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Drobnjaci
Drobnjaci (Serbian Cyrillic: Дробњаци, pronounced [dro̞bɲǎːt͡si]) is a historical tribe and region, Drobnjak, in Old Herzegovina in Montenegro (municipalities from Nikšić to Šavnik, Žabljak and Pljevlja). Its unofficial centre is in Šavnik. The Orthodox families have St. George (Đurđevdan) as their patron saint (slava) and the majority of Drobnjak churches are devoted to St. George as well. Families of distant Drobnjak origin are present in all former Yugoslav republics and in Hungary and Hungarian populated parts of Romania and Slovakia where it is spelled in its magyarised form as Drobnyák.
Origin and early historyEdit
According to Serbian historian Andrija Luburić (1930), by oral tradition their origin was from Travnik in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and initially were called as Novljani.[1] First mention of the name was in 1285 Ragusan document, where was mentioned Vlach Bratinja Drobnjak.[2] The surname probably derives from tribal or regional name.[3]
The tribal name Drobnjaci (Drobignaçich, Drobgnach, Droggnaz, Dropgnach,Drupinach, Idobrignach) in Herzegovina can be followed from 14th century Ragusan sources; Dragossius Costadinich vlachus Drobignaçich (1365), Goitan Banilouich et Bogosclauus Dessiminich vlacchi de chatono de Dobrgnaçi (1376), Vulchota filius Dobroslaui Drobgnach (1377), Dubraueç Chostadinich et Jurech Bogutouich Drobnachi (1377), and so on.[4] Throughout 14th and 15th century they are specifically mentioned as katun "Vlachs" or "Morlachs".[5] They inhabited lands around Jezera, Prijepolje (1423), Bijela (1443).[4] Some individual examples - Milcien Clapcich, Vlachus de Drobnach in 1390 committed to pay 12 perpers to Jakov Gundulić and Pribil Mirković for one horse which was sequestered in Jezera; Vlach Radivoje Vukšić from Drobnjaci, the head of a caravan, in 1423 was accused in Ragusa for robery of an Italian and had to pay 40 perpers; certain Vlachus Drobnach sequestered 3 rams in Jezera from a Ragusan; in 1454 kidnapped some escorts, similarly in 1456 kidnapped certain Ragusan young man who was sold to the Turks.[3] In Herzegovina they served lords Sandalj Hranić Kosača and Stjepan Vukčić Kosača.[4]
Tribe's first mention in the documents from Bay of Kotor are from the very end of 14th century.[3] In the second half of 15th and 16th century there is no mention.[6] In concern mostly are personal values and silverware, as well lead.[7] They were not mentioned as Vlachs, beside Radmanus Pethcovich de Drobgnacis Vlachus in 1443, and certain morlachus money in concern of some necklace made in "sclavorum" way.[8]
The oral tradition recorded by Luburić (1930) of the tribe in Montenegro preserved stories about fierce conflicts with the native tribe Kriči. In the first Kriči won, and to make peace Kriči voivode Kalok married daughter of knez Kosorić. However, after several years Drobnjaci generated another conflict and along Onogoštan people, Riđani and Banjani defeated them. Kriči reunited at Foča and attacked Drobnjaci, but again were defeated, and moved over the Tara river. The tradition that on the lands of Drobnjaci started the war against the Greeks probably is reminiscence of the Prince Stefan Vojislav against the Byzantine Empire.[9]
In the defter of 1477, the Drobnjak had 636 households.[10] In the defter was mentioned katun by voivode Herak Kovačev in nahija Komarnica.[6]
16th centuryEdit
Brotherhoods began to be formed in Drobnjak only in the beginning of the 16th century.[11]
In 1538, an Ottoman official in Bosnia, Husret Bey, attacked Drobnjak.[12] He attacked again in 1541, in a battle in Mokro in which his forces were destroyed and he lost his life. Husret Bey is in fact historical figure of Gazi-Husrev Beg [12]
In the late 16th century, Serbian monks Damjan and Pavle of Mileševa sent a letter to the Pope, explaining "what is Serbia", among dozens of clan territories, Drobnjaci were also mentioned among other old katuns.[13]
The burning of Saint Sava's remains after the Banat Uprising (1594) provoked the Serbs in other regions to revolt against the Ottomans.[14] Fights also broke out from Bar to Ulcinj, and in Bjelopavlići.[12] In 1596, an uprising broke out in Bjelopavlići, then spread to Drobnjaci, Nikšić, Piva and Gacko (see Serb Uprising of 1596–97). It was suppressed due to lack of foreign support.[15]
17th and 18th centuriesEdit
On Đurđevdan 1605 the Drobnjaci defeated Ottomans in Bukovica, however, the same year they were forced to accept Ottoman rule.[16] Drobnjak vojvoda Ivan Kaluđerović was forced to the Ottomans in Pljevlja, where he was murdered by Tataran-paša.[16] According to folklore all Drobnjak families symbolically became pobratim (blood brothers) and adopted Đurđevdan as their slava and most important feast day after defeating the Ottomans.[citation needed] In 1620, the knez of Drobnjaci, Sekula Cerović, participated in the assembly of Serb chieftains in Belgrade, regarding liberation actions in which he would take an important role.[17]
The Drobnjaci, as other tribes of Montenegro, Brda, and Eastern Herzegovina, joined Venice in the Cretan War.[18] Drobnjak vojvoda Pavle Abazović fell in Piva in 1646, in a battle which is said to have taken three hundred Drobnjak lives.[18] In 1649, knez Ilija Balotić with the Drobnjaci and other Herzegovinian tribes took over Risak and handed it over to Venice.[18] In 1658 Herzegovinian chieftains requested that the Venetians dispatch to them as soon as possible.[18] In 1662, the sanjak-bey of Herzegovina called 57 chieftains from Nikšić, Piva, Drobnjak and Morača, to come to Kolašin, where he killed them all, on the Grand Vizier's order due to cooperation with Venice.[19] It is believed that during the Cretan War, in which the Drobnjaci supported Venice against the Ottomans, and the partially Islamized Kriči supported the Ottomans, the two tribes came into conflict.[20] The Drobnjaci defeated the Kriči, and killed their vojvoda, and pushed them from the left to the right side of the Tara.[21] The Drobnjaci now held Jezera.[21] In 1664 Evliya Çelebi recounted that Sohrab Mehmed Pasha attacked nahija Drobnjaci, and although they captured a lot of people, Drobnjaci killed over 100 Pasha's soldiers.[22]
The Vulovići, Đurđići, Kosorići, Tomići and Cerovići settled in the Drobnjak county in the 17th century, originally from Banjani. In 1694, Serb Uskoks, driven out by the Turks from Albania, settled in Drobnjak county.[23][better source needed]
According to folkore the Drobnjak vojvoda Staniša went to the Pasha of Scutari, Mahmud Pasha, and received the voivodeship of the Sanjak of Herzegovina and the alaj-barjak of Herzegovina for the Drobnjak tribe, in ca. 1778.[16] In the 1780s he was murdered by the Ottomans after being deemed uncertain and unreliable to Ottoman rule.[16]
In 1789, Ivan Radonjić, the governor of Montenegro, wrote for the second time to the Empress of Russia: "Now, all of us Serbs from Montenegro, Herzegovina, Banjani, Drobnjaci, Kuči, Piperi, Bjelopavlići, Zeta, Klimenti, Vasojevići, Bratonožići, Peć, Kosovo, Prizren, Arbania, Macedonia belong to your Excellency and pray that you, as our kind mother, send over Prince Sofronije Jugović."[24]
After Karađorđe Petrović was chosen as leader of the uprising in the Smederevo Sanjak (1804), smaller uprisings also broke out in Drobnjaci (1805), Rovca and Morača.[25]
Under Prince Nicholas I of Montenegro and the Congress of Berlin recognition (1878), the tribes of Piva, Banjani, Niksici, Saranci, Drobnjaci and a large number of the Rudinjani formed the Old Herzegovina region of the new Montenegrin state.[26]
Conflict with the Čengić lordsEdit
Smail-aga Čengić, an Ottoman feudal lord, fought frequently with the Drobnjaci clan, and in letters of Njegoš in 1839 it is known that Rustem-Aga, the son of Smail, had often raped local women of the Drobnjaci and Pivljani. The Drobnjaci had enough of the violations of their women, and approached Petar II Njegoš (who had lost eight family members in the Battle of Grahovo), organizing a plot against the Ottoman lords, planning to first kill Smail. The main conspirators were Novica Cerović and Đoko Malović. Podmalinsko Monastery was gathering place for members of Drobnjaci tribe who traditionally held meetings there, last time in 1840 to decide to kill Smail-aga Čengić.[27] They started by asking Smail to collect the taxes himself, and in September 1840 the Aga is putting up his tent at Mljetičak, in eastern Drobnjaci. In the night, the force attacks the camp and Smail and a number of Turks are killed. The circumstances are mentioned in a letter to the Russian consul in Dubrovnik: "The notorious criminal, Smail-aga Cengic, the musselim of Gacko, Pljevlja, Kolašin and Drobnjaci, attacked our frontier regions with several thousand men almost every year. This year too he pitched his tent three hours away from our border, and started collecting troops to invade our tribe of the Morača. Our men found out about his evil intention earlier, and gathered about 300–400 men, and they attacked his tent on the morning of 23 September, cut down the Aga himself and about 40 of his like-minded criminals... This prominent person was more important in these regions that any of the viziers."[28][29] The events are richly attested in Serb epic poetry.[30]
The Drobnjaci supported the White List at the Podgorica Assembly p. 285
In 1927, Drobnjaci had 40 settlements of 2,200 houses with 14,000–15,000 inhabitants. The capital was Šavnik.
On 1 April 1945, over thirty conspirators were executed in Šavnik, of whom a large number were of the Karadžići.[31]
Brotherhoods and familiesEdit
In anthropological studies, the brotherhoods (bratstva) of Drobnjak are divided into either Novljani, Useljenici, Uskoci, and displaced families; or Starinci, Novljani, Useljenici, Uskoci (further divided into Šaranci and Uskoci), and emigrant families.[32]
The Starinci ("natives") who settled prior to the 16th century, today number 57 families, with Mandić being the oldest.[10]
The Novljani, today number 113 families.[33]
The Useljenici, today number 119 families.[33]
The Šaranci who settled in the second half of the 17th century, today number 44 families.[33]
The Uskoci, who settled lastly, from the Nikšić area, today number 52 families.[33]
The most notable brotherhoods (bratstva) of the clan are the Abazović, Cerović, Karadžić, Malović, Čupić, Kosorić, Jauković and Zarubica families. The brotherhoods of Vulovići, Đurđići, Kosorići, Tomići and Cerovići, were established when they settled in the Drobnjak from Banjani in the 17th century. The clan was originally formed by five related brotherhoods: Cerović, Đurđić, Kosorić, Tomić and Vulović (of whom are the Žugićs). The Drobnjaci are Orthodox in majority, the notably mixed Muslim/Serb family is Kalabić, the Muslim families are Selimović and Džigal.
Abazović
Barać
Brajković
Cerović
Čupić
Drobnjak
Đukić
Đurđić
Đurđević
Jotić
Jakić
Jauković
Jakšić
Kankaraš
Parušić
Pavićević
Karadžić
Kosorić
Malović
Mandić, starinci, tribe's oldest family, originate from Old Serb Milešević.[10]
Memedović
Ninković
Novaković
Radojević
Tomić
Vemić
Vujović
Selimović
Ovčine
Džigal
Kalabić
Grbović
Janjić
Janković
Lasica
The Uskoci and Šaranci clans are also regarded as part of, or kin to, the Drobnjaci.
People from Drobnjaci
Novica Cerović (1805–1895), warrior, senator and Drobnjak chief; born in Tušina, Šavnik.
Radovan Karadžić (born 1945), war criminal and former president of Republika Srpska; born in Šavnik area.
Tomislav Karadžić (born 1939), president of the Serbian Football Association; born in Šavnik area.
Igor Zugic (born 1981), Yugoslav born Canadian chessmaster[citation needed]
Zoran Lakić (born 1933), Montenegrin historian and academic
By ancestry
Stojan Cerović (1949-2005), famous Serbian journalist
Vanja Bulić (born 1947), Serbian journalist and author
Živojin Mišić (1855–1921), general, and participant in all of Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918, and Chief of the General Staff of Army of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1920–1921; great-grandfather from Žabljak area.
Mladen Milovanović (c. 1760-1823), one of the leaders in the First Serbian Uprising; father fled Tušina after a blood feud.
Veselin Šljivančanin (born 1953), Yugoslav officer; born in Palež, Žabljak.
Predrag Drobnjak (born 1975), Montenegrin basketball player; ancestry
Anto Drobnjak (born 1968), former Montenegrin football player
Branislav Drobnjak (born 1961), former Montenegrin football player
Dragiša Drobnjak (born 1977), Slovenian basketball player
Filip Kasalica (born 1988), Serbian-born Montenegrin footballer[citation needed]
Darko Karadžić (born 1989), Montenegrin footballer
Miodrag Karadžić (born 1987), Montenegrin footballer
Milutin "Mima" Karadžić, Serbian actor and producer; ancestry
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864), Serb linguist, major reformer of the Serbian language; parents from Drobnjaci.
Dragomir Brajković (1947-2009), Montenegrin Serb writer and journalist
Mladen Krstajić (born 1974), former Serbian football player[citation needed]
Danica Krstajić (born 1987) former Montenegrin tennis player
Meša Selimović (1910-1982), Serbian writer[citation needed]
Borislav Pekić (1930-1992), Serbian political activist and writer
Goran Žugić (1963-2000), Montenegrin State Security operative, personal aide of Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Đukanović; father from Žabljak.
Miloš Cerović (born 1980), former Serbian swimmer
Goran Grbović (born 1961), former Serbian basketball player
Nikola Peković (born 1986), famous Montenegrin basketball player
Marko Lopušina (born 1951), Serbian journalist and publicist
Žarko Laušević (born 1960), Serbian and Montenegrin actor
Miraš Dedeić (born 1938), Head of the uncanonical Montenegrin Orthodox Church
Miladin Šobić (born 1956), Montenegrin singer and songwriter
Uroš Vemić (born 1987), Montenegrin football player
Petar Čurović (born 1984), Montenegrin volleyball player
Jovan Kursula (1768–1813), Serbian vojvoda (commander) from First Serbian Uprising, parents from Drobnjak
Drobnjačka međa, in Banjani, Montenegro
Drobnjaci, in Skopska Crna Gora, Republic of Macedonia
Montenegrin clans
^ Kovijanić 1974, p. 169.
^ Kovijanić 1974, p. 171–172.
^ a b c Kovijanić 1974, p. 172.
^ a b c Kurtović 2011, p. 672.
^ Kurtović 2011, p. 671–672.
^ a b Kovijanić 1974, p. 178.
^ a b c Karadžić & Šibalić 1997, pp. 11–12.
^ Karadžić & Šibalić 1997, p. 156.
^ a b c Karadžić & Šibalić 1997, pp. 174–175.
^ Ćirković 2004, p. 131.
^ Bataković 1996, p. 33.
^ Ćorović, Vladimir (2001) [1997]. "Преокрет у држању Срба". Историја српског народа (in Serbian). Belgrade: Јанус.
^ a b c d Karadžić & Šibalić 1997, p. 170.
^ Karadžić & Šibalić 1997, pp. 7, 170.
^ a b Karadžić & Šibalić 1997, p. 172.
^ Leopold von Ranke; Cyprien Robert (1853). The History of Servia, and the Servian Revolution: With a Sketch of the Insurrection in Bosnia. H. G. Bohn. p. 422.
^ Vujovic, op.cit., p. 175.
^ Dimitrije Bogdanović, "Knjiga o Kosovu", Tursko Doba, V, 1. Srpski ustanci i položaj Srba na Kosovu do prvog oslobodilačkog rata 1876.
^ The national question in Yugoslavia: origins, history, politics, by Ivo Banac[page needed]
^ Istorijski zapisi. Istorijski institut SR Crne Gore c. 1952. p. 76. Retrieved 30 July 2013. Одржа- вани су сасганци, а последњи је састанак одржан у манастиру Подмалинско, гдје Дробњаци ријеше да
^ The poetics of Slavdom: the mythopoeic foundations of Yugoslavia, p. 469
^ "Yugoslavia and its Historians, Understanding the war of 1990s" by Wendy Bracewell
^ The Growth of Literature, Chapter IX
^ Milovan Djilas, "Wartime", 1977, p. 156
^ Karadžić & Šibalić 1997, p. 11.
^ a b c d Karadžić & Šibalić 1997, p. 12.
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Operation to rescue Brexit deal: PM May flies to Holland, Germany and Brussels
Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:29 UTC
Theresa May will hold talks with Dutch PM Mark Rutte and Germany's Angela Merkel after postponing MPs' final vote on the deal
European Council President Donald Tusk insisted the EU would not renegotiate but said leaders would discuss how to help facilitate UK ratification.
Theresa May will meet European leaders and EU officials later for talks aimed at rescuing her Brexit deal. She will hold talks with Dutch PM Mark Rutte and Germany's Angela Merkel after postponing MPs' final vote on the deal. The UK PM has said she needs further assurances about the Northern Ireland border plan to get Commons backing.
Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd said further talks with Brussels would focus on the Brexit backstop on the Irish border, which Mrs. May earlier admitted had caused MPs widespread and deep concern.
The PM's abrupt U-turn - after days of repeated insistence that the vote would go ahead - prompted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to secure a three-hour emergency debate on Tuesday.
It cannot be right that the government can unilaterally alter the arrangements, said Mr Corbyn, who earlier accused Mrs May of losing control of events.
Leading Conservative Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg said in a statement that Mrs. May lacked the gumption to put her undeliverable deal before MPs.
Mr Rees-Mogg is trying to get enough Tory MPs to submit letters of no confidence in the PM to trigger a leadership contest. The Times reported that Crispin Blunt became the 26th MP to do so on Monday. I want to encourage those who are thinking about it; get it done, Mr Blunt told the paper.
Forty eight Conservative lawmakers must submit letters for any challenge to be initiated.
No date has been set for the Brexit deal to again be put before MPs, although Mrs. May indicated the final deadline for the vote was 21 January.
The prime minister told MPs on Monday that a number of European leaders had indicated that they are open to discussions to find a way to provide reassurance over the backstop.
However, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said it was not possible to renegotiate the Irish border backstop proposal without opening up all aspects of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
And Mr Tusk pointed out in a tweet that time for discussion was running out.
European leaders were already due in Brussels at a summit on Thursday but Mr Tusk's spokesman said they would now meet specifically to discuss how to prepare for a no-deal scenario.
Mrs May will set off on another intense round of diplomacy before then, travelling to The Hague and Berlin to meet her Dutch and German counterparts on Tuesday. She will then meet Mr Tusk and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels.
Dozens of Conservative MPs had been planning to join forces with Labour, the SNP, the Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru and the DUP to vote down Mrs May's deal.
The Tory rebels and the DUP do not like the Northern Ireland backstop, a legally-binding proposal for a customs arrangement with the EU, which would come into force if the two sides cannot agree a future relationship which avoids the return of customs checkpoints on the Irish border.
Tory MPs say it is unacceptable because it would result in new regulatory barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK and could continue indefinitely, because the UK would not be able to leave without the EU's approval.
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Intoxicated New Zealand policeman keeps job
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Location of New Zealand
Mokau, Taranaki, New Zealand policeman, Constable Jonathon "Jono" Erwood has been discharged without conviction by a judge at the New Plymouth District Court and has been allowed to keep his job after he arrived intoxicated at a car crash scene. He was tested for drunk driving and found to be over the legal limit.
Constable Erwood, however, has been reprimanded following an official police enquiry. The reprimand notice will stay on his personal file for seven years if he receives further disciplinary charges then the reprimand will be taken into account. Nine previous complaints were investigated but disciplinary action was not taken. However there was considerable local support for him as well.
When Constable Erwood arrived at the double fatality July 9, 2006 crash scene on his day off he was taken aside by another police officer and breathalysed and then charged with drink driving.
The judge who discharged him, Louis Erwood, said that Constable Erwood risked his life by responding to the accident. "There was nothing personal in this for you and it reflects a commitment to your job which you should be proud of."
Constable Erwood has admitted that he was over the legal limit to drive a car.
The Police Association is applauding the decision to discharge constable Erwood without a conviction. Richard Middleton, vice president of the Police Association, said that common sense has prevailed.
Superintendent Mark Lammas, area commander and Constable Erwood's boss, has said that Mr Erwood did not make the correct decision to drive drunk.
Constable Erwood will return to his job on Monday but has been given the job in North Taranaki as rural liaison officer. He will start on February 5. Mr Lammas said: "Rural police officers in small and somewhat isolated communities in particular, have a fine and sometimes difficult balance to achieve – in being active members of their community but also being seen to be impartial in the discharge of their duties as a police officer."
"New Zealand policeman charged with drunk driving" — Wikinews, August 3, 2006
Steve Anker. "Drink drive police officer keeps his job" — Taranaki Daily News, January 19, 2007
"Police officer who drove after drinking will keep his job" — 3 News, January 19, 2007
"Mokau constable back on beat" — Radio New Zealand, January 19, 2007
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The Conservative Manifesto 2010.
Politics As I've just mentioned on social media, I bloody love an election, especially a UK election. The chance for four-six weeks of empty righteous indignation in the face of specious political chicanery, the powerless ridiculousness of shouting at a press who're even more nakedly partisan than usual and living in a safe seat where it doesn't really matter how I vote because the same party will win again. Once you've decided to vote Green whatever happens because of climate change and their leader was nice to you on Twitter once you can pretty much let rip. I await the manifestos with a mixture of great and no interest.
But here's something which has been bugging me for five years. Here is the cover of the Tory party manifesto in 2010:
Apart from the hollow bullshit of "we're all in this together" and "the big society" and the rest of the fiction inside its pages, I've always remembered this cover because and here it is, that text looks misaligned to me.
Speaking as someone who's spent years trying to decide how to space the text in titles to blog posts before realising the process of finding the right place to put a "br" tag is ultimately futile, the weighting in the legend seems ill chosen and I've often wondered how it ended up that way.
If it had been me, I would have written:
INVITATION TO JOIN
OF BRITAIN
or indeed
OF GREAT BRITAIN
which seems even more balanced.
It's the same on the interior title page so Lynton Crosby's predecessors have to have chosen that design even though it looks like something which has been slapped on at the end rather like a student might on a report or dissertation five minutes before its due to be handed in, seconds before its comes bursting from a campus printer.
My guess is that they wanted to emphasise "join" in the reading to bunged it before "government".
But it's also closer to the margin than the outside edge on the pdf though I suspect that's just to do with making sure there's enough of a margin on the hardcopy even it would look utterly stupid if someone decided to print it out (I'll let you fill in the rest of that sentiment).
The slogan also has editorial problems outside of its meaning.
Why simply "invitation to join" not "an invitation to join" or "the invitation to join"?
Why Britain and not Great Britain? I did wonder why not the United Kingdom for a while, though the Wikipedia set me straight. Why seek support in a place where you have no sway. Not that it's stopped the SNP this time.
None of the covers of the manifestos in that year were any good. Labour had purple children in piece of screen printed socialist realism, the UKIPs had meaningless clip art, the Lib Dems looks like a junior school work book and the Greens this strange lower case italicised motif.
But none of them stuck in the memory like that damned Tory monstrosity.
Posted on Saturday, April 04, 2015 0 comments Labels: general election 2015
"basketball-scene mannequin double of Michael J Fox from Teen Wolf"
Film Dazed & Confused visits a movie props auction. It's not exactly a ship of dreams:
"Premiere Props isn’t Sotheby’s: that much is apparent from the moment we step into the warehouse. Throughout the building, black curtains have been hung from ceiling to floor to hide clutter, but the debris that pokes through is surreal. An already sold, basketball-scene mannequin double of Michael J Fox from Teen Wolf faces the wall next to the copy machine like a punished wolfling. A box stacked high up in the lofted storage area reads “Indiana Joenes and the Tempel of Doom” (sic).
"In the back room area, a preview of the auction’s secondary items lies in chaotic disorder inside a display case. This is where things get really weird. Mundane objects jostle with important fragments of film history: a random jewel box from the set of the TV show Friends sits cramped next to a dragon maquette by legendary effects designer Ray Harryhausen from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). Plastic bagels from Seinfeld rub up against a 105H shell MI mortar round projectile from the insignificant Johnny Depp vehicle Transcendence (2014)."
Posted on Friday, April 03, 2015 0 comments
Dazzle Ferry.
Art At 9:30 this morning I was stood at the ferry terminal at the Pier Head in Liverpool for the press launch (literally in this case) of Everybody Razzle Dazzle, or what's otherwise known at the Dazzle Ferry, Sir Peter Blake's new dayglo design for Snow Drop one of the boats which commonly shifts commuters across the Mersey in the morning and tourists for much of the rest of the day. Unlike some people there for whom its a daily means of transport, the last time I ferried across the Mersey (got there in the end) was for the Doctor Who exhibition at Spaceport in Seacombe in 2006 (review) (this happened later that same day) so I was more than a little excited about this short cruise.
The ship itself is very pretty. I've always been a fan of visual chaos, of apparently otherwise relatively formal objects becoming canvases for patterns and shapes and colours. That's why I like Sinta Tantra's work so much, why I much prefer it when otherwise blandly corporate vehicles are covered in sponsorship and advertising. In his design, Blake applies some of the iconic symbols which have appeared in his art since the 60s, the target shapes and green/red/yellow/blue check whilst applying the wavy lines which are more traditionally part of Norman Wilkinson's original dazzle ship design. Wouldn't Liverpool be a much jollier place to live if we let artists run creative riot like this on the surfaces of our buses?
After speeches we eventually embarked for a quick trip around the Mersey. Living where I do, I have a permanent view of the Wirral side of the river so this was a welcome chance to see it from a different perspective. Back in 2006, I was able to see the place where I do live but recent developments, especially the arena have blocked those views. But it's still visually thrilling the mix of old and new architecture, the various towers contrasting with one another, distracting enough that there wasn't really time to see the display on board about the original dazzle ships and this particular project. Snow Drop will look like this until the end of December 2016, so there's plenty of time to go back and have another look.
Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2015 0 comments Labels: liverpool biennial in general
Soup Safari #19: Cream of Carrot at Chester Cathedral Refectory.
Lunch. £4.95. Chester Cathedral, 12 Abbey Square, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester CH1 2HU. Phone:01244 500964. Website.
Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 0 comments Labels: soup safari
Film Much as I love Kissing Jessica Stein, and I love Kissing Jessica Stein, across time I have begun to wonder how its viewed in the LGBT community. After Ellen gave it a retro-review in 2008 and the four participants seemed in general ok with it with a few reservations.
Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 0 comments Labels: my favourite film of, titlebar archive
Talks Collection:
Hadley Freeman.
Journalism Hadley Freeman's one of my favourite Guardian writers, offering the "Ask Hadley" style advice column on a Monday (after having been a fashion editor there), Lost in Showbiz sometimes on a Friday and newsier pieces in between.
Firstly, here she is at The Cambridge Union Society proposing the motion, "This House Believes that Fashion is Elitist".
Even though she read English Literature at Oxford, her connection with their boat rivals is through taking her A-Levels at The Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies which she returned to recently for a Q&A. Spot the moment when she calmly explains to a questioner that "freelance" doesn't actually mean who work for free.
One of her books is Be Awesome: Modern Life For Modern Ladies and here she is reading from it at Book Slam.
Freeman's other book is The Meaning of Sunglasses: A Guide to (Almost) All Things Fashionable and here she is being interviewed about it:
To Jewish Book Week, were Hadley interviewed Deborah Treisman, the fiction editor of The New Yorker:
JBW 2015 - Deborah Triesman and Hadley Freeman from Jewish Book Week on Vimeo.
She's also appeared in a number of videos at The Guardian website interviewing various film luminaries.
Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 0 comments Labels: talks
Residue.
TV It's the end of the month and as ever the always useful New On Netflix UK is collating new additions to the streaming service's database which on this occasion includes Residue, a three part sci-fi genre series starring Natalia Tena, best known as Osha in Game of Thrones (Walder's friend) (well, ok, Hodor's friend). The rest of the cast is a selection of character actors from GoT and Who and the like. It's written by John Harrison from the Dune tv mini-series and I was entirely intrigued because it doesn't seem like something which has been on television already.
That's because it hasn't. Residue was created without a broadcaster attached utilising an indie film funding model. As TBI explains, Matador Television produced the series on-speck hoping to sell the rights to broadcasters or if that fails as a film. It is self contained apparently but they're hoping that if it's a success for international sales to allow for a second, longer series. Content distribution has previously handled their films which is presumably one of the reasons it's now turned up on Netflix.
Is this something new or has television been independently produced in this space for a while and we've actually been seeing this stuff on terrestrial tv already but with us assuming it was a channel commission? Is television like this also being produced but going unseen in a similar situation to the glut of films which were produced and shelved during the initial glut of lottery funding? What especially interesting is that its three one hours which don't easily lend themselves to commercial stations (unless alternative edits have been produced).
Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 0 comments
My General Election 2015 Prediction.
Politics Here we go then:
Labour/LibDem coalition minority government with SNP/Greens in confidence & supply. Another election in six months. #prediction
— Stuart Ian Burns (@feelinglistless) March 30, 2015
Let's see shall we. The whole fixed term parliament thing makes this extremely messy. A month to go ...
Posted on Monday, March 30, 2015 0 comments
Karen?
Music Daphne & Celeste are back then and is customary there are the relevant reintroduction interviews with interested media parties. Firstly PopJustice where they talk about what happened just after the band split up, or rather stopped singing some of the most disturbing pop lyrics ever written:
"What did you do when you knew the band was over?
Karen: Well we both went home. Celeste was in New Jersey at the time and I was in New York. What was interesting was that Daphne & Celeste were never released in the US, so we had these two lives. At home we just had regular lives. When we first got back we both got back into acting and doing what we were doing before we were in the pop band.
Celeste: It was weird. It was like we’d auditioned for this gig, and we’d booked it. And it was kind of like we just, for better or worse, just went on to the next gig. We just continued.
Karen: We did go back a couple of times – like we did a show at G-A-Y once. And what I loved was that whenever that would happen we’d just perform the same three songs.
And The Guardian where they recall the Reading Festival 2000:
"They might have put a brave face on things, but being a target for mass booing and urine-filled missiles must have been a bruising experience. “Honestly?” says Cruz. “Our biggest fear at the time was that we would get on the stage and no one would come. We thought everyone would protest and go off and see bands they actually liked.”
"DiConcetto found the whole thing surreal: “Backstage, Slipknot and Rage Against the Machine were coming up to us and telling us how hardcore we were – how they wouldn’t have stayed out there. It was definitely the best thing we did, our crowning achievement.”
As both interviews stress, D&C were years ahead of their time and also strangely timeless. If they were to be released now they'd be megahits especially after the controversy generated by the lyrics. The new song takes a few listens to really makes sense and the promo certainly helps to explain intent. Like those earlier songs it doesn't really sound like anything in release now, not that I'm an expert, but again I don't know what the appetite is for it. But I do like the cover.
With Charley Pollard: Series Two.
There's no way to really launch into this other than to say, I've seen Paul McGann. In person. I noticed his voice first which is why I turned my head and saw him, sitting in a cafe with another person. I gave him a glance then carried on walking, as is always the case with my idols. Of course what I really wanted to do was approach him and say,
"HelloImjustinthemiddleoflisteningtoNeverlandandyourmyfavouriteDoctorIthinkingyouramazinganditsStormWarningwhichmademeafanagainandIhopeyougettomakemoretelevisionepisodesoonohsorryshouldnthavedisturbedyousorryhaveagooddaybye"
but it's not really my thing. They're just people in the end and probably tire of being stopped as they go about their business by some random jerk with a TARDIS complex. But yes, the first Doctor I've seen in real life is the Eight and this makes me extremely happy. Plus it was on the eve of nuWho's tenth birthday. For goodness sake.
It's impossible to really say exactly which parts of the wilderness years directly influenced the revival but this second season must be pretty high in the miasma of material given that three of its authors would then be most of the non-RTD writers on the first series and oddly in the same order as their material appeared here. I'll touch on some of the more direct echoes below, but it's worth also noticing (because I ran out of space in that paragraph) that the motives of the Daleks are roughly the same here as they are in Journey's End. But there's also the sense of the various stories tying in with one another in way which don't really pay off until later, with the final two stories almost acting like a two-part season finale, with many of the mysteries of the series tied up in the first installment before heading off into a thematically connected second part. As with the comics and novels, the Eighth Doctor is serialised.
Invaders from Mars
Of course one of the results of the new series was that when some writers transitioned from the spin-off material into the television series and with the exception of the odd story of an annual didn't return. Invaders from Mars is an example of the kind of multi-layered, fun material Mark Gatiss couldn't produce later in quite the same way, though it's worth noting that it's a tribute to the audio medium in much the same way that The Unquiet Dead demonstrated a love of fiction and The Idiot's Lantern commemorated television. Hilariously starry cast, with Simon Pegg and Jessica (Stevenson) Hynes in key roles before they'd also appear on the television series making this one of the audios I'd often point to when selling them to friends, "It's got the actors from Spaced" in it. Visit here for my anecdote about meeting Simon at the launch of his Orson Welles book at FACT.
The Chimes of Midnight
There's no doubt The Chimes of Midnight remains a stone-cold classic (though oddly only as I write this sentence do I notice the resonance of the title in relation to the story which came before it). If Doctor Who Magazine's periodic votes were inclusive enough to feature spin-off material, there's no doubt this would be in the top ten. Apart from the amazing twists and hilarious jokes, it's a muscular, surprisingly avant-guard scripting from Rob Shearman, that glances towards the theatre of the absurd, making it one of the franchises more literary entries. But on this listen it's also more obvious to see its potential influences on The Doctor's Wife in relation to its antagonist. Lennox Greaves's performance as the house sounds disconcertingly like Michael Sheen. That Shearman hasn't returned to the television series since Dalek is a great loss. Imagine him writing for Capaldi. Imagine that.
Seasons of Fear
Meanwhile, Seasons of Fear is the entire Moffat era in microcosm even to the point of having the Doctor shout "geronimo" as he leaps from the TARDIS into certain doom. The storyline prefigures The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang with its destruction of all of time and space by an external force and the Doctor having to bounce around trying to find a way of changing things back by breaking the rules of time. But there's also the random appearance of a thing which is caused by another thing which happens in a future story that seems like a continuity error or just a red herring and the reveals at the end which again are part of a tapestry of storylines which will come to a head in the series finale. Paul Cornell and Caroline Symcox's dialogue really crackles, with Paul and India's performances up to the challenge coming as close as the plays have some so far to the kind of romping screwball relationship of 4th and Romana in Season 17.
Embrace the Darkness
Nick Briggs's Embrace the Darkness has had an odd life subsequent to its release. I remember some of the reviews being a bit sniffy especially because of the conclusion which offers the relatively rare option of there being no real danger and the Doctor actually being the reason everything could potentially go to shit. But there are some immensely spooky elements of body horror and some reveals which could only work on audio. Much is always said about how Doctor Who's primarily a television format, but its real genius is that it can bend itself to other media just as successfully. I remember first listening to this late at night in actual darkness because I sensed the content would lend itself to that and though large speakers so that I really felt like was in the space with the characters almost eaves dropping on what was happening. If ever theres a story which would lend itself to being presented as an art installation or an "experience" it's this.
Solitaire was, perhaps purposefully given the title, the solitary entry for the Eighth Doctor in Big Finish's Companion Chronicle series and true to form when it comes to these sorts of intrusions breaks their usual semi-audiobook format with a full blooded two handed audio drama pitting Charley against the Celestial Toymaker with India holding her own against the onslaught of David Bailey's full on, classic Doctor Who foe performance, never subtle, always mesmerising (if you see what I mean given that this is audio). The first script from John "Only Connect" Dorney is suitably creepy and as with many of stories season two utilises the medium to provide a few twists in this case because the characters are ignorant of parts of their surroundings because Charley's the one with amnesia for a change. Two other points of interest: the puppet on the cover is real, David Bailey hadn't actually seen The Celestial Toymaker at time of recording ....
Originally mounted to the cover of the 40th anniversary issue of Doctor Who Magazine (or there abouts) but now available to download free, Living Legend is their stalwart comics writer Scott Grey's only Eighth Doctor audio and as the cover suggests transposes the manic fun of the strip onto the audio Eighth and Charley. The TARDIS team stumbles into one of the saddest alien invasions ever recorded and simply seem to have some fun with it, like Mickey Bricks and the team from Hustle when they've spotted a really easy mark. With just half an hour to play about with there's never really a sense of jeopardy but that really this is about epic bantz and the bantz are indeed epic. India's on particularly storming mood as Charley pretends to be a Time Lady and the Doctor's superior, her usual haughtiness turned up to infinity when faced with the stupidity of the alien. Not a bad place to start if you've never heard an Eighth Doctor audio before. Plus football!
The Time of the Daleks
Of all the audios, I've never been quite able to decide just how much I like The Time of the Daleks perhaps because in having so much to do it does seem to quite be able to focus on one thing. It's the first time the audio Eighth meets the pepperpots, but it's also the final installment in a cross range narrative begun in the Fifth Doctor story The Mutant Phase and on top of that it's the first time the franchise has really attempted Doctor Who does Shakespeare. Usually reliable Justin Richards's notion of having the Daleks reading mashed up piece of the canon is a sound one, the creepiness of unusual phrases filtered through a ring modulator ala Evil of the Daleks later reappearing in Victory of the Daleks, but there's almost too much going, the narrative never quite managing to fix on one thing to the point that Charley in particular doesn't have an awful lot do than be dragged along by events.
Finally, the Doctor tells a companion he loves them. People always seem to reference Doomsday in relation to this, even the BBC's own Twitter feed's been at it, but 10th never did say the words to Rose. Eighth does. True it' in a friendship sense, but to hear the Doctor say those words and to have Charley repeat them back to him is magnetic and emotional in one of the most intense scenes ever, the Doctor pointing a gun directly at her (and no let's not). When I heard this the first time, walking along Great Charlotte Street (no really) in town towards the bus home in 2002, I cried. Of everything in this series which points to nuWho, Alan Barnes's Neverland predicts the approach to the season finale, the intricate string of events which could lead to the destruction of the universe which is ultimately really about the mortality of the Doctor or his companions. The cliffhanger still has the power to shock. Thank god, I don't have to wait eighteen months for the resolution this time...
Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2015 0 comments Labels: doctor who, the eighth doctor
Tree Tables.
Design A company in Derbyshire is growing furniture, bending and crafting trees so that they become tables and chairs:
“When you look at it from a manufacturing point of view and from a design point of view, it actually makes total sense. Why would you grow trees, chop them down with all the faff? Why don’t you just grow the shape you want and it is eminently scalable? You can make thousands of these in the same way as you can make 10, but each one is unique,” said Munro.
The idea for the method came when he was working as a gardener in California and making furniture from washed-up driftwood on the side. He recalled how a bonsai tree his mother had when he was a child outgrew itself to resemble a throne. “Why do we need to bring all of these things together – chop the trees down, make them small, stick them back together again. We can just start from growing the tree from the beginning.”
Tremendous amount of faff for something which most of us won't be able to afford. But the resulting pieces should be ravishing. Find above the inevitable TEDx talk from the Gavin Munro, the founder.
Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2015 0 comments Labels: talks
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wait a sec, that break dancer in front of the pope was real??
By mental invalid, January 29, 2004 in Channel Zero
seriously, when i saw it on the board i thought it was photoshop...
then i see it on the daily show the other night and almost shit my draws...
does anyone have a link to the video....its just too good....
woof?
no link, but yeah...I remember seeing that and thinking the same thing. He applauded their "creative energy" or something like that. And since creativity comes from god...that was the connection.
Poop Man Bob 19
Ninja, I wouldn't lie to you.
Break-Dancers Perform For The Pope, Get His Blessing
VATICAN CITY -- In an unusual spectacle at the Vatican, Pope John Paul II presided Sunday over a performance of break-dancers who leaped, flipped and spun their bodies to beats from a tinny boom box.
The 83-year-old pontiff seemed to approve, waving his hand after each dancer completed a move, then applauding for the entire group. He watched the performance from a raised throne.
"For this creative hard work I bless you from my heart," he said.
During the show, one dancer -- part of a Polish group that helps poor and marginalized youths -- planted his head on the inlaid marble floor of the Vatican hall and spun to loud applause from his group and from Vatican officials. Another performer flung his body around in a series of spins and handstands.
"Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it," John Paul said.
Earlier Sunday, members of an Italian Catholic youth organization enthusiastically cheered the pope's weekly remarks in St. Peter's Square. A few were invited into his papal apartment and helped him release doves from his window.
The pope, who suffers numerous ailments but appeared relatively strong Sunday, called out to the other children cheering below his window.
"I love you all. I love you very much," he said.
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yo yo yo!
You know the pope is dope
ya heard me?
thats cool,
looks like he enjoyed it,
man that looks so funny.
yes... however these photoshops are not real.
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"thats gold jerry, GOLD"
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Does the Draconians’ False (Light) Matrix Leverage off the Ancient Atlantis Tamarian?
Posted on May 6, 2018 by Ozzie Thinker
Doubtlessly many visitors here are now aware that I conduct live “light DNA” sessions via Skype. These are dedicated to pinpointing deep historic, likely extra-terrestrial origins of those that seek my advice. Established clients connect using a variety of mediums other than Skype. Some liaise with me regularly; others less frequently. One client in particular has presented many dream sequences (for me to decode). Responses are part of the continuous improvement effort and are not a feature of paid consultancy. She (the client) is invariably taken aback (and perhaps sometimes a little disappointed) by my interpretations. That is because prognoses are always pragmatic and down to Earth, as they should be. Needless to say, the causal effect rather underwhelms exquisite Sephardic (invariably dream influencing culprits) cultural fantasy that commonly obsessively overstates medieval traditions, complete with wizards, dragons, shining knights, maidens in distress and other lesser known trappings of that bygone era. Even so I am occasionally delivered news items so critical, it would be remiss of me not to expand the discovery tour with vigour and dedication for my universal audience.
One such titbit was received near the throes of completion of my last expansive writing project, or I thought it was complete at the time. The information was in fact so potent; it not only radically changed the structure of what I had planned to deliver prior (adding three extra weeks to the production cycle), but became the inspiration for this article too. It is fortunate that my interpretive skills are usually impeccable; because invariably messages from the other side are so distorted, either through general cultural incompatibility or a lack of empathetic resonance (I will discuss “empathy” separately later), that lesser mortals might sanely classify findings as “gobbledegook”. Perhaps my sources of feedback are unique to me, perhaps they are everywhere. All I can say is, I have some way (that I honestly cannot fathom) of interpreting “time” in raw state. Data, as served, is (how can I describe this?) “fixed” and, thus, extraordinarily hard to negotiate within the faculties of standardised perception. In effect, my route takes me to “the summary” of “everything”. That’s past, present and future combined as an unwieldy clump. This light vacuum (clump) is called many things, but I prefer to use the term “inherence” in cordial discussions. It could be said that it is there but not there at the same time.
My client (that delivered the message) understood she had been given her sensational truth by “Pleiadians”. This is remotely important and I will elaborate on reasons at the correct juncture. As presented, her terminology did not make any contextual sense to me or, at least, I instinctively felt that was the case then. The word she offered me was “tamaras”. Any keen eye will observe the tell-tale Anunaki “S” gives away a likely Sephardic signature rather than denoting the “plural” form or some other exotic declension. Upon first glance it seems like the vaguely recognisable (though unknown to humans) Atlantis motto tamarian. Dissimilar to English, all syllables or parts that build Atlantis words mean something individually. Group values are expansions or contextual extensions of individual meanings. If I take the English word “mailing” as the example, it can be broken in two to reveal a “verb stem” mail complimenting the “suffix” ing. Beyond telling the receiver what type of verb is being used, “ing” has no individual meaning. Thus, there are no conceptual similarities in Atlantean grammar because if “ing” was present it would need to individually mean something.
Tamaras can be broken into ta-ma-ra-s and each part naturally refers to something. My client’s interpretation of correct translation is vague, so I must return to the drawing board and approach the determination to comprehend as a detective hunts for clues from unknown “sources” to piece together a formal picture of evidential truth. My limited knowledge of ancient scripts (such as Sanskrit) is enough to glean sibylic meanings might vary so greatly, depending on how they were pronounced, a cornucopia of possibilities might thwart my efforts. Nevertheless, the honest sleuth would be able to configure an appropriate logical connection between all pieces of grouped words (such as tamaras) even from a haystack of options. “Ta” [in this instance] would need to contextually “fit” with all the other parts of tamaras to be the correct translation version of the varied possibilities.
My last writing project made a cameo out of a hypothetical Pharisee engineered plot implicating the utopian objective of controlling humanity under the banner of “Zionism”. Some symmetry may be gleaned from Sirian articulation of “justice”, so there will likely be several crossovers here. Indeed, the biblical “tower of Babel” metaphor amply demonstrates the whims of those that devote themselves to developing the interests of Zionism. Sirians at least gave the unclean “options”. Though banishment from the citadel was to precede a harsh life in the wilderness for years on end, it was better than the “living death” offered today. Our Sirian-reptilian partnership has proven to be a dangerous one. It brought down Atlantis so who would dare think otherwise? The modern “living death” condition was highlighted in my last article. Its powerful message should be contemplated deeply (it is that which is “between the lines” that shines):
“Unlike hypotheticals monstrously resurrected to become living satires by our kangaroo courts, I make no prejudgement here”
Societies have evolved into an epitome of preconceptions under synthetic regulations. To judge “on merit” is to honour. Unconditional prejudgement is a symptom of frivolous cowardice. Those devoid of any integrity choose this path. If presumptions are to be made, they must be done with fair basis to be of honourable intent, for perpetual reasoned logic blazes the avenues leading towards righteousness. Therefore we have to take care we are able to isolate preconceptions. Interpretive issues, particularly when overzealously trying to stress desired results, can easily escalate into the manufacture of falsehoods. It should be duly noted that old “basis” can and will distort new balance sheets. For instance, prior to even thinking of how to address this article, I had in mind the bare faced assumption that the Draco had somehow “defiled” that which is possibly the greatest of all ancient Atlantis legacies. As the Draco is generally given a very negative press (something I will muse over later), it is understandable that I might occasionally (albeit inadvertently) lose grip of sound intellectual discipline. I initially erred but, given my foolish subservience to popular distortion, what’s particularly annoying in this case is the answer was right under my very nose if I had bothered to inspect the detail carefully right at the start.
I had not merely been offered a solitary bland Atlantis motto, but two very different scintillating connotations that begged for my dedicated interpretation. After applying myself, the result was better than I could have possibly dreamt of in my wildest imagination. I had been presented the cause of all wars. “Tamaras” and “tamarian” may well look similar, but conceptual meanings are so radically different they are almost opposites. For comprehension, we must first evaluate the true relevance of the pioneering work of the great Pharaoh Akhenaten. Naturally, the real legacy of Akhenaten is so important that past evil forces have obscured anything of note from view. Censored fragments have been constructed in such a way as to distort original messages into irrelevance. Only those with access to the Akashic Records might discern fact from hapless fiction. One unlikely truth has stood the test of time though.
To the Pharisees’ dismay, historians’ consensus often favours Akhenaten’s invention of a uniform omnipresent God. Evidence of that discovery can be found in all common religious philosophies concerning the “oneness of existence”. But die-hard Pharisees still bluster ignorantly about the power of their YHWH creature (and its “unlikely” Greek etymology). The great Pharaoh knew the truth and the truth delivered us (phonetically) A-mon (although English prayer verses traditionally end A-men). Conceptually preceding Atlantis folklore “An” (A- being shorthand) has always represented the “shell” of the Almighty God. Remarkably, Babylonian annals (that roughly compare with the Jewish holy Talmud or divinely inspired oral record) are called “mo’ed”. With respect to “mo’s” positioning within “A-n”, I determine that Akhenaten (who may have lived in a much more distant past era than makes for popular conjecture) was referring to manifest spiritually as accorded by holy prosperity. The metaphor (Amon) reads something like this.
Break open the shell and you will find true divinity
Amon may have been the envy of contemporary elites seeking enlightenment, but this would have meant nothing to ordinary folks alien to intellectual passion. They needed spirit only as this is always enough to ensure the following of precise orders (doctrines) “from above”. When divine arbiters turn out in reality to be selfishly corrupt politicians, then all sorts of malfeasance can result. Even so, prosperity informs us the spirit that partners with Amon is normally called “Re” (which is an improper transliteration). Instead, it should be inscribed as “Ri” and pronounced in the same way “ray” (i.e. ray of light) is expressed in English. It highlights an essential fact. The downfall and subsequent murder of Akhenaten (whose missing body is still held by the Draco “in stasis”) coincided with a raging philosophical battle between worshippers of Amon-Ri and “Ra” (prominent sun God) occultists. Babylonian sun-worship was later rebranded Sol Invictus by the Romans sympathetic to pharisaic causes. Unsurprisingly it is the inspiration behind the Illimunati splinter aptly termed “Babylonian Brotherhood” (to which ex American President George W Bush is allegedly a recruit).
Sol Invictus (under Constantine) would assume the basis for cultural interpretation of Christianity in its final rebrand as Catholicism, so (obscured) sun-worship impacts the lives of a significant percentage of modern day populaces. In order to elevate his cult, Constantine purged all Gnostic texts that obstructed his mission. Original Druid mystery schools have been rendered obsolete (although some of that deep knowledge can be found in sections of the Jewish Kabbalah). The heinous tradition of censorship has not ceased. Dead Sea Scrolls and other significant parchments have been vetted as to not ruffle status-quo (in my opinion). Even so, a clear move away from materialistic values makes the Nag Hamadi texts essential reading. Whereas the rather obvious attempts to censor purity makes evidence against the uniform Pharisees’ cause seem “vague”, tenets of truth are impossible to blemish (ultimately availing the dedicated and allowing universal purpose to shine). Logos has not been promoted in vain and those with determination and presence of mind will find their Holy Grail.
It is no irony that the distinctive essential difference between tamaras and tamarian is found in the conflict remonstrating pedestrian belief in overt (physical) “Ra” which is opposed to the comparatively unpopular sympathetic demystification of covert (metaphysical) “Ri”. To fully appreciate how things came to be as they were in Atlantis times and as they are now, precise understanding of how the cosmos “works” is a prerequisite. Indeed, the great tyranny administered by superficial leaders ever since the fall of Atlantis is deliberately in place to confuse the masses as to what the true, purposeful properties of the heavens and underlying existences are. There is no better example to be found to signify how prominent roles were “forgotten” than by valid conceptualisation of critical philosophic differences between “Ra” and “Ri” even though some (given their programing by forces of evil) might correctly (from the empirical standpoint) argue each is “the same thing”. Others approaching the question with sensitivity would more precisely determine that “Ra” is a spiritual abomination because any perceived consolidation with divine “Ri” simply is not true. Is the sauce bottle edible? Ra has always been the device that delivers (i.e. “the deliverer”) Ri.
How am I to signify the momentous contextual differences between Ra and Ri “in laymen’s terms” in a fashion that might be appreciated universally?
The best way to start I think is to reference my last article again. That discussed various adjustments that both separated and coordinated body and mind. Here it might be observed that Ra represents the “body” of God, whereas Ri acts as divine “mind”. In that capacity, our sun (which is possibly a transplant several times removed) assumes Ra’s structured identity. Seasoned researchers should already be aware stars are not arbitrary (and otherwise useless) “inanimate objects” that happen to light our skies (in the atheistic sense). In cosmic terms, each star is a living entity no matter what the perceived status. Things actually become slightly more complicated when comprehension is tested to the limit, because each enormous orb can reproductively expand to form giant “family” networks that cover what might seem impossibly large catchment areas. Every network becomes and is an “entity” in its own right. Some networks are able to group together (assimilation and not “survival” is the fundamental principle of universal existence) and these galaxies can literally accommodate thousands of stars.
As I outline in my book The Beauty of Existence Decoded, stars fulfil the need to grow and (therefore) reproduce like any other entity. The method they use is sadly conventional and closely copies our fungi spooring processes (or is that the other way round?). Therefore it could be said an individual sun is the equivalent of a “cell” or even a “particle” that collaborates with others to collectivise in order to become a functional body. Therefore, to call any individual cell (i.e. Ra) “the body” is nothing short of dishonesty. Capping off occultist distortion of values, in Ra’s case the roles and purposes of heavenly bodies have been so overlooked (or, rather, grotesquely twisted to suit interests of religious miscreants), they are virtually conceptually unknown. I find it ironic that the supposedly faithful have no effective parameters to refer to that will quench any thirst for raw spirituality.
Similar to the pyramidal hierarchy that is the human body, the divine mind needs a physical asset “to be” (and express itself – true “causality”). When Ra is presumed to “control” material functionality, truth has been turned inside out. The body is nothing more than a very useful vehicle. Thus Ra (in the context of sun worship) is actually evidence of the denial of mind’s role (an atypical symptom of rationalistic atheist materialism) in cognitive performance. This and other mysterious effects are the metaphysical property of spiritual domains. Consequentially, everything that thinks has a conscience-of-sorts. The mind is not illusory steam. Indeed, the reverse is so for after brain service ceases, the mind carries on. Conscious being is eternal whereas the body and all its parts are a semblance tuned to a specific dimensional paradigm.
It needs no great detective to deduce the Ra concept is something the Pharisees would greatly appreciate. Did not Moses begin the conquest to undermine God’s spirituality when he issued the original “commandments”? In addition to their bias towards stockholders, all ten either encourage denial of truth or open deceit. His “God” seems to expect compliance in the same way medieval torturers “validated” confessions. Though it has not been historically confirmed (largely due to that grand legacy of misinformation), it would not surprise me if it turned out that, prior to the formulation of Judaism, the Pharisees were the original usurpers directly after the fall of Atlantis. Were these the “Hyksos” (reinvented as Babylonian dynasts in the “official” historic account) or some other version attached to the Varangian Guard? Incorporating Akhenaten’s “universal God” into their folklore was more than theft. The Jewish YHWH judgemental aberration is devoid of conscience. It is pitched as the ultimate authority for authority’s sake. The “cause” has promoted doctrines that are as childish and spiteful as they are desperately unfair. No wonder man, according to religious texts, appears so much more eloquent and morally just than the remotely holy.
Jealous, selfish man would not exceed expectation was he to be classed as a spiritual imp. Yet he dares to dictate to God?
The Pharisees ignore and deny the essence of God. All manners of evidence to the effect can be sought in our material sciences, nominal religious dogmas and the endless commercial-political conspiracy designated to prepare slaves. Ri is the glue that binds existence, but spirituality also inhibits the Pharisee’s cause. Nevertheless, comprehension of the censored astral is critically important if the Atlantis tamarian concept is to be appreciated. There is no representation for spiritual glue in the word “tamaras” and for good reason. On face value tamaras is the product of manipulators that desire to use the shell (Ra) as their icon for control. It goes without saying that the tamaras must fashionably double as that which is colloquially known as the “False [light] Matrix”. Albeit the former signifies philosophic intent and the latter refers to proto-physical infrastructures, they are the same. In relation to the tamarian however, all concepts leverage off the same basic identify framework in different ways.
Fortunate for us Atlantis expressions “evolve” and we can clearly see tamaras and tamarian have shared components. Therefore once we are able to decode all syllables as individual standalone words, we will be in a stronger position to impress plausible grouped meanings that contextually rely on all parts. This quest needs some vital background before we embark. For instance, our contemporary sciences’ impotence regarding cosmic matters will reflect poorly on findings (i.e. findings will likely contradict or defy mainstream opinion). Scientists’ errors are so widespread that everything particularly very small or very big is disaffected. The removal of Stephen Hawkins will change nothing. In my protest, I see no purpose in attempting to benchmark findings under error to be “politically correct”, so I rightly ignore whimsical physicists. Atoms, I reveal in The Beauty of Existence Decoded, are universal catalysers. In that capacity, all the components of dimensional frequency configurations are simultaneously generated within “time windows”. No quantum theory has come close to unravelling the “mystery” behind the truth beyond string and superstring “anticipations”.
This must be appreciated before broaching the discovery tour as the tamaras and the tamarian equally leverage off the quantum layer; which is (contrary to mainstream physics opinion) an infinite ultra-manifest mesh that does much more than merely completing existence. All atoms must be suitably matched to connect which, by that determination, excludes “nothing”. There is an illusory void which satisfies the requirement to punctuate the dynamics of electro-magnetism but true “nothingness” is not part of existence and that is why neither tamaras nor tamarian make mention of it. The quest to decode terms has not been straightforward by any means. My reticence to benchmark findings against flawed, bloviating sciences also removes consistency, so I have to be careful. Terms have proved impossible to compare against anything that categorically justifies their correctness. Even so intuitive faith will provide logos when administered sincerely.
The legacy that was the Atlantis language has been completely lost (or perhaps violated) and this is why historians “question” the very existence of associated ancient civilisations. Was it not for Plato, I wonder if anyone would bother even to hunt for mythical lands. Thus all I can confirm (from inherent truth sources) is the peoples of Atlantis used numerous scripts (as is the way today) because they originated from different locations and cultures. However meanings were congruous because only one language free of dialects was synthesised by the numerable occasioned alphabets, so oral “Chinese” could be understood by English and Ethiopians alike. Scripts represented the sole common language. It was only after the fall of Atlantis that cultural divergence led to the erosion of prior common word meanings and scripts became contextual languages in their own right. This breakdown is “celebrated” by the Pharisees under auspices of the “Tower of Babel” account in the Bible. Their unsung great coup was to manufacture universal ignorance amongst men with the view to ultimately groom “world leaders” in their image.
Earthly sources have fortunately (and perhaps a little fortuitously) shed some light on our conundrum (i.e. how to decode two unknown and erstwhile obsolete Atlantis concepts?). Unbeknownst to common ancestors, many modern day languages with deep historic origins still maintain a little of the magnificence of the former great civilisation. Logic persuaded that answers would be found in Sanskrit, yet fate had other plans for me. By a strange coincidence, the syllables I needed to translate were remarkably alive and well. Everyday notations of missing parts were present in Maori tribal scripts. Cultural meanings only needed to be slightly adjusted to bring clarity to the discovery quest. Perhaps this New Zealand coincidence is not as startling as might be first considered. The Maoris were the only nationals that effectively stood up against the tyranny of [British] Imperialists. That legacy is fearsomely coveted by modern populations as it should be.
There were no isolated syllable “stand alone” meanings to be found. By example, tapu (ta-pu) is a sacred ceremonial dagger. “Ta” to my frustration always seemed to be connected to other components (such as “pu” in tapu’s case). I feel sure that Sanskrit might reveal unembellished values for all syllables, but I have no more than a quaint appreciation of the language. Even so, there is a good broad base to work from and I have also collected some obvious “foundation stones”. We have already reviewed “Ra” and “Ri” at some length. “An” (almighty God) is another. Explanations need to work “individually” and within “group formats”. Therefore “Ta” in likely correct context would mean “sacred”. “Ma” similarly converts to “life force”. Emphasised earlier, “S” implies the wave or flowing current of existence (sometimes metaphorically expressed as “oceans of space”). It further marks the divide of Yin Yang. According to Robert Morning Sky, ‘S” was the most ancient representation of what I regularly term “Anunaki”.
It is interesting that the Hebrews (under the Pharisees) dropped traditional “An”, replacing it with the abomination YHWH. Understandably (given the Pharisees’ puppet status below the Sephardim) An is also missing from “tamaras” and this should be enough to propose a definite link between Ra occultists, the Pharisees “laid bare” and those reptilian master planners that cautiously offered my student “advice” correlating with the theme of this essay. Pharisees’ (or “those who censor truth”) blasphemy doctrine attempts to abolish (or, at best, deny) manifest spirituality (“Ri”). YHWH is painted as a mortally biased, divisively unfair despot, because so are they too. In adjunct to their distortion of order, nature’s cycles are deemed to precipitate plausibly measurable patterns or, to put it a better way, cycles must conform to man’s mathematical calculations defining “responsible thresholds”. When this is not so, religious malfeasants sympathetic to the Pharisees’ utopian cause determine God (i.e. nature is merely an “extension” of Ra’s body) has been “infected by forces of evil” (because God himself “cannot err”).
Why does the fact Sun worshipers revelling in the cycle of life followed dreadful (pointless) superstitions (such as blood sacrifices) when cycles appeared to “break” shock? A Catholic Priest can still conduct an “exorcism” today. How is that any different? We may well currently have an atheist-materialist “globalism” culture superimposed over everything else, but modern day Pharisees are identical (in character) to prominent historic memories of them. Times have changed yes, but attitudes are still as rotten as ever. The Sephardim (guides to my student) love to lever ignorance particularly when encapsulated by “rationalism” (i.e. error or “babble” is formularised as proto “truth”). Superstitions, peculiarly potent in this current stale faux science state of apathy, make absolutely brilliant decoys to parasite off. The best ones to manipulate are those that “believe” they know it all. Widely publicised, I agree that the balance of “life energy” is very important to our invisible overseers, but I do not necessarily concur with popular prognoses for motive.
For instance, the psychotic imposition of “paedophilia” as the root of all evil is an obvious reptilian measure against humanity. It is a psy-op that leverages off the guilt and greed of motherhood. They want to cultivate an impotent youth. That’s their motive. Mothers desire unrequited power, so the psy-op is a brilliant manoeuvre and a “win/win”. To cap it off reptilians have been able to cultivate harmless, moronic human slave populations that are so whimsically spineless they support their tyrannous leaders austere agenda with open arms. Down trodden young are the easiest to influence. Once traditions are set, they are almost impossible to shake. George Orwell remarked on how quickly intellectuals were ready to fall under McCarthy’s fake communism “threat” (one of many successful attempts made to prohibit reason). Nothing has changed. In fact the state of deceit has soured to such a degree that scientists and other so-called “professionals” leave their ethics and integrity at the work gate. Reptilian will to win (“survival”) has sacrificed dignity.
The covert conflict between tamaras and tamarian has converted to human civilisations and this predetermines the prevalence towards “will to win”. Up to this point, I have only outlined meanings of each part of the two concepts. Once full understanding is complete, evolution of human history and its underlying course of clandestine manipulation will become clearer. In that regard, put as simply as possible, tamarian literally translates as “the sacred life force which is the divine will of almighty God”. Tamaras, it could be said devalues this message in the following way “the sacred life force is the image of God which is represented by the exalted manifestation (Anunaki)”. In other words, Ra sun [God] is an idol which is the image of the Anunaki. Per these terms, illusory reality assures the life force is made “sacred” by simply manifesting. In the most contradictory fashion, the tamarian espouses true life force cannot be solid. It is something on the lines of “the mind” and the reason this is sacred is it upholds “God’s will” (or desire).
It could be argued that the tamaras implies the “physical” is the extent of everything or “God in being” (Elohim) even though it is a flexible feature of atomic frequency calibration, whereas the tamarian fails to acknowledge the relevance of “illusory existence” beyond fulfilling the instance of God’s will. This is why the Gnostics (who attempted to preserve Atlantis folklore, symbolised by the fish which represents Pleiadian Oannes) expressed creation in such alien terms. Mundane science is all but forfeited in the casting of non-physical states (majestic, graceful and so on) as the root cause behind prolific generation of “open” logical or emotional responses depending on situated “needs”. Per that equation, physical clutter has the dual metaphorical role of constantly amplifying meta-physical purpose.
Before I expose the prank the Sephardim have played on humanity’s insolence, it would best to explain what is truly meant by “the sacred life force which is the divine will of almighty God”. Beyond crass iconography and accompanying superstitions, “God” is sorely absent from general religious vision. I won’t dwell on the obvious, but what is important is God’s absence reinforces belief in superstitions (regularly tailored to suit group “agendas”) in those that are gullible enough to succumb to fantasies under the misconstrued objective of being “faithful” (i.e. I tell you something and, for you to be “faithful”, you must unconditionally believe what I say without adequate supporting evidence or provocation). There is a concrete reason for God’s supposed absence that would stun habitual atheists. There is also valid rhyme as to why divinity is hidden from laboured sight. The key to truth and accrued wisdom is always found in inspection of the detail. More detail reveals greater clarity (and that is the main reason why “religion” twists the metaphor, comparing detail to “the devil”). That is why miscreant “powers” feign [lies, damned lies and] statistics and generalities as “evidence” (sic) of truth. They (who bankroll all religions) do this to deliberately and mischievously circumvent detail and deny disaffecting logic.
Perhaps they are aware of the problem, perhaps not, but God can only be seen in absolute detail or not at all. Therefore disquieting logic dictates that omnipotence is the whole quantum layer which, in part, appends locational physicality (or, rather, summarily “points to” denoting physical localities that offer “windows” within perceptive interpretation). Suffice to say; though the quantum layer isn’t physical, it can be made so by leveraging frequency generated perception within certain astral bandwidths (or sub-astral bandwidths). Truth and knowingness is set apart from causal effects as these transcend perception and are beyond calculated fabrication. In fact that which is classed as “reality” is done so for perceptive convenience and that rather hinders any meaningful quest to “find God” or true truth. In association, the Atlantean use of the term “tamarian” was in direct reference to the quantum layer and, most significantly, the atomic resonance or “flux” effect which signifies “balanced” divine will. Imbalance in flux will lead to states of general disharmony right the way up to nuclear incidents (which impact the full astral spectrum and are not merely limited to this reality plane).
Catastrophic events permeate all the way up the astral ladder
In my last article I introduced a mysterious enclave of humanoid aliens who had been residing on the Spanish mainland in the 1950’s. Their information legacy proves they (“Ummos” is an affectionate nickname that is now commonly used to identify the “type”) were authentic. From this record, they most significantly classed only ten dimensions (that bear no relation to the mathematical irrelevance that posits reality symptoms width, breadth, depth have dimensional qualities). Seven of these fundamental bandwidths were aeons or “base states” of God, which are also sometimes referred to as the seven heavenly (astral light) states. Logic persuades that, “in order”, they would occupy positions three to nine up the astral ladder. Dimension ten would be the culmination of everything; a repository of “raw time” that permanently sits “in the present”. That leaves dimension one and two and deduction impresses these are configured “dark light” holographic universes. In case anyone misses it, here I inadvertently (lol) identify plausible reasons for foreboding over the so-called “ascension” of man.
In light of this, it seems to me that our material reality plane is most likely hosted in the lower of the two dark dimensions. If ascension rumours prove valid, we are on the cusp of our bandwidth and will make the necessary imminent transition to “Tara” when the tamarian executes relevant changes in our DNA (delivered by the tamaras). Though the effect will be a technically spiritual evolution, man will have no comprehension of naked “epinoa” (which is commonly disfigured by dishonourable religious bluster) in motion. That which comes from God aligns with logic, truth and knowingness and this is why creative talent is pure. For God, there is no “best way”. There is only “the way [that works]” (which may mean infinite numbers of possible routes between A and B that could reduce upon “specific intentions”, such as “I need to travel between identified points within an hour”). God’s intent is definitely not a predisposition towards group lobotomy for the sake of order or “love” (sic).
“Morality” in fact is largely the cancer of spirituality
Tamarian identified that the collective atomic flux acts as though it was “God’s skin”. Each individual atom might be (contextually) compared to a pore. This means the canopy can be perceived (and used or manipulated) from various standpoints. Conceptually it is much more than the arbitrary “atheistic” top down, bottom up reflexes that have been differently touted by mainstream science and religion. For instance, there are numerous cyclic complimenting partnerships (such as those that become physical objects) which have been purposefully etched out of the main framework. Whereas the tamaras divides (in typical Pharisaic terms) “spiritual” and “physical”, the tamarian places the spiritual as the hidden anchor that permeates motivated existence. In other words, the Atlanteans recognised purpose exudes vitality and not vice versa. Here we are brought face to face with the key flaw with tamaras’ Ra worship.
In their management of humans, the Sephardim view latent ability or talent as something akin to superfluous. In that regard, they place as much necessity for “inferior” (and unspiritual) beings to be [blindly] “enlightened” by God (Ra) as those with normal or better than normal receptive faculties. To all intents and purposes humans are little more than fodder to be processed by them. Their approach strangely observes the “socialist” opinion that that which cannot be approached from humble grounds of understanding is not understood (i.e. because humans are incapably of empathy, what’s the point in developing true spiritual mandates?). Whether content is simple enough to facilitate universal understanding doesn’t alter the truth. By their own reasoning, the unspiritual are also incapable of worshiping Ra. Courses are undeniably designed to pressgang congregations into paying tribute (more “torture”).
According to the Atlanteans, the thinking being (separated from “animals”) covets an evolving, deliberate mind. Conversely, Draco Sephardim (given their subtle but obvious mandates in our realms) would argue that all life was locality “crafted” beneath the manifest version of God (Ra). Per this concept, knowing one’s place or station in life (in respect to that version of the divine) precedes “purposefulness” (or “usefulness”). Those that defy their chosen (for them) route dishonour God (check out the “values” of austere Tibetan Buddhism and the tale of the man who had his eyes removed for daring to attempt to emigrate from his homestead sometime in the 1960’s). Differences between “thinking beings” and animals are rendered invalid (under these terms) beyond competent definition of hierarchical chains of command. In fairness to the Draco Sephardim, without Pleiadian ability to alter the frequency of atoms, man is pretty much restricted to “his lot” and that rarely goes beyond birth right and all those relating casual connections.
Also (and courtesy of the Pharisees, of course) unaware human beings have more or less completely succumbed to the tamaras. Ra may well be scorned by morons today, but his attitude decidedly presides over that universal conscience of man in just about every respect. Differences between thinking beings and animals have become so remote it is though they are no more. General belief is that if animals were given the ability to communicate, they would (with correct education) adopt the human “value base” (the monster that summarises Pharisaic programming) one way or another. Given proscribed ethics are largely (if not entirely) the product of whimsical indoctrination, was an “animal” to transform into an intelligent being, there is little doubt that the “powers” would do everything in their range to “fix” it too (perhaps hinted at in George Orwell’s Animal Farm).
We must go beyond the obvious eye to come to terms with the splendour that is the tamarian. My last article highlights that the importance of atoms passes by unnoticed for just about all scientists and amateur enthusiasts alike, even though “string” and “superstring” theories have the potential to spearhead truth. Figuratively, the “informed” know that particles have the constitution to make infinite replicas of themselves (displaced by time and space). Atoms, I state, are an integral part of spirituality. Souls are the collaboration of atomic will. In fact to be more precise and to paraphrase my book The Beauty of Existence Decoded, every atom conveys a “soul” window. Pyramid hierarchies attempt to “point” the body along best of breeds’ individual spiritual courses. Atlantis leaders (version six of the genetic template) knew this but they were also not human. Today that species group is colloquially known as Sirians (heralding from Sirius). However, there are numerous races under the DNA umbrella which notably include our celebrated Pleiadian amphibians. Mer-people (almost certainly doubling as “Oannes”) were instrumental at demonstrating how the tamarian can be positively drawn off to empower life within functional Atlantis society (and possibly even on Mars too).
“Human” was created as a cooperative of hybrids (we have many different types which are evidently mostly beyond the vision of the corporate funded ‘Genome Project”) formulated (in part) from Sirian DNA. Thus, it does not require the rocket scientist to consider the likelihood that embers of latent Pleiadian DNA lurking in our gene set is “the cause” behind overzealous promotion of fantastical belief systems that literally aim to “force” make-believe into being. Ironically in fact, in a sense what the Pharisees are doing with their Zionist agenda crudely attempts to replicate some of the great Pleiadians achievements which culminated in their cultivation of “reality states”. There are naturally critically distinct differences in approaches and I will explore the Zionist methodologies in more detail when I focus on the tamaras.
To simply summarise now, the Pleiadians coordinated uniform sovereign will to ensure group ambition encompassed civilised society in entirety, whereas Zionist “shepherds” deliver threats of fear or reward as coordinated “incentives” for their sheep with the ideal of ultimately forcing peak body order over their cultivated civilised flock (which by designation is transformed into “the great group” per the euphemism peace on Earth). Pleiadian consciousness was built on the principle of “commune” which had to cater for the will (or wishes) of every individual or fail. Conversely, Zionism’s “expendable individual” concept reduces necessity to “only those that support the great group”.
Naturally Pleiadian culture became a major benchmark for Atlantis societal ambition and the taramian features heavily in [now mostly obsolete] cultural lore. A parallel “justice” mechanism (that focused on causes of disorder and not merely evident symptoms) did aim to putty any cracks (as deemed) in social conscience. Justice then was different in structure to the modern Zionist tyranny over conscience and spirituality. Even so, the two methods are at least conceptually compatible and insomuch neither work. This is because “order” (however well-reasoned and logically directed) either reinforces or challenges dignity. Because “taste” is spectral, all “specific” laws are doomed to defend causes at the expense of certain demeanours. By way of remedy, Gnostic “Christians” (the original Druids) attempted to rekindle some of those forgotten Pleiadian ideals (which incidentally suggests to me that Judaism “broke in two” after Akhenaten’s defeat and that is why his Babylonian status has been fabricated in order to obscure real political intrigue of the time, covering up relevance to modern day standards all the while).
It also suggests that Judaism and “apostate” Jews’ history spans at least ten thousand years. Akhenaten’s immediate followers would become the original Gnostics (though the mission only formularised around 300BC – a time of great political upheaval) and they were the ones prepared to battle against Pharisaic Ra occultists. Whilst modern day orthodox Jews would be mostly inclined to deny obvious plausibility of a deeper history than tradition permits, they are unable to hide from the conspicuous evidence of Pharisaic double dealing from the time records begin. Duplicity (bearing false witness) is also perceived to underscore power and that formally implicates long lines merchant bankers (who later became known as infamous Levite “industrialists”). In fact anthropology has an even bigger problem. The current scope of intelligent man changing from “moron” to “genius” allows no time, no evolutionary path for transition.
Did human proudly spawn ochre graffiti on cave walls or was this the out pouring of Neanderthal ape?
Popular depictions may show no evidence of the fact, but (and as mentioned earlier) Pleiadians associated with Atlantis were aquatic or, in other words, “mer-people”. Nommo amphibious, hermaphrodite Gods of Dogon myths, Hermes/Poseidon from the Greek/Roman legends perhaps is all that remains of the Earthly account. Whether tales are related or not is unimportant. Messages contained within ancient chronicles were “transcendental”. Would it not be ironical if it turned out that the Atlantis’ great spiritual centre was in the very same region now occupied by the Sphinx and Great Pyramid of Giza? Thousands of years ago the Middle East was extraordinarily fertile and wet. Geological evidence informs much of the Sphinx was submerged under water for a long period; long enough to be home to the Pleiadian sages? This also adds credence to beliefs in distant past underwater civilisations. But, to avoid creating confusion, I should mention that there are also numbers of non-aquatic Pleiadian varieties (or should I say races?) that arguably go all the way up to “heavenly body” status. Whether any of these had any association with Atlantis’ residents is open to discussion.
I can confirm sea visitors still regularly come to our oceans. It is unclear if these are descendants of Atlantis, but the notion is plausible. It does suggest the “gulf oil spill” may have been a direct attack on their infrastructure, in my opinion. For those that still believe the catastrophe was an “accident” (sic), go discover how the local stock market sufficiently predicted the event and payed out healthy well-timed insurance to the important folks that owned the physical assets. Gordon Duff’s bizarre ravings about a fourth dimensional war over the oceans being waged between the US navy and non-specific extra-terrestrials is an extension of this but (equally) should be considered an “unlikely” overall scenario. Sonar “pings” that regularly sensationally interrupt sea life navigation systems have been counter-neutralised by intelligent entities located within their catchment range. The “big picture” is fairly significant as numbers of different entity types use our seabeds. Even so none (to my knowledge) have “colonised” or could be regarded as permanent residents in the strict sense. It would be reasonable to at least postulate that some or maybe all establish communications with view to mutually collaborative exchanges.
I have been led to believe that the main reason they have set up on the sea floor is, and I quote”, “we (humans) can’t get at them there”
Atlantis leaders could change atomic values to the frequency needed for gold simply by using their minds. Pleiadians took this a step further but their efforts were in no way comparable to Catholic-New Age “Cosmic Christ” tradition. Feigning commune by attempting to force (impose) universal “love” (or, rather, soft austerity dressed as “love”) is a barefaced Zionism “tactic”. Perhaps predictably, the Catholics (who invented Cosmic Christ) are the end product of a long winded pharisaic domination of Gnosticism. Possibly ignited by the infiltrator St Paul, the determination towards “bell, book and candle” dogmatisation in deference to faith has crafted a reflectively causal “group consciousness”. Tamarian, we have learnt, is the endless atomic mesh that underpins connectivity of everything. For instance, acupuncture and (to some degree) hypnosis is made possible by it. It cannot be avoided, so ignorance as a weapon is the most probable strategy used by deniers.
Atoms (as far as this dimensional reality goes) are inflexible windows that we, for our part, are “trapped” in (per the rules of the illusion). Or this is what materialists would have us believe. The mind, according to those heathens, is nothing more than a reality symptom. Cosmic Christ should be renamed Cosmic Mind for the program attempts to synthesise a group thought pool. The Pleiadians did it properly. Coercion, they knew, would ultimately be met with resistance, and resistance meant the end of any commune. Only by harnessing a compatible, non-conflicting group identity could communism succeed. Once the sense (or framework) of commune had been established it was possible to reconfigure atoms as the means towards cooperative wishes. It became possible (within certain parameters) for those parties involved to literally will their way in life.
It could be said the tamarian and tamaras signify faith versus control approaches to vital reality. Peiadians, by definition, had faith in the knowledge that atoms would comply with their desires because they observed the will to be. Conversely, the Sephardim (reptilian ‘Gods”) are firmly behind the tamaras for opposite reasons. Nevertheless, as vaguely effervescent accounts of reptilian character are invariably presented in ways geared to sensationalising for sensation’s sake, “purpose” is reduced to the narcissistic human abuse cycles offering “victimhood” as the great prize. Consistent messages regurgitate blood thirsty, unfair abductors preying on poor little unsuspecting, God fearing humans for “sport” over and over. Logic is so adrift of truth, I sense the Pharisees have a hand in the manner information is being presented. They, after all, own the popular mainstream and alternative views for by “backing” both sides, success is guaranteed.
I have written extensively on the real motive behind supposed human “abductions” and accompanying ceremonies. Actual flaws of reptilian libido can be clearly seen in their devotion to regulations which are symptoms of their determination to control. Grafting “order” on society is the summary effect. It is also important to highlight their societies do not recognise that which is the epitome of pharisaic idealism – “survival of the fittest”. Reptilians know survival is merely a natural effect of living existence; a symptom of life. True blueprints use template formulated assimilation as the predominant creative device. As I explain in this article, where permitted, Ciakars absorb their victims by means of fusing mind, body and soul. Master and servant become united as a single entity which is made more powerful by the strength of the bond. “Victims”, in these cases, must be willing.
To reptilians, humans are generalised as low caste, unsophisticated “underlings” that need discipline. The tamaras is the fundamental vehicle used by them to ensure their execution of discipline over us follows a program. Sirians do not function well under laws and there lies the contradiction in conflict for part Sirian, part reptilian human. Proponents supporting human corridors of power are definitely tweaked to promote reptilian mindset, because to suggest otherwise would be absurd (considering the weight of evidence supporting an ongoing, without end pharisaic conspiracy to control). Far from being conspiratorial in their ambition, Sephardic overlords apply logical rule of law configurations via political equilibriums (affirmed by all historic data) governing the body of humanity because they presume they are executing God’s will.
Humans are part reptilian and were created by the Sephardim and this adds to their cause. What if it was the other way round? They would let their quarry roam wild, “unattended” like recalcitrant lambs? I have explained the origins of man many times before, but here’s the micro-version. “Snake” euphemises the Ciakar (in biblical Adam and Eve). Ciakars are renowned both for their remarkable cunning and their chameleonic camouflage ability. Sephardim is the most genetically advanced Ciakar physical form (which is now located too far adrift from our reality bandwidth to manifest in normal state) and they became the direct creators of human beings (which are versions of much earlier cumbersome Neanderthal). Mundane analysis of amino acids disguises the fact that our creation and partnership with our creators was much more than merely blood matching. Testament to truth came recently when the female student of mine associated with this article recalled to me a startling but acutely perceptive observation she had made.
“Ciakar is a mispronunciation of chakra”
Anyone that has visited Thailand should be aware of the customary expression “Farang” routinely used to address white skinned “foreign” visitors by the natives. This is because the very first Caucasians that attempted to colonise were from France. Farang was the closest the Thai palate could come naturally to configuring the word with ease. Ken Bakeman, Eva Draconis and others have observed problems in reiterating reptilian guttural pronunciation. If Ciakar is indeed the mispronunciation of chakra, the news would make eternal good sense, because the “commonality” between them and us is found in “paired” energy fields. It would also mean chakras must act as the “communication bridge” between those located outside our reality plane (a different light frequency). Chakras are the congestion points of atomic bandwidths that operate similarly to other astral highways. Drawing on the astral link is the way reptilians “access” us.
This is an extraordinarily important piece of information, because it completely redefines our understanding of physical health. Fundamental “causes” of all illness are the result of an imbalance or imbalances of the ectoplasm energy field. The ectoplasm is divided up by chakras and they become barometer measures that divine trouble with relevant body functionality (which is an effect relating to the cause). I have mentioned before on my other website that Pasteur’s germ theory (an industrialist “survival” scam) is entirely wrong because the body primarily attempts to assimilate anything that goes into it (following existential creation). That which cannot be assimilated, such as processing worthy “toxins”, are reduced to waste or, if impossible to process, cloaked/contained.
Energy fields (ectoplasm) are located beyond time and space even though apparent physical “light” presence may contradict that truth. Depending on how it’s conceived, an individual field can theoretically extend to the far reaches of the universe. On our superficial “reality” plane it may only occupy radials spanning a few dozens of metres out from the centre. Therefore, within the proximity of a commercial building, for instance, it is likely all workers’ ectoplasms overlap. Each individual sub-conscious feeds off the other (inter-connected ectoplasm) and then chakras implement the effects, whether positive or negative. Consequentially if one is ill, all become ill reflecting the higher body state.
Disease is spread by out-of-alignment chakras
It is also courtesy of the chakras why the Sephardim feel intrinsically connected to dear old human (similar to the fashion a shepherd becomes responsible for his sheep). By extension, they believe the tamaras gives them “divine tools” to directly interfere in the affairs (politics) of man. If they were acting figuratively out-of-line, would not God retaliate by smiting them from existence for eternity? Was I to argue tamarian is God “the cause” then tamaras would be the utopian “symptom” of divinity. From the authoritarian perspective, man (or, more precisely, human) is the lowest rung of a long line of “supplants” that form extended (though hidden) hierarchical chains of command all the way up to “God”. I use “God” in inverted commas here because the philosophic outline concerns levels of manifestation and definitely not omnipresent “oneness” (which happens to be the predominant feature of the tamarian). The genetic chain I refer to consists of “Anunaki” bloodlines which would raise Ra (the sun God) as their “highest state”. Worship, per knowledge of progressive bloodlines all the way up to God, is not a choice. It is a rite and those that refuse to capitulate or deny faith insult “the ultimate creator” per said opinion. That is the Sephardic view on this and the Jews were not labelled Sephardic (“chosen”) peoples accidentally.
So the Pharisees (whether they individually realise it or not) do actually fulfil God’s bidding or, rather, cooperate with the Sephardic interpretation of that philology. Putting aside the deceit that has become the style of modern “sciences”, hallmarks of this tradition (no matter which time period is considered) stand out like “dog’s balls” wherever they are noted. Branding citizens under “the flag”, passport control, forced labour, regulated workplaces and on and on are all their measures. Versions of fundamentalism are conspicuously built around differing interpretations of aggregated symptoms. For our age, for example, the metaphysical is (at best) marginalised and most mostly denied, so fundamentalism is not merely restricted to data interpretation.
Everything calculated must be perceived to be physical or it does not “exist” and (laterally) has no impact on theories generated to resolve equations. Romans and many other ancient cultures revered nature’s cycles; a very different approach to the modern condition. So when abundance appeared to “break”, reason persuaded the “overall creator” was protesting at abuses (humans that behaved “unnaturally”) against the system (nature). This prescient philosophy is found as a significant value base determining all modern laws (even though science, on occasions, seems at loggerheads). The concerted attempt to purge all possibility for supposed unnatural behaviours (remonstrated by Catholic St Paul and other good Levites) surely aims to reduce the human to “automaton” (under Ra) status. Laws support the Ra concept to the hilt.
It is not widely known (even in alternative circles specialising in the paranormal) that the sun remotely “washes” our DNA (in the atomic format). Therefore the belief in Ra cannot simply be shrugged off as wilful superstition. In fact at least three sources persistently alter our DNA. The sun (material black light), we are told, issues a bi-product called vitamin D which is needed for survival. Few would acknowledge the inner [invisible – celestial white] light source is the one (when performing in isolation – free of sunlight) that triggers our production of melatonin. Sephardic Draco attempt to limit the effects of melatonin as much as possible, for all “alien DNA change-agents” are seen as “contraveners of the wishes of Ra”. In order to block external forces, they created a third light source. Assisted by other worldly technologies, our moon recycles amplified sunlight (is “madness” a side effect under special conditions?). Though this does not close the loop (so to speak), it does assure there is very little opportunity for any life form to detach from Ra’s influence for significant periods. One of the stark consequences is our inability to empathise.
The word empathy (in its modern use) is actually a distortion. As it is used today, empathy is contextually no different to sympathy beyond the presumption that to second guess something equates to understanding or, dare I say, implies reliving someone else’s experiences. Unless you can literally be what you claim to empathise with [regularly highlighted when uncomfortably confronted by others’ bereavements], you cannot empathise at all. However, qualities humans’ lack, the Pleisdians thankfully have in abundance. In this capacity, they have the insight to appreciate everything from the objective standpoint. Were circumstances to justify efforts, they can even appreciate detestable acts. Humans, conversely, instinctively despise everything they detest. Researching extensively on this subject, I have yet to meet a truly objective human being; one that can “love for love’s sake” for instance. Humans are naturally vain and self-centred so “objectivity” is invariably simply an extension of selfish individuality. Standard honest responses to any given scenario might look like “I approve because I can do that” or “I disapprove because I would never do that”.
The closest a human will come to mimicking objectivity is through the use of transference. If we are not exclusively subjective, why are there numerous and constant wars that erupt at every waking opportunity invariably pitched against the most trivial of resolvable complaints? Transference is a technique whereby the subjective “assumes” (or presumes) feelings for something drawn from its catalogue of deemed “relative experiences”. Taking the theme of bereavements as the case study, the subjective might compare its experiences surrounding the death of a beloved pet bunny called “Floppy” (for instance) to “relate to” the agonising anguish of the objective that happens to be mourning the loss of (shall we say) a favourite uncle. Multi-lateral appreciation (to appreciate for appreciation’s sake as though it was an extension of core being) has gifted the Pleiadians with the genius credentials to evolve into something truly empathetic. Genius is merely the spark the fires the determination to journey. Therefore nothing is born with the power of empathy.
Ability is something that must blossom from experiential evolution
Acceleration of evolution bestowed the powers (and genetics) that the Pleiadians needed to manage the tamarian effectively enough to create their own balanced universalism paradigm. Maybe a consequence of our reptilian “survivalist” nature, unfortunately this is something we could never do. Perhaps the Gnostics (behind ancient Tibetan folklore too?) were forlorn in their efforts to rekindle Atlantis spirit, but they tried with heart, body and mind. Emphasised by ancient druidic practices (mostly obsolete today), they were true communists (no relation to industrial Marxism) in so much as their efforts supported the utopian goal towards mentored universal equality. As an aside, this suggests the four “gospels” of the New Testament Bible have all been “fixed” by parties unsympathetic with communistic practices. Even the so-called “gentile” gospel (Luke) compares the social status of a Syro-Phoenician (Syrian) woman as lower than a common household mutt.
Caste systems and royal progeny are classical symbols that emphasise reptilian philosophy endorsing the tamaras as the staple for natural order. Given priorities of pharisaic Zionism encompass fostering patriotism (below caste systems that elevate a nouveaux meritocracy), family planning, enforcing social status, either isolating or blending cultures, Russian bastardised “Communism” (sic) was indisputably one of their grand operational initiatives. On one hand living circumstances were very good (heavily subsidised rents, free utilities). That’s why an irrepressible exodus of Jews flooded into Russia particularly after Brezhnev announced his five year plan. Infrastructures in place allowing connection with those outside (foreigners) were very, very bad. People with larger than average families were not provided for and, consequentially, less was deemed better. “Free enterprise” was pitched as the “gravest of all sins”. And didn’t America’s “royal” whip masters’ milk that cow?
So, in reality, the closest the mainstream comes to embracing true communist philology is extremely infrequently found in religions’ culture, such as Buddhism’s vocational priesthood, Islam’s alms for the poor and Christianity’s Christ consciousness (i.e. humanity is “one organ” – the eternal body of Christ). Governments (communist and other) do everything in their power to render all efforts to communalise man impotent. Pharisees have always wanted divided societies within tight cultures, educated criminals controlled by austere “justice” mechanisms and strong departmentalised hierarchical infrastructure oversight (such as United Nations’ globalism). Constant wars between fake nations help keep the masses quiet, but the turmoil is also designed to manufacture continual societal divisions founded on “us versus them” lore. The “stranger” euphemises the other.
Going back to “the beginning”, Aristotle (a covert Pharisee) attempted to demean God through his conceptualisation of “unmoved movers” (or prime movers). These he bestowed with unlimited, but arbitrary creative powers. In his obsessive zeal, he proposed the preposterous. According to his abominable legacy, the essence or will of God is so insular it is disconnected from (and symptomatically unaware of) physical reality. The blasphemy goes on to propose that everything in “the physical” is powered by uncaring, irresponsible being(s) that are perhaps quantitatively unaware of its direct manifestation. Eternity is transformed into something timeless and infinite yet irrelevant but for the egotistical whims of detached insular creators. Would not like sentiment elegantly upgrade opinions of average-thinking modern-day atheist-agnostics?
Aristotle’s (possibly a contemporary of the first Gnostics as known) unmoved movers are described as “thought beings” (or constantly thinking vapour). Though biblical texts make no clear mention of it, thought beings are direct references to “archangels”. The most important archangel (specifically in relation Earth) was Lucifer. Instinct tells me the reason Isaiah presents him (along with “Ba’al”) in such a dim light is worship of him was the great threat to pharisaic autonomy over man. Does the Morning Star and sun “competing” for daybreak presence offend revellers before Ra too? Contrary to popular understanding, thought is a form of light that travels symptomatically much faster than photons. It is colloquially well known that Lucifer (of all the archangels) had the original controlling mandate over Earth after “other attempts to configure abundant eternal life systems had all failed”. Gnosticism’s apparent “lack of accountability” seems to be a much better holistic appreciation of nature than the Roman-pharisaic “standards” approach. This impresses me that old druid orders followed Ba’al (the hierarchical instrument of Lucifer). Considering this more carefully, it should seem hardly surprising that Ba’al happens to be in conflicting completion (after En-ki’s conquest to “secure” the underworld flopped) with the Sephardim who remotely authored the Bible.
When Moses wrote the “Ten Commandments” he aimed to jump start religious standards in his favour. Whereas, at first glance, sentiment seems noble enough, upon stricter analysis, every commandment promotes notorious double standards that neither reflect whimsical human morality well nor promote divine being. Partnered with the Mosaic scourge, Aristotle’s control measures are still alive and well but buried so deep in cultural Roman Catholicism, they are almost unrecognisable now. Does not today’s International (“globalism”) Standards Organisation (ISO) certification attempt to impose arbitrary universal commerce measures that “transcend” (conflict with) staffing competence? Some would say that religions effectively plunder God’s divinity. Terms of surrender serve up grotesque contortions of the image of true faith.
Man may as well be God now is the unfortunate consequence
In support of that unlikely Sephardic-pharisaic cause, evidence (regurgitated timeless ideals) determines an ever-present external body crafts man’s divinity. Why would the ambitions of one greedy generation be celebrated and adopted by the next? Perhaps a little culture will stick, but generally speaking fashions change and when the young guns move into town they come with their own pioneering spirit. Clearly those that sought to and still do control man are not of this Earth (in the conventional sense). Uncompromisingly moralist directives over the ages all brandish the hallmarks of reptilian Sephardim. Measures (while observed) also absolutely fulfil the requirements of tamaras “in manifestation”.
Taking the presumption that the Sephardim are remote overlords of humanity, there is no concrete evidence supporting “time lord” status. Nevertheless, they may have some ability to influence the fate of groups or individuals. They may be able to intervene and change the tide (is that what is meant by the moon’s magnetism?) for and against those that affect or disaffect favoured progress. Time (as it is currently experienced) will certainly not remain constant after Ra’s transformation, when our planet shifts from Earth state to Tara. One symptomatic consequence I have predicted is that our carbon molecular status will “instantly” revert to silicon. From the astral perspective, silica is much more flexible and this should bestow us with the supplementary advantage of appearing to supersede nature (in terms of what is regarded as normal today).
Once we become “aware” of our miraculous transformations, we will have the power to execute all sorts of unnatural acts. The supernatural will transcend to become the “new natural”. An atomic change of the ilk of a universal species shift from carbon to silicon would emphasise a collaboration of tamarian and tamaras. This proposes that both are not subject to effective management autonomy of any external entities choosing to bluster about malignant superiority. Recognition of concrete cycles and the tools to change and manipulate them is all that respective demagogic minions can capitalise on. The Sephardim, as I have highlighted, have used the False Matrix to great effect, but it is not sufficient for the suppression of man. Perhaps, in conjunction with the Pharisees they can meet their long term goals, but will the servant end up biting the hand of the master?
Though the implementation of this false matrix strategy has been as much about halting the ascension of man as anything else, I do still feel the Sephardim are more than a little excited by the prospect of seeing how we adapt to their world. We are their prodigal sons after all, so there must be some residue maternal feelings for us. On the other hand, too many of us have not adapted well to religious government control by their design. This will likely promote conflict and, perhaps, discontentment of ugly proportions. We will arrive largely blind to our new abilities; a terrain that is fully known and staked out by them. Their active resources are beyond our imagination, but if we are committed to contaminating, just as we contaminate everything in our domain, perhaps it will become clear why they have gone to so much trouble in their attempts to isolate us.
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The Great Honour: To Be Consumed by a Draco
Posted on May 25, 2016 by Ozzie Thinker
Because human beings detest criticism we are all vindictive. Whether responses to judgement are tactful or blunt, were our core failings to be exposed it would invariably require world wars for conclusive remedy. That is partially why our spiritual developmental progress has barely changed over thousands of years, only fluctuating with fashions of each age. Formal analysis should be deemed to be empowering because, through honest appraisal, knowledge of errors presents the opportunity for redemption or an “improved me”. To be in deliberate denial of one’s own shortcomings is the greatest sin possible in my opinion. As a teacher, it is my job to bring bad news. Writers under my spotlight should feel proud I even bothered to assess their output. For me to have shown an interest they will have revealed prodigy and I am the one that is humbled by the privilege of being able to assess those most valuable contributions. With that consideration in mind, the first part of this article will evaluate a powerful but demure topical book . If all goes well evidence will seamlessly bridge across to new revelations on the challenging subject, Draco spirituality and intent.
It is human nature to cling to permanence. That is why most would ideally live eternally (while in good health) and many struggle to resolve the loss of loved ones. Tarot expresses death as the catalyst, something that interrupts rather than completely destroying permanence. Change is good. It affords new perspectives from lessons learned. Two great titans went to battle recently and it appears, consequentially, on face value that Eva Draconis and I have irrevocably fallen out. Loss of face, when in relation to honour, is impossible for various human character sets, in light of our vindictive streaks. Thus, prospects for resolve must be regarded as limited to the point of futility. That said, the fallout has been essential for my discovery tour and, in light of this new valuable perspective, prior missing pieces of the puzzle in position reveal a clearer picture. Those differences of opinion will not stop me respecting her work and I shall continue to promote her valuable contributions when possible and appropriate. Neither should the immense value of her account be understated, nor should my critiques in any way dampen her everlasting charm, passion and commitment to personalised diligence.
Though I cannot even divulge indications as to the nature of these private disagreements, lessons learned will be presented in a way that does not break confidence. Having almost reached the halfway point of her first book, “The Orion Project – Real or Imaginary”, I am beginning to see a formula with clarity. She has three undeniable objectives which deserve contemplation. Those that defiled her must pay to vilify revenge. Resolve will come through identification of purpose (of her attackers). Why did they do it? Finally, she wants accountability as physical proof and, consequentially, is obsessed with her abductors’ materialisation. There is an ulterior motive here. Perhaps fame is the wrong word as she has made every effort to remain anonymous, originating from somewhere in Europe. She wants notoriety; even of the posthumous variety. Plenty of book sales would help too, I’m sure, so please donate and learn something.
Being part dragon (spiritual DNA) myself, the onlooking world regularly mistakes my ill-tolerance of simple minds for conceitedness. Dragons in human form often dotingly attach themselves to some or other academic institution. Thus, in that capacity, they can adopt cynical views towards opinions that do not stem from academia. Eva treats lesser minds with distain, demonstrating her dragon nature. Anything disagreeable coming from parties with no reputation is covertly demeaned in a similar way to those that mount slanderous campaigns under the guise of journalism. That which challenges is dealt with by implied condescension. It should be said; a raging arrogance rather dominates and goes some way to undermining her quest.
For instance, her opinion of her extra-terrestrial hosts is notably low even though she tries camouflage the fact (texts are littered with smirks in response to alien sentiment). To which end, to the unbiased third party, a very different snapshot is surmised. As much as she tries to lead her extraordinary opponents into her mercilessly devious traps, they simply refuse to cooperate, egging her on all the while. In fact, I would go so far as to say she comes perilously close to being the fly in their ointment.
Theirs is a world she doesn’t understand, nor, it is painfully clear, does she try to understand. Those with dragon qualities tend to feel they are important; perhaps destined and this is probably my [personal] greatest fault. We are very easily offended for that reason. For those disillusioned by academia, there is such an obsession with compromised truth that ruthless self-criticism can lead to the spiral of a downward path to oblivion. At the bottom of that bottomless pit is the realisation that corruption is the root of basis. Thus, when countering inconvenience, these angry cyclones of conviction can turn their opponents to stone. All dragons are of the serpentine lines, having low will power, and can be rather two faced (often inadvertently) though brave. There is more to Eva’s connection with Hamish the dragon than she perhaps realises.
In correlating style, around the 180 pages mark, there is a transcript of a letter submitted to the CIA demanding help. Though Eva’s prior note taking is comparatively cool and collected, her letter gives clues as to cracks in this visceral veneer of control. By what she wrote, she had convinced herself that some of those connecting with her either had relationships with or were de facto agents of the CIA or, perhaps, associated arbitrary body. Her strategy was to catch them red handed as it were. This was not a clever move. I know how the CIA works very well. For many years I communicated with a known agent (who, in that capacity, occasionally appears as an expert on TV). For some of my dark research projects, I also monitored numbers of CIA and FBI operatives targeting subversives. Over time, I have collected additional contacts who have claimed they are part of the organisation’s wider network invariably in some sort of conspiratorial vein. Each and every one of these presumed assets voiced extreme paranoia suggesting plots so convoluted they would make John Le Carre blush.
It is common knowledge that, under the guise of stopping communist infiltration, 100,000’s of strategic files were created against blissfully unaware American citizens (often supporting baseless accusations), sometimes used to diminish individual career prospects. The UFO/exo-politics groups are of considerable interest today. In 1993 Dr Steven Greer, one of the best known names in ufology, was granted an informal interview with James Woolsey (then director of the CIA). Though the slime ball Woolsey denied the meeting ever took place in 1999, his dreadful organisation was behind the 1950’s Project Blue Book UFO misinformation campaign (brainchild of the so-called Majestic 12), which extended to strategic agents leaking slant information (misinformation) about UFO crashes, captured EBE’s and so on. I should note the ex-policeman, researcher and popular UFO Truth magazine owner, Gary Heseltine, has identified a number of strong positives generated by Project Blue Book, so those with time to wade through that plethora of trash may be validated too. The point is the CIA was involved from the start and will be involved at the end.
Eva, particularly, was not able to cognize how her visitors expressed themselves. For instance, they regularly lied to provoke her attention. Using fake associations with Hitler, NASA and others engineered credibility. Her academia aligned dragon pounced on the notion as she clearly immensely respected the organisation others label “Never A Straight Answer”. Being rather tin foil hat in character, Mkultra was not known to her at the time, which suggests her abductors had a database of other subjects’ information they used for references. Carefully noting personality shifts and body language throughout the recorded discourse, I can say Eva was complimented for being a good subject (slave) every time she listened to them (with sincerity) and was disparaged on each occasion she insisted on answers from them, unless information revealed (usually adrift of requests for) suited their wider purposes.
Her obsession, in typical human fashion, sometimes morphs into infatuation. Love, when free of infatuation, can blossom anywhere, for instance. It seems to me collectivised associations is a common female trait in particular. Each affectionate posse ostracises fundamentals that don’t fit the aggregate view. Borderline considerations linger, perennially not understood. Interestingly Eva’s quixotic visitors merely wanted her to be true and not the cartoon she attempts to echo. As an aside, I regularly encounter shrieking fundamentalist qualities, particularly when discussing emotive subjects such as paedophilia. The reptilian human brain seems to instinctively switch on irrational psychosis when belief systems are threatened: the greater the fundamental, the more powerful the unwarranted reaction against.
One of the problems with “The Orion Project – Real or Imaginary” is all voices, whether “dinosaur”, “hybrid”, “Draco” or “reptilian” present roughly the same “objective” energetic signature. By that I mean they are of identical “mindsets”. Whether this is through cause of the way Eva has rationalised what she records or they are, to all intents and purposes, the “same” is unclear. Thinking about it, her response to her dragon partner, Hamish, for instance, seems as much a reflection of her as him. Even so, texts are loaded with gems (though not necessarily evenly spread) and it really needs someone to notarise them in isolation. To highlight a few points, they talk about the need for the fabric of species to be balanced (controlled); their living quarters inside a cloud; men in black (different to ones described by others) used as assistants and Mkultra spiders. Generally, as much as Eva fights against the tide, everything gravitates around the piquancy of respect divided between designate slave and master. Sovereign human beings tend to find this notion disturbing. This is also where I think Eva’s comprehension breaks down too.
At one point in the journal she over zealously interrogates the reptilians on their eating preferences; notably as to whether consumption of human flesh was included on the menu list. Rather than listening for reflective feedback, she invariably fields accusations and waits for return denials or affirmations. Thus readers are never quite sure whether responses are merely moves in the slave/master role play or honest information. Nevertheless, without her prompts, she risks not collecting any information at all, so, in the case of human flesh eating, after several attempts of pretty much the same accusation, I think it transpired that though they hadn’t eaten human flesh up to that point, exceptions were possible.
They certainly ate something but also repeatedly praised a watery elixir found in their planet. Eva had presumed the fluid was hydrogen based, although this is far from a certainty. Reading carefully (to page 214), I saw no place where her hosts definitively responded to her questions suggesting they might not have known what hydrogen was. The Zeta Grey Beings, for instance, do not recognise molecules per se, but, rather, identify with holistic elemental frequencies. I discuss the filters acting as exchanges that accentuate the material plane in my book, “The Beauty of Existence Decoded”.
The Orion entities rituals thus far seem related only to obedience and genetic exchange. One of the hybrids was allegedly beaten for not wanting to rape Eva. I have long maintained our medieval mindset was the closest we came to the reptilians’ social ethos. Torture was widely used and respected as an effective part of judicial due process then. Today attitudes have changed, of course, as torture proved only worthy in administering fear or submission. In a closed master slave devote society; torture would be the best way to accent order. Scandalous sources, often driven through David Icke’s network, talk of similar values of the Earth realm Draco. The death penalty was dished out with impunity as protocol for the Draco-Martian alliance that became the Atlantis technology city. Citizens could be and were regularly killed for simply having the wrong thoughts.
Recently I was able to talk on the American internet radio channel, Revisiting Reality. After the broadcast I continued chatting with an extended group of listeners but also learnt (contextually) that Martian-reptilian hybrids had been produced as a consequence of the Atlantis joint venture. This forces me to alter some of the conclusions I had drawn for my yet-to-be-published “A New World Order”. Critics please correct me to your hearts’ content. It is always my blessing. I am not one of those that blindly forge a monopoly on truth. Far from it, my mission has always been to reveal the unrevealable free from the shackles of politics, vested interests, commercial property and other biases. My purpose is to present what others cannot or will not illume.
Understanding our genetic heritage is the best key to resolving anomalous evidences which are blamed on the “Draco”. These rules obsessed entities are the lowest link in a non-manifest chain of command going right up to the Annunaki (the long word for “God”). Our English adjective reference, draconian, first appeared in 1876 and means rule obsessed. Reputedly the Greek statesman (lawyer), Draco, established law codes which imposed the death penalty for minor crimes (such as stealing vegetables) in 621BC. Though his name actually meant “sharp sighted”, it originated from drakon (the Greek version of dragon and a much more ancient word meaning “dragon group”). The serpentine use of dragon first appears as the archaic French adaptation of Latin draconem (meaning serpent or sea monster). Incidentally, Greek drak references Slavic derkesthai (a darting or deadly glance) which was colloquially sometimes used as “to see clearly”. This is interesting because raptors are recognised for their extraordinary eyesight. There is a dragon connection here too, for the original ground and air raptors’ Tyrannosaur and Pterodactyl DNA blocks were (as gene masters) under their direct administration.
It seems more than ironic that 18th century cosmologists picked the name Draco for a massive constellation of stars, which happens to include Alpha Draconis. Is exoplanet TrES-2 the home base of all reptilians? The chance of “Draco” being coincidental is greatly reduced after considering the fact that Gamma Draconis was discovered and named before Alpha Draconis. If it wasn’t labelled for being first; was it of premium importance and why? That importance we now know is it was the sun source of the distant ancestors and creators of humanity. Over 400 million years ago, the ones destined to become Earthlings were ensconced in a planetary system that orbited Alpha Draconis. The highest material beings were the dragons, though it is unclear whether they were created specifically to master Earth plane genetics or their manifest purpose stretched back to the dawn of time. It seems likely the latter would be the case given the Annunaki’s original desired form was that of what can only be described as a sea monster.
Thinking of dragons, this gives me an opportunity to confess a grave error of mine. Years ago I was given an image of a tall dragon seated at a marble throne. Perched on the extended neck in place of what should have been a frightful gargoyle was the angelic face of one of my family members. I took it as a foul joke, but it wasn’t. The dragons were trying to give me a clue as to how their psych worked whilst offering homage in celebration of my own heritage. The family member in question is gracious and kind, extremely compassionate, but practical at the same time. She would light any crowd, but also has a ferocious streak. To catch her angry flash, watch out! She would give Beelzebub the collywobbles.
In the spirit of errors, I can complement Eva for correcting me. Whilst Thuban is known as the head of the serpent from antique Arabic, reptilians prefer to call it the all Seeing Eye. This has many colloquial names, including the North Star, Morning Star (the implied source for Lucifer). Because my information about insectoids (notably the Mantid types) must have been referenced through reptilian or snake lines (invariably I do not know the route information travels; only it originates from “source” rather than “astral regions”), they called the Mantids Thubans. Rememberi ng a distant perplexing audial vision, I had been shown master souls of the Mantis made from a type of light and rock. More recently I have found signatures of very different Mantoid entities around the proximity of Venus (with kind assistance from Niki Reinert).
My earlier dream (of the Mantis master soul versions) had pre-empted judgement error which, I presume, had (or was likely) to be through course of this timeline. Inuit Eskimo legends reference a distant past in or on a planet near the North Star. All native Indian aborigines are versions of Lemurians. I have seen varieties of their higher spiritual types with black almond shaped eyes (not dissimilar to that one would expect of Grey Beings) giving them a distinct Mantis quality. My bizarre experience of the Beruzdia is linked. This also seems to tie in with the mysterious cone headed Pharaohs (“Grey” versions are featured by Suzy Hansen in her book The Dual Soul Connection), the mythical Viracochas and even Thoth. To make rational identification even more enigmatically problematic, Eva Draconis noted whale-like varieties of reptilian mantis beings. It’s complex.
Dates analysis varies, but it is generally agreed by those that draw on cosmic channels that somewhere between 7 and 9 billion years ago, the Annunaki split between “snake” (or sea monster) and “man” (face of God). Yet, if the unbiased observer was to strip intent down to its raw essentials, to be worshiped with sincerity transcended all other objectives of their existence. Is that not what Eva’s visitors wanted of her – to be in awe of their existence? Lucifer, the symbolic name given to one of the snake-line archangels, assumed the non-manifest forms of Ba’al for the specific goal of genetic mastery and education. Metaphors are expressed by Sumerian texts. Enki (representing the inner) was the great gene master. Enlil (or “outer”) either taught or judged as teachers do. Dragons formed the bridge between non-manifest and relative reality plane realms. Einstein’s grave error was to deny intuition. To the larger degree, that is why our science is stuck on materialism. Materialism is not representative of reality because relative realms are interloping.
I feel that Georg Faust’s enlightening folklore deserves some evaluation at some point, particularly focusing on Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s Mephistopheles. That intricate review of reptilian character will have to await a future episode. Researchers are often confused by myths spun about reptilians in exo-political circles. It could be said the Ciakar has been type cast. According to original scandal, reptoids must be nasty, slimy, psychotic, evil, irrational abductors, torturous butchers and serial rapists if authentic. Counter-movements have presented comparatively wimpy antipodal gentle vegan empathetic spiritualists, but these versions are as bogus as all the other gross caricatures.
It can be said that all reptilians are very switched on – perhaps scintillating. Whether their exterior is gruff or malleable, underneath they are the essence of livingness. In fact our fused cold/warm blooded pulmonary system is representative of the Ciakar dual system. They can be cold or warm blooded at will. As cold bloods, they are vital, alive, undiscerning and that is what they prefer. A rush of warm blood facilitates the spiritual aspects of character: empathy, balanced judgement and their version of compassion.
It is important to stress that dragons created Pteroids who, in turn, created their Earth plane ideal form, man. Homo erectus or Neanderthal is the head of a magnificent mammalian hierarchy. The Rhesus monkey connection with human blood types is symbolic (Landsteiner’s pioneering work used rabbit blood in substitution) and unrepresentative of genetic hierarchies. Nevertheless, pigs are widely used for human blood transfusions for “A” and “O” type blood groups. It is uncomfortable to know they are also one of the creatures closest to the human genome set. Perhaps the Jews removed them from our menu for being more than unclean?
I cannot ascertain whether monkeys are blue veined (affirming a fused pulmonary system), but can confirm that if a genuine autopsy of original Homo erectus was ever conducted, blue veins are unlikely to be seen. Later Neanderthals were also hybridised by Ciakars as were in between hairy versions of human (neither “us” nor “them”). “Eve” (sparsely haired) human was the master creation which adapts all their key attributes for surface life on the Earth plane. We are the most up-to-date version of reptilian man. Thus to summarise the ancestral DNA lineages, there is Annunaki-Lucifer-Ba’al-Dragon-Pteroid-man (Adam) and Annunaki-Lucifer-Ba’al-Dragon-Petroid-Ciakar-human (Eve). A large number of vested interests monitor our DNA catalogues and any one could intervene if their asset was terminally threatened.
The great power of “The Orion Project – Real or Imaginary” can be found not in what Eva tries to expose, but, rather, in what’s hidden between the lines. Whilst there is no diplomacy, providing etiquette is observed, cordiality simmers. Belying this veneer is a real attempt to control through information. Eva, as slave, is subjected to carrot and stick as the lure to fruitful comprehension. Thus, when she is raped it is as a means to an end. The guilt of her abductors was not obvious. They were not ashamed by what they did to her, but rued their unauthorised behaviour in case they were called to account by their own [vicious] peers. We can assume that their [own] hierarchies of control go way beyond anything Eva was exposed to. In other words, if the “big cheeses” (of their society) were ever to learn of shenanigans, there might literally be hell to pay. That is who she should be seeking out if she was committed to enacting revenge.
Thus, when (late) Karla Turner, James Bartley and others highlight reptilian abduction rape, they do not present honestly. Views merely lionise the human “right” not to be inconvenienced. Ciakar analysis contradicts opinions. They talk of doing women a great service by “opening them up” sexually. This has, in some ways, been born true by abductor testimonies that have reported extraordinary arousal or orgasms as features of rape experiences (something that parries with Dracula folklore). In addition, Ciakars negotiate contracts of the heart (or will), so verbal rebuttal will have no effect as a method for stipulating prohibition.
At some level, all abductees agree to their torments. To put things in perspective, blood sacrifice (war) over Earth heart chakras rings true as I know of a Draco pact with the US Administration which details more than 66,000 human souls to be given per annum in accordance with joint venture cooperation. Contrary, allegations of piles of human corpses stored like bricks serves no purpose and makes no sense whatsoever except as a possible method of inducing intimidation. That said, at least one reptilian species does consume human body parts (and not ones you would expect to be digested) which are stocked in their equivalent of supermarkets. Records of hybrids (that ingest through their skin membranes) bathing in large vats of human (somehow still living) fluids and sinew are confirmed. But let’s face it, if pigs could talk, there would be many guilty humans or, dare I add, if plants would scream scandal mongers might profess vegan horrors galore!
The ancients recorded accounts of terrible rituals where hapless adepts would be savagely volunteered as Ba’al bait. I think the tales were again biased in favour of human predetermination, but, be that as it may, rituals were undeniably bloody. Gore was the method used to entice the correct energetic values. There is also possibly some truth to the notion of victims being skinned alive, as live blood needed to be consumed with energy intact. Ciakars, common with all higher beings, are drawn to energetic signatures they feel attracted to. Vibrant reptilians are earthy and real so tend to seek just about everything humans label “distasteful” (per the atheist hatred of anything vital), such as lust, altered states, mystification, divining and so on. To them, the most monumental stages of life are what we label “birth” and “death”, so it should be no wonder that our genetic betters are mesmerised by these in particular.
There is a way to fight back, though. Eva elucidates it very well throughout her writings. She never really backs down once in the 214 pages I have read. The very worst possible reaction to intolerance is snivelling submission (cowardice). I find it interesting that Israel and her law makers have pushed the very qualities that the Draco despise as optimum social attributes. Of course there are lazy inept outcasts of Draco society that would see this as the practical solution to their control objectives. Thus, if any hidden power rules here, it is them – Draco spawn. All that masonic propaganda geared to shaping opinions is rather obvious to those with half a mind, which doesn’t say a great deal about our invisible theoretical controllers.
Real Draco spiritual beings are a whole different kettle of fish. For instance, recently I was presented a fake moon that acted as a beacon of confusion in an attempt to shift emphasis of my logic for reasons too convoluted to go into in detail this essay. Suffice to say, they needed to change my opinions and change they did. On face value, things evolved in the wrong way for them too, probably ending at a tangent from where they had originally targeted resolution to unfold. Of course, that journey may not be over yet, so conclusions might well be premeditated. I’ll hopefully let you all know how it pans out in a future post. We can determine this, though. The Draco know beliefs are far more potent than truths and, in the same way, Israelite “psy-ops” sloppily attempt to mimic their refined deception.
Via dream state, I have recently been invited as witness to a hallowed Ciakar ceremony. In costume, participants could easily be mistaken for “men” or “women”. Proportionally, they all look human. The scene is very odd indeed. Numbers of cloaked figures channel me the sense of their attentiveness. Accordingly, each has a duty which he or she lovingly enacts. The room radiates the signature of something like one of our formal religious institution, but it is very pleasant and airy at the same time. For instance, by comparison, I find our churches and cathedrals rather claustrophobic. Though the room is large enough to be a rectangular hall (perhaps thinner and longer than I have seen before) at the centre are some fixed-in-place dark wooden blocks (as one would expect to see in an open plan kitchen). It is difficult for me to recollect, but there may have been furnishings along the walled areas and inconspicuous posts here and there. Everything seems to be shades of brown or off yellow and they (our people) are all clad in chestnut-maroon felt hooded robes.
Along with this sacred essence there is a strange sense that coveys something that reminds me of a surgery room. It screams precision, professional, acute expertise as though a challenging delicate medical operation is about to take place. Victims, they feel, are ready, prepared. I have not been given direct access to that signature, so, circumventing a route in, I pick up dread, bewilderment and the sense of oppressive violation. No sadness, only unfair, unwarranted submission. I cannot say whether this message is related to their ceremony and by what means it was generated (i.e. if counter-propaganda agents intervened to influence my judgement). From them, I glean a [genuine] sense of honour towards the victim. All parties, I learn, agree to a mutual contract forged by destiny.
The victim must be consumed alive. This is a very difficult procedure as body, spirit and soul must also be fused as one (perhaps the eternal twin concept). In effect, two beings assimilate. Here is the paradox. According to their logic the victim was selected for noble [genetic] attributes perfectly matching the host. I don’t see detail of how they perform the ritual, but can say there is a very large audience awaiting outcomes. This is a really big social event. Everyone is pensive, apprehensive in the positive yen for great expectations from harmonisation. It reminds me of birth rituals before the advances of technology. The risk was great for all parties but so was the prize. In fact, I notice something else. Both victim and oppressor go through independent trials to become “one”. It seems to me that if either party succumbs both are lost. Well, that was actually quite draining. I get this daunting feeling of an impossible hurdle to overcome, but sheer resilience pushing me across the line. Everything is jangling all over. I cannot over stress; to them this is a huge deal.
This subject is so emotional that it goes beyond cynical research. Biases are almost certain to shape truthful conveyance of information as presented, potentially reviling the objective. Opposing partisan beliefs, for and against, seem to be preying on my influence and I represent what I see to my maximum effect. In a nutshell, there is something synthetic about the whole thing. Judgement decrees these practices are possibly both over-zealous and insensitive to disparaging views. We must refrain from introducing our practical eating as a means of survival as a consideration, for example. Although, I can divulge that in the higher realms hunger is so great, to live it is to appreciate it. Life is all consuming. Nevertheless, personally I could never condone an unrequited attack on will whether for the greater good or any other contrived “hallow” ulterior motive. Oppression for oppression’s sake is the antipathy of harmony.
I can accept conquests to death between committed Titans, each disposed to outcomes regardless of consequences. Assimilation of battle hardened warriors imbues a poetic justice of sorts, but anything other than that is where I personally place the line separating honour and foul practice. Yet, to my surprise, something very different is going on with their ceremonies and the answer behind motivation belies their very essence of what it is to be. Courtesy of atheism, human contemplation of purpose is deemed unnecessary. Philosophies on the subject are regarded as arbitrary, conditional or baseless. Predestination is a sour notion that interferes with our various versions of sovereignty.
Discordantly, theirs is pretty much the opposite view. Individual pursuit of destiny is a societal goal. Though they are more demanding and less tolerant than our own peer groups, individual rites of passage are revered (particularly in the young). Consequentially, there are different standards separating emerging beings and adults. Children are not only encouraged to do anything adults do, but are given a lot of latitude so as not to hinder expressive range. Perhaps this is why they do not seem to understand the sexual boundaries humans impose on their fledglings. Their societies are ordered between disciplined and ill-disciplined, rather than the mature and kids.
I give the example in my book, “The Beauty of Existence Decoded”, what would happen if a number of my heart cells decided they wanted a holiday in foreign parts or went “on strike”? Should I allow them their sovereign rights and lay down my own life to the detriment of all? My book also touches on this concept top down, as it were. As lowest links in their chain of command, how much does our behaviour (as individuals) reflectively poison the Annunaki? Even as “malicious” time lords, they are top dogs and instrumentally entwined with our genetic hierarchy, deserving absolute respect in that capacity. Ciakars logically devote their free will towards fulfilling purpose. We, by comparison, illogically are mostly in denial of destiny. That is why they may appear insensitive in the way they purge their societies of rogue elements. Imagine if we had their crystals that can read minds to discern intent and premeditation no matter where targets are located. No way out, nowhere to hide for criminal elements. The Zionists that mastermind fake terrorism here would have been instantly put to death long ago had Ciakar methods been employed. Evil puppets would have been relinquished to lead ordinary decent lives.
Returning to the recalcitrant cells analogy, what happens to cancers and other problems dealt with by the body? The threat is killed and genetic materials are absorbed. Very bad tumours can be cut out by surgeons. Ciakar society purges those that are anti-order. Anti-order is broken into two fundamental groups: criminals and “the weak”. Weaklings cannot endure the rigors of predestination and are the dead weights of society. It is these that are encouraged to be assimilated through unions with the “strong”. Criminal elements are purged for social purification. Once again, whereas this does not sit well for sovereign individuality mindset, given our bodies consist of many, many parts (that most often do not inter-communicate) and civilizations likewise require congruity for optimum harmonisation, are they “wrong” in their approach?
The Draco are very aware of our reactionary perceptions. Premeditation rules the standard spooky graveyard can only host menacing elements that prey on fear. Sun kissed meadows are safe places lovingly blessed by fairies and nature sprites. Though clever horror genre movie producers regularly mix metaphors to surprise audiences, stigmatic views do not change. The reason the ceremony scene appeared somehow synthetic is it was fake. They feared, as a human, I would draw poor conclusions by witnessing truth, so they presented an allegory. Nevertheless, I have been privy to the real experience now and understand why amendments were made. The bonafide scene is much more plausible and the atmosphere seems highly oppressive to me. In part, this is because the scene is extremely poorly lit. There are maybe three or four very bulky hosts that are the classically ferocious looking types. Yes, I think I would have judged that harshly in retrospect.
When I drill down and assess their attributes, I find much better correlation with the constructed vision (the fake). As surgeons with skills way beyond anything mere man can do, they have an acute interest in detail. In fact, it is more than that. They feel that everything is created from their essence. I sense no compassion per se. They are not malleable in any way. Yet there is an desire, devotion, love (perhaps) in what they do that transcends human goodness, if that makes sense. I observe the finest minds patiently bowing to subservient commitment in a way that makes me weep. Similar to Eva’s portrayal of the Orioners, they too seek balance from nature and try to apply “with hindsight” controls to stop things going too far out of whack.
This is the detail they are so obsessed about that is fused in the joining ceremony. The process is not regarded (by them) as the wilful manufacture of death, but, rather, the exalted resurrection of life; life with new potency. Perhaps it is going to require too great a leap of faith for human culture to adjust and make the paradigm shift of thinking for comprehension. Nevertheless the teacher in me feels compelled to issue some words of warning. As we edge ever closer to their world, we will need to prepare ourselves for very new ideals and lives more noticeably under the spotlight. Whether we like it or not, to them, to be consumed by a Draco will always be viewed as a great honour.
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Archangels and Mere Mortals: iXossana, Zamolxis and Jesus
Posted on August 24, 2015 by Ozzie Thinker
My last article was focused on our hereditary link to the Annunaki. I discussed the powers associated with communal telepathy, our prospects for so-called “ascension” and some of the long standing, mostly hidden, detracting elements. Humanity likes to gravitate around poles. To use the vernacular, good and evil are the two most popular characterisations of civil obedience. Merely on the strength of an emotional outburst, entire audiences can be persuaded to refute logic and reason in favour of a particular moral slant on behaviour (for or against). Our current myopic populist infatuation with paedophilia is an excellent example of how monsters can be made out of myths (my goodness it is hard to find an article that dares even to question the validity of lynch mob accusations completely unsupported by actual evidence). A serious discussion as to the basis of this would be better devoted to my other website, Ozzie Thinker. Readers will find my bio (and details on my book, “The Beauty of Existence Decoded”) in the “about” section and, recently, against this a commenter asked what I knew of the mythical figure, Zamolxis. Here is my response.
Science, to a large degree, has travelled the same path and, frankly, suffered the same fate of crusades built on false positives against redundant standards. This is not to say there have been no achievements. Quite the reverse; achievements has been numerous and far reaching. However, the successes are also always limited. Few have seriously considered what Isaac Newton meant by (words to the effect) “everything that can be measured exists”. The emphasis should be on “can be measured” as it refers to the reality bubble we call perception. Even this is a presumption. Everyone might not perceive things identically. In fact, there is no “might”. Clairvoyance, clairaudience and clairsentience abilities separate the human group into those that have extra-sensory perception and those that don’t. Magnetism, from the perspective of tradition science, is another hard to explain attribute. Infamous Uri Geller has been debunked more times than any other individual on the planet (as attested by the continual regeneration of the single piece of “evidence” supplied by a James Randi/Johnny Carson TV show set up in 1993). In Geller’s case magnetism also impacted the power of the mind too. Private sources have informed me that Uri has many lesser known or unknown powers that point to extra-terrestrial intervention.
Recently completing Suzy Hansen’s book, “The Dual Soul Connection: The Alien Agenda for Human Advancement”, I wonder why she involved the nuclear physicist, Dr Rudy Schild. Maybe it was a good publicity idea designed to give her instant “credibility”. The problem is that anyone with an inkling of cosmic knowledge will quickly draw the conclusion that Rudy has no understanding of universal physics and, in his capacity as ghost writer, is misleading those that do not have astral knowledge. He is talking about stuff he simply doesn’t understand; winging it! In fairness to him, he doesn’t deny the fact (his absence of understanding). Regularly, he cannot come close to fathoming how the Zeta Grey Beings do their “magic”. The problem I have (from the overreaching divine viewpoint) is, if the book was aimed at promoting sincere wisdom for humanity by a species without an agenda (beyond loving education), why on Earth would a transcendental document contain grave errors that defy reason and, in part, augments the same old nightmare controls that have driven us into the quagmire over the eons?
To put it another way – “Trust us. We offer you the same old disinformation supplied courtesy of our cosmic puppet, Rudy Schild.”
Make no mistake, Rudy has been very humble with what he has brought to the table, but, if everything he says is fundamentally wrong, then, surely the Zeta Grey Beings must take some responsibility for their surrogate spokesperson? If there was an overall point to the writing project (which is not entirely clear), in my judgement, it would be to advise humanity (in general) that there are going to be some unprecedentedly violent times which will require a humanitarian lifesaving exercise. According to the hallowed texts, we shouldn’t worry too much (even though there are going to be a lot of casualties) as transcendental trained help has been organised by the Zeta Grey Beings who have everyone in place in readiness for the cycle of events. No indication is given as to what catastrophe or triggers will lead to the ultimate super-disaster; natural, manmade or maybe a combination.
As, again in my opinion, the Zeta Grey Beings are behind (or creators of) the mysterious crop circles (day to day direct broadcast) testing the human group’s ability to translate logic into reasoned responses, saving humanity seems to be a possible symptom of something bigger rather than a determined cause. Whereas readiness may need a catalytic event (or catalytic events) to wake up the flock in order to stimulate ascension, perhaps all those anticipated dramas won’t be necessary if the result is the same. Rereading this on edit, my point is not absolutely clear, so I will try and rephrase. If the Zetas are playing (or enabling) God by presenting a sink or swim approach to the human survival mindset, to present their charade as absolutely real would be the only way to encourage essential changes of attitude. In this specific case, attitudes [per assumed Zeta reasoning] need to change from self-reliance to group support. Thus, and remembering how the New Orleans disaster panned out, untenable “look after number one for survival of the fittest” reasoning must somehow morph into communism.
To discuss Zamolxis, in particular, with discernment, we must both understand and become able to transfer logic that appreciates transcendentalism. In effect, the Zeta Grey Beings (as are other unseen entities) are playing time as if it was a roulette wheel. In doing so, they are hedging bets. The end always trumps the means, but the means are more vital than the end. Zamolxis was a transcendental being that was present a long time ago. Yes, Greek philosophers (such as Herodotus) paint the character as one possibly “in recent memory” or a known king, but the grim reaper ideology was a preparation for the end of mankind (if that was to happen) 10,583BC. Formally, he was the supreme God for the Gatae (or Dacians), peoples of the ancient Balkan region of Thrace. Though, conceivably, legends about him could have even heralded from Romania’s Transylvania.
Plato’s account (taken from Charmides) is rather more poignant and revealing. He describes the king, Zamolxis (also a God) as one with distinct paranormal abilities. An explicit reference to “soul healing” (temperance) gave him extraordinary powers over life and death “ordinary physicians” did not have. Whereas the Caduceus is a Draco symbol heralding magnificent dragon geneticists’ medicinal prowess, Zamolxis was the transcendental embodiment of one of the archangels. I lean towards Michael, but it may have been any of the others. Insomuch he may have been a transplanted Lemurian originating from the Earth’s nether regions. Several channels insist Lemurian populations were not entirely wiped out by the destruction of Mu (26,000 years ago) and today at least one inner world continent is subject to their governance.
Though I haven’t thoroughly considered the idea, it is possible some of the miracles attributed to Jesus might herald back prior to 10,583BC. Although, I know of a Babylonian region urban legend ceded in 196BC that involved a rather strict miracle healer. He has all the characteristics of a Viracocha (cone headed Zeta hybrid) and I had assumed that was the extent of the mythology contained by Biblical New Testament and Apocryphal texts. Gnostic writings of the Nag Hammadi scrolls fail to note a single healing miracle of Jesus which also casts doubt on the physical aspect of supposed events.
Jesus is also colloquially known as Hosanna, yet that character was a militant that wandered what was an African island continent, I estimate, 18,850 years ago (or, at least, sometime late in the 17th millennia BC). iXossana (I write it as I see the script) was my ancient incarnation and I was a black man. Africa, at the time, had been cut off from today’s Middle East (which was also submerged) after the deluge caused by the Annunaki circa 35,000BC. Ironically, some of the recent US multiple “twister” events demonstrate eerie energetic hallmarks of Ba’al (manifest form on our reality plane). These beings can cause “natural” weather of ferocity of an unimaginable scale so (thinking of Suzy Hansen’s book) perhaps that is the catalyst of doom the Zeta Grey Beings are referring to. It could also be a possible negative consequence of ascension communion. Dialling into their frequency might encourage them to finish the job they started 120,000 years ago after they determined our creation was illegitimate. What remains of the Atlanteans (quite a lot of misinformation from this source also includes wisdom about the power of crystals and some of their trappings of civilisation) seem to be in no position to step in and save us again. Besides, why would they?
The Annunaki left (35,000BC) and then global Lemurian dominance spectacularly ended with the destruction of Mu (24,000BC). It is likely the Atlanteans returned (with humanity) from Mars circa 33,000BC (after their own disaster that wiped most of the breathable atmosphere off the planet. Ignore reports from the fake Mars rover), although the exodus may have been staged over a couple of thousand years. Lumerians appear to have joined the Lemurian big settlements sometime after 77,000BC but maintained the relationship with the Atlanteans on Mars until the bitter end. This meant that after the end of Mu, global control was shared between the Atlanteans and the Lumerians. It did not take too long for the news to permeate the nether regions and by about 20,000BC the Draco started to make moves to claim Africa. The Annunaki would have decimated them if they returned so it took a number of millennia for the Draco to build enough confidence to stamp their authority on the surface. Africa, at the time, was a no man’s land so this would not have impinged on occupied territory or conflicted with the Lumerians or Atlanteans.
Very much later, after the 10,583BC flood and possible end of humanity, the Draco made a treaty with the Zeta Grey Beings who helped them set up the False Light Matrix which backed off extremely ancient natural technologies (stretching back at least 575 million years). For their part, the Zetas were given control of new humans (the Hebrews) in the creation of Zeta-Draco hybrids (sometimes called Futczhi). Reviewing mythical accounts of rainbow serpents (such as Shesha from the Bhagavad Gita), the Annunaki presided over an all-consuming positive energy field, so agendas are by no means clear. Indeed it was Zeta’s meddling in the affairs of the Atlanteans that led to the act of sheer stupidity that ended the technological centre of Atlantis the best part of 15,000 years ago. Before, under instruction of the Annunaki, they acted as consul to the Lemurian kings.
By the late 17th millennia BC, the Draco had almost “converted” Africa. We see evidence of that in the methods and beliefs of modern Negro witch doctors (or shamans). Anointed individuals allow themselves to be possessed by foreign entities. These, sometime malicious, spirits communicate through their incarnate host bodies. Spirits are sometimes called Chitahuri (one line in Wikipedia!) and these are rather low level Draco energetic presences that resound to the base emotions. Power is manifest as betrayal, shifting to a fear that transmutes into terror which ultimately leads to immortalisation of the harmonic resonance after the prolonged death of each victim. Healing and other gifts are used to bribe or convert group belief systems over to a state of worship. Voodoo has an enormous hold over the African peoples even today. That’s what iXossana was up against and he tackled the problem with reason and zeal. Much of the “communist” sentiment attributed to Jesus has origins with iXossana or prior. That is why Jesus, the figurehead, is also called Hosanna.
There is a Lemurian connection to the other type of shaman. Origins of shamanism can be charted back to Lapland and the Inuit Eskimos. It is fitting that these peoples are the best evidence for extra-terrestrial humans, demonstrated by their unique teeth systems. According to ancient folklore, they originated from a planet near the Dog Star. All other aborigine Indian cultures use related shamanic traditions. Anointed individuals each adopt a spirit guide (usually of the opposite sex through some sort of matrimonial alliance) to undertake journeys of discovery. Lemurians [of a particular type] that used to roam Earth rather remind me of gangly legged Apache braves. A familiar bunched knot would sit conspicuously on an otherwise shaved bare head. Dangling from the clump was always a thin tightly woven plat. Naked, but for large white loincloth nappies, they were a sight to behold. In character, they are a fusion of the noblest native Indian and the most considered regal aristocrat.
I have a special section devoted to the Gnostic Jesus on Ozzie Thinker. There is no doubt that Jesus, as the Gnostic, was Josephus (whose name is a clever Latin anagram meaning “bring forth Jesus”). In this capacity, he was a political figure and a normal man. Born thirty seven years after the birth of Christ (0AD), his ministry, predictably and rightly, directly corresponded with the 66-69AD Siege of Jerusalem. The emergence of Christianity (a branch of Judaism) was a consequence of the siege and not an incidental. Taking aside the politics around real Josephus, New Testament and Apocryphal texts pose too many questions supporting multiple character sets/timelines, objectives and agendas to be overlooked. The Synoptic Problem is an enigma studied up to university level and beyond. Jesus, the mystery, has all the hallmarks of something more than natural and whether evidence of iXossana or Zamolxis can be found in holy texts is open to debate. It is a mystery that will surely stand the test of time, immortalised by superstitious beliefs and the conditional ignorance of the masses.
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A Cross-Sectional Review of Cervical Cancer Messages on Twitter during Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Deanna G Teoh, Rida Shaikh, Rachel I Vogel, Taylor Zoellner, Linda F Carson, Shalini L Kulasingam, Emil Lou
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health - Oncology
Medicine - Hematology, Oncology, Transplant
Objectives The objectives of this study were to quantify personal stories about cervical cancer and to determine the proportion and sentiment (positive vs negative) of messages ("tweets") that discussed cervical cancer prevention strategies on Twitter. Methods This study was a cross-sectional Twitter review of English-language top tweets about cervical cancer during the Cervical Cancer Awareness month, January 2016. Theme categories were identified, and tweets were independently coded by 2 reviewers; discrepancies in coding were resolved by a third reviewer. Descriptive statistical analyses were performed. Results During January 2016, approximately 348 top tweets about cervical cancer were identified. Professional health organizations produced 20.7% of tweets, and individuals identifying themselves as health-care professionals contributed an additional 4%. In addition to the tweet, 45.1% attached a photo or video; 54.6% included links to a larger article. Only 11.2% of tweets included personal stories from cervical cancer patients. Among the top tweets, 70.3% were focused on prevention through screening and/or HPV vaccination, with 97.4% recommending such practices. A substantial proportion of the Twitter traffic (24.7%) referenced the #SmearForSmear campaign by the patient-advocate organization Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, based in the United Kingdom. Conclusions Analysis of top tweets during the cervical cancer awareness month showed that, although personal stories about cervical cancer were rare, cervical cancer prevention was a popular topic during the cervical cancer awareness month. This was largely driven by a picture-based twitter campaign from a single advocacy organization.
Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease
https://doi.org/10.1097/LGT.0000000000000363
HPV vaccine
PubMed: MeSH publication types
Teoh, D. G., Shaikh, R., Vogel, R. I., Zoellner, T., Carson, L. F., Kulasingam, S. L., & Lou, E. (2018). A Cross-Sectional Review of Cervical Cancer Messages on Twitter during Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 22(1), 8-12. https://doi.org/10.1097/LGT.0000000000000363
A Cross-Sectional Review of Cervical Cancer Messages on Twitter during Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. / Teoh, Deanna G; Shaikh, Rida; Vogel, Rachel I; Zoellner, Taylor; Carson, Linda F; Kulasingam, Shalini L; Lou, Emil.
In: Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, Vol. 22, No. 1, 01.01.2018, p. 8-12.
Teoh, DG, Shaikh, R, Vogel, RI, Zoellner, T, Carson, LF, Kulasingam, SL & Lou, E 2018, 'A Cross-Sectional Review of Cervical Cancer Messages on Twitter during Cervical Cancer Awareness Month' Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 8-12. https://doi.org/10.1097/LGT.0000000000000363
Teoh DG, Shaikh R, Vogel RI, Zoellner T, Carson LF, Kulasingam SL et al. A Cross-Sectional Review of Cervical Cancer Messages on Twitter during Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. 2018 Jan 1;22(1):8-12. https://doi.org/10.1097/LGT.0000000000000363
Teoh, Deanna G ; Shaikh, Rida ; Vogel, Rachel I ; Zoellner, Taylor ; Carson, Linda F ; Kulasingam, Shalini L ; Lou, Emil. / A Cross-Sectional Review of Cervical Cancer Messages on Twitter during Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. In: Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. 2018 ; Vol. 22, No. 1. pp. 8-12.
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N2 - Objectives The objectives of this study were to quantify personal stories about cervical cancer and to determine the proportion and sentiment (positive vs negative) of messages ("tweets") that discussed cervical cancer prevention strategies on Twitter. Methods This study was a cross-sectional Twitter review of English-language top tweets about cervical cancer during the Cervical Cancer Awareness month, January 2016. Theme categories were identified, and tweets were independently coded by 2 reviewers; discrepancies in coding were resolved by a third reviewer. Descriptive statistical analyses were performed. Results During January 2016, approximately 348 top tweets about cervical cancer were identified. Professional health organizations produced 20.7% of tweets, and individuals identifying themselves as health-care professionals contributed an additional 4%. In addition to the tweet, 45.1% attached a photo or video; 54.6% included links to a larger article. Only 11.2% of tweets included personal stories from cervical cancer patients. Among the top tweets, 70.3% were focused on prevention through screening and/or HPV vaccination, with 97.4% recommending such practices. A substantial proportion of the Twitter traffic (24.7%) referenced the #SmearForSmear campaign by the patient-advocate organization Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, based in the United Kingdom. Conclusions Analysis of top tweets during the cervical cancer awareness month showed that, although personal stories about cervical cancer were rare, cervical cancer prevention was a popular topic during the cervical cancer awareness month. This was largely driven by a picture-based twitter campaign from a single advocacy organization.
AB - Objectives The objectives of this study were to quantify personal stories about cervical cancer and to determine the proportion and sentiment (positive vs negative) of messages ("tweets") that discussed cervical cancer prevention strategies on Twitter. Methods This study was a cross-sectional Twitter review of English-language top tweets about cervical cancer during the Cervical Cancer Awareness month, January 2016. Theme categories were identified, and tweets were independently coded by 2 reviewers; discrepancies in coding were resolved by a third reviewer. Descriptive statistical analyses were performed. Results During January 2016, approximately 348 top tweets about cervical cancer were identified. Professional health organizations produced 20.7% of tweets, and individuals identifying themselves as health-care professionals contributed an additional 4%. In addition to the tweet, 45.1% attached a photo or video; 54.6% included links to a larger article. Only 11.2% of tweets included personal stories from cervical cancer patients. Among the top tweets, 70.3% were focused on prevention through screening and/or HPV vaccination, with 97.4% recommending such practices. A substantial proportion of the Twitter traffic (24.7%) referenced the #SmearForSmear campaign by the patient-advocate organization Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, based in the United Kingdom. Conclusions Analysis of top tweets during the cervical cancer awareness month showed that, although personal stories about cervical cancer were rare, cervical cancer prevention was a popular topic during the cervical cancer awareness month. This was largely driven by a picture-based twitter campaign from a single advocacy organization.
KW - HPV vaccine
KW - Twitter
KW - cervical cancer
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Slope failures within and upstream of Lake Quinault, Washington, as uneven responses to Holocene earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone
Elana L. Leithold, Karl W. Wegmann, Delwayne R. Bohnenstiehl, Stephen G. Smith, Anders J Noren, Ryan M O'Grady
Investigation of Lake Quinault in western Washington, including a reflection seismic survey, analysis of piston cores, and preliminary mapping in the steep, landslide-prone Quinault River catchment upstream of the lake, reveals evidence for three episodes of earthquake disturbance in the past 3000 yr. These earthquakes triggered failures on the lake's underwater slopes and delta front, as well as subaerial landsliding, partial channel blockage, and forced fluvial sediment aggradation. The ages of the three Lake Quinault disturbance events overlap with those of coseismically subsided, coastal marsh soils nearby in southwest Washington that are interpreted to record ruptures of the Cascadia megathrust. Absent from Lake Quinault, however, are signals of obvious disturbance from five additional subduction earthquakes inferred to have occurred during the period of record. The lack of evidence for these events may reflect the limitations of the data set derived from the detrital, river-dominated lake stratigraphy but may also have bearing on debates about segmentation and the distribution of slip along the Cascadia subduction zone during prior earthquakes.
Quaternary Research (United States)
https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2017.96
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subduction zone
aggradation
seismic survey
alluvial deposit
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Paleoseismic
Leithold, E. L., Wegmann, K. W., Bohnenstiehl, D. R., Smith, S. G., Noren, A. J., & O'Grady, R. M. (2018). Slope failures within and upstream of Lake Quinault, Washington, as uneven responses to Holocene earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone. Quaternary Research (United States), 89(1), 178-200. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2017.96
Slope failures within and upstream of Lake Quinault, Washington, as uneven responses to Holocene earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone. / Leithold, Elana L.; Wegmann, Karl W.; Bohnenstiehl, Delwayne R.; Smith, Stephen G.; Noren, Anders J; O'Grady, Ryan M.
In: Quaternary Research (United States), Vol. 89, No. 1, 01.01.2018, p. 178-200.
Leithold, EL, Wegmann, KW, Bohnenstiehl, DR, Smith, SG, Noren, AJ & O'Grady, RM 2018, 'Slope failures within and upstream of Lake Quinault, Washington, as uneven responses to Holocene earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone', Quaternary Research (United States), vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 178-200. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2017.96
Leithold EL, Wegmann KW, Bohnenstiehl DR, Smith SG, Noren AJ, O'Grady RM. Slope failures within and upstream of Lake Quinault, Washington, as uneven responses to Holocene earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone. Quaternary Research (United States). 2018 Jan 1;89(1):178-200. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2017.96
Leithold, Elana L. ; Wegmann, Karl W. ; Bohnenstiehl, Delwayne R. ; Smith, Stephen G. ; Noren, Anders J ; O'Grady, Ryan M. / Slope failures within and upstream of Lake Quinault, Washington, as uneven responses to Holocene earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone. In: Quaternary Research (United States). 2018 ; Vol. 89, No. 1. pp. 178-200.
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Jurassic World Evolution Discussions
Suspected leak, future of the game, personal opinion
Thread starter Pandju
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1.Already since recently I hear a lot about a future JWE 2, which will be like the 1 but better, personally I buy it because direct fan of this license, but I think it will be a bad shot because many opinions its rather negative on the fact of making the same games again a big extension will be more logical and would allow to retain the players already present.
2. Then during the presentation of the field brushes it was said that if the number of brushes was limited because it could cause corruptions of backups, I assume that the risk of data corruption backups is a brake in updates, finally in the content design, to that I think we can inform us of the desires of the creator and gives us the choice like a survey, example: We would like to add "10 brush" but it may cause corruption of your backup wanted you anyway this possibility or not ", so it will have more potential for the game but in addition the players will be the actors of the content, they will be more involved and will not complain if there is corruption because we will decide whether or not we wanted to take the risk
3. Then some speak of 1993 for a future dlc, it will be good but some say that it will go against because the game turns to jurassic world and not jurassic park, has 2 possibility either a campaign has on a previous chronolgy or we would have access to the dinosaur present in JP so different narrative arch with as interlocutor the characters of JP instead of JW "nostalgia <3" is a campaign also chronology previous to the dlc Claire's Sanctuary before the eruption of the volcano with mission as an attempt rehabilitated the part of Nublar where there was the old park, repairing infrastructure, and creating a park with the appearance of JP without the worries of JP will hope the
4. For the future dlc of dino, quadruped carnivorous dinosaur, I want to have Kaprosuchus and Nundasuchus, with the arrival of wetlands and fish mange, the possibility to make marshy enclosures
5.which would be great also it is a contest where we can present our skin of dinosaur (for the creator of skin) vote and thus add in new skin the one who wins the contest kind vote on 1 week and a contest every month or 2 months
6.Where are Blue, Echo, Charlie & Delta? allow us to adopt them, like for a large enough amount we can adopt the 4 raptor or even the T-Rex which is the only present dinosaur JP 1 until now (the grandmother of the saga is it)
7.For the sandbox allowed us to unlock once an island 5 star the possibility of having sandbox, like when we change the island that we click on the icon it asks us if we want to go on the sandbox map or story. A new bigger map to make bigger park because the more the time passes the more the number of dinosaur increases but the place remains the same and one becomes restricted under construction, or then an option of purchase of ground which allows to have access has more land type on Matanceros for 50million unlocking access to a new portion of the island, when buying it adds a station that once connected to a path leads to the new part of the island
8.The possibility also to see the size of an enclosure to be able to more easily optimize the place in the park but also optimize the wetlands / forest / plains in the enclosure
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1. I don't think discussing a non-confirmed sequel isn't really relevant while this game is still being updated.
2. I think having a free DLC would be the perfect solution to this. Add things like extra brushes and bigger maps that will break save games. But add this as a free DLC so that people can make the choice to break their own save games and it won't be forced on people.
4. Crocodiles aren't dinosaurs.
6. It's already been confirmed several times that Blue and such won't be added, because they are characters and not generic dinosaurs. It's a dumb reason, but that's what Frontier has said.
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LordTrilobite said:
4. Crocodiles aren't dinosaurs. And
I second that! It's too soon to speculate about Jurassic World 2 if there is a sequel possibly yes but it's too far ahead since it's in the year 2021 anyway currently this game still needs adjustments before it's complete already put out a list on possible updates and DLCs that could further improve this game.
Pandju said:
I'm sorry my friend but it's a little too early to talk about Jurassic World 2 until it's confirmed at least. But it's still an intriguing idea.
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1. free dlc can be a good solution, my idea of poll was also because it allowed the player to give their opinion of being more involved in the evolution of the game
2. karprosuchus and nundasuchus are ancestors of crocodiles but both lived in the time of the dinosaurs (cretaceous and anisian) and it seems to me that at no time was it speculated that only dinosaurs would be present in the game because a this moment it should not be forgotten that hybrids are artificial creatures and not dinosaurs certe are part of dinosaurs but not really dinosaurs either, dinosaurs is a generic bathhouse grouping ancient reptiles so definition the kaprosuchus and nundasuchus are certainly creatures of the family of crocodiles but also dinosaurs
3. then I know that Blue and the other raptor or the T-rex are characters and not generic creatures that's why I proposed an idea of paid to have them in our park kind rent unique to them and we made in the laboratory, have the right to have them only once (any park confused) as being a star character, having them gives us a boost of popularity because they are famous creatures on the other hand if we are not satisfied not their need they are removed to us.
Jurassic Tyrant King said:
then I was just saying that I see a lot of speculative people on a JWE2, I was just saying that I would like that to be true but that it was just too early too cart the game has not even 1 year, he still has a lot of unexploited potential, I just gave my opinion on the fact that it's a game that I would be up for a sequel but only if it's really different and in a more distant future
That would only apply in the colloquial sense where dinosaur means just something old and it can apply to even a person stuck in old ways, or a mammoth for that matter. In that use the term has very little meaning.
The actual correct use of the term dinosaur is very different and specific. Dinosaurs are a subclade of archosauria and a sister group to crurotarsans (which includes all crocodiles) and pterosaurs. Neither crurotarsans and pterosaurs can be called dinosaurs. They are a cousins of dinosaurs. Both dinosaurs and crocodiles are archosaurs. But dinosaurs aren't crocodiles, and crocodiles aren't dinosaurs.
So no, you can't really call them dinosaurs and it only confuses the issue for others who are less informed about the the reptile family tree. There were mammals living the same time as the dinosaurs, but we don't call those dinosaurs either.
But yes, it would be nice to have prehistoric crocodiles and other crurotarsans in the game since they fit the theme fairly well, even if they aren't dinosaurs at all.
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Homeland Security and Terrorism. This group claims religious authority over all Muslims globally and have absolute control over Islamic states. The United Nations and many countries have recognized the ISIS as a terrorist organization because of its violation of human rights. Notably, ISIS is one of the major terrorist groups that pose a threat to American security and the international security. America is one of the countries that view terrorism as not only a national challenge but also a global problem. Generally, the actions, authority and theological interpretations of this group have been widely condemned worldwide by different communities including some Muslim community who view ISIS as outsiders. Ideologically, the ISIS believes in an extreme interpretation of Islam as a religion and it enhances religious violence and considers those who disagree with its interpretations as infidels and treat them in an unfriendly and brutal manner.
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Their ideology is that of Salafist and according to them, there is no difference between religion and the state, and that all decisions are based on the interpretations of Islamic law (Friedland, 2014). The group’s ideology has its origin in the branch of modern Islam that mainly focuses on returning the traditional Islam and ignoring any emerging innovations in the religion, which it believes, interferes with the religion’s original spirit. Moreover, it criticizes later caliphates, which it claims that have deviated from pure Islam, and this is the main reason why it focuses on establishing its own caliphate.Structurally, the ISIS is headed by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who has declared himself the caliph and requires all Muslims to obey him (Friedland, 2014). He has appointed advisors, minister and military commanders to assist in running the caliphate, and he has one assist in Syria and another one in Iraq. A hierarchy of commanders controls ISIS and each one of them has a specific role, and down the hierarchy, its own governor manages every province (Friedland, 2014). Homeland Security and Terrorism.
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Illegal gambling operation lands two men in jail.
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These gambling devices landed two convenience store employees in jail.
WINTER HAVEN — In Florida, the Powerball Lottery system will offer some lucky winner a jackpot of $80 million on Saturday, tempting Sunshine State residents to visit their local convenience store, buy a Lottery ticket, and help make the state’s top gambling operation a big financial success.
But in a state where gambling remains heavily regulated, two men were arrested on Monday and charged with trying to illegally horn in on the state’s profitable betting operation. The two convenince store owners were arrested for possessing and operating gambling machines without the state’s regulatd seal of approval.
Both men were taken to the Polk County Jail. Mitul Patel, a 22-year-old employee at the 7 Days Food Mart, who lives at 7565 Carlton Arms Boulevard in Winter Haven, was charged with keeping a gambling house — a Class 3 felony — three counts of possession of gambling devices, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Also arrested was the store owner, 28-year-old Vishal Kartikkumar Patel of 7565 Carlton Arms Boulevard, who was charged with keeping a gambling house, possession of gambling devices, and wholesale distribution of drug paraphernalia.
Vishal Patel was released from the Polk County Jail on $3,500 bond, while Mitul Patel got released on $3,000 bond.
The bust happened on Monday, after the Polk County Sheriff’s Office got a tip that the 7 Days Food Mart at 1123 6th St. NW in Winter Haven was operating slot machines.
When detectives went to the store, they found “three separate upright gambling devices that were fully operational by the front checkout counter,” noted Scott Wilder, the director of communication for the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, in his report on the arrests.
Mitul Patel, 22, was charged with keeping a gambling house at the convenience store where he works as a clerk.
The two “Electronic Cherry Picker” gambling machines were operating like traditional slot machines, Wilder noted.
“Detectives also located a quarter machine that allows a player to insert quarters with hopes of causing multiple quarters to fall from a platform within,” Wilder said, adding that these devices are a violation of Florida’s gambling statutes, and were seized.
Store owner Vishal Patel is accused of violating Florida’s gambling statutes.
The two men also landed in more trouble when detectives discovered they were selling drug scales, glass pipes and Chore Boy screens, items that Wilder said are “used in conjunction with illegal drugs.”
Although the Florida government has been in the gambling business for decades, the state strictly regulates what it calls “gambling houses,” an offense punishable as a felony of the third degree.
“Whoever, whether as owner or agent, knowingly rents to another a house, room, booth, tent, shelter or place for the purpose of gaming shall be punished,” state laws warns.
To clarify the distiction between legal state lottery gambling and illegal operations, the law notes that “It is the intent of the Legislature to provide additional entertainment choices for the residents of and visitors to the state, promote tourism in the state, and provide additional state revenues through the authorization of the playing of certain games in the state at facilities known as cardrooms which are to be located at licensed pari-mutuel facilities. To ensure the public confidence in the integrity of authorized cardroom operations, this act is designed to strictly regulate the facilities, persons, and procedures related to cardroom operations. Furthermore, the Legislature finds that authorized games as herein defined are considered to be pari-mutuel style games and not casino gaming because the participants play against each other instead of against the house.”
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Reaping the Rewards: ‘Queen’s Architect’
Posted on October 28, 2015 by Jonathan H. Liu • 0 Comments
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In Reaping the Rewards, I take a closer look at the finished product from a crowdfunding campaign. Today’s title is Queen’s Architect, which funded in March 2015 and was shipped to backers in May.
The queen is watching. As you construct buildings in villages and towns across the kingdom or help with repairs, you earn not only gold but the queen’s appreciation. Gain the most appreciation, and you will become the Queen’s Architect.
At a glance: Queen’s Architect is a game by Volker Schächtele for 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up, and takes about an hour to play. It retails for $59.99. The age range seems about right for the level of complexity, though there isn’t anything inappropriate for younger players (other than, perhaps, the idea of sending workers to the tavern).
1 double-sided game board
28 Demand tiles (9 villages, 10 monasteries, 9 towns)
12 Appreciation tokens
1 price marker (wooden cube)
50 coins (30 1-taler, 20 3-taler)
54 craftsman tiles (9 each in 6 guilds)
28 bond tokens
4 sets of player pieces:
1 carriage
8 building cubes
1 tavern board
1 action star
6 quitting time tiles (1 per guild)
The components are very nice, as you’d expect from Queen Games: nice sturdy cardboard that punches out easily, with artwork and iconography that will fit nicely with the rest of your Eurogame collection.
The game board itself is double-sided: one side is for 2 or 3 players, and the other side is for 4 players, with more locations.
Six different guilds: glaziers, stonemasons, lumberjacks, bricklayers, blacksmiths, and tailors. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu
Each craftsman tile is a hexagon showing a craftsman portrait in the center, a guild icon at the top, and six numbers on the corners. There’s also a small appreciation scroll number below the portrait, and some also include a small bag of gold icon indicating that they are excellent day laborers. The numbers on the corners indicate the amount of appreciation that worker will earn, and each time it works, the tile will rotate to the next position. When it reaches the last position (indicated by a drop-out arrow), the worker will leave and have to be replaced.
The craftsman tiles fit into the player’s action star, which is a six-pointed star. It serves both as a place to keep track of your workers, but also a rondel for choosing your actions each turn. The tavern board keeps track of which of your guilds have gotten to take a break at the tavern, and also the confidence of your moneychanger. Even though the cardboard components for each player don’t need to be color-coded (as everyone keeps their own area), they do have color coding on the backs and some on the front–I guess that makes it easier to make sure everyone has a full set.
The backs of the cardboard player components are colored to match the wooden bits. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu
Because each player will have a tavern board and an action star with up to 6 craftsmen around it, you’ll need a good amount of table space to play a 4-player game.
The box divider is pretty minimal, but pretty. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu
The box divider isn’t anything special–just some cardboard that divides the box into two wells–but the size is pretty good and doesn’t leave too much empty space. You’ll probably want to use plastic baggies for the components, though.
The rules are available in this Kickstarter update.
The goal of the game is to be the first to reach the top of the appreciation track–or, if multiple players reach it, to earn the most appreciation while working on the Queen’s palace.
All set up for a 3-player game. (Chips optional.) Photo: Jonathan H. Liu
To set up the game, each player gets one set of player components, plus 2 bonds. The board is set up in the center of the table, with demand tokens randomly placed on each location (according to size). The appreciation tokens are also mixed up and randomly placed face up on the scrolls on the left side of the board. The price marker cube is placed on the “6” space at the top of the billboard (the right side of the game board). Coins and bonds are placed in a supply next to the board.
Find the starting craftsmen (marked with an exclamation point on the back) and place twice as many of them as there are players, next to the board. Then reveal 6 more craftsmen, placing them on the billboard area on the right side of the board, rotated so the guild icon is at the top. The rest of the craftsmen are shuffled, forming a draw pile (with any leftover starting craftsmen at the top of the stack).
To set up your own player area, you put your carriage in the center of the board in the capital. One figure goes on the board at the bottom of the appreciation track, one goes at the lowest space on the tavern board (next to the bond icons), and one goes at the top of your action star.
At the beginning of the game, each player will get to choose some starting workers. In player order, each player chooses one worker from the starting craftsmen next to the board and places it on their action star. The corner to the left of the guild icon should be placed facing the star (so that it lines up with the hammer icon on the star). Then, the player may optionally rotate the tile any number of spaces clockwise to gain that many talers from the supply. Then each player will take a second worker, in reverse player order. Now you’re ready to begin playing.
My player area a few rounds in–I’ve increased my moneychanger’s confidence, but still haven’t built any buildings or made any money. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu
On each turn, you must move your architect (the figure on your action star) 1 to 3 spaces clockwise and then you may take the associated action with that space. The available actions, going around in a circle, are:
Day laborer
Gain confidence/Redeem bonds
Day laborer: Your craftsmen do some farm work. You earn coins equal to half the number of workers (rounded up). You may also rotate any of your workers who have a day laborer icon to earn an additional 2 talers per rotated worker.
The “billboard” on the right side of the board is where you can hire new workers. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu
Hire: You may hire one craftsman from the billboard area for the indicated price. It is added to your action star. Note that each billboard space has a hammer icon on one corner of the tile–that corner is the one that is placed in the action star. The cheaper craftsmen will work fewer times before leaving. If nobody hires the top craftsman, the price cube is moved to the right. If it was already at the cheapest spot and nobody hires it, it is removed from the game and the price resets to “6.” All craftsmen move up and empty spots are refilled from the draw pile. (Note: you may never have two identical craftsmen, though you may have multiple workers of the same guild as long as they are different workers.)
Travel: Move your carriage along the roads to a different location, paying talers according to the chart on the board.
Gain confidence/Redeem bonds: You either increase your moneychanger’s confidence or redeem bonds, but not both. Increasing confidence means moving your moneychanger figure up one space on the tavern board. Redeem bonds by turning in bonds for 2 talers each–the number of bonds you may exchange in a single turn depends on how much confidence your moneychanger has.
Paying for my Bricklayer and Tailor to go to the tavern will help increase the appreciation value of my next building. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu
Tavern: The tavern is used to refresh your workers so they will work a little longer. When you take this action, first you move all quitting time tiles in the dorm area to the entrance. Then, you move all tiles in the tavern to the dormitory. Finally, you may pay to move any of the tiles from the entrance into the tavern according to the price chart shown on the tavern. For each of the tiles you pay to put into the tavern, you may rotate craftsmen of that guild in your action star counterclockwise one space.
Since the yellow player already built in this town, the green player takes a 2 point penalty when building. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu
Construct: This is the action that can move you up on the appreciation track toward victory. You choose either to do repairs or construct a building. For a repair, you choose up to 3 workers of different guilds and rotate each of them clockwise one space. You earn appreciation points according to the appreciation icons below their portraits.
Constructing a building is a little more complex: first, you must check your current location to see if you meet the requirements. You must have at least one worker from each guild pictured on your location’s demand tile. You can only construct a building if you have not already constructed at this location. Place a building cube on the best building spot (the one with the smallest penalty) at your location. Add up the appreciation values of all of your workers–the numbers on the corners currently facing your action star, and then subtract the penalty shown for your building spot. Add any bonus appreciation points from that location’s demand tile, if any. Finally, compare this to the maximum appreciation value for your location–smaller locations have lower maximums. Your appreciation score is the lower of the total and the maximum. You must then rotate all of your workers (even the ones not required by the demand tile) one space.
When you earn appreciation, you move up the appreciation track by spending the value shown on the tokens. Any remainder is converted into bonds at a 1:1 ratio. You may, if you choose, forfeit moving up the track and collect bonds instead.
The goal is to reach the top of the appreciation track (seen in the foreground). Photo: Jonathan H. Liu
The game ends after a round in which any players have contributed to the queen’s palace.
If you reach the top of the appreciation track, then you must move your carriage back to the capital at the center of the board, and then take the “Construct” action on your turn. You must earn at least 15 appreciation points on this last Construct action. Your workers are not rotated on this last action.
The round is played out (so every player has the same number of turns). If more than one player was able to contribute to the queen’s palace, then the player with the higher appreciation on the last turn wins.
I missed the Kickstarter for Queen’s Architect but I was provided with a review copy of the finished game, and I’m really glad I’ve gotten to try it. It’s definitely a Eurogame, with a lot of indirect competition built into the game but no real head-to-head confrontation.
Unlike many Eurogames, there aren’t a pile of resources to manage: you don’t have to worry about bricks or wood (or sheep!). You have money (talers) and bonds, which are essentially I.O.U.s that can only be cashed in at certain times. Instead of the usual building materials, you’re managing the workers themselves. And, let me tell you, workers can be a pain. Playing Queen’s Architect may make you feel like a contractor–in a Eurogame sort of way.
Players are making their way up the appreciation track (left) and have more workers at their disposal. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu
First, you have to hire them, and you’ll find that hiring the least expensive person from the billboard may get you a needed guild cheaply but they won’t stick around long. So then you spend a little more cash to hire somebody who can work a few jobs–only to find that the quality of their work is inconsistent. For that house you built at the last village, Tom the Bricklayer did a bang-up job earning 5 appreciation. But today you want him to work on the schoolhouse in this town, and he’s complaining about a sore back–only 1 appreciation. Meanwhile, what’s up with Joe Blacksmith? He’s calling in sick! You might as well send him out do to some farmwork instead–at least he’ll bring in a few talers.
A lot of the strategy of the game is figuring out how to manipulate your workers so that you can line them up for a good day at work when it matters the most. Some workers will be better off spent as day laborers for the money. Others are worth sending to the tavern so you can get one more use out of the high-scoring slot. Of course, all of this is for naught if you construct a really valuable building in a tiny village, where your score maxes out at 10. Better to make sure you save your best output for the bigger towns.
Choosing those workers is also important: some workers are better at repair jobs than others; some make great day laborers but aren’t much help in construction. When you hire, you have to consider not only how many times you’ll be able to use the worker, but how much appreciation they will be worth. And, of course, whether you’ll have the right requirements to build in a particular location.
On this turn, I can hire new workers, redeem bonds, or travel. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu
The action star is a fun feature. There are other games with rondels, where you go around in a circle and take actions, so that’s not totally new. In this case, the fact that each person has their own rondel means that, to some extent, it doesn’t matter where other players are–you always have the next three actions available to you. However, it also means that it takes at least two turns to repeat an action–and that’s if you don’t stop anywhere in between.
The money and bonds are a cool mechanic, too, and one that I haven’t seen before. When you earn bonds, they’re worth 2 talers each. But you have to use a turn to cash them in. And not only that, but at the start of the game you can only cash in 1 bond at a time. You could use that turn to increase your moneychangers confidence, but that means going at least another two turns before you can cash anything in. In my experience it’s worth it to increase your confidence to be able to cash in the maximum of 4 bonds at a time, but those three turns when you’re increasing confidence instead of getting cash can be painful. Sometimes, you just need the cash right away.
Travel around the board feels like a minor part of the game, but it can still be important. You get the most points for being the first to build at a given location, so you don’t want to follow somebody around if you can help it. Traveling one space at a time is free–but any travel at all costs you a turn. Early in the game you may stop your architect on the “Travel” space each time, figuring that you might as well move one space for free. But what you realize later is that those lost turns may be more valuable than the money it would have cost to move more spaces at a time.
That’s an aspect that took me by surprise the first time I played. Since each person has their own rondel and you can (theoretically) move at whatever pace you choose, it doesn’t seem like there’s any benefit or cost to moving one spaces versus three. But the opportunity costs can add up–each player gets the same number of turns total, so it’s up to you to figure out how to get the biggest benefit on each turn you take. When the game nears its end, some players will realize that they won’t be able to move around on the rondel fast enough to do all of the actions they need to do to catch up.
Expect Queen’s Architect to take a little longer the first time you play–but once everyone is familiar with the different actions, you can often move very quickly. For most actions, as soon as somebody has declared their choice, the next player can go ahead and choose while the first player is resolving the action. For instance, Day Laborer, Moneychanging, and Tavern actions can all be resolved while the next player is taking a turn. Most of the turns can be quite short, with Construct Building taking the most time–and even that is not such a long term if you have everything prepared by your turn.
Overall, I really enjoyed Queen’s Architect and I look forward to playing it more. I think it’s an excellent mix of different mechanics that I haven’t seen often, and I like the aspect of managing workers and trying to get them all to give their best performance when it counts. Queen’s Architect is available now from online retailers like Amazon, or check your local game store.
Disclosure: I received a review copy of this game.
Filed Under: Kickstarter, Reviews, Tabletop Games
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Jonathan H. Liu
Jonathan H. Liu is a stay-at-home dad in Portland, Oregon, who loves to read, is always up for a board game, and has a bit of a Kickstarter habit. I can be reached at jonathan at geekdad dot com.
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For the fifth year in a row, I have brought Free Comic Book Day to my library. I pick up a good selection of titles from my favorite comic book store, Graham Crackers, and offer them to the library patrons when they come in. I also had some Star Wars and superhero crafts available for kids to do as well. I know, I know…I’m pretty awesome to offer such epicness to my library community, and this year we had the biggest crowd yet. As an added bonus, I love getting a sneak peek of the titles, and this year I choose seven.
Hope proved to be my favorite of the seven stories I picked up. It introduced the story about Julie, a mother who is secretly an Ultra and keeping her secret hero identity even from her husband and daughter. When a car accident with her family reveals her secret, Julie’s life is upended and her daughter is taken from her. This was strong introduction with very promising story lines, in addition to the bright clean art. Perhaps because I am a mom myself, I could imagine myself in her shoes (plus who doesn’t wonder what they’d do if they unexpectedly obtained super powers).
As soon as I saw a pug on the front cover, I knew immediately that Mike Norton of Revival fame was the illustrator, so this was a must read for me. This story is mash up of two existing comics- Grumble, with a physic and wisecracking pug, plus The Goon, a muscled fighter of supernatural creatures. It was odd pairing of characters, definitely more geared for existing fans of either series vs a new reader like myself. At the end there was a reprint of the story Hillbilly.
My Favorite Things Is Monsters took the comic world by storm and for good reason: the author/illustrator Emil Ferris is crazy talented. In this comic three vignettes are offered- one that describes Ferris’s path to publication, a short about Karen and her brother Deeze talking to neighbors and a how-to-draw-a-monster segment.
In this issue we get a small, touching scene between Nancy and Steve, as Nancy is concerned her little brother Mike is not coping well after their monstrous adventures. They try to draw him out by encouraging him to return to his involvement with his role playing games. There is an additional Black Hammer story afterwards, which introduced me to Madame Dragonfly.
This issue had a few Marvel stories in them, and like I said after reading last year’s FCBD issue, it can be hard for someone who is mostly a fan through the movies to connect with these stories that vary in author voice, illustration style and time period. The first story had some heroes that I don’t usually associate with the Avengers, such as Ghost Rider and Blade, so that was amusing at one level. The second story, The Savage Avengers, had a much grittier vibe and featured Wolverine.
This issue contains two stories- one about Venom and his reemergence, and the second one is a light hearted romp between original Spider-Man Peter and the younger Miles. The first story is very dark and violent, so I found it interesting that they paired it with the next story that was all about the two Spideys arguing over pizza and could be read by a younger demographic than the first story.
Blood Shot gets yet another revamp, this time under author Tim Seeley. I read Bloodshot: Salvation for the first time last year, and was intrigued by this soldier of fortune, who would just like to be free of the shadowy agency Project Rising Spirit and the super powers he had forced on him that transform him. In this story, he saves a scientist from a dangerous cult and it serves as a prequel to the upcoming series.
All in all, I felt I picked up some strong titles. I was most intrigued with Hope, and liked the peeks into Stranger Things and My Favorite Thing Is Monsters. The others were good reading, but the free issues won’t make me pursue the series.
-Nancy
Bloodshot Salvation: The Book of Revenge
So…there’s a lot of blood in Bloodshot. Who woulda’ thunk it?
Having read virtually no Valiant titles except for Faith:Hollywood and Vine, I only had a passing recognition of Bloodshot, but no real understanding of who he was or his backstory. I picked up this digital copy because Jeff Lemire (who must be an android and not sleep because his output of titles is amazing) is the author and I’m a sucker for a good revenge story.
Bloodshot aka Ray Garrison is a former soldier who worked for the shadowy Project Rising Spirit, and whose nanites in his bloodstream could transform him into a killing machine with healing powers (shades of Wolverine from Marvel). His memory has been wiped several times, but he has escaped from the decommissioned PRS in the previous Reborn series, and has established a family with his girlfriend Magic. They have a baby daughter who seems to be perfectly healthy and free of Ray’s powers.
It’s all too good to be true, and frankly Ray decides to f**k everything up by going after Magic’s father who is a cult leader and has been harassing her to rejoin his compound. Plans go sideways, his daughter Jessie gets sick and PRS gets new funding and doesn’t want any former soldiers on the loose. There are time jumps, transfigurations and many many deaths. Then there is the required twist and cliff hanger to make you come back for future volumes.
The artwork is excellent, with a gritty realism and a subdued color palate. The artists are very fond of exploding eyeballs and showcasing gore. But I do have a complaint: the front cover is misleading. It shows Jessie as a young girl with the trademark white skin next to her father. This scene did not happen, and in fact, Jessie has not seen her Dad in years at this point. While I assume they will be reuniting in the next volume, this cover was very inaccurate.
I’m glad I had a chance to read this title through NetGalley, as Vin Diesel is signed on to portray Bloodshot in a movie adaptation, and now I have a passing understanding of the Bloodshot saga. I’m rooting for Ray’s family to have a happy ending, but we all know it won’t come easy.
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Category: Science & Environment
climate change, warming, water, nature, fracking, pollution, bio-diversity
Poisoning the Well: How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nation’s Underground Water Supply
by ProPublica • December 11, 2012
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Federal officials have given energy and mining companies permission to pollute aquifers in more than 1,500 places across the country, releasing toxic material into underground reservoirs that help supply more than half of the nation’s drinking water. In many cases, the Environmental Protection Agency has granted these so-called aquifer exemptions in…
Milli-Moteins: Programmable Matter Bots Could Lead to Real-Life ‘Transformers’
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Paulsboro NJ Toxic Spill: 4th NTSB Briefing
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Yesterday, officials detected a spike in vinyl chloride fumes and issued a “shelter-in-place” order for the town of Paulsboro, just across the Delaware River from the Philadelphia airport. The order was for people to stay indoors until the gas fumes had dissipated. Though levels dropped, this morning the order was still in place. Train cars…
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A train traveling through Paulsboro, NJ derailed into Mantua Creek, a tributary to the Delaware River, on Friday morning, spilling an estimated 180,000 pounds of toxic vinyl chloride. Seventy one people effected by the fumes sought emergency help for burning eyes and breathing problems, according to WFMZ news. Hours later, officials declared no further hazard…
EPA: Look Beneath the Surface- Don’t Litter
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Nice public service announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency about pollution. It doesn’t take much to pick up after ourselves, and to teach our children to do the same.
The Trillion-Gallon Loophole: Lax Rules for Drillers that Inject Pollutants Into the Earth
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by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Sept. 20, 2012, 11:12 a.m. On a cold, overcast afternoon in January 2003, two tanker trucks backed up to an injection well site in a pasture outside Rosharon, Texas. There, under a steel shed, they began to unload thousands of gallons of wastewater for burial deep beneath the earth. The waste…
New Study: Fluids From Marcellus Shale Likely Seeping Into PA Drinking Water
by ProPublica • July 9, 2012
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, July 9, 2012, 2 p.m. New research has concluded that salty, mineral-rich fluids deep beneath Pennsylvania’s natural gas fields are likely seeping upward thousands of feet into drinking water supplies. Though the fluids were natural and not the byproduct of drilling or hydraulic fracturing, the finding further stokes the red-hot controversy…
The First Earth Day 1970
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The First Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, supported by the Earth Day Network. Here’s a clip of that first effort towards environmental awareness:
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Israel Who Ordered Building Freeze in Yehudah and Shomron?
Who Ordered Building Freeze in Yehudah and Shomron?
By Shmuel Smith
Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 5:24 pm | י"א אדר תשע"ז
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has denied charges that he ordered a building freeze in Yehudah and Shomron. But on Thursday, Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) issued a written statement saying that Netanyahu had put new building permits for the region on hold.
At issue are approximately 5,500 housing units that were approved after the Trump inauguration. The projects are located in Alfei Menashe in western Shomron, Beit Arieh-Ofarim, also in west Shomron, and Beitar Illit.
However, the Prime Minister’s Office insisted that he had issued no surch order, but apportioned blame for construction delays in the region to the Housing Ministry.
“There is a political official who has been spreading this claim in recent days in order to butt heads with the Prime Minister,” a Netanyahu spokesperson said on Wednesday. “This is a complete and total lie.”
Ariel’s statement, quoted by Arutz Sheva on Thursday, confirmed an earlier report Wednesday that Netanyahu was behind the freeze.
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Alice Cooper – Along Came A Spider (2008)
Alice Cooper – Along Came A Spider (2008, SPV)
Prologue/I Know Where You Live
Vengeance Is Mine
(In Touch With) Your Feminine Side
Wrapped In Silk
Killed By Love
I’m Hungry
I Am The Spider/Epilogue
Alice Cooper – Lead & Background Vocals
Calico Cooper – Background & Spoken Word Vocals
Bernard Fowler – Background Vocals
Chuck Garric – Bass & Background Vocals
Greg Hampton – Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Strings & Background Vocals
Jason Hook – Guitars on ‘(In Touch With) Your Feminine Side’
Keri Kelli – Guitars
Whitey Kirst – Lead Guitar on ‘I’m Hungry’
David Piribauer – Drums
Stefen Presley – B3 Organ on ‘Wrapped In Silk’
Danny Saber – Guitars, Keyboards, Bass & Background Vocals
Eric Singer – Drums
Slash – Lead Guitar on ‘Vengeance Is Mine’
Produced by: Alice Cooper, Greg Hampton & Danny Saber
Total Time = 44:24
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2008 has been one of the biggest years for one of the most overdone ideas in Metal…..concept albums. So far this year we have had concept albums from Avantasia, Ayreon, Judas Priest and Iced Earth to name just a few. Metal’s godfather of shock and horror, Alice Cooper, has unleashed his latest terror tale about a serial killer named Spider and his pursuit of female victims. The concept doesn’t stray too far from the Alice norm does it? It’s a natural persona for Alice to portray and the Spider character mirrors an old one (Steven) from the glory days.
ALONG CAME A SPIDER is an album that follows the same formula as 2005’s DIRTY DIAMONDS by bridging Alice’s classic ’70s shock rock sound with a more modern updated sound. Most of the band that creates the musical blueprint has been a part of Alice’s touring ensemble for a number of years: Keri Kelli, Jason Hook, Chuck Garric and Eric Singer…..all are accomplished Hard Rock musicians that have collaborated on Cooper albums over the last decade. There are also a couple of guest musicians here with Slash adding guitar to ‘Vengeance Is Mine’ and an unlisted Ozzy Osbourne providing some harmonica to their writing collaboration on ‘Wake The Dead’.
Opening number ‘Prologue/I Know Where You Live’ sets up the maniacal journey as Spider lets his victims know that he’s watching them…..closely. The prologue is more of an opening intro to set up the overall story and features Alice’s daughter Calico while the proper song sounds like an updated WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE album cut. The song sets up the story as Spider stalks his victims. The most Heavy Metal song on the album is ‘Vengeance Is Mine’ and includes the guest appearance by Slash on lead guitar. ‘Vengeance’ has that modern heavy bite to it even when it breaks down halfway to allow Alice to have a spoken word segment to add the sinister aura. ‘Wake The Dead’ offers a more modern, lightly industrial, style to an upbeat almost danceable mid-’60s to early ’70s Pop tune. The contrast between the concept, lyrics and music put the visions of Spider dancing around taunting and torturing his victims to his delight. Same thing goes for ‘Catch Me If You Can’, the song has its roots in the early Alice Cooper albums but has that modern guitar sound keeping it fresh. You can picture the psychotic Spider gleefully taunting his victims, and the authorities, while he performs his evil deeds and battles his own mind.
‘(In Touch With) Your Feminine Side’ isn’t my favorite song on the album but it keeps the sinister feel going as Spider speaks to one of his victims in an almost “getting to know you” and reassuring tone. Of course, it’s all a ploy to capture yet another unsuspecting innocent female. I like the spiderweb theme with the title of ‘Wrapped In Silk’ and the song reminds of early Alice from KILLER (1971) through GOES TO HELL (1976). The guitar tone sounds like it came straight from that early era and the drums just pound away uneasily. Another song inspired by the classic Cooper era is ‘Killed By Love’, a ballad that sounds strikingly similar to ‘Only Women Bleed’ and ‘I Never Cry’ with Alice actually singing in a more melodic style. Just like the older ballads, ‘Killed By Love’ has that emotional fragility to it that gives the protagonist Spider a more human quality despite his horrific persona.
So far, ALONG CAME A SPIDER is a fairly serious and sinister piece of work and ‘I’m Hungry’ continues that trend but with a fair bit of humor. Spider sings “Gimme, gimme, gimme something to eat…” and we delve into the possible cannibalistic side of the character as he descends further into madness. Listen to the opening guitar line, it reminds me of ‘Refrigerator Heaven’ (1970) and ‘Is It My Body?’ (1971). The end is near as Spider battles with himself as he is stalking another victim during ‘The One That Got Away’. Before he approaches the girl mid-song, Spider goes through all the things that he could do to her, building up to the eventual communication. Calico Cooper guests again as the girl who gets away as Spider uses a similar tactic that Buffalo Bill used in Silence Of The Lambs when he kidnapped the senator’s daughter…..asking for help to his car. The piano based ballad ‘Salvation’ reminds me more of early Alice around the WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE/GOES TO HELL era with the orchestration and melodic singing. ‘I Am the Spider’ finishes the descent into the madness of the serial killer’s mind and the second half, ‘Epilogue’, is spoken word by Alice who sums up his crimes just like a spider behaves: “You trap. You kill. You eat.”. I also like the reference Spider makes to the Steven character that first appears on WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE and makes sporadic appearances throughout Alice’s career.
The serial killer concept really isn’t a new one, even for Alice Cooper, but he pulls it all of perfectly. The sense of evil, deceit, and horror mixed with emotion and a touch of humor all plays into the usual Alice Cooper shock rock theme. Musicianship and production are top level and the songs retain the modern 2008 technique while drawing inspiration from the ’70s Rock heyday. Overall, a really good album with a simple concept that gets a little extra attention with the comparisons to spiders and their behaviors. Of the five albums Alice has released since 2000, ALONG CAME A SPIDER is the best.
Favorite Songs: ‘Vengeance Is Mine’, ‘Catch Me If You Can’, ‘Wrapped In Silk, ‘Killed By Love’, ‘Salvation’
By rhodeislandrock Posted in Album Reviews Tagged Alice Cooper, AOR, Classic Rock, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock
6 comments on “Alice Cooper – Along Came A Spider (2008)”
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I agree 100%. A very good album from Mr. Cooper.
Tennyson Williams
Oh, sweet! I haven’t heard this yet, but I’m definitely going to check it out.
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i just got the cd and its great
Released: July 29th, 2008
Label: Steamhammer/SPV
Quality: mp3@320kbps, iTunes tracks purchased then converted to mp3@320kbps.
1. “Prologue / I Know Where You Live” (Cooper, Saber, Hampton)- 4:21
2. “Vengeance Is Mine” (Featuring Slash) (Cooper, Saber, Hampton) – 4:26
3. “Wake the Dead” (Featuring Ozzy Osbourne) (Cooper, Osbourne, Saber) – 3:53
4. “Catch Me If You Can” (Cooper, Saber, Hampton) – 3:15
5. “(In Touch with) Your Feminine Side” (Cooper, Garric, Johnson, Kelli) – 3:16
6. “Wrapped in Silk” (Cooper, Saber, Hampton) – 4:17
7. “Killed by Love” (Cooper, Garric, Bacchi, Kelli) – 3:34
8. “I’m Hungry” (Cooper, Saber, Hampton) – 3:58
9. “The One That Got Away” (Cooper, Kelli, Lane) – 3:21
10. “Salvation” (Cooper, Saber, Hampton, Fowler) – 4:36
11. “I Am the Spider / Epilogue” (Cooper, Saber, Hampton) – 5:21
iTunes Bonus Tracks
1. “Shadow of Yourself” – 3:33
2. “I’ll Still Be There” – 3:56
3. “Salvation” (Unplugged With String Section) – 4:49
http://rapidshare.com/files/258106925/Alice_Cooper_-_Along_Came_a_Spider__2008_.rar
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Clear skies. Low 49F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph..
Clear skies. Low 49F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.
Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock, center, signs a bill to expand Medicaid to about 70,000 low-income Montanans on April 29 at the state Capitol in Helena.
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GOP lawmakers want work requirement for low-income Medicaid recipients in Montana
HOLLY K. MICHELS holly.michels@lee.net
Holly Michels
Nearly 70 Republican state lawmakers want Montana to have a work requirement for people who qualify for Medicaid under its expanded program.
Earlier this year, at the urging of the White House, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid issued guidance that would let states apply for waivers that require people to work to be eligible for Medicaid coverage.
The Trump administration and some conservatives have long advocated for Medicaid work requirements, saying "able-bodied" people should be working for the benefits they receive. Opponents argue it will take away health care coverage, which is often a step toward steady employment, from people who need it most.
Medicaid expansion extends Medicaid coverage to people earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level: $16,700 annually for a single person or $34,600 for a family of four.
A person working 40 hours a week earning Montana's minimum wage earns $17,264 annually.
Montana passed its expansion in 2015. More than 96,600 adults have enrolled in expansion since 2016.
Sixty-seven state lawmakers, all Republicans, signed a letter asking Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, to apply for a waiver to let Montana implement the work requirement.
“We want to help encourage those in the Medicaid system who can work to get the job training and resources needed to do so,” said Senate Majority Leader Fred Thomas, R-Stevensville. Medicaid expansion "is intended as a short-term tool to help with health care costs, and strengthening work and volunteer requirements will reduce dependence and allow resources to be directed to those who need them most.”
The letter says "able-bodied adults" should be required to work, train or volunteer for at least 20 hours a week. People would be exempt if they were under the age of 19, older than 64, pregnant or a caretaker for a child or someone who has a serious medical condition or disability. Those in drug or alcohol treatment, as well as people medically certified as physically or mentally unfit for employment, would also be exempt.
Arkansas, Indiana and New Hampshire have imposed work requirements. Seven other states -- including Alaska, Arizona, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, South Dakota, Utah and Wisconsin -- are seeking waivers, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Kentucky's waiver was rejected by a federal district court and is being revised.
Bullock said Tuesday that Montana should instead focus on its one-of-a-kind voluntary workforce program, called HELP-Link, that legislators created when expanding Medicaid.
“What Sen. Thomas is suggesting has already been struck down by the courts and costs more to administer than it does to provide services in the first place,” Bullock said. “Montana has a national model that other states are looking to and that is actually putting people to work. We ought to build on Montana’s successes instead of spending millions on a scheme that doesn’t pass muster.”
A little more than 2 percent of those covered under expansion, or 2,500 people, have had intensive one-on-one work counseling, according to numbers from the state Department of Labor and Industry compiled by Manatt Health in a report commissioned by the Montana Healthcare Foundation this summer.
About 22,000 people, either already employed or not, received some form of employment services.
The report also showed many people covered under Medicaid expansion already had jobs or were working. Just over 81 percent lived in families where at least one adult was working; 67 percent were working themselves.
Another study, conducted by the Bureau of Economic Research at the University of Montana for the Montana Healthcare Foundation, found labor force participation among Montanans eligible for Medicaid expansion coverage rose 8.5 percent since expansion while it dropped 2.5 percent nationally.
That report did not draw any conclusions as to the cause of the increase here, but said the result was "consistent with the hypothesis that Medicaid expansion and Montana's HELP-Link program improved employment outcomes for Montana's Medicaid expansion beneficiaries.''
Bullock’s office said an application for a waiver would require legislative approval and added federal funds may not be used to implement work requirements.
Medicaid expansion pays for benefits at a higher rate than regular Medicaid. While the share the federal government picks up tapers down to 90 percent by 2022, it’s still higher than the roughly 65 percent paid by traditional Medicaid.
Voters this November will also see a ballot initiative to increase the tobacco tax and use the revenue to pay for the state’s share of Medicaid expansion. If passed, the initiative would make expansion permanent. If it does not pass, the Legislature can choose to extend, alter or let expansion sunset in the summer of 2019.
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DW Bicknell Oct 10, 2018 3:27pm
Terrific idea, how about this paragons of virtue hiring these folks with a good paying job.
Clay Baiker Oct 9, 2018 7:20pm
I suppose it depends on how "able bodied" is defined. Grandpa may be blind but I am sure they could harness him up to something to make him productive.
Dean Cauley Oct 10, 2018 8:21am
I know you're just being facetious here, but for the sake of others - It states clearly in the article that: "People would be exempt if they were under the age of 19, older than 64, pregnant or a caretaker for a child or someone who has a serious medical condition or disability." So someone's blind grandpa would be exempt.
There's nothing wrong with expecting people who can and should work to do so for the benefits that the rest of us our providing. It's been my experience that truly disabled people desperately want to work and be productive. Helena Industries was full of the happiest and hardest working people I know. Some of them had truly debilitating disabilities, but they would go into work every day and were thankful for the opportunity. They were just so happy to work it would light up the room.
Contrast that with the opposite element and we ALL know people who fits this. The ones who sit at home and bemoan their state. They never do anything but blame everyone and everything else for their condition. They expect the government, which is to say the rest of us, to pay for all of their bad decisions and their slothful empty lives.
I say NO! Have some self respect. Have some grit. Stop living off of the rest of us and try living your own life by your own means for once. Live your life! It's time that we tell the bums and moochers to get off of our dime and save this support for those who truly need it.
Clay Baiker Oct 10, 2018 9:17am
Dean said “They never do anything but blame everyone and everything else for their condition. They expect the government, which is to say the rest of us, to pay for all of their bad decisions and their slothful empty lives.”
I suggest that you have described today’s Trump voter as that who he has pandered to.
That said, when it comes to requiring work for those who you described, let’s face it, many/most are unemployable due to the poor choices you cite. They have squandered educational opportunities, lack marketable skill sets, and have poor work ethic. Who is going to hire them?
Joane Bayer Oct 10, 2018 2:43pm
I think this is a rather good idea. Obviously there are plenty of people who cannot work because of medical conditions. But I know several people on Medicaid who probably could be working some. Two of them are some of the most right wing people I know, and are very much against public assistance of any sort and all for tax cuts at any cost. Go figure.
John Williams Oct 10, 2018 9:35am
clay your hypocrisy grows and oozes out of your every pore.
Just a couple of days ago you said you wanted smokers and overweight people to pay more for their insurance. Now you whine like a little child about making able bodied people work for their insurance. What an example of cognitive dissonance.
I think it is just that you object to anything the GOP is for while you cheerlead for anything from liberals. I am curious, do you do this out of blind obedience or do you get crumbs from Soros?
Clay Baiker Oct 10, 2018 10:05am
John, as usual, you misstate what I have written. This is probably because you are angry and feeling inadequate over all your lies and errors I have pointed out.
We are still waiting for you to explain how you are going to be forced to pay for the tuition waivers that Carroll College is offering. Explain that and then we can move on to your ignorant statements about business deductions and landlord/tenant agreements.
John Williams Oct 10, 2018 12:21pm
I am still waiting for your proof that I am a draft dodger.
Still waiting for your proof that businesses can't write off taxes like people do.
Clay Baiker Oct 10, 2018 1:28pm
John Williams, I never said you did dodge the draft. As for the business issue, perhaps you should restate your own words instead of attempting to obscure what you really claimed. I falsified your tax issue on two ther threads and you continue to admit it.
Of course, all of that is you still deflecting from your claim that you will have to pay for those tuition waivers.
This is not going away, no matter how much you try to deflect.
Greg Tollefson Oct 10, 2018 3:07pm
Why don't you two bone heads find a different sand box to fight in? Neither one of you will ever agree on anything , constantly nit pick at other peoples comments to the point that the original story and comments are long forgotten. Time to grow up.
Greg, all that has to happen is for John Williams to admit to his lies and the disinformation he spreads here. In the meantime, just ignore what we write.
Sean Logan Oct 11, 2018 4:42pm
Greg, I know it will be a lot of work, but would you mind copying and pasting your above comment to the comments sections of all news articles on the IR's website? Maybe after enough times the message will begin to resonate. Thanks.
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Study Shows Nearly Half of CBD Users Stop Taking Traditional Meds
Maureen Meehan
A new survey, the largest to date, on cannabidiol (CBD) suggests that a growing number of patients are finding more relief from CBD than from traditional pharmaceuticals and they’re acting on this good news—especially the women.
Conducted by the Brightfield Group and HelloMD and covering 2,400 of HelloMD’s community of 150,000 members, the survey found that 55 percent of CBD users were women, while men preferred THC-dominant products.
The most common reasons people used CBD, according to Dr. Perry Solomon, the chief medical officer of HelloMD, were to treat insomnia, depression, anxiety and joint pain.
“We are seeing an exponential rise in the interest of CBD products from our patient community—particularly among women,” said Solomon. “While we still have much to learn about CBD, we cannot ignore this one fact; the majority of those using CBD products today receive great benefit. This has the potential for far-reaching consequences.”
Fully 42 percent of CBD users in the study said they had stopped using traditional medications like Tylenol, ibuprofen and stronger prescription (and addictive) pain relievers, after successfully switching to CBD, reported Forbes.
Eighty percent said that they found the products to be “very or extremely effective,” with only three percent saying they had felt little to no effect.
“This study is exciting because it shows there is potentially a huge barely-tapped market for CBD products that could improve the lives of many people,” said Bethany Gomez, director of research for Brightfield Group. “With further research and public education, CBD could be an effective alternative treatment for many people, particularly at a time when our nation is in the midst of an opioid crisis.”
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Sunaina Roshan's Rumoured Boyfriend Ruhail Amin Says Her Family Opposing Muslims has Exposed the 'Dark Underbelly of Identity Politics'
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Latestly 24 June 2019
The twist in the tale was when Sunaina Roshan revealed that she is dating Ruhail Amin and because he is a Muslim, the family is not being supportive. Now the next shocking thing that is being heard is Sunaina's boyfriend is married already.
Sunaina Roshan made headlines when a daily carried a report about her being bipolar. Though she rubbished all the claims and insisted that all is well with her, her constant rants targeted at her family and support for Kangana Ranaut only added fuel to her already burning fire. In her numerous conversations with various media portals, Sunaina claimed that her father, Rakesh Roshan, had allegedly slapped her for being in love with a Muslim man and that Hrithik Roshan did nothing to help her. Sunaina Roshan Controversy: Hrithik’s Ex-Wife Sussanne Khan Says Sunaina in ‘Unfortunate Situation’.
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The same guy in question is journalist, Ruhail Amin, who has now come forward to support her claims. In his recent interaction with News 18, Ruhail opened up about her claims and why her family is currently being unjust. "This is unfortunate. Labelling someone extremist just because he/she belongs to a certain religion is simply outrageous and needs to be condemned in strongest words... Religions and geographies should not become the cornerstones of defining extremism; we need to move beyond that mindset. Most importantly, we need to stand up against ignorant viewpoints, whoever has them. This incident has once again exposed the dark underbelly of identity politics at play in today's liberal times which are totally uncalled for," he said.
When asked about why Roshan would oppose him considering their former daughter-in-law, Sussanne Khan is a Muslim too, he said, "Everyone can see the irony here." Ruhail further revealed he was initially shocked to realise that her family is opposing her relationship simply 'cos of his religion but he later had a good laugh about it. When asked about what she wishes from her family, Ruhail said, "She wants to restart her life on a positive note and wants her family to support her decisions." Kangana Ranaut's Sister, Rangoli Chandel Claims that Hrithik Roshan and His Family are Physically Assaulting Sunaina Roshan.
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The entire incident got murkier when Sunaina decided to involve Kangana Ranaut in it. The actress and her sister, Rangoli Chandel insist that Hrithik's PR team is spreading rumours about her being bipolar and that Sunaina is now having suicidal thoughts. We sure respect the family's privacy and hope this matter gets over very soon.
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Why lilos are moving from the pool to our wardrobes
Zoe Williams
The Guardian 11 June 2019
Photograph: Stuart Wilson/BFC/Getty Images
It seems to me that 2019’s inflatable culture is a classic millennial story: twenty- and thirtysomethings harking back to their youths, a time when Miss Selfridge was filled with inflatable backpacks and every student house had a blow-up armchair in baby blue or pink. Back in the olden days, the only things available to inflate were lilos, or the odd airbed. Now, shops are full of inflatable things – unicorns and sharks and llamas – all waiting to bob around a pool somewhere. On Instagram, young celebrities always seem to be lounging in blue water in blow-up flamingos or avocados or pizza slices. We are living in an age of literal hot air.
Inevitably, inflatables have made it to the catwalk. Like any great fashion trend, it has subtler iterations (indeed, this is how you know it’s a trend, rather than a subversive statement or a nervous breakdown). At the University of Westminster’s MA Menswear show this week, one student, San Kim, put a gentleman model in a see-through inflatable paired with white underpants. Footage of recent St Martin’s graduate Fredrik Tjærandsen’s balloon dress went viral after his graduate fashion show at the end of last month. It is a hyper-engineered piece that turns into a regular dress, sinking over the wearer, when deflated. A vivid and no doubt necessary seam makes it look like arse cheeks from some angles, but I wouldn’t say that was the most impractical thing about it.
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There are phallic elements to some of this – Tjærandsen’s dresses, as they deflate, look a bit like condoms. In fact, everything looks a bit like a condom. But I don’t think that’s the core cultural take-home here. That playful “Ooh, a sausage, looks a bit like a nob” schtick only works in contexts where you don’t expect it, and everyone expects frisson from the catwalk.
Perhaps what is says is that we are at the theoretical endpoint of clothes. The dominant trend in any given season, which fashion people never mention because it is not cool, is: what does this make your body look like? Does it accentuate or minimise? Is it “masculine” (big shoulders) or “feminine” (small waists)? Are we throwing in a “regular” model to make a point? (The world is still unclear about what that point is, by the way; it’s definitely more complicated than “regular-shaped people are human, too”.) In a balloon dress, you have no shape. Even when it deflates, it is all bumps, so you go from looking like a melon to a blackberry, neither of which is a classic human form. You have broken free from your corporeal self, in other words; you can neither be judged nor run for a bus; you meet no physical standards nor invite desire. Wearing an inflatable is not a constraint but a liberation. There. Now we all want one, right?
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2007 October Grand Format Rare Books & Manuscripts AuctionAuction #675
Robert Morris Autograph Letter Signed "Robt Morris," four full pages, 7.25" x 8.75". Richmond, December 15, 1787. To his... (Total: 1 Item)
Robert Morris Autograph Letter Signed "Robt Morris," four full pages, 7.25" x 8.75". Richmond, December 15, 1787. To his business associates in Baltimore, Messrs Carey & Tilghman. Morris proposed "that you should purchase an additional quantity of Tobacco so as to make up a Cargo & that you should Charter & dispatch a ship as expeditiously as possible...the advices respecting Tobacco are very discouraging from Europe by the last Packet, it being an agreed point that there was enough there already for Two Years Consumption of all Europe..." Morris gives detailed instructions on a shipment abroad that can be delivered either to Dieppe or Havre, both French cities on the English Channel, "but I prefer very much sending to Dieppe." He advises that Whiteside in London and LeContaulx in Paris should be contacted to secure bills of lading and exchange. This letter was penned just three months after Robert Morris signed the U.S. Constitution; he had signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Morris, whose father had been a tobacco exporter in Maryland, had a three-year tobacco contract with France's Farmers-General which gave him, in effect, a monopoly on U.S. tobacco trade with France. It expired in late 1787, at the time he wrote this letter. Morris faced financial difficulty due to problems concerning the quality of his tobacco and the failure of London banking houses to honor his drafts. Two years later, he was elected to the first U.S. Senate, representing Pennsylvania. Morris tried to solve his financial difficulties by land speculation which eventually landed him in debtor's prison in 1798. Folds. In fine condition.
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How To Know if a Washing Machine Timer Is Bad
Written by Jerry Walch; Updated December 27, 2018
1 Troubleshoot a Timer Motor on a Clothes Dryer
2 Fix a Whirlpool Dryer That Blows Cold Air
3 Fix a Washer That Does Not Drain All the Way & Intermittently Spins
4 Troubleshoot a Dryer That Won't Stop
The washing machine timer can be considered the brain that controls the washing machine's systems. Although timers are ruggedly constructed, they contain a variety of tiny parts, like springs and movable contacts, that can develop problems that keep the machine from operating properly. The movable contacts can become burned and fuse together or they can become stuck in the open position, thus disrupting the wash cycles. The timer’s motor can also become defective, thus preventing the timer from advancing through its cycles.
Timer Does Not Advance Through Its Cycles
Safety first should be your guiding motto. To troubleshoot a timer, you will perform continuity tests using a digital multimeter. Unplug the machine's power cord from the wall outlet before opening up the machine’s control panel. The timer’s failure to advance could be caused by a defective timer motor, the motor’s control contacts stuck in the open position or defective drive gears. Unplug the timer’s wiring harness, then, with the timer set to any position other than off, check for continuity through the motor contacts. Continuity will be indicated by a “0.000” on the meter’s display. A pictorial diagram on the back of the machine will tell you which numbers on the timer socket corresponds to which set of contacts in the timer. Likewise, a functional timer motor will display a resistance reading greater than 0.000, but less than 5 ohms. Open contacts or a defective motor winding will be indicated by an “O.L.” on the meter’s display.
Works in Some Cycles
A defective timer will only work in some cycles and not others. One or more of the timer’s contacts that control that cycle are stuck in the open position. To make sure that the problem actually is a defective timer and not a broken wire in the wiring harness, check for continuity through those contacts using your meter. Wires in the wiring harness can break, but it’s not a common occurrence unless they get pinched during the assembly of the machine.
Certain Functions of All Cycles Do Not Work
If the same part of each cycle setting, such as the spin cycle does not operate properly, the problem probably is not the timer but some other component such as the transmission shifting mechanism. If the problem occurs when using only one cycle setting, the problem is a bad timer.
Rebuild or Replace
Although most modern washing machine timers are designed to be disassembled and repaired, doing so requires special tools that the average do-it-yourself person will not have. Most of these specialty tools are quite expensive, so it would not be cost effective for you to purchase them. Besides requiring special tools, rebuilding a timer can be very time consuming and frustrating for the inexperienced do-it-yourselfer. The better option typically is to replace the timer assembly.
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Based in Colorado Springs, Colo., Jerry Walch has been writing articles for the DIY market since 1974. His work has appeared in “Family Handyman” magazine, “Popular Science,” "Popular Mechanics," “Handy” and other publications. Walch spent 40 years working in the electrical trades and holds an Associate of Applied Science in applied electrical engineering technology from Alvin Junior College.
Walch, Jerry. "How To Know if a Washing Machine Timer Is Bad." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/washing-machine-timer-bad-83678.html. 27 December 2018.
Walch, Jerry. (2018, December 27). How To Know if a Washing Machine Timer Is Bad. Home Guides | SF Gate. Retrieved from http://homeguides.sfgate.com/washing-machine-timer-bad-83678.html
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QUIZ #5 – Petr Zacharias Understanding What Has To Be Cured
by Petr Zacharias
Petr Zacharias, founder of the Prague College of Classical Homeopathy, presents Quiz #5 in his series. This quiz is meant to develop an understanging of what has to be cured in a case.
Petr Zacharias, founder of the Prague College of Classical Homeopathy, presents Quiz #5 in his series.
Here is another quiz for you. Before you find the remedy, try to understand the case and spot what represents the pathological process. If you spot it, it helps you to realize the whole picture, which is needed in order to prescribe correctly.
This is a quiz for understanding what has to be cured in every particular case. I put the followup below in the analysis. Your goal is to find the remedy and tell me what you expect as a curative reaction (what should happen) after the remedy is given.
Enjoy it J
A male, 21 years old, suffering from warts since 8 years of age. When he was 8 years old, one wart appeared on his toe. It was removed with local treatment but the next month it appeared again and was even worse. Then he tried homeopathy and after several remedies the warts got worse and finally he developed 13 warts.
When he was 12 years old, he had developed allergy to sagebrush and it was manifested as lachrymation whenever he came into contact with it. Now he has 13 warts on his toes, 12 warts on soles and one on his right hand‘s finger. Since childhood he has played handball on a very advanced level and had many accidents during his life including many dislocations of joints, concussion of the brain, sprains, broken tendons, etc.
Thirst is normal and he suffers from skin eruptions when being exposed to sun. He has troublesome sleep in the evening when coming from training, and it takes 1-2 hours to fall asleep.
He is warm blooded, but very aggravated by WET weather, especially COLD WET. He is very sensitive to changes of weather.
Psychological condition: He says he is “better” now, but that he wasn’t in the past. When he was a young boy, he felt handicapped because he was little and skinny (though he never feared stronger boys and could fight them). At some point he decided to exercise strenuously to become strong and muscular. Now he says, his psychological condition is “better” because he is not affected by things that affected him in the past. He is less open emotionally.
Try to solve this case and when you want to know the correct answer, click on the link below.
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ANALYSIS OF THE CASE
When Dr. Hahnemann wrote his Organon, he mentioned many times that the goal of homeopathic treatment is to change disease into health. The ability that a homeopathic practitioner must develop every day, is to recognize what in every patient represents a deviation from perfect health on the mental, emotional and physical planes.
To be able to recognize such subtle changes which are the result of pathological processes in the organism, we have to understand perfectly what it means to be healthy on all levels.
Prof. Vithoulkas put forth a definition of health which for me is one of his biggest contributions, because if we understand it in depth, we can recognize subtle changes that are slowly progressing when chronic disease sets in.
To solve this case it is neccesary to perceive these subtle changes in order to see the whole picture of the disease. Once we have it, we not only know the remedy but we also know what the curative path will be after the correct remedy is given.
The main problem here are warts and the fact that this man has had them since his childhood means there is a strong predisposition to warts. We often connect this predisposition with the sycotic miasm. Anyhow, this is only part of the whole picture. What was very important for me was the how the patient´s psychological state has been developing during his life.
He used to be quite sensitive when younger, felt handicaped and due to his strong will, he decided to change what he understood to be a cause of this feeling of inadequacy, his physical appearance. Here we have a very important point. Let me give you an example which will explain what I mean. Let us say we have a patient who has warts on her face. She comes to us saying: “I don‘t have any confidence because I have warts. Please make these warts disappear and I will be self confident again” This is how plastic surgery works. It makes people believe that cutting off the skin‘s defects will give them self confidence but in reality it is a false idea of self confidence.
Warts are only a triggering factor for their lack of self confidence which is there in latent form and only becomes stronger (worse) whenever the patient comes into contact with stressors for which he is sensitive. This person, after cutting off the warts, will feel better psychologically because his skin is perfect. But when other difficulties in life occur, the lack of self confidence will appear again. If somebody is really confident, having warts will not make him feel inadequate.
Now, when we are coming back to our case, this boy felt like this because he was skinny and when he changed his physical appearance and his feeling of inadequacy disappeared, what happened?
This feeling was replaced by a loss of emotional sensitivity. He is not affected anymore by emotional things to such degree as he used to be. Why? Because the pathology progressed to a deeper level and part of his emotions became less flexible and he lost a certain sensitivity which is neccessary for being involved in life to the fullest.
That is why he says: I am not affected by things as I used to be in the past. So when he takes a correct remedy, what should happen except disappearing warts? His sensitivity is going to come back again.
This trait I described is very typical for Natrum sulphuricum. We have a patient who feels inadequate or handicaped due to physical complaints and he tries to overcome it. He has strong will and plans how to do it. He desires to be first, to do things in the correct way. He is very hard on himself and loses sensitivity and slowly becomes less involved in life. He is very responsible and he must take care of everything, his work and his family. Life becomes a burden for him and eventually he develops suicidal depression. Life is no longer a source of joy but he must stay and take care of everyone. His strong feeling of responsibility which prevents him from commiting suicide. He cannot stand the pain that his suicide would bring to his relatives and family. This is in short how the pathology of Natrum sulphuricum develops on the emotional level.
So the remedy for him was Natrum sulphuricum 200C which is further confirmed by warts and aggravation from wet weather. Natrum sulphuricum is a warmblooded remedy, exactly like this patient.
Follwup after 2 months:
After an initial aggravation that lasted for three days, ten warts disappeared completely and the two biggest ones became very small. He now sleeps well following his afternoon training and says he is more easily touched by romantic movies and emotions generally.
Petr Zacharias
Petr Zacharias is the founder and main teacher at the Prague College of Classical Homeopathy. He studied with George Vithoulkas at the IACH and has conducted seminars with Dr. A. U. Ramakrishnan, Dr. S. K. Banerjea, Dr. Jorgos Kavouras and Erik van Woensel.
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Thank you for these presentations. I always find important lessons in your quizzes and cases. The reasoning that led to the remedy here was very astute. It seems that people who trained with IACH have a very grounded method of analyzing cases.
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Alibi For Murder
Directed by D. Ross Lederman, Starring D. Ross Lederman, Egon Brecher, Wade Boteler, Romaine Callender, Marguerite Churchill, Dwight Frye, John Gallaudet, William Gargan, Raymond Lawrence, Drue Leyton, Gene Morgan
Written by D. Ross Lederman, Egon Brecher, Wade Boteler, Romaine Callender, Marguerite Churchill, Dwight Frye, John Gallaudet, William Gargan, Raymond Lawrence, Drue Leyton, Gene Morgan
Winchellesque radio commentator Perry Travis (William Gargan) fancies himself a brilliant amateur detective; the cops wish he'd just stick to his microphone and let them do the detecting. This proves impossible when a famed scientist is murdered in Perry's studio, right in the middle of an interview. All the evidence points to Perry as the guilty party, which of course means that he isn't. With the help of the dead man's secretary Lois Allen (Marguerite Churchill), Perry tries to figure out how a man could be murdered in a locked room with no visible weapon or assailant. A hectic car chase winds up this cookie-cutter Columbia mystery, which features appearances by such familiar "B"-picture faces as Gene Morgan, John Gallaudet and Dwight Frye. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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D. Ross Lederman, Egon Brecher, Wade Boteler, Romaine Callender, Marguerite Churchill, Dwight Frye, John Gallaudet, William Gargan, Raymond Lawrence, Drue Leyton, Gene Morgan, Tom vanDycke
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Air traffic registers 20 per cent rise in January, Raju says ‘lovely start’ to 2018https://indianexpress.com/article/india/air-traffic-saw-20-per-cent-rise-in-january-raju-says-lovely-start-to-2018-5066958/
Air traffic registers 20 per cent rise in January, Raju says ‘lovely start’ to 2018
In January, no-frills carrier IndiGo cornered the highest market share of 39.7 per cent while that of Air India and Jet Airways stood at 13.3 per cent and 14.3 per cent, respectively.
By PTI |New Delhi | Updated: February 16, 2018 10:16:53 pm
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Airlines carried over 1.14 crore passengers in January this year compared to 95.79 lakh people in the year-ago period. This marks an increase of 19.69 per cent, data released by the DGCA showed.
Domestic air traffic grew 20 per cent in January, with airlines ferrying more than 1.14 crore passengers, according to official data. Describing the growth as a “lovely start” in 2018, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said India continues to be the world’s fastest growing aviation market.
SpiceJet had a market share of 12.6 per cent and that of GoAir was 9.6 per cent.
In terms of Passenger Load Factor (PLF) — a measure of seat occupancy — SpiceJet topped the charts at 95 per cent, followed by GoAir (90 per cent), IndiGo and Jet Lite (both at 89.7 per cent), Jet Airways (88.7 per cent) and Air India (84.6 per cent).
“SpiceJet has yet again recorded the highest PLF in the industry and this is the 34th month in a row that we have flown with load factors in excess of 90 per cent,” the airline’s Chief Sales and Revenue Officer Shilpa Bhatia said in a statement.
Delay of flights affected more than 3.14 lakh passengers in January while cancellations impacted 17,425 people during the same period.
For the data purpose, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) takes into account flight delays of more than two hours.
Among the airlines, delays of IndiGo flights affected over 1.49 lakh passengers.
When it came to denied boarding, a total of 5,706 passengers were affected last month. As many as 4,063 people were affected due to denial of boarding by SpiceJet, as per the data.
“A lovely start for Indian aviation in 2018. January records a growth rate of (around) 20 per cent. We continue to be the fastest growing aviation market in the world,” Raju said in a tweet.
About the latest traffic numbers, travel portal Yatra.com’s COO (B2C) Sharat Dhall said, he expects this growth trend to continue in the coming months.
Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Air traffic registers 20 per cent rise in January, Raju says 'lovely start' to 2018
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As AAP holds its breath, Arvind Kejriwal tweets: Sleep, meditate, just chillhttps://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/relax-chill-for-two-days-kejriwal-tells-partymen/
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AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal after casting his vote on Saturday. The Delhi assembly elections saw a record turnout of 67 per cent. (Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
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Earlier, Kejriwal had tweeted, “Volunteers. U did an amazing job. Relax for 2 days. Spend wid ur family. Sleep. Watch movies. Meditate. Chill. God bless u.”
With a big media posse waiting outside, leaders from the AAP arrived at Kejriwal’s Kaushambi residence at 3 pm for the meeting. “We discussed the elections. It was not a serious discussion, but we spoke of the road ahead. We feel that the exit polls match the party’s own assessment. But toady is a day to unwind. So we decided to watch a film,” Vishwas said.
Leaders within the party said they “did not want to jump the gun”, and while they were confident of a majority on counting day on February 10, they did not want to make any public announcements before that.
“The question on strategy and plans will only apply after the votes are polled, and right now we do not want to say anything,” a senior leader said.
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“Physical work will begin tomorrow. But since we no longer have the Hanuman Road office and the East Patel Nagar office is in a congested area, we are making plans in advance. Big screens and a media enclosure will be set up and leaders will all be present on Tuesday. Some volunteers, however, have been put on shifts to keep vigil where EVM’s have been kept. They have been put on 8-hour shifts,” a volunteer said.
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As Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma catwalk at Mijwan 2017, Kajol, Sridevi, Sushmita Sen come to watchhttps://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/as-shah-rukh-khan-anushka-sharma-catwalk-at-mijwan-2017-kajol-sridevi-sushmita-sen-come-to-watch-4556516/
Entertainment Gallery
As Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma catwalk at Mijwan 2017, Kajol, Sridevi, Sushmita Sen come to watch
On Sunday night, SRK, Anushka Sharma walked the ramp at Mijwan 2017, organised by Shabana Azmi.
Updated: March 6, 2017 11:13:12 am
Shah Rukh Khan owns any gathering he walks in. So, when he becomes a showstopper, expect full-on entertainment as well as something to ponder upon. On Sunday night, SRK walked the ramp at Mijwan 2017, organised by Shabana Azmi, he was dressed in a Manish Malhotra sherwani that made him equal parts royal and an eye candy. Walking along with him was his co-star from Imtiaz Ali’s next, Anushka Sharma. In the front row were his co-stars from past decades – Kajol, Sushmita Sen and Sridevi. There was his director Farah Khan and Aamir Khan’s wife Kiran Rao too.
Talking about women empowerment, SRK said that women need no saving as they are the ones saving us all. (Source: Varinder Chawla)
Shabana said that SRK was the only star who hadn’t walked the ramp for Mijwan. "We've had the fortune of all the stars walking for us -- right from Amitabh Bachchan to Sidharth Malhotra. The only person left was Shah Rukh. I am extremely thankful to him for having agreed to walk the ramp for Mijwan... Anushka Sharma is someone I consider a part of Mijwan family, " she said at the show.
While SRK walked the ramp with his present-day co-star Anushka, we saw pretty ladies from his past films in the front row.
Anushka Sharma looked lovely at the ramp.
SRK spoke to the audience saying that he was thrilled to be a part of the show.
Farah Khan was also seen here.
Shabana Azmi was also all praises for Manish.
Sushmita Sen was all smiles at the event.
King Khan charmed the ladies as he walked the ramp with his dimpled smile.
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Truly a once in a lifetime opportunity, Bexley’s most Iconic Residence… This Federation Masterpiece is full of Period features, including High Ornate Ceilings, Wide Hallways, 4 Original Fire Places, Tiled Foyer Entry, Lead Light Windows and Main Entry, Slate Roof, Pressed Metal Ceiling and much, much more…
Not my words, the real estate agent’s… And this gracious description accompanied by bright and airy photoshoped images obviously went some way in selling the unique residence… Late in 2015 the house at 580 Forest Rd Bexley known as ‘Brandlesome’ traded at auction for $2.77 Million. It was owned by the Formby family for four generations prior, but unoccupied for many years and as a result both cocooned as a period time capsule, while also showing some signs of decay such as rising damp that inevitably result from such lack of use.
Brandlesome represents an outstanding example of Federation architecture that has rapidly disappeared from the local area. The building exhibits some fine ornate features consistent with the era, including herringbone brickwork, high chimneys and terracotta features, and those wonderful lead light windows that worked as a selling point for the real estate agent… Even rare examples of half-timber work are present, and this is not seen on many local Federation buildings.
Additionally, the very layout of the building is unique, being transversely designed, with a central front porch and large looping ‘keyhole’ arch. This is highly unusual among the regular rectangular or square shapes of Federation housing common of the time.
The fact that this house has been owned by four generations of the Formby family adds immensely to the heritage value for the local community, not to mention the original front boundary fence and the fact the house is basically complete and unaltered over the decades as many others have been.
All this would point to local heritage listing. But there is none.
Naturally a certain sense of speculation surrounded the future of Brandlesome when it was put on the market after being tightly held for so many years. But all bets were off just a short time after when a DA was presented offering complete demolition of the Federation beauty, subdivision into three land parcels and construction of three separate modern ‘superdwellings’.
580 Forest Rd. Three oversized boxes proposed to replace one heritage marvel. DA image by ZTA.
The development would be acceptable IF it didn’t involve destruction of a historic building. DA image by ZTA.
This could be seen as ‘very disappointing but very predictable’– words used by St George Historical Society president Bernie Sharah to describe the somewhat unsurprising outcome… Old house, big block of land, development biased council? We have seen it all before.
But one question still has to be asked, and that is this: Can this house be saved, and can it be saved while still making the new owner some financial gain?
The answer is Yes.
It has happened in other council areas such as Marrickville, whereby the development controls have been slightly altered to allow retention of the heritage property while adding value to the land by allowing more development in the surrounding parcel. In the case of Brandlesome, being slightly off centre on a large 2000 metre block of land, townhouses could be substituted down one side and along the back in an L-shape around the existing building, offering a better range of housing, and potentially increased profit for the developer, while most importantly retaining the heritage item.
This can be seen as a successful alternative to complete demolition, and one that offers a win-win-win situation by allowing the developer to increase their financial return, Rockdale Council to set a new standard for heritage retention mixed with quality new construction, and of course community benefit by preserving an extremely important piece of local heritage.
Far too many unique iconic houses are being lost in the area, as can be illustrated by another recent announcement that historic Halstead House in Mortdale, the oldest building in a heritage listed precinct, will be demolished in exchange for two modern dwellings. The owner says he doesn’t want to live in a heritage home, but then he should move out and leave it for somebody else. The reality is he wants to make a profit from the size of his land. And he certainly isn’t the first nor will he be the last. This will go on and on until many of our historic homes are lost.
Another St George grand home to go, Halstead House, which was removed from heritage listing in 1999. Image Fairfax Media.
And that is why we need councils such as Rockdale to act creatively, to work with developers for best results, to be strict and consistent with guidelines, and to put local heritage retention at the forefront when determining DAs. This isn’t happening at the present time, but we need it to, as the stakes are so high. Heritage only gets one chance. And houses like Brandlesome are way too precious to sacrifice for the financial gain of single owners who came in at the last minute just to turn a profit. That is no way to treat our architectural assets that mean so much to us all.
The fate of Brandlesome rests with Rockdale council. This is now a litmus test to see if a local council has the will to ensure survival of its historic buildings. The new owners have already decided to neglect their building, filling it with bags of rubbish, leaving the windows wide open and the lights on day and night. But not all is decided, and there is still time to write a letter of objection to council, or a quick email to rcc@rockdale.nsw.gov.au (quote Ref Number: DA-2016/137).
Images above by Ray White Real Estate. Title image Inheritance 2016.
in architecture, Bad councils, heritage, history, st george heritage, suburban, sydney, Sydney heritage, Uncategorized
What constitutes a gateway building? What does it even mean, this wildly encompassing propagandist term ‘gateway building’? Is it a building with a gateway attached or a gateway within a building? I believe it is a recent turn of phrase, coined by councils, developer lobby groups and probably the Liberal government, in order to raise the building heights to ridiculously grotesque levels on certain sites at main intersections at entry points to basically every suburb in the land. And that they do, to full extent. Oh they do love a good gateway. The bigger the better. Yep, you can’t beat a good gateway.
And while councils and developers are falling over themselves to create the next great gateway to some generic overcrowded hovel that isn’t really worth driving through in the first place, it may be time to reflect on an older school of gateway building, perhaps a different kind of gateway, built to a much more human scale than what is currently being offered up by the usual suspects who seem obsessed with leaving misguided legacies of their own Trump Towers overshadowing our once scenic suburbia.
Let’s look at Blackshaw Pavillion. Until recently, this inoffensive interwar red brick utility commanded a prime position on the corner of Forest Rd. and King Georges Rd. at the edge of Penshurst Park – a gateway of sorts to Hurstville, Penshurst and Beverly Hills. Unassuming and typically Australian in appearance, the site of the pavillion welcomed visitors to the park and the area for many decades. It was built for a former local alderman who had a love for the game of cricket, as a player’s pavilion overlooking the former oval.
Since then the oval has long gone, replaced by leaner practice grounds over the years and more recently a large aquatic centre-come-gym, which seems to be expanding and swallowing up more of the former green space every time you blink an eye. At one stage there was an old bowling club a little further into the park, but that has also been weeded out.
The former Blackshaw Pavillion, Hurstville Gallery & Museum archive
The old oval. Blackshaw Pavillion at left. Archive photo, I grew up in Mortdale 2223 FB page.
Now Blackshaw Pavillion is gone too, reduced to a pile of smouldering rubble, in the shadow of another new gateway building across the road, the massive towers sprawling along Forest Rd at the old Dominelli Ford site that appear more like a concrete fortress when approaching from the west.
Word has it that council wanted the pavilion gone due to asbestos, but the demolition was carried out without any proper removal or remediation of the site. In fact, the pile of bricks remained for a number of weeks without any covering. So what was the real reason? Well perhaps that will yet come to reveal itself. Chances are Hurstville Council just didn’t want to pay the upkeep of what it sees a redundant building. Meanwhile other councils have found ways of re-inventing disused maintenance buildings, like the very successful transformation of a pumphouse service shed in Bigge Park Liverpool which has flourished after being reborn as a trendy park café.
What is interesting or in reality more worrying is that Hurstville Council tried to demolish Blackshaw Pavilion before, a couple years ago, before meeting strong community opposition and pulling their plans at the eleventh hour. That resistance, this time, was not forthcoming. Which makes one wonder why. What has changed?
Perhaps the demographics have changed, the population that may have put in submissions against these developments in the area have either moved on or passed on. Others feel burnt out by development fatigue, no longer able to pick up the laptop and write off another submission to council for fear of fertilising their ever growing migranes or going completely and utterly mentally ill before their time. I know the feeling.
Whatever the case, the new gateways are arriving and the older, more human, more welcoming gateway buildings are disappearing or becoming just a throwback to another time. A time before councils were run as thinly disguised commercial building companies, before developer land frenzies and state government sponsored concreting booms altered our cityscapes forever. A time before ‘gateway building’ became a term, let alone a flashy catchcry to push through even more ugliness in place of sanity. I wish we could build a gateway back to building codes of past…
Hurstville’s new Gateway approaching from Forest Road.
Another new ‘gateway’ at nearby Kogarah, on the site of the RSL club. 220 apartment Veridian development.
And yet another gateway for Kogarah – ‘La Vista’, 79-83 Princes Hwy.
Title image by Tanya Jordon.
in architecture, culture, heritage, history, st george heritage, suburban, Victorian architecture
Sometimes a building finds itself the source of much community affection and attachment, and at the same time these are the buildings that by their nature often help to define a suburb. One such example is Victoria House in Bexley, an old 1855 mansion that served as a wedding function centre for 65 years until its closure in late 2014, by which time it had earned the enviable status of being the longest serving reception house in Australia.
On the weekend of 25-26th July the old girl threw open her doors one last time, not as a reception centre, but as an auction house, for the purpose of clearing out virtually everything that had come to adorn the graceful building both inside and out over the course of its meaningful life as entertainment venue come antiques museum. The walls were filled with Australian art, the floors with English Oak furniture holding up Oriental porcelain and Russian Religious icons atop Persian rugs, and the ceilings hung with dazzling crystal chandeliers, one of which belonged to none other than Dame Nellie Melba in her Dandenong Ranges property.
Outside the circular gravel entranceway was studded with Mercs and Jaguars all for sale, even the garden furniture and concrete planters were tagged, and of course, leftover cases of Pinot and catering equipment galore in the vast kitchen which has obviously seen its last crème brûlée come out on a silver trolley to the hordes of welcoming guests.
But the star of the show was the old girl herself, Victoria House. Constructed by John MacLeod, a master builder from the heydey of the colony who completed such famous structures as Town Hall and Fort Denison, as well as parts of the QVB, it was a wedding present for his son Hector, a renowned builder himself who sadly died at the age of 31 as a result of a work site accident. In the early forties the house was transformed into a reception centre and run by the same family for many decades, and now, Richard White, grandson of those original managers wants to convert the structure back into a private residence once more, resurrecting the old house name of Cluny Brae.
Having grown up nearby and passed by the estate many times but never really knowing what went on inside, I saw it as an open invitation to wander around and take it all in. Up through the time-tarnished Victorian porch and into a formal landing, two vast open spaces, the Edward Room and the Colonial Room sprawl out on either side separated from each other by the cavernous catering kitchen. The Edward Room is the original grand ballroom, with sprung dance floor, intricate curved ceiling reminiscent of a church nave propped up by slender Roman columns, leading to a beautiful stained glass window behind the stage. The Colonial Room was converted in the 1960s from an original billiards room, with its magnificent wood paneled bar and great feeling of pompousness embellished with fine period furnishings. Between the two rooms simultaneous gatherings could be catered for half an hour apart.
If only these walls could talk… They would surely speak something of the endless nights of heartfelt celebration, of blushing brides, gushing parents and boozy heads… It is easy to see that Victoria House is still revered, many of the people filing through spoke fondly of having their wedding receptions take place within its walls decades ago. I even overheard two young girls talking of when they worked here, not so long ago, and chatted to a former MC of the house who was taking one final look.
I turned and said how sad I thought it was that all this was coming to an end. “Not really”, he replied, “all good things have to come to an end…” and I reflected on it later – that wasn’t a throwaway comment, he was absolutely right. All good things do come to an end, and perhaps that is where we should leave them, rather than pine after them in some dimly lit memory for years and years to come.
For so many people this grand old building held a special place, and over this weekend in July 2015, she still knew how to turn it all on one last time.
The Edward Room
Dame Melba’s chandelier
If these walls could talk…
The Colonial room
The Jag was for sale
Decrepit granduer
Grand old days
EPILOGUE: Elsewhere in Bexley…
Just up the road from Victoria House, the Federation masterpiece known as Brandlesome, at No.580 Forest Rd. has recently traded hands after being neglected and unoccupied for many, many years. We hope the building’s heritage status will ensure it remains an asset to the area for generations to come (although knowing Rockdale council it may be surrounded by townhouses by the end of the year).
And down the road, another local icon has closed its doors for the very last time. Bexley Jewellers has ceased trading after 46 years. I remember this shop as a child and recently went in to find smiling owners Mona and Raymond Awad still tending the business of jewellery and watch repairs as they had done for decades. This really was an old school suburban jewellery store in the finest sense of the word. Mona and Ray will be missed.
Brandlesome photos Ray White, all other photos Inheritance 2015.
in Bad councils, Barry's blunders, environment, NSW Planning White Paper, NSW state governmet, overdevelopment, overdevelopment of Melbourne, overdevelopment of Sydney, protest rallies, suburban, sydney, Uncategorized
20 REASONS I HATE ‘URBAN RENEWAL’
By Inheritance 2015, inheritance.org.au
They call it ‘Urban Renewal.’ The politicians love it, developers love it, foreign investors love it, my average neighbour doesn’t really want to know about it, but I hate it. And here are a few reasons why…
Urban Renewal is the reason I have to sit in traffic for 25 minutes just to get from one side of my suburb to the other. By car.
Urban Renewal is the reason I have to stand on the edge of the road for 10 minutes and then play chicken to get from one side to the other.
Urban Renewal is why I am forced to look up at overbearing nondescript cheaply constructed boxes of up to 10 stories high in suburban growth ghettos with inadequate parking, natural lighting and open space. Meanwhile affordable blocks of land and perfectly good houses are being swallowed up and kids have to make do with honing their ball skills on Sony Playstations.
Urban Renewal is the reason the sun now sets in my mother’s backyard at 2pm, as it is totally eclipsed by the dark side of a neighbouring block of ‘townhouses’ (ie. units).
Urban Renewal is the reason my favourite row of Federation shops has just been chewed up by bulldozers and reincarnated as some ugly monolithic drab grey box with concrete cancer and render peeling off like snakeskin after only its first full year of inception.
Urban Renewal is why I have to park two streets away if I’m not home by 3pm and three streets away on bin night.
Urban Renewal is just another name for a marketing ploy that sees foreign investors take over our housing stocks and inject large sums of capital into the market to drive prices up and outpace many local buyers out of the possibility of owning their own home, most probably ever.
Urban Renewal is a quick way of propping up the local and state economies by giving people the false impression that it is boom time in the building industry and consumers have got way too much money to burn on housing.
Urban Renewal is the reason there are no more backyards in my neighbourhood. No more trees, no front yards, no side yards, no sparrows, no fairy wrens, no caterpillars, no Green Grocers, no Brown Bakers, no Black Princes, definitely no Yellow Mondays and no butterflies. There is a lot of concrete though, and concrete cancer, and the odd dwarf shrub for border embellishment.
Urban Renewal, funnily enough, assumes everyone wants urban renewal… I don’t. I like my suburb the way it is. That’s why I chose to live there.
Urban Renewal is why there are torrents of rainwater flooding down the gutters of my street from duplex driveways every time the heavens open up. There is nowhere else for the water to go.
Urban Renewal is the reason property developers cruise my suburb in black Audi Q7s eyeing off their next blue ribbon investment that will make them another big brown envelope full of money.
Urban Renewal is a sweeping term that demands blanket slash and burn mentality. Nothing is left of my old neighbourhood – no heritage, no community, no environment, no funky warehouse conversions, no links to the past, no resonating cultural vibes, nothing.
Urban Renewal is a way of turning one block of land into two, three or four and then charging more for each subdivision than the original.
Urban Renewal is why I have to basically fight my way to drive into my local shopping centre/school/health care service. I then have to virtually compete in hand to hand combat in order to find a parking spot, and defy all odds Indiana Jones-style to get my choirs done and return to the car in time before I get a ticket or worse, have to battle through peak hour.
Urban Renewal is the reason I try and stay away from driving anywhere on weekends now. It’s just not worth the effort.
Urban Renewal is why I am too scared to invest all my hard earned savings into the house of my dreams, as who knows what will be built next door to the house of my dreams the minute I move in.
Urban Renewal is why I try not to get too excited about a beautiful old heritage building in my neighbourhood. I find it makes it a lot easier when the thing is replaced by a gaping big hole in the ground next time I jog by.
Urban Renewal is a fallacy that would have us believe the only way to make our suburbs pretty and safe is to knock everything down and build everything new again, this time with dinky shops on the bottom and multiple stories of residential dwellings on top (and lots of basement parking to store our black Audi Q7s). That way we can all be proud of our suburbs. Give me a break.
Urban Renewal is probably the reason why I have to put my child’s name down three years in advance to get her into some overpriced childcare facility. Same with school. It’s probably why I have to get to the train station at 5am to get the only parking available. It’s probably why I have to stand in the train too. And wait at the pharmacy, and the ATM. And get to the park three hours early to reserve a picnic table on a Saturday morning. And line up ten-deep outside the Vietnamese bread shop that does those special pork rolls I like. In fact it’s probably responsible for every little part of my life that I find shitty and annoying.
So thank you, Urban Renewal, you are making such a difference to my life, and will continue to do so, I’d imagine, for some time yet…
in architecture, art deco, culture, heritage, history, st george heritage, suburban, sydney, Sydney heritage, Uncategorized
ART DECO EMBRACE
I recently had the privilege of rummaging through an old Art Deco cottage that had been sold at auction as the result of becoming a deceased estate. While the house was traded for an inconceivable amount, purely due to its land value alone, and will inevitably be bulldozed in the longer term, what I found inside was a veritable time capsule of that era, one that still retained many of the original installation furnishings and fixtures, including doors, light and bathroom fittings, masonry and tilework, even what were probably the original carpets and mattresses still in good condition.
To stand the test of time for so many decades, to remain usable even to this day, and to repel the heavy wear and tear that a house and all its surfaces must endure on an unrelenting basis, demonstrates just how fine a quality of finish the Art Deco suburban home was adorned with…
Bank vault doors still kept guard with heavy chromed handles. Magenta heirloom rosebuds looked up from vibrant carpets underfoot while emerald ivy climbed the halls across sheets of crisp wallpaper. Frosted spectacular triangle shapes pierced the windows like leadlight icicles. Jade ornaments bedazzled the bathroom between geometrical tiles like carved Maori offerings. Organic flying saucers filled the corners of the rooms with their soft yellow glow while an original Smiths Sectric Durban clock kept time upon the wall as it had done for decades.
As I took it all in I could only stand in awe at the level of workmanship and decoration that was crafted into these dwellings of the period, and was left pondering the question “why are we knocking down so many of these wonderful and graceful buildings only to replace them with cheaply built and unremarkable alternatives?” The answer still makes me feel dumb.
Inside the house there was an air of regality that I knew now could not endure, not with new owners, not in this day and age… The former owner, over 90 years old, saw no reason to change things. The new owner –any new owner– nowadays, will want to put their own stamp on their possession and customise things to their liking, breaking the entire synergy of the long held original.
As a result I noticed the old carpets were ripped up and placed out onto the footpath on first inspection. Not that I have any right to criticize that, not everybody wants 80 year old carpets in their living room… What I can rightfully lament though is the fact the house has definitely now lost a sense of originality and completeness; The time capsule, if you like, has had its lid torn open and its contents strewn out into the hard light of day. Nothing will be the same any more, not in this house, not in many more like it…
A novel feature, three layers of cutting boards built in to the kitchen.
Smiths Sectric Durban, produced from 1937-1966. An amazing production run of three decades.
Worth looking up for.
Timeless entry.
Matching balustrade and driveway gates.
The synergy is broken.
All pictures Inheritance 2014.
in architecture, Bad councils, culture, environment, heritage, NSW state governmet, overdevelopment, overdevelopment of Sydney, suburban, sydney, Sydney heritage, Uncategorized
DISAPPEARING SYDNEY
Sydney is disappearing… The city we know and love is being lost before our very eyes, sold off and torn apart, opened up and ripped into pieces.
Inheritance the blog was created to document this change and show some of the things we are losing across our city and our state. Inheritance Society and NSW Heritage Network were incorporated to allow like-minded individuals to come together and share their collective views and work towards turning the tide around.
Disappearing Sydney has now been created as a Facebook group to share photos and alert people visually to the loss throughout their own areas.
If you have a camera or a smart phone, you can be part of this group and make a contribution simply by uploading your own photos of buildings and places that are disappearing, sharing them with a wider audience.
It is not fair nor right that our city is being treated this way. Much of the high-rise development that is being pushed by local and state governments is a direct result of offshore foreign investment. Our state government in particular are willingly selling off prime assets and promoting NSW as being ‘open for business’, indulging in high density building frenzies and population growth spurts just so they can stand tall at the next election and claim how viable the economy has become.
But we have our eyes open. We are weary of the fact that they have become addicted to excessive residential building as a tool for injecting large scales of money quickly into the economy. We are aware that they have created an artificial housing boom by promoting foreign investment into exclusively new building projects, a boom that has left many of our next generation of Australians wondering how they will ever be able to afford their own piece of the pie.
We are aware they have watered down heritage and environmental laws to allow full exploitation of real estate potential across the state. And we are aware that our society and our lifestyles are being irreversibly altered and constantly threatened by this excessive race to grow the economy at all costs, in the most aggressive way possible, not by creating new industries and fostering smart technologies, but rather by simply injecting more people and pushing more concrete into the sky.
Indeed we have witnessed the shameless selling out of future generations. Rather than growing to become part of society and working towards a common goal of home ownership, many are left scratching their heads and saying “how will I ever own my own home?”
So much of our heritage is being lost to the building boom and we are constantly watching priceless treasures disappear forever, denying future generations a sense of place and perhaps a sense of understanding of our cultural identity – the visual links of layers of architecture laid down over decades.
All this disappears every time a developer decides to buy up in an area and flaunt lax heritage laws by bulldozing everything within site. Like great trees in the forest that have taken many years to grow and only a brief minute to cut down, so too are our heritage assets so carelessly sacrificed. And what remains is merely a testament to the greed of rapid economic expansion at any cost. What we are left with is an altered sense of culture and identity, a collective mindset that is severed , one that has difficulty reconciling the place of its own heritage in a rapidly changing world. What governments often try to make people forget is that all of this is also completely unsustainable within the context of life on this planet over the coming decades.
Heritage is important… Tangible evidence that people were here before us, often doing the things we do, living their lives, building our society to what it is today. For us to turn our backs on all that and simply bulldoze everything in sight for the quick growth of economy is unjustifiable. Inheritance and Disappearing Sydney seek to address these issues that confront us, not just for now but for generations to follow, because we want to endow these generations with the same chance of discovery that we have had ourselves. We want the cycle to continue. And we want them to be identified and feel a sense of belonging. For without our heritage we certainly are nobody…
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an Gorta Mor (or The Great Irish Famine, 1845-1852)
October 30, 2014 March 24, 2015 / Gifford MacShane
Most of the time I find history boring. But every once in awhile, I stumble over something fascinating. And usually, that something makes me cry.
I’d heard quite a bit about the Irish Famine at different places along the way, like in English class in high school when we read Jonathan Swift’s essay A Modest Proposal (if you haven’t already read it, I highly recommend it. It gives an incredible satiric look at the British government’s feelings on “the Irish problem.” The problem, in short, was that there was such a thing as “the Irish”.)
At any rate, the subject cropped up now and again. But it wasn’t until I started writing my Donovan series that I realized how closely related I was to it. My father’s family emigrated from Ireland in the early 20th century, chased out by the British Army (or so the story goes). As I started my research into Irish history, it suddenly hit me: my father’s family must have lived through the famine.
Wow! When you consider that a million Irish citizens perished within that eight-year period, it’s kind of amazing that I exist at all.
So what happened in Ireland in 1847? What caused the famine? The simple answer is “potato blight”, a fungus that causes the tuber (the edible part of the potato) to turn to black stinking mush underground. (Ever had a potato go bad at the bottom of the bin — yeah, that black, stinking mush!) But the stems and leaves of the plant aren’t affected, so no one knew of the damage until harvest time.
The blight hit many countries in Europe. Belgium, Poland, even Western Russia were badly affected. But in those countries, the failure of the potato crop was not catastrophic (unless you count the impact on vodka production for a few years). Why? Because those farmers raised other crops as well, and had other sources of food.
In Ireland, the staple crop for tenant farms was the potato. In many cases, it was the only crop they grew to feed their family. There were a slew of social, economic and political factors that caused this, and I won’t enumerate them here, but the upshot was that the potato could meet a peasant’s dietary needs all by itself. It was easy to grow, easy to harvest, easy to prepare and tasty. So it was grown almost exclusively and became the diet for hundreds of thousands of people.
“But Ireland is an island, surrounded by water. Why didn’t they just eat fish?“ I can’t count the times I’ve heard that question, and sometimes from people who think they’re being funny.
But the fact of the matter was that the fishing industry was controlled by the English, as were the livestock industry, the grain industry, and the flax and wool industries. And the English weren’t about to give up their rich diets and fancy clothing just to save a few Irish peasants. (After all, they are a problem, aren’t they?)
During the famine, some scholars estimate at least thirty shiploads of food were exported to England per day. That’s right, per day. During a former potato crop failure in 1782-1783, Irish ports were closed to exports, despite the objections of merchants to falling prices. By the time of the Great Famine, up to 75% of Irish soil raised crops or animals for export. This time, Queen Victoria and the Parliament took no action to close the ports.
Ireland raised enough food to feed its people, but exports were the money makers and the overlords simply refused to sell their crops in Ireland.
Not everyone was completely blind to the disaster. The Society of Friends ran soup kitchens, and American corn farmers sent their grain free of charge to Ireland. The Choctaw Nation of Native Americans donated to the cause, remembering their own history of starvation on The Trail of Tears just years before. Most of the cash contributions, however, were made through the British Government, and we all know what “administrative fees” can do to charity.
On top of all of that, the British overlords began a systematic eviction of tenant farmers from their land. In History of Ireland, John Gibney tells us that, in 1847 alone, one family named Mahon evicted 3,000 tenants, but still dined on lobster soup.
And the Mahons were by no means alone. Thousands of peasants’ houses, cabins and shacks were razed. Hundreds of thousands throughout the Isle were dispossessed, and they trudged in weary lines to the port cities, hoping to find passage to America. With no food and little to no money, inestimable thousands died along the way and were buried in mass graves.
In the annals of history, it seems to me that this entirely preventable tragedy stands in a class of its own. So it makes me wonder why, among so many deaths, my family survived.
Perhaps so that the story gets told once more.
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7 thoughts on “an Gorta Mor (or The Great Irish Famine, 1845-1852)”
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Reblogged this on humanitysdarkerside and commented:
“Hundreds of thousands throughout the Isle were dispossessed, and they trudged in weary lines to the port cities, hoping to find passage to America. With no food and little to no money, inestimable thousands died along the way and were buried in mass graves.”
milliethom
As an English woman, it’s hard to read of such callous treatment on an entire people by my ancestors. We can’t change the past, I know. But we can feel ashamed of it – much in the same way as we all do today about the barbaric slave trade. My own great-grandfather was one of the Irish who came to Liverpool around that time. With the name of Higgins, he was a real Irishman, I’m told. I hope your Donovan series goes well for you. It sounds as though you have an in-depth story to tell.
giffmacshane
Thank you, Milliethom, for your thoughts and good wishes. I really appreciate them.
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Reposting this today in honor of Mick Mulvaney, who stood in his green tie and shamrock pin yesterday to assure us all that feeding the hungry was an unnecessary luxury.
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Full translation - Attack by Syngenta's armed militia results in dead and wounded in Brazil
Attack by Syngenta's armed militia results in dead and wounded in Brazil
During an attack of an armed militia with around 40 gunmen to the peasants' camp at the experimental field trial of Syngenta Seeds multinational, at Santa Teresa do Oeste, at 13:30 of today (October 21st), a Via Campesina member, Valmir Motta, 32 years old, father of 3 children, was executed with two shots on his chest. Other six rural workers are severely wounded and a gunmen was possibly killed. The wounded: Gentil Couto Viera, Jonas Gomes de Queiroz, Domingos Barretos, Izabel Nascimento de Souza e Hudson Cardin, were taken to hospital in the region. Izabel (a woman) is in coma and on death risk.
The Syngenta's field trial was occupied this morning (21/10) by about 150 (one hundred and fifty) peasants from Via Campesina. The field trial was occupied by peasant families in March 2006, to denounce to public authorities and civil society the illegal reproduction by Syngenta of GMO soy and maize seeds on the area. The occupation turned the Syngenta's crimes known worlwide. After 16 (sixteen) months of resistance, on July 18th of this year, the 70 (seventy) families left the area, moving to a provisional settlement 'Olga Benario', also at Santa Tereza do Oeste municipality.
Today, during the re-occupation of the area, the rural workers lighted fireworks and the security men that were at the company's field left the place. Around 13:30 a micro-bus sttoped in front of the main entrance and a militia of about 40 gunmen heavily armed got off the bus shooting towards the peasants. The gunmen broke the front porch, executed Valmir Motta with two shots on his chest, shot other 5 peasants and beated Isabel do Nascimento de Souza, who is at the hospital, severly wounded.
Syngenta has been hiring security services that act in irregular way on that region, articulated by the Rural Society of the West Region (Sociedade Rural da Regiao Oeste, SRO) and the Movement of Rural Producers ( Movimento dos Produtores Rurais, MPR). One of the directors of the security services company named 'NF' was arrested and the owner escaped during a Federal Police operation earlier this month, when there were aprehended ammunition and illegal guns.
There is evidence showing that the company is hired as a facade and when is time to the operations, they hire illegaly more security men, forming an armed militia that works doing violent evictions and attacks to landless peasant camps on that region. On last Thursday (18), a denounce on the armed militia's actions related to the SRO/MPR and to Syngenta on the West region was re-enforced during a public hearing, coordinated by the Human Rights and Minorities Comission of the Federal House of Deputies, held at Curitiba city.
Via Campesina demands to the Judiciary power to investigate the attack against rural workers of the camp, that, toghether with families at the Olga Benario settlement still struggling to turn the field trial into a Center for Agroecology and multiplication of criolla seeds to family farm and land reform.
The residents at the Olga Benario settlement, which borders with Syngenta's field trial, are also against GMO experiments in that area as it will contaminate their production of criolla seeds and will cause damage to their food, health and environment.
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Discover Moorish Spain in Granada
By Jim & Jiab Wasserman
There is not much of a subway in Granada. The problem, as a local professor explains, is that every time they dig a little, they find a new layer of history that compels investigation. In the end, it’s easier to build on top of what’s already there.
In many ways, this sums up Granada as a whole. No one is really sure how old it is, but situated at the confluence of two gentle mountain streams, the Genil and Darro rivers, everywhere one looks, there are layers to discover.
For many years, it was the epicenter of the last Moorish Kingdom in Spain, guarded by the fortress city of the Alhambra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most revered historic spots in the world. Before that, Granada was a Visigoth settlement, and evidence has been found of a Roman circus (open air venue) present before that.
Granada came under Spanish control in 1492 when King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella completed the Reconquista of Spain by taking Granada. Rather than destroy the city, however, they recognized the grandeur of its history and added to it, creating an architectural and cultural style born of the combined Moorish/Spanish form called Mudejar. One sees it everywhere, from the 500-year-old churches abutting the main plaza to the romantic “old world” houses hidden among the serpentine streets of the ancient quarters.
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The climate and weather of Granada justify why so many peoples have sought to be here. Set at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, there is low humidity, so that most every day affords opportunity to be comfortable walking about. Winters can have a chill, but snow rarely lasts in town for more than a day. The hot summers remain dry and humidity-free, nothing that a shaded café and a cold tinto de verano (iced summer wine) can’t counter.
Today, Granada remains a mid-sized town (235,000 people) that one can walk the length of, though the city transit system is so easy, regular, and accessible, it is second to none. Everyone uses it, which makes it both convenient transportation and a social meet-up. The buses are convenient for transferring from the inner city (red) lines to the regional (green) lines to get out of town on a moment’s whim. Surrounded by gently rolling foothills, mountains streams, and open vegas filled with olive and fruit trees, Granada is a hiker’s paradise. One can find villages situated in valleys that have been occupied for 5,000 years, and with each new generation, a new layer (and outdoor wine/tapa café) is added to the area’s vivacity.
One might take a day trip to Santa Fe, one of the many charming towns just outside Granada, to savor piononos, a world-famous dessert that began here, and while doing so discover as well that the city was the site of a fateful 1492 meeting, where a navigator named Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) asked Ferdinand and Isabella to finance his idea of traveling westward to get to the Indies.
Within the city itself, one never stops discovering new layers; the city seems built for people to be outdoors, and every venture out is rewarded. Order a plate of local favorite boquerones (fried anchovies) at a local café, and while waiting one might see a plaque that describes how the building was originally a 16th-century mansion. Walk the twisty medieval streets of the Realejo (old Jewish quarter), and one casually discovers cisterns and fountains from a city water system 800 years older than London’s. Hike up the famous hill-top, UNESCO World Heritage neighborhood of the Albaicin, and one is awed with spectacular views to take in while sipping vino or café at one of the many miradors (lookouts) while someone nearby strums a guitar. Walk towards the newer, commercial west side of town, and one comes across a spacious green park, interlaced with hedge-mazes, near what was originally the family home of world-famous writer and social advocate Frederico Garcia Lorca. Even a famed 1980s British punk rocker, Joe Strummer of The Clash, left his mark her for a time and now has a plaza named for him.
Only one hour and a half by car from the Mediterranean coast, Granada is even closer to Mt. Mulhacen, the tallest mountain in continental Spain and the tallest non-Alp on continental Europe. From hiking its gentle slopes in summer to skiing and snowboarding in winter, it waits for any Granadino who decides just that morning to visit it for the day (not to mention the legends of Moorish gold hidden in its secret caves).
Granada has its own bus station and airport. There are hourly buses that cost about $13 for the two-hour trip to or from Malaga (the closest big city). The bus to and from Madrid takes about 5 hours and costs about $22 for a regular bus or $45 for a premium bus, with a meal, movie, and wide seats.
Lifestyle in Granada
The nearly 500-year-old University of Granada plays a major role in the city’s youthful vibe, as do all of the young travelers who pass through town in the summer. The University has one of the biggest international student exchange programs in Europe, continuing Granada’s legacy of taking the best of many cultures and creating something, new, better, and wholly Granadan. The University has a main campus, but also has buildings around town. There is a spirit here of learning and exploration of both the greater world and about one’s self, so a common conversation is about what classes people, young and old, are taking, whether Spanish language, art history, cooking, or even flamenco dancing.
Taking a cue from the city’s emphasis on cultural fusion, the expat community is a thorough mix of peoples from all over who regularly gather with each other and locals, united in a common goal of intermixing cultures rather than standing apart. There are constant meetups, from hiking, to biking, to Spanish language development over wine & tapas.
Whether people are locals, expats, or students, Granada puts its emphasis on community above all else. There are many built-in “circuit breakers” to remind people to appreciate each other. Whether shopping at one of the bigger commercial supermarkets in the city center, such as Mercadona, Corte Ingles, or Carrefour, or visiting one’s neighborhood stores, such as the local fruit stand, fish market, or meat market, one should budget extra time to meet and greet friends one always bumps into in a town this size (with the requisite double-kiss greetings, chat, and double-kiss goodbyes). Cafes hum around 2:30 as schools let out and people gather from work to enjoy the light breezes that accentuate the menu del dia (menu of the day), meals that provide a two to three-course lunch, drink, and dessert for about $10 to $20. Granada takes its afternoon rest time seriously, and while many outside Spain see it as just siesta time, most people use it to casually recharge, whether by napping, reading, or taking a leisurely stroll.
At night, the city reawakens with new layers to the day. Granadinos recommune over wine and tapas at one of the many local bars. Unique to Granada is that tapa is most always free with a drink, so that it is not uncommon for a couple to feel well-fed (with drinks) for $6 to $9 each.
Alternatively, one can take a long leisurely dinner with friends, perhaps followed up by a cultural jaunt to a concert, or perhaps a flamenco show in one of the romantic gypsy cafés carved into caves in the mysterious Sacromonte section of town. The evening might be capped with a parade to commemorate one of the many celebrations, or even dancing in city hall plaza past midnight to music provided by the city.
There is very little crime in Granada, so the walk home after a long evening out is never done at one’s peril (except to run into friends at an all-night Shawarma café). Just outside the city center, one can retire to bed with the windows open, a cool breeze, and the quietude coming off the mountain providing a soothing finish to one’s day.
Cost of Living in Granada
If Granada has a welcoming vibe that invites all cultures to visit, it’s affordability and practical amenities coerce people to stay. It is impossible to live more than a couple of hundred meters from a grocer or pharmacist. There are large hospitals on the northern and southern ends of town where one can get regular blood work and tests done. Rental costs are relatively low, but can vary, from a house in the historic Albaicin, to an apartment in the bustling city center, to one just outside of the center, but only a 15-minute walk away. A place can be a year old or five-hundred years old, with varying amenities, so one has to do one’s research before committing.
Granada is a timeless city of many layers, many people, and many stories. Almost magically, however, Granada has managed to keep its personal, not-too-big-to-see-friends-on-a-stroll, feel. Granada welcomes all things new, never to replace, but to join in, to add one’s self to the next layer of Granada’s many-chaptered communal history.
Here is a sample monthly budget for two people living in the center of Granada:
It should be noted that the budget for groceries and household items includes food/litter for two cats and monthly prescription costs. This couple play tennis regularly and take numerous day trips around the countryside, so it is possible to live on much less.
Expenses Cost $USD
Rent (three-bedroom, two-bathroom, top floor, new, with terraces and a 15-minute walk from city center) $1,130
Utilities (water, electricity, and gas) Included in Rent
Groceries and Household items $510
Entertainment (dining out and activities) $570
Health Insurance $205
Internet Included in Rent
Mobile $16
Transportation (buses, etc.) $45
Total $2,476
The following monthly budget is based on the cost of living for a single person living in Granada:
Rent (two-bedroom, two-bathroom, 10-minute walk from city center) $625
Utilities (water, electricity, and gas) $285
Internet $90
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Actor Craig McLachlan has been charged with assault and sex offences, according to reports.
The actor, who had prominent roles in soaps Neighbours and Home And Away, is due to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 8 February, according to Sky News Australia.
Victoria Police told Sky News UK: Melbourne Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team have charged a 53-year-old New South Wales man on one count of common law assault, eight counts of indecent assault and one count of attempted indecent assault.
McLachlan’s spokesperson has told Sky News Australia that the actor is innocent and will be vigorously defending the charges.
McLachlan will need to travel from his home state of New South Wales for his court appearance.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) reported that the charges coincide with his time working on the Rocky Horror Show musical in Melbourne in 2014.
The actor’s career began in 1987 when he was cast as the brother of Kylie Minogue’s character, Charlene, in Neighbours.
He has also played Danny Zuko in a West End production of Grease and had a few hit pop songs in the 1990s.
(c) Sky News 2019: Former Neighbours actor faces indecent assault charges
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Meet the Cast of Memphis on Tour! Felicia Boswell on the Longings of a Soul Singer
November 14th, 2012 | By Jesse North
The characters of the rock ‘n’ roll musical Memphis are playing Boston's Citi Emerson Colonial Theatre from December 11 through December 23. Broadway.com is delivering you the scoop on this story of white radio DJ Huey Calhoun, who wants to change the world, and a black club singer who is ready for her big break. Felicia Boswell plays the soul singer Felicia Farrell, who falls into “forbidden love” with Huey. Boswell loves “being the voice” of an African-American woman during the 1950s and says she understands her character's desires. Watch what Boswell had to say about Felicia's struggle, growing up singing on Christian radio and “being a little ham.”
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By Kathy O'Brien
Posted Saturday, Dec 15, 2018
Downtown Burlington Catholic church headed for the real estate market
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Burlington hosted its last Mass on Saturday as the parish plans to sell its prominent downtown property.
The property has received substantial interest from developers and will likely be listed for sale in January, Steve Donahue, principal of Donahue & Associates real estate firm, said.
The parish has contracted the firm to sell the property, which is located on Pine Street between Cherry and Pearl streets, across from the ongoing CityPlace development and near the Church Street Marketplace.
Declining attendance and financial difficulty has lead the Immaculate Conception parish to merge with St. Joseph’s parish in the Old North End. Immaculate Conception had been the Burlington Diocese’s cathedral for more than 100 years, until 2001 when it became a co-cathedral with St. Joseph’s. It was downgraded to a parish earlier this year.
Donahue said his firm is currently examining zoning and density regulations and is planning on listing the property in early January. He said the property will likely become a high-density multi-use development.
“It’s going to be a very highly desired, sought-after large-scale development that is going to have interest from locals and folks outside the area, and many of those have already surfaced and reached out,” Donahue said. “There’s a long list of folks waiting to get more details on the offering.”
The city of Burlington has assessed the total property value at just under $4.5 million. It is too early to estimate what the asking price might be, Donahue said.
Immaculate Conception was designated as a cathedral in 1867. But the old cathedral was destroyed by arson in March 1972 and was replaced by the modern-style building.
Donahue said that whoever buys the property will likely pursue a project similar to the CityPlace project.
“The entire Cherry Street area is getting a tremendous facelift, an infusion of a lot of development,” he said. “I think anyone who is looking at the Immaculate parish property is looking at the quality of development that is happening across the street and will probably mimic that with something similar.”
The bell tower at Immaculate Conception. Wikimedia Commons photo
The Rev. Lance Harlow, who was the pastor of Immaculate Conception and now is at St. Joseph’s, said the parish was unable to recover many of the parishioners who left during the five-year period it took to rebuild the church in the 1970s.
Harlow said church attendance at Immaculate Conception also decreased over time, in partbecause of the city’s urban renewal efforts, which replaced housing with commercial buildings downtown.
“Without the people, there’s no money, and without the money, there’s no parish,” Harlow said.
Harlow said an influx of immigrants from African countries and Vietnam into the Old North End has help bolster St. Joseph’s, and the money acquired from the sale will help ensure that St. Joseph’s remains financially stable.
“We realized we have a church a block away, we need to close Immaculate Conception and focus on building it up,” he said. “St. Joseph is being built up because we have these immigrant communities coming in.”
Immaculate Conception’s last Mass was attended by around 240 people, and the building was officially declassified as a church Saturday.
Immaculate Conception’s altar is being moved to St. Joseph’s, Harlow said, and some of the other objects inside the church are being moved to local Catholic schools.
CityPlace developer Don Sinex, who has butted headswith city officials as his project has hit delays, said via email that he had inquired to the parish about the property in the past.
“I have spoken to the Church about this property a few times in the past (a few years ago) but I have not heard much about it for the past year,” Sinex said. “I am unsure whether I will have any interest, however until I see the offering material, which I have not seen as yet.”
Donahue said that he did not think the opposition to the CityPlace project would discourage developers from pursuing the Immaculate Conception property, since CityPlace was able to successfully acquire the permits it needs to move forward.
State architectural historian Devin Colman said that the current building and landscape have historical value, though it appears likely, due to the location and interest in the property, that it will be substantially redeveloped.
Colman said the building and landscape were designed in a very intentional way. The trees line up with angles of the building and the colors of the building’s brick mimic the brown tree trunks and other foliage in the landscape.
“It’s very unusual in a rural state like Vermont to have a designed landscape as part of a project like this,” Colman said.
The landscape is also significant because it is the work of Daniel Kiley, who, Colman said, is the leading landscape architect of the 20th century and was based in Charlotte.
Colman said if the building and landscape were replaced, it would be a significant loss for Vermont’s modernist architectural heritage.
“We don’t have a lot of modernist buildings, and each time we lose one, it’s a shrinking pool that we are looking at,” he said. “It’s important to remind people the 20th century happened in Vermont, and these are the buildings that reflect what people wanted at that time.”
While the architecture of the era has fallen out of favor, Colman said, every era of architecture goes through a similar process of being loved when built, disliked 30 to 40 years later and then appreciated more in following decades.
Colman, who lives in Burlington, said he felt like the property is often overlooked. He said losing the green space downtown would be a loss.
“I would encourage folks to stop and really look at it and think about what it would be like to have a big block of buildings there, losing that green space,” he said. “I think every city needs places to pause and take a step out of the urban hustle and bustle.”
Donahue said developing the block lines up with the city’s vision for downtown.
“With the encouragement of growing the city as far as folks living in the downtown and working in the downtown and growing the tax base, I think it’s yet another opportunity for the city to grow in ways that are consistent with the mayor’s vision and others folks’ visions,” he said.
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Just Answer The Damn Question!
Are you lying now or were you lying then? before?
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“Does the foundational document of this case, the judgment as submitted from a prior case, show Sharon Kramer prevailed over GlobalTox, Inc., in trial and was awarded costs by judgment — or — is this Court acting with no subject matter jurisdiction under C.C.P. 664 (and thus no judicial immunity) to harass and conceal collusive criminal misconduct by plaintiffs, fellow officers of the courts and court clerks? Just Answer The Damn Question!”
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Bruce J. Kelman (and five owners of Veritox, Inc., Bryan Hardin, Coreen Robbins, Loni Swenson, Robert Schreibe & Robert Clark)
Sharon Kramer, Whistleblower of scientific fraud by Veritox, Inc. and fraud on the court by officers of the court Case No. 37-2010-00061530-CU-DF-NC Appellate Case No. D062764
DECLARATION UNDER DURESS OF SHARON KRAMER & PROPOSED CASE DISMISSAL IN SUPPORT OF “MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION TO VACATE VOID CORAM NON JUDICE ‘JUDGMENT AND ORDER FOR CIVIL CONTEMPT AND PERMANENT INJUCTION’ IN CRIMINAL VIOLATION OF C.C.P.1209(b).”
Hon. Robert Dahlquist Presiding
Motion Hearing Date December 7, 2012
DECLARATION UNDER DURESS OF SHARON KRAMER
1. In lawful accordance with Constitutional rights to freely speak truth in America and Code of Civil Procedure 1209(b)[1] this filing may be read online at the blog, “Just Answer the Damn Question!” (short link http://wp.me/p10kHj-28 ) It is under the blog title of “Does the foundational document of this case, the judgment as submitted from a prior case, show Sharon Kramer prevailed over GlobalTox, Inc., in trial and was awarded costs by judgment — or — is this Court acting with no subject matter jurisdiction under C.C.P. 664[2] (and thus no judicial immunity) to harass and conceal collusive criminal misconduct by plaintiffs, fellow officers of the courts and court clerks? Just Answer The Damn Question!”
2. As of November 15, 2012 this case is now an appellate Unruh Civil Rights[3] case for the plaintiffs’, officers of the courts’ and clerks’ criminal roles in aiding the continuance of financially motivated discrimination against the environmentally disabled, their ability to live/work in contaminated buildings and the officer of the courts, et.al., direct hate crimes[4] against the disableds’ advocate, Sharon “Kramer”. As such, it appears that all case filings must also now be served on the Solicitor General of the California Attorney General’s office. (Attached hereto as EXHIBIT 1, is Kramer’s Civil Case Information Statement “Attachment” Appellate Case No. D062764 Superior Court Case No. 37-2010-00061530-CU-DF-NC)
3. The Attachment states on page 5, E. SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
Required to be served on the State Solicitor General at the Office of the
Attorney General under Unruh, Civil Code 51.1 This case is the continuance of
over seven years worth of fraud on the court and a hate crime by officers of
the court, their clerks and the plaintiffs against an advocate for the
environmentally disabled, Sharon Kramer. It is to conceal they have unlawfully
aided and abetted a scientific fraud to remain in U.S. public health and
California workman’s compensation policy by framing Sharon Kramer for libel
with actual malice for exposing the financially motivated scientific fraud in
policy that is adverse to the environmentally disabled; exposing how it came to
be policy; and exposing who was involved in mass marketing the scientific fraud
for the purpose of misleading U.S. courts to deny liability for causation of
environmental illnesses.
4. In October of 2012, Judge Thomas P. Nugent was removed from his courtroom, Department 30; with no explanation given and no punishment rendered for incarcerating a United States citizen w/o subject matter jurisdiction, for refusing to commit perjury by signing a false confession to defraud the public (among other unlawful acts), and the case was reassigned to this Court.
5. The direct evidence in the case file, now in this Court’s possession, shows the case was overseen by the prior court for nearly two years with no subject matter jurisdiction. This is because the foundational documents to this case, the judgment from a prior case, Kelman & GlobalTox v. Kramer Case No. GIN044539 and its remittitur Appellate Case No. D054496 are known to the court to fraudulent and void to be used for any purpose. (Attached hereto as EXHIBIT 2 collectively are i.) the December 20, 2010 Remittitur stating “Respondents” were parties on appeal; ii.) the September 2009 Certificate of Interested Persons only disclosing one “Respondent”, Bruce Kelman; iii.) page one of the September 2010 Appellate Opinion stating Kramer was a prevailing party awarded costs by judgment; iv.) the judgment as submitted as the foundational document to this case in November 2010 stating only Kelman as the prevailing party and no costs awarded by judgment to Kramer; v.) Justice Patricia Benke’s January 2011 refusal to recall and rescind the fraudulent remittitur and vacate the void judgment; vi.) an except of Kramer’s Appellate Brief showing the Appellate Justices knew they were committing fraud on the court by falsely stating Kramer was awarded costs by judgment and that they were concealing the undisclosed parties on appeal; and vii.) the December 31, 2008 Abstract of Judgment which shows the courts recorded that interest accruing costs were awarded to Kelman on September 24, 2008 – contradictory to the judgment as submitted as the sole foundation of this case, which states they were first awarded by judgment on December 18, 2008.
6. The direct evidence in the case file, now in this Court’s possession, shows that Judge Nugent incarcerated Kramer in March of 2012, caused her bodily harm and emotional distress then falsified the Sheriff Dept record to conceal what he had done – with no subject matter jurisdiction and thus with no judicial immunity. [5] [6]
7. This court is now ruling with no subject matter jurisdiction if sanctions imposed for Kramer blogging of the criminal misconduct of the prior court and being ordered to publish a false confession of libel on the interent for a sentence she never even wrote, by the prior court who also had no subject matter jurisdiction and held an unlawful trial; is a lawful court order.[7] It would appear to not get much dirtier than this matter before this court.
8. The direct evidence in the case file, now in this Court’s possession, shows this incarceration was for Kramer’s refusal to sign a false confession on March 9, 2012 of being guilty of libel with actual malice within the first public writing, Kramer’s in March 2005, of how it became a fraud in public health policies that it was scientifically proven by Bruce “Kelman” PhD and undisclosed party Bryan “Hardin” PhD, that the “notion toxic mold is an insidious secret killer” was only being claimed by the environmentally disabled because of “media reports, trial lawyers, and junk science unsupported by actual scientific study”[8]; and for exposing the purpose of the mass marketing of scientific fraud was to mislead U.S. courts to deny liability for causation of illness.
9. The direct evidence in the case file, now in this Court’s possession, shows that officers of the Appellate Court framed Kramer for libel in their 2006 anti-SLAPP Appellate Opinion, concealed it in their 2010 Appellate Opinion; and then the prior superior court in this case attempted to gag Kramer’s ability to write of the collusive misconduct by officers of the courts – jailed her, physically harmed her and libeled her when she refused silence. (Attached hereto as EXHIBIT 3[9] is Kramer’s June 5, 2012 “NOTICE TO COURT. I AM NOT APPEARING BEFORE YOU AGAIN. YOU ARE A LIAR AND A CRIMINAL AND I FEAR FOR MY LIFE BECAUSE OF IT.”
10. On November 7, 2012, Kramer appeared before this Court at a LACK OF COURT JURISDICTION “HEARING” that had been scheduled to be heard before Judge Nugent.
11. This Court attempted to not hold the HEARING, claiming the HEARING was not a proper court proceeding. This Court is now indisputably aware of its lack of subject matter jurisdiction, yet has not dismissed the case of its own accord and appears to be attempting to continue to make rulings in the case with no subject matter jurisdiction knowing the foundational document to the case, the judgment from the prior case, is fraudulent and void to be used for any purpose including giving this court subject matter jurisdiction.[10]
12. This Court is aware of the law that once jurisdiction has been challenged, it cannot be assumed. It must be proven to exist. It is the Court’s responsibility to prove it has jurisdiction – not the victim of the seven and a half years of collusive misconduct by officers of the court, plaintiffs and clerks to prove this Court does not have jurisdiction.
TO PROVE THIS COURT HAS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION TO HEAR THIS DECEMBER 7, 2012 MOTION MADE UNDER DURESS, THIS COURT MUST PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION – WHICH IT CANNOT DO – OR DISMISS THE CASE:
1. A Certificate of Interested Persons submitted to the Appellate Court in Case No. D054496, which discloses there were multiple “Respondents” as parties on appeal and as is stated in the December 20, 2010 Appellate Court Remittitur.
2. A judgment document from Case No. GIN044539 that was submitted as the sole foundation to this case in November 2010 which states Sharon Kramer was a prevailing party in trial who was awarded costs by judgment in lawful accordance with Code of Civil Procedure 664.
3. A Notice of Entry of Judgment dated September 24, 2008, from the trial court to prevailing Pro Per Kramer in lawful accordance with Code of Civil Procedure 664.5(b).
4. Documentation explaining how costs were awarded to Kelman with interest accruing beginning September 24, 2008, on the court recorded Abstract of Judgment of December 31, 2008 and Recorded Lien of January 19, 2009; and inconsistent with the sole foundational document to this case which states costs were first awarded by judgment on December 18, 2008. (All documents are fraudulent because the void judgment was antedated twice. Once when the costs were filled in w/o dating or initialing sometime in mid October 2008 making it appear costs were awarded on September 24, 2008 (three weeks before Kelman’s costs were submitted by officer of the court, Keith Scheuer, and include client commingled costs of trial loser, GlobalTox); and again when “mgarland 12/18/08” was added to the document after the abstract was recorded on December 31, 2008 by clerk of the court Michael Garland.)
“The law provides that once State and Federal jurisdiction has been challenged, it musts be proven.” Main v Thiboutot, 100 S. Ct. 2502(1980) “Jurisdiction can be challenged at any time,” and “Jurisdiction, once challenged, cannot be assumed and must be decided.” Basso V: Utah Power & Light Co. 395 F 2d 906, 910 “Thus, where a judicial tribunal has no jurisdiction of the subject matter on which it assumes to act, its proceedings are absolutely void in the fullest sense of the term.” Dillon v. Dillon 187 p27 No sanction can be imposed absent proof of jurisdiction [Stanard v. Olesen, 74 S. Ct. 768] Once challenged, jurisdiction cannot be ‘assumed’, it must be proved to exist. [Stuck v. Medical Examiners, 94 Ca2d 751.211 P2s 389] “Acts in excess of judicial authority constitutes misconduct, particularly where a judge deliberately disregards the requirements of fairness and due process.” Gonzalez v. Commission on Judicial Performance, (1983) 33 Cal.3d 359, 371,374
I declare under the laws of the State of California under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and executed by me this 29th day of November, 2012.
Sharon Kramer, victim of over seven years of collusive misconduct of the California legal system for daring to speak the truth in America against the financial interests of U.S. Chamber of Commerce affiliates on behalf of the health, safety and welfare of the America public.
[1] C.C.P.1209(b) states, “A speech or publication reflecting upon or concerning a court or an officer thereof shall not be treated or punished as a contempt of the court unless made in the immediate presence of the court while in session and in such a manner as to actually interfere with its proceedings.”
[2] C.C.P. 664 states, “When trial by jury has been had, judgment must be entered
by the clerk, in conformity to the verdict… In no case is a judgment effectual
for any purpose until entered.
[3] Unruh, 51. (a) “This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Unruh
Civil Rights Act.(b) All persons within the jurisdiction of this state are free
and equal, and no matter what their sex, race, color, religion, ancestry,
national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital
status, or sexual orientation are entitled to the full and equal accommodations,
advantages, facilities,privileges, or services in all business establishments
of every kind whatsoever.” (6)...includes a perception…that the person is
associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any particular
characteristic or characteristics within the listed categories. 51.1. “If a
violation of Section 51, 51.5, 51.7, 51.9, or 52.1 is alleged or the application
or construction of any of these sections is in issue in any proceeding in the
Supreme Court of California, a state court of appeal, or the appellate division
of a superior court, each party shall serve a copy of the party's brief or
petition and brief, on the State Solicitor General at the Office of the Attorney
General. No brief may be accepted for filing unless the proof of service shows
service on the State Solicitor General.”
[4] Penal Code 422.55(a) “Hate crime” means a criminal act committed, in whole
or in part, because of one or more of the following actual or perceived
characteristics of the victim:(1) Disability.(7) Association with a person or
group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.(b) "Hate
crime" includes, but is not limited to, a violation of Section 422.6. which
states(a) No person, whether or not acting under color of law, shall by force or
threat of force, willfully injure, intimidate, interfere with, oppress, or
threaten any other person in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or
privilege secured to him or her by the Constitution or laws of this state or by
the Constitution or laws of the United States in whole or in part because of one
or more of the actual or perceived characteristics of the victim listed in
subdivision (a) of Section 422.55
[5] March 14, 2012 Court Transcript, Court sent Kramer to jail for refusing to commit perjury to defraud public with no jurisdiction. http://freepdfhosting.com/dbe7597bdb.pdf
[6] Evidence that Judge Nugent falsified Sheriff Dept record on April 5, 2012 to conceal Kramer was incarcerated for refusing to sign a false confession. http://freepdfhosting.com/011a20cc26.pdf
[7] December 7, 2012 Kramer’s Motion For Reconsideration submitted under duress. http://freepdfhosting.com/0bafcf85ca.pdf
[8] U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s 2003 A Scientific View of the Health Effects of Mold by Bruce Kelman & Bryan Hardin, co-owners of Veritox, Inc., states, “Thus the notion that toxic mold is an insidious secret killer as so many trial lawyers and media reports would claim is Junk Science unsupported by actual scientific study.” (Kelman & Hardin were paid by the Manhattan Institute think-tank to write the Chamber’s position statement. The writing cites false authorship of also being co-authored by Dr. Andrew Saxon of UCLA, according to Saxon’s statements made under oath and the only billable hours being Kelman and Hardin. Kelman has stated under oath it was specifically written to be shared with judges. It was the subject scientific fraud of Kramer’s March 2005 writing for which the courts framed her for libel for the words, “altered his under oath statements” in the 2006 appellate anti-SLAPP opinion. They also suppressed the evidence Kelman committed perjury to establish false light reason malice. They suppressed the evidence Hardin was an undisclosed party to the litigation on the appellate court filed Certificate of Interested Persons. They suppressed the evidence that the duo’s scientific fraud had been found to be a “huge leap” not able to be used to deny causation of illness, by a superior court in Sacramento, CA. Officers of the courts have rolled down hill from there in collusive misconduct to continue to aid the fraud to be used in U.S. courts against the sick, injured and dying; and to conceal their criminal roles in aiding it by harassment of Kramer.)
[9] June 5, 2012 Notice to compromised court w/no subject matter jurisdiction of courts’ criminal acts, bodily harm, emotional distress & harassment of US citizen http://freepdfhosting.com/fd2a0d1cef.pdf
[10] November 2, 2012 Transcript of this Court being made aware it lacks subject matter jurisdiction because of fraud on the court by officers of the court, plaintiffs and clerks. http://freepdfhosting.com/16f8cb3941.pdf
November 29, 2012 faxes went sent to the EPA, FEMA, several U.S. Congressment and Senators, and President Obama showing how fraud on the court by officers of the court in this case is aiding to defraud the taxpayers over the mold issue while the victims of Hurricane Sandy are also the victims of corruption in the CA courts and politics over the mold issue in Washington DC. “Congress, Please remove scientific fraud from policy that moldy buildings do not harm ~ and while you are at it remove corrupt officers of the California courts who aid this fraud to continue nationwide.”
Please watch the October 2012 ONE HOUR INTERVIEW http://wp.me/plYPz-3tc of Sharon Kramer by Mr. Walter Davis of Citizens Demanding Justice on behalf of the documentary, Lawless America The Movie.
Please visit our sister blog, http://ContemptOfCourtFor.ME to see greater detail of the corrupt CA courts’ harassment of a whistle blower of scientific fraud in US public health policy, written and mass marketing to the courts on behalf of the financial interests of the affiliates of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Filed under Environmental Illness, fourth district division one appellate court, Marketing & Health Policy, Spinning Environmental Science, US Chamber of Commerce Tagged with acoem, Congressman Darrell Issa, Congressman Gary Miller, Congressman Henry Waxman, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Congressman Vern Buchanan, DA Dumanis, fourth district division one, fraud on the court, Hurricane Sandy, Judge Nugent, justice judith mcconnell, justice patricia benke, justice richard huffman, President Obama, Senator Feinstein, Toxic Mold, us chamber, Veritox
Did officers of the Appellate Court commit fraud on the court in a September 2010 appellate opinion by falsely stating a judgment that was never entered – or – does the Appellate Court not have jurisdiction now to hear an appeal under C.C.P. 664 because the sole foundational document to this case, the judgment from the prior case, is known to the officers of this court to be a void judgment? Just answer the damn question!
November 16, 2012 by Sharon Kramer Leave a comment
Civil Case Information Statement Attachment
Appellate Case No. D062764
Superior Court Case No. 37-2010-00061530-CU-DF-NC
Bruce J. Kelman (et. al.) v. Sharon Kramer
Document read in pdf
In lawful accordance with Code of Civil Procedure 1209(b) which states, “A speech or publication reflecting upon or concerning a court or an officer thereof shall not be treated or punished as a contempt of the court unless made in the immediate presence of the court while in session and in such a manner as to actually interfere with its proceedings.” and in accordance with the First Amendment of Constitution of the United States, this court filing may be read online at the blog “Just Answer the Damn Question!”.
It is under the title of “Did officers of the Appellate Court commit fraud on the court in a September 2010 appellate opinion by falsely stating a judgment that was never entered – or – does the Appellate Court not have jurisdiction now to hear an appeal under C.C.P. 664 because the sole foundational document to this case, the judgment from the prior case, is known to the officers of this court to be a void judgment? Just answer the damn question!” http://wp.me/p10kHj-1N
This is a limited civil case under $25,000.00.
A. APPEALABILITY
On July 2, 2012, a judgment was entered by default for $1.00 after the court held a trial with no subject matter jurisdiction, and no notification it was proceeding with the trial.
On January 19, 2012, $19,000.00+ was awarded to the plaintiff(s) with no stated reason in writing or orally; and a lien was placed on Sharon Kramer’s property.
On July 2, 2012, $7,200+ was awarded to plaintiffs in attorney fees, because Sharon Kramer refused to appear before a court, with no subject matter jurisdiction, that had incarcerated her in March of 2012, had her unlawfully strip searched, caused her bodily harm and emotional distress for refusing to commit criminal perjury and sign a known false confession of being guilty of libel over a writing impacting public health, which also contained the false sentence, “I do not believe Dr. Kelman committed perjury” – when he did to establish false theme for malice and officers of this court concealed it in two appellate opinions.
On July 2, 2012, $3,000 in sanctions were issued with more threat of incarceration because Sharon Kramer refused to publish a false confession on the internet of being guilty of libel with actual malice for a sentence she never even wrote – which would aid to conceal this Appellate Court framed her for libel for a completely different sentences in two appellate opinions; one in the November 2006 anti-SLAPP opinion and again in September 2010 as they suppressed the evidence Bruce Kelman committed perjury to establish false theme for malice.
D. APPELLATE CASE HISTORY
I have a degree in marketing from Ole Miss and am an advocate for integrity in health marketing when setting public health policies. In 2005, I wrote of how a scientific fraudulent concept was mass marketed into US public health policy that it was scientifically proven moldy buildings do not harm. This was for the purpose to mislead courts to deny liability of moldy building stakeholders for causation of illness.
The fraudsters sued me for libel for five words in the writing “altered his under oath statements”. The Case No. is GIN044539. The compromised officers of the CA courts aided the fraudsters to falsely deem me guilty of libel.
In two appellate opinions they made the writing appear to have made a false accusation that it did not make, thereby aiding to cast doubt on all my words and aiding the fraud to continue to flourish and grow. The anti-SLAPP Case No. is D047758. On appeal after trial the Case No. is D054496.
In both appellate opinions, officers of the court also suppressed the evidence that the fraudsters committed perjury to establish libel law required reason for malice and that a retired U.S. Assistant Surgeon General, Bryan Hardin, is an undisclosed party to the litigation on the Certificate of Interested Persons. He was also a paid for hire co-author the scientific fraud for the US Chamber of Commerce and a compromised US policy setting medical association, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), the subjects of my writing of how the scientific fraud became policy.
In January of 2011, Appellate Justice Patricia Benke refused to recall and rescind the fraudulent remittitur which awarded costs to “respondents” when there was only one “respondent” disclosed on the September 2009 Certificate of Interested Persons, Bruce Kelman. She refused to set aside the known void judgment on record that was inconsistent with the stated judgment on record in the fraudulent September 2010 Appellate Opinion and inconsistent with the Abstract of Judgment and Lien recorded on Sharon Kramer’s property by the San Diego Superior Court.
Attached hereto collectively as EXHIBIT 1 are: i.) the first page of the September 2010 Appellate Opinion falsely stating a judgment had been entered in Sharon Kramer’s favor, ii.) the judgment document as submitted by Kelman as the foundation for this second case in November 2010, with no mention of Sharon Kramer being awarded a judgment or being a trial prevailing party iii) the December 20, 2010 Remittitur stating “respondents” were disclosed on appeal, iv.) the September 13, 2009 Certificate of Interested Persons only disclosing Kelman as a party on appeal, v.) July 2005, except of declaration of Sharon Kramer showing Bryan Hardin was a known party to the litigation all along, yet not disclosed on Certificates of Interested Persons vi.) December 30, 2008 Abstract of Judgment that differs from both the void judgment document that is the sole foundation of this case, and the stated judgment in the fraudulent September 2010 Appellate Opinion; and vii.) Office of the Court, Justice Benke’s, January 2011, refusals to recall and rescind the fraudulent remittitur and vacate the void judgment.)
In a second case, this case, in which the falsified and void judgment from the first case is the sole foundational document, they have tried to gag me of what they have done and the continued adverse impact on the public because of it. In March 2012 they put me in jail for refusing to sign a false confession of being guilty of libel w/actual malice, had me unlawfully strip searched, caused me bodily harm and emotional distress, gave me a false criminal record for alleged civil contempt, and then libeled me by falsifying the Sheriff Dept record to conceal what they had done.
My signature on the false confession would have absolved the collusive misconduct of the fraudsters, officers of the courts and their clerks that have aided $B in the defrauding of the public in a cost shifting scheme off of insurers and onto taxpayers for the burden of cost of environmental illness, death and disability.
Since the foundational document to the second case is void, the San Diego Superior officers of the court have been harassing me, jailing me, harming me physically, sanctioning me and trying to intimidate me into silence with no subject matter jurisdiction. No jurisdiction = no judicial immunity for criminal misconduct of putting me in jail, falsifying court documents, etc. The numerous document falsifications by officers of the court and their clerks are in violation of Government Code 6203(a) which states, “Every officer authorized by law to make or give any certificate or other writing is guilty of a misdemeanor if he or she makes and delivers as true any certificate or writing containing statements which he or she knows to be false”, This is far more than a misdemeanor. It is billions in financially motivated hate crimes against the environmentally disabled with the compromised officers of the courts and their document falsifying clerks now desperate to conceal their unlawful roles in aiding it.
Needless to say, I have no intention of being silenced of the science fraud in policy and what the compromised leaders of the Ca judicial branch have done and continue to do to aid it; and to conceal their role in aiding it, while lives continue to be devastated daily. This has been going on for seven and a half years and has taken my husband and me to the brink of poverty.
I’m not shutting up until Justices Judith McConnell and Justice Richard Huffman of the Fourth District Division One Appellate Court in San Diego, CA, et. al., are removed from the bench and put behind bars for their collusive crimes against humanity, defrauding of the taxpayer of billions of dollars and treason against the United States Constitution they are sworn under oath to uphold. Their clerk, Stephen Kelly, threatened me that McConnell would deem me a vexatious litigant if I filed anything in the appellate court regarding his falsification the December 2010 Remittitur under seal of the State of California.
McConnell is the former Chairwoman of the CA Comm on Judicial Performance (CJP). Huffman, the former Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Judicial Council (JC) for 14 years. This is the most powerful position in the CA judicial branch. I have him for fraud on the court in an appellate opinion to conceal that the judgement is void and fraudulent; and that they have tried to use the void judgment as a valid legal document to shut me up of officers of the CA courts colluding to defraud the public on behalf of the affiliates of the US Chamber of Commerce.
So far, I can show direct evidence of twelve San Diego judiciaries being hands on involved, several clerks falsifying documents with the State Bar, CJP, JC, CA Chief Justice and local DA shielding them and aiding and abetting in the continuing harassment to try to silence and discredit me. Judge Thomas Nugent just lost his courtroom of 20 years in the North San Diego County Superior Court and they have brought a new man up to bat, Judge Robert Dahlquist, who can’t seem to grasp he has no legal jurisdiction to tell me to do anything while he is now also colluding to defraud. Again, no valid legal document for foundation of case = no jurisdiction = no judicial immunity for conspiring to defraud the public in financially motivated hate crimes of the environmentally ill, disabled and dying – and their advocate, me. I am also being cyberstalked by the “The Courthouse Gang” with the local district attorney refusing to take action to protect me, even though she knows I am fearful for my life from the massive fraud I have exposed in public health policy and in the California courts.
The above is just the CA courts’ and the local DA’s involvement. I can show direct evidence of much more involvement in WashingtonDC, in several federal and state agencies, and down both sides of the isle in both Congress and in the Senate aiding and benefiting from the scientific fraud remaining in policy directly because of the unlawful actions of the CA courts trying to silence and discredit me. It has been extremely difficult to get this matter to public light because of all the misinformation being spread over this matter and officers of the courts repeatedly libeling me to make me appear to be a malicious liar.
The matter is actually quite simple: I exposed fraud that was written into policy on behalf of the financial interests of affiliates of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and adverse to public health. Officers of the courts framed me for libel to make me look like a liar to aid the fraud to continue be able to sell doubt of causation of environmental illnesses in courts all across the US. Now they want me silenced by hook or by crook so they can stay on the bench and continue to aid this fraud that is nothing more than a financially motivated hate crime of me and the environmentally disabled and to aid many more frauds that are occurring in the courts of California by incestuously compromised officers of the courts.
E. SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
Required to be served on the State Solicitor General at the Office of the Attorney
General under Unruh: 51.1.
This case is the continuance of over seven years worth of fraud on the court and a
hate crime by officers of the court, their clerks and the plaintiffs against an
advocate for the environmentally disabled, Sharon Kramer. It is to conceal they
have unlawfully aided and abetted a scientific fraud to remain in U.S. public
health and California workman’s compensation policy by framing Sharon Kramer for
libel with actual malice for exposing the financially motivated scientific fraud
in policy that is adverse to the environmentally disabled; exposing how it came
to be policy; and exposing who was involved in mass marketing the scientific fraud
"Disability" means any mental or physical disability as defined in Sections 12926
of the Government Code. The relevant section of this code state, k)"On the bases
enumerated in this part" means or refers to discrimination on the basis of one or
more of the following:…physical disability, mental disability, medical condition…
(l) "Physical disability" includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Having any physiological disease, disorder, condition…that does both of the
following:(A) Affects one or more of the following body systems: neurological,
immunological, musculoskeletal, special sense organs, respiratory, including
speech organs, cardiovascular, reproductive,digestive, genitourinary, hemic and
lymphatic, skin, and endocrine.(B) Limits a major life activity. For purposes of
this section:(i) "Limits" shall be determined without regard to mitigating
measures such as medications, assistive devices, prosthetics, or reasonable
accommodations, unless the mitigating measure itself limits a major life activity.
(ii) A physiological disease, disorder, condition..limits a major life activity
if it makes the achievement of the major life activity difficult.(iii) "Major life
activities" shall be broadly construed and includes physical, mental, and social
activities and working.(2) Any other health impairment not described in paragraph
(1) that requires special education or related services. (6)(n) "…physical
disability, mental disability, medical condition,.." includes a perception that
the person has any of those characteristics or that the person is associated with
a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.
Under Penal Code 422.55(a) “Hate crime” means a criminal act committed, in whole
crime" includes, but is not limited to, a violation of Section 422.6. which states
(a) No person, whether or not acting under color of law, shall by force or threat
of force, willfully injure, intimidate, interfere with, oppress, or threaten any
other person in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured
to him or her by the Constitution or laws of this state or by the Constitution or
laws of the United States in whole or in part because of one or more of the actual
or perceived characteristics of the victim listed in subdivision (a) of Section
422.55.(b) No person, whether or not acting under color of law, shall knowingly
deface, damage, or destroy the real or personal property of any other person for
the purpose of intimidating or interfering with the free exercise or enjoyment of
any right or privilege secured to the other person by the Constitution or laws of
this state or by the Constitution or laws of the United States, in whole or in
part because of one or more of the actual or perceived characteristics of the
victim listed in subdivision (a) of Section 422.55.
Unruh states, “If a violation of Section 51, 51.5, 51.7, 51.9, or 52.1 is alleged
or the application or construction of any of these sections is in issue in any
proceeding in the Supreme Court of California, a state court of appeal, or the
appellate division of a superior court, each party shall serve a copy of the party
's brief or petition and brief, on the State Solicitor General at the Office of
the Attorney General. No brief may be accepted for filing unless the proof of
service shows service on the State Solicitor General. Any party failing to comply
with this requirement shall be given a reasonable opportunity to cure the failure
before the court imposes any sanction and, in that instance, the court shall allow
the Attorney General reasonable additional time to file a brief in the matter.”
Part II. NATURE OF ACTION
A. 12. Forced court filing under duress because of collusive misconduct by
officers of the court and falsification of court documents. Fraud on the court by
officers of the court, clerks and plaintiffs in financially motivated hate crimes
against the environmentally disabled and their advocate, Sharon Kramer. Need for
court to recall and rescind the fraudulent anti-SLAPP opinion of November of 2006,
then step down off the bench.
Part III. PARTIES AND ATTORNEY INFORMATION
Bruce J. Kelman, President of Veritox, Inc.,
Attorney of Record, Keith Scheuer, Esq. State Bar # 82797
Undisclosed parties to the litigation. (Attached hereto as EXHIBIT 2, is the evidence that the Appellate Court is aware the void judgment from the prior case, which is the foundation of this case, awarded costs to the following five people and owners of Veritox, who Kramer prevailed over in the August 2008 trial)
Bryan Hardin, Retired Assistant U.S. Surgeon General; Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Protection National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health; owner of Veritox, Inc.,
Coreen Robbins, owner of Veritox, Inc.
Loni Swenson, owner of Veritox, Inc.
Robert Schreibe, owner of Veritox, Inc.
Robert Clark, owner of Veritox, Inc.
Officers of the Court and Clerks who falsified court documents; suppressed evidence of plaintiff perjury, plaintiff counsel suborning of perjury, concealed parties to the litigation, and framed a United States citizen for libel with actual malice; then attempted to use a known void judgment document to conceal the collusive misconduct in a second case, this case, in financially motivated hate crimes of the environmentally disabled and their advocate, Sharon Kramer.
Keith Scheuer, Esq.
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Judge Michael Orfield (retired)
Justice Judith McConnell
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Justice Alex MacDonald
Judge Lisa Schall and her clerk, Michael Garland
Judge Joel Pressman
Judge William Dato and his clerk
Justice Patricia Benke
Justice Joanne Irrion
Clerk of the Appellate Court, Stephen Kelly
Judge Thomas Nugent and his clerks, Cheryl Karini and Alan Lum
Judge Earl Mass III
Judge Robert Dahlquist
Judge Robert Trentacosta,
Judge Kevin Enright
Chief Justice Ronald George
Chief Justice Tawny Cantil-Sayauke
Judicial Council Chairman Douglas Miller
Judicial Council Member Noreen Evans
Judicial Council Member Michael Feuer
Clerk of the San Diego Superior Court, Michael Roddy
District Attorney, Bonnie Dumanis, who receives millions annually in funding to stop insurer fraud and hate crimes in San Diego county, and instead has chosen to gain unfair advantage in county litigations by shielding mass corruption in the San Diego courts including but not limited to the Fourth District Division One Court of Appeals.
November 15, 2012 _______________________________
Sharon Kramer, United States citizen
and Appellant Under Duress
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Question to Kevin H. Brown, CEO of the National Apartment Association – “So, aptly spoken…are you lying to your members or lying to the courts?” Just Answer The Damn Question!
August 21, 2010 by JustAsk! Leave a comment
Our first Damn Questions! go to Kevin H. Brown, Chief Executive Officer of the National Apartment Association (“NAA”). NAA is a political action committee located in the DC area. They respresent and lobby on behalf of multi-million dollar property management companies from across the US. Among other functions, these property management companies oversee the leasing and maintenance of multi-tenant housing of thousand of US Citizens.
The Damn Questions! for Mr. Brown are: “Isn’t it insurance fraud to present the purported environmental science of the US Chamber of Commerce to the courts in an effort to bias their decision in favor of an NAA member, while telling the courts that ‘years of intense study have failed to produce any causal connection between exposure to indoor mold and adverse health effects’…and then turn around and warn the NAA members via your blog that NAA is aware ‘mold can cause major health problems and even death. Don’t let it get out of control and affect your company or your residents.’?
So, aptly spoken…are you lying to your members or lying to the courts?”
Mr. Kevin Brown
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Arlington, Virginia 22203
Dear Mr. Brown,
We have a blog called “Katy’s Exposure – Exposing Environmental Health Threats & Those Responsible for Them”. I think you are aware of this blog, because you were sent a certified letter on April 28, 2010 telling you of its existance and how it relates to you, the NAA and a particular Amicus Curiae brief the NAA submitted in a legal proceeding in Arizona involving new born infant deaths and an apartment building documented to have an atypical amount of mold.
On August 31, 2009, the NAA submitted an Amicus to the Arizona courts that stated:
“In a report entitled, ‘A Scientific View of the Health Effects of Mold’, a panel of scientists, including toxicologists and industrial hygienists stated that years of intense study have failed to produce any causal connection between exposure to indoor mold and adverse health effects.’ U.S. Chamber of Commerce, A Scientific View of the Health Effects of Mold (2003)”
[FYI, purported author for US Chamber who says under oath that he never even read the Chamber’s “Scientific View” even 3 years after it was published, UCLA physician, Andrew Saxon]
But on May 19, 2010, the NAA blogged a warning to its members titled “Mold: Your Silent Enemy”. This blog states:
“Remember, mold can cause major health problems and even death. Don’t let it get out of control and affect your company or your residents.”
So….Isn’t it insurance fraud to present the environmental science of the US Chamber of Commerce to the courts in an effort to bias their decision in favor of an NAA member, while telling the courts “years of intense study have failed to produce any causal connection between exposure to indoor mold and adverse health effects”…and then turn around and warn the NAA members via your blog that NAA is aware “mold can cause major health problems and even death. Don’t let it get out of control and affect your company or your residents.” ?
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Again, Santa Clarita Diet acknowledges the trope; Eric Bemis (Skyler Gisondo) the Hammonds’ helpful, virginal neighbor, finds a girlfriend who turns out to be a zombie. He has sex, which in a horror story normally leads to some form of grotesque punishment. But while this show acknowledges that connecting with other people (zombies or otherwise) can initially seem terrifying, it suggests that intimacy doesn’t have to be a disaster. Sometimes, it turns out, zombies are just looking for sex. Or love. Or for someone to help them make sure their ears don’t fall off.
If you've got more than a few pounds to lose, consider meeting with a registered dietitian or making small changes to your daily habits to lose weight and keep it off. Remember, your health is too important to trust it to a nameless, faceless fad on the internet. Find the right diet for you and invest a little time and effort into putting a reasonable healthy plan in place. Is it more work in the beginning? Yep! But you're far more likely to achieve sustainable results.
The superfood vinegar is best consumed as vinaigrette dressing on your salad, but it has beneficial effects no matter how you enjoy it. Vinegar slows gastric emptying, which has several beneficial effects for people with type 2 diabetes. This slows the glucose release into the bloodstream, allowing for a small, steady insulin response instead of a large insulin surge. Vinegar also increases satiety, so if you enjoy salad with vinaigrette as your first course, you are less likely to overeat during the main course.
The eggs are probably the hardest part for military diet substitutes. Eggs are great. But eggs can be substituted for 2 slices of bacon or 4 ounces of lean ham. They aren’t great substitutions for the 3 Day Military Diet because of the fat mismatch. Peanut butter or almond butter almost work better and will also work for the vegetarians in the group.
Sheila and Joel plan to destroy Anne's case. Eric helps Abby construct an explosive for the fracking site. After numerous takes, Gary finally records a message to a burner phone that’ll lead the police to believe that he and Dan are on the run. Gary then confirms that he’s ready to die. Abby and Eric plant the burner phone containing the message in Dan's closet for Anne to find, where they also discover C-4 to use it at the fracking site. At Lisa's baptism, Anne informs Sheila and Joel that she has someone looking into possible deleted messages. Not knowing that deleted messages could be salvaged, the Hammonds plan their escape. Abby goes to say goodbye to Eric and they kiss. Anne confirms that nothing could be recovered from the burner phone but eventually recognizes a sound on the voicemail to be Sheila's bracelets. Anne catches Sheila and Joel in the middle of Gary's funeral and they tell her the truth. Anne shoots Sheila, who is unharmed, and Joel shows her Gary. Reading Abby and Eric's explosion as a sign, Anne accepts Sheila as an instrument of God.
Abby goes to the storage unit and finds the dead man in the freezer. Joel talks to Novak’s Grandmother for help translating the prints. She tells him it is an old story about zombies from a book that might have a cure. Sheila is reluctant about a cure at first as she likes the side effects of being a zombie but finally agrees she wants a cure. Joel finds a possible source for the book, Anton. Abby tells Eric about the dead guy she found. Eric tells Abby he found out his mom is having an affair. Joel asks Rick to run a check for Anton. Dan blackmails Joel into killing a guy named Loki. Joel tells Sheila that Dan knows about Gary. Sheila wants to kill Loki for food and is willing to go alone. Abby complains to Eric about her parents' lying and he tries to kiss her. Sheila and Joel try to kill Loki and fail. Sheila is worried she bit Loki. Abby notices blood on Sheila’s briefcase but does not confront her mom about it. Loki is on the floor of a hotel room surrounded by vomit like Sheila was before.
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The second season received generally positive reviews as well. The season has an approval rating of 83% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 7.08/10 on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus states: "Santa Clarita Diet rides the momentum of its freshman season with non-stop comedic gore and a big heart that bleeds — profusely — for its lovable characters."[17]
So we hate to break it to you, but devouring hot dogs and ice cream probably won’t be your ticket to sustainable and healthy weight loss. “The idea that there’s something magical in a certain diet, that’s the American dream,” says Gomer. The Military Diet isn’t sustainable, she says. “You’ll get hungry and grouchy and you break your diet and [then] you’re looking for the next miracle.”
To follow a healthy diet for diabetes, you must first understand how different foods affect your blood sugar. Carbohydrates, which are found to the largest degree in grains, bread, pasta, milk, sweets, fruit, and starchy vegetables, are broken down into glucose in the blood faster than other types of food, which raises blood sugar, potentially leading to hyperglycemia. Protein and fats do not directly impact blood sugar, but both should be consumed in moderation to keep calories down and weight in a healthy range.
Total calories are low on all three days of the plan, but extremely low and not capable of meeting energy needs for an adult on at least two of these days. In addition, numerous other nutrients were below the USDA’s recommendations. When you look at daily average intake provided, these include getting only 10g fiber, 10% DV for Vitamin D, 37% DV for calcium, 42% DV for iron, and 40% DV for potassium.
The South Beach Diet aims to be a lifelong eating plan that you adapt when you reach the maintenance period, which is phase 3. By this point, you have learned how to eat in a healthy way, meaning you can have occasional treats, like a slice of cake, but by using what you learned in phases 1 and 2, you keep yourself from veering too far off the plan.
The biggest step you can make is getting your mind made up to actually do what you can to help yourself. The military diet and military diet substitutes will only get you so far. Every diet has crazy claims and ardent opponents. If you look for the supporting studies, you will wind up with relatively few options. But as I said earlier, follow the diet as closely as you can. It’s made up this way for a reason. Good luck!
I am SO thankful that healthy lifestyle alternatives are adamantly mentioned in this article. I feel that the military diet is more of a tagline or “attention getter” and does not full give the the results that people are assuming they’ll receive. I feel that this method would get rid of bloat and excess water weight far before it would get rid of body fat, and the amount of fat lost will be gained back immediately upon return to a “normal diet”. While this may help a dieter become more familiar with portion control, I feel like the military diet grabs the attention of new/crash dieters more than experienced dieters that are looking for a healthy lifestyle.
Carbohydrates are the bodies' main source of energy and the nutrient that impacts blood sugar the most. People with diabetes need to monitor their carbohydrate intake because excess carbohydrates, particularly in the form of white, refined, processed, and sugary foods can elevate blood sugars and triglycerides and result in weight gain. When thinking about carbohydrates, you'll want to think about portions as well as type.
The 3 Day Military Diet is 3 days. It works like this: You follow the 3-day meal plan and then follow a more flexible diet for 4 days. During the 4 days off, it’s best to eat a diet of about 1500 calories per day. Then, you can repeat the cycle or stop dieting altogether. To maintain weight loss, it’s always best if you follow a healthy diet- free of processed foods and rich in whole grains, fruits and vegetables.
Because the Military Diet discourages substitutions, some may be led to believe that specific food choices have a “magical” effect to enhance weight loss. The truth is, there’s nothing special or unique about the combination of these foods over the three-day period. In fact, choosing different foods with similar macronutrient profiles would provide the exact results.
I started the program and was not a fan of the food. So I called to cancel the delivery and was told there is a $125.00 EARLY CANCELLATION FEE! Try to cancel on the website… good luck… I had to call to cancel and spoke with an overbearing cancellation member who would not stop grilling me about every part of the diet I did not like and how much weight did I want to loose. I wish they would have been more honest UPFRONT about the costs of cancelling if you are not satisfied.
To follow the plan, one must decide their calorie level and then divide the suggested servings of each food group throughout the day. This requires meal planning ahead of time. The NHLBI guide provides many tips on how to incorporate DASH foods and to lower sodium intake; a one-day sample menu following a 2300 mg sodium restriction and a 1500 mg sodium restriction; and one week’s worth of recipes. The NHLBI also publishes an online database of “heart healthy” recipes.
The goal of any changes you make to your diet should be to help establish healthier habits to allow you to feel your best. The military diet won’t teach you how to respond effectively to your body’s hunger or fullness signals, won’t prepare you to plan healthy meals and cook for yourself for years to come, and won’t guide you toward finding healthier substitutions for unhealthy foods that cause you to overeat.
Blood pressure is the measure of the force of blood flowing through blood vessels. Almost 86 million people in the United States have high blood pressure, and only one-half have it under control. About 13 million US adults with hypertension aren't even aware they have it and are going untreated.1 There are many causes of hypertension, but whatever the cause, the harmful repercussions include damaged arteries, aneurysms, enlarged heart, transient ischemic attack, stroke, dementia, kidney failure, retinopathy, sexual dysfunction in men, sleep apnea, and bone loss. That makes controlling blood pressure critical for disease prevention.2 High blood pressure can be defined as a reading higher than 140/90 mm Hg. Prehypertension is between 120/80 mm Hg and 139/89 mm Hg. Prehypertension is likely to become hypertension unless lifestyle changes, including diet, are made.2 The DASH diet is rich in several nutrients known to play important roles in regulating blood pressure, including potassium, magnesium, and calcium, and is lower in sodium and saturated fat than the typical American diet.
Fat isn’t the enemy, but you should be aware that some fats are more beneficial than others. I get most of my dietary fat from extra-virgin olive oil, avocados, nuts, and seeds. I totally avoid trans fats. Be careful when selecting dairy foods; sometimes “low-fat” and “nonfat” foods contain more sugar that their full-fat counterparts. Read the labels.
Some studies have found that consuming inadequate protein while dieting leads to appetite changes that may promote increased food intake, and having a high-protein meal usually leads to eating less calories (about 9 percent less on average) at the next meal. (5) The military diet isn’t unique in that it includes several protein-dense foods per day (like meat, eggs or cottage cheese), but this is one advantage when it comes to controlling calorie intake.
Check these links for more information on The DASH Diet Action Plan, The DASH Diet Weight Loss Solution, The Everyday DASH Diet Cookbook, DASH diet in the news, DASH diet research, the author Marla Heller, MS, RD, Marla in the media, DASH social media, or to book her for a seminar. We support the American Heart Month (February), the Go Red for Women campaign, and the National Wear Red Day (February 2, 2018), promoting awareness about women's heart health. Check out our blog, and don't forget to join our free online support group on Facebook.
Joel and Sheila Hammond are realtors leading a normal suburban life with their daughter Abby. They are trying hard to sell a house but while showing it Sheila violently throws up extensively, including what might be an organ. Joel takes Sheila to the emergency department but since it is slow they go home. Sheila is acting oddly, including an increased libido; her blood is thick and she has no heartbeat. Their neighbor's son Eric explains to them that Sheila is dead and undead and driven by her Id, which Sheila is okay with. Eric tells them Sheila must always be fed, and if she degrades she may have to die. Sheila and Abby sneak out and buy a car, and later Sheila parties with her neighbors. Gary, Sheila's co-worker, entices Sheila to dance with him when Joel finds them. They leave and Sheila thinks her new behavior might be who she really is. At Sheila's home, Gary tries to force himself on her, threatening to tell others she was unfaithful if she refuses. Sheila licks his fingers, suddenly biting two of them off before devouring Gary in the backyard. Joel comes home to find Sheila eating Gary; as he looks on in horror, Sheila tells him she wants to make this work.
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12 Global Food Festivals Worth the Trip
By Erin Lindholm
Tasting Australia
Home to some of Australia’s most prominent wine-growing regions, wide swaths of the Outback and such biodiverse destinations as Kangaroo Island and the Limestone Coast, it would feasibly take months (or even years) to explore the reaches of South Australia‘s gastronomy and viticulture—not to mention its many scenic regions.Thankfully, Tasting Australia condenses many of the state’s food and wine highlights into a robust 10-day program of more than 140 events—farm tours, wine, beer, and spirits tastings and masterclasses, leisurely chef-driven lunches and dinners included. Festival highlights include the Glasshouse Kitchen in the capital city of Adelaide, where lauded Australian chefs and international culinary stars team up for some memorable meals, and Tasting Australia Airlines, which transports visitors to some of the state’s more remote culinary destinations on all-inclusive full-day tours.
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Venice Food & Wine Festival
Looking to make a splash with its inaugural event in May, the Venice Food & Wine Festival has lined up American and Italian culinary luminaries with more than a few Michelin stars (and James Beard awards) for its four-day showcase at the JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa, which is located on its own private island in Venice, the Isola delle Rose. On the agenda: chef-led demos, cooking academies, wine tastings, cocktail workshops and a few fabulous dinners, of course. As a bonus, the opening party and concert finale are complimentary to all guests staying at the resort over the weekend.
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Vegas Uncork’d
The roster of celebrity chefs who head for Las Vegas every May for Vegas Uncork’d—Sin City’s extravagant, four-day epicurean feast and drink fest—is impressive, to say the least. Gordon Ramsay, Bobby Flay, Anthony Bourdain, Giada De Laurentiis, Masaharu Morimoto and Nobu Matsuhisa are all Vegas Uncork’d regulars and each edition brings a host of new and notable events and culinary all-star talent, too.The festival’s busy agenda features dine-around showcases, master series with star chefs, brunches, poolside parties and more, but the weekend’s signature event is The Grand Tasting at Caesars Palace, which can accommodate upwards of 2,500 revelers. More than 50 chef-helmed stations—and twice as many wine and cocktail stops—ensures that no attendee will depart this annual desert bacchanal either hungry or thirsty.
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Food Zurich
A relative newcomer to the food festival scene, Food Zurich continues to grow and morph with each iteration and its upcoming May-June edition, which runs for a total of 11 days, is no exception. In just a few years, the festival has grown to more than 150 cooking workshops, events and tasting sessions connecting food producers and chefs from Zurich and beyond with local food enthusiasts.Bespoke dinners and tastings will be held at restaurants throughout the city as well as at more unusual settings, too—think museums, castles, and other countryside locations. The Street Food Festival, one of Food Zurich’s most popular events, returns with around 70 vendors offering global fare and plenty of Swiss classics—no doubt you’ll be able to get your pretzel and bratwurst fix, and then some.
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Food & Wine Classic in Aspen
For nearly four decades, chefs, media, and devoted epicureans have convened at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen for a celebratory weekend in June honoring the magazine’s Best New Chefs and Restaurants of the Year. Held at various locations throughout the mountain town of Aspen, Colorado, the festival in total features more than 80 cooking demos, culinary talks and wine seminars. Highlights of the weekend include the Best New Chefs dinner on the top of Aspen Mountain and a leisurely afternoon spent wandering through the Grand Tasting Pavilion, which features a couple hundred food products and wineries to peruse and sample, plus tastings by this year’s class of Best New Chefs.
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The Great Food Festival
Returning to Resorts World Sentosa this September, The Great Food Festival is a gastronomic wonderland that reflects Singapore’s wildly multicultural culinary scene and passion for good food on every level, starting with its street food—Singapore has two street food vendors, known here as hawkers, that have been awarded a Michelin star.While the four-day event does offer a few high-profile, chef-driven series—notably, the Feast of Kings and the Connoisseur Collection—the festival’s largest draw is the general admission (or even free) areas, where hundreds of individual tastes can be purchased from culinary talents and vendors for the equivalent of roughly $4-$8 USD. Tastes range from offerings by award-winning chefs to heritage-inspired foods from Southeast Asia and beyond to desserts and sweets.
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Hawaii Food and Wine Festival
Founded by James Beard award-winning chef-restaurateurs Roy Yamaguchi and Alan Wong, native sons of Hawaii and longtime champions of Hawaiian regional cuisine, the Hawai’i Food and Wine Festival returns each October with an island-hopping lineup of events including wine-paired chef’s dinners, cooking demos and walk-around tasting showcases on Maui, Oahu, and the Big Island.The Hawai’i Food and Wine Festival has an exceptionally strong connection to its provenance: Given Yamaguchi and Wong’s commitment to the Hawaiian regional cuisine movement, all participating chefs are asked to showcase locally-grown, raised or harvested ingredients in their dishes, whether or not they hail from the islands. Additionally, proceeds from the non-profit event are given to local educational, agricultural and culinary community partners.
Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival
International Alba White Truffle Fair
Over eight weekends in October and November, more than half a million visitors make the pilgrimage to Italy’s northwestern Piedmont region for the International Alba White Truffle Fair. The draw, of course, is Tuber Magnatum Pico—the white truffle that predominantly grows here and is considered a culinary delicacy par excellence.Whether or not you’re intending to spend hundreds (or thousands) of dollars on the truffles for sale at the White Truffle World Market, they’re still quite a sight to see and the event has plenty else to tantalize your senses, from cooking demos to truffle-and-wine pairings and other sensory workshops in the fair’s Taste and Aromas Lounge. Additionally, marketplaces selling all sorts of Italian-made deliciousness set up in the streets and squares of Alba, and local restaurants throughout the region feature the fresh truffles in many decadent iterations while they’re in season.
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Salon du Chocolate
For five days in late October and early November, the Salon du Chocolat transforms the Porte de Versailles in Paris’ 15th arrondissement into a massive exposition dedicated to all things chocolate. Around 60 countries from five continents set up shop at the expo, which also includes daily gastronomic, cultural and family-friendly programming, events and activities. Chefs and pastry chefs from around the world take to the stage for live demos and to discussions, as well as share recipes and tricks of the trade, while lectures and more in-depth workshops will appeal to chocolate lovers and connoisseurs looking to deepen their knowledge on subjects such as the “bean to bar” trend of single-origin cocoa beans that’s been making waves in recent years among artisanal producers.
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Cayman Cookout
Every January, Chef Eric Ripert of New York City’s lauded Le Bernardin restaurant decamps for the Cayman Cookout on Grand Cayman with a few of his closest chef friends in tow— Daniel Boulud, José Andrés, and Emeril Lagasse among them. Events over the course of the five-day festival include Caribbean sailing excursions, cooking demos by the chefs, wine and mixology sessions and a few signature beachfront tasting events where shoes are optional and even Ripert and company can be spotted barefoot in the sand, enjoying the weather and the laid-back island vibes.One tip: While not officially a part of the Cayman Cookout, the Chef’s Counter at Avecita at the Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa is a must for gastronomes visiting the Caymans. With just 10 seats and one nightly seating, dinner here offers an intimate glimpse of how the artistry of a dish comes together on the plate.
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Running for three weeks between late February and early March annually, the Dubai Food Festival is a chance to eat and drink as if you were living the expat life in this dazzling Middle Eastern city. Some of Dubai‘s buzziest restaurants offer set-price restaurant week menus for dinner reservations, while the Beach Canteen, the festival’s main venue, features a stage for live music and events plus dozens of food stalls, food trucks, even vintage Airstream campers selling everything from poke bowls and fried chicken and waffles to Turkish kababs and traditional Middle Eastern mezze.The Taste of Dubai—two days of chef demos, entertainment and plenty of tastes to be had at live cooking stations—wraps up the festivities each year. For something totally different (and thoroughly delicious), Frying Pan Adventures specializes in off-the-beaten-path walking food tours through local neighborhoods in Old Dubai.
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“The deity worshipped by the Bon has the name Kuntu zanpo (kun tu bzang po), lit. the “All-Good”. But since nothing can, according to the Bon, appear on this earth without a mother and father, along with this deity there exists a goddess who appears now as the tender “Great Mother of Mercy and Love” now as the ” Glorious Queen of Three Worlds” who rules all the world including China, Tibet, Shanshun and Li (Khotan). This goddess is honoured even more than her husband, since here power is linked with the earth, as a consequence of which she is called in Western Tibet the Earth-Mother.
According to Bon cosmology, the world is made up of three spheres: the heavenly region of the gods is of white light, the earthly region of people is of red light and the lower world of water spirits is of blue light. The mystic world tree grows through all three universes and is the means by which the worlds communicate with one another…
Bon is professed in Sikkim, to some extent in Bhutan, in the south-west of China (Sichuan and Yunnan) by the south Chinese minorities, the Miao, Lolo, Lisu and others, and also in Western Tibet.
…apart from religious conceptions, there were many in the consciousness of the 13th c. Mongols that had no connection with dogma and theodicy. Among these are belief in wizardry divination and omens. … Wizardry ie magic, is based on the principles:(1) everything in the world is interrelated and 2) like gives rise to like. The presence of god is not obligatory for the wizard nor are spirit forces. Equally when a man engaged in divination it does not matter whether he uses the shoulder blade of a sheep, beans or the cards; he does not summon up any supernatural power…
What is there in common between this priest and a frenzied medium at a spiritualist seance (which is what a shaman’s performance is, in essence)…? plano Carpini and Rubruck also tell us of shamnism but they call the shaman kam. This is an Altai Turkish word, and in the 13th century century shamanism had been considerably developed in the Altai where it existed along with Nestorianism. …shamanism in the restricted and direct meaning of the word developed as an ideological system in direct proximity to Mongolia and it seems, at the same period. And we have found it among the Kara-Khitan and the Naiman, it is natural to seek its origin in the homeland of these peoples, i.e. Manchuria. In fact, we found the conceptions, rituals and temrinology sought for there in the Jurchen Qin empire. Certain researchers consider the word ‘shaman’ itself a Jurchen one ad the Jurchen the originators of shamanism. The J. considered people with outstanding abilities shamans, just as we call them geniuses, from the Latin word ‘geinus’ the protective spirit of the clan.
The Khitan even had a shaman hierarchy: the ordinary shaman cured and engaged in wizardry, but the secret rituals took place under the guidance of a supreme shaman who had a high position in (p.281) in the Liao Empire. This genuine shamanism was recorded in 1714 when the Manchurian ritual was uniified. In brief, shamnism also was a state world-view, though not amog the Mongols, but among their eastern neighbors.
Both systems co-existed and interacted, but did not fuse, for their dogma and origins were different. Shamanism turned out to be more long lasting and beat the highly developed religions–Bon and Nestorianism which disappeared in Mongolia, and this confused the 19th C scholars who tried to lump together all the faiths of ancient times, but to contemporaries of those events the distinction of Mongol religion from other Asian cults was obvious.
All knowledgeable observers considered the Mongol faith as monotheism, but neither Muslims nor Christians noted any similarity between the Mongol faith and their own.
Thus the ancient Mongol religion appears before us as a view of the world that had been carefully worked out, with an ontology (a teaching of a two-in-one deity, creator and provider), a cosmology (the conception of the three worlds with possible inter-communication), ethics (condemnation of the lie), mythology (the legend of an origin from the ‘sun man’) and a demonology (distinguishing the ancestor spirits from the spirits of nature). It was so different from … Moreover the ancient Mongol culture was so specific that any borrowing from it, or simply a veiled reference to it, is easily recognized.”
Source of extract: “Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom: The Legend of the Kingdom of Prester John“, Lev Nikolaevich Gumilev (Page 277-282)
More on the Womb Mother in the Mongol and Qhitan faiths below. Umai (Ymai, Mai, Omai) might be a cognate of Xiwangmu/Amaterasu/Jizo=Kshitagarba/Amaterasu/Kannon/Kwanyin:
“Umai was a female Deity associated with benevolent deities and spirits. She was considered to be a favourite wife of the Sky God, Tengri. Like Yer-Sub, Umai obeyed Tengri. If Yer-Sub ruled over all the living on land and water, Umai was the giver of special divine powers to mankind. Umai lived in the skies and radiated down to the Earth. Her rays penetrated man and dwelled in him like a spark until he died. This spark accounted for man’s vital energy and physical force, but it was not Kut (spirit). It was rather a divine power linking man to the heavens, sent by Tengri. Once the spark perished, death followed. Thus, everything spiritual and physical in our Universe was subject to two Goddesses, Yer-Sub and Umai. The Turks did not sacrifice domestic animals to the Goddess Umai, but dedicated carefully prepared dairy and meat dishes in solemn ceremonies. Umai protected the Turkish tribes and participated, together with Tengri and Yer-Sub, in the victory of their forces over an enemy. In the Orkhon Inscriptions honouring Tonyukuk we read: “Tengri, Umai and Sacred Yer-Sub, it should be known, gave (us) victory.” In the inscriptions there is also a comparison of the Khagan’s wife to Umai: “…Her majesty, my mother Katun, is comparable to Umai…” This testifies to the reverence of this Goddess by the highest ruling classes, especially the representatives of divine authority on Earth, the Khagans.
After the disintegration of the ancient Turkic states and the migrations of the ancient populations of Eurasia, the Goddess Umai began to be considered only as a protector of pregnant women and small children, from malevolent earthly spirits. The reverence to Umai (Ymai, Mai) remained fresh in the memory of the Altai until recent times. Today, some Altai testify that when the Kut of a child reaches the Earth, he is weak and helpless, and therefore Umai descends with him from the heavens, and guards him even in the womb. This is necessary, for the malicious spirits penetrate the body and the womb of the pregnant woman, ruining the child and causing abortion. As delivery approaches, Umai helps the child arrive, entering sometimes in a struggle with a malicious spirit, who interferes with the delivery and pulls at the child. This is how late and difficult deliveries are explained. Umai helps to properly cut the umbilical cord.
She protects the child, educates and talks to him, for they understand each other well. When a child cries during a dream and sleeps restlessly, Umai is said to have left him. Many families make a small bow and arrow (boys) or spindle (girls), to serve as talismans. These amulets are attached to the dwelling near the cradle. They are made when the newborn is first placed in the cradle and removed when the child no longer needs it. On the child reaching the age of six months, a Kam is invited for a special ceremony to Umai-Ana (Mother Umai), involving the sacrifice of a young bull.
During this they ask Umai to safeguard and protect the baby. A talisman is attached to the cradle, i.e., a small bow and arrow, symbolising the weapon Umai uses against malicious spirits. The complete care and the constant presence of Umai near the child continues until he learns to walk, run, understand speech and speak fluently. This happens at approximately 5-6 years. When the child becomes accustomed to his social environment, especially his parents, relatives and later his playmates, his connection with Umai-Ana ends.6 When a child reaches this stage, a special ritual is performed for Tengri, which involves the sacrifice of a domestic animal. Appeals are made for the child痴 longevity. The name Umai also referred to the womb, placenta and cut umbilical cord. This underlined Umai痴 functions as a Goddess of reproduction. It was to Her that barren couples prayed for a child.7 These concepts are not alien to both modern Altai-Sayan Turks and Mongols. Some still believe that Umai remains in the umbilical cord to protect the child. The umbilical cord may be buried near the hearth. The modern Volga Tatars do not revere Umai, but she is remembered in the pre-Islamic Tatar dastans (poetic tales) and legends, in their language and customs.
Erlik – cognate of Mercury???
Erlik was the Chief God of the Underworld. In the Orkhon-Yenisei Inscriptions, Erlik is called Erglik. Erlik is described as an old man with an athletic built. His eyes and eyebrows are jet-black and his parted beard reaches his knees. His moustache is like tusks that curl behind his ears. His horns are like tree-roots and his hair curled. Erlik was connected with the worst disasters, epidemics and illnesses of people and cattle. He caused these illnesses to compel man to sacrifice to him. Men feared Erlik, especially when ill and were afraid to use his name, calling him Kara-Name (something black) instead. The sons of Erlik helped him rule the Underworld, where there were lakes, rivers and seas. Erlik also had several daughters whose number varied between two and nine. They were described as idle, sexually promiscuous and had a desire to lure Kams to their beds, as they descended into the Underworld for ceremonies. They stole the sacrifices Kams made to Erlik, with whom they were closely associated. Ancient legends state that Erlik taught ritual to the first Black Kam (Kara Kam). Ceremonies in the subterranean world were performed by black Kams, whilst white Kams (Ak Kam) never ventured there. Though Erlik was the supreme God of the Underworld, he rarely caused evil. He did not regulate the death of mortals and did not take away their Kut. He only accepted their material bodies after their demise. Kut returned to the Sky, after the body was cremated. Malicious spirits (Kermeses) dwelled in the Underworld and sometimes surfaced at sunset to cause harm. Sacrifices to Erlik were conducted at night, by slaughtering domestic animals with some defect (a broken horn, lameness, etc), as it was believed that the invisible Underworld contrasted with the visible one, where humans dwelt…
Source: Tengrianism
“Among the Buryats oboos are also made from cut birch trees, often intricately carved and decorated with horsehair and ribbons. Instead of adding rocks, worshipers will tear off a strip from their clothing or bring a piece of cloth with them fro this purpose. A variation on this are the turge and serge, cut birch trees used in various shamanist rituals, all of which symbolize the World Tree. Most commonly the celebrants of the ritual will do a yohor circle dance around the serge in order to raise energy for various purposes. This custom is thousands of years old and is depicted in ancient petroglyphs. A similar ritual also exists among the Dene tribes of Alaska, where it is known as the Stickdance. A special kind of serge is erected next to cave entrances and is carved to look like a phallus. This type of serge is called Baabain Mungun Bagana (Father’s Silver Pole) and is placed by caves because caves represent the womb of Mother Earth; the pole balances the feminine energy of the place with the male energy of the phallic symbol.
Mountains, streams, forests, and individual rocks and trees are all part of Mother Earth, but are also the home of gazriin ezen, nature spirits. Some, if not all, of them were once souls of human beings, ancestors from so long ago that their numerous descendants no longer remember them and the spirits no longer has any connection with them. Looking back on the hundreds of thousands of years of human history it is easy to imagine how many of these spirits exist out in nature. A mountain or tree of great majesty will be said to have suld, which is the same word that is used to refer to the soul which remains in nature after death. Unusual rocks or trees are believed to have strong spirits and are respected or given offerings of tobacco, food, money, liquor, or ribbons tied on branches. Because these spirits are found throughout nature it is considered taboo to offend them by needlessly damaging natural features or mutilating trees. An angry nature spirit is very powerful and can create many problems for a person or community until a shaman can placate or control it. When a dead person’s suld soul goes out into nature, it may come into conflict with gazriin ezen spirits if it tries to settle in a place where other spirits are already living; certain prayers are thus said at funeral ceremonies in order to allow the deceased person’s spirit to settle in a place peacefully.
Mountain spirits are considered to be very powerful, and they represent not only the individual power of the gazriin ezen of the mountain but also the abundance of food plants. These ceremonies are usually held around the times of the equinoxes and solstices and are often done by the elders of the local clan or tribe. The wolf appears to be especially connected with mountain spirits, because when a horse or other herd animal is stolen by wolves it is the custom to say, it has been taken by the mountain god.
Mountain spirits and other powerful gazriin ezen spirits are worshiped at special shrines called oboo, which are tall piles of rocks and tree branches. An oboo is roughly conical in shape, about 6-10 feet tall. When passing by an oboo travelers are required to walk around it three times and place a rock on it. In doing this not only is a person showing respect for the spirit, which would be the least required of him, but in symbolically by adding to the spirit痴 power by adding the rock he is receiving windhorse and good luck for his journey. In order to get more windhorse (hiimori) and buyanhishig a person might also make and offering of liquor, milk, or butter. Sometimes car parts will be hung from the tree branches to assure that there will be no breakdowns.”
Source:”Sacred Mountains and Trees“
Among the Buryats oboos are also made from cut birch trees, often intricately carved and decorated with horsehair and ribbons. Instead of adding rocks, worshipers will tear off a strip from their clothing or bring a piece of cloth with them fro this purpose. A variation on this are the turge and serge, cut birch trees used in various shamanist rituals, all of which symbolize the World Tree. Most commonly the celebrants of the ritual will do a yohor circle dance around the serge in order to raise energy for various purposes. This custom is thousands of years old and is depicted in ancient petroglyphs. A similar ritual also exists among the Dene tribes of Alaska, where it is known as the Stickdance. A special kind of serge is erected next to cave entrances and is carved to look like a phalus. This type of serge is called Baabain Mungun Bagana (Father痴 Silver Pole) and is placed by caves because caves represent the womb of Mother Earth; the pole balances the feminine energy of the place with the male energy of the phalic symbol.
Mountains, streams, forests, and individual rocks and trees are all part of Mother Earth, but are also the home of gazriin ezen, nature spirits. Some, if not all, of them were once souls of human beings, ancestors from so long ago that their numerous descendants no longer remember them and the spirits no longer has any connection with them. Looking back on the hundreds of thousands of years of human history it is easy to imagine how many of these spirits exist out in nature. A mountain or tree of great majesty will be said to have suld, which is the same word that is used to refer to the soul which remains in nature after death. Unusual rocks or trees are believed to have strong spirits and are respected or given offerings of tobacco, food, money, liquor, or ribbons tied on branches. Because these spirits are found throughout nature it is considered taboo to offend them by needlessly damaging natural features or mutilating trees. An angry nature spirit is very powerful and can create many problems for a person or community until a shaman can placate or control it. When a dead person痴 suld soul goes out into nature, it may come into conflict with gazriin ezen spirits if it tries to settle in a place where other spirits are already living; certain prayers are thus said at funeral ceremonies in order to allow the deceased person痴 spirit to settle in a place peacefully.
Mountain spirits are considered to be very powerful, and they represent not only the individual power of the gazriin ezen of the mountain but also the abundance of food plants. These ceremonies are usually held around the times of the equinoxes and solstices and are often done by the elders of the local clan or tribe. The wolf apears to be especially connected with mountain spirits, because when a horse or other herd animal is stolen by wolves it is the custom to say, 的t has been taken by the mountain god.
Mountain spirits and other powerful gazriin ezen spirits are worshiped at special shrines called oboo, which are tall piles of rocks and tree branches. An oboo is roughly conical in shape, about 6-10 feet tall. When passing by an oboo travelers are required to walk around it three times and place a rock on it. In doing this not only is a person showing respect for the spirit, which would be the least required of him, but in symbolically by adding to the spirit痴 power by adding the rock he is receiving windhorse and good luck for his journey. In order to get more windhorse (hiimori) and buyanhishig a person might also make and offering of liquor, milk, or butter. Sometimes car parts will be hung from the tree branches to assure that there will be no brakedowns.
http://www.ethnikoi.org/tengrianism.htm Umai (Ymai, Mai, Omai) Cognate of Jizo or Amaterasu??? “rays”
Source:”Sacred Mountains and Trees” http://www.tengerism.org/sacred_mountains.html
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“Listening Room” to Go
A new generation of advanced portable music players picks up where the iPod left off
Published November 6, 2015 April 26, 2019 – By Brent Butterworth
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FiiO X1 music player
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After a decade and a half of forcing the world to think about music in new ways, the iPod is gradually being retired. Last year Apple discontinued the iPod Classic, the closest available product to the original player launched in 2001. You can still purchase the Nano, Touch and Shuffle models, but the line has lost its tab on Apple’s homepage. Most people use a smartphone or tablet as their portable music player, so they don’t need an iPod.
But with the decline of the iPod has come the rise of something much better: the high-resolution portable music player. These devices combine a music player, a digital-to-analog converter with high-resolution playback capability, and a high-quality headphone amplifier. Perhaps the best known is Neil Young’s PonoPlayer, introduced to great fanfare (but mixed reviews) earlier this year. Yet audiophiles caught on to high-res players long before Pono arrived, via brands including Astell & Kern, Calyx, Cowon, FiiO, HiFiMan, iBasso, Sony and TEAC.
Essentially, a high-res portable differs from a conventional MP3 player in that it can handle high-resolution files and formats. Most play files in WAV (uncompressed) and FLAC (lossless compression) formats in addition to compressed formats such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis and WMA. Almost all can handle standard PCM digital files (the format used on CD) with word depth up to 24 bits and sampling rate up to 192 kilohertz-much higher than the 16 bits and 44.1 kilohertz resolution offered by CD. Some also play the Direct-Stream Digital (DSD) format, now an audiophile favorite.
Most, perhaps all, high-res players use digital-to-analog converter (DAC) chips that are similar or identical to the chips found in separate high-end DACs and CD players; in other words, they’ll deliver most of the detail, delicacy and drive you hear in a big high-end audio system. Portable high-res players typically offer expandable memory using easily removable SD or microSD memory cards. Even if you’ve been collecting jazz sides for decades, you can use multiple memory cards to carry all the music you own in your pocket. You can also connect these players directly to a stereo system.
Headphone enthusiasts have taken to these players because they tend to use separate high-quality amplifier chips devoted solely to driving headphones. In smartphones and tablets, the headphone amp is usually built into a single low-cost chip that handles most or all of the audio functions. Thus, high-res portables can typically deliver much higher volume than phones and tablets can. This isn’t a concern with typical mass-market headphones, but many audiophile-grade headphones demand more power than a smartphone or tablet can supply. (However, even mass-market headphones tend to sound better when driven by a high-res portable player instead of a smartphone.)
The Nice Price
High-res portables cost as much as $2,500, but you can get a solid one for just $100: the FiiO X1. The X1 plays files in resolutions up to 24/192, and works and feels much like an iPod Classic. It has no internal memory, but it accepts microSD cards up to 128 GB, so plan on spending an extra $10 to $100 depending on how much storage you need. With a 128 GB card installed, you can carry about 400 CDs-and that’s in full resolution, using the FLAC format.
If you want something flashier and more capable, check out the $399 PonoPlayer, which supports PCM in resolutions up to 24/192 as well as the DSD format. Onboard memory is 64 GB and you can add 64 GB more with a microSD card. Pono’s triangular shape-think a Toblerone chocolate bar-isn’t pocket-friendly, and its battery life is just barely enough to last through a cross-country flight. Its saving grace is its sound, tailored by the engineers at high-end audio company Ayre Acoustics, which has earned acclaim from audio critics.
Astell & Kern’s $499 AK Jr looks and works like a phone, the obvious difference being its handy side-mounted volume knob. It offers 64 GB of onboard memory and can take another 64 GB on a microSD. The AK Jr plays files in resolutions up to 24/192, and also plays DSD files, although it converts them to PCM for playback. Its internal amp delivers about a tenth of a watt of power into a typical set of headphones-which may not seem like much until you consider most headphones get pretty loud on just a thousandth of a watt.
If you’re serious about headphone sound but too restless to sit at home, the $1,499 HiFiMan HM901s might be the perfect player for you. Its amplifier section is built onto a card that can be changed out for one that better suits your headphones. Currently the company offers three cards for standard on- and over-ear headphones, one optimized for in-ear headphones and a fifth with balanced output, a feature many headphone experts believe delivers superior sound. The HM901s plays PCM digital files in resolutions up to 24/192 as well as DSD files. While the price may seem extravagant, it seems more reasonable when you consider the HM901s replaces a high-end digital-to-analog converter, a headphone amp, a CD player and a computer.
There’s one last advantage to these high-res players we haven’t discussed. No matter which player you choose, you’ll get a benefit no phone or tablet can match: the ability to silence the outside world and concentrate 100 percent on A Love Supreme, Saxophone Colossus or whatever you’ve chosen for your day’s listening.
Brent Butterworth has been a professional audio journalist since 1989, and has evaluated and measured thousands of audio products. He is currently a writer at Wirecutter and editor of the SoundStage Solo headphone site; served as an editor at such magazines as Sound & Vision and Home Theater; and worked as marketing director for Dolby Laboratories. He also plays double bass with several jazz groups in Los Angeles.
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Manila: “Gates of Hell,” — No, It’s Hell Itself!
jcc / May 28, 2013
The first salvo against the novel “Inferno” by Dan Brown (released May 14, 2013 by Doubleday) was fired by Metro Manila Development Authority, (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino, for depicting erroneously Manila as “Gates of Hell.” After all government officials were fast tracking Manila as a fun center of commerce and trade, not as a center of grinding poverty, of pollution and of flesh trade.
Chairman Tolentino wrote that the description of Manila being the portals of hell was inaccurate and Brown’s use of a character, Sienna Brooks, to depict the trauma of a failed rape victim was highly “displeasing.”
Though, Tolentino admits that “Inferno” was just a fiction, he claims that “our beloved metropolis was inaccurately portrayed.”
Objected to the city being defined by poverty, pollution, horrifying sex trade, Tolentino wrote that the city is the “center of Filipino spirit, faith and hope.”
Though the book was indeed a fiction, the description of Manila bears unmistakable markers of reality. Brown’s narrative actually fell short of what Manila actually is, a hell in itself, not just portals. You have a dirty city, a thriving flesh trade, shantytowns, and new leadership from old politics ejected from power for corruption but paradoxically promising the city’s rebirth.
Why can’t Tolentino and other officials take comfort in that?
Was it our ‘over-sensitive’ bias against foreigners looking through our flaws that induced us to move up in arms against this newest Brown’s thriller? Or was it his reputation as a serious fictionist — his two earlier works, Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, turned into blockbusters — that makes this latest commentary against our shortcomings worded in religious nuance more objectionable?
How is Brown’s depiction of Manila’s poverty, sex trade and polluted city different from F. Sionil Jose’s calling Ermita, Manila the world’s cheapest “fuck” and “dirty?”. We flare up at Brown’s “insult” but accept Jose’s truthful description of the decadent city in his novel, Ermita, (1988).
Double standard?
Here is Jose’s Ermita:
“Through Ermi was closely attuned to the daily rhythm of Manila, she was also able to withdraw from it, look at it as a continuous flow, and observe the changes that has come to the city, to the peole she knew, and most of all, to herself. Cubao was quickly evolving, too; the street where she built her house had many vacant lots when she first moved in – now there was not a single lot that was not built on. More people passed through, usually middle-class office workers – their faces newly washed in the morning clothes pressed – all headed for Aurora, which was being widened, for their rides in smoke-belching jeepeneys and buses. Toward the main road, more stores uniformly selling automotive parts, hardware, an occasional noodle shop, and toward EDSA, the raucous thrum of the metropolis, the fumes and the racket of knotted traffic, sidewalks vendors selling the daily fare of Manilas – now more than four million, spilling everywhere, in squatter warrens and in tawdry apartments, in cardboard hovels along the railroad tracks, alleys. Poverty’s conquest was now encroaching everything….. “ (p. 211).
“The obscenities in this country are not girls like you. It is the poverty which is obscene and the criminal irresponsibility of the leaders which make this poverty a deadening reality. (ibid p. 272).
“One early dawn, we woke up to fire engines wailing in the rain-drenched street below and looking out of the window, we saw our district turning red; the Filipinas hotel was burning, the flames leaping up in the starless sky. Many who were trapped in the building died of asphyxia. Some jumped out of their windows, some into a pool below. Those who fell into the pool were saved, but many did not make it and their battered bodies lined the pool edge. Many of those who died were companions of tourists for the night and about them little was known. Who would miss five dozen of prostitutes? They would be nothing but statistics and their relatives might not even go to the authorities to claim their bodies.” (ibid, p. 278-79).
Ermi, the chief character in the novel, coming home as a “balikbayan,” was confonted with this scenario:
“Outside the heedless mob milled. It was so warm and humid she began to perspire, sweat pouring from her pores as if from suddenly opened faucets and for once, she missed the spring weather in New York. So nothing had really changed, not the drenching heat, not the palpable disorder, nor the unruly, disheveled crowds. And that strong odor of rot, of public cuspidors and ancient decay that saturated everything.” (ibid. P. 296).
Here is Jose again in his other novel, Mass, (1983), describing Recto, Manila:
“The jeepney drivers shout it, this name that circumscribes, describes youth, the urban malady and pollution, bakya supermarket at one end is Divisoria, and vision and corruption—whichever you want to append – at the other . . . Malacanang. It is this other end, the vision-corruption part which would be familiar grounds to me for four years. Recto! Rectum of Manila! Here are the odors of the posterior, particularly when the sun is warm and there would be a busted sewer gushing yellowish froth, and flies as big as bottle caps on the garbage piles, x x x.”
“When the revolution comes, this will be a boulevard of great erudition; it will be the avenue of hope.” (ibid, p. 19).
Jose’s musing about the coming revolution was in the future, unlike Chairman Tolentino’s present-day perception that Manila is already a center of “faith and hope.”
In my own book, Censuring Back The Supreme Court, (2007) I wrote:
“Metro Manila is a City of squatters. Plush to middle class subdivisions in the major cities of Manila, Quezon, Caloocan, Valenzuela, Pasay, Paranaque, Pasig and Marikina have in their peripheries or borders turned into colonies of shanties of discarded cardboard boxes and tin metal sheets which are homes to thousands of poor families attracted by the glitters of city lights and left the barrios which offered no visible opportunity for survival because the national government has failed to decentralize the opportunities that are available in urban centers. But some of these squatters are not entirely new arrivals from the provinces but from old and overfilled nearby squatter enclaves.”
“Government centers of the cities are not immune from squatting problem. The Batasan complex and the Sandiganbayan Complex in Quezon City are littered with squatters few meters from their perimeter fences. The once rural ambiance at Father Aguilar’s zoo along Quezon Avenue was gone and replaced by thousands of small houses of and coconut trunks sawed longitudinally to brace corrugated metal sheets and sometimes flattened tins of empty gas cans or drums as roofs. The late Father Aguilar has encouraged squatting in the area not in furtherance of his ministry to help the poor but purely for money. Early poor setttlers at the zoo has to make contribution to support few pets at the zoo and after Fr. Aguilar’s death, enterprising settlers who come to be known latter as “professional squatters” would exact a fee from future settlers and at times collect monthly membership dues from their fellow squatters.” (ibid, p. 111).
I also write about pollution in Metro Manila in the same book.
“If you were an enterprising lawyer and had predicted that there was a ninety per cent chance that your case would be rescheduled for another date, you can accept another assignment on the same date and time in a next door judge then shuffle yourself from one court room to another and be paid on both cases. But more often, a trial lawyer despite his zeal to attend to a client’s case had to agree on postponement either suggested by the court or the adverse counsel for “lack of material time.” Thus in most occasions, you have to go back to your office feeling nauseated because you earned your day’s keep by postponing your case and while on your way back to your office you feel even more nauseated by the black smoke ad carbon monoxide bellowing from raggedy and rickety buses, trucks and jeepneys that ply the streets of Metro Manila. You find sediment of this pollution even in the exhaust of your private air-conditioed car and you can only empathize with the plight of the people who ride those public transport and the pedestrians on the streets that are assaulted daily by this black soot and poisonous gas.” (ibid, p. 4).
I have no problem not being noticed in my description of Manila, but F. Sionil Jose is a National Artist Awardee for Literature!
Anyway, here is Brown’s narrative through character, Sienna which earns Manila the unpalatable sobriquet, “Gates of Hell”:
What a terrible thing to say.
Through her acts of public service, Sienna came in contact with several members of a local humannitarian group. When they invited her to join them on a month long trip to the Philippines, she jumped at the chance.
Sienna imagined they were going to feed poor fishermen or farmers in the countryside, which she had read was a wonderland of geological beauty, with vibrant seabeds and dazzling plains. And so when the group settled in among the throngs in the city of Manila — the most densely populated city on earth — Sienna could only gape in horror. She had never seen poverty on this scale.
How can one person possibly make a difference?
For every one person Sienna fed, there were hundreds more who gazed at her with desolate eyes. Manila had six-hour traffic jams, suffocating pollution, and a horrifying sex trade, whose workers consisted primarily of young children, many of whom had been sold to pimps by parents who took solace in knowing that at least their children would be fed.
Amid this chaos of child prostitution, panhandlers, pickpockets, and worse, Sienna found herself suddenly paralyzed. All around her, she could see humanity overrun by its primal instinct for survival. When they face desperation… human beings become animals.
For Sienna, all the dark depression came flooding back. She had suddenly understood making for what it was — a species on the brink.
I was wrong, she thought. I can’t save the world.
Overwhelmed by a rush of frantic mania, Sienna broke into a spring through the city streets, thrusting her way through the masses of the people, knocking them over, pressing on, searching for open space.
I’m being suffocated by human flesh!
As she ran, she could feel the eyes upon her again. She no longer blended in. She was tall and fair-skinned with a blond ponytail waving behind her. Men stared at her as if she were naked.
When her legs finally gave out, she had no idea how far she had run or where she had gone. She cleared the tears and grime from her eyes and saw that she was standing in a kind of shantytown — a city made of pieces of corrugated metal and cardboard propped up and held together. All around her the wails of crying babies and the stench of human excrement hung in the air.
I’ve run through the gates of hell.
“Turista,” a deep voice sneered behind her. “Magkano?” How much? Sienna spun to see three young men appoaching, salivating like wolves. She instantly knew she was in danger and she tried to back away, but they corralled her, like predators hunting in a pack.
Sienna shouted for help, but nobody paid attetion to her cries. Only fifteen feet away, she saw an old woman sitting on a tire, carving the rot off an old onion with a rusty knife. The woman did not even glance up when Sienna shouted.
When the men seized her and dragged her inside a little shack, Sienna had no illusions about what was going to happen, and the terror was all consuming. She fought with everything she had, but they were strong, quickly pinning her down on an old, soiled mattress.
They tore open her shirt, clawing at her soft skin. When she screamed, they stuffed her torn shirt so deep into her mouth that she thought she would choke. Then they flipped her onto her stomach, forcing her face into the putrid bed.
Sienna Brooks had always felt pity for the ignorant souls who could believe in God amid a world of such suffering, and yet now she herself was praying… praying with all her heart.
Please, God, deliver me from evil.
Even as she prayed, she could hear the men laughing, taunting her as their filthy hands hauled her jeans down over her flailing legs. One of them climbed onto her back, sweaty and heavy, his perspiration dripping onto her skin.
I’m a virgin, Sienna thought. This is how it is going to happen to me.
Suddenly the man on her back leaped off her, and the taunting jeers turned to shouts of anger and fear. The warm sweat rolling into Sienna’s back from above suddenly began gushing.. . spilling onto the mattress in splatters of red.
When Sienna rolled over to see what was happening, she saw the old woman with the half-peeled onion and rusty knife standing over her attacker, who was now bleeding profusely from his back.
The old woman glared threateningly at the others, whipping her bloody knife through the air until the three men scampered off.
Without a word, the old woman helped Sienna gather her clothes and get dressed.
“Salamat,” Sienna whispered tearfully. “Thank you.’
The old woman tapped her ear, indicating she was deaf.
Sienna laced her palms together, closed her eyes, and bowed her head in gesture of respect. When she opened her eyes, the woman was gone.”
May 28, 2013 in Ermita, F. Sionil Jose, Francis Tolentino, Gates of Hell, Inferno, Mass.
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23 thoughts on “Manila: “Gates of Hell,” — No, It’s Hell Itself!”
chonoon says:
What a day ! a whole lot of shaking going on ! and am I hearing this from VP Jejomar Binay ? people must consciously practice social activism, compassion and ethics in governance, it is our duty not only by new elected officials to spread this thinking to the youth who are the hope and future of our country and to mold them as a generation of heroes? I can’t believe hearing these from them.
Joe America says:
“Here are the odors of the posterior . . ” Criticism issued by a Filipino is always better received than criticism from an outsider. That is natural, I suppose, especially when people are not confident of their own nation. (Kindly reroute to my current blog). I’m from Los Angeles, and it is generally considered a pit by most outsiders who have not learned to avoid the pitfalls and find the gems of beach and mountain and ethnic panache and restaurants galore. Angelenos know that most critics are either jealous, out to make a buck, or drunk. Who cares?
jcc says:
We can appreciate the criticism of our flaws from our “brothers” but not from a total strangers though both could be telling the truth.
Look who is talking Joe America…most blog of him has a hint of criticism. But we tend to ignore because that’s what it sells….or else no more fun in the Philippines he even has a lot of followers same intellectual wannabe…but we ignore because it is the trend…but Joe has a way of hitting below the belt like hampas sa kalabaw sa kabayo ang latay….ahihihi peace brother !
@chonoon, Well, there are three issues, I suppose. (1) the matter of confidence and, you’d have to read my recent blog on the matter to grasp where I’m coming from,on that, including the discussion section, which is where some “real” Filipinos contribute, (2) whether or not JoeAm is a negative fellow, or a positive fellow regarding the Philippines and he is both, and (3) exactly how I phrased my remark here on confidence which, upon re-reading my comment, could indeed have been done better.
I was born and schooled in Colorado and spent my working career in Los Angeles. I live in the Philippines now and am an odds on favorite to have my bones buried here when I die. Stop by for a visit sometime.
By the way I thought Joe America is from Colorado not L.A.
Colorado is about 2-hour flight from LA. Joeam could have lived as a banker in LA but his hometown could be Colorado. What I know of him is that he had relatives that fought in the bloody U.S. Civil War. 🙂
Your mind is like a trap I see, for information both useful, entertaining and totally worthless. heh My gravatar is of my great grandfather, jailed for failing to show up when drafted by the Union army, released, then served with distinction. He, too, was both a negative and positive fellow, I guess. Depends on where you are viewing from.
Same as Manila.
Cho, BTW, Joeam now is a resident of RP. Married to a Filipina, and he speaks more like a Filipino than most. His “criticisms” of the country should be viewed as coming from a “Filipino” and not from a ‘foreigner.’ It is nice to have a second home.
Thanks jcc….I am still your avid fan but always on reading mode…regards.
thanks cho.. btw are you really donya buding? my wife is a fan.
Political Jaywalker says:
Tolentino thinks it is easier to silence a fiction novelist than actually solve an unsolvable not just gates of hell but hellish Metro Manila, LOL.
Bayani Santos Jr. says:
okay, after all of you have said your piece, let me tell you mine. I have been to many of the great capitals of the world, and realized Manila has some problems, but sorry to tell you I find it the most interesting city in the world, and the best of them all, squatters and all. It has everything that one looks for in a great city, at a bargain, and even its dirtiest nooks are better habitat of humanity than many other cities I have visited. Its people are the warmest, and its problems are not as exaggerated as you had depicted. The nice thing about is, yes, you don’t have to live here. It is free, people know they own it, and it doesn’t care at all whatever your opinion of the place is. You are free to enjoy the best of what it offers, shout to the heavens you hate it, and all you will get are smiling faces at your eccentricities. So there.
i think manila got all of the problems — shantytowns, uncollected garbage, petty as well as serious crimes, pimps, prostitutes, brothels, china town fire brigade because the chinese mistrusts the local fire department which exacts money first before it trains it waterhose to the conflagration in chinatown, rundown student dorms and a local government headed by a movie star deposed from power for corruption but resurrected by manilans who mistook him as a statesman rather than see him what he really is, a crook according to the sandiganbayan and amado doronilla.
you are free to wallow in your ignorance about the conditions in manila while brown, f. sionil jose and my humble self are free to look at manila for what it really is. manila has its beautiful sunset, gorgeous and warm people but they do not offset the social dilemma and poverty it is in. if you feel comfort in its present condition, lived in its shantytowns, smelled the decay every morning and travelled in public transport and exhaled the pollution in a six-hour traffic, then live it until your natural life and maybe you get a reward from heaven. others simply find the conditions atrocious and had to freely speak about them hoping that those in power address the malaise, instead of calling them full of ‘hatred and contempt and of erroneously portraying your very beautiful and great city.” 🙂
I hear about the sunsets over Manila Bay, and one conjures up sitting on the Baywalk with one’s sweetie taking in the romance. The opposite of romance is going to Baywalk at 5 in the morning and seeing all the homeless sleeping on the ground and benches. And it may take 3 hours to drive to and from the Baywalk from Quezon city.
All big cities have an underbelly. Manila’s is large and the city is constipated, trafficwise.
Come to think of it, I’m no longer trim and athletic myself, but my wife still loves me . . . go figure. So I also agree with Bayani.
hehehehe… i agree with bayani too about manila’s beauty, warm and gorgeous people joeam… but that beauty fades in the presence of constipated underbelly.. 🙂
Someone said that to keep silent in the midst of a moral crisis is a crime. Manila is in great moral crisis. It has a new leadership who considers Malacanang before as a convenient watering hole of his high roller friends. What likelihood is it that Manila officialdom would treat City Hall the same – a watering hole of influence peddlers, gambling operators and pimps? Whereof, I speak of these abnormalities, not out of contempt of Manila and the Manilans but of a genuine concern that Manila deserves better.
Every great city as Joeam intimated has its own problems and figuratively as “hellish” as Manila, however, I must add, these other cities are doing something to address their problem. Manila needs a problem solver, not a movie star who was forced out of Malacanang for gambling-racketering. Obviously Manilans did not know the magnitude of their problems and still reel from a make-believe world of cinema — their poor mesmerized by Erap para sa mahirap jingle, went to the poll recently like herds of cattle on high doze of cocaine to empower their “champion.”
Other cities put at the helm of power their technocrats, Manilans, their savior-clown. Never mind if some people are blaming him for the murder of Dacer and Curbito and the disappearance of Edgar Bentain, a casino employee suspected of videoing Erap in his casino gambling. It is enough that there was a jingle, “Erap Para Sa Mahirap.”
A graft and crime-infested Chicago has a crusading City Mayor Rahm Emanuel who said: “I came to see Chicago as a place of of contrasts, imposing buildings and accomodating neighborhoods, a place of vast wealth and crushing poverty.” The way of resolving grievances is not to forget them but to fight them out. Noted Chicago Tribune: that’s what Rahm Emanuel will be doing for the next couple of years. And to borrow a classic Chicago line from the 1987 film The Untouchables, “you wait until the fight is over. One guy is left standing. And that’s how you know who won.”
Can Erap win his battle in the streets of Manila against crime, drugs, prostitution, traffic jams, gambling, pollution and grinding poverty of his shantytowns? Or he can only win these fights in the big screen?
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Jomel says:
Hi JCC. I would like to ask if you own the photo used in this blog (the houses). I was hoping to get permission if I may use it as a background photo for my class finals requirement. Hope to hear from you soon. you can email me if you I can use it to: jomel_reyes1979@yahoo.com.
No, I do not, but I get it from a news item, a public domain, you may use the way I do. From my perspective, it is public property. Anyway, if the owner wants accreditation, you can always give him/her credit. So far he/she does not call my attention about it.
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Paris, 1928. Avant-garde Paris is buzzing with the latest ideas in art, music and literature from artists such as Ford Madox Ford and Zelda Fitzgerald. Lucia, the talented and ambitious daughter of controversial genius James Joyce, is making her name as a dancer. But when Lucia falls passionately in love with budding writer (and fellow Irish expat) Samuel Beckett he is banned from the Joyce family home. 1934. Her life in tatters, Lucia is sent to pioneering psychoanalyst Carl Jung. For years she has kept quiet. Now she decides to speak. Profoundly moving and stunningly written, The Joyce Girl brings to light the untold tale of Lucia Joyce. It will entrance and educate you. You will fall in love with this compelling woman, but she will break your heart too.
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A hugely impressive debut. Annabel Abbs has brought to life an extraordinary cast of characters - Joyce, Beckett et al - and painted their rackety, bohemian world in vivid technicolour - The Observer
As the daughter of an impoverished, struggling poet, Annabel Abbs spent her childhood in circumstances not dissimilar to Lucia's - travelling and moving school/home/language with a 'present-but-absent' father fixated on his inner world. Annabel grew up in Bristol, Wales and Sussex, before studying English Literature at the University of East Anglia. Her debut novel, The Joyce Girl, won the 2015 Impress Prize and was longlisted for the 2015 Bath Novel Award and the 2015 Caledonia Novel Award. She is now completing her second novel, based on the life of Frieda von Richthofen, wife and muse to D.H. Lawrence. Before Annabel began writing, she spent 15 years running a marketing consultancy where her clients included Reuters, Sony and the FT. She lives in London and Sussex with her husband and four children. If you'd like to get in touch with Annabel... @annabelabbs facebook.com/annabel.abbs @The_JoyceGirl #JoyceGirl
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KFOR / Media Center / Archive / News / 2014 / MNBG W CHANGE OF COMMAND
MNBG W CHANGE OF COMMAND
On 10th June 2014, COMKFOR, Major General Salvatore FARINA, presided over the farewell ceremony in Camp "Villaggio Italia” in Pec/Peja, to mark the Change of Command of Battle Group West between Col. Sgobba Antonio and Col. Minelli Angelo.
During the ceremony COM KFOR awarded Col. Sgobba with the KFOR NATO "non-article five” Peace Mission Medal and praised his high professionalism.
Italy has been part of KFOR, since the very beginning of the mission in 1999, and has made significant contributions to the operation being a leading Nation in Kosovo.
During the last 15 years the Italian soldiers have played a central role in improving the overall condition in Kosovo, particularly in the Western Area where they have been deployed.
Commander of KFOR, Major General FARINA stressed the professionalism, capability and enthusiasm of the Italian troops who served in Kosovo under his command, an exceptional example of the ability to work in a multinational and joint environment.
A safe and secure environment for the population of all ethnic and religious groups is the legacy that the outgoing Italian contingent is leaving behind.
Furthermore COMKFOR praised the work of the 52nd Artillery Regiment "Torino” for their efforts throughout their deployment, stating "you have successfully completed all missions and thus decisively contributed to the overall accomplishments of KFOR mission”.
COM KFOR stressed the extraordinary results in support of the Kosovo Police and EULEX in the western part of Kosovo during the recent general elections "a ‘success story for Kosovo', a milestone in the process of normalization of relations between Pristina and Belgrade an example of democracy and pluralism”. This achievement was possible thanks to the high standards of professionalism and the perfect coordination with other international and local Security providers in a synchronized effort.
KFOR has developed a strong partnership with the various institutions in Kosovo, the international community and the different communities, and continues to work hand in hand with Kosovo Police to improve their capabilities in order to facilitate handing over responsibilities to local authorities as Kosovo strengthens its local security structures.
COM KFOR concluded his speech saying that he was proud of the work of Battle Group West. He was honored to see Italian, Austrian, Slovenia and Moldavia soldiers serving together contributing to the success of KFOR mission "More Together”.
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David Frum Latest To Be Driven Out By Conservative Movement
March 25, 2010 — Ron Chusid
David Frum has been pointing out what is wrong with the conservative movement recently, such as earlier this week when he warned conservatives about the harm that talk radio and Fox are doing. While he has correctly identified many of the problems with the movement, he did not pay enough attention to one of them–their tendency to ostracize those who do not go along with the most extreme elements. There is some ambiguity as to what happened, but most observers believe that Frum was forced out of the American Enterprise Institute–a conservative think tank which appears to want to limit actual thinking.
Bruce Bartlett has described a similar situation:
As some readers of this blog may know, I was fired by a right wing think tank called the National Center for Policy Analysis in 2005 for writing a book critical of George W. Bush’s policies, especially his support for Medicare Part D. In the years since, I have lost a great many friends and been shunned by conservative society in Washington, DC.
Now the same thing has happened to David Frum, who has been fired by the American Enterprise Institute. I don’t know all the details, but I presume that his Waterloo post on Sunday condemning Republicans for failing to work with Democrats on healthcare reform was the final straw.
Since, he is no longer affiliated with AEI, I feel free to say publicly something he told me in private a few months ago. He asked if I had noticed any comments by AEI “scholars” on the subject of health care reform. I said no and he said that was because they had been ordered not to speak to the media because they agreed with too much of what Obama was trying to do.
It saddened me to hear this. I have always hoped that my experience was unique. But now I see that I was just the first to suffer from a closing of the conservative mind. Rigid conformity is being enforced, no dissent is allowed, and the conservative brain will slowly shrivel into dementia if it hasn’t already.
Considering how many ideas in the health care reform legislation are similar to those proposed by the Heritage Foundation and the Republican Party in response to the Clinton plan, it comes as no surprise that many at the AEI agreed with the plan.
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Robotics: The Next Gen in Subsea Vehicles
Elaine Maslin
MUMs (and daughters) of invention: Sea nymphs and MUMs are inspiring a new generation of underwater systems and vehicles. Elaine Maslin takes a look.
The list of applicants to enter the underwater domain is growing fast. The concepts vary, from underwater autonomous motherships able to carry an array of payloads over long distances to swarms of drop deployed ocean bottom nodes that can find their way to pre-programmed locations.
At energy:connected, as the Oslo-based Subsea Valley cluster and annual conference is now called, some of these concepts were outlined, including those from two Norwegian technology firms and Germany’s Thyssenkrupp, a firm more used to designing naval submarine systems.
uSEA unveils uLARS
One, Norwegian technology start-up uSEA, is proposing a hybrid system to disrupt existing manned vessel supported subsea operations via a subsea and surface drone combination.
uSEA was founded in 2017 and since then it has been developing a surface drone, or unmanned surface vessel (USV), to support underwater drones (i.e. autonomous underwater vehicles or AUVs), so that manned vessels are no longer needed and battery recharging can be done in the water, avoiding launch and recovery operations. This makes it different to other surface drone concepts, which tend to rely on full recovery of the AUV or remote operated vehicle (ROV) for recharging. uSEA’s system is called uLARS (LARS meaning launch and recovery system) for underwater drones, says uSEA CEO Felipe Lima, who served in the Brazilian Navy before working at Subsea 7, Aker Solutions and Xodus Group.
It’s a natural progression. Today’s AUVs are getting more and more capable and reliable, says Lima. “They are taking the space that has been the backyard of ROVs. But, they have a limitation; they rely on batteries, because they’re not cabled like ROVs, and they still need a mothership, eg. a survey vessel, because their batteries run out in 12-48 hours. With a mobile docking station for the AUV, you’re not reliant on a docking station on the seabed and you don’t need a larger surface vessel.”
uSEA’s uLARS underwater docking interface (Image: uSEA)
The system includes a submersible towing head, with an inductive connector for charging and data transfer, which acts a little like an in-air refuelling of fighter jets. “This means there’s minimal impact from waves because the docking is at a controlled depth,” says Lima, who has an MSc in Subsea Engineering from University of Aberdeen and a MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from University of Oslo. There’s also a through moon pool-based handling system for recovering the AUV on deck, safely.
The system will support subsea survey in shallow waters as well as in deep and ultra-deep waters, operating a wide variety of payloads ranging from more conventional types such as side-scan sonar and multibeam echosounders to more advanced such as synthetic aperture sonar.
uSEA is looking for partners to complete the qualification programme, which is expected by the end of next year (2020). After that, the company is targeting operations in the sea and it’s looking for pilot projects to perform in 2021.
An iDROP in the ocean
Another Norwegian technology firm, iDROP, is planning to disrupt the seabed seismic technology market with its autonomous Oceanid nodes. iDROP’s system is based on individual cylindrical sensor nodes (named after Greek sea nymphs) that are dropfall deployed, using gravity and ballast shift for propulsion and position control, to land at specific pre-planned positions on the seabed where they land on aluminium legs which pop out before they land.
An iDROP’s Oceanid. In Greek mythology, Oceanids are nymphs who were the 3000 daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. (Image: iDROP)
The idea is that they can be deployed in groups, falling to form grid patterns on the seabed for seismic surveys. Onboard batteries power the descent control (using just 5% of the battery doing so), data harvesting (for 180 days) and trigger a mechanism that releases the 30kg ballast – made of salt slurry – allowing the units to glide back to the surface, again, under control so they aim towards an expected target. A surface system with a floating conveyor belt type arrangement would then collect them.“There’s a variety of seismic acquisition technologies out there that are mainly towed,” says Kyrre J Tjøm, iDrop’s founder and CEO, who has previously worked at Schlumberger and consulted for Equinor and Seabed Geo Solutions. “There are also nodes that are placed on the seabed by an ROV. There are others where you dump them over the side with concrete ballast and some propelled alternatives. Our system will remove the necessity for large specialist vessels with heavy handling machinery and time consuming ROV operations.”
Groups of Oceanids can be deployed fast and sensor point granularity (i.e. area coverage and therefore how much data be retrieved) can be increased, he says. This is thanks to 69 degrees to vertical autonomous lateral displacement capability, with each node “falling” to a pre-set position. “If you want to deploy a sensor in 1200m water depth, you can reach 2km away from the surface vessel and install a patch of sensors, rather than a line,” he says.
Batches of nine nodes, each with an inductive modem, transponder and seismic sensor payload, could be deployed in 15 minutes, a 10-fold time saving compared with established methods, Tjøm says. A Digital twin, based on extended modelling and testing, would be used to help identify any environment impact, eg. waves, current, depth, etc., and therefore enable control of the descent.
“We are looking at revolutionising the way ocean bottom nodes are installed on the seafloor,” says Tjøm. “The competitors do 40-170 a day per and need two ROVs, DP-controlled node handling systems, a large vessel and specialized crew. The deeper you go, ROVs are slower as they need more thrust to pull the umbilical. We would do just less than 1000 per day with a standard marine crew.”
A lot of work has been put into the Oceanids project behind the scenes and it’s only now that the technology is being promoted. In fact, the project started in 2010, with a prototype built in 2013/14. iDROP has also built a recovery system and performed an inshore test, for verifying the recovery system. A second pilot test, acquiring 3D seismic data, in deepwater, is planned for this year in the North Sea. Nine vehicles have been built and were due to go offshore for testing in the first half, with more planned to be built in the coming year.
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (MS), part of the German industrial conglomerate, is working on a different scale to both uSEA and uLARS. The firm is designing a very large (up to 50m-long) unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), called a modifiable underwater mothership (MUM), based on a modular design, comprising basic and mission modules.
The thinking behind it is that today’s subsea underwater vehicle market is dominated by specialised products, with no one vehicle able to be used for multiple tasks. So, Thyssenkrupp set about designing a modular system, says Willem Hendrik Wehner, who supervises the project at Thyssenkrupp MS.
Thyssenkrupp’s MUM concept (Image: Thyssenkrupp)
Basic modules would be trim and diving systems, battery, propulsion and a hydrogen fuel cell. Then, mission focused modules could range from ocean bottom seismic node (OBN) deployment (>1000 OBNs) to core drilling systems, or from subsea control module change out to hosting remotely operated vehicles, which would use the large UUV as a mother ship.A MUM modular kit would consist of modules that have the size of standard 20ft or 10ft containers. They can be combined according to the mission specifications resulting in quite different vehicles, from 80 metric tons to above 300 metric tons, or from 20m-long, 4m-wide and 3m-high to about 50m-long, 7m-wide and 3m-high, with power consumption dependent on the payload and propulsion speed.
“Other underwater vehicles do have modular approaches, but mainly in terms of an adaption of the payload section or extending the endurance by adding more energy capacity,” says Wehner. “A good example is the SeaCat AUV of ATLAS, which can change its payload by swapping the head of the vehicle and can extend the range by adding more battery capacity.”
Wehner says the MUM vehicle would be able to travel hundreds of miles, depending on the vehicle configuration, with its 80-160kW hydrogen fuel cell power, and down to thousands of meters water depth. “The underwater range is scalable and in the region of 100s of nautical miles; completely sufficient for the current use cases,” he says. “Our gas storage system for the fuel cell is about three times superior to batteries with regard to energy per volume and even more regarding weight. However, if you want to cover more than a 1000 nautical miles, we would recommend a near-surface transit with a more conventional e.g. diesel-electric approach. The concept allows for this.”
Hydrogen fuel cells are a proven air-independent technology for Thyssenkrupp submarines; the company has profound experience with hydrogen fuel cells in the German HDW Class 212A submarine as well as other submarines. Batteries might be necessary for peak loads of some payloads, but most of the current MUM vehicle designs only have a small sized backup/emergency battery, says Thyssenkrupp. A module for surface or near surface transit is being designed at the moment, as the fuel cell system has its strengths for enduring underwater tasks.
For long range communication, on long missions, Thyssenkrupp MS is looking to use self-propelled modems, or autonomous communication nodes, with bi-directional data transmission capability, to create long-range acoustic communications through a chain of these nodes, as well as local navigation or 3D positioning via USBL modems. These are being developed under a sub-project called NaviMUM by EvoLogics and would be deployed from a revolver magazine on the MUM.
EvoLogics calls the concept a self-organising mobile underwater network, with the nodes forming relay stations as well as providing positioning. They would autonomously fan out in a mission area, analyse the communication environment, then hold the position and interconnect to form a flexible underwater network. Some would have a GNSS receiver, to get periodic real position fixes, says Wehner.
“Very large vehicles like the MUM in particular need strong sensors and algorithms for autonomous obstacle avoidance and track re-planning,” says Thyssenkrupp. “Self-adjusting control algorithms that reflect the large variety of possible vehicle configurations will support the vehicle’s concept. The project develops a mobile communication and navigation system with self-propelled LBL/USBL modems that can establish a network and dock at the MUM vehicle for transit and charging.”
Thyssenkrupp MS is building a small-scale version of the MUM, at 5m-long, which will be ready for testing this summer (2019). Many of the concepts, in particular the autonomy software and the mobile communications, will be tested on this system. The core technologies like the new hydrogen fuel cell as well as a new pressure hull design will also be tested, in real size, this year.
A real-scale MUM vehicle is due to be built at tested from 2020, with testing and trials up to 2023-24. The development is being supported by an advisory panel from the oil and gas industry including operator Equinor, seismic company PGS and subsea contractor Boskalis.
The company also has ATLAS ELEKTRONIK, the Technical University of Berlin and the University of Rostock working on the project, on the control system and system simulation respectively.
Read Robotics: The Next Gen in Subsea Vehicles in Pdf, Flash or Html5 edition of May 2019 Marine Technology
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Robotics: The Next Gen in Subsea Vehicles page: 20
A New USV for Ocean Surveying page: 26
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Canada's Arctic Pilot Project
Dawson R. Miller*
The Canadian Arctic Pilot Project is a combined pipeline/marine transportation system for Arctic natural gas to supply about 7.0 million cubic meters of gas per day to southern consumers. After a three-year development period, we are now very close to initiating the construction of various components within the project.
Generally these are: the gas gathering system at the gas field; a gas pipeline across the Island to Bridport Inlet adjacent to Viscount Melville Sound; the facilities at Bridport Inlet which include the gas liquefaction (or process) barge, the storage barges and the vessel loading equipment; the two ships which will bring the liquid gas from the Arctic to the southern terminal, and the southern regasification facilities.
The gas that will be used is located in the Drake Field discovered by Panarctic on the Sabine Penninsula on Melville Island, which is located in the Parry Islands of the Canadian Arctic archipelago.
This gas is excellent gas which requires very little pretreatment before being pipelined.
The methane content is very high —about 98 percent. Initially, eight wells will be drilled to supply the 8 million cubic meters per day required production with additional drilling being continued to maintain the production rate.
After chilled glycol treatment to remove water and to cool the gas to below the freezing point, the gas will be supplied to the cross-island pipeline.
The complete route of this pipeline is in permafrost so Alberta Gas Trunkline (AGT), who are the managers of that component, have chosen to use a buried chilled gas pipeline. The cold gas will not degrade the permafrost and *Mr. Miller, naval architect for Petro- Canada with particular responsibility for the Arctic Pilot Project, presented the paper condensed here before the recent Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Association's Annual Meeting.
by burying will be isolated from the 40-cm deep active or growing area. During 1979, AGT conducted tests at Rae Point to identify the proper procedures for back filling the trench to avoid slumping, etc. The overland distance of the pipeline is about 160 kilometers and its diameter about 560 mm. This pipeline initially will not have any active compression since the gas comes from the field at about 8,500 kPa. As the field pressure drops due to depletion, compressions will be added to maintain the throughput.
At Bridport Inlet, the gas will be supplied to the process barge, where heat will be extracted from the gas stream by means of a multi-component refrigerant cycle.
The gas will be cooled to about — 162°C at which point it becomes a liquid at atmospheric pressure.
This plant will be constructed integral to a barge hull to allow building in an existing shipyard and then towed by way of Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound to Bridport Inlet. The beam of the barge has been set to allow passage through the Panama Canal.
The output from the liquefaction process, about 12,200 cubic meters of liquid per day will then be transferred to two storage barges for holding until ready for loading onto the ships. These two storage barges will be designed so that they could be built in a Canadian shipyard.
The liquid gas will be loaded onto either of two large icebreaking carriers for transportation to the south. Each ship will be about 375 meters long overall with a beam of 42 meters and a draft of 11 meters in open water and 13 meters in ice. Displacement will be about 140,000 tons. The propulsion system will be ac/ac electric with three 44 MW electric propulsion motors, each driving an 8-meterdiameter fixed-pitch propeller.
The number of gas-turbine/electric generators will depend on the final choice of prime move and its power level. Candidate units include the LM 2500, the RB211 and the FT4, all gas turbines of the aero-derived type. These turbines will be fueled by a portion of the natural gas cargo; by augmenting the natural boil-off for the heavier load conditions. The use of the very clean natural gas is expected to reduce the maintenance costs and times significantly on the gas generator and power turbine over liquid fuel.
The other big plus factor is the security of supply of the fuel since our company analysts believe that the availability of liquid fuel cannot be guaranteed in the 1990s and after.
The 140,000 cubic meters of liquid cargo will be carried in five tanks in the vessel. At present the system for cargo containment has not been finalized—either the membrane or spherical tanks will be acceptable. The final choice may well be made based on the licensing arrangements which the shipyard has prepared.
Because of their size and complexity, it is unlikely that the ships will be built in Canada, although two shipyards are working on a method by which they will participate in a joint venture with an offshore yard.
The locality of the southern terminal is not yet fixed. Three sites are presently under consideration— Gros Cacouna, P.Q.; Saint John, N.B., and Strait of Canso, N.S. The final choice of the site will probably be dictated by external factors.
The process of liquefying the gas stream is quite simple in principle.
It involves removing enough heat from the incoming stream so that its temperature is reduced to about — 162°C. The process chosen will be that marketed by Technip of France. Most of this heat exchange process takes place inside the cryogenic heat exchanger which will be the largest single item of equipment on the barge.
This unit will receive about 7,800,- 000 cubic meters of gas per day and produce about 12,570 cubic meters of LNG at full design capacity.
Refrigeration for the liquefaction process will be supplied by three Elliot compressors absorbing a total of 61 MW, and being direct driven by a Cooper power turbine driven by a Rolls-Royce RB211 gas generator unit. Inlet air for these power units will be drawn through a marine type air filter and silencing system to remove salt and moisture. In certain conditions this inlet air will require preheating to avoid ice build-up.
Boil-off gas and process flash gas will be recompressed for use as fuel by a 3-MW compressor which may be electric or gas-turbine driven.
Electrical service power will be provided by two gas-turbine-powered generator sets, each at about 10 MW. All these gas-turbine units will be fired on natural gas.
The barge hull itself will be about 132 meters by 32.3 meters by 15.6 meters with a full length "industrial" building type superstructure.
The hull will have a complete double skin and will be strengthened to allow for being frozen into an intact ice sheet.
Because the barge will not be drydocked for at least 20 years, some special features will be included in the specification. Some of these features are: access must be allowed to all the inside surfaces of the shell; there will be a high adhesion outside coating system; there will be an impressed current system for corrosion protection ; arrangements must be made to allow the maintenance of ship side valves while afloat, and a system of identification marks placed on the outside of the shell plating to allow divers to orient themselves.
The plant to be installed on this barge is very complex and, of course, includes a considerable amount of cryogenic piping and fluid handling equipment. A typical material for this service would be stainless steel, and due to the flammable nature of the fluid, the highest standards of design and assembly procedures must be used throughout the cargo handling system.
The process barge hull will be divided into five separate areas by full and intact fireproof bulkheads.
Personnel in transit through these bulkheads will be required to use air locks. Air pressure within each of these five spaces will be controlled by their individual heating and ventilation units so that a pressure gradient always exists from the least hazardous area (highest pressure) to the most hazardous area (least pressure).
All spaces will be fitted with detection systems for combustible gases, temperature both hot and cold, and flame. Extinguishing systems will include water sprinkler, dry chemical, Halon, etc.
The major control complex for all the Bridport facilities will be located at one end of the barge. In this space will be controls for the gas production and field processing at Drake Point; the crossisland pipeline; the liquefaction process; the storage process; the interface with the ships for the loading process; and all the communications systems. These systems will be monitored automatically and constantly by a computer- based system. This will reduce the required staff on site to about 40.
To allow the plant to operate continually in a system which sees ship arrivals vary from one every eight days in summer to one every 16 days in winter, a "buffer" or storage capacity of 200,000 cubic meters is required. This will be contained in four tanks mounted in and integral to two barges.
Each barge hull will be about 175 meters by 36.5 meters by 23.0 meters. As with the process barge these hulls will be strengthened in way of the ice belt for the voyage north; however, unlike the process barge which will float inside its own lagoon, the storage barges will be grounded on a gravel pad in a dewatered bermed area. This is an advantage in many ways when the range of displacement of each storage barge can range from 17,000 tons (dry) to 60,000 tons (full). The liquid cargo will be stowed in tanks with a membrane containment system. Either the Technigas or Gaz Transport system will be acceptable. For internal inspection and insulation monitoring purposes these storage barges will be double hulled throughout.
The successful docking of the tankers in an environment which grows 2.2 meters of ice each year is obviously of paramount importance.
To aid these maneuvers, an ice management system has been designed — this will distribute warm water effluent (at about + 10°C) below the ice cover adjacent to the wharf. The heat content of this water, about 100MW, will be obtained from the heat exchangers used in liquefying the gas stream. This heat will inhibit the ice growth to less than one meter at the end of winter within an area of 100,000 square meters.
This ice management system has been extensively investigated in theory and the design will be finalized in a large scale-model within a cold room. This model will correctly grow ice, distribute warm water below the ice, and maneuver a vessel in and out of the wharf area. This model will cost about $300,000 and take about five months to build and operate.
About half the total costs of the Bridport facilities goes into civil works, including roads, an airport, accommodations and, of course, the wharf and loading facilities for the ships. The other half will go into the process and storage barges.
MARINE DIVISION Petro-Canada and its partners in the Arctic Pilot Project believe that resource movements from the Arctic will commence on a yearround basis in the 1980s. The Arctic Pilot Project contains all of the elements of these transportation systems, and by its successful implementation and operation will demonstrate the economic viability of such systems.
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Ashton Hits 2 Million Followers on Twitter
By Jennifer Van Grove 2009-06-02 19:00:54 UTC
The man who used the power of a nation to beat CNN (@cnnbrk) in a race to be the first Twitter user to hit one million followers has done it again. Oh, how quickly the followers seem to be pouring in now.
We're talking of course about the one and only @aplusk, otherwise known as Ashton Kutcher, who has surpassed another milestone this evening, becoming the first person to cross the 2 million follower mark with 2,000,420 devotees at the time of publication.
Although Kutcher only follows 165 other twitterers (.00825% of those following him) and recently had a Twitter TV temper tantrum where he threatened to quit the service altogether, he is still tweeting strong. Additionally, it appears as if Ashton hopes to use the doubled follower base for even more altruistic purposes, at least according to the tweet pictured above.
As you can see, Ashton's rise to the top of the Twitter food chain has certainly been helped along by the competition with cnnbrk and his appearance to talk all things Twitter on Oprah. His closest competition for Twitter's #1 comes from @TheEllenShow account, which is still about 300,000 followers behind.
Meanwhile, as more and more celebrities join Twitter and the microblog du jour becomes the platform for the masses, we're pretty sure that milestones such as this will lose their novelty. But at least for the time being, two million ain't so shabby. Cheers on maintaining your reign over the Twitter sovereign, Ashton, may you rule with grace and dignity.
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6 inventive approaches for better password security
By Chase 2016-11-01 17:46:11 UTC
A strong password helps keep your information – and money – secure. When your passwords are weak, you put yourself at risk for identity theft, credit/debit card fraud and a whole slew of other un-fun consequences.
We’ve all heard the basics about creating a good password: make it long, use a combination of letters, numbers and symbols, and avoid anything that could easily be associated with you.
“Person-on-the-street interviews showed that people aren’t taking active steps to help protect themselves from fraud or don’t know what they should be doing,” says Dr. Brad Klontz, a financial psychologist who is teaming up with Chase to help share tips to prevent fraudulent activity.
“By working together, we can help you keep your accounts safer and even more secure,” says Michael Cunningham, the managing director of Chase Fraud Operations. “One of the simplest steps you can take to help prevent fraud is creating stronger passwords.”
Great. So what should you do, exactly, when trying to come up with a stellar password that will be hard to crack? We spoke to a few experts to get their top tips for creating an airtight password.
#1 – Yes, size matters
For a while, 6-8 characters were considered to be enough. Now, experts recommend upwards of 12-14 character passwords – at minimum – to ensure better security.
“The length and complexity of a password is important in that it makes it more difficult to be cracked,” says Greg Kelley, the CTO at Vestige Digital Investigations.
Shorter, simpler passwords are easier to figure out – especially by hackers who have the technology to do so. But when a password is long and complicated, that same hacker (or software) will move on to the next.
#2 – Skip the obvious
Weak passwords like “12345” and “password” continue to be the most common – and pose the biggest threat for users.
Also on the “no-no” list? Anything that someone could discover about you by doing a simple internet search. Things like your name, birthday, spouse’s name, dog’s name, or anything else that are easy to uncover via social media should not be part of your password.
This tip is especially critical when it comes to your bank account password.
“At the core, fraud prevention is a partnership between cardholders and their bank,” Klontz says. “Being a victim of financial fraud can be a very stressful experience. Why put yourself at risk when you can take a few simple, proactive steps to significantly lower your vulnerability to fraud?”
Don’t risk it: Take a few extra minutes when creating your passwords and come up with something unique.
#3 – Think sentences, not words
Many of the experts we spoke to stressed that creating a pass-phrase rather than a pass-word is a smart way to increase complexity.
“Quotes you find easily memorable — from books you love or movies you’ve watched – blended with special characters and numbers would be the best choice for a password due to its overall length and complexity,” says Avi Kasztan, CEO and founder of cyber intelligence firm Sixgill.
For example, “summertimeandthelivingiseasy” is better than, say, “summer1.”
To up the ante, mix numbers, capital letters and characters into your sentence to make it even better. Now it becomes “$ummerT1meAndTheLivingIsEasy.”
It’s a creative way to ensure your password will be unique and complex.
#4 – Utilize the space bar
When creating a passphrase, don’t forget about the spacebar! This keystroke is often overlooked by password cracking tools and can help make your passphrase more complex.
Alex Heid, Chief Research Officer at SecurityScorecard, suggests something like: “My favorite dinner is steak & potatoes.”
This works well, Heid says, because the phrase uses mixed casing and special characters – plus it’s easy to memorize.
#5 – Don’t neglect your email password
When many think about password security, they picture things like bank accounts, credit cards and other pieces of delicate information. Email passwords, however, are often overlooked. But access to this account can be destructive.
Because your email is a gateway to password resetting, locking in a secure phrase and changing it up on the regular essentially works as an extra level of protection for all your other accounts.
Michael Kaiser, Executive Director of the Nation Cyber Security Alliance, suggests implementing authentication steps for your email – a “layer of protection beyond login and password that’s readily available and free [for] nearly all major email providers.”
#6 – Switch it up
When all your passwords are the same, you’re essentially giving hackers a universal key into your life. Experts recommend changing your password every 60-90 days. However, changing your password often but neglecting to make each iteration complex enough could be just as bad as never changing it.
Joe Siegrist, GM and VP of password management site LastPass, says that a recent survey by his company found that 61 percent of respondents use the same or similar passwords across accounts, while 55 percent do so even though they understand the risk.
“Password reuse is one the easiest ways to get hacked, yet even the most tech savvy users are guilty of this,” Siegrist says.
Don’t be lazy! Vary your passwords across your accounts and never repeat those you’ve already used.
Creating a better, safer password is easy once you crack the code. In fact, following just a few, basic guidelines can help thwart attacks. If you’re interested in stepping up your security even further, check out Chase’s Fraud Security page with advice that can help ensure the safety of your personal information.
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A changeset is how source control systems keep track of changes. Everything else is built up around these changesets. But what are they?
Quite simply, it’s a difference. More specifically, a set of differences. What changes have you made since the last time you committed your code? These differences are saved as text and tracked by the source control tool.
Creating changesets is referred to as a commit
Imagine if you made a change to a document and someone else asks you, “What did you do to it?” So, you reply, “I added a line that says…”
That’s similar to a changeset (for a single file – more on this later). The person you’re talking to takes what they already knew about the document and adds the new information, the change of the new line, and now can picture the new updated document.
This can repeat for many changes. “I added another line that says …” And now the person you’re talking to takes the original document, plus the first change, and also plus this new change, and the final version of the document is known.
If you kept track of these changes, you’d be doing the basics of what a source code repository does. Consider the following timeline:
Add paragraph ABC…
Add line … to paragraph ABC
Change introduction from A to B
You can then answer the same question for each point in time and get a different result: “What is the state of the document at change number X?” Each time, you start at #1 and add up the changes until you get to the desired point in time.
For a Single File?
Earlier in this post, I said that the document scenario was essentially a changeset for a single file. But a changeset can be a set of changes all at the same time. Consider the same document editing scenario, but for multiple documents. “I added a line to doc A, and I deleted a line to doc B”. Both of those changes can be saved at the same time in a set, a changeset.
This is the first of a planned series on using distributed source control. More to come in the future.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged mercurial on April 19, 2019 by matthewurch.
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The Executive Board of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches met Jan. 26–28, 2017, in Abbotsford, B.C. “We continue to need and pursue a discipleship revolution of healthy, multiplying,…
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Dec 14, 2014पर 03:48 AM
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Jan 16, 2015पर 08:27 PM
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Weekend Watch: Meticulously Machining an Entire Clock from Brass with Clickspring
Tyler Winegarner
Video producer for Make:, also tinkerer, motorcyclist, gamer. Reads the comments. Uses tools, tells stories. Probably a human. Tweets @photoresistor
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By Tyler Winegarner
December 17, 2016, 8:00 am PDT
We would find it awfully hard to believe if you said you haven’t heard of Clickspring — and we find it just as equally hard to believe that we’ve never written about this fantastic YouTube channel on Weekend Watch. The great news is, if you haven’t heard of this fantastic channel of metalworking and machining, there’s never been a better time to jump in.
We don’t usually think of the body of work in a maker’s YouTube channel in the traditional broadcasting sense of seasons, but that’s what Chris has perhaps unintentionally created. He has just finished a monumental project, building a working skeleton clock from raw brass stock. In each video a single component is made, or sometimes a tool that eases the creation of the next part. Seeing each part made is a satisfying delight on its own, but every episode is literally building up to something — something magnificent.
These videos aren’t like any machinist project you’ve likely seen before. The videos are brightly lit with a real eye for composition and cinematography. The brass stock becomes all the more sumptuous with each facing cut, and Chris’s narration not only provides a deep insight into the craft of precision metalworking, it’s also pleasant to the ear. I’m no machinist, but I feel like I already have a much greater understanding of it from watching his videos.
With the work on the skeleton clock complete, Chris is already looking into the next project. He’s shared the details with us, and while we’re massively excited, we won’t spoil the surprise here. Thankfully the wait for the announcement won’t be long. Be sure to keep an eye on his channel so you don’t miss out.
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Jay Hight
Term Expires: July 30, 2019
Ronald R. LaCount
Term Expires: June 30, 2020
John Mercer
Delton Torno
Lanny A. Wade
The purpose of this board is to hear appeals from decisions of building officials regarding interpretations of the building code regulations. Applications for appeal may be made when it is claimed that the true intent of the code or other rules legally adopted thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of the code do not fully apply, or an equally good or better form of construction can be used.
Appointment, membership, Term
Board shall consist of five members appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council whose terms of office shall be so arranged that one term expires each calendar year, provided that, however, each member shall serve until his successor has been appointed and qualified. No person shall be appointed to the Board of Appeals except a registered or licensed engineer; a builder or superintendent of building construction with at least ten years of experience including five years of having been in responsible charge of work; or, a person who has like qualifications or experience. Appointed by the Mayor, for five-year terms, or until successor is appointed.
Ordinance 3784 which amends Article I of Chapter 9 in order to Adopt the 2000 International National Building Code and 2000 International Residential Code. Article I of Chapter 9 Section 112.2.
Revised 7/2015
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Cold Feet 7: Interviews
“I’D always resisted bringing Cold Feet back.
“I didn’t want to revisit something and go along that well-trodden path where things are resurrected and then don’t have the strength, innovation or the voice they had originally.
“But when I read the scripts I thought they were very good. We slotted back into it really well but there was no complacency.
“We did feel under pressure and so it was lovely that people took to it.”
James Nesbitt talking to me about last year’s return of Cold Feet.
Ahead of series seven which begins on ITV this Friday (Sept 8) at 9pm.
September 5, 2017 News
The Loch: Who Is The Real Monster?
“EVERYBODY has their own shadow. The shadow within.
“I find all of that really interesting. Maybe it explains why we all like to read or watch dark stories.
“Sometimes people want to look at monsters and hold the darkness up in the light.
“Then put it away safely.”
Laura Fraser talking to me about new six part drama The Loch, which begins on ITV at 9pm this Sunday (June 11).
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Midwinter of the Spirit: Interviews
“IT is a serious drama where we ask serious questions.
“There is a very sensitive subject matter – it explores the nature of good and bad and evil.”
Anna Maxwell Martin talking to me about her role as Merrily Watkins in chilling new ITV drama Midwinter of the Spirit.
Based on the novels by Phil Rickman, the three-part series begins at 9pm on Wednesday (September 23).
There is a lot to say about what has the potential to be a long running returning drama.
September 20, 2015 News
Happy Valley: Sarah Lancashire
Sarah Lancashire as Catherine Cawood.
“I’LL make a note of the fact that you apologised profusely…in tears.”
Sarah Lancashire as Sergeant Catherine Cawood in tonight’s Happy Valley episode three. (BBC1 9pm)
Sally Wainwright’s brilliant script matched, yet again, by Sarah’s work on screen.
In a series reminding us that Sally’s writing CV includes dramas like Unforgiven, as well as Last Tango In Halifax, Scott and Bailey and At Home With The Braithwaites.
Back in March I attended the London launch of this six-part drama, followed by a Q&A.
A few hours later I wrote the story further down this page, which has not gone online – so best put that right now.
Downton Abbey: “Life Is Strange”
“LIFE is strange, isn’t it?”
Downton Abbey series three, episode nine.
Otherwise known as the 2012 Christmas Special, just broadcast by ITV1 tonight – December 25 – in the UK.
If you have yet to watch it, do NOT read any further.
Come back later once you have viewed.
That obviously also goes for our American cousins waiting for series three to begin on PBS on Jan 6.
As well as other Downton fans across the globe who are not yet up to the UK series pace.
There are major spoilers below.
So unless you want to read them, stop now.
December 25, 2012 Downton Abbey, News
Downton Abbey: Christmas Launch
THE Christmas tree is being decorated as the house prepares for the festive season.
Before the Granthams hand out presents to their servants for Christmas Day 1919.
Welcome to the Downton Abbey Christmas special, screened for the media at London’s Mayfair Hotel this afternoon (Tuesday Dec 13).
Followed by two question and answer sessions with the cast.
Downton Abbey: Amy Nuttall
Amy Nuttall as Ethel Parks
DOWNTON Abbey returns for a second series in the UK next month.
My report and photos from last Friday’s Press Launch at Highclere Castle are here.
Among those I spoke to was new Downton recruit Amy Nuttall.
An early taste of the interview – with mild spoilers – was published in Tuesday’s Manchester Evening News, but has yet to go online.
So let’s put that right below, shall we?
August 3, 2011 Downton Abbey, News
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Lisa Cugnetto January 8, 2015 Image Arts, Events
Gelato Messina's Cherry Pie. One of the treats at their Double Down Diner stand at Sydney Festival. Image credit: Gelato Messina
This story originally appeared on Live4 on January 1, 2015. Image courtesy of Gelato Messina .
Sydney Festival turns 39 this year. Held every January, this year running from the 8th to the 26th, the festival is an annual tradition of sorts, entertaining locals (and plenty of visiting out-of-towners) with its hefty program of events. This year it spans music, theatre, dance, circus, cabaret, opera, classic, installations and everything in between. Here’s our guide of what not to miss.
If you’re feeling a little poor on the pocket after Christmas shopping sprees or an excessive New Year, not to worry – there’s still plenty of free fun to be had.
The Parramatta Opening Party (9 January, Centenary Square) will see a selection of festival artists perform, and will be headlined by Aussie musical icon Paul Kelly and his new musical collaborative project, The Merri Soul Sessions. The next day, gather some mates and pack a picnic for the hugely popular Summer Sounds in the Domain (10 January, The Domain), where big-name Brazilian act Seu Jorge will perform his signature sassy samba and hip hop (he featured heavily on Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic soundtrack).
Pop past the Festival Village (Hyde Park North, near the fountain, 8-25 January) for free one-hour yoga sessions or to explore the dizzyingly bright and fun, two-storey interactive installation Higher Ground by Irish artist Maser. There’ll be plenty of places to eat and have a few drinks too – just leave room for dessert because Gelato Messina returns this year to serve up crazy ice-cream creations at its Double Down Diner stand.
There’s also a range of artist talks and exhibitions, including one by edgy New Zealand artist Bill Culbert at the National Art School Gallery and Inside There Falls, an installation that brings together music, voice and dance, at Carriageworks.
Music is always a big part of the Sydney Festival program, and they do it well, catering for a wide range of music tastes. The Famous Spiegeltent, an antique Belgian beauty pitched in the Festival Village, plays host to many visiting acts, including fun-time synth-pop duo Client Liaison, the sweet tunes of Australia’s #1 Dads and Irish-French songstress Camille O’Sullivan. The nearby Aurora, the Spiegeltent’s sister venue, is also hosting some stellar shows, including the flamboyant Kirin J Callinan, the R&B-edged pop of How To Dress Well, indie rockers The Clean and Body/Head, which features Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon.
Other picks include Atomic Bomb! The music of William Onyeabor (Enmore Theatre, 16-17 January), a festival highlight that pays tribute to Nigerian synth pioneer William Onyeabor. The show brings together an ensemble that features the likes of Gotye, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, LCD Soundsystem’s Pat Mahoney and The Rapture’s Luke Jenner. So Frenchy, So Chic (17 January, St John’s College, Camperdown), where four French artists – La Femme, Francois and the Atlas Mountain, Emilie Simon and The Do – will perform at this day of picnics, dancing and champagne. And Beat the Drum (16 January, The Domain), a party that celebrates Triple J turning 40, with a huge line-up that includes Cloud Control, Owl Eyes, Megan Washington and more.
Showstoppers
Again, there’s plenty to choose from in the way of shows. Circus, dance and theatre collide in Tabac Rouge (Sydney Theatre, Walsh Bay, various dates over 8-25 January), a show directed, choreographed and starring well-known circus performer James Thierrée. Fans of grown-up circus and cabaret will enjoy Limbo (The Aurora, Hyde Park, various dates over 8-25 January), which sold out at last year’s festival. While The Artist Live In Concert (23-24 January, Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall) is one for arthouse cinema lovers, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing the full score to this charming silent film.
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Home Perspectives Dr. Mahatir’s blood
Dr. Mahatir’s blood
Abbas Zaidi
During his 22-year rule as Malaysia’s prime minister Dr. Mahatir found himself at the centre of so many controversies that it is not possible to touch upon even a fraction of them in just one article. Some of the controversies that earned him international attention were his claim that the Jews get others to fight and die for them, his denunciation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, his sacking of three deputy prime ministers that he had himself chosen to succeed him, and his dismissal of the Malaysian Supreme Court judges. Hence when in October 2003 Dr. Mahatir stepped down of his own will, many Malaysians thought that the change of guard would not alter much on their country’s political scene. Abdullah Badawi, the new prime minister, had after all been a Mahatir protégé. Abdullah did not make any changes in the cabinet and political hierarchy that he inherited from Dr. Mahatir.
Abdullah began his prime ministerial life peacefully. Although descriptives like “uncharismatic” and “lackluster” were evoked while comparing a soft-spoken, gentlemanly Abdullah with the confrontational Dr. Mahatir, it was refreshing to see a new leader. Abdullah sounded positive notes. Although he commended his predecessor’s policies, he declared that he would practice engagement with all types of opinion as a matter of policy and eradicate endemic corruption amongst government officials.
Whether he wanted it or not, Abdullah’s soft image and tone were instrumental in making people voice their opinion: Many heads that could not be raised in the past because of Dr. Mahatir’s style, now actually did take a chance with the new leadership. Weeks after taking over, Abdullah in the annual conference of UMNO (Malaysia’s ruling party) suggested that the Malays should reconsider the decades-old policy of “positive discrimination” that in many ways favors them over the other races. But he was rudely shouted down by some Malay delegates who told him that his own prime ministership owed more to the Malay support for him than anything else. Watching Abdullah–”half-stunned and half-patient–”listen to his critics reminded one of the days of Dr. Mahatir when politicians, analysts, and even academics could not get away with a nasty challenge to Dr. Mahatir.
Not that Dr. Mahatir had gagged his opposition. One remembers how only weeks after Suharto’s fall, Anwar Ibrahim’s supporters argued in UMNO’s annual conference for an Indonesia-style end to “cronyism” in Malaysia. By that they meant Dr. Mahatir’s ouster a la Suharto. (Anwar Ibrahim was Dr. Mahatir’s number two at that time. He had just returned from America after meeting Al Gore and other high officials who had assured him of their support if he challenged Dr. Mahatir.) The following day Dr. Mahatir showed on a giant screen names of all the people who had benefited from “cronyism”. The names of Anwar’s supporters graced the list in profusion. Within days Anwar was in jail, had a black eye, and charged with sodomy.
Abdullah’s peace did not last very long. Six months into office, and Abdullah’s leadership was struck a powerful shot. Dr Mahatir accused Rafidah Aziz (Malaysia’s Trade Minister) for nepotism. That hit her so hard that she was reduced to tears in a press conference and swore by the Koran that her conduct had been above-board. Soon Abdullah’s turn came when he declared that Malaysia would not build its (half) part of the proposed Malaysia-Singapore Bridge after Singapore dragged its feet over some details. The Bridge was Dr. Mahatir’s idea to which he had cleverly converted the Singapore government. The building of the bridge had the approval of the entire Malaysian cabinet, Abdullah included (then Mahatir’s deputy). Dr. Mahatir issued a public statement that Malaysia should have built its part of the bridge and start navigating her own part of territorial waters that should have immensely benefited Malaysia economically. Abdullah committed a faux pas by not keeping quiet. He responded to the bridge issue by saying vaguely that “people’s sentiments” had to be taken into consideration while deciding a matter. Demanded Dr. Mahatir: “Where are the people whose sentiments have to be taken into consideration? Who decides Malaysia’s development policy? Malaysia? Or Singapore? ”
Abdullah, said Dr. Mahatir, was a traitor who had yielded Malaysia’s sovereignty to Singapore. He also attacked Abdullah for cutting tariffs and opening up the auto market, threatening the national car-maker Proton. Soon there was a DVD doing rounds in Malaysia and Singapore in which Dr. Mahatir had given details of the incompetence of Abdullah and his government. That led to Malaysian ministers and UMNO MPs rallying behind Abdullah and condemning Dr. Mahatir. Dr. Mahatir has since disappeared from the government-controlled media; he was not allowed even to participate in UMNO’s annual conference, and recently he was assaulted by a Malay. (No word yet from the investigators about the motive of the assault.)
It is not that Abdullah does not know his facts, or is short on spunk. But there is something in him that differentiates him from Dr Mahatir. Explained a Malay friend of mine: “To be low-profile and taciturn is what makes a Malay a Malay. But the problem with Dr. Mahatir, despite being born and brought up in the Malay society, is his Indian blood. The Indian blood in you cannot let you and others live in peace. It boils all the time, so you must get up and pick up a fight, or else it will burst through your veins. Even if you are eighty-two years of age and have recently had a heart attack! [A reference to Dr. Mahatir.]”
The political history of Malaysia cannot be written without acknowledging the great role of the Indian community. In Malaysia, the presence of the Indians in teaching and law professions, and the human rights movement has been exceptionally high. Trade unionism in Malaysia owes more to the Indians than to any other community. Any human rights or political law suit, rest assured that the lead lawyers will be of Indian origin. But there is the down side to it too: Any time you hear of infighting in a political party, it is likely to be an Indian political party. There is a joke in Malaysia that if you want to hire an Indian, you must make provisions for the establishment of a trade union. And if you hire two Indians in your company, be sure there will soon be two rival trade unions to haunt you and each other.
So, if Dr. Mahatir is unstoppable, it is–”according to popular belief–”because an Indian is by nature a political animal whose staple diet is polemics. Many Malaysians believe that only Anwar Ibrahim can stop or confront Dr Mahatir. They are hoping that Abdullah and Anwar will form an alliance. Like Dr. Mahatir, Anwar too has Indian blood; so the two can be great pound-for-pound rivals, and Anwar being much younger and with a long political future ahead (unlike Dr. Mahatir) might slay the giant. But there is a little devil in details. Anwar’s ambition is to become Malaysia’s prime minister. He would have been one if Dr. Mahatir had not kicked him out so unceremoniously. Anwar will not join Abdullah just in order to spite Dr Mahatir and strengthen Abdullah. Will Abdullah give him deputy prime ministership, an offer that Anwar in all likelihood will not spurn? But given a very long queue of post-Abdullah UMNO pretenders, such an offer to Anwar will cause a big revolt in the party.
In such a scenario what will happen if Anwar and Dr. Mahatir join hands against UMNO and Abdullah? Just imagine the super shrewd and experienced Indian blood of Dr Mahatir mixing with the super ambitious and charismatic Indian blood of Anwar!
There are a lot of Malaysians (mainly Malay) who think that given their extreme animosity a Mahatir-Anwar alliance is not possible. Perhaps they forget that politics is the art of the possible. If Dr. Mahatir and Anwar come together an Indian summer in Malaysia may not be too far.
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GOAL 2.0
We have released a new version of GOAL that is based more explicitly on the notion of a module and the concept that an agent is a set of modules. The syntax of the language has been redesigned to reflect this. The programming guide for the language has been rewritten as well.
Additional features added to the platform include a testing framework and the choice between using Prolog or OWL for knowledge representation.
The Eclipse plugin provides an integrated environment for programming GOAL 2.0 agents. See http://goalhub.github.io/eclipse/.
GOALhub and EIShub @ GitHub
We have migrated the Environment Interface Standard (EIS) from sourceforge to GitHub and have started to migrate our own EIS-enabled environments to eishub on GitHub as well to make them more accessible. We have also started a similar effort for GOAL, where some initial effort to start using goalhub have been made as well. More to come soon, have a look!
EASSS 2014
We have given a tutorial on agent programming at EASSS 2014 in Crete! Follow the link http://ii.tudelft.nl/trac/goal/wiki/Education/EASSS2014 to download the presentation on GOAL and the exercise and software that we used.
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GOAL is an agent programming language for programming rational agents. GOAL agents derive their choice of action from their beliefs and goals. The language provides the basic building blocks to design and implement rational agents. The language elements and features of GOAL allow and facilitate the manipulation of an agent's beliefs and goals and to structure its decision-making. The language provides an intuitive programming framework based on common sense notions and basic practical reasoning.
The main features of GOAL are:
Programming with mental states: Different from most other programming languages, GOAL supports programming at the knowledge level. Programming an agent means to program with the mental state of that agent. A mental state consists of declarative knowledge, beliefs and goals.
Agents use a knowledge representation language (a symbolic, logical language) to represent the information they have, and their beliefs or knowledge about the environment they act upon in order to achieve their goals.
Agents may have multiple goals that specify what the agent wants to achieve at some moment in the near or distant future. Declarative goals specify a state of the environment that the agent wants to establish, they do not specify actions or procedures how to achieve such states.
Agents commit to their goals and drop goals only when they have been achieved. This commitment strategy, called a blind commitment strategy in the literature, is the default strategy used by GOAL agents. Agents are assumed to not have goals that they believe are already achieved, a constraint which has been built into GOAL agents by dropping a goal when it has been completely achieved.
The type of knowledge representation language is not fixed by GOAL but, in principle, may be varied according to the needs of the programmer.
Programming decision strategies: Programming an agent means to code a strategy or policy for action selection. Agents use action rules to select actions, given their beliefs and goals. The type of decision making supported in GOAL is directly based on human common sense decision making, which also decide and explain their choice of action using beliefs and goals.
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Ross Chastain Gets Vindication with NASCAR Truck Series Win at Kansas
Photo: Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Motorsports Tribune May 10, 2019
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Elation and heartbreak were barely more than a lap apart when Ross Chastain took the checkered flag to win Friday night’s Digital Ally 250 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway.
Chastain took the lead on Lap 165 of 167 after Stewart Friesen ran out of fuel—the result of a miscommunication between the driver and crew chief Trip Bruce. Chastain crossed the finish line .483 seconds ahead of runner-up Ben Rhodes to secure his first victory in the series in his 66th start and the first for Niece Motorsports and owner Al Niece.
Friesen, on the other hand, rolled home in 15th, a lap down and a study in frustration as a first victory in the Truck series continued to elude him.
For Chastain, the victory was a welcome vindication after his rags-to-riches-to-rags story of 2018. With superb performances in limited NASCAR Xfinity Series action with Chip Ganassi Racing last year—including a victory at Las Vegas—Chastain earned a full-time ride in Ganassi’s No. 42 Chevrolet for 2019, only to lose it when the team’s sponsorship collapsed.
“Aw, man, this is what sports is all about,” Chastain said, barely able to contain his emotions. “We had the world by the tail last fall, and everything got taken away from us. We didn’t quit, though … I’m going to celebrate this one a lot more than I did the last one.
“I thought, after the last one (in Las Vegas), they were going to come a lot more easy. But it’s not easy … I hate to see Stewie lose one like that. I know he’s been trying to win, but, yes—we got it!”
Friesen came to pit road for his final stop under green on Lap 126 but left his stall after taking right-side tires only on a planned four-tire stop. Though Friesen had a lead of more than five seconds over Grant Enfinger when he got back up to speed, the shortness of the pit stop didn’t allow the crew to fill the fuel cell.
Friesen’s chances looked better when the third-place truck of Brett Moffitt got loose under Enfinger’s Ford and cut Enfinger’s right rear tire, forcing both trucks to pit road for unscheduled stops. And when the No. 33 Chevrolet of Josh Reaume stopped on the track on Lap 146 to cause the sixth and final caution, Bruce figured Friesen had enough fuel to finish the race.
Within three laps of the checkered flag, however, Friesen ran out.
“It’s been a dream to race at this level and thanks to all the car owners that have given me a chance after all these years,” Friesen said. “I came with nothing but a helmet bag. Just a little miscommunication that we need to work on.
“We just can’t close it. I figured I’d screw up a restart at the end, rather than run out of fuel. They said that we were to the good. I didn’t know we were taking four (tires). I thought for sure we were taking two. Just a lot of silence on the radio. That’s it.”
Notes: With the victory, Chastain extended his streak of top-10 finishes to start the season to seven, all with Niece Motorsports …Toyota drivers Todd Gilliland, Austin Hill and Brandon Jones finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively … Pole winner Matt Crafton ran sixth, followed by Enfinger and Moffitt.
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Race – 19th Annual Digital Ally 250
(6) Ross Chastain(i), Chevrolet, 167.
(14) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 167.
(5) Todd Gilliland, Toyota, 167.
(7) Austin Hill, Toyota, 167.
(21) Brandon Jones(i), Toyota, 167.
(1) Matt Crafton, Ford, 167.
(13) Grant Enfinger, Ford, 167.
(4) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 167.
(11) Riley Herbst(i), Toyota, 167.
(3) Harrison Burton #, Toyota, 167.
(2) Tyler Ankrum #, Toyota, 167.
(17) Tyler Dippel #, Chevrolet, 166.
(16) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, 166.
(8) Gus Dean #, Chevrolet, 166.
(10) Stewart Friesen, Chevrolet, 166.
(23) Angela Ruch, Chevrolet, 163.
(18) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 162.
(25) Josh Bilicki(i), Chevrolet, 160.
(9) Sheldon Creed #, Chevrolet, 158.
(26) Josh Reaume, Chevrolet, Transmission, 135.
(28) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, Too Slow, 109.
(12) Johnny Sauter, Ford, 97.
(27) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, Suspension, 93.
(20) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, Vibration, 59.
(15) Natalie Decker #, Toyota, Accident, 51.
(24) TJ Bell Jr., Chevrolet, Electrical, 44.
(19) Austin Wayne Self, Chevrolet, Engine, 26.
(22) Timmy Hill(i), Chevrolet, Vibration, 8.
(30) Bayley Currey, Toyota, Electrical, 4.
(29) Joey Gase(i), Chevrolet, Chassis, 0.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 123.517 mph.
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 1 Mins, 41 Secs. Margin of Victory: .483 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 6 for 29 laps.
Lap Leaders: M. Crafton 1-8;S. Friesen 9-28;B. Moffitt 29;S. Friesen 30;B. Moffitt 31;S. Friesen 32-44;S. Creed # 45-47;A. Hill 48;G. Enfinger 49;S. Creed # 50-58;R. Chastain(i) 59;G. Enfinger 60-69;S. Friesen 70-88;G. Enfinger 89-124;S. Friesen 125;B. Moffitt 126-127;T. Dippel # 128-129;S. Friesen 130-142;R. Chastain(i) 143;S. Friesen 144-150;B. Rhodes 151;S. Friesen 152-164;R. Chastain(i) 165-167.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Stewart Friesen 8 times for 87 laps; Grant Enfinger 3 times for 47 laps; Sheldon Creed # 2 times for 12 laps; Matt Crafton 1 time for 8 laps; Ross Chastain(i) 3 times for 5 laps; Brett Moffitt 3 times for 4 laps; Tyler Dippel # 1 time for 2 laps; Austin Hill 1 time for 1 lap; Ben Rhodes 1 time for 1 lap.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 16,17,18,2,24,4,45,52,88,98
Stage #2 Top Ten: 16,17,2,24,4,45,52,88,98,99
Tags : Austin Hill, Ben Rhodes, Brandon Jones, Digital Ally 250, Kansas Speedway, NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, NASCAR Wire Service, Niece Motorsports, ross chastain, Stewart Friesen, Todd Gilliland
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Thursday, August 13, 2009 · 9:00 am
Writers Group Reboot
After a rocky patch last week, my writers group met over margaritas and Mexican food, sans writing. We had one of these powwows at the start of the year, too—I think it’s healthy to recognize when the operation is stagnating and make a plan to reinvigorate the enterprise. Ultimately, we decided to take a break—a month-long hiatus in August. But we also decided to keep meeting regularly, partly because we enjoy each other’s company and would miss catching up for dinner and drinks, and partly to ensure that we don’t just dissolve altogether.
We also discussed how we might take our writers group to the next level, how we might evolve, what we might become.
We agreed, I think, that we should broaden our scope. The few pages in front of us each week are a narrow view of our work, and we need to look at the bigger picture of ourselves as writers. What we’re working on, what we’re struggling with. But also what to do with our writing when we’re done—submitting it to journals, entering it in contests, querying it to agents.
Here’s how one group member put it:
I guess part of my concern is that we are really a professionally geared group and that we do not just write into a void, or just for each other, though that is of course valid … it just feels like we all hope for something more and should encourage each other to take those chances.
We talked, too, about accountability, committing to not just the biweekly group meetings but setting aside time to write in between and reporting back to the group when it’s done. We talked about sharing prompts to kickstart the writing if needed. We talked about collaborative projects.
I can’t say that a lot was decided. I can’t say that we all agreed changes need to be made or what those changes should be.
But I think we can each decide what we need from the group and ask the group to provide it. Thorough and thoughtful critiques? Check. Moral support? Check. A good time accompanied by food and alcohol? Check. But maybe also lines on places to submit our work. Tips on querying an agent. Weekly check-ins on our progress. A more focused conversation about our writing or literary endeavors in general.
It’s our group. It is what we make of it.
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Friday, August 7, 2009 · 9:00 am
Making a Commitment
“I heard your writers group is awesome!” a friend exclaimed at dinner one night last week.
“We are!” I can’t help but gush about us. As I’ve written about before, we’ve been together for more than a year and a half—longer than any other group I’ve worked with. We’re talented and eclectic—on any given night, we might read a novel excerpt, a short story, and pages from a screenplay. And we ♥ each other.
But the last couple of weeks have been tumultuous ones for our little band.
It all started last week when we were (i.e., I was) particularly lax in turning in our work on time, and one of our members cancelled at the last minute (totally understandably—after a summer of nonstop travel and out-of-town guests, she was nearing exhaustion). Rather than meet without her, we considered postponing, and our “band mom”—who’s male, by the way—emailed a frank (and hilarious) pep talk/scolding that has since caused us to reevaluate what it is we want from the group.
Now, at this point we were in no danger of dissolving. As the email acknowledged, life happens. But this kind of vigilance is exactly why we’ve lasted as long as we have. If we postpone one week, pretty soon it becomes two, and eventually we’re meeting less than even once a month.
More to the point, however, was his last paragraph:
“I also don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect people to make this more of a priority than it is now. And I don’t just mean blocking out, say, Wednesday nights [when we meet]. I mean setting aside time to write. Specifically, time that isn’t a day or two past the already-extended deadline to submit.”
Our meetings last for hours, two-thirds of which is spent just catching up. When you like hanging out with your fellow members so much, you risk your writers group turning into solely a social event. But we always come prepared, and we always eventually get down to business.
Our band mom, though, was asking more of us. He called for a greater commitment—not just to scrape together a submission each week or to provide thorough and thoughtful critiques (which we do, consistently), but to write. He called for a commitment not to the group but to the writing.
He called us out, and his point was well taken. I now include a commitment to writing outside of a writers group as an important contributor to the success of that group.
But sometimes fatigue sets in. Some of us, to different levels and for different reasons, just weren’t producing. There are times to push through, and there are times to take a breather.
Our perpetual traveler/host decided she needed the latter. With her first novel written, edited, and out to agents, she is starting her second book. She’s working at it diligently, but that doesn’t mean words are necessarily being produced, especially, as is the case with nascent ideas, words that she’s ready to share. With another trip on her schedule, she took a hiatus from the group for the month of August.
The question for the rest of us has become whether we meet without her. Our band mom, who called us to task in the first place, is of the mind that we should push through:
“I hate to say it, but I really do think that if we all take a month-plus off, the odds of being able to start up again are not good. At all. And yes, I know sometimes long shots can pay off—just ask whatever engineer it was who said, ‘You know what? We can probably get away with not protecting that one tiny shaft in the Death Star. Seriously, what’s the worst that can happen?’ But we are not a scraggly band of rebels with Sir Alec Guinness on our side … I think.”
(See what I mean about hilarious? This led to a thread in which we were all to choose which Star Wars characters we wanted to be, which led to another thread inspired by Spaceballs.)
I see the merit in pushing through this rather stagnant patch. But I also think there is a strong argument for taking a break and taking time to retrench, refresh, and refocus. With the caveat that we take our band mom’s mandate to heart and use the time to write.
We’ve decided to meet, but without writing, to discuss our goals—both for ourselves and for the group. Reassess, restrategize, reboot. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Friday, May 29, 2009 · 12:00 pm
On Writers Groups: Part III—Rules
Just after the New Year, my writers group gathered at a German tavern in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake to touch base over ale and wieners dunked in steins of pea soup. At that point, we had been working together for a year, but I think we all felt we were in danger of disbanding. As of the end of the fall semester, we had all completed our theses—a major driver for participation in the group—and graduated.
We were determined to stick together, however, and we’re stronger than ever after instituting and enforcing (more or less) some rules. If you want your writers group to last, set the parameters up front:
1. Makeup: Keep it small. For a critique group, I’d suggest no more than four to six people. “Any more, and either the meetings are way too long or not everyone gets equal time,” reasons one of my writers group members. “Too few members, and there’s not nearly as much chance for differing voices in terms of critique. … It’s good to have enough people that you can rotate submissions.” Conversely, you don’t want to have to wait too long between opportunities to share your work.
Only invite writers whom you admire and respect. You want to be challenged by your writers group, and you want to read good work while you’re there. BookFox blogger John Fox goes so far as to suggest “hazing—preferably painful, embarrassing hazing—and guidelines like they have to submit sample papers to join. Groups with porous membership regulations fail easily.”
2. Operations: Once you’ve assembled your writers group, set some ground rules. First, meet regularly. Every other week works well for most groups. “Frequent meetings—let’s say twice monthly—are ideal because they not only solidify the bond among group members by making the activity a regular occurrence, but they also force people to write,” says my fellow writers group member. “Meet too infrequently, and it’s a lot easier to postpone or cancel meetings.” (We’ve had problems with this in the past.)
Second, set deadlines. In our group, we submit on one Wednesday and meet the next, although some members (that’d be me!) tend to push the deadline as far back as the weekend.
Finally, everybody submits. Our group used to be a free-for-all where we submitted work when we had it. The problem with this was if one of us was suffering from writers block, we could go several meetings without seeing his or her work. A guiding tenet of critique groups is the trust that’s built between writers who are sharing sometimes raw work; it’s not fair to critique others without putting yourself on the line. Besides, the guilty parties felt, well, guilty, and that’s not good for anybody. Now we’re on a schedule, submitting two out of every three meetings.
“One thing to keep in mind: rules like these only work if they’re implemented or enforced,” adds my writers group member. We’ve gotten much better about this. It’s probably too obnoxious to actually assign leadership positions, but often they happen naturally: one of us leads groups discussions when we have administrative details to take care of; a couple others gently nudge us with emails or texts when we’re past deadline.
3. Critiques: I had one writing instructor—tellingly, a graduate from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, which has been criticized for its cutthroat atmosphere—whose guidelines for critique protected the writer’s feelings to an almost ridiculous extent. We were asked not to refer to the writer by name, but to call him or her “the author” during our critiques, and we were not to look at the writer while we critiqued his or her work. I find this approach to be counterintuitive—I want to convey my sincerity during critiques by speaking directly to the writer and looking him or her in the eye.
How supportive comments should be is also up for debate. “Keeping critiques supportive could foster an environment of coddling, but I do think it’s a good idea to keep them constructive. (i.e., not ‘This sucks,’ but ‘Here’s why this sucks, and here are some ways it could possibly be fixed.’),” says a member from my writers group. “Mutual admiration is great, but the really valuable feedback comes when your writers group lets you know what isn’t working.
Again, Fox takes a hard line: “Don’t give supportive critiques. Critiques should be debilitating and harsh. The minute you start cheerleading is the minute you lose respectability. Of course you need to talk about what is good with the piece, and tell someone where to submit it, and how much work it needs (if much) before they send it out, but focus on the negative. That’s what’s helpful.”
Focus on overarching issues. Typos, misspellings, and misused commas can be addressed in later drafts.
During the critique, the writer should listen to the comments of the other group members. Don’t respond. Don’t explain. Don’t defend. If you keep your replies to a minimum, you will get a more accurate critique from your readers and you’ll be better able to absorb their comments.
Do, however, take notes. You might even record your critique to audiotape. Later, you can throw out comments that are useless or irrelevant and keep those that are helpful.
For more tips on writers groups, check out these related posts by Quips and Tips for Freelance Writers and Dames of Dialogue.
For previous installments in this series, check out “Part I—Benefits” and “Part II—Types.”
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Friday, April 17, 2009 · 5:30 pm
On Writers Groups: Part II—Types
The past couple of weeks have been productive ones in my writers groups. Last week, in what I call my writing group, I generated a few pages of new material on a new short-story concept that’s been percolating. And this week, in what I distinguish as my writers group, I got helpful feedback and encouragement on an older piece of writing that I may just polish up and send out.
I’m pretty much in love with my current writers groups, but I have participated in lots of different types over the years:
The workshop is a formal writers group led by a teacher or mentor. This is the model found in graduate and continuing-education writing programs, but there are private workshops as well. They usually charge tuition or a fee to pay for the meeting place as well as the leader’s time and expertise. The facilitator sets and enforces the format and tone for the workshop and keeps the group on task. You may provide your work beforehand or read it to the group during the meeting. Usually participants take turns providing verbal feedback with the facilitator commenting last so as not to influence the remarks of the others. Often written feedback is provided as well in the form of marked-up manuscripts.
A critique group is similar to a workshop in format but is more informal and usually smaller in structure. In this type of group, there’s no facilitator; rather, a handful of writers decides together how they want to operate. Again, work can be provided beforehand or read out loud during the meeting, and participants take turns offering verbal and written feedback. The advantage of the critique group is that you share and get feedback on your work more often than in a larger workshop environment.
An offshoot of the critique group is the writers guild, which operates in much the same way but adds publishing to its activities. One of my friends from grad-school just produced a collection of short stories and poetry with his writers group.
Recently I’ve been introduced to a writing group, which gathers weekly not to read and discuss work, but to produce it. In my writing group, everyone arrives prepared with a prompt to share with the group. We spend ten minutes or so writing the exercise; then we take turns reading whatever we came up with. The resulting material can be pretty raw, so there’s no critique, and you can pass on reading it out loud if you want to. Other writing groups have a standing appointment to get together to work on their own material.
A reading group, John Fox of BookFox argues, is just as important as a writers group. “[You] can’t separate writing from reading, and you need people to read with as much as you need people to write with,” he says. I would imagine a reading group for writers would function much like a book club but with more of an emphasis on focusing on the author’s craft.
Where writers groups meet depends on their size as well as the tone you want to set. Workshops often take place in classrooms, but I have attended these in conference rooms and around dining-room tables. My critique groups have met in bars, restaurants, and, with the economy being how it is these days, our homes. Of course, you can also meet online via email or chatrooms.
What types of writers groups have you participated in? Share you experiences below in the comments section.
And check out the first installment in this series, “On Writers Groups: Part I—Benefits.”
Next week in Part III, MJ will lay out the rules for writers group. Share your suggestions now by email (findtherightwords[at]gmail[dot]com) or on Twitter (@motsjustes).
Thursday, April 9, 2009 · 2:36 pm
On Writers Groups: Part I—The Benefits
Yesterday Mots Justes confessed that blog-writing has taken a backseat to other projects as of late. All of my writing has. That I’m writing at all owes everything to my writers groups. (Yes, groups—I’m currently in two.)
If you’re not in a writers group, join or start one now. Even if your writing hasn’t been suffering like mine has, the benefits are numerous:
Deadlines: For me, the number-one benefit of being in a writers group is having a deadline. I have come to realize that I am virtually incapable of functioning without one. Writers groups to which I have to submit pages keep me generating work and turning it in on a regular basis because I am accountable to someone other than myself. (Speaking of which, I owed my group pages, like, yesterday!) ¶ “Since you want to write, it doesn’t actually feel like it’s a typical responsibility,” says one of my writers group members. “For me, there’s also a palpable sense that if I don’t write, I’m letting people down.” ¶ “When I know our meeting is coming up, I make more time to write,” adds another grad school friend of mine.
Feedback: The whole reason many writers groups exist is so that members can get feedback on their writing. If you work with the same people over an extended period of time, they get to know and become invested in your work. (My current writers group has read my entire novel, although not from beginning to end but in fits and starts as I jumped around the narrative.) Your writers group can acknowledge what you’re doing well and help you recognize where you need improvement. ¶ “With the right group, you can feel like you’re in a really good workshop class, minus the kick in the wallet,” says my fellow group member. “If you’re the sort of person who thinks everything you generate is great or is [awful]—guilty as charged on the latter—it’s nice to get some opinions that come in more toward the less-extreme ends of the quality spectrum (assuming you listen to them).”
Advice: In addition to feedback specific to your work, writers groups are valuable sources for all kinds of writing advice and resources such as where to send submissions or how to draft query letters. Share the books, articles, and websites you’ve discovered with your peers.
Support: Writers are a particularly neurotic bunch, and we all have days when the writing just isn’t working, when nothing we write seems like it’s any good, when we feel like frauds. Since we’ve all been through it, we can relate when it happens to someone else, assure them that it’s really not as bad as it seems, talk them through it.
Camaraderie: This actually is a huge part of my writers group. We either meet at a bar or restaurant or have a potluck at one of our homes—a different location each time. We’ve even gotten together for Sunday brunch. And we always spend one or even two hours visiting and eating. Writing is such a solitary, isolating activity, that sometimes you just need to get out of the house and see other people. ¶ There is the danger, however, that socializing will become the group’s primary, then sole, activity. “Doubling the meeting with a potluck meal was not conducive to building a steadfast group,” says one of my grad-school classmates. “It became a social event (which we really enjoyed), but this deemphasized the main point of the group, which for me [was] to clean a piece up for publication.” Keep the group focused on the writing but make time to socialize, too—you might set aside the occasional get-together just for this purpose.
Connections: Finally, a huge benefit of participating in a writers group is that when you do get published, you have a built-in fan club. Having grown attached to you work, your fellow group members will be the first in line to buy a copy, attend a reading, and get their friends to do the same.
Meanwhile, John Fox over at BookFox offers an alternative benefit: “Money. My writing group ponies up forty dollars apiece for a pot that the person with the most publications/submissions/material written wins.” Hey, whatever gets you motivated!
How else have writers groups been beneficial to you? Leave your insight in the comments section below.
And next week in Part II, MJ will look at different types of writers group. Share your suggestions now by email (findtherightwords[at]gmail[dot]com) or on Twitter (@motsjustes).
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How can they walk normally in the space station?
In Geostorm, I saw many times the characters can walk normally in the space station. Because the space station is in space, can someone tell me why gravity exists here?
plot-explanation geostorm
Napoleon Wilson♦
asked Feb 6 at 10:19
thangthang
Basically they used Handwavium for some parts and then just outright ignored the science on the rest...
Just a small number of the gravity errors I noticed, I won't even go into the The weather control systems which are just... truly... ridiculous, all of them... just terrible!
Spinning the station to create artificial gravity is alluded to, at one point towards the "climax" of the film the station "stops" spinning and they get zero g... however the station is not shown to spin at all up until that point.
They dock shuttles in the side of the station that should be spinning and then just walk out onto the deck
The station doesn't seem to orbit the planet, it seems locked in position, but is definitely in Low Earth Orbit, not Geostationary orbit
The "net" around the planet doesn't orbit it just hangs in space above set points... this is simply not possible with current materials... even currently experimental materials have no chance at achieving this.
You would never stack that many shuttles next to each and launch them in situ, you'd roll out to a launch pad before taking off... a single failure at launch could lead to a sizable explosion which packed that closely would destroy all of them
you just wouldn't use shuttles for the job, you'd use conventional 2 stage rockets and just improve of the ability of propulsive landings like Blue Origin and SpaceX are doing
This may seems a little petty as a lot of spinning station sci-fi films are guilty of it, but if the station is spinning... why aren't the stars?
And a big one:
After the station is destroyed this would without doubt create a Kessler syndrome effect making space travel impossible for a good hundred years or more but he is supervising the new station within months
Believe me... I could go on... but my missus gets angry with me when I do so I'll leave that small list
It's just one of those films that its best to not look into the science behind it... they read the science and decided that cool visuals were more important to the point I'd actually put it in the top 5 for least scientifically accurate sci-fi films I've ever watched.
answered Feb 6 at 15:37
Blade WraithBlade Wraith
Well yes, it can be "created", it's called artificial gravity, and according to this website:
In space, it is possible to create "artificial gravity" by spinning your spacecraft or space station. When the station spins, centrifugal force acts to pull the inhabitants to the outside. This process could be used to simulate gravity. It wouldn't be exactly the same, though, because large Coriolis forces would also be present, and things would fall in curves instead of straight lines.
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While theoretically this is true, does this answer actually apply to this movie? Having watched some youtube videos of the space scenes, gravity is shown in non-rotating parts of the space station - like when Gerard Butler walks off the shuttle. – iandotkelly♦ Feb 6 at 11:34
It's probably some combination of this answer and dramatically waving hands HEY LOOK OVER THERE! – Steve-O Feb 6 at 14:34
@iandotkelly well the space station appears to be "rotatable" in the movie, I don't think it must rotate super fast, but still in a lot of movies it's just fiction. – NewJavaEnthusiast Feb 6 at 16:29
There's a small obviously rotating section in the station, but the shuttle lands elsewhere on a floor that is a radial of the station (rather than a circle around the station) - so if it were rotating it would tend to apply a force outwards, not towards the floor it's "standing" on. So Gerard Butler walking down the ramp makes no sense at all. This section doesn't even appear to be rotating ... so to have apparently close to earth gravity doesn't make any sense either. What we see in these clips cannot be explained by centrifugal/centripetal forces. – iandotkelly♦ Feb 6 at 16:41
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The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about impact fee distribution, EQT, PPT Cracker Plant and much more last week.
The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104 as our FOURTH station! Gem 104 helps to solidify the Shale Gas News coverage in an important Marcellus region, PA’s northern tier. The Shale Gas News is now broadcasting in Bradford, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Luzerne, Lycoming, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga and Wayne Counties, as well as in greater central PA. The Shale Gas News is aired on Saturday or Sunday depending on the station.
Every Saturday Rusty Fender and I host a morning radio show to discuss all things natural gas. This week, as guests, Charles A. Schleibs, Managing director of Stone Pier Capital Advisors, LP and Jim Willis of Marcellus Drilling News.
The Shale Gas News, typically, is broadcast live. On the June 29th show (click above), we covered the following new territory (see news excerpts below):
PUC Details Nearly $252 Million Distribution of Gas Drilling Impact Fees; Largest Distribution to Date. HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today posted detailed information about this year’s distribution of impact fees on natural gas producers – totaling $242,964,000 – on the PUC’s Act 13 website. Additionally, another $8,866,900 is being distributed to municipalities and counties where producer payments had been withheld during a long-running court case concerning the definition of a “stripper well.” Because of the unique circumstances surrounding this issue, and the potential financial impact on municipalities where the disputed wells were located, the Commission felt it was important to thoroughly calculate the stripper well collections and allocate the corrected well distributions to the municipalities that did not receive those impact fees during the years the well status had been disputed.
Explosions At Philadelphia Oil Refinery Send A Giant Ball Of Fire Skyward. A fire at an oil refinery in South Philadelphia caused a series of explosions before dawn on Friday, unleashing a giant ball of flames and plumes of smoke into the air. The incident prompted a shelter-in-place order for a nearby neighborhood and sent more than 100 firefighters to the scene. Several people were treated on the scene for minor injuries, WHYY’s Tom MacDonald reported. The fire is “confined and being addressed, but it is not under control,” Philadelphia Deputy Fire Commissioner Craig Murphy said at a morning media briefing. He said Murphy said the shelter-in-place order was lifted after test samples of the air revealed no danger to the public.
Progress on $5M Office in NEPA for Marcellus Co. from Thailand. We received some pictures from a loyal MDN subscriber (S.B.) showing progress on clearing a site where a new $5 million office and warehouse facility in Tunkhannock Township (Wyoming County), PA. Ever hear of BKV Operating? No? How about Kalnin Ventures? Or if not Kalnin, how about Banpu, the largest coal producer in Thailand? Like a Russian matryoshka (nesting) doll, BKV Operating is a subsidiary of Kalnin Ventures, and Kalnin is the American agent/partner representing Banpu here in the U.S. Ultimately it is Banpu money that is building this new facility, and major Banpu money being invested in PA Marcellus drilling in northeastern PA.
EQT Claims Toby Rice Mismanaged Rice Energy, Not Fit to be CEO. The nasty proxy war between EQT CEO Rob McNally and Toby Rice over who will control the company following a July 10 annual meeting just got a whole lot nastier. Last Friday, McNally revealed that a review of internal documents they received as part of their purchase of Rice Energy in 2017 show that in the span of two weeks in 2015 some 25 complaints by Rice employees were made against Toby with the Rice HR department, although the nature of the charges are not detailed, leaving it open to shareholders to speculate.
Ohio Says PTT Cracker Will Get Built – Bechtel Confirms EPC Contract. Last Thursday and Friday, MDN attended the Northeast Petrochemical Conference & Exhibition in Pittsburgh. There were a number of interesting stories coming from the event that we will chronicle this week. However, there was one bit of breaking news from the event: Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals Senior Project Manager of Pennsylvania Chemicals, Paul Marsden, made official what we previously shared as a rumor–that Bechtel has been selected as the EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor to build the PTT cracker plant complex, when and if a positive final investment decision is made. According to a number of sources, that decision will get made this year.
PA Rig Manufacturer Schramm Files for Ch. 11 Bankruptcy. From time to time we’ve mentioned shale drilling rigs manufactured by Schramm. The company is headquartered near Philadelphia, in West Chester, PA. Because of the “prolonged downturn” in the oil and gas industry (i.e. less drilling), Schramm has just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company has defaulted on $70 million of secured loan obligations. Schramm is shopping for another company to buy it.
Former EQT CEO: Shale Revolution a “Disaster” for Investors. One of the highlights for MDN editor Jim Willis in attending last week’s Northeast Petrochemical Conference in Pittsburgh was the opportunity to meet and hear speak Steve Schlotterbeck, former CEO of EQT. Steve is the guy who pulled off the buyout/merger of Rice Energy into EQT, creating the largest natural gas producing company in the United States. He had the guts to walk away from EQT when the board refused to pay him what he was worth. Last Friday morning Steve opened the final day of the conference with more guts and plain talk. He said the shale industry has been “an unmitigated disaster for buy and hold investors.” Whoa! What did he mean?
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3 thoughts on “Shale Gas News – June 29, 2019”
Vera Scroggins on July 1, 2019 at 6:24 am said:
If fossil fuels are so great for us, then why do they still need lots of subsidies….?
See latest Forbes article…
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/06/15/united-states-spend-ten-times-more-on-fossil-fuel-subsidies-than-education/?fbclid=IwAR0j4bi3JexarfwKu6FxeoLn5iFh9U8p43mjXjL8_rFPTH9bT9TrzSDNt-0#4b9390cb4473
Tom Shepstone on July 1, 2019 at 7:56 am said:
You obviously didn’t read what a previous commenter noted about that article; that the author is a promoter of renewables. Forbes printed it for the same reason I approve your comments; they’re helpful to our side.
And you’re a promoter of gas.
How unbiased are your articles and “facts”?
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Oxygen Delivery and Monitoring System
NAVSEA - Mr. Dean Putnam - dean.r.putnam@navy.mil
TITLE: Oxygen Delivery and Monitoring System
TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Biomedical
ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PMS391, Submarine Escape and Rescue
OBJECTIVE: Develop an Oxygen Delivery and Monitoring System (ODMS) for the Submarine Rescue and Diving Recompression System that increases the successful decompression of DIStressed SUBmarine (DISSUB) survivors and minimizes the time required for rapid decompression.
DESCRIPTION: The principal components of the Submarine Rescue System (SRS) Decompression Plan are composed of the Pressurized Rescue Module (PRM), the Deck Transfer Lock (DTL) and two Submarine Decompression Chambers (SDCs). These mechanisms are joined together by flexible manways that let DISSUB
survivors transfer under pressure from the PRM to the DTL and then to the SDC, where they undergo saturation decompression to the surface. The PRM can transport a maximum of 16-seated DISSUB survivors per sortie and two attendants. Each SDC has a maximum capacity of 35 occupants; however, only 33 can be seated.
There is no known commercially available hyperbaric oxygen delivery and monitoring system capable of handling this many people at sea where compressed oxygen and air are limited. (1) Clinical hyperbaric systems support much fewer occupants. There is no known system for monitoring the oxygen status for 35 individuals in a hyperbaric chamber. (2) Shore-based hyperbaric oxygen is typically administered via open circuit because compressed oxygen is easily obtained. Compressed oxygen for submarine rescue is limited and may not be replenished during the successful rescue window of opportunity. (3) Certain methods for monitoring hyperbaric oxygen delivery do not appear to scale to these larger numbers. (4) The chamber pressure in the PRM cannot be reduced during transit.
Other properly functioning hyperbaric chambers can be vented to avoid unwanted pressurization.
The decompression of survivors is accomplished via the U.S. Navy SRS Decompression Plan and is currently administered using standard air decompression tables, which result in decompression timelines in excess of 57 hours for each able-bodied survivor from 5 Atmospheres Absolute (ATA). Biomedical research has identified that delivery of Oxygen (O2) in advance of decompression and decompression via O2/air significantly increases the successful decompression of saturated personnel and significantly decreases the amount of time required to decompress.
Implementation of O2/air decompression capabilities will reduce decompression time by as much as 25 hours, which will significantly reduce the amount of time DISSUB survivors must remain on the DISSUB awaiting rescue.
The program office desires an ODMS for use in the PRM, the SDCs, and on the surface. The system must be capable of performing under the following conditions: (1) Single-person closed circuit oxygen breathing apparatus capable of administering and monitoring oxygen delivery for 12 hours (Carbon dioxide scrubber changes are permitted) to 18 personnel in the PRM, 35 personnel in each SDC and up to 12 for surface use; (2) Apparatuses must also include Carbon Dioxide scrubbers with swappable container capabilities; (3) Oxygen delivery must be via oral-nasal masks to interface with each individual use; (4) The ODMS will be used in a dry normobaric or hyperbaric environment, [Ranges are: (1) PRM – max RH 99%, Temperature 34 – 97 deg F; (2) 50-80% RH, Temperature 70 – 85 deg F; (3) Surface – Ambient conditions, Temperature 0 – 110 deg F] although the ambient relative humidity may be high; (5) Due to space constraints in the PRM, the occupants will likely be seated elbow- to-elbow and knee-to-knee; (6) Apparatuses must provide interfaces as necessary with oxygen headers for oxygen re-supply, have a purge capability, and be capable of supporting a maximum of 13 sorties with minor disinfecting/cleaning or resupply.
In the PRM, mask leakage must be minimized to less than or equal to 3.5 % to prevent additional pressurization of the PRM compartment. The PRM cannot be ventilated underwater. In the SDC or on the surface, mask leakage less important while mask comfort becomes more important since the masks may be worn for longer periods of time.
The PRM mask may differ from the mask used in the SDC or on the surface.
Oxygen monitoring must be provided to alert users and attendants when the oxygen concentration is below predetermined levels necessary to provide accelerated decompression scenarios using partial pressures of oxygen up to 2.8 ATA. Monitoring status indications must be available at each oxygen breathing apparatus. Status indications should be updated at least once every five seconds for each oxygen apparatus. In addition, each unit must have telemetry capability to allow for remote monitoring and status indications (outside the SDC for example). Remote monitoring may be accomplished via wireless means, but there must also be hard wire transmission capability for redundancy. Wireless monitoring must be able to work with up to 16 units in the metal compartment of the PRM and up to 35 units in the metal compartments of each of the two SDCs. There should be no special software requirements and the system must be capable of obtaining a U.S. Navy Authority to Operate certification in accordance with NAVSEA TS500-AU-SPN-010, U.S. Navy General Specification for the Design, Construction, and Repair of Diving and Hyperbaric Equipment. Telemetry information must include temperature, depth, oxygen, and device identification information. Software must scale to allow the display of the status of all oxygen-breathing apparatuses in use in the PRM and/or in a single SDC.
Oxygen delivery threshold will be capable of being operated by an individual user or locally by internal attendants with an oxygen supply pressure of 120-150 pounds per square inch over bottom (psiob) to depths of 60 feet seawater (fsw). The apparatuses may be pressurized to depths of 165 fsw in the PRM or 85 fsw in a SDC, but will be used at a
maximum depth of 60 fsw. The apparatuses must be capable of providing greater than 90% oxygen to the individuals between the surface and 60 fsw. The oxygen delivery system must be easily maintainable and require no special tools for assembly, disassembly and repair. Existing oxygen delivery apparatuses may be considered.
An oxygen delivery objective is to have adjustable electronic control of the oxygen level up to 2.8 ATA in the breathing loop to allow use of the apparatuses to depths to 165 fsw. Additionally, oxygen leakage into the compartment should be reduced to conserve oxygen stores and decrease oxygen buildup in the compartment in accordance with the U.S. Navy Diving Manual, Revision 7 Change A 30 Apr 2018, 18-5.4 "... when oxygen is being used, the percentage of oxygen in the chamber will not exceed 25 percent." All hardware/components used in the SDC or PRM must be suitable for use in a U.S. Navy manned hyperbaric environment.
PHASE I: Develop a concept for an oxygen delivery and monitoring system, such that DISSUB survivors are able to receive the oxygen while inside the PRM or SDCs, and on the surface. Employ modeling and simulation to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed solution. Develop a Phase II plan. The Phase I Option, if exercised, will include the initial design specifications and capabilities description to design means of delivering and monitoring oxygen being distributed within the rescue system.
PHASE II: Deliver a full-scale prototype of the monitoring system for use in the SDC. If the performer also develops a separate oxygen breathing apparatus, the performer will also deliver five functional oxygen breathing prototype apparatuses. Test the prototypes and system(s) at the Navy Experimental Diving Unit, or equivalent, for qualification and evaluation prior to full system procurement for installation and certification.
PHASE III DUAL USE APPLICATIONS: Assist the government in transitioning the full-scale system for installation onboard the submarine rescue system. Test and certify this system to applicable certification standards for transition to program of record. The ability to provide oxygen delivery and monitoring under a wide range of saturation depths to assist in reducing time required to decompress personnel has multiple foreign navy and commercial potential uses, to include commercial diving and decompression chamber applications, other diving and decompression chamber military applications, and foreign partner-nation diving and decompression chamber military applications.
1. SH420-AA-PRO-010, U.S. Navy Submarine Rescue System (SRS) Decompression Plan, DON NAVSEA Supervisor of Diving and Salvage, Rev 0, 4 Jan 2017. (Uploaded to SITIS 4/19/2019)
2. Concept of Operations for the Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS), Revision 7, Submarine Escape and Rescue Program Office, 14 Oct 2009.
3. Latson, G., Flynn, E.T., Gerth, W.A., Thalmann, E.D., Mauer, J., and Lowe, M. “Accelerated decompression using oxygen for submarine rescue – summary report and operational guidance.” NEDU Technical Report 11-00, Navy Experimental Diving Unit, Panama City, FL, Dec 2000. http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/3582
4. NAVSEA TS500-AU-SPN-010, U.S. Navy General Specification for the Design, Construction, and Repair of Diving and Hyperbaric Equipment REV 1, 26 AUG 2006 https://https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Portals/103/Documents/SUPSALV/Diving/General%20Specifications%20Hyperbaric%20Equip.pdf?ver=2016-02-10-114010-800
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KEYWORDS: Decompression Timelines; Hyperbaric Oxygen Delivery; DIStressed SUBmarine; DISSUB; Pressurized Rescue Module; PRM; Submarine Decompression Chambers; SDCs; Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System; SRDRS
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“You Can’t Convict Someone With Maybe”: They Were Never Close To Indicting Hillary — 20 Years Ago Or Yesterday
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear: specifically to September 1992, when Attorney General William Barr, top-ranking FBI officials, and — believe it or not — a Treasury Department functionary who actually sold “Presidential Bitch” T-shirts with Hillary Clinton’s likeness from her government office, pressured the U.S. Attorney in Little Rock to open an investigation of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s Whitewater investment.
The Arkansas prosecutor was Charles “Chuck” Banks, a Republican appointed by President Reagan, and recently nominated to a Federal judgeship by President George H.W. Bush. It was definitely in Banks’s interest to see Bush re-elected.
The problem was that Banks knew all about Madison Guaranty S&L and its screwball proprietor Jim McDougal. His office had unsuccessfully prosecuted the Clintons’ Whitewater partner for bank fraud. He knew perfectly well that McDougal had deceived them about their investment, just as he’d fooled everybody in a frantic fiscal juggling act trying to save his doomed thrift.
Banks and local FBI agents were unimpressed with the “Presidential Bitch” woman’s analysis. She showed shaky grasp of banking law, and obvious bias — listing virtually every prominent Democrat in Arkansas as a suspect. When FBI headquarters in Washington ordered its Little Rock office to proceed on L. Jean Lewis’s criminal referral, Banks decided he had to act.
He wrote a stinging letter to his superiors in the DOJ refusing to be a party to a trumped-up probe clearly intended to affect the presidential election. “Even media questions about such an investigation,” he wrote, “all too often publicly purport to ‘legitimize what can’t be proven.’”
Keep that phrase in mind.
Banks also promised to refer reporters to the Attorney General. And that was the end of the Bush administration’s “Hail Mary” attempt to win the 1992 election with a fake scandal. Also the end of Chuck Banks’ political career.
The prevailing themes of the Clinton Legends, however, were set: imaginary corruption, and a “Presidential Bitch.” Eight years and $70 million later, Kenneth Starr’s Whitewater prosecutors folded their cards, proving the Little Rock prosecutor had been right all along.
Shamefully, several of Starr’s assistants recently showed up in the Washington Post reminiscing about how they almost indicted Hillary Clinton. Except that they never did, and for the same reason FBI director James Comey wouldn’t dare take his largely adverbial case (“extremely,” “carelessly,” etc.) into a courtroom against her.
Because when the accused can afford competent defense counsel, a bogus case endangers the prosecutor more than the defendant. Indict the former Secretary of State and lose? Goodbye career.
If the Post had a sense of humor, they’d have illustrated the article with a photo of “Judge Starr,” as he liked to be called, dressed in his cheerleader costume leading Baylor University’s felonious football team onto the field.
But back to Comey’s successful grandstand play — successful at protecting Comey’s own career while wounding the Democratic presidential nominee, that is. See, no way could the former Secretary of State be prosecuted for mishandling classified information without convincing evidence that a bad guy got his hands on it. The best Comey could do was to say that “it is possible that hostile actors gained access to Secretary Clinton’s personal email account.”
Clinton herself noted that Comey was simply speculating. “But if you go by the evidence,” she said “there is no evidence that the system was breached or hacked successfully.” (Although the State Department’s was.) Pundits can sneer, but you can’t convict somebody with maybe.
What secrets are we talking about? Slate’s Fred Kaplan explains: “Seven of [Clinton’s] eight email chains dealt with CIA drone strikes, which are classified top secret/special access program—unlike Defense Department drone strikes, which are unclassified. The difference is that CIA drones hit targets in countries, like Pakistan and Yemen, where we are not officially at war; they are part of covert operations… But these operations are covert mainly to provide cover for the Pakistani and Yemeni governments, so they don’t have to admit they’re cooperating with America.”
Top Secret, maybe. But regularly featured in the New York Times. The eighth email chain was about the President of Malawi.
Even Comey’s press conference assertion that Clinton handled emails marked classified failed to survive a congressional hearing. Shown the actual documents, Comey conceded that they weren’t properly marked. Indeed, it was a “reasonable inference” they weren’t classified at all. Both concerned trivial diplomatic issues in Third World countries. Really.
Michael Cohen in the Boston Globe: “Whatever one thinks of Clinton’s actions, Comey’s depiction of Clinton’s actions as ‘extremely careless’ was prejudicial and inappropriate. The only reason for delivering such a lacerating attack on Clinton was to inoculate Comey and the FBI from accusations that he was not recommending charges be filed due to political pressure. But that’s an excuse, not an explanation, and a weak one at that.”
The very definition, indeed, of legitimizing “what can’t be proven.”
By: Gene Lyons, The National Memo, July 13, 2016
July 14, 2016 Posted by raemd95 | Bill and Hillary Clinton, Conspiracy Theories, James Comey | Charles Banks, CIA, Classified Information, Clinton Emails, DOJ, Jim McDougal, Kenneth Starr, L. Jean Jones, William Barr | 1 Comment
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The study of Earth as an Integrated System - Recent Topics
Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) image of the sun with a huge, handle-shaped prominence, taken in 1999. Solar radiation is a primary driver of climate.
Cold wakes associated with 2018 Hurricanes Michael and Willa - Recent Topics
Hurricanes Michael and Willa of 2018 were both storms that intensified rapidly, one in the Gulf of Mexico and the other in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
NASA soil moisture data advances global crop forecasts - Recent Topics
By Kate Ramsayer,
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Shows How Harvey Saturated Areas in Texas - Recent Topics
Images of soil moisture conditions in Texas near Houston, generated by NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite before and after the landfall of Hurricane Harvey can be used to monitor changing ground condition
Study Tracks ‘Memory’ of Soil Moisture - Recent Topics
NASA SMAP Data Provide Insights for Weather, Agriculture, Climate
About The Geosphere - General Information
The Geosphere is associated with solid portions of the Earth. It includes the continental and oceanic crust and all other layers of the Earth's interior. This includes all rocks, sediments and soils, surface landforms and the processes that shape the Earth's surface.
About The Earth as a System - General Information
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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “News”
Who Do I Vote For? The USAC Candidate Guide We All Needed
Daniella Hagopian 04/28/2019 Campus, News
Written by Mia Glionna With the USAC election around the corner, it is important for us all to be educated on who we are voting for. USAC is more than student government—it is a collective of students dedicated to representing the needs and interests of the student body as a whole. Making an educated vote in this election is a …
Nipsey Hussle: The People’s Champ
Mahala Herron 04/01/2019 Arts & Entertainment, Culture, News
Rapper, activist, father, husband, and more, Nipsey Hussle, was a pivotal Black man in not only the Los Angeles community, but all over the world. He taught through his music and overall character about health, ownership, and education in the Black community. On March 31, 2019, he was shot six times in front of his Los Angeles Marathon store. Prayers …
Poster Wars: The Women’s March & Performative Nature of White Feminism
Mahala Herron 03/28/2019 News
By Cierra Black and Omar Abdulkarim In honor of Womxn’s Month and the budding discussion of social activism in today’s generation, we thought it appropriate to examine the National Womxn’s March that was formed under 45’s presidency. As many of us are familiar with, the annual Women’s March which took place earlier this year on January 19, is a …
The UCLA vs USC Black Out
Interview by Mahala Herron and Cierra Black & transcription by Omar Abdulkarim. On Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, the last day of Black history month, Black students rallied at the USC vs UCLA game to protest the lack of student resources for Black students on campus. With hopes that campus administrators meet their demands, there was a press conference held in …
45 vs the 14th Amendment
Cierra Black 10/30/2018 News, U.S.
According to an Axios HBO video interview published this morning, 45 claims that he can end birthright citizenship by way of an executive order. 45, child of a foreign-born women and father of children born to foreign-born mothers, expressed his concerns about the right to citizenship enshrined in the Constitution. “We’re the only country in the world, where a person comes in, has a baby, and …
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AAE Hosts Black Horror Art Show
Omar Abdulkarim 10/28/2018 Arts & Entertainment, Campus, Culture
The Afrikan Arts Ensemble at UCLA (AAE) coordinated a Black Horror Art Show this past Thursday. The event featured various art forms including photography, drawings, and live performances to name a few. I was able to sit down with members of AAE’s staff on Saturday to discuss their choice to have a horror exhibit, why they joined AAE, and the …
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Black Bruin Elected to NWWN Council
Mignon Combs 10/27/2018 Campus, News
Black Bruin Christian Green was elected Thursday to the North Westwood Neighborhood Council. Green, former President of the Black Graduate Student Association, recently graduated with a Masters in African American Studies. He serves as an At Large Representative on the NWWNC for a two-year term. When asked about goals for NWWNC, Green commented, “My hopes with the NWWNC is to …
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Suspect in Domestic Terrorist Mail Bombs Arrested
Mignon Combs 10/26/2018 News, U.S.
Federal law enforcement arrested a Florida man on Friday in connection with packages containing explosive devises delivered to Democratic leadership and critics of 45. The suspect, Cesar Sayoc Jr., 56, is being questioned by agents from the Join Terrorism Task force and faces five federal charges. Sayoc, a registered Republican, has a criminal history that includes bomb threats. The FBI confirmed …
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What's new in the latest Windows 10 technical preview
Cortana, Action Center, revamped Start menu and more feature in this month's build of Windows 10
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Microsoft is continuing development of its latest desktop and mobile operating system, Windows 10, and revealed some more details at a media briefing last week. Here's a look at some notable new features and design changes in the latest build of the desktop OS.
Windows 10 Technical Preview build 9926
If you're already part of the Windows Insiders program, your system will be upgraded to this build automatically through Windows Update. If you want to take the new OS for a spin in a virtual machine or secondary PC, the program is free and open to the public and you can sign up for it here. Just remember that this is still a technical preview, and should not be installed on your primary computer. Read on to get a glimpse of what you can expect when the final version is released later this year.
Cortana for desktop
Microsoft is bringing its mobile digital assistant, Cortana, to the desktop. Cortana has been available on Windows Phone 8.1 for a while already, and it works similar to Apple's Siri or Google Now on Android. On the desktop, Cortana will be the central location for searching your local machine and the Web, either by voice or typing in your query.
Another interesting feature of Cortana is its Notebook that you can customize to fit your interests, which helps Cortana get "smarter" over time. You can add interests from Bing news, sports, weather, and more. It even has a setting that allows you to activate it by voice just by saying "Hey Cortana."
Out with the Charms bar and in with notifications
One of the more annoying features in Windows 8 is the Charms bar. It's hidden and pops up annoyingly when your mouse pointer is at the edge of your screen. That annoyance is gone, replaced by a notification center that Microsoft calls "Action Center", which gives you notifications and quick access to common actions like Wi-Fi or Airplane Mode. Plus, on the desktop, you need to click a button on the taskbar to bring it up, which means it won't be popping up arbitrarily as you're getting things done.
This build does still includes the desktop Control Panel, along with a new Settings app that is going to replace Control Panel. The Settings app is a central location where you will go to manage different aspects of your device, such as the display, network, accounts, personalization, Windows Update, and more. The new Settings app will be consistent across all Windows devices, too. This will make configuring your Windows 10 devices much easier versus having to hunt for hidden settings.
Overhauled apps
Previously called "modern" or "metro-style apps", Microsoft is now calling them "Universal apps" as they'll look and function virtually the same on different Windows 10 devices. While all of its built-in apps will be overhauled in the final release, the two you can check out in this latest build are Photos and Maps. The Photos app will let you see pictures stored on your PC as well as your OneDrive. It will also give you the ability to create your own photo albums. Maps has been streamlined and allows you to download maps for offline use, get directions, change views, and now works more like the Windows Phone version.
Windows Store beta
Speaking of the new Universal apps, the Windows app store has been redesigned and is currently in beta stage. It has a new look that will be consistent across computers, tablets, phones, Xbox One, and the Web.
Easily switch between tablet and desktop mode
This version of Windows will be optimized for convertible 2-in-1 PCs. When a keyboard is connected to the device, it switches to desktop mode automatically, which is optimized for using a mouse and keyboard. When you remove the keyboard, it will enter tablet mode, which is optimized for using the touch interface. And you can switch between modes manually by tapping a button in the Action Center to use whichever mode that works best for you and your situation.
Start menu changes
The Start has been tweaked in this build, too. It allows you to easily switch between a full Start screen and the regular size you're more accustomed to on the desktop. The power button has also been moved to the upper right side.
The desktop icons have been redesigned and look very different to those in current versions of Windows. The look is brighter, flat, and modern as you can see in the screenshot below.
File Explorer's revised look
The title bar and borders for File Explorer have been streamlined. The close, maximize, and minimize buttons have been slimmed down, as have the previously bulky borders around the open windows. The folder icons have also received a bit of a redesign, they're brighter and include pin buttons that ensure folders are always available any time you need them.
While this article only covers some of the new things you'll be seeing in Windows 10, I have to say this is shaping up quite nicely and already makes this version a big improvement over Windows 8.1. It's also worth mentioning that Microsoft promises to start releasing new builds of the technical preview more regularly until the final version is done later this year. During the next few months we can expect to see even more features that were talked about during Microsoft's media event on January 21st.
Below is a video of Microsoft's Windows VP Joe Belfiore showing what we can expect from Windows 10 as well as Windows Phone 10 and Xbox One integration.
Microsoft is bringing its mobile digital assistant to the desktop
Charms are replaced by Action Center
Expand or shrink the Start menu
Desktop icons have a new look
New Windows Store beta is available
Cortna's notebook keeps track of interests
File Explorer has been streamlined
The Maps app has more features in this version of Windows 10
The new Settings app will replace Control Panel
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Home Achievers Cusic Receives Award; Publishes in Books
Cusic Receives Award; Publishes in Books
Belmont University Professor Don Cusic received the “Governing Board Award” from the American Culture Association (ACA) for his “contributions to American culture” at the recent combined conference of the Popular Culture Association (PCA) and ACA held in Atlanta.
During the conference, Cusic presented a paper, “Johnny Cash and C.S. Lewis,” which will be a chapter in the book Literary Cash: Writings Inspired by the Legendary Johnny Cash (BenBella Books) scheduled for a September publication.
Cusic has also written two chapters for American Icons: An Encyclopedia of the People, Places and Things That Have Shaped Our Culture, a three-volume set scheduled to be published by Greenwood Press in June and has written the 12,000-word entry on “Music” for the Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture, scheduled to be published by Greenwood Press at the end of the year.
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CFA or MBA: Which is best for a finance career?
by Paul Clarke 07 December 2016
If you’re starting out in a finance career, or trying to move up, there’s a perennial debate that needs addressing – do you take the Chartered Financial Analyst qualification or embark on an MBA (or do something totally different?).
An MBA is the traditional route into investment banking, particularly in the U.S., but it’s lack of technical training often leaves new recruits lagging others in the organisation and MBAs are gravitating away from finance anyway.
The CFA, meanwhile, gives a great technical grounding, but doesn’t necessarily give you the management nous to navigate the financial services industry into the senior ranks. And CFA and MBA qualifications are more relevant in some sectors of investment banks than others.
This is how to decide.
Cost versus earning potential
The CFA is by far the cheaper option. This is to be expected; the largest proportion of CFA candidates are at university, so it’s unlikely that hard-up students would want to fork out too much for the qualification.
It’s between $930-1,380 to take each exam, depending on when you sign up – the earlier you do, the cheaper it is. Given that over 50% of students fail each year, expect to pay this more than once.
There’s still no contest. By contrast, tuition fees for MBAs at large business schools are anywhere between $60-100k, and that’s before an additional $40k is added on for books and living costs. Most MBAs are also in high-earning jobs before they start. Bloomberg suggests that the average Harvard MBA earns $90k before enrolling for an MBA - lost wages plus the cost of attendance means an average cost of $384k.
Pay for CFA charterholders is difficult to quantify, simply because the CFA Institute no longer tracks it. But our own research suggests that the biggest proportion of jobs requesting the CFA (41%) pay between $62-125k, and followed by $125-235k (31%). The last CFA Institute pay survey in 2005 put the average charterholder package at $150k.
QS puts the average salary for MBAs in finance graduating in 2015 within North America and Western Europe at $95k with a bonus of $20.5k. Within financial services, this appears a little low and most MBAs have seen pay increase if they go into the sector. Salaries for MBAs going into investment banking at Wharton, Columbia, Yale, Chicago Booth and MIT Sloan have increased from $100k in 2014 to $125k for the class of 2015, according to employment reports. At London Business School, the average MBA investment banking salary was $126.3k, with a sign in bonus of $52.6k.
Career options for MBAs and CFAs
To get into a business school in the first place, you’ll have started you career – most demand between four and five years’ work experience from those they take on. The CFA is increasingly taken on by students, but even allowing for that it’s something employers put their staff through during the early years, particularly in fund management.
Below is the breakdown of where CFA charterholders work. As you can see there’s a huge bias towards the buy-side with 22% working as portfolio managers, 15% as research analysts and just 4% in investment banking analyst roles.
“The CFA has always been the dominant qualification on the buy-side,” says Nitin Mehta, CFA, managing director of CFA Institute in the EMEA region. “But it’s increasingly seen as useful for sell-side roles as the financial sector becomes more complex and demanding of technical expertise.”
It’s no secret that MBAs, particularly those in Europe, are turning to careers in tech over the traditional routes of consulting and finance. But those that do choose to stick in finance are seeing a revival of fortunes.
Richard Bland, head of employer engagement at London Business School, says that LBS MBAs account for 40% of those being hired into investment banking roles in the City. Last year, 27% went into finance – 8% into investment banking (down from 12% in 2015), 8% into private equity and 5% into fund management.
In the US, particularly at schools with historical ties to the financial sector, demand remains robust - albeit on a downward keel. At NY Stern, for example, 24% of the class of 2015 went into investment banking. At Wharton, 38.4% of last year’s class went into financial services, up from from 35% the previous year and 14.4% went into investment banking.
But there’s one thing getting the job and quite another developing your career. Our research suggests that 14% of managing directors in finance have an MBA, compared to 10% of CFAs.
“The number of people being hired by the investment banks each year is in the early teens, it’s incredibly competitive and most being hired go through the formal associate programmes still,” says Bland.
“Financial markets are more connected than ever and the broad technical knowledge that the CFA gives will undoubtedly help with career progression,” adds Mehta.
Demand for CFAs versus MBAs
Relatively speaking, the CFA is an exclusive club. There are 135,000 people who have passed all three exams globally after the 28,884 people who got through level three in June 2016 are added in. Around 72,000 of these are in the U.S.
MBAs are a vocation for elite students who can afford the fees, but here are around 100,000-150,000 people enrolling in MBAs every year in the U.S alone. Even at schools with close links to financial services firms, only around a quarter enter the industry upon graduation, but there are still a lot of MBAs out there.
However, (our) cold, hard stats suggest that the CFA is currently just edging demand. For all the jobs requiring a CFA qualification on eFinancialCareers, there are 19.3 resumes uploaded in the past three months that purport to have the necessary skills. There are 21.9 MBAs for every job requiring the qualification.
However, most financial services firms only hire from the elite schools (defined as London Business School, INSEAD, Harvard, Wharton, Columbia or IESE) from which there were only six candidates for every job.
“People think an MBA will automatically open doors, but people really need to go to the best school they possibly can,” says Bland. “The good schools have the connections with employers across a range of industries and top firms are actively recruit our graduates.”
Technical know-how versus strategists
If you want to pass the CFA the recommended time to put in is 300 hours of study per exam. The emphasis is very much on learning complex formulas across a range of technical subjects like quantitative methods, economics and financial reporting and analysis. Softer topics such as ethics have gained more traction in recent years, but it's still a highly quantitative exam.
Mehta says this is the technical “toolkit” that will serve you well throughout your career, demonstrating to any potential employer that you’re both clued up on the industry know-how and possess the requisite commitment to develop your career. Any potential employer will therefore invest in you from both a career development point of view and, potentially, pay rises.
By contrast, MBA programmes tend to offer little in the way of technical education – indeed most business school graduates securing roles in finance worked in the industry before their MBA – and focus on general business and management topics.
This can cause issues in investment banks, with analysts resenting being managed by a newly-minted associate MBAs with little banking knowledge and poor modelling skills.
So far, so obvious. But it’s not as clean cut as this. Focusing on technical skills misses the point of hiring an MBA, says Bland: “A business school education is more holistic and recruiters value soft skills, commercial awareness in addition to technical skills,” he says. “Seeing the bigger picture about the growth prospects of a company, sector expertise, softer and broader management skills as well as the ability to build relationships are all developed during an MBA. Investment banks are increasingly asking for these over technical skills.”
Some MBA courses are also addressing this lack of technical knowledge. At HEC, for example, there’s a recently rolled out dual MBA and Masters in Finance course, which aims to be the best of both worlds.
Meanwhile, Mehta says the CFA curriculum has been changed since the financial crisis to emphasise softer knowledge. Firstly, there’s the emphasis on ethics – it accounts for 15% of the mark on level I.
“There’s more emphasis on financial history and how bubbles are created,” says Mehta. “We’re teaching people about models but also their limitations, which is a key piece of knowledge after the recent global crisis.”
The downside for any MBA seeking a banking job is that they’re only really hired into IBD functions rather than the markets business. This is down to banks increasingly wanting to train their own people from a graduate level, a reduced requirement in sales and trading and the lack of technical knowledge taught during an MBA.
Flexibility versus time commitment
If you wonder why so many people tend to fail the CFA at the first attempt, here’s one explanation. The “time commitment” – 300 hours of study for each exam – is similar to that of an MBA. But most people have to study while holding down a full-time job.
The MBA, by contrast, requires usually two years of solid commitment without any income. MBA candidates are banking on a boost to their earning potential and career prospects once they graduate, which could be considered a gamble as the number of opportunities in the financial sector have diminished in recent years.
What the CFA does have going for it, though, is flexibility. The distant learning aspect means that people can take the exam according to their own commitments and continue to develop their career while studying.
“I would argue that an MBA and CFA are not mutually exclusive,” says Mehta, who incidentally has both. “But it’s usual for people to study the CFA early while also focusing on developing their career, and take an MBA later on.”
This means you could have started the CFA whilst undertaking a graduate training scheme in, say, London and finish it four years later while working in New York.
Career path versus exit options
More than ever, financial services firms are looking for knowledge of complex products, argues Mehta.
Candidates are starting the CFA even before they enter the financial sector because a tighter job market means employers are no longer likely to take a punt on an academically excellent candidates with little technical knowledge.
Candidates are often armed with internships, undergraduate degrees, masters in finance degrees and a CFA level I.
The CFA provides a handy visual guide to how taking the qualification has led to some less than linear career paths for its members, who have switched from equities to tech advisory functions, or private equity back into corporate finance.
The MBA, particularly those from elite schools, offer something else – exit options. Bland says that students have to demonstrate commitment to investment banking or another part of the financial sector to be considered for a role currently, but this doesn’t mean it’s the only option.
A lot of people take MBAs with the aim of advancing their finance career, but end up moving into another sector entirely, particularly if they attend an elite school where a range of employers swoop on MBA candidates during various networking and recruitment events.
“We’ve had people who started out trying to get into investment banking or private equity, but ended up working for Shell,” he says. “An MBA offers that unrivalled diversity of career options.”
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Alumni couple's passion for athletics lives on with a planned gift to UCI.
When a Passion Lives On
Leaving a legacy at UCI goes beyond supporting a scholarship or a research fund – it is about creating a lasting impact on future generations.
Steve and Jamie Trevor
For Steve ’78, ’79 and Jamie Trevor ’97, UCI was more than an alma mater; it was a lifelong family. As passionate Anteater basketball fans, the couple held season tickets and helped raise funds for men’s basketball long after they had graduated. So when Steve’s life was cut short during a plane crash, Jamie knew what her husband would have wanted.
In his memory, Jamie established an athletics scholarship endowment at UCI.
When she learned she could name the UCI Foundation as the beneficiary of her life insurance policy, she did not hesitate. This would fully fund the endowment, helping others earn a world-class education like she and Steve had.
Over the years, Jamie’s commitment to UCI Athletics only grew. She joined the UCI Athletic Association, later becoming its president. Then suddenly she fell ill and was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Bedridden at home, Jamie was visited by members of her UCI family who took turns sitting with her around the clock. She maintained her naturally upbeat disposition even in her final days, joking about the basketball team or making recommendations for the athletics program.
Jamie and Steve are remembered for their kindness and enthusiasm for their alma mater. The Steve and Jamie Trevor Memorial Endowment, which helps student-athletes make the most of their UCI experience, will carry on their spirit of kindness for years to come. Since it was established in 2007, six student-athletes have received financial aid.
“Steve and Jamie Trevor have made a lasting impact on the young men in our basketball program with their generous scholarship support,” said Russell Turner, head men’s basketball coach. “Each time we take the court, we hope to increase the pride in the UC Irvine community and honor the Trevor’s memory. Nothing impacts our program’s chance to succeed more positively than scholarship support, and we are all grateful to the Trevor family.”
You too can have a lasting impact on the people and projects you care about at UCI. Learn more about the benefits of making a planned gift by emailing roland.ho@uci.edu or calling 949-824-6454.
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UPDATE 2-Tennis-Defending champion Stephens upset by Maria at Miami Open
Reuters March 24, 2019
* American has no answer to German's tactics
* Second seed Halep survives tough battle
* Romanian to meet Venus Williams next (Adds later matches)
March 24 (Reuters) - Defending champion Sloane Stephens was sent packing from the Miami Open on Sunday after a 6-3 6-2 loss to Germany's Tatjana Maria in the third round.
Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champion and world No. 6, had no answer to Florida-based Maria's slices, chips and lobs and suffered a second consecutive early exit after losing her first match in Indian Wells to Swiss qualifier Stefanie Vogele.
Earlier on Sunday, second seed Simona Halep fought back from a set down to defeat Polona Hercog while Venus Williams reached the next round with a straight sets win over Daria Kasatkina.
Maria, ranked 62nd in the world, celebrated prematurely on her third match point with a lob shot that was called out, but won on the next one when Stephens sent a backhand long.
"I could not be happier right now," the 31-year-old said. "I think I played at home, because I live here. It was helping me a lot.
"My game is pretty special, so I knew that tonight I had a chance. I played two times against Sloane, so I knew what to expect."
Halep had nothing but praise for Hercog, who has a world ranking of 93rd, after dropping the first set and being pushed all the way in the second by the Slovenian.
The Romanian dominated the tiebreak to turn the match around and eventually triumphed 5-7 7-6(1) 6-2.
"It was not easy at all," Halep said. "I think the level was very, very high. She played unbelievable. If she keeps playing like this, she can be top 20 easy."
Halep grabbed the match by the scruff of the neck by winning five consecutive points in the second set tiebreak and after lucky loser Hercog pulled within 3-2 in the concluding set, Halep won the next three games to seal the match.
"I think in the end she got tired a little bit, then I was stepping a little bit forward to be more aggressive," Halep said.
"She didn't miss. So it was really difficult. It was a very, very high standard."
World number three Halep avoided becoming the third major player to exit the women's draw in two days after world number one Naomi Osaka was stunned by Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei and Serena William withdrew with a knee injury.
She next faces three-time champion Venus Williams in the fourth round after the American won 6-3 6-1 against Russian 14th seed Kasatkina, who failed to hold serve once
The seven-time Grand Slam champion broke Kasatkina eight times, losing just one game after trailing 3-2 in the opener.
"I think in a lot of the matches we played before, she was just on top of her game, couldn't miss," the former world number one said.
"I think today I was just able to control the points. Got a few more errors.
"I'm always at my best when I'm playing aggressive."
The Russian did not save a single break point and lost every service game.
"I didn't realize that until after the match looking at the stats," said Williams, who was broken four times. "I've never had a match before like that in my life."
In other matches, Latvian 11th seed Anastasija Sevastova lost 1-6 6-2 6-3 to Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, while 25th-seeded American Danielle Collins went down 7-5 6-1 to China's Wang Yafan. (Reporting by Gene Cherry and Andrew Both in Raleigh, North Carolina; editing by Ken Ferris/Peter Rutherford)
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Leaders of Nepal and India mend fences after friction
Reuters February 20, 2016
Nepal's Prime Minister Oli shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Modi during a photo opportunity ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi
Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (L) shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during a photo opportunity ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, February 20, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The leaders of Nepal and India have overcome mutual misgivings, India's foreign secretary said on Saturday, after talks to ease tensions over Nepal's recently-adopted constitution.
Prime Minister K.P. Oli visited New Delhi for talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi after a months-long freeze in relations triggered by the grievances of plains dwellers in southern Nepal who have close historical ties to India.
Nepal, which moved from absolute to constitutional monarchy in 1990, made changes to its constitution to ensure greater participation of the Madhesi community in parliament.
But community leaders said the amendments failed to address their central fear that provincial borders would be redrawn in a way that would divide them.
"Our prime minister appreciated the progress made towards consolidation of constitutional democracy in Nepal," Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyan Jaishankar told a news briefing.
A four-month border blockade by the Madhesis ended only after amendments to the constitution that sought to address their concerns about representation. India welcomed the amendments, paving the way for Oli's visit.
"After decades of struggle, the framing and promulgation of Nepal's constitution is an important achievement," Modi told reporters after meeting Oli, adding its success would depend on consensus and dialogue.
Modi and Oli inaugurated a power transmission line between India and Nepal and signed a framework agreement for reconstruction work in areas affected by last year's earthquakes that killed nearly 9,000 people.
India had offered $1 billion in aid to Nepal, but reconstruction efforts have been slow to get started due in part to political turmoil and food and fuel shortages in the isolated state.
(Reporting by Mayank Bhardwaj; Editing by Douglas Busvine/Ruth Pitchford)
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Aspects of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
PhD / Doctoral
In Chapter 1 a review of the literature concerning aspects of erythrocyte membrane transport and metabolism, and purine and pyrimidine metabolism is presented. The effects of pH, pO₂ and inorganic phosphate (Pi) on the uptake and metabolism of hypoxanthine by erythrocytes has been studied in Chapter 2. Uptake of hypoxanthine and accumulation of inosine 5'-monophosphate (IMP) were markedly increased at acid pH, high external phosphate concentrations, and low pO₂. Release of accumulated IMP as hypoxanthine occurred at alkaline pH values and low external phosphate concentrations. Conditions favouring IMP accumulation gave rise, in the absence of hypoxanthine, to a corresponding increase in 5'-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate (PRPP). Intracellular phosphate concentrations were markedly pH dependent and a model is presented whereby hypoxanthine uptake and release are controlled by intracellular concentrations of inorganic phosphate and 2,3- bisphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG). These allosteric effectors influence, in opposing ways, two enzymes governing IMP accumulation, namely PRPP synthetase and 5'-nucleotidase. These metabolic properties suggest that the erythrocyte could play a role in the removal of hypoxanthine from anoxic tissue. In Chapter 3 the kinetics and mechanism of transport of orotate across the human erythrocyte membrane and the effect of pH and inorganic phosphate on its metabolism (in the erythrocyte) have been studied. It has been shown that orotate enters erythrocytes with non-saturable kinetics and with a capacity of 190 μmoles/1 packed cells/min at a concentration of 4-6 mmolar. The presence of competition for transport by a number of anions and the lack of competition by uridine is indicative of transport by a general anion transporter, with the ability for concentrative uptake in the absence of other external anions being compatible with transport via a ping-pong mechanism. Inhibition of transport by the specific band 3 inhibitors DIDS and CHCA confirm that transport is via the band 3 anion transporter. This explains the lack of significant uptake of orotate by most differentiated tissues which lack the intact band 3 protein. However, the demonstration of band 3 in rat hepatocytes (Cheng and Levy, 1980) provides a mechanism for the orotate transport which has been observed in liver (Handschumacher and Coleridge, 1979). Changes in pH and inorganic phosphate (Pi) concentrations have been shown to have marked effects on the relative quantities of metabolic products produced by the erythrocyte from orotate. There was an increase in orotate metabolised with increasing Pi, an effect augmented by lowering the pH, and most easily explained by the allosteric activation of PRPP synthetase by Pi. The increase in UTP levels with decreasing pH may be the consequence of both increased PRPP availability for the formation of uridine nucleotide from orotate, and decreased conversion of UMP to uridine by pyrimidine 5'-nucleotidase, which is known to be inhibited by phosphate. The accumulation of UDP sugars is optimal at a phosphate concentration of 10 mmolar, which is unexplained but would be compatible with an inhibitory effect of Pi on CTP synthetase. A PRPP wasting cycle at alkaline pH values is proposed to explain the apparent paradox where no PRPP was observed to accumulate in erythrocytes (Chapter 2) at pH values of 7.6 and above in the presence of 10 mmolar phosphate and no added hypoxanthine, yet the metabolism of orotate, which is a PRPP utilising reaction, at alkaline pH values was readily demonstrable here. This (apparent paradox) can be resolved if one assumes that even in the absence of added hypoxanthine and demonstrable intracellular IMP there are sufficient quantities of hypoxanthine and/or IMP to maintain a PRPP wasting cycle at alkaline pH values. The cycle is interrupted at acidic pH values as phosphate levels rise and inhibit 5'-nucleotidase, an effect augmented by the decreasing levels of 2,3-DPG which accompany decreasing pH. This wasting cycle has recently been confirmed by P. Berman (unpublished). The kinetics of orotate uptake by erythrocytes and its eventual release as uridine provides a role for the erythrocyte in the transport and distribution of pyrimidines to peripheral tissues. A model is proposed and involves the de novo production of orotate in the liver. In the next step erythrocytes take up the orotate secreted by the liver into the circulation, convert it into an intermediate buffer store of uridine nucleotides, whose distribution is a function of pH and phosphate concentration, and eventually release it as uridine, which is a readily available form of pyrimidine for utilisation by peripheral nucleated cells. The enhancement of uptake of labelled orotate into nucleic acids of cultured cells is demonstrated here. The degradative half of the cycle proposes that uracil and palanine are the predominant degradative forms of pyrimidines produced by peripheral cells, and their ultimate metabolic fate is complete catabolism in the liver to CO₂ and water. In the final chapter the possible role of the human erythrocyte in the prevention of reperfusion injury has been investigated. The development of a model of renal ischaemia in the rat is described. The ability of human erythrocytes, "primed" by preincubating in acid medium of high Pi concentration and low pO₂, to take up hypoxanthine in a concentrative manner when perfused through ischaemic rat kidney is demonstrated. Attempts to demonstrate improved survival and renal function in rats with "primed" human erythrocytes prior to reperfusion were, however, unsuccessful. It is further demonstrated that "unprimed" human erythrocytes, resident in ischaemic rat kidney for 3 hours, take up hypoxanthine and convert it to IMP. that erythrocytes could play a physiological prevention of reperfusion injury.
Black, D. 1989. Aspects of purine and pyrimidine metabolism. University of Cape Town.
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Know the New Tool to Justify the US Military Aggression (liveuamap)
April 24, 2019 orinocotribune 1 Comment Infowars, liveuamap, Russophobia, Ukraine, US Imperialism, us military aggression
Editorial Note: We have edited this piece omitting a reference to the Essequibo Territory and the territorial dispute Venezuela has with Guyana as a result of the British ilegal occupation in the XIX century. The omitted paragraph seems to not know that outside Venezuela all maps (even google maps that feed liveuamap) attach that territory to Guyana. We are not taking a position on that issue and we -as Venezuelans- defend the legitimate Venezuelan territorial claim.
As part of the campaign that seeks to justify a military intervention against Venezuela, the government of the United States has deployed a strategy aimed at promoting the image of the existence of a war in the country, for which it has used the media as its main weapon, one dominated by the great capitals of Europe and the United States .
The terms “conflict”, “crisis”, “shock”, “combat”, to refer to the situation in Venezuela , as well as “coalition” and “sides” to describe those who fix an attack position or defense of Venezuelan institutions, are used on a recurrent basis by these means in order to position in world public opinion the idea of a need for the implementation of a decisive action that “returns” peace.
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As new evidence of this strategy, there is the inclusion of Venezuela in liveuamap.com; a web and platform App , dedicated to provide “informative” coverage through the “geomap” system to countries where “war conflicts” develop, such as Syria, Ukraine and the Kashmir region .
Hand in hand with the USA
Born during the so-called Ukrainian Color Revolution, which was promoted by the United States, this digital platform is qualified as “a site that covers” conflicts, human rights issues, protests, terrorism and weapons deployment”, being a detail that reveals its nexus with imperialism, its fiscal address, which is located in Virginia, near the District of Columbia where the city of Washington is located, capital and seat of the entire governmental structure of US imperialism.
With the use of “feeders” this page identifies and delimits in a striking way the military installations of the components of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (Fanb) throughout the Venezuelan territory.
In addition, through the use of technology, it locates information that conforms with the strategy of evidencing chaos in the country and shows it by using icons that range from an alarming rifle to signal a protest where there is a presence of the anti-riot unit of the Guard Bolivarian National (GNB) to which they qualify as “confrontation”, until news about the explosion of an oil pipeline, which they located in Venezuela, although it happened in Colombian territory, evidencing that they do not rule out the inclusion of fake news.
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The incursion into the scene of this new platform adds to the technological tools that Trump’s administration has launched, through fake news, the creation of matrices and the magnification of activities from the Venezuelan anti-chavismo, to create the image of a weakened government that subjects the majority of the population through the use of force, all this to create in public opinion the need for military action to overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution.
OT has also researched this issue and found that its founders are two Ukrainians named Aleksandr Bilchenko (@Billchenko) and Rodion Rozhkovsky (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rozhkovsky/) who precisely developed the tool during the 2014 color revolution uprising that afflicted the eastern European country and put in power the neo-fascist pro-US Petro Poroshenko’s government.
Looking at Bilchenko’s profile you intermediately notice how pro-US and anti-Russia the character is.
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Mid Wales Pop Up Arts Exhibition
Deep in the heart of Wales, lies one of the most beautiful towns in the country. It’s one of Wales’ best-kept secrets. For that reason, it is a magnet for artists and creative individuals. Llanidloes or ‘Llani’, punches well above its weight for the number of artists, writers, musicians living there. The recently formed Llanidloes Artists Group have been meeting to support and encourage each others practice. Meanwhile, the artists are about to show their work in a joint Mid Wales Pop Up Arts Exhibition.
The exhibition will be held at the former Nat West Bank in Great Oak Street, Llanidloes. It opens on December 1, and the show closes on December 8th.
Late night opening is on Saturday, December 1st from 5pm-7pm. This coincides with the switching on of the towns Christmas lights. All other opening times will be from 10:30am-2: 30 pm daily, except Sunday.
The work on show includes photography, printmaking, ceramics, drawings and paintings.
The artists represented include; Irene Gardiner, Nia Newson, Bronwyn Strugnell, Terri Sweeney, Andy Warren, Leanne Cordingley-Wright, Sandy Craig, Vivi-Mari Carpelan, Diane Rose, Gini Wade, Marg Munyard, Annie Levy, Erin Laura Hughes and Osian Gwent.
For more information about the group visit facebook.com/llanidloesartists
Featured Artist: Erin Laura Hughes
© copyright 2018 Erin Laura Hughes all rights reserved
“Erin Hughes received her MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art, London 2018. After completing her BA in Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford, she spent four years living and working in Berlin. She is a co-founder of Cypher Space, Berlin and Cypher Billboard, London. Recent works use fake wood and marble laminates to recreate inlay effects like parquet flooring or Pietre Dure.”
Erin will be exhibiting at the Mid Wales Pop Up Arts Exhibition. Get in touch with Erin, or see more of her work via the link below.
www.erinlaurahughes.com
Featured Artist: Leanne Cordingley-Wright
© copyright 2018 Leanne Cordingley-Wright all rights reserved
“Leanne Cordingley-Wright is a graphic designer with a background in psychology and sociology. Her artwork sees the fusion of these areas of interest as she uses a variety of media, including collage and screen printing to explore ideas surrounding identity, the subconscious mind and social, political and environmental issues.
Leanne lives and works in Llanidloes, where she runs the art and graphic design practice, Studio Mayfly.”
Leanne will be exhibiting at the Mid Wales Pop Up Arts Exhibition.
www.studiomayfly.co.uk
Featured Artist: Diane Rose
© copyright 2018 Diane Rose all rights reserved
“I work in various artistic mediums and subject matter and particularly the natural world.
The ever-changing moods of the elements and the forms and shapes within the land are what defines my art. I find working within the landscape itself particularly rewarding where my preparatory work connects me directly with the individuality and character of the seasons.
Having lived in numerous different geographic locations throughout my life – including ten years resident in Spain, and now beautiful Mid Wales, the fascinating diversity of nature remains a strongly motivational factor and is the constant inspiration for original new projects.”
Diane will be exhibiting at the Mid Wales Pop Up Arts Exhibition.
Featured Artist: Gini Wade
© copyright 2018 Gini Wade all rights reserved
“Gini Wade, originally from London, has lived most of her life near Llanidloes.
After a long career writing and illustrating children’s books, she now works in a variety of
media, including printmaking, animation, oil painting, & ceramics. She is a director of Aberystwyth Printmakers and her prints and animations have been exhibited worldwide.”
Gini will be exhibiting at the Mid Wales Pop Up Arts Exhibition.
www.giniwade.com
Featured artist: Annie Levy
© copyright 2018 Annie Levy all rights reserved
“My collage work uses a thousand pieces, collected into ever smaller bits, to speak about: memory and imagination; discovery and loss; dream and hyper-reality; past and future; the domestic and the wild; rupture and repair.
I think a lot about ecological emergency and how beauty can be salvaged and whether a fragment represents loss or the possibility of regeneration.
I also try for a visual balance in composition and colour. Many pieces are three-dimensional, mixed media constructions. In ripping and cutting, I question “permanence” and “the future” and material culture in a vulnerable world. There is a strong affection for recycling and reuse — the medium is the message — in many of my pieces.”
Featured artist: Vivi-Mari Carpelan
© copyright 2018 Vivi-Mari Carpelan all rights reserved
“I’m a mixed media and sound artist from Finland who relocated to Llanidloes in 2010. I have exhibited in several countries since 1991.
In my work, I explore transition, transformation, paradox and change. Through methods of collaging and layering, I offer an impression of reality that surpasses that of the material world and points to the ambivalent realm of the inner self.
My current medium of choice is photography. The creative process of layering my photographs is done on an iPhone and printed onto high-quality paper using high-quality ink.”
Vivi-Mari will be exhibiting at the Mid Wales Pop Up Arts Exhibition.
www.vivimaricarpelan.com
Featured artist: Marg Munyard
© copyright 2018 Marg Munyard all rights reserved
My four visits……… have been an ongoing spiritual journey. They are where I go not to solve the riddle but to sense the mystery” Courtney Milne: landscape photographer
I’ve been making mainly landscape photographs since the late 1970’s. I make and make (often almost the same) images. I eventually figured out it’s about my connection with The Mystery.
It doesn’t matter how often I see filtered light on water; sun through foliage; freezing waterfalls, fading blooms or thunderous seascapes; every time I’m spellbound. Every time feels to be the first.
I continue to make that connection.
Marg Munyard December 2018
“Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth”
Albert Schweitzer: Philosopher (pre 1962)
Featured artist: Bronwyn Strugnell
© copyright 2018 Bronwyn Strugnell all rights reserved
“I paint in different media according to the subject and what I want to express.
This varies from landscapes en plain air to detailed still life paintings in oils, following the style of the Old Dutch Masters.
I am a member of the Valley Arts and Crafts group at Lake Vyrnwy and have exhibited at various venues such as Hafren theatre, Oswestry Visitor and Exhibition Centre and have another exhibition there during the month of May in 2019.”
Featured artist: Sandy Craig
© copyright 2018 Sandy Craig all rights reserved
“My work explores the theory of Endurantism, investigating the persisting identity of places and objects across time. I am drawn to those that continue, often beyond their intended time and function; domestic and sentimental objects, places and tools of bygone industry, ephemera, weather-worn buildings and landscapes.
My practice involves drawing, painting and printmaking. Currently, I am exploring somatic mark making and repetition drawings as a perceptive and emotional interaction with the subject as it experiences subtle change.
I live near Llanidloes and have exhibited in the United Kingdom, USA, Australia and New Zealand. Publications include the Imago Mundi catalogue of the Luciano Benetton Collection ‘So Many Different Suns ~ Contemporary Artists from Wales’, 2017.”
www.sandycraigartist.wordpress.com
Featured artist: Nia Newson
© copyright 2018 Nia Newson all rights reserved
“I’m an illustrator and surface pattern designer originally from Llanidloes. I’ve recently returned to the area having spent eights years studying textile design and then working in the design industry in Cardiff. I now split my time between teaching Art & Design at Newtown college and creating illustrations for prints, cards and educational resources. I work digitally and enjoy creating patterns and texture within my illustrations. Having grown up in Mid-Wales, my work tends to be inspired by the outdoors and the people who explore it.”
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/NiaNewson
Featured Artist: Osian Gwent
landscape oil painting © copyright 2018 Osian Gwent all rights reserved
Traditionally trained, I spent four years at art school, as a figurative fine art painter. However, in contrast, my recent work is morphing into an expressive, intuitive, contemporary modern art style. I am considered by many to be a prolific painter.
Osian will be exhibiting at the Mid Wales Pop Up Arts Exhibition in Llanidloes, 1-8th December at the old Natwest Building.
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INTRODUCING: The Zydeco Smokehouse, Little Italy’s friendly new take-out sandwich shop
BY Shawna Wagman
POSTED January 18, 2013 9:31 am
Greg Delair (right) came out of semi-retirement to share his love of meat from the smoker mopped with his own secret BBQ sauce.
Greg Delair likes to think of his new take-out sandwich counter as a food truck without the wheels. Open since December, The Zydeco Smokehouse is simple, crowd-pleasing food, made to order and served up fast, with an emphasis on Southern-inspired barbecue meats that have been left to linger for hours in the smoker.
His slow-cooked fast food is all made from scratch, he says. “The only thing that comes from a package is the potato chips.” He slices up the cabbage for his sweet and crunchy (blessedly mayo-free) coleslaw fresh every morning, saying, “Day-old coleslaw just doesn’t work for me.”
The sandwiches — pulled pork, pulled chicken breast, and Andouille sausage are staples on the winter menu — featuring hickory, maple and apple wood chips, respectively. There’s no deep-fryer, so rather than fries, sandwiches can be ordered with a side of Delair’s smoked Mac & Cheese or his chipotle and molasses baked beans with smoked pork belly. He makes his own version of “poutine” by topping those beans with house smoked bacon, pulled pork, and cheese curds.
Delair says he spotted the “for rent” sign on the former barbershop location after leaving a job interview. Encouraged by friends and his partner (who he calls “the love of my life”) to open his own food business, he decided to take the plunge after 30+ years spent working in the hospitality industry, both managing restaurants and working in kitchens. He fell for the leisurely pace and beer-drinking perks introduced to him by a food-smoking fanatic friend about 13 years ago. He’s been at it ever since and says he perfected his recipes — which have remained unchanged — over the last five years.
There is a special featured item on the menu every day of the week — Jambalaya with cornbread on Tuesday, for instance, or a smoked burger mopped with BBQ sauce topped with smoked pork belly bacon on Friday. In the spring, he plans to offer some lighter items, like a Cobb Salad with hot smoked salmon.
He has been asked about smoking ribs but says the cost so far is prohibitive. Delair is determined to keep the cost of a meal combo with a drink under 10 bucks.
When I popped by after the lunch rush earlier in the week, Delair let me sample some of his most popular items. Both the chicken and the pork sandwiches were juicy and tender with just a hint of heat on the tongue and gentle sweetness; not at all greasy or cloying.
The first thing I noticed about the Mac & Cheese was the nice prominent smokiness, and then came the smooth, melty, squidgy texture that makes it a comfort food classic. I inquired about whether it was made with Velveeta with its tell-tale ultra-cheesy texture. He assured me it’s not Velveeta but hinted that he uses a blend of different cheeses. “We use real sharp cheddar on the top,” he said.
While Southern food and BBQ spots are hot these days, Zydeco strikes me as being less about trendiness and authenticity and more about filling bellies with fresh, homemade grub for a good price.
The Zydeco Smokehouse, 432 ½ Preston St., (613) 230-5870; open Mon-Friday 11:30-7:30 pm and Saturday 12-6 pm. Closed Sundays.
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Press Release -- November 14th, 2018
Source: Telefonica
Telefónica and IBM Collaborate to Apply Blockchain to Streamline Telco Processes
Madrid, November 14, 2018 - Telefónica and IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced a collaboration to implement blockchain technology to streamline core business processes. The initiative will focus on the key attributes of blockchain to address complex challenges in services delivered by Telefónica that register data and information from different sources regarding business and network processes.
The power of blockchain is applicable to the telecommunications business, which participates in an eco-system with a large network of disparate organizations. Blockchain establishes a shared, immutable record of all the transactions that take place within a network and then enables permissioned parties access to trusted data in real time. By applying the technology to end-to-end telco processes, a new form of command and consent can be introduced into the flow of information that enables significant gains in efficiency and trust. By allowing participating members secure and authorized access to necessary details, blockchain also delivers enhanced privacy and confidentiality.
The complexity of business processes within telecommunications is why the market size for blockchain telecommunications projects is expected to grow from USD 46.6 million in 2018 to USD 993.8 million by 2023, according to a report from Research and Markets.
The initial project between Telefónica and IBM is aimed at improving the reliability and transparency of information collected by different networks when routing international calls. Using the IBM Blockchain Platform powered by the IBM Cloud, Telefónica will work to track in real time the certainty and traceability of each international call and its attributes (mainly origin, destination and duration) in a decentralized platform to which all the operators in the chain have permissioned access. The solution is a clear example of how the application of blockchain technology within the telco networks, dramatically enhances the accuracy and immutability of the data generated while delivering different services.
"This project is one of our first initiatives to secure real benefits from the adoption of blockchain in our core business. We believe that the new paradigm of process decentralization that blockchain facilitates perfectly fits with the telecommunications industry and can help us to significantly improve the way we have been traditionally solving the integrations between partners, "says Gonzalo Martín-Villa, Chief Innovation Officer of Telefónica "Blockchain will allow operators to generate a new layer of confidence in the Internet based not on the players that generate the data and the transactions but on the data itself".
“In a world that is increasingly focused on data, customer experience, trust and digital ecosystems, blockchain can help communications service providers to streamline internal processes or, as in the project we are working with Telefónica, to increase trust among the different partners in the communications ecosystem, avoiding the need for call data reconciliation and thus achieving high potential benefits like reduced risk, time saving and cost removal.”, said Ignacio Martín Santos, Managing Director for Telefónica Integrated Account in IBM.
Beyond voice, the solution can be applied to many other services, building a trustworthy network of peers (operators, service providers, vendors, etc.) involved in delivering a digital service such as data consumption, authentication processes, cloud computing or data storage. The network can then reach a consensus in real-time about the veracity and traceability of the information and data pertaining to the services usage that is generated and collected from multiple sources and systems, regardless the owner or the entity that is hosting or operating those systems.
This approach dramatically improves the efficiency in business processes that consume this data, such as billing, accounting and reporting. Additionally, it can help to discover fraudulent behavior within end-to-end processes and resolve recurring problems between vendors, providers and operators such as dispute resolution, commercial losses due to uncollected revenues or discrepancies between the information recorded by each peer.
About IBM:
IBM is recognized as the leading enterprise blockchain provider. The company’s research, technical and business experts have broken barriers in transaction processing speeds, developed the most advanced cryptography to secure transactions, and are contributing millions of lines of open source code to advance blockchain for businesses. IBM is the leader in open-source blockchain solutions built for the enterprise. Since 2016, IBM has worked with hundreds of clients across financial services, supply chain, government, retail, digital rights management and healthcare to implement blockchain applications, and operates a number of networks running live and in production. The cloud-based IBM Blockchain Platform delivers the end-to-end capabilities that clients need to quickly activate and successfully develop, operate, govern and secure their own business networks. IBM is an early member of Hyperledger, an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies. For more information about IBM Blockchain, visit https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/ or follow us on Twitter at @ibmblockchain.
About Telefónica
Telefónica is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world by market capitalization and number of customers with a comprehensive offering and quality of connectivity that is delivered over world class fixed, mobile and broadband networks. As a growing company it prides itself on providing a differential experience based both on its corporate values and a public position that defends customer interests.
The company has a significant presence in 17 countries and over 356 million accesses around the world. Telefónica has a strong presence in Spain, Europe and Latin America, where the company focuses an important part of its growth strategy.
Telefónica is a 100% listed company and its shares are traded on the Spanish Stock Market and on those in London, New York, Lima, and Buenos Aires.
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Ivy League colleges are turning into ruthless PC prisons
By Kyle Smith
December 3, 2016 | 12:59pm | Updated December 3, 2016 | 5:37pm
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At both Harvard and Columbia this fall we’ve seen how students who dare to privately act out against PC standards are inspiring crazed nuclear strikes from campus administrators. This disproportionate punishment is, in turn, bound to create both more rebels flouting norms and more wusses and tattletales passive-aggressively seizing power by parading their phony wounds.
At Harvard, the administration vaporized the men’s soccer season this year because the guys privately commented on the sexual appeal of their female peers, in jokey and disparaging language, in a document shared on Google Groups. The six women they were talking about later wrote, in a melodramatic group op-ed, that they “brushed off the news as if it didn’t really matter” until the publicity hubbub trained them to be gravely offended — “hopeless,” “appalled,” “distraught” — just as toddlers who fall down at the playground tend not to cry unless their mothers fly over to make a fuss, in which case they reliably burst into tears.
At Columbia, a bunch of sour fruitcakes running a campus blog invaded the privacy of members of the wrestling team by publishing their private text messages, apparently leaked by a whistleblower who confused bro talk with the Pentagon Papers. I won’t defend the crass and juvenile messages. Some contained the N-word and others included derisive comments about women’s looks, though none of this was harassment. Standing outside someone’s window calling out rude names is harassment. Exchanging jibes with a friend about people who aren’t there is more like gossip.
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Columbia’s immediate response was, like Harvard’s, as dumb as treating your toe fungus by sawing off your foot. The entire wrestling team was initially suspended. What about innocent athletes who had nothing to do with the texts? Sorry, as in the Red Queen’s court in “Alice in Wonderland,” Columbia went with punishment first, trial afterwards. The administration was taking its cues from the student blog, which screamed that the messages revealed a “Culture of Intolerance.”
If that sounds familiar, it should: Whenever you hear the words “culture of X,” it tends to indicate how hostility toward a group — flat-out intolerance — is inspiring the PC brigades to use their manufactured hurt as a weapon to bludgeon the despised perpetrators. They don’t want to single out misbehaving people, get the facts and quietly and responsibly handle a problem. They want to use anecdotes to take down an institution.
Because of an unproven, indeed preposterous, Rolling Stone story, which turned out to be a hoax, that supposedly revealed a “culture of rape” at a single fraternity in 2014, the University of Virginia simply shut down all social activities involving all fraternities. Because of a similarly supposed, and similarly unsubstantiated, claim of rape culture at off-campus Greek associations and “final clubs” frequented by Harvard students, the Ivy League college this year mandated punishment for all members — including sororities and other all-female clubs. Female-driven rape culture? Even in such a pitiably testosterone-challenged place such as Harvard, I do not believe young men need to be forced to have sex with young women.
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Days after the wrestling-team leak, Columbia decided maybe it should sort out some facts and, after conducting an investigation, ruled that only the athletes who had made offensive comments should be suspended. That’s a little more sane, but did the university really need to get involved? Coaches of sports teams have been dealing with knucklehead behavior since Hermes made fun of Atalanta’s thighs (and Coach looked the other way in the locker room while Atalanta put fire ants in Hermes’ jock strap).
Not long ago Columbia participated in the destruction of the reputation of a young man by abetting the publicity campaign of “mattress girl,” Emma Sulkowicz, who effectively slandered a former sex partner by carrying a mattress around campus and telling everyone it was a symbol of his rape of her, an act that almost certainly did not occur.
So, Columbia, public slander bringing disgrace to an innocent man is fine, but nasty comments made in private conversations must be punished? Once you enter the campus PC fun house, everything is upside-down, backwards, bizarre.
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Home Politics and government Treaty of Waitangi Treaty signatories and signing locations Ngā Tohu – Treaty Signatories Ana Hamu
Ana Hamu
61 Sheet 1 — The Waitangi Sheet Ana Hamu Ana Hamu Ngāpuhi? Te Uri-o-Ngongo? Waitangi 6 February 1840
Ana Hamu signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840. She was one of the widows of Te Koki, chief of Te Uri-o-Ngongo and patron of the Anglican Church Missionary Society’s mission station at Paihia. On one occasion, when Te Koki held talks with the missionaries, he refused to have anyone else present other than Hamu. Hamu gave the site at Paihia for the missionary station.
In 1818 her son Te Ahara went to stay with Samuel Marsden at Parramatta in Australia. After Te Araha died, Te Koki asked that a missionary be sent to Paihia. Another of Hamu and Te Koki's sons, Rangituke, was killed at Tāmaki in 1828.
When her husband died in 1829, Hamu, who was described as ‘a strong personality’, went to stay with the missionaries at Paihia. She was baptised on 5 October 1834 by Henry Williams with the name Ana. She was a close relative of Patuone.
'Ana Hamu', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/treaty/signatory/1-61, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 17-Jun-2016
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Mistrial declared on remaining counts against ex-Pro Bowler Kellen Winslow Jr.
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Report: Kellen Winslow II Couldn't Stop Masturbating In Front Of His Teammates Former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II was convicted of rape, indecent exposure, and lewd conduct on Monday—charges that stem from separate incidents...
Kellen Winslow Jr. found guilty of rape, faces life in prison SAN DIEGO — Former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. has been convicted of raping a 58-year-old homeless woman last year north of San Diego. A jury retur...
Kellen Winslow Jr. accuser graphically details alleged Mother’s Day rape Former NFL star Kellen Winslow Jr. faced another one of his rape accusers on Wednesday — with the 58-year-old woman describing in graphic detail how ...
Kellen Winslow II, ex-NFL player, found guilty of rape involving homeless woman Kellen Winslow II was also found guilty of indecent exposure in a case involving a 58-year-old woman, and lewd conduct involving a 78-year-old woman....
Kellen Winslow Jr. Convicted Of Forcible Rape, Indecent Exposure, And Lewd Conduct Former Pro-Bowl tight end Kellen Winslow II was convicted of rape, indecent exposure, and lewd conduct in a California courtroom Monday. The jury has...
Ex-NFL star Kellen Winslow II found guilty on three charges, including rape; jury not done Kellen Winslow, 35, was charged with 12 combined criminal counts involving five different women – three accusing him of rape. ...
Kellen Winslow’s biking hobby turns into crucial evidence in rape trial Kellen Winslow Jr.’s biking hobby could turn into his downfall. The former NFL tight end is on trial for three alleged rapes, a misdemeanor cas...
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Ex-NFL Player Kellen Winslow II Found Guilty of Rape, Lewd Conduct Involving 3 Women Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II is facing some eight years in prison after a Southern California jury found him guilty Monday of rape and lewd co...
Former NFL star Kellen Winslow Jr. convicted of raping 58-year-old homeless woman in San Diego County SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former NFL star Kellen Winslow Jr. convicted of raping 58-year-old homeless woman in San Diego County. The post Former NFL star Kell...
Analysis: Ex-NFL star Kellen Winslow's rape trial quickly gets to graphic testimony from first accuser Kellen Winslow II faced his first rape accuser in court on Tuesday, when she underwent intense questioning from his attorney. ...
Kellen Winslow rape trial Day 4: Woman testifies about 'pervert in the neighborhood' On Day 4 of the rape trial of Kellen Winslow II, a Vietnamese neighbor took the stand to testify about indecent exposure by the former NFL player. &...
Ex-NFL star Kellen Winslow's rape trial gets ugly fast with first accuser's testimony Kellen Winslow II faced his first rape accuser in court on Tuesday, when she underwent intense questioning from his attorney. ...
Ex-NFL star Kellen Winslow's rape trial: Witness refuses to look at 'rapist' in court Day 3 in the rape trial of former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II featured a homeless woman accusing him of raping and choking her. ...
Closing arguments in Kellen Winslow rape trial: 'You hold this man's life in your hands' After two weeks at trial, a jury now will decide whether former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow will spend the rest of his life in prison. ...
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R. Kelly charged with 11 new sex-related counts Chicago prosecutors have charged R. Kelly with 11 new sex-related charges involving one accuser, including some that carry a sentence of up to 30 yea...
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'Global emergency' declared over deadly Ebola outbreak in DR Congo An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo now constitutes a global public health emergency, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said....
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R. Kelly charged with 11 new sex-related counts in Chicago Prosecutors in Chicago have charged R&B singer R. Kelly with 11 new sex-related counts involving a woman who was underage when the alleged abuse occu...
R. Kelly charged with 11 new counts of sexual assault Prosecutors in Cook County, Ill., filed 11 new charges related to sexual assault against singer R. Kelly, who could face up to 30 years in prison if ...
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R. Kelly has been charged with 11 new counts of sexual assault Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly has just been charged with 11 brand new counts of sexual assault and sexual abuse, according to the Chicago Tribune...
WikiLeaks Founder Assange Charged With 17 New Counts WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was indicted on additional U.S. charges, accusing him of engaging in a wide-ranging effort to obtain classified info...
R. Kelly Charged With 11 New Counts of Sexual Abuse R. Kelly has been charged with 11 new counts of sexual assault, E! News can confirm. A spokesperson for the Illinois Cook County Criminal Court sai...
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UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia declared unlawful by court of appeal Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed disappointment over the court's ruling and said her government would seek permission to appeal. Campaigners ...
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Julian Assange indicted on 17 new counts related to Espionage Act A U.S. grand jury indicted WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange on 17 new charges of violating the Espionage Act, U.S. prosecutors announced Thursday....
Singer R. Kelly charged with 11 new counts of sexual abuse Court records show that Illinois prosecutors have filed 11 new counts of criminal sexual abuse against the singer, according to reports. ...
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NXIVM leader Keith Raniere guilty of all counts in sex cult case Keith Raniere was accused of methodically manipulating his many followers to further his sexual exploits. ...
R&B Singer R. Kelly pleads not guilty to new felony sexual assault counts Singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to 11 new felony counts of sexual assault and abuse at a Chicago court hearing on Thursday, after prosecutors expa...
Chicago prosecutors charge R&B singer R. Kelly with 11 new sex-related counts involving one victim CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago prosecutors charge R&B singer R. Kelly with 11 new sex-related counts involving one victim. The post Chicago prosecutors charg...
Ohio doctor charged with 25 counts of murder for giving fatal opioid doses An Ohio doctor was charged with 25 counts of murder for administering high and sometimes fatal doses of opioid painkillers to dozens of very sick pat...
R. Kelly charged with new felony sex assault, abuse counts: Chicago Sun Times report Grammy-winning singer R. Kelly was charged on Thursday with 11 new felony counts of sexual assault and abuse that could, if he is convicted, send the...
Nxivm trial: Keith Raniere found guilty on all counts in sex cult case Jury sided with prosecutors, who said Raniere used blackmail and starvation and to force women into becoming ‘first-line slaves’Keith Raniere, a self...
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Ohio doctor charged with 25 counts of murder, accused of prescribing excessive doses of painkillers An Ohio doctor accused of ordering excessive and potentially fatal doses of opioids to dozens of near-death patients is facing multiple counts of mur...
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Michael Gove says Boris Johnson will be 'great' as PM Michael Gove today buried the hatchet with Boris Johnson, saying the man he dramatically stopped from becoming Tory leader in 2016 will make "a great...
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John Bolton suggests Trump administration could bar Google from working with China President Trump could bar Google and other American corporations from working with China on sensitive projects, a top White House official intimated....
Toyota Land Cruiser Toyota is adding a 60th anniversary edition for the iconic Land Cruiser's 2020 model year. Unlike the standard three-row Land Cruiser, the Heritage E...
Nissan Leaf The 2019 Nissan Leaf e+ comes with a 62-kilowatt-hour battery pack and will get an EPA-estimated range of 226 miles, about 40 percent more than curre...
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Chicago alligator stakeout snaps shut after professional catches reptile An elusive alligator residing in a Chicago lagoon was caught early on Tuesday after the reptile, thought to be an abandoned pet, captivated locals fo...
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House condemns Trump over 'racist comments' tweeted at congresswomen The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to condemn President Donald Trump for "racist comments" against four minority Democratic congressw...
Hackers Made an App That Kills to Prove a Point Medtronic and the FDA left an insulin pump with a potentially deadly vulnerability on the market—until researchers who found the flaw showed how bad ...
Prime Day promo: Amazon will pay you $10 for more data collection A browser extension from Amazon is being touted on Prime Day for a $10 discount. It's a tool to let Amazon hit you up on desktop with more offer...
John Paul Stevens, retired supreme court justice and leading liberal, dies aged 99 Stevens served more than twice the average tenure for a justice, and was the second to mark his 90th birthday on the high courtJohn Paul Stevens, the...
Police in Brazil shut down factory making fake Ferraris and Lamborghinis Father and son accused of offering the cars on social media for $45,000 to $60,000 – a fraction of the price of the real thingPolice in Brazil say th...
Facebook’s Digital Currency Plan Met With Skepticism in Congress (WASHINGTON) — Under sharp criticism from senators, a Facebook executive on Tuesday defended the social network’s ambitious plan to creat...
Orangutan mothers tell infants where to go by scratching themselves When it’s time for an orangutan mother to move to a new part of the forest, she scratches her body to alert her infant while avoiding attracting pred...
Senate surprise billing legislation would cut pay for hospitals and doctors, budget office finds Payment rates to doctors and hospitals could fall by as much as 20% on average nationally under a bill making its way through the Senate, according t...
Xiaomi to Launch Mi A3 Today: Everything You Need to Know Mi A3 is all set to be launched today. Xiaomi will be unveiling the smartphone in Spain at 3pm CEST. In addition to the Mi A3, the Chinese smartphone...
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PRESS DIGEST- British Business - July 17 The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their ac...
BMW iX3 The battery-electric variant of the X3 is expected to have a 270-hp electric motor and a 70 kilowatt-hour battery delivering a range of 250 miles. Th...
Fewer kids die from guns in states with stricter laws, study says Children living in states with more restrictions on firearms are less likely to die from them, a new study says. ...
Social platform gains notoriety after gory photos of dead teen posted. What is Discord? A rapidly growing communication app, Discord, was used to publish photos of a murder victim say police. Here's what you need to know. ...
California woman who went missing for four days says attacker chased her into backcountry Sheryl Powell said a knife-wielding man chased her away from her campground, authorities didn't receive reports of suspicious people or activity...
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Report: 'Pawn Stars' helped May recover Super Bowl rings Former NFL offensive lineman Mark May will recover his two Super Bowl rings after a hotel employee was arrested trying to sell them at the shop featu...
Prices of cardamom, Queen of Spices, soar as wild weather wipes Indian production Every year, tens of millions of Hindus flock to the Venkateswara Temple in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to pay tribute to site's patro...
Former US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies Justice John Paul Stevens served on the Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010. He began his career as a non-partisan moderate, but from the 1990s and onwar...
Millions of Bulgarians' personal data hacked; Russian link suspected Bulgarian officials said Tuesday that unknown hackers have stolen the personal data of millions of people from the country's tax agency and noted a p...
Bad sign for commercial real estate: The architecture business is slowing down A key read on the industry, the Architecture Billings Index, fell into negative territory in June, according to the American Institute for Architects...
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Clean Energy Regulator, WA Mines Department, and Vet Surgeons Board trying to access metadata: Comms Alliance The Communications Alliance has listed 27 other agencies that have tried to access metadata following the introduction of Australia's data retention ...
ACLU files suit to block Trump rule to stop asylum-seekers The American Civil Liberties Union sued U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday, challenging a sweeping new rule that would bar almos...
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Philadelphia mayor raises eyebrows with Trump comment Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, echoing President Trump’s weekend tweets aimed at four Democratic congresswomen, said Tuesday that the president would...
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When hurricanes halt treatment, lung cancer patients die sooner (Reuters Health) - Lung cancer patients whose radiation treatments are halted by hurricanes or other natural disasters may not live as long as patien...
Study confirms heart benefit of soy as FDA reviews this claim (Reuters Health) - U.S. regulators should continue to recommend soy protein as part of a heart-healthy diet because it helps lower cholesterol, resea...
U.N. wants more urgency in AIDS fight as gains and funding fade The global fight against AIDS is stalling due to lower investment, marginalized communities missing vital health services, and new HIV infections ris...
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A city suffocating: most polluted city in Americas struggles to change Wood smoke smothers Coyhaique, Chile, in June and July. Yet despite the WHO ranking its air worst in the Americas, residents are reluctant to alter t...
Ericsson says on track for 2020 targets as second-quarter profit matches forecasts Mobile network gear maker Ericsson posted a second-quarter profit in line with expectations on Wednesday and said it was on track to meet its financ...
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Amazon in deal with German watchdog to overhaul marketplace terms Amazon has reached a deal with Germany's anti-trust authority to overhaul its terms of service for third-party merchants, who had complained of unfa...
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Bulgarian cybersecurity worker detained over tax agency hack attack A 20-year-old Bulgarian cybersecurity worker has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a hacking attack that stole millions of taxpayers' pers...
Renault forms China electric vehicle venture with JMCG France's Renault SA said on Wednesday it will invest $145 million in a unit of China's Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG) that will allow it t...
Ex-Jaguar designer Ian Callum launches independent design firm Ian Callum left Jaguar after 20 years as its design chief New Warwick-based company comprises 18 experts and will undertake a diverse range of comm...
CVS Health, Ocusoft eye drops added to nationwide recall because they may not be sterile Altaire Pharmaceuticals Inc. has recalled 30 CVS Health eye drops and ointments, 15 Ocusoft products and other eye items because they may not be ster...
Far From Home Still Has Only the Second Best Display of Mysterio's Schtick Outside of Comics There is a moment in Spider-Man: Far From Home with Mysterio that is one of the most audaciously cool-looking things I’ve ever seen in a Marvel movie...
Sony's 61-MP A7R IV Looks Like the New Mirrorless Champ to Beat It’s been a wild past year for the camera industry. After years spent focusing on DSLRs or smaller-sensor mirroless cameras, Canon, Nikon, and Panaso...
On #WorldEmojiDay, Guessing Games Take Over The Internet A number of guessing games have taken over Twitter and Facebook on World Emoji Day 2019, as various brands and companies try to engage their follower...
Honda HR-V Spotted Testing Again In India The new Honda HR-V is possibly the next big launch from the Japanese carmaker in India, and the SUV is likely to arrive as a CKD (completely knocked-...
US stocks set to regain momentum after Trump's trade comments dent historic rally U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open again Wednesday morning, after ending a lengthy winning streak following President Donald Trump...
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Germany: leader of Merkel party takes over defense ministry The new leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party is taking over Germany’s defense ministry in a risky but potentially rewarding move, reversing her...
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50 years after Apollo 11, don't let space become a landfill for equipment and satellites Much of what we launch into space never comes back. As it becomes more commercialized, we must manage space traffic and protect the space environment...
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UPDATE 1-Bills targeting China's Huawei introduced in U.S. Congress Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives introduced bills on Tuesday to keep tight restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, amid co...
Ukraine president submits law criminalizing illicit enrichment Ukraine's president has submitted a draft law to parliament criminalizing illicit enrichment by officials, a condition for receiving support from the...
Tupac superfan ousted from government job after constant emails about slain rapper Only God can judge him — but the governor of Iowa can fire him. A Tupac Shakur superfan who worked as the director of Iowa’s social services agency w...
Video captures moments before fatal Dallas plane crash Recently released video shows the final moments of the doomed plane that crashed in Dallas last month, killing all 10 people on board, including two ...
Man accused of murdering pregnant ex 'accepts responsibility for her death' The ex-partner of a heavily-pregnant woman who was fatal stabbed in her own home has admitted responsibility for her death, the Old Bailey heard toda...
Leana Wen out as president of Planned Parenthood due to 'philosophical differences' Planned Parenthood announced the departure of President Leana Wen, who said they had engaged in negotiations about "philosophical differences" about ...
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CFO Retirements Climb as Good Times Roll On One in six executives who left the CFO position at a U.S. public company in 2018 did so in order to retire, the highest share in the last 12 years, a...
'Overwhelming joy': birth of California condor chicks marks soaring comeback The birds, whose numbers once dropped to just 22 in the wild in the early 1980s, have two new chicks: Nos 1,000 and 1,001Nestled among the red-rock c...
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Sex Tech In, Skimpy Outfits Out as CES Tech Gadget Seeks Diversity CES gadget show is cracking down on its dress code, introducing more sessions focused on women and minorities and creating a new "sex tech" category ...
Do Service Dogs Help Treat PTSD? V.A. Still Doesn’t Know The V.A. was mandated to study the use of service dogs as a mental-health treatment for veterans almost a decade ago. But repeated setbacks have held...
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South African unit of carmaker Ford to add 1,200 jobs The South African unit of Ford Motor Co will hire an additional 1,200 people to staff an extra shift at one of its vehicle assembly plants, increasin...
1.25 Lakh Km Road To Be Built Under Gramin Sadak Yojana: Narendra Tomar Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said 1,25,000 kilometres of road will be built under the third phase of the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sa...
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CVS Begins Trial for Home-Dialysis Device CVS is making a move into kidney care, launching a clinical trial for a home-dialysis device. The company is working to capitalize on a Trump adminis...
Raucous indie rockers and dance-pop icons: 13 of Pitchfork 2019’s best bets Some 40-plus acts take the stage in Chicago’s Union Park this weekend, many of whom put out some of The A.V. Club’s favorite albums of 2018 and 2019 ...
Anti-apartheid singer Johnny Clegg dies aged 66 The world paid tribute Wednesday to the South African entertainer known as the "White Zulu" for his enduring activism against apartheid, and his camp...
Former Reds manager Bryan Price regrets epic F-bomb tirade in 2015 Former Reds manager Bryan Price reflected on his epic 2015 rant -- 77 F-bombs in 5 1/2 minutes - on the A's Live podcast. ...
Will Bears reign supreme once again in NFC North? SportsPulse: Lorenzo Reyes takes a good hard look at the NFC North and breaks down why each team may or may not make the playoffs this season. ...
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Elon Musk reveals plans to implant computer chips in brains Elon Musk, the eccentric billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX, outlined plans on Tuesday to connect human brains directly to computers, using a tiny c...
Mark Esper headed for quick confirmation after acing largely bipartisan Senate hearing ON THE GLIDE SLOPE: Mark Esper, President Trump’s fallback nominee to head the Defense Department, did everything he needed to do yesterday to win qu...
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With Name-Calling and Twitter Battles, House Republican Campaign Arm Copies Trump’s Playbook House Republicans’ campaign arm, waging a no-holds-barred battle to reclaim the majority, has adopted an antagonistic strategy that includes calling ...
At a Missouri Jail, Bras Set Off the Metal Detector (and a Heated Debate) Some lawyers said they could not enter the Jackson County Detention Center without removing their bras. County officials say it’s for security’s sake...
Tottenham confirm pre-season tour squad with Christian Eriksen in but Danny Rose left behind to find new club Tottenham have confirmed their squad for their pre-season International Champions Cup matches, with wantaway star Christian Eriksen included by Danny...
Spotify launches an in-app Disney Hub to lure more fans Spotify Technology SA said on Wednesday it will devote a prominent spot in its music streaming app to Walt Disney Co's extensive music library with s...
Abbott Labs quarterly profit jumps 37% Abbott Laboratories Inc reported a 37% rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, driven by demand for its heart devices and FreeStyle Libre system used ...
WNBA suspends player after domestic violence allegation The WNBA suspended a Los Angeles Sparks player without pay on Tuesday because of a domestic violence allegation stemming from an incident in December...
Ocasio-Cortez downplays tensions between Pelosi and ‘the Squad’ In a television interview broadcast Wednesday, the freshman lawmaker said there is not a “fundamental fracture” between the House speaker and four li...
Salesforce launches Einstein Analytics for Partners Salesforce introduced features to its partner relationship management product aimed at removing friction by "delivering intelligent insights" to part...
E.U. Investigates Amazon Over Use of Retailer Info To Gain Competitive Edge (BRUSSELS) — The European Union is opening a new front in its quest to more closely regulate big tech companies, saying Wednesday it was invest...
Jeremy Corbyn 'must show his shame on anti-Semitism' Jeremy Corbyn was urged to show "anger and shame" for the anti-Semitism scandal engulfing Labour by one of the party's most respected grandees today....
Let us bring in the workers we need to succeed, say bosses in plea to new PM A plea for the next prime minister to tear down Theresa May's hostile immigration rules and bring in the talent the country needs to succeed was made...
Turkey acquits 3 rights activists of terror-related charges A court in Istanbul has acquitted the Turkey representative of Reporters Without Borders and two other human rights activists of charges of engaging ...
Why things don't look good for Tiger and other big Open questions All signs point toward a rough week for Tiger Woods. But what about Rory McIlroy on home soil, Brooks Koepka making another major run and the other p...
Women’s exposure to solvents at work tied to higher autism risk for kids Women who are exposed to solvents on the job may be more likely to have children with autism than mothers without this occupational exposure, a recen...
| Lions of the North choose not to sign ex-Pirates midfielder Highlands Park have deemed former Orlando Pirates midfielder Sifiso Myeni, who was on trial at the club for the past two weeks, as surplus to require...
Drug makers flooded US with billions of opioid pills as epidemic surged, data shows Statistics are a blow to country’s biggest pharmaceuticals that paid millions of dollars in out of court settlementsDrug makers and distributors floo...
Merkel protege AKK given defence job seen as poisoned chalice Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer succeeds new EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen as German defence ministerAngela Merkel’s favoured successor as ...
Fox News Host Simply Outraged That Anyone Would Dare Call Trump Racist Nothing but respect for my president—even when he says racist things! Never stop respecting him! Because calling the president racist is far more dis...
Elon Musk is making implants to link the brain with a smartphone Elon Musk wants to insert Bluetooth-enabled implants into your brain, claiming the devices could enable telepathy and repair motor function in people...
Nintendo just revealed a new Switch model with improved battery life We still don’t know when or if Nintendo will release a Switch Pro, but the standard model will seemingly be upgraded before the end of 2019. As...
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Over half a million International Driving Permits bought since February News 17 Jul, 2019 Drivers in the UK have spent more than £3m buying International Driving Permits since February in preparation for a n...
Exclusive Avengers: Endgame Blu-Ray Clip: Scarlett Johansson on Black Widow’s Sacrifice Scarlett Johansson hasn’t had the best week but, coming off the near $3 billion success of Avengers: Endgame with a Black Widow solo movie coming up,...
Watch: PSG's Kylian Mbappe megs keeper, shows off jets in romp of Dynamo Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe showed off his incredible speed and scored twice, including a nutmeg of the goalie, in a 6-1 win against ...
"Truth And Justice Have Prevailed": PM Modi On Kulbhushan Jadhav Verdict Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that truth and justice have prevailed after the International Court of Justice, in a huge win for India, rule...
Kulbhushan Jadhav's Death Sentence Stayed, India Granted Consular Access Kulbhushan Jadhav Case Verdict Updates: The International Court of Justice today ruled in favour to India in the case of former Navy officer Kulbhush...
Bill To Strengthen Anti-Terror Agency NIA Passed By Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha passed a legislation to strengthen the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the country's primary anti-terror body,through a voice vo...
In Central Govt Jobs Representation Of SC, ST More Than Reservation Limit "However", he added, "reservation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) has shown an increasing trend since it started in September, 1993. As per available...
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Rep. Collins blasts Pelosi's remarks: Dems passed resolution they couldn't read on House floor Georgia Republican Rep. Doug Collins said Wednesday on "Fox & Friends" that Nancy Pelosi's speech on the House floor was "clearly over the line," def...
Eric Trump supports father's message to AOC's 'squad': 'If you don't love our country, leave' Eric Trump said Tuesday on Fox & Friends that Democrats have "no message" to bring to the American people, so they're resorting to "name-calling" and...
Iran slams Britain for seizing tanker off Gibraltar A report by the Iranian government Wednesday said Britain violated international law this month when it captured the Grace 1 oil tanker, which was ta...
A man tried to smuggle $33,000 of cocaine under his wig. He was detained in Spain A Colombian man was detained in Barcelona last month for attempting to smuggle more than $33,000 worth of cocaine underneath his poorly-fitted wig. ...
Facebook currency chief faces withering questioning from Democrats in Congress Facebook's head of Calibra David Marcus is grilled during a House Financial Services Committee hearing over the company's digital currency ...
'Use at least one Emoji per text': The new rules of communicating in the digital era Emoji replace sentences. Acronyms replace words. And phones aren’t used to make phone calls anymore. In fact, before you call, you might want t...
David Crosby compares new doc to 'being naked in public" Legendary musician David Crosby says his new documentary "Remember My Name" is "a little embarrassing" due to its honesty. (July 17) ...
Shiori Ito on speaking about sexual assault in Japan: 'I felt lonely' Japanese journalist Shiori Ito and South Korean prosecutor Seo Ji-hyun discuss the impact #MeToo had in their countries while they were battling sexu...
Trump seen surrounded by cheerleaders at a 1992 party with Jeffrey Epstein NBC News aired the video, which it said was shot at the now-president’s Mar-a-Lago Club for a segment on the lifestyle of Trump, who was newly divorc...
Jimbo Fisher shrugs off Bleacher Report story blaming him for Florida State mess Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher, who left Florida State after the 2017 season, declined to say he did anything that led to problems in the program. ...
O's to reimburse Red Sox for up to $2.5M in Cashner bonuses Baltimore agrees to reimburse Boston for up to $2.5 million of Andrew Cashner's performance bonuses as part of trade that sent 32-year-old right...
Martial penalty completes Man United's 4-0 win over Leeds Anthony Martial's 69th-minute penalty completed the scoring in Manchester United's 4-0 win over Leeds on Wednesday ...
How to dance it up with Gwendoline Christie in London With a new Prime Minister on the horizon, Brexit looming and a recent Women’s World Cup loss to the United States, world-weary Londoners need an esca...
Manchester City cruise past West Ham in China "Premier League Asia Trophy semi-final, Nanjing Olympic Sports Center – Manchester City 4 (D.Silva 33, Nmecha 36 pen, Sterling 59 72) West Ham 1 (Nob...
Basketball: Simmons opts out of World Cup in blow for Australia Australia's hopes of claiming a maiden basketball World Cup have been dealt a blow, with Ben Simmons opting out of the tournament to focus on his NBA...
Boxing: Pacquiao camp denies Khan claims over Saudi Arabia bout Manny Pacquiao has not signed a contract to take on Amir Khan in Saudi Arabia later this year despite claims that a deal has been agreed for the bout...
German court backs Bundeswehr decision to dismiss far-right janitor A Berlin labor court has ruled that the dismissal of a janitor by the German military, due to links with the far-right, was justified. The employee w...
Uber wants to sell you Echos, AirPods and Oculus headsets Uber is taking its retail offerings up a notch. Last year, the company teamed up with Cargo to let drivers hawk goods ranging from snacks to phone ch...
Summer boondocking gear: Car camping done right Earlier this year I was infected with the #vanlife bug. Well, more like the #overlanding bug in my case, but I've been camping and working from ...
Fed up Puerto Ricans protest, demanding governor resign A feeling of outrage is rippling across Puerto Rico as people say they’re fed up with neglect from Washington and the U.S. territory’s own government...
9 killed in Indian village in clash over land dispute Police say a village head and his supporters opened fire on a rival group in a land dispute in a northern Indian village, killing nine people and inj...
Prisoner who gouged his eye out with plastic spoon sues the jail A prisoner from Texas who gouged out his eyes with a plastic spoon is suing the jail - claiming the psychiatric ward he was in was "deliberately unde...
See Stars Age Themselves Thanks to This New Filter Ever wonder how you'll age? This app just took the guess work out of it--and Hollywood is joining in the fun. While Hollywood is usually airbrushin...
This short movie gives an inside look into how Ilford makes its iconic black and white film Since 1912, Ilford Photo has been making film rolls for photography enthusiasts from across the globe, giving recreational and professional photograp...
This AI magically removes moving objects from videos We’ve previously seen developers harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to turn pitch black pics into bright colorful photos, flat images ...
How OnePlus uses robotic hands, mannequin heads, and a tiny carnival ride to test its phone cameras As tech writers, we get to play with a lot of phones. But, it’s not often that we get to peek behind the curtain to see how engineers are working on ...
The Republicans Who Voted to Condemn Trump’s Remarks (and Other Things to Know) Only four Republicans broke with their party to vote against President Trump. They were joined by Representative Justin Amash, who recently left the ...
Boeing to give $50 million to families of crash victims Boeing announced Wednesday that it will be tasking Kenneth Feinberg, who is known for managing the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, and Camil...
After a great start to earnings season, overall profits are no longer expected to decline Corporate earnings forecasts for the second quarter were lowered so much that companies are easily beating them, and expectations for negative profit...
Rare Nike ‘Moon Shoe’ expected to fetch $160,000. Sotheby’s sells sneakers for $850,000 The 1972 Nike Waffle Racing Flat Moon Shoe is still for sale and is expected to fetch up to $160,000 at Sotheby's. ...
Russia keeps Ukrainian sailors in custody despite swap talks A court in Moscow ruled on Wednesday to keep 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia off the coast of Crimea in custody for a further three months de...
Uber drivers and other gig workers in California could get better pay under proposed law Uber, Lyft in the crosshairs as California lawmakers look to redefine part-time job rules to boost pay, benefits for drivers. ...
Royal Caribbean cancels Puerto Rico stop over protests sparked by political scandal "You may have been looking out your window or surveying your surroundings on the pool deck and noticed we were almost in San Juan" and turned around,...
Global stocks fall on trade, earnings worry; U.S. Treasury yields fall A gauge of global stocks declined for a second straight session and U.S. Treasury yields fell as trade concerns began to percolate and the pace of th...
Day Before Trust Vote, Karnataka Rebel Lawmaker Withdraws Resignation In some relief to the embattled coalition government in Karnataka, Congress legislator Ramalinga Reddy said today that he has decided to withdraw his...
Prashant Kishor Aboard, Trinamool To Launch Bengal Battle With Mega Rally When Trinamool Congress holds its annual show of strength on July 21, which it observes as Martyrs' Day, the party will also be kicking off its battl...
Why Teachers In This UP District Take Selfies Before Class Flooded with complaints about absent teachers in primary schools, officials in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district have introduced a new attendance ru...
Turkish diplomat killed in Iraq's Kurdish capital, Irbil At least one diplomat has been killed in Irbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish zone. An unknown gunman was reported to have fired at a grou...
Scientists may have discovered a way to make Mars habitable In a new paper published in Nature Astronomy, researchers explain how a thin layer of aerogel — a highly porous, virtually weightless material — coul...
The U.S. Is Set to Roast This Week Under a Potentially Record-Setting Heat Wave The only thing worse than the hottest time of summer is a heat wave on top of the hottest time of summer. And lo and behold, that’s exactly what the ...
A type of antibiotics can cause hearing loss - and now we know why Aminoglycoside antibiotics can save lives, but the drugs can also cause hearing loss because of the toxic effect they have on sensory cells in the ea...
Andrew Left's Citron Capital posted net return of 24.7% in 1st half of 2019 Andrew Left's Citron Capital posted a net return of 24.7% after fees and expenses in the first half of 2019, according to an investment letter posted...
Paint makers reach $305 mln settlement in California, ending marathon lead poisoning lawsuit After a 19-year legal struggle, three former makers of lead paint have agreed to a $305 million settlement with California county and city government...
UPDATE 4-Boeing to make $50 million in payments to 737 MAX crash victim families Boeing Co said on Wednesday it will dedicate half of a $100 million fund it created after two crashes of its 737 MAX planes to provide payments to fa...
Singapore government systems still weak in IT controls Auditor-General Office finds weaknesses in IT controls of several government entities including the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Finance, wher...
Hamilton British GP fastest lap "made data look silly" - Wolff Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff says Lewis Hamilton made "all the data look a little bit silly" when he took the fastest lap in the British G...
Politicization of migrant ‘crisis’ in Hungary making them scapegoats, independent UN human rights expert warns Expressing deep concern over how migration and migrants themselves are being politicized and scapegoated in Hungary, an independent United Nations hu...
Russia denies visas to teachers at Anglo-American school Staff say decision is ‘blowback’ as a result of worsening relations with USRussia has denied visas to teachers of the Anglo-American school in Moscow...
Archie Panjabi: ‘Not getting on Eastenders didn’t turn out too badly’ Rejected by the soap three times, the British star was told an ‘Indian actress’ wouldn’t make it in Hollywood. Now she’s in demand both sides of the ...
See photos of GM's Chevrolet Corvette since 1953 Considered to be the most collectible car of all time, the Corvette is the quintessential American sports car. General Motors debuted the car in 1953...
Two brain chemicals should be targeted in Parkinson's treatment, study says While Parkinson's disease patients often receive treatment for lower dopamine levels, researchers say treatment should also target the chemical acety...
Von der Leyen cracks EU parliament nut, national leaders will prove tougher Ursula von der Leyen had to dangle a range of promises on migration, taxes, climate change and the rule of law to secure even a wafer-thin margin of...
Use the Back of Your Hand to Apply Bug Spray to Your Face If you want the best protection from mosquitoes, you’ll need to apply repellent (ideally DEET) over pretty much all your exposed skin. That includes ...
Buy Fall Southwest Flights for as Little as $49 If you haven’t booked a getaway this fall just yet, here’s your opportunity—Southwest is having another sale on select flights that ends tomorrow at ...
Hero MotoSports Team Rally Finishes In Top 10 In Silkway Rally 2019 Hero MotoSports Team Rally completed the Silkway Rally 2019 in a top 10 posiiton in the overall rankings. With a consistent performance across all th...
Out of over 1 million Prime Day deals, here are the 38 best deals that are actually worth buying before sales end tonight Alyssa Powell/Business Insider Amazon Prime Day is Amazon's big sitewide sales event, which is still going on tonight. The event officially ends at ...
Google executive finally confirms that the tech giant is no longer working on a censored search engine for China (GOOG, GOOGL) Google finally said that it is killing the censored search engine it had been building for China, known internally as Project Dragonfly. "Yes, we ha...
Joe Biden may be making the same mistake with his healthcare plan that Obama did during the push to pass Obamacare Reuters/Jonathan Ernst Former Vice President Joe Biden repeated nearly verbatim a promise that President Barack Obama made a decade ago when marshal...
R. Kelly held in jail without bond, after prosecutor argues he poses 'danger' to young girls if set free E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune via AP A federal judge ordered R. Kelly to be held in jail without bond on Tuesday after warnings that the singer...
"Now To Ensure A Fair Trial": Indian Counsel After Kulbhushan Jadhav Win With retired Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav getting a reprieve from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday, Indian lead counsel Harish...
Scooter-riding duo snatched necklaces in separate Bronx incidents: cops A pair of thieves riding on a motor scooter snatched necklaces from pedestrians before speeding away in two separate instances in the Bronx, authorit...
The all-screen smartphone design of our dreams is coming next year – but not to the Galaxy S11 The Galaxy S8 may have launched several months before the iPhone X hit stores back in 2017, but it’s Apple’s phone that every company cop...
Google Maps just got an excellent new feature: Real-time bikesharing info Google on Tuesday unveiled an absolutely cool new Google Maps feature that will immediately appeal to users who rely on bikesharing services to get a...
Oakland bans the use of facial recognition, becoming third US city to do so The Oakland City Council voted unanimously to prevent city employees, including the police, from using or acquiring it facial recognition technology ...
On World Emoji Day, Apple and Google continue inclusive push Apple and Google are taking World Emoji Day seriously, rolling out dozens of new emojis that of course include cute critters, but also expand the num...
Dozens of whales stranded on Georgia island remain at sea after rescue effort by beachgoers Dozens of pilot whales beached themselves on a Georgia shore and most were rescued by authorities and onlookers. ...
Lawyers’ feud turns into all-out courthouse brawl Disorder in the court! A Kentucky courthouse dispute escalated to an all-out brawl between two lawyers — landing one in jail and the other in a...
Indiana teen who announced Colts’ draft picks dies after cancer battle An Indiana teen volleyball player who was chosen this year to announce the Indianapolis Colts’ selections in the NFL draft died this week after...
Remembering the careers of the 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame inductees USA TODAY Sports' Bob Nightengale breaks down the prominent careers of the 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame class. ...
Texas’ Sam Ehlinger brushes off Baker Mayfield, Terry Bradshaw jabs Sam Ehlinger knows the noise is there, because it would be impossible not to. Baker Mayfield calling him out, Terry Bradshaw soon following. The inev...
Cards release Harrison after arrest warrant issued North Carolina police issued a felony arrest warrant for lineman Desmond Harrison, who was released by the Cardinals, on charges of assault on a pers...
Philippines declares national emergency after more than 100,000 people contract Dengue fever Health officials in the Philippines declared a national emergency this week after a record breaking 106,630 cases of Dengue fever were reported since...
Iran says it helped oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz amid concerns surrounding missing UAE vessel Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said the Islamic Republic helped an unnamed vessel that suffered a technical malfunction in the Strait of Hormuz amid U.S...
Disneyland experiencing shortest lines in decades Wednesday is the 64th anniversary of Disneyland, but you’re the one that gets the present: in addition to today’s planned “Happiest March on Earth” &...
‘Gossip Girl’ reboot coming to HBO Max It’s only been a few years since “Gossip Girl” ended — but it’s already bound for a reboot. The CW show, which launched the careers of Blake Lively, ...
How the Apollo Program Changed Our Understanding of What the Moon Even Is As the ancient planet Theia struck its glancing blow into Tellus, the planet that would become Earth, part of its mantle sloughed off into that of th...
‘Chapowear’ featuring notorious druglord debuts in Mexico El Chapo may have just been relegated to wearing drab prison duds for life but, back at home, he’s a fashion icon. The exclusive “El Chapo 701&...
McIlroy: Open's return to Northern Ireland 'bigger than me' Despite competing on home soil in Northern Ireland, Rory McIlroy said there's no added pressure to win this week's Open Championship at Royal Portrus...
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The New York Legislature recessed its 2017 legislative session on June 22, 2017.
223 pet industry-related bills were introduced, 78 of which were considered priority by PIJAC.
Final Disposition of Priority Legislation:
FINAL DISPOSITION
AB 72/
Amends Article 26-A (Care of Animals by Pet Dealers), Section 401 (Minimum Standards of Animal Care) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law to further provide for standards relating to the care of animals by pet dealers.
CARRIED OVER TO 2018 SESSION
AB 284/
Amends NY General Business Law by adding a new Article 29-CCC (Licensing & Regulation of Pet Groomers) to provide for the licensing and regulation of pet groomers.
Amends NY Executive Law relating to the creation of a crime database of all convictions in New York state of animal cruelty, fighting, neglect, abandonment and mistreatment.
Amends Article 26A (Care of Animals by Pet Dealers) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law creating a new Section 407 (Fire protection requirements for pet stores) providing that all pet dealers shall provide fire protection measures for every premises at which the dealer houses animals.
Amends Article 26-A (Care of Animals by Pet Dealers), Section 400 (Definitions) and Article 35-D (Sale of Dogs and Cats), Section 752 (Definitions) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law to change the definition of pet dealer.
Amends Article 26-A (Care of Animals by Pet Dealers), Sections 400 (Definitions), 401 (Minimum Standards of Care), 402 (Records of Purchase and Sale), 403 (Licenses), 404 (License Refusal, Suspension, Revocation), and 405 (Inspection of Pet Dealers) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law in relation to the care of animals by pet dealers.
AB 1279/
Amends Article 26 (Animals) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a new Section 380 to establish a task force to study how to improve investigations of animal abuse and enforcement of anti-animal abuse laws.
Amends Article 11 (Miscellaneous), Section 223 (Prohibition against discrimination) of NY Public Housing Law and Article 7 (Landlord Tenant), Section 238 (Agreements or Contracts) of NY Real Property Law by adding a new section prohibiting discrimination against persons who own certain dogs.
Amends Article 7 (Licensing, Identification & Control of Dogs) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding new Sections 111-a and 111-b to provide standards for and registration of microchips.
Amends NY Environmental Conservation Law to enact the "Monk Parakeet Protection Act".
Amends NY Insurance Law by adding a new Article 42-A to regulate the issuance of insurance policies covering veterinary expenses.
Amends Article 26-A (Care of Animals by Pet Dealers), Section 403 (Licenses) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law limiting licensing only to pet dealers which sell animals obtained from shelters and rescue organizations.
Amends Article 34 (Insurance Contracts-Property/Casualty) of NY Insurance Law by adding a new Section 3421 (Homeowner's Liability Insurance; Dogs) to prohibit insurers from refusing to issue or renew, canceling, or charging or imposing an increased premium for homeowners' insurance policies based solely on the breed of dog owned.
Amends Article 26 (Animals) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a new Section 380 creating the Animal Abuser Central Registry.
Amends Article 11 (Fish & Wildlife), Title 1 (Definitions) of NY Environmental Conservation Law to exclude certain animals from the definition of wildlife.
Amends Article 26 (Animals), of NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a new Section 353-g to establish an animal abuser statewide registry.
Amends Article 26 (Animals) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a new Section 380 (Animal sale surcharge) which establishes a 12% surcharge on the sale of animals by pet dealers. Also amends Article 6 (Funds of the State) of NY State Finance Law by adding a new Section 99-z (Animal shelter and wildlife rehabilitator account).
Amends Article 34 (Insurance Contracts-Property/Casualty) of NY Insurance Law by adding a new Section 3421 (Homeowners' liability insurance; dogs) which would prohibit insurers from canceling, refusing to issue or renew, or charging higher premiums for homeowners' insurance based on the breed of dog owned.
Amends Article 26 (Animals) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a new Section 380 to create an Animal Abuser Central Registry.
Amends Article 11 (Obligations to make compensation or restitution) of NY General Obligations Law by adding a new section 11-108 (Wrongful injury or death of a companion animal) to provide for recovery of "non-economic" damages.
Amends Article 26-A (Care of Animals by Pet Dealers), Section 400 (Definitions) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law and Article 35D (Sale of Dogs and Cats), Section 752 (Definitions) of NY General Business Law in relation to the definition of "pet dealer".
Amends Article 26 (Animals) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a new Section 374-a to require certain animal shelters to prepare annual reports on the number of intakes and dispositions.
Amends NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a new Article 26-C to establish the Animal Abuser Registration Act.
Amends NY General Business Law by adding a new Article 29-CCC to provide for the certification and regulation of pet groomers.
Amends Article 13 (Marine and Coastal Resources) of NY Environmental Conservation Law by adding a new Title 9 to establish the Marine Life Protection Task Force.
Amends Article 28 (Sales & Compensating Use Taxes), Part 2 (Imposition of Taxes) of NY Tax Law by adding a new Section 1113 to impose a 5-cent tax on plastic and paper shopping bags used to transport every sale of tangible personal property by consumers.
Amends Article 26-A (Care of animals by pet dealers), Section 401 (Minimum standards of animal care) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law to set standards for the care of breeding dogs and their puppies.
Amends Article 7 (Licensing, Identification of Dogs), Section 113 (Dog Control Officers) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a new Section 113-a requiring the Commissioner of Agriculture & Markets to establish, by rule, licensing and educational standards for individuals providing basic obedience courses for non-service and non-police dogs.
Amends Article 28 (Sales & Compensating Use Taxes), Section 1115 (Exemptions from Sales & Use Taxes) of NY Tax Law to add pet food to the list of products exempt from sales tax.
Amends Article 26 (Animals), Section 353-a (Aggravated cruelty to animals) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law to prohibit a person convicted of violating "Buster's Law" from owning or possessing a companion animal.
Amends Article 35-D (Sale of Dogs and Cats), Section 753 (Sale of Animal) of NY General Business Law in relation to the time period for designating a dog or cat unfit for purchase due to illness.
Amends Article 26-A (Care of Animals by Pet Dealers), Section 400 (Definitions) and Article 35-D (Sale of Dogs and Cats), Section 752 (Definitions) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law to exempt certain entities from the definition of pet dealer.
SUBSTITUTED BY SB 5599
Amends NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a new Article 26-C (Care of Animals by Breeders) to provide for the registration and regulation of dog and cat breeders. Also amends Article 26-A (Care of Animals by Pet Dealers), Section 401 (Minimum Standards of Animal Care) to provide that pet dealers shall only sell pets obtained from licensed breeders pursuant to the new Article 26-C.
Amends the Environmental Conservation Law by adding a new section in Title 9 entitled Toxic Chemicals in Pet Products.
Amends Article 26 (Animals), Section 353-b (Appropriate shelter for dogs left outdoors) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law to make the failure to provide food, water or appropriate shelter to a companion animal left outside a felony.
Amends Article 26 (Care of Animals by Pet Dealers) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a definition for "Residential Breeder" and a new Article 26-C (Minimum Requirements for Residential Breeders).
Amends Title 17 (NY Invasive Species Council), Section 1703 (Definitions) of NY Environmental Conservation Law to expand the definition of invasive species to include such species or pest organisms that are considered an infestation.
Amends Article 35-D (Sale of Dogs & Cats) of NY General Business Law by adding a new Section 753-e (Requirement of Rescue Status for Certain Sales) to require that dogs, cats and rabbits sold by certain pet dealers be rescue animals.
Assembly Resolution memorializing Governor Cuomo to proclaim September 16, 2017 as Puppy Mill Awareness Day in New York.
Amends Article 26 (Animals) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a new Section 352 (Travelling Exotic and Wild Animal Protection Act) to restrict the use of exotic and wild animals in traveling circuses and shows.
Amends Article 26A (Care of Animals by Pet Dealers), Section 405 (Inspection of Pet Dealers) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law to provide for more frequent inspections of pet dealers which have been charged with or convicted of violations relating to cats and dogs.
Amends Article 26 (Animals) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a new Section 352 (Public Animal Cruelty Register) which provides that the Division of Criminal Justice Services shall maintain a public animal cruelty registry in print and in electronic form and shall be available to the public as well as all law enforcement entities, district attorneys, duly incorporated humane societies, societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, dog or cat protective associations, animal control officers, breeders of animals, animal rescues and pet stores doing business in this state.
Amends Article 26 (Animals), Section 373 (Seizure of animals lost, strayed, homeless, abandoned or improperly confined or kept) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law relating to the seizure of animals.
Amends Title 17 (Health), Chapter 3 (Licenses & Permits) of NY City Administrative Code to establish the "Pygmy Pig Regulation Law".
Amends Article 2 (Department of Health), Section 206 (Commissioner; General Powers & Duties) of NY Public Health Law by adding a new subdivision directing the Commissioner of Health to promulgate necessary rules and regulations permitting municipalities to allow pygmy pigs as pets.
Amends Article 26 (Animals) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a new Section 380 to establish a 5% surcharge on the sale of animals by pet dealers.
Amends NY General Business Law by adding a new Article 29-CCC (Licensing & Regulation of Pet Groomers and Pet Grooming Facilities) to provide for the licensing and regulation of pet groomers and pet grooming facilities.
Amends Article 26 (Animals), Section 353-a (Aggravated cruelty to animals) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law to limit ownership or possession of companion animals by persons convicted of "Buster's Law".
Amends Article 26 (Animals) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a new Section 352 (Public Animal Cruelty Register) for persons convicted of violating "Buster's Law".
Amends Article 7 (Licensing, Control & Identification of Dogs), Section 109 (Licensing of dogs required) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law to require all dogs and their owners to successfully complete obedience training.
Amends Article 5 (Assistance & Care) of NY Social Services Law by adding a new Section 131-y (Assistance for guide dogs; hearing dogs and service dogs) regarding State assistance for food and vet expenses for guide dogs, hearing dogs and service dogs of individuals qualifying for social services.
Amends Article 26 (Animals) of NY Agriculture & Markets Law by adding a new Section 374-a (Animal Shelter Annual Reports) to require certain animal shelters to prepare annual reports on the number of animal intakes and dispositions.
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BBC Trials Headset That Lets Users Change Channels With Their Minds
A new technology that reads brainwaves to allow users to change TV channels with their mind has been developed in the UK.For its latest project, the BBC took a simple low cost brainwave reading headset fromNeuroSky and, working with UK based user experience studio This Place, created a Mind Control TV prototype.
It allows users to open an experimental version of BBC iPlayer and select a TV programme to view, using nothing but their brain-waves.
A first trial run saw 10 BBC staff members try out the app, and all were able to launch BBC iPlayer and start viewing a programme simply by using their minds.
“It was much easier for some than it was for others, but they all managed to get it to work,” Cyrus Saihan, head of business development for the BBC Digital, wrote in a blog post.
However, Saihan said the technology was still at an ‘experimental’ stage.
(Also see:Now, Control Google Glass With Your Mind)
An important potential benefit that brainwave technology might offer is the ability to improve the accessibility of media content to people with disabilities.
For example, people affected by motor-neurone disease or suffering locked-in-syndrome may increasingly be able to use brain-computer interfaces to get a better experience of digital and media services than they currently do.
The electroencephalography (EEG) brainwave reading headset has one small sensor that rests on a user’s forehead and another on a clip that attaches to the ear.
These sensors measure electrical activity in the brain.
In the case of this experimental app, a user can select either ‘concentration’ or ‘meditation’ as the brain control mechanism.
If the user selects ‘concentration’, the headset and app monitors their level of concentration and a ‘volume bar’ of brain-waves is displayed on the screen, to visually illustrate their level of concentration.
Once a certain threshold of concentration has been reached, a message is sent to the tablet to perform an action – in this case, to initially launch BBC iPlayer
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BBC Trials Change Channels 2015-06-22
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by Sheldon Pearce
Young Money Entertainment
Listen to the track below
“One Dance” [ft. Wizkid and Kyla]
Toronto, like much of the Western Hemisphere, has been heavily impacted by the sprawl of African diaspora. A wave of immigrants from the Caribbean and later sub-saharan Africa have spread throughout provinces like Ontario since the 1970s, leaving a large cultural footprint. Drake, by extension, has been greatly affected by this melting pot of sounds and ideas. He filmed the video for 2010's “Find Your Love” with dancehall singer Mavado in Kingston. He flexes into his patois every chance he gets. During the “Hotline Bling” controversy with D.R.A.M., he tried to draw comparisons to Jamaican riddims, where artists all riff off of a single, popular rhythm. If Drake is really Toronto’s ambassador, it makes sense that these cultural cues would creep into his fluidly-evolving pop raps.
But lately Drake has been flirting with dancehall and afrobeat even more than usual. Outside of his appearance on Rihanna’s smash hit “Work” and the recently-leaked “Controlla,” he has aligned himself with some of the genre's emerging stars. Drake has become increasingly chummy with Jamaican sensation Popcaan—the OVO team popped up in 2013's “Unruly Prayer” video, and Drake let the dancehall singer ad-lib some of “Ghetto (Tired of Crying)” on the tail-end of “Know Yourself” (Popcaan also features on “Controlla”). Last year, Drake remixed the Nigerian singer Wizkid’s “Ojuelegba” with Skepta (who is himself a byproduct of the West Indies via grime’s dancehall influence). Drake's new fusion jam, “One Dance,” is the natural next step—a buoyant tune that reunites Drake with Wizkid and samples Crazy Cousinz’s UK funky mix of Paleface and Kyla’s “Do You Mind.” It’s a cultural Inception: an afrobeat pulse inside a UK funky sample inside a dancehall gyrator.
UK funky itself is a natural descendant of both dancehall and afrobeat, and the sample stands at the core of “One Dance.” Kyla’s voice and that resonant piano mash are the first things heard before they cave into a throbbing, wine-worthy tropical thumper. The message is as simple as the beat is mesmerizing: “One Dance” is about the spiritual connection two people can have in a club, when vibrations charge the air and they lose themselves. Drake’s verses drift while Wizkid’s echoing chirps melt into the fabric of the rhythm. In the closing seconds, a series of tones and polyrhythms collapse in on one another as Kyla’s croons give way the Drake’s once more. It feels symbolic of the full-fledged multiculturalism on display.
Listen via Apple Music.
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Tian Hattingh
Birds & Bibles in History (Monochrome Version)
Author: Tian Hattingh
Category: Bibles
Birds & Bibles in History is the most comprehensive scientific study of the birds mentioned in Christian Bibles ever. It is the result of author Tian Hattingh being both a Biblical Hebrew student and an amateur ornithologist. It was completed over a twelve year period which included a number of in loco visits to Israel. He investigated all 409 references to birds mentioned in Christian Bibles, ensuring that the original Hebrew and Greek texts are reproduced as accurately as possible. Part 1 covers the development of Ornithology from ancient times to this day. It focuses on the Biblical authors like Moses and Job, ancient writers like Aristotle, carries on through the Middle Ages, and right up to modern times. Influences from the likes of Darwin, Audubon, Gilbert White, and Eugene Marais are dealt with in detail. Relevant subjects like migration, extinction, bird-strikes, and nomenclature, are also dealt with. Part 2 deals with the development of all Bibles, and shows how this three thousand year long process influences the way that we have to deal with Bibles in general. It also shows how we should keep "textual criticism" in mind when dealing with the passages referring to birds in particular. Part 3 presents the reader with concise information about the thirty six bird species mentioned in Bibles, including the relationship of the different avian families to man through the ages. It shows how each reference should be translated to produce the "closest natural equivalent" of the original meaning. This includes for example twenty-five references to nine Owl species, and the most famous rooster in the world. As a result of his study, Tian has come to the startling conclusion that the Biblical authors, and not Aristotle as is generally accepted, were in fact the first Ornithologists. This conclusion is motivated in Part 4, by using the example of the Great Flood in Genesis 6-9, and the Ostrich in Job 39. The Indexes in Part 5 present the wealth of information in different formats, making it readily accessible and a useful source of reference to scholars and laymen alike. Even avian terminology like "feather," and "fly" for example, are included. Birds & Bibles in History contains no less than 120 colour photographs, adding an additional splendour rarely seen in a publication of this kind. Please NOTE: This is a monochrome version of: Birds & Bibles in History, a full colour version is published with ISBN: 978-1907313707.
The Birds of the Bible
Author: Gene Stratton-Porter
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Gene Stratton-Porter, the Indiana novelist and bird lover, offers the fruits of several years' loving labor in “Birds of the Bible”, a handsome volume. The riches of bird lore that Mrs. Porter has unearthed will surprise anyone who opens the book. "Birds of the Bible " is designed for all lovers of birds in general, and lovers of Bible birds and Bible poetry in particular. It contains every reference made to birds in the Bible: describes the location, and explains the characteristics of the bird. In this book, the author, one of the most successful writers of her days, both as a naturalist and a novelist, has made her greatest effort to do something worth while for the world, having given three years to the preparation of the text.
Thaddeus Mason HARRIS
The Natural History of the Bible
or, a description of all the quadrupeds, birds, fiches, reptiles, and insects, trees, plants, flowers, gums, and precious stones, mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures
Author: Thaddeus Mason HARRIS
Henry Baker Tristram
Biblical teaching
Being a Review of the Physical Geography, Geology, and Meteorology of the Holy Land, with a Description of Every Animal and Plant Mentioned in Holy Scripture
Author: Henry Baker Tristram
Category: Biblical teaching
The Natural History of the Bible: or, a description of all the beasts, ... trees, ... metals, precious stones, etc. mentioned in the sacred Scriptures. Collected from the best authorities, and alphabetically arranged
William Goodhugh
The Bible cyclopædia: or, Illustrations of the civil and natural history of the sacred writings [ed. by W. Goodhugh, completed by W.C. Taylor].
Author: William Goodhugh
Augustin Calmet
Calmet's Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible: Calmet's great dictionary of the Holy Bible
Author: Augustin Calmet
Category: Bible
The English Version of the Polyglott Bible
Containing the Old and New Testaments, with Marginal Readings, and a Full and Original Selection of References to Parallel and Illustrative Passages ... to which are Added a Critical Introduction to the Holy Scriptures, and to Each of the Books
George Laycock
The Bird Watcher's Bible
Author: George Laycock
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Tells about attracting and observing birds, bird photography, bird watching in big cities, building bird houses and feeders, and special vacation spots for birding.
Nature in the Bible
Being a Review of the Physical Geography, Geology, and Meteorology of the Holy Land : with a Description of Every Animal and Plant Mentioned in Holy Scripture
Category: Nature in the Bible
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Amazon Permaculture Field Trip
Amazon permaculture tour
I can’t imagine a better way to be lost on the Amazon than in the company of 35 international permaculture delegates on a boat with a week’s supply of food on board. Yes, the pilot got us lost several times during the journey from Manaus to the permaculture project near Boa Vista, so what should have been a 17 hour journey extended to just over 24 hours. He managed to get lost a few more times on the return journey which ended up taking 38 hours.
The Amazon is an easy place to lose one’s way, especially at the tail end of the wet season when the rivers flow is at its peak. The water level rises by up to 10 meters which can represent up to 100m or more of shoreline under water, creating a literal maze of large and small islands, floating islands of water weeds and grasses, and tendrils of land spits punctuating the river’s spread which extends up to 100km wide in places. The mind has difficulty comprehending the vastness of the river system and sheer volume of water it carries.
The mighty Amazon near Manaus – an intricate maze of river, islands and waterways.
The term Amazon has always evoked images of endless expanses of ancient tropical forest systems but when one is actually in the heart of the Amazon travelling the world’s greatest river one realises that the whole system, including forest, is predominantly about water. This first became apparent flying into Manaus and observing the maze of waterways and massive volume of billowing clouds rising from the forests.
Recent research identifying the isotopes of raindrops have traced Amazon-generated clouds travelling up along the east coast of North America, over Greenland, to bring rains to Sweden and Northern Europe.
The land and forest inundation during the annual wet season results in huge expanses of forest standing in water for months on end providing food and breeding habitat for the diverse fish species and wildlife of the river system. Several keen birdwatchers in our group identified over 40 species of birds in a few hours, including an iconic tucan flying directly over head. Shouts of amazement accompanied every sighting of the freshwater Amazonian dolphins including several of the exquisite pink dolphins, and a lone sea-cow head bobbing up by a floating meadow.
The entire shoreline is dotted with small villages, isolated houses and small farms. The Amazon supports a surprisingly large population and the pressures of inappropriate landuse and development are taking their toll. One of the key problems arises from clearing the riparian forest areas for grazing land which leaves the soil vulnerable to erosion during the wet and reduces critical habitat and food supplies for the hundreds of aquatic fish, birds and animals that depend on the riparian forest systems for survival.
Farms along the Amazon riverbank are clearing the forest for crops and grazing.
It was heartening to also see examples of sustainable traditional farming and village settlement in between the areas of cancerous grassland. The sustainable systems are based on maintaining perennial vegetation to the banks of the river—a mix of natural and managed production forests of fruit and nut trees, palms, cocoa shrubs, legumes and small plots of cassava in between. Over 100 species of palm trees occur in the Amazon, all bearing productive yields of food, oil and fibre.
Fifteen years ago Ali Sharif commenced the Amazonian Permaculture Centre in Manaus, capital of the Amazonas state in Brazil, the site was an abandoned agriculture training centre of compacted soil on the city’s fringe and now functions as a permaculture research and development, training and support centre for numerous projects with rural communities in the central Amazonian region. Food forests, organic cropping systems, water harvest and treatment techniques and a myriad of animal production systems have been trialled and developed at the centre. Most impressive are the freshwater aquaculture research systems where over 100 species of Amazonian freshwater fish are being trialled for hatchery and fish farming potential.
The Amazon Permaculture outreach centre at Boa Vista
Ali gave an historic perspective on the Amazon and the issues facing the ecosystems and people living within them. His centre is working with numerous communities along the central Amazon River region and our boat journey took us to spend 3 days based at one of these outposts and explore some of the nearby village projects.
The key areas of focus with the village projects are health and appropriate livelihood. One of the greatest financial burdens for river communities is paying for medication for disease, and 40% of disease is directly related to water-borne illnesses arising from e-coli contamination from human waste. The frontline defence for addressing these issues is installing rainwater collection tanks for drinking water and dry composting toilets to isolate human waste from ground, surface and river water supplies. Women’s programs focus on improving nutrition by increasing the range of vegetables grown for domestic consumption and establishing herb gardens as living apothecaries in the villages, together with providing training in their use and application.
Villager harvesting honey from an Amazonian stingless bee hive
The most successful micro-enterprise development has been the beekeeping program. The native stingless bees bring high returns for low capital establishment costs and low work input. The honey is particularly highly prised for medicinal purposes and a small village enterprise of several dozen little hives can produce up to 100 kg of valuable honey annually, earning more than any other crop. The small beehives stand on permanent poles dotted under the fruit trees and food forests surrounding the village. A cooperative of village beekeepers manages collective marketing.
The benefits of honey production as a high-value enterprise is a key strategy to reduce the need (or temptation) to clear land for cattle grazing, and as an activity compatible with maintaining native tree and perennial plant production systems for both subsistence and small commercial crops. Improving small livestock production for protein foods is another important focus of the village programs, mainly with poultry and pigs integrated with food forest production, and eventually the introduction of aquaculture ponds.
The awe inspired by travelling a short section of the Amazon is something words cannot convey, and the experience of a tropical sunset and full moon rising over it’s expansive waters is a memory imprinted in my consciousness for life.
Robyn Francis, June 2007
Tree crops are important in farming systems on the riverbank.
An old canoe makes a raised garden bed – just above the wet season high-water level
Brazil nut trees are protected
Traversing creeks by canoe to visit villages in the Boa Vista area of the Amazon
Cassava, the staple crop being ground and dried in a village cassava ‘factory’
The iconic giant Amazonian waterlily
Village fisherman with a Pirana catch
Composting toilet made from an 44 gallon drum has a major impact on improving village health
Typical traditional house in a Boa Vista village
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Fan Fiction - Casey & Zeke - Romeo and Juliet
And it's Cazekiel Day again. Hard to believe, isn't it? Let's have some fun with the boys again. Today a story I've written for Fic_promptly at Dreamwidth some time ago.
Title: Romeo and Juliet
Prompt: Author's Choice, Author's Choice, Romeo and Juliet is not meant to be a romance!
Word Count: 335 words
Casey rolled his eyes. Alone sharing a table with Zeke took a lot of patience. But working together with him on a presentation at English literature was a pain.
"What do you mean, 'Romeo and Juliet' is not meant to be a romance? What do you think it is?"
Zeke smirked.
"A horror play."
"A what? You can't be serious. Did you actually read it?"
"Sure I did. Twice. It's about love and treason and love and death. Horror, like I said. Though I have to admit I prefer Steven King to Shakespeare, his novels have much more potential."
"You compare Shakespeare with King?"
This discussion was ridiculous, wasn't it?
"Great. Tell this in our presentation, and we will get a D in the best case."
Zeke laughed and winked at him.
"Don't worry, Case, you know, Miss Burke loves me."
Casey pulled the face. Oh, yeah, of course. How could he overlook the fact the teacher obviously had a secret crush at Zeke, like almost every girl at school? And Zeke seemed to enjoy this game and knew to take advantage out of it.
Annoyed Casey grabbed for his exercise book and stuffed it into his backpack. Enough was enough. But when he wanted to rush out of the library, Zeke hold him back.
"Hey, wait. I've already worked out a first draft of our presentation. If you want to have a look at it."
Full of distrust Casey stared at the papers, the boy had put on the table in front of him. Zeke chuckled slightly.
"Don't worry, it's not about horror and King. I praise good old Shakespeare as if he's the god of writing. And of course, we will get an A-plus."
He shrugged.
"Not that I do care much, but I know you do."
Casey exhaled audibly while he dropped down onto the wooden chair again and grabbed for the draft.
"You can be such a pain in the ass, Zeke," he said.
Zeke grinned wide.
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*giggles* I do love Zeke when he's cocky like that. :))
I giggled myself while I did write this :)
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Home » Blog » APA Sued Over Misleading Membership Fees — Again
APA Sued Over Misleading Membership Fees — Again
By John M. Grohol, Psy.D.
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Last updated: 8 Jul 2018
~ 2 min read
Nearly three years ago, we reported on the kerfuffle over psychologists who were upset to find that the “mandatory assessment” fee they thought was, well, mandatory turned out to be entirely optional. The fee was being paid to the American Psychological Association (APA), the professional guild association for psychologists, to fund a legally separate organization, the APAPO, tasked with lobbying (mostly at the state level — not the federal level).
A class-action lawsuit against the APA was thrown out earlier last year on technical grounds (but with prejudice, suggesting a new lawsuit has a harder road to climb).
Despite that, a new lawsuit was recently filed in federal court in California “accusing the group of misleading its members into paying a fee used to fund its lobbying arm as part of their annual dues.”
Law360 has the story:
To fund the [APAPO lobbying] group, the APA started assessing the so-called special fees, which were included on its annual membership dues statement with the instruction that any members who provide any health-related services “must pay” the fees, Grossman claims. These special fees were significant, ramping up to about $140 in 2011 — or about half of the APA dues themselves — according to the complaint.
This was backed by information on the group’s website and in a public statement, reiterating that the special fee was mandatory and that the only reason the fee was assessed separately was for tax reasons, due to APAPO’s separate tax status as a lobbying group, the suit alleges.
However, after a number of APA members discovered in 2010 that the special fee was only mandatory for membership in APAPO and began to spread the information to other members, the group had a turnaround, admitting its prior fee statements “[did] not make clear” that the fee was only for APAPO membership and that its 2011 dues statements would “be modified to clarify this point,” according to Grossman.
According to the APA, it continues to lose membership too, suffering an 8 percent decline in 2011 and nearly a 2 percent decline in 2012. Other professional organizations, including the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychiatric Association, continue to see their membership ranks increase during the same period.
Given the APA’s confusing messaging and lack of apology about the issue, it’s not surprising to find that APA members have voted with their feet.1 According to financial statements on the APAPO website, the special assessment fees received in 2011 dropped 14.5 percent — significantly more than the drop in overall APA membership for that year.
While we don’t want to see the APAPO go away, we do want to see the APA apologize for misrepresenting the fee for nearly a decade to its own members — and repay it to any member who felt misled.2 An ethical and responsible organization shouldn’t need a lawsuit as a prod in order to do the right thing.
Read the full article: Psychologists Group Sued Over Misleading Membership Fees
Every time we and others asked the APA about the confusing messaging, spokespeople gave a canned response about the assessment being “mandatory” to be a member in the APAPO — one of those typical legal/PR answers that doesn’t answer the question. [↩]
The APA can afford to fund APAPO entirely on its own — without the “special” assessment. They clearly have the money, between the generous compensation packages they pay their top executives, the $11.4M profit reported in 2010, and the $9.3M profit reported in 2011. The APAPO’s annual budget is only $5M. [↩]
John M. Grohol, Psy.D.
Dr. John Grohol is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Psych Central. He is a psychologist, author, researcher, and expert in mental health online, and has been writing about online behavior, mental health and psychology issues since 1995. Dr. Grohol has a Master's degree and doctorate in clinical psychology from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Grohol sits on the editorial board of the journal Computers in Human Behavior and is a founding board member of the Society for Participatory Medicine. You can learn more about Dr. John Grohol here.
Grohol, J. (2018). APA Sued Over Misleading Membership Fees — Again. Psych Central. Retrieved on July 19, 2019, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/apa-sued-over-misleading-membership-fees-again/
Last reviewed: By a member of our scientific advisory board on 8 Jul 2018
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Indian start-ups at risk as investors close taps, Narendra Modi fund falls short
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi lines up a four-year, $1.5 billion government fund to help startups create jobs, entrepreneurs fear that may prove a drop in the ocean.Reuters | January 20, 2016, 07:53 IST
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi lines up a four-year, $1.5 billion government fund to help startups create jobs, entrepreneurs fear that may prove a drop in the ocean.
MUMBAI: After pumping billions of dollars into Indian internet start-ups in the last 24 months, global investors are cutting that flood back a trickle as dreams of huge online sales are clouded by soaring valuations and still-distant profits.
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi lines up a four-year, $1.5 billion government fund to help startups create jobs, entrepreneurs fear that may prove a drop in the ocean. Venture capitalists have already tightened purse strings as ripples from China's economic slowdown lap around the world.
According to a new report by CB Insights and KPMG, venture capital investments in India's start-ups nearly halved to $1.5 billion in fourth-quarter 2015 from July-September. Faltering start-ups could mean India missing out on huge potential: Bank of America Merrill Lynch has forecast Indian e-commerce will surge to $220 billion by 2025 from about $11 billion last year.
"While the first phase of funding was about investing in big markets...now investors want to look at how entrepreneurs manage their business and compete while investing," said Niren Shah, India head of Norwest Venture Partners, said.
Modi's plan for newly launched companies includes tax breaks on their first three years of profits, as well as their investors.
But most of India's tech startups make losses, not profits. They follow a discount-driven business model aimed at generating revenue from customers that buy and sell goods and services, touting growth in 'gross merchandise value' on their platforms as a metric to attract funding.
Two of the country's best known e-commerce retailers - Flipkart and Snapdeal - have attracted big-name backers like Accel Partners, Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings and Japan's SoftBank Group Corp, enthused by growth potential in a country where only 252 million of a population of 1.3 billion people have Internet access.
Yet the pair have notched up huge losses as they compete for increasing sales through deep discounts, according to banking and industry sources. Flipkart and Snapdeal did not immediately respond to Reuters' emails seeking comment.
"In the last few years, people were looking at gross merchandise value (when considering investment)," said Radhika Aggarwal, co-founder and chief business officer of online marketplace Shopclues.com. "I think that changed very quickly in the second half of last year."
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Why I miss the cartoon wrestling world of the early 90s
Posted on May 7, 2013 by Editor
Craig Wilson
Growing up watching the then World Wrestling Federation was great fun. On one hand there were the heroes such as Hulk Hogan, ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan and the Ultimate Warrior that everyone cheered alongside the bad guys in Sgt. Slaughter, Andre the Giant and the Undertaker that the crowd loathed. Those were great and simpler times.
The most successful tag team in wrestling history The Legion of Doom
The over the top gimmicks of stars such as the viking character of The Berserker, the corrections officer Big Boss Man, a petty thief in the Repo Man, Doink the Clown and Papa Shango, a witch doctor.
In addition, there were the bright and colourful attired stars such as the Macho Man Randy Savage and Koko B. Ware. Those that liked their stars with face paint were catered for as well with the Powers of Pain, Demolition and the Legion of Doom. And let’s not forget the great young talent, and ring greats, in future WWE Hall of Famers Curt ‘Mr. Perfect’ Hennig. Shawn Michaels and Bret ‘the Hitman’ Hart.
Of course, as someone who first become attracted to the product of the then WWF in the very late eighties and into the early nineties, it is only natural that I have an affection for this time period in wrestling history. It was the characters that really drew me to the product. I remember being devastated when the Iraqi sympathising Sgt. Slaughter defeated the Ultimate Warrior for the WWF championship but also the euphoria when the battle between good and evil was won by Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania 7.
I remember being distraught when The Hart Foundation dropped the tag team titles to the Nasty Boys whilst struggling to contain my excitement when when the Ultimate Warrior hit the ring to stop Hogan receiving a beating at Wrestlemania 8.
The voodoo practitioner Papa Shango
When Papa Shango’s debuted in the WWF few had any real idea what he was all about. Seeing him use voodoo to make the Ultimate Warrior physically sick – albeit some sort of bizarre green puke that in hindsight seems ridiculous. What about the debut of the Undertaker and wondering if anyone could beat ‘the dead man’? And, what about seeing Jake Robert’s pet python sink its fangs into the arm of the Mach Man? As well as enthralling the crowd, the WWF product could frighten you too. I loved growing up at that time and seeing these superstars on my TV screen. These larger than life and out of this world characters
But will those growing up on the current product feel the same? I doubt it very much. If it was the over the top characters and the battles between the good guys and baddies that attracted me, what is it that attracts fans to the product now? Those ridiculous character and gimmicks of old are long gone and the dividing lines between the faces (good guys) and heels (bad guys) have been blurred beyond recognition. Of course, there are still some of the superstars that the fans can get roundly behind. Go to a WWE show and you see kids sporting a piece of John Cena merchandise in a similar way to kids in my era wearing Hulk Hogan shirts or waving foam fingers. Sure, there are still some characters from those days gone by as well, the Undertaker is still there and he’s joined by his storyline brother ‘Kane’ but where are the others?
Of course, the WWE is trying to make its current product more believable than the early 90s cartoon product was but is being believable what we’re after? I mean, take the WWE PPV later this month – Extreme Rules – no one thinks that when a superstar is inevitably is thrown through a table that the wood of that table is anything stronger than plywood, right? Or that the steel chair smashed over them is really made of a strong a steel. Of course we don’t believe it. After all, the art of Wrestling is to take an event that isn’t painful and sell it to the crowd as if it was.
Hulk Hogan, a man that carried Wrestling to new levels throughout the 80s and 90s
If in doubt, I should state that I know wrestling isn’t real. As Vince and the WWE have never tired of telling us, it’s sports entertainment not a sport but that doesn’t mean I don’t go on nostalgia trips. Hand on heart, I miss the golden days of the Hulkamania era. I miss the pomp and ceremony, the over the top silly gimmicks, the pumped up good guys battling evil and stars with names than made them out to be superheroes and Warriors and not just normal sized guys. I miss all of that. Every single bit of it. Wrestling’s not meant to be taken seriously and I am nostalgic about the old days. I love when Raw goes ‘Old Skool’ from time to time and I popped more than anything at Wrestlemania 17 when they announced a battle royal featuring stars of yesteryear in their gimmicks that would never find a place in modern wrestling..
I know, I know. Times change and I have to roll with the winds of change and if I want to watch the WWE then I’ll have to take what I can get. Doesn’t mean I can’t miss the olden days. In that spirit, I’m off to watch Royal Rumble 1992.
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2 thoughts on “Why I miss the cartoon wrestling world of the early 90s”
You took the words right out of my mouth! Thanks for the post + pictures 😃
awesome post…..I also missed that time so much…RIP Warrior I will always believe….Your Spirit will live forever.greets from Dresden,Germany
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Gaudium et Spes: Share Our Riches
November 5, 2013 terryweldon Leave a comment
With so much recent attention on the extravagance of Germany’s Bishop of Bling, the second reading from this mornings office has a particular relevance, with its stress on the extent of world poverty, and the Christian obligation to share our wealth. Below is a short extract, that should be especially embarrassing for bishops indulging in luxurious lifestyles.
But the message is important for all of us, not only bishops, and certainly includes gay Catholics. Continue reading Gaudium et Spes: Share Our Riches →
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Victim 0001: Fr Mychal Judge, gay saint of 9/11
September 11, 2012 terryweldon Leave a comment
As we reflect on the tragedy that was 9/11, and as we as LGBT Catholics face the fierce resistance by Catholic bishops to marriage equality, let us recall eleven years later, that the first victim carried out of the ruins of the World Trade Centre was – a gay Catholic priest, Mychal Judge. He was not one of the unfortunate victims trapped inside the building at the time of the attack with no time to escape, but the chaplain to the New York fire department, who had entered the building after the attack, together with the firefighters, to render what assistance he could. In his story, are many lessons relevant to those of us who struggle with the challenge of living authentically as both Catholic, and queer.
“First from the Flames”, statue of firefighters carrying out the body of Mychal Judge
In the immediate aftermath of the carnage, when it emerged that the popular Catholic chaplain had voluntarily entered the collapsing building to support the firefighters, there were many prominent Catholics calling for his bravery and highly regarded ministry to be marked by canonization – calls that rapidly subsided once it emerged that within his circle of friends and colleagues, it was well known that Mychal Judge was widely known to be gay.
The story of his death is well – known, and available from many on- line sources (for examples, see the links below). It is his life that I want to explore.
In the book, “Queer and Catholic“, Salvatore Sapienza (author of Mychal’s Prayer: Praying with Father Mychal Judge) shares some reflections on the man that he knew personally during the late 1980’s, an article called, appropriately, “Fully Human, Fully Alive”:
“Walking to the subway station after an AA meeting in Manhattan, Father Mychal Judge, a Franciscan priest fully attired in his hooded brown monk’s habit , turned to a young man he had met at the meeting and exclaimed “Isn’t God wonderful!” When the young man asked the priest why, Father Mychal responded “Look at all the beautiful men out on a Friday night”.
What may sound like the introduction to another sordid story about the secret sexual lives of priests is anything but, for this is the tale of a man who took his vow of celibacy very seriously, yet still celebrated his sexuality openly. A man of God, but still just a man”.
– Sapienza, in “Queer and Catholic “.
The late 1980’s was a time when AIDS was taking a toll on the lives of countless gay American men. Later in his article, Sapienza describes how it was this that brought him into contact with Fr Mychal, soon after he had himself decided to commit to life in a religious community:
At a time when the Church should have come roaring into action – for this is where Jesus would surely have been with the outcasts and the sick – church leaders, instead, chose judgement over love. This was especially true in New York City, one of the places hardest hit with the virus, where Cardinal John O’Connor became the face of hate to the gay community.
While most Catholic clergy members kept their distance, Father Mychal took it upon himself to address the needs of the gay community at this time of crisis. He formed Saint Francis AIDS Ministry, one of the first Catholic AIDS organizations in the country. He, along with myself and three other professed religious men, began to minister to people with AIDS in area hospitals…
But in addition to his total commitment to service, through his AIDS ministry, or working with Dignity New York for gay Catholics, or through his regular employment as chaplain to New York’s fire fighters, he was also able to simply enjoy life – appreciating the male beauty around him, or in socializing with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
Whether sitting on a cot talking to a destitute man in a homeless shelter, shooting the breeze with a bunch of macho firefighters at a New York City firehouse, or shmoozing with some rich society matrons at a swanky benefit, Mychal had the amazing ability to socialize and empathize with everyone he met.
Sounds to me an awful lot like one Jesus of Nazareth!
There is important symbolism here – as a Catholic priest, openly gay within a limited circle, he was very far from unique. It is now widely accepted that a substantial proportion of Catholic priests are gay: many estimates put the number between a third and one half. Many are deeply closeted, a tiny number are fully out and open, and some, like Fr Mychal, are open to friends and colleagues, and even to bishops. This number is probably increasing, putting the bishops on “a steep learning curve”, as James Alison once put it to me, based on his discussions with them, in a range of localities. Publicly however, they seldom discuss the implications, or even acknowledge the phenomenon, just as there has been little serious attempt to engage fully and honestly with the idea that gay men, lesbians, or other queer people in loving and committed relationships can be good and faithful Catholics.
Just as the case for heterosexual priests, some of these gay priests are sexually active – but Mychal Judge, like others, was not, honouring his vow of celibacy. In this, he reminds us that outside the matter of orientation, gay priests are much like any others – and many loving same – sex couples have much in common with conventionally married ones.
But the most important symbol in his story, and the reason for his celebration as a saint of 9/11, is in the powerful example of authentic Catholicism that he displayed, in his life, and in his death – an example of unswerving commitment to service to others, in the name of the Lord, as reflected in his prayer:
Mychal’s Prayer:
Lord, take me where You want me to go,
let me meet who You want me to meet,
tell me what You want me to say,
and keep me out of Your way.
It is this, not slavish adherence to a sexual book or rules, that makes one a true Catholic.
Books & Film
Lynch, Kelly Ann: He Said Yes: The Story of Father Mychal Judge
Ford, Michael: Father Mychal Judge: An Authentic American Hero
Daly, Michael: The Book of Mychal: The Surprising Life and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge
Sapienza, Salvatore: Mychal’s Prayer: Praying with Father Mychal Judge
Collaborwrite: Father Mychal Judge – GOD’s Spirit in Sandals
Evans, Amie M. and Trebor Healey: Queer and Catholic
Saint of 9/11 – The True Story of Father Mychal Judge
Saint of 9/11 – The True Story of Father Mychal Judge (Trailer)
Catholic Parish Honours Gay Saint, Mychal Judge
Gay, Celibate Catholic Priests: Mychal Judge, and Fred Daley
Saint Mychal Judge website, with links for:
Mychal’s Life (Books, Film, Stories)
Mychal’s Heroic Death: details
Mychal After 9/11 (Reflections, Honors, Continuing work, Organizations)
Sainthood, Miracles, Patron Saint
a Gay Saint in fact
Quotes by & about Mychal Judge
Prayers + Prayer Cards
Mychal Judge, gay saint of 9/11 (Jesus in Love)
Fr Mychal Judge: Not Just Another 9/11 Memorial (Guardian)
The Saint of 9/11, Fr Mychal Judge (10 000 Same – Sex Couples)
Gay Catholic Icon, Rev Mychal Judge (Huffington Post)
9/11 Victim 0001: Fr Mychal Judge’s Message (Truthdig)
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Cardinal Carlo Martini Criticized Church Soon Before Death
September 3, 2012 terryweldon Leave a comment
The former archbishop of Milan and papal candidate Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini said the Roman Catholic Church was “200 years out of date” in his final interview before his death, published Saturday.
Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, right, with Pope Benedict XVI in 2005.
Cardinal Martini, once favored by Vatican progressives to succeed Pope John Paul II and a prominent voice in the church until his death at 85 on Friday, gave his view of the church as a pompous and bureaucratic institution failing to move with the times.
“Our culture has aged, our churches are big and empty and the church bureaucracy rises up; our rituals and our cassocks are pompous,” Cardinal Martini said in the interview published in Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera.
“The church must admit its mistakes and begin a radical change, starting from the pope and the bishops,” he said in the interview. “The pedophilia scandals oblige us to take a journey of transformation.”
Cardinal Martini, famous for comments that the use of condoms could be acceptable in some cases, told interviewers the church should open up to new kinds of families or risk losing its flock.
“A woman is abandoned by her husband and finds a new companion to look after her and her children.” he said. “A second love succeeds. If this family is discriminated against, not just the mother will be cut off, but also her children.”
– more at NYTimes.com.
Cardinal Martini, on Gay Partnerships
More Support for Gay Civil Unions – Cardinal Martini
A New Saint for Those Who Long for Reforming the Catholic Church (newwaysministryblog.wordpress.com)
Cardinal Martini’s last interview (commonwealmagazine.org)
Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini said Catholic Church was “200 years out of date” in final interview (vancouversun.com)
The Man Who Could Have Been Pope: ‘The Church is 200 Years Out of Date’ (patheos.com)
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August 10: Andrew Sullivan
August 10, 2012 terryweldon Leave a comment
b. August 10, 1963
Andrew Sullivan is an author and journalist who regularly appears on national television and whose commentary is featured in major national publications. He is a leading advocate of same-sex marriage.
“The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It’s the ones that become the friendships that last.”
Andrew Sullivan was born in South Godstone, a small town in southern England, in 1963. After earning a B.A. in modern history from Oxford University he received a fellowship to study at Harvard University, where he earned a masters degree in public administration and a Ph.D. in government.
In 1986, he began at The New Republic (TNR) and in 1991, he was named the magazine’s editor, the youngest in its history. In the five years Sullivan was at the helm, the magazine’s circulation grew and advertising revenues increased. Sullivan expanded TNR’s sphere beyond politics to cover such cultural topics as same-sex marriage and affirmative action. He created a stir by publishing excerpts from the controversial study on race and IQ, The Bell Curve.
In the 1990’s Sullivan became known for his writing on gay issues. His article “The Politics of Homosexuality” has been called the most influential article of the decade in gay rights. Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality was the first book to advocate civil marriage rights for gay couples. Sullivan also publishedLove Undetectable: Notes on Friendship, Sex, and Survival and edited a reader,Same-Sex Marriage: Pro and Con.
As a practicing Catholic, Sullivan has challenged the Roman Catholic Church’s position on homosexuality. In Virtually Normal he takes the position that the Bible forbids homosexuality only when it is linked to prostitution or pagan ritual.
Sullivan started his blog, The Daily Dish, in 2000. His articles have appeared in The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Postand Esquire. He is a regular guest on The Chris Matthews Show, Charlie Rose, Anderson Cooper 360°, Meet The Press, Face the Nation, Nightline, NPR’s Fresh Airand Larry King Live.
TIME Magazine Bio
Selected works by Andrew Sullivan:
Love Undetectable: Notes on Friendship, Sex, Survival. Vintage, 1999.
Same-Sex Marriage, Pro and Con. Vintage, 2004.
The Conservative Soul. HarperCollins, 2006.
Virtually Normal. Vintage, 1996.
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Aquino Defeats Church, Pacquiao Over Philippine Condom Law – Businessweek
August 7, 2012 terryweldon Leave a comment
Philippine President Benigno Aquino defeated a former world boxing champion and leaders of the Catholic Church yesterday as lawmakers chose to advance 14-year- old legislation to fund free family planning.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino
The House of Representatives voted to end debate on a bill that would provide free contraceptives to stem unwanted pregnancies in a country where population growth is twice the Asian average. Bishops and world welterweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao led criticism of the proposal on religious grounds, testing the political clout of church leaders who helped Aquino’s late mother rise to power in 1986.
“This has been a longstanding battle for a Philippine church which has, for most of its history, been dominated by the more conservative faction among its clerics,” said Julius Bautista, a visiting fellow at the National University of Singapore. “The passage of this bill would be the latest setback in a larger political landscape in which the church is losing the ability to influence policy.”
Endorsement of the bill, which still requires a final House vote and Senate approval, would mark a victory for Aquino, whose approval rating among the Philippines’s 104 million people remains at about 70 percent after two years in office. The United Nations has said it will help reduce poverty among the 20 million people living in slum conditions as the country becomes wealthier with annual economic growth of more than 5 percent.
full report at Businessweek.
UN backs Philippine contraception
House ends RH debate
The Church’s real contraception agenda
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Gay Popes: Sixtus IV (r. 1471-1484)
July 21, 2012 terryweldon Leave a comment
b. July 21, 1414
d. August 12, 1484
Pope Sixtus IV appoints Platina as Prefect of the Library, by Melozzo da Forlì
Sixtus IV (r. 1471-1484), born Francesco della Rovere, was notable enough to have the Sistine Chapel named after him. Like Julius III with Innocenzo, Sixtus made his lover Petro Riario – who was also his nephew – a cardinal. According to Crompton, this time writing in his monumental history Homosexuality and Civilization, Sixtus was labeled a “sodomite” in the dispatches of the Venetian ambassador and the diaries of Vatican insiders Stefano Infessura and Johann Burchard. Another nephew, Giuliano della Rovere, later achieved infamy as the “terrible pope” Julius II (1503-1513), Sixtus IV (1414-1482), is remembered for his art patronage, which included the erection and first decorations of the Sistine chapel. Among the artists most prominent in his reign was the Florentine homosexual Botticelli.This pope favored his scheming nephews, one of whom himself became pope under the name of Julius II. However, Sixtus was most devoted to another nephew, Raffaele Riario, whom he made papal chamberlain and bishop of Ostia. He elevated to the cardinalate a number of other handsome young men.
Both within Catholic and Protestant circles, there were widely spread rumors about the homosexual liaisons of Sixtus IV (Francesco Della Rovere, 1414-84; reigned 1471-84); many of these were recorded by the chronicler Stefano Infessura (c. 1440-1500). Among the young men whom Sixtus is supposed to have favored is Giovanni Sclafenato (d. 1497), whom he appointed Cardinal and bishop of Parma. The inscription on Sclafenato’s tomb in Parma Cathedral–declaring that he was appointed Cardinal because of “his loyalty, industry, and other gifts of the spirit and the body”–lends support to allegations that his physical endowments helped to inspired the favors that the Pope extended to him.
Despite the scandalous rumors spread about his personal conduct, Sixtus was an effective leader, and he succeeded both in strengthening the temporal power of the Catholic Church and in halting temporarily the advances of Protestantism. He is responsible for establishing as dogma several fundamental aspects of Catholic belief, including the sanctity of Christ before the Resurrection.
Today, he is perhaps best remembered as an outstanding patron of the arts; he was responsible for initiating the physical rehabilitation of the city of Rome, which was continued by pontiffs in the early sixteenth century. He undertook the construction of the Sistine Chapel (1471-80) and the decoration of its walls (1481-2) with frescoes of biblical scenes by leading artists of the day, including Pietro Perugino, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and Cosimo Rosselli.
Sixtus IV has been accused of having had male lovers, the basis of this being the diary records of Stefano Infessura who recorded documented episodes, but also unsubstantiated rumours. He was accused of awarding benefices and bishoprics in return for sexual favours, and nominated a number of young men as cardinals, some of whom were celebrated for their looks. While it is indisputable that Sixtus favoured his relatives in the hope of having faithful executors of policy; there is less evidence of direct corruption or favouritism. The exception may perhaps be Giovanni Sclafenato, who was created a cardinal according to the papal epitaph on his tomb for “ingenuousness, loyalty and his others gifts of soul and body”. The English theologian John Bale attributed to Sixtus “the authorisation to practice sodomy during periods of warm weather”. However, such accusations by Protestant polemicists can be dismissed as attempts at anti-Catholic propaganda.
(Links to Amazon, UK)
Boswell, John: Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the 14th Century
Crompton, Louis: Homosexuality and Civilization
Duffy, Eamonn: Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes
Fletcher, Lynne Y: The First Gay Pope and Other Records
Quattrocchi, Angelo: The Pope is Not Gay!
(Links to Amazon.com, USA)
Boswell, John: Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century
Crompton, Louis: Homosexuality & Civilization
Duffy, Eamonn: Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes; Third Edition
Fletcher, Lynne Y: First Gay Pope
Gay Popes, Papal Sodomites
Gay Popes: John XII (955 – 964)
Gay Popes: Benedict IX (1012 – 1056)
Gay Popes: Paul II (1464 – 1471) and His Embarrassing Death
Gay Popes: Julius II (1503 – 1513)
Gay Popes: Leo X (1513 – 1521)
Gay Popes: Julius III (1550 – 1555)
Cardinal Francesco Maria de’ Medici, Gay Cardinal?
Cardinal Borghese (1576 – 1633), Patron ofHomoerotc Art
Cardinal Carlo Carafa, gay cardinal.
Gay Cardinals: Francesco Maria Del Monte (1549 – 1627)
Gay Cardinals: Francis Joseph Spellman
St. Paulinus of Nola, bishop and homoerotic poet
St Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop and Homoerotic Poet
Gay Bishops: Ralph of Tours (Promiscuos, Gay) and John of Orleans
Anselm of Canterbury: Gay Bishop, Gay Protector. 21/04
The Medieval Flowering of Homoerotic Christianity
The Story of the Queer Saints and Martyrs: Synopsis
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London: priests’ group appeals for inclusive dialogue on future of Church
More than 70 Catholic priests and deacons gathered at a London church yesterday to pray, share concerns, and discuss the future of the Church.
Priests’ meeting at St John’s, Waterloo
The meeting at St John’s Anglican Church, Waterloo, was called following a letter in the Tablet (2 June 2012) by seven priests, speaking of the ‘universal call to holiness in Christ’ for all the baptised made by the bishops at their November 2011 conference, and their desire to promote ‘a culture of vocation’ within the corporate identity of the Catholic Church, ‘marked by a confident Catholic faith’. The authors called for a more active encouragement of lay people in the work of the Church, and expressed concern that the call for collegiality made by Vatican II has not been realised.
After an opening prayer, the assembly sang Veni Sancte Spiritus and there was a short period of silence.
Fr Joe Ryan, north London parish priest and chair of Westminster Justice and Peace said he was glad to be part of the process of “building up the body of Christ” by attending the meeting. Fr Paul Saunders from Southwark Diocese said he saw it was “part of our stewardship” to pass on and develop the teachings of Vatican II.
Fr Patrick McLaughlin who spent years in peace and reconciliation at Corrymeela in Northern Ireland quoted Antony Di Mello who spoke of the need to “combine loyalty and obedience with creativity and confrontation”. At Corrymeela, he said, they had endeavoured to work collaboratively with people from different communities – “opening up spaces where people could be listened to with respect and gentleness”. The result, he pointed out, was that Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness eventually came to work together.
In a brief presentation, theologian Mary Gray spoke of her overwhelming sense of priests with a deep love of the Church but with great concerns for the future, with an ageing priesthood, declining vocations and loss of young people. There had a been euphoria after Vatican II, she said, but this had been followed by a great sense of disappointment.
“We could not have expected the failure to implement the teachings of Vatican II and the backlash that has followed”, she said. “People are confused. They see married former Anglican priests with families being ordained but Catholic seminarians cannot marry and there is no discussion about this.”
Underlying all this, she said, was the fact that people are afraid to speak, or be seen as critical in any way, for fear of very serious censure.
She advised: “As St Ignatius said: ‘go where the energy is good’. And that is – the monasteries, convents, and organisations like CAFOD”. She also advised people to express their views. Quoting Catherine of Siena she said: ‘I see that the world is destroyed through silence.’
-more at Independent Catholic News
“The Ire of Eire”: Catholic Rebellion Gathers Steam
Pope Acknowledges “Concern About the Slow Pace of Change
The (Embryonic) Spreading Catholic Spring: Belgian Catholics issue reform manifesto
“Disobedient priests plan global movement” (Austrian Independent Online News)
Yves Congar’s account of Vatican II is theologically fascinating and just plain entertaining… (realclearreligion.org)
A study in differences: The state of the Catholic Church – and the world – before Vatican II – and after. (douglawrence.wordpress.com)
Australia: Priests Could be Ordered to Report Crime Confessions (frstephensmuts.wordpress.com)
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A Tactic of Deceit 2
by quinersdiner • Politics
“Americans use 500 million drinking straws every day.”
Says who? Says ten year old Milo Cress, that’s who.
Young Milo became convinced that drinking straws pollute our oceans. He put together a campaign called “we go strawless.” As John Stossel points out, the media, environmentalists, and leftist politicians all embraced his 500 million number and ran with it. Straws are beginning to be banned in major cities, even though there is no evidence that the ten year old boy’s data is accurate, or that American straws are responsible for polluting the ocean. Even the National Park Service is quoting the boy’s numbers.
Real scientists tell a different story
By contrast, real scientists point out that it is Asia, not the US, that is responsible for the overwhelming quantity of debris floating in the oceans. Banning straws is a proverbial drop in the ocean when it comes to reducing pollution. But that doesn’t seem to matter to these activists.
Iowans for LIFE takes no position on the merits or demerits of drinking straws. We are concerned at the impact slippery data can have on public policy. We’ve noticed that environmentalists have had an adversarial relationship with human beings for a long time. They view man as an enemy to the environment, and have made apocalyptic predictions for half a century.
“The Population Bomb”
Dr. Paul Ehrlich, author of “The Population Bomb,” famously claimed that mass starvation would rack the world, leading to the deaths of 65 million Americans in the 1980s in what he characterized as the “Great Die-Off.”
Why? Overpopulation.
He and fellow environmentalists claimed we’d run out of oil by 1985, and that citizens would have to wear gas masks in their daily living to survive in our polluted atmosphere.
Dr. Ehrlich and his minions had special antipathy towards the Catholic Church because of her opposition to artificial birth control, characterizing the Church as terrorists:
“Thus you have ‘God-fearing’ people trying to maintain their rigid positions, especially trying to control the lives of women. I consider that their rigid opposition to something so basic, so critical to the future of life on Earth, as controlling reproduction to be just as unethical as any major affront to the environment or terrorist act.”
Babies are the worst
Of course, the apocalypse never came. Just the opposite. Their data was bogus, fueled by a tactic of deceit. But to this day, environmentalists’ discomfort with babies continues. Last year, NBC News ran a piece that asserts that,
“having a child, especially for the world’s wealthy, is one of the worst things you can do for the environment.”
A few days ago, the New York Times ran a piece by an English professor at Notre Dame who bemoaned the birth of his daughter. Roy Scranton said he cried when his daughter was born. Why? Because of his belief that,
“… in our selfishness, [we] doomed our daughter to life on a dystopian planet, and I could see no way to shield her from the future.”
Scranton accepts the most draconian assertions of the climate change crowd and states that,
“the most effective steps any of us can take to decrease carbon emissions are to eat a plant-based diet, avoid flying, live car free and have one fewer child, the last having the most significant impact by far.”
What concerns IFL about this rhetoric is the fervent belief in the environmental movement that babies are bad, that abortion is good, and that the power of the State should be used to control the population.
Are forced abortions and sterilizations in our future?
Paul Ehrlich actually believes in forced abortions and sterilizations. Planned Parenthood founder, Margaret Sanger, believed in government bribes to compel people from “undesirable groups” to agree to sterilization.
A lot of unserious data is pounced upon as fact by zealots willing to use these “facts” to impose drastic anti-life public policy on an unsuspecting public.
Big Abortion embraces the tactic of deceit
Former abortionists have come clean on their shameless use of the tactic of deceit to grease the skids for unfettered human abortion. As NARAL founder, Dr. Bernard Nathanson later admitted, Big Abortion lied when presenting data to make the case for legalizing abortion:
“We claimed that between five and ten thousand women a year died of botched abortions. The actual figure was closer to 200 to 300 and we also claimed that there were a million illegal abortions a year in the United States and the actual figure was close to 200,000. So, we were guilty of massive deception.”
An unhealthy link between abortion and environmental zealots
IFL sees an unhealthy link between abortion advocates and environmental zealots who view babies as polluters. After all, you can see how quickly a gullible world accepts a ten year old boy’s data.
Ironically, Iowans for LIFE advocates for Natural Family Planning which uses no chemicals to pollute a woman’s body or our environment. By contrast, the UN’s World Health Organization classifies The Pill as a class-one carcinogen.
The impact of artificial chemicals
Even more ironically, environmentalists, such as Al Gore and Robert Redford, legitimately fret about the impact of artificial chemicals on our environment. Mr. Gore went so far as to write the introduction to a book titled, “Our Stolen Future” by environmentalist Dr. Theo Colborn. Said Gore:
”We must find out if there are ways to protect children, who appear to be at greatest risk for birth defects and developmental disorders from such hormonally active compounds.”
And yet these same environmentalists express no concern for the artificial chemicals ingested by 11 million American women a day, chemicals that the United Nations say cause cancer.
While environmentalists get worked up over 500 million drinking straws used a day, Iowans for LIFE is more concerned about the reproductive health of American women consuming some 4 billion birth control pills a year.
[This essay was first published at the Iowans for LIFE blog. Iowans for LIFE invites you to attend the most provocative, fun, and celebratory pro-life fundraising banquet ever! Register today for “A Clash of Creeds.” Yes, it’s not until October 24th, but two-thirds of our tables are already sold! Don’t wait!]
Inconsistent principles
The prayer of a child
Tom Maly says:
Does Paul Ehrlich qualify as an early practitioner of “fake news”??
quinersdiner says:
Yes, and he’s only gotten worse.
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On schools, institutional racism & everyday violence
This is not an academic piece.
But it is a necessary piece. Like most emotionally heavy writing, it needed that impulse and perhaps a little less head to get ‘on paper’. The threat of anger, sadness or hopelessness can make it difficult for words to come, and to make themselves heard. So I am getting on with it trying to think as little as I can. As a young child, I watched my mother fight many battles. As a mother, I look upon her struggles with incredible sadness. I remember her standing in front of White female teachers, having argument after argument, about their low expectations, proposed stereotypical trajectories for our future and recurrent queries about our intelligence. I will recount in this piece, a few of these experiences and other related anecdotes covering both the French and UK context, without much analysis.
When I was five my mother fought the primary school who would not allow me to start school. This is the first battle I remember. Being born in February and missing the official cut off point for admission by a week or so, the decision as to whether I could start or not; was at the discretion of the school and, while for White children starting school a little early was rarely an issue, the school took umbrage that my mother thought her child was sufficiently intellectually developed to start.
My entry was barred. A rare occurrence. My mother challenged the school. Mainly out of principle as she knew she and I were being treated differently. The school dug their heels in and, decided that the only way to prove I was sufficiently intelligent or ‘cognitively ready’, was to test my IQ. I was subjected to a battery of tests by a team of psychologists. Then, they wrote their report. The school’s own appointed psychologists had found I had a much higher ‘intelligence’ than average and was in fact advanced for my age. Reluctantly, I was allowed in.
Fast forward, as a teen, within a philosophy class, I questioned Descartes’ dualism, you will understand, quite a sacrilegious thing to do as a Black girl. The teacher responded by calling me a monkey who was incapable of thinking and was, instead looking at the finger of Descartes, as Descartes was pointing to the sun.
Between the age of 14-16 I had a history and geography teacher who taught us about the important job France did in civilising and enlightening Africa, as part of this module on colonialism. The course was so whitewashed, uncritical and steeped in nostalgia, it was violent. In the end, students of colour were authorised, off the record, not to attend this class. A compromise to avoid the disturbance of our questions and critical eyes or, to having to rethink the curriculum.
Throughout my teens I watched my mother continue to battle with teachers who were still unconvinced that my seven sisters and I had the intellectual capacity to study at university, let alone study what we wanted to study. None of us were destined for intellectual pursuits. It was best that we considered non-academic subjects, like most Black kids around. My mother was delusional apparently, and had unrealistic expectations. My baby sister’s physics teacher was so set against her studying physics he refused to support her university application. That’s sister number seven. To sister number two, who wanted to study economics, it was recommended that she studied management. I was discouraged from studying psychology…
Those are only a few examples. Remember none of us had what it took to go to university. Despite all ‘odds’ and our limited intellectual capabilities, I count amongst my sisters one physicist, two economists, one accountant and wow…a psychologist. Seven out of eight of us did go to university, most of us obtained postgraduate qualifications.
I studied English at La Sorbonne in Paris straight after my baccalaureate. As part of an American civilisation class, we were taught that the US was the number one economic power in the world due to its high national IQ, but that as a nation it was still being held back because of the low IQ of African Americans.
Fast forward again, a few years later and now a migrant to the U.K , I became a mother. And it was time to form my own race memories in school, as a parent.
When my first son was about five, he was racially abused in school. Children would call him monkey and do monkey chants. He came home upset. I contacted the school, who had not told me about the incidents. They did not appear to see any racism and no action was taken. A week or so later I was summoned into school because of an extremely serious incident. I was informed my son had been racist. He had said he wanted to marry a Muslim girl when he grew-up. This was so deeply offensive and so disturbing; I was informed the local authority needed to be informed of this hate incident. I told the school the meeting and bogus (counter) accusation amounted to victimisation under the Equality Act. No further action was taken.
Between the ages of four to six my daughter remained in the same infant school. Several times a week her father would pick her up. Very rarely was he not asked by anxiety filled voices who he was or what he wanted, when he went to collect her. The teachers would run out of smiles, banter and recognition for this dark-skinned Black man with dreadlocks, it appears. He was almost systematically feared and unrecognised. It became an experiment we would do, watch how teachers would engage with different parents. It was (colour) striking.
When she was six my daughter came home upset and asked me to re-do her hair. She had two ponytails (Afro puffs to be precise) and two cornrows at the front and two at the back of her head. She was alarmed and anxious. ‘The teacher said my hair is too big, I can’t wear a hat and I need to change it or I won’t be in the school play’ she declared. I said I would not change her hairstyle and that her hair was perfectly fine.
The following day her father took her to school and explained to the teacher her comments were out of line, that she needed to be included and further, showed her how to put her puffs in a single ponytail to fit her hat. In the afternoon I picked her up and one of her braids had been cut. She had not realised. Only the teacher had touched her hair. I contacted the school; they had no idea of course. They confirmed children had had no access to scissors. I insinuated this may have been an act of malicious retaliation, the headteacher was outraged since she herself had ‘mixed-race’ grandchildren which thus clarified no racism could take place in her school.
Last year I collected my girl from school she had tear tracks all over her face. I asked the teacher what had happened she said, ‘someone had teased her, and she never quite got over it’. I questionned my daughter, sensing something significant had taken place once we were away from the teacher. She said a white boy had been telling her all Black people deserved to die, making faces at her all day. She had told the teacher. I waited three days playing the devil’s advocate for the school. No teacher ever called to explain what had happened or, that they would be taking the incident all the way to the local authority. Eventually the White mother of the offending child, whom I was in good terms with, called me distressed and ‘ashamed’ to apologise. I comforted her, that is a story for another day. She had been contacted. We had not.
Last week, my middle son maths’ teacher called and complained my son had not done six pieces of work and, he was urging me to ask him to take his studies more seriously. I talked to my son. I was angry. We take homework seriously. He did the work that night, the pieces of work were in fact exercises which formed part of the same homework sheet. The following day he returned home and said mum, ‘you know the teacher who says I had not completed six pieces of work, I spoke to my friend he had not completed over 100, why did the teacher not call his mother’? I said to him perhaps the teacher cared more about his education. I did not really believe this.
Two months ago my girl came home upset saying she did not think her teacher liked her.
I asked her what made her think that. She had noticed the teacher spoke to the White children with a kinder voice and, did not spend much time with the Black children. I took my courage in both hands and arranged a meeting with the school. I explained to the teacher my daughter’s experience. She turned red and defensive. She did not believe this was the case of course, she was taken aback that I would take my daughter’s words so seriously. I asked wether she had heard of unconscious bias. She seemed unclear how this might apply to her. We left the meeting with no clear sense of direction other than, ‘she would look into it’. It’s been several weeks. I have not heard anything. The only difference is my girl being increasingly unhappy and, noticing her teacher responding differently to her. We take solace in the fact that in a few weeks she will change class, and I hope for a more clued up teacher. I do not hold my breath.
This shit is exhausting.
This shit is distressing.
Macpherson defined institutional racism as “the collective failure of an organisation to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin”. He further added, that it can be seen in “processes, attitudes and behaviour which amount to discrimination through unwitting prejudice, ignorance, thoughtlessness and racist stereotyping which disadvantages minority ethnic people”.
Attitudes. Processes. Behaviour. Prejudice. Ignorance. Thoughtlessness. Stereotyping.
Structural racism encompasses the complex ways in which the dominance, superiority and privileges of White groups are built into, maintained and protected by all structures in society.
Schools are structurally and institutionally racist and they are continuing, by and large to get away with it, without the kind of scrutiny that the police attracts.
But not every act of violence draws blood. Not all harm is immediately visible.
Schools remain for way too many of us sites of trauma, often intergerational whiteness related trauma. This truth may challenge teachers’ benevolent and nurturing self-concept, but it must be contained, if we are going to move forward.
Again, this was not an academic piece. And the above is not an exhaustive list, I have only recounted those instances which came to mind. There are hundreds more.
The present post was written without much structure or theory. What it carries nevertheless is shit loads of experience and with that exhaustion and bits of despair. In truth, I am sick of the infantilisation of schools and, of their presumed benevolence that protects their everyday, normalised discriminatory practices and, their systemised anti-Blackness.
No other institutions on this land could get away with the micro and macro violence schools subject Black children and their parents to. And that is before we have even delved into inequalities of access, discipline and attainment. Another story for another day…However, anyone would be a fool to consider such inequalities in isolation from the lived experience described above.
There is absolutely nothing more heart-breaking than leaving your child at the gate of a school knowing they will be subjected to racism.
Actually that is not true. There is something more heart-breaking. Leaving your child at a gate of a school knowing they will be subjected to racism and, fearing that if you challenge the school you will be subjected to racism. And more importantly, that your child may well suffer further discrimination.
But yet, here we are. In 2019.
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The psychology of white fragility (Part 1)
Splitting, dissociation and oppression
In a previous piece on the embodied manifestations of racism, I put splitting at centre of the reproduction of oppression, inequality and racial violence. I posit that splitting allows people racialised as white; within white supremacist contexts, to dissociate from the harm and pain they cause and thus, to continue to reproduce it, blissfully. Splitting is often described as polarised or binary thinking but, the essence to remember here, is that the defence helps us manage conflicting emotional states or information we cannot integrate, enabling us to thus distance ourselves from those aspects we find irreconcilable with some perceptual entity, often ourselves or the world.
As such, we may say, splitting maintains white ignorance which is in turn fed by splitting. Splitting is an incredibly serious problem in race relations. Not only does it reduce white people’s self-awareness, including awareness of their own racial prejudices and biases, but it also limits insight in terms of how such prejudices may leak relationally, influence their behaviour; including their embodied conduct. Splitting consequently, keeps white people dissociated from the impact of the harm they cause and, how such harm is structurally located.
Robin DiAngelo’s (2011) concept of white fragility, one of the most recent influential sociological frameworks to formulate white responses to racism, may be particularly helpful here. White fragility refers to the range of defensive moves white people perform to disengage from conversations on race and racism, because of their reduced capacity to tolerate race-based stress or distress (lack of racial stamina). These defensive moves include physically removing themselves from the stress inducing situation (eg. walking away) arguing, denying or minimising the continuing significance of race or of white privilege and, sometimes becoming threatening and aggressive.
DiAngelo proposes that whiteness, provides ‘protective pillows’ to white people and that this protection insulates them from experiencing racial stress. As a result, white people come to expect to feel racially comfortable at all times. As this expectation is socially sanctioned within white supremacy, it is rarely challenged. Not being exposed to racial stress will naturally translate in a lack of experience in managing the strong emotions which can arise in race-based discussions, leading almost inevitably to defensive retaliation. Behaviourally, we may see this as poor coping, inefficient stress management or poor distress tolerance. And again, this lack of adequate behavioural strategy is bound to compound anxiety and fear, which will in turn increase the likelihood of splitting or other problematic responses.
The neuropsychology of white fragility
It is virtually impossible to take in differing perspectives and, to be reflexive when under acute stress. Our brains are simply not designed to do so. This is our first problem. The more acute the stress, the more difficult this task will be. Exposure to high levels of stress impairs our cognitive functioning, including our capacity to think flexibility and our complex reasoning skills. When we are stressed or scared, our autonomic system get into motion and, threat responses are activated. Another problem we have, is that many white people are so split from their body, they may not even realise they are feeling threatened. Whiteness elevates the white body above its physiology so this splits is seen as desirable although it limits our understanding of human suffering. This body-mind split is also encouraged within discourses of colourblindness which render the noticing of racial differences shameful.
There is thus a real socialised deficit in bodily self-awareness. This is significant. Research indicates that shame not only impedes cognitive processing, it interferes with our ability to appraise situations in a balanced way, our awareness/openness to potential implicit racial biases and, can lead to anger and aggression. We also know that despite many white people claiming to be colourblind, evidence suggests that our brain responds to racial differences and, skin colour is noticed by our brain within milli-seconds. Similarly, when presented with images of Black people, threat responses via increased amygdala activities have been objectively observed. Further, we know that racial stereotypes evoke more emotional responses and memories, than other kinds of stereotypes. So in summary, we have enough to posit that threat responses via physiological and neurobiological processes and events, underpin and, maintain white fragility.
Wanting to be soothed
Our cerebral threat system is designed to identify threats quickly. And, we are designed to focus our attention, memory and thinking towards threat-based information, as a priority and of course, for survival. Our brain does so by triggering feelings of anxiety, via relevant hormonal events that sustain fear or aversive responses to potentially threatening stimuli. Once triggered, our threat responses, motivate us to take associated behavioural action, in essence to fight or flight. If we believe consciously or otherwise, that we can overcome the danger by fighting, our brain will gear our body towards doing so. If we feel at risk but think we cannot overcome the danger by fighting, we will generally run away.
There is a thin line between the socially sanctioned belief that white people are entitled to racial comfort and, the expectation that people of colour should protect white people from race-based stress and thus safeguard the said comfort. That is to say, that the emotional states of white people and their feelings should be centred and prioritised in discussions or conversations about race. White centeredness is a core pillar of white supremacy and, expecting soothing from people of colour, is an enactment of master-Slave configurations which reproduce power relations. Not only is this exploitative, it deprives those with power from building self-awareness and develop the relevant ‘psychic muscles’.
Further, this soothing expectation not only position people of colour as superhumans and, in that sense dehumanises us; it turns us into objects. Specifically, into instruments of self-soothing. Staying with the discomfort of oppression related guilt, shame and/or distress without discharging it or projecting it onto the racially marginalised is central to learning to tolerate race-based stress. It is also important to break the cycle of relationally enacted oppression. As previously posited, white fragility splits white people off from pain. Black pain and the pain people of colour experience because of racism. It therefore stops white people from being authentically and humanely present in their relationships with people of colour.
Learning to tolerate racial distress
A big part of decreasing inequality and injustice is increasing connection between white people and people of colour and, bridging the gap between our experiential realities. Or, increasing connection between our structural realities. Thus, remedying that socially sanctioned dissociation which is sustained by splitting, is fundamental. This is why I believe that soothing white people who experience race-based stress as they are being awaken to the harm they enact in the world and the unearned privileges this society continues to grant them; is the least helpful thing we can do. Doing so is depriving them of the chance to become more compassionate, more integrated, more human.
Consequently, it is important that all agents of oppression connect with the pain they cause. The pain they have avoided confronting all of their lives. We should let them taste it and, experience it in their body. Feel it in their bones. Reclaim the oppressive part of themselves, which will help them see what they are socialised not to see; structures of domination. This will not happen without increasing tolerance to racial stress and distress. Many of you will read this and now wonder what it is that could thus be done, to increase (racial) distress tolerance in white groups.
And, I wonder too. The honest answer is, I don’t know for certain. We do not have an evidence base to answer this question unequivocally. Partly because white fragility as a framework is relatively new. Further, it is derived from sociological scholarship rather than psychological scholarship thus, psychological research. Nonetheless, clinicians and psychotherapists do know quite a bit about how to generally increase distress tolerance and, how to work with anxious and distressed states. This is a core part of what we do. So, it makes sense to start with what we know. The steps below are derived from such clinical evidence.
Some practical steps
In psychology, distress tolerance comprises both our perceived capacity to withstand negative and/or aversive emotional states and; the behavioural act of withstanding the same. Building distress tolerance is helpful when working with those who have a tendency to feel overwhelmed by their emotions and/or find strong feelings unbearable or, when we have such a low tolerance for distress, that even mild levels of stress can trigger disproportionate responses and/or when we have learnt to manage difficult emotions and/or feelings by resorting to destructive or damaging behaviours. You can access distress tolerance exercises here.
Exposure methods in therapy simply focus on helping people confront rather than avoid their fears. As human beings, we tend to avoid what we feel threatened by, be it situations, objects or people. This avoidance may help us manage our stress and fears in the short term. Nevertheless, over time, it worsens our anxiety and, leads us to respond more strongly, feel more overwhelmed and/or become more sensitive to the feared stimuli. Hence, psychologists tend to see avoidance as a maintaining factor in anxiety. In the context of white fragility, exposure would imply creating an environment in which to progressively expose white individuals to race and racism stimuli, in time, reducing fear (thus threat responses) and decreasing avoidance.
A final step to help re-connect white people to their bodies and to the world around them, may include mindfulness. Mindfulness as a meditation is centred on helping individual focus their attention on the present, moment to moment by paying attention to their thoughts, bodily sensations, perceptions and feelings in a non-judgmental manner. Thoughts, bodily sensations and feelings are envisaged as mental events one can be distanced from, rather than inherent and constitutive parts of the self. Mindfulness helps us explore, understand and reflect on these events as transient moments that are separate from the self. It has been found to limit our tendency to react, self-evaluate and dissociate. Mindfulness may be particularly helpful in becoming aware of the responses triggered by race related material and to reconnect with the world of senses. Encouragingly and perhaps unsurprisingly, mindfulness has been found to have positive effects in the reduction of prejudice and implicit racial bias.
To conclude this article is a first attempt at using psychology to make sense of white fragility with a view of deriving useable tools which may help increase racial stamina and thus reduce relationally enacted oppression. There is no doubt that a lot more could be written and unpacked using psychological and psychoanalytical scholarship. I will aim to further explore the ways in which psychology can help us tackle white fragility. Finally, I am aware that some people of colour may be suspicious of approaches focused on supporting white people to deal with whiteness. I am ambivalent too. Nonetheless, my thinking is that we are all to gain from better understanding racial violence, it’s relational enactment and how it may be countered. I am hoping too, this article may serve as a helpful reference some readers may use when asked to provide a response or education to the forever recurring question ‘but what can we do’…
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Posted in Political Issues and Debates on May 26, 2019 by www.racereflections.co.uk. 8 Comments
Education requests, exploitation & oppression
‘Let me tell you what it feels like to stand in front of a white man and explain privilege to him. It hurts. It makes you tired. Sometimes it makes you want to cry. Sometimes it is exhilarating. Every single time it is hard. Every single time I get angry that I have to do this, that this is my job, that this shouldn’t be my job. Every single time I am proud of myself that I’ve been able to say these things because I used to not be able to and because some days I just don’t want to’ (McCleave-Maharawal, 2011)
The violence of public scholarship
Since I have started writing and speaking about race and oppression my intellectual and to some degree my professional lives have been transformed. In the main, for the better. I am thankful. There are however aspects of this public life that continue to be extremely violent. Navigating any public space particularly as a scholar when your body is Black, and female can be treacherous. There are those who will always have a hard time with women and Black bodies taking up space and, occupying any position that affords their voice a platform. Or their thinking an audience.
The worse I have had so far, is a rape threat. A single one though, and so I consider myself lucky. Some of my peers have to contend with recurrent threats of rape, death and mutilation and, sometimes even threats to their loved ones. That’s in addition to everyday racist and sexist harassment that is sadly so banal, it is not even worth a mention. This is the backdrop to our scholarly work. That our words alone would cause such intense aggressive impulses to freely become bare, in public, often in the most ardent defenders of free speech, requires sustained reflection.
One of the aims of such conduct is of course social control via intimidation. It is to remind us of our place. To trigger sufficient fear, or distress that we merge back into silence and return the space we’re occupying to some fantasised or constructed rightful owner. Or knower. Bodies with the ‘right’ gender and the ‘right’ colour. Women of colour, Black women in particular, are not supposed to know or, be scholars. Let alone public ones. How dare we think that what we have to say and that our thinking, particularly when it challenges established (white male) orthodoxies, matter enough to constitute and contribute to knowledge?
Still I rise… above my station.
Overt aggression is not the only form of violence marginalised scholars face. Recurrently and increasingly, I am asked to provide the emotional or intellectual labour of educating privileged folks on oppression, racism and (although much, much less frequently) sexism via requests for of ‘debate’, elaboration or information. These demands for education occur on and off social media. Publicly and privately. They reach me almost daily. Simply reading them recurrently leaves me exhausted. Often frustrated. Sometimes angry that so many would expect such a laborious service, from me for free and, the imperial echoes this has. Always, I am left feeling heavy.
Because of this, I have taken the political position of not responding. Of course, this attracts strong reactions too. Often anger, dismay and/or more insults. Much of it, and often unbeknown to the education seeker, becomes manifest because it is still socially transgressive for a Black woman to refuse to serve those who demand that she’d be of service. How dare I. Again. Moreover, not only am I a scholar but I am too a therapist. Surely, it is part of my role as a ‘helping professional’ to kindly and dutifully educate and explain, on request?
Well, it may be so, but I would argue that non-education here, is in fact education (on exploitation and on the de-centering whiteness) and that above all, that it is an act of self-preservation. And that I do indeed need to exist safe and sound to do my job. Even if that is the only contribution of value some may see in my existence. The continuing role of history in the structuring of power relations and, of the wider social world has long been recognised. It is central to group analytic scholarship including the concept of the social unconscious or indeed, the intergenerational transmission of cultural experiences and of relational/social configurations.
Oppression as trauma
Considering a different axe of oppression to hopefully make the point (yes this is not a perfect rhetorical device)… would we expect survivors of gendered violence and victims of male rape to educate men, on request, on what it is like to be groped and sexually exploited? If you find this proposition more absurd or problematic you may want to take a few minutes of reflection. All oppressive experiences are traumatic.
As we still struggle to accept this simple statement as fact particularly in relation to racism, let alone embody it relationally, I am going to write it again. All oppressive experiences are traumatic. It hurts. It makes you tired. Sometimes it makes you want to cry. The cumulative effect of subtle and everyday or micro experiences of othering and discrimination is grinding. It is draining. And again, every single time it is hard. But more than that, it wears our health and mental health down. It renders us vulnerable to psychological distress and make us feel unsafe in the world, the very definition of insidious trauma.
Given this impact, the expectation that we should as a matter of course and at the drop of a hat, subject our bodies to such effects is frankly gross in its lack of compassion and consideration. It also has a sadistic element which needs attention. It is the ultimate stripping of our subjecthood. And, as such it is of course also historically loaded. I would thus argue, it is another way to reproduce the commodification of our bodies and to dehumanise us, maintaining both the status-quo and power relations, the education seeker purports to want to challenge and/or to understand. This extract from an I email received a few days ago via Race Reflections is a good illustration and, I hope a learning opportunity.
Education and oppression
The email above is from a therapist and someone who likely considers themselves an ‘ally’. Someone thus, who could reasonably be expected to be familiar with issues of boundaries, emotional distress and trauma. Indeed, their apparent grasp of the issues is expressly stated; ‘I understand how utterly emotionally draining it can be for the majority people of colour to have to get into these conversations’. It would appear, they get it. Some evidence of compassion or at least empathy for the taxing conundrums her request would expose people of colour to, seems to be present. Alas this empathy is not extended to me and, I am excluded from their circle of compassion.
It is unclear wether I have not been included in that ‘majority’, because I am believed to somehow possess some inherent protection from or resilience to experiencing the said emotional tax, in the author’s mind and if so, on what basis or; whether the writer’s needs ‘to understand’ in spite of their apparent awareness of the emotional costs to me, take precedence. Or again, wether they are completely split off from their impact on me. Indeed, the request is presented as a banal one. It has a ‘hey girl’ or ‘no biggie’ quality. ‘I’d appreciate your thoughts on how I can considerably learn more’. And of course, it would be a banal, nothing to see here request since at least in their mind, the author may be ‘a bit more educated than the rest’.
These education requests are thus clear communications. They state whose bodies matter and whose experiences or needs should be centred. They render our bodies instruments or territories to be exploited for the self-development and enrichment of those with more social power. When violence to our bodies and our welfare matter less than the curiosity our experience trigger and/or demands for ‘education’, we are once more albeit unconsciously or inadvertently, sacrificed by and for those who seek to grow at our expense. Often without our consent. Our psychological boundaries are tested and there is a desire or at least a move, albeit likely unconscious to intrude and exploit. An attempt, I would say, at psychological colonialism.
Projection and psychological exploitation
Each time we are asked to educate mindlessly, not only must we re-experience oppression and racism, we must often carry the weight of the privileged’s inability to tolerate their own responses, distress, discomfort and, the disturbance caused to their benevolent sense of self or worldview, which often gets passed on to us via projection. Projection, as a defense mechanism takes place when we unconsciously attribute feelings, drives or impulses located within us to someone else. Usually emotional states that are unwanted and, that we are unable and/or unwilling to carry or hold ourselves. It is not unusual for example, for those who challenge racism to be called racist, bully or some other persecutory term. One may say, attributes that are disowned and projected outwards onto marginalised bodies, here people of colour.
Projection per se is not harmful. Projective identification however, often is. With projective identification we are induced to feel or act in accordance with the material that has been disowned and projected onto us. We lose our psychological agency and autonomy and with that, the capacity to distinguish what belongs to us and what belongs to the ‘projector’. Our thoughts, feelings and experiences become merged and/or replaced by those implanted into us. The breach of psychological boundary by excellence. We are made to carry someone else’s unwanted psychological baggage and, we experience it as being our own. Psychological pressure is unconsciously exerted to coerce us into being once more, of (psychological) service.
In doing so, we become estranged from our own mind which is turned into a vessel for the exploitation of those who project onto us, here those with more social power, indeed specifically White people. It can be difficult to know when we’re identifying with a projection, it requires a fairly high level of self-awareness, and often support from a therapist or an analytically orientated supervisor. One way to tell if you have access to neither, is you may start to experience confusion about your experience and, your feelings may appear disproportionate and/or seem out of place (and could plausibly be attributed to the other entity). In the case of projections following race education thus, you may become the container for strong feelings or shame, guilt, inadequacy or distress which do not belong to you, whilst their rightful owner will be blissfully split off from them and therefore, free from carrying their own shit.
Education and epistemic exploitation
Another way to conceptualise the exploitative nature of education requests in the context of oppression, is in terms of epistemic practice. Berenstain (2016) ‘s framework of epistemic exploitation is particularly helpful here. Epistemic exploitation according to her, occurs when privileged folks force marginalised folks to educate them about the nature of their oppression in an unpaid capacity. This educational labour leads to a double bind since there are costs associated with both meeting the demand for education and, costs associated with refusing to meet it. If one decides to comply with the request, one must face testimonial and hermeneutical injustice and scepticism by virtue of one’s very belonging to a marginalised group.
Thus, despite education demands, marginalised perspectives and knowledge are usually dismissed and subject to unattainable epistemic or truth thresholds. Refusing the request on the other hand, because it is socially transgressive, exposes marginalised bodies to violence or hostility via retaliation, affront and anger. According to the philosopher, epistemic exploitation despite being ubiquitous is rarely recognised as a form of epistemic violence which is part of wider macro systemic socio-political oppression. Rather, it is often dressed as a practice deemed epistemically virtuous, as a necessary part of social exchanges and knowledge acquisition; creating an unjust burden on the marginalised to educate and enlighten all while limiting their capacity to do so and, exposing them to violence and harm.
To conclude, relational and psychological configurations will invariably mirror socio-economic and historico-material configurations, if relationships are left to their own devices. I doubt that enacting oppression can ever lead to anything other than oppression and, therefore to the reproduction of the status-quo, even if there was no other, less harmful way to acquire the education sought. Which there is. As we say on Twitter street, Google is your friend. Liberation is something we do in the material world, not uniquely something we conceive and intellectualise. Burdening, harming and marginalising the needs and experiences of those whose freedom and liberation we say we seek to support is the height of white ignorance and as such, does nothing but reproduce whiteness as a structure. Thus, if you take just one sentence from this piece, remember this one; ‘it hurts, it makes you tired, sometimes it makes you want to cry‘.
Racial trauma, silence and meaning
Discovering racism
My discovery of racism was quite a brutal one. I was perhaps 4 or 5 and had been playing with my sister and some of the kids from the neighbourhood in front of our Parisian banlieue tower block as was customary for poorer families during school holidays or week-ends. There was quite a few of us; 15 perhaps even more. Children of all backgrounds having fun, skipping, running around and laughing the summer afternoon away, still quite oblivious to the dire social deprivation we were accustomed to and, the hostility our existence in France, created. A White man erupted from a ground floor flat in the tower effing and puffing, clearly aggravated by the noise we were collectively making. After his rant, he ran directly toward my elder sister and pushed her from behind.
She must have been 6 or 7 at the most. He pushed her so violently that, she was propelled forward, fell and scraped the ground for a few meters. Once immobile, much of the skin at the back of her arms had gone. A bunch of children quickly ran to our second floor flat to alert my parents. A few seconds later my mother appeared downstairs to find my sister, me and other children in tears and, my sister covered in blood. Within moments she was at the assailant’s door furious and demanding an explanation. She was greeted by a barrage of racist abuse. Once that rant was over, the man proceeded to punch her in the face. So forcefully her skin turned blue-black, one of her eye became red with blood and half her face swelled up instantly. There was something so deeply dehumanising and ungendering in the violence and hatred contained in that punch.
This was not a half-hearted attack. It was a determined, completely unrestrained, chest out, full force knock-out hit. The kind of punch a charged man throws at another man he believes is his equal in power. The kind of heavy weight punch no woman should ever bear. It was full of misogynoir and unequivocally stated, you are not a human being, let alone a woman and, I want you down. Expectedly, all children by this point were crying hysterically. Utter terror. White terror. I am not sure whether it was the sight of my mother’s transformed and grotesque looking face or, the hatred in the White man’s eyes which scared me the most.
As a child my mother was the pillar of our family and community. She emanated the kind of grace and dignity you sometimes see in tall statuesque-like African women. Often, our home was the refuge for abused and other vulnerable women seeking her protection from patriarchal violence. But in that instant she had been rendered powerless, meaningless and disposable, she had no protection.
Trauma, violence and silence
And so it was more than a beautiful woman who was publicly violated. It was the entire community and with that, our sense of safety and meaning. She was hit on the head. We were all punched in the stomach. Things after the punch have blurred in my memory. But I can still see my mother standing after the assault. Standing tall. Defiant and in dignified silence. Not a single tear was shed by her. Not a word in retort. If resistance ever was a picture, it might well be it. Although I do not remember this; I am told the White man was arrested minutes later knife in hand, threatening to kill her in front of a full audience of distraught children. Imagine the scene. The loudness, the chaos. The screams, the distress. It sharply contrasts with the deafening silence that engulfed us all after the events. A silence that is typical but the significance of which, I only grasped as an adult.
I have repeatedly encountered it in therapy when working with those who have experienced racism, sexual or gender related violence, and other forms of traumatic events. As a child it felt as though speaking about white violence would mean wounding by reminding everyone. We were and still are a close-knit family and community, but that proximity did not facilitate the uttering of words. If anything I think, it made it harder to speak as we all wanted to spare one another distress. So we were all left to process this trauma together but alone as life took its course, the aggressor was jailed and my mother’s face and head very slowly recovered.
When I spoke to Black people about their experience of racism as children, as part of my thesis on racial trauma not so dissimilar stories were shared. Equally overtly violent direct or vicarious experiences such as witnessing one’s father being chased by an angry racist mob or being beaten up or spat at. As well as more verbally violent experiences such as being racially abused or denigrated by other children, or by adults, often teachers. From seeing one’s parents being mocked for their accent, dress, or hearing them being repeatedly asked to go back home, to the more subtle Othering and aversive behaviours which nonetheless tell you in no uncertain terms, you do not belong. The full panoply of racism had already been experienced by participants as children, including the denial, minimisation or invalidation of their experiences for the few who had attempted to verbalise them.
Racism and the conspiracy of silence
That very same all encompassing and familiar silence seemed to envelop most participants ‘experiences of racial injustice and racism. It came from various sources at individual, familial and structural levels. And always had ‘reasons’. Children in the main had kept silent about their racist experiences, sometimes out of shame, often, wanting to protect their parents by sparing them hurt and pain. Parents sought to protect children too by refraining themselves from naming, sometimes out of conviction speaking would damage children. That it would make children less able to function within white supremacy, causes them to lose innocence or confidence.
Social structures, schools, universities, the police … had all too often, been complicit in this ‘conspiracy of silence’. It has been forcefully enforced by punishing those who sought to speak. By discrediting them or dismissing their complaints. Of course there are good reasons here too. ‘Allegations’ of racism rarely meet that evidential threshold. They tend to be caused by misunderstandings after all. Complaints are ill-formulated or not communicated in the right way or in a nice enough tone. Those rare voices who manage to jump through all those silencing hoops, and threaten to make themselves heard, eventually get smothered via non-disclosure agreements and gagging clauses or orders. The rule of silence becomes the rule of law.
Racism always has a reason often, several reasons. There always have been and will always be ‘reasonable’ reasons for upholding silences in the face of racism, violence and trauma. Sometimes they can appear protective. Rarely though, do they protect those harmed or serve the interests of those at the lower end of the power divide. Silence allows abuse to flourish. It reproduces and amplifies the damage of trauma. What is unnamed and unspoken is obviously not heard. Not seen. Not fully witnessed or recognised. Silence thus prolongs harm and extends the initial violence internally and externally by seeking to hide or disappear the violence.
And of course silences serve multiple functions. They can be about denial, dissociation or splitting off from intolerable pain. They can speak something of our overwhelmed capacity to process the experiential and translate it into units of meaning. They can speak of our anxiety about speaking into being and existence, what is feared. They can help us evade what is simply too ugly to contemplate, contain and hold. Silences can also tell us something about the intergenerational colonial or ancestral coping strategies which may have been learnt and passed down from our foremothers when their cries of despair, exhaustion and agony, fell into abysses of indifference, and their only way to survive was to keep quiet and keep going.
Structurally silence is performative. It fills a gap and, helps to ensure those cracks on the walls of appearances diversity and inclusion are filled so that institutions can continue to stand solid, as violence is reproduced, invibilised then denied. Psychologically too, silence leaves a void. A gap where compassion could have been. So, words do matter. And as children much more than as adults, we need words to formulate and mentalise. The failure to formulate traumatic experiences plays a fundamental role in the intergenerational transmission of trauma and wounds. After mass or group trauma, unspoken and incomprehensible part images of the trauma become intertwined with the identity and self-concept of subsequent generations.
Silence, containment and meaning
In my research it became apparent that those participants who as children were spoken about racism, responded with much less anxiety and distress when they encountered racism and racial injustice. These conversations we may propose, allowed the child then the adult, to make sense of their experience and retain a sense of epistemic confidence, particularly when their subjective reality was denied in situations of epistemic injustice. Further, parental conversations made it easier not to take in or introject racist projections and, to thus externalise feelings of shame, otherness, inferiority and/or deficiency.
Without words, traumatic experiences and representations are fragmented and devoid of meaning, and can contribute to a sense of overwhelm, epistemic homelessness and dread when confronted with racial injustice. In fact, all those research participants who struggled with meaning making had eventually taken ‘corrective’ steps to build their epistemic confidence as adults, such as engaging for instance, in Black feminist/epistemic scholarship which they reported had markedly reduced their psychological distress.
These findings are consistent with Bion’s (1960) theory of containment.
The above in summary proposes that an infant’s capacity to develop abstract thinking and to understand the world, is dependent upon their caregiver’s sensitively responding to their distress. By calmly taking in the distress (or projections) the infant cannot cope with and ‘metabolising’ this raw data, the mother teaches the child to 1) to internalise calmness 2) regulate emotions 3) process their emotions thus, derive meaning from the world of senses – linking the affective to the cognitive and epistemic. The core idea being that maternal emotional receptivity particularly when the infant is distressed is core to the infant developing conceptual thinking. Specifically, containment allows what Bion calls the ‘Alpha function’ that is to say, the process of turning unordered, meaningless, overwhelming data from the senses or chaos (what he calls the ‘Beta elements’) into conceptual meaning (‘Alpha elements’).
In other words we can say a child whose experience of racism was not contained, who thus was not supported in metabolising related ‘beta elements’ would be expected to become an adult with more difficulties in performing the ‘Alpha function’ when confronted with racism and racial injustice, in the absence of corrective actions. Bion’s containment theory, despite its arguably rather colonial imagery, offers a framework to consider issues of intergenerational wounds and, the transmission of racial trauma. As long as current power relations and racialised configurations remain of course, traumatised and distressed parents and, marginalised parents can be expected to need support to adequately perform the Alpha function when it comes to live racism related trauma, particularly where they are more intersectionally vulnerable.
Posted in Political Issues and Debates on April 20, 2019 by www.racereflections.co.uk. 3 Comments
Masters, Slaves and Object Relations
‘The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed’ Steve Biko
Object relations theory is concerned with how we internalise the relationships with our primary object(s) of attachment, chiefly our mother, during infancy and, how these internalisations continue to influence relational patterns throughout the lifespan. Melanie Klein who initially developed the theory of Object Relations, believed that human beings, during their infancy internalise or introject into their unconscious, whole representations of primary care givers: Objects. Objects function as relational templates or guides and help the infant navigate the world and, relate to other similar (or dissimilar) Objects.
In early infancy children are not capable of integrating whole Objects. Those Objects they experience as bad and those they experience as good are split into all good or all bad Objects. A mother who feeds and provides milk to the child when the child is hungry becomes a good Object (the ‘good breast’), an Object which is idealised and towards which the child experiences pure love and perhaps merging fantasies. A mother who is not immediately available when a child is hungry or distressed becomes a bad Object. An object towards whom the child develops intense aggression, hatred and murderous impulses or enactments, if only in fantasy (the ‘bad breast’). This is called the Paranoid-Schizoid Position as the child harbours fears of being destroyed by the bad Object. Of course projections of their own desire to kill the Object that frustrates.
However, with developing maturity and as the child grows, they become better able to integrate both (part) bad and good objects. They essentiallly learn that the breast that feeds is also the breast that frustrates. The maternal Objects become one. The mastery of this ambivalence leads the child to move from the ‘paranoid-schizoid position’ (where the child primarily experiences fears of annihilation) to the ‘depressive Position’ (where the child having reclaimed their projections, experience sadness and guilt) and, learn to live with the realisation that the good breast and the bad breast in their pure idealised or despised form do not in fact, exist.
Object relation theory is for me one of the most important psychological theory that exists to account for the configurations of our internal worlds, even if it is an incomplete theory when it comes to infants and people of colour. Occasionally, I hear folks including psychologists deriding the ‘good breast bad breast’ analogy or the whole scholarship. Truthfully, this leaves me perplexed. This is really not a difficult theory to grasp. And, although I can understand that some may have difficulties with the language or that the symbolism may appear odd, it is beyond my understanding that anyone would reject the core ideas today.
These are for me in their simplest form 1) that our experience of the world as adults is at least in part, shaped by how we experienced the world as infants and children, 2) that we internalise something of our ‘external’ world, which comes to shape our ‘internal’ world 3) that as we mature, we move away from binary or black and white thinking. I seriously do not understand why any of these notions would be controversial or ‘disagreement’ material. In fact, few are the psychological school of thoughts or modality that do not support these ideas one way or another, although they may use different terms or metaphors (as a PS do your own thinking).
Internal Objects and race
And whilst object relations theory is not social in the strictest sense, I think it has important socio-political implications, beyond Klein’s initial formulation and likely intentions. The theory can be easily extended to account for socio-political internalisations and associated internal conflicts. I note here that pretty much all Blackness and/or oppression scholars have for instance written in various degrees, about the introjection of the social world and therefore of white supremacy or, of white colonial configurations. Those ideas are not new. From Baldwin to Lorde in the United States, from Fanon and Césaire in France and the French Caribbean, from Biko to Sankara in Africa all the way to Freire in Latin America, to name but a few. Today, we would refer to these ideas as internalised oppression or internalised racism, more specifically here.
Internalised racism we may say is the introjection of the white gaze and thus, the self-stripping of our own subjecthood or personhood. I accept, the scholars mentioned above did not write with Klein’s theory in mind. All the same, internalised racism does refer, it could easily be argued in Kleinian terms, to the internalisation of White Objects (or their representations) in that it refers to the process of introjecting the racist values, beliefs and myths White people hold about people of colour, internalising violent or subservient configurations, and using some or all of the same, as the foundation for our self-relating. Internalised oppression is the enemy that lives within. The Master inside our mind. This White Object although often absent in classic analytical texts, is another presence that shapes our experience of the world and, our relationships both with White people and with other people of colour.
The Master and the Slave as Internal Objects
Both school of thoughts, therefore meet at the juncture of the historico-relational and the psychological/psychic. The recognition and/or dislodging of the Master that lives within, has been central to Black scholarship and liberatory politics although, they have been slow to be accepted, let alone used within mainstream psychological and psychoanalytic practice. Nonetheless, this premise remains central to formulating the experience of people of colour and their internal worlds. In my last piece on freedom, I offered an introduction to internalised master-slave configurations and to the conflicts they can lead to, between people of colour. Object relations theory provides a helpful analytic framework to elaborate on those ideas.
I will now use one anecdote as a ‘vignette’ to attempt to do so.
I was once a member of a therapy group with one Brown woman. The tension between us was palpable. I think it’s fair to say we did not particularly like one another. Although perhaps she seemed to have much stronger feelings toward me than I did toward her. She recurrently interrupted me when I attempted to speak of my experience of anti-blackness. In fact, she appeared much less able to contain my experiences than our fellow White group members. Indeed, she on more than one occasion said she had a hard time just tolerating me calling White people White. She repeatedly called that rude and, she called that racist.
She called me a bully on more than one occasion with the kind of intensity that betrays transferential processes. My response was usually to ignore her or, invite her to reflect on her relationship with whiteness and her internalised racism. To which she responded once or twice, are you saying I am a bounty? I had never uttered these words. Out of sheer exasperation I eventually responded, ‘I have not, but you may want to think about it’.
As human beings a part of us is always going to seek safety and security. Safety and security when racialised as Black or Brown and located within white supremacy often requires a particular posturing toward whiteness. Specifically assimilation. Assimilation we could say, is pleasing the Master and, attempting to be in the Master’s good books. This usually means idealising the White Object or as I have previously referred to it, the Internalised Master; in order to sustain this self-negation. Even if this posturing towards the White Object is borne out of survival necessity, as human beings again, we will forever yearn for self-determination, dignity and freedom. And so, another part of us will invariably want to be free and thus if only in fantasy, rebel and kill the Master, the White Object. That is what I refer to, as the slave part of us, the part of us longing for freedom. The Black Object, you could say. I have previously referred to them as the Internal Slave.
Mirror reactions
‘A person sees himself, or part of himself – often a repressed part of himself – reflected in the interactions of other group members. He sees them reacting in the way he does himself, or in contrast to his own behaviour…. He also gets to know himself- and this is a fundamental process in ego development- by the effect he has upon others and the picture they form of him.’ (Foukes, 1964).
Mirror reactions are important processes in analytic thinking and practice, particularly within group analysis. Foulkes described them as one of the most important group specific factor in group analytic therapy. Mirror reactions are a set of reactions triggered within us as a direct response to the behaviours of others. These reactions include identification, projection and contrasting. We could therefore say, mirror reactions force us to encounter and/or confront those parts of ourselves through their recognition in the behaviours of others, we have repressed or split off. Here we may say, our disowned (racial) Objects.
There is no perfect recipe to navigate white supremacy. If there was, we’d know it by now. This is what I was partly getting at in my piece on Freedom. And, because there is no perfect way to navigate the world to avoid the harm of whiteness at least, one must therefore decide how one wants to be in the world. However, that being in the world, that is to say our ontological choices, will regularly confront our internal Objects. If we take it as a given that we have to various degrees internalised all systems of oppressions, then our internal worlds will be governed by our White Objects and our Black Objects, in various configurations.
In other words, if you refuse to hear your Internal Slave, repress them, and your internal world is ruled by your White Object, your Internal Master then, you will experience very strong responses to anyone reminding you of your Internal Slave, that part of you longing to be free. The ontological choices you have made to try to survive eg. appeasing whiteness, will clash with your Black Object. Conversely, if you cannot bear being in the presence of those who choose assimilation and whose internal world is governed by the tyranny of their White Object, there is a good chance you have tried to disown your Internal Master, your White Object. That part of your internal world seeking the safety and security associated with proximity to the Master, the White Object. You are trying so hard the kill the Master or the enemy within, any reminder that they are still breathing, deeply disturbs you.
In the vignette above we may formulate that Black and White Objects or the Internal Slave and the Internal Master were engaged in a power struggle. A struggle for dominance. And whilst again, there is no right way to survive… the intensity of the responses observed when a Black Object was confronted through a mirror reaction, caused an intolerable disturbance which could not be reclaimed and processed and became located between the only two people of colour in the group. With aggression more overtly displayed toward the Black Object despite projections of bullying and racism possibly exposing the persecutory preoccupations typical of the ‘paranoid-schizoid’ position.
In the same way that with increased psychic maturity the infant grows to integrate both bad and good Objects into one, one needs to come to the realisation that both the Black Object and the White Object exist within each of us. This posturing may allow us not only to show other people of colour compassion and ourselves self-compassion, in those moments when we experience (defended) shame, suffering or sadness, because our ontological choices clash with our most salient Racial Object. Further, and perhaps more importantly, it may help us remember that whiteness is fundamentally not inherently about whiteness, but that it is about power and, thus similarly; help us come to terms with the fact that the good Black and the bad White Objects or the Good White and the Bad Black in their pure idealised or despised form, similarly, do not in fact, exist.
Race Reflections en Français!
Five years of Race Reflections
It’s been over 4 years since I started writing for Race Reflections and what a journey it has been.
I can’t believe the places it has taken me (as far as Australia) and, the interest it has generated. Last year about 25 000 unique views spread from 102 countries were recorded.
Over 100 countries…From China to Israel, from France to Finland, from India to Kenya, via so many Caribbean islands, about one quarter of all views were located in the UK and US and a about half overall, were from English speaking countries.
This is a fairly niche and challenging site, so I am quite proud, especially as the story behind Race Reflections is such a painful one.
I am ready to go French!
As a Black French woman who is a EU migrant to the UK, my relationship with the French launguage is complicated. That’s before we even get into my Congolese ancestry.
But I know from my lived experience, that there is a need to get s0me race related conceptual and liberatory tools in French. Having the linguistic and conceptual tools to formulate one’s experience of oppression is still a privilege that is far from mainstream in France.
Further, despite being written in English France features in the top 3 countries when it comes to readership and, I am recurrently asked to translate articles on Race Reflections into French. Many have translated pieces without my consent, and I would like this practice to become redundant.
A French Content Assistant
So as I said I am ready but, I need some help.
I do not want to spend all my week-ends translating…And this is where a French Content Assistant comes in.
The role is freelance, at least initially.
I expect it to last 6-12 months.
I would like to work with a native French speaker.
Someone who has some lived experience of anti-Blackness and/or other form(s) of racism.
They must of course be bilingual, French-English.
Being passionate about social justice and anti-racism is a must.
Ideally I am after someone who is social media savvy and already has a well-established social media following/platform.
There is no additional educational requirement strictly speaking but, an understanding of and familiarity with some of the core concepts and, scholarship when it comes to race and oppression, will be a distinct advantage as would a psychology or sociology background.
The focus of the role will vary from week to week but will include help with translations, literature reviews, administrative assistance and supporting the growth of Race Reflections in the French speaking universe on and off-line.
At present the hours are likely to be between 7-1o hours a week.
Perhaps more if we can sucessfully fundraise. We’ll discuss that.
I am flexible (somewhat) on this front, this will depend on the calibre of the applicant.
I can offer hourly, weekly or monthly freelance payments to be agreed.
I am happy to pay in Euros or in Sterlings.
I do not care where you are based. This work can be done online and from home. Although I would expect occasional meetings (we can discuss).
Would you like to work with me pleeeeeease and help me develop Race Reflections?
If you are interested in finding out more about the role, or would like to submit an application please send me your CV and a covering letter in French (as One Drive docs, with links) via the contact page.
Feel free to also get in touch to have an informal chat or if you have any other query via the contact page or via twitter @kguilaine.
All applications must be received by May 15th 2019.
Selected applicants will be contacted within 7 days of this deadline for an informal interview.
As part of the interview I will ask you to translate a short passage from Race Reflections.
I can’t wait to start that French mission libératrice ✊🏿
Guilaine Kinouani
Posted in Political Issues and Debates on April 11, 2019 by www.racereflections.co.uk. Leave a comment
On Fear, Freedom and the Internal Master
On tasting freedom
I learnt to swim by throwing myself at the deep end. Quite literally. Pun absolutely intended. I was only a child. I had not learnt to swim unaided. But that day, I climbed my way up the highest point on the diving platform and jumped.
I was utterly petrified.
It was six to eight metres up from the pool. Quite a distance for shaky skinny black legs.
I absolutely did not have to do this. No one had asked me nor was I dared. But I took that plunge. Even at the age of eight or nine, I believed this was the only way I would not be controlled by my fears and learn to swim. I still remember every instant of the dive. The short-lived sense of free-falling then, the getting sucked deeper and deeper into a bottomless world of blue before I started emerging lighter than air, carried upwards by the determination that that day, was the day I would learn to swim.
And indeed I did swim. I swam up from the bottom of that pool of fears. Somehow, I wiggled myself all the way to the ladder and got out of the pool. I mundanely walked away from the water composed. Not hurried. Not even out of breath. Not elated. Just satisfied. I said nothing to anyone at the time.
I think about this story often. What it signifies. Its symbolism. How representative it is of my liberation praxis. My relationship with fear. How brave it may be seen as, by some. Or how reckless by others. I wonder what Sartre would have made of this jump, then I hear Freud. Then my mother. I think she would have found me courageous. Eventually. But only after a solid and lengthy telling off. That is probably why I had kept quiet.
Diving and writing
Looking back on this anecdote as an adult, sometimes there is a sense of sadness I did not share it then. Mostly though, I feel quietly triumphant. And proud, the shy and scared child that was me, dared to dare the water. Daring to swim for the first time, while afraid and unaided is also daring to write. I have for long harboured insecurities about my writing. A bulk of these I have no doubt, are racialised.
English is not my first Language. However, I have not written seriously or academically in French for so long, it is starting to feel more homely to actually write in English. But that is not the whole story. If I am honest, as a child of African migrants, the command of my French has always been contemptuously scrutinised. I have learnt that as a child too. I have recognised the echoes of this ever so subtle mission civilisatrice in the extra attention in the enunciation, tone, grammar and syntax of Black children. We have surprised many with how well we speak our first and often our only language.
When the default position is that we cannot write or speak intelligibly, we forever are covertly evaluated to check that we can and, the policing of our words becomes kindness. It is for our own good. I know, I have the scars. Language policing is so often a relational way to reproduce power. Still… imagine being so deeply insecure about your words that you choose to expose your writing, for the world to read. Some may find it an odd manoeuvre. But it’s a familiar one. Feels like a dive.
The internal master
I try not to force my writing on Race Reflections in particular directions, these days. I am deliberate in letting my words come to their own being. Sometimes this means bracketing any original idea about what I meant to write, writing the first words or sentences that come to mind and following them, not necessarily knowing where I am being taken. Words choose us as much as we choose them.
So here it is. When I decided to write this piece, I wanted it to be about assimilation. I aimed to write about people of colour policing other people of colour and the tyranny we often befall onto one another particularly onto those we deem to be falling out of line. Those trespassing the white line of our internal master.
My intention was to say a little bit about the many Black and Brown voices who over the years have attempted to convince me, always for my own good, of being silent and those voices who have shunned me when I have kindly refused, spoke out and took a stand anyway. Those who have tried to forcefully teach me how to be a less transgressive Black woman, a more compliant Black woman, a more likeable Black Woman, a less targetable Black woman, a more accommodating Black woman, a less radical Black woman. A Black woman who is less free.
Less free.
Less free?
I wanted to think about those who have felt offended or angered, I did not choose to live my life the way they chose to live theirs and, have experienced my choice as a criticism of theirs. That critical voice they have been so hurt by, was never mine. It has always been theirs. The voice of their internal slave. But…the first thing that came to ‘the tip of my pen’ was the memory of that dive.
The fear. The blue. The plunge. The hope.
The fear. The fear. The courage.
Or the recklessness?
The satisfaction.
The freedom.
Choosing freedom
I usually write my articles in one go. But I put this piece down. I was supposed to go to bed. I struggled to articulate clearly how my learning to swim was connected to assimilation, and to internalised oppression. It was clearly in me somewhere. Otherwise, how could my mind produce such an association?
Then I picked up James Baldwin’s Dark Days which I was about to read for a few minutes, before I had hoped falling asleep. I read the first couple of paragraphs; and there it was again. The fall. The fear. The not knowing. The plunge. The yearning for freedom. The freedom. The freedom?
‘To be black is to confront, and to be forced to alter a condition forged in history …not one of us… knows how to walk when we get there, none of us know how to master a staircase. We are absolutely ignorant of the almost certainty of falling out of a five-story window’ (Baldwin, 1980)
Perhaps these words capture something of that connection. The fear. The blue. The plunge. The hope. That fear again. Not one of us indeed knows what the outcome of our liberatory or ontological choices will be. But history has taught us there is little protection to be enjoyed in silence, in toeing that white line, in smiling. History has taught us we are controlled through fear. Often white fear.
Fear of losing face. Fear of losing that good job. Fear of jeopardising our position in the organisation. Fear of not paying the bills. Fear of losing credibility and network and support and friends and allies and of becoming the target of violent structures. Fear of losing the crumbs we’ve been handed. The fear of freedom always hides behind some other fear. Everyday we must decide whether we are going to choose freedom. I do not know that we can ever not be afraid. But I know that to not become consumed by fear, we must confront it over and over and over again.
Each moment we decide to embrace fear, we make the choice of no longer being controlled. We choose fear over the subjugation of the slave inside.
That’s what freedom is to me. The everyday choice of taking a dive amidst the disapproving voice of our internal master.
I do not force this praxis on anyone.
Please stop forcing yours on me.
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Posted in Political Issues and Debates on March 2, 2019 by www.racereflections.co.uk. 11 Comments
How to avoid talking about race while talking about race
In one of my most read pieces on Race Reflections ‘why I no longer argue about racism’, I attempt to explain why debating racism and oppression with people racialised as White is almost always a fruitless and doomed task that reproduces whiteness and, which I am no longer willing to engage in. By sheer coincidence, Eddo-Lodge’s excellent book (why I’m no longer talking to White people about race) was published shortly after. In it, she explains that not engaging in conversations on race with White people, was self-preservation and, sets out the historical and structural context for these ‘difficult’ conversations. It has been fascinating to see the apparent rising interest in some of the dynamics at play, when racism is raised.
Perhaps, there is an increased appetite for understanding what happens when our racialised lived experience is openly shared. Still, we have a long way to go and so, I have continued to resist getting drawn into race debates and arguments. It is of course not always easy. Nonetheless, I have learnt to pass and say, ‘I do not feel the need to have this conversation with you’. There is a lot at stake when it comes to confronting the reality of racism. Everything in this system of white supremacy requires racialised power configurations to be invisibilised or denied and, this is achieved via various linguistic and discursive devices. So in this article, I wish to start to explore some of them and how they turn conversations on racism into non-conversations.
Opinions as discursive tools
Opinions are excellent non-conversation devices. I am focusing here on the everyday/lay person’s use of opinion such as in ‘in my opinion racism is not as bad as sexism’ (believe it or not, an opinion I recurrently encounter from White women) rather than, on the use of opinion as synonym for expert advice as in ‘you need to seek a second medical opinion’. Below are a few definitions of opinion I have quickly googled;
‘Opinions are a thought or belief about something or someone’.
‘Your opinion about something is what you think or believe about it’.
‘A view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge’.
Collectively the above definitions propose that opinions are simply statements or at best judgements about a particular phenomenon. Beliefs, feelings or views about something which may be unsubstantiated or false. Given that whiteness is founded on the fantasy of ultra-logic and reason, it is notable that opinions are constructed as being exempt from falsification and extracted from logico-deductive frameworks.
Well researched and/or lived experienced informed arguments on racism recurrently hit ‘white opinions’. In fact, I rarely hear the expression, ‘I am entitled to my opinion’ or ‘well, in my opinion…’ until racism is the subject matter, then suddenly, opinions are uttered left, right and centre. And since ‘everyone is entitled to their opinion’ apparently, this functions as a defensive conversation-terminating strategy. It is not so much that we often state fallacies, untruths and, problematic statements —often statements of incorrect facts we attempt to pass as ‘opinion’— that bothers me, it is mainly the cultural notion that problematic statements (even if they are not factual) should be left without challenge and, that this constitutes freedom of expression.
It is a rather bizarre logic to use freedom of expression to essentially stop challenges to problematic or indefensible opinions and, force those expressing dissent or disagreement into silence.
There is an enduring White liberal notion which posits that every opinion on any social phenomenon (or on anything, for that matter) has validity and deserves equal ‘respect’. This is part of the problem. The reality is some opinions are informed and some are not. Some opinions are educated others are bigoted. Some opinions are violent in that they lead to social harm and increased violence outside the discursive realm. Discursive harm often precedes harm in other spheres of functionning. Thus, the myth that every opinion deserves to be heard and more dangerously, be heard and left unchecked, helps ensure not only that discriminatory or otherwise socially harmful beliefs are uttered unchallenged but, that our understanding of the phenomenon of racism remains confused, since our epistemic field is crowded by so many unhelpful and unsubstantiated opinions constructed as equally valid, competing for ‘our’ attention.
The epistemic shiftiness of whiteness
‘Both sort of evidence is used to demonstrate the non-existence of racism…When there is a particular piece of overt racism then it is dismissed as anomaly as a one off, an aberration, the fact that this is anecdotal and not statistical is used to render it meaningless, particularly because it is said this evidence being a one-off is not part of a pattern and therefore says nothing apart from itself. On the other hand, when statistical evidence is marshalled to demonstrate that an institution is favouring group A or group B, then anecdotal evidence is used to undermine the statistics…It is part of the complexity of racism that things have different meaning depending on which side of the fence they occur’ Dalal Farhad (2002)
The passage by Farhad above highlights how statistical evidence and anecdotal evidence will each be positioned to deny the reality of racism depending of what argument is advanced, at a particular point in time. I have highlighted a similar process when White individuals focus on their subjective experiences in relation to power and privilege. This is important. One of the main reasons of course White people want to debate racism is to argue that there is no such thing as white privilege. That they have not benefitted from being White in a white supremacist society. They simply do not feel structurally advantaged.
This subjectivist position is used to refute the existence of white supremacy as a system irrespective of structural reality and social inequality or indeed any objective evidence one might advance. Since I do not feel the existence of white privilege, it cannot be real.
However, watch what happens when people of colour or marginalised individuals attempt to speak of their lived or subjective reality e.g. ‘I experience you as oppressive’ or, ‘I feel discriminated against’, an epistemic shift occurs, objectivity is now preferred and, instrumental rationality is employed to delegitimise and invalidate their subjective experience. Questions such as ‘do you have any evidence?’ may be asked. ‘Do you have any evidence’…Think about it. You have got to laugh.
No, seriously. You really have to laugh.
This is what I refer to as the epistemic shiftiness of whiteness. When one’s epistemic position shifts constantly depending on where threats to one’s ‘truth’ lie. Truth being the non-existence of racism, particularly racism ‘in here’ and, the invisibilisation of racial oppression. You could say the ultimate function of such epistemic practices is the protection of white ignorance and with that, its concomitant oppressive systems. Fundamentally, this epistemic shiftiness means nothing is set. Beliefs, ethics, politics, principles…everything can be shifted to support whiteness. Every cause is arguable…every argument can be made, every epistemic position can be occupied, if this is needed to support the invisibilisation of racism.
Debating as violence
There are various forms of violence. And, the above linguistic and discursive devices are employed to ensure non-conversations look like conversations, while violence is being enacted. I’m not arguing here that those tools are uniquely used to protect and serve white supremacy, however when they are used for that purpose wether intentionally or unintentionally, they do harm. Firstly, they (to the untrained eye) help maintain racial tropes and stereotypes. Guess who appears irrational and intellectually inferior? I can’t tell you the number of times my intelligence has been questioned or that I have been otherwise insulted for refusing to get sucked into these sadistic power games and, be baited into toxic relational configurations. Another way to control and achieve silence.
In our society the person who refuses to engage is usually seen as the ‘weaker’ party, when invited to ‘debate’. We are generally socialised to be suspicious of the absent and, draw negative inferences, particularly when the absent is a person of colour, but not educated on the linguistic tools power uses to sustain itself through everyday practices. Too few of us can recognise that often enough, it simply is not in the interest of the person colour to engage. Certainly not to engage recurrently. There is a cost. These repeated ‘debates’ can take their toll on our psychological and physical health, they place significant demands on our emotional resources.
Resources we would in all honesty be better off investing in our liberation rather than in convincing White folks of the existence of racial oppression. There is something utterly dehumanising and mad making in seeking to prove one’s reality and experience to those who benefit from and, have vested interests in not seing the same. Not only does it render people of colour vulnerable to racial violence and trauma through compulsive acts of denial and defensive retaliation, it reproduces the power configurations of whiteness by positioning White people as truths holders and arbitrators of reality. In other words, it reproduces epistemic inequality and violence.
Non-engagement as resistance
A Black woman claiming expertise, even on her lived reality is an act of resistance. A Black woman saying actually you will not use my body and my mind as sites for the reproduction of whiteness and, the relational space that exists between us to perform white superiority and pseudo-rationality, is still socially transgressive. So transgressive that in fact, these acts of non-engagement can easily lead to violence and to racial abuse, of their own right. Fascinating, isn’t it? That racial violence and racism be used to demonstrate non-racial violence and the nonexistence of racism.
Actually, predictable and tragic. But such is the logic of whiteness. Try following a few Black women scholars on social media if you want to witness the toxicity and thickness of white denial. Certainly I get my fair share of trolling and abuse. But white ignorance is no accident. It is by structural design. Debate require access to the necessary conceptual and linguistic tools for all parties. And conversations presume equality. Openness. Willingness to listen and most importantly, a willingness to change. I seriously doubt these conditions are met when it comes to talking about racism. Until then, our exchanges will continue to be a spectacle of the enactment of white violence and denialism and, remain non-conversations.
Posted in Political Issues and Debates on February 23, 2019 by www.racereflections.co.uk. 5 Comments
Brexit, the body & the politics of splitting
‘We, as humans, are simultaneously social beings and biological organisms, the notion of ‘‘embodiment’’ advances three critical claims: (1) bodies tell stories about—and cannot be studied divorced from—the conditions of our existence; (2) bodies tell stories that often—but not always—match people’s stated accounts; and (3) bodies tell stories that people cannot or will not tell, either because they are unable, forbidden, or choose not to tell. Just as the proverbial ‘‘dead man’s bones’’’ (Kruger, 2005, p.350)
Brexit as a White man
When I think of Brexit, I think of a White man.
The day after the referendum, I woke up not quite knowing what to think or do. Vaguely worried about the future but in truth, still in a state of disbelief. Perhaps even of daze. But I had ran out of milk. So, I headed to my local Tesco, perhaps too this was an attempt at burying myself in the mundanity of everyday life, amidst the xenophobic and racist triumph that was Brexit. Once there, I got the milk and waited at the self-checkout. Someone was checking their items out. I positioned myself right behind them and, a small queue rapidly formed behind me.
Once my turn came, I took one step or two towards the machine. A White man jumped in front of me. He placed his items on the holding area and proceeded to check out. Uncharacteristically, I said nothing and I watched him in silence. I felt something violent had been done to me. The sense of stupefaction and ‘out-of-placeness’ amplified. I turned and looked around for a friendly face to connect with. Everyone in the store was White, averting my gaze and eye contact. Without a word or glance at me, the White man left. I had been disappeared. Twice. First by the White shopper, then by the White crowd.
What better representation of Brexit than this White man?
Both as a messenger of the future but also as the personification of a dormant beast awaken. This was the first time in well over 15 years in the U.K. that, I had ever experienced anything like it. I immediately linked this incident to the referendum and became even more anxious about what was to come. Of course, though I did not know it at the time, hate crimes took a hike immediately post-referendum. And, I would find myself increasingly invisibilised in queues.
Bodies, space and racism
I have always been fascinated by how bodies occupy space. How we move, how much or how little space we take. The distance and/or proximity between bodies, the relationship between our bodies and particular locations, the merging of bodily movements with socio-political and historical movements. There are various ways to assert and communicate dominance and superiority. And, the ways bodies move through space often become reflective of political discourses, social struggles and psycho-historical configurations. They are good indicators of power relations. Indeed, our embodied stories are meaningless if divorced from the ‘conditions of our existence’.
Body, space and subjectivities are intrinsically connected. It is through space that bodies express themselves, that therefore they come to be. Without space there is no subjectivity and, communication cannot exist either. This interconnection means of course each ‘entity’ has much to offer us in terms of understanding the others. Racism will thus become manifest and experienced through bodies and through space; both of which will tell us something of our subjective/psychological and, socio-political worlds.
I have observed various forms of racial bodily struggles. I have no doubt that anyone who pays attention has. Public transports are rich sites for such enactments. When a Black body and a White body bump into one another, the White body will usually stand firm on the spot; expecting to be navigated around. I have observed that when White bodies exit a train carriage and face a crowd of passengers who anxious to board, obstruct the exit door, so often they will move to push the Black or Brown bodies out of the way, if they are amongst those waiting to board.
Once, in a busy central London bus, full of White bodies with no seat available, an older White woman got on and went straight to a Black woman to ask for her to get up. The Black body she displaced was disabled. This only became apparent when she got up and struggled to stand with a walking stick. A Black woman was asked to make space for a White woman amidst the sea of White bodies. The entitlement to space also reflects the entitlement to Black bodies, particularly to Black women’s bodies. As can be observed through overfamiliarity or through physical touch without consent.
I doubt very many people of colour will be unfamiliar with the body dynamics described above and/or, would not have observed or experienced them. If you are White though, and doubt that racism manifests insidiously through bodily gestures and movements, I suggest you start paying closer attention to your body. The data is here for all those who care to pay attention. From the spreading of legs, to subtly elbowing us out of proximity, to the disregarding of physical boundaries and the invisibilisation of our bodies. It is all there for those prepared to observe. Having little or no awareness of how whiteness operates in space, of how White bodies may infringe on the space, bodies or boundaries of others (something I have previously referred to as micro-colonialism), is most likely indicative of this body-mind split.
Splitting and racial violence
No understanding of racism can ever be complete without an examination of racism’s bodily, affective, pre and para-verbal manifestations. Here, the Eurocentric split between mind and body and its associated epistemic disowning of the body, is a massive stumbling block. Despite phenomenologists like Merleau-Ponty and feminist epistemologists who have challenged the notion that bodily conduct and psychological conduct are separable; the mind–body dualism, or mind–body split which proposes that psychological phenomena are, non-physical, or that the mind and body are distinct, remains strong; reducing our apprehension of the embodiment of racism and indeed the embodiment of all socio-historical forces.
This splitting goes much further though than mind and body. It is also present in the separation of bodies from social structures, and the extraction of the past from the present. Splitting as a result does more than just sustain white ignorance. It is a vehicle for whiteness thus white violence. Once you learn to split as your primary defense when navigating the world, it becomes almost automatic not only to disconnect from your own body, your embodied experiences but also from that of others, including the pain and violence you inflict upon them. The centrality of splitting in the reproduction of racial violence cannot be overstated. Whiteness survived all historical atrocities it produced by splitting.
It is splitting that allowed White people to hang Black bodies on trees and take selfies or have picnics on lynching sites. It is splitting that enabled slave masters to cherish Black children ‘as their own’, then inflict the most horrific sexual violence and torture upon them for the most minor of ‘infractions’, seconds later. It is splitting again that meant colonialists could hold onto the bible in one hand and, a riffle in the other; say a prayer then go on mass murder sprees. And it is splitting that makes it difficult for White bodies to be aware of themselves in space.
But our bodies tell stories that we cannot or will not tell.
Understanding our body goes a long way in helping us understand the world and the contents of our thoughts. Even those thoughts we dare not think ‘aloud’ or say to ourselves. Similarly, bodily and affective experience help us understand the racism that is not only enacted through the occupation of space but also at discursive and symbolic levels, arguably evidencing the existence of an embodied racial (sub) consciousness or bodily memory which is inseparable from our social and historical consciousness. I guess there is a case to argue then that helping White people connect and reclaim their body may be an important step in reducing splitting and thus racial violence. Particularly more insidious and subtle bodily manifestations of racism.
Posted in Political Issues and Debates on January 26, 2019 by www.racereflections.co.uk. 7 Comments
Neuroses of whiteness, white envy and racial violence
‘Don’t you understand that the people who do those things, who practise racism are bereft that there is something distorted about the psyche? It’s a huge waste and it’s a corruption and a distortion. It’s like it’s a profound neurosis that nobody examines for what it is’ Toni Morrison
Neuroses of blackness
‘What does the Black man want?’ In White skin, Black masks , Fanon (1952) asks, in the same way Freud had wondered earlier ‘What does a woman want?’ (Hook, 2004).
For Freud women want to be men. For Fanon, Black men (and Black people more generally) want to be White. The desire for whiteness may for example, manifest in the longing for White sexual partners or, in the mimicking of white people (e.g. assimilation or skin depigmentation). Nonetheless, rather than being the manifestation of some latent intrapsychic mechanism, as was originally postulated in ‘penis envy’, for Fanon, the wish for whiteness is the consequence of power and material inequality, of the on-going cultural and historical trauma and, its resulting alienation in Black people i.e. the using of inferiorasing racist and colonial myths as the basis for self-relating. (The same has of course been argued about penis envy, mostly post-Freud).
It is this wish for whiteness in Black groups (extended to the colonised more generally) that Fanon refers to as the neurosis of blackness. In classic psychoanalytic theory neuroses usually refer to the intense anxiety produced by repressed material that thus cannot express itself directly or consciously. Neuroses of blackness though (contrary to the prevailing Freudian formulation of neuroses at the time) are rooted in the historical and socio-political. They are still however believed to be at least partly, underscored by envy as the oppressed/colonised is theorised to want to be in the position of the oppressor, indeed, to be the oppressor. According to Fanon (1952), the wish to be White is essentially the wish to be seen, the wish to be human and, the wish to self-determine.
In essence, it is power and freedom that the colonised/oppressed envy, having come to believe that only by becoming White, will these ontological aspirations materialise.
Much has been written about the internalisation of racism, of whiteness, of the social order and, its psychological and socio-structural impact on oppressed groups. Comparatively, little has been said about the psychological worlds of White people and the sequalaes of racial oppression, for them and on them. I continue to find this absence troubling. While some may argue that by focusing on Black people’s psyche, we stand a better chance at building their/our psychological or psychic resilience and, at understanding racial oppression, my view is that such an unbalanced attention continues to place Black people under the (colonial) white gaze at best, and at worse, actively locates the (racial) disturbance in them, arguably reproducing dynamics and discourses of scapegoating, Othering and dysfunction.
White envy
‘White folks are really jealous, and that shit could get a Black man killed’ (Davis, 2017).
A decade or so ago, a ‘mixed’ (cishet) couple was murdered in rural France. The husband was Black. He was a Doctor. He was also one of the few Doctors practising in their village and simply, one of a few Black people. His wife was White. They had, I think, two kids. Everyone was killed. When the killer, a White man was caught, he explained fairly calmly that he simply could not stand seeing the family doing so well and…that looking at the kids ‘always looking nice & well dressed’ was causing him distress.
When this tragic event occurred, I was already living in England, the affair was big news in France. I remember discussing it with my sister who was also living in rural France, whose family was similarly the only Black family around and, who was doing equally well materially. I have occasionally revisited this story as I grappled with understanding envy in racism. I think it struck a chord and had a chilling effect partly because it contained the essence of a dynamic; albeit to its extreme, we recognised and have experienced at more micro and everyday levels.
Klein defines envy as “the angry feeling that another person possesses and enjoys something desirable – the envious impulse being to take it away or to spoil it” (Klein 1984, 176).
Envy is not uniquely the domain of the colonised or the oppressed. Envious racial feelings experienced by white people vis á vis Black people, exist and are central to racism. I would argue, that the (unconscious) envy oppressor groups feel towards the people they oppress is fundamentally or qualitatively different from what has come to be described as envy in the colonised/oppressed. In fact I question the idea that the feelings the colonised experience towards colonialists, are best understood by characterising them as envy. Although it may be tempting to posit that both parties are envious of the other, and therefore set-up an equivalency; there isn’t one, for reasons I will try to explain below.
To be envious is firstly to feel an absence of something in oneself. It is secondly to feel afflicted and/or angry by the existence of that actual or fantasised something in someone else. Thirdly, it is to experience a drive to destroy that something or that someone possessing that something. In other words, it is feeling deeply disturbed that another entity possesses something one desires for oneself, but one that cannot be obtained. Thus envy, at least analytically is more than wanting for oneself a something we identify in others. It is the impulse to obtain it (at all cost) and failing this, to destroy it in the other. One may say it is to seek retribution for that sense of lacking.
To me, the murderous wish to kill an ex-partner who has moved on under the twisted yet common patriarchal thinking ‘if I can’t have you, no one will’ best illustrates the crux of envy. As does the example given above. Therefore, I do not believe this drive to destroy the goodness in others one so desires for oneself, best conceptualises racially oppressed groups’ relationship with White people. Historically and contemporeanously, this cannot be sustained. Not according to a Kleinian definition of envy. This is thus a point upon which I depart from Fanon’s scholarship.
There is an important although subtle distinction between envy and jealousy. If I experience jealousy, I experience a fear of loss or a sense of deprivation which I cannot tolerate, I therefore seek to possess the object triggering the jealous feelings. If one experiences envy on the other hand, there is a sense of being bereft rather than deprived. I am not sure one can obtain what is envied or at least that one thinks one can obtain it, not without doing harm. One therefore makes no move to possess but, to spoil. To destroy. To kill whatever or whomever contains the object of one’s envy. In doing so, one seeks to rid themselves of any trace of that feeling of lacking or absence and, the sense of inadequacy it produces.
This is an important distinction when it comes to racial and colonial dynamics. It is the difference between possession and annihilation.
Neuroses of whiteness
To posit that White people and by extension people with more power can be envious of those they oppress/those with less power may seem counter-intuitive. It is also counter-cultural for, it challenges taken for granted notions of white superiority. In addition, it shifts the location of disturbance onto white bodies by constructing them as lacking or at least as experiencing themselves, at some level, as lacking. This challenges whiteness.
White envy is underscored by the basic psychological defence of projection upon which colonial constructions of the racial Other and of blackness rely. Projection entails splitting off unwanted and intolerable aspects of oneself and, inputting them onto others. Here, the racial Other or the Black body. Projection is therefore a way of sanitising the self by ridding it of those aspects that clash with it’s sense of goodness. ( For those less familiar with this defense mechanism, it may be helpful for them to think about an unfaithful party in a relationship becoming preoccupied with their partner’s ‘inevitable’ infidelity).
In relation to race dynamics and at group level, in a society where ‘rationality’ and reason as the only or superior ways to know and access truth, are overvalued, the emotional and more embodied self will naturally be difficult to tolerate, so… the Black body will serve as a convenient repository of irrationality and bodily impulses. Similarly, if aggression and sexual impulses clash with white (Puritan-Christian) constructions of innocence, purity and bodily mastery then of course, Black and colonised groups will become the carriers of sexual depravity, aggression and impulsivity in the White imagination. White ego structures require these constructions to maintain their consistency and equilibrium.
For Fanon too, Black bodies act as repositories of white groups’ unacceptable desires, drives and wishes, particularly their disowned or repressed sexual urges. According to him, the fear of the constructed unbounded sexual power of Black bodies lead to neuroses in the White man which are rooted in a fear of sexual inadequacy/impotency.
This envy Fanon posits, lays at the centre of colonial relations. In other words, the White man despite claims and behaviours to the contrary, is envious of the Black man’s fantasised ‘primitivism’ and its associated constructed sexual potency. According to Fanon, this envy breeds racial paranoia. Exaggerations and deformations of the Other (and particularly here of his alleged monstrous sexuality) not only lead to sexual anxieties but, to fears of persecution in White groups (e.g. fantasised risks of rape and other sexual violence) which perpetually legitimise the need for violence against Black men (Hook, 2004).
Feeling the absence of what is projected
Using Klein’s conceptualisation of envy, I would propose an alternative but not so distant formulation to that of Fanon. Having so discarded aspects of itself it could not tolerate via projection, the White ego comes to experience the lack and, the absence of these parts; which do indeed belong to it. At this juncture, a psychic conflict or dilemma arise. White people cannot tolerate or integrate those parts…Thus they cannot allow themselves to ‘take’ or re-claim them yet, simultaneously, long for them. What to do? Destroy them and/or kill the object of envy.
Contrary to White peoples’ ego structure and self-esteem which are to a large extent dependent on colonial constructions and thus, the disowning of part of themselves, Black people have not located at least not at collective or group level, unwanted parts of who they/we are onto White people. I do not believe that they/we are threatened ontologically by the dismantling or reclaiming of colonial projections. If anything such dismantling would free them/us. This is why I do not believe there is really bi-directionality or equivalency in racial envy and why I do not speak of racial envy but of white envy.
The key difference here I think, is the drive to be the white Other vs the drive to annihilate the Black Other, because being the Black other would entail reclaiming parts of the self that simply remain too intolerable. In other words, when it comes to formulating colonised-colonisers relational configurations, it may be helpful to remember the distinction between jealousy and envy as proposed above. The colonised’ s yearning is primarily rooted in the material and unequal social arrangements, it is a yearning for power. On the other hand one may argue, the colonialist’s yearning is primarily rooted in a self-inflicted intrapsychic dispossession and, the fear of themselves.
Inversing racial configurations in the original tragedy recounted, it may be easier to imagine that the motive for such a hateful crime had the murderer been Black, (and the victims a White family) would well have been robbery or theft. It seems less likely that simply seeing two White children dressed well would have been material in triggering a murderous envious rage, in the absence of material interest. There are other factors of course and other ways to conceptualise white envy. One may think about it more discursively and consider that social resources’ allocation is the raison d’etre of whiteness and neo/colonialism so that white entitlement is a function the racial hierarchisation/stratification. In that sense, one may see the contemporaneous rise in racial hatred, in neo-nazism and the normalisation of racist and xenophobic discourses (under placating expressions such as ‘economic anxiety’) as simply a cover story for white envy. And, as White groups feel collectively challenged in their sense of superiority and entitlement, they are attempting to reclaim power through more socially sanctioned ways of saying, how dare you be above me? My comfort and success should always come first. I am entitled to what you have. And, if I cannot take it from you, I will destroy you. Or at least spoil it for you…
Let’s end on a few important questions raised by Morrison (1993):
‘What are you without racism ? Are you any good? Are you still strong? Are you still smart? Do you still like yourself? If you can only be tall when someone is on their knees, you have a serious problem’
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