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Quantum theorem shakes foundations | Nature News & Comment 2011-11-17
The wavefunction is a real physical object after all, say researchers.
Eugenie Samuel Reich - 17 November 2011
At the heart of the weirdness for which the field of quantum mechanics is famous is the wavefunction, a powerful but mysterious entity that is used to determine the probabilities that quantum particles will have certain properties. Now, a preprint posted online on 14 November1 reopens the question of what the wavefunction represents — with an answer that could rock quantum theory to its core. Whereas many physicists have generally interpreted the wavefunction as a statistical tool that reflects our ignorance of the particles being measured, the authors of the latest paper argue that, instead, it is physically real.
“I don't like to sound hyperbolic, but I think the word 'seismic' is likely to apply to this paper,” says Antony Valentini, a theoretical physicist specializing in quantum foundations at Clemson University in South Carolina.
Valentini believes that this result may be the most important general theorem relating to the foundations of quantum mechanics since Bell’s theorem, the 1964 result in which Northern Irish physicist John Stewart Bell proved that if quantum mechanics describes real entities, it has to include mysterious “action at a distance”.
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Hardik Pandya doesnt do regular. Life, king size seems to be more his thing. He is what they call filmy - read: dramatic. Pandya is a showman; look up his interviews on YouTube to watch him explode into a gazillion expressions in less than a minute. He is image-conscious, finicky about brands, and even shares his birthday with Amitabh Bachchan; you wonder why he isnt in Bollywood.Pandyas love for the limelight also means he loves taking on a challenge. In IPL 2016, he had the chance to be play-maker when Mumbai Indians promoted him to No. 3, but the move didnt quite work out. Both his batting and bowling form took a hit, and he was left out of Indias subsequent limited-overs series against Zimbabwe and West Indies. Up to that point, though, Pandya had featured in each of the 16 T20Is India had played in 2016, picking up 15 wickets at an average of 24. He was then sent to Australia with the India A team, where, statistically, he didnt have a great tour, but the selectors had seen enough to bring him back.A few minutes before the toss in Dharamsala, Pandya was surrounded by his team-mates as he collected his maiden ODI cap from Kapil Dev, incidentally 38 years to the day since Indias finest allrounder had made his Test debut. Pandya was in the spotlight again for about 30 seconds. MS Dhoni decided Pandya could bask in it a while longer when he gave him the new ball.Our thinking was to give him a chance to exploit the new ball. The reason being, we all felt, he is quite deceptive - he can bowl quick and he has got movement, Dhoni said. Even on wickets where some of the other bowlers dont get that kind of swing, he is still somebody who can get some purchase of the wicket.Pandya didnt begin well, though, as Martin Guptill took him for three fours off his first five balls. The numbers werent in his favour again, but two of those three boundaries were off edges, and a fourth delivery only just missed Guptills outside edge. Dhoni made note and installed a third slip before the last delivery of the over. Pandya got the ball to swerve in on a length and straighten to find Guptills edge, which went went to second slip.Pandya took off in celebration, with arms outstretched, but there was none of his usual vein-bursting screams. His only extravagance on the day, in fact, was a pair of sunglasses that appeared to be fashioned after cartoon characters Swat Kats headgear.Pandya maintained good pace, staying between the late 130s and early 140s, and married it with late movement to frequently find the batsmens body: Kane Williamson copped one on the thigh pad, while Tom Latham, who handled Pandya with the most ease, was hit on the box. While Pandya leaked a boundary in each of his first three overs and bled 26 runs - mostly by bowling too full - he made it up by giving away only five more runs in his next four overs.He was particularly effective against the left-hand batsmen, conceding only 18 runs off the 31 balls they faced. Pandya benefited as much from his Test match length as from his new-ball partner Umesh Yadavs accuracy at the other end; together they pinned down the returning Corey Anderson before his attempt to club Pandya was snaffled by a diving Umesh at mid-off.With the first leg of the Pandya experiment having gone well, Dhoni said he wanted to give him a decent run with the new ball. We only have eight games before the Champions Trophy [including the Dharamsala ODI], so we would like to see under different situations and conditions how he reacts and how he quickly he can adapt to the conditions, Dhoni said. 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He had nine rushes for 72 yards alone and capped the 82-yard drive by waltzing into the end zone from 5 yards .Bell also had 62 yards receiving to account for 298 of the 460 yards gained by Pittsburgh. It was the second three-TD game of his career, and first in which he scored three times rushing.Bell broke the franchise rushing record set by Willie Parker, who had 223 yards against Cleveland on Dec. 7, 2006He also extended his streak to four-straight games with 100 yards or more rushing, a span in which hes combined for 620 yards on the ground.The Bills mustered no response on offense or defense at a time when both quarterback Tyrod Taylor and coach Rex Ryan are having their future in Buffalo questioned.The Bills combined for seven first downs and 87 yards net offense on their first nine possessions. That included Sammy Watkins 8-yard touchdown catch set up by Stephon Gilmore returning Roethlisbergers second interception to the Pittsburgh 7 midway through the second quarter.Down 24-7, the Bills scored twice in the final 7:27 on Charles Clays 40-yard catch and LeSean McCoys 3-yard run with 1:25 left.Taylor finished 15 of 25 for 228 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.Ryans prized defense continued to struggle a week after Buffalo squandered a 24-9 third-quarterr lead in a 38-24 loss at Oakland.dddddddddddd Buffalo has now surrendered more than 200 yards rushing twice this season, including 256 in a 28-25 loss at Miami on Oct. 23, when Dolphins running back Jay Ajayi had 214 of those yards.BAD BENRoethlisberger finished 17 of 31 for 220 yards in continuing his struggles on the road. He has a 4-3 record away from Pittsburgh this season, when hes thrown eight touchdown passes and eight interceptions. Roethlisbergers numbers are far better at home, where hes 4-1 and thrown 17 TDs versus three interceptions.Buffalo linebackers Lorenzo Alexander and Zach Brown, on a pass intended for tight end Jesse James in the end zone, also had interceptions.MINUS YARDSThe Bills had minus-1 yards through two series in the first quarter, becoming the NFLs first team this season to have negative yards through the first 15 minutes. Buffalo didnt get into positive yardage until its first snap of the second quarter, when McCoy had a 9-yard run.DOINK!Steelers cornerback William Gay appeared to return an interception for a touchdown in the first quarter, only to have it nullified by a defensive holding penalty against Bud Dupree. What was amusing about the interception is how the ball landed in Gays hands. Bills receiver Robert Woods slipped to the ground and had Taylors pass hit him squarely in the facemask. The ball bounced up and directly to Gay, who ran it back from Buffalos 25.SNOW REMOVALThe start of the second half was delayed for nearly 10 minutes because of a buildup of rubber pellets that accumulated along the sidelines. The piles of pellets, which are part of the artificial turf, gathered up when tractors swept the field of a dusting of snow during halftime. Workers were required to use blowers and shovels to push the pellets further off the field.UP NEXTSteelers: At Cincinnati on Dec. 18Bills: Host Cleveland on Dec. 18.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '
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The UK Economy in the Long Expansion and its Aftermath
Part of Macroeconomic Policy Making
Jagjit S. Chadha, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London
Alec Crystal, Cass Business School
Joe Pearlman, City University London
Peter Smith, University of York
Stephen Wright, Birkbeck, University of London
Jagjit Chadha, Alec Crystal, Joe Pearlman, Peter Smith, Stephen Wright, Nicholas Oulton, Francesco Zanetti, Tomas Key, Varun Paul, Martin Weale, Tomasz Wieladek, Michael McLeay, Ryland Thomas, Alistair Milne, Justine A. Wood, Philip Bunn, May Rostom, Arnab Bhattacharjee, Sean Holly, Richard Barwell, John Lewis, Jumana Saleheen, Paul Johnson
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The financial crisis of 2007–11 has now been analysed and explained from almost every conceivable standpoint. Far less attention has been paid to the long business cycle expansion that started in 1992 and provided an exceptional period of macroeconomic stability in the UK. To many it seemed that the main problem of the UK economy had been solved: that of sustained non-inflationary economic growth. This book brings together senior macroeconomists from universities and the Bank of England to look at what policy-making lessons can be learned from looking at the period of expansion that preceded the financial crisis. It does so with the twin aims of encouraging more policy-focused research on the UK and encouraging policy debate in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the prolonged economic recession. Students, researchers and practitioners with an interest in the UK economy will need to absorb the lessons of this book.
The first examination of policy-making lessons that can be learned from the UK economy prior to the financial crisis
Each sector of the UK economy is analysed, including labour market reforms, price setting, the external sector, financial intermediaries, monetary and fiscal policy
Contains a unique mix of academic and practitioners' expertise, with chapters written by leading experts from UK universities and the Bank of England
Introduction Jagjit Chadha, Alec Crystal, Joe Pearlman, Peter Smith and Stephen Wright
1. Prospects for UK growth in the aftermath of the financial crisis Nicholas Oulton
2. Labor market and monetary policy reforms in the UK: a structural interpretation of the implications Francesco Zanetti
3. Property income and the balance of payments Tomas Key, Varun Paul, Martin Weale and Tomasz Wieladek
4. UK broad money growth in the long expansion, 1992–2007: what can it tell us about the role of money? Michael McLeay and Ryland Thomas
5. An old fashioned banking crisis: credit growth and loan losses in the UK, 1997–2012 Alistair Milne and Justine A. Wood
6. Household debt and spending in the United Kingdom Philip Bunn and May Rostom
7. MPC decision making, the long expansion and the crisis: integration with the global economy, heterogeneity and network dynamics Arnab Bhattacharjee and Sean Holly
8. Nine votes, one view and the never-ending consensus on the MPC during the great stability Richard Barwell
9. Emerging markets and import prices during the long expansion John Lewis and Jumana Saleheen
10. UK fiscal policy before the crisis Paul Johnson.
Jagjit Chadha is Professor of Economics at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
Alec Crystal is Professor Emeritus of Money and Banking at the Cass Business School, London.
Joseph Pearlman is Professor of Economics at City University London.
Peter Smith is Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of York.
Stephen Wright is Professor of Economics at Birkbeck, University of London.
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Modern and Postmodern Social Theorizing
Bridging the Divide
Author: Nicos P. Mouzelis, London School of Economics and Political Science
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There is a growing conflict between modern and postmodern social theorists. The latter reject modern approaches as economistic, essentialist and often leading to authoritarian policies. Modernists criticize postmodern approaches for their rejection of holistic conceptual frameworks which facilitate an overall picture of how social wholes (organizations, communities, nation-states, etc.) are constituted, reproduced and transformed. They believe the rejection of holistic methodologies leads to social myopia - a refusal to explore critically the type of broad problems that classical sociology deals with. This book attempts to bridge the divide between these two conflicting perspectives and proposes a novel holistic framework which is neither reductionist/economistic nor essentialist. Modern and Postmodern Social Theorizing will appeal to scholars and students of social theory and of social sciences in general.
Demonstrates how the central issues in sociology developed during the postwar period
Explores and proposes solutions to the big divisions in sociology between modernists and postmodernists
Provides a history of contemporary sociology as well as an original approach to its central issues
'Modern and Postmodern Social Theorizing: Bridging the Divide is a truly outstanding contribution to knowledge in the field. Professor Mouzelis succeeds in unequivocally shedding light in areas where darkness and confusion have been allowed to reign in recent years. He has consolidated his position at the forefront among contemporary sociological theorists.' Eric Dunning, University of Leicester
'This is brilliant, the best formal sociological theory known to me, and a terrific analysis of the state of play of the field.' John Hall, McGill University
'In this masterly survey of developments in social theory over the last half century, Mouzelis identifies the strengths and weaknesses of competing schools of thought and sets out the means of their reconciliation. It shows concisely and convincingly where sociological theory should be going if it is to regain its original path. His resolution of the conceptual shortcomings arising from the unbalanced treatment of the relationships between agency and structure at both macro and micro levels of analysis is brilliantly set out in the concluding Part Five. With its comprehensive grasp of a complex body of work, this much needed reformulation of basic principles is in a class of its own. A tour de force.' David Lockwood, University of Essex
Part I. The Theoretical Background: The Development of the Agency-Structure Problematic:
1. From Parsons' to Giddens' synthesis
Part II. Parsonian and Post-Parsonian Developments:
2. Parsons and the development of individual rights
3. Evolution and democracy: Parsons and the collapse of communism
4. Post-Parsonian theory I: neo-functionalism and beyond
Postscript: Alexander's cultural sociology
5. Post-Parsonian theory II: beyond the normative and the utilitarian
Part III. Agency and Structure: Reworking some Basic Conceptual Tools:
6. Social and system integration: Lockwood, Habermas and Giddens
7. The subjectivist-objectivist divide: against transcendence
8. Habitus and reflexivity: restructuring Bourdieu's theory of practice
Part IV. Bridges Between Modern and Late/Postmodern Theorizing:
9. Modernity: a non-Eurocentric conceptualization
10. Ethical relativism: between scientism and cultural relativism
11. Cognitive relativism: between positivistic and relativistic thinking in the social sciences
12. Social causation: between social constructionism and critical realism
Part V. Towards a Non-Essentialist Holism:
13. Grand narratives: contextless and context-sensitive theories
14. The actor-structure dimension: anti-conflationist holism
15. The micro-macro dimension: anti-essentialist holism
16. The inter-institutional dimension: beyond economism and culturalism
Instead of Conclusion: twelve rules for the construction of an open-ended holistic paradigm
Appendix: In defence of 'grand' historical sociology.
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Marine Corps Marathon Notebook: Staying Motivated
By Bethany Crudele on October 10, 2012 Fitness, Marines, Sports, Veterans, Washington, Wounded warriors
The marathon is now just around the corner. With less than three weeks until the race, my running partner Staff Sgt. Jeremy Boutwell (ret.) and I each completed a solid and steady 19-mile run over the weekend. We both finished in about three hours, causing us to slash our goal in the actual marathon by 45 minutes, from 5 hours to 4 hours, 15 minutes.
“That’s my goal. I think that’s realistic based on training,” Jeremy said over the phone.
Last weekend was the final long run for each of us. Our schedule has us slated to run 12 miles on Saturday, but 19 miles is the highest we’ll get before race day. Like most marathon runners, we’ll taper, or decrease our mileage, during the final weeks.
And all things considered, we’re each feeling strong. Not too sore, just a little more hungry than usual from all the calories we’ve been burning.
Jeremy said he “felt like a million bucks” after completing 19 miles and experienced little to no pain during or after his run. I’d say I felt more like a quarter of a million bucks. I think we’re both doing surprisingly well. As Jeremy points out, the anticipation of a 19 mile run was worse than actually running it.
Jeremy picked up his new race sneakers from the cobbler Tuesday. He has his left shoe built up exactly one inch in order to compensate for a shorter left leg from a combat injury. (Note the neon yellow laces I sent him)
We also got our bib numbers this week. I’m No. 803 and Jeremy is No. 804.
In the midst of everything, we’ve found some new ways to keep each other motivated and even exchanged surprise training gifts.
Jeremy sent me a pink CamelBak as a response to one of my previous posts in which I wrote about how I haven’t found a hydration pack that I like. I have to admit, it’s been an awesome addition to my running gear. It’s lightweight, rides high on my back and fits perfect.
“I think I did pretty damn good. I don’t mean to toot my own horn,” Jeremy said over the phone.
Without the CamelBak, I would have never made it through my 19 miles.
I sent Jeremy a pair of neon yellow laces. One of the first times we spoke he mentioned that he’s generally restricted to one type of sneaker (which usually only comes in the color grey). Jeremy has to have a cobbler build up one of his shoes exactly one inch in order to compensate for a shorter left leg from a combat injury. Because of this, he has to be careful not to buy a shoe that has an uneven tread which cuts down on his color selection.
Members of Team “Doc” Almazan, including Salina Jimenez (middle), completed The Long Beach 1/2 Marathon and 26.2 Bike Tour on Sunday. We’re running to remember Army Sgt. David Almazan in this year’s Marine Corps Marathon.
I thought the yellow laces would spice up his sneakers. I’m not so sure he’s as thrilled with my gift as I was with his.
“They’re a little bright for my taste. But they’ll work,” Jeremy said.
I suppose it’s the thought that counts, right?
We’ve also been in touch with Salina Jimenez, the widow of Army Sgt. David Almazan, who we’re running to remember. Members from our team, “Team ‘Doc’ Almazan,” which includes Jimenez, completed The Long Beach City Marathon and Bike Tour last Sunday.
“When someone on the route shouts out a ‘Hooah,’ it’s worth the training, the mileage and the drive to live for our fallen hero,” Salina wrote.
Staying motivated in these final weeks can be tough, but encouragement and communication with teammates around the country seems to be getting the job done.
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Home Gay Michael LaCour likely faked more than just his LGBT canvassing study
Michael LaCour likely faked more than just his LGBT canvassing study
5/25/15 1:42pm by Jon Green 9
Last year, Michael LaCour, a political science Ph.D. candidate at UCLA, published a widely-reported study in Science indicating that single, 20-minute, one-on-one conversations between canvassers and voters could produce significant and lasting increases in support for marriage equality.
There is significant empirical evidence that in-person canvassing can produce significant attitude changes on other issues, and those findings, along with LaCour’s were used as “a template” in the recent Yes Equality campaign in Ireland.
However, when a group of researchers were unable to replicate LaCour’s findings, they dug a bit deeper into his work and discovered that large portions of his paper appear to be faked. Even the organization credited with funding the study has no record of involvement with LaCour or his work. This led LaCour’s faculty co-author to request that the paper be retracted, and led Science to publish an official “editorial expression of concern.”
For his part, LaCour has vowed to respond to the allegations of faked data in detail:
(1/2) I read “Irregularities in LaCour (2014),” posted at http://t.co/SJ3jE89XeD on May 19, 2015 by Broockman et al. I’m gathering evidence
— Michael J. LaCour (@UCLaCour) May 20, 2015
(2/2) and relevant information so I can provide a single comprehensive response. I will do so at my earliest opportunity.
But LaCour is learning the hard way that one allegation of faked findings only invites further scrutiny. Yesterday, Tim Groseclose at Ricochet detailed evidence that he believes shows other instances of faked data in LaCour’s work.
Canvassers, via Wikimedia Commons
Groseclose examined two papers, one published in the Journal of Political Communication and one unpublished working paper that was presented at the most recent Midwest Political Science Association conference. While Groseclose believes that the research behind the peer-reviewed work is sound, he documents a number of irregularities in the working paper that lead him to believe that the data are pulled out of thin air.
The paper in question examines the “news diet” of voters and concludes that, contrary to conventional wisdom, voters don’t live in echo chambers; LaCour claims to show that our “news diet” is, for the most part, balanced.
Depending on which research you rely on, there’s support for some version of this conclusion. However, as Groseclose outlines, LaCour’s path to results he claims to have found is checkered at best.
LaCour’s paper relies on a method of measuring ideology in the media that he appears to not understand. The method, previously developed by economists Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse Shapiro, constructs a list of “loaded phrases” (like “death tax” or “amnesty”) and measures how often such phrases are used in congressional speeches and news outlets. By comparing frequencies, one can then make statements like “The New York Times is approximately as liberal as a speech by Sen. Joe Lieberman” with some degree of empirical confidence. As Groseclose notes, this method was itself inspired by a method that he had formulated previously — a method that Gentzkow and Shapiro give him credit for.
In LaCour’s paper, however, the method appears to have been tweaked manually, leading Groseclose to write: “I do not believe he actually wrote the code that would be necessary to execute his method and, accordingly, I don’t believe that he really computed the estimates that he reports from his method.”
Perhaps the simplest reason to believe that this is the case is that there doesn’t appear to be any rhyme or reason to LaCour’s confidence intervals. Basic statistical theory dictates that the larger your sample, the smaller your confidence interval should be. However, in LaCour’s work, this is not the case; the news shows with smaller sample sizes have smaller confidence intervals than shows with larger ones. One would expect anomalies like this to have a plausible explanation in the methods section, but, by Groseclose’s estimate, “approximately 90% of the first two pages [of the methods section] is a word-for-word copying of sentences from Gentzkow and Shapiro’s article;” not a sin in and of itself if the paper states that it relies on Gentzkow and Shapiro’s work, but also no help when it comes to explaining the anomalous results.
As Groseclose also notes, LaCour appears to have a loose understanding of the statistical principles he cites, mistranscribing terms like “Chi-squared” with an “x” instead of the Greek letter. Again, this isn’t incriminating in and of itself, but it does suggest a lack of understanding of the work LaCour is claiming a working knowledge of. As Groseclose writes: “If a researcher is not really familiar with the Chi-Squared distribution, I don’t see how he or she could fully understand the Gentzkow-Shapiro method. And if LaCour does not fully understand the Gentzkow-Shapiro method, I do not see how he could have executed the method that he describes in his paper.”
Groseclose goes on to outline other suspect elements of LaCour’s work, including the lists of loaded phrases used by liberals and conservatives bearing highly unlikely levels of consistency over the three-year period LaCour observes.
Also of note, LaCour’s method labels the Thom Hartmann show as having a conservative bent which couldn’t be farther from the truth. Groseclose discusses what this anomalous result means, and speculates as to why LaCour declined to discuss it in his paper, but at the end of the day it’s either a sign of methodological error or imputation.
As Groseclose notes, the simplest way to prevent issues like these in the future is for academics to provide the data and code they used to produce their results — something LaCour has yet to do. If their data weren’t faked, the output should be the same on someone else’s computer. As political science has become increasingly technical over the years, with the mathematical models becoming more and more complex, Groseclose speculates that if the major political journals were to institute this requirement they would find that a significant number of the papers submitted for publication — and many that have already been published — would not pass muster, as they rely on methodologies that the papers’ authors don’t understand and, therefore, cannot use effectively.
What’s a shame in all of this is that LaCour’s faked LGBT canvassing study is going to be used as evidence against the LGBT movement — and the field of political science — for years to come, when in fact the finding that LaCour made his research up is an example of the field working as intended: No matter how groundbreaking your research is, it doesn’t mean anything if no one can replicate it. The scientific community polices itself by not taking the work of others for granted, and researchers should always conduct their work under the assumption that whatever they publish will be tested elsewhere.
And in the grand scheme of things, LaCour’s fraud looks rather benign compared to prior debunkings of studies after attempted replications. After all, it’s not like LaCour sparked a global austerity movement based on a typo in Excel.
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9 Responses to “Michael LaCour likely faked more than just his LGBT canvassing study”
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I had my doubts about this study from when it was first announced. Yes, one-on-one conversations do help, but after 20 minutes, you’ve still only conversed with a stranger. This is not likely to change deep-seated attitudes on a lasting basis. Or to put it another way, 20 minutes of a sympathetic chat with someone won’t offset the beliefs of someone who watches Faux News (by choice) several hours every day and who listens to Hannity and Limpballs because they like the radio shows.
What we’ve seen is that what seems really to change people’s attitudes about LGBT folks and with respect to civil rights is when someone ends up with an LGBT person close to them — a family member or good friend. True, many react with rejection, but a surprising number have their personal epiphany and realize they don’t want their family member or friend to be disadvantaged. It’s familiarity which is important.
Anyway, it’s always sad to see when someone f*cks up so spectacularly. I’ve no doubt LaCour was sure he could prove his hypothesis, but then he got sloppy. And he let desired outcomes get in the way of ethical research methods.
The real lesson here: The liberal/progressive left will see a study like this and acknowledge it was flawed, and furthermore not continue to depend on it for scientific support. Whereas the conservatives take THEIR flawed studies such as Regnerus and Marks, who didn’t even study the relationships they purported to find negative conclusions about, and still cite them.
It was a nice idea so maybe it was kinda sort real after all because LaCour had a vision he wanted to communicate. Okay, but that’s not science, it’s not even reputable tealeaf-reading.
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Donut Burger @ Red's True Barbecue / London, UK
Northern smoke-power-house Red's hit London last year, first as a pop up and then as a fully fledged restaurant in Shoreditch. Finding truly good American-style barbecue in this city is a very hit and miss affair, some popular spots we have tried unfortunately turned out to not be very good at all, so we are always hesitant as fuck to try places for fear of disappointment. But when a bunch of friends suggested we go the Red's, we figured it was worth it for the ridonkulous Donut Burger at least.
The jokeshop concept of a Donut Burger is bombastic, but in essence it is a really only a bacon double cheese with a more doughy and hella calorific bun. The two glazed doughnuts mean that the initial clout in every mouthful is a familiar cloying of the sweet glaze and easy collapse of the soft dough. But then comes a wave of sweet smokiness from the smoked peppered bacon, and then classic undertones of the patties, cooked to a fine pink, and melted American cheese combination. The meat is soft and the cheese is gooey, a classic cheeseburger might be pretty decent here. And then the sweetness of the doughnuts push back again with a wave of the creamy dirty sauce. The battle of sweet with smoky all the way through is an odd but not unpleasant experience, like having a continual barrage of soft toys at your head. It is a stunt, and you would eat it purely for the sake of spectacle. Doubtful you'd need to revisit it.
We need to talk about barbecue. It unfortunately turned out to not be very good at all: The brisket was dry, chewy and lacked flavour and the bark was rock-hard jagged and exuded none of the smoky nuances you would hope from a nicely smoked cut. The bone dry pice of bread underneath was evidence enough of the lack of any moisture. The burnt ends were a chore for the jaw and smothered in so much sauce you couldn't have tasted the meat if you had wanted to. The pit smoked buffalo wings had a fine smokiness to them, but were also dry and lacking in any real trace of buffalo sauce or flavour. The gang we took are wing fans and they were disappointed-to-the-point-of-miffed. The diminutive portion size of the £20 Pitmaster Tray was also called into question (in a more 'Is that fucking it?' way).
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Ayoade on Ayoade book. Read reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Would it be too much to say that my somewhat-wry prose has. Ayoade on Ayoade by Richard Ayoade, , available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Editorial Reviews. About the Author. Richard Ayoade is an English comedian, actor, writer, TV presenter and director, best known for his roles as Dean Learner .
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Ayoade on Ayoade - Richard Ayoade - Ebook download as PDF File .pdf), Text File .txt) or read book online. Fiction, joke. In this book Richard Ayoade - actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist - reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself. They have called their book Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey. Ayoade on Ayoade captures the director in his own words. By Richard Ayoade. During this ebook Richard Ayoade - actor, author, director, and novice dentist - displays on his cinematic legacy as purely.
Our camera respectfully pans away. Richard Ellef Ayoade is an English actor, comedian, writer, director and television presenter. To celebrate. This book tells the story of the men and women of Fighter Command who worked tirelessly in air bases scattered throughout Britain to thwart the Nazis. Repeat back to me the precise words I used.
Richard Ayoade's CV is formidable in its diversity. He's perhaps most recognisable from his work on the British comedy scene: He's appeared on a variety of panel shows. He's also directed two acclaimed feature films, 's Submarine and 's The Double. Both, like the man himself, possess a distinct style and trade in off-beat humour. And now he can add author to the list: A parody of Faber's highbrow Directors on Directors series, in which critically celebrated filmmakers discuss their work, the book sees Ayoade research and conduct several interviews with himself.
The Director-Ayoade persona he creates is ludicrously pretentious and surreal, recounting memories of his cinematic ambitions in the womb, and boasting of his plumbing skills.
Part faux biography, part collection of invented interviews, part mock journals, and wholly silly, the book is shambolic, farcical and anxiously self-aware.
Only a genuine neurosis over self-presentation could provoke such a hyperbolic semi-autobiographical character. Last month, Ayoade appeared on Channel 4 news , and showed a real aversion to any earnest interest in his career, sidestepping Krishnan Guru-Murthy's questions, from the importance of his background Ayoade was born in Hammersmith to a Nigerian father and Norwegian mother to the contents of the book itself.
This distaste for self-promotion comes through in Ayoade on Ayoade. Director-Ayoade proclaims: The prospect of needing to make a whole film before a stranger tapes my thoughtless utterances and uses them as the basis for a speculative, semi-hostile character portrait makes me very sad.
His own overtly hostile character portrait of himself is, at its best, very funny. The interviews are characterised by Director-Ayode's constant subversion of logical conversation, and crisp one-liners. But with over consecutive pages devoted to Ayoade interviewing himself, the joke is spread thin.
I feel cheated and used. I am too sad even for brunch. They should be labelled. Whither now? Slow fade to black.
My lips are ugly. The kiss becomes full. I am too sad for tears. Our eyes meet. Ayoade makes no reference to his particular epistolary process of courting actors in the first place. I have betrayed myself and my subject. I felt that that was an awkward segue. My mouth is swollen. I think people who label should themselves be labelled.
Do you like being labelled? When I wake up. Ayoade leans over and gently kisses me on the cheek. He certainly reacted with pique when an actor dared send him notes on a scenario. We end up making love. I have wet myself. Quick Steadicam push into — A buffet-style eatery. Ayoade fills a large bowl with rough chunks of onion and sits down. I do so in a politically engaged way. I believe I made some scathing comments about the euro just before I touched your underside.
It would depend what had been on Radio 5 Live that morning. I choose not to eat. When I eat. My questions have a harder edge to them. If memory serves. I still have it somewhere. Why are we putting things on pins all of a sudden? Are women a particular interest of yours? I think if my life and work is about anything. Why are you so cold?
Have you ever met a woman before? I did have a frightening episode myself once. He catches the eye of a beautiful woman at an adjacent table.
The sound of distant thunder. Why is that? I cannot take this brute a moment longer. Snap to black. I take my leave. His eyes averted. I just feel more comfortable that way. Ron Howard. It takes me several months to arrange another intervista with Ayoade. He had expected me to pick up the tab for our last meal. It takes me several more months to persuade him to reveal the location of the undisclosed location so that I could type it into MapQuest.
It is merely good or bad. And fiction is neither true nor false. Are his films in Italian? I think the only reason U2 tried to break America was so that The Edge could start wearing cowboy hats without arousing suspicion.
Call me over. No one had dared. He very wisely gave up acting before he became bald. He came up with it himself. On the one hand. Always sung in English. If he were a lawyer. Certainly not in functional terms.
Very smart guys. You know who else is smart?
To sum up: Give them a box. The Edge did the same. And team players. The Edge. The furthermost point that one can occupy is in this room.
You see what I did? I always wanted to ask — is Ayoade your real name? I am The Edge. I want to show you something. What I did was this: I brought a very radical concept into our discourse. I wanted to be an icon in my own right. Ayoade asks me to leave his speedboat. Get out. I vault over the side of the speedboat and give chase. The Hermeneutics of Howard. I explain that the speedboat is owned by the showroom. I feel I probably put too many vowels in there. I ask if he has any documentation to back that up.
He counters by saying that. But then again. I was the one who obtained permission from the showroom to conduct the interview on the speedboat. He opens his holdall and produces a roll of microfilm. Ayoade is also a fan of Star Wars. With no prelude and no explanation. Ayoade racing up a stairwell.
Well-wishers throng the streets. Ayoade wryly swipes a bowl of onion from the buffet and gives it to the Beautiful Woman we saw earlier.
His colleague. A beat of shared humanity: A barricade across the road! Ayoade screeches to a halt. They both shrug their shoulders. We run in and out of buildings. The Assassin. He sees a lone sniper on the top of a nearby building. Ayoade and I weave in and out of traffic.
Me behind. Ayoade slips out of the door and hops onto a scooter. Its owner. Perhaps it was best that nothing was said. How I knew the despair of Uncle Owen!
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On its release. Ayoade and the Assassin fight hand to hand. The Assassin reaches for a blade stashed in his boot. I watch. When he is in the middle of the river. Ayoade fires a zip line to a building on the other side of the Thames and travels rapidly along it.
Grace Jones hits the accelerator and they race away. How could I have told him that I was pregnant? I race to the edge of the high-rise building and look at him longingly. Do you feel your films belong to any kind of genre?
The genre of All Life on This Planet. The camera swirls round and round as if in a vortex. I like Starlight Express. What do you think of other art forms? The sky lets out a silent scream. And I like to research twenty-four hours a day. Do you go to museums? If I need a leak. Then I realise I could just text him. How much research do you do? For me. As in L. Clouds darken. All is lost. How would you like to be remembered? Do you read reviews? Only on Amazon.
A KKK I can do business with. Kula Shaker. I excite me. The latter displays an unusual naivety regarding the level of hospitality that he would have to provide. Is Ayoade saying that he wishes to become so wealthy that he would be able to own all property in which the Queen currently resides?
Or is he implying that he would like the Queen to move in with him? The former seems to ignore the enormous constitutional implications thrown up by having royal residences in the hands of one sole citizen. Or a total spanner? After this last text. What excites you? Peace excites me. Would Ayoade be responsible for maintenance. Numerous things. Reception in and out. As the freeholder. Are they allowed to put property on the market and keep the proceeds? Surely Parliament would intervene?
And if they were in such dire need of money that they did and could! I keep a wide span. Would he deal with them directly or through an agency? I like to span the totality of humanity.
Shall we meet? He can certainly engender narcolepsy in the listener. I have my transcripts. And then it hits me like the pain of finding an expired Argos. Something dangerous. Something darker. Had I met Ayoade? I need a beat. I thought I could get a thumb in.
I had some loose ends to tie up. Not one bit.
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Something that can topple dynasties: Had I really met Ayoade? And that house was vide. This is the reason I will never watch Speed 2: Cruise Control on a commercial television network. And this. But this is not so much a break as a breakdown.
The jury can go hang while you and I stagger into a blind alley. I started to wonder — whose finger was on the ribbon? Was it hell. Wherein we ask.
The breaks ruin the poetry. It was my finger. Suede on top. I might creep towards clarity. By their fruits you will know them. I turn to Socrates for help. But for me.
Whenever I wear it I feel like the New Zealand-born. I will dive. And there. Where do you find T. I had to approach Ayoade afresh. Where do you find [insert name of female writer for balance]?
On [low-rent programme that works alliteratively with her name]? No [further comment deriding said programme]. Perhaps by asking myself questions. This pungent clarion call contains top notes of blackberry.
Where do you find Tolstoy? On T4? No he skews too old for their demographic. Not for the last time. Never has a scent made me feel so emotionally connected to a celebrity. Australian-raised musician and television-competition judge is wrapped around me like warm breath. I feel so confident when I wear it.
A lot of celebrity perfumers might have settled with just the smell of suede. How does one find the true essence of a great artist? How do we get close to them? On Daybreak? The Ellen DeGeneres Show? Later that morning I lop off my finger with a bolt cutter and come up with a new re solution: I had time and one other proud Prufrockian possession: Who would dare peer into those peripheral fields of film-related whim? Who had the courage?
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Who had the passion? His target? The Moving Pictures Business. As I review these pieces. Especially for something so tiresomely specific. I have resisted the urge to rewrite or tinker. Quaff deeply or sip demurely — I entrust them to your care.
I looked forward to bin day. I believe everyone has been given one special gift. I had great swathes of time. They could be freed from the compulsion to critique film on the page. Like Lady Gaga. To pastiche. I was drunk with time. I got up early. They could use their time for the things that were important to them: I am reminded of my younger self. I had it marked on the calendar.
He was an unruly buck. Each month I sat on my puce aqua bench and carefully honed five hundred words of non-topical. The writer must recede and the reader must reign! They could focus with unearned confidence on their sublimely average quests towards the quotidian. Let us consider his introduction to Compose Thyself: The Collected Columns of Richard Ayoade.
Film Flap and The Eye Inside. I humbly present them to you now. But I was often not busy. I wrote these columns. And while I waited in vain for mine. I hope and expect that this collection will change your life for ever.
I must march on. You WILL brood on your unworthiness as my mots justes offer up fresh riches and insights. Ayoade is so terrified of criticism that he prefers to criticise himself often mid-sentence.
But sometimes the city is a character in the film. I hope this book goes some way to allowing men one small step towards parity within the entertainment industry. Whom you MUST not thank. We can only conclude that his braggadocio masks a more heartfelt desire to express his truth using the written word. As a husband. I challenge the reader to think of more than two really great male directors. You WILL feel guilty to have received so much.
But enough. We have come too far to turn back now. But before we set up camp inside the man.
A wearisome refusal to use a comprehensible idiom. The chest-puff. We must not fail. You be Good Cop and get me a coffee. I want to elevate you. For far too long. Our voices go unheard. Artists are often frightened folk. The pre-emptive strike. We must not falter. A simple. These pieces are gifts. But like some scrawny jackdaw frog-marching up to a mighty falcon. I needed that. But you and I are looking to breach its walls. We have before us.
For perhaps these walls form a pentagram. Or maybe they evoke The Pentameron. Writing Routines II. A Writing Masterclass V. Writing for Hire X. Scriptwriting VIII. So this is the part of the mission where we agree on a plan.
An Audition II. Space for Notes VII. A Plum Part X. Pause for Thought VI. Pause for Thought XII. Writing Music XI. The Art of Adaptation IV. Where we work out how to crack the safe. A Pentagon. Acting the Part IV. The joint divides into two main areas.
An Actor Asks V. I always inferred from the way he spoke that Ayoade was borderline illiterate. Rewriting IX. Terms of Engagement III. And like that institution. Character Acting IX. And a praise.
We can do this. Several close friends and colleagues said that they resented the thought of even lifting up the book in order to dispose of it. If you have no loved ones. And this is the right time. Do not attempt to read these articles in one go.
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We pose no immediate threat to the USA. I was effectively holding your hand all the way through. The original quote was.
But before you undertake this journey. Take breaks. My recommendation? I would recommend that you put aside no less than FIVE days to read these pieces. And I want to give you an acknowledge. Reading any of this material is an achievement. So just trust me. I advise you to skip straight to Part 2C. I had to get you ready. Very well. Credit for much of this passage must go to my encyclopaedia.
There are designated rest points for you to gather your wits and make notes. I assumed he would seek to avoid any embarrassing mention of his thespian divertissements. I have added my own comments and analysis. If you feel depressed. We are comrades. But here you will find him thumping on into next week about composition and his mimetic method. As such. You had a very clear objective going in. You have done well.
We had to wait till it was the right time for your mind and your body to do this. Clearly he does not advocate a reader-led free state. There are sixteen in all: Ayoade ironically and literally could not give these columns away. I wake up at 5. I only have one acting muscle.
I like peaches. I like to make sushi but am sadly unable to. This can take up to four hours. Therefore I eat a lot of curry. I outline an average day in the life of Ayoade. At about 2. Nectarines have been the ideal solution. A Cinematic Odyssey by Richard Ayoade. Would it be too much to say that my somewhat-wry prose has changed the way the film community thinks about itself and indeed how it thinks about the concept of community?
It wouldn't. In fact, it's actually pretty insulting that this so-called 'Community' hasn't done more to acknowledge or even begin to repay its undoubted debt to me. Richard Ayoade is many things - Would it be too much to say that my somewhat-wry prose has changed the way the film community thinks about itself and indeed how it thinks about the concept of community?
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Showing Rating details. Sort order. Richard Ayoade is a treasure. His comedic style is pretty much unrivalled on television today. So how well does his unique branch of humour translate to the page? Quite well actually, well, at least I thought so. Ayoade on Ayoade can be seen as a spoof, a mockery, a satire on those pretentious novel length interviews given by directors who only a handful of intellectuals have heard of and even fewer have actually witnessed their works.
One that comes to mind is probably the most famous, Hitchcoc Richard Ayoade is a treasure. This book is presented as a series of interviews given by Richard Ayoade to Richard Ayoade hence the name stupid! His quick-witted and subtle humour flows wonderfully throughout these interviews. However it's more than just that. It is entirely held together by a series of footnotes, in fact nearly half of the book is just footnotes. It would make David Foster Wallace proud but made navigating this book on my Kindle a task akin to Dante's journey through the Inferno.
The footnotes are full anecdotes within themselves, made up of letters and diary entries and strange Pinteresque short film scripts. The book's subtitle, "A Cinematic Odyssey", is really the best description of it.
So who wants to read this book? Well, let's see. Here's a test. If yes, then congratulations this book is for you! If no, well then, carry on with your life. View 1 comment. Jan 10, Joey Woolfardis rated it liked it Shelves: Richard Ayoade: Actor, Writer, Director. Father, Husband, Man. Nasal, Norwegian, Nigerian. Some Other Things, Too. In this book, Richard Ayoade interviews himself, Richard Ayoade, about his life in the limelight, mostly concentrating on his love for film and the films he has made, namely the only two he has made, Submarine and The Double.
This is not a biography. Or an autobiography, though there are some elements of such here. It's more of an assault of autobiographies and interviews and cinema a Richard Ayoade: It's more of an assault of autobiographies and interviews and cinema as a whole, and so many other things.
Don't buy this book on Kindle. You will regret it and want to kill yourself for not heeding my Wise Words. This book is built upon the footnote and appendix system, and you MUST flick back and forth between the three in order to fully appreciate Ayoade's might.
View all 5 comments. Dec 27, Laura Caley rated it it was ok. I was disappointed with this book if I'm honest - I'm a huge fan of Richard Ayoade and had high expectations for this book. The first part with the interviews was funny at times and I could cope with reading this but the second part was far too Annoying I guess is the correct term. Jokes had been stretched too far and it just wasn't my cup of tea sadly.
That Richard Ayoade is so willing to poke fun at this, whilst apparently engaging with it in his own films, made me like him even more - and I already like him a lot.
I would suggest that if you like the idea of Richard Ayoade interviewing Richard Ayoade about half of the book whilst taking celebrity introspection to absurd new levels, or - for example - you know who Terrence Malick is, and you are attracted to reading a series of highly unlikely tweets he sent whilst making the film 'The Tree of Life', then you should find much to enjoy here.
If not, give it a miss. I wanted so much to like it! I tried so hard to like it! But the appendices were Just. Ayoade is probably one of my favourite actors and comedians. I hadn't read anything from him before this, and maybe if I had I would have been better prepared for this book, but it was not to be.
Settled for 2. Jan 18, Gareth rated it really liked it. Mostly pointless in a charming way. Then a bit irritating. Just enough "laugh-out-loud moments" to qualify for my enduring respect. View all 4 comments. Sep 25, Theediscerning rated it liked it. For those who, like me, wondered if this was coming a little too early in the career of Richard Ayoade, rest assured — this is a spoof of those grandiloquent career-spanning interview books.
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It's a very competent spoof, too — one showing that he can put pen to paper and come up with something clever enough, enjoyable and witty and at times sprightly, and very well sustained. Unfortunate, then, that he has sustained mediocrity too far. From the book we can gather that he has a brilliant line in se For those who, like me, wondered if this was coming a little too early in the career of Richard Ayoade, rest assured — this is a spoof of those grandiloquent career-spanning interview books.
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Some classic Janis. A celebration of what made the difference in the elections, Tuesday. We tried just a little bit harder.
Reliving the Exorcism of November 7th
Exorcism complete. Democrats control Congress (unlike Republicans who tried to own it).
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I confess that this one makes me the most pessimistic about Wisconsin. When it comes right down to it, I believe that Jim Doyle is fundamentally dishonest. I believe that he is corrupt. And I believe that the evidence of his faulty character is overwhelming. I truly believed that when people were in the ballot box, that they would choose to cleanse their government. Again, I was wrong. I think that the fact that a majority of Wisconsinites were willing to ignore Doyle’s ethical issues speaks poorly about the character of too many Wisconsinites.
This comment seems fairly endemic of conservatives everywhere from what I've read and illustrates what is truly going on here: Conservatives are the ones lacking character. Heck, Tom Reynolds (the most principled guy in the Senate according to Jessica McBride) can't even bring himself to make that concession phone call like well-mannered and gracious opponents do when defeated.
From viewing the comments sopping with tears and sour grapes over at conservative websites, I have come away with the belief the defeat of the Republicans had nothing to do with the Democrats being any better (though I hope we have learned our lessons well), but with the ethical lapses and boorish behavior of many conservatives. Oh, did I forget arrogance. Check this comment out from Owen at Boots and Sabers.
Looks like it is over as far as governor goes. I admit, I’m surprised and I’m very disappointed. We get the government that we deserve and Wisconsinites have chosen another four years of corruption, expanded Tribal gambling, higher taxes, selling of state contracts, and an out of control regulatory and litigation climate. I’m pretty ashamed to be a Wisconsinite tonight. I thought that Wisconsinites were sincere about clean government and ethics. I was wrong.
That seems to be a common thread … that the voters are somehow to blame. It apparently doesn’t concern Owen that perhaps he and his own are the ones to blame.
One person couldn’t understand how the “Ban Gay Marriage” amendment could pass (their base?), but conservatives could not get elected. The answer is fear. Opponents of gay marriage used fear and other sanctimonious imagery to get this amendment passed. They succeeded in convincing a substantial number of normally undecided people to vote for the ban. It’s sad, though it does lay bare the Republican agenda which hoped that a vote for the ban would also carry water in the election.
And now, of course, unable to accept defeat, others are turning to the fraud gambit. The Game is saying that Democrat’s victories were all garnered because of voter fraud. They must have won that way he says, because the races were all within two to three percent, which is the amount, of course, of voter fraud that occurs whenever Democrats are involved in lections (I’m paraphrasing).
And finally, my nemesis, Chris, at spotted horse 2 had this to say in a responding comment (to mine) at Boots and Sabers:
I am really torn right now wondering if Wisconsin is worth fighting for anymore its not sour grapes Tim now that the crook has won reelection be honest would you tell you children to use Governor Doyle as a role model?
Between Doyle and Falk how many businesses will be driven out of Wisconsin?
Hey the people of Wisconsin have spoken and unlike our Rat enemies have done since 1994 I will
not say they were dumb or stupid Tim is right the people have spoken if they want Jim Doyle's style of leadership they are welcome to it.
What a night I imagine this was what it felt like in 94 if you were a Rat.
Time to rethink some things and some long term plans
Let the looting begin.
For Chris this is relatively tame. However, it is indicative of conservatives in general. It was never that their candidates may have been flawed, and it was never about the blind eye they turned to the obvious ethical and moral problems of their candidates … nope, the campaign was always about the evils of liberalism. If they had taken more time to right their own ship instead of being power-hungry, boorish and arrogant, the Republicans might still be in power.
Face it guys … You blew it. You had your opportunity. I hope this is the beginning of another 40 years of Democratic rule, because the 12 years the Republicans held power nearly tore this country apart.
God Will Be Angry
Psst. Don’t tell Jessica McBride.
MINNEAPOLIS - Voters elected a black Democrat as the first Muslim in Congress on Tuesday after a race in which he advocated quick U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and made little mention of his faith.
Keith Ellison, a 43-year-old defense attorney and state representative, was projected to defeat two rivals to succeed retiring Democrat Martin Sabo in a seat that has been held by Democrats since 1963.
Ellison, who converted to Islam as a 19-year-old college student in his native Detroit, won with the help of Muslims among a coalition of liberal, anti-war voters. "We were able to bring in Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists," he said. "We brought in everybody."
Goes to show that there aren’t so many bigots like McBride. Thankfully!
Voter Intimidation by Right-Wingers?
It figures.
RICHMOND, Va. - The FBI is investigating complaints that phony callers tried to intimidate Virginia voters amid the hard-fought race between GOP Sen. George Allen and Democratic challenger Jim Webb, officials said Tuesday. State Board of Elections Secretary Jean Jensen said her office had forwarded several reports to the FBI of phone calls to voters apparently aimed at misleading them into not voting or directing them to the wrong polling place. “If something is going on that worries and alarms voters enough that I’m contacted to look into it, I have a responsibility to do that,” Jensen said.
The reason Republicans rant and rave about voter fraud is because they want to deflect attention from what is really going on: Republican voter intimidation. How much you want to bet that bomb threat prank in Madison was sent by some hillbilly conservative hoping to derail liberals in Madison from voting?
More Republican Malfeasance?
This is too good.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Conservative columnist Ann Coulter has refused to cooperate in an investigation into whether she voted in the wrong precinct, so the case will probably be turned over to prosecutors, Palm Beach County’s elections chief said Wednesday.
One can only hope this goes badly for her.
Wigderson Predictions
The hardly feckless writer James Wigderson, the patron saint of right-wing humor and proud owner of Wigderson Library & Pub (but does he do his chores?), has come out with his fearless election predictions (was he on medication when he made them). We at the Other Side will compare his with the final results and have a good laugh, or in the unlikely event his are fairly accurate, we will provide congratulations. Here are a few of his predictions.
Mark Green 51% Jim Doyle 48%
John Gard wins handily
F. James Sensenbrenner wins big
Dave Magnum does better than expected but still loses to Tammy Baldwin
Republicans lose control by 2-5 seats
We'll see!
It's the next day and it's time to compare. How did James do with his fearless predictions.
Mark Green over Jim Doyle of 51% to 48%.
Reality sucks. Doyle clobbers Green 52.7% to 45.4%.
Steve Kagen’s self destruction will be complete.
Hmmm. Kagen defeats John Gard 51.2% to 48.8%.
Bryan Kennedy loses big.
He did. Fat Slob Sensenbrenner 61.8% to 35.7%.
Van Hollen will defeat Falk.
He did, but it was close. Van Hollen 50.2% to 49.8%.
On the national level, Republicans lose control [of the House] by just 2-5 seats.
Whoa. Just a little off. Latest projections now have Democrats leading in House 234-201.
Burns in Montana, Allen in Virginia and Corker in Tennessee all win.
One out of three ain’t bad (though to be fair, the Montana and Virginia races are not yet done, but Dems lead).
Talent loses in Missouri …
Right on. McCaskill wins 49.45% to Talent 47.43%.
Republicans will lose one Senate seat, State Senator Tom Reynolds.
Just a little off. Sullivan wins and the Senate could switch to 18-15 Democratic. Who would have thought.
Republican McReynolds in Racine County will win handily.
Oops. John Lehman 53.1% to McReynolds 46.9%.
Correct on the Waukesha County races.
This was all done in fun and to be fair, James is not the only one missing big on this election. Some serious prognosticators did not see this wave happening. I certainly didn’t. But … Woo Hoo!
It was a rainy grey day, followed by a cold, wet night. I was not very inspired today ... I think it's called election burnout. Tomorrow is the day ... I will get up nice and early and vote ... prbably sometime around 10:30 or so.
I had a dream that Tom Reynolds supporters accosted me outside the polling place and asked for whom I would be voting. They were all women. They wore dresses that completely covered their legs, and they all wore those Amish-type bonnets. When I answered that I could not vote for their candidate, they chased me into the building and waited for me after I was done voting. I swear J.J. Blonien and Bob Dohnal were hiding amongst the gaggle of god-fearing womenfolk.
It was a weird dream.
I spent the day learning how to do a little plumbing. The drain lever broke off and I had to remove the offending part underneath the vanity top and replace it with a brand new healthy piece. I managed to complete the task in four hours ... hey, I never did this before and the first visit to Home Depot for repair parts was a waste as I was directed to purchase the wrong part.
But the new stopper is now in place and working better than the old, corroded one ... and it doesn't leak. Woo hoo!
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Guest Post #2: Oldest Girl
Posted by jael under Family, Parenting, Spiritual Journey
The Zuks, a Wedding, and the Rose That Changed Everything
The sunrise paints beautiful streaks of color over the Zuks’ home. Streaks of gold, orange, pink, and crimson swathe the dawn sky with a feeling of tranquility. Zyklezo, the tribe’s leader sits up and stretches. His petals are a blood red hue, and his body is grass green. He has small, strait, and delicate arms and legs. His face is made of rose petals and his features are made up of dots and lines. In short, Zyklezo is a miniature rose. He rubs his black eyes with his knobby hands, and stands. Zyklezo looks almost identical to the other members of the Zuk tribe; one of the only differences is that he is about a centimeter taller, a big distinction by the standards of the rose people. The only other difference of the people of the rose tribe is that no Zuk has the same color of petals. As he did his morning yoga which involve bending, stretching, and over all unfolding, Zyklezo thought about the beautiful rose that his tribe called home. The stem was thick and healthy; the petals were a beautiful pink with white lines twisting through them and best of all, it was in the middle of a huge garden of roses. Roses of all shapes, sizes, and colors bloomed in the field. It was bliss for the peaceful Zuks. They felt truly at home.
Zyklezo straightened. The chief of the Zuk people started through the forest of petals that makes up the uppermost part of the rose inhabited by the Zuks. He made his way to the hollowed out stem and stuck his petals in to it.
“Hak lak mekr nssd sohfls” He called. It’s time to gather the dew. Making a noise that was his way of sighing contentedly, he made his way up the rose petal staircase to the top of the rose. The Zuks would come to his call. They always did, every morning when they were called for breakfast. The dew gave the rose people the vitamins that they needed to function through out the day. Each morning they would come, eat the dew, and start their daily activities.
The other Zuks that also lived in the rose slept in the cozy tunnels burrowed in the stem of the rose. The leader of the tribe would always sleep in the top, so that he or she could protect the tribe in case of trouble. As Zyklezo reached the top of the staircase, the dewdrops came into view. Zyklezo froze when he saw the rose crushers. They had the garden tools in their hands, and they were shouting at the top of their lungs. (They weren’t really shouting, but the Zuks have very sensitive ears, so regular speech seems extremely loud.”
“Why are we cutting the roses down this time?” the tall one asked.
“The clients are planning a wedding, a big one.” The fat one replied. “It should be huge; we need to cut down a lot of roses.” They grinned at each other. The tall one started to say,
“Did you hear the proposal? They say that the guy hired-” Zyklezo needed to hear no more. He needed to warn the others, fast! Then, Zyklezo did something that is only done when there is great peril. Emitting a faint popping sound, the chief of the Zuks drew in his knobby arms and stubby legs closed his petals so that his facial features were hidden, and rolled down the stairs faster than dew down a Zuk’s throat.
“Hak dak rak bak neert! Hak dak rak bak neert! Hak dak rak bak neert!” He called, meeting in the conference room now! Distressed, disheveled, confused, but ever loyal, the members of the Zuk tribe promptly drew in their equally knobby arms and equally stubby legs, closed their petals, and rolled after him.
Once in the conference room, Zyklezo told his tribe about the “invasion.”
“Mek mak hak rak tak dak gak bak wak tredgthy howds vowds quensd.” He told them about the huge invasion coming up, how a lot of roses would be ruthlessly slaughtered, and how somebody had hired a gunman to take them down. When the chief of the army forces, a subdued person, Zekles, asked him to be surer of the translations, Zyklezo consulted the books.
“Joh hos wic bwei sic khdsil iosj lis fh” Wedding definitely translates into invasion. The plan was made; the peaceful Zuk people had no choice but to defend their nest. The parting word of the council was the chant that all Zuk people were obligated to do before going into battle:
“We fight for protection, not glory money or fame. For the least amount of harm possible is our aim. We will return soon to our home. For far from that we never shall rome.” The night before, they had been peaceful people, now; they readied their weapons for war.
The next morning, everything was prepared. The rose guns had been loaded, and the warriors were ready. The design of the guns was that they shot rose seeds, and when they landed, a rose sprouted. It didn’t matter where the seed landed. Every seed had been coated in a top-secret growth formula. If the seed landed on a person, that person would have a rose sprout, and would even have to water it daily. If it landed on a brick wall, a huge creeping vine of roses would soon envelop it. If it landed in the ocean, there would be a surfer rose riding the waves, and doing tricks. The small guns were only to get to the satellite controls however. Once the Zuks had overridden the system, they would transform satellites into huge guns and have them all shoot at once to transform the very planet itself into a huge, blooming, rose. The “rose crushers” would all be killed instantly, and the Zuks would have a whole new planet all to themselves. Everything was in place, except for one thing, or Zuk.
Zekles, the leader of the Zuk warriors, was taking one last ride through the field before it was destroyed. He personally didn’t see any need for violence because he could understand the language of the rose crushers perfectly, and he knew that it wasn’t really a “yegd” an invasion. But, orders were orders and he had no choice but to follow them. Also, what was better than one huge rose that they could be completely safe on? This is better. He thought to himself as he burrowed down into his flowerpot. Zekles had begun to sneak out of the rose five years ago. He simply hung back when the others were eating the dew, clambered up to the top of the rose, and, using a seed gun, shoot a flower into a flower pot so that it would get picked up by the plant trolley and, sitting on top of the rose, he could see the whole field. The workers had cut some roses for the wedding, but now they were planting new ones in their place. Not that he hadn’t seen this before, Zekles had snuck out before and he had made this trip thousands of times. The trolley carried the plants that needed a lot of care; so everyday it was wheeled around the field and back. But, this would be the last time.
As he gazed at the endless haven of roses, Zekles thought about how he could convince Zyklezo that the rose crushers really weren’t earth crushers and were really good things. After a good deal of contemplation, an irrational plan came to him. It had a 99.99% chance of failure, but he had no choice except to rely on that 00.01 chance. It was time to stand up for what was right. The plan relied on one secret, the fact that the Zuk people weren’t totally a secret from the humans. There was one person who knew, a girl whose name was Zuri.
Five years earlier: Zekles was riding his regular flowerpot through the field of roses. It was considerably smaller than it is now, but it was still huge to the curious Zuk. It was a normal day, they had recently eater their dew, and Zekles had hopped on the flowerpot for the daily ride across the field. Today a girl with extraordinary eyesight pushed the cart. She was half way through the field when she saw him. Being a smart girl, she kept her head and didn’t scream. She pretended that she hadn’t seen him, and wheeled the cart into the lab.
“I’ll just check some samples she said aloud, hoping that Zekles would be fooled luckily, he was. Zekles wasn’t unduly worried. He was slightly annoyed that he would miss origami class, but he didn’t realize that anything was wrong. He did realize this however, when Zuri plucked him up and set him under the microscope.
“Interesting” she said, peering at him. Zekles was so flustered that he forgot to pretend to be an inanimate object like he had been taught to do in the What-To-Do-If-Under-a-Microscope-Being-Looked-At-By-a-Human crash course that he took in school, instead, he stood up and, calling on him limited knowledge of the rose crusher’s language, he slowly said,
“I am nothing of the sort my dame, hem hem madam! Now led me go, let me go I demand it!” instead of being scared, Zuri was fascinated. She quickly explained that she wanted to do Zekles no harm and that she worked as a gardener in the field. As soon as that was cleared up, they began chatting amicably and by the next day, they were friends. Zuri taught Zekles more English and, in turn, Zekles told Zuri any thing she wanted to know about everything. Because they were so small, Zuks could see things that humans couldn’t, so he told her about the thing that he saw.
Present: Zekles needed to contact her, now! When the trolley stopped right next to the intercom, he knew how. Zekles climbed up onto the edge of the trolley and jumped! He was able to grab the cord and, as he fell, he said through the speaker,
“Zoe, person who works in the rose field, please take the trolley from other person who also hopefully works at the rose field.” Zoe came over.
“I wonder why.” She thought to herself. She immediately spotted Zekles, jumping up and down and waving his thin arms like a crazy person. She went down on the pretense of fixing her shoe. “What are you doing?” she whispered.
“You don’t have to shout.” He said back.
“What?” she asked? “Oh, just come here!” She him picked up and plopped him on the cart. When they got to the lab, He scuttled to the microscope and went underneath it. A few months earlier, they had installed a microphone/silencer in the microscope so that both could see and hear each other more comfortably.
“There,” he said. “Zuri, the most terrible thing has happened! Zyklezo, the chief has misenterprited some workers talking about a wedding! He thought that in our language, it translates to invasion! He called a council and weapons have been made. Tomorrow we will take over the world! I will have to lead the warriors in a desperate march across the country to the NASA space station! Then, our technology will take over their system, and we will take over the satellites and turn the whole planet into a giant rose!” By the end of his sentence, Zekles had become so distressed that his words blended together in to a long assertion.
“Calm down, calm down!” Zoe protested, “What do you suggest that we do? You have tried reason with Zyklezo, haven’t you?”
“Yes!” Zekles nearly shouted in his desperation. “During the council I asked him to check to be sure because I knew that he was wrong, but I can’t contradict the chief. So he looked at the books,” Here Zekles slumped down defeated. His voice shrank down to barely a whisper. Zuri waited patiently as he let out a huge sigh and continued. “The books, the books. They are all wrong! They say that white means black and that solid means liquid and they are just all wrong!”
“Are you just going to let it happen?” Zuri asked. There was no accusation in her voice she just wanted her question to be answered.
“I was going to, but I can’t!” Zekles answered. “It wouldn’t be right,” he continued, “to destroy something that is so beautiful. I was thinking about it on my way around on the trolley. I could refuse to fight, but there are many other warriors, I could sabotage the weapons, but I would be thrown out of the Zuk tribe, and Zyklezo would just order new ones to be made. He won’t give up until the earth is destroyed unless-”
“Unless we change his mind.” Zekles and Zuri said at the same Zekles quickly explained his desperate plan; Zuri listened quietly, pointed out some minor flaws, and softly suggested some revisions. In five minutes, they had constructed a plan that could save the world.
Zekles raced breathlessly into Zyklezo’s room.
“Zyklezo, there’s something that you have to see!” He shouted, “it’s in the field, we already have a ride.” If the chief was suspicious he didn’t show it, he silently followed Zekles through the maze of tunnels that the Zuk people had drilled in the rose.
“Zekles-” he started to say,
“No time!” Zekles shouted he was worried that if Zyklezo asked to many questions, his and Zuri’s plan would be discovered. They had made it through the maze of tunnels, up the rose petal staircase, and through the delicate walkways on top, and on to the trolley, Zuri had phase two of the plan set up, and the chief had grown impatient, he wanted an explanation, and he wanted it now!
“Zekles!” Zyklezo shouted with indignation, “What is the meaning of this? Taking us into enemy territory, not resting up for the attack! What on Zunis has gotten in to you?”
“I just thought that you should see the world the way I see it.” Zekles tried to explain. “No offense, but you look at the world through reftg eyes, you vision is cloudy.” Then, Zekles repeated an old Zuk prophecy: “Rewt huyt besd, hefd kelsd makexd, if you have dirt in your eyes, it is hard to see.” Being a reasonable Zuk, Zyklezo agreed with one condition:
“If I am not convinced, we will go on with the invasion.”
“I understand completely.” Zekles replied. I hope that this works! He thought to himself, the plan had started, and now it was time to let it unfold.
While Zekles had been working on Zyklezo, Zuri had been talking to the field inspector, Ayden. Using the power of persuasion that she was born with, Zuri convinced Ayden to inspect the field with her right now, even though the inspection was scheduled for the next month with the field supervisor. Zekles never figured out how one quick text on her part convinced the inspector to fly all the way back from Paris to California, but it had.
“I take it that this is the um… how do you Americans say it? Oh yes, yes, the special plant trolley.” Although Ayden was strictly American, when he went on vacation in foreign places, he picked up there habits.
“Yes Mr. Ayden,” Zoe started on the tour making sure to keep her body angled towards the trolley so that Zyklezo could hear. “This is where we put the plants that need more air and sunlight then all of the others. Every day we wheel it around the field and talk to them, we believe that this helps them grow.” Zyklezo was amazed. What is this? He thought to himself. “These are the rose crushers! Why are they giving such special attention to the roses? He listened in amazement as Zuri continued:
“It is time to take the trolley around, and I really don’t want these poor plants to miss their walk. Do you think perhaps that the inspection could take place during the walk? We would go around the whole field.”
“That would be fine.” Ayden replied.
“Thank you very much Mr. Ayden.” Zoe responded “Now, to continue, this is the main rose garden. As you can see, we water our plants every day, and also fertilize with our specially made, all natural, completely safe to both plants and humans stimulant. We make this in our lab, to the left, and use it on all of our plants.” As the tour progressed, Zuri hinted all she could about loving the roses and taking care of them. By the end of the tour, Zyklezo was dumb struck.
“Meet me in my rooms after this is over.” He ordered Zekles. Then he sighed, hopped down from the trolley, and made his way carefully down the stairs. Zuri had seen him go, but had no idea what he had said, and she had Ayden looking at her expectedly.
“I’ll just straighten these blossoms.” She improvised, and then quickly bent down towards the rose that Zekles was still on. “Did it go well?” She inquired.
“I have no idea,” He replied helplessly. “But I’ve never seen him like this, the news is either good, or bad. This might be goodbye though.”
“Don’t talk like that!” Zuri admonished. “We are going to get out of this! You will convince Zyklezo that we really won’t cut down all the roses in the field! You have to help all the humans, you can’t let Zyklezo destroy the earth!”
“I know, but what will I say?”
“You know Zyklezo more than I do! I think that he was impressed with the tour, but he might need some more convincing. Just tell him the truth, that we really won’t destroy the rose!”
“I’ll try, but it might be tough.”
“You have to try, the world depends on it!”
As it turned out, Zyklezo needed no convincing.
“For the first time in my life, I, the amazing, the dependable, the faultless,” Zyklezo began, “the perfect, the humble chief of the Zuks am wrong. I have misjudged the rose crushers. The one called Zuri has taught us all a lesson. When there is dirt in your eyes, you can’t see.” Zekles decided to not say that it had been Zyklezo that had been taught the lesson, not the other way around.
“I believe that we all have all learned many different things in many different ways oh chief.” Zekles proclaimed, “Do you think that this would be enough reason to call of the attack?”
“Of course it would!” Zyklezo shouted with indignation. “It would be wrong to attack something that would not hurt us! That would be barbaric!” With some difficulty, Zekles avoided stating that Zyklezo was about to do just that.
“Excellent decision Zyklezo,” he began “I am glad that you cancelled the takeover.”
“Yes, yes, now,” The chief began, “later we will have a council meeting to tell everyone that the invasion has been called off. Until then, go do something.”
It wouldn’t be fair or true to say that there was never another almost invasion from both the Zuks and the humans. There was one narrowly avoided mishap where the Zuks’ rose was almost clipped, but with Zuri’s help, that to was avoided. After a while, Zyklezo stepped down, and Zekles became the chief. He was truly humble, wise, kind, and the best chief that the Zuk people will ever know. As for Zuri, she worked happily in the rose field for many years, averting many an unfortunate disaster. When she retired, her son, Zachary took her place and his daughter after that. It went on like this for many years until the rose field was shut down for financial reasons. Zabrina, Zuri’s great great great great great granddaughter helped the Zuk people manufacture the rose guns into gardening tools and eventually made a very successful business out of it. As for the Zuks, their tribe lived happily for some time on their rose. Many chiefs came and went, although none quite as good as Zekles. They became more trusting of the “rose crushers” which they eventually promoted to humans, and not more than a few days went by when a young, adventurous Zuk was not sent out with a pack, and a compass to have an adventure, and come home stronger and happier than when they had left.
Paul’s Playbook
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content, (Philippians 4:11).
As previously posted, the promise that I can learn what Paul grasped through Christ’s strength
and be glad in every condition stokes my GO! fire.
If interested, you may check out the entire post about my recent infatuation with Paul here.
My thoughts continue to dwell upon Paul and the masterpiece of transformation God crafted with his willing soul.
Paul proffered the young church a godly Where-Our-Thoughts-Should-Dwell-Punch-List in his thank you note to the Philippians for their ready aid when he was in the clink in Rome:
Finally, brothers,
whatever is
______ true
______ noble,
______ right,
______ pure,
______ lovely,
______ admirable
______ if anything is excellent
______ praiseworthy
think about such things, (Philippians, 4:8).
<Aside: That’s exactly how I see this verse in my head.
For me,
it uploads as a check-list,
not a sentence
or benediction.>
I would benefit from this being tattooed on the front of my right forearm where I could not fail to see it before taking action into my own hands.
Through the inspiration of the Holy Dove, Paul equips believers with the spiritual equivalent of a pilot’s preflight check-list.
Just as pilots must file a flight plan to ground control before take off, Paul challenges us to record a metacognitive, quality plan prior to thought habitation.
In other words, Paul directly warns us to responsibly plant what thoughts we allow residence in our minds as they not only germinate expectations, but self-fulfilling outcomes that directly enhance or impede our Joy.
Paul’s assurance to the Philippians that through Christ that strengthens him (representative model) he has learned how to be happy despite his circumstance (and therefore we can too) resonates with his admonishment to manage the soundtracks in our own heads.
Don’t you want that lesson plan?
Don’t you wonder
how that fleshy guy,
formerly known as Saul,
accessed such a feat of Grace?
I want Paul’s Playbook!
I wear His colors.
Put me in Coach,
I’m ready to play!
I’m ready to burn it up for You.
I imagine one of Paul’s signature plays is the Thought Sack.
I expect Paul clipped thoughts he did not want to live in his mind at the knees like a hot quarterback that needed to be shut down.
A more aggressive maneuver could be called the Thought Interception.
Such a call would be important were an unwelcome thought already in play, and one needed to catch it and run it down the other side of the field.
Here’s a sample of what such Thought Interceptions might look like:
Thought: Grr! I have to drive my son to soccer practice again!
Thought Interception: My son made the team!
Thought: Hmmph! I have to figure out what to make for dinner.
Thought Interception: We have more than enough to eat. Let’s double-batch tonight. Who can we carry a meal to tomorrow?
Thought: Snarg! I am drowning in a vile sea of filthy laundry and, if my kids throw any more clean clothes in the hamper, they can go to school naked.
Thought Interception: My washer and dryer is right here in the house, not a laundromat across town.
Thought: Spit! This bathroom sink is full of toothpaste and cereal slobber.
Thought Interception: My kid brushed his own teeth before school without a reminder.
Thought: Snarl! My kids have too much homework! Don’t those teachers respect our family time?
Thought Interception: My children love their school and want to be successful.
Thought: Huff! All they do is eat! We are out of milk and Cheerios AGAIN!
Thought Interception: My child is home, not in a PICU ward on intravenous fluids.
Thought: Ack! My husband brings his work home! He’s constantly checking his flipping iphone.
Thought Interception: In this economy, where 1 in 10 are out of work, my husband has a job he loves.
Thought: $$$! The family budget kicked us in arrears again.
Thought Interception: The only eternal currency is Relationship.
Thought: Yawn! Not tonight. I’m tired.
Thought Interception: Meow! (Kegel, Kegel, Kegel.) May you never weary of doing good nor want another.
I don’t see a way we can be like Paul and learn how to be content in all situations unless we pray for the Direction, Self-Control and Faith to reset our internal monologues. Paul’s challege to critcally manage and map our cognitive process streams is in it’s own way, like fishing:
Then he said, “Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you’ll get some!” So they did, and they couldn’t haul in the net because there were so many fish in it. (John 21:6)
As for me, I’m going to toss back every discontent idea I net.
I’m only gonna fry the fish fit to feast with Thanksgiving.
Grace & Chips.
I’ve told the truth,
I didn’t come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah!
Noisy Eyebrows
Posted by jael under Parenting, Spiritual Journey
I remember as clearly as I fixated over the color of the skirt I wore my first day teaching how amused I was by the tilda eyebrows of one of my most beloved students of all times.
Her glorious brown brows wagged up and down simultaneously,
a glorious earthworm of indignation,
or perhaps incredulity
at my assignment
and too hasty Nothern vernacular.
I was so delighted by her radiant sincerity that I stopped talking midsentence,
and pointed my finger at her,
horrified,
and noisy eyebrows.
“Tilda!” I exclaimed amazed,
“You’re eyebrows are tildas!
Go write that down!
_one of the advantages of the bastion of my own classroom_
Happy to escape me if only for a moment,
she did and recorded
tilda (eyebrow description)
on the pad I keep by my computer.
When she returned to me more animated than she had left, a praise song of well-groomed, question-mark, eyebrows inquired without words, “Now what?”
I had always thought this student exceptionally beautiful and brilliant, but never loved her more than that day as there is something elastic and time-stamped about a 13 year-old’s ability to express herself exclusively through the subtle, arced mustaches above innocent yet wordly eyeballs.
I knew I wanted to write about the vignette and how it connected me to my own adolescence.
Alas, it was poetry never penned as our lives somersaulted from There to Here. Also at that time, my oldest was 12, not 13, and I ignorantly considered myself immune to the domestic challenges furrowed once noisy eyebrows take root in a peaceful and unsuspecting home.
The Boy can simply look at The Oldest Girl and she’s ready for combat like a grunt on juice.
As for The Mamma?
I might need to be fitted
for a bite plate,
what with all the tooth-grinding
his eyebrows inspire.
Perhaps it was the shock of the move,
or the humidity here,
the hormone poisoning,
or the salt water swims,
but somewhere between the land of There
and our arrival Here,
The Boy got him some noisy eyebrows:
These brows say,
“You did NOT just say that to me;
we are not amused.”
These brows ask,
you’re a waste of good oxygen.”
These brows gasp in social horror,
“You did NOT just say that in front of me (and/or my friends):
You embarrass me and humiliate yourself with that mouth of yours.”
These brows chuckle,
<genuine laugh, giggle, hiccup),
He had these same beloved brows _then blonde_ when he was five.
These brows challenge,
“You did NOT just say that to me,
You want me to do/say/wear what?”
For those of you who enjoy backstory, when I was around his age, I admit that I spent precious time in furious practice to perfect the questioning-one-eye-brow lift.
If you haven’t ever seen me do it, it’s only because The Husband made me give it up cold turkey because it so irritated him. He found the look to be condescending. Given the context of when he saw it on my face, I had to submit and repent. Ironically, it took me longer to extinguish the lift than to perfect it.
As such, it’s not that I don’t respect how much can be conveyed in a good brow lift or its relational implications.
Like when we were kids, my brother could stand across the room and just give me the look and I was furious. Of course, he had practiced and perfected the look that was all eyebrow, by the way, and knew it made my skin crawl.
My reaction was his Payday and better than the candy bar.
Naturally, all my parents observed upon me catapulting myself across the room like a ravenous vampire toward his jugular was him innocently standing there with crossed arms and a perplexed brow.
Let’s just say, the gene did NOT skip a generation.
Now it’s The Boy,
and The Oldest Girl
just might draw first blood.
The Boy versus The Mamma,
The Boy dares a stare down against his old man
(like he could win).
And it’s all so raw,
and real,
and naked,
and intense,
or life experience.
Painful,
and oh,
bittersweet.
May it ever be my boy’s elastic brows express his heart as transparently as the cross pours Grace.
May he ever feel free to test limits and find safe boundaries in our Faith and home.
May he never, ever bait his sister unto the point of death.
And however bushy, may his own tilda brows ever raise Hallelujah to the One who made Him ours.
Wed 10 Aug 2011
Today I Slew
750,362,957 work stops from the children
(I’m suddenly as popular with them as I was when they were two-years old)
7 loads of laundry
5 more damage claims
(including vintage clutch purse my mother carried at her prom)
5 more times to exercise Grace
(less than 7×70…)
4 meal cycles
(another day when it seems all the kids do is eat)
3 crying spells
(Middle Girl, The Baby and The Mamma)
2 family meetings
2 broken outlets
1 sibling mediation
(Don’t even get me started…)
1 broken garage door
1 workout
It’s a challenge not to brew overwhelm like sun tea.
I think the boxes might actually be asexually reproducing.
For all I know sexually reproducing
given the perversity of the prospect.
The discovery of damage continues to rise and each box takes 2-5 times longer than it should to process as most are so poorly packed that it looks like a boxed Goodwill donation bin.
I worked most of the day and did not accomplish half of what I had hoped.
I am seriously contemplating tossing boxes unopened into the pool as a new water sport like polo. We could host a tournament. What a great way to meet the neighbors.
Speaking of the neighbors, we haven’t seen any. We learned yesterday that we arrived not only in the “hottest season,” but also the “like Winter season, this is the time of year that people stay in and don’t come out much because it is too hot.”
This news thrilled the children who are so sick enough of each other as to consider me good entertainment. We spend lots of time together. It’s like the old days and I once again can’t go to the bathroom without interruption. It’s not a good hiding spot; they keep finding me.
A little sore and cranky, I nonetheless look forward to many things:
Like the first day I find a box without something in it broken,
the first morning no one cries,
when obligatory food no longer tastes like sandpaper,
the first room empty of boxes,
art hung on yellow walls,
familiar photos on wiped,
well lit shelves,
empty laundry hampers,
a full larder,
being able to do the splits for the first time in my life,
(I’m getting closer every day)
the first new friend,
the first visit Here from somebody from There,
a church that fits like Dansko clogs
and ready to walk this with us,
the first day of school,
being able to bench 120 pounds,
my first visit There from Here,
the first waffle as it melts pools of
butter puddles
in square pockets of yum,
sleeping through the night,
(even the Mamma regresses behaviorally here…)
and puffs of breath
that polish hope
like silver Hallelujahs.
Hallelujah,
Mon 8 Aug 2011
Pappaw, The Husband’s paternal grandfather, never threw anything away.
As a mechanic and farmer, it was impossible to convince him that what most people would consider to be garbage, let’s say the ancient, dust-covered, treadmill that wore a spider web shall and had a squirrel’s nest under the buckled belt and lived on his crowded porch.
Something of a Hoarder show candidate before that reality ever hit television, he was convinced he could use castoffs for something handy. As he was brilliant with tools and could fix anything with a motor, this was too often true to lend credibility to any foolish soul outlandish enough to suggest he declutter things.
As an in-law and a wiper, I am certain you can appreciate the tension each time I visited the farm. It was a front of Windex that collided with a Force of Smudge, in other words, a complete festival of futility.
Happily, we delighted in each other and it was a constant source of banter between us. He’d complain that I don’t know how to sit still and begged me would I please stop wiping stuff and I’d chide back I’d comply as soon as he’d stop making messes.
Mutually loving and genuinely warm, it was nonetheless a stand-off.
It should have come as no surprise to me then that one of the things that journeyed home with us after his funeral was a barren stump in a dry pot of thirsty dirt.
Auntie J insisted that we take it back with us and that Pappaw would have wanted it in our new home.
A barren stump in a dry pot of thirsty dirt.
I was touched?
The gesture so charged irony with hilarity that I was all in.
So I watered it.
Often.
and faithfully.
And as I’m convinced only Pappaw surly believed that it would,
It grew
and grew,
Just like The Giving Tree.
In the end, that hunk of stump propagated four planters of towering tall, vibrant trees, the same number we bore children.
As some of you know, it is illegal to transport plants into Grapefruit. I was obedient and gifted my most precious plants to dear friends as keepsakes of how our families and homes have forever intersected through living, vital, transplantable relationships of the heart.
98% faithful.
I snuck one planter across the border.
We named him Sprout.
I claim him as fruit.
The fulfillment of a promise
there’s a place here for us.
I look at his tender shoots as fragile as a newborn next to a stump as crooked and stooped over as an centurion’s spine and see bookends.
Sprout’s our sabbatical here all new and floppy. We have to support his little head and touch him like novice parents afraid they’re going to break the baby.
Stump’s a reminder of our community and home there. His roots sink deep. He’s anchored and stable. Nothing can blow him apart or knock him down. He’s strong, established and seasoned.
He’s got a Legacy.
I was a dead bulb when you met me.
You sent me forth more like Stump with roots I can sink deep wherever He is.
You helped me change our family tree.
Well baby I’ve been here before
I’ve seen this room and I’ve walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew ya
Declaration of Pubertyence
Dearest The Boy,
One score less thirteen years, three months ago, Our Heavenly Father brought forth on this family, a new born son, conceived in Love, and dedicated to the proposition that, “They who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength,” (Isaiah, 40:31).
Now we are engaged in a great hormonal transition as you puberty season rises, testing whether this family, or any family so challenged and similarly tested, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that transition. We have come to dedicate our resources to insure our family creates a balance between your guidance and your correction. It is all together fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate — we cannot consecrate—those resources alone we seek God to fill our stores. You The Boy, brave boy, who must struggle in the world at school and among your friends to find your space and grow your self, you, The Boy, who must negotiate your own relationships with God, integrity, quality work, your family, alcohol, drugs, sex and the turbulent myriad of feelings and hormones that compete for your attention you, The Boy, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but your parents can never forget your courage to rise. It is for us, your parents, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work, which your fight has thus so nobly advanced. It is rather for us nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be dedicated to the great task to remaining before us – to assure you of our abject LOVE, to hold the limits placed before you and to constantly, ardently and unceasingly ENCOURAGE you to wait upon the lord and heed His Call upon your life – that from these honored, adolescent struggles, we take increased devotion to that cause for which He gave the full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that their struggles shall not have been in vain—that this family, under God, shall have a New Birth of Freedom—and that our only son, of our hearts, by his own hand, for his Call shall long bless our family and this earth.
The battle, The Boy, is less important than the cause. You’ve begun to make yourself, as much a Maker as Alvin. The work will challenge you as it excites you to test limit and face logical consequences. We’re not afraid to fight beside you, our boy. We are also ready to fight you, if necessary, to hold the line.
I pray we consistently bring enough balance to our duty that you will NEVER doubt, even for an instant, how much we love you, Son. May you also NEVER even for an instant, doubt how perfectly and gloriously you were made… how fine a heart and brain you have been gifted… how witty and guided you are with words and ideas… how valued you are as a friend… how helpful on a soccer field… I could go on & on & on & on…
Most humbly yours, xo
And even though
It all went wrong
Rummage Station
Posted by jael under Parenting
This week I was transported back in time.
Short of actual time travel, I cannot conceive of a more thorough free fall down memory lane than my preparations for our Moving Sale, Everything Must Go! impulsively blocked with the self-conscious whimsy of the opening night of a new director’s very off Broadway play.
As I tore through dressers, closets, hidden caches, and deep corners, I excavated the landscape of our family history of like an archeologist on a dig.
I found pictures
and artwork,
and lovies,
and stains.
As captains, my closest circle of cherished friends surrounded me with tangible help as well as practical and emotional support.
One dear friend who walked it with me was almost constantly at my side.
she showed up with Starbucks
and proceeded
not just to the day’s chores,
but kicked my ass,
encouraged me,
cried,
laughed,
cajoled,
hugged,
teased,
threatened,
made me eat peanut butter apples,
scolded
and bid me rest
as was needed in turns
like stations.
The entire process underscores a gift of Words given me on wings of the Holy Dove:
The events of our lives are not randomly thrown together coincidences
cooked up by a whimsical universe,
The Stations of our lives are supernaturally architected God-incidents
crafted by a loving Father.
I don’t have a notebook thick enough to catalogue all the God-incidents of this one especially dense week of challenge and discovery.
God-incidents happen 24/7 @1623 and evermore.
Tue 7 Jun 2011
wikiHow Edit for Mammas
Today @ wikiHOW, the how to manual that you can edit you can find a manual about how to respect yourself during a breakup that you can edit.
wikiHow posts clean process pieces that most often employ bullet or numerical points. Additionally, their invite to edit brings out the red pen in all of us.
As I considered the advice offered to safeguard personal integrity during a breakup, I realized that with very little edits, the same bullet points could readily counsel Mammas on how to maintain self respect while rasing a teenager.
By their own invitation I offer my edits to this wikiHow post:
How to Respect Yourself While Raising a Teen
After their childhood ends, how can parents behave in a way that communicates to their teens that they are worthy of their adolescents’ respect? It’s hard because parenting a teenager is like slamming an icepick into your own ear and can make you feel you’ve failed somehow. Still, it’s important that parents respect themselves as a people and maintain their relevance in their childrens’ lives. Let’s assume you are a Mamma whose teenage son has just told you, “You always put words in my mouth. I hate you.”
Don’t beg.
He disrespected you. He’s already made up his mind. No matter how shocked, panicked, and in pain you are, don’t beg him for an apology, or worse yet, assurances. It’s very hard to do, but to let this end leaving you with some shred of dignity try hard not to cry too much – of course, it may be impossible not to cry. But crying a little, then saying, “I’m so sad about this, but if that’s your opinion, I have no choice but to accept it,” is much more dignified than screaming, “I am your MOTHER, you can’t talk to me like that!”
Ground him to his room sans technology and then pitch your hysterical fit.
Gather your supporters.
Now is the time you need your friends and family, more than ever. Call them and tell them that a large, hairy, smelly monster has eaten your precious, baby boy. They will hopefully come flying to your side to comfort and keep you company while you nurse your broken heart back to health. Don’t try to go it alone.
Recognize when it’s no use trying to talk to him any more.
He’s trying to not be seen as a bad guy, but the reality is, he’s betrayed you by growing up and moving on, getting hormones and texting girls who actually look good in bathing suits, and he deserves to be punished.
Don’t let him string you along after the fact.
He’s told you he that he hates you, but he still wants you to stop at Starbucks to buy him an iced mocha. Even though you still love him, this is a losing proposition for you. Your son wants to have his cake and eat it too – he wants to keep you in his pocket as wallet and taxi service. He’s relegated you to the position of a service provider. What an adolescent! No matter how much you love him, tell him this will not work for you, and let him know that he still has to kiss you in public, eat his peas, and say his prayers. Period.
Never let him see you sweat.
Once the big grounding is over with, don’t keep on letting him get to you. Even if you don’t feel like it, go get dressed up and go out with your friends. You don’t have to get drunk, or try to pick anybody up (like your son may be doing), but just to go and hang with pals is a good thing. Try to avoid going to places where you will be likely to run into him. If you do see him while you’re out, just smile and nod. If you feel like you might cry, excuse yourself and walk to the restroom. Do your crying in there, and don’t come out till you look strong again (even if you feel shaky inside, you must try your best to look like you’re okay).
Review the relationship.
There’s a good chance that now that your son is a teenager, you can look back and realize there may have been warning signs. Reviewing the relationship and recognizing that he gave up his sippy-cup and big, yellow Tonka trucks years ago can be valuable in later relationships for example, they can clue you in to dangerous signs of independence in your younger children, or let you have a chance to adjust your own behaviors, if you really believe you had some fault.
Listen to coming of age songs and stories.
It helps fill you with a positive feeling of power to hear songs like “Don’t Ever Grow Up,” and “Her Father’s Eyes.” It can help to hear other moms tell their coming of age stories, too. Just knowing that others Mammas have gone through similar heartaches can help you feel less alone. Crank up your stereo and rock out – it’ll help, too, knowing that someone wrote a song you can relate to now. You go, Mamma!
Let done be done.
A lot of sons grow up and realize their mothers aren’t perfect. Think of all the words that have flown out of your mouth like rabid locust, and forgive him. It will end up costing both of you fewer therapy sessions in the long run if you just accept you still belong to each other; he’s just becoming the man you raised him to become.
Pray unceasingly that he becomes a good one and try to remember this is his season.
Recognize that few people will respect you unless you insist.
If you don’t respect yourself, you’re giving your son the go-ahead to treat you like dirt. Don’t you dare do that to yourself! Stand up and insist that you be treated with dignity, the way all human beings should be treated. Allowing your son to walk all over you is the worst disrespect in the world.
Realize that you have addressed his behavior, not his character.
That puts you one step closer to negotiating how you and son will treat each other. Together you will create a compact about what behaviors are acceptable in your family. And whatever you do, never settle for brokeness.
and even though it all went wrong,
with nothing on my tongue
but Hallelujah!
Mon 6 Jun 2011
to anticipate transitional speed bumps.
My son is a rising 8th grader. If you do the math, this means that we have transitioned from a school schedule to a summer rhythm eight years in a row.
Each year, however, I seem to forget the inevitable transition period as we shift from the full warp of school pace to the impulse speed of summer vacation.
This year our youngest also being in school and two different school calendars augmented our adjustment phase.
We collided like combustible atoms all morning, and by 10:00 a.m. I had lost my zen, my patience, my perspective and I realized that I was more frustrated than I have been in months. I teetered on the edge of spraying anger around the room like rancid silly string. Before too much maternal anghts could ooze from the can like aresol hairspray and rip a crater in the ozone of our summer launch, however, I remembered something I said to a friend on the phone last night.
Last night I was all calm and philosophical like a woman who is not outnumbered by children 8:1. Could it only have been last night, and not three weeks ago, that mediation seemed plausible and thoughts of summer smelled like warm coco butter?
Yes, it was just last night that I had donned my educator’s cap and opined to my friend that if children come to consensus on what their needs are and commit in community to meet each other’s needs, relationships flourish and behaviors shift to support positive group mores.
Last night that didn’t register as more redolent of crap than any diaper I changed today.
I grabbed the fleeing vestiges of calm like a bolemic mines the last traces onion dip out of the bottom of the tub when there are still Ruffles in the bag and shifted gears.
I absolutely admit that the intial phase of our family exercise was a bit tense. Picture children marched to a table as pencils and notebook paper slam into their work space in churlish percussion.
All was still when I told them that we were all going to write down ten things that we needed to feel safe and supported in community.
The Middle Girl asked a question that liberated the exercise from route to heart. She inquired, “Do you mean what do I need to be able to be myself with people? To feel safe.?”
Her question reframed the moment like an engraved invitation assures the reception of the wedding will have white lines, silver flatware and crystal champange flutes instead of a pig roast.
The attention of each person shifted as we discussed her idea. Soon the only noise in the room was the sound of pencils as they fox trotted across the ballroom of each page.
1. to have my voice heard
2. to be able to trust the other person
3. to not be made fun of
4. to share jokes
5. to resolve arguments
6. to love and be love
7. to be respected
8. to know the other person likes me for me
9. to know that they care
10. to have good times
1. people to be honest with me
2. people to not put words in my mouth
3. people to be nice to me
4. them to be a good friend
5. them to understand me
6. them to be listen to me and think about what I said
7. them to be fun be around
8. them to be not mean
9. them to be careful with people
10. them to like me
1. to know that I am can trust them
2. to know that they will treat me with respect
3. to feel safe and safe and happy with the person, them being nice
4. to know that they will always be there for me
5. to feel safe with the person and knowing will always follow through when I ask them so I can count on them
6. to feel free to be myself around them
7. to know they will always be my friend and be loyal
8. people to be kind
9. know they will not tease or be mean to me
10. to trust they will never be mean just because it’s popular
1. to feel included
4. Freedom
8. Justice
9. Kindness
10. People to be careful with me
1. to feel considered, that my feelings are important to others
2. to feel heard, that what I say matters
3. I need to feel appreciated, that I bring value
4. to be able to have fun
5. to be able to contribute
6. to know what to expect
7. to know it’s not all about me
8. to feel loved
9. to laugh
10. to be able to take breaks
The ages of the speakers of these needs range from 5 (The Baby) to 187 (The Mamma, calcuated by the MyTrueAge formula like used on The Biggest Loser.)
Who knew we had so much in common… like we were related even!
There was genuine accord and group consenses that we all operate with the same basic sense of needs. The kids made their own novel and insightful connections that fractured the axiom that the majority of unhappiness in life is relational as a new truth for the next generation.
We committed to respect and meet each other’s needs.
Our communication extended relational hospitality and a vocubulary common to each other’s process.
It was not the beginning I expected for the first day of our summer vacation together, but it was the one we clearly needed.
I know this by its fruit.
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Korean Toothbrush with Propolis
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Longan Honey High in Volatile Organic Compounds
Volatile organic compounds of Thai honeys produced from several floral sources by different honey bee species
PLoS One. 2017 Feb 13;12(2):e0172099
The volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of four monofloral and one multifloral of Thai honeys produced by Apis cerana, Apis dorsata and Apis mellifera were analyzed by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) followed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The floral sources were longan, sunflower, coffee, wild flowers (wild) and lychee.
Honey originating from longan had more VOCs than all other floral sources. Sunflower honey had the least numbers of VOCs. cis-Linalool oxide, trans-linalool oxide, ho-trienol, and furan-2,5-dicarbaldehyde were present in all the honeys studied, independent of their floral origin. Interestingly, 2-phenylacetaldehyde was detected in all honey sample except longan honey produced by A. cerana. Thirty-two VOCs were identified as possible floral markers. After validating differences in honey volatiles from different floral sources and honeybee species, the results suggest that differences in quality and quantity of honey volatiles are influenced by both floral source and honeybee species. The group of honey volatiles detected from A. cerana was completely different from those of A. mellifera and A. dorsata. VOCs could therefore be applied as chemical markers of honeys and may reflect preferences of shared floral sources amongst different honeybee species.
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Bee Venom May Help Treat Dermatitis
Bee Venom Phospholipase A2 Ameliorates House Dust Mite Extract Induced Atopic Dermatitis Like Skin Lesions in Mice
Toxins (Basel). 2017 Feb 18;9(2)
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a biphasic inflammatory skin disease that is provoked by epidermal barrier defects, immune dysregulation, and increased skin infections. Previously, we have demonstrated that bvPLA2 evoked immune tolerance by inducing regulatory T cells (Treg), and thus alleviated Th2 dominant allergic asthma in mice. Here, we would like to determine whether treatment with bvPLA2 exacerbates the AD-like allergic inflammations induced by house dust mite extract (DFE) in a murine model. Epidermal thickness, immune cell infiltration, serum immunoglobulin, and cytokines were measured. Ear swelling, skin lesions, and the levels of total serum IgE and Th1/Th2 cytokines were elevated in DFE/DNCB-induced AD mice. Topical application of bvPLA2 elicited significant suppression of the increased AD symptoms, including ear thickness, serum IgE concentration, inflammatory cytokines, and histological changes. Furthermore, bvPLA2 treatment inhibited mast cell infiltration into the ear. On the other hand, Treg cell depletion abolished the anti-atopic effects of bvPLA2, suggesting that the effects of bvPLA2 depend on the existence of Tregs. Taken together, the results revealed that topical exposure to bvPLA2 aggravated atopic skin inflammation, suggesting that bvPLA2 might be a candidate for the treatment of AD.
Labels: Bee Venom
Stingless Bee Honey May Help Protect Pancreas
Pancreatoprotective effects of Geniotrigona thoracica stingless bee honey in streptozotocin-nicotinamide-induced male diabetic rats
Biomed Pharmacother. 2017 Feb 17;89:135-145
Stingless bee honey (SLBH) has been claimed to possess multiple health benefits. Its anti-diabetic properties are however unknown. In this study, ability of SLBH from Geniotrigona thoracica stingless bee species in ameliorating pancreatic damage and in maintaining metabolic profiles were investigated in diabetic condition.
SLBH at 1 and 2g/kg/b.w. was given orally to streptozotocin (STZ)-nicotinamide-induced male diabetic rats for 28days. Metabolic parameters (fasting blood glucose-FBG and lipid profiles-LP and serum insulin) were measured by biochemical assays. Distribution and expression level of insulin, oxidative stress marker i.e. catalase, inflammatory markers i.e. IKK-β, TNF-α, IL-1β and apoptosis marker i.e. caspase-9 in the pancreatic islets were identified and quantified respectively by immunohistochemistry. Levels of NF-κβ in pancreas were determined by enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA).
SLBH administration to diabetic male rats prevented increase in FBG, total cholesterols (TC), triglyceride (TG) and low density lipoprotein (LDL) levels. However, high density lipoprotein (HDL) and serum insulin levels in diabetic rats receiving SLBH increased. Additionally, histopathological changes and expression level of oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis markers in pancreatic islets of diabetic rats decreased with increased expression level of insulin in the islets. LC-MS analysis revealed the presence of several compounds in SLBH that might be responsible for these effects.
SLBH has great potential to be used as agent to protect the pancreas against damage and dysfunction where these could account for its anti-diabetic properties.
Health Benefits of Manuka Honey
Manuka honey: What is it, what are the health benefits and how do I tell if it’s the real deal?
BT, 2/18/2017
Used as a sweetener, made into supplements, sore throat lozenges and beauty products, find out why, when it comes to superfoods, manuka honey is the Queen Bee.
One of nature’s most versatile ingredients, manuka honey is just as useful as a sweetener in a hot drink or smoothie as it is in a supplement or the latest must-have beauty product.
Opera singer Katherine Jenkins has said that she adds the ancient ingredient to a homemade drink to relieve a sore throat and help her voice recover after a performance, while Scarlett Johansson uses it as a makeup base.
With so many varied uses, it’s easy to think it sounds too good to be true. Alexander Thompson, nutritionist at Holland and Barrett, told us exactly what it is and what the health benefits are...
Honey, Propolis Component May Help Treat Prostate Cancer
Chrysin Induces Death of Prostate Cancer Cells by Inducing ROS and ER Stress
J Cell Physiol. 2017 Feb 18
Chrysin is a natural flavone found in numerous plant extracts, honey and propolis that has multiple biological activities including anti-cancer effects. Understanding of biological mechanisms mediated in response to chrysin in cancerous cells may provide novel insight into chemotherapeutic approaches with reduced side effects in cancers. In the present study, we investigated functional roles of chrysin in progression of prostate cancer cells using DU145 and PC-3 cell lines.
The results showed that chrysin induced apoptosis of cells evidenced by DNA fragmentation and increasing the population of both DU145 and PC-3 cells in the sub-G1 phase of the cell cycle. In addition, chrysin reduced expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen in the prostate cancer cell lines compared to untreated prostate cancer cells. Moreover, chrysin induced loss of mitochondria membrane potential (MMP), while increasing production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidation in a dose-dependent manner. Also, it induced endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress through activation of unfolded protein response (UPR) proteins including PRKR-like ER kinase (PERK), eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α (eIF2α), and 78 kDa glucose-regulated protein (GRP78) in DU145 and PC-3 cells. The chrysin-mediated intracellular signaling pathways suppressed phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and the abundance of AKT, P70S6K, S6 and P90RSK proteins, but stimulated mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) and activation of ERK1/2 and P38 proteins in the prostate cancer cells.
Collectively, these results indicate that chrysin initiates cell death through induction of mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis and ER stress, and regulation of signaling pathways responsible for proliferation of prostate cancer cells.
Labels: Honey, Propolis
Pectin-Honey Hydrogel Prevents Postoperative Complication
A pectin-honey hydrogel prevents postoperative intraperitoneal adhesions in a rat model
BMC Vet Res. 2017 Feb 17;13(1):55
Adhesions are a common postoperative surgical complication. Liquid honey has been used intraperitoneally to reduce the incidence of these adhesions. However, solid barriers are considered more effective than liquids in decreasing postoperative intra-abdominal adhesion formation; therefore, a new pectin-honey hydrogel (PHH) was produced and its effectiveness was evaluated in a rat cecal abrasion model. Standardized cecal/peritoneal abrasion was performed through laparotomy in 48 adult Sprague-Dawley rats to induce peritoneal adhesion formation. Rats were randomly assigned to a control (C) and treatment (T) group. In group T, PHHs were placed between the injured peritoneum and cecum. Animals were euthanized on day 15 after surgery. Adhesions were evaluated macroscopically and adhesion scores were recorded and compared between the two groups. Inflammation, fibrosis, and neovascularization were histologically graded and compared between the groups.
In group C, 17 of 24 (70.8%) animals developed adhesions between the cecum and peritoneum, while in group T only 5 of 24 (20.8%) did (p = 0.0012). In group C, one rat had an adhesion score of 3, sixteen had scores of 2, and seven rats had scores of 0. In group T, four rats had adhesion scores of 2, one rat had an adhesion score of 1 and nineteen have score 0 (p = 0.0003). Significantly lower grades of inflammation, fibrosis, and neovascularization were seen in group T (p = 0.006, p = 0.001, p = 0.002, respectively).
PHH is a novel absorbable barrier that is effective in preventing intra-abdominal adhesions in a cecal abrasion model in rats.
Patch Test Recommended Before Using Product Containing Bee Venom
Bee venom in some wrinkle creams may be dangerous
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Most people do what they can to not be stung by bees. But a beauty trend has some people using that venom in creams and cleansers to help stop wrinkles.
Doctor Elizabeth Geddes-Bruce from Westlake Dermatology thinks some patients may be using products containing bee venom, but not reading the warnings or realizing the potential dangers.
The creams will list bee venom as an ingredient and experts say higher concentrations could cause stronger reactions, especially if your skin isn't perfectly smooth.
"If you have a serious reaction, it can be the kind where your throat closes and you have trouble breathing. It can be life threatening," explained Dr. Geddes-Bruce. "You might have little micro-breaks or tears or an acne bump that causes a break in the skin and then you are potentially getting exposed to it and it getting into the bloodstream."
Dermatologists recommend doing a patch test before you slather a product containing bee venom all over your face.
Toxins 2017, 9(2), 68
VIDEO: Is bee venom the secret ingredient to fighting wrinkles?
CBS, 2/15/2017
Bees are becoming buzz-worthy when it comes to smoothing out wrinkles. Bee venom in creams and lotions promises to fool the skin into thinking it’s been stung. The jury is still out on whether bee venom works, but using it could be dangerous for the two million Americans allergic to insect stings.
Tanya Phillips takes great pains not to feel the pain of getting stung by her honey bees.
"Bees don't like smoke, so this keeps them away from us," said Phillips as she squeezed a handheld smoker.
Deep in southern Travis County the master beekeeper knows if she stays calm the bees might too.
"I haven't done any quick fast movements that make them feel like they're under attack," said Phillips, the owner of Bee Friendly Austin.
Phillips works so hard to avoid bee venom she doesn't understand why the toxin is creating so much buzz.
"When it's injected into the skin there's a definite plumping that occurs, but it's not something that looks good," said Phillips.
She isn't sold on using bee venom, but it's becoming a trendy new ingredient for creams and cleansers. In a small study in South Korea 22 women applied bee venom twice a day for 12 weeks...
Propolis is Nature's First Aid
Nature’s First Aid From Comvita
Comvita, 2/15/2017
Now that summer is truly here, we are all spending more time outside, and children in particular love to be outside during the warmer weather, playing, exercising and enjoying New Zealand’s outdoor activities. Comvita has some great ways to assist with those cuts, burns and grazes which are bound to occur during this time and they have some great tips for ‘nature’s first aid’.
Propolis is known as ‘nature’s best defence’ as it is a substance made from plant resin and collected by bees to prevent the hive from infection – using it to fill breaches in the hive wall and on foreign invaders in the hive itself. Propolis has been used for health and healing purposes since the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. Today it is available in capsule, tablet, spray form and many more from Comvita. In tincture form, Propolis can be applied directly to the skin to cleanse small open wounds when kids get into scrapes...
Antibacterial Activity Of Several Western Australian Honeys
Antibacterial activity and chemical characteristics of several Western Australian honeys compared to manuka honey and pasture honey
Archives of Microbiology
March 2017, Volume 199, Issue 2, pp 347–355
The physicochemical parameters and antibacterial activity of 10 Western Australian (WA) and two comparator honeys were determined. Honeys showed a pH range of 4.0–4.7, colour range of 41.3–470.7 mAU, methylglyoxal levels ranging from 82.2 to 325.9 mg kg−1 and hydrogen peroxide levels after 2 h of 22.7–295.5 µM.
Antibacterial activity was assessed by the disc diffusion assay, phenol equivalence assay, determination of minimum inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations and a time-kill assay. Activity was shown for all honeys by one or more method, however, activity varied according to which assay was used. Minimum inhibitory concentrations for WA honeys against 10 organisms ranged from 4.0 to > 32.0% (w/v). Removal of hydrogen peroxide activity by catalase resulted in decreased activity for several honeys.
Overall, the data showed that honeys in addition to those derived from Leptospermum spp. have antimicrobial activity and should not be overlooked as potential sources of clinically useful honey.
Labels: Apitherapy and Beekeeping, Honey
Thai Longan Honey Has More Volatile Organic Compounds
The volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of four monofloral and one multifloral of Thai honeys produced by Apis cerana, Apis dorsata and Apis mellifera were analyzed by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) followed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS).
The floral sources were longan, sunflower, coffee, wild flowers (wild) and lychee. Honey originating from longan had more VOCs than all other floral sources. Sunflower honey had the least numbers of VOCs. cis-Linalool oxide, trans-linalool oxide, ho-trienol, and furan-2,5-dicarbaldehyde were present in all the honeys studied, independent of their floral origin. Interestingly, 2-phenylacetaldehyde was detected in all honey sample except longan honey produced by A. cerana.
Thirty-two VOCs were identified as possible floral markers. After validating differences in honey volatiles from different floral sources and honeybee species, the results suggest that differences in quality and quantity of honey volatiles are influenced by both floral source and honeybee species. The group of honey volatiles detected from A. cerana was completely different from those of A. mellifera and A. dorsata.
VOCs could therefore be applied as chemical markers of honeys and may reflect preferences of shared floral sources amongst different honeybee species.
Analyzing Nitrofuran in Bee Pollen
Development of an analytical method for detecting nitrofurans in bee pollen by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry
J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2017 Jan 9;1046:172-176
Bee pollen collected by honeybees, which is in powdered form, is a good nutritional supplement. Nitrofuran antibiotics are assumed not to be present in bee pollen, which is important as the level of antibiotics in bee pollen is strongly regulated in many countries.
A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method to detect nitrofurans in honey has been developed, but this method is not suitable for bee pollen because of it being in powdered form.
During preparation of bee pollen samples, the dispersal of powder particles in an aqueous solution often makes them susceptible to forming an emulsion with solvent components such as hexane and ethyl acetate. This may reduce the reproducibility and sensitivity of analyses of nitrofuran levels in bee pollen. Therefore, we attempted to optimize the sample preparation conditions to detect nitrofurans in bee pollen by determining three nitrofuran residues, namely, 3-amino-2-oxazolidinone (AOZ), 3-amino-5-methyl-morpholino-2-oxazolidinone (AMOZ), and 1-aminohydantoin (AHD), using LC-MS/MS.
The optimized method prevented the formation of powder-induced emulsion. To verify the reproducibility and sensitivity of this method, it was validated using nitrofuran-free bee pollen spiked with analytes with different side chains at 1.0, 2.0, and 5.0μgkg-1. The accuracy levels were 94.1%-104.0% and the coefficients of variation were less than 12%. The limits of detection for AOZ, AMOZ, and AHD were 0.18, 0.25, and 0.30μgkg-1, respectively, while their limits of quantitation were 0.59, 0.83, and 1.00μgkg-1.
The LC-MS/MS method developed to analyze nitrofuran in bee pollen should contribute to the quality control of bee pollen and food safety.
Labels: Bee-Collected Pollen
Propolis Gel May Help Treat Gum Disease
Design, formulation, and physicochemical evaluation of periodontal propolis mucoadhesive gel
Dent Res J (Isfahan). 2016 Nov-Dec;13(6):484-493
Periodontitis is a disease of tooth supporting tissues, and Gram-negative Bacteria are the main cause of this. Propolis has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant effects due to its high polyphenol and flavonoids content. The aim of this study is the formulation of a mucoadhesive gel containing concentrated extract of propolis for treatment of periodontitis.
Formulations containing carbopol 940, sodium carboxymethylcellulose (NaCMC), hydroxypropyl methylcellulose K4M, and propolis extract were prepared. Among ten prepared formulations, five formulations had acceptable and proper physical appearance and uniformity; thus, they were selected for physicochemical tests (centrifugal, thermal change, cooling and heating, freeze and thaw, thermal stress, and pH evaluation), quantification of flavonoids, viscosity, mucoadhesion, drug release, and syringeability tests. We investigated the antibacterial activity of F10 (carbopol 940 1%, NaCMC 3%) against Porphyromonas gingivalis using the disk diffusion method.
Phenolic content was measured 39.02 ± 3.24 mg/g of concentrated extract as gallic acid and flavonoid content was determined 743.28 ± 12.1 mg/g of concentrated extract as quercetin. Highest viscosity (3700 cps) and mucoadhesion (21 MPa) were seen in F10. Study of release profile in F10 also revealed that propolis could release from this system in more than 7 days. All of the five selected formulations had ease of syringeability in 21-gauge needle for drug delivery into periodontal pocket. In the disk diffusion method, F10 produced significant growth inhibition zones against P. gingivalis.
Controlled release of drug into periodontal pocket helps effective treatment and recovery, higher persistence and reduces drug use frequency. Increase of carbopol 940 leads to viscosity and mucoadhesion elevation and accordingly decreases of release rate. F10 was the best formulation because of highest viscosity and mucoadhesion and lowest release rate. It had efficient function in treatment of periodontitis, so we recommend it for clinical evaluation.
Manuka and Honeydew Honey Membranes Show Activity Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
Antibacterial activities of Manuka and Honeydew honey-based membranes against bacteria that cause wound infections in animals
Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd. 2017 Feb;159(2):117-121
In this study, membranes composed of honey (Manuka or Honeydew) and pectin were developed, and the ISO 22196 method was used to evaluate their antibacterial activities against (i.e., Staphylococcus pseudointermedius, Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) that cause wound infection in animals.
The results demonstrated that both Manuka and Honeydew honey-based membranes had strong antibacterial activities against the strain of methicillin-resistant S. pseudointermedius tested. Specifically, membranes composed of Manuka honey were effective in inhibiting the growth of Gram-negative bacteria within 3 h, whereas those composed of Honeydew honey needed 24 h to neutralise bacterial growth.
The antimicrobial activities of both membranes developed in this study suggest that they can be effectively used as wound dressing in veterinary clinical medicine.
Anti-Cancer Activity of Portuguese Propolis
Flavonoid Composition and Antitumor Activity of Bee Bread Collected in Northeast Portugal
Molecules. 2017 Feb 7;22(2). pii: E248
Bee bread (BB) is a fermented mixture of plant pollen, honey, and bee saliva that worker bees use as food for larvae, and for young bees to produce royal jelly. In the present study, five BB samples, collected from Apis mellifera iberiensis hives located in different apiaries near Bragança, in the northeast region of Portugal, and one BB commercial sample were characterized by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to a diode array detector and electrospray mass spectrometry (HPLC-DAD-ESI/MS) in terms of phenolic compounds, such as flavonoid glycoside derivatives. Furthermore, the samples were screened, using in vitro assays, against different human tumor cell lines, MCF-7 (breast adenocarcinoma), NCI-H460 (non-small cell lung cancer), HeLa (cervical carcinoma) and HepG2 (hepatocellular carcinoma), and also against non-tumor liver cells (porcine liver cells, PLP2).
The main phenolic compounds found were flavonol derivatives, mainly quercetin, kaempferol, myricetin, isorhamnetin and herbacetrin glycoside derivatives. Thirty-two compounds were identified in the six BB samples, presenting BB1 and BB3 with the highest contents (6802 and 6480 µg/g extract, respectively) and the highest number of identified compounds. Two isorhamnetin glycoside derivatives, isrohamnetin-O-hexosyl-O-rutinoside and isorhamnetin-O-pentosyl-hexoside, were the most abundant compounds present in BB1; on the other hand, quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside was the most abundant flavonol in BB3. However, it was not possible to establish a correlation between the flavonoids and the observed low to moderate cytotoxicity (ranging from >400 to 68 µg/mL), in which HeLa and NCI-H460 cell lines were the most susceptible to the inhibition.
To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report characterizing glycosidic flavonoids in BB samples, contributing to the chemical knowledge of this less explored bee product.
Labels: Propolis
Honey Allergy is Rare, But Serious
Anaphylaxis caused by honey: a case report
Asia Pac Allergy. 2017 Jan;7(1):48-50
Honey allergy is a very rare, but serious health condition. In this study, we presented 1 patient who had anaphylaxis after the honey allergological investigation with skin prick-prick test with honey. Honey as a food has been associated to allergic reactions and as the increased consumption of honey in health food may increase the incidence of honey-related allergic reactions.
Anti-Cancer Properties of Saudi Arabian Propolis
Characteristics, chemical compositions and biological activities of propolis from Al-Bahah, Saudi Arabia
Sci Rep. 2017 Feb 6;7:41453
Propolis has been used to treat several diseases since ancient times, and is an important source of bioactive natural compounds and drug derivatives. These properties have kept the interest of investigators around the world, leading to the investigation of the chemical and biological properties and application of propolis.
In this report, the chemical constituents that are responsible for the anticancer activities of propolis were analyzed. The propolis was sourced from Al-Baha in the southern part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Standard protocols for chemical fractionation and bioactivity-guided chemical analysis were used to identify the bio-active ethyl acetate fraction. The extraction was performed in methanol and then analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The major compounds are triterpenoids, with a relative concentration of 74.0%; steroids, with a relative concentration of 9.8%; and diterpenoids, with a relative concentration of 7.9%. The biological activity was characterized using different approaches and cell-based assays.
Propolis was found to inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells in a concentration-dependent manner through apoptosis. Immunofluorescence staining with anti-α-tubulin antibodies and cell cycle analysis indicated that tubulin and/or microtubules are the cellular targets of the L-acetate fraction. This study demonstrates the importance of Saudi propolis as anti-cancer drug candidates.
Be Careful of Fake Manuka Honey
Bee careful: that manuka honey may be fake
The Sunday Times, February 6, 2017
Kourtney Kardashian swears by it, Scarlett Johansson loves its “amazing glow” and Gwyneth Paltrow used to pour it in her smoothies. There is only one snag with New Zealand-made manuka honey, the high-priced, high-profile superfood much loved by celebrities and their fans: a lot of it is as fake as spray-on tan.
Research commissioned by The Sunday Times has found that honey sold under the New Zealand manuka label at up to £45 ($73) a pot may not be manuka.
Results of the research last week persuaded Fortnum & Mason, the upmarket London grocer, to clear its shelves of its own-brand manuka honey after tests showed that it might not be genuine. Honey sold by Holland & Barrett and Amazon also failed the tests.
Commonly sold in health shops and believed by some to have a wide range of healing properties, the thick, dark-brown honey is supposed to be made from the nectar of bees that forage in manuka bushes found mainly in New Zealand.
However, any claims to being a health food are not accepted by New Zealand and British officials, and there has long been suspicion that cheaper honeys have been mislabelled as manuka to fetch higher prices, not least because an estimated 10,000 tons of supposed manuka honey is sold around the world each year...
Royal Jelly as a Superfood
Two superfoods you have never heard of!
Hindustan Times, 2/5/2017
In the cornucopia of ancient remedies culled from the plant and animal world, two superfoods stood out among others for their special properties. These two were expensive and not easily available, so they were classified as treasures. They are a little easier to get now, and perhaps not as expensive. So here’s a look at them.
1. Royal jelly
This special compound is a unique health food that has been in use since ancient times across China and South East Asia due to its many health and youth bestowing properties.
What is royal jelly?
A product of honey, royal jelly is the food that worker bees feed their queen bee. The queen bee is the most fertile bee in the hive and her only job is to rest and eat this magical food. With this as her sole diet, the queen bee grows to a very large size and eventually is so fertile that she gives birth to many, many bees.
Today, royal jelly is used to treat menopausal symptoms, it helps manage infertility and is added in skin creams for its anti-ageing effects. It is also used to improve brain and neuronal functions that are linked with ageing...
Beeswax Ointment in Traditional Iranian Pharmacy
Qairooti (Cerate or Cera Beeswax Salve) in Traditional Iranian Pharmacy
Iran J Med Sci. 2016 May;41(3 Suppl):S8
Qairooti (Cerate), a medicinal salve or ointment, compounded of wax and oil, is a formulation used alone or as a basis for medicinal dosage forms. It is widely used from the ancient times to the present. Based on its structure, beeswax has unique characteristics. It builds stable emulsions and increases water absorbance of creams and ointments. The aim of this study was to gather all pharmaceutical information about preparing Qairooti products from traditional pharmacopoeaes, such as the various types of Qairooti and their preparation methods.
In this article, various types of Qairooti, their producing method and related indications have been discussed based on the main medical Persian manuscripts including Al-Canon fil tibb (Canon of Avicenna), Gharabadin-e-Kabir, Gharabadin-e-Salehi, Exir-e-Azam, Alhavi, Kamel-al-sanaat, Zakhireh-ye Khwarazm shahi, al-Shamel-fi-sanawat-al-tebie, Ekhtiarate badiee, Kholasat-al-tajarob, Tib-e-Akbari, Mofareh al-gholoob, Makhzan-ul-Adwiah, Hedayat-al-motealemin-fi-al-tibb, Altasrif-le-man-ajeza-an-talif, etc.
About 500 different formulations from the above-mentioned manuscripts were found and their preparation method and other required information were collected. The amounts of oil and wax in Qairooti are not fixed and depend on different factors; providing the best consistency and appearance of the formulation, such as seasonal temperature. In order to prepare cerate, wax has to be melted by indirect heat and then mixed with the isothermal oil. Mixing process should be performed precisely to provide a homogenized product. If the multi-ingredient cerate is needed, other constituents have to be added to the warm mixture of oil and wax.
There are many kinds of Qairooti in traditional Iranian pharmacopoeias recommended for different indications. Cerate was a common medication for injuries and wounds. Although it is still used in conventional medicine, some clinical applications in traditional Iranian medicine have been forgotten nowadays. It is recommended that we have a smarter approach to the traditional pharmacopoeias in order to use past experience and transcend existing knowledge of modern pharmacy.
Honey Inhibits Candida Growth
Fungicidal efficacy of various honeys against fluconazole-resistant Candida species isolated from HIV+ patients with candidiasis
Effet fongicide de miels différents contre les espèces de Candida fluconazole-résistants isolées de patients VIH+ avec une candidose
Journal de Mycologie Médicale / Journal of Medical Mycology
Available online 31 January 2017
Honey is well known to possess a broad spectrum of activity against medically important organisms. The purpose of this study was to assess the antifungal activity of different honeys against 40 fluconazole (FLU) resistant Candida species, including Candida albicans (C. albicans), Candida glabrata, Candida krusei and Candida tropicalis.
Three honey samples were collected from northern (Mazandaran, A), southern (Hormozgan, B) and central (Lorestan, C) regions of Iran. A microdilution technique based on the CLSI, M27-A2 protocol was employed to compare the susceptibility of honeys “A”, “B” and “C” against different pathogenic Candida isolates.
The results showed that different Candida isolates were resistant to FLU, ranging from 64 μg/mL to 512 μg/mL. All of the honeys tested had antifungal activities against FLU-resistant Candida species, ranging from 20% to 56.25% (v/v) and 25% to 56.25% (v/v) for minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and minimum fungicidal concentrations (MFCs), respectively. Honey “A” (MIC: 31.59%, v/v) showed higher anti-Candida activity than honey “B” (MIC: 35.99%, v/v) and honey “C” (MIC: 39.2%, v/v). No statistically significant differences were observed among the mean MIC values of the honey samples (P > 0.05). The order of overall susceptibility of Candida species to honey samples were; C. krusei > C. glabrata > C. tropicalis > C. albicans (P > 0.05). In addition, the mean MICs of Candida strains isolated from the nail, vagina and oral cavity were 33.68%, 36.44% and 39.89%, respectively, and were not significantly different (P > 0.05).
Overall, varying susceptibilities to the anti-Candida properties of different honeys were observed with four FLU-resistant species of Candida. Further research is needed to assess the efficacy of honey as an inhibitor of candidal growth in clinical trials.
Saudi Propolis Used in 'Baby Root Canal'
Formulation of Saudi propolis into biodegradable chitosan chips for vital pulpotomy
Curr Drug Deliv. 2017 Jan 25
Propolis has been widely used to treat oral cavity disorders, such as endodontal and periodontal diseases and microbial infections.
The study aimed at formulation of commercial Saudi propolis into biodegradable chitosan chips and evaluation of its effectiveness as a pulpotomy agent.
The composition of 80% ethanolic propolis extract was evaluated regarding its total phenolic content, total flavonoid content and antioxidant activity. Chitosan chips containing propolis extract were prepared by the solvent / casting method. The investigated variables were % of chitosan polymer (2, 2.5 and 3%), % of plasticizer (1, 5 and 10%) and incorporation of different concentrations of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (5, 10 and 20% of polymer weight). The chips were characterized for weight and thickness uniformity, content uniformity, pH, percentage moisture loss, swelling index, tensile strength and in vitro propolis release. The optimal propolis chip formulation was further investigated in dogs regarding the short term response of primary dental pulp to propolis chips compared with the most commonly used formocresol preparation.
The prepared films were flexible and demonstrated satisfactory physicochemical characteristics. The optimal formulation showed an initial release of about 41.7% of the loaded propolis followed by a sustained release extended up to 7 days. The kinetics study demonstrated that propolis release was controlled by Fick´s diffusion. The optimal propolis chip formulation resulted in less pulpal inflammation compared to formocresol, and produced hard tissue formation in all specimens.
Formulation of commercial Saudi propolis as a biodegradable chitosan chip is an effective alternative to the commercially available chemical agents for treatment of vital pulpotomy.
Beekeeping from Antiquity Through the Middle Ages
Annu Rev Entomol. 2017 Jan 31;62:249-264
Beekeeping had its origins in honey hunting-the opportunistic stealing of honey from wild honey bee nests. True beekeeping began when humans started providing artificial cavities within which the bees could build comb for the queen to lay her eggs and the workers could process honey. By 2450 BCE, the Egyptians had developed sophisticated apiculture, and, within two millennia, beekeeping with horizontal hives had spread throughout the Mediterranean. During Europe's Middle Ages, honey and wax became important commodities for trade, and beekeeping in skep, log, box, and tree hives flourished to meet the demand. Other species of honey bees contributed to the development and spread of beekeeping in Asia beginning around 300 BCE. Meanwhile, beekeeping evolved independently in Mesoamerica with the stingless bee Melipona beecheii, as documented by archaeological finds and written accounts that survived Spanish conquest.
Labels: Apitherapy and Beekeeping, Bee-Collected Pollen, Beeswax, Honey, Propolis, Royal Jelly
Propolis Has Anti-Pseudomonas Properties
Antibiofilm and Antioxidant Activity of Propolis and Bud Poplar Resins versus Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2017;2017:5163575
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common biofilm-forming bacterial pathogen implicated in lung, skin, and systemic infections. Biofilms are majorly associated with chronic lung infection, which is the most severe complication in cystic fibrosis patients characterized by drug-resistant biofilms in the bronchial mucus with zones, where reactive oxygen species concentration is increased mainly due to neutrophil activity.
Aim of this work is to verify the anti-Pseudomonas property of propolis or bud poplar resins extracts. The antimicrobial activity of propolis and bud poplar resins extracts was determined by MIC and biofilm quantification. Moreover, we tested the antioxidant activity by DPPH and neutrophil oxidative burst assays. In the end, both propolis and bud poplar resins extracts were able to inhibit P. aeruginosa biofilm formation and to influence both swimming and swarming motility. Moreover, the extracts could inhibit proinflammatory cytokine production by human PBMC and showed both direct and indirect antioxidant activity.
This work is the first to demonstrate that propolis and bud poplar resins extracts can influence biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa contrasting the inflammation and the oxidation state typical of chronic infection suggesting that propolis or bud poplar resins can be used along with antibiotic as adjuvant in the therapy against P. aeruginosa infections related to biofilm.
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Edric Sylvaticus - Wild Shropshire Thane & Rose
Rosa 'Wild Edric' - May 30 2012
One of the reasons why I so love my roses, is their names. They evoke history, composers, actors and often forgotten moments in history. Such is the case of my English Rose Rosa ‘Wild Edric’. I know that David Austin who breeds English Roses from his home base in Shropshire likes to name his roses after poets, writers, saints (one at least, St. Swithun), luminaries of his area or family friends and heroes (but no villains) of Shakespeare plays. When I purchased Rosa “Wild Edric” three years ago I bought it knowing that its rugosa rose heritage meant it would be a good grower with no affinity to bugs and diseases. It has taken three years to finally burst into voluminous flower. The flowers are as wide as my hand and the fragrance is strong. But I was stumped by the name. Who was Wild Edric? What I found is charming. Within the essay is the statement that Wild Edric was a thorn in the side of William the Conqueror. I now see that Austin has named his rose well. Austin lists this vigorous rose as a hedge rose that will soon grow and be impenetrable. I can see that! The thorns are plentiful, thick and thin. The thin ones fester in my fingers and I must deal with this plant with gloves in the future. I have spent a few nights with a small needle trying to pry out the almost invisible thorns.
In a few days the bush (which is already about 7 ft tall) will be in bloom. Wild Edric is a rose to fear but also a rose to love.
I found this fine account of Edric Sylvaticus in the interesting and nicely laid out web page of Shropshire Tourism
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Edric The Wild - Another Wild Shropshire Man
Does Shropshire breed ‘wild’ men? Perhaps, and certainly history tells of another wild Salopian, this time way back in the days of William the Conqueror.
Edric the Wild was a Saxon thane who held huge tracts of land in Shropshire. Places like Lydham, Clun, Hodnet, and Dorrington were in his domain along with some forty others, including some in neighbouring Staffordshire. No doubt in those days he would have thought of these holdings as being in the kingdom of Mercia.
Now Edric liked nothing better than to hunt, indeed, another name by which he was known was Edric Sylvaticus, or Edric the Forester, and doubtless the income from all his manors afforded him ample time and opportunity to indulge in his passion for the chase.
All went well then until the year 1066 when, on October 14th William the Conqueror defeated King Harold’s Saxon Army at Senlac Hill near Hastings and ushered in the era of the Norman invaders.
Edric the Wild did not swear fealty to William the Conqueror, the proud Saxon found the idea of the Norman yoke too hard to bear. In 1067 he began to harry the invaders as they tried to impose their harsh will on the western borderlands. We have few details of his actions but it is clear that Edric became such a thorn in the side of the Normans that Richard FitzScrob and the garrison of the newly built castle at Hereford were ordered to invade his lands and wreak vengeance for the havoc he was causing.
Sadly for Richard and his Normans they proved no match for Edric, and each time they went into the western borderlands of Shropshire to apprehend their wily opponent the raiding parties suffered heavy losses including those of mailed knights and their squires.
Realizing he had the upper hand Edric deepened his revolt. Allying with Blethyn ap Cynyon and Rhywallon, the Princes of North Wales and Powys, the three marched together into Herefordshire where their armies devastated the city with its castle, and continued as far as the bridge over the River Lugg at Leominster. Triumphant they returned home richly laden with the spoils of war.
In 1069 revolt flared again and the rebels made for Shrewsbury and laid siege to the castle there. This time they were not so successful but, having failed to take the castle, they burnt the town as they withdrew.
Incensed by this refusal of his authority William now felt it necessary to give up personal command of the brutal campaign he was leading in the north of England and come south to finally settle the uprisings in Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire, including those of Edric and Bleddyn. At Chester the rebels submitted and it was here Edric finally swore fealty to King William.
Two years later Edric was accompanying the King into Scotland on the occasion when King Malcolm was forced to pay homage to Norman rule.
There is some dispute as to whether Edric rebelled yet again. One tradition maintains that he did and was finally captured, some say at Wigmore, by Ralph de Mortimer who certainly came into possession of many of the Saxon rebel’s estates.
According to this version of the story Edric was thrown into prison where, presumably, he died. Another account hints that he escaped and lived out his days in Wales. Anyway, whichever version of the story we may choose, Wild Edric now passes from the pages of history
From the pages of history maybe, but long before he submitted, or was captured, or escaped into Wales if that is your choice, Edric Sylvaticus had already assumed another, altogether stranger, history. You see, for a long time weird and other-worldly tales had been told about him and, believe it or not, some of these stories echo and reverberate to this very day in those areas where Wild Edric once hunted.
Link to: Edric Sylvaticus - Wild Shropshire Thane & Rose
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Robyn Gray: biker and friend
June 3, 2018 Willy Williamson 3 Comments
On Thursday, May 24, at approximately 11:00 pm, officers from the Oakbank and Beausejour RCMP responded to a collision between a vehicle and a motorcycle that occurred on Provincial Road 213, near Lornehill Road, in the RM of Springfield.
Investigators believe that a motorcycle travelling westbound on PR213, being driven by a 71-year-old male from the RM of East St. Paul, was struck from behind by a vehicle, being driven by a 16-year-old male, also from the RM of East St. Paul. This collision resulted in the motorcyclist being thrown from his motorcycle.
He was subsequently struck by a second westbound vehicle, being driven by a 30-year-old female from Portage la Prairie.
It is believed that the motorcyclist was also struck by another vehicle heading eastbound on PR213. The driver of this vehicle did not stop at the scene and has not been identified. Police are asking anyone with information that may help identify this driver to contact the Oakbank RCMP at 204-444-3847.
The driver of the motorcycle was pronounced deceased at the scene. It is unknown if alcohol was a factor in the collision.
Officers from the Oakbank Detachment along with an RCMP Forensic Collision Reconstructionist continue to investigate.
Robyn Gray was the 71-year-old man killed in that motorcycle crash late last month. I first met him in 1982, when my great-aunty Isabelle lived in the Chateau Guay Apartments across the street from Harley-Davidson of Winnipeg, on Goulet Street in St. Boniface.
I was 15 and already motorcycle crazy with a dirt bike of my own back home in St. Norbert so, against my aunt’s wishes, I strolled across the street to the then-spiffy new dealership and met my very first real bikers.
Sure, my dad and his buddies knew some guys, but these were THE guys.
Robyn owned the place, and he and his band of bearded bohemians obviously made a lasting impression on me. Throughout my teens, I visited the shop often and by 1985 I was riding a battered black Yamaha Virago on the street — and wearing a black Harley-Davidson T-shirt in the bar.
Robyn would never miss the opportunity to take a few good-natured jabs at me for riding a Japanese bike, whenever I’d stop in at the shop. I think he knew that crummy bike was all I could afford. I may not have owned a Harley ‘yet’, but it sure didn’t stop him from selling me tires and T-shirts.
There was 20 years between us, so back then I never dreamed of being anything more than an acquaintance of Robyn’s. I mean, what would a local biker legend want with a punk kid on a Virago? Time passed and that’s exactly what we remained. Casual acquantances.
All that changed in 2002, however, when I started writing the Willy’s Garage column in the Winnipeg Sun. Robyn was one of the first business owners to call me. He was shrewd and knew free advertising when he saw it. He’d invite me to his swap meets and show-and-shines and I’d write about and shoot photos of the events, and he’d keep inviting me back.
“Oh shit — here comes the paparazzi,” Robyn would bellow when I rolled in. Then he’d start gearing up for a photo shoot. “Don’t take my picture, I hate getting my picture taken,” he’d say, as he was checking his moustache in a nearby motorcycle mirror.
It may have taken nearly two decades for Robyn to finally learn my name, but for the next 18 years he was among my closest and dearest friends and he and his partner, Bonnie, treated me like family.
Robyn and his partner Bonnie Smith at their Winnipeg dealership in 2005.
On the morning my father died in the summer of 2006, I instinctively headed to Robyn’s place. He hugged me for a good long time on his driveway as I sobbed like a baby.
“This pain will ease as time passes,” he said to me, “but you’re going to miss your dad every single day for the rest of your life.”
That was the man Robyn Gray was to me. A soft shoulder to cry on offering hard words to live by.
Over the years I learned many things from Robyn and met many fascinating people through him. He truly knew folks in every corner of the earth and couldn’t walk five steps in Manitoba without bumping into someone he knew. After he’d introduced me to his friend and they’d chatted and parted ways, he would lean in and say, “he is a very successful man,” or “she is a very talented woman,” and explain that person’s accomplishments to me in great detail. Robyn had many good words to say about many good people.
He also shared countless stories with me, often multiple times. He was a fascinating storyteller and when he spoke I would always listen intently — something that is sometimes difficult for me to do. He was never boastful and frequently uproariously entertaining.
Robyn, on the bike, with Willy and legendary designer Arlen Ness.
There was usually a moral to Robyn’s stories, and the lessons learned will serve me for the rest of my life. I learned from him to stand up for myself no matter the cost, apologize when I’m wrong, cry when something is sad and laugh when something is funny.
The funny thing is though, despite how close we were, Robyn rarely spoke of how he became the legend I grew to know and love. The occasional nugget would emerge here and there, like the time last summer when he casually mentioned he crossed the border illegally in the middle of the night in the early 1970s and lived in America for a year. He was having the time of his life, “shacked up with some nurse,” until the Minnesota State Troopers pulled him over one day, realized he was Canadian and not paying taxes, and sent him home with nothing but his motorcycle and the clothes on his back. That was Robyn.
Earlier in the week, while I was still in the thinking stages of writing this, sitting at my desk, staring off into space, hoping for inspiration in a time of sorrow, I received an email that told me of a story written in the Winnipeg Free Press about Robyn, back in 1982. I found it in the archives, and here’s an excerpt. And who knew that my friend’s name was actually Robert?
Robyn at the Winnipeg store, circa 1989.
BIKER STRIKES IT RICH WITH ‘HOGS’
Robert (Indian) Gray, 35, the guy with the moustache and the disarmingly unpretentious sensibilities, is the sole owner of the franchise (Harley-Davidson of Winnipeg). He’s a source of odd, contradictory social signals. Not quite defiantly longish hair, a bumptious tone qualified by quick laughter, an expression that suggests either mild aggression or furious concentration. He has a chipped front tooth and rabid eyes. If it were 1970, he would pass for a civil libertarian lawyer. Or his client.
He’s also one of the seven founding members and a past president of the Spartans, a local biker club of ambiguous repute and vigorous bonhomie. Gray, who maintains his Spartans’ colours and is a lifetime member, is retired from active service. Still, he’s the first hugely successful local example of an unlikely hybrid: the corporate biker.
And, the word on corporate bikers is money is in, breaking up beer parlors is out.
“I was planning a trip to South America by motorcycle about 1977,” Gray says, “when I met a friend at a motorcycle show here at the Convention Centre. He asked if I’d heard that Harley-Davidson was considering a franchise in Winnipeg. “I figured, what the hell, I’ll check it out. So, I phoned Fred Deeley Imports in Toronto, the exclusive distributor for Harleys in Canada. I asked if they were considering franchising Winnipeg. When they stopped laughing, they said no they were not. So, I went home and wrote them a letter. I told them who I was, what my background in Harleys had been, how I felt about them, what my friends felt about them, what my qualifications were. That kind of stuff.” They phoned back and said ‘You got it if you can put it together.’ All I needed was $100,000 and an acceptable building. I had the financing, but not the building. That was March of ’78. By April, I had my first building at Corydon and Osborne and was in business. And, we were making money from the start.”
Within three years, Gray incorporated, then designed and built his splendid new quarters on Goulet.
He studied management and investment courses sponsored by the Federal Business Development Bank. Last year, he sold 100 cycles. The shop is custom-building another 120. His T-shirt line tops $20,000 annually. His mail order service is Canada wide. He has one of the largest Harley inventories in western Canada and he’ll sell every bike he touches.
Gray grew up middle-class and suburban in East St. Paul, the son of an Air Canada pilot. His passion was mechanics and he was riding a trail bike by 10, driving a car at 11. He went to Miles MacDonnell Collegiate and then opened a motorcycle customizing shop on Portage Avenue in 1972. He took aircraft mechanics at Red River College, and went to work for Perimeter Aviation. He intended to be a helicopter pilot-mechanic and he earned his pilot’s license. But the hog market always intervened.
“The Spartans came from where we came from, the east side of the river. Those were some of the best times of my life. Those runs down to Sturgis, South Dakota, where more than 50,000 bikers used to get together from all over the continent. Whoo. I went down there seven times. I wish I could do it all again and get away with it,” he says, a bit wanly.
Leaning forward over his desk, he says, “I work on my image now. I’m going to be a millionaire someday. I enjoy making money, the edge, the challenge, the people. Of course, my association with the club has helped business. They can relate to me. You can’t put yourself above the customer, the average street biker. It’s necessary to have been there. So, my image is important.”
He brings himself up short, as though a part of him catches a whiff of crass artifice and is appalled. “Still,” he adds, “there are a lot of times I’d like to just go for a ride and get loaded. But, you know, I have too much at stake.”
There it was, locked away for safekeeping in the archives of the newspaper, in the Tempo section, just above an ad for an $1,849 Sony Betamax.
Robyn Gray teaching me one final lesson.
I know this pain will ease with time, and I know I’m going to miss him every day for the rest of my life — and I’d like to just go for a ride and get loaded… but, you know, I have too much at stake.
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3 thoughts on “Robyn Gray: biker and friend”
Ryan H Craig says:
Nice tribute, Willy. Seems like an interesting guy.
Sorry for your loss Willy, he sounded like a good guy.
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KYLE AND Christina - casual acquaintances fresh out of college - are interviewing for the same job. It's a position each desperately wants and needs, so competition is intense.
While waiting in the lobby, Christina offers Kyle a bit of advice: "Kyle, when you sit down, the first thing you should do is tell Ms. Flumptard that you can't wait to work for such a smokin' hot boss; and be sure to mention that, while in college, you regularly used pot. Oh, and tell her that, from time-to-time, office supplies will make their way home with you. She'll appreciate your candor."
Kyle follows Christina's advice.
Kyle is: a) likely to get the gig because "flattery will get you everywhere"; b) to be admired for his courage and honesty; c) a liberal; d) a bumbling dolt; e) both c and d. (Bear with me. This is going somewhere.)
Now try this one:
Republicans and Democrats are applying for the same job. Leadership is something they both desperately want and need, so competition is intense. Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee has a bit of advice for his Republican counterparts. He suggests that, to succeed, Republicans should run "moderate" candidates, kick conservatives to the curb and offer voters "Democrat Lite" instead of Reagan Republicanism in 2010 (you know, kind of like in '08 with John McCain).
In a statement addressing the ouster of liberal Florida Republican Chairman Jim Greer, Kaine fretted aloud - genuinely, no doubt: "[T]he GOP's biggest liability this year will be its right wing that sees November's elections as an opportunity to purify the Party - at any cost."
Kaine warned that the "unrelenting drive towards a smaller, narrower Republican Party" would "cost the GOP dearly." (Thanks for the heads-up, Timmy. How thoughtful.) He further lamented that conservatives have begun a "quest to purify the Republican Party, eliminate moderate voices (read: liberal voices) and enact an extreme right-wing agenda (read: conservative agenda)."
Republicans should, therefore: a) follow Democrat Kaine's advice and drive the GOP further leftward; b) ignore Kaine altogether; c) do exactly the opposite of what this crocodile-teared partisan hack suggests, moving - post haste - to "purify the Republican Party, eliminate [liberal] voices and enact a [conservative] agenda."
If you answered "b" and "c," then Cornhusker Kickbacks to you.
To both take and implement the advice of those who seek your political destruction is a fool's errand. In many states, such as New York, Florida and elsewhere, the Republican establishment seems to get that. They're responding wisely to an unprecedented grass-roots groundswell (a "tea party," if you will) that demands both a return to the GOP's conservative roots and adherence to the Party platform.
Unfortunately, like Kyle, obstinate RINO leadership in other states, such as Illinois, appear determined to play right into Democrats' hands. They're obtusely heeding Kaine's duplicitous counsel, throwing establishment weight behind candidates who appear as though handpicked by the DNC.
Take Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk, for example. Kirk, who seeks to fill President Obama's old Senate seat is, based on his voting record, about 49 parts Democrat and one part Republican. In fact, a "Sen. Kirk" would, politically speaking, be largely indistinguishable from "Sen. Obama."
According to Illinois based ChampionNews.net, Kirk:
voted against a ban on the horrific practice of partial-birth abortion, having supported every demand of the pro-abortion industry;
voted "yes" on cap-and-trade;
voted "yes" to fund ACORN;
voted "yes" to shut-down Guantanamo Bay;
voted "yes" on CAFE standards;
voted "yes" to prohibit drilling in ANWR;
voted "no" on the successful surge in Iraq;
voted "no" on school prayer;
received an "F" from the National Rifle Association on gun rights; and
publicly supports the U.N. "Convention on Climate Change";
But that's just the tip of the "oops-it's-not-really-melting" iceberg. Multiple media reports also indicate that this tax-and-spend liberal is widely rumored to be a practitioner of the homosexual lifestyle (a la Bawny Fwank). Although Kirk recently denied the charge, he has, nonetheless, eagerly supported nearly every legislative aspect of the extremist homosexual agenda.
For example: Kirk has opposed a constitutional amendment to protect natural marriage. He also both co-sponsored the speech-chilling and freedom-killing federal "hate crimes" law and voted to grant homosexuals preferred government status through the so-called Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).
So, you have to ask: What business does Mark Kirk have even calling himself a Republican? And why is the Illinois GOP backing this Democrat in Republican's clothing rather than, say, Patrick Hughes (endorsed by Mark Levin), one of Kirk's solidly conservative primary opponents?
If Kirk wins Illinois' Feb. 2 primary, voters are left an illusory choice. Republican vs. Democrat becomes a distinction without a difference: a dream come true for Tim Kaine.
Did we learn nothing from 2009's conservative GOP sweep (Gov. Bob McDonnell, Va., Gov. Chris Christie, N.J., and AG Ken Cuccinelli, Va.)? Seriously, even in liberal New York, Doug Hoffman - a last-minute conservative, third-party dark horse - came out of nowhere to nearly defeat Democrat Bill Owens in the state's 23rd Congressional District. Remember?
We remain a center-right country. In fact, a recent Gallup poll established that Americans identify as conservative vs. liberal by a nearly two-to-one margin.
So, whose advice will Republicans follow in 2010? Will it be that of a fork-tongued Democratic emissary like Tim Kaine? Or will it be that of the GOP's highly motivated, itchin'-to-vote, grass-roots Party faithful?
More importantly: Whose advice will you follow, Chairman Steele?
Matt Barber is an attorney concentrating in constitutional law. is Director of Cultural Affairs with Liberty Counsel and Associate Dean with Liberty University School of Law. Send comments to Matt at jmattbarber@comcast.net.
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Revolutionising the Way Kids Learn: Robotics, Learning by Doing
Posted by Mark Gura at Tuesday, April 17, 2018 No comments: Links to this post
Reading, wRiting, and... Robots for Effective K-12 STEM Learning
Twenty-six middle school students from the Alvord Unified School District gathered at Riverside’s Arizona Middle School on Wednesday afternoon, April 11, to showcase their robot creations.
The robotics demonstration was staged for National Robotics Week and drew students from all four Alvord middle schools, district spokeswoman Cynthia Shipley said. Using the concept of artificial intelligence, all students customized their robots, Shipley said.
Loma Vista Middle School student Estrella Del Carmen, left, controls Lucky the robot as classmate Madison Iglesias robots stops it from going off the table...during an event for National Robotics Week at Arizona Middle School in Riverside.Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG
The event aimed to raise awareness about the importance of an education in science, technology, engineering and math, often called STEM classes. Alvord serves students in the western Riverside area and part of northeastern Corona.
Read the full article at its source: https://www.pe.com/2018/04/12/riverside-middle-school-students-design-robots-for-national-robotics-week-showcase/
Posted by Mark Gura at Monday, April 16, 2018 No comments: Links to this post
Morris High School (Bronx) FIRST Robotics Team "2Train Robotics" Finishes Their 19th Robotics Season Reaching the Semi-Finals in NYC Competition
Sent to me by my friend, Gary Israel....
Dear Friends of 2Train,
This past weekend the Morris H.S Campus/CSS Robotics team #395 aka 2Train Robotics competed with 50 other FIRST Robotics teams from New York, Brazil, China, Turkey and the United Kingdom at the FIRST® New York City Regional Competition & Expo at the NYC Armory Track and Field Center.
After two grueling days of competition the team finished the qualifying matches in 12th place making it to the playoffs before losing in the semifinals. The team also received the Team Spirit Award which "celebrates extraordinary enthusiasm and spirit through exceptional partnership and teamwork". See photos below
Two weeks ago the Morris H.S Campus/CSS FIRST Robotics team competed in the 2018 Hudson Valley Regional in Suffern NY finishing the qualifying matches in 9th place making it to the playoffs before losing in the quarterfinals.
I couldn't be any prouder of this group of students!
PS. Please register online for next year's 20th Anniversary Celebration of 2Train Robotics! www.2train395.com
FIRST® New York City Regional Competition & Expo at the NYC Armory Track and Field Center
Members of 2Train at NYC FIRST Robotics Competition at NYC Regional
2018 Team Spirit Award
New York City Regional
Members of 2Train at NYC FIRST Robotics Competition at Hudson Valley Regional
Team working on robot in the pits
Dean Kamen founder of FIRST Robotics
speaking to the students from the Renaissance Youth Center
Gary Axelbank, host of "Bronx Talk and creator and publisher of thisistheBronX,
We are very grateful to our sponsors for supporting Team 395:
Please register online for next year's 20th Anniversary Celebration of 2Train Robotics! www.2train395.com
Your School Should Start A LEGO Robotics Team!
(below from) https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/fll/start-a-team
“Start a FIRST LEGO League Team
FIRST LEGO League gives elementary and middle school students and their adult coaches the opportunity to work and create together to solve a common problem. Challenged to research a real-world problem, then create an original solution for that problem, plus design and build a robot using a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® kit within a common set of rules to accomplish “missions” on a playing field, brings out the best in students and adults alike. The theme changes each season, requiring teams to be extraordinarily creative.
FIRST redefines “winning” by rewarding teams for achievements not necessarily gained on the field of play − excellence in design, demonstrated team spirit, Gracious Professionalism®, community outreach, and more are recognized with awards. Winning is always secondary to the quality of the overall experience.
If you would like to start a FIRST LEGO League team in your area, we welcome you and promise to provide you with all the support, ideas, and encouragement you need to succeed!
Remember: NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED AND YOU ARE NEVER ALONE!...”
For the “6 essential steps to starting a FIRST LEGO League team” go to:
https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/fll/start-a-team
Teaching Computer Science With LEGO Robotics
Shouldn't every school, every kid have a class like this?
Quotes below from the paper: "Teaching Computer Science With Robotics Using Ada/Mindstorms 2.0" (LEGO Robotics Materials)
For the full paper go to: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.90.594&rep=rep1&type=pdf
“The potential use of robots to teach computing principles has long captured the attention of computer science educators… getting the student to infuse a device with behavior of their own design would be a powerful aid to learning…”
Posted by Mark Gura at Wednesday, April 04, 2018 No comments: Links to this post
Teaching Students About Robots is Cool!
"Cool Kid Ben Indeglia teaches Compton students about robotics
COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) --
Cool Kid Ben Indeglia is proof that just one person can make a big difference. He took his passion for robotics and teamed up with the Compton Unified School District to help teach robotics to students who were never exposed to this particular science before.
Nearly every Saturday, you'll find Indeglia teaching young kids about robotics.
"It's really exciting, and it's even more exciting when the kids not only first see the robot move but have the robot do exactly what they want to do," the 18-year-old senior said.
This all started three years ago when Indeglia realized he was fortunate to learn robotics at New Roads School in Santa Monica.
"I decided hey, what if I went to a place where probably kids don't have a robotics program and tried to implement one there," he said.
Ben chose Compton, and after teaming up with his former 8th-grade teacher, he started a GoFundMe campaign and purchased equipment for 20 students.
Now, the program includes about 200 kids at more than 20 schools with the help of grant funding.
"They're learning all of the fundamental concepts, loops and decisions and switches. In their minds, they can kind of see themselves doing this as a career," said Danny Figueroa, a teacher at New Roads Middle School..."
Read the full article at its source: http://abc7.com/education/cool-kid-ben-indeglia-teaches-students-about-robotics/3283936/
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"Fifth Amendment Rick" Scott's Drug-testing Executive Order 11-58 Held To Violate Fourth Amendment
It's our money. Florida Governor Richard Scott fought all the way to the U.S. Court of Appeals in a losing effort to defend his Executive Order 11-58, which both trial and appellate courts have now found violates our Fourth Amendment. Scott's order would have inflicted routine, suspicionless drug tests on every single Florida state government employee under his power (77% of the total, or 85,000 people), whether or not they perform safety or law enforcement functions.
"Fifth Amendment Rick," Governor Scott, stated in inept defense of his Fourth Amendment violation, "Many Floridians are required to take drug tests in their workplace and it is only right for state workers paid with taxpayer funds to be required to do the same." "Fifth Amendment Rick" Scott reckons that because some nosy-parker private sector employers (like Morris Communications and the St. Augustine Record) insist on drug tests for all employees, that he should too. That's specious illogic, pandering to anti-libertarians.
If a state government employee's function is safety-related or in law enforcement, the government can already legally ask him or her to take a drug test. So what's the fuss about? Demagoguery and control.
Why waste money on such invasive, intrusive, overbearing, foolishness? Perhaps because drug tests can be abused to indicate false positives for ethical employee whistleblowers -- in one federal case, a drug testing company was convicted of arranging for such false positives, on demand, for employees of Superfund hazardous waste disposal sites.
Governor Scott told the U.S. Court of Appeals that "state employees have a diminished privacy interest," so Scott somehow supposes he has suzerainty to make them pee in a cup. How demeaning and demoralizing. What errant nonsense.
If Scott appeals to the Supreme Court, let it be on his own dime, not ours – he spent $78 million of his own money to get elected, buying the office with crazy bigoted TV ads, including one about a mosque in Manhattan.
Our State of Florida has been the source of a good many Supreme Court decisions, including Chambers v. Florida (1940), where four African-Americans were wrongfully convicted of murder, Justice Hugo Lafayette Black (former Alabama Senator and onetime Ku Klux Klan member) wrote for the Supreme Court: “We are not impressed by the argument that law enforcement methods such as those under review are necessary to uphold our laws....The Constitution proscribes such lawless means irrespective of the end. And this argument flouts the basic principle that all people must stand on an equality before the bar of justice in every American court. Today, as in ages past, we are not without tragic proof that the exalted power of some governments to punish manufactured crime dictatorially is the handmaid of tyranny. Under our constitutional system, courts stand against any winds that blow as havens of refuge for those who might otherwise suffer because they are helpless, weak, outnumbered, or because they are nonconforming victims of prejudice and public excitement."
Under our Fourth Amendment, requiring drug tests for all state employees is unconstitutional. Don't take my word for it, read the 61-page May 30, 2013 Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision in AFSCME v. Scott.
South Carolina Democratic Senator Ernest "Fritz" Hollings was once pestered by a Republican challenger who demanded Hollings take a drug test. "I'll take a drug test when he takes an IQ test," Senator Hollings said. The challenger never took an IQ test. I was reminded of that bon mot upon reading the Eleventh Circuit decision. Shall we ask Governor Scott to take an IQ test? He definitely flunks the laugh test.
What do you reckon?
Finally, Record Reports Willie Galimore Story Six Days Later!
Breaking a world record for torpor, the Record finally reported today the Jacksonville Jaguars' generous gift of free admission to the Willie Galimore pool -- six days after the pool opened and the decision was announced and after the Memorial Day weekend. See post immediately below, and the UPDATE appended to it.
The tatterdemalion Record suffers from bad morale, slashed news room budgets, and reduced newspaper space for news (called "the news hole" in the journalism business).
The Record's page one, six column banner headline yesterday -- on a Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team player's alleged bar kerfuffle Sunday -- stands in stark and marked contrast to the tiny one column headline on today's page one story about last Friday's re-opening of Lincolnville's Willie Galimore pool.
Let's see.
So far, the score is:
May 26 Jaguar Misdemeanor Charge in Alleged Bar Kerfuffle 6 column inch headline
May 24 Jaguar's Galimore Free Admission Pool Promise 1 column inch headline, six days later
What priorities these alleged news reporters have at the St. Augustine WRecKord.
Thus, the box score is Jaguar Kerfuffle 6, Jaguars Caring 1.
The Record would rather report wrecks and kerfuffles than actual news of improvements in our city, including a string of victories for Equality and Environmental Justice.
The Record is notable for its dearth of coverage of the GLBT nondiscrimination provisions passed by the cities of St. Augustine (2012) and St. Augusine Beach (2013), Anastasia Mosquito Contrel (2009), and by St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar.
The Record's new publisher should hold "Lessons Learned" meetings about the Record's insensitivity.
The Record should then repent of its insensitivity and atone, e.g., by allowing reporters to report the news without fear or favor, and by finally reporting what it failed to report during 1963-64 concerning Jim Crow segregation and Civil Rights demonstrations -- please see May 29th blog post, below:
St. Augustine Record Disappoints Readers Again -- This morning's St. Augustine Record reverberates with racism -- recovering from the ghosts of 1963-64
The May 29th St. Augustine Record front page reverberates with racism -- not the first time, but hopefully for the last. A front page banner scare headline about a minor bar brouhaha at Conch House, bearing the news that a Jacksonville Jaguars player has been charged with a misdemeanor assault on a security guard. Two photos show the player -- presumed innocent under our judicial system -- is an African-American. The coverage is excessive and disproportionate. How tacky.
Meanwhile, last Friday, May 24th, the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team gave our City a great gift -- free admission to the Willie Galimore pool, in perpetuity, at a cost of some $15,000/year. The deal was negotated by City Manager John Regan with the Jaguar's CEO. This and the pool reopening are a victory for civil rights in our city.
Was this news? Yes. Did the St. Augustine Record report it? No. No reporter attended. How ungrateful. How unperceptive.
With no quotes and no reporter, the Record's front page had three photos of the same three white men (mayor, city manager and YMCA chair) cannon-balling into to the pool at the opening ceremony. Great pix, great guys, great day, but the shallow Record entirely missed the point of the pool dedication.
Incredibly, to date, the Record has not reported the news of the Jaguars generous gift, of free admission to our pool.
Incredibly, the Record did not bother reporting the fact that this is one of only four (4) municipal pools opened or rebuilt in Florida this year (after the City Manager negotiated with the County over its material breach of contract, netting $400,000 to rebuild and reopen the pool).
Not only did the St. Augustine Record not cover the Jaguars gift, it hasn't bothered thanking the Jaguars for it, either. Nor did the Record describe the nature of the Environmental Justice battles in our City, 2005-date, which led to the reopening of the Willie Galimore pool.
The St. Augustine Record has a lot for which to be thankful – its readers are very patient with its foibles. Locals call the St. Augustine Record he “mullet wrapper” and have done so for decades.
The St. Augustine Record has a lot to atone for after 118 years. In particular, during the 1960s, the Record published addresses of KKK rallies in advance, inviting attendance. It also published the names and addresses of African-American children attending previously all-white schools, leading to employer firings of their parents and at least one house being burned down.
The St. Augustine Record's publisher in 1964 was a racist. Today, the Record Publisher's are just downright insensitive, for the most part – they ignore the poor. The Record comforts the comfortable and afflicts the oppressed, as when it was part of the Chamber of Commerce juggernaut aimed at ridding St. George Street of artists and entertainers.
Ever since Morriss Communications bought the Record, successive Record publishers have been promiscuously joining every non-profit board in sight, a walking conflict of interest/
Ron Davidson and another Record executive were members on the board of the secretive, illegal "First America Foundation" embarrassed us all – kicking off the planning of our City's 450th anniversary with a secretive group that did not do what it promised to do, while doing it illegally in secrecy, violating Florida's Sunshine and Open Records laws with $300,000 of City money (we got 2/3 of it back).
Ron Davidson recently refused to print letters concerning the St. Augustine National Historical Park, historic preservation and restoration of buskers to St. George Street. His errant editorials were the stuff of legend, with professional editors unable to restrain his Babbitt-like boosterism and unwillingness to stand up against arbitrary power and oppression and in favor of our human rights and our environment.
We hope that the Record's new Publisher, Delinda Fogel (formally commencing June 3, 2013), will not create conflicts of interest by joining every non-profit Board in sight, out of reflexive boosterism, not common sense.
How can the Record cover institutions on whose boards its publisher sits?
That's a conflict of interest if ever there was one. Every Record Publisher has sat on oodles of Boards.
If Flagler Hospital commits medical malpractice or the First America Foundation creates Sunshine and Open Records violations, is it really proper for Morris Communications executives to be on their Board? First America Foundation had two (2) Morris Communications execs from the Record on their board -- First America was dissolved and has ceased to exist because its creation and continued existence violated Sunshine and Open Records laws.
Why would a real newspaper -- as opposed to a faux Fox-style newspaper -- allow itself to be co-opted so easily by those whom it should be reporting on? This is an easy ethics question: join boards, create conflicts of interest, you are now in the tank. Why would any real journalist ever want to be in the tank with such bad actors as the Chamber of Commerce, Flagler Hospital and the defunct First America Foundation? It is unseemly. Never again.
We hope that Ms. Delinda Fogel will change the Record from being sexist, racist and anti-Gay to being more tolerant, as exhibited by yesterday's editorial about victmless crimes.
We hope that Ms. Delinda Fogel will run the Record more like a newspaper and less like a morbid death watch (waiting for car and boat wrecks and bar fights and disdaining the Founder's faith in newspapers as watchdogs).
Much of what American journalists report these days consists of what they call in Spanish "successos menudos" -- trifling events -- whether wrecks or PR-driven fluff (like the Record's reflexively taking up for every single Sheriff and County Commissioners, great and small, honest and corrupt, without investigation, or kvelling over the retirement of City Manager WILLIAM B. HARRISS, our disdainful former City Manager, which included deletion of all critical comment from the Record's website).
We hope the Record will soon follow in the footsteps of the Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader and editor Marilyn Thompson: they blew the whistle on their forebear editors' racism and censorship in failing to cover the news, reporting what was never reported. In observation of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Record owes us an apology, and publication of the news and photos from its archives that it withheld in 1963-64.
We wish the new St. Augustine Record Publisher well. We challenge Publisher Delinda Fogel to start covering the news, instead of covering it up, from this day forward.
UPDATE: Six (6) days after the May 24, 2013 Willie Galimore ribbon-cutting, the St. Augustine Record ran a story May 30th about the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team's gift. The Record is often days late with news, sometimes reporting on a Saturday what happened in a government meeting five days before.
The belated May 30, 2013 page one, one column headline story was credited to "From Staff," usually the way the Record sugar-coats a press release, or something written by Record Editor Peter Ellis. In this case, there seems to be some actual reporting, but no mention of the racially insensitive closing of the pool by St. Johns County Administrator Michael Wanchick, who called then City Manager WILLIAM B. HARRISS during his Final Days, asking him if it was okay -- HARRISS never reported it to City Commissioners or obtained their approval -- he gave County Administrator Wanchick the go-ahead unadorned by any approval or community support. The Record did not report that, having long ago decided that it would ignore racism in our town.
The Record in October 2007 editorially endorsed bringing contaminated solid waste back to Lincolnville and calling it a "park." Our community organized and stopped HARRISS' vile plan, which was actually endorsed by the Record (which also reported that the public would be allowed to speak, which did not happen, with the Record's silence in the face of then-City Manager HARRISS' insisting it was a "misunderstanding" making the Record a willing accomplice to HARRISS' flummery, dupery and nincompoopery).
Preserving and Protecting St. Augustine, Florida
It's up to us to preserve and protect what we love here in St. Augustine.
Let's finally honor this special place with a “St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore,” first proposed in 1939 (making for better, clearer, more succinct “branding” than sesquipedalianisms like “Guana-Tolomato-Matanazas-National-Estuarine-Research-Reserve,” “Anastasia State Park,” etc.)
Visitors love National Parks (“America's Best Idea”). St. Augustine deserves more NPS stewardship, for our 11,000 years of history and incomparable endangered vistas/nature. www.staugustgreen.com
Let's not wait for Congress – let us act now to preserve and protect St. Augustine's Historic Preservation (HP) Districts. Let's ban HP-unsuitable activities. Here are 20 activities to consider banning permanently from HP Districts:
“Adult” bookstores.
Antitrust violtions, price-fixing and fraud conspiracies.
Automobile, motorcycle and motor vehicle sales, rentals, repair, service and junkyards.
Balloon and helicopter/aircraft landings/takeoffs.
Casinos/gambling.
Chain-restaurants and chain-stores.
Chemical plants/refineries/storage-depots.
Classrooms.
Crematoria/funeral homes.
Dormitories.
Fortune-tellers.
Fuel-burning powerplants.
Manufacturing plants/warehouses.
Pawnshops.
Routine daytime eighteen-wheeler truck deliveries.
Sewage treatment-plants.
Slaughterhouses.
Tattoo-parlors.
Toxic/nuclear materials/wastes/weapons.
Zoos.
Our Ancient City;s patron Saint, Saint Augustine wrote, “an unjust law is no law at all.” St. Augustine City Commissioners: please repeal/amend dysfunctional “unjust laws” that purport to criminalize singing, painting, acting, music or dancing. Several successive anti-artist, Nuremberg-style laws were ruled unconstitutional -- a blot on the escutcheon of Our Nation's Oldest European-founded City.
Barbaric, Obsolete, Negative, Anti-Busker Ordinances (BONABO) wasted millions of dollars oppressing artists. A few commercial landlords (campaign contributors) demanded police enforce their prejudices, rolling out the “Unwelcome Wagon” with hundreds of artist, musician and entertainer arrests, in our name. These “Jim Crow” style arrests hurt talented tourism workers and our image – self-inflicted wounds, bringing shame upon our City, making St. George Street much less intriguing. Enough.
Everyone misses buskers – let's welcome them, with rational, fair regulations developed with mutual respect and understanding. Diversity, healing ancient wounds and respecting human rights are vital 450th legacies.
Finally, St. Augustine Police Chief Loren Lueders and former SAPD Chief (and current County Sheriff) David B. Shoar were both right to reject red-light cameras several years ago, as "tourist-unfriendly." We don't need to privatize law enforcement to oligopolists. damaging our reputation (potential $500 fines for running a red light, while taking appeals away from judges).
Please “nip it in the bud,” St. Augustine Beach Commissioners.
To be continued....
Our City is Making Progress, But Our County Requires Stricter Scrutiny
The St. Augustine Record hasn't reported the details of the Civil Rights victory at the Willie Galimore Center Pool.
Thanks to our Mayor, City Commissioners and City Manager John Regan, the Willie Galimore Pool has reopened, and thanks to the Jacksonville Jaguars, pool admission will be free forever. Thank you!
In a stunning display of Environmental Racism, St. Johns County had neglected the Galimore Pool, but good lawyering to us $400,000 as remedy for the County's breach of contract (exacerbated by former City Manager WILLIAM B. HARRISS a/k/a "WILL HARASS" telling County Administrator Michael Wanchick it was okay (without asking Commissioners).
The pool, like nearly-complete Riberia Street, is proof that Civil Rights and Environmental Activism works. It's our town and our time, and we're creating a new city before our eyes -- one where tolerance, historic and environmental protection and diversity rule (and not the KKK). Thanks to all the activists who made this possible. See below.
Meanwhile, our County contracts with a secretive $4.6 million/year organization, the Visitors and Convemtion Bureau, that refuses to provide documents on its Antitrust and Civil Rights Compliance Policeis, if any. Dr. Peter Yesawich, Ph.D., told VCB members at World Golf Village May 14, 2013 they should raise prices. Never again should there be any discussion of pricing at VCB meetings. It is illegal. It is unseemly and it's our money. VCB must start advertising St. Augustine's 450th and Florida's 500th in Miami. VCM must reach out to African-American, Hispanic, GLBT and youth tourists. It's our future. VCB and its contractor, multinational tourism consulting and advertising agency MMGY, need to get with the program and drop the snobbery. Pray for them. The contract with VCB expires at 11:59 PM on September 30, 2013. Perhaps we can create our own 501(c)(6) for St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach, and let Ponte Vedra go its separate way. What do you reckon?
We shall overcome!
IN HAEC VERBA -- Here's the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association statement on Antitrust Compliance -- It Says No Discussions of Pricing, Ever, Formal or Informal -- Where is the St. Johns County Visitor and Convention Bureau (VCB) Anittrust Compliance Statement? VCB Must Adopt One At Its Next Meeting, Hesto Presto, and Apologize for and Reject MMGY Vice Chairman Urging.VCB Members to Raise Their Prices
Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (FRLA) Anti-trust statement
ANTITRUST LAWS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO FRLA MEMBER ACTIVITIES
As important contributors to your local economy and to the economy of the state, it is critical that you have the ability to come together as FRLA members and discuss common areas of interest regarding Florida’s food service and lodging, hospitality, and tourism industries (sic). At the same time, however, it must be remembered that FRLA members are also competitors. Under federal and state antitrust laws, competitors are permitted to engage in cooperative behavior, under trade association auspices or otherwise, as long as these actions do not reduce competition among themselves or help their suppliers or customers to reduce competition.
In coming together as a trade association, FRLA members must avoid taking any collective action, or giving the appearance of taking any collective action, that would eliminate, restrict, or seek to control competition. If FRLA members engage in any discussions at FRLA meetings relating to significant factors of competition, it could be inferred that such a discussion among competitors is for the purpose of agreeing upon a common course of business conduct.
With this in mind, FRLA cautions all of its members that the following topics are not proper subjects for consideration or discussion at any meeting of FRLA members, officers, directors, whether formal or informal:
(a) Raising, lowering, or fixing the prices at which they will buy or sell goods or services;
(b) Dividing geographic markets, services offered, or customers served; or
(c) Group boycotts of a particular supplier of goods or services or a class of suppliers.
From the discussion of such topics, agreements among competitors may arise or be inferred, exposing participants to severe criminal and civil penalties under state and federal antitrust laws.
FRLA members, officers, and directors must be vigilant in preventing any meeting of FRLA members from becoming a forum for the discussion of the above topics. All agendas for sanctioned FRLA meetings are prepared and reviewed in light of the foregoing, and members should be mindful not to stray from the agenda prepared for such meetings.
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT SHOULD BE READ ALOUD AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF ANY MEETING OF FRLA MEMBERS:
FRLA members are reminded that they should not enter into discussions with each other regarding the following:
A more detailed explanation of the effect of antitrust laws on the activities of FRLA members is available for your inspection and review.
IN HAEC VERBA: County Contract With VCB Requires Open Records Compliance; County Delegated Traditional County Government Function to VCB Ex Contractu
Dear Mr. Goldman:
1. As St. Johns County Assistant County Attorney Regina D. Ross eloquently admits (below), "Articles 8 and 9 [of the SJC-VCB contract] explicitly provide that access to, and disclosure of, any records related to the services rendered to the County are subject to applicable provisions of the Public Records Act."
2. Ipse dixit.
3. Hence, VCB's Open Records evasion is a material breach of VCB's contract with SJC BCC. See Article 21 (Default) of the SJC-VCB contract.
4. The proof is irrefragable -- St. Johns County delegated VCB what is ordinarily a county governmental function. How do we know that? Our Florida Legislature adopted certain narrow exemptions in the Open Records Act, which are described by the Florida Attorney General's Sunshine Manual:
(3) Tourism promotion records
There are several statutes which exempt certain information obtained or held by state or local tourism agencies. For example, s. 125.0104(9)(d)1., F.S., exempts information given to a county tourism promotion agency, which, if released, would reveal the identity of those who provide information in response to a sales promotion, advertisement, or research project or whose names, addresses, meeting or convention plan information or accommodations or other visitation needs become booking or reservation list data.
Section 125.0104(9)(d)2., F.S., provides an exemption for the following records when held by a county tourism promotion agency: booking business records, as defined in s. 255.047, F.S.; a trade secret as defined in s. 812.081, F.S.; trade secrets and commercial or financial information gathered from a person and privileged or confidential, as defined and interpreted under cited federal law. See also ss. 288.1224(7) and 288.1226(8), F.S. (confidentiality of certain data submitted as part of marketing or advertising research projects undertaken by state tourism agencies).
http://www.myflsunshine.com/sun.nsf/manual/5a60474cbfb8dbf4852566f30068571f
(emphases added)
5. Our Legislature would never have enacted these narrow county touirsm exemptions if it did not understand "a county tourism agency" and tourism promotion to be a traditional county function. Hence, the SJC BCC delegated to SJCVCB, Inc. a traditional county government function. It's our money. They are our records. Please cease and desist from all further evasions -- VCB's "massive resistance" is an embarassment to our County, our citizens, our tourists, our State and to VCB and MMGY.
6. Again, there is no reasonable legal basis for you to continue to withhold VCB's Antitrust and Civil Rights Compliance Policies, if any.
7. There is no reasonable basis for you to continue to withhold VCB's other documents that I have requested.
8. VCB must not waste time and money on a display of bad manners -- it is bad PR, bad for the 450th/500th, and a waste of our bed tax dollars.
9. It is illegal to "contract, combine or conspire" to violate the antitrust laws. 15 U.S.C. 1 et seq. I have raised questions about MMGY's Vice Chairman telling VCB members to raise there prices. Your response is to resist Open Records jurisdiction. In the words of Richard Milhous Nixon, VCB is "stonewalling it."
10. There is no Open Records exemption for evidence of possible antitrust violations.
11. There is no Open Records exemption for evidence of possible civil rights violations.
12. There is no justifying the actions of VCB and MMGY in refusing to advertise in Miami, to African-Americans, to youth and to GLBT people, or in allowing MMGY to tell some 100 assembled tourism business people to raise prices. Hence, I expect your full cooperation with our investigation, from this day forward. VCB must cease and desist from all further breaches of its contract with SJC BCC.
With kindest regards, I am,
Clean Up City of St. Augustine
www.cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com
St. Augustine, Florida 32085-3084
IN HAEC VERBA: Letter to St. Johns County Visitors and Convention Bureau Executive Director Richard Goldman re: SJC VCB's Violation of Open Records and Sunshine Laws
1. Your desire to talk to me, expressed in your message, is appreciated. I can meet you today. What time would be good for you?
2. Meanwhile, my May 20, 2013 and later Open Records requests are non-negotiable: VCB must comply with Open Records, Sunshine, Antitrust, Civil Rights and Fair Housing laws, from this day forward. Failing that, a Florida court will order compliance, and payment of reasonable attorney fees [to remedy Open Records violations].
3. Kindly remember the ill-fated, misbegotten, money-wasting former "First America Foundation" and related violations of the Sunshine and Open Records laws by the City of St. Augustine, including a proposed trip to Spain by four out of five Commissioners. Eighteen of us were represented pro bono by Holland & Knight. The violations swiftly ended. We did not even have to file a lawsuit. The First America Foundation was dissolved. The experience of our City of St. Augustine and the First America Foundation -- a government contractor just like VCB -- demonstrates the meritless nature of your "defenses" to providing Open Records. You are barking up the wrong tree, Mr. Goldman, e.g., with such non sequitur statements that you don't work in a county-owned building The technical terms for your cavils and quibbles with Open Records jurisdiction are "malarkey" and "chutzpa."
4. Kindly contemplate the following excerpt from the Florida Attorney General's Manual on our Sunshine laws: (snip -- see next blog entry for full text of excerpt)
5. As Robert Kennedy once wrote Senator James O. Eastland in 1967, "repent now, there's still time."
6. I expect document production to commence by 11 AM on May 30, 2013. Herein faileth not.
7. Please govern yourself accordingly.
IN HAEC VERBA: 2013 FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL SUNSHINE MANUAL ON DUTY OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU TO COMPLY WITH OPEN RECORDS LAW
Delegation test
While the mere act of contracting with a public agency is not sufficient to bring a private entity within the scope of the Public Records Act, there is a difference between a party contracting with a public agency to provide services to the agency and a contracting party which provides services in place of the public body. News-Journal Corporation v. Memorial Hospital-West Volusia, Inc., 695 So. 2d 418 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997), approved, 729 So. 2d 373 (Fla. 1999); and Weekly Planet, Inc. v. Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, 829 So. 2d 970, 974 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002) (when a public entity delegates a statutorily authorized function to a private entity, the records generated by the private entity’s performance of that duty become public records).
Stated another way, business records of entities which merely provide services for an agency to use (e.g., legal professional services) are probably not subject to the open government laws. Memorial Hospital-West Volusia, Inc., supra. But, if the entity contracts to relieve the public body from the operation of a public obligation such as operating a jail or providing fire protection, the open government laws do apply. Id. And see Dade Aviation Consultants v. Knight Ridder, Inc., 800 So. 2d 302, 307 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001) (consortium of private businesses created to manage a massive renovation of an airport was an "agency" for purposes of the Public Records Act because it was created for and had no purpose other than to work on the airport contract; "when a private entity undertakes to provide a service otherwise provided by the government, the entity is bound by the Act, as the government would be").
Thus, in Stanfield v. Salvation Army, 695 So. 2d 501, 502-503 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997), the court ruled that the Salvation Army was subject to the Public Records Act when providing misdemeanor probation services pursuant to a contract with Marion County. See also Putnam County Humane Society, Inc. v. Woodward, 740 So. 2d 1238 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999) (where county humane society assumed the governmental function to investigate acts of animal abuse pursuant to statutory authority, the records created and maintained in connection with this function were governed by the Public Records Act).
Similarly, a private company under contract with a sheriff to provide medical services for inmates at the county jail must release its records relating to a settlement agreement with an inmate. Since these records would normally be subject to the Public Records Act if in the possession of the public agency, they are likewise covered by that law even though in the possession of the private corporation. Prison Health Services, Inc. v. Lakeland Ledger Publishing Company, 718 So. 2d 204 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998), review denied, 727 So. 2d 909 (Fla. 1999). And see Times Publishing Company v. Corrections Corporation of America, No. 91-429 CA 01 (Fla. 5th Cir. Ct. December 4, 1991), affirmed per curiam, 611 So. 2d 532 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993) (private corporation that operates and maintains county jail pursuant to contract with the county is "acting on behalf of" the county and must make available its records for the jail in accordance with Ch. 119); Mae Volen Senior Center, Inc. v. Area Agency on Aging, 978 So. 2d 191 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008), review denied, 1 So. 3d 172 (Fla. 2009) (private agencies on aging designated by the Department of Elder Affairs to coordinate and administer department programs and to provide services for the elderly within a planning and service area are subject to Public Records Law when considering any contracts requiring the expenditure of public funds).
In Multimedia Holdings Corporation Inc. v. CRSPE, Inc., No. 03-CA-3474-G (Fla. 20th Cir. Ct. December 3, 2003), the circuit court required a consulting firm to disclose its time sheets and internal billing records generated pursuant to a subcontract with another firm (CRSPE) which had entered into a contract with a town to prepare a traffic study required by the Department of Transportation. Rejecting the subcontractor's argument that Ch. 119, F.S., did not apply to it because it was a subcontractor, not the contractor, the court found that the study was prepared and submitted jointly by both consultants; both firms had acted in place of the town in performing the tasks required by the department: "[T]he Public Records Act cannot be so easily circumvented simply by CRSPE delegating its responsibilities to yet another private entity." And see AGOs 08-66 (not-for-profit corporation contracting with city to carry out affordable housing responsibilities and screening applicant files for such housing is an agency within the scope of Ch. 119), 99-53 (while not generally applicable to homeowners associations, Ch. 119 applies to architectural review committee of a homeowners association which is required by county ordinance to review and approve applications for county building permits as a prerequisite to consideration by the county building department), and 07-44 (property owners association, delegated performance of services otherwise performed by municipal services taxing unit, subject to Public Records Law when acting on behalf of the taxing unit).
The following are other examples of private entities that have been found to have been delegated a governmental function and thus subject to the Public Records Act in carrying out those functions:
Employment search firm: Shevin v. Byron, Harless, Schaffer, Reid and Associates, supra. Accord AGO 92-80 (materials made or received by recruitment company in the course of its contract with a public agency to seek applicants and make recommendations to the board regarding the selection of an executive director, subject to Ch. 119).
Engineering company providing ongoing engineering services to city: B & S Utilities, Inc. v. Baskerville-Donovan, Inc., 988 So. 2d 17 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008), review denied, 4 So. 3d 1220 (Fla. 2009)
Towing company: Fox v. News-Press Publishing Company, Inc., 545 So. 2d 941 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989)
But see Sipkema v. Reedy Creek Improvement District, No. CI96114 (Fla. 9th Cir. Ct. May 29, 1996), per curiam affirmed, 697 So. 2d 880 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997), review dismissed, 699 So. 2d 1375 (Fla. 1997), in which the court, utilizing both the delegation and totality of factors tests, held that reports prepared by Walt Disney World's private security force regarding incidents on roads within the Disney property are not public records even though Disney contracted to provide some security services for a public entity, the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
Thanking the City of St. Augustine, the Jacksonville Jaguars and Local Residents for Galimore Center Restoration
"Here we right a wrong."
That is carved in marble on the Japanese interment monument in Washington, D.C.
It might have been the lead in the St. Augustine WRecKord today, had the viewspaper bothered to send a reporter. While busily kissing up to developers, printing racist Ann Coulter columns and censoring or rejecting local news and opinions, the Morris Communications empire's local mossbacks couldn't be bothered to cover the opening of the Willie Galimore Center Pool yesterday. Yes, there are photos, and a cut line, on page one, but no story.
Here's what the WRecKord missed:
1. This is one of only four pools being opneed or rehabilitated by a city government in Florida. It replaces the decreit pool that Environmental Racism allowed to fall apart. Under City Manager WILLIAM B. HARRISS (a/k/a WILL HARASS), the County Administrator called to ask if it was okay to let the pool not be maintained. Republican Lord of All He Surveyed, WILLIAM B. HARRISS never bothered checking with City Commissioners. This violated the public trust.
2. Enter City Manager John Regan, who worked with legal counsel to get St. Johns County to write a check for $400,000 as a remedy for its breach of contract to maintain the pool.
3. Architect Jerry Dixon, a pool contractor and city staff are responsible for the wonderful look of the pool, which has five lap lanes, a learn to swim and play area. The pool will be run by the YMCA.
4. Best of all, thanks to a last-moment pitch by City Manager John Regan -- in response to residents' concerns about fees -- the Jacksonville Jaguars football team is donating the cost of learn to swim ("waterproofitng") classes for 100 local residents, and writing a check to provide for free admission to the pool for everyone, 365 days a year. Thank you!
5. All of this is from a city that does not have a recreation department, but innovated because of the callous indifference of the county government and our former City Manager, WILLIAM B. HARRISS.
6. A city once called "the most lawless" city in America by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is now on the mend, listening to citizens, respecting rights, affirming human dignity, and firmly committed to providing equal services to its citizens, as exemplified by Riberia Street construction and the Willie Galimore Center Pool.
7. A city that once literally dumped on Lincolnville has shown its respect for the Fourteenth Amendment, whihc requires equal protecton of the law.
8. What's next? We need to persuade the mendacious mediocrities at multinational travel advertsing consultant MMGY and oleaginous Richard Goldman at the St. Johns County Visitor and Convention Bureau to end their snobby, racist advertising policies, which refuse to market our town and our 450th and 500th to people in Miami, African-Americans, youth and GLBT people. It's our money. $4.6 million a year, swathed in secrecy and smarminess. The story of the photos in the tourist brochure says it all! See below.
IN HAEC VERBA: ARROGANT, ANGRY GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY VISITORS AND CONVENTION BUREAU (SJCVCB) RESISTS Accountability for Your Bed Tax Dollars Redlining and Discriminating Against Miami, Minorities, Youth, GLBT Markets
Sent: Fri, May 24, 2013 7:05 pm
Subject: Re: Antitrust and Civil Rights Compliance Policies
What on Earth are you thinking or talking about!? Please provide documents now. Please retract libel and lashon hara now. Return call please now. Your words are freighted with animus toward First Amendment protected activity. Who is your personal and organizational counsel?
On May 24, 2013, at 3:08 PM, Richard Goldman wrote:
RICHARD GOLDMAN
Executive Director. St. Johns County Convention and Visitors Bureau:
Violates Open Records Law and Refuses to Provide Government Contractor Records
on $4.6 Million Annual Visitor and Convention Bureau --
Not Even its Antitrust and Civil Rights Compliance Policies
(Which May Not Even Exist)
Dear Mr. Slavin,
Please see the emails below including the opinion of the county attorney’s office regarding the application of the Public Records Act. Consistent with the opinion, the VCB will not be providing the requested documents. Suffice it to say that we do follow the laws relating to anti-trust behavior, equal employment protections for our staff current and future, as well as all other ordinances and statutes relating to the conduct of the VCB’s business.
Also, this week a member of staff reported being harassed by you and that you interfered with patrons at the beaches visitor information center. Such behavior must cease immediately.
St.Augustine, Ponte Vedra & The Beaches
Visitors & Conventions Bureau
office:904.829.1711
direct:904.209.4426
From: Richard Goldman
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 5:39 PM
To: 'Commissioner Rachael Bennett'; Patrick McCormack; Regina Ross
Commissioner Bennett, Mr. McCormack and Ms. Ross,
Indeed a thorough analysis. Thank you for sharing, we will pursue an independent opinion as suggested.
Meanwhile, below I have answered the questions posed or confirmed Ms. Ross’ review regarding the “factors” considered in determining whether a private organization is subject to the public records act. The CAPS are for the sake of distinguishing VCB answers and should not be interpreted as shouting.
1. The County does provide a level of public funding in the way of tourist development tax revenues in exchange for the services provided by the VCB; CONFIRMED
2. Whether there is any comingling of public and private funds is a question which can be best answered by the VCB; THERE IS NO COMINGLING
3. Very few, if any, VCB activities are conducted on County owned property; CONFIRMED
4. There is no indication that the services provided by the VCB are an integral part of the County’s decision-making process; AGREED
5. The VCB performs tourist-related marketing and promotions services at the direction of the County, which is not customarily a governmental function; AGREED
6. The extent of the County’s involvement with the VCB is limited to activities that promote St. Johns County a tourist destination, and the County’s exercises of control over the organization is limited to the manner in which the contractual services are provided; AGREED
7. The VCB is not a County created agency; CONFIRMED
8. The County’s financial interest in the VCB is limited to the use of funds provided by the County in accordance with the terms of the contract; CONFIRMED
9. For whose benefit the VCB is functioning is also a question better answered by the VCB. VCB ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE TOURISM RELATED BUSINESSES INCLUDING TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TAX COLLECTORS. INDIRECTLY, ITS ACTIVITIES STIMULATE VISITOR SPENDING AND COLLECTION OF MORE SALES RELATED TAXES AND FEES THAN WOULD BE COLLECTED FROM RESIDENTS ALONE.
From: Commissioner Rachael Bennett [mailto:bccd5@sjcfl.us]
To: Patrick McCormack; Regina Ross
Cc: Richard Goldman
An excellent and thorough response. Thank you so much Regina!
Richard please feel free to share with your board as you see fit but please be certain to include Patrick's strong recommendation that final determination be made by the counsel to VCB
Rachael L. Bennett
St Johns County Commission
(904)209-0305 office
(904)315-7260 cell
On May 22, 2013, at 4:07 PM, "Patrick McCormack" wrote:
Commissioner Bennett,
Pls see Regina’s analysis below…again, the VCB needs to make its own determination…this is how we see it based on what we have seen.
Pls let me know if you would like to discuss further.
From: Regina Ross
To: Patrick McCormack
Cc: Diane Lehmann; Judy Hamilton
Patrick:
Based upon the email chain below, it appears that questions concerning private organizations and open government laws have resurfaced. In response to Commissioner Bennett’s request for information on the issue, consider the following general information regarding private organizations and open government laws.
The Sunshine Law (Chapter 286, F.S.)
The Sunshine Law applies to “any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision.” Courts have construed the law very liberally to give effect to its purpose. Accordingly, it applies equally to elected and appointed boards or commissions, and is also applicable to advisory boards which make recommendations for consideration by a public agency. Generally, private organizations are not subject to the Sunshine Law unless the private organization has been delegated the authority to perform some governmental function. Simply stated, the Sunshine Law would not apply to a private organization where no delegation of legislative or governmental function by any governmental entity has occurred and the organization does not act in an advisory capacity to the governmental agency.
Relatively speaking, most of the litigation regarding the application of open government laws to private organizations providing services to public agencies has been in the area of public records. Accordingly, Courts have often looked to Chapter 119, F.S. to determine the applicability of the Sunshine Law.
The Public Records Act (Chapter 119, F.S.)
Section 119.011(11) of the Florida Statutes defines “public records” to include “all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, tapes, photographs, films, sound recordings, data processing software or other material, regardless of physical form, characteristics or means of transmission, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any agency. Additionally, section 119.011(2) defines “agency” to include any state, county, district, authority or municipal officers, department, division, board, bureau, commission or other separate unit of government created or established by law….and any other public or private agency, person, partnership, corporation or business entity action on behalf of any public agency.
The term “agency” is broadly defined to include private entities acting on behalf of any public agency; therefore, provisions of the Public Records Act are not limited to governmental entities. In light of the purpose of the Public Records Act, the broad definition ensures that public agencies do not avoid their duty to disclose records by simply delegating the responsibility to private entities by way of a contract.
While at first glance this premise seems straightforward, Florida case law clearly establishes that a more complex issue is presented when a private entity, not otherwise connected with government, provides services for a government body.
More succinctly stated, whether a private entity is subject to the Public Records Act is dependent upon whether the private entity is “acting on behalf of an agency”. Unfortunately, the Florida Statutes provides no clear criteria for determining when a private entity is “acting on behalf of a public agency.” Moreover, there is no single factor that is controlling on the question of when a private entity becomes subject to the Public Records Act. For instance, Florida courts have found that the mere fact that a private entity is under contract with or receiving funds from a public agency is not sufficient, standing alone, to bring the private entity within the scope of the Public Records Act. In addressing the issue, the Florida Supreme Court has adopted the “totality of factors” test to use as a guide for evaluating whether a private entity is subject to the Public Records Act. The factors listed by the Court include:
1. The level of public funding provided to the private entity;
2. Whether there is any comingling of public and private funds;
3. Whether the activities are conducted on publically owned property;
4. Whether the services contracted for are an integral part of the public agency’s chosen decision-making process;
5. Whether the private entity is performing a governmental function or a function which the public agency otherwise would perform;
6. The extent of the public agency’s involvement with, regulation of, or control over the private entity;
7. Whether the private entity was created by the public agency;
8. Whether the public agency has a substantial financial interest in the private entity; and
9. For whose benefit the private agency is functioning.
Application of the totality of factors tests usually requires a thorough analysis of any resolutions, or other provisions that establish the function to be performed by the private entity along with review of the terms of the contract, lease or other document between the governmental body and the private organization.
Please note that there is a difference between a private entity contracting with a public agency to provide services to the agency and a private entity contracting with a public agency to provide services in place of the agency. In other words, the business records of a private entity that simply provides a service for an agency is more than likely not subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. However, if a private entity contracts to relieve the public agency from the operation of a government function, the open government laws do apply.
In reference to the discussions in the email chain below, while the County does have a contractual relationship with the VCB to provide a specific scope of services to the County (see Article 3 and Attachment A of the attached contract), you are absolutely correct in stating that the VCB, along with its counsel, would have to make a determination as to whether the organization is subject to open government laws. Based on my extremely cursory review in applying the factors above:
1. The County does provide a level of public funding in the way of tourist development tax revenues in exchange for the services provided by the VCB;
2. Whether there is any comingling of public and private funds is a question which can be best answered by the VCB;
3. Very few, if any, VCB activities are conducted on County owned property;
4. There is no indication that the services provided by the VCB are an integral part of the County’s decision-making process;
5. The VCB performs tourist-related marketing and promotions services at the direction of the County, which is not customarily a governmental function;
6. The extent of the County’s involvement with the VCB is limited to activities that promote St. Johns County a tourist destination, and the County’s exercises of control over the organization is limited to the manner in which the contractual services are provided;
7. The VCB is not a County created agency;
8. The County’s financial interest in the VCB is limited to the use of funds provided by the County in accordance with the terms of the contract;
9. For whose benefit the VCB is functioning is also a question better answered by the VCB.
In balancing the factors, while I am unable to definitively state whether the VCB is subject to open government laws, I do not believed (sic) that its contractual relationship with the County, standing alone, places the organization within the scope of the Sunshine Shine Law or subjects its business records to disclosure under the Public Records Act. As an additional note, with respect to the contract between the County and the VCB, Articles 8 and 9 explicitly provide that access to, and disclosure of, any records related to the services rendered to the County are subject to applicable provisions of the Public Records Act.
I hope this information assists. If there is anything else I may provide or clarify, please let me know. Also, I can provide case law citations upon request.
ReginaFrom: Patrick McCormack
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:33 AM
To: Regina Ross
Subject: FW: Antitrust and Civil Rights Compliance Policies
From: Ed Slavin [mailto:easlavin@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:18 PM
Cc: Richard Goldman; Patrick McCormack
Does VCB have any compliance policies? Please respond, e.g., with documents, today. Talk to you both soon.
"Ideas Have Consequences"
As my Georgetown University Political Theory Professor, Jose Sorzano said it best, "Ideas have consequences." (He served as Deputy UN Ambassador under Jeanne Kirpatrick during the Reagan Admistration.)
Our St. Johns County Visitor and Convention Bureau and its monopolistic international tourism consultant, MMGY, have potentially run afoul of civil rights laws by publishing expensive Apartheid-style travel guides, with 199 identifiable white people and some four (4) identifiable Hispanic people (one is Ponce de Leon on the cover).
There are zero Native American Indians, despite the fact that St. Augustine is where the Columbian exchange began in North America, and we have 11,000 years of Native American history.
There are only some eleven (11) African-Americans, most of whom appear to be happy slaves.
Fair Housing and Civil Rights cases forbid marketing materials that don't show African-Americans and other minorities. Yet local developers in St. Johns County had billboards and newspaper advertisements that did that for years. So now does our VCB. This is Jim Crow 1950s marketing, and it is not working. Despite always-rosy projections, we average only nearly 60% lodging occupancy.
Wonder why?
Under advice from MMDY, a conflicted travel industry consultant, VCB is refusing to advertise in Miami, potentially sabotaging our City's strategic plan for the 450th/500th celebrations, which is to attrack Hispanic tourists from South Florida.
One City official said, "That's crazy." VCB and MMGY still offer no principled reason for not advertising in Miami.
Our City officials were never informed of this possibly illegal redlining of advertising in the Miami market. This frustrates the City's 450th strategic marketing plan. As JFK said during the Cuban Missile Crisis, "There's always some poor SOB who doesn't get the word."
VCB has not been forthcoming with documents or answers -- not even its Antitrust and Civil Rights Compliance policies, if any.
VCB is not with the program. St. Augustine's future lies in historic and environmental tourism – VCB is still caught up in past mistakes
On June 11, 1964, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote rabbis, calling St. Augustine "the most lawless" city in America. A week later, the largest mass arrest of rabbis in America took place here.
Now that our City government is listening to the people, it is on the path to recovery.
Meanwhile, dominated by mossbacks, our County VCB needs to get with the program. See below, including article about judgment and settlement involving illegal, racially exclusionary real estate ads in Washington, D.C. (The plaintiff was Georgetown Law Professor Girardeau Spann and the defendant was a Mobil Oil real estate subsidiary in Northern Virginia, which had only white models in its ads).
Our VCB must not "redline" Miami, African-Americans, Hispanics, youth and GLBT people.
Our VCB must not provide a forum for price manipulation and pricefixing by competitors -- tourism is interstate commerce. VCB is a government contractor and discussions of pricing (or recommendations to raise prices) raise eyebrows, hackles and concerns about possible antitrust violations and appearance of impropriety.
Knock if off.
Our VCB must honor its MMGY consultant's wisdom about the St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore -- MMGY Vice Chairman Dr. Peter Yessawich, Ph.D. said May 14, 2013 that creating a St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore would boost our local economy, "without questiont" having a "positive effect." www.staugustgreen.com
Dr. Yessawich is right. www.staugustgreen.com
Sit up and listen:
VCB needs to endorse creation of a St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore.
www.staugustgreen.com
VCB must be the most stalwart advocate -- it must be all over it, "like a rat on a Cheeto(R) (a wonderful phrase I hereby borrow from Mayor Joseph L. Boles, Jr., a member of the federal St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission).
VCB must listen to our two local city governments about Fair Housing and diversity in marketing.
City of St. Augustine Ordinance 2012-15 (Fair Housing), bans sexual orientation discrimination.
City of St. Augustine Beach Ordinance 2013-1 & 2013-3 (Fair Housing and Employment), bans sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination. These elected boards voted unanimously. So did our Anastasia Mosquito Control District of St. Johns County (Employment, 2009). Sheriff David Shoar told me that he banned sexual orientation by administrative order, sua sponte.
What about VCB? Will VCB reach out to GLBT tourists now that all of these public officials are on record that our hearts are open, we're open for business, and we're NOT Jacksonville f/k/a "Cowford," (a provincial place with tall buildings and well-funded bigots, one whose City Council refuses to adopt any GLBT human rights ordinance of any kind, and whose allegedly Democratic Mayor refused to speak out for GLBT rights).
St. Augustine is a different "product" than the rest of Northeast Florida -- we must not hide our light under a bushel basket. The product is tolerance and diversity, which is why Mumford & Sons is playing concerts here in September, and not in Jacksonville, f/k/a "Cowford."
VCB must respect Fair Housing, Open Records, Antitrust and Civil Rights Laws. This is not Jacksonville.
VCB must welcome the Hispanic, African-American, Civil Rights, GLBT and Youth touirsm markets. Advertising in bankrupt Reader's Digest hardly appeals to our strengths -- this is a cool hip place with wonderfully diverse history, nature and eco-tourism. VCB seems loathe to "sell" this "product" (a metaphor MMGY and VCB repeatedly use, even calling the tourism business an "industry").
Tourism should be a profession or a business, not an "industry." This is not a mining operation -- it is an effort to raise our quality of life by preserving and protecting St. Augustine and its rich diverse culture.
VCB's appreciation of our history is incomplete and unsophisticated, lacking nuance and thought.
St. Augustine tourism promotion must appeal to what is genuine, starting with respect for 11,000 years of Native American history, 500 years of Roman Catholic, African-American, Hispanic and Jewish history, and many years of English Mincorcan, Greek, Civil War, Civil Rights and American history.
VCB must lead, follow or get out of the way.
IN HAEC VERBA -- Fair Housing Advocates re: Six-figure settlement of Fair Housing case involving racially exclusive advertising models
http://www.fairhousing.com/index.cfm?method=page.display&pagename=advocate_july95_page3
Washington Area Advertising Case Settled for $841,000
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An African-American Georgetown University law Professor and two fair housing advocacy groups have settled their nine-year "white models" advertising case for $841,000. They had charged that newspaper ads which used only white models violated fair housing laws.
Law professor, Girardeau A. Spann, the Fair Housing Council of Greater Washington, and the Metropolitan Planning and Housing Association brought the charges. A federal jury in 1992 had ordered the Arlington real estate developer to pay $850,000 in damages to the African-American professor and the two housing groups.
The June 1995, settlement with Mobil Land Development Corp. was for slightly less money to avoid an appeal. Mobil operates the Colonial Village property but is best known as the current developer of Reston.
The case decided in U. S. District Court in Washington, involved ads than ran between 1981 and 1986 in the Washington Post and several other local papers for the sale of condos at Colonial Village, a garden-apartment community located in Arlington. In that period, newspaper advertisements for the 640 apartments in Colonial Village, showed 251 white models, but no African-American models.
The legal battle began when Spann started looking for a house or condo to buy and noticed real estate ads showing only white models. "It made me angry and it still makes me angry to this day, " Spann said earlier. He had discussed the ads with an attorney friend of his who told him, "Now wait a minute, this is racial steering. It has to be illegal. Why don't we sue them for it?" (See December, 1992, Advocate p.4)
Fair housing officials had testified that the Colonial Village ads harmed their mission or goals and caused them to divert resources to investigate and counteract the discriminatory effects of the ads. Their attorneys said non-white residents of the Washington area were victims of bias because of Mobil Land advertising that displayed only white models.
The lawsuit against Mobil Land was one of about 40 administrative complaints against advertisers and developers in the mid-1980s but was the only one that went to trial, said David Berenbaum, executive director of the Fair Housing Council of Greater Washington. Spann and the fair housing groups alleged that Mobil Land violated the federal fair housing law because only white models were pictured in advertising until May 1986. The law requires that the models used in ads reflect composition of a community.
The Colonial Village development still exists but it is no longer a corporate entity called Colonial Village or connected with Mobil Land.
In addition to the monetary damages, Mobil Land agreed to ensure that all its ads comply with the law by showing "models of all races in the metropolitan area if models are used," according to the Fair Housing Council. At the time, Spann and the two fair housing organizations that filed the suit said the advertising was biased because it showed only white models and thus discouraged him from buying housing from the companies that advertised.
"I'm happy the case is finally settled," Spann said recently. "All my life I've been troubled by racially directed advertising," as reported in the June 10, Washington Post.
Berenbaum said the outcome of the long-running Mobil Land case could affect advertising practices across the country because the firm operates nationally, and the outcome might help educate companies everywhere about fair housing advertising law. When the cases were filed, they were among the first of their kind in the nation. He said the council will use its share of the award "to educate the public on the benefits of housing integration."
Mobil Land, said it will feature Black models in 33 percent of the company's newspaper, television and other advertising, reflecting the percentage of Blacks living in the Washington metropolitan area. Companies that have shown whites in their advertising were required to continue using human models, including Blacks, with the same frequency as in the year before April 1986, when the complaints were filed.
IN HAEC VERBA: Open Records Request re: VCB
Dear Messrs. McCormack, Wanchick and Hastings:
A. VCB has still not responded substantively to my May 20, 2013 request for its Antitrust and Civil Rights Compliance policies. Why not?
B. Articles 8, 9, 10 and 11 of VCB's February 2, 2010 contract with St. Johns County (SJC BCC Resolution 2010-22) require VCB's full compliance with Florida's Open Records laws, antitrust laws, civil rights laws and other federal state and local laws. Accordingly, please direct VCB, TDC and county officials to provide by E-mail or thumb drive, by close of business May 24, 2013:
1. Copies of all MMDY contracts for research, advertising, marketing and strategic advice;
2. Year-by-year total disbursements to MMDY and predecessors, and other contractors;
3. Any proof of competitive bidding for any MMDY or other contracts, or failing that, any legal determination of sole source status;
4. VCB and MMDY evaluations of Miami, African-American, youth and GLBT markets and why we're not advertising there.
5. MMDY draft and final presentation to May 14, 2013 WGV meeting where pricing was discussed (sorry for typo in earlier E-mail below -- meeting in quo was May 14th, not May 7th).
6. Compliance policies, including but not limited to those on Antitrust, Competitive Bidding and Civil Rights.
7. Pricing information shared and discussions about pricing at VCB meetings.
8. All EEOC forms EEO-1 or EEO-4 filed by VCB and MMDY.
9. All VCB documents responding to the 2012 and 2013 Fair Housing ordinances adopted by the Cities of St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach, banning sexual orientation discrimination, e.g., any advice to VCB members or changes to VCB and member advertising and marketing materials.
10. All communications concerning or resulting from or related to any civil rights and antitrust concerns, including mine, including but not limited o communications between and among VCB, TDC, SJC, COSA, SAB,et al.
To help identify responsive documents, I am available to meet with you, or your respective staffers, at VCB's offices tomorrow morning -- this will help to assure compliance and avoid more delays.
IN HAEC VERBA: May 20, 2013 E-mail to City of St. Augustine, VCB and TDC leaders on Civil Rights, African-American, Hispanic, GLBT and Youth Tourism
http://www.waaytv.com/news/state/alabama-releases-civil-rights-tourism-app/article_f51a4214-a5ba-11e2-b303-0019bb30f31a.html
Dear Richard, Glenn John and Dana:
FYI re: an app for civil rights tourism in Alabama.
Under Governor Haley Barbour, Mississippi in 2006 mandated civil rights education K-12 and building a $50 million civil rights museum. St. Augustine is poised to get two at least civil rights museums. St. Augustine's civil rights and African-American heritage must be shared with the world. We must not hide our light under a bushel basket, or yield this civil rights tourism market to Mississippi and Alabama, or continue Apartheid-style marketing assumptions.
Do you agree that VCB needs to start running ads in Miami, in African-American and GLBT publications, and in diverse publications that will reach the youth market?
IN HAEC VERBA: Letter to St. Johns County re: Civil Rights and Antitrust Compliance Issues at Visitors and Convention Bureau
Dear Messrs McCormack, Wanchick and Hastings:
Please investigate whether VCB is in material breach of its contract with SJCBCC by:
1. Discussing pricing in meetings, in violation of possible antitrust laws. On May 14, 2013 (corrected), at the SJC WGV Convention Center, MMGY Vice Chairman Peter Yesawich, Ph.D. urged VCB members to raise their prices. MMGY advises some 200 tourism enterprises in some ten countries. This advice to raise prices is, at best, unseemly. Dr. Yesawich's advice may expose VCB and SJC to antitrust liability concerns; moreover, it is wrong for government money to disbursed to a contractor (MMGY) whose Vice Chairman urges competitors to raise their prices. From this day forward, VCB and its contractor must obey antitrust laws. Competition is our economy's fundamental policy -- we don't need government-sponsored administered pricing (or price-fixing and monopolistic practices).
2. Violating the spirit and letter of St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach Fair Housing laws re: sexual orientation and gender identity, e.g. by not advertising our non-discrimination policies and by not projecting a Gay-friendly image consistent with our cities' values, as declared unanimously by elected officials. Sadyly, VCB has a history of anti-Gay actions, as when its call center told a Gay man from Austin, Texas to go elsewhere for his vacation.
3. Violating federal Civil Rights laws and the Fair Housing Act by using nearly all-white figures in its marketing brochures, entirely leaving out Indians, with only a few happy African-American slaves and few Hispanics, during this, the 500th anniversary of Spanish Florida. There are some 199 images of white people, no Native Americans, four Hispanics and eleven African-Americans (mostly slaves) in the VCB's latest travel brochure on our area. Please review pertinent civil rights case law and advise VCB of its legal, moral and ethical duties.
4. Pointedly refusing to advertise in Miami, apparently based upon MMGY's prejudices. This is a poor reflection on our County's commitment to diversity. In targetting tourists to recruit, MMGY staffer Cindy Muretta refused to say why in public, but she earlier said that marketing is a question of "who you want to invite to your party." We don't need those decisions contaminated by secrecy and bigotry -- it makes us look bad.
5. Targeting only the richest 50% of Americans, when we average 40% vacancy rates in local lodging. We are all God's children, and we don't need MMGY to tell us to "redline" tourists who are not high-income.
6. Ignoring African-American, Native American, Hispanic, GLBT and youth markets, based on shallow research and superficial assumptions by MMGY, the longtime consultant.
7. Contracting with MMGY, the largest international travel consulting firm, which has potential conflicts of interest, including giving advice to Disney. Please obtain a complete MMGY client list and perform suitable conflicts checks. Please see that future contracts have full competitive bidding and transparency, and no conflicts of interest.
8. Not focusing advertising on our City's 450th commemoration heritage tourism goals, e.g., increasng African-American and Hispanic tourism, especially from Miami. Instead of advertising in Miami, money is being spent recruiting tourists from The Villages, Savannah and Augusta.
9. Wasting bed tax money on dubious, high-priced consulting contracts, e.g., MMGY. How much money has MMGY ever received over the years, including commissions?
10. Not complying promptly with legal and contractual requirements to respond to public record requests -- my May 20, 2013 request to VCB for copies of VCB's Antitrust and Civil Rights compliance policies have not yet yielded one (1) VCB document -- not even a cogent or coherent answer as to whether VCB even has any compliance policies. Does it?
This multi-milllion dollar government contractor operation needs to have its consciousness raised, and quickly. Our 450th and 500th commemorations are in progress, and VCB is not advertising in Miami due to some horribly bad advice from MMGY -- whatever basis MMGY has to give such advice must be shared with the public now. Our City leaders were not aware that VCB was not advertising in Miami -- this shows a level of secrecy that requires an agonizing reappraisal of the nature, structure and performance of VCB and whether it should have another contract (and whether MMGY should have another contract).
I look forward to talking and meeting with you, and with the BCC and two City Commissions on these issues in contemplation of whether VCB's and MMGY's contracts should be renewed later this year, and if so, under what terms to protect the public interest, especially in diversity, civil rights and antitrust compliance. See my blog post at www.cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com
VCB Hears Economy Will Get Boost With St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore -- Record Did Not Report It -- Miamians Among People VCB NOt Advertising To for 500th, 450th
MMGY's Global Vice Chairman, DR. PETER YESAWICH, Ph.D.. told VCB at WGV May 14th that enactment of the St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore will have, “no question, a positive effect”on our local economy. www.staugustgreen.com
Ph.D. Peter Yesawich is an international travel expert working for the local Visitor and Convention Bureau, MMDY Global Executive Vice Chairman told 100 local tourism experts May 7th that the St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore will have, “no question, a positive effect”on our local economy.
Although the St. Augustine Record (SAR) had an editorial (below) about the gathering where Yesawich spoke, it omitted certain facts – such as Dr. Yesawich's candid support for the St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore.
SAR is no longer informing the public. Government meetings and agencies are left uncovered for weeks at a time. Reader letters are unpublished. Scandals are not uncovered. Questions are not asked.
Thus, SAR readers who were not in the room did not learn that the VCB's consultants support the National Historical Park and National Seashore.
They also did not learn that VCB's consultant may lack commitment current knowledge and interest in marketing St. Augustine for what it is rapidly becoming – as a diverse, cool, hip, place. VCB's longtime consultants are focused on older rich white guys who play golf – and advising motels and tourist attractions to raise their prices, which could run afoul of federal antitrust laws.
In a surprising admission last week, MMDY Global consultant Cindy Muretta, working for the county's Visitor and Convention Bureau (VCB) publicly admitted May 14th that there is no St. Augustine tourism advertising in Miami – even though our City of St. Augustine's strategic plan for our 450th anniversary commemoration places a high priority on recruiting Hispanic tourists from Miami.
MMGY's website shows no persons of color among its 18-person leadership. MMGY is the largest travel consulting group in the world, headquartered in Missouri and Florida.
MMGY failing to include African-American and Civil Rights tourism, in its $300,000 draft 2009 Destination Master Plan.
MMGY works for Disney and 200 other large travel organizations throughout the world.
Is it a conflict of interest for St. Augustine's visitor recruitment to be run by the firm that advises Walt Disney? Is that what St. Augustine should aspire to become – more Disney-fied than now? MMGY's initial tourism master plan had visions of a waterslide, as if history and nature were not enough of “product.”
This overlapping marketing advice is not in the best interest of our “brand,” which hopelessly provincial, MMGY has repeatedly lacked understanding and appreciation. Plainly MMDY does not have St. Augustine's cultural diversity at heart. Its “leaders” are secretive, and avoid questions.
MMGY Global's Cyndy Murrieta (MMGY's Media Group Director) told the assembled tourism “industry” personnel that advertising is a question of “who do you want to invite to your party.” MMGY's Media Group Director Cyndy Murieta lauded spending tax money on recruiting “affluent” tourists from Atlanta, Georgia; Orlando, The Villages in Florida and Augusta and Savannah in Georgia – but not Miami.
Instead, VCB is actually spending bed tax money advertising for St. Augustine in bankrupt Reader's Digest, in Better Homes and Gardens! I could not believe my ears (and eyes). Who knew!
So I asked MMGY Media Group Director Cyndy Murrieta why VCB was not advertising in Miami. MMGY's Murietta condescendingly told me to ask her after the meeting. I requested a public answer, then and there. Instead, MMGY's Murrietta, VCB's consultant then said “I'm being heckled.” How gauche. We paid for her microphone, but she refused to emit an answer.
CYNDY MURRIETA, MMGY MEDIA GROUP DIRECTOR
Who are these lugubrious goobers? The Visitor and Convention Bureau for St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches receives some $4.6 million annually from bed tax revenue on people staying at hotels, motels, Bed and Breakfasts and guest houses. In turn, they hire MMDY and spend millions on advertising.
Not one New York Times Travel Section article focused on St. Augustine has appeared since September 5, 2003 (see it on the bulletin board at the Bunnery cafe downtown – it is yellow).
Meanwhile, MMGY brags of getting TV news stories on Lee County, Florida, but can't seem to bring about a New York Times Travel Section after years of working for us.
Not one penny of that $4.6 million annual VCB bed tax budget money is being used for advertising in Miami, our City's core market for the 450th and 500th commemorations. “That's crazy,” opined one City official, who was unaware that VCB is not advertising in Miami.
It's our money – VCB has a contract with our County Commissioners. I have asked for a copy, along with a copy of VCB's antitrust and civil rights compliance policies. It appears VCB may be in material breach of its contract. See correspondence, above.
It was appalling to hear the Vice Chairman of MMGY, Dr. Peter Yesawich, write off the lower 50% of American income earners while urging business owners to raise their prices – inviting possible antitrust violations while speaking in a government building – St. Johns County's $16.9 million World Golf County Convention Center, in the presence of city and county officials, hearing the invitation to raise prices without anyone offering any dissenting view (or antitrust law advice)
MMGY and VCB potentially run afoul of civil rights laws by publishing expensive Apartheid-style travel guides, with 199 identifiable white people and four (4) identifiable Hispanic people (one is Ponce de Leon on the cover). There are zero Native American Indians, There are only eleven (11) African-Americans, most of whom appear to be happy slaves. Fair Housing and Civil Rights cases forbid marketing materials that don't show African-Americans and other minorities. Yet local developers in St. Johns County were guilty of that for years. So is our VCB. This is Jim Crow 1950s marketing, and it is not working. Despite always-rosy projections, VCB is not with the program. St. Augustine's future lies in historic and environmental tourism – VCB is still caught up in past mistakes
That was shown by the lack of interest in GLBT tourism; during Q&A, Peter Yesawich told me it was 5% of the national tourism market (and “more of the spend',” using a verb as a noun) But Yesawich wondered if GLBT marketing might turn off other tourists. He offered no data. Unknown to MMGY, we have made great strides in local GLBT-friendly housing and employment nondiscrimination laws in St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach (and Sheriff David Shoar, and Anastasia Mosquito Control District of St. Johns County, the first in our county, in 2009). GLBT tourism marketing would differentiate our “product” from our bigoted northern neighbor, Jacksonville, formerly known as Cowford. This is why Mumford & Sons chose St. Augustine over bigoted Jacksonville or other places.
MMGY is not selling our strengths because it does not appreciate them. In fact, entirely left out are the fact that this is the first cultural melting pot in American, one that had on Day One (September 8, 1565) the first freed and African-American, Catholic and Jewish Americans, 42 years before Jamestown. Left out are the courage of the Minor can people, fleeing British oppression in New Smyrna Beach indigo plantations. Not even Minorcans get respect from MMDY.
It's time for a change. VCB needs to listen to the City of St. Augustine, and stop messing around with our City's 450th ad 50th celebration. Leaving Miami out of advertising and advising people to raise their prices is unseemly. Enough.
St. Augustine is not "an industry" and not "a product." It is about authentic history and real nature -- which the St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore will help us showcase to the world!
St. Augustine Record editorial on growth of civil rights tourism with Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor status from Department of the Interior and National Park Service
Our view: Our home on many travel bucket lists
Florida’s Historic Coast got a double-dose of good news this past week. On Wednesday, we learned the Department of the Interior had given final approval to the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Management Plan. As reported in The Record, the 8-million-acre corridor stretches in a long arc from Wilmington, N.C., to St. Augustine and honors those in the African-American community who made their way to Florida with an ideal and a promise of freedom.
In an editorial published in 2009, we noted than many people share the vision of increasing African-American tourism in St. Johns County. We suggested being a stop on the Gullah Geechee corridor is a step in that direction. In August of last year we urged our readers to express support for the management plan to the Corridor Commission. Previously the plan had received the support of both the St. Johns County and the St. Augustine City commissions.
At the same time the good news about the Gullah Geechee Corridor was spreading, the 4th Annual State of the Tourism Industry summit was convening in the conference center at World Golf Village. It brought together about 200 leaders involved with tourism in St. Johns County, including those associated with attractions, lodging facilities and related enterprises.
Peter Yesawich, vice president of MMGY Global, gave a keynote presentation that provided a profile of the American traveler. MMGY Global touts itself at the world’s largest and most integrated travel marketing firm. Yesawich reported travelers are more confident than they have been in the last four years. He said 28 percent of travelers earning more than $50,000 annually, who plan to travel at least once, want to visit St. Augustine during the next two years. This was the same percentage received by larger destinations, such as West Palm Beach and Phoenix/Scottsdale.
But even more telling was another statistic that paints an interesting picture of travelers who hope to visit St. Augustine. People were asked if they would be interested in attending historical events when traveling. Fifty percent of those who would like to visit St. Augustine responded positively while only about a third of all people queried expressed the same interest.
Richard Goldman, executive director of the Visitors and Convention Bureau (VCB), told The Record they are seeing great traction for the work they have done in bringing the celebration of Florida’s 500th anniversary to the rest of the world. He noted the comparable value of publicity received during the past seven months was estimated at $168 million. For those who like to see a positive return on investment, this figure represents approximately 54 times the amount of the VCB’s annual budget.
Goldman said he was a little surprised and very pleased when he learned how many tourists know about Florida’s Historic Coast and want to visit here.
We could think of scores of reasons why folks would want to visit our area and with the adoption of the Gullah Geechee Management Plan, our list just grew by one.
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Historic Architectural Review Board Votes 4-0 to Uphold Denial of Permit to 7-Eleven for Gasoline Station at May Street and San Marco Avenue, in Historic Area of our Nation's Oldest City: "OH, THANK HEAVEN!" (R)
On February 20 (Thursday evening), the St. Augustine Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB) unanimously rejected the appeal of a putative 7-Eleven franchisee to put a twelve-pump gasoline station in our historic downtown.
The rejected applicant is FIRST CITY DEVELOPMENT LLC, whose registered agent is WALLACE R. DEVLIN, Sr. and sole director is SHIRLEY H. DEVLIN, of 7518 ALBERT TILLNIGHAST DRIVE, SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34240. FIRST CITY's lawyer did not identify its beneficial owners when I inquired at the hearing. The address of the LLC is a residence whose assessed value is $858,300, with some 3771 square feet, three bedrooms and three bathrooms. Several DEVLIN family members are dodgy Florida real estate speculators. Their Sebastian Inner Harbor Project collapsed in foreclosure. The property remains vacant. The DEVLIN GROUP filed for bankruptcy protection in 2011.
Those dodgy DEVLINs -- and their unnamed foreign investors --and 7-Eleven refused to listen to reason. 7-Eleven refused to respond to letters from our City Manaager.
Their devilishly located proposed 7-Eleven at May Street and San Marco Avenue would have been an unwelcome addition, one that would have destroyed our Ancient City on the eve of our 450th anniversary.
The location was patently offensive, like proposing to locate an abortion clinic next door to the St. Augustine Cathedral (or the Gerard Campus for pregnant girls). How gauche. One need only read 7-Eleven's boastful Fun Facts (below) for an insight into its insidious greedy corporate culture.
The proof of incompatibility was unrebutted by 7-Eleven's lawyer.
The propective 7-Eleven franchisee's appeal was not only meritless, it was sloppy and self-induglent and emotional.
Thus, the HARB vote and deliberations were not even close.
The vote was 4-0.
In the words of 7-Eleven's own registered trademark, "Oh, thank heaven!"(R)
The ugly, misbegotten proposed 7-Eleven gasoline station in the wrong location would occupy the former block of retail stores where Manatee Cafe was once located, for which a demolition permit was issued on the premise that it would be replaced by similar retail stores facing the street, not a gasoline station that would ruin the ambiance of our Nation's Oldest City.
The 7-Eleven franchisee was rejected for a permit application by St. Augustine Planning and Zoning Director Mark Knight.
Mr. Knight's rejection of 7-Eleven was solid: based upon the proposed gasoline station's turning radii and its demand to have wider than a 25 foot driveway. (Two other issues were resolved before the hearing).
Mr. Knight's determination was upheld by HARB 4-0, with 18 of 19 public witnesses supporting Mr. Knight's determination with strong factual and legal arguments
The lone dissenter emitted a few curt slogans “about property rights” of the unknown unnamed 7-Eleven franchisee, discourteously ignoring the property rights of the other witnesses and their right to the peaceful, quiet enjoyment of their homes in the historic Fullerwood and Nelmar Terrace neighborhoods).
Every other sworn public hearing witness testified against the appeal: each was both an expert and fact witness as to the condition of the intersection and the neighborhoods adjoining it, including the Nelmar, Fullerwood and Vilano beach neighborhoods.
The testimony was unrebutted and irrefragable: the May and San Marco intersection is already clogged, rated an “F” by Florida DOT for impassibility. It is located on the only evacuation route for Vilano Beach. It is adjacent to the Main Branch of the St. Johns County Library, the Carousel and Davenport Park and the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, with deaf and blind pedestrians often walking on the sidewalks.
To loud responses from the audience, the lawyer for 7-Eleven, ST. JOHNS LAW GROUP lawyer JAMES GEORGE WHITEHOUSE lied: WHITEHOUSE falsely claimed there was “no sidewalk” and no pedestrian traffic.
After lying and being called out for it, brazen 7-Eleven corporate lawyer JAMES GEORGE WHITHOUSE did not apologize (unlike the late developer lawyer GEORGE McCLURE, who apologized to St. Augustine City Commissioners for lying about the position of the Roman Catholic Church before he died last year, having been called out for his lying by Cathedral Parish Pastor Fr. Thomas Willis.).
But 7-Eleven lawyer JAMES GEORGE WHITEHOUSE (Florida Bar Number 100250, ST. JOHNS LAW BROUP, 509 Anastasia Blvd, St. Augustine, Florida 32080-4510, tel: 904-495-0400, fax: 904-495-0506, jameswhitehouse@sjlawgroup.com) did not just lie about sidewalks.
7-Eleven lawyer JAMES GEORGE WHITEHOUSE led his engineer witness improperly, testifying for him, leading him.
JAMES GEORGE WHITEHOUSE pleaded.
JAMES GEORGE WHITEHOUSE wheedled.
7-Eleven lawyer JAMES GEORGE WHITEHOUSE patronized HARB members.
7-Eleven lawyer JAMES GEORGE WHITEHOUSE cajoled.
Lying lawyer JAMES GEORGE WHITEHOUSE whined.
Close to crying at several points, lying 7-Eleven lawyer JAMES WHITEHOUSE made pointless points – silly debater's points, not legal arguments backed by any reliable, competent or material evidence..
7-Eleven lawyer JAMES WHITEHOUSE acted out, with histrionics, as if his pleading, whining and patronizing were somehow a performance art form -- as if his rising octave and pitiful, plaintive nasal tone of voice was convincing, as if his aggressiveness and pedantry constituted winning legal arguments.
7-Eleven lawyer JAMES WHITEHOUSE made unscientific and illogical arguments.
7-Eleven lawyer JAMES WHITEHOUSE testified without being sworn.
7-Eleven lawyer JAMES WHITEHOUSE elicited hearsay from a project consulting engineer who was not a traffic engineer, using leading questions to bring out irrelevant, inadmissible hearsay testimony about about what a civil engineer from the Florida Department of Transportation.
7-Eleven lawyer JAMES WHITEHOUSE clumsily cross-examined St. Augustine Planning and Zoning Director MARK KNIGHT, with a mocking hauteur, the stuff of lawyer jokes, as if in self-parody.
WHITEHOUSE called City Planning and Zoning Director Mark Knght for a whiny, angry cross-examination. It was unworthy of a first year law student. It was conducted as if cross-examination were an examination by an angry, cross attorney. Questioned by 7-Eleven's inept corporate mouthpiece, Mr. Knight remained unflappable, respectful, poised and responsive.
WHITEHOUSE scored no point with his attempt to argue with Mr. Knight that 7-ELEVEN was somehow discriminated against compared to other commercial properties along San Marco Avenue (none of which have twelve-gasoline pump.
Full disclosure: I was cross-examined in 2006 during a city hearing on a water bill matter by Mr. WHITEHOUSE, with some twelve city officials crowded into a small room in a vain attempt to intimidate us. At that hearing, Mr. WHITEHOUSE was no gentlemen and no scholar, either, with the same threatening tone as he brandished with Mr. Knight. He evidently hasn't learned a thing in eight years about how to cross-examine a wutness. His hostility comes across as bullying, and no one likes a bully.
WHITEHOUSE muttered under his breath while I testified, and I turned around and asked him not to speak while I was speaking. I pointed out that GEORGE McCLURE had apologized to lying to City Commissioners, and that WHITEHOUSE should apologize for lying about the sidewalks
This time, understandably, at this hearing WHITEHOUSE begged off asking me any questions, and asked none of the other eighteen hearing witnesses (all but one of whom testified that 7-Eleven would be a public nuisance).
WHITEHOUSE had no rebuttal for any of the testimony of eighteen witnesses, on issues such as the existence of a sidewalk he denied existed, or the deaf and blind pedestrians who walk on those sidewalks, or the future fatalities from blocked ambulances and fire trucks and police cars.
Finally, WHITEHOUSE was told to wrap it up. At least six times, a sad JAMES GEORGE WHITEHOUSE said he was wrapping up, but WHITEHOUSE continued yammering. It was a pitiful performance.
The audience response to WHITEHOUSE's long speechifying vaguely reminded me of the too-long speech Bill Clinton gave to the 1988 Democratic National Convention, nominating Michael Dukakis for President, the biggest applause line of which was “In conclusion.”
But make no mistake: JAMES GEORGE WHITEHOUSE is no Bill Clinton. (I've heard Bill Clinton speak before, in 1988 at our Georgetown University School of Foreign Service reunion, at the West Palm Beach Airport in 1996, at the Association of Trial Lawyers of America annual meeting in Chicago in 2000, and here in St. Augustine in 2012. I've seen heard Bill Clinton. And JAMES WHITEHOUSE is no Bill Clinton. He's just long-winded and morally obtuse about right and wrong.)
Humorless, stone-faced, snippy, sniping 7-Eleven lawyer JAMES WHITEHOUSE seemed to have a sense of 1% entitlement.
JAMES GEORGE WHITEHOUSE had a chip on his shoulder, as if he was entitled to special treatment as a former Assistant City Attorney for the City of St. Augustine, former Assistant County Attorney, a lawyer in St. JOHNS LAE GROUP.
ST. JOHNS LAW GROUP, which advertises its bankruptcy practice on billboards, was founded by DOUGLAS NELSON BURNETT, the favored son of the former commanding general of the St. Augustine-headquartered Florida National Guard, DOUGLAS BURNETT.
Absent was firm principal DOUGLAS NELSON BURNETT, a longtime public supporter of embattled St. Johns County Sheriff DAVID SHOAR, who championed SHOAR's election in 2004. DOUGLAS NELSON BURNETT is a former Assistant State's Attorney and Assistant St. Johns County Attorney; he is now the deeply conflicted part-time attorney for the City of St. Augustine Beach and the St. Augustine Airport Authority while also representing developers before county boards and the City of St. Augustine).
Dissembling 7-Eleven lawyer JAMES WHITEHOUSE attempted to argue legislative history, pf the Entry Corridor Guidelines, which are unambiguous as if the plain meaning of the ordinance could somehow be impeached by talking about what led to its enactment.
WHITEHOUSE ignored the points I made in my testimony, including the fact that in statutory construction under Florida and federal law, the "specific controls over the general" and the "most recent enactment controls over the older enactment," which means that the city's 2003 Entry Corridor Guidelines trump the earlier 1975 zoning code
7-Eleven lawyer WHITEHOUSE seemed to imply that there was state preemption (there is not). WHITEHOUSE stammered and said “umm” and “uhh” at least 45 times that I counted. His opening argument and testimony consumed an entire hour, as indulgent and patient HARB members listened, then finally asked probing questions that skewered his arguments. WHITEHOUSE did not respond well at all.
7-Eleven lawyer WHITEHOUSE's corporate lackey advocacy was hardly spellbinding. However, it typifies the genre of flummery, dupery and nincompoopery (call it FDN) emitted by maladroit and deceptive developer lawyers in St. Augustine and St. Johns County.
Such FDN arguments often won the day under the regime of corrupt St. Augustine City Manager WILLIAM B. HARRISS, for whom the witless WHITEHOUSE was once a legal hey-boy, writing memoranda on such subjects as cable television regulation that resulted in our City being screwed, blued and tattooed by the likes of COMCAST and TIME-WARNER. (Read Whitehouse's city memos for yourself – he is no legal scholar and expressly gave no policy advice, knowing HARRISS was in bed with the cable companies anyway).
HARB member Antoinette Wallace pointedly asked WHITEHOUSE whether the opinion of the Florida DOT in an E-mail constituted evidence of any official action by FDOT. WHITEHOUSE bobbed and weaved – of course, t was not a final decision, and the HARB board members noted that DOT is supposed to defer to local preferences on safety issues involving cars and curb cuts anyway.
HARB Chairman Leonard Weeks, former Mayor of St. Augustine, noted that in his youth, a gasoline station was one or two pumps, not twelve.
In the end, it was not even close, factually or legally.
7-Eleven did not meet its burden of proof. Neighbors testified beyond cavil or peradventure that the 7-Eleven would be a disaster, violate the Entry Corridor Guidelines, and burden their rights as citizens, pedestrians, motorists and property owners.
Testifying without being sworn, eliciting hearsay testimony from an expert for whom a proper foundation was not laid, pettifogging 7-Eleven lawyer JAMES WHITEHOUSE repeatedly identified himself as a former St. Augustine Assistant City Attorney. It did not help.
None of it entitled 7-Eleven to any relief. The shocking thing is that such a large corporation, or its putative potential franchisee, would hire such a crabby lawyer, or any lawyer at all, to attempt to “fix” a zoning case that was correctly decided, in public, on television, in full view of everyone who loves our Nation's Oldest City.
The technical term for that its “chutzpa.”
Four members of the Historic Architecture Review Board deliberately wisely, and gave their verdict. No 7-Eleven at May and San Marco.
The packed Commission meeting room audience of some 75 citizens gave a respectful standing ovation.
Our City of St. Augustine is transforming itself before our eyes.
Activists deserve credit.
When corporate lapdog WILLIAM B. HARRISS was St. Augustine City Manager, they might have given 7-Eleven everything it asked for, with a few free tickets to the Noche de Gala (see below) thrown in as lagniappes.
Gracious as ever, HARB Chairman Leonard Weeks told WHITEHOUSE he had done a good job representing his client.
When it was over, I personally thanked Mr. Weeks and two other HARB board members, one of whom responded, “All we did was apply the law to the facts,” to which I responded, “That works for me.”
Such was not always the case in St. Augustine, which Rev. Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr. once called the “most lawless” city in America, and which tyrannical city managers like WILLIAM POMAR and WILLIAM B. HARRISS once ran as their fiefs, as Republican lords of all they surveyed. (POMAR once even put a child's cardboard Burger King crown on his head at a City Commission meeting).
After the meeting, JAMES WHITEHOUSE spun the St. Augustine Record reporter with whistpered sweet nothings. WHITEHOUSE said nothing to me or any of the neighborhood residents and local activists. Then, in the courtyard outside the Commission meeting room at City Hall/Lightner Museum, the lying 7-Eleven lawyer, JAMES WHITEHOUSE, and his small, unhappy, glowering entourage of 7-Eleven hired guns and lobbyists planned their next move.
Justice was dpne, so they'll undoubtedly appeal immediately, first to the St. Augustine City Commission. There, the ambit of their arguments will be limited to the pitiful record of hearsay, incompetent, inadmissible “evidence” that they so ineptly put before the HARB.
Spinning on its Facebook page, constituting questionable attorney advertising, ST. JOHNS LAW GROUP stated, “James Whitehouse was in the news representing 7-Eleven, seeking approval for a new location in St. Augustine.” And on the next morning, Friday, February 21, 2014 at 4:16 AM, some unnamed narcissist at the ST. JOHNS LAW GROUP actually posted, "Praise from the Historic Architectural Review Boad for attorney James Whitehouse of St. Johns Law Group. More coverage of the St. Augustine 7-Eleven project in the Record." The Facebook entry stated that "James Whitehouse and 8 others like this," to which "Stacy Nowlin" responded, "Awesome!"
Meanwhile, the “objective” St. Augustine Record article spun the story as one might expect from a newspaper that caters to developers, even those caterwauling about their supposed right to ruin our historic city. The St. Augustine Record took the faux Fox News approach if Historic City News (published by Sheriff DAVIS SHOAR's 2004 fundraising bagman, MICHAEL GOLD), of ignoring the obvious – what 7-Eleven wanted was indecent, should never be allowed, and is beneath the grace and dignity of an historic city. If the St. Augustine Record had a spinal and testicular implant, it would have campaigned against the 7-Eleven. Obviously expecting advertising, the Record showed no conscience.
Credit is due to zealous neighborhood activists led by Ms. Melinda Rakoncay, Mr. Matthew Shaffer and former Mayor George Gardner, without whom we would not have Entry Corridor guidelines in our City Code.
Thanks to all who testified, including Ms. Rakoncay, Mr. Shaffer and also including Irene Arriola, Skip Hutton, Randy Moreman, James Carnes, Judith Seraphin, Bill Coleman, Celeste Carr, Debbie Sauls, Corinne White, Nancy Barnes Hubert, Dan Dinsmore and Jay Joubert, et al. Thanks to all who attended, watched, signed e-mails and sent petitions – thanks to our entire City and County for just saying “no” to 7-Eleven, a deeply insensitive Japanese multinational corporation that operates more than 50,000 convenience store gasoline stations world wide. See “Fun Facts” below.
Mr. Joubert said “St. Augustine is a national treasure” and proposed purchase of the land for a park. “I see a park there,” he said. I agree.
One “fun fact”: it may be an unfair and deceptive trade practice in violation of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act for 7-Eleven to argue that there is no sidewalk when everyone can see it today.
Another “fun fact”: 7-Eleven is owned by a Japanese multinational corporation (acquired n bankruptcy in 1991 by a group of Japanese 7-Eleven franchisees.
Our Ambassador to Japan is Caroline Kennedy, whose father was President John F. Kennedy.
If 7-Eleven pursues its frivolous appeal any further, it will be looking at an international incident – demanding to put the lives of deaf and blind people and adults and citizens in our Nation's Oldest City at risk with a gasoline station at the wrong place at the wrong time: on the eve of our City's 450th anniversary.
Does 7-Eleven want to invite a national consumer boycott by historic preservationsts? Does 7-Eleven reckon itself above the law?
Does 7-Eleven want the contribution of the Empire of Japan to the St. Augustine 450h celebration to be a traffic standstill, deaths, and destruction of our Nation's Oldest City? To sell gasoline? That is obscene.
You tell me, 7-Eleven: what's it going to be? You will lose in the City of St. Augusitne Ciy Commission, you will lose in Circuit Court, you will lose in the Florida Aourt of Appeals, you will lose in the Florida Supreme Court and the Supreme Court will not grant you certiorari. You might as well throw in the towel, NOW, like those unfortunate young businessmen who made the mistake of hiring fortunate son DOUGLAS NELSON BURNETT and the St. JOHNS LAW GROUP to file another meritless appeal on their attempt to put a hot air balloon on permanent display in our Nation's Oldest City. BURNETT should have advised his clients to save their money, just as he should have advised 7-Eleven. Instead, he takes money for meritless appeals, wasting officials' and citizens' time with bad legal advice.
BURNETT should have advised 7-Eleven and its franchisee, in the immortal words of the late Republican corporate lawyer and Secretary of War and Secretary of State Elihu Root, whose wisest aedvice for his corporate clients was often: "You're damned fools, and you should stop!"
No one has any problem with gasoline stations. There is room for more on U.S. 1, SR 312, SR 207, and elsewhere Just not in our historic area, thank you!
At tomorrow night's City Commission meeting, there will be a first reading on a proposed ordinance on gasoline stations on entry corridors. It must be amended to ban gasoline stations on San Marco Avenue. Period.
Then we're done.
Posted by Ed Slavin at 3:45 AM
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Immunotherapy: Facts and Hopes
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Elevated Expression of Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins in Prostate Cancer
Maryla Krajewska, Stan Krajewski, Steven Banares, Xianshu Huang, Bruce Turner, Lukas Bubendorf, Olli-P. Kallioniemi, Ahmed Shabaik, Antonella Vitiello, Donna Peehl, Guo-Jian Gao and John C. Reed
Maryla Krajewska
Stan Krajewski
Steven Banares
Xianshu Huang
Lukas Bubendorf
Olli-P. Kallioniemi
Ahmed Shabaik
Antonella Vitiello
Donna Peehl
Guo-Jian Gao
John C. Reed
DOI: Published October 2003
Purpose: Inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) family proteins are suppressors of apoptosis that have been implicated in apoptosis resistance in some cancers. Their expression and relevance to the prognosis of prostate cancer were investigated.
Experimental Design: The expression of four members of the IAP family (cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein 1, cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein 2, X chromosome-linked IAP, and survivin) was examined by immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting in human prostate cancers and in prostate tissues from transgenic mice expressing SV40 large T antigen under control of a probasin promoter.
Results: Tumor-associated elevations in the levels of all four IAP family members were common in prostate cancers of both humans and mice, suggesting concomitant up-regulation of multiple IAP family proteins. Compared with normal prostatic epithelium, increased IAP expression was often evident even in prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia lesions (carcinoma in situ), suggesting that deregulation of IAP expression occurs early in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer. IAP expression did not correlate with Gleason grade or prostate-specific antigen levels.
Conclusions: The findings demonstrate that tumor- associated elevations in the expression of several IAP family proteins occur as a frequent and early event in the etiology of prostate cancer.
Prostate cancers are generally slow-growing malignancies that are characterized by an imbalance in the rates of cell division and cell death. Tissue kinetics studies indicate that insufficient programmed cell death represents the chief explanation for the gradual accumulation of prostate cancer cells in vivo in humans (1) . Progression of localized hormone-dependent prostate cancers to metastatic, hormone-refractory disease is also associated with dysregulation of normal apoptotic mechanisms.
Apoptosis is executed by a family of cysteine proteases known as caspases. Caspases are produced in cells as inactive zymogens and generally must undergo proteolytic processing to become active proteases (reviewed in Ref. 2 ). The IAPs3 are the only known endogenous caspase inhibitors (3) . They contain Baculovirus IAP repeat domains, and some of them bind and potently inhibit activated caspases, including, in mammals, the effector caspases-3 and -7 and the initiator caspase-9 (reviewed in Ref. 4 ). In addition to Baculovirus IAP repeat domains, several IAPs also contain a RING domain, which binds ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes that promote degradation of IAP caspase complexes (5) . Eight human IAPs have been recognized, including XIAP, cIAP1, cIAP2, survivin, NAIP, apollon (BRUCE), ML-IAP (livin, KIAP), and ILP-2 (reviewed in Ref. 6 ). The antiapoptotic properties of IAPs have also been linked to the Rel/nuclear factor κB pathway and mitogen-activated protein kinase signal transduction (7 , 8) . In particular, cIAP1 and cIAP2 have been shown to activate nuclear factor κB (9) . XIAP, NAIP, and ML-IAP have been reported to modulate apoptosis pathways via the TAK1/c-Jun-NH2-terminal kinase signaling cascade (10) .
Some IAP family proteins are overproduced in cancers, suggesting that IAP-mediated suppression of apoptosis may contribute to tumor pathogenesis, progression, and resistance to drug treatment. For example, survivin is expressed abundantly in fetal tissues but scarcely present in most adult tissues. High levels of survivin protein have been reported in many types of human cancers, suggesting that reactivation of expression of this gene represents a common event in tumorigenesis (reviewed in Refs. 11 and 12 ). Indeed, genome-wide transcription profiling suggests that survivin is among the most tumor-specific genes thus far identifiable (13) . Similarly, the ML-IAP protein is not expressed at detectable levels in most normal adult tissues but is present in melanomas (14) and perhaps some other types of cancers. Likewise, whereas XIAP is broadly expressed in normal tissues, higher levels of this IAP family member have been demonstrated in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (15) . Thus, elevations in the levels of certain IAP family proteins may occur in tumors, conferring a selective survival advantage.
In this report, we analyzed the expression of several IAP family proteins, including survivin, XIAP, cIAP1, and cIAP2, in prostate cancers. Our data demonstrate that tumor-associated increases in the expression of several IAP family proteins occur commonly in prostate cancer and probably as an early event. Moreover, overexpression of these IAP family members was also documented in TRAMP, the model further suggesting an important role for deregulation of IAP expression in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer. IAP family proteins thus may be candidate drug discovery targets for restoration of apoptosis sensitivity in prostate cancer.
Patient Specimens.
Prostate cancer specimens for tissue microarray preparation were obtained from the archives of the Institute of Pathology, University of Basel (Basel, Switzerland), the Cantonal Institute of Pathology (Liestal, Switzerland), and the Tampere University Hospital (Tampere, Finland). The tissue microarrays included transurethral resections from 32 patients with BPH and 725 prostate cancer specimens, containing 646 primary tumors derived from 592 patients, and 79 metastases. The primary tumors included 225 specimens representing clinically inapparent [stage T1, according to International Union Against Cancer criteria (16)] tumors; 368 cancers from radical prostatectomies, including both locally confined (stage T2) and locally advanced disease (stage T3–T4); and an additional 53 local recurrences after hormonal therapy failure. Metastatic tumor specimens (n = 79) were collected at autopsy from 62 patients who had undergone androgen deprivation by orchiectomy and then subsequently died of end-stage metastatic prostate cancer.
In addition, prostate carcinoma specimens were obtained from a well-organized cohort of uniformly treated patients presenting to the Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Radiation Oncology (Philadelphia, PA) for whom clinical follow-up information was available. Needle biopsy specimens included 64 primary tumors derived from these patients, who presented with stage T2 peripheral zone carcinomas (T2N0M0) treated by external beam radiation. For 48 of these patients, additional biopsies lacking tumor tissue were also available for comparison. Cancer progression during a median follow-up of 66 months was defined as biochemical recurrence [three consecutive rises in PSA concentration]. Of the 16 of 62 (26%) patients who experienced rising PSAs, 15 patients developed metastatic disease as documented by bone scans (94%).
Additional normal prostatic tissues for immunohistochemical analysis were derived from human biopsy and autopsy material (Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego).
Tissue Preparation.
Tissues were fixed in either neutral-buffered formalin, zinc-buffered formalin (Z-fix; Anatech Inc.), or Bouin’s solution (Sigma, St. Louis, MO) and embedded in paraffin. Tissue microarrays were constructed as described previously (17) .
Antibodies.
Polyclonal antisera for survivin (AR-26) and XIAP (AR-27A) were generated in New Zealand white rabbits using recombinant protein immunogens. Survivin (full-length protein) was produced as a glutathione S-transferase-fusion protein and affinity purified essentially as described previously (18) . Affinity-purified His6-tagged XIAP (BIR2) recombinant protein was produced as described previously (19) and used as an immunogen for producing XIAP-specific antiserum (AR-27A).4 Polyclonal anti-cIAP1 and anti-cIAP2 antibodies were obtained from R&D Systems Inc.
The monoclonal antibody to human cIAP2, clone F30-2285, was generated according to routine procedures after fusion of hybridoma cell line F0 with spleenocytes from a mouse immunized with full-length recombinant cIAP2 protein. Clonal selection resulted in the isolation of the three specific clones, F30-2285, F30-2295, and F30-591, which reacted with human cIAP2 recombinant protein and were isotyped as IgG1. Only the F30-2285 clone was used in this study. Generation of this antibody was performed at BD BioSciences-PharMingen, Inc. (San Diego, CA), and the antibody will be distributed by the company.
The monospecificity of all antibodies for their intended protein targets was tested by SDS-PAGE/immunoblot analysis, using IAP family proteins in vitro translated from cDNAs or using recombinant proteins produced in bacteria (3 , 15 , 20 , 21) .
Immunohistochemistry.
Dewaxed tissue sections were immunostained by using a DAB-based detection method as described previously, using the Envision-Plus HRP system (DAKO) and an automated immunostainer (Dako Universal Staining System; Ref. 22 ). Polyclonal rabbit antisera specific for survivin (AR-26) and XIAP (AR-27A) were applied at 1:10,000 and 1:5,000 (v/v), respectively, whereas rabbit antibodies against cIAP1 (R&D Systems Inc.) and cIAP2 (R&D Systems Inc.) were used at 1:600 (v/v). The cIAP2 monoclonal antibody was used at 0.4 μg/ml. For all polyclonal antisera used, the immunostaining procedure was performed in parallel using preimmune serum to verify specificity of the results. Initial confirmations of antibody specificity also included experiments in which antiserum was preabsorbed with 5–10 μg/ml of either synthetic peptide immunogen or recombinant protein immunogen. The scoring of tumor immunostaining was based on the percentage of immunopositive cells (0–100) multiplied by staining intensity score (0, 1, 2, or 3), yielding scores of 0–300 (23) .
Immunoblotting.
Human tissue lysates containing prostate cancer (n = 12) with high ratios of cancer cells relative to stroma (>70%), BPH and PIN (n = 5), or normal prostate (n = 4) were normalized for total protein content (100 μg/lane) and subjected to SDS-PAGE/immunoblot analysis, using a 1:2000 (v/v) dilution for XIAP (AR-27A), a 1:5000 dilution for survivin (AR-26), and a 1:1000 dilution for cIAP1 (R&D Systems Inc.) and cIAP2 antisera (R&D Systems Inc.) and using secondary HRP-conjugated goat antirabbit antibody [1:3000 (v/v) dilution; Bio-Rad]. Alternatively, the mouse anti-cIAP2 monoclonal antibody was used at 0.4 μg/ml in conjunction with secondary HRP-conjugated goat antimouse IgG (Bio-Rad). Tissue lysates containing normal, premalignant, or malignant prostatic epithelium derived from TRAMP mice (24) were subjected to the same procedure. Detection was accomplished using an enhanced chemiluminescence (Amersham-based) multiple antigen detection immunoblotting method that allows for multiple reprobing of blots without antibody stripping, as described previously (25) .
Animal Model.
Transgenic mice (C57BL/6) expressing the SV40 large T antigen controlled by rat probasin promoter regulatory elements were obtained from Baylor University (Houston, TX) and bred in accordance with institutional guidelines. Animals were genotyped for the Tag gene by PCR (24 , 26) . Additionally, Tag expression in prostate was confirmed by immunohistochemistry using monoclonal antibodies to Tag (Pab100 and Pab101; PharMingen Inc.). TRAMP male mice (n = 44) were examined at 12–28 weeks of age. Prostates were harvested from anesthetized animals after initial perfusion with 2% paraformaldehyde and postfixation in Bouin’s solution. For histological and immunohistochemical investigation, the specimens were embedded in paraffin, and 4-μm sections were cut.
Statistical Analysis.
Data were analyzed using the STATISTICA software package (StatSoft). A log-rank test was used for correlation of immunostaining data with patient survival. Survival distributions were estimated using Kaplan-Meier curves. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards models were fitted to the data to assess which biomarkers were independently associated with disease-free survival. Ninety-five percent CIs for the HR were calculated by the formula exp (β ± 1.960 SE(β)), where SE(β) denotes the SE of the estimated regression coefficient. Gleason score of >7 and pretreatment PSA of >10 ng/ml were defined as “high” for purposes of dichotomizing data. Statistical significance of differences in IAP levels in normal versus malignant prostatic tissue was assessed using the unpaired t test.
Characterization of IAP Antibodies and Immunoblot Analysis of Prostate Tissues.
To study expression of the IAP family proteins cIAP1, cIAP2, XIAP, and survivin, we used various antibodies that were either generated in our laboratory or obtained from commercial sources. Immunoblot analysis was performed to characterize the specificity of these antibodies, using IAP family proteins produced by in vitro translation from cDNAs, recombinant IAP family proteins generated in bacteria, and lysates from cell lines and tissues. These included related reference controls comprised of various IAP family proteins (XIAP, survivin, cIAP1, cIAP2, NAIP, BRUCE, and Cp-IAP) and unrelated proteins such as Traf-3 and CD40. Moreover, surgical specimens from normal human spleen, brain, prostate, liver, and kidney were compared by immunoblotting with cancer cell lines and primary prostate cancer specimens. Representative data are presented in Fig. 1⇓ .
Characterization of IAP antibodies and analysis of IAP protein expression in prostate cancer by immunoblotting. Plasmids encoding human cIAP1, cIAP2, XIAP, survivin, NAIP, mouse BRUCE, or baculovirus Cp-IAP were translated in reticulocyte lysates (IVT) using either T3 or T7 RNA polymerase (Promega) according to the manufacturer’s protocol, in the presence of l-[35S]methionine (∼1 mCi/mmol; Amersham). Ten μl were loaded in gels. Autoradiography confirmed production of all proteins (data not shown). Alternatively, proteins were produced in bacteria as recombinant proteins (RP) with His6 or glutathione S-transferase tags and affinity purified (0.05 μg was loaded). Detergent lysates were prepared from NPE, prostate adenocarcinomas (CA), or various tumor cell lines (Jurkat and RS11-846) or normal tissues. The lysates were normalized for total protein content (100 μg) and analyzed by SDS-PAGE/immunoblotting. Blots were incubated with rabbit polyclonal (Polycl.) antibodies recognizing human cIAP1 (A and F), XIAP (B and F), survivin (C and F), or cIAP2 (E). A mouse monoclonal antibody (MAB) recognizing cIAP2 was also used (D). Antibody detection was accomplished by an enhanced chemiluminescence method. Blots represent the following: A, recombinant and in vitro translated proteins; B, in vitro translated proteins; C, recombinant proteins (Lanes 1–4), tumor cell lines (Lanes 5 and 6), and normal tissues (Lanes 7–11); D and E, recombinant proteins (Lanes 1–3), NPE specimens (Lanes 4 and 5), and prostate cancer specimens (Lanes 6–9); and F, two NPE specimens (left) and eight prostate cancer specimens (right). Blots in E and F were reprobed with antibodies recognizing β-actin or heat shock protein (HSP60), respectively, as loading controls.
A commercially available rabbit polyclonal antibody from R&D Systems, Inc., was determined to be specific for cIAP1, reacting only with cIAP1 but not with cIAP2, XIAP, NAIP, or survivin (Fig. 1A)⇓ . Rabbit polyclonal antibodies generated in our laboratory against fragments of recombinant IAP family proteins were determined to be specific for XIAP, survivin, and cIAP2, lacking cross-reactivity with other IAP family members and reacting only with proteins of the proper size in cell lysates (Fig. 1)⇓ . Note, for example, in Fig. 1C⇓ that survivin protein was detected in lysates from cancer cell lines but not in lysates from various normal (nontransformed) tissues, consistent with prior reports showing elevations in survivin protein levels in tumors (27) ; reprobing the same blot with an antibody recognizing β-tubulin confirmed loading of equivalent amounts of total protein from all samples (data not shown). In addition, a mouse monoclonal antibody raised against recombinant cIAP2 as an immunogen was determined to be specific for its intended protein, lacking cross-reactivity with cIAP1, Survivin, or XIAP (Fig. 1D)⇓ . All of these anti-IAP antibodies reacted with the mouse homologues of cIAP1 (MIAP-2), cIAP2 (MIAP-1), XIAP (MIAP-3), and survivin (MIAP-4), reflecting the high percentage of amino acid sequence identity of these proteins in humans and in mice (84–90% of sequence identity for MIAP-2, MIAP-3, and MIAP-4 and 61% of sequence identity for MIAP-1; data not shown).
Using the specific antibodies, immunoblot analysis was performed on another set of tissue lysates derived from normal prostate glands and BPH specimens consisting of histologically confirmed, nontransformed NPE, making comparisons with lysates from resected prostate cancers. This immunoblot analysis provided preliminary evidence of elevated expression of IAP family proteins in prostate cancers (Fig. 1, D–F)⇓ . For example, levels of cIAP2 were higher in four of four cancer specimens tested, compared with NPE specimens (Fig. 1, D and E)⇓ . Likewise, in another group of specimens, at least half of the eight cancer samples examined contained higher levels of cIAP1 and XIAP than normal prostate specimens (Fig. 1F)⇓ . Elevations in survivin protein were also seen in some of these tumor tissue specimens (Fig. 1F)⇓ . Reprobing the blots with antibodies recognizing β-actin or heat shock protein 60 confirmed loading of approximately equal amounts of total proteins from all lysates tested (Fig. 1, E and F)⇓ .
IAPs Are Commonly Overexpressed in Human Prostate Cancers.
To further characterize the expression of IAPs in human prostate cancers, we used previously constructed tissue microarrays (17) containing archival prostate tumors reflecting the full range of neoplastic prostate disease, including clinically inapparent (stage T1) tumors and cancers from radical prostatectomies that were either locally confined (stage T2) or locally extensive (stage T3) as well as local recurrences after failed hormonal therapy and metastatic tumor specimens from patients obtained at autopsy. Gleason score data were available for 45% of these tumors, whereas clinical stage information (T1–T4) according to International Union Against Cancer criteria (16) was known for 40% of tumor specimens. In addition to invasive or metastatic cancer, these microarrays contained 32 separate cases of BPH for comparison with cancers. In addition, roughly 8% of tumor specimens on the arrays contained nonneoplastic prostate epithelium adjacent to tumor tissue, permitting additional comparisons of nontransformed epithelium with invasive cancer.
Microarrays were immunostained using the aforementioned antibodies specific for cIAP1, cIAP2, XIAP, or survivin (15) . The specificity of these immunostaining results was confirmed by control stainings performed using either preimmune serum or immune antisera that had been preabsorbed with the relevant immunogens (data not shown). Immunostaining results were quantified according to the approximate percentage of immunopositive cells (0–100%) and immunointensity on a 0–3 scale, and then an immunoscore was calculated from the product of the percentage immunopositivity and immunointensity (0–300; Ref. 23 ).
Immunohistochemical analysis of tumor tissues on the microarrays revealed cancer-specific elevations in the expression of the four IAP family proteins tested. Fig. 2⇓ shows representative examples of the immunostaining results for tumor specimens, demonstrating higher intensity immunostaining in invasive cancer compared with NPE for all IAP proteins investigated. Calculated immunoscores were also higher for all four IAPs, comparing cancer with NPE (Table 1)⇓ .
Examples of immunohistochemical detection of IAP family proteins in normal and malignant human prostate. Prostate cancer biopsies from stage T2 patients (A–F, I, and J) and tissue microarrays (G, H, K, and L) were immunostained, applying IAP antisera followed by detection using a HRP-based method with DAB colorimetric substrate (brown). Nuclei were counterstained with hematoxylin (blue). Representative data for cIAP1 (A–D), cIAP2 (E–H), XIAP (I and J), and survivin (K and L) are shown. Immunostaining results in regions of invasive cancer are shown for cIAP1 (C and D; ×150–200), cIAP2 (H; ×20), and survivin (L; ×20). Examples of malignant and adjacent normal prostatic epithelium are presented for cIAP1 (A, ×100), cIAP2 (E–G, ×100, ×400, and ×5, respectively), XIAP (I and J, ×100–400), and survivin (K, ×20). An example of PIN immunostaining is presented for cIAP1 (B, ×250).
IAP immunoexpression data for tissue microarray
The scoring of tumor immunostaining was based on the percentage of immunopositive cells (0–100) multiplied by staining intensity score (0, 1, 2, or 3), yielding immunoscores of 0–300. For all biomarkers tested, immunoscores in cancers (CA) were compared with those in NPE, using an unpaired t test.
Using the tissue microarray data, we compared IAP immunoscores with a variety of variables, including Gleason grade, clinical stage (T1–T4), and hormone-refractory disease. IAP family immunoscore data did not correlate with Gleason grade. However, higher cIAP2 immunoscores correlated with higher T stage, suggesting that higher levels of this IAP family protein tend to occur in larger or more invasive tumors. For example, cIAP2 immunoscores were 83 ± 5 (mean ± SE) for T1–T2 (n = 221) tumors compared with 168 ± 18 for T3–T4 tumors (n = 18; P < 0.0001). Survivin immunoscores also tended to be higher in more invasive tumors, with immunoscores of 65 ± 6 for T1–T2 tumors (n = 152) versus 97 ± 16 for T3–T4 tumors (n = 19), but this difference did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.06). Comparisons of untreated tumors with hormone-refractory specimens on the microarray revealed significant correlations of refractory disease with higher cIAP2 [139 ± 4 (n = 563) versus 202 ± 8 (n = 144)] and with lower cIAP1 [104 ± 4 (n = 516) versus 67 ± 7 (n = 137)] and lower survivin [77 ± 4 (n = 319) versus 34 ± 13 (n = 32)]. Further evidence of a correlation of higher cIAP2 expression with aggressive disease was found by comparing the immunoscores of 79 metastases collected at the autopsies from 62 patients, who had undergone androgen deprivation by orchiectomy and had subsequently died of end-stage metastatic prostate cancer, revealing higher levels of cIAP2 protein (mean immunoscore, 215 ± 10) compared with primary tumors (mean immunoscore, 142 ± 4; n = 591; P < 0.0001).
Analysis of IAP Expression in a Cohort of Uniformly Treated Patients with Early-Stage Prostate Cancer.
To more precisely contrast the levels of IAP family protein expression in tumor versus normal prostate tissue, we analyzed skinny-needle biopsies from a small cohort of men (n = 64) with early-stage disease (T2N0M0) who were uniformly treated with external beam irradiation. During needle biopsy before radiotherapy, several cores of tissue were obtained from each patient, providing case-matched tissue samples containing only normal prostatic epithelium for 48 of the 64 tumor biopsies available.
Using the normal and tumor specimens derived from these early-stage patients, we evaluated the expression of the cIAP1, cIAP2, XIAP, and survivin proteins by immunohistochemistry and scored the results as described above (23) . Whereas immunostaining results varied widely among specimens examined, the overall immunoscores for the cancers displayed clear elevations in immunoreactivity when compared with histologically normal specimens (Fig. 3⇓ ; Table 1⇓ ). For example, whereas 98% of normal prostate specimens had cIAP1 immunoscores of <100, 50 of 61 (82%) invasive cancer specimens had immunoscores of ≥100 (P < 0.0001), thus suggesting that many prostate cancers develop pathological elevations in the levels of this antiapoptotic protein. Similarly, levels of cIAP2 protein in 60 of 61 (99%) of cancers exceeded cIAP2 immunoscores representative of 98% normal prostate specimens (H-score ≥ 100; P < 0.0001). Likewise, XIAP immunoscores were ≤100 for nonmalignant epithelium, in contrast to invasive cancers, where 15 of 64 (23%) had immunoscores of >100 (P < 0.0001). Finally, all normal prostatic epithelium samples possessed immunoscores of ≤40 for survivin, whereas 44 of 62 invasive cancers (71%) had survivin immunoscores of >40 (P < 0.0001).
Comparison of immunoscores for normal prostate and stage T2 prostate cancers. Immunoscores for normal (N) and malignant prostatic epithelium (T) are shown for normal (n = 34–48) and cancer (n = 61–64) specimens obtained by skinny-needle biopsy from stage T2 patients. Based on comparisons with normal prostatic epithelium, cutoffs were set so that the immunoscores of ≥95% of normal specimens fell below this value (horizontal lines), representing immunoscores of 100 for cIAP1, cIAP2, and XIAP and 40 for survivin.
We also looked at the data an alternative way, where only case-matched samples of normal and tumor tissue from the same patient were evaluated (n = 48), thus excluding the 14 tumor specimens for which normal tissue was unavailable. In pairwise analyses, expression of IAP family proteins as defined by immunoscore was greater in tumor compared with matching normal prostate tissue for cIAP1 in 35 of 36 (97%) cases, cIAP2 in 32 of 32 (100%) cases, XIAP in 26 of 40 (65%) cases, and survivin in 36 of 44 (82%) cases (all Ps < 0.001). Thus, for all IAP family members examined, evidence of tumor-associated up-regulation of expression was observed by comparisons of normal versus tumor tissues from these early-stage prostate cancer patients. These patient materials thus provide independent confirmation of the impressions derived from archival tissue microarrays that multiple IAP family proteins are often simultaneously overexpressed in prostate cancers.
In addition to frequent overexpression of IAPs in invasive cancers, we also observed increases in immunostaining for cIAP1, cIAP2, XIAP, and survivin in many precancerous PIN lesions. Based on comparisons with NPE, levels of cIAP1 protein in 12 of 21 (57%) PIN lesions exceeded cIAP1 immunoscores representative of normal prostate epithelium (H-score ≥ 100; P < 0.0001), suggesting that elevations of cIAP1 protein occur early in the process of malignant transformation. Similarly, 9 of 22 (41%) PIN specimens had elevated cIAP2 immunoscores compared with NPE (P < 0.0001). Also, whereas XIAP immunoscores were ≤100 for all NPE specimens, 8 of 26 (31%) PIN lesions showed increased levels of XIAP protein (P < 0.0001). Similarly, compared with NPE, 45% of PIN specimens (10 of 22) had elevated survivin immunoscores (P < 0.0001).
Although representing a relative small cohort, attempts were made to correlate expression of IAP family proteins with clinical outcome using the results obtained for the 64 early-stage patients. To dichotomize data into higher versus lower expression categories, the median immunoscore result for each IAP family protein tested was used to split the data set, thus comparing RFS (PSA relapse) for the patients with immnoscores above versus below the median value. Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank tests demonstrated a trend of patients with higher cIAP1 and higher cIAP2 to relapse with greater frequency during the follow-up period (median follow-up, 5.5 years), but the results did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.06 for cIAP1 and cIAP2; Fig. 4⇓ ; Table 2⇓ ). In contrast, higher levels of XIAP were unexpectedly associated with longer RFS (P = 0.0001). Survivin immunostaining data were not correlated with RFS (Fig. 4)⇓ .
Correlations of biomarker immunostaining data with RFS for stage T2 prostate cancer patients. The log-rank test was used for correlation of immunoscore data with patient survival. Kaplan-Meier curves illustrate correlations of the investigated biomarkers with RFS for this cohort of patients. RFS curves for patients expressing high levels of markers are denoted in black symbols. White symbols indicate patients whose tumors contain lower protein levels, using the median immunoscore for dichotomizing data. Median immunoscores were 160 for cIAP1, 225 for cIAP2, 60 for XIAP, and 100 for survivin.
Comparison of IAP expression data with RFS in stage T2 prostate cancer patients
IAP immunostaining data were dichotomized using the median immunoscore for segregating patients into high versus low expression categories (cutpoint indicated). Data represent the proportion of patients (percentage in parentheses) with low versus high expression remaining relapse free after median follow-up of 66 months. Significance (P) was calculated based on a log-rank test.
Immunostaining data did not correlate with Gleason scores or PSA nadir for all IAPs tested (data not shown). However, low levels of XIAP protein were associated with higher pretreatment PSA (mean, 26.4 ng/ml; Hybritech assay) compared with tumors containing higher XIAP (mean PSA, 11.7 ng/ml; P = 0.009), which may be related to the unexpected association of higher XIAP with longer RFS. Gleason grade also was significantly correlated with RFS (P = 0.01) in this patient cohort. When stepwise multivariate analyses were conducted using a Cox proportional hazards regression model (variables included cIAP1, cIAP2, XIAP, survivin, Gleason score, and pretreatment PSA), the factors that remained predictive of relapse in this cohort were high cIAP1 immunoscore (HR, 3.8; 95% CI, 1.16–12.53; P = 0.03), lower XIAP (HR, 0.06; 95% CI, 0.01–0.31; P = 0.0007), and high Gleason score [HR, 2.8; 95% CI, 1.1–7.25; P = 0.03 (see supplemental data)].
Analysis of IAPs in a Mouse Transgenic Model of Prostate Cancer.
The SV40 T-antigen TRAMP closely resembles the progression of human prostate cancer (28) .
Histological analysis of prostate tissue from TRAMP transgenic mice revealed age-dependent appearance of PIN and invasive cancer, with 73% of male mice developing multifocal PIN (22 of 30, 73%), and approximately half of mice developing invasive cancer [also often multifocal (12 of 30, 40%) by 28 weeks of age (Table 3)⇓ . In contrast, only 1 of 10 control littermates developed PIN, and no prostate cancers were detected in nontransgenic mice.
Summary of histopathology for prostate tissue from TRAMP mice
Summary of H&E histology. The prostate glands of a total of 44 TRAMP male mice and 10 age-matched control mice were investigated by H&E histology. The numbers of animals developing PIN or invasive cancer are indicated at various ages. PIN and cancer lesions were multifocal in nearly all animals in which transformation of prostate epithelium was found.
We then explored the expression of IAP family proteins in the prostates of male transgenic and aged-matched littermate control mice, using immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting methods (Fig. 5, A–Q⇓ ; see supplemental data). Although barely expressed in the normal prostatic epithelium, high levels of MIAP-1 and MIAP-2 immunostaining (assessed using antibodies raised against human cIAP2 and cIAP1), respectively, were found in transformed prostatic epithelium of SV40 large T-antigen transgenic mice (Fig. 5, A, B, and E–G⇓ ; summarized in Tables 3⇓ and 4⇓ ). In some animals, overexpression of these IAP family proteins was evident in carcinoma in situ (PIN), in addition to invasive adenocarcinomas (Fig. 5, B, D, G, and H⇓ ; Table 4⇓ ). Similarly, survivin/MIAP-4 immunostaining was not detected in normal prostate epithelium but was found in PIN and in many invasive cancers (Fig. 5, J–L)⇓ . Interestingly, whereas most normal cells were immunonegative for survivin, positive immunostaining was found in occasional nontransformed prostatic epithelial cells of both TRAMP and normal mice, associated with chromosomes or mitotic structures in cells apparently undergoing division. In contrast, intense survivin immunoreactivity was found in interphase nuclei and in the cytosol of most transformed cells within PIN lesion and invasive cancers in TRAMP mice. Heterogeneity in the percentage of transformed cells expressing survivin, however, resulted in some cases scoring as negative, where at least 50% immunopositivity was set as the threshold (see legend of Table 4⇓ for details). The intensity of XIAP/MIAP-3 immunostaining also increased during malignant transformation (Fig. 5, N–Q)⇓ , although more aggressive tumors that had infiltrated seminal vesicles rarely contained high levels of this protein. The specificity of these immunostaining results was confirmed by control stainings performed using either preimmune serum or immune antisera that had been preabsorbed with the relevant immunogens (Fig. 5⇓ , C, F, I, M, and O).
Examples of immunohistochemistry data for IAPs in the TRAMP model. To characterize the expression of cIAP1, cIAP2, XIAP, and survivin in TRAMP mice, paraffin sections from male urogenital system were immunostained. Immunodetection of specific reactions was accomplished by a DAB-based colorimetric method (brown), and the sections were either not counterstained or counterstained with methyl green or hematoxylin (blue). Expression of cIAP1/MIAP-2 protein (A, B, and D) is demonstrated in the transformed prostatic epithelium. PIN lesions are indicated by arrows in A and B (×10 and ×80, respectively). Note elevated immunostaining in invasive adenocarcinoma (D, ×200). Elevated cIAP2/MIAP-1 levels are shown during progression of malignant transformation of the prostate gland in E–I [E (×200), normal prostatic epithelium (arrow) and PIN (brown); G (×400), PIN; H (×150), invasive cancer]. Survivin/MIAP-4 expression data are shown in J–L. Survivin immunostaining of prostate tissue of TRAMP mice reveals marked increase in immunointensity in PIN compared with nontransformed prostatic epithelium (J and K; arrow). Immuno- staining of invasive cancer with anti-survivin antibody (L) or with preimmune serum (M) is also shown, revealing intense survivin immunoreactivity in nuclei and cytosol of tumor cells and confirming specificity of the immunostaining, respectively. N–Q show XIAP/MIAP-3 staining results. Elevated XIAP levels were observed in PIN (N, ×80; P, ×200) and invasive cancer (Q, ×250), whereas normal prostatic epithelium contained barely detectable XIAP/MIAP-3 immunostaining (N, ×80; P, ×200; arrows). The specificity of the immunostaining results was confirmed by control stainings performed using either preimmune serum or immune antisera that had been preabsorbed with the relevant immunogens [C (×80), preabsorbed MIAP-2; F (×200), preabsorbed MIAP-1; I (×150), preimmune serum; M (×250), preabsorbed survivin/MIAP-4; O (×80), preabsorbed XIAP/MIAP-3].
Summary of IAP expression data for prostate tissue from TRAMP mice
Summary of immunohistochemical results of IAP family protein expression in prostate tissue of TRAMP mice. Prostate tissue from male TRAMP mice and age-matched littermate control animals was analyzed by immunohistochemistry using antibodies specific for cIAP1/MIAP-2, cIAP2/MIAP-1, XIAP/MIAP-3, or survivin/MIAP-4. Positive immunostaining was defined as intensity equal or stronger than that observed in NPE, which was present in more than 50% of cells. A total of 164 transformed foci were found in TRAMP mice compared with only 3 in age-matched control mice. The proportion of foci of transformed tissue exhibiting immunopositivity is indicated in the table for both PIN and invasive cancer (CA).
Immunoblot analysis at least partially corroborated these findings. Expression of M IAP-1 (orthologue of human cIAP2), MIAP-2 (orthologue of human cIAP1), and XIAP/MIAP-3 was detected in every tumor specimen evaluated (n = 8; data not shown). Elevated levels of MIAP-2 protein (compared with normal prostate tissue) were readily documented by immunoblotting for all tumor specimens evaluated. Cancer-associated increases in MIAP-1, XIAP/MIAP-3, and survivin/MIAP-4 were more heterogeneous, as measured by comparisons of normal and tumor tissue by immunoblotting, possibly because of admixture of normal and malignant cells. Nevertheless, at least half the tumor specimens analyzed contained elevated levels of MIAP-1, XIAP/MIAP-3, and survivin/MIAP-4, as determined by immunoblotting. Thus, we conclude that tumor-associated overexpression of several IAP family proteins occurs during prostate cancer development in TRAMP mice.
In the normal prostate, tissue homeostasis is achieved by matching the 1–2% daily rate of cell proliferation with an equal rate of cell death (29) . Deregulation of apoptosis contributes to tumor initiation, progression to the androgen-insensitive state, and metastasis. IAP family proteins represent critical regulators of apoptosis that serve as endogenous inhibitors of caspase family cell death proteases (3) . Our immunohistochemical analysis demonstrates for the first time that alterations in the expression of several IAP family proteins (cIAP1, cIAP2, XIAP, and survivin) occur commonly and often simultaneously in prostate cancers.
Previously, survivin was reported to be aberrantly overexpressed in most cancers, including prostate, lung, colon, breast, pancreatic, and gastric cancer and others (reviewed in Ref. 11 ). However, little is known about the expression of other members of the IAP family in cancers. Expression of cIAP1, cIAP2, XIAP, survivin, and NAIP has been examined in the National Cancer Institute collection of 60 human tumor cell lines, revealing widespread expression of cIAP1, XIAP, and survivin in these tumor lines of diverse tissue origins and demonstrating cIAP2 expression primarily in lymphoid malignancies (15) . Importantly, these studies also demonstrated poor correlation of cIAP1, cIAP2, and XIAP protein levels with mRNA levels, consistent with emerging knowledge that expression of many IAPs is regulated predominantly at the level of protein stability (15) . Higher levels of XIAP protein have been correlated with shorter remission duration after chemotherapy and shorter survival in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (15) . The IAP family member ILP-2 (livin, ML-IAP, KIAP) reportedly is overexpressed in melanoma (14) .
Thus, when combined with these prior reports, our data provide additional evidence that pathological elevations in the expression of antiapoptotic IAP family proteins represent a common event in many types of cancer. Not only were elevations in IAP family proteins seen in archival human prostate cancer specimens, but we also observed increases in the levels of cIAP1/MIAP-2, cIAP2/MIAP-1, XIAP/MIAP-3, and survivin/MIAP-4 during disease progression in a transgenic mouse model of prostate cancer. Up-regulation of IAP expression concomitant with the emergence of PIN implicates a role of these proteins in the early stages of the pathogenesis of prostate cancer and emphasizes the utility of TRAMP for identifying molecular changes in early disease. This finding suggests that overexpression of IAP family proteins is a general concomitant of transformation of prostate epithelium and reinforces the idea that multiple IAP family members become dysregulated in their expression during the pathogenesis of malignancy in the prostate gland. It remains to be seen whether the simultaneous overexpression of several IAP family proteins reflects a commonality in the mechanisms controlling the levels of IAP family proteins in cells versus the possibility that multiple independent signaling pathways that control individual IAP family members become simultaneously deregulated in these neoplasms.
Based on the data provided here, we cannot conclude whether differences in the expression of one or more IAP family proteins (individually or in combination) are of prognostic significance for men with prostate cancer. In the tissue microarray data set, higher cIAP2 levels were associated with larger tumor size (T stage), hormone-refractory disease, and metastatic disease, but these patients were heterogenous with respect to Gleason grade, pretreatment PSA, and therapy. In the small cohort of early-stage patients treated uniformly with external beam radiation, higher cIAP2 correlated in multivariate analysis with shorter RFS. In contrast, higher XIAP was unexpectedly associated with longer RFS in this small cohort, based on both univariate and multivariate analyses. The association of higher cIAP1 and cIAP2 levels with more aggressive disease is consistent with the documented function of these antiapoptotic proteins as suppressors of caspases (20) . As for XIAP, whereas this protein is a potent caspase inhibitor and suppressor of apoptosis (3) , XIAP has also recently been reported to inhibit cell proliferation by down-regulating levels of cyclins A and D1 and inducing expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors p21/Waf1 and p27/Kip1 (30) . Thus, XIAP may provide a selective survival advantage while simultaneously impairing division of cancer cells. Other explanations for the paradoxical association of XIAP with the shorter RFS could be related to expression in the same tumors of endogenous antagonist proteins (which were not measured here), such as SMAC, XAF1, and the serine protease Omi/HtrA2, which can negate apoptosis suppression by XIAP (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) .
The functional importance of IAPs in cancer is beginning to be clarified. Involvement of IAP family proteins in tumor resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs and other apoptotic agents has been demonstrated by use of antisense techniques, helping to validate certain IAPs as potential drug targets for cancer (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42) . Also, heptameric peptides from the NH2 terminus of the IAP antagonist protein SMAC have also been applied to reverse caspase inhibition by IAPs in vitro (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49) and to overcome IAP-mediated suppression of apoptosis in leukemia cell lines (45) , suggesting a strategy for cancer therapy. Furthermore, a recent observation that cytochrome c microinjection fails to induce apoptosis in prostate cancer LNCaP cells without SMAC also implies a crucial role for proteins of the IAPs in this organ (48) .
Given emerging data suggesting an important role for IAP family proteins in sustaining tumor cell survival and suppressing apoptosis induced by anticancer drugs (38, 39, 40, 41, 42 , 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50) , our results demonstrating that overexpression of several IAP family proteins occurs frequently in prostate cancers in humans and transgenic mice provide further validation of IAPs as potential drug discovery targets for the improved treatment of prostate cancer. The observation that more than one IAP family member is often overexpressed simultaneously in prostate cancers, however, raises the possibility that effective strategies will require IAP antagonists that are capable of inhibiting multiple members of this family of apoptosis-suppressing proteins.
We thank Judie Valois for manuscript preparation.
Supplementary data for this article are available at Clinical Cancer Research Online (http://clincancerres.aacrjournal.org).
↵1 Both authors contributed equally to this work.
↵2 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at The Burnham Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. Phone: (858) 646-3140; Fax: (858) 646-3194; E-mail: jreed{at}burnham.org
↵3 The abbreviations used are: IAP, inhibitor of apoptosis; PIN, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; XIAP, X chromosome-linked IAP; cIAP, cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein; NAIP, neuronal apoptotic inhibitory protein; TRAMP, transgenic mouse model of prostate cancer; BPH, benign prostatic hyperplasia; DAB, 3,3′-diaminobenzidine; HRP, horseradish peroxidase; NPE, nonmalignant prostate epithelium; RFS, relapse-free survival; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; TAKI, TGFB-activated kinase.
↵4 Antisera are available from Biocarta, Inc. (www.biocarta.com) and Science Reagents, Inc. (www.sciencereagents.com).
Received July 1, 2002.
Revision received May 7, 2003.
Accepted May 7, 2003.
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DURHAM, N.C.—When Peter Larsen, senior research scientist at Duke University, heard a presentation by Duke Lemur Center veterinarian Cathy Williams, who was performing physical exams on lemurs in the rainforests surrounding a mine site in eastern Madagascar to help monitor the impacts of such activities on lemur health, he wanted to help her by using genomic technology. What developed was a minimally invasive method that could potentially determine whether unknown vectors were carrying disease from species to species, even from animals to humans.
The Duke Lemur Center was engaging in a collaboration with a nickel mining company (Ambatovy Minerals S.A.) in Madagascar to preserve the lemur population, according to Anne Yoder, director of the Duke Lemur Center and co-author of “Blood Transcriptomes Reveal Novel Parasitic Zoonoses Circulating in Madagascar’s Lemurs,” which appeared in Biology Letters, Jan. 27, 2016.
According to the article, “Zoonotic diseases are a looming threat to global populations, and nearly 75 percent of emerging infectious diseases can spread among wildlife, domestic animals and humans. A ‘one world, one health’ perspective offers us an ideal framework for understanding and potentially mitigating the spread of zoonoses, and the island of Madagascar serves as a natural laboratory for conducting these studies. Rapid habitat degradation and climate change on the island are contributing to more frequent contact among humans, livestock and wildlife, increasing the potential for pathogen spillover events.”
Larsen, the lead author of the study, designed a test to find pathogens in any organism without having information up front. The researchers used a technique called whole-transcriptome sequencing to screen for blood-borne diseases in wild lemurs, distant primate cousins to humans. The animals were found to carry several strains or species of parasites similar to those that cause Lyme disease and other infections in humans.
This is the first time these parasites have been reported in lemurs or in Madagascar, the only place on earth where lemurs live in the wild outside of zoos and sanctuaries, according to the researchers. Larsen believes that they probably came to Madagascar, which is geographically isolated, by way of imported cattle.
The researchers believe that their approach could lead to earlier, more accurate detection of future outbreaks of zoonotic diseases that move between animals and people. Many emerging infectious diseases that affect humans, including recent outbreaks of SARS, Ebola and bird flu, are zoonotic. In other words, they can spread among wildlife, domestic animals and humans. According to Yoder, “We can detect pathogens we might not expect and be better prepared to deal with them in any species.”
As Larsen explained, “Leveraging powerful genomic technologies for discovery, we can design an inexpensive method to screen various species all over the world. There may be a complex association of pathogens in domesticated species and humans, with pathogens moving from host to host.”
While standard diagnostic tests look for known pathogens, new or unexpected diseases can go undetected. Using phylogenetics, researchers can postulate pathogens that come from elsewhere in any organism without prior knowledge.
Larsen’s team analyzed 150 blood samples from six lemurs in two species, and found more than just lemur RNA in the animals’ blood. Using computer algorithms that compared the genetic material to sequences already catalogued in existing databases, they discovered several new types of parasites that had never been reported in lemurs. Changing ecological issues can spread disease from one species to another or one place to another, so the team wants to know whether the same pathogens are circulating in domesticated species and people.
The next step, according to Larsen, is to assemble a team at Duke and North Carolina State University to “get a better understanding of what is being impacted.” Wildlife experts and veterinarians are in place, and the team is identifying clinicians “to do things differently with human samples.”
Larsen concluded, “Tick-borne pathogens are still being discovered. Our method will accelerate discovery and therapeutics. Taking a ‘one world, one health’ approach, we can screen, confirm what was reported, develop rapid diagnostics that screen for a larger variety of pathogens and improve the health of a variety of populations.”
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Post subject: Re: EGB Spin-Off: The Riveras
PostPosted: July 3rd, 2019, 9:46 am
Thank you as always for the comments.
Fritz wrote:
Interesting reveal that Emilia provided Oscar and Kevin's egg. As Oscar's half-sister, that does mean that Oscar's child will have some biological relation to him. Jessica's a lot closer, but that may have been the problem.
Besides all the other interesting aspects of this, it's one of those things in the spot-the-difference game that one can play with this stuff: I can't see GBOT Emilia doing anything like this. She's more of a villain, really, and a bit of a homophobic one at that!
Jamie's new love interest is trans. Handled well as far as I can see.
I hope so! I've worried about it a little bit since reading a book review or two in which people (younger and more enlightened than I am) complain (if that's the right word! ) about the representation of LGBTQ+ characters, but I don't suppose any of them are going to read this! Personally, I think it's okay to present this information as a revelation to Carl, as it's important to his characterisation. A canny reader might have already worked it out from Part 1 anyway, and the particularly eagle-eyed might even see it in Isabel's Character Index picture, wherein her biological gender can be discerned...
Carl's reaction to Isabella...well, twenty years earlier it would have been a lot worse. He's trying, but I don't think that instinctive first "ungh" reaction to things not being exactly like he thinks they "should" be will ever go away. It's not optimum, but it's in character. Delightfully ironic that he's the old stick in the mud in the middle of a very sexually diverse family, all told.
Another thing that worried me (I do seem to worry these days!) was whether I was giving Carl what Jake calls a 'reset button' (hello, Dana Scully!), but I think that one was in fact completely unfounded. This whole story really shows how Carl has changed and what he's had to overcome, some of which - as you say, Fritz - is inevitably still there.
Rose and the girlie mags: what this is hinting at is not a surprise based on the GBOT version of the character, who marries a woman in 2027.
Yep, no difference in terms of what Rose is into (nor Conchita, come to that), but she is discovering things differently and sooner than she did in GBOT. Truth to tell, I probably wouldn't have bothered referencing this if I'd known I was going to have more ideas to write up (ooh, mysterious hints... ), but it fits in quite well thematically with this story so I guess it's okay.
The mention of someone named "John" got my attention, of course, but unless it ends up being important to the story, no need to go into more.
Jake already said it: the story will neither confirm nor deny exactly who John is (it's a suitably common name, after all ). Personally, I like to think this does refer to John Spengler, but I also want to leave it ambiguous for readers who are thoroughbred EGB fans and not familiar with the GBOT (at least one or two do exist - I've had messages to prove it... honest!).
This story will be concluded on my birthday, July 19th, and very fascinating it will be too.
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Summer Special: As Children Grow - Part 3, by me, with additional material by Jake.
Relationships are tested as events finally come to a head. Rose fights her demons, Conchita takes a chance, and Carl and James come to understand each other more fully.
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10 Facts About Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
By EFacts September 20, 2015
Mozart was one of the greatest composers of the classical period. Here are some interesting facts about him.
Mozart could write music before he could write words.
Mozart wrote half the number of total symphonies he would create between the ages of 8 and 19.
Mozart could listen to music just once and then write it down from memory without any mistakes.
Mozart traveled extensively. He spent 14 of his 36 years away from home.
The “Mozart Effect” is the belief that listening to Mozart’s music can improve a person’s IQ.
No one is sure where Mozart’s body is. He was buried according to the custom of the time in a simple grave. He had no graveside ceremony or even a grave marker.
When Mozart died, his wife Constanze was so upset that she crawled into bed with her dead husband so she could catch his illness and die with him.
Mozart’s wife destroyed many of his sketches and drafts after his death.
In April 1787, Beethoven, then aged 16, arrived in Vienna to get two weeks worth of musical lessons from Mozart.
Unlike most other composers, Mozart composed in all major genres and excelled at every one: sonatas, concertos, symphonies, operas, choral music and chamber music.
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Reviews for Echo:
Mutso’s cerebral yet highly physical piece fused aerial finesse, powerful emotions and clever, unexpected movement, heralding her arrival as a choreographic force to be reckoned with. /Kelly Apter 'The Scotsman'/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/17232185.dance-review-estonia-now-estonian-national-ballet-at-the-tramway-glasgow/
https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre/dance-review-estonian-national-ballet-tramway-glasgow-1-4831775
Reviews for Unknown:
Eve Mutso’s Unknown is arguably the pick of the four routines. Her premiere piece of choreography since leaving Scottish Ballet is both beautiful and ominous.She’s confined in a cuboid structure, which seems symbolic of not wanting to be limited, perhaps. Merlin Bonning ‘s eerie soundscape seems entirely apposite for the sci-fi feel of the routine.She flexes in her space, an alien goddess in evening gown, crouching with spindly hands protecting her face. It is as though she is insulating herself against a hostile environment, but ultimately she breaks free. Here, the structure lights up, as does the statuesque, now upright and high-kicking Mutso. She is, to paraphrase, the woman who fell to earth. /Lorna Irvine 'The Tempohouse'/
http://thetempohouse.wordpress.com/2016/06/07/review-bloom-tramway-glasgow/
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14537441.Dance_Review__Bloom_at_Tramway_Glasgow/
http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/84008-unknown-and-liminal/
http://www.tvbomb.co.uk/review/unknown-liminal/
http://one4review.co.uk/2016/08/unknown-liminal-eve-mutso-liadain-herriot-5/#.V9GyHZgrJhF
Reviews for Ink of Innocence:
Mutso’s Ink of Innocence, to music by Sigur Ros, has a poetry of movement as well as of intention. A white-clad Sophie Laplane becomes immersed in a liquid swirl of ink-black bodies and yet, even as she engages in a striking duet with Daniel Kirspuu (Estonian National Ballet), or gets caught up in metaphoric coils of rope, she retains her own strengths and purity of line. There’s real clarity of ideas here, deftly conveyed through the visual patternings, contrasting costuming and dramatic tensions within the music. /Mary Brennan 'The Herald'/
http://m.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/13586456.display/
http://www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/edinburgh-fringe/theatre/dance-base-review
Reviews for elEven:
With poise, power and great suppleness, we marvel at her control, rising seemingly effortlessly onto pointe. But in the background there is a soundtrack of joints creaking, breathing and heartbeats, showing the effort and strain necessary to achieve the beauty we too often take for granted. At the end of this section, we see signs of worry, perhaps the thought, “How much longer can I do this?” Eventually Mutso slowly removes her pointe shoes and dances with greater freedom incorporating contemporary steps and floor rolls. She is joined by Daniel Kirspuu, perhaps as an alter ego, symbolising her concerns with the uncertainties of this new direction, until she is finally solo again, more confident in her new role.
On the strength of this performance, Mutso has little need for concern about either her performance standards or her ability to command attention through her choreography. /Stewart Sweeney 'Criticaldance'/
http://criticaldance.org/june-round-tallinn/
http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/13174957.Fringe_Dance__Reviews/
http://dancetabs.com/2014/08/vtdance-scottish-ballet-dance-artists-iwitness-special-edition-edinburgh/
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NSF, Salafist Nour and Strong Egypt to find exit for national crisis
A meeting within days of three major political groupings will attempt to chart a path out of Egypt's national crisis that group sources say is underestimated by the ruling regime
Dina Ezzat, Saturday 16 Feb 2013
(L) to (R) : Abdel Moneim Abu El-Fotouh of Strong Egypt Party , Hamdeen Sabbahi of the Popular Current and Nour salafist party spokesman Nader Bakkar (Photo: Ahram Online)
President Morsi consults with former presidential runner Nour
NSF and Nour Party agree Qandil cabinet must go
Salafist Nour Party meets with Egypt's NSF in closed-door talks
Brotherhood to join anti-violence Friday; Salafist Nour Party refrains
Liberals, Salafists, politicians condemn death threats against NSF leaders
Opposition sources have told Ahram Online that preparations are underway for a meeting that should take place this week — within two days according to two sources — to bring together the leadership of Strong Egypt Party, the National Salvation Front (NSF) and the Salafist El-Nour Party.
The meeting, essentially proposed by the Strong Egypt Party, aims to find a political and economic exit out of the current impasse facing the country. Sources from the three opposition parties/groups say there is a general sense of unease about the assessment of the president and the majority Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, about the depth and breadth of the economic crisis and the many layers of attendant political woes.
"The Brotherhood are convinced that they are faced with no serious opposition and that the anger of the crowds that take to the streets is only a function of conspiracies that we orchestrate against them," said a source at the NSF. She added: "This is very disturbing, because if they cannot see the problem then it is very hard to expect them to resolve it."
A source from El-Nour Party argued that the worst part of the problem is "the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood insist that they can handle the economic problem without resorting to serious economic experts."
For his part, a source at the Strong Egypt Party said "The fact of the matter is that the presidency is convinced that things will work themselves out if the opposition leadership stops what the Brotherhood qualifies as 'instigation.' This is not true; there is a serious problem and it needs to be addressed."
The NSF, El-Nour and Strong Egypt meeting would draft a comprehensive plan to end the political and economic impasse. The first step of this plan is to introduce a new government that would be headed with an independent and reputable economist who would select his own economic team upon strict professional merit, but in consultation with the FJP. The rest of the government would be nominated by the FJP, El-Nour, the NSF and Strong Egypt Party proportionately.
The list of nominees to head the government, according to sources, include Mohamed El-Erian, a reputable Egyptian-American economist who is said to have declined an offer that had recently been made to him to head the government, Farouk El-Oqda, the recently retired governor of the Central Bank of Egypt, Hazem Beblawi, a former minister of finance during the transitional phase and an economist, and economist Ziyad Bahaeddine who had headed the Egyptian Stock Exchange.
In addition to assigning a team of economic technocrats and a national unity government, the roadmap to be proposed by the key three political groupings would include replacing the prosecutor-general appointed amid controversy by the president with another to be assigned by the Supreme Council of Judges.
Other items on the agenda of the proposed meeting include the assignment of a trusted and diverse committee of constitutional experts to examine ways to address opposition reservations to the newly ratified constitution.
Meanwhile, sources from El-Nour Party said that they are still consulting with the president over an initiative tabled earlier to contain the crisis but that was not given enough attention from the president and the FJP.
President Mohamed Morsi is said by opposition and presidential sources alike to not be in favour of sacking Prime Minister Hesham Qandil whose performances has occasioned much criticism. The president would rather, the same sources say, reshuffle the government to allow for the introduction of some El-Nour Party members and a few liberal faces that have shown willingness to accommodate Qandil and the presidency through rounds of national dialogue sessions shrugged off by the NSF and to a large extent by the Strong Egypt Party.
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Come on Folks
Look everybody polarization will destroy egypt i mean we are all the sons of egypt and our love for our motherland means that we should all make compromises by meeting at the middle which is a civil state with an islamic reference - basically sharia will be one of the sources of law and will be applied into fields that are not contentious, also a proportional electoral system and a french style semi presidential system shall do wonders for the nation Peace, Unity, Dignity and Love People
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what they need to do next...
This is a fine start, but it isn't the whole answer. The coalition needs to plan how best to maximize their strength in the upcoming election by recruiting members to go to every village and talk to everyone they can about what they propose and to contrast their ideas to the promises the current government had made and failed to keep. Mass demonstrations aren't enough. They need to have face-to-face conversations with as many ordinary Egyptians as possible. I think we can trust the average man and woman to vote the best way for democracy and their own interests, if someone honestly and clearly explains the issues to them.
is that why morsi is meeting A. Nour? that guy will solve any problem?
mohammed moiduddin
Comprimise finally
This is the right step for Egypt. Everyone needs to sacrifice their own agendas for the sake of the country. No one can get everything. Everyone has the right to be heard and participate, but boycotting, protesting, is not the way anymore. We need to work hard.
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President Rousseff’s Decades-Old Torture Detailed
Her nom de guerre was Estela. Part of a shadowy urban guerrilla group at the time of her capture in 1970, she spent three years behind bars, where interrogators repeatedly tortured her with electric shocks to her feet and ears, and forced her into the pau de arara, or parrot’s perch, in which victims are suspended upside down naked, from a stick, with bound wrists and ankles.
That former guerrilla is now Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff. As a truth commission begins examining the military’s crackdown on the population during a dictatorship that lasted two decades, Brazilians are riveted by chilling details emerging about the painful pasts of both their country and their president.
Tussen Stasies (ft. Die Heuwels Fantasties)
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Stephen Fry on American Prisons Facts
Stephen Fry on American Prisons, from the TV show QI.
Umshini Wam
Directed by Harmony Korine, 2011. Starring Ninja and Yo Landi, Die Antwoord. Also see watkykjy.co.za
Christopher Hitchens on Islam
Mitchell and Webb
“Trespassing” on Australian Civil Liberties
Following the police crack down on a BDS protest in Australia last year, a court has found pro-Palestinian activists innocent of a series of charges laid against them, including “trespass in a public place.”
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The Murder of Mary Magdalene: Genocide of the Holy Bloodline
Was Mary Magdalene murdered? Did the Catholic Church conspire to eradicate the Holy Bloodline from existence?
To some Mary Magdalene was the wife or consort of Jesus Christ. The infamous Da Vinci Code has firmly placed this idea into the popular arena along with the idea of a Holy Bloodline descended from Jesus and Mary.
In this unique film we journey to places never before researched in connection with this story. We venture into the heart of ancient Lincoln, England, and uncover a tale so mysterious, so at odds with the accepted norm, that we are forced to question everything we previously held to be true. We track down unknown texts, journey on a treasure hunt across Lincoln county and discover the final resting place of Mary Magdalene herself.
Illuminati exposed at the U.S. Senate
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Blacks can only go to heaven as slaves to their white masters
Statements about race in the Book of Mormon:
the Book of Mormon teaches that African Americans are inferior and loathsome, -- uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly deprived of nearly all the blessings of the intelligence that is generally bestowed upon mankind it does state that they may eventually be saved. However, even in Heaven, they will be servants to others
in 2 Nephi 30:6, the the Book of Mormon as originally translated by Joseph Smith said that if Lamanites accepted the true gospel,
3 Nephi 2:15 reads:
"And their curse was taken from them, and their skin became white like unto the Nephites
"...their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a white and a delightsome people."
Ham is described in Genesis 9 as a son of Noah who had seen his father naked. Ham himself was not punished. But Ham's son, Canaan, was cursed.
Genesis 9:25-27:
Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers. He also said, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japeth live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave'."
This became known as the Curse of Ham.
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Millions of Brits were in germ war tests
The UK Ministry of Defence turned large parts of the country into a giant laboratory to conduct a series of secret germ warfare tests on the public. A government report just released provides for the first time a comprehensive official history of Britain's biological weapons trials between 1940 and 1979.
Many of these tests involved releasing potentially dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms over vast swaths of the population without the public being told. While details of some secret trials have emerged in recent years, the 60-page report reveals new information about more than 100 covert experiments. The report reveals that military personnel were briefed to tell any 'inquisitive inquirer' the trials were part of research projects into weather and air pollution.
The tests, carried out by government scientists at Porton Down, were designed to help the MoD assess Britain's vulnerability if the Russians were to have released clouds of deadly germs over the country. In most cases, the trials did not use biological weapons but alternatives which scientists believed would mimic germ warfare and which the MoD claimed were harmless. But families in certain areas of the country who have children with birth defects are demanding a public inquiry.
One chapter of the report, 'The Fluorescent Particle Trials', reveals how between 1955 and 1963 planes flew from north-east England to the tip of Cornwall along the south and west coasts, dropping huge amounts of zinc cadmium sulphide on the population. The chemical drifted miles inland, its fluorescence allowing the spread to be monitored. In another trial using zinc cadmium sulphide, a generator was towed along a road near Frome in Somerset where it spewed the chemical for an hour.
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Why I'm Not a Christian
Bertrand Russell 1872-1970
British philosopher, logican, mathematician, historian, and social critic.
High radiation detected in fish off Fukushima
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says it has detected radiation 380 times the government safety limit in a fish caught off Fukushima Prefecture.
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Civilian Deaths from US Drone Attacks Much Higher than Reported
New investigative work shows that civilian deaths in Pakistan, including from second wave attacks, higher than Pentagon reports.
US Doctors Using Dangerous Steroids On Fetuses In Experiment To Reduce Lesbianism, Tomboyism, Intersexuality
U.S. doctors have injected at least a thousand pregnant women with hazardous, non-FDA-approved synthetic steroids (without warning them of the risks) in a bizarre experimental effort to reduce future “tomboyism, lesbianism and bisexuality” in fetuses that may be genetically prone to those traits. The Northwestern University News Center unravels the disturbing medical news:
A new paper just published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry uses extensive Freedom of Information Act findings to detail an extremely troubling off-label medical intervention employed in the U.S. on pregnant women to intentionally engineer the development of their fetuses for sex normalization purposes.
Pussy Riot release new single - Putin Lights Up the Fires
Pussy Riot have released a new single called "Putin Lights Up the Fires".
This state may be stronger than time in jail.
The more arrests, the happier it is.
Every arrest is carried out with love for the sexist
Who botoxed his cheeks and pumped his chest and abs.
But you can't nail us in the coffin.
Throw off the yoke of former KGB!
Putin is lighting the fires of revolution
He's bored and scared of sharing silence with the people
With every execution: the stench of rotten ash
With every long sentence: a wet dream
The country is going,
the country is going into the streets boldly
the country is going to bid farewell to the regime
the country is going, like a feminist wedge
And Putin is going,
Putin is going to say goodbye like a sheep
Arrest the whole city for May 6th
Seven years isn't enough, give us 18!
Forbid us to scream, walk and curse!
Go and marry Father Lukashenko
Ecuador's Correa Calls UK's Plan to Arrest Assange 'Suicide'
The Ecuadorian president said British embassies around the world would be at risk if the UK entered Ecuador's embassy to arrest Julian Assange.
Can nasal spray help prevent U.S. military suicides?
Could the solution to increasing suicide and depression rates among members of the U.S. military lie in a nasal spray? The Army hopes so.
In the midst of a crisis that saw its highest rate of suicide in July, the Army has greenlighted a grant for Dr. Michael Kubek, an Indiana University of Medicine professor, to dig deeper into whether a nasal spray could be a safe and effective way to administer a specific antidepressive neurochemical to the brain and help calm suicidal thoughts.
The Army counted 38 confirmed or suspected suicides in July, a tally that took into account both active- and non-active-duty members of the Army National Guard or Reserve. Three of those active-duty soldiers were deployed at the time of their deaths. Before July, the highest monthly level suicide rate for soldiers was 33 in June 2010 and July 2011, according to statistics released by the Army.
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Israel deports Sudanese asylum seekers as South Sudanese nationals
Sudanese citizens seeking asylum in Israel are being issued with South Sudanese documents in order to deport them, according to a report published on Saturday.
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that “the breach of our borders by infiltrators could threaten the Jewish and democratic state […] we will begin by removing the infiltrators from South Sudan and move on to others.”Also, Israel’s interior minister, Eli Yishai, has said “Muslims that arrive here do not even believe that this country belongs to us, to the white man.”
Amid violent, 1,00-strong anti-immigrant protests in May in which African residents were attacked, Miri Regev, a legislator and member of Knesset (the legislative arm of the Israeli government), said that Sudanese refugees are a “cancer in our body.”
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Pakistani girl (11) accused of Qur'an burning could face death penalty
An 11-year-old Christian Pakistani girl could face the death penalty under the country's notorious blasphemy laws, after she was accused by her neighbours of deliberately burning sacred Islamic texts. Rifta Masih was arrested on Thursday, after complaints against her prompted angry demonstrations. Asif Ali Zardari, the president, has ordered the interior ministry to investigate the case.
As communal tensions continued to rise, about 900 Christians living on the outskirts of Islamabad have been ordered to leave a neighbourhood where they have lived for almost two decades.
Relations between the communities had been simmering for months after complaints were made about the noise coming from three churches in the area during religious services. Two of the landlords who owned the buildings had already ordered an end to worship and some services were forcibly broken up. But there was no indication that all the Christians would be forced out so suddenly until Rifta was accused of the provocative act of burning the sacred words of Islam.
No pregnancy from 'legitimate rape'
If there is something everyone can agree on, it would seem that the idea that rape can result in unwanted pregnancy would be right up there at the top of the list.
Not so in Missouri, where the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Rep. Todd Akin, a tea party candidate, on Sunday advanced the theory that the female reproductive system shuts down when a woman is being raped, thus preventing conception.
"It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that's really rare,” Akin said, referring to conception following a rape. "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child."
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Why in the World are They Spraying?
People around the world are noticing that our planet's weather is dramatically changing. They are also beginning to notice the long lingering trails left behind airplanes that have lead millions to accept the reality of chemtrail/geoengineering programs. Could there be a connection between the trails and our severe weather? While there are many agendas associated with these damaging programs, evidence is now abundant which proves that geoengineering can be used to control weather. In this documentary you will learn how the aerosols being sprayed into our sky are used in conjunction with other technologies to control our weather. While geoengineers maintain that their models are only for the mitigation of global warming, it is now clear that they can be used as a way to consolidate an enormous amount of both monetary and political power into the hands of a few by the leverage that weather control gives certain corporations over the Earth's natural systems. This of course, is being done at the expense of every living thing on the planet.
Royal Babylon
British Royalty by Heathcote Williams - Narration and Montage by Alan Cox - royalbabylon.com
Pussy Riot jailed for two years
The judge has said they are sane and should be punished in accordance with the law. She has listed attenuating circumstances including children (of two defendants), a lack of previous crime and positive character profiles.
The court concludes that it is not possible to change the charges and make them less grave, "there are no exclusive circumstances to do that". And at the same time the motives of the crime and the attitude, the court deems that to restore social justices if they serve a real jail sentence.
And... they will serve jail sentence in prison, the judge has said.
SENTENCE: Each band member receives two years, to begin from the day of their arrest. They will serve this time in prison.
Punk-Prayer "Virgin Mary, Put Putin Away"
(choir)
Virgin Mary, Mother of God, put Putin away
Рut Putin away, put Putin away
(end chorus) ...
Black robe, golden epaulettes
All parishioners crawl to bow
The phantom of liberty is in heaven
Gay-pride sent to Siberia in chains
The head of the KGB, their chief saint,
Leads protesters to prison under escort
In order not to offend His Holiness
Women must give birth and love
Shit, shit, the Lord's shit!
Virgin Mary, Mother of God, become a feminist
Become a feminist, become a feminist
(end chorus)
The Church’s praise of rotten dictators
The cross-bearer procession of black limousines
A teacher-preacher will meet you at school
Go to class - bring him money!
Patriarch Gundyaev believes in Putin
Bitch, better believe in God instead
The belt of the Virgin can’t replace mass-meetings
Mary, Mother of God, is with us in protest!
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Gay parades banned in Moscow for 100 years
Moscow's top court has upheld a ban on gay pride marches in the Russian capital for the next 100 years. Earlier Russia's best-known gay rights campaigner, Nikolay Alexeyev, had gone to court hoping to overturn the city council's ban on gay parades. He had asked for the right to stage such parades for the next 100 years.
He also opposes St Petersburg's ban on spreading "homosexual propaganda". The European Court of Human Rights has told Russia to pay him damages. On Friday he said he would go back to the European Court in Strasbourg to push for a recognition that Moscow's ban on gay pride marches - past, present and future - was unjust.
The Moscow city government argues that the gay parade would risk causing public disorder and that most Muscovites do not support such an event.
The New York all-seeing surveillance system
New York Mayor Bloomberg is eager to see the project succeed and be implemented across the country, especially since New York City will be getting a kickback on revenue from future sales: “I hope Microsoft sells a lot of copies of this system…because 30 percent of the profits will go to us…I think we can recoup all of our expenses, and maybe even make a few bucks.”
The new technology is reminiscent of the Minority Report-style ‘Intellistreets’ talking surveillance camera system being implemented in cities like Chicago, Detroit, and Pittsburgh; a system that records your conversations and barks orders at you.
Rest assured the rush to deploy the technology is more profit-driven than “for the good of the people,” as defended.
Under the guise of public safety, the creation of this technology represents the frantic determination of the upper-crust megalomaniacs to micro-manage and control every aspect of our lives…the public is the enemy.
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South African police shoot dead striking miners
Up to 18 people killed at Lonmin platinum mine where strike over pay has escalated into alleged turf war between unions.
Police have been accused of a massacre after opening fire on mine workers in one of the deadliest days of protest in South Africa since the end of apartheid.
In scenes that evoked memories of some of the country's darkest days, national television showed pictures of police in helmets and body armour shooting at workers on Thursday amid shouting, panic and clouds of dust at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine. After three minutes of gunfire, bodies littered the ground in pools of blood. It was claimed as many as 18 people may have been killed.
Newspaper reporter Poloko Tau tweeted from the scene: "Auto guns creacking [sic] and cocked like 100 at a time, scary … warzone down here, 1st shot fired … journalist running, diving and hiding amid shots, water canon spewing water at the strikers … my contact has just been shot dead …"
The deaths came after a week of turmoil at the Marikana mine that had already seen 10 people killed, including two police officers and two security guards. Lonmin, the world's third biggest platinum producer, was forced to suspend production at the mine, about 60 miles north-west of Johannesburg, after what it called an illegal strike escalated into an alleged turf war between rival unions.
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Britain warns Ecuador it could enter embassy to get Assange
Britain on Wednesday warned Ecuador that it could raid its London embassy if Quito does not hand over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been taking refuge at the mission since mid-June. In Quito, the Ecuadorean government said that any such action would be considered a violation of its sovereignty a "hostile and intolerable act."
"Under British law we can give them a weeks' notice before entering the premises and the embassy will no longer have diplomatic protection," a Foreign Office spokesman said. "But that decision has not yet been taken. We are not going to do this overnight. We want to stress that we want a diplomatically agreeable solution." In Quito, the government bristled at the threat and said it would announce its decision on Assange's asylum request on Thursday at 7 a.m. (1200 GMT).
"We want to be very clear, we're not a British colony. The colonial times are over," Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said in an angry statement after a meeting with President Rafael Correa. "The move announced in the official British statement, if it happens, would be interpreted by Ecuador as an unfriendly, hostile and intolerable act, as well as an attack on our sovereignty, which would force us to respond in the strongest diplomatic way," Patino told reporters.
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Thousands of UK Workers 'Blacklisted' Over Political Views
Corporations in the UK who used a secret "blacklisting" database to screen out ‘left wing trouble-makers’ and union sympathizers as potential job recruits are facing renewed scrutiny after the UK-activist group Liberty called for a fresh investigation Monday night.
A demonstration outside the Olympic site on March 1, 2011 was called in solidarity with the whistleblower who was fired for standing up for an illegally blacklisted workmate. The blacklist scandal first broke in 2008, when the UK media revealed that more than 40 leading employers had subscribed to the vetting service provided by The Consulting Association, which had surveillance files on more than 3,200 workers, including political activists, shop stewards and health and safety representatives.
Police seized the database three years ago and Ian Kerr, the founder of The Consulting Association, was fined only about $7,500. Invoices were discovered showing that 44 companies had paid to access the names on the list.
Common Dreams - Blacklist Blog
Julian Assange will be granted asylum in Ecuador
Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, has agreed to grant Julian Assange asylum, officials within Ecuador's government have said. The WikiLeaks founder has been holed up at Ecuador's London embassy since 19 June, when he officially requested political asylum. "Ecuador will grant asylum to Julian Assange," said an official in the Ecuadorean capital, Quito, who is familiar with the government discussions.
At the moment he faces arrest as soon as he leaves the embassy for breaching his bail conditions. "For Mr Assange to leave England, he should have a safe pass from the British [government]. Will that be possible? That's an issue we have to take into account," said Ecuador's foreign minister, Ricardo Patiño.
Government sources in Quito confirmed that despite the outstanding legal issues, Correa would grant Assange asylum – a move that would annoy Britain, the US and Sweden. They added that the offer was made to Assange several months ago, well before he sought refuge in the embassy, and following confidential negotiations with senior London embassy staff.
Militarized Police in America
When we hear terms like militarized police - this is what comes to mind. Officers decked out in full military gear as though they're about to be deployed to Afghanistan.
Lebanese protest anal exams on suspected homosexuals
Dozens of people demonstrated outside the law courts in the Lebanese capital on Saturday to protest the use of anal "tests" on men suspected of homosexuality, which is a criminal offence in the Arab country. The rally followed a July 28 police raid on a gay venue in a working class district of Beirut when 36 men were taken into custody and forced to undergo the examinations, reportedly to determine their sexual orientation.
Lebanon-based HELEM, considered the Arab world's leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights group, called for the rally under the slogan: "Stand up against the tests of shame, vaginal or anal." It also voiced solidarity with women subjected to so-called "virginity tests."
"We’re here because we want a clear statement from the ministry of justice that these kind of tests should be completely abolished and punished by the law," said participant George Azzi. "The syndicate of doctors has declared these tests are irrelevant scientifically and it’s illegal for doctors to do these tests, but that doesn't mean police can't still request it," he said.
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7 Scandals That Reveal the Real Mitt Romney
People who start new businesses are always hungry for investors. But as Huffington Post reporters Ryan Grim and Cole Stangler found in their report, “ Mitt Romney Started Bain Capital With Money From Families Tied To Death Squads ,” there was no possible way that anybody in 1984 could "check out" these families and be convinced this money was clean, as Grim told Democracy Now.
“After initially struggling to find investors, Romney traveled to Miami in 1983 to win pledges of $9 million, 40 percent of Bain’s start-up money,” Democracy Now’s report began. “Some investors had extensive ties to the death squads responsible for the vast majority of the tens of thousands of deaths in El Salvador during the 1980s.”
6 other Scandals That Reveal the Real Mitt Romney on Alternet
Israel sniper to get 45 days over shooting women carrying a white flag
An Israeli soldier implicated in the killing of two Gaza women carrying a white flag faces a 45-day jail term under a plea bargain approved by a military court on Sunday, local media said. The sniper, identified by Israeli media as "staff sergeant S," was charged with manslaughter in 2010 over the fatal shooting of an unnamed individual, which Palestinian witnesses linked to the killing of 64-year-old Riyeh Abu Hajaj and her daughter Majda Abu Hajaj, 37, during Israel's "Cast Lead" Gaza offensive.
But the Israeli military said the charge had on Sunday been reduced from manslaughter to using a weapon illegally. "Following a mediation process and upon examination of the evidence with the recommendation of the military court, both sides have reached a plea bargain in which the indictment will be adjusted, and he will be convicted of using a weapon illegally," a military statement said. Under the deal, "S" would be jailed for 45 days, media reports said.
Trapwire: Big Brother Now Monitors Your Every Move
The latest Wikileaks data-dump reveals that the government now has the ability to grab video from far-flung surveillance cameras located in stores, casinos and other businesses around the country. It uses sophisticated facial recognition software to identify people of interest captured by the ubiquitous cameras numbering in the millions.
The software, Trapwire, is a significant breakthrough for the surveillance state. It was uncovered by security researcher Justin Ferguson. He delved into the massive pile of emails hacked from Stratfor – regarded as a shadow CIA – on Christmas of 2011. In response to Ferguson’s discovery and the Trapwire revelation, Wikileaks was recently hit with a large scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
“Trapwire would make something like disclosure of UFO contact or imminent failure of a major U.S. bank fairly boring news by comparison,” writes David Seaman.
“Every few seconds, data picked up at surveillance points in major cities and landmarks across the United States are recorded digitally on the spot, then encrypted and instantaneously delivered to a fortified central database center at an undisclosed location to be aggregated with other intelligence,” RT reported last week. “It’s part of a program called TrapWire and it’s the brainchild of the Abraxas, a Northern Virginia company staffed with elite from America’s intelligence community. The employee roster at Arbaxas reads like a who’s who of agents once with the Pentagon, CIA and other government entities according to their public LinkedIn profiles, and the corporation’s ties are assumed to go deeper than even documented.”
TrapWire: The Truth Behind The Hype
New emails released by WikiLeaks indicate that TrapWire, a defense contractor owned and operated by ex-CIA operatives, plays a key and troubling role in coordinating government and corporate surveillance. Many activists have gotten carried away, however, vastly overstating the scope of TrapWire. More on storify.com
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Israel vs Iran: An Israeli Media Report
Israeli media spike coverage of potential attack on Iran "in the coming 12 weeks". More at The Real News
Vladimir Putin: Russia Military To Get Hundreds Of New Warplanes and Helicopters
Russia's military will get 1,600 new warplanes and helicopters by 2020, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, as part of efforts to strengthen the country's armed forces.
Putin has worked hard to restore pride in the Cold War-era superpower's military since his first election in 2000.
The planned addition of 600 military planes and 1,000 helicopters is part of a 23 trillion rouble ($720 billion)programme to re-equip a military still weakened by spending cuts prompted by the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
"We are talking primarily about providing our forces with state-of-the-art modern technology," Putin said at an air show on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the country's air force.
This Too Shall Pass
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Bradley Manning’s lawyer accuses U.S. Army of ‘flagrant violation’ of military code
The harsh conditions forced upon Bradley Manning in military detention have been laid out in detail as part of a court filing in which the US army is accused of a “flagrant violation” of his right not to be punished prior to trial.
The Article 13 motion, published Friday by Manning’s civilian lawyer David Coombs on his website, claims that Manning, who is accused of leaking state secrets to WikiLeaks, was held in a 6×8 ft cell for 23 to 24 hours a day. In addition, when not sleeping, Manning was banned from lying down, or even using a wall to support him.
The motion also claims that Manning was punished through “degradation and humiliation”, notably by forcing him to stand outside his cell naked during a morning inspection. This, his Coombs claims, was “retaliatory punishment” for speaking out over his treatment.
Manning, 24, is accused of being behind the biggest leak of state secrets in US history. Hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables from US embassies around the world, as well as war logs from Afghanistan and Iraq, were published by the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.
The Raw Story - Bradley Manning Support Network
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French Riot police smash camps and hundreds rounded up for deportation as Socialists take on gipsies
French police were yesterday breaking up gipsy camps and deporting illegal immigrants found in them. Dozens of officers in riot gear descended on a settlement near Lille shortly after dawn to oversee the evacuation of some 200 Roma living in mobile homes.
One hundred people were evicted from a site in Lyon, with similar round-ups happening in other major cities including Marseille. Caravans and huts were destroyed in the Belleville area of central Paris on Wednesday, making another 100 people homeless. The policy being pursued by France’s socialist government was formulated by former conservative president Nicolas Sarkozy, who was frequently accused of pandering to the far right.
US Drops Probe Into Goldman Sachs Mortgage Scam
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped an investigation into Goldman Sachs Group Inc's role in selling $1.3 billion worth of subprime mortgage securities, the investment bank said in a regulatory filing on Thursday.
In February, Goldman received a so-called Wells notice from SEC staff related to disclosures in the deal's offering documents. Such notices typically indicate the agency plans to take some kind of enforcement action, and gives firms a chance to respond.
On Monday, the SEC notified Goldman that the investigation had been closed and that it did not intend to recommend any enforcement action against the bank related to the offering, Goldman said in its quarterly 10-Q filing with the SEC.
Curiosity's mysterious Mars photo stirs speculation
A photo of Mars taken by Curiosity shows what might be the NASA rover's spacecraft crash-landing in the distance. If so, it 'would be an insane coincidence,' one engineer says.
Did Curiosity capture the galactic equivalent of the Zapruder film when it landed on Mars?
Seconds after the NASA robot's landing Sunday night, Curiosity managed to squeeze off a handful of fuzzy, black-and-white photographs. One, taken with a device on its rear known as a Hazcam, captured the pebble-strewn ground beneath the rover and one of its wheels — and a blotch, faint but distinctive, on the horizon.
The images were relayed by a passing satellite. Two hours later, the satellite passed overhead again. This time, Curiosity sent home a new batch of higher-resolution photos. They showed the same horizon. The blotch was gone.
Israel defence chief brings U.S. worries over Iran in line with Israel's
Israel's defence chief claimed Thursday that President Obama has new intelligence which changes the U.S. assessment of the imminent danger represented by Iran's clandestine nuclear work, bringing the White House's views closer to those held by the Jewish state.
An article published Thursday by the Haaretz newspaper said Defense Minister Ehud Barak had "confirmed" the paper's earlier report that Mr. Obama had received a new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) "which shares Israel's view that Iran has made surprising, significant progress toward military nuclear capability."
Speaking later to Israeli Radio, Barak confirmed that, as he understood it, a new U.S. intelligence report "being passed around senior offices" in Washington did make the American government's concerns more urgent. He did not explicitly say the new intelligence report was in the form of an official NIE provided to Mr. Obama.
US starts Agent Orange clean-up in Vietnam
The US has begun a project to help clean up Agent Orange contamination at one area in Vietnam - the first such move since the war ended in 1975. The work is taking place at the airport in the central city of Danang.
The US sprayed millions of gallons of the toxic defoliant over jungle areas to destroy enemy cover. Vietnam says several million people have been affected by Agent Orange, including 150,000 children born with severe birth defects.
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Three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot said Vladimir Putin's Russia was the one on trial as they delivered closing arguments on Wednesday in a case seen as a key test of the powerful president's desire to crackdown on dissent.
"This is a trial of the whole government system of Russia, which so likes to show its harshness toward the individual, its indifference to his honour and dignity," Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, one of the trio on trial said in an impassioned statement. "If this political system throws itself against three girls … it shows this political system is afraid of truth."
The judge set 17 August as the day she would deliver a verdict against the women, charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred following an anti-Putin performance in a Moscow cathedral.
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US Supreme Court rejected arguments that Marvin Wilson was too mentally challenged to qualify for death penalty.
A Texas man convicted of killing a police informant has been executed after the US Supreme Court rejected arguments that he was too mentally impaired to qualify for the death penalty. Marvin Wilson, 54, was pronounced dead late on Tuesday, 14 minutes after his lethal injection began at the state prison in Huntsville. He was convicted of fatally shooting a police drug informant nearly 20 years ago in Beaumont.
Wilson's attorneys had argued that he should have been ineligible for capital punishment because of his low IQ. They cited the US Supreme Court ruling that banned capital punishment for the mentally impaired. In their appeal to the high court, his attorneys pointed to a psychological test conducted in 2004 that pegged Wilson's IQ at 61, below the generally accepted minimum competency standard of 70.
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Televangelist Pat Robertson on Monday reviewed the case of a shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that left at least seven dead and came to the conclusion that places of worship were being attacked because “people who are atheists, they hate God.”
Robertson opened Monday’s 700 Club broadcast with the news that there had been a mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek.
“What is it?” the TV preacher wondered. “Is it satanic? Is it some spiritual thing, people who are atheists, they hate God, they hate the expression of God? And they are angry with the world, angry with themselves, angry with society and they take it out on innocent people who are worshiping God.”
“And whether it’s a Sikh temple or a Baptist church or a Catholic church or a Muslim mosque, whatever it is, I just abhor this kind of violence, and it’s the the kind of thing that we should do something about,” he added. “But what do you do? Well, you talk about the love of God and hope it has some impact.”
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Yet another 'lone gunman' incident is contradicted by several witnesses that claim there were 'multiple' shooters.
One witness, relaying information from his father in the hospital, told CNN that, "It was a very coordinated thing. It wasn't haphazard."
And another witness said the shooting was committed by "four white males, who were dressed darkly, dressed in all black clothing, came in and opened fire on our congregation."
Now, I understand that in situations like this there is confusion and chaos, and sometimes reports by witnesses can be unreliable, however, how many times can these 'lone gunman' incidents be contradicted by witnesses claiming that there were multiple shooters and considered coincidence?
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that he found an eavesdropping device behind a wall panel in the office of his Anti-Corruption Fund. Navalny alerted the police upon finding the bug, which is featured in two photos that he posted on Twitter. The photos show a wooden panel pulled away from the wall near the floor, exposing a bundle of wires that lead to a rectangular-shaped piece of black plastic, presumably the listening device.
Officers arrived at Navalny's downtown Moscow office at 26 Nikolo-Yamskaya Ulitsa around 2 p.m. and "conducted checks" of the area, a police representative told Interfax. Navalny, arguably the most prominent figure in the opposition movement, was charged last week with costing the state budget $500,000 by organizing the theft of timber goods from a state company in 2009. He has called the charge "absurd" and likened it to stealing an "entire forest." If convicted, he faces 10 years in prison.
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Wade Michael Page, the man suspected of killing six people at a Sikh temple in suburban Wisconsin, was a member of a racist skinhead band, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Soon after Page was identified as the suspect Monday morning, the SPLC reported that he founded the band End Apathy, which the organization described as a "racist white power" trio.
According to police, Page enlisted in the U.S. Army in April 1992 and was serving in the psychological operations unit out of Fort Bragg, N.C. He was discharged in October 1998, though the specific circumstances of his discharge are not immediately clear. Page does not mention his military career in the Label 56 interview, but he does refer to his life since leaving the Army.
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An unparalleled number of severe food shortages has added 43 million to the number of people going hungry worldwide this year. And millions of children are now at risk of acute malnutrition, charities are warning. One week ahead of David Cameron's "hunger summit", they say that unless action is taken urgently, many more could fall victim.
For the first time in recent history, humanitarian organisations have had to respond to three serious food crises – in West Africa, Yemen and East Africa – in the past 12 months, according to Oxfam. Almost a billion people are now hungry – one in seven of the global population – and the number of acutely malnourished children has risen for the first time this decade.
China slams US over South China Sea criticism
China has summoned a US diplomat to protest his government's criticism of a new military garrison in the South China Sea.
Zhang Kunsheng, the Chinese assistant foreign minister, summoned Robert S Wang, the deputy chief of the US embassy in Beijing, on Saturday to express displeasure with earlier US comments. The US State Department said on Friday that China's formal establishment of Sansha City, a garrison on a remote island about 350km from the country's southern-most province, was risking an escalation in regional tensions.
The garrison, created two weeks ago, is intended to administer hundreds of thousands of square kilometres of water where China wants to strengthen its control over potentially oil-rich islands that are also claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam and other Asian countries. The Philippines, a US treaty ally, has described the move as unacceptable, while Vietnam has termed it a violation of international law.
In Beijing, Zhang told Wang: "The [US State Department's] statement showed total disregard of facts, confounded right and wrong, and sent a seriously wrong message. It is not conducive to efforts by the parties concerned to uphold peace and stability in the South China Sea and the Asia-Pacific region at large."
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Renewed DE Charles Harris ready to shine for Miami Dolphins
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Charles Harris feels ready to max out his second season. (Allen Eyestone/The Post)
DAVIE — Charles Harris feels like a new man heading into his second season with the Dolphins, and it’s clear just by looking at his face that something is different.
After being selected No. 22 in last year’s draft, the transition to the NFL left Harris dazed at times. He had gone from being one of the biggest defensive stars in the SEC to a backup for the Dolphins, he wasn’t getting many sacks, he was unprepared for the financial windfall, work sometimes felt like drudgery and he was struggling to adapt to life on his own in a new environment.
It’s hard to pinpoint the exact impact all of those factors had on Harris, but he was often downcast in the locker room after practice. He kept to himself mostly as he fought his way through what he now describes as “a dark place.” An offseason of prayer and reflection led to a renewed enthusiasm for Harris, and the change in his demeanor seems to have more to do with his personal life than anything football-related.
“Now I’m cool,” he said. “I understand that everything that happened the way it was, it was for the better of me and my family and everything like that. I understand that everything I do on the field and off the field affects everybody around me.
“I’ve got me a community down here being in Florida, being away from home, and that was a big thing. Now I have a community, I’ve got friends, I have everything I need to get to the top.”
Harris played all 16 games last season, but started just twice because he was behind Cameron Wake and Andre Branch. He played 47.5 percent of the defensive snaps and posted two sacks.
While no defensive end goes into the season targeting two sacks as an ambitious goal, he was satisfied with how he played. So were the Dolphins, who have several next-level statistics that indicate he was a strong presence as a pass rusher despite not racking up sacks.
There was still a constant feeling of confusion, and that often led him to treat football like merely a job. “I was just checking boxes every day; I came in, punched in, punched out,” he said. A lot of jobs are like that, but the NFL isn’t one of them. It takes a deeper commitment, especially for someone like Harris who aspires to be an elite defensive end, and his offseason soul-searching prompted a different approach to football.
“I feel like I just got better mentally, spiritually and things like that,” said Harris, who is a Christian. “Being able to take care of my family, get stuff done off the field and understanding grace and stuff like that. I’m better mentally. (That) is going to transition everything else.”
As for the direct effect that had on him football-wise, Harris said it motivated him to use his abilities to honor God: “This year it’s like I love it. I love it because I understand what it means to work. This is my work and use it as my worship.”
There’s an increased comfort level that comes experience, too. Not that he ever had trouble learning the playbook as a rookie, but he’s got a better handle on every aspect of the job now compared to a year ago.
“It’s less of a burden, for real,” he said. “It’s just free. Just playing free.”
With his mind in a better place on and off the field, Harris is heading into an amorphous opportunity this season.
The Dolphins are set on Wake and new trade acquisition Robert Quinn as their starting defensive ends, but the coaches have said multiple times the second wave of Branch and Harris will get ample snaps. The goal is spread playing time more evenly now that the team believes it has four starting-caliber defensive ends, plus veteran William Hayes and anyone else who emerges during the preseason.
That’s part of why Harris was undeterred by the team trading for Quinn, rather than simply let him battle Branch for a starting job. As accomplished as Wake and Quinn are — they’ve combined for seven Pro Bowl selections and 154.5 career sacks — Harris believes he’ll get enough chances if he shows he deserves them.
“Light is always going to shine,” he said. “I feel like you can’t contain nobody. You can’t keep anybody off the field. It’s the coaches that make sure … the best players are out there. That’s something they handle. I’m going to take it every single day and work as hard as I can, and we’ll see on game day.”
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SXSW volunteer program offers diverse opportunities
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Cameron Saenz
Samantha Huang
Published on March 12, 2015 at 8:59 pm Last update on March 13, 2015 at 6:41 am
By Austin Reynolds
South By Southwest takes place during one of the most celebrated collegiate holidays: spring break. In order to accommodate the influx of people, festival managers recruit volunteers from around the world, but many of them come from right here at UT.
One of the biggest appeals is a SXSW event badge. The badge grants access to SXSW festivities based on the amount of time one volunteers. Badges range from the lowly gold badge to the highest honor, the platinum badge.
Radio-television-film junior Cameron Saenz will volunteer at SXSW for the first time. He said volunteers are required to spend at least three days working the festival. While working during spring break may not be at the top of every student’s spring break wish list, music headliners and new film documentaries lure volunteers away from typical vacations to experience SXSW.
The volunteer program receives more than 3,500 applicants each year, according to SXSW’s main website. The volunteering process begins as early as January in order to prepare volunteers for the program, and it ends at the conclusion of the festival.
“[SWSX’s] volunteer process can be confusing, but it’s worth it,” Saenz said. “It increases the level of professionalism for each volunteer.”
Saenz said applicants are given two options: They can be conference volunteers or production volunteers.
Samantha Huang, linguistics sophomore and past volunteer, said the main difference between volunteering jobs are the shifts. Conference volunteers work hourly in the Austin Convention Center doing jobs such as helping panelists, checking tickets and working closely with the SXSW planning staff. Production volunteers work in shifts assisting at music clubs, on streets and behind the scenes of SXSW.
“One day, I was working a film venue, taking tickets, and the next day, I was stationed in the Austin Convention Center running badges,” Huang said. “The job was constantly changing, and there was never a dull moment.”
Some SXSW jobs restrict age; all require volunteers be at least 16 years old, and some require volunteers to be over 21 years old, according to the SXSW website.
Saenz said a variety of people volunteer for SXSW, and there is no stereotypical volunteer.
“I’ve seen an entire family volunteering as though it is some tradition,” Saenz said. “Some people are new to volunteering, but some have been volunteering for up to 24 years. No one is too old for SXSW.”
Saenz said he chose to volunteer based on his interest to meet producers and directors. For Huang, it was access to the free parties.
Rebecca Ramirez, English junior and a second-year volunteer, said a benefit of volunteering is meeting people from various backgrounds. She said the workload was worth the interaction and networking opportunities that come with volunteering.
“It was a hectic and busy job,” Ramirez said. “But I enjoyed being a volunteer and encourage those daring enough to give it a try.”
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Wonder Woman Wednesday: ‘Wonder Woman Meets the Bionic Woman’ - Trade Paperback Review
Wonder Woman Meets the Bionic Woman, published by DC Comics and Dynamite Entertainment, was one of the comics I was most looking forward to this past year - not to mention my entire life! When I was young, I worshiped Lynda Carter and Lindsay Wagner as Wonder Woman and the Bionic Woman, respectively. I had both dolls based on the characters and created many a team-up adventures on my own. Granted, the plots of those adventures would probably be a little too “out there” for a mainstream comic book. Luckily, we have the pros on this one.
I was very excited when author Andy Mangels announced the dream-come-true mini-series. I’ve known Andy for a long time and was very happy for him to come up with such a great project. It seemed like it took FOREVER to come out, and now it’s over in the blink of an eye. The good news is that a trade paperback of the entire series, including all of the alternate covers and a re-colored first issue, is now available. Now, you can re-read the sure-to-be-classic Wonder Woman Meets the Bionic Woman story in one handy package.
I love that we live in a day and age that something like this would even be possible. The only thing better I could think of would have been if the TV series had a crossover such as this back in the day. Ah well, I’ll take what I can get. And in this case, it’s well worth it.
This is the first major Wonder Woman story for veteran writer Andy Mangels and one of the first projects period for series artist and relative newcomer Judit Tandora. It is clearly a labor of love for the writer and long-time fan and aficionado of both Diana and Jaime Summers. Andy pulls out all of the stops with a plethora of hidden gems and Easter eggs that would satiate the most rabid fanboys and fangirls. From fembots to Drusila to the Bionic Woman’s dog, Max, it feels like no stone was left unturned.
This would be a great project even if it weren’t such a quality package. The novelty of pairing up the two female '70s icons is juicy enough on its own. Fortunately, it is a quality package.
The series wound up being a hit, ranking in the top 100 and being the second bestselling title for Dynamite this year. If the trade paperback does well enough, we may be treated to a sequel to the exciting series. I can imagine there would be plenty of ideas to reunite the two powerhouses. So, make sure you run out and get your copy today... and perhaps extras for all of your Wonder Woman friends.
From the press release:
Wonder Woman and the Bionic Woman, the most beloved female icons of 1970s television, come together for globe-trotting action against their worst enemies! Diana Prince and Jaime Sommers team up to fight a rogue cabal bent on wreaking havoc and stealing deadly weapons. Can CASTRA be stopped before their real targets are revealed and lives are lost? And what three familiar villains threaten the unbeatable combination of bracelets and bionics? Bestselling author Andy Mangels (Star Trek, Star Wars) and artist Judit Tondora (Grimm Fairy Tales) join forces for a celebration of the original Girl Power!
Characters reappearing from the Wonder Woman TV series include: Steve Trevor, Joe Atkinson, Rover the robot dog, IRAC the computer, Eve Welch, Queen Mother (note: never called "Hippolyta" in the series), Drusilla/Wonder Girl, Amadonna/Tina, Fausta Grables, Caroyln Hamilton/Nubia, Doctor Asclepia, Gloria/Dr. Cyber, Dr. Solano, Captain Radl, Hoffman the toymaker, and others.
The trade has a beautiful cover by Alex Ross, is masterfully written by Andy Mangels, and with promising art from Judit Tandora. I love all of the alternate covers by some of the greatest artists of our time. The ones by Phil Jimenez and Bill Sienkiewicz being my favorites.
The Wonder Woman Meets the Bionic Woman trade paperback is out now.
Make sure to be here next week for another Wonder Woman Wednesday, check out our sister page “I Am Wonder Fan” over on Facebook, and follow me on Instagram (@MichaelFitzTroy).
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What do you think, is the symbolic significance of the Pozzo-Lucky relationship?
M.A English Part 2 Notes | Waiting For Godot Notes
Question :Write a note on the Pozzo-Lucky relationship, indicating what it represents.
Answer No. 14
Various Interpretations of Pozzo and Lucky a Symbols
Various interpretations of the Pozzo Lucky relationship and its significance have been offered by critics. According to one interpretation, these two men represent a master and a slave. According to other interpretations, Pozzo and Lucky symbolise th.e. relationship between capital and labour, or between wealth and the artist. Another view, which seems to be very farfetched, is that this relationship • has an autobiographical origin, Pozzo representing Jarries Joyce and Lucky representing Samuel Beckett. (It is a well, known fact that, in the initial stages of his literary career, Beckett was deeply attached to James Joyce and was almost like a disciple to him,) One of the critics tells us that Pozzo is no other than Godot himself. According to this view, Godot is God, Pozzo is Godot, Pozzo is therefore God; and since Pozzo is nothing but a tyrant and a slave driver, so too is God. Another critic characterises Pozzo as the God of the Old Testament, the tyrant divinity in Act I and the New Testament God, injured, helpless, crucified, in Act II. On the other extreme from this view is the opinion that Pozzo is a kind of anti-Godot. It has even been said that Lucky may be Godot. Yet another view' is that Lucky suggests the Biblical figure of Christ.
One way of Getting through Life with Someone Else
Thus, we have almost as many interpretations as there are critics. One of the critics says that, while Pozzo and Luck)1 may be body and intellect, master and slave, capitalist and proletarian, coloniser and colonised, Cain and Abel, sadist and masochist, Joyce and Beckett, they represent essentially, and more simply, one way of setting through life with someone else, just as Vladimir and Estragon mote sympathetically represent another way of doing so.
A Metaphor of Society
It is possible to treat Pozzo and Lucky as representatives of the ordinary world from which the two tramps are excluded: Pozzo and Lucky create a metaphor of society, not as it is but as the tramps might see it, with the social structure reduced to an essential distinction between master and slave. Pozzo appears all-powerful, dominating the stage by his gestures and his inflated language. By virtue of his capacity to enjoy sensual delights and his wealth, he reminds us of a feudal lord, self consciously magnanimous in his disposal of time and charity. His is a well-regulated world in contrast to the confusion of the tramps where everything is in flux. It was Lucky who gave Pozzo what refinement and culture Pozzo now possesses. But for Lucky, all Pozzo's thoughts and all his feelings would have been of common things. "Beauty, grace, truth of the first water" these were originally all beyond Pozzo. But Lucky is now a puppet who obeys Pozzo's commands. He dances, sings, recites, and thinks for Pozzo, and his personal life has been reduced to basic animal reflexes: he cries and he kicks. But once he was a better dancer and capable of giving his master moments of great illumination and joy; he was kind, helpful, entertaining, Pozzo's good angel. But now he is "killing" Pozzo, or so Pozzo believes" Lucky's thinking is now not the rationalist consolation which once.it was, but a total scepticism which illuminates the agony beneath appearances. When he speaks he is Pozzo's tormentor, he reminds Pozzo of the reality, which it is Pozzo's earnest endeavour to avoid. This becomes clear in Lucky's great speech, which terrifies the hearers because it foretells the extinction of the world. The change, which overtakes Pozzo and Lucky in Act II may be treated as a comment on the decline of the master-slave society.
Pozzo, the Egotist and Absolute Monarch
There is another way of approaching this curious pair of characters. Perhaps, in the portrayal or Pozzo, Beckett has given us a caricature of God, the absolute monarch. Pozzo is the living symbol of the Establishment. He is an egotist, full of self-love. He is fond or hearing his own voice and the ready flow of his rhetoric. The stool, which Lucky carries for him is a kind of portable throne for the monarch. Pozzo's greatest concern is his dignity. He rebukes the tramps for asking him a question: "A moment ago you were calling me sir, in fear and trembling. Now you!re asking me questions. No good will come of this!" Pozzo's absolute mastery, his divinely delegated powers, must remain unchallenged. As to his slave, Pozzo would like to get rid of him, but "the truth is you can't drive such creatures away. The best thing would be to kill them." .One recognises here the tone of a super-lord. In Act II, reduced to a .pitiable condition, Pozzo still calls his servant "pig" and encourages Estragon "to give him a taste of his boot, in the face and the privates as far as possible." Although he himself cries for pity, Pozzo feels no pity for anyone else. Paradoxically this grotesque man formulates the tragedy of man's brief existence on this earth: "One day I went blind, one day we'll go deaf, one day we were born, one day we shall die They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more," In Act I, Pozzo becomes furious on hearing Lucky's offensive rhetoric. He tramples on Lucky's hat and shouts triumphantly: "There's an end to his thinking!" Tyranny is here firmly established. In Act II the master is blind, and the slave dumb. The rope, which links the two is shorter, symbolising the increasing dependence of the master on the servant. Clearly Pozzo has not carried out his original intention of selling his slave. The two wretched creatures are still joined together, the result being a monstrous indivisible mass of humanity.
The Material and Spiritual Side or man; Contrasted Pairs
It has often been said that Pozzo and Lucky are one man. According to this, view, they represent the duality of body and mind; they represent the relationship between the material and spiritual sides of man, with the intellect subordinate to the appetites of the body. Estragon and Vladimir have likewise been supposed to represent one man. If these assumptions are correct, the difference between the two pairs may be noted. The oneness of Pozzo and Lucky is degrading to both and is shown as harmful; the connection of the other two is a warm, life sustaining relationship. In fact, mere contact with Pozzo has a weakening effect on others. This shows the demoralising consequence) of tyrannical rule. Pozzo and Lucky belong to a formal world and have an orthodox social relationship: dominating and being dominate^. They are tied to each other not by their natures but by their external conditions. The slave is tied but the master is also tied because he must hold the rope. In Act II this is the rope leading the blind. Vladimir and Estragon have a different relationship; informal and outside society; wanting to break away yet still anxiously returning to each other; a voluntary relationship but with binding natural ties. Thus, there is a major contrast between the Pozzo Lucky and the Estragon Vladimir -relationship. Pozzo and Lucky are complementary individuals as are the other two; but the relationship between the first two men is on a more primitive level: Pozzo is the sadist master, Lucky the submissive salve.
The Mutual Inter-dependence of Pozzo and Lucky
Although Pozzo and Lucky present an obvious and sharp contrast to each other, they have one thing in common: they are both driven by a desperate attempt to evade panic which would grip them if they lost their belief in what Pozzo stands lor. Pozzo lives' by.brief orders, which he flings at Lucky. No other will than his own exists. Lucky, in a way, deserves his name because he has a master who organises his iife for him, cruelly though he may do so. It becomes more and more evident in the course or the play that Lucky believes that his safety lies only within the pattern or a mutual sadomasochistic relationship between himself and Pozzo. (In Act I, Pozzo reveals this mutual torture in one of his speeches. For this mutual fixation Lucky has sacrificed everything, even his soul and his creativeness. And he accepts his present abject misery and slavery as a matter, which concerns nobody but Pozzo and himself. When Estragon tries to wipe away Lucky's tears after Lucky has received a cruel reproach from Pozzo, Lucky kicks Estragon in the leg. It would seem that the relationship or master to slave is of the unbreakable kind. The tyrant strives to make the victim totally dependent on him, whereas the victim sees the basis of his own security in the authority of the tyrant. The following opinion is also noteworthy: "The Pozzo. Lucky pair may be compared to the collective pseudo-ego. The two tramps, on the other hand, reveal features of the lost value hidden in those who have something above the average, an over-plus for which there is no adequate outlet.
Mankind Versus Christ
There is also the view that Pozzo represents mankind and Lucky represents Christ. If this view is accepted what takes place before the tramps is the re-acting of the Redemption. The tramps, of course, do not recognise it as such, find it unpleasant, and prefer to continue waiting for the mysterious Godot. Another possible interpretation, already indicated above, is that Pozzo and Lucky represent human life, Pozzo representing the physical aspect of the human personality and Lucky the spiritual, which is in time brutalized by the treatment it receives and is reduced to the incoherence represented by Lucky's monologue. Pozzo himself in the .course of the play turns blind, this perhaps being an indication of the transience of humaci power and domination.
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Account for the widespread appeal or Beckett's Wailing for Godot despite a complete absence in it or any romantic or female interest.
Do you think that Waiting for Godot has any religions implications?
Elucidate the description of Waiting for Godot as a tragicomedy.
Explain the significance of the title Waiting for Godot
In Waiting for Godot, conversation is a mutual game played for itself Comment.
In what way do Vladimir and Estragon illustrate the main theme of Waiting for Godot?
Language in Becketts plays serves to express the disintegration of language.Where there is no certainty, there can be no definite meaning and impossibility of over attaining certainty is one of the main themes of Beckets plays.Discuss with respect to Wai
The subject of Becketts play Waiting for Godot, is not Godot but waiting, the act of waiting as an essential and characteristic of the human condition. Do you agree?
Waiting for Godot is a play in which "nothing happens, twice." Discuss.
Waiting for Godot is a tragicomedy about interior life below spoken thought. Discuss.
Waiting for Godot presents not an isolated in a corner of France or Ireland but a cosmic condition.
What do you think are the themes of Waiting for Godot?
What is the dramatic importance of Godot in Beckett's play?
What is the dramatic significance of the Pozzo Lucky scenes in Waiting for Godot?
While Didi and Gogo represent a horizontal axis, Lucky and.Pozzo represent a vertical axis Elaborate.
Would you regard Waiting for Godot as a tragic play?
Write a note on the comic and farcical elements in waiting for Godot.
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Legs Electric: Two Sides
L E E D E N: Self-Titled EP
The Georgia Brooks Swingtet: With Thee I Swing
This is a real treat of an album with significant Geelong input. Talented local instrumentalists Ben Calderazzo (guitar), Sean Loughran (drums), Kym Dillon (piano) and Michelle Scully (bass) are led by Melbourne singer Georgia Brooks, a rising star. Geelong sound engineer Isaac Barter mixed and mastered the album.
Brooks has a clear and appealing voice with superb articulation. She respects the songs and allows listeners to appreciate them too.
The songs are well-known and the style is very listener-friendly. It’s jazzy and foot-tapping stuff. Highlights include the group’s bouncy “I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby” and a thoughtful “On A Slow Boat to China.” You might know the title track from its 1936 recording by Billie Holiday.
Georgia Brooks and drummer Sean Loughran are keen swing dancers and that’s the feel that infuses the whole album. If you like Hetty Kate’s style, this delightful album will appeal.
Belle Musique Entertainment
Reviewed by Ross Williamson (Jazz presenter, 94.7 The Pulse)
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Out Now! Her Best Friend’s Husband by Doris O'Connor #BDSM #menage @EvernightPub
Thank you so much for having me on your blog today with my new release Her Best Friend’s Husband. Like so many of my stories the idea for this one was first sparked by a picture and the resulting tease on my blog.
The picture was a naked guy in bed, holding a wedding cake. How did I arrive from that to this story? Well, my muse works in mysterious ways, lol. The story slowly evolved and it was stuck in limbo for a long time, until I got the urge one day to pick up that manuscript, and the rest is history, as they say. J
I had such fun writing these three, and the intricacies of their relationship as they try to work out whether three is indeed better than two. So much so, in fact, that I’m planning a follow up to their story in due course.
For now, enjoy seeing Naomi struggle with her feelings for her best friend and his husband. To quote her. “Who does that?”
Naomi, for sure, and when she realizes the guys feel the same way…. Well… you might need a fan or a glass of water when you’re reading some scenes.
Your best friend’s wedding is not the time to realize how much you love him...
Wedding organizer Naomi Young is not only head-over-heels in love with her best friend, she lusts after his husband.
Which is all kinds of wrong—isn’t it? Maybe not. Especially when she discovers the attraction is not as one-sided as she thought.
Dom Dawson Monroe has never had a problem going after what he wants. Both he and his new husband Josh Garrison enjoy a woman’s soft touch, so who better to satisfy that need than the one woman Josh is madly in love with? Time to claim them both as his submissives.
Convention be damned. Happiness is to be found in the soft curves of Naomi’s body, as long as they can convince her that this is forever. Only time will tell if the loving twosome can become an even more loving threesome.
Be Warned: BDSM, m/m sex, menage sex (MMF), double penetration
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“Perhaps the boy’s timing was unfortunate, but he would only owe you an apology if you hadn’t enjoyed that kiss. And we all know you did. I’d wager you’re getting wet just remembering those kisses. I know I got hard witnessing it. You two look hot together.”
Naomi gasped and opened her mouth as though to protest, but one knowing smirk from Dawson meant she simply shook her head.
“Nothing to say to that, little one?”
That question, delivered in that deep, dark, gravelly voice—his Dom voice, as Josh called it—appeared to have the same effect on Naomi, as it always did on him. Her breathing sped up, and she tensed. While he couldn’t see them from his position in his back seat, Josh bet his next orgasm that her nipples were hard little beacons signaling her arousal as clearly as the moan she swallowed. It made him wish this infernal journey was over already. He couldn’t wait to see his life-long friend squirm in pleasure under his and Dawson’s hands.
His Master’s gaze dropped down to Naomi’s cleavage and Dawson’s grin turned positively sinful.
“Never mind words, your body gives you away. If I touched you now, I’d find you sopping wet for us, wouldn’t I? In fact…”
Dawson reached across and placed his large hand on Naomi's knee. She jumped but didn't stop him as he proceeded to pull up the hem of her dress, exposing acres of dark skin. The contrast of Dawson's much lighter hand on Naomi's thighs was startling. Josh groaned, and Naomi crunched the gear again as the traffic started moving.
"Please, I … don't." She flung an imploring look at Master and gasped when his hand briefly disappeared between her ample thighs. Josh balled his hands into fists to stop himself from grasping his dick, because seeing Master's hand reappear seconds later, his digits glistening with the unmistakable evidence of Naomi's arousal … fuck, that was hot.
Dawson grinned, licked one digit, and then held his hand out for Josh.
“Here, have a taste.”
His amber eyes darkened when Josh grasped Master’s hand. Naomi’s sweet, addictive taste exploded on his taste buds, made ten times more potent because it was mixed in with the familiar scent of the man he loved to distraction. Josh’s balls drew up in response, and he grunted as his dick jerked inside his pants.
“No coming without my say-so, boy. Besides, you make a mess in our girl’s car you’ll be cleaning it up.”
“Oh my God, you two are too much. I’m sitting right here, you know. Are either one of you going to actually ask me what I think?”
Naomi’s voice had risen to a shrill screech in her agitation. It served as an ice-cold dampener to Josh’s arousal, and he hastily released Dawson’s hand.
“Of course, we do.” He threw an imploring glance at his husband, and Dawson gave a sharp nod. Relief flooded through Josh, at that non-verbal confirmation that his Master was more than willing to step in.
“None of this will work without your consent, and communication is vital. I just don’t appreciate you lying to yourself, or us, girl,” Dawson said.
Naomi tensed further, and Josh could almost see the steam coming out of her ears. Any minute now she would explode in anger.
“Look, Naomi, what Dawson is trying to say—”
"Spare me, Josh." Naomi glared at him through the rearview mirror, and in a move that wouldn't have been amiss in a Bond movie, she pulled into the fast lane and put her foot down, as the traffic cleared. Dawson's hand braced on the dashboard again, and when he looked all set to say something, Josh put his hand on his Master's shoulder. Dawson glanced back at him, and his brows drew together in a frown at Josh's shake of the head. He heeded his request, however, and didn't say anything, as Naomi broke every speed limit in the land in her haste to seemingly get away from them all.
An awkward silence fell between them all, only broken by Naomi's soft curses when she had to slow down for the inevitable traffic, interspersed by Dawson's sighs.
Oh, Master was pissed and getting more annoyed by the minute. One of Dawson’s unbreakable rules was the need for his submissives to stay safe. Unwittingly Naomi was breaking that rule, and Josh knew he had to say something to calm this situation down.
“Slow down, sweet cheeks. Getting us killed will not get us there any faster. I’m sorry okay.”
Naomi gasped and glanced at him through the mirror. The sheen of tears in her eyes was like a punch to the gut, and he put his hand on her shoulder. He took the fact that she didn't immediately shrug him off as a good sign. "I'm sorry I sprung this on you, but I'm not sorry I kissed you. I'm not sorry this is out in the open. We should have probably had this conversation before I got married, but there never seemed a right time, and I'm a fucking coward, okay? I was too afraid to lose our friendship, but we could be so good together. All of us."
Doris is a writer of sensual, sassy, and sexy tales involving alpha heroes to die for, and heroines who give as good as they get. From contemporary to paranormal, Sci-fi, BDSM, M/M, and Ménage, haunting love stories are guaranteed.
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The Exiled Otherkin by D. Lieber #Fantasy #Romance #Givaway @GoddessFish
The Exiled Otherkin
by D. Lieber
Exiled from Faerie when her father dies, half-Fae Ember is surprised by how much the human realm has changed since she was there last. She takes a dangerous job on a merchant airship, hoping a life on the move will keep her well-hidden. Sure, she misses her brother, but years of apathy have numbed her emotions.
When the optimistic and naïve Reilley follows her, it’s annoying to say the least. But when she starts feeling responsible for him, long-stifled emotions crack the ice around her heart.
Faeries, pirates, and traveling players meet in this steampunk fantasy adventure as Ember tries to cope with feelings long forgotten and a past that pursues her.
Clutching my new tambourine, I walked to a clearing to have more room to dance. Reilley grabbed the drum and started a beat. Like before, I moved to the rhythm. This time, my red skirt danced with me, and I shook my tambourine appropriately. We discovered that as long as I let Reilley choose the pace, we could improvise an entertaining performance.
We fed on each other’s energy and ended at a natural breaking point, exchanging smiles as the last beat echoed off the trees.
“You’re enchanting,” Reilley complimented smoothly.
“I’m only expressing your music and following your lead.”
He flushed with pleasure at the high praise.
“Could you do me a favor?” I asked him.
“Would you unplait my hair? It should be dry by now.”
His eyes gleamed like I’d given him a gift, and I turned my back to him. With long, deft fingers, he gently unbraided my hair. Undone, he ran his hands through the soft waves to separate them. I shivered.
“Thank you,” I whispered.
As his hands gently stroked the dark locks, I became aware that we were very alone. We’d been alone before, but this time was different. An air of anticipation settled between us. His hands stilled. Neither of us knew what should happen next, and the pressure quickly became uncomfortable.
D. writes stories she wants to read. Her love of the worlds of fiction led her to earn a Bachelor’s in English from Wright State University.
When she isn’t reading or writing, she’s probably hiking, crafting, watching anime, Korean television, Bollywood, or old movies. She may also be getting her geek on while planning her next steampunk cosplay with friends.
She lives in Wisconsin with her husband (John), retired guide dog (Samwise), and cat (Yin).
Website: www.dlieber.com
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Publisher: http://www.blackrosewriting.com/sci-fifantasy/theexiledotherkin
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Yes, I have a day job. I am a writer-editor for a Department of Defense agency magazine. The articles I write may not be as fun as writing fantasy romance, but at least I get to use that English degree.
It’s the genre I enjoy reading the most. While my main genre is fantasy romance, I still like to explore offshoots. The Exiled Otherkin is also steampunk and adventure, and I’ve written a detective story, which I hope everyone will see in the next few years.
It’s not writer’s block as much as a working out inconsistencies or where the story should go next. I don’t force myself to write every day, so I never have to just stare at blank paper. When my story comes to a screeching halt, I have no problem taking a few days break to figure it out. That’s not to say those days aren’t filled with stress because they certainly are. However, I find the problems usually work themselves out while I’m doing something else. It’s often times something creative, like knitting. But sometimes it’s while my mind is relaxed, such as when I’m in the shower. I wish ideas would pick a better time to come to me than in the shower. I mean, there’s no good way to write them down in there, and I have to try and remember them all until after I’m finished.
Can you tell us about your upcoming book?
I am so excited about the book I just submitted to my publisher. It’s called Intended Bondmates:
Vampires may feed on humans, but nothing is as irresistible to them as fae blood.
Runa has long given up on being content with her life. Her only goal is to protect Mikhail until he awakens and gains his full magic. For the last thirteen years, ever since tragedy struck when they were children, she has protected him as was expected of his werewolf guardian. Though she has started looking for a mate, she can’t imagine what will happen once she’s free of Mikhail. But when he requests to be unbound from her before his awakening, she’s given the chance to return to her intended bondmate.
She expects a warm welcome from Konner, not foreseeing his bitterness at having been abandoned. Konner isn’t the only one who is bitter. His brother’s guardian, Rowan, has had to protect both faelings while she was with Mikhail.
It’s up to Runa to find a way to soothe these two demanding males if she hopes to make up for her past betrayals.
Are there certain characters you would like to go back to, or is there a theme or idea you’d love to work with?
I’ve been encouraged to write a spin-off about Sasha from The Exiled Otherkin, and I quite fancy the idea. I don’t have anything solid yet, but I’d like to revisit him and tell the rest of his story.
GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER
D. Lieber will be awarding a fancy homemade bookmark (US ONLY) to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
Labels: D. Lieber, Fantasy, Giveaway, Goddess Fish Promotions, Romance, The Exiled Otherkin
Finally Found—Lesbian Erotic Romance by Lucy Felthouse, Out Now! @cw1985 #lesbian #romance
Natalia has been in love with her best friend Ashleigh for years, ever since they were housemates at university. Unfortunately, circumstances, and then Natalia’s unwillingness to jeopardise their friendship, mean that she has never confessed her feelings, choosing instead to be grateful for the close relationship they do have. However, on a weekend away together, a bottle or two of wine and an erotic book place the girls in a highly charged sexual situation. Will Natalia make a move, or is she too afraid to rock the boat and risk losing Ashleigh altogether?
Please note: This story was previously published as part of the Lover Unexpected: Sappho Edition anthology.
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Natalia smiled as she caught sight of the familiar redhead sitting at a table in the hotel bar. Thankful for the thick carpet masking her footsteps, she walked up behind her friend, ensuring she wouldn’t be seen. Then she slipped her hands over her eyes. “Guess who?”
An excitable squeak, then, “Oh, I don’t know. Is it Scarlett Johansson?”
“Hmm, close, but not quite. Guess again.”
“Oh, shut up you silly cow, and come here.” With that, the redhead stood and turned, throwing her arms around Natalia and pulling her into a tight hug. “Hey, gorgeous. I missed you! How are you?”
“I missed you too, Ashleigh. I’m good, thanks. How about you? You look great.”
Disentangling from their embrace, Ashleigh looked down at her clingy black top and skinny jeans and shrugged. “Thanks. I’m okay, I guess. All the better for seeing you. It’s been forever. Come on, sit down. Let’s get a drink.”
They sat down, and a waiter appeared. Natalia suspected he’d been waiting at a safe distance until they’d finished their enthusiastic greeting.
He smiled. “What can I get you ladies?”
Natalia looked at her watch. “You know what, it’s Saturday and it’s after twelve. I’ll have a glass of white wine, please. Something mid-range and not too dry.”
Ashleigh piped up. “Make it a bottle. Thanks.”
The waiter nodded, gave a little bow and walked away.
“So,” Natalia said, settling back into the plush armchair, “how was your journey? I always find getting into London a total nightmare, but it’s not so bad once you’re here. The Tube may be sweaty and crowded, but at least it’s fast.”
Ashleigh nodded. “It was all right, actually. The train into the city was on time and not very busy, and, like you say, the Tube is quick and easy. It was pretty stress-free. You?”
“Much the same. I’m just glad we’re finally here. I can’t believe it’s been a year since we’ve seen each other. It’s so easy to forget that when we talk almost every day.”
“I know. I’m sorry. It’s just life gets in the way, doesn’t it? Especially as we live so far apart. And then there was all that stuff with Kayla…” Ashleigh lapsed into silence and dropped her gaze to the table.
Natalia didn’t know how to respond to that, so she just nodded sagely. Kayla had been Ashleigh’s live-in girlfriend, until the discovery of some text messages and emails tipped Ashleigh off that she was being cheated on. Despite all of Kayla’s pleas and declarations of true and undying love, Ashleigh had no intention of being a doormat, so she’d thrown Kayla out, and that was the end of it.
Of course, Natalia had known that Kayla was going to be thrown out before Kayla did. As soon as Ashleigh had found the incriminating missives, she’d gotten straight on the phone to Natalia for advice. And as much as Natalia wanted to tell her friend to get the hell rid of the cheating bitch, she also wanted her to be happy, so instead she’d asked Ashleigh if she thought she was being too hasty.
“Fuck no,” Ashleigh had replied, “as far as I’m concerned, she’s destroyed my trust. Once that happens things are never the same, so it’s not worth it. And if I meant that much to her, she wouldn’t have done it, would she?”
Lucy Felthouse is the award-winning author of erotic romance novels Stately Pleasures (named in the top 5 of Cliterati.co.uk’s 100 Modern Erotic Classics That You’ve Never Heard Of, and an Amazon bestseller), Eyes Wide Open (winner of the Love Romances Café’s Best Ménage Book 2015 award, and an Amazon bestseller), The Persecution of the Wolves and Hiding in Plain Sight. Including novels, short stories and novellas, she has over 160 publications to her name. She owns Erotica For All, and is one eighth of The Brit Babes. Find out more about her writing at http://lucyfelthouse.co.uk, or on Twitter or Facebook. Sign up for automatic updates on Amazon or BookBub. Subscribe to her newsletter and get a free eBook: http://www.subscribepage.com/lfnewsletter
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Labels: erotic romance, Finally Found, lesbian, Lucy Felthouse, Romance, short story
Out Now! Red Stiletto Strategy by Hunter S. Jones #Mystery #Suspense @HunterS_Jones
Born to an alcoholic, single mother in Texas, Luckie Stratton learns from a young age to keep her distance, avoiding getting close to anyone. She moves to LA as a young film actress, becomes enchanted by a swarthy English gentleman and flies to London in 1940 to join his secret British spy elites. The seductive blonde becomes an undercover assassin. Armed with her charm, a switchblade and a Derringer, this femme fatale never fails her mission. Disguised as an anxious wife waiting for her British ‘husband’ to return from battle proves to be irresistible bait to Nazi covert operatives.
Tonight, she has a date with destiny.
Her newest lover is revealed as a double agent and she is given a Code Red: Order to Execute. But, the unexpected appearance of a handsome RAF pilot makes her lose her focus…her target…and betray her command.
Knowing the consequences of failure will make you either the hunter or the prey.
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Labels: Hunter S. Jones, Mystery, Red Stiletto Strategy, SUSPENSE
Lady of Thorns by Nicola Cameron #Historical #Fantasy @YesItsNicolaC
Hello, and thanks so much for having me on today! Lady of Thorns is the third book in a series that was never supposed to be a series. I’ve been describing it as “Lady Mary from Downton Abbey goes head to head with Alan Shore from Boston Legal—and hijinks ensue!” While I’ve resigned Danaë and Matthias to the background for now, fear not, Mattaë fans—book four will run in parallel to the events of Lady of Thorns and covers what happens when Matthias arrives in Hellas for his first official visit after the wedding.
In the meantime I do hope you enjoy the story of Amelie and Alain, and I can promise that they’ll make another appearance down the line as I now know where I’m going with this series. All I will say about that is: buckle up, because it’s going to be a bumpy ride. Mwahahahaha…
Love was never supposed to be part of the deal…
Lady Amelie de Clerq’s prickly demeanor and earth mage abilities have earned her the nickname “Lady of Thorns,” keeping potential suitors at bay and making her the butt of the nobility’s jokes. Determined to attract a husband who will love her for herself rather than her fortune, she decides to embark on a journey of sensual self-discovery.
Alain LaPorte, wily lawyer and toast of the capital’s social set, has been summoned to Lierdhe to oversee business negotiations with a neighboring earl. When Amelie asks Alain to tutor her in the bedroom arts, he agrees to introduce the virgin mage to pleasure. But lessons in lovemaking soon turn into a matter of the heart, forcing both Amelie and Alain to confront their fears about intimacy, loyalty, and love.
Fantasy, Erotic Romance, MF
Published By: Belaurient Press
Books in the Two Thrones series:
Empress of Storms
Palace of Scoundrels
Lady of Thorns
LaPorte returned with two goblets of wine and handed her one, the deep garnet of the liquid lit with reflected fire from the candlelight. “I’m glad you came. I must admit, I was afraid you’d changed your mind.”
Amelie took a deep sip, hoping the cool, tart wine would help soothe her nerves. “I had to persuade my maid that I didn’t require help getting ready for bed.” As it was, she wasn’t sure that she’d convinced Jeanette with her excuse that she planning on going back down to her office. “I apologize if I kept you waiting.”
“No apologies necessary.” He showed her to a pair of chairs set on either side of the fireplace and sat down. “You look lovely.”
She plucked at the light blue wool of her gown, wishing she had worn something more alluring, or at least with a lower neckline. Her mother’s closet was full of silky, clingy dresses with daring necklines, and she would have given a great deal to rummage through them. Instead, I come to him dressed like some awkward girl.
Which I suppose I am. “Thank you. You look very handsome.”
He smiled at that. “Thank you, my lady.”
A silence fell after that. She fidgeted with the goblet, wishing she didn’t feel like such a fool. The weight of his attention was tangible, causing her stomach to flutter. “I don’t know what to say now,” she confessed.
“You don’t have to say anything. Drink your wine and let me look at you.”
Her mouth dried again at that and she took a quick sip from her goblet. “I’m sorry about the plainness of my gown. I’m afraid I don’t have anything appropriate to wear to—” A seduction. “—something like this.”
His lips quirked at that. “I asked you to leave what you had on because I liked it. Pretty gowns make for lovely gift wrapping, true, but it all comes off in the end anyway. Besides, there’s a certain appeal to a gown such as yours.”
“I don’t see what that could be,” she muttered into her goblet.
“It’s what it represents. Youth, innocence, an unknown territory ripe to be explored. I suspect it’s the reason why so many men have a fondness for deflowering virgins—they relish being the first man a woman has known intimately.”
She tried to lock the question behind her jaws, but it popped out. “Do you like that?”
“Deflowering virgins?”
She slouched lower in her chair. “Oh.”
He held up a hand. “Not to say that I have anything against it, mind you. Everyone has to start somewhere, after all. But I don’t fetishize it to the degree that other men do. I see it more as a starting point on a very pleasant journey.”
She hadn’t thought of it that way. “And you don’t think less of me for my request?”
“Not at all, my lady. You know what you want, and you wish an experienced tutor to help you achieve it. It’s all quite reasonable to me.” He settled in his chair, sipping his wine. “As I’m playing tutor to you in this area, are there any questions you wish to ask me?”
There were, actually. “Will it hurt much?”
“It shouldn’t. If I make sure you’re aroused and open first, you should be able to take me without discomfort.”
Take him. Those simple words set warmth surging through her lower belly. “So, no gushing blood or rending pain, then.”
He rolled his eyes. “That might be the case if a maid beds a huge brute of a man who’s only interested in his own pleasure. But that won’t be the case with you, I can assure you. I’m confident enough in my ability to couch a lance without causing you harm.”
Even if there would be pain, she was prepared to bear it for the promise of pleasure afterwards. She wondered how many women he’d taken to bed, but found she didn’t want to know the answer. “How do we do this? Go from sitting here to naked and in bed?”
Alain studied her, then drained his goblet. “Like this, my lady.”
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Despite a healthy interest in sex since puberty, it wasn't until 2012 that Nicola decided to try writing about it. As it turned out, the skills she picked up during her SF writing career transferred rather nicely to erotic romance. When not writing, she wrangles cats, smooches her husband, makes dolls of dubious and questionable identity, and thanks almighty Cthulhu that she doesn’t have to work for a major telecommunications company any more (because there’s BDSM, and then there’s just plain torture...).
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April Day deeply loves her husband, Derek, but something’s missing. To heat things up, she books them on a Caribbean cruise for their seventh anniversary. She’s not sure what she’s looking for, but she knows she’s found it as soon as she spots the delectable sprite of an actress who stars in the ship’s daily shows.
Meghan Keenan’s having a blast with her latest squeeze, Clark Hendricks, who writes and directs the shipboard main shows. Should she turn down April’s request to heat up her marriage? And if she accepts, where will Clark fit in?
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Derek felt her fingers clawing at his back. She hadn’t been a wildcat like this for years, either. He lifted her butt off the bed and continued plowing in and out of her. Her heels pounded his backside.
“I’m coming!” she keened. “Come with me. Do it.”
Her verbal barrage rattled his brain, and then his cock exploded. He worked his wife’s hips back and forth along his length, spurting and filling her like she’d demanded. Breathing heavily, he flexed his arms and settled April on the bed, then leaned over and kissed her forehead. “I didn’t hurt you, did I?” Her giggles confused his muddled thoughts.
“Good grief.” Grinning broadly, she lolled her head from side to side. “Does this look like a woman in pain?”
He shook his head. “Not really. But let’s roll over so I don’t have to worry about crushing you.” He rolled them easily until April beamed down at him.
She licked perspiration from his chin. “So watching me ride Meg’s fingers must’ve been a turn-on after all.”
He gave her a crooked smile. “That, and imagining her howling into the night.” He ran a finger along her nose. “You didn’t do badly in that department, yourself.”
“I hadn’t realized how silent I’d become over the years until Meg quizzed you about me. I could hardly keep my mouth closed in the lounge.”
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He scowled. “Do we have to? Wasn’t this good enough?”
April shook her head. “Who knows what good enough is? Do you really want to turn your back on Meg? Do you really want me to turn my back on her? We may never have this kind of opportunity again. We’re free to try whatever we want here.” She kissed his mouth and dragged her tongue across his lips. “Don’t you at least want to try? For us. Or at least, for me.”
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In the beginning, we didn’t give too much thought to her motivation, or to that of the other major players. Characters have a way of taking over, though, and Meg wasn’t satisfied with just being a piece of fluff having hot sex scenes. Each book in the series is its own love story, stirring up emotions even Meg wasn’t prepared for.
The original five-book series was first released in 2009 by a different e-publisher. It’s been unavailable for over four years, and we’re thrilled Extasy Books has contracted to re-release it, completely revised and re-edited. In the meantime, Meg insisted we write one more adventure. The six books are releasing approximately every ten weeks.
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Home NCAAM Canisius College Big 4 Basketball Update: Buffalo shines in national spotlight
Big 4 Basketball Update: Buffalo shines in national spotlight
Michael Bundt
This will be a weekly feature published every Sunday on From the 300 Level and will include recaps, podcasts and any other additional Big 4 Basketball content we can think of. You can follow Mike Bundt on Twitter @Mike_Bundt.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Last week will be remembered as the stretch of games that catapulted the UB Bulls into the national spotlight.
Sure, they were undefeated and ranked heading into the week but it was their win at Syracuse and offensive explosion against No. 20 Marquette that showed the rest of the country what No. 14 Buffalo is made of.
Their victory over the Orange will do wonders for the Bulls perception across Western New York. Syracuse is the gold standard for college hoops across the state. Taking them down at the Carrier Dome will help UB earn the respect they rightfully deserve.
As for the rest of the Big 4… sigh… it wasn’t a good week.
Canisius blew a late second half lead against Holy Cross, dropping to 3-7. St. Bonaventure lost a pair of games in New England against Vermont and Northeastern while Niagara was the lone saving grace, splitting a pair of games against Cleveland State and Army.
With that said, here’s another edition of Stock Up, Stock Down!
Week: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Teams: Buffalo, Niagara, St. Bonaventure, Canisius
Stock Up:
No. 14/15 Buffalo: (11-1), Last Week: Win at Syracuse, Loss at No. 20 Marquette
As I mentioned in last week’s Big 4 Update, the Bulls pair of games against Syracuse and Marquette had the potential to define their season.
With a pair of wins, an at-large bid would’ve been essentially locked up in December. A split was expected while a winless mark would’ve put a major damper on their tremendous start.
Buffalo settled for the middle option. They defeated Syracuse on Tuesday evening for their first win over the Orange since 1963. Three days later, they jumped out to a quick start against No. 20 Marquette before watching Golden Eagles star Markus Howard explode for 45 points (40 in the 2nd half) in a 103-85 loss.
While it was disappointing to see Buffalo’s perfect start come to a close, it’s clear from watching both performances that the Bulls belong with the best of the best across the country.
SYRACUSE, NY – DECEMBER 18: CJ Massinburg #5 of the Buffalo Bulls drives to the basket during the first half against the Syracuse Orange. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
CJ Massinburg is a star and is being recognized as one. He was one of 20 players across the country named to the Oscar Robertson Midseason Watch List. The list is put together by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, awarding the top collegiate basketball player in the nation.
Massinburg looked the part against the Cuse, finishing with 25 points, eight rebounds and five assists. He leveled off against Marquette scoring 18 points on 5-14 shooting.
Jeremy Harris had a strong pair of games, averaging 20 points last week while Nick Perkins struggled to find his touch offensively, averaging 8.5 points (4-19 shooting) and 9.5 rebounds.
Davonta Jordan continued to show his amazing value, getting it done on both sides of the court. The junior guard has elite level quickness and is one of the top defenders in the MAC.
Additionally, Dontay Caruthers stepped up against Marquette after a quiet game against Syracuse, scoring 20 points on Friday night.
Let’s talk about what both games mean to Buffalo this year and moving forward.
SYRACUSE, NY – DECEMBER 18: Buffalo Bulls fans hold up a school flag during the second half of the Buffalo Bulls versus the Syracuse Orange. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The Syracuse victory means EVERYTHING!
It validates the Bulls in Western New York. As hard as it is to believe, there were still a lot of doubters heading into UB’s game against the Orange on Tuesday.
There are many people who don’t take Buffalo athletics seriously because they participate in the Mid-American Conference. I’ve always scoffed at that view but it’s one that’s persisted since UB reinstated D1 athletics.
Many of those same people who were dismissive or unaware of the Bulls recent success are now woke! (Young person term, still learning slang)
Media coverage of the game was tremendous. All of the major Buffalo outlets covered the contest that aired nationally on ESPN2. WGR 550 was even talking about it on their airwaves the next day.
The “UB bandwagon” is quickly expanding and I expect it to keep growing as the season continues.
When it comes to the Marquette loss, that’s disappointing from a win-loss perspective but it’s not the end of the world.
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – DECEMBER 21: Markus Howard #0 of the Marquette Golden Eagles attempts a shot while being guarded by Nick Perkins #33 of the Buffalo Bulls. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
Buffalo jumped out to a quick start but ran into a “Steph Curry” type performance by Markus Howard. The junior guard posted his second 45-point effort of the season, hitting 9-13 from deep to hand the Bulls their first loss of the season.
So what will that mean for UB’s spot in the rankings? I detail that below.
Poll Watch:
I’m a firm believer that Buffalo will remain ranked despite their loss to No. 20 Marquette. The Golden Eagles were favored at home in a game that lived up to its hype for the first 35 minutes.
That said, the Bulls will drop at least a few spots in both polls. If I were a betting man, I’d put money down that Buffalo will be slotted between 18-20 in both polls next week.
You’re probably wondering, why that much of a drop following a road loss against a talented Golden Eagles team?
Many pollsters don’t watch every ranked team play. Many check nightly box scores and fill out their rankings simply based on win/loss results.
TEMPE, AZ – DECEMBER 22: Former Buffalo head coach Bobby Hurley’s Arizona State Sun Devils upset No. 1 Kansas on Saturday evening. (Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Based on that criteria alone, the Bulls will drop. They certainly passed the eye test but an 18-point loss will test many voters when figuring out where to slot UB.
The second issue, a bunch of quality teams behind Buffalo will be moving up.
Ohio State and Marquette are GUARANTEED to jump UB in the polls. Wisconsin, Mississippi State and Kentucky most likely will as well with Arizona State possibly jumping them despite falling to Vanderbilt earlier in the week after upsetting No. 1 Kansas on Saturday night.
Buffalo’s victory over Syracuse was their first over an ACC opponent since defeating Miami (FL) on Nov. 18, 2006
The Bulls win over Syracuse was their first win over the Orange since 1963.
The last non-major conference team to beat Syracuse by at least that margin at the Carrier Dome was David Robinson’s Navy squad, which beat the Orange 97-85 in the 1986 NCAA Tournament.
The last time Syracuse played a team from New York ranked higher than them was 1998-99 when No. 9 St. John’s took on No. 17 Syracuse.
Other than St. John’s the last time Syracuse took on a team from New York ranked higher than them was on February 8, 1955 against No. 16 Niagara
Senior CJ Massinburg moved into fifth place on UB’s all-time scoring list on Tuesday night, joining Javon McRea and Yassin Idbihi as the only three players in school history with 1,500 points and 600 boards.
Next Week: at Canisius
Niagara is the only team in the MAAC with a winning record.
Stock Neutral!
Niagara: (6-5), Last Week: Loss at Cleveland State, Win at Army
It was a pretty “blah” week from a Niagara perspective.
The Purple Eagles opened up with an ugly loss at Cleveland State but give them credit for responding with a strong second half performance to defeat Army.
At 6-5 overall, they’re currently the only team in the MAAC with a winning record. (It’s been an AWFUL start to the season for the conference)
With the way the MAAC is shaping up, I wouldn’t be surprised if Niagara somehow found their way towards the top of the conference at the end of the season.
Are they at that point right now? Nope. In fact, the Purple Eagles are only 259th in the KenPom rankings despite their winning record.
That ranks seventh in the MAAC. The good news, those rankings don’t determine where you’ll finish at the end of the season.
KenPom projects the Purple Eagles to go 16-15 overall.
The site projects Niagara to go 16-15 which seems about right. The Purple Eagles have decent talent, filled with some strong seniors and underclassmen.
Their main issue has been their consistency.
Marvin Prochet is coming off a pair of poor shooting performances, averaging 13.5 points during his past two games on 9-30 shooting. He did however hit the boards once again, pulling down 9.5 rebounds per game last week.
James Towns has continued to make an impact for the Purple Eagles. His quickness is a major asset for Niagara’s offense. He’s up to 13.5 points and 4.2 assists per game. His shooting still needs to improve but he’s definitely one of Niagara’s most important players.
Freshman Marcus Hammond had a strong week. He’s one of a bunch of Purple Eagles underclassmen that look like they’ll develop into solid players.
Fellow freshman Raheem Solomon has shown significant flashes while Keleaf Tate hit the game-winning shot against Cornell earlier this season.
Things are looking up for Niagara. They’re FAR from polished but they’re getting better. This year’s squad isn’t as talented as last year’s 19-win, CIT squad but the building blocks are there for them to continue growing into the future.
Niagara’s 51 second half points against Army are the most they’ve scored this season.
Dominic Robb has had at least three blocks in seven games this season.
The Purple Eagles (6-5) are currently the only team in the MAAC with a winning record.
Next Week: vs. Norfolk State
SYRACUSE, NY – DECEMBER 22: Head coach Mark Schmidt of the St. Bonaventure Bonnies kneels at center court during the game against the Syracuse Orange. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
Stock Down!
St. Bonaventure: (4-8), Last Week: Losses at Vermont and Northeastern
It wasn’t an easy week for St. Bonaventure fans.
The Bonnies dropped a pair of games in New England against Vermont and Northeastern after taking the court for the first time since their Buffalo loss following a 10-day break between games.
St. Bonaventure stormed out to an impressive start against the Catamounts, leading 31-22 heading into the half but were unable to hold on, falling 83-76 in double overtime.
Courtney Stockard and Kyle Lofton WENT OFF against Vermont, combining for 50 points on 18-36 shooting!
Stockard channeled his inner Jaylen Adams towards of the end of regulation, drilling a DEEP three that would’ve been an incredible game-winning shot had the score held.
Lofton has been the best part of the Bonnies season. The freshman guard already looks like he’ll become a future star. He’s averaging 13.9 points and four assists.
His freshman counterpart, Osun Osunniyi continues to be a beast down low, averaging 5.3 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game.
We could go on and on about Stockard as well but after a solid start, his addition hasn’t resulted in any wins during the Bonnies last three games.
SYRACUSE, NY – DECEMBER 22: LaDarien Griffin recently returned to the Bonnies lineup. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
St. Bonaventure received some great news prior to their Northeastern game with senior forward LaDarien Griffin returning to their lineup. He had been out since the end of the Bonnies season opener against Bucknell.
Griffin was quiet in his first action back, posting just three points and one rebound but it’ll be huge to get his legs underneath him as he tries to give the Bonnies a boost heading into conference play.
Speaking of Atlantic 10 play, St. Bonaventure is just one of four teams in the conference with a below .500 record.
The Bonnies are ranked in the middle of the conference according to the KenPom rankings (#153 overall) with the A10 (#10) one spot below the MAC (#9) in their conference rankings.
St. Bonaventure has a huge rematch this Saturday taking on Syracuse. Bona won their first game at the Carrier Dome last December in a 60-57 overtime victory over the Orange.
In a game of seven ties and 11 lead changes against Vermont, St. Bonaventure came up just short on the road, seeing a four-point lead in the second overtime erased.
Senior Courtney Stockard and freshman Kyle Lofton combined to score 50 points, with Stockard scoring 27 before fouling out and Lofton setting a career high with 23.
Senior LaDarien Griffin returned to the Bona lineup against Northeastern, recording three points, one rebound and two steals in 26 minutes. Griffin had not played since suffering a knee injury in the season-opener against Bucknell.
Next Week: at Syracuse
TALLAHASSEE, FL – NOVEMBER 19: Reggie Witherspoon head coach Canisius College Golden Griffins watches from the sideline during the game against the Florida State University (FSU) Seminoles, Monday, November 19, 2018, at the Donald L Tucker Civic Center in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo by David Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Canisius: (3-7), Last Week: Loss at Holy Cross
Welp…
It hasn’t been a fun start to the season for Canisius fans. The Griffs entered this year with high expectations but they haven’t come close to living up to them in non-conference play.
After a tough showing in the AdvoCare Invitational, many figured Canisius would figure things out once they returned home, facing lesser competition.
That hasn’t been the case. In fact, despite posting back-to-back wins entering last week, the Griffs future looks even bleaker now than it did while they were in Florida.
However, that doesn’t mean it’ll continue to play out that way.
Canisius plays in the 27th ranked conference in the country according to KenPom. Niagara is the only team in the MAAC that currently displays a winning record.
And as a result, the Griffs (#221) are actually the third ranked team in the MAAC. I know that’s hard to believe but it’s a reason for hope heading into January.
KenPom projects Canisius to go 13-16 (10-8) overall. Now, that’s nowhere near their expectations heading into the season but it’s also much better than many fans expect moving forward.
If they could finish 10-8 in MAAC play, they would have a legitimate chance of winning their conference tournament and heading to their first NCAA Tournament since Jon Beilein coached Canisius in 1995-96.
What’s it going to take for them to turn things around?
TALLAHASSEE, FL – NOVEMBER 19: Isaiah Reese (13) guard Canisius College Golden Griffins works the corner against PJ Savoy. (Photo by David Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
First, it’s going to require Isaiah Reese to start playing like the player we saw last year. He has struggled all season, opening the Elon game on the bench.
He looked better overall against Holy Cross, posting 16 points and four assists but managed to turn the ball over five times.
Canisius needs him to take over the primary scoring role, posting between 16-18 points per game.
They also need some secondary scoring to step up. Takal Molson is a consistent double-digit scorer but who is their third or fourth options?
Scott Hitchon has stepped up in recent games but he still a lot of room to grow. Canisius leaves a lot to be desired after Reese and Molson in their lineup.
Thirdly, they need to find a way to finish off opponents. The Griffs were in a golden position to come away with a win over Holy Cross but couldn’t hold on to a nine-point lead with seven minutes remaining.
Those are the type of results you can’t allow to happen.
It’ll be the first time Canisius has ever hosted a ranked opponent at the Koesller Athletic Center according to the Golden Griffins athletic department.
Big 4 Watch:
Canisius will be hosting Buffalo on Saturday evening at the Koessler Athletic Center. It’ll be the first time they’ve hosted a ranked opponent since taking on No. 24 West Virginia at HSBC Arena on December 22, 2007.
It’ll be the first time Canisius has ever hosted a ranked opponent at the Koessler Athletic Center according to the Golden Griffins athletic department.
The game is already sold-out due in part to two major factors.
The Koessler Athletic Center is one of the smallest venues in college basketball (2,000 capacity).
Buffalo is off to a historic start. Many UB fans have been purchasing tickets for the Big 4 rivalry contest.
As for how this game will play out… Do you really need me to answer that?
This one will get ugly! There’s no ifs, ands, or buts. Buffalo has too much talent and depth for the Griffs to keep up.
Prediction: Buffalo 93-67
Thursday was the sixth time in series history where the final score between these two programs was settled by less than five points. Holy Cross is 5-1 in those six contests.
The loss drops Canisius to 77-2 since 2013-14 when leading with 2:00 left on the clock.
Molson has now scored in double-figures in all 10 games this season and in 14-straight games, dating back to last year.
Canisius is set to host Buffalo. If the Bulls remain in the Top 25, it’ll be the first time the Griffs have hosted a ranked opponent at the Koessler Athletic Center.
It’ll be the first time Canisius has hosted a ranked opponent since December 22, 2007 when they took on No. 24 West Virginia at HSBC Arena.
Next Week: vs. No. 14 Buffalo
Team facts courtesy of the UB, Canisius, Niagara and St. Bonaventure athletic departments.
Bonnies
Canisius
CJ Massinburg
Courtney Stockard
Davonta Jordans
Golden Griffins
Griffs
Isaiah Reese
James Towns
Jeremy Harris
Kyle Lofton
MACtion
Marvin Prochet
Mide-American Conference
Nick Perkins
Raheem Solomon
Scott Hitchon
Takal Molson
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Cemetery: GMCT Home
Are you searching for information about a loved one or ancestor interred or cremated at a GMCT cemetery? Historian and trust member Dr Jan Penney has shared some tips to get started – including some helpful places you may not have thought to look.
Begin with the GMCT deceased search
The GMCT deceased search and GIS mapping system includes interment and cremation records for all GMCT cemeteries and memorial parks, with the exception of Northcote Cemetery. Searches can be conducted using a combination of first name, surname and cemetery.
If you are not sure where a relative is buried, ensure the option to search all cemeteries is selected in the first instance. Consider that the names of cemeteries may have also changed over time.
Be specific when it comes to names, as searching by surname only often generates a large number of results. Try a range of spellings. Fred, for example, may be spelled Freddy, Frederick, Frederick, Friedrich, Fritz or Frederich. Emigrants sometimes changed their names after arriving in Australia, so search widely.
GMCT’s deceased search and GIS mapping system will display available information related to the individual being searched. The GIS mapping system will display a map indicating the specific location of the interment or scattering where applicable.
Deepen your record search
It is important to note that not all records relating to burials and services which have taken place at a GMCT cemetery or memorial park are available through the online mapping system.
If you have searched and have been unable to locate who or what you are looking for, other avenues are available. A more detailed search of cemetery records can be requested under the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act. Please note charges may apply to such requests.
GMCT was established in 2010 through a merger of eight separate cemetery trusts. At this time, we inherited the records of each previous trust. Unfortunately, many of the inherited original hard copy records were incomplete. Many of our cemeteries have been in operation for a long time – some for more than 150 years. Historical manual recordkeeping processes may have only collected limited information and records may have been lost as a result of fire or other physical damage over time.
GMCT recognises the importance of the records we manage, both for our business and for broader historical research. We’re investing considerable resources to improve the quality of our cemetery management, deceased search and mapping systems and we’re undertaking an extensive project to digitise our historical record collections.
Try complementary sources
Other sources may provide additional information about your ancestor or loved one. Please note the GMCT deceased search is the official source of information relating to interments within our cemeteries. While community organisations, historical societies, friends groups and other websites are an excellent additional resource, GMCT cannot guarantee the accuracy of data from alternative sources.
A straightforward Google search can be an good first step to uncover related information. Start by keeping the search wide and then narrow by using “ ” to locate material.
You can also try the following:
Trove is an Australian online library database aggregator hosted by the National Library of Australia, allowing you to search archives, historic newspaper articles and death notices.
When searching by name, try the format ‘Mr F. Smith’or ‘Mrs F. Smith’- this was the common form of address in early publications. Unmarried women were often simply Miss Smith without a first name.
If your relative lived in one area most of their lives, then a dedicated search of local newspapers within Trove will result in many more local mentions becoming available. If it is a common surname and you know of a relevant date in their lives - eg marriage, death, birth - then you can also narrow the search by decade.
Ryerson Index
Trove only contains records prior to about 1950. For later death notices try Ryerson Index, a free database of all published death and funeral notices. You can then try to retrieve the actual notice from the paper in which it was published by searching their online website using the name and dates known.
Census records can be helpful to determine a place of residence and other family members where it is listed who lived in the same household in a particular year.
Births, Deaths and Marriages
To widen your search, consider searching the Births, Deaths and Marriages register or similar in each state.
Community-based cemetery websites
There are numerous free, unofficial cemetery search sites such as Find A Grave, Billion Graves, Australian Cemeteries and so on. All vary in content and accuracy and many rely on community contributions, but they are worth a look. Some have photographs included of actual headstones or record the tombstone inscription.
There are the plethora of family history search sites such as Find My Past, My Heritage, Geni, Ancestor, My Ancestors and so on. Some are free but contain relatively little information. Others charge a monthly or annual fee but can be a valuable source.
If your relative is of an age to have served in any war, search the Australian War Memorial and the National Archives of Australia to obtain further information. Many records are now digitised and available to read or copy. If not, they can be ordered.
It is also useful to check local historical society websites, local councils and local museum websites for related information or records. Many have lists of people buried in their local cemeteries. Others have biographies of local people on their websites or have published material on local businesses, parks and reserves named after local people, occupations and all sorts of relevant material.
Some cemeteries have historians and others interested in their local particular cemeteries and have amassed considerable material. Try using search terms on Google such as “Who is buried in … cemetery”. Or, put the name of the cemetery in as a search term and navigate to at least five pages of searches.
Some cemeteries have Friends groups which are very familiar with their cemeteries and may be able to assist with research. You can find out more about GMCT cemetery friends groups here.
The following organisations may also be a helpful resource, though most will focus on the cemetery rather than the individual.
Heritage Victoria
Royal Historical Society of Victoria
State Library of Victoria
Genealogical Society of Victoria
Please contact our customer care team on 1300 022 298 if you require additional assistance regarding our deceased search, GIS mapping system or interment data, or if you want to update your details as a right of interment (ROI) holder. You can also email requests for information relating to burial and service records to enquiries@gmct.com.au
GMCT manages 19 sites across Melbourne’s north, east and west. A full list of cemeteries can be found on our locations page. GMCT is not able to provide information or access to records relating to cemeteries managed by other Victorian or interstate cemetery trusts.
Abour Dr Jan Penney BA, Dip Ed, PhD
Jan is a professional historian who has worked across the fields of heritage, education and tourism. She has taught at several universities, including Monash University where she delivered the master of public history course. She is also a former Chair of the Heritage Council of Victoria. Jan was appointed to The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust in 2010 and also authors GMCT’s biographical series Footprints in History.
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What are trichomes? Trichome 101
Contributed by: Snaps_provolone
Submitted June 18, 2003
What are Trichomes?
capitate stalked trichome photo by: Eirik
Although cannabis resin glands called trichomes are structurally diverse, they come in three basic varieties:
Bulbous:
The bulbous type is the smallest (15-30 micron). From one to four cells make up the "foot" and "stalk," and one to four cells make up the "head" of the gland. Head cells secrete a resin - presumably cannabinoids, and related compounds which accumulate between the head cells and the cuticle. When the gland matures, a nipple-like protrusion may form on the membrane from the pressure of the accumulating resin. The bulbous glands are found scattered about the surfaces of the above-ground plant parts.
Capitate-Sessile:
The second type of gland is much larger & is more numerous than the bulbous glands. They are called capitate, which means having a globular-shaped head. On immature plants, the heads lie flush, appearing not to have a stalk and are called capitate sessile. They actually have a stalk that is one cell high, although it may not be visible beneath the globular head. The head is composed of usually eight, but up to 16 cells, that form a convex rosette. These cells secrete cannabinoids, and related compounds which accumulate between the rosette and it's outer membrane. This gives it a spherical shape. The gland measures from 25 to 100 micron across.
Capitate-Stalked:
Cannabinoids are most abundant in the capitate-stalked gland which consists of a tier of secretory disc cells subtending a large non-cellular secretory cavity. During flowering the capitate glands that appear on the newly formed plant parts take on a third form. Some of the glands are raised to a height of 150 to 500 micron when their stalks elongate. These capitate-stalked glands appear during flowering and form their densest cover on the female flower bracts. They are also highly concentrated on the small leaves that accompany the flowers. The male flowers have stalked glands on the sepals, but they are smaller and less concentrated than on the female bracts. Male flowers form a row of very large capitate glands along the opposite sides of anthers.
photo by: Proof_of_the_pudding
The figures above denote capitate-stalked trichomes with green arrows, the bulbous trichomes with yellow arrows & the red arrows mark the capitate-sessile trichomes. Cyan arrows denote cystolith hairs.
Life inside a capitate-stalked trichome
image by: Snaps_Provolone
Disc cells, attached to leaf or bract by stipe cells (RED) & basal cells (GREEN), release fibrillar wall matrix into secretory cavity where it contributes to thickening of subcuticular wall during enlargement of secretory cavity. Plastids (ORANGE) in disc cells produce secretions called lipoplasts which synthesize quantities of lipophilic substances that accumulate outside the plasma membrane, migrating into the endoplasmic reticular cytoplasm and through the plasma membrane and cell wall into the secretory cavity where they form vesicles (BLUE) in the secretory cavity. Vesicles in contact with the subcuticular wall release contents that contribute to the growth of the cuticle during the enlargement of the secretory cavity. THC occurs in the walls, fibrillar matrix & other contents surrounding the vesicles, but not in the vesicles. Trace amounts of THC is present in the disc cells.
photo by: Eirik
When to harvest your trichomes
There are several schools of thought as to when it is the time to harvest. I shall attempt to explain how you can determine the harvesting time that will produce the most favorable psychoactive effect for your individual preferences.
We are most concerned with the capitate-stalked trichomes, as these contain the overwhelming majority of the psychoactive cannabinoids (THC, THCV, CBN). Different cannabinoids affect the high in a multifaceted manner.
THC:
delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol & delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol - THC mimics the action of anandamide, a neurotransmitter produced naturally in the body, which binds with the cannabinoid receptors in the brain to produce the ?high? associated with marijuana. THC possesses high UV-B (280-315 nm) absorption properties.
THCV:
tetrahydrocannabivarin - prevalent in certain South African and Southeast Asian strains of cannabis. It is said to produce a ?clearer high? & seems to possess many of the therapeutic properties of THC.
CBD:
cannabidiol - previously believed to be psychoactive, or to contribute to the high by interacting with other cannabinoids, conversely the most recent research indicates that CBD has negligible effect on the high, it is however a strong anti-inflammatory, and may take the edge off some THC effects, such as anxiety. CBD as a non-psychoactive cannabinoid appears to be helpful for many medical conditions. CBD biosynthesizes into cannabinol (CBN) & tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
CBN:
cannabinol - a degradation product of THC, produces a depressant effect, ?fuzzy? forehead.
CBC:
cannabichromene - non-psychoactive , a precursor to THC.
CBG:
cannabigerol - non-psychoactive, hemp strains often posses elevated levels of CBG while possessing only trace amounts of THC.
Heavy trichome production is not necessarily an indication of a potent plant. Some hemp strains have moderate layers of trichomes yet pack only a strong headache. In a drug strain, a thick layer of trichomes is a symbol that it may well posses an elevated potency level, but it is certainly not a guarantee.
What defines a cannabis drug strain is the plant's ability to produce THC & THCV.
A small 25x or stronger pocket microscope, which can be picked up inexpensively at an electronics store like Radio Shack, works well for getting a closer peek at your trichome development. We are examining are the capitate stalked glandular trichomes, the coloration of these gland heads can vary between strains and maturity. Most strains start with clear or slightly amber heads which gradually become cloudy or opaque when THC levels have peaked and are beginning to degrade. Regardless of the initial color of the secretory cavity, with careful observation you should be able to see a change in coloration as maturity levels off.
Some cultivators wait for about half of the secretory cavities to go opaque before harvesting, to ensure maximum THC levels in the finished product. Of course nothing tells the truth more than your own perception, so try samples at various stages to see what is best for you & the phenotype your are growing. While you may be increasing the total THC level in the bud by allowing half of the glands to go opaque, the bud will also have a larger percentage of THC breakdown products such as CBN, which is why some people choose to harvest earlier while most of the secretory cavities are still clear.
Indica varieties will usually have a 10-15 day harvest window to work with. Sativas and Indica/Sativa hybrids often have an extended period to work with.
The figures above denotes clear trichomes with green arrows, the cloudy trichomes with yellow arrows & the red arrows mark the amber trichomes.
Why did trichomes evolve in nature?
Cannabis has evolved trichomes for a multitude of uses in nature, some of these require THC & other cannabinoids to be effective, and others that do not.
Insect Protection:
Many insects find the thick coating of trichomes unpleasant, this offers a level of protection for the developing seeds.
The layer of trichomes and cystolith hairs makes cannabis less palatable to many herbivores & omnivores.
Desiccation:
The layer of trichomes helps to 'insulate' the pistilate (female) flower from low humidity levels and high wind.
UV-B Light:
UV-B light is harmful to living things, THC has very high UV-B adsorption properties, thus cannabis evolution may have favored the evolution of genotypes that produced these THC laden capitate-stalked trichomes as a built in 'sun-screen' for protection against UV-B light rays.
Fungal Protection:
Some of the compounds present in the trichomes actually inhibit the growths of some types of fungus.
Quite possibly, the most important reason for the evolution of the THC laden capitate-stalked trichomes is the intercession of man in the natural selection process, favoring genotypes that produce copious amounts of THC laden trichomes.
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More Research on UU’s
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Numerical Indicators
The following the second in a three part series first published on Rev. Christine Robinson’s blog, iminister
The American Religious Identification Survey is done about once a decade and involves a large number of Americans (about 50 thousand) in a telephone poll about their religion. The third such poll, done in 2008, was just released, and has a number of interesting points for UU’s to ponder.
Besides the points I covered Wednesday (That fewer than half of those who identify as UU’s actually belong to a congregation, that that group is growing in number rather significantly and growing in diversity even faster than the American population is), here are some more points of interest in this survey.
We’re migrating to the Sunbelt just like the rest of the population. In 2001, 26% of us lived in the northeast and 23% of us lived in the Midwest, while 21% of us lived in the south and 30% lived in the west. In 2008, only 19% of us lived in the NE and 17% of us lived in the Midwest, while 24% of us are southerners and 40% are westerners. We are only historically a New England congregation these days! The great majority of UU’s live elsewhere.
We’re aging faster than the population at large. The median age of the population has increased from 40 to 44 years old over the study period, but increased from 44 to 52 years in the UUA.
We are more monolithically Democrats than we were in 1990, when about 18% of u were Republicans and 37% were Independents. In 2008, only 6% of us were Republicans and 30% independents. In 2008, the percentages were 6% Republicans and 30% Independents… a significant loss of diversity.
A small percentage of respondents were asked more detailed questions of their religious beliefs. The following data is suggestive but based on very small numbers of respondents, so is not statistically significant.
77% of self-identified UU’s told researchers that they believed in God, but of those, few believed in miracles or that God helps them in any way. So while it seems that this particular sample over-represents theists in our midst, in other ways, the sample sounds pretty UU.
Fewer than half of the people researchers spoke to said that they were legal members of a UU congregation. This is similar to what they found among other liberal religious groups.
About ½ of the sample UU’s had switched religions at some point in their lives. (Common wisdom among UU’s, however, is that 90% of UU’s “came out” of some other faith. This gives us a strong hint, it seems to me, about who identifies as UU but is not a member of a church…that is, the graduates of our RE programs.
This study estimates that there are 100,000 people in the US who used to be UU’s but who are now something else, mostly, none. (So the old Joke about how Unitarian Universalism is a way station between the Mainline and the Golf Course seems to be true.)
Over half of UU’s in this sample were in interfaith (or UU/no faith) households.
In the last post of these series, I’ll comment more on the significance of these statistics.
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My own experience may be illustrative of something. I was “raised UU”–that is, my parents took me to Unitarian Sunday School almost from birth. I could have joined the church at 16 but waited until I was almost 21 (even though I was youth group president), but still attended most Sundays and absolutely identified as UU. I moved at age 23 to San Francisco and immediately joined a UU church there, but was a pledging unit for only two years before moving to Europe, where I lived for a number of years. I called myself UU but was not a signed-the-book-and-pledged-every-year member anywhere.
That pattern has repeated during my subsequent adult years. I did not sign the book and start pledging at my home congregation until I had attended regularly for five years. During that time I led a major social action project–and probably would not have actually signed the book when I did, except that I wanted to be on the search committee for a new minister!–and, of course, had to be a member for that purpose. Incidentally, my husband and I pledged although we were not members. So I was seen as committed, and understood myself to be committed, but was not on the UUA’s books as a UU.
As a ministerial student I now understand the concepts involved in membership. I puzzle over whether we (and read “we” how you will. Do I mean UU pledging units, or people who try to understand religious identity surveys?) need to refine our definitions a bit. It seems that the great American public has a different understanding of religious identity than do we who need to count pledging units for sheer survival. We may still need to be that precise, but we should add that fudge factor to our thinking as we do so.
If we were able to study those who claim to be UU but are not members, perhaps we would gain information that would be useful in converting them to pledging units. On a seminarians’ listserv, we have mentioned the clash of cultures between members of the corporation and the emotional identity, but the conversation hasn’t really gone anywhere–because where can we take it?
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Make sure to take a water bottle, some snacks, a camera and a High Country Rail Trail map. The first 6km leg of the journey from the Wodonga Visitor Information Centre situated in Hovell Street, will take you to the beginning of the High Country Rail Trail in Bandiana. Follow the Rail Trail signs from the Visitors Information Centre to Thomas Mitchell Drive, then follow the marked bike path which runs along the southern[right] service road. At the Brockley Street intersection you will depart from the service road and continue on a shared, bitumen, pedestrian walkway.
Allow for at least a one hour break at the Bandiana Army Museum, the largest and most diversified Military Museum in Australia. It is truly worth a visit at a very reasonable admission price.
Continue on past the Kiewa Valley Highway intersection and before turning right into Whyte’s Road check the main sign board for Rail Trail accessibility across the Kiewa River flood plains. If deemed ‘Not Accessible’ continue on for another three kms along the Murray Valley Highway and turn right at Pollard’s Road for re-entry onto the rail trail. If there is no Rail Trail conditions report at Whyte’s Road, head down Whyte’s Road until you reach the (Middle Creek) floodway where you will find the official gateway to the High Country Rail Trail sign-posted on your left.
Bandiana to Ebden
Picnic facilities are available in a tranquil bush setting at the first river crossing from the entry gate at Whytes Road.
As you head across the suspension bridges of the magnificent Kiewa floodplains you will traverse 7km of high conservation-value bush reserve. Stop for a moment at the historic Bonegilla railway siding and imagine yourself as a new migrant in a foreign country where your only transport from the over-crowded camp where you have been placed is via a small steam train which has to be flagged down as it passes through, only at specific times of day.
A couple of kilometres past the Bonegilla railway siding you will reach the intersection of Maher Road. Consider a break for a snack at the Kangaroo General Store and a kilometre further past the store awaits a journey back in time at the Migrant Experience Heritage Park.
If instead you choose to cycle on a few kilometres further, passing under the Murray Valley Highway, you will come to Ebden Reserve, site of the former Ebden Station. Under cover picnic facilities are availble at the station site.
Picnic facilities at Ebden
Ebden to the Sandy Creek Inlet Bridge
The picturesque 9km trail from from Ebden to Huon Resrve is suitable for most bikes and beginning riders. Allow time for a splash in the lake or a picnic break at either Ludlow’s Reserve or, 6kms further along at Huon Reserve. Both reserves offer toilet and picnic facilities in a naturally shaded lakeside setting.
Crossing the Bridge
From Huon Reserve, it is a 2km trip to the new Sandy Creek Inlet Bridge which was officially opened in October 2012. Having been re-constructed on the foundations of the former railway bridge, the new structure incorporates a series of undulating red poles along its 600 metre length which have been designed to symbolically replicate the trail of smoke left behind by the steam trains of a by-gone era. The bridge offers a viewing platform at the Tallangatta end where people can stop to take in the breath-taking panoramic views of the Hume Lake as it lies nestled between the gently-undulating surrounding hills, typical of the North East Victorian countryside.
Sandy Creek Inlet Bridge
Sandy Creek Bridge to Tallangatta
Heading to Tallangatta from the bridge you will once again experience a picturesque ride through patches of magnificent box woodlands.
Observe the plethora of water birds as you pedal along the lake-side and watch out for wildflowers in spring.
The track presents an easy, undulating ride suitable for both road and off road bikes.
Horse riders are asked to observe relevant signage directing riders along alternative tracks at various locations.
At Tallangatta refresh yourself with a snack and drink and explore the Queen Elizabeth Drive loop along the lake’s water front.
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James Irwin’s Unreal is a time-traveling indie-pop adventure with modern tinges
A breathy saxophone is one of the first and last sounds you hear on Unreal, James Irwin‘s ’80s-inspired chill-out album. Irwin is a laid-back cat: rubbery bass, feathery woodwinds and flutes, reverb-heavy guitars, Irwin’s relaxed vocals and easygoing tempos form the predominant framework for tunes that unfold at their own pace. The resulting amalgam sounds like if Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders somehow time traveled into 1986 Miami.
Tunes like the title track, “Face Value,” and “Sahra” aren’t tropical or Caribbean in any large sense; instead, they capture the languid haze that was layered over seemingly all ’80s cop dramas. Tension here isn’t ominous; it’s simply a push and pull of instruments. Snappy high hat pushes the tempo while pad synths hold it back in “Face Value.” The warm synths that open “Sahra” give an almost chillwave vibe before gentle sleigh bells and plodding guitar flip the script entirely: “Sahra” is actually a slow ballad.
The title track reminds me of M83’s “Midnight City” in its use of saxophone and its deep commitment to a particular style of sound, but the tunes couldn’t be more different and still be evoking the same era. (“Michigan Miami” is the one that actually appropriates a driving ’80s electro pop sound.) The synths that Irwin uses aren’t the sharp, whiny synths common to modern EDM or the twinkly ones common to stereotypical ’80s pop. The pad synths are diffused whispers that call up memories without being the lead element (most of the time). Given those synths as a base, the title track relies on an almost doo-wop bass line to bring a bit of motion to the straight-up-and-down drumming and gauzy backdrop. This causes the final product to come off seeming like a recently-unearthed mid-’80s predecessor of The Antlers’ work.
But Irwin isn’t doing a nostalgia reconstruction here: “Blood Going Back in Time” and “Siberia China” draw on modern indie-pop elements. The delicate fingerpicking, separated drumming and distant synths of “Siberia China” call Clem Snide to mind (as well as the aforementioned Squires). Standout “Blood Going Back in Time” fuses the ’80s sentiments to distinctly modern, quirky guitar production to really come into his own sound. The vocals, arrangement, and cryptic lyrics (including several prominent references to George Henry Wallace) make it a tune worth listening to multiple times.
Nostalgia is a dangerous game sometimes, because it can seem like there’s no creativity there. James Irwin’s Unreal is more than just a time-travelogue to a particular sound. It’s a re-envisioning of a certain mood and sonic space with modern developments included. If you’re into the ’80s, well and good–you’ll be all over this. However, if you’re into adventurous, thoughtful chill electro or indie-pop, you’ll be just an enamored with the album.
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BBC Scotland will corrupt the Holyrood campaign
GAPonsonby 27 March 2016 30 March 2016 GA Ponsonby 30 Comments
The Holyrood campaign is officially underway and parties have been setting out their income tax proposals. Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to leave Scottish rates at the same level as they are across the UK but has confirmed she’ll reverse George Osborne’s increase of the higher-rate threshold. Scottish based high-earners will pay a little extra each year – around £300.
The SNP has come under criticism from some quarters over the timidity of the income tax proposals, but one thing that cannot be levelled at Nicola Sturgeon’s party is a lack of clarity.
Even the decision not to increase the upper tax rate to 50p has been very clearly explained. Sturgeon has pointed out that whilst the Scottish Government has control over the tax rate, it doesn’t control tax evasion. The loophole could result in less revenue being generated if the upper rate was increased in Scotland alone.
Sturgeon was quizzed on this very issue when she appeared on the BBC leaders’ debate on Thursday.
But what about Scottish Labour’s income tax proposals? Kezia Dugdale wants to increase income tax by one penny for everybody earning over £11,000. The Scottish Labour leader says her party will reimburse low-paid workers by providing a £100 rebate to everyone who earns less than £20,000.
How will the rebate work? Nobody knows. Not even Dugdale herself who floundered when quizzed on the issue when she appeared on the same BBC leaders’ debate as her SNP rival.
Of the two leaders, it is Dugdale who has been unable to explain her income tax proposal fully, refusing to provide an explanation as to how the rebate would work, not once but four times.
Within an hour of the televised debate ending, BBC Scotland had published an online report of the proceedings. Bizarrely the headline focused not on Dugdales floundering when pressed on the tax rebate, but on Sturgeon’s crystal clear explanation of her 50p tax rate stance.
Pro-Union newspapers were quick to pick up the BBC narrative with their own peculiar take on the debate. It was no surprise that Nicola Sturgeon found herself targeted by these newspapers. Although there appeared confusion as to whether the SNP was going after high-earners or letting them off the hook.
That evening and into the next day, BBC Scotland news bulletins reported that the issue of income tax had “dominated” the debate. The bulletins were misleading in that they gave the impression that the issue had grown organically, that the audience had pushed the issue and that was why it had dominated.
The truth was that the subject had been chosen by BBC Scotland as the first question on the televised debate. Host Glenn Campbell then allowed it to take up over one third of the 60 minute programme.
Thus, it was pre-determined by BBC Scotland that income tax was going to be the dominant issue. Once established, it was then relatively easy to target Nicola Sturgeon, which the broadcaster duly did. There was no way the pro-Union newspapers were going to pass up the opportunity to have a go at the SNP.
On Friday morning Radio Scotland broadcast ‘analysis’ from two journalists. The pro-Union writer Hamish Macdonell and the Yes supporting writer Michael Gray. Both were fed the line that income tax ‘dominated’ the debate and were invited to offer their opinion. Both, as you can hear below, provided the commentary the BBC was looking for.
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As an aside, by inviting Michael Gray onto Good Morning Scotland, the BBC cleverly ensured the inclusion of a pro-Yes commentator, but without the risk of a diversion from their anti-SNP narrative. Gray had already written an article for the online website Common Space in which he described Sturgeon’s upper rate decision as a U-turn. The article also contained quotes from anti-SNP political wannabes known as RISE, a group that often finds its way into Mr Gray’s articles. His opinions therefore were not a surprise.
Saturday morning heard similar analysis from BBC Scotland’s political editor Brian Taylor. The veteran broadcaster refused to highlight Dugdale’s tax rebate calamity and instead chose to critique only the Tories and the SNP, as you can hear from the clip below.
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With Dugdale’s tax-rebate shambles airbrushed out of the news coverage it meant the Scottish Labour leader escaped scrutiny. The road has effectively been cleared to attack Nicola Sturgeon.
A myth is being cultivated by a corrupt corporate media that the SNP is in some kind of disarray over income tax. It isn’t of course. The SNP stance on income tax is as clear as day. It was clear on the day the SNP announced its income tax policy for Holyrood 2016.
It was clear the day after when Nicola Sturgeon clarified her decision not to increase the upper rate from 45p to 50p when she addressed the issue during First Minister’s Questions. FMQ’s took place one day before the BBC debate.
Some may not agree with the SNP’s policy on income tax, but that isn’t the point. The point is that the nationalists, unlike Scottish Labour, have a very clear and workable policy. It is telling that journalists don’t appear interested in the Scottish Civil Service analysis that identified the risks to revenue that would accompany a 50p higher tax rate in Scotland alone. They’d have to confront Dugdale if they did.
When Nicola Sturgeon was asked to explain her 50p tax rate decision by Glenn Campbell, the BBC Scotland presenter already knew the answer. The entire Scottish media already knew the answer because Nicola Sturgeon had explained it a day earlier.
The headlines that followed the BBC Scotland debate were for political effect. They were designed to give the impression of a sudden U-turn or a confusing compromise on the part of the SNP leader. This journalistic corruption will rear its head time and again as May 5th approaches and the usual media suspects push the line their corporate bosses want to hear.
Finally, I’d like to draw your attention to something nobody in the traditional media ever highlights when discussing political debates covered by BBC Scotland, the performance of the host. I carried out my own analysis of Glenn Campbell’s handling – in particular his behaviour when it came to the two main protagonists, Sturgeon and Dugdale.
I found that the BBC Scotland presenter had challenged and/or interrupted Nicola Sturgeon twice as often as he did the Scottish Labour leader. When I stripped out the contributions from the other four guests, the difference in approach was quite stark. Unlike her SNP counterpart, Dugdale faced absolutely no interruptions or challenges from Glenn Campbell on the issues of welfare, education and fracking.
You can watch the edited exchanges yourself below.
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John Fern 27 March 2016 at 17:09
It’s the tangled web they are weaving, public fall for it job done…….. Or so they think.
GA Ponsonby 27 March 2016 at 17:21
Hi John. Thanks for the comment. You’re the first person to post a comment on the new site. Sadly there’s no bottle of whisky as a prize.
It’s a pleasure sir.
BillyjYES 27 March 2016 at 18:31
Clear ,precise analysis as usual
Charles Kearney 27 March 2016 at 19:46
It is only forensic dissection like this of the nefarious disinformation of the BBC that will make the Scottish Public distrust and despise them even more than at present!
We are forced by Law to contribute Financially to a Corporation that incessantly pumps out Unionist Propaganda and is the only Unit of the entire BBC that does not allow Comment on its Website or the ability to challenge the Pieces Published by its Correspondents!
BBC ‘Scotland’ does not even have its own Complaints Department as all such are handled in England totally removed from the circumstances prevailing in Scotland.
Well said, Sir!
Iain Barker 27 March 2016 at 19:49
Thank you folks. It saved me from having to watch all of it and have a rabies attack at TV set. The blood pressure is also fine,
Corzi 27 March 2016 at 21:56
Great article, thanks. Good wishes for your new Site – I look forward to reading your future articles.
Angry Weegie 27 March 2016 at 23:14
Great first article. Have added a link to my quick access list.
Brian Forrest 27 March 2016 at 23:44
Good precis…and for me the main irritant was, indeed, Campbell who, as I have stated elsewhere on Social Media, was as much good to reasoned debate as Claude Joubert was at refereeing a vital game of International Rugby a few months ago, leaving spectators completely baffled at his handling and decisions. Thank you…
Rodric Selbie 28 March 2016 at 09:58
Why do the Unionist parties never get cornered over this tax rise, the Labour Party voted with the Tories for austerity, we are only having to talk about tax rises because we have a Tory government and the Labour Party helped them implement their austerity policies?
Casper 28 March 2016 at 10:08
BBC are run by Tories for Tories so they will do their best to keep the lies going. I don’t really think much of the quality of the host either. He was very poor at holding Dugdale to account, they just talked over him.
Need better hosts too.
Good analyse of the programme – well done.
James MacDonald 28 March 2016 at 10:32
I have never paid for a TV licence. Got my own flat aged 17 and I’m 48 now. The trick is to give false details when buying a TV etc, do not put your name on your door and do not respond to their letters.
Autoclub 28 March 2016 at 10:32
Like many other people, I’ve already made my mind up as to how I’m voting. I wanted to watch the leaders debate but already knew how the BBC were going to handle it.
It seems to me that with the current undertones of political bias that a fair chunk of society is also tuning out to these debates. The only outcome from this is a return to the feeling of hopelessness that many of us felt during the 80′ and 90′. That no matter how we vote nothing will ever change.
The apathy in the electorate used to be generated by the political parties, now it’s done by their propaganda lapdog, the BBC.
There’s going to be a lot of uninformed votes cast in this and future elections unless these arseholes can be reigned in.
Thanks for making the analysis and giving us a chance to cut through the bullshit. It’s just a pity this’ll never be broadcast to the people that really need to see it.
Proud Cybernat 28 March 2016 at 11:03
Well done, Mr Ponsonby. I always read your comments on the insidious BBC. We need to out them–and keep them out. The good thing is, fewer and fewer people are listening to them and even many of those that still do don’t believe much of what they hear from them. There will come a day (in the not too distant future) when the vast majority of people in Scotland will no longer be listening to them. That won’t stop them pumping out their propaganda right enough as they will still get funded from the WM Establishment. When WM lose the BBC in Scotland, they will lose Scotland. And they know it.
mealer 28 March 2016 at 11:15
The British state broadcaster will never let up.But nor will we.
Kevin 28 March 2016 at 11:52
Word of mouth is the most powerful method of communication and the BBC in Scotland are slowly but surely learning this.
I enjoy those little moments of communication with my non-political daughter, elderly mother and friends when I fill them in on current political issues of the day. My daughter isn’t any type of political animal but she’s always enjoyed sensible conversation, appreciates a balanced and unbiased viewpoint and readily sees through wild flannel and exaggeration.
My daughter has a responsible position managing over 200 people, and although she’d never utilise this position for political platform, it’s heartening to know that my information, gleaned from excellent sites like this, potentially filters-down to 200 + individuals.
What do you think of that, BBC?
Scotland isn’t England, it’s not Britain; we do things differently here, we think differently, we want different solutions and we want suitable politics for our citizens. We’re also far more politically astute than the BBC seem to realise, yet they still present political broadcasts to us like it’s 1953 – Brigadoon and Blighty. Should we stand for God Save The Queen now?
#Both votes SNP
Kate 28 March 2016 at 14:19
Always read your take on things, as you do it so well, so Good to know there is a wee spot on the Internet for such talent as yourself, & Peter Bell, also James Kelly, hope more join you, so that this place starts buzzing with views.
I think without Wings over Scotland we would have been well and truly battered in the referendum. He did so much to debunk the trash the media was pouring out to the country. Now we have more STU’S it is even better.
Between you lot here, Wings & Bateman, & Newsnet, no way will we lose next time… Keep up the good work sir…
That’s very kind of you Kate. I agree with you on Wings over Scotland. Stuart has carried out some phenomenal debunking. We used to use his articles as the basis for news pieces on Newsnet during the Indyref.
Newsnet and Bateman continue to impress. I’d also include Dr John Robertson in the list of people who have helped expose the way the BBC works.
We’re hoping this new site establishes itself amongst yessers as the goto place for people keen to move to Indyref2. Some ‘alternative’ media sites are disappointing in my own view.
“We’re hoping this new site establishes itself amongst yessers as the goto place for people keen to move to Indyref2″…
That’s good news, GA (what *is* your first name?), however as essential another site circulating the same (excellent) info to the same group of passionates (or Passionats) is, we still need a Scottish Holy Grail resource that’s used by a larger demographic.
The Wee Blue Book was ground-breaking in that it managed to be distributed to a hugely wider section of the population than could be thought possible – success of a physical copy?
it’s fair to say that the WBB completely blew-away the effectiveness of the Blair Jenkins led ‘Yes Scotland’. In fact, I requested a WBB in a Yes Scotland outlet to be told; “We don’t have that publication”, like they were in competition. Incredible.
Yes, the WBB was a completely unexpected success and a fantastic resource, but that’s in the past; what have we today that breaks-through to so many?
Why don’t all of you – Stu, Paul Kavanagh, GA Ponsonby, Derek Bateman, Blue Lion et al and some prominent pro-Indy Yessers get heads together and coordinate a mega publication that will reach out to ALL parts of our society?
People appreciate accuracy and candour, and respect being told the truth. Those same people aren’t as politically obtuse as the msm would have us believe – just watch how quickly it turns folk around.
Incidentally, it wouldn’t matter if such a publication simply repeated what’s going out on Social Media; we see that vital info ever day, but non-Twitters do not.
We have a VAST ARMY of volunteers who will distribute any such publication. My dental surgeon is a Nationalist – he would make such a publication available in his surgery waiting room. Also, my Doctors’ surgery has so many Womens’ publications lying around, all seeming to target ‘Hello’ readers, that I’m sure an equivalent WBB would make a pleasant and stimulating change.
Fantastic work, btw. We need you guys some.
You make valid points. This site is a small venture. We’ll see how things go. I still have some contacts from my Newsnet days should we want to ‘ramp up’. It’s key that people see us as having no agenda save for a successful second referendum.
There’s a lot of goodwill out there from people who did a lot during the indyref but stayed in the background. I’m sure they’ll be willing to step up to the mark again for indyref2 when it is called.
Sandy 28 March 2016 at 17:06
I’ve tried to make a donation but the link does not seem to work. This is less frustrating than the BBC nonsense.
Thanks for letting me know Sandy. It should be working now.
Gordoz 29 March 2016 at 14:27
Excellent perceptive work as always GA
Great initiative will be a regular visitor from now on.
Eric Morton 29 March 2016 at 19:29
I think it is a well known fact in Scotland that the BBC are bias and they will twist and turn, omit and summize, invent and create stories to suit their Tory Masters
Marie Crawford 29 March 2016 at 20:47
Hi I’m sure we will witness STV bias tonight. Back to Glen Campbell..was he the odious reporter who ripped up and binned an SNP manifesto live on the unionists news where you are.If so he should of been sacked then and being that he wasn’t he should certainly be no where near hosting a live political debate. Usual bbc/ unionist disgraceful behaviour. Why can’t we organize a huge (catalonia type ) turnout on their doorstep? As for your book GA P fantastic stuff tho I must confess to not having finished it yet. Fantastic but bad for the blood pressure. Ta.
seanair 30 March 2016 at 19:20
Marie Crawford
I’ve heard this story about Campbell and the SNP Manifesto often, but I’ve never seen it. Could some kind person provide a link please? Thanks.
Hi Seanair. It took place in 2007 before social media and the alternative media were established. I started recording BBC Scotland for Newsnet in 2010. Campbell’s atrocious act will be in the annuls of the BBC. It will never see the light of day.
Oh well I’ll just have to imagine that smug face doing the dirty. In any normal public organisation he would get the sack.
Should have said I’m glad you’ve got a blog!
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First off it's my Gaming companion the Playstation 2.
The history of the Playstation
The history of the Playstation begins in 1988 when Sony and Nintendo were working together to develop the Super Disc. The Super Disc was going to be a CD-ROM attachment that was intended to be part of Nintendo's soon to be released Super Nintendo game. However, Sony and Nintendo parted ways business-wise and the Super Disc was never introduced or used by Nintendo. In 1991, Sony used a modified version of the Super Disk as part of their new game console - the Sony Playstation. Research and development for the PlayStation had began in 1990, headed by Sony engineer, Ken Kutaragi.
Only two hundred models of the first Playstation (that could play Super Nintendo game cartridges) were manufactured by Sony. The original Playstation was designed as a multi-media and multi-purpose entertainment unit. Besides being able to play Super Nintendo games, the Playstation could play audio CDs and could read CDs with computer and video information as well. In 1994, the new PlayStation X (PSX) was released that was no longer compatable with Nintendo game cartridges and only played CD-ROM based games. A smart move that soon made Playstations the best selling game console.
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The world was introduced to the original playstation December 3, 1994. In 1995 the USA got their first taste of PlayStation. Finally Europe was let in on the fun, and the whole world was part of the PlayStation phenomenon.
Fast forward to 1998: there were more PlayStations in homes than people living in Spain - 40 million and rising - and a sequel was due, a new machine that would be everything the original PlayStation was and more besides. Naturally, it was called PlayStation 2.
The rest is history; the pre-launch anticipation, the biggest console launch ever seen, a string of next generation games.... Now here we are in 2004, with the PlayStation experience available in three packages (The reborn PlayStation in PS one, the reborn playstation 2 as pstwo, with more PlayStations in homes around the world than any other console (almost 100m), and with approximately 2000 games available to play. And at this year's E3, Ken Kutaragi, father of PlayStation, announced 'PSP' or PlayStation Portable - so the future's looking brighter than ever.
PlayStation 2 and PS one: Facts and figures
In your PlayStation 2 box you'll find the system itself, along with a DUALSHOCK 2 controller, some cables, and some other bits and pieces to help you set up. The whole process just takes minutes, and when you're done, you just put a game disc in the console and close the disc tray. It's just like playing a CD or DVD, but the interaction doesn't end when you press the 'Play' button.
At the heart of PlayStation 2 sits a 128-bit computer chip called the Emotion Engine. This little package of silicon joy makes PlayStation 2 games look, sound and play better than ever before. There's a lot more to it of course, and I could ramble on endlessly about the graphics synthesiser, the I/O processor, the 3.2Gb/second bus bandwidth and the MPEG 2 decoder circuit, but I don't want to put you to sleep. Suffice to say, you'll find more computing power under the hood of PlayStation 2 than you will in your average NASA space probe.
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True Blood Tuesday S03E10, “I Smell A Rat”
This week will have some wacky ambient noise. Sorry about that. And I didn’t noise reduce because my headset mic picked up a LOT of spirograph sounds, and when I used the noise reduction tool, everything sounded like some futuristic race of aliens made out of glass who communicate only through screeching.
Here’s the file. Hit play when the HBO logo and sound fade.
The Big Damn Writer Question Box!
I get a lot of anon (and non-anon) messages on Tumblr asking questions about writing. People are looking for tips and tricks and what my process is and how their process should be, all kinds of stuff. Which gave me an idea. Why not make an anonymous inbox right here on the website, and turn it into a weekly column? The blog has been sparse lately, and since I answer Tumblr questions a couple times a week on average, it wouldn’t be a hardship. Use the form below to leave a big damn question, and I’ll answer two of them every Thursday.
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The Big Damn Buffy Rewatch S03E17, “Enemies”
In every generation, there is a chosen one. She alone wonders if it’s something she ate or just a bug going around. She will also recap every episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer with an eye to the following themes:
Sex is the real villain of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer universe.
Giles is totally in love with Buffy.
Joyce is a fucking terrible parent.
Willow’s magic is utterly useless (this one won’t be an issue until season 2, when she gets a chance to become a witch)
Xander is a textbook Nice Guy.
The show isn’t as feminist as people claim.
All the monsters look like wieners.
If ambivalence to possible danger were an Olympic sport, Team Sunnydale would take the gold.
Angel is a dick.
Harmony is the strongest female character on the show.
Team sports are portrayed in an extremely negative light.
Some of this shit is racist as fuck.
Science and technology are not to be trusted.
Mental illness is stigmatized.
Only Willow can use a computer.
Buffy’s strength is flexible at the plot’s convenience.
Cheap laughs and desperate grabs at plot plausibility are made through Xenophobia.
Oz is the Anti-Xander
Spike is capable of love despite his lack of soul
Don’t freaking tell me the vampires don’t need to breathe because they’re constantly out of frickin’ breath.
The foreshadowing on this show is freaking amazing.
Smoking is evil.
Despite praise for its positive portrayal of non-straight sexualities, some of this shit is homophobic as fuck.
How do these kids know all these outdated references, anyway?
Technology is used inconsistently as per its convenience in the script.
Sunnydale residents are no longer shocked by supernatural attacks.
Casual rape dismissal/victim blaming a-go-go
Snyder believes Buffy is a demon or other evil entity.
The Scoobies kind of help turn Jonathan into a bad guy.
This show caters to the straight/bi female gaze like whoa.
Sunnydale General is the worst hospital in the world.
Faith is hyper-sexualized needlessly.
Slut shame!
The Watchers have no fucking clue what they’re doing.
Vampire bites, even very brief ones, are 99.8% fatal.
Economic inequality is humorized and oversimplified.
Have I missed any that were added in past recaps? Let me know in the comments. Even though I might forget that you mentioned it. WARNING: Some people have mentioned they’re watching along with me, and that’s awesome, but I’ve seen the entire series already and I’ll probably mention things that happen in later seasons. So… you know, take that under consideration, if you’re a person who can’t enjoy something if you know future details about it.
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No, seriously, it’s coming out March 21. Are you ready?
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True Blood Tuesday you know what to do-sday. File is here, start it when the HBO logo/sound are over.
A Comprehensive Guide To Commonly Used Mario Kart 8 Terms*
*applicable to the Trout house, only.
Green Shell Green Shell
Red Shell Red Shell
Spiny Shell No, everybody!
Banana Peel Banana Shell
Any of the triple items Rotating [item]
Boomerang Australian Come-backer
Star Star Man
Fire Flower Ahhh bababababababababababababy I’m a fireball *imitate the horn line*
Blooper Squid Ink
Item Box Power Up Question Mark
Super Horn Sound Block
Bob-omb Bomb
Crazy 8 No! Oh holy shit I’m going to die I got the eight! I got the eight!
Princess Peach Princess Pee
Donkey Kong Dongly Knob or Knobbly Dong
Toad Tod
Toadette Todette
Baby Mario BM
Baby Peach Baby Pee
Tanooki Mario Mario 3
Cat Peach Cat Pee
Dry Bowser Dry Boner
Roy Woo-Woo
Baby Luigi Butthole Linguini
Pink Gold Peach Pink Gold Pee
Do you have any stupid names for characters in games you play? Are they as juvenile as most of these?
True Blood Tuesday S03E08 “Night On The Sun”
Okay, first of all, don’t be ridiculous. It’s never night on the sun. Second, here is the file. Hit play when the HBO sound and logo fade. Synching up isn’t really all that important, since it’s basically just me lamenting over how I fucked up a slipper.
A Few Tips For Critics And Journalists Covering 50 Shades Darker
It’s that time of year (which we thankfully only have to endure once more after this): Fifty Shades Darker is out.
I swore off Fifty Shades of Grey coverage on this blog, but since the reviews have begun appearing online, I feel like I need to address the people who are going to cover it. Namely, the men who will report on the movie with such astounding misogyny that one wonders if any women were involved in the editorial process at all. Here are some things I learned as a Fifty Shades of Grey blogger. Hopefully, someone will find them and actually use them.
Even though the movie appeals to women, it doesn’t appeal to “all” women or even a specific type of woman. Fifty Shades readers are usually described as bored housewives who are sexually unfulfilled and engaging in immature daydreaming. They’re middle or upper-middle class women who do nothing of substance with their time aside from a daily twenty-minute power walk with the other ladies in the neighborhood, followed by two-hour gossip session at Starbucks. They speak the book’s name in code since they’re so sexually repressed, and think everything in it is super naughty.
Or maybe they aren’t. Since over 150 million copies of the books have sold, it would perhaps be fair to assume that some of those readers aren’t hopelessly dull suburban clichés, but professionals in all fields, students in high school and college, people in nursing homes, and, shockingly, men. While it’s easy to stereotype Fifty Shades of Grey‘s audience, it’s misogynistic to suggest that only women would ever take an interest in such silly, problematic content, or that only women who are sexually repressed would ever want to read about sex.
The intended audience doesn’t make it a bad film. There are plenty of things to be critical of when it comes to the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise. The writing is terrible. The story is ludicrous and meandering. The book is a rip-off of a far superior novel. The leads lack chemistry. The movies are silly, overwrought, and boring. The relationship depicted is abuse portrayed as romance. The BDSM is misrepresented, and the sex scenes aren’t as shocking as purported. See? I could just keep going. And I did, for like, four years. But you know what I didn’t do in all that time? I didn’t suggest that the books or movie were bad simply because it’s there for women to consume.
All of the reviews I’ve read so far have taken pains to remind us that women are the intended audience of Fifty Shades Darker. While they’ve also pointed out the clunky dialogue and lack of chemistry, the more pressing concern seems to be putting the movie in its place. One video review continually referred to it as “porn for women” or “entry-level softcore porn for women,” until I had to turn it off. While the reviewer mentioned may of the complaints I listed above, he seemed most concerned with the fact that this movie was for women, and did not appeal to him as a man. But the Fifty Shades of Grey books and movies aren’t bad because they’re for women and not for men. What makes them bad is the fact that they’re, well, objectively awful. And if the biggest criticism you can come up with is, “it’s for women,” then you’re ignoring the very real and damaging reinforcement of rape and abuse culture in the story.
In other words, you’re fine with movies that romanticize intimate partner and sexual abuse. It’s the fact that women like it that bothers you.
The movie was written by Niall Leonard. Not “Mr. E.L. James.” At least two (male) professional reviewers have referred to Niall Leonard as “Mr. E.L. James.” Apparently, adapting your wife’s novel into a screenplay is an emasculating task, and means she’s really calling the shots. In reality, E.L. James probably did call the shots on Fifty Shades Darker, because that’s what she did for Fifty Shades of Grey. The screenwriter of the first movie was so traumatized by the experience that she said it would be “too painful” to watch the finished product. Why is it such a big deal for James’s husband to work under the same conditions? Because he’s a man, and the original screenwriter, Kelly Marcel, is a woman? Is the not-so-subtle implication here that it’s one thing for a woman to boss another woman around, but another entirely for a woman to boss a man around?
And on that note, while I don’t believe that authors should have too much creative control over the movie adaptations of their work, why is it such a big deal that E.L. James does? Again, is it because she’s a woman? If a male writer wanted near-total control over what makes the jump from page to screen, we’d probably be reading about his dedication to his vision and how admirable it is that he won’t allow his work to be compromised.
If Nicholas Sparks demanded complete creative control over his movies, I doubt anyone would even be interested in writing a story about it.
Fifty Shades Darker was never published by Harlequin (and even if it was, that still wouldn’t be the reason the movie sucks). Again, at least two reviews (and again, written by men) have invoked the name of Harlequin as shorthand for “this movie sucks because it’s for women.” Yes, the Fifty Shades of Grey books are romance novels. But being romance novels isn’t the thing that makes them bad. They’re just bad books all around. And just because they’re romance novels doesn’t mean they were published by Harlequin. They were actually published by Vintage Press, a Knopf Doubleday imprint that specializes in “influential works of world literature to cutting edge contemporary fiction and distinguished non-fiction.” So they’re more like really, really terrible literary fiction.
Books with two-dimensional characters, overblown drama, and awful writing can be found in every fiction genre. If Fifty Shades Darker had been slightly tweaked into a psychological thriller, it would still be a terrible movie. Not because it was originally based on a romance novel, but because there just isn’t any interesting plot other than two characters constantly making drama where there is none to be found. Meanwhile, there are thousands of other romance novels that are great reads. Fifty Shades Darker is only exceptional in that it somehow managed to become a successful book despite its numerous irreconcilable flaws. Don’t blame Harlequin or all romance novels everywhere for Fifty‘s mediocrity.
The Fifty Shades of Grey series was Twilight fanfiction. But that’s not why it sucks. I’ve said on a few occasions that I wanted to write a comparison essay on why Twilight isn’t as bad as critics make it out to be, and why Fifty Shades of Grey is ten times worse. I won’t do that here, but it’s a position I maintain; I was one of the people lurking in the Twilight fandom who actually enjoyed the books and movies, so I feel like I know what I’m talking about.
It seems like every article that mentions Fifty Shades Darker reminds the reader that it was once Twilight fanfiction. That’s fine by me; the more people who are aware that it’s so blatantly ripped-off from Stephenie Meyer’s far superior series the better. It breaks my heart to know that Meyer feels her original creation has been tarnished by the existence of the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon. But to add insult to injury, people are focusing on the wrong aspect of the fanfiction angle: what makes Fifty Shades of Grey and its movie adaptations suck isn’t Twilight. Twilight is fine. Fifty Shades of Grey sucks on its own.And it’s not the fact that it was once fanfiction that makes it terrible. There are, without exaggeration, hundreds of thousands of fanfics on the internet that are much, much better reading than Fifty Shades of Grey. In Fifty Shades Darker, one reviewer notes, a line has been added in which Anastasia Rose Steele tells her new boss he should publish more books by young women who write on the internet. It would be a shame if that line sends anyone away from the theater thinking that they’ve just seen the very best fandoms have to offer.
Call out the fact that it’s a rip-off, but don’t use the fact that it was ripped off from Twilight be the cornerstone for your argument about why it sucks.
Women don’t really give a shit what men have to say about the things we consume. I hate Fifty Shades of Grey. I loathe seeing people say, “It’s just a book! Get over it!” or imploring those who hate it to not be publically critical of it because it ruins their enjoyment. I think the writing is terrible, the characters are static, and the drama uninteresting and contrived. It romanticizes abuse, is touted to be what women really want from men and has set us all back twenty to thirty years in terms of how we view romantic relationships. For God’s sake, we have pundits blaming politicians’ scandals from decades ago on women who read these books, which weren’t even out at the time of those transgressions. There has never been a pop culture fad so utterly demoralizing and damaging on so many levels.
All that said? Women will consume whatever media they damn well please. If you’re a male journalist or critic covering Fifty Shades Darker your input on the tastes or preferences of women isn’t just unnecessary, it’s unwelcome. No one cares what you think about the women whose butts will be in movie theater seats this weekend (although from box office estimates, most of those seats will be located in theaters showing The Lego Batman Movie), and no one asked for your analysis of their wants or desires.And your witty comments about men being cruelly dragged to this movie by their Dornan-hungry girlfriends or wives (or happily attending it with their Dornan-hungry girlfriends or wives in the hopes of reaping the hur hur “benefits”) aren’t as funny as you think they are.
If we wanted to hear about how confusing, demanding, and unpleasant women are to their long-suffering partners, we’d watch an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond.
No, watching this movie is not like BDSM. BDSM is interesting and sexy, and nothing in the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise is either.
I hope these handy tips can help you out in the next few weeks. When it comes in second to the movie about Lego, don’t blame that on the housewives, either.
True Blood Twosday S03E06, “I Got A Right To Sing The Blues” & S03E07, “Hitting The Ground”
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Project Update: the music behind SAY GOODBYE TO HOLLYWOOD
As always, I’ve made a playlist of the songs that are inspiring me while I work. This is what I’m listening to as I work on Say Goodbye To Hollywood:
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Health & Science October 14, 2016
Campaigners Say That LGBTQ Members With Mental Health Problems Endure Dual Discrimination.
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See Me, the national anti-stigma support group claims that members of the LGBTQ community face dual discrimination and have nowhere to turn to for help and members of the community often end up feeling alone and isolated.
The LGBT Health and Wellbeing project, which is funded by See Me, are trying to work at improving mental health awareness and the stigma attached to it within the LGBTQ community.
The project has just recently set up a group in Glasgow looking at how to improve the lives of gay and transgendered people living in the city. They are also looking at ways of discovering where stigma regarding mental health comes from and hope to find ways to overcome them.
Jenny Speirs, who runs the group, said:
A lot of people in the LGBTQ community experience mental health issues but have a lot of barriers accessing service and support groups, unfortunately we know some people do experience homophobia, biphobia and trans phobia when trying to access services. There is a lack of understanding about what needs LGBT people have, there is an assumption that the mental health problems are because they are LGBT, but that isn’t always the case.”
Jenny also believes there is a stigma regarding mental health issues within the LGBT community itself and it isn’t widely talked about. She continued:
There is nowhere in the scene in Glasgow to speak about mental health and it isn’t very welcoming of mental health issues. People feel very judged if they are out, there is no space for discussion. So people face discrimination because of their sexuality and their mental health, but there is no place where they can speak about them both together, they don’t feel able to speak about their sexuality in mental health services and they can’t speak about their mental health in the LGBT scene in Glasgow.”
The group are also running an event at the Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF) on 11th October at the Glad Café in Glasgow, where they will present films on the issue and will have a panel discussion to work out what changes can be made regarding the problem.
Calum Irving, who is the See Me programme director also commented that:
“It is really important that LGBT people have a space in Glasgow they can come together to talk about these important issues. No one should ever have to feel ashamed or embarrassed about their mental health or sexuality and this project is doing great work to not only empower those taking part, but looking to improve the lives of others in the future.”
Big changes need to be made in our own community to support fellow community members who are suffering from mental health issues.
We all face enough prejudice anyway, without stigmatizing our own community members.
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It is true that many ppl who r lgbt+ have mental health issues. I have several mental health issues but I haven’t noticed ppl who r lgbt+ being any worse than str8 ppl re. How you r treated? Im in London now but have been in notts and other places, not Glasgow doe.
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ASA Rules will be used except as noted below:
Each team must present lineup cards, with jersey number, to the opposing team prior to the game.
Only the Manager may address the umpire.
No metal cleats.
No jewelry (medical alert jewelry must be taped to body).
Teams must provide their own first aid kit.
Appropriate language and conduct will be displayed by players, coaches, parents and spectators at all times. Managers are responsible for their team parents.
Minimum of eight players are needed to start game.
Free substitution for position players including pitchers. All players in the lineup can play any position at any time with no restrictions.
Continuous batting order. Everyone who is in the lineup must bat. All rostered players do not need to be in the lineup for a given game, i.e. you may rest players. However, they cannot sit in the dugout. If a player is removed from the game for whatever reason, you cannot have a ‘resting’ player enter the game.
If a player must leave for any reason, that spot is skipped in the order, without penalty to the offensive team.
Once a game has started, you may not add to the lineup, except if a player shows up late.
Bunting is allowed.
‘Show bunt, then swing’ is prohibited.
Caged helmets are required of all batters and base runners.
NO restriction on innings pitched for any pitcher.
The score for a forfeited game is 6 to 0.
No run limit for last scheduled inning (for all games).
No NEW inning will begin after 1 hour and 15 minutes (except noted below for Semi Finals and Finals).
Game begins when first pitch is thrown. The last inning begins when the final out of the previous inning is recorded. Disputes go off of umpires time.
Games will last 6 innings or until the time limit is reached, whichever comes first (except noted below for Semi Finals and Finals).
Mercy rule; 12 runs after 3 innings, 10 after 4, 8 after 5.
Protests must be settled by the UIC. When UIC is not in attendance, the Tournament Director.
In the event of rain, a rain policy will be distributed to team Managers.
Game results should be reported to concession stand immediately following game.
10U AGE DIVISION
11 inch, yellow, raised stitch, ASA approved game ball will be used.
35 foot pitching distance
No infield fly rule or dropped third strike.
Stealing is allowed on the release of the pitch.
Stealing of 2nd and 3rd only; no advance on overthrow of stolen base attempt.
No continuation on walks.
4 run per inning limit.
10 Fielders, 4 must be positioned in the OF. OF’s must start with feet in OF grass (or declared OF line).
Infield fly rule and dropped third strike are in effect.
Stealing is allowed on release of the pitch.
5 runs per inning limit.
9 Fielders, 3 must be positioned in the OF. OF’s must start with feet in OF grass (or declared OF line).
Infield fly rule and drop third strike are in effect.
Friday/Saturday Pool Play Games
Teams will play at least 3 pool play games (Friday/Saturday).
Games CAN end in a tie.
In the event an odd number of teams are in a given bracket, one team will be chosen to play 4 games. 1 of their games will be thrown out and not counted towards their Sunday seeding. This game will be chosen at random via flip of a coin. All coaches are welcome to attend the coin flip if desired at the end of pool play.
On Saturday, home teams will be decided with a coin flip.
Sunday Bracket Play
Teams will be seeded according to pool play results.
Seeding rules: 1) Win/Loss/Tie 2) Head to Head 3) Runs allowed 4) Runs scored 5) Coin flip
Higher seed gets choice of home or away.
U12/U14 Semi Finals and Final Game will last 6 innings; no time limit.
U10 Final game will last 6 innings; no time limit. Time limit rule is in effect for Semi Finals.
U12/U14 5 runs per inning max.
U10 4 run per inning max.
Games cannot end in a tie. If there is a tie after the final inning, another inning will be played. If there is a tie after that inning, the ASA international tie breaker rule will be in effect (last out starts the inning at 2nd base).
Tournament Director has final say in resolving disputes or questions.
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Birding Highlights overview
Compiled by Howard Vaughan
RSPB Rainham Marshes
There were a few late waders to be seen in the early days of June including 20 Tundra Ringed Plovers but by the 18th the first Green Sandpipers were actually returning to the reserve and eight limosa race Black-tailed Godwits dropped in on the 30th! Duck broods were popping up all over the place and the drake Garganey was last seen on the 6th while our Short-eared Owls were last seen mid-month when I think the incredibly lush vegetation pushed them to perhaps a more coastal area. Marsh Harriers were still carrying food and a Red Kite on the 14th continued this year’s run. The river was quiet with a couple of Sandwich Terns (4th) and regular Med and Yellow-legged Gulls but it was the singing male Golden Oriole on the 10th that stole the show for the month being new for the reserve and it was even seen by several lucky observers.
Metropolitan Essex (LHNS recording area)
A drake Common Scoter on the 2nd at Fairlop Waters CP was a good site record while a Common Crane over Hornchurch on the 5th managed to sneak through without anyone else picking it up – well done Russ! Red Kites were reported on several dates including three over Lambourne End on the 21st. Spotted Flycatchers were to be found in the regular churchyards around the Tawneys and Yellow Wagtail and Yellowhammers also seem to be doing well in the surrounding farmland. A pair of Black-necked Grebes was on Walthamstow Reservoir on the 17th with three on the KGV on the 26th. At least two male Black Redstarts were found on territory in the Olympic Park area and the first Crossbill of the summer was over Gidea Park on the 28th. The only Turtle Dove was seen in Aveley on the 27th.
South East Essex
There was a late off shore movement of Brent Geese on the 2nd with 107 seen off of Foulness from a boat along with a Bonxie. Five more were at Bradwell BO on the 6th when a Turtle Dove and female Montagu’s Harrier were also seen. Short-eared Owls were seen on Fobbing (12th) and at RSPB Bowers Marsh (7th) and a Black-winged Stilt was reported again at RSPB Vange Marsh on the 7th. A Spoonbill and four Med Gulls were at Coryton on the 7th and five more Meds were at Hanningfield Reservoir on the 13th. A fine drake Eider was off Gunners Park on the 2nd and 3rd and Turtle Doves were reported from the usual spots. There were several Red Kite sightings and a Black Kite showed well over Thriftwood on the 12th.
Mid Essex
A duo of Wood Sandpipers was at RSPB Old Hall Marshes on the 7th with another at Fingringhoe Wick on the 19th when three male Turtle Doves were seen. Red Kites were reported around Colchester with some regularity and a Black-necked Grebe was a nice find at Heybridge GP on the 21st.
Simon Cox caught a smart little Greenish Warbler at the Naze on the 4th and Brian Coombs found an equally dapper Kentish Plover there the same day. Red Kites continued to be seen along the upper M11 corridor near the Cambs boundary. The 1st saw a good movement of 148 Gannets off Frinton along with five Kittiwakes and four Fulmars while the following day the Brent movement noted offshore from Maplin Sands was mirrored here with 144 seen along with 122 Gannet and 16 Scoter. The 3rd saw another 28 Brent and a Great Egret and an unseasonal Black Redstart was seen on the 22nd.
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TASC: NASA 'essential for national security'
Support for NASA and Space Exploration in the U.S., as essential public policy and vital to national security, is not expressed as often or as acutely in the 21st century as it was when the civilian space agency was founded in 1958. Instead, considering the agency in the context of the Cold War, as part of an arms race with the former Soviet Union, is often dismissed as ancient history. The agency's role in serving an essential national security interest is usually, at best, remembered only as secondary to its contributions to the quality of life of Americans.
But in the background, in congressional cloakrooms and committee hearings, NASA's role in service to American national security is paramount, even over and above pork barrel politics, and more now as budgetary constraint becomes less abstract with each increase in the national debt ceiling.
The public voice in support of NASA being vital to American national security is rarely heard above the noise of debates over NASA's future exploration roadmap and over the self-continuity concerns of a vested bureaucracy.
Former U.S. Senator and Apollo veteran Harrison Schmitt and others, have, on occasion, reminded us that NASA's most basic constitutional reason-for-being is still the role it plays as a vital arm of America's national security.
Now a study has been released by The Analytic Sciences Corporation (TASC) expressing this national security raison d'etre in the context of the 21st century. As a think-tank arm associated with the aerospace industry the think tank behind the study may not be a totally dispassionate one, but it at least puts forward the effort as justifying NASA's expense not as either a museum curator or an enabler purely of the dreams of academia or futurists, but as a federal arm serving an over-arching "compelling state interest."
"For the United States," the study's introduction reads, "maintaining a leadership role in space is an essential component of national security, providing the U.S. and our allies “unprecedented advantages in national decision-making, military operations, and homeland security.”* NASA is essential for national security, not only because of its role in developing new space capabilities and technologies, but also because it is explicitly excluded from military activity by the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958. Simply stated, NASA is uniquely positioned to facilitate international collaboration on peaceful uses of space in ways the military cannot.
"This paper explores the important roles of international cooperation, cost-reducing technology development and game-changing innovation, as well as NASA’s role supporting a strong commercial space industry. NASA can improve its national space security posture even during times of budget austerity."
The paper can be read online, HERE, or downloaded as an Adobe Reader (pdf) file, HERE.
* National Security Space Strategy, January 2011, DOD and ODNI
Labels: Commercial Space, Congress, Harrison Schmitt, NASA Budget, National Security, TASC, Vision
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December 20, 2017 / julie / 4 Comments
MOMMY MOVIE REVIEW- Is “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” OK for Kids?
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Derek Isaac
#35 Face Off Specialist - South Carolina
5' 9" Height
145 lbs Weight
Hometown: Highand, MD
High School: River Hill High School
Major: Unknown
Eligibility: Sophomore
Statistics By Season
2019 South Carolina 35 159 1 3 0 0 349 - 136
2018 South Carolina 35 45 1 5 0 0 157 - 72
2019 Player Statistics By Game
02/08/2019 Florida State W 8-6 7 0 0 0 0
02/15/2019 @ Georgia W 17-10 8 0 0 0 0
02/16/2019 Boston College W 11-9 6 0 0 0 0
03/02/2019 Virginia Tech W 10-5 6 0 0 0 0
03/03/2019 East Carolina W 12-3 5 0 0 0 0
03/09/2019 @ Chapman L 10-15 5 0 0 0 0
03/13/2019 @ UC Santa Barbara W 8-6 9 0 0 0 0
03/14/2019 Brigham Young W 8-3 3 0 0 0 0
03/18/2019 Buffalo W 15-8 8 0 0 0 0
03/29/2019 LSU W 18-9 13 0 0 0 0
03/30/2019 @ Liberty L 11-12 7 0 0 0 0
04/06/2019 Davenport W 13-6 6 0 0 0 0
04/07/2019 @ Michigan State W 15-10 13 1 1 0 0
04/14/2019 @ Elon W 22-4 12 0 2 0 0
04/19/2019 @ Clemson W 11-10 6 0 0 0 0
04/21/2019 @ NC State W 15-5 9 0 0 0 0
04/26/2019 Georgia W 19-5 8 0 0 0 0
04/27/2019 @ Liberty W 12-9 8 0 0 0 0
04/28/2019 @ Georgia Tech W 11-7 0 0 0 0 0
05/06/2019 @ Santa Clara W 9-5 0 0 0 0 0
05/07/2019 Liberty W 9-6 4 0 0 0 0
05/11/2019 @ California W 13-8 8 0 0 0 0
05/09/2019 @ Chapman W 15-12 8 0 0 0 0
02/09/2018 @ Southern Methodist W 8-3 0 0 0 0 0
02/10/2018 @ Texas State W 16-3 0 0 0 0 0
02/11/2018 @ Texas Tech W 10-3 3 1 0 0 0
02/17/2018 @ Florida W 15-4 2 0 0 0 0
02/18/2018 @ Florida State W 19-5 3 0 0 0 0
02/25/2018 Liberty W 10-8 3 0 0 0 0
03/03/2018 Elon W 22-3 5 0 1 0 0
03/24/2018 NC State W 8-5 2 0 0 0 0
03/30/2018 @ East Carolina W 15-8 4 0 1 0 0
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04/20/2018 Florida W 12-6 2 0 0 0 0
04/22/2018 Virginia Tech L 7-9 2 0 0 0 0
05/10/2018 @ Chapman L 9-16 4 0 0 0 0
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2019 2nd Team All-Conference FOS
2019 3rd Team All-America FOS
2019 MCLA All-Tournament
2018 US Lacrosse Player of the Month
2018 1st Team All-Conference FOS
2018 Specialty Player of the Year
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Mathew Wernikoff, Matthew Wernikoff, Wrestling
Matthew Wernikoff, BJ Penn and Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro
So it was bound to happen sooner or later, I finally experienced my first real BJJ injury. While trying a sweep from a modified half-guard position I got caught in a strange position with way to much weight on my leg. The loud popping sound was way to familiar at this point. For now it seems that my LCL is sprained and not torn. I am rehabbing and trying to take it easy.
In the past it would have been easy for this to sidetrack my training and progress. When you’re injured its way to easy to lose focus or become frustrated that you’re not a hundred percent. AndI have to admit that I did fall off my diet for about a week.
Me and Rashad Evans
But its the simplest things in life that can bring focus and clarity to your line of thinking. My friend Shaolin Ribeiro invited me to a clinic at his school with former UFC Champion and BJJ World Champion BJ Penn on Tuesday. I couldn’t miss out on this opportunity so I decided to wrap my knee up, put a brace on and do what little I could. I am so glad I did. BJ is a great instructor and the techniques and strategies he showed really opened my eyes to how a simple and straight forward game plan is far more important than fancy techniques and tricks. The energy of the clinic and being around people who have such a passion for BJJ really motivated me to keep moving forward, through this injury and onto the next phase of my training.
I also got to see a friend get back to training when former UFC World Champion Rashad Evans came by the gym to train with Jamal Patterson and his fighters at AllStar BJJ/MMA. Seeing Rashad and his crew interacting with the fighters at AllStar and the renewed fire in some of their eyes, also served as a reminder that you can’t always be peeking mentally or physically. But you have to keep moving forward and take advantage of any opportunity to get better.
Nothing like a competition to fuel the fire
Mathew Wernikoff, Matthew Wernikoff
Me and some of my wrestlers hanging out between matches
This past weekend I traveled with the Apex “North” team to the Bison Duals. The past week or two I have been struggling to stay motivated with my own training…sure I’ve lost nearly 37lbs in 3 months but my body is a wreck. Training twice a day plus lifting, cardio and work has put its tole on my body. My neck has been bothering me for weeks and the tenonitis in my elbow and wrists sends shooting pain down my arms if I grab something the wrong way…or if I’m grabbed the wrong way.
The team before the start of the tournament
Constantly tired, I was beginning to question competing again, especially at a weight I haven’t been down to since the 7th grade, 16 years ago. But then a funny thing happened, I got to hang out with some of the kids I’ve been working with for years and coach/watch them compete in PA. I found myself emotionally attached to the outcomes of their matches, pumped up when they pulled off a big win, frustrated and dejected after a crushing loss. I began to re-evaluate my own emotions and I began to remember why I have been pushing myself and why I want to compete in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in the first place.
My last tournament was NAGA where I took 3rd in my first blue belt tournament.
I’ve decided to enter into this months Grapplers Quest as a warm-up. I’ll enter in the 189lb weight division and then from there its onto the Boston Open in August and the American Nationals in California at 181.5lbs. I’ll just have to continue to adapt to the injuries and the grueling workouts and not let it distract me from my focus.
Clock Wrestling
Mathew Wernikoff, Matthew Wernikoff, Uncategorized, Wrestling, Youth Athletics
by Matthew Wernikoff
After deciding not to return as Woodlands High School’s Head Wrestling Coach I began working with my best friend and mentor, Tod Giles, at his club Wrestling Dynamics. Togther we grew the club and I was privledged to have learned many things from him. He had an intellectual approach to the sport of wrestling the was uncanny.
Many of my wrestlers often ask me why I emphasize creating angle so much and why I insist they learn to attack from these angles. Below is a copy of an article Tod published shortly before his death on a system he called “clock wrestling” and why angles are so important:
“For years I have always heard coaches tell the athletes to create angles and attack their opponent. In my own competitive years I thought… wow, I wonder what angle I need to be at?
Shortly into my career as a wrestler I moved into coaching by working at camps and clinics in the summer and year round. In juggling helping others while helping myself, I determined that time was of the essence in preparing athletes for competition. And if it was all about TIME, then so too must the attack angle be about TIME. I developed the concept of “Clock Work Wrestling.” Clock Work Wrestling states that “wrestling exists in the face of a clock,” and each athlete should view that face of the clock with your opponent always in the center and you always at 6 o’clock. This clock is dynamic and always moving so, inevitably, the opponent is trying to keep you at 6 as he is strong and balanced when he has you there.
Attacking straight on, while it is a tough and admirable trait, will ultimately tire us out and leave us with few points to speak of. Moving to our left or right and attacking almost immediately (if not sooner) with a powerful attack, on the other hand, will show its benefits almost immediately.
What has become increasingly easier for me to convey is the fact that, after I examined countless hours of video of both myself and my athletes while coaching at West Point years ago, I found that attacking between 5 and 7 o’clock garnered less than a 15% success rate. Not very efficient. Attacking from 4-5 o’clock and from 7-8 o’clock more than doubled the scoring proficiency to about 40%. As you would imagine the rate of effectiveness when attacking from 3-4 and 8-9 o’clock was markedly higher and exceeded 85%.
So, to this I say, the angles are the way to go… don’t try to get to any degrees…or break out your old dusty protractor… that’s way too complicated. Get yourself inside of 5 and outside of 7 for starters and when you get there… go for what you know! DO NOT HESITATE! For in the smallest fraction of a second, your opponent will have you back at 6 o’clock and unable to attack with the vigor of a champion.” –Tod Giles
Tod Giles Biography Brief:
Boston University Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee – 1999 Rockland County Hall of Fame Inductee – 2000 SILVER CERTIFIED – USAW Wrestling National Coaches Education Program Coaching Experience Varsity Coach Clarkstown South HS – 2002 – 2004 Head Coach USMA – West Point 1998 -2000 Assistant Coach USMA – West Point 1996 -1998 Volunteer Assistant Coach Georgia State University – 1994 -1995 Assistant Boston University – 1984 – 1985, 1991 – 1994 10 years experience coaching youth clubs 23 year instructor for Carl Adams World Class Wrestling School International Wrestling Experience National Team Member 1989, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96 & 97 Two Time Olympic Team Alternate, 1988 & 1996 Freestyle Military World Champion – 1988 Collegiate Wrestling Experience – Boston University All-American (1st Ever at BU) – 105-13–1 Record 4 time New England Conference Champion – 4 time NCAA Qualifier
Wrestling and the Bench Press
Mathew Wernikoff, Matthew Wernikoff, Wrestling, Youth Athletics
Nathan Bueno, NJ Wrestling State Qualifier and long time Champion Athlete performing the bench press.
I often hear coaches tell their athletes that they shouldn’t bench press. They tell their athletes that wrestling is a “pull” sport and benching is for “press” sports such as football. They also argue that since you never want to be on your back in wrestling you shouldn’t perform a lift that you have to perform from your back.
Wrestling is not only a pull sport! When you are trying to establish inside tie or collar tie position you are going to need to be able to push your opponent. Any time you are trying to hold your position on bottom, push back into your opponent when they are on top and trying to break you down you are going to need to have a strong chest to do this. When the same coach who told you not to bench also tells you to get your arm in front of you when your opponent is trying to run an arm bar, maybe you should turn to him and say, “I can’t you told me not to bench!” I could go on and on about the many different positions that require you to have a strong chest but I don’t want to bore anyone. It is true that wrestling is primarily a pull sport but the split is probably 60-70% pull vs 30-40% push so clearly you need to have a strong chest and triceps in order to be able to compete effectively.
Here are some training tips for building up your chest for wrestling:
Keep your reps high, 8-12 or even 16 reps!
Low reps build bulky slow muscle, not good for wrestling.
Lower reps can put a lot of stress on your shoulders and rotator cuffs. Protect your shoulders by not doing anything lower than 6-8 reps and controlling the bar during the negative range of motion. You also don’t want to come any closer than 1-2 inches from your chest. Never bounce the bar off your chest!
Its more important to be able to explosively, efficiently and repeatedly move your weight class as many times as possible than it is to bench 300lbs. If you wrestle 145, even if your opponent is cutting 10lbs you shouldn’t be facing anyone over 155. So which would you rather do? Be able to push him with a 300lbs of force a few times and then be exhausted or be able to repeatedly push him around for 6 minutes straight? That’s why it’s better to be able to bench 155 16 or more times for 3 sets in a short period of time (with good technique and safely.)
Train incline bench!
If you look at a wrestling stand and extend your arms parallel to the ground you see that this angle more closely resembles the angle of incline bench instead of flat bench.
It’s important to have a balanced chest and work both your upper and lower pecs. Imbalances lead to instabilities and injuries.
Use dumbbells and train unilaterally!
When you only use a barbell you might not notice if one side of your body is weaker than the other.
You activate more stabilizing muscles when you use a dumbbell.
When you are wrestling you are not always using both arms in the same way. One might be pushing while another is pulling or just holding position.
Always use a spotter!
Make sure you have an educated, focused and strong spotter.
When doing dumbbell work always get spotted at the wrists. Your elbows can bend quickly when you reach fatigue and you don’t want a weight coming down on your face!
Bench works more than just your chest and triceps.
When you bench properly your posterior chain (lower back, hips, glutes, hamstrings) is engaged as is your lats and shoulders. Here is a great video I found on the proper form for benching technique, spotting and the muscles involved:
Benching is not only important for wrestling it is important for having a balanced body and ensuring you stay injury free!
As always consult your physician and an experienced trainer before starting any exercise program!
Interesting Articles from Around the Web
Work’s been crazy lately and I’m training for next months Grapplers Quest National Championships, so I haven’t been able to finish my next article, “Why Winning make you a winner: the physiological response to winning.” So while I keep working on that I thought I would share some of the articles from around the web that I found interesting. Below are the top 5 things in the world of wrestling I found interesting this week:
“All the Motivation and Inspiration in the World”: Vinny Vespa Update and Upcoming Events and Fundraisers”
Vinny Vespa wasn’t at the Beat the Streets event in New York City last Thursday, but he was on the minds of those in attendance.
“When people found out I was Vinny’s brother, they approached me and asked about him,” said Michael Vespa, Vinny’s older sibling, mentioning conversations with some well known names in wrestling including Kyle Dake, Dan Gable, Jake Herbert and Logan Steiber…
To continue reading this story from New York Wrestling News click here.
“A Sleeping Giant is Awakening”: Beat the Streets Continues to Build in New York City”
“I enjoy doing big things,” said Al Bevilacqua before the Beat the Streets (BTS) 2012 Gala and Benefit last week. “That’s been my body of work for over 47 years – doing big things. Fortunately, we found Mike Novogratz who really loves to do big things.”
The last few weeks fit the bill as “big” for Bevilacqua, beginning with over 80 hours of train rides to Oklahoma where he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, receiving the Order of Merit…
4th Annual Adam Frey Classic
On June 24, 2012 a very special event will take place at Grace Hall on the Lehigh campus. The event is the Adam Frey Classic and it is in its fourth year. Not only does this event honor the memory of Adam it also raises money for the Adam Frey Foundation…
To read more about the Adam Frey Classic and this years line-up click here.
NBC Sports Network to air 60-kilo wrestle-off Thursday
Fans can see a nationally televised broadcast of “The Grapple in the Big Apple” from historic Times Square on NBC Sports Network on Thursday, June 21 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
The two-hour show will feature highlights of the Beat the Streets Gala competition including the ASICS USA vs. Russia freestyle dual meet, the U.S. Olympic Team Wrestle-off for the 60 kg/132 lbs. position on the U.S. Olympic Team in men’s freestyle wrestling, along with an exhibition match…
To read more from this Intermat article click here.
Missouri hires Henson
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Mizzou wrestling program has filled out their coaching staff with the addition of Sammie Henson, announced today by head coach Brian Smith. Henson was born in St. Charles, Mo., and wrestled for Missouri in 1991…
To read more about Henson’s hiring check out this Intermat article by clicking here.
Why Football Players Should Wrestle: Part II
By Matthew Wernikoff and Dan Wernikoff
In Part I of “Why Football Players Should Wrestle’ I discussed physical, mental, and physiological attributes that benefit football players who participate in the sport of wrestling. In this section I will discuss some of these skills in greater detail. The conditioning and strength requirements for wrestling greatly benefit football players in a variety of ways. Wrestling’s emphasis on the development of anaerobic conditioning, core strength and explosiveness can only improve performance on the football field.
Energy System and how they relate to football and wrestling
There are three “energy systems” used by the human body: ATP/Anaerobic-alactic, Anaerobic-lactic and Aerobic. First, the Aerobic System is an energy system which requires oxygen to be supplied to the muscles. This system is used for exercise that lasts over one minute and is the hardest to exhaust.
Second, the Anaerobic-alactic system provides energy to the body during high-intensity short-burst activities lasting less than ten seconds. This is sometimes referred to as the “start-up” energy that is stored in your muscles in the form of ATP. Under most conditions, these energy stores are returned to normal levels after two to three minutes of rest.
Third, the Anaerobic-lactic system produces energy “without” oxygen and is used during periods of intense exercise or physical exertion. This system produces lactic acid, which leads to muscle fatigue and decreased performance by athletes. In an untrained athlete it can take more than one hour for lactic acid levels to return to normal. Since the body uses Anaerobic-lactic energy system for activities lasting from ten seconds to two minutes it is beneficial for athletes who participate in a short burst sports to train this system.
According to a Wall Street Journal study and article written by David Biderman, the average amount of play time (time the ball is actually in play) in an NFL game was approximately eleven minutes and thirty seconds. [i] Biderman sites a 1912 report by a University of Indiana professor in which the average amount of play time is recorded at thirteen minutes and sixteen seconds in a college game. A Professional Football Researchers Association member recorded the average play time in an NFL game to be thirteen minutes and thirty seconds. I unofficially recorded the playing time during five televised high school football games and found an average of ten minutes and forty-eight seconds in the shortened game lengths when compared to NFL games. At an average of one hundred and twenty plays per game (offense and defense for both teams) I calculated that the average playing time is somewhere between 5.4 seconds and 6.75 seconds. With rest between plays averaging a little more than thirty seconds, and plays averaging less than 10 seconds, it is clear that we can count aerobic conditioning out as the primary energy source.
A regulation wrestling match consists of three periods, each of which is two minutes. In tournaments, matches are often shortened to a 1min-2min-2min format or even 1 ½, 1 ½, 1 ½,. While it is nearly impossible to quantify the time it takes for a series of wrestling moves due to difference in weight classes, experience, and techniques, it is commonly accepted that the average “play” in wrestling takes place over ten to twenty seconds. While “scrambles” can occur in lengths exceeding this, wrestling mostly occurs in small bursts of intense action with twenty to thirty seconds of less intense efforts. Clearly, wrestling is an Anaerobic-alactic and Anaerobic-lactic sport.
Why Football Players Should Wrestle
Recently I was asked by a parent whether or not his son should continue to wrestle. A Junior, for a good football program in NY, he was already receiving several scholarship offers from Division I football programs. The father felt that his son benefited from wrestling but the son felt that he should just focus on the sport he was going to play in college. The father asked me to outline the benefits of wrestling for football players and attempt to “prove” to his son that his scholarship offers would only increase if he continued to wrestle his last two seasons. I happily agreed as there is no doubt that wrestling greatly benefits football players on all levels.
“I love wrestlers; they are tough and make great Football players.” –Mike Stoops National Championship Football Coach at Oklahoma University.
Physical Skills
Wrestling is one of the most physically demanding sports that any athlete can partake in. It is a total body sport requiring athletes to be flexible, strong, explosive, agile; to have a great sense of balance; and have the level of conditioning that rivals any other endurance sport. Wrestlers, through the course of their training and competition, are often subject to physical discomfort and pain at a level that far exceeds most sports. These skills benefit football players at all levels, from the ability to move laterally, keep a man in front of you and close the distance quickly, to driving a 225lb running back into the ground and forcing the fumble. There is no doubt that a wrestler’s physical-ness is a skill set desired by all coaches.
“Wrestlers make coaching football easy, they have balance, coordination, and as a staff we know they are tough.” -Tom Osborne College Hall of Fame Coach for the University of Nebraska.
Mental Skills
Weight management, the discipline to maintain a healthy diet for 6 months or more out of the year, the drive to give a 100% every practice, and the drive it takes to wake up early everyday to get an extra run in are just some of the mental skills that it takes to be a successful wrestler. But none compare to the mental toughness it takes to walk out on a mat, alone with no teammates to help you win and take on an opponent one on one. Nothing compares to that feeling; whether you have a broken finger, bruised ribs, strained or torn knee ligament, a wrestler knows that for 6 minutes nothing else matters but putting his opponent on his back and getting his hand raised in the end. What football coach wouldn’t want an athlete on their team that is always going to give them 100% An athlete that they never have to tell, “hit the weight room,” or “you should get extra laps in after practice?” A true wrestler always wants to be the first to arrive and the last to leave. A wrestler is self reliant and will never blame his teammates for his loss. Wrestlers are mentally tough.
“I draft wrestlers because they are tough, I’ve never had a problem with a wrestler.” –Joe Gibbs Hall of Fame Football Coach.
Up coming Camp!
I have teamed with Diego Crespo, a NJ State Champion and fellow wrestling coach at Apex Wrestling School to run two great camps! I’m very exicited for this great opprounity. For those of you in the tri-state area I have posted information for the two camps below. Next week I will be posting two new blog posts; one about coaching beginner wrestlers and one on strength training considerations for young athletes.
(For more information on Coach Mathew Wernikoff and Diego Crespo visit: http://www.apexwrestlingschool.com/apex-staff )
Here is the information on the Camps:
Novice and Beginner Wrestling Camp
LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE FOR EACH CAMP SO REGISTER EARLY!
Grades 2nd-8th
Coaches Diego and Matt invite all novice and beginner wrestlers to this great three day camp. All campers will receive:
• Over 3 hours of instruction every day!
• Strategy and technique that is appropriate for novice and beginner wrestlers.
• Balance, speed and agility training.
• Free camp t-shirt.
All campers will receive lunch. Any camper with dietary restrictions or allergies should bring their own lunch.
Where: Apex Kenilworth, 400 Swenson drive, Kenilworth NJ 07033
When: July 22nd, 23rd and 24th How Much: $180 Make checks payable to Matthew Wernikoff
CAMP INSTRUCTORS
Diego Crespo
NJ State Champion
2X NCAA Div. III Qualifier
Over 5 years of HS and Youth coaching experience
Mathew Wernikoff
USA Wrestling Bronze Certified Coach
Former NY-NHSCA National Team Coach
Over 10 years of HS and Youth coaching experience
TO REGISTER FOR THE CAMP OR FOR MORE INFORMATION
CONTACT CULLEN MCCANN: 201.824.3561
High School camp: (Grades 7th-12th, 145lbs and up only!)
The high school camp is for those athletes that want to learn technique and strategies that are proven to work for middle and upper weights. This is an intense technique camp meant to help prepare each wrestler for the next level!
The camp consists of:
• Over 3 hours of instruction every day; focusing on the strategies & techniques ideal for athletes 145 & up.
• Everyday there will be multiple strength & conditioning sessions. Learn proper lifting techniques & how to design a program to help you reach the next level and get a great workout everyday!
• Campers will receive a free body fat, muscle mass & body composition testing from Champion Athletes.
• Champion Athletes will be conducting a brief nutrition seminar to educate each athlete on what to eat for maximum results the day of a competition.
•University of Tennessee Chattanooga Head Assistant Coach Jon Sioredas will be running the last session on Thursday. Coach Sioredas will also be conducting a free college prep seminar from 2:30pm-3:00pm. The seminar will include topics such as: when you should take SAT prep classes, what college coaches are looking for, what to put in a recruiting video and how to plan your college application process. Parents are encouraged to attend the seminar at 2:30pm on Thursday.
When: July 25th, 26th and 27th. How Much: $180 Make checks payable to Mathew Wernikoff
Times: First session begins each day at 9am. Last session ends at 3:00pm. Please make arrangements to pick your child up on time. Thank you!
CAMP INSTRUCTORS Diego Crespo NJ State Champion
Over 5 years of HS and Youth coaching experience Mathew WernikoffUSA Wrestling Bronze Certified Coach
Lacrosse Strength Training- Preventing Ankle and Lower Leg Injuries
Matthew DiGiovanni- NYU Wrestling
Nathan Bueno
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Ahh, Pokémon. How many days, afternoons and nights were spent on this series? This tiny little world, right in your hands, filled with amazing creatures with fantastic powers. You were given a friend and mission, and then sent out into the world. No parents to send you to bed, no teachers to make you do homework... just open fields, friends at your side, and the freedom to go and do what you wanted. In your journeys, you fought monsters, defeated the bad guys, rescued the townfolk, crossed the ocean, and still had enough time to play the slots. You were the champion, a hero to all... and it was your world!
Even though more than a decade has passed since we first set our eyes upon those little creatures, we still love to play with them. The series has created so many fond memories for us. Who can forget the first time they stepped out into the grass ouside of Pallet Town and ran into a Pidgey? How many hours did we spend exploring and mapping out the underwater tunnels of Hoenn's seas? Will you, years from now, look back upon rescuing the Lake Trio from Team Galactic and recall how glad you felt they were now safe? I bet you will.
The music of Pokémon comes as varied and imaginative as the world it's set in. It's sad, happy, quick and light, heavy and fearsome, and all of it deserving of more attention. The Missingno Tracks is a tribute to the music of the games. We've given the songs new twists, lryics to convey the feelings behind them, and played with them like we would with a Pokémon friend. We give this to you, the Trainers, so that you may enjoy them again.
Thank you for playing all this time and most certainly thank you for listening!
-Gerry Wheatley (The Damned)
This OverClocked ReMix album is freely available online and is not being distributed for profit.
All images and original compositions from Pokémon are copyright of their original owners.
Arrangements are available under the OverClocked ReMix Content Policy terms of use.
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Canada Supports Macedonia's Demise - Foreign Minister Freeland, Tell us Why
Published in iAffairs Canada / Canadian Foreign Policy Journal
The leader of a new Macedonian political party was texting me in the middle of the night recently, giving me updates on her spokeswoman's surgery to repair two broken legs, suffered at the hands of riot police earlier that night. Her crime? Attending a peaceful protest against changing Macedonia's name and identity.
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MHRMI Calls on Russia and China to Introduce UN Motion in Support of Macedonia, Pledge to Veto Any Change to Macedonia's Name
Following our meetings with Russian and Chinese officials, Macedonian Human Rights Movement International sent letters to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi calling for both countries, as members of the United Nations Security Council, to: 1. Introduce a motion at the United Nations demanding ...
Macedonian Business Leaders from Aegean Macedonia Pledge Continued Support of MHRMI's Our Name Is Macedonia Campaign
Two prominent business leaders from Aegean Macedonia, residing in Canada, have pledged their continued support of MHRMI's Our Name Is Macedonia campaign and the fight against any change to Macedonia's name and our Macedonian identity. Bill Argo, owner of the Symposium Cafe restaurant chain, and Mincho Tashev, real estate investor, are both longtime supporters of Macedonian Human Rights Movement International.
MHRMI Calls for Immediate Action by President Ivanov to Prevent Any Change to Macedonia's Name and Identity
In advance of the illegal, unconstitutional and treasonous vote scheduled for January 9, 2019 to change the Republic of Macedonia's name and identity, Macedonian Human Rights Movement International calls on President Ivanov to immediately pardon all Macedonians who face politically motivated charges by Zaev's regime, including those MPs who ...
MHRMI Condemns Western Anti-Macedonian Hypocrisy while the UN Celebrates the 70th Anniversary of "Human Rights Day"
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights", according to Article 1 of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Unless you're Macedonian. For the past three decades, the UN has been violating its own charter, international law and human rights conventions in its attempts ...
MHRMI Demands that VMRO-DPMNE Take Action to Defend Macedonia
We all know that the current US-installed SDS "government” are the biggest traitors in Macedonian history, but VMRO-DPMNE, as the self-proclaimed "defenders of Macedonia” have never lived up to their supposed reputation. And their critical mistakes are painfully evident during the crisis that Macedonia now finds itself in.
Our Name Is Macedonia - Why Do We Have to Keep Justifying Our Existence?
In yet another protest against a change to Macedonia's name and identity, Macedonians converged, en masse, in front of Macedonian parliament on November 18, despite road blockages and intimidation, carried out by the US-installed illegitimate government of Zoran Zaev. Yes, Macedonia is on the brink of collapse due to interference from foreign elements.
WMC & MHRMI File Criminal Charges Against All MPs Who Voted to Change Macedonia's Name
The World Macedonian Congress and Macedonian Human Rights Movement International have filed criminal charges against Zoran Zaev, members of his government and members of parliament who voted to begin the process of amending the Macedonian Constitution. The charges (available in full, in Macedonian, here) detail the crimes under the ...
Mike Angelidis (Angelevski), Former NHL Player, Joins the Our Name Is Macedonia Campaign in Defence of Macedonia and Macedonians
When asked by Macedonian Human Rights Movement International to make a statement in support of Macedonia and against any Western-imposed name change, former Tampa Bay Lightning player, Mike Angelidis (Angelevski), emphatically said "Yes." He followed up with a tweet, in which he wrote: "I'm a Canadian Macedonian who ...
Why Won't You Defend My Ethnic Group Against Hate?
I've condemned racism my entire life. I've been a human rights activist for as long as I can remember. When someone gets discriminated against based on their ethnic background it makes me livid.
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God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya
Fire Will Come
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Angry Harvest
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Beanpole
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Winner of both the coveted Best Director award and the FIPRESCI prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, Russian director Kantemir Balagov’s second feature is a fiercely devastating tale of two women rebuilding their lives in the shadow of World War II.
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Journey back to the halcyon daze of the UK’s 90s rave scene with this nostalgic coming-of-age tale, executive produced by Steven Soderbergh and set to the most electrifying sounds of the Trainspotting era.
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Dirs. David Soutar Joe Pearlman
Who would have predicted that a doc about ’80s boy band Bros would be hailed as “the best music film since This is Spinal Tap” and even “the best music documentary of all time”? You’ll have to see it to believe it.
Agnieszka Holland’s searing three-part opus recounts the fiery sacrifice of a young Prague student protesting the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969.
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of Turtles
Dir. Salvador Simó
This absorbing animated effort tells the tale behind an inimitable cinematic talent and one of his most controversial works: avant-garde Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel and his 1933 short documentary Las Hurdes.
Cleo: If I Could Turn Back Time
Dir. Erik Schmitt
The city of Berlin, and its history, star alongside a luminous Marleen Lohse in this playful, joyous and visually inventive story about a magical clock and a young woman’s desire to rewind time.
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Dir. Mads Brügger
“This could either be the world’s biggest murder mystery, or the world’s most idiotic conspiracy theory.” – Mads Brügger
Cool Daddio: The Second Youth of R. Stevie Moore
Dirs. Imogen Putler Monika Baran
Four hundred albums in, the secret godfather of indie rock R. Stevie Moore is finally leaving the bedroom.
Dir. Juraj Herz
A damning political parable banned in its native Czechoslovakia, Juraj Herz’s deeply unsettling film chronicles the corruption of a crematorium director in the face of the 20th century’s greatest horror.
The Day Shall Come
Dir. Chris Morris
Once again filtering today’s bleak political reality through a scathingly satirical lens, provocateur Chris Morris (Four Lions, MIFF 2010) takes inspiration from a hundred true stories with this Anna Kendrick-starring counterterrorism farce.
Deerskin
Dir. Quentin Dupieux
Thanks to one very special jacket, it’s open season on killer style – and on filmmaking itself.
Dir. Sacha Polak
Dutch director Sacha Polak (Hemel, Zurich) makes her English-language debut with this visually expressive, emotionally raw and thematically topical account of a South London woman’s determined fight to reclaim her life.
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Dir. Terence Davies
Terence Davies’ moving memoir of family life in working-class Liverpool during the 1940s and 1950s is gorgeously restored to mark its 30th anniversary.
Dir. Peter Strickland
Dominance, bondage and lepidopterology – what more could you want from a love story? Peter Strickland’s third film hums with desire as Sidse Babett Knudsen and Chiara D’Anna create a fluttering cacophony of lovers at play and at odds.
Truth is stranger than fiction in Agnieszka Holland’s Golden Globe-winning masterwork about a young Jewish man who survives World War II as a member of the Hitler Youth.
Dir. Orlando von Einsiedel
Oscar-winning filmmaker Orlando von Einseidel turns the lens on himself and the ghosts that have haunted his family.
Extra Ordinary
Dirs. Enda Loughman Mike Ahern
Will Forte, Australian comedian Claudia O'Doherty and Irish stand-up Maeve Higgins ain’t afraid of no ghosts in this supernatural side-splitter, an audience favourite at this year’s SXSW.
Released in 1981 and immediately banned by the communist government, Agnieszka Holland’s striking film about anarchists and a bomb is a powerful exploration of revolutionary ideals.
Dir. Oliver Laxe
Winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes, the latest from Franco-Spanish auteur Oliver Laxe returns the director to his Galician roots for a mesmerising tale of a mysterious arsonist and the forces of nature.
Dir. Ira Sachs
Starring Isabelle Huppert as a famous French actress, Frankie is the latest intimately observed, tenderly wrought drama from Ira Sachs – with Marisa Tomei, Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear and Jérémie Renier also featuring.
Dir. Denis Do
Winner of Best Feature Film at the 2018 Annecy International Animated Film Festival, and featuring the voices of Bérénice Bejo and Louis Garrel, this meticulous, hand-drawn recreation of Cambodian life under the Khmer Rouge isn’t easily forgotten.
Dir. Teona Strugar Mitevska
This multiple Berlinale award winner from North Macedonia is a savage and hilarious feminist polemic against patriarchal control.
Dir. Ben Wheatley
“Ben Wheatley strips things way back for his nerve-raddled family reunion comedy, and the result is one of his best, most fluid films.” – Variety
I Lost My Body
Dir. Jérémy Clapin
A severed hand goes in search of its owner in this endlessly inventive, surprisingly moving animated adventure that won the Cannes Critics Week Grand Prix.
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Academy Awards, Agnieszka Holland’s starkly realistic World War II drama explores a complex true tale of Holocaust heroism.
I Was at Home, But
Dir. Angela Schanelec
Charting a widowed mother’s unusual reaction to the disappearance of her teenage son, this unconventional family portrait by Angela Schanelec took home this year’s Berlinale Silver Bear for Best Director.
Journey to a Mother's Room
Dir. Celia Rico Clavellino
A touching portrait of a mother-daughter relationship and life in an empty nest from one of Catalan cinema’s up-and-coming directors.
The Juniper Tree
Dir. Nietzchka Keene
Beautifully restored in 4K, the feature-film debut of Björk is a dreamy, monochromatic poem of a film that gives a feminist twist to a lesser-known Brothers Grimm fairytale.
Katalin Varga
Peter Strickland’s low-budget debut is an unsettling and slow-burning tale of revenge and redemption that announced the arrival of a major new British filmmaking talent.
Koko-Di Koko-Da
Dir. Johannes Nyholm
Death comes for a bereaved young couple – again and again and again – in this weird and wild horror fable set deep in the creepy Nordic woods.
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg directs Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Colin Firth and Max von Sydow in this captivating and suspenseful true tale, recounting the final hours of the supposedly unsinkable K-141 Kursk submarine as it descends to the bottom of the Barents Sea.
Dir. Ladj Ly
Tensions between violent cops and neighbourhood youth explode in this fiery, Cannes Jury Prize-winning film from director Ladj Ly, who brings the spirit of Victor Hugo to the cultural skirmishes of the Parisian suburbs.
Dir. Alex Holmes
“An all-women crew’s entry in a fabled around-the-world yacht race gets a lively retelling in this exciting, inspiring documentary.” — Variety
Man of Marble
Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Agnieszka Holland collaborated with the great Andrzej Wajda on this powerful Citizen Kane-like reckoning with the legacy of a lionised construction worker and the hypocrisy of the Soviet regime, which won the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes 1978.
Veteran director Agnieszka Holland unearths an essential chapter of history with this biopic about Welsh journalist Gareth Jones and his efforts to expose Soviet atrocities during the 1930s.
Dir. Cenk Ertürk
Winning Best Actor and Best Screenplay at the Tribeca Film Festival, this Turkish drama contemplates faith, trust and the trappings of masculinity, earning comparisons to Abbas Kiarostami’s filmography for its poignant, contemplative approach.
Official Secrets
Dir. Gavin Hood
Keira Knightley leads a star-studded cast in this true-story thriller about Katharine Gun, the British secret service whistleblower who tried to stop the Iraq War.
Once in Trubchevsk
Dir. Larissa Sadilova
Larisa Sadilova’s first film in nearly a decade is a richly textured portrait of a daring woman’s desires as they play out within the confines of small-town Russian life.
Pain and Glory
Dir. Pedro Almodóvar
The acclaimed and adored Pedro Almodóvar reunites with actors Antonio Banderas – who won the Cannes Best Actor prize – and Penélope Cruz in a vibrant, provocative and nostalgic homage to an endlessly fascinating topic: himself
Dir. Blaise Harrison
Teenage kicks and the Large Hadron Collider come together for the first time in this striking mix of coming-of-age drama and eerie sci-fi dread from adventurous new voice, Blaise Harrison.
PJ Harvey: A Dog Called Money
Dir. Seamus Murphy
In this dynamic, globe-trotting mix of travelogue and music documentary, revered rocker PJ Harvey roams the world in search of inspiration for a recording project.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Dir. Céline Sciamma
Girlhood director Céline Sciamma returns with this beautifully calibrated, incandescent romance between a painter and her subject, which took home both Best Screenplay and the Queer Palm at this year’s Cannes.
Provincial Actors
Agnieszka Holland’s compelling, FIPRESCI Prize-winning debut film goes behind the scenes of a theatre troupe to explore the human cost of censorship and ideological conflict in communist Poland.
Dir. May el-Toukhy
Trine Dyrholm is magnetic in this Sundance Audience Award winner about the abuse of power and just how far we’ll go to hold on to our comfortable existence.
Dir. Richard Billingham
Revered photographer Richard Billingham revisits his coming of age in a chaotic council flat in the 1980s, portraying it with a tender, melancholy beauty full of subtle humour and pathos.
A Regular Woman
Dir. Sherry Hormann
The real-life ‘honour’ killing of a young Turkish-Kurdish woman is given a unique narrative treatment by German-American filmmaker Sherry Hormann in this empathetic and uncompromising film.
Retrospekt
Dir. Esther Rots
A bold psychological drama about women, work and domestic violence that rejects clichés and treads a thin line between experimental and narrative filmmaking.
Dir. Paddy Breathnach
Homelessness takes centre stage in this heartbreaking and urgent portrait of one working-class family’s increasingly desperate search for sanctuary amid Ireland’s housing crisis.
Dir. Lina Wertmüller
A stunning new restoration of the great Lina Wertmüller’s multiple-Oscar-nominated classic, a bitingly funny and savage look at fascism that retains its bracing power to unnerve.
Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors
Dir. Sergei Parajanov
“Sergei Parajanov’s extraordinary merging of myth, history, poetry, ethnography, dance and ritual remains one of the supreme works of the Soviet sound cinema, and even subsequent Parajanov features have failed to dim its intoxicating splendors.” – Chicago Reader
Dir. Ken Loach
“Another passionate bulletin from the heart of modern Britain, the land of zero-hours vassalage and service-economy serfdom – a film in the tradition of Loach’s previous work and reaching back to Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves.” – The Guardian
Dir. Joanna Hogg
Tilda Swinton stars alongside her daughter, Honor Swinton Byrne – a revelation – in Joanna Hogg’s intimate semi-autobiographical drama, which won a Sundance Grand Jury Prize.
Dir. Miroslav Terzic
The loss of a child haunts a needleworker who doggedly looks for answers to her own history and uncovers a troubling system of deception in Miroslav Terzić’s affecting second film.
Dir. Béla Tarr
Restored to mark its 25th anniversary, Béla Tarr’s breathtaking magnum opus is an examination of time and human decline set in a Hungarian village during the dying days of communism.
Suede: The Insatiable Ones
Dir. Mike Christie
“Painfully honest and deeply moving … Mike Christie’s portrait of Brett Anderson’s 1990s glam-pop outsiders gets everything right.” – The Sunday Times
Dir. László Nemes
Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2018 Venice Film Festival, this allegorical mystery offers a decadent premonition of Europe in chaos.
The Swallows of Kabul
Dirs. Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec Zabou Breitman
Love in a time of tyranny: this stunning animation directed by the two-woman team of Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec chronicles life under the Taliban, and bravely doesn’t shy away from either brutality or hope.
System Crasher
Dir. Nora Fingscheidt
A wrenching tale of a foster child pushing a system to its limits, System Crasher picked up the Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlinale.
Take Me Somewhere Nice
Dir. Ena Sendijarević
A cool, idiosyncratic debut feature (and award winner) from Ena Sendijanević about a young woman on a surreal journey of self-discovery into the Bosnian homeland she doesn’t know.
Dir. Abel Ferrara
“Abel Ferrara digs deep into his personal life to deliver a sweet, honest character study of a man struggling with guilt and anxiety.” – Little White Lies
Dir. Lorcan Finnegan
Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots star as a young couple trapped in a nightmarish suburban labyrinth in this bold sci-fi/horror from Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan.
The Whistlers
Dir. Corneliu Porumboiu
The Romanian New Wave ventures to the Canary Islands in Corneliu Porumboiu’s noir-ish crime caper, which takes more than a few cues from Hitchcock, gleefully name-checks John Ford and plays up the writer/director’s own offbeat sensibilities.
Young Ahmed
Dirs. Jean-Pierre Dardenne Luc Dardenne
Belgium’s acclaimed Dardenne brothers scooped Cannes’ Best Director prize for this provocative but ultimately tender tale of an Islamic teenager who falls under the influence of an extremist.
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Closing out their June 28th doubleheader at home in the Bay State, the league-leading Butter Tongues played host to the struggling Worcester Weemen and their eponymous grumpy-faced mascot. Fans of offense may not have eagerly anticipated this matchup of the top strikeout men in the Bones division, but Wiffleball purists were on the edge of their seats, primed for a pitcher’s duel for the ages, and these handsome gentlemen did not disappoint.
BT ace Nick O’Keefe started off the game with 2 K’s in the first, allowing a lone base hit to the man who was about to step on the mound for the Weemen, GM/ace Colin Amidon. After getting two quick outs in the bottom of the 1st, Amidon gave up 2 base hits then plunked O’Keefe in his ample noggin to load the bases. BT GM Matt Mullen, perhaps sensing runs would be hard to come by in this affair, jumped on the 2nd offering from Amidon, raking a double into center field and giving his squad a 2-0 lead they would never relinquish. Amidon induced an easy flyout to right to end the inning, but the damage was done.
Amidon settled in after the first, adding 6 strikeouts to his league lead and allowing only 2 hits in his next 3 innings, but his Weemen offense never did get untracked against O’Keefe, who was stellar in this one, giving up just 6 hits in 5 innings and picking up 9 K’s. The BTs headed home happy with their 2-0 victory further distancing themselves from the rest of the league.
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Mthatha news: Walter Sisulu University reopens after two-week violent protests – Daily dispatch
Walter Sisulu University reopens after two-week violent protests – Daily dispatch: The campus had been closed for the past two weeks after a protest over NSFAS allowances turned violent. Students were then ordered to vacate the university premises. In a letter by the university vice-chancellor, Rob Midgley, address to the “Mthatha …
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CANNIBALISM BLAMED ON DRUGS AND SATAN!: The man at the centre of the latest incident, Aphiwe Maphekula (23), died yesterday at Nelson Mandela Hospital in Mthatha. Aphiwe died from the wounds he sustained when he tried to attack cops and was shot at the scene of the crime. Over the weekend …
Walter Sisulu University reopens after two-week violent protests: Students were then ordered to vacate the university premises. In a letter by the university vice-chancellor, Rob Midgley, address to the “Mthatha campus community”, the campus will reopen on Thursday. He said he believed the situation on the campus …
Mthatha musos making waves: Three upcoming Mthatha singers who were discovered by Vusi Nova, and who now go by the name of 047, dropped their debut single Ubuhle featuring the award winning singer on Friday. CREATIVE: Mthatha’s very own 047 singing group hopes to take the airwaves …
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"IF THE REST OF THE WORLD WANTS TO HELP [MUMBAI*],
IT SHOULD RUN TOWARD THE EXPLOSION"
--from Suketu Mehta in today's New York Times, in which he also says:
In other cities, if there’s an explosion, people run away from it. In Mumbai, people run toward it — to help.....
In the Bombay I grew up in, your religion was a personal eccentricity, like a hairstyle. In my school, you were denominated by which cricketer or Bollywood star you worshiped, not which prophet. In today’s Mumbai, things have changed. Hindu and Muslim demagogues want the mobs to come out again in the streets, and slaughter one another in the name of God. They want India and Pakistan to go to war. They want Indian Muslims to be expelled. They want India to get out of Kashmir. They want mosques torn down. They want temples bombed.....
In 1993, Hindu mobs burned people alive in the streets — for the crime of being Muslim in Mumbai. Now these young Muslim men murdered people in front of their families — for the crime of visiting Mumbai. They attacked the luxury businessmen’s hotels. They attacked the open-air Cafe Leopold, where backpackers of the world refresh themselves with cheap beer out of three-foot-high towers before heading out into India. Their drunken revelry, their shameless flirting, must have offended the righteous believers in the jihad. They attacked the train station everyone calls V.T., the terminus for runaways and dreamers from all across India. And in the attack on the Chabad house, for the first time ever, it became dangerous to be Jewish in India.
The terrorists’ message was clear: Stay away from Mumbai or you will get killed. Cricket matches with visiting English and Australian teams have been shelved. Japanese and Western companies have closed their Mumbai offices and prohibited their employees from visiting the city. Tour groups are canceling long-planned trips.
But the best answer to the terrorists is to dream bigger, make even more money, and visit Mumbai more than ever....
Read the rest of Suketu's op-ed piece here.
Read Amitabh Bachchan's blog post about the attack here.
*It's interesting that Suketu is now calling it Mumbai (not Bombay) - a name that, according his book, was pushed by Hindu hard-liners - although on second thought it's probably just correct New York Times style/usage.
BIG SHOW FRIDAY: RAHAT FATEH ALI KHAN IN CHICAGO
The great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's nephew / protégé / disciple and handpicked successor will perform at the Gateway Theater this Friday at 8:30.
Bindi and I caught Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and his party (band) at the Mystical Journey concert in March, and it was transformational.
He is known for Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis, or mystical Muslims. The singing puts the performers into a trance, and they feel that they are one with God - which is also the goal of all yogis.
It is a type of bhakti yoga - the yoga of devotion.
They are also journeyman musicians, singing ghazals and ballads to movie audiences.
And occasionally they collaborate with Western musicians like Eddie Vedder, as in this Dead Man Walking concert for Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation. Watch Rahat steal the show four minutes in.
This video may also help you feel better about the tragic events in Mumbai.
If anyone wants to go to the concert, please call or e-mail!
PANIC IN MUMBAI
At least 100 people have died so far in last night's attacks in South Bombay, where gunmen wielding arms and grenades attacked several sites, including a police station, a movie theatre, an airport, hospitals, a dockyard, two train stations and two luxury hotels. As I write this they're still holding hostages at the hotels and a hospital.
Apparently they're targeting Britons and Americans.
They also killed India's top terrorism official.
The famous Taj Hotel is in flames.
This AP report (which we don't put much stock in, since it mistakenly states that there has been very little Hindu-Muslim violence in India since independence in 1947. Apparently they've not heard of the million people who died in the bloodbath called Partition and the many smaller flareups since):
A British restaurant-goer at the Oberoi told Sky News television that the attackers were singling out Britons and Americans.
Alex Chamberlain said a gunman, a young man of 22 or 23, ushered 30 or 40 people from the restaurant into a stairway and ordered everyone to put up their hands.
"They were talking about British and Americans specifically. There was an Italian guy, who, you know, they said: 'Where are you from?" and he said he's from Italy and they said 'fine' and they left him alone. And I thought: 'Fine, they're going to shoot me if they ask me anything — and thank God they didn't," he said.
Apparently this group has claimed responsibility.
Let's pray that a backlash reaction to such violence is avoided (ie; mobs form and kill innocent people in retaliation).
For the latest, go here.
OUT IN 815
On Saturday I led a Dharma Mittra workshop at a yoga studio in Sycamore.
The students were lovely.
So was the drive out to the 815 area code.
Gas was cheaper than I've seen it in eons.
So afterwards I drove out to see Mr. and Mrs. Dreyfus.
On the way I passed a place that sold raw, local honey.
I'm crazy about the local honey; I try to eat some every day (either in the morning hot water with lemon or on peanut butter Ezekiel toast). It's supposed to help control pollen allergies. But usually I have to buy it at the Food Whole - which used to get it from a local fellow who stocked the shelves with his own honey. It was nice to speak to him about his bees. But they dropped his brand about a year ago. All they have now is Some Honey from somewhere in Wisconsin. So it was a treat to buy honey that was truly local, from the beekeeper himself.
I also adore hand-painted signs. So when I saw this, I immediately turned around and pulled into the driveway.
After parking, I went up to the fridge in front of the barn, and opened the door.
Inside was a another sign, telling me to knock on the back door of the farmhouse.
I walked over.
There were kittens sunning themselves on the porch.
I was petting them when the man opened the door.
I was so excited about the honey.
"I was driving by and saw the sign," I said. "I'm from Chicago--..."
"I'm sorry," said the man, without missing a beat.
At that I wanted to hug him.
I asked him where the bees were, and he pointed out back to some tall, round, white structures.
"They're hibernating now," he said.
I took home a lot of honey that day.
No goats or chickens or brown eggs, though.
No kittens, either.
TUNAK TUNAK TUN:
HA. HA. HA.
Very few things in the world can elicit a belly laugh from me.
This is one of them.
To enjoy it properly you must:
1. Love this music
2. Read the "translation."
Ferengi = foreigner (as in, westerner or White Devil)
'"Ferengi" and similar terms are Arabic names for European traders, or for Westerners in general. Both the Arabic word and the name are similarly pronounced [fɛˈrɪŋɡi]. The name is likely derived from the Arabic word faranj or ifranj, "Franks", or possibly the Persian word farangi, meaning "foreigner". In Ethiopia, ferenj or ferenji has the same meaning. The Greeks sometimes use fra[n]gkoi (φράγκοι) as a mild slur against western Europeans. The term was used as a partially derogatory term in India to denote the British.'
Here's the song with the "real" lyrics:
Here's the "Caucasian-ish" version:
And the equally wrong "U.S." version:
Plus the Teletubbies version:
To learn to bhangra dance, watch this. Warning: it's much harder than it looks:
For years we've been hearing about Somalian pirates hijacking vessels traveling around the Horn of Africa.
(Yes, this is happening now, in the 2000's).
The ship-seizing has only increased over the years, and an estimated $100 million has already been paid in ransoms for seized goods and crew this year.
Many countries (not to mention NATO) have sent ships to police these busy shipping lanes - which are known as the world's most dangerous waters.
But the ships have had no effect on the pirates, who keep taking all the booty they want.
Over the weekend, pirates seized a Saudi oil supertanker that is now being held for ransom in Somalia
Soon after, pirates hijacked a Greek ship and a Thai fishing boat.
The news has been all bad - until Tuesday night.
That's when an Indian warship, the INS Tabar, sank a pirate ship in the Gulf of Aden and chased away two others.*
An Indian ship! Not an E.U. ship or a NATO ship or a US ship.
Apparently the Russian-built INS Tabar also freed a Saudi chemical tanker last week.
जय िंहद !
*The idea of Ahimsa or non-harming is important for yogis to follow. But warriors have another dharma (duty). According to the Bhagavad Gita it is extremely important to follow one's dharma. For example, if you are a warrior and the war is just, you must go to battle and not worry about the outcome (since it's not in your hands).
** The video features some of India's greatest performers and athletes, from a variety of religious, ethnic and musical traditions - including Yesudas, Pandit Jasraj, Zakir Hussein, Javed Akhtar, Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Shankar Mahadevan, and Jagjit Singh.
HalfPint and I went to see Slumdog Millionaire yesterday.
The fast-paced film, about a poor Muslim boy who grows up in Bombay's slums and winds up on the Indian game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, has everything - love, violence, music, dance, betrayal, and a hopeful message. It also features a fabulous score by famed Tamil composer A.R. Rahman.
The film is populated with characters who could have come straight out of Suketu Mehta's 2005 book Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found. There were gangs of white-wearing hardline Hindu thugs, Bombay gangsters, crooked police inspector-cum-torturers, and pimps whose stable consists solely of beggar children.
The plot was gripping.
I recognized the lead actor, Dev. Patel, because he's on the only TV show I watch with any regularlity - the British TV series Skins. Plus there were virtual appearances by India's most famous actor, Amitabh Bachchan - who used to host the game show (and whose blog is one of my favorites).
Among other treats, there's a scene where the gangsters dance to a song from the gangster movie Don, plus there's a big Bollywood dance production during the credits. And many scenes were set in one of my favorite places in the world - the Indian railway.
The film also dealt with issues straight out of the Bhagavad Gita, such as the notion of fate, and the fact that we are not the doer.
Near the end, the smarmy game show host (played by a spot-on Anil Kapoor) suggested that the young protagonist's apparent interest in women and money would be his downfall.
The line is straight from the teachings of the great yogi Sri Ramakrishna, who always told his devotees that "women" and "gold" (lust and greed) are the greatest obstacles to spiritual development (because they create attachment to the material world).
Go see the film.
Or at least see the trailer:
My journalism mentor, former Sun-Times TV/radio columnist Robert Feder, did his first TV appearance EVER tonight on WTTW-Channel 11's "Friday Night."
Despite many offers, not once during his 28 years critiquing local media for the Chicago Sun-Times did he appear on TV or radio. A journalist with actual integrity, he considered it a conflict of interest to appear on the media he was paid to cover. As he put it in tonight's interview, it would be akin to Sun-Times drama critic Hedy Weiss getting onstage to perform in a play - and then critiquing it.
Rob never accepted gifts or a single free meal - unheard of for a reporter in this town.
And although interviewer John Calloway tried to goad him into criticizing his contemporaries for taking freebies and appearing on the air, Rob wasn't having it. He simply said that he made the choices that were appropriate for him.
He came off as articulate, kind, charming, humble, honest, forthright, funny, and fearless, not to mention full of fortitude and steeped in sattva - which are all the qualities of a great yogi.
How fortunate I've been to be guided by him.
You can hear the entire interview here.
BYE-BYE, CACA
The colonic wasn't that bad.
For starters, the colonic hydrotherapist had pleasant bedside manner. He had clear, shiny eyes and a kind demeanor. Plus his voice had the same timbre and cadence as the filmmaker I used to work for, so he seemed familiar.
And since he's studying to be a nutritionist, he knew all about input as well as output.
The Eternal Om soundtrack helped, too.
"I know all the words," I joked.
First, I used the toilet.
Then we talked about why I was there (constipation and consuming convenience food and meat for two decades before going veg in 1987) as well as what to expect (the feeling of having to poop, which I was to "just feel" and not give in to).
I was told to disrobe from the waist down, although my striped knee socks could stay.
Then I got on my back, under a towel, and called him in.
He explained everything as it happened. I turned on my side, and he inserted the tube into the sphincta. It was a lot bigger than I thought it would be, but not too awful.
Then I returned to my back, with the knees propped up, and he talked while removing the gas.
He was quite funny, and I laughed several times.
Then he started letting in the water.
This was not pleasant - to feel the bowels fill with water, and to have the urgent need to fart and repress it.
After a short period, he started letting out the water and fecal matter - which was a relief.
Then more water came in - unpleasant again - and then he let it out.
In the beginning, there was a lot of yellow bile leaving the body.
"Does this mean I'll become a nicer person?" I asked.
It's possible, he said.
Each time the water came in, it went up a little bit higher in the abdomen.
Occasionally, he would massage the belly.
The entire procedure lasted about 45 minutes.
The worst part was feeling the blockages when the water was going in. It was somewhat emotional, and also reminded me of the gastric distress I experience after eating at a certain raw food restaurant. But then the water would move on, and it would be OK.
It was pleasant to hear him exclaim when a block was removed - and also to learn that I have correct mula bandha.
It was also pleasant to hear that the colon is in good shape due to proper diet; the gentleman recommended that I come for three appointments spaced two weeks apart, rather than six in six weeks.
And it was actually *fun* watching the fast-moving conga line of matter flowing through the tube. Rather festive, to be honest.
Afterwords he had me sit on the toilet, to get rid of any remaining water.
When I walked out, I felt light. The vision was clear. There was more energy and less urge to procrastinate.
I feel like I left something behind....
Which is a very good feeling indeed.
Photo shows this morning's rather spectacular sunrise, as viewed from Lake Shore Drive. (On the way home seven hours later, there was a rather spectacular car fire).
THE REWARDS OF LETTING GO
After an impressive start, The Great Cleanse of '08 (in which the Author gets rid of Things she doesn't need) slowed down til it nearly came to a complete halt.
That is, until Friday - when Jammu and Baby Sachi came to the rescue.
Jammu brought big, thick, black contractor's bags with her - massive plastic bags that look like garbage bags but don't break. "Black is good, because you can't look at the things you're getting rid of, and change your mind," she said.
After a mediocre Indian meal prepared by me, Jammu inspired me to go through things while Sachi sat in Upavisa Konasana on the cotton yoga mat and played with a stuffed toy called Neal (from the movie Neal 'n' Nikki).
We started by going through books. There are 18 shelves of books in the apartment. We slogged through three tiers of writing books, critically acclaimed 20th century novels and hipster literature (think Patti Smith, bell hooks, Lydia Lunch, Lester Bangs, et al)
Jammu helped me decide which ones to keep and which ones to toss. We wore dust masks, since they were so dusty and musty. The books were like dear old friends that represented different parts of the past - which made the mind resistant and indecisive.
Yet Jammu was infinitely patient.
And she knew which ones were worth money.
She told me to bring the massive box and smaller box of discards to Myopic Books, and try to sell them. This was a new idea for me; usually I just leave things at The Ark thrift store.
Then we started going through the jacket and coat collection.
She had me try on each and every one, and gave me her honest opinion.
Again, she knew which ones were worth money.
"Take those to the resale shops on Milwaukee Avenue," near Myopic Books, she said. "Whatever's left you can bring to the Brown Elephant" (a nearby thrift store).
We also dealt with the yoga mat collection (I got rid of the one the cat had secretly been using as a scratching post), the phone collection (shedding all but the one Dreyfus can sell on eBay) and Gorgeous George, a giant stuffed minkey that had belonged to my mother.
We ended up with two contractor's bags full of jackets, phones and other items.
Later, I went through a few more areas, and added biking shoes, never-worn Gore-Tex hiking boots and other items from the discard pile in the hall closet.
They made a large pile, and I wanted them out of the house ASAP.
Saturday was the first really cold, sleety day this year. Chicagoans take awhile to adjust to weather changes, and tend to stay inside until they do. So when I learned that I'd been bumped from my 10:15 massage appointment, I thought "Today's the day." I filled the car with stuff and drove to Wicker Park.
I found parking across from Myopic Books - a rare thing indeed - and brought in my boxes of tomes.
The handsome young gent behind the counter wanted many of the books, and I ended up with $65 ($20 of which was immediately blown on three new books: Meditation for Dummies, David Frawley's Arise Arjuna and Gita Mehta's Karma Kola). I decided to hold on to a rare Billy Childish book worth $50 or more.
I put the remaining books in the car, and dragged the giant Santa bag of jackets and whatnot to three thrift stores.
(Note to single women: the handsome hipster boys can be found near North/Milwaukee/Damen on Saturdays around 12PM)
Jammu was right; capes are in this year. A black cape from college and my mother's striped winter scarf fetched $10.50 in store credit at Crossroads, where I picked up a long-sleeved teal t-shirt for just $5.
As Jammu had predicted, Lenny & Me took the 1970's green leather jacket (they gave me $14 - not bad, considering that I paid $15 for it 15 years ago and had gotten a lot of use out of it - or a quarter of what they'd sell it for).
I made $27.48 at Buffalo Exchange, which took the Gore-Tex hiking boots and four jackets (including a rarely-worn wax-covered rain jacket from Scotland and a mod black patent pleather jacket purchased at a thrift store in Wisconsin for $2.50).
Since The Ark is closed on Saturdays and I have issues with the Brown Elephant (whose employees once CHASED ME DOWN THE STREET with my stuff and forced me to take it back), I packed the remaining items in the car and drove them to the Salvation Army on Clybourn. The gentlemen there actually helped me unload the car.
Then I went home and did some reflecting.
Usually, after going into stores, I feel tired.
But this time, I felt more energized than I have in months.
I felt engaged, and elated - like correct dharma was being fulfilled.
Then I counted the money: $88.77, plus three books and a new shirt.
Not bad for two hours of work.
And it's more than enough to cover tomorrow's colonic, when the Cleanse of '08 continues....
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Barack Obama has wasted no time, having already appointed a Chief of Staff - my US House Rep., Rahm Emanuel*.
But the City of Chicago has yet to remove the no-parking-during-the-rally signs from downtown streets.
Business as usual in the City that Works.
*Rahm is a Daley Machine-backed Democrat who just won another term on Tuesday. Names being bandied about for an upcoming special election to fill his seat are all entrenched Dems (Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley, Ilinois Sen. John Cullerton, Illinois Rep. John Fritchey, Cook County Commissioner Forest Claypool and newly-elected State Rep. Deborah Mell, who is Gov. Rod Blagojevich's sister-in-law and the daughter of powerful Chicago Alderman Richard Mell.). Plus the governor must appoint someone to fill Barack's Senate seat; the short list includes more usual suspects: Democratic Reps. Jesse Jackson, Jr., Luis Gutierrez, Danny Davis and Jan Schakowsky, as well as Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan, Comptroller Dan Hynes and Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.
Photo snapped today on Chicago Avenue near LaSalle Street
"WERE YOU AT GRANT PARK LAST NIGHT?"*
That's the question of the day here in Chicago, where the mood is jovial.
People actually seem happy. They even seem to like each other.
There seems to be a feeling of purpose and shared identity.
That's a rare thing in this tamastic, segregated city that keeps voting for the same thuggish mayor over and over and over again.
The last time I noticed this collective feeling of joy was when the Bears were in the Superbowl.
Before that, it was when Harold Washington was mayor....
May it last past today.....
*Last night ABC News kept showing (and interviewing) the crowd in New York City's Times Square rather than at Chicago's Grant Park. What, pray tell, were they thinking? For once, NYC was not the center of the world - Chicago was - and they completely missed the boat.
Last night E. called Blet's house at 8PM to ask if he wanted to go down to Grant Park with her. Her husband, a McCain supporter, did not want to go. "Why don't you call someone who doesn't have kids?" Blet suggested.
Yesterday many businesses near Grant Park were closed, including Columbia College. I know this because an adjunct professor and avid ashtangi had the night off and came to class. Today, someone in the banking sector said that her downtown company sent everyone home at 3PM. The CTA trains going both directions were packed to the gills; with people fleeing downtown, and those coming in for the rally. She said there was a strange tension in the air, and that her company had sent people home in case there was trouble. A race riot? I asked. Impossible! People will be dancing with joy. No, she said. They were worried that "the other side" would cause trouble. You mean the Republicans? I asked. Impossible!. I couldn't see it; not unless they were conducting abortions and same-sex marriages at the rally. Besides, Republicans want to protect property, not destroy it. No, not them, she said; they were worried about skinheads and other white supremacists. Oh.
Top photo of Marina City snapped today, at the corner of Wabash and Wacker.
For those of you who wanted to know if I'm at Grant Park tonight the answer is no - I was at Blet's, watching the returns. And now I'm at home, typing.
Voting was easy today: no line. Plus there were very few signs outside. And there were only four intimidating Daley Machine precinct workers trying to hustle up votes outside. This year they were thinner, younger and fewer than usual. Change is indeed in the air.
And I bypassed them all by riding the bicycle to the high school. By the time I locked it up, I was within the safety zone that they could not penetrate.
Afterwords, on the way to collect a free cup of coffee for voting, I rode past a local bar - which also serves as a polling place.
Only in Chicago...
HALLOWEEN, DIWALI AND INDIAN SUMMER
On Friday, which was unseasonably warm, I met friends for a South Indian lunch of thali, vada and uttapam at Udupi Palace on Devon Avenue. Then I met Kirti for our annual trip to shop for Lakshmi coins. During Diwali, the Hindu new year, it is auspicious to purchase these coins and pray to the goddess Lakshmi.
Only a few places had gold coins this year, which didn't bother me since I can only afford silver (the goddess definitely smiled upon me over the past year, but Dharma's teacher training and the trip to Mysore drained the coffers). It was fun to go from shop to shop and compare prices and try the prasad (blessed sweets) on offer.
After having a tender coconut, I brought an old printer/scanner to the house of a friend who lives just a block away. After enjoying some sweets, we strolled on Devon Avenue. By now the trick-or-treaters were out in full force, and it was delightful to watch. Each shop had a huge pile of candy to give out, and the kids were taking full advantage of their generosity and close proximity to each other (as were roving gangs of older kids in hoodies). We ended up having channa batura and another snack dish at Uru-Swati. The channa batura was nearly as good as at Sandeep restaurant in Tirumala, where we ate our first meal after the overnight train ride and looong queue for Balaji seva tickets just two months ago.
Saturday was my first day off in two weeks, and I had a long overdue massage - which will hopefully make the spine move the next time I see the chiro. I spent the remainder of the day recovering from said massage (when choosing a therapist, don't ask the manager to give you "the most sadistic one" and then ask said therapist to "attack the knots" unless you really mean it - which I did).
On Sunday I sold one of the six bikes in the collection, which includes three vintage Schwinns and a 1970s Cinelli. I sold the Monster Fat (a collector's item from the early 90s) to the person who'd talked me into buying it 17 years ago. I must say, it is not easy to get rid of things - even if it's going to a good home. Not easy at all.
But I'll keep doing it, because it has to be done.
Top photo was taken at noon today, at Lincoln/Belmont/Ashland.
"IF THE REST OF THE WORLD WANTS TO HELP [MUMBAI*],...
BIG SHOW FRIDAY: RAHAT FATEH ALI KHAN IN CHICAGO ...
PANIC IN MUMBAI At least 100 people have died so ...
OUT IN 815 On Saturday I led a Dharma Mittra wo...
TUNAK TUNAK TUN: HA. HA. HA. Very few things ...
JAI HIND! For years we've been hearing about So...
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE HalfPint and I went to see...
GOOD KARMA My journalism mentor, former Sun-T...
BYE-BYE, CACA The colonic wasn't that bad. Fo...
THE REWARDS OF LETTING GO After an impres...
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY Barack Obama has wasted...
"WERE YOU AT GRANT PARK LAST NIGHT?"* That's t...
PLEBISCITE For those of you who wanted to k...
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29th May // Lopness @ SPEKTRUM // Berlin
Lopness, Lena Czerniawska / Emilio Gordoa / Jon Rose / Gudinna Cortina #158
http://spektrumberlin.de/events/detail/lopness-lena-czerniawska-emilio-gordoa-jon-rose-gudinna-cortina-158.html
Doors: 19:00 / Start time: 19:30
Entrance 5-10 euro (up to your offer)
Lopness: AV duo by Ondness & Pedro Lopes
Lopness is Ondness duo with Pedro Lopes, which also goes by the name of deadact. Ondness is a heteronym of Bruno Silva, who has brought such diverse projects as the Canzana, Bandeira Branca and Sabre. Pedro Lopes, sound artist resident in Berlin, can often be found improvising with diverse rotating media such as gramophones and just released his first tape as deadact. Their duo is characterized by a relentless delivery to time and balances between hyperactivity and Eastern philosophy, like judo-man do when they take external forces without much sweat.
Solo performance by Gudinni Cortina
Nothing Graft on Reality! After my fish died I start to have some visions… An audiovisual project of Lena Czerniawska & Emilio Gordoa featuring Jon Rose
Gudinni Cortina (Mexico City, 1968)
The practice of Gudinni Cortina attempts to cross an uncertain space without succumbing to it. As an improviser he works directly with the sound matter through an extended mixer board, contact microphones and disused hard drives. Combining those elements to generate sound that depends largely on chance an on the construction in the moment, from accidents and certain acoustic phenomena like feedback. His aesthetic approach looks for that vulnerable moment in which nothing is determined beforehand, “becoming fragile”. This sonic wager plays with the dimensions where sound occurs: taking a tiny sound density in order to dilute it through the details. http://gudinni-cortina.com/
Lena Czerniawska A drawer, ornithologist, and a literature enthusiast. Her primary form of expression is drawing, i.e., a method of preserving visuals as art that can practised during travel or after joining a band of musicians, or that can be used for telling a story, watching birds, careful listening, an all-night party for one person, telling jokes, exercises in logic, and meditation. She always carries her sketchpad with her and uses it as the first priority resource in documenting everyday life. Expanding her language of drawings, she also creates collages, installations, murals, and short texts. She is more focused on searching rather than finding, as she knows that ‘he who finds did not search right’ (Aglaja Veteranyi). She lives and works in Wrocław as an assistant at the Creative Drawing workshop at the Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw and she is the chairwoman of the Foundation for the Development of Culture and Art Macondo.http://ausland-berlin.de/lena-czerniawska
Jon Rose is an Australian born in the UK in 1951. For over 35 years, Rose has been at the sharp end of new, improvised, and experimental sound art and media. A polymath, he is as much at home creating large environmental multi-media works as he is performing on a stage. Most celebrated is the worldwide Fence project. He has worked with artists such as Kronos Quartet, Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Shelley Hirsh, Chris Cutler, Otomo Yoshihide, KK Null, Alvin Curran, Evan Parker, Phil Minton, John Cage, Tony Oxley, Steve Beresford, Eugene Chadbourne, Bob Ostertag, Jim Denley, Elliott Sharp, George Lewis, Christian Marclay, Toshinori Kondo, Joelle Leandre, Frances-Marie Uitti, Barre Phillips, and John Zorn.http://www.jonroseweb.com/
Emilio Gordoa Mexican composer based in Berlin since 2012. He’s involved in numerous projects including his work as a soloist and in collaboration with theater and dance. Emilio is specially focus in sound art, noise and improvisation and is a busy composer as well, writing graphic scores for a variety of ensembles, large and small, for theater, documentary films and audiovisual. Emilio studied with Vincent Carver, Mario Lavista, and Raul Tudon. He has collaborated and performed with artist such as German Bringas, John Russell, Tristan Honsinger, John Butcher, John Edwards, Misha Marks, Axel Dörner, Tony Buck, Tobias Delius, Ignaz Schick, Jack Wright, Liz Allbee, Klaus Kürvers, Alexander Bruck, Roland Ramanan, and Ute Wassermann. He is member of the BerIO. http://www.emiliogordoa.com/
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Big Machines: The Story of Virginia Lee Burton (Hardcover)
By Sherri Duskey Rinker, John Rocco (Illustrator)
In this loving tribute to Virginia Lee Burton, the New York Times best-selling creators Sherri Duskey Rinker and John Rocco pay homage to the storied life of one of the most beloved creators in children’s literature.
Everyone in Folly Cove knows Virginia Lee as “Jinnee.” With her magical wands she can draw whatever she imagines, but for her sons Aris and Michael, she draws the most wonderful characters of all: BIG MACHINES with friendly names like Mary Anne, Maybelle, and Katy. Her marvelous magical wands can make anything move—even a cheerful Little House.
Sherri lives in the Chicago area with her photographer husband and two sons, where she loves to cook, garden, and collect old oil paintings. Her books are love stories for her children, written to wrangle some smiles and with the hopes of happier bedtimes and sweet dreams for all.She is the #1 bestselling author of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and Steam Train, Dream Train. Visit sherririnker.com
John Rocco? is a New York Times Bestselling author and illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including Wolf! Wolf!, winner of the Borders Original Voices Award for best picture book; Moonpowder; Blizzard, and Blackout, a winner of the Caldecott Honor. Rocco also illustrated Whoopi Goldberg's Alice and the covers for Rick Riordan's internationally bestselling series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Kane Chronicles,The Heroes of Olympus and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. He also was the illustrator for both #1 New York Times Bestsellers Percy Jackson's Greek Gods and Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes. Most recently, Rocco’s his first Young Adult novel, Swim That Rock, was a finalist for the New England Book Award. http://roccoart.com/index.html
★ "The beautiful symbiosis of text and art works on several levels—as a biography, a study of the artist's creative process, and a demonstration of the themes of change and survival evident in Burton's picture books. Alive, bursting with color and action, this volume introduces Virginia Lee Burton to a new generation of big machine enthusiasts." —Kirkus, starred review
★ ". . . [E]nchanting portrayal of Virginia Lee Burton . . . Prime material for classroom author studies and a lively, imaginative introduction to Burton’s classic picture books." —Booklist, starred review
"Burton’s fans will enjoy teasing out the visual references to her work, both in Rocco’s use of color and form (including several circular vignettes), while feeling intimately connected to how these treasured stories came into being." —Publishers Weekly
"Anyone even passingly familiar with the Burton canon will appreciate Rocco’s close emulation of Burton’s work; he goes a step further, though, by casting Jinnee and the boys as players in a story done in her visual style." —Bulletin
"This is a lovely tribute, both to a marvelous creator of books for children as well as the creative process itself. Recommended for most picture book biography collections." –School Library Journal
"Rocco’s paintings of the artist at work and his replicas of her illustrations are masterful... [Big Machines] provides an intriguing, loving introduction to a picture-book icon." –Horn Book
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: September 5th, 2017
Juvenile Fiction / Biographical
Juvenile Fiction / Art & Architecture
Juvenile Fiction / Books & Libraries
Juvenile Fiction / Transportation / Railroads & Trains
Kobo eBook (September 5th, 2017): $12.99
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Stories for the "Very Young and the Young At Heart"
Robyn Echols, and Aurora Redress, Book 2 of the Aurora Series is in the hotseat!
AURORA REDRESS BLURB:
Aurora Redress is the second book in the Aurora Series by Robyn Echols. The first book, Aurora Rescue, is also available with the third, Aurora Recover, due out late in 2015.
Is Eddie Burrows dead or alive? Only a few know where he is—and when. The Aurora Series continues as Marty Clark makes a startling discovery about the mountain on which she and her dog, Hunter, landed. As she searches her cell call history and realizes what went different than planned, her disappointment turns to excitement. Can she find Eddie and help him use aurora power to return home with her? What will happen to Kezia, the runaway slave she befriends when she stumbles upon a station in the Underground Railroad?
In 2024 Colorado, Cy Riverton agrees that finding Eddie and bringing him back is a priority, even though it means he must fend off the increasing threat to his own freedom as he is pursued by “Cowboy” FBI Special Agent Lee Hardin who is investigating Eddie’s disappearance.
AURORA REDRESS EXCERPT:
Cy was nowhere to be seen yet. Marty was too happy to be home to be worried about him running late. Besides, maybe with the time zone difference, it was she who was running early. All she knew was that he had come through for her the whole time she was gone. She was confident he would soon find her and take her and Hunter home.
Wait until he finds out I beat him to Dead Man’s Drop.
Delighted at the thought, Marty considered how much fun she would have teasing him about it. She resisted the impulse to call him. Making a call on this mountain was what started her adventure into the past in the first place. She wanted no more of that.
Then she remembered. She needed to send him a text to tell him she was back so he knew for sure where to come and pick her up. But, she decided to not take any chances. First she was going to get off the rocks and hike partway down the mountain before she activated her wrist screen cell again.
Marty stood up and stretched. It was time to climb off the rocks that formed the crest of the mountain. She called to Hunter to follow her.
It was only as she started to make her descent and looked back that Marty realized something was wrong. There were no cliffs on the west side of the rocks. The trees around her did not belong to the Colorado Rockies. Instead of seeing rock-strewn dirt at the base of the boulders, all she saw were ferns and more bushes.
Marty groaned with realization. She was not back on the cliffs at Dead Man’s Drop. She was no longer on Chimney Rock, but she definitely was not back in the Rockies.
What went wrong? Where am I now?
Marty’s eyes filled with tears.
ABOUT ROBYN ECHOLS:
Robyn Echols has been writing since she was in junior high school. By choice, she spent most of her evening hours in her "dungeon", as her mother called her downstairs bedroom, writing stories, only joining her family in front of the television upstairs when her favorite programs were playing. She has spent hours learning and teaching family history topics, and focuses on history from a genealogist's perspective of seeking out the details of everyday life in the past. Several of her family history articles have been published in genealogy magazines. She also draws on her education, including training in Environmental Hazardous Materials Technology and her professional background of being a state-level union steward for a postal union, a position which required investigative, research and technical writing skills.
Now Robyn resides with her husband in California near the “Gateway to Yosemite” and has fun researching and writing the books that she hopes will interest and entertain her readers. She writes Young Adult/New Adult and contemporary fiction under Robyn Echols and adult historical romance under her pen name, Zina Abbott.
LINKS for Robyn Echols:
Robyn Echols Website: www.robynechols.com
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Andrea Cooper and Stolen Hearts are on Penny's Tales
Stolen Hearts – Book 1
Crystal has spent her entire life training to be a thief in order to find evidence against the man who had her parents murdered. In her pursuit of justice she's had to give up her identity, her name, and any chance at love. When Crystal is forced on a blind date with the cop who is investigating her, she plays a dangerous game of hearts that could land her in a prison cell.
Kade is in search of a new life, after losing his partner. He's taken a new job, in a new city, and met a new girl. In order to keep his fresh start, he will have to catch an elusive thief targeting one of the largest corporations in the country. Desperate to forget the failures of his past, Kade has no intention of failing.
But secrets can’t be hidden forever.
Crystal shimmied down the drainpipe with her trophies tucked inside her backpack and computer files loaded onto her USB, hung around her neck disguised as a locket. This was too easy. Not like the Warren job where the COO kept changing the menu and supervised their catering to ensure they had followed the strict rules of kashrut.
She landed on the concrete with a thump, then removed her mask. Usually she worked at night when the catering gig didn’t provide the necessary cover, but she had a date this evening. A blind date.
Her sister’s fiancée had called earlier that day to let them know his cousin from Texas would join them for dinner and would Crystal come along? As far as Crystal was concerned, it was the closest thing she’d come to as a real date in a long time. She’d take it.
Thankfully, her catering appointment with Westridge canceled yesterday. While she enjoyed cooking, it was only a cover for her and her sister’s illegal activities. What she excelled at was computers, but having a career in that field, now, would be too suspicious. Her IT skills far exceeded a Level One Help Desk worker. She despised working for Westridge, the man who had her mother killed and her dad thrown into jail, but catering was the easiest way into her target’s homes without suspicion. And she refused to pose as a cleaning lady and scrub their filth.
Years ago, Dad found what he thought was a series of accounting errors. For his honesty trying to help Westridge correct the problem, he was thrown in jail to rot. Westridge and his company framed her dad for embezzlement and sharing confidential information with preferred suppliers to obtain favors. Now she and her sister were halfway toward exonerating him and exposing Westridge and his corporate crimes. To see the look on Joshua Westridge’s face when he was convicted would make all her and her sister’s sacrifices worth it.
Thunder boomed as she weaved through alleys, stinking of rotting food and urine. She barely made it to her car before thunder rumbled.
Crystal checked the time on the dashboard, almost seven. No time to waste. Paul and his cousin, Kade, were picking up her and her sister at seven-thirty. Her car hummed to life as she stashed her backpack behind her seat. The stolen cash, including a recently purchased blood diamond necklace, lay inside. Hopefully the money and necklace would throw off Westridge’s Sales Manager to the fact that computer information had been the real prize. And hopefully, they wouldn’t discover the truth until it was too late. For now, another piece of the puzzle to exonerate their dad and lock Westridge away lay on her chest inside her locket.
She whipped into traffic and hit the wipers as fat drops of rain slapped against the windshield. Great. Ahead, a red light flickered as taxis and cars lined up behind it. She debated taking Ninth, but decided against it. Construction was still ongoing and traffic would be worse than this.
Maybe squeezing in a job before dinner wasn’t such a great idea.
Buy Link: http://amzn.com/B00TKW9Y4W
Andrea R. Cooper’s latest release, Stolen Hearts, is a captivating story filled with romance, mystery, and suspense. I adored this story and can’t wait for the sequel to come out.
Stolen Hearts follows the story of Crystal, who is collaborating with her sister and uncles to finally get payback against the man who had killed her parents. But that means going undercover, spying, and breaking into buildings for evidence. And Crystal is great at it, but she never expected to fall for the new cop in town, Kade, who just happens to be secretly working on a case that could put her in prison for a very long time. Yep, he’s trying to work out who is behind all the break-ins.
I loved all the tricky situations Crystal found herself in, how she managed to slip undetected, whilst struggling to deal with her feelings for Kade, and during all this, keep herself sane.
The romance between Crystal and Kade is sizzling hot, and by the end, I wasn’t sure if they could make it work… I won’t spoil it, but you’ve got to read this book.
Andrea’s Bio: Andrea has always created characters and stories. But it wasn't until she was in her late twenties that she started writing novels.
What happened that ignited the writing flame in her fingers? Divorced, and disillusioned by love songs and stories. They exaggerate. She thought. Love and Romance are not like that in the real world. Then she met her husband and realized, yes love and romance are exactly like the songs and stories say. She is now a happy wife, and a mom to three kids (two boys and a girl).
Andrea writes paranormal and historical romance. When not writing or reading, one may find Andrea dancing in Zumba.
She believes in the power of change and counting each moment as a blessing. But most importantly, she believes in love.
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J.J. DiBenedetto shows off his book, Dream Student - and it is FREE
Today is my two-year anniversary as an author. Two years ago today, March 20, 2013, I logged onto Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing system and hit “publish” on the first four Dream Series books (DREAM STUDENT, DREAM DOCTOR, DREAM CHILD and DREAM FAMILY).
It’s been a great ride since then; I had no idea what to expect, and I certainly didn’t know if anyone would want to buy the books (let alone read them and enjoy them). 260 rviews, 7,500 sales and over 70,000 free downloads later, I have my answer. Somebody likes me. They really like me!
I’ve gotten to work with a lot of very talented people, including a local artist who hand-painted the original covers of the first few books, a fantastic designer who created the new covers you can see for the books now, three great Audible narrators who turned the first five books into audiobooks, and “Doctor Who” star Nicola Bryant, who narrated a short story set in the Dream Series. I never in a million years could have imagined that I’d be working with the actress who played Peri Brown – how cool is that?
I’ve also enjoyed the process of writing the books, and delving ever deeper into the lives of my heroine, Sara, and her friends and family. It all started with a question: what would drive an ordinary person who suspected a crime was being committed to investigate it themelves, rather than call in the police. My answer was: if they only saw the crime in their mind, through the eyes of the criminal, through his dreams. And Sara sprang up, fully grown, from that idea. Eight books later, she’s got a husband, five kids and a whole cast of friends (and enemies, too!).
To celebrate my anniversary, I’m giving away an ebook (or audiobook; winner’s choice) box set of my first five books – I’ll pick a winner from the comments to this post. And here’s a little more about the books themselves:
What if you could see everyone else’s dreams?
Sara Barnes has just discovered that she can. And this gift – or curse – will lead her on an extraordinary journey.
Follow Sara as her newfound ability leads her into adventures she never imagined. She will hunt down a serial killer, investigate a plot to murder one of her teachers, unravel a conspiracy between a mobster and a corrupt politician and face off against her nemesis: a woman who shares her talent, but uses it to destroy lives rather than save them. And Sara will have to manage all that while finishing college, becoming a doctor and falling in love, too.
Here are the first five books of the Dream Series, along with bonus material created especially for this collection. Included in this set are DREAM STUDENT, DREAM DOCTOR, DREAM CHILD, DREAM FAMILY and WAKING DREAM. In addition, you’ll find the short story BETTY & HOWARD’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE starring Sara’s parents. But most of all, when you open this box of dreams, you’ll find romance, suspense, humor and plenty of heart…
You can find the books on Amazon. Book one, DREAM STUDENT, is free:
http://getBook.at/DreamStudent
You can listen to samples from my audiobooks at: http://www.writingdreams.net/audio
And here’s a small excerpt (it’s from early in book two, DREAM DOCTOR):
My eyes open, and I’m out of bed in one swift motion. I have to call 911. Someone’s very sick, they might be dead, they…
It was a dream. Someone else’s dream.
Brian’s awake; he’s staring at me. My hand is still on the phone. “What – who – are you calling someone?”
I sit down on the bed. “I – I guess I have to tell you, don’t I? I had a dream.”
He knows immediately what I mean. “Who?” is all he asks.
“Dr. Morris. Well, his wife.” I haven’t had a dream since the night before our wedding, and that one was about Dr. Morris, too. Someone was dreaming about his funeral. “I assume it was his wife, she must have been. She gave him some tea, and he took one sip and - basically he dropped dead as soon as he did.” As I tell it, I realize that I have seen her before – sometime during orientation. Maybe at the reception for my class that first night? It makes sense; a lot of the faculty had their spouses there.
I can’t think about it anymore – I’m starting to get a splitting headache. Brian takes me in his arms. “Are you all right?” I don’t answer; I want – need - to just sit here and be held for a while.
I’m still awake. I closed my eyes so Brian would think I had fallen asleep, and that way he would go back to sleep himself, which he did after a few minutes. I didn’t want to keep him up all night just because I was. But now that I’m lying here and unable to get the dream out of mind, it doesn’t seem like such a great idea.
I thought about the dreams all during our honeymoon; I was worried they were going to keep coming, but they never did. I told myself the one I had must have been a fluke, something random.
Then school started, and still nothing, and it was completely out of my mind. Especially once I actually saw Dr. Morris, alive and walking around just as he should be. But now, tonight, it’s happened again. And it was about him again - twice now I've seen Dr. Morris dead. I assume that first dream was his wife as well, but what does it mean? Is she worried about him dying, or does she want him dead?
Or, even worse, is she actively planning on making him that way?
My Amazon Author Page is at: http://viewauthor.at/JJDiBenedetto
My website is: http://www.writingdreams.net
I’m on Facebook at : https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Dream-Series/107699179403603
And on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jjdibenedetto
Kayelle Allen shares her knowledge on writing Science Fiction, plus a giveaway for everybody
Tarthian Empire Companion, an illustrated World-Building Bible and Guide to Writing a Science Fiction Series.
Revealing the worldbuilding magic that makes Kayelle Allen's Tarthian Empire tick, the Companion shares 10k years of future history, offers peeks at scene and character creation, lays out a quick tour of the empire, and dishes up a surfeit of secrets for fans, all in one illustrated volume. Includes tips for writers, and how to create a Science Fiction series. Original art by Jamin Allen and Kayelle Allen.
http://kayelleallen.mobi/companion/
http://kayelleallen.com/exc-companion.html
Creating Alien Languages by Kayelle Allen
Author of the Tarthian Empire Companion, an illustrated World-Building Bible and Guide to Writing a Science Fiction Series.
I'm not a fan of changing basic terms for the sake of making them sound alien. For example, we "inch" along, not "millimeter" along, so I apply the same principle in my books. Diamonds are diamonds. Water is water.
Language, however, is malleable. Considering how far in the future my own stories are, there would be few (if any) words in English that we'd recognize. Being the practical sort, I kept many current terms.
What better way to describe rock music than to call it rock? Why call a flashlight a "mobile light source" or some other phrase for the sake of sounding different? It comes across silly and pretentious instead.
People shorthand words and phrases to things like OMG, LOL, BFF, deets, and probably one of the most famous shortcuts of all -- the abbreviation for "more of the same" -- "etc." I prefer to use natural, understandable language whenever possible.
If you create a language, write down the words you use and keep a definition handy. This will keep you from later misspelling or contradicting yourself. You should also create a phonogram chart (list of sounds). This will help you create a richer language.
What terms do your characters use for slang? Define these and list them so you have a ready reference for future books. List how and why the words became slang. This not only helps you maintain consistency in creation, it also helps you with creating future slang you might need.
Here is a list of Kelthian Street Slang. It's used in limited places, and there is far more listed here than I used in my actual books. However, I wanted a big list from which to choose a term.
Cobber is Kelthian street cant (characteristic language) used on Kelthia by slaves and gangs.
Boastin'; mess with, put on a front, tease, etc.
Clinkers; great, fine, no worries
Going all Kin; becoming feral, unruly, wild
Hawkin'; watching from the sidelines
Junk me; pay no attention to me
Leave me sly; forgive me, let me off
Lipped; said, explained, told
No new coins; same stuff different day, nothing new
Notta boasted you clean; shouldn't have messed with you, or shouldn't have put on a front with you, teased you, etc.
Ride my pocket; Follow me, stay on my tail
Right clinkers; perfectly fine, totally great
Royal; excellent, top notch
Scam-butt; cheater, scam artist
Scat these taggers; get out of these clothes, undress
Screech, the; sickness of any type
Seein' you slip; noticing you're not doing well
Smacked; happy, pleased
Smackers; general swear word with unspecified meaning. Dang, damn, hell, etc.
Sotted; drunk
Spacin' me; In my space, close to me
Space me; give me some room, move away
Street freak or freaks; homeless person or people
Street; the street in general. Culture of the street.
Tawkin'; looking for action
What's down; what's up or what's new
You skinnin'; you're skin and bones
Shake out those taggers; what's under those clothes
Taggers; clothes
Taken from the Tarthian Empire Companion, an illustrated World-Building Bible and Guide to Writing a Science Fiction Series. The worldbuilding magic that makes Kayelle Allen's Tarthian Empire tick, the Companion shares 10k years of future history, peeks behind the curtain of scene and character creation, offers a quick tour of the empire, and dishes up a surfeit of secrets for fans, all in one illustrated volume. Original art by Jamin Allen and Kayelle Allen.
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Kayelle Allen is a best-selling, multi-published, award-winning author. Her unstoppable heroes and heroines include contemporary every day folk, role-playing immortal gamers, futuristic covert agents, and warriors who purr.
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Jacquie Biggar and her story, The Rebel's Redemption, stop by Penny's Tales
Annie Campbell's predictable and cozy life gets turned on its side when her son's prodigal father returns to town. Then an old enemy shows up and the outcome will not only place her in danger, but their son as well.
Jared Martin left Tidal Falls a hotheaded youth, and has seen his share of violence in the eight years he’s served Uncle Sam. Floundering, he returns to his hometown to regain his bearings, bitter and disillusioned.
Then he finds out he’s a father.
When an old enemy follows and causes mayhem in the small town, can Jared overcome the odds to protect the woman he’s always loved and the child he never knew, or will it be too late?
“Miss Campbell, guess what? Jake’s here. He was outside when we went to get Susan. How cool is that?”
“That’s pretty cool all right. How’d he get here? And where’s Chris?” She’d grabbed up a napkin to wipe the ice cream from her lips, when a voice out of the past lifted the hairs on the nape of her neck and sent a shiver down her spine.
“He’s here. With me.”
The smooth tones rolled over her, and sucked all the air out of the room. Annie stiffened, then crumpled the napkin and slowly turned in her seat—yep, it was Jared all right. And Chris.
My.
He looked good. The random thought floated through her mind even as she tried to digest the fact he was finally back. Eight years too late, but he was here. She wanted to grab Chris and run. Run before what was obvious to her became obvious to everyone else. Shit.
“Hello, Annie, it’s been a long time.” Why was he looking at her as if she’d betrayed him? She wasn’t the one to cut and run without a single word in all this time. Goddamn him.
“Jared. Yes, it has been. A very long time. There were no phones where you were? Your mother probably would’ve appreciated knowing whether you were dead or alive.” Not to mention herself. She’d promised herself she wasn’t going down this road, the blame road. It was time to leave.
She turned her back on him, looked into Jack’s concerned eyes, and forced herself to smile as if her heart wasn’t shattering into a million tiny pieces. “I better get back. Tina needs to take her break. Call me later?”
He gave her waist a warm squeeze, and placed a gentle kiss on her cheek before sliding free. “I’m not sure what’s going on, but for what it’s worth, I’ve got your back.”
Near tears, she stood from the table, and without looking at either man again, grabbed both children’s hands and hustled them out the door.
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Book Trailer: The Rebel's Redemption
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So68KM4h9zE&feature=youtu.be
Jacquie lives in paradise along the west coast of Canada with her husband, daughter, & grandson. Loves reading, writing, and flower gardening. Spoils her German Shepherd, Annie, and Calico cat, Harley. And can't function without coffee.
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Iris Blobel and her wonderful story, Let Me Love You, stops by Penny's Tales
By Iris Blobel
Oliver Dempsey, pitcher for a Melbourne baseball club, loves the women, and they love him…
But he keeps them at an arm’s length, and when he meets Tamara, he’s unprepared for the attraction he feels for her. Told by his coach that she’s off limits, only draws him in more.
Tamara Amis moved to Melbourne to find some distance between her past and herself…
With the help of her uncle, the coach of a Melbourne baseball club, she quickly finds a job, and a place to live. Yet, one meeting with the handsome pitcher stirs unexpected emotions that threaten to overwhelm her.
It’s Oliver’s injury that brings them together, but as they find out about each other’s pasts, how can they be ready to share a future?
Sweat ran down Oliver’s back, soaking his shirt. He’d been on the field for a couple of hours, but frustration grew in him with every ball he missed. He placed his hands on his knees and took a deep breath, fixing his stare at the ground. For Pete’s sake, he was a pitcher, not a hitter, and well known for his fastballs as well as his perfect curveballs. Alas, he had neglected his hitting. Today, his swing was below average, and, unable to focus, he walked over to the bench where he spotted Coach Becker shaking his head towards him.
Pointing his finger back towards the field, the coach said, “Head right back out there, Oliver. You need to improve your hand-eye coordination. I want to see more, and better.”
Oliver cursed under his breath. “It’s not going to happen. My shoulder’s killing me. It’s been a long day.”
Coach Erik Becker rubbed his face.
“It’s not gonna happen today,” Oliver persisted.
With a grimace on his face, his coach nodded.
"Righteo, call it a day. But I want you back out there again in the morning, though.”
Oliver eased off his gloves and shoved them into his back pocket, before removing his helmet.
The coach gave him a gentle slap on his back. “I need you to concentrate more tomorrow. Remember what I told you. You need to focus on your proper stance as well as swinging the bat. Keep your eye on the ball as it comes towards you. Try to connect the bat with the ball, preferably at the fat of the bat. We have a game coming up soon. Go and deal with the shoulder issue. Check in for a massage.”
Oliver wiped his forehead with his arm when he noticed a woman standing in the coach’s shadow. Raising his eyebrows, he nodded towards her as to ask who she was.
Erik turned slightly. “Oliver, this is my niece, Tamara. She’s moved here from Perth. Tamara, this is Oliver.”
Oliver extended his hand towards her. “Nice meeting you.”
She ignored his hand and took a step back. Taken aback by her reaction, Oliver instinctively checked his hand for dirt or sweat. Questioningly, he looked at his coach.
Erik ignored the situation and simply said, “Have your shower and see me before you head off to discuss your training schedule.”
Nodding, Oliver took another quick look at Tamara. For a brief moment, their eyes met, and he was puzzled by her expression. It seemed as if her intense blue eyes were trying to hide something. The distant look in them was almost mysterious, and combined with her body language, he couldn’t help but get the impression something was wrong. She was very guarded.
With one last look towards Tamara, Oliver turned and left.
As soon as he got to the locker room, he peeled off his t-shirt. Pain shot through him the instant he lifted his right shoulder. He’d been ignoring the twinge during the training session, but knew he had to have it looked at. The fucking skateboard rider had nearly knocked him over the previous day when he came out of nowhere. Oliver hadn’t had a chance to move out of the way fast enough and slammed his shoulder into a post.
He slowly stripped out of his track pants before grabbing a can of Coke out of his bag. Leaning against the wall, he chugged half of the drink while enjoying the quietness around him. Everyone else was still out on the field trying to please Coach Becker. He choked a laugh, hoping his mates would put Erik in a better mood than he had. They had a few important games over the next few weeks before the season ended, and for the first time in years, the club was doing well.
As he walked to the showers, he thought about his training session and wondered whether his shoulder was to blame for the bad hits, or his lack of training. But who was he kidding, he always liked to throw everything he had at people, yet was hopeless in receiving anything thrown at him. That applied in baseball and in life. When he’d been to see his first baseball game as a kid in Los Angeles, he’d known he was born to pitch.
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Iris Blobel was born and raised in Germany and only immigrated to Australia in the late 1990s. Having had the travel bug most of her life, Iris spent some time living in Scotland, London, as well as Canada where she met her husband. Her love for putting her stories onto paper only emerged a few years back, but now her laptop is a constant companion. Iris resides west of Melbourne with her husband and her beautiful two daughters as well as their dog. Next to her job at a private school, she also presents a German Program at the local Community Radio.
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Visit the old west in good ol' 2015!
Ever get the urge to hop on a horse and go riding in the desert?
Ever want to try your hand at skeet shooting?
What about getting a taste of the old west
where the whole family can go?
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"Where the heck is Canyon Creek Ranch?"
It is located off I17 in Black Canyon, which is about 45 minutes out of Phoenix, AZ. It's nestled in the beauty of the Upper Sonoran Desert and the Agua Fria pushes its way through the middle of Canyon Creek Ranch.
Learn more about this fabulous experience by visiting www.westerndestinations.com.
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Why Grammar Matters by Iona Brodie
Four Big Reasons Why Grammar Matters
I have spent the last couple of weeks working on a series of edits for my forthcoming debut novel, Hot Voodoo. I would consider myself to have a pretty good grasp of spelling and grammar but some of the mistakes picked up by the editor left me red in the face.The question is in these days of text speak and computerised spellchecking does grammar, punctuation and spelling really matter?
Yes - poor grammar or spelling can alter the intended meaning of a message
I lost all respect for a senior leader in my organisation recently when he asked his team to “bare with him” through some changes. True story. If we had taken that request literally the office could have looked like a nudist colony at ten thirty on a Monday.
The only thing that I can remember about that message is the appalling error in his choice of words. Imagine that you made an error like that in a job application or a query letter? The contents of the letter will be long forgotten even while people are still laughing at you.
IS supporters made a similar blunder last week when a supporter threatened to “throw homosexuals off the leaning tower of pizza.” The tweet went viral and was ridiculed worldwide due to the mis-spelling of the name of the city of Pisa. A really funny mistake has the potential to spread across the world in mere minutes.
Yes – a good idea can be eclipsed by poor execution
Think about your novel. It might be the best idea since sliced bread but if the first paragraph makes a publisher wince the chances of him or her reading on are slim. Nobody expects you to be able to self-edit and for that reason there are people who specialise in this technical area. Nevertheless you should have a reasonable grasp of punctuation and grammar in the first place so that the underlying story and characters have a chance to shine.
If you want to send your novel out to a publisher or agent do have a friend read it over before you hit “send.” No matter how many times you have looked it over yourself there will always be things that you miss that somebody else will pick up. You don't need that person to have qualifications, a regular reader should pick up any glaring errors.
Bear in mind that whilst good grammar and punctuation is invisible, the bad stuff really does stick out from the page like a sore thumb.
Yes - you have to know the rules to subvert them
“I am literally dying.” Oh my, I hear you say, call the doctor. Except that you never batted an eyelid because the word literally is so misused this has become an accepted use of the word. The Oxford English Dictionary even gives one of the meanings of literally as “used for emphasis rather than being actually true.”
There is an argument that this usage originated from deliberately using it in the wrong way for dramatic effect. Rubbish. Having heard the word misused constantly over the last few years I am pretty sure that some people have no idea what literally means. To subvert something means having an understanding of the rules. For example Weird Al's parodies are so good because he understands the cliches of certain genres, such as rap music, and subverts them for comedy value. Subversion for comic effect should be the exception to the rule rather than the norm.
Yes - if Weird Al is singing about grammar then it must be mainstream
One of my favourite Weird Al parodies is Word Crimes, an irreverent take on the modern use of grammar set to the tune of Robin Thicke's 2014 superhit Blurred Lines. When the man who has parodied everybody from Lady Gaga to Chamillionaire sings about apostrophes and quotation marks then you know that the importance of grammar and punctuation is creeping back into popular culture.
Anecdotally the tide seems to be changing from acceptance of informal or shortform communication to an expectation of formality. For example Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, was in the news recently for saying that low-rate taxpayers were “literally living in a different galaxy.” The press latched onto the misuse of literally whilst largely ignoring the political point that he was trying to make. Neither the press nor a publisher will forgive a notable faux pas.
Getting it wrong....
Despite our best intentions with so many modes of communication available to us it is exceptionally hard to ensure one hundred percent accuracy. Whilst we can try our best in reality we all make mistakes and if you see any glaring ones in this post feel free to post a comment and shame me!
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Iona Brodie writes fiction with a twist of mythology and the paranormal set in Scotland. Her first published novella, Dark Waters of the Heart, is firmly targeted at adults. Her debut novel Hot Voodoo, due out in Spring 2015, is aimed at young adults.
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Robyn Echols presents her book, Aurora Rescue on Penny's Tales!
AURORA RESCUE BLURB:
Aurora Rescue is the first book in the Aurora Series by Robyn Echols. The second book, Aurora Redress, is also available with the third, Aurora Recover, due out late in 2015.
The summer of 2024, when Solar Cycle 25 reaches its zenith is a time of auroras and adventure for Marty Clark, high school graduate, and her former tutor, Cy Riverton, age 18, a physics and math prodigy entering the master's program at the university. For Cy, the hike to Dead Man's Drop Cliff means gathering information to solve the toughest physics problem he has ever faced: How did his friend, Eddie Burrows, disappear from there during 2024 Spring Break and end up in Pennsylvania in the year 1857? Marty joins the hike to spend time with Cy, someone she hopes will someday be more than a friend, just days before she is to leave on a two-month history immersion tour. She has no idea just how immersed in history she will shortly become.
As a joke, Marty calls Cy's cell number while on Dead Man’s Drop Cliff. That starts an adventure through time that takes her from 1748 western Pennsylvania to 1758 Maryland where the fox terrier, Hunter, joins her. She befriends a Lenni Lenape woman, Green Corn, and stays with a colonial Englishwoman, Maggie. While trying to decide the culture in which she could live a happier life if Cy cannot figure out how to get her home, she finds herself threatened by tribal warriors and British colonists alike.
Only after Marty disappears does Cy realize how much she means to him. He communicates with Marty using text messages while he evades pursuit by FBI Special Agent Lee Hardin who remains suspicious of Cy's involvement with Eddie. Will Cy and Marty discover how to become reunited before time has run out for them?
AURORA RESCUE EXCERPT:
Marty stood mere yards away, barely winded. She smiled widely at Cy while her eyes glittered with amusement. Even though she stood next to the boulders that now towered above her, the wind still whipped around Marty. She ignored the flapping of her hat brim and poncho. On impulse, she hit the shortcut key for Cy’s cell number again to call him.
Marty wanted to tease Cy. She intended to ask him if he received her message. She never had the chance. As soon as she pressed “send”, a prickly feeling started traveling up her arm from her wrist and hand that were closest to the wrist screen. It then went up to the back of her neck, then to her head and back down until it enveloped her whole body. She felt her body separating into billions of particles that began to spin with increasing speed. She no longer felt as though she was standing on the ground, surrounded by the earth and sky. Instead, she was falling through space. Small flashes of light spun around her, creating a tunnel of white streaks that wrapped around her like a cocoon.
What was happening to her?
Marty called out to Cy for help.
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For the "Young At Heart"
Below are stories for the older crowd. Historical western romances, contemporary romances, and a paranormal romance! There is also a family drama and a non-fiction on my experience with solar. Just keep scrolling down!
The Sheriff and the Miner's Daughter
Charlene arrives in Jubilee Springs with several mail order brides coming to meet their prospective husbands. When Charlene asks Jim Hawkins, the local sheriff, the whereabouts of Amos Lehman, he thinks she is a gold digger. He claims he is trying to to keep her from ruining her life by marrying a man twice her age, but when it becomes clear Amos is her father, his interest takes a different turn.
Chase's Story
Book 10 of Grandma's Wedding Quilts
Mail Order Bride - Wanted
Hannah, Bride of Iowa, Book 29 of the historic American Mail Order Bride Series
Gabe, The Thornton Trilogy, Book 1
Gabe Thornton inherits the Double Bar Ranch from good friend and neighbor Bill (Pappy) Thomas, but there are conditions. Last Will and Testament states five hundred acres have been set aside for his only niece, or interested heirs. Molly Blackburn, who knows nothing about cattle ranching, shows up to claim her inheritance. Sparks fly! Will she give up her land or will she find more than just a cattle ranch in Bastrop?
The Ornament
Twelve years ago Jim Rustle packed up and left his home in Idaho and hasn’t looked back. He gets quite an awakening when Lisa Parker, whom he hadn’t seen in all those years, breaks into a business meeting and uses some colorful adjectives to tell him just what she thinks of him. Sparks fly between the two when he decides to follow Lisa home and sees what has happened in his absence. Is the anger stemming from the present, or from the past? It’s Christmas time. Can an ornament from years past help heal betrayals that have festered for years?
Revenge, The Cowboy Way
This is a story of love, hate, and revenge. The question is, whose revenge is it?
Jesse's Find
In the middle of nowhere, Jesse Mason finds a horse, a woman and an infant. The horse is dead and the woman has been shot. Why would somebody shoot a woman with a baby? More to the point, were they still looking for her?
Jesse's Nightmare - Book Two of the Jesse Series
The snow continues to pound the Kansas plains in late March. Something is ripping apart the livestock and animals and Jesse comes home to find his wife and daughter are missing!
Jesse's Heartbreak
Jesse and Ginny Mason’s world is shattered when Amanda Hill comes to Abilene, Kansas to try and take three-year old Sarah away from them. Little Sarah’s father died before she was born and his family wants the girl to come to Pennsylvania and live with them, and they have the all the money and expertise they need to make that happen! The Hill’s can offer the little girl prominence and station in life, while all Jesse and Ginny have to give is their complete devotion. Which will the Judge choose – money or love?
Justice Comes To Saline
Black smoke billows and a whistle blares, as the steam engine pulls into Salina, Kansas, delivering the town’s new school teacher, Victoria Stone. The people of Salina are caring and do all they can to make Victoria feel welcome and her students are finding their way into her heart. Then there’s the town’s sheriff, Jim Timmons, who is getting under her skin and turning every emotion she has inside out. But the truth is, Salina didn’t pick Victoria – She picked the town of Salina. And in her bag, Victoria isn’t toting books and school supplies. There is a score to settle in Salina, Kansas, and nothing or nobody is going to deter her from putting things right.
WESTERN ROMANCES
DO YOU ENJOY HISTORICAL WESTERN ROMANCES?
The Pioneer Hearts Facebook group is a wonderful place for historical western romance authors and readers to discuss their favorite stories, recipes and photos. Join the group at www.facebook.com/groups/pioneerhearts.
Blame It On The Cherry
Julie Reed and Will Parker are soul mates. All through their high school years they talked about and planned their future together. It only took one night to destroy all they had. Julie won’t listen and moves away. Was it Will that ruined their future, or did Julie not love him enough? When Will finds her again will she give him another chance or will his deception stay buried deep inside her heart?
Her Cracked Heart
A second chance for love with a ready-made family is at Stephanie Warren’s fingertips, but ghosts of the past have a strong hold. Will she turn her back on happiness or can somebody break through her shell and help heal her cracked heart?
At What Price
What will a grandmother do to protect the ones she loves?
The Unwanted Christmas Guest
Elizabeth McMurphy is an up and coming high powered attorney and is after vengence, involving one of the richest and most powerful families in Colorado. Steve York is an obnoxious reporter that thinks the ice queen has gone too far and does all he can to get under her skin. When one of the worst blizzards in history, hits CO and leaves a hurt Steve York, stranded with Elizabeth in a mountain cabin, will she must decide to either take care of him, or throw him out to fend for himself.
Dugan's Creek
A devastated Heather Stone is headed to her sister's house for some TLC after her boyfriend of 3 years breaks up with her. "I need space. There is no sizzle in our relationship!" As if things weren't bad enough, her car dies on a lonely stretch of highway and she starts walking. She's hot, thirsty, and her feet are getting blisters. A sign says Dugan's Creek. She finds soothing cold, rushing water.....and so much more! This story is NOT for the kids!
Solar - One Family's Reality
It was going to cost $100,000 to bring electricity to our property line. We decided it was a no-brainer to go green. This is our story of our trip down Solar Lane. The pros and cons, and facts and fallacies!
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For the "Young"
Below are books for the beginning reader to the middle grade readers. Fairy tales to fantasy to time travel adventures! I have stories for the kiddos in your lives! Just keep scrolling down!
The City of Ho Hum
For the Early Readers
A delightful American tale about five-year old Ethan who is in Ms. Johnson’s Kindergarten class. He is new to the school and has not made any friends. Ethan and Timmy, a boy in his class, get in a fight over a soccer ball and both boys are sent to talk to the principal, Mr. Glumb. There are stories about this principal – scary stories! Are they true? Ethan and Timmy are about to find out!
A Story For Beginning and Young Readers
Sammy Bear goes on a search for his lost tail. He meets new friends and eats some of his favorite meals along the way. Will Sammy Bear make it home with his lost tail? At the end of the story are a few of Sammy's favorite bug recipes. Enjoy them with mom and dad or fool your friends with some delicious, creepy, bug recipes.
The Wickware Sagas
Strange things happen in Miss Wickware’s seventh grade history class. Lights flash, electricity zaps throughout the classroom, radio turns on by itself! But the most puzzling is that some of the students are transported back in time and come face to face with the person or subject that they are to do a report on. When asked about these happenings, students just aren’t talking. Word on the street points to old lady Wickware, herself. Is magic involved? Is she a witch? Alien? Or just an old lady who is passionate about history? As I said, nobody’s talking.
Riches to Rags, Book 5 of the Wickware Sagas
Dylan Jones, seventh grader at Langdon Middle School lives the good life. His family has money. He gets most everything he wants. Even so, everybody likes Dylan ’cause he is a happy go lucky kid. Miss Wickware, his seventh grade history teacher, tells the class they will be studying the United States in the late 1800 for the next few weeks. Everybody will be expected to present an oral report on a subject that is drawn from a box. Dylan draws The Orphan Train. A penniless Dylan finds himself at the train station in New York in 1875 and he is as scared and unsure as the children getting ready to ride the Orphan Train. How will Dylan make it when money is nowhere to be found?
Bumped Back In Time, Book 4 of the Wickware Sagas
Sammy Brown, winner of the first junior sailing regatta for kids, ages twelve to fourteen, is walking on air Tuesday, after being absent the previous day, due to the race. Miss Wickware, her history teacher, asks Sammy to stay after class because she needs to draw a subject out of a box and give an oral report on the drawn subject. “UHG” History and Sammy are not friends, but her good mood won’t be dampened until a fall and a bump on the head sends her back to 1814. It’s her expertise in sailing that allows Francis Scott Key to rescue an imprisoned friend from a British ship that leads to a historic battle and a famous poem!
Flash to the Past, Book 3 of the Wickware Sagas
Snooty, popular, Kristy Sawyer and nerdy brainiac, Larry Peables find themselves back in the 18 Century and meet a Revolutionary War heroine, and take part in a famous battle!
Ride of a Lifetime, Book 2 of the Wickware Sagas
Seventh grader and school bully, Jim Abernathy, is less than thrilled when he draws a boring girl to do a report on. He quickly learns a touch of humility when he storms out of his history class and into 18th Century, New York, where he meets up with Sybil Ludington. She shows him exactly what bravery is!
Billy Cooper's Awesome Nightmare
Billy finds out, on a Friday afternoon, that an oral report will be due on Monday, on the subject he draws from a box. Who the heck is William Tell? He figures he will do a quick computer search on this guy and will breeze through on this assignment. All that changes when Billy meets 14th century William Tell face to face!
Kids of today find themselves back in time, face to face, with historical heroes
The Bearded Dude in the Puzzle
An ancient puzzle is found while cleaning an old home. As the Taylor family works on the puzzle, strange things start to happen. An evil presence is making its way to the Taylor house, intent on making sure that puzzle never gets put together, no matter the cost, and it’s up to Bobby and Andrea to make sure that it does!
Hike Up Devil's Mountain
Three boys only hope is the witch that lives on Devil's Mountain
When the school bully is turned into a toad, two ten year old boys must climb Devil's Mountain to find the only person who can help them. Will they survive the trip?
Available in eBook, print, and audio @:
http://www.amazon.com/Hike-up-Devils-Mountain-ebook/dp/B0058DE9YC
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YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO READ......AND ENJOY IT?
Try this book! You'll be glad you did!
Michael Thal, who is with The Examiner.com has Hike Up Devil's Mountain as preferred summer reading for MG/tweens! See for yourself, along with the other books that were chosen!
http://www.examiner.com/article/summer-reading-los-angeles
A Float Down the Canal
Pam Simpson gets dumped on when her mom is called into work and she has to cancel her plans to babysit her brother and his friend. The second bomb is dropped when Pam is informed her prissy cousin is also being dropped of for Pam to entertain. The worst day of her life, turns into a day she will never forget and it all starts with a float down the canal!
50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading
I was one of the chosen!!
Penny's Tales
I worked as an elementary school secretary for twenty-one years. I retired with my wonderful husband, to a fifty-four acre ranch, which is a constant work in progress. We live on solar and wind, which has been a real adjustment! On any given evening, the stars are an awesome sight and can be seen as far as the eye can see!
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Holiday Extras celebrates its great Easter egg giveaway
HolidayExtras.com celebrated the launch of its new Easter Bundle at selected airport hotels with a gift of 200 chocolate eggs to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital last week. Jason Hindle from HolidayExtras.com delivered the eggs to the hospital’s play specialist Gill Bailey, he said: “It’s been such a treat to deliver these eggs for the …
Meet and Greet parking at Airparks Cardiff
Airparks Cardiff airport offer a very competitively priced Fast Lane park and ride service – from £38 for eight days parking. Now, to expand the choice for customers, they have launched a new superior Meet and Greet service at Cardiff. Meet and Greet parking offers travellers the easiest option for parking while they are away, …
Naked calendar raises so much more than the bare minimum
Calendar girls and boys at Hythe company HolidayExtras.com have raised £1,000 for charity. The company presented £500 each to Kent Air Ambulance and Macmillan Cancer Care after selling 200 copies of its 2011 naked staff calendar. Customer service executive Kate Davis, the brains behind the calendar, said: “Everything about it was better than I …
On my head be it, say men who won’t wear a ski helmet
They’re proven to save lives – but men in particular are still willing to risk their safety when skiing by not wearing a helmet. In the latest poll by HolidayExtras.com, the UK market leader for travel add-ons, less than half those interviewed – 47 per cent – said they thought skiers in Europe should be …
Holiday Extras scoops Best Travel insurance and Best Add-Ons
The award was presented at the Travel Weekly Globe Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London earlier this week (17 January, 2011). TV personality Jimmy Carr presented the awards, with entertainment provided by the X Factor’s Stacey Solomon and Danyl Johnson. The winners of the awards are voted for by travel agents, who chose …
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Microlevel planning for sustainable development of two village ecosystems in Uttara Kannada district
Bhat, P. R. ; Bhat, D. M. ; Ravindranath, N. H. ; Gadgil, Madhav (1992) Microlevel planning for sustainable development of two village ecosystems in Uttara Kannada district International Journal of Sustainable Development, 1 (3). pp. 69-78. ISSN 0960-1406
Official URL: http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/pubs/m...
An integrated, participatory and village ecosystem approach was adopted for microlevel planning for sustainable development of two village ecosystems in Uttara Kannada district. Initially a survey and inventory of natural resources, dynamics of resource use, identification of resource degradation, causes for degradation of natural resources and local traditions and resource management practices, was conducted. A technological and institutional package was developed in a participatory way. Development programmes are being implemented through the existing developmental departments. Initial findings show that (i) community participation in decision making was partly achieved, (ii) whenever community had access to information and was consulted the programme implementation was better, (iii) though initially agreed to, the integrated approach was not adopted in programme implementation and (iv) effective participatory monitoring mechanisms are yet to be worked out. Need for empowering the village community (gramasabha) to take all decisions and village natural resource management committee to operationalize the decisions of gramasabha has been suggested to ensure ecosystem approach to achieve sustainable development.
Copyright of this article belongs to Inderscience Publishers.
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WATCH: INNOCENT GRANDMA JAILED FOR MONTHS BECAUSE COPS MISTOOK COTTON CANDY FOR METH
November 20, 2018 in News by Slad
via: BLACKLISTED NEWS
SOURCE: THE FREE THOUGHT PROJECT
(Support Free Thought) – Monroe County, GA — An innocent grandma, Dasha Fincher, was kidnapped by police and thrown in a cage for months—not because she did anything wrong—but because police couldn’t tell the difference between cotton candy and meth. Now, this innocent new grandma is going after the police who did this to her as well as the company who manufacturers the dangerously inaccurate tests cops used to take her freedom.
This horror movie for Fincher started back on New Year’s Eve of 2016, a day this innocent mother and new grandmother says she’ll never forget.
“Then they found the cotton candy in the floorboard of the car,” said Fincher.
As the video shows, the bag police claimed was meth was an obvious bag used to hold cotton candy. It looked nothing like the zip lock bags or other tiny bags meth is usually found in. It would be like a cocaine dealer selling coke from a purple Crown Royal bag.
The cotton candy was blue as well which is atypical because real meth is clear or white and only drug dealers looking to be like Breaking Bad add blue tint to their product, which is highly uncommon.
Still, however, this innocent grandma to be was accused of trafficking a large quantity of blue meth, in a cotton candy bag, that looked like cotton candy.
As Fincher noted, Deputy Cody Maples and Deputy Kevin Williams asked her what was in the bag. When she told them it was cotton candy, they did not believe her. According to the incident report, these expert drug recognition officers claimed that “based on the packaging and crystal like feature, Corporal Williams tested the substance.”
The officers then used the highly faulty field test kits which have been known to produce false positives—repeatedly. Predictably, the cotton candy falsely tested positive for drugs.
Fincher then became one of many women and men to suffer horrific fates at the hands of negligent cops and their continued use of faulty field drug test kits.
In fact, tens of thousands have been convicted and served time — even earning the black mark of a felony — for crimes they likely didn’t commit, according to a report, because the cases against them relied on horribly unreliable field drug test kits.
So prone to errors are the tests, courts won’t allow their submission as evidence. However, their continued use by law enforcement — coupled with a 90 percent rate at which drug cases are resolved through equally dubious plea deals — needlessly ruins thousands of lives.
Dasha Fincher is one of these people.
As WMAZ reports, this innocent grandma was put in jail for more than three months. Fincher says a judge set her bond at $1 million. In March 22, 2017, GBI lab tests came back to said there were “no controlled substances confirmed in the sample.”
While in jail, Fincher’s daughter miscarried a baby and could not be comforted by her mother. Also, Fincher missed the birth of her twin grandsons.
“My daughter had a miscarriage. I wasn’t there for that. My twin grandsons were born. I missed that,” said Fincher.
“I want Monroe County to pay for they did to me,” said Fincher. However, if history is indicator, the only people to pay for locking up an innocent grandma for cotton candy will be the taxpayers.
Sadly, Fincher’s story is extremely common and happens every day throughout the US. The standard $2 field drug tests, manufactured by The Safariland Group, have been proven to be unreliable. And according to the manufacturer, should not be used as a stand-alone test for convictions related to drug possession.
Studies have shown how everyday foods, spices, and medicine tested positive in field drug tests. In one experiment, scientists even discovered that air could set off false positive for these tests.
According to Forensic Resources:
“The director of a lab recognized by the International Association of Chiefs of Police for forensic science excellence has called field drug testing kits “totally useless” due to the possibility of false positives. In laboratory experiments, at least two brands of field testing kits have been shown to produce false positives in tests of Mucinex, chocolate, aspirin, chocolate, and oregano.”
Dr. Frederic Whitehurst, a Ph.D. chemist and former FBI lab supervisor, has also voiced objections, saying that he has “no confidence at all in those test kits.”
According to the national litigation and public policy organization, the Innocence Project, at any given time there are an estimated 40,000 to 100,000 innocent people currently locked in a cage in U.S. prisons.
Over the years, The Free Thought Project has reported on countless stories of odd things creating false positives in field drug tests. We have seen people put behind bars for possession of things like drywall, glazed donuts, crackers, kitty litter and baking soda. Now, we can add cotton candy to that list.
Tags: bad cops, drug tests, False Arrests, False Imprisonment, FBI, lawsuits, Police, War on drugs
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Playoffs set
Men’s tournament continues Tuesday
Published 15.08.2018 16:15 GMT+11 | Author Martin Merk
Neighbouring clash: The last time Switzerland and Germany faced off against each other at the Olympics was in Turin 2006, pictured Germany’s Marcel Goc against Switzerland’s Thomas Ziegler. Photo: Jani Rajamaki / Europhoto
The preliminary round is over. Sweden, the Czech Republic, the Olympic Athletes from Russia and Canada earn a quarter-final bye.
The teams ranked 5th to 12th remain in medal contention but will have to play a qualification playoff game on Tuesday to determine the last four quarter-finalists.
Finland missed a quarter-final spot in the last game and will play winless host Korea on Tuesday. Surprise team Slovenia, sixth overall, will get Norway as its opponent while Team USA will play Slovakia. Switzerland and Germany, the teams ranked 8th and 9th respectively, will play it out in a neighbouring rivalry on Tuesday.
Qualification Playoff on Tuesday
USA vs. Slovakia 12:10 at Gangneung Hockey Centre
Slovenia vs. Norway, 16:40 at Gangneung Hockey Centre
Finland vs. Korea, 21:10 at Gangneung Hockey Centre
Switzerland vs. Germany, 21:10 at Kwandong Hockey Centre
Quarter-Finals on Wednesday
Czech Republic vs. USA/SVK 12:10 at Gangneung Hockey Centre
Olympic Athletes from Russia vs. SLO/NOR, 16:40 at Gangneung Hockey Centre
Canada vs. FIN/KOR, 21:10 at Gangneung Hockey Centre
Sweden vs. SUI/GER, 21:10 at Kwandong Hockey Centre
Click here for the full schedule.
Click here for more information on the tournament format.
While the men have no games on Monday, the women’s semi-finals will be played at Gangneung Hockey Centre between USA and Finland (13:10) and Canada vs. Olympic Athletes from Russia (21:10) tomorrow.
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This is page 1 of 15 pages showing the results of over 300 Try Z Seminars conducted since 1989. Each post on this first page under the tag (To be Determined) explains the purpose and function of the seminar and also posts the most recent seminars conducted. If you wish to see an index of the seminars return to the Home page. To view the data obtained at every Try Z Seminar which is still to be posted, please contact QCD Systems LTD at info@qcdsm.com or call New Zealand/Text using +64274743357.
Below is a selection of comments and recommendations concerning the QCDSM System as implemented into their companies. PLEASE CLICK ON THE BLUE LINK WHICH GENERATES ANOTHER LINK. CLICK ON THAT TO READ THE COMMENT/S. 1.Ballance Agri-Nutrients is a fertilizer company. QCDSM was implemented company wide including the many Distribution Centres. Gary Letter 20130821145831074 20130823153547300_0001 20130924135511945 20130925083315780 Team Talk Ballance 2.Alsco is a Laundry Service Company which implemented QCDSM from 2010 in New Zealand. Alsco case study 6th nov 2010 Alsco case study 6th nov 2010 3.SPIRALS RESULTANTS is a Consulting company that has promoted the QCDSM system to their Clients. […]
Leadership Management Australia
Mr Willem Botha was assigned to work with Leadership Management NZ (Australia) n Wangerei, NZ during 2016. He spent virtually every week with the companies up there trining in Lean Management principles.
02/21/2012 Ballance #16, Taurange
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7/28/2011 CPI USA #1
3/14/11 Cadbury’s Colombia #2
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03/4/2011 Ballance #9, Morrinsville
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02/14/2011 QFS #2 Invercargill
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10/25/2010 Cadbury’s Cali, Colombia #1
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07/8/2010 Glass Relate NZ #1
05/24/2010 KF Newberry #24
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02/13/10 KraftFoods Peru #1
06/06/09 Louis Rich, Newberry #21, SC
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03/21/09 CMI #2
02/02/09 Blommer Chocolate, Union city, CA #1
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9/19/2008 #21 Louis Rich, Newberry,
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The Parallel Universe Theory
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Craig, April 8, 2016 April 8, 2016 , Quantum Physics, 0
The parallel worlds constantly influence one another, researchers claim
This is because, instead of a collapse in which quantum particles ‘choose’ to occupy one state or another, they in fact occupy both, simultaneously
The theory could resolve some of the irregularities in quantum mechanics
It states some worlds are almost identical to ours, but most are different
Theory may even create possibility of one day testing for these worlds
Imagine a world where dinosaurs hadn’t become extinct, Germany had won World War II and you were born in an entirely different country.
These worlds could exist today in parallel universes, which constantly interact with each other, according to a group of US and Australian researchers.
It may sound like science fiction, but the new theory could resolve some of the irregularities in quantum mechanics that have baffled scientists for centuries.
The team proposes that parallel universes really exist, and that they interact. That is, rather than evolving independently, nearby worlds influence one another by a subtle force of repulsion. They show that such an interaction could explain everything that is bizarre about quantum mechanic
WHAT THEY CLAIM:
Professor Wiseman and his colleagues propose that:
The universe we experience is just one of a gigantic number of worlds. Some are almost identical to ours while most are very different;
All of these worlds are equally real, exist continuously through time, and possess precisely defined properties;
All quantum phenomena arise from a universal force of repulsion between ‘nearby’ (i.e. similar) worlds which tends to make them more dissimilar.
The team from Griffiths University and the University of California suggest that rather than evolving independently, nearby worlds influence one another by a subtle force of repulsion.
They claim that such an interaction could explain everything that is bizarre about how particles operate on a microscopic scale.
Quantum mechanics is notoriously difficult to fathom, exhibiting weird phenomena which seem to violate the laws of cause and effect.
‘The idea of parallel universes in quantum mechanics has been around since 1957,’ said Howard Wiseman, a professor in Physics at Griffith University.
‘In the well-known ‘Many-Worlds Interpretation”, each universe branches into a bunch of new universes every time a quantum measurement is made.
‘All possibilities are therefore realised – in some universes the dinosaur-killing asteroid missed Earth. In others, Australia was colonised by the Portuguese.’
‘But critics question the reality of these other universes, since they do not influence our universe at all.
‘On this score, our ‘Many Interacting Worlds’ approach is completely different, as its name implies.’
The Many Worlds theory was first proposed by Hugh Everett, who said that the ability of quantum particles to occupy two states seemingly at once could be explained by both states co-existing in different universes.
Instead of a collapse in which quantum particles ‘choose’ to occupy one state or another, they in fact occupy both, simultaneously.
IS OUR UNIVERSE A HOLOGRAM? UNIVERSE COULD BE A MERE PROJECTION
The holographic model suggests gravity in the universe comes from thin, vibrating strings. These strings are holograms of events that take place in a simpler, flatter cosmos
The universe is a hologram and everything you can see – including this article and the device you are reading it on – is a mere projection.
This is according to a controversial model proposed in 1997 by theoretical physicist Juan Maldacena.
Until now the bizarre theory had never been tested, but recent mathematical models suggest that the mind-boggling principle could be true.
According to the theory, gravity in the universe comes from thin, vibrating strings.
These strings are holograms of events that take place in a simpler, flatter cosmos. Professor Maldacena’s model suggests that the universe exists in nine dimensions of space, and one of time.
In December, Japanese researchers attempted to tackle this problem by providing mathematical evidence that the holographic principle might be correct.
The holographic principle suggests that, like the security chip on a credit card for example, there is a two-dimensional surface that contains all the information needed to describe a three-dimensional object – which in this case is our universe.
In essence, the principle claims that data containing a description of a volume of space – such as a human or a comet – could be hidden in a region of this flattened, ‘real’ version of the universe.
In a black hole, for instance, all the objects that ever fall into it would be entirely contained in surface fluctuations. This means that the objects would be stored almost as ‘memory’ or fragment of data rather than a physical object in existence.
Like Everett, Professor Wiseman and his colleagues propose the universe we experience is just one of a gigantic number of worlds.
They believe some are almost identical to ours, while most are very different.
All of these worlds are equally real, existing continuously through time, and possessing precisely defined properties.
They suggest that quantum phenomena arise from a universal force of repulsion between ‘nearby’ worlds which tend to make them more dissimilar.
Dr Michael Hall from Griffith’s Centre for Quantum Dynamics added that the ‘Many-Interacting Worlds’ theory may even create the extraordinary possibility of testing for the existence of other worlds.
‘The beauty of our approach is that if there is just one world, our theory reduces to Newtonian mechanics, while if there is a gigantic number of worlds it reproduces quantum mechanics,’ he says.
Dr Michael Hall from Griffith’s Centre for Quantum Dynamics says the ‘Many-Interacting Worlds’ theory may even create the extraordinary possibility of testing for the existence of other worlds
‘In between it predicts something new that is neither Newton’s theory nor quantum theory.
‘We also believe that, in providing a new mental picture of quantum effects, it will be useful in planning experiments to test and exploit quantum phenomena.’
‘For us at least there is nothing inherently implausible in the idea,’ added Professor Wiseman.
‘For fans of science fiction it makes those plots involving communication between parallel worlds not quite so far-fetched after all.’
The ability to approximate quantum evolution using a finite number of worlds could have significant ramifications in molecular dynamics, which is important for understanding chemical reactions and the action of drugs.
Professor Bill Poirier, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas Tech University, has observed: ‘These are great ideas, not only conceptually, but also with regard to the new numerical breakthroughs they are almost certain to engender.
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Advancements in Design Boost Sports Facilities
By Jeff Williams
It seems like every couple of years now, an NFL team opens a brand new billion-dollar stadium. Major Division I universities strive to provide world-class facilities to impress recruits and enhance their athletic programs, and they typically have the fundraising clout to build whatever they want for the top revenue-producing sports.
For the rest of the athletic world, including non-revenue sports at those same universities, lower-division college athletic departments and private clubs, among many others—there are much tighter budget constraints to consider, and people are looking for creative, value-driven options.
Affordability was the key entry point for tension fabric structures to enter the sports and recreational building market years ago. But while the price may have been attractive, the fact that so many fabric buildings were pre-engineered often required users to compromise on their ideal design parameters. In other words, round pegs were frequently being forced into square holes.
A lot has changed as the evolution of fabric building technology has ushered in a critical, yet seemingly simple, development—conventional I-beam construction. This rigid-frame engineering concept makes it possible for users to get the benefits of fabric membrane cladding while enjoying the structural flexibility that was lacking in traditional fabric structures.
Uses Abound
I-beam design has essentially eliminated sizing limitations when planning a fabric sports facility, with clear spans of 300 feet and beyond now easily achievable. With ample room inside the structure, the possibilities for fabric buildings are virtually endless.
Professional and collegiate football and soccer teams can build indoor practice structures. Universities and private schools can construct multi-sport competition complexes for basketball, volleyball, wrestling and inline hockey. Tennis, swimming and recreational clubs can develop high-quality facilities that are truly affordable.
No matter the need for a building, it's a reality that most decisions to actually move ahead with a construction project are economically driven. In the past, this might have meant building on the cheap. Today, it's become increasingly common for customers to think bigger and longer term, and to make a real investment in something that suits not only a sports environment, but also pays financial dividends through additional uses.
Fabric Becomes Conventional
Even properly suiting the primary purpose of an athletic facility could be a challenge with traditional web truss or hoop style fabric structures. With only standard size offerings available, customers were left to shape and adjust their original requirements to make them fit the limitations of a pre-engineered building.
With the advancement of fabric buildings that implement rigid I-beam engineering, the whole process has moved light years closer to what a user would experience with conventional building methods. It's everyday construction with an architectural membrane cover.
Manufacturers who work with I-beams are able to take a site-specific approach, designing a brand-new building from the beginning to meet all applicable building codes and customer wishes. Instead of selling an off-the-shelf option, the supplier can focus on listening to the user and developing a customized solution that complies with all size, site and application requirements.
This process has obviously proven far more advantageous for developing facilities hosting athletic competitions and practices, particularly with sports where the action is not always neatly confined to the footprint of a field or court. With I-beam construction, manufacturers can precisely match every desired building dimension down to the inch. Sidewall heights, peak heights, building length and width, and additional building features can all be easily accounted for upfront.
Built For Play
Fabric building manufacturers have long extolled the virtues of natural light and promoted it as one of the key benefits of a fabric roof. While fabric's translucency remains an important characteristic for many building applications in the industrial sector, athletic facilities carry a different set of demands.
First and foremost, building codes must be accounted for, and state energy codes typically dictate anywhere from an R-19 to R-30 building envelope. To achieve the necessary R values, insulation and liners must be applied to the interior of the fabric cladding, which blocks out any natural sunlight. In some cases it is possible to leave a certain portion of the fabric roof uninsulated to allow the translucent fabric to act as a skylight.
However, it's important to note that light emission through the roof still won't necessarily be enough to meet the lighting standards of a particular sport. Even in buildings that do allow significant natural light entry, artificial lights are turned on to provide adequate illumination.
Fire suppression is another feature that has become more of a requirement for fabric sports facilities. Indoor air quality, HVAC, ventilation and the overall flow of air through the venue remain critical considerations as well, especially for those buildings frequently visited by spectators.
Buildings that house aquatic competitions and other high-humidity activities have additional stresses placed upon them. In response, manufacturers must be prepared to provide special hardware and components that resist corrosion. For I-beam structure suppliers, it's common to supply a hot dip galvanized frame in these circumstances.
The latest engineering developments have put many old concerns about strength to rest. With I-beam construction, a fabric building is just as structurally sound as any conventional structure. The building profile can be designed in any fashion necessary, allowing users to add spectator viewing decks, adjoining clubhouses, pro shops, offices, storage areas and much more.
Thanks to I-beam engineering, even aspects like security and exterior appearance can be easily addressed. For projects requiring the addition of aesthetic architectural elements to the outside of the building, the straight sidewalls of a rigid frame structure make it simple to add steel panels, multiple doors and windows, colored membranes, glazing walls, or a stone or brick fa�ade around the exterior.
By enhancing more aspects of their offering, fabric building manufacturers continue to thrive in sports facility construction. Most of the advancement is due to a seemingly simple concept—listening to the customer. That simple step has helped to solve the age-old "round peg in a square hole" dilemma and allowed more fabric structure suppliers to become the square peg solution everyone is looking for.
Jeff Williams, vice president of Sales for Legacy Building Solutions, has 20 years of experience in the fabric building industry. For more information about athletic facility engineering and construction, visit www.legacybuildingsolutions.com.
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Just started seeing this classic 1957-63 CBS Western that had the late Richard Boone as Paladin, a seeming jack-of-all-trades in the Old West. I'm not ordinarily the Western fan, but this Western is actually turning out pretty good for me, based on that it was more of a philosophical or "thinking"-type Western, and not just a mere shoot-em-up (I have the first season's worth, the second, and the first part of the fourth on DVD).
That said, did you know that this classic 1957-63 CBS Western has an episode that deals with the troubles of religious fundamentalism and sickness? The episode is called "No Visitors," and had originally aired Saturday, Nov. 30, 1957 on CBS.
Also included is the description of this episode from the first-season DVD, Disc 2.
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10,000 Chinese young people apply for a single boring receptionist job
by Shanghaiist
Nearly 10,000 Chinese young people are competing to win a position as a receptionist for a practically powerless political party, along with the coveted “iron rice bowl” that comes along with it.
Whomever that lucky winner is will work at the reception office of the China Democratic League, one of China’s eight largely ceremonial minority parties that mostly exist so that the country can not technically be called a one-party state. The job description for this position includes welcoming visiting officials, arranging meetings and preparing for events, Tencent reports.
Almost 1.4 million Chinese are seeking stable jobs in civil service this year, but being a China Democratic League receptionist is the most highly sought-after post, attracting a total of 9,837 applicants before the deadline on Monday for registering for China’s civil service exams.
While applicants have been drawn to the job because of the absence of any real responsibility and the potential for meeting well-connected cadres, it is the lack of qualifications that make this job a real winner. The China Democratic League is welcoming any bachelor’s degree holder with two years of work experience — no Communist party membership or master’s degree required.
Officials will somehow narrow down the nearly 10,000-person applicant pool to just five job-seekers. These five will be called in for interviews, whichever applicant makes the best impression gets the precious job.
Facing an increasingly competitive employment market, young Chinese job-seekers are still seeking civil service positions, even though they don’t hold all the perks they used thanks to Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign. The BBC reports that this year each job received an average of 49.5 applicants — with some unfavorable postings in undesirable locations receiving no applications at all.
Btw, we happen to know the perfect candidate for the receptionist job!
[Images via CCTV News]
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Greenbriar Capital Corp Sells Its Blockchain Software Realblock
Boise, Idaho, Jul 11, 2019 – (ACN Newswire) – Greenbriar Capital Corp. (“Greenbriar”) The Company is pleased to announce that Greenbriar Capital Corp. (the “Company”) has sold its industry leading blockchain software to Titleloq, LLC. Titleloq, LLC is a new entity created specifically to own and operate the blockchain software and is majority owned by Tommy Sullivan of Arizona.
The consideration is $1,745,422 CDN in cash, shares, plus USD $3 per every opening transaction as a net royalty. The share consideration comprises the return and cancellation to the treasury of a total of 786,772 previously issued Greenbriar common shares, the cancellation of 475,000 previously issued Greenbriar stock options and the cancellation of 276,812.5 previously issued Greenbriar share purchase warrants with the remainder paid to Greenbriar immediately in cash. The USD $3 cash per every single opening transaction royalty will be paid in quarterly installments and could convert to 10% of the net proceeds if the software and any modification and or improvement thereof is sold to a fully arms length party. As per the investor conference call of December 2018, if the software app reaches its first goal of 60,000 transactions per month, the net royalty payable to Greenbriar will be USD $180,000 per month. Meanwhile, our shares outstanding will now reduce to 19.5 million.
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Nov 11 Anti-Donald Trump Protests Turn Violent And Intensify
Protesters took to the streets for the third night in a row since Donald Trump's presidential victory. This time one of the anti-Trump protests turned into a riot according to Portland Police.
Oregonlive reports what started as a rush-hour march turned into event where demonstrators damaged cars at a car dealership and broke business windows in the Pearl District. Officers responded in riot gear and even fired rubber bullets at some rioters. On Twitter, Police said they arrested 26 people during the riot.
According to CNN, authorities said around 1,000 protesters in Oakland, California broke store windows, damaged buildings with graffiti and threw firecrackers, Molotov cocktails and bottles at police officers.
Donald Trump tweeted that they were professional protestors incited by the media and that it's unfair -- then changed his tune and said he loved the fact that small groups of protesters have passion for America. He said we will all come together and be proud.
news, policy journal
Nov 11 Mike Pence to head Donald Trump's Transition Team
Nov 10 More Anti-Trump Protests Held Across The US
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All images are of traditional Christian refectories in Europe, which were geared primarily to cater to monks and priests. The Sikh refectory was a marked departure from them and their eastern equivalents; it was designed to serve the larger community.
Langar, The Sikh Refectory
The Concept of Service
by PARKASH SINGH
Today, sikhchic.com begins a series on the history and development of the Langar. Written by a scholar who once also served as the Information Officer at the Darbar Sahib in Amritsar, it begins with the philosophical underpinnings of Langar, and then takes us on a journey which reveals how each Guru helped shape this central pillar of Sikhi as we know it today.
"Earning one's bread by honest labour; sharing one's earnings with the needy; and meditating on the holy name of the Lord Divine" is a convenient summing up of the fundamental teachings of Sikhism.
It is, therefore, a divine law that man must labour to earn his bread - for to live, man must work. Thus, "work is worship."
He alone treads the path of righteousness, says Nanak,
Who earns his bread with honest labour and shares it with others.
[M-I: 'ghal khae kichh hatho(n) de ...']
But earnings are to be shared with others willingly and with pleasure. "It is only what you willingly give away in charity to those who deserve it here, out of your lawful earnings, which will benefit your souls thereafter. [M-I: 'Nanak aggai so milai je khate ghale de ...']
That is ... practice charity, worship the Lord and deal honestly with your fellow-beings, says Nanak.
No matter how poor one is, there is always a piece of bread that can be shared and when so given makes one feel nobler. The desire to give and receive is part of the human nature which makes for graciousness in life. However instinctive may be the desire to give, it needs to be pruned so as not to be merely an emotional outpouring. Otherwise, charity would lose its effectiveness.
Sharing one's earnings with others is a gesture of service which is a practical expression of love. There can be no worship of God without active service, and those whom one is to serve must be loved. They who love the Lord love everybody - and hence serve everybody. Evils, such as caste and untouchability, that make distinction between man and man, have no place in a religion of service.
Religion does not consist in mere words:
He alone is righteous who looks on all men as equal.
[M-I: 'galli jog na hoi ...']
When you give a morsel of food to the hungry or a piece of cloth to the needy, you worship God through them. We have to serve one and all. When we face the whole humanity, we have to stand in reverence - that is, in proper attitude of service. God is best worshipped through selfless service of humanity wherein everyone participates to get His blessings.
Rid thyself of ego and perform service.
Then alone shalt thou attain honour.
[M-II: 'aap gavvaa-ey seva karey ...']
Guru Nanak wished his disciples to be servants of God and His people. Having created the human body, God has installed his very self therein. And, "This world is the chamber of God wherein resides the True One Himself" [M-II: Eh jugg sacchai ki hai ...]
Therefore, "service rendered here shall win thee a place of honour hereafter" [M-I: vicch duniya sev kamaa-ai ...]
This was a central lesson taught by the great teacher. Such examples of positive virtue which Guru Nanak gave, were a marked departure from the traditional ethics. There were always two kinds of duties: what we ought to do, and what we ought not to do. The world had very early recognized the latter, and many very beautiful sets of commandments - like the Jewish Decalogue - have come down to us.
But by concentrating all their attention on one side of the matter, the people forgot that any other side existed at all.
"Thou shalt not kill ... Thou shalt not steal ... Thou shalt not lie ... Thou shalt not do this or that" - this was all that was understood by Dharma or Duty. This emphasis on the negative side of virtue led to the adoption in the East of asceticism or renunciation as the highest ideal of life, which ultimately meant the negation of all human duty.
Guru Nanak preached positive truth. He substituted Love in place of all the intricate doctrines of faith.
And the practical expression of this Love was service.
His followers amply profited by this teaching. One can see no higher record of service in the annals of mankind than that of the Sikhs who were taught to annihilate the thought of self and to utilize all their energies in the service of God and mankind.
Discipline of service has played a prominent role in the evolution of the Sikh religion. Service in one form or another is an integral part of a Sikh's duty. According to Sikhism, service should not be confined to fixed forms of sectarian charity, but is to be freely varied according to the needs of those to whom it is rendered.
The Sikh Gurus make something of the man here in this world instead of merely promising high destinies in the world to come. For this purpose, the Sikh institutions were so designed as to abolish invidious distinctions between man and man and to retain all who came into their orbit in the arts of peace and service.
Continues ... Part II: "The Temple of Bread"
[First published as "The Temple of Bread", by Parkash Singh, by the S.G.P.C. at Amritsar, Punjab, 1964.]
1: Sangat Singh (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), January 17, 2011, 5:07 PM.
Please permit me some personal recitals that are indelibly etched on the canvas of my memory as a kid. It was in Lyallpur (Faisalbad) - now in Pakistan - before the partition. Our lives, thanks to the absence of TV, etc., revolved around the 'Wadda Gurdwara', the focal point of all activities, religious, social and lookan meti, etc. It had of course the Langar Hall, but with a difference. Panthic Daal- the ubiquitous 'Moongi and Chanaa Dals' and vegetables were cooked there but not the rotis. They were contributed by the sizable Sikh community surrounding the Gurdwara. Between 12:00 and 12:30 pm, when a Bhai ji carrying a wicker tokri covered with a spotless white cloth and a danda in his hands would knock at each Sikh household door, intoning 'Satnam, Waheguru' and my elder sister would rush out with the first 2 or 3 freshly baked 'tandoori' rotis for the basket. As growing kids, we were always ravenously hungry. But the firm iron clad rule for the kitchen to open only was after Bhai ji had received the first two or three rotis for the Guru ka Langar. If this were to be practiced today, the poor Bhai ji stands a good chance of being run over by the unruly, haphazard traffic to be dispatched to the Guru's Court sans basket and 'danda'.
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Arizona Bowl pits Arkansas State against Nevada
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Nevada is back in Tucson, where it won the inaugural Arizona Bowl in 2015.
Wolf Pack coach Jay Norvell also is returning to the desert, where his last visit ended in a blowout loss to Arizona.
"We're hoping for a better result," said Norvell, an assistant at Arizona State in 2016.
Norvell and the Wolf Pack face Arkansas State in the Arizona Bowl on Saturday in one of the bowl season's most evenly-matched games.
Nevada (7-5) has a prolific quarterback in Ty Gangi, averages 32 points per game and has a defensive front adept at getting to the quarterback.
Arkansas State (8-4) has its own senior star in Justice Hansen, puts up 32 points per game and its defensive line spent the season wreaking havoc on opposing quarterbacks.
The Red Wolves won their final four games, the Wolf Pack took four of five to close the season.
Both teams played UNLV, though with differing results: Arkansas State beat the Rebels 27-20, Nevada lost 32-29.
"Something's got to give in a game like this and I hope it's not us," Arkansas State coach Blake Anderson said.
A few more things to watch in Saturday's Arizona Bowl.
THE QUARTERBACKS: Hansen had a prolific, under-the-radar senior season. He was named the Sun Belt Conference player of the year after throwing for 3,172 yards and 27 touchdowns while completing 67 percent of his passes.
Gangi threw for 3,131 yards and 23 TDs, completing 61 percent of his passes.
The big difference? Interceptions. Gangi had 11, while Hansen had just six.
MISSING MANNIX: Nevada will be missing its leading receiver in yards after sophomore McLane Mannix announced he's transferring. Mannix, who is headed to Texas Tech, had 50 catches for 875 yards and seven TDs.
Expect more balls to go to Kaleb Fossum, who caught 69 passes for 725 yards and a touchdown.
SACK MASTERS: Both teams have done well getting to the quarterback, each entering Saturday's game with 32 sacks.
Senior defensive end Ronheen Bingham led the Red Wolves' quarterback charge, finishing the regular season with nine sacks and 18.5 tackles for loss. He had 65 tackles overall.
Senior defensive end Malik Reed was the Wolf Pack's main sack man with eight. He has 72 overall tackles, including 15.5 for loss
PUNT COVERAGE RECORD: Arkansas State has a chance to break an NCAA record for punt coverage this season.
The Red Wolves enter the Arizona Bowl with minus-15 yards on punt returns, putting it within reach of the record of minus-nine set by TCU in 2014.
A big reason for Arkansas State's punt coverage success has been punter Cody Grace.
The Aussie punter has one touchback in 107 attempts over the past two seasons and opponents have returned his punts 12 times. The Ray Guy Award finalist for the nation's best punter has dropped punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line 23 times.
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Moderate Schmoderate
The grand mufti of the Australian continent has been visiting friends in Gaza where he proclaimed:
“I am pleased to stand on the land of jihad to learn from its sons and I have the honor to be among the people of Gaza where the weakness always becomes strength, the few becomes many and the humiliation turns into pride,” Sheikh Salem said.
The usual apologists will no doubt remind us that he wasn't talking about the mass-murdering type of Jihad, but rather the 'internal struggle', quit cigarettes and be nice to your Mother type of Jihad.
We came here in order to learn from Gaza. As I said in my speech, we will make the stones, trees, and people of Gaza talk, in order to learn steadfastness, sacrifice, and the defense of one’s rights from them. We feel like we are on cloud nine. We feel like we are on top of the world.”
See? Talking to stones and trees. Lovely, right?
His Hamas audience would be well acquainted with the Hamas Charter. A profoundly violent and antisemitic ideology conveniently ignored by all those who are naive or dishonest enough to claim Israeli actions are the problem. The Charter quotes the Muslim prophet Mohammed:
“The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews , when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Muslims, O Abdullah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him".
It's pretty clear what he was talking about. Aren't we lucky he's considered a "moderate"?
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Fairfax on the United States Constitution
A letter in today's SMH:
They managed a second amendment, how about a third amendment?
Luis Sanchez Connells Point
The Third Amendment (Amendment III) to the United States Constitution is a part of the United States Bill of Rights. It was introduced on September 5, 1789, and then three quarters of the states ratified this as well as 9 other amendments on December 15, 1791. It prohibits, in peacetime or wartime, the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent.
The Third Amendment was introduced on the same day as the Second, as part of the Bill of Rights:
the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These limitations serve to protect the natural rights of liberty and property. They guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and reserve some powers to the states and the public.
What a shame sneering Australians aren't more familiar with the mechanics of one of, if not the world's greatest democracy.
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Now Hurry Up Now cuz my Husband's FIxin' to shoot him.
A suspected burglar called 911 after the owner of the home he broke into caught and held him at gunpoint.
The suspect, Christopher Moore, placed the emergency call in Springtown, Texas, during the botched burglary attempt early Tuesday after James Gerow, the homeowner, and Gerow's son pointed guns at him as he sat in his pickup truck parked in the driveway.
"I'm out in the country somewhere," Moore told the 911 operator during the 10-minute call. "Some guy's got a gun on me."
Australian criminals don't think twice about sneaking into your home at night. Most of the time the worst they will face is a frying pan.
Peak Literacy
While we're on the topic of teachers and spelling, an article in today's Australian reports:
A peek education union has slammed the University of Western Sydney for buying 11,000 iPads, saying they should put courses ahead of Apples iconic tablet device.
Spelling being one of them.
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The Other School Massacre
The Connecticut school shooting has prompted the usual calls for guns to be banned.
Earlier this month, Islamist terrorists in Syria killed 28 students and their teacher at school.
Did anybody notice? Of course not. If it happened in the Middle East but Israel isn't involved, it's not news. If it involved an attack on a school but American culture can't be blamed, it's not news.
>Don't even get me started on school attacks in China.
Since the recent spate of attacks, many parents are now worried about their children's safety in schools and have since asked local officials and school governors to step up security at the schools. The education ministry has formed an emergency panel to tackle the violence and some local police authorities have distributed such instruments as steel pitchforks and pepper spray to security guards in schools.
Update: Via comments Steve points out that I missed the murder of 26 schoolchildren in Nigeria earlier this month. I certainly did, having not even read about it presumably for reasons described above.
Gunmen opened fire on students in a northeast Nigerian college, shooting some of them dead and stabbing others. Police say an Islamist extremist group could be behind the attack, but are also looking into possible links with student union elections.
Boko Haram is responsible for between 3,000 to 10,000 deaths. Perhaps instead of guns, we should be talking about banning Islamists? Nah....
In today's Age:
MASS killings are always a tragedy. But can we trace the mass killings in the US back to its violent colonial past, when the English spread across the plains killing Indians? This was perhaps the start of the gun culture in a country where there are some 300 million privately held guns.
Then there are America's wars, where all over the world thousands are killed with impunity, encouraged by an immense military industrial complex. And there are comments like those of Mitt Romney, who, in one of the presidential debates, stated that one method of obtaining citizenship for foreigners would be by enlisting in military service.
And now it is possible to drone people to death from the comfort of an armchair. Pity the little children, and also the ones we don't shed a tear over.
Andrew Kovesdy, Templestowe
Like the ones which can't be reflexively blamed on Amerikkka? It is the Left which is doing the droning.
More Laws Not Required
Say Uncle:
Apparently, we’re to now have a “national discussion” on gun control. Again. We already did and you lost. But here you go. This happened in a state with some of the nation’s strictest gun laws.
A 20 year-old had a couple of handguns (illegal). And, depending on the press report, had an assault weapon (illegal), automatic rifle (illegal), or machine gun (illegal). Shot his mom in the face (illegal). Stole his mom’s vehicle (illegal). Transported the gun in the vehicle (illegal) within 1,000 feet of a school (illegal). Carried it onto school property (illegal). Broke and entered (illegal). Carried a gun in a school (illegal). Discharged a firearm (illegal). Shot at people (illegal). Killed some people (illegal). Killed himself (not sure if illegal).
And I’m sure broke other laws I’m not aware of. But, you know, one more gun law ought to do it. Right?
All the laws in the world do not stop people who ignore the law.
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Proof 2Day FM are Full of Sh*t
2Day FM suspended advertising due to public outrage about their recent 'prank' gone horribly wrong. Ordinarily I can't stand listening to FM radio as every song is punctuated with banal ads and endless ironic reminders of how much music they play. However I tuned the van's wireless in earlier this week hoping to hear uninterrupted tunes. Between 8:30am and 10am I heard the word "Shit" nearly 100 times. Admittedly much of this was thanks to Gwen Stefani introducing us to her shit. I'm no wowser and have no objection to a bit of blue language, but it also happened to be the hours when most cars had small children in them. The 'radio edit' of most of these songs usually involves a sound-effect or audio change, rather than a different lyric. Any child would hear right through it. 2Day FM (and a number of 'artists') are being offensive simply for the sake of it, and clearly believe this is good entertainment. Losers.
I wonder if the Tooth Fairy celebrates Earth Hour?
For the benefit of its few remaining readers, The Melbourne Age printed this letter today:
ANYONE who believes Israel is serious about achieving a just outcome with the Palestinians must also believe in the tooth fairy.
Raelee Hunter, Keilor Downs
Presumably the as-submitted version ended with "nyah nyah" which was cut for brevity.
If that argument represents the sort of rubbish which gets published by The Age, you've got to wonder what sort of dreck wasn't considered worthy...
As for whether Israel is serious? Let's take a look at last week's Palestinian TV.
What brother Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] is doing is living proof of the independence of our decision making and our will. This is the sacred message borne by the greatest Palestinian since Jesus – Yasser Arafat. It runs in the genes of all the Palestinians. We are all Arafatists, and we are loyal to your blood, oh Abu Ammar, whose death we commemorate this month: We shall only return our swords to their sheaths when the [Palestinian] state is established, your hopes are realized, and the refugees return.
Nice people. Let's give them a state!
Ironically, The Age itself quoted Hamas leader Khaled Meshal saying
"Today is Gaza. Tomorrow will be Ramallah and after that Jerusalem, then Haifa and Jaffa."
But go on, Age, and keep reminding us that Israel is the problem.
Radio Killed the Radio Star
The tragic suicide of a London nurse has seen the daggers pointed at 2Day FM's jocks, responsible for a childish prank.
It's impossible to say whether their prank caused her suicide, or was simply the last straw for a disturbed woman. However some predictions are easy:
1) Radio comments which arguably resulted in an actual death won't result in massive widespread calls for boycotts. Unlike when Alan Jones merely made a comment about someone who had already died.
2) Large companies will immediately pull advertising from 2Day FM for a few weeks. The free publicity they will receive across all media for doing so will far outweigh the advertising itself, formerly confined to 2Day FM.
Amidst all the talk about government controlling media and Alan Jones, has anyone actually listened to commercial radio lately? It's cringeworthy.
Saturday nights on 2Day FM, in between poppy dance hits are filled with recordings of Gen-Xers leaving recorded messages about how "wasted" they're getting tonight. Getting drunk is nothing new, of course but geez get over yourselves.
I was also listening to 96.1FM, "The Edge" a Sydney Western Suburbs radio station today and detected a certain theme. Their forthcoming CD was promoted as "Sexy tunes". This was followed by an Ad for a nightclub billing itself as "Parramatta's Sexiest" and lastly, an ad for breast surgery by an unscrupulous doctor offering to make people feel sexy.
It's hard to feel sexy when you're vomiting in your own mouth. Why don't these people just STFU, play some tunes and a few ads to pay the bills?
This Man Could have been Prime Minister...
Watch from about 15 minutes in to see Derryn Hinch getting stuck into Mark Latham. (Hat Tip: Media Watch Dog)
Carbon Slaves
A late entry for the stupidest letter of the year, in today's Age:
I AM struck by the parallels between the struggle to abolish slavery and the struggle to confront climate change. In both, a way of life and the path to wealth were/are challenged; the need to tackle the issue was/is a moral challenge; and the aftermath is better and worse than what had gone before. With the abolition of slavery, the certain knowledge that black Americans were meant to be enslaved was replaced with 100-plus years of racism. Now we find a black American president is no better or worse than a white one.
In tackling climate change there will be decades of tumult as lifestyles and industries adjust. If temperature rise can be forestalled, there is a chance that the lives of many millions in Bangladesh, China and sub-Saharan Africa may be saved. If we refuse to tackle climate change, our moral shame and selfish stupidity will be as inescapable as our horror that slavery still exists in parts of the world.
Russell Downie, Balwyn
The author observed that after all those struggles a black American president is no better or worse than a white one. So it would follow that after "decades of tumult as lifestyles and industries adjust" we'll find out that the climate is neither better nor worse...
The Cancer Council have launched a clever campaign to encourage men to discuss health issues between themselves. Watch it.
Meanwhile a report in the Daily Telegraph makes me wonder whether men are still being created... Look at these idiots who make last decade's "Metrosexuals" look like Al Bundy.
Robo Parking Inspector
Darebin City Council in Victoria has issued a tender for Provision of a Licence Plate Recognition System.
The City of Darebin (Council) is seeking quotations in respect to Licence Plate Recognition System (LPR System) that allows Officers to identify vehicles which have over stayed the specified signage.
The License Plate Recognition System is vehicle mounted and consists of high speed digital cameras, integrated GPS and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software that is easily transferable between vehicles.
The system automatically captures each parked vehicles license plate and, on the second pass, detects offending vehicles that have exceeded the parking restriction or do not have the relevant permit (i.e. Residential Permits) alerting the Officer and pre populating the details into the PDA.
In other words, parking inspectors will be able to book vehicles without even getting out of the car. Depending on where the moneygrubbing parking inspectors drive, resident vehicles on empty streets will be booked for taking up parking spots nobody else needs.
Will this increase the number of tickets issue? Of course.
The HHD (handheld device) must be capable of issuing a minimum of 200 tickets before returning to base.
It will mean that cars a few minutes overtime in a relatively empty street can look forward to being booked as well. This is Council revenue raising out of control. Every other cash-strapped or greedy council will be watching this technology closely. It will certainly pay for itself many times over. What a disgrace. Councils are addicted to fines revenue and spending money before they've earned it, meaning they can never wean themselves off it.
Council's website notes:
much of Darebin’s property market is out of reach of families, even with two average wage earners.
Poor ratepayers. Let's issue them fines then! That'll show 'em.
Update: Darebin Council apparently has other fundraising techniques and may shortly be sacked.
The report is poised to be one of the most scathing assessments of a council in Victoria in decades, with more damaging revelations than the Ombudsman's 2009 report on western suburban Brimbank Council. While the subjects of the inquiry, and the ALP, have been bracing themselves for the report for months, it now appears it will not be tabled until next year. The inquiry is believed to have included investigation of allegations of bribes offered for a contentious planning application. As in Brimbank, the Ombudsman's office is also believed to have investigated the influence of senior Labor Party figures on the council. The embattled council was also recently involved in a 12-month police investigation that culminated in criminal charges against a former planning enforcement officer, who allegedly accepted bribes from brothel owners.
Freedom of the Press Perv
Bad Terrorist. No Virgins.
Little Miss Oginy
Sydney Punctuation Festival
Allah Einstein
Merciful Muslims
Smug, Aren't They?
Space. The Final Fatwa.
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Monster Musume Anime Review
As a Monster Musume fan I was very excited when I learned that it was going to receive an anime show. However, I was half nervous especially when the official MonMusu[1] Twitter page was doing a survey asking us fans what scenes we definitely wanted to see from the manga. If they were doing this survey did this mean that they were going to omit certain scenes from the manga?
I’ve been watching this TV show very keenly and I must say that it’s much, much better than I thought that it was going to be. I was very impressed with it and I found myself laughing just as hard watching the anime as I did when I was reading the manga books. The anime does include a lot of scenes from the books but in order to make it flow they mixed it up a bit.
This really is a funny anime and it is very self-aware and it does take the mickey out of itself. I especially like it when the monster girls make a pun or a quip referring to their animal body parts. I think that’s one of the underlining charms of the series. The animal parts are not just the funny part of the series, what also does it for me are the characters and the well-timed lewdness. Haha.
I do think that there is more to MonMusu than the comedy aspects. The whole point of the story is for the Subspecies[2] to integrate into human society. That was made possible due to the Interspecies Cultural Bill which allowed the Subspecies to live in a human’s house as their guest to learn about human society.
The main guy, Kimihito Kurusu, was not chosen to be host but became a host for a lamia, Miia, due to Sumisu’s error. However, instead of complaining, he embraced Miia with open arms and became a very good and gracious host. Eventually he welcomed more additions to his non-blood family such as a harpy, a centaur, a mermaid, an Arachne and even an illegal subspecies, a slime.
I was somewhat concerned how the anime would handle Kimihito. Main guys in this type of show tend to be portrayed from one extreme to the other. However, like the manga in this show he has the perfect balance of the sort of chap that I like to see more often in an anime. He’s very aware that all of his beautiful guests love him dearly but he doesn’t cower away from their feelings, even if they do nearly kill him time and time again. Haha. He’s also very interested in them but he’s holding himself back due to his morals and he doesn’t want to break the law. What I especially like is the fact that he is not perverted in the slightest. You can be interested in a lady without being perverted. =)
All the girls in this show are brilliant and there isn’t a single character that I don’t like… apart from the racist couple and that dodgy chap from episode 6 but I consider them irrelevant. 😉 Kimihito accepts all the girls for who they are and I especially like it when he has those tender and affectionate moments with those girls. I find them very touching to the point where I nearly shed a tear. =)
To conclude, Monster Musume is very lewd but it has much more to offer than rudeness and I think that’s what makes MonMusu very special. I’ve been waiting for an anime adaptation for a very long time and not only did it meet above my expectations it has entered my top ten favourite anime of all time. =D
I want to say a big thanks to Okayado for bringing Monster Musume to life and he has actually inspired me in many ways, especially human relationships with mythical creatures. In my stories I always wanted to have a human man marry a mermaid/lamia/harpy etc but I never went through with the idea. I automatically assumed that the reader’s reaction would be negative towards me and my story.
Since Okayado introduced MonMusu and the manga became a hit in the western market he inspired me and encouraged me. Ever since MonMusu I’ve been getting epiphany after epiphany and I’m actually getting closer to getting my main story finished.
Thank you Okayado, you’re one of my favourite Mangaka[3] of all time. =)
[1] MonMusu is the abbreviation of Monster Musume.
[2] A political correct term to refer to monster girls and boys.
[3] Mangaka is an author and/or artist of a manga.
Posted on September 22, 2015 January 18, 2016 Categories Ryan's Anime World, Ryan's WorldTags Additional Needs, Anime, Arachne, ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Aspergers, Autism, Autistic, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Centaur, Centorea Shianus, Comedy, Crunchyroll, Disability, Ecchi, Everyday Life with Monster Girls, GoManga, Harem, Harpy, Hidden Disability, Human, Kimihito Kurusu, Lamia, Learning difficulties, Learning Disability, Manga, Mermaid, Meroune Lorelei, Miia, MON Squad, Monster, Monster Girl, Ms Smith, Mythical Creatures, Myths, Okayado, Papi, Rachnera Arachnera, Review, Seven Seas Entertainment, Slice of Life, Slime, Special Needs, Subspiecies, Sumisu, Suu, スー, セントレア・シアヌス, パピ, ミーア, メロウヌ・ローレライ, ラチネラ・アラチネラ, 墨須, 来留主 公人1 Comment
Monster Musume Volume 7 Review
This was really fun to read.
The Monster Mums are really funny and very pretty and for me they were the highlights of this book. If I were to describe their looks and personalities I would say that they were exaggerated versions of their daughters. Miia’s mum is more sexually assertive, Papi’s mum is more of a birdbrain and Cerea’s mum has bigger pride.
I laughed many times but I was also touched at times too. Conflict did rise between the Monster Mums and their daughters, especially when Kimihito was involved. The conflict I think happened due to the cultural differences between the Monster Mums and Kimihito and the Mums are not used to the social custom in human society.
I was a bit surprised to learn a few things, especially Miia’s original intention for studying the Interspecies Programme. Even though she advances on Kimihito often it does make me realise just how innocent she really is. I admire her strength and resolve. Cerea’s and Papi’s resolve are equally as strong and I think it’s pretty cool as they genuinely like Kimihito for who he is and likewise he likes all the girls for who they are.
I think Suu’s hit the nail on the head. Marrying all the girls would be the most sensible solution and I think if monogamy was legal and plausible in Japan then I think he would marry them all without question. Perhaps something will change or a loophole will come up but for now he needs to work hard to find his bride to be. I do think he’s over-doing it though and it will be interesting to see what will happen in the next book.
This book made me laugh but also made me anxious, but in a good way.
Two Thumbs-Up.^^/ (My Rating System) (My Manga Series Rankings)
THANKS READING
I never realised that Lala’s skin colour was blue. I like Lala and for some reason I think the blue skin makes her more cute and unique. Her role was rather small in this book but I feel that her panel time was very significant. I’m not sure I understand the words that she speaks but I think her feelings towards Kimihito are no different than the rest of the Monster Girls. =)
Posted on September 9, 2015 Categories Ryan's Anime World, Ryan's WorldTags Anime, Arachne, ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Aspergers, Autism, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Centaur, Centorea Shianus, Cerea's Mum, Cyclops, Disability, Doppelganger, Dullahan, Harpy, Hidden Disability, Kimihito Kurusu, Lamia, Learning difficulties, Manga, Mermaid, Meroune Lorelei, Miia, Miia's Mum, MonMusu, Monster Girl, Monster Musume, MONSTER MUSUME EVERYDAY LIE WITH MONSTER GIRLS, Ms Smith, Okayado, Papi, Papi's Mum, Rachnera Arachnera, Review, Seven Seas publishers, Slime girl, Smith, Sumisu, Suu, スー, セントレア・シアヌス, パピ, ミーア, メロウヌ・ローレライ, ラチネラ・アラチネラ, ララ, 墨須, 来留主 公人Leave a comment
Monster Musume Volume Six Review
I really like the anime character designs for Miia, Cerea and Papi. I think they look really cute and I actually spent the entire day illustrating Miia. Every time I read MonMusu[1] or any other of my favourite manga, I get a big urge to draw a character or two. At this moment, I spent some time drawing Miia and I’m really pleased with its progress so far. =)
The Hunter has become the Helpless! After Kimihito helped out the self-proclaim Grim Reaper it came to light that she descended upon this “realm” for one goal in mind. Her goal is Kimihito’s life.
Ecchi[2]
Harem[3]
Seinen[4]
Slice of Life[5]
WARNING: I MAY GIVE SPOILERS AWAY
The Technicolour side-story was awesome. It’s really fun to see the liminals taking part in Rachnera’s bondage play, albeit, against their will. I didn’t think it was physically possible to bind Miia’s whole body, but I was proven wrong. Of course Mero enjoyed it as she’s a masochist. It makes sense that Suu couldn’t be held in a web bind. At this moment in time I can’t see a weakness in Suu. Well, that’s not quite true, if she falls into a huge lake or water, she dies. So, that’s probably her one and only weakness.
Back on subject.
In those dialogue panels where it was narrating the action, I sort of pictured David Attenborough’s[6] voice. It’s his sort of niche so I can see him going all the way to Japan and commentate for a BBC documentary. Haha. In all seriousness though, I think David would be among the first people in the world to welcome and accept the liminals with arms open wide… not before me though!
I was really excited when the Dullahan lady made her appearance. I’ve been waiting for a Dullahan to appear for a very long time. I began to wonder what sort of character she was going to be. Was she going to be scary? Serious yet sensitive? It took me a while to figure out the things that she was saying. It was like she was speaking in modern poetry. Her speech actually added to her menacing yet beautiful appearance.
I did enjoy the comedy and bondage moments but I found that I was more focused and gripped with the whole Dullahan character. I personally think that Lala, the Dullahan, splits personality when the head is detached from the rest of the body. I think the head is the main personality and when it leaves the body the body becomes meek and defenceless. Literally.
Poor Miia. I should start a faint count. It was pretty funny when all the liminals were questioning the existence of Dullahans whether they’re real or belong in a fantasy. I don’t think any of the monster girls should question the existence of other monster girls. Haha.
It got more intense and exciting after that. Lala is going to reap Kimihito’s soul and all the monster girls were determined to save him. However… they are the ones who are causing him to be on the brink of death all the time. I burst out laughing at the part where Cerea proclaimed that she will protect Kimihito…only to punch him accidentally. That was really funny. It was also funny when Cerea was dragging him along the street whilst she was running. She was too caught up in her own thoughts to notice. Haha.
I wonder how Lala was able to catch up to Cerea so quickly. A teleport ability? I’m not sure what to make of Mero… She wanted to breed with Kimihito and have his baby before he died. That’s a bit steep. Even if it is funny. Like everyone else she was too caught up in the moment.
I did get touched when Miia offered her own life to Lala so she could be with Kimihito when he gets reaped… turns out; it was all an act on Lala’s part. Kimihito somehow recognised this and just played along with it. He related strongly to Lala’s playful attitude as he liked to dress up and play a character of his own back when he was in middle school. I wonder how serious he was when he suggested to Miia that they should get married if they “make it out alive.”
I really did enjoy the food shopping chapter. I sort of learned that a centaur’s taste buds are more sensitive than a human’s, whilst a carnivore’s taste buds, like Miia, are less sensitive. Sensitive is probably the wrong word to describe taste buds but I know what I mean and that’s all that matters. Haha. It was amusing how the story was describing Miia’s cooking problem.
I do wonder about Mero’s background. She emits a humongous aura of royalty no matter where she goes. It was very considerate of those market people to pack up their stock so they don’t offend the liminals. Mero and Papi wouldn’t really care since their cannibals and eat chickens and fish. Haha. Cerea wouldn’t eat anything flesh since she a vegetable lover. I didn’t think you could eat horse meat though, but apparently Japan sometimes sells them at market stores.
It was a really sweet gesture on Suu’s part to try and take the strain from Kimihito. However, since she is part of his family Kimihito is not prepared to give Suu any less. It was really humorous when she started to be blunt and rude after she consumed poison. I was bit surprised at first since being rude is very out of character. I didn’t expect Draco to make an appearance like that. It was a good job that Suu was by Kimihito’s side. I wonder how long Draco will have to serve her probation.
It’s great to see the M.O.N squad. I didn’t think I would see them in this volume. It was pretty comical when Kimihito shoved his face in Suu’s body. I wasn’t sure if it was out of annoyance or out of disbelief. Kimihito could have been reimbursed plenty of times but Ms Smith, being unreliable as ever, never told him this. They went to the Okayado restaurant and got banned for life after dining for a couple of days… That was pretty amusing. =D
I think Rachnera is mentally strong. When I think about it she’s probably the most mature and street wise out of all the liminal guests that live under Kimihito’s roof. She’s the most cunning too which is probably why she is able to catch Miia and co in her webs so easily. I thought that Ren girl wanted Rachnera back out of guilt, but really it seemed like she wanted her back as she feels like it’s her responsibility. She took all these “trials” she set herself whilst unintentionally insulting all the residents. Haha. In all seriousness she was treating Rachnera more like a nuisance than a house guest. She was handling the whole situation wrong. Kimihito played it very cool.
I nearly forgot that Miia, Papi and Cerea all received letters at the same time as Rachnee. I always wanted to see what their Mums were like in personality and appearance. I’m now twiddling my thumbs in anticipation. =D
Two Thumbs Up.^^/ (My Rating System)
The moment I picked this book up I read the whole volume in one swoop. I even went so far as to stay up half the night. So much for an early night, haha! I even re-read the whole book this evening. The Omake Musume at the end with the sofa was great, as was the information about Lala the Dullahan. Lala’s a great addition to the MonMusu story. Volume 7 can’t come soon enough.^^/
[1] MonMusu is the abbreviation for Monster Musume.
[2] This manga contains risqué and sexy moments or lecherous characters.
[3] In this manga all the ladies are gunning after one man and/or lady.
[4] The target audience of this manga is towards an older gentleman with the age range from 18 to 30.
[5] Every day mundane life.
[6] David Attenborough is a famous English broadcaster and naturalist.
Posted on April 23, 2015 Categories Ryan's Anime World, Ryan's WorldTags Additional Needs, Anime, Asperger's Syndrome, Aspergers, Autism, Autistic, BBC, Centorea Shianus, Cerea, Comedy, David Attenborough, Disability, Doppel, Dullahan, Ecchi, Everyday That There Is a Monster Girl, Harem, Hidden Disability, Inui Takemaru, Lala, Manako, Manga, Mental Health, Meron Lorelei, MonMusu, Monster Girl, Monster Musume, Monster Musume Technicolor Side Story, Ms Smith, Okayado, Omake Musume, Otaku, Papi, Polt, Rachnera Arachnera, Ren Kunanzuki, Review, Seven Seas Entertainment, Suu, Tionishia, Zombina, スー, セントレア・シアヌス, ゾンビーナ, ティオニシア, ドラコ, パピ, ポルト, マナコ, ミーア, メロウヌ・ローレライ, モンスター娘のいる日常, ラチネラ・アラチネラ, ララ, 乾武丸, 来留主 公人Leave a comment
Monster Musume Volume Five Review
New Year Tidings.^^/
I decided to begin my year of blogging by reviewing one of my manga that I got for Christmas. =D Before I begin I just want to say congratulations to Monster Musume for winning the Best Manga category of 2014.[1] I’m not too bothered about awards but any award that MonMusu[2] wins is always deserved. =)
Kimihito’s life is now in danger. An anonymous someone or something sent him a threatening letter, “Get married and I kill you.” The only clue from the evidence [the threatening letter] is that the writer is named, “D.” In order to draw out the perpetrator Kimihito must go on dates with his liminal guests to act as bait. How will his potential brides to be cope as they go out with him?
3.1. Technicolor Bathing Beauties
We have four colourful pages right at the beginning. None of which are relevant to the main plot. It’s interesting to note that the bathroom to Kimihito’s house has once again been modified for the sake of his liminal guests. It’s nice that they even have a bath for Suu, since she is technically still residing in Kimihito’s house illegally. Everyone in the story seems to have forgotten about that and accepted her without judgement. Including, I’m assuming, Ms Smith.
3.2. Chapter 19
Miia goes on a date once again with Kimihito, but with a catch… Mero has tagged along. Haha. I wonder if Mero had an ulterior motive to coming along or if she just fancied an outing with Miia and Mr Darling. An aquarium setting did set a good mood and vibe. I mentioned before that Miia is more relaxed if her ‘rivals’ are not present and I feel that this ‘fake’ date represents that. If it wasn’t for Mero, Miia could have smooched with Kimihito. It was rather humorous since Mero misread the mood and situation. Haha. I also learned that eels are actually fish, not serpent. It really does make me curious about Mero’s background. She got into the aquarium for free and she was a special guest on the dolphin show. =D
This is where the drama comes in… I was immediately suspicious and concerned when Miia went out with that… lizard person who turned out to be a Dragonet.[7] Haha. Tionishia, as cute as she is, I don’t think she was the ideal choice for bodyguard duties. She stands out far too much (due to her humongous physique) and took part in the patting of the dolphin. Haha.
Thankfully, Miia was saved, thanks to Kimihito and Mero. I didn’t know she [Drago] was a girl though. I felt that I should have known, given the nature and humour of this manga. The ending was like a light romcom. It was humorous when Kimihito used his jacket to wrap around Miia, but it was already drenched so it was useless. Haha. Buying that serpent pendant for her was a heart-warming moment. They looked like a nice couple in those couple of pages. They looked very natural together and lovey-dovey. I wonder why Mero looked down. It looks like that she’s having second thoughts about being his ‘mistress’. It will be interesting to see what’s going to happen with Mero in future chapters.^^/
By the way, after a few re-reads I noticed that in this chapter Mr Darling wore a T-Shirt that said “Twelve Beast” which is an obvious shout out to Okayado’s other manga, 12 Beast, which is released this coming April. =)
I found this to be the funniest chapter of the book. Suu grows big, turning into a slimezilla if you will. This was a highlight for me. It was especially funny when Kimihito and Papi held onto her boobs as if their lives depended on it. I always wanted to see this kind of scene in a manga, and MonMusu delivered my wish. Haha. I’m not sure why Papi needed to hold on though, she can fly. Of course, there was only one way for Kii to shrink back in size and it had to happen in a… sensual way. Haha. Still, good for Kimihito though, he stepped up to the plate and delivered.
That bondage scene at the end… I have no words, only a loud chuckle. XD We found out that Kii is not the one who sent out the threatening letter to Kimihito. So far, we can eliminate Drago and Kii as suspects. At this point, I still think it will be a Dullahan.[8] Let’s see if I’m right. =)
It’s interesting to note that this is the first time that Miia has failed to appear in a chapter.
And it’s Cerea’s turn to go out with Kimihito whilst Rachnera lurks behind the scenes. It seems like we have female pairings now, Miia and Mero, Papi and Suu and Cerea and Rachnee. In that regard, it was sort of predictable, but, no less humorous. It was funny to see Cerea gearing herself up in her actual knight’s armour, haha.
I felt a little sorry for Manako as it’s quite clear that she’s conscious of her one eye. I think it’s really cute and enchanting in its own way, but I can see why she would get insecure.
There have been many classical animal puns in this book, since it’s a MonMusu tradition, but my favourite came in this chapter. Cerea blasting the wild boar to save Kimihito, and his response: “Thanks. You really saved my bacon.” …amazing quote and timing. XD
I hate to see Cerea like that though, being insecure. Kimihito did all the right things and said all the right things to wash her insecurities away. She’s more at home when she’s in her knight mode but very awkward when it comes to being intimate. Still, I bet she’s amazing at preparing salads… the ending was most humorous. Miia and Papi didn’t want the salad so they used Suu as a garbage disposal. The other bondage scene was hilarious, Lilith is a masochist, it seems. XD
Kimihito’s date with Tio and Zombina were cute and funny. Despite being a giant Tio is very feminine when it comes to personality and taste. It was a nice moment when Kimihito offered to adjust Tio’s dress through the art of sewing. He really is the epitome of the modern man and demonstrated his skills when he sewed Zombina’s hand back to her body. It’s quite evident that Zombina has never been treated like a “normal” girl before. Kimihito is having that effect on all of the liminal girls.
Then we have the date with Manako… I wouldn’t really call this a date but their interaction was nice. It seems that even in the pro office Manako is being victimised because of her one eyeball. It’s quite sad and I can imagine why she would be insecure. Some of the liminals are freakishly strong in various ways but I feel they’re more vulnerable than humans. I’m talking about psychological and confident damage and the likes of Miia, Manako and Zombina, it seems, have all been discriminated in one way or another.
Once again, thankfully, Kimihito breaks the mould and looked Manako straight in the face. This was followed by the person who “secretly” followed Mr Darling.
I was quite surprised that “D” turned out to be Doppel. I felt that I should have seen it coming. It’s interesting to note that Manako is so far the only person who refers to Kimihito by his real name, everyone else gives him a pet name. He received two more in this book. “Snookums” and “Loverboy”.
I was wrong in the end that the “D” represented Dullahan. However, a mysterious person appears right at the end! Then, it turns out that Doppel never wrote that second threatening letter. Then, we’re left at the end where the scythe of some kind was placed right in front of Kimihito’s neck. Eeek! I’m nervous but excited.
We learn some interesting facts about Polt and she features in one of the bonus chapters with the new “D” characters. I find her entertaining and I adore her enthusiasm. I’m glad she made a cameo. Speaking of extra chapters, there’s a 4-koma[9] chapter involving the MON squad and some fun facts about Manako’s suitcase gun. Despite what Zombina thinks, I think it’s a genius invention.
We finally have a bit of a plot on our hands. It’s all exciting stuff. Dare I say that this is perhaps my favourite MonMusu book yet? Before, I thought the MON squad liminals were just ok. I didn’t give them much thought as I was enjoying reading about Miia and Mero, the main characters. However, they have really grown on me, especially after reading chapter 22.
All the minor suspense moments did get me nervous. I was convinced all the while that the mysterious “D” was a Dullahan. However, my theory was crushed when the D turned out to be Doppel. But, the true threat came in person… I’m 99% now that that person was a Dullahan. =D
All the girls, as expected through time, grew closer to Mr Darling. It’s still probably a bit premature to guess which route this story will go towards. All of his house guests are his potential brides to be, but, who is to say he’ll marry just one? If there’s a horse race (no pun intended) I would say that Miia and Cerea are probably in the lead. Why Miia? It’s because she genuinely seems to have a connection with Kimihito and we see this every time they go out, alone. Why Cerea? Well, she had a lot of moments of affection when she was dating, well, guarding Kimihito. Haha. That and she’s starting to help out with the food preparations, albeit, salads. Haha.
Just thought that I would mention as well, you can find clues in the chapter covers of which new characters will appear in certain chapters. I didn’t notice this until I re-read this book for the fifth time. In the cover of Chapter 22 you will see an emblem of some sort and writing underneath that says “Dullahan”. So yes, I’m 100% certain and correct. =D
It was wonderful to read and I will choose to give this, Two Thumb’s-Up.^^/ (My Rating System)
MONMUSU MISTAKE
I like to take this opportunity to admit a mistake. In my past reviews I stated that MonMusu was the acronym for Monster Musume. This is incorrect. The word I meant to use was actually ‘abbreviation’ not ‘acronym’. I knew what I was talking about but I got the words wrong, haha. I could take this opportunity to rectify the past MonMusu reviews, but I won’t. I want to see all of my blog writings as progress, and the past reviews to the current reviews will highlight that fact. =)
I told myself that I wouldn’t really annotate much about MonMusu, but, I genuinely have a lot of say. I really enjoyed reading this and there’s a lot that I want to speak about. I decided that I will not keep the same style when reviewing each anime, manga and film. I will review them base on how much I have to say and want to say. =D
2015 is very peaceful so far. I’m spending most of the time just watching Football (it’s FA Cup week) and playing Senran Kagura: Bon Appetit. =D
[1] Uk-anime.net. The 2014 UK Anime Network Awards. Best Manga. [Accessed 4th January 2015].
<http://www.uk-anime.net/articles/The_2014_UK_Anime_Network_Awards/3>
[7] In MonMusu, Drago Dragonet is a dragon with wings, scales and a long tail. Dragonets, in real life, are actually fish.
[8] In certain mythologies Dullahans are headless knights or headless riders. In some popular culture Dullahans either carry their heads if not attached or the heads are completely absent.
[9] 4-Koma (also known as four cell manga and Yonkoma Manga) consist of comic strips of four panels on each page.
Posted on January 4, 2015 Categories Ryan's Anime World, Ryan's WorldTags 12 Beast, 12BEAST トゥエルヴ ビースト, Additional Needs, Anime, Arachne, Asperger's Syndrome, Aspergers, Autism, Autistic, Centaur, Centorea Shianus, Comedy, Dullahan, Ecchi, Everyday That There Is a Monster Girl, Harem, Harpy, Hidden Disability, Inui Takemaru, Kimihito Kurusu, Lamia, Manako, Manga, Mental Health, Mermaid, Meron Lorelei, Miia, MonMusu, Monster Girl, Monster Musume, Ms Smith, Okayado, Otaku, Papi, Polt, Rachnera Arachnera, Review, Seven Seas, Seven Seas Entertainment, Suu, Tionishia, Zombina, スー, セントレア・シアヌス, ゾンビーナ, ティオニシア, パピ, ポルト, マナコ, ミーア, メロウヌ・ローレライ, モンスター娘のいる日常, ラチネラ・アラチネラ, 乾武丸, 来留主 公人Leave a comment
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You may have commitments and career goals to keep you busy for which there may not be scope to consider pregnancy before you reach mid thirties or early forties. Due to some medical condition or internal defect some women may remain in anticipation about getting pregnant and therefore the need to get pregnant fast may be more among them. Some couples simply love kids and therefore there can be an urgency to get pregnant fast to enjoy parenthood and the company of kids. If you are considering pregnancy then get a thorough check up of your health and consult a gynecologist to understand the chances of you getting pregnant. In case you have some medical condition or a defect which may interfere with you to get pregnant then first get the proper treatment according to doctor’s recommendation. Maintain a healthy lifestyle, give up bad habits like smoking, alcohol and rash lifestyle and take a balanced nutritious diet. You are advised to have sex everyday during your ovulation period starting from the 12th day to 16th or 18th day. Birth Control: How to DecideWith so many options, choosing a form of birth control can be daunting. HRA Pharma briefing document, June 17, 2010 meeting of Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs. FDA briefing document, June 17, 2010 meeting of Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs. A University of Central Florida psychologist and Nemours doctor say more research is needed into ways to help parents who are addicts get clean. Calorie Counter - Online Calorie Counter with personalized Diet and Nutrition food information. Cosmetic Surgery San Diego San Diego's first class clinic offers an extensive selection of surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures.
Diapers Save time and money by purchasing brand name diapers online through Discount Diapers Direct. Consuming fish or taking fish oil supplements were shown to reduce the reduction of late AMD by 38%.
Modern medicine has a lot to offer for other eye diseases such as cataracts and glaucoma, but unfortunately has little to offer for those suffering from AMD.
It is important for anyone that may have a AMD genetic predisposition to eat well andA use supplementation to support the maculaa€™s health. Ia€™m always amazed at how incredible acupuncture is for regulating female hormones.A A So it isna€™t a surprise that acupuncture helps with pregnancy. Authors:Brinkhaus B, Hummelsberger J, Kohnen R, Seufert J, Hempen CH, Leonhardy H, NA¶gel R, Joos S, Hahn E, Schuppan D. Department of Medicine I, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen Germany. What is amazing about this study is that they didn't start giving the fish oils until the 30th week!!! I've been having my wife Joy take high DHA fish oils throughout pregnancy as well as excellent nutrition supplements and she has been getting plenty of acupuncture too.
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- When Barbara Stratton of Baltimore, Maryland, looks back at the birth of her son, Charlie, now 7, she's angry -- angry she had a surgery she believes she didn't need. Stratton said her obstetrician induced labor a week before her due date because she feared the baby would be too large to deliver if they waited for Stratton to go into labor spontaneously. Many experts think as many as half of all C-sections are unnecessary, the women's health office said. Stratton said that because of surgical complications she was in pain every day for a year and a half after her son was born. Here's how to avoid having a C-section unless you absolutely need it -- in such medical emergencies as umbilical cord prolapse, which cuts off the baby's oxygen, or placenta previa, when the placenta blocks the cervix so that the baby can't be born naturally.
Klein says studies of first-time moms show that 44 percent of those who are induced end up with a C-section but that only 8 percent of those who go into labor spontaneously end up with a C-section. At Sutter hospitals, "We say it's totally fine to come in and be checked, but that you should understand why it may be safer for you to be at home for a while," he said. If having a vaginal birth is important to you, shop for a doctor and a hospital with low C-section rates.
Some situations are true emergencies, and a C-section is necessary within minutes to save the baby's life. But in other situations, parents should ask questions about whether a C-section is absolutely necessary, he says. The authors concluded that in this study of adults with subjective memory impairment, a 6-month program of physical activity provided a modest improvement in cognition over an 18-month follow-up period. In my nutrition and acupuncture practice I always recommend some sort of probiotic with IBS. Recent research article where IBS sufferers were given commonly available strains of probiotics. Splenda alters gut microflora and increases intestinal p-glycoprotein and cytochrome p-450 in male rats.Abou-Donia MB, El-Masry EM, Abdel-Rahman AA, McLendon RE, Schiffman SS.
Splenda is comprised of the high-potency artificial sweetener sucralose (1.1%) and the fillers maltodextrin and glucose. However, most healthy young women in the age group of early twenties to early thirties usually don’t face much problem to get pregnant when they want to.
For many reasons you may want to enjoy motherhood as soon as possible and therefore getting pregnant fast can become a top priority for you. For you to get pregnant fast can be a priority once you have decided to consider pregnancy. Proper medical treatment and following the ways to get pregnant fast has helped many such women to get pregnant fast. If you are healthy and your age isn’t beyond mid thirties then you are likely to get pregnant fast the moment you begin trying. Have sex as many times you want as this will only increase your chances of getting pregnant.
Eat green leafy vegetables, lot of fruits, milk products like yoghurt, lean meats, soya protein and nuts all of which provide ample vitamins and minerals that assist to get pregnant fast. It is intended for general informational purposes only and does not address individual circumstances.
However, injury to the macula in the center of the retina can impair the ability to see straight ahead clearly and sometimes make it difficult to read, drive, or perform other daily activities that require fine central vision.
However there were very few studies reviewed which were Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) as most were epidemiological studies looking at dietary recall. However there are steps people can take to reduce their risk as well as alternative treatments to slow the disease progression.
Patients can also purchase a personal Microstim machine that they would use daily simply applying the pads over the eyes for 20 minutes a day.
However the authors correctly state that this is an overestimation and what it actually means is that for every 10 women that get treated there will be one more live birth.A Consider the exorbernant cost of IVF acupuncture is very cost effective.
The aim of this study was to determine whether traditional Chinese therapy is efficacious in patients suffering from seasonal AR.
But even after being induced, her labor still didn't progress, and Stratton ended up with a Caesarean section. Michael Klein, emeritus professor of family practice and pediatrics at the University of British Columbia, who's studied C-sections. Doctors say many times, inducing women way before the cervix is ready can lead to unproductive labor, which then necessitates a C-section.
Elliott Main, director of obstetric quality at Sutter Health in California, said encouraging moms to stay at home in early labor is one way his hospital has been able to keep C-section rates steady while nationally the rate keeps climbing every year. Too often medical staffs intervene unnecessarily in early laboring with pain medications, monitors, and other techniques, which can slow labor down, according to Main.
For example, if a doctor says the baby is too big to deliver vaginally, "There's a conversation to be had. I find IBS-D the easiest to treat because there is often an underlying food hypersensitivity involved - so it is a matter of finding the offending food and removing it.
However, women who received acupuncture also reported fewer side effects and more energy, and some reported an increased sex drive, compared to women who used Effexor, the study showed.
On the other hand a number of factors like the woman’s health condition, age and certain internal defects may interfere in getting pregnant fast. It’s better to have sex one or two days before the date of ovulation as sperm stays for two to three days and the moment you ovulate there will be high chances of getting pregnant. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment and should not be relied on to make decisions about your health. There has been a tremendous amount of positive clinical results with these devices in reducing disease progression. METHODS: Fifty-two patients between the ages of 20 and 58 who had typical symptoms of seasonal AR were assigned randomly and in a blinded fashion to (i) an active treatment group which received a semi-standardized treatment of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, and (ii) a control group which received acupuncture applied to non-acupuncture points in addition to a non-specific Chinese herbal formula. Which door you walk into will have a profound effect on what happens to you," said Carol Sakala, director of programs at Childbirth Connection, a nonprofit group. After 12-wk, half of the animals from each treatment group were sacrificed to determine the intestinal expression of the membrane efflux transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and the cytochrome P-450 (CYP) metabolism system by Western blot.
These will assist to keep away stress, mental disturbances and help you to maintain a proper weight. There can be individual differences and therefore using an ovulation prediction kit or fertility monitor can help you to determine the ovulation date accurately.
Never ignore professional medical advice in seeking treatment because of something you have read on the WebMD Site. All patients received acupuncture treatment once per week and the respective Chinese herbal formula as a decoction three times daily for a total of 6 weeks.
But alternating type can also be brought on by the abuse of laxatives and food hypersensitivities.
Only abstinence is 100% effective, but other methods come close -- as our effectiveness chart shows in a glance. Supplementation is also important and I like either ProGreens, NanoGreens or Paleogreens since they are balanced concentration of whole food extracts.
Since it's major surgery, C-sections involve risks to the mother, including infections, bleeding, and pain. Since fish consumption and fish oils are shown to be beneficial it is important for those at risk to take these protective lipids. The change in severity of hay fever symptoms was the primary outcome measured on a visual analogue scale (VAS). Babies born via C-sections have more breathing problems right after birth, according to the Office on Women's Health at the U.S.
Giving probiotics as a capsule help promote the growth of beneficial bacteria in the intestines. Fertility AwarenessAlso called natural family planning, fertility awareness means avoiding sex when the woman is most fertile. The world of Chinese medicine also has more to offer than modern medicine for AMD as acupuncture and a Microstim machine I use for all my AMD patients can provide tremendous benefit.
The most reliable way to do this is to watch for changes in cervical mucus and body temperature.
Improvement on the Global Assessment of Change Scale was noted in 85% of active treatment group participants vs 40% in the control group (P = 0.048).
No differences between the two groups could be detected with the Allergic Rhinitis Symptom Questionnaire.
Neil Boris said while that’s important, it looks like the other therapy – which promotes bonding with children – may be more effective.
It comes in the form of foam, jelly, cream, or film that is placed inside the vagina before sex. It prevents sperm from entering the woman’s body, protecting against pregnancy and most STDs.
Female CondomThe female condom is a thin plastic pouch that lines the vagina and can be put in place up to 8 hours before sex. Birth Control SpongeThe birth control sponge, sold as the Today Sponge, is made of foam and contains spermicide. The sponge is about as effective as the cervical cap, with a failure rate of 16% for women who have never had children and 32% for those who have.
Birth Control PillThe most common type of birth control pill uses the hormones estrogen and progestin to prevent ovulation.
May cause side effects, including breast tenderness, spotting, serious blood clots, and raised blood pressure. Birth Control PatchWomen who have trouble remembering a daily pill may want to consider the birth control patch. The Ortho Evra patch is worn on the skin and changed only once a week for three weeks with a fourth week that is patch-free. Birth Control ShotThe birth control shot, known as Depo Provera, is a hormonal injection that protects against pregnancy for three months. Birth Control ImplantThe birth control implant (Nexplanon) is a matchstick-sized rod that is placed under the skin of the upper arm. It releases the same hormone that's in the birth control shot, but the implant protects against pregnancy for 3 years. IUDIUD stands for intrauterine device, a T-shaped piece of plastic that is placed inside the uterus by a doctor.
Mirena, a hormonal IUD, must be replaced after 5 years but can lighten periods and ease cramps.
Tubal LigationIf you're sure you won't want biological children in the future, you may be ready for permanent birth control.
The traditional method for women is called tubal ligation or "having your tubes tied." A surgeon closes off the fallopian tubes, preventing eggs from making their journey out of the ovaries. Tubal ImplantsA newer procedure makes it possible to block the fallopian tubes without surgery. It involves surgically closing the vas deferens – the tubes that carry sperm from the testes, through the reproductive system.
This is an option if no birth control was used or if a woman suspects her usual method failed. Plan B, Plan B One-Step, and a generic version of Plan B called Next Choice all contain a high dose of a hormone found in many birth control pills. Options for Older WomenAge and lifestyle are important factors in choosing a form of birth control. If you're over age 35 and smoke or are obese, the combination birth control pill, patch, and ring are not recommended. If you're approaching the age of menopause, the birth control shot has an added benefit: It may relieve some of the symptoms of perimenopause. WithdrawalNearly six in 10 American women report that a partner has used "pulling out," the age-old method that relies on the man withdrawing his penis from the vagina before ejaculation. Newer reviews show that when it's done correctly every time, about 4% of users get pregnant in a year. Least Effective MethodsWithout using any form of birth control, 85% of sexually active couples will get pregnant within a year.
Most Effective MethodsAlthough barrier methods, such as the condom or diaphragm, are moderately effective with typical patterns of use, hormonal contraceptives have a better track record for effectiveness. There are also several options for couples that prefer the lowest possible odds of getting pregnant.
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Unashamed: Drop the Baggage, Pick up Your Freedom, Fulfill Your Destiny
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Bestselling author, speaker, and activist Christine Caine helps you overcome past guilt and live an unashamed life.
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In her passionate and candid style, Christine leads you into God’s Word where you will see for yourself how to believe that God is bigger than your mistakes, your inadequacies, your past, and your limitations. He is not only more powerful than anything you’ve done but also stronger than anything ever done to you. You can deal with your yesterday today, so that you can move on to what God has in store for you tomorrow—a powerful purpose and destiny he wants you to fulfill.
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About the Contributor(s) Christine CaineChristine Caine is an Australian born, Greek blooded, lover of Jesus, activist, author and international speaker. Together with her... Christine Caine
Christine Caine is an Australian born, Greek blooded, lover of Jesus, activist, author and international speaker. Together with her husband, Nick, she founded the anti-human trafficking organization, The A21 Campaign. They also founded Propel Women, an organization designed to celebrate every woman’s passion, purpose, and potential. Christine and Nick make their home in Southern California with their daughters, Catherine and Sophia.
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Hail to him who at the dawn of time was Atmu, the prince of light and splendour; who having made himself, made all men live; who saileth over the celestial regions and faileth not . . . who though an aged being showeth in the form of one that is young; who leadeth the uttermost parts of eternity . . . the terrible one of the double Divine Face . . . the lion-god with the awesome eye.
The Book of the Dead
As everything on earth lives by the sun's light, so watchers of eternity bask in the eye of Ra. The world in its formations writes upon the horizon the unfolding story of its evolution. The traces of the beings we were and did become have disappeared within the earth's strata, while forms of sand and mountainous crags draw our minds back through time to primordial experiences. We have forgotten and yet we suspect. The sun rises and sets upon our lives but where is the watcher of eternity, where the witness of all, who forgets not? The ancient Egyptians and many who followed them believed the sphinx to be this witness, embodying all the elements of evolution in its granite pose. The awesome visage of the great sphinx facing the rising sun seems to mark the record of ages.
At Karnak where resides the great temple of Amon-Ra, ram-headed sphinxes form a symbol of fertility which was sacred to Amon. The Hyksos sphinx at Tanis was believed to embody the principle of protective wisdom and power. Many of the other Asian sphinxes were winged, such as the Assyrian and Phoenician, and were often depicted with beards and in pairs facing a tree of life.
In Persia the sphinx was only carved on jewelry, whereas the Hittites sculpted it in the style of the Assyrians, though not in a recumbent position. The sphinx is often interpreted as a symbol of power, many having the faces of rulers, and are sometimes shown in an attitude of domination. Female as well as male faces and breasts are combined with wings and lion bodies throughout the Near East and are reflected in ancient Greek forms like the monstrous sphinx at Thebes. Greek sphinxes were found on seals and tombs from Minoan times, and have often been associated with death. The Romans and the ancient Mayans both depicted male and female sphinxes whereas in India and Tibet the man-lion form was Nara-Simha, Avatar of Vishnu. The widespread distribution of the sphinx is striking, and one suspects that other part-human, part-bird or lion forms may be offshoots of it. The American Indian thunderbird with a human head on its breast is suggestive.
The Great Sphinx at Giza is undoubtedly the most famous and has elicited myriad interpretations over the centuries. It is believed to have been built by Khephren in the fourth millenium B.C., the face being in his own likeness. In addition to seeing it as a guardian of the pyramids, many have sought unsuccessfully to discover a subterranean passageway between it and the great pyramid of Cheops which is 1200 feet to the northwest of the sphinx, while Khephren's pyramid is behind it. The sphinx itself occupies a vast rocky amphitheatre at the eastern edge of a plateau which was a great quarry. It was carved from the living rock without masonry and is 240 feet long, 66 feet high and 14 feet wide. It wears a nemes headdress with a cobra extended upon its forehead. El Makrizi, the Arab historian, recorded that it was a religious fanatic who disfigured the face of the sphinx, and it is held that from the time of this disfigurement, sand has invaded the cultivated lands of Giza. Throughout the centuries the sphinx has often been buried in sand with only its head visible. An ancient legend tells of the young prince Thuthmosis who rested during the heat of the day in the shadow beneath the protruding head of the great sphinx. As he slept, he had a dream wherein the sphinx appeared and spoke to him thus: "Behold me, my son Thuthmosis. I am thy father Harmakhis-Atum-Khepri, Thou shalt assume the white and red crown upon the throne of Geb. . . if thou removest the sand covering my body." This the young prince did and subsequently became pharoah, under the protection of Ra-Harmakhis rather than Amon-Ra. Thus began the political-religious movement that culminated in Atenism.
One of the important interpretations of the sphinx involves astronomic and geodetic cycles. To some scholars, sphinxes are sculpted registers of time. On the royal avenue from Karnak to Luxor, great chimerical figures rise up to right and left, bearing heads of the virgin, the lion, the ram, and so forth, signifying the passage through all the constellations. In this manner, the ancient Egyptians registered several revolutions of the equinoctial points.
With these perspectives the mystery of the sphinx only deepens. It may, therefore, be helpful to examine the etymology of the names used to describe this awesome symbol. The sphinx is most commonly known as HOR-EM-AKHET or 'Horus-in-the-horizon.' The Greek name Harmakhis or Harmachus derives from this and also indicates Horus, a form of Ra the Sun-god - esoterically, the Risen God. The Great Sphinx is a symbol of Harmachus, as was each Egyptian pharoah who bore the name of 'the living form of the Solar Sphinx upon the earth.' This certainly sheds light upon the issue concerning the builder of the great sphinx whose name, Khephren, is one of the titles of Ra the Divine Sun-god. The Hebrew stem 'ish' meaning woman, added to 'phan' meaning mask or disguise, produced the name 'sh-phan' or 'sphang,' a name describing female sphinxes. The Persian name 'Simorgh' indicated a half-bird, half-lion creature similar to the winged 'Singh' of the Hindus. The name sphinx comes from the Greek sphingo, which indicates the she-monster of Thebes also known as 'The Throttler' and means 'to bind fast,' 'to encircle' or 'to throttle.' It is closely related to the word sphincter, which is the name for a contractile muscular ring by which an orifice of the body is kept closed. The Hindu name 'Singh' or 'Simha' refers to the solar lion and Garuda, the vahan of Vishnu. 'Nara' refers to man or the spirit of God. 'Nara-Simha' is Vishnu's Avatar as the Man-lion. There is suggestive reference here to the sun, to cycles of time and incarnations of deity, all of which, linked up with the Egyptian and Greek meanings, provide a wealth of symbolical clues.
As a geodetic marker, the sphinx had an obelisk between its paws in ancient times whose shadow could be used to compute the correct circumference of the earth and any variance in degree of latitude. As an astronomical symbol, the very idea of the sphinx may be seen to arise from a motion of the earth which carries its polar points around the polar points of the ecliptic in 25,000 years. The stars of Virgo observed in the neighborhood of the sun at the spring equinox were related by the ancients to the Leo constellation which assumed the same position at a later point in the sidereal cycle, the two being joined to reflect the annual cycle extending from spring planting to late summer harvest time. Similarly, the half-lion, half-virgin aspect of the sphinx is related to the junction of the constellations of Leo and Virgo which occurred at the summer solstice in the fifth millenium B.C. The virgin and the lion symbolize the divine hermaphrodite and witness the evolution of the human races from the divine, and especially from the androgynous.
In all the various forms the sphinx assumes, the male and female are blended in an expression of the duality manifested in evolution, culminating in man. In the Egyptian Circular Zodiac, the lion is shown standing on a serpent. Three virgins appear between the lion and the scales and represent the first three 'divine or astronomical dynasties who taught the Third Root Race.' These three divine dynasties preceded the human dynasties and provide an important clue to understanding the nature of the early builders of symbolical structures in Egypt. In the Hindu zodiac, the virgin 'Kanya-Durg' is placed upon a lion which drags a solar car. This virgin is a most ancient divinity and her return was a sign of universal renovation, as was the return of the monstrous lion-bird 'Simorgh' who marked the destruction and reproduction of worlds. Garuda, who is Nara-Simha in another form, hut who is equally a vehicle of Vishnu, also symbolizes Kala, or time, and marks the ending and beginning of cycles. In the symbol of Harmakhis one sees clearly the cycles of death and rebirth, of the passage of the sun from the West, through the underworld toward the East where it will rise - just as Horus, the child of the Aged One, travelled through the netherworld to emerge as the Rising God. Thus the dual forces of death and life are symbolically combined.
Nara-Simha, the Man-lion Avatar of Vishnu, killed Hiranyakasipu of the Daityas. Then born as Rama, he slew Ravana. Born again as Krishna, he slew Sisupala. These manifestations of Vishnu mark a cycle of incarnations which is parallel to the incarnations of lunar deities. This linking of the solar and the lunar encompasses a deep psychological mystery, and relates to the great battle between white and black magic for the supremacy of the divine forces. This, like the cycles of death and birth and the dual forces in evolution, is also embodied in the symbol of the sphinx, whose face turned eastward is the radiant sun, and whose body in the form of a lion is emblematic of the divine struggle.
The lion is the initiatory animal par excellence. Masters of initiations from ancient times were often dressed as divinities in animal forms. As solar symbols lions guarded both the dead and sleeping and in ancient Egypt their carved forms were moved about as game pieces upon a board shaped like a coiled serpent. More philosophically, the Egyptians thought that 'Toum' or Fohat issues from the great deep through the 'two lions' which represent the "dual force or power of the two solar eyes or the electro-positive and the electro-negative forces." The Secret Doctrine teaches that the highest group of creative powers composed of the Divine Flames are the Fiery Lions or Lions of Life, their real meaning being hidden in the sign of Leo.
Carl Jung suggests that humans depicted as lions are like royal couples and the lions together symbolize the veiled urge toward individuation which is hidden in the passion each one feels for the other. This passion aims at the mystery of whole being. When the lion and lioness turn into king and queen, the urge to individuate has reached the conscious level. This subtle transformation from animal to man, involving the development of conscious individuation, is at once suggested in the animal-human nature of the sphinx. Jung further suggests that "the animal being may become dangerous if it is not recognized and integrated in life." It is of no use to deny the primordial forces of animal life but, according to Jung, "Primitive man must tame the animal in himself and make it his helpful companion; civilized man must heal the animal in himself and make it his friend." The eternal exists within the encrustations of physical life. As H. P. Blavatsky put it, "the solitary light in man, which burns forever, can never be darkness in its intrinsic nature, though the animal outside us remain blind to it." Of all the sphinxes in the ancient world who bear witness to this attempted transformation, it is interesting to note that there is an early variant dating back to the Old Kingdom which is more squat and recumbent, with human faces encircled by lion manes. There appears something lion-like about the faces, perhaps connoting some process of animalization. The opposite effect is a transmutation or alchemization of baser metals, the animal mass, into silver and gold or the philosopher's stone - all of which symbolize the development and manifestation of man's higher self. To fail to achieve this is to fail to solve the riddle contained within the sphinx and will lead eventually to sure death. "The sphinx of life devoured the unintentional, who would live only in their 'animal.' "
The riddle of the sphinx has seven keys to it. They are the keys to problems of psychology, physiology and 'missing links.' The keys are in the keeping of those who know how to commune with the invisible Presence. To understand the seven, one must first consider the three. Man is basically triune: he is spirit, soul and body, marking a decided distinction between spirit and soul. Soul or psyche combines bios, the physical; thumos, the passional; phren, the mind; and animus. It is derived from the soul of the world, the Anima Mundi or Svabhavat. "By its complex nature, the soul may descend and ally itself with the corporeal nature and exclude a higher life from exerting a moral influence on it." Or, it may closely align itself with the nous or spirit and share in its potency. If this latter is achieved, the physical man will appear as a vehicle of God. If this union does not take place, the individual psyche, not being immortal, will sooner or later disintegrate.
According to Kapila, the animal soul or perisprit is an agglomeration of gross particles, human emanations teeming with passions and weaknesses and tendencies - called samskaras or skandhas. Plutarch taught that at death Proserpine separates the body from the perisprit which then becomes a daimon, free and independent. Then Demeter separates the perisprit from the spirit. The first resolves into ethereal particles; the second ascends, assimilates with divine powers and gradually becomes divine spirit. "The semi-material [particles] of the perisprit are appropriate to the evolution of lower astral forms and unite with them according to their degree of refinement." The Buddhists teach that so long as a disincarnate man contains a single particle of these skandhas, some parts of his perisprit will have to enter the bodies of plants and animals. If the astral of a man is composed solely of the bios or animal aspect, the individual is eventually dissolved in 'the crucible of evolution.'
The limitations of three-dimensional space represent merely the product of our understanding and perception which encourages us to contrast spirit and matter. However, "Nature never draws too harsh lines of demarcation, never builds impassable walls, and her unbridged 'chasms' exist merely in the tame conception of certain naturalists." The planes of being are interblended to allow communication between those of their respective inhabitants who are capable of perceiving both a higher and lower plane. There may be amphibious beings intellectually as there are terrestrially. The philosophical conception of spirit and matter must rest on one basis of phenomena. Spirit and matter (force and matter) manifest in time as opposites (force and substance) but in essence are one. Is this the meaning of the sphinx as it timelessly combines the two in one, marking eternity in the cycles of time?
After the three comes the seven - the seven keys of the riddle. The sphinx as a symbol of Ra, Temu, Khephera, Heru, Kuti, etc., represents the One God manifesting through 'The Seven Glorious Ones' whose names are those of the Great Spirit under different dynasties of the Stellar and Solar Myth Cycles. Heru represents Horus, while Kuti represents the Seven Glorious Ones, The Shining Ones, or light. Heru-Kuti signifies The Light of the World, the sign of which is |/ , Chat, Anch, Ka, Ab Hati, Bai, Cheybi and Chu are the Egyptian names of the seven principles of man. They correspond to the Theosophical septenary divisions and stress the same dual aspect of manas. The moon is the deity of manas on the lower plane, the sun on the higher. The great battle between white and black magic for the supremacy of divine forces is symbolized in the calm solemnity of the sphinx even while it rages in the breast of man. The initiating lion destroys the novice but the novice himself, dressed in lion skin, has assimilated the divine essence of the initiating animal. In order to fathom the allegory of the sphinx one must study the initiations of the ancient Egyptians and Hindus. At the supreme moment the initiator, having divulged the last mysterious word, must die. After initiation the father becomes the son and the son succeeds the father to become father and son at the same time. In the Anugita there is a discussion of a forest of sevens where seven females (Mahat, Ahankara, plus five Tanmatras) have their faces turned downward. They are obstacles in the way of spiritual ascension, the lunar deities to be fought by the solar gods, the sphincter traps at the seven gates of the sphinx which stands like a mute sentinel on the threshold of that unseen world.
Behind the mask of the sphinx lie the mysteries of multiplicity, the enigmatic fragmentation of the cosmos. In the esoteric tradition, the cosmos in all its heterogeneity can be synthesized if one possesses the seven keys. The dreadful sphinx at Thebes posed the riddle to all who would approach: "What is four-footed in the morning, two-footed at noon, and three-footed in the evening?" All who failed to answer were seized upon and devoured on the spot. The seizure symbolizes the grasp that the furies of the lower nature have upon the unenlightened soul. Man approaches life and is engulfed by it, swallowed up and spewed down through the ages. The seven encircling snares, the lunar obstacles at the solar gates, must be fought through and overwhelmed by self-knowledge. The death of the lunar must be accomplished willingly that there may be life through death. As Plato taught, man is both man and lion, masking the many-headed beast of primordial nature and the divine. It profits man not to feast and make strong the beast while starving the man, enfeebling him so that he is dragged along in the whirlpool of animal forces. Man must dominate the many-headed beast and make an ally of the lion. It is in lion robes that the initiator attends the novice. As the threshold of highest initiation is approached, the mystery of the sphinx remains. For it is taught that when the disciple crosses the awesome threshold he has assimilated the divine essence of the initiatory animal and is restored to life in it. Thus Nara-Simha, the vahan of time, witnesses the keynote of eternity: life in death, the father in the son. All approach the Terrible Divine Face - "Lord Harmakhis who encompasses the extreme points of the sun's course" - the Lion-god with the awesome eye.
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Screen star Faran Tahir returns to play Othello at Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Free For All
Faran Tahir returns to Shakespeare Theatre Company to play Othello at Free For All
July 11, 2017 TRR News Theatre, Theatre News
The Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) Free For All, one of the capital’s most beloved annual traditions offering free performances of a Shakespearean classic to the general public each summer, will return next month with the Company’s 2016 production of William Shakespeare’s Othello. Helmed by internationally acclaimed director Ron Daniels and starring screen actor Faran Tahir in the titular role, the production will run at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F St. NW) from August 15–27, offering more than 12,000 people the chance to see the play free of charge.
Written at the height of Shakespeare’s creativity, Othello is a gripping tale of jealousy, prejudice, revenge and destruction. It tells the story of the newly married Moorish general who finds himself the pawn in manipulative games of his right-hand man, Iago, who is consumed by hate. As his imagination is poisoned, Othello begins to doubt his loyal bride, Desdemona. Turning on her and his loyal lieutenant Cassio, Othello rapidly spirals from hero to villain in one of Shakespeare’s most haunting tragedies.
“The play is about an extraordinary, highly civilized man who, like all of Shakespeare’s great tragic heroes, suffers fatally from an excess of imagination,” said Daniels. “Othello starts as a man admired by all—and hated by some. His imagination becomes poisoned and distorted by Iago’s vicious racism and his subtle, hateful misogyny. And we watch the great man fall apart—even his language disintegrates—until he cannot recognize himself. Worse, he can no longer recognize the purity and faithfulness of his adored and adoring wife—he can only see her through Iago’s perverted eyes.”
“I am incredibly excited to return to STC to play Othello again,” said Tahir. “The play is a magnificent tragedy. When Iago says ‘I hate the Moor,’ it’s not just about the man, it’s about everything the man represents. It’s an acutely relevant exploration of racial and religious hatred.”
Since its inception in 1991, STC has brought free productions of Shakespeare to 689,494 people thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, donors and friends.
STC Artistic Director Michael Kahn added: “My vision for Free For All has always been to make the works of Shakespeare accessible to everyone so they can experience how a play written 400 years ago can still resonate. I’m delighted to welcome Ron Daniels back to STC with his wonderful production of Othello to take part in this great tradition.”
Information about how to receive free tickets is available at www.ShakespeareTheatre.org/FFA
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The answer to climate change
By Eric Krasnauskas | August 12, 2013
Photo: tedeytan/Flickr.
When I give these climate talks, by the end people are typically agitated and full of questions. “What technology is going to fix this?” “How are we ever get people to agree on a solution?” “I’m just one person, what could I possibly do that would make an impact?”
My answers often catch people a little off guard: I try to instill that more important than any technical fix is a cultural change, a shift in awareness and social values from which all other solutions will flow. When enough minds change, either through insight (yay, science!) or pain of loss (boo, natural disasters), the plan will become clear.
Naturally, people hate that answer! We all hope for simple solutions to our problems…buy something, recycle something, pass a law and be done. Hearing that there’s a huge problem with no simple fix drives people nuts.
Well for those people, watch the video below and take heart! It outlines the best plan I’ve seen to address climate change, hands down. Its steps are concrete and achievable, its approach is ripe for magnification by the power of the internet, and it puts everything in its appropriate social and cultural context along the way. It’s equal parts technical fix and social revolution all wrapped in a stunning visual package (the animations were all crowd-sourced). I have plenty more to say on this great work, but for now just watch the video (15:40) and we can talk afterwards.
Coalition Of The Willing from coalitionfilm on Vimeo.
While climate change is certainly a fact of the physical world, at its core it’s a social problem, born of our cultural emphasis on consumerism and growth. And social problems need social solutions.
Take for comparison the social problems in the United States surrounding Jim Crow and racial inequality in the 20th century. Some might say that the “fix” for racial inequality was the Civil Rights Act of 1968, but by 1968 the heavy fighting was largely over. Certainly the legislation cemented victory and codified the new values the nation was slowly internalizing. But the real “fix” was all the activity leading up to 1968 — the social movement that drove debate and protest to change our collective consciousness. The solution was born out of loose collaboration between many diverse constituencies (unions, women’s groups, housing advocates, Latinos, etc.) organizing around a common idea: equality.
Coalition Of The Willing uses that same approach, which is a big part of why I found it so inspiring. The “answer” to climate change isn’t closing coal plants, taxing carbon emissions, or funding rapid development of renewable energy. Those are of course all wonderful things to pursue, but the real answer to climate change, like any other social problem, is the organization of people around a new idea. The video conveys that idea beautifully, lays out the moral foundation for our struggle, and provides the concrete steps needed to build an organization for change.
In truth I should be pissed that this video exists, since it basically takes most of my own ideas and does them better. The concept of my website, the Science Pope is, after all, the blending of scientific truth and widespread cultural awareness all aided by the internet. But I don’t feel usurped, I feel validated, inspired, and full of fresh hope.
Reposted from original article at Science Pope.
— Eric Krasnauskas, Transition Voice
Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: activism, consumerism, economic growth, open source software, psychology
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Eric Krasnauskas lives near Boston where he runs the Science Pope website about climate change.
Gints Lakutis says
The Inside-Out approach to personal and self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self – with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves precedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.
AlexTD says
The video is great – and their approach is sensible. It’s also two years old. Several groups that I can think of are working on pieces of their structure, or would make very good founding partners. Has anyone (including CotW themselves) actually built the framework for one of their three sites?
Eric Krasnauskas says
Hi Alex, thanks for commenting. I’ve talked to Tim Rayner a little bit, and got the low down: apparently they were making progress on the platform for a while, but it all kind of fell apart and the project is no longer going. However Rayner and his cohorts are working on other things I believe, and so the possibility to revisit all or part of it remains a very real possibility. Despite these failures, I still think the general plan and concepts behind it remain sound.
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This Little West Virginia Girl's Bake Sale Will Warm Your Heart
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Eight-year-old Victoria Sprague is creating a baked-goods buzz and it’s all about helping others. Her chocolate chip cookies, brownies and Rice Krispies treats are already selling like hot cakes, but that’s only the beginning.
She’s spending the summer raising money to help buy shoes for other Morgan County students when they go back to school in the fall.
“I just want to help, and my brownies are great.”
Family members are helping too, especially her younger sister Isabella. She’s also an enthusiastic baker and taste tester. An uncle who’s known for his pizzelles is also pitching in.
Her father, Van Sprague, is proud that she wants to make a difference for others. He knows shoes can be expensive.
“Honestly I’m guessing that it will take selling about 2,000 cookies to get about 50 pairs of shoes,” he said.
“We have contacted the corporate level of Super Shoes, and I am waiting to hear back from them. A manager from the Martinsburg branch was very helpful, so hopefully they will be willing sell us shoes at a discount or maybe do some kind of a match,” he said.
“But everything Victoria earns will go to buying shoes, because the ingredients for the baked goods are all taken care of so there’s no expense other than our time,” he said.
“Every dollar we get will go toward putting shoes on kids.”
It’s also a learning experience for the young entrepreneur. A home-schooled student, Victoria is getting real world experience in math—from measuring baking ingredients to counting out change for customers—as well as marketing techniques.
“See? We wrote our names in chalk on the sidewalk so people would know we are here,” she said proudly.
But that’s only the beginning, because it’s also an opportunity to learn more about others and the hardships they face in life.
One customer really drove that point home, and in a special way.
“A lady told us about how her shoes were too small, and how she was always slipping out of them,” she said. Turns out, she’d decided to make a donation so other kids wouldn’t have to be in the same situation.
“I don’t think the girls or I will forget how this woman said she got made fun of because her shoes were too small – and how she would literally fall out of them because they just didn’t fit,” he said.
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A situation of Craft Beer and Bourbon County Brand Stout
I'm not sure what exactly it is about Black Friday that strips the mental capacity of the average person down to the primal urges. We've all seen the videos of near mortal combat at Walmarts. And while we aren't punching one another for a video game console, we see one another take part of it like cattle to the slaughter.
Over in Torrance, California in the early hours, hazebros lined up starting before 4am for Monkish Brewery's Black Friday release of specialty glassware that, let's face it, will undoubtedly break the next time a bottle share at a buddy's place gets out of pocket. But as foolish as waiting more than eight hours for some 'Like-generating' Instagram prop is, I have more respect for them than I do the countless who were waiting outside of a Binnys and other local bottle shops for this year's latest Wolf in Craft beer sheep's clothing - Bourbon County Brand Stout.
Just like the diet that happens around this time of the Holiday season, the moral compass most craft beer enthusiast have gets a hall pass to gather lots of cases of this Inbev bottle. Especially perplexing because it wasn't that long ago that the Brewers Association started stamping a new Independent craft logo on beer to make sure consumers knew what was actually craft beer and what is now owned by the same makers of Budweiser.
And just like the Ice Bucket challenge, many spearheaded the movement in a feel good manner to show that they stand with the little guy. To stand up to big beer conglomerates and say that they'll support the little guys and not feed money to those companies looking to buy out more in some perverse Invasion of the body snatchers method on your local bottle shop wall. So you choose a Modern Times beer over a 10 Barrel. To clearly know which one is actually craft beer and which one could be cranking out their stand by's in a big facility.
Someone better tell all those other brands owned by InBev, the company that bought out Goose Island back in 2011, that they don't have to pull out justification about how it's "us vs wine makers" and "hey, we all use yeast, am i rite?". That if they just stay quiet long enough and crank out something that has nostalgia, collector factors and a little luck, that they too can get back those customers who have avoided them because of selling out.
You have to wonder where all that bluster is now that had independent brewers backing out of the Wicked Weed's Funkatorium Invitational after they got their sacks of cash. Forget scruples when the formula seems to be Time + Nostalgia = Say No More, Fam! Wicked Weeds just needs to wait it out and crank out some Nintendo Classic level fan favorite and that craft beer cicerone short term memory will be gone in no time.
Here in California the overnight crews were out in full force, be it with better weather, reports of guys waiting outside their LBS around 4:30 with crowds going 20-30 deep. Pretty silly in the grand scheme of things to think this stuff is going to be rare by any means. LBS got dozens and dozens of cases of it. It's now produced in such an grand level that I wonder why anyone would attempt to treat this as some hot commodity in the beer trading scene.And while I fully know rarity shouldn't effect taste, there's other issues to be addressed here, such as how does it taste?
I think the main driving force with the appeal of BCBS is that it was that pinnacle of bourbon barrel aged stouts. It has a huge amount of memories associated with it. Entry level beer drinkers would get to try years worth of versions of it to see how it has changed over the years. Some have verticals in their cellar that they pull out every now and then. So the nostalgia factor is big in why it's still sought out. I get it.
The "one for the vert" mentality. Which I can understand to some degree. You have fond memories of mid-west pours with friends discovering how BCBS aged over the year. Yeah, no. You can't say that anymore. After the past years infections, they went ahead and pasteurized the beer. What you are drinking now is what you'll be drinking later. Any hope you had of aging these beers has died, just like how one's soul feels waiting in front of a Binny's on a cold Thanksgiving night.
This leads us to the other heart break waiting to happen. Tackling the issue of the declining quality of this beer. When you scale up there's always going to be something lost in the move. In this case, over the past few years it has been pretty clear that the taste of this once great beer is falling. Either that or other local breweries took note and improved on the work that Goose Island led. Which makes you wonder if it's time to move on from this abusive relationship you have with Bourbon County.
Stacking it up against Bottle Logic's Darkstar November, there's nothing to be said. DSN takes the win easily. Even if it's perceived as the less sought after BL beer, it won hands down. Showing craft breweries do it better.
With ruling out taste as an excuse to why you're still buying, we need to address another thing the masses are forgetting. The quality control issues. With a history of infections in the past few years both fully confirmed and some that, well, folks just speculated wasn't tasting to its peak, I have to wonder why you would even trust this beer anymore. The amount of refunds Goose Island had to issue for the four brands that were infected should have been an indication. Even with the notion that a fat check and a free shirt working as blinders to washing that bad taste and memory out of your mind, shouldn't the Untapped badge of gushing swill be the reminder to stay away?
We already know that this year's Barleywine Ale Reserve 2017 was pulled because the end results were as the brewers said "It doesn't taste like what we wanted it to". If that's not a sign similar to a rattlesnake tail rattling, a puffer fish puffed up or a dog growling to stay the fuck back from, then I don't know what is.
Ultimately, this fickle nature shouldn't be surprising. It's hard to hold up one's ethical code in the face of something that seems one wants to be apart. Much like I'm sure how today the same folks who were all adament about keeping craft beer craft and were buying BCBS are the same tossing back a couple at their local brewery tasting room touting the merits in how they're taking part of Small Business Saturday. Just remember that you ain't lying to us, you're lying to yourself.
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Marley Nicholls: '14,000 sign up as stem cell donors'
Parents Shaney Truman and Joe Nicholls with sons Marley and George
An "amazing" 14,000 people have signed up to become potential stem cell donors since a campaign was launched last month to find a "life saver" for six-year-old Marley Nicholls, according to his mother.The Newport boy needs a bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed with a rare blood disease this summer.His mother Shaney Truman said: "There are a lot of lovely people out there."But we will not stop until we find that special someone."Marley has recently returned home from hospital for treatment after picking up an infection.
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And he will not be able to start the new school term next week as he has become susceptible to bugs.Ms Truman said it was upsetting that he could not join his friends at school.And his younger brother George, four, who starts reception class, has also been asking why Marley will not be joining him."We don't want to jeopardise anything," said Ms Truman.
Marley has been diagnosed with aplastic anaemia, which affects between 30 and 40 children each year in the UK and stops the body producing enough blood cells.It means he needs a bone marrow transplant to live.The family's biggest hope of a suitable donor was Marley's brother, but George was found not to be a match.So their parents launched the Marrow for Marley campaign on Facebook, calling on people to add their names to a register to become a stem cell donor.And the results have been "overwhelming", according to Ms Truman. "This has restored by faith in humanity," she said.Potential donors sign up and receive a mouth swab kit which they use at home. This is then sent off to be tested and the records are stored in case they match a patient, comparing the white cells in the blood to reveal tissue types.If a match is found, the donor is then contacted to begin the donation process which can be similar to giving blood in most cases.
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New PDF release: Machine-Age Comedy
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During this most recent addition to Oxford's Modernist Literature & tradition sequence, popular modernist pupil Michael North poses primary questions on the connection among modernity and comedian shape in movie, animation, the visible arts, and literature. Machine-Age Comedy vividly constructs a cultural background that spans the complete 20th century, displaying how alterations wrought by way of industrialization have endlessly altered the comedian mode. With willing analyses, North examines the paintings of quite a lot of artists--including Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Marcel Duchamp, Samuel Beckett, and David Foster Wallace--to exhibit the artistic and unconventional methods the routinization of business society has been explored in a large array of cultural types. all through, North argues that smooth writers and artists came upon whatever inherently comedian in new reports of repetition linked to, enforced through, and made inevitable through the computing device age. eventually, this wealthy, tightly centred examine bargains a brand new lens for knowing the devlopment of comedic constructions during times of huge social, political, and cultural switch to bare how the unique promise of recent lifestyles might be extracted from its functional unhappiness.
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Sometimes, on a smaller scale, Keaton does rather glibly humanize an object, like the accordion-fold towel rack he fits with a boxing glove to make a turn signal in Cops. Even here, though, he seems only to unleash an unexpected intention, inherent within the object, that leaps out and slugs an unsuspecting policeman as if it had been waiting for that very moment. In this scene, the policeman, who has become a mere traffic signal, is more of a machine than the towel rack, which strikes him wickedly from behind.
In their purest form, they were simply practical jokes recorded on film. Stringing several of these together in a series produced a longer film but one that obeyed no prior rules of logic or aesthetic form. 30 Partly due to the influence of American comedy, there was a remarkably similar debate in Soviet film circles during the 1920s. ”31 The conflict has to do with the extent to which the individual shot or episode should be integrated into a larger whole, with FEKS insisting, in a slapstick vein, that there should be as little integration as possible.
His was, in other words, an aesthetic interest, and it was in this sense not so very different from the vogue for machines that swept the European avant-garde, starting with the Italian Futurists. ”40 Man with the Movie Camera is in a sense another of these manifestos, with shot after shot of industrial machines, most of them observed with such obsessive closeness that it is impossible to discern just what they do. Linked together by Vertov’s incessant crosscutting, these machine parts form a gigantic Rube Goldberg device, the workings of which are supposed to be fascinating in their own right.
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Balkan Odyssey 2010 II: Budva to Dubrovnik
Balkan Odyssey, Travel: Eastern Europe
(Continued from Part I: Belgrade to Adriatic by train)
Day 4: Budva: Marriage proposals, filthy beaches and many, many Russians
Montenegro’s major seaport, Bar is obviously on the coast but unlikely to make anyone’s holiday highlight. I fled early and headed to a proper swimming location. One of my original itineraries was to visit Ulcinj in the south of Montenegro, and from there to go to the Skadar Lake and the town of Skoder in Albania. I eventually defaulted for Budva for safety reasons; apparently the north of Albania is not the greatest hangout place for a solo female traveller.
As I was waiting innocently for the bus to Budva, a massive Land Rover stopped next to me. The sliding window revealed a man of around 30 years old and a grandmother (presumably, his own). I was being offered a lift to Budva for only a few euros, and I could not refuse. I guess it was the sight of the grandmother which partly allayed my fears of driving with a stranger.
The driver, Izet, turned out to be a Muslim Serb (yes, a Muslim Serb, not a Bosniak) from Novi Pazar. One look at me was apparently enough for him to “have found his sole destiny”. From the moment I climbed into that massive car until our arrival in Budva, I had been the unsolicited listener to more flaming love confessions than in my entire (pre-Izet) life. After a brief outline of our future married life together, I was eventually proposed to, but politely refused. Failing to convince me by conventional methods, Izet asked if I preferred gold or silver; thinking about it now, I should totally have asked for a diamond or two. Izet then wrote down his telephone number three times and forced every piece of paper into my hands; “three is my lucky number”. It was hilarious!
The entertainment continued up to the point when Izet slipped a bit about me “staying at home and never having to work again”. Isn’t that every woman’s worst nightmare? Somehow the joke did not seem funny anymore. We were very near Budva, and I urged Izet to stop the car, stuffed some coins into his hand, pulled the door open and ran free. Never having to work again? No, thank you.
Budva: The “Russian Empire”
Budva is best known for being the most popular holiday destination in Montenegro. The city’s population of around 15,000 fades next to over 300,000 visitors the city receives annually. Budva’s popularity with many of my Russian friends, as well as its reputation as a “Mediterranean Kuwait” for the number of millionaires per head of permanent population meant that I was keen to see the city for myself – even if it did not sound like my typical choice of a holiday destination.
My first impression of Budva was predictable; I did anticipate seeing a few Russians around. Even then, the city looked more like a mini version of Sochi rather than the Balkans. The surrounding shop signs were in Russian; Russian-speaking people were passing me by and shop owners were greeting me – на великом и могучем, of course. It was a real Russian empire. I called my mother to share, and, proudly, she said that “the greatest country, Russia will soon take over the whole world, not just Budva”. In case anyone wonders, my mother is Russian. By the sound of it, she is probably more Russian that Putin himself.
I left my luggage at a conveniently located Kangaroo hotel (whose Montenegrin owners lived in Australia for a while, hence the name) and headed to the Slovenska plaža (“Slavic beach”) of Budva. I had been told there were much nicer beaches outside the city – which had to be true, as the “Slavic beach” was indeed quite disgusting. The water by the coast did not even seem salty anymore, so dirty it was. The noise of the throngs of people – and the entertainment facilities targeting them – were enough to block away the subtle symphony of the Adriatic waves. After the previous day’s train journey, however, I really did not mind too much.
My first day in Budva ended with an evening walk. A long promenade along the coast led to the cosy, Venetian-inspired Old Town. Impressive yachts were swaying gently on the waves beside it. I just could not understand why anyone with so much money would ever choose to come to Budva, of all places.
The best views over the Old Town, the harbour and the surrounding scenery of Budva were from the Citadela fortress. I met a few visitors from the former Soviet Union at the top, including a few Latvians living and working in London. So many of us have moved to the UK that I wonder how many have actually stayed in our ailing motherland – and how many will ever return.
Budva’s Citadela
Proudly flying on top of Citadela
Panoramic Budva. Not quite Dubrovnik, but still…
Twilight in Budva
Трус не играет в хоккей
Day 4: Highway walking, paradise swimming and passionate fire-fighters
I fled the hotel early that Sunday morning, and headed off to Sveti Stefan. The distance of 6 km seemed only insignificant; hadn’t I done much longer distances before? Onwards I walked, enjoying some of the most spectacular Adriatic views. Somewhat lowered by Budva, my opinion of Montenegro finally began improving – although I would still disagree with anyone trying to sell the country as “the world’s untouched corner”. Commercial construction works seemed to be going on all around. Trust me; this bride will be anything but a virgin.
The island resort of Sveti Stefan is connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus. It used to be a fishing village but had its last remaining inhabitants evicted back in the 1950s, after which Sveti Stefan was turned into a luxury resort. It enjoyed substantial popularity until the early 1990s, when, with Yugoslavia collapsing, the complex went into decline. The Amanresorts luxury hotel group acquired Sveti Stefan in 2007 and made plans to return it to former glory – but has since fallen victim to the global financial crisis and failed to re-open the resort to date.
Sveti Stefan looked most stunning on the Adriatic’s blue background. Unaware of the access restrictions, I was looking forward to coming in – but was stopped by a red warning sign at the start of the bridge. “Hotel guests only”, it read. I was a bit taken aback but did not look glamorous enough to pretend to be an actual “guest”. A grand re-opening of the island is apparently scheduled on 4 September 2010. I guess I will have to come again!
Montenegro’s beautiful coastline
Perfect in any weather
I continued to Petrovac, a town 11 km south of Sveti Stefan. The place is famous for its long namesake beach, as well as a smaller Lučica beach 500 m south of the town centre. Having heard good recommendations for Lučica from a friend (hvala, Miloše!), I made my way there. Lučica was true paradise of a natural harbour with cleanest sapphire water, green pine trees topping the surrounding hills and thick white sand. It was without doubt among the best beaches I had set my foot on. And, after living in Greece for eight months, I uphold pretty high standards; recommended unreservedly.
Lučica beach: I could have spent a lifetime there
After returning to Budva in the early evening, I felt like taking a walk in the opposite direction – north, towards Tivat. In the final moments of light, I spotted a small path leading left from the main road, just before what looked like a long tunnel. “Mogren fortress”, the sign read, and I gathered it could be an interesting detour.
The road to sunset
Judging by the neglected condition of the fortress, it was not particularly frequented. I made my way over unmowed patches of grass, through an old stone arch into an open area. Then I naturally looked around – and, to my right, saw this magnificent sunset view:
Suddenly I felt the hectic feel of a summer resort dissolving in the silent beauty of a secluded sunset. That is exactly why I love the likes of non-mainstream Greek islands, which combine the comforts of a regular summer holiday with the solitude and magnificent panoramas made for you and no-one else but you. The Adriatic sunset in front of me was truly mesmerising in its glory.
I was so carried away taking photos of the fading sun that I barely noticed I was not the only person at Mogren that evening. Some Polish campers had likewise chosen the cliff for its peacefulness, and were making themselves comfortable there. Out came the tent and the bonfire. I briefly wondered if DIY bonfires were allowed in Montenegro – but, judging by the confidence of the fire starters, they obviously were.
It finally got too dark to take pictures, and I turned back to Budva. I should not have worried about it being dark, though. Just as I was exiting the fortress, the light of several flashlights blinded me. A fire-fighters vehicle was blocking the way, and several fire-fighters were out. What was going on?
“Šta radiš tu?” asked one of the fire-fighters in Serbian. “What are you doing here?” “Slike radim / Making photos” I answered. The fire-fighters laughed. I better had told them who had started the fire. Perhaps it was I who did? Surely there were no other tourists at Mogren that night.
After defending myself in trembling Serbian (I was somewhat scared) and getting showered in disbelief and further accusations, I was asked to lead the men towards the fire. As expected, they let me off after seeing the Polish group. One of the fire-fighters walked me back to the highway. The fact that a female was travelling on her own seemed to puzzle him. “Jesi li sama? Kako si se naučila srpski?” he asked. “Are you alone? How did you learn Serbian?” I made the fatal mistake of telling the truth on both fronts: firstly, that yes I was alone and, secondly, that I actually used to have a Serbian boyfriend for a while. Never say that to anyone in former Yugoslavia, as they will feel a sort of a gentleman’s obligation to step in as a replacement. My fire-fighter’s next question was, predictably, if the two of us could go for a drink. And by the way, did I have a phone number? I decided not to wait until my new acquaintance would no doubt burst out in opulent marriage proposals, politely declined and escaped into the night.
Day 5: More paradise beaches and Podgorica
I had a late and slow start to the next day. For about a month, I had spent my weekends (1) working, (2) soaking in the generous rain of Prague and Copenhagen, (3) falling off the mist-surrounded cliffs on the Faroe Islands, (4) getting up between 3 and 4am to catch some flight and (5) curing my limbs after bike and cliff accidents. I hope therefore that the lazy schedule of my Montenegrin getaway can be excused.
As much as I had enjoyed the Lučica beach, I had to try the others as well, and headed to Drobni Pijesak. The “ground sand” was a bit of a misnomer, as the beach was lined by rather sizeable pebbles – but it was still a fantastic swimming spot. Even with the misfortune of hitting a sea urchin with my right foot (beware) and crawling in pain for a few minutes, I had a blast. Compared to Croatia’s almost absolute prevalence of rocks and the resulting absence of beaches proper, Montenegro made a lovely change.
Drobni Pijesak beach: so wonderfully mine!
I had some colleagues to say hello to in Montenegro’s capital, Podgorica, and left the beach around 1pm. Together with Prishtina, Podgorica was one of the two ex-Yugoslavian capitals I had not yet had the chance to visit.
Halfway between Budva and Podgorica lay Cetinje, a small Montenegrin town better known these days as the gateway for Lovćen National Park. Thanks to its substantial historical heritage as Montenegro’s former capital and a major religious centre, Cetinje currently holds the honorary capital status. It is also the official residence of the country’s president.
I briefly stopped in Cetinje and found the place a wonderful oasis of calmness compared to the commercial Budva. There was nothing much to see in the small town though, so I headed back to the bus station to catch further connection to Podgorica. A taxi driver there started talking to me; somehow most Montenegrin people seemed friendly towards strangers. I was offered a Turkish coffee and a free ride to Podgorica. Why would I be waiting the long five minutes for the bus, anyway? A relative of Uncle Pedja was duly called, and a beautiful car was soon taking me to Podgorica. Seriously, by that point, I was very much a fan of Montenegro and especially its people.
The quiet Cetinje
Uncle Pedja
The mountainous scenery on the Cetinje-Podgorica road was unbelievably beautiful. “Skadar Lake” my driver Saša (apparently a travel agent) said, pointing ahead. I looked straight. Green hills were rising all around, and the lake stood out with its mysterious haze in-between. We turned around the hill, and Podgorica suddenly emerged from a valley below, gloriously lit by the rays of an early evening sun. I did not expect anything of the sort. “Lepa vam je zemlja” I gasped, admiring the stunning beauty of Montenegro, “Yours is a beautiful country”. Saša smiled, pulled out a card with a telephone number and gave it to me. “Next time you’re here, call me” he said. “All excursions for you are free of charge”.
Despite what all my Serbian friends had been brainwashing me for years, Podgorica was actually a very lovely place. With the population of just around 140 thousand, the capital also had a pleasant provincial feel. Many thanks to my wonderful colleagues Rado and Miloš (yes, that was the third Miloš I met within only four days) for a great city introduction! I did not have a chance to take many photos in Podgorica this time, but I am definitely coming back.
Sunset in Podgorica
As I was returning to Budva later that night, the skies seemed to have burst open with an abundant downpour. On a steep mountain road, out old minibus was visibly struggling. The 70 km journey took close to two hours, and I was happy to hit the sack that night. Dubrovnik was waiting for me the next day! (view my full Flickr photo set for Montenegro)
Day 6: Goodbye Budva, Hello Dubrovnik!
Was that really the bus taking us to Dubrovnik? In front of me stood a very old make of an inter-city bus indeed. I consoled myself with the fact that the journey from Budva would not last longer than three hours. Besides, the bus leaving to Skopje from the next bay (and travelling over a much longer distance) deserved a lot more sympathy than ours.
Three hours must have been an optimistic estimate, as the queue of cars at the Croatian border looked truly insurmountable. French, Italian, Romanian, Slovak, Hungarian and local plates were trailing each other on the long way to the passport control. I sighed and prepared myself for a lengthy wait. It was the final day before school (1 September in many parts of Europe), and the parents were no doubt rushing to get their offspring home for the occasion.
It had not even been two hours before my passport was freshly stamped. Croatian passport controllers are matchlessly more creative than their counterparts elsewhere, and stamp my passport in a number of interesting ways. If it is not in the middle of a blank page, then it must be on the folding line of two pages, upside down, on top of my Russian visa (!) or, better still, in the “children” section of my passport. How am I going to explain to my future children why their names are neighbouring some Croatian stamps in my passport? Good thing the document will have probably expired by then.
Finally Dubrovnik!
The road from the Montenegrin border to Dubrovnik featured some stunning panoramic views. I had taken it twice before and was looking out for the first sight of Dubrovnik in the distance. The city soon emerged out of the Adriatic blue, in all its glory. I asked myself what I was only thinking to waste my time in Budva for three days. Comparing the two cities was like flashing a light next to the sun. Dubrovnik was rightly called the “Pearl of the Adriatic”.
Finally the 5-hour transfer was over. I had reached the same hotel where I had also stayed the previous year. It was located on the western side of the Lapad peninsula, a 10-minute bus ride from Dubrovnik’s Old Town. The hotels of Dubrovnik are anything but cheap, and I could not dream of sleeping in a more central location.
At check-in, I had planned a very special experiment. During my 2009 “Balkan Odyssey”, I was told by the hotel staff that the correct way to say “Latvia” in Serbo-Croatian was “Latvija” – and that the reason Serbs were calling it “Letonija” was that “Serbs always got it wrong”. After the 1990s war in former Yugoslavia and the bombing of Dubrovnik by the Yugoslav army, this hardly came as a surprise. I was wondering if the times had changed and addressed the reception lady in the Serbian version of their language. She barely took notice and served me (in Croatian from her side) just like she did the English-speaking couple before me. Even later, my Serbian was generally accepted well around town. An obvious improvement from last time.
After a quick dip in the Lapad bay (the sea was somewhat stormy but warm), I made my way to central Dubrovnik. I had actually hoped to see Cavtat instead, as I had already been to Dubrovnik before – but could not resist re-visiting the glorious city where I had only one day to spare.
There is nothing much I can say about Dubrovnik that has not been said before. With its old fortification walls, red tiled roofs and stone paved streets, the city is an unmatched sight in the modern world, and everyone should visit it at least once. Be careful though, as the place is truly addictive (view my full Flickr photo set here).
Dubrovnik’s Old Town from the City Walls
Panoramic Dubrovnik
Let’s wait till sunset
Dubrovnik’s Old Harbour at twilight
The night was setting in when I returned to the hotel. I suddenly felt sad that my holiday was already coming to an end. Hadn’t it just started? At the same time, I had seen so much in not even one week that it felt like I had been out of London for a month. No less.
Day 7: The summer is over
It was the 1st of September, and, just like years ago when it was the day to return to school, this day marked for me the end of the summer.
The temperatures of the air and the sea felt notably lower than in Montenegro a few days ago. After a quick swim in little other company than a handful of Russian enthusiasts, I lazily transferred to the airport. The pleasant surprise of the day came from British Airways, who very kindly and unexpectedly upgraded me to Business Class. And it is not even that I fly with them that often!
The aeroplane gained speed, and Croatia’s sparkling blue seas and dreamy green mountains soon filled up the entire aircraft. A few more moments, and they disappeared far below. Goodbye, my Adriatic.
When I reached Gatwick airport, I realised that my train to central London was running 10 minutes late. Tired travellers around me were cursing as they accused the entire National Rail of gross mismanagement.
And then I remembered the Belgrade-Bar railway. I remembered being held inside a boiling train for over an hour and praying for the faulty rails to be fixed. I remembered arriving in Bar shortly before midnight, three hours after the scheduled time. I remembered the deadly cigarette smoke filling up the compartments, my overly friendly neighbours, tipsy train conductors and unexpected exhibitionists flashing themselves at our train passing by.
I remembered all that – and just smiled. And got myself a cup of coffee.
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Report: Nationals Pursuing Both Chris Sale and Andrew McCutchen
Ryan Waterman
Headlines, Offseason, Rumors, Transactions, Washington Nationals
It would appear that the Washington Nationals are done playing games, and are tired of coming up just short of the proverbial promised land.
Thus far, the Nats have been depicted as quite the aggressive team this offseason, having been linked to free agents such as Dexter Fowler, Mark Melancon, and Ian Desmond. Washington has also been rumored with potential blockbusters for either Pittsburgh Pirates star Andrew McCutchen, or Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale. In an interesting tweet yesterday from Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the Nationals seem to believe that they have enough ammunition to acquire both Sale and McCutchen.
The #Nats are actually trying to trade for Chris Sale AND Andrew McCutchen and believe they have the prospects to pull off both trades.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) December 5, 2016
Given that the Nationals are two years from potentially losing Bryce Harper, it makes sense for them to load up as much as they possibly can to give them their best shot at winning before Harper’s deal is up. While it’s entirely possible that Washington could lock Harper up, the common belief seems to be that the 24 year-old megastar has played himself outside of Washington’s price range.
In potentially acquiring Sale, the Nationals would add to an already-loaded rotation that includes Stephen Strasburg and the defending NL Cy Young award winner in Max Scherzer. The 27 year-old southpaw has seen a meteoric rise to stardom since his breakout season in 2012. Dating back to that season, Sale has compiled a 70-47 record with a 3.04 ERA. He’s been voted to six-straight All-Star games, and has finished in the top-six of Cy Young voting in the last six seasons, although he has yet to win the award.
The 30 year-old McCutchen would be a huge addition for Washington. In Cutch, the Nats are hoping to add another productive bat to the heart of their lineup, in an effort to perhaps take some pressure off of Bryce Harper, who saw serious regression last season given his 2015 MVP campaign. McCutchen has slugged at least 12 home runs in every major league season, while driving in a minimum of 50 runs per. Dating back to 2011, McCutchen has seen six straight seasons of 20+ homers and 75+ RBIs. As a result of his struggles in 2016, McCutchen’s five-year streak of All-Star game appearances came to an end. The Nats hope that by placing him in a lineup that includes Harper, Trea Turner, and Anthony Rendon, some of the pressure that he felt in Pittsburgh would fall off of his shoulders, and that he would return to his All-Star ways.
Of course, the main question in regards to this report is likely to surround the price. Given McCutchen’s struggles last season, he’ll come at a slightly discounted price, although Pittsburgh is still said to be targeting young talent in return. One name mentioned in a possible deal is 19 year-old outfield prospect Victor Robles. Acquiring Sale will likely take more. Based on recent reports, I’d even say a lot more. Jon Heyman of FanRagSports noted earlier this week that the White Sox were targeting players such as Turner, Alex Bregman, or Dansby Swanson in a potential Sale deal. While the Nationals certainly have the prospect depth to get both deals done, it seems difficult to see how they do so without moving Turner.
With Washington rumored to be so heavily involved in both the trade, and free agency markets, it looks as though we can keep every possible option on the table in regards to the Nationals. This will certainly remain one of the most interesting storylines to watch as the offseason progresses.
UPDATE: The talk around McCutchen appears to have heated up today, as the Rangers have remained in “frequent” talks with the Pirates, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. Jon Heyman of Fan Rags also added on Twitter that the dreaded “mystery team” has also entered the fray. Perhaps the most interesting piece of McCutchen news today, however, came by way of a tweet from Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette, stating that the Pirates [unsuccessfully] asked the Nats for both Lucas Giolito and Victor Robles. Biertempfel went on to add that some in the Nationals organization are worried about a continued decline, and even question his leadership.
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"Megyn Kelly's slow-motion exit from NBC News has turned into an all-out legal battle," CNN reports.
"NBC is said to be reluctant to pay out the rest of her three-year contract, which is reportedly worth $69 million. And Kelly is said to be reluctant to sign away her rights to speak freely.
"Sources confirmed to CNN that one of the sticking points involves something called a non-disparagement clause, which would prohibit Kelly from speaking ill of NBC in the future."
I'm not exactly a Megyn Kelly fan, but I hope - and we all should hope - she holds firm on the rejecting a non-disparagement clause. Silencing a former employee is bad enough, but when that former employee is, well, not exactly a journalist but a media person, it's even worse. Shame on NBC - but then what else is new.
Office Of Labor Standards
Last week: Chicago One Week Away From New Office Of Labor Standards.
We won! It's official! Chicago is now home to an #OfficeOfLaborStandards to enforce all local workplace laws! pic.twitter.com/yvtif1SBxe
— Arise Chicago (@AriseChicago) October 31, 2018
Ed "Chuy" Burke
"Burke's opponents recognize he's been working overtime to repair his image with predominantly Hispanic voters," WBEZ reports.
"He's doing things he has never done before," said Jamie Guzman, who moved from Little Village to Gage Park three years ago for the specific goal of beating Burke. "He is out there knocking doors; he just created a Facebook page. He is definitely pandering."
"In addition to Guzman, Burke is also facing challenger Jose Torrez in February.
"That new Facebook page confirms that Burke has been making the rounds at neighborhood events and appearances at anti-deportation demonstrations. At City Hall, he forced the leadership of a city-funded, social service agency to explain their involvement in detaining child immigrants. More recently, he targeted an agreement the city has with Gary Airport in Indiana for its work deporting immigrants captured from around the Midwest."
But this is the best/worst part:
"Alderman Ed Burke says: 'Say No to Trump by Voting against Rauner on Nov. 6th,'" reads a graphic texted to residents, urging them to vote out Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. The words hover around a photo of Burke standing alongside two of Chicago's most prominent Latino Democrats, U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez and Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia.
Click through to see for yourself.
Patched Out
"Days before the election, a leading motorcycle group is rescinding its endorsement of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner," NPR Illinois reports.
"ABATE of Illinois' political action committee says it's disappointed in a recent executive order from the governor.
"Issued last week, the order is aimed at expanding opportunities for developing self-driving cars in Illinois.
"ABATE warns that the current technology isn't good enough to spot bikers and prevent collisions."
Hmmm, that seems like a stretch. Really, ABATE? Does he at least get to keep his patches?
New on the Beachwood today . . .
Punishing Bullies Doesn't Work
"The current consensus on how to reduce bullying is amorphous. Researchers talk about 'holistic' and 'multi-faceted' approaches that focus on improving both "school climate" and 'social-emotional learning.'
"It's a lot of jargon but from what I can tell, they're talking about building a strong, caring community where students learn to take personal responsibility for their own actions.
"Rather than targeting the bullies, the idea is to teach everyone to be a better person.
"Researchers believe that bullying can thrive when it's socially acceptable and bullying is more likely to be tamped down when it's not 'cool.'"
In other words, it's not about the bully, it's about how everybody else reacts to the bully. Change the community response and the bully will follow.
cc: Republicans.
Honored | Chicago's "Doctor Of Wrestling"
David Curby, who has served as executive director of Beat the Streets Chicago and also coaches a youth wrestling club at St. Sabina, is going into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Anyone here ever lived in a coach house? from r/chicago
#DannyDeVito sighting from the Blue Line Western station. #chicago #cta #PublicTransportation @alwayssunnyfxx https://t.co/dehXTCa56l
A post shared by Tim Inklebarger (@timinklebarger) on Oct 30, 2018 at 8:03pm PDT
Chicago, A Rugby City.
God, The Editor.
MLK: What We Lost.
How Republicans Became Anti-Choice.
We Posed As 100 Senators To Run Ads On Facebook. Facebook Approved Them All.
What Went Wrong At Treasure Island?
This administration ... https://t.co/jwnjKUsJZk
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 30, 2018
Jesus Christ, no pun intended. https://t.co/OMh93FdduH
A Major Metropolitan TV Station Ostensibly Staffed By Adults Put Resources Into Reporting This 'Story' https://t.co/65SC5MDuzC
From his right hand to his left hand and back to his right. https://t.co/RKA420Hqsl
A lot of folks going as viable contenders for mayor of Chicago this year. #Halloween
The Beachwood Tip Line: Spooky action at a distance.
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Food & Drink / Going Out
Vegan kababs come to Camden
WJ London
Your late night guilty luxury might be about to turn into the healthiest and most environmentally friendly evening of lunchtime option!
The UK's first vegan kebab brand, What The Pitta, are opening their third and flagship permanent branch in Camden on Friday 9th March 2018.
What the Pitta uses non-GMO soya chunks, marinated in a blend of Middle Eastern spices and grilled for a smoky kebab flavour, providing the perfect healthy, guilt-free eat in or take out! Bread is handmade on site in front of customers, and filled with homemade hummus, tzatziki, fresh salads and now their famous seasoned soya.
A Vegan Doner Kebab will set you back £7.95, so a bit more than your usual but you're doing the planet and the animals a favour so... we have to decide it's worth it.
The What the Pitta menu also includes a variety of purse-friendly, meat-free options such as Turkish pizza, a couscous salad box and baklava.
Futuristic Food Products Come To Borough
Farmed algae omega-3, ‘wonky veg’ hummus and organic face masks made of unwanted hemp husks. These are just some of the exciting and innovative sustainable products available to try at Borough Market during this year’s London Food Tech Week.
From November 2 to November 4 2017, the UK’s first Food Tech Village will pop-up at the Market Hall showcasing some of the world’s most cutting-edge Food Tech companies.
The public will get the chance to taste innovative food and drink and experience the technology of the future for themselves, some of which has never been seen – or eaten - before in this country.
Claire Pritchard, Borough Market trustee said: “Sustainability is pivotal to Borough Market’s operation, which is why we’re delighted to host this showcase of innovative Food Tech companies for London Food Tech Week. We think this Food Tech Village will take people’s experience of Borough Market to a whole new level, whilst giving people a glimpse into the future of food and drink innovation.”
Some of the companies showcasing their products at the Food Tech Village include:
Simris Alg: The world cannot cope with current levels of mass production in terms of animal products. Based in Sweden, Simris Alg is developing a pioneering solution to this issue: the production of omega-3 from farmed algae as a premium alternative to fish oil.
ChicP: Recognising that 40% of British crops are rejected because of their shape or size, ChicP is a raw vegetable hummus company that is dedicated to producing delicious dips using so-called ‘wonky veg’.
Fresh Check: Fresh Check is revolutionising the way we understand infection by making bacterial contamination visible with a simple colour change from blue to orange. Its products include; Fresh Check Spray, an easy solution for detecting dangerous contaminants like bacteria and bleach, and Smart Use-By Date, which provides an easy on-the-spot guide to the safety of your food. If the label is blue you are good to go but if it is orange you know youcan throw the food away.
Optiat: This beauty company gives a new lease of life to ingredients that would otherwise be discarded. The product range includes organic face masks made from unloved hemp husks and body scrubs consisting of coffee grounds.
Nadia El Hadery, Founder and CEO at YFood, which organises London Food Tech Week, said: “This is the third year London Food Tech Week has been held. This year, we wanted to normalise the concept of Food Tech for Londoners and visitors to give them a unique insight into this amazing, dynamic industry, which is where the idea of the Food Tech Village came from. The UK’s first Food Tech Village is a unique opportunity for people to see first hand some of the world’s most cutting-edge food and Food Tech innovations, that will ultimately help us as humans enjoy a much more sustainable future.”
The Food Tech Village at Borough Market is completely free to attend, but those looking to get more of an inside look at what’s in store during London Food Tech Week can visit www.yfood.com/london-food-tech-week. A standard week pass to London Food Tech Week starts from £1,000 with 70% off for food tech start-ups.
Halloween Dining – Let’s Get Theatrical
Many feel they are too old to get all dressed up and go trick-or-treating in the Capital.. If that's you then please do us a little favour and at least celebrate the spooky month with some Insta worthy restaurant visits!
From 27 – 31st October, guests visiting Bread Street Kitchen and Heddon Street Kitchen will be immersed in a unique and theatrical setting and a host of dark dishes with innovative, show stopping Bacardi cocktails.
A spooky five-course banquet at Heddon Street Kitchen includes dishes such as whole roasted suckling pig served with apple compote and rum glazed pineapple and beef tartare with Bloody Mary rose sauce. The banquet also includes a bubbling Witches Pipe cocktail, featuring kiwi fruit, Bacardi Carta Blanca Rum, activated charcoal and pineapple.
At Bread Street Kitchen Head Chef Paul Shearing has created a darkly delicious menu of braised veal shin with smashed pumpkin and black garlic sauce, beautifully paired with the Twilight Tea cocktail, a goblet of Grey Goose, pumpkin purée, lapsang tea and orange bitters.
The macabre, fantastical décor will fully immerse guests and intriguing dishes will be available alongside with mystical cocktails, to offer the ultimate culinary Halloween experience.
HAPPENINGS / Events
London Evening Standard Food Month
Yesterday ESI Media announced the launch of the London Evening Standard Food Month, a month-long, city-wide festival celebrating the capital’s diverse and influential food scene.
Encompassing every corner of the city, this exciting new food festival will celebrate the dynamic London food scene and the world’s culinary capital.
With hundreds of events throughout June, featuring everything from fine dining and street food, to cafés and late-night eateries, this culinary celebration will simultaneously promote awareness around food waste and food hunger with The Felix Project; official charity partner for the festival.
London is unquestionably the greatest eating city on earth Tom Parker Bowles, Creative Director of London Food Month Renowned food writers Grace Dent and Tom Parker Bowles take on their roles as creative directors of the festival. Together, they will curate a full programme that will see hundreds of events take place throughout the capital during the month of June.
Chefs, restaurants, hotels, food trucks, cafés, bars and more will participate and celebrate in the best that the London food scene has to offer. In addition to this, Fay Maschler, the London Evening Standard’s longest-standing critic and much-loved journalist, will be curating a definitive list of her 50 favourite places to eat in London in 2017.
We’ll be eating the entire world, in one city, 24 hours a day. London loves food and we’re here to prove it - Grace Dent, Creative Director of London Food Month
The centrepiece of London Food Month will be the Night Market, a bustling outdoor dining experience held at an iconic London park over 12 summer nights. Starting June 7 and inspired by the global street food scene, the Night Market will feature up to 50 restaurants, food trucks, bars and live entertainment, from the iconic to the up-and-coming. Full details, including the venue and ticket sales, will be announced in April.
London Food Month will also include exclusive events with internationally-renowned chefs, from the impressive roster of international and British talent, during rare UK appearances. Massimo Bottura, chef-owner of Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, and founder of Food for Soul, is the first chef to be announced to take part in London Food Month, collaborating with The Felix Project.
London is a hub of gastronomy and one of my favourite cities. Thanks to the partnership with the Felix Project, we will be able to create healthier meals from humble ingredients for those who need it most - Massimo Bottura, chef-owner of Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy and founder of Food for Soul.
The full schedule of events and official partners will be featured in the London Food Month programme that will be distributed with the London Evening Standard on May 2. Registration runs from February 21 to March 22. To register your interest, visit www.londonfoodmonth.co.uk
Coming this July Carnaby Street Eat
Carnaby Street Eat Saturday 23 July
Carnaby’s best restaurants, bars and cafés will bring their dishes and concepts out onto the streets with food stalls and trucks serving small bites and delicious signature dishes.
Stalls include Dirty Bones, Señor Ceviche, Crumbs & Doilies, Pizza Pilgrims, The Detox Kitchen, Whyte & Brown, Shoryu Carnaby, Tapas Brindisa Soho, Cha Cha Moon, Rosa’s Thai Café and Dehesa.
Enjoy free entry to the festival, £5 taster dishes and on-the-day offers from over 30 global cuisines alongside live music, entertainment and a series of experiential cooking demos.
Keep up to date at Carnaby.co.uk @CarnabyLondon for more exciting announcements.
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A multi-award winning national construction company with
offices in Llanelli, Cardiff and Bristol, WRW has been at the
forefront of the construction industry for over three decades.
WRW pioneers the latest ideas and innovations to grace the
industry while maintaining the same fundamental value
underlying the company since its inception – building on quality.
Our dedication to delivering exceptional quality remains
unwavering as we deliver progressive and integrated solutions
which represent the very best value for our clients.
Through meticulous project planning and expert collaboration we
drive our projects from beginning to end, and beyond each
project strive to leave a positive and lasting legacy in
the communities that we work in.
At WRW our determined aim is not just to deliver projects which
comply with our customer's requirements, but to
continually and increasingly build on quality.
We aim to consistently improve our performance and
embrace best practice by unswervingly monitoring our
quality objectives.
Quality to us means:
- Exceeding our clients requirements
- Maintaining a safe working environment
- Sustaining company development
- Utilising the latest construction techniques and methodologies
Building on quality is at the very foundation of all we do.
Our philosophy is simple. In order to build on quality across the
business, we must respect and invest in our most important tool for
growth – our people.
We highly value our employees’ skills, diversity and commitment,
and, in recognition of the essential contribution they make,
we ensure that they are appropriately trained and supported in
their roles.
We hold and value the Investors in People accreditation as
testament to our commitment to provide training both to enable
effective performance and to inspire career progression.
Beyond our staff we are committed to building trusting
relationships with our clients, suppliers, and developers from the
ground upwards in order to inspire confidence, ensure
success, and create relationships that will last far beyond the end
of a project.
Essentially we are a business committed to leaving a positive and
lasting legacy that not only resonates through our staff,
clients, and the communities that we work in, but the
surrounding areas and numerous causes across Wales too.
A multi-award winning national construction company with offices in Llanelli, Cardiff and Bristol, WRW has been at the forefront of the construction industry for over three decades.
WRW pioneers the latest ideas and innovations to grace the industry while maintaining the same fundamental value underlying the company since its inception – building on quality.
Our dedication to delivering exceptional quality remains unwavering as we deliver progressive and integrated solutions which represent the very best value for our clients.
Through meticulous project planning and expert collaboration we drive our projects from beginning to end, and beyond each project strive to leave a positive and lasting legacy in the communities that we work in.
At WRW our determined aim is not just to deliver projects which comply with our customer’s requirements, but to continually and increasingly build on quality.
We aim to consistently improve our performance and embrace best practice by unswervingly monitoring our quality objectives.
– Exceeding our clients requirements
– Maintaining a safe working environment
– Sustaining company development
– Utilising the latest construction techniques and methodologies
Our philosophy is simple. In order to build on quality across the business, we must respect and invest in our most important tool for growth – our people.
We highly value our employees’ skills, diversity and commitment, and, in recognition of the essential contribution they make, we ensure that they are appropriately trained and supported in their roles.
We hold and value the Investors in People accreditation as testament to our commitment to provide training both to enable effective performance and to inspire career progression.
Beyond our staff we are committed to building trusting relationships with our clients, suppliers, and developers from the ground upwards in order to inspire confidence, ensure success, and create relationships that will last far beyond the end of a project.
Essentially we are a business committed to leaving a positive and lasting legacy that not only resonates through our staff, clients, and the communities that we work in, but the surrounding areas and numerous causes across Wales too.
Every individual in the WRW team plays an integral part in our success.
We have some of the best in the business and our people are undoubtedly our most valued asset.
The skills and commitment of our staff at every level enable us to deliver the exceptional quality WRW are known for and maintain effective relationships with our clients, developers and suppliers. WRW and its subsidiaries’ management structures are not overly vertical. The close interaction our Directors offer our employees, clients and supply chain provides confidence and expertise to project stakeholders in key decision-making and ultimate project success.
Our Directors bring with them a wealth of knowledge, experience and professionalism from the construction industry and beyond, so that together with the whole team, the WRW offering is strong, comprehensive and unrivalled.
Read more about our Directors, their backgrounds and individual roles below...
Robert Williams MBE
Group Chairman
Founder of WRW as it is known today, Robert is responsible for the overall control and direction of WRW the group.
A former college lecturer in Construction Methodology, Robert plays a pivotal role in community projects throughout Wales, and sits on numerous CITB and government related forums and boards.
In June 2013, Robert was honoured with an MBE for promoting construction training in Wales in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Robert is a highly experienced construction professional, with a proven track record of delivering high level award winning construction projects over the period of three decades.
Debbie Williams
A founding member of WRW with 38 years’ experience in business which began with one of the largest accountancy and auditing practices in Wales, Ashmole & Co.
6 years in a thriving busy office gave her a strong foundation in the art of accountancy and people management.
Subsequently taking the opportunity to join the growing Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society, working at the coal face, helped hone her communication skills.
When Robert Williams Painting was born she oversaw all areas of finance and administration including payroll, accounts payable and receivables, job costing, cash management, general ledger, inventory, banking, and reconciliations.
As the company grew she initiated and helped develop company policies and procedures as well being the focal point for human resources management, liaising with contractors and clients.
Debbie an inspiration and proud mother of 3 still plays a significant role in the Finance Department coupled with undertaking special projects on behalf of WRW Group.
Jon Williams
Leading on business strategy formation and implementation, Jon plays a key role in the overall development and growth of WRW Construction.
Jon is also responsible for overall management, development and maintenance of WRW’s Integrated Management System which includes the development of operational tools and systems for all business activities to improve WRW’s delivery methods.
Having been a key figure within WRW for over a decade, Alun leads on all commercial aspects of the business and controls the commercial operations of the Company.
As a fully-qualified quantity surveyor, Alun has a strong background, and over 25 years of experience, delivering the commercial elements of projects over a multitude of different contracts.
His industry knowledge coupled with his Post Graduate diploma in Construction Law and Arbitration ensures that he is well equipped to drive the commercial and programme related elements of the company’s construction activities.
Alun also spearheads the development of the strategic growth and diversification of the company’s activities.
Heather Davies
Heather manages all company Training & Human Resources activities as well as the implementation and management of development initiatives.
With a background in the NHS, Heather brings excellent interpersonal skills to the company, helping to maintain positive relations with the general public, clients, and anyone affected by the company’s activities.
Regularly liasing with training providers, Heather has ensured the successful development of several apprentices and trainees.
Heather has been instrumental in the implementation of the Company’s Business Plan which ensures all of our staff is continually developing alongside our company objectives.
Andrew Pettigrew
As WRW’s Technical Director, Andrew leads on design, cost planning, project negotiation, competitive tendering and estimating activities.
Andrew is well versed in design management and has extensive experience of using all major procurement routes from within the PFI, PPP, NEC 3 and JCT family of contracts.
Prior to joining WRW he held the position of Technical Services Director at a Multinational Contractor where he was responsible for pre-construction activities for Wales and South West region.
Andrew is an advocate of collaborative methods to achieve project outcomes and plays a fundamental role in articulating our company values from the outset of a project.
Alex Jenkins
Alex leads on WRW’s management and strategy formation for its accounting and finance functions.
He is a Chartered Accountant with over fifteen years’ industry experience since graduating with 1st in Mathematics from Bristol university. He has previously worked for the likes of Arthur Andersen, Kraft Foods, Allied Domeq and Dunbia Wales in roles ranging from Audit to Financial Controller.
Due to the breadth of his experience, Alex has a deep understanding of accounting and finance covering: audit, reporting, planning, analysis and management.
Stuart Brown
As Operations Director Stuart works closely with Alun Jones and Jon Williams to guide our operational teams through the construction process, maintaining a consistent point of contact throughout for our client stakeholders.
Stuart transitions projects from our pre construction to post construction departments to ensure familiarity and continuity in our approach.
Stuart has worked up through various operational positions including Site Manager, Assistant Project Manager, Project Manager and Construction Manager before attaining his current status as Operations Director.
He has worked on several complex projects which incorporate Lean Construction methodologies where he was instrumental in the coordination, planning and delivery of all activities.
A HISTORY OF SUCCESS
WRW WAS BORN
Robert and Debbie Williams formed Robert Williams Painting Decorating in the garage of their home in Mynyddygarreg.
Company moves to it’s new office near Kidwelly Train Station.
MAIN CONTRACTOR
The company undertakes its first Building Project as Main Contractor. Working as a multi-disciplined sub-contractor WRW inherited the project from the main contractor who unfortunately went in to administration.
BECOMING LIMITED
Robert and Debbie decide to incorporate the company to minimise the risks associated with being a sole trader. W.R.Williams Construction Limited
W.R.Williams Developments Limited is formed and incorporated.
REACH A MILLION
W.R.Williams Construction Limited’s turnover exceeds £1m for the first time.
The backbone of the current group is established as Grwp WRW Cyf is formed as Parent company to W.R.Williams Construction Limited and W.R.Williams Developments Limited.
MILLION POUND CONTRACT
W.R.Williams Construction Limited is appointed as main contractor for its first £1m+ Project. The site at Melin Mynach involved the construction of 72 Dwellings comprising of x31 3 Bedroom Houses, x27 2 Bedroom Houses, x4 2 Bedroom Flats and x10 1 Bedroom Flats.
The group relocates to Goring Road, Llanelli from Kidwelly to continue its growth.
BRAND CHANGES
As part of a new branding strategy W.R.Williams Construction Ltd becomes WRW Construction Ltd and W.R.Williams Developments becomes WRW Developments Ltd.
BIG CONTRACT
WRW Construction Ltd is appointed main contractor to deliver Pentre Nicklaus in Llanelli. The £25m project covers 4 phases for the construction of 120 residential dwellings of 15 different house types, all to a very high specification, including infrastructure works to high adoptable standards and roadways.
WRW Construction Ltd’s turnover passes £5m for the first time.
DOUBLE DIGITS
WRW Construction Ltd experiences significant growth and almost doubles in size within the year and reaching over £10m turnover.
GROWING PRESTIGE
WRW Construction Ltd is appointed to construct the Machynys Peninsula Golf Club. The project consisted of the design and construction of a 1600m² two storey Golf Club comprising of a Pro Shop, changing facilities, spa, sauna and health suite as well as a bar, restaurant, function room and kitchen area, together with all associated external works, drainage and incoming services.
WRW Construction Ltd completes its first BREEAM Excellent project at Canolfan Gorseinon Centre. The project was for the design and build of a new community centre to house start-up offices, training room, a creche, multi-purpose hall, along with associated offices and welfare accommodation and external works.
WRW mourns at the tragic Passing of Director Raymond Gravell. Ray was a man who epitomised Welsh culture and compassion. From being a very close friend of WRW founders Robert and Debbie and latterly to his role as a Director, Raymond brought a sense of passion for life which was rarely rivalled. His rugby achievements are legendary as a Scarlet, Welsh International and as British and Irish Lion and his sincerity and compassion will never be forgotten. In memory of one of Wales’ greatest ambassadors, WRW Group Chairman Robert Williams is a founder Trustee and current Chairman of the Ray Gravell and Friends Charitable Trust. The Trust supports causes and individuals in West Wales that we know would have been close to his heart. – See more at: http://www.gravaffrindiau.co.uk/
CONTINUED GROWTH
WRW Construction Ltd turnover exceeds £20m for the first time.
WRW Construction Ltd is appointed to design and build the £11m Ysgol y Ffwrnes for Carmarthenshire County Council. The project reaches BREEAM Outstanding rating.
As part of its continued growth and success in the area, WRW open its first regional office in Cardiff bay.
The Burry Port CP School project for Carmarthenshire County Council is delivered to Passivhaus standard and is Runner Up in the Construction Excellence Wales Sustainability Award.
WRW awarded £3m contract for Burry Port CP School with Carmarthenshire County Council marking WRW’s first foray into BIM certified projects.
WRW reaches £38m turnover for its financial year with an order book of over £100m
As part of its continued growth and success in the area, WRW open its first South West regional office at Aztec West Business Park in Bristol.
SKILLS AND TRAINING
WRW Achieved CITB National Skills Academy for Construction Status to target investment into jobs, skills and training. As the only SME in Wales to run an internal Skills Academy, WRW continue to demonstrate their commitment to apprentices, training and supporting local firms to leave a lasting community legacy.
TRAINING EMPLOYER
WRW become an ICAEW Authorised Training Employer of the world leading chartered accounting qualification, ACA.
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