soanes for the cheque presentation. Photo by Megan Roth/Sylvan Lake News
The Calgary-based Clothing for a Cause is working with Sylvan Lake Community Partners with new clothing donation bins. The Clothing for a Cause collects the clothing donated through the bins and sells them to international wholesalers and recyclers. Carmen Steenbergen, the bin representative with Clothing for a Cause, says the funds from the sales goes towards local charities, like Communities Partners, as well as international groups such as Haiti Arise Ministries.
“We have committed to $7,500 for Community Partners, and hope to increase that if we see success from the bins here in Sylvan,” Steenbergen said. Steenbergen lives in Sylvan Lake and said it was only natural to her to expand the program to include Community Partners. “When we were looking to expand north, we were looking for places with charities in need, like the Central Alberta Pregnancy Care Centre,” she said. “When Elisa [Humphries] suggested Community Partners I jumped at it.”
There are currently three bins set up in the parking lot of No Frills, where the old Diabetes bins used to be placed. A fourth bin is expected to be placed there soon, along with a fifth which will take up residence at the Waste Transfer site. Donna Ellerby says she is very excited for what the new partnership will mean for Community Partners.
The donation bins will give Community Partners a new outlet for clothing, outside of the children’s clothing swap and Coats for Kids program. “For adult clothing, we have distributed, like after our winter coats, Jen [Baliant] takes bags into places like Safe Harbour, places like that where men, generally, who just don’t have warm clothes,” Ellerby said.
The bins were put into place on Dec. 10, 2018, and Community Partners has already made use of them by dropping off some of the many clothes they simply do not have room for. Ellerby says Community Partners will continue to make donations to Safe Harbour and the women’s shelter as well as use the donation bins.
Steenbergen says that is something she recommends as well. “Some of our bins have been put into place for the excess that the organizations just don’t have room or need for,” Steenbergen said. The items donated are picked up regularly, and Steenbergen says it is only to be used for clothing, bedding, footwear, teddy bears and diapers. She says the bins are not to be used as a dumping ground.
“I really think this will be great for the community, and it is helping locally, not some big faceless corporation,” said Steenbergen.
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INDIA SILK INDUSTRY
Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons. Silk in the Indian subcontinent is a luxury good. In India, about 97% of the raw silk is produced in the five Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir. India is the only country in the world which produces all varieties of silk namely tasar, muga and mulberry.
India Silk Industry is second largest producer of silk, contributing to about 18% to the world production. What is however, more noteworthy is the fact that India's requirement of raw silk is much higher than its current production at present. So there is considerable scope for stepping up production of raw silk in the country, overcome the persistent conflict of interest between exporters of silk products and producers of raw silk.
In 2013-14, Indian silk exports stood at US$ 401.39 million. The readymade garments of silk formed the largest segment, generating around 58 per cent of the export earnings from silk, while natural silk yarn, fabrics and made-ups accounted for around 38 per cent of the silk export earnings. The silk production in the country is expected to go up to 16,000 metric tonnes this year from 15,000 metric tonnes last year, according to a silk industry expert.
Top Leading Companies
• Eslarr Enterprise
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• Satyashree Silks & Sarees
• Sakhi Fashions
• Obadiah International
• Aurum Exims
• Om Shree Silk India International Pvt Ltd
• Sreecreations
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Year mn sqm
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Sensitivity Coefficient4.0%
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Slave-making ants are brood parasites that capture broods of other ant species to increase the worker force of their colony
Their goal is to be king.
You had better have one King than five hundred. Charles II
Let’s look at the life of the ‘ant kings’
The slave-making ants are the offspring of the other ant species, which catch the offspring of their colonies to increase the labor force of their colonies. After the slave-worker appeared in his home, while the slave workers worked as if they were in his own colonies, the parasitic workers concentrate only on the renewal of the worker’s power from the neighboring home nests through a process called a slave raid.
Slave-making ants specialize in parasitizing a single species or a group of related species, and are usually close relatives to hosts typical of social parasites. Slave-makers can be either permanent social parasites (therefore, depending on their enslaved ants all their lives) or facultative slaves. Behavior is unusual among ants, but has evolved several times independently.
“They use chemical warfare”
New slaves may belong to the same species as the host. If the host leaves the nest after the first attack, the slaves can force their own relatives into slavery.
This is bad enough? Also, the slave-makers create confusion in the nests they attack. “They use chemical warfare” says Susanne Foitzik of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany.
Like all social insects, slave-maker ants have Dufour’s glands that secrete the chemicals that ants use to communicate. “They use the Dufour’s gland to manipulate host defenders into attacking each other instead of fighting against the slave-maker” says Foitzik.
Also, the enslaved hosts set off with slave workers and bring back more slaves.
At this point, slave construction may sound like an extremely effective way to live. But the limits of its effectiveness are evident, because slavery is rare in the ant world.
“It looks like slavery evolved independently in six different lineages”
Between about 15,000 known ant species, slave-making has been recorded in only 50. Of the 21 sub-families known in the ants, only two have slaves. Five different subgroups of slave-making ants belong to a relatively small group, Formicoxenini.
Foitzik thinks there might be more out there. In 2014 her team described a new American slave-maker species called Temnothorax pilagens. “We found it in Michigan, Vermont and New York, even though one would think that the ant fauna of the US is well studied.”
“What is more clear is that slave-makers can be very common, reaching densities of one slave-maker colony for every five host colonies”, says Foitzik.
Based on the ant family tree, slavery evolved independently in six different strains. But it’s not clear how.
Slavery is a form of parasitism. Slave-making species are often totally dependent on their host computer, especially group behavior of hosts.
“It is also ripe for picking by slave-makers”
Many slave-makers are closely related to their host species and share chemical signals. This suggests that the common ancestors of both the host and the slave-maker are a species that is divided into two groups. These groups did not mate with each other, formed two different species - one of them was the slave-makers.
Meanwhile, the host species tend to create relatively dense and well-defended nests.
Example, Temnothorax hosts are common in temperate forests. These are up to 10 slots per nests meter – mostly under fragile areas or stones, such as nuts and plank cavities. Each colony has only a few people, so it can easily be divided into many small nests - but it also matures to be collected by the slave-makers.
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Twelve Innovators From Across the U.S. Selected as...
Twelve Innovators From Across the U.S. Selected as Finalists in Staples Invention Quest
Staples Invites America to Cast Their Vote for the Next Breakthrough Office Product at www.staples.com/iq
Monday, February 9, 2004 7:00 am EST
"Inventive minds are everywhere and they're helping us find new ways to make life easier for our customers in the workplace."
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Staples Invention Quest(TM) -- the first national search for America's next great office product -- comes one step closer to its conclusion today with the announcement of 12 finalists from around the nation. Who will be the next invention idol? People across the country will help decide. Between February 7 and March 1, Americans are invited to cast a vote for their favorite new office product idea from among the finalists' submissions at www.staples.com/iq.
"Innovation drives Staples' business and this search proved that America is truly a nation of innovation," said Tom Stemberg, chairman and founder of Staples, Inc. "Inventive minds are everywhere and they're helping us find new ways to make life easier for our customers in the workplace."
Since Staples Invention Quest(TM) was launched last fall, more than 8,000 inventors submitted ideas for new office products. New concepts for writing and drawing instruments accounted for nearly 1,100 of the submissions and over 1,000 concepts were entered for new computer accessories. New variations on adhesives, clips and staplers accounted for almost 900 entries, while over 750 ideas were in the running for new storage/organization products. Proving that even envelopes can be improved upon, 181 new innovations for envelopes and other packing/shipping materials were entered.
The 12 Staples Invention Quest(TM) finalists and their inventions are:
Todd Basche - Los Altos, CA - The WordLock is a combination lock that uses words instead of number sequences.
Richard Brull - Parkville, MO - The CallCaddy turns any existing corded phone into a cordless phone.
Adrian Chernoff - Royal Oak, MI - Rubber Bandits are rubber bands with pre-attached labels so items remain together and clearly identified.
Arra David - Windham, NH - The Exact-Cut Lighted Paper Cutter uses a light to align paper for a straight cut every time.
Russell Dian - New York, NY - Pencil Paper is a writing surface for pencils that is waterproof, durable and reusable.
Nancy Garner - New Bern, NC - The Palm Stapler allows users to staple items to a vertical surface easily and leaves the other hand free to pick up the next piece of paper.
Tony Miller - Nevada City, CA - The Peanut Eater collects packing peanuts in bags for disposal or reuse.
John Olsen - Sioux Falls, SD - Z-Pins are z-shaped nails that can be inserted into fabric cubicle walls and bear enough weight to support framed artwork
Lisa Trusiani Parker - Maplewood, NJ - Pop Envelopes are shipping envelopes that can expand upon demand to fit larger items.
Keith Savas - Charlotte, NC - Presentation Master is a simple connector system that turns ordinary one-dimensional foam core into dynamic presentation materials.
Ian Swanson - La Farge, WI - PopPins are push pins that have a molded shell that acts as a finger guard for the metal spike.
Locke White - Radford, VA - Xact-fit Pens and Scissors have a layer of malleable plastic that creates a custom fit for each user.
The 12 finalists will receive a trip for two to New York City for the Invention Quest finals on March 10, 2004 at the NASDAQ Marketsite in Times Square. An expert panel of inventors and entrepreneurs along with the votes cast by America at www.staples.com/iq will decide who walks away with the $25,000 grand prize. Eleven finalists will each receive $5,000. Additionally, winners will receive royalties if their ideas are created and sold exclusively by Staples on Staples.com(R) and in its more than 1,100 stores across the United States.
Judges for the Staples Invention Quest(TM) finals include Hector Barreto, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration; Rayvon Fouche, invention/innovation professor and author; Art Fry, inventor of the Post-it(R) Note; Corey Greenberg, tech editor, NBC Today Show; Joanne Hayes-Rines, publisher, Inventor's Digest; Tom Stemberg, chairman and founder, Staples; and America via votes cast at www.staples.com/iq.
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Home | News | General | Nigerian Police took my N2.5m random to kidnappers, collected N20,000 as transport fare – Canadian citizen laments
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Nigerian Police took my N2.5m random to kidnappers, collected N20,000 as transport fare – Canadian citizen laments
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A 52-year-old Canadian, Kyliuk Morris, on Tuesday said policemen in Ogun State assisted him to deliver the N2.5m ransom paid to his kidnappers to regain his freedom.
Morris, in a chat with journalists in Abeokuta, said his ordeal started when he was abducted by the hoodlums at Fidiwo, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The victim said he was heading for Ibadan, Oyo State, when the incident happened on March 13, 2019.
The Canadian noted that he spent six days in the kidnappers’ den, adding that he was forced to eat eba and drink dirty water.
Morris explained that he was travelling with his wife to fix his car when the two gunmen shot at his car, which made him to drive into a ditch.
He noted that when his wife tried to escape to get help, the kidnappers shot at her, while he was led to a bush.
“I spent six days in the den of the kidnappers. They beat me up, while my wife ran around to raise the ransom they demanded,” he added.
The victim said he was forced to call his sister in Canada who provided the ransom before he regained his freedom.
He said, “A policeman, who collected the ransom, paid the kidnappers to get me released from my abductors.”
The Canadian, who had been married to a Nigerian, Mrs Justina Kyliuk at the Marriage Registry, Accra, Ghana, since December 9, 2014, said they had been together for the past five years.
He stated that he decided to stay in Abeokuta to set up a farming business before the incident occurred.
When asked about how he paid the ransom, Morris said, “A policeman assigned from Abuja gave my wife a telephone number to call an officer from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Ogun State.
“Aside from the ransom, they (police) asked my wife to give them N20,000 as transportation fare. They said they risked their lives to get me out.
“I want the government to be aware of what happened to me. The Nigerian government has been pushing for foreign investors to come, especially for agriculture and yet, there is no security; absolute zero security.
“I am not calling for a special treatment because I am a Canadian. I want people to be aware of what is happening. I just did through personal experience.
“If they (the police) have a job to do, they should do it. I think government at all levels should hold the police responsible for what they are hired for.
“If someone is kidnapped, the police should do their job. My wife went to see them, but they made no effort. My wife told them the exact place where I was; nothing was done. They dragged their feet.”
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the Canadian’s abduction and release.
He described the allegation of being part of the ransom payment as false.
“He was rescued; what he said is impossible, who is that kidnapper that will come and collect ransom from the police?
“It is not possible because the police have been campaigning against people paying ransom to kidnappers.
“If people stop paying ransom to them, they will stop the business of kidnapping; so, the police cannot encourage them.
“Immediately the case was reported, the state Commissioner of Police deployed all our tactical squads to find him at all cost and eventually, he was rescued.
“We are not aware of any ransom deal. What we know is that he was kidnapped and rescued by the police,” the police spokesman said.
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Home Premier Soccer League Kaizer Chiefs thrash Cape Town City 4 – 1
Kaizer Chiefs thrash Cape Town City 4 – 1
A brace by Khama Billiat and a goal by Philani Zulu was enough to give Kaizer Chiefs their first league win of the campaign after Matthew Rusike initially cancelled out Siyabonga Ngezana’s first-half effort. The Citizens were brought back down to earth as Amakhosi walked away with all three points at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday
The Glamour Boys went in search of their first Premier Soccer League (PSL) win of the 2018/19 campaign when they travelled to the Mother City on Saturday afternoon.
Cape Town City were beaming with pride after reaching the MTN8 final and coach Benni McCarthy was hoping for another impressive showing in front of a massive at Cape Town Stadium. The former player looked to utilise City’s pace on the wing as he roped in Bradley Ralani to play alongside the likes of Teko Modise and Mpho Matsi as Thabo Nodada did not make the matchday squad.
Meanwhile, with Chiefs desperate to register a victory, coach Giovanni Solinas immediately looked to his new recruit Lebogang Manyama, who returned to his old stomping ground to make his Amakhosi debut.
The impact of Manyama was being felt early on as he almost found the back of the net with three minutes on the clock, but his tame effort from the edge of the area was comfortably saved by City keeper Peter Leuuwenburgh.
Chiefs were certainly looking the better of the two sides going forward, while City, on the other hand, were content on sitting back and playing on the counter-attack during the opening stanza. That pressure was finally rewarded with 10 minutes played as Ngezana found the back of the net following poor defending at the back by City.
However, goals from set pieces were proving to be the order of the first half as Rusike struck against his former side with 26 minutes on the clock. A delightful in-swinging corner saw the Zimbabwean head home at the near post, silencing the Chiefs fans in attendance.
Before half-time, Chiefs suffered a massive blow as Leonardo Castro made way for Bernard Parker due to injury. Ayanda Patosi’s set-pieces continued to cause havoc for the Chiefs defence and just before the break, Ralani watched on as his shot almost snuck in at the near post as both sides went into the interval deadlocked.
The second half though, saw Chiefs once again look to get onto the front foot as they looked to beat City for the third successive game. Parker had a good chance early on as he was played into space, but his shot lacked the necessary power to trouble the keeper.
But while Parker may not have found the back of the net Billiat would, as he latched onto a pinpoint cross and showed great improvisation to guide his header into the far corner.
City has struggled to find a way back into the game and McCarthy opted to withdraw Modise for Roland Putsche while Gift Links was also introduced. Almost immediately after the changes, City was caught on the break but Billiat’s had his radar turned off as he shot went wide off target.
With the game into its final 30 minutes, the clash was a lot more open and Rusike’s initial effort was well saved by Khune. Nonetheless, City’s woes would be worsened as they were forced to play the remainder of the clash with 10-men after Taariq Fielies was given his marching orders for a second bookable offence.
To City’s credit they did not give up and Links showed great composure to get a shot away only for Khune to smother with less than 20 minutes left. At the other end, Parker had a chance to kill off the game with time running out, but he failed to deliver.
While Parker could not find the goal, Billiat had no such problem as he tucked home a loose ball into the back of the net.
Although, the goal came as a sucker punch it was not the end of the goal fest as Philani Zulu inflicted further damage on City at the death as he calmly put the ball beyond the City keeper completing the rout.
Source: Goal.Com
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Dramatic growth in public support for charities investing in fundraising
Nonetheless, majority of people still back quick-spend of donations now, on current charitable ‘need’
"Inescapable tension between spending donations on current need, and saving or investing - but trend of opinion in right direction,” says Saxton
There has been a dramatic increase in public support for charities investing in their own fundraising, according to new data out today.
The proportion of the pubic (slide 2) who concede “it makes sense for charities to spend more of my donations on fundraising this year if it will increase income for future years” has grown from a third (34%) in 2007 to just under a half (46%) in 2010. These findings are statistically significant.
Leading not-for-profit sector research consultancy nfpSynergy’s Charity Awareness Monitor regularly surveys a representative sample of 1000 16+ year olds throughout mainland Britain, asking them a range of charity-related questions - including how and when they think charities should spend their income.
However (slide 2), the majority (53%) of the public still say “charities should spend as much as possible of my donation on this year's need, rather than saving it for future years.”
nfpSynergy’s Driver of Ideas, Joe Saxton, said:
“Charities can surely take heart from the fact that more and more supporters seemingly back their investment of donations in order to fundraise and thereby generate future income – an argument the charity sector has been trying to make for some time now. Nonetheless, the majority of the public still apparently want money raised spent now, on current ‘need’ - rather than, say, being held in reserve, or invested in fundraising. So a, perhaps inescapable, tension over precisely how and when people think charities should spend their income to best overall effect will doubtless remain – something charities should be alert to, to help address and minimise potential barriers to giving. But the trend of opinion is definitely moving in the right direction.”
MEDIA COMMENT: To interview nfpSynergy’s Joe Saxton about these findings, please contact him direct on 07976 329 212 or joe.saxton@nfpsynergy.net; or, alternatively, contact Adrian Gillan (0774 086 7215; E: adrian@gillanmedia.com) for further assistance.
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Polar vortex linked to 6 deaths as dangerous cold slams the Midwest
Officials: Six dead as Arctic cold blankets the Midwest
At least six deaths have been reported in the U.S. as the deadly polar vortex with frigid Arctic winds slammed the Midwest and headed east on Wednesday.
The polar vortex has caused temperatures to drop much farther south than usual, with temperatures in certain areas of the Midwest comparable or below those in Antarctica, where the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station hit minus 25 degrees.
POLAR VORTEX BRINGS UNIQUE 'SUN DOG' WEATHER PHENOMENON TO MIDWEST
The city of Chicago — where it reached a record-breaking minus 22 degrees around 6 a.m. Wednesday — saw temperatures still dropping after the National Weather Service (NWS) recorded a low of minus 19 degrees. With strong winds, wind chill temperatures reached a range of minus 45 to minus 55 degrees.
Chicago rail operators lighting tracks on fire to battle record-breaking cold
Cities like Ponsford, Minnesota, and Fargo, North Dakota, saw wind chill temperatures of minus 66 degrees and minus 31 degrees, respectively.
"A record arctic air mass will remain over the central and eastern U.S. over the next several days," the NWS warned Tuesday. "Wind chill values of 30 to 60 degrees below zero will be common across the northern Plains, Great Lakes, and upper Midwest."
While the cold snap is causing travel disruptions throughout the region, the Midwest isn't the only area of the U.S. experiencing dangerous winter conditions.
POLAR VORTEX CAUSES CHICAGO RIVER TO 'SMOKE,' FREEZE AS SUBZERO TEMPERATURES HIT
In Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, a reported 27 vehicles were involved in a crash on Wednesday as the area experienced snowy conditions. While a warmer 16 degrees, a long stretch of Route 222 in Berks County saw the pileup around 1:30 p.m. Authorities reportedly requested at least 15 ambulances as multiple people were reported injured.
Dozens of vehicles were involved in a crash on Route 222 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Wednesday afternoon. (WFMZ)
A short time later, in Buffalo, New York, 21 vehicles, including tractor trailers, were reportedly involved in a crash on the New York State Thruway, around the 382-mile marker. It was not immediately clear if anyone was injured in the incident.
The cold air will continue to blanket the U.S. from Wednesday into Thursday, with some areas possibly reaching a minus 70-degree windchill overnight, Fox News Senior Meteorologist Janice Dean said on "FOX and Friends."
WISCONSIN ICE CREAM SHOP DISTRIBUTES FREE CONES IN MINUS 20-DEGREE TEMPS, CONTINUING 87-YEAR-OLD TRADITION
"The Midwest and Great Lakes are well into this Arctic blast, with dangerously low wind chills widespread across the region this morning," Dean said. "Air temperatures are well below zero, in the minus 10s to minus 30s for many. Wind chills of minus 20 to minus 70 will continue through early Thursday flirting with all-time record lows ever recorded."
Frostbite becomes a concern as cold weather sweeps the nation
"You really can't be outside for longer than minutes because your face will freeze in these type of temperatures," she added.
Of the six deaths linked to the weather system, two were reported in the Detroit area. Other deaths included a man struck and killed by a snow plow in the Chicago area, a young couple whose SUV struck another on a snowy road in northern Indiana, and a Milwaukee man found frozen to death in a garage.
Governors in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan declared emergencies as the worst of the cold moved in on Wednesday. In Chicago, major attractions closed because of the bitter cold, including the Lincoln Park Zoo, the Art Institute and the Field Museum.
Fox News' Travis Fedschun and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Nicole Darrah covers breaking and trending news for FoxNews.com. Follow her on Twitter @nicoledarrah.
Facebook slammed for ‘patchy’ attitude on disinformation by lawmakers
Gutfeld on the Democrats’ problem with condemning hate
Paul Batura: Searching for Howard Johnson’s
Carrie Underwood shares video showing son crying at his father’s singing, and delighting in hers
Pelosi says Trump derailed trip plans again with leak; White House calls claim ‘flat out lie’
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App to Help Reduce Selfie-related Deaths
| Nov 25, 2018 | Parents Articles, Teenagers (14-18), Teenagers Articles
Selfie fads have often lead to deaths and serious mishaps, however, now there is an application that will notify people about the risk of capturing that ‘perfect shot’.
Experts at the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi) have created the application called Saftie.
“This app is an effort to reduce deaths related to selfies. This camera does a real-time analysis of the image it is seeing and nudges a user if it infers a scene to be dangerous. The app does this inference using deep learning techniques,” said IIIT-Delhi professor Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, who has developed the application.
The application will work even if mobile data is off, as it can analyse the elevation at which one is standing, the backdrop of the image and various other features.
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For example, if you are near a railway track, a waterbody or when there is an animal behind you while you click a selfie, you’ll get a notification saying you are at an unsafe place.
The location marker has a list of over 5,500 locations marked as dangerous by users across the world and over 600 locations are verified, that is more than three people have marked the same latitude and longitude as dangerous.
The professor said people nowadays have the tendency of clicking selfie to show their friends on Facebook and Instagram and get likes.
There have been many incidents when people have died clicking selfies close to railway tracks or while perched dangerously on cliffs.
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Different Redox Response Elicited by Naturally Occurring Antioxidants in Human Endothelial Cells
Roberta Giordo1, Annalisa Cossu1, Valeria Pasciu4, Phu Thi Hoa1, 5, Anna Maria Posadino1, Gianfranco Pintus1, 2, 3, *
1 Laboratory of Vascular Biology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
2 Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology Development and Biodiversity Research, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
3 National Institute of Biostrucures and Biosystems, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
4 Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
5 Department of Biochemistry, Huè University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Huè, Vietnam
Publisher Id: TOBIOCJ-7-44
DOI: 10.2174/1874091X01307010044
© Giordo et al.; Licensee Bentham Open.
* Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Viale San Pietro 43/B, 07100 Sassari, Italy;Tel.: +39 079 228 121; Fax: +39 079 228 120; E-mail: gpintus@uniss.it
Evidences that higher natural antioxidant (NA) intake provides protection against cardiovascular disease (CVD) are contradictory. Oxidative-induced endothelial cells (ECs) injury is the key step in the onset and progression of CVD and for this reason the cellular responses resulting from NA interaction with ECs are actively investigated. This study was designed to investigate the direct impact of different naturally occurring antioxidants on the intracellular ROS levels in cultured human ECs. NA-induced redox changes, in terms of modulation of the intracellular ROS levels, were assessed by using the ROS fluorescent probe 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate (H2DCF-DA). While caffeic and caftaric acid exerted an anti-oxidant effect, both coumaric acid and resveratrol were pro-oxidant. Anti- and pro-oxidant effects of the tested compounds were concentration dependent, showing the induction or the tendency to promote a pro-oxidant outcome with increasing concentrations. Interestingly, the anti- and pro-oxidant behavior of chlorogenic and ferulic acid was dependent on the basal intracellular redox state. Our data indicate that naturally occurring antioxidants are able to induce a rapid modification of the intracellular ROS levels in human ECs, which is dependent on both the applied concentration and the intracellular redox state.
Keywords: ROS, natural phenolic antioxidants, endothelial cells, anti-and pro-oxidant effect.
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The Open Biochemistry Journal
Anna Capasso
University of Salerno
Biography of Anna Capasso
Dr. Capasso is currently an Associate Professor in University of Salerno. Prof. Capasso from 1997 at today is a tutor of several graduation and Ph.D thesis. Prof. Capasso is member of Italian Society of Pharmacology, Italian Society of Neurosciences and International Narcotics Research Conference Group. The research of Prof. Anna Capasso are documented by about 500 publications (including articles in extenso, chapters of books and congress international communications). Professor Capasso is the winner of Young Participant Award (1992-1995), ECNP Fellowiship Award (1996), EOC Bursary (1997) etc .
Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
Pyridoxine Decreases Oxidative Stress on Human Erythrocyte Membrane Protein in vitro
Investigation of Blood and Urine Malondialdehyde Levels in Mice Exposed to Silica Dust
Antiproliferative Effects of Ellagic Acid on DU145 Cells
New Ferulic Acid Derivatives Protect Against Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Liver Injury in Rats
Tetracyclines: Insights and Updates of their Use in Human and Animal Pathology and their Potential Toxicity
Activity of Antimicrobial Peptide ; Cathelicidin, on Bacterial Infection
Ami Febriza, Mochammad Hatta, Rosdiana Natzir, Vivien Novarina A. Kasim, Hasta Handayani Idrus
Alessandro di Cerbo, Federica Pezzuto, Gianandrea Guidetti, Sergio Canello, Lorenzo Corsi
The Open Biochemistry Journal is an Open Access online journal, which publishes research articles, reviews, letters, case reports and guest-edited single topic issues in all areas of biochemistry. Bentham Open ensures speedy peer review process and accepted papers are published within 2 weeks of final acceptance.
The Open Biochemistry Journal is committed to ensuring high quality of research published. We believe that a dedicated and committed team of editors and reviewers make it possible to ensure the quality of the research papers. The overall standing of a journal is in a way, reflective of the quality of its Editor(s) and Editorial Board and its members.
The Open Biochemistry Journal is seeking energetic and qualified researchers to join its editorial board team as Editorial Board Members or reviewers.
The essential criteria to become Editorial Board Members of The Open Biochemistry Journal are as follows:
Experience in biochemistry with an academic degree.
At least 20 publication records of articles and /or books related to the field of biochemistry or in a specific research field.
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Mindy Aloff
Assistant professor English University Portland, Oregon, 1973-1975. Editor Encore Magazine of the Arts, Portland, 1977-1980, Vassar Quarterly, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1980-1988. Dance critic New Republic, Brooklyn, 1993—2001. Consultant The George Balanchine Foundation, since 2000. Editor Dance Critics Association Newsletter, 2003—2006, since 2009. Coordinator Portland Poetry Festival, 1974—1975. Adjunct associate professor Barnard College, since 2000. Lecturer Eugene Lang College, 2005—2006.
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(Dance Anecdotes: Stories from the Worlds of Ballet, Broadway, the Ballroom, and Modern Dance ) Author: Mindy Aloff Jun-2007
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Hippo in a Tutu: Dancing in Disney Animation
(The ballet for hippo ballerinas and their crocodile caval...)
The ballet for hippo ballerinas and their crocodile cavaliers (plus a corps de ballet of ostriches and elephants) set to Ponchielli’s “Dance of the Hours” in Fantasia (1940) is one of the best-loved scenes in all the Disney animated features. Many viewers may not realize, however, that this ballet is no mere generalized parody of ballet mannerisms, but is in fact a deeply informed, affectionate parody of a famous scene choreographed by George Balanchine for the film Goldwyn Follies (1938) and starring his wife, the ballerina movie star Vera Zorina. With this sequence as a point of departure, Hippo in a Tutu examines the roles that dance, dancing, and choreography play in the Disney animated shorts and features. This profusely-illustrated chronicle both analyzes and celebrates dance in the Disney studios’ work, while also investigating behind the scenes to find out how Disney’s animated dance sequences have been made.
Hippo in a Tutu: Dancing in Disney Animation by Aloff, Mindy (2009) Hardcover
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Mindy Aloff, American Writer. Recipient Whiting Writers award Mistress Giles Whiting Foundation, New York City, 1987; Woodrow Wilson Foundation fellow, 1969, Woodburn fellow State University of New York-Buffalo,1972, American Dance Festival Dance Critics Institute fellow, New London, Connecticut, 1977, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow, 1990. Member National Book Critics Circle (board directors 1988-1991), Phi Beta Kappa. F C.
Aloff, Mindy was born on December 20, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Jacob and Selma (Album) Aloff.
She was educated at Philadelphia High School for Girls, and graduated from Vassar College, and University at Buffalo, The State University of New York with an M.A.
Assistant professor English University Portland, Oregon, 1973-1975. Editor Encore Magazine of the Arts, Portland, 1977-1980, Vassar Quarterly, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1980-1988. Dance critic New Republic, Brooklyn, 1993—2001.
Consultant The George Balanchine Foundation, since 2000. Editor Dance Critics Association Newsletter, 2003—2006, since 2009. Coordinator Portland Poetry Festival, 1974—1975.
Adjunct associate professor Barnard College, since 2000. Lecturer Eugene Lang College, 2005—2006.
1987 Whiting Award
1990 Guggenheim Fellow
Woodrow Wilson Fellow.
Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association American Center, National Book Critics Circle (board directors 1988-1991), Authors Guild, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Martin Steven Cohen, June 16, 1968 (divorced June 2000). 1 child, Ariel Nikiya.
Jacob Aloff
Selma (Album) Aloff
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Ariel Nikiya Aloff
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The State University of New York"
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Vassar College , English , Bachelor of Arts
State University of New York , English , Master of Arts
Recipient Whiting Writers award Mistress Giles Recipient Whiting Writers award Mistress Giles Whiting Foundation, New York City, 1987. Woodrow Wilson Foundation fellow, 1969, Woodburn fellow State University of New York-Buffalo, 1972, American Dance Festival Dance Critics Institute fellow, New London, Connecticut, 1977, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow, 1990.
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May the best team win!
The Indian Hockey team is assured of a podium finish for the first time in CWG. We have been Olympic champions once upon a time and world champion sometime in the past. But all that glory is a tale of the past. Looking at the recent form of the team, all that sounds like '' मेरा सुंदर सपना बीत गया".
However the matches in CWG against Pakistan and England was a slice from the earlier form of the team.
Against pakistan getting 4 pencalty corners in the first ten minutes tell the tale of ferocity of the Indian team. The same speed, agility and prowess was displayed during the mtch against England too. We hd some scores to be settled aginst the two teams. Pakistan - we had a long standing history against. English team had denied us a ticket to olympics and even in the World Cup, we were beaten black and blue by our opponent. The stage was set once again and our boys showed their mettle.
The speed was commendble, the intent clear and direction untenable. The players were on top from the word 'Go'and that resulted in gaining advantage in the begining moment of the match. Both against Pakistan and against England we drew the first blood.
However what I found going aginst us is the complcency buiding in fter taking initial advantage. Though it ws not as much damaging against Pak, it almost did us in against England. From 1-0 in our favor, the team let it go to 1-3 against us. The team got back to deensive mode in both the games, resulting in set-backs. However what was commendable was the way the team bounced back to equalize against english team and scored 2 goals in the last 15 minutes. The blue sticks were in full flow and the ground goal was superb. But the slack in the mid-game may cost us the gold tomorrow.
Another grey Area I found was lack of coordination in 'D- Area'many a times. the striker may find himself peerless in the opponent side of the field. passes someimes go awry. This may prove costly against the best team in the world.
In the previous two encounters, it was pretty clear that the better team won the match. The same would be the case tomorrow and I hope that the better team this time would wear blue color as in the last two matches that I watched.
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May the best team win! | Prashant
I do not know who you are but certainly you're going to a famous
blogger if you aren't already ;) Cheers!
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The Linguistic Heritage of the King James Bible
Brian Clatworthy, Newton Abbot, Devon, England [SEE PROFILE BELOW]
Understandest thou what thou readest? Acts 8. 30b 1
When people read the above text from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, they often react in at least two different ways. Some accept that this is an accurate translation of the original Greek text even though the form of the receptor language is not modern English. Conversely, there are those who think that a later translation would be more helpful, because they find that the form of English in the KJV is somewhat obscure and difficult to understand in parts.
These differing views divide readers into two distinct camps, i.e., those who think that a literal or word-for-word translation of the Bible is more important than a translation that seeks to reproduce the meaning of the original text in idiomatic or more natural English. The main criticism of the KJV by many modern readers is that it contains archaic language and is outdated. But these objections are, surprisingly, nothing new. In fact, until Benjamin Blayney modernized the English text of the KJV in 1769, this was the general complaint of most readers of the KJV at that time! The intention of this article is not, however, to weigh up the differences in translational approaches, but, as our title suggests, to demonstrate the linguistic heritage of the King James Bible. One point that should be made at the outset is to correct the notion that the KJV translation had a great influence on the writings of William Shakespeare. In fact, the Biblical texts that appear in his writings are, in the main, taken from the Geneva Bible, since he produced most of his literary work between 1589 and 1613.
C. S. Lewis once said of the Bible, and he specifically meant the KJV, that those who have rejected its theological pretensions nevertheless continue to enjoy it as a treasure-house of English prose.2 Why then should this version of the Bible have such an influence on the English language more than any other in history? Put another way, what made this translation so critical to the development and enrichment of our native tongue? The answer to this question is both simple and complex. Europe’s lingua franca up to the middle of the sixteenth century was Latin, but the Reformation, and other political changes, provided an opportunity for countries to reassert their own unique national identities. An important part of this process was the standardization of the national language. In many countries, this led to the creation of national academies that were specifically tasked to establish and define the vernacular language of the nation. Providentially, this did not happen in England, where the development of English became dependent on printed literature, especially the KJV. In hindsight, this might be considered as a perfect example of how God plans in history, Gal. 4. 4. Thus, the KJV helped to create a standardized English language that excluded local dialects but, at the same time, enabled the absorption of foreign words and phrases. English is particularly adept at borrowing words from other cultures – it has a certain elasticity of mind.
How far the Bible, and this translation in particular, has impacted on our lives can be seen by the vast number of references that are made to it on a daily basis. According to David Crystal, Biblical expressions are found in all contexts in which language is used, but the most popular domains are politics, economics, football, advertising, and the titles of books, films, pop songs, and works of art.3 So whether we like it or not, the KJV has thoroughly imbued the English language with its pentameters, and the cadences of its sentences. The text of the KJV flows like a river in flood, and is firmly imprinted on the English psyche, so much so that it caused F. W. Faber to write that it was part of the national mind and the anchor of the national seriousness. Without the influence of the KJV, the English language would be bereft of its beauty, its poetic greatness, and, ultimately, its power to communicate the gospel of Christ. May this influence long continue!
Perhaps the last word should be left to Bruce Metzger who states that this version owes its authority and popularity not to royal favour or legal enactments, but – what is far better – to its intrinsic merit and the verdict of English readers in general.4
I am indebted to Jack Lewis (The English Bible from KJV to NIV) for this heading to my article.
Lewis (In T. R. Henn – The Bible as Literature, pg. 12).
Beget the King James Bible and the English Language, pg. 257/258.
The Bible in Translation, pg. 79.
AUTHOR PROFILE: He is an elder and active member of a pioneer assembly work in Newton Abbott. For many years he has been welcomed as a ministering brother in the south of England and has written a number of articles for the magazine. He is married and has two children.
100 year of testimony from, York Street Gospel Hall, Leicester
Bible Bytes - F. B. Meyer
Bits and Bobs - Solar-Powered Hornets
Editorial - Do I seek to please men?
Elders as Shepherds
Facing the Future - Part 2
For to me to live is Christ
The Future of the Church
The Glory of the Lord
God and the Nations
King Jehoshaphat
Laridian Bible Software
The Life and Times of Gideon
The Magnificent
Make me ... a little cake first
The Ministry For Europe Trust
The Parable of the Unprofitable Servant
Personalities in the Pastoral Epistles - Part 5
Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel
The Position of Older Believers in the Assembly and our responsibility towards them
Question - Is it wrong for a woman to cut her hair?
The Superiority of Faith
The missing passion
This little church had none
Which church should I join and why?
A Word for Today: Step, Walk (Heb. Hálak)
The Epistle to Philemon
Paul’s View of the Law
Introducing the Feasts
The Feasts of Unleavended Bread and Firstfruits
Feasts of Weeks and Trumpets
Feasts of Tabernacles
Paul’s view of the Person of Christ
The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia Minor
The Letters of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor
The Church at Pergamos
The Kingdom of God in the preaching of the Lord Jesus
John Calvin - A man predestined for greatness?
A Word for Today: Word (Gk. Logos)
A Word for Today: Loving Kindness (Heb. Hesed)
A Word for Today: Coming (Gk. Parousia)
A Word for Today: Be Just, Righteous (Heb. Sedek)
A Word for Today: Hope (Gk. Elpis)
A Word for Today: Hear, Obedience (Heb. Shema)
A Word for Today: Price of Release, Ransom (Gk. Lutron)
A Word for Today: Covenant (Gk. Diatheke)
A Word for Today: Firstfruits (Heb. Bikkûr)
Martin Luther - Doctor of Theology - Part 1
A Word for Today: Fellowship (Gk. Koinonia)
Martin Luther - Doctor of Theology - Full Article
MARTIN LUTHER – Doctor of Theology (2)
A Word for Today: Kinsman Redeemer (Heb. Go’el)
A Word for Today: Reconciliation (Gk. Katallage)
A Word for Today: Shield, Protection (Heb. Magen)
Samuel Prideaux Tregelles - Biblical Scholar
A Word for Today: Good (Gk. Kalos)
A Word for Today: Vine, Grapevine (Heb. Gephen)
A Word for Today: Play-acting, Pretence, Hypocrisy (Gk. Hypokrisis)
A Word for Today: Blood, Bloodshed, Bloodguilt, Murder (Heb. Dam)
A Word for Today: Advocate, Pleader, Intercessor (Gk. Para-kletos)
Edward Dennett
A Word for Today: Wisdom, Skill, Aptitude (Heb. Hokmah)
A Word for Today - Torah
A Word for Today - Zoe
A Word for Today - S(h)emesh (Sun)
A Word for Today - καινός
A Word for Today - ‘Or
A Word for Today - Grace
Deity and Personality of the Holy Spirit-The
A WORD FOR TODAY. ‘Es (Tree, wood)
Deity and Personality of the Holy Spirit-The Part 2
A Word For Today - Pistis
The Argument for Galatians - Part 1
A Word for Today - Mashah
TheArgument of Galatians
A Word for Today: Missing the mark, Guilt, Sin (Gk. Hamartia)
Word For Today: Melek
Word For Today: Skandalon
Word for Today - Shebet
A Word for Today
The Son of God His Eternality
Word for Today - Yeshu’ah
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KAT - "Without Looking Back" – officially released!
Today is a big day for Metal Fans around the world as well as fans of the Legendary Polish band KAT!
This day marks the OFFICIAL release of their new album "Without Looking Back" on CD and Download! The album is now available to all of you through our Web Shop and music specialty outlets around the World!
"Without Looking Back" has been given well deserved critical acclaim and high praise from other musicians and peers including the one and only K.K. Downing! Yes, one of the founding members of Judas Priest is a fan of this amazing band known to all as KAT!
We Congratulate KAT on a successful release and we are equally as proud to know that Pure Steel Records have been able to bring this new album to all of you! ENJOY!
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First Reviews:
Metal Temple 9,5/10
Hard Rock Heavy Metal 86/100
Rockers and other Animals Magazine
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Welcome Doctors Hollie Hickman and Erez Sternberg
We are proud to announce the addition of Drs. Erez Sternberg and Hollie Hickman to our team, formerly of TruYou Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. "I can't think of a better way to kick-off Ponte Vedra Plastic Surgery's 20th year than with the addition of two outstanding young plastic surgeons," says Dr. Cayce Rumsey, founder of Ponte Vedra Plastic Surgery (PVPS). "Drs. Erez Sternberg and Hollie Hickman have already begun building solid reputations as two of the top up-and-coming plastic surgeons in Jacksonville. Their commitment to utilizing the latest technology and surgical techniques in providing first-class patient care and customer service fits perfectly with our mission at PVPS."
On behalf of our practice, I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for considering PVPS a trusted source for plastic and reconstructive procedures. At PVPS we strive to educate and inform the community about the procedures we perform. Our providers and staff are dedicated to providing the most proven and advanced plastic and reconstructive procedures.
PVPS offers several area locations to better serve our patients. Our state-licensed ambulatory surgery center is located in Ponte Vedra Beach. This 12,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility offers our patients the highest quality care in a respectful, discreet environment. Our current Southside office located on Point Meadows Drive will relocate to the TruYou location at 7711 Baymeadows Road East Ste. 6, Jacksonville, FL 32256. Connie Jongewaard, ARNP, and Andrea Bailey, Aesthetician, are now currently seeing patients at this new location. Dr. Robert Burk also sees patients at this location twice per month. This location will continue to be the main location for Drs. Sternberg and Hickman. Other PVPS locations include Riverside, Amelia Island, and St. Augustine.
Thank you for your continued patronage and we look forward to seeing you in 2014!
Adrian Gibbs
Community Relations Manager
Ponte Vedra Plastic Surgery
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Defending Pyramid's Design¶
From time to time, challenges to various aspects of Pyramid design are lodged. To give context to discussions that follow, we detail some of the design decisions and trade-offs here. In some cases, we acknowledge that the framework can be made better and we describe future steps which will be taken to improve it. In others we just file the challenge as noted, as obviously you can't please everyone all of the time.
Pyramid Provides More Than One Way to Do It¶
A canon of Python popular culture is "TIOOWTDI" ("there is only one way to do it", a slighting, tongue-in-cheek reference to Perl's "TIMTOWTDI", which is an acronym for "there is more than one way to do it").
Pyramid is, for better or worse, a "TIMTOWTDI" system. For example, it includes more than one way to resolve a URL to a view callable: via url dispatch or traversal. Multiple methods of configuration exist: imperative configuration, configuration decoration, and ZCML (optionally via pyramid_zcml). It works with multiple different kinds of persistence and templating systems. And so on. However, the existence of most of these overlapping ways to do things are not without reason and purpose: we have a number of audiences to serve, and we believe that TIMTOWTDI at the web framework level actually prevents a much more insidious and harmful set of duplication at higher levels in the Python web community.
Pyramid began its life as repoze.bfg, written by a team of people with many years of prior Zope experience. The idea of traversal and the way view lookup works was stolen entirely from Zope. The authorization subsystem provided by Pyramid is a derivative of Zope's. The idea that an application can be extended without forking is also a Zope derivative.
Implementations of these features were required to allow the Pyramid authors to build the bread-and-butter CMS-type systems for customers in the way in which they were accustomed. No other system, save for Zope itself, had such features, and Zope itself was beginning to show signs of its age. We were becoming hampered by consequences of its early design mistakes. Zope's lack of documentation was also difficult to work around. It was hard to hire smart people to work on Zope applications because there was no comprehensive documentation set which explained "it all" in one consumable place, and it was too large and self-inconsistent to document properly. Before repoze.bfg went under development, its authors obviously looked around for other frameworks that fit the bill. But no non-Zope framework did. So we embarked on building repoze.bfg.
As the result of our research, however, it became apparent that, despite the fact that no one framework had all the features we required, lots of existing frameworks had good, and sometimes very compelling ideas. In particular, URL dispatch is a more direct mechanism to map URLs to code.
So, although we couldn't find a framework, save for Zope, that fit our needs, and while we incorporated a lot of Zope ideas into BFG, we also emulated the features we found compelling in other frameworks (such as url dispatch). After the initial public release of BFG, as time went on, features were added to support people allergic to various Zope-isms in the system, such as the ability to configure the application using imperative configuration and configuration decoration, rather than solely using ZCML, and the elimination of the required use of interface objects. It soon became clear that we had a system that was very generic, and was beginning to appeal to non-Zope users as well as ex-Zope users.
As the result of this generalization, it became obvious BFG shared 90% of its feature set with the feature set of Pylons 1, and thus had a very similar target market. Because they were so similar, choosing between the two systems was an exercise in frustration for an otherwise non-partisan developer. It was also strange for the Pylons and BFG development communities to be in competition for the same set of users, given how similar the two frameworks were. So the Pylons and BFG teams began to work together to form a plan to merge. The features missing from BFG (notably view handler classes, flash messaging, and other minor missing bits), were added to provide familiarity to ex-Pylons users. The result is Pyramid.
The Python web framework space is currently notoriously balkanized. We're truly hoping that the amalgamation of components in Pyramid will appeal to at least two currently very distinct sets of users: Pylons and BFG users. By unifying the best concepts from Pylons and BFG into a single codebase, and leaving the bad concepts from their ancestors behind, we'll be able to consolidate our efforts better, share more code, and promote our efforts as a unit rather than competing pointlessly. We hope to be able to shortcut the pack mentality which results in a much larger duplication of effort, represented by competing but incredibly similar applications and libraries, each built upon a specific low level stack that is incompatible with the other. We'll also shrink the choice of credible Python web frameworks down by at least one. We're also hoping to attract users from other communities (such as Zope's and TurboGears') by providing the features they require, while allowing enough flexibility to do things in a familiar fashion. Some overlap of functionality to achieve these goals is expected and unavoidable, at least if we aim to prevent pointless duplication at higher levels. If we've done our job well enough, the various audiences will be able to coexist and cooperate rather than firing at each other across some imaginary web framework DMZ.
Pyramid Uses a Zope Component Architecture ("ZCA") Registry¶
Pyramid uses a Zope Component Architecture (ZCA) "component registry" as its application registry under the hood. This is a point of some contention. Pyramid is of a Zope pedigree, so it was natural for its developers to use a ZCA registry at its inception. However, we understand that using a ZCA registry has issues and consequences, which we've attempted to address as best we can. Here's an introspection about Pyramid use of a ZCA registry, and the trade-offs its usage involves.
Problems¶
The global API that may be used to access data in a ZCA component registry is not particularly pretty or intuitive, and sometimes it's just plain obtuse. Likewise, the conceptual load on a casual source code reader of code that uses the ZCA global API is somewhat high. Consider a ZCA neophyte reading the code that performs a typical "unnamed utility" lookup using the zope.component.getUtility() global API:
from pyramid.interfaces import ISettings
from zope.component import getUtility
settings = getUtility(ISettings)
After this code runs, settings will be a Python dictionary. But it's unlikely that any civilian would know that just by reading the code. There are a number of comprehension issues with the bit of code above that are obvious.
First, what's a "utility"? Well, for the purposes of this discussion, and for the purpose of the code above, it's just not very important. If you really want to know, you can read this. However, still, readers of such code need to understand the concept in order to parse it. This is problem number one.
Second, what's this ISettings thing? It's an interface. Is that important here? Not really, we're just using it as a key for some lookup based on its identity as a marker: it represents an object that has the dictionary API, but that's not very important in this context. That's problem number two.
Third of all, what does the getUtility function do? It's performing a lookup for the ISettings "utility" that should return... well, a utility. Note how we've already built up a dependency on the understanding of an interface and the concept of "utility" to answer this question: a bad sign so far. Note also that the answer is circular, a really bad sign.
Fourth, where does getUtility look to get the data? Well, the "component registry" of course. What's a component registry? Problem number four.
Fifth, assuming you buy that there's some magical registry hanging around, where is this registry? Homina homina... "around"? That's sort of the best answer in this context (a more specific answer would require knowledge of internals). Can there be more than one registry? Yes. So in which registry does it find the registration? Well, the "current" registry of course. In terms of Pyramid, the current registry is a thread local variable. Using an API that consults a thread local makes understanding how it works non-local.
You've now bought in to the fact that there's a registry that is just hanging around. But how does the registry get populated? Why, via code that calls directives like config.add_view. In this particular case, however, the registration of ISettings is made by the framework itself under the hood: it's not present in any user configuration. This is extremely hard to comprehend. Problem number six.
Clearly there's some amount of cognitive load here that needs to be borne by a reader of code that extends the Pyramid framework due to its use of the ZCA, even if they are already an expert Python programmer and an expert in the domain of web applications. This is suboptimal.
Ameliorations¶
First, the primary amelioration: Pyramid does not expect application developers to understand ZCA concepts or any of its APIs. If an application developer needs to understand a ZCA concept or API during the creation of a Pyramid application, we've failed on some axis.
Instead the framework hides the presence of the ZCA registry behind special-purpose API functions that do use ZCA APIs. Take for example the pyramid.security.authenticated_userid function, which returns the userid present in the current request or None if no userid is present in the current request. The application developer calls it like so:
from pyramid.security import authenticated_userid
userid = authenticated_userid(request)
They now have the current user id.
Under its hood however, the implementation of authenticated_userid is this:
def authenticated_userid(request):
""" Return the userid of the currently authenticated user or
``None`` if there is no authentication policy in effect or there
is no currently authenticated user. """
registry = request.registry # the ZCA component registry
policy = registry.queryUtility(IAuthenticationPolicy)
if policy is None:
return policy.authenticated_userid(request)
Using such wrappers, we strive to always hide the ZCA API from application developers. Application developers should just never know about the ZCA API; they should call a Python function with some object germane to the domain as an argument, and it should return a result. A corollary that follows is that any reader of an application that has been written using Pyramid needn't understand the ZCA API either.
Hiding the ZCA API from application developers and code readers is a form of enhancing domain specificity. No application developer wants to need to understand the small, detailed mechanics of how a web framework does its thing. People want to deal in concepts that are closer to the domain they're working in. For example, web developers want to know about users, not utilities. Pyramid uses the ZCA as an implementation detail, not as a feature which is exposed to end users.
However, unlike application developers, framework developers, including people who want to override Pyramid functionality via preordained framework plugpoints like traversal or view lookup, must understand the ZCA registry API.
Pyramid framework developers were so concerned about conceptual load issues of the ZCA registry API that a replacement registry implementation named repoze.component was actually developed. Though this package has a registry implementation which is fully functional and well-tested, and its API is much nicer than the ZCA registry API, work on it was largely abandoned, and it is not used in Pyramid. We continued to use a ZCA registry within Pyramid because it ultimately proved a better fit.
We continued using ZCA registry rather than disusing it in favor of using the registry implementation in repoze.component largely because the ZCA concept of interfaces provides for use of an interface hierarchy, which is useful in a lot of scenarios (such as context type inheritance). Coming up with a marker type that was something like an interface that allowed for this functionality seemed like it was just reinventing the wheel.
Making framework developers and extenders understand the ZCA registry API is a trade-off. We (the Pyramid developers) like the features that the ZCA registry gives us, and we have long-ago borne the weight of understanding what it does and how it works. The authors of Pyramid understand the ZCA deeply and can read code that uses it as easily as any other code.
But we recognize that developers who might want to extend the framework are not as comfortable with the ZCA registry API as the original developers. So for the purpose of being kind to third-party Pyramid framework developers, we've drawn some lines in the sand.
In all core code, we've made use of ZCA global API functions, such as zope.component.getUtility and zope.component.getAdapter, the exception instead of the rule. So instead of:
from pyramid.interfaces import IAuthenticationPolicy
policy = getUtility(IAuthenticationPolicy)
Pyramid code will usually do:
from pyramid.threadlocal import get_current_registry
registry = get_current_registry()
policy = registry.getUtility(IAuthenticationPolicy)
While the latter is more verbose, it also arguably makes it more obvious what's going on. All of the Pyramid core code uses this pattern rather than the ZCA global API.
Rationale¶
Here are the main rationales involved in the Pyramid decision to use the ZCA registry:
History. A nontrivial part of the answer to this question is "history". Much of the design of Pyramid is stolen directly from Zope. Zope uses the ZCA registry to do a number of tricks. Pyramid mimics these tricks, and, because the ZCA registry works well for that set of tricks, Pyramid uses it for the same purposes. For example, the way that Pyramid maps a request to a view callable using traversal is lifted almost entirely from Zope. The ZCA registry plays an important role in the particulars of how this request to view mapping is done.
Features. The ZCA component registry essentially provides what can be considered something like a superdictionary, which allows for more complex lookups than retrieving a value based on a single key. Some of this lookup capability is very useful for end users, such as being able to register a view that is only found when the context is some class of object, or when the context implements some interface.
Singularity. There's only one place where "application configuration" lives in a Pyramid application: in a component registry. The component registry answers questions made to it by the framework at runtime based on the configuration of an application. Note: "an application" is not the same as "a process"; multiple independently configured copies of the same Pyramid application are capable of running in the same process space.
Composability. A ZCA component registry can be populated imperatively, or there's an existing mechanism to populate a registry via the use of a configuration file (ZCML, via the optional pyramid_zcml package). We didn't need to write a frontend from scratch to make use of configuration-file-driven registry population.
Pluggability. Use of the ZCA registry allows for framework extensibility via a well-defined and widely understood plugin architecture. As long as framework developers and extenders understand the ZCA registry, it's possible to extend Pyramid almost arbitrarily. For example, it's relatively easy to build a directive that registers several views all at once, allowing app developers to use that directive as a "macro" in code that they write. This is somewhat of a differentiating feature from other (non-Zope) frameworks.
Testability. Judicious use of the ZCA registry in framework code makes testing that code slightly easier. Instead of using monkeypatching or other facilities to register mock objects for testing, we inject dependencies via ZCA registrations, then use lookups in the code to find our mock objects.
Speed. The ZCA registry is very fast for a specific set of complex lookup scenarios that Pyramid uses, having been optimized through the years for just these purposes. The ZCA registry contains optional C code for this purpose which demonstrably has no (or very few) bugs.
Ecosystem. Many existing Zope packages can be used in Pyramid with few (or no) changes due to our use of the ZCA registry.
Conclusion¶
If you only develop applications using Pyramid, there's not much to complain about here. You just should never need to understand the ZCA registry API; use documented Pyramid APIs instead. However, you may be an application developer who doesn't read API documentation. Instead you read the raw source code, and because you haven't read the API documentation, you don't know what functions, classes, and methods even form the Pyramid API. As a result, you've now written code that uses internals, and you've painted yourself into a conceptual corner, needing to wrestle with some ZCA-using implementation detail. If this is you, it's extremely hard to have a lot of sympathy for you. You'll either need to get familiar with how we're using the ZCA registry or you'll need to use only the documented APIs; that's why we document them as APIs.
If you extend or develop Pyramid (create new directives, use some of the more obscure hooks as described in Using Hooks, or work on the Pyramid core code), you will be faced with needing to understand at least some ZCA concepts. In some places it's used unabashedly, and will be forever. We know it's quirky, but it's also useful and fundamentally understandable if you take the time to do some reading about it.
Pyramid "Encourages Use of ZCML"¶
ZCML is a configuration language that can be used to configure the Zope Component Architecture registry that Pyramid uses for application configuration. Often people claim that Pyramid "needs ZCML".
It doesn't. In Pyramid 1.0, ZCML doesn't ship as part of the core; instead it ships in the pyramid_zcml add-on package, which is completely optional. No ZCML is required at all to use Pyramid, nor any other sort of frameworky declarative frontend to application configuration.
Pyramid Does Traversal, and I Don't Like Traversal¶
In Pyramid, traversal is the act of resolving a URL path to a resource object in a resource tree. Some people are uncomfortable with this notion, and believe it is wrong. Thankfully if you use Pyramid and you don't want to model your application in terms of a resource tree, you needn't use it at all. Instead use URL dispatch to map URL paths to views.
The idea that some folks believe traversal is unilaterally wrong is understandable. The people who believe it is wrong almost invariably have all of their data in a relational database. Relational databases aren't naturally hierarchical, so traversing one like a tree is not possible.
However, folks who deem traversal unilaterally wrong are neglecting to take into account that many persistence mechanisms are hierarchical. Examples include a filesystem, an LDAP database, a ZODB (or another type of graph) database, an XML document, and the Python module namespace. It is often convenient to model the frontend to a hierarchical data store as a graph, using traversal to apply views to objects that either are the resources in the tree being traversed (such as in the case of ZODB) or at least ones which stand in for them (such as in the case of wrappers for files from the filesystem).
Also, many website structures are naturally hierarchical, even if the data which drives them isn't. For example, newspaper websites are often extremely hierarchical: sections within sections within sections, ad infinitum. If you want your URLs to indicate this structure, and the structure is indefinite (the number of nested sections can be "N" instead of some fixed number), a resource tree is an excellent way to model this, even if the backend is a relational database. In this situation, the resource tree is just a site structure.
Traversal also offers better composability of applications than URL dispatch, because it doesn't rely on a fixed ordering of URL matching. You can compose a set of disparate functionality (and add to it later) around a mapping of view to resource more predictably than trying to get the right ordering of URL pattern matching.
But the point is ultimately moot. If you don't want to use traversal, you needn't. Use URL dispatch instead.
Pyramid Does URL Dispatch, and I Don't Like URL Dispatch¶
In Pyramid, url dispatch is the act of resolving a URL path to a view callable by performing pattern matching against some set of ordered route definitions. The route definitions are examined in order: the first pattern which matches is used to associate the URL with a view callable.
Some people are uncomfortable with this notion, and believe it is wrong. These are usually people who are steeped deeply in Zope. Zope does not provide any mechanism except traversal to map code to URLs. This is mainly because Zope effectively requires use of ZODB, which is a hierarchical object store. Zope also supports relational databases, but typically the code that calls into the database lives somewhere in the ZODB object graph (or at least is a view related to a node in the object graph), and traversal is required to reach this code.
I'll argue that URL dispatch is ultimately useful, even if you want to use traversal as well. You can actually combine URL dispatch and traversal in Pyramid (see Combining Traversal and URL Dispatch). One example of such a usage: if you want to emulate something like Zope 2's "Zope Management Interface" UI on top of your object graph (or any administrative interface), you can register a route like config.add_route('manage', '/manage/*traverse') and then associate "management" views in your code by using the route_name argument to a view configuration, e.g., config.add_view('.some.callable', context=".some.Resource", route_name='manage'). If you wire things up this way, someone then walks up to, for example, /manage/ob1/ob2, they might be presented with a management interface, but walking up to /ob1/ob2 would present them with the default object view. There are other tricks you can pull in these hybrid configurations if you're clever (and maybe masochistic) too.
Also, if you are a URL dispatch hater, if you should ever be asked to write an application that must use some legacy relational database structure, you might find that using URL dispatch comes in handy for one-off associations between views and URL paths. Sometimes it's just pointless to add a node to the object graph that effectively represents the entry point for some bit of code. You can just use a route and be done with it. If a route matches, a view associated with the route will be called. If no route matches, Pyramid falls back to using traversal.
But the point is ultimately moot. If you use Pyramid, and you really don't want to use URL dispatch, you needn't use it at all. Instead, use traversal exclusively to map URL paths to views, just like you do in Zope.
Pyramid Views Do Not Accept Arbitrary Keyword Arguments¶
Many web frameworks (Zope, TurboGears, Pylons 1.X, Django) allow for their variant of a view callable to accept arbitrary keyword or positional arguments, which are filled in using values present in the request.POST, request.GET, or route match dictionaries. For example, a Django view will accept positional arguments which match information in an associated "urlconf" such as r'^polls/(?P<poll_id>\d+)/$:
def aview(request, poll_id):
return HttpResponse(poll_id)
Zope likewise allows you to add arbitrary keyword and positional arguments to any method of a resource object found via traversal:
from persistent import Persistent
class MyZopeObject(Persistent):
def aview(self, a, b, c=None):
return '%s %s %c' % (a, b, c)
When this method is called as the result of being the published callable, the Zope request object's GET and POST namespaces are searched for keys which match the names of the positional and keyword arguments in the request, and the method is called (if possible) with its argument list filled with values mentioned therein. TurboGears and Pylons 1.X operate similarly.
Out of the box, Pyramid is configured to have none of these features. By default Pyramid view callables always accept only request and no other arguments. The rationale is, this argument specification matching when done aggressively can be costly, and Pyramid has performance as one of its main goals. Therefore we've decided to make people, by default, obtain information by interrogating the request object within the view callable body instead of providing magic to do unpacking into the view argument list.
However, as of Pyramid 1.0a9, user code can influence the way view callables are expected to be called, making it possible to compose a system out of view callables which are called with arbitrary arguments. See Using a View Mapper.
Pyramid Provides Too Few "Rails"¶
By design, Pyramid is not a particularly opinionated web framework. It has a relatively parsimonious feature set. It contains no built in ORM nor any particular database bindings. It contains no form generation framework. It has no administrative web user interface. It has no built in text indexing. It does not dictate how you arrange your code.
Such opinionated functionality exists in applications and frameworks built on top of Pyramid. It's intended that higher-level systems emerge built using Pyramid as a base.
See also Pyramid Applications Are Extensible; I Don't Believe in Application Extensibility.
Pyramid Provides Too Many "Rails"¶
Pyramid provides some features that other web frameworks do not. These are features meant for use cases that might not make sense to you if you're building a simple bespoke web application:
An optional way to map URLs to code using traversal which implies a walk of a resource tree.
The ability to aggregate Pyramid application configuration from multiple sources using pyramid.config.Configurator.include().
View and subscriber registrations made using interface objects instead of class objects (e.g., Using Resource Interfaces in View Configuration).
A declarative authorization system.
Multiple separate I18N translation string factories, each of which can name its own domain.
These features are important to the authors of Pyramid. The Pyramid authors are often commissioned to build CMS-style applications. Such applications are often frameworky because they have more than one deployment. Each deployment requires a slightly different composition of sub-applications, and the framework and sub-applications often need to be extensible. Because the application has more than one deployment, pluggability and extensibility is important, as maintaining multiple forks of the application, one per deployment, is extremely undesirable. Because it's easier to extend a system that uses traversal from the outside than it is to do the same in a system that uses URL dispatch, each deployment uses a resource tree composed of a persistent tree of domain model objects, and uses traversal to map view callable code to resources in the tree. The resource tree contains very granular security declarations, as resources are owned and accessible by different sets of users. Interfaces are used to make unit testing and implementation substitutability easier.
In a bespoke web application, usually there's a single canonical deployment, and therefore no possibility of multiple code forks. Extensibility is not required; the code is just changed in place. Security requirements are often less granular. Using the features listed above will often be overkill for such an application.
If you don't like these features, it doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't use Pyramid. They are all optional, and a lot of time has been spent making sure you don't need to know about them up front. You can build "Pylons 1.X style" applications using Pyramid that are purely bespoke by ignoring the features above. You may find these features handy later after building a bespoke web application that suddenly becomes popular and requires extensibility because it must be deployed in multiple locations.
Pyramid Is Too Big¶
"The Pyramid compressed tarball is larger than 2MB. It must be enormous!"
No. We just ship it with docs, test code, and scaffolding. Here's a breakdown of what's included in subdirectories of the package tree:
pyramid/tests/
pyramid/scaffolds/
pyramid/ (except for pyramid/tests and pyramid/scaffolds)
Of the approximately 34K lines of Python code in the package, the code that actually has a chance of executing during normal operation, excluding tests and scaffolding Python files, accounts for approximately 10K lines.
Pyramid Has Too Many Dependencies¶
Over time, we've made lots of progress on reducing the number of packaging dependencies Pyramid has had. Pyramid 1.2 had 15 of them. Pyramid 1.3 and 1.4 had 12 of them. The current release as of this writing, Pyramid 1.5, has only 7. This number is unlikely to become any smaller.
A port to Python 3 completed in Pyramid 1.3 helped us shed a good number of dependencies by forcing us to make better packaging decisions. Removing Chameleon and Mako templating system dependencies in the Pyramid core in 1.5 let us shed most of the remainder of them.
Pyramid "Cheats" to Obtain Speed¶
Complaints have been lodged by other web framework authors at various times that Pyramid "cheats" to gain performance. One claimed cheating mechanism is our use (transitively) of the C extensions provided by zope.interface to do fast lookups. Another claimed cheating mechanism is the religious avoidance of extraneous function calls.
If there's such a thing as cheating to get better performance, we want to cheat as much as possible. We optimize Pyramid aggressively. This comes at a cost. The core code has sections that could be expressed with more readability. As an amelioration, we've commented these sections liberally.
Pyramid Gets Its Terminology Wrong ("MVC")¶
"I'm a MVC web framework user, and I'm confused. Pyramid calls the controller a view! And it doesn't have any controllers."
If you are in this camp, you might have come to expect things about how your existing "MVC" framework uses its terminology. For example, you probably expect that models are ORM models, controllers are classes that have methods that map to URLs, and views are templates. Pyramid indeed has each of these concepts, and each probably works almost exactly like your existing "MVC" web framework. We just don't use the MVC terminology, as we can't square its usage in the web framework space with historical reality.
People very much want to give web applications the same properties as common desktop GUI platforms by using similar terminology, and to provide some frame of reference for how various components in the common web framework might hang together. But in the opinion of the author, "MVC" doesn't match the web very well in general. Quoting from the Model-View-Controller Wikipedia entry:
Though MVC comes in different flavors, control flow is generally as follows:
The user interacts with the user interface in some way (for example, presses a mouse button).
The controller handles the input event from the user interface, often via a registered handler or callback and converts the event into appropriate user action, understandable for the model.
The controller notifies the model of the user action, possibly resulting in a change in the model's state. (For example, the controller updates the user's shopping cart.)[5]
A view queries the model in order to generate an appropriate user interface (for example, the view lists the shopping cart's contents). Note that the view gets its own data from the model.
The controller may (in some implementations) issue a general instruction to the view to render itself. In others, the view is automatically notified by the model of changes in state (Observer) which require a screen update.
The user interface waits for further user interactions, which restarts the cycle.
To the author, it seems as if someone edited this Wikipedia definition, tortuously couching concepts in the most generic terms possible in order to account for the use of the term "MVC" by current web frameworks. I doubt such a broad definition would ever be agreed to by the original authors of the MVC pattern. But even so, it seems most MVC web frameworks fail to meet even this falsely generic definition.
For example, do your templates (views) always query models directly as is claimed in "note that the view gets its own data from the model"? Probably not. My "controllers" tend to do this, massaging the data for easier use by the "view" (template). What do you do when your "controller" returns JSON? Do your controllers use a template to generate JSON? If not, what's the "view" then? Most MVC-style GUI web frameworks have some sort of event system hooked up that lets the view detect when the model changes. The web just has no such facility in its current form; it's effectively pull-only.
So, in the interest of not mistaking desire with reality, and instead of trying to jam the square peg that is the web into the round hole of "MVC", we just punt and say there are two things: resources and views. The resource tree represents a site structure, the view presents a resource. The templates are really just an implementation detail of any given view. A view doesn't need a template to return a response. There's no "controller"; it just doesn't exist. The "model" is either represented by the resource tree or by a "domain model" (like an SQLAlchemy model) that is separate from the framework entirely. This seems to us like more reasonable terminology, given the current constraints of the web.
Pyramid Applications Are Extensible; I Don't Believe in Application Extensibility¶
Any Pyramid application written obeying certain constraints is extensible. This feature is discussed in the Pyramid documentation chapters named Extending an Existing Pyramid Application and Advanced Configuration. It is made possible by the use of the Zope Component Architecture within Pyramid.
"Extensible" in this context means:
The behavior of an application can be overridden or extended in a particular deployment of the application without requiring that the deployer modify the source of the original application.
The original developer is not required to anticipate any extensibility plug points at application creation time to allow fundamental application behavior to be overridden or extended.
The original developer may optionally choose to anticipate an application-specific set of plug points, which may be hooked by a deployer. If they choose to use the facilities provided by the ZCA, the original developer does not need to think terribly hard about the mechanics of introducing such a plug point.
Many developers seem to believe that creating extensible applications is not worth it. They instead suggest that modifying the source of a given application for each deployment to override behavior is more reasonable. Much discussion about version control branching and merging typically ensues.
It's clear that making every application extensible isn't required. The majority of web applications only have a single deployment, and thus needn't be extensible at all. However some web applications have multiple deployments, and others have many deployments. For example, a generic content management system (CMS) may have basic functionality that needs to be extended for a particular deployment. That CMS may be deployed for many organizations at many places. Some number of deployments of this CMS may be deployed centrally by a third party and managed as a group. It's easier to be able to extend such a system for each deployment via preordained plug points than it is to continually keep each software branch of the system in sync with some upstream source. The upstream developers may change code in such a way that your changes to the same codebase conflict with theirs in fiddly, trivial ways. Merging such changes repeatedly over the lifetime of a deployment can be difficult and time consuming, and it's often useful to be able to modify an application for a particular deployment in a less invasive way.
If you don't want to think about Pyramid application extensibility at all, you needn't. You can ignore extensibility entirely. However if you follow the set of rules defined in Extending an Existing Pyramid Application, you don't need to make your application extensible. Any application you write in the framework just is automatically extensible at a basic level. The mechanisms that deployers use to extend it will be necessarily coarse. Typically views, routes, and resources will be capable of being overridden. But for most minor (and even some major) customizations, these are often the only override plug points necessary. If the application doesn't do exactly what the deployment requires, it's often possible for a deployer to override a view, route, or resource, and quickly make it do what they want it to do in ways not necessarily anticipated by the original developer. Here are some example scenarios demonstrating the benefits of such a feature.
If a deployment needs a different styling, the deployer may override the main template and the CSS in a separate Python package which defines overrides.
If a deployment needs an application page to do something differently, or to expose more or different information, the deployer may override the view that renders the page within a separate Python package.
If a deployment needs an additional feature, the deployer may add a view to the override package.
As long as the fundamental design of the upstream package doesn't change, these types of modifications often survive across many releases of the upstream package without needing to be revisited.
Extending an application externally is not a panacea, and carries a set of risks similar to branching and merging. Sometimes major changes upstream will cause you to revisit and update some of your modifications. But you won't regularly need to deal with meaningless textual merge conflicts that trivial changes to upstream packages often entail when it comes time to update the upstream package, because if you extend an application externally, there just is no textual merge done. Your modifications will also, for whatever it's worth, be contained in one, canonical, well-defined place.
Branching an application and continually merging in order to get new features and bug fixes is clearly useful. You can do that with a Pyramid application just as usefully as you can do it with any application. But deployment of an application written in Pyramid makes it possible to avoid the need for this even if the application doesn't define any plug points ahead of time. It's possible that promoters of competing web frameworks dismiss this feature in favor of branching and merging because applications written in their framework of choice aren't extensible out of the box in a comparably fundamental way.
While Pyramid applications are fundamentally extensible even if you don't write them with specific extensibility in mind, if you're moderately adventurous, you can also take it a step further. If you learn more about the Zope Component Architecture, you can optionally use it to expose other more domain-specific configuration plug points while developing an application. The plug points you expose needn't be as coarse as the ones provided automatically by Pyramid itself. For example, you might compose your own directive that configures a set of views for a pre-baked purpose (e.g., restview or somesuch), allowing other people to refer to that directive when they make declarations in the includeme of their customization package. There is a cost for this: the developer of an application that defines custom plug points for its deployers will need to understand the ZCA or they will need to develop their own similar extensibility system.
Ultimately any argument about whether the extensibility features lent to applications by Pyramid are good or bad is mostly pointless. You needn't take advantage of the extensibility features provided by a particular Pyramid application in order to affect a modification for a particular set of its deployments. You can ignore the application's extensibility plug points entirely, and use version control branching and merging to manage application deployment modifications instead, as if you were deploying an application written using any other web framework.
Zope 3 Enforces "TTW" Authorization Checks by Default; Pyramid Does Not¶
Challenge¶
Pyramid performs automatic authorization checks only at view execution time. Zope 3 wraps context objects with a security proxy, which causes Zope 3 also to do security checks during attribute access. I like this, because it means:
When I use the security proxy machinery, I can have a view that conditionally displays certain HTML elements (like form fields) or prevents certain attributes from being modified depending on the permissions that the accessing user possesses with respect to a context object.
I want to also expose my resources via a REST API using Twisted Web. If Pyramid performed authorization based on attribute access via Zope3's security proxies, I could enforce my authorization policy in both Pyramid and in the Twisted-based system the same way.
Defense¶
Pyramid was developed by folks familiar with Zope 2, which has a "through the web" security model. This TTW security model was the precursor to Zope 3's security proxies. Over time, as the Pyramid developers (working in Zope 2) created such sites, we found authorization checks during code interpretation extremely useful in a minority of projects. But much of the time, TTW authorization checks usually slowed down the development velocity of projects that had no delegation requirements. In particular, if we weren't allowing untrusted users to write arbitrary Python code to be executed by our application, the burden of through the web security checks proved too costly to justify. We (collectively) haven't written an application on top of which untrusted developers are allowed to write code in many years, so it seemed to make sense to drop this model by default in a new web framework.
And since we tend to use the same toolkit for all web applications, it's just never been a concern to be able to use the same set of restricted-execution code under two different web frameworks.
Justifications for disabling security proxies by default notwithstanding, given that Zope 3 security proxies are viral by nature, the only requirement to use one is to make sure you wrap a single object in a security proxy and make sure to access that object normally when you want proxy security checks to happen. It is possible to override the Pyramid traverser for a given application (see Changing the Traverser). To get Zope3-like behavior, it is possible to plug in a different traverser which returns Zope3-security-proxy-wrapped objects for each traversed object (including the context and the root). This would have the effect of creating a more Zope3-like environment without much effort.
Pyramid uses its own HTTP exception class hierarchy rather than webob.exc¶
The HTTP exception classes defined in pyramid.httpexceptions are very much like the ones defined in webob.exc, (e.g., HTTPNotFound or HTTPForbidden). They have the same names and largely the same behavior, and all have a very similar implementation, but not the same identity. Here's why they have a separate identity.
Making them separate allows the HTTP exception classes to subclass pyramid.response.Response. This speeds up response generation slightly due to the way the Pyramid router works. The same speed up could be gained by monkeypatching webob.response.Response, but it's usually the case that monkeypatching turns out to be evil and wrong.
Making them separate allows them to provide alternate __call__ logic, which also speeds up response generation.
Making them separate allows the exception classes to provide for the proper value of RequestClass (pyramid.request.Request).
Making them separate gives us freedom from thinking about backwards compatibility code present in webob.exc related to Python 2.4, which we no longer support in Pyramid 1.1+.
We change the behavior of two classes (HTTPNotFound and HTTPForbidden) in the module so that they can be used by Pyramid internally for notfound and forbidden exceptions.
Making them separate allows us to influence the docstrings of the exception classes to provide Pyramid-specific documentation.
Making them separate allows us to silence a stupid deprecation warning under Python 2.6 when the response objects are used as exceptions (related to self.message).
Pyramid has simpler traversal machinery than does Zope¶
Zope's default traverser:
Allows developers to mutate the traversal name stack while traversing (they can add and remove path elements).
Attempts to use an adaptation to obtain the next element in the path from the currently traversed object, falling back to __bobo_traverse__, __getitem__, and eventually __getattr__.
Zope's default traverser allows developers to mutate the traversal name stack during traversal by mutating REQUEST['TraversalNameStack']. Pyramid's default traverser (pyramid.traversal.ResourceTreeTraverser) does not offer a way to do this. It does not maintain a stack as a request attribute and, even if it did, it does not pass the request to resource objects while it's traversing. While it was handy at times, this feature was abused in frameworks built atop Zope (like CMF and Plone), often making it difficult to tell exactly what was happening when a traversal didn't match a view. I felt it was better for folks that wanted the feature to make them replace the traverser rather than build that particular honey pot in to the default traverser.
Zope uses multiple mechanisms to attempt to obtain the next element in the resource tree based on a name. It first tries an adaptation of the current resource to ITraversable, and if that fails, it falls back to attempting a number of magic methods on the resource (__bobo_traverse__, __getitem__, and __getattr__). My experience while both using Zope and attempting to reimplement its publisher in repoze.zope2 led me to believe the following:
The default traverser should be as simple as possible. Zope's publisher is somewhat difficult to follow and replicate due to the fallbacks it tried when one traversal method failed. It is also slow.
The entire traverser should be replaceable, not just elements of the traversal machinery. Pyramid has a few big components rather than a plethora of small ones. If the entire traverser is replaceable, it's an antipattern to make portions of the default traverser replaceable. Doing so is a "knobs on knobs" pattern, which is unfortunately somewhat endemic in Zope. In a "knobs on knobs" pattern, a replaceable subcomponent of a larger component is made configurable using the same configuration mechanism that can be used to replace the larger component. For example, in Zope, you can replace the default traverser by registering an adapter. But you can also (or alternately) control how the default traverser traverses by registering one or more adapters. As a result of being able to either replace the larger component entirely or turn knobs on the default implementation of the larger component, no one understands when (or whether) they should ever override the larger component entrirely. This results, over time, in a rusting together of the larger "replaceable" component and the framework itself because people come to depend on the availability of the default component in order just to turn its knobs. The default component effectively becomes part of the framework, which entirely subverts the goal of making it replaceable. In Pyramid, typically if a component is replaceable, it will itself have no knobs (it will be solid state). If you want to influence behavior controlled by that component, you will replace the component instead of turning knobs attached to the component.
Microframeworks have smaller Hello World programs¶
Self-described "microframeworks" exist. Bottle and Flask are two that are becoming popular. Bobo doesn't describe itself as a microframework, but its intended user base is much the same. Many others exist. We've even (only as a teaching tool, not as any sort of official project) created one using Pyramid. The videos use BFG, a precursor to Pyramid, but the resulting code is available for Pyramid too). Microframeworks are small frameworks with one common feature: each allows its users to create a fully functional application that lives in a single Python file.
Some developers and microframework authors point out that Pyramid's "hello world" single-file program is longer (by about five lines) than the equivalent program in their favorite microframework. Guilty as charged.
This loss isn't for lack of trying. Pyramid is useful in the same circumstance in which microframeworks claim dominance: single-file applications. But Pyramid doesn't sacrifice its ability to credibly support larger applications in order to achieve "hello world" lines of code parity with the current crop of microframeworks. Pyramid's design instead tries to avoid some common pitfalls associated with naive declarative configuration schemes. The subsections which follow explain the rationale.
Application programmers don't control the module-scope codepath (import-time side-effects are evil)¶
Imagine a directory structure with a set of Python files in it:
|-- app.py
|-- app2.py
`-- config.py
The contents of app.py:
from config import decorator
from config import L
def foo():
import app2
pprint.pprint(L)
The contents of app2.py:
import app
@app.decorator
def bar():
The contents of config.py:
L.append(func)
return func
If we cd to the directory that holds these files, and we run python app.py, given the directory structure and code above, what happens? Presumably, our decorator decorator will be used twice, once by the decorated function foo in app.py, and once by the decorated function bar in app2.py. Since each time the decorator is used, the list L in config.py is appended to, we'd expect a list with two elements to be printed, right? Sadly, no:
[chrism@thinko]$ python app.py
[<function foo at 0x7f4ea41ab1b8>,
<function foo at 0x7f4ea41ab230>,
<function bar at 0x7f4ea41ab2a8>]
By visual inspection, that outcome (three different functions in the list) seems impossible. We defined only two functions, and we decorated each of those functions only once, so we believe that the decorator decorator will run only twice. However, what we believe is in fact wrong, because the code at module scope in our app.py module was executed twice. The code is executed once when the script is run as __main__ (via python app.py), and then it is executed again when app2.py imports the same file as app.
What does this have to do with our comparison to microframeworks? Many microframeworks in the current crop (e.g., Bottle and Flask) encourage you to attach configuration decorators to objects defined at module scope. These decorators execute arbitrarily complex registration code, which populates a singleton registry that is a global which is in turn defined in external Python module. This is analogous to the above example: the "global registry" in the above example is the list L.
Let's see what happens when we use the same pattern with the Groundhog microframework. Replace the contents of app.py above with this:
from config import gh
@gh.route('/foo/')
return 'foo'
Replace the contents of app2.py above with this:
@app.gh.route('/bar/')
'return bar'
Replace the contents of config.py above with this:
from groundhog import Groundhog
gh = Groundhog('myapp', 'seekrit')
How many routes will be registered within the routing table of the "gh" Groundhog application? If you answered three, you are correct. How many would a casual reader (and any sane developer) expect to be registered? If you answered two, you are correct. Will the double registration be a problem? With our Groundhog framework's route method backing this application, not really. It will slow the application down a little bit, because it will need to miss twice for a route when it does not match. Will it be a problem with another framework, another application, or another decorator? Who knows. You need to understand the application in its totality, the framework in its totality, and the chronology of execution to be able to predict what the impact of unintentional code double-execution will be.
The encouragement to use decorators which perform population of an external registry has an unintended consequence: the application developer now must assert ownership of every code path that executes Python module scope code. Module-scope code is presumed by the current crop of decorator-based microframeworks to execute once and only once. If it executes more than once, weird things will start to happen. It is up to the application developer to maintain this invariant. Unfortunately, in reality this is an impossible task, because Python programmers do not own the module scope code path, and never will. Anyone who tries to sell you on the idea that they do so is simply mistaken. Test runners that you may want to use to run your code's tests often perform imports of arbitrary code in strange orders that manifest bugs like the one demonstrated above. API documentation generation tools do the same. Some people even think it's safe to use the Python reload command, or delete objects from sys.modules, each of which has hilarious effects when used against code that has import-time side effects.
Global registry-mutating microframework programmers therefore will at some point need to start reading the tea leaves about what might happen if module scope code gets executed more than once, like we do in the previous paragraph. When Python programmers assume they can use the module-scope code path to run arbitrary code (especially code which populates an external registry), and this assumption is challenged by reality, the application developer is often required to undergo a painful, meticulous debugging process to find the root cause of an inevitably obscure symptom. The solution is often to rearrange application import ordering, or move an import statement from module-scope into a function body. The rationale for doing so can never be expressed adequately in the commit message which accompanies the fix, and can't be documented succinctly enough for the benefit of the rest of the development team so that the problem never happens again. It will happen again, especially if you are working on a project with other people who haven't yet internalized the lessons you learned while you stepped through module-scope code using pdb. This is a very poor situation in which to find yourself as an application developer: you probably didn't even know you or your team signed up for the job, because the documentation offered by decorator-based microframeworks don't warn you about it.
Folks who have a large investment in eager decorator-based configuration that populates an external data structure (such as microframework authors) may argue that the set of circumstances I outlined above is anomalous and contrived. They will argue that it just will never happen. If you never intend your application to grow beyond one or two or three modules, that's probably true. However, as your codebase grows, and becomes spread across a greater number of modules, the circumstances in which module-scope code will be executed multiple times will become more and more likely to occur and less and less predictable. It's not responsible to claim that double-execution of module-scope code will never happen. It will; it's just a matter of luck, time, and application complexity.
If microframework authors do admit that the circumstance isn't contrived, they might then argue that real damage will never happen as the result of the double-execution (or triple-execution, etc.) of module scope code. You would be wise to disbelieve this assertion. The potential outcomes of multiple execution are too numerous to predict because they involve delicate relationships between application and framework code as well as chronology of code execution. It's literally impossible for a framework author to know what will happen in all circumstances. But even if given the gift of omniscience for some limited set of circumstances, the framework author almost certainly does not have the double-execution anomaly in mind when coding new features. They're thinking of adding a feature, not protecting against problems that might be caused by the 1% multiple execution case. However, any 1% case may cause 50% of your pain on a project, so it'd be nice if it never occurred.
Responsible microframeworks actually offer a back-door way around the problem. They allow you to disuse decorator-based configuration entirely. Instead of requiring you to do the following:
gh.run()
They allow you to disuse the decorator syntax and go almost all-imperative:
gh.add_route(foo, '/foo/')
This is a generic mode of operation that is encouraged in the Pyramid documentation. Some existing microframeworks (Flask, in particular) allow for it as well. None (other than Pyramid) encourage it. If you never expect your application to grow beyond two or three or four or ten modules, it probably doesn't matter very much which mode you use. If your application grows large, however, imperative configuration can provide better predictability.
Astute readers may notice that Pyramid has configuration decorators too. Aha! Don't these decorators have the same problems? No. These decorators do not populate an external Python module when they are executed. They only mutate the functions (and classes and methods) to which they're attached. These mutations must later be found during a scan process that has a predictable and structured import phase. Module-localized mutation is actually the best-case circumstance for double-imports. If a module only mutates itself and its contents at import time, if it is imported twice, that's OK, because each decorator invocation will always be mutating an independent copy of the object to which it's attached, not a shared resource like a registry in another module. This has the effect that double-registrations will never be performed.
Routes need relative ordering¶
Consider the following simple Groundhog application:
app = Groundhog('myapp', 'seekrit')
@app.route('/admin')
def admin():
return '<html>admin page</html>'
@app.route('/:action')
def do_action(action):
if action == 'add':
return '<html>add</html>'
if action == 'delete':
return '<html>delete</html>'
return app.abort(404)
app.run()
If you run this application and visit the URL /admin, you will see the "admin" page. This is the intended result. However, what if you rearrange the order of the function definitions in the file?
If you run this application and visit the URL /admin, your app will now return a 404 error. This is probably not what you intended. The reason you see a 404 error when you rearrange function definition ordering is that routing declarations expressed via our microframework's routing decorators have an ordering, and that ordering matters.
In the first case, where we achieved the expected result, we first added a route with the pattern /admin, then we added a route with the pattern /:action by virtue of adding routing patterns via decorators at module scope. When a request with a PATH_INFO of /admin enters our application, the web framework loops over each of our application's route patterns in the order in which they were defined in our module. As a result, the view associated with the /admin routing pattern will be invoked because it matches first. All is right with the world.
In the second case, where we did not achieve the expected result, we first added a route with the pattern /:action, then we added a route with the pattern /admin. When a request with a PATH_INFO of /admin enters our application, the web framework loops over each of our application's route patterns in the order in which they were defined in our module. As a result, the view associated with the /:action routing pattern will be invoked because it matches first. A 404 error is raised. This is not what we wanted; it just happened due to the order in which we defined our view functions.
This is because Groundhog routes are added to the routing map in import order, and matched in the same order when a request comes in. Bottle, like Groundhog, as of this writing, matches routes in the order in which they're defined at Python execution time. Flask, on the other hand, does not order route matching based on import order. Instead it reorders the routes you add to your application based on their "complexity". Other microframeworks have varying strategies to do route ordering.
Your application may be small enough where route ordering will never cause an issue. If your application becomes large enough, however, being able to specify or predict that ordering as your application grows larger will be difficult. At some point, you will likely need to start controlling route ordering more explicitly, especially in applications that require extensibility.
If your microframework orders route matching based on complexity, you'll need to understand what is meant by "complexity", and you'll need to attempt to inject a "less complex" route to have it get matched before any "more complex" one to ensure that it's tried first.
If your microframework orders its route matching based on relative import/execution of function decorator definitions, you will need to ensure that you execute all of these statements in the "right" order, and you'll need to be cognizant of this import/execution ordering as you grow your application or try to extend it. This is a difficult invariant to maintain for all but the smallest applications.
In either case, your application must import the non-__main__ modules which contain configuration decorations somehow for their configuration to be executed. Does that make you a little uncomfortable? It should, because Application programmers don't control the module-scope codepath (import-time side-effects are evil).
Pyramid uses neither decorator import time ordering nor does it attempt to divine the relative complexity of one route to another as a means to define a route match ordering. In Pyramid, you have to maintain relative route ordering imperatively via the chronology of multiple executions of the pyramid.config.Configurator.add_route() method. The order in which you repeatedly call add_route becomes the order of route matching.
If needing to maintain this imperative ordering truly bugs you, you can use traversal instead of route matching, which is a completely declarative (and completely predictable) mechanism to map code to URLs. While URL dispatch is easier to understand for small non-extensible applications, traversal is a great fit for very large applications and applications that need to be arbitrarily extensible.
"Stacked object proxies" are too clever / thread locals are a nuisance¶
Some microframeworks use the import statement to get a handle to an object which is not logically global:
from flask import request
@app.route('/login', methods=['POST', 'GET'])
def login():
error = None
if request.method == 'POST':
if valid_login(request.form['username'],
request.form['password']):
return log_the_user_in(request.form['username'])
error = 'Invalid username/password'
# this is executed if the request method was GET or the
# credentials were invalid
The Pylons 1.X web framework uses a similar strategy. It calls these things "Stacked Object Proxies", so, for purposes of this discussion, I'll do so as well.
Import statements in Python (import foo, from bar import baz) are most frequently performed to obtain a reference to an object defined globally within an external Python module. However, in normal programs, they are never used to obtain a reference to an object that has a lifetime measured by the scope of the body of a function. It would be absurd to try to import, for example, a variable named i representing a loop counter defined in the body of a function. For example, we'd never try to import i from the code below:
def afunc():
for i in range(10):
By its nature, the request object that is created as the result of a WSGI server's call into a long-lived web framework cannot be global, because the lifetime of a single request will be much shorter than the lifetime of the process running the framework. A request object created by a web framework actually has more similarity to the i loop counter in our example above than it has to any comparable importable object defined in the Python standard library or in normal library code.
However, systems which use stacked object proxies promote locally scoped objects, such as request, out to module scope, for the purpose of being able to offer users a nice spelling involving import. They, for what I consider dubious reasons, would rather present to their users the canonical way of getting at a request as from framework import request instead of a saner from myframework.threadlocals import get_request; request = get_request(), even though the latter is more explicit.
It would be most explicit if the microframeworks did not use thread local variables at all. Pyramid view functions are passed a request object. Many of Pyramid's APIs require that an explicit request object be passed to them. It is possible to retrieve the current Pyramid request as a threadlocal variable, but it is an "in case of emergency, break glass" type of activity. This explicitness makes Pyramid view functions more easily unit testable, as you don't need to rely on the framework to manufacture suitable "dummy" request (and other similarly-scoped) objects during test setup. It also makes them more likely to work on arbitrary systems, such as async servers, that do no monkeypatching.
Explicitly WSGI¶
Some microframeworks offer a run() method of an application object that executes a default server configuration for easy execution.
Pyramid doesn't currently try to hide the fact that its router is a WSGI application behind a convenience run() API. It just tells people to import a WSGI server and use it to serve up their Pyramid application as per the documentation of that WSGI server.
The extra lines saved by abstracting away the serving step behind run() seems to have driven dubious second-order decisions related to its API in some microframeworks. For example, Bottle contains a ServerAdapter subclass for each type of WSGI server it supports via its app.run() mechanism. This means that there exists code in bottle.py that depends on the following modules: wsgiref, flup, paste, cherrypy, fapws, tornado, google.appengine, twisted.web, diesel, gevent, gunicorn, eventlet, and rocket. You choose the kind of server you want to run by passing its name into the run method. In theory, this sounds great: I can try out Bottle on gunicorn just by passing in a name! However, to fully test Bottle, all of these third-party systems must be installed and functional. The Bottle developers must monitor changes to each of these packages and make sure their code still interfaces properly with them. This increases the number of packages required for testing greatly; this is a lot of requirements. It is likely difficult to fully automate these tests due to requirements conflicts and build issues.
As a result, for single-file apps, we currently don't bother to offer a run() shortcut. We tell folks to import their WSGI server of choice and run it by hand. For the people who want a server abstraction layer, we suggest that they use PasteDeploy. In PasteDeploy-based systems, the onus for making sure that the server can interface with a WSGI application is placed on the server developer, not the web framework developer, making it more likely to be timely and correct.
Wrapping up¶
Here's a diagrammed version of the simplest pyramid application, where the inlined comments take into account what we've discussed in the Microframeworks have smaller Hello World programs section.
from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server # explicitly WSGI
from pyramid.config import Configurator # to configure app registry
from pyramid.response import Response # explicit response, no threadlocal
def hello_world(request): # accept a request; no request threadlocal reqd
# explicit response object means no response threadlocal
return Response('Hello world!')
with Configurator() as config: # no global application object
config.add_view(hello_world) # explicit non-decorator registration
app = config.make_wsgi_app() # explicitly WSGI
server = make_server('0.0.0.0', 8080, app)
server.serve_forever() # explicitly WSGI
Pyramid doesn't offer pluggable apps¶
It is "Pyramidic" to compose multiple external sources into the same configuration using include(). Any number of includes can be done to compose an application; includes can even be done from within other includes. Any directive can be used within an include that can be used outside of one (such as add_view()).
Pyramid has a conflict detection system that will throw an error if two included externals try to add the same configuration in a conflicting way (such as both externals trying to add a route using the same name, or both externals trying to add a view with the same set of predicates). It's awful tempting to call this set of features something that can be used to compose a system out of "pluggable applications". But in reality, there are a number of problems with claiming this:
The terminology is strained. Pyramid really has no notion of a plurality of "applications", just a way to compose configuration from multiple sources to create a single WSGI application. That WSGI application may gain behavior by including or disincluding configuration, but once it's all composed together, Pyramid doesn't really provide any machinery which can be used to demarcate the boundaries of one "application" (in the sense of configuration from an external that adds routes, views, etc) from another.
Pyramid doesn't provide enough "rails" to make it possible to integrate truly honest-to-god, download-an-app-from-a-random-place and-plug-it-in-to-create-a-system "pluggable" applications. Because Pyramid itself isn't opinionated (it doesn't mandate a particular kind of database, it offers multiple ways to map URLs to code, etc), it's unlikely that someone who creates something application-like will be able to casually redistribute it to J. Random Pyramid User and have it just work by asking him to config.include a function from the package. This is particularly true of very high level components such as blogs, wikis, twitter clones, commenting systems, etc. The integrator (the Pyramid developer who has downloaded a package advertised as a "pluggable app") will almost certainly have made different choices about e.g. what type of persistence system he's using, and for the integrator to appease the requirements of the "pluggable application", he may be required to set up a different database, make changes to his own code to prevent his application from shadowing the pluggable app (or vice versa), and any other number of arbitrary changes.
For this reason, we claim that Pyramid has "extensible" applications, not pluggable applications. Any Pyramid application can be extended without forking it as long as its configuration statements have been composed into things that can be pulled in via config.include.
It's also perfectly reasonable for a single developer or team to create a set of interoperating components which can be enabled or disabled by using config.include. That developer or team will be able to provide the "rails" (by way of making high-level choices about the technology used to create the project, so there won't be any issues with plugging all of the components together. The problem only rears its head when the components need to be distributed to arbitrary users. Note that Django has a similar problem with "pluggable applications" that need to work for arbitrary third parties, even though they provide many, many more rails than does Pyramid. Even the rails they provide are not enough to make the "pluggable application" story really work without local modification.
Truly pluggable applications need to be created at a much higher level than a web framework, as no web framework can offer enough constraints to really make them work out of the box. They really need to plug into an application, instead. It would be a noble goal to build an application with Pyramid that provides these constraints and which truly does offer a way to plug in applications (Joomla, Plone, Drupal come to mind).
Pyramid Has Zope Things In It, So It's Too Complex¶
On occasion, someone will feel compelled to post a mailing list message that reads something like this:
had a quick look at pyramid ... too complex to me and not really
understand for which benefits.. I feel should consider whether it's time
for me to step back to django .. I always hated zope (useless ?)
complexity and I love simple way of thinking
(Paraphrased from a real email, actually.)
Let's take this criticism point-by-point.
Too Complex¶
If you can understand this "hello world" program, you can use Pyramid:
from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
from pyramid.config import Configurator
from pyramid.response import Response
def hello_world(request):
with Configurator() as config:
config.add_route('hello', '/')
config.add_view(hello_world, route_name='hello')
app = config.make_wsgi_app()
server.serve_forever()
Pyramid has over 1200 pages of documentation (printed), covering topics from the very basic to the most advanced. Nothing is left undocumented, quite literally. It also has an awesome, very helpful community. Visit the #pyramid IRC channel on freenode.net and see.
Hate Zope¶
I'm sorry you feel that way. The Zope brand has certainly taken its share of lumps over the years, and has a reputation for being insular and mysterious. But the word "Zope" is literally quite meaningless without qualification. What part of Zope do you hate? "Zope" is a brand, not a technology.
If it's Zope2-the-web-framework, Pyramid is not that. The primary designers and developers of Pyramid, if anyone, should know. We wrote Pyramid's predecessor (repoze.bfg), in part, because we knew that Zope 2 had usability issues and limitations. repoze.bfg (and now Pyramid) was written to address these issues.
If it's Zope3-the-web-framework, Pyramid is definitely not that. Making use of lots of Zope 3 technologies is territory already staked out by the Grok project. Save for the obvious fact that they're both web frameworks, Pyramid is very, very different than Grok. Grok exposes lots of Zope technologies to end users. On the other hand, if you need to understand a Zope-only concept while using Pyramid, then we've failed on some very basic axis.
If it's just the word Zope: this can only be guilt by association. Because a piece of software internally uses some package named zope.foo, it doesn't turn the piece of software that uses it into "Zope". There is a lot of great software written that has the word Zope in its name. Zope is not some sort of monolithic thing, and a lot of its software is usable externally. And while it's not really the job of this document to defend it, Zope has been around for over 10 years and has an incredibly large, active community. If you don't believe this, https://pypi.org/search/?q=zope is an eye-opening reality check.
Love Simplicity¶
Years of effort have gone into honing this package and its documentation to make it as simple as humanly possible for developers to use. Everything is a tradeoff, of course, and people have their own ideas about what "simple" is. You may have a style difference if you believe Pyramid is complex. Its developers obviously disagree.
Other Challenges¶
Other challenges are encouraged to be sent to the Pylons-devel maillist. We'll try to address them by considering a design change, or at very least via exposition here.
Defending Pyramid's Design
Pyramid Provides More Than One Way to Do It
Pyramid Uses a Zope Component Architecture ("ZCA") Registry
Ameliorations
Pyramid "Encourages Use of ZCML"
Pyramid Does Traversal, and I Don't Like Traversal
Pyramid Does URL Dispatch, and I Don't Like URL Dispatch
Pyramid Views Do Not Accept Arbitrary Keyword Arguments
Pyramid Provides Too Few "Rails"
Pyramid Provides Too Many "Rails"
Pyramid Is Too Big
Pyramid Has Too Many Dependencies
Pyramid "Cheats" to Obtain Speed
Pyramid Gets Its Terminology Wrong ("MVC")
Pyramid Applications Are Extensible; I Don't Believe in Application Extensibility
Zope 3 Enforces "TTW" Authorization Checks by Default; Pyramid Does Not
Pyramid uses its own HTTP exception class hierarchy rather than webob.exc
Pyramid has simpler traversal machinery than does Zope
Microframeworks have smaller Hello World programs
Application programmers don't control the module-scope codepath (import-time side-effects are evil)
Routes need relative ordering
"Stacked object proxies" are too clever / thread locals are a nuisance
Explicitly WSGI
Pyramid doesn't offer pluggable apps
Pyramid Has Zope Things In It, So It's Too Complex
Too Complex
Hate Zope
Love Simplicity
Pyramid Change History
Copyright, Trademarks, and Attributions
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Is somebody raining on Samsung’s parade?
Google’s mobile payments bust gives Samsung good reason to craft its own offering
By Stefan Constantinescu December 16, 2014
The beauty of Android—Google’s mobile operating system for phones and tablets—is that it comes with a host of the internet company’s services already installed and ready to be used right out of the box. One of those, Google Wallet—a mobile payments product launched in late 2011—has been shunned by the market, thanks to a mix of poor product design, ineffective marketing, and otherwise weak distribution.
With Android powering more than 83% of the smartphones that were shipped last quarter, Google’s largest partner, Samsung, looks to have decided to take matters into its own hands. According to Re/code, the South Korean electronics giant—which made nearly one out of every four smartphones sold last quarter—is in talks with a US startup called LoopPay to launch an Apple Pay competitor next year.
A Samsung spokesman contacted by Quartz declined to comment on the report; LoopPay officials couldn’t be immediately reached.
Samsung isn’t a stranger to mobile payments. In 2012, it aligned itself with Visa to launch a limited edition batch of Galaxy S3 smartphones that supported Visa’s payWave technology. In 2013, Samsung expanded that partnership to 40 European countries and the Galaxy S4. This year, as wearables got set to take off, reports suggested Samsung would partner with PayPal to put mobile payments on its smartwatches.
It’s too early to know if the LoopPay deal will happen, let alone work. But US payments infrastructure is in for a shakeup next year with Apple launching its watch and US retailers switching to chip-based card systems.
Samsung, to be sure, has an incentive to break away from Google for a service as important to its customers’ daily life as payments. If Samsung can gain any meaningful traction with its service, it might spur a sense of customer loyalty that prevents Galaxy owners from bailing for other Android phone makers. But if Google Wallet—which beat Apple Pay to market by almost three years—had lived up to its promise, Samsung might not have had to bother.
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Outdated.
LOOK THE PART
There’s a strategic reason why some women scientists look “frumpy”
By Allison Schrager May 21, 2016
In 2006 I finished my PhD in economics and received a lot of career advice. I was told to not dress too nicely during interviews. I was told when I made distinctly feminine gestures (like touching my hair) during seminars it came across as “flaky.” Outside of graduate school, people often remarked on how feminine I was—for an economist. I was offended at the time, but it probably wasn’t terrible advice; if you want to play the game you have to look the part. And while there are more women than ever in STEM fields these days, people still have certain gendered expectations about how women scientists should appear.
There is no shortage of blog posts and articles on the internet advising young scientists how to dress. For both men and women, it’s often: don’t look too good or like you are trying to hard. Marc Kuchner says a biophysicist wrote him, “I’m more likely to believe the science of somebody wearing a nice pair of khaki pants and a shirt than somebody wearing the whole ‘CEO costume.’”
Writing for Science Magazine, Adam Ruben advises casual dress for men and after googling “scientific clothing” the only feminine reference he could find was for women to have a pencil-bun.
The argument for frumpiness is as follows: anyone who looks fashionable signals a lack of dedication to science, or worse, a preoccupation with money. For women, this translates to not looking feminine because a feminine look is often associated with being stylish and well-groomed.
And while the frumpy standard seems to apply to men and women, there may be more harmful effects for aspiring women scientists. A group of researchers studied if being feminine was a career liability after the San Francisco tech firm OneLogin posted pictures of their engineers, including one of their employees Isis Wenger. People thought she was too attractive to be an engineer and doubted the veracity of the campaign. Hoping to repeat the experiment in a more scientific manner, they took the photographs of 80 scientists at top universities, 40 men and 40 women with varying characteristics thought to be more male or female. Male appearance includes short hair and strong facial features. Feminine features include long hair and fine features or could mean makeup or traditionally feminine dress. They asked 265 American workers—equally divided between men and women in one experiment and skewed toward more women in another—to rate the femininity or masculinity of the people and the photos. Next they were asked if the people were scientists or early education teachers.
The respondents assumed the men and women were equally likely to be scientists. But the more feminine a woman rated, the more respondents presumed she was a teacher. When it came to feminine-looking men, respondents were equally likely to assume he was a teacher or scientist—or even journalist (a supposedly gender neutral profession). The researchers conclude that a woman’s gendered appearance effects career perception in a way it does not for men. If femininity is not associated with science, young girls who identify with those values may be dissuaded from STEM fields every time they are told they don’t look like a scientist. The bias also devalues femininity can lead women to be cruel to each other because it justifies judging looks and dress.
It is not clear how much of this is sexism or a need to see scientists as asexual. We like to think of science as being clinical and sexless, but your point of view always features into how you conduct and interpret experiments. Some people are more comfortable and confident when they feel put stylish and put together. A more diverse population, some who embrace femininity or masculinity, can only add to our knowledge.
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Lauren Tracy
Co-founder & Head of Product
Blue Fever
Lauren is Co-founder and Head of Product at Blue Fever: A private messaging platform that acts as a “big sister” to young women – curating the internet safely, based on their emotions. Blue Fever is backed by the prestigious startup accelerator Techstars. Prior to Blue Fever, Lauren co-founded the distribution company X-Factor Films that sold short movies and shows starring women to Fullscreen, Sundance Now and AMC. She was responsible for UX and UI of the company's website. Before that, she was a film director and editor for films/series, ads and music videos. After becoming aware of the lack of women in media while attending film school, Lauren founded an organization that brought financial awards to female filmmakers (collaborators included NYU, Avid and Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow: THE HURT LOCKER, ZERO DARK THIRTY). Lauren has produced over 20 video projects and was a finalist in Lionsgate's 2015 ‘New Voices of the Twilight Saga’ filmmaker competition. Lauren was the speaker at her university’s graduation alongside the CEO of Xerox, Ursula Burns.
Events featuring Lauren Tracy
How Women are Rebuilding a Man-Made Internet at Hilton Austin Downtown Salon G
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Tag: directional microphones
Long range directional microphones-myth and reality
There are a lot of myths about directed long-range microphones. You can here like they can reach distances of 100, 200 and more meters, others say that this is a myth and these numbers are commercial purposes. Let us try mathematically find proof and see the real situation. Introduction to long-range microphones When talking about directed microphones, usually we have in mind that sound sources are in the open air, and there are no reverberation effects. So the only factor is the distance of the sound source object from the microphone. Along the distance, sound power drops significantly, and in longer ranges, it interferes with other sounds like wind and other noises in the atmosphere. When the distance is about 100m sound pressure drops more than 40dB(comparing to a distance equal to 1m). If the sound level is 60dB then from 100m, you will hear 20dB. Sound level 20dB is less than other environmental noise, and many standard microphones are not sensitive enough for such sound level. So we can say that directed microphones must have: High sensitivity and selectivity from environment noises even if they have a higher level than real sound; High directivity to for excluding noise signals…
ScienceProgElectronics Tutorial directional microphones 18
Powerful open source SQLite manager for Raspberry Pi
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recordart
Andy Warhol art on 45s – part 1
Rockdoc a.k.a. Richard Forrest
Tag Archives: kent
Album cover art, Exhibitions, Warhol 1968 Malmö
Exhibitions of Record Cover Art I have been involved in.
May 6, 2019 rockdoc999 Leave a comment
The resurgence of vinyl records in recent years has focused interest on record cover art. Covers by famous artists and designers command big money today. Who would have guessed that collecting record cover art would become its own specialty collecting area, with some covers costing thousands of pounds/dollars/euros? Galleries and museums have begun to show an interest in showing record cover art and the number of exhibitions has increased exponentially in recent years but the idea isn’t new. The first exhibition of record cover art that I visited was called “Skivomslag” (Record Covers), arranged by Kristian Jakobsen after an idea by Thomas Ohrt and had been first shown at in 1980 at Vejle Konstmuseum before reappearing at Aarhus Konstmuseum in Denmark from 5th September to 4th October 1981. The exhibition moved to Stockholm’s National Museum on 27th October and ran until 17th January 1982. And then moved (in modified form) to Bildmuseet in Umeå in northern Sweden. That exhibition was the first where I saw a few covers designed by Andy Warhol collected. The accompanying exhibition catalogue contained essays by Thomas Ohrt on the development of record cover design as well as an essay by Bo Nilsson on Andy Warhol‘s record cover art (thirty years later Nilsson, as head of Artipelag’s gallery outside Stockholm, would curate his own Warhol exhibition (“The Legacy of Andy Warhol“) including a number of prints of Warhol‘s record covers.)
Catalogue from Nationalmuseets 1981-2 exhibition “Skivomslag” (record covers).
I didn’t hear of any exhibitions of record cover art after the Umeå showing of the National Museum exhibition but had discussed the possibility of putting on my own exhibition of Andy Warhol‘s cover art with the organisers of the Piteå Dansar of Ler (Piteå Dances & Smiles) music festival that I attended every year. In 2008 Piteå Museum allowed us to put on “Happy Birthday Andy Warhol“, to coincide with what would have been Warhol’s 80th birthday and I wrote a catalogue text (in Swedish) listing the (then) known Warhol covers.
The catalogue for the Happy Birthday Andy Warhol exhibition, 2008.
Together with co-curator Guy Minnebach, we found sixty-five covers, including the recently discovered “Waltzes by Johann Strauss, Jr.” that Guy had found at a record fair. Little did I know that the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts would host an exhibition entitled “Andy Warhol ‘Live’” (view a video here) from October 2008, where the focus would be on Warhol‘s love of music and where a “complete” collection of Warhol‘s record covers was presented “for the first time” (not so, as we had done if two months earlier!) The record collection was from Paul Maréchal‘s personal collection and his book of Warhol covers “Andy Warhol-The Record Covers 1949-1987, Catalogue Raisonné” was launched at the exhibition. It included some covers that we had not known about in our exhibition, notably the “Night Beat” box set and the Margarita Madrigal “Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish“, but not the RATFAB “Det brinner en eld/Mörka ögon” single that wasn’t identified until after the exhibition.
The Complete Commissioned Record Covers, 1949-1987.
The following year, the organisers of Piteå Dansar of Ler allowed me to present an exhibition of Peter Blake’s record cover art, again at Piteå Museum, and called “Sir Peter Blake “Pop” Art“. Another catalogue was made listing all Blake’s known covers.
The catalogue cover for the “Pop Art” Exhibition of Sir Peter Blake’s record cove art at Piteå Museum, July 22nd–August 31st 2009.
The next exhibition that I curated was in 2010, again in association with Piteå Dansar och Ler, was of the Swedish band Kent’s record and poster art, which we called ”På nära håll” (Close by), after a song on one of their albums. We were lucky to be able to get Jonas Linell to show original photographs of early Kent record covers as well as autographed copies of most of the band’s vinyl releases (rare in the nineties, as most music was then only released on CD). The catalogue for this exhibition was a folder in the form of a 7-inch gatefold record cover with all the Kent released pictured on the centre spread and the catalogue text on an insert in the form of a 7-inch record. Jonas Linell’s photo of the band graces the catalogue’s cover.
The catalogue tothe Kent “På nära håll” exhibition in Piteå, July-August 2010. (Photo Jonas Linell)
The catalogue’s inner spread showing all the Kent releases included in the exhibition.
The catalogue text on a “record”.
Soon after the Kent exhibition, my late friend Daniel Brant, owner of the A and D Gallery in London contacted me and told me that Sir Peter Blake was launching new graphic prints at the gallery and he wondered if I could show my collection of Peter Blake’s record covers to fill out the gallery. Jan Wimander and I flew over with the covers and some rare prints of Blake’s cover art and we presented Sir Peter with a copy of the Piteå “Sir Peter Blake “Pop” Art” catalogue and he signed copies for us.
Folkets hus och parker–an organisation that spreads culture throughout Sweden in towns and parks—have organised three touring exhibitions of record sleeve art using records from my collection. The first to tour was a collection of Andy Warhol’s record covers, then Kent’s record covers and finally a collection of covers by the artist known as Banksy. Each exhibition toured various venues all over Sweden for between one and two years.
Another exhibition screen showing the tree “We Love You… So Love Us” CDs, “Keep It Real” promo and One od Dirty Funker’s “Future” covers.
One of the exhibition screens in preparation showing the two versions of Dirty Funker’s “Let’s Get Dirty (My Sharona)” single, the Banksy interview 12″ and Queen & Cuntry’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” bootleg.
In 2012 I was approached by Stockholm’s Konserthus (Concert House) to curate an exhibition of Banksy’s record cover art. This was probably the first time that all known records with Banksy’s art were shown and the show was seen by over 60,000 people during the two months it was open. There was no proper catalogue for this exhibition, only a list of the covers.
Some tome ago I sold some records to John Brandler, owner of Brandler Galleries, which specialises in street art. We kept in touch and late in 2015 he contacted me about a planned Banksy retrospective exhibition scheduled to open in Rome in May of 2016, and wondered if I could lend my collection of Banksy records and CDs. The exhibition entitled “War, Capitalism and Liberty” opened at the Palazzo Cipolla on May 23rd and ran until September 4th. A room was dedicated to the record and CD collection.
The latest exhibition I have been involved in is the “Warhol 1968” at Moderna Museet, Malmö. My involvement came about when I attended the opening of the exhibition in Stockholm in September 2018. That was due to close in February 2018 and move to Malmö in May. There were eight Warhol record covers on show at the Stockholm exhibition, only one wasn’t by Warhol.
Eight record sleeves on display at “Warhol 1968” in Stockholm.
I pointed this out to John Peter Nilsson, the exhibition’s curator and told him that I had a complete collection of Warhol covers. He saw to it that the offending cover was changed and suggested that Moderna show a complete collection of Warhol’s covers when the exhibition opened in Malmö.
One lone viewer in front of the record covers.
The “Warhol 1968” exhibition in Malmö runs until September 8th 2019.
Sometime in the near future I would like to put on an exhibition of Klaus Voormann‘s record cover art.
Andy Warhol's record coversBanksy's record coverskentPeter Blake's record covers
Record sleeve art by artists I collect
Cover art for Madonna by Mr. Brainwash.
The Art of Mike & Doug Starn–Another Way to Collect Record Cover Art.
A Previously Unknown CD with Banksy Art.
The Thoughts of Gilbert & George LP.
“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” Revisited.
rockdoc999 on Cover art for Madonna by Mr. B…
Guy Minnebach on Cover art for Madonna by Mr. B…
"Live at Leeds" Silkscreen print
"Voices and Events" box set
45 rpm EP
45 RPM singles
A Stranger Shadow
Adman-Warhol Before Pop
Album cover art
Alex Steinweiss – Inventor of the Modern Record Cover
Andy Warhol art
Andy Warhol biographies
Andy Warhol retrospective
Andy Warhol's Medical & Psychological History
Andy Warhol's Photography
Andy Warhol's record cover art
Artipelag
Banksy's art on record
Billy Klüver
Bob Dylan's discography
Brian WIlson – That Lucky Old Sun
Broder Daniel
Capoeira Twins "4 x 3"
Chris Bigg
Christopher Ricks' "Dylan's Visions of Sin"
Dirty Funker (Paul Glancy)
Edie Sedgwick
Eric Clapton "24 Nights"
Eric Clapton's "24 Nights"
Genesis Publications
Giant Size $1.57 Each
Gröna lund
Henrik Berggren
Imagine album
Jack Riley ventriloquist
Jann Haworth
Joe Ephgrave
Joe Newman Octet
Karin "Mamma" Andersson
Kate Moss Covers
Kate Moss Discography
Klaus Voormann's Record Cover Art
Lew White – Melodic Magic
Liam Gallagher's "As You Were".
Louis Hardin
Love You Live album
Madonna's "Celebration"
Magic Vinyl Display
Menlove Ave album
Mike & Doug Starn
Musical memories of 1967
My Warhol collection
Night Beat promo
Nobel Prize for Literature 2016
Oasis memorabilia
Peter Liversidge
Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook "Sleeps With the Fishes"
Prince portrait
Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky"
rare records
RATFAB
Record and CD cover art
Record cover art
Record covers
Record prices
Reproductions or fakes?
Richard Evans–graphic designer
Robert del Naja
Rolling Stones Bootleg alnums
Sikscreening
Sticky Fingers album
Susan Philipsz
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
The Beatles Swedish Singles & EPs
The Beatles' White Album
The Hours' early singles
The Velvet Underground & Nico album
Tony Lane cover designer
Toto "Turn Back" cover
Turner Prize Winners
Valentine Vox
Voices and Events cover art
War, Capitalism & Liberty Exhibition 2016
Warhol 1968 Malmö
Warhol's death
Warhol's medical history
Warhol's Polaroids
Wolfgang Tillmans vinyl releases
Yoko Ono Lennon
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7 Night Caribbean - Western
Ship Disney Fantasy
Departing Sat, Sep 14, 2019
Ports of Call Port Canaveral, Florida | Cozumel, Mexico | Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Falmouth, Jamaica | Castaway Cay,...
Port Canaveral, Florida | Cozumel, Mexico | Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Falmouth, Jamaica | Castaway Cay, Bahamas
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Fri, Sep 20, 2019 CASTAWAY CAY 8:30 am 4:45 pm
Sat, Sep 21, 2019 PORT CANAVERAL 7:30 am --
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Sitting just off the gorgeous Yucatan coast, Cozumel revels in its mythic white-sand beaches and world-class coral reefs. Yet Cozumel is also the last stronghold of the Mayas, who settled the islan... Show more
Sitting just off the gorgeous Yucatan coast, Cozumel revels in its mythic white-sand beaches and world-class coral reefs. Yet Cozumel is also the last stronghold of the Mayas, who settled the island in 300 A.D. Residents still speak Maya, and sometimes wear traditional Mayan clothing. Nearby stand the great pyramids and temples of their ancestors. Show less
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Falmouth, Jamaica
Fantasy Becomes Reality
Chart a course for adventure and wonder, where elegance and sophistication mingle with storytelling and whimsy. Sister ship to the Disney Dream, the Disney Fantasy is a masterpiece of design and engineering boasting Art Nouveau allure alongside modern technological advancements. Set sail for exotic destinations aboard this 130,000-ton marvel while enjoying Disney magic at sea
Sit back or splash it up at this family wading pool located on Deck 12, Forward aboard the Disney Fantasy and the Disney Dream.
Disney Cruise Line pools aboard the Disney Fantasy include 3 themed freshwater pools, a water play area for very young ones, and an exciting standalone waterslide open each and every day of your cruise vacation.
AquaLab:
One of 3 freshwater pools on the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy, Donalds Pool is the place for family fun in the sun.
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Move in your own tranquil orbit at this adult-exclusive wading pool aboard the Disney Fantasy and the Disney Dream.
Activies and Entertainment
Disney's Aladdin - A Musical Spectacular
Enjoy an uproarious live performance based on the Disney animated classic...
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Enjoy a spellbinding musical about a workaholic father who reconnects with his daughter through a little Disney magic.
Halloween on the High Sea
Star Wars Day at Sea
Disney Wishes
Be transported to Italy in this festive bar inspired by the country's picturesque cities and decorative plazas. Discover a trendy dance club that's the premier venue for grown-up fun.
Unwind at this romantic Champagne bar with elegant decor - it's an enchanted, effervescent delight.
The Tube
Head Underground for libations, dancing and toasting "Cheerio!" in this British-mod nightclub.
Set your sights on this Art-Deco-inspired cafe and Internet hotspot. Enjoy coffee and pastries in the morning or a pre-or post-dinner cocktail at night. You can also connect wirelessly or view your photos available at Shutters via an onsite kiosk.
Thanksgiving at Sea
Any balcony stateroom, depending on availability.
Caribbean - Western
City Cozumel
Sitting just off the gorgeous Yucatan coast, Cozumel revels in its mythic white-sand beaches and world-class coral reefs. Yet Cozumel is also the last stronghold of the Mayas, who settled the island in 300 A.D. Residents still speak Maya, and sometimes wear traditional Mayan clothing. Nearby stand the great pyramids and temples of their ancestors.
City Georgetown
Survey the neatly shuttered shops for bargains, or the twisted rock formations known as "Hell." But there's nothing hellish about the white-sand heaven of Seven Mile Beach. Sample the rum distilled here and be sure to visit the world's only sea turtle farm.
City Falmouth
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Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology
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' ], ['23 Avenue Pasteur, Cayenne, French Guiana', 4.9433745, -52.3243939, 'Institut Pasteur de la Guyane', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/PF-gallery28-150x150.jpg', 'Following the Institute of Hygiene and Prophylaxis, which was founded in 1914, the Institut Pasteur in French Guiana was created in Cayenne on 7 December 1940. It is a member of the Institut Pasteur […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-in-french-guiana/', 'Network', '
Head: Mirdad Kazanji
' ], ['127 Vassilissis Sofias Avenue 115 21, Ampelokipi, Athens, Greece', 37.9895698, 23.764989499999956, 'Hellenic Pasteur Institute', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pasteur-150x150.jpg', 'The Institut Pasteur in Greece is a non-profit establishment. This institute, based in Athens, was created in 1919. It operates directly under the authority of the General Secretariat of Scientific and Technological Research and the […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/hellenic-institut-pasteur-athens-greece/', 'Network', '
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Head: Malik Peiris
' ], ['531 Boulevard des Prairies, Laval, QC H7V 1C1, Canada', 45.5408163, -73.7178603, 'INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/inrs_iaf_003-150x150.jpg', 'The INRS – Institut Armand-Frappier is a Canadian national institute in the province of Québec, affiliated with the National Institute for Scientific Research (INRS) of the University of Québec. It is member of the Institut […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-armand-frappier-canada/', 'Network', '
Head: Pierre Talbot
' ], ['Avenida Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil', -22.8757012, -43.2429693, 'Oswaldo Cruz Foundation', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Castelo_fiocruz_panoramico-150x150.jpg', 'The Oswaldo Cruz Institute was founded in 1908 as an institute principally devoted to vaccines and became the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in 1970. Its missions are to promote health and social development, to […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/oswaldo-cruz-foundation-fiocruz-brazil/', 'Network', '
Head: Nisia Trindade Lima
' ], ['Cifpro (Lycée Technique Abidjan Cocody), Rue du Lycée Technique, Abidjan B.P V 89 ABIDJAN, Côte d\'Ivoire', 5.350434, -4.008775, 'Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/abidjan-150x150.jpg', 'The Institut Pasteur in Côte d’Ivoire, based in Abidjan, is an Ivoirian public institution. This institute was created in 1972 and joined the Institut Pasteur International Network in 1989. It is directly under the umbrella […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-cote-divoire/', 'Network', '
Head: Mireille Dosso
' ], ['Institut Pasteur, Rue Victor Hugo, Pointe-a-Pitre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe', 16.233109, -61.52811700000001, 'Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/panorama_small-150x150.jpg', 'The Institut Pasteur in Guadeloupe is the subject of a convention between the Institut Pasteur and the French department of Guadeloupe. This institute was created in 1948 and joined the Institut Pasteur International Network […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-guadeloupe/', 'Network', '
Head: Antoine Talarmin
' ], ['CERMES BP 10 887 Niamey Niger', 13.521389, 2.1052779999999984, 'CERMES', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cermes-150x150.jpg', 'The CERMES (Centre for Medical and Health Research) is a public establishment for science and technology supported by the French cooperation. This institute was created in 1978 and joined the Institut Pasteur International Network in […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/centre-for-medical-and-health-research-cermes-niamey-niger/', 'Network', '
Head: Halima Boubacar
' ], ['Institut Pasteur in Madagascar, B.P. 1274 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar', -18.8975757, 47.51818000000003, 'Institut Pasteur de Madagascar', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Le-batiment-Monod-150x150.jpg', 'The Institut Pasteur in Madagascar is the subject of a convention between the Malagasy government and the Institut Pasteur. This institute has been recognised as serving the public good and was created in 1898. Research: […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-in-madagascar/', 'Network', '
Head: André Spiegel
' ], ['ulitsa \"Akademik Georgi Bonchev\" 26, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria', 42.6738516, 23.3686576, 'Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Stephan_Angeloff_Institute_of_Microbiology_Bulgarian_Academy_of_Sciences-150x150.jpg', 'The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology is a public establishment. This institute was created in 1947 and joined the Institut Pasteur International Network as an associate member in Novembre 2004. It operates directly under […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/stephan-angeloff-institute-bulgaria/', 'Network', '
Head: Hristo Najdenski
' ], ['Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14, 1050 Elsene, Belgium', 50.8243304, 4.3817636, 'Scientific Institute of Public Health', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bruxelles-150x150.jpg', 'The Scientific Institute of Public Health (ISP-WIV) supports public health policies via scientific research, expert advice and service activities. On the basis of scientific research, the ISP-WIV formulates recommendations and solutions for public health priorities […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/scientific-institute-of-public-health-brussels-belgium/', 'Network', '
Head: Myriam Sneyers
' ], ['Nha Trang, Trưng Vương, tp. Thái Nguyên, Thái Nguyên, Vietnam', 21.5952887, 105.841522, 'Institut Pasteur in Nha Trang', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Pasteur_Institute_Nha_Trang-150x150.jpg', 'Institut Pasteur in Nha Trang is a Vietnamese national institute. Created in 1985, it operates directly under the authority of the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. Research: Medical microbiology Epidemiology of infectious diseases Occupational medicine […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-in-nha-trang-vietnam/', 'Network', '
Head: Vien Quang Mai
' ], ['1 place Louis Pasteur, 20100, Casablanca, Maroc', 33.5731104, -7.589843400000063, 'Institut Pasteur du Maroc', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/institut_pasteur_maroc-150x150.jpg', 'The Institut Pasteur in Morocco is a public establishment operating under the authority of the Moroccan Ministry of Health. This institute was created in 1911 (the Tanger site) and 1929 (the Casablanca site). Research: […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-in-morocco/', 'Network', '
Head: Abderrahmane Maaroufi
' ], ['167, rue Pasteur Q3, Ho-Chi-Minh-Ville, Vietnam', 10.8230989, 106.6296638, 'Institut Pasteur in Ho Chi Minh City', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/VienPasteurHCM-150x150.jpg', 'The Institut Pasteur in Ho Chi Minh City is a Vietnamese national institute. It was created in 1891 and operates under the authority of the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. Research: Dengue fever Diarrheal diseases […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-in-ho-chi-minh-city-vietnam/', 'Network', '
Head: Phan Trong Lan
' ], ['Mataojo 2020, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay', -34.8834557, -56.11839, 'Institut Pasteur de Montevideo', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20090616a01g-150x150.jpg', 'The Institut Pasteur in Montevideo is an Uruguayan private foundation recognised for its contributions to the public good. It is the subject of an agreement between the University of the Republic; the Uruguayan Ministries of Health, […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-in-montevideo/', 'Network', '
Head: Carlos Batthyany
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Head: Paul Brey
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' ], ['9 Avenue Paul Doumer, Noumea, New Caledonia', -22.2683269, 166.4377083, 'Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/nouvelle_caledonie-150x150.jpg', 'The Institut Pasteur in New Caledonia was created following the signature of a convention between the Territory of New Caledonia and the Institut Pasteur. This institute was created in 1955 and joined the Institut […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-new-caledonia/', 'Network', '
Head: Marc Jouan
' ], ['ulitsa Mira, 14, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197101', 59.9604775, 30.3184727, 'Institut Pasteur in Saint Petersburg', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/st_petersbourg-150x150.jpg', 'The Institut Pasteur in Saint Petersburg is a Russian national institute. Created in 1923, it operates under the authority of the Ministry of Health. Research: Hepatitis HIV/AIDS Acute enteric infections Helicobacter pylori infections Paediatric viral and […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-in-saint-petersburg-russia/', 'Network', '
Head: Areg Totolian
' ], ['B.P. 74, 1002 Tunis Belvedere, Tunisia', 36.8216757, 10.178045800000064, 'Institut Pasteur de Tunis', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/research.pasteur.fr_institut-pasteur-de-tunis-150x150.jpg', 'Founded in 1893, the Institut Pasteur in Tunis operates under the authority of the Tuisian Ministry of Health. It was notably under the direction from 1903 to 1936 of Charles Nicolle, who won the Nobel prize in […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-in-tunis/', 'Network', '
Head: Hechmi Louzir
' ], ['696, Sampyung-dong Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si Geyonggi-do, S.Korea, Korea', 37.4065478, 127.10347460000003, 'Institut Pasteur Korea', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/PF-gallery10-150x150.jpg', 'Institut Pasteur Korea was created on 29 December 2003 and inaugurated on 12 April 2004. It is the fruit of a collaboration between the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-korea/', 'Network', '
Head: Wang-Shick Ryu
' ], ['1, Pho Yersin, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam1 Yec Xanh Phạm Đình Hồ Hai Bà Trưng Hà Nội, Vietnam', 21.01329, 105.858923, 'National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hanoi-150x150.jpg', 'The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) in Hanoi is a Vietnamese national institute. It was created in 1924 and operates under the authority of the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. Research: Enteric diseases […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/national-institute-of-hygiene-and-epidemiology-hanoi-vietnam/', 'Network', '
Head: Dang Duc Anh
' ], ['Pasteur Center in Cameroon, B.P. 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon', 3.866666999999999, 11.516666999999984, 'Pasteur Center in Cameroon', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo_cameroun-150x150.jpg', 'The Pasteur Center in Cameroon is a Cameroonian public establishment (aka CPC). This institute was created in 1959 in Yaoundé and includes an annex in Garoua that was created in 1985. It operates directly under […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/pasteur-centre-cameroon/', 'Network', '
Head: Elisabeth Carniel
' ], ['Viale Regina Elena, 291, 00161 Roma, Italy', 41.90538, 12.51618, 'Institut Pasteur in Italy – Cenci Bolognetti Foundation', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/research.pasteur.fr_iproma-150x150.jpg', 'The Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti is a non-profit foundation that was established thanks to a generous gift from Princess Beatrice Fiorenza Cenci Bolognetti. The Foundation has belonged to the Institut Pasteur International Network since […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-cenci-bolognetti-foundation-rome-italy/', 'Network', '
Head: Luigi Frati
' ], ['Shanghai Fudan Morgan Yitan International Life Science Research Center, Pudong, Shanghai, China', 31.2024771, 121.5809254, 'Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/10154916v0m4-150x150.jpg', 'Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IPS-CAS) is the first legally-independent international institute of CAS. Founded in 2004 by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institut Pasteur and the Shanghai Municipal Government, IPS-CAS […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-of-shanghai-chinese-academy-of-sciences/', 'Network', '
Head: Hong Tang
' ], ['25-28, rue du Dr Roux 75724 Paris, France', 48.8404469, 2.3106828999999607, 'Institut Pasteur', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/research.pasteur.fr_institutpasteur_i00845-150x150.jpg', 'Louis Pasteur created the Institut Pasteur in 1887 as a private non-profit foundation that rapidly became world-renowned for its biomedical research as a symbol of science and French culture. For 125 years, the Institut […]', 'https://research.pasteur.fr/en/network/institut-pasteur-paris-france/', 'Network', '
Head: Stewart Cole
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Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Nisia Trindade Lima
Outbreak Investigation Task Force
The recent epidemics of Lassa fever in Nigeria, Ebola virus disease in West Africa, MERS-CoV in the Middle East, Yellow Fever in DRC, Angola and Brazil, avian influenza in Asia and Africa and Zika […]
Defeat Dengue
300 to 400 million cases of dengue fever occur each year worldwide. Spreading rapidly, more than 40% of the world’s population is now at risk of contracting dengue This transversal program brings together talents […]
Protein synthesis machinery of Trypanosomatid as a therapeutic target
Nadia Izadi-Pruneyre (PI)
Pathogenic protozoans of the trypanosomatid group still remain a major world health problem. Cycling between insect vectors and mammalian hosts, Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease, while over 20 Leishmania species […]
Risk of reemergence of urban yellow fever in Brazil: role of the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus
Ricardo Lourenco de Oliveira (PI)
2016 – 2018 Programmes Transversaux de Recherche Risk of reemergence of urban yellow fever in Brazil: role of the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus PI: Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira (Instituto de Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Emergency response to global threats of emerging and re-emerging pathogens
Maria Van Kerkhove (PI)
With over 125 years’ experience with infectious diseases, the Institut Pasteur and the Institut Pasteur International Network (IPIN), which is composed of 33 research institutes in 26 countries and five continents, are ideally positioned […]
Brain & Sepsis
Pierre Rocheteau (PI)
Understanding the pathophysiology brain dysfunction during sepsis and the consequences in term of cognitive function.
LeiSHield – A new collaborative action to determine prevalence, anticipate emergence and assess urbanization of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in LeishRIIP partner countries
Gérald Spaeth (PI)
Protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania generate severe human diseases termed Leishmaniases. Due to their frequency and the severity of certain clinical forms, these diseases represent a major public health problem and limit the […]
Côrtes FH, Passaes CP, Bello G, Teixeira SL, Vorsatz C, Babic D, Sharkey M, Grinsztejn B, Veloso V, Stevenson M, Morgado MG, HIV controllers with different viral load cutoff levels have distinct virologic and immunologic profiles, J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr. 2015 Apr;68(4):377-85.
Passaes CP, Cardoso CC, Caetano DG, Teixeira SL, Guimarães ML, Campos DP, Veloso VG, Babic DZ, Stevenson M, Moraes MO, Morgado MG, Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF/p75) with HIV-1 infection outcomes in Brazilian HIV-1+ individuals, PLoS ONE 2014;9(7):e101780.
Almeida SE, de Medeiros RM, Junqueira DM, Gräf T, Passaes CP, Bello G, Morgado MG, L Guimarães M, Temporal dynamics of HIV-1 circulating subtypes in distinct exposure categories in southern Brazil, Virol. J. 2012;9:306.
Passaes CP, Guimarães ML, Cardoso SW, Pilotto JH, Veloso V, Grinsztejn B, Morgado MG, Monitoring the emergence of resistance mutations in patients infected with HIV-1 under salvage therapy with raltegravir in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a follow-up study, J. Med. Virol. 2012 Dec;84(12):1869-75.
Gräf T, Passaes CP, Ferreira LG, Grisard EC, Morgado MG, Bello G, Pinto AR, HIV-1 genetic diversity and drug resistance among treatment naïve patients from Southern Brazil: an association of HIV-1 subtypes with exposure categories, J. Clin. Virol. 2011 Jul;51(3):186-91.
Souza TM, Rodrigues DQ, Passaes CP, Barreto-de-Souza V, Aguiar RS, Temerozo JR, Morgado MG, Fontes CF, Araujo EG, Bou-Habib DC, The nerve growth factor reduces APOBEC3G synthesis and enhances HIV-1 transcription and replication in human primary macrophages, Blood 2011 Mar;117(10):2944-52.
Passaes CP, Guimarães ML, Bello G, Morgado MG, Near full-length genome characterization of HIV type 1 unique BC recombinant forms from Southern Brazil, AIDS Res. Hum. Retroviruses 2009 Dec;25(12):1339-44.
Bello G, Guimarães ML, Passaes CP, Matos Almeida SE, Veloso VG, Morgado MG, Short communication: Evidences of recent decline in the expansion rate of the HIV type 1 subtype C and CRF31_BC epidemics in southern Brazil, AIDS Res. Hum. Retroviruses 2009 Nov;25(11):1065-9.
Passaes CB, Guimarães ML, Fernandez SL, Lorete Rdos S, Teixeira SL, Fernandez JC, Morgado MG, Lack of primary mutations associated with integrase inhibitors among HIV-1 subtypes B, C, and F circulating in Brazil, J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr. 2009 May;51(1):7-12.
Passaes CP, Bello G, Lorete RS, Matos Almeida SE, Junqueira DM, Veloso VG, Morgado MG, Guimarães ML, Genetic characterization of HIV-1 BC recombinants and evolutionary history of the CRF31_BC in Southern Brazil, Infect. Genet. Evol. 2009 Jul;9(4):474-82.
Location: Avenida Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil
Published on: 19 May 2015 • Modified on: 20 Mar 2019
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The Pastoral Team
Sr Dorothy Perrott
Parish Team Rep
I am an Ursuline Sister and have been in Wimbledon since 1981. I enjoyed a full teaching career working in our schools in Essex, East London and finally here in Wimbledon at the Ursuline Preparatory School. During my years in school I was known as Sister Brendan but reverted to my baptismal name of Dorothy on my retirement. I answer to both!
In September 2000 when the parish team was established comprising the priests of the parish, religious and lay people working together I became one of the team and took on a full time post in the parish.
Over the last 14 years I have had numerous responsibilities mostly with regard to sacramental preparation. My chief interest currently is with the R.C.I.A., Marriage preparation days, parish visiting and being among the people.
Sister Francis SSA
Parish Sister
Mrs Christina Connolly
Parish Team Member
I am a life long parishioner having been born in Wimbledon and baptised in Sacred Heart Church. I married David Connolly, also from Wimbledon, in 1971 and we had two daughters, now grown up. Following my husband’s untimely death in 1995 I became involved in parish ministry and worked with Fr Kevin Donovan as his Pastoral Assistant until his death in 2008.
I became a member of the Parish Team when it was inaugurated in 2000 and was the Infant Baptism co-ordinator for about 14 years which gave me the opportunity to get to know numerous families in the parish as each family was visited at home prior to the baptism of their children. I stepped back from the administration side of baptism in 2012 and now enjoy the time, in a pastoral role, to catch up with the many families I have met over the years.
Kelly Hockey
Adult Faith Formation Officer
Eleanor Bowman
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Caught Our Notice: 54 problems in three scientific images equals one expression of concern
Title: Effects of microRNA-223 on morphine analgesic tolerance by targeting NLRP3 in a rat model of neuropathic pain
What Caught Our Attention: Usually, an Expression of Concern (EOC) offers general language about “concerns regarding the validity of the data” or “concerns regarding the integrity of the study.” Here the language is anything but, saying that 54 Western blot bands within three figures have problems such as “visible pasted joints,” “square border,” and numerous “appear to be the same band.” According to the notice, the authors have not responded to requests for the original blots, so the editors are allowing the article to remain intact, choosing instead “to alert readers to these issues and allow them to arrive at their own conclusions regarding the figures.”
However, as the EOC is not apparent on the html page, and is not printed on the PDF, exactly how readers will be alerted is a matter of its own concern.
Journal: Molecular Pain
Authors: Xiao-Juan Xie, Li-Gang Ma, Kai Xi, Dong-Mei Fan, Jian-Guo Li, Quan Zhang, Wei Zhang
Affiliations: College of Clinical Medicine of Henan University of science and technology, China; Linyi People’s Hospital, China; First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China:
Excerpt of the Notice:
The Editors have been alerted to the following concerns about Figures 2, 4, and 5 in the article.
Figure 2. MicroRNA-223 negatively regulates the NLRP3 expression. The Western blotting bands in Figure 2(d) appear to be post-processed by software, as follows:
The second band in the NLRP3 expression has two visible pasted joints, which indicates it is not an intact band.
The first band in the NLRP3 expression and each of the three bands in the β-actin expression appear to be the same band.
Figure 4. The protein expressions of NLRP3, ASC, and Caspase-I in the spinal cord tissues of rats in each group. The Western blotting bands in Figure 4(a) appear to be post-processed by software, as follows:
The first three and eighth bands in the NLRP3 expression, the first two and eighth band in the ASC expression, and the first three and eighth band in the Caspase-I expression appear to be the same bands;
The fourth and sixth bands in the NLRP3 expression, the fourth and sixth bands in the ASC expression, and the fourth and sixth bands in the Caspase-I expression appear to be the same bands. In addition, the resolution of these bands appears significantly different than the other bands in the expressions.
Each of the eight bands in the β-actin expression appears to be the same band.
Figure 5. The protein expressions of IL-Iβ and IL-I8 in the spinal cord tissues of rats in each group. The Western blotting bands in Figure 5(a) appear to be post-processed by software, as follows:
The first four, sixth, and eighth bands in the IL-Iβ expression and the first three and eighth band in the IL-I8 expression appear to be the same bands.
The fifth and seventh bands in the IL-Iβ expression appear to be the same bands.
The fourth and sixth bands in the IL-I8 expression appear to be the same bands. In addition, the contrast of these bands appears significantly different than the other bands in the expressions. The bands have a square border, suggesting they may have been pasted on the expression.
The fifth and seventh bands in the IL-I8 expression appear to be the same bands.
Date of Article: June 2017
Times Cited, according to Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science: 4
Date of Notice: February 26, 2018
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NSW Trip: Day 5: The Hunter Valley
It was winery day today! Hunter Valley is famous for its reds, especially Shiraz. And guess what our favourite wine variety is? Shiraz! Heaven.
Geographic size: The Hunter Valley is physically quite small, which I found surprising. There are a lot of wineries there, but the size of the region wouldn’t come close to the square kilometres of the Margaret River wine region. The plus of that is that everything is in easy reach, so when a winery was recommended that we’d passed earlier, going back was not an issue.
Spitting: I’ve always tasted wine by smelling, swilling, and swallowing (why waste good wine by spitting it out, hey?). And as I’ve invariably been the driver, I’ve always had to limit my number of tastings. So today I decided to spit for the first time as I’d be doing all the driving. I wanted to taste as many wines as possible while staying well under the alcohol limit for driving. You know what? It was a great experience and one I’d happily repeat! With spitting you get the full flavour of the wine – the smell, the swilling in the mouth (or whatever it’s called), the ‘mouthfeel’. The only thing you don’t get is any lingering after taste on the back palate as you don’t swallow. By the end of the day, I was alert, fresh, clear-headed, focused and stone cold sober! My husband on the other hand…
Freight charges: We found an amazing difference in what wineries would charge to ship a case of wine to us in regional Western Australia. Most said they were quoting the Australia Post price; some even said that no freight companies would deliver cases to regional WA. So, if they were all quoting the Australia Post price for a case of wine (which would weigh pretty much the same no matter which winery it came from), how come we were quoted shipping charges from zero (with our choice of Australia Post or a freight company) through to $35? Sounds like someone is ripping off the consumer…
Wineries we visited and wines we tasted
Wyndham Estate (http://www.wyndhamestate.com), an old well-established winery at the top end of the Lower Hunter region:
Bin 555 Shiraz ($16): Very peppery; drink now
George Wyndham Range 2005 Shiraz ($21.50): Softer pepper; cellar up to 10 years
Regional Selection 2000 Hunter Valley Shiraz ($30): Barnyard smell — very off-putting; cellar a few more years
Black Cluster 2005 Single Vineyard Hunter Shiraz ($65): BEAUTIFUL! Cellar up to 15 years
Tyrrell’s Vineyard (http://www.tyrrells.com.au), another old, well-established winery. Overall, Tyrrell’s was very disappointing. We tried three shirazes, but as the old blokes behind the counter were just going through the motions of ‘customer service’, we got no information about the wines. It’s as though they didn’t care.
View from Tyrrell's carpark
Brokenwood (http://www.brokenwood.com.au) had a young girl behind the counter who had heaps of personality but I got the impression she didn’t know a lot about wine.
2007 Cricket Pitch (cabernet/merlot/shiraz blend; $19): A quaffer; peppery
2006 Shiraz (Barossa/McClaren Vale blend from South Australia; $30): Another quaffer, pepper; has some length
2007 Hunter Valley Shiraz ($40): Earthy, soft but finished dry; longest on the palate of the four we tasted
2005 Wade Block 2 Vineyard Shiraz ($45): initially astringent, then soft; second longest on the palate of those we tried
Pepper Tree Wines (http://www.peppertreewines.com.au) had the very personable and knowledgeable Craig behind the counter. He knew his stuff and he also recommended a couple of other wineries to try as well as a place for lunch (Bistro Molines). The current Hunter Valley tourist guide book said Pepper Tree made Zinfandel, but Craig said they stopped making it a couple of years ago — he referred us to Piggs Peake for Zinfandel, and to McWilliams Mt Pleasant for some other good shirazes. Thanks Craig!
2007 Limited Release Hunter Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ($25): Our second favourite of the range we tasted
2004 Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon ($30; another South Australian wine!): Out top pick
2008 Shiraz ($18): Had a touch of Viognier; our fourth choice
2004 Grand Reserve Wrattonbully Cabernet Sauvignon ($55): Our third choice
After Pepper Tree, we followed Craig’s lunch recommendation and went to Bistro Molines (http://www.bistromolines.com.au), which is located off the beaten track at Tallavera Grove Winery (http://www.tallaveragrove.com.au). I expected ‘bistro’ to mean decent food at a decent price, nothing too fancy. Bistro Molines is very far removed from all of those things. It’s very fancy (we felt a little out of place in our jeans and T-shirts…), very expensive (lunch main courses were around $40 each, and entrees were $25 and up; wines by the glass started at $8), and while the food was delicious, it was a dining experience best suited for the evening. My husband had the twice-roasted duckling, and I had most excellent fig, gorgonzola and proscuitto entree. But it was an expensive lunch and we felt a little out of place among the other diners in their designer clothes and cars!
View from Bistro Molines
Piggs Peake Winery (http://www.piggspeake.com) was next on the list. We had to backtrack a bit to get to it, but it was worth it! The wines were expensive, but they were all magnificent. These guys were the only ones who don’t charge for freight anywhere in Australia. We ordered a mixed case (and got an extra bottle of Zin thrown in) and it arrived home a week after we ordered it, with all bottles individually wrapped in bubble wrap.
2008 House of Bricks Shiraz ($55)
2008 House of Bricks Cabernet ($55)
2008 Wolfie Zinfandel ($55)
McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant (http://www.mountpleasantwines.com.au) was our last stop. They are another old winery, with a HUGE tasting room. No-one was serving when we got there, but the maintenance guy spotted us and came and served us! That was nice! He knew something about the wines too, even though he had some beers in his hands to take out to his workers at the end of the day. Later on the guy who’s normally behind the counter came in and took over from him. Lots of light-hearted banter!
2005 Mt Pleasant Old Paddock and Old Hill Shiraz ($38.50): Our top pick of the wines we tasted here
2004/2005 Mt Pleasant Rosehill Shiraz ($32): Our second pick
2005/2006 Mt Pleasant Maurice O’Shea Shiraz ($60.50): Our third pick
2007 Mt Pleasant Philip Shiraz ($18.00): Our fourth pick
And after all those wines, it was time to call it a day!
On the way back into Cessnock, we called into Potters Brewery (http://www.pottersbrewery.com.au/) — after all that wine, my husband said he felt like a beer! He had a tasting plate of their boutique beers, while I had a Diet Coke in keeping with my alcohol-free day.
Dinner that night was at the Cessnock SSS BBQ Barn (http://www.sssbbq.com.au), where we had the same as we’d had two nights ago in Dubbo — a large rack of ribs for him and a small rack for me. He must’ve had more than usual to drink as he also ordered a Chocolate Mud Pudding for dessert — and he never has dessert!
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New BMW X5: Video & Review
by Roadfly Alan November 30, 2006 Leave a comment
BMW’s new X5 (known as the E70) is currently making its world debut at the 2006 Los Angeles International Auto Show. We here at Roadfly, however, pulled a few strings and took the wheel of it a few weeks ago in the beautiful countryside near Spartanburg, SC. We liked it so much that we decided to do a full Roadfly TV video review of it.
http://video.roadfly.com/flvplayer.swf
BMW’s new X5 stands head and shoulders above the previous-generation X5. While still clearly recognizable as an X5, it is completely new, from engine to interior to body.
The interior of the X5 is finished with a quality worthy of BMW’s 7-series. For audio enthusiasts, the CD player is MP3-compatible AND an auxiliary input jack is standard for an iPod or other audio player. The X5 has been stretched almost 8 inches, split between the cargo area and the passenger cabin, which allows not only a third-row seat option and more storage space, but also for a 6-foot plus passenger to ride comfortably behind a 6-foot plus driver!
Featuring BMW’s Valvetronic technology in both the 4.8i V8 and 3.0si straight six models, the X5 features more horsepower and torque than its predecessor (35 more hp for both models, and 26 and 11 lb-ft of torque, respectively). The X5 4.8i hits 0-60 in 6.4 seconds, and the 6-speed Steptronic transmission ensures smooth acceleration with shift points almost impossible to detect.
It may look like an SUV, but make no mistake–the new X5 is powerful, fast, and nimble. Watch in the video as we take it on a figure 8 through a wet skidpad and can’t get it to spin out, despite our best efforts even with BMW’s dynamic stability control off!
As we went through our footage, preparing the Roadfly TV story, we found ourselves wanting even more time with this capable performer. BMW has really hit the mark in the luxury SUV segment.
You can also watch the 2007 BMW X5 Video at YouTube.
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February 6, 2019 - Wednesday February 6, 2019 - Wednesday Jeggit Politics, Scotland, Society
Radical Independence?
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By Jason Michael
WHENEVER THIS WORD ‘radical’ is introduced to the discussion of independence people become suspicious, and rightly so. Back in 2014 the Socialist Review published a review of James Foley and Pete Ramand’s book, Yes: The Radical case for Scottish Independence, in which the “radical case” was said to cover a “wide range of topics including the rise of neoliberalism in Scotland, mainstream parties, British nationalism, and Yes Scotland’s and Better Together’s respective referendum strategies.” By the end of the piece the reader is informed that the demand for radical independence is based on the success of exotic campaigns, with the examples of Syriza in Greece, Die Linke in Germany and Front de Gauche in France given – all examples of European “left reformist parties.” Radical then, to the proponents of a “radical independence,” is, and by definition, a revolutionary leftist vision for Scotland’s future.
People’s natural suspicion is that such rhetoric echoes that of the peripheral pavement politics of those handing out leftist newspapers on busy city streets; parties like the Scottish Socialist Party, the Socialist Workers Party, and the Scottish Communist Party. These suspicions are, of course, well-founded, as this is precisely the politics of what was/is(?) the Radical Independence Campaign. While it is not the intention of this article to criticise the efforts or indeed the politics of this campaign, one must at least acknowledge and explain the suspicion of the wider movement.
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Many in the movement, certainly going by the emphasis on social justice of the 2012-14 Yes Scotland campaign, sympathise with the left-of-centre vision of those people and campaigns within the movement describing themselves as “radical.” It is clear to many that the goal of independence only for Scotland to reproduce in miniature the political system of Westminster would be a failed revolution. The purpose of independence is and has always been a project directed towards building a “better Scotland,” but radical politics – insofar as it is set out by the radicals – is not exactly mainstream in Scotland, not even in the independence movement. It is viewed as the hobby politics of Mike Small of Bella Caledonia, trade unionist Cat Boyd, and unemployable hack Angela Haggerty – fair weather friends of the movement who are as likely to support a Momentum-Corbynist Labour one-nation Great Britain socialist utopia as they are to support Scottish independence while the Tories are in power in London.
Radical is perceived as the politics of wishful thinking, ideological blunderbuss. In order to gain publicity, and therefore increase their social and political influence, these so-called radicals bandwagon or hijack every popular social justice and quasi-social justice cause within reach in the public forum. In Ireland this behaviour has gained the Socialist Workers Party the unfortunate designation, “the Borg.” Their political manifestos always cover a “wide range of topics,” effectively making them politically ineffective. Anyone devoted to every popular political cause is in fact committed to no political cause, and this may go some way to explaining the suspicion the word ‘radical’ arouses in the Scottish independence campaign. Dedicated independence campaigners see the radicals as activists who view the constitutional question as yet another popular cause, and one that can be ditched when something better comes along.
Effective social and political campaigns, then, must be, by necessity, single-issue campaigns – or as near to single-issue campaigns as they can practicably be. This does not mean, as someone once suggested, that other important political causes are to be “sent to the back of the bus.” No one is saying other issues – like gender equality and the campaign to save the bees – are not important. Naturally, they are important – some crucially so. But the fact remains, that a campaign fighting every campaign is limited by finances, resources, and manpower (or people-power). The more fronts it opens up the more vulnerable and ineffective it becomes. Ultimately, such radical campaigns – despite their members’ best efforts – become part of the problem.
If you're fighting for every good cause, you're fighting for no good cause.
Jason Michael (@Jeggit) February 05, 2019
Nothing of this, however, means that the campaign for Scottish independence cannot be radical. In fact, what we are doing should be and must be radical. And this apparent contradiction boils down to the failure on the part of the radicals to understand the meaning of radical. We inherit this term from the Latin radix, meaning root. In its truest sense, becoming radical implies a digging deep into our shared and common social, cultural, and historical roots – drinking from our own wells, so to speak – that we might bring the deepest well-springs of our identity to the struggles of the present. This is exactly what is meant when pro-independence activists talk about becoming Scottish in order to throw off the shackles of Great Britain. We cannot defeat the British state by becoming British. Our freedom and the victory of our cause is written in the root network of who we are as a nation, as an open and inclusive society, and as a warm and hospitable culture. Becoming British in this struggle is the first step to a failed revolution, an independent Scotland made in the image and likeness of its former colonial master. This is no independence at all.
Quite different to the wide-spreading radicalism of the so-called radicals – a kind of political opportunism that cannot but be useless, the true Scottish radical is the self-becoming Scot – the woman or man who finds Scotland and Scottishness as an end in itself, and without reference to the politics of any other country. This true radical asserts her or his identity and autonomy because at its roots this identity cannot be anything other than free and assertive. It is what it is. Only when this new Scot, established firmly on the cognitive and emotional bedrock of all that is Scotland, brings to bear on the present what is ancient and hidden will the movement as a whole be truly radicalised, and it is only this radical new Scotland that can win the successful revolution that is independence.
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2 thoughts on “Radical Independence?”
JSM says:
February 6, 2019 - Wednesday at 10:34
Reblogged this on Ramblings of a 50+ Female.
Tol says:
February 7, 2019 - Thursday at 00:17
Given the current stooshie, I think there is need for a piece on how people buy into the fear/ aspersions cast on organised civil disobedience.
They have swallowed Westminster’s fear mongering of the term “militant”. Too many have forgotten the “Militant Trade Unionism” meaning and have bought the Westminster line that any organised civil disobedience or non-acceptance of Westminster authority is on the road to “terrorism” — Yet they will extol the virtues of its great exponents. You got to love Mary Maloney…and Keir Hardie didn’t need to bother forming a labour party…I am sure those nice mine owners would have given better conditions to miners if they had just learned to ask more politely.
The politeness of Scottish gains so far has created a cognitive blind spot to many YES. The current situation is revealing how those gains are illusory and can be snatched away at will. History has shown that to prise away rights from power when it is determined to keep it requires organised action.
We are entering a NEW DARK AGES where evidence and definition is trumped by: belief, logical fallacies and dogma.
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Volume 21, Number 3 (54)
Research Article|November 01 2017
How Did There Come to Be a “New Kingston”?
Charles V. Carnegie
Small Axe (2017) 21 (3 (54)): 138-151.
Charles V. Carnegie; How Did There Come to Be a “New Kingston”?. Small Axe 1 November 2017; 21 (3 (54)): 138–151. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-4272049
In the late 1950s, a new business center was created in Jamaica's capital city, hastening the decline of its old downtown and coinciding with the emergence of elite suburbs. This essay explores the social significance of the development of this “New Kingston,” treating it as a critical marker of the creation of a parallel social infrastructure and all-encompassing set of social arrangements to serve the city's elites. The author's central concern is with how social differences that were once openly coded through race and color now were articulated in spatial terms. The essay aims to demonstrate how differences often viewed as inert, unchangeable facts of nature are in actuality constituted, reconfigured, and recoded over time: in this instance through discursive and symbolic spatial and place-making practices.
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Posted on 18 November 2016 by scottlong1980
“Weeping,” a South African anti-apartheid song, sung by Vusi Mahlasela
Donald Trump was was not elected despite universal disbelief that it was possible. He was elected because of universal disbelief that it was possible. The most crucial factor in his resistible rise was the profound faith that it couldn’t happen here. I shared this; I was as punch-drunk as anybody by midnight Tuesday. But the blitheness had been almost everywhere; and what kind of unreal vision of the United States, and of our strange moment in history, did it show?
There are thousands of examples but I’ll restrict myself to the field of punditry. Back in February, Jonathan Chait — who now, accurately, says “Collaborating With Donald Trump Is Doomed to Fail” — wrote that liberals should “earnestly and patriotically support a Trump Republican nomination”
The first [reason], of course, is that he would almost certainly lose. Trump’s ability to stay atop the polls for months, even as critics predicted his demise, has given him an aura of voodoo magic that frightens some Democrats. But whatever wizardry Trump has used to defy the laws of political gravity has worked only within his party. Among the electorate as a whole, he is massively — indeed, historically — unpopular …
At that point, Trump was running 3.4 points behind Clinton in the Real Clear Politics polling average, not a number suggesting the ironclad historical inevitability of defeat. Come May, George Packer in the New Yorker wrote that “Democrats probably won’t need the votes of the white working class to win this year. Demographic trends favor the party, as does the bloated and hateful persona of the Republican choice.” When that appeared, Trump was 3.1 points behind, and gaining. And the day before the election, the New York Times devoted a long, detectably gleeful article to describing “Trump’s Last Stand,” painting the desperate “neediness and vulnerability of a once-boastful candidate now uncertain of victory.” Thirty-six hours later, the vulnerable loser was President-elect of the United States.
Too soon: Cover for New York Magazine‘s election issue (published October 31, 2016), by Barbara Kruger
The willful blindness, the willingness to treat a tiny and tenuous lead in unreliable polls as a promissory note for a future landslide, infected almost everybody — from journalists to diehard Democrats to disaffected non-voters to, possibly, Donald Trump himself. There was, clearly, a faith in the historical process, a belief that a country that elected Barack Obama twice had put itself on a certain course irreversibly. In fact, Dr. King’s overquoted assurance about how the arc of history bends might be valid for the longue durée, but it wasn’t a guide to betting on the elections of 1980, or 1994, or 2010. Even many right-wingers, though, saw Trump as far too radical a break from the going neoliberal consensus to have a chance. Then there was a very standard ignorance that people you don’t know might have a different take on things — thus the Times‘ Nick Kristof, completely unable to locate an actual Trump voter in the 10018 zip code, had to interview an imaginary one. Finally, there was a touching faith in the United States itself, in the goodness of its people and its institutions (“If you step outside the pall of the angry campaign rhetoric, you see that America’s institutions are generally quite strong,” David Brooks wrote, with Trump just six points down and rising). This was particularly poignant among the Left, often accused of hating America but in truth especially insistent that it could never go that wrong.
Which America, though? To call Trump a breach with the United States’ traditions is to lop half those traditions from the field of view.
“Through a Looking Glass Darkly” by Mr. Fish, 2013. (Please see comment below for some more information about the portrait’s source.)
Racism and rage are older than the Republic, and they’ve never been in hiding. They are only-sometimes-latent possibilities in American life, part of the permanent repertory of rhetorics that politicians and entertainers call upon, part of the cache of emotions for citizens to feel (and fear), constant forces waiting for circumstances to unleash them. The assumption that all this hatred shrank to inanition through some combination of Obama, Lena Dunham, and Will and Grace was self-defeating. Trump is not “unprecedented“; nor does he represent a past that, as Clinton kept saying, we “can’t go back” to. He’s part of us, then and now. In living memory, George Wallace struck nearly all the notes in the Trump octave, down to the strutting, preening, boorish machismo (his famous threat to give a recalcitrant judge “a barbed-wire enema” could have come out of Trump’s mouth). Wallace never made it near the Presidency. but he got 45 electoral votes. The man he helped make President, Richard Nixon, added to a subdued version of Wallace’s racism a deep paranoia, a passionate adoration of foreign dictators, and a profound reliance on the indigenous surveillance state. It’s hard to remember this now, but a lot of sensible Americans believed that the United States was careening toward fascist politics and authoritarian rule under the Divine Milhous in 1972 — and that only the Watergate scandal forestalled it. A good many on the Left have been comparing Trump to a “Third World dictator.” It’s an insult to a Third World that give rise to Thomas Sankara, to Nelson Mandela, to Salvador Allende, to Jawaharlal Nehru. (It also echoes Trump himself, who repeatedly said the United States was becoming a “Third World country.”) But it has a scrap of truth if you mean the kind of kleptomaniacal, deadly autocrats the democratic, idealistic US has inflicted on its hapless allies in the global South for decades. Trump’s corruption, his shadowy relations with an overweening foreign power, and his alliance with domestic security cadres like the FBI suggest a regime worthy of Cold-War Guatemala. And that’s not “un-American”; it’s of the Americas, of us. It’s our history, too.
I don’t underestimate Trump’s threat. Wallace was defeated by the limitations of his regional appeal, by a still-resilient Democratic Party, and by the need of a suburban bourgeoisie to take its racism in slightly more civil form. Nixon’s undoing was an opposition Congress. Trump faces none of these things. His lust for power is enormous. There’s very little to stop him — so much for those “American institutions.” The menace of fascist authoritarianism is very real. Trump is a perfect storm, where all the foulest impulses in the national life come together with no visible check or balance. There is a lot of talk now about the dangers of “normalizing” Trump, treating his Presidency as if it were business as usual. The real “normalization,” though, happened during the campaign: treating the daily life of the United States as though placidity, “conflict resolution,” and consensus were the way things always had been and should be. This is an insane thing to think about the country at any time, but particularly in a year when police violence was on full display, when Guantánamo was still a going concern, when just over the rainbow the state was killing people in Yemen, Syria, and Iraq. We only start to understand Trump when we see these horrors as the unwritten constitution of the “normal.”
The US left is now in crisis yet again, this time arguing whether Trump’s victory should be ascribed to racism tout simple or to rage at the impoverishment of the white working class. It’s an important argument so far as it informs the question What do we do next? But it’s useless when conducted on Facebook where everything turns into either-or. Racism is not an abstract entity separable from historical circumstances. It is extremely concrete; the pressure it exerts on individual bodies, individual lives, is drawn from specific and immediate conditions that rouse it, shape it, use it, and give it strength. There is a long history in the United States of politicians channeling economic powerlessness into racist fantasies of power; local caudillos such as Tom Watson, or Theodore Bilbo, or Frank Rizzo knew exactly how to work this in their neighborhoods, on their streets. It’s better, though not entirely exact, to think of racism through the metaphor of latency again: as a set of possibilities immanent in the United States, waiting for the particular junctures where they can become not just potential but actual, can feed on blood. These are possibilities immanent in people, also, in the repertory of dreams and delusions available to every white person (and probably to many people of color). If Donald Trump sets up his Muslim registry, I can indulge the fantasy of marching to City Hall and putting my name on it, preferably while flashbulbs explode like excited Valkyries. Or I can fantasize about informing on the undocumented Pakistani store clerk who shortchanged me. Both fantasies are dangerous, in very different ways. Neither has much to do with reality — Trump’s registry is likely to be a subtler thing, specific to immigrants in ways that will obviate white-savior illusions, and less reliant on pliant informers than on invisible electronic surveillance. My point is, though, that the reality of unrestrained state power in which more and more of us will live, will oblige us to examine ourselves unsparingly, with a cold eye toward our motives and our dreams. An inner moral rigor resists power even as it runs the risk of reproducing it; it is the only recourse when everything else calls out for compromise. Trumpism will work by universalizing mistrust. Part of the necessary response is to mistrust oneself.
“Go Back to Sleep, America, Nothing to See Here,” by Mr. Fish, 2016
But it’s not just personal. Economics counts, and a left that can’t address this isn’t a left. The financial crisis of 2007-2008 was probably the largest transfer of wealth from poor to rich in human history, a massive expropriation of the already-expropriated. We are still living with the consequences. (Despite all the pity accorded poor white people in the last week, the most acute suffering the collapse caused fell upon people of color. This doesn’t delegitimate the anger of the white working class, many of whose hopes and present realties were also destroyed. It does remind us again that racism divides capitalism’s victims not just from one another, but from reality.) What if, as Paul Rosenberg asks, Obama had taken even small steps toward tangible justice in his first year in office: prosecuting the culpable crooks in the financial industry, bailing out homeowners the way the Treasury did Wall Street, securing union rights instead of colluding in their destruction? Would the African-American as well as the white working class have felt a confidence that transcended the vicissitudes of identity politics, and turned out in sufficient numbers to defeat Trump? It’s not enough to say “We’ll never know.” People on the left know what is right. They shouldn’t allow the persistent sense that Obama is a decent man to derogate the certainty of what should have been done then, or to deflect from what has to happen now. Justice is not “normal” in the United States, but it needs to be.
“Dead End,” by Mr. Fish, 2016
We also need to scrap the palliative fiction that Trump’s populism, which turns economic fears into racist terror, is some sort of blow to neoliberalism or the “elites.” Divide and conquer is the classic strategy of capitalism in power, and that’s true whether the power rests with Ruhr industrialists or New York investment bankers. Trumpism is perfectly consistent with this. Fredric Jameson points out that “today, all politics is about real estate“:
Postmodern politics is essentially a matter of land grabs, on a local as well as a global scale. Whether you think of the question of Palestine, the settlements and the camps, or of the politics of raw materials and extraction; whether you think of ecology (and the rain forests) or the problems of federalism, citizenship, and immigration; or whether it is a question of gentrification in the great cities as well in the bidonvilles, the favelas and the townships and of course the movement of the landless — today everything is about land.
You can add Standing Rock, or Julius Malema; it’s absolutely true. The world is full. Capitalism has seized and commodified nearly all the land on earth, with the exception of Amazonia, some scattered areas of tribal or indigenous commons (now being stolen by police and the World Bank), and a few national parks. The space for expansion is gone; what’s left is to battle over what’s already branded, owned. No coincidence, then, that the most powerful engine of the world economy will now be ruled by a real-estate magnate, whose only skill is stamping his personal brand on things, a grotesque version of private property as pure performance. No one is better qualified than this idiot to wage capitalism’s war over control of space, to defend its hard-thieved acres and squirrelled-away square feet, to keep the rents too damn high.
Democracy in the United States was predicated, for its first two centuries or so, on land (once taken from its original users) being plentiful and cheap, and labor (at least in its free forms) scarce and expensive. These conditions slowly built a stable, somewhat contented working class who could bargain collectively, join the bourgeoisie, afford to own things. Since the 1960s, in the neoliberal ascendancy, there’s been an immense reversal. Land — or, more properly, space, whether farmland or a downtown loft — is in short supply and increasingly expensive. Meanwhile, there’s more than enough labor for the skewed new economy, and real wages have kept falling. This is how Trump made his indeterminate millions. It means an economy of massive inequality, misery, and hyperexploitation. It means the end of the apparent stability of the United States. The politics of such a lifeworld are inherently unstable. As Mike Davis has repeatedly shown, the burgeoning dispossessed will be a constant threat to the possessions of their dispossessors. The state will use more and more violence to protect the property of those who sustain it. Repression will become more and more continuous and constant; resistance will find fewer and fewer spaces to survive. Donald Trump is the ideal leader for this new world of walls and cowards. He is the ideal weapon.
We are in a violent new era, and we are not sure how to live. We will have to educate ourselves in many things we thought we knew. We will have to learn a different kind of speech: one that shocks but not mindlessly, one that has a purpose, one for those who are not our friends or our fellow believers. We will have to reach outside our arrogance and our need for comfort. We will have to relearn old lessons of patience, cunning, and endurance. We will have to humble ourselves before those who have fought this kind of fight before; suddenly, the lessons of Andijan or Mohamed Mahmoud Street may mean more to people in Seattle or Atlanta than they ever thought possible. For myself, I sit round thinking of Auden:
The stars are dead. The animals will not look.
We are left alone with our day, and the time is short, and
History to the defeated
May say Alas but cannot help nor pardon.
(“Spain,” 1937)
Or Brecht:
It takes a lot of things to change the world:
Anger and tenacity. Science and indignation,
The quick initiative, the long reflection,
The cold patience and the infinite perseverance,
The understanding of the particular case and the
understanding of the ensemble:
Only the lessons of reality can teach us to transform reality.
(“Einverständnis,” 1929)
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Government by moral panic
Posted on 20 July 2014 by scottlong1980
A separatist militiaman looks at the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. Photo: Dominique Faget/AFP
I met Pim de Kuijer once or twice, perhaps, and Martine de Schutter once, I think. He lobbied in the Dutch parliament on behalf of Stop AIDS Now; she fought for universal access to HIV prevention at Bridging the Gaps. They were both smart and young and full of enthusiasm, and they are both now dead somewhere in a field in eastern Ukraine. The enthusiasm is what I will remember. You can rebuild expertise, reconstruct lost formulae of scientific knowledge, but whatever you do you can’t recapture that intangible spirit which wants more than anything for the world to change. It seems to me that the loss of that spirit alone has set AIDS activism, which has never had much time to lose, back years.
Martine de Schutter
Still, the mourning for them and other colleagues who were on the way to the 20th International Aids Conference in Australia was disserved and distracted by a numbers game. Less than 24 hours after Malaysian Air Flight 17 crashed, a Murdoch paper reported:
More than 100 AIDS activists, researchers and health workers bound for a major conference in Melbourne were on the Malaysia Airlines flight downed in the Ukraine.
It is believed that delegates to the 20th International AIDS Conference, due to begin on Sunday, will be informed today that 108 of their colleagues and family members died on MH17.
International media have been tossing this figure around for days, The airline has released the flight manifest, and there’s no sign that anywhere near a third of those aboard were actually bound for the Melbourne conference. The figure may have come from an interview with a single person, in shock but with no direct knowledge of who was on the plane:
In a slower era, journalists might have checked what he actually knew before reporting, but this is the age of short attention spans. In fact, the International AIDS Society (IAS) has identified six passengers as traveling to the conference. More may be named in time, but those deaths will certainly be “an order of magnitude smaller than what has been reported,” as Chris Beyer, the IAS’s incoming president, said. This is one of many confusions in the speculative fog. (Fox News, for instance, reported that 23 US citizens died; in fact there was one holder of dual US and Dutch passports.) It’s minor; except it means that some chronicler of AIDS activism, looking at the real toll of six dead against the initial reports of eighteen times that, will say, “It wasn’t so bad.” An ersatz relief, impossible without the initial extravagance of error, will blur the real gravity of the loss: a small affront to the dead, to what they did, to their incendiary enthusiasm to do more.
Nearly everybody believes that Russian separatists using Russian weapons shot down the plane: everybody, it seems, except for the Russian media, its readership, and regular viewers of Russia Today. Unanimity is itself cause to preserve a sliver of skepticism. We still don’t have absolute proof, and the forensic investigations haven’t even begun. (This is largely thanks to the separatists: they’ve moved the bodies, tampered with the wreckage, seemingly looted the site, and held investigators at bay.) Nearly all the evidence points that way. But David Remnick, in the New Yorker, keeps the focus on what we do know:
What’s far more certain is that Vladimir Putin, acting out of resentment and fury toward the West and the leaders in Kiev, has fanned a kind of prolonged political frenzy, both in Russia and among his confederates in Ukraine, that serves his immediate political needs but that he can no longer easily calibrate and control.
Is that a microphone in the ceiling? Pavlovsky speaks
Remnick interviewed Gleb Pavlovsky, a former Putin adviser who broke with the boss in 2011. If a parasite could guide you through the guts of its host, it couldn’t speak with more exactitude than Pavlovsky does of the Russian security state and its intestinal windings. He knows Putin’s interests in Ukraine well. Remnick delicately omits this, but back in 2005 leaked tapes (possibly doctored, possibly released as part of a Kremlin power struggle) implicated Pavlovsky in the poisoning of Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, dosed with lethal dioxin midway through a campaign in which he condemned Russian interference. But let Pavlovsky speak:
Pavlovsky said … Putin has “created an artificial situation in which a ‘pathological minority’—the protesters on Bolotnaya Square [two years ago], then Pussy Riot, then the liberal ‘pedophiles’—is held up in contrast to a ‘healthy majority.’ Every time this happens, his ratings go up.” The nightly television broadcasts from Ukraine, so full of wild exaggeration about Ukrainian “fascists” and mass carnage, are a Kremlin-produced “spectacle,” he said, expertly crafted by the heads of the main state networks.
“Now this has become a problem for Putin, because this system cannot be wholly managed,” Pavlovsky said. The news programs have “overheated” public opinion and the collective political imagination.
“How can Putin really manage this?” Pavlovsky went on. “You’d need to be an amazing conductor. Stalin was an amazing conductor in this way. Putin can’t quite pull off this trick. The audience is warmed up and ready to go; it is wound up and waiting for more and more conflict. You can’t just say, ‘Calm down.’”
Putin has been running a historically unusual sort of government: government by moral panic. He promotes pandemics of fear, viral outbreaks of outrage at imagined enemies. And he doesn’t conjure threats to security or values just to boost popularity, but as a basic tool of governance.
You could say that dictators and demagogues do this a lot, but Putin’s different. Hitler kept up an unceasing propaganda war against the Jews. Stalin’s ferocious demonology exorcised enemy after enemy – Social Revolutionaries, engineers, Trotskyites, German spies, eventually the Jews too, always with some overlap between them. But totalitarian ambition subordinated public outrage to state power. The occasional “spontaneous” pogrom in Germany, like Kristallnacht – carefully stage-managed, in fact — quickly gave way to the action of the police, the Gestapo, the forces of order. The anger enabled but never displaced the task of expulsion and the ultimate end of genocide, which only a dispassionate bureaucracy could efficiently commit. Meanwhile, under Stalin, in 1930s Moscow, anybody holding a spontaneous, unauthorized protest against enemies of the State would have been declaring himself an enemy of the State too: here I am, a Kautskyite deviationist, Kolyma here I come. It wasn’t just that Stalin was an “amazing conductor.” He shot the orchestra members one by one, while the audience stayed frozen in their seats, hands on the armrests, humming patriotic songs in unison, no sudden movements allowed.
Russian Neo-Nazis abuse a kidnapped, allegedly gay “Uzbek,” July 2013, from a social-media page
Putin’s panics, on the other hand. whether about evil Ukrainaians or subversive homosexuals, aren’t meant to efface other movements and players, to erase other institutions in a coordinated exercise of power. They enlist the Church, the neo-Nazis, school administrations, nationalist intellectuals, diasporic allies in the near abroad — but without subordinating them. It’s all chaotic. The government’s bloodthirsty rhetoric charts a general direction, but everybody is set loose to follow it as best they can. This is in the best tradition of moral panics, which offer wide scope for what the sociologists call “moral entrepreneurs,” opportunists of anxiety, to stake out arenas for action and go after enemies in their own way. The anti-homosexual legislation may be the best example. Draconian though it is, almost nobody has been prosecuted since its passage. The State hasn’t actually done much. Rather, the law encourages everybody from priests to foreign “pro-family” ideologues to right-wing gangs to launch their own campaigns. It asks them, in fact, to support the State, which desperately needs their help in rooting out perversion. In its weird way, it’s thus an instrument of that most stereotypically American of political practices – coalition-building, uniting disparate interests into a party of shared goals. The dictatorial law seems almost democratic in the way it works.
Or consider Putin’s strategy in Ukraine. Pundits and politicians compare it to Hitler’s seizure of the Sudetenland and its ethnic Germans. Yet what’s missing in Russia is the triumphal confidence that State power can always prevail. Look back at Nazi propaganda during the Sudeten crisis; it showed German might irresistibly smashing the country cousins’ chains:
Poster for a “yes” vote on annexation to the Reich, in a referendum held in the Sudetenland on December 4, 1938
Or it depicted Hitler as savior to little blond Sudeteners dreaming of deliverance:
Propaganda postcard sent to Sudetenlanders during the 1938 crisis
By contrast, Russian propaganda on Ukraine has a pathetic stress on victimhood. There’s a genocide going on in the potato fields, Russians are being exterminated, but Russia seems powerless on its own to prevent it. (The #SaveDonbass hashtag campaign, which started on Twitter a couple of months ago and showed ostensible ethnic Russian victims, almost exclusively exploited images of sheer wide-eyed helplessness.)
Hence the reliance on militias, generously armed but semi-independent rebel groups, uncoordinated actions compensating for what the State can’t do. Neither Stalin or Hitler would ever have tolerated this wild welter of assistance. The Gestapo would have rounded up the anti-gay thugs with their vigilante delusions, and the insurgents would have been handed not missile launchers but tickets to the Gulag. Something’s changed.
Ethnic Russian self-defense forces stand in front of a government building, Simferopol, Crimea, March 2014. Photo: AFP
You could point to many things, but one is overriding. Russia is a nuclear power and a near-dictatorship, but it’s a weak state. This is paradoxical given the overweening authority Putin manages to project, but it’s true. Putin has full authority over the security establishment, but that is no longer enough to endow unquestioned solidity upon the state he built. For one thing, Russia is no longer an isolated command economy. It’s been integrated into the capitalist world. While Putin has bullied the unruly Yeltsin-era oligarchs into submission, that still doesn’t help him control the country’s livelihood, dependent instead on international vicissitudes of supply and demand. This is particularly true since a single commodity sector — energy — dominates everything, and prosperity rides on fluctuations of markets out of the government’s hands. You can police dissidents, but you can’t police the price of natural gas abroad. If the old Soviet economy has been “privatized” — more precisely, in neoliberal fashion, parcelled out to a bunch of ill-coordinated players — so, too, have other parts of Soviet power. Corporate conglomerates, a military-industrial complex, rich and insecure churches, noisy social movements (more of them on the Right than the Left), local governments carving out their own extortion zones, and many more mini- and mega-oligarchies multiply. As happens when a once coherent power is privatized, each tries to establish its own small dictatorship over whoever it can influence. This Russia, one scholar says, is ” a highly corrupt state that still cannot fully control its borders, monopolize the legal means of violence, or clearly articulate its role in the contemporary world.” For all his shirtless preening, Putin is no muscle-man able to wield top-down control. Instead he must exhort, scare, cajol, and distract the rest of society till he gets his way.
Government by moral panic is a way of governing when the government fears impotence, as in a morning nightmare where your legs won’t move: its power shaling into paralysis, its strength sloughing off like sand.
We’re going to see more of this. We live in an era of weak states. The most authoritarian among them can’t muster half the authority its ancestors did. The neoliberal state has big biceps to flex, but it hobbles along on crutches. How can a leader feel secure in his position when foreign bankers who price your bonds can make or break your popularity, your ministers, your country?
Vote if you want to, it won’t make a difference: Thatcher’s mantra of neoliberalism
More and more, continent after continent, governments are promoting moral panics as ways to govern. These conflagrations of fear can convulse society, but they convince people they need the state again, for all its frailty and fecklessness. Look at Egypt, where a military regime reestablished control over a fractious country through a year-long campaign of demonizing (arresting, shooting) Islamists,and journalists, and refugees, and Palestinians. Or Israel, where Netanyahu’s administration hid and lied about the deaths of three Jewish teenagers to aggravate a fever of popular panic and rage, and stoke pressure for a saving intervention by the state’s favorite instrument: its troops. Or, for that matter, the United Kingdom, where a weak coalition government (the first of its kind in almost a century) keeps looking for bogeymen to justify its existence. It’s tried Muslims and Romanians so far, with limited success, but there are more to come.
Or the United States. America is always different — exceptional, they say; it’s the home of private enterprise, after all. And the panics are privatized too. Occasionally, true, you get governments whipping up people’s anxieties. (Remember those color-coded terror alerts of the vigilant Bush years? Today my Fear is Orange, Mr. Ashcroft!) But just as often you see entrepreneurs drumming up the fear and loathing for their own ends.
Increasingly the US is a classic weak state, a casualty of neoliberalism in its several forms. Years of right-wing amputations whittled its government down, and now conservatives committed to a big-business version of Russian Nihilism refuse to allow the legislative process to exist. Its politicians still praise it as the “indispensable nation,” but it governs itself like Somalia. Like any weak state, it falls prey to warlords, though they have offshore accounts and paid talk-radio pundits rather than weapons caches. Usually they stir up panics to pressure the government into deploying its dwindling powers on one of their pet causes. It’s a competition: to get what’s left of the state on your side. Immigration is a wonderful source of panics, all in this entrepreneurial spirit. The goal almost always is to get the government to abandon its remaining responsibilities to people inside the border (food, jobs, health care, those vague things called civil rights) and devote all its energies to policing the border itself. Imagine you have a plot of land, and a limited number of bricks. You could waste the bricks building a house to live in, or you could put up a nice thick wall around the whole vacant lot. The answer — Who needs a roof, anyway? — becomes more obvious as the panicked voices keep shrieking, Do something! They’re walking on the lawn!
I told you to build that wall: Anti-immigration cartoon from 1891
Moral panics come in many kinds, but one feature is consistent. They always have victims. Scapegoating is intrinsic to the package. Governing by moral panic means governing by exclusion.
Immigrants, minorities, the irresponsible and perverted, sex workers and trans women, the sick and susceptible, wayward young or useless old: somebody’s going to suffer. As our states get weaker, those marked for marginality multiply. In a kinder, gentler, more condescending era, states justified themselves by providing for people’s welfare. In the neoliberal age, states will justify themselves increasingly by their capacity to exclude. Legitimacy will derive from the quantity of victims.
i started with the fog of speculation shrouding a terrible disaster, uncertainty created by the compulsory celerity and fake urgency of the Internet. These days, rumors have wings while facts slog in leaky galoshes. This, too, makes government by moral panic possible. Strong states survived on facts. How large was the grain harvest? How many gallons of water in the reservoir? What is the average height of army conscripts from the southern province? Only that kind of exactitude made their interventions, whether for welfare or security, work. In the world of moral panic, facts disappear. What’s left are speculations; and governments that want to rule, politicians who want to keep their power, learn to surf the waves of supposition, like a traveller in a dream who realizes the road has become a river.
Everything that’s solid melts. Those floating numbers of the dead– six? eight? 100? 108? — are a symptom of our fluid and oblivious condition. They speak of a world of nameless panics and unattributable terrors, inaccessible to the consolations of proof, where the one thing certain is that there will always be more victims.
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Resources for the unbelievers, on aid conditionality and LGBT rights
Posted on 26 June 2012 by scottlong1980
Aid received per capita across the global South, 2007: From wphr.org
I’ve been working desultorily (a beautiful word: say it slowly: it seems to capture being lazy but just alive enough to claim you’re still doing something) on an article on aid conditionality and LGBT rights.
This all comes, of course, from the controversy launched last fall by David Cameron’s declaring his government would cut development assistance to governments that committed violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This statement was idiotic in the pure, Greek sense: Cameron was, in essence, talking to himself. It came without any prior consulting with activists in the countries in question, and was an ill-planned effort to get domestic voices in the UK to shut up and stop pressuring the PM.(They did, obediently.) The ensuing backlash, across Africa and elsewhere, proved exceedingly discouraging about the idea. However, Hillary Clinton’s announcement that LGBT rights were a new US global priority gave new life to the project, and US advocates have urged the Obama administration to enlist American foreign aid money in the cause.
Northern governments have ben conditioning development aid on other issues for a while, especially in the last 30 years– usually affixing economic strings (hire our consultants! buy our goods! privatize your hospitals, if you want our aid!), less often political or rights-related ones. I’ll raise specific questions in my article about whether something around sexuality- and gender-related abuses makes them peculiarly resistant to being stopped by such linkages. There are also legitimate concerns, though, about whether such linkages ever work the way they’re meant to, or are ever justified. I’m skeptical they do, or are. I’d like to get some discussion going as I finish the article, and so I’ll share some resources here for others who are skeptical, or in favor, or undecided, in hopes you’ll argue or respond. Respond! Use the comments section, or write me directly.
1) First off: here’s an interview with Radhika Balakrishnan, of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, that lays out some of the concerns with conditionality clearly.
2) The October 2011 statement by dozens of African activists opposing aid conditionality in the LGBT rights sphere is here. Hakima Abbas’s “Aid, Resistance, and Queer Power” expands on its points; her essay can be found in this booklet from Sexuality Policy Watch (pp. 16-19) along with “Aid conditionality and respect for LGBT people’s rights” by Luis Abolafia Anguita (pp. 9-15).
3) An especially important paper you should examine is this report by AWID (the Association of Women in Development), succinctly called Conditionalities Undermine the Right to Development. It sets out a wide range of facts and arguments on the issue. Because it’s 128 pages long, I’ll try in the following points to summarize some of the background with which it deals.
4) A lot of people (including many of those pushing for aid conditionality) don’t know about the political negotiations in the last 10 years over the issue of how aid works, or doesn’t. By “political” I mean: Northern and Southern governments have actually discussed the subject, sometimes with each other! In 2005, a major ministerial-level meeting produced the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, responding to a wide perception that aid wasn’t being … well, effective. Over 100 countries joined to affirm five pillars of meaningful assistance: Ownership, Harmonisation, Alignment, Results and Mutual Accountability. (OHARMA?) OK, enough buzzwords. The key commitment under “Ownership” was that conditions on aid, if any, should be jointly owned. Donors should
draw conditions, whenever possible, from a partner’s national development strategy … Other conditions would be included only when a sound justification exists and would be undertaken transparently and in close consultation with other donors and stake holders.
Pragmatically, this recognized that conditions imposed from outside simply weren’t being met. Three years later, another high-level forum in Ghana produced the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA, a way better acronym). This proclaimed, “We will continue to change the nature of conditionality to support ownership” by developing countries. It mandated donors to “work with developing countries to agree on a limited set of mutually agreed conditions based on national development strategies,” and to “document and disseminate good practices on conditionality.”
Both these documents can be found here, and straightforward summaries are here and here. It’s important to see that the emphasis on joint commitments, as opposed to taking aid hostage, severely limits how far donor governments should use aid to enforce rights goals that aren’t fully shared (or aren’t integrated into development strategies). Do we want LGBT rights to be the basis for backtracking on these principles?
Anti-Debt Coalition activists protest an Asian Development Bank (ADB) meeting, Jakarta, 2009 (Reuters)
5) Civil societies and social movements engaged intensely in the lead-up to the Paris and Accra meetings, as well as a further gathering in Busan, Korea, in 2011. And while you might suppose that women’s movements, for example, would want aid more conditioned on rights policies — since they were urging women’s rights and gender equality as core components of development planning — almost exclusively they called for less conditionality. Part of their reasoning involved the possible devastating effect of slashes in aid. They also saw that conditions foreign governments imposed actually prevented civil society in developing countries from being part of the rights discussion: everything turned into an argument between the donor and recipient governments, with domestic voices ignored. A broad coalition of feminist and gender-equality groups in 2011, for instance, called on donors to
[m]ove away from policy conditionalities towards consistent application of concepts of multiple responsibility, accountability and transparency among both donor and developing countries. This could be advanced, for example, by supporting democratic scrutiny of development goals, policies and results. Policy conditionalities can have negative impacts on people, particularly on women and girls. They undermine the principle of ownership and contradict the right to development and self-determination.
Similar criticisms can be found here.
6) The Paris and Accra documents have come under considerable fire for not going far enough. This (briefer) briefing paper from AWID summarizes some of the critiques. And this analysis by the UK-based Overseas Development Institute looks at the debate over aid effectiveness “through the recipient lens,” by talking to officials in governments that get aid. One criticism is that the Paris-based language doesn’t put sufficient stress on “predictability” of aid — states and societies need to know that money isn’t going to go away when the givers shift their whims. Conditionality is a prime generator of unpredictability in aid. The fact that many Northern donor governments don’t have a cross-party consensus on LGBT rights worsens the prospects in this particular sphere. What happens if Obama imposes conditions on development aid based on getting rid of sodomy laws; then Romney defeats him, and suddenly sodomy laws are OK; then Hillary Clinton gets elected in four years, and abruptly the conditions are back on again? Manic roller-coaster swoops and swerves in the terms of assistance don’t just leave governments confused; they mean that anti-poverty, health or infrastructural programs in country after country can’t plan on future funding, or their own existence. That’s a heavy responsibility for LGBT rights to bear.
7) When advocates talk about “conditionality,” often they mean the set of economic — or combined economic and political — strings that donor governments started attaching to aid in the 1980s and 1990s. International lenders, the World Bank and IMF, were even more radical and reviled movers in this. But surely human rights conditions are a different, friendlier thing altogether?
never in history have so many owed so much to so little money from so few
No. What’s happened for 30 years is that donors tie human rights into a bundle with something called “economic freedom,” or maybe “good governance,” conceived as governing the economy with a particular set of virtues that will make particular classes rich. After all, they’re all “freedoms,” right? Rights thus get bound up with the infamous “Washington Consensus”: Privatize everything! Shrink the state! Down with protection, up with free trade! Deregulate! This neoliberal “reform” brings wealth to people who are plugged into global flows of capital. It impoverishes pretty much everyone else — women, minorities, unpopular groups even more than others. When human rights get wrapped up with its strictures, they lose their popularity as well. LGBT rights are already seen, in many places, as imports from the insidious Outside. If wedded to imposed neoliberal policies, their street cred likely shrinks to zero.
A fine example is a United States concoction called the “Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)” This strange being, set up by the Bush presidency in 2004, reveals how fake-friendly you can make aid conditionality appear, with the right rhetoric. It’s a foreign aid agency with a ton of US money, and a mandate to give it out only based on supposedly clear standards and criteria. If LGBT rights are going to be integrated into US giving, the MCC is one place it will start — and advocates are already targeting it to establish LGBT benchmarks for giving.
The MCC grades developing countries on 17 indicators; they must exceed a median score on a number of them to be eligible to apply for money. One set of indicators is called “Ruling Justly,” and includes “civil liberties” and “political liberties.” This is the human-rightsy side. Another is called “Economic Freedom,” and includes “trade policy,” “inflation rate,” and “fiscal policy.” This is the telling part. The “trade policy” benchmarks, for instance, come directly, explicitly, from the Heritage Foundation: a right-wing Washington think tank whose mission — self-described — “is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.”
MCC is all about eliminating trade barriers and denuding countries of defenses against foreign purchase and foreign sales. This means ending protective, import-substitution policies for building strong domestic industries: policies that have been the main means, in the last hundred years, for poor countries to develop. It means prying markets open to invasions of US goods, while eviscerating local producers. (The US government’s cabinet-level Trade Representative, statutorily responsible for doing the prying, sits on the MCC’s board.) It’s striking, too, that one of the absolute rather than relative indicators the MCC demands is “inflation rate,” where it insists on a strict maximum of 15%. This restricts countries’ power to devalue their currencies and stimulate their economies. It locks the receipients of MCC aid into the same austerity trap that Eurozone nations are writhing against today.
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Even the most humane of the MCC’s indicators — the “Investing in People” silo, evaluating public spending on things like health and education — tends toward the lowest standards (and doesn’t pay even lip service to the concept of economic and social rights). The MCC is mainly a brass-knuckle enforcer of neoliberalism, with some salving concessions to human rights in the form of “Ruling Justly” (a bizarre phrase in itself). Despite its cheerful visage, it’s a sinister strategy. Some serious caution is called for before letting LGBT rights be part of its package. To tie them to a project likely to inflict penury on subject populations could well be disastrous.
I’m not the only one who says this. For some detailed critiques of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, check out the three articles — by Maurizio Carbone, Emma Mawdsley, and Susanne Soederberg — here. (Because these texts are Rapunzelled in behind academic firewalls, I’ve uploaded them and let down their hair so you can read them. If the authors object, fine, but then they’re bad leftists.) And if you want to find out about your own country’s relations with the MCC, that information (the agency is at least transparent!) is here. My advice: Watch out.
But the difficulty transcends the MCC. The donors most likely to give a friendly hearing to LGBT-rights conditionality are donors already practicing conditionality based on “economic liberalization or “open markets”: conditions that, steeped in neoliberalism, are abhorrent to most peoples of the global South.
“Symptoms of Neoliberalism”: Cartoon from Mexico, by El Fisgón
8) My real problem with the arguments for aid conditionality goes deeper. It’s that the advocates stay confined within a tightly limited and lopped version of human rights, very different from the one most people in the world believe in.
Proponents speak as if, on one side, there were human rights lined up neatly: free expression, freedom from torture, freedom from sodomy laws, and so on. Then on the other, there’s development money. The only relation between the two sides is that, if a country respects the rights, it should get its development money. If it doesn’t, it shouldn’t get any. Or not as much.
You would never imagine, hearing these folks promote this vision, that development is itself a human right. The UN General Assembly adopted its “Declaration on the Right to Development” in 1986, stating:
The right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.
The Declaration and Programme of Action of the 1993 Vienna World Conference on Human Rights also dealt with the issue extensively: “Democracy, development and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing,” it affirmed. And:
States should cooperate with each other in ensuring development and eliminating obstacles to development. The international community should promote an effective international cooperation for the realization of the right to development and the elimination of obstacles to development.
Imagining that human rights are largely unconnected to development, except to legitimate restricting it, fits with a certain Anglo-American perspective in which economic and social rights don’t exist. But if you do believe development is a right, then to endorse conditionality as part of the standard human rights toolkit is, needlessly and destructively, to pit human rights against each other.
The “Quezon City Declaration on AID” — a 2007 manifesto by a coalition of Asian movements and NGOs — states that
The kind of aid we want must be premised primarily on a recognition of the history of colonization of countries across Asia, a history that persists in the continued exploitation by the North of the South, particularly the peoples of Asia and the region’s biodiversity. From this lens, aid becomes a matter of global redistributive justice, a just righting of historical wrongs.
In this light — and from the perspective of development as a human right — it’s notable that, in 1970, donor countries pledged to devote 0.7% of their GDP to overseas development assistance. Almost none of them do so. In 2010 only five OECD countries met that mark; the US stood mired at less than a third. Surely the first priority of US and European advocates, including LGBT rights advocates, should be to increase their countries’ overall giving to meet their human rights commitments. They shouldn’t use LGBT rights as an excuse for governments to fail their pledges and give less.
It’s only by understanding development as a right that you can see how the Quezon City statement can both call on states to reject conditionalities, and
enjoin both donors and national governments to adopt a rights-based approach to aid giving, which means ensuring that human rights standards and social development principles guide all development cooperation and programming in all sectors and in all phases of the programming process. Right-holders and their supporters such as human right NGOs should be included in decision-making processes relating to aid money and allocation. Attention must especially be given to those whose voices are at risk of being silenced or marginalized vis-à-vis aid: women, children, and adolescents, or non-citizens such as in/formal migrant workers, indigenous peoples, small farmers and fishers, etc.
A “rights-based approach to aid giving” means not using rights to justify cutbacks, but using aid actively and creatively to promote rights, including funding decision-making and participation by the most marginalized communities. The mounting calls for aid conditionality in the LGBT sphere suggest a failure of imagination, an unwillingness to think through creative ways that aid can further rights, not curtail development. We can do better than that.
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Open Justice, Transparency and the Media: Representing the Public Interest in the Physical and Virtual Courtroom
Communications Law, Vol 23, No. 4, pp. 183 – 202, 2018
28 Pages Posted: 9 Mar 2019
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Jason John Bosland
University of Melbourne; University of Melbourne - Centre for Media and Communications Law
Judith Townend
School of Law, Politics and Sociology, University of Sussex ; Information Law and Policy Centre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Date Written: November 26, 2018
In 2012, Lord Justice Toulson observed that the practical application of open justice ‘may need reconsideration from time to time to take account of changes in the way society and the courts work’. In this article, we undertake such a reconsideration in light of the declining role that institutional media organisations play in promoting and protecting the principle of open justice, focusing on courts in England and Australia. We argue that due to changes in the communications landscape, the media no longer have the resources or sufficient inclination to adequately safeguard the public interest in transparency in the courts. In order to place the media’s declining role into context, we also briefly explore three further categories of contemporary challenges facing the open justice principle: changes to judicial attitudes to open justice in response to new communication technologies; shifts in the priority given in law to competing interests in national security and privacy; and, finally, new and emerging changes to court processes and procedures that potentially limit open justice, including virtual courts. We then consider mechanisms that would offer enhanced protection of open justice. Most boldly, we examine a novel model in which an open justice advocate (OJA) intervenes in appropriate circumstances, with the overall objective of ensuring maximum transparency of court proceedings. We also suggest additional mechanisms for greater transparency and accountability regarding the state of open justice in the courts – namely, a statutory duty on courts to give written public reasons for all decisions regarding open justice, a public register of all reporting restrictions (and similar orders) granted by the courts, and annual open justice reporting requirements.
Keywords: open justice, open justice advocate, reporting restriction orders, supression orders, media, journalism
Bosland, Jason John and Townend, Judith, Open Justice, Transparency and the Media: Representing the Public Interest in the Physical and Virtual Courtroom (November 26, 2018). Communications Law, Vol 23, No. 4, pp. 183 – 202, 2018. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3336948
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On April 13, 2019 / Featured, News
On April 21st, Jamecia Bennett and Rajané Katurah Brown will return to the Dakota Jazz Club for a one-night-only performance of the music from Park Square’s hit production Marie and Rosetta, a tribute to gospel and rock legend, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and her protege Marie Knight.
In the play, Sister Rosetta states, “I brought a little church to the nightclub, and a little nightclub to the church,” making it a perfect show for a family outing on Easter Sunday.
Sunday April 21. 7:00 pm
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Jamecia Bennett and Rajané Katurah Brown at The Dakota in January 2019. Photo by Connie Shaver.
“Stars from Sister Rosetta Tharpe play adapt wonderfully to the Dakota”
– Star Tribune
Bringing fierce guitar playing and swing to gospel music, Sister Rosetta Tharpe influenced rock musicians from Elvis to Jimi Hendrix and Ray Charles. Jamecia Bennett (lead singer of Sounds of Blackness) and Rajané Katurah Brown (Star Tribune “9 Artists to Watch in 2019”) present an a tribute not to be missed!
An interview with Jamecia Bennett
“I had no fear of standing up for someone who isn’t able now to do it for herself.”
In the Star Tribune review, Chris Hewitt writes, “anyone who has seen Jamecia Bennett, lead singer of Sounds’ of Blackness, in theatrical productions has probably had the sense that we’re only getting a part of her… Here, the gloves are off and Bennett delivers a musical performance of raw searing power.”
Park Square’s Lindsay Christensen got to ask Ms. Bennett a few more personal questions about what it was like to bring her own story and values to the production of Marie and Rosetta.
LC: What was your very first memory with music?
Jamecia Bennett
JB: My First memory of music was at 4 years old! My mother, Grammy Award winner Ann Nesby, would sit me at the piano and she would teach me harmony while she played and sang with me! I actually stood on a chair to sing and direct the church choir, as per the reference [in Marie and Rosetta] that Rosetta gives to her standing on a piano so people could see her!
LC: What did it mean to you to step into Sister Rosetta’s shoes?
JB: Stepping into the shoes of Sister Rosetta meant a great deal. I knew that I was gonna have to be responsible to tell and sell her story in and hour and thirty minutes to people that may or may not have an idea of who she was! Learning her background and how she moved, who she had in her atmosphere, to me determined how I would deliver my lines. Straight to the point but knowing that she was raised by her mother so she had a nurturing side about her as well. But knowing first that I had to know the power of her music and what it meant to her.
LC: Did you have any fear or nerves?
JB: I didn’t have any fear… now I did have a pause in time when i saw how many lines in the show I had! LOL! But I had no fear of standing up for someone who isn’t able now to do it for herself.
Jamecia Bennett as Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Photo by Petronella J. Ytsma.
LC: What was the biggest challenge about bringing her to life?
JB: The biggest challenge of bringing her to life was rehashing all of the memories of my now passed on grandmother, Shirley Bennett, who spoke of her and Mahalia Jackson often. So some of the songs it’s hard to get through. But Rosetta is a straight shooter and to hear all of what she had to go through with the church, men, and just by being black and a woman in that time was kinda hard. So finding the right momentum of each song , the lines spoken and the playing of her guitar had to be consistent homework because it had to look real. If one of the three strong things mentioned was off, it would draw attention to it and take away from the message I was trying to present and the hardworking performer she was!
LC: If Rosetta was alive, what do you think her reaction would be to music today, especially given the negativity she faced toeing the line between secular and church music?
JB: I think she would be a force still. Nothing could stand in her way. I believe she would be respected much on the lines of Aretha Franklin. Which I may add, Aretha dealt with the same circumstances. Rosetta would be the Queen of Rock and Roll alive as she is now passed on.
Jamecia Bennett as Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Background: Rajané Katurah Brown. Photo by Terry Gydesen.
LC: Can you share an experience you’ve had of people coming together around – or being moved by – the power of music or theatre?
JB: I’ve had plenty of experiences with people being moved with theatre and music especially with this show. To see the faces of people in the audience crying when they hear one of the songs in this show I sing, “Look Down The Line,” lets me know that love and loss doesn’t have a color. We all bleed the same color blood. I love to hear the harmony of laughter together at the monologues whether it be race sensitive or not. We get the opportunity to laugh and cry together.
LC: What is one thing, or a single word, you hope audiences take away after seeing Marie and Rosetta?
JB: Whether it’s suffering or celebration it’s all about Joy!
Learn more about Jamecia Bennett at www.jameciabennett.com, and at www.soundsofblackness.org. Follow her on Facebook and Instagram @jameciabennett.
Rajané Katurah Brown and Jamecia Bennett. Photo by Petronella J. Ytsma.
MARIE AND ROSETTA runs through December 30. Matinee added Sat, Dec 29 at 2:00 pm. Buy tickets here.
Lindsay Christensen Park Square’s Group Sales and Development Associate and a fierce freelance stage manager and graduate student pursuing a degree in Arts and Cultural Management at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.
“WE STEP OFF STAGE AND WE GOT TO DISAPPEAR”: MISSISSIPPI, 1946
by Morgan Holmes, dramaturg for Marie and Rosetta
When Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight became an act in 1946 and set off on tour, the separate but equal doctrine of Jim Crow law was in full force. And it would be nearly a decade before Jet magazine published the funeral photos of Emmett Till, whose grotesque 1955 lynching in Mississippi was a flash point for the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement. While the explicit image of “white only” signs define the doctrine in the American consciousness, Jim Crow would play out in more complicated ways for Tharpe, as she worked to make a name for herself on the road.
DANGEROUS ROADS
“The rules that defined a group’s supremacy were so tightly wound as to put pressure on everyone trying to stay within the narrow confines of acceptability.”
– from Isabel Wilkerson’s The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
It’s impossible to overstate how every aspect of white and black society was regulated under Jim Crow, from 1860s Reconstruction to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Separate but equal facilities (i.e. entrances, waiting rooms, elevators) and institutions (i.e. hospitals, schools), hampered black social mobility and dignity, as well as literal mobility across the United States. Though growing access to the automobile in the 20s and 30s offered them independence from segregated buses and train cars, African-American travelers could find themselves on the road without a gas station, diner, hotel, or even bathroom at which to stop permissively and safely, especially in sundown towns, where imposed curfews and intimidating residents drove non-whites from the public sphere after dark. For the limited white-black interactions allowed, perceived disrespect was a capital offense. In Mississippi alone, white mobs, riled up with economic anxiety over the loss of black workforce to the Great Migration, and fear of job and social competition with those who remained, lynched 15 of the 33 total lynching victims on record for 1940-1949 in the U.S.
Jamecia Bennett, left, as Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Rajané Katurah Brown as Marie Knight. Photo by Petronella J. Ytsma.
TOURING THE GOSPEL HIGHWAY
“We always had to stay at someone’s house. Or you lived on that bus.”
-Singer Ruth Brown, Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
While Jim Crow worked to make the world impossible for African-Americans to navigate, the proliferation of the black church provided a sanctuary for community gathering. By the 1940s, there were over 3,000 black churches in Mississippi serving about 500,000 congregants, or 50% of the state’s African-American population. Each denomination developed a unique relationship to the secular world, from the Baptists’ political organization around civil rights, to the Church of God in Christ’s evangelical missionary work that birthed a circuit of churches and revival events across the nation. The circuit provided a stage, a built-in audience, and most importantly, easily attainable meal and board for a generation of singers who could not find commercial success in the secular, segregated music industry. Tharpe received her first radio plays from Sunday broadcasts of services at Miami Temple in Florida, attracting white audiences to the unusually integrated COGIC church and the gospel sound.
GOOD SAMARITANS
“It will be a great day for us to suspend this publication for then we can go wherever we please, and without embarrassment.”
– Victor H. Green, introduction to the 1949 edition of The Negro Motorist’s Green-Book
In spite of the dangers and difficulties, African-Americans persisted in travel, subverting the status quo by packing their own meals, hiring white drivers to assist them and consulting national travel guides to plan their stops. Harlem letter carrier and activist Victor H. Green collected the classifieds of businesses nationwide that were proven safe for black travelers, and published them annually in the most popular guide, The Negro Motorist’s Green-Book, from 1936 to 1967. Mississippi’s listings expanded from only a few hotels and bed & breakfast-like “tourist homes” in 1940, to include restaurants, service stations, nightclubs, funeral homes, beauty parlors, barbershops, and a Jackson skating rink by 1949.
In a move befitting the gospel rock star, Tharpe gained further independence in the 1950s, after buying a tour bus to refurbish as a dressing room and place to sleep for her and her backup singers, The Rosettes. While Tharpe’s music may oscillate from obscurity to popularity to forgotten again, it is her own resilience – on the road and through the music industry – that allowed her story to survive.
Coming Next: Rosetta, Marie and Mahalia
Morgan Holmes is an all-around theatermaker – writing, directing, dramaturging and administrating across the Twin Cities. She is most interested in identity, ritual, intimacy, and internet culture, which she explores as co-creator of Perspectives Theater Company.
Marie and Rosetta is on stage now through Dec 30, starring Jamecia Bennett and Rajané Katurah Brown. Tickets available at parksquaretheatre.org or 651.291.7005.
Godly vs. Worldly: the competing forces of Sister Rosetta’s musical rise
GODLY VS. WORLDLY:
THE COMPETING FORCES OF SISTER ROSETTA’S MUSICAL RISE
It’s easy enough to look at Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s life and conclude that her innovative, genre-bending musicianship was “ahead of its time.” How else could such a public and internationally beloved figure wind up buried in an unmarked Philadelphia grave? But – much like our own pop stars who burn brightly, then fizzle out with fans as they experiment with sounds, personas, and public identities (Taylor Swift’s varied success in pop and political crossover, for example) – Tharpe’s career was precisely the product of her time. Throughout her rise, she was activated by and reactive to the sanctity and secularism that marked her world.
THE DELTA BLUES MIGRATE NORTH
“The same beat that Black folks dance to on Saturday night is the same beat that they shout to on a Sunday morning” -Reverend Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, People Get Ready!: A New History of Black Gospel
Jamecia Bennett as Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Increased opportunity of industrialization in the north, as well as the promise of better treatment, drew 1.6 million African-Americans north from the 1910s to the Depression, in the first period of black urbanization dubbed the Great Migration. Among the millions, evangelist missionary Katie Bell Nubin left her husband and sharecropper past in rural Arkansas in the early 1920s, to move her daughter, Rosetta, north to Chicago. The migration also brought north the artistry and improvisation of the delta blues, where it coalesced with the call-and-response format of Negro spirituals, birthing gospel. Gospel Chicagoans Mahalia Jackson’s vocal stylings reminiscent of Bessie Smith, and Arizona Juanita Dranes, who used her piano as an extension of her voice rather than its traditional use as an accompaniment to the soloist or choir, influenced Tharpe’s own guitar-picking and singing.
THE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST’S INFLUENCE
“make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise” -Psalm 98:4
Jamecia Bennett as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Rajané Katurah Brown as Marie Knight
Sprung from the roots of the Holiness movement, which avowed outward displays of holiness like modest dress, sobriety or “clean living,” and avoiding worldly activities, the Pentacostal denomination Church of God in Christ (COGIC) spread like wildfire across the South, traveling north with the Great Migration. Music as an outward expression of faith was also a tenet of COGIC worship. This tenet influenced the gospel sound – a loud, joyous, testimonial sound. Tharpe began her own career performing at Chicago’s Fortieth Street COGIC and touring COGIC circuit with her mother and first husband, preacher Thomas Tharpe.
SWINGING THE GOSPEL
“Even though I was just a child, I knew immediately that this woman was playing a different kind of music. It was gospel, but the way she put it across, in her bluesy-jazzy style, was a real ‘revelation’ […] a real ‘bad’ groove.”
-Singer Etta James, Heart & Soul: A Celebration of Black Music Style in America, 1930-1975
By the time blues pianist Thomas A. Dorsey codified the genre through his sheet music publishing company, Tharpe had already begun innovating gospel further. Whether disillusioned from the restrictions of poverty, her abusive first marriage, or the conservative COGIC, she traded the sanctified audience that nurtured her for commercial success on the Harlem club circuit, where she hobnobbed with Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and big bands like Cab Calloway’s. Unsurprisingly American pop music’s syncopated groove crept into her gospel, as evidenced by her 1938 Decca hit “Rock Me,” a secular version of Dorsey’s “Hide Me in Thy Bosom.” Swinging the gospel won her a mainstream audience but came with its own restrictions, like singing in low-brow vaudeville, burlesque and minstrel revues at the white-only Cotton Club. At the clubs, the testimonial spirit of gospel was mocked, satirized, and whitewashed in “Saint and Sinner” acts. Yet Tharpe stuck to her faith, walking the ambiguous line between spiritual and secular – sometimes successfully, sometimes at the cost of her career.
Coming Next: Mississippi in 1946: the hazards Sister Rosetta faced traveling in the south.
A Biographical Timeline of Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Looking to learn a little more about Sister Rosetta Tharpe before seeing Marie and Rosetta? Here is brief timeline of the life and music of this trailblazing and and influential artist! Marie and Rosetta is on stage Nov 23-Dec 30. Buy Tickets Here!
Researched and Compiled by Morgan Holmes, Marie and Rosetta Dramaturg
1915 Rosetta Atkins is born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, on March 20. Soon after, mother and evangelist preacher Katie Bell Nubin separates from her husband and relocates Rosetta to Chicago.
1920s-30s Rosetta performs with Katie Bell at Fortieth Street Church of God in Christ. The duo tour Chicago’s Maxwell Street market and the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) circuit of the South. Her acclaim as a gospel singer and guitar player grows.
Jamecia Bennett* as Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
1934 Marries COGIC preacher Thomas Tharpe.
1938 Joins revue cast at the Cotton Club and records her first Decca record, “Rock Me.” Throughout the late 30s and 40s she tours Carnegie Hall, the Apollo Theater, Cafe Society in New York and the Grand Ole Opry. She befriends and performs with Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and the like!
1942 Records Victory(V)-discs and performs for African-American troops during WWII.
1943 Divorces Tharpe. Marries Foch P. Allen.
The Middle Years
1944 Releases “Strange Things Happening Every Day” with Decca, reaching #2 on the “race records” chart.
Rajané Katurah Brown as Marie Knight, Jamecia Bennett* as Sister Rosetta.
1946 After a concert at Harlem’s Golden Gate Ballroom, where gospel singer Mahalia Jackson invited up-and-comer Marie Knight on stage, Tharpe convinces Knight to join her act.
1947-1951 Divorces Allen. Tharpe and Knight tour and record several hits. During this period of touring, Knight’s two children die in a house fire. In 1951, the duet part ways.
1951 In a publicity stunt, Tharpe stages a wedding at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C. to Russell Morrison. Knight is her maid of honor, and the Rosettes, a group of back-up singers formed by Rosetta in 1949, serve as bridesmaids. Over 20,000 paying fans are in attendance. After her vows, she plays a concert on electric guitar in her wedding dress. Decca live records the ceremony and concert, then releases it as an album.
1957 Tharpe and Morrison travel Great Britain and Europe at the height of the British blues revival.
1964 She books the Folk, Blues and Gospel Caravan tour in England, and performs in an abandoned railroad station for a live audience and nationwide TV broadcast. LINK.
1968 Katie Bell dies in Philadelphia. Tharpe receives her only Grammy nomination for the 1968 LP Precious Memories.
1973 Tharpe dies on October 9 in Philadelphia, following a stroke, where she is laid to rest in an unmarked grave. Knight performs at her funeral.
A Rebirth of Interest
2007 Writer Gayle Wald’s biography, SHOUT SISTER SHOUT, The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trail Blazer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, kicks off a renewed period of interest in Tharpe’s life and music.
2011 A historical marker is added to Tharpe’s Philadelphia house. Filmmaker Mick Csaky produces the documentary The Godmother of Rock & Roll.
2018 Tharpe is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame under its “Early Influence” award.
Introducing the Godmother of Rock ‘n’ Roll
On October 22, 2018 / Featured, News, Press Release
Local premiere stars Jamecia Bennett and Rajané Katurah Brown
Park Square Theatre announces the area premiere production of Marie & Rosetta by George Brandt, to be directed by Wendy Knox, who directed the early workshops of the play at the Minneapolis-based Playwrights’ Center. Soulful and spirited, this play with music tells the story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a 2018 inductee into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame who has become a Facebook sensation with tens of thousands of shares of the vintage video of her playing electric guitar on the street cropping up in feeds for the past several years. Tharpe brought fierce guitar playing and swing to gospel music and went on to influence rock musicians from Elvis to Jimi Hendrix and Ray Charles.
The story begins in a funeral parlor in Mississippi, as Rosetta (played by Jamecia Bennett*) and her young protégé, Marie Knight (played by Rajané Katurah Brown), prepare for a tour that will establish them as a great musical duo. Local musical powerhouses, Bennett and Brown earned rave reviews in THE WIZ at Children’s Theatre Company. In this production, musical director Gary D. Hines from The Sounds of Blackness will help them shape memorable renditions of spirituals like “Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?” and “Sit Down,” to distinctly non-religious songs like “I Want a Tall Skinny Papa.”
“Rosetta was a powerhouse musician who had a huge influence on Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and Etta James, among others,” says director Wendy Knox. “She came to fame as a gospel singer, was a rival of Mahalia Jackson, then crossed over to secular music and was shunned by the church community. She was married several times and maintained a longtime relationship with her musical partner Marie Knight. Under-recognized for her talents (gee, that problem hasn’t gone away, has it?), she had an enormous influence on rock and roll. What a treat to return to this great story in the very year when she finally got her due from the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame!”
The production team for Marie & Rosetta includes Joseph Stanley (Scenic Design); Aaron Chvatal (Costume Design); Robert Dunn (Wig Design); Abbee Warmboe (Properties Design); Michael P. Kittel (Lighting Design); Peter Morrow (Sound Design); Morgan Holmes (Dramaturg); Jared Zeigler* (Stage Manager).
Ticket prices: Previews: $20-$37. Regular Run: $25-$60. Discounts are available for seniors, military personnel, those under age 30, and groups. Tickets are on sale at the Park Square ticket office, 20 W. Seventh Place, or by phone: 651.291.7005, (12 noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday), or online at parksquaretheatre.org. #PSTMarie&Rosetta
*Member, Actors Equity Association
CALENDAR INFORMATION
Marie & Rosetta
Park Square’s Proscenium Stage
Previews: November 23 – 29, 2018
Opening Night: November 30
Regular Run: November 30 – December 30, 2018
Tickets: Previews: $20-$37; Regular Run: $25-$60
PARK SQUARE THEATRE, 20 W. Seventh Place, Saint Paul
Ticket Office: 651-291-7005 or parksquaretheatre.org
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Justia Patents MiscellaneousUS Patent for Waveform modulation and demodulation methods and apparatus Patent (Patent # 5,200,715)
Waveform modulation and demodulation methods and apparatus
Sep 6, 1991 - WavePhore, Inc.
A new method of modulating and demodulating signals and circuitry therefor is disclosed. The modulation circuit defines a non-linear voltage current transfer function wherein at low voltage levels the current voltage transfer function is substantially linear and at higher voltages, the transfer function is substantially exponential. The modulation circuit can be designed of three parallel branches, a resistive branch, and two diodes in the remaining branches, the anode of one diode being coupled to the cathode of the other diode. Demodulation circuitry is also disclosed that includes a circuit for determining the instantaneous phase and amplitude and then processing circuitry to decode the modulation information based upon the sampled phase and amplitude data.
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This invention relates to techniques of modulating a carrier by changing its waveform without altering its frequency, phase or amplitude. In particular, this invention relates to a form of modulation called waveform modulation.
Modulation of a carrier signal with information contained in a modulation signal is well known in the art. Common techniques include pulse modulation, amplitude modulation, phase modulation, frequency modulation and quadrature amplitude modulation. Typically, in such forms of modulation, a sine wave is used as a carrier.
The selection of the modulation technique, of course, alters parameters of that carrier sine wave such as whether there is a sine wave (pulse modulation), the amplitude of the sine wave (amplitude modulation), the phase of the sine wave (phase modulation), the frequency of the sine wave (frequency modulation) and the amplitude of both a sine and a cosine wave carrier (quadrature amplitude modulation). Depending upon the selection of the modulation technique, the permitted bandwidth for the trasmitted signal and the expected signal to noise ratio in the communications channel, the maximum data transmission rate can be calculated.
Generally, as the sophistication of the modulation technique increases, the complexity of the circuitry required for the transmitter and the receiver increases. For example, in quadrature amplitude modulation, computers are frequently used for demodulation.
To maximize the data transmission rate, numerous techniques have been devised for transmitting two signals in the same bandwidth. For example, a common technique used in satellite communications is to have orthogonally polarized waves transmitted at the same frequency. However the polarization of such orthogonally polarized waves can be substantially degraded by precipitation. Other techniques include frequency interleaving such a used in the NTSC television standard.
Theoretically, for example, a phase shift keyed signal can imposed upon an amplitude modulated carrier to increase the transmission rate. However, the demodulation circuitry for such a transmitted signal is complex to avoid artifacts in the demodulated phase modulated data occurring in the demodulated amplitude signal.
Thus, it is a first goal of this patent to arrive at a new way of modulating a carrier signal with information without requiring complex circuitry for the transmitter or the receiver. It is a further object of the invention to modulate and demodulate the signal in a manner that allows for a maximum data rate. It is yet another object of the instant invention to have the modulated signal to be transparent to other types of signals.
These and other objects are accomplished by a new form of non-linear modulation hereinafter called waveform modulation. To modulate the signal, a subcarrier of half the frequency of the carrier is applied to one node of a non-linear circuit such as a three branch antiparallel circuit. The parallel circuit comprises a resistive branch, and two non-linear branches, preferably diodes having forward biased current flow in opposite directions, comprise the remaining two branches.
The modulation signal and the subcarrier applying the modulation signal are applied to the three branch circuit in a variety of configurations. One example involves coupling the subcarrier to a first node of the cell and the modulation signal through a voltage divider to the other node of the three branch antiparallel circuit, which also forms the output node of the modulator. Other embodiments include single-ended outputs, and using a microprocessor with a memory table lookup to emulate the characteristics of the cell.
It has been found that the output of such a modulator has all of the modulated information contained in sidebands at each of the even harmonics of the subcarrier while the even harmonics of the subcarrier are themselves suppressed. Further, the transmitted signal is virtually symmetrical about the real amplitude/frequency plane. Thus, a waveform modulated signal and a frequency or amplitude modulated signal can be transmitted in the communications channel simultaneously without causing any detectable artifacts in either of the demodulated signals
Demodulation can be accomplished readily with a simple circuit that determines the amplitude and phase of the modulated waveform. A computer or dedicated processing circuit can then use the phase and amplitude information to reconstruct the input signal.
To obtain both the amplitude and the phase information, a synthesized carrier is multiplied by a first multiplier or balanced modulator by the transmitted waveform modulated signal plus a DC offset. The resultant first product signal is then applied to one input of a second multiplier or balanced modulator and the other input to the second multiplier is the first product signal passed through a tank circuit resonant at the carrier frequency. The output of the second multiplier after low pass filtering represents the instantaneous amplitude of the waveform modulated signal. To obtain the phase signal, the resultant first product signal is applied to the input of a third multiplier or balanced modulator and the other input for that third multiplier is the resultant product passed through a tank circuit resonant at the carrier frequency and phase shifted by ninety degrees. After low pass filtering, the product signal from the third multiplier represents the instantaneous phase.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the modulation circuit of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram of various waveforms that are useful in explaining the operation of the modulation circuit of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a representative diagram of the frequency power spectra of modulated data for the modulator of FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a three dimensional diagram of the frequency, amplitude and phase domain of the spectra for an output signal from the modulator of FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a phase/amplitude plane defined by lines 5--5 in FIG. 4 at the frequency of 2f.sub.sc -f.sub.m.
FIG. 6 is the voltage current transfer curve for the modulation circuit of FIG. 1.
FIG. 7 is a demodulation circuit for a waveform modulated signal.
FIG. 8 is the schematic for the amplitude detector shown in FIG. 7.
FIG. 9 is the schematic for the phase detector shown in FIG. 8.
FIGS. 10-13 are alternative embodiments of the modulator for FIG. 1.
FIG. 14 is a block diagram for yet another alternative embodiment for waveform modulation.
FIG. 15 is a block diagram for yet another alternative embodiment for waveform demodulation
FIG. 1 shows a detailed schematic of a preferred embodiment of the modulation circuit The modulator comprises a non-linear antiparallel circuit or modulator cell 10, a subcarrier input F.sub.sc and a modulator input, F.sub.m and an output, e.sub.o. The non-linear, antiparallel circuit in the preferred embodiment comprises two diodes 12 and 14 as separate branches coupled in an antiparallel relationship. By antiparallel, it is meant that the anodes 12a and 14a and the cathodes 12b and 14b of the diodes are coupled so the direction of forward biased current flow of the two diodes are opposite. A linear element such as a resistor 16 comprises the third branch of the modulator cell 10.
The subcarrier signal F.sub.sc is applied to one input node 18 of the antiparallel circuit or modulator cell 10 and the modulation information F.sub.m is applied to the other node 19 through an isolation circuit such as a buffer amplifier (not shown) or a voltage divider 22. To avoid overmodulating the subcarrier, the peak to peak voltage of the modulated signal F.sub.m appearing at the node 19 when no subcarrier is present should be preferably less than one half the peak to peak signal of the subcarrier F.sub.sc.
FIG. 2 shows how the nonlinear antiparallel circuit or modulator cell 10 causes modulation of the waveform. The subcarrier in this example is a sine wave 30 having a frequency f.sub.sc and a peak to peak amplitude between preferably 2-3 volts. The modulation signal F.sub.m is, for example, a digital signal 40 varying between plus and minus one half of one volt (at the node 19 when no subcarrier is present) and the diodes 12 and 14 are silicon diodes The output signal is shown at 50.
Inflection points 52 in the output signal result from the non-linear characteristics of the diodes 12 and 14. When the magnitude of the voltage difference across the antiparallel circuit or the modulator cell 10 is below the threshold voltage of the diodes, the diodes are essentially non-conductive. Current flow through the antiparallel circuit is essentially through the resistive branch as one diode is reverse biased and the other only allows a small current. As the voltage difference across the antiparallel circuit increases past the threshold voltage of the forward biased diode, the forward biased diode starts conducting with current increasing exponentially with voltage. Due to the exponential increase of current conduction by the forward biased diode, inflections 52 result in the waveform 50 as nonlinear current flow becomes more significant. The slope at the inflection points 52 depends upon the resistance of the resistor 16. As the resistance increases, the slope at the inflection points 52 becomes flatter.
FIG. 6 shows the voltage current transfer curve 100 for the disclosed non-linear waveform modulation circuit or cell 10. At relatively low potential differences (i.e., less than three tenths of a volt for silicon diodes), the current through the diode branches of the nonlinear circuit is relatively insignificant. One diode is reverse biased while the other diode is not sufficiently forward biased to conduct substantial current. Thus, most of the current flow through the non-linear circuit is through the resistive branch, which defines the linear portion 102 of the transfer curve 100. However, as the magnitude of the voltage difference across the non-linear circuit increases beyond the threshold voltage of the diodes, the forward biased diode begins to conduct appreciable amounts of current. This results in bends or knees 104 in the voltage-current transfer curve with the exponentially increasing current of the forward biased diode branch predominating past the knees 104. It can also seen that this voltage current characteristic curve is symmetric about the current axis. Of course, the reverse biased diode remains essentially non-conductive and contributes virtually no current flow through the nonlinear circuit.
As can be seen from the depictions of the waveform of the modulated carrier, the disclosed modulator circuitry alters the waveform of the carrier. Thus, the disclosed modulator circuitry is referred to as waveform modulation. It should also be understood that although the exemplary modulation signal in FIG. 2 merely has two digital levels, the modulation signal can have N different levels allowing parallel data transmission or the modulation signal can be a true analog signal having an infinite number of levels. As the number of levels increases, the number of different levels at which an inflection can occur on the waveform increases.
FIG. 3 shows an exemplary power spectra of the modulated output of the modulator, where the subcarrier frequency is f.sub.sc and the modulation frequency bandwidth is centered at f.sub.m. As can be seen in FIG. 3, the modulated information is present in the sidebands 72 at the even harmonics 74 of the subcarrier F.sub.sc. When the ratio of the amplitude of the subcarrier to the modulation signal F.sub.m is properly controlled, the fundamental and the other odd harmonics 76 lack any information as exhibited by the absence of sidebands. Further, the power spectra demonstrates that the even harmonics of the subcarrier are suppressed.
It should be understood that the optimal ratio of the amplitude of the subcarrier F.sub.sc to the amplitude of the modulation signal F.sub.m varies with the diode type used. In selecting that ratio, it is preferred that the ratio be selected so that the power spectra of the output of the modulator cell 10 resembles that of FIG. 3. In particular, the ratio should be selected to maximize the energy at the sidebands 72 of the second harmonic of the subcarrier F.sub.sc.
It has been further found that if the ratio of the amplitudes of the modulation signal F.sub.m and the subcarrier F.sub.sc approaches unity, sideband energy at the even harmonics, including the fundamental, increase above the noise level and are detectable. It has also been noticed that the sideband energy at the odd harmonics are spaced at twice the modulation frequency from the odd harmonics, e.g., n.multidot.f.sub.sc .+-.2f.sub.m, where n is an integer and f represents frequency. It appears that an even harmonic sideband could be transmitted but this technique is not believed to be as efficient in using spectra or power.
Empirical studies have demonstrated that each of the sidebands 72 at the second harmonic of the subcarrier contains all of the modulated information. To ease the design of the power amplifier, the output of the modulator may be supplied to a bandpass filter (not shown) centered at twice the subcarrier frequency and having a bandwidth of twice the highest frequency of the modulation information for double sideband transmission. The output of the bandpass filter may then be supplied to a power amplifier (not shown) for transmission. The resultant output of the waveform modulator including such a bandpass filter is a waveform modulated signal having a suppressed carrier F.sub.C at twice the frequency of the subcarrier F.sub.sc.
Preferably, however, single side band transmission is used to utilize spectra more efficiently. In that case, a cutoff frequency of the filter should be substantially equal to twice the frequency f.sub.sc of the subcarrier F.sub.sc and the filter's bandwidth should be approximately equal to the bandwidth of the modulation signal F.sub.m.
In addition, to the power spectra shown in FIG. 3, phase, amplitude, and frequency measurement plots demonstrate that the modulated information is substantially symmetric with the amplitude frequency plane. FIG. 4, which represents an exemplary three dimensional surface plot of phase, amplitude, and frequency for a waveform modulated signal, demonstrates this symmetry. As shown in FIG. 4, the portion of the phase, amplitude, and frequency surface for the modulated signal is substantially symmetrical in each of the 8 sectors defined by the axes.
This symmetry can be further seen in FIG. 5. FIG. 5 shows the phase-amplitude cross-sectional plot of the surface of FIG. 4 plot taken at a frequency equal to 2f.sub.sc -f.sub.m in FIG. 4, where f.sub.sc is the subcarrier frequency and f.sub.m is the modulation frequency. As can be seen in FIG. 5, the plot of amplitude versus phase is substantially symmetrical in all four quadrants.
Due to this symmetry, a waveform modulated signal is transparent to common frequency modulation signal or amplitude modulation receivers. Amplitude modulation receivers operate almost exclusively along the amplitude axis where the phase is essentially zero and the frequency is fixed. Frequency modulation receivers operate almost exclusively along the frequency axis with essentially a fixed phase and a fixed amplitude. Tests demonstrate that a waveform modulated signal can be transmitted in the same frequency band as an amplitude or frequency modulated signal without the amplitude or frequency demodulator detecting the presence of the waveform modulated signal.
Piecewise linear approximation techniques applied to the voltage current transfer curve shown in FIG. 6 demonstrates mathematically that the disclosed modulation circuit will act as a waveform modulator as shown by the exemplary plots of FIGS. 3, 4, and 5. Further, these approximation techniques and empirical measurements demonstrate that the ratio of the subcarrier peak to peak amplitude to the threshold voltage of the diodes should remain approximately within the range of 1.5-5 for the antiparallel circuit or cell 10.
The diodes for the antiparallel circuit or cell 10 should be selected based upon the frequency of the subcarrier. For example, for subcarriers below 25 megahertz, silicon diodes having low junction capacitance may be used. For significantly higher subcarrier frequencies, gallium arsenide diodes should be used. The resistor should have a relatively low resistance, resistances less than ten ohms and up to at least 100 ohms have been found to be adequate. Further, the disclosed nonlinear, antiparallel circuit or modulator cell 1 can be readily fabricated as part of an integrated circuit and the resistor 16 can be a fixed value resistor. Laser trimming or other well known techniques may used for adjusting the resistor 16
An alternative embodiment for the disclosed invention is to create the modulated signal through the use of a microprocessor or a specialized digital control circuit (not shown). Based upon a reference clock signal for the microprocessor or the digital circuit and the desired modulation data, the microprocessor can be programmed to output digital data representative of a waveform modulated signal by using, for example, a memory table lookup. The data for the memory table lookup can be generated by empirical measurement using the cell 10. By treating the high and low portions of the reference clock signal as the positive and negative halves of the subcarrier sine wave, a comparison can be done between the level of the modulation signal and the elapsed time from a transition in the clock in the manner that the cell 10 compare the modulation signal level with the level of the subcarrier. That digital data can then be digitally band pass filtered and converted into an analog signal for transmission or that digital data can be converted into an analog signal and band pass filtered. Further, if the empirical measurements for the table are taken after bandpass filtering, no bandpass filtering is needed.
FIG. 10 shows an alternative embodiment for the modulator. The same nonlinear antiparallel circuit or modulator cell 10 of FIG. 1 is used but the subcarrier F.sub.sc and modulation signal F.sub.m are coupled in series and the subcarrier is applied to one node of the cell. The output current of the cell 10 is applied across a load resistor 60 to develop a sample voltage of the modulated output. This sample voltage also includes as a component the modulation signal F.sub.m. To avoid the modulation signal F.sub.m from appearing in the output, a portion of the modulation signal F.sub.m is supplied to a differential amplifier 62 for elimination.
FIG. 11 is an alternate version of the circuit of FIG. 10 where an adder 64 is included to isolate the modulation signal F.sub.m from the subcarrier F.sub.sc. Otherwise, the two circuits are identical.
FIG. 12 is an embodiment where the output signal is single ended, i.e., the output is unipolar. The circuit of FIG. 12 is identical to the circuit of FIG. except a differential amplifier 62 is applied across both nodes of the cell 10 to obtain a single ended output. FIG. 13 also provides a single ended output but the modulation signal F.sub.m is not isolated from the subcarrier F.sub.sc.
Further mathematical studies of the modulator cell 10 of FIG. 1 have shown that the characteristics of the cell are such that it may be approximated by the following equation:
Output=(MIsin(2PIf.sub.m)+sin(2IIf.sub.sc))sin.sup.2 (2IIf.sub.sc)(1)
f.sub.m is the modulation frequency;
f.sub.sc is the subcarrier frequency;
MI is the modulation index (i.e., the ratio of the amplitude
of the modulation information to the amplitude of the subcarrier);
Further equation be simplified using trigonometric identities to obtain an equivalent mathematical expression. Assuming the modulation index is equal to 1 to reduce the expression to its simplest form, the equation is as follows: ##EQU1## Thus, the mathematically approximated output spectrum includes a signal proportional to the modulation information, a signal proportional to the subcarrier, a lower side band signal at 2f.sub.sc -f.sub.m and an upper sideband at 2f.sub.sc +f.sub.m and a third harmonic of the subcarrier. As equation 2 further shows, all of the modulation information is in the upper and lower sidebands at the second harmonic of 2f.sub.sc. Therefore, a bandpass filter can be applied to provide as an output signal either the lower sideband signal at 2f.sub.sc -f.sub.m or the upper sideband signal at 2f.sub.sc +f.sub.m.
The spectrum from Equation 2 is substantially equal to the measured spectrum for the first three harmonics using the cell 10 of FIG. 1. It is believed that the harmonics that result above the third harmonic and the modulation information that is detectable in the odd harmonics at higher values of the modulation index when making measurements of the cell 10 result from the diodes imperfect simulation of the transfer characteristics of equations 1 and 2.
FIG. 14 represents a circuit or cell that may used for modulating the signal according to the present invention pursuant to equations 1 and 2 above. In FIG. 14, the subcarrier F.sub.sc is applied to one input of an adder 102, and to the inputs of two multipliers 104 and 106. The amplitude of the modulation information F.sub.m is controlled by a modulation index control (not shown). The resultant output is substantially the same as the output from the modulator cell 10 of FIG. 1. The circuit of FIG. 14 may be implemented through an analog circuit or through the use of one or more digital arithmetic units.
In addition, the demodulated signal for either the transmitted upper or the transmitted lower sideband can be readily obtained in a demodulator. By merely hetrodyning the received sideband by a reconstructed second harmonic of the subcarrier, the modulation information can be obtained:
Received Sideband=sin(2II(2f.sub.sc -f.sub.m)) (3)
Hetrodyning Signal=cos(2((2II(2f.sub.sc)) (4)
Hetrodyned Signal=(cos(2IIf.sub.sc))(sin(2II(2f.sub.sc -f.sub.m))(5)
which can be simplified into the following equation: ##EQU2##
Hetrodyned Signal=-sin(2IIf.sub.m)+sin(2II2f.sub.c)cos(2II(2f.sub.sc -f.sub.m)) (7)
Further, by using a low pass filter, the modulation information can be obtained. Thus, the received information of the circuit of FIG. 14 may readily be demodulated. The hetrodyning signal may be readily obtained from a phase lock loop or other readily available synthesis circuit.
FIG. 7 represents a circuit for demodulating waveform modulated information. The circuit 110 comprises two detectors, an amplitude detector 220 and a phase detector 240. A processing circuit 190, which can be a microprocessor or a dedicated digital or analog circuit, monitors the phase and amplitude information provided by the two different detectors. If a microprocessor or a digital circuit is used, a sample and hold circuit 170 and an analog to digital converter 180 should be used.
If a microprocessor is used, the microprocessor can compare the measured phase and amplitude signals provided by the two detectors 220 and 240 with predicted values stored in a truth or a logic look-up table. Based upon the truth or logic look-up table, the appropriate voltage for the modulation signal can be reconstructed. Look-up tables are commonly used for demodulating quadrature amplitude modulation signals as described in Tomasi, Electronic Communication Systems (Prentice-Hall 1981) and are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
To obtain the data for the look up table, one of two techniques may be used. First, an empirical measurement technique may be used by connecting the modulator of FIG. 1 to the demodulator of FIG. 7. A known modulation signal is supplied to the modulator and the sampled and held phase values are recorded for use in the table. Alternatively, the anticipated values may be calculated by using piece-wise linear approximation.
If a dedicated digital circuit is used for the processing circuit 190, a finite state machine can be readily constructed that responds to the appropriate phase and amplitude data to reconstruct the modulated information. If an analog circuit is used, a dedicated circuit can be constructed such that for given analog phase and analog amplitude values, an unique digital signal will be provided at the output of the processing circuit. Such a dedicated circuit can be constructed readily through the use of window comparators and switching circuitry. Preferably, in such analog to digital converters, a sample and hold circuit should be used.
FIG. 8 shows a detailed circuit for the amplitude detector 220. The amplitude detector receives the waveform modulated signal F.sub.wm to which a DC offset V.sub.B is added. V.sub.B should preferably be slightly grater than the peak to peak amplitude of the modulated signalF.sub.wm. That summed signal is supplied as one input to a first multiplier or balanced modulator 224 and the other input of the multiplier is a synthesized carrier F.sub.C. The frequency f.sub.c F.sub.C is twice the frequency of the subcarrier F.sub.sc used in the waveform modulator and the carrier F.sub.C may be synthesized by a phase lock loop or by other appropriate circuitry.
The output of the first multiplier 224 is supplied as an input to a second multiplier or balanced modulator 226. The output of a first multiplier is also applied through a divider formed of a resistor R and a resonant tank circuit formed of an inductor L and a capacitor C. The resonant frequency of the tank circuit should be f.sub.c and the resistance of R should be preferably ten or more times greater than the impedance of the inductor at the resonant frequency. The voltage across the resonant circuit is supplied as the other input to the second multiplier 226. The output of the second multiplier 226 is passed through a low pass filter 227 having a cutoff frequency that is between the frequency of the modulated data and the frequency of the carrier.
The output of the filter 227 in the amplitude detector represents the instantaneous amplitude of the waveform modulated signal. In digital implementations, a sample and hold circuit 170 then samples and holds the resultant product signal. To avoid aliasing in the demodulation process, the sampling rate should be at least twice the frequency of the modulation data.
The phase data is obtained in a similar manner that is similar to the manner of obtaining the amplitude data and is shown in FIG. 9. A node 228 in FIG. 8 is also provided to an input to a third multiplier or balanced modulator 246 in the phase detector of FIG. 9. The node 228 is also coupled through another divider formed of a resistor having an impedance R to another tank circuit resonant at f.sub.c comprised of a capacitor C and an inductor L. Again, the resistance of resistor R should be 10 or more times greater than the impedance of the inductor at f.sub.c. The signal developed across the tank circuit is phase shifted ninety degrees by a phase shifter 248 and supplied to another input of the third multiplier 246. The output of the multiplier is low pass filtered by a filter having the same bandpass characteristics as filter 227. The resultant low pass filtered product signal from the third multiplier 246 provides an instantaneous phase signal that may be sampled and held at a frequency of at least twice the frequency of the modulation signal F.sub.m.
FIG. 15 shows yet another demodulation technique. The received signal Fwm is multiplied in a multiplier 302 by a subcarrier signal Fsc at a frequency of half the carrier frequency. The output is passed through a low pass filter 304 having the frequency characteristics identical to the filter 227. The output of the low pass filter is supplied to a second multiplier 306 that multiplies its input by the subcarrier Fsc. The output of the multiplier 306 is supplied to yet another low pass filter 308 with characteristics identical to the filter 227. The output of the filter is supplied to an analog subtractor 310, which eliminates the subcarrier from the demodulated signal F.sub.o. The demodulation technique shown in FIG. 15 may also be done digitally.
In addition, frequency interleaving techniques can be used to avoid artifacts. It has been found that using the modulator cell 10, artifacts in the waveform modulation signal may be detectable by amplitude and frequency modulation detectors operating in precisely the same frequency channel. These artifacts result in a degradation of the received quality of the signal in the co-channel.
To avoid the detection of artifacts, frequency interleaving such as used in the NTSC signal is used.
Thus, the disclosed modulation and demodulation techniques and circuitry for performing those techniques provides an improved form of modulation. Since the disclosed modulation circuitry is
symmetric about the frequency-amplitude plane, (i.e., purely real and purely imaginary signals) the disclosed method of modulation creates no noticeable artifacts for amplitude and frequency modulation detectors. Therefore, a waveform modulated signal can be transmitted on the same frequency band and at the same time as a frequency or amplitude modulated signal thereby effectively doubling the information capacity of any frequency band. The circuitry for the disclosed modulators can also be readily implemented in integrated circuits either through the use of microprocessors or through the use of analog circuits.
1. A modulator cell for modulating a subcarrier signal with a modulation signal comprising:
a subcarrier signal source:
a pair of diodes connected in parallel, each diode having an anode and a cathode and wherein the anode of a first diode is coupled to the subcarrier signal source, wherein the anode of the first diode is coupled to the cathode of the second diode so that current flow through the diodes is antiparallel and a resistor coupled in parallel to the diodes; and
a modulation signal source coupled to the anode of the second diode wherein both the subcarrier and the modulation signal have a peak to peak amplitude and the modulation signal source includes a means for limiting the peak to peak amplitude of the modulation signal to be less than one half of the peak to peak amplitude of the subcarrier signal.
2. The modulator cell of claim 1, wherein the means for limiting comprises a voltage divider and the resistance of the voltage divider limits the peak magnitude of the modulation signal to less than the peak magnitude of the subcarrier signal.
3. An apparatus for modulating a reference signal having a frequency with a modulation signal comprising:
means for receiving the reference signal to the apparatus;
means for receiving the modulation signal to the apparatus, wherein the means for receiving the modulation signal includes means for limiting the peak to peak voltage of the modulation signal to less than the peak to peak voltage of the reference signal; and
a waveform modulator cell receiving both the reference signal and the modulation signal and generating a waveform modulated output signal centered at a frequency twice that of said reference frequency, the modulator cell having a voltage to current transfer curve that is linear in a first region and non-linear in at least a second region.
4. A circuit for modulating a subcarrier with a modulation signal, the circuit comprising a cell including
a resistive branch; and
a second and third branch both coupled in parallel to the first branch, wherein current flow in the second and third branches being substantially antiparallel and the current voltage transfer characteristics in the second and third branches being non-linear beyond a certain magnitude range and
a differential amplifier coupled across the branches to provide a single ended output.
5. A method for modulating a subcarrier having a frequency with a modulation signal to thereby provide an output at a different carrier frequency, the method comprising:
supplying a modulator cell, having two nodes and a non-linear characteristic current voltage transfer curve that is symmetric about the current axis and circuit elements having a conduction threshold voltage and the subcarrier has a peak to peak amplitude;
coupling the subcarrier to a first node wherein the step of coupling the subcarrier to the first node includes limiting the peak to peak voltage to a range between 1.5 to 5 times the magnitude of the threshold voltage;
coupling the modulation signal to the second node; and
coupling the second node to the output.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the modulation information has a bandwidth and the step of coupling the second node to the output comprises:
bandpass filtering the signal at the second node with a filter having a bandwidth substantially equal to the bandwidth of the modulation information, and a cutoff frequency of the filter is substantially equal to the carrier frequency.
7. The method of claim 6, where the carrier frequency is twice the frequency of the subcarrier frequency.
8. The method of claim 5, wherein the coupling of the second node to the output further includes coupling both the first and second nodes to a differential amplifier to provide a single-ended output.
9. A modulation cell for modulating a subcarrier with modulation information, wherein the cell comprises:
an adder to provide a sum of the subcarrier with a signal proportional to the modulation information; and
a means for multiplying the sum by the square of the subcarrier.
10. The modulation cell of claim 9 wherein the means for multiplying comprises:
a first multiplier to multiply the sum by the subcarrier to produce a first product; and
a second multiplier to multiply the first product by the subcarrier.
11. The modulation cell of claim 9, wherein the means for multiplying comprises:
a squarer receiving the subcarrier and providing the square of the subcarrier; and
a multiplier to multiply the sum by the square of the subcarrier.
12. A method for modulating a subcarrier signal with a modulation signal, the method comprising:
adding a signal proportional to the modulation signal to the subcarrier signal to produce a sum; and
multiplying the sum by a signal proportional to the square of the subcarrier signal.
13. A communications method for transmitting an output signal bearing a frequency relationship to a supplied subcarrier with information based upon a modulation signal, the method comprising:
adding a signal proportional to the modulation signal to the subcarrier signal to produce a sum;
multiplying the sum by a signal proportional to the square of the subcarrier signal;
bandpass filtering to obtain the output signal in a frequency band selected based upon the frequency relationship;
transmitting the output of the bandpass filter over a medium;
receiving the transmitted output; and
demodulating the transmitted output.
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4613974 September 23, 1986 Vokac et al.
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Filed: Sep 6, 1991
Date of Patent: Apr 6, 1993
Assignee: WavePhore, Inc. (Tempe, AZ)
Inventors: Richard C. Gerdes (Scotsdale, AZ), Mary K. Gerdes (Scotsdale, AZ)
Primary Examiner: Siegfried H. Grimm
Law Firm: Spensley Horn Jubas & Lubitz
Current U.S. Class: Miscellaneous (332/185); Plural Modulation (332/151); Including Discrete Semiconductor Device (332/168); Nonlinear Discrete Semiconductor Device (332/177); Suppressed Carrier Wave System (455/46); Plural Modulation (455/102); Vestigial Or Single Sideband Or Suppressed Carrier (455/109)
International Classification: H03C 100;
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Method and apparatus for controlling outgoing calls on a telephone line
Nov 13, 1996 - U S West Technologies, Inc.
A service for screening outgoing telephone calls. The service allows a subscriber to determine the times of day and/or days of the week when she wants her outgoing calls on her telephone line to be restricted to numbers which have been approved by her. Calls to numbers other than those on the authorized list will not be completed. Incoming calls are also restricted and a privileged caller code must be entered for the outside caller to complete the call to the subscriber.
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The invention relates to the field of telephonic communications. More particularly, the invention relates to the field of special services. In still greater particularity, the invention relates to the field of call diversion. By way of further characterization, but not by way of limitation thereto, the invention allows a telephone subscriber to control the times at which incoming and outgoing calls may be made.
2. Background of the Invention
As communication becomes more important in our society, telephone usage has increased. Many people view this as an improvement to their way of life. However, there are times when the telephone can become a nuisance such as when it rings during dinner or when a family activity is planned. Another situation where telephone calls may be undesirable is if children, especially teenagers, are present in the house and make numerous calls to, or are called numerous times by their friends, especially if those calls are made late at night.
In order to address the inconvenience surrounding unwanted interruptions, many telephone companies have inaugurated services such as "Do Not Disturb" which eliminate incoming telephone calls during inconvenient times. While prior art systems such as Do Not Disturb services have addressed the issue of blocking incoming calls during certain periods, it would also be desirable to have some control over calls made from the subscriber's phone. In the case of teenagers who are supposed to be doing other activities such as homework, it would be advantageous to have the capability to limit their use of the telephone for outgoing calls. This is especially relevant in the situation where a second telephone line has been installed on the subscriber premises especially for the use of the teenager. If the telephone is located in the bedroom of the teenager or in the basement of the home, there may be limited opportunity for the parent to monitor use of the second telephone line. If the parent or guardian could limit use of the telephone line such that calls could not be made late at night or during homework periods, then more parents may be willing to subscribe to additional lines.
While subscribers may want to limit incoming and outgoing calls during certain periods, they may also want certain callers to be able to reach them during those periods. They may also want certain outgoing calls to be completed during times when the line is otherwise blocked. For example, the subscriber may never want to block outgoing emergency calls to 911 or calls to the police station.
The invention allows a subscriber to block incoming and outgoing calls indefinitely or where based upon specific times of the day for weekday or weekend screening. When the service is active, calls from the subscriber line will only be completed to numbers on the authorized outgoing number list, the administration number, and 911. During the same time, only incoming calls to the subscriber's number which are accompanied by a predetermined privileged caller code will be completed. This code can be used by privileged callers to allow access to the subscriber's number even when the service is active.
The service can be turned on or off manually by the subscriber or automatically through schedules. Subscribers can customize and control their profile by using a touch tone phone to change weekday/weekend schedules. The subscriber can also activate or deactivate the service for an indefinite period, change security and privileged caller codes, and select greetings from a prerecorded set of voice announcements. The subscriber may also change the authorized outgoing number list for outgoing calls.
When the service is off, all incoming calls will be sent to the subscriber's telephone number for normal call processing. If the subscriber's telephone is not in use, the subscriber's telephone will ring and the caller will hear the audible ringing. All outgoing calls will be processed normally when the service is off.
When the service is active, incoming calls will be directed to the subscriber's direct inward dial number to play the greetings. If the caller inputs the required privileged caller code the call will be completed. If the code is not entered, the caller will hear an announcement that the subscriber is unavailable. If the subscriber has a messaging service, the caller will be asked to stay on the line to leave a message. If there is no messaging service, then the call will be terminated.
For outgoing calls when the service is on and the dialed number is recognized as being on the authorized outgoing number list, the call will be routed normally. Otherwise the subscriber will hear an announcement that the phone is off and the call will not be completed. If the subscriber wants to set a privileged caller code, he or she establishes it and gives the code number to privileged callers. The privileged caller code can be changed at any time through a touch tone phone. Privileged callers input the code during the greeting or within 4 seconds thereafter to complete a call to the subscriber.
FIG. 1 illustrates a DTMF keypad on a telephone;
FIG. 2 illustrates the architecture for updating the subscriber profile;
FIG. 3 illustrates the architecture for routing incoming calls to a subscriber;
FIG. 4 is a call flow chart for incoming calls to a subscriber line;
FIG. 5 illustrates the steps taken when a caller enters the preferred caller code;
FIG. 6 illustrates the architecture associated with outbound calls from the subscriber telephone line;
FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating the sequence of steps employed by the service when a subscriber attempts to place a call;
FIG. 8 is a flow chart illustrating the interruptible subscriber tutorial feature;
FIG. 9 is a flow chart for changing the privileged caller code (PCC);
FIG. 10 is a flow chart illustrating the steps taken by the subscriber in order to hear the numbers currently on the authorized outgoing number list;
FIG. 11 is a flow chart illustrating the steps taken by the subscriber in order to remove a number from the authorized outgoing number list; and
FIG. 12 is a flow chart illustrating the steps taken by a subscriber to add a telephone number to the authorized outgoing number list.
Reference is now made to the drawing figures wherein like reference numerals denote like elements throughout each of the various figures. Referring to FIG. 1, a Dual Tone Multifrequency (DTMF) keypad 13 is shown with keys 1-9, *, O, and # numbered 1-12 respectively. Service features embodied in the present invention may be activated using the DTMF keypad 13. Subscribers may access the service from any touch tone phone which, by definition, includes a DTMF keypad 13. Voice instructions, in the form of prompts, guide the user through menus.
The service is implemented by an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) architecture. The network includes Common Channel Signaling (CCS). CCS provides the link between a circuit switched voice telephone network and ISCP database service applications. The CCS network also routes query and response messages between Service Switching Points and ISCPs within a CCS network. CCS networks are also known as Signaling System Number 7 or SS7 Networks. The service is implemented by application software residing on an Intelligent Service Control Point (ISCP) with service defining logic to create individual call handling instructions. An ISCP is a network system that supports network service databases. The ISCP provides call treatment information in response to queries from the CCS Network. ISCPs share a set of common software components which, taken together, represent a software platform and which is referred to as node software.
Triggers on the telephone lines cause software resident on the ISCP to execute, which initiates incoming, outgoing and subscriber profile portions of the service. Referring to FIG. 2, the network architecture used to enable the subscriber to create and update the service profile is shown. A local telephone number (referred to herein as the administration number) is provided in each calling area for subscribers to call in order to listen to or make changes to their service profiles. Calls to the administration number do not have to originate from the subscriber's phone. When a subscriber dials a local telephone number from her telephone line 14 associated with the service, the call is routed through the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSN) 15 and switch 16 to the Intelligent Services Peripheral (ISP) 17. The ISP provides the announcements and instructions to the subscriber to request the input of certain DTMF commands required in the DTMF menus.
The DTMF menus prompt the caller to enter the subscriber's 10 digit telephone number. The ISP sends a message to the ISCP 18 to verify that the telephone number is a valid service subscriber. If the call is for a valid subscriber number, then the caller is prompted to enter a 4 digit security code. Once the security code is validated by ISCP 18, the ISCP instructs ISP 17 to play a message informing the caller of the current status of the subscriber service for the normal DTMF interface. In response to the instructions from the ISP the subscriber enters the desired digits on the DTMF keypad in order to create or modify the user profile as will be discussed below. ISP 17 forwards the information to ISCP 18 which in turn instructs the ISP whether or not more information is needed. If more information is needed then the subscriber is again asked for information. If no more information is needed then ISP 17 is instructed to terminate the call.
Referring to FIG. 3 the architecture for routing incoming calls to the subscriber is shown. When a caller 19 dials the telephone number of the subscriber telephone line 14, the switch 16 serving the subscriber detects a set trigger on the subscriber line as is known in the art. A query is sent to ISCP 18 through a Signal Transfer Point (STP) 20 and the ISCP 18 performs a lookup into the subscriber service profile to determine whether the service is on or off. An STP is a switch that acts like a packet switch and performs translation functions and controls the routing of CCS messages through a CCS network. If ISCP 18 determines that the service is off then the ISCP sends an instruction through STP 20 to the switch 16 to route the call to the subscriber line 14. If ISCP 18 determines that the service is on, then the call is routed back to the STP 20 which returns it to the switch 16 which in turn routes it to a switch 21 serving the ISP 17. ISP 17 requests instructions on how to handle the call from the ISCP 18. Pursuant to those instructions ISP 17 plays an announcement which has been preselected by the subscriber. ISP 17 does not prompt the caller to enter the privileged caller code (PCC) in order to avoid alerting non-privileged callers that such an option is available. If the caller does not enter the privileged caller code, she is either routed to a messaging service if the subscriber has such service or the call is terminated. If the caller enters a privileged caller code ISCP 18 verifies the code and ISP 17 initiates a call to the subscriber telephone line through the switches 16 and 21 connecting the caller and subscriber when the subscriber telephone is answered. If the subscriber line is busy, ISCP 18 instructs ISP 17 to play an announcement indicating such. If the subscriber does not answer after a predetermined number of rings, then ISCP 18 instructs ISP 17 to play an announcement indicating that there is no answer.
Referring to FIG. 4, a call flow chart for incoming calls to a subscriber line is shown. When a calling party dials the subscriber's telephone number and enters the service at 22, the service determines at step 23 whether the service is on or off. If the service is not active then the call is handled in a normal fashion at step 24. If the service is on, then a check is done at 25 to see whether or not the subscriber has voice messaging. The appropriate greeting is played at 26 and 27. If the calling party enters the privileged callers code during the greeting at step 26 or 27 or within 4 seconds of the termination of the greeting, then the call is routed to step 28 and FIG. 5. If, at step 26 or 27 the caller does not enter the PCC, and if the subscriber is a VMS subscriber, the caller is routed to a Voice Messaging Service (VMS) at step 29 as is known in the art. If the subscriber does not have VMS, then the service plays an announcement asking the caller to try again later and terminates the call at 30.
Referring to FIG. 5, if the caller to a subscriber line enters a PCC at step 26 or 27 in FIG. 4, then she is routed to step 28 in FIG. 5. If the PCC is validated by the service at 31, then the system dials the subscriber's telephone line at 32 and a check is made at 33 to see if the line is busy. If it is busy the caller is so advised at 34. A further check is then made to see if the subscriber has voice messaging at 35. If the subscriber does have voice messaging then, at 38, the caller is given a choice between calling again later or holding to leave a message. If the caller holds, the call is routed to voice messaging at 39. If the subscriber does not have voice messaging or the line is busy after a PCC has been entered, the caller is asked to try again later at 36 and the call is terminated at 37. If a valid PCC is confirmed at 31 and the line is not busy, a check is made at 40 to see if the subscriber answers. If the subscriber answers then the call is processed as usual at 41. If the party does not answer, the same check for voice messaging described above occurs and the call is either terminated or the caller is sent to voice messaging (steps 35-39). If the entered PCC is not validated at step 31 then the caller is so advised at 43 and the caller is given three attempts to enter a valid PCC at 44. If the caller is not successful in entering the valid PCC in three attempts then the call is terminated.
Referring to FIG. 6, the architecture associated with outbound calls from the subscriber telephone line is shown. When someone from the subscriber telephone line 14 dials the number of a called party 45 the switch 16 detects a trigger point associated with the service. A query is sent to ISCP 18 through STP 20. ISCP 18 performs a lookup into the subscriber profile to determine the status of the service. If the service is off, the ISCP 18 instructs the switch 16 to route the call to the called party 45. If ISCP 18 determines that the service is on, then the called party telephone number is checked against the authorized outgoing number list. If the number is on the list then ISCP 18, through the STP 20, instructs the switch 16 to route the call to the called party 45. If the dialed number is not on the authorized outgoing number list, then ISCP 18 instructs switch 16 to route the call to ISP 17 via Service Switching Point (SSP) 21. An SSP is an imbedded system controlled hardware switch module located in the local network. SSPs provide local network access to ISCP database oriented network services. The primary function of the SSP is to process calls that require remote database handling or control. At ISP 17, the Automatic Number Identification (ANI) of the calling number is checked against the subscriber's telephone number. If the numbers match, then a terminating announcement is played indicating that the phone is off and the call is terminated.
Referring to FIG. 7, a flow chart illustrating the sequence of steps employed by the service when a subscriber attempts to place a call from her telephone line is shown. When a call is placed from a telephone line on the service at 46, the service determines at 47 whether the service is on or off at that time. If the service is not on, then the call is handled in the normal manner by the network at 48. If the telephone number dialed is on the authorized outgoing number list as determined by the service at 49, then the call is also handled in the normal manner at 48. If the called number is not on the authorized list, then the caller from the subscriber's line is so notified at 51 and disconnected by the service at 52. It should be understood that calls to 911 and the administration number need not be put on the authorized outgoing number list as calls to these numbers will always be connected.
By using a touch tone phone keypad as shown in FIG. 1 the subscriber can access his or her profile by dialing the administration number and then entering the telephone number of the subscribing line. The subscriber can customize and control the profile using the DTMF keypad as will be discussed below. The subscriber is given a temporary security code to access the profile for the first time. The subscriber changes the code to a permanent one on the first call and may change it again on subsequent calls. Similarly, a privileged caller code (PCC) may be established by the subscriber to allow incoming callers to override call blocking. The authorized outgoing number list allows the subscriber to enter up to ten phone numbers that will always be completed when dialed from the subscriber line even when the service is on. Both the PCC and the authorized outgoing number list may be changed by the subscriber at any time. The subscriber may elect two types of screening activation. The first is "until further notice" which turns the service on or off until the subscriber changes it. The second type of screening is to have the service turn on or off according to schedules. These schedules automatically block incoming and outgoing calls at specified times of the day. The subscriber can specify two schedules each for weekdays and weekends. Upon service start-up two preset default schedules are active. These default schedules are for a certain time period e.g. (10 PM-6 AM) on weekday school nights (Sun.-Thur.) and another time period (11 PM-7 AM) on weekend nights (Fri.-Sat.).
In order to activate or change the options in the service described above the subscriber calls into the service and interfaces with the service using a touch tone phone as is known in the art. For example, voice messaging utilizes similar interfaces requiring the user to respond to prompts by entering DTMF signals. When the subscriber calls the administration update center number for the first time, she is sent to an interactive tutorial. In this tutorial, the subscriber is prompted to personalize 5 features of the call flow service: security code; greeting; PCC; schedules; and authorized outgoing number list.
Referring to FIG. 8, a flow chart illustrating how the interruptible first time subscriber tutorial works is shown. The tutorial recognizes which of the five features, if any have been previously customized by the subscriber. That is, when the subscriber enters the service, the system searches to find out if the subscriber has previously entered the tutorial and if so, which options she has already customized. This is especially useful where the subscriber has exited the tutorial prior to customizing all of the options. For example, the subscriber may have been in the process of customizing the options when she was disconnected or otherwise terminated the call. Any and all changes which have been confirmed by the caller on the previous call are saved. On the subscriber's next call following such an interruption, an announcement is played indicating which features have been set up. The subscriber is then routed to the first unfinished feature and the tutorial begins there. The process continues for all subsequent calls until the entire tutorial has been heard and selections for all features have been confirmed by the subscriber.
Referring again to FIG. 8, if a system check determines that the entire tutorial has not yet been heard, the system performs the search to locate the starting place at 53. The security code is the first query at 54. If the security code has not been changed from the temporary code, the caller is sent to the beginning of the tutorial at 56 and asked to change that code. If the security code has been changed and confirmed by the subscriber then the system checks at 55 whether the subscriber has either chosen to accept the default greeting or selected an alternate greeting. If the greeting was not confirmed as queried at 55 then the system moves to the play saved step 57. The subscriber is advised in step 58 that in the last call the security code was set up and the system will begin with the greetings feature at 59 as is also known in the art. If the greetings have been completed, the system checks at 61 to see of the subscriber has either set up a PCC or confirmed that no PCC is desired. If the PCC feature has not been customized and confirmed by the subscriber previously then the play saved function at 57 advises the subscriber of what features have been completed and the subscriber is taken to the PCC tutorial at 63. If the PCC feature has been confirmed, the service checks to see if the subscriber has confirmed what schedules, if any, are desired. If the scheduling feature was completed previously then the subscriber is taken directly to the authorized outgoing number list tutorial at 64 and given the option to add numbers to that list as will be described below. If the scheduling feature was not previously completed, then the play saved function at 57 advises the subscriber of this and the subscriber is taken to the schedule tutorial at 65 to customize this feature as is known in the art.
Referring to FIG. 9, the flow chart for changing the privileged caller code (PCC) as part of the regular DTMF menus is shown. The subscriber calls the service administration number which can always be accessed even when the service is activated. The subscriber accesses the system by entering the ten digit subscriber number and enters the system using the security code through a menu similar to the VMS type of menu at 66 and the system requests a new PCC at 67. The user may press the * key 10 on DTMF keypad 13 to exit and return to the previous menu as is known in prior art voice messaging systems. If the * key 10 is pressed at 67, the subscriber is notified that the PCC will not change at 68 and returned to the personal options menu at 69. If the subscriber enters a new PCC at 67, then the system prompts the subscriber to confirm the new PCC at 71 or to indicate that it should again be changed. The subscriber may also press * key 10 at step 71 to return to the previous menu at 69. If the subscriber confirms the new PCC at 71, then the system reminds the subscriber to inform the privileged callers of the new PCC at step 72 and the subscriber is routed to the appropriate menu at 73. If at step 71 the subscriber presses the designated DTMF key to further change the PCC, then she is routed back into the system at step 66. If at either of steps 67 or 71 the subscriber makes an error then she is given a predetermined number of attempts to correct the mistake before being terminated at 44.
As stated above, the service, when turned on, only allows outgoing calls from the subscriber's line to numbers on the authorized outgoing numbers list, the administration number, and to 911. The subscriber may desire to create or change the authorized list. Referring to FIG. 10, in order to hear the numbers currently on the outgoing number list the subscriber accesses the system at step 66 as in FIG. 8. The system determines at step 75 whether or not there are any numbers on the list. If there are no numbers on the list, then the subscriber is so advised at 76 and routed back to the previous menu at 77. If the system determines at step 75 that there are numbers currently on the list, then the subscriber is so advised at step 78 and the numbers are played sequentially at steps 79 and 80 until the system determines that there are no more numbers on the list at step 81. The subscriber is advised at step 82 that the entire list has been played and she is routed to the previous menu at step 77.
Referring to FIG. 11, if the user desires to remove a number from the authorized outgoing number list, then she accesses the system as described at step 66. At step 83 the user is advised to enter the number to be removed followed by # key 12 to remove the number. The user is also prompted to press * key 10 to cancel the request and return to the previous menu at step 84. If the number entered at step 83 is not recognized as being on the list by the system at step 85, the subscriber is so advised at step 86. The subscriber is then returned to step 83. If the number entered at step 83 is recognized at step 85 then the system asks the user to confirm the removal of the number at step 87. If the subscriber presses a predetermined DTMF key (i.e. key 1) to confirm removal the number is removed at step 88. If the subscriber presses a predetermined DTMF key (i.e. key 2) at step 87 to keep the number on the list or if the subscriber presses the * key 10 at this point, then the number removal is canceled at step 89. If the cancellation at 89 was due to input of the * key 10, the subscriber is routed to step 90. If cancellation is due to pressing a DTMF key (e.g. 2), then the subscriber is returned to step 66 at 90.
Referring to FIG. 12, the subscriber may also add a telephone number to the authorized outgoing number list. The subscriber enters the system as before and proceeds to step 66. The system prompts the subscriber to enter the new telephone number at step 91. As with the other menus the subscriber may press the * key 10 to cancel the request and return to the previous menu at step 92. If a number is entered at 91 then the system checks at step 93 to see if the entered number was 911. If the user entered 911, at step 94 the system advises the user that entering 911 is not necessary and the user is returned to step 91. If the user entered a number other than 911 the system checks to see if it is a valid number at step 95. If it is not a valid number then the user is given the opportunity to correct the error at step 74 as previously described. At step 96 the system checks to see if the new number is the system administration number. If the system administration number has been entered, then the user is also routed to step 94 and advised that, as with 911, entry of this number is not necessary as it is never blocked. If the number entered at step 91 is a valid number, and not 911 or the system administration number then the system will repeat the number at step 97 and ask the user for confirmation of the number addition. The user may also press the * key 12 to return to the previous menu at 98. Finally, the user may confirm the number to be added at step 97 and the system will confirm the addition and add the number at step 99. If the user had made an error the standard error menu will allow the user a certain number of correction attempts at step 44.
While the invention has been disclosed with respect to a preferred embodiment thereof, it is not to be so limited as changes and modifications may be made which are within the full intended scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. For example, while certain DTMF keys may be specified to exit a menu or step or to confirm or delete an entry, it should be expressly understood that the selection of specific keys form no part of the invention. Similarly, the selection of wording for announcements, for example, are a matter of design choice.
1. A method for controlling an outgoing telephone call from a telephone line associated with a subscriber to a called telephone number, the method comprising:
detecting a trigger point on the line indicative of a screening service;
determining whether the screening service is active or inactive including comparing a time of day and a day of week at which the outgoing call is attempted to a preset active schedule, wherein the preset active schedule is modifiable by the subscriber;
routing the outgoing call through a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) if the service is inactive;
comparing the called number to at least one telephone number on an authorized outgoing numbers list if the service is active, the at least one telephone number having at least seven digits;
routing the outgoing call through the PSTN if the called number is on the authorized outgoing numbers list; and
advising the subscriber via the line that the outgoing call cannot be completed if the called number is not on the authorized outgoing numbers list.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the authorized outgoing numbers list is modifiable by the subscriber.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein an outgoing telephone call from the line to an emergency telephone number is routed whether or not the emergency number is on the authorized outgoing numbers list.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein an outgoing telephone call from the line to an administration telephone number associated with the screening service is routed whether or not the administration number is on the authorized outgoing numbers list.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the preset active schedule comprises a default schedule prior to deployment of the screening service on the line.
6. A system for controlling an outgoing telephone call from a telephone line associated with a subscriber to a called telephone number, the system comprising:
means for detecting a trigger point on the line indicative of a screening service; and
control logic operative to determine whether the screening service is active or inactive by comparing a time of day and a day of week at which the outgoing call is attempted to a preset active schedule, wherein the preset active schedule is modifiable by the subscriber, route the outgoing call through a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) if the service is inactive, compare the called number to at least one telephone number on an authorized outgoing numbers list if the service is active, the at least one telephone number having at least seven digits, route the outgoing call through the PSTN if the called number is on the authorized outgoing numbers list, and advise the subscriber via the line that the outgoing call cannot be completed if the called number is not on the authorized outgoing numbers list.
7. The system of claim 6 wherein the authorized outgoing numbers list may be modified by the subscriber.
8. The system of claim 6 wherein the control logic is further operative to route an outgoing telephone call from the line to an emergency telephone number whether or not the emergency number is on the authorized outgoing numbers list.
9. The system of claim 6 wherein the control logic is further operative to route an outgoing telephone call from the line to an administration telephone number associated with the screening service whether or not the administration number is on the authorized outgoing numbers list.
10. The system of claim 6 wherein the preset active schedule comprises a default schedule prior to deployment of the screening service on the line.
11. A method for controlling an outgoing telephone call from a telephone line associated with a subscriber to a called telephone number and an incoming telephone call from a calling party to the line, the method comprising:
determining whether the screening service is active or inactive including comparing a time of day and a day of week at which the outgoing or incoming call is attempted to a preset active schedule, wherein the preset active schedule is modifiable by the subscriber;
routing the outgoing or incoming call through a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) if the service is inactive;
routing the outgoing call through the PSTN if the called number is on the authorized outgoing numbers list;
advising the subscriber via the line that the outgoing call cannot be completed if the called number is not on the authorized outgoing numbers list;
responding to the incoming call if the service is active with a subscriber modifiable message; and
routing the incoming call through the PSTN to the line if the service is active only in response to entry by the calling party of a privileged caller code (PCC).
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the authorized outgoing numbers list and the PCC may be modified by the subscriber.
13. The method of claim 11 wherein an outgoing telephone call from the line to an emergency telephone number is routed whether or not the emergency number is on the authorized outgoing numbers list.
14. The method of claim 11 wherein an outgoing telephone call from the line to an administration telephone number associated with the screening service is routed whether or not the administration number is on the authorized outgoing numbers list.
15. The method of claim 11 wherein the preset active schedule comprises a default schedule prior to deployment of the screening service on the line.
16. A system for controlling an outgoing telephone call from a telephone line associated with a subscriber to a called telephone number and an incoming telephone call from a calling party to the line, the system comprising:
control logic operative to determine whether the screening service is active or inactive by comparing a time of day and a day of week at which the outgoing or incoming call is attempted to a preset active schedule, wherein the preset active schedule is modifiable by the subscriber, route the outgoing or incoming call through a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) if the service is inactive, compare the called number to at least one telephone number on an authorized outgoing numbers list if the service is active, the at least one telephone number having at least seven digits, route the outgoing call through the PSTN if the called number is on the authorized outgoing numbers list, advise the subscriber via the line that the outgoing call cannot be completed if the called number is not on the authorized outgoing numbers list, respond to the incoming call if the service is active with a subscriber modifiable message, and route the incoming call through the PSTN to the line if the service is active only in response to entry by the calling party of a privileged caller code (PCC).
17. The system of claim 16 wherein the authorized outgoing numbers list and the PCC may be modified by the subscriber.
18. The system of claim 16 wherein the control logic is further operative to route an outgoing telephone call from the line to an emergency telephone number whether or not the emergency number is on the authorized outgoing numbers list.
19. The system of claim 16 wherein the control logic is further operative to route an outgoing telephone call from the line to an administration telephone number associated with the screening service whether or not the administration number is on the authorized outgoing numbers list.
20. The system of claim 16 wherein the preset active schedule comprises a default schedule prior to deployment of the screening service on the line.
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Date of Patent: Sep 1, 1998
Assignee: U S West Technologies, Inc. (Boulder, CO)
Inventors: Gail L. Clarke (Boulder, CO), Karen A. Siegel-Jacobs (Boulder, CO), Lorraine M. Vienneau (Phoenix, AZ), Robert J. Cuthbertson (Lafayette, CO)
Primary Examiner: Krista Zele
Assistant Examiner: Daniel S. Hunter
Attorney: Timothy R. Schulte
Current U.S. Class: At Switching Center (379/196); 379/207; Call Or Terminal Access Alarm Or Control (379/188); 379/89
International Classification: H04M 342;
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Justia Patents Animal Blocking Lateral Projection, Trap, Or ScarerUS Patent for Apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds from crowding Patent (Patent # 5,836,114)
Apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds from crowding
Nov 30, 1995 - Ohba Building Maintenance Co., Ltd.
Birds, especially, pigeons dislike the presence of a magnetic field because each bird has a biological instinctive ability of sensing the presence of the magnetic field. In order to utilize this biological instinctive sensing ability for the purpose of preventing birds from crowding at the upper part of a building, a plurality of magnetic members are disposed on an arm(s) turnably held at the uppermost end of a support column. When a bird perches on the arm, the latter is turned by the action of his own dead weight, resulting in the bird amazingly flying away from the arm. It is effective that a rotary wind blade having two magnetic members immovably secured to the opposite sides thereof is disposed at the uppermost end of each support column so as to largely affect the magnetic field induced by the magnetic members disposed on the arm and the magnetic members disposed on the rotary wind blade. Magnetic members may be disposed on a wire-shaped member tightly spanned between adjacent support columns, a bird threatening unit, a plurality of wires suspending from the upper end of an opening portion located above the veranda of a building or a similar member.
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The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds such as pigeons or the like from crowing at the upper part of a building such as a veranda or the like. More particularly, the present invention relates to improvement of an apparatus of the foregoing type.
2. Description of the Related Art
In recent years, the number of birds such as pigeons, crows, sparrows, gray starlings or the like living in a city increases but droppings and infectious bacilli discharged from birds become a serious problem from the viewpoint of environmental sanitary. In view of the foregoing fact, various proposals have been made with respect to an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds such as pigeons or the like from crowding inside of a veranda or a similar location on a building by utilizing, e.g., needles, supersonic sound, rapacious bird eye-like convexly marks or the like. In addition, another proposals have been made with respect to an apparatus of the foregoing type in significant consideration of the fact that each bird dislikes the presence of a high intensity of magnetic field because the biological instinctive ability of each bird for sensing the magnetic field (effective for determining the direction of his flying or maintaining an instinct of returning to his home position by himself) is adversely disturbed by the magnetic field. In this connection, it is recommendable that reference is made to an official gazette of, e.g., Japanese Utilization Model Publication NO. 4-10789 which discloses a typical apparatus of the aforementioned type.
However, this conventional apparatus has the following problem. Specifically, a plurality of semispherical magnets arranged along a tension wire in the substantially equally spaced relationship as seen in the horizontal direction exhibit a function of preventing pigeons from crowding on the tension wire to some extent but some pigeons are not sensitive to the magnetic field, causing them to perch still on the tension wire between adjacent magnets. For this reason, the foregoing proposed apparatus is not satisfactorily acceptable for any user.
In addition, a proposal has been made by an applicant common to the present invention with respect to an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds from crowing at the upper part of a building wherein the apparatus is constructed such that a pair of support columns are caused to stand upright from the handrail of a veranda, a wire is tightly spanned between both the support columns, and a plurality of magnetic members are arranged along the wire in the spaced relationship for the purpose of preventing birds from perching on the veranda (see the specification of Japanese Utilization Model Application NO. 4-93897).
It is certain that this proposed apparatus is effective for preventing pigeons from perching on the handrail of the veranda. However, in the case that the veranda has a large width, it is necessary that many apparatuses each constructed in that way are mounted on the veranda. When birds invade directly in a room through a window, the proposed apparatus not always exhibits its own function.
To cope with the foregoing problem, it is thinkable that all the opening portions on a building are covered with a net or a similar material. However, at the time of an occurrence of emergency such as firing or the like, the net becomes a kind of obstacle not only for persons who want to escape from their room but also for firemen who should enter the room for performing a fire fighting operation.
The present invention has been made in consideration of the aforementioned background.
An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds such as pigeons or the like from crowding at the upper part of a building such as a veranda or the like wherein the apparatus assures that crowding of birds, especially, pigeons on the rooftop of a building or a similar location can reliably be prevented.
Other object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds such as pigeons or the like from crowding at the upper part of a building such as a veranda or the like wherein the apparatus can reliably prevent invasion of the birds inside of the veranda or the like, and moreover, it does not become a kind of obstacle for achieving a fire fighting operation to be performed by firemen at the time of an occurrence of firing by dismounting or removing the apparatus from the veranda or the like.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds such as pigeons or the like from crowding at the upper part of a building such as a veranda or the like wherein the apparatus assures that excellent bird dispersing properties can be exhibited by effectively utilizing the magnetic field generated by a plurality of magnetic members, the apparatus has long durability, and moreover, the apparatus has a high degree of safety for other kinds of animals rather than the birds.
Further object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, pigeons, crows, sparrows, gray starlings or swallows from crowing at the upper part of a building wherein the apparatus assures that the veranda, the handrail or the rooftop of a living house, the rooftop of a cathedral, a shrine, a broad casting station's tower or a power-transmission line's tower is not unpleasantly contaminated with their droppings.
Further another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, sea-gulls or similar birds from crowding together wherein the apparatus assures that the sail or the mast of a yacht, the upper surface of each floating buoy or the handrail of a bridge is not unpleasantly contaminated with their droppings.
Still further another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, owls or similar birds from crowding together in the vicinity of a living house wherein the apparatus assures that a person(s) staying in the living house are not unpleasantly disturbed with their crying voice or noisy sound induced by the fluttering of their wings.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds from crowding at the upper part of a building, wherein the apparatus comprises a support column standing upright from the upper part of the building; an arm turnably disposed at the uppermost end of the support column to turn about an intersection where the support column intersects the arm normally at a right angle relative to each other in the upward/downward direction and/or in the leftward/rightward direction, the intersection being positionally coincident with the uppermost end of the support column; and two magnetic members disposed at the opposite ends of the arm.
To enhance the bird dispersing effect of the apparatus, it is acceptable that two or more arms are arranged one above another to build a two-staged structure, a three-staged structure or the like.
Alternatively, for the same purpose as mentioned above, two or more arms are arranged in the equally spaced relationship as seen in the circumferential direction while defining a certain angle between adjacent arms, and two magnetic members are immovably disposed at the opposite ends of each of the arms.
Otherwise, for the same purpose as mentioned above, each of the support column and/or the arm(s) may be prepared in the form of a coil spring.
Usually, each arm is made of a metallic material. In some case, each arm may be made of a non-metallic material such as wood, synthetic resin, rubber, fibrous material or the like depending on the position where the apparatus is practically used, e.g., the position located on the uppermost part of a tower for a power-transmission line system.
In addition, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds from crowding at the upper part of a building, wherein the apparatus comprises a plurality of support columns each standing upright from the upper part of the building, the support columns being arranged in the spaced relationship along the upper part of the building; a wire-shaped member tightly spanned between two support columns located at the opposite ends of the wire-shaped member as seen in the horizontal direction; a plurality of cylindrical hollow magnetic members each having the wire-shaped member inserted therethrough in the horizontal direction; and a plurality of sleeves each having the wire-shaped member inserted therethrough in the horizontal direction and located adjacent to each cylindrical hollow magnetic member in such a manner as to allow the cylindrical hollow magnetic members and the sleeves to be alternately arranged along the wire-shaped member.
To assure that the position to be assumed by the cylindrical hollow magnetic members is definitely determined, it is desirable that two washers are disposed at the opposite ends of each cylindrical hollow magnetic members while the wire-shaped member is inserted through the washers.
To enhance the bird dispersing effect of the apparatus, it is desirable that a rotary wind blade is disposed at the uppermost end of each support column in such a manner that the rotary wind blade is rotated as wind stream collides against the rotary wind blade, and two magnetic members are immovably fitted to the rotary wind blade on the opposite sides of the latter.
Additionally, according to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds from crowding at the upper part of a building, wherein the apparatus comprises a plurality of support columns each standing upright from the upper part of the building, the support columns being arranged in the spaced relationship along the upper part of the building; a wire-shaped member tightly spanned between two support columns located at the opposite ends of the wire-shaped member as seen in the horizontal direction; a plurality of magnetic members each having the wire-shaped member inserted therethrough in the horizontal direction, the magnetic members being arranged along the wire-shaped member between adjacent support columns in the spaced relationship; and a plurality of spacer tubes each made of a non-metallic material and located between adjacent magnetic members or between one support column and one magnetic member, the spacer tube having the wire-shaped member inserted therethrough in such a manner as to allow the spacer tubes to be rotated about the wire-shaped member.
It is preferable that each of the magnetic members is contoured in the form of a balloon.
Similarly, to enhance the bird dispersing effect of the apparatus, it is effectively acceptable that a magnetic needle is fitted to the balloon-shaped magnetic member while standing upright from the latter.
Alternatively, a plurality of magnetic needles may be fitted to the balloon-shaped magnetic member while projecting outside of the latter.
For the same purpose as mentioned above, it is preferable that a rotary wind blade is fitted onto the spacer tube in such a manner that the rotary wind blade is rotated about the spacer tube as wind stream collides against the rotary wind blade, and two magnetic members are immovably fitted to the rotary wing blade on the opposite side of the latter.
Further, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds from crowding at the upper part of a building, wherein the apparatus comprises a first base member secured to the upper end of an opening portion located above the upper part of the building, the first base member extending along the upper end of the opening portion in the horizontal direction; a plurality of wires suspended from the first base member in the equally spaced relationship as seen in the horizontal direction; a second base member detachably secured to the plurality of wires at the lower end parts od the latter to serve also as a weight for the apparatus, the second base member extending in parallel with the first base member in the horizontal direction; a plurality of magnetic members disposed at the lower end parts of the wires above the second base member in the spaced relationship as seen in the horizontal direction; and a wire connecting/disconnecting mechanism for connecting one of the wires or all of the latter to the second base member and disconnecting the former from the latter.
The wire connecting/disconnecting is composed of a split type chuck disposed in the second base member so as to allow a wire to be inserted therethrough, a coil spring disposed below the chuck to normally bias the latter in the upward direction so as to hold the chuck from below to assume a connected state, and a depressing pin inserted through a hole formed in the second base member for splitting the chuck into two halves so as to release the wire from the connected state.
It is preferable that a depressing plate is arranged above the second base member in order to simultaneously release some or the wires or all of the wires from the connected state by actuating the wire connecting/ disconnecting mechanism.
Moreover, according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds from crowding at the upper part of an opening portion located at the upper end of the building, the first base member extending along the upper end of the opening portion in the horizontal direction; a plurality of wires suspended from the first base member in the equally spaced relationship as seen in the horizontal direction; a second base plate detachably secured to the plurality of wires at the lower end parts of the latter to serve also as a weight for the apparatus, the second base member extending in parallel with the first base member in the horizontal direction; a plurality of magnetic members disposed at the lower end part of the wires above the second base member in the spaced relationship as seen in the horizontal direction; and a curtain mechanism arranged below the first base member to displace some of the wires or all of the same together in the horizontal direction so as to form a wide hollow space between the first base member and the second base member in order that persons living in a room can quickly escape from the latter through the wide hollow space or firemen can easily enter the room through the same at the time of an occurrence of emergency such as firing or the like.
Usually, the curtain mechanism is composed of a casing, a rail received in the casing, and a plurality of hooks displaceably held by the rail for suspending the wires therefrom in such a manner as to allow the wires to be slidably displaced in the horizontal direction with the aid of the rail.
Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from reading of the following description which has been made in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
The present invention is illustrated in the following drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a plurality of apparatuses each serving for inhibitively prevent birds, especially, pigeons from crowding at the upper part of a building wherein each apparatus is constructed in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a front view of one of the apparatuses shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a front view of an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, pigeons from crowding at the upper part of a building wherein the apparatus is constructed in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a front view of an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, pigeons from crowding at the upper part of a building wherein the apparatus is constructed in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, pigeons from crowding at the upper part of a building wherein the apparatus is constructed in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, from crowding at the upper part of a building wherein the apparatus is constructed in accordance with a fifth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, pigeons from crowding at the upper part of a building wherein the apparatus is constructed in accordance with a sixth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a front view of a rotary type bird threatening unit employed for the apparatus shown in FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a front view of another rotary type bird threatening unit employed for the apparatus shown in FIG. 7;
FIG. 10 is a perspective view which illustrates the operative state that two apparatuses each constructed as shown in FIG. 2 is disposed on the bay window of a building;
FIG. 11 is a perspective view which illustrates the operative state that a plurality of apparatuses each constructed as shown in FIG. 5 are arranged on the rooftop of a building;
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, pigeons from crowding at the upper part of a building wherein the apparatus is constructed in accordance with a seventh embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 13 is a fragmentary enlarged front view of the apparatus shown in FIG. 12 wherein the apparatus is partially exploded;
FIG. 14(A) and FIG. 14(B) illustrate an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, pigeons from crowding at the upper part of a building, respectively, wherein the apparatus is constructed in accordance with an eighth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 15 is a perspective view which illustrates the operative state that a plurality of apparatuses each constructed as shown in FIG. 14(A) and FIG. 14(B) are arranged on the rooftop of a Japanese type living house;
FIG. 16 is a front view of an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, pigeons from crowding at the upper part of a building wherein the apparatus is constructed in accordance with a ninth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 17 is a sectional view of the apparatus taken along line A--A in FIG. 16;
FIG. 18 is a perspective view of an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, pigeons from crowding at the upper part of a building wherein the apparatus is constructed in accordance with a tenth embodiment of the present invention, illustrating the operative state that the apparatus is arranged on a veranda of the building;
FIG. 19 is a fragmentary front view of the apparatus shown in FIG. 18 wherein the apparatus is partially exploded;
FIG. 20(A) and FIG. 20(B) illustrate an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, pigeons from crowding at the upper part of a building, respectively, wherein the apparatus is constructed in accordance with an eleventh embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 21 is a perspective view which illustrates the operative state that a plurality of apparatuses each constructed as shown in FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 are arranged on the rooftop of a Japanese type living house;
FIG. 22 is a front view of an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, pigeons from crowding at the upper part of a building wherein the apparatus is constructed in accordance with a twelfth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 23 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view of the apparatus shown in FIG. 22, illustrating essential components constituting the apparatus;
FIG. 24 is a schematic front view of the apparatus represented by solid lines, illustrating the operative state that the apparatus is arranged on the veranda of the building represented by phantom lines;
FIG. 25 is a front view of an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, pigeons from crowding at the upper part of a building wherein the apparatus is constructed in accordance with a thirteenth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 26 is a fragmentary enlarged front view of the apparatus, illustrating a curtain mechanism employed for the apparatus shown in FIG. 25;
FIG. 27 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view of the apparatus taken along line A--A in FIG. 26; and
FIG. 28 is a front view of the apparatus, illustrating the operative state that some of wires are displaced from their original positions in the leftward direction with a reduced distance held between adjacent wires.
The present invention will now be described in detail hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments thereof.
First, an apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds, especially, pigeons from crowding at the upper part of a building (hereinafter referred to simply as an apparatus) constructed in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 wherein FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a plurality of apparatuses as arranged in the end-to-end relationship on the veranda of a building and FIG. 2 is a front view of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
In the drawings, reference numeral 1 designates a support column which is prepared in the form of a bolt, a round rod material, a rod-shaped material having a square cross-sectional contour, a plate-shaped material or the like, and reference numeral 2 designates an arm which is turnably disposed at the uppermost end of the support column 1 with a horizontal attitude. The arm 2 is turnably supported to turn about an intersection 3 where the support column 1 intersects the arm 2 at the substantially central part of the latter at a right angle relative to each other. With this construction, when a bird perches on the arm 2 while seizing the latter with his feet or he flutters his wings on the arm 2 or a wind stream collides against the arm 2, the latter is caused to turn in the upward/downward direction and/or in leftward/ rightward direction.
Reference numerals 4a and 4b designate magnetic members which are disposed at the opposite ends of the arm 2, respectively. As desired, another magnetic member 4c is disposed at the intersection 3, i.e., a support point for the arm 2. It should be noted that a length of the arm 2 and a weight of each of the magnetic members 4a and 4b are determined to maintain a well-balanced state among the magnetic members 4a, 4b and 4c.
The support column 1 is firmly mounted at a location where it is unacceptable that a bird perches on the arm 2 while seizing the latter with his feet and he often drops his excrement, by using an adhesive or tightening bolts and nuts. The foregoing unacceptable location is exemplified by a handrail 5 on the veranda of a living mansion, a rooftop of a Japanese living house or a cathedral, a rooftop of a building, a lighting device mounted on each tree planted along a city road and a mercury lamp mounted on a mast of a small-sized ship. In the shown case, a hitherto known handy attaching/ detaching unit represented by reference numerals 6a and 6b is employed for the support column 1. It is recommendable that a height of the support column 1 is adequately changed depending on the kind of birds. For example, in the case of pigeons, it is preferable that the height of the support column 1 is set to about 10 cm, and in the case of crows, it is set to about 20 cm. In addition, in the case of comparatively large birds such as crows or the like, it is desirable that the apparatus includes two arms arranged at two stages, i.e., an upper arm 2A and a lower arm 2B as shown in FIG. 3 which illustrates a second embodiment of the present invention.
Additionally, a length of the arm 2 is changed depending on the number of magnetic members to be attached to the arm 2. In the case that three magnetic members 4a, 4b and 4c are attached to the arm 2 at three locations, i.e., the opposite ends and the central part of the arm 2 as shown in FIG. 2, the length of the arm 2 is set to about 30 to 40 cm. It should be noted that it is acceptable that an intensity of magnetic force employable for the apparatus is determined such that each bird senses the presence of a magnetic field, causing the bird head's biological instinctive ability of sensing the magnetic field to be affected to a certain extent. It is found based on the results derived from a variety of experiments that the intensity of magnetic force is preferably set to 1000 gausses or more.
When the apparatus is mounted at the upper part of a building, first, dust particles, oily materials, bird's droppings or similar foreign materials deposited at a predetermined mounting position (e.g., located on a handrail 5 on the veranda of a building) are completely removed therefrom by brushing, water washing or the like. At this time, one half 6b of the conventional handy attaching/detaching unit is preliminarily fixed to the handrail 5, and subsequently, other half 6a of the same is removably secured to a base 7 of the support column 1. With this construction, e.g., when a set of beddings are placed on the veranda in the suspended state for exposing them to sunshine for the purpose of drying them, the attaching/detaching unit has an advantage that it can easily be disassembled at the foregoing position. In practice, it is preferable that a plurality of apparatuses are arranged along a single line on the veranda in the end-to-end relationship without any gap between adjacent apparatuses. In this case, when two apparatuses are arranged on the veranda such that adjacent magnetic members 4a and 4b on both the apparatuses exhibit a same magnetic polarity (e.g., a north magnetic polarity or a south magnetic polarity), causing them to be turnably parted away from each other by the action of the magnetic repulsive force appearing therebetween.
With this construction, since birds, especially, pigeons instinctively dislike the presence of the magnetic field, there hardly arises an occasion that they come near to the magnetic members 4a to 4c. In the case that some bird insensitive to the magnetic field perches on the arm 2 while seizing the latter with his feet, the arm 2 is caused to turn about the intersection 3 by the action of his own dead weight, resulting in the bird amazingly flying away from the apparatus. In addition, when the arm 2 turns about the intersection 3, causing the magnetic members 4a and 4b to be displaced away from their original positions, the magnetic field is largely disturbed, whereby the magnetic fields generated by adjacent apparatuses substantially interfere with each other. Consequently, birds dislike to come near to these apparatuses much more than the preceding case.
Usually, the arm 2 is made of a metallic material. Alternatively, the arm 2 may be made of a non-metallic material such as wood, synthetic resin, rubber, fibrous fiber or the like. When the arm 2 is made of a certain non-metallic material, the apparatus can be used on or peripheral to a tower for a power-transmission line system.
FIG. 4 shows by way of front view the structure of an apparatus constructed in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a support column and/or an arm are made of an elastic or resilient material which is prepared in the form of coil springs 1c and 2c. Since the support column and/or the arm are caused to largely turn about an intersection positionally coincident with the magnetic member 4c when the coil springs are employed for the support column and/or the arm, an aforementioned advantageous effect of the apparatus of allowing birds to dislike or hesitate to come near thereto can be enhanced.
FIG. 5 shows by way of perspective view the structure of an apparatus constructed in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, two arms 2D and 2E are turnably supported on a support column 1 while defining an angle a between both the arms 2D and 2E. Similar to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2, arms 2D to 2F may be arranged to exhibit a staged structure as shown in FIG. 6 which illustrates a sixth embodiment of the present invention. It of course is obvious that the support column 1 and the arms 2D to 2F may be made of an elastic or resilient material which is worked in the form of a coil spring.
FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 illustrate an apparatus constructed in accordance with a sixth embodiment of the present invention, respectively. In this embodiment, a rotary bird threatening unit 8 is disposed at the uppermost end of a support column including a plurality of rotatable arms 2H to 2J while a plurality of rapacious bird eye-like marks 9 are formed on the bird threatening unit 8 as bird threatening means, and a plurality of magnetic members 10 are arranged at predetermined positions on the bird threatening unit 8. Since the rapacious bird eye-like marks 9 are effective for threatening birds in addition to the magnetic field generated by the magnetic members 10, and moreover, the bird threatening unit 8 is able to rotate about the center line of the support column 1, the bird dispersing effect obtainable from the apparatus can substantially be enhanced.
In addition, the bird threatening unit 8 should not be limited only to the cross-shaped contour as shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8. Alternatively a spherical balloon-shaped bird threatening unit 11 having a plurality of rapacious bird eye-like convex marks 12 each including a magnetic member 13 arranged in the circumferential direction thereof as shown in FIG. 9 may be substituted for the bird threatening unit 8 shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8.
FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 illustrate by way of example the operative state that two apparatuses each constructed in the above-described manner are mounted on the bow window of a building (see FIG. 10) and a number of apparatuses each constructed in that way are mounted on a rooftop 15 of a building (see FIG. 11). In view of the fact that the rooftop 15 of a building is usually contaminated with bird droppings, each apparatus assures that crowding of birds on the rooftop 15 can reliably be prevented. In the shown case, each apparatus mounted on the rooftop 15 is exemplified by the apparatus as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 5. However, it of course is obvious that the apparatus as shown in each of FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 7 and FIG. 9 can likewise be employed for the same purpose.
Next, an apparatus constructed in accordance with a seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 wherein FIG. 12 is a perspective view which illustrates that the apparatus is arranged on the veranda of a building and FIG. 13 is a partially exploded front view of the apparatus.
In the drawings, reference numeral 101 designates a support column which is prepared in the form of a bolt, a round rod, a rod-shaped material, a plate-shaped material or the like, reference numeral 102 designates a wire-shaped member which is tightly spanned between adjacent support columns 101, reference numeral 103 designates a cylindrical hollow magnetic member through which the wire-shaped member 102 is inserted in such a manner as to allow the cylindrical magnetic member 103 to be rotated about the wire-shaped member 102, reference numeral 104 designates a washer which serves to determine a position to be assumed on the wire-shaped member 102 by the cylindrical magnetic member 103, and reference numeral 105 designates a sleeve which is rotatably fitted onto the wire-shaped material 102.
Each support column 101 is firmly mounted on a location where it is not acceptable that bird droppings are deposited thereon, e.g., a handrail 106 located on the upper surface of a veranda on a building, a rooftop of a cathedral, a rooftop of a building or the like, by using an adhesive 107 or tightening a plurality of screws or bolts. It is recommendable that a height of the support column 101 is changed depending on the kind of birds. For example, in the case of pigeons, it is preferable that it is set to about 10 cm, and in the case of crows, it is preferable that it is set to about 20 cm.
Since the cylindrical magnetic member 103 and the sleeve 105 are rotatably fitted onto the wire-shaped member 102, when a bird perches on the cylindrical magnetic member 103 while seizing the latter with his feet, the cylindrical magnetic member 103 is rotated by the action of the dead weight of the bird with the result that the bird can not practically perch on the cylindrical magnetic member 103 any longer. It is acceptable that an intensity of magnetic force is determined such that the biological instinctive ability of each bird for sensing the presence of a magnetic field is not adversely affected by the magnetic field. It is found based on the results derived from a variety of experiments that an intensity of magnetic force is preferably set to 1500 gausses or more and a distance between adjacent cylindrical magnetic members 103 is preferably set to about 20 to 30 cm. To assure that each sleeve 105 is easily rotated about the wire-shaped member 102, it is desirable that it is made of a comparatively light raw material, e.g., a wheat straw, a plastic material or the like.
When the apparatus is mounted at the upper part of a building, first, dust particles, oily materials, bird droppings or similar foreign materials deposited on a predetermined mounting position (e.g., located on a handrail 106 on the veranda of a building) are completely removed therefrom by brushing, water washing or the like, and subsequently, a base 108 for the support column 101 is coated with an adhesive 107 so as to allow the support column 101 to be firmly mounted on the veranda. At this time, it is desirable that the base 108 is depressed against the veranda by tightening a plurality of screws or the like. Subsequently, a nut 109 located at the uppermost end of the support column 1 is disengaged from the latter so that a predetermined number of cylindrical hollow magnetic members 103 and a predetermined number of sleeves 105 are alternately fitted onto the wire-shaped member 102. On completion of the fitting operation, the left-hand end of the wire-shaped member 102 is once wound about a bolt head portion 101a, and thereafter, the nut 109 is increasingly engaged with male threads at the upper part of the support column 101 so as to allow the wire-shaped member 102 to be tightly spanned between adjacent support columns 101. An extra length of wire-shaped member 102 is wound about the support column 101 or cut off by actuating a cutting tool.
Once the apparatus is mounted on the building in the above-described manner, since birds dislike the presence of a magnetic field, there does not arise an occasion that they come near to a series of cylindrical hollow magnet members 103. When some bird insensitive to the magnetic field perches on the cylindrical hollow magnetic member 103 or the sleeve 105 between adjacent cylindrical hollow magnetic members 103 while seizing it with his feet, the bird is rotated by the action of his own dead weight because the cylindrical hollow magnetic member 103 and the sleeve 105 are able to rotate about the wire-shaped member 102, resulting in the bird amazingly flying away from the apparatus. Consequently, there does not arise a malfunction that the handrail 106 is contaminated with bird droppings.
FIG. 14(A) and FIG. 14(B) illustrate an apparatus constructed in accordance with an eighth embodiment of the present invention, respectively. In practice, this embodiment is modified from the preceding embodiment in such a manner that a rotary wind blade 110 is disposed at the uppermost end part of the support column 101 and spherical magnetic members 112 are fitted into the opposite sides of the rotary wind blade 110.
As natural wind or air stream induced by the fluttering of wings of a flying bird collides against a base plate 111 of the rotary wind blade 110, the latter is rotated together with the spherical magnetic members 112, causing the magnetic field induced by the cylindrical hollow magnetic members 103 to be widely affected by the magnetic field induced by the rotating spherical magnetic members 112. It has been confirmed based on the results derived from a variety of experiments that the magnetic field induced by the cylindrical hollow member 103 in the preceding embodiment is largely affected by 10 to 1000 times in the presence of the rotary magnetic field induced by the spherical magnetic members 112 depending on an intensity of wind force (within the range of about 2.0 to 30 m as measured from the apparatus in the case that the cylindrical hollow magnetic members 103 are arranged with a distance of 20 to 30 cm held between adjacent ones). Owing to the arrangement of the rotary wind blade 110 in that way, the number of cylindrical hollow magnetic members 103 can be reduced depending on the surrounding conditions. An advantageous effect of the apparatus is that no cost is required for rotatably driving the rotary wind blade 110 because natural wind stream is utilized for rotating the rotary wind blade 110.
In some case, it is acceptable that the cylindrical hollow magnetic member 103 is brought in contact with the sleeve 105 without any exposure of the wire-shaped member 102 to the outside by squeezing the cylindrical hollow magnetic members 103 and the sleeves 104 toward the central part of the wire-shaped member 102 from the opposite support columns 101 with the aid of elastic or resilient members such as coil springs or the like.
FIG. 15 shows by way of perspective view the operative state that a plurality of apparatuses each constructed as shown in FIG. 14(A) and FIG. 14(B) are arranged on a rooftop 113 of a Japanese living house lined with a number of roofing tiles. In the shown case, three lines of wire-shaped members 102 are arranged within the full width of the rooftop 113 while extending in parallel with each other with a distance of 50 to 100 cm held between adjacent lines of wire-shaped members 102. With this construction, the whole rooftop 113 is covered with the magnetic field, resulting no bird coming near to the rooftop 113. Thus, there is no possibility that the rooftop 113 is contaminated with bird droppings.
FIG. 16 and FIG. 17 illustrate an apparatus constructed in accordance with a ninth embodiment of the present invention, respectively. In this embodiment, while a plurality of cylindrical hollow magnetic members 103, a plurality of sleeves 105 and a rotary blade plate 110 are preliminarily fitted onto a wire-shaped member 102 in accordance with the shown order, an assembly of the cylindrical hollow magnetic members 103, the sleeves 105 and the rotary wind blade 110 is tightly spanned between opposite triangular support columns 114 each made of plate-like materials. One half 115a of a conventional attaching/ detaching unit 15 is secured the lower surface of the support column 114 by using an adhesive, while other half 15a of the same is firmly placed on the handrail of a veranda at a predetermined position of the latter by tightening screws. With this construction, the apparatus can easily be disconnected from a handrail of the upper surface of veranda when a set of beddings are placed on the veranda in the suspended state for exposing them to sunshine for the purpose of drying them. Another advantageous effect of the apparatus is that a small number of man hours are required for mounting the apparatus on the veranda because the cylindrical hollow magnetic members 103, the sleeves 105 and the rotary blade plate 110 are preliminarily fitted onto the wire-shaped member 102.
Next, an apparatus constructed in accordance with a tenth embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 18 and FIG. 19.
FIG. 18 shows by way of perspective view the structure of the apparatus generally represented by reference numeral 202. In the shown case, the apparatus 202 is arranged on, e.g., a handrail 201 of a veranda of a living mansion in such a manner that a plurality of bolts 203 each serving as a support column are caused to firmly stand upright on the handrail 201 by using an adhesive or tightening a plurality of screws, a wire-shaped member 205 is tightly spanned between adjacent bolts 203, and a predetermined number of balloon-shaped magnetic members 206 are disposed on the wire-shaped materials 205 in the equally spaced relationship.
A height of each bolt 203 is changed depending on the kind of birds. For example, in the case of pigeons, it is preferable that it is set to about 10 cm, while in the case of crows, it is preferable that it is set to about 20 cm. In the shown case, the apparatus 202 is constructed to exhibit a single stage structure of which height is changed in the above-described manner. Alternatively, the apparatus 202 may be constructed to exhibit a two-staged structure or a three-staged structure.
As is best seen in FIG. 19, a single magnetic needle 207 is caused to stand upright from the balloon-shaped magnetic member 206 for preventing birds from crowding on the apparatus 202. However, the present invention should not be limited only to a single magnetic needle 207. Alternatively, a plurality of magnetic needles 207 may be arranged over the whole spherical surface (preferably, over the upper semispherical surface) of the balloon-shaped magnetic member 206. Otherwise, a plurality of magnetic needles 207 may be arranged along a wire-shaped member 205 similar to a thorny wire having a number of needles projected therefrom.
Reference numeral 208 designates a spacer tube made of a non-metallic material such as a synthetic resin or a similar material. The spacer tube 208 is rotatably fitted onto the wire-shaped material 205. As shown in FIG. 19, each balloon-shaped magnetic member 206 is interposed between adjacent spacer tubes 208. When a bird perches on the spacer tube 208 while seizing the latter with his feet, the spacer tube 208 is rotated about the wire-shaped member 205 by the action of his own dead weight, resulting in the bird becoming unable to perch on the spacer tube 208 any longer.
When the apparatus 202 is mounted at the upper part of a building at a predetermined position (e.g., on a handrail 201 of a veranda), first, dust particles, oily materials, bird droppings or similar foreign materials on the handrail 201 are completely removed from the latter by brushing, water washing or the like, and a base 209 for each bolt 203 is coated with an adhesive 204 so as to allow the bolt 203 to be firmly mounted on the handrail 201. Otherwise, the base 209 may be depressed against the handrail 201 by tightening a plurality of screws or the like. Subsequently, a nut 210 is disengaged from a male-threaded part of the bolt 203, a plurality of balloon-shaped magnetic members 206 are fitted onto the wire-shaped material 205 in the equally spaced relationship with a predetermined distance held between adjacent ones, and one end part of the wire-shaped material 205 is wound around the upper end part of the bolt 203. Thereafter, the nut 210 is threadably engaged with the male-threaded part of the bolt 203 so that the wire-shaped material 205 is tightly spanned between adjacent bolts 203. At this time, an extra length of wire-shaped member 205 is wound around the bolt 203 located at the extreme end of the wire-shaped material 205 or it is cut off by actuating a cutting tool. The distance between adjacent balloon-shaped magnetic members 206 is changed depending on an intensity of magnetic force induced by each balloon-shaped magnetic member 206. It has been found based on the data derived from a variety of experiments that acceptable results are obtained when each balloon-shaped magnetic member 206 generates a magnetic force having an intensity of 3000 gausses or more while the distance between adjacent balloon-shaped magnetic members 206 is set to 20 to 30 cm.
FIG. 20(A) and FIG. 20(B) illustrate an apparatus constructed in accordance with an eleventh embodiment of the present invention, respectively. In this embodiment, a rotary wind blade 211 is fitted onto a tube 208 made of a non-metallic material such as a synthetic resin or the like, and two spherical magnetic members 206 are fitted to a blade plate 212 of the rotary wind blade 211 on the opposite side of the latter.
As natural wind or wind stream induced by the flattering of wings of a bird collides against the blade plate 212 of the rotary wind blade 211, the latter is rotated about the wire-shaped material 205, causing the magnetic field induced by the balloon-shaped magnetic member 203 and the magnetic needles 207 to be widely affected by the magnetic field induced by the spherical magnetic members 207 of the rotary wind blades 211. It has been confirmed based on the results derived from a variety of experiments that the magnetic field induced in the preceding embodiment is largely affected by 10 to 1000 times in the presence of the rotary magnetic field induced by the spherical magnetic members 206 depending on an intensity of wind force (within the range of 2.5 to 25 m as measured from the apparatus in the case that the rotary wind blades 211 are arranged in the equally spaced relationship with a distance of 20 to 30 cm held between adjacent ones). Owing to the arrangement of the rotary wind blades 211 in that way, the number of balloon-shaped magnetic members constructed in the above-described manner in the preceding embodiment can be reduced. Another advantageous effect of the apparatus is that no cost is required for rotatably driving the rotary wind blade 211 because natural wind stream is utilized for rotating the rotary wind blade 211.
FIG. 21 shows by way of a perspective view the operative state that a plurality of apparatuses each constructed as shown in FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 are arranged in the form of three lines on a rooftop 213 of a Japanese living house lined with a number of roofing tiles. In the shown case, three wire-shaped members 205 are arranged within the full width of the rooftop 213 while extending in parallel with each other with a distance of 50 to 100 cm held between adjacent lines of apparatuses 202. With this construction, the whole rooftop 213 is covered with the magnetic field, resulting in no bird coming near to the rooftop 213. Thus, there is no possibility that the rooftop 213 is contaminated with bird droppings. In the shown case, it of course is obvious that the number of balloon-shaped magnetic members 206 can be reduced by arranging the rotary wind blades 212 in that way.
Next, an apparatus constructed in accordance with a twelfth embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 22 to FIG. 24.
In the drawings, reference numeral 301 designates a first base member, reference numeral 302 designates a plurality of wires which are suspended from the first base member 301 in the equally spaced relationship as seen in the horizontal direction, reference numeral 303 designates a second base member which is secured to the lower end part of each wire 302, and reference numeral 304 designates a wire connecting/ disconnecting mechanism for attaching some of the wires 302 or all of to the latter base member 303 and detaching the former from the latter.
The longitudinally extending first base member 301 is secured to a ceiling 307 of a building 305 at the rear end of an opening portion 306 of the building 305 located above a veranda (see FIG. 24) by tightening a plurality of screws, and a number of wires 302 each of which one end is fixed to the first base member 301 are suspended from the latter in the equally spaced relationship as seen in the horizontal direction while extending in parallel with each other, in order to prevent birds from entering the opening portion 306 of the building 305 through plural lines of wires 302. The distance between adjacent wires 302 is changed depending on the kind of birds, and in the case of pigeons, it is preferable that the distance is set to about 5 to 10 cm. As shown in FIG. 24, the length of each wire 302 is dimensioned to be equal to a distance between the ceiling 307 and the upper surface of a handrail 308.
The second base member 303 is located on the rear end side of the wires 302, and a plurality of holes are formed through the second base member 303 so as to allow the wires 302 to extend through the second base member 303. It should be noted that the second base member 303 serves also as a weight for preventing the wires 302 from being flapped away from the vertical plane by the action of the air stream which has collided against the wires 302.
The wire connecting/disconnecting mechanism 304 may be constructed in any suitably acceptable manner. In the shown case, the wire connecting/disconnecting mechanism 304 is constructed such that a chuck 309 is disposed in the second base member 303 so as to allow a wire 302 to be inserted therethrough, a coil spring 310 adapted to biasing the chuck 309 in the upward direction to hold the chuck 309 from below is disposed below the chuck 309, and a depressing pin 311 is inserted through the hole of the second base member 303 for splitting the chuck 309 into two halves to release the wire 302 from the connected state. When the depressing pin 311 is depressed against the resilient force of the coil spring 310, the chuck 309 is openably split to two halves to assume a loosened state, enabling the wire 302 to be slidably displaced in the upward/downward direction. On the contrary, when the depressing pin 311 is released from the depressed state, the chuck 309 assumes a closed state by the resilient force of the coil spring 310, causing the wire 302 to be immovably seized by the chuck 309.
When each wire 302 is disconnected from the second base member 303, it is sufficient that the depressing pin 311 corresponding to the foregoing wire 302 is depressed with a user's hand. However, in the case of an occurrence of emergency such as firing or the like, since a manual depressing operation as mentioned above takes an excessively long time, it is desirable that a depressing plate 312 is arranged above the second base member 303 so as to simultaneously depress all the depressing pins 311 with a user's hand or foot to disconnect all the wires 302 from the second base plate 303. In this case, when it is found that the depressing of the depressing plate 311 in that way may cause the second base member 303 to dangerously fall down, it is recommendable that the length of the depressing plate 312 is adequately adjusted such that the depressing plate 312 does not come in contact with some depressing pins 311 located at the opposite ends of the second base member 302 as shown in FIG. 22.
In the drawings, reference numeral 313 designates a spherical magnetic member. In general, since a bird, especially, a pigeon has a biological instinctive ability of sensing a magnetic field (which serves to determine his flying direction or find a route for returning to his home position by himself), a plurality of spherical magnetic members 313 are arranged on the wires 302 in the equally spaced relationship as seen in the horizontal direction. In the shown case, four wires 302 located between adjacent spherical magnetic members 313 have no spherical magnetic member disposed thereon, respectively. Alternatively, spherical magnetic members 313 may be disposed on all the wires 302. In this case, it is desirable that a height of disposing a spherical magnetic member on the corresponding wire is changed from wire to wire in order to prevent adjacent spherical magnetic members from being magnetically attracted to each other.
As shown in FIG. 24, an outdoor unit 314 for an air conditioner is often placed on the veranda of a building. In this case, there is a tendency that birds are liable to crowd on the veranda for looking for the heat generated by the outdoor unit 314. In some case, a bird's nest is built on the veranda. This leads to the result that the veranda is contaminated with bird droppings, causing the veranda to become unsanitary. However, since the opening portion 306 of the building located above the veranda is completely closed with the apparatus constructed in the above-described manner, there does not arise a malfunction that birds enter the veranda and crowd on the latter. It should be emphasized that the wires 302 are caused to extend in the vertical direction but not extend in the horizontal direction. Consequently, any bird can not perch on a wire while seizing it with his feet. In addition, at the time of an occurrence of emergency such as firing or the like, all the wires 302 can easily be disconnected from the first base member 303. With this construction, it is easy that persons staying in a room escape outside of the room or firemen enter the room for performing a fire fighting operation.
Owing to the arrangement of the spherical magnetic members 313 in that way, the apparatus can reliably prevent not only invasion of birds inside of the veranda but also approaching of them to the veranda without any possibility of injuring the birds.
In FIG. 24, reference numeral 315 designates the interior of a room, reference numeral 316 designates an entrance located between the room 315 and the veranda, and reference numeral 317 designate a floor of the building.
Next, an apparatus constructed in accordance with a thirteenth embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 25 to 28. In this embodiment, same parts or components as those in the preceding embodiment are represented by same reference numerals. Thus, repeated description on them will not be required.
In this embodiment, a curtain mechanism 318 is substituted for the wire connecting/disconnecting mechanism 304 in the preceding embodiment. Specifically, a plurality of hooks 321 are disposed in a casing 319 to slidably move along a rail 20 received in the casing 319, and a wire 302 is suspended from each of the hooks 321. To assure that the respective wires 302 are spaced away from each other as seen in the horizontal direction with a certain distance held between adjacent wires 302 while they are kept in the opened state, the upper end of each wire 302 is folded to assume a substantially inverted U-shaped contour and the jointed part of the wire 302 is supported by a flexible support member 322. It should be noted that the structure of the curtain mechanism 318 (composed of the casing 319, the rail 320 and the hooks 321) is substantially same to that of a curtain mechanism employed for a usual personal room.
Similar to the apparatus in the preceding embodiment, a base member 323 serving also as a weight and a plurality of spherical magnetic members 313 are arranged at the lower parts of the wires 302 in order to prevent the wires 302 from being fluttered.
With such construction, since an opening portion 306 located above the veranda of a building is completely closed with a plurality of wires 302 arranged in the equally spaced relationship as seen in the horizontal direction, the apparatus can reliably prevent birds from invading inside of the veranda and crowding on the latter. In addition, at the time of an occurrence of emergency such as firing or the like, the apparatus makes it possible that persons staying in a room easily escape outside of the room or firemen easily enter the room by slidably displacing the wires 302 in the leftward direction or in the rightward direction as shown in FIG. 28 in order to form a wide open space for the persons living in the room and the firemen.
Owing to the arrangement of the spherical magnetic members in that way, the apparatus can reliably prevent not only the invasion of birds inside of the veranda but also the approaching of the birds to the veranda in the same manner as the preceding embodiment.
While the present invention has been described above with respect to preferred embodiments thereof, it should of course be understood that the present invention should not be limited only to these embodiments but various change or modification may be made without any departure from the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
1. An apparatus for inhibitively preventing birds from crowding at the upper part of a building, comprising;
a first base member adapted to be secured to the upper end of an opening portion located above the upper part of said building, said first base member extending along the upper end of said opening portion in the horizontal direction,
a plurality of wires suspended from said first base member in the equally spaced relationship as seen in the horizontal direction,
a second base member detachably secured to said plurality of wires at the lower end parts of the wires to serve also as a weight for said apparatus, said second base member extending in parallel with said first base member in the horizontal direction,
a plurality of magnetic members disposed at the lower end parts of said wires above said second base member in the spaced relationship as seen in the horizontal direction, and
a wire connecting/disconnecting mechanism for connecting said wires to said second base member and disconnecting from the second base member.
2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wire connecting/disconnecting mechanism includes a split type chuck disposed in said second base member so as to allow a wire to be inserted therethrough in the disconnected state, a coil spring disposed below said chuck to normally bias the latter in the upward direction so as to hold said chuck from below to assume a connected state, and a depressing pin inserted through a hole formed in said second base member for splitting said chuck into two halves so as to release said wire from the connected state.
3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a depressing plate is arranged above said second base member in order to simultaneously release said wires from the connecting state by actuating said wire connecting/disconnecting mechanism.
a first base member adapted to be secured to the upper end of an opening portion located at the upper end of said building, said first base member extending along the upper end of said opening portion in the horizontal direction,
a plurality of magnetic members disposed at the lower end part of said wires above said second base member in the spaced relationship as seen in the horizontal direction, and
a curtain mechanism arranged below said first base member to displace said wires together in the horizontal direction so as to form a wide hollow space between said first base member and said second base member in order that persons living in a room can quickly escape from the wires to the outside through said wide hollow space or firemen can easily enter said room through the same at the time of an occurrence of emergency such as firing or the like.
5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said curtain mechanism includes a casing, a rail received in said casing, and a plurality of hooks displaceably held by said rail for suspending said wires therefrom in such a manner as to allow said wires to be slidably displaced in the horizontal direction with the aid of said rail.
1841065 January 1932 Simon
2884054 April 1959 Bryant
3292319 December 1966 McCarthy
3416266 December 1968 Eron
5058335 October 22, 1991 Ritchter
5353543 October 11, 1994 Teraoka
2267037 November 1975 FRX
3914894 October 1989 DEX
4300154 July 1994 DEX
4094632 March 1992 JPX
6181672 July 1994 JPX
1418455 August 1988 RUX
2194566 March 1988 GBX
2221332 January 1992 GBX
Assignee: Ohba Building Maintenance Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Tadao Ohba (Saitama-Ken)
Primary Examiner: Carl D. Friedman
Assistant Examiner: Winnie Yip
Law Firm: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall
Current U.S. Class: Animal Blocking Lateral Projection, Trap, Or Scarer (52/101); Magnetic Connecting Means For Building Components (52/DIG4); Vermin Destroying (43/124); Animal Frightening Devices (116/22A); Vertical Type (160/172V); Chain, Cable, And/or Strand Type (160/332)
International Classification: A01M 2900;
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England, Phillimore Marriage Registers, 1531-1913
Discover your English ancestor in the Phillimore marriage registers. The registers contain approximately 2.3 million names. They record marriages in 1,500 parishes across 29 English counties.
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Each record includes both transcripts and images of the original registers. The amount of information listed varies, but the records usually include a combination of the following information about your ancestor:
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Findmypast has digitised 241 volumes of the Phillimore marriage registers from 29 English counties. Each register is organised by parish, which is usually listed at the top of the page. Phillimore Marriage Registers Parish List, located in Useful Links & Resources, is a full list of the parishes found in the registers. The list is organised alphabetically by county.
The Phillimore Marriage Registers were created by William Phillimore Watts Stiff. William, the son of a doctor, was born in Nottingham and was educated as a lawyer. In 1897, he started his own publishing company, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, which published works related to British family history. Later in life, William transcribed and printed parish marriage registers for over a thousand parishes. He continued to work in family history until his death in 1914.
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Simanaitis Says
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F1 AERO: FOOLING WITH THE OPPOSITION’S AIR
AERODYNAMIC DOWNFORCE has been used in Formula One for years, the 1978 Lotus 79 being exemplary in dominating the series. Today, an F1 car traveling 130 mpg generates its own weight in downforce.
What’s more, race-team aerodynamicists now work to disrupt downforce of a closely following car. This has evolved into a downforce-vs.-turbulence battle that’s encouraging rule changes to promote closer racing.
“F1 Streamlines for Closer Racing,” by Dan Carney in SAE Automotive Engineering, May 2019, gives a sense of the subtleties of today’s motorsports aerodynamics. It also explains why today’s open-wheel racecars, particularly the F1 variety, have such elaborate (some would say “disfiguring”) aero devices. Here are tidbits from Carney’s article.
The Williams F1 team tried out its 2019-spec front wing during Hungaroring testing in 2018. This and the following images from SAE Automotive Engineering, May 2019.
Rulings of Millimeters. The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile’s set of Formula One—Technical Regulations comprises an 111-page PDF, a goodly portion devoted to aerodynamics.
As Dan Carney notes, “Since the current generation of hybrid-electric Formula 1 cars debuted in 2012, the racing has been substantially processional, with every championship won by Mercedes-AMG drivers. Fans have complained about this—and about the hybrid-electric cars’ decidedly uninvigorating sound.”
“In response to these concerns,” Dan writes, “the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile is plotting a clean slate of new specifications for the 2021 season, aimed at improving the spectacle. But race fans are unhappy now, so the FIA has tweaked the rules for the upcoming [2019] season in a bid to increase the opportunity for cars to race nose-to-tail.” It is genuinely a matter of millimeters.
A glossary of F1 aerodynamic. Image from FIA’s Formula One Technical Regulations—2019.
Front Wings. Front wings generate downforce for increasing front wheel grip, but they also divert the dirty wake these wheels produce. The idea is leave clean air flowing over the rest of the car.
Pat Symonds, F1 chief technical officer, explained to Dan, aerodynamicists “do this by producing specific vortices with the front wings and brake ducts…. Unfortunately, when you start pushing the front wheel wake out a long way, you create a very wide area of low-energy air behind the car, which reduced the downforce of the following car.”
Note, though, what’s unfortunate for the following car is also beneficial to the one in front.
The Haas F1 VF-18’s 2018-spec front wing employed segments to reduce drag by diverting air away from the car’s front tires.
To minimize this advantage, 2019 front wings are considerably wider than before, 2000 mm (78.7 in.) versus the previous 1800. The wing’s front edge is moved forward 25 mm (0.98 in.) and the stack of winglets atop the main plane is raised 20 mm.
Also, now banned is the array of turning vanes seen atop 2018 wings. The array’s purpose was to reduce drag, but it also aided diverting the dirty air aft. Other subtle rule changes involve limiting a front wing’s strakes (longitudinal vanes) from five to two, and reducing the size of front brake ducts which were also diverting air.
The Renault R.S.18’s oversize brake ducts did more than cool brakes in 2018; they diverted air away from the wheel.
In toto, these front wing changes are intended to provide increased downforce, but to encourage pursuers to follow more closely as well.
Midship Barge Boards. The barge-board turning vanes ahead of the sidepods are shorter for 2019, but allowed to be closer to the front wheels. “This,” Dan notes, “reduced their ability to control airflow to the rear wheels.”
Rear Wings. “The rear wing,” Dan writes, “is 100-mm wider, 20-mm taller and has end plates that are 70-mm longer…. Pressure-equalizing slots in the tops of the end plates are also eliminated for 2019.”
“The rear wing,” FIA aerodynamicist Nikolas Tombazis told Dan, “helps us when we’re trying to promote closer racing. It has two strong trailing vortices, which pull the flow up from close to the ground into the ‘mushroom.’ This mushroom is pushed upward quite violently and quickly, allowing clean air to be pulled in from the sides to take the place of the turbulent air being flung upwards.”
“This clean air,” Tombazis notes, “tends to be higher energy which has a beneficial effect on the aerodynamics of the following car.”
The 2019 Mercedes-AMG F1 W10, as unveiled prior to the season. Image from The Telegraph.
Race engineers don’t mind disrupting competitors’ airflow. But FIA officials and F1 fans are all for larger mushrooms—and closer racing.
© Dennis Simanaitis, SimanaitisSays.com, 2019
This entry was posted on May 29, 2019 by simanaitissays in Driving it Today and tagged "F1 Streamlines for Closer Racing" Dan Carney "SAE Automotive Engineering", F1 front wing barge board rear wing regs changed for 2019, Federation Internationale de l'Automobile = FIA, FIA F1 Technical Regulations due for major change in 2021, Nikolas Tombazis FIA aerodynamicist, Pat Symonds F1 chief technical officer.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest
Ted Elliott
Terry Rossio
Stuart Beattie
Jay Wolpert
Screenplay:
Jack Davenport
Dariusz Wolski
Stephen E. Rivkin
Buena Vista Pictures
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 back-to-back fantasy comedy film.
Is the second movie of Pirates of the Caribbean. The movie is a sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. It was released on July 7, 2006.
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Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), and Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) continue the adventure. Jack and Will both search for the heart of Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) for different reasons. Jack want it to get his freedom. Will wants it to free his father, "Bootstrap Bill" Turner.
Cast[change | change source]
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow
Orlando Bloom as Will Turner
Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann
Bill Nighy as Davy Jones
Noamie Harris as Tia Dalma
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pirates of the Caribbean.
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An analysis of Marissa Cooper
Most people watched The OC between the years of 2003 and 2007, and then moved on. They enjoyed the series and CONTINUED WITH LIFE, satisfied in the knowledge that Summer was off to save the world, Ryan was “hey kid, you need any help??“-ing like a champ and Seth was pretty happy being Seth. And that was that.
For me, it wasn’t that. IT WASN’T THAT AT ALL!!! And as a result, I have been watching The OC on and off pretty much non-stop since the day it first aired on E4 13 years ago. I love everything about this show. Sandy and Kirsty Cohen taught me more about adult relationships than I could ever hope to convey. Ryan and Summer are the king and queen of character development. I enjoy analysing Volchok’s minimal backstory, I boo internally when Oliver arrives onto the scene, and I marvel at Kaitlin’s occasional profound moments.
But you know who I’m most taken with, always? MARISSA COOPER. Coop, if you will. CosmoGirl, if you read Atomic County. Newport Barbie, if you’re a jealous girl from Harbor’s state school equivalent. Marissa, in my eyes, gets a raw deal. Despite her untimely screen-death 10 years ago, she is still discussed on pop culture websites and Twitter profiles (mostly mine) on a regular basis and seems to be largely regarded as A BIT OF A BRAT – a spoiled, privileged, melodramatic little rich girl who does nothing but destroy the lives of those around her.
To that I say: NOW JUST HOLD ON ONE SECOND. Seriously, please do. I have a lot to say about Coop, and seeing as she’s not here to defend herself (GET ME A TISSUE), I’m happy to share it with you. I get that she’s not perfect, and yes, I agree that she has her fair share of selfish and straight-up annoying moments, but I ALSO think that she deserves to be cut a little slack from time to time. I have overthought perhaps every word that has ever come out of Marissa Cooper’s mouth, and so I feel sort of, maybe, potentially qualified to talk this through with you. Are you ready?? Let’s go, Ryan!
That was an OC reference. Expect a lot of them.
THAT WAS AN OC REFERENCE, TOO. I TOLD YOU TO EXPECT A LOT OF THEM.
I’d describe Marissa as a bit of a family girl – or at least someone who wishes her nearest and dearest were tight-knit enough for her to be one.
It’s obvious from the outset that her relationship with her mother, Julie, is strained – in season 1 she tells Ryan she’s “scared” of her – but it’s also clear that Marissa cares about the Coopers. She describes her dad, Jimmy, as the “one thing” keeping her sane (no pressure, Jimmy!!) and in season 3 she’s totally willing to leave her boyfriend Ryan and everything else in Newport Beach behind if it means her family can regroup in Hawaii. Like, I wouldn’t put it past Marissa to pull some Parent Trap stunt with Summer in tow, because that girl seems to yearn for a nuclear family – even one as dysfunctional as hers. She looks to the Cohens as a source of normality, stability and bagels during Cooper family disputes, and compares her own parents to Sandy and Kirsten. During one argument with Jimmy, she says “For once, I wish you would just grow up and be like a real dad.”
The trouble with Marissa’s relationship with her family is that it’s shaky. Her parents adore her in their own messed-up ways, but they’re always coming and going: leaving without notice, becoming obsessed with tennis instructors, marrying for money. They’re 15 year-olds in adult bodies. And Marissa is often sneered at for crying at family events and shouting obscenities at her mother, but I’m wondering who can blame the gal. She aches for a unit – a solid, dependable team. But instead she’s given a mother who sleeps with her ex-boyfriend and tries to frame her current boyfriend for attempted murder, a father who steals from his clients and leaves town at the first sign of trouble, and a sister who returns to Newport ~FOR THE DRAMA~. The Coopers love each other, I’m sure of it, but there’s nothing anchoring that family down. Not even Jimmy’s boat.
The only thing that could come close is Julie, who, despite being manipulative and ruthless, does almost all of what she does with Marissa in mind. Julie’s “personal sacrifices” with Caleb might creep Marissa out – and being dragged to live in his mansion doesn’t help much, either – but Julie does what she does to provide for her daughters. She literally refers to it as “keeping a roof over our heads” in season 2. This is why season 4, despite any flaws, wasn’t a waste of time – because we get to see Julie move from the Riverside-denying, depressingly-dependent housewife to the college graduate with self confidence and, for once, her own money. U GO GIRL.
Season 1 Julie, however, is a different story. Season 1 Julie attempts to have Marissa sent away to a psychiatric hospital, embarks on a weird, motel-based relationship with Marissa’s 16-year-old ex, Luke, and marries Caleb Nichol just months after divorcing Jimmy. Season 2 Julie isn’t much better: remember when she tried to bribe hot-yard-guy-DJ to stay away from Coop?? The less said about that, the better.
Marissa’s dad is kind and well-meaning but that doesn’t get rid of the fact that if you looked for the word ‘flake’ in the dictionary, the definition would be: ‘JIMMY COOPER’. Jimmy lives in a dream world where stealing millions of dollars is totally okay as long as you say sorry – even almost-angel Sandy becomes frustrated with his sheer lack of interest in taking any responsibility for the things he messes up. If there’s one thing Jimmy’s good at, it’s burying his head in the sand. He also seems to hold the belief that IF ONLY HE’D MARRIED KIRSTEN things would be perfect and amazing and never ever sad. Ignoring the fact that if he’d married Kirsten his own children would not exist, I think this mindset kinda blows. Marissa and Kaitlin are young and impressionable, and to see a strong-willed, determined father who says things like “YES! YOU CAN DO THAT! LET’S ACKNOWLEDGE OUR MISTAKES AND MOVE ON! POSITIVITY IS KEY!” would be great for them. But instead they get Jimmy, whose self-defeating, woe-is-me outlook is enough to make anyone have a tantrum with the pool furniture.
Julie and Jimmy, although unintentionally, make everything worse for poor Marissa. After dealing with their divorce, she later has to put up with:
the whole Luke thing
Jimmy leaving
Jimmy coming back
Jimmy getting back together with and later proposing to her mom
Jimmy leaving (again)
being blackmailed into living in Caleb’s mansion
the whole sex tape thing
the whole YOUR DAD IS STILL A THIEF thing
Julie bribing Trey to say Ryan shot him (wtf)
the whole I LIED ABOUT THE CONDO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO LIVE IN A TRAILER thing
Julie getting together with Summer’s dad (…….weird at best)
Right? RIGHT?? I’m not saying Marissa is perfect, far from it, but you have got to give her that. Her parents try their best, sort of, but Julie admits herself that the Cooper household is “no place for a child” (i.e. Kaitlin). I’m not sure it’s really a place for an alcohol-dependent teen either, but that’s just my two cents.
Marissa is shown as a caring friend who occasionally goes off the rails a little (a lot) but means pretty well. She’s less stable and dependable than her best friend, Summer, who comes across as a fairly rational person and a calming influence in Marissa’s life (as soon as she moves on from hotboxing Luke’s car and saying stuff like “gnarly”, that is).
Is Marissa a GOOD friend? It depends which way you look at it. Like all of us, she’s got so much going on at times that she physically can’t deal with much more than she has on her own plate – but most of us are able to push past this and put ourselves in someone else’s shoes, at least temporarily, and that’s where Marissa seems to struggle.
Her friendship with Summer really interests me. I love Coop, but I want her to be like “How are YOU, Summer? Stuff with Seth seems kinda tough recently; how’s that going? Are you okay? Do you miss your mom? Are you sad that your dad isn’t around much cos of all the rhinoplasties he’s performing???”
This never seems to happen. Summer grows from a vapid, fairly one-dimensional character at the start of season 1 to an intelligent, mature, loyal friend in seasons 2, 3 and 4, and although we’re dropped hints about her backstory I feel like we could use some more in-depth Summer storylines. We know that her mother left when she was younger and that she lives with her dad, who works all the time. So that’s literally just only child Summer, in a mansion, on her own.
Summer also has a stepmother, Gloria, who she refers to – completely unaffectionately – as “the stepmonster.” Summer goes to a Mexican pharmacist in season 1 to buy drugs for this woman and regularly mentions that Gloria has passed out at home or is so dosed-up that she doesn’t know what’s going on. If this was a Marissa sub-plot we’d hear a lot more about it, I’m sure. There’d be tears and underage drinking and POSSIBLY SOME SHOPLIFTING. But Summer, like Seth, tends to only be around for the comic relief most of the time, and so it barely gets mentioned. Marissa doesn’t question it or even ask how Summer is doing, and that seems like a cop-out when you consider all the times Summer has supported her.
It kind of doesn’t come as a surprise, then, that Summer and Marissa fall out in season 3. Marissa – jealous of Summer’s long-term relationship with Seth and ‘perfect’ home life – lashes out, and Summer tells her to grow up, adding “Aren’t you just the saddest girl in the world?”
I get Summer’s frustrations. I really do! And the thing is, if Marissa would just BREATHE, she’d be able to see that Summer’s life is far from perfect. Everything that Marissa deals with, Summer deals with too, because it’s impossible to avoid Marissa’s melancholy. Summer’s relationship with Seth is pretty much fraught with drama throughout The OC, and between Seth blowing off his Brown interview and telling her he doesn’t love her anymore, I’m sure season-3-Summer has enough to deal with. But, as usual, she’s left to battle it on her own. Perhaps Marissa’s worst quality as a friend is that when the chips are down, she becomes so consumed by what’s happening in her world that she doesn’t always remember that her pals are trying to navigate scary little paths of their own.
Niceness
‘Niceness’ might not feel like the right word, but I feel like Marissa, despite her flaws and what I’ve just rambled about above, is actually one of TV’s quintessential nice girls. For starters, she’s kinder than she gets credit for. She shows her generosity in season 1, when she opts to make friends with Theresa Diaz, Ryan’s ex, even though she can’t think of anything worse than Ryan getting back together with her and rekindling his love of musicals and Girls Who Used To Live Next Door To Him In Chino. She even goes as far as giving Theresa a makeover so Ryan can come out with his annoying “Wow… you look… you look… amazing” spiel that he uses every time a girl he’s dating makes an effort.
And when she discovers Theresa is potentially pregnant with Ryan’s baby, does she freak out? Not as much as you’d think. While everyone else is falling apart, Marissa wishes Ryan well and tells him that although she wishes he didn’t have to leave, she totally gets why he has to. Sure, she goes home and drinks straight vodka on her balcony later but THE MAIN THING IS THAT SHE’S THERE FOR HER FRIENDS. She could have been mean to Theresa. She could have yelled at Ryan and called him a bed-hopping scumbag. BUT SHE DIDN’T, and no-one ever seems to remember that. When it comes to the big stuff – especially big stuff that isn’t about her – Marissa can actually get it together and support the people who need supporting.
But when I say ‘niceness’, I actually don’t mean ‘generosity’. I mean the good old-fashioned nice gal syndrome that Marissa encapsulates perfectly. If you don’t know what I mean, I will say a few words which might jog your memory: OLIVER. TREY. JOHNNY.
What do all three of these characters have in common? They all stuck around for longer than they should have done because Marissa is nice.
Let’s take Oliver as our first example. He lives alone in a hotel, he meets Marissa at therapy, he has an imaginary girlfriend, blah blah. Oliver is clearly troubled, and Marissa is visibly uncomfortable to be around him at times – she doesn’t even seem to like him the first time she meets him – but before we know it she’s attending his New Year party instead of hanging out with Ryan, skipping school to plan trips to Paris and so on.
Trey is Ryan’s brother. Marissa looks out for him when he gets out of jail, throws him a birthday party, finds him a flat and buys him a lava lamp. All perfectly lovely things, hmm?? Trey thinks so, too – so much so that he gets it into his head that Marissa wants to switch Atwood siblings. I’m not sure if the word ‘rape’ is ever actually used in The OC, but if it isn’t then it should be, because Trey snorts coke, takes Marissa to a beach under the premise of a PALLY WALK and then tries to rape her. It’s really hard to watch. When Trey tells Marissa that no-one has ever been this nice to him, Marissa says “Yeah, because you’re Ryan’s brother!” and her voice cracks.
Remember Johnny? He’s season 3’s Guy Who Becomes Obsessed With Marissa And Then Meets A Sticky End. When everyone realises he’s got it bad, it’s suggested that he and Marissa stop hanging out for a bit – Johnny just wants to be left alone with his broken heart and his broken leg!! – but Marissa won’t hear of it and turns up every day to be Johnny’s nurse. And then he falls off a cliff and dies (no really).
This is, in my humble OC-loving opinion, where stuff starts to get complicated. I really feel for Marissa in every single one of these situations, because throughout all of them she was genuinely, honestly just trying to be a good friend. Summer later admits that Coop isn’t the best judge of character, which is possibly true, but you know what? Coop also isn’t the best at allowing outsiders to keep feeling like outsiders. I really do believe that. Behind her incredible face and privileged lifestyle it’s clear that Marissa struggles to fit in, and as a result she does seem to gravitate towards other people who don’t quite slot into typical Newport life. You know how we all have that one friend who only dates boys who need a bit of looking after and would adopt a shy dog with three legs instead of a Cockapoo? I feel like that’s Marissa.
Plus, she’s pretty much besotted with Ryan for 90% of her time on the show. We can all see that. When she’s making Johnny food or helping Trey find jobs, she’s not doing it because she wants them to fall madly in love with her – she’s doing it because she’s nice. Is she too nice? Is she so afraid of hurting people’s feelings that she doesn’t feel able to remove herself from certain situations? Are the characters in The OC still buying into the whole ‘women can’t be attractive and down-to-earth and if they are then they definitely want to have sex with you’ myth that should have died a death many moons ago??? Maybe. I don’t know. But one thing’s for sure: you can’t blame Marissa for the people who read too much into her kindness.
That said, there are occasions where I just wish Coop would slow down, take a step back and think “Is my friendship with this boy I didn’t care about three weeks ago REALLY worth upsetting Ryan and all my pals over?” Largely because if she did, I reckon the answer would mostly be “No.” The Oliver situation, for example, is not one of her proudest moments. Sure, Oliver was manipulative and a liar, but there was still something in Marissa that said “Ignore everyone you trust and tell your boyfriend – who has thus far shown himself to be pretty sensible – he’s imagining Oliver’s craziness. Don’t worry about that time Oliver got caught trying to buy drugs, or the fact that his girlfriend doesn’t go to the school he said she did. It’s totally fine.” Why did it take her so long to cotton on? Why did things get to the stage where Oliver had isolated her from everyone she was close to? I’m not sure even Marissa would be able to explain that one, but it’s interesting.
Marissa’s appearance is a huge theme throughout the entire series – as a viewer, you get the impression that although people think Summer’s a hottie (duh), Marissa is somehow on another level, one of unattainable, ethereal beauty. Boys can’t talk to Marissa without wanting to date her and save her from danger (“The compulsive need to rescue Marissa Cooper”). Girls seem to automatically hate her a bit (early season 3 Taylor Townsend) or feel jealous of and intimidated by her (Jess, face-down-in-the-pool girl).
Lindsay, Ryan’s season 2 girlfriend, is a great example of someone who takes one look at Marissa and wants to curl up into a ball and never leave the house again (I feel ya, Lindz). She describes Marissa as “the most beautiful girl in the history of high school” and wonders why Coop turns up to school every day looking as if she’s dressed to star in a fashion show. This awkward/jealous sorta theme gets explored as season 2 continues: Lindsay tells Marissa she likes her outfit and Marissa – surprised – struggles to genuinely return the compliment, eventually mumbling that she likes Lindsay’s “…backpack.” There’s no malice on Marissa’s part. She’s portrayed a bit like Belle from Beauty and the Beast – unusual and obscenely beautiful, while not really realising she’s either.
On one occasion, Lindsay is mad as HELL when she sees Marissa and Summer are eating burgers for lunch. When she realises the duo aren’t gonna be “hours on the elliptical trainer” workin’ it off, she asks “So… you guys can just eat cheeseburgers and look like you?” This comment flies far over the heads opposite her. Marissa is confused and Summer simply replies “Sometimes we get chili fries, too.” Lindsay stares at her low-carb meal the way Ryan used to stare at Oliver.
Marissa seems to have a strange relationship with food. When we see her eating it’s almost all stodgy junk food – fries, milkshakes, bagels – but that isn’t often at all. In season 1 a psychiatrist asks about her ninth grade anorexia, and on one occasion Summer actually remarks that her friend is looking “a little thin.” Marissa responds in a slightly defensive way, firing back with “I… eat!” But it feels like her brain is ticking away, wondering when her last full meal actually was.
Why couldn’t we have expanded on this conversation? Why did Marissa struggle with anorexia? Did it ever really go away? Is she healthy now? It would have been interesting to explore her relationship with food in a deeper way but we never really got much more than this, which I think is a massive shame. The chili fries scene could have opened up at least a short dialogue, but instead it reinforced the ‘Marissa is so insanely beautiful she doesn’t even have to try – she never exercises and actually eats burgers all the time, so don’t even bother‘ thoughts that every 15 year-old girl was having along with poor Lindsay.
Would you describe Marissa as confident? I think it’s a toughie. On one hand, she can definitely switch it on when she needs to – she arranges that fashion show in season 1, remember? They play that ALL AROUND THE WOOOORLD, HEY GIRL song and she flashes Ryan a winning smile (soz Luke), so we know that she can do it. She’s social chair (although Oliver hits the nail on the head when he says he doesn’t find her to be very social at all) and seems to get involved in occasional extra-curricular stuff as and when she needs to.
On the other hand, there’s a real shyness to Marissa, which I don’t think anyone could miss. While Summer’s body language is largely relaxed, Marissa crosses her arms, slouches and looks at the floor. She’s tall – when she wears heels she totally dwarfs Ryan – and when she sits her shoulders hunch downwards, as if she’s trying to shrink herself. If I was gonna really overanalyse, I’d throw that out as a potential early insecurity for Coop, who might have started developing before the rest of her class and been embarrassed by the attention her appearance brought her as a quiet ninth grader. But who am I to say?
I feel like Marissa has a lack of self-confidence – she never seems to feel as if she can make it on her own. As much as I love her, she’s someone I’d worry about being friends with because I’m pretty sure that if I ever drifted away from her or forgot her birthday she’d use it as a reason to drink alone in a bathroom or write a list called Reasons Why Marissa Sux.
When she discovers Luke has cheated on her – on the same weekend she finds out her dad is moving out – she tells Summer “I have no-one.” The thought is enough to push her to overdose, while Summer, Ryan and Seth frantically search the streets of Tijuana for her. After the incident with Trey, she tells her friends that she won’t be applying to college because that’d mean she’d have to discuss what happened. She talks about not fitting in and tells a guy she meets at a college open day (who also wants to date and then save her, by the way) that some people “just get lost.”
You can’t blame Marissa for freaking out – especially with the plethora of shit that she has to deal with between seasons 1 and 3 – but part of me wants to step into the TV, take her by the hand and have a chat over a bagel in the Cohens’ kitchen. I want her to get that even if her dad doesn’t live with her, her boyfriend cheats on her and she doesn’t feel comfortable at college, she can still do it. She doesn’t need everything to be perfect in order to move forward with her life. But she never quite seems to realise that.
Marissa occasionally dates girls or yard-guys, but she’s at her happiest with Ryan Atwood and I will absolutely fight anyone who says otherwise. Ryan, despite all of his own issues, is a real source of stability in Marissa’s life – he looks at her like I look at enchiladas and he genuinely wants nothing more than for her to be safe and content.
Although I will defend their relationship until I am on my deathbed, I do agree that Ryan and Marissa had an intense, angst-ridden few years together and that it might not have been sustainable on a long-term basis unless stuff changed. I always wonder if Ryan – in a Freudian kind of a way – might be attracted to Marissa because she represents the only kind of woman he’s ever really known: vulnerable, sad and unpredictable. She’s familiar – and he’s so used to taking care of his mother that he doesn’t really know that other, more-emotionally-stable girls are out there, except for maybe Theresa. You can see in season 3, when Ryan goes out with Sadie, that he almost breathes a sigh of relief and thinks “OH. So you can date a girl who does stuff on her own and doesn’t cry five times a day.”
That said, Lindsay, Theresa, Sadie and other short-lived flings aren’t ever quite enough to fully take Ryan’s attention away from Marissa. Their close friendship serves as a source of jealousy and anxiety for Alex and Lindsay respectively and it’s not surprising – you just KNOW that if Ryan was on a ~hOt DaTe~ and Marissa called about her broken-down car, he would be by her side with a toolkit within seconds.
But even Ryan has his limits, and when Lindsay gets drunk and almost dies in the sea in season 2 (ahh, memories), he isn’t happy. Assuming that Marissa encouraged her to drink, he yells “You spent all of last year trying to drag me down with you, and now her, too?!” This is an unusually honest revelation from Ryan – and although he speaks in the heat of the moment and later regrets it, you can tell that he’s kept that resentment buried pretty deep for a while. Maybe some of it was directed at his mother, not Marissa…… But again, that’s just my opinion. PRETTY SURE I’M RIGHT THO.
What I think is really interesting is that although Ryan is a sweet, caring boyfriend, he’s also someone who struggles to talk about his feelings – and he can’t deal with Coop talking about hers, either. Ryan likes to save people but he likes that to be the end of the situation: he doesn’t enjoy revisiting awkward or upsetting moments. That’s partly why Marissa is drawn to Johnny as a friend – he lets her vent to her heart’s content. He doesn’t just want to fix things and close the case.
Coop seems to have one criteria for her significant others: if her mom doesn’t like ’em, she’s onto a winner. Julie goes as far as to call Alex Kelly (WHO IS 17 BUT SOMEHOW RUNS A FREAKING BAR???) Marissa’s latest “weapon of torture” – she’s well aware that her daughter likes to act out and doesn’t believe that her new relationship will be anything but short-lived. And when Kevin Volchok comes onto the scene as Marissa’s season 3 boyfriend, no-one’s quite sure what to make of him. First of all, how do we say his name? The characters on The OC seem to flit between “Vol-chuck”, “Vol-check” and “Vol-chock” but in all honesty it’s still a grey area even 10 years later. That doesn’t really matter, but SECOND OF ALL, why is Marissa even entertaining the idea of dating someone who clearly isn’t going anywhere and once held her hostage under a Newport pier?
I think it’s all down to self-confidence, once again. After Johnny’s death, Marissa kind of flounders for a bit. She and Ryan break up, she spends a lot of time hanging out near lifeguard huts… you know the drill. Kevin Volchok is affected in his own way – he tells Marissa he was always jealous of Johnny, who – from his perspective – had a perfect life and everything going for him. Maybe Marissa can understand that. Maybe she can see a bit of herself in Kevin and a bit of Summer in Johnny.
Volchok can’t get his head around what happened and suddenly starts to think of Marissa as a kindred spirit who also happens to be really hot, so he decides to follow her around and skulk outside her trailer park until she eventually relents and sleeps with him. Like, that is literally what happens. And I think that’s one of the saddest moments of season 3: that Marissa reaches the point where she feels so damaged and afraid that she embarks on a sort-of relationship with someone she has no attachment to and who doesn’t really care about her.
Volchok isn’t there to upset her mom – worse than that. He’s there because she doesn’t believe she deserves any better. She’s gone from the popular social chair with a mansion and a ‘normal’ family to the girl who lives in a trailer park and can’t deal with the events of the previous year. Everyone is moving on and doing well and Marissa can’t see herself doing the same, so she gives up.
But the old Coop is still in there, and although she’s nervous to remove Volchok from her life, she still does it. Something inside of her knows that she is worth more than what she’s giving herself right now, and I feel like that’s THE very best realisation she could have had before her death. She prepares to leave Orange County single and afraid, but not in a bad way. She’s going to help herself. And this is maybe the first act of self-love we’ve seen from Marissa.
“Sorry for all the craziness.”
“I wouldn’t have done it any differently.”
I can harp on about happy endings and self-love as much as I like, but we all know what happens next. Marissa dies, and everything changes. But was her life a waste? Was what we saw from her genuinely all brat-fits and life-ruining? Absolutely not. We can tell from season 4’s pretty much constant theme of grief that Marissa is desperately missed and was nothing short of CHERISHED.
I can’t pretend that Coop is perfect – I said that before. There are moments when I want to throw her damn Berkeley hoody in her face and say “JUST PUT IT ON AND SUCK IT UP, MARISSA.” Sometimes I can’t watch what’s coming next, knowing that she’s about to ignore the people who care about her and run as far away from The Rails as humanly possible. But Marissa is a teenage girl who dealt with more in three years than most people can expect to juggle in a lifetime – and to me, she’s endearing, frustrating, exciting and exquisitely tragic in equal measure.
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this post is seriously wonderful. So much love.
sophiejowrites says:
Thank you so much ☺
Oh my god this post is so incredibly well written! I recently began watching The O.C. and I’m sort of obsessed by Marisa’s character (it’s so interesting to analyze such a sad character) and you did it so perfectly! xx
Ohh thank you so much! I’m so glad you liked it – I’m the exact same, I feel like she’s equal parts infuriating and fascinating, but I can never get enough of Coop! Thanks for reading ☺ xx
everyone seems to forget that ryan was the asshole in season 3 and saying that marissa went to johnny just bc she wanted to not bc she was raped. the girl was raped, and then had to shoot her rapist to save her boyfriend then ryan just dodged her off when she wanted to talk. johnny listened, unlike him. he literally whored around when she needed him the most. u can tell that the rape scene in season 2 was still so strong when she helped another girl who was almost raped as well at a party when she was w volchok. so no, she wasn’t jealous or not understanding of summer’s life, summer was. not. raped. marissa was. she just wanted everything to go back to normal, but even to rape victims, that’d never happen. so she’s NEVER annoying.
Serena you GEM, I love that you analyse it in this way too. I totally agree that Ryan was kind of an ass in season 3 — you can tell that she’s drawn go Johnny cos he gets it. Also absolutely agree re: the the party scene, it is clearly all so fresh for her. I personally think she was jealous of Summer’s life — she wanted everything to go back to normal and Summer’s life always came across as more normal and less angsty, in my eyes. I don’t think Coop resents Summer doing well or progressing but I think even subconsciously she’s gonna be jealous cos she’s so hurt it isn’t going like that for her
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