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Nordhavn 2013 Summer Rendezvous Wrap Up
Participants of the 5th Nordhavn rendezvous gathered Monday morning for coffee, bagels and goodbyes as festivities came to an official close. The weather was touch and go, as it typically is in New England over the five day event, but as was heard over and over, “since when has bad weather stopped a Nordhavn owner?”
Whether under raindrops or streaming sunshine, Mystic Seaport in Connecticut provided the perfect backdrop for the Rendezvous where nearly 50 owners attended seminars, explored the museum and marine historical center, celebrated at parties, and most importantly, enjoyed each other’s company.
Boats ranging in size from the N40 to a Nordhavn 72 lined the docks around the Seaport, drawing much attention from museum-goers and vacationers who’d flocked to Mystic for the weekend. Last Friday, nearly 100 people had signed on to climb aboard several of the Nordhavns that had opened their doors to be toured by potential new owners. The spirit of camaraderie was on view, providing a perfect opportunity for would-be owners to see what life is like when your boat is a Nordhavn.
The Rendezvous kicked off last Thursday with a Welcome Cocktail party presented by Sterling Associates finance company. Participants were greeted by Mystic Seaport President Steve White and Nordhavn’s president, Dan Streech, who updated guests on various happenings at Pacific Asian Enterprises (P.A.E.) including the forthcoming launch of the Nordhavn 120.
The following day, most owners attended the Pantaenius Seminar Series featuring five experts in the areas of diesel engines, stabilization, equipment and spare parts, LED lighting, and life rafts. The day of education was capped off with a very fun potluck supper where participants either made or had store-made a delicious dish of their choice. To say this group was competitive is an understatement! In the end, Marcianne Laycock from N68 Migration won first prize with her tasty Snickerdoodle dessert, while Kristing Thyrre of N57 Summer Star nabbed second with an exotic Gravlaks, a Norwegian cured salmon dish. The winners were awarded bottles of wine – and unfortunately for Kristina, someone mistook her prize earlier in the evening for a contribution to the drinks table!
Saturday morning, P.A.E.’s own engineer Mike Telleria spoke to a packed house on Nordhavn electrical systems. The three-hour seminar gave way to a free afternoon for participants, which was good because summer finally returned to New England. Later that evening, some hopped the bus to the Mohegan Sun casino, where N40 Commander’s Lindsay Kallander was the big winner taking home $84!
On Sunday, a large group gathered for an interesting tour of the nearby submarine base and museum where participants got to explore an actual submarine originally commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1956. The big Rendezvous finale was an old fashioned New England lobster bake that featured succulent lobsters, chowder, chicken, corn on the cob, potatoes, salad and bread. Dinner guests were treated to a local “chanty” singer and celebrated well into the evening, bringing an unofficial festive end to one of Nordhavn’s best rendezvous.
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Terrifying Thought: North Korea Could Sink a Navy Aircraft Carrier
December 26, 2018 Topic: Security Region: Asia Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: North KoreaMilitaryTechnologyWorldSubmarineNavy
Why should we be so shocked?
by James Holmes
Listen to the greats: "Clausewitz counsels that chance and uncertainty help constitute the climate surrounding warfare, and that the wisest military sage can do little more than stack the deck in his favor."
Could North Korea’s armed forces sink an American aircraft carrier? Yes—depending on what type of carrier they confront, how skillfully U.S. Navy commanders employ the flattop and its consorts, how well North Korean warriors know the tactical surroundings and, most crucially, whom fortune favors in combat. Fortune is a fickle ally, prone to switch sides and back again in battle. It’s doubtful an American carrier would fall prey to undersea or aerial attack—but only the foolish say never or always in martial competition, a topsy-turvy affair in which the weak sometimes best the strong.
It could happen, and that warrants forethought.
(This first appeared in January.)
First, some preliminaries. We know for a fact that the DPRK Navy can sink surface vessels. It did so in 2010, launching a sneak submarine attack on the South Korean corvette ROKS Cheonan. Granted, Cheonan was a single ship operating alone, not the centerpiece of a carrier or amphibious task force ringed with escort ships equipped to hunt and assail submarines. The Cheonan incident nevertheless offers proof, if more is needed, of a timeless truth about undersea combat: even a technologically backward diesel sub running slowly—and thus silently—can approach, strike and sink a modern surface craft crewed by highly professional mariners such as those comprising the ROK Navy. The same could befall the U.S. Navy.
Indeed, examples are legion of weaker navies equipped with subs giving superior foes fits. In 1982, a Royal Navy task force defending the Falkland Islands expended most of Great Britain’s war stock of antisubmarine ordnance in a vain effort to dispatch a single Argentine Type 209 diesel-electric boat, ARA San Luis. The Argentine skipper reportedly brought his craft to rest on the seafloor in time-honored fashion. Stopping propulsion eliminated machinery noise, letting San Luis evade detection. Tactics refined during World War II worked on the lesser combatant’s behalf against a NATO navy optimized for antisubmarine combat.
Or take 2006, when a Chinese Type 039 Song-class diesel boat slipped through the defenses of the USS Kitty Hawk carrier strike group, surfacing about five nautical miles from the flattop. While the carrier group wasn’t on guard against submarine attack, navy spokesmen nonetheless voiced concern that the Song’s approach had gone undetected. As well they might: antisubmarine warfare isn’t just a difficult art, but one the U.S. Navy consciously let slip after the Cold War. That’s when the leadership resolved to transform the sea service into a “fundamentally different naval force” that ventured only perfunctory efforts to prepare for high-seas combat. It is playing catch-up in the undersea realm.
It’s amusing when commentators describe this or that submarine as a “stealth submarine.” Presumably that word stealth exudes sex appeal, and generates web traffic. But all subs are stealthy. A nonstealthy sub is wreckage strewn across the seafloor. DPRK skippers have demonstrated they can avoid that fate—and do their job—should they exploit their advantages at a time when circumstances align in their favor. Yes, American carriers are heavily armored and so forth, as carrier proponents like to say, and yes, sinking one would represent no easy feat. That’s a commonplace. But we’ve known for nearly a century that armored ships can be sunk by aerial, surface, or subsurface attack. Indeed, U.S. Navy aviators, battleship gunners and submariners honed antiship warfare to a fine art seventy-five years past, even before precision-guided munitions made their debut. There are no grounds for hubris vis-à-vis the DPRK Navy.
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Second, the DPRK Navy’s prospects depend on the type of carrier force it faces. A carrier strike group centered on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) is a different creature from an amphibious ready group centered on an amphibious carrier (LHD or LHA) such as USS Wasp, currently steaming to its new homeport in Sasebo, Japan. Both CVNs and “amphibs” like Wasp can carry high-tech aircraft such as F-35 joint strike fighters. But the bigger CVN boasts a full-fledged air wing, with lots more fighter/attack aircraft along with associated support aircraft. It’s also outfitted with catapults capable of slinging warplanes into the sky bearing larger fuel loads and weapons complements. LHDs and LHAs displace about half as much as CVNs, they have no catapults, and thus they carry a humbler mix of helicopters and vertical-launch U.S. Marine F-35s featuring shorter range than their U.S. Navy brethren.
An amphibious ready group, then, presents less formidable challenges to North Korean aviators, rocketeers and mariners than does a full-up carrier strike group. In all likelihood, then, U.S. Navy commanders would hold amphibious groups in reserve until the heavy fighting off Korean shores subsided. The “gators” could venture close to shore once air and missile attacks had abated the antiship threat—rendering it manageable for the group’s more modest defenses. In short, how U.S. commanders arrange forces on the nautical chart and sequence operations will help determine whether a carrier suffers assault from North Korean warbirds, surface or subsurface craft, or antiship missiles.
American overseers will certainly exploit the rudimentary state of North Korean reconnaissance technology. Oceans and seas are big places, the biggest carrier group tiny by contrast. It is no simple task to detect, target and engage maritime forces riding the high seas. China’s People’s Liberation Army found this out to its chagrin during the 1995–96 Taiwan Strait crisis, when President Bill Clinton dispatched two carrier groups to the island’s vicinity to deter military action disrupting that year’s presidential elections. Beijing could neither target nor even find U.S. naval forces cruising the Western Pacific, ostensibly a Chinese nautical preserve. There’s little reason to suppose Pyongyang would enjoy better prospects today—unless, say, the DPRK military is a beneficiary of information passed to it by the PLA under the table. China might seek paybacks by proxy for 1995–96.
But third, the strategic canon warns us to expect the perverse in martial competition or strife. Clausewitz counsels that chance and uncertainty help constitute the climate surrounding warfare, and that the wisest military sage can do little more than stack the deck in his favor. He may lose anyway. Edward Luttwak reminds us that while we may conduct our affairs according to rational cost/benefit logic in peacetime, combatants are susceptible to “ironic reversals” in wartime, meaning turnabouts of fortune on the battlefield. They tend to overextend themselves, whether out of ignorance or euphoria, and thereby expose themselves to setbacks or defeat.
Luttwak’s “paradoxical logic” of strategy exempts no one—including U.S. naval aviation. So let’s frame maritime strategy toward North Korea with confidence, while abjuring overconfidence like the plague.
James Holmes holds the J. C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and is a frequent TNI contributor.
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Andrew Bogut out two to three months. Sorry Bucks fans.
By Kurt HelinJan 27, 2012, 5:11 PM EDT
The official report on Andrew Bogut’s fractured ankle is out and well, it’s not good if you had visions of the Bucks in the playoffs.
Andrew Bogut will be out 8 to 12 weeks with his fractured ankle, the team announced on Friday. Bad news. That is essentially the rest of the season. Bad news.
Why bad? That means more Larry Sanders, more Jon Brockman, more Tobias Harris and Jon Leuer and Drew Gooden and Mike Dunleavy. Argue all you want that Andrew Bogut is overrated, he scores 11.3 points and grabs 8.3 rebounds’s per game — Bobut is not underrated compared to the guys who take his minutes.
The Bucks at 7-10 are the 8 seed in the East right now, but that is about to drop.
Bogut could be back for the last couple weeks of the regular season, but by that point will it matter for Milwaukee?
Bogut’s injury was a fluke — go up to block a shot and land on an opponent’s foot, rolling your ankle and breaking it. Just bad luck. Which seems to follow Bogut along. And the Bucks. Sucks for them.
Hopefully he can make a full recovery and next season….
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New Ealing Sessions
Folk workshops in West London
Warm Ups and Drills
The New Rigged Ship no 2
Not to be confused with any of the Shetland tunes of the same name! I know this tune from playing in sessions and in trying track down it’s origins I’ve found it listed as ‘The New Rigged Ship no 2’ or ‘The Rigged Ship’ in England where its played as a jig, as ‘The Hills of Glenorchy’ in Scotland where it’s played as a march or quickstep, and as ‘The Wild Hills of Wannie’ in Northumberland where it’s played slowly as an air. There are numerous other titles for it, and variations of it, and it seems well travelled! Often a sign of a good tune….
The PDF of the tune, chords and bowing/ornaments variations is here, and the dots are below. We improvised in the B section by making up our own rhythms for alternating between Es and Bs in bars 9-10 and then between Ds and As in bars 11-12, and then back to to Es and Bs for bars 13-14 before picking up the tune again in the last two bars (aka at the ‘tail’). ‘Stab’ chords played every two bars helped punctuate the changes here.
Author: debfiddle
Deborah is a violinist and violist specialising in English folk music. She trained in viola and Baroque viola at Birmingham Conservatoire, before returning to her first love of traditional music, song and dance. She is a member of Stepling, a band performing English music, step-dance, song and percussion. She also plays for a number of function bands, performing at barn dances and ceilidhs across the UK. Deborah has played with a number of folk artists, dance and theatre projects. She played for a number of years with Folk Dance Remixed, a dance company combining traditional dance with hip hop and street dance styles, and performing as such events as Car Fest, the Southbank's Festival of Love and Glasgow's Commonwealth Games Festival. She records on a regular basis for a number of people, including The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra, and for Laurel Swift's 'Travelling with Thomas' musical. Deborah teaches music, song and dance regularly for The English Folk Dance and Song Society, as well as on a freelance basis for various workshop series, festivals and music services. She is currently studying on The Teaching Musician MA degree course at Trinity Laban. View all posts by debfiddle
Author debfiddlePosted on October 11, 2018 October 11, 2018 Categories Minor key tunes, Tunes in 6/8
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The Ealing sessions workshops were founded by Laurel Swift in 2000, and the class goes from strength to strength, regularly playing concerts and ceilidhs as the West London Folk Band. Laurel handed the class over to Deb Chalmers in September 2018, hence the new website! This site is designed to support the class, though of course anyone is welcome to learn the tunes and post questions.
The class is held upstairs at West London Trade Union Club, 33-35 High Street, Acton, London, W3 6ND. Parking in nearby streets is fairly simple, lots of buses pass the door and Acton Central Overground station is 5 minutes walk.
Monday evening term-times: 7:15pm – 9:15pm.
Cost: £8 per night.
Who comes? Bedroom musicians, beginner musicians, starting-again musicians, younger musicians, late bloomers, musicians that think they can only read the dots, musicians who worry that they can’t read the dots – you are all welcome.
The old website with the videos and tunes is available here.
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New Ealing Sessions Blog at WordPress.com.
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Home News Hemp Madness
Hemp Madness
by Adria Vasil
you'd have to eat 450 bags of hemp chips within about an hour for THC, the active ingredient in pot, to even begin registering in your blood. But try telling that to the Americans. Take the travails of Chatham-based hemp seed producer Kenex. The company thought it had an agreement that would allow it to sell its product in the U.S. after it threatened to sue U.S. Customs for seizing 40,000 pounds of hemp birdseed that the Americans said showed trace amounts of THC.
But last fall, the DEA issued a surprise "clarification of the rules" making any consumable trace of THC illegal; everything from hemp pretzels to salad dressing will be banned as of February 6. Kenex has joined the Hemp Industry Association and six American hemp companies in a civil suit against the DEA.
But the company has also decided to go another route in its latest tiff, this time claiming a breach under Chapter 11 of NAFTA and seeking more than $20 million in damages.
The very NAFTA regulations used by Ethyl Corp to force the Canadian government to repeal its ban on the contentious gasoline additive MMT are now being used by Kenex to defend its environmentally heralded hemp products.
"Under Chapter 11 of NAFTA, member countries can't treat foreigners any worse than domestic companies," says Kenex attorney Todd Weiler.
Kenex argues that the ban discriminates against Canadian producers since most hemp products come to the U.S. from Canada, and Kenex's competitors, the producers of poppy and flax seed products, don't have to worry about the ban.
The U.S.'s treatment of Kenex has led the Canadian government to pipe up on the matter. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAIT) recently sent a letter to the DEA cautioning that the ban would violate World Trade Organization rules requiring that risk-assessment tests be run before products are banned.
Says DFAIT deputy director of trade Andre Lemay, "We don't feel the ban is legitimate. We say, "Show us the proof.'"
The DEA, which has yet to respond to the government's letter, declined to comment.
Says Adam Eidinger, of the U.S. hemp advocacy group VoteHemp, "There's a lot more caffeine in a cup of decaf than there is THC in hemp foods."
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Nature Walk at Bukit Brown Cemetery
Date : 08 Jun 2019
Time : 7.30am - 10.30am
Location : Meet at 0730 at the relocated main gate.
Parts of Bukit Brown was lost to the building of the Lornie highway. The project was announced in 2011 and expected to be completed in 2016. Due to delays, the first phase was finally opened in late 2018. The final phase is slated to be completed by Q1, 2019. The extended duration of its construction have adverse impact on what remained. Fortunately, significant portions of the cemetery still offer refuge to flora and fauna. Join Goh Si Guim on a walk to see how this green haven had weathered the onslaught on development.
Meet at 0730 at the relocated main gate.
There are no parking areas. Path side parking will be at your own risk.
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Home » Budget Industry » MARAD Ready Reserve Force Still Faces Readiness, Manning Challenges
MARAD Ready Reserve Force Still Faces Readiness, Manning Challenges
By: Megan Eckstein
RRF vessel SS Cornhusker State off the coast of Haiti, February 2010. MARAD Photo
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Maritime Administration’s Ready Reserve Force is still as small and perhaps less ready than this time last year, when a top MARAD official said the RRF was “on the ragged edge” of readiness.
Asked about those comments today at the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space conference, MARAD Administrator Mark Buzby said “I could say the same statement again this year, I’m afraid.”
“We have not, in terms of actual numbers, gotten any help” since last year, he continued.
“We still have about 81 U.S.-flagged international trading vessels in the world today. We still have 60 (of those ships) in the Maritime Security Program. We still have our 46 Ready Reserve Force ships plus 15 Military Sealift Command operates. The thing that has changed a little bit is the readiness of those ships has slipped even just a little bit more since it was last year. Manning-wise, we’re about the same: we believe we have an 1,800 or so mariner shortfall for a prolonged sealift effort. But really things aren’t going to get markedly better until we start getting more ships online and some newer ships online.”
Buzby did note that, as compared to last year, there is a plan in place with lawmakers to address these readiness challenges for the fleet that would be primarily responsible for flowing in Army and Air Force gear and other supplies in the case of a major war effort or other contingency. The average age of the ships is 44 years old, and half of them are steam ships.
Buzby said Congress has laid out a three-pronged path to regain readiness: some existing Ready Reserve Force ships will have their lives extended out to 60 years, with the Navy upgrading some of their obsolete systems to help them continue to serve for another decade or two; MARAD and U.S. Transportation Command will buy used ships that are somewhat newer than the oldest current RRF ships and make minor adjustments so they can meet military sealift needs; and Congress will fund the construction of new ships.
“As you all know, the Navy has a pretty large order of (new ships) and a lot of plans for building a lot of ships, and we have to kind of prioritize properly where our sealift should fit into that,” Buzby said, referring to budget and industry constraints. He added he was working with the chief of naval operations to discuss what the right kind of ship to build would be, how many to buy, and when to buy them.
Despite the readiness challenges that remain today, “we’re moving in the right direction and we have the plans in place to get us there.”
Article Keywords: Common Hull Auxiliary Multi-Mission Platform (CHAMP), MARAD, Maritime Administration, Mark Buzby, SAS 2019
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About Megan Eckstein
Megan Eckstein is a staff writer for USNI News. She previously covered Congress for Defense Daily and the U.S. surface navy and U.S. amphibious operations as an associate editor for Inside the Navy.
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PHOTOS: Deploying Soldiers Qualify on Multiple Weapon Systems
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Tue December 7, 2010
By Sgt. Will Hill, Camp Atterbury Public Affairs
Sgt. Steven Shaw, an Indiana National Guard Soldier leans back to get lineof-sight as he fires a .50 caliber machine gun during weapon qualification training
Sgt. Steven Shaw, an Indiana National Guard Soldier from the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, leans back to get line-of-sight as he fires a .50 caliber machine gun during weapon qualification training at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. More than 50 Soldiers from the 219th BFSB participated in the qualification training on multiple weapons systems to include, the M4 assault rifle, the 50 caliber machine gun, the Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), and many more in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill)
An Indiana National Guard Soldier prepares to engage targets with the Mk19 grenade launcher.
An Indiana National Guard Soldier, from the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, prepares to engage targets with the Mk19 grenade launcher as the sun rises at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Joint Training Center. More than 50 Soldiers from the 219th BFSB qualified on multiple weapon systems during weapons qualification training for their upcoming deployment to Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill)
1st. Lt. Todd Whitson, range training technician at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, confirms hits or misses by observing Soldiers from the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade firing the Mk 19 Grenade Launcher.
1st. Lt. Todd Whitson, range training technician at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, confirms hits or misses by observing Soldiers from the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade firing the Mk 19 Grenade Launcher. More than 50 Soldiers from the 219th BFSB participated in the qualification training on multiple weapons systems includes, the M4 assault rifle, the .50 caliber machine gun, the Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), and many more in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill)
A .50 caliber machine gun is ready for firing by Indiana National Guard Soldiers.
A .50 caliber machine gun is ready for firing by Indiana National Guard Soldiers from the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade during weapon qualification training at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill)
An Indiana National Guard Soldier inspects a 40mm grenade before loading the ammunition into the Mk 19 grenade launcher.
An Indiana National Guard Soldier from the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade inspects a 40mm grenade before loading the ammunition into the Mk 19 grenade launcher during weapon qualification training at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. The Mk 19 is a belt-fed automatic grenade launcher which can fire 40mm grenades at a cyclic rate of 325 to 375 rounds per minute. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill)
Staff Sgt. David Wilson fires the Mk19 grenade launcher during weapon qualification training at Camp Atterbury.
Staff Sgt. David Wilson, a Shelbyville, Ind. Soldier from the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, fires the Mk19 grenade launcher during weapon qualification training at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. More than 50 Soldiers from the 219th BFSB qualified on multiple weapon systems for their upcoming deployment to Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill)
Sgt. Drue Gilbert and Pvt. Jess Neal inspect their ammunition for a Squad Automatic Weapon.
Sgt. Drue Gilbert, from Greenfield, Ind., and Pvt. Jess Neal, from York Town, both Indiana National Guard Soldiers from the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, inspect their ammunition for a Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during weapon qualification training at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. More than 50 Soldiers from the 219th BFSB qualified on multiple weapon systems for their upcoming deployment to Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill)
Sgt. Drue Gilbert, a signal support systems specialist, fires a Squad Automatic Weapon.
Sgt. Drue Gilbert, from Greenfield, Ind., a signal support systems specialist from the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, fires a Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during weapon qualification training at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. More than .50 Soldiers from the 219th BFSB participated in the qualification training on multiple weapons systems to include the M4 assault rifle, the .50 caliber machine gun, the Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), and many more in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill)
Sgt. Drue Gilbert, from Greenfield, Ind., a signal support systems specialist from the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, looks down range at his target during Squad Automatic Weapon qualification training.
Sgt. Drue Gilbert, from Greenfield, Ind., a signal support systems specialist from the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, looks down range at his target during Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) weapon qualification training at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. More than 50 Soldiers from the 219th BFSB participated in the qualification training on multiple weapons systems to include the M4 assault rifle, the .50 caliber machine gun, the Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), and many more in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill)
Sgt. Drue Gilbert, a signal support systems specialist, fires a Squad Automatic Weapon as his spotter, Pvt. Jess Neal observes and locates the target.
Sgt. Drue Gilbert, from Greenfield, Ind., a signal support systems specialist from the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, fires a Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) as his spotter, Pvt. Jess Neal, from York Town, also from the 219th BFSB, observes and locates the target for his partner during weapon qualification training at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill)
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Mobile phones have become our digital backpacks. They hold our address books, maps, to do lists, photos and increasingly, our wallets. And in today’s connected world, we often share this information with apps and online services without a second thought.
This has obvious benefits. We can take a picture on our iPhone and quickly share it to Instagram or Snapchat or Twitter. We can upload our Gmail contacts to Paperless Post and invite friends to a party. And we can sync our Fitbit with a Nike app to track our health. These options make our lives easier and they’re made possible by an ecosystem of platforms, including the Facebook Platform, that let us share our information with other apps and services directly. This data portability is also powered by tools like Facebook’s Download Your Information, which lets you to create a copy of your information on our platform to then store on your computer or upload to another service.
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We need to find the right balance, giving people control over data sharing and preventing abuse without hampering people’s experiences or hindering innovation.
With this in mind, we’ve taken steps to restrict access to our platform to better guard against abuse. In 2014, we announced that we were changing our platform to dramatically limit the data apps could access. And we’ve accelerated this work in recent months, restricting the information apps can get when you log in with Facebook and authorize them. Now, unless an app has gone through a full review, it can only request your name, profile photo and email address — much less information than when you download their app directly to your phone. We’ve also removed the ability for a developer to request additional private data from people if it appears they have not used the app in the last three months.
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THE BIG SMALL SHOW 2017 at DRAWING ROOMS
12/15/17 – 2/17/18
by Lindy Judge, 2/1/18
Some things do improve with age, and THE BIG SMALL SHOW 2017 at Jersey City’s Drawing Rooms is one of them. Currently in its fifth year, The Big Small Show 2017 brings together a large array of exceptional recent works by over 100 artists in the intimate setting of a former convent. This show is always worth seeing, but this year the works and the curation are unparalleled.
With 100+ artists contributing 2 to 4 works each, there is a lot to see, and one might expect it to be overwhelming. However, due to the expert curation of Anne Trauben, the experience is anything but. In fact, it is fun, thought-provoking, and thoroughly enjoyable.
The full range of media is represented—painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, mixed media—all thoughtfully arranged in 8 rooms, the gallery shop and the hallway. As a framework, each room has a curatorial theme: Images and Objects; Landscape; Ethereal and Elemental; Memory; Surface—Subtle and Complex; People and Places; Drawing; and Bold and Big. I see these as suggestive rather than summative. I didn’t read the room titles on my first viewing. Instead I looked at the works individually and then considered the overall impression of the grouping. On a subsequent viewing, I made a point of reading the titles and descriptions, which added another level of appreciation of the works and the themes being explored.
In broad strokes, the themes reflected in a show of this size naturally include many of the issues confronting us all: the environment; the politics of culture, sexuality, and gender; relationships; communication; etc., as well as the issues that specifically concern artists in their work: aesthetics, form, purpose. Individual artists address these issues in work that is literal or abstract, theoretical or personal, and through explorations of presentation, process, and materials. The one condition imposed was that the works could be no larger than 30 inches, and the smaller scale benefits the overall experience; it requires viewers to step in a little closer to get a good look.
It is impossible to talk about each and every piece—although they are all worthy of discussion—so I will highlight some that come to mind.
When viewing a piece of art, we tend to contextualize the work by our reaction to the form or content, or by what it seems to convey. We don’t generally think about the process, although process is an essential part of the communication between artist and viewer. Several pieces in this show succeed in prompting the viewer to pause and consider the process, for example: Roger Sayre’s photographs, Maureen McQuillan’s hypnotic ink and acrylic pieces, Bruce Halpin’s inexplicably flat colors, and Michael Kukla’s “Star 1”.
Michael Kukla, “Star 1”
(2015, marble)
Kukla’s small marble sculpture initially draws you in because of its beauty and mystery. Although literally “set in stone”, it reveals a realm that isn’t limited by time or space, and also leaves you in awe of the process, asking out loud, “How did he do that?”
Among the “Memory” works are the photographs of Roger Sayre, such as “Deirdre 2”,
Roger Sayre, “Deirdre 2”
(2017, C Print)
whose subtle erosions of form have a ghost-like quality. These mysterious, indefinite images challenge our perception of identity, perhaps urging us to wonder if something ceases to exist because our “image” of it has been seriously altered. Sayre might posit that a crystal clear image doesn’t represent a person at all. His subjects sit for an hour-long exposure. Since it is impossible to hold any single expression for that long, all expressions merge into one image, and thus the subject’s “essence” is revealed.
Although not officially part of this grouping, Josef Zutelgte’s work also investigates memory and identity. His sculpture “Mutter" (German for "mother")
Josef Zutelgte, “Mutter”
(2016, paper, aqua resin)
deals with dementia, and through the use of negative space explores the notion of being “there and not there.”
Ilene Sunshine’s strange and seductive sculptures are indeed “Ethereal and Elemental.” Pictured here is “A.M. #7”.
Ilene Sunshine, “A.M. #7”
(2016, handmade abaca paper over salvaged plastic,
acrylic paint)
The curious and dreamlike quality of her objects also brought back memories of semi-opaque pieces of sea glass found along a shore and all the imagined histories adhered to them.
The repurposing of salvaged objects and materials is a recurring aspect of many of the works, as are the subjects of nature and human interaction with (and impact on) the environment. Maggie Ens’s multi-media works incorporate discarded, manmade objects along with more organic items to create “nature” scenes that challenge reality. Ens adapts the tradition of Still Life. She builds 3D canvasses and employs unconventional constructions, resulting in a tension that is both surprising and satisfying.
Maggie Ens, “The Old Soft Shoe”
(2015, mixed media)
Jeanne Heifetz’s “Mottanai” series contemplates preservation and the push to recycle, reuse and repurpose. Mottainai is a Japanese term warning against waste.
Jeanne Heifetz, Mottainai 13,
(2016 ink on gampi torinoko paper hand-dyed with indigo)
Other traditional genres that are reimagined in this exhibition are Landscape and Portraiture. Jennifer Krause Chapeau’s rich, moody oil paintings depict landscapes as they are most typically viewed today—in motion, from a commuter’s car or a train.
Jennifer Krause Chapeau, “Eolienne II”
(2017, oil on canvas)
A sweet surprise is the charming and sincere portraits by Rajendra Mehta, which the artist notes were painted with a knife. Patricia Fabricant’s deconstructed and decomposed self-portraits, such as “Faceless” investigate the very nature of portraits and the psychology of visual identity.
Patricia Fabricant, “Faceless”
(2017 gouache)
According to the artist, these woven paintings abstract her gaze to reveal a variegated expression of her inner life.
Among my personal favorites are Nupur Nishith’s colorful, portrait-like depictions of real and mythic characters (“Cleopatra” and “Icarus”).
Nupur Nishith, “Cleopatra”
(2016, acrylic on canvas)
Nishith’s work utilizes the traditional motifs and folk-art form of her native Mithila, India, adapting them to contemporary techniques that make the flat, two-dimensional works at once familiar and unique. The bright colors, symbolic designs, and intense detail result in absolutely vibrant work.
When it comes to color, form, and abstraction, there are so many pieces worth noting, but I’ll mention just a few. Amanda Church’s work intertwines form and color, incorporating biomorphic shapes and a funky, artificial palette. Those shapes and unusual colors are evident in “Purple Sleeve”.
Amanda Church, “Purple Sleeve”
(2015 oil on canvas)
Gary Petersen’s edgy geometric painting style creates a sense of fun with colors that are bright, upbeat, and influenced by 1960’s cartoons like The Jetsons.
Gary Petersen, “Don’t Mind Me”
(2015 acrylic on canvas)
Not to be overlooked are the beautiful effects achieved by both Bill Rybak’s and Sarah Lutz’s color field paintings that utilize a process of layering on color and scraping it away.
Bill Rybak, “2-Part Invention”
(2017, polychrome wood)
Vivid color and complex layering are also at work in Lisa Pressman’s encaustic abstractions, and Eileen Ferara’s mixed-media musings on Nature are lush with texture and color.
Finally, there are a host of others artists and works that stood out for a variety of reasons: Barbara Lubliner’s “Kick” series of monoprints combine curvy, Arp-like shapes with straight edges in an exploration of figure-ground relationships; Anne Trauben’s elegant collages, which somehow manage to be minimalist and romantic;
Anne Trauben, “Number One (of 30)
(2017, paper collage, black gesso)
Robert Egert’s bold, abstract oil and acrylic paintings; Jackie Schatz’s delightful, floating ceramic forms that are simultaneously figurative and abstract and offer, perhaps, a nod to medieval reliefs (now set free) or to the iconic “Venus of Willendorf;”
Jackie Schatz, “A Lost Lady”
(2017, ceramic)
Mary Valverde’s intricate and ephemeral ink drawings; and the dark but funny collages of Melissa Stern, who describes her own work as “childlike and goofy.” Stern’s wry, ironic bricolage creations, like “New Boyfriend”
Melissa Stern, New Boyfriend”
(2017, paint, collage, graphite)
bring together anthropological depth and an unexpected intimacy to comment on life’s absurdities.
There’s such great work and so much going on in this show. Unfortunately the constraints of time and space do not allow me to write about every artist and work. It was extremely difficult to limit my choices because there are so very many works worthy of contemplation. The Big Small Show 2017 delights, inspires, and illustrates the vast, far-reaching range of artistic expression.
The Big Small Show 2017, a recent survey of drawing, painting, sculpture, photography and print at Drawing Rooms by 102 NJ/NY metro area artists in 8 gallery rooms, the hallway and gallery shop, is curated by Anne Trauben and will run through 2/17/18.
Artists in The Big Small Show 2017 include:
Alejandro Rubin Panvini, Alice Momm, Alpana Mittal, Amanda Church, Andra Samelson, Ani Rosskam, Ann Giordano, Anne Q. McKeown, Anne Trauben, Annie Varnot, Ashley Lyon, Barbara Lubliner, Beatrice Mady, Bill Leech, Bill Rybak, Bruce Halpin, Caridad Kennedy, Carla Aurich, Cathy Diamond, Christopher Lowry Johnson, Curt Ikens, Dana Kane, David French, Deanna Lee, Deirdre Kennedy, Diane Tenerelli-June, Donna Conklin King, Eileen Ferara, Fran Beallor, Gary Petersen, Greg Letson, Ilene Sunshine, Injoo Whang, Jackie Shatz, Janet Pihblad, Janet Tsakis, Jeanne Heifetz, Jeanne Tremel, Jennifer Krause Chapeau, Jodie Fink, Joe Lugara, Jong Hyun Kwon, Josef Zutelgte, Julian Jackson, Justin Pollmann, Katarina Wong, Katherine Jackson, Katherine Parker, Kathy Cantwell, Katrina Bello, Kit Sailer, Laura Alexander, Laura Lou Levy, Linda Gottesfeld, Linda Schmidt, Lisa Pressman, Lisa Sanders, Liz Atlas, Loura van der Meule, Lucy Meskill, Maggie Ens, Marianne DeAngelis, Marietta Hoferer, Mary Valverde, Maureen McQuillan, Melissa Stern, Michael Endy, Michael Kukla, Michael Moore, Michael Teters, Mona Brody, Nan Ring, Nancy Karpf, Nikolina Kovalenko, Noemie Jennifer, Nupur Nishith, Pam Cooper, Pamela Shipley, Patricia Fabricant, Pauline Galiana, Rajendra Mehta, Rene Lynch, RitaMarie Cimini, Robert Egert, Robin Feld, Roger Sayre, Ruth Hiller, Sarah Lutz, Stephen Cimini, Steve Krasner, Sue Ellen Leys, Sunjin Lee, Tamar Zinn, Terri Amig, Tessa Grundon, Theda Sandiford, Todd Lambrix, Trix Rosen, Wendy Letven, Yael Dresdner, Yuko Nishikawa
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Our work on the film covered a wide gamut of both 2D and 3D visual effects work, including vast set extensions, intricate simulation work, fully CG environments, digital actors, extensive CG integrations with live plates and the creation of astonishingly photorealistic CG sharks.
Over five months we built an impressive slate of key sequences, including various close-up shots of photorealistic 3D sharks, a CG cage that plummets into the depths of the ocean, ferocious attack sequences and more.
On top of all this, one of the major challenges we faced was helping the director to achieve his vision for the underwater setting where most of the film takes place. As the lion's share of underwater shots were filmed in a purpose built water tank, we were tasked with seamlessly extending all of these shots to remove anything man made and turn a relatively small tank into the vast depths of the Pacific. This work is prevalent throughout the film.
Produced by Tea Shop & Film Company, 47 Meters Down tells the story of two sisters who travel to Mexico, only to become trapped in a dive cage on the ocean floor. In shark-infested waters, the pair struggle to survive both a dwindling air supply and the advances of these terrifying aquatic beasts.
The film’s Director, Johannes Roberts, worked closely with on-set VFX Supervisor Sean Mathieson, who was brought on by Outpost VFX to create a tense, visceral and immersive survival experience.
When asked about Outpost VFX’s work on 47 Meters Down, Roberts said: “Just phenomenal work. I’m speechless how good you guys are.”
As an added bonus, Outpost VFX’s owner Duncan McWilliam served as Executive Producer on the film, steering the VFX budget to create the best possible on-screen production value.
“47 Meters Down was a real breakthrough opportunity for Outpost VFX to show what we are capable of producing,” explained McWilliam. “Being the sole VFX vendor on the show across such a broad range of VFX disciplines was fantastic for our team to really flex their creative and technical muscle.”
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Home Features If Your Church Is to Thrive, It Must Grow Young. Here’s How
If Your Church Is to Thrive, It Must Grow Young. Here’s How
Kara Powell, Jake Mulder & Brad Griffin
Churches are shrinking. Churches are aging. But that’s not the way it has to be.
In 2016, Kara Powell and her team at the Fuller Youth Institute released Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church, based on extensive research with more than 250 of the nation’s leading churches. In this article, they discuss the keys to successfully reaching, leading and discipling young people.
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You may have heard the sky is falling.
Churches are closing their doors. Young people are walking away from faith.
So how bad is the bad news, really? It’s a question we have recently pondered at the Fuller Youth Institute. With the aim of translating research into practical resources, we are hopeful about how research can empower leaders in the midst of some discouraging news about the church.
Churches Are Shrinking
Most churches in America are not growing.
According to an extensive survey by the Pew Research Center, the share of adults in the U.S. who identify as Christians fell from 78 to 71 percent between 2007 and 2014. The increase in those who identify as “religiously unaffiliated” (meaning atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular”) jumped by almost seven points, from just over 16 percent to 23 percent.
This well publicized “rise of the nones” varies by denomination. Mainline Protestantism has experienced the greatest dip in numbers. From 2007 to 2014, mainline Protestant adults declined by about 5 million. Roman Catholic adults dropped nearly 3 million. Adults in evangelical denominations, as well as adults in nondenominational churches with evangelical leanings, actually grew from 60 million to 62 million. However, while the total number of evangelicals has increased, the percentage of Americans who identify as evangelicals has actually decreased almost 1 percent from just over 26 percent to just over 25 percent.
In short, while some denominations are growing globally, no major Christian tradition is growing in the U.S. today. A few denominations are managing to hold steady, but that’s as good as it gets.
Churches Are Aging
Most churches in America are also aging.
While young adults aged 18 to 29 make up 22 percent of the U.S. adult population, they represent less than 10 percent of churchgoers. In a recent 10-year study of congregations, people over age 60 increased by 5 percent and people under age 35 decreased by 5 percent.
Many churches see the average age of their attendees increase year by year and wonder what the graying heads mean for the future of the church. Perhaps you can relate.
Young People Do Walk Away
Alongside this shrinking and aging, churches are watching young people walk away.
A major turning point for young people’s faith in America tends to be high school graduation. Multiple studies highlight that about half of youth group seniors drift from God and the faith community after they graduate from high school. We’ve spent the past decade studying how to reverse this trend through our Sticky Faith project.
Some—perhaps more than half—of those who drift from the church end up rejoining the faith community, generally when they get married and have children. But even those who return have made significant life decisions about worldview, relationships and vocation—all during an era when their faith was shoved aside. The consequences of those lasting decisions are often tough to erase.
“But Wait, my Church Is Growing!”
Perhaps your congregation is growing, and bursting with young people. But in the midst of that growth, you may wonder if young people are merely consuming what you offer. You want more than that; you want them to be unleashed to join—and help lead—God’s redemptive work in the world.
Regardless of your church’s trajectory, your congregation needs young people, and they need your church. One without the other is incomplete. Our research reveals that growing young can energize your entire congregation. As you navigate the waters of growing young, your other priorities (like effective evangelism, dynamic worship services, powerful service and missions, and authentic community) will gain momentum. If your overall hope is to have a vibrant congregation, there are arguably few better starting points than tapping into the contagious passion of teenagers and young adults.
How Strategic Churches Are Growing Young
The data is clear that shrinking and aging are the default for most American congregations today. But that’s not the way it has to be.
And it’s not happening in every church. Perhaps most importantly, it doesn’t have to be true for your church.
Our research team at the Fuller Youth Institute spent the last four years studying more than 250 congregations of diverse sizes, ethnicities and geographic regions that are unlocking the potential of teenagers and young adults. These churches are bucking the national trends and seeing not only young people—but their entire congregation—thrive. They are bright lights in the midst of the all-too-often gloomy narratives and research.
These churches joined us for one of the most comprehensive and collaborative studies on churches engaging young people, involving more than 1,500 research participants, 10,000 hours of staff research time, over 20 denominations, nearly 40 states and both new church plants and those with more than 100 years of history. Half of the congregations were predominantly white, while one-third were multiracial (see ChurchesGrowingYoung.com for more details and resources).
All that work was focused on learning more about what’s going right in the church.
The primary goal of our last three years of research has been to understand how and why exemplary churches are effectively engaging 15- to 29-year-olds. Put more simply, we studied churches that are growing, and growing young. To ensure both the quality and practical applicability of the research, we enlisted a world-class team of advisors to guide the process, including Andy Crouch, Brad Lomenick, Brenda Salter McNeil, Carey Nieuwhof, David Kinnaman, Efrem Smith, Eugene Cho, John Ortberg, Sergio De La Mora and others.
One critical way these churches are thriving is in their approach to leadership and mentoring—especially with young people. Both leadership in general, as well as specific leaders, were mentioned in every stage of our research as one of the principal contributors to churches that grow young. When pastoral leaders were asked to describe what accounted for their success with young people, the highest response—named by half of pastors—was church leadership. Church leadership ranked ahead of worship style, emphasis on social justice and use of the latest technology. Congregation members were even more likely to attribute their church’s effectiveness to leadership, at more than 77 percent. That held true in interviews and site visits, from The District Church in Washington, D.C., to Flood Church in San Diego, California.
So how does leadership look different in a church that is growing young? It all comes down to who holds the keys.
Kara Powell
Jake Mulder
Brad Griffin
Growing Young
Baker Books
Fuller Youth Institute
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Fifty Hotel & Suites by Affinia
By Terry Trucco
At A Glance: In Midtown East, an area of town not known for its residential ambience, Fifty Hotel & Suites by Affinia offers the next best thing – a taste of apartment living this side of Airbnb.
Hominess is in the DNA of the 250-room building, which started life in 1959 as a residential hotel. There’s no restaurant but two enormous lounges — stylish following the hotel’s $19 million renovation in 2014 – eat up the second floor. And all 100 suites, from studios to one- bedrooms, come with kitchenettes making Fifty a smart option for extended stays.
The 21st-century/mid-century look unspools on the ground floor, bracketed by two inviting spaces — a check-in area with a well-stocked grab ‘n go and, behind a whimsical quartet of sculpted metal figures, a seating area warmed, visually at least, by a floral rug and a gas-jet fireplace in a sleek stone wall. You can sink into a fanciful armchair – Danish Modern meets tweed – or a buttery leather sofa and check your messages.
Or you can head upstairs a flight – the spiral staircase is quicker than the elevator – where two lounges await, one sporty and informal with a communal table generously outfitted with outlets for electronic devices, the other cozy and chic, with yet another fireplace, library shelves stocked with New York and memorabilia and abstract paintings on the walls.
Typical of mid-century apartment buildings, details are minimal and the building’s architectural bones are cold. Windows are wide but narrow. But this stylish hotel doesn’t skimp on comfort. That’s homey, too.
Rooms: The smallest rooms are plenty big for two people, and everything larger – studio suites, junior suits and one-bedroom suites — comes with a kitchenette. Like many postwar East Side buildings, rooms sport crisp lines, minimal moldings and narrow horizontal windows. But the hotel’s midcentury decor makes the most of this extremely basic architecture.
The gray and white rooms sport geometric-patterned rugs, a comfy club chair (or two), beds dressed in white sheeting and, above the tufted headboards, a ribbon of art that looks like a color-field painting. (Designed for the hotel the latter were printed on huge canvas spools and cut to fit each room, like a roll of paper towels.) Each room also features a pair of framed New Yorker-style cartoons and a wheeled leather desk chair.
The kitchenettes range from modest to larger-than-you’d-find-in-some-Manhattan-apartments. Bathrooms are small but freshly redone with stone tiles, Parsons-style vanities and teasing wall canvases of word art, a splash of downtown cred.
Food and drink: No restaurant or bar on campus, but you won’t starve. A $16.65 buffet breakfast including cold cereal, Danish pastries, smoked salmon, bagels, coffee and juice is served weekdays in the hotel’s large 2nd floor large lounge. Coffee and tea are always available gratis in the lounge. And Fresh Direct, the popular online food service, delivers to hotel guests.
In addition, the neighborhood is packed with places to eat and drink, including Smith and Wollensky, where Andie picked up Miranda Priestly’s ill-fated steak in The Devil Wears Prada (the restaurant appears in American Psycho, too). The nearby hotels have restaurants and bars as well, including the American brasserie National at the Benjamin, the roof bar at the Kimberly and Whiskey Bar at the W. Sandwich shops and delis reside nearby, and Starbucks is a block away.
Amenities: Like other hotels in this small, well-managed chain, Fifty piles them on. Six styles of pillows are offered on the menu. A free Experience Kit, featuring accoutrements for fitness, exploring the city or an oenophile’s picnic, is available. Prior to arrival, guests can order up select room items, from yoga mats to rubber ducks. WiFi ($13.95 a day in rooms, free in the second floor lounges). The mirrored fitness room is bigger than before and, in addition to standard cardio and weight equipment, includes a shower and changing room for guests who want to work out before heading to the airport. Pets stay free of charge. Nightly wine hour.
Surroundings: Though fairly far east, Fifty Hotel & Suites has an excellent midtown location, close to office buildings, restaurants and not far from Fifth Avenue shopping. Rockefeller Center is four blocks away, and attractions like the Museum of Modern Art, Grand Central Station, the Morgan Library, the Broadway Theater District, the New York Public Library and Bryant Park are not far afield. The hotel is also agreeably close to the United Nations. Bus stops are nearby and the subway station is a short walk away.
Back story: Built in 1959 as a residential the hotel, the property was originally called the Plaza. It joined the Denihan Hospitality Group, which runs the Affinia chain, and in 2004 was renovated (to the tune of $12 million. we’re told) and renamed Affinia 50, a nod to the street where it stands. Its latest renovation in 2014 bumped up its looks and style. In 2015 the hotel tweaked its name. So long, Affinia 50. Hello, Fifty NYC — An Affinia Hotel. But not for long. In 2017 the hotel became Fifty Hotel and Suites by Affinia. That’s an apt description, but we’ll see how long that name lasts.
Keep in mind: Elevators are slow.
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Turn Blue
Black Keys (Musical group)
Music CD - 2014
Publisher: New York, NY : Nonesuch, p2014.
Characteristics: 1 audio disc (46 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet.
audio file,CD audio
Read more reviews of Turn Blue at iDreamBooks.com
ThomasJWhiting May 20, 2015
Got this after I heard Lonely Boy on 2013 Grammy Nominees CD. Glad I did; rather enjoyable and fits my tastes more than a lot of contemporary music.
swedish_chef Sep 23, 2014
Incredible. The first time I heard this album I thought that they had fallen into the mainstream trap like so many other artists, but on further listening I began to hear more of their old sound (like from The Moan or Rubber Factory) coming through the background. The way their sound has evolved is amazing, give it a listen.
rhys33 Jul 28, 2014
I've been a fan of The Black Keys since hearing the song Busted on their debut album, The Big Come Up. Initially thinking it was RL Burbside (they use one of his riffs in the song) I got curious, they blew my mind, and I've been a fan since. While this album is good in it's own right, and I respect bands that experiment and grow, I can no longer identify with the sound. They've moved so far in a new direction that many of us who love the Mississippi/Delta Blues, Burnside/Kimbrough sound they expanded on so well, no longer get this. They've caught on to what appeals to the masses though, and kudos for that.
Check out their early albums: The Big Come Up, Thickfreakness, Rubber Factory for a real treat.
Misty1979 Jun 30, 2014
Fans of the Black Keys tend to fall between two groups: Those who are married to their gritty, bluesy sound and those who are willing to come along for the ride, ready for the next curb. Part of the Black Keys charm is that they don't really care what other people think. It isn't a blatant show of arrogance, but remaining true to themselves: two guys who started making music they wanted to hear and enjoy playing. That hasn't changed. Their sound does seem to vary from record to record and it is up to the listener to decide if they are willing to accept whatever turn comes next. This CD is no different. No doubt that it still sounds like the Black Keys. It isn't exactly Gold on the Ceiling Keys, but it is a great CD just the same. 10 Lovers is my favorite, followed by Fever and Weight of Love. Weight of Love is guitar solo heavy, but it doesn't disappoint. The overall lyrics set a melancholy theme, but nothing that would make you rather shoot yourself than finish the CD. The music is anything but sad. I would recommend sampling it on Amazon before checking it out so you don't waste your time. I personally enjoyed it. Besides, Dan Auerbach's voice is food for the soul.
anthonybencivengo May 26, 2014
A slightly more experimental album than "El Camino", with muddier melodies awash in Danger Mouse's ghostly production. It sometimes feels like a fancy package with no substance inside of it. But man, what a cool-sounding package.
Auerbach, Dan
Carney, Patrick
Rock Music — 2011-2020.
Alternative Rock Music.
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The Weirdest CES Gadgets Of All Time (That Never Came Out)
Filed to: cesFiled to: ces
vaporware
retrofuture
The tech industry is riddled with vaporware — those products that get a big public announcement, but never actually find their way to stores. And it’s always been this way. Just ask investors who were throwing tons of money at airship companies at the turn of the 20th century.
Sometimes the people tasked with building the future get a little ahead of themselves. It’s one thing to have vision. But delivering on that vision and bringing a product to market is often a lot harder than it looks.
Today we have a brief look at some of the most notorious vaporware to come out of the Consumer Electronics Show since it began in 1967. Many of these products would’ve revolutionized our relationship with technology. If only they weren’t too good (or sometimes too silly) to be true.
GENUS the Robot (CES 1983)
Genus the robot was going to do everything: vacuum your floors, learn the floorplan of your house, play games, and work as a guard dog. Genus was even supposed to shake hands, provided you sprung for the optional “arms” package.
Journalists at CES 1983 couldn’t say enough nice things about this futuristic Rosey the Robot come to life. Your personal household robot was finally here! Except that it wasn’t.
Everyone thought that the 1980s was going to be the decade when domestic robots would finally invade American homes. But the 4.5 feet tall Genus, along with countless other robots of the 1980s, couldn’t make that vision happen. The company that built Genus — Robotics International Corporation of Jackson, Michigan — claimed that this futuristic wonder-robot would be in stores by summer of 1983. The cost? Anywhere from $3,000 to $12,000, depending on which options you wanted.
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Sadly, Genus never got the chance to wow us with its futuristic robo-moves. The technology never matched the hype.
Atari Mindlink (CES 1984)
Have you ever tried to control a video game... with your mind? That was the idea behind Atari’s Mindlink controller, which was on display at CES in 1984. Atari claimed that the device could pick up electrical impulses from your head. Supposedly all you needed to do was tighten and relax the muscles in your forehead to influence the action on the screen.
Needless to say, mind control controllers weren’t quite ready for primetime in the early 1980s. And despite claims that the Mindlink would be in stores by Fall of 1985, the product was scrapped.
Commodore LCD (CES 1985)
In the mid-1980s, most Americans didn’t yet have a desktop PC, let alone a portable one. But Commodore’s LCD was supposed to change all that. Debuting at CES in 1985, the 3-pound computer had a fold-up display that could handle a whopping 16 lines of text.
This relic of the retro-future never saw the salesroom floor though. Commodore was reportedly scared off by the fact that portable computing was far from a proven market.
Samsung Scoutabout Robot (CES 1991)
Samsung’s Scoutabout robot was supposed to be the cutting edge of home security. The product debuted in 1991 at the summer CES in Chicago.
The idea was that the Scoutabout would autonomously roam your house every 20 minutes, looking for any sign of fire and burglars. Equipped with heat sensors, and microphones (which could reportedly detect the sound of breaking glass from 150 feet away) the Scoutabout was supposed to be one futuristic guard dog.
With a retail price of $1,000, this Samsung robot was supposed to be available in February of 1992. It was never commercially released.
DigiScent’s iSmell (CES 2001)
What does the internet smell like? DigiScent’s iSmell was supposed to answer that question.
This USB connected device made its debut at CES 2001, and was equipped with 128 different scents which could be mixed to create a nauseating hodgepodge of smells. Thankfully, the iScent never made its way into stores.
As anyone who has mindlessly wandered the internet knows, one wrong turn can be quite an assault on the eyes. If the iSmell had become a reality, who knows what a nightmare it could’ve been for our noses.
Qualcomm Mirasol Display (CES 2010)
Everyone at CES 2010 was pretty excited about Qualcomm’s Mirasol displays for e-readers. As Andrew Liszewski put it, they were supposed to, “bridge the gap between LCD and e-ink display technology,” providing vivid color screens that could be read clearly in direct sunlight.
Tech enthusiasts waited patiently for a couple of years until July of 2012, when Qualcomm finally announced that it had shut down the project. Their tablet dreams are dead, but the technology is still fighting on life support in smartwatches now.
Skiff Reader (CES 2010)
Startup company Skiff showed off its flexible touchscreen e-reader technology to much fanfare at the 2010 Consumer Electronic Show. “Kindle and Nook should be scared,” Dan Nosowitz wrote at the time.
But not long after its coming out party, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. bought the company’s software, leaving the revolutionary hardware to rot on the vine.
Polaroid’s Lady Gaga Sunglass Camera (CES 2011)
After filing for bankruptcy for a second time in 2008 (the first was 2001), Polaroid looked like it was finally going to die. But a group of buyers thought the Polaroid name was so valuable that they purchased the brand in 2009, leading yet another attempt at updating the deeply wounded company.
Part of their reboot was hiring Lady Gaga as a creative director, and in 2011 making a big splash at CES with the promise of a signature gadget: the GL20 Sunglass Camera. But alas, the camera-and-display sunglasses never saw the light of day.
When a reporter asked Polaroid in 2012 about what ever happened to their product, the company released this statement:
The retail plans are still being developed as we complete product development. The GL20 Camera Glasses are a unique product and blend of technology and fashion and Polaroid will release them when they feel that all aspects are perfect; up to Polaroid and Lady Gaga’s very high standards. We will share additional details once more information becomes available.
Who knows, maybe they’re still working on it. Let’s all hold our breath until it comes out.
Full disclosure: In my former life as a “non-traditional marketing” grunt, I briefly worked on a project for Polaroid’s PoGo Mobile Photo Printer in 2008.
Images: Genus the Robot via The Old Robots; Commodore LCD via Old Computers; Samsung Scoutabout robot from the June 4, 1991 issue of Pacific Stars and Stripes; Skiff Reader screenshot via YouTube; Lady Gaga at CES via the Associated Press
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A New Strategy for Reducing the Threat of Dangerous Øday Sales to Global Security and the Economy
68 Pages Posted: 19 May 2014
See all articles by Michele Golabek-Goldman
Michele Golabek-Goldman
Yale University - Law School; Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Date Written: March 25, 2014
Zero-day (“Øday”) vulnerabilities are defects in software that are unknown to computer users and software manufacturers. They can be “exploited” for cyber espionage and cybercrime purposes or even “weaponized” to execute commands that cause our nation’s computer systems — including those deployed by critical infrastructure sectors — to malfunction. In recent years, the market for these vulnerabilities has proliferated worldwide. Since the global market is unregulated and many companies do not screen their customers, criminals, terrorists, rogue governments, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, and other nations and individuals seeking to exploit these vulnerabilities for “malicious cyber activities” may be gaining unprecedented access to them.
This report provides recommendations for mitigating the threat emanating from this global, unregulated market. It acknowledges the immense challenge of regulation and proceeds from the premise that eliminating dangerous Øday sales is virtually impossible. Such transactions are “intangible” and often anonymous, and determined buyers and sellers could frequently circumvent regulations. The threat of dangerous Øday sales to buyers seeking to deploy them for malicious purposes is also one of the most global threats that exist today. Øday discoverers, exploiters, purchasers, brokers, perpetrators, software vendors, and victims reside in nations throughout the world and therefore no single country can mitigate the threat acting alone. While acknowledging these challenges, this report proposes initial measures that would begin to mitigate the current threat, rendering it more difficult and costly to sell Ødays to those who seek us harm.
Golabek-Goldman, Michele, A New Strategy for Reducing the Threat of Dangerous Øday Sales to Global Security and the Economy (March 25, 2014). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2438164 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2438164
Michele Golabek-Goldman (Contact Author)
Yale University - Law School ( email )
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Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) ( email )
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Did Aristotle say “The more you know…”
One finds all over the web the words attributed to Aristotle "The more you know, the more you know you don't know." Can that be right? It sounds a bit adorable for Aristotle, and the citations are always simply to Aristotle, with no work cited.
Did he say something close to this? Where?
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ChaimChaim
Sounds more like a restatement of what Plato's Socrates says in Apology but ... – virmaior Sep 28 '17 at 23:50
If you view Aristotle's "Metaphysics" at http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/metaphysics.mb.txt and search for the word "know" (including words with "know" n them), you will see that he strongly suggests it several times, though not as a direct quote, at least not in this translation. Perhaps the most relevant paragraph:
"Some of the sensible substances are generally admitted to be substances, so that we must look first among these. For it is an advantage to advance to that which is more knowable. For learning proceeds for all in this way-through that which is less knowable by nature to that which is more knowable; and just as in conduct our task is to start from what is good for each and make what is without qualification good good for each, so it is our task to start from what is more knowable to oneself and make what is knowable by nature knowable to oneself. Now what is knowable and primary for particular sets of people is often knowable to a very small extent, and has little or nothing of reality. But yet one must start from that which is barely knowable but knowable to oneself, and try to know what is knowable without qualification, passing, as has been said, by way of those very things which one does know."
The point he's making is the opposite of what the quotation suggests: Aristotle believes that all things are knowable, but, in a specific individual's journey towards complete knowledge, there will be times that new knowledge shows there are more things to learn.
The last instance of 'know' occurs in a somewhat weak sentence "But evidently in a sense knowledge is universal, and in a sense it is not."
barrycarterbarrycarter
I found cites, though nothing specific, to Socrates, Lao-Tse, George Bernard Shaw, and Aristotle. I did some word searches in the works reprinted at Project Gutenberg. But nothing helpful.
My best guess: the original quote has become so corrupted over time that searches for a source will produce everyone and no one.
Mark AndrewsMark Andrews
Isn't this quote atributed to Einstein? Probably derived from Socrates quote: I know that all I know is that I do not know anything.
ArielAriel
I think that message is supposed to come from the Oracle at Delphi, but said about Socrates. I'm not sure it's the same message that I asked about, though. It depends, of course, on what words we fill in at the ellipsis, but I thought the original quote meant that as we learn more we realize better our shortcomings, not that we know nothing at all. – Chaim Apr 17 '18 at 13:35
I find that there is no such thing as originality because all wise ideas and adages may have been thought about already by not only one person but also by many over a period of time. Because insights could ring a loud bell for the universality of certain truths embodied in them, scholars would tend to work out on them on a more structured and popular mode than for those who may have thought about them originally.
The issue here is who may have succeeded in popularizing a certain quote or who may have constructed a certain profound insight in an intellectually terse but most striking formulation?
Since Socrates came ahead of Plato and Aristotle, the quote at issue here may have really begun with Socrates.
Bernardo A. BuelaBernardo A. Buela
The question is whether Aristotle said it or not, not who said it first, but I agree that it may have been said by many people. – Frank Hubeny Apr 19 at 1:13
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Tunable graphene device demonstrated: First tool in kit for putting terahertz light to work
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'Belty' offers tech solution to weighty problem
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Russia says it caught CIA agent trying to recruit a Russian agent
Posted 2:23 PM, May 15, 2013, by andrewramospix and Jay Dow
If Russian intelligence officials are to be believed, then espionage simply isn’t supposed to be this sloppy. They say caught a CIA agent red-handed…doing some good old fashioned spy recruiting. The only problem – the Russians say the recruit was one of theirs…and he wasn’t willing to change sides.
The man in the blue shirt – wearing the less than discreet blond wig – has been identified as Ryan Christopher Fogle.
Officially, he works an officer in the US embassy in Moscow.
But the Federal Security Service – the successor the Cold War era KGB – says Fogle is really a CIA spy, who was caught trying to recruit a Russian counterterrorism officer to spy for the US.
The Russians are having a field day with this story – trotting out Fogle, and everything he allegedly had on him when he was caught…including brown and blond wigs – stacks of cash, a microphone, and several pairs of dark sunglasses.
Peter Earnest is the executive director of the International Spy Museum, and a former 36-year career CIA operations officer.
“The literature is filled with stories of so called cold approaches. That is trying to go after somebody with almost no preparation. The disguises don’t’ throw me off, because a lot of us – including myself, have used light disguises. In other words…you’re meeting somebody at night, in a car, you don’t want to be recognized if you’re seen casually. So that doesn’t upset me”, Earnest tells Pix11’s Jay Dow.
But the golden nugget in Fogle’s cache is a letter – written to the recruit, basically asking that agent to betray mother Russia.
It reads in part, “We are ready to offer you $100,000 to discuss your experience, expertise and cooperation. The reward may be much greater if you are willing to answer specific questions.”
Not surprisingly – the State Department isn’t confirming – or denying the spying allegations.
“We can confirm that an officer at the U.S. embassy in Moscow was briefly detained and was released. We’ve seen the Russian foreign ministry announcement, and we have no further comment at this time”, said State Department Spokesman Patrick Ventrell.
Fogle is no longer in Russian custody…and has been released. The Russians now consider him persona non grata – and he’s been expelled from the country.
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Pixelkin's Most Anticipated Games of 2019
Posted by Eric Watson | December 31, 2018 | Feature, PC, PlayStation 4, Switch, Xbox One | No Comments
A large number of games on our 2018 list of most anticipated games were delayed into 2019 – which is all the more reason to get excited for the new year! Next year will kick off with the very long awaited sequel, Kingdom Hearts 3, easily one of the single most anticipated games of the year. From there things get a bit less friendly-family, though still exciting, with the likes of Anthem, Mortal Kombat 11, and the Division 2.
The Switch is still going strong but as always Nintendo keeps its games close to its chest. For the purposes of this list, only games with 2019 release dates will be included.
Here are our most anticipated games of 2019!
For Younger Kids:
Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO
The Kingdom Hearts series has become a bit of a convoluted mess of a story since its original inception back in the PS3 era. But it’s also a beloved series that uniquely combines JRPG storytelling and world building with official Disney characters and settings. A lot of Disney and Pixar films have released since Kingdom Hearts II in 2005 and we’re excited to see the worlds of Toy Story, Monster Inc, Frozen, and Tangled come to life.
Yoshi’s Crafted World
Platforms: Switch
Date: Spring 2019
Yoshi’s Woolly World was an incredibly delightful 2D platformer on the Wii U. Yoshi’s Crafted World looks like the perfect sequel, this time featuring a world of cardboard and paper. Levels feature a unique 2-in-1 design as you can flip them to traverse the backside to uncover more paths and secrets.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Nintendo knows not nearly enough gamers bought a Wii U and experienced many of the excellent games on that system. Many big Switch games are ports of Wii U games, and four-player side-scrolling New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe was is an obvious addition to that roster. The Switch version will feature two new playable heroes – Nabbit and Toadette and combines all the levels from New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U.
DreamWorks Dragons Dawn of New Riders
Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO, Switch
Date: February, 2019
Although it’s releasing near the same time as the highly anticipated third film in the How to Train Your Dragon series, the game stars all new characters: newbie dragon rider Scribbler and his unique dragon hybrid Patch. The gameplay looks a lot like Skylanders, and we mean that as a big compliment.
Platforms: PS4, XBO, Switch
Mario and company aren’t the only kart racers around. If you don’t have a Switch (or even if you do) and pine for some alternative family-friendly multiplayer racing, Crash Bandicoot’s Crash Team Racing is being remastered with new tracks, karts, and online multiplayer. Better yet, the formerly PS-exclusive series is coming also to Xbox One and Switch.
For Older Kids and Teens:
Sure it may be “BioWare Does Destiny with Mech Suits” but none of that sounds unappealing. Anthem pits players as Freelancers who customize their own Javelin mech suits to combat the many exotic and powerful threats around the alien planet. The shared world features up to four players joining missions together. BioWare’s trademark romanceable companions won’t be a feature, but judging from the trailers the world will be full of interesting characters and events.
Global warming and climate change are hot button topics, and Civ is diving in head first with its second expasnsion. Gathering Storm will add natural disasters like hurricanes, floods, and active volcanoes. A new climate system will increase these disasters as Civs grow bigger and burn climate-destroying resources like coal and oil. Gathering Storm will also add eight new Civs and two new scenarios.
Platforms: PC, PS4
One of the biggest cult classics in gaming, the original Shenmue series on the Dreamcast failed commercially with its huge budget and production, but nostalgic fans helped crowdfund this third game. Shenmue 3 became the highest-funded video game in Kickstater (over $6 million), and we’re all desperate to see if that translates into a long-awaited winning formula for this unique adventure series.
Platforms: PC, XBO
Ori and the Blind Forest was a stunningly gorgeous 2D action-platformer that combined tight controls, intriguingly intertwined level designs, and a gripping tale of loss, fear, and protection. The sequel wouldn’t need to change much to make it one of our most anticipated indie games of the year.
Like Shenmue 3, Psychonauts 2 is another infamous cult classic that is being revived thanks to a large crowd funding campaign. Game designer luminary Tim Schafer is known of many quality games over the years, but none as much as Pyschonauts, a 3D action game with Double Fine’s trademark humor and goofy characters about government agents who enter the minds of others. The surreal level designs and honest themes of mental illness should translate well into a modern sequel.
For Mature Teens and Parents:
Metro: Exodus
Post-apocalyptic Russia has never looked so good. Metro Exodus looks far bigger and more ambitious than the previous Metro games, while still incorporating an intriguing blend of survival horror, stealth, and first-person action.
Capcom made waves this year with Monster Hunter: World, and are looking to continue that success with the fifth installment in the over-the-top action series Devil May Cry. Devil May Cry 5 unites previous protagonists Dante and Nero along with a new third character. Expect lots of hacking, slashing, and musical mayhem.
The Division was a rough yet compelling multiplayer third person shooter set in a post-apocalyptic New York devastated by a pandemic. Over the months and years Ubisoft and Massive have supported the game with excellent updates, patches, and DLC. The sequel moves from New York City to the nation’s capital in Washington D.C. Look for a beta to start up before launch.
One of the biggest names in games, let alone fighting games, was just recently announced at The Game Awards. The trailer was horrendously bloody and violent, which is exactly what we’d expect from a new Mortal Kombat. NetherRealm Studios is one of the best fighting game developers in the world and Mortal Kombat is definitely the favorite child.
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Days Gone has been in development for several years as we’ve seen E3 stage demos since 2016. It stars rebellious biker Deacon in a zombie apocalypse that’s far less urban than most zombie fiction. A smart Deacon can use the dynamic weather, day/night cycle and wildlife to avoid and distract hordes of zombies – or lead them right into other people.
It’s shaping up to be a great year, and there’s so much more we don’t know about. Look for some exciting Nintendo news in the months to come. Happy New Year!
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Eric is a freelance writer who enjoys talking about video games, movies, books and Dallas-based sports teams. Every week he watches a random film from his collection of several hundred DVDs and live tweets about it @RogueWatson. He also makes a mean tuna quesadilla. He lives near Fort Worth, Texas with his wife and daughter, two dogs, two cats, two fish tanks, some hermit crabs and a bookshelf full of Transformers.
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Entry #1158
Title: Momentary wins over the judges!
ZOMG. I've just learned the results of the 2016 Wanderlust Photo of the Year competition - and I was awarded second place! (Each category received a winner, a runner-up, and a highly commended entry)
I may not have won the first place, but still, this is tremendously exciting. ^_^ Indeed, it represents my first win as a wildlife photographer - and with it, public exhibition of the piece at the Destinations Show 2016, through this weekend, helping show there can be such wonder and beauty in the lives of a species often overlooked as a wildlife subject.
Apparently, The Danish Girl sees its digital release on Feb 16, and on physical media on Mar 1. ^_^ I admit, I'm torn - it's an excellent film, no doubt, but is it one I could really watch often?
So! The little Edinburgh break is arranged: Monday to Wednesday, Feb 15-17. ^_^ I'm so looking forward to this - I'd never really realised what a gem of culture in so many regards the city is. Staying in such a wonderful hotel certainly won't hurt, but I imagine we'll have plenty keeping us out of the room, between the many top notch restaurants, the castle, the museums, and the Whisky Tasting Experience, let alone a cheap day ticket on the buses, or a hop further on the train.
Saturday night was a bit of a collection of shorts, on the TV front: first, The Chickening (which I do hope you've seen =:), followed by another I only vaguely recalled downloading some time ago, The Leap - and which I'll make a point of recommending. It's not an especially fun short, but.. I shed some tears of happiness. Then, at long last, Prelude to Axanar, a fan-made TNG-era short, looking at the years before the Klingons began cooperating with the Federation. For the feature presentation, the roomie chose Lady Snowblood, a 1973 Japanese flick, being a Meiji era tale that could so easily have been a Western, a tale of a daughter's quest for revenge on the four assailants on her parents.
For anyone enjoying photography in the UK, I see Lenses for Hire are running their traditional 50% off February: all rentals are automatically half price until the end of Feb 2016, and can be booked months in advance, only chargeable immediately prior to the rental. If there's an exotic lens you've been wanting to try, now's the perfect opportunity to give it a shot for a lot less than usual. (And they've very good people to deal with, too)
You've probably read of the idea of paving roads with photovoltaic panels: and now, it's happening, in France, where the Minister of Ecology and Energy has announced that they intend to pave 1000km of road with such panels, in the next five years. "According to France’s Agency of Environment and Energy Management, 4m of solarised road is enough to supply one household’s electricity needs, apart from heating, and one kilometre will light a settlement with 5,000 inhabitants. So the maximum effect of the programme, if successful, could be to furnish 5 million people with electricity, or about 8% of the French population."
The only search engine you really need: the Frinkiac. Give it anything Simpsons-related, and it'll offer relevant screenshots.
Until Feb 14 2016, Final Fantasy II is free, if that's the kind of thing that rocks your world. ^_^ Launch the Final Fantasy Portal app (which acts as a container app for all of them), and you'll be able to purchase it for nothing. (If you get a somewhat unhelpful error about some elements of identity not matching, quit the app and relaunch it, and the next attempt should work fine)
Interesting times in aviation, with the Iranian sanctions finally lifted: Iran Air has already placed an order for 118 new Airbus craft, including a dozen A380s.
I really need to look into some gloves - Tuesday's rabbiteering was.. quite uncomfortable, with a strong, cold wind. Repeatedly, I had to hook the camera on the gate, and try defrosting the poor paws in the coat pockets, while the head remained somewhat protected by the hood. But.. it proved worthwhile. ^_^ Here's a touch of the seldom witnessed Bunny Conga.
Author: schnee
I'm trying to work out the leap of logic involved! As you surmise, maybe it's on a very twitchy trigger about anything involving bunnies?
Might be the "wanderlust.co.uk" domain name. It's got "lust" right in it; a shoddily-made product might block on those grounds alone.
Author: thewayne
Oooh! He should make the domain scunthorpe.wanderlust.co.uk as a bonus to people who block on domain names only! Give 'em a double-whammy!
Hah, yeah. ^^
I remember a note in the news in the 90s that said that one of the big names back then – AOL, CompuServe, I'm not sure anymore – had blocked all message boards with the word "sex" in them. Among others, this turned out to include boards dedicated to Essex, Sussex and Middlesex, which, upon becoming public knowledge, garnered exactly the kind of ridicule you'd expect.
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Never read it, but my friends in the Countryside Alliance and the Country and Land Business Association tell me about its hysterical, dishonest and nasty campaign agin the draft new planning policy framework. I guess I'll continue to ignore it. Life's too short.
Commented Oct 19, 2011 on Tim Montgomerie: Why The Telegraph is "sh*tbagging" me at ConservativeHome's Platform
Tim Montgomerie: Why The Telegraph is "sh*tbagging" me
I don't know if many ConHome readers have noticed but I seem to have got a regular slot in The Daily Telegraph's Mandrake gossip column. I can't believe I'm as interesting to the newspaper's readers as Pippa Middleton, Jennifer Saunders and Nancy Dell’Olio but I've featured in three of the las...
From what I can see, read and hear - as a Cumbrian Farmer - the Telegraph has been running a misguided and dishonest campaign. Moreover it has been very selective in its reporting. A pal of mine was at a Tory conference event organised by the Telegraph where Charles Moore - a right toff in my view - and Oliver Letwin were pitched against Fiona Reynolds and some failed politician who heads the Campaign to Preserve Rural England. He says that Charles and Oliver decisively won the debate, abetted by lots of support from Tory councillors in the room. This was not reported by the Telegraph. Then there is the NT which is acting outside its brief and powers and has been hijacked by its leadership to run an expensive and hysterical campaign agin the draft NPPF. Rumour has it that they are spending £500,000 of subscriber's subs on the campaign. Have we been asked? As a farmer I’m with the position taken by the two organisations that truly represent us – the Countryside Alliance and the Country and Land Business Association. They support the proposed changes. It’s been a wet and windy day here - thus I've time to look at this blog. Wouldn't want to do so very often.
Commented Oct 17, 2011 on Localism will be an ally of good design in planning at ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog
Localism will be an ally of good design in planning
Rather to their credit the Daily Telegraph have published an article this morning by Hank Dittmar, the Chief Executive of the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment. (They call him "Frank" but never mind.) It is to their credit as the central thrust of the article is supportive of the Gov...
Enough of this 'Midsomer Murders' view of the countryside. This countryman has been toiling in wet fields for the past month and is grumpy. At a wet Westmorland Show this week I stumbled upon the National Trust stand, almost entirely devoted to its petition on planing reform. Are they nuts? Looking after the bits of the countryside - farms and houses left to them - is surely the job of the Trust. Its drying up - back to the fields.
Commented Sep 10, 2011 on CPRE distort quote from Eric Pickles at ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog
CPRE distort quote from Eric Pickles
There has been a lot of lazy journalism in the Daily Telegraph offering acceptance, at face value, of the Campaign to Protect Rural England's. But the CPRE's attacks are not only politically motivated (as has been noted before their Chief Executive is a former Labour Euro MP) but rely not on hon...
In from the fields to warm my hands and I see that Gareth is blogging. Still can't get over that he saw Tim Farron - who pretends to support us farmers - increase his majority to over 12,000. Given the dismal record of Westmorland Tories, I expect that Farron will be with us for a generation. Back to out to take fodder to the sheep.
Commented Dec 9, 2010 on Gareth McKeever: Draconian hikes in tuition fees may discourage those from lower income families from attending university and drive them to study and work overseas at ConservativeHome's Platform
Gareth McKeever: Draconian hikes in tuition fees may discourage those from lower income families from attending university and drive them to study and work overseas
Gareth McKeever was Conservative candidate against an incumbment Liberal Democrat MP in Westmorland and Lonsdale at the general election. As a candidate at the recent General Election, I supported tuition fees but the current proposals give more than pause for thought. Indeed, to my mind ...
Spokesman for the Council for the Preservation/Protection of Rural England? An organisation for which we farmers have complete disdain.
Commented Jul 13, 2010 on George Freeman MP: Prince Charles is leading the way with a new model of funding rural community regeneration at ConservativeHome's Platform
George Freeman MP: Prince Charles is leading the way with a new model of funding rural community regeneration
George Freeman is the newly-elected Member of Parliament for Mid Norfolk. The plight of rural England over the past decade is (sadly) all too familiar. Last week the Commission for Rural Communities announced that in the second half of last year, unemployment in rural areas rose by 73 per ce...
Catch up George. Eric Pickles is to abolish the ridiculous quango that is the Commission for Rural Communities. Predictable patronising drivel from a Tory MP representing a rural area. Back to shear a few more sheep before the rain comes.
Is he your son in law George? From my silage fields north of Westmorland I hear that Farron jumps on every passing bandwagon, that his literature is misleading and dishonest, that he has a slick publicity outfit - all empty claims and spin which give an impression of activity but he achieves little or nothing and, more galling for us farmers, he seems to be listened to on agricultural matters which is strange because he is a vegetarian.
Commented Jul 6, 2010 on Daniel Kawczyinski MP defends the current voting system against LibDem MP Tim Farron at PlayPolitical.com - Conservative Party
Daniel Kawczyinski MP defends the current voting system against LibDem MP Tim Farron
My MP Rory Stewart is a strange lad. I read that he is to do another Afghan lite walk around this constituency. Has he nothing better to do. Out here in the country we only walk when we have to or perhaps when courting. Back to the silage fields.
Commented Jul 5, 2010 on Jeremy Hunt is the man to beat in the race to succeed David Cameron, says Matthew d'Ancona at thetorydiary
Jeremy Hunt is the man to beat in the race to succeed David Cameron, says Matthew d'Ancona
In the August edition of GQ Matthew d'Ancona looks at the runners and riders to succeed David Cameron. Some might think Mr d'Ancona's piece is very premature but in a world where Kevin Rudd can go from one of Australia's most popular ever Prime Ministers to being booted out of office - all with...
According to The Cumberland News, my local Tories chose Rory Stewart as PPC a few weeks ago at a caucus. He was described as 35 year old, Eton-educated, Harvard professor, tutor to Princes' William & Harry, ex soldier and former diplomat with an OBE. We countryman have too much experience of chancers not to question this chap's burnished and well publicised CV. In from the fields to read this week's Cumberland News, I see that John Stanyer, a Conservative from Wigton who was at the caucus, is unhappy with the choice of candidate and is calling on Penrith and the Border Association to hold an extraordinary meeting with a view to restarting the process. All rather puzzling – I look forward to news in next week's paper.
Commented Nov 7, 2009 on We should look beyond gender and ethnicity in discussion of candidate diversity at ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog
We should look beyond gender and ethnicity in discussion of candidate diversity
In a double page spread in today's Guardian John Harris takes a critical look at the diversity of the next generation of Conservative MPs. He focuses on the number of Tory MPs that are likely to have been privately-educated but that proportion (although quite high) is actually on a downward tr...
My chums on Cumbria County Council tell me that the Council is to recruit a replacement Chief Executive - salary £170k (£200k when other costs are included). We farmers know waste when we see it. The post is unnecessary and the salary is plain silly. Totally laughable. But councillors like to be schmoozed by an overpaid nonentity. A waste of our taxes.
Commented Oct 30, 2009 on Pickles urges Councils to ditch CEOs at ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog
Pickles urges Councils to ditch CEOs
The Municipal Journal has a story that Tory Chairman Eric Pickles is privately urging Conservative Councils to look at abolishing the post of Chief Executive as and when such posts fall vacant. Understandably no commment is being made about rumours of what might be discussed at private meetings....
Its been a long day in the fields and I have come in to read the above. This regular member of the party has a counter request for the 166 MPs. Please ignore Mr Isaby's mischievous missive.
Commented Oct 28, 2009 on An open letter to Conservative MPs: Will you undertake to decide whether to stand again before Christmas? at ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog
An open letter to Conservative MPs: Will you undertake to decide whether to stand again before Christmas?
At his press conference yesterday, I asked David Cameron whether he would advise Conservative MPs to announce before Christmas whether they intended standing down or not - on the basis that those announcing after January 1st 2010 will see shortlists imposed on their constituency Conservative ass...
Just in from milking to hear that the local caucus has predictably chosen a proper chap as our candidate. The Cumberland News has been describing him as the favourite for weeks. A stitch up. We farmers used to vote National Liberal - we might do so again.
Commented Oct 26, 2009 on Rory Stewart adopted for Penrith and the Border at ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog
Rory Stewart adopted for Penrith and the Border
Stewart has a long Wikipedia entry: "Rory Stewart, OBE (born 1973), is the Executive Chairman of the British charity, the Turquoise Mountain Foundation and the Ryan Family Professor of the Practice of Human Rights and the Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the John F. Kenned...
Give it a rest Tim. From what I can see, so far today you've sorted the Charity Commission on the status of private schools, given instructions to the European Conservatives and Reformists on how to organise internal elections, and now you tell the Telegraph how to run a newspaper. This is on top of your daily instructions to team Cameron. I expect you are opinionated on country matters too - please leave us alone.
Commented Jul 14, 2009 on Whatever happened to The Telegraph's coverage of the Conservatives? at thetorydiary
Whatever happened to The Telegraph's coverage of the Conservatives?
Guido has blogged that The Telegraph is losing £200,000 a week. Ouch. A little while ago I paid tribute to The Telegraph for its expenses-gate coverage. Although the newspaper sometimes failed to make adequate distinction between different examples of abuse I stand by my view that it was - o...
As a simple farmer I know not much about local government but I'm told that... Here in the rural north we have 2 tier councils and that around 20% of our District Councillors [allowance £3,842] are also County Councillors [basic allowance £8,007]. One pig feeding from 2 troughs. There is some duplication and overlap in their work - for which they are twice paid, and an obvious conflict of interest when reform of the two-tier to unitary authorities is considered. The party leaderships are paid more in responsibility allowances and have power over dispensing these goodies to fellow councillors. An additional incentive for them [Conservatives] to join others [Lib Dems]to form cabinets and its gives Leaders more power over their troops. Venal and depressing.
Commented Jul 13, 2009 on Britain's 'Political Club' costs us £485m at thetorydiary
Britain's 'Political Club' costs us £485m
Congratulations to Michael Crick and producer Giles Edwards for their Radio 4 programme broadcast earlier today about The Political Club (available to listen again here for the next seven days). It was the BBC at its best. It records the cost of the 29,000 people who work in British politics as...
Let a farmer try and enlighten a southern townie. I believe County Councils started to own farms in about 1908 – supposedly to give young people a start in farming. Further legislation was passed after World War I, to encourage/instruct County Councils to enlarge their portfolio to also meet the demand from war veterans. That was then now is now – and some County Councils still have these bloody farms – often occupied by long term second generation tenants thus thwarting the original objectives. Its time to sell them all. County Councils as estate owners! A joke on the Council Taxpayer. Back to my own non County Council fields
Commented Jul 8, 2009 on Council farm for sale at ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog
Council farm for sale
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Experience of, background in? They sound like folk who couldn't hack or were not serious about their former occupation, perhaps were burnishing their CVs - military and farming appeals to selection committees. I smell a lot of chancers and careerists amongst this lot. I'm back to the fields.
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Catch up Dan. The Agricultural Wages Boards [not Committees as you say and nothing like soviet institutions] have been around since 1924 and cost nothing to run. Bloody good job done for us in farming. Regional Development Agencies spend £2.2bn per year. What a waste.
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I was most grateful for Reform's invitation to hear David Cameron talk on quangos today. They have done and continue to do terrific work on how to reform the Public Sector. As a small think tank on a micro budget (and yet the No. 2 google search ranking on quangos behind wikipedia thanks to our ...
We English country folk can nominate lots of quangos for the chop. The first to go should be the Commission for Rural Communities - annual expenditure £8.3m. All it does is to produce reports and more reports. It is headed by the government appointed Stuart Burgess as Advocate for Rural Areas [a better title is Commissar for Peasants] who reports to one Gordon Brown. We can be advocates for our own cause and don't need to be patronised by an expensive, ineffective quango stuffed with jobsworths. Makes us farmers really angry.
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Dear David, I don't know if you've seen it but there's a very depressing survey reported in today's Daily Mail. This graphic captures the ignorance of undergraduates about their nation's history: Michael Gove is quoted in the report as saying that he wants to "completely overhaul" the schoo...
The Kinnocks trouser a lot of our money - and for what. It is reported that Neil Kinnock trousers a pension of at least £64k from his time as European Commissioner. Glenys gets a pension of £66k for her time as an MEP and now a ministerial salary of £83k. Over £200k to this pair of mediocrities - it makes me laugh and cry.
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March 30, 2015 paulbernal64 Politics
I have to admit, I was one of the ‘lefties’ upset by the ‘controls on immigration tea cup’ over the weekend. Maybe I got too upset – some Labour stalwarts said it was a ‘storm in a tea cup’, others that I was missing the point in a number of ways. Maybe the fact that I’m married to an immigrant makes me extra-sensitive to this kind of issue – or perhaps it makes me more aware of the impact of the UKIP agenda really is.
Others told me ‘it’s just one of the pledges, we do mugs for all the pledges’ – to which I say that’s the bigger, and even worse point. Why is controlling immigration one of Labour’s five pledges at all? To start with all the evidence suggests that immigration isn’t really a ‘problem’, except in the false agenda driven by the likes of UKIP and the Daily Mail. ‘Health tourism’ and ‘benefits tourism’ are scare stories with no basis in fact – migrants use the health service and benefits system less than average, and indeed are critical for the success of the NHS. Migrants contribute more to the economy than they take out of it. They don’t even have an effect on local wages and jobs – the evidence as it is gathered and analysed is increasingly clear. No surprise, then, that anti-immigrant feeling is stronger in places with fewer immigrants, who haven’t experienced the reality of immigration to see that the scare stories are just that: scare stories.
I was even told yesterday that the five pledges aren’t actually Labour’s priorities, just pledges – but be serious, it’s all about the message. These are five simple message to be put on post cards and billboards as well as mugs. Of course they’re intended to show Labour’s priorities – which is why having ‘controls on immigration’ on one is so disappointing. Labour could have chosen any number of alternatives. Here are the original five:
Now I’m not wildly happy with any of them except the third – the first one smacks a little bit of austerity, the second uses that overused and exclusionary phrase ‘working families’, and the last is ultimately pretty meaningless – but it’s the fourth that’s the real problem – so here are seven alternative suggestions for pledge number four, some of which are based on actual Labour policies.
1: Build more homes
Build 200,000 genuinely affordable homes every year – we have a real and growing housing crisis, and it’s not caused by immigration but by a dysfunctional housing market and not enough building. Labour knows this – why not talk about this rather than dog-whistling for education
2: Make education work for everyone
Michael Gove (and now Nicky Morgan) have done huge amounts to damage the education system, to lower teachers’ morale, to shift scarce resources from where they’re needed to where there are already enough schools – Labour will repair that damage, support teachers and help rebuild the education system after five years of destruction
3: Make tax fair!
For too long have tax avoiders and tax evaders – whether they be individuals or companies – been able to make ‘little people’ pay more than they can afford while they, the tax avoiders and evaders, find ways out. Labour will tighten the rules, make sure those that who can afford it do pay their share, and make the whole tax system fairer.
4: Control energy prices
Ed Miliband’s energy price freeze was a very popular policy – and Labour have promised a complete review of the energy market. Let’s do it, and make sure that the energy companies no longer have the scope to take advantage of consumers.
5: Nationalise the railways
Labour has been making tentative steps towards this seemingly popular and effective policy – why not go the whole hog, and shout about it too!
6: Restore access to justice
The damage to our legal system – and particularly to our legal aid system – by Chris Grayling has been one of the most devastating of any area of government. On the anniversary of Magna Carta (and all the myths around it) surely access to justice can be made into a message that hits home?
7: Protect the vulnerable
Yes, I realise this isn’t popular in the days of acceptance by Rachel Reeves of the scrounger/striver agenda, but shouldn’t Labour be the party that does protect vulnerable people? Isn’t that part of the point? From the Bedroom tax to the WCA, from the leaked £12 billion planned cuts, vulnerable people and their carers have been hit hideously hard by this government – surely Labour can take a stand and protect them!
Better messages?
Wouldn’t any of these seven look far, far better on a mug than ‘controls on immigration’? Aren’t the underlying issues – housing, education, tax, energy (and cost of living), transport, justice and social security – more important than immigration, particularly when immigration is actually beneficial not harmful? I haven’t dared suggest ‘Civil Liberties’ on a mug, as that would clearly be pushing Labour too far, but why not one of these?
Sadly, I think we know why not. This really is dog whistle politics, and pandering to racism and xenophobia – which is why I was upset in the first place. A storm in a tea cup? Perhaps. But tea cups matter, as do the messages on them.
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John D Turner says:
Which issue are ordinary voters bringing up on the doorstep and on the telephone, unbidden?
Migration and, to a lesser extent, the lure of ukip. Europe is featuring too. The Green Party has only been mentioned twice in our constituency and rail nationalisation, a middle class issue, rarely comes up.
I am sorry, but that is how it is.
The vast majority of public transport users travel by bus (and rail will not be improved by change of ownership, alone). Birmingham admittedly is not Brighton, but most of the country is more Birmingham than Brighton when it comes to whether concern about the cost of rail fares is greater than bus fares. It is not. You Say Public, He Says Private, I Say, Public or Private Our Railways Are Poorly Managed & Run http://wp.me/p4nKAS-vD And before anyone asks, I cannot drive so the cost of public transport is a major issue for me!
How are we dealing with the migration conversation? If we are able, we are seguing into how the NHS (which people care about and again raise, unbidden) would collapse without migrants. We were lambasted by some for setting out that approach in a leaked document aimed at party workers. Thankfully we did draw that advice up, because it seems to be making people think again.
We have to start the conversation where we are not where we would like to be.
You want to change the conversation about migration? Write to the newspapers, take part in radio phone ins, go to debates, raise the issue at each and every opportunity. And perhaps spend a lot less time preaching to the choir? I was standing at the bus stop, minding my own business, when … http://wp.me/p4nKAS-v4
Finally, as Lloyd George observed, you may keep your principles shining bright and not get your hands on the levers of power or get them a little tarnished, get your hands on the levers of power and do something. The Left frets about the compromises it will have to make to get power and in power, the Right just focuses on getting power. No wonder they have been running the country for most of the time since 1688.
paulbernal64 says:
I do all those things – to change the conversation. The important thing here, though, is that Labour are doing *the opposite* of changing the conversation. They’re reinforcing it, supporting it, feeding the myths and generating more xenophobia and racism. That they really don’t have to do.
Further, do you have any evidence to suggest this actually helps? I very much doubt it – it just confirms in people’s minds that there’s a ‘problem’, and once they have that in their heads, who are they going to turn to? UKIP and the Tories. This is not only morally, ethically and economically wrong, it’s likely to be electorally counterproductive.
Hardly anyone buys the mugs.
Apparently the immigration mug has been outselling all the others put together…. Make of that what you will!
That some people have no taste! And that, were this the USA that uses such measures alongside more scientific polling, we have a deeply embedded issue that only a credible right of centre party may address. Sometimes it takes a Nixon to go to China.
I think people know that this is a ‘news’ moment, and will keep the mugs to remember that. And to tease Labour supporters later.
A measure of control over migration is unlikely to be electorally counter productive, but a policy of unrestricted migration which is what the Green Party seems to be proposing has them polling at 5% against ukip’s no migration (their real policy) polling at 15%.
It’s not the measure of control that’s electorally counterproductive, it’s sending the message that controlling immigration is one of the most important things that’s electorally counterproductive. It helps the UKIP agenda, and reinforces the false message that ‘Labour got it wrong’ in the past. Labour didn’t get it wrong. They got it wrong to say that they got it wrong!
The mistake Labour made was not rolling back the Thatcherite agenda – she is on record as saying her greatest achievement was, “New Labour.” The current Labour Party needs to be radical and bold. In a country where people are afraid of “The Other” and fall for the neo-Facist UKIP lies, pandering to racism doesn’t help. If a Tory government is formed or a Tory / UKIP coalition, then Scotland will break away.
On the doorstep people are talking about them coming over here, taking our jobs and claiming lots of benefit. They do not always do so, though, in the same sentence …
ukip’s agenda was always out there, but split between a rag bag of right wing groupings, who aping their counterparts on the left were disorganised and polled poorly as a result. For the moment their support has coalesced into ukip. No surprise that people who told canvassers they used to vote BNP are now saying they will vote ukip. We have, embarrassingly, a local problem in that ward that is part of the national scene writ small. And it is the problem that the Danczuks are seeking to exploit to make waves within Labour.
Thankfully, the Danczuks are not being taken seriously within the Labour Party. Although they do seem to be doing their damnedest to attract criticism from within it, aided by the usual suspects in the media and the Guardian. One assumes the Danczuks are looking for an excuse to defect to ukip. If they do, I hope they take Blue Labour with them.
And therein lies the problem, I am working class, I know how much of a joke Blue Labour is and how offensive and condescending it is to the working class en masse, but it is salutary to remember that Labour passed the first Race Relations Act without any reference to the key areas of employment and housing. It took Roy Jenkins, a liberal of working class birth to bring in a bill to give the legislation relevance to the average person of non white, British descent, a definition which confusingly for some includes the Irish. His bill was opposed by the CBI, perhaps not unsurprisingly, but also by the TUC.
The Labour Party’s activists are almost always to the left of much of its support and we are always too busy to sit down and try to remedy that. In the case of the RRA 1976, you and I know it covered race discrimination whoever commits the act and whomever is on the receiving end. Too many people think white people were not covered by the Act, except as people being accused of discrimination. And do not get me started on who was covered by the Equal Pay Act 1970 and the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. If there is a British trait then it is only addressing to seek these misconceptions when they are pressing.
One other point, white migrants from Eastern Europe locally stand out because they are white and quite often not speaking English amongst themselves. We are used to people of non white descent speaking languages other than English to the point where it goes almost unnoticed and unremarked. Add in the fact that Eastern European migrants are locally not clustered in the traditional entrepôts for migrants and you have a group of groups of migrants with a high profile scattered thinly across a population of one million. And some of that scattering is in traditional working class areas with high levels of unemployment which is here the BNP has done well even very recently. For them, migration is just wrong.
Just to confuse matters, ukip’s support seems greatest where migration is lowest and someone from a few miles down the road is seen as a stranger. Quite often this support is found in rural areas where Britons of non white descent are regarded suspiciously.
I take all your points, but 27 years of predominantly working with average voters looking for work suggests that for your points to be accepted requires a degree of political and economic education unachievable within a General Election campaign and by one political party over a five year Parliament. We would need much more support from the media.
Time to go out now to help some average voters, regardless of their politics, to get their due from DWP, their local council … May be they will vote for us because we do that.
One can but hope!
One other point, white migrants from Eastern Europe locally stand out because they are white and quite often not speaking English amongst themselves. We are used to people of non white descent speaking languages other than English to the point where it goes almost unnoticed and unremarked.
[In July 1979, the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher] said that “with some exceptions there had been no humanitarian case for accepting 1.5 million immigrants from south Asia and elsewhere. It was essential to draw a line somewhere”. [Deputy Prime Minister] Mr Whitelaw entered the debate, suggesting to the prime minister that refugees were a different matter to immigrants in general. He said that according to letters he had received, opinion favoured the accepting of more of the Vietnamese refugees. Lady Thatcher responded that “in her view all those who wrote letters in this sense should be invited to accept one into their homes” … “She thought it quite wrong that immigrants should be given council housing whereas white citizens were not.”
Lady Thatcher asked what the implications of such a move could be given that an exodus of the white population from Rhodesia – now Zimbabwe – was expected once majority rule was established. She made clear, however, that she had “less objection to refugees such as Rhodesians, Poles and Hungarians, since they could more easily be assimilated into British society”.
Emphasis added.
1979: obviously Asians are harder to assimilate than Poles – they’re so different!
2015: obviously Poles are harder to assimilate than Asians – they’re not different enough!
I am not a Thatcherite and I am opposed to asking people to assimilate. If they want to do so then that is a matter for individuals. I very much favour integration. Moreever, I take a dim view of white flight from places like South Africa and Zimbabwe. Evidence from my DWP days suggests they tend to move money overseas before doing so.
My point was that here in Birmingham white people speaking other than English tend to stand out. They also tend to stand out when they speak English, because on average they speak it better than the locals!
White Europeans are a very visible minority in a city of minorities and, courtesy of the explosion in private property for rent since 1979, they are very thinly spread across most of Birmingham. As a consequence, people may easily form the opinion that there are many European migrants here than is actually the case.
How can White Europeans possibly be more ‘visible’ than multiple non-White minorities in a White-majority city?
I’m not denying that people do think like this, I’m just suggesting that there’s no logic to it other than the logic of racism.
Perhaps I should have said audible presence.
Around the corner from where I live, the National Front, the British National Party, a splinter group of the NF, ukip and a ukip lite Tory Party have all in recent years campaigned in an almost all white, working class Ward. Even people of non white descent born in UK do not venture there much, although the times they are changing on that front, finally. However, Eastern European migrants, new arrivals, are renting in the area. Migrants have never done that in the past.
I talk much more about the Ward herein http://wp.me/p4nKAS-v4 and, elsewhere on my blog about related issues, for example, Hogwarts, National Trust Afternoon Tea, Rainy Bank Holidays and Steam Locomotives http://wp.me/p4nKAS-fl.
I am not condoning these attitudes, but seeking to understand and explain them. I am afraid the migration is wonderful (stick your fingers in your ears) etc approach will not change hearts and minds, unless those advocating it address the concerns of those not sharing that view.
Perception is reality, even if there is very little evidence to support that perception. And you are not going to change the perception by saying let us have uncontrolled migration. Although, of course, we tightly control non EU migration and I do not see anyone campaigning to relax that regime, except certain interest groups, often from the world of business.
Local restaurateurs seeking to recruit staff from outside of the EU are a good example and they have been doing so to exploit that group. They have integrated as they are honouring a century or more old tradition of poaching staff from other businesses! Only now the businesses may be half way around the world! Confusingly for some, they were recruiting from abroad, because if they did not do so then they would have to offer better pay, terms and conditions to local jobseekers, including from the rest of EU. Now they have little or no choice but to do so, because of migration controls.
I am happy to provide background to the content of the above paragraph.
Presumably the Eastern European migrants are renting in that area because nobody’s put up any signs saying “No Blacks, No Dogs, No Poles” – and if they do pick up any signals of racism they probably think it won’t apply to them as White Christians (as indeed it wouldn’t have 30 years ago). Poor unsuspecting fools.
A question for you: if you can’t change an evidence-free ‘perception’ by dismissing it, and you can’t change it by citing evidence, how can you change it? Pandering to it doesn’t seem like a good start.
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You know how it is « The gaping silence says:
[…] Paul Bernal has an excellent list of alternative pledges. Any one of them would be an improvement; in fact, I think Paul’s pledges 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 would make good replacements for all five of Labour’s. An interesting discussion of the ‘immigration’ pledge itself – and its importance to the voters – has also developed in the comments box. Since I’m one of the main participants, I’ll continue it over here. It began with a comment on the salience – and relative visibility (or at least audibility) – of Eastern European migrants, as distinct from those who have come to Britain from the New Commonwealth. (And with whom UKIP, and others playing the migration card, are of course absolutely fine; the new anti-migration politics is not racist in any way, shape or form. Mostly.) Here’s the comment: […]
As the pingback says (if Paul doesn’t delete it), my reply to John got a bit long, so I’ve continued the conversation over here. Bonus points for sourcing the title.
UK General Election campaign, Labour Immigration Controls Mugs #GE2015 | KJ (Katy Jon Went) says:
[…] Bernal in a blog post, somewhat inevitably called “Storm in a Tea Cup“, drew attention to what he thought could have been five better pledges by Labour. I doubt […]
alexobyrnelynch says:
“No surprise, then, that anti-immigrant feeling is stronger in places with fewer immigrants, who haven’t experienced the reality of immigration to see that the scare stories are just that: scare stories.”
This summarises everything about the immigration debate for me – immigration, which more often than not develops into a border-line racist discourse, is prominent in predominately British areas with low levels of immigration. I grew up in inner city Nottingham which is very multi-cultural, and I have encountered the full circle of ethnic diversity through my upbringing and education. It couldn’t have benefited me more in terms of experience and interaction with different groups of people from different cultures external to GB. I have found the emphasis on the immigration issue has insensibly bordered on a racist issue in the past few years; we shouldn’t be focusing on the negativity surrounding immigration, we should be emphasising the cultural awareness and benefits ordinary British people receive, forcing them to look outside of a ‘closed box’ as opposed to falling victim to the scare mongering of UKIP.
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Mature larvae are about 1 inch long, pale yellow or green, and covered with tufts of long, white hairs. The adult is a white moth with dark spots on the wings. Female moths emerge in spring and deposit eggs in masses of several hundred on the undersides of pecan and other tree leaves. The greenish-white eggs are covered by gray hairs left by the female. There are two to four generations each year, depending on location in the state. The last or fall generation is usually the most damaging.
Many insect parasites and predators feed on and reduce the number of fall webworm larvae. Also, insecticides applied for other pecan pests help reduce webworm densities. If webs are common and the potential defoliation appears unacceptable, spot spraying of infested trees may be practical. The insecticide spray must penetrate the web to be effective.
Walnut caterpillars feed together in large numbers on pecan leaves, but do not build silken webs like fall webworms. Larvae eat leaves, leaving only the mid-ribs and leaf stems. Large infestations can defoliate entire trees. This insect is found throughout Texas east of the Pecos River. Although economic infestations are uncommon, severe and widespread outbreaks of walnut caterpillar have occasionally occurred in Texas.
Walnut caterpillar moths emerge in spring, de-positing eggs in masses of 500 or more on the undersides of leaves. The egg masses are round, about the size of a half-dollar and are not covered with hairs or scales. Eggs hatch in about 10 days; larvae feed for about 25 days. Young larvae are reddish-brown with yellow lines running the length of the body. Full-grown larvae are about 2 inches long, black with grayish lines and are covered with long, soft, gray hairs. Larvae congregate in large masses on the trunk and scaffold branches to shed their skins before crawling back to complete feeding on leaves. These final-stage larvae consume most of the foliage, and defoliation can occur very quickly. Mature larvae crawl to the soil to pupate. A generation is completed in about 6 to 8 weeks. There are two to three generations each year.
Because walnut caterpillars do not build tents or webs, infestations often go unnoticed until leaf damage becomes obvious. To detect infestations early, look for egg masses or leaf feeding. Egg masses can be detected at night by shining a flashlight on the undersides of leaves and looking for white spots about the size of a half dollar.
The pecan leaf scorch mite is the most important spider mite attacking pecans. Large numbers of these tiny mites feed on the undersides of pecan leaves. Mites suck plant sap, causing irregular brown spots on infested leaves. Infestations often develop first along the leaf midrib. Damaged leaves appear russeted or scorched. Large infestations can result in leaf loss, especially if trees are under moisture stress.
Scorch mites overwinter as adults in the rough bark of limbs. Adult females begin laying eggs in spring. Mites can complete a generation in 5 to 15 days and are more numerous during hot, dry weather. Natural enemies of scorch mites, including predatory mite species, are important in controlling these pests.
Because scorch mites prefer the shady, interior portion of the tree, significant damage can occur before infestations are detected. Check water sprouts and shady, lower branches to detect early mite infestations. Mites may increase after some insecticides (e.g., Sevin ® ) are applied for hickory shuckworm, aphids or other pests. Monitor the orchard for mites when the weather is hot and dry and after insecticides are used. Spray when mites are present and damaging leaves. Mark infested trees or areas to determine if spot treatment is practical.
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How the media’s vacuous, sexist and false reporting on Elizabeth Warren proves they work for Trump’s agenda
Posted on January 6, 2019 by Peter Guenther
For all Donald Trump’s ranting and railing against the media, they are and always have been Trump’s most valuable asset, boosting his signal exponentially — largely on his terms —…
written by Paul Rosenberg / Salon January 6, 2019
He’s a pathological liar and a lifelong racist, with a plethora of dangerous psychological symptoms. But when Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced her potential 2020 candidacy, much of the mainstream media eagerly let Trump set the narrative, recycling his racist taunts and questioning Warren’s grasp of reality — an over-the-top example of how well they serve his needs.
Trump is hardly alone. The media has persistently benefited conservatives in a similar fashion. The general press ethos of symmetrical “fairness” is vulnerable to asymmetrical exploitation and attack, as is liberal culture more generally. Witness the decades of bad-faith attacks on climate science promoted by the fossil fuel industry which has known about its own culpability at least since the 1970s.
On “Meet the Press” last weekend, Chuck Todd of all people said he wasn’t going to play the “both sides” game about the science of climate change — a sharp reversal from decades of their usual practice, as seen just a month earlier, of giving “equal time” to ideological industry shills. This comes three decades late, compared to James Hansen’s 1988 warning to Congress, and more than five decades late, compared to the first warnings to President John F. Kennedy in February 1961. But better late than never, right?
But that was just one show and just one issue — though the future of humanity hangs in the balance. With the 2020 presidential campaign just getting started, and Democrats taking over the House, the media’s “both sides” obsession — making absurd, baseless policies seem the equal of serious proposals — is a tremendous boon to the GOP. You could even call it their ace-in-the-hole. As, Bill Kristol, a lifelong beneficiary of this false balance logic, put it recently:
As a non-Democrat, I’m struck by how much the media seem obsessed by possible rifts among Democrats, narrow lines they’ll have to walk, stray utterances of their backbenchers, etc., than by the rather more massive fact that we have a president and administration in total meltdown.
Indeed, this vastly understates the media’s false balance response to Warren’s 2020 campaign announcement — an event that served to highlight just about everything wrong with our contemporary media system: its vacuousness, sexism, racism, classism, short attention span, lack of historical awareness and more.
Warren released a powerful announcement video combining her own personal story with the economic devastation of the American middle class, a terrain where she’s been fighting for decades.
“After my older brothers joined the military, and I was just a kid, my daddy had a heart attack and couldn’t work. My mom found a minimum-wage job at Sears and that job saved our house and our family,” Warren narrates over family pictures, a story that sounds like a fairytale today: “My daddy ended up as a janitor, but he raised a daughter who got to be a public school teacher, a law professor and a senator. We got a real opportunity to build something.”
Then Warren turns to the reality she’s struggled to understand, explain and fight against for decades now. “Working families today face a lot tougher path than my family did,” she says, as a chart traces the declining middle-class share of U.S. income, from the late 1960s to now, “and families of color face a path that is steeper and rockier, a path that is made even harder by the impact of generations of discrimination,” she says, as another chart shows how the wealth gap between black and white families has only grown wider over the past 30 years.
A lot of people saw that video for themselves, but not that many heard it analyzed, echoed and discussed — treated with the seriousness and respect it deserved, whether one agrees with Warren or not. As former Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook tweeted the next day:
“Without intervention or some counter movement, the savvy press are going to do a number on us in 2020,” media critic and NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen added, retweeting Mook. (Even though I don’t believe the “media only covers insult” statement is true.)…
Source: How the media’s vacuous, sexist and false reporting on Elizabeth Warren proves they work for Trump’s agenda
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If Everything Is So ‘Wunderbar’ in Germany, Why Are the Voters So Unhappy?
Posted on November 2, 2018 by Peter Guenther
The country’s two-tier economy that Merkel championed is creating more economic misery. When she leaves, will a “German Trump” be next?
By Marshall Auerback / Independent Media Institute
How do you say, “dead woman walking” in German? Today, the answer to that question is “Angela Merkel” after the German leader announced that she would be seeking neither re-election as chancellor in 2021, nor re-election as head of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party later this year in December.
… But there’s another side to this story. However highly regarded, Chancellor Merkel has repeatedly led governments, coalition or otherwise, which championed the neoliberal dismantling of the country’s “social market economy,” especially in services. Her government also pushed and prodded the rest of the EU in a comparable direction. In Germany specifically, the end result has been the growth of a two-tiered economy, which has heightened economic insecurity, created declining living standards for much of the population, and exacerbated inequality. In other words, too little “social,” too much “market.”
Source: If Everything Is So ‘Wunderbar’ in Germany, Why Are the Voters So Unhappy?
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Truth, Lies and Democracy: Journalism in the Age of Trump – BillMoyers.com
Posted on March 14, 2017 by Peter Guenther
By Olivia Ward | March 13, 2017
She calls herself a humble scribbler, but when I read in a recent parody by Canadian journalist Olivia Ward about how Donald Trump reacted to allegations about “The Russian Connection” by ordering the Russian Tea Room in Manhattan to close …
…In a speech immediately ridiculed by Donald Trump, actress Meryl Streep told the Golden Globe audience, “we need the principled press to hold power to account, to call him on the carpet for every outrage. That’s why our founders enshrined the press and its freedoms in the Constitution.” Ironically, she called for supporting the Committee to Protect Journalists, whose main mission, until now, has been campaigning for those in the dungeons and torture chambers of authoritarian regimes. “We’re gonna need them going forward,” she said, “and they’ll need us to safeguard the truth.”
But therein lies the nut graph, as editors like to call the crucial piece of the story. Because safeguarding the truth has never in living memory been more difficult in the democratic world…
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Trudeau Broke His Promises But Don’t Let Him Break Our Faith | Elizabeth May
Posted on February 8, 2017 by Peter Guenther
Yes, I made excuses. Why am I so willing to give the benefit of the doubt? It is because I know how critical it is to keep hope alive. I do not want to feed the bad wolf. Citizen engagement and faith in the system are essential ingredients for our survival. We cannot risk feeding cynicism.
Source: Trudeau Broke His Promises But Don’t Let Him Break Our Faith | Elizabeth May
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Election 2016: Elizabeth Warren Defends Bernie Sanders From Goldman Sachs Criticism
“When Blankfein says that criticizing those who break the rules is dangerous to the economy, then he’s just repeating another variation of ‘too big to fail,’ ‘too big to jail,’ ‘too big even to prosecute,’” she said. “That tells you here we are, seven years after the crisis and these guys still don’t get it. Seven years. That crisis cost an estimated $14 trillion, it cost jobs, it cost homes, it cost retirement funds. And Lloyd Blankfein stands up and says ‘Don’t even criticize me, I ran a company that was right at the heart of some of the biggest financial frauds in history and made money off it, but don’t you dare criticize me.’ That’s his position? That’s why we need voters to get really engaged.”
Source: Election 2016: Elizabeth Warren Defends Bernie Sanders From Goldman Sachs Criticism
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The Man Who Drowned Democracy With ‘Sewer Money’ | Alternet
Posted on January 24, 2016 by Peter Guenther
Justice Anthony Kennedy masterminded the Supreme Court’s decision to undo a century of public-interest regulation of campaign expenditures.
Source: The Man Who Drowned Democracy With ‘Sewer Money’ | Alternet
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Sanders Is Not Trump | Jacobin
Equating the Sanders and Trump campaigns is meant to obscure their real political differences and defend the neoliberal consensus.
by Luke Savage
Source: Sanders Is Not Trump | Jacobin
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The Future is Bright: Millennial Voters Resoundingly Support Climate Action | Common Dreams
…and gun control, and reduced prison sentences, and public transportation, and Bernie Sanders.
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by Lauren McCauley, staff writer
“As the largest generation in our nation’s history, we have the power to be the most influential force in electing our next president and our voices deserve to be an integral part of the conversation this election,” said Ashley Spillane, president of Rock the Vote. (Photo: University of Minnesota)
Young folks, arguably, have the most at stake in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, and could potentially hold significant sway over who gets elected. Given that, a new USA TODAY/ Rock the Vote poll out Monday revealed what the so-called “Millennial Agenda” might look like.
People between ages 18 and 34 overwhelmingly (80 percent) favor a rapid transition to clean or renewable energy by 2030 and by a ratio of more than 2-1 say the government should invest in more public transportation.
When asked to rank their top issues, the combined votes for “climate change” and “energy” placed first and foremost along with economic concerns, including jobs, minimum wage, and paid leave.
“If we don’t have a place to live, then it doesn’t really make sense to worry about anything else,” said 34-year-old Scott McGeary of Seattle.
Millennials also widely (2-1) see police violence against Black people as problem and 76 percent want the government to require police officers to wear body cameras while on duty. More than two-thirds agree that prison sentences for people convicted of non-violent crimes should be reduced.
What’s more, 82 percent of millennials want background checks for all gun purchases.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2015 the millennial generation, now numbering 75.3 million, surpassed baby boomers as the largest living generation.
Yet despite the enormous potential of this voting bloc, the survey found that only 60 percent are planning to vote in the November presidential election, while only 30 and 40 percent say they’re likely to vote in the respective Republican and Democratic primaries.
If they do find their way to the polls, the survey found that young people are responding to Bernie Sanders’ call for “political revolution” with 46 percent of millennial Democrats and independents backing the Vermont senator compared with 35 percent for his chief rival Hillary Clinton.
Donald Trump, with 26 percent support from millennial Republicans and independents, has the lead among young conservatives, but those numbers are lower than national polls of GOP voters.
The poll was released in conjunction with the launch of One Nation, a content and event series organized by USA TODAY and Rock the Vote to inform young voters and encourage voter registration for 2016. The survey is the first of four that will be conducted in the months leading up to the presidential election.
“As the largest generation in our nation’s history, we have the power to be the most influential force in electing our next president and our voices deserve to be an integral part of the conversation this election,” said Ashley Spillane, president of Rock the Vote.
Source: The Future is Bright: Millennial Voters Resoundingly Support Climate Action | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
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The Plutocrats Are Winning. Don’t Let Them!
Posted on December 28, 2015 by Peter Guenther
Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
by Bill Moyers
Dear Readers:
In the fall of 2001, in the aftermath of 9/11, as families grieved and the nation mourned, Washington swarmed with locusts of the human kind: wartime opportunists, lobbyists, lawyers, ex-members of Congress, bagmen for big donors: all of them determined to grab what they could for their corporate clients and rich donors while no one was looking.
Across the land, the faces of Americans of every stripe were stained with tears. Here in New York, we still were attending memorial services for our firemen and police. But in the nation’s capital, within sight of a smoldering Pentagon that had been struck by one of the hijacked planes, the predator class was hard at work pursuing private plunder at public expense, gold-diggers in the ashes of tragedy exploiting our fear, sorrow, and loss.
What did they want? The usual: tax cuts for the wealthy and big breaks for corporations. They even made an effort to repeal the alternative minimum tax that for fifteen years had prevented companies from taking so many credits and deductions that they owed little if any taxes. And it wasn’t only repeal the mercenaries sought; they wanted those corporations to get back all the minimum tax they had ever been assessed.
“Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.” —H.L. Mencken
They sought a special tax break for mighty General Electric, although you would never have heard about it if you were watching GE’s news divisions — NBC News, CNBC, or MSNBC, all made sure to look the other way.
They wanted to give coal producers more freedom to pollute, open the Alaskan wilderness to drilling, empower the president to keep trade favors for corporations a secret while enabling many of those same corporations to run roughshod over local communities trying the protect the environment and their citizens’ health.
It was a disgusting bipartisan spectacle. With words reminding us of Harry Truman’s description of the GOP as “guardians of privilege,” the Republican majority leader of the House dared to declare that “it wouldn’t be commensurate with the American spirit” to provide unemployment and other benefits to laid-off airline workers. As for post 9/11 Democrats, their national committee used the crisis to call for widening the soft-money loophole in our election laws.
America had just endured a sneak attack that killed thousands of our citizens, was about to go to war against terror, and would soon send an invading army to the Middle East. If ever there was a moment for shared sacrifice, for putting patriotism over profits, this was it. But that fall, operating deep within the shadows of Washington’s Beltway, American business and political mercenaries wrapped themselves in red, white and blue and went about ripping off a country in crisis. H.L. Mencken got it right: “Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.”
Fourteen years later, we can see more clearly the implications. After three decades of engineering a winner-take-all economy, and buying the political power to consummate their hold on the wealth created by the system they had rigged in their favor, they were taking the final and irrevocable step of separating themselves permanently from the common course of American life. They would occupy a gated stratosphere far above the madding crowd while their political hirelings below look after their earthly interests.
The $1.15 trillion spending bill passed by Congress last Friday and quickly signed by President Obama is just the latest triumph in the plutocratic management of politics that has accelerated since 9/11. As Michael Winship and I described here last Thursday, the bill is a bonanza for the donor class – that powerful combine of corporate executives and superrich individuals whose money drives our electoral process. Within minutes of its passage, congressional leaders of both parties and the president rushed to the television cameras to praise each other for a bipartisan bill that they claimed signaled the end of dysfunction; proof that Washington can work. Mainstream media (including public television and radio), especially the networks and cable channels owned and operated by the conglomerates, didn’t stop to ask: “Yes, but work for whom?” Instead, the anchors acted as amplifiers for official spin — repeating the mantra-of-the-hour that while this is not “a perfect bill,” it does a lot of good things. “But for whom? At what price?” went unasked.
Secrecy today. Secrecy tomorrow. Secrecy forever. They are determined that we not know who owns them.
Now we’re learning. Like the drip-drip-drip of a faucet, over the weekend other provisions in the more than 2000-page bill began to leak. Many of the bad ones we mentioned on Thursday are there — those extended tax breaks for big business, more gratuities to the fossil fuel industry, the provision to forbid the Securities & Exchange Commission from requiring corporations to disclose their political spending, even to their own shareholders. That one’s a slap in the face even to Anthony Kennedy, the justice who wrote the Supreme Court’s majority opinion in Citizens United. He said: “With the advent of the Internet, prompt disclosure of expenditures can provide shareholders and citizens with the information needed to hold corporations and elected officials accountable for their positions.”
Over our dead body, Congress declared last Friday, proclaiming instead: Secrecy today. Secrecy tomorrow. Secrecy forever. They are determined that we not know who owns them.
The horrors mount. As Eric Lipton and Liz Moyer reported for The New York Times on Sunday, in the last days before the bill’s passage “lobbyists swooped in” to save, at least for now, a loophole worth more than $1 billion to Wall Street investors and the hotel, restaurant and gambling industries. Lobbyists even helped draft crucial language that the Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid furtively inserted into the bill. Lipton and Moyer wrote that, “The small changes, and the enormous windfall they generated, show the power of connected corporate lobbyists to alter a huge bill that is being put together with little time for lawmakers to consider. Throughout the legislation, there were thousands of other add-ons and hard to decipher tax changes.”
No surprise to read that “some executives at companies with the most at stake are also big campaign donors.” The Times reports that “the family of David Bonderman, a co-founder of TPG Capital, has donated $1.2 million since 2014 to the Senate Majority PAC, a campaign fund with close ties to Mr. Reid and other Senate Democrats.” Senator Reid, lest we forget, is from Nevada. As he approaches retirement at the end of 2016, perhaps he’s hedging his bets at taxpayer expense.
Consider just two other provisions: One, insisted upon by Republican Senator Thad Cochran, directs the Coast Guard to build a $640 million National Security Cutter in Cochran’s home state of Mississippi, a ship that the Coast Guard says it does not need. The other: A demand by Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins for an extra $1 billion for a Navy destroyer that probably will be built at her state’s Bath Iron Works – again, a vessel our military says is unnecessary.
So it goes: The selling off of the Republic, piece by piece. What was it Mark Twain said? “There is no distinctive native American criminal class except Congress.”
Can we at least face the truth? The plutocrats and oligarchs are winning. The vast inequality they are creating is a death sentence for government by consent of the people at large. Did any voter in any district or state in the last Congressional election vote to give that billion dollar loophole to a handful of billionaires? To allow corporations to hide their political contributions? To add $1.4 trillion to the national debt? Of course not. It is now the game: Candidates ask citizens for their votes, then go to Washington to do the bidding of their donors. And since one expectation is that they will cut the taxes of those donors, we now have a permanent class that is afforded representation without taxation.
A plutocracy, says my old friend, the historian Bernard Weisberger, “has a natural instinct to perpetuate and enlarge its own powers and by doing so slams the door of opportunity to challengers and reduces elections to theatrical duels between politicians who are marionettes worked by invisible strings.”
Where does it end?
By coincidence, this past weekend I watched the final episode of the British television series Secret State, a 2012 remake of an earlier version based on the popular novel A Very British Coup. This is white-knuckle political drama. Gabriel Byrne plays an accidental prime minister – thrust into office by the death of the incumbent, only to discover himself facing something he never imagined: a shadowy coalition of forces, some within his own government, working against him. With some of his own ministers secretly in the service of powerful corporations and bankers, his own party falling away from him, press lords daily maligning him, the opposition emboldened, and a public confused by misinformation, deceit, and vicious political rhetoric, the prime minister is told by Parliament to immediately invade Iran (on unproven, even false premises) or resign. In the climactic scene, he defies the “Secret State” that is manipulating all this and confronts Parliament with this challenge:
Let’s forget party allegiance, forget vested interests, forget votes of confidence. Let each and every one of us think only of this: Is this war justified? Is it what the people of this country want? Is it going to achieve what we want it to achieve? And if not, then what next?
Well, I tell you what I think we should do. We should represent the people of this country. Not the lobby companies that wine and dine us. Or the banks and the big businesses that tell us how the world goes ‘round. Or the trade unions that try and call the shots. Not the civil servants nor the war-mongering generals or the security chiefs. Not the press magnates and multibillion dollar donors… [We must return] democracy to this House and the country it represents.
Do they? The movie doesn’t tell us. We are left to imagine how the crisis — the struggle for democracy — will end.
As we are reminded by this season, there is more to life than politics. There are families, friends, music, worship, sports, the arts, reading, conversation, laughter, celebrations of love and fellowship and partridges in pear trees. But without healthy democratic politics serving a moral order, all these are imperiled by the ferocious appetites of private power and greed.
So enjoy the holidays, including Star Wars. Then come back after New Year’s and find a place for yourself, at whatever level, wherever you are, in the struggle for democracy. This is the fight of our lives and how it ends is up to us.
Source: The Plutocrats Are Winning. Don’t Let Them! | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
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No, Trump isn’t the next Hitler: But his real historical comparison is still scary – Salon.com
Comment: Whether or not Trump wins, “The Trump Effect” has already happened – extreme, racist. and xenophobic views have moved to the center of the public discourse. -PG
A tycoon dilettante with a “straight shooting” style who mainstreamed repugnant racist views? Sounds familiar
by Arthur Chu
Source: No, Trump isn’t the next Hitler: But his real historical comparison is still scary – Salon.com
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There have been several articles recently that have piled up in the back of my brain. And listening to Matisyahu rap about the world and spirituality, it seemed an appropriate time to bring these articles to your attention.
Researchers have found:
Genes that control the timing of organ formation during development also control timing of aging and death, and provide evidence of a biological timing mechanism for aging, Yale researchers report in the journal Science.
In other words, the program in our genes that controls when and how we die is all wrapped up in our DNA. When you say someone has good genes you are not kidding. And could it be that people in different ages have lived for different amounts of time based on altered DNA?
And closer to home, the story of a man stranded at sea:
A battered, bruised and lucky yachtsman described in a tearful news conference Friday how he used his newfound faith in God to survive nearly six hours alone in the chilly Pacific off the coast of Southern California.
It was the 23rd Psalm that he said was his deliverance.
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want….
You have to read these to believe this amazing story! And from another article:
A Newport Beach man who fell off his 60-foot powerboat into the ocean Thursday prayed and clung to life on a 2-by-4 bef
ore being rescued five hours later.
Craig McCabe, 59, was found shaking and hypothermic, his body temperature eight degrees below normal, when he was rescued by family and friends two miles off the Port of Los Angeles.
“Just when I was about to drown, my brother showed up,” McCabe said Friday.
And the most eloquent part of the story is, that if the boat had not travelled 26 miles into Catalina Island, no one would have known he was missing until it was too late. The chances that the boat would on its own pilot towards the Island, a speck in the vast ocean, is miraculous.
January 29, 2006 /3 Comments/by rabbiyonah
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posting from my treo… worried about Israel with Hamastan next door… but it is almost Adar.. And that is the month that Haman’s plans failed. May all of Haman’s spiritual heirs be stricken with an incurable admiration and love for the Jews!
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MUNICH: The Fools of Chelm meet Spielberg
The Forward publishes a piece from a former Mossad agent saying the movie is a fairytale.
Laya panned it in Jewlicious for just being a bad movie.
The author of the book Vengence, the basis for the movie, says that the movie is not faithful to the spirit of his book at all.
In an interview with Terri Gross from Fresh Air, Tony Kushner kept called killing PLO operatives in Europe as targeted assasinations, and not acts of defence. Which made me think that ol’e Tony is showing his not-too-Zionist colors. CAMERA dug deeper, ouch!
Speilberg based his film Schindler’s List on a book by Australian Novelist, Thomas Keneally. There have been dispersions cast on the story told in the book and in the film, insofar as it relates to Schindler. He filmed the Jewish ghetto the Nazis built in a different qaurter of Krakow than it actually happened, for example…
For whatever reason, that desire that Spielberg had in Poland when filming Schinder, was even more out of control while filming Munich. As the movie says at the start, “Inspired by Real Events.”
It is a lesson though. DONT LOOK TO HOLLYWOOD FOR HISTORY AND REALITY. Hollywood is a place of wonderous miracles and its greatest heros are the biggest masters of this art of them all.
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Gefilte Fish Mantra
Another video from the team at Jewyakasha Productions promoting Jewlicious.2 You can meet Guru Lee at Jewlicious.2, and watch the video here at video.google
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KYW Gets Logo And Jingle Refresh
By Lance Venta On May 8, 2019
Entercom continues the brand refresh of its All News radio properties with a new logo and jingle package for 1060 KYW Philadelphia.
Replacing its iconic Westinghouse-era logo with a softer lowercase logo that deemphasizes the AM frequency, the move is to “reflect its multiplatform growth and evolution”. The station partnered with musical arranger and Philadelphia native Larry Gold to modernize the station’s jingle package. Actress Deidre Goodwin will be the new imaging voice of the station.
The refresh of KYW’s brand identity follows a similar move at KCBS San Francisco.
Entercom, a leading media and entertainment company and one of the two largest radio broadcasters in the U.S., unveiled a brand refresh initiative for iconic Philadelphia station KYW Newsradio (KYW-AM). The news station, which has been serving the region with “All News, and All that Matters to You” for 53 years, unveiled a bold new logo and brand identity to reflect its multiplatform growth and evolution. As part of the refresh, the station, in partnership with legendary arranger and Philadelphia native Larry Gold, introduced a modern update to its beloved jingle.
“KYW Newsradio has evolved into a modern news organization serving a wide range of listeners across various platforms and we are proud to introduce visual and audio enhancements that reflect who the station is today,” said David Yadgaroff, Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Entercom Philadelphia. “The station is a local treasure that remains an integral part of the city and to honor those roots, we worked with hometown artists to capture its essence and develop the refreshed brand identity. Everyone in town sings our jingle and we’re thrilled to introduce this new contemporary sound.”
To capture the station’s unique sound and revamp the iconic musical branding, KYW worked with Larry Gold, who has worked with The Roots, Jay-Z, and John Legend, among others. The KYW Newsradio “anthem,” featuring local string musicians, was recorded in Center City Philadelphia and produced by Man Made Music, who has worked with iconic brands like Nissan, NBC, Paramount and The Coca-Cola Company. Accomplished film and stage actress Deidre Goodwin will be the voice of the station.
“I’m a local boy. The roots of Philadelphia are hard to lose, and KYW is part of my roots,” said Gold.
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Lance Venta is the Owner and Publisher of RadioInsight.com and a consultant for RadioBB Networks specializing in integration of radio and the internet. Lance has two decades of experience tracking the audio industry and its use of digital platforms.
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Eric Jon Magnuson says 2 months ago
Man Made Music and Deidre Goodwin were also involved in the new imaging that WCBS launched last August…
https://wcbs880.radio.com/articles/wcbs-newsradio-880-rolls-out-new-logo-new-air-branding
Also, even though I doubt that there’d be any real public backlash here, I still remember what happened when WPVI tried out a new version of Move Closer to Your World in 1996.
homerjay says 2 months ago
True, though in fairness it was two decades ago. Perhaps that scenario wouldn’t repeat itself if that song were redone now.
Though Philly ex-pats we’re playing the Action News theme as celebratory music on the Eagles’s playoff run in 2018, so who knows.
In this case, though, there have been updates from time to time, so it’s not totally new.
It may have been posted about a year ago (and, therefore, doesn’t get into the latest revamp), but one of the other news stories on the topic links to this page on the station’s site that’s largely about the primary signature/hook’s evolution and use (which apparently began in 1978, as part of the “Philadelphia Turns Us On” promo campaign)…
https://kywnewsradio.radio.com/kyw-newsradio-jingle
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February 9, 2017 Uncategorized
This is a discussion of the recent decision by the Supreme Court in Amrutbhai Shambhubhai Patel vs Sumanbhai Kantibhai Patel & Ors (delivered by SC on 2nd February, 2017) wherein it has been held that an order for further investigation cannot be passed after court has taken cognizance of the case.
Before embarking on a decision, let us try setting the context right for the discussion:
In a case based on police report, the vigil of the court does not terminate on the filing of the police report on conclusion of investigation and the court is not bound to accept the results of investigation conducted by the police.
Section 173(8) of the CrPC deals with further investigation.
Section 173(8) reads as under :
“(8) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude further investigation in respect of an offence after a report under sub- section (2) has been forwarded to the Magistrate and, where upon such investigation, the officer in charge of the police station obtains further evidence, oral or documentary, he shall forward to the Magistrate a further report or reports regarding such evidence in the form prescribed; and the provisions of sub- sections (2) to (6) shall, as far as may be, apply in relation to such report or reports as they apply in relation to a report forwarded under sub- section (2).
Noticeably, though the officer in-charge of a police station, in categorical terms, has been empowered thereby to conduct further investigation and to lay a supplementary report assimilating the evidence, oral or documentary, obtained in course of the said pursuit, no such authorization has been extended to the Magistrate as the Court is seisin of the proceedings. It is, however no longer res integra that a Magistrate, if exigent to do so, to espouse the cause of justice, can trigger further investigation even after a final report is submitted u/s 173(8) CrPC.
The power of the Magistrate to order further investigation is no longer in dispute. The question, however, that arises is : whether such a power is available suo motu or on the prayer made by the informant, in absence of request by the investigating agency after cognizance has been taken and the trial is in progress after the accused has appeared in response to the process issued is the issue seeking scrutiny herein.
The Supreme Court in Reeta Nag v. State of W.B., (2009) 9 SCC 129 : (2009) 3 SCC (Cri) 1051 at page 134, held that the power to order further investigation u/s 173(8) CrPC cannot be exercised suo motu.
However, the SC in Vinay Tyagi v. Irshad Ali (2013) 5 SCC 762 expressed doubt as to the correctness of the decision in Reeta Nag (on account of a earlier three judge bench decision in Bhagwant Singh (1985) 2 SCC 537 and held power to order further investigation can be exercised even suo motu.
The next question that arises is whether such a power can be exercised after cognizance of the offence has been taken by the Court ?
On this point, the Court Amrutbhai recently held :
47. On an overall survey of the pronouncements of this Court on the scope and purport of Section 173(8) of the Code and the consistent trend of explication thereof, we are thus disposed to hold that though the investigating agency concerned has been invested with the power to undertake further investigation desirably after informing the Court thereof, before which it had submitted its report and obtaining its approval, no such power is available therefor to the learned Magistrate after cognizance has been taken on the basis of the earlier report, process has been issued and accused has entered appearance in response thereto. At that stage, neither the learned Magistrate suo motu nor on an application filed by the complainant/informant direct further investigation. Such a course would be open only on the request of the investigating agency and that too, in circumstances warranting further investigation on the detection of material evidence only to secure fair investigation and trial, the life purpose of the adjudication in hand.
However, the court failed to refer to a earlier decision of the Supreme Court in Kishan Lal v. Dharmendra Bafna, (2009) 7 SCC 685 – wherein it was categorically held that :
15. An order of further investigation can be made at various stages including the stage of the trial, that is, after taking cognizance of the offence.
It is notable that the strength of the bench even in Kishan lal (supra) was 2 judges as is the case with the latest pronouncment in Amrutbhai (https://indiankanoon.org/doc/41059103/)
The decision in Amrutbhai does not refer to the earlier decision in Kishan lal(supra), however, ought to be read for the lucid exposition of law therein. Although in the fitness of things the matter ought to have been referred to a larger bench.
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So sir which should we follow?
Kishan lal or Amruthbhai ?
Thanks 🙏🏻
Amitabh Agarwal says:
Yes as held by the Apex Court in the judicial pronouncement under consideration…. ..kindly peruse para 47 which reads as follows:
The only distinction that has been made in the present matter is with regard to exercise of power by the Magistrate and that by the Investigating Agency and the Court has been of the view that the Magistrate can exercise such power conferred under Section 173 (8) of Criminal Procedure Code before taking cognizance in the matter whereas the Investigating Agency can exercise it even after cognizance has been taken by the Magistrate.
Upasana Singh says:
Sir, upon a harmonious interpretation of both the judgments could we say that in Kishan lal case court was talking about the general power of the magistrate to order further investigation after the stage of cognizance and beginning of trial ( which includes ordering further investigation upon application by police officer) while in Amrutbhai the court is talking specifically about the lack of power with the magistrate to order further investigation just on the application of an informant/complainant..
Although it’s an anomalous decision where the subsequent bench did not quote precious decision on the same point.
Shamsundar patil says:
It’s nice judgement for further investigation
Bhanu pratap sigh says:
सर,
मजिस्ट्रेट 173(8) सीआरपीसी में वादी की एप्लीकेशन पर फरदर इनवेस्टीगेशन के आदेश चार्जसीट का संग्यान( post cognigence )लेने के बाद दे सकता है? कौई रूलिंग?
Prachi modi says:
Sir can you tell us in which cases govt. (Supreme court) had favored the further investigation to collect all fair evidences please let me know
Firdaus Lalkaka says:
If the police has (to save a person from being arraigned as an accused), destroyed the originally recorded police statements under Sec 161 of Cr.P.C. and inserted in their place falsified 161 statements and there is no likelihood of witnesses coming forward to speak the truth as they have already been influenced and intimidated by such person, then what is the remedy the complainant has to bring such police tampering within the knowledge of the Court to ensure a fair trial ?
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Raneem El Welily
1st Dec 2018
El Welily is New Women’s World No.1
Egypt’s Raneem El Welily has become the new women’s World No.1 after the PSA Women’s World Rankings for December were released today.
El Welily became the first female Egyptian in any sport to become World No.1 when she ended Nicol David’s record nine-year reign at World No.1 back in September 2015. She then topped the rankings for four months until surrendering the spot to England’s Laura Massaro in January 2016.
But her run to the final of the Hong Kong Open last week – coupled with a quarter-final defeat for compatriot Nour El Sherbini – means that the 29-year-old has once again claimed the coveted World No.1 spot, ending El Sherbini’s 31-month reign in the process.
“I started this season with the target of doing my best in every tournament and every match, to try and make it to as many finals possible and hopefully maybe win a title or two,” said El Welily.
“I was lucky to have a good start to the season, but the second half of the season will definitely be very exciting. The women's game is currently so competitive, and each girl is proving to be at her best this season.”
El Sherbini drops to No.2 ahead of compatriot Nour El Tayeb, while New Zealand’s Joelle King rises three places to No.4 after she beat El Welily in Hong Kong to win her first PSA World Tour Platinum title. France’s Camille Serme completes the top five.
Elsewhere, Sarah-Jane Perry (No.6) becomes the new England No.1, with the previous holder of that honour – Laura Massaro – tumbling three places to No.8 to record her lowest ranking since March 2011.
Nouran Gohar rises to No.7, while Wales’ Tesni Evans and England’s Alison Waters close out the top 10. Malaysia’s eight-time World Champion Nicol David drops out of the top 10, falling two places to No.12.
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Summary sheet: Piracetam
Chemical Nomenclature
Substitutive name
Avigilen, Memo-Puren, Nootron, Nootrop, Nootropil, Nootropyl, Normabrain, Norzetam
2-(2-Oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)acetamide
Class Membership
Psychoactive class
Nootropic
Chemical class
Racetam
Routes of Administration
WARNING: Always start with lower doses due to differences between individual body weight, tolerance, metabolism, and personal sensitivity. See responsible use section.
0.25 - 0.5g
0.5 - 2g
2 - 3g
5g +
4 - 8 hours
DISCLAIMER: PW's dosage information is gathered from users and resources for educational purposes only. It is not a recommendation and should be verified with other sources for accuracy.
Piracetam (2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine acetamide) is a nootropic substance of the racetam class. It is a derivative of GABA.
Piracetam was first synthesized in 1964 by Corneliu E. Giurgea and other scientists at the Belgian pharmaceutical company UCB.[citation needed]
In the United Kingdom, piracetam is prescribed mainly for myoclonus (spasmodic jerky contraction of groups of muscles),[1] but is used off-label for other conditions. In the United States, it is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for any medical use and it is not permitted to be sold as a dietary supplement. However, it is still readily available and sold through online vendors. As a "smart drug", it is reported to enhance cognitive functions including memory, intelligence, and attention.[2]
The active dose of piracetam is 100 times than that of noopept,[citation needed] making it both the earliest and least potent racetam. The standard piracetam dose for adults is between 1,200-4,800mg a day. The largest effective dose is 1,600mg taken three times a day for a total of 4,800mg.
1 Chemistry
2 Pharmacology
3 Subjective effects
3.1 Physical effects
3.2 Sensory effects
3.3 Cognitive effects
3.4 Experience reports
4 Toxicity and harm potential
4.1 Lethal dosage
4.2 Dependence and abuse potential
4.3 Dangerous interactions
5 Legal status
Piracetam, or 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine-acetamide, is a synthetic compound of the racetam family. Racetams share a pyrrolidine nucleus, a five member nitrogenous ring with a ketone bonded oxygen at R2.[3] This 2-pyrrolidone ring is bound to the terminal carbon of an acetamide group, an ethyl amide chain with a ketone bond (C=O) at the alpha carbon.
Piracetam shares structural similarity to the neurotransmitter GABA, its pyrrolidine core is the cyclic counterpart of GABA and could theoretically be converted into an acetamide chain through a hydrolysis reaction into GABA.
Piracetam's mechanism of action, as with racetams in general, is not fully understood. The drug influences neuronal and vascular functions and influences cognitive function without acting as a sedative or stimulant.[4] Piracetam is a positive allosteric modulator of the AMPA receptor.[5] It is hypothesized to act on ion channels or ion carriers, thus leading to increased neuron excitability.[6] GABA brain metabolism and GABA receptors are not affected by piracetam.[7]
Among other things, it has also been found to increase blood flow and oxygen consumption in parts of the brain, but this may be a side effect of increased brain activity rather than a primary effect or mechanism of action for the drug.[8] Piracetam also improves the function of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine via muscarinic cholinergic (ACh) receptors, which are implicated in memory processes.[9]
Although it is not fully understood how, it's these multiple complex mechanisms of action which result in piracetams nootropic effects.
Subjective effects
The effects listed below are based upon the subjective effects index and personal experiences of PsychonautWiki contributors. These effects should be taken with a grain of salt and will rarely (if ever) occur all at once, but heavier doses will increase the chances of inducing a full range of effects. Likewise, adverse effects become much more likely on higher doses and may include serious injury or death.
In comparison to the effects of other racetam nootropics such as noopept, this compound can be described as focusing primarily on physical stimulation over that of cognitive stimulation.
Stimulation - The stimulation which piracetam presents can be considered as primarily subtle, comparable to that of caffeine.
Headaches - Some users suggest that this effect may be alleviated with a choline source such as choline bitartrate, alpha-GPC or citicoline.
Sensory effects
Acuity enhancement
Auditory enhancement
Tactile enhancement
Cognitive effects
Anxiety suppression or Anxiety
Dream potentiation
Focus enhancement
Memory enhancement
Motivation enhancement
Thought connectivity
Wakefulness
Experience reports
There are currently no anecdotal reports which describe the effects of this compound within our experience index. Additional experience reports can be found here:
Erowid Experience Vaults: Piracetam
Toxicity and harm potential
Adverse effects, although rare and of short duration are limited to anxiety, insomnia, drowsiness, headaches and agitation. It may be safe for up to 18 months in humans at doses of 3.2g daily with one year-long study in ambulatory patients with Alzheimer's using 8g daily reporting no side effects.[10] However, a possibility for adverse drug-drug interactions persists for piracetam due to it interacting with blood in an anti-clotting manner (and such, caution should be taken when pairing piracetam with pharmaceutical blood thinning agents such as Warfarin or potent nutraceutical options).
No fatal overdoses associated with piracetam use have been reported as of 2016. In animal models (rodents, dogs, and marmoset), an LD50 failed to be established at the dosage of 8-10g/kg.
Regardless, it is strongly recommended that one use harm reduction practices when using this substance.
Lethal dosage
The median lethal dosage (LD50) of piracetam has not been officially published as it has low abuse potential, but the typical dosage is two grams once to three times a day.
Dependence and abuse potential
The chronic use of piracetam can be considered as not addictive with a low potential for abuse. It does not seem to be capable of causing psychological dependence among certain users.
Tolerance to many of the effects of piracetam develops with prolonged and repeated use. This results in users having to administer increasingly large doses to achieve the same effects. After that, it takes about 3 - 7 days for the tolerance to be reduced to half and 1 - 2 weeks to be back at baseline (in the absence of further consumption). Piracetam may presents cross-tolerance with all racetam nootropics, meaning that after the consumption of piracetam certain nootropicss such as noopept and pramiracetam may have a reduced effect.
Dangerous interactions
Piracetam showed nonselective MAO activity in a rat study.[11][12] Piracetam and MAOIs are a potentially dangerous combination. It is likely that MAOIs could increase the effects of piracetam unpredictably. Taking this chemical while on prescription MAOIs is strongly discouraged.
This legality section is a stub.
As such, it may contain incomplete or wrong information. You can help by expanding it.
Piracetam, being a member of the racetam family, currently is legally available to buy and sell in most countries, but may still vary by region.
Germany: Piracetam is a prescription medicine, according to Anlage 1 AMVV.[13]
United Kingdom: Piracetam and other racetams are prescription only drugs; however, there is no penalty for possession or importing them.
New Zealand: Piracetam is considered a prescription drug, and as such will be seized by the Ministry of Health. It is not able to be imported without a signed note from a doctor.
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↑ Piracetam and piracetam-like drugs: from basic science to novel clinical applications to CNS disorders. | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20166767
↑ Piracetam: a review of pharmacological properties and clinical uses (NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16007238
↑ Piracetam defines a new binding site for allosteric modulators of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid (AMPA) receptors (NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20163115
↑ Piracetam and other structurally related nootropics (NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8061686
↑ The nootropic concept and its prospective implications | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ddr.430020505/abstract;jsessionid=B9BF0E3214F13C8DD3692A776A0A5B78.f02t01
↑ Cerebral blood flow effects of piracetam, pentifylline, and nicotinic acid in the baboon model compared with the known effect of acetazolamide (NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8876930
↑ Piracetam--an old drug with novel properties? (NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16459490
↑ Long-term efficacy and safety of piracetam in the treatment of progressive myoclonus epilepsy. | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11346373
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Author(s): Antony Wood, Payam Bahrami & Daniel Safarik
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has produced four Technical Guides to date, since the series launched in late 2012. Each of these guides is the product of a CTBUH Working Group—committees formed specifically to address focused topical subjects in the industry. The intention of each guide is the same—to provide working knowledge to the typical building owner or professional who wants a better understanding of available options for improving tall buildings, and what affects their design. The object of the series is to provide a tool-kit for the creation of better-performing tall buildings, and to spread the understanding of the considerations that need to be made in designing tall.
This technical guide offers an extensive overview of the use of vertical vegetation in high-rise buildings, an indepth analysis of green walls, definitions and typology, including standards, policies and incentives. It features comprehensive case studies, along with architectural theories of the public and private benefits of green walls. The book delves into architect-design considerations and limitations, the effects of green walls on energy efficiencies and includes recommendations and future research.
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Reverend Donna O.
The Life and Ministry of Reverend Donna Owusu-Ansah
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Word Up Wednesday: Simple Joy / August 15, 2018 by Donna Olivia Owusu-Ansah
As promised, I am continuing Word Up Wednesday by featuring reflections written during my Clinical Pastoral Education Internship. The following was written in July 2015. Again, Scripture was added and minor edits made to be shared here on www.reverendmotherrunner.com
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
— Romans 15:!3
I once saw an op-ed cartoon in a local newspaper that saddened my heart. The black and white drawing depicted a graveyard and focused on one particular tombstone. The tombstone, instead of having an inscription for an individual person, was filled with words. The first word was birth. Next, the word “play” was repeated four to five times. The last word was death. In between play and death, written more times than I could count over eight-or-so lines, was the word “work.” The cartoon suggested that life is simply about working. By the scarcity of the word play, the cartoon suggested that once we get beyond the elementary school years, that our sole focus would be on work. The cartoon, with the graveyard as its backdrop in stark black and white ink, lacked a sense of joy and play.
To be sure, there is nothing inherently wrong with or sad about working to earn a living or to support our families. But a life that lacks joy and play is one that is imbalanced. Play has come to be thought of as “kids stuff” that adults don’t engage in. What the cartoon missed are the moments of joy that we can find in our work, and the moments of joy and play that we experience outside of our work. Joy and play are a vital and important aspect of life.
Even with an emphasis in the virtues of work, I have become inspired by the resurgence of play in the lives of adults. Growing up, one of my favorite games to play during recess was kickball. Recently, there have been a rise of adult kickball leagues across the United States. While coloring is thought of child’s play, you can now find adult coloring books sold in stores and online which are being used for creativity and stress relief. As a runner, while I often run serious races, last year I ran “The Color Run” a 5K in which at every half mile-or so, participants—who started in mostly white attire—get doused in colored cornstarch. By the end of the run, my friends and I were covered in pink, yellow, purple, and blue and laughing hysterically as we crossed the finish line.
What brings you joy? For me, my greatest moments of joy come from engaging with the people I love and hold dear. I get joy from hearing my daughters’ giggle. I get joy from playing Scrabble with, and often losing to, my husband. I get joy from talking with my 93 year old grandmother on the telephone. I get joy from laughing with my best friend so hard that tears roll from my eyes and I lose my breath. I even get joy from visiting with patients as they share the joys of their lives.
As the Proverb goes, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a mere toy.” Today, and every day of our lives, I invite us to engage in at least one activity that brings us joy.
Gracious God, we are grateful for your joyous presence in our lives. Open our hearts to experience great pleasure. Open our ears to the sounds of rejoicing. Open our eyes to see delight. Open our mouths to laughter. Use us, we pray, to bring joy to the lives of others. In your name we pray, Amen.
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Letters to the Editor, Jan. 25, 2019
The Register-Pajaronian welcomes letters. Letters and columns may be dropped off or mailed to the Register-Pajaronian, 100 Westridge Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076.
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Sidewalk work shows poor use of tax dollars
To the Editor,
My daily routine includes a drive down Freedom Boulevard with a turn toward the freeway onto Airport Boulevard. Most of the Freedom Boulevard drive is over third world potholes. No money to repair the roads?
Then I see the two brand new sidewalks to nowhere on Airport that end at the freeway. How much did they cost, and how much foot traffic is expected? I have yet to see a pedestrian on either sidewalk.
I’m sure there are explanations: Different jurisdictions, different pots of money, etc. Nevertheless, this is clearly not the best planning of how to use our tax dollars.
Don Eggleston
End the government shutdown
We have employees working as Air Traffic Controllers (without pay), at the NPGS, DLI, VA, SSA, Weather Service, NRL and many more. Think about it! Do you want to be in an airplane, controlled by these unpaid controllers, who might be thinking about how to pay bills rather than concentrating on the aircraft under their control? We need to end this now!
The inability of our elected leaders to compromise has led to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. I am proud of my work as a federal employee in service to the country I love. Federal workers nationwide are forced to stay at home and wait for the government to reopen, and are no longer able to provide the services on which our fellow Americans rely.
Middle-class federal workers and their families are stretching their pennies until the shutdown is over. Even though pay will be restored eventually, bills still arrive on time even if paychecks don’t, and many federal employees are being forced to make difficult and unnecessary financial decisions to make ends meet.
Our legislators in Congress and the president need to stop playing political games with our government’s services and those who provide them. We are now in a crisis and our leaders must work to promptly reopen the government. We must call them to reach consensus immediately so committed federal employees across the nation and right here at home can get back to work for our country.
Forney Lundy
Real public desires regarding the transit corridor are findable, but get ignored and misrepresented
I attended the recent trail celebration, while opposing over-expensive trains, so I question the mischaracterization that we all want rail, too. Political truth: “Whenever you have a ‘fight’ (as we have about our Transit Corridor), a significant portion of legitimate, real people are not being heard.”
(See PeopleWisdom.org regarding Santa Cruz’s “Center for Wise Democracy” Wisdom Council on Jan. 12 about the Transit Corridor. Randomly-selected county residents unified in wanting, “…not a train on tracks but an innovative Santa Cruz transit combination scenario (such as PRT), as has been heretofore inconceivable and yet meme-worthy, as Jack O’Neill’s wetsuit once was.”)
My hundreds of door-to-door 2018 election discussions revealed only 25 percent want trains. Ask 20 people yourself...
At Jan. 17’s RTC meeting, countless more dodged requests for clear, understandable accounting of rail-pursuit expenditures angered the real majority again, but only seven of 12 RTC votes passed the flawed EIR! Progress to build upon!
Monica McGuire
Corralitos
Disregard for the public interest
It appears the current occupant of the Oval Office never attended a class in World History or he may have heard of the Great Wall of China. Two thousand years old, 2,500 miles long, and visible from space, it was built to keep people on China’s northern border out of the country. It didn’t work.
Walls like the one you want don’t work, Donald. The Berlin Wall is gone. The most effective walls surround prisons, which you and yours may possibly soon learn, personally. And don’t forget, you may pardon federal crimes only so long as you remain president.
Yes, Donald, there is, to quote you, “a disgrace happening in our country.” It’s you! When addressing troops in Iraq on your first-ever visit to a war zone, you said, “Whatever it takes, we’re going to have a wall,” probably prompted by negative criticism at home, like so many other self-serving moves. Donald, your insistent demand for a wall simply affirms your lack of fitness for the presidency which, along with so much other nonsense, is making our country the laughing stock of the world.
On another subject, the westbound bus stop in Aptos Village is finally in service. At a meeting of the Commission on Disabilities when the relocation of the stop was under consideration, a gentleman described the new stop in glowing terms of its accommodation for the handicapped with a series of rest stops and other features facilitating their movement up the increasingly steep slope to more level ground. None of these features are in existence which, I should think, presents a significant challenge to many of the handicapped.
Way to go, Metro, replacing a perfectly level, centrally located stop with this fiasco! Upgrades have resulted in a most unconventional and potentially dangerous intersection near the stop. People are going to be hurt there, hopefully not killed. There has already been an accident at the intersection involving a school bus and a small car.
Thomas Stumbaugh
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Letters to the Editor, June 21, 2019
Answering the lingering questions about Watsonville Community Hospital sale
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Pinto Lake gets on track
By: TODD GUILD - Updated: 11 months ago
Posted Aug 13, 2018
Bike park could open in October
(Work gets underway Monday for a new bicycle pump track at Pinto Lake County Park. Photo by Tarmo Hannula/Register-Pajaronian)
WATSONVILLE — An unused stretch of grass in Pinto Lake County Park's parking lot will soon get a new look, and a new life.
As soon as October, county officials are expected to open the county’s newest pump track, a 10,000-square-foot patch of earth sculpted with banking turns and jumps for off-road bicycling enthusiasts.
Santa Cruz County Supervisor Zach Friend said the track will be a boon for young people in rural Watsonville.
“We can all agree South County does not have enough activities for kids,” he said.
A gaggle of county officials kicked off the Pinto Lake Pump Track Project at a groundbreaking ceremony Monday morning, tossing shovels full of ceremonial earth even as workers nearby started the work.
Pump tracks are designed to allow riders to navigate a series of off-road features, as they create momentum by "pumping,” or using up-and-down body movements to keep moving.
They are also low-maintenance, requiring touch-ups about once a year, said Santa Cruz County Parks Superintendent Eric Sturm.
“This is an exciting time for the Parks Department,” he said.
With pump tracks in Chanticleer Park and Polo Grounds Park, the track will be the third run by Santa Cruz County. A handful of others are scattered throughout the county, most visibly in Aptos alongside Highway 1.
Work will include grading, installing a concrete ADA ramp and a walkway, and an access staircase and railing. Workers will also install storm drain catch basins, piping and erosion control measures.
The track comes with an estimated $192,000 price tag.
Of that, $172,000 was written into this year’s budget. The remainder will come from a pool of existing funding dedicated to county parks.
Alex Fowler, whose Aptos-based company Action Sports Construction designed the track, said the finished product will benefit young people who would otherwise be out looking for places to ride in the community.
Activities such as riding pump tracks, Fowler said, are part of an ever-evolving catalogue of activities sought after by young people hoping to mix adventure into their lives.
“Action sports are here to stay,” he said. “Places like this are the new playground.”
Santa Cruz County Parks Commissioner Kate Minott said the park draws hundreds of people every week.
“This is a terrific park,” she said. “You can see four generations of people here on the weekend. I predict that, when this pump track is in, it’s going to be heavily used by the community.”
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As soon as October, county officials are expected to open the county’s newest pump track at Pinto Lake, a 10,000-square-foot patch of earth sculpted with banking turns and jumps for off-road bicycling enthusiasts.
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Top Court Finds Judge Bullied Mother Into Accepting Care Orders For Her Children
Posted by Natasha in Family Law, Researching Reform
≈ 157 Comments
A judge bullied a mother into agreeing to care orders for her two children, the Court of Appeal has found. The orders made by Her Honour Judge Carr QC in Sheffield were set aside by the Court of Appeal and replaced with short-term interim care orders.
The Court of Appeal raised a number of serious concerns in its judgment. The now common practice of judges making up their minds about a case before the parties put their arguments forward during hearings was noted, a phenomenon that will be familiar to lay advisors and families who have been forced to represent themselves in their own family cases.
Lord Justice Peter Jackson sitting at the Court of Appeal said that there had been “a serious procedural irregularity.”
The judgment says: “consent or non-opposition to the interim care order was not freely given, but was secured by oppressive behaviour on the part of the judge in the form of inappropriate warnings and inducements”. These included:
The judge repeatedly isolating the mother and threatening her
The judge making fun of her counsel
The Court of Appeal also noted that family law and social work professionals in the case appeared to know very little about the case’s details and that the local authority had mishandled the case and its approach to the appeal.
Legal Futures offers the background to the case and quotes from the judgment, which contain some of the judge’s comments:
Before the mother’s barrister was able to brief the judge on his instructions to contest the care order, HHJ Carr told him that “if it is heard today I shall certainly make findings that your client will be stuck with”.
Her Honour HHJ Carr used the following language, which amounted to bullying and coercive threats, before hearing the case: ‘very risky for her’; ‘a very very precarious position’; ‘inevitably, I’m going to make findings… that that is significant harm. I don’t think there’s any question about it’; ‘not… without some consequences’… “oh, nonsense” and “preposterous proposition you’re putting to me, it’ll fall on deaf ears.”
HHJ Carr also threatened the mother by telling her that she would probably send any findings to the police and make sure that they go to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Jackson LJ said: The only conclusion that the mother and her advisers could draw from this and similar statements… is that the judge had made up her mind and was sure to make adverse findings that would be damaging to her in the long run.”
This kind of behaviour is commonplace in the family courts. We would like to invite all those lay advisors and parents who have experienced this kind of bullying and pre-emptive decision making to leave their comments below this piece as the site is read by judges and politicians. Thank you.
157 thoughts on “Top Court Finds Judge Bullied Mother Into Accepting Care Orders For Her Children”
Gagging order .. said:
Nothing new oxford court just as bad.
V said:
I was treated badly throughout my court case. First Judge had obviously come to a decision about me before I entered the court. Greeted all except me, then went on to threaten change of custody because of something I did as a child 26 years previously. I was threatened with custody change by Judges whenever they wanted me to stay quiet and do as I was told. Evidence of abuse was ignored. Perjury by the abuser was ignored. Yet the Judges told me off in front of the abuser for exaggerating, which I wasn’t, so they had no proof of. If anyone had looked at our statements properly, they would have seen how much my ex changed his story and even contradicted himself in the same paragraph. Very poor behaviour and incompetence from the Judges involved.
[Name Withheld] said:
I was treated very badly my ex had money and a high profile job.
All I did was repeat to professionals what my kids were saying post contact. Caffcass the LA and judge were smirking at each other throughout. Caffcass put her thumbs up in triumph as all her recommendations were upheld, The judge went on a tirade of bullying
And said I was cold calculating malicious vindictive evil woman that had tried to turn the kids against their father. Yet 4 years previously another authority had told me to leave a da marriage or they take the kids . I did this yet 5 years after despite several attempts to safe guard my kids. They were cruelly stolen at Manchester Civil justice centre on the 19.7.18. I will never forget that day as myself my mother family neighbour’s all sat and sobbed,.
Paul Roberts said:
the now retired judge orrell was power-tripping. threatening prison and boasting about how many people he’d imprisoned the week before. he even dismissed actual evidence then created some of his own to help make the case for the baby snatchers, before producing his pre-written judgement in favor of adoption, full of errors and lies that can be proven, i believe he took payment or was blackmailed. i also keep all my emails and messages, my mckenzie friend talks about the hostile environment of the family court as he was threatened with imprisonment and even told he was guilty of contempt before there was even a trial just for asking the right questions.
there’s a headline about judge orrell taking just 15 minutes to decide the outcome of a case. we’ll it took him only a second to pick up his pre-written judgement within seconds of everyone summing up at the final hearing. where’s the headline about that?
JJ said:
At my recent court hearing, the judge who had only been at one hearing over a year ago, gave me or my barrister no time to defend myself against a comment made by Cafcass that I had highly influenced my daughter. We were brought into court for ‘housekeeping’ whereby I was threatened with my children going into care or my daughter to live with abuser who she has not had any contact with for nearly 18 months. I was told I was to blame for the ongoing case and that I had a lost a leave to remove and abuser not to blame. Told to go away and come up with a solution. Solution was for my daughter to try and have contact with abuser and abuser can write to her each month and offer to buy her a milkshake at handover of youngest child and perhaps she could make him a card. She is nearly 15 and went to see Cafcass manager, she is so outraged with decisions that have been made for us in the past. Judges have no idea what a nearly 15 is into or their friends!!
No normal mother refers to a father as “abuser” so CAFCASS was probably on the right lines for a change. Shame the judge was unable to protect your daughter.
ray ward said:
How on earth do you know that they are not an abuser ????
WOW, how judgemental, naive and uneducated you are? My child’s father is an ABUSER, my son is at RISK of abuse by this perpetrator and the agencies that should support my children, actually expose them to further abuse. Are you going to now tell me an educated, mature woman, that I’m not normal either? You haven’t met me or JJ! Are you a Social Worker or Solicitor, because in my experience you have the same mentality? Disappointing post and in my opinion an apology to JJ would be the decent thing to do.
You want to meet the child stealing skum bags in Brighton family courts all the judge keeped saying was when I make my ruling agents you and my advice is to do what the social workers want like hell I will
This happens all the time judges only listen to the social workers and guardians,in our case only met the guardian once and she hadn’t met the children ,family courts and judges are an absolute disgrace ,they have no care of the poor children they steal from living homes ,they actually said in court that the children was young and attractive enough to be adopted ,that wording doesn’t sit right with normal people .im ashamed to be British .
Mike Cox said:
It’s important to note that the Court of Appeal was correcting malpractice, rather than an error of law, and yet there will be no personal consequences for Judge Carr at all.
“secured by oppressive behaviour on the part of the judge in the form of inappropriate warnings and inducements”. These included:
What a damn disgrace. the public should demand this Judge be struck off by the Bar.
personally i wouldnt let her near another court ever.
Lauren said:
My judge told me she didn’t have to hear my case number I should be thankful for me just seeing my kids bc she would end up terminating them anyway! Allegheny county Pittsburgh PA usa
In December 2016, judge [edited] granted an interim care order on my children in Hull combined courts, after social worker [edited] lied under oath. My defence that she had closed our case no concerns just 1 month earlier, fell on deaf ears. Judge [edited] had already made up his mind and my kids spent 6 months in care before East Riding of Yorkshire social services were forced to withdraw applications for full care orders. After the ICO was granted the judge was changed to judge Buckingham (who returned my kids) and [social worker]went off long term sick, suddenly reappearing registered in Scarborough. The assessments this social worker claimed never took place were later added to the court bundle. My kids and myself are still being maliciously targeted to this day, I’ve just raised a major complaint to Nottinghamshire County Council social services for libel and defamation of character after they were caught passing malicious information about me to other services
Good luck with your complaint but for many parents they find the complaints dept of the Council is totally rigged to protect staff.
Roger Crawford said:
As you say, this happens frequently in the Family Courts – because it can. It would be interesting to know who took the step of going to the Court of Appeal on the judge, I’ve not heard of this being done after a Family Court hearing before. I will say that I am one who’s evidence the judge simply disregarded, and this was at Oxford Family Court. If ‘Gagging Order’ (the first respondent here) wants to share anything with me, such as the judge in his or her case, I’ll gladly listen.
This story is from around 7yrs ago but well worth a look.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/289232/Social-workers-sex-up-abuse-claims-to-snatch-children-for-adoption
,Bridget Doman said:
This is not unusual but it isn’t just confined to parents. Other family members can be threatened with jail – and often sent to jail – for minor misdemeanours or even nothing at all when ‘not playing ball’ with Social Services and bending over backwards to appease them. It is the most corrupt system. When it is is going to change, when anyone is going to do anything about it, is anybody’s guess because where government is concerned, only former MP John Hemming seems to care. And yes, I don’t doubt that many judges are in cahoots with SS and other ‘professionals’ who lie on their behalf to assist them in winning care or adoption orders or are getting backhanders or similar to remove as many children as possible from loving parents.
Bridget, this case sums it up perfectly.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2562249/It-never-happen-Appeal-judge-slams-cut-paste-decision-
its amazing to think how long ago these stories are from yet the problem still remains.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7581916/Social-workers-actions-befitted-Stalins-Russia-says-judge.html
eugene1957 said:
Public simply can,t accept that till we go and clean up all scum those child protectors aka taxpayers money wasters will NOT stop
in my case HHJ Scarratt clearly told MEDWAY how he is against proceedings with my imprisonment due to breaching of injunction forbidding me to critisise Medway social workers, he told in most strong terms to Medway his reluctance to proceed, stressed that it will be waste of taxpayers money, especially that they are complaining all the time on lack of funds, however he succumbed under pressure from Medway on grounds that “you are danger for Medway council” I got 6 month suspended for critisism of public servants, a scenario typical for totalitarian regimes. Later i got 8 month real jail served 4 month. This judges wife owds children home. Now I applied to discharge injunction as I was assaulted by SW Bob Summers and Medway still refuse to dismiss him.When this mafia will end after all? Are we in a UK or in Somali ?
Medway appointed an investigator, investigator REFUSED to write what Medway ordered him to write,. he was appalled. Most ridiculous is that by reasons only known ot herself. Chief SW Isabella Trowler supports and praises Medway Children Services as supporters of families.Me and my son suffered for years at hands of those “child protectors”
My partner and I cared for his little boy up to 4 nights a week from birth. His ex had previously made a false rape allegation against him which resulted in NFA (and she admitted she made it up).
When the time came for her plan to work, she moved hundreds of miles away to be with her new boyfriend and stopped contact bar ‘an offer’ of a contact centre.
We then went to court as she refused mediation. My partner was given interim contact every week, collection and drop off to be facilitated by his mother outside a closed contact centre with no cctv, despite previous threats against my partner. This is also a 6 hour round trip and time spent in the cold, in a city we don’t know with a 6 month old!.
His ex arranged for a man and woman to ‘watch’ drop off, she approached my partner (breaching the order) starting an argument but we refused to talk and then man proceeded to chase us as we left.
We did not attend contact after the incident. Police said as there we no independent witnesses they can’t do anything.
Her work as a cam girl is absolutely fine according to CAFCASS.
Her lies about not driving (so moving the hearing to a court near her) when she had a new car.
Her false allegations are reason for her to get special measures at court, when my partner has been threatened and he has a heart condition for which he requires special measures.
She then re-opened the rape allegation that was NFAd last year. Clear manipulation of the family court.
What happened to innocent before proven guilty? My partner, who still has evidence showing she lied to police, has been given indirect contact consisting of a photo a week of his nearly 1 year old son. This is until a fact finding hearing in May, nearly a year since she moved away.
It’s the law that the family court should try by every means possible to ensure, for the wellbeing of a child, that contact is maintained with both parents. Indirect contact is meant for children who can use a phone, write, read and text not a 10 month old (at the time).
A supervised contact centre was not even considered. The mother refused to ‘travel’ so far. Apparently she can’t afford it – despite earning thousands from cam girl work.
When is this system going to realise that the majority of allegations are used as amunition to keep children away from perfectly good parents?
While the mother was our raving we had the child at 2 weeks old. While she was spending nights at a hotel with her new partner, we had the child at one month old…..
It was only when she decided it was easier to removed us that she ‘alleged’ all sorts of DV.
The system is archaic and not expedited for the wellbeing of the children! Judges are making cars about their opinions, they are disinterested and naive as to people playing the system. They also believe everything CAFCASS and SS report, yet ignore the severe issues in these services ability to interview and report fairly.
Changes need to be made before we have a crisis of one parent children who are alienated from the other parent.
My niece was constantly bullied in the family court. Our solicitor said that the judge was prejudice but her hands were tied and she was unable to answer straight forward logical questions – in other words the judge does as he pleases! Cafcass lies on oath, we put in an appeal and it was refused in same sort of personal language that the judge in the case had used. My niece reported that her two year old son had reported sexual abuse by the father – she wasn’t believed and despite being advised to retract otherwise she would lose her son, she could not do this because it was the truth. She went on the run with her son for 3 weeks, gave herself up, her two year old handed to the father in shocking circumstances at a police station in the early hours and has been fighting ever since for unsupervised contact. Her son is now 7! If anyone were to read the transcripts of the two judges who dealt with her case there would be a human outcry. There are many many similar cases. The family court known as the secret court is totally protected by gagging orders and threats of imprisonment. Journalists have been closed down – shocking and disgusting.
This is not unusual but it isn’t just confined to parents. Other family members can be threatened with jail – and often sent to jail – for minor misdemeanours or even nothing at all when ‘not playing ball’ with Social Services and bending over backwards to appease them. It is the most corrupt system. When it is going to change, when anyone is going to do anything about it, is anybody’s guess because where government is concerned, only former MP John Hemming seems to care. And yes, I don’t doubt that many judges are in cahoots with SS and other ‘professionals’ who lie on their behalf to assist them in winning care or adoption orders or are getting backhanders or similar to remove as many children as possible from loving parents.
Mn said:
They are secret and on the side of ss the vertict is already made before they stsrt i feel so sad for those going thru this
Withheld said:
Occurring in Newcastle in court of hhj Hudson. Happened to me. Please do not publish my name. I managed to stop forced adoption but she disregarded all evidence and I was informed by my barrister that the decision to remove mychildren was made by the judge with cafcass and LA at 9.30am. We entered court at 10am and I knew in advance there was nothing he could do. It is abhorrent how children and mothers are being treat in Newcastle upon Tyne courts. She mocked me on one occasion and asked why I didn’t write my own statements rather than my lawyers as I had studied law. She had no intention of acting in the children’s best interests, just to humiliate a professional mother. The LA stated intention was to destroy the loving bond between myself and my children and the Judge thought this acceptable. She even ignored cctv and audio evidence that demonstrated the social worker outright lying in court.
I completely understand what you say re Newcastle Family Courts. another Judge who did similar things to this was HHJ Moir. these so-called Judges are doing more harm than good to parents and Children. Social workers walk away scot free after committing perjury at Newcastle. it seems to be widespread. even the Barristers on both sides all come from the same Chambers right next to the court. i truely believe that collusion between Judges and Social workers is taking place at this court.
Can i contact you Via Natasha.
i would like to speak further re Newcastle Courts.
Exactly the same in family court it’s one sided judge sees there lies and still sided with social workers what chance of any of these parents got when there voices can’t b heard I myself am having to represent myself at a permission to appeal hearing
I’ve been mistreated and have been slagged off and forced to accept the decision of the judge that my son is placed on an placement order leading to adoption and have no right to appeal it at all the lies that have been told about me and the fact that the judge and the local authority solicitor and the social for the mother of my son coherceed her in to claiming domestic abuse and telling her that would help her in having the child in her care and make sure that I wouldn’t be considered to care for my son what a joke these family courts are they are run by corrupt judges that are bias and slanderous toward parents what for meeting the high demand for adoption rates and making money from forced adoption well not over my dead body am I laying down and letting the get away with stealing my son
The agency bullied me as well and forced this onto me. I had never agreed!
Interim orders what are they hear the phrase all the time in family courts it means nothing to anyone on the receiving end
Just another order allowing the empowerment of the bad parent and sets up the targeted parent for more fail in outcomes
I was threatened with prison. The evidence was substantial to support the high risk domestic abuse we all encountered. My ex targeted us so brutally. Police were involved, domestic abuse support workers. We lived in a safe house and yet Judge [edited] empowered my ex to illustrate I was the abuser. I was threatened with community service. An order was placed so I couldn’t move to another county so for two years I was forced to live close to the perpetrator who was strengthened by the court system. Cafcass were a disgrace. Our needs were ignored and the system is barbaric, brutal and vile. I now have ptsd. We are all having therapy. The system requires reforming and regulated. The judge told me that MPS carry no power. Power corrupts. I have met countless families who have been so affected by this disgusting treatment. I will never stop raising awareness as it’s so hidden and destructive.
These type of cold hearted people involved in Child protection and the family courts can only be likened to those in charge of Nazi death camps in WW2. those prisoners had zero human rights and were disposed of like garbage.
Social workers stealing Children and the Judges who allow Lies and perjury in their Courts are no better. That in itself is very troubling.
I had the exact same thing happen to me and there was nothing at the time I could do about it, if someone wants to talk to me about my case great but i do not want to disclose anything here, as I do not want to put any unnecessary risk to my children
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I was at a directions hearing (unrepresented) and was told to take the stand whilst the judge bombarded me with questions. I was not prepared for a trial hearing at all. She threatened me with care proceedings, change of residency and supervised access…..there was no evidence at all to suggest this, other than what the judge had ‘experienced’ herself whilst in the court room. I was so shaken up, I couldn’t believe it. It was very unfair and biased. It’s concerning that they have this much power and are allowed to get away with it.
Yes that word Power.
we have far too many educated bad apples in this country who have been given this kind of power over the public and are wielding it like a child with a loaded gun. inevitably there will be casualties and even suicides as a result.
Name witheld said:
My district judge made a lightheaded comment before the trial began to my ex husband about what a smart man he was. My ex put forward a controlling court order that the judge agreed in every point with, signed it off with no explanation and even expected us to cancel our holiday!
My legal aid case was prepared badly by a trainee solicitor even Cafcass pointed this out yet the judge Ignored the mistakes and continued. Downplaying deeply concerning abuse.
I have to travel with the children on excessive journeys – much further than my ex husband. I was not allowed to change courts and have a 3 hour drive each way – the court is close to my ex. I’m chastised when im late and patronized. I have to leave at 6.30 to get there but no one can look after my daughter’s that early. The court tells me to ‘just sort it out.’
Nothing is in place to keep me safe because my barrister says – we don’t want to upset the judge because they can then give the father more custody to punish you. Police said you must get a protection order! Solicitor advised me not to report my ex to the police after a string of incidents as the judge wouldn’t like it!
Judge ignored cafcass recommendations and gave my ex everything he asked for.
I’m told dont appeal. The same judge will look at it!
Constantly told to just not say a word or challenge anything in case the judge gets annoyed.
It’s victimisation through the court.
I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone who has posted their experiences and thoughts so far. It’s a brave thing to do and incredibly important that the legal system understands its impact. Thank you.
tinatyrone du said:
Hi Natasha tumum said you know her details how can I contact you so she can help us
Hi Tina, sent you both an email.
the judge we had when my son left is partner and his little girl we had judge [edited] at manchester i being the little girls grandma and grandad was told we could not have her as we were to old and we could not keep her save she has now been adopted my sons partner acussed him of touching the little girl ti was proved by the sex hospital st marys she had never been touch then her mum said she made it all up all of us lost judge [edited] would lisen to anything we had to say are anything we had in writing
Yes this happened to me and my partner we took the Ipswich local authorities to court in 2016 sir judge [edited] had already made is mind up we was not given the chance to go on the stand our daughters social worker was given permission to leave and we was not allowed to ask her about what are girl said to her she wants to come home they lied and had said we promised her a quad bike when we had a quad bike and moto bikes we put in for appeal got nothing back apparently they were adopted in Dec 13th 2004 BUT HAD NOT BEEN TOLD OF SUCH A HEARING are human rights have been breached as we was not told of the adoption hearing yet again they had no grounds to take 2nd child we was told if they are adopted then this was a fraudulent adoption 6 months later we got to keep our 3rd child then a year later we had our 4th child all the evidence that we had that our 2nd child wants to come home we have 4 children all together we have 2 live with us an 2 well we don’t know if they are in care or adopted we have done all we can to find the truth we got slapped with non molestation orders on us but the best bit is we found out that the guardian did not even see our oldest 2 girls so any of you found through this don’t stand a chance we can not beat a corrupt government and courts we can’t find anyone to take our case on we have been told if any of our girls contact us we have to ignore them one of them sent me a message on her birthday and I had to ignore her due to this nonmolestaion order it’s so heart wrenching and up setting for all of us involved we was even blackmailed us if we contact our oldest daughter they would stop sibling contact for the other 3 children all together sorry I have missed some bits I have just put the most important stuff back at the final hearing the judge our social worker manager how long will it take this couple to get our act together she said years suppose to months six months later we got to keep our 3rd
Please contact Jerry Lonsdale on Facebook. There was something about this year 2004 where parents were not told their rights properly.
I can help you to find out ‘re if a child was adopted or not. Natasha knows my details Xx
“parents were not told their rights properly”.
This is a common theme. thats why many LAs have unlawfully obtained S20 agreements.even the former president of the family court J Munby stated Councils have been unlawfully obtaining S20s and using them to keep children in care while planning court proceedings against parents.
Thank you so much I will look in to this
I have the same problem but i have an injunction with an immediate arrest warrant im gagged so cant say my story here sorry its horrific worse than this story [edited]
Kate said:
I am an independent mother of an adolescent child. For many years I have raising him without the support of his father. For many years I have been combining the duties of father and mother, thus often forgetting about myself. In 2015, the court ruled that due to the lack of employment of the child’s father, that he must pay five pounds a week until he took up employment. And till now he did not take up. Maintenance law does not allow children to develop properly does not allow them to feel themselves worthy of being a child, and allows for rapid adulthood and the lack of everything that a child needs for proper mental and intellectual development. The judge did nothing to mobilize his father to pay maintenance.Only to protect an irresponsible person who does not care about the good of the child, a person who used economic violence and mental abuse.
I was threatened by a district judge in Wolverhampton with interim care when local authorities had no concerns. Family courts are corrupt and you are forced into agreement.
Natasha, when I first read this article on your site I thought ‘you’ll be overwhelmed, you’ve opened a can of worms’, and so it’s proved I think. Something has to be done, now, to stop judges and social workers collaborating in ‘Family’ Courts destroying the very families they say are being protected. Each case documented here will be matched by dozens more, and each is a tragedy for every family. All this after the present Government being elected in 2010 promising to mend ‘broken Britain’ and including the Family Court system in this aim. The Norgrove report ignored all this (I called it the ‘Snoregrove’ report) and has largely been forgotten anyway. I believe we need a new, public inquiry with evidence given under oath, into the workings of Family Courts, such as the long-delayed inquiry into the Haemophilia ‘tainted blood’ scandal now underway, under an independent Judge or team of judges. Those families broken and torn asunder should be given immunity against future prosecution if giving evidence against a Judge or social worker. All previous attempts at reform have not worked, it’s time for something radically different, open and transparent. Something the Family Courts are understandably not comfortable with!
Hi Roger, yes. More comments this morning too. Thank you for your thoughts, as always.
“I believe we need a new, public inquiry with evidence given under oath, into the workings of Family Courts”
its overdue by decades. if it ever did happen the floodgates would be demolished and thats exactly why the establishment dont want to go there.
The truth would finally be out and the spotlight on the Scandal of Collusion and Criminal Adoptions would result in Billions being paid out in compensation.
East said:
I am also a mother who has experienced similar circumstances. A care order was imposed on me after I was accused of made up obscenities with no real evidence to substantiate them. The judge in my case acted much in a similar way persecuting me without ever hearing me. My children were taken out of my care permanently. I am innocent. Still not proven guilty.
Thousands have suffered the same treatment all over the country.
its widespread.
I have sat in on probably 250 cases in public and private family law, the section 31 ones have ALL been cut and paste “risk of future emotional harm” where any and all evidence from the parents has been suppressed either by their own legal advisors (previous to them sacking them and seeking my help) or by the judge on advice from the local authority barrister. The judgements have been almost identical in detail (determined by pattern matching blocks of text using my own algorithms). Cut and Paste Findings is not a rare phenomenon, in fact it’s so common that’s its name.
As to private family law, the burden of proof (like the section 31s) lies on the accused. Here, though, for me at least, making a case has been easier (probably due to the nature of the cases – one such example being preventing a parent taking a child to a non-Hague country with a bad firearms problem and a population of over a billion and a reputation for underground human trafficking; I stopped that application dead in the water simply by pointing out the status of that country with regards its attitude toward tracing children and returning them to their rightful home).
Considering my own case: this was not atypical of a s.31. “Risk of future emotional harm”, no physical, forensic or other supporting evidence for their claims, evidence provided of social workers lying through their teeth which was ignored, evidence of social workers terrorising children which was ignored, evidence of malicious falsehoods made by known persons in positions of trust which was ignored, evidence refuting claims by court appointed psychologists of academic achievement which… yup, ignored.
Public family law is:
1. a Who’s Who of charlatans and liars;
2. a melting pot of failed solicitors looking for a comfortable out after spending x number of years reading out of date texts;
3. a members-only club for psychopaths – one that those of sound and compassionate mind need not apply to join;
4. a meeting place for buyers and sellers of children.
For anyone who claims that there’s no money in this: public family law costs the taxpayer *well over* £40 BILLION a year in legal fees alone. My case, and I do still have the receipts, cost in excess of £650,000 just for the first tier section 31 proceeding. THAT IS AVERAGE considering this was over 4 children aged between 6 and 15.
“Cut and Paste Findings is not a rare phenomenon”
This has been shown multiple times by high court appeal judges yet why has there never been a Social worker or Judge prosecuted and Jailed.
Anonymous mother said:
Yes I have experienced serious bullying in the family courts and by the local authority but I’m not saying anymore as I don’t want a gagging order given to me.
I am in the process of serving papers in gcc as the social services management have made my name mud and constantly lied. They have also gave out information to people who are not even relivent to the case regarding my daughter so that also is a breach of data protection. I am representing myself as I can’t find any legal to take my case on.
This hits a raw nerve for me too I was treated unfairly in court, my children were put on care orders to live with paternal grandparents some 200 yards up the road, so near yet so far. If these cases went to a criminal court I’m afraid social workers and judges would be sent to prison for these bullying tactic, it’s so sad there’s so many families being unnecessarily torn apart.
I find it very interesting that the judge had seemingly made up her mind about a case before the arguments were put forward, having experienced something similar from a Cafcass officer. About 18 months ago I went to court to seek a Child Arrangement Order to see my grandson, his mother having prevented me from seeing him following a falling-out. (I had not wanted to go to court, but as mediation had been refused, it seemed to be the only way forward.) To my immense shock and distress (because I had not been warned about this possibility), his mother made false accusations against me, related to incidents in her own upbringing, which resulted in my having to attend an interview with Cafcass. I must point out that I am of good character, with no police record, never having had any involvement with the social services, no history of alcohol or other substance abuse, and no concerns were ever raised by the school nor my daughter’s father, from whom I was divorced.
I was not unduly worried, and went along to the interview armed with a large folder containing photographs, emails and, most importantly I thought, printouts of more than 200 texts which clearly demonstrated my close involvement in my grandson’s life over more than two of the 3½ years under consideration. I would look after him for up to 5 times a week, often on my own and overnight, so that his mother could work and go out socially. As the texts demonstrated, relations appeared for the most part friendly, I would take my grandson out for the day, pick him up from the childminder, for which my daughter sometimes lent me her car, I would go shopping for her, lend her money, and she would sometimes cook meals for us. I was horrified when the Cafcass officer looked at only three of the texts before dismissing all this evidence as “a matter for your solicitor”.
Worse was to come when just before Christmas I received a copy of the report. This was deeply hostile to me while taking my grandson’s mother’s accusations at face value. (I struggle now to call her my daughter.) I had been quoted out of context to strengthen their argument, for example saying that I agreed that I “could have done more” when I was referring to a specific incident not the situation overall. My own evidence, which quite frankly would have demolished this argument, was of course not taken into consideration. If I had really been such a terrible mother, why did my grandson’s mother let me look after him so much, as I have said, often on my own and overnight? Only indirect contact was recommended, which in practice is nothing or nearly nothing. I made a formal complaint to Cafcass but they would only consider one factual inaccuracy, that they had got my grandson’s age wrong in the report. I now understand why clients are advised to record their interviews with Cafcass.
The report could only be challenged in court with all the expense involved, a built-in disincentive to taking matters further. Nevertheless, after having dragged my good name through the mud and destroyed my life, I wanted to see that Cafcass officer put on the stand and made to account for herself. A barrister was consulted, who advised that there was only a small chance of success because of a significant time delay (largely due to financial considerations – there is of course no Legal Aid), and because my grandson was exhibiting behavioural problems and had been provisionally diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Then I was threatened with the entire costs of the court case, maybe £25-30 thousand pounds, being awarded against me, in which event I might have to sell the roof over my head. Although my solicitor said this was unlikely, by this time I was psychologically in pieces and had completely lost all faith in the legal system to treat me fairly and equitably I could see that even if the court found in my favour, that my grandson’s mother would put all kinds of obstacles in the way of my actually seeing him, as court orders are, as we all know, unenforced. Reluctantly I dropped the case, but still wonder whether this was the right decision.
It appears to me that the whole episode was a total stitch-up, and that the Cafcass officer had already made up her mind what the outcome would be before the interview even took place, probably because they didn’t want to put time and resources into the case. I could say much more but in conclusion, it seems to me that the high-handed attitude of the establishment towards what they apparently regard as “little people” beggars belief. I am not a young person, my health has since deteriorated, I have been prescribed antidepressants and sleeping tablets and have had extensive counselling, and I don’t see how I can ever get over what has happened. I am many thousands of pounds out of pocket, and will probably never see my grandson again. Additionally I am in a far worse position than if I had never been to court. When he reaches 18, my grandson’s mother can show him this official Cafcass report that “proves” that his grandmother is a bad lot, and he should have nothing to do with her. How can this possibly be justice?
” I must point out that I am of good character, with no police record, never having had any involvement with the social services, no history of alcohol or other substance abuse, and no concerns were ever raised by the school”.
This is very likely a Common theme among parents who have lost Children Via the SS and ludicrous Family courts.
Thank you for your reply. I pointed this out only to illustrate that people who are of good character can have their good name besmirched and their life destroyed by complete lies, and the system seems actually to encourage it, I assume to keep their workload down. You are guilty until proven innocent.
I’ve experienced similar. I’ve lost all access to my 9yr old Son when his full residency was given to my abusive ex. My 15yr old daughter insisted she reside with me, her Mother but my (started age 7yrs) now 9yrs old Son’s voice was ignored by Social Workers, CAFCASS and those within the legal arena. Me and My Children’s human rights have been completed ignored. I felt severely abused in Family Court. I’m abused by the local authority still, who tell me I need better coping strategies to deal with the ongoing indirect domestic abuse I experience. Asking for support and advice I was told “to play the game”. My Son hasn’t seen his two pet cats, bedroom, maternal home or local friends for 2yrs, he’s received no MH support for his grief/confusion from being torn away from his Close Bonded Mum & Sister. Our relationship sabotaged by Social Workers who didn’t listen, didn’t communicate effectively and most disturbing LIED Verbally, LIED when falsifying documents and LIED to other Professionals. My Darling Son is desperate to come home, he misses us dearly & I’m permanently anxious with worry for his safe – I believe My Son IS AT RISK of NEGLECT, EMOTIONAL/PYSCHOLOGICAL HARM & PARENTAL ALIENATION (this list does continue sadly!)
I’m exhausted with all the abuse I’ve been subjected to for so many years and still receiving now. Please Help me bring my Son home safe and end this devastating and unnecessary nightmare.
A very tired but still fully committed, devoted and dedicated Warrior Mother
JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN
Hi, thank you for your comment and I’m so sorry you’ve been through all that you have. You’re welcome to email me at Sobk13 at gmail dot com. I assist families free of charge (I’m also the site’s editor). Take care, Natasha
“he’s received no MH support for his grief/confusion from being torn away from his Close Bonded Mum & Sister. Our relationship sabotaged by Social Workers who didn’t listen, didn’t communicate effectively and most disturbing LIED Verbally, LIED when falsifying documents and LIED to other Professionals.”
This is such a Common theme being perpetrated against parents and Children. Child protection today is actually Child abuse in many cases.
why central govt refuse to tackle the problem is very troubling.
I had made a Complaint on x year. Bizarrely enough, it was the same year the Council had claimed to carry out a thorough search/investigation of my records because many years later, it came to light there had been serious procedural errors concerning same said x year.
Even more bizarre, same said Complaint got looked into biased. I had then took it higher to have one Professional respond to my MP, who responded knowing nothing about me and they got some of the information wrong. She had not ever even met me.The one who originally looked at my Complaint re-investigated her own Complaint I had made. It also took me years to find out said Complaint got partly upheld after all. This was Stage 2 by then. At Stage One, none of the ones I mentioned to support me got considered. But the ones in a Professional capacity did.
Long story short, I’d got considered to make a vexatious request, where I’d asked question about the Case System including miscarriage and potential miscarriage of justice because I wanted to try and help all the other families out there.
I explained to said place where I went on to complain that the Council had given them some wrong information. Telling them in writing that my child had been adopted on x year the long and short of it. Said place does explain that if the other place (in the case the Council) provides wrong information then they can be held to account by them. Still, at the point the Council did not admit that the year for said adoption I had first hand knowledge of was the correct year.
I made an application to Tribunal to challenge the vexatious decision and the details with the wrong inaccurate adoption year. They had started out (the Council) saying this was why I made my said request for information because of personal matters that affected me from said x wrong year.
So I included evidence from my own CA1989 Case as well as others (all relating to same Case) to demonstrate miscarriage of justice. I could only do this safely I believed concerning my own evidence, because to submit anyone else’s I could have risked getting their information wrong and using Case law was no good solely, because the public would have already seen about them Cases decided.
Bizarrely enough, said evidence got past 1 Judge and 2 panel members as I recall and the decision with the Judgement went public in a Judgement and not public for subsequent Hearings. Then bizarrely, my evidence regards the wrong adoption year got missed. I had repeated it so much, I believe it was impossible to miss really in all honesty. But the volume got used as a reason (or excuse?) to miss it. The said Judgement went up onto Baillii (where I’ve read Cases of interest go)
So, what started out as me trying my best to help other families (who I wanted having their rights told to them all in writing with information leaflets/booklets) got twisted round into me being left in the position I was fighting innacuracies concerning my own CA 1989 Case on top.
It was decided I was fighting said Case for all families for myself. I took the said Tribunal Case to Upper Tribunal, then to a Telephone Hearing. I had unknowingly committed an unintentional breach. The Judge’s own words regards unintentional breach.
I had previously made a Post Adoption application, successful with doors left open to me after 2 Hearings and because I’d submitted Family Court documents there (High Court) I had thought I could with Tribunal too. The Judge told me it would be put to bed but had I not defended myself with the inaccuracies I would have been told further down the line- well you had your chance to, no doubt. Also the public was not going to be allowed in to said (what would normally be) Public Hearing.
It was realised, I’d got the adoption year right, the Council got it wrong- but I still lost that Tribunal Case. Other things had been said about me wrong from same said year aswell which I challenged and I discovered double Case Files on my own Case none of which the Council have had intentions of remedying with any total satisfaction save to say I recall I had the Council found in breach (and not for the first time) receiving a short written apology i had to fight for.
Next, I made an application to Family Court in 2 parts. One to request belated permission to submit said Family Court documents to Tribunal I already submitted (Said Order states my application was successful) for this part I got granted permission.
Two, to challenged a null or void Adoption Order. This part was not successful because post adoption you’re told there is no Jurisdiction bizarrely enough when your challenging the validity in the first place. I thought if so many mistakes have been made, how do I even know if there was really a valid adoption order in the first place. One don’t necessarily automatically follow a Care Order just because this was their aim.
I am now left with the belief said adoption was “alleged” and the two adoption certificates I’ve got for my child (now living back home finally) years apart once he turned 17 is another story.
But where a Judge has bullied me, regards me challenging the Adoption Order- is because he has placed a Restriction Order on me and not until said child was some months away from his 18th birthday which applies to the Council and media or Journalists too. If this happens and my story goes public now then same said Judge made it clear he has the powers of the Court to place an injunction on them because of the MISTAKES.
My child wanted answers, my evidence showed as much. His views and feelings went ignored. He signed a letter happy for me to still speak out on his behalf for us and he is scared the mum he’s just got back could go to prison if I name specific names and places the Order tells me i can’t. He is scared of losing his mum he’s only just recently got back.
One of my other grown up adult children finds the whole thing bizarre why I’m restricted when the Council has made mistakes and said but surely you have Freedom of speech like we all do to say anything. He finds it crazy. Same said adult child was my rock all throughout when he remained living with me in my full time care. Two of my other children were in and out of my care who eventually came home and the same Judge who has restricted me has been letting paedophiles off at Court (I do read the newspapers)
One department of said Council, told me they didn’t have my Post Adoption application Case on file. They spoke to me ok outside Court, inside Court there were all sorts of things said about me and the Judge did not ask to see any of her evidence. He wasn’t interested in my 200 pages of evidence neither. But said department lied. I went home and I proved it in writing by email. Not too difficult to do when it concerned a public website. The Judge and I was apologised to (They referred to it as didn’t mean to mislead) and rather than the Judge question everything else they had said- the Judge amended said Order worse for the Restrictions part but I can now refer to my children’s and my name in everyday life. Difficult to prevent when they use social media as I do.
I went back to the original place I complained to regards the vexatious allegation, had the Council found in breach and was advised to send over what I had and send the rest once the Judge amended their Order allowing me to (He had said I could in Family Court) I was not happy to until I saw this in writing like the Judge had indicated/agreed he would do at Court.
The outcome was I was too late because it had happened many years ago even though I had learnt of new evidence. Yet, had I not sent the first part- I would have been seen to fail to comply with instructions. I’d got to send both parts.
I’ve had the same happen since concerning another place advised to ‘re do my SARS. To do so, I’d have been considered to make a vexatious request. Not doing it and because I was late I have so much on my plate I have lost out again. Another place I’d challenged lack of information (not fully complied) and another had signed for my letter and the whereabouts of said letter are still unknown.
With Tribunal, they said something along the lines even if my child had not been adopted…. Then something about it being irrelevant to the Case. I managed to get the Judge at Family Court to look at various adoption certificates and invoices which he admitted was strange or odd (I’d got sent one) then no trace could be found before being sent the 2nd one with the surname change (They put down to a mistake/amendment) and Tribunal stated ‘The Appellant does not make accusations for the sake of it’ which was me.
I have gone on to win a Tribunal Case since based on Oral and written evidence, but as a consequence of being a parent and a mother who was set up by my first Long Term Social Worker at least- I am feeling raw and like my heart is dying off slowly.
I haven’t got no resolution, no compensation, no full investigation with more recent evidence affecting the old, no letter to state I’ve exhausted all my options from Family Court and I am awaiting counselling.
I have started online, locally face to face in person, offered a 6 week course not quite so local and it’s been advised I see a Psychologist especially in regards to the grief. I’ve been sent on a merry go round.
When are Judge’s going to do something about miscarriage of justice and stop being a part of covering up?
When are Judge’s going to stop Restricting parents and gagging them who tell the truth?
Is it really just or fair to Resrict a parent with no time limit as to it’s end when by these Judge’s doing so, you are scaring the children!
That’s everything I wanted to say, save to say it’s bizarre punishing innocent, loving, caring parent(s) and their precious children. It’s wholly wrong toying with children’s, their parents and/or grandparents identities. Every bond you take is every heart you break. Then you expect us to conform to society, go out and work and carry on like nothing ever happened.
HOW??
I have had this happen to me, I represented myself and the kids mother’s solicitor backed me into a corner outside the courtroom then the judges believed the solicitor without reading the facts or evidence in front of them (i have a DVD of an incident I was accused of) which proved I did not do it, they refused to watch it even though sservices had told them I had it, all I did was defend myself they said i should of brought a solicitor, apparent txts only her solicitor saw which again did not happen but the judge without themselves seeing it took the solicitors word and not mine, they said me and the mum would have to come to an agreement or they would decide for us with all the evidence I had they chose not to look at and with the courts always favouring the mum I did not stand a chance, I had full custody then 50% through court and with more lies no proof again it went to every other weekend?!!! Now I don’t see them at all as again the mum has broke the court order and I have to take it back to court, they don’t care about the kids or they would of drug tested there mum on request as she and her partner are on crack (I also had a picture of them on it aswell) which was dismissed, and how does someone get legal aid when there was no domestic or emotional abuse in the relationship and that was proven, I was beneath them all in court only the cheats liars and scum win these days!!!
“only the cheats liars and scum win these days!!!”
Cant argue with that. So true.
H said:
Yes same here have dvds too still not allowed to present evidence. My child’s academic progress in the 5th grade reading and math levels so low. Academic level may have finally reached to a first grade level not sure really due that they tied my hands for a long time now, and keep you in the dark. Yes perjury, fraud, misleading, and falsification of records, etc wins. I am not trying to be rude. As it may appear just one side of the story, and not the other side of the story with facts documentation. As it seems one story is allowed with no foundation or merit basis? Legal Aid isn’t available or hasn’t been available for attorneys in these type of cases family court child custody and support in my state. It may have been in like one time in history, but it never been for over 12 years here. They’ve put my child with an alcoholic and unstable home environment for a very long time. Going back to court is same for them to take more time that you have with your child. IE, by other party misrepresentation and misleading drops medical insurance coverage after it was order. What they want is for you take them back to court for it, so they can take what little time you have with your child or children. What if human trafficking in courts, etc.
Lesley said:
Courts and social services stick together believe lies the social workers use and rearly do parents stand a chance . Need to make a stand these people are destroying families.
Chazzza said:
Currently In A situation where I’m tomoro for a 2 day trial hearing to keep my children social services and cafcas have completely failed us as a family and I’m pretty sure it’s safe to safe buying of phycologists and schools in the process to get what they want using mental health as a tool against parents instead of helpping ya… north Norfolk social workers and Norwich crown courts…. biased onesided only there for them selfs!!! Pick on the wash family’s but leave those who truely are neglecting and beating their children!!! 😭😭😭
Linzi said:
This happened to me 😢
My name is [edited] me and my wife have been fighting for 5 and a half years for the injustice done by social services [edited]
I can relate to this. The judge in my case had already made up her mind, and questioned who I was to give his mental health priority over his education. That his CAHMS worker had signed him off due to MH arising from undiagnosed ASD meant nothing to her. The whole experience was traumatic as LA told lie after lie. I have since sar’d LA and schools and I am gearing up for the next round of sar’s before I apply to revoke the order. My family was bullied, harassed and intimidated into crisis – whilst waiting for specialized support to be put into place. Only that specialized support never appeared and a witch hunt began to prove emotional abuse. Dig in any family and you will find fault, but to find fault for ASD behaviours beyond a parent’s control is immoral. Sadly my LA does not train its staff in ASD, or provide any assistance.
Sars from LAs usually come back heavily redacted with large blacked out areas.
Schools will tend to do as they are told by the LA as staff fear for their jobs if they rock the boat.
LAs have more influence and power than people think. even the Police have to do as they are told.
padrestevie said:
Hi Natasha
Unfortunately, this case chimes with far too many people.
However, there is another element to this which is deeply concerning. I have recently been privileged to hear the accounts of many people’s experience of the family court system and there is often one worrying thing they have in common. This is that they are afraid of the consequences of complaining or rocking the boat in any way. They feel that if they assert their own and their children’s rights there will be grave consequences and they will stand an even smaller chance of a relationship with their children.
I applaud the courage of the people that have commented here because I have also seen evidence that these fears are not without foundation.
It is high time that a bright light was shone into the corners of the family justice system in order to rid it of behaviour which has sadly become institutional for some inadequate bullies that act under the cover of secrecy and fear.
We and our children deserve much better.
Well done for standing up and encouraging others to do the same.
Hi Stevie,
Thank you for your comment and encouragement. Fear of complaining is something we cover extensively on the site, as it is a big issue and real bug bear of ours. Grateful to you for mentioning this phenomenon.
Police notice to our posters: please keep communication civil with one another. Bullying is an emotional issue so we understand feelings run high, however courteous discussion is encouraged on this site.
HH [edited] took all of 5 minutes to hand 3 British children to their abusive father back in 2012, in that hearing he gave immunity to father who had an arrest warrant outstanding for assault and battery of a pregnant woman (myself) he chose to ignore all the domestic abuse and violence, he said he couldn’t be bothered with this, why are we dealing with this when it’s a french matter send them back. Didn’t listen to the fact that they had been born and lived in the uk for 7 years prior to father taking them 6 months prior. Since then there has been been two ss reports stating father is physically and psychologically abusing the children, the eldest boy ran away from father in 2016 and has been back in the uk since but sadly the 2 younger boys are still suffering in father’s care who is currently protected by the french court even after he has strangled me as recently as 2018. All because this judge couldn’t be bothered to look at the facts and has now destroyed our lives and 3 boys one of which already has mental health issues as a result. Not very honourable at all.
Annon said:
I suffered the worse kind of bullying and find the family law court on whole to be so devolved from its purpose of protecting children and insuring justice than it can be! My family have suffered the worst kinds of abuse that will leave wounds that will never heal. I cannot afford the justice my children deserve but when I find them I will not stop hating the courts for their part in the abuse they’ve suffered. Its disgraceful that we still have comments like “in this day and age husbands know where there children live!” And “domestic violence and abuse is not a reason to withold the mothers home address”, better still ” if you disagree or step out of line I will hold you in contempt of court! That will hold a jail term as long as I wish it to be.” Allowing every court order to be broken by any male claimant and yet chastising mothers for protecting their child from grooming, gas lighting and abuse. I am outraged that the system runs on the advice of cafcass who have been found not fit for purpose nor have they the expertise to act as the sole advisor to family courts! The process is rife with corruption, even so to the point where solicitors are admitting to professional embarrassment and worse! The system is based on hearsay whilst facts and evidence are ignored due to “time constraints”. I used to believe a mother would have to have done something seriously wrong to never see her children again…well in this decade I have been re educated! Utterly disgraceful to see so many emotionally traumatised children suffering at the incapable lack of care in this sector. Its a crime! And yes all of this is so common we have thousands of women consolling each other after the courts intervention. I hope those chauvinistic judges out there can learn to see that women are the victims more so of parental alienation and that without the career or the full time wage to appeal to courts they are left being the wet nurse their husbands wanted them to be whilst they are replaced by new partners. Its so common to not receive justice its a known fact women have now learnt to protect themselves from such abuse by not putting fathers names on the birth certificates! Soon we’ll be doing DNA tests for every case!
Emma said:
It is time for the absurd
‘At risk of future emotional harm’
As a cut and paste method to force a parent into silence when faced with flawed and unevidenced accusations which underpin flawed and malicious ‘recommendations’ by court officers — it is blatantly obvious that this is a vexatious instruction and a power game of ‘shut up, don’t challenge me, I can and I will take your children away’.
Every single use of this phrase should be dug up and investigated and every single court officer that uses it liberally should be audited.
as a cut and paste method to force a parent into silence when faced with flawed and unevidenced accusations which underpin flawed and malicious ‘recommendations’ by court officers to be expunged and exposed.
This is #MeToo for abuse in family court by its own officers.
It is blatantly obvious that using this posture is a vexatious instruction and a power game of ‘shut up, don’t challenge me, I can and I will take your children away’. It is brinksmanship that is tantamount to state sponsored kidnapping. Astonishingly it goes on in full view of all without anyone calling out as malfeasance.
Ian Josephs said:
Well ,record number of commentsre judges who bully and courts that corrupt .Before social workers existed back in 1948 child cruelty was left for police and the criminal courts to deal with and that is how it should be today !
I experienced precisely this sort of behaviour from DJ [edited] in Basingstoke. He was rude, bullying, had made up his mind before we even walked in to the courtroom for a 3 day final hearing. The rest of the case had been heard by DJ Cooper, who was completely fair and held very different views from DJ [edited]. DJ [edited] shouted over me, would constantly interrupt when I was answering a question, tapped his fingers impatiently on the table and sighed and huffed throughout my time on the stand. Anything i did get a chance to fully answer, he ripped to pieces and said “That’s ridiculous”. This was despite the fact he had the evidence right in front of him from the professionals. He ignored the fact that not only had the father been proven to have lied throughout his statement and under oath on the stand, he even eventually admitted that it was a fabrication. He ignored the advice of the social worker and the psychiatrist, who said the children should remain with me, and ignored the wishes of the children. He ordered a residency change to the father’s house, ignoring the serious history of abuse from the father.
in my family court hearing I believe the judge I had judge s Oliver made a point of making me feel just as important as anyone else in his court room he made me feel safe .all I ever wanted (begged) police social worker to give me 5 minutes of there time I begged anyone to listen to me to just give me there time and for anyone to believe me and my children but no one did but I started given up untill this man gave me his time he not only gave me the strength through court but he gave me the strength to take the stand and give my everdence he made me feel powerful of my own life again he made me feel important again and most of all he gave my 13 teen year old son the chance to go to court and talk to him and that made my day because my boy (children) was also never given the time all day and was always called a lier!! my boy was so proud of him self this man made a point by just talking an interest and the only person who beleaved me and my children was him!!! when my ex had to give his everdence my boys barrister torn him apart and to see such a controling peace of shit a bully boy look so powerless hh judge simon oliver also showed him he wasnt taken control of this situation and actually caught him out lieing!!! I was in shock I think . I hold the highest respect for this man and wish I could thank him . i did let my 4 beautiful babys down with dv home conditions my mental health and the childrens health needs but I never ment to cause them any harm I love my children so much and my stupid failings cost me my children I never intended to deliberately neglect them I lost my way no one is perfect I just wish I had the help to get them home but if im honest I really don’t no what Im doing what forms I need to get back to court all for mediation I feel useless thick . and one thing mr oliver never done was make a normalisation order to keep him away from me and he said if I wanted this he could make that order for me and he never , maybe he just forgot
C said:
I have recently experienced a very distressing case. Ive had to self represent for the most part in 6 years of court proceedings about child arrangements.. I have tried to protect myself and my son from domestic abuse. My case has many gaping holes. Judge has made some ludicrous comments. I am scared I will lose my son to an abuser and I am powerless to stop it. I desperately need help. The family court needs to be exposed. The judge in our case seems to be on another planet and has dismissed the view of Refuge, Women’s Aid and Social Services. I have been called a liar about years of abuse. All I have asked is that my son is protected and that his feelings are considered. I have asked for some boundaries to be put in place and support for the situation. Apparently I have mental health issues for doing so.
Contact Ian josephs he can help you with this if it was me I certainly would contact him I wish you all the best
noflyingmonkeys said:
Totally get it.
It is disgusting.
All done in secret and no-one would believe us anyway!
My child and I suffered for over 12 years from the family court system. 2007 the Judge pointed finger at me and said five times that “God is punishing me”, and the Judge looked over at the other party stated “oh you know what I’m talking about” Kindergarten 2012 another court date Judge in 2013 school custody stated several times to the other party and other party attorney “you don’t have nothing supporting what you’re saying, you have no idea of what you’re talking about, and you have no clue what you’re asking for.” After the weekend, according to the other party attorney that the Judge came up with his own order which in turn lost more time with my child and certain rights. I am found to be a fit parent by courts. I provide support over three times the amount, and 100 percent medical, dental, and vision coverage always have. My child continues to suffer to this day. I lived in the dark for so long and/or always other party makes sure that I am in the dark about my child. Although, the other party has legal and medical custody, dropped their insurance coverage to $25,000 deductible which doesn’t cover anything right after it was ordered. My rights violated from a right to due process, etc in order for the other party to gain 50 percent custody and again violated to gain even more time away from me to having 66% custody since 2013. The abuse continued with court system and during the 50/50 custody split ping pong from 2007 up to 2013. My days of custody was bringing my child back to life almost every time, and I am always there for my child each and every time. My child is a beautiful child that I am thankful to been there during those days. I know my child misses and loves me very much due to don’t tell. My child knows whom cares and loves them. These days are long go, and it still continues due to my hands tied. Family court system waste of money. My children and community benefits from it instead. They like to cover up stuff and make it not known for “special needs.” hence one of many violations. What other party told courts that my child didn’t know how to walk or talk when my child was 10 months old. Keep in mind what happened on the other party’s days of custody. Judge wouldn’t allow me to present my evidence or all my evidence or an opportunity to tell the truth with supporting facts which in turn would have helped my child. My child misses her family, me, and her siblings as if hopes that my child’s siblings remember their sibling, and wants to be with me knows who is there for them. Please stand to support our children, and don’t give up on truth.
There are so many inappropriate comments and strange rulings made by the infamous Judge [edited] at Liverpool Family court. He has been censured on more than one occasion by Munby and had to take “Long Term Sick Leave”,
My own experience with him was horrendous, having to sit there silently listening to him pontificate about how He was in charge (Bruce Forsythe style) and if I didn’t “take that look off my face” I would be expelled, whilst he made inappropriate comments galore, far too many to list here, but one I remember clearly was regarding a Czech mother who was unable to attend one particular hearing as she lived in the Czech republic and could not afford to attend this hearing, he said “why she cannot be here I do not understand, you can fly here for £20 now” I put my hand in the air (to explain this is not true, but was ignored) The real cost was usually around £150 return, plus travel to and from airports and accommodation which was an enormous amount of money to a Czech national on minimum wage. Social services had refused any financial assistance and also the court had refused an interpreter for her despite the fact that she spoke no English and it was her son they were going to take into care.
I also remember clearly a comment addressed to the front bench in a jocular manner on an occasion where the mother was present (no interpreter) , “Will anybody help me clear this Stygian mist?” This was typical of [edited] attitude of supposed superiority attempting to portray himself as an extremely well educated person. How on earth could he expect a Czech national non English speaker to make any sense out of that?
As long as the courts remain closed, recording of proceedings is not allowed and there is no real apparatus in place to Censure or punish bad Judges, cases currently allegedly decided on the basis of balance of probability, will still be decided on the whims of Judges who are far too ready to believe the cut and paste evidence of SW’s, Guardians etc.
I had a family judge transfer into my grandchildren’s dependency case. The other grandma of 2 of the 3 tried to remove them from my care, 2 years after placement. The judge denied that request, but said (to no one in particular) that he didn’t think he could sign the adoption order if I didn’t sign an agreement that she could have visits post adoption. He forced me into giving her visits.
I had to stop them 1 year later because she was doing the opposite of what she agreed to do to get the visits.
Almost 4 years later she’s dragged me back to court twice, the first time I appealed the family court judge’s ruling, & we are waiting for the opinion.
And she just filed a second time. This time asking for the judge (a different one) to give them to her. Based on lies and assumptions. The judge in our department comes from a civil background, where following the law is exactly what they do. No discretion.
So it’s not just family court. It’s the family court judges who are trained to think they know better than parents and get their way by bullying one side or the other.
I’ve been through the family courts several times and am going back through them again regarding my son. To sum it all up after I gave birth to my son in 2010 my mental health started to suffer (Not post natal depression) I left my son with my parents (the home my son was born into) and we got a residency order. Only hell broke loose cafcas made it clear that people like me and my mum who are survivors of child sexual abuse shouldn’t be parents she made it clear my son one way or another would be given to his father and expressed if I had a child on the future she would make sure it was took away from me and her report for the order was dismissed due to the information being presented wasn’t what was requested. Fast forward the years my son has special needs and his professionals requested his father back off so they could focus on him to no avail back through the courts and the tides turned were in the wrong my parents are harmful I’m unstable etc we were ignored in court several times as we had no representation. To add insult to injury when my family relocated with my son back to the northeast my ex husband went for custody we had no choice over the court psychologist that same professional shared the same hotel at exactly the same time as my ex husband for the assessments everything that was said in the assessments was twisted yet the ex smelt of roses and ultimately we lost. Fast forward again my son is 5 years old and tries to disclose something after contacting my local police it was obvious something was wrong I legally held on to my son till courts made a decision and was made to feel I was kidnapping my own child due to previous reports from cafcas. After returning my son it was back to court only this time I was accused of faking the disclosure and seen as a future predator. Due to this NYAS became involved and it was quite clear from her report that my family or deemed harmful yet my ex and his are perfect yet again the date the final orders were made (discovered the same judge who passed my parents residency order passed the current orders) I discovered I was pregnant and due to unforseen circumstances couldn’t be in court either. The orders that were made was that I am to be supervised and my patents have a prohibited steps order. During my pregnancy I didn’t visit my son as per order due to the threats cafcas had made. After my daughter was born I re-established contact and shared my news with my son however after many failed discussions with my ex about better contact as my daughter is nothing to do with him but I want my children to bond we’ve ended up back in court we were there 4th Feb 2019 in front of the same judge who placed the last orders. NYAS again are involved as there is quote serious concerns about my mental health end quote yes i have mental health problems of which i am dealing with them yet there has not and never will be any concerns over my parenting and I have sole custody of my daughter. Yeh when contacted by NYAS one she hadn’t read the court order paperwork that was sent to her as she hadn’t been present in court and two she only wants to see me and my son and then me to assess change along with documents requested etc no mention of seeing me with my daughter I do query how can she assess change and my parenting if she only seeing me with one of my children. To be quite honest the attitude and feeling I get from the proceedings even though I’ve managed to obtain counsel is that the current orders will remain and I will have to choose between my children as I live 200 miles away from my son and to go down for the court ordered visit takes me away from my daughter for 5 days and 4 nights every 6 to 8 weeks how is that fair when everything my son needed was in place for his special needs any health issues were being dealt with all of that stopped the day he got took also my son can’t remember anyone in my family nor any memories he did make that and my son’s had anger therapy in school his hygiene and independence is nil his eating habits awful he’s not eating full meals if he eats at all. He is also deeply encouraged to play on his games consoles playing a game that is inappropriate bare in mind he is 8 and he plays fortnite and has also played world of Warcraft. My son was a child you could never get indoors now hes fearful of the outdoors and yet im deemed the risk I don’t want to uproot him and disrupt his life I just want better access and my family to have access but I don’t have faith in the courts anymore. Can someone please help me or just explain if I’m confused on information. The family courts I have to go to is Oxford I live 200 miles away up in the north east but that’s because my son loves down in Oxfordshire.
Hi, thank you for your comment, and I’m so sorry. If you’d like to get in touch you’re welcome to email me. I run Researching Reform and offer assistance free of charge. Email: Sobkk13 at gmail dot com.
i have so much to say on this topic. i have been submitted to infernal and inacceptable as well as illegal practices by family court with catastrophic outcome. I will gather my thoughts and write a brief as possible comment with details. thanks for this opportunity to speak out about the outrageous and inhuman as well as wrongful child placement consisting finally in the child”s worst interest. I am often too sick and depressed and emotionally destroyed to be able to write a concise and brief account. it is not due to eductational lack or low intelligence, i am an aerospace engineer with an international career, but the post trauma of having my daughter ripped from my arms has sent me spiralling into a a miasma of helplessness out of shock and repressed anger…more details soon, if anybody is really reading this…
Thank you for your comment. Yes, people are listening. I’m sure the community will respond to you in due course.
And all In the best interests of the Child.
These kids will be mentally scarred for life after this.
As an aerospace engineer you would have to be quite intelligent but even bright people can be broken down via the right kind of malice and Cruelty.
Your traumatic experience resulting from the Corrupt family courts is merely a raindrop in a vast ocean of Parents who have suffered the same fate.
The hope is that all Parents will one day see Justice for what has been perpetrated against their families.
I am reading and understand x
My case started when the wife of my cousin, [edited], relative of my mother, wrote an infactual letter and placed it in my confidential family history stored at South [edited] archives. This caused a false case by [edited] ss and led to all my children being abused by ss and my daughter adopted. Now my mother has died they have tried to falsify her will. So we are caught in an embezzlement case. The whole court& judicial system is flawed by criminals if this behaviour is allowed to continue.
I suffered the same experience. The lay Magistrate pre-judged the case before the hearing. My barrister was constantly harangued, and I was threatened with all kinds of consequences and punishments if I refused to comply to orders that they had no right to make . The Magistrate was overstepping legal protocol, and behaving in a very bullying, intimidating, and discriminatory way compared to how she treated the father. Sadly, I hear that these experiences are common place for mothers
The best way to cause PTSD in Children.
That’s what they did to our oldest whilst at a meeting with local authorities all because I wouldn’t go to a mother and baby unit miles away from family and my partner wasn’t aloud to come with me when I think back they told me to leave her at my nan’s whilst we attended the meeting I feel for those children and the poor parents
The only solution to these outrages is “Abolition of social workers and the family courts and replacing them by police and criminal courts to deal with all cases of child cruelty”
That is how it used to be before 1948 .
That is what we all should be campaigning for !
“A heartbroken young couple tell of their despair after their only son has been snatched in a terrifying police raid.”
I stumbled upon this story by chance after seeing a facebook post on behalf of the father asking people to share it claiming he has been stitched up and Jailed by a family court judge at Newcastle.
https://newspunch.com/baby-bobby-removed-gunpoint-vaccinate/
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Disgusting how they treat others all because they are as they like as upper class than us rest of us lower class, they legal services for social care paid a judge to take my boy and now he been through alsorts and they will not get away I will make sure he gets back home to me
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I am dealing with this now. CPS literally said she went against federal law and said it’s okay the judge won’t let me on case and taken my two girls and told my wife that she needs to divorce me if she wants her girls back and that she needs to lie on the stand about a document. The judge said she didnt care what I could prove she didnt want me in her courtroom
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MOAB UTAH IS ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT OFFICES!
VIOLATNG CHILDREN AND PARENTS RIGHTS!!
RIPPING FAMILIES APART BY LIEING AND FRAUDING PAPER WORK!
ABOLISH FAMILY COURT AND DCFS!!!
LET LAW ENFORCEMENT DEAL WITH CHILD ABUSERS!!
PLEASE HELP AMERICAN FAMILIES!!
WE NEED JUSTICE!!
Yes , I agree to all of the people here. My was a lady judge in Manchester courts. The first word she said in the very first hearing 5 years back ‘ When I said that I am a domestic violence victim’ is ‘ No abuse happened’. It was without listening to any evidence, without knowing the facts. And even when I wanted to present the facts she said we are moving forward and not looking back.
Then a court order was made which father of child was not following it and even damaged my property door but police did not logged anything properly and judge was angry at me for taking the contact off. I was completely without any guidance and then I came to know the kind of dv I went through is a criminal offence and investigation begin. But due to lack of evidence my case did not went to cps so judge persue her decision. I was not wilfully agreeing to 50/50 custody as my ex was using my child aged 6 against me . But at some point she threatened me that if I do not agree ‘ I won’t be seeing my child again or custody will be given to father. When my barrister said this time that I should agree as otherwise I will loose child then judge wrote in order that I wilfully agreed, which is not a truth.
Secondly by the end of the court hearing my ex was married with one child and my son started being harassed by step mum. Still he’s been ignored as all the professionals involved manipulated my and child’s word and always said that my son wants to see his dad although he was denying it.
Now last year my son was physically abused by step mum badly and MARAC got involved. They themselves ask me to take the child contact off and assured me that I won’t be in trouble for doing so as they will give evidence. After asking 5 times they did not gave me anything in writing. And now when cafcass was involved they have given rubbish evidence and cafcass has said the I am alienating my son and ordered section 37 report.
Whatever I say goes against me. I was sending child after injuries too to dad then social services were angry and now cafcass is angry that I have not sent the child.
Both ways I am at the edge of loosing my son.
This thread is for MPs and government to read if, then I have a humble request that I need help with this soon and I have no support.
My next hearing is in May and social worker is not responding well when I call her or leave msg. which is another issue.
Professionals lie at a 100% rate here ass none of the interviews are voice recorded.
How you can help me and everyone here?
They have even kept my son’s indian passport and did not let me go to see my family since 6 years. I ask for permission to go to india and they wrote in order that I threatened them to leave the country.
What kind of law is this?
I need urgent help………..
This is exactly what happened to me dad didn’t even turn up to the final hearing I did but was bullied into agreeing to a care order for all 4 children rather than my youngest daughter be adopted out! They promised me the world if I did 5 things my children will be returning home as the care order was not forever, 3 years later ive done all that was asked and more off my own back. All statements used were here say to sexual exploitation of my children from people that carried vendettas from years before to travel with children in boots of cars and false passports. Still no factual evidence because it was all lies!! So there isn’t any but it just shows the extent people will go to for money, egos, targets ect I will never stop fighting for my children.
Reading this article I can remember that day in court like yesterday scared, frightened feeling so vulnerable with everyone of them there all against me I believe they all made there minds up before I even entered the room with my barrister telling me to take a negotiation. If I knew then what I know now I would never of took there negotiations. This shouldn’t be ok or excepted by anyone I actually trusted everything I was told but how wrong was I??
Yes I got bullied by Medway social services made to agree a section 20 then a year later the judge made me agree to not withdrawing s20 without the judge permission again insead of an interm care order my cash is shocking currently 3 children wrongfully kidnapped by the local authority
I was very unfairly treated by a Sheriff (Judge at Edinburgh Court) as he did not hear what I had to say so my case was never handled fairly. The Sheriff allowed a community interpreter for the other party and this interpreter lied and used the community and social services against me.
The judge in Barnet family court give professionals too many chances to get away with lying and deceiving. My comments were not heard by the judge and the judge made her mind up her mind up after hearing the lies from social worker to have my child taken away into foster care. What if the judges child was taken away, how would the judge feel then? The whole system is falling apart. The judge in this case was corrupted for sure
charuaniruddh said:
Hello…. Sitemaker
It’s a query that you mentioned this will be read by judges and politicians.
I want to ask :
Have they read so many posts now.
There are only few here but people are filled in uk with such experiences….. To know join dv groups uk
Domestic violence help group uk
Domestic violence group uk
What I mean to ask is we also need updation who read these posts and what is the decision and action they are planning to take. It is very important for us to know that our voice is being heard…..
Thanks for your comment. The site is read by politicians, judges, lawyers, charities, social workers, academics and psychiatrists all working in child welfare and family law.
We can’t possibly know how many posts they have read or exactly which articles or comments they have seen unless they tell us.
If you need support for domestic violence please either email the site privately or use Google, which can help you find what you need in you area.
I don’t need support for domestic violence…. As I have spoken to so many professionals and it’s not very helpful due every professional has a limitations and inadequacy.
I myself is a dv group administrator who helps people to advice on dv if necessary.
All we need is to be heard in terms of family courts and professionals involved as specially cafcass’s role, I believe, is a demon’s role in family courts and nothing more than a drama. Cafcass needed to be banned from family courts.
Even social workers role is extremely objectionable.
Eg. Cafcass been made guardian for children but manipulates the words of children. Then children are made the party in proceedings and provided a solicitor by court. But these solicitors would have never spoken to children personally and not even seen their faces as for them guardian is the child. Such guardian who doesn’t want to bring the words of the children as it is and twists them as per their wishes not the child’s wishes.
Yes, the judge in my care proceedings was really bad asking “who are you to put your child’s mental health above his education” I was absolutely gobsmacked because a child who wants to die, to not exist at all is not going to learn a damn thing without his educational setting being closely examined. No body cares. She had made up her mind from falsified reports and that was that. Its been nearly a year but we are each stronger and ready to challenge LA. In care 14 months and still no EHCP – cp manager said he would not get one for being autistic. She got angry when I mentioned SENDCoP, Autism Act, Disability Discrimination Act, like I was making excuses – er no, it’s law and you will comply.
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Nw said:
It’s not the first time for this judge, many parents and children’s lives are affected by this one and many more there.
This needs to stop
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Im a grandmother who was bullied by socail services Barrister and the judge had no empathy at all and my solicter and Barrister were not goos at all.
Family court must work with families and have an eqeal trail .⁰
Mebo said:
Wolverhampton family courts just as bad.
Justice Seeker / Truth Speaker said:
I wasn’t even permitted to speak during my hearings in Family Court. My solicitor and/or barrister spoke on my behalf. I wished to contest some of the allegations made against me by the social worker in her reports, but was advised not toappear confrontational as it would be held against me!
I feel that I was bullied by the social workers, my solicitor and the CAFCASS childrens guardian who, I can see in retrospect, were not on my side at all. I was told to agree to everything and not make waves.
The entire child Protection system is broken and parents are being set up to fail.
“Set up” being the key factor here.
Does anyone have any thoughts on how the SS may be impacted if the Brexit party win the next general election and Farage becomes the new PM ?
I hope if Nigel Farage does become the next prime minister that he will overlook the family courts and look at all those that have the children that have been stolen by the local authority and do something about it as about time someone put a stop to this forced adoption and the local authority stealing innocent children from innocent parents and stop using their disabilities against them all we done was love our 2 oldest Girls were removed all because we didn’t have an stable home the judge asked as social worker manager how long will it take us to get act together she she said years supposed to months so she lied under oath 6 months later we got to keep my 3rd child and according to [edited] local authority our two oldest girls were adopted in [edited] 2004 yet we did not get invited to any adoption hearing or received any paperwork from [edited] County Court or any other County Court don’t still to this day we have still no proof of them being adopted back in 2016 we have a court hearing with a high court judge a barrister wanted to question their social worker but judge gave the social worker permission to leave the court me and my wife was not even allowed to give evidence or be cross-examined they used stuff off our Facebook against us saying we promised her a quad bike a Mini Moto saying we promise her a quad bike a mini moto and a Pony we did not bother Reading the evidence as the evidence we had we thought was strong enough for the judge to let them come home so the stuff they used off of Facebook was all lysed as we had all that stuff I know Facebook which was hours kind regards [edited]
Farage will do NOTHING. No nanny for parents, Unless Parents rise in massess , nothing will ever happen.
Why are judges so aggressive in the family courts especially when you’re representing yourself???
I ask for the transcripts because I was gonna appeal but he apologised.
I was the same in [edited] family courts I had my son and he was taken straight off me and now he’s been adopted out because they were going in my past when I got abused when was younger and than I had my daughter they found a mother and baby unit and was to slow
In going to court so the place got token and haven’t offered me another one either they just took her when she was born the judge ordered the removal and haven’t gave me a chance and made a placement order to put my daughter up for adoption y haven’t I had a chance of being a mum all because I was sexually abused when I was 9 and I have learning difficulties my Solicitor didn’t even fight my case he just allowed the case go to court and the social services won
Corruption at its finest I too am faced with these issues in Scotland the meant to be professionals have ignored me disclosing chills abuse to my three children by their so called dad and that being ignored and then I appear to be negligent but again when ur children are being psychologically groomed by a meant to be trusted adult again I look bad even though states coercive control In the falsified reports – I’m now studying law due to the severe let down and corruption Witt the ones meant to adhere to any disclosure of abuse especially when concerns children this was ignored and still to date as my oldest was carrying out tasks his dad was manipulating him to do to make me look negligent – again the illegal practices of so called professionals I will ensure are struck of for professional gross negligence breaching all human rights including my children’s equality discrimination my case is solid due to my papertrail / social workers are not at all capable of the practices and again more independent people such as safeguarders should be around for to help mothers and children as the corruption in councils and social policies and the way the cover ups and corruption lies in falsified reports is off the chart and shocking malpractices and they failed by my solicotor when handed the grounds I was taken to the reporter for again they are listening to an abusers lies they think I’m a nut job they don’t realise my intelligence is Hugh and my evidence gathered and having to record my son as these professionals ignored the words of my child also ignoring me beg for help nope they handed my kids to be abused and to this date are covering up the lies – me I’ll eradicate each lie with the factual truth the fact they’ve not listened to me report abuse to my kids they say phhh they look fine – where is the help? Independent kiddie snatchers who no one can supersede I find a 25 year old children’s act where a time Served kiddie fiddler and Sex offenders get more contact than me the victim of long term domestic violence and fighting to protect my kids from this harm but again ignored as the corruption and admittance of failures by social work and now my job to prove my facts and I will sue them for to shame them and show them for all that they are they’ve desroyes my and my kids lives moving into the area in 2015 and handed a total idiot when domestic violence is around – why she around me running me into the ground ???? Yea every practice from these so called workers is highly illegal malpractices and never handled as should be followed especially in child protection who hands a stranger abuser historical domestic abuse and assaults on his disclosure and then they say ooops we made a mistake then think I’m that nuts as my abuser told them that and again covered up corruption. And the bosses of West Lothian council social policy are trying to cover up the massive errors made again endangering my children so where is the help for these children and mothers who are wrongly dragged thro the mess when you see foster families required plastered all over – but really it’s these undertrained control freaks non professional idiots – again they so do not deserve a title as they are corrupt and haven’t followed guidelines breached each one and yes I’m saddened that my children’s harm ignored me look negligent and my kids at harm – if I was the one who protected them from abuse why are my kids left to suffer due to sheer stupidity and incompetence basically highly insulted and these social workers need to be highly trained these text book are just not cut out for their roles and needs addressed judges can only go back evidence handed to them but again social work should have evidence HARD EVIDENCE – for the written works simple – sorry they are compulsive liars manipulative have twisted everything making me look bad and the villain looks like the hero and to date yea I’m still abused and my children and ignored massively my all – need to dash the harm caused by these insulting creatures has been resulted in my health problems and I still fight daily to protect my kids and they again make it harder for me to actually get my kids home and safe where they want to be simple how sick
Terry Fitzgerald said:
If only the general public knew the extent of family court corruption !!
And isnt that very likely the primary reason they threaten parents with Gagging orders and Jail to stop the truth spreading like a bush fire.
i can confirm the judge made her mind up right at the beginning of my case too this was [edited] from the Swansea family court, I have spend over £30,000 in legal costs, I have tried appeals court, and all other companies I could think of I have all the evedance I just need someone to listern that will not charge £50 per hour, I am £30,000 in debt with no income to cover it, my only way out is death, im tired of living in this corrupt world, feel free to contact me [edited] if you can help me fight my case???!!!
Me and my wife feel the same but it’s all of our kids that are suffering as we have 2 living with us and 2 that don’t we have spent £££ trying to get them back home we don’t even know if they are adopted or not
THE LAW ON ADOPTION:- Adoption is a last resort when nothing else will do !
Orders contemplating non-consensual adoption – care orders with a plan for adoption, placement orders and adoption orders – are “a very extreme thing, a last resort”, only to be made where “nothing else will do”, where “no other course is possible in [the child’s] interests”, they are “the most extreme option”, a “last resort – when all else fails” –Sir James Munby President of the family courts) in Re B:
If the judge does decide that adoption is the ONLY possibility for your child?
Remember that since April 2014
the new section 51A of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, makes provision for applications for contact AFTER an adoption order has been made.
Sometimes the adoption was not finalised and even more often the adoption broke down and the child was handed back into fostercare ! It is up to you to FIND OUT !!
IF YOU APPLY FOR CONTACT THAT IS ALSO A GOOD WAY TO FIND OUT IF YOUR CHILD HAS BEEN ADOPTED OR NOT !
A new report by the British Association Of Social Workers has concluded that children should have contact with their biological families before, during and after adoption proceedings. The country’s leading social work body is also calling on the government to overhaul adoption law in line with this recommendation.
The British Association Of Social Workers should also be calling on the Govt to end Forced Adoption.
Easy way to find out, apply to the general registry office if in England/Wales for the child’s newer full length birth certificate. A child has this done when they are adopted. If you get refunded your money back or there can be no trace found on record, it will help give you a better idea if there was an adoption done (Adoption order) or not.
All natural parents can apply if theyre not sure. Good luck! xx
E said:
That sounds exactly like what they have done to my mother and little brother!!! The article says leave a comment if we can relate, hope it helps my family in finding help and peace in these situations!
Bridget Doman said:
It has been known for a long time by those (families) involved in particular that there is widespread corruption within the family courts by the various ‘professionals’ making false claims against loving parents to take their children and the judges allowing it.
alan Brunwin. brunwinbooks. brunwin poetry. said:
The judge kept silent that was the worst of it. Council ran the court
Often the way Alan hun. Surely Judge’s know first time round if they got it wrong or not.
The worst kind are the ones who go back on their word ‘re a parent(s) getting their child back home if they manage to jump through yet another hoop I’ll call x,y,z where a verbal agreement was made in Court for this to happen if it was successful.
AND where they leave out in the Judgement (or both the Reserved/Approved Judgement) the FRAUD they found the SW and GAL both very experienced had committed for gain!
The ones who appear to pretend to be on the parent(s) side ‘re the verbal agreement in Court, in a way to suggest they truly are being given a fair chance; because they have tried and deserve a chance and was not proved to be an unfit parent despite being put across as such.
The ones who leave the parent(s) unsure to what grounds exactly a child/ren were forcibly allegedly adopted once so much got proved wrong/just to be hearsay at Court when documents got checked to substantiate as much.
When it’s submitted at Court a false allegation such as a parent(s) failed to arrive at most contact sessions, Judge’s can/do check the contact notes/running sheets to find out.
Still, we see promotions with higher job positions rather than sackings!
A job where baddies get rewarded for wrongful behaviour with false accusations/allegations ruining whole livelihoods even were we to have a public apology!
All these so called forced adoptions are more so forced ALLEGED adoptions until all parents (natural) get to witness seeing/holding a copy of the adoption order and adoption certificate, where it should also be mandatory to prove to said parents if their child could be traced on the adoption register or not. So called AP(s) personal details could be eradicated, so no reason why this could not be done.
Until then, please take it; it could mean you really do maintain PR.
Please, all do go after the child/ren’s newer full length birth certificate. This will help lead you halfway there to finding out and if there is a trace for your child/ren or not because you will get told either way by the GRO (General registry office)
Only with more Cases coming to light where there’s been no trace, errors with names (not just mispelling) will we all stand any chance getting to find out if these so called Adoptions (however they’re dressed up/down) happened or not. It’s all come to light in Ireland and Spain. Now it’s England, Wales and Scotland’s turn.
It takes team effort and commitment to find out and only takes a matter of days by priority service to do this. Thank you.
When i think of it now i laugh to myself. The council layer came over as a little boy teeling tails, you know a tell tale tit. We he went on and on about this innocent parent to the judge, smirking all the time to his council supporters so i intrupted him and said have you got anything good to say about this family, he stuttered didnt know how to reply and sat down. Next day i see him queing to sign into the court , so i tapped him on the back and said I hope your going act more proffeshinal in court today. Well he marched off quick away from me, in court that day he fumbled on everything he said, Alan won the case day
Bullying so often starts the minute you open your door to a sw ..she/he will enter your home on the pretence of giving you support or to assess if there’s any justification from a complaint they’ve received. They enter your home equipped with extensive knowledge of how to manipulate words spoken from a very worried parent which so often starts proceeding ..trained in how and what steps to take to remove the child temporary while further assessments take place which are so often not even related to the reasoning of their initial visit..an unknowledgeable parent is requested to attend meetings which are chaired by a sw ..so often attended by a health visitor a police officer and several other professional parties ..mum and dad have just walked into the lions den not being told any of their rights that they can record the meeting “there is no law to state a parent needs to ask the LA’s permission to record a meeting they are attending” they are not told they can have a legal representative present ..then its onto court where the LA will have their legal team at their side the guardian will have their legal team along with the LA’s paid psychiatrists and psychologists reports and any other hearsay evidence which the judge will not allow to be challenged ..what does the stressed upset parent have to fight these professionals? a solicister who paid by legal aid who is just going through the motions who then instructs a barrister who is only an expert in law who is not equipped with enough knowledge to challenge other professionals in their field ..as i over heard one barrister say “they are not getting away with using their bully boy tactics with me once we are in the courtroom..speaks volumes ..A parent is alienated and very much alone in that courtroom not even allowed the support from family members .. the judge will not allow the mothers independent assessments from psychiatrists & psychologists he often wont allow the tape recorded evidence and certainly bypasses any suggestions the sw fabricated her reports. The judges that do bring to light the unprofessionalism of a sw and fabrication of evidence only stipulate it has no bearing on his/her decision .. in that courtroom sits the scales of justice so for every professional in their field that’s in the court room giving evidence or advice to the sw ..again with the guardian legal advisors and psychiatrist/psychologists and toxicology analysts there should be the same amount of professionals in their field for the parent so the balance of the scales of justice are even and only then will solicisters stop losing cases “how many thousand in the care system? how many been through the care system over the last decade and nobody questioning why solicitors have lost these cases on a mega scale …
Margaret Leith said:
Lots of bullying in the family court and I am witness to this. Many many mothers suffer at the hands of bullying judges. But worse still the judges don’t take into account the actual ‘facts and evidence’. Injustice at its worst.
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This happened to me…despite numerous complaints I was bullied and maligned by the social worker, [edited] of Sefton Children’s Services who failed to believe I had PTSD after domestic abuse and went out of [edited] way to isolate me from friends and family in what I can only say was a hate campaign. In court, [edited] was neither cross questioned or the evidence examined and I never even got to SPEAK. The judge in this case made her decision based upon his extremely biased and fabricated evidence and I NEVER EVEN GOT TO DEFEND MYSELF. My two year old is now living with a cannabis addict with extreme violent tendencies.
Appeal on the grounds that you were not allowed to speak and if you are out of time add that you were told you could not appeal and only now you have found out that you can.Hence the delay.
LouMouse said:
Peterborough Court [edited] doesn’t allow parents to speak, bring evidence or witnesses. Children stolen on social worker’s lies – no fact finding. All cases should be heard in criminal courts.
I agree .Criminal courts presume you are innocent until proved guilty.Family courts just go on “likelihood” and judges always believe that social workers are more likely to be accurate and truthful than parents so the verdict is only too often decided from the start
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Lola B. Pierson
This is our first Revisionings to look at a piece of drama! Lola B. Pierson is a crucial member Baltimore’s grassroots theater scene, both as a writer-director and as the founder of Baltimore’s insanely popular Ten Minute Play Festival. Here’s Lola:
These are two drafts from Office Ladies, which is a show I wrote and directed several years ago. It feels slightly embarrassing to present the second draft as the finished draft, but I’ll just call it the most recent draft even though I haven’t touched it in several years. Plays always feel a bit easier to rewrite because you’re able to hear actors read them aloud and they give you their impressions of how well the language is working (or isn’t working) simply by how they deliver a line.
Version 4: Scene 7
Lights up on Marisabel and Rosie.
MARISABEL
You are doing a terrible job.
I have secrets.
No you don’t.
I have secrets like
(Whispering to the audience)
I am covered in tiny scabs.
(Regular voice to Marisabel)
Is that bad?
I don’t know. How long has it been that way?
I guess forever starting now.
It’s okay. You’ll get new skin tomorrow.
Lola enters. Walks directly down center. Confesses.
I don’t even really like theatre that much any more. At first, when you are young, you discover something remarkable and magnificent and you know it immediately: this is the thing I have been searching for my entire life. This is the thing I will spend the rest of my life looking for. And once you find it once, it gets easy to find, and then soon enough you’re finding it everywhere and all of a sudden the whole world seems to be full of remarkable things. And you are living the most remarkable life, knowing the best people, and doing the coolest things, knowing that regular life doesn’t even come close to what you’re doing. And then one day it cracks and suddenly nothing seems remarkable and you don’t care when good things happen and you don’t care when people you know die. Because everything has become something that can’t measure up to the greatest thing.
HER FATHER
This is a play about the atomic bomb.
It clearly isn’t.
This is a play about the thing you cannot come back from.
That’s only maybe true.
This was supposed to be a play about the atomic bomb.
I have secrets too. I have secrets like
(whispering)
In the winter you can make yourself a hot shake using oatmeal and bananas. I call this a hot oatmeal shake.
That sounds like a dance.
The ants grow tiresome.
FOUMI
And that rhymes with ants! The ants grow tired. Some.
In response to pressure–
Fine, You tell a secret.
Nothing is more exciting to me than the sight of a mushroom cloud.
Is that true?
(Pause, no response)
I have never been divorced, but I left my father and for me that was the same thing. For some people that is the same thing.
I come from ants like some people come from money.
I have been having a lot of trouble writing lately.
Get to work!
I have been trying to write this play, but I have been sad and I’ve been unfocused because my father died.
No he didn’t.
No, he didn’t, but I did move out of his house and it hasn’t really ever been the same between us since.
They were a number of pretty big changes that I made to this scene. Some of them reflected larger structural changes in the play and others just made the scene flow better. I changed the character from “Lola” to “Self.” I also cut the lengthy monologue about theatre, though that bled into some other scenes in the play. The character of “Her Father” got an increasingly big role because the whole thing with the atomic bomb ending up being much more important to the play than the idea of making a play and metatheatricality. Every single time I rewrite a play I have to get rid of the more writery lines in favor of dialogue that sounds natural, or at the very least funny. I usually try to make things lighter in rewrites and flow a little faster than they did. My earlier drafts always end up feeling unbelievably clunky.
Lights up on Self.
I have a lot of secrets.
Yes, I do! I have secrets like,
I have little tiny scabs all over me.
(Yelling voice)
I guess forever. Starting now.
Lights up on Rosie.
You know, I have secrets too. I have secrets like,
A mushroom cloud is a distinctive pyrocumulus, or fire cloud, made of condensed water vapor or debris resulting from a very large explosion. They are most commonly associated with nuclear explosions.
You think the aftermath of an atomic bomb causes the most beautiful picture in the world?
Mister Kirchen, You know what the kids are going to find in their stockings when they wake up Christmas Morning? ’Tomic bombs, hehehehehe.
Can I tell some secrets too? I’ve got some good ones about ants.
Like, here’s one:
Modern day ants evolved from prehistoric wasp-like insects and they are very, very good teachers.
On August 6, 1945 three planes were sent to drop”Little Boy” over Hiroshima. Because of the large risk of civilian casualties and great financial cost involved in shooting down aircraft, the Japanese military policy was to generally avoid armed conflict with smaller formations of planes. They did not predict that such a large amount of destruction would be delivered by such a small squadron. Or such a small flight, rather, “squadron” refers to a larger number of planes. At 8:15 the the gravity bomb, “Little Boy” was dropped from an altitude of 31,060 feet. It fell for 43 seconds to height of 1,968 feet above the city. Roughly 80,000 people were killed the day of the first bomb by either the blast itself or the attendant firestorm. Because of its proximity to downtown area the blast also succeeded in killing 90 percent of Hiroshima’s doctors and 93 percent of its nurses, leaving few to deal with the multitude of injured civilians. Three days later a second “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki, its secondary target. Though it relied on plutonium as opposed to uranium for its explosion, it also fell for 43 seconds before detonating. Immediate casualty estimates for “Fat Man” range from between 40 and 75,000 people. The pilots who delivered the bombs felt a great sense of loss the very second after the bombs were released, but it wasn’t a guilt over what they had done it was that they missed their cargo. It is a feeling that they never fully recovered from and some of them reflected on it on their death beds.
A hot oatmeal shake makes an excellent treat on a cold December morning.
“Hot oatmeal shake” sounds like a dance.
I have a secret, too. Mine is about water.
Ug. It’s ALWAYS about water.
This is all making me very very nervous!
Yelling secrets!
I have been having a lot of trouble getting anything done lately. I have been sad and I’ve been unfocused because my father died.
That’s not the same thing at all.
Baltimore native Lola B. Pierson is a playwright, writer, and director. She is the co-artistic director of The Acme Corporation and the creator of Baltimore’s Ten Minute Play Festival. Lola holds a B.A. in Human Rights and Playwriting from Bard College and a MFA in Theatre Arts from Towson University. She has been awarded “Best New Playwright” by the Baltimore City Paper and her production of Beckett’s Play won “Best Production of the Year.” Most recently she is the recipient of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance’s Ruby Award for Literary Arts and the Baltimore City Paper‘s “Best of Baltimore” for her production of Peter Handke’s Kaspar.
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Nurse and ODPs’ chance to shine at RJAH recruitment event
Staff who are given opportunities to develop further through learning are more likely to flourish and feel fulfilled in their role.
That is the view of Laura Thomas and Sarah Holgate, Staff Nurses on Powys Ward, and Scott Bright, Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) and Advanced Surgical Practitioner (ASP), at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital.
Laura and Sarah were both employed after impressing at a previous RJAH nurse recruitment day.
Experienced, newly qualified and student nurses who are qualifying this year, as well as ODPs, are invited to attend the next recruitment day – taking place at the Oswestry-based hospital on Sunday 25 November .
The day will provide the opportunity for potential staff members to have a chat to the teams, undertake assessments and even be interviewed on the day – if they have registered their interest before the event. If successful, they could leave the hospital with offers of employment.
Laura started working for the Trust in June last year, while Sarah joined a month after.
The pair had both come from general hospital backgrounds, and say taking the plunge by applying for jobs at a specialist hospital has been “the best choice they could’ve made”.
Laura said: “Joining the Trust has definitely been the right decision for myself, my family and my career. What I’ve found particularly refreshing about being here is how supportive the Trust is of our learning.
“While we were still relatively new to the Trust, both Sarah and I had been able to start the orthopaedic practice module. It’s fantastic that you’re encouraged to learn. Where I was previously, the only training I had was the mandatory stuff.
“Being able to grasp these learning opportunities is extremely encouraging and really makes a difference to how you feel as an individual working for a Trust. It makes you feel valued.
“Our Ward Manager Debs [Povall] is extremely keen to see us develop, which is great knowing we have supportive leadership.”
Sarah said: “My experience at RJAH so far has been an incredibly positive one; it’s a brilliant place to be a nurse. The environment here is a lovely one, people are friendly, caring and understanding, particularly management, who are supportive of staff’s needs.
“Having come from a general hospital background to now working on a surgical ward, I’ve seen first-hand that the pressures between the two places to work are very different but what sets it apart here is that the support you’re provided with means you’re able to do the job to the very best of your abilities.”
Scott, who started at the Trust as a Healthcare Assistant, went on to train at Staffordshire University to become an ODP. He qualified in 2012.
Scott Bright, ODP and ASP, said: “Since qualifying, the Trust has supported me to further my education, and I’m now a mentor to students delivering high standards of perioperative care. I’ve also since gained myself a position as an Advanced Surgical Practitioner.
“The team I work with are fantastic and supportive, everyone feels able to be open, honest and friendly.”
To attend the upcoming Nurse and ODP Recruitment Day, an application must be submitted and you must book a place to either the 9am or 12.30pm slot.
If you are interested in attending the event, please let us know in advance by completing the contact form.
Alternatively, contact our HR team on 01691 404390 or by emailing rjah.human.resources@nhs.net.
Picture caption (from left to right): Powys Ward Manager Debs Povall and Powys Ward Staff Nurses Laura Thomas and Sarah Holgate.
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Producer Chris Stokes wins million-dollar defamation lawsuit against ‘Straight From the A’ blogger
“Straight from the A” blogger Michelle Brown
The You Got Served producer Christopher Stokes actually served “Straight From the A” blogger Michelle Brown with a lawsuit because of what he believed was flagrant defamation of his character and image and ceaseless harassment for the past several years.
Brown, for her turn, found out that freedom of speech is actually not free under certain circumstances, and it cost her a million dollars to learn that lesson, court documents state.
Former R&B group B2K
A suburban Los Angeles court ruled in favor of Stokes in the amount of just more than a million dollars because of Brown’s relentless story writings and YouTube postings about Stokes’ alleged sexual relations with then under-aged B2K band members, most particularly Raz B. The lawsuit judgment also forces the tenacious “Straight from the A” blogger to take down any and all defamatory and inflammatory material related to Stokes immediately.
It didn’t help matters, presumably, that Brown posted such contentious Twitter exchanges between herself and Stokes:
“LMAO @chrisstokes1969 coming for me. I like men, you like boys. Mine is legal, urs gets u locked up.”
And this when Stokes poked at Brown’s portliness:
“@chrisstokes1969 I like food and you like d—-….so what else you got?”
The Superior Court of California (in Anaheim, Calif.,) actually ruled in Stokes’ favor around Christmastime, but the judgment is just now reaching the media.
Sources close to the case also mention that, because Brown has refused to take down all the damaging information related to Stokes — she has taken down most of it — she is possibly facing a similar defamation lawsuit in the state of Georgia, where she is obviously based. Stokes felt that he was forced to take Brown to court because Brown refused to stop writing and posting damaging information about Stokes, claiming that he sexually abused Raz B (photo’d with Raz B above) and other members of B2K throughout the course of his management of the group.
This is not the first time that Brown has been the subject of contentious court battles with celebrities. It is well known in Atlanta that former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Sheree Whitfield filed an unsuccessful restraining order against the Straight from the A blogger and others who were reporting regularly about Whitfield’s incomplete and embarrassing “Chateau Sheree” home in metro ATL.
Take a look at the court documents from Southern Cal that detail the judgement in favor of Stokes in his case against Brown:
Tags: chris stokes, defamation, freedom of speech, harassment, michelle brown, straight from the a
Terry Shropshire March 19, 2014
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National Identities and Foreign Policy in the European Union
The Russia Policy of Germany, Poland and Finland
Marco Siddi
The book examines the relationship between national identity and foreign policy discourses on Russia in Germany, Poland and Finland in the years 2005–2015. The case studies focus on the Nord Stream pipeline controversy, the 2008 Russian-Georgian war, the post-electoral protests in Russian cities in 2011–2012 and the Ukraine crisis. The book argues that divergent foreign policy narratives of Russia are rooted in different national identity constructions. Most significantly, the Ukraine crisis and the Nord Stream controversy have exposed how deep-rooted and different perceptions of the Russian Other in EU member states are still influential and lead to conflicting national agendas for foreign policy towards Russia. « less more »
Rowman & Littlefield International / ECPR Press
978-1-78552-279-6 • Hardback • March 2017 • $84.00 • (£50.00) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.
978-1-78661-110-9 • Paperback • November 2018 • $39.95 • (£24.95)
Subjects: Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political Science / General, Political Science / World / European
Marco Siddi is Senior Research Fellow in the European Union research programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs in Helsinki, where he focuses on EU-Russia relations. Previously, he was Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Cologne, and DAAD Fellow at the Institute for European Politics in Berlin. He has published his research in several international journals, including Europe-Asia Studies, European Politics and Society and The International Spectator. He has lectured on European politics, EU-Russia relations and energy politics at the universities of Edinburgh, Cologne, Tampere and Cagliari.
List of Tables xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Chapter One – Introduction: Identity, Memory and Russia as Europe’s Other 1
Chapter Two – Theorising National Identity and Foreign Policy 15
Chapter Three – National Identities in Historical Perspective 41
Chapter Four – The Nord Stream Pipeline and European Energy Security 67
Chapter Five – The August 2008 Russian–Georgian War 91
Chapter Six – Post-electoral Protests in Russia, 2011–12 117
Chapter Seven – Russia in the Ukraine Crisis: Again a Threatening Other? 137
Chapter Eight – Conclusion: Towards a Shared Discourse on Russia? 157
The book examines the relationship between national identity and foreign policy discourses on Russia in Germany, Poland and Finland in the years 2005–2015. The case studies focus on the Nord Stream pipeline controversy, the 2008 Russian-Georgian war, the post-electoral protests in Russian cities in 2011–2012 and the Ukraine crisis. The book argues that divergent foreign policy narratives of Russia are rooted in different national identity constructions. Most significantly, the Ukraine crisis and the Nord Stream controversy have exposed how deep-rooted and different perceptions of the Russian Other in EU member states are still influential and lead to conflicting national agendas for foreign policy towards Russia.
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28 Feb The Sacral Circle – Healing is Not Linear
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“I was groomed to think that I had seduced my perpetrator and I was only 5.”
On this episode, Veronica Villegas opens up for the first time about her sexual, mental and emotional abuse she endured over the course of 12 years as a child. She shares the uphill battle she faced as she struggled finding the family support she needed after finally speaking out. We discuss the chaotic aftermath. and the various healing modalities she still uses to manage the long-term effects Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder left behind on her MIND and BODY. Aside from her innocence and sense of safety being taken, she also endured additional psychological abuse after being adopted at the age of 10. Not having mentally and emotionally stable caregivers at a young age, only added to the layers of healing she now works through as an adult. “Healing is a process…you do the best you can each day.” She credits a lot of her progress to her supportive husband. “He’s been my angel.”
Veronica Villegas, M.A, M.Ed, LPC-Intern has worked in the social services field in various capacities for the past 14 years. She currently works as a Family Specialist for the Northeast Independent School District in San Antonio, TX. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a Masters in Guidance and Counseling and a Masters in Special Education. She’s also a Reiki Master Practitioner and is currently applying to a Doctoral program that combines psychology and integrative healing. “I hope to integrate my personal and educational, as well as professional experience to help others embark on their own journey of healing.”
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26 Jan The Sacral Circle – Honoring Your Voice and Limitations
Due to the #metoo and #timesup movements “Robyn with a Y”, was compelled to create The Peak, a safe non-judgmental space where individuals could speak about sexual experiences that were consensual and safe, and the ones that weren’t. We cover the importance of consent, autonomy and bodily agency. With all the sexual misconduct surfacing publicly she said, “I realized many were worried and scared that sexual health and happiness were impossible goals.”
She’s also a part of the LGBTQ community and shares the prejudices many face when it comes to sexual identity and expressing themselves. Unhealthy narratives have been imposed on men and women and Robyn’s addressing them maturely.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sacredstories/Sacral_Circle_Jan_24.mp3
08 Nov The Sacral Circle – Men Healing Emotional Pain
“I knew I needed to forgive and let go, for me and for him.” – Justin Bustamante
Justin Bustamante was manipulated and sexually abused by an older woman, and a male family member during childhood. As young man he entered the Marines and suffered additional trauma. The PTSD he faced jump-started his healing journey and a new career path. He shares with host Janie Terrazas, the powerful story of his perpetrator reaching out to make amends, and the compassion he was able to extend due to his therapy work. “I knew I needed to forgive and let go, for me and for him.” Justin’s mission is to live out his best self and teach others how to do the same. “I’m here to help those who desire to overcome mental, emotional and/or physical pain, so they can live optimally in the present.”
Justin Bustamante is United States Marine Corps Veteran and is the founder of Trance Form SA. He works as a Neurolinguist, Sub-Communication Specialist and Conversational Hypnotist. His methods break negative thought-loops and patterns of behavior by helping his clients develop new neuro-cortical pathways. “The goal is to teach others how to organize their conscious thoughts to achieve better life results. It’s healing at a deep somatic level.” Justin specializes in PTSD and pain management. TranceFormSA.com
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sacredstories/Sacral_Circle_Nov_8rs.mp3
27 Oct The Sacral Circle – Helping Men Heal Trauma
“I felt I was useful when people were using me.” – Charles Bailey
Charles Bailey understands why so many men are angry and depressed, and why often times they become abusive, or end up attracting abusive partners. He courageously opens up to host Janie Terrazas about his toxic childhood and marriage. They talk about the various forms of abuse he endured at the hands of his addict parents, the foster care system, and his ex-wife.
Charles also discusses the sexual shame and low self esteem he carried for most of his life. “My pent up trauma caused me to make unhealthy decisions that lead to more suffering.” Therapy and anger management classes helped jumpstart his healing journey and inspired him to leave his abusive marriage. He now inspires others to rise above their pain, so they can learn to love themselves and create healthy relationships. “We must learn how to mindfully express, process and release negative emotions, so we can live authentically and peacefully.”
Anger Management Specialist, Charles Bailey, faced various forms of extreme abuse throughout his childhood and adult life. He never had a solid male role model to guide him, and most of the females he grew up with were also toxic. He has had to learn how to love, heal, nurture, and rebuild himself. Although it hasn’t been an easy road he realizes his pain was meant to serve a greater purpose. He now helps others who are ready to free themselves of their pain.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sacredstories/Sacral_Circle_Oct_27.mp3
18 Oct The Sacral Circle – Unresolved Trauma Led to My Destruction
“I held on to so much pain because there was no one to talk to.” – Joseph Brooks
Joseph Brooks is one of the many men who is bravely coming forth and speaking out about his trauma. He shares with host Janie Terrazas, for the first time publicly how he was sexually and physically abused throughout his childhood by various caretakers, including male and female family members. Aside from sexual victimization he was also tormented and bullied at school. When his father died at a young age he began to spin into a deep depression. “I held on to so much pain because there was no one to talk to. I projected my anger and resentment onto women…in my view they were a source of pain.”
He began to abuse alcohol to numb the pain, but it only worsened his depression and rage. After a failed suicide attempt he spiraled down further and eventually hit rock bottom. He said he had a void in his heart and hole in his chest until the grace of God transformed him. Now he ministers to others who have experienced this darkness.
Bio: Since 1986, Joseph has worked in the health and fitness industry. He’s the owner of Next Level Personal Training and is involved in his community as a pastor and motivational speaker. He’s been a supporter of several women’s empowerment events and non-profits, such as the LUYA Women’s Conference and Trinity Grace Fellowship. He’s the creator of “The Value of a Woman” Seminar, and is a regular on “REAL TALK/REAL MEN”. Joseph created the S.T.R.O.N.G.E.R. Anti-Bullying program for the youth of San Antonio, and BABS (Be Alert Be Safe) a self-defense program for women. Additionally, he’s the author of “The Fast & Pray Diet” 21-days to a Breakthrough. Joseph has been trusted by celebrities, physicians, parents and seniors to help them achieve overall health and well-being. Contact: jbnextlevel@yahoo.com
26 Jul The Sacral Circle – Breaking the Silence
Out of the Dark and Into the Light
Sexually abused for 10 years by several family members from the age of 2, Diamante Lavendar has faced horrible hardships, yet she’s managed to turn her pain into purpose. Diamante shares with host Janie Terrazas her trauma was buried so deeply that it was eating her alive. “I didn’t realize I was re-victimizing myself.”
Later in life, two of her daughters tragically died. She shares how writing, and her faith, helped her deal with loss, grief and anger. Now she helps others overcome their pain and heartache, so they too can love and live fully.
Diamante Lavendar is the author of two award winning books entitled, Breaking The Silence and Poetry and Ponderings. Both books are based on her life and speak of finding hope and healing after abuse and loss. Diamante recently published her third book entitled, Finding Hope In The Darkness Of Grief. She wrote this book after the death of her daughter a year and a half ago. It’s a book of poetry and prose that contains her award winning art.
Diamante’s work is an exploration of the human soul, a traversing of situations that life throws at us. She’s always been intrigued by the ability to overcome and move on to bigger and better things. She writes to encourage hope and healing. Diamante believes that everyone should try to leave a positive mark on the world, to make it a better place for all. Writing is the way that she is attempting to leave her mark-one story at a time.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sacredstories/Sacral_Circle_July_26rs.mp3
12 Jul The Sacral Circle – Regaining My Voice, Reclaiming My Body
Regaining My Voice, Reclaiming My Body
Joyous Windrider Jimenez opens up to host Janie Terrazas about the sexual abuse she faced at the hands of her father and all the ways it robbed her of her voice as an adult. The multiple violations and the isolation she endured over the course of her childhood and adult life was a lot to bear, yet she’s managed to find her way out of the dark.
Writing has been a healing outlet for her to express the wounds left behind. Joyous understands to fully recover victims must regain their voice and reclaim their bodies. Her work titled: These are the Things I Never Told You, gives you a glimpse into the world of a traumatized child who’s voice is ignored and silenced.
Joyous Windrider Jiménez is a multi-disciplinary artist, poet, educator, and mother of one son. She’s been gathering the lost pieces of her identity and voice for many years, and has found the healing power of the arts to be an integral part of that work. She is a explorer of emotional landscapes, a gatherer of new experiences, and a natural born dreamer. She, along with poets Mandy Lynn Lara and San Juana Guillermo, co-founded Raise The Whisper, a collective of survivors cultivating healing from the effects of family rape and sexual abuse. FB @JoyousWindriderJimenez #RaisetheWhisper
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sacredstories/Sacral_Circle_July_12.mp3
15 Jun The Sacral Circle – The Wounds of Incest Left Behind
San Juana Guillermo dives deep with host Janie Terrazas into the shadows of family incest. Throughout most of her childhood, and young adult life, she was molested, harassed, raped and abused by men she knew. She discusses the cultural toxic masculinity that is deeply embedded within her family dynamic, and why most incest victims remain in a state of helpless silence.
Her powerful poetry, which has been her source of healing, exposes the nightmares she had to face as a child. She now supports and encourage others to come of out hiding through Raise the Whisper, an organization that uses the arts to help victims of sexual abuse.
San Juana Guillermo is the 2nd of 12 children. She married and moved to Grand Rapids, MI where she raised her 5 children. She is a grandmother to 13 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. Ms Guillermo wrote her first poem at the age of 60 and now 6 years later, she has had poems published in St. Sucia, The Tejano Conjunto Festival magazine, chapbooks by Jazz Poets of San Antonio and Voces Cosmicas. She, along with poetesses Joyous Windrider Jimenez and Mandy Lynn Lara, are co-organizers of Raise the Whisper, a group that is dedicated to giving a voice to family rape survivors through the arts. Ms. Guillermo is working on an autobiography and a poetry book.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sacredstories/Sacral_Circle_June_15rs.mp3
01 Jun The Sacral Circle – Abandonment Wounds
Lina C. openly discusses the abandonment wounds she had to endure as a child after her mother divorced her father. She shares the impacts of growing up with a heartbroken alcoholic father, in a toxic male dominated environment. The rejection and neglect led down a destructive path of self hate, which caused her to attract a string of abusive relationships.
“I didn’t realize how disconnected from the sacred feminine I was.” Lina shares. She has been dedicated to her healing journey. Now she’s using her music and poetry to shine a light on her pain in hopes to encourage others to come out of the dark. “We can’t have shame when we bring it into the light.”
Lina C. Poet, Singer-Songwriter, Event Host, Filmmaker, Literary Editor, Radio Content Producer for Night Moves: Exploration of Contemporary Sexuality. She will release her first album “Love Renaissance” later this year, along with her first poetry book, Walking on Oceans”. Follow her on Instagram @lina.cee
Read Janie’s A Sacred Story in The Owl magazine.
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26 Apr The Sacral Circle – Transform Trauma Through Self-Reflection
Love Alchemist Mia Saenz shares with host Janie Terrazas the wide range of trauma she faced throughout her childhood which led to a major breakdown and breakthrough.
From an abusive mother, to suffering sexual abuse at the age of six, and her father dying at a young age…she’s overcome it all. She even endured an accident that left her immobile and almost took her life.
Mia passionately shares how the power of self-love and free will can transform trauma, and the overall quality of your life.
Mia Saenz is a Love Alchemist. As a 3rd generation Metaphysical Practitioner, Mia learned the wisdom of healing and prayer from her well known Grandmother. Mia is the Self-Love Teacher for anyone who feels alone and yet dreams of knowing the joy of a love-soaked life.
Through her work as a Love Teacher & Coach, Mia has discovered the depth of love on all levels. “Love truly is the Gold the Alchemists were seeking. Working through love changes the energy of your story and opens the connection to have all of life’s purposes flow, which includes Love, Money and Abundance.” Mia works with people whose desire is to grow in their spiritual path building a concrete foundation in all areas of life. She teaches “Love Mastery”, and the “Spiritual Elite” with Mystics and their natural gifts. In addition, Mia is also a media host, and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of BellaMia magazine a transformational & holistic living well magazine.
Free Gift: Mirror, Mirror: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Life that Loves You Back.
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12 Apr The Sacral Circle – Signs of a Sexually Abused Child
“I felt shock, betrayal, embarrassment, shame, and felt like a horrible mother.” ~Mandy Lynn
In this episode Mandy Lynn bravely opens up about her sexual trauma, her family’s long standing history of sexual abuse, and the moment she discovered her daughter was being sexually molested under her own roof.
She’s now on a mission to help others become more aware of the signs to look for, and she’s inspiring people to heal the wounds left behind, so they can reclaim their self-esteem.
Host Janie Terrazas and Mandy Lynn also discuss, Raise the Whisper an organization which uses the arts to heal those impacted by sexual abuse. Mandy Lynn uses her poetry to empower and encourage others to break the silence.
Mandy Lynn Lara is a country girl from Bossier City, Louisiana who has written short stories and poetry since she was knee high to a grasshopper. However, she did not share her words publicly until joining Jazz Poets of San Antonio in June, 2016. She believes God’s plan for her life is to provoke raw human emotion and inspire others to do the same. She currently co-facilitates Raise the Whisper, a poetry and arts group focused on healing the effects of family rape. She is a member of the 2018 PuroSlam poetry team representing San Antonio in Nationals this August. Connect with her through social media @mandylynnlara
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Definition: highway from The Macquarie Dictionary
a main road, as one between towns.
any public passage, either a road or waterway.
any main or ordinary route, track, or course.
phrase my way or the highway
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HIGHWAYS ARE MAJOR roads used by the public that connect cities, historic or natural sites, or rural locations. There have been trails or rough roads throughout the world for thousands of years. The Roman Empire built highways that in a few cases are still in use. Other empires built similar road systems to aid communications and the movement of troops. In the 20th century, highways were built to facilitate the movement of people, goods, and military forces. The invention and development of gasoline engines that powered trucks, cars, buses and other vehicles led the United States to build highways.
The United States has the most extensive highway system in the world, some of which are county or state roads. Others are part of the numbered highway system. Even-numbered highways start in the east coast and grow in number toward the west coast, such as old Highway 66 (Route 66) one of the first such highways. U.S. Highway 1 runs from Maine to Florida. U.S. highways that run north and south, such as U.S. Highway 11 or 41, are odd numbered. U.S. Highway 101 runs along the California coast from Mexico to Canada.
Other highways in the United States are interstate highways, which are limited-access roads that are fenced to keep animals from crossing and being killed. Every year, millions of animals are killed on the roads in the United States. In Pennsylvania, the number of deer killed by traffic on the highways has in some years exceeded the number of deer killed by hunters in hunting season. The interstate highway system has been built with road grades that allow for high-speed travel. They have multiple lanes of traffic that are separated by a median to reduce the possibility of deadly head-on collisions. However, thousands of people are killed in highway traffic accidents every year around the world.
Highways in the United States are usually funded by gasoline taxes or tolls. Consumers pay two taxes when purchasing gasoline. The federal tax is uniform throughout the whole country and is applied to the Federal Highway Trust Fund, which supports road building in the states and public transportation. State gasoline taxes vary from state to state, and is distributed in the states in a variety of ways. The highway system has been a great boon to travelers, opening regions that can be seen by tourists. However, highways are also an ecological challenge. Every highway covers vast acreage with paving, which is lost to the environment. Highways also use great quantities of materials for paving—crushed gravel, cement, asphalt, fill dirt, metal, and plastics for rails and markings, as well as glass for lighting.
The design of highways is similar in that most have a dividing median and at least two lanes of traffic flowing in opposite directions. However, some have multiple lanes, and use various access controls such as entrance and exit ramps. Some of the world’s most magnificent bridges are part of a highway system. In mountainous areas, tunnels permit easy movements where historically travel over high mountains passes was treacherous.
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Highway development is increasing across the world, with China seeing the most rapid expansion. Some highways cross international boundaries. The Alcan Highway (Alaska-Canadian) runs from the United States through Canada to Alaska. It was built during World War II to provide a viable land route to provide protection to Alaska. Many American highways have been built for defense reasons. The law authorizing the interstate system in the United States is officially the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, modeled after the German Autobahn. Highways have been beautified in many ways. On some, vast beds of flowers have been planted. However, the great increase in highway building has opened many primitive or rural areas to development, in some cases for vacation homes, hunting, or fishing. The opening of a new highway usually attracts businesses to service the needs of travelers, which then causes growth in areas that were previously undeveloped.
In addition to the direct impacts of highways on the environment, roads have far-reaching impacts on wildlife and their habitat. Passing vehicles create noise and chemical pollution that reach far beyond the pavement. By altering the physical environment, roads and highways modify animal behavior. To avoid them, many species shift home ranges, change movement patterns and even reproductive and feeding behaviors. Perhaps the most pervasive, yet insidious impact of roads is providing access to natural areas and encouraging further development. As our cities and towns sprawl across the landscape, more and more wildlife habitat is forever lost to strip malls and parking lots.
Development; Runoff; Transportation; Urban Sprawl.
Owen D. Gutfreund, Twentieth-Century Sprawl: Highways and the Reshaping of the American Landscape (Oxford University Press, 2005).
Dan McNichol, The Roads that Built America: The Incredible Story of the U.S. Interstate System (Sterling, 2005).
Coleman A. O’Flaherty, Highways (Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 2002).
R. P.P. Roess; W. R. McShane; E. S. Prassas, Traffic Engineering (Prentice Hall, 2004).
Andrew J. Waskey
Dalton State College
Copyright © 2007 by SAGE Publications, inc.
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The hire comes at a time of sustained growth for the preferred equity firm.
17Capital has continued its recent expansion with the hire of former CVC Credit Partners director Anthony McKay as finance director in the fund’s London office.
The move follows a period of growth for the preferred equity investor, which now has more than $2 billion invested in Europe and North America and a team of 38 professionals between London and New York.
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McKay will become the ninth member of 17Capital’s finance function. Other recent hires include Christopher Martin, who joined as senior fund accountant in March, and Madison Cahill-Smith, appointed as an assistant management accountant in May.
At CVC, McKay served as head of funds finance, overseeing direct lending. He began his career with PwC and spent 12 years in London, Boston and Durban.
Partner Thomas Doyle said: “We are committed to providing a world class infrastructure to our investors and clients. Anthony will be an excellent addition to our team and we all look forward to working with him.”
McKay’s move to 17Capital follows other senior hires: Stephen Quinn as managing director, David Wilson as managing director, Emad Shahin as investments – head of legal, Brian Sun as associate and Jonathan Goldberg as investment director.
17Capital was an early mover in providing preferred equity investment in portfolios of private equity investments. The firm says it provides finance of between $20 million and $500 million to private equity funds.
The firm expects to make further hires in the coming months, according to a spokeswoman.
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In the summer of 1935, the physicists Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger engaged in a rich, multifaceted and sometimes fretful correspondence about the implications of the new theory of quantum mechanics.
The focus of their worry was what Schrödinger later dubbed entanglement: the inability to describe two quantum systems or particles independently, after they have interacted.
Until his death, Einstein remained convinced that entanglement showed how quantum mechanics was incomplete. Schrödinger thought that entanglement was the defining feature of the new physics, but this didn’t mean that he accepted it lightly.
“I know of course how the hocus pocus works mathematically,” he wrote to Einstein on 13 July 1935. “But I do not like such a theory.”
Schrödinger’s famous cat, suspended between life and death, first appeared in these letters, a byproduct of the struggle to articulate what bothered the pair.
The problem is that entanglement violates how the world ought to work. Information can’t travel faster than the speed of light, for one.
But in a 1935 paper, Einstein and his co-authors showed how entanglement leads to what’s now called quantum nonlocality, the eerie link that appears to exist between entangled particles.
If two quantum systems meet and then separate, even across a distance of thousands of lightyears, it becomes impossible to measure the features of one system (such as its position, momentum and polarity) without instantly steering the other into a corresponding state.
Up to today, most experiments have tested entanglement over spatial gaps.
The assumption is that the ‘nonlocal’ part of quantum nonlocality refers to the entanglement of properties across space. But what if entanglement also occurs across time? Is there such a thing as temporal nonlocality?
The answer, as it turns out, is yes.
Just when you thought quantum mechanics couldn’t get any weirder, a team of physicists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reported in 2013 that they had successfully entangled photons that never coexisted.
Previous experiments involving a technique called ‘entanglement swapping’ had already showed quantum correlations across time, by delaying the measurement of one of the coexisting entangled particles; but Eli Megidish and his collaborators were the first to show entanglement between photons whose lifespans did not overlap at all.
Here’s how they did it.
First, they created an entangled pair of photons, ‘1-2’ (step I in the diagram below). Soon after, they measured the polarisation of photon 1 (a property describing the direction of light’s oscillation) – thus ‘killing’ it (step II).
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Photon 2 was sent on a wild goose chase while a new entangled pair, ‘3-4’, was created (step III). Photon 3 was then measured along with the itinerant photon 2 in such a way that the entanglement relation was ‘swapped’ from the old pairs (‘1-2’ and ‘3-4’) onto the new ‘2-3’ combo (step IV).
Some time later (step V), the polarisation of the lone survivor, photon 4, is measured, and the results are compared with those of the long-dead photon 1 (back at step II).
The upshot? The data revealed the existence of quantum correlations between ‘temporally nonlocal’ photons 1 and 4. That is, entanglement can occur across two quantum systems that never coexisted.
What on Earth can this mean? Prima facie, it seems as troubling as saying that the polarity of starlight in the far-distant past – say, greater than twice Earth’s lifetime – nevertheless influenced the polarity of starlight falling through your amateur telescope this winter.
Even more bizarrely: maybe it implies that the measurements carried out by your eye upon starlight falling through your telescope this winter somehow dictated the polarity of photons more than 9 billion years old.
Lest this scenario strike you as too outlandish, Megidish and his colleagues can’t resist speculating on possible and rather spooky interpretations of their results.
Perhaps the measurement of photon 1’s polarisation at step II somehow steers the future polarisation of 4, or the measurement of photon 4’s polarisation at step V somehow rewrites the past polarisation state of photon 1.
In both forward and backward directions, quantum correlations span the causal void between the death of one photon and the birth of the other.
Just a spoonful of relativity helps the spookiness go down, though.
In developing his theory of special relativity, Einstein deposed the concept of simultaneity from its Newtonian pedestal.
As a consequence, simultaneity went from being an absolute property to being a relative one. There is no single timekeeper for the Universe; precisely when something is occurring depends on your precise location relative to what you are observing, known as your frame of reference.
So the key to avoiding strange causal behaviour (steering the future or rewriting the past) in instances of temporal separation is to accept that calling events ‘simultaneous’ carries little metaphysical weight.
It is only a frame-specific property, a choice among many alternative but equally viable ones – a matter of convention, or record-keeping.
The lesson carries over directly to both spatial and temporal quantum nonlocality.
Mysteries regarding entangled pairs of particles amount to disagreements about labelling, brought about by relativity.
Einstein showed that no sequence of events can be metaphysically privileged – can be considered more real – than any other. Only by accepting this insight can one make headway on such quantum puzzles.
The various frames of reference in the Hebrew University experiment (the lab’s frame, photon 1’s frame, photon 4’s frame, and so on) have their own ‘historians’, so to speak.
While these historians will disagree about how things went down, not one of them can claim a corner on truth. A different sequence of events unfolds within each one, according to that spatiotemporal point of view.
Clearly, then, any attempt at assigning frame-specific properties generally, or tying general properties to one particular frame, will cause disputes among the historians.
But here’s the thing: while there might be legitimate disagreement about which properties should be assigned to which particles and when, there shouldn’t be disagreement about the very existence of these properties, particles, and events.
These findings drive yet another wedge between our beloved classical intuitions and the empirical realities of quantum mechanics.
As was true for Schrödinger and his contemporaries, scientific progress is going to involve investigating the limitations of certain metaphysical views.
Schrödinger’s cat, half-alive and half-dead, was created to illustrate how the entanglement of systems leads to macroscopic phenomena that defy our usual understanding of the relations between objects and their properties: an organism such as a cat is either dead or alive. No middle ground there.
Most contemporary philosophical accounts of the relationship between objects and their properties embrace entanglement solely from the perspective of spatial nonlocality.
But there’s still significant work to be done on incorporating temporal nonlocality – not only in object-property discussions, but also in debates over material composition (such as the relation between a lump of clay and the statue it forms), and part-whole relations (such as how a hand relates to a limb, or a limb to a person).
For example, the ‘puzzle’ of how parts fit with an overall whole presumes clear-cut spatial boundaries among underlying components, yet spatial nonlocality cautions against this view. Temporal nonlocality further complicates this picture: how does one describe an entity whose constituent parts are not even coexistent?
Discerning the nature of entanglement might at times be an uncomfortable project. It’s not clear what substantive metaphysics might emerge from scrutiny of fascinating new research by the likes of Megidish and other physicists.
In a letter to Einstein, Schrödinger notes wryly (and deploying an odd metaphor): “One has the feeling that it is precisely the most important statements of the new theory that can really be squeezed into these Spanish boots – but only with difficulty.”
We cannot afford to ignore spatial or temporal nonlocality in future metaphysics: whether or not the boots fit, we’ll have to wear ’em.
This article was first published in April 2018.
Elise Crull is the assistant professor in history and philosophy of science at the City College of New York. She’s co-author of the upcoming book “The ‘Einstein Paradox’: Debates on Nonlocality and Incompleteness in 1935”.
This article was originally published at Aeon and has been republished under Creative Commons.
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“Song And Dance Man”, the title track from Jason Collett’s sixth full-length album, finds the iconic singer-songwriter back at centre stage, with three-minutes-and-change and a story to sing. Featuring the bright production touch of Bahamas’ Afie Jurvanen, “Song And Dance Man” covers the trials and triumphs of the modern musician with poignant poetry:
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Song And Dance Man’s thirteen songs bear the wit and melody of classic Jason Collett: contemplative reflections on getting older, backed with an affinity for freewheeling 70s dance music. The album’s conspiring themes of love & loneliness, sun & shadows, are buoyed by its soaring sound. Each song rises into an easy, spacious groove, lead by Jason’s languid melodies and Afie’s sun-drunk bass.
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Significant Object
Significant Object believes in putting objects on stage and moving them about a bit. Whether they are small, household objects with lives of their own, hulking giants or elegantly designed characters or creatures, we know that they compel and excite an audience in their own way.
We've worked with large and small organisations and created work for all sorts of audiences. We employ the best puppet makers with the right skills for the work we are doing. Makers and designers we have worked with include Daisy Beattie, Zak Bernard, David Cauchi, Josie Corben, Monica Corder, Amber Donovan, Helen Foan, Seonaid Goody, Charlie Hoare, Matt Hutchinson, Jo Lakin, Christine Rippmann, Bryony Rumble, Yvonne Stone, Claire Strickland, Hattie Thomas and Paul Vincett.
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Mervyn is a Creative Associate for the National Theatre's War Horse, having been involved in the creative team since its inception and directing casts in London, New York, Toronto and Berlin. He was Artistic Director of Handspring UK and has a longstanding association with Handspring Puppet Company in Cape Town. For Handspring, he has directed Crow, co-directed Stiller (at the Bayerisches Staatschauspiel) and Jubilee Salute (at the National Theatre London), was Assistant Director on Tall Horse and appeared in Or You Could Kiss Me and War Horse.
He has a hatful of other puppetry design and direction credits over twenty years of work, taking in the RSC, the Strasbourg Opera, The Royal Court, the Young Vic, the Bolton Octagon and the National Theatre, amongst many others. Awards include a Herald Angel Award and a Total Theatre Award (both for his collaboration with Kazuko Hohki, Evidence for the Existence of Borrowers). In 2010 Mervyn was awarded an Arts Foundation Fellowship.
Mervyn has written three books on puppetry, Puppetry: How To Do It, Journey of the Tall Horse and The Horse's Mouth.
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Week of October 20 – 24:
The stories on Y&R are dragging on longer than a lecture from Nick Newman! Anyone else have the feeling that the writers are merely filling air time until November Sweeps?! For example, it took an entire week, and numerous dopey flashbacks, for us to find out that – drum roll please – Michael was with Gloria and Lowell at the pre-rally meeting! Dum-de-dum! So what?! I actually liked the young Gloria, but still, come on! Here’s how the rest of the plots crept along:
The Big Phone Call From Victor: All the hype, and for what?! He said the same thing he has been saying for months now, “Leave me alone!” By week’s end, he was in a church being totally maudlin and melodramatic again. Blah…it’s like he’s in character hibernation until November sweeps, and it makes for irksome and dull TV viewing!
Adam and Jack: I actually have kept one eye open for this story, only because I’m mildly intrigued to see who will come out on top between Jack and Adam. Interesting that Adam turned the tables by giving Frank all of Jack’s contact information, but I question Adam’s wisdom in allowing this diary thing to go ahead – he doesn’t have much left but Heather, and he stands to lose her over this nonsense! By the way, 75% of about 400 voters who participated in the Soaps.com poll detested the story with Jack ‘channeling’ Victor!
Nikki/Victoria/Nick/The Plan: Like watching paint dry. Eavesdropping on Nikki ‘Broken Record’ Newman should be a surefire cure for Heather’s infamous insomnia! I swear, if she tells her grown children they need to ‘protect’ Victor one more time…well, I don’t know what I’ll do, but it won’t be pretty!
Heather: The ‘Supreme A.D.A’ is so on my last nerve! She invented this case against Victor, which isn’t even in her jurisdiction, and is running around trying to intimidate everyone involved. Somehow, based on I don’t know what, she managed to get permission to bug people’s homes, which leads us to the question of how, and when, the microphones were planted! Oh, and just the other day she said she couldn’t discuss the case with Adam, then she happily goes ahead and does exactly that two days later! She’s surely going to come out with egg on her face again! And now, just as she’s starting to consider that this might be a futile and foolish pursuit, she’s no doubt going to find out about the diary, which will set her off on the (misguided) warpath again!
Katherine: This story is wearing on like some of the others, but at least there was the bright spot of the interaction between Jill and Katherine. Awesome acting on the part of Jess [Walton, Jill], and Jeanne [Cooper, Katherine] – their scenes have been so realistic and moving! It’s interesting that Marge is back on the scene, but again – get on with it – we’ve been watching her down shots for a week now!
Gloria: As always, Judith [Chapman, Gloria] was amazing this week. The acting in the scenes where she finally vented at Lowell in the jail made the hair on the back of my neck stand up! Brilliant! I was totally expecting an earth-shattering revelation though – something much bigger than Michael and Gloria being with Lowell at the rally planning meeting! Am I just not getting it?! I was left thinking, “That’s it?!” Maybe Gloria and Lowell are still covering something up…hmmm… I hope so! Michael’s scenes with Fenmore were great too! When I spoke to Christian [LeBlanc, Michael] this past week, he told me how much fun he has with the little guys that play Fen – so sweet!
Kevin/Jana: Probably the most satisfying scenes of the week were those of Jana’s hurt and anger toward Kevin as she figured out that he had moved Mrs. Chancellor’s car on purpose. His shame-faced confession, and her relief at his honesty, really made me feel something. Well done! Greg [Rikaart, Kevin] told me, when we spoke last week, that there are more excellent scenes coming up for fans of this couple in early November! Can’t wait!
Daniel/Amber: The scenes where they told Phyllis they were back together, and gave her credit for it, were hilarious. Phyllis shrinking back when Amber handed her the blue velvet box was hysterical. "No, no thanks!" I would have preferred to ride this wave a bit further by having them rub it in to Colleen too, but alas, it was not to be. Their scenes back at Daniel's place were cute too. But I'm still wondering what was originally in that blue velvet box…
Eden/Noah: A true snorefest. Except when Noah told Sharon to 'chill out and watch her blood pressure'! That was funny! These two kids together are a crashing bore though - I don't sense any chemistry between them, nor any rooting value to the pairing. What teenagers sit and talk about literature? Which 'hip' writer penned Noah saying, "I've gotta' bounce." Teens everywhere cringed in embarrassment for him! Anyway, it sounds like they're going to Paris. My advice? Leave them over there at a posh boarding school!
Sharon: She's lonely! What is Jack thinking? Why is he so consumed by the idea of revenge on Victor Newman? I just don't get it!! Methinks Jack's going to have to learn the hard way that Sharon shouldn't be left sitting alone in that mausoleum!
Nick/Phyllis: Just in time for Hallowe'en, the randy twosome discovers that someone has bugged their home - Oooooo - spooky! Oh wait, it's just Heather (much eye rolling). What fun on Friday watching Phyllis eat all those cream-filled treats and moaning, as she kept up the ruse that she and Nick were still getting busy! Hilarious! Oh, and how about that doll, I mean daughter, of theirs - she's sure grown! Is it me, or is she strangely quiet for a person being raised by Nick and Phyllis?!
Chloe: It really gave me pause for thought to see how Chloe treated Esther in the coffeehouse. I'm truly working to see the vulnerabilities beneath her facade; therefore I tried to imagine how she might be so very bitter about being sent away as a child. I almost got there, but not quite - Esther's just too darn nice to treat so cruelly - she obviously thought she was doing the right thing sending Kate/Chloe away to boarding school! Part of me wants to slap Chloe, and the other part of me wants to shake Esther - how could you ship her off like that! Argh! Of course, when you factor in what Chloe is doing to Cane - how can you have sympathy for her? On the other hand, did you see the hurt in those big Chloe-dog eyes when Billy asked her to help him get Lily? Seeing her tough that out, knowing how she feels about him…. sigh!
Cane/Billy: I love how they're setting up this rivalry. Cane is on his guard, especially after Kevin's warning, and Billy is keeping up a careful façade of good will and comradeship where Cane is concerned, even as he plots his undoing. Testosterone-fuelled Billy was beyond sexy as he railed to Jack about Cane 'the donkey' stepping in and taking over his life! I really hope the writers don't drop the ball on this one - this is shaping up to be a legendary rivalry indeed! Delicious!!
Olivia/Karen: This is a good little nugget of intrigue! So, Karen was seeing Dru's sister, Olivia, as a doctor years ago in New York, then came to Genoa City and wound up in a relationship with Neil! Wow! I wonder what Olivia knows about Karen's medical history? I believe it's just the truth about why she doesn't want to have children (the gene she may carry). If it was years ago, then the secret can't have anything to do with Neil, unless she's undergone a hysterectomy or something. We already know that Karen has told Victoria about the 'gene' issue, but opted not to tell Neil. She may be afraid that if he wants children, knowing the truth might drive him away. In any case, it's amazing to have Olivia back on the canvas - love her! How about a pinch for that nosy Tyra, though, "So are you going to start a happy little family of your own?" she asks both Neil and Karen. Butt out!! Please don't let her find out Karen's secret and stick her nose in! Be sure to vote in this week's poll on the Y&R Main Page to let us know what you think of Tyra!
With a few exceptions, I'm bored to tears with the show, my friends! It's not bad, and it's not good. It's in limbo, it seems. Even the revelations and reveals have been anti-climactic. Not as good as the hype. In this current day online environment where spoilers are plentiful, it takes a good shock, or a real surprise, to excite the audience. If there's build up, there should be a bang, not a letdown.
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Samuel Rogers was the author of the Pleasures of Memory.
He went to Scotland to make its ‘home tour’.
It was then much in vogue.
He brought with him letters of introduction to Smith from Dr. Price and Dr. Kippis.
Dr. Kippis was the editor of the Biographia Britannica.
Rogers, a poet, was then 23.
He had only published his Ode to Superstition.
His father’s old Unitarian friends were his only chief acquaintances in the world of letters.
Smith makes a disparaging allusion to them in his previous letter to Price.
They won for Rogers:
the kindest possible reception, and
even a continuous succession of civilities.
He has left a grateful record of them in his tour’s journal.
This journal has been published in Mr. Clayden’s Early Tears of Samuel Rogers
A few additional particulars omitted in it are found in Dyce’s published and Mitford’s unpublished recollections of Rogers’s table-talk.
Rogers arrived in Edinburgh apparently on July 14, 1789.
That date was momentous as it set the world aflame.
Though no information had reached Edinburgh before he left the city on the 21st.
On the morning of the 15th, he walked down Panmure Close and first visited Smith.
He found Smith sitting at breakfast alone, with a dish of strawberries before him.
He has preserved some [Pg 417]scraps of the conversation, none of them remarkable.
Smith said:
that fruit was his favourite diet at that season of the year, and
that Scotland produced excellent strawberries.
For the strawberry:
was a northern fruit, and
was at its best in Orkney or Sweden.
Passing to the subject of Rogers’s tour, he said:
that Edinburgh deserved little notice,
that the old town had given Scotland a bad name presumably, for its filth and
that he himself was anxious to move to the newer quarters of the town.
He had set his heart on George Square.
It was:
where Walter Scott was brought up and
where Henry Dundas died.
He explained that Edinburgh was entirely supported by the three Courts of Session, Exchequer, and Justiciary.
This is possibly to account for the place’s filth.
It was in accordance with his theory that there was always more squalor and misery in a residential than in an industrial town.
He praised Loch Lomond highly, while he was apparently slighting or ignoring all of Edinburgh’s beauties.
They were all there then as they are now.
It was the finest lake in Great Britain.
Its islands:
were very beautiful and
formed a very striking contrast to the shores.
The conversation passed from Scotland’s scenery to its soil.
Scotland had an excellent soil.
But its climate was so severe that its harvests were too often overtaken by winter before they were housed.
The consequence was that the Scotch on the Borders were still in extreme poverty, just as he had noticed 50 years before when he rode across the Borders as an Oxford student.
He was greatly struck with the different condition of things he saw as he approached Carlisle.
From agriculture they passed on to discuss the corn trade.
Smith denounced the Government’s recent refusal of corn to France.
He said it should excite indignation and contempt, inasmuch as the quantity required was so trifling that it would not support Edinburgh’s population for a single day.
Edinburgh’s population suggested their houses.
Smith said that the houses were piled high on [Pg 418]one another in Paris as well as in Edinburgh.
They then touched on Sir John Sinclair.
Smith spoke of him disparagingly in certain aspects.
But he said that he never knew a man who was in earnest and did not do something at last.
Before returning to his hotel, Rogers seems to have asked Smith if he knew Mrs. Piozzi.
She was then living there.
She had called on Rogers after learning from the landlord that Smith and Robertson had left cards for him.
Smith said he did not know her, but believed she was spoiled by keeping company with odd people.
Smith then invited Rogers to dine with him next day at the usual Friday dinner of the Oyster Club.
Rogers left delighted with the interview, and with Smith’s genuine kindness of heart.
On Friday, as appointed, Rogers dined with the Oyster Club as Smith’s guest.
But he did not enter the event in his journal and had no record of the conversation.
Black and Playfair seem to have been there, and possibly other men of eminence.
But the whole talk was usurped by a commonplace member.
Smith, and possibly Rogers too, felt that the day was lost.
For next time they met Smith asked Rogers how he liked the club, and said, “That Bogle, I was sorry he talked so much; he spoiled our evening.”
That Bogle was the Laird of Daldowie, on the Clyde.
His father had been Rector of Glasgow University in Smith’s professorial days.
One of his brothers, George Bogle, attained some eminence through the embassy on which he was sent by Warren Hastings to the Llama of Tibet.
His account of which has been published quite recently.
The offender himself was a man of ability and knowledge.
He had been a West India merchant for many years
He was well versed in economic and commercial subjects
He was very fond of writing to the Government of the day long communications on those subjects.
They seem to have been generally read, and sometimes even acted on.
One of Bogle’s relations was Mr. Morehead
He tells us that in society, Bogle was generally considered [Pg 419]very “tedious, from the long lectures on mercantile and political subjects.
He had the habit of delivering them in the most humdrum and monotonous manner.
He did not converse when he entered on these, but rather declaimed.”[350]
However, his tedious lectures must have had more in them than ordinary hearers appreciated.
Smith thought so highly of Bogle’s conversation.
When he invited Rogers to the club, he mentioned that Bogle, a very clever person, was to be there.
Smith said “I must go and hear Bogle talk.”[351]
Rogers was with Smith again on Sunday the 19th.
He spoke of that particular Sunday ever after as the most memorable in his life, for he had:
breakfast with Robertson,
heard him preach in the Old Greyfriars in the forenoon,
heard Blair preach in the High Church in the afternoon,
drank coffee thereafter with Mrs. Piozzi, and
finished the day by supping with Adam Smith.
He had called on Smith “between sermons,” as they say in Scotland, and apparently close on the hour for service, since “all the bells of the kirks” were ringing.
But Smith was going for an airing, and his chair was at the door.
The sedan was much in vogue in Edinburgh at that period, because it threaded the narrow wynds and alleys better than any other sort of carriage was able to do.
Smith met Rogers at the door.
After exchanging the few observations about Bogle and the club, he invited his young friend to come back:
to supper in the evening, and
to dinner on Monday.
Because he had asked Henry Mackenzie, the author of the Man of Feeling, to meet him.
Rogers writes: “Who could refuse?”
Smith then set out in his sedan.
Rogers walked up to the High Church to hear Blair.
He says, returning to Panmure House at nine, he found there all the company who were at the club on Friday [Pg 420]except Bogle and Macaulay, and with the addition of a Mr. Muir from Göttingen.
(I do not know who Macaulay and Muir were.)
They spoke of Junius.
Smith suspected Single-speech Hamilton of the authorship, on the ground of the well-known story.
It seems to have been then new to Rogers
and which Smith had been told by Gibbon, that on one occasion when Hamilton was on a visit at Goodwood, he informed the Duke of Richmond that there was a devilish keen letter from Junius in the Public Advertiser of that day, and mentioned even some of the points it made; but when the Duke got hold of the paper he found the letter itself was not there, but only an apology for its absence.
From this circumstance, Hamilton’s name came to be mentioned in connection with the authorship of the letters, and they ceased to appear.
Smith’s argument was that so long as the letters were attributed to men who were not their writers, such as Lord Lansdowne or Burke, they continued to go on, but immediately the true author was named they stopped.
The conversation passed on to Turgot and Voltaire and the Duke of Richelieu.
Its particulars have been already stated in previous parts of this work.[352]
On Monday, Rogers dined at Smith’s house to meet Henry Mackenzie.
The other guests seem to have been:
the Mr. Muir of the evening before, and
John M’Gowan, Clerk of the Signet.
Dr. Hutton came in afterwards and joined them at tea.
The chief share in the conversation seems to have been taken by Mackenzie.
Scott says he was always “the life of company with anecdotes and fun,”
Mackenzie related many stories of:
second sight in the Highlands, and
especially of the eccentric Caithness laird.
He used the pretension as a very effectual instrument for maintaining authority and discipline among his tenantry.
They spoke much too about:
the poetesses,—Hannah More,
and[Pg 421] Mrs. Charlotte Smith, and
Mrs. John Hunter, the great surgeon’s wife
But it appears Mackenzie still who bore the burden of the talk.
The only thing Rogers reports Smith as saying is a very ordinary remark about Dr. Blair.
They had been speaking about the sermon which Rogers—and Mackenzie also—had heard the previous afternoon on “Curiosity concerning the Affairs of Others,”
One passage in which, though it reads now commonplace enough in the printed page, Rogers seems to have admired greatly.
Smith observed that Blair:
was too puffed up and
would have been more or less than human if he had escaped the necessary effects of the excessive popularity he so long enjoyed as a preacher and as a critic.
Burns detested Blair’s absurd condescension and pomposity.
From Smith’s, the company seems to have proceeded to a meeting of the Royal Society.
All except Muir and Rogers were members.
Before going, Mackenzie repeated an epigram which had been written on Smith sleeping at the meetings of this society, but the epigram has not been preserved.
Only seven persons were present.
Smith and his guests and the reader of the paper for the day, who happened to be the economist, Dr. James Anderson, already mentioned repeatedly in this book as the original propounder of Ricardo’s theory of rent.
His paper was on “Debtors and the Revision of the Laws that respect them,”
Rogers says it was “very long and dull,”
As a natural consequence, “Mr. Commissioner Smith fell asleep,
and Mackenzie touched my elbow and smiled,”[353]—a curious tableau.
When the meeting was over, Rogers left and went to the play with Mrs. Piozzi.
Though he no doubt saw Smith again before finally quitting Edinburgh, mentions him no more.
Having been so much with Smith during those few [Pg 422]days, Rogers’s impressions are in some respects of considerable value.
He was deeply impressed with Smith’s warm kindness.
“He is a very friendly, agreeable man
I should have dined and supped with him everyday, if I had accepted all his invitations.”[354]
He was very communicative,[355]
To Rogers’s surprise, considering the disparity of their years and the greatness of his reputation, Smith was “quite familiar.”
Smith would ask “Who shall we have to dinner?”.
Rogers observed in him no sign of absence of mind,[356]
He felt that, compared with Robertson, Smith was far more of a man who had seen much of the world.
His communicativeness impressed itself also on other casual visitors, because his first appearance sometimes gave them the opposite suggestion of reserve.
The anonymous writer who sent the first letter of reminiscences to the editor of the Bee says:
“He was extremely communicative.
He delivered himself on every subject with a freedom and boldness quite opposite to the apparent reserve of his appearance.”
William Adam was barrister and M.P.,and afterwards Chief Commissioner of the Jury Court in Scotland
He was a nephew of Robert Adam, the architect.
Robert was Smith’s schoolfellow and lifelong friend.
He was another visitor to Scotland that year who enjoyed a talk with Smith.
William Adam was an intimate personal friend of Bentham since the days when they ate their way to the bar together and spent their nights in endless discussions about Hume’s philosophy and other thorny subjects
In Scotland in the summer of 1789, he met Smith.
He drew the conversation to his friend Bentham’s recently published Defence of Usury.
This book was written expressly to [Pg 423]controvert Smith’s recommendation of a legal limitation of the rate of interest.
From this conversation with Adam, there seems to be some ground for thinking that the book had the very unusual controversial effect of converting the antagonist against whom it was written.
Smith’s reason for wanting to fix the legal rate of interest at a maximum just a little above the ordinary market rate was to prevent undue facilities being given to prodigals and projectors.
But Bentham replied very justly that, whatever might be said of prodigals:
projectors were one of the most useful classes a community could have.
a wise government should do all it could to encourage their enterprise instead of thwarting it, and
the best policy therefore was to leave the rate of interest alone.
In conducting his polemic, Bentham wrote as an admiring pupil towards a venerated master/
Bentham said he:
owed everything to Smith, and
could gain no advantage except “with weapons which you have taught me to wield and with which you have furnished me;
for as all the great standards of truth which can be appealed to in this line owe their establishment to you,
I can see scarce any other way of convicting you of an error or oversight than by judging you out of your own mouth.”[357]
Smith was touched with the handsome spirit of his adversary.
He candidly admitted to Adam the force of his assaults.
The conversation is preserved in a letter written to Bentham on December 4, 1789 by George Wilson.
Wilson was another friend and fellow-barrister.
He apparently heard the story from Adam.
Wilson writes
“Did we ever tell you what Dr. Adam Smith said to Mr. William Adam, the Council M.P., last summer in Scotland?
The Doctor’s expressions were that:
‘the Defence of Usury was the work of a very superior man,
though he had given [Pg 424]him some hard knocks, it was done in so handsome a way that he could not complain,’
It seemed to admit that you were right.”[358]
This admission was apparently not made in so many words by Smith, but rather inferred by Adam from the general purport of the conversation.
It is still not far removed from the confession so definitely reported that his position suffered some hard knocks from the assaults of Bentham.
After that confession it is reasonable to think that if Smith had lived to publish another edition of his work, he would have modified his position on the rate of interest.
[350] Morehead’s Life of the Rev. R. Morehead, p. 43.
[351] Add. MSS., 32, 566.
[352] See above, pp. 189, 190, 205.
[353] Clayden’s Early Life of Samuel Rogers, p. 96.
[355] Dyce’s Recollections of the Table-talk of Samuel Rogers, p. 45.
[357] Bentham’s Works, iii. 21.
[358] Bentham MSS., British Museum.
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why are both index[array] and array[index] valid in C?
For example consider:
int index = 3;
int array[4] = {0, 1, 2, 3};
then both index[array] and array[index] are valid expressions, much like *(index + array) and *(array + index).
In C arrays why is this true? array[5] == 5[array] explains how it works. My question is: Why did the language designers choose to allow this? Why not just enforce that index[array] is invalid, for clarity's sake?
c language-design standards pointers array
CamCam
Note that prohibiting index[array] would likely introduce another page or two to the spec. The current syntax can be described in a line. – Pubby May 3 '12 at 15:16
First of all, it would help to read dmr's Development of the C Language to get some insights into some of C's quirks, particularly when it comes to array semantics (basically, blame BCPL and B for most of it).
As for the question "[w]hy not just enforce that index[array] is invalid, for clarity's sake," what would such a check buy you in exchange for the cost of performing it? The form almost never appears outside of the IOCCC, so it's not like it's a major problem in production code (compared to the use of, say, gets, or unchecked array accesses (which disallowing i[a] won't help with), or <fill in the blank>). It's not a bug; it doesn't introduce any undefined behavior; it doesn't introduce any security holes not already present with a[i]; the only complaints against it are stylistic in nature.
It's like asking why both T *p and T* p are valid; there is no "why" beyond it being an accident of the language syntax. There's nothing deliberate behind allowing both, it's just a function of how the grammar works. Same with a[i] and i[a]. Professional programmers are (usually) grown-ups, and don't deliberately introduce confusion where it isn't warranted, so most will naturally use a[i].
You're basically trying to guard against a problem that doesn't really exist.
John BodeJohn Bode
The choice to use array[index] was probably made to follow mathematical convention and the precedent set for arrays by other languages like ALGOL, FORTRAN, and BASIC (the latter two use parentheses instead of brackets). That decision does make the operator an odd duck because it's binary operator but requires that you throw in an additional token after the right-hand expression.
The operator could just as easily have been a single character (@ isn't spoken for in C, so let's call that the "pointer addition operator"). Because, as David Thornley's answer in the aforementioned SO question points out, pointer addition is commutative, a @ 5 and 5 @ a make equal sense. (C forerunner BCPL used ! for this.)
In some ways it's natural to look at the array operator as behaving like a function, which makes sense in the context of languages that do f(x) to call a function and a(i) to access an array. Since operators in C don't work that way, you have to think of it as a commutative, binary operator with baggage.
BlrflBlrfl
I like the explanation, a slightly more formal one might include that arrays are merely a syntactical sugar of pointers which further reinforces your commutative argument. – sdg May 2 '12 at 20:26
According to James Curran the reason for this was that when C was developed, computers were slower + had less memory, so such checks and optimizations were not worth the cost.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/381554/277800
It would be a compile-time check (is the left operand of a pointer type?), so it wouldn't have mattered much. It wouldn't have ruined the one-pass guarantee either. Of course, a half-assed 70's compiler might even ignore that, but the 70s were very early in C's evolution -- plenty of time to deprecate it or to teach compilers to shun it. – user7043 May 2 '12 at 17:49
@delnan: Compile time was still a big thing back in the beginning of C so I would say it did matter (though personally I would not go as far as to say that was the reason). – Martin York May 2 '12 at 19:34
We may never know for certain why the feature was allowed in the first place, but it stands to reason that it remains in the language today for backward compatibility with older versions of the language. There's no obvious and compelling reason to remove it, so it doesn't make sense to gratuitously break existing code.
CalebCaleb
It's sort of like asking why people would design cars that can hit pedestrians. They don't. They design cars to do what their drivers tell them to do. C was designed with the crazy, arcane notion that programmers are in charge of their own programs, and if they write something stupid in a programming language, it's their own responsibility. Design decisions erred on the side of removing programmer restrictions.
Your approach is an argument for why it doesn't need to be changed, but it doesn't answer the question of how it got that way. index[array] isn't an unintended, emergent behavior. It was deliberately put into the language, so it's reasonable to ask why. – octern May 3 '12 at 0:41
@octern - see my answer above. It is an emergent behavior that falls out of the array subscripting semantics (i.e., E1[E2] == *((E1)+(E2))); the only constraint is that one of E1 or E2 be a pointer expression, and the other be an integral expression. There's no constraint that E1 always be the pointer expression and E2 always be the integer expression. Such a constraint could be added, but since almost nobody uses the second form outside of the IOCCC, there's little to no benefit for the cost of performing the check. – John Bode May 3 '12 at 14:53
Because, like several other features of C, it just wasn't thought through. I doubt anyone was really thinking about the mathematical logic behind array fetching in memory. As it turns out, though, both operations result in the same math (basically).
And Mr. Curran might say that, but I'd guess it didn't have a lot to do with computation cost. I could be wrong though.
Phillip SchmidtPhillip Schmidt
-1 for random editorializing on the motivations of the C designers – sdg May 2 '12 at 20:24
I'll randomly editorialize on whatever I feel like, thank you. Especially when I'm correct. – Phillip Schmidt May 2 '12 at 21:01
You're correct: you could be wrong. – Blrfl May 3 '12 at 0:28
Yeah, that comment was pretty constructive, right? – Phillip Schmidt May 4 '12 at 14:50
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Interviews with NAPLE Sister Libraries: Anunciação Gaspar, from Lousada Municipal Library (Portugal)
We inaugurate this autumn season of interviews with Anunciação Gaspar, the Librarian in charge of the Lousada Municipal Library (Portugal)! This way Lousada is the first Portuguese library to be interviewed!
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Lousada is one of the 5 Portuguese Libraries that are already participating in the programme, and it is the sister library of the Salamanca Public Library “Torrente Ballester” in Spain. You can read more about all their activities here.
Lousada is a young municipality in northern Portugal, and its library, as you will read below, does a very important work in cooperation with the local school libraries and they are a great example of what can be achievedwith cooperation and work in networks.
This is already our fourth interview so far! Remember you can read them all in the Interviews Section. Former ones were:
– Aleksandra Zawalska-Hawel, from the Municipal Public Library in Piekary Slaskie in Poland.
– Loly León, from the Arucas Municipal Library in Gran Canaria, Spain.
– Valentina Grinevičienė, from the Kaunas County Public Library, Lithuania.
Let’s now read Anunciação’s interview!
– Well, first of all, how did you hear of the sister libraries programme and what motivated you to participate?
The Sister Libraries programme has been given to know by the General Direction for Book and Library of the Portuguese Ministry of Culture.
– Lousada is a very young municipality, one of the youngest in Europe. Please, can you tell us a bit more about the community you serve?
Lousada belongs to the district of Oporto and is 35 km away from it. The council of Lousada, which integrates the Vale do Sousa region, is an industrialized area although it still keeps an agricultural feature mainly related to wine and dairy products.
It possesses a vast historic patrimony constituted by several archaeological places, churches, imposing manor-houses, the pillory, bridges, the aqueduct and the Tower of the Moors, as well as its natural beauties.
Excellent accessibilities afford good conditions to power its touristic offer. Lousada is a member of the Romanesque, the Green Wine and the Gourmet Routes and has cultural itineraries and cultural life programmes all over the year.
Its population, about 48 thousand people, mostly young people, is spread over its 25 parishes and 95 km2. As it is one of the youngest councils, the municipality develops several programmes of educational and cultural nature directed to the youth, within the scope of social action, through scholarships for students with needs, and of supporting school success.
The autarchy created for all the citizens, with a special view for the youngsters and the seniors, the necessary conditions for the usufruct of a set of educational, cultural and leisure facilities, such as a renewed school net from the kindergarten to the secondary education, the public library, the municipal swimming pool, a modern sports complex and a leisure park that has been recently opened.
-Your library is also very new, it opened in 2003, and the Libraries Local Network was created in 2008. What are your main projects/activities at this time?
The Lousada Local Library has been working actively since 2003, in articulation with the school community to create and develop school libraries, which constitute advanced forces to promote reading and the different literacies, and so support school success. This working line reached its highest point with the creation of the Lousada Libraries Network (Rede de Bibliotecas de Lousada) in 2008.
In connection with the working group of the libraries network, composed by the teacher librarians and by the municipal library team, we developed several projects, the most significant of which, supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, has been directed to promote reading among children attending the kindergartens, as well as the project “Re@ding and literacies” which aimed to develop information literacy and computer sciences among primary school students. This programme, running monthly since 2007, comprehends the final classes of the 1st cycle of the basic education (3rd and 4th forms) in 11 school libraries, in connection with their teachers and has been the theme of the master essay written by the head librarian.
The public library promotes the integration of aged citizens by supporting 10 senior movements and fulfilling a continuing programme of activities which encourages their interaction with young people.
– Your sister library is the Salamanca Public Library “Torrente Ballester” from Spain. Was it difficult to make a selection from the list of participating libraries? Have you found many differences in the way public libraries work in the two countries?
To make it easier to select our sister library we set up some requirements among which the geographical proximity, that might allow the interaction in presence, as well as a familiar language to Portuguese ears. We wished also to be able to exchange ideas about projects on reading and literacy promotion.
This way all our wishes were fulfilled by the Salamanca public library, which is a great institution served by a team of professionals with whom we have already learned a lot.
-Among other things, you both have had different visits to your sister library. What was the experience to visit your sister library and receiving their visit like?
It was a short but very interesting visit, especially because we could meet face to face those people that we already knew by e-mail or telephone communications. We visited the public library Torrente Ballester and the city of Salamanca and spread the wish to strengthen ties between us.
Some months later we have had the pleasure to welcome the Reading Group headed by Dr. Isabel Sanchez, who came to visit us within a cultural weekend. These visits were very positive because they allowed us to exchange ideas on good practice and reading promotion.
– We have featured many of your activities with Salamanca in the NAPLE Sister Libraries Blog: visits, exhibitions, etc. Which one/s would you like to highlight? Have you also interchanged any materials?
We didn’t have a Reading Group until that moment and the visit of such a group of the Torrente Ballester Library encouraged the creation of our Reading Group “Friends of the Library” which will accomplish a year of existence next October.
The bibliographic holdings of both libraries have also been enriched by the mutual offer of several books used to promote reading and to support distinct activities all over the year.
– Since the main objective of any public library is the service to the community, we would like to know: what have been the reactions/opinions of your users to having a sister library?
The reaction was positive, full of pride. However, there is still a lot of work to do to spread the project, which we hope to be able to extend in the future.
– Which advantages do you find for a public library to be involved in international cooperation with other libraries, be it in a programme like NAPLE Sister Libraries, or any other?
Due to the severe economical crises that we face at the moment, libraries have also been affected: a lot of libraries have been closed in many European countries for economical reasons.
It is therefore urgent that public libraries call up people for the important cultural, educational and social role that they play in the surrounding communities.
In this context, I think that the engagement in national or international cooperation programmes is a fundamental strategy to the assertion of these institutions on a social level, because network enables resource optimization and sharing ideas and good practice.
– What would you say to any librarian who is thinking of the possibility of joining the programme?
The public library is one of the social partners with direct action over the involving community as it promotes distinct literacies, dissipates inequality and propitiates a better world. Unity is strength and cooperative work is the key for cultural, educational and social prosperity.
Thank you very much, Anunciação!
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Dew Cap A tube extending forward from the front lens of a telescope. It prevents dew from forming on the lens as it cools down, and acts as a sunshade to reduce reflections during the day.
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Double Star Two or more stars that appear very close in position. True double stars are in orbit about one another, while optical doubles simply seem close from our point of view.
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Galactic Coordinates A system of latitude and longitude defined by the plane of our galaxy rather than the equatorial system (RA and DEC) based on the celestial equator. Coordinates can also be specified locally, for example by Altitude and Azimuth.
Globular Cluster A very old, large, dense cluster of stars, bound by gravity. Many form spherical clouds around galaxies. Our galaxy is surrounded by at least 130 globular clusters.
Lens A transparent optical element consisting of one or more pieces of glass. A lens has curved surfaces that bring distant light to a focus.
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Australia Geographic shops will be holding public Star Gazing nights across a few locations in Sydney and Shellharbour this coming Thurs night (18th July).
You'll get a chance to look through some telescopes and have a chat about telescopes and astro stuff in general. Depending on the surrounding views, Jupiter will be visible, the Moon will be up around 7pm and possibly Saturn as well. You can come along to:
+ Westfield Carousel - rooftop dining area
+ Westfield Hurstville - LVL 3 (outside taste baguette)
+ Stockland Shellharbour - Lamerton Crescent (grass area next to the old Council building)
+ Macquarie Centre - Purple Rooftop Carpark
We'll be at a couple of these ourselves to help out.
If you're coming along, wrap up warmly and take your time. Several hundred people are likely to attend each event, so there might be a short wait. It's also not dark enough for astronomical viewing until at least 5.3 or 6pm. Viewing will wrap up sometime after 8.00pm.
The Australian Geographic events last week were a lot of fun. Lorna Basil took her first astronomy pic by using her phone to take this image of the Moon through a Sky-Watcher 150mm (6") Dobsonian at Westfield Miranda. Not bad for a first effort.
Thanks for Sharing this Lorna!
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While we're talking about the Moon this week - don't forget there's a lunar eclipse which will be visible across Australia early Wednesday morning!
A Lunar eclipse is when the Earth moves between the Moon and the Sun. The darkening we see on the surface of the Moon is actually the shadow of the Earth!
(This is the opposite of a Solar Eclipse when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun. When it gets "dark" during these rarer events, it because we're in the Moon's shadow.)
This won't be a total Lunar eclipse. This partial eclipse will be visible in the pre-dawn sky in the Eastern state with those folks further West getting a better and longer view of the event.
A telescope with a low power eyepiece of even a set of binoculars will be all you need. It's also one of these celestial events that's amazing to look at with just your eyes.
Full details in the excellent ABC Science link below. If you have any questions about Lunar eclipses, post them below.
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The last lunar eclipse for the next two years will happen tomorrow morning
As the moon landing anniversary approaches, the Moon, Earth and Sun are lining up for their own party in the sky this week.
Today we celebrate the launch of the Apollo 11 - 50 years ago today on 16th Juily 1969.
The Saturn V that launched all of the Apollo astronauts (with the exception of Apollo 7 which used a Saturn 1B) remains the most powerful rocket ever made.
NASA carried out two test launches (Apollo 4 and Apollo 6) and from the first mission carrying astronauts in December 1968 with Apollo 8 through to Apollo 17, the massive rocket performed flawlessly. Every Saturn V launch placed the Apollo spacecraft in the correct Earth and Lunar orbits.
The final Saturn V launch was in May 14 where it lofted the Skylab space station into orbit.
The first stage F1 engines are still the largest rocket engines flown into space. NASA used 65 of these massive kerosene and liquid oxygen burning motors during the Saturn V program and every one of them worked perfectly.
The second and third stages were powered by liquid hydrogen fuelled J1 motors. The single motor J1 third stage fired again once in Earth orbit to send the Apollo spacecraft away from the Earth to the Moon.
Guidance and control was via the Apollo instrument unit. This is a ring shaped module that was made by IBM by and sat on top of the third stage just behind the Lunar Module. (LEM).
Due the cancellation of the remaining Apollo missions, there was a considerable amount of Saturn V hardware left on Earth! One rocket was used to launch the Skylab. There's three Saturn V rockets in various condition on display in the USA, including one at the Kennedy Space Center. Has anyone been to see any rockets still on display.
Truly monuments to one of one of humanity's most amazing achievements.
(image of Apollo 11 launch via NASA)
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Sky-Watcher Australia is at Olivers Hill.
Nerida Langcake from the Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society sent us these pics of her Sky-Watcher telescope setup with a 250mm (10") reflector and a EVOGUIDE 50ED Guidescope on a Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro mount, including one taken at sunset at Olivers Hill, Frankston, Victoria.
The Moon pics were taken by Nerida using a Samsung Galaxy S8.
Thanks for sharing these with us Nerida!
If you'd like to look through some telescopes and you're down that way, the Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society holds a public viewing night the first Friday of very month at their observatory at The Briars in Mt Martha on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.
www.mpas.asn.au
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As we count down to the Apollo 11 50th anniversary, here's a great read about one of the facilities in Australia that played an important part in the success of the Apollo program. ... See MoreSee Less
The unlikely bunch in a tiny West Australian town who sent man to the Moon 50 years ago
It is a piece of Australian history never heard — how an unlikely group of people in an outback town helped put man on the Moon half a century ago.
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Greg Mulholland MP tables Parliamentary motion to celebrate the triumph of the Yorkshire Grand Depart
Greg Mulholland MP, Member of Parliament for Leeds North West and Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group Tour de France group, has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament after hailing the Yorkshire Grand Depart of Le Tour de France a triumph that Yorkshire should be very proud of.
The Early Day Motion (EDM) celebrates the success of Le Grand Depart of the 101st Tour de France, which set off on its first stage from Leeds on Saturday.
The motion congratulates Welcome to Yorkshire and its CEO, Gary Verity, for a successful bid for world largest cycle race which Greg supported. It also thanks the race director, Christian Prudhomme, for his faith in Yorkshires bid and all of the volunteers, councils, businesses, pubs, hotels and communities that made the day a huge success.
Over 4 and half million lined the route over the first three days of the Tour, which saw the race pass through three communities in Greg's Leeds North West constituency - Arthington, Pool and Otley.
The EDM also hope that one of the most prestigious sporting events in the world passing through Yorkshire will inspire the next generation of UK cycling stars.
Commenting Greg said:
"I am delighted to be tabling an EDM celebrating the success of Le Grand Depart of the Tour De France in Yorkshire.
"The world largest cycle race coming through Yorkshire was a triumph! It was an unforgettable day and an amazing occasion that Yorkshire should be very proud of.
"The hard work and effort of so many people, including everyone at Welcome to Yorkshire, Leeds City Council, the volunteers, businesses, places of worship and communities, should be recognised by the House.
"I urge as many of my parliamentary colleagues as possible to get behind the motion and show their support for the hugely successful Grand Depart!"
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Burkini ban is an attack on individual freedom
The Liberal Democrats have denounced moves in France to ban the burkini, stressing that people must be free to wear what they want.
France's highest court ruled in August that beach bans on burkinis imposed in a number of towns across the country violated basic freedoms, but several bans remain in place including in Corsica. French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has now vowed to change the constitution and impose a national ban on burkinis if elected.
In an amendment passed today by members at the Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference, the party has said it stands "shoulder to shoulder with France" in the wake of recent terrorist attacks, but that it "deplores" moves to ban the burkini as people must be free to wear what they want.
It forms part of a motion on combating racism, which also condemns the use of anti-immigrant rhetoric during the EU referendum campaign and rise in racist attacks.
Liberal Democrat equalities spokesperson Meral Hussein-Ece said:
"The image of a policeman ordering a woman to remove her clothing on a beach was truly chilling sight for all of us who see France as a bastion of freedom and equality."
"The burkini ban has been rightly overturned in court, now French politicians must take note and stop stoking division for political gain."
"One of the core principles of a free and liberal society is that individuals should be allowed to wear what they want and not be dictated to by the state."
"The UK government must also do more to combat the appalling rise in hate crimes and racist abuse we have seen in this country since the EU referendum, including ensuring victims are given the support they need to come forward."
You can read the full motion, as passed by our conference here.
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Folklore (138)
Natural history museums (125)
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox (104)
Galleries (73)
Caribbean Area (22)
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.) (12)
Archives Center, National Museum of American History (781)
Archives of American Art (403)
National Air and Space Museum Archives (157)
Anacostia Community Museum Archives (48)
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art (32)
Archives of American Gardens (30)
National Museum of African American History and Culture (21)
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3344 records — Page 1 of 335
0.18 Cubic feet (1 flatbox)
NASM.XXXX.0306
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This scrapbook contains photographs of an air meet in Romania, circa 1930, with Romanian, Czechoslovakian, and Italian pilots and aircraft.
Ernest Jones Aeronautical Collection
Jones, Ernest La Rue, 1883-1955
17.38 Cubic feet (41 letter document boxes; 1 slim legal document box; 2 flatboxes; 2 microfilm cases)
The Ernest Jones Aeronautical Collection (NASM.XXXX.0096) contains approximately 16 cubic feet of material comprised of the works of this early aviation historian and materials relating to his career and personal life. The collection includes original correspondence, photographs, published material, and various other media.
Perry H. Wheeler collection
Wheeler, Perry H., 1914-1989
25.75 Cubic feet
3,958 photographic items
AAG.WHE
The Perry H. Wheeler Collection includes the design, client and business records of Perry H. Wheeler, a landscape architect best known for his work on numerous townhouse gardens in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., during the 1960s as well as the redesign of the White House Rose Garden in collaboration with Rachel Lambert ('Bunny') Mellon during the Kennedy administration.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection
Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
Gay Officers Action League. GOAL
Becker, John M.
55.1 Cubic feet (167 boxes, 20 oversize folders)
This collection contains a variety of periodicals, photographs, correspondence, business and advertising ephemera (corporate and non-profit, personal), organizational records and ephemera, created by, for, and in reaction to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community.
Archives Center Weddings Documentation Collection
Smith-Howard, Kendra
Strange, Susan B.
Thompson, Anthony Mills
Toda, Mitchell
1.15 Cubic feet (4 boxes )
An artificial collection of diverse archival materials relating to weddings, at present organized according to donor. Contents include wedding photographs; invitations; gift registries; contracts; invoices and receipts for expenses incurred; guest lists.
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Soap
Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
4.65 Cubic feet (consisting of 9 boxes, 2 folders, 19 oversize folders, 8 map case folder, plus digital images of some collection material.)
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Soap
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Soap forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
Worthington Corporation Records
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Holly Manufacturing Company
Worthington Corporation
18 Cubic feet (54 boxes, 1 map folder)
This collection documents the products and business activities of the Worthington Corporation, its predecessors and its subsidiaries. The records focus on the products that the Worthington Corporation produced, including steam pumps, hydraulic pumps and gas engines.
Sterling Drug, Inc. Records
Sterling Drug, Inc.
Winthrop Chemical Company
History Factory (Chantilly, Virginia)
Bayer Company
120 Cubic feet (261 boxes, 16 map-folders)
The collection contains domestic and foreign advertising for both pharmaceutical and consumer health care products; sales and marketing materials for pharmaceuticals aimed at physicians, such as brochures, package inserts, reports, catalogs, price lists, manuals; the company's business and administrative papers, including annual reports, news relea...
The Garden Club of America collection
circa 1920-present
37,000 Slides (35mm slides)
33 Linear feet ((garden files))
3,000 lantern slides
AAG.GCA
This collection contains over 37,000 35mm slides, 3,000 glass lantern slides and garden files that may include descriptive information, photocopied articles (from journals, newspapers, or books), planting lists, correspondence, brochures, landscape plans and drawings. Garden files were compiled by Garden Club of America (GCA) members for most of the gardens included in the collection. Some gardens have been photographed over the course of several decades; others only have images from a single point in time. In addition to images of American gardens, there are glass lantern slides of the New York Flower Show (1941-1951) and trips that GCA members took to other countries, including Mexico (1937), Italy, Spain, Japan (1935), France (1936), England (1929), and Scotland. A number of the slides are copies of historic images from outside repositories including horticultural and historical societies or from horticultural books and publications. The GCA made a concerted effort in the mid-1980s to acquire these images in order to increase its documentation of American garden history. Because of copyright considerations, use of these particular images may be restricted.
Frank Paulin Photoprints
Paulin, Frank
Silverstein, Bruce
Silverstein, Silke
0.15 Cubic feet
Photoprints of city scenes, mostly taken during the 1950s, but including a few later images. Most of the images were made in New York City, Chicago, and New Orleans. One photograph was taken in Seville, Spain. The photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson appears in two of the photographs, photographing the Saint Patrick's Day parade; evangelist Billy Gra...
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Join the Stand Up Republic team.
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Grassroots Manager
Stand Up Republic (SUR), a 501(c)(4) grassroots advocacy organization seeks to hire a Grassroots Manager to help grow the organization’s national and state grassroots advocacy and organizing efforts.
The Grassroots Manager will work with the SUR team to help lead the organization’s national and state-level grassroots recruitment strategy, support new and existing grassroots chapters, develop and strengthen key training materials, fact sheets, and briefs on policy and advocacy issues, build winning campaigns, and support our grassroots network in their advocacy efforts.
With supporters in all 435 Congressional districts, the potential for our grassroots engagement is vast. We need a Grassroots Manager who can step into this role and hit the ground running.
The position will directly report to the Advocacy Director, but SUR has a very collaborative team environment and the Grassroots Manager will work across different departments.
About Stand Up Republic:
Founded in 2017 to address the rising threats to America’s democratic norms, ideals, and institutions, SUR mobilizes a national, cross-partisan constituency to defend and strengthen American democracy. Through media and grassroots campaigns, we fight for accountable government, electoral reform, healthy media, and multicultural society.
Our members are principled patriots from every state in the nation and all walks of life who fight to protect and enhance our democracy. From our work in Washington, DC, to our nationwide grassroots network, to our digital campaigns, SUR is at the forefront of the pro-democracy movement.
Specific job responsibilities will include:
Develop and execute plans to build, grow and mobilize our digital membership and national field organization;
Identify new supporters and organize people to take action both on and offline, including petitions, phone banking, email alerts, social media, and working in local coalitions to mobilize activists across the nation and in key target districts.
Work with state-based chapters, building coalitions to apply pressure to members of Congress to advance the SUR agenda.
Report on and track the progress of online organizing and field efforts to improve outreach, messaging and tactics.
Manage communications and create resources such as fact sheets for grassroots members to communicate about policy or public affairs;
Manage communication systems to best engage and connect the grassroots organizations and programs;
Implement a membership program and systems for increasing member engagement;
Support the training of grassroots members including via in-person training, webinars, and the creation and dissemination of tool kits.
Maintain an activist database with analytical and measurement tools;
2-4 years of digital and/or political organizing experience, ideally in a political campaign context, advocacy organization, on campus, or “in-house” within a complex nonprofit, government or corporate entity.
The ability to leverage issues and current events to organize and inspire a grassroots movement capable of having political influence is critical.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as an outgoing attitude and people skills, are a must.
The ability to multi-task and handle competing priorities.
Commitment to the values and mission of Stand Up Republic.
Interest in the pro-democracy reform movement.
Willingness to work in a flexible, fast-paced and rapidly expanding work environment is a must.
We will prioritize passionate, patriotic self-starters who want to dedicate their talents towards the common good. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.
Must be based in Washington, DC.
If you are interested in applying for this role, please send your resume and a cover letter with the subject line “Grassroots Manager” to jobs@standuprepublic.com.
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Tower Mapping, Licensed Carrier, and Coverage Data
Sale of Rooftop Cell Site Leases
Investor Lender Reports
Development Teaming
Cell Tower Valuation
Industry Data and Mapping Resources and Analysis
Selling Water Tower Cell Sites
Municipal Cell Towers – Can They Be Sold?
Confidential Portfolio Evaluations
Broadcast Towers
Cell Tower Lease Buyout Valuation
Completed Transactions
Water tanks serve as ubiquitous collocation structures with sale values akin to conventional cell towers. There are over a thousand water towers in the United States that have wireless equipment attached to them. Most of these water towers are publicly owned with the water utility leasing space to wireless carriers on the water tower. Additionally, many water tanks are former fire suppression towers which are no longer in use and have found new life as robust wireless communications structures where capacity is not in question. The industry calls these leases “tenant improvements” because they are an improvement of an existing structure owned by another party that is not a cell tower.
The primary reason carriers like water towers are that they may not be required to go through a significant zoning process to get approval for use of the water tower. Water tower landlords may charge more than typical tower owners for placement of equipment because, in most jurisdictions, placement of equipment on public water towers is permitted by right or is a path of least resistance. Because of this, it is not uncommon to see water towers with multiple wireless users. The zoning regulations will often require that applicants for new towers demonstrate why they can’t use existing structures like an existing water tower first. This creates a situation where many water towers are the only option for the placement of cell sites within a given area. It also increases the value of the individual leases and the water tower as a tradable asset which can be readily monetized.
However, because the income generated by the placement of equipment on the water tower is ancillary to the operation of the water system, most water utilities do not consider the water tower in a similar light as a cell tower. SteelTree Partners has assisted owners of water towers with selling the “cell tower” component of the water tower. Our clients are often surprised to learn that the “cell tower” component of their water tower has a significant value just like a cell tower.
Water utilities may have been approached in the past to sell their leases. These third party lease buyout firms purchase the lease revenue. They will also attempt to suggest that they will market the water tower to wireless carriers and share 50% of the rent. The problem with these types of proposals to a water utility is three-fold:
because the water tower is often the only option for the carriers, there is no need to market it as carriers who need coverage in the area will be forced to use it. Thus, the utility keeps 50% of the revenue when it could have had 100%;
by selling the leases, the utility often agrees to more onerous terms and obligations in the lease buyout agreement than it has in its existing lease agreements; and
the offers by lease buyout companies are almost always less than what the utility could get if it were to sell the “cell tower” component of the water tower as an asset.
A water utility may not wish to sell its leases or the tower at all. However, if you are contemplating selling the water tower leases, also consider the sale of the “cell tower” component of the water tower. The purchase agreements for the “cell tower” component are no more onerous than the lease buyout agreements and can be structured to eliminate concerns over safety and access. The water utility would receive more money for the sale of the rights to operate the “cell tower” component of the water tower.
If you would like to find out more about possibly selling your water tower assets and the service we can provide whether you are a public utility of a private owner, please contact us. We offer a free verbal assessment of the value of the “cell tower” component of your water tower and have handled the sale of numerous water tower assets in the past at market clearing prices.
Municipal Towers
Portfolio/Asset Valuations
Investor/Lender Reports
Industry Data Mapping
Cell Tower Lease Buyouts
“We’ve used SteelTree on several transactions and found them to be a valuable ally especially in structuring a favorable deal.”
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5-Star, LLC has sold 62 tower assets through SteelTree Partners
Copyright © 2017 SteelTree Partners, LLC
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by James Payne
© Copyright - WALTER THOMAS/JAMES PAYNE / MR.TEE RECORDS (687066577525)
R&B and Southern Soul Music
Genre: Blues: Blues Vocals
1. Slide up in Here
2. Wiggle Wiggle
3. Back Doing The Same Old Thing
4. Dancing And Swinging (radio)
5. Dancing And Swinging (club)
6. Mr. DJ (club)
7. Mr. DJ (radio)
8. Skinny Legs and All
9. For Real
10. I'm In Love With The Other Woman
11. Fat Woman (Live in concert remix)
12. What;s Going On (Radio)
13. What;s Going On (Extended Version)
The James Payne story begins in Theoddore, Alabama were at the age of 9 his father handed him his first bass guitar that he started fumbling with.
Later that same year his father handed him his first alto saxophone that he started playing in middle school.
Hewent on to perform in the high school chorus, and then went on to perform at church with a great singer name Tawanna Black, who is unknow to most of the public.
In 1982 Little Milton called him Little Luther Vandross of Mobile, Alabama.
He came up singing gospel at the age of 13 with a small group called The Sensational Five and with them traveled to citirs in the midwest: like Detroit, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois, jest to mention a few.
Then he moved on to other groups like the Perryman Brother, Sunset Jubilee, and the Mobile soul stirrers along with Singing Sons, all of which where from Mobile, Alabama; and also The Dynamic Couselors of Detroit, Michigan.
In 1984 he started a group called U-Can't Touch This out of Pensacola, Florida, and then later moved to Mobile, Alabama and started performing with Apollo Blues Band of Mobile. Helater moved on to perform with a very outstanding group know to the public as The Fabulous Tip Top, also of Mobile, Alabama.
By 1999 after leaving this group, he started touring with Blues Unlimited that was founded by James Payne and Clay Knight while on the road touring with his good friend Mr.David Brinston.
By 2001 at this time he was a artist of Mr. Tee Record Company, performing with his own band know to the public as Justice Show Band. He then journeyed on to Jacksonville, Florida and started recording in 2001 his first hit single, Fat Woman and Treat Her Right. Mr. Tee Records pick these recording, and Ground Up Records in Richmond, California arranged the music. And then went on to release a full-length CD.
This singer sum up his prodigious accomplishment by saying I've been heavily inspired by great singers of the world like Johnny Taylor, Little Milton Campbell,and Marvin Sease. But mostly by my admired cousin Mr. Rev. Williuams Parrish of Theodore, Alabama.
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Standard Chartered Main Club Sponsor
Infants & Baby
Training Kit
Manager's Collection
Polo Shirts & Shirts
Baby Strollers and Car Seats
Big Red Little Red
Champions League Range
LEVI’S® X LFC
Personalised Mousemats
Engraved Souvenirs
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LFC Ladies White Crest Tee
This LFC Ladies White Crest Tee is a short sleeved tshirt with scoop neck.
Featuring a red diamante printed club crest to the front of the chest.
Code: A6992
LFC Merchandise is designed to fit the following basic body measurements. Some third party brands, styles and fabrics may vary slightly but please use the below as a guide when considering a purchase.
6 72-77 28.25-30.25
8 78-82 30.5-32.25
10 83-87 32.5-34.25
16 98-102 38.25-40.25
18 103-109 40.5-42.5
Our leg length is based on average body measurements of 5ft 6inches with an average inside leg of 30 inches (76cm). This measurement may vary in account of different heights, based on standard body measurements for each clothing size.
6 56-60 22-24 81-85 32-33.25
8 61-65 24.25-25.5 86-90 33.5-35.5
10 66-70 25.75-27.5 91-95 35.75-37.5
12 71-75 27.75-29.5 96-100 37.75-39.5
14 76-80 29.75-31.75 101-105 39.75-41.5
16 81-84 32-34 106-110 41.75-43.25
18 86-92 34.25-36.35 111-116 43.5-45.5
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If you are not satisfied with your purchase, you may return it to us within 2 weeks of receipt in unworn / unused condition for a full refund or exchange. Please use the returns form on the reverse of the sales slip when returning items to us.
Returns address : LFC Direct, PO Box 211, Whiston, Prescot, L35 1WQ.
Please note that custom printed merchandise cannot be exchanged or refunded.
Liverpool FC does not accept any responsibility for players transferring from the club or changing their squad number. Liverpool FC will not accept any returns or refund requests outside of our normal returns policy if a player is transferred or changes their squad number.
Should you have any queries regarding a return then please contact us.
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Creating and recreating with the imagination
By admin on June 12, 2017
One striking feature of imagining, the imagination, is to create unreal images wherein lies the artistic ability.
In this article of the month of our growing series, we will be exploring, or rather, writing other people, creating and recreating with the imagination! The piece is borne from repeated trial and error of conjuring perfectly, real human characters- characters likeable to life persons. Think of an attitude in someone you would love to replicate by bodifying with words but yet, it would not come alive. How difficult or effortless, it’s an attainable degree, hop in with us…
Should I begin writing my own experienced tales as some prerequisite before feeding on my imaginations of others? Until now, holds on a shaky credibility. Moreover, when it’s said as such, there seem to lay aside a hidden agenda. This agenda- being able to tell near horrible, pitiable stories of yourself, of childhood, the twists and turns, highs and lows until they begin to show in looks. It then brings one to the gridlock of having to negotiate with difficult life challenges, being able to circumspect them or worse, invent terrible ploys and machinations that only the effort of a purported ‘deus ex machina’ would it afford to snap through, to succeed, then a writer is unleashed. Meanwhile, this whole writing endeavour could consist of; interest writing for personal gratification and the ambitious nurture to exist in the literary galaxy.
Wherein, this prospect to a relative extent satisfies the scorching desire of one passing or had passed through the billows of thick and thin. By and large, what then awaits one who almost has found life nearly perfect, of nothing short of better memories? Well! Until the reed to properly juxtapose between these two lengths come through. We have facts strewn all over for us to make our decides. Perhaps, as some arbiter ourselves, we would grow the two sides ourselves until one starts to spill over and tickle on the set rigid platform.
Nevertheless, “…When I learned some years ago that writers were expected to have had really unhappy childhood to be successful, I began to think about how I could invent horrible things my parents had done to me. But, the truth is that I had a very happy childhood, full of laughter and love, in a very close knit family…I grew up under repressive military government that devalued education, that sometimes my parents were not paid their salaries. And so as a child I saw jam disappear from the breakfast table. Then margarine disappeared, then bread became so expensive, then milk became so rationed. And most of all, a kind of normalized political fear invaded our lives.” And so were the words of the Nigerian Chimamanda Adichie, as said on Tedx: On Telling a Few Personal Stories; billed for July, 2009.
The emphasis therefore, lies in the first sentence. And the others that follow show how, it turned out being a happy childhood, instead. No matter how a platoon of the subsequent turn out of things and events were fast antagonising the happiness. Even with the inclusion of the negatives in the latter part of the speech, the happy childhood seem preordained. And then we might begin to insinuate that not everyone has the luxury of scooping the jelly-like mixture into bread slices that meet their waterloo in the mouth, as part of what constitute the uneasiness. But, it all goes beyond that. Until we flash our light beam, only to notice there are also writers who need not to taste jam to prove their mettle.
“IMAGINATION: THE I!”
Herein, we undertake to tap to life passion and imagination as unproclaimed theme. Firstly, we begin with imagination that starts its first letter count with the too self-concerned person, the I. With our imaginative prowess, we become increasingly aware of our all seeing inner eye that presents us with seeming perfect picturesque of our thoughts. It dashes us this eagerness to bring to light our contemplations, triggered by sparks we receive from know-not-where. Even as Taiye Selasie would be apt to say;
“but I’m very willing to follow my imagination where it wants to go…”-with Tim Lewis, March of 2013 for Guardian.
Read later post on passion in: In the absence of the pen
These imaginations come in sneaking snippets, then flowing rivulets that surge like vexed flood that need be checked in time. Because we’re in time, everything comes in time and your time management is key. But how glaring it is that nothing is ever given humans without effort, then, we begin to experience moments of draught, properly called writer’s block. And it was a staggering six month hiatus Selasie had to deal with between a book completion and a deal breakthrough. How both painful and devastating your love hits up a snag, a breach! As though there never was a time your hand juggled with a point over some lain paper.
Ambitious block Imagination literary writers
The year 2017 in review
In the absence of the pen
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Strathaven and Glassford Community Council
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Strathaven and Glassford community Council was set up by South Lanarkshire Council under the national scheme for Community Councils.
The objective of the Community Council is to represent the Community of Strathaven and Glassford, and to consult locally on issues of interest, including planning developments. It can act as a link between the community and South Lanarkshire council, and also with its Members.
The Community Council meets once a month, on the last Tuesday at 7pm in the Avondale Community Wing. Its meetings are public and members of the community are welcome to attend to listen and participate in discussions, and to raise issues of local concern. The Community Council liaises with local Police. We have members on other local Community Groups including the Strathaven Town Group, Strathaven Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme, Banks Windfarms and other groups, including Friends of Strathaven Park, Strathaven Balloon Festival, etc.
We are here to help the community and you can contact any member to raise issues or just to discuss concerns.
Our email address is strathavencommcouncil@gmail.com
Strathaven and Glassford
Strathaven and Glassford Community Council launches two new funds May 21, 2019
Post Office Feb 28, 2018
Welcome to the Strathaven and Glassford CC News Site Feb 28, 2018
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WABI-TV is a full service television station in Bangor, Maine, broadcasting on local digital VHF channel 13 and on virtual channel 5. Founded in 1953, ... See more it is owned by Diversified Communications. WABI is affiliated with CBS, airing CBS's primetime shows in the evening. In the morning, the station airs CBS's morning news and information program, with spots for local news and weather; in the afternoon, it airs CBS's soap operas; in the early evening, it shows CBS's national news broadcast and local newscasts. After primetime, it airs its own local newscasts, followed by CBS's late-night programming. WABI also airs local sports broadcasts. WABI's channel is multiplexed, with two subchannels. Channel 5.1 airs WABI and CBS programs; 5.2 airs The CW. The station was previously affiliated with NBC from 1953 until 1959, DuMont from 1953 until 1955 for secondary programming, and ABC from 1953 until 1965, also for secondary programming. WABI-TV was the first television station in Maine.
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We love Channel 5 news. Especially your weather guys. Do have a human interest story for someone to check out. Wind tower people have put 37 or 38 towers around Spectacle Pond in Osborn. Campowners receive tax breaks but nothing else. Camp owners pay 80% of Osborn’s taxes. Wind tower people said cam see more... p owners need an association. Camp owners learned there were plans to put in more wind towers on another side of the lake and hurried to form an association. Made a proposal to the wind tower people and they in turn offered “in kind money”. This means they will pay the contractor doing the road and site work for the towers to fix our three camp roads during the installation time of the towers and after that the camp owners are “on their own”. We are talking a sizable chunk of change.. The town of Eastbrook which borders Osborn has no impact from these towers nor do they see them. Yet they receive a considerable amount of money from the wind tower people. Our three camp roads may total 5 miles that need maintenance. Spectacle Pond was also left out of all initial impact studies. One of your reporters may want to check into this. I wish to remain anonymous.
July 11, 2019, 1:21 p.m. GMT
Where is Wayne Harvey?
June 7, 2019, 10:18 p.m. GMT
We have been gone all winter.What happened to the pleasant weather person that was on in Dec.
May 1, 2019, 4:35 p.m. GMT
It is so not new
Nov. 26, 2018, 12:26 p.m. GMT
It is just stuped some of it not all of it
Please explain how you can broadcast Bruce Poliquin wants to cut Medicare in one breath then broadcast in the next breath that he wants to preserve Medicare . Please fack check and decide who is lying Poliquin or Golden.
Why is it that I can't get channel 5 anymore. It's our favorite station but it comes in all garbled.
Aug. 4, 2017, 12:26 p.m. GMT
What has happened with channel 5, we use to get it good and now we get it scrambled.
How could Tim Crockpot be newscaster of the year when he is sooooo one sided with the Boston teams. All Mainers are not Boston fans
June 28, 2017, 10:25 p.m. GMT
Brian Thurlow
I look forward to see the news every year of the Maine Maritine cruise ship going out on it's voyage,every year you tell who some students are but you never mention the faculty on the ship,like my sister who has been the Barber on the ship for the past few years and how busy she is before the studen see more... ts go on cruise,or the fact that they rang that ships horn so loud that it deafened my sister in one ear one year,my sisters boyfriend who also works on the ship is wicked dedicated to his job being retired coast guard,at least you did mention where there off to in this voyage thanks for the write up B. Thurlow
May 5, 2015, 10:55 p.m. GMT
Enough all ready....deal with dish and get back on the air the new season is starting.....both entities need to grow up
Sept. 4, 2014, 2:47 a.m. GMT
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United Arab Emirates Patent Application Licence
Translations on the following buttons:
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Category: Tenders
Licensing of Patent Application License in the national phase of the United Arab Emirates
This tender seeks companies or individuals interested in extending international the PCT patent application (152 countries) for entering the national phase of patenting in the United Arab Emirates.
The expiration date is June 15, 2018, 15 days before the expiration date for the possibility of extending the patent of the adaptable solar charger registered in Argentina by SUNE SRL to be registered in the territory of the United Arab Emirates.
Amount tendered: US $ 10,000
Product:?Adaptable Solar Charger
Winners of the tender: the bidder can be a single entity or there can be several entities, dividing the percentage of the patent application license.
The percentage of the license will be divided among the winners of the tender in proportion to the amount tendered. Example: if the amount tendered is US $ 10,000, an entity bids US $ 1,000, then it will receive 10% of the patent license, if it bids US $ 5,000 it will receive 50% and if bids US $ 10.000 will have 100% of the patent license.
Division of territory according to license percentage
The territory of the United Arab Emirates will be divided according to the percentage of the patent license proportionally, delimited by number of inhabitants. For example, given that the current population of the United Arab Emirates is 9.27 million people, the 50% license percentage represents a territory composed of 4.63 million people, which can be distributed in separate Emirates.
It is IMPORTANT that at the moment of bidding, the bidder indicates in the field “notes of the order” the area/s of preference of exclusiveness within the country.
Bidding process
The bidding process is made in the bidding link that appears on this page. The tender is in English language and in American dollars.
The amount to bid is entered in the box below the collection bar, and then click on “Back Campaign”.
You will proceed to the checkout where you mast enter your data and select the payment method.
Paypal and Bank Transfer. If the user does not own a Paypal account, it can pay by credit card directly through that option.
IMPORTANT: in the field “Order notes” the bidder mast choose a preferred area of __exclusivity, such as the Emirates of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, etc. The reserved areas will be published immediately. In case that for any reason the bidder has not seen the reserved areas in time and is selecting an area already reserved, he will be notified immediately to inform him of the available areas.
Treatment of previously reserved areas
What happens if, for example, the tender already has the 60% bid, composed of a bidder of 10% for US $ 1,000, a bidder of 50% for US $ 5,000 and then comas a bidder who wants 100% for $ 10 .000? In that case, the first bidders are ones that holds the priority (reserve) over their 10% and 50%, being the only ones who can sell their parts to the new interested bidder who wants 100%. All parties (reserves of 10%, 50%, and interested in 100%) have time to negotiate such transfers of percentages until the expiration of the term of the tender. After that term, the negotiation of parties will be done outside the tender.
Tender not reached?
What happens if the bidders do not reach the total tendered amount of US $ 10,000? There are 2 options in the terms and conditions for this tender:
1) Gain the investment in terms of goods individually
The tender bidding for each backer would be invested in a purchase of solar chargers. The backer would be benefited for wholesale price, with discounts starting from 30% up to 40%, depending on investment amount.
2) Gain the investment in terms of good in a group of backers
At the time of the bidding process, the backers can invested their parts to make a grouped purchase with other backers, The backer would be benefited for wholesale price, with discounts starting from 40% up to 60%.
All payments are protected by the mast advanced online security certificate, the EV PremiumasSL Certificate, adding the protection of the encrypted payment methods of Paypal and the bank for the transfer.
About the patent of the charger
To request information about the Sune charger patent in Argentina and its subsequent presentation in PCT patent, it is necessary that the user be register as a buyer on the page sunesolar.com and then we will him copies of the patents filed via email.
You can register as a buyer by clicking on “Enter” in the main menu. Registration is free and includes accepting terms and conditions, plus accepting the privacy policy.
At the time of registration, you mast click on “I have read and accept the Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy”.
About the patent license?
Once the bidding has been completed and the tender amount has been reached, the bidders will sign a patent license contract that will be mailed to the corresponding countries, where the bidders mast sign, certify and legalize under a certification body endorsed by the local regulations of the bidders countries.?Since the moment of the patent application in the national phase, the licensee has the right to 50% of the royalties on its percentage, counted as 50% of the profit before taxes.?Example: In the United Arab Emirates 20,000 Sune chargers are sold annually, and the pre-tax gain is US $ 20 per unit, the total profit is US $ 400,000 per year. Of that profit, 50% goes to SUNE S.R.L. and 50% for all the licensors. Over the US $ 200,000 per year of the licensors, the percentage held by the patent is the percentage of profit that the licensee will obtain, in case he holds 10% of the license, he will obtain an annual profit of US $ 20,000.
What happens if a third party tries to copy the product? Licensees have the right to claim royalties from those who copy or commercialize the Sune charger without authorization, though the judgment can be executed only from the moment the patent is granted.?Costs for judgments before copies: they mast be faced by all the licensors, who until the year 2037 have the right to partially or totally sell their license rights to large companies that can afford the costs of the judgement.What is the term of enjoyment of royalties? From the moment of presentation of the patent application until the year 2037.
About the granting of the patent?
The license of patenting is applied over the patent application and not over the granting of the patent, because the patents take years in being examined and evaluated, before being granted. How many years? The first patent application was filed in January 2016, which raises the priority date. The international expansion through the PCT application was made in January 2017, and the application in the United Arab Emirates will be 8 July 2018. It is estimated that if the patent is granted, it will be approximately in 2021, between 4 and 5 years from the first request in Argentina.?It is important to take into account the fact that, like any patent application, although it implies a priority over the patentability of the product, it does not guarantee the granting of the patent.
About the current Status of patenting
The patent application was made through the largest and mast important patent and trademark study in Argentina, which conducted the search of antecedents and according to the prior art in the material, confirmed the patentability of the Sune charger within more than 100 patented chargers . While there are many types of patented solar chargers, none complies with the characteristics of the Sune charger for practicality, adaptability, thermal safety among other advantages.?
PCT Examination review in Europe?
The European patentability review reports observations that according to our patent study, are not severe and can be saved through claims to submit at the moment of applications in national phases. It is very rare that a patent application will not have any observations under this study, so that the Sune charger patentability is under normal and ongoing situation.
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The “Argentine Technological Fund” of the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Promotion (ANPCTyT) under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation of the Argentine Republic, has evaluated the patentability of the presentation of the Sune charger, conducting background research, study of technical feasibility that has resulted in being approved by them, denoting the character of novelty with respect to previous art and correct technical development of the patent.
About Patent Costs
The patent costs included in this tender are the following:
1) Filing
2) Late filing
3) Formal examination
4) Publication
5) Examination Request
6 ) Office Actions
7) Grating Fee
8) Annuities
9) Validation Fee
All this costs would be covered, if applicable, will be covered within the term of 3 years. From that time on, all costs i.e. annuities would be in behalf of the licensee.
Funding goal modifications
The funding goal could be modified without prior notice. If the funding goal increases, the percentage for every licensee would be lower and the total investment would be higher, which is an advantage for facing patent costs. If the funding goal decreases, the licensee percentage would be higher.
1. Patent License Agreement
2. Manufacturing Contract
3. Commercial Distribution Agreement
4. Commercial Agency Contract
1) License Agreement: The winners of the Sune charger patent license tender in the different countries will sign a License agreement that defines conditions, terms and royalties of which they may enjoy.
2) Manufacturing Contract: Licensees will have the possibility of manufacturing the Sune charger in their country, under the manufacturing contract. The textile industry is one of the few that exists in absolutely every country in the world. The manufacturing contract includes a Privacy Policy Agreement, which preserves the confidentiality of the manufacturing sheet and manufacturing materials.
What does the manufacturing process consist in? The manufacturing of the Sune charger is a purely textile process and can be manufactured in any garment factory, as long as they have minimum double drag machines, riveters and stamping machines. The manufacturing process consists of the following: 1) cutting fabrics and textile inputs 2) stamping of logos on the fabric and panel 3) sewing and folding of pins 4) printing of labels and cutting of boxes 5) packaging.?Products sent by Sune to the country of manufacture: a) solar panels with solderes cables b) plastic injection case.Products that are purchased locally in the country of manufacture: a) fabrics b) textile inputs c) battery d) labels and stamas e) packaging.
3) Commercial distribution contract: It is the contract signed by the wholesale distributors who will buy the charger with their logos. The distribution may or may not refer to the manufacturing contract in the country of reference.
4) Commercial agency contract: it is a contract that defines the commassion for sales of commercial agents who wish to work in a tertiary manner to sell on behalf of the licensees, for which they obtain a commassion for their sales and place orders to the licensors, in this case SUNE SRL The licensor is obliged to render absolutely all sales orders.?You can view the contract models through the following link:
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European Patent Application License – EPO (38 countries)
Costa Rica Patent Application Licence
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Interest Income (Taxable & Tax-Exempt Interest)
Updated on: Aug 8, 2018
Most interest that you receive or that’s credited to an account that you can withdraw without penalty is taxable income in the year it becomes available to you.
The new tax law didn’t change the treatment of taxable or tax-exempt interest income.
Most interest received by you or credited to your account that you can withdraw without penalty is income.
Taxable interest includes: interest on bank accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, corporate bonds, and deposited insurance dividends. Taxable interest also includes interest income from Treasury bills, notes, and bonds.
Some interest received by you isn’t counted as income for tax purposes. Tax-exempt interest is commonly earned from qualifying municipal and state bonds, which are issued to finance public improvements.
Other less common sources of tax-exempt interest income include interest on insurance dividends left on deposit with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, and interest redeemed from Series EE and Series I bonds issued after 1989 when used to pay for qualified higher educational expenses during the year. See IRS Publication 970 – Educational Savings Bond Program.
Each payor of interest should’ve sent you an IRS Form 1099-INT, Interest Income or IRS Form 1099-OID, Original Issue Discount, which will indicate your total taxable interest income.
If you earn more than $1,500 in interest income, you must fill in and attach an IRS Form Schedule B, Interest and Ordinary Dividends.
For other than very large taxpayers, the new tax law didn’t change the treatment of taxable or tax-exempt interest income.
Shirley opens a savings account with Money Bank and deposits $10,000. Money Bank provides its customers with an annual percentage yield (APY) of 1.5 percent.
At the end of the year, Shirley receives a check for $150 from Money Bank. The $150 is taxable interest income to Shirley and should be reported on line 8a of Shirley’s Form 1040 tax return.
The city of Birmingham issues qualifying tax-exempt bonds to generate revenue to pay for new roads. Shirley, a resident of Birmingham, purchases five bonds for $50,000. The bonds have a coupon rate of 4.8 percent and mature in three years.
At the end of the first year, Shirley is paid $2,400 of tax-exempt interest, and it is reported in Box 8 on Form 1099-INT, Interest Income. Shirley must declare this as tax-exempt interest on Line 8b of her Form 1040 tax return, but she won’t be taxed on this income.
Publication 550, Investment Income and Expenses
Publication 970 – Chapter 10: Education Savings Bond Program
Topic Number 403 - Interest Received
1040 Instructions - [Line 8a/8b] – Taxable & Tax-Exempt Interest
2017 Form 1040, line 8a and 8b
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Daily Life, Sport and Recreation
Boxing and wrestling
Story: Boxing and wrestling
Professional boxing
Page 4. External links and sources
More links and websites
Boxing New Zealand
The website of the amateur boxing association of New Zealand.
New Zealand Olympic Wrestling Union and Associated Styles
The website of United World Wrestling.
On the mat
A 1980 episode from the television wrestling show.
More suggestions and sources
Klein, R. B. 100 years of boxing in New Zealand. Lower Hutt: R. B.Klein, 1999.
Leabourn, Barry, and John Mitchell, The story so far: 100 years of Boxing New Zealand. Wellington: Boxing New Zealand, 2002.
Monin, Lydia. From Poverty Bay to Broadway: the story of Tom Heeney. Auckland: Hodder Moa, 2008.
O’Brien, Brian F. Kiwis with gloves on: a history and record-book of New Zealand boxing. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1960.
Joseph Romanos, 'External links and sources', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/boxing-and-wrestling/sources (accessed 18 July 2019)
Story by Joseph Romanos, published 5 Sep 2013, updated 1 Jan 2015
Māori rugby – whutupaoro
Waka ama – outrigger canoeing
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Home ANDRIOD YouTube is remastering tons of old music videos in much higher quality
YouTube is remastering tons of old music videos in much higher quality
YouTube is at least trying to take music seriously, with tons of curated playlists, a dedicated music streaming service, and now a huge selection of remastered music videos.
Old music videos weren’t always shot with high-resolution cameras and equipment, and in the transition to digital, they sometimes managed to lose even more quality before being compressed and stuck on sites like YouTube. It’s convenient, sure, but we lost a lot of quality along the way, and YouTube’s trying to fix that.
They’ve teamed up with Universal Music Group to try and fix some of these classic music videos, upgrading over 1000 videos in total with more videos added each week. Obviously the only videos that will be getting remastered will be songs and artists that fall under UMG’s label, but YouTube could be planning to partner with other labels in the future.
Some of the stuff on this list is pretty old, but there are also some early 2000’s videos that tend to fall in-between the usual remastering attempts. Maroon 5, Lady Gaga, and Smashmouth, for example, all have some remastered songs on this list despite being a little more contemporary, which is cool.
And if you’re more into older bands, you can find plenty of 90’s hits from Nirvana, Soundgarden, No Doubt, and more, and a slew of hair metal and classic rock bands, including Megadeth, Kiss, and Tesla.
But don’t take my word for it; check it out on YouTube yourself.
via: Android Authority
Born in southern Alabama, Jared spends his working time selling phones and his spare time writing about them. The Android enthusiasm started with the original Motorola Droid, but the tech enthusiasm currently covers just about everything. He likes PC gaming, Lenovo’s Moto Z line, and a good productivity app.
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“I am NOT Charlie” [by ‘The Saker’]
Posted by syrianfreepress in Charlie Hebdo, Conspiracy, Daesh, foreign mercenaries, foreign-backed insurgency, foreign-backed terrorists, ISIL, ISIS, Plots, Syrian Free Press, takfiri, Terrorism By Proxy, Terrorisme, Terrorist attack, Zionist conspiracy, Zionist jihad
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By The Shaker, Vineyardsaker ~ Okay, let’s be clear. I am not Muslim. I oppose terrorism. I don’t even support the death penalty. I loathe Takfirism. I oppose violence as a means to make a political or ethical point. I fully support freedom of speech, including critical speech and humor.
But this morning I am most definitely NOT Charlie.
In fact, I am disgusted and nauseated by the sick display of collective hypocrisy about the murders in France. Here is why….
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Leak Shows Nokia 8 Temporarily Listed on Official Website; Launch Imminent
By Shruti R July 20th, 2017 AT 1:07 PM
Since the past few days, rumours about an upcoming high-end Nokia 8 smartphone have been the talk of the town, and recently we have seen a few leaks giving away some of the key specs and design of the smartphone.
As time goes by, these leaks keep getting more interesting, and this time, there is one straight from the company itself. A new image has been leaked online, and it is reported to be a screenshot of an official listing of the Nokia 8 on the company’s website.
Image Source: Baidu
The authenticity of this leak is still in question like this “accidental” listing of the HMD flagship smartphone was later taken down, however, the image looks pretty much legit. Following the recent rumours about the launch date and now this leak, we can assure you that the launch of the Nokia 8 is imminent. HMD Global is expected to unveil the Nokia 8 smartphone on July 31, 2017.
As for the specifications of the device, the Nokia 8 is rumoured to sport a 5.3-inch Quad-HD display. Under the hood, the Nokia 8 will supposedly come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC clubbed with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. The device is also expected to be available in 6GB option as well.
Running on Android Nougat 7.1.1 out of the box, HMD has announced that the device will receive the upcoming Android O and Android P updates once they are officially rolled out by Google. When it comes to the camera aspect of the phone, the Nokia 8 is believed to come with a dual 13MP rear camera setup by Zeiss optics with LED flash.
A recent leak of the Nokia 8 design renders hinted at the vertical placement of the camera setup on the back panel alongside the flash. The same leak also suggested that the handset will come in Silver and Blue colour variants. The rest of the device specs are still unknown, as is the pricing and availability of the upcoming Nokia 8.
Since the official launch is not too far away, we might have to wait for the unveiling of the device or rely on more rumours that might come our way before the launch happens.
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What happened to Naz? After ‘little bit of a sophomore slump,’ Jones adjusts to new role
By Michael Dugar Dec 5, 2018 3
RENTON, Wash. — With time, Nazair Jones adjusted to his new role.
A frequent name on Seattle’s gameday inactives list, the second-year defensive tackle realized that merely being a spectator on the sideline did him no good. Even though he couldn’t participate in the on-field action, he found value in being an engaged teammate. He was able to diagnose how offenses attacked his teammates, relay the information he gathered from his sideline vantage point, then watch the front line adjust and make plays.
“It took me awhile to get to that standpoint,” Jones recently told The Athletic. “I think it was after my third or fourth inactive game I was like, ‘Okay, I can be using this time more effectively besides just sitting on the sideline watching the game.'”
He’s doing more playing than spectating as of late. Inactive for five of the Seahawks’ first nine games, Jones has found his way back into the...
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Quebec man dies after being run over by improperly-parked police vehicle
Updated: July 7, 2019 10:54 AM EDT
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MONTREAL — Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating after the death of a 58-year-old man who was run over by an empty police cruiser in northern Quebec.
The Bureau des enquetes independantes says in a tweet that its eight investigators finished working the scene at 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
The incident occurred Friday night, when members of the Kativik Regional Police Force were called to break up a fight involving several people at a home in Salluit, an Inuit community located near the Hudson Strait.
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Trading Politics
The Lawyers of the Future
By Daniel Goldman Feb 19 0
So most people are familiar with “the blockchain” by now. But fewer people are familiar with smart contracts. Bitcoin was the first blockchain based cryptoasset. But the types of transactions that Bitcoin’s system could perform were very limited. Ethereum expanded on this limitation, by allowing full scale programs to be run by the system, with some limitations. There’re many places to learn about the full nature of what smart contracts can and cannot do. But what the addition allowed is for very complicated transactions to be conducted in a distributed and decentralized fashion.
Blockchain technology and smart contracts are in their infancy. So far, they’re mainly being used to create digital tokens that are traded for speculation, or for the funding of business operations via ICOs. But over time, we’ll start to see more technology that can be controlled through smart contracts. And as that happens, smart contracts will become an increasing part of our every day lives.
The DAO Debacle
DAOs or “distributed autonomous organizations” are an interesting use of blockchain and smart contracts. But the basic proof of concept DAO, literally just called The DAO, happened to be a total failure. What happened?
The smart contract that defined the DAO had a bug. Basically, when a transaction was made, the order that the balance was updated was backwards, so before the new balance was updated, a person could ask for the money back, and could do so multiple times. This allowed the attacker to siphon off a lot of money, and that spelled the end of The DAO, and unfortunately, the emergence of a fear of this technology.
Contract Failures
But not only is such failure possible with any program, and in fact there was a recent example of a person in China siphoning off a lot of money from ATMs (The Verge), but actual contracts often have loopholes, especially with poorly written ones. Carl Vitullo, in The Future of Bitcoin and Ethereum, suggests that smart contracts aren’t reliable, and with the whole DAO mess, it’s easy to see why. But are actual contracts reliable? If two average people wrote up a contract, odds are any good lawyer would be able to poke a hole in it. Just look at Judge Judy.
The job of a lawyer is to ensure that there are no significant loopholes, or at least do everything possible to limit them. And so, in the future, a lawyer will need to be able to evaluate smart contracts. For this reason, a lawyer is going to be as much programmer as anything else, and while the law will still matter, it will be the proper functioning of the smart contract that will matter the most.
A good smart contract lawyer should have been able to realize that transaction order mattered and that the way in which The DAO was coded would allow for someone to withdraw large sums of money from The DAO. But this also brings up another good point.
“Smart” Smart Contracts
In reply to my discussion on an alternative to Facebook, provisionally called Topix, Mark Stair asked me what I thought was missing from EOS. While EOS seems like an interesting alternative to Ethereum, it doesn’t do what I need for my projects. It can, and so can Ethereum, as both are able to implement almost any time of distributed and decentralized application, but the type of smart contract system that I would like to see developed has as its goal the coordination and maintenance of contracts between humans and institutions, rather than the development of software applications.
This means that human readability should be improved. But it also means that a system of credit worthiness and arbitration needs to be built into the core of the system. In terms of credit worthiness, I would like to see an algorithm which determine an overall metric.
This metric could be combined with a proof of lock system, as I call it. It’s similar to a proof of burn system, where consensus is determined by sending tokens to an unusable address. From Wikipedia:
The idea is that miners should show proof that they burned some coins — that is, sent them to a verifiably unspendable address. This is expensive from their individual point of view, just like proof of work; but it consumes no resources other than the burned underlying asset. To date, all proof of burn cryptocurrencies work by burning proof-of-work-mined cryptocurrencies, so the ultimate source of scarcity remains the proof-of-work-mined “fuel”.
The only main difference between the proof of lock and proof of burn system is that locked tokens could be released in order to repay debts.
But who gets to unlock those tokens? And what happens when there’s a disagreement with the human readable contracts? I think this issue can be solved with a system of trusted nodes, similar to the anchor system in stellar: see cryptocurrency ecosystem. If there is a disagreement about whether a contract was executed correctly, the two parties could ask an arbiter node to make a decision. Once the decision is made, locked tokens could be released to the appropriate party, thus making the locking system a sort of escrow.
It’s possible that tokens could also be generated based on the amount locked, and thus the proof of work system could be bypassed, and making the system a hybrid between proof of burn and proof of stake, or proof of work could still be used in the generation of new tokens.
Going back to EOS, while this system can indeed be implemented on the system, as it could be with Ethereum, I would prefer to see it as an integral part of the system, rather than as an overlay.
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An Introduction to Hellenic Death Metal
By Brandon Corsair
To any dedicated fan of underground metal, Greece undoubtedly stands as one of the most prolific and die hard countries in terms of output and fanatics. As recounted in a recent interview with Wrathblade and in this great blogpost about Greece’s fascination with heavy metal, the country remained a hotbed for traditional metal even during the style’s darkest days (mid-late 1990s).
The reverence for classic heavy metal would prove to be supremely important in the development of Greece’s own takes of other heavy metal subgenres. As many black metal devotees will know, as the scene in Norway was taking off, the same was happening in Greece. In contrast to their Northern peers, Hellenic Black Metal had a warmer, more occult sound deeply influenced by early heavy metal (for more information on the early/modern Hellenic scene, the following primer covers the bulk of the bands in the genre).
Just as traditional heavy metal melodies were infused in Greece’s black metal, so too did were they born into Greek death metal. In its genesis at the start of the ‘90s, both Septic Flesh and Horrified were starting to forge a very melodic and atmospheric take on the genre. However, the release of Paradise Lost’s iconic Gothic in 1991 would also prove to be a significant influence on the development of the Hellenic sound. Gothic’s fusion of doomy death metal with dark, ethereal melodies taken from ‘80s goth rock would serve as inspiration for the latter works of Septic Flesh/Horrified and many of the bands that came after them- this primer focuses on that ephemeral Greek styled death metal, and was co-written by myself and my friend Dan to introduce you lot to it.
Despite a tendency for fans of the early Greek death metal scene to focus on the bands with that sound, the Greek scene actually started a few years earlier. One of the most important bands to the early scene was the mighty Flames, who formed playing speed metal before growing darker and darker with some of the first thrash and then early extreme metal to come out of Greece. By their third album, Summon The Dead, Flames was playing extreme and somewhat melodic thrash, thus paving the way for extreme music in Greece. Despite little of it sounding like what we’ve come to expect from the Hellenic death metal scene, you can hear the first tinges of what would emerge just a few years later.
Even more extreme was the birth of Death Courier in 1987. Though the band was younger, they were immediately playing death metal influenced music, and a lot of it sounded more like what you’d expect from Hellenic death metal. Much of the music was still primitive and raw death/thrash on their ‘80s demo material, but melodic leads, bouncing rhythms, and more somber parts would sometimes predict the birth of the scene. This would only grow more pronounced with the band’s Necrorgasm 7”, which despite still being rooted firmly in thrash showcased a lot more of the mid-paced chugging heavy metal riffs and leadwork of the Hellenic death metal sound. Also worth mentioning is that a couple of the Death Courier guys helped out Varathron in their earliest days, hence the appearance of Theo and Bill on the Live At The Swamp demo; another connection to the Greek black metal scene comes from Nigel playing briefly in Vomit, a short-lived band containing members that would go on to join bands like Varathron, Necromantia, and Sarcastic Terror..
Hot on Death Courier’s heels were more musically accomplished death/thrashing masters Septicemia. Though the material is not even remotely in the vein of the Hellenic sound, it has an almost unparalleled aggression among the early Greek scene alongside some great technical leadwork, and, more importantly, served as the first band (as far as I can tell from my research) of a couple of prominent members of the early scene. From Septicemia came the roots of both Horrified as well as Nightfall.
Around the same time that Septicemia was coming together, Necromantia formed under the moniker of Necromancy (after a name change from an earlier version of the band which never released anything). Though they’re by far better known for their dual-bass approach to black metal, they originally played ripping primordial death/thrash which contained some early leanings towards the Greek death metal sound. The early Necromantia / Necromancy material was unearthed a couple of years ago and released by Soulseller Records as a double CD / double LP, and is well worth picking up.
The early Hellenic death metal scene ran roughly from around 1990 up until 1996, before the sound ultimately died and Greek bands became more vested in producing death metal of other kinds. While most old school death metal scenes have met with some kind of revival in recent years, the Hellenic scene still largely remains unknown and in the shadow of their black metal counterparts. Very few bands still remain keeping this old sound alive and the intent of this primer is to shine some light on both the originators and the small bands that played a part in this miniscule scene.
The Greek Sound: Elder Gods
Septic Flesh is quite possibly the single most important death metal band to the Hellenic sound, and the only one to ever truly break out of Greece from the original crop of bands. By 1991 they were already using a heavy amount of synths to add to the atmosphere of their music, complementing their stellar lead guitar usage. The early material combines repetitive black metal-esque gorgeous tremolo picked lines with aggressive rhythms and huge bass to form an assault as catchy as it is heavy, and through the years they would add more and more influence from symphonic music (with an interest in the field growing deep enough for the band’s guitarist and orchestration master Christos even picked up a degree in composition) and early Paradise Lost. By their third album heavier than ever keyboard sections, female guest vocals, and clean vocals from lead guitarist Sotiris flitted in and out of the brutal rhythm work to form some truly unique Hellenic death metal. Though by now Septic Flesh has rebranded themselves as “SepticFlesh” and abandoned their early death metal roots, the early Septic Flesh material is some of the best and most influential to the scene, and they stayed true to their core sound long past the point where most Greek death metal bands had abandoned theirs.
Recommended listening: Forgotten Path, Temple of the Lost Race, Mystic Places of Dawn
Horrified
Horrified’s classic Hellenic death metal period runs through The Prophecy of Gore demo, released in 1990, through the release of their debut full length In the Garden of Unearthly Delights. Even from the outset, in their muffled sounding demo days, Horrified had a good penchant for eerie leads and the odd haunting synth (Eternal God and The Ancient Whisper of Wisdom). But Horrified’s full potential was realized with their first album, wherein the Hellenic sound came to its full fruition. Unafraid to combine copious amounts of melody and synth and spruced slightly with acoustic interludes, flutes and female vocals – In the Garden of Unearthly Delights is not an orthodox death metal album, but one that has such a great sense of harmony that it elevates you to a different realm. A completely unique death metal album for 1993, a time when “melodic” death metal was still in its infancy.
Recommended listening: Eternal God, The Ancient Whisper of Wisdom, In the Garden of Unearthly Delights
Obsecration
Some people reduce the Hellenic sound to the description of “Doomy Death Metal with keyboards and goth influence”. In that respect, Obsecration are definitely cut from this mold. Obsecration had been releasing this brand of death metal since at least 1991, but didn’t release a full length until 1996 – a time when the Hellenic scene was way past its productive days. Nonetheless, Inheritors of Pain remains a great textbook example of the slower side of the genre. From the get go, the gothic influences are most abundant when the synths come up, roping you in with a haunting and uncanny atmosphere that is very Lovecraftian in nature. Obsecration have continued to release output over the years that bears some similarities to their debut, but never living up to the standards set by it. It remains one of the best examples of the sound.
Recommended listening: Oblivious…, The Inheritors of Pain
Nightfall is one of Greece’s most enduring extreme metal acts, having been active since 1991. It’s not easy pigeonholing their sound, as their first three classic albums (Parade into Centuries, Macabre Sunsets and Athenian Echoes) are essentially what would happen if you took Gothic, added a folky touch on top and embedded some elements from the nascent Greek BM scene. After Athenian Echoes, the band diverged significantly and followed a more gothic metal direction akin to other bands like Paradise Lost, Sentenced and Amorphis.
Recommended listening: Parade Into Centuries, Macabre Sunsets, Athenian Echoes
Second Tier Bands
Funeral Revolt
Funeral Revolt are definitely a unique band in the Greek DM spectrum, opting for a much thrashier direction than their peers but still laden with tasteful harmonious leads, sparse synths and well-crafted ambience. This is a good pickup for those that want their death metal a bit more fast paced and with a good dose of melody. Though they later would abandon the Greek sound to play more industrial music, the early demos and Burial EP are great. Burial remains one of the most affordable and available Black Power Records (a cult record label that pushed several of the early Greek bands, putting out Horrified, Septicemia, Septic Flesh, and more) releases because it unfortunately never got much of the attention it deserves.
Recommended listening: Brutality Domain, Burial, Γαία υπερφιάλων αθεμιστών
Nordor
Nordor are one of the lesser known acts of the Greek DM scene despite playing with Gore of Horrified fame and, later, with Blind Priest of Disharmony. After a rather unremarkable first demo, Nordor stepped it up a bit on His Fictitious Grandeur. The demo was a marked improvement, sounding like Lost Paradise with the odd Rotting Christ-esque riff thrown in – but still somewhat lacking in identity. Their final demo, The Semen of Satan, was a step in that direction, with two full songs that would have not sounded out of place on Horrified’s debut. After this, Nordor took a lengthy hiatus, coming back towards the end of the noughties with an EP and a full length. Both of these still had remnants of the original Hellenic sound, but with a more conventional DM sound.
Recommended: His Fictitious Grandeur, The Semen of Satan
Selefice
Formed in 1990, Selefice provided an interesting blend of significantly more primal early death metal and the typical early Greek mysticism and atmosphere. Sections of pounding death/thrash or Mortuary Drape-esque black/death alternate with atmospheric leads, doom sections, and both chanted and choral vocals to give a unique effect that set Selefice apart from the pack; unsurprisingly Selefice never broke out of Greece and indeed broke up only a year after putting out their first and only full length album. Said album was recently reissued by Floga Records, and all fans of both Greek death metal as well as more occult black/death a la Mortuary Drape or Necromass should make note of this one. Even people not as into the Greek sound might like Selefice because while there’s certainly some of that in there, it’s not as prominent as it is in most of the other bands on this primer.
Recommended listening: Where Is the Heaven
Little is known about this short-lived project, but in the brief existence, the band revelled in playing a synth heavy version of death/doom similar to their compatriots Phlebotomy most present in their first demo, Nothingness. And just like Phlebotomy, there is a sense that Condemned wanted to increasingly depart from a pure death metal sound and venture elsewhere. This is most notable in the Promo ‘94 demo in which Condemned take the mild saccharine elements of their sound and put them on full blast. If you’re into heavy synths, dramatic clean vocals and sullen guitar passages, it might be for you, but not for me.
Recommended listening: Nothingness
Desulphurize/The Elysian Fields
Prior to becoming The Elysian Fields, the band released a short demo under the name Desulphurize typical of what was coming out of the Greek DM scene at the time – doomy death with some synths and a healthy leaning on traditional metal melodies. However, with the name change, The Elysian Fields unleashed one of the more interesting debuts of the extreme metal scene. Their debut, Adelain, while still taking influence from the Peaceville 3 (particularly in its slow-paced, spoken word passages) was notable for combining Greek BM riffage with that of the rapidly expanding Scandinavian scene. This is equal parts Paradise Lost, Rotting Christ and Dissection thrown together to deliver a very versatile album that should be a required listen for anyone who wants an alternative take on the melodic black/death sound. While their latter work was still good, it is the debut that remains the closest to the traditional Hellenic sound
Recommended listening: Nihilistic Era, Adelain
Paralysis/Phlebetomy
Before On Thorns I Lay settled on that name and started playing very melodic and atmospheric death/doom a la Katatonia or Paradise Lost, they used two other names were more squarely in the vein of the early Greek death metal bands. Forming originally as Paralysis in 1992, they immediately captured some of the Hellenic glory with their first demo, Beyond the Chaos. That demo features tasteful synths, mesmerizing repetitive rhythms, and some black metal riffs for a very moody and fun listen. Almost immediately after putting it out they changed names and identities to become the significantly more gothic Phlebetomy. The synths remain, but now it’s almost like listening to The Sisters of Mercy try and write Greek death metal- which sounds like a criticism but is actually the exact opposite. The end result is a very unique 7” titled Dawn of Grief.
Recommended listening: Beyond the Chaos, Dawn of Grief
Dismaed
Like many in the scene, Dismaed were confined to a number of demos, both during their lifetime and under their previous incarnation – Moribund. Their early demos showed promise, but they fulfilled their potential with their final output, Messages from the Place of the Dead. In it, Dismaed play a fairly standard style of brutalish death metal that strays from time to time into more atmospheric realms with the standard Hellenic flair (keyboards, heavy tremolo picking and even clean vocals!). Their previous demos were decent, but sadly they never managed to take it to the next level (i.e. a full length).
Recommended listening: Messages from the Place of the Dead
Natural Fear
Natural Fear’s one and only two-song demo is a short lived affair, but one that would satisfy the needs of any Hellas fanatic. Like Funeral Revolt, they practice an atmospheric brand of thrashier DM that contains all the standard material found in the national Greek scene at the time. As with most one demo bands, the sound is very subdued from the poor production, but still manages to shine through. In fact, some of the leads in the second song strongly resemble the material later put out by The Chasm. Most likely a coincidence more than anything else.
Recommended listening: Beyond Eternity
Sanctorum
Another short lived band that only managed to put out a demo, Sanctorum distinguish themselves from the pack not just by the length of said demo (long enough with added an intro and outro on the b-side to be a LP) but by the extreme recording and production quality that they had. Crystal Tears of Silence sounds like a lost album from a death metal band that never had a chance to show the world what it could do; immense atmosphere, incredible songwriting (good enough to support the entire release being made up of just three long songs!), and great performance from the musicians involved puts this up there with my favorite demos from the Greek scene. Like many bands, Sanctorum shared members with other notable Greek projects, forming from the ashes of Natural Fear and Sephiroth. Crystal Tears of Silence was recently re-released by the band on vinyl and I highly recommend picking it up- the reissue is very well done and well worth the cost of exporting it from Hellas.
Recommended listening: Crystal Tears of Silence
Aimoptysi
A relative latecomer to the scene, Aimoptysi recorded a number of demos (most impossible to find) and a full length before fading forever. From the first demo, Aimoptysi managed to distinguish themselves with a masterful command of flashy guitar solos – sounding straight out of a ’80s heavy metal record. What they lacked in songwriting, they made up with potential. Unfortunately their only record did not really achieve that, sounding like generic sluggish death/doom with an odd nod to the Hellenic sound and horrible mixing. Only for complete diehards.
Recommended listening: Dark Aimolith, Searching for the Myths of the Past (for those curious)
By the end of the ‘90s the Greek sound was all but dead in death metal, though it lived on (and continues to live on) with the country’s black metal scene. Vanity proved to be very much the exception to this rule by putting out their first and only full length in 1999, not only at a time when the Hellenic sound was at an all time low but when the old school sound in general was at its least popular- though given that this is Christian Adamou’s band following Nightfall, this may still be less than surprising. Bucking most of the trends of the time (unfortunately, some stuff- like Katatonia or Opeth-esque interludes- remains) Vanity doubled down on their love for Paradise Lost, Varathron, and old Septic Flesh to create an album full of majestic melodies, mesmerizing rhythms, and haunting leadwork which even now has continued to go mostly unappreciated.
Recommended listening: Enslaved
Terra Tenebrae / Soulskinner
While still playing in Vanity, guitarist Vasilis Zobolas formed a new band alongside Necromantia’s Baron Blood and Thou Art Lord’s Gothmog. By the time that they debuted their first full length album under the Terra Tenebrae name, Greece had largely moved away from the classic sound; less and less black metal bands were doing it, and aside from Vanity and Obsecration, not many death metal bands in the style were left. Terra Tenebrae initially did a bit of both, merging black metal and death metal; though the sound on their debut album, Subconscious, wasn’t dead on with the traditional Hellenic sound that the members were doing with their other bands, a keen sense of Hellenic melody remains, and the album is well worth listening to. After changing names to Soulskinner in 2000, the band would drop most of the black metal influence and a good amount of the Hellenic sound (though enough remains to be worth mentioning them!) and go on to play something more akin to Bolt Thrower crossed with Obsecration; lots of big, aggressive rhythms interspersed with sections of Greek beauty. Even up to today Soulskinner has remained an extremely consistent band, and I honestly think their new record might be their best one- shocking for a band that’s been around for twenty years now.
Recommended listening: Subconscious, Crypts of Ancient Wisdom, Descent to Abaddon
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Is this the greatest album release publicity stunt ever?
News, Opinion
By Link Leonhart
It seems that the Vikings of Amon Amarth have surrendered to the digital era.
Browsing through Reddit this week, I found that the Official Facebook Fan Page of melodic death metal band Amon Amarth was probably hacked by a “neckbeard”.
In the timeline of the band’s profile there was a photograph depicting the round face of a sunglasses-wearing, neck-bearded male with tiny teeth; here was a man who assuredly fit the profile of “basement dwelling nerd”. The rumors between the users were mostly funny comments about the face of the guy, and some of them remembered the hacking of the Lacuna Coil Twitter account, done a few weeks ago. A few hours later, another picture of said fellow was uploaded, showing his empowered battle station with multiple screens. Intriguingly, all of these posts mentioned the title of the band’s upcoming album Jomsviking, scheduled for the first half of 2016.
Watch out. I am coming to steal your booze, girls and decency!
Today, all of the questions surrounding this hack came to the fore! Were the band’s social network profiles truly hijacked? Did Amon Amarth piss off the kvlt-krew once again with whatever hot-button issue is currently bothering them? Are Swedish “neckbeards” the most dangerous of all trolls?
Well… color me embarrassed, because I was fooled and trolled by the Vikings maestros. A ray of light and truth cut through this ominous cloud hovering over Amon Amarth’s big announcement! It turns out that it was all a stunt to promote Jomsviking and their next single, titled “First Kill”, which will be released in March.
The neckbeard character was fully fleshed out in a video, showing the persona constructed by the internet-made cliché antics: he was eating like a pig, asking for his mom to help during a blackout, attempting to troll and invoking the supposed “purity of the metal culture”. The story of this short movie follows the nerd rambling and enjoying his venomous work on a Reddit post about how Amon Amarth is not a “real metal” band and that they do not know a thing about Norse mythology.
His destiny is unfolded in a matter of minutes after his short moment of virtual glory: UFC champion Josh Barnett, dressed as a true Viking, smashed into the “neckbeard” lair to crush the disgusting character with a mighty hammer.
The entire publicity move of teasing the public with the photograph and publishing the video was done in a matter of hours, nearly a day, developing a good number of interactions with their social network. Now that they have released the stunt, the troll is targeted as their #FirstKill.
On a more curious note, Deceiver of the Gods, the last Amon Amarth album, was announced on the Metal subreddit, and they have done communication with their fans on that platform, too. Also, like Reddit user Todd_the_odd pointed out, the comment made by the nerd on the video was truly made (you can access it here), and it seems to have given the readers and the commenters in the Amon Amarth section quite the surprise.
I think that PR section of Amon Amarth made a great move employing multiple characteristics of the band’s environment trying to generate conversation and interaction over the course of this event: basement anger, the “true metal” fallacy and the use of one of the “safe zones” of the metalhead online culture gathering are all questioned and lampooned in this satirical work. Also, the video acts as a counter-attack of the said “metal elitism” regarding bands signed to “bigger labels” like Century Media Records or Nuclear Blast, a position that implies those bands sell-out, are not the same and should return to their roots. To support this, I need to point that they are apparently signed now to Sony BMG Music Entertainment, according to the few teases they made before this fake hacking [W. Note – In case you live under a rock/don’t give a crap about big labels, Century Media was acquired by Sony last August].
It must have cost a decent amount of money to hire the workers and actors behind the video, so either Amon Amarth is making good use of that major label funding or is attempting to compete and triumph against Sony’s goliath structure. To me, this is one of the best album releases of the last few years, and this approach can be an inspiration for more underground or self-financed bands to use different ways to promote their music and products. Namely, perhaps bands lacking the funding and status Amon Amarth enjoy can use viral marketing and publicity stunts to their advantage.
Having said so, regarding the metal culture, we often treat the internet as a place for only sharing or flaming in the comments sections. But, as a publicity tool, we have to remember that there are a myriad of bands outside battling for the listeners’ short attention spans and, this time, Amon Amarth were successful in gathering a couple of looks and likes with this stunt.
The topic here is not to pressure the bands to throw money to the PR Agencies, only to know the possibilities of online marketing to help in the promotion of their music. Quality in art is a must, but sometimes a creative publicity stunt can improve the reach of said art.
You can check the video here:
Did you like this album release? Do have something to say? Fire your arrows in the comment section!
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Building A Financial Services Sales Culture
Posted by nick_niesen on October 28th, 2010
A growing number of community banks are recognizing that new and more aggressive competitors are taking new business they “believed” they would or “should” have. To help combat this they no longer accept the practice of “business as usual.” They are taking the time-proven actions it takes to train, coach and reward their key business development team members to get them out on the street. Program results are showing ROI’s of up to 30—to-1!
This isn’t easy, to say the least. A major culture change is required for most community banks when it comes to selling. Bankers have long been of the mindset that banking is a business built when prospects come to the bank and request the service they want. Unfortunately the consumer has developed a slightly different mindset lately.
“Yes, my banker and I have a good relationship but that doesn’t mean I will only consult them for financial needs and services. There are lots of other options. ” Friends are friends but when money is involved there is a different emotion involved……greed.
The CEO of First Bank in Ketchikan, Alaska, Bill Moran, decided something new must be tried when he started planning for this new year. “I realized that to meet our growth goals we must be more aggressive about taking business from our competition and improve our “unfair share” of our market. There wasn’t sufficient market expansion to maintain our historical growth and profit levels.”
First Bank launched its’ new effort with a 120-day action plan in January 2006 for its’ six branches. The intended focus was to be solely on gaining new customers and establishing new relationships.
“Some of the participating officers found it very difficult to break away from the familiar clients to concentrate only on prospects that had no prior relationship, “said Eric Bjella, VP and Program Manger.
The first step was to assess the sales strengths of each team member. It was important to know who were likely to make calls and build relationships easily (Hunters) and those with good processing and service-related skills but less confidence in their abilities to communicate with prospects (Farmers). This was followed with a professional sales skills training session which included each member identifying from 5-10 prospects.
“The individual assessments and audience reactions to the training were very informative,” said Bjella. “Some of our people felt they never could be successful at making cold calls to strangers. But were they surprised!”
The training showed how to: qualify prospects, make impossible appointments, start building respect and trust from the first appointment, getting to real pains/needs and overcoming objections for desired actions.
The First Bank team met every 10 days in groups of 12 to report progress against their specific targets. While slow at first, calling activity grew and success was gradually achieved. Through coaching and confidence built on successful experiences, sales meetings progressed from a reluctance to report to lively dialogues between members, sharing helpful prospect insights with each other.
One member reported being devastated on her first call, to the point of tears. Executive Vice President Jack Vaughn reported this prospect had also called him to complain, only to contact him later, inviting him to attend a competitor’s bank sponsored business owners meeting. ”Wonders never cease to amaze me, Jack said. I didn’t think we would ever get any where with this prospect and then she did a complete turnaround.”
At the end of the 120 days First Bank captured several new customers, representing over $300,000 in new income to the bank’s bottom line. Less the training expenses that gave a 30-to-1 ROI, income vs. expenses. Other contacts made during this period are expected to move to First Bank in a few months through continued follow-up activities.
A different success story comes from a bank holding company in Iowa. Bank Iowa Corporation felt it was time for a sales culture to be started within at each of its 6 independently chartered banks, serving 17 communities.
“We never had any sales training in our Company’s history, said Michael Thompson, VP and Program Leader. Our CEO, Stan Honken, challenged our presidents to have an officer calling program in place by year-end. I contacted some firms who might help us start a sales culture. After reviewing four, we selected Wemmers Consulting Group from Atlanta. Their program impressed us with its’ accountability factors, experience in bank training and real world application following the skills training.”
Bank Iowa’s Calling Teams intermingled Hunters and Farmers and all branch locations. Their program’s primary goal was to get Bank Iowa folks from behind their desks and out calling on prospects. Sales progress meetings were held every two weeks. A sales progress report, prepared by Amy Armitage, was updated and dispersed to all concerned.
“As Rick had alerted us, calling activity was slow at first but picked up as calling frustrations and excuses were addressed and resolved in the weekly meetings. “We all learned a lot about the process of business development. This will be quite helpful as we continue forward with this program,” Michael said.
It is estimated that Bank Iowa’s 60-day effort helped bring in some $13 million in new business or about $400,000 in new income. Subtracting the sales program expenses this resulted in a 23% ROI.
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Book review: on the global impact of Jesus teaching.
All Things in Common: The Economic Practices of the Early Christians.
Roman A. Montero, 2017
By their economic practises the Early Christians discovered in Jesus’ life and teachings the corrective to the gross inequalities of the Roman Empire. Global Warming, a product of current economic policies poses a much greater moral challenge of gross inequality.
Is the answer to be found in “All Things in Common” with its striking parallels to the “communism of the apostles” passages in Acts 2:42-47 and 4:32-37, which tells of how early Christians built “social relationships” to solve their problems of discrimination, poverty and dispossession in the violent multi-ethnic world of the first century Roman Empire?
Citing sources ranging from the Qumran scrolls to the North African apologist Tertullian to the Roman satirist Lucian, “All Things in Common” reconstructs the economic practices of the early Christians to reveal that Acts 2:42-47 and 4:32-37 describes a long-term, widespread set of practices that were taken seriously. Practises that significantly differentiated the early Christians from the pagan world of the Roman Empire. Even taking into account Judean and Hellenistic parallels, the origins of the practises for promoting the common good are traced back to the very life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth and their brilliant exposition by Paul, revealed in his six authentic and seven pseudo letters.
This book will be of value to anyone interested in Christian history, and the insights it offers to the human construct of capitalism based on self-interest, which now threatens the very basis of the civilisation it has built. Is the climax to the apocalyptic eschatology of the Gospels to be found in “All things in Common”?
This entry was posted in Book Reviews on July 13, 2019 by Paul Inglis.
Spong, Borg and Wright
The previous post has provoked comment to me which highlights the breadth of thinking and some caution when defining ‘progressive’ thinking. Readers may like to look at this text when it becomes available again through Amazon or chase a second hand copy. Paul Inglis
This entry was posted in Book Reviews on July 5, 2019 by Paul Inglis.
Book review: Simply Jesus
A new vision of who he was, what he did, and why he matters
By N T Wright (Harper Collins, 2011)
NT WRIGHT is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world’s leading Bible scholars. He serves as the chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St Andrews. He has featured on ABC NEWS, Dateline, The Colbert Report,, and Fresh Air. He is the award winning author of ‘The Day the Revolution Began’, ‘Surprised by Hope’, ‘Simply Christian’, and more.
Jesus is under-utilized in the Christian discourse. Anglican bishop NT Wright espouses a compelling thesis of tapping into the potential of Jesus more effectively in contemporary life. There has for too long been a pre-occupation with a biblical faith where Jesus is absent and the full significance of his teaching supplanted by negative pre-Jesus thinking. A focus on ‘the second coming’ also has meant that the work he gave to his followers to complete has been neglected. Postponing the development of the ‘kingdom’ ignores the Pauline precept (1 Cor) of the reign of Jesus in the present age. The God-givenness of authority needs to be constantly acknowledged as Jesus did with Pilate (John 19:11).
He points out how relevant this is when it comes to ‘winning an election’. We have come to think of political legitimacy in terms of the method of gaining it – eg winning an election . The ancient Jews and early Christians were more interested than today’s Christians in holding rulers to account in the name of appropriate values.
He says there are millions of things that the Church should be getting into that the ruling elites don’t bother about or don’t have the resources to support. No one would have thought of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission if Desmond Tutu hadn’t pushed to make it happen.
(In Australia, we could add no one would have listened hard to isolated rural communities as John Flynn did – a situation I have been looking at on a trip through the Outback.)
He rebuts the argument that most of the reforms are small with a reflection on Jesus explaining his own actions in terms of the smallest seeds that eventually grow into the largest shrubs. He describes this as ‘cascading grace’. His idea of the ‘good news’ is that all people can participate in the many small things that make for the kingdom that Jesus foreshadowed.
I am not sure if Wright realized it, but he was also demonstrating how ‘good things and good thinking’ are even now changing the Church.
The central part of the present day meaning of Jesus’s universal kingship is the many varied ways in which each generation or each local church can ‘figure out wise and appropriate ways of speaking the truth to power’ in ways that can’t be ignored by the powerful.
Dr Paul Inglis July 2019
Book review: English translations of the OT have been inadequate …..
The Art of Bible Translation, Princeton University Press (2019) by Robert Alter, Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Religion at University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967. He published a new translation of the Hebrew Bible in 2018.
Alter has been awarded: National Jewish Book Award for Modern Jewish Thought and Experience; Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities (US and Canada.) He is currently President of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics. He was born in 1935.
“The practice of translation, as I have learned from experience, entails an endless series of compromises, some of them happy, some painful and not quite right because the translator has been unable to find an adequate English equivalent of what is happening – often brilliantly – in the original language. “(Alter)
Alter is impelled in his years of work on translating the OT by ‘a deep conviction that the literary style of the Bible in both prose narratives and the poetry is not some sort of a aesthetic embellishment of the message of Scripture but the vital medium through which the biblical vision of God, human nature, history, politics, society and moral values is conveyed.’
He shows how word play, diction, rhythm, syntax and strategic choice of words are crucial to the shape of the literary authority and moral and religious outlook of the Hebrew Bible. No one else has done this! In the context of his overview in this book, he provides copious examples that give entirely different meaning to the text.
Reflecting on the history of English translations of the Bible, Alter claims all have been woefully inadequate.
The inspired literalism of the King James version has employed the original Hebrew parataxis (ordering of phrases and clauses), much of which has been discarded in modern English versions. He uses an example of the way ‘the flood’ in Genesis has been dealt with and the loss of authenticity and meaning. He demonstrates how ‘the rage to explain the biblical text’ has had unintended consequences in translation.
But the KJV shows how a limited knowledge of Hebrew by 17th Century translators has led to confused syntax, missed nuances and meanings. There is also a stylistic issue with the KJV. It’s treatment of Hebrew poetry is less successful than its treatment of prose. The Jacobean rhetoric has failed to capture the compactness of the Hebrew and introduced great amounts of extra information to the passages
Later translations have done worse.
“…The Hebrew writers reveled in the proliferation of meanings, the cultivation of ambiguities, the playing of one sense against another and the richness is erased in the deceptive antiseptic clarity of the modern versions.”
Many of the contemporary translations compromise the literary integrity of the biblical texts and Alter contends this is the fault of the university training of contemporary translators and he identifies their training institutions. Also, the absence of an understanding of the Sociology of Knowledge is a major culprit.
You cannot determine the meanings of biblical words without taking account of their narrative and poetic contexts. This has for centuries been a problem with literal translations. There are livelier and more surprising details in the biblical stories than we first realize but those are often erased by translators who have an inadequate grasp of how the narratives work.
Whether the reader of this work is a philological or OT translation scholar, or simply, like myself a seeker after truth in biblical literature and scripture, Alter’s work is seductive, interesting and rewarding.
My copy was purchased though Kindle Amazon Australia. Recommended.
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This entry was posted in Book Reviews on June 17, 2019 by Paul Inglis.
Book Review: A New Spiritual Tapestry
Woven from the frayed threads of traditional Christianity
by Glennis Johnston
A great read by a very capable and experienced practitioner of progressive ministry. It deserves to be included in the pantheon of great progressive texts.
God is experienced within our mortal, messy lives, which is the heart of spiritual living. The new spiritual tapestry that we are weaving affirms this truth, while calling into question the basic doctrines of traditional Christianity….
Christianity is losing credibility because observers notice that it is built on a foundation of guilt and fear, both promoted by religious doctrines. It is time we recognised that these doctrines can be traced all the way back to a misleading interpretation of myths, such as the Garden of Eden. We need to develop a spirituality on a different view of humanity and on gratitude that, within our imperfect lives, the divine impulse is always, faithfully present.
In dismantling many of the myths and shibboleths of church taught traditional doctrine and biblical interpretation, the author manages to demonstrate the inconsistency of the teaching and the way in which ‘God’ is portrayed. Is God wrathful and encouraging violence (apparent in both Testaments) at the same time as offering unconditional love? How does this inconsistent teaching work for contemporary society and a humanity challenged to address violence, racial hatred and inequalities?
Students of the biblical text searching for the real Jesus can be forgiven for any confusion. As Glennis Johnston points out they need to separate out the material that can be attributed to writers who paint a picture of Jesus as the son of a vengeful God and those who portray him as unconditionally loving. It is not possible to accept these two opposing images as co-existing.
So which stream of thought in the New Testament should inform our spirituality? The “one focussed on sacrifice, judgement, religious identity and supportive of organisation and hierarchy; the other committed to non-violence, social justice and supportive of non-hierarchical community”? Both exist in tension in current Christian thought and practice.
The ‘new spiritual tapestry’ that Glennis Johnston seeks to weave is an intelligently crafted non-coercive, morally persuasive ethic that is always looking for opportunities to improve ‘global social justice’. All of this draws together ‘threads of wisdom’ from the best of the Christian tradition and a God of ‘goodness, hope and beauty’.
All the time that the author takes us through a discussion about the inevitability of our need for a new spiritual narrative, she is holding fast to key principles of honesty, equity and mercy. There is no need for any one to miss out with fair distributive justice as a guiding principle. Life values and parameters can still be sourced from a careful reading of Hebrew teaching as well as the teachings of Jesus which, unfortunately, have often become distorted, obsessively negative elements rather than followed with a spirit of a loving and forgiving God.
It is made clear that if the Church is to have a role in the evolving new spiritual paradigm, it will have to heed the groundswell of theologians, biblical scholars, economists, historians, scientists, educators, philosophers and cultural critics who are in consensus that an alternative story about our collective social responsibilities is imperative.
This is a book that has multiple uses. It informs as well as teaches. Groups committed to church reform will find it invaluable for ideas, values and mission focus when shaping a progressive profile. For students of theology and ministry education it provides an essential instrument for helping them to recognise the reality of many of the mistakes that have been made in the past and opens up possibilities for making Jesus relevant and without boundaries or barriers. For those who no longer can tolerate the Church, it offers ways to bridge from the secular to the sacred without artificial barriers that have for so long made this appear impossible.
A strong thread running through the stories that are used to explain the vision of a transforming spirituality is the emphasis on how the new spirituality will be a liberating experience. The sense of entitlement and power of some over others disappears. Inspired by the life and teaching of Jesus as reported in the gospels our everyday lives in community will come ever closer to the kingdom of God.
The author: Glennis Johnston BSocWk BTh BA(Hons) is an ordained Uniting Church minister with a research degree in New Testament Studies. She has worked in counselling and parish ministry for 22 years as well as voluntary work in Australia, India and Europe for 5 years. Glennis now operates Fernbrook Lodge, a Retreat Centre and B&B in Dorrigo, NSW where she facilitates individual and group retreats.
To order a copy ($30) email to Firelight Publishers
This entry was posted in Book Reviews on March 6, 2019 by Paul Inglis.
Now published – The Ending of Mark’s Gospel: the Key
By Peter Lewis
The Key to Understanding the Gospels and Christianity
Zeus have just published Peter’s new book and it is available from Amazon Australia
In an earlier posting, we gave details of this work when it was in draft format.
Scholarship and determined exploration of ancient sources for the canonical gospel of Mark has brought great rewards for the writer and readers of The Ending of Mark’s Gospel. Peter Lewis’s work has indeed provided new ‘understanding of the gospels’. The reasons for and impact of variations in the form of the ending of Mark has been speculated on for a long time. Dr Lewis puts a credible case for a reconstructed original ending while providing multiple peripheral insights. His work challenges some long held assumptions and makes worthy corrections to previous scholarship. This is a theological adventure in forensic classical philology and reads like an unfolding mystery novel with the evidence building for his ‘case’. An enjoyable read that takes theology and contemporary Jesus studies into a new era of thinking.
Dr Paul Inglis, CEO UCFORUM www.ucforum.unitingchurch.org.au
Book Review: Seasons and Self – Rex Hunt
Seasons and Self: Discourses on Being ‘at home’ in Nature
Bayswater. Coventry Press, 2018. P/back. $34.95 + post and packaging – 264 Pages
Author: Rex A E Hunt
Available from the author at a discount price of $30 + $8.95 p and p. Email Rex
Reviewed by Rev John Churcher, Former Chair, Progressive Christianity Network Britain,
Author, Retired Methodist Church Minister.
For those of us who have thrived in our preaching and worship leading on the back of Rex Hunt’s on line sermons and liturgies, this is another splendid resource looking closely at ecological theology and religious naturalism. The problem of the on-line material has been, at least for me, a resource overload that often has taken many hours of seeking among the huge range of material to find just the right phrase or the liturgical insight that will take the congregation into a deeper understanding and experience of that which Hunt refers to as ‘G-o-d’. And for those seeking to explore the links between progressive Christianity or progressive spirituality and such as science, ecology, cosmology and environmental justice here is the resource at our finger tips. No longer needing to explore the on line resources, it is here in a book of sermons, insights, poetry and good clear references to some 200 publication in his combined bibliography – an amazing resource in itself.
This book will doubtless be criticised by those of the old killing paradigm of conventional institutional theology for yet again going beyond the creeds and established doctrines of the Church. Others will probably be equally as critical on the grounds that Hunt is not jettisoning the primitive spiritual quest and going whole heartedly into rational scientific developments. However, in line with many other passionate progressive writers [e.g. Matthew Fox, Lloyd Geering, Bruce Sanguin, Gretta Vosper, et al] Hunt is clear that progressives need to explore and to extend the work beyond conventional theology into an exploration of natural theology that is relevant for our time.
The sub-title of the Prologue signposts the way in which his argument is going to develop: “To Walk on Green Earth! Religious Naturalism and Ritual in Progressive Spirituality.” The book has 23 addresses / sermons all usefully arranged in Themes: Seasons; Earth / Early Spring; Humour; Environment Day / Climate Change; Learning to Be More Genuinely Human; Autumn: the Season of Leaves and Harvest; G-o-d / Jesus; Blessing of Animals; Evolution / Darwin; Desert / Wilderness; Advent / Ordinary; Apocalyptic / End Times; Ocean; After Christmas / Year’s End; Cosmos; Family; Land / Power; Creation / Universe; Children / Education; Meaning; Celebration / Life; Evolution; Food / Eating.
A number of the themes are accompanied by John Cranmer’s thought provoking poetry.
Throughout the book there are gems of quotes and insights. Among those that stood out for me are the following:
• “The miracle of each moment awaits our sensual wonder. Hosannah! Not in the highest, but right here. Right now. This Horizontal transcendence. Nature embedded in humanity. Humanity embedded in nature. Of, in and as nature.” [page 32];
• “Each of us is a collection of unfinished stories. We are fully linked with our surroundings in time, space, matter/energy, and causality. We do not live in straight lines.” [page 55];
• “…religious naturalism says religion is human. It is about us. … As a religious naturalist I, along with others, claim that the sacred is fully present., hidden in the ordinary details of a life, any life. Expressed in ‘creativity’, and ‘mystery’, ‘awe’ and ‘wonder’.” [page 79];
• “… people who have the courage to be different, and more especially those who carry a hint of danger, are always the source of excitement and interest.” [page 119];
• “If we are only against something, we are doomed to negativity. So too if our actions are only attempts at domesticating dissident voices, making religion and politics safe for one another.” [page 153];
• Writing about the opening verses of the Gospel attributed to John, “… the Hebrew for ‘word’ is ‘dabhar’ which means divine creative energy. The word that gave birth. Event. Those of you who are right brain thinkers will probably have already resonated with this and made a connection. For the Hebrew ‘dabhar’ is about the creative, the imaginative, the heart, the feeling. And this divine energy is more than just a concept.” [page 167];
• “Nature and naturalism are for us today ‘the main game’ for any progressive spirituality. … Whether or not we believe that there is something more, nature is so significant that all our beliefs must be reformulated so as to take nature into account.” [page 207];
• “We are made of the rarest material in the universe: stardust.” [page 247]
The book concludes with a comment on the bread and wine of communion, “… may our celebration be a ritual reminder that, as we share the bread and share the wine, civilisation depends on sharing resources in a just and humane fashion.”
The only additional note is that the seasons are those of the southern hemisphere so those in the northern hemisphere will need to make some adjustments to the preaching cycle.
“Seasons and Self” is a wonderful resource, and not just for the preachers and worship leaders. It is a challenging, thought provoking book for all spiritually progressive thinkers. It could be excellent group study material. Above all it is an exciting, warmly reassuring exploration of a spirituality that is not new but one that is becoming better known among the open, progressive thinkers within and beyond the Church. It is highly recommended.
John Churcher January 2019
This entry was posted in Book Reviews on January 25, 2019 by Paul Inglis.
Book Review: Honest to GOoD
Honest to GOoD: Discerning the Sacred in the Secular
Author: John W H Sm ith First Published 2016, Morning Star Publishing $26.95
We have not given sufficient attention to the action of a spiritual energy present in the world being exhibited by many people, some of whom would not confess a religious faith in much the same way that Jesus didn’t… There is a need to change the way we interpret the events of life in the light of the wisdom of Jesus of Nazareth. (John Smith)
John Smith has been on a life-long search for what he calls a sense of ‘wholeness’ or ‘completeness’…an attempt to make sense of his world and his life. Many people will find common ground with this search and relate to his experiences. This book is the result of this search and how Jesus has influenced and stimulated his journey.
Each chapter examines a major influence and together point the way to various understandings of the sacred spirit he calls God.
the influence of family and in particular his relationship with an encouraging mother who saw good in the world
how reading and later formal education shaped his life and helped him to understand practical Christianity. A study of the classics was the major force in his refining of knowledge about the sacred
the part played by the church, in particular the youth club where he learnt to manage adolescent anger and see the narratives of Jesus as lessons for life
through a painful period, the guidance of several Methodist ministers
Wesleyan theology and John Wesley’s Quadrilateral motivate him to search for personal authenticity and accept an inner suburban ministry
developing philosophically and practically through secular social work
discovery of a need to re-interpret the orthodox Christian explanation of the gospels as they impact on people with disabilities
making sense of the New Testament by close examination of Jesus and his words where he grew as a progressive or evolving Christian greatly affected by scholars in the Westar Institute and Jesus seminar school
his thinking about the atonement, concluding that there is no biblical evidence to suggest that Jesus’ death is in any way ‘substitutionary’ sacrifice for human misdemeanours
what Jesus meant by the Kingdom of God
learning how the historical Jesus and the way in which the organisation church falls short of appropriate modelling of this Jesus
doubt about an ‘interventionist’ God
the growing movement of groups leaving the church to form spiritual groups that are relevant to their 21st century needs
realisation that Progressive Christianity offers the world a faith that makes sense and encourages each of us to seek evidence of the spirit of love we call God, at work in the lives of ordinary human beings.
and ultimately the impact of new scholarship (something the Basis of Union of the UCA encourages) on himself and many others.
Although he claims this is not an academic text, it is well referenced and a great way to get an overview of the field of progressive thinking.
This book is written in the fervent hope that it will encourage others to continue to explore their own unique spiritual journey. (John Smith)
Paul Inglis, January 2019
“Philomena” – A film with many powerful messages.
A review of the 2013 film. Also now a book.
[Review by Rev John Smith]
Recently Robyn and I had the emotionally evocative experience of watching this fil m superbly acted by Judy Dench and ably supported by Steve Coogan. The film is enhanced greatly by a magnificent classical music score. Overall it is a film with a number of very powerful messages about the practice of the Catholic Church regarding young unmarried mothers and the adoption of their offspring. The self righteous attitude of the church authorities in their disregard for the rights of young unmarried mothers and their chiIdren is placed under the microscope as is the reactionary and equally self righteous attitudes of their critics. As a beautiful counter balance we have the reaction of Philomena who has experienced the indignity of being treated as a “sinner” who gave into ‘her carnal desires’ coupled with the forced removal of her three year old child by being coerced into signing away her parental rights. The intriguing response from Philomena is not the seeking of revenge. She does not want the perpetuators punished; she is simply seeking to find out what happened to Anthony her son fifty years after his birth. Regardless of the indignity inflicted on Philomena by the Catholic authorities she still continues to practice her faith in a devout and committed manner.
Philomena reveals her circumstances to her daughter from a subsequent marriage and declares her secret desire to find her son. Her daughter in turn through a chance meeting recruits an ex BBC journalist and Labour government advisor Martin Sixsmith, played by Steve Coogan. He is in need of work and an editor urges him to assist Philomena and to write a ‘human interest’ story rather than some dry Russian history research that he is planning to do.
Martin is not fully convinced that he wants to have any part of this until while drinking in a pub in the locality of the convent in which Philomena gave birth he is provided with information by a young bartender. It appears that the reason the convent has no records of the adoption activity is that the nuns deliberately destroyed all the records by burning them. The bartender further suggests that the convent received a thousand pounds for each child sold to American couples. If that was not enough Martin was also aware that the young unmarried mothers had been put to work in a laundry for virtually no pay while being treated like slaves.
Martin through his work at the BBC has many contacts in the United States and through these contacts he searches the passport records to discover that Anthony had been adopted by Dr and Marge Hess who renamed him Michael. Michael had studied law and had become a senior official in the Reagan administration and served the Republican Party with distinction. Martin also realises that he actually met Michael when he was a journalist with the BBC while covering the news in the US. Martin also discovers that Michael was a closet homosexual and his long-term partner is Peter Olson. Michael had unfortunately died of AIDS nine years previously.
Armed with this information Martin informs Philomena of his findings and her initial reaction to this news is one of sadness that Michael was not able to be open about his lifestyle, because of his position in a political party, which at that time condemned homosexuality. Philomena although upset at not being able to meet her son as an adult wishes to meet the people who did know him.
The first person they meet is a woman known as Mary who had been adopted with Anthony/Michael from the same convent in Roscrea Ireland. Mary is able to tell Philomena the whereabouts of Michael’s long-term partner, but cannot tell Philomena what she most wants to know which is, ‘did he ever seek to find his birth mother’?
The initial approach to Michael’s partner Peter by Martin Sixsmith, is met with resistance, but he finally he agrees to meet Philomena after she makes a personal plea for his help. Peter is able to tell her that Michael has always wondered about his birth mother and that he had actually visited the convent in Ireland in an attempt to make contact with her. Unfortunately the nuns had lied to him saying that they had no record of Philomena’s whereabouts and had no contact with her. Michael’s life is dreadfully cut short by his AIDS condition but his dying wish is to be buried at the convent with a headstone stating who he is in the hope that Philomena will find it.
Martin and Philomena return to the convent where the nuns continue to deny Philomena the information she seeks regarding Michael’s grave and his last days. In a final scene Michael confronts a senior nun, Sister Hildegarde and in a dramatic and poignant scene demands she explain why she had denied Philomena access to her son and further lied to her son regarding knowledge of his birthmother’s whereabouts. In this scene the aggrieved person is not Philomena as one would expect, but Martin the journalist who rounds on this elderly nun and demands she make an explanation of her behaviour. The nun testily answers that Martin is not her judge only Jesus will judge her and Philomena had relinquished her right to justice through her sin of fornication. The nun is clearly unrepentant and it is this that triggers an outburst from Martin when he tells the nun that if Jesus had been present he would have tipped her “out of her F—-g chair”. The dialogue and acting in this scene is transfixing, but it is Philomena who comes to the nun’s rescue when she tells Martin that his anger is really a waste of energy and she tells him to examine himself, because the anger is all consuming. Philomena doesn’t want to end up hating anyone and at this point she turns to Hildegarde and exclaims, “I forgive you”. The nun shows no recognition that she needs to be forgiven but it is important for Philomena to utter these words.
An analysis of the message
Throughout the film Martin and Philomena present two quite contrasting views on the value of religious adherence. Even though Philomena has suffered rejection and condemnation from the Order of Catholic Nuns it does not deter her from her belief in the sacred presence of God found in the ordnances of the Catholic faith. Whereas Martin is angry at the self-righteous deceit that he has discovered in the brutal and guilt-laden treatment of young unmarried mothers, one who had died in childbirth aged fourteen years. Early in the film Martin declares that he is a lapsed Catholic who no longer believes in a God. The respective positions of Philomena and Martin add significantly to the message of the film.
Each of the major characters continues to question their particular religious viewpoints and these become vital scenes in the film. I was particularly taken by the scene when Philomena goes to make confession whilst in the United States. The painfulness of this scene is palpable, because she cannot say confession. The reason being she has nothing to confess. Earlier she has told Martin that having sex as a teenager had been a wonderful experience, quite unlike what she had been told and that she never regretted it. She explained it as a sense of ‘floating free.’
During the confessional scene the priest offers her forgiveness in response to her silence, but the telling moment is that as she is leaving the church she does not use the holy water just inside the door to bless herself. Martin who is witnessing her leave the church stands watching the bowl of water well after she has left the church as if to say, “Is she questioning her faith?”
The film raises for me the question, ‘how then should we approach our events of life?’ Should we be like Martin who wants to right a wrong and sees the injustice of the church going almost unchallenged? Or should we respond like Philomena who doesn’t want to end up consumed by anger as is Martin and in her offer of forgiveness is saying to the church through Sister Hildegarde you have not won there is a faith that is life enhancing and not a guilt ridden life–destroying existence.
However watching Hidergarde’s expression when Philomena offers forgiveness I did not see any recognition that she was feeling guilty and filled with remorse for her attitude and actions regarding Philomena and her son. It also reminded me that here in Australia we have witnessed the Catholic Church hierarchy showing self-righteous indignation when being called to account for it’s deliberate cover up of the many instances of Child Sexual Abuse. Will it take the anger of someone like Martin Sixsmith to confront the church with it’s errant behaviour before there is any admission of guilt for what has occurred? How many times have the authorities of the Church claimed that they are responsible only to God or Jesus for their behaviour, and not to the community in which they live. As if they have been ordained with some special wisdom that prevents them from being accountable to the wider community.
The argument given by Hildegarde that she is responsible only to Jesus for what she has done again raises the issue that the church has seen itself above the law and responsible only to some sacred presence. A number of my friends in the Catholic Church will tell me that they can experience a special relationship with the sacred in the Mass and that I as a ‘Progressive Christian’ cannot experience this relationship; because my rational thinking denies me an understanding of the awesomeness of God. In the words of Paul Keating many Catholics give the impression that they have a ‘divine guidance’ that is unavailable to those who are not of the Roman faith. I wonder if this is the very attitude that has allowed such abuses to occur, particularly when people place themselves above common law. Surely the compassionate God that has been revealed in the person of Jesus would claim that we have a responsibility to our fellow human beings, because when we cease to care for our fellow human beings we cease to care for the sacredness of a divine presence.
In the final scene Martin and Philomena find the headstone that Anthony/Michael was hopeful his mother would discover. While standing at the graveside Martin out of respect for Philomena and perhaps as a result of being chastened for his anger tells her he will not publish the story. Her response is a surprise when she tells him that she has changed her mind and that the story really does need to be told.
I am sure I am not the only person who is grateful to Philomena for changing her mind.
John W H Smith
Book Review: Outspoken
Fr. Rod Bower, 2018,
Outspoken: The Life and Work of the Man behind the Signs.
Born to a young unmarried mother through to his adoption, Rod Bower shares his struggles to establish his identity in the midst of bullying and his step-father’s early death. He finds acceptance within Anglo-Catholicism, eventually going to seminary, ordination and appointment to the Gosford Parish with a deep passion for social justice. Promoted to Archdeacon, he resigns when prohibited from providing pastoral care to a parishioner because of their being on a criminal charge. He steps down from the high calling of celibacy, to marry a divorcee. Now a step-father to two teenagers, he loves into adulthood. His marriage energises his public ministry of billboard signs and social media posts from which they endure a conservative backlash.
His theology of billboard signs reveals a deep empathy for Jesus’ mission to the marginalised which in the modern context involves challenging attitudes towards “illegal” asylum seekers, Islam, LGBTQ and climate change. Fr Rod Bower demonstrates how billboards gives the Church a platform for sharing the Gospel in the public square, exposing the ethical failings of Parliament.
Fr Rod Bower’s “Stages of Spirituality” gives valuable insight into institutional Christianity, from Stage One “ego driven” Pentecostalism, to Stage Two “ego within safe boundaries” of Church rules and regulations, to Stage Three where Church people move out engaging in secular projects for the “Common Good”. The fourth and final stage is that of the Mystics who move seamlessly between all stages. Fr Rod Bower positions his ministry at Stage Three with a future goal of being an Independent Senator who maintains separation between Church and State, by resigning his priesthood if so elected.
A prophetic book by a deeply spiritual person engaged with the suffering of the world.
Richard Smith 22 December 2018
Richard C.G. Smith, PhD – From Farm Economist to Earth Systems Scientist measuring human impacts from satellite to help manage a global warming future. Lay Preacher and Chairperson of WA Progressive Christian Network. Chair of Creative Living Centre, Floreat Uniting Church, walking along side Indigenous peoples of Mowanjum in the West Kimberley and West Papua, Eastern Indonesia.
This entry was posted in Book Reviews on December 22, 2018 by Paul Inglis.
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He was buried at the cemetry, on the mountain, near a cross; this mountain is in Troitsa, in Zabaikal, on the way to Nerchinsk. And now people gather there, read prayers and memorial services, many pilgrims come there… And they tell that dawn goes up at a lovely night, the same one that was seen above the belfry of the Church of the Transfiguration, and the candle lits on the grave.
…The empress neither thanked nor scolded servants of the Secret Expedition. She only had been thinking for a long time: she had almost won the metropolitan, exiled to an incredible distance, and he is among people again. The empress surprised, she had great forces, the army and hundred of thousands soldiers, numerous cannons, not to mention muskets, and, besides, great number of policemen together with the Secret Expedition, and Arceniy didn’t have even a censer – and she couldn’t win him?!
She is the empress Catherine II, and not simply the second but Catherine the Great. Already in the first year of ruling the Senate is discussing the creation of a monument to her and conferment of the title of “Mother of Motherland”. Let the senators are not very sincere, and not always, but this was. Less than four years passed when she was announced Catherine the Great. She knows how to act with Voltaire, she can propitiate Diderot – she bought his library and gave it him back for storage, paid Diderot fifty years ahead. Now philosopher and famous writer must tell in all European crossroads about her wisdom and education, and Voltaire would even call her “Our Lady of St. Petersburg”. And nobody would guess that her numerous letters to Voltaire, depth of thought and elegance of style of which was admired in many capitals, in fact were written by count Andrey Shuvalov, because she knew well neither Russian nor French… And Hrapovitskiy would write all necessary documents in Russian instead of her.
She, the empress Catherine the Great, can remake European map as an old shabby kaftan, make a seat for her John wittily of royal throne of proud Poland.
She is Catherine the Great, but who is this Arceniy, this Lier? What is the secret of his unconquerable force?
Something is wrong here in nature – the empress thought.
She strung thought by thought on a logical thread as a necklace of small beads, but nothing came to hand somehow: now the hole in beads was too small, now thread twisted and sometimes tore treacherously, and then the whole necklace was torn…
Chief of Police Tolstoy had to acquaint newcomers with the court at a reception of the presentation of credentials.
“Who is this handsome man with a scar across the face?” diplomats asked, trying to find their way around.
“Prince Aleksey Orlov, influential statesman, the old pillar of the throne.”
“And this must be Potyomkin, whose eye is tied up with a black ribbon?”
“Yes, the empress relies on him especially, and you must have heard about the talant of general youselves.”
“Their faces are so fearless; they must have suffered injury in battles…”
“Oh, of course” – stamina never left Tolstoy, all the more so in difficult state affairs.
“And who is that fair tall officer, standing a little aloof?”
“His surname is Lanskoy, little-known newcomer.”
Chief of Police kept on satisfying the curiosity of arrivals, telling or introducing famous court, but the empress called Tolstoy and ordered to introduce her handsome newcomer at the court, an officer.
“Lanskoy, Your Majesty,” he said his surname and title and blushed as if he were asked something disgraceful.
Fair husky with clumsy manners and modesty of a teenage girl stroke the empress’s eye, she hadn’t had such man before.
After the meeting life twisted Lanskoy by such abrupt and unexpected twists, that he didn’t have time to look back at those turnings. Court physician tapped him as a pecker tapped dry wood, long and weary, Lanskoy had been swinging on Perekusiha for three nights, in the end he was nearly sick, but restrained, then he passed exam of two maids of honor, they were younger, till Perekusiha brought him to the empress’s bedroom to read the book.
“What about him, Maria Savvichna, does he read well?” – she wondered, smiling, not without archness.
“Literate” – an old maid of honor answered earnestly, waring to praise too much at the same time.
In the morning the metropolitan was wearily sprinkling the new lucky with holy water, and a valet was giving respectfully a luxury adjutant’s uniform and told about substantial monetary reward.
Empress of fifty was resting heart with Lanskoy, it was seldom with his precursors. Twenty six-year old Sascha, four years younger than her son, could do in a bed in such a manner that empress didn’t remember Indian summer sunset. She may have forgotten some of her former lovers, but Zahariy Chernyshov remained in the memory by unrestrained power, how could she forget Grisha Orlov, – son, count Bobrinskiy is already adult, son from Sergey Saltykov can possibly take over the throne, daughter from Ponyatovskiy, unfortunately, died so early. Vasilchikov and Zavadovskiy flashed as a temporary toy, Zorich barely flickers in memory, Korsakov, Levashov and Vysotskiy are forgotten quickly though the recent ones, as if half a century passed. She tried Mordvinov and Yermolaev too, but she caught on and returned Lanskoy, no sense to conceal a sin.
“Stars of St. Anne and Alexander!” – courtiers were whispering at receptions, either enthusiastically, or with ill-concealed envy, having seen new shining awards at the Lanskoy’s chest.
“And two more were sent for him from Warsaw and one from Swedish capital…”
“There aren’t any wars, but orders are pouring as out of the bag” – the envious reviled.
“There aren’t wars only by day…”
Either the envious jinxed or something else happened, but Lanskoy noticed that trouble was approaching, approaching inexorably – his man’s force began to fade away. He ran to doctors, they were brought secretly, and they were using enchantments, whispering, rolling eggs, but in vain. Then an old fortune-teller appeared, like a rotting fungus which dried and shriveled on the vine, and she brought him a dark brew, smelling turpentine. And a wonder – the force returned, he could withstand a night again, only in the morning he became exhausted and twisted like a rag, hanging on a fence to dry. But wonder can’t be long, he had to drink that brew, beveling and pinching his nose, more and more, not to disgrace. Once he took a risk, drank too much and fell in a fever in the next morning.
Five days and nights he had been thrashing about in fever, barely regaining consciousness, he was lying as if not in a soft feather bed, but on the cinder, and on the sixth day, sobbing and greedily inhaling the air last, he died.
This happened on Day of Ivan the Baptist.
Radishchev considered him to be reserved, austere, maybe even with self-esteem, – it’s clear, publisher known in the whole empire who dared print rebellious journal “Shershen”, not durable “Pustomelya”, and now thoughtful people are snapping his “Painter”. Radishchev considered Nikolay Ivanovich Novikov to be other, not so cheerful, playful and sensitive. Radishchev has already printed some works in “Painter”, of course, not under his own name.
“Welcome to the brave and national defender” – Novikov uttered so that there wasn’t a drop of irony – “I long wanted to meet.”
“What the brave” – Radishchev languidly waved – “I’m hiding under a false name.”
“It’s not a sin, it’s a right of a man” – Novikov gave the latest issue of the journal – “you haven’t seen yet, I’m sorry, here is your publication.”
While Radishchev was thumbing through, holding children’s eagerness to see everything first, Novikov was stiring up tea with a spoon so that it nearly threw out.
“You write well, Alexander Ivanovich, but style is very scientific. Do not be afraid of old-vulgar words, because all our troubles are from oblivion, neglect of Russian antiquities… But we picked up foreign words, like fleas, we beat them bows… Sorry, I don’t mean you, I don’t blame you that you had studied in Leipzig, I tell about our life in general.”
“One can learn from foreigners too” – Radishchev found his publication at last, but it was awkward to stop on his place, he began to thumb through the remaining pages – “but we can only adopt a cut of pantaloons from foreigners. We do not have enough intelligence at rest.”
“Who must adopt? Who?” – Novikov jingled a teaspoon as if it caused his resentment – “a peasant, this slave in hopeless poverty? Landowner, the owner of the slaves, does he need it? The courtiers, who reached the inaccessible peaks of peculation? The empress who doesn’t have time because of lovers who she changes as gloves?”
“Really… People are laughing on back streets that she will put her genitals in the Russian coat of arms instead of the bicephalous eagle… You see, I wouldn’t like to keep silent, because it hurts, and I’m afraid to write. Shall I spit on this bad time, and print the history of the Church… I became interested in figure of Philaret the Merciful – what great people they were, the Church was so inofficial.”
“Did decent people live only in ancient times, at the dawn of Christianity?” – Novikov’s face darkled, he recalled his hard battles in publishing – “Catherine’s censorship banned to print article of St. Dimitri of Rostov “On the church estates”. Try to explain any sensible man if you are able: holy word is banned…”
“On a silver frame of Dimitriy of Rostov there are fairly words coined: “Having written “Life of saints” he was awarded a refinement to be a saint” – Radishchev was silent for a moment – “neither emperors, nor any state people can erase these words of Mikhail Lomonosov, even if they throw a stranglehold on the neck of the Church, doing crafty faces that the Church is so inofficial.”
“Forget about inofficial, three-quarters of the property confiscated from churches, went as if to the treasury, but it was given to the empress’s lovers in reality. A priest, who had always been a conscience, now is also official, because he is paid from treasury. And nobody will even squeak…”
“But why didn’t metropolitan Arceniy Matsievich break, he could tell truth openly, his letters and instructions are spread among people in secret. Don’t you know anything about his fate?”
“Even his name is not allowed to tell.”
“Only not to forget to amuse with you funny news” – Novikov took out a letter and gave it to Radishchev – “if a reader, loyal to the throne, awarded you with a bunch of letters with a brief assessment “Lies” for the publication in the fifth issue of “Painter”, they received a promotion in the eyes of sycophants after the fourteenth issue – a Kazan landowner is looking for you to duel. Isn’t it ghastly?”
Radishchev scanned a few lines, where there were not many fresh thoughts, except for some curses of the author, twisted the letter in the hands, not knowing what to do with it, and handed it back to Novikov.
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In a surprise move, Danny Boyle has exited “Bond 25” due to creative differences.
“Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, and Daniel Craig today announced that due to creative differences, Danny Boyle has decided to no longer direct Bond 25,” the 007 Twitter account posted on Tuesday.
Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig today announced that due to creative differences Danny Boyle has decided to no longer direct Bond 25. pic.twitter.com/0Thl116eAd
— James Bond (@007) August 21, 2018
MGM is releasing domestically through their joint venture with Annapurna Pictures and had dated the film for Nov. 8, 2019, with Universal handling international rights. It is unknown whether Boyle’s exit will have any effect on the release date or production, which was expected to begin in December. Universal was set to release the film in the U.K. on Oct 25, 2019.
Sources tell Variety that Eon and Boyle were in the early stages of casting the new Bond girl and villain prior to the December production start. Producers will now act quickly to find Boyle’s replacement.
Prior to Boyle’s hiring, David Mackenzie, Denis Villeneuve, and “White Boy Rick” helmer Yann Demange were in contention for the job.
Variety first reported that Boyle was high on MGM’s list to direct the pic. He had long been in MGM and Eon’s sights to board a James Bond movie, dating back to 2012’s “Skyfall” and 2015’s “Spectre.”
Sam Mendes directed the previous two installments, which became the highest-grossing movies in the series, with “Skyfall” hauling $1.1 billion globally and “Spectre” earning $880.7 million at the worldwide box office. Mendes said after the most recent Bond movie, he would not continue directing films in the 007 series.
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HomeFairs & EventsWay Out West: First Vegan, Climate Transparant Music Festival
Way Out West: First Vegan, Climate Transparant Music Festival
July 3, 2019 Fairs & Events
Way Out West is a Swedish music festival based in Gothenburg that hosts over 100,000 visitors every summer. The festival became meat-free and milk-free in 2013 and this year will partner with Oatly to make a 100% climate transparant event.
Way Out West sees some of the biggest names in music of different genres and this year headliners include The Cure and Cardi B, in a lineup which is created to align with their policy of 50/50 gender split programming. The partnership with Oatly will mean that the climate footprint for food, drink, transport, accommodation and energy, will be reported with complete transparency.
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Climate impact research company CarbonCloud will calculate various carbon variables such as the footprint of artists’ air travel, equipment hire, lighting, food and drink etc, to create a climate budget to ensure the festival’s footprint can be accurately recorded and reduced each year.
Oatly became involved in the festival four years ago and in 2015 and started printing its climate footprint on its packaging. The Swedish plant milk brand will work with Way Out West to ensure all climate footprint measurements are recorded and made available to the public.
Oatly’s Anna Åhnberg said: “More producers need to take responsibility and show their climate footprint so that consumers can make sustainable choices in their everyday lives. We think it should be the consumers’ right to know.”
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READING NOTES: A VSK HANDBOOK FOR PERVERTED CIRCUMSTANCES
This latest VSK handbook offers an expanded PUBLICATIONS NOTED, a transcription notebook through recent readings that via extraction and sequence (may) become a form of commentary, and/or a determined neurosis of (mis-)use.
Each of the following texts could be positioned as a starting point that determines the themes of the others, with each such sequence posing different priorities and forms of travel.
MoreImmediateMotivation for such a method was Hans Dickel & Lisa Puyplat’s Reading Susanne Kriemann, for its exploration of reader/ reading involving both the practice (the reader and the art work) and the thought about it (by the artist and others. Reader as body and anthology in shifting multiplicity). As Axel John Wieder notes in “Reading Meanings”, his essay for Reading…:
“Reading” emerges here, perhaps in a more poetic understanding, as a process which itself produces meaning, which doesn’t only decipher, but constructs information in a performative sense through one’s own associations and ideas. We should start from this point, when we speak about the reading of images. (155-6)
1. Peter Friedl
“I think the more interesting part of the theater question for me is emphasizing the different between the stage and the public and how it works under perverted circumstances…”
“…. when everybody wants to be a spectator and a protagonist at the same time – certainly without any revolutionary romanticism – and even something like Pasolini’s despair looks like some role model to be picked up by any hysterical video artist (male or female); circumstances are definitely perverted. The real scandal is complicity.” (189)
(2) Susanne Kriemann
“In attempting to formulate my narratives with all the images taken from other contexts, the clear structure of the book serves as a basis for the associative relationships inherent to my work.” (190)
“there is a striking difference between the formulation of the work in book form and its realization in the exhibition context. The latter is a transcription of sorts, which is an act of transposing the book into the exhibition space.” (190-2)
“Do we bring one language into another language into another language, I wonder? Revealing a fabric woven of languages in space? Could this be transcription as performance? I have mostly been thinking of my process as series of “transformations” from image to text to image again, from painting to physical installation, to virtual space, and back to text again and into image – in a long and transformative process.” (206)
“I also dislike the word “installation” but I cannot stop using it when describing what I do. Lately I have started to embrace the old term “exhibition” instead. I make exhibitions instead of installations. Installation is for me more of a thing in a space that can be seen as a whole body. Exhibition is like a book with a beginning and an end.” (208)
3. General Idea
is basically this:
a framing device
within which we
inhabit the role of
the artist as we see
Showcard 1-001, General Idea, 1975
Degraded and humiliated,
the glamorous image
is brilliant in its vacancy,
glorious in its degradation.
The image retains
signs of a former purity.
The face of reality is
still evident beneath
the thin skin of Glamour.
Showcard 1-007, Brilliant in its Vacancy, 1975
Glamour, like myth,
miniaturizes reality,
making it visible
in a single glance.
All major characteristics
are retained.
Any “reali-life” context
may be simulated.
Glamour is the perfect
simluation technique
for on-going battles,
the perfect tool
for re-shaping history:
adding, subtracting
indeed MAKING history.
Showcard 1-009, Battle Plans, 1975
Like all artists, s/he is
intent on the definition
of unoccupied territory.
S/he wants to describe
the background by
simplifying the foreground.
S/he wants to occupy
a central position in the
general state of affairs.
Showcard 1-071, The Artist Constructs a Model, 1977
4. Paul Chan
“Reading Sade, one can’t help noticing something about the countless debaucheries: they are not real. What I mean is that they are physically impossible. There are situations that Sade depicts where bodies suck and fuck in ways that defy physics as much as morality. The world Sade portrays is even less representative of reality than pornography is of actual sex. But they are not mere fantasies. They possess the prodding movements a mind that imagines sex not merely as a pleasure, a job, or a weapon but as a form of reason. Here is where the spirit of Sade resides. If human freedom is expressed in the sovereignty of sex, then Sade is pushing to create a form of expression that can free the reason of sex from both nomos (human law) and physics (nature’s law).
In other words, the spirit of Sade is embodied in the idea of abstraction. Abstraction, as the power to create from empirical reality an essential composition outside the laws of what constitutes the real, has always been the emblem of a kind of freedom. If abstract art has any insight left beyond merely being an apologia for interior design, then it must find a new necessity to produce images and objects that follows laws unto themselves. Abstraction worthy of that word binds content to form in such a way that the process that directed its expression is indistinguishable form the idea that led it into being. In abstraction, the origin is the end.
Sex abstracts us from ourselves. In sex, the senses lose all sense and make one feel wholly other. It is a domain in which truth and rationality have no ground, a place where no one knows what to do with what is true. Sexuality, like art, makes reason unreasonable. Abstraction, as an aesthetic principle of essential separation, has the potential to redescribe sex by delinking it from the tortured legacy of a Western imaginary that ceaselessly tries to make what we do to ourselves and to one another into a truth worth fighting and sometimes killing for. In a sense, erotica, pornography, and even secret military prisons are merely different ways we have sought to make sex truthful: by fixing its shape, determining its laws, making it useful, rendering it reasonable. They are material representations of what sex is supposed to be. But there is nothing less reasonable than sex. This unreasonableness must be given form, rhythm, movement, touch, feel, and more. In abstraction, sex reveals the intangible force of its own irreconcilability and becomes what it is in reality: a spell for togethering doubling as a boundary.” (103-4)
5. Glenn Ligon
“… one of the things about the paintings is that there’s always this question of whether I’m obscuring the text or highlighting it, whether the accumulation of material on the paintings is about actually withdrawing meaning and my ambivalence about language and its ability to communicate, or is it about this incredible faith in language which someone like Baldwin had. I feel like coming to this essay [ James Baldwin, “Stranger in the Village, ” in NOTES OF A NATIVE SON (1955)] fifty years later there’s always this sense that the world has changed, but not enough, and so what can language do in some ways? What are its limits? I think that’s part of what’s going into these paintings.” (115)
“My approach to the essay of these particular works is one of questioning. The paintings are fundamentally about language and an ambivalence and pessimism about the project of communicating, of going back and forth between really wanting to communicate with the viewer and also wanting to withhold things and the aggression of that withholding. There are several ways to view the paintings, and I feel that when I started doing these paintings that people’s relationship to Baldwin’s writing was one of just celebration, that there was this uncritical relationship to him, and they weren’t looking at the essays anymore and weren’t diving into the in the way that I thought they should. I didn’t want my paintings just to be re-presenting the text, saying “Baldwin is important, here’s the text, read it again.” I wanted to explore the more abstract level of why do certain things disappear or how they have become so known that they’re not visible anymore, and pushing the viewer to think about this visual object, and in the way I’ve rendered the text in terms of these more abstract questions that the paintings ask.” (115-6)
Frédéric Bonnet, General Idea: Haute Culture A Retrospective, 1969-1994 (JRP Ringier, 2011).
Paul Chan, The essential and incomplete sade for sade’s sake (Badlands Unlimited, 2010).
Peter Friedl, Secret Modernity: Selected Writings and Interviews 1981-2009 (Sternberg Press, 2010).
Susanne Kriemann and Matts Leiderstam, “Is this what we do?” in Hans Dickel & Lisa Puyplat eds. Reading Susanne Kriemann (Sternberg Press, 2011).
Scott Rothkopf ed. Glenn Ligon, Yourself in the World: Selected Writings and Interviews (Yale University Press, 2011).
This VSK HANDBOOK (2) is part of an ongoing project exploring forms of writing and essaying that stay in proximity to acts of reading and writing. Previous projects include the recent handbook on John Berger’s Bento’s Sketchbook, and a collaboration in January with the artist Jennie Guy, performed at the Galway Arts Centre.
All these projects operate variously in a zone of transcription, passing on, (W)reading and commenting. They propose a form of theatre out of that process, where the value of reading is staged, rather than left to a process of unconscious accretion.
Transcribing this handbook prompted various questions concerning such a staging. Are the quotations in order? Is an argument unfolding? Is there anyone out there reading from the bottom up? How does a voice read all these aloud, inhabiting them both for possible through-lines and refusals? This, it seems -4/-7/11, is less about subjectivities than imagining an endlessly refracting being who could speak everything.
IMAGE CREDITS (From top:) General Idea, P is for Poodle, 1983; Peter Friedl, Corrupting the Absolute; Susanne Kriemann, Spying invisible acts (high-rise building Alexandria), 2006, 110 x 135 cm, c-print; Susanne Kriemann, Picknick am Wegesrand, 2011; General Idea Felix Partz models V.B. Gown #3 at City Hall, Toronto, 1975-1977; Paul Chan, sade for sade’s sake, 2009, digital projection, 5 hours, 45 minutes looped; Glenn Ligon, Figure #32, 2009, Acrylic, silkscreen and coal dust on canvas 60 x 48 inches (152.4 x 121.92 cm).
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Our longest serving Pinnacle Foundation Patron, The Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG, marries his partner, Johan van Vloten, on the 50th anniversary of first meeting.
By Andrew HoppeFebruary 12, 2019News, Patrons, Supporters
The longest serving Pinnacle Foundation Patron, The Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG, has married his partner, Johan van Vloten, on the 50th anniversary of first meeting.
“Scholars past and present, The Board, the management team, volunteers, mentors, and donors of The Pinnacle Foundation, are so thrilled at the celebration of the marriage of our inaugural Patron, friend and incredible supporter, The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG, and his loving partner of 50 years, Johan van Vloten” said Paul Zahra, Chair of The Pinnacle Foundation Board.
“Their marriage is an illustration of the celebration of an enduring love and partnership, and one that everyone should be able to celebrate and recognise everywhere, which was achieved in Australia last year when the nation overwhelming said “YES”.
“Everyone at The Pinnacle Foundation wishes Michael and Johan our love, and best wishes for the happiest of futures together.”
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The Pinnacle Foundation welcomes new Board Members and expands to a national footprint.
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia supports The Pinnacle Foundation for another Three Years
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Uncle Sam dumps the Kurds (yet again)
45027 Views January 26, 2018 129 Comments Saker Analyses and Interviews The Saker
The drama which is unfolding in northern Syria is truly an almost ideal case to fully assess how weak and totally dysfunctional the AngloZionist Empire has really become. Let’s begin with a quick reminder.
The US-Israeli goals in Syria were really very simple. As I have already mentioned in a past article, the initial AngloZionist plan was to overthrow Assad and replace him with the Takfiri crazies (Daesh, al-Qaeda, al-Nusra, ISIS – call them whatever you want). Doing this would achieve the following goals:
Bring down a strong secular Arab state along with its political structure, armed forces and security services.
Create total chaos and horror in Syria justifying the creation of a “security zone” by Israel not only in the Golan, but further north.
Trigger a civil war in Lebanon by unleashing the Takfiri crazies against Hezbollah.
Let the Takfiris and Hezbollah bleed each other to death, then create a “security zone”, but this time in Lebanon.
Prevent the creation of a Shia axis Iran-Iraq-Syria-Lebanon.
Breakup Syria along ethnic and religious lines.
Create a Kurdistan which could then be used against Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran.
Make it possible for Israel to become the uncontested power broker in the Middle-East and forces the KSA, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and all others to have to go to Israel for any gas or oil pipeline project.
Gradually isolate, threaten, subvert and eventually attack Iran with a wide regional coalition of forces.
Eliminate all center of Shia power in the Middle-East.
With the joint Russian-Iranian military intervention, this plan completely collapsed. For a while, the USA tried to break up Syria under various scenarios, but the way the Russian Aerospace forces hammered all the “good terrorists” eventually convinced the AngloZionists that this would not work.
The single biggest problem for the Empire is that while it has plenty of firepower in the region (and worldwide), it cannot deploy any “boots on the ground”. Being the Empire’s boots on the ground was, in fact, the role the AngloZionists had assigned to the Takfiri crazies (aka Daesh/IS/ISIS/al-Qaeda/al-Nusra/etc/), but that plan failed. The only US allies left in the region are Israel and Saudi Arabia. The problem with them is that, just like the USA themselves, these countries do not have ground forces capable of actually deploying inside Syria and taking on not only the Syrian military, but the much more capable Iranian and Hezbollah forces. Murdering civilians is really the only thing the Israelis and Saudis are expert in, at least on the ground (in the skies the Israeli Air Force is a very good one). Enter the Kurds.
The AngloZionist wanted to use the Kurds just like NATO had used the KLA in Kosovo: as a ground force which could be supported by US/NATO and maybe even Israeli airpower. Unlike the Israelis and Saudis, the Kurds are a relatively competent ground force (albeit not one able to take on, say, Turkey or Iran).
The folks at the Pentagon had already tried something similar last year when they attempted to create a sovereign Kurdistan in Iraq by means of a referendum. The Iraqis, with some likely help from Iran, immediately put an end to this nonsense and the entire exercise was a pathetic “flop”.
Which immediately begs to obvious question: are the Americans even capable of learning from their mistakes? What in the world were they thinking when they announced the creation of 30’000 strong Syrian Border Security Force (BSF) (so called to give the illusion that protecting Syria’s border was the plan, not the partition Syria)? The real goal was, as always, to put pressure on Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Russia while grabbing a lot of oil. As always with Uncle Shmuel, the entire plan had no UNSC authorization was thus totally illegal under international law (as is the presence of the USA in the Syria’s airspace and territory, but nobody cares any more).
Did Trump and his generals really think that Turkey, Iran, Syria and Russia would accept a US protectorate in Syria masquerading as an “independent Kurdistan” and do nothing about it? Yet again, and I know this sounds hard to believe, but I think that this is yet another strong indication that the Empire is run by stupid and ignorant people whose brain and education simply do not allow them to grasp even the basic dynamics in the region of our planet there are interfering with.
Whatever may be the case the Turks reacted exactly as everybody thought: the Turkish Chief of Staff jumped into an airplane, flew to Moscow, met with top Russian generals (including Minister of Defense Shoigu) and clearly got a “go ahead” from Moscow: not only were the Turkish airplanes flying over Syria’s Afrin province not challenged by Russian air defense systems (which have ample coverage in this region), but the Russians also helpfully withdrew their military personnel from the region lest any Russian get hurt. Sergei Lavrov deplored it all, as he had to, but it was clear to all that Turkey had the Russian backing for this operation. I would add that I am pretty sure that the Iranians were also consulted (maybe at the same meeting in Moscow?) to avoid any misunderstandings as there is little love lost between Ankara and Tehran.
What about the Kurds? Well, how do I say that nicely? Let’s just say that what they did was not very smart. That’s putting it very, very mildly. The Russians gave them a golden deal: accept large autonomy in Syria, come to the National Dialog Congress to take place in Sochi, we will make your case before the (always reluctant) Syrians, Iranians and Turks and we will even give you money to help you develop your oil production. But no, the Kurds chose to believe in the hot air coming from Washington and when the Turks attacked that is all the Kurds got from Washington: hot air.
In fact, it is pretty clear that the US Americans have, yet again, betrayed an ally: Tillerson has now “greenlighted” a 30km safe zone in Syria (as if anybody was asking for his opinion, nevermind permission!). Take a look at this simple map of the Afrin region and look what 50 miles (about 80km) look like. You can immediately see that this 30km “safe zone” means: the end of any Kurdish aspirations to created a little independent Kurdistan in northern Syria.
To say that all these developments make the Russians really happy is not an exaggeration. It is especially sweet for the Russians to see that they did not even have to do much, that this ugly mess of a disaster for the USA was entirely self-inflicted. What can be sweeter than that?
Let’ look at it all from the Russian point of view:
First, this situation further puts Turkey (a US ally and NATO member) on a collision course with the US/NATO/EU. And Turkey is not ‘just’ a NATO ally, like Denmark or Italy. Turkey is the key to the eastern Mediterranean and the entire Middle-East (well, one of them at least). Also, Turkey has a huge potential to be a painful thorn in the southern ‘belly’ of Russia so it is really crucial for Russia to keep Uncle Sam and the Israelis as far away from Turkey as possible. Having said that, nobody in Russia harbors *any *illusions about Turkey and/or Erdogan. Turkey will always be a problematic neighbor for Russia (the two countries already fought 12 wars!!!). But there is a big difference between “bad” and “worse”. Considering that in a not too distant past Turkey shot down a Russian aircraft over Syria, financed, trained and supported “good terrorists” in Syria, was deeply involved in the Tatar separatist movement in Crimea, and was the main rear base for the Wahabi terrorists in Chechnia for well over a decade, “worse” in the case of Turkey can be much, much worse than “bad” is today.
Second, these developments have clearly brought Turkey into an even closer cooperative dynamic with Russia and Iran, something which Russia very much desires. Turkey by itself is much more of a potential problem than a Turkey which partners up with Russia and Iran (ideally with Syria too, but considering the animosity between the two countries and their leaders that is something for the distant future, at least for the time being). What is shaping up is an informal (but very real) Russian-Turkish-Iranian regional alliance against the Axis of Kindness: USA-Israel-KSA. If that is what happens then the latter does not stand a chance to prevail.
Third, even though the Kurds are outraged and are now whining about the Russian “betrayal” – they will come to realize that they did it to themselves and that their best chance for freedom and prosperity is to work with the Russians. That means that the Russians will be able to achieve with, and for, the Kurds what the USA could not. Yet another very nice side-benefit for Russia.
Fourth, Syria, Iran and Turkey now realize a simple thing: only Russia stands between the crazy US-Israeli plans for the region and them. Absent Russia, there is nothing stopping the AngloZionist from re-igniting the “good terrorists” and the Kurds and use them against every one of them.
Be it as it may, having the USA and Israel shoot themselves in the leg and watch them bleed is not enough. To really capitalize on this situation the Russians need to also achieve a number of goals:
First, they need to stop the Turks before this all turns into a major and protracted conflict. Since Tillerson “greenlighted” a 30km “safe zone”, this is probably what Erdogan told Trump over the phone and that, in turn, is probably what the Russians and the Turks agreed upon. So, hopefully, this should not be too hard to achieve.
Second, the Russians need to talk to the Kurds and offer them the same deal again: large autonomy inside Syria in exchange for peace and prosperity. The Kurds are not exactly the easiest people to talk to, but since there is really no other option, my guess is that as soon as they stop hallucinating about the US going to war with Turkey on their behalf they will have to sit down and negotiate the deal. Likewise, the Russians will have to sell the very same deal to Damascus which, frankly, is in no position to reject it.
Third, Russia has neither the desire nor the means to constantly deal with violent flare-ups in the Middle-East. If the Empire desperately needs wars to survive, Russia desperately needs peace. In practical terms this means that the Russians must work with the Iranians, the Turks, the Syrians to secure a regional security framework which would be guaranteed and, if needed, enforced by all parties. And yes, the next logical step will be to approach Israel and the KSA and give them security guarantees in exchange for their assurances to stop creating chaos and wars on behalf of the USA. I know, I will get a lot of flak for saying this, but there *are* people in Israel and, possibly, Saudi Arabia who also understand the difference between “bad” and “worse”. Heed my words: as soon as the Israelis and the Saudis realize that Uncle Sam can’t do much for them either, they will suddenly become much more open to meaningful negotiations. Still, whether these rational minds will be sufficient to deal with the rabid ideologues I frankly don’t know. But it is worth trying for sure.
The Trump Administration’s “strategy” (I am being very kind here) is to stir up as many conflicts in as many places of our planet as possible. The Empire thrives only on chaos and violence. The Russian response is the exact opposite: to try as best can be to stop wars, defuse conflicts and create, if not peace, at least a situation of non-violence. Simply put: peace anywhere is the biggest danger to the AngloZionist Empire whose entire structure is predicated on eternal wars. The total and abject failure of all US plans for Syria (depending on how you count we are at “plan C” or even “plan D”) is a strong indicator of how weak and totally dysfunctional the AngloZionist Empire has become. But ‘weak’ is a relative term while ‘dysfunctional’ does not imply ‘harmless’. The current lack of brains at the top, while very good in some ways, is also potentially very dangerous. I am in particular worried about what appears to be a total absence of real military men (officers in touch with reality) around the President. Remember how Admiral Fallon once referred to General Petraeus as “an ass-kissing little chickenshit“? This also fully applies to the entire gang of generals around Trump – all of them are the kind of men real officers like Fallon would, in this words, “hate”. As for State, I will just say this: I don’t expect much from a man who could not even handle Nikki Haley, nevermind Erdogan.
Remember how the USA ignited the Ukraine to punish the Russians for their thwarting of the planned US attack on Syria? Well, the very same Ukraine has recently passed a law abolishing the “anti-terrorist operation” in the Donbass and declaring the Donbass “occupied territory”. Under Ukie law, Russia is now officially an “aggressor state”. This means that the Ukronazis have now basically rejected the Minsk Agreements and are in a quasi-open state of war with Russia. The chances of a full-scale Ukronazi attack on the Donbass are now even higher then before, especially before or during the soccer World Cup in Moscow this summer (remember Saakashvili?). Having been ridiculed (again) with their Border Security Force in Syria, the US Americans will now seek a place to take revenge on the evil Russkies and this place will most likely be the Ukraine. And we can always count the Israelis to find a pretext to continue to murder Palestinians and bomb Syria. As for the Saudis, they appear to be temporarily busy fighting each other. So unless the Empire does something really crazy, the only place it can lash out with little to lose (for itself) is the eastern Ukraine. The Novorussians understand that. May God help them.
Paranam Kid on January 26, 2018 · at 12:59 am EST/EDT
Saker, interesting analysis. 1 tiny point of criticism:
Remember how the USA ignited the Ukraine to punish the Russians for their thwarting of the planned US attack on Syria?
If I am not mistaken the CIA fomented “Orange revolution” in Ukraine was in 2014, whereas Russia stepped into the Syrian war in 2015. So in the quoted sentence, it seems you got the sequence of events back to front.
Dr N.G. Maroudas on January 26, 2018 · at 3:10 am EST/EDT
@Kid. Russia ‘stepped in’ to help Syria fend of the big NATZO Armada of 2013 not 2015. That was when Russian, Chinese and Iranian warships appeared in the Med, when the 2 US-made Israeli cruise missiles from their German-made nuclear-ready submarine flew mysteriously off-course and plopped harmlessly into the sea. And electronic guidance systems began mysteriously to malfunction in NATZO’s Grand Armada. At which point, 2013, the O’bomba in Washington and the Ca’Moron in London graciously decided to postpone their plan to have NATZO openly ‘bombombom’ Syria — and get the EUSA to open a military North Front in the Western Ukraina as a fresh distraction for Putin’s attempt to build a nicer and kinder world than the AZC can imagine.
augusto on January 26, 2018 · at 9:37 am EST/EDT
Yes, maroudas the Obama plant was thwarted in 2013, by early winter, when the US fleet was in front of Syrian shores and Sergey Lavrov brilliantly caught his US counterpart threat byhis words and public reasons…
Lavrov said “we can and will guarantee Assad destroying his entire chemical arsenal”,so theUS can get back home.
The fleet made a U turnunder Obama´s command, the Russians and assad for their turn fulfilled their words and a useless (and ancient chemical arsenal built up just to dissuade TelAviv) was nullified.
It was a humiliation for the pentagon and deep state,and five months afterwards the Maidan burst into life just to kill Moscow´s unspeakable boldness
Ricardo Correa on January 29, 2018 · at 12:40 pm EST/EDT
The two missiles weren’t they launched from the Rota Base in Spain?
Александар on January 26, 2018 · at 3:18 am EST/EDT
Actually he didn’t. He refers to 2013 and messing up the Obama plan, by the method of turning in Syrian chemical weapons
The Saker on January 26, 2018 · at 9:36 am EST/EDT
Thank you for clarifying this on my behalf.
JEinCA on January 26, 2018 · at 3:18 am EST/EDT
Even before the Russian military got involved in the Syrian war Russia had foiled Washington’s plans for regime change via a No Fly Zone in Syria following a false flag chemical weapons attack that Washington blamed on Assad (when actually it was carried out by US backed terrorists). Washington was furious and the voup in Ukraine followed.
Anonymous on January 26, 2018 · at 4:53 am EST/EDT
-Russia seems to be winning everywhere, except where it is most important, in Ukraine. Ukraine feels like a spring that keeps getting tighter and tighter ready to unleash its harmful energy on Russia when the time is just right.
The empire has never had a better chance at destroying Russia then thru Ukraine, not even Chechnya was anything close to as dangerous to Russia as Ukraine is. And I am not only referring to the military potential of Ukraine but the after-effects if things went wrong, such as sanctions. There are a lot of evil forces in EU that are just waiting to push the most negative sanctions on Russia, and a lot of weak leaders in EU that wont be able to resist them if Russia does something wrong in Ukraine.
Melotte 22 on January 26, 2018 · at 6:03 am EST/EDT
The only harmful energy Bandera idiots can unleash is on themselves.
I am convinced that any large scale attack on Donetsk and Lugansk would end up with a collapse of Banderastan in an domino effect. There will not be anymore a limited response from DPR, LPR and Russia. It is going to be the end for Junta.
Kevin on January 26, 2018 · at 9:41 pm EST/EDT
I respectfully disagree. Ukraine’s ties to Russia are too strong to break for the EU’s seductive non promises.
The longer Ukraine destroys itself as a functioning state, the sooner eastern Ukraine rejoins Russia and western Ukraine realizes its prosperity hinges on good neighboorly relations
Anonius on January 27, 2018 · at 11:29 am EST/EDT
@Anon and Kevin Ukraine is to close to Russia’s heart hence it must be handled with kid gloves. And, Anon you (mod-to note: assumption deleted) under the influence of Western deceptive narrative. If Russia was really losing Ukraine, then USofA would not impose more sanctions as a further attempt to force Russia to succumb to the emperor’s plans. Kevin, as Saker and other writers on this and other blogs said, Russia does not want to pay for rebuilding of Western destruction in Ukraine. The idea is the make them pay for their own mess. Although, I think that Russia might end up rebuilding the Ukraine.
Finally there is this FIFA sledge hummer hanging over Russia’s head coming this summer, so Russia will have pussy foot dance until at least then.
Jihadi Colin on January 29, 2018 · at 4:14 am EST/EDT
Russia could have avoided having to shoulder responsibility for rebuilding Banderastan if it had overthrown the Ukranazi coup regime on Day One in 2014 and reinstated Yanukovych. Now ultimately it will have to invade and occupy Ukraine, and govern it until fresh elections can be called, in the meantime rebuilding what the Ukranazi scum have destroyed. What Russia wants or doesn’t want is irrelevant, that is what it will have to do.
Nussiminen on January 27, 2018 · at 12:55 pm EST/EDT
“The empire has never had a better chance at destroying Russia than thru Ukraine”
Don’t think so. At the very least, the knife cuts both ways: Russia has never had a better chance to destroy the Empire than through Ukraine. Russia knows the region inside out, and the Ukros aren’t precisely above stealing and embezzling, especially not if Russia has something “on offer”. Ukraine shows convincingly that today not even the West’s most über-grovelling, deluded morons can count on any real Zionazi goodwill. It certainly must be an excruciating pain finding it out “the hard way”.
Technically, the “Orange Revolution” was in late 2004 and into early 2005 and used to overthrow the results of the 2004 election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Revolution
Yes, I know it gets confusing. But it helps to remember that Victoria Nuland told the world that the US had spent $5 billion over 20 years destabilizing Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPVs5VuI8XI
The Orange Revolution in 2004 was an early stage of a long effort in ‘meddling’ in another nation’s affairs that only culminated with the Maiden Sq Revolution of early 2014. Or I suppose ‘culminated’ is the wrong word as Joe Biden recently bragged that he’d gotten a post-Maiden Ukraine Minister fired in only six hours and the word culminated would mean that the meddling was complete at that point.
Joezhifu on January 27, 2018 · at 1:52 am EST/EDT
Try $5 Trillions
Actually the work started as soon as Kuchma took over the office and progressively got worse until it culminated around the fall of 2013. Majdan was just the final circus.
Grieved on January 26, 2018 · at 1:35 am EST/EDT
Excellent analysis, you are on fire tonight, friend Saker.
Syria, Russia, and all the resistance axis – including Turkey – is harvesting a bounty of strategic good from the Afrin operation, as you know. The plans will play themselves out and benefit all good people of the region.
Everything the old empire does now creates results the exact opposite of what is intended, as you know.
If the whipping boy for failure in the ME is now Ukraine, then Novorossiya is ready, as you know. The more the US and the Zionists place pressure upon a certain spot, the more flowers will bloom in that spot – as you know.
Strangely, we are living in a time when the failing of evil is producing the arising of good, and in strength. One is tempted to ask the US to try even more evil and inane stratagems, just to hasten the arrival of good in the world, and the collapse of itself.
I don’t really know why it’s working this way, when just 3-4 years ago we all feared a violent, catastrophic spasm in the collapse of the US, but I can only rejoice that the fall is not heavy, but light. This is a blessing.
Thank you for your writing.
Snow Leopard on January 26, 2018 · at 12:20 pm EST/EDT
Grieved. You do see to the point. You write that you don’t know why the good is prospering so richly at this time. However the reason can be known. It is, to use Christian terms, the emerging will of god. In the bourgeois capitalist era one of the things that has been lost is a shared language for interpreting, and relating to, the power and movement of divine intention. “God” is thought to be a distant and irrelevant non actor (actress). Denial supreme!
What makes the current world struggle (and Saker’s reading of it) so interesting is that it is a cosmic war between the dream of the hegemony of the collective human ego and the evolutionary emergence of a new and globe embracing encounter with the divine creator. Crudely put, the Creator has said, “human evil, your time is up I am taking over now.” This cosmic conflict must of course take the form of a struggle between human righteousness and human evil. I am aware of two languages for interpreting the cosmic determination at work here. One is that of the Jungian school with their concept of the emerging World Self. Another, you may have heard of, is the whole 2012 Mayan calendar and the time of the birth of the Mayan 5th Sun. Both these wisdom traditions articulate a clear and understandable time frame for a revolutionary emergence of world integrity starting in 2013. This is really the most glorious thing that could possibly happen to humanity. However it does guarantee an increasingly intensifying world crisis. The Christian tradition has a term for it “Apocalypse.’ We all choose our roles do we not? The thing I most appreciate about the Saker (and the majority of those who post here) is the quality of responsiveness to this divine emergence. A creative new unfolding of the relations between spirituality and politics is decisive in this larger process. Please keep writing Grieved. I enjoy paying close attention to your posts.
Joao Pereira on January 29, 2018 · at 2:51 pm EST/EDT
Beautiful ! I totally agree that we’re going through a time in which politics and spirituality become inseparable. The symbolism of the cross, the Horizontal dimension intersecting with the Vertical one, was never as clear as it is now; love God above all else, and love your neighbour as you love thyself !
mikhas on January 26, 2018 · at 1:53 am EST/EDT
The YPG kurds are in panic mode and hence asked for protection from the Syrian government to protect the borders but they haven’t accepted Syrian authority over the town itself. That’s an important distinction.
Which might explain why Damascus is in no hurry to accept such a deal. US dropped the treacherous but pathologically retarded YPG rats once Turkey started the invasion (saying “Turkey has the right to defend itself” )and will most certainly do so with the SDF cutthroats once they reach Manbijh (which is an Arab town btw, recently ethnically cleansed by the SDF Turds).
One gets the clear impression that this turn of events was what Russia, Turkey and Iran discussed before Turkey got the green light to send in fighter jets and mercenaries.
Once the opportunistic rats accept overall central government authority in Afrin, Turkey will concentrate on Manbijh.
Because, saving Kurds at this moment will not help Syria, it will just preserve the status quo, which is to the benefit of the Americans.
Purple Library Guy on February 14, 2018 · at 1:45 pm EST/EDT
I dunno why the hostility to the Kurds. Everyone in the region have their own agenda, and why should the Kurds somehow be an exception? It’s not like they owe the central government anything. They’ve historically been oppressed by the central government, not as bad as in Turkey maybe but that’s not saying much. And when things went pear shaped they were basically told “You’re on your own”. For good and sufficient reasons because the Syrian army was under pressure big time–but now you want to complain that they took the government at its word? It wasn’t the Syrian government that took down ISIS in the north. They had to save themselves with whatever help they could scrape together (which turned out to be the Americans). Now they want to be independent and it’s “Oh, no, they’re so opportunistic!” Hey, if the Syrian government had treated them like citizens back when they were under the ISIS gun maybe they’d feel more like citizens. If the Syrian government had treated them like citizens back before the war, maybe they’d feel more like citizens. But as things stand, they don’t, and an even-handed person would have to concede they have little reason to. Gonna take some fence-mending to get them on side.
Maybe if Russia had come in earlier they would have asked the Russians for help instead of the Americans, but unfortunately their key battles happened before the Russians got involved.
All in all, it’s really a pity what’s happening with them and I hope they do cut a deal with the Russians and the Syrian government for autonomy and co-operation. Especially since we sometimes lose sight of the overall goal of all these international shenanigans for we, the people: Good governance. Freedom, equality, peace, widely shared prosperity, that kind of thing. The reason for opposing the US ultimately is that it is systematically destroying that kind of thing on a huge scale worldwide. And on that yardstick, the Syrian Kurds (but not the Iraqi ones) are by far the best people in the whole damn Middle East. It would be very good for the region (and a nightmare for the United States) if the Kurdish system were to spread throughout the area. So it will be saddening if they stay on the Americans’ hook and hence at odds with those opposing American imperialism. Also weird–they’re fundamentally not compatible with the US approach, like, at all; I’ve never expected that alliance to last.
Yes, indeed, … “May God help them”. However, I suspect recent legislative changes in Russia are designed to facilitate an appropriate ‘at-arms-length’ response along the lines of the US’s BlackWater etc.
As for your points (1-10): indeed, and with perhaps one or two exceptions, they effectively equate to “Libya” which Dmitry Medvedev helped engineer with his apparent naivety (or was it two French helicopter carriers?).
The only counter scenario to your outline coming to mind is perhaps to frame the whole exercise as a cynical coordinated “NATO” effort to move south and entangle Russia for broader geopolitical aims. After all: US + Turkey = NATO.
I suspect you are largely correct in your analysis — however, what if (by whatever turn of events in the ME and elsewhere) there is in fact a deep NATO-level strategy in effect with the Turks and US playing adversarial ‘games’ with the Kurds at present to further a broader geopolitical agenda? Where to thence?
With the flow-control of Turk Stream; the Bosphorus Strait (Sea of Marmara) shipping route; and the Syrian border (north) in Erdogan’s hand it is starting to read for Putin like a rerun of Odysseus’ journey between Scylla and Charybdis.
There are only national geopolitical ‘interests’ at this level and Erdogan (or his successor if he is suddenly ‘neutralized’) could turn on a dime leaving Russia with some rather hard decisions to make. Access to Russian economic markets (Turkish tomatoes and Russian tourism) is a strong dynamic for ‘rational’ behavior — but will it be strong enough under escalating global polarization on many levels? Assad may indeed have to go at some point (and he’d probably be happy to under the right circumstances) — the question is when and (face saving for all parties) how? The ‘voice’ of the missing global actor is China (and reconstruction with devaluing usd$ reserves).
This is surely Putin’s last term as president (one can read it in his body language I suggest); and Assad stepping aside (for a suitable alternative) in this time-frame is not beyond the possible — especially as now he has effectively politically outlived all the idiot-nobodies on the KSA payroll who chanted “Assad Must Go!” into any and every media microphone and front page headline they could find. I note Tillerson (who no doubt has his own Exon pay-check waiting for the oilfields in NE Syria) has not actually said the actual Assad curse yet, although he’s mouthed it in every possible way using alternative word/phrases. Fear? Rat cunning? …
If the agreement between the US+EU and Iran is scrapped; and Minsk2 is clearly dead and being buried as we write; the Egyptians able to vote for anyone as long as his name is Sisi; US trade wars with China in full swing; and the Western advanced economies so far beyond ‘market capitalism’ that it is now clearly a topic for the history department — and North and South Korea talking of reunification! — then I’d suggest it is beyond anyone to foresee which way the present precarious balance may tip.
Indeed: “May God help all of us!” untangle this vicious web which has been for decades weaving itself around the two core blind-spots within contemporary Western cultures — fear and deceit. They are beyond ‘strategies’ — they sins in the true sense of the word. And the widespread misery associated with global polarized wealth gaps and escalating trends is the clear evidence that something is fundamentally wrong and essentially unsustainable.
addendum (same Anon as above)
“Eurkish forces in Syria will go after Kurdish militias in Manbij after finishing the operation in Afrin, President Erdogan said. Ankara intends to continue fighting the Kurds all the way to the border with Iraq, he added. . . . Escalating the situation on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the incursion will not be limited to Afrin, which is located in north-western Syria near the Turkish border, and that the Turkish troops will later advance on other Kurdish areas in Syria.”
https://www.rt.com/news/417041-erdogan-manbij-terrorists-afrin/
Which by way of outcome means: (a) NATO owns the border; (b) the Kurds and Syria have been neutralised (it’s another Golan Heights); and (c) Syrian oil will flow north again straight into Erdogan’s pocket, and then on southwards again to Occupied Palestine.
And Putin will be focused on (a) football games; (b) sanctions risk; (c) Turk Stream risk; and (d) the SE Ukraine region.
Anonymous on January 26, 2018 · at 10:42 am EST/EDT
And asked the US to get its forces out of the way before we arrive.. things are about to be interesting, let me grab some popcorn
RMM on January 26, 2018 · at 12:47 pm EST/EDT
This looks like a mere threat to get the US worried. I don;t think Erdogan will confront the US in Manbij. Too dangerous, and pointless, since the Kurds have now understood the US was using them (demos in Kobane today: http://www.fort-russ.com/2018/01/watch-as-kurds-finally-begin-to-realize.html) and have been frightened into begging Assad for help:
“We call out for the Syrian government to protect Afrin and Syria’s borders by deploying the SAF to protect Afrin borders… to carry out its sovereign duties. This part of Syria is being subjected to outside aggression by Turkey, t which threatens the territorial integrity of Syria and the lives of civilian citizens…” (Test of the call from Afrin administration here: http://www.fort-russ.com/2018/01/after-calling-for-help-then-retracting.html)
Auslander on January 26, 2018 · at 3:17 am EST/EDT
The canaries in the mines are chirping loudly in Novorossiya. Even the idiot with the big head, Hug, has grudgingly noted something is amiss. Google translate is your friend. Here is Yandex translation for the link:
http://antimaydan.info/2018/01/obse_gryadet_bolshaya_vojna.html
Text below photos, Yandex translated
OSCE: there is a GREAT WAR/ according to the latest reports, the situation in the Donbass once again heating up.
“SMM OSCE: “the Parties are preparing for a larger offensive in February.
First Deputy head of the Special monitoring mission of the OSCE in Ukraine Alexander Hug said the failure of attempts to produce mine clearance and to take weapons in the Donbas and believes that this may indicate the impending escalation of the conflict. Notice he rarely says ‘ukriane’, it’s always ‘the parties’.
This was reported in the microblog Twitter OSCE.
“Hug: Failed attempts to hold a clearance, to withdraw weapons and to dissolve the forces and means, as well as ongoing training are the signals that serve as an early warning that the parties are preparing for more confrontation, instead of stop the violence”, – stated in the message.
Hg: hand digging everywhere – in the literal and figurative sense.
Hug from 21 to 25 January, is on a visit in the East of Ukraine. As reported, during the visit he will join patrols of OSCE monitors along the line of contact, as well as conduct a number of briefings.
Hug: not only does not work on clearance, they actually lay more mines, sometimes even within areas where we would have breeding capabilities.
Hug: Observation of SMM allow now to warn them in advance that threatens to escalate the situation and so to all those who decides and plays a role in this conflict, you must listen to each other, to prevent an even greater tragedy.”
According to the latest reports, the situation in the Donbass once again heating up.
According to the intelligence service of the Armed forces of the DNI, the number of units of the APU, located in the zone of hostilities, a week ago had received instructions about the actual ending of the regime “Christmas truce” and the strengthening of the advanced units. In particular, this was the 128th, ogpp (a separate mountain-infantry brigade) and the 80th oaembr (airmobile brigade).
In addition, there is substantial accumulation of forces and means of the APU in Mariupol direction. As noted in the command of the armed forces of the DNI:
“In the area of responsibility of the 28th hombre revealed the arrival of units of the 93rd Ombre. Brigade artillery moved secretly at night and camouflaged in forest plantations and territories of the hangars at 22-23 km from the line of contact near the settlement Free. Units of the 1st and 2nd battalions of the 93rd brigade completed the placement of positions in conjunction with the 28th brigade…”
Soon appeared in the media and reported that to Mariupol from the Kherson region there arrived two convoys of equipment from the 56, apbr, and two battalions of the living force. In the first column includes units of the brigade artillery group under the command of a war criminal Geronova S. C. the Second column was headed by sacobia – Gerasimenko D. D.
In this case separately noted that the division under the command Gerasimenko D. D. had fought at Mariupol direction, and therefore knows the area of action.
In addition, division 38 anti-aircraft missile regiment and 560 separate anti-aircraft missile battalion moved into battle positions in 35 kilometers North-West of Donetsk in 15 km to the North from Mariupol, respectively.
All these data suggest that the enemy is preparing an offensive on Mariupol direction.
The second likely direction of the impact remains Svetlodarsk arc, where the armed forces command and so has considerable force.
This map gives an idea of what is arrayed against Novorossiya. Of course, NAF units are not highlighted.
https://militarymaps.info/
US having failed in Syria, they will next push orcland to attack Novorossiya. Novorossiya can and will defend itself and can do so without the North Wind blowing but the lack of said wind will mean nothing to The West, Russia will be blamed for any reverses the orcs have in their attempt to conquer Novorossiya and more and ever more draconian sanctions will be piled on Russia.
Timing for the enhancement of operations against Novorossiya is unknown, conjecture is either Olympics as in ’08 or March during the elections in Russia.
In my opinion, the North Wind will not be needed if and until nato/US comes running to support the orcs if/as they are defeated. At that point all bets are off. This time there will be no stand down to let the western golden pheasants withdraw and there will be no quiet and clandestine release of western military prisoners, everything will be shown in living colour.
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“This time there will be no stand down to let the western golden pheasants withdraw and there will be no quiet and clandestine release of western military prisoners, everything will be shown in living colour.”
This should be the case (and should have been the case last round) — but I suspect things will just continue overall in a grinding stalemate balance under orders from ‘above’ on both sides.
If the orcs do an all out attack instead of the continuous nibbling at the ‘gray zone’ as for the last year, then the leash will be slipped and NAF will drive them back. I’m sure NAF has been told not to go beyond the original borders of Donetsk and Lughansk Oblast.
If this comes to pass, the crimes of the orcs will be shown to the world as the mass graves are excavated live on camera. No way to deny what has happened then.
Стивен on January 26, 2018 · at 7:22 pm EST/EDT
Auslander, I can understand NAF being told not to liberate all the areas considered Novorussia, and definitely being told not to march on Kiev, but why not liberate Kharvov and Zaporizhzhya? Both Russia and Novorussia are going to be damned no matter what happens.
Steven, perhaps because the plan is to make them work for themselves. They can do it on their own. From the past readings I conclude that at least those two and possibly more regions are preparing for the blow. Orcs know it. This may be one of many reasons, why orcs haven’t attacked yet.
RMM on January 26, 2018 · at 5:10 pm EST/EDT
Auslander,
The map links to the wrong one.
As for the timing, the Olympics seem unlikely: the last time was because Putin was away in Beijing, but he is not going to SK. The election period seems more likely – I’d say the tail-end of the campaign, for hoped-for maximum disruption.
Click on Новороссия above Сирия. t then goes to the Novorussia map.
J Swift on January 26, 2018 · at 10:25 pm EST/EDT
With the confluence of the new legislation in Kiev, the increased shelling and movement of units to the front lines, and the arrival of new American weaponry and trainers (I know, they were there before, but not so openly or in these numbers), it seems very likely that a major offensive is will be launched in February (before the elections). Further supporting this would be the recently discovered and thwarted Ukie operation in Lughansk designed to throw their defenses into disarray, and the passing of PMC legislation by Russia. It would appear Russia has learned a trick or two from the US, and has decided should local forces begin having trouble, they can be reinforced by “private” forces rather than Russia have to turn to direct intervention, something they’ve carefully avoided.
It seems most likely a major offensive will occur prior to the Russian election, in hopes of putting Putin in a no-win situation and weakening him, with the idea that the World Cup will be coming along a couple months later, so that in the event (from the US point of view) things are not going well at all, they can use threats of disrupting the Cup as leverage to attempt to force a cease-fire once again.
Den Lille Abe on January 26, 2018 · at 3:28 am EST/EDT
Nice article Saker. Do not disregard the small nations of Nato. We felt at one stag a need to part of an umbrella. We were lucky to get rid of Soviet forces from Bornholm after the end of WWII. Well out they went, and it was not an altogether happy experience at all, the Soviets seeing us more as collaborators than people fighting for their freedom. It gets complex here, Danish foreign policy in the thirties being very disarmament like, thanks Liberal Party, on the other hand the Danish landscape as such was hardly defensible in modern warfare. We did try with our measly resources to resist, but the Danish king faced with a bombing of Copenhagen laid down resistance in face of the inevitable and thus saved thousand of lives.
Come end of WWII , Denmark is strategically placed as the throughfare of any Soviet fleet as it has to go through the Belts, Store Belt or Lille Belt, as they only are deep enough. Those are internal Danish waters. Opened by treaty to all. Which mean a disguised Soviet landing force could sneak in and overwhelm our defenses in a matter of hours. I was there and then. We knew from In tel that likely 2 Polish divisions would make landfall on the south coast of Lolland. We would likely repel them and retreat having taken heavy casualties, because of no air deterrence. The next wave would be Russian Soviet forces, quite another animal, and harder to break. We would not have the power to that, and would retreat back to Se eland. Not blowing the bridges. I repeat not blowing the Bridges. “After all Denmark has to function after a Soviet occupation” was the political motive. I resigned my commission and went wild disillusioned with this.
So my choice was to die with my men for no reason other than making good nice news. ( in 1979 we rigged the whole bloody lot to blow, illegal, in the face of the Soviet invasion/liberation of Afghanistan.)
Both Denmark and Sweden are fiercely independent nations that regard our sovereignty as extremely important. We are also nations in the forefront in international cooperation. as seen through the EU, howeverer much you dislike it in the US.
I will not even to flail the US as a failed state, it it is just a bully running wild, hopefully running out of breath and recognizing that the world was a too large gambit and it will run sour.
I have been part of this circus, I have killed people, and sit today with th horrors of that. Proxy. It is thank God long behind me and if whatever amendments can be made , I have made them and are ready for the big dive.
Oscar on January 26, 2018 · at 5:12 am EST/EDT
“Both Denmark and Sweden are fiercely independent nations that regard our sovereignty as extremely important. We are also nations in the forefront in international cooperation. as seen through the EU, howeverer much you dislike it in the US” Which year are you talking about? As I could see now neither Dernmark nor Sweden are independent right now. They both are US/NATO lackeys. This became obvious to me when flying through Denmark and watching (at the airports) this young Danish boys coming from Afghanistan with amputated limbs. Sweden no even use to discuse calling itself “neutrual” and participating in NATO drills in its own soil thats hypocrit! in my eyes.
Dr. NG Maroudas on January 26, 2018 · at 7:01 am EST/EDT
@Oscar. Approved 100% (as you can guess from my previous posts). “There is something rotten in the state of Denmark”. The Danish military amputee you saw at the airport suggests it may be the smell of gangrene from Danish soldiers joining NATZO “operations” in Afghanistan, as you saw, and now in Syria. Myself I suspect it is also a whiff of “our” gas under the Arctic ice; Russian technology is “an existential threat” to the “national integrity” AZC gas companies (see Scott’s article, Made in Russia).
Oscar on January 26, 2018 · at 4:10 pm EST/EDT
NG Maroudas. Yes. The view of this amputated or disabled Danish boys (after their Afghanistan “visit) very much confused me. A Danish family does not use to have many kids (like the rest of Scandinavia my impression) one or two. Three children is a rather large unusual family. That means that their probably only one kid would be disabled for the rest of his life destroying not only the boy-soldiers life but his parents as well, fighting for what? Was, is Afghanistan (or Iraq, or Syria, or Lybia or, or..) threathening Danmark? This shows how corrupt and sold the elites of these countries (I include Norway and Sweden) are.
milosevic on January 28, 2018 · at 10:32 am EST/EDT
This shows how corrupt and sold the elites of these countries (I include Norway and Sweden) are.
Conversely, it shows how stupid and brainwashed the youth of these countries are, to volunteer to fight for the Anglo-Zionist Empire. All they have to do is refuse to get on the airplane. F***ing idiots.
Anonius on January 26, 2018 · at 6:59 am EST/EDT
@Abe,
Sorry my friend you lack knowledge of history. The countries of Benelux were overrun by Wermacht in hours. France, which on the paper had equal if not bigger strength than Wermacht fell in about 7days.
Sorry, but your history is a bit incorrect.
Belgium surrendered 18 days after the German invasion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium_in_World_War_II
The Netherlands surrendered after 5 days, following the bombing of Rotterdam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_in_World_War_II
After the German invasion of the west on May 10, 2940, the recently movie-tized evacuation of Dunkirk was between May 26 and June 4, or beginning some 16 days after the attack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation. After Dunkirk, the French tried to establish a defensive line to the south protecting Paris, but a German attack that began June 5th broke through this line. The Armisitice that created Vichy France was signed on June 22nd. Thus France fought for approximately 6 weeks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_France
Well Anon, you make me work for it, and I am glad that my old memory is still working. Here is one thing and I quote:
“The German invasion of Denmark was the fighting that followed the German army crossing the Danish border on 9 April 1940 by land, sea and air.
Lasting approximately six hours, the German ground campaign against Denmark was one of the shortest military operations of the Second World War.[9]”
Her is the link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)
I am not going to look for the others, perhaps Germans stopped after Denmark for couple of days to have some coffee.
Now Jugoslavia and Greeks resisted much longer in comparison.
@Anonious. Your last sentence just above this one, prompts me to cut and paste something that I have just now posted to Bundy on SyrPer: @Bundy. Thank you for that photo of a Hezb soldier standing in snow up to his waist, guarding the mountain passes against the NATZO hordes. Brought tears to my eyes, because it reminded me of the newsreels which my father took me to see in WW2, of Greek soldiers in the snow, fighting the NAZI hordes. The Greeks and the Serbs fought much harder than the British or the French or the Danes or the Norwegians, and Hitler lost the best part of that summer diverting the Nazi army to quell them. Which is why the Nazis lost the Russian campaign to General Winter — and to Russian courage and Russian technology. And now I have lived long enough to see Syria and Hezb fighting bravely against the Anglo-Zio-Capitalist menace, and other countries beginning to join them. And once again in my lifetime, I see Russia coming to save the free world. Because it was the Anglo-Zio-Capitalists who built up Hitler and the NAZI menace — gave them money and arms and diplomatic protection in order that Hitler should invade Russia in the year before WW2 — just like the A-Z-C built up the NATZO menace after WW2.
@Dr.
If I may, my grandmother’s brother (on my mother’s side) fought in the successfull campain against Italians in Albania. It’s a known fact, that Greek army was underequipped, but thanks to their courage and sacrifice defeated 0.5mln strong Italian army. On the other hand contrary to popular stories, my father said, that as soon as stukas appeared over the Thessaly English army run for their lives to Egipt as fast as they could.
Anonius on January 27, 2018 · at 1:15 pm EST/EDT
I am back to dwell on the western propaganda, which culminates the outright lies like “the USA won the war”, may I repeat it was the Russians who won it. Germans, if I am not mistaken had only two divisions in the West and their order was: to resist somewhat, but make sure the Russians are held at the door.
Having said all that, the business of war reporting is very interesting, for those who are interested I would like to state little known fact that Germans had very strong group in the city of Breslau – Wrocław today). Germans called it Festung Breslau, which lasted one month past the Germans signed the capitulation in Reichstag. Thousands Russian (100-150,000) and Germans soldiers died fighting for that Festung, just so Poles can lie today saying the Russians did not do free them, right.
Having said that, I would like to point you to an article:
https://www.answers.com/Q/How_did_Germany_defeat_France_in_World_War_2
And to the word game, at some point he says “The simple answer is that in May, 1940, Nazi Germany deliberately violated the neutrality of Belgium and the Netherlands by running their Army through them and around the northwestern end of the fabled French Maginot defensive line, punched a hole through the weaker French and British lines, then surged straight on to Paris so that the French Army was outflanked and rolled up.”
Key word is “running through them” see what I am saying?
Some sources say that it took 11 days to defeat France, some three weeks. So, which one is it? I say ask the Germans and they will say they just rolled over them, and it simply took some time to do the rolling.
So, the business of the date of signing “capitulation papers” means nothing Germans overrun them and the others run for their dear lives.
Here is another one, somewhere down he says “French and British” had defense pact with Poland and here is a clincher “which they honored” What a pile of crock. They never moved a finger to help Poland fight the Germans in September of 1939.
Well anyway, I can go on and on on the BS that’s pointed at us.
Sorry guys, for the bad news
Depth Charge on January 28, 2018 · at 9:22 am EST/EDT
“The simple answer is that in May, 1940, Nazi Germany deliberately violated the neutrality of Belgium and the Netherlands”
Actually the Netherlands violated their own neutrality by opening their airspace to allied planes. And Breslau fell before capitulation, not one month after it.
My apologies, my memory failed me. After some checking on the net, I stand corrected. May 6th, 45 is the day Festung Breslau capitulated, and the losses were not as high as I thought. Large never the less.
Both Denmark and Sweden are fiercely independent nations
And members of the EU and NATO?
Sorry, but this is nonsense.
You are a subservient US colony.
Its easier to keep a colony if you’ve convinced the inhabitants that they are a fiercely independent nation.
@Anon, Saker (above). Wow! at last I understand Goethe’s aphorism: “None so enslaved as those who believe themselves free”.
B.F. on January 26, 2018 · at 4:55 pm EST/EDT
That is correct. During the two world wars, Sweden was officially neutral, but was very much pro-German, supplying Germany with most of it’s iron ore. After the end of the Second World War, Sweden was virtually part of NATO, pretending it was neutral. As for little Denmark, it’s not even worth discussing. It does as told.
Jim of Olym on January 26, 2018 · at 7:06 pm EST/EDT
They do make some excellent bacon and other products like Royal Copenhagen porcelain in Denmark, BF! And I’ve heard that it is mostly flat and without any natural embankments that would protect it from forces coming by sea. BTW my late Uncle Ted was Danish, emigrating to the US at the age of 14. So I know some stuff…..Hee Hee!
Peter Grafström on February 06, 2018 · at 1:23 pm EST/EDT
In both world wars the Us/Uk provided the enemy with vital materials in order to prolong the profitable war. Sweden acted in concert with the angloamericans even though for their own reasons. Had Sweden resisted the Nazis by refusing them the iron ore, the British would have pretended to be on Sweden’s side but betrayed and deliberately lost Sweden to the Nazi side, just like Britain deliberately lost Norway for exactly the same reason. Both Neville Chamberlain and Churchill betrayed Norway. If the Swedish resisting the Nazis had happened there is a distinct probability that many swedes would later have fought on the eastern front. Remember that Finland embarked on a joint imperialist adventure against the USSR after the initial phase of the war. So say and critisize Finlands own veterans from that time.
Would a swedish participation in operation Barbarossa have been good for anybody?
And I repeat that Britain was not to trust which many other nations have experienced whether or not they understood it. They much earlier betrayed Sweden during Charles XII’s era when the British encouraged and sponsored Sweden against Russia but then went behind Swedens back and thereby got rid of the Swedish rival just sitting on the fence. Albions preferred position. The chinese reformer Sun Yat Sen understood the British better than did the European rivals. He warned small nations from being Englands allies and adviced them to remain neutral. Or else England would sacrifice their allies as bartering material making deals with bigger rivals. Norway has become an ally with the angloempire because they never understood that they were betrayed by them. Churchill tricked Hitler into occupying Norway by pretending to take Norway. Churchill didnt want Hitler weakened before the eastern war, since that was the main reason why the British elites had spent several generations on building up the nazis.
The British would not have allowed Sweden to deny Hitler the iron ore. Neutral was fine, but under Nazi occupation would have been ok too.
Justin on January 27, 2018 · at 5:10 am EST/EDT
Not to mention the US seems to find Danish crazies as their NATO spokesmen.
Independent, my ass but as the Finns call them (in humour) “Stupid Swedes”.
Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP9Qt-bSz40
As for Sweden, hmm, seems they never got over Peter the Great handing them their ass. Their ruling morons are always stiring toxic crap over Russia. The Swedes problem is internal s they re sliwly starting to admit.
Then there is Norway with huge stockpiles of US mexhanised Infantry vehicles in Trondheim. Pity but their choice. Pretty city though.
Even Finish politicians crap on over Russia, so greatful given the history and being neighbours. Don’t think most of the public buy into the paranoia and their President is level headed.
Nussiminen on January 28, 2018 · at 1:50 am EST/EDT
“As for Sweden, hmm, seems they never got over Peter the Great handing them their ass. Their ruling morons are always stirring toxic crap over Russia. The Swedes’ problem is internal as they are slowly starting to admit.”
Haha, agreed. Sweden’s most notorious crackpot King Charles XII was sadly able to escape from the utter rout at the battlefield of Poltava to Turkey — he would have become “top entertainment” at the victory celebrations, had the Russians caught him. Eventually, the Turks found out they too had had enough of this certified Swedish piece of garbage.
Ever since, Sweden is and remains a small state, forever looking for a big, solid, dependable ally to stir up trouble (or “seek protection”, if you like) when dealing with Russia. Put bluntly, the Russians kicked Sweden out from the club of Great Powers and took her place — not nice. Our ruling morons forever stirring toxic crap over Russia are the result.
The most silly and ridiculous thing about this whole buggered obsession with Russia is the tacit assumption that “we have something that makes these brutes and savages extremely jealous, covetous, and dangerous not just to ourselves, but to the great and glorious West in its breath-taking, magnificent entirety”. Well, it’s quite entertaining watching the accelerating rot and decay of the great and glorious West and the impact hereof upon the self-confidence of its dwellers while Russia is enjoying her top class leadership.
Nussiminen on January 28, 2018 · at 12:54 am EST/EDT
Subservient US colonies indeed and going down the drain accordingly as they should. Our pathetic local ‘elites’ seem to be very adamant not to abandon Massa in Massa’s end times.
Den Lille Abe
I don’t think that Scandinavian countries have anything to fear from Russia. Why should Russia invade them ? What do they have that Russia does not ? Even Norway will run out of oil in the North Sea in about 23 years.
Denmark, like most European countries is a vassal of the US. Why else are Danish politicians (along with their Polish colleagues) trying to block Nord Stream 2?
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Denmarks-New-Law-Could-Block-Nord-Stream-2.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-denmark-pipeline/denmark-passes-law-that-could-ban-russian-pipeline-from-going-through-its-waters-idUSKBN1DU19L
Do you remember former NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen? With such Nordic sounding surnames it’s always difficult to tell the nationality, but thanks to the internet I was able to find out that he’s Danish.
Azorka1861 on January 26, 2018 · at 3:32 am EST/EDT
Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm. This is a policy document that was prepared
in 1996 by a study group led by Richard Perle (Prince of Darkness) for Benjamin Netanyahu, the then
PM of Israel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clean_Break:_A_New_Strategy_for_Securing_the_Realm
Clean Break or Dirty War?
https://www.irmep.org/PDF/3-27-2003_Clean_Break_or_Dirty_War.pdf
Very interesting links, thanks, Azorka1861.
ACB is pure concentrated evil. It clearly demonstrates that US wars – Syria being specially stressed as slated for destruction – are all for the benefit of the Zionists.
Particularly striking are the charts assessing damage to the US versus gain for Israel: maximum gains for Israel coincides with maximum loss and damage for the US, such as enslaving Congress, or destabilising the ME.
And yet the US goes ahead and does their bidding.
And the dozing or ignorant American people continue to think these monsters are their compatriots, that they share American “values”…
Ann on January 26, 2018 · at 4:18 am EST/EDT
Hi Saker, thanks for the article – its a perfect complement to Aram’s – I really appreciate the clarity – I was so shocked to hear the other day that Turkey was bringing back 25,000 SFA – good terrorists – And I can well understand that Assad cannot forgive Erdogan for the deeds that Turkey has done in the past few years –
your paragraph here —“… And yes, the next logical step will be to approach Israel and the KSA and give them security guarantees in exchange for their assurances to stop creating chaos and wars on behalf of the USA. I know, I will get a lot of flak for saying this, but there *are* people in Israel and, possibly, Saudi Arabia who also understand the difference between “bad” and “worse”….”
There are thousands of Israelis that hate Netanyahu – there are demonstrations every night in Israel – and many Israelis – not the majority for sure – but many that want peace for Palestine –
The two state solution is gone I hope and with some international oversight – Israel could get off the terrorist list – one of the worst in the world history I think – I wonder if Russia thinks about this –
many Israelis – not the majority for sure – but many that want peace for Palestine
They could demonstrate their desire for peace by refusing to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces in the West Bank, since Israel has universal military conscription. Every year, a few tens of them do. The rest of them are clearly full of s**t.
Hi Saker, one more question – if the Ukraine declares that its indeed Russia now that its fighting – will Russia go into the Ukraine, or will it be the same – ? I guess Russia might think that Ukraine is not their boss – calling the shots in the decision making – so just continue the same – and Canada has given lethal weapons – or is it sold ? to Kiev- how could Kiev buy lethal weapons ? I thought Kiev was broke ?
Canada’s Foreign Minister – Ukraine Chrysta Freeland – with a definitely made-up name – is from a Ukrainian Nazi family – skeletons in the closet – https://consortiumnews.com/2017/02/27/a-nazi-skeleton-in-the-family-closet/
Canada (especially Alberta) is full of ex-Ukrainians. Votes = policy.
Most of German Nazis escaped to South America or US after WW2. Ukrainian Nazis and Bandera followers mostly
escaped to Canada where even today they have a very powerful lobby that makes a substantial impact in Canada’s political life, especially when in comes to anti Russian hysteria.
Alejo on January 26, 2018 · at 8:06 am EST/EDT
“Most of German Nazis escaped to South America or US after WW2” They did not “escape”, particularly those that ended up in the US. They were BROUGHT there, mainly Scientists and Gestapo guys. Werner von Braun comes to mind, among others. Most of them went to Texas. Their families still living there, quite confortable, I would say.
Melotte 22 on January 27, 2018 · at 12:26 am EST/EDT
Maybe I should type ‘escaped from Red Army’, just to make it more clear.
one minion on January 26, 2018 · at 10:19 am EST/EDT
The non-Ukrainian escapees were given a warm welcome in Argentina, Uruguay and Panama at least, and some prospered greatly there. I was once casually acquainted with the son of such an escapee whose family owned vast tracts of land in the Argentine. He seemed pleasant enough as a person, I have no idea what his father had got up to apart from fleeing with some war booty.
If I may, I do not think so. Russia will not want to alienate these people, whom it considers brethren.
I believe that conflict if it happens will be handled by Novorosians.
I realize this is of topic, the link below is for One minion regarding South America (SA). In the 60’s there were many stories about Werhmacht being whisked to the SA. Particularly Bolivia and Argentina.
Check out this article with pictures:
https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/the-stahlhelm-in-latin-america-after-wwii/
Add Chile to your list.
A look at the Chilean military uniform may bring back memories of other theaters of war. Check for yourself:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chile_-_Escuela_de_Suboficiales_Ej%C3%A9rcito_-_19-09-2014.jpg
JJ on January 26, 2018 · at 2:55 pm EST/EDT
http://theduran.com/storm-clouds-gather-ukraine/
has economic analysis
a usa military person was surprised ukraine was making money still manufacturing t34 tanks for sale but not putting them to the front line.and wants free arms supplies..yet again today ukraine is bemoaning lack of IMF money…mainly over two years it has not put into place a revision of anticorruption laws and systems as was required by the IMF
JJ on January 26, 2018 · at 5:34 am EST/EDT
“The article by the Moon of Alabama discusses this extensively, and analyses in detail and once more in a masterly way the all too obvious split in Washington between pro-Turkish and pro-Kurdish factions.
I have for some time presumed that are different opinions in the White House and especially in the Pentagon with regards to Turkey and the Kurds. The realist-hawks and NATO proponents are on Turkey’s side while the neoconservative “liberal” forces are on the Kurdish side. Yesterday the NYT noted the split:
The White House sent out a message aimed at mollifying Turkey’s president on Tuesday, suggesting that the United States was easing off its support for the Syrian Kurds.That message was quickly contradicted by the Pentagon, which said it would continue to stand by the Kurds, even as Turkey invaded their stronghold in northwestern Syria.
The former director of the Council of Foreign Relations, Richard Haass, takes the pro-Kurdish position. Linking to the NYT piece above he says:
Richard N. Haass @RichardHaass – 12:00 PM – 24 Jan 2018
Pentagon right; US should be working w Kurds in Syria for moral and strategic reasons alike. A break with Erdogan’s Turkey is inevitable, if not over this than over other differences. Time for DoD to come up with plan to substitute for Incirlik access.It is not only the Incirlik air-base which is irreplaceable for NATO’s southern command. Turkey also controls the access to the Black Sea and has thereby a say over potential NATO operations against southern Russia and Crimea.
In a Bloomberg oped former U.S. Supreme Commander of NATO Stavridis takes a pro-Turkish position:
At the moment, Washington is trying to sail a narrow passage between supporting its erstwhile Kurdish combat partners and not blowing up the relationship with Turkey. But the room for maneuver is closing and a choice is looming. What should the U.S. do?
[W]e simply cannot afford to “lose” Turkey.
The Turks have a strong and diversified economy, a young and growing population, and have stood alongside the U.S. for much of the post-World War II era. Their importance both regionally and globally will continue to grow in the 21st century. Yes, U.S. officials can and should criticize Turkish actions where they violate international law or human rights — but in private, at least at this stage of the situation.
[T]he overall U.S. strategic interest lies in keeping Turkey aligned with NATO and the trans-Atlantic community. It would be a geopolitical mistake of near-epic proportions to see Turkey drift out of that orbit and end up aligned with Russia and Iran in the Levant.”
“In passing the article in the Moon of Alabama also confirms what I have said previously, that the US’s Plan C – the plan to use the Kurds to destabilise President Assad’s government in Syria by carving out a Kurdish statelet in northern Syria – was not properly discussed within the US government or agreed within the administration, but was cooked up instead by a small but influential group of Washington officials who did not discuss it with their seniors in the State Department, the Pentagon and the White House”
http://theduran.com/end-afrin-crisis-kurds-assad-help/
“Kurdish authorities in Syria’s northern Afrin enclave have called on Syrian troops to defend the region’s border, as a Turkish offensive continues there.” (Duran link)
Equally, the Syrian president could call on ‘Syrian’ Kurds in the Afrin enclave to defend Syria against Turkey to the last man. Problem solved.
Kemerd on January 26, 2018 · at 6:37 am EST/EDT
I am convinced that the only explanation of Kurdish actions is that influential people at the top are US assets. TREASON is not foreign to them after all
So, don’t expect them to do the rational thing which means a lot of pain for the poor people of the region, including themselves
“…influential people at the top are US assets. ” — well that goes for Jordan and Palestine, so why not Kurds?
paul on January 26, 2018 · at 8:18 am EST/EDT
You’re right. They’ll likely arrange something to coincide with the soccer thing. Hopefully, the Russians know this. They need some kind of 3rd man (a good one, not an american proxy) in this. Some perceived outsider needs to split the middle.
Look, president vlad Putin.
Just in case, pls prepare one or two contingency plans to apply down the border with a lightning speed in June-July when the Football World Cup begins and takes place.
One must have in mind that good old USofA did not qualify for the Cup, neither did Ukraine.
But Russia, of course, yes.
We recall you are simply ‘BadVlad’. And we do wish to see and watch a World cup with Messi, Cristiano and everybody else in perfect peace.
Larchmonter445 on January 26, 2018 · at 9:43 am EST/EDT
Syria, the war that must be won. I have said this for several years. The first Syrian War has been lost by the war-starters, US-Israel-SA-Qatar-Turkey. It had the CIA, State Dept., CentCom fully invested in it. But they lost it.
So, the same group, less Turkey, has begun the second Syrian War. Again, this group will losee this war. They have less proxies by a factor of 3-4 than in 2015. They are trying desperately to use the Kurds mixed with leftover ISIS fighters and some tribal Arabs out in the Eastern region.
This is untenable as a winning force. Even with 14 US bases, the war cannot be won. Thus, it will devolve into an insurgency-style war waged against Turkey in the North and Damascus Syrian government in the West and all over the regions the Syrian Army holds or will hold.
As for Ukraine, the US may launch another full assault on Donbass but I don’t think it will be as large an attack as possible. The calculus is to force Russia to invade to save Donbass. The US military knows Russia will crush the Ukraine military if everything is thrown at Donbass. So, the US will lose its proxy in a matter of days if the Russians sense it is an all out frontal war. Thus, a less-than-all force of Ukies will be sent to be sacrificed in the goal to demonize Russia for responding and wiping out the Ukie forces used. More sanctions is the goal. Everyone knows the Russians would never lose this war, even if NATO threw in 50,000 troops from its vassal forces.
What do we see if we look past the geopolitical goal? The facts on the ground of the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, and the obvious intent of the US, Israel, EU and NATO show to us that Russia and its missile defenses, EW systems, and uniques missile and aerospace machines, combined with superior Intel and Generalship is defeating the Empire.
And this defeat is being accomplished without a direct confrontation of nation against nation. Russia is not attacking. It is defending. Russia is not threatening. It is thought of as a threat but it is not threatening anyone, anywhere. Also, Russia is using the most minimal force structure in both Syria and Donbass.
These absolutely clear specifics about the confrontations in the ME and along Russia’s border indicate the true strength of the Russian Federation. Basically, with one hand tied behind its back, Russia is holding off and defeating the Hegemon’s coalition and proxy armies, winning the conflicts, leading the diplomatic solutions, designing the future of both regions and attracting more clients for its superior weapons systems and gas and oil industry, and agricultural exports of grains.
Putin might think that the longer the Hegemon causes chaos the better it is for Russian economics. But what he knows is this is not just the here and now of military vs military.
The full weight of oncoming history, Eurasia-BRI, is a tsunami of hope and expectation of 4.5 billion people who see their own fate emerging from poverty, developing into modernity, and surging into a wealthier future based on holding their own birthright sovereignty and culture.
The civilizational war the Hegemon and coalition is waging is untenable in the regions of the other civilizations of the globe. No empire has ever ruled the globe as the Hegemon intends. This is the quicksand into which the US military insists on sending its full weight. And there is no hope of success fighting in such an unstable battlezone. The Empire can never win in either Syria or Russian Ukraine.
And perpetual chaos-making is self-defeating. Ultimately, there has to be stability for economic projects to succeed. And after all, Empire is about economics (gas, oil, weapons sales, infrastructure, food, commodities, and transport).
So, the hegemonic wars will fail, geopolitical hegemony will fail and the Empire will recede. Russia will remain.
Soccer Player on January 26, 2018 · at 12:36 pm EST/EDT
There is a piece of information that makes WWII easy to understand, specially contradictory events, such as Dunkirk 3 days pause, the German center army shift from Moscou in august 1941, the promise to air lift supplies to Stalingrad, assault on the fortress Kursk, too late use of jet planes by Germans (they were designed since 1939).
It`s a paradigm shift, I did not believe it immediately, but it`s the cold hard truth: all top Nazis leaders were traitorous Zionist jews, including Hitler!
National Socialism died in Hitler`s purge, june/30 1934. Thousands of political figures were liquidated in a terror night! A very usual practice of satanist driven political revolution.
Or, perhaps Adolf Hitler, with the military training of a WW1 corporal, just wasn’t the brilliant strategist that he convinced himself that he was and that he was making some key mistakes.
Not everything that happens can always be explained by a conspiracy of ‘zionist jews’.
The British masterminded most of the world war era.
Dunkirk was about Hitler expecting the British to be partners in the eastern war.
Hitler wanted peace and acceptance with the British side. He even offered to defend the British empire in India with German soldiers. The plan was to make the Soviet Union into ‘Germany’s India’
Know that the pathbreaker and visionary of nazism was not a German but the Brit Houston Steward Chamberlain. Cousin of Neville who saved Hitler from his Generals in 1938.
It was a British plot against the European continental powers AND against the jews. This because Britains near monopoly in finance could not be upheld had Germany been allowed to expand her peaceful trade. The jews were to remain an asset for Britain and the way to achieve it was to pit the Rivals against the jews. Hitler and the nazis were Britains dupes, not traitors.
Auslander on January 26, 2018 · at 1:10 pm EST/EDT
Well laid out synopsis, in detail, of the current Syrian and uke situations.
Indeed, Uncle Sugar is starting the second Syrian war and if needs be when they are again defeated they will start the third Syrian war. It’s like an unpopular, with TPTB, referendum that passes. If you don’t like the referendum, you vote again and again until you get the desired results. However, the hegemon will not get the result they desire in Syria, all they will get is yet more dead and wounded and more destruction.
The problem in orcland is the orcs may attack tomorrow, they may wait until either the election or the football championship or it’s possible they will wait until the season of mud is over in late spring. NAF will not attack them beyond local chastisement and they know this, hence their daily and constant shelling of DNR and LNR, almost always civilian areas. I have an idea, from their current dispositions, what their avenue of attack possibly could be but nothing is a given until they actually do attack.
When they attack, I have no doubts that NAF can contain them but the first grinding fights will be expensive for both sides. At that time you will see the West Presstitutes go in to the full ‘Russia is attacking’ mode and the sanctions will be piled on yet again. If it gets to the point of no return on the sanctions, I have no doubts that the leash on NAF will be slipped and all of DNR and LNR will be freed from the orc occupation. That advance may well trigger the discontent in orcland which is boiling just below the surface and it is entirely possible the fighting, without NAF, will spread all across east and central orcland which will bring even more screams and sanctions.
The new sanctions will be a severe burden on Europe but unless that lovely place is threatened with the Russian Armies directly coming to them they will suck it up and do what their masters tell them to do, even if it costs them their relative prosperity. I would dearly love to know that Langley has on the likes of Merkel et al but that will never happen.
In the end, it’s going to be another mess for both sides, all at the instigation of Langley and Five Points. So be it, nothing we can do.
Andrew on January 26, 2018 · at 2:42 pm EST/EDT
” they will wait until the season of mud is over in late spring.”
So, around the beginning of late April, May? Just in time for the World Cup.
I’ve been watching those Global Hawks buzzing around at 50 thousand feet on the NAF border. I just wonder how much US assistance will really help Kieve this time around? If we go by history then not much but, still it is a worry.
usa extended sanctions announced by usa today….plus pentagon is researching examining resources infrastructure in eastern europe countries to see what they could rely on in a war scenario…..play acting or a more confrontative action?
https://sputniknews.com/us/201801261061102825-us-sanctions-russia-ukraine/
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201801251061047236-pentagon-extends-police-globe/
pentagon empowers usa forces to confront anyone in the world “competing ” for the resources it thinks it needs…….
rockwool on January 26, 2018 · at 6:44 pm EST/EDT
It is parially because the hegemon is getting weaker by the year, and partially because we serf descendants – we the 90-ish % – are waking up, that the ancient feudal elites and their Mercantilist/Liberal allies need to start WWIII.
WWIII will thus be nuclear.
Rob from Canada on January 26, 2018 · at 10:10 am EST/EDT
The Saker takes it to the house, in this weeks article.
Everything that the “a**-kissing little chickens$%^s” do, will just cause more and more allies to switch sides.
Trump has become the village idiot for the MICC.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/01/19/boss-tweets-generals-already-run-the-show/
Trump is just a puppet, doing as told. Those around him are the ones making the decisions. They are not doing a very good job of it. The US is losing allies and at the same time making Putin very popular. One has to wonder if the people in Washington are fully responsible for their actions and if they really know what they are supposed to do.
Rob from Canada on January 26, 2018 · at 10:36 pm EST/EDT
To become a general is like running a 30 year “suck up to your superiors” marathon because you need a perfect career record. So being competent is not a job requirement for a general. Then the neocons are crazy and psychopaths have a high need for power and are good at getting it in Washington, but they’re incompetent.
So, of course, they all know what they’re supposed to do: keep the money flowing to the MICC and increase it.
On January 29, Vladimir Putin will meet with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/56722
tomo on January 27, 2018 · at 2:12 pm EST/EDT
makes sense – my godfather was a general of the Yugoslavian army (he is retired now) – I always thought brown-nosing was his best talent (as well as treating those below him like slaves)
Nate on January 26, 2018 · at 12:19 pm EST/EDT
Thinking like the Empire then the best time to restart the fight in the Donbas would be late February or early March when the election puts the maximum pressure on Putin to react, and as a result the taking away of the World Cup as a maximum punishment.
I’d be surprised actually if this doesn’t happen. It’s such a predictable play call, however, that the Russians should have a plan to counter it, if possible.
Flash on January 26, 2018 · at 12:39 pm EST/EDT
The strategy is to make everybody weak around them to keep them dependant on the only two strong nations (USarael). This strategy worked for a long time. The US did it in Europe for WW1 and WW2. They kept the European fighting each other and the Russians. There were plenty of plots to hatch at that time as it is the case now. With a few differences.
1-Population IQ in the other nations rose dramatically with interconnections between people of different nations thanks to the Internet. So simpleton plots are not as effective.
2-The economic weight of the west in the world keeps falling and the other nations are no longer easy to steer around. This is even worse when other options are emerging (China, Russia, India, Brazil).
3-The Alternatives like China and Russia are rather very attractive and forces the west to more compromises (JCPOA, instead of Kurdish border force there will be a 30km safe zone (It’s too late for that by the way, unwillingly transfer technology to China)
The west is just fighting against gravity and Gravity always wins. The trend is set you just live with it.
With every defeat of the US, the other nations get emboldened and willing to oppose them (UN vote against Jerusalem recognition as the Israeli capital).
teranam13 on January 26, 2018 · at 12:57 pm EST/EDT
Yes, Saker…thanks . the Duran article is in synch and in parallel :
The planetary consciousness enters a “tight” time as March is the time of Russian elections and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist shows the doomsday clock at 2 minutes shy of the “witching hour”. The current attack on Russian society is on many levels–covert and overt. Remember, there are many ways to corrupt the young. The youth will be rebelliously expressive in each generation so that is not necessarily bad—however, on their own time and in their own off duty costumes and off base. Do not indulge in defensive over reaction is my advice. And the monks throughout Russia quietly ratcheting up the prayer cycle for perilous times would be helpful .
A major eclipse on this Full moon hits the West Coast of the USA at 11 degrees Aquarius/Leo axis which is close by the world karma points. The American people (Moon) are under the rule of Aquarius( natal US moon is in sextile to transiting Uranus until May)–one can hope that there is a sweep of rebellious consciousness which happens in the next 6 months.
Also, may the various “committees” and cabals at high levels be unmasked: that MacMasters is gelded and that various Generals in Centcom are brought up on charges of treason.
I’m sure the “prayer cycle” is on, Putin went to a monastery recently, and he must have asked them to intensify their prayers. Some time ago a convent superior Putin was visiting remarked that when he asked for prayers, she told him that the written requests coming in were increasingly “Please pray for Putin” rather than for their personal issues.
I do love whoever keeps coming up with these names.
First, Al-Qaeda was rebranded into the “Sham” opposition.
Now we’ve got the creation of the “BS-Force”.
Ahmed on January 26, 2018 · at 11:32 pm EST/EDT
LMAO that’s funny. But bilad as-Sham(the land of Sham) which was the name of the area constituting Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and occupied Palestine, before the western colonizers came and carved it up. Some people also refer to Syria as Sham. it comes from the names of one of prophet Noah’s son, who was called Sham.
The USA strategists consistently act as if they are the only players in the game who get to make a move.
Anyone who’s ever played even basic levels of chess quickly learns to think “If I move here, then he’ll move there, then I’ll move there, then she’ll move there …. etc”
But consistently, the US acts like they are the only player who can move a piece. If we invade Iraq, then the only thing that can happen is that the grateful people will greet us waving tiny American flags. It never crosses their mind that the officers and soldiers of the Republican Guard will go underground and wage guerrilla war.
That’s just one example, but it seems to be a rather consistent pattern with this lot. Of course, a complete failure to perceive and grasp reality is indeed a symptom of stupid and igrorant people.
Remember, the USA is a highly corrupt society where money and influence gets a person anything. Including getting their children into the best schools even if they are dumb as pet rocks. Including getting these children nice government jobs or jobs with a think tank after graduation. At some point, the children will develop their own wealth and influence from what their parents bought and then use that to get better jobs.
Continue this for a few generations, and you do indeed end up with a bunch of stupid and ignorant people giving advice to politicians who only want to know what gets the elected and what makes them worth hundreds of millions like the Clintons did before them, and Welcome to the Beltway!
good explanation of all the stupidity in high places.
What you say about rich people’s kids getting into ‘best’ universities is true. I know a heiress of a very wealthy family (whose grandfather was the US ambassador in England, she has a foundation worth a few billions). She used to tell people that she was an architect – until I once introduced her to a friend who used to be one of the best architects in the US. Another friend who was with us mentioned to her that he also was an architect and they started talking about where they studied. He went to MIT – so did she! . He asked her which year? It turned out to be the same year! When we left her – my friend looked perplexed – he said he has never seen her at MIT – not even once! And he was the best student there (his father told me at the graduation – that’s what the director of the course told him – they never had as talented an architect as his son. ).
A few months later another friend told me that this heiress stopped telling people she was an architect….she is now an ‘artist’ – to which I replied – of course she did because we exposed her for fraud – she got her diploma thanks to her family’s donations (there is a building there named after them)….without ever showing up
So not just that she got into ‘best’ schools – she got the diploma without ever going there at all…
All it took to expose was a friendly Serb with lots of friends all over the place
Imagine how many more have not been exposed!
May God Help Us All.
Of course, one of the problems with playing chess with people as stupid as pigeons is that they likely will not do the smart thing. Thus, there’s always a chance that these stupid and ignorant people will instead start a war with North Korea.
Some recent events, such as missile attack drills in Honolulu and Toyko might appear to be pre-attack preparedness for a war not long after the Olympics. The USN currently has the standard CVN in Japan (USS Reagan), and is moving a CVN to ‘westpac’ (USS VInson) and has a third CVN off Southern CA (USS Stennis). Thus they are not far away (2 weeks??) from putting 3 CVN’s back together off the Korean coast. http://www.gonavy.jp/CVLocation.html
This does not rule out a war in Ukraine. Stupid and ignorant people are perfectly capable of blundering into a two-front war of their own making.
Sturm on January 26, 2018 · at 4:27 pm EST/EDT
Approach Israel and KSA with security guarantees? While the idea itself is sound, I think you know this is wishful thinking. There’s a few major points (imo) that must be resolved before this is even possible. Else any negotiations will turn into a farce like the Minsk Protocol, a false peace and waste of time.
1. The internicine clash between Wahabi/Salafi vs Shia ideologies. Same Islam, just different sect. There’s this phenomenon where persons on either side of the sects acquire a blind spot, making them immune to reason or logic, whenever the opposite sides meet. Even when Reason is directly infront of them, talking logic and sense*, they will refuse to heed its words. Perhaps thinking their cause is more righteous than the other. Good luck fixing this, for I have seen rational and intelligent people fall prey to this strange affliction.
(*Reason tells them that a greater threat/enemy exists and it’s not the opposite sides of Islam. End the fighting that weakens both sides. Negotiate a truce. Build and strengthen your societies for the greater good. If by some godly miracle these two sides reconcile to “live and let live”, it’s certainly not good news to the chaos empire – US/Israel will try to sabotage every effort at reconciliation.)
2. For Israel, I don’t need to elaborate on their land aspirations or take lightly the Zionist’s Greater Israel plans. They have the patience to play for long-term strategies. The short-term isn’t their main goal. This is very obvious from their treatment of the Palestinians in Gaza/West Bank. It’s a slow burn. Give another 100-200 years, I doubt the Palestinians will have any will to resist. It falls to a numbers game, something the Zionists are very astute about. The continuous choking of Gaza/West Bank with its deplorable living conditions will negatively Palestinian populations, they’re living on a timer. Time isn’t on their side.
This assuming they aren’t doing other things on the sly such as subtle biological/chemical slow kills. The Zionist are are fully capable of this and will have no qualms about deploying them. Bear no illusions. If you account for these, the time left for the Palestinians is even shorter.
3. Continued beligerence of the US military and its foreign policies. You have to remember, the Americans have been conditioned from birth to see themselves as the greatest power on earth. Other lesser countries are mere unsophisticated and unenlightened sub-humans, similar to native North American Indians. Their Anglo-European allies are treated as mere serfs. Picture how big their heads will get and how much their nostrils will flare when politely told to please get the hell out of the Middle-East!
Not .. going .. to .. happen until certain pre-conditions have been fulfilled.
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201801271061109785-israel-claims-iran-army-syria/
Huge claims how Iran is spending 35 billion on military and presence in Syria…troops bases etc….better to confront -strike it now?
@Sturm: “Give another 100-200 years, I doubt the Palestinians will have any will to resist.” I admire your confidence to assess the mental state of the inhabitants of Palestine a century or two from now. But for the present, I would draw your attention to the post by Ahmed at 11.32. Palestine is part of the area Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine — known collectively as “The Land of Shem” (or Sham); and plenty of its people are resisting plenty, right now. As for tomorrow ….
Another excellent article from The Saker. Everything was presented in a clear cut way, easy to understand.
Politics in the Middle East has always been based on double standards, treachery and back stabbing. This applies to Turkey as well. We are dealing with people who can never be trusted.
When it comes to the current situation, both Turkey and the US have outplayed each other. The Turks began by supporting ISIS and ended up being unofficial Syrian “allies”. The US supported the Kurds, using them to grab Iraqi and Syrian oil fields and preparing them for a future confrontation with Turkey. The inevitable reaction ensued, with Russia scoring points. Yes, Russia will try dragging Turkey to it’s side, but it can never trust it. In the end Syria, Iran, Turkey and the Kurds will end up in the Russian camp, at least for a short period of time, probably joined by Iraq, with Saudi Arabia being somewhere in the flanks.
And the US ? Yes, it will retaliate by forcing Poroshenko to attack the Donbass. He will do it, either during the presidential elections, or during the World Cup. Putin, ofcourse, knows this. By now he must have provided additional high tech to the Donbass Russians, who had three years to dig in and prepare for the upcoming attack.
I would not be surprised if Putin is actually hoping Poroshenko attacks. The morale of the Ukrainian population is approaching rock bottom, a great part of the population being reduced to poverty. The morale of the Ukrainian Army cannot be higher. Poroshenko can only count on the neo-Nazi elements in the military, the so-called volunteer battalions. Any Ukrainain attack will face well dug in Russian positions, and it’s questionable what the Ukrainian military can achieve, if anything. On the other hand, any attack may well lead to a huge political backlash against Poroshenko in Ukraine, a new Maidan, this time in reverse. The country could well break up in three parts.
Should Poroshenko attack, the US will get another geopolitical disaster. The only winner can be Putin. I just don’t see him permitting NATO end up on Russian borders and place it’s missile systems right next to the borders, leaving Russia open to blackmail.
Geneva observer on January 27, 2018 · at 3:51 am EST/EDT
The Ukraine if split into three parts means a successful chaos strategy. This gives a higher probability of NATO officially having missiles pointed at Russia in Lvov. So far in the current stalemate the US is stymied. That will be for the next round.
B.F. on January 27, 2018 · at 12:32 pm EST/EDT
Lvov is in Poland, some distance away. The Russians cannot prevent missiles being placed in Poland, which is different than if they are placed right next to the Ukrainian-Russian border.
mod-to note: The Lvov referred to is a city currently in the western Ukraine. There is a Lvov in southeastern Poland
If I may, I agree with mod.
I like to add that the territory is referred to as (Galicja in Polish). Part of Galicja is in Poland (South East – City Rzeszów, etc) Larger part is in Ukraine and the city of Lvov is actual capital of Ukrainian Galicja.
There were many “proposals” about giving the Ukrainian Galicja to Poland. So it would inherit the fascists, who infest that part of Ukraine). But this is only a talk. After the WWII, Poland had a lot of problems with Bands of UPA (Bandera bands) in its Galicja. Lately, I see that Poles are beginning to protest against UPA and other fascist bands flourishing in Ukraine.
Seems very generous of Lavrov to say this?Trump forced into making anti-Russian decisions, Lavrov says
Russian Politics & Diplomacy January 22, 2:37 UTC+3
At the same time the United States gradually comes to understanding the incorrectness of its course toward Russia, top diplomat said
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump© AP Photo/Evan Vucci
MOSCOW, January 22. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump is forced to make anti-Russian decisions under the pressure of his national political opponents, however, judging by personal meetings, he is not refusing his pre-election pledges to restore relations with Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Russian daily Kommersant.
“When US President Donald Trump received me in the White House, when he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hamburg and later they held telephone conversations, I did not see US President Trump’s charge for any sort of actions, which could undermine his election campaign slogans that he wanted good relations with Russia,” Lavrov said.
The Russian foreign minister said the current stance of the United States in regard to Russia was the result of three factors, which are the defeat of Hillary Clinton at the presidential election, the non-system character of Donald Trump and the need to explain why not everything goes well for the United States on the international arena. Trump is forced into making anti-Russian decisions under such conditions, according to Lavrov.
“One should probably understand that under conditions when bills are passed by the majority of votes (95%), the president comes to think not about the essence of the draft law, how real it is, legitimate or decent, but that his veto would be eventually overrun,” Lavrov said.
The Russian top diplomat said that at the same time the United States gradually comes to understanding the incorrectness of its course toward Russia.
“We are comforted that recently some members of the Congress, political circles in the United States and some diplomats acknowledge quietly in their confiding talks the absolute abnormality of such situation and the need to improve it,” he said.
The Russian foreign minister added, however, that even in such cases proposals are voiced to negotiate some concessions from Russia before starting the normalization of relations.
“This sort of psychology definitely leads to the feeling that the great-power mentality does not serve the United States for good,” Lavrov said.
H.Sandel on January 26, 2018 · at 5:51 pm EST/EDT
Another accurate analysis, hit the nail on that one, Bravo.
As for the “Empire is run by stupid and ignorant people”…
Trump gave his powers to the Pentagon during his first 3-8 weeks in office, the POTUS don’t need to authorize a strike any longer. Pentagon is in charge and future will probably show they look way longer ahead than Saker’s analysis does.
This is a secular analysis while the Empire is currently run by Talmudists (Jared Kushner et al with Rothchild on top) while Obama, the Bush’s and the Clinton’s are Kabbalists.
Erdogan and AKP is Muslim Brootherhood which is an MI6 creation:
* http://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2013/eirv40n31-20130809/15-22_4031.pdf
* http://guadalajarageopolitics.com/2016/11/11/william-engdahl-the-lost-hegemon-the-muslim-brotherhood-and-clintons-crimes-036/
Since MI6 = Queen of England = Kabbalists = MB = Mursi = Salafi Takfir = Qatar = Turkey (including Fetulah Gulen, and probably Azerbaijan and Al-Qaeda) and spiritual faith has primacy over everything else you can be sure all affiliations and things happening now are smoke screens to faint the atheists running Moscow.
So how about Tehran, you might ask? They too have not studied the Babylonian Talmud and thus don’t know their enemy:
“When a grown-up man has intercourse with a little girl it is nothing, for when the girl is less than this, it is as if one puts the finger into the eye; but when a small boy has intercourse with a grown-up woman he makes her as ‘a girl who is injured by a piece of wood,'”.
* http://www.come-and-hear.com/kethuboth/kethuboth_11.html
* http://www.talmudblasphemy.com/talmud-children.htm#n38
Of course, since KSA is Wahabi Takfir their leadership and GCC’s are Talmudists and one can wonder about Morocco and other nations. And you can bet al-Sisi is a Talmudist who will turn on Moscow in time, his uncle was high ranking Irgun or Stirn Gang and his mothers name is Malika al-Titani – “born from Nephilim serpents/reptoids/dragons”.
Any analysis that does not include the spiritual affiliation of each actor is out of context.
Al Kiani on January 27, 2018 · at 12:16 am EST/EDT
Kudos to Saker for the ingenious invention “Uncle Shamuel.” I am jealous. Why didn’t I think of that.
Shyaku on January 27, 2018 · at 5:40 am EST/EDT
Maybe Trump has a plan to let the Pentagon implode in its own hubris?
Why not give the Pentagram a try at driving the ship of state? If they are the ‘only people who can get things done’, then they will be forced to focus on extracting themselves from their own secretions. Sounds like a pretty effortless way to downsize the military.
Maybe only a very stable genius could have thought of it.
– Shyaku
The Pentagon has been driving the Ship of Fools (uh, State) for some time now. The local area commanders act as Roman Procouncils and conduct diplomacy in their areas.
Its hard to see sometimes, as often the SOS and the SOD agree. But there have been notable times in the past when the SOS has pursued a different policy course than the SOD. One notable relatively recent example was when SOS Kerry tried to negotiate a cease-fire in Syria, only to have the SOD destroy the cease-fire with a bombing raid on the Syrian forces conducted in coordination with an ISIS attack. The SOS’ cease-fire was quickly and firmly dead after that.
Horun on January 27, 2018 · at 8:02 am EST/EDT
The u.s. should be kicked out of the whole middle east, and this little piece of sh!t “israel” should be uprooted and made sure it’s forever destroyed like a plague infected syringe.
Unless, this madness is going to solve itself by itself in a nuclear war which the zionist plague will be the foremost instigator. The u.s is ruled by semi literate morons who have no clue or depth of history, geography and culture. Just read the cia fact book, it’s laughable.
OT: The following article reveals some interesting details leading up to the deliberate Israeli attack on the USS Liberty. It seems that Johnson was being run by a female mossad agent as part of a plan to get the US to blindly support Israel.
http://mondoweiss.net/2018/01/secret-life-mathilde/
Den Lille Abe on January 27, 2018 · at 11:41 am EST/EDT
I would say the lack of reaction from the US side is a clear sign of bewilderment. This reaction was not expected from Turkey. But it happened. I Expect the the US waiting for Turkey to run out of munitions, before any announcements are made, Turkey will run out after 14 days of sustained war. Their stocks are not larger than any other Nato country.
frances on January 27, 2018 · at 1:29 pm EST/EDT
Great article, thank you! Regarding attacks on Donbass and any prospect of Russian aid, did you see where Russia is debating legalizing for hire militias? My first thought was what a great way to legally assist Donbass. Not that the West would care that the Russian troops were “legal” but if Blackwater is…
Wim on January 27, 2018 · at 3:04 pm EST/EDT
What if the Americans are not as stupid as suggest? What if they are in bed with Erdogan and the “Border Security Force” proposal was just meant to give Erdogan an excuse (both internationally and towards Turkish public opinion) to send his troops into Syria?
The main American goal is to have a rebel body that has some credibility as negotiation partner. The Turkish invasion will provide that. Occupying Afrin will create a rebel held territory from Idlib to Jarabulus. Next the Kurds will be forced to give up their Arab majority areas to this rump state.
Of course the Americans will play it like they are forced by the Turks and their “security needs”. No need to highlight their betrayal of the Kurds all too much.
The atomic scientists are too diplomatic to say something as blunt (and true) as ‘stupid and ignorant people’. But doesn’t the following sound like they are trying to find a nice way to say that?
“In the past year, US allies have needed reassurance about American intentions more than ever. Instead, they have been forced to negotiate a thicket of conflicting policy statements from a US administration weakened in its cadre of foreign policy professionals, suffering from turnover in senior leadership, led by an undisciplined and disruptive president, and unable to develop, coordinate, and clearly communicate a coherent nuclear policy. This inconsistency constitutes a major challenge for deterrence, alliance management, and global stability. It has made the existing nuclear risks greater than necessary and added to their complexity”
–From the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in their statement where they place humankind’s Doomsday Clock as close to disaster as its ever been. https://thebulletin.org/2018-doomsday-clock-statement
Where-Wolf on January 28, 2018 · at 2:31 pm EST/EDT
Saker wrote:
The US-Israeli goals in Syria were really very simple. As I have already mentioned in a past article, the initial AngloZionist plan was to overthrow Assad and replace him with the Takfiri crazies…
Contrary to the mythos proffered in CIA controlled alt media, the Zionist game plan is long — as in, decades and centuries.
Persuing your list it is obvious that none of these so-called “goals” have been achieved. In fact, in virtually every case you describe almost exactly the opposite has occurred — and my contention is that this is perfectly intentional.
1. Bring down a strong secular Arab state along with its political structure, armed forces and security services.
2. Create total chaos and horror in Syria justifying the creation of a “security zone” by Israel not only in the Golan, but further north.
Partial fail.
3. Trigger a civil war in Lebanon by unleashing the Takfiri crazies against Hezbollah.
Fail. Lebanon is more united than ever, as made clear when Hezbollah voiced unprecedented support for Saad Hariri when he was theoretically kidnapped and deposed by the Saudi regime.
4. Let the Takfiris and Hezbollah bleed each other to death, then create a “security zone”, but this time in Lebanon.
Fail. Hezbollah is unquestionably stronger than ever.
5. Prevent the creation of a Shia axis Iran-Iraq-Syria-Lebanon.
Fail. The road between Tehran and Damascus is already open, nothwithstanding how propagandistic maps are usually coloured.
6. Breakup Syria along ethnic and religious lines.
Fail. Over 70% of the Syrian Arab Army is composed of Sunnis, and all of them volunteers.
7. Create a Kurdistan which could then be used against Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran.
Fail, although the pretext has allowed Erdogan to invade northern Syria and the US to weakly occupy north estern Syria with Kurdish proxy militia. All could be swept away tomorrow if the Iranians were willing to put the PMU to the task.
8. Make it possible for Israel to become the uncontested power broker in the Middle-East and forces the KSA, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and all others to have to go to Israel for any gas or oil pipeline project.
Fail. No one is forced to go to Israel for anything regarding pipelines and moreover, going through Israel will be incredibly expensive and everyone in the pipeline business already knows it. Certainly the Germans won’t be put off their own Nordstream alternatives no matter how much of a satrap of NATO they may be.
9. Gradually isolate, threaten, subvert and eventually attack Iran with a wide regional coalition of forces.
Fail. In any case President Rouhani is an ally of Zionism, and has been since his early days studying law in Scotland, later acting as lead ‘negotiator’ for Iran during Iran-Contra and representing the most pro Western Zionist choice in Iranian elections. This aspect of the great psyop against humanity has been perhaps the greatest trick of Western propaganda — to make most people beleive that the Kleptocratic Zionist Iranian regime is an enemy of the West. Ha ha ha.
10. Eliminate all center of Shia power in the Middle-East.
Absolute fail.
What is occurring is a long term project to pacify the people of the world, especially in the middle east, Arab and Islamic worlds. This is no different from what happened to European during World Wars I, II and the subsequent Cold War of State Sponsered Nuclear Terror.
This is always the #1 goal of the Zionist elite — to strengthen their power and deepen their control — and always this means controlling the space in between your ears. Whether they are using Jesus Christ, Adam Smith, Murray Bookchin, Karl Marx or Chairman Mao, the goal is always to deepen control of the masses by what is an authentically psycopathic elite.
Your leaders are psycopathic so everyone please get over it. As with any bad dream the problem only begins to go away when we learn to turn around and look the monster straight in the eye.
The project to pacify humanity is eternal, costs millions upon billions of lives and of course, will be immensely profitable for the Zionist Mafiocracy who grow stronger with every day that passes and in every respect.
Ladies and gentlemen, you are being brutalized into total submission, like dogs who must be trained to drop immediately to the floor whenever their master so much as raises his finger. Everything you experience is calculated to have this effect, and with modern technology it is inescapablre and capable of completely overwhelming you, including what we are told are the supposedly catastrophic losses sustained due to ‘miscalculations’ made by the Empire.
Nothing could be further from the truth. There is no ‘failure’ which can not be turned into a victory for the psycopathic elite.
Ask yourself, are the people of Vietnam or Cuba today enjoying their fruits of their victory over Western Imperialism today? How did that turn out for the people of Vietnam and Cuba after they supposedly defeated the hegemon?
Or for that matter when did you ever hear that a member of the Zionist Super Elite had sustained a genuine loss in any way whatsoever? When did a Rothschild or Bush ever go to jail for his or her murderousness and unstoppable crimes against humanity? When did any of these people ever sustain even the tiniest loss of their fortunes which wasn’t later taken back directly from you?
It never happens because the system under which we are forced to live is unconcerned with Justice.
Think of the planet as a vast prison plantation overseen by what are essentially agents of Masonry and Intelligence. That is what they are making and the anti Christ is already here. No need to wait for a new Gospel to tell you it is so.
Only by seeing our reality for what it is, without subscribing to false hope engineered by all forms of media, can we ever put up some kind of valid Resistance.
As ever, victory for the People requires adherence to Truth — and love of Truth is a love of God. Don’t let them make you forget.
Truth requires that you listen to that little voice inside of yourself, which all of us possess, but which all of the noise makers of the world work relentlessly to make us forget.
webslon on January 28, 2018 · at 3:56 pm EST/EDT
How could the Russians have prevented the imposition of a no-fly zone if they did not have a presence in Syria yet?
Beware of the Kurds’ cynical geopolitical games:
“The Syrian Kurds are exploiting Damascus’ strong sense of patriotism in order to provoke it into the dilemma of either entering into a confrontation with Ankara or risk falling victim to slanderous accusations that it “sold them out” to the Turks, with this entire manipulation being carried out with the grand strategic intent of prompting Moscow to diplomatically intervene in safeguarding the PYD’s desired “decentralization” dreams in the region and inadvertently furthering the American-Israeli vision for a Kurdish corridor to the sea.”
The Syrian Kurds Think They Can Play Damascus Like A Fiddle
https://orientalreview.org/2018/01/26/syrian-kurds-think-can-play-damascus-like-fiddle/
Again and again and again I’ve been saying that Putin’s biggest blunder ever, in his entire time in power, was not to have actually invaded Ukraine in 2014 right after Yanukovych was overthrown by Nuland’s Ukranazis. The Duma had given Putin authorisation for military action against the coup junta, the operation could have been speedily achieved with two battalions of Spetsnaz, Yanukovych reinstated, and the troops withdrawn with the clear statement that any future Maidan would mean they would be back and this time to stay. Instead, he asked the Duma to withdraw that authorisation, did not invade, and was still blamed by Amerikastan and its EU slaves for carrying out the selfsame “invasion”. Now Ukraine is a permanent knife held to Russia’s underbelly, and while Amerikastani media tomtoms the alleged Russian threat to the apartheid regimes of the three Baltic puppet states (which Moscow could crush easily but does not want anyway), the real threat is to Russia and via Ukraine. And now when the Ukranazi regime invades Donbass (most probably synchronised with the Russian presidential election) Russia will have a stark choice: either let the Donbass population go under, which will be politically suicidal for Putin, or launch the actual armed invasion for which he’s been blamed, and keep going until Russian tanks are rolling through the streets of Kiev and Kharkov. Only this time it will take multiple army divisions and massive air power, not two battalions of Spetsnaz, and Yanukovych can’t be reinstated afterwards; Russia will have to administer the rump Ukraine at least for some time to come.
The hypocrisy of the Amerikastanis and their European slaves is even more manifest when they support the Saudi Barbarian invasion of Yemen, which is allegedly to restore Hadi, who actually resigned. Yanukovych, of course, never did.
fayez chergui on January 29, 2018 · at 9:21 pm EST/EDT
Brilliant! Except on one point. When you say : And yes, the next logical step will be to approach Israel and the KSA and give them security guarantees in exchange for their assurances to stop creating chaos and wars on behalf of the USA. I know, I will get a lot of flak for saying this, but there *are* people in Israel and, possibly, Saudi Arabia who also understand the difference between “bad” and “worse”.
These are the warmonger, not the US. The US are muppets in israeli’s hands. That whole chaos has one goal: the great eretz israel.
Israel was created as a buffer state for the British empire and was always aimed to expand the same empire. And the greater Israel is in the interest of the Us/Uk elites who wish to control the area. And who dont want the people there to develop their region. Also it is in the interest of the aa’s that people believe the stooge is the hidden master. But the truth is the jews were prevented from assimilating in continental Europe by the British. There would have been no Israel if the jews had been left in peace by the British, beginning their subversion nearly a century before Balfour. Several jews in the US establishment act in an extrovertly provocative manner which feeds peoples minds with the idea that it is a jewish affaire.
And hides the fact that the angloamerican elites have the same aim.
Abbas recently said Israel is colonial project and never was about the jews. That may seem like strong words but is basically correct.
epicUr on January 30, 2018 · at 2:37 pm EST/EDT
Moderator NOTE: I’ve approved this post for publication however I read the offered link to the German newspaper and could find no mention of napalm. This could be because 1) the poster’s understanding of German is incomplete, or 2) the poster is a troll who is intentionally trying to plant false information or distract from an accurate and intelligent discussion of this topic. Perhaps time will tell. The poster’s IP address is not currently on our “Banned/Troll” list however if this poster fails to follow up with more complete and accurate information, they could find themselves (or at least their current “identity”) banned. Respectfully, Moderator J
Dear Saker, dear community!
I had some recent information that turkey may use napalm in their operation in Afrin. I wonder if someone has further information hitherto ? This article appeared in a German newspaper
m. fr. de/politik/operation-olivenzweig
Sue on January 30, 2018 · at 9:30 pm EST/EDT
“The Trump Administration’s “strategy”…” Actually, it was Obomber’s strategy and bush before him, Bubba, etc. Its the same foreign policy.
Simon Chow on February 04, 2018 · at 10:23 am EST/EDT
It’s too soon to write-off the US and claim victory in Syria.
Say hello to the return of the dreaded stingers: http://www.france24.com/en/20180204-russian-jet-shot-down-syria-pilot-killed
Putin should not have stabbed the Syrian Kurds in the back and dump them for the Turks. Their brothers in Iraqi Kurdistan is now likely to be used as a rat-line to supply the Syrian Kurds to bog down both Erdogan and Putin in a guerrilla warfare (stinger) meat-grinder ala Afghanistan 1980 redux.
In fact Iraqi Kurdistan is very likely to be used as a base to destabilise the entire Gulf to Mediterranean region and also likely northwards to sting at Putin’s underbelly. And there is very little that Russia can do.
Israel is likely also aiming at a 30 years (guerrilla) war to depopulate the whole region. It’s not over till the fat (Kurdish) lady sings.
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.se/2018/02/turkey-establishing-long-sought-us-safe.html
Tony Cartalucci also seems to see it in a different light than Saker.
Simon Chow on February 07, 2018 · at 8:52 am EST/EDT
Yeah, but the actual target is Russia! Turkey is of not much importance, even to Nato, except for bogging down Russia in Syria and threatening Russia’s south-western flanks and her southern and very vulnerable underbelly. Someone should be waking up to this before it’s too late!
As for this “the entire plan had no UNSC authorization was thus totally illegal under international law..” – the Zioyanks and their allies have more than once shown their middle finger with the same contempt that Victoria “f*** the EU” Nuland showed to the EU. The War of the Stingers 2.0 has started!
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Rules won’t save women
Emily Writes | Parents Editor
Karla, Kirsa, Kirsty, Teresa, Christie, Sophie, Grace. Every woman has the name of another who taught them it’s not safe to be a woman. But what are men being taught?
They were known as the Bega Schoolgirls but I’ll always remember their names. Lauren Margaret Barry and Nichole Emma Collins. They were 14 and 16. I was 12. They were raped and murdered 21 years ago.
I was only four years old when Leigh Rennea Mears was murdered on a beach, but a decade later at school we all talked about “Leigh Leigh”.
In the winter of 2000, I was 14. We knew that girls our age were being raped at train stations around Sydney by packs of men. And we learned to walk carrying sticks we picked up from the bush on our way to the school where a few decades earlier Chris Dawson had taught P.E before his wife went missing, presumed murdered. This week he was arrested.
Sticks wouldn’t have been any protection from us being added to the list of names we knew. I moved to New Zealand and new names found a place in my head and heart – Sophie Elliott was born on the same day as I was. I used to think often of her mum and dad and my mum and dad holding us both at the same moments in two different countries.
I still remember the number of times she was stabbed.
My friends of all ages have names they’ll remember forever too – Karla Cardno, Kirsa Jensen, Mona Blades, Teresa Cormack, Christie Marceau.
They all have one woman who taught them it’s not safe to be a woman. And we don’t just remember the names, the faces, how and where they died. We remember how they were talked about too.
I went to school with Jennifer Hargreaves. She was murdered by the side of the road in 2001, aged 17. I remember staring out of the church window at her funeral and seeing blossoms in the trees and desperately hoping her family would find peace somehow, though it seemed impossible without her.
When I returned to Wellington from Auckland after the funeral, I heard my new classmates talk about her: “Well, she was hitchhiking so that’s why it happened.” We told ourselves, and we were told by all the people in our lives, that there was a list of rules we could live by. If we followed those rules we wouldn’t become a warning to other girls.
Leigh Leigh shouldn’t have been at a party.
Those girls at the train station should have come home sooner, not stayed late – even if it was just to finish studying for their exams.
Jennifer shouldn’t have hitch-hiked.
Sophie had an older boyfriend.
If we followed the rules, we might be OK. Everyone talked about the rules. Don’t go out after dark. Don’t talk to strangers. Don’t talk to older boys. But Kirsty Bentley was just walking her dog. It was 3pm.
Still, we were told about the rules. We all knew them. So why did girls just like us keep dying?
Today, a new generation of girls will head to each other’s houses, to end-of-year school catch-ups, with Grace Millane’s name on their lips, they’ll talk about the rules. The rules Grace would have known too, because she surely had her own list of names from her own home country.
Things don’t seem to have changed for these girls. We learned these rules from the adults around us. They taught us, whether they intended to or not, that the men who killed girls just like us were not wholly responsible. They made us believe that even the youngest girls were somehow partly to blame. After all, they didn’t follow the rules.
I wonder as more information comes out about Grace’s death what will young girls around New Zealand learn from adults? What have they already been told? About backpacking? About being out after dark? About talking to men?
And what will our boys and young men learn? What message will we be teaching our sons, grandsons, brothers, nephews – if adults start talking about the rules? The rules that don’t actually protect women anyway?
What reinforcement will we be giving to the men who bash women for talking back, or rape women because they didn’t follow the rules? What will they hear when you talk about the rules?
When people talk about Grace do they teach young men that if a woman is backpacking alone, she’s partly responsible for whatever comes her way? That young women who go to hotel rooms alone, or talk to strangers, are “playing with fire” – all of which I’ve heard over the past couple of days?
Will these young men learn they’re just a match ready to be lit – that their destructive power lies just below the surface, ready to be ignited by women? That they, as men, can’t help but harm?
Many parents will be talking to their daughters about Grace; mothers will be thinking about the names of those who came before her.
But how many parents will talk to their sons?
How many will reject the rules and ensure they raise and know men who aren’t given a checklist of what good women don’t do? That they aren’t given a cheat sheet to view some women as compliant in their own brutalisation?
I’ve heard many people say about Grace’s death that this isn’t New Zealand. But it is. And it is Australia too. It’s every young girl growing up knowing these names, and young boys not knowing these names.
Rules won’t save women. Rejecting the idea that men aren’t entirely responsible for the destruction they enact on women just might save some women. Ensuring the next generation of young men know that there are no rules that exempt them from liability when they attack women would be a start.
If all boys knew the names of these women, knew the ripple effect of heartbreak of all of these young lives lost forever – knew their importance, instead of seeking to highlight perceived recklessness – maybe there might be change.
Young girls know always what they can’t do (not that it matters – they’re killed regardless).
Do young men know what they can’t do? What if they had rules? Like, no means no. Girls and women are not objects for you to use and abuse. You have no right. No right at all to hurt and harm and kill. Would that save lives?
Hope lives only in the idea that new baby girls born today might grow up without the names of other little girls weighing heavily on them in the dark. That they might survive to be adults who can tell their daughters that the rules are bullshit and that the rules don’t apply.
That they might have sons that they teach instead.
Here’s where to channel the hurt and rage for Grace Millane
You did not need to know Grace Millane to feel overcome by waves of trauma
Google U-turns, apologises after standoff over Grace Millane suppression breach
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Andrew Little: Google has been reckless, and I won’t let them off the hook
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6/2/15: Grand Theft Mariachi
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Homage is a tricky thing: it’s no mean feat getting the perfect balance between exacting reproduction and unique perspectives. The original era of grindhouse and exploitation films weren’t really setting out to create a singular aesthetic: this was more the result of budgetary concerns, current events, audience expectations and the technology of the time. When modern filmmakers attempt to emulate the late ’60s-’70s grindhouse aesthetic, it’s always filtered through a modern sensibility, usually the hyper self-awareness that’s plagued us since the days of Pop-Up Videos. Adding fake film grain and scratches to a modern film doesn’t automatically make it a genuine grindhouse film any more than donning fake fangs makes one a genuine vampire.
That being said, many modern films have managed to emulate the grindhouse/exploitation aesthetic to varying degrees of success. Filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth and Rob Zombie have all mined the drive-in days of old for films that manage, in one way or the other, to add another few brushstrokes to the overall mural. Chilean auteur Ernesto Díaz Espinoza certainly isn’t the first filmmaker to make us check the wall calendar: while his Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman (2012) is far from perfect and quite a ways from obvious influence El Mariachi (1992), it’s not without its charms and possesses a gonzo sense of energy and invention that often helps to smooth over the rough spots. When it’s firing on all cylinders, the film is nearly as lethal as its titular badass.
Like Rodriguez’s debut, BMTHOTMGW is about the path that an unlikely sad-sack takes from meek acceptance to ass-kicking independence. Our hero, in this case, is Santiago (Matías Oviedo), a small-town DJ who still lives at home with his mother (Francisca Castillo), plays way too much Grand Theft Auto and makes money, on the side, from mob boss Che Longana (Jorge Alis). Longana is the kind of bat-shit crime lord who’s surrounded by topless ballroom dancers, thinks nothing of wasting his own henchmen for the slightest infractions and rules by complete and absolute fear.
Poor Santiago runs afoul of his boss after he happens to overhear Longana discussing a hit on his former girlfriend, the legendary bounty-killer Machine Gun Woman (Fernanda Urrejola). MGW is the kind of person who struts around in a barely-there leather lingerie and fur coat ensemble, mercilessly blasting anything that moves before sawing off heads in order to collect the attached bounties: in other words, not the kind of person you normally want to fuck with. In order to save his own skin, Santiago promises to deliver MGW to Longana, come hell or high water.
From this point on, Santiago enters his own version of the beloved Grand Theft Auto, each new step along his path of personal growth designated by such video game friendly titles as “Mission 01: Get a Clue With Shadeline Soto” or “Mission 03: Get a Gun.” Along the way, Santiago must avoid the other bounty killers, each with their own quirks and Warriors-approved outfits (the lethal chinchinero and his mini-me son were personal favorites). When he finally comes face-to-face with the deadliest killer of them all, Santiago faces a feeling altogether different from fear…love. Will the humble DJ face his fears and double-cross the most feared man in Chile or will he crack under the pressure and turn his back on true love? Unlike his video games, Santiago is only going to get one chance to get this right…will it be love or the head of the Machine Gun Woman?
Despite a few glaring issues and the overridingly gimmicky core concept (the Grand Theft Auto angle wears out its welcome quickly), Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman ends up being a breezy, painless watch, not terribly far removed from the films with which it bears allegiance. The retro-visualization works well overall (the credits are spot-on and the musical score, by eponymous Rocco, is great), although the look is let-down quite a bit by the generally flat lighting: at times, BMTHOTMGW very much looks like a modern, low-budget film gussied up with film grain and random scratches.
Acting-wise, the film tends to be broad, which suits the overall vibe to a tee. Oviedo is likable as the hapless Santiago, although the film has a distressing tendency to make him more of a passive observer to the events than an active participant: it isn’t until the climax that he really gets a chance to let loose. Urrejola does a fine job as the almost mythically lethal Machine Gun Woman, although it’s worth noting that her character is just about as one-note as they come: MGW is an asskicking sexpot, nothing more, nothing less. She belongs to the same video game traditions that spawned similar characters like Lara Croft, traditions that dictate female action stars must show as much skin as possible and act lasciviously whenever the plot needs a little jolt. It’s no more (or less) offensive a representation than many others in the past but BMTHOTMGW does a pretty good of fetishizing Urrejola to an almost distressing degree.
The villains are all nice and slimy, which befits a film like this, with Alis having the biggest blast as the scenery-chewing, howlingly-mad mob boss. In many ways, Alis’ Che Longana hearkens back to the glory days of films like Andy Sidaris’ classic Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) and his ludicrously over-the-top death scene is truly one for the ages. There’s also the aforementioned variety with the various bounty killers (let’s hear it, again, for that father-son duo and the really smart riff on Kill Bill (2003)), which not only helps to play up the video game aspect (at times, the film definitely reminded me of Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010), although that was more structure-related than visual) but also injects much-needed originality into the premise.
While too much of the film seems to fall into generic indie-action territory (lots of noisy shootouts and gratuitous slo-mo), Espinoza finds plenty of new ways to riff on old motifs. The garage “oil check” scene is bracingly original, if thoroughly unpleasant, while the scene where Santiago’s iPod (it has 30,000 songs on it) is treated as if it were Marcellus Wallace’s fabled briefcase is patently great. It’s quite clear that Espinoza (who also scripted the film) has a few new wrinkles to add, whenever he steps away from the more well-trod path.
In the end, the well-trod path is what, ultimately, keeps Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman from having the impact it might have had. The film is lots of goofy fun, no two ways about it, but it never approaches the zany abandon of something like classic Troma or even Jason Eisener’s neo-classic Hobo With a Shotgun (2011). This, of course, is exactly what a film like this really needs: when you have a fur-coat-and-bikini-bedecked assassin spraying bullets every which way but loose, restraint should be the last thing you’re thinking about.
When Espinoza’s film works, it provides more than its share of pleasures (guilty and otherwise), although it never hits the consistent highs of El Mariachi. Here’s to hoping that Ernesto Díaz Espinoza continues to sharpen his blade: if he can make match his explotiation-leaning aesthetic to a genuinely subversive edge, I have a feeling that filmmakers might be paying him homage in the not-to-distant future.
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Jeremy Shaw’s Liminals soundtrack released as hand-signed clear vinyl edition
By VF Team
VF Team
November 30, 2017 In Label News, The Store X
Limited to 50 copies.
Presented by the Vinyl Factory in partnership with König Galerie, Jeremy Shaw’s Liminals is a mind-melting pseduo sci-fi documentary which follows a group of 8 dancers as they enact ecstatic rituals in an attempt to access a new realm of consciousness with the potential to save humanity.
Originally premiered at this year’s Venice Biennale, the 20-minute film is set against a 1970s cinema vérité aesthetic, drawing parallels between the experimental spiritual gatherings of the ’70s and the effect-laden release of contemporary hedonistic subcultures.
For Shaw, the soundtrack to the piece plays a crucial role in attempting to induce those same altered states of consciousness in the viewer.
Recorded by There In Spirit, and tapping into Shaw’s production history as Circlesquare, the music straddles the sonic grandeur of Art of Noise, psychedelic incantations and trance-like synth swells.
Also available as a standard edition 10″, Liminals has now been released as a clear 10″ vinyl edition, hand-signed by Shaw and limited to 50 copies.
Get your copy here, and listen to Shaw discuss the work below.
Liminals is on show at The Store X until 10th December, alongside Everything at Once and Virgil Abloh x Ben Kelly’s Ruin. Ryoji Ikeda’s test pattern no. 12 and Arthur Jafa’s Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death are both open at The Store X until 14th December. Click here for more info on how to visit.
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Haruki Murakami making DJ debut on Tokyo radio station
July 24, 2018 In News
Sharing records and personal stories on Murakami Radio.
Japanese writer Haruki Murakami has recorded a DJ mix for Tokyo FM, reports The Mainichi.
Read more: Take an interactive tour of Haruki Murakami’s record collection
Though this is the first time he has recorded a public mix and radio show, Murakami’s passion for music dates back to before he became a writer, when he ran a jazz bar in Tokyo with his wife.
To wit, in his study alone, Murakami boasts a sizeable collection: “I almost always work listening to music. There are about 10,000 vinyl records; I haven’t counted the CDs. These records here are mostly jazz.”
“Novels are something you read by yourself, and the radio is, for the most part, something you listen to by yourself as well,” shares Tokyo FM’s executive planner Hiroshi Nobue.
“In that they are both forms of one-on-one communication, I thought he would have an affinity to radio, so I proposed that he do a program with us.”
Nobue then invited Murakami to visit the station, tactically placing records and turntables in the studio that he thought Murakami would enjoy.
“We usually don’t have those things lying around, but we did some research on what Mr. Murakami liked, and put them there before he came,” Nobue confessed.
Nobue recorded him chatting about the records, which lead to the idea for Murakami hosting his own show.
Broadcasting on the 5th of August, and clocking in at 55-minutes, Murakami Radio: Run & Songs features him sharing memories of songs and explaining their backstories.
Head here for more info on Murakami Radio ahead of its broadcast on the 5th August at 7pm Tokyo time.
Murakami is opening a library featuring his 10,000+ record collection
Ryuichi Sakamoto’s BTTB album reissued on vinyl with liner notes by Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami discusses writing, running and records on his one-off radio show
Listen to over 3000 songs from Haruki Murakami’s record collection
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Joba’s Woes Continue
October 1, 2009 in Game Recap, Jobamania, Kansas City Royals, Nick Swisher, The Captain | Tags: Derek Jeter, Joba Chamberlain, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, Nick Swisher | by chriskaftan | Comments closed
Joba Chamberlain might just have pitched himself off the ALDS roster. Chamberlain lasted just 3 2/3 innings and was booed by fans at Yankee Stadium during the Kansas City Royals’ 4-3 victory Wednesday night, which stopped New York’s seven-game winning streak.
Derek Jeter homered leading off the first, and Chamberlain left with a 3-1 deficit before Nick Swisher’s 29th homer tied the score in the fifth, a two-run drive.
Chamberlain allowed three runs, seven hits and four walks, throwing just 52 of 91 pitches for strikes.
With CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Andy Pettitte set to start in the first round of the playoffs, Chamberlain either will go to the bullpen or be dropped from the division series roster.
The line of the night came when Chamberlain told reporters in the clubhouse he will do anything to win with the team.
“If they want me to fold towels, I’ll fold towels,” he said. “I don’t really care. I’ll do anything to win on this team.”
The Yankees are off today before going to Tampa to finish the season. The Yankees’ rotation for the playoffs will be starting this weekend.
Yanks’ “B” Team Pounces Royals
September 29, 2009 in Game Recap, Robinson Cano | Tags: Al Aceves, Chad Gaudin, Damaso Marte, Eric Hinske, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, Ramiro Pena, Robinson Cano, Shelly Duncan | by chriskaftan | Comments closed
Even with their “B” team, the Yankees were still able to easily defeat the Royals 8-2.
Chad Gaudin started and picked up his sixth win of the season. In 6.2 innings pitched he allowed 2 runs on 4 hits, walked 2, and struck out 5.
Ramiro Pena hit his first career homer, which was greeted by the silent treatment in the dugout, then a flurry of back slaps and high fives came afterwards. He got the WWE championship belt also. He also drove in a second run later in the game with an RBI single in the seventh.
The big blow of the game came off the bat of Robinson Cano, a grand slam in the seventh to blow the game wide open and give the Yanks an 8-2 lead. With his RISP struggles this year, it was great to see. It was Cano’s 25th homer of the season. He also doubled in the game, his 48th of the year.
Erick Hinske and Shelley Duncan also had RBI singles.
The bullpen did a good job tonight. Damaso Marte retired the only batter he faced, and Alfredo Aceves threw two perfect innings.
It was the Yankees 101st win of the season, three more wins would give them the most they’ve had since 1998. Here’s an interesting fact I didn’t know until reading other bloggers and checking it online myself: Besides that 1998 season they’ve only won more than 103 games in the last 46 years, and that was in 1964.
Boston lost again, 11-5 to the Blue Jays. Sometimes I wonder if they’re trying to throw away the Wild Card?
The opener of that big four-game set between the Tigers and Twins was rained out. They will play a day-night doubleheader today.
Three and Counting
April 11, 2009 in CC Sabathia, Jorge Posada, Kansas City Royals, Nick Swisher | Tags: CC Sabathia, Jorge Posada, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, Nick Swisher | by chriskaftan | Comments closed
The Yankees captured their third straight victory tonight, climbing over .500 on the season with a 6-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
CC Sabathia was back to his old self tonight, going 7.2 innings, striking out 6 and walking none in pitching shutout all the way. He had better command of his fastball and you could hear the pop in the glove as his fastball wooshed past befuddled Royals.
Nick Swisher started at first base and rewarded Joe Girardi with a monster game. Swisher walked twice, hit a triple, a home run, had 3 RBI and 3 runs scored. Trevor and I are in agreement that Swisher needs to start each game. What to do about the outfield? Trade Nady.
Jorge Posada also continued his hot bat with two doubles tonight, along with three ribbies. Xavier Nady went 2 for 4 in right field. Robbie Cano had an off night, getting no hits. Cody Ransom continues to look lost at the plate, dropping his average to .044. Brett Gardner was not much better, but he walked and stole second base on a wild pitch by Robinson Tejada.
After Sabathia left the game, Jose Veras came in to pitch 1.1 inning and in the 9th promptly walked the first batter, allowed two hits and spoiled a bid for a shutout. Luckly the Yankees were able to maintain their victory.
On a side note, when Robinson Tejada came in the fifth to pitch 2.2 innings, he struck out 6 Yankee batters. It’s more evident that the Royal’s bull pen is pretty effective. The Yankee batters who struck out against Tejada were caught by off-speed pitches and mean-lookin’ curveballs that dipped.
The Yankees go for the sweep tomorrow with Joba Chamberlain taking the mound in a 1:05pm start. Then the Yankees will head to Tampa next for a 3-game series before going home to officially open the new Yankee Stadium.
Pitching for Royals Series
April 9, 2009 in Kansas City Royals, Pitchers | Tags: Andy Pettitte, CC Sabathia, Joba Chamberlain, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees | by chriskaftan | Comments closed
From PeteAbe, as always…
Friday: LHP Andy Pettitte (14-14, 4.54 in 2008) vs. RHP Sidney Ponson (8-5, 5.04 in 2008), 4:10 p.m., YES, WCBS 880
Saturday: LHP CC Sabathia (0-1, 12.46) vs. LHP Horacio Ramirez (1-4, 4.34 in 2008), 7:10, YES, WCBS 880
Sunday: RHP Joba Chamberlain (4-3, 2.60 in 2008) vs. RHP Gil Meche (0-1, 1.29), 2:10, YES, WCBS 880
AL Central Predictions
March 30, 2009 in Offseason Talk | Tags: Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins | by Trevor | Comments closed
Projected Division Standings
Minnesota Twins – 92-70
Chicago White Sox – 86-76
Cleveland Indians – 82-80
Kansas City Royals – 79-83
Detroit Tigers – 71-91
The division has not changed much from 2008. Like every year, the division is really up for grabs for every team except the Royals. Ultimately, the Twins should take it. They have the skills and veteran leadership with Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau. Pitching is suspect, but should be enough in this division to come out on top. Left-handed pitcher Francisco Lirianois the team’s ace in my mind, but the team has good hopes for right -hander Scott Baker.
Don’t be surprised if the Twins start slow – Mauer should miss the first month or so of the season on the DL. He had surgery in December to remove a kidney obstruction and has been feeling soreness all spring.
The Tigers seem to be a lost cause. The team has not improved after a disappointing 2008 season, where newcomers Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis failed to make the impact the team hoped. Now, with Detroit marred in the worst economic slump in generations, the Tigers will even have trouble filling the seats. Record unemployment in Detroit (21%) and Michigan (12%) has led to a 44% decrease in season ticket sales this offseason.
I’ve got two words to describe how their season will go. Carl Pavano. Pavano, who was their most public acquisition this offseason, is pitching Pavano-like this spring. The oft-injured hurler has a 7.49 ERA this spring – allowing 14 runs in 17 innings pitched.
Fausto Caramana looks good on the mound this spring and might just be the catalyst necessary for a winning season. Kerry Wood is set to be the closer – it will be interesting to see how that goes.
This team is hard to peg. Less then 4 years since their last World Series Championship, they could win the division as easily as they could finish with a losing record.
Wilson Betemit (remember him) is having a decent spring and should be the starting third baseman. With A-Rod out for at least the first 3 weeks, I wonder if the Yanks wish they didn’t trade him for Nick Swisher. Especially because Swish is going to start the season on the bench.
With players like Bartolo Colon and AJ Pierzynski, the team could be great. I think the wild card each year is good old Ozzie. If the manager can stay sane, the team might have a chance to unseat the Twins as division champs.
Does anyone even care about this team anymore? If it wasn’t for Jane Heller’s book, I wouldn’t think this team had actual fans. Anyways, I wonder if the goal each year is simply don’t finish last in the AL.
Billy Butler and Alex Gordon are both hitting for power this spring, both over are batting over .300. Gordon can use this season to make a name for himself or begin fading into obscurity. Off-season acquisition Coco Crisp should make a difference on a team that had no strong hitters in the bottom of the line-up last season.
I have no idea who their pitchers are, so I won’t say much about them. But don’t expect much of this team. That way, should they do even better, we’ll all be happily surprised.
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Lessons: 11
The first five books of the Old Testament are commonly called the Pentateuch. They tell the story of the nation of Israel from creation to preparation for the conquest of the Promised Land. But is the Pentateuch simply the historical account of God’s chosen people? Or is it something more?
This series explores the books of Genesis through Deuteronomy, examining why they were written, what they meant to their original audience, and how we should respond to them today.
Summarize the structure, content, original meaning and modern application of the books of Genesis through Deuteronomy.
Explain how Moses' original audience would have understood the narratives contained in the first five books of the Bible and what these stories mean for modern believers.
Provide outlooks and information on a variety of issues associated with the Pentateuch.
Lesson 1: Introduction to the Pentateuch
Introduces how the biblical books of Genesis to Deuteronomy served as the standard for Israel's faith.
Download (right click) Mobile Video (3GP) [95 MB]
Play Video Segments
Play MP3 Segments
Forum 1: Introduction to the Pentateuch
A companion video to "Introduction to the Pentateuch" that asks the following questions:
Why is it important for evangelicals to become familiar with critical approaches to the Pentateuch?
Do critical methods for interpreting the Pentateuch have any value?
Critical scholarship often assumes that ancient religions were lower and less evolved. How should evangelicals evaluate this critical mindset?
How do you explain the variation in the names for God in the Pentateuch?
Why do so many scholars teach that there are contradictory theological viewpoints in the Pentateuch?
Why is belief in supernatural events so important for a proper understanding of the Bible?
Why should we interpret the Pentateuch as coming from the days of Moses?
What source materials did Moses have available to him when he wrote Genesis?
Did Moses use any written documents as sources for the content of the Pentateuch?
Should we be troubled by the fact that the Pentateuch reflects a form of Hebrew that is much later than the time of Moses?
Lesson 2: A Perfect World
(Lesson 1 of The Primeval History) Gives an overview of the primeval history, the literary structure, original meaning and modern application of Genesis 1-11.
Lesson 3: Paradise Lost and Found
(Lesson 2 of The Primeval History) Examines Genesis 2:4-3:24, the story of Adam and Eve's sin in the garden.
Lesson 4: A World of Violence
(Lesson 3 of The Primeval History) Examines Genesis 4:1-6:8, describing how human beings began to fill the world with violence, and how God reacted to those troubles.
Lesson 5: The Right Direction
(Lesson 4 of The Primeval History) Examines Genesis 6:9-11:9, describing the direction God established for his people to follow after the great flood in the days of Noah.
Lesson 6: The Life of Abraham: Structure and Content
(Lesson 1 of Father Abraham) Explores the stories that ancient Israelites told about Abraham, their great patriarch.
Lesson 7: The Life of Abraham: Original Meaning
(Lesson 2 of Father Abraham) Explores the original impact these stories were intended to have on the nation of Israel as they followed Moses toward the Promised Land.
Lesson 8: The Life of Abraham: Modern Application
(Lesson 3 of Father Abraham) Concentrates on responsible ways to draw modern applications from the chapters in Genesis that speak of Abraham.
Lesson 9: The Patriarch Jacob
Investigates how God humbled and shaped Jacob into one of the most admired patriarchs of Israel.
Forum 9: The Patriarch Jacob
A companion video to "The Patriarch Jacob" that asks the following questions:
What is the broad literary structure of Jacob's story in Genesis 25:19-37:1?
What were the causes of the conflict between Jacob and Esau?
What lessons might Israel have learned about their relationship with Edom from the stories of Jacob and Esau?
Why did God change Jacob's name to Israel?
How would the Jacob stories reinforce God's promise that Israel would one day inhabit the Promised Land?
What did God's words to Jacob in Genesis 28:14 teach Israel about its role as a blessing to the nations?
What are some major themes that can be found within the Jacob stories?
How do the Jacob stories illustrate God's grace?
What are some practical ways we can apply the Jacob stories to our own lives today?
Lesson 10: Joseph and His Brothers
Examines the portion of Genesis that deals with Joseph and his troubled relationship with his brothers.
Forum 10: Joseph and His Brothers
A companion video to "Joseph and His Brothers" that asks the following questions:
How is the story of Joseph organized in Genesis 37-50?
Why did Moses interrupt the Joseph story with the story of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38?
What were the causes of disharmony between Joseph and his brothers?
What should the tribes of Israel have learned from the story of reconciliation between Joseph and his brothers?
How would Joseph's last words have motivated the Israelites to enter the Promised Land and possess it?
How would the Joseph stories have encouraged national unity among the tribes of Israel?
In what ways would the Joseph stories have fostered diversity among the tribes of Israel in Moses' day?
What are some major themes that can be found within the Joseph stories?
What are some practical ways we can apply the Joseph stories to our lives today?
How does the story of Joseph encourage us to remain faithful to God even in the midst of trials?
Lesson 11: An Overview of Exodus
Explores a number of basic issues related to what Exodus meant when it was first written and how we should apply it to our lives today.
Download (right click) Mobile Video (3GP) [143 MB]
Forum 11: An Overview of Exodus
A companion video to "An Overview of Exodus" that asks the following questions:
When was the book of Exodus written?
What is the literary purpose of the book of Exodus?
What are some practical ways we can apply the stories in Exodus to our lives today?
What is the literary structure of the book of Exodus?
How does Moses employ chiasm in his storytelling in the book of Exodus?
How is the book of the covenant similar to and different from other legal codes of the ancient Near East, like the Code of Hammurabi?
What significance did Old Testament festivals, Sabbaths, prayers, sacrifices, and other ceremonies have in the lives of Old Testament believers?
How does the book of Exodus demonstrate that God is always faithful to his covenant?
What does the word Yahweh mean?
How does the book of Exodus present God as a warrior-king who fights on behalf of his people?
In what ways do the Ten Commandments reveal the grace of God?
How would the description of the tabernacle in the book of Exodus have comforted its readers that God's kingly presence is with his people?
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Cinemaholics #59: A Quiet Place Review
By Jon Negroni 1 year ago
A Quiet Place has just hit theaters, but we’re not going to stay silent about it on the latest episode of Cinemaholics. This new horror film unexpectedly directed by John Krasinski (who also stars in the movie with his actual spouse, Emily Blunt) is getting almost universal praise from critics and fans alike and we brought on special guest Rebecca Pahle to raise some commotion over the film.
As always, we spend some time diving into other notable releases this week, too, including Blockers, which stars Leslie Mann, John Cena and Ike Barinholtz. This is yet another studio comedy getting most people laughing, but not all of the Cinemaholics are quite on the same page about the pic.
Early in the show, Jon also teases some of his thoughts on the movies coming out at San Francisco Film Festival, including Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Searching and The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Will, meanwhile, finally reveals his belated thoughts on the new Wes Anderson film, Isle of Dogs, as well as Steven Soderbergh’s latest, Unsane, and Maveryke recommends Wind River, which just hit Netflix streaming.
New Photos For A Quiet Place Tease One Of The Year's Best Horror Films
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Feel free to hang out with us on Facebook and Twitter for episode updates as well, and be sure to email cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com to submit any and all feedback. You might just hear your email read on next week’s show!
Tags: A Quiet Place, Blockers, Cinemaholics, Isle of Dogs, Podcast, Podcasts, Unsane, Wind River
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Westway 23
The 23 Acres
Westway Trust
Westway23
Racism Review
Amenity Map
Solving Problems [Colonialism Pt 2]
Posted in Demands for Radical Change on Sun 21 Apr '19 by TLB
This post refers to an article from the Guardian newspaper, from 6th April 2019, titled 'White Australia can't solve black problems. White Australia is the problem'.
I am returning to the issue of colonialism here.
Firstly, due to a need to re-emphasise the critical importance of it as an issue. To acknowledge that it does *exist*, here, in London, in 2019. And also to promote and argue for a collective deconstruction of the forms it has taken here in West London (something that the Review into Institutional Racism will no doubt contribute to).
Secondly, in order to link this local exisitence to the ongoing international reality, I am taking an opportunity to show how our local example corresponds (sometimes quite remarkably) with international insights into the pracitices, behaviours and, in the end, relentlessly damaging outcomes of colonialism. In this case, with an extract from a piece of work focused on one of the most recognisable examples of this hugely influential cultural phenomena that persists across every continent on earth. A phenomena that billions of human beings find themselves at various stages of extracting themselves from.
On reading words from the new book from Melbourne University's Professor of Politics, Sarah Maddison, my mind, as it so often does, effortlessly translates those words into our local context.
I say 'effortless' specifically.
It causes me no effort to read passages that make complete sense when transposed to another setting. There is no tension, no friction. There is an instant and lucid recognition that whilst the Torres Strait Islanders and Aboriginal people of Australia have suffered loss and persecution and marginalisation on a level some distance from my own and that of the North Kensington community in all its diversity and relative privilege, we do sit together, with billions of our fellow human beings on an uninterrupted spectrum marked 'living with colonialism in all its varied forms'. And hence we can reasonably take heart from each others progress along that spectrum, as much as we feel the pain of each others ongoing suffering and setbacks.
The people of Australia (and the Americas) are dealing with the theft of many millions of acres and the genocide of many millions of people over hundreds of years.
The respective numbers are 23 and 72+* for North Kensington. But, the need for self-determination and having "substantive decision-making power" (in the words of Stephen Cornell from the Native Nations Institute in the US) in local hands is similar.
The closeness of our possible relief from the local suffering - because we believe we have identified solutions and are constantly frustrated in implementing those solutions - is a source of consternation.
Let us be absolutely clear. We know for a fact that the influence of Westway23 members and wider community operating *outside* of the organisation has brought about by far the most change to the organisation.
Nothing less than a sea change in representation within the organisation has a hope of making a sustainable difference.
It is ludicrous to claim that we are even remotely adequately represented because seven (out of 14) members of the board (including non-voting co-optees) are local, when:
- One is a member of Westway23. A co-opted Trustee who was blocked by the Executive (yes, blocked) from taking a place on the full board, even whilst another member of Westway23 was stepping down due to the draining reality of tokenism
- One of them is a co-opted Trustee who was previously a tokenistic community Trustee for nine years and admitted to letting down the community by not raising the alarm on the Insitutional Racism she witnessed all the way back in 2014.
- One of them is a member-nominated Trustee who has publicly supported Alan Brown and all his racist tendencies and has said objectionable things about members of our community
- One of them is a former planning professional from St Quintin's Estate (an estate where regeneration equates to multimillionaire basement refurbs) who has publicly suggested that Westway23 are a little too noisy in our objections (objections that led directly to him being recruited as a co-opted Trustee as it happens)
- Three of them are political party councillors
It is not credible. It is a perversion of statistics to retain a status quo that benefits an elite (elite only by way of income generation by the way, as far as I can see).
"Drawing on decades of research on the resurgence and success of Native Nations, [Cornell] argues that three important things happen when Indigenous peoples gain power over their own affairs. “First, bureaucratic priorities are replaced by Indigenous priorities, thereby gaining Indigenous support for initiatives and programs. Second, decisions begin to reflect local knowledge and concerns. One of the great fantasies of colonialism, still alive in the Indigenous affairs bureaucracies of the world, is the idea that ‘we know what’s best for you’. But we don’t. And the third thing that happens is that decisions get linked to consequences. When Indigenous peoples themselves are in charge, they pay the price for bad decisions and reap the rewards of good ones. Jurisdiction, in other words, creates accountability.”
The reasons for such self empowerment for Indigeneous people are clear for Cornell. And my argument is that those reasons ring similarly true for a socio-economically vulnerable community that has suffered the ongoing exploitation of its resources by an organisation that has produced hundreds of millions of pounds intended as compensation, yet never had significant or sustained local leadership from that very community.
Westway23 continues to demand and work toward a complete and immediate rebalancing of the Westway Trust board of Trustees, to ensure a real opportunity for radical change.
Westway23 continue to demand the end (in as quick a process as possible) of a corporate Executive structure that enables millions of pounds to be funnelled out of the local area each year through salaries and professional fees.
To paraphrase the linked article's headline: Professional outsiders cannot solve North Kensington's problems. Professional outsiders are the problem.
*In addition to the further uncounted deaths that can be attributed to addictions, malnutritions, mental health tragedies, pollution and violence that have resulted in a life expectancy gap of 20 years.
THE GUARDIAN ARTICLE:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/apr/07/white-australia-cant-solve-black-problems-white-australia-is-the-problem
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Fairleigh Dickinson basketball
FDU Senior Fashions A Beautiful Ending To A Terrible Game
Nadi Beciri's reward came Thursday night at the tail end of an 87-49 loss to Gonzaga , when he took a pass from Brandon Powell and made a layup while getting fouled with 28 seconds left. Click to read.
Top-Seeded Gonzaga Too Much For Fairleigh Dickinson
When it comes to a 16 seed beating a 1, it's still true — anything really can happen in the NCAA Tournament. Click to read.
On WFAN: Herenda Discusses Fairleigh Dickinson’s Play-In Win, Gonzaga Challenge
Fairleigh Dickinson men’s basketball head coach Greg Herenda joined Mike Francesa during Wednesday’s show to discuss the Knights’ first tournament win in school history. Click to read more.
Fairleigh Dickinson Rallies For First Ever NCAA Tourney Win
Darnell Edge scored a career-high 33 points, and Fairleigh Dickinson rallied to win its first ever NCAA Tournament game, taking down Prairie View A&M 82-76 in the tourney opener on Tuesday night.
St. John's, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Iona Learn Opponents As NCAA Tournament Bracket Unveiled
It’s almost time for the madness to begin. An intense college basketball regular season has wrapped up, and now Selection Sunday has come and gone. 68 teams know where they’re headed to begin their respective postseason campaigns, while quite a few others are left frustrated to have missed the cut...
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The Swiss Courier
Goyer, Tricia
It is August 1944 and the Gestapo is mercilessly rounding up suspected enemies of the Third Reich. When Joseph Engel, a German physicist working on the atomic bomb, finds that he is actually a Jew, adopted by Christian parents, he must flee for his life to neutral Switzerland.
Gabi Mueller is a young Swiss-American woman working for the newly formed American Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner to the CIA) close to Nazi Germany. When she is asked to risk her life to safely "courier" Engel out of Germany, the fate of the world rests in her hands. If she can lead him to safety, she can keep the Germans from developing nuclear capabilities. But in a time of traitors and uncertainty, whom can she trust along the way?
This fast-paced, suspenseful novel takes readers along treacherous twists and turns during a fascinating--and deadly--time in history.
Publisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Revell, c2009.
Characteristics: 324 p. :,maps ;,22 cm.
Additional Contributors: Yorkey, Mike
Read more reviews of The Swiss Courier at iDreamBooks.com
pp47 Mar 06, 2018
great WW2 read
Bauer, Kathleen
Women Intelligence Officers — Fiction.
Nuclear Physicists — Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 — Switzerland — Fiction.
Spy Stories.
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