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Design & Implement OpenStack Cloud Computing Software Platform
by cloudIn DevOps, Docker, OpenStackAugust 5, 2018August 5, 2018
OpenStack is a cloud computing platform that offers the ability to provision, administer, and decommission resources as needed. OpenStack resources include compute, networking, and storage services. The OpenStack source code is open source written in Python. It provides an API for deploying and administering storage components, network devices, and hypervisor Virtual Machine (VM).
With OpenStack, organizations can create, build, and deploy various types of clouds: public, private, and a hybrid between public and private clouds. Examples of cloud deployments include research clouds, government clouds, and video streaming clouds. By using OpenStack, you can replace a physical infrastructure in a data center with a virtualized network called a software-defined network.
You can interact with OpenStack by using:
– A graphical user interface (Horizon Dashboard)
– Command-line interface
– Application Programming Interfaces
OpenStack is a free software project licensed under the open source Apache 2.0 License. By 2014, more than 200 companies joined the OpenStack project effort. Individual members, corporate sponsors, and others meet every six months at the OpenStack Design Summit, a community event. The first two OpenStack services released in the initial release were Nova Compute and Swift Block Storage. Organizations using OpenStack include NASA, CERN, AT&T, Wikimedia Labs, and Deutsche Telekom. Sectors embracing OpenStack include Academic, Government, Healthcare, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Film, Media, Gaming, Retail, and Finance.
– OpenStack Service Architecture
Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux, which is free to download from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, installs, deploys, and runs on Oracle Linux. You can download a zip file containing the Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux software for the x86-64 architecture directly from Oracle. You import the Docker image files extracted from the zip into the Docker registry during the installation process. Note that you need at least 2 GB of disk space to download the zip file. Oracle’s yum server is available for downloading the latest rpm software for free. Oracle Linux users can automate the yum configuration by running the following commands:
cd /etc/yum.repos.d
wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol7.repo
You can manually configure their /etc/yum/public-ol7.repo configuration file by enabling the OpenStack stanza. When enabled, you can download and upgrade rpm software such as kolla-cli and docker-engine.
Docker was initially announced on March 13, 2013 by its creator Solomon Hykes during a lightning talk at Pycon 2013. The Docker software is written in the Go language and is licensed under the open source Apache 2.0 license. The purpose of Docker is to decrease the time to develop, ship, and run applications regardless of the underlying infrastructure. Docker helps you manage and deploy your applications by using its command-line interface and daemon.
Docker is used to create image-based application containers. Image-based containers package an application with the individual runtime stack into a single container. This makes the container independent from the host operating system and kernel version. As a result, you can run the same application, unchanged, on laptops, data center VMs, and clouds that run a compatible operating system. You can transfer this container to another machine that runs Docker and run the application without any compatibility issues.
The following are additional advantages of running applications within Docker containers:
Docker images contain only the content needed to run an application, so they are smaller than VMs, which require the entire operating system.
A Docker container runs faster than an application that includes the overhead of an entire VM.
A Docker container includes its own network interfaces, file system, and memory, which allows the application running in the container to be isolated and secured from other processes on the host computer.
– Docker Architecture
The Docker Architecture includes Docker Client, Docker Engine daemon, and Docker registry either remotely on Docker Hub or locally in a private registry. Docker Client sends commands over Unix sockets to the daemon for processing. For example, the daemon can pull images from a registry, build new images, or run commands in a container.
Docker Hub hosts an online remote registry for storing and sharing public Docker images. If an image does not exist locally, the daemon pulls the image from Docker Hub or perhaps a local, private registry hosted by an individual or an organization. Oracle hosts public “Dockerized” images of Oracle Linux and MySQL at https://hub.docker.com/_/oraclelinux and https://hub.docker.com/_/mysql. The Docker images for Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux are available from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud at https://edelivery.oracle.com. After downloading and extracting Docker images from the zip file, you need to import the images into a local Docker registry.
– OpenStack Deployment:
You can deploy Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux in various scenarios.
All-in-one node
One controller node and one or more compute nodes
One controller node, one network node, and one or more compute nodes
Multi-node including controller, network, storage, and compute nodes
A multi-node deployment is the supported option for production-ready deployments of Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux.
This is the sequence of events that leads you to a successful deployment:
Oracle builds Docker image files of the OpenStack services and the components needed for the OpenStack services.
You download these image files and install them to a Docker registry.
From the Oracle Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) or the Oracle Yum repository, download Kolla-CLI. Kolla-CLI is a tool for deploying production-ready Docker containers.
Use Kolla-CLI to configure services such as Neutron and Nova.
Deploy the Docker containers to your target nodes.
After deploying Oracle OpenStack, open a web browser to view the login screen. The login screen provides a web form to log in to Horizon Dashboard with a username and password. Typically, the administrator logs in after a new OpenStack deployment. An administrator is someone who installs, configures, and manages an OpenStack cloud, whereas an operator is someone who plans and maintains an OpenStack installation.
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Not far from the Valley of the Kings lie hundreds of unique and wonderfully decorated tombs from the New Kingdom belonging to courtiers and high officials, along with the artisans who worked on the royal tombs. Life in Paradise, illustrated with spectacular new photographs, gives the reader unprecedented and privileged access to a selection of these extraordinary monuments. The beautiful scenes and texts that adorn their walls include some of the most exquisite examples of Egyptian art to be found anywhere in the land of the Nile, reflecting the aristocratic status of the tomb owners. The glorious paintings and elegant reliefs depict in fascinating detail life both on earth and in paradise for the ancient Egyptians, providing a window into their daily existence and religious beliefs. Combining scholarship with superb photography, including numerous foldouts, this magnificent volume illuminates the mysterious world of ancient Thebes and the nobles who lived and died there in Egypt’s Golden Age.
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New facility at Texas Medical Center’s innovation campus to focus on non-surgical medical Robotics systems
Global market estimated to reach nearly 60,000 non-surgical medical robots by 2025, almost quadrupling vs. 2018
ABB announced that it will introduce collaborative robots to medical laboratories as it opens a new healthcare hub at the Texas Medical Center (TMC) innovation campus in Houston, Texas.
The facility will be ABB’s first dedicated healthcare research center when it opens in October 2019. ABB’s research team will work on the TMC campus with medical staff, scientists and engineers to develop non-surgical medical robotics systems, including logistics and next-generation automated laboratory technologies.
Sami Atiya, President of ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business said, “The next-generation laboratory processes developed in Houston will speed manual medical laboratory processes, reducing and eliminating bottlenecks in laboratory work and enhancing safety and consistency. This is especially applicable for new high-tech treatments, such as the cancer therapies pioneered at the Texas Medical Center, which today require manual and time-consuming test processes.”
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As the world population ages, countries are spending an increasingly larger proportion of their GDP on healthcare. In addition to improving the quality of patient care, increasing healthcare efficiency through automation can ease some of the societal, political and financial challenges that this will cause. The market for non-surgical medical robots is estimated to reach nearly 60,000 by 2025 with the market almost quadrupling vs. 2018, according to an internal ABB research.
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Houston is a focal point for medical technology research globally and the TMC innovation ecosystem is the ideal location for ABB’s new healthcare hub. A 20-strong team from ABB Robotics will work in the new 5,300 sq ft (500m2) research facility, which includes an automation laboratory and robot training facilities, as well as meeting spaces for co-developing solutions with innovation partners.
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Like a really complicated version of OpenTable —
Google Duplex arrives on iPhones, most Android devices
Book restaurants with the Google Assistant's human-like voice AI.
Ron Amadeo - Apr 3, 2019 2:50 pm UTC
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Google Duplex—the Google Assistant's restaurant-booking phone call bot—is finally getting a wider rollout. The tool was previously only available on Google's Pixel phones, but now you can send out a robocall from most smartphones. An updated Duplex support page (which was first spotted by XDA Developers) now shows support for "iPhones with the Google Assistant installed" and "Android devices running version 5.0 or newer."
Google Duplex is one of the more impressive products Google has shown off in recent years. Just ask the Google Assistant to make a restaurant reservation at a certain time, and it will do it. By "do it," I mean it will make a phone call to a business, speak to the business on your behalf with one of the most human-sounding computer-generated voices ever made, negotiate a reservation time, and get back to you.
Google's video is a good representation of how it works:
Duplex in action.
Talking to Google Duplex: Google’s human-like phone AI feels revolutionary
Last summer I was able to take restaurant reservations from Duplex—Google had a few journalists pack into a New York City Thai restaurant and field phone calls from its voice AI. Over the low-quality codec of a voice call, Google's voice technology sounds almost indistinguishable from a human, complete with emulated human flaws like pauses in speech and disfluencies like "um" and "uh" in the middle of a sentence.
There isn't just one Duplex voice, either. Google's voice technology was able to generate voices from a range of artificial people, with different personalities and styles of speech. Duplex also does an incredible job of understanding the real human on the other line, and it almost seems like a full generation ahead of the voice technology currently in the Google Assistant or Siri. If something does go wrong, though, Google has a call center of actual humans standing by.
Using what is probably the best voice AI on Earth to book restaurants, which you can already do over the Internet without speaking to anyone at all, seems like a waste, but Google is being very conservative with its new voice technology. For now, it's trained to book reservations and that's it. But even simply using Duplex up until now has been difficult. You needed the right phone—a Google Pixel—and you needed to be in the right location—at first four cities, now 47 states. With the wider device and location roll out, Duplex should soon be usable by most people in the US.
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Faeton Smack-Fu Master, in training
reply Wed Apr 03, 2019 9:53 am
So, ~5 years till it's cut?
Shanrak Ars Scholae Palatinae et Subscriptor
Faeton wrote:
That's pretty optimistic of you
I'd put the over/under at 3.5
Bender B Rodriguez Seniorius Lurkius
in view of the main article about Google's habit of killing things, how long will this last? I am not sure I want to try it. Whats the point if it will not be around in two months, as cool as it sounds?
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terry1978 Smack-Fu Master, in training
I enjoy Google's hardware and their applications, I really do. But they're like that kid that plays with his Legos and builds all this complex shit and two minutes later is like, I'm bored and knocks it all down.
As impressive as this technology is, I'd like to see it deployed by a company whose main business isn't advertising.
PhoenixPath Ars Praetorian
Looking forward to being able to take reservations from someone I can understand, isn't rude, and can give me the information I need without a lot of unnecessary BS.
Taking someone's reservation should be a quick task; sadly, many people barely seem to know their own names most days.
trimeta Ars Tribunus Militum et Subscriptor
This isn't actually one of those services where you get invested and then have the rug pulled from under you. You ask the Google Assistant to book you a restaurant or other appointment, and so long as Duplex is operational, it'll do that. If/when Duplex is cut, you'll just get a "Sorry, I can't do that" message, and can call the restaurant yourself. It's not like you're investing a lot of time or money into the service.
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SenorDante Seniorius Lurkius
reply Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:01 am
I was going to try this out but then I remembered how Reader and Inbox stabbed me in the back.
Zorro Ars Tribunus Militum
I have never need or asked for this capability.
The numbers are in the Phone.
"Carnitas Burrito with Everything. Ready in 15 Minutes? Inbound"
And I'm done!
jimlangrunner Ars Centurion
yeah - Maybe.
Already, I automatically hang up on machines, and when I'm asked if the call may be recorded, I respond with "no."
How will Duplex handle that sort of thing? Or even just the "you may not record the call" response?
Yes, I'm finicky. I wonder how it will handle that.
On the other hand, if Duplex could TAKE calls, routing the call to wherever it needs to go when I say "I need help fixing the certificate on my website", that would be awesome. I never know if I need "hosting" or "Tech support" or some other thing on the voice menu, and I get lost. Almost invariably, the poor tech who gets the call has to listen to my problem, then reroute the call to the right place. And even they get it wrong sometimes.
Can it solve THAT problem?
Hort Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
"...calling restaurants to make a reservation..."
That's very 2010...
Since the vast majority are now made via Open Table, Tock, Resy and the like. We switched one of our restaurants to an online platform and eliminated 90% of the phone reservations.
Only a matter of time when the AI om you phone can handle dealing with the AI of an online reservation platform I suppose.
Sixclaws Ars Praefectus
Shanrak wrote:
I'll give it six months of post-launch security patches, then a new reskin for the next pastry version of Android, and then left to rot but not retired until a near identical product with the same features replaces it.
Lather.
thebonafortuna Ars Tribunus Militum et Subscriptor
What Google has built here is an astounding achievement in AI, and they’re showing unusual restraint in rolling it out. No doubt they’ve learned from the hard lessons other AI vendors have experienced from overselling capabilities.
And yet almost every comment in here so far is about how Google will eventually give up and piss off a lot of users. That says a whole lot.
Something I’d like to see explored more on Ars is more depth given to how companies like Google benefit from users of these systems. Less policy, more hard science. The policy angle is great and well worth covering, but there should be more awareness as to how USING these systems is in itself benefitting the algorithms.
co-lee Ars Scholae Palatinae et Subscriptor
while an impressive tech demo, this use case just seems weird ...
I kinda like to look at the list of available times in Resy or OpenTable and pick. And it seems like a lot of work to tell my AI the consideration that would lead to picking an alternate time if my preferred time weren't available.
So, cool demo ...
Using what is probably the best voice AI on Earth to book restaurants, which you can already do over the Internet without speaking to anyone at all, seems like a waste, but Google is being very conservative with its new voice technology.
Once they teach this AI to do tech support over the phone..
graylshaped Ars Legatus Legionis et Subscriptor
Google is in the business of auctioning off advertisers' access to you. How long until Duplex is being used to robocall you based on your online behavior and/or real-life location?
No, thank you. I'm not going to help Google improve this technology. I'll stick with OpenTable.
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Something else many commenters seem to miss: if you ask the Google Assistant to tell you the store's hours or book an appointment, and there's an automated way to do that (the store already told Google its hours, they use OpenTable or equivalent to manage bookings, etc.), the Assistant will just use those tools. It only goes to Duplex if there's no other way. So from a user perspective, you shouldn't even be aware of whether Duplex got activated.
andit Smack-Fu Master, in training
I appreciate the degree of computer science that has gone into this, but when I consider the enormous amount of computing power expended to solve the "problem" of booking a table at a restaurant without having to personally interact with a human being, I'm left feeling somewhat dejected.
Perhaps this is a first step towards a greater vision that does have value. I'm pessimistic Google are the guys to do that though. Its all about the ad revenue baby.
And I read this just yesterday too: http://inessential.com/2019/04/02/efficient_software
Just not sure what to think about this at all.
madmax559 Ars Tribunus Militum et Subscriptor
Depending on how they trained this, and I'm thinking of Microsoft's chatbot here that went awry.
If they decided to "personalize" it to individual tastes & if the assistant got skewed......
.... you aka the user might unintentionally manage to piss off quite a few of their favorite restaurants
or leak private info based on their website browsing or calendar schedules
G: "Hi this is Deuplex ...I'm calling on behalf of Mr. Anderson".....
H: um Hi. how may we help you ?
G: I'd like to make a reservation for dinner .....for 2 .....or maybe 1.....if he get's stood up.
He did say he liked the food, but the salad was crap.......pause...... HA HA HA....(attempt at laughter)
Anyways go easy on the spices because of his hemorrhoid problem....
CLICK....
bratkitty Wise, Aged Ars Veteran et Subscriptor
Hort wrote:
How much do these services charge the restaurants?
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ikjadoon Ars Centurion
trimeta wrote:
That's what it offers now. Google will expand Duplex into a service: "Cancel your phone service. Pay $14.99/month to use Google Assistant for all calls!" And then 18 months later, "Due to a shift in priorities, Duplex will no longer function for outgoing calls. Thanks so much for trying it out with us!"
jimlangrunner wrote:
Absolutely a key concern: Duplex is just an incredibly sophisticated robocaller. How long until consumers refuse *all* phone calls from robocall PTSD and/or robocalling firms start imitating Google's basic voice personality, poisoning Google's well?
ikjadoon wrote:
So, you're complaining that Google will fail to support a service which doesn't exist and which they haven't announced or even remotely suggested they're interested in developing? I know that everyone has PTSD from past Google cancellations, but you may be going a bit overboard.
bratkitty wrote:
https://www.quora.com/How-much-does-Ope ... he-service
Do we sincerely think Google will stop at restaurant reservations? Are we considering Google's multi-billion dollar ambition in AI and voice recognition?
This current stage is absolutely intended for all parties to get acclimated, both the callers and the receivers, towards using an AI personality go-between for calls.
There's no harm now, but I think it's fair to have a wider discussion on whether users should support Duplex's innocent beginnings from a company who's biggest interest in AI is not necessarily to offer long-term stability for its users, but instead primarily collect as much advertising data as legally possible for as long as expedient.
The only thing I enjoy that Google Assistant does regarding calls is screen the ones you don't want to hear and the caller is forced to deal with a robotic voice like you would.
fenncruz Ars Centurion et Subscriptor
co-lee wrote:
My guess is its still a fairly limited set of interactions (possible questions how many?, when?) so is being used to help train the system for more complex problems coming soon (depending whether google has already cancelled it or not)
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SenorDante wrote:
The thing is, those products were super-innovative. If you just didn't use them for the years they were out, you would have just been using gmail or some copy cat of gmail. And for reader, there was really nothing else like it, the whole product category may have never been invented (although its death seems to have destroyed many RSS feeds, and I still haven't found a replacement as good as Reader was, and for Inbox, they did incorporate the best features into Gmail, I still miss Inbox, but why use something worse?).
This is just another case where there isn't really a better alternative. The assistant does use OpenTable and other reservation services if they're available instead of calling, but it makes sure when you ask your assistant to make a reservation, it almost always works, no matter how small and unsophisticated the restaurant. And with this service, there really is almost no investmnent. It gets discontinued, I go back to doing it the way you're doing it. I benefited for the time they had it... yeah, it sucks, I think Google makes a huge mistake by doing that, but it was still a net benefit for me.
The real fear I have from Google is on the services that require actual time or money investments from me. I am a bit afraid to use their APIs and App Engine now, because if I invest money into that platform and put all those hours into designing it around their infrastructure, even if its better then everyone else, it just seems too risky to deal with that devastating blow.
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Where do you live (country, state/province)? I've never heard the type of prompt you mention. Here (US, MD) it's always "This call may be recorded for quality assurance purposes..." with no choice given.
I'm also not sure why you'd care if an automated voice whose only remit is making a reservation for you is recorded. Said conversation can only contain information from your side that you determine in advance, and all that information would be entered into a reservation system that already exists on the restaurant side even if you call the restaurant yourself. I can see not wanting to use Duplex since it would mean Google would have even more information about you, but that would happen even if the conversation isn't recorded.
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Bender B Rodriguez wrote:
Came here to say the same thing. Even in the AI space, Google's history has been awful. Google Now was arguably _far_ more effective for the end-user than Assistant, with features like "Leave Now" and suchlike that actually did you some good. All gone, and those without even the polite eff-you messages we got about Reader, Hangouts, Spaces, and Inbox.
It's come to the point that I'm not trying any of Google's new toys, because I _know_ I can count on them being shut down in a very foreseeable future.
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"Google Duplex arrives on iPhones...."
Apparently Apple's proprietary voice AI isn't proceeding very well.
cogwheel wrote:
I'm being (a little) facetious when I say "asked". If it's a person, I attempt to head that kind of thing off. When I hear this: "This call may be recorded for quality assurance purposes..." my response is: "You may not record the call." In PA, they must either stop recording or stop the call. Kind-of ticks the callers off because I (1) take them off their stride and (2) They cannot complete the call they are paid to place.
I don't like robocalls, and I despise people that want to gather data on me for marketing purposes.
Iron Clad Burrito Ars Legatus Legionis
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[edit] Spot Google's PR team!
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barich Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius
I absolutely loathe talking to people on the phone (in person is fine). If you run a restaurant, and you won't take reservations online (because Google Assistant tries that first) and also hang up on Duplex, I will find another place to eat. And if you don't run a business, why would Duplex be calling you anyway?
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thebonafortuna wrote:
Well that editorial about Google constantly killing everything is still fresh in peoples' minds. Give it a month and most of them will have already forgotten about it, hence how Google stays in business.
Seraphiel Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius
At least this doesn't require any particular long-term commitment. It's not like you're (intentionally) storing data in it that you need to retrieve in the distant future. Every interaction you would have with it is disposable.
Sixclaws wrote:
You're optimistic.
What they'll do is give it an Indian accent and teach it to call people "from Windows" about the "virus" on their computer.
mpetty423 Ars Praetorian et Subscriptor
My understanding from trying to read through the lines in presentations is that Google built this for internal use.
They've tried for *years* to get businesses to give them opening / closing hours, holiday schedules, etc. They've asked users that went to those businesses to help give them that info, and they've even quasi-employed people to gather this data for popular places that they didn't have comprehensive data on.
In the end, all of that still wasn't enough, so they built a system that would call these places and get that info for them, automagically. Apparently it worked pretty well, and so they've been expanding capabilities, and one step past asking for hours of operation is making a reservation.
So basically, they have a project that's benefiting them immensely internally with the quality of their data, and are trying to roll it out as both a way to differentiate their capabilities, and expand it's functionality so that they eventually can make it do more things so they can automate more of their and other workflows. Wit ha touch more capability, this will start to be a cloud offering that you can purchase / integrate into your GCloud products. Like someone mentioned above, once offered in the cloud, someone could write an app that could navigate a call tree via texting kind of like call screening on Pixel phones does now (you type your responses, like pressing "3") and stay on hold, then ring your phone once you get an actual agent.
MichaelLC Seniorius Lurkius
reply Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:17 pm
For those wondering why they started with restaurant reservations, is likey because there's only a certain number of variables; date/time and number in party. Maybe if it's a special occasion.
Good for testing how regular meatbags interact with a computer; do they notice? do they break the script?
It's a great low-stakes test to get tons of data on human & robot interactions so in 10 years your new Boston Dynamics Handle boss can ask if you watched that latest sportsball tournament last night. Haha! They own your watch history so it already knows.
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Robert Mueller is beyond reproach. If he clears Trump and his campaign, I will apologize to all Trump supporters as well as the Moderators of this board. If he doesn't, all the Left Wing Conspiracy theories and all the Fake News claims in the world will not keep the cell doors from slamming tight each night. Mueller Walked the Walk:
"Mueller enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1968, attending officer candidate school, Army Ranger School and Army jump school.[8] He then served as an officer leading a rifle platoon of the 3rd Marine Division during the Vietnam War;[2] he eventually became aide-de-camp to 3rd Marine Division's commanding general.[8] He received the Bronze Star, two Commendation Medals, the Purple Heart and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.[2]" Wikipedia
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In reply to bearister • 7:33p, 5/17/17
The. best thing for the country. Get the investigation going and move forward, whatever the outcome.
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bearister;842840198 said:
Bearister, missed ya buddy.
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Michael Flynn and Manafort are gonna sing like birds. Also, Trump is not the kind of leader that engenders loyalty. Once the fire starts getting hot, expect many others to come out of the woodwork.
In reply to NYCGOBEARS • 8:05p, 5/17/17
NYCGOBEARS;842840205 said:
You too. Have continued to read and laugh at your bits. You have to wonder if Blueblood has gone all Deep Web hacker on this site lately.
In reply to GB54 • 8:17p, 5/17/17
GB54;842840211 said:
Yep, Trump is a beeatch.
Blueblood has greatly increased his weekly trips to the dispensary, I'd guess.
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tequila4kapp
It is important that Americans can have confidence in the operation of its government so this is an appropriate move.
I predict now there will be zero evidence of collusion, zero criminal activity against Trump, zero grounds for impeachment but that some small number of people like Flynn will be charged with other matters such as not registering as an agent after receiving funds from Turkey.
In reply to tequila4kapp • 9:44p, 5/17/17
tequila4kapp;842840221 said:
I predict that you will be wrong on most counts.
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In reply to tequila4kapp • 10:01p, 5/17/17
I think the use of the Trump Real Estate empire to launder Russian money (AKA Deutsche Bank) will be established. However whether a family owned business has more or less criminal exposure than a publicly owned corporation and whether such massive Russian financial crimes are grounds for convicting a sitting President ( I believe DOJ will not indict, favoring Congressional action; which I don't see happening). Still ignoring racketeering, even in the past could make for a hostile public.
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In reply to bearister • 10:17p, 5/17/17
Not only is Mueller going to find out what the truth is, if anything else is discovered in pursuit of the truth it will trigger a new investigation.
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If not for those dang bone spurs, Trump's military exploits would have been tremendic. Probably definitely better than Mueller's but it was really unfair that the military forced Trump to take 5 deferments. It's really unfair how the media doesn't give Trump any credit for the great things he would have done under different circumstances if he were a better person.
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In reply to Unit2Sucks • 11:03p, 5/17/17
Unit2Sucks;842840241 said:
http://www.npr.org/2017/05/17/528795435/trump-no-politician-has-been-treated-worse-or-more-unfairly-than-me
No politician has been treated more unfairly than Trump. Not even the ones who were assassinated!
In reply to NYCGOBEARS • 11:04p, 5/17/17
Definitely gonna have to save this thread for later.
In reply to sycasey • 11:28p, 5/17/17
Yeh, he sort of forgot a some issues in his address to the CG Academy grads; while telling them of all the heroic things that they do, that his new budget proposal reduces the CG budget 25%. Only a New Yorker could ***** about his unfair persecution to a class of Coast Guard Academy grads whose future is in jeopardy because of his planned cuts to their budget.
sycasey;842840242 said:
He might be right. I doubt it, but he might. But what's astouding to me is how incredibly stubborn it is to say such a thing, because conceding there could be fire here would mean he was wrong.
TouchedTheAxeIn82
In reply to tequila4kapp • 12:09a, 5/18/17
I predict now there will be zero evidence of collusion, zero criminal activity against Trump, zero grounds for impeachment...
Wut. Impeachment is a political process. Clinton was impeached for lying in a lawsuit regarding actions before he became president. The Republicans set the bar reeeeeeally low for impeachment. Trump was impeachable the moment he took the oath.
The question is whether there is a crime Trump can commit that would get the Republicans to impeach him. At the moment the bar seems impossibly high. The mid-term elections might be the most interesting in history. :p
In reply to bearister • 6:35a, 5/18/17
Impeachment is whatever the House says it is- obstruction is the charge du jour. Much lower bar. Nixon would have been impeached on obstruction and Clinton was
In reply to GMP • 8:46a, 5/18/17
grandmastapoop;842840245 said:
Right, that's why I'm making no predictions. It's possible they find nothing.
Either way, this has not been played well by Trump or the Republicans. It's pretty clear they all knew this was a problem and did nothing about it until they were forced to.
dajo9
In reply to sycasey • 8:51a, 5/18/17
We all know we are a few months away from President Pence and right wingers like Strykur trying to take the moral high ground and claiming it was their actions that saved the country from Trump.
In less than 24 hours Trump has tweeted that he is the subject of a witch hunt. Does that make Mueller, Hansel or Gretel?
Very impressed by Rosenstein- appoints a guy who has bi-partisan cred to stop the howling wolves but keeps it under his control and sets up a scenario where this is no longer played out in the media and the political arena but with diligence and a conclusion.
In reply to dajo9 • 10:23a, 5/18/17
dajo9;842840269 said:
Assuming Pence isn't also caught up in this thing.
In reply to BearNIt • 10:47a, 5/18/17
BearNIt;842840272 said:
The biggest one in American history! Can't think of a bigger one!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials
In reply to bearister • 10:53a, 5/18/17
Democrats need to connect more with working class witches
In reply to sycasey • 11:33a, 5/18/17
Even if he is Republicans will let him pick a VP before he goes down (Ted Cruz?)
Strykur
Trump's presidency has been a tremendous success and salvation for the country for 2 principal reasons:
1. Put Gorsuch on the Supreme Court
2. Kept Hillary out of the White House
So even if Trump is bounced, Pence is in and we're solid. Would love to have Orrin Hatch as VP too.
In reply to BearNIt • 1:42p, 5/18/17
In reply to sycasey • 1:48p, 5/18/17
:rollinglaugh:
In reply to GMP • 1:51p, 5/18/17
History does not repeat . . . but sometimes it does rhyme.
blungld
In reply to dajo9 • 2:32p, 5/18/17
Yep. It's precisely these type of fake conservatives who like to boast and preach of principle who are in fact the ones who slide the line of right and wrong to suit their needs and pretend that nothing has changed or that they were never wrong. This pattern been repeated over and over again through Iraq war to now. They are incapable of learning from their mistakes and amending their world view.
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Bear Insider Daily Digest: July 15, 2019
by Andy Coffaro
Bears Hit Sweet 16 With Commitment of Local Star DB Trey Paster
by Jim McGill
New Mexico Receiver Connor O'Toole Talks Recruiting, Recent Cal Offer
Paster Nearing Decision Day in 4-Team Battle
2020 Recruiting War Room - Defense
by Nathan Allen
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Berry Farms Community
The Berry Story
Berry Farms Land
Berry Farms Lifestyle
Pedestrian System
Gathering Places and Open Spaces
Berry Farms Office
Berry Farms Homes for Sale in Franklin, TN
Retail Spaces Franklin TN
Hey! Where’d You Get That Name?
Names are important, don’t you think? We spend countless hours deciding on names for our children, our pets, even inanimate objects like cars and boats. At Berry Farms, we also think names are important. Much time and thought went into naming the streets that carry you through the neighborhoods, shopping districts and office campuses. In a series of posts, we will share the stories, history and significance of the names that define Berry Farms.
The entire 600 acres of Berry Farms consists of three parcels. The land was owned by the Roberts and Berry families who called the original three parcels Rural Plains, Reams Fleming and Chadwell Place. Rural Plains is the first 200 acres being developed. We also refer to it as Town Center. Reams Fleming is on the east side of I-65 and south of Peytonsville Road. In addition to commercial businesses, residential units and offices, it will be home to Dave Ramsey’s Ramsey Solutions’ 50 acre campus. Chadwell Place is the section on the southwest portion of I-65 and Goose Creek Bypass.
Rural Plains Circle was named for the parcel of land dating back to around 1806 when it was first settled by the Hughes family from Virginia. It hosted the Homeplace and majority of the barns and structures on the property. Hughes Crossing and Hughes Lane pay tribute to the Hughes family.
General Martin Lane takes its name from Brigadier General William “Buck” Martin, a professional soldier who fought with Major General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815 where newly formed United States of America was prevented from being divided down the Mississippi River by Great Britain. He constructed and owned the Homeplace (still located in the northeastern corner of Rural Plains/Town Center) followed by subsequent owners including John & Sally Martin Hughes, Dr. Samuel & Rachel Hughes Henderson, Walter A. & Sallie Ewing Roberts and Tyler and Sara McGavock Roberts Berry, the namesake Berry Farms Crossing and Sara Boulevard on Rural Plains. Kinfolk settled and established Hughes Mills at Hughes Crossing along the Harpeth River. General Martin is buried at Berry Farms in the Martin Hughes Henderson Family Cemetery.
Being intentional in every detail of creating our community is one the reasons BERRY FARMS continues to grow into a truly unique and special place in Franklin, TN. Stay tuned, we have many more street names to cover!
By Lisa Gregory November 29, 2016
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Awards & Distinctions
Bertram Construction has completed more than 2,000 projects in our 85+ plus years of doing business. Here is an overview of some of our more recent jobs. If you would like more details, or the type of project you have in mind is not shown here, please give us a call.
Barrie Ford
New showroom addition and interior renovations of connecting spaces, completed while remaining operational. The new showroom was built over the existing operating showroom which allowed Barrie Ford to continue car sales and increase sales.
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Orangeville Courthouse
The multi-phased project allowed the courthouse and County offices to continue with uninterrupted operations while the large three storey addition took place. The structure is a combination of poured in place reinforced concrete and Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF).
Blake Street Seniors Residence
The land that was purchased for this project was zoned in a different usage category than its new application and thus required a Record of Site Condition and extensive coordination efforts with the Ministry of the Environment in order to get the project off the ground.
The Shanty Bay Residence
The owner of this grand lakeside home is one of Bertram Constructions’ frequent clients, both professionally and personally. When it came time to build his dream home, Bertram was his company of choice.
Emmanuel Baptist Church
This 55,000 ft2 building is a combination of reinforced poured in place concrete, as well as structural steel. The building features a clear storey an open, expansive lane style entry, full of natural light. In addition, there’s a large theatre style congregation hall, gymnasium, cafe, offices, and classrooms.
Innisfil Public Library
Innisfil, Ontario
The newly renovated and extended library had a 21,500SF footprint which included a number of specialized rooms including a Digital Media Lab, Hacker Space, Children’s Play and Program Area. It also has an indoor and an outdoor podium for special events as well as an Outdoor Reading Garden.
MacLaren Art Centre
The original building was the City of Barrie Library, constructed in the early 1800’s and known as the Carnegie Hall. The project consisted of the removal of the 1930 addition to the Carnegie Hall, restoration of the Carnegie Hall along with a modern addition to the structure.
Phoenix Building Components
Our client, Phoenix Building Components, specializes in engineered wood building products, many of which are on display and have been incorporated into this show piece build.
Prodomax
Prodomax is a six-time return client, with scopes ranging from new construction, office renovations and building expansions. Most recently this 21,500 ft2 clear span addition including a 20-ton crane, greatly increased the usable height of the existing building operation.
Simcoe Parts Ontario (SPS) Plant
This 22,000 square foot addition was built using conventional steel and insulated metal panels, and was tied in to an existing pre-engineered steel building which required significant reinforcing to bear the new snow load. This building was constructed under extremely tight time frames during the most challenging time of year.
Bertram Construction (Ontario) Ltd. 25 George St.
Barrie, Ontario L4N 2G5
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Dragon Dance Gin Review
By Eric Twardzik Gin, Liquor Reviews Dec 16, 2016 Dec 16, 2016
This article originally appeared on cocktailenthusiast.com. Cocktail Enthusiast is now Bevvy.
Dragon Dance may sound like a power metal band, but it’s actually a jalapeño-infused gin. And according to its maker, Pennsylvania’s Revivalist Distillery, it’s the very first of its kind.
Dragon Dance Gin is clear in appearance, and has a nose ripe with pepper. Those expecting a no-holds-barred blast of jalapeño at first sip will have to wait: the first notes are ripe with soft pepper, caraway and grass, but the initial spiciness is no different from what many gins offer.
It’s not until the middle of the palate that those jalapeños make themselves known. It’s slow to build, but it’s one long burn. Really no different than biting into a thick slice of jalapeño–minus the physical jalapeño.
It’s considerably softened up by Fever Tree tonic and a lime wedge. The jalapeño still shines through, but the sweetness cuts it down from main event to fiery finale. It’s exactly what I want to be holding in my hand at some scorching summer BBQ.
Spicy spirits are all too often one-note wonders that use a fast-and-cheap dose of heat as a gimmick. But Dragon Dance Gin is the very opposite of that approach. Its high heat is balanced out by nuance and a complex build time. Just know that it doesn’t pull its punches–if you’re the type to pick jalapeños off your tacos, you might want to keep your distance.
— 43% ABV
— $39.99
CE Rating: ★★★
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Brace yourselves: construction coming to Brookline T tracks
Abby Patkin
When it comes to construction on the Green Line, it ain’t over ’til it’s over.
On Wednesday, the MBTA announced an updated prep work schedule for the Green Line Intersection Upgrades Project, which consists of pavement saw-cutting and rail-welding activities, according to a press release from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
Brace yourself, Brookline: that prep work will be scheduled at various locations along Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue.
According to the press release, the contractor will continue to weld rail segments during the night shift from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. and saw cut pavement during the day shift from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. near the following locations:
Dean Road, nighttime welding: Monday, June 17 to Thursday, June 20.
Hawes Street, nighttime welding: Monday, June 24 to Tuesday, June 25.
Marion Street, nighttime welding: Wednesday, June 26 to Thursday, June 27, and Monday, July 8 to Tuesday, July 9.
Saw cutting will also take place between June 17 and June 20 at ...
Carlton Street
Saint Paul Street
Winchester Street
Summit Avenue
Marion Street
Westborne Terrace
Winthrop Road
Tappan Street
Englewood Avenue
Will it be noisy?
“This work, especially the saw cutting of pavement, will be noisy,” the press release said. “We are using a variety of standard mitigations to abate and minimize noise disruptions for neighbors.”
To report a noise issue, call the 24/7 hotline at 508-676-3598.
Will it impact traffic or T service?
Some of the welding work will require a lane closure along Commonwealth Avenue or Beacon Street, according to the press release. The intersections will also be temporarily closed during overnight work, and police details will help direct traffic. Some parking spots might also be removed in each location to allow room for construction crews.
However, the prep work will not impact Green Line service, MassDOT says.
For a full project schedule, visit www.mbta.com/GLintersections.
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North Carolina Legislative Update, March 8, 2019
Client Alert
Things continued to pick up this week at the General Assembly as the legislators received the Governor’s budget recommendations and started to vote on substantive bills.
Governor’s Budget Recommendations (https://www.osbm.nc.gov/budgetbook_2019-21)
Governor Cooper’s budget recommendations would, among other things, increase education investments, expand Medicaid coverage, and pay for new capital spending with a bond issue.
Here are some highlights from the Governor’s budget, which would spend $25.2 billion for FY 20, an increase of about 5 percent over the current budget:
Education - increases average raises for K-12 teachers by 9.1 percent over the next two years and provides $30 million to pay community college tuition for people getting trained in high-demand professions, such as architecture and construction, health sciences, information technology, and advanced manufacturing.
Health care - expands Medicaid coverage to about 500,000 more people through a combination of federal funds and assessments on hospitals and insurers. Expands treatment options for opioid abuse with $15 million in Medicaid funding.
Rural economic development - increases funding for economic development in rural areas, including additional funding for broadband Internet grants, jobs incentives, water and sewer infrastructure, and a number of specific projects.
Justice and public safety - recommends $12 million to improve prison safety and $6 million over two years to analyze untested rape kits.
Environment and energy - recommends $6.3 million for water supply testing to identify and regulate GenX and other emerging chemical compounds and $1.5 million for clean energy programs, including studying the potential for offshore wind farms.
Bond proposal - would fund school construction and other investments in K-12, community colleges, and the UNC system, and infrastructure projects such as water and sewer with a $3.9 billion bond that would be on the November 2020 ballot.
Salaries - recommends raises for state employees of 1.5 percent or $500, whichever is greater, in each of the next two years and an additional $500 a year for law enforcement and corrections officers, people who work in state hospitals and certain other school employees, such as teaching assistants. Recommends a one-time 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment for state retirees.
Legislators will next examine the Governor’s recommendations in appropriations subcommittees. The House will produce the first version of the budget bill and has announced a target date for this work of early to mid-May.
School Safety (H73, H75 & H76)
Three bills addressing school safety passed the House this week. H73 would add a course on civic responsibility to the required curriculum, H75 would study the effectiveness of mental health screenings in schools, and H76 includes a number of measures to make schools physically safer.
School Bond (H241)
An education bond bill (H241) moved through two House committees this week. If passed by the voters, the proposal would produce $1.5 billion for K-12 school construction, and $200 million each for community college and UNC facilities. The bill is expected to pass the House given support from Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) and other senior members. The Senate has indicated support for school construction, but at this point, its leaders support a different funding approach.
For more information, contact the Brooks Pierce Government Affairs Team, linked below.
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Google’s Periodic Table of APIs
To help the millions of developers around the world, Google has created a periodic table-style infographic, showcasing its APIs and developer products.
You are reading: Google’s Periodic Table of APIs
API, Google, Google API, Infographic, Search Engine
As the saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words”.
Google has applied this theory in its latest method of categorising its wide range of APIs (Application Programming Interface).
In an effort to help the the millions of developers around the world who use Google’s APIs to build millions of apps and services, Google has created a rather nice periodic table-style infographic, showcasing its APIs and developer products.
Click image to launch the table
As shown above,the different API categories are organised by colour. Hovering over the category on the table shows correlating APIs and clicking on the API takes you to the relating information page. Smart.
Along the top of the table are the various categories – Mobile, Search, Gadgets, Data APIs, Social, Misc, Ads, Geo, Tools, and Chrome. Hovering over any of these will highlight the corresponding “elements” on the table below it. You can then click on any of the elements, and it will take you to the page dedicated to that API or product.
Again, smart. And useful.
However, not everyone agrees. A commenter on Hacker News believes that using periodic table as a cultural artefact “cheapens science”;
“The periodic table is not some artistic layout of letters, it’s science at its very best, one of the great results of the 19th century and the birth of modern chemistry. It doesn’t honor science to take, say, typefaces and put them in a funny-looking grid. That just mocks the idea that science can predict the way the world works.”
Another commenter on readwriteweb.com thinks the table shows “a lack of creativity in infographic design”.
Everyone is entitled to an opinion.
Personally, we love this – it looks great, it shows a fun side of Google that’s seldom seen and most importantly, it helps make sense of Google’s wide rang of APIs. Well done Google, more of this please.
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LONG BRANCH RECORDS WELCOMES FORGETTING THE MEMORIES TO THE FAMILY New Single “Heartfeeder” out 26th of July! New EP “Known Darkness” Will Be Out on August 23rd!
3 days ago Maxine Frisbee
Long Branch Records happily welcome the Swedish Metalcore juggernautFORGETTING THE MEMORIES to the family. The bands first co-operation together with the label will be the release of the new EP “Known Darkness”, scheduled for August 23rd. The EP will contain 3 brand new tracks as well as the 3 already released singles “Soul Drift”, “Cult” and “Laurentius”. Watch the video for “Laurentius” below.
Merging intricate headbangable rhythms with melodic choruses which will get you singing along in no time, Forgetting the Memories constructs a unique blend of death- and metalcore unrivaled in complexity and intensity.
“Monophobia”, their first full-length release in 2016, was a sprawling labyrinth of fierce hard-pounding breakdowns and catchy choruses rife with meaningful lyrics, detailing deeply personal journeys through subjects like battling cancer, loosing a friend and heartache, making Forgetting The Memories music highly engaging.
Over the years Forgetting The Memories has stayed true to their particular style, yet constantly evolving, defining themselves as a truly essential force within the genre.
Stay tuned as Forgetting the Memories reach new frontiers together with Long Branch Records and the new EP “Known Darkness”.
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Bible > Library
The Exile.
The Life of David — Alexander Maclaren
David's first years at the court of Saul in Gibeah do not appear to have produced any psalms which still survive.
"The sweetest songs are those
Which tell of saddest thought."
It was natural, then, that a period full of novelty and of prosperous activity, very unlike the quiet days at Bethlehem, should rather accumulate materials for future use than be fruitful in actual production. The old life shut to behind him for ever, like some enchanted door in a hill-side, and an unexplored land lay beckoning before. The new was widening his experience, but it had to be mastered, to be assimilated by meditation before it became vocal.
The bare facts of this section are familiar and soon told. There is first a period in which he is trusted by Saul, who sets him in high command, with the approbation not only of the people, but even of the official classes. But a new dynasty resting on military pre-eminence cannot afford to let a successful soldier stand on the steps of the throne; and the shrill chant of the women out of all the cities of Israel, which even in Saul's hearing answered the praises of his prowess with a louder acclaim for David's victories, startled the king for the first time with a revelation of the national feeling. His unslumbering suspicion "eyed David from that day." Rage and terror threw him again into the gripe of his evil spirit, and in his paroxysm he flings his heavy spear, the symbol of his royalty, at the lithe harper, with fierce vows of murder. The failure of his attempt to kill David seems to have aggravated his dread of him as bearing a charm which won all hearts and averted all dangers. A second stage is marked not only by Saul's growing fear, but by David's new position. He is removed from court, and put in a subordinate command, which only extends his popularity, and brings him into more immediate contact with the mass of the people. "All Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them." Then follows the offer of Saul's elder daughter in marriage, in the hope that by playing upon his gratitude and his religious feeling, he might be urged to some piece of rash bravery that would end him without scandal. Some new caprice of Saul's, however, leads him to insult David by breaking his pledge at the last moment, and giving the promised bride to another. Jonathan's heart was not the only one in Saul's household that yielded to his spell. The younger Michal had been cherishing his image in secret, and now tells her love. Her father returns to his original purpose, with the strange mixture of tenacity and capricious changefulness that marks his character, and again attempts, by demanding a grotesquely savage dowry, to secure David's destruction. But that scheme, too, fails; and he becomes a member of the royal house.
This third stage is marked by Saul's deepening panic hatred, which has now become a fixed idea. All his attempts have only strengthened David's position, and he looks on his irresistible advance with a nameless awe. He calls, with a madman's folly, on Jonathan and on all his servants to kill him; and then, when his son appeals to him, his old better nature comes over him, and with a great oath he vows that David shall not be slain. For a short time David returns to Gibeah, and resumes his former relations with Saul, but a new victory over the Philistines rouses the slumbering jealousy. Again the "evil spirit" is upon him, and the great javelin is flung with blind fury, and sticks quivering in the wall. It is night, and David flies to his house. A stealthy band of assassins from the palace surround the house with orders to prevent all egress, and, by what may be either the strange whim of a madman, or the cynical shamelessness of a tyrant, to slay him in the open daylight. Michal, who, though in after time she showed a strain of her father's proud godlessness, and an utter incapacity of understanding the noblest parts of her husband's character, seems to have been a true wife in these early days, discovers, perhaps with a woman's quick eye sharpened by love, the crouching murderers, and with rapid promptitude urges immediate flight. Her hands let him down from the window -- the house being probably on the wall. Her ready wit dresses up one of those mysterious teraphim (which appear to have had some connection with idolatry or magic, and which are strange pieces of furniture for David's house), and lays it in the bed to deceive the messengers, and so gain a little more time before pursuit began. "So David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah," and thus ended his life at court.
Glancing over this narrative, one or two points come prominently forth. The worth of these events to David must have lain chiefly in the abundant additions made to his experience of life, which ripened his nature, and developed new powers. The meditative life of the sheepfold is followed by the crowded court and camp. Strenuous work, familiarity with men, constant vicissitude, take the place of placid thought, of calm seclusion, of tranquil days that knew no changes but the alternation of sun and stars, storm and brightness, green pastures and dusty paths. He learned the real world, with its hate and effort, its hollow fame and its whispering calumnies. Many illusions no doubt faded, but the light that had shone in his solitude still burned before him for his guide, and a deeper trust in his Shepherd God was rooted in his soul by all the shocks of varying fortune. The passage from the visions of youth and the solitary resolves of early and uninterrupted piety to the naked realities of a wicked world, and the stern self-control of manly godliness, is ever painful and perilous. Thank God! it may be made clear gain, as it was by this young hero psalmist.
David's calm indifference to outward circumstances affecting himself, is very strikingly expressed in his conduct. Partly from his poetic temperament, partly from his sweet natural unselfishness, and chiefly from his living trust in God, he accepts whatever happens with equanimity, and makes no effort to alter it. He originates nothing. Prosperity comes unsought, and dangers unfeared. He does not ask for Jonathan's love, or the people's favour, or the women's songs, or Saul's daughter. If Saul gives him command he takes it, and does his work. If Saul flings his javelin at him, he simply springs aside and lets it whizz past. If his high position is taken from him, he is quite content with a lower. If a royal alliance is offered, he accepts it; if it is withdrawn, he is not ruffled; if renewed, he is still willing. If a busy web of intrigue is woven round him, he takes no notice. If reconciliation is proposed, he cheerfully goes back to the palace. If his life is threatened he goes home. He will not stir to escape but for the urgency of his wife. So well had he already begun to learn the worthlessness of life's trifles. So thoroughly does he practice his own precept, "Fret not thyself because of evil-doers;" "rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him." (Psa. xxxvii.1, 7.)
This section gives also a remarkable impression of the irresistible growth of his popularity and influence. The silent energy of the Divine purpose presses his fortunes onward with a motion slow and inevitable as that of a glacier. The steadfast flow circles unchecked round, or rises victorious over all hindrances. Efforts to ruin, to degrade, to kill -- one and all fail. Terror and hate, suspicion and jealousy, only bring him nearer the goal. A clause which comes in thrice in the course of one chapter, expresses this fated advance. In the first stage of his court life, we read, "David prospered" (1 Sam. xviii.5, margin), and again with increased emphasis it is told as the result of the efforts to crush him, that, "He prospered in all his ways, and the Lord was with him" (verse 14), and yet again, in spite of Saul's having "become his enemy continually," he "prospered more than all the servants of Saul" (verse 30). He moves onward as stars in their courses move, obeying the equable impulse of the calm and conquering will of God.
The familiar Scripture antithesis, which naturally finds its clearest utterance in the words of the last inspired writer -- namely, the eternal opposition of Light and Darkness, Love and Hate, Life and Death, is brought into sharpest relief by the juxtaposition and contrast of David and Saul. This is the key to the story. The two men are not more unlike in person than in spirit. We think of the one with his ruddy beauty and changeful eyes, and lithe slight form, and of the other gaunt and black, his giant strength weakened, and his "goodly" face scarred with the lightnings of his passions -- and as they look so they are. The one full of joyous energy, the other devoured by gloom; the one going in and out among the people and winning universal love, the other sitting moody and self-absorbed behind his palace walls; the one bringing sweet clear tones of trustful praise from his harp, the other shaking his huge spear in his madness; the one ready for action and prosperous in it all, the other paralyzed, shrinking from all work, and leaving the conduct of the war to the servant whom he feared; the one conscious of the Divine presence making him strong and calm, the other writhing in the gripe of his evil spirit, and either foaming in fury, or stiffened into torpor; the one steadily growing in power and favour with God and man, the other sinking in deeper mire, and wrapped about with thickening mists as he moves to his doom. The tragic pathos of these two lives in their fateful antagonism is the embodiment of that awful alternative of life and death, blessing and cursing, which it was the very aim of Judaism to stamp ineffaceably on the conscience.
David's flight begins a period to which a large number of his psalms are referred. We may call them "The Songs of the Outlaw." The titles in the psalter connect several with specific events during his persecution by Saul, and besides these, there are others which have marked characteristics in common, and may therefore be regarded as belonging to the same time. The bulk of the former class are found in the second book of the psalter (Ps. xlii.-lxxii.), which has been arranged with some care. There are first eight Korahite psalms, and one of Asaph's; then a group of fifteen Davidic (li.-lxv.), followed by two anonymous; then three more of David's (lxviii.-lxx.), followed by one anonymous and the well-known prayer "for Solomon." Now it is worth notice that the group of fifteen psalms ascribed to David is as nearly as possible divided in halves, eight having inscriptions which give a specific date of composition, and seven having no such detail. There has also been some attempt at arranging the psalms of these two classes alternately, but that has not been accurately carried out. These facts show that the titles are at all events as old as the compilation of the second book of the psalter, and were regarded as accurate then. Several points about the complete book of psalms as we have it, seem to indicate that these two first books were an older nucleus, which was in existence long prior to the present collection -- and if so, the date of the titles must be carried back a very long way indeed, and with a proportionate increase of authority.
Of the eight psalms in the second book having titles with specific dates, five (Ps. lii., liv., lvi., lvii., lix.) are assigned to the period of the Sauline persecution, and, as it would appear, with accuracy. There is a general similarity of tone in them all, as well as considerable parallelisms of expression, favourite phrases and metaphors, which are favourable to the hypothesis of a nearly cotemporaneous date. They are all in what, to use a phrase from another art, we may call David's earlier manner. For instance, in all the psalmist is surrounded by enemies. They would "swallow him up" (lvi.1, 2; lvii.3). They "oppress" him (liv.3; lvi.1). One of their weapons is calumny, which seems from the frequent references to have much moved the psalmist. Their tongues are razors (lii.2), or swords (lvii.4; lix.7; lxiv.3). They seem to him like crouching beasts ready to spring upon harmless prey (lvi.6; lvii.6; lix.3); they are "lions" (lvii.4), dogs (lix.6, 14). He is conscious of nothing which he has done to provoke this storm of hatred (lix.3; lxiv.4.) The "strength" of God is his hope (liv.1; lix.9, 17). He is sure that retribution will fall upon the enemies (lii.5; liv.5; lvi.7; lvii.6; lix.8-15; lxiv.7, 8). He vows and knows that psalms of deliverance will yet succeed these plaintive cries (lii.9; liv.7; lvi.12; lvii.7-11; lix.16, 17).
We also find a considerable number of psalms in the first book of the psalter which present the same features, and may therefore probably be classed with these as belonging to the time of his exile. Such for instance are the seventh and thirty-fourth, which have both inscriptions referring them to this period, with others which we shall have to consider presently. The imagery of the preceding group reappears in them. His enemies are lions (vii.2; xvii.12; xxii.13; xxxv.17); dogs (xxii.16); bulls (xxii.12). Pitfalls and snares are in his path (vii.15; xxxi.4; xxxv.7). He passionately protests his innocence, and the kindliness of his heart to his wanton foes (vii.3-5; xvii.3, 4); whom he has helped and sorrowed over in their sickness (xxxv.13, 14) -- a reference, perhaps, to his solacing Saul in his paroxysms with the music of his harp. He dwells on retribution with vehemence (vii.11-16; xi.5-7; xxxi.23; xxxv.8), and on his own deliverance with confidence.
These general characteristics accurately correspond with the circumstances of David during the years of his wanderings. The scenery and life of the desert colours the metaphors which describe his enemies as wild beasts; himself as a poor hunted creature amongst pits and snares; or as a timid bird flying to the safe crags, and God as his Rock. Their strong assertions of innocence accord with the historical indications of Saul's gratuitous hatred, and appear to distinguish the psalms of this period from those of Absalom's revolt, in which the remembrance of his great sin was too deep to permit of any such claims. In like manner the prophecies of the enemies' destruction are too triumphant to suit that later time of exile, when the father's heart yearned with misplaced tenderness over his worthless son, and nearly broke with unkingly sorrow for the rebel's death. Their confidence in God, too, has in it a ring of joyousness in peril which corresponds with the buoyant faith that went with him through all the desperate adventures and hairbreadth escapes of the Sauline persecution. If then we may, with some confidence, read these psalms in connection with that period, what a noble portraiture of a brave, devout soul looks out upon us from them. We see him in the first flush of his manhood -- somewhere about five-and-twenty years old -- fronting perils of which he is fully conscious, with calm strength and an enthusiasm of trust that lifts his spirit above them all, into a region of fellowship with God which no tumult can invade, and which no remembrance of black transgression troubled and stained. His harp is his solace in his wanderings; and while plaintive notes are flung from its strings, as is needful for the deepest harmonies of praise here, every wailing tone melts into clear ringing notes of glad affiance in the "God of his mercy."
Distinct references to the specific events of his wanderings are, undoubtedly, rare in them, though even these are more obvious than has been sometimes carelessly assumed. Their infrequency and comparative vagueness has been alleged against the accuracy of the inscriptions which allocate certain psalms to particular occasions. But in so far as it is true that these allusions are rare and inexact, the fact is surely rather in favour of than against the correctness of the titles. For if these are not suggested by obvious references in the psalms to which they are affixed, by what can they have been suggested but by a tradition considerably older than the compilation of the psalter? Besides, the analogy of all other poetry would lead us to expect precisely what we find in these psalms -- general and not detailed allusions to the writer's circumstances. The poetic imagination does not reproduce the bald prosaic facts which have set it in motion, but the echo of them broken up and etherealised. It broods over them till life stirs, and the winged creature bursts from them to sing and soar.
If we accept the title as accurate, the fifty-ninth psalm is the first of these Songs of the Outlaw. It refers to the time "when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him." Those critics who reject this date, which they do on very weak grounds, lose themselves in a chaos of assumptions as to the occasion of the psalm. The Chaldean invasion, the assaults in the time of Nehemiah, and the era of the Maccabees, are alleged with equal confidence and equal groundlessness. "We believe that it is most advisable to adhere to the title, and most scientific to ignore these hypotheses built on nothing." (Delitzsch.)
It is a devotional and poetic commentary on the story in Samuel. There we get the bare facts of the assassins prowling by night round David's house; of Michal's warning; of her ready-witted trick to gain time, and of his hasty flight to Samuel at Ramah. In the narrative David is, as usual at this period, passive and silent; but when we turn to the psalm, we learn the tone of his mind as the peril bursts upon him, and all the vulgar craft and fear fades from before his lofty enthusiasm of faith.
The psalm begins abruptly with a passionate cry for help, which is repeated four times, thus bringing most vividly before us the extremity of the danger and the persistency of the suppliant's trust. The peculiar tenderness and closeness of his relation to his heavenly Friend, which is so characteristic of David's psalms, and which they were almost the first to express, breathes through the name by which he invokes help, "my God." The enemies are painted in words which accurately correspond with the history, and which by their variety reveal how formidable they were to the psalmist. They "lie in wait (literally weave plots) for my life." They are "workers of iniquity," "men of blood," insolent or violent ("mighty" in English version). He asserts his innocence, as ever in these Sauline psalms, and appeals to God in confirmation, "not for my transgressions, nor for my sins, O Lord." He sees these eager tools of royal malice hurrying to their congenial work: "they run and prepare themselves." And then, rising high above all encompassing evils, he grasps at the throne of God in a cry, which gains additional force when we remember that the would-be murderers compassed his house in the night. "Awake to meet me, and behold;" as if he had said, "In the darkness do Thou see; at midnight sleep not Thou." The prayer is continued in words which heap together with unwonted abundance the Divine names, in each of which lie an appeal to God and a pillar of faith. As Jehovah, the self-existent Fountain of timeless Being; as the God of Hosts, the Commander of all the embattled powers of the universe, whether they be spiritual or material; as the GOD of Israel, who calls that people His, and has become theirs -- he stirs up the strength of God to "awake to visit all the heathen," -- a prayer which has been supposed to compel the reference of the whole psalm to the assaults of Gentile nations, but which may be taken as an anticipation on David's lips of the truth that, "They are not all Israel which are of Israel." After a terrible petition -- "Be not merciful to any secret plotters of evil" -- there is a pause (Selah) to be filled, as it would appear, by some chords on the harp, or the blare of the trumpets, thus giving time to dwell on the previous petitions.
But still the thought of the foe haunts him, and he falls again to the lower level of painting their assembling round his house, and their whispers as they take their stand. It would appear that the watch had been kept up for more than one night. How he flings his growing scorn of them into the sarcastic words, "They return at evening; they growl like a dog, and compass the city" (or "go their rounds in the city"). One sees them stealing through the darkness, like the troops of vicious curs that infest Eastern cities, and hears their smothered threatenings as they crouch in the shadow of the unlighted streets. Then growing bolder, as the night deepens and sleep falls on the silent houses: "Behold they pour out with their mouth, swords (are) in their lips, for 'who hears'?" In magnificent contrast with these skulking murderers fancying themselves unseen and unheard, David's faith rends the heaven, and, with a daring image which is copied in a much later psalm (ii.4), shows God gazing on them with Divine scorn which breaks in laughter and mockery. A brief verse, which recurs at the end of the psalm, closes the first portion of the psalm with a calm expression of untroubled trust, in beautiful contrast with the peril and tumult of soul, out of which it rises steadfast and ethereal, like a rainbow spanning a cataract. A slight error appears to have crept into the Hebrew text, which can be easily corrected from the parallel verse at the end, and then the quiet confident words are --
"My strength! upon Thee will I wait,
For God is my fortress!"
The second portion is an intensification of the first; pouring out a terrible prayer for exemplary retribution on his enemies; asking that no speedy destruction may befall them, but that God would first of all "make them reel" by the blow of His might; would then fling them prostrate; would make their pride and fierce words a net to snare them; and then, at last, would bring them to nothing in the hot flames of His wrath -- that the world may know that He is king. The picture of the prowling dogs recurs with deepened scorn and firmer confidence that they will hunt for their prey in vain.
"And they return at evening; they growl like a dog, And compass the city.
They -- they prowl about for food
If (or, since) they are not satisfied, they spend the night (in the search.)"
There is almost a smile on his face as he thinks of their hunting about for him, like hungry hounds snuffing for their meal in the kennels, and growling now in disappointment -- while he is safe beyond their reach. And the psalm ends with a glad burst of confidence, and a vow of praise very characteristic on his lips --
"But I -- I will sing Thy power,
And shout aloud, in the morning, Thy mercy,
For Thou hast been a fortress for me.
And a refuge in the day of my trouble.
My strength! unto Thee will I harp,
For God is my fortress -- the God of my mercy."
Thrice he repeats the vow of praise. His harp was his companion in his flight, and even in the midst of peril the poet's nature appears which regards all life as materials for song, and the devout spirit appears which regards all trial as occasions for praise. He has calmed his own spirit, as he had done Saul's, by his song, and by prayer has swung himself clear above fightings and fears. The refrain, which occurs twice in the psalm, witnesses to the growth of his faith even while he sings. At first he could only say in patient expectance, "My strength! I will wait upon thee, for God is my fortress." But at the end his mood is higher, his soul has caught fire as it revolves, and his last words are a triumphant amplification of his earlier trust: "My strength! unto thee will I sing with the harp -- for God is my fortress -- the God of my mercy."
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Do artificial light sources cause enough fatalities in light-attracted insect species to cause eventual extinction?
There are various theories about how insects are drawn to light bulbs because of navigation mechanisms based on the sun and moon's position in the sky. It makes sense for that to work when the only major light source on Earth was high in the sky at a very slowly changing angle, but now that we have artificial lights it seems like that would severely interfere with the regular life cycle of insects. Being stuck buzzing around a light bulb for almost half of every day seems like it could be damaging to the life expectancy of each bug, and therefore damaging to the species as a whole.
But the reality is, most of the "livable" surface on Earth is not covered in cities, so most of the bugs aren't affected by these artificial lights.
So that leaves me wondering, if we expanded our cities to cover most of the earth livable surface, would we potentially kill off a large portion of the bugs on earth that are drawn to light or rely on bugs drawn to light as a food source?
That's sort of a hard question to answer though, because of so many factors, however I think the root of the question is a simpler one:
Do artificial light sources cause enough fatalities in light-attracted species to prevent them from successfully reproducing at the necessary rate for survival? (assuming the whole species were subjected to such light sources)
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Short answer: Yes, it is highly likely that artificial light sources may cause such high mortality that insects become (locally) extinct.
Long answer: As you will understand, it is almost impossible to perform an experiment where lights cause extinction of a species. However, we have a lot of 'circumstantial evidence'; cases where it is clear that lights have dramatically decreased species richness (which means local extinction). If lights can cause local extinction, they can also cause global extinction if, as in your question, their entire population would be exposed to light.
Percentage of insects attracted/killed by light
Why insects are attracted to light remains unanswered, but that they do is clear. Also, it is known that insects that are attracted suffer an increased mortality, due to the light itself and due to predators actively hunting the blinded and inactive insects. The reported estimates of the number of insects that are attracted and killed by a light source differ and depend on the light source (color mainly), the background lighting (moon!) and other factors. A fair estimate is that about a third of the insects that are attracted by a light source are killed A third is a very high mortality, that is off course added onto the other (natural and man-made) mortality insects suffer from. It is very likely that this would cause insect populations to become extinct, especially those already at risk.
Based on observations
Eisenbeis&Hänel give a number of examples that show that insects populations dramatically decline when exposed to lights:
- the number of insects drawn to the lights of newly build fuel stations is high in the first years, than rapidly declines.
- the butterfly fauna in remote Austrian valleys declines after introduction of lighting (for tourism).
- The number of caddisflies drawn to lights exceeds that of the number found in a stream.
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$\begingroup$ Nice answer. Note that it's a third of the insects attracted to a particular bright light source that are killed estimated from that paper, not a third of all insects. $\endgroup$ – Bryan Krause♦ Jun 22 '17 at 16:06
$\begingroup$ @Bryan. Good observation. I've edited that in. $\endgroup$ – RHA Jun 25 '17 at 18:34
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Five-striped Sparrow Lark Bunting
Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus
Passerellidae
John W. Martin and Jimmie R. Parrish
Figure 1. Distribution of the Lark Sparrow.
This species is a rare and irregular winter resident within the areas denoted as 'migration', and a rare and irregular breeder east of the distribution shown. See text for details.
Adult Lark Sparrow, Pawnee National Grasslands, Colorado 7/7/05
; photographer Ernesto Scott
The Lark Sparrow is a widespread breeding species of open habitats such as shrub-steppe, piñon-juniper edges, grasslands, roadsides, farmlands, and pastures. Although it formerly bred as far east as the northern and central Atlantic states, its breeding range is now receding, probably toward its original pre-Columbian distribution as eastern lands historically cleared for agriculture during the mid-1800s return to forest, or are progressively taken over by urbanization.
This large, long-tailed sparrow has a distinctive alternating chestnut, black, and white facial pattern, and towhee-like black tail with white corners, conspicuous in flight or perched. Its name infers the tonal quality of its lark-like song. Singing is most notable by males perched at high points within territories and, at times, on the ground or in flight, in early morning, evening, and even at night.
Courtship in this species differs markedly from that of other passerines. Males perform turkey-like strutting with tail upright, flashing white tail spots, and wings dropped to the ground. Unique to the Lark Sparrow is the behavior of passing a twig from male to female during copulation, which may be an alteration of courtship feeding observed in other species. Breeding females are known to use nests, generally abandoned ones, of other species.
The Lark Sparrow shows a preference for ecotones between grassland or shrub and forested habitat types, often including disturbed sites with exposed soils, grazing or recent fire, and fallow fields. Due to its preference for edge habitats, this species appears to have been excluded from some of the thorough avian community studies in grasslands (US/IBP BIOME studies) and shrub-steppe (Wiens, Rotenberry, and others [ Wiens, J. A. and J. T. Rotenberry. (1979). Diet niche relationships among North American grassland and shrubsteppe birds. Oecologia 42:253-292.
Wiens and Rotenberry 1979, Rotenberry, J. T. (1980). Dietary relationships among shrubsteppe passerine birds: competition or opportunism in a variable environment. Ecological Monographs 50:93-110.
Rotenberry 1980, Rotenberry, J. T. and J. A. Wiens. (1980b). Temporal variation in habitat structure and shrubsteppe bird dynamics. Oecologia 47:1-9.
Rotenberry and Wiens 1980b, Wiens, J. A. and J. T. Rotenberry. (1981b). Habitat associations and community structure of birds in shrubsteppe environments. Ecological Monographs 5:21-41.
Wiens and Rotenberry 1981b]) during the 1970s and 1980s. To date there are no definitive studies of the Lark Sparrow.
Martin, J. W. and J. R. Parrish (2000). Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.488
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40 Years!
Studio Crawl 2019
About BVAS
~ History
~ Past Members
~ In Memoriam
~ Elizabeth Clark
~ Graham Page
Burns Visual Arts Society
Elizabeth Clark
Elizabeth Clark 1947 – 2008
Louise Williamson and I had the honour of sorting through the contents of Elizabeth Clark’s studio today, April 2, 2008, at her husband’s request. As fellow members of a studio cooperative, the Burns Visual Arts Society, we were familiar with each other’s working methods and space. Yet to enter the studio of a beloved friend in her profound absence was, unexpectedly, soothing.
Although Elizabeth had been ill for some time, her sudden passing on March 10 came as a shock to everyone. I like to think that an artist who had been fascinated by roadside shrines would want to incorporate the single white rose or the stem of hydrangia left on her studio door, into a new construction. Perhaps she is.
Elizabeth was an immensely curious and creative individual whose range of knowledge was as diverse as it was extensive. Not surprisingly, her studio reflected her eclectic imagination. Traditional art supplies were interspersed with the raw materials for her tongue-in-cheek constructions: X-rays, rear-view mirrors, Christmas lights, tampons, wind up dentures … The most touching was a small pair of rubber boots still sticky with white glue near a container of gummy bears, a work-in-progress from her “Gumboots” series.
Primarily a sculptor, Elizabeth, created fantastic (in the literal sense) garments to clothe, and comment upon, the body. “Chore Girl,” a ball gown fashioned entirely from copper scrub pads, hung in one corner. “Smoking Jacket,” constructed from lung X-rays carefully stitched together wasn’t there but some of the bustier series were. A favourite of mine was a red bustier created from a roll of tickets aptly named “Admit One.”
Much of this work had been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout Alberta and in her home province of Quebec (Montreal). Other work is housed in public collections such as the Alberta Foundation for the Arts or is privately owned.
Among the working notes and sketches in her studio there were botanical studies, printouts on obscure cameras, class notes from the Alberta College of Art where we first met as students 25 years ago. Elizabeth graduated in 1984 followed by a BFA from Concordia in Montreal in the 1990s. As a mature student with a zany sense of humour, Elizabeth thrived on the stimulating interaction of young people both at art school and in the workplace: Stewart Hall in Montreal, the Triangle Gallery, Nickle Arts Museum, and Glenbow Museum in Calgary.
Indeed she enjoyed life in its many and varied forms. We found dog treats stashed away for her 4-footed companions. Basil was her favourite. That quirky dog could meet, greet (and serendipitously remove her earrings) in his exuberant, soft-mouthed welcome.
Sorting through the studio of this talented, generous and compassionate artist was bittersweet. We thank her husband, Desmond – who was kept busy loading the van with Elizabeth’s constructions, maquettes, drawings, monoprints and image transfers – for entrusting us with this privilege.
Her friends and colleagues are working toward sharing her creativity and joie de vivre in a retrospective exhibition, tentatively called “An Elizabethan Moment.” We welcome your comments and suggestions.
Respectfully, Bev Tosh
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Ozzy Osbourne postpones all 2019 concerts
By Jem Aswad| 3 months ago
Ozzy Osbourne will postpone all his 2019 tour dates as he recovers from an injury sustained while dealing with his recent bout of pneumonia, his rep announced today.
The 70-year-old singer fell at his Los Angeles home, aggravating old injuries from a 2003 ATV accident that required surgery last month. He will remain under doctor's care in Los Angeles as he recovers.
Ozzy Osbourne. (AP/AAP)
"I can't believe I have to reschedule more tour dates. Words cannot express how frustrated, angry and depressed I am not to be able to tour right now," Osbourne said, in a statement that presumably left out several f-bombs. "I'm grateful for the love and support I'm getting from my family, my band, friends and fans, it's really what's keeping me going. Just know that I am getting better every day...I will fully recover...I will finish my tour...I will be back!"
The shows will be rescheduled beginning in February 2020 and concert-goers are being asked to hold onto their original tickets, as they will be honored for the rescheduled dates. Because some of the 2019 dates were festival appearances, not all will be rescheduled.
The rock icon vows that he will recover and continue shows next year. (EPA/AAP)
Below are the new North American dates; the Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl show will be rescheduled in July 2020, exact date TBA. The 2020 UK and European dates will be announced in the coming weeks.
Ozzy Osbourne 2020 tour dates:
Wed 5/27 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena
Fri 5/29 Sunrise, FL BB&T Center
Sun 5/31 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union
Tue 6/2 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
Thu 6/4 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Sat 6/6 Hershey, PA Hershey Park Stadium
Thu 6/11 Pittsburgh, PA KeyBank Pavilion
Sat 6/13 Bangor, ME Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
Tue 6/16 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Thu 6/18 Hamilton, ON First Ontario Centre
Sat 6/20 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
Mon 6/22 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena
Wed 6/24 St Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
Fri 6/26 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Sun 6/28 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
Wed 7/1 Milwaukee, WI Amer. Family Ins. Amp-Summerfest
Fri 7/3 St Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
Tue 7/7 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
Thu 7/9 Vancouver, BC Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
Sat 7/11 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
Wed 7/15 Portland, OR Moda Center
Fri 7/17 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
Thu 7/23 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion
Sat 7/25 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Wed 7/29 San Diego, CA North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Fri 7/31 Las Vegas, CA MGM Grand Garden Arena
TBA July Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
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Vintage video of an 8-track tape swap meet
This footage was shot in 1991 but it could easily be today. From Gary Broyhill's YouTube post:
Fans of the endless loop cartridge met at Delilah's in Chicago to trade tapes (no selling!) and talk shop. Interview with Russ Forster, editor of 8-Track Mind magazine and director of the 8-track film "So Wrong They're Right.'
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December 15, 2014 Bruce Allen Morning Links
Patriots Run The East, Tomase Rewarded Again
Despite constant claims to the contrary, it is not easy to win the same division in the NFL 12 times in 14 seasons. The Patriots just make it look that way.
The Patriots clinched the AFC East yesterday by exacting revenge for an opening-day loss to the Miami Dolphins with a 41-13 pounding of those same Dolphins at Gillette Stadium.
AFC Easy: Tom Brady, New England Patriots roll Miami Dolphins en route to sixth straight division title – Kevin Duffy looks at the win, and the Patriots getting a chance to throw Miami’s words back at them.
Patriots gain revenge with December drubbing of Miami – Christopher Price has New England waiting all season for this chance.
Patriots built for a title – Karen Guregian has the Patriots subdued following yesterday’s division win.
Tom Brady’s feet fire up Patriots in win – Michael Reiss looks at a 17-yard scamper by the ancient QB which got his teammates fired up.
Patriots defense making most of second chances – Richard Garven has the defense once again pitching a second-half shutout.
Rob Gronkowski can’t be stopped – Jacqueline MacMullan has Bledsoe calling Gronk the “evolution of the species” of tight end from his own target, Ben Coates.
Brady-Bledsoe bond has aged like fine wine – James Donaldson has the QB’s catching up after the game.
Patriots ‘just doing their jobs’ in 2nd-half turnaround – Thomas Curran has the Patriots just working better in the second half.
Halftime adjustments helped Patriots turn a close one into a rout – Benjamin Volin looks at the tale of two halves.
Jonas Gray reappears, makes clear impact – Lee Schecter has the running back giving the team a spark in the second half.
Knee-Jerk Reactions: Week 15, Patriots vs. Dolphins – Gerald Thornton’s Knee-Jerk columns are always eminently readable
Patriots’ Chandler Jones plays like he never left – Michael Whitmer’s notebook looks at the emotional return of the defensive end.
Get the rest of the coverage at PatriotsLinks.com
John Tomase Joins WEEI As Columnist, Senior Sportswriter – As expected, WEEI.com announced that John Tomase would be joining the site to replace Alexander Speier.
The release states that Tomase’s responsibilities will include serving as a columnist across all sports, while continuing to excel with his coverage of the Red Sox. Besides his work for WEEI.com, he will be a frequent on-air contributor for Sports Radio 93.7 WEEI in Boston and across New England on the WEEI Network.
Many of his colleagues have been praising Tomase today, and congratulating him on the move. He is well liked among his peers. The same can’t be said for many fans, who will never forgive him for his story on the Patriots taping the Rams walkthrough prior to Super Bowl 36, which was later retracted and apologized for, yet is still taken as fact by most people. (Even though the Herald wrote: “we now know that this report was false, and that no tape of the walkthrough ever existed.”)
I like John personally, never had any issues with him in that regard, but it is astounding to me that he has had zero professional implications for that incident. He remained on the Patriots beat for another season before being rewarded with a move to the Red Sox. The likes of Michael Felger defend him and insist that his story was accurate and he only made a mistake by sourcing once, no matter what has been said about it.
Others have been drummed out of the industry for less. Tomase is rewarded, ostensibly because he’s a nice, well-liked guy.
And no, we’re not going to forget this. It happened.
Twitter post of the week. (From Dolphins beat reporter Omar Kelly)
Tom Brady is the Pennington of today's QBs. His accuracy is fierce, but if he's forced to rush his throws & his dump off is taken away….
— Omar Kelly (@OmarKelly) December 13, 2014
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25 thoughts on “Patriots Run The East, Tomase Rewarded Again”
sjc6224 says:
While it might be buried in the game notes from this week, it’s worth congratulating Stephen Gostkowski on becoming the Patriots all-time leading scorer. When Adam Vinatieri left for a bigger contract with the Colts, the Patriots “cheapness” blared in the media (even though Vinatieri was the highest paid kicker for several years before leaving). The usual media suspects were all ready and looking forward to taking Belichick and Kraft apart when Gostkowski missed a game winning kick. Fortunately that didn’t happen until the 2012 game against the Cardinals, a game that never should have come down to that kick
While not having signature kicks into the snow to tie a game, or Super Bowl winning kicks, Gostkowski has done everything asked of him, has been one of the most reliable parts of the team, especially on the many kickoffs he makes that result in touchbacks (a much higher rate than Vinatieri), and deserves recognition for setting this record.
Here, here. Gostkowski has been one of the best kickers in the NFL ever since the Pats drafted him. He had a tough act to follow and he’s followed it as well as anyone could have expected. He also has, contrary to the conventional wisdom, made several clutch kicks during his career, missing just the one you mentioned against Arizona. I still shake my head as to why BB didn’t let Ghost try that 48/49-yarder in the Super Bowl out in Glendale, and instead opted for the bizarre 4th and 13 long pass attempt. Indoors, from that distance, he would have had a good 75 to 80 percent chance of making it. But, that was just one of the many head-scratching things that occurred that night which prevented the Pats from embracing football immortality.
Even though it’s been seven years, I STILL can’t bring myself to talk, in any great depth, about that Super Bowl. So, for me, what is about to follow, is border-line therapeutic.
I maintain to this day that Seymour had Eli in the grasp and that, normally, 10 times out of 10 that play is whistled dead for a loss. Add in Samuel’s drop of a sure pick, the miraculous — and ridiculous — helmet catch by a journeyman receiver off a desperation heave while Rodney was draped all over him, and the aforementioned bizarre decision by BB to not let Gostkowski attempt that FG and it resulted in just a very strange, kick-in-the-sack day.
LOL…don’t forget the OBVIOUS holding penalty on the Giants’ O-line, caught by Sports Illustrated’s cameras in all its glory, that wasn’t called before Eli tossed up the prayer that Tyree answered. It was just a bizarre, bizarre evening all around. I’m still convinced that Weis figured out the NYG’s defensive scheme at halftime and the Pats win the game going away after he makes the adjustments. That was Weis’s specialty. McDaniels never adjusted that night. Of course, we never really knew until well after the fact that Brady’s foot injury suffered against SD in the AFC title game was much worse than they let on. That probably had a lot to do with their offensive issues that night. Bottom line: it takes luck to win a Super Bowl, and it takes a lot of luck to go undefeated. The ’72 Dolphins always chortle with contempt when anyone bothers to point out just how weak their schedule was that year, but the fact remains that it WAS a very weak schedule. Even Shula himself said the ’73 team, which lost two games on its way to a repeat championship, was better than the ’72 team. The ’72 team just had the easy schedule, and the breaks when they needed them.
What is with all the full names today? Are we even sure Jackie and Alex are short for anything?
birdparishmchale says:
Much has been stated about the weakness of the AFC East. But look back at the divisional records of each of the division winners for the past six years, and you will see at least one divisional winner has matched or bettered the Patriots division record for that year. Given this fact (not opinion), though the Patriots have benefitted from being in the AFC East, it has not given them the inner track of getting the bye as others may lead us to believe. The Colts have a divisional record of 28-8 in the last 6 years (and that includes the “suck for luck” year) and we hear very little about the mediocrity of the AFC South.
But the AFC East is garbage! Fact, not opinion, caller!! Even though Felger admits people send him emails proving the AFC East isn’t as bad as he says it is and that the Pats have a better record vs the rest of the NFL than vs the AFCE, but that doesn’t fit the narrative, so let’s ignore it.
Weei.com is the better gig than the Herald? But the Globe, past home for Barnicle, Borges, Smith and Venocchi, is superior than Weei? Tomase would be a perfect fit at John Henry’s home for lazy hacks joining Shank and Cafardo.
So I hope Entercom and WEEI understand that by hiring Tomase they have announced to the world that journalistic ethics, quality work and honesty are not high priorities. If they are stupid enough to put Tomase on the air where he opines on the Patriots…they deserve the avalanche of poo that will inevitably come their way as we Patriots fans have long memories and utterly despise Tomase. You would think that if someone at a major paper in town were to make up a story about the Patriots he should be person non grata forever. But this loser has some how skated and resurrected his self image while never (at least as far as I know) shown any public remorse for his horrific libel of the Patriots organization.
Congrats WEEI you have managed to hire someone worse than Ken Powers and you seem proud of it.
Image if he did a fill in host gig. During Bill’s weekly radio gig. It would be blast
I wonder if that move foreshadows that the Pats have already given WEEI notice that they are moving Patriots Monday and Friday to the flagship 98.5 next year. The Brady and Belichick interviews will move there. Just supposin’ kind of like certain hosts.
Someone once said, and I don’t remember who, that they would not do that because of monopoly/anti-competitive measures the NFL has.
I don’t know if that’s a bylaw or just an edict where if a market has more than one major station, they’re advised to spread things out. Like here, where one has the rights but the other is allowed to pay for “Team” days and have the interviews. You could have interviews and talk football 100% of the time but Patriots is copyrighted so you have to pay for it.
It makes sense on one level but I also would think that if a team wants to give its radio and interview rights to one station, it should be theirs. I also have to think that it would not stop the independent interviews that some of the players give to WEEI, but that’s their deal with the team where they’re given tickets/gear in exchange for the team getting money for the exclusive.
I think that is urban legend. If there is no rule/law against a team owning the channel/network that broadcasts their games I doubt there is any anti trust reason that mandates a team give two talk stations in the same market equal access. It might be good business to get both stations promoting their product but there is no legal/rule/reason why the Pats have to have Patriots Monday on WEEI. They never did anything on the old 1510.
I have been always curious what the comp is doing the interviews especially Brady’s and what 98.5 pays to air the patriots vs. The red Sox 5 mil a year deal(I know 162 games)
Read and heard many times it’s something like this:
Station (TV/Radio) wants an exclusive with player. They go to the team and strike up some type of deal (cash, whatever). They go to player and typically offer free tickets/gear for them. Basically, the players get good tickets/free gear they can give to the wife/family/friends/etc. I have to think the bigger names get some cash or the team makes a donation to their foundation, but I am guessing.
I couldn’t find the deal $ for the Patriots/SportsHub searching, but I’d think Chad Finn might know. IIRC, WEEI pays something like 17m/yr for Sox radio rights.
Thank you my friend. I thought I was wrong with the 5 mil 17 mil makes more sense.
I know your correct but I could never understand some one who makes min a mid six figure salary looking for freebies and gift cert. Maybe it’s just me. Hard cold cash is just nicer
Many times, they offer them great seats that the team holds itself for things like this. Those are usually going to go to 1.) special guests but those who aren’t going into a box 2.) contest winners 3.) thank you gifts to some of their sponsors/biz partners.
Is it “worth the money?” maybe not but the team basically takes care of the player’s needs on this part. They’ll not only have the person seated in a good seat, but also get them better parking, a nice sized-quota to the nicest restaurant in or at the stadium. You’d also have some type of limo/transportation setup, even if they’re flying in.
If you’ve ever been “wined and dined” for sales, it’s a similar thing. The player can just do this for their family/gf/wife/etc. Could you do all of this with cash? Absolutely. The difference is that you’ll have, say, 4 people taken care of for the 8 home games, and not have to do a thing. The team’s concierge/relations department will handle this. (Source: family member was in sales and did this for decades.)
Otherwise, yeah, cash is king. Who knows what someone like Edelman makes for his spot, vs Brady/BB, and I doubt we’d ever know.
Listening to the DB & YARM podcast right now….is there another sports market in the country where the radio hosts open the show BITCHING about the home team not having competitive enough games? They are bitching that the Patriots blew the Dolphins out. I seriously have trouble believing what I’m hearing.
YARM still fears that the New York Rays can catch the Boston Patriots in the AL East.
Loved that Tweet from Omar Kelly (and subsequent ones in the first half patting himself on the back). Exactly why I don’t tweet judgmental, emotional stuff during games.
Have any in the Boston sports media favorited a tweet about firing a team’s GM?
The owner of the New York Jets apologized late Tuesday night after he —
according to him accidentally — favorited a tweet about firing the
team’s general manager.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/12/woody-johnson-john-idzik-twitter
I can imagine a number of people destroying their mouse trying to do it thousands of times.
People calling to complain about Brady dropping the f-bomb… nice. Where can I register a complaint with the FCC about the offensiveness of the NFL showing Titans-Jaguars tomorrow evening on NFL Network? Just the thought of that has caused irreparable harm in my mind, and I’ve suffered billions in damages.
If you want to follow the NBA, I don’t know how you do it w/o following @WojYahooNBA. Great article in the NR about him and the him v. ESPN war. Tons of interesting media gossip in it:
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120572/adrian-wojnarowski-how-basketballs-reporting-machine-gets-his-scoops
DryHeave says:
Somebody should tell this Omar character (full time NFL beat writer?…really?) that given the velocity/trajectory of his throws, the accurate comparison is Peyton Manning and Pennington
Tiki:
Excellent post. I am well aware of Entercomm’s none commitment to quality but I do think this is a the final straw. I don’t like Thornton and questioned bringing him on…he has no knowledge. I don’t like Minihane…his host on host crime is so unprofessional it makes me sick. But hiring Tomase…that one takes the cake.
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Five Things We Bet You Don’t Know About the Zulu Culture
by Ash Hooper on March 28, 2017
You may think you know a thing or two about this iconic African tribe, but there’s more to the Zulu culture than meets the eye. A spectacular history, meaningful craftwork, and far-reaching philosophy are just some of the special elements that thread the Zulu Nation together.
1. King Shaka is Not Simply an International Airport
A drawing by Sir Baden Powell, 1913
Local and international travellers who have visited or flown via Durban most likely know the name “King Shaka”, thanks to King Shaka International Airport. Who is this Zulu King that welcomes people to his Kingdom?
King Shaka Zulu will always be remembered as one of the most iconic leaders in African history, a leader who fearlessly fought alongside his warriors to protect his land. His shrewd military mind and strategic tactics revolutionised the Zulu tribe and catapulted an already powerful nation into an almost indomitable one. A nation that achieved great victories over their enemies who were, in fact, technologically superior.
He established new weapons such as a different style of the spear and the use of cowhide shields instead of the usual wood or iron materials. His training routines were relentless, creating an army of warriors fearless in the face of battle.
Shaka also introduced new ranking systems, motivating his soldiers and giving them incentive in the new hierarchical structure of the army. His genius proved effective in outsmarting his opponents in battle and his originality earned the admiration and respect of his followers, and even his enemies.
The after effect of Shaka’s military-minded Zulu Kingdom was a period of inter-community warfare called the Mfecane. Shaka’s rule and power provided the foundation for the Mfecane movement which resulted in the expansion and establishment of the Zulu empire. This widespread battle for domination began in 1815 and continued until 1840, which saw the establishment of new groups and even provinces such as Lesotho as we know it today. Ultimately, the Mfecane cemented the proud identity shared amongst the Zulu nation today.
2. Shaka Zulu Has His Own Public Holiday
South Africans celebrate National Heritage Day on the 24th of September every year, but at its inception, this day commemorated King Shaka Zulu and his rule from 1816 to 1828. Shaka’s influence heavily impacted Southern African history owing to the Zulu nation under his rule being a formidable opponent to rivals both on the continent and across the sea.
On National Heritage Day every year, members of the Zulu nation congregate at Shaka Zulu’s gravesite in Stanger, to honour the man who united the Zulu Kingdom and gave birth a formidable warrior nation, feared the continent over and by the British.
Shake Zulu Day is one of colour and verve thanks to traditional clothing being worn and war dances held. The occasion is vibrant and jovial where people from all walks of life cross paths to commemorate their Zulu heritage.
Photo credit: Isibindi Africa
Even after his death, Shaka’s political mind and military tactics resulted in victory for the Zulu nation, most notably in the Battle of Isandlawana which was fought in KwaZulu-Natal on the 22nd January 1879. A heavily under-armed army of Zulu warriors outsmarted 1,350 British soldiers, resulting in a crushing defeat.
The Zulu army anticipated and out-manoeuvred their heavily armed opponents and only 50 British soldiers ended up surviving the battle. This was one of the worst defeats that the British army suffered and lit the match that ignited the Anglo-Zulu War. This site can still be visited today when touring KwaZulu-Natal’s Battlefields.
3. Traditional Zulu Beadwork Tells An Intricate Story
Did you think the Zulu nation simply wore colourful bead-work to reflect their vibrant personalities? Think again. Every colour and shape has its own intricate cultural meaning.
All colours except white (which only represents love and purity), have both positive and negative meanings dependant on what bead is stitched alongside it. The colour of the beadwork one chooses to wear can even symbolise mood, with black indicating one is in mourning and green depicting contentment or bliss in marriage.
Traditionally, Zulu men would rely on these messages for certain information such as whether a woman is married or not. Beadwork is indicative of gender, and told others how many children the wearer had, what region she/he hailed from, and how many unmarried sisters she/he had.
Women also rely on beadwork as a way of forging bonds amongst themselves. The time spent beading together strengthens the bond of community and is passed down from mother to daughter.
So, when you’re next out buying beadwork from local stores, think twice before buying a beaded necklace, you may end up with many Zulu men pursuing you with a proposal!
4. The Original Lion King Melody is Written by a Zulu Tribesman
Did you know you’ve been singing the lyrics to your favourite The Lion King song incorrectly? The song known to the world as “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” actually has deep roots in Soloman Linda’s song, “Mbube”, written in the 1920’s.
Sadly, Soloman Linda never received royalties or recognition until decades later, despite his melody having been translated, adapted, and used on countless platforms since its official recording in 1939.
Soloman Linda worked as cleaner and record packer at Gallo Record Company, which is where his song was eventually recorded with his group of musicians, The Evening Birds. Mbube’s melody, which was influenced by his traditional Zulu choral music background, went on a whirlwind journey, evolving into “Wimoweh” by Pete Seeger in 1952. With every new ear, the song changed slightly but Linda’s spectacular melody always remained. Mbube has since become a genre of South African pop music thanks to Linda’s song.
5. Ubuntu, A Traditional Nguni Philosophy, Binds South Africans
Ubuntu is simply about living a life with a good disposition and generous spirit. It challenges the thinking that individuals can live for themselves and achieve success out of their own efforts by preaching a deep interconnectedness of humanity.
The word ‘ubuntu’ originates from the Nguni language. ‘Nguni’ refers to a group including the Zulu, Ndebele, Swazi, and Xhosa people. There are proverbs dedicated to ubuntu that relate to one’s behaviour, morals, manners, and life, in general. This philosophy has long been a guiding force among the Nguni people.
This collective philosophy is heavily respected and referenced by political and religious leaders of South Africa. Its impact is also far reaching. Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, who headed Global Partnerships in the Office of the Secretary of State under the Obama administration, mentioned Ubuntu in the context of American foreign policing. Bagley declared it ‘Ubuntu Diplomacy’, and one that highlighted the “responsibilities that come with our interconnectedness”.
“There is a word in South Africa – Ubuntu – a word that captures Mandela’s greatest gift: his recognition that we are all bound together in ways that are invisible to the eye; that there is a oneness to humanity; that we achieve ourselves by sharing ourselves with others, and caring for those around us” – Barack Obama.
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Trayci Tompkins says:
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Ash, thank you so much for this article. Our culture has been branded very badly over the years but thank you so much for such a positive sight.
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Full time employee is not entitled to take up any other vocation, even arbitration
Published on December 17, 2015 December 24, 2015 By Editor
Delhi High Court: Deciding on a public interest litigation wherein relief was sought that no retired Supreme Court Judge can give chamber advice to any party and that no retired Supreme Court or High Court Judge will take up arbitration work while he or she is a Chairperson or Member of any Government appointed constitutional or statutory body, commission, commission of inquiry, tribunal or appellate body, the division bench of G. Rohini, C.J and Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J observed that it is a settled principle of law that a full time employee, as certainly full time Chairpersons or Presidents or Members of Tribunals or Commissions or Statutory Authorities are not entitled to take up any other employment or vocation and certainly an arbitration would constitute an employment. The Court reasoned that a full time employee is expected to spend his energy and resources to his employment and should not divert to any other job or vocation.
In the instant case an affidavit was filed by the Under Secretary, the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice, and Government of India wherein it was stated that the issue of taking up arbitration work by the Chairpersons or Members of Tribunals and Statutory Authorities, while so functioning was under consideration and it was proposed to formulate a “Uniform Policy” regulation the terms and conditions of service of such authorities. Eventually the Tribunals, Appellate Tribunals and Other Authorities (Conditions of Service) Bill, 2014 had been drafted and was introduced in the Rajya Sabha which provided that no person while holding office as the Chairman or Member shall act as an arbitrator save that he may with the permission of the Central Government complete his uncompleted arbitration work at the time of appointment. The counsel for the petitioner contended that this delay on part of the legislature is resulting in members taking up arbitration work to the detriment of full time office held by them. While the learned ASG contended that the bill is still under examination.
Referring to a catena of cases like Sukumar Mukherjee v. State of West Bengal (1993) 3 SCC 723, Dr Haniraj L. Chulani v. Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa (1996) 3 SCC 342, the Court stated that it is no argument or consideration that the whole time authority would be acting as arbitrator only during the hours he is not working as Chairperson or Member. Giving further reasons, the Court said that giving any kind of directions would be overstepping the limits as the present issue falls in the domain of legislature and giving due respect to the doctrine of separation of powers respondents are directed to bestow special attention on the issue and to ensure that appropriate legislation is made at the earliest. [Common Cause v. Union of India, 2015 SCC Online Del 14003, decided on 11.12.2015]
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My Treasure Trove Revealed on Antiques Roadshow
By tim_jones on January 15, 2017 at 8:40 AM
I’m the proud owner of an extensive collection of priceless one-of-a-kind heirlooms, some of which I’ve owned since early childhood. Recently I decided to find out what they were worth. No doubt hundreds of thousands of dollars. So, when I heard that Antiques Roadshow was coming to Seattle, I knew this was my chance to determine conclusively just how valuable my rare compilation of artifacts was. The following is a transcript of my conversation with the appraiser on Antiques Roadshow.
Antiques Roadshow (ARS): Welcome to another episode of Antiques Roadshow. Good afternoon, sir. What do we have here?
Tim: Love your show. Big fan. By the way, I recently wrote this book called YOU’RE GROUNDED FOR LI-
ARS: We really don’t have time for you to shamelessly plug your book.
Tim: Why not? After all, this is my humor blog.
ARS: Pardon me? Okay, what is it you have to show me, sir?
Tim: I have this rare coin my father gave to me when I was five years old. I think it might be ancient Mesopotamian, probably from the 5th century BC. It appears to be in really good condition. What would you say it’s worth?
ARS: Well, sir. I agree this coin is in excellent condition. However, on closer inspection, it appears that it does not date quite as far back as the 5th century before Christ. I would date it, instead, to sometime around 1960. It appears to be a New York City subway token. Notice here, where it reads “Good for one fare” – in plain English.
Tim: Well, that’s disappointing. Okay, well, how about this item, then? I think it might be a rare impressionist painting. I can’t really make out what it’s supposed to be about. But my mom had it posted on our kitchen wall when I was very young. It looks to me it could be an early Monet or maybe a Van Gogh. Do you recognize the artist?
ARS: Hmmm, I’m sorry to say, I don’t, sir. But look here on the back – there appears to be some sort of signature. I glean the letters “T-I-M-M-Y” scrawled in reddish orange crayon. Does that name mean anything to you?
Tim: That’s funny. That’s my name.
ARS: Intriguing. You don’t think by any chance this might be one of your childhood finger paintings, do you? Perhaps from when you were, say, two or three years old?
Tim: Hah! I had not thought of that. But how can you be so sure it’s not something by one of the early Impressionists?
ARS: Well, I could be wrong. After all, I’ve only been a professional appraiser for 47 years. You could be right. It could be one of Picasso’s long-lost masterpieces. But do you think the comment from a Miss Kelly, where she wrote below your name, “Timmy, B- for originality. F for effort” might give us a further clue as to its authenticity?
Tim: Fair enough. Maybe it is one of my early works. So what might its worth be, to the nearest thousand dollars, give or take?
ARS: To the nearest thousand dollars, you say?
Tim: Yeah, just spitballing, I mean.
ARS: I see. Well, then, “just spitballing,” I would estimate its value at roughly ZERO thousand dollars – give or take zero cents.
Tim: Seriously? Well, that sucks.
ARS: We don’t say “sucks” on Antiques Roadshow, sir.
Tim: Sorry about that. Okay, what about this? I am fairly certain it’s a rare Native American hand-woven rug. From my limited research, I would say it’s Navajo. Perhaps traced back to an ancient Anasazi cliff-dwelling tribe from the 11th or 12th century. What do you think are its origins?
ARS: Pier One Imports, sir. But that’s just an educated guess.
Tim: What makes you think that?
ARS: I don’t know, sir. Perhaps the sales tag that says, “Clearance item. 50% off – Pier One Imports.”
Tim: So you’re telling me it’s not an ancient Navajo rug?
ARS: I’m saying this rug is about as much Navajo as the person I am presently talking to, sir.
Tim: I must own SOMETHING in here of historic value. Okay, how about this ancient collectibles box? My mother gave it to me when I was six. I’m thinking it might date back to caveman times, but you’re the expert, doc, so what do you say?
ARS: I’d estimate its worth to be every bit as valuable as that “young Picasso” finger painting you showed me previously. Definitely not prehistoric.
Tim: How can you possibly conclude that so quickly?
ARS: Several clues, actually. First, I’m fairly certain plastic was not invented during the Neanderthal era. Secondly, just because it has an image of the Flintstones painted on the lid doesn’t make it prehistoric. Finally, it’s a lunchbox. With a thermos inside.
Tim: Well, what about this rare photograph of Abraham Lincoln? Again, I’m no expert, but this looks like it might have been taken during his second Inaugural Address.
ARS: You mean this movie poster of Daniel Day-Lewis in his role as Lincoln from the film by the same name?
Tim: But it looks just like him! How can you be so sure it’s not authentic?
ARS: I will admit the resemblance is uncanny. But what gives it away for me is the 40-point type to the left of Lincoln’s chin, where it says “LINCOLN – A Steven Spielberg film – Opening November 9th.”
Tim: So what you’re telling me is that all this stuff I’ve been saving for decades is junk. Even this rare antique Japanese tea set?
ARS: Yes, even your rare “Hello Kitty” tea set, correct.
Tim: Well this is really disappointing news. So there’s nothing here worth anything? Not even this autographed copy of my book, YOU’RE GROUNDED FOR LIFE?
ARS: Autographed, you say?
Tim: Yes, absolutely.
ARS: Then, um, no, sir. Not worth the paper it’s printed on, I’m afraid. That’s all the time we have. Come back next week for another episode of Antiques Roadshow.
That’s the view from the bleachers. Perhaps I’m off base.
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Rodents of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Quaternary Extinction
Posted January 31, 2014 by Paleo Communtiy in Geology, paleontology
The Caribbean is typically thought of as a lovely spring break destination. If you are an animal lover, the area is great for diving and birding, but there are not many land mammals to be found. Sure, you will find bats, some endemic rodents, and of course invasive cats and rats, but besides that you will not find anything larger, like, oh, a sloth.
Where’s my piña colada?
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That’s right, up until a few thousand years ago, sloths weren’t just a South American thing. There were also primates, specifically New World monkeys like the Jamaican monkey, on islands throughout the Greater Antilles. The Greater Antilles consist of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Cayman Islands, and Jamaica.
Map of the Greater Antilles highlighted in green. Other Caribbean islands like the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos have also had mammalian extinctions
This now extinct terrestrial fauna of the Greater Antilles still remains very mysterious for a variety of reasons. As previously mentioned, only a few species of endemic rodents remain on Caribbean islands. The two biggest questions in this evolutionary conundrum are how did the mammals arrive? And then, how did they go extinct? The arrival debate is probably the most contentious- if we know the ancestors of extinct Antillean sloths, primates, and rodents originated in South America, how did the end up on islands in the middle of the Caribbean Sea? Did they all come from South America? It is possible, but seemingly unlikely, these different groups of mammals came in a series of overwater dispersals. A sloth floating its way to Jamaica may seem unbelievable, but overwater dispersals can be viable migration methods.
There is another theory though—perhaps there was a late Eocene- early Oligocene land bridge that connected the Greater Antillean Ridge and South America via the Aves Ridge. Welcome to:
GAARlandia was proposed by Iturralde-Vincent and MacPhee in 1999 as a way to explain the dispersal of land mammals from South America to the Caribbean islands in one continuous event, rather than a series of random overwater dispersals. Phylogenetic evidence has both supported and refuted the potential for the existence of GAARlandia, so the debate can still continue.
This month, in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleotology, Vélez-Juarbe et al. describe rodent incisors from Puerto Rico that date to the Oligocene- making them the earliest rodent fossils in the Caribbean. They are just incisors, so we cannot learn too much about the actual animal they belonged to (besides the fact their enamel structure indicates they belonged to a caviomorph rodent), but the existence of this fossil pushes back the date of rodent arrival in the Greater Antilles by approximately 9 million years. This new date is consistent with other molecular divergence estimations of caviomorph rodent groups in South America. In addition, a dated molecular phylogeny indicates there was a split between a Greater Antillean toad and its sister taxon in South America during the late Eocene- early Oligocene. The coincidence between molecular divergence dates, paleontological finds, and the hypothesized date of the land-bridge adds support to the idea there may have been a short lived sub-aerial land bridge bringing non-flying mammals to the Greater Antilles. Of course, this new evidence still does not preclude the possibility of overwater dispersal! These biogeographic hypotheses are very difficult to disprove so the debate rages on.
So where have the Caribbean monkeys and sloths gone? The Caribbean mammalian fauna experienced extremely high rates of extinction during the Quaternary, and these extinctions seemed to occur both before and after humans were a factor in the environments. During the Holocene, climate change could have potentially altered the environments these mammals were living in and this caused their extinction. But with the arrival of humans, overhunting, habitat destruction, disease, and introduction of invasive predators could also have been extremely damaging to biodiversity. The zooarchaeological and paleontological records on these islands can be spotty, but much more remains to be done to figure out the complex history of the ancient life of the Caribbean. Ancient DNA, stable isotopes, and re-examination of the taxonomy of fossils and sub-fossils from the Caribbean will continue to inform biogeographic theory and help us understand what drove such a unique mammalian biota to extinction.
Iturralde-Vincent, M. A., R. MacPhee. 1999. Paleogeography of the Caribbean region: implications for Cenozoic biogeography. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 238:1-95.
Velez-Juarbe, J., T. Martin, R. D. E. MacPhee, D. Ortega-Ariza. 2014. The earliest Caribbean rodents: Oligocene caviomorphs from Puerto Rico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34:157-163.
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Héctor E Colón says:
Jorge Vélez Juarbe is helping us to understand the evolution -in the broad sense- of these islands, nothing simple in this puzzle.
Shaena Montanari says:
Thanks so much Jorge. Your blog is awesome also- I hope everyone checks it out for much more in-depth coverage. It does seem like a difficult place to work with so much vegetation. If you ever need a field assistant I’m sure lots of us would like to come to the Caribbean and help you out 🙂
JVJ says:
Nice coverage of the paper 🙂
I would like to add, that one of the challenges of working in the tropics is the vegetation. Its everywhere and we must rely on recent road cuts or river banks to find out more about the ancient history of the region. Also, there is an extreme lack of people working locally. All of this makes every good find a very rewarding experience.
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Opinion: Who should lead WHO (Pt 1 of 3)? Dr. Tedros, nominee of the Government of Ethiopia.
Posted April 5, 2017 by Victoria Costello in Uncategorized
The views expressed in this blog post belong solely to its author and do not necessarily reflect the views of PLOS or the PLOS journals. Please note, this is the first of three posts on the May 2017 election of the next Director General of the World Health Organization. Read part 2 here. Proposed guest posts for “Your Say” can be emailed to blogs@plos.org — PLOSBLOGS
By Zaeem Ul Haq, MBBS MPH
Over the past several months, many colleagues in global health have asked who I think should be the next Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO). I’ve also been subtly encouraged to campaign on behalf of one candidate or another. So far, I have more or less remained neutral, not only because of some conflicting loyalties (see below), but also because I hadn’t yet had a chance to analyse the candidates’ manifestos and appraise these impartially to make an informed choice. Now that I have finally found time to do this, I would like to share the reasons behind my choice – and I invite other members of the global health community to do the same.
[PLOSBLOGS Editor’s note: guest posts for “Your Say” can be emailed to blogs@plos.org]
First, for those who haven’t followed this issue closely, a little background is in order.
In brief, the names of candidates nominated by WHO member states were announced in September 2016. During October and November, the candidates presented their vision for WHO to member states and responded to their questions. In January 2017, the WHO executive board short listed 5 candidates, who then presented their manifestos and were interviewed by the board. The top three finalists were selected and have been put forward to the world health assembly to be held in May 2017, where member states will cast their votes and elect the next DG, who will take over from Margret Chan on July 1st, 2017. These three final candidates are:
Dr David Nabarro, nominee of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Dr Sania Nishtar, nominee of the Government of Pakistan.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, nominee of the Government of Ethiopia.
To begin, there’s no doubt that all of these finalists have top-end credentials, and that I can think of countless reasons (such as those below) to be biased for all three, which makes the choice even more difficult than it probably is for someone else.
Two of them are nominees from my home (Pakistan) and adopted (UK) countries, so I inherently feel an obligation to support their candidature;
One of them, Dr. Nishtar, was my teacher in MPH, the other two I can proudly say, are fellow-alumni from the London School;
Two are medical doctors, another two public health specialists;
One worked in the same role with the organisation that I’ve worked for over the past decade (Save the Children), another pioneered and championed the community health approach that I have worked so passionately for over the past decade;
One is an eloquent speaker, another a proficient writer and the third an ardent practitioner;
All three are profound thinkers and great leaders in their own right, and thus it’s impossible to make distinction based on their profiles alone.
The choice should thus be based on their track record, achievements and their vision for the World Health Organisation over the next decade. And against those benchmarks, there is a clear winner, at least from my perspective.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedros_Adhanom
Dr Tedros stands out as the most promising candidate to lead the World Health Organisation at this crucial time – with ever-increasing population, political, epidemiological and environmental challenges. My top three reasons reflect the facts that:
He has spearheaded the health sector reform in his country and providing exemplary leadership over the past decade;
He has galvanised bilateral and multi-sectoral partnerships that culminated in his country achieving the millennium development goal for child survival;
He has forged regional partnerships and generating global momentum for accelerating sustainable development;
Dr Tedros would be the first African to lead the WHO. As such, his hands-on experience effectively leading the national ministries of health and foreign affairs, wherein he accelerated progress towards increasing equitable access to basic health and nutrition services, will be instrumental for his governance. This experience will help ensure the WHO continues to provide global leadership to improve health outcomes and achieve sustainable development goals for health, for the hundreds of millions in need, in particular the most vulnerable and marginalised communities in Sub-Saharan Africa and in all fragile and conflict-affected states.
Zaeem Ul Haq, MBBS MPH is a public health physician who has worked over the past 15 years to improve health and nutrition outcomes for children and communities across low and middle income countries globally. Presently he is a health advisor with Save the Children, and provides strategic direction and technical support to country programmes globally, with a special focus on child survival and health systems strengthening in fragile states. He has previously worked for international organisations such as International Rescue Committee, Medecins Sans Frontineres and the Aga Khan Foundation.
The views expressed in this blog post belong solely to its author and do not necessarily reflect the views of PLOS or the PLOS journals.
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Neja Jemal says:
Neja J.
It is clear that Dr. Tewodros’s experience and leadership quality has alteady been tested for atleast a decade. He showed his strategies with remarkable result. As all know, the huge burden on health and healthy working group problem is clearly manifested in Africa. So who will be the best candidate than Dr. Tewodros Adhanom who comes from this continent? Any responsible mind can easily answer this question. Good luck Dr. Tewodros Adhanom and all Ethiopians.
If the world wants a sustainable health condition in the whole world they should to eradicate or at least minimized the problem of Africa health condition ,it needs the one who is humble in nature , Dr.Tedros Adhanom is professional and experienced in the domain. we need the one who can do his /her best for the world health organization.
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Dr. Yohannes Gebresellasie says:
Dr. Tedros has the knowledge,expirience and background better than the other cadidates to lead . He will make the institution better in all aspects
Eyasu Habtu says:
The WHO DG position had many great contenders. Dr. Tedros brings the unique perspective, unique experience, and leadership critical to keep our world secure from health threats that we are recently experiencing more than ever in the past. We have already been tested with Ebola and now Zika for which our preparedness could have been better. Dr. Tedros’s experience in expanding health systems and building capacity at the grass roots and his diplomatic skills will be what is most needed if and when we have to deal with any global health threat.
On the personal side I have known Tedros as a young enthusiastic scientist in the late 90s when he fought malaria with evidence based prevention interventions for which he was awarded the ASTMH young investigator of the year award in 2003. I am with all others all over the world who believe that Dr. Tedros is the right person to lead the WHO. Thank you Dr. Tedros for your service to the world.
tekie says:
Dr. Tedros is a visionary and examplary leader. and I’m sure he will be the leader of WHO.
Girmay beyene says:
Dr Tedros area of expertise in health and the outstanding accomplishment in his career made him the best candidate who can lead the WHO
Alemach T Kahsay (MD, MPH) says:
I new Dr. Tedros for the last 22 years. Has worked as an expert in the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, head of Malaria department in Tigray Regional State,Head of the health Bureau, Vice minister then Minister of health of Ethiopia. He has served his country from grass root level to a known world wide professional and leader.
All these years, he was exemplary because, he always believes in change, strategic in his view and and diplomat in his approach to achieve the change he believes in.
Dr. Tedros’s leadership has brought outstanding achievement in the reduction of Child mortality in Ethiopia, successful malaria control program, through the health Extension Program which countries in Africa are taking it as a model for reduction of morbidity and mortality in general population and in women and children in particular.
Though not undermining other Candidates, WHO will best serve for what it stands for with Dr. Tedros’s Leadership.
Valdenize Tiziani says:
We support Dr. Tedros. Highly qualified and very sensitive to the needs of the poorest population. We are confident he will add innovation and social interest to the WHO leadership.
All of the candidates have exceelent credentals, tough.
Alema W says:
Dr. Tedros is the best and a man of radical change with his all excellent experience in the health and diplomatic score.
Muluadam Getaneh says:
Dr. Tedros is an extraordinary energetic leader. He has an outstanding leadership skills which we saw in reality when he was leading different Ministries in Ethiopia. He is able to successfully complete multiple tasks with favorable results. He has consistently demonstrated an ability to rise any challenge that he must face. If WHO is seeking an appropriate Director, Dr. Tedros is an excellent choice.
Abraham Gebrehiwot Weldeslassie says:
Indeed, all the three candidates are have excellent skill records and profiles. However, Dr Tedros has extra-experience in developing countries (Africa) spreading diseases such as like Malaria, where most of the WHO jobs, will focus. Thus, his extraordinary skills and outstanding experience makes more favorable candidate than the others.
abebe says:
As I know Dr. Tedros was play a grate role in Ethiopian Health transformation agenda and specially in malaria control program in north-wast Ethiopia where established sustainable program to control it so he can lead WHO in forwarding way by his leadership capacity and health view point so I hope he is the one who the appropriate guy for this position.
I wish good luck.
Danno says:
This will be just another landmark test, if Africa has a voice or just the North can lobby anything. On Dr. Tedros is Africa united. In this case supporting him is supporting the WHO as world organization to succeed, since Dr. Tedros can really pull the necessary resources which WHO needs to help and improve health globaly.
Yosef says:
He is a great leader & succesful that is wayi choos him
Dr. Tedros is the most qualified’ the most knowledgeable and better equipped and expirienced person to lead the WHO. He is simply an asset to all. Good luck Dr. Tedros
Markos Lemma Wesenie says:
MD,phd Markos Lemma Wesenie
April 9.2017
Dr, Tedros Adhanom has a track record of organizational skillsin a grassroot level and achieving meaningful and significant results ahead of schedule and with limited budget in his country in the health sector. Dr Tedros is the most qualified and with an extraordinary organizational skills and long time experience to lead such an organization as The WHO. May God help you to be next elected leader of The WHO
Paul Mpaka says:
How does the rest of the South fair?
WHO is highly relevant and indispensable for the developing countries who face the brunt of the disease burden. They should not only receive its support but also cultivate and strengthen it and take the opportunity to lead it. The North should grab the chance to operate on high moral ground. Dr Tedros appears to be best placed to bridge, bring trust and make WHO responsive to the aspirations of all. An excellent gift. My country is committed to do so.
Demisachew Gelan says:
Dr. Tedros is uniquely qualified based on his outstanding record. Also, on many public occasions that I observed, he radiates Excellence, sound and prudent judgment, balanced and yet clear sense of direction for what he wants to do. As an Ethiopian, I highly respect and admire him for his superlative leadership abilities and commitment to serve my people!
Hagos Seyoum says:
All three are very good,
but Dr. Tedros is more a man of VISION to Lead the WHO better
The countries from the West have to stop double standard and scratch their heads in search of justice at least for once. When one challenges them to give chance to the south, they would say Africans don’t unite. This is as an excuse. Dr Tedros’s vote is a litmus test. Africans are united, creating precedence for future African candidates for high profile global positions to lead and influence issues with excellence.
Dr.Dahal says:
Dr. Tedros is an excellent candidate seeing his excellent track record. It will be injustice for the mankind and human civilization,if he failed to win this election. For the first time in the history,someone from the Africa is going to lead WHO.
Seeing unprecedented burden of diseases,chaos and power in Africa, Africa should get a chance to be in the driver sit.
He is a leader with passion, dedication and result.
Indeed, Dr Tedros stands out to best candidate. His track records are reassuring to heal this troubled organisation. Its intended mission are increasingly messed and influenced by lobbystis.
Good luck Good Man Dr Tedros.
Mulie Tarekegn says:
This quite clear Dr. Tedros should have to lead the WHO. His knowledge, expreance, leadership and political skills makes him best candidate for WHO. I used to work with him as a chief of staff for the last 3 years and I know his ability to lead an organization like that of WHO. He is visionary and definitely brings change. I give him my fully support.
Wali Hussein says:
I really appreciate, Dr.Ul Haq, for your clear analysis of the 3 candidates ‘ credentials, and drawing a fine-line that separates the candidates. After reading Dr. Tedros’ s program, the vision he has for WHO, his track-record and experiences for spearheading SDGs – I believe cuts him way above the other candidates.
In Tedros we trust!
Elias Ashenafi Haile says:
Its wise and better to See all the ways & benefits of the WHOs as that the global world needs the best Leader who will play a Rolle .Its Obiviously knowen who will be the best of the best with Multi or highly has integratives knowlege ,expriance and motivativated .I want to segessted all candidates are very important candidates but Dr Tewodros Adhanom is the Most cohice specially i See him in as that the One who started the implimentations of MDG at Löw income african Community.
BekeleBashaDabaro says:
Dr Tedros is examplary leader in his country as wellas globally;he played great role in health sector in his country …….,.so;I wish he will be DG for WHO in coming decads.
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dawit says:
I wishing him to be leader of who he is a good man big hero
kisanet says:
Doctor Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus should lead WHO
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Dr.Temesgen says:
That is very true and interesting opinion not because I am Ethiopian rather because ammazing track record Dr.Tedros already have established.I remember from medical undergraduate studies once while malaria day was upon celebration, the name of one person came out as best Ethiopian malaria Researcher and that was Dr.Tedros.He championed our health care reform through health extension workers, doubled physcians graduated, tried to establish warm environment for us practitioners, championed for the development of our first ever Emergency Medicine training.Those were very few of his top achievement not to mention various awards he has already received.He is such a humble and open minded leader as well the one who invites people for idea sharing, he himself shares his personal phone to physcians working at country side in Ethiopia.I believe he is the right person for WHO DG post.
abera says:
Dr tedros wouid be leader of WHO.
Senbetu Emnetu says:
Dawit A says:
Dr Tedros can bring a change
Indeed, without diminishing the other candidates, Dr. Tedros seems to have the strongest credentials and vision to lead the WHO. I second you.
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Guilty until proven innocent.
Gee, maybe now we know why Isaiah Crowell was nervous during that arrest.
The charges that were leveled against former Georgia tailback Isaiah Crowell last summer and ultimately led to his dismissal by the Bulldogs were dismissed by the State of Georgia this week.
According to court documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Thursday, the felony charge of possessing a weapon with an altered ID mark and misdemeanor charges of possession and carrying a concealed weapon without a license and carrying a weapon within in a school zone, were dropped by Athens-Clarke County District Attorney Kenneth Mauldin.
In the dismissal document filed by assistant D.A. James Chafin, it was explained to the court while the gun was found under the driver’s seat of Crowell’s car, which belonged to his mother, “the state would be unable to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this defendant actually possessed the weapon or even knew it was there.”
I’m sure the mea culpas will be flowing shortly – I’m looking at you, Coach Dooley and Mark Bradley.
Some random thoughts:
This is what sucks about living in a 24-hour news cycle/Internet reaction world, that rush to judgment that feels so good, yet ultimately holds no accountability. There’s no place for nuance, or for letting little things like the judicial system run their course.
Which is why I can’t blame Mark Richt for the decision to let Crowell go. Standing by the kid would have been an enormous distraction. But I bet Richt gets plenty of mileage out of this going forward dealing with the media and its next rush to judgment.
Does Georgia get a Fulmer Cup mulligan?
I figure Jimmy Williamson still counts this as a notch on his gun.
Remember where this all started: “an officer smelled an odor of marijuana”, although none was found in the car at the time of the arrest.
Bottom line is that there’s a pretty high asshole quotient with this story.
Filed under Crime and Punishment, Georgia Football
103 responses to “Guilty until proven innocent.”
NateG
If the officer “smelled” marijuana, but none was found, then he couldn’t possibly have smelled any. Would that not render his search invalid and thus make any evidence found impermissible? Or am I being much too literal with this 4th amendment thing?
The Bill of Rights is so yesterday.
Apparently.
NC Dawg
Your logic escapes me. Of course he could have smelled something. That fact that it’s no longer in the car doesn’t mean the smell is gone, too.
Yeah, I thought of that right after I typed that comment. I’ve never been in a position that required me to hastily dispose of a bag of marijuana, so I’m not experienced in the methods employed. However, I do wonder at what point an officer’s olfactory senses became a good enough reason to justify probable cause. Seems like something that would be a little too subjective. But that’s just me.
Bulldawg165
It’s not that unlikely that he smelled pot and couldn’t find any. Maybe they disposed of it by smoking it just a few moments earlier?
It’d probably have a pretty strong smell in that case too wouldn’t it 😉
Or maybe there never was any pot.
I would guess that if they had just smoked it all, they wouldn’t need to use smell for probable cause. Licking windows and proclaiming they taste like snozberries is pretty indicative of intoxication of one kind or another…
Right. Except nobody acts like that after smoking a doobie. Ever. A strong odor is the most obvious indicator that someone has been smoking weed. Plus it’s a lot easier to smell it after it’s been smoked compared to when it’s still in the bag.
The kid had a bit more than marijuana when he started preaching about the taste of snozberries…
I realize pot doesn’t make you do that. That scene just popped in my head and made me giggle a bit.
Coastal Dawg
Didn’t all the people in the car pass a drug test administered after the arrest?
Watch “Super Trooper” to discover how the cops helped the kids get rid of their bag of marijuana.
Smoke smell lingers in fabric and other materials. A burned up dooby (roach) can then be eaten. Not saying this was done, but could be true that it was detected although no physical evidence is present.
What was the haul from that traffic stop? Certainly they stopped others. Resultant?
AlphaDawg
I had a cop stop me on a boat, on a windy day and used the “I smelled MJ” as an excuse to search me and my boat. He found nothing but a few sandwiches and fruit juices and spent 30 minutes going through all my tackle to see if we had any illegal gear.
No, you don’t understand. All black people smell like marijuana. Latinos too. That is the only plausible explanation for why so many stops are initiated because the officer “detected a faint odor of marijuana,” yet never actually discovered a trace of marijuana in the car.
On a related note, it’s amazing how often blacks/latinos “follow too closely” on I-75–another common basis for road stops. They must just be bad drivers . . .
HVL Dawg
Those officers have their olfactory nerves calibrated once a week. The dreds and skin color couldn’t have been a factor.
Whatever the basis for the reasonable suspicion, they did find an illegal gun. Not cool, even if it was Mom’s fault.
AthensHomerDawg
Mom: “Honey… have you seen my piece? I’ve looked all over for it.”
Dad: “Don’t worry…. I’m sure it will show up sooner or later.”
“But don’t worry. I filed off the serial number.”
You’re really going to make this about race? Wow.
Believe it or not, there is still a lot of stuff that happens in the “justice” system that is clouded by race. Cops, prosecutors, defense attorneys, jurors and judges are all human and some people (many unfortunately) still allow race to color their view of the facts/evidence. I am a lawyer and tried a case involving an African-American defendant where a white juror thought my guy was guilty because his co-defendant (not my client) was a “thug” because of his dreads. That was clearly racist and thank god the other jurors stood strong against that bastard.
Just because it happens *sometimes* doesn’t mean it’s appropriate to say that it *did* happen this time. Didn’t Crowell fail a drug test or two during his time in Athens? With all that we know about him I think it’s a pretty strong leap of faith to call a cop a bold faced liar.
I know one of the cops who was working the traffic stop that night. This wasn’t about race. Honestly, knowing this officer, and several others in town, college-aged kid + entitled athlete are more likely to prove suspicious to them. There’s definitely a they-must-be-up-to-something feeling with teens and young adults in the APD, some way more than others. This particular officer is a nice guy, very conservative, but not like some of the others I’ve known, who has called all attendees of the local high schools “animals.”
That you used “African-American” and “white” in the same sentence without irony is exactly the reason racial tensions still exist.
dudetheplayer
Jimmy Williamson
Just another reason why we shouldn’t have night games. Bad things happen at night. Mandatory curfew if you ask me.
according to the UGA Student-Athlete handbook — perhaps the most-thumbed reference tome on campus — any felony arrest carries “immediate suspension from athletic competition.”
Wonder how long his case would have taken to get resolved if he had not been dismissed from the team?
Skeptic Dawg
While we rarely see it happen, or even suspect it in Clarke County, could this be a “the kid has already been kicked out of school and off of the team, maybe he has suffered enough”? Maybe Richt spoke with the DA? Either way, hopefully this is a turning point for this kid.
I still think it was a blessing he was kicked off the team.
I’m sure Crowell agrees with you.
It would have been really interesting to see how the carries would have been split b/w Crowell and Gurshall. As easily as he got winded, I think he would have been relegated to 3rd string.
So, in way, maybe it was a blessing for him.
Abso-freaking-lutely.
Hogbody Spradlin
Being a father who has had experience with law enforcement, cops ALWAYS say there was enough evidence of pot in the car to arrest the subject, but they were lenient. It’s part of their bullying script.
Dawg in Beaumont
I know it is the norm on this blog, but the constant painting of ALL cops as racist bullies gets to me.
Did these cops handle things wrong? Definitely looks that way to me
Are there a lot of racist/bully cops? Hell yes
But please consider that cops don’t ALWAYS say there was enough evidence of pot in the car to arrest the subject. Some cops actually do the right thing. In fact, I know a lot whom I believe do the right thing daily.
Can we critique the individuals who do the wrong thing (and even the system in many cases), but please consider that there are plenty of good cops out there?
JRod1229
While I tend to agree that we always paint the cops as ‘bad guys’.. the evidence def points to them always taking a hard line with ‘football looking players’.
Mayor of Dawgtown
Only in Athens, though.
uglydawg
JRod…”always” ?? Cops have a tough job. No matter which way things fall, they often get painted as assholes. I’ve never been stopped or been in a car that was stopped that it wasn’t deserved…yet the cop is always “an asshole”. I’d say the chances are way over 90 percent (my guess) that if you or anyone else is stopped by a police officer you deserve it. Just because no grass was found doesn’t mean none was used…ever throw anything out the window? I don’t know what happened that night, and I’m glad IC won’t have this on his record (and hopefully he can get on with his life), but the “blame the cop first” attitude is kind of stale.
You’re looking at it the wrong way. During my years in Athens I went full retard (see the movie Tropic Thunder for reference) many times. Did dumb things, just like every other college kid does. Many times these things were even in the nearby vicinity of the police. My record remains clean.
It just seems that if APD took the same line against every college kid as they did against football players it’d be one thing. But I don’t think thats the case at all.
You have no reason to state that’s the case except your prejudice against cops.
I’ve known law enforcement people who, when smelling pot at a party, made no effort to use their nose to make an arrest. I have seen some that reflexively jerked their head toward the area when smoke was detected and people were told to cool it. They did.
Even though I am a scofflaw for smoking pot, I’ve never had police scarfing me out. Instead, They have ignored the smell and permitted me to go on my way as long as they didn’t stop me for driving unsafe. What has been a respect for the job most cops do and the danger they place themselves into each day, there are; however, those who have other enforcement activities, but aren’t cops. Fish and Game in my area took joy in busting people at a romantic area on the lake. Teenagers smoking pot is the big enforcement catch for many of the cop wannabees.
Cops shouldn’t take any hit for doing their job at a traffic stop. When it happened, I didn’t hear a soul condemning the cops. Why now?
“When it happened, I didn’t hear a soul condemning the cops.”
I didn’t get the sense that you were preaching for Isaiah’s benefit and not until the last of all posts did I read anything approaching the present outlook on loss of rights in this case. At no time did I see that you thought Isaiah was guiltless from the arrest and propose that it was an overeagerness by the cops.
I certainly agree with your last statement in that blog concerning the erosion of our rights during the last 30 yrs of the War on Drugs. What do you think of the present course of using technically apped chemical detectors held surreptiously in their hands at your window while you talk to the police? In 1990, in Canada, I had one held near me at a road stop as I was driving the family to dinner. They detected alcohol and asked how much I had to drink. Had one drink before leaving home and told them so; whereupon, the Mountie replied that he detected the same level. No problem and I drove to dinner. Nowadays I hear of us using that in law enforcement PLUS using handheld.chemical detectors for pot smoking. Has that come to pass? Is it still continuing to be pushed? Do you think that this will be legalized (noninvasive detection vs blood and pee testing)? What is the jump from asking you to let them search to surreptious detection (as far as sliding down a path of no return)? Would like to hear from you and other barristers concerning rights erosion based upon the war on drugs.
Agree, cops of all colors should be obeyed and offenders regardless of color should be charged. That is the only way society can work and not supporting that is weird to me. Deal with bad cops more harshly than normal offenders when found but don’t ever excuse criminal behavior. As good as the posters here are on football they often sound like rebellious teenagers when it comes to law and order. Charging and convicting innocent people is terrible, no one denies that, but not supporting the enforcement of laws is far more concerning than the occasional mistake.
While there may not have been enough evidence to convict Crowell in court a football team’s rules can be different. Having a bad attitude isn’t against the law but a coach can, and should, dismiss players who are problematic. IC was a cancer on the team and had so many chances to change his behavior/attitude that Richt had no choice but to remove him. And if I get stopped today with a pound of cocaine in my car I don’t think linking me to how it was acquired will matter. Who I associate with, how I drive, when I am out, and where I am at what time of night will increase my chances of getting caught.
I think the DA may have felt there were better uses of his resources and would be happy to see Crowell get things together in his life. But people black or white, athletes or nerds, should be arrested when they break the law and their bad behavior shouldn’t be excused.
“Deal with bad cops more harshly than normal offenders when found…”
Doesn’t happen nearly enough to make a difference.
“IC was a cancer on the team…”
What do you base that on? I’ve never seen a single “good riddance” comment from one of his teammates.
Again, did Crowell turn into an enormous distraction/problem for Richt? Absolutely, and I can see why MR felt he had no choice in what he did. But once you toss this situation out, how different were Crowell’s off the field problems from, say, Alec Ogletree’s?
I agree that dealing with the problem cops harshly doesn’t happen nearly enough. My only nuanced disagreement with some commenters would be the extremely broad brushes cops get painted with. I’d argue they have no higher of a percentage of assholishness than bankers, real estate agents, teachers, etc. It’s just more obvious (and potentially dangerous) when cops are assholes.
I’m 100% on board with your analysis of Crowell. He strikes me as a dumbass, albeit a dumbass who to my knowledge never beat anybody up or made threats, assaulted women, etc.
Not much different than other players we’ve had in Athens (Ogletree was a good example)
But this was an untraceable gun found that was that way because it had been used in the commission of a crime or was going to be used. I didn’t read where Alec was arrested under those circumstances.
UGA had no course except to dismiss him from the student body, I don’t care how the gun got there. Has anyone spoken up and claimed ownership or that it was his Momma’s? That leaves only Crowell responsible out there driving his gun around with other players in the car.
Mac is correct. His anti-coach in-your-face activities at the SECCG and before was a cancer of disrespect toward the coach and our school that he represented. Crowell cut his own cord when he did that. Whether he was injured or whatever, he has no excuse for thrusting that crap into our football program.
That’s similar to saying that what Rodney Garner did for us early on gives him the excuse for not recruiting linemen hard and affecting the team negatively later. Doesn’t compute here.
Mr. Sanchez
I wonder how Crowell would have been in the locker room, if Gurley took over the starting role. Would he have been a happy 2nd stringer?
Normaltown Mike
most pot heads are pretty laid back.
A personal contact who verified the confrontation of team leaders with IC before the SECCG after a practice and his “timidity” of hiding behind the green jersey, his observed aloofness when not playing and sitting alone on the bench, and his public rebuke at Richt after his personal foul against LSU. Granted, you can say “cancer” is overstated or that it may have been Stage 2 and not Stage 4. I don’t find it unusual that there weren’t “good riddance” comments, the team seems pretty good about speaking publicly about internal problems. Even last year when the length of suspensions were not known there were no comments about who would play from the team and they had to know who was practicing with the first team. I agree the public distraction was an issue CMR had to address.
I don’t find it unusual that there weren’t “good riddance” comments, the team seems pretty good about speaking publicly about internal problems.
So what does that tell you about Cornelius Washington’s blow up?
I never doubted there was unanimity on either side and confident IC had supporters/friends. CW’s public rant at the fans was poor form regardless of his thoughts on IC. The bigger issues are the divisiveness of Crowell among team/fans and the circus that seemed to surround him. I am sure he isn’t without his good points and wish him well but I was not unhappy with Richt’s decision then, or now. I recall saying on your blog that week we would be better in 2012 than we were in 2011 at RB. Not right all the time on predictions, and I certainly didn’t see a season like Gurley had coming, but I don’t think we could overcome the lack of dependability that Crowell exhibited in 2011.
It occurs to me that CMR knew a lot more about IC and his situation, attitudes, etc., than any of us bloggers who are on the outside looking in. He dismissed the kid for whatever reasons he had and second guessing his decision without knowing what he knew is silly and really kind of pointless.
Another heartwarming episode of ‘Driving While Black’…
This wasn’t a “Driving While Black” incident. This was a vehicle checkpoint on campus at 2:20 a.m. Not an unreasonable time to police drivers.
I’m glad Crowell got off, for his sake. Hopefully he learned from this. He still has a future in college football and maybe in the NFL and I, for one, wish him well. That said, anyone who believes that Crowell didn’t know that gun was under the seat………
The NCAA enforcement office is looking for a few good men like you, Mayor.
NCAA math: 1+1=3. (Or whatever number they want it to be.) 🙂
All of us white guys that live in nice white neighborhoods probably have a slightly different opinion of cops than the folks that inhabit the places most heavily patrolled by those same “good guys”.
Amazing how a lack of evidence can just be brushed aside as “well I am sure he did it”. Getting to that assumption is pretty ugly, no matter how you got there.
Even more amazing is the lack of evidence being there all along and no one addressed it for over a year. Where is the “lack of evidence” when a gun with filed serial numbers is found in your possession? I don’t think the dismissal for that reason plays out to the facts.
Crowell was cut slack and given a gift. You mean those bad ole law enforcement people were nice and gave an African American a second chance by not having him adjudicated in court? Doesn’t sound like racism along any path you want to travel in this matter. And accusing cops of that because Crowell has a black skin IS racism.
Where is the “lack of evidence” when a gun with filed serial numbers is found in your possession?
What possession? That’s why the DA dismissed the charges.
You’re being a little bit disingenuous here.
Actually the Senator is right on the law. Kids get busted in cars with a bag of dope found in the car all the time. When the authorities can’t prove whose dope it is they all walk.
My point is that while he’s right on the law, OJ Simpson was also right on the law back when he got away with murder. Due process is a good thing, but to suddenly presume Crowell is some unfortunate choir boy, and that everyone should all obviously agree, because he got off when he had a damn pistol with the serial number filed off under his seat is disingenuous at best.
Nobody should be convicted of anything in a court of law without being proven guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt. But the rest of society, sports writers and former Coaches/AD’s included, don’t have any obligation to act like a crime wasn’t obviously committed just because someone wasn’t convicted, or the DA dropped the case because the evidence was shit or the cop didn’t handle the search properly or whatever the reason is.
CoachSpurlock
As I asked when this all went down, did they even dust the gun for prints? I thought then that if IC’s prints were not on the weapon, he’d get off.
Prints are actually rarely recovered from a gun.
Senator, read Mike at 10:30. He has your “possession” all lined up for you.
And at 11:55.
Really. It’s been a long time since I took an English class, but when you’ve got a statute with the language “to carry to or to possess”, it seems to me the law distinguishes between the two actions.
Again, look at the language from the DA: “the state would be unable to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this defendant actually possessed the weapon…”
Merely being in the same car with the weapon isn’t proof of possession per se, no matter how much you guys believe it should be.
Cheez, Bluto, we are learning here also. When we discussed this last year, these legal hair splittings as to what constitutes “possession” are like discussing the difference between “shall” and “will” legally. I’m now hearing that possession means holding it in your hand or carrying it on the body.
Gee, I feel safe to have an empty beer can discovered under a seat of my truck and just tell the cops that I don’t know anything about it. Or a gun. I’m hearing that there is no proof of possession as long as I don’t buy it nor have a receipt. I learn new things everyday from my fellow Dawgs.
It’s a matter of “knowingly possessing” something. If they can’t prove that he knew it was in the car, they can’t prove that he “possessed” it.
Slaw Dawg
Based on my personal experience, most of which is admittedly more than a bit aged (late 70’s, early 80’s), I doubt racism, of any overt variety, was at work here. But I absolutely do think the ACC PD has a long history of viewing young males of any color with great suspicion.
I have twice had firearms aimed at me by Athens’ finest for no damn good reason at all, once while walking home from work at 3 in the morning (cop wanted to know what I had in my hands–sweet roll and milk!–and what I was doing out so late); and one evening when my girlfriend and I were leaving my garage apartment (they had the area staked out looking for a burglar; he lowered his rifle and let us go once I convinced him I lived in the apartment). Not to mention a couple of pull overs for no reason at all. And a dogged attempt to nail me for a gas theft that never occurred. Hell, I was a pretty good kid, never smoked a doobie in my life (tho they probably could’ve gotten me for DUI a time or 10, something I’d not proud of). Had other friends (white and black) who had their own similar experiences. I can also personally attest to several instances of stunning incompetence–including a successful robbery of a convenience store while the cops had it staked out!
I’ve known a lot of guys on the force. Even have a relative who’s a deputy. Some are jerks, some are damn good guys, and I really hate to cast aspersions on a group based on a few a-holes, especially since my experiences are perhaps over-ripe. But I lived in four different locales in my teens and twenties, traveled quite a bit, and Athens cops were definitely most aggressive when it came to dealing with young men.
Also O/U on comments for this thread? 85?
It has everything, Friday, Cops are dicks/heroes, Crowell.
Also fills that need for middle class white guys to look down their nose at football player.
I guess the kids are paying for those jerseys themselves and their Dads would never wear one.
Cosmic Dawg
I wanna Red Cup
The old “I smelled an odor of marijuana” is like “I’ll call you in the morning” – whenever I see that I suspect an unlawful search. Total bs. An excuse to search a car to see what he can come up with. Like staying in a poker game hoping for the straight. That said, it was time for him to go after all of the other nonsense. Richt again shows good judgment.
Holy Shiite everyone! Are you missing something? He CONSENTED to the search. You don’t need probable cause when the owner of the vehicle consents to the search. Cops did their job correctly and found an illegal firearm. How many of you are comfortable with a bunch of college kids driving around on a Saturday night with a loaded gun in the car. The cops made Athens safer that night by taking care of a dangerous situation. That’s their job.
How many of you are comfortable with a bunch of college kids driving around on a Saturday night with a loaded gun in the car.
There are plenty of people in the Georgia General Assembly who are totally comfortable with that.
no shit. RP must live under a rock, in a cave, on mars with his fingers in his ears and his eyes closed.
Damn near every politician in this state will tell you straight to the camera that everyone is safer with more guns around. I
Personally, I know several members of the General Assembly and I’m not comfortable with THEM driving around with guns.
The weird thing about consent is that, even when it’s technically consent, it really isn’t consent (to write a confusing sentence). There are all these legal standards about it has to be free and voluntary, but courts adopt quite a misguided notion of human nature when they consider what is free and voluntary. For instance, when asking for consent, cops don’t have to inform you of your right to not consent. Many people, when put in a situation of a cop requesting something assume they HAVE to do what the cop says; that can be especially true in the black community which does face greater police scrutiny (whether it be due to race, socio-economic status, areas of town, WHATEVER) than many middle-class, well-to-do white people.
I’m sure Corwell legally consented to the search. I’m just not sure it is as free and voluntary as I, in my admitted never-grew-out-of-teenage-anarchism ways, would like for free and voluntary to be.
Hackerdog
If you think that an adult (over the age of 18) possessing a handgun is a dangerous situation, then I will say I disagree. I have one. I know other adults that have them. We’re not dangerous.
I’ve had a friend who was stopped for a minor traffic violation and had his car searched after the officer smelled pot. It was a legit search; My friend told me he had tossed the joint out the window, and he was sweating they would find something in the car. You can’t paint all cops as dishonest. Well, you can, but it’s really stupid. Like thinking that Athens police target football players. So, then, they have permanent tails on team members they want to bust? Yeah, and George Bush took down the Twin Towers.
No shit!!! George Bush I or II?
Neither one. It was Jeb.
I don’t understand this sentence: “Gee, maybe now we know why Isaiah Crowell was nervous during that arrest.”
He was nervous b/c he didn’t know his mommy stashed a Luger with the serial #’s scratched off under the front seat?
I hope IC learned a lesson too. Pretty boy athletes aren’t above the law. No guns on campus. No concealed guns without a permit.
And if we are to believe the ludicrous assertion that the gun belongs to mommy, perhaps he’ll learn to conduct a check of any car he borrows from mommy to make sure he cleans out the emery boards, coupons, back issues of McCalls and Luger 9mm with the serial# scratched off.
Damned good, Mike.
You dont have to accept that the gun belonged to his mom, you should look at the assertion that the gun definitely belonged to him. Since it was not in his possession, making the leap to possession requires a leap. Make it if you want, but know that not everyone would.
If it is within reach then it is treated as “in his possession”. If his mommy wanted to hide a 9mm Luger in IC’s car, she should’ve put it in the trunk where it is not legally “on his person”.
from OCGA 16-11-127.1 “it shall be unlawful for any person to carry to or to possess or have under such person’s control while within a school safety zone or at a school building, school function, or school property..”
The felony for scratching off the serial number was rightly dropped b/c this crime requires knowledge. The lesser charge of possession on school grounds should not have been dropped IMHO.
The Keystone Kops in Athens are not the police but the incompetent DA who has pursued a “catch and release” program with Athens criminals for years.
Tired Old Dawg
Point of Order here:
It wasn’t a Luger. I initially got excited because it appeared that while IC may have been stupid he seemed to have excellent taste in firearms. However as Lugers are very expensive because of their high cool factor, collectability, and relatively scarce numbers I checked out the police arrest report online suspecting that the caliber was a 9mm Luger but the firearm itself was something substantially less cool.
I was correct. He had a Hi Point C9 with the serial number filed off. The pistol retails for just over $100 in most places and is quite possibly one of the ugliest weapons for sale today. They do have a reputation for reliability though and Hi Point has superior warranties.
I can’t blame the guy for having a cheap gun in college – money is always tight for students. But having the serial number filed off is definitely “How stupid can you be?” territory.
EgginDawg
Sad that Jimmy Williamson and his Keystone Kops get away with this shoddy police work a lot more than people know. Personal example is my son was recently charged for underage possession of alcohol without any proof- i.e. a blood test or breath test to confirm the allegation. In addition the incident report included facts/ statements that were completely untrue and unproven. Needless to say the charges had to be dropped. $500 bond was required when my son was charged and he was incarcerated over 8 hours on the bogus charges. It’s all a game to increase revenue.
Best part is that he had totally been drinking, no?
If it was underage possession they wouldn’t have to do a breath or blood analysis to determine if he was DUI, would they? They didn’t arrest him for DUI, just that he possessed it. If there was nothing to base “underage possession”, how can they even process him without the evidence?
Something is wrong here and it may be the absence of wrongdoing being twisted for our anti-cop consumption. Methinks that Eggin Dawg may be a troll. Who would ever admit to that title?
What’s wrong here is that too many think that if something can be exused with a technicality or the lamest defense, that it makes it OK. This kind of thinking is what gives people like OJ legal legs to walk out of a murder trial. If your kids misbehaving you should punish him even if the law doesn’t.
Using the kind of “reasoning” we’re seeing from some here today, we must admit that there was no dirty hit on AM during the Alabama game, because it didn’t get called..
Or that most cops are just expediting the issue because “look at him, we know he is guilty.”
Personal anecdotes are always the best way to judge every situation
you mean that the plural of anecdote is not data? who knew?
Also my o/u call was pretty solid, if I do have to say so myself….and I do.
good weekend everyone. If you like awesome beer look for Stone’s Enjoy By 5.17.13 in the 22oz format this weekend. Great IPA that is fresh fresh fresh.
Also Founders All Day IPA is a great session beer for this time of year.
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Once and for all, can we please dispense with the Alabama 2007 analogy?
I know for some of you comparing the downward trajectory of this season to Saban’s first year in Tuscaloosa offers the comfort of a warm, soft blanket, but reader Bob explains why it’s a false comfort.
A lot of us are constantly reminded about what Nick inherited. I will tell you what he inherited. He inherited programs at LSU and Bama that had losing seasons when he took over. Those programs won 28 games in their previous 4 years. Alabama had been on probation. Kirby inherited a team that won 40 games the previous 4 seasons…
That’s hardly all, if you think about it. There are two other huge reasons to disabuse yourself of the notion.
2016 Kirby Smart isn’t 2007 Nick Saban. When Nick Saban took over at Alabama, it was his fifth head coaching job. He’d already won a national championship at LSU. He’d coached in the NFL and in two other conferences, too. In short, he already had his notions about how to run a football program tested and honed; he walked into his new gig knowing not only exactly what he wanted to do, but how to implement his vision from the start. None of that applies to Smart. It’s his first head coaching job. He’s getting his feet wet in college football’s toughest conference. Simply put, 2016 is on the job training for Kirby Smart, with all the hiccups that ensue.
Alabama isn’t Georgia. Duh, I know. But I’m not even thinking about the obvious administration commitment levels here. It’s more a matter of how the schools went about their business in the two seasons under comparison. Alabama was hungry to the point of desperation, but it started from the vantage point of wanting experience for its next head coach and was confident enough in its ability to provide resources to shoot the moon, first with a hot name like Rich Rodriguez and then, after he turned the Tide down, Saban. Georgia, in turn, started with little more than a belief that it was better than what Richt had delivered, and entered the job search market with a conviction that Smart was its guy. History may prove McGarity to be correct in that regard, but there is literally nothing to suggest that to date, unless you believe that greatness can be passed to an assistant coach by osmosis.
Before you go there, none of this is offered to make the case that Richt shouldn’t have been let go, or that Smart won’t deliver down the road. It’s simply that Georgia’s 2016 season is a sui generis disappointment and insisting that Alabama losing to a directional school nine years ago is some sort of evidence for thinking otherwise is… well, embarrassing. Just stop.
123 responses to “Once and for all, can we please dispense with the Alabama 2007 analogy?”
Senator, one of the best, fact-based, reasoned posts you’ve written …
Chi-town Dawg
Scorpio Jones, III
Fact-based, reasonable….Good God, he’s only a blogger. (But hardly a freshman.) Thanks, boss.
SouthGaDawg
Point #1 has been grossly underplayed by everyone. Kirby is a rookie head coach. It’s like we have a 15 year old trying to drive a Ferrari.
Or a Cayman …
The other part of Point #1 is that recruits weren’t relying on that first season to get a handle on what kind of coach Saban might be. They already had a track record to show that, therefore a crappy first season didn’t hurt as much. Kirby has enough momentum that he may be able to hold the 2017 class together, but if he gets off to a slow start in the regular season, recruits are going to start wondering if they will have a chance to win big during their time at UGA. Kirby’s main appeal is recruiting magic, if he loses that he loses the bulk of why we hired him.
Reinmart
Agreed. !00% nail on the head.
D.N. Nation
’07 Bama had a close loss in JAX to a meh FSU team and a OT loss at home to UGA, who ended up being awesome. Then they were leading eventual champ LSU late in the 4th quarter but blew the game.
At that point, the guys Saban didn’t bring in who were on their way out quit on the team, so you had the losing streak down the stretch, including ULM. But ’07 Bama wasn’t a bad team on paper, and when you saw the guys Saban was bringing in for the next season, you could tell they were going to be good.
This UGA team sucks. Granted, I’ll be happy to see some of the Richt leftovers (e.g., Reggie Davis. Jesus, dude.) leave, but this is still a team that doesn’t do anything particularly well, but a lot of things poorly. Hope Kirby has a way forward because I don’t outside of “cut half the players.”
LOL!….tell it, brother.
You’re right. Let’s all shit our pants. One…two…three…go!
That happened on the field yesterday.
Thank you Senator. For me it comes down to my return on investment regarding the whole experience. Saturday was Black Friday. I just hope that we are not entering “The Great Depression”.
While I would have enjoyed watching Bama eviscerate Butch Jones football team in front his moaning fans had we not lost to Vandy, Bama helped with the pain…some.
But then I realized we are, what? 50 points worse than Bama?
My physicist friend pointed out yesterday that for every action, well, most of you know the rest.
Tennessee fired Phil almost 12 years ago. The winter of the Vols’ discontent is far from over.
There is a message there.
Of their three post-Phil hires, I still argue that Kiffykins was the best in theory. He had that team generally improving – they put the nail in Willie Martinez’ coffin and nearly beat Bama. Of course, he peaced out on them, so: oops.
Dooley was a joke, and for all his sound and fury, the best Butch is going to show in four years is backing into the SECCG just to get pantsed by Bama again. Whoopee.
Um… don’t look now, but it’s Florida that’s the team that controls its destiny in the East right now.
Oh yeah. Forgot about them.
Weird that Florida has just become kinda…”there.”
UT should have given Dooley more time because he learned at the feet of Saban and, after all, Alabama lost to Louisiana Monroe.
It’s actually worse than you suggest for the Vols, Scorp. Last yearUT started out 2-3 and then played the game with Georgia. UGA led that game by 21 points at one time but caved and UT won. If Goergia had won that game UT would have been 2-4 after 6 games. UT played Bama next and lost to the Tide. At that point UT would have been 2-5 and likely Bitch Jones would have been fired. This season without the end of game screw-ups that allowed the hail mary , a Georgia victory would have put the Vols at 4-3 after 7 games and going nowhere. Georgia’s implosions saved Jones’ job–twice. The truth is the Vols suck but the rest of the SEC East (including the Dawgs) is so bad it masks their suckitude.
I’d say Bama has permanently unmasked the Vols’ suckitude. And the best part of that is that the Vols who surround me have all these excuses…oh the injuries, etc.
That makes me feel better…for a while. If Nick had just blocked one a those guys….aw fuck it.
And to twist the knife, our team over the last decade of mediocre TN and FL, has been just as mediocre. The east has been awful for 9 years, but we obviously had pretty good teams in ’07 and ’12, but sustaining the success was never even close to being on the table. Everything just sucks. Spurrier, fulmer, and corch ruled the east and the west made hires to counter, they have risen and the east has been stale. The recent hires in the east will take several years to mature and try to even up with the west.
I would suggest that team in ’13 was damn good until Gurley rolled his ankle against LSU, Marshall and the entire wide receiver corps blew out their knees on the UTK cow pasture, and Murray blew out his knee against UK.
What might have been with that team healthy for 12 games.
DaddyRichATL
The East has not sucked for a decade, Florida was a legit team under The Crier and Georgia would have killed
86BONE
I don’t know how many more “off seasons” I have left in me. I would love to wake up on a beautiful Sunday morning and read articles relating to how Georgia pummeled its apponent into oblivion. This shit is getting old…
Some of you guys are really something. You almost seem happy that your fears have been substantiated and now you get to say you were right. Pathetic. I’m glad I’m not in a position where I have to count on you for anything. A bunch of our fans, think, talk, and act like losers. Watching that game yesterday made me sick. But that’s all. This existential, whoa is us, we need to fire Kirby even though we aren’t going to say those exact words crap is as bad as watching that game yesterday. There will come a day when it will be obvious to most that either the right or wrong hire was made. Until then this constant crying and wallowing in disappointment just makes being a UGA fan harder than it has to be. Schultz, as obnoxious as he is, isn’t doing anything a bunch of the fan base isn’t doing.
No one is in the mood to be lectured to this morning. We lost to Vanderbilt (mediocre by their standards), on homecoming, in a most embarrassing fashion. Ascend your high horse another day.
You make a point Mike about giving Kirby some slack in his first year but I think the bigger problem is the staff–not just Kirby. The OC and ST coach need to be replaced post-season for sure and probably several position coaches, too. It is not too early to be talking about THAT.
Blow it out your nose, sniffer. If people can cry all over themselves, act like they are almost happy about it, and run for the chicken house in fear, I can tell them what they look like doing it. Mayor I agree about some staff changes. I’m not done with Chaney yet but it definitely has to improve and soon. What is Beamer even being paid for?
Mike, when you say you are not done with Chaney yet, are you not saying the same thing as the folks you, rightly, poke in the eye?
I was not in favor of changing coaches because I had a pretty good idea that changing coaches is a very complicated process, further complicated by replacing a coach with lots of experience and a great record, with a coach who is in his first head coaching job.
So it sounds like you may have some questions, too, you just don’t like the way some folks are expressing their disappointment.
When, in fact, being disappointed or surprised at all may be unreasonable, and if someone is in favor of staff changes half way through the first year are they not unreasonable?
Bryant Denny
Good post, Senator.
So far, that’s an apples and oranges comparison. Every time you play below expectations, you can’t play the La-Monroe card.
That was the 11th game of our season. We got off to a really good start, but I think some of the early success caused some of the “bad apples” to chaff at Saban’s process. And Saban probably put up with some of the bad apples a little longer than he wanted to because of the early success and if he had it to do over again, he’d probably do it differently.
That may be going on with y’all as well, to some degree, but it’s just not the same.
How was Bama’s OL that first year? How did he fix it in year 2?
I ask because almost all our problems could be masked if we had a good OL, but I’m worried that will 2-3 years of recruiting.
Probably had a lot more to work with than y’all have. I recall Andre Smith (1st round pick) , Alonzo Ephraim (brief NFL career) and I think Mike Johnson (who later played for the Falcons) on that line, but I’m getting old and forgetful.
Will Trane
How many first or second team SEC players are on the Georgia roster?
Post them up I want to see them. Maybe one or two.
Not any of the defensive line or offensive line. How did that happen. Poor recruiting in 2012, 2013, and 2014 re these positions.
If you watched Bama or Florida yesterday you saw the big difference.
Bama is damn near perfection. Some of those players are Kirby’s.
We have two players yesterday that figured into the outcome. Both very small in SEC standards…81 and 16. You know what classes they came in.
Read article on Davis. He is a senior. How many coaches does he have to go thru to learn when and not when to field a kickoff near the sidelines.
Thousands of high school freshman make better decisions than that.
Sorry not on the coaching staff.
41. Want to check the play of Vandy 41 against Dawgs.
Not one player on offense could handle 41 all day. Why?
One is talent and youth.
The other is coaching. Your wine and cheese AD cripped the prep of pl;ay by sacrificing this team and coaches by being a coward to the SEC front office. Sorts of what you hear today. Pay for play. But we alums and the team are the sacrificial dawgs.
Back to coaching.
Can someone explain to me why the offensive game plan did not include packages to neutralize or take him out of the plays. He is very good and he totally dominated the offense. Where were all those highly paid analyst on this staff this past week.
Plus we have seen a tendency in past weeks for the running game to go to the edge. But it is slow. Want to check the times Vandy came backside with speed to track and follow the play.
Eason. Well I give the kid good marks for his play. Derek Mason according to ESPN and SEC Now is a fucking genius. Really dudes. A frosh lite up his damn overrated defense in the passing game. But he has to start looking to his backs more.
But I am beginning to seriously question the blocking of the running backs this year. Plus their speed.
Time for McGee and Beamer to go. 7 games in and Beamer has done nothing. Kirby send a message to your staff and fire Beamer.
PTC DAWG
Your first sentence is one that many do not want to answer…Chubb…TT 78 maybe…who am I missing? Sony maybe. I see some potential Freshmen…but you cannot win relying on a team full of freshmen
100%, totally agree with your it isn’t that KS can’t eventually get it done, or whether Richt should have been let go, UGA fans have to let that go…but so very many cannot stop getting mired in that. The issue is, we have Kirby so how do we get things corrected…now. The biggest issues are at OC and not realizing you are no longer the DC, step up to the job you were hired to do. We have lost two games in the last three weeks that we should have won, and there is nothing to suggest it won’t happen again because we look as bad as we did five weeks ago. Secondly, you are not the Alabama HC, make your own footprint in Athens. I see two areas where we have improved at this point, recruiting and eliminating the showboating/look at me that has gone on here for the last 15 years….and the recruiting is at risk if we don’ show something different in the balance of the season.
Roll your sleeves up and get involved with the totality of problems on the team, which are primarily on offense and STs, areas outside your comfort zone. You have a week and a half to make changes, and they need to be made beginning today.
tonyqbr
Nick Saban did not start off his well at any of the big time schools.
I think you have to look at how Saban did at all 3 of his 1st seasons at the big time schools:
Mich St 6-5-1
LSU 8-4
Bama 2-6
Saban’s 1st 4 years at Mich St were not impressive.
I know it’s not comparing apples to oranges.
But, there is something that gives hope….
In 2007, all 4 of Saban’s last 4 losses were by 7 points or less, he was close.
Kirby’s 3 losses were the Ole mIss blowout, but more recently Tn by 3, Vandy by 1.
Derek Dooley as a contrast got blown out in 5 games in 2010 at Tenn for example.
If there’s any consolation, close losses in year one sometimes mean good things
It does suck though, no Bama, LSU or A & M on the schedule, opportunity in 2016 squandered.
2017’s schedule looks solid, no Bama, no LSU no A & M. Notre Dame & TN & UF only real competition.
So why are you doing it?
No 2 situations are exactly the same, but we do need context.
How you lose, scoring margin wise in your 1st year, was predictive in my example of comparing
Smart to a coach who turned out to be great, like Saban, and one who turned out t be a dud like Derek Dooley.
We have to compare to get context.
Not when the comparison is to something irrelevant.
All you’re doing is trying to make yourself feel better about a disappointing situation.
Ok, which past teams and coaches do compare to UGA in 2016?
Look up “sui generis” in the dictionary, sport.
I tell you a comparison I do like.
Mark Dantonio.
Both played DB for an SEC school.
Both had a long successful career as a def asst, including both working under Saban.
Both developed stellar reputations as defensive genius.
Both had 9 years experience as DC before taking their Head Coaching jobs.
Both won a Natl Champ as DC.
Dantonio went 7-5 in 1st season as Head Coach at Cincy, 7-6 at Mich St. Kirby is on track for 7-6 too.
Dantonio has finished in the top 10 3 out of the last 4 seasons.
Tony, I really like the Dantonio thing….I’m gonna think about that all week.
Yahoo.
Thanks, all 5 of Dantonio’s losses when he went 7-5 were by 7 or less.
Mos tor Kirby’s losses are by 2 or less.
I thought the objective was to win national championships. Dantonio has never come close to one. Fourth in line in 2015. Shit, we did better in 2002, 2007 and 2012. (What in mean is that if there was a 4 team playoff in each of those years we would have been in it.)
The post was about finding a comparison to Kirby. First I looked at DC’s who had worked under Saban, with similar college position experience, then similar years of experience as a DC, then also similar in they won a Natl Champshp as a DC, also started out with less than 8 wins in first season as Head Coaches.
Can you name a DC under Saban who has done better than Dantonio as a Head Coach?
Can you name a better comparison to Smart, if not, I’ll stick with mine.
Mke Price
I hope Kirby turns out like the Dantonio hire, but there’s a big difference IMO. Mich. State hired him AFTER he learned to be a head coach at Cincy. Kirby will have to learn on the job in Athens. So in addition to all the other factors, rebuilding the talent, changing the culture, he has to learn everything about how to even be the head coach. Not saying it’s not possible, but at least Dantonio had head coaching experience when he stepped up to a major conference job.
True, but even at Cincy, it was his first year, and Dantonio went 7-5.
7-5 is within range for Kirby, La Laf gets him to 5, then he could beat both GT & KY
to get to 7-5.
And all you’re doing is telling people what they are and are not allowed to think so there will be no alternative but say that you are right.
I’m not disappointed.
I expected us to go 5-7, 6-6 or 7-5 best case scenario.
I expected to lose to Ole Miss & Tenn.
I did not expect to beat NC, so the Vanderbilt loss offsets that.
I projected us at 3-4 at this point, losses to NC-Ole Miss & TN also
figured we’d lose a dumb one along the way.
So 4-3 means we’re as little above where I thought we’d be.
I expect us to win 1-3 more games in 2016, losing to UF & Auburn.
I expect we beat La Laf, and split or best case win the Ky/GT games.
a bonus, but I don’t expect it, is all the remaining games will be competitive, and if we lose,
it’s not by more than a TD.
“I expect us to win 1-3 more games in 2016” Wow. 5-7 would break our bowl streak.
I say our OL is a disaster that will take 2-3 years to fix.
This is my read on it. I think solving special teams is a matter of some certain players graduating – lord, I hope it is – but the OL is bad from top to bottom, left to right.
If the special teams problem is solved by certain players graduating then why can’t the coach treat those same players as if they are gone by simply not playing them?
sigh. I agree.
5 star talent and a top 3 offensive line coach fixes a lot of things.
you guys need to take the the noose off and relax. Did you really think we were winning the SEC with a freshman QB and a defensive line with one upper classman on the 3 deep, and a rookie head coach?
Kirby may or may not be the answer, but at least give it a season before you start calling for mass firings. What happens if UGA comes out to Jax and wins by 3 TD’s? all of this whining and moaning will go out the window and you people will be on here crowning Kirby the next Saban…
It’s embarrassing watching the entire bulldawg universe act like 13 year old girls on twitter after a canceled Justin Bieber concert…
Really is recruiting.
1- Kirby needs to pull in a great big 5 star line, helping the run game, and pass protection
2- Kirby needs to pull in some 5 star tall playmakers at WR who can also block
3- Some big fast physical 5 star DB’s
Next year’s wins should go up by a +1 to +2 based on that.
Napoleon BonerFart
While recruiting can help, I don’t think it will help much with Chaney’s play-calling. 6 future NFL linemen can block, at most, 6 defensive players. If defenses stack the box with 8-9 players to stop the run, the run gets stopped.
I am not calling for firing any coaches at this time. I would rather replace McGarity before we have to hire any new coaches.
sectionzalum
why do i have the sinking feeling that the Scowl will soon tell us we’re Rebuilding?
if you think this is a SEC east champion O line, well dudes you need to watch some other teams like Arkansas, Bama, Florida, or LSU.
If you think being a running back is making long runs and padding your stats, you might want to watch how physical those teams RBs are along with their O line.
Not big on stationary QBs. You have to have a physical running QB today against a defense, more so if they have a LB like 41 at Vandy. Ever seen a LB like that at UGA in past decade. Nope. But UGA made him world class yesterday. Bet 41 could not wait to get suited up and in the game.
He left nothing on the field…except Mckenzie and Chubb.
Top priority for Dawgs on the online. Find a center!!!!
You probably took shots at David Andrews because he didn’t play for Rush Propst
I would really like to be done with the 2007 bama comments. It’s so dumb.
Want to know why there was no targeting call on Eason early in game.
He was going down and Vandy went head gear to hear gear.
The shot Godwin took over the middle was the same that got our LB ejected at Vandy and gave them that game.
No targeting on Vandy. They are a sacred team in the SEC office. Only Georgia gets called for that.
Where is the backbone in the B-M.
Perhaps the Dawgs will get physical when the B-M gets physical.
If Bama has a “Kirby Smart-type” hire in its recent past, it would be Mike Shula, not Nick Saban. Think about it. Different circumstances, of course, as Bama was reeling from the Mike Price thing but they hired a “Bama guy” a young assistant coach who had never held a position higher than coordinator, but had a name as a former player that could unite the fan base. A few years later, they saw the error of their ways, fired Shula who was in over his head, and hired someone with not just head coaching experience, but a guy who had won a NC at a different SEC school. Shot for the moon, as the Senator said. And no, we’re not Bama, as many have pointed out, but I do think we made a mistake reflexively hiring a “Georgia guy” instead of doing a real search for the best available candidate.
Well stated absolutely agree.
You know what it was like to go from driving a Rolls Royce to a Jeep Wrangler? Well Kirby does. He lost all the luxury features and he frankly does not know what to do except try to recruit his way back to the Rolls Royce. He’s not going to fix this team this year.
If he fires his OC as many of you suggest he will be taking his first step down the Will Muschamp highway to hell. The weakness on the O staff is he hired recruiters not coaches. WR, RB and ST/TE all marginal. Only great hire is Pittman who is trying to make chicken salad from chicken shit.
Agree with you. Let Kirby find his way. We have an entirely new staff building a relationships. Some players take on their 3rd coach offensive and defense. Hopefully we use the next two weeks well.
5pointsDawg
Best post ever! Ok, maybe not, but close.
Let’s remember, Steve Spurrier had experience, but without recruits and facilities, and new coaches
installing new schemes, Spurrier got blown out in 3 games in 2005, lost 2 close ones,
ended up 7-5 in his first year
at SC.
So hiring an experienced head coach is no guarantee this season would have gone better than 7-5..
dudemankind
I don’t need to compare this season with Saban’s first year at Bama to understand that a new head coach, with a new staff, at a program that left holes at several key positions, is going to struggle. My only beef with Kirby right now is the piss poor special teams play (excluding the problems at PK) and substitution problems He should be expected to correct this before Florida. The shitty O-line, lack of receivers who can catch AND block, and the freshman QB who cannot run play action or get to his 3rd read? That is going to take time, so buckle up. The defense is looking better though. I joked last year that the corpse of Bear Bryant could win 8 with this schedule if they propped him up on the sidelines and put that hat back on him. I might need to rethink that. Maybe he would only win 7.
“unless you believe that greatness can be passed to an assistant coach by osmosis.”
I have a feeling that if Greg McGarity wrote a book on becoming a chess master, it would read ‘Just go find another grandmaster and steal some of his pieces, the magicals must be in there somehow!’
Ramguy
The consensus is Richt left UGA with a very talented team. I was watching the SEC network this morning and they didn’t seem to have the same opinion. Smart was left with a not very good WR corp. Same with the OL. As exciting as Imac is there is no way he should be the top WR on a power 5 team. Still this team isn’t playing up to it’s potential. Some of the calls leave you scratching you head, I would have preferred Sony taking the ball on that last play with a true FB in front of him.
Oh btw Rich and Miami lost to a team that the Dawgs beat by double digits. I can easily see Richt lose this game as well.
We have 4 of 5 starters from last year’s OL. Does losing one 5th round draft pick really explain Chubb’s yards/carry dropping from 8 to 5?
Yes, Richt could have lost that particular Vandy game, because it was a bizarre game. Richt would never in a million years be in danger of losing to a bad FCS team or looking up at a 45-0 scoreboard against a 3-3 team. He had over 200 opportunities to put out performances that bad, and while he had some stinkers, it was never as bad as what Smart managed in his first 4 opportunities.
I would beg to disagree. Richt lost more than a few stinkers. Just two years ago he lost to a very bad SC team and got ran out of the stadium by a very bad Florida team.
No further proof that Kirby is trying to coach this team like Bama is the defensive substitution packages for matchup purposes. How many of you believe we have 17-18 SEC first team defenders?
They held Vandy to 171 yards. Defensive substitutions aren’t the reason Georgia lost yesterday.
blands
It’s going to take some time but isn’t that the point of ideas like process?
TN Dawg
I guess the most perplexing thing for me is that, with the game on the line, we didn’t trust the kid has shown he has ice water in his veins twice in similar circumstances.
Did anyone else watching that game, especially in the second half, not think with absolute certainty that Skinny would have hit Nauta, TG5 or RR with a play action pass?
Damn. Trust the kid. He’s money with the game on the line.
But we needed the balance.
Makes me wonder, is it legal for skinny to go to high school games and approach WR targets on his own? I think I would if I were him. I remember visiting high schools working as teacher or coach for all kinds of band stuff, especially marching band, and I always tried to lean on the more talented kids I came across. Heck, I know it’s not NCAA athletics, but I know I told several kids “man, you’d fit in great in our trumpet section”. With twitter and stuff nowadays it’d be hard for me if I were Eason to not say anything to some of the hot seniors out there.
We got in trouble in the 1990s for that.
jabo052
We look like a very poorly coached team and have for all of about 4 quarters of the season. I expected at least some progress by the halfway mark but it’s not there.
I keep seeing “the future is bright” and it’s so the Georgia Way.
It’s one thing to be like Bama when you win but doing it when you lose loses fan support and future talent.
What I’m looking for in 2016 is competitiveness.
I don’t want to see any more blowout losses like Ole Miss.
As long as you compete hard, and even lose by 7 or less, to meet that means Kirby can really coach.
Should we get blown out 2 more times in 2016, I’ll be 50/50 in Kirby, right now, Kirby is competitive like Dantonio was
his 1st year at Mich St. If that continues, even with 4 more close losses, I’m ok with it.
A bunch of close losses actually help recruiting, get the team angry, proves Kirby can compete, and resets expectations for 2017 to maybe 7 or 8 wins,
so there are a lot of pluses of losing close game games competitively in your 1st season.
ericdawg
This comparison to Saban’s Ist season at Bama is just feeding in false sense of hope the next season. It makes the next season with undue expectation on Kirby and the team.
The only fans disappointed in 2016 are those who had unrealistic expectations.
Students of college football history, know 1st year Head Coaches usually mean a 6-8 win season, even for good coaches.
There are lots of real reasons, not excuses:
1- new schemes/terminology for players
2- no time to recruit for scheme–so scheme personnel mismatch
3- inexperience of Head Coach–has to learn on the job
4- poor facilities hurt recruiting
5- often play young talent to set up long term success which leads to more initial losses
The only guaranteed win left is La Laf, could lose the other 4 UF/Aub/Ky/GaTech.
Looking at a 5-7 win season.
If you guys expect better in 2016, you’re dreaming & expect a lot of whining the rest of the season.
Reality matters.
Red Cup
Just stick with what you know. What was Eason’s QBR this week?
Very pleased with Eason’s development this week, he got a lot better.
Went from a 9 qbr, to 86.5, good for a top 15 qbr national performance this week.
Not bad for a true freshman.
I did not expect that kind of improvement, was a pleasant surprise.
Eason wasn’t bad yesterday, but he wasn’t great either. Missed a wide-open Nauta (?) on the first drive that would’ve been a sure TD. Missed a bunch of easy check-downs, especially one to Chubb on the last drive. The long pass on UGA’s last drive that ended up in the cheerleaders was…suboptimal.
Still a freshman, though. No turnovers was nice.
Made a great throw late in the 4th on 4th and 13, very clutch.
Didn’t make a single really bad decision for a change.
Qbr score was 3rd best in the SEC this week, I’ll take it.
27-40, 346 yards, 1 TD, no INT. Eason wasn’t the problem, and in fact was the only reason we were close, along with Blankenship.
Yes, and that Qbr score was put up on a team that came in ranked #1 in pass defense against conference foes.
Most of us are impressed with an improvement of 9 to 86 in Qbr in 1 week.
81Dog
hey, look at the bright side. The people who were complaining about winning 9 or 10 games a year won’t have that to complain about this year. Progress!
Richt would have gone with Lambert to get to his 10 wins.
And Eason might have transferred.
To win a championship, sometimes you have to burn a year to get the young ones experience.
Kirby has a trophy on his mind long term. Richt never did.
Lars Taint
Yes, because Coach Richt never started Freshmen QBs. You’ve made some dumb posts today, but this one takes the cake.
How many years at UGA did Richt start a true freshman? Are you serious?
Startled comes to mind for some reason
He pulled in two big time quarterback recruits while he was here. Stafford and Murray. Stafford started most of the season. Murray redshirted after hurting his shoulder in fall practice. If you really think he was going to redshirt Eason, then you really aren’t worth arguing with.
“sometimes you have to burn a year to get the young ones experience”.
Examples please
Such as, Gus Malzhan in his first year as a head coach. Increased the record from the previous year.
Didn’t say all coaches, said most, the vast majority do not have big seasons their very first year as a head coach.
Vince Dooley for example, won 7 games his 1st year at UGA, 6 his second.
Butch Jones went 5-7 at TN.
McElwain went 4-8 at Col St year 1.
Saban 2-6 at Bama.
Les Miles 4-7 at Ok St
But whatever. Sure 12-2 is a realistic expectation for Kirby in 2016.
What he’s being compared to is 8-4 — his predecessor’s first year record.
He mentioned Gus in the previous post.
Gus went 12-2 his 1st season at Auburn.
That’s the exception nationally.
Most win between 6-8 games in their 1st season.
False, they took over two entirely different programs.
That’s what I’m comparing him to … of course, YMMV
Johnny Griffith was 4-5-1 in 63; Dooley was 7-3-1 in 64
Alabama was 6-7 in 06; Saban was 7-6 in 07
Derek Dooley was 5-7 in 12; Jones was 5-7 in 13
Colorado State was 3-9 in 11; McElwain was 4-8 in 12
Okie State was 3-8 in 04; Miles was 4-7
Richt was 9-3 in 15;
I detect a difference in these situations, don’t you?
Former LSU coach Charley McClendon was a former assistant of the Bear at Alabama. Never beat the Bear, ended up getting fired. He once said “Bear taught me all I know about coaching, but I don’t think he taught me all HE knows.”
Here endeth the lesson. Too early to tell about Kirby Smart, one way or the other, but the idea “Nick had a bad loss in 2007, so UGA is right on schedule” is just dumb.
With both Tennessee and Vandy we had an opportunity to win the game at the end, but small mistakes cost us both. I wish I was surprised.
stoopnagle
Vanderbilt.
Dawg Asshole
Vandy is not UGA’s ULM.
Vandy is UGA’s Miss State, which beat Bama for the 2nd consecutive year in 2007.
UGA’s ULM is still to come.
Richt’s first year as a head coach:
Loses 3 games to ranked teams, SC, Florida, and Auburn, beats #6 Tennessee in Knoxville, loses bowl game = 8-4
Smart’s first year as head coach:
Beats an average ACC team, puts together the largest first half deficit in UGA history against Ole Miss, who is now 3-3. Almost loses to Nichols St at home, which would have been the worst loss in school history, loses to an average TN team at home, loses Homecoming game to Vandy. Currently 4-3, on pace to go 7-5 at best.
As of right now, firing Richt and hiring Smart was a mistake, thats all there is to it. Things could change, of course but, as of right now, it was a bad move.
Richt lost at home to that average ACC team.
Uhhh, no. We hadn’t played UNC since 1971.
As I said, Richt lost to SC, FL, Auburn, all ranked and to BC in the bowl game.
Richt lost at home to that average ACC team this season, I meant. In response to this:
“As of right now, firing Richt and hiring Smart was a mistake, thats all there is to it.”
I mean, if Richt can’t even beat the teams that Kirby’s beating…
Richt took over a program that is just coming out from under sanctions, and hasn’t won a bowl game in 10 years. It’s not the same.
In one bit of research I found:
70% of new Head coaches who come on after following a 9 or more win season,
win LESS games.
There are exceptions, but the vast majority (70%) would have gone less than 10 wins
following UGA’s 10 wins in 2015.
http://cfbmatrix.com/1st-year-head-coach-matrix/
To use this for truly thoughtful analysis, we would need to consider the circumstances.
It’s probably reasonable to assume in almost every case that the previous coach of a 9 win or better team moved on to pursue a better job (Chip Kelly, Chris Peterson, etc) or because the coach/program had some sort of serious rules infraction. With that in mind, it’s reasonable to accept that losing an outstanding coach would negatively impact a program, as would facing sanctions for violating NCAA rules.
UGA’s situation is almost completely unique in that it fired its 10 win coach in the belief that the new coach would exceed the win total of the previous coach.
garageflowers
Of that 70%, how many went on to decent coaching careers?
And the beat goes on.
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Odell!
A familiar face returns.
Former UGA LB Odell Thurman is serving as an intern in the strength program, Kirby Smart said.
— Marc Weiszer (@marcweiszer) July 31, 2017
31 responses to “Odell!”
Can we slip a jersey on him? 🙂
I miss the Odell Thurman “anger management tour.” Best ILB we’ve had in a very, very long time. When we had David, Odell and Thomas we had a bad ass at every level.
Joe Dash (@Dashlok)
That Ogletree kid was probably better overall, but Odell was nasty.
I’ll respectfully disagree. Thurman was all-sec and the NFL rookie of the year. Tree was good, but he wasn’t as good as Thurman.
Shawne Merriman was the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, not Odell.
Hillbilly Dawg
Intensity level just increased by a large factor. #hulk
He was a total bad ass back in the day..
Go Dawgs!
I was working as a sports reporter and covered Georgia in 2004 when Odell was on the team with Thomas Davis. Odell bears a passing resemblance to Thomas Davis. Well, after the ‘Dawgs put a beatdown on Nick Saban’s LSU Tigers at Sanford Stadium in ’04, Davis and Thurman swapped jerseys in the postgame locker room. Most people who covered the team noticed and knew what was up, but all of the national media in town to cover the game had no idea. When you read the AP and out-of-town stories the next day, there were a lot of “Odell Thurman” quotes praising the play of Thomas Davis in the game, and a lot of “Thomas Davis” quotes praising the play of Odell Thurman. It was pretty funny stuff.
Also, I have no doubt that if Thomas Davis and Odell Thurman were on the 2017 UGA football team, they’d be ejected in the first quarter of every game. Those guys hit like nobody else I’ve ever seen… with the possible exception of Alec Ogletree.
If you don’t mind, Greg Blue would like to have a word with you.
If you do mind, he would still like to have a word with you. 😉
3rdandGrantham
Ahh, the ol lip jar that BVG had back in the day. These days BVG would be suspended 6 games for that. Problem with Blue was he bit on fakes far too much and was often a liability in pass coverage…but man he could hit. That hit on that AU WR in particular stands out.
Keese
Blasphemy! Jermaine Phillips was king of hard hits, body slams and goaline paralysis!!!
Always liked this hit, myself.
You probably like that hit more than Blue did at the time…
I read a book by a guy hiking the AT and it has a passage about bear attacks, the jist being to run or not run if faced with a charging grizzly. Hos take: “You might as well run, it will give you something to do with the last seven seconds of your life”.
For some reason Greg Blue makes me think of that quote.
Blue and Davis hit South Carolina’s qb once on a draw play so hard that had I been that guy I would have quit and walked off.
They hit him at the same time about 7 yards downfield. His helmet went to the ground at the point of impact. But the kids ass hit at about the LOS. Brutal.
SCDawg
We heard that hit up in the stands and it was loud. Scary loud. And our seats were on the other side of the field. And pretty far up.
That was on tv for me but I’ve never forgotten it. And it wasn’t like the qb was a little guy. I think he was like 6’4″ 225. Talk about “boom mf!” All it needed was Chris Tucker: https://youtu.be/0yK4lxBarpE
TXBaller
No disrespect to Blue, Tree, Davis and Thurman….please see youtube hits for Reshad Jones. Before he was neutered by Richt for a devastating hit (and taunt), would likely have gone down as the baddest of all bad asses! His hit on J Balckmon in Stillwater could be heard at the opposite end of the field (I know…I was there….and I heard it).
1) there was a flag thrown on that play that was costly. It was bs, but still.
2) reshad will never get a pass from me for not making the tackle vs. Tech on their go ahead td in 2008. Talented guy. Apparently a decent pro, but he’s down the list among safeties for me. Sean Jones was the much better jones.
Oh man. Such a good call. I knew I was forgetting someone. Greg Blue probably should have been arrested and charged for some of the hits he was putting on guys. I freaking LOVED him.
Great call on Reshad Jones, too.
I’ll always remember him for this:
Thing of beauty!
Irwin R. Fletcher
Great game. Was sitting in Auburn’s end zone when he made the pick and ran. Anthony Mix almost caught him….there is a guy that should have been an NFL star.
His 98 yard int return against AU in ’03 to preserve the shutout was the loudest I’ve ever heard Sanford. Yes, that includes the blackout game and others of note in recent years. What made that play so great was the sudden roar when the pass was tipped, followed by the int and return, in which the roar continued all the way down the field, including Odell losing steam at the end and almost getting caught.
We beat both Alabama teams in 2003 by a combined 56 to 23 at Sanford after beating both the prior year at their places. Fun times.
Glad to see him back in the fold. The man had issues but hopefully he is ok now.
wewoof
I hope he has gotten past his numerous alcohol/anger issues . Probably has because most of us grow up eventually ….still what a total waste of talent
He should have gone to Carolina and see if Davis could have kept him focused. In the history of the UGA ballers, who could and would hurt you, he is top ten. Pound for pound I always liked Ben Smith and for us old farts Sylvester Bowler was scary…. not even allowed to practice because he kept hurting his teammates.
LakeOconeeDawg
Pretty sure the intensity in the weight room just ramped up ………..
Man was beast………
Oh hell its Odell…
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“It would be a fun embrace of Cinderella for a sport that hates Cinderella.”
Dan Wetzel is rooting for Georgia to run the table through the SEC Championship Game. That’s not because he’s a huge fan of the Dawgs. They’re just a means to an end he’s been jonesing for.
One of the things that can change that thinking is when enough of college football is repeatedly left out of the playoff, rendering even historic, so-called Power Five conferences to second-tier status. Many believe the 2012 BCS title game featuring two SEC schools — Alabama and LSU — was a chief motivation for the other leagues to ditch the BCS and create the four-team playoff.
Well, if you think eight is great, if you want to increase not only the number of thrilling playoff games, but also turn these snoozy November Saturdays into a free for all where all the major conference championship races matter, then the tipping point is laying right there to be had.
All it requires is seven results, all but one of which is the predicted outcome.
Notre Dame wins out, defeating Syracuse and USC.
Alabama defeats the Citadel and Auburn.
Georgia defeats Massachusetts and Georgia Tech.
And then … Georgia upsets Alabama in the SEC title game.
That’s it. If those seven games go like that, then the College Football Playoff will feature two SEC teams (Georgia and Alabama, which isn’t dropping past four due to one loss) and an independent (Notre Dame).
One other conference will claim the other spot. It’s most likely the ACC, since Clemson is heavily favored to win out.
It could be any league though. It doesn’t matter because you’d have just two conferences represented in the playoff field … and three major conferences wondering how in the world they ever agreed to a playoff of just four squads?
Oh, my stars! It’s the end of the world as we know it.
Dan’s world has a place in it for Central Florida, not because the Knights are one of the very best teams in college football, but because they’re not.
Much of the debate this fall about the playoff has centered on whether it is inherently unfair to programs outside the Power Five — most notably Central Florida, which is on 22-game win streak but stands virtually no chance of making the playoff.
UCF, due to its schedule, isn’t being mistreated by the committee, though. That said, an eight-team playoff would allow room for it to come in as a No. 8 seed and take an underdog swing at whoever earned the right to be No. 1.
I know my snark isn’t going to sway any of you committed eight-team advocates, but I’ll leave you with a question just the same. How does any of Wetzel’s argument for an eight-team field not apply equally to a sixteen-team field?
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72 responses to ““It would be a fun embrace of Cinderella for a sport that hates Cinderella.””
gastr1
Well, you’ve heard this before, Senator, but it at least allows for each undefeated or 1-loss champion of a power 5 conference and any undefeated/1-loss independent, but not likely any 2-loss teams.
A 16-team playoff would almost certainly get down to multiple two-loss teams.
Guys like Wetzel see that as a feature, not a bug.
A 16-team playoff will never work. You would have to cut out the conference championship games (and possibly a regular season game) for a 1st round (the leagues especially the SEC isn’t going to let that happen). The quarterfinals would have to be during or right before fall semester finals (bowl assignments couldn’t be made until this happens). The semifinals and championship game are left alone.
It would be a mess that would show the hypocrisy of big-time college athletics compared to S-A welfare and education.
cpadawg
but not likely any 2-loss teams
In 2014, there were two 2-loss teams in the final CFP top 8.
In 2015, there were two 2-loss teams.
In 2016, there were three 2-loss teams and one 3-loss team.
In 2017, there were two 2-loss team and one 3-loss team.
It may allow for better conference representation, but going to 8 practically guarantees 2-loss teams getting into the playoff. If you go to 16, you’ll have multiple 3-loss teams (half the field in some years), and maybe a four loss team in there somewhere.
Ok, I stand corrected– I was guessing, entirely. Thanks for the numbers!
Timphd
Put me on the list of people who never want further expansion. I want the Alabama/Auburn game to matter, not be one Bama could afford to rest Tua for example and then play UGA for the marbles. Same with UGA/Tech. If you are not clearly in the top four, you have no argument. The idea isn’t to “give everyone a shot”. In my mind it is the four best teams who get to play the games. NOT some Cinderella. The national champ should be decided by playing three games involving the four best teams, no matter what conference and no matter what title they do or don’t have. UCF would get embarrased by any of the top six or seven teams in the rankings, and could only make for poor football on the field. I feel I am in the minority on this.
Nope, I agree with every word. I like 4 teams but absolutely detest the committee and its weekly shenanigans. If there’s going to be a committee, let them go to Dallas on championship weekend because that’s the only time what they say matters.
Hardcoredawg 93
Well what does it matter if they meet beforehand? Not sure that would change anything if they met just once after conference championships.
My point exactly … it’s a waste of time on the committee’s part if they are truly starting with a blank sheet of paper every week. They meet to provide ESPN with broadcasting material and to suck more oxygen out of the room that is the college football regular season. If you aren’t in the CFP picture, you don’t matter. You could make the case that the rest of the regular season only matters for about 7 teams because of the release of the weekly rankings by the committee.
The basketball selection committee doesn’t meet every week from January 15 to Selection Sunday and release a current version of the 64 teams in, those on bubble watch and the seeding of the top 25.
Why does the CFP committee need to meet in October or this time of November?
smgattorney
Why does the committee meet in October and November? Programming for ESPN.
My point exactly.
ESPN could still have their talking head shows about who’s in and out. They have exactly that in CFB now with Joe Lunardi and all of his Bracketology.
ESPN talking heads release their top 4 the first week of the season.
Got it. I haven’t thought that through as much probably because the Dawgs have been in the conversation the past 2 years and not really worried about anyone else .
Erk's Forehead
Agree. There’ll never be a perfect system. The pursuit of more $$ will ruin a good product on the field. I despise the NFL system. Of course, I also can’t stand the MLB divisional playoffs.
Chopdawg
I think the Auburn-Alabama game will always matter, whether the two teams are in playoff contention or not.
Tony Barnfart
Probably said that too when Tech exited the SEC. Not saying it doesn’t matter, but it would look a lot like the one to our west had they never left.
Tiiieiiieeeiim is on my side, yes it is……
Morris Day
UCF isn’t even in ESPN’s top 25 FPI (power index) or whatever it’s called.
I think the fact that Georgia hadn’t played Bama last year helped their chances to get in. If we beat them in the SEC Championship game, I think their chances of getting in are slim. They don’t want to set up another rematch if we had just beat them.
This. The Gumps ain’t getting in with a loss to us the day before the selection. Not without something totally crazy.
I guarantee we’ll go to 8 soon. They’ll make it the 5 champions and 3 at large. Then they’ll swear that’s the end of it and that they’ll never expand beyond that.
8 seems reasonable – 5 champs. 1 GO5, 2 at large.
Also, I heard someone propose a Group of 5 playoff. That would be interesting (moreso than those early bowls).
Group of 5 is crazy to not have already gone in this direction. Much more likely to happen, and more profitable to have a series of games with little competition for viewers than have one team in a NYD Bowl.
If Clemson, Michigan and ND win out, I think they are in. Bama got in last year because Big Ten and PAC 12 Champs had 2 losses. But Senator, as you know and I have preached all along, we are on that slippery slope and it is eventually coming to 8 and more. We will render that regular season less and less meaningless. Look at the ratings for regular season College Basketball…the games mean zilch. And there are some who actually want to let everyone in to March Madness. Playoff addicts are playoff addicts.
NCDawg
I just want Cincy to beat UCF this weekend and stop the UCF madness.
thebluestepside
I would ideally like 8 also, for the same reasons others have mentioned- 5 conference champs, 3 at large (or 1 P5 and 2 at large). That just seems logical to me, and would still not diminish the importance of the regular season. I do understand that it would almost certainly expand to 16 teams a few more years down the road, and that’s where the quality of the playoff would really be diminished.
Same old beyond ridiculous scare tactic about 16. Ain’t happening. Anything that gets us to eight is wonderful, but I disagree with Wetzel’s thought about 2 SEC teams getting in under that scenario. The SECCG is a play in game with the loser going elsewhere for a bowl game…and that is fair. But man, the discussion is going to be wild as everyone digs in for their team getting the spot. Under that proposal Clemson and ND will not even be a serious argument. Michigan will stay if they win out. I would love for the Committee to have the gonads to leave Michigan out, but that would leave the sudden death of Delany on their conscience.
ant123
Senator,
They have thus far always had the 4 best teams which is how it is designed. Why mess with success? They should leave it alone.
I agree, but there’s a lot of financial pressure to expand coming from several quarters.
That won’t stop at eight, either. In fact, I’d expect it to intensify.
Playoffs, first and foremost, are about money.
College football, anymore, is first and foremost about money.
The ESPN Invitational is an ESPN property. It wishes to give out invitations in the manner which best serves ESPN.
A lot of people think it is some benevolent act by ESPN to give fans a”true champion.” More viewers will watch, and advertisers will pay more for, 2 big name teams play than Washington State against Iowa State even if Washington State and Iowa State were undefeated conference champions.
What it means for us is to be a team that will attract a lot of viewers nationally as well as a top caliber team. Fortunately we have inherent advantages that make that also automatic.
The point of a playoff should be to include every team that has a viable claim to being the best in the country. In Wetzel’s scenario, both Michigan and Oklahoma would have that claim, as they are right next to UGA right now in the advanced metrics, so if UGA could beat Bama, then those two could as well. A four-team playoff omits them. An eight-team playoff does not. There’s no team lurking at #9 with a reasonable claim to being the best. That’s why eight is a defensible number in a way that 16 is not.
Wetzel gives the game away when he brings up the “C” word.
My problem with your defense of an eight-team field is that, 2007 excepted, we’ve never experienced a season when there were 8 teams with a legitimate argument that they deserved to be in consideration for the national title.
Once you head down the road where non-contenders are included, it hardly matters whether the field is 8, 12 or 16.
This year.
Dawgoholic
So because the #1 team could possibly be beaten by another team, teams equal to that team should get in. So if Auburn beats Bama does that mean we need a 32 team playoff???
Btw, Clemson, Bama, and ND DESERVE a chance this year because they have gone undefeated against at least halfway decent schedules. Everyone else is hoping to get lucky and lost control of their destiny when they lost – some are fortunate enough due to their scheduling and/or conference difficulty to now control their destiny again.
Codie Alan
6 is all you need, that way all the Power 5 conference champions get in (brings value to winning your conference) and there is one at-large spot for the highest ranked group of 5 team and it forces ND to join the ACC). Seeds 1 & 2 get a bye the first round while 3-6 battle it out. 8 is too many and shouldn’t even be in consideration IMO.
ND isn’t going to be forced to do anything. They’ll sue ESPN and the Power 5 before they give up their NBC contract to be one of 15 in the ACC. ESPN isn’t going to pony up for anything that keeps ND out.
Texas has a tv deal that they don’t share. ND could negotiate a similar deal. The great part about the insurance of joining a P5 conference is that if you like your tv plan you get to keep it.
That’s because the Big XII agreement allowed Texas to do it. I would suggest the Longhorn Network did more damage to the Big XII with the loss of A&M and Missouri. I bet the ACC agreement doesn’t have similar contractual terms.
It would have to be negotiated.
Agree but ND holds all the leverage in this case
That’s true, you’d have to find a conference willing to bend over backwards for ND, like the Big XII did for Texas.
Why not just go back to BCS rankings? Top 6 get in. 9 times out of 10 if you win a P5 you’ll be in the top 6, but automatic berths leaves the door open for a 4 loss division champ (Northwestern) to pull off an upset and make it into the field.
The simple answer to you question is that he’s talking about 8 teams and 5 conferences being included. That argument wouldn’t carry over to a 16 team playoff.
That said, I don’t see Bama getting in on you have 2-3 other one loss P5 champions in Oklahoma, Michigan, Wazzou.
Your*
There is only one “snoozy November Saturday”. Every other one is pretty damn good.
If UCF wants to hang with the big boys than quit playing a wuss schedule. It’s a joke.
If you go to 8 or 16, there will be numerous unintended consequences lazy pundits let haven’t even thought of yet.
Let’s say it goes to 8, the 9th team and the Dan Wetzels will be crying about someone getting left out.
Let’s say the do expand and UCF type team is in – there is no possible way that a team like that is going to beat PROGRAMS like Georgia, Clemson, and Alabama three weeks in a row. It’s impossible .
UCF (in a recent article) claims they can’t get the games because big time teams won’t do home-and-homes with them and they believe they are above the Buy-game…….to be fair, they say it’s bad for growing a fan base (not having good opponents in your stadium) which is a position that is not without merit.
They think wrong. FSU had the blueprint for rising to the top, let them play road games and earn their respect. The buy-in will be more expensive to land them but there is a path, they just want the easy path…doesn’t most everyone. Screw ’em. Teams that award themselves titles deserve nothing close to respect.
Good point. And FSU did that BEFORE the massive amount of TV content, in a time where if they weren’t in Tallahassee it was likely their fans wouldn’t get to see them play. Now, that out-of-sight / mind principle is much less problematic.
I think that a Big 10 champion Michigan gets in over a 1 loss Bama for all these reason.
Throw the Big 10 a bone after getting shutout last season and probably push back on some of the expansion talk.
An 8 team playoff would help. But to really settle it, we need a 130 team playoff. Of course, at the very least, the FCS champion should get a shot as well. We all know any one of them can compete on any given Saturday. So really then, a 130+1 team playoff would settle things..But that would still leave out the true Cinderellas of Div III. So maybe we should seriously look at an infinity team playoff? You know…to make it exciting.
SouthernYank
I enjoy and encourage your snark.
“How does any of Wetzel’s argument for an eight-team field not apply equally to a sixteen-team field?”
Seems to me that Wetzel’s arguing for all P5 conference champs to be included in the playoffs. That doesn’t require 16 slots.
But how do you determine which is the best Group of 5 team to include in an 8 team playoff? We need to add them all!
JCDawg83
I’ll say it again. The best option is to go to 8 12 team conferences, let the 35 or so that are left out go to FCS and ND has to get over itself and get in a conference. Let each conference determine it’s champion however it wants to and have a three round, 8 team playoff of conference champions to decide the national championship. If a conference has three great teams ranked in the top 5 to end the regular season, two of them are going to be disappointed and can talk forever about how they really should have gone to the playoff instead of some weaker team from another conference, that is one of the great things about sports, the “what ifs”.
Until the highest level of college football’s national championship is decided on the field in an objective playoff format any claimed “championship” will be a sham.
Have no issue with 8 conference winners, or a four 16 team conferences with four winners from their championship game, but that is so much harder than expanding to eight immediately. Unraveling the contracts and lawsuits would take decades, imo.
To settle this AND keep the 4 team playoff, you could institute TBD blocked in seeded non-conference scheduling during the last few weeks of November. Think SEC-Big 12 challenge in basketball.
Play 8 straight SEC games to start the season, with the SEC title game in late October, with the non-participants playing a 9th mandatory inter-divisional game that is set on which division is home/away for at least a modicum of planning.
Every P5 then plays 4 straight non-conference games in November. Home or Away and Conf vs. Conf has a specific rotation. All seeded according to their finish within the conference. Of course, this would require the Pac12 and Big 12 to expand to 14—maybe Notre Dame could rotate between those two for who they “caucus” with. This at least sorts out some of it, keeps the regular season in tact with a compelling November “mystery” opponent(s).
/Not sure what happens to Tech.
For those of you who think an 8 team playoff would include the P5 Conference champs plus some at large teams, you are sadly mistaken. If conference championships don’t matter now, it won’t matter with 8 teams. The mandate for the “best” teams” may end up having 3 teams from one conference. To the Senator’s point, what changes from 4,8,12,16 + from a best team approach? I can’t see it.
Also, there’s no reason it couldn’t be six teams instead of eight.
W Cobb Dawg
Only way 2 sec teams get in is if these teams lose a game: ND, Mich, tOSU, WVA, Ok, clemmons and WSU. Two of those 7 teams will definitely loose in head-to-head games. So that will leave at most 5 teams vying for 3 spots. Oh, and bama must lose to us also. Not very good odds for the sec, but it’s happened before…
whb209
Leave it just the way it is…
When you have 5 or 6 teams bitching that they should have been in the play-off, it only helps college football. Bitch all year and everyone will be pumped for the next year to start.
UGA '97
MO playoff games = mo football = good, luv it
Larry R Butler
Auburn..you had one job
beat UCF.
A lot of this is your fault.
muckbeast
I’m not sure why this is a question because the answer is simple:
The 8 team playoff includes all 5 Power5 champions.
That is its primary feature and it is 100% accomplished by 8 teams and is not an argument in any way, shape, or fashion for a 16 team playoff.
Right… until one of the five gets in with a four-loss record.
Or until the SEC takes every at-large spot.
Texas Dawg
No matter how may teams get in, there will always be complaining. How many teams get and invite to March Madness now? 64, 65? Even with that number 66, 67,68… is jumping up and down swearing they got the shaft and the system is stacked against them.
I think that a 6 team playoff would be best. You could take all power 5 champions plus 1 at large. That at large would be an undefeated group of 5 team or if there isn’t one of those then a power 5 conference runner up. If the big boys win their conference championship then they’re in no matter if they have 1 or 2 losses. The group of 5 would obviously need to win their conference championship but also sport an undefeated record. The automatic bid for the power 5 might also push us to at least a 9 game conference schedule since it wouldn’t kill a teams chance if they have 1 or even 2 losses. There will be issues with any format but I think this is the one that at least gives every team a legitimate shot at a NC on any given year.
PBR1975
I didn’t see this before I posted, I agree!!
The problem that I see, and the scenario that I could actually see playing out is a one loss team winning a conference title over a #1 undefeated (regular season) team getting left out. Some say that WHEN the Dawgs beat Bama that Bama will stay in the top 4 even with Clemson and the Domers staying undefeated and Michigan winning their conference. Can anyone say that Mich. isn’t playing like one of the top 4 teams? No. So, what does that do for the Dawgs if you leave Bama in as a conference loser? #5!! Do you kick out a one loss Michigan Conference Winner? If so, how? Why play the Conference Championship game? Worked for Bama last year (Not even a Division Winner).
My Solution:
-Expand to 6 teams
-The 5 conference winners and one at-large.
-Reseed
-1 & 2 get a first round by
-Have a play in game the week after conference title game for 3 – 6
-Proceed as usual for the Semi and Final
Oh and this still leaves Bama or Notre Dame out in this (Let the arguments start for the At-Large or Notre Dame can get into a conference).
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Unified Payment Interface
N. Chandrababu Naidu
CERT-In
Government mulls insurance cover for digital transaction frauds
The number of cases of frauds involving credit cards, ATM/debit cards and Internet banking during 2015-16 was 16,468 and in 2016-17 it was 13,653.IANS | July 22, 2017, 09:30 IST
NEW DELHI: The government is "very seriously" considering the recommendations of the Chandrababu Naidu committee on digital payment security, including insurance cover for the victims of fraudulent digital transactions, a union minister said on Friday.
In response to a question by Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Agrawal, Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the Rajya Sabha that the number of digital transactions in the country was rising and hence the concern for their security.
"The government is very seriously considering the recommendations made by the Chandrababu Naidu committee. And I am in principle for it (idea of insurance)," Prasad said.
The Committee of Chief Ministers on Digital Payment, chaired by Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu, has in its interim report suggested several measures for digital payment security, including an insurance scheme to cover losses incurred in digital transactions on account of fraud, etc.
The report suggests that in order to address the apprehension of the general public in adopting digital payments, the scheme should target low-ticket transactions to cover the vulnerable sections like small merchants, farmers etc.
Prasad said the number of fraudulent digital transactions in comparison to the total number of digital transactions was negligible and the government was taking steps to curb those frauds.
"Around 1,200 crore digital transactions take place annually in the country. Of these, between 0.005 per cent and 0.007 per cent are fraudulent transactions," he said.
As per data presented by the minister before the House, the number of cases of frauds involving credit cards, ATM/debit cards and Internet banking during 2015-16 was 16,468 and in 2016-17 it was 13,653.
He said that for prepaid payment instruments, including e-wallets, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has started maintaining provisional data of fraudulent transactions.
According to the data for March, April and May 2017, the number of fraudulent transactions is between 0.005 per cent and 0.007 per cent of the total number of transactions.
"As per incidents reported to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), 40 phishing incidents affecting 19 financial organisations and 10 incidents affecting ATMs, Point of Sale (POS) systems and Unified Payment Interface (UPI) have been reported during November 2016 to June 2017," Prasad said.
"As part of promotion of digital payments, the government is taking several steps to ensure that frauds are minimised and even when an incident of this nature takes place, corrective action is immediately taken," he added.
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What is Civic Reflection?
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The Center for Civic Reflection’s mission is to build community, deepen understanding, and strengthen commitment to civic life by helping people, communities and organizations think and talk about the meaning, value and impact of their work in the world. We foster the practice of reflective discussion, which utilizes provocative readings, images, and video, in order to help people consider the beliefs and values that underlie their commitments—leading to clarity about their work, stronger relationships, and more committed, effective action.
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We lead community, workplace, and campus discussions across the country. We train facilitators to lead reflective discussions in their own communities and organizations. We find and create resources to help people have meaningful dialogue across difference, including books like The Civically Engaged Reader and Taking Action, an online resource library with over 300 readings, images, and videos to spark discussion, and toolkits and curricula designed for specific partners and sectors. We work with service and civic organizations, students and educators at all levels, health care practitioners, social workers, library and museum staff, non-profit boards, faith and interfaith organizations, and numerous other groups who are trying to make a positive difference in the world. Lastly, we help a number of groups and organizations across the country to integrate thoughtful, open-ended, humanities-based dialogue into their communities and workplaces.
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What Do I Say on a Card for Funeral Flowers?
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A bouquet of flowers at a funeral.
Part of proper funeral etiquette is sending flowers to the family of the deceased, but your courtesy shouldn't stop with the blooms themselves. Some thoughtful comments in your card give you the opportunity to share your condolences and offer an anecdote or memory about the deceased. The approach you take in writing the card depends on your relationship with not only the deceased, but also his family.
Close Relationship
If you have a close relationship with the deceased or his family, ensure the message in your card reflects that connection. Although sincere sentiments such as, "Please accept my deepest condolences for your loss" and "I can't find the words to describe how my heart aches for you" are suitable, you can also share a brief account of your relationship with the person. For example, say, "Fishing trips won't be the same and every time I catch a bass, I'll hear him giving me tips."
Other Relationships
Occasionally, you'll attend funerals as a sign of respect, rather than because of a deep connection with the family or the deceased. In this case, use your card to convey a traditional funeral message, such as, "You and your family are in my thoughts at this time." In a thoughtful manner, you can also note that you didn't know the deceased. For example, write, "I never had the privilege of meeting your father, but have always enjoyed your stories about him over the years."
From Family
Sending flowers by yourself or on behalf of you and a partner or family gives you the ability to share a personal greeting. For the death of a teacher or coach, for example, write how the person's attitude and lessons positively impacted your family, along with an anecdote about how these lessons hold true today. For example, "Every time my son shoots a free throw, he'll think of coach Smith's advice." Give each person in your family the opportunity to sign the card to show that everyone is sending best wishes.
When sending the flowers on behalf of a group of colleagues or a community organization, keep your message traditional and formal. For example, write, "We were saddened to hear of the loss, and we hope you find comfort in your many happy memories at this time." For small groups, have each person sign her name to the card. For larger groups, a message such as, "Sincerely, your friends at ABC Corporation" is suitable.
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Alberta's Business · Entrepreneurship · Movers and Shakers · Technology
Disrupting bricks-and-mortar fitness studios
By Calgary's Business on July 9, 2019 No Comments
Colin Szopa of Plankk talks about becoming the largest fitness influencer company in the world, one app at a time
Colin Szopa is CEO and co-founder of Plankk, a Calgary-based tech company.
Colin Szopa
What is Plankk and what does it do?
Szopa: Plankk is a three-year-old startup based right here in YYC. We partner with some of today’s best fitness influencers to create their custom fitness and nutrition apps.
Today, we have more than 40 live apps and over 20 in development, and we are the largest fitness influencer company in the world with a total audience of over 120 million people through our influencer partners.
We also recently launched a new single platform where users can view not only on-demand classes, but also live-streamed classes from their favourite influencers. Think: Netflix for health and wellness.
How did you reinvent yourself from a career in the oil sector to the fitness industry?
Szopa: I’ve always been a bit of an entrepreneur. Growing up, I was the kid running lemonade stands (three at one time with the help of others) and even had a small business buying and selling online goods during high school.
While I was previously in the oil and gas industry, I was still on the tech side and involved in startups. When we all started to feel the downturn in Calgary, I knew I wanted to stay in tech and to start something of my own. It was 2016 and I was seeing all of these fitness influencers with hundreds of thousands or millions of followers who were selling their training programs through PDF and ebooks, but none of these influencers were moving into mobile.
It was obvious that we could create an efficiency by developing a single platform that supported multiple apps, rather than starting from scratch each time. That’s how Plankk came to be.
How did you grow Plankk to what it is today?
Szopa: We’ve been hyper-focused on staying in the health and fitness industry as opposed to going wide with our product offering and dabbling in different verticals. We also primarily work with fitness influencers, which is a surprisingly tight community – everyone knows each other. Landing the first few partners definitely took work but after launching a handful of really successful apps, the doors opened up for us in the fitness influencer community.
We also offer our partners a true partnership as opposed to just being their app developers. We obviously design and develop their apps, but we also shoot and edit their content, and put a marketing team behind them to not only launch their app, but also to continuously grow their customer base. Our growth team stays with them for the life of the partnership, constantly helping to improve performance.
From a growth perspective, we had one app in 2016, four by the end of 2017 and today we have 42 apps live with another 20 in development. It’s been a wild ride.
What is your vision for the company in the future?
Szopa: With the creation of Plankk Studio, we now have the ability to connect users anywhere in the world with the world’s top creators in real time. Our goal is to truly disrupt bricks-and-mortar fitness studios. Whether you’re in New York City or Israel, you can attend a live class with your favourite fitness trainer. A user can now attend a yoga class led by Kino Macgregor or a fitness class led by Massy Arias from the comfort of their home.
Why pay $20-plus per class to attend a studio, when you can attend live classes from the world’s top creators for less than the cost of a single class per month?
Peloton disrupted group cycling in this same way and we’re focused on creating this shift for the rest of the fitness industry.
What’s next for the fitness industry? What trends do you see?
Szopa: We know people are consistently becoming more and more health conscious and prioritizing it in their life. The explosion in the popularity of boutique group fitness classes (Barry’s Bootcamp, Pure Barre, etc.) made fitness fun again.
However, people are also constantly looking for efficiency in both time and cost. Not everyone can drop $20 for a single class or take 90 minutes out of their day to attend a class – even a 30-minute class at a local gym can quickly turn into 90 minutes by the time you drive to that class, park, arrive early, and then repeat those steps until you get home. On Plankk Studio, a 30-minute class is actually only 30 minutes.
We’ve doubled down on this trend, expanding our roster of fitness influencer partners, partnering with bigger fitness brands like AIM and Omstars, and launching Plankk Studio.
Mario Toneguzzi is a Troy Media business reporter based in Calgary.
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Derek Lowe And Dusty Baker Are Having The Greatest Feud Ever
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The exact origins are still unclear, but Indians pitcher Derek Lowe and Reds manager Dusty Baker have hated one another for quite some time. Who knew? The bad blood finally simmered over last night and into this morning, starting with a pitch Lowe believed was thrown toward him under orders from Baker. Whee!
In the top of the fifth, Lowe was batting leadoff when the first pitch he saw from Mat Latos backed him off the plate. Afterward, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Lowe gestured toward the Cincinnati dugout. In the bottom of the inning, Lowe plunked Brandon Phillips with a pitch and drew a warning from home plate umpire Paul Nauert. (You can watch both pitches for yourself here.) This is what Lowe said about the situation after the game, per the Plain Dealer:
"Dusty, I was pointing at him because I knew why it happened, and he shook his finger like he had nothing to do with it," Lowe said.
Baker disagreed—but not in the way you might have expected him to. Via the Plain Dealer:
"When he said I shook my finger at him to tell him I had nothing to do with it....'' Baker said. "(Former NBA standout Dikembe) Mutombo didn't shake his finger to say, 'I didn't have anything to do with it.' That means, 'Don't mess with me or my team.' That's what that means. So he better learn the sign lanugage.''
Well then. So did Baker want Latos throwing at Lowe? More from the Plain Dealer:
"I'm not denying anything,'' Baker said. "I didn't order anybody to hit him, but I told (Latos) to buzz him and make him feel uncomfortable. And that's what happened. Understand what I'm saying?''
Loud and clear. But what's all this about? Where's all this hostility coming from? Lowe said it goes back to 2008, back to when he was with the Dodgers and Baker was still with the Reds. MLB.com said the incident was "never made public," and this is as far as Lowe would go in discussing it, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer:
This goes back to my last year with the Dodgers. He made up some story. A lot of people got involved. People almost got fired over it. You can go ask him right now and he'll say he has no idea what you're talking about.
The Plain Dealer didn't get much more out of Lowe:
"Ask him," Lowe said. "Dusty will deny it, but it has everything to do with him. Go ask him. I have zero respect for that guy — not that it matters. I'd imagine he'd say the same about me.''
"People almost got fired"? "Zero respect"? What say you, Dusty? According to the Enquirer, Baker said to "ask him why he hit Joey Votto in the back two years ago" [it was actually 2009]. Then, the Enquirer said, Baker added this:
"What he was talking about was something that he said and did a few years [ago]. You got to ask him what that was. You got a lot people involved in the situation that didn't need to be involved in the situation. It didn't come from there.
"Go ask him since he made it public. Understand what I'm saying. I'll let it rest at that since he's such a big man running his mouth talking about himself."
When Baker then was asked if he was bothered that another player said he didn't respect him, things "really got ugly," according to the Enquirer:
"Man, I don't care," Baker said. "A lot of people don't respect me. He don't respect himself. The word was whatever he did and said probably there was a good chance he was drinking at the ballpark and he don't remember what he said or what he did. OK.
Wait, what? "Drinking at the ballpark"? Not remembering? What happened between these two guys? Lowe was asked earlier today about Baker's comments but he kept refusing to elaborate, telling reporters in the clubhouse: "I promise you: I'm not saying a word about it. You can stand here and watch golf if you want."
Now the question is: Will MLB fine Baker and Lowe for their sniping and headhunting? Or will it cut them a check for injecting some actual hostility into one of baseball's made-up interleague "natural rivalries"?
[Cleveland Plain Dealer/Cincinnati Enquirer; photos via AP]
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Michigan State Probably Shouldn't Exist, But It Does And It's Very Good
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Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, No. 16 Michigan State.
Compartmentalization is an inevitable part of work—sometimes, the world or your given industry or your company seems to be fucking up in every imaginable way, so all you can do is put your nose down and work. At least, that’s what Spartan shitposters want.
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Michigan State, in complete honesty, should have been razed to the ground by now. The administration, new and old, so monstrously failed its student body and athletes that it seems bizarre that the athletic department is allowed to chug along and rake in millions as though nothing happened. Investigators are still investigating; Larry Nassar is rotting in a jail cell, just like Jerry Sandusky; and Michigan State football and basketball will continue down their respective paths, hauling in millions for their coaches and athletic director and jack shit for their players, just like everyone else. Michigan State will tell you no NCAA rules were broken, which maybe should make you question just what the hell the NCAA’s good for.
Athletic departments are fiefdoms and there are TV deals and coaching contracts to uphold and this is America and Larry Nassar will be a distant thought in another year. The institutional “healing,” in the most insulting sense of the word, will begin eventually, once they find a president that isn’t a big piece of shit. In the meantime, the Spartans will play football this year, will probably be very good, and the people of East Lansing will get to smile and cheer many times over this coming fall.
Michigan State bounced back last year after a 2016 season most people understood to be a rebuilding effort. The Spartans increased their win total from three to 10 over the course of a year and were pleasantly surprised by a new crop of rising offensive stars that should make this year’s units one of the best in head coach Mark Dantonio’s tenure.
The jump-started offense begins with the man under center. Quarterback Brian Lewerke did just fine in his redshirt sophomore season, completing 59.0 percent of his passes for 2,793 yards to go along with 20 scores and seven picks. It was his first full season as a starter and provided the Spartans coaches with relief that they wouldn’t have to redo the quarterback competition over the offseason. Instead, they can focus on developing Lewerke and maybe, just maybe, rolling out an offense that takes some chances through the air.
All three of Michigan State’s leading wideouts are back—Felton Davis III, the 2017 touchdowns leader, will join Darrell Stewart Jr. and Cody White as Lewerke’s top targets yet again. Last year, the trio combined for 1,767 yards and 15 scores. They’ll be without Hunter Rison, who transferred after his rookie season, and Donnie Corley, who was among the three Spartan football players kicked off the team last year after being charged in a sexual assault case. Corley was found guilty of a lesser charge after the trio took a plea deal.
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Within the current bunch, Davis is being hyped as one of the Big Ten’s premier pass-catchers, with a 6-foot-4 frame that comes in handy close to the goal line. Stewart is a bit smaller, making him a useful weapon out of both the slot and backfield, while White will be looking to improve upon a rookie year that ended with him as the top yards producer in Spartans freshman history. Tight end Matt Sokol had a quiet 2017, but should also be good for a couple scores this year.
The depth and talent of the passing game will go a long way for Michigan State, and it better, because the running game has some work to do.
The Spartans operate a run-first attack for the most part, and this year doesn’t seem to be the one they make a massive change despite having the personnel to do so. The offensive line returns plenty of experience, having only to replace center Brian Allen, who is now with the L.A. Rams. For running back LJ Scott, entering his fourth and final season as a Spartan, this should be great news, especially considering last year wasn’t his most consistent season.
He posted five fumbles and his yards per rush average (4.5) dipped below his freshman average (4.8), though that’s also a product of Michigan State handing him the ball a career-high 201 times. Scott found the end zone nine times, including once through the passing game, which is fine but not particularly inspiring. This season, with no backups to split time with save for sophomore Connor Heyward, Scott should lead the Spartans in rushing for a fourth consecutive season. But if Michigan State is hoping to push to the front of the Big Ten, it’s either going to need Scott to have more breakout games like he did against Minnesota and Maryland, or it’s going to need to get comfortable with the idea of throwing the ball on second down.
The defense should be a rock for Sparty yet again. Defensive coordinator Mike Tressel is flying high after a season in which he cobbled together veterans and rookies to produce the 19th-best scoring defense in the nation, holding opponents to an average of 20.0 points per game. They finished with 23 takeaways and stymied opposing running backs to the tune of 3.4 yards per rush.
The Spartans lose just two regulars from last year’s rotation, neither of which were stars. With all those young guns back and little offseason attrition, this year is somehow going to be even better.
Junior defensive end Kenny Willekes racked up 5.5 sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss and will pair with tackles Mike Panasiuk and Raequan Williams to fill out the line. This same group of players went a long way to ensure the team finished second in the nation in rushing defense a year ago—just three teams topped 100 yards on them, giving the Spartans an average of 95.3 rush yards allowed per game. Their 2018 goal should be to keep the rush defense the same while improving how often they get to the opposing quarterback—last year, the defense managed 28 sacks, which is fine, but the Spartans are looking to do better than 55th in the nation in that category. Luckily, that task won’t fall squarely on the linemen.
As a sophomore, linebacker Joe Bachie forced two fumbles, defended five passes, and stopped 8.5 plays behind the line of scrimmage, all to go along with his 100 total tackles and team MVP honor. The junior is back this season and he should compile the best individual season of any Spartan linebacker in the past eight years. Bachie will be joined by third-year starter Andrew Dowell and a yet-to-be-named starter in what used to be Chris Frey’s spot. Tyriq Thompson and Brandon Randle are options, as is Jon Reschke, who awkwardly returns as one of the most talented linebackers a year after getting the boot for sending the following text about one of his teammates:
“Honestly don’t know who for sure but probably (teammate’s name redacted) or another s****y f*****g (N-word) with no morals.
Great nose for talent you got there, Sparty.
A Guy To Know
For his first two years in East Lansing, Felton Davis III wasn’t much of a noise-maker. He caught a couple passes as a rookie and then a dozen as a sophomore. His big frame was always tantilizing, but he just wasn’t putting everything together like Michigan State coaches wanted him to; it didn’t help that his first year seeing any real action was a 3-9 rebuild project.
Last year’s breakout season alongside his new quarterback was a breath of fresh air for Michigan State fans—for at least the 2017 and 2018 seasons, they’d found their guy out wide. Davis played in all 11 games, averaging five catches per contest at 14.1 yards per catch. He turned it into nine touchdowns and established himself as the most dangerous receiver on the team. The expectations for this year aren’t sky-high relative to other college football receivers, but for this run-happy program, breaking the 1,000-yard mark and bumping up those scoring numbers is entirely possible, as is Davis hearing his name called next April.
The Assistant Coach Tweet Of The Day
I fucking love in-house college football memes.
Can They Make They Playoff?
Naturally, Michigan State has just enough of a chance to make the playoff that it will likely drive this fanbase even madder. The Spartans have an easy non-conference schedule they should emerge from undefeated, which is good, because the first three Big Ten games are doozies. Luckily, Michigan State only has to go on the road for Maryland, Penn State, and Nebraska, as it drew home games for Northwestern, Michigan, and Ohio State. With Urban Meyer suddenly gone from the Buckeyes, it’s unclear how this season is going to shake out at the top of the Big Ten—with a sure-fire defense and an offense with established vets at literally every position, it’s hard to bet against Sparty.
Aug. 31: Utah State
Sept. 8: @ Arizona State
Sept. 22: @ Indiana
Sept. 29: Central Michigan
Oct. 6: Northwestern
Oct. 13: @ Penn State
Oct. 20: Michigan
Oct. 27: Purdue
Nov. 3: @ Maryland
Nov. 10: Ohio State
Nov. 17: @ Nebraska
Nov. 24: Rutgers
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Report: MSU Spent Half A Million Dollars Monitoring Nassar Victims' And Journalists' Social Media Accounts
Dvora Meyers
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A day after William Strampel, the former dean of the osteopathic medical school at Michigan State University and the ex-boss of disgraced sexual abuser Larry Nassar, was charged with criminal sexual conduct and willful neglect of duty, the Lansing State Journal reported that MSU spent in excess of $500,000 keeping tabs on the social media activities of Nassar’s victims and many of the journalists reporting on the case in January.
MSU hired the New York-based public relations firm Weber Shandwick to do more 1,440 hours of work. “The firm billed for work done by 18 different employees, whose hourly rates ranged from $200 to $600 per hour. Five of those employees billed MSU for more than $50,000, including one who billed for $96,900 and another who billed for $120,893,” according to the article.
January was a peak period for Nassar coverage. It was during this month that Nassar’s victims filled courtrooms in Ingham and Eaton counties and delivered days’ worth of devastating impact statements detailing how Nassar sexually abused them and how institutions enabled this abuse to go on for more than two decades.
During this period, MSU officials like then-president Lou Anna K. Simon, the MSU Board of Trustees, school attorneys, and others received regular reports about what victims and journalists were saying online and which stories were gaining traction. Weber Shandwick concluded that it was the victims, their families, and journalists who were the primary drivers of online discussion that was critical of Nassar and MSU:
“Conversation around the upcoming sentencing and MSU’s role in the matter continues to be driven by victims of Nassar, their families and regional journalists,” a Weber Shandwick employee emailed on the morning on Jan. 16, the first day of Nassar’s Ingham County sentencing. She then detailed tweets by Jacob Denhollander, the husband of Rachael Denhollander who was the first woman to make public allegations against Nassar, as well as U.S. Olympian Aly Raisman and her mother.”
That’s a lot of money to spend to find out that when your institution is found to have harbored and enabled a serial sexual predator for decades, people are going to write some mean things about you on Twitter.
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What are some fundamental keys to understanding the Bible?
Dr. Reagan and I on our ministry’s television show Christ in Prophecy had the pleasure of asking this question of Eric Barger of Take a Stand! Ministries. Eric is an authority on the cults, the New Age, and rock music today. From his past as a former drug addict and rock n’ roll musician who was deeply involved in the New Age movement, Eric has emerged since he gave his life to Jesus Christ to become a great defender of Christianity in America. He joined us to talk about the validity of the Bible as the foundation of our Christian faith.
Literal Interpretation
Eric Barger: Look for the harmonization of Scriptures. Look at the times in the text where God is validating His Word as the truth. We see this played out so many times throughout Bible prophecy. I read once there are 324 prophecies about the Messiah in the Bible and we see so many of those have already come to pass.
To me, the validation of God’s Word when reading and understanding it comes from a literal interpretation. That’s the most important key. Never be like those people who today spiritualize the text resulting in unintended meanings.
Dr. Reagan: I emphasize interpreting literally over and over again. People get all upset and their noses bent out of shape over the word “literally.” They’ll say to me, “Don’t you realize there is poetry? Don’t you realize there is allegory?” I reply, “Look for the plain sense meaning even when there is an allegory or there is a symbol. Look for the plains sense meaning, but don’t play with it.” Of course, spiritualizers are those who take it and say it never means what it says. Spirtualization is the greatest abuse of the Scriptures because then you make yourself God so that you can make the Bible say anything that you want it to say.
Eric Barger: Yes, exactly. I read a quote by a fellow who has been taken up on apostasy or heresy charges by his denomination. This is the fourth time they have done it. He was a Bishop in his denomination and he finally declared that he didn’t believe the Bible meant anything literal that we think it means.
Dr. Reagan: God knows how to communicate. God wants to communicate. You don’t have to have a degree in hermeneutics or a degree in imagination to understand God’s Word. What you do have to have is a childlike faith, a belief that God really wants to communicate, and you have to have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit to really understand it in depth.
Eric Barger: God will use versions like the Living Bible, for example. He will use different things to communicate to us. All of us are still trying to make our way along in this life-long journey of Christianity. We are all still learning and all still trying to refine who we are and what we believe. That’s the great thing about the Bible — we can be reading the same passages again and again, but the Bible speaks in different ways to us at different points in our lives.
Dr. Reagan: Okay, assume I’m a new convert who grew up in a non-Christian family and have just been handed my first Bible. Where do I start?
Eric Barger: The book of John.
Dr. Reagan: Why would you recommend starting there rather then starting with Genesis?
Eric Barger: I believe the way the book of John teaches us about the life of Jesus really is the thing we need today. We don’t start back at Genesis, though it’s great to read from Genesis 1:1 and find out about God creating the world, the Fall of mankind, and the beginnings of the trials of Israel.
We first will want to learn about the Messiah, the One who has saved us, though. Once we become a Christian, the very first thing we’ll want to do is find out more about Jesus. The book of John I believe clearly teaches the life of Jesus in a way that virtually everybody can understand.
The second book I would take people to, and I know there is disagreement about this one, is the book of Romans. Its Paul’s great theological book where people can begin to learn what they believe. And, yes, it’s going to take them awhile.
Dr. Reagan: So, you want them to jump into the deep water there? You would need to tell them that even Peter said that there were some things Paul wrote that were difficult to understand.
How about you, Nathan, where would you tell people to go?
Nathan Jones: Well, definitely John. John is the place to first go. I wouldn’t start them in Genesis, because for instance my son who is of elementary age has started to get into Numbers since he’s been working his way from the beginning. He kind of stole my Archaeology Study Bible and he is now getting bogged down in Numbers. That’s when people start giving up on reading their way through the Bible. But, with John, you’ve got the Gospel. Later, as they go back and start reading the Old Testament, they’ll see it all tie together.
For children, and especially because I do a lot with children who are at a young age, there is a wonderful new Bible out now called the Action Bible. It’s an entire comic book or also called a graphic novel Bible. It’s only $25 and it takes the pictures and the stories and the theology and brings them all to life with characters they can see and heroes they can follow. My kids are eating it up! They absolutely love it, and so I would definitely especially for kids start with something that visually makes the Bible come alive for them. Children certainly can read the Bible just as well as adults can as long as it’s from a version that’s in modern English. When they are ready for old King James English, I will give them a King James Bible, but right now the NIV I believe is easier to read.
Eric Barger: We need to teach them to respect the longevity of the King James. It’s a version we can still all enjoy and appreciate and I’m grateful for it. But again, like I said, I read them all and look through them if there’s a verse that I really want to get more depth out of. I will read the passage in three or four different versions and even go to the Greek and look at it via tools like Strong’s Concordance.
Dr. Reagan: Good point! Everytime a new version comes out, I go and take a look at it because I will usually discover something I haven’t discovered before from my favorite version. Just by the little bit of different wording I will get a point that I hadn’t gotten before. So, I recommend folks take a look at all of them. In fact, I’m hungry for them when they come out.
Eric Barger: Me, too, but above all, I think this discussion over which version to use should not bring division between Christians. The Bible no matter the version will inspire in us a hunger for the Word of God. If there’s any single thing the Church needs today, it’s to reignite our hunger for the Word of God.
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Expected Imminently says:
Nathan!
I love the look of the Comic Bible! K. My other 12 year old grandaughter is taking after her dad and is a great little graphic artist; I shall have to look into this. $25? What's that in squids I wonder – about £20 plus P&P? Thats a bit 'spensive but if it tempts her to read it, and I really think it would… hmm good thinking Batman! 🙂
It is too bad that scholars will not allow the Holy Spirit to give them insight into the proper interpretation of Daniel 2. Modern scholars have speculated that the "Ten Toes" represent a revived Roman Empire and the W.E.U. or the European Union is the fulfillment of this prophecy.
When we examine this prophecy clearly we can see that it is a global entity formulated by 10 regions as proposed by the Club of Rome. The European Union is on the verge of collapse along with the United States and the entire globe economically. The Iron mixed with Clay identifies its strength as well as weakness.
These ten regions that will span the entire globe will have self contained monetary policies and currency, they will have seperate and distinct governance at least until the time that the AntiChrist conquers three of these regions and all ten then relinquish their regional powers into his hands. This is the proper interpretation, not the opinion of scholars still living in the days of the reformation.
While many have sought to demonize the Catholic Church as identifying the Pope as the coming AntiChrist and False Prophet, Rome being Commercial Babylon and the Catholic Church as being the Harlot riding upon the Beast, they have shredded the truth concerning these things. Indeed the Catholic Church is evil and corrupt, yet the Harlot consists of the universal apostate Church whose membership today includes prominent Protestant Churches.
When the E.U. collapses, and it will, the fable of a revived Roman Empire will die along with it!
Hello Rodney
I can accept bits and pieces of your stance, for example the R.C. theory which goes back, as you say, to the reformation but for some time now is largely seen as you describe plus ALL faiths already formed in the Ecumenical movement. Nathan’s recent poll reflects this imo. As a whole your argument doesn’t bear scrutiny based on what God The Holy Spirit has already revealed to us through Daniel imo.
Yes, as it now is, the E.U. as the feet of the image; will disintegrate and its substance will eventually morph into the ten toes made of the same unstable substance of iron and clay. It is the feet (Rome)that are struck by the ‘Stone’ Jesus at His 2nd Coming at the end of the 70th Week.
The ten toes are an extension of the iron and clay feet. The feet are an extension of the iron legs which represent Rome’s Empire which never fell but has continued to this day through the ‘Holy Roman Empire’ which runs through the veins of all the European nations (and their offspring)
The legs of iron proceed from the thighs and belly of bronze Greece which fell to the Romans. The breast and arms made of silver are Media/Persia who fell to Greece. Finally the head of fine Gold wherein is the controlling power –of man and the aspirations of Babylon which fell to the Media/Persians.
I have gone backwards to try and emphasis how the great image is a combination of all the Eurasian Gentile rulers from Babylon, Media Persia, Greece and FINALLY Rome.
FOUR; power bases, emanating one from the other. A fifth, separate power, as your view suggests, is not evidenced in Scripture.
Daniel 2:19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 20 Daniel answered and said: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His. 21 And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding. 22 He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him. 23 “I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might, And have now made known to me what we asked of You, For You have made known to us the king’s demand.”
These Scriptures make plain what God The Holy Spirit has ALREADY revealed to us by making the interpretation clear to Daniel. So it isn’t necessary to second guess the bounds He has already given.
The Daniel 2 prophecy does not stand alone (excuse the pun). The image is but the magnificent, outward appearing of what Gentile rule over Euroasia looks like to the viewer. Daniel 7 has corresponding visions of the four beasts which are the hidden, beast like natures of the gold, silver, bronze and iron ‘nations’ represented by the image.
1st Beast – Gold is the Babylon beast like a powerful lion with the heart of MAN.7:4.
2nd Beast – Silver is the strong/weak Media/Persia beast like a lumbering lopsided bear. 7:5
3rd Beast – Bronze is the Greece beast like a swift Leopard. 7:6
4th Beast – Iron is the Roman Empire a strange conglomeration of the previous three beasts 7:7
Just as the image had ten toes, this beast has ten horns out from which emerges an 11th small horn with a big mouth – the antichrist. The 10 are an extension of what already exists and not a separate entity to make five which God does not mention.
Although the city of Rome was defeated; the Roman Empire continued and still exists today and has been ‘revived’ for the end-time scenario. There is no doubt that the last Gentile ruler, the a/c, will rule the whole world via the 10 horns/kings. Rev13:5 and their king will be a Caesar.
Whoever they are, they have never reigned before, and then only for 1hour (Rev.17:12) until the small horn of the a/c, overthrows 3 (Dan7:24) and uses the combined power of the other 7 making a/c the 8th, who will rule the world for 42months (Dan7:23-25. Rev17:12) until Jesus returns in the 2nd coming crushing the image at its iron and clay feet (weakened Rome)
Thus the Times of the Gentiles, as earths rulers are over and replaced by the Jewish Messiah via Israel. Dan7:13,26,27. Rev17:12.
That is as fast a sketch as I could muster but I don’t want to get caught up in another circular argument.
The Fall of the Roman Empire is a fact of history any archeologist can attest to this. Though it is true that many nations have adopted it's profane symbols of authority such as the United States in the form of an Eagle which was the standard of Rome. The Roman Empire had long collapsed, there are no more Ceasar's, no more Legion's, this empire that once existed was conquered by barbarian hordes.
The E.U. began as a common market seeking to adopt several symbols of fallen empires such as Greecian and Babylonian heritiage, yet as all those before them, they too have failed, a product of their excesses at the expense of their citizens. The final empire consisting of 10 kings and their perspective kingdoms will not be unified or consist of a economic union as is presented by the European Union.
The evidence submitted by the Club of Rome in their vision of the globe being divided into 10 regions with each having their own or distinct political leadership and currency. Daniel the Prophet identifies this clearly in declaring that they will not cleave one to another, though it appears they may trade among regional powers it is certain they will remain as seperate and distinct kingdoms.
The European Union is what it is, being an economic and political union, the 10 toes will not consist of such a union but seperate and distinct regional powers. Perhaps they will have learned from previous encounters that such unions only create a greater disaster, for when one falls they all fall together. Our present global economy and unified banking and corporate structure built to sustain wealth for the top tier of the globe at the expense of it's citizens will bring the entire global economic structure to it's knees.
E.I. the legs of the image that Daniel was shown, symbolize Rome, the feet and toes however are a seperate entity. The iron here, symbolizes strength it is not identifying Rome. The AntiChrist does bear a title, yet it is not Ceasar, it is "King of Babylon". The AntiChrist will seek to restore the head of the image presented to Daniel the Prophet, and the world will marvel that it's deadly wound was healed.
Once the AntiChrist has received all the 10 kingdoms into his power, he will create a global empire a restoration of Babylon, not Rome. The belief that the Roman Empire will be revived is a fable produced by misinterpreting the scriptures. Rome is history, Babylon however will be restored under the direction of it's King, the AntiChrist.
I had noticed that we don't have any Roman Legions up our Road anymore Rodders.
The nearby Roman Villa doesn't have a roof on it, or any walls for that matter.
The Roman Lavatorium, sited at the fallen East Gate, once frequented by the X Legion stationed in Glos’ straight from The Cross; has the 'vacancy' sign up and can be viewed through a glass roof by the interested.
AND I had a vote regarding the Common Market as well as a vote for the European elections.
Grand-mother – suck eggs comes to mind.
Where in Daniel 2 is there the 'metal' of a fifth Empire Gold, Silver, Bronze, Iron and … ?
Daniel 2:40 "And the FOURTH kingdom shall be as strong as IRON, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others.
41. "Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's CLAY AND partly of IRON, the kingdom shall be divided; YET the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the IRON MIXED with ceramic CLAY.
42. And as the TOES of the FEET were partly of IRON AND partly of CLAY, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile.
43. "As you saw IRON MIXED with ceramic CLAY, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as IRON does not mix with clay.
44."And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
"Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold–the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure."
FOUR Gentile empires linked and ruled with the Babylonian ‘heart’ of a man; number 4 relates to the world. The Fifth is to be the Jewish Messianic Kingdom; number 5 relates to God’s Grace. It is at the weakened feet of the amalgamated FOURTH Empire where the Stone of Messiah strikes mans efforts of earthly rule and ends it forever.
Where in Daniel 7 is there a fifth 'entity' or 'beast' Lion, Bear, Leopard, Terrible Mix and …?
Daniel 7:16 "I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me and made known to me the INTERPRETATION of these things:
17. 'Those great beasts, which are FOUR, are FOUR kings which arise out of the earth.
18. 'BUT the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.'
19. "Then I wished to know the truth about the FOURTH beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its nails of bronze, which devoured, broke in pieces, and trampled the residue with its feet;
20. "and the TEN horns that were on ITS head, and the OTHER HORN which came up, before which THREE fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth which spoke pompous words, whose appearance was greater than his fellows.
21. "I was watching; and the same horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them,
22. "UNTIL the Ancient of Days came, and a judgment was made in favour of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to POSSESS THE KINGDOM.
23. "Thus he said: 'The FOURTH beast shall be A FOURTH kingdom on earth, Which shall be different from all other kingdoms, And shall devour the WHOLE EARTH, trample it and break it in pieces.
24. The TEN horns are TEN kings who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue THREE kings.
25. He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute the saints of the Most High, And shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand For a TIME AND TIMES AND HALF A TIME. (3 ½ years)
26. 'BUT the court shall be seated, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and destroy it forever.
27. Then the kingdom and dominion, And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, Shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey Him.'
No FIFTH Gentile entity is mentioned, the beasts and the image remain as FOUR. For this reason, it is the FOURTH; which is the Roman Empire, the two hard Iron legs with its feet weakened with fragile clay are the FOURTH
Terrible beast akin to the two silver arms, the lopsided Bear of Media which was weak and Persia that was strong.
The FOURTH Empire that is a mix of the THREE from which emerges the TEN brand new kings under the control of the little horn of the FOURTH beast; the son of Perdition who is to be the 11th horn and the 8th King.
I see not an inkling of anything like your interpretation. Do you deem the interpreting angel, sent by God to explain to Daniel, was wrong?
8 Kingdoms in total, at the time of the Daniel Rome had not been, yet in Revelation 17 we get a clear breakdown of the Gentile kingdoms to past, present, and future. At the time of the Apostle John the Roman Empire was in full swing. The list of empires is as follows: 1)Egyptian 2)Assyrian 3)Babylonian 4)Medo-Persian 5)Greece 6)Roman 7)10 Kings or Regents spanning the globe 8) Revival of the Babylonian Kingdom under the direction of the AntiChrist.
The Apostle John identifies clearly that the 10 Kings and their perspecitive Kingdoms will not be associated with Rome. Daniel identifies the AntiChrist as the Prince to come, Isaiah identifies the AntiChrist as the King of Babylon. The context of Revelation 17:10 identifies another kingdom that will replace the fallen Roman Empire which is at the time of the Apostle John the sixth Gentile kingdom. This kingdom to come will rule for a short time before handing their power and authority over to the AntiChrist and his kingdom which is the eighth.
The AntiChrist will rise to power from the people that destroyed the Temple and the City Jerusalem, not the territory of Rome, yet its offspring.
You haven't got everything wrong, but you are following a totally different picture on the 'jigsaw box' set by the Bible.
Its not one bit of good you looking at me like that from under your cap; I answered you out of a touch of the entente cordiale across the pond and all that! But I fully recogonize the trend you are setting and I am not getting into the old treadmill you SO like to play on.
I'm off – over and out – TTFN.
E.I., I appreciate the fellowship, I guess in the end we will find out either way! I look forward everyday in witnessing to others of the grace of God that many will be joined with us at the time of our gathering in the Rapture.
Amen Rodders! 🙂
Egypt in turmoil. Iraq in turmoil. Lybia in turmoil. Syria in turmoil. Iran close to being nuclear. The Russians…never ceased to be a threat. The EU is collapsing. The USA is collapsing (I hated to type that). The upcoming generation is liberal and without Christian values.
The Rapture, Gog/Magog, the anti-christ and all the rest is almost here. (Forget Israelistine).
I hope we all get Raptured very very very very soon!
Indeed Billy, Gog/Magog is coming, bringing rise to the Third Temple to honor the mighty hand of the Lord and deliverance of his people.
I personally believe that the Rapture of the Church will occur in the aftermath of this battle, propelling the AntiChrist to power at a time when the world is ravaged by war and economic collapse.
I don't know (obviously) the exact timing of the Rapture in end times events.
I don't see the U.S. being a player in end times events. I speculate either the Raputre or a Russian nuclear first strike against the U.S. just prior to Gag/Magog is what will be the nail in the U.S. coffin.
The reason I doubt Israelistine is that if Isreal's military might propels it into a world superpower then it is the NATION OF ISRAEL that gets the credit and the glory. However, with Gog/Magog, a hopless situation and sure defeat will be averted, then it will be clear that GOD will get the credit and the glory. That is what will lead to the Temple as you said.
Then later, at the end of the tribulation, facing not just defeat but total annihilation, the Jews will not just call on God, they will call out for and believe in His Son Jesus.
Hello Billy
This is a 'hit and run' as I only want to say that I more, rather than less, agree your point re. Israel. I don't see her victorious at all – sadly just the opposite but I really don't want a tussle – not today, ok Rodders old chap? 😉
I would most appreciate prayers for my poor boy to be cut free from the deception he is caught in.
Gideon says:
"The AntiChrist will rise to power from the people that destroyed the Temple and the City Jerusalem, not the territory of Rome, yet its offspring."
Correct! And who filled the ranks of those three legions that sacked Jerusalem and the Temple? Europeans/Romans.
Both Rome and Babylon return at the end. Both Empires invaded Israel, destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple. Satan will try this one more time.
Daniel is clear as EI pointed out the fourth beast is Rome. It doesn't matter if Rome wasn't around in Daniel's time, this was prophecy, and that is kinda the point of prophecy, to point out future events.
The Roman system is being revived now. We just saw in the news last week that there are now calls from France and Germany for a single Eurozone government. Is this the system? Time will tell.
This is the list of empires as I see it:
1)Egypt 2)Assyria 3)Babylon 4)Medo-Persia 5)Greece 6)Rome 7)Revived Roman system 8) Antichrist global empire, headquartered in Babylon born out of revived Roman Empire.
Hello Gideon
Good to see you 🙂
I agree with your list of Empires. I have been trying to write a comment on the distinct DIVERSITY of the Fourth Beast – but I am losing concentration. Here's bits.
The 3 were Empires but Rome was also 'Imperial' (sent their own to rule like Pontius Pilate vs Herod)
Imperialism of Rome has continued 'hidden in plain site'. When physical Rome fell the politics, scholars etc all fled to FRANCE took over its government and invoked Romes Imperialism so the 'essence' of Rome, not just their symbols carried on. Then by Germany just the same now the EU.
Thats the Western Leg.
The Eastern leg exactly the same. When Constantinople fell to the Turks the same exodus of Imperialism went North into (is it the Balkans? can't quite recall). Now its in Russia with Putin a possible 'Gog' figure?
The feet of Iron and Potters Clay, that will not cleave together – and called partly strong and partly weak, I see as its advantage in these last days. Yes Iron is strong and unyielding, but the Potters Clay is malleable during its formation stage. The clay part has behaved like an amoeba does, stretching itself to first encompass before absorbing into itself, everything in its path. The clay will have 'set' and dried hard and brittle when The Stone strikes it.
EI,
I always enjoy reading your posts! I look forward to reading more of your thoughts on Rome and the 4th Beast.
Thanks for the preview!
Still do not agree with the a revived Roman Empire, Europe is a sinking ship, their call for consolidation is only desperation as they near complete collapse.
Disciple says:
Hi Rodney
Are you basing this theory by looking through newspaper glasses? Meaning: are you influenced by current events and what the media "experts" are saying or by the Word Of God?
Yes it MAY appear that the EU is collapsing. This is what is meant by iron mingled with clay. In fact it would require the antichrist to pull it together (after the rapture). Scripture says that is exactly what will happen.
Nathan wrote an article which included something which I think will explain it better:
"With the more christianized nations in tatters due to a Pre-Tribulation Rapture and the Islamic world in ruins from the Gog-Magog Battle, the remaining European world power could fill the vacuum in the Middle East. By making a peace treaty with Israel and easily conquering the lands of the once Middle-Eastern Muslim countries, the Roman Empire could truly be revived once more. The only remaining world powers would be East-Asian, and the Bible records their continued existence (though under the control of the Antichrist) until the end of the Tribulation (Rev. 16:12)."
Europe is impotent, they do not even contribute significantly to N.A.T.O. missions, the U.S. must constantly bear the weight. The E.U. is no power broker, nor could they ever guarantee any peace agreement, their military is in shambles. Even former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates admitted that N.A.T.O. is becoming obsolete, the European partners can not even supply adequate ammunition for their troops. The E.U. is history, and so is the fable of a revived Roman Empire, you will see this clearly very soon.
By the way it is current events that provide the scope for fulfillment of Bible Prophecy, it was the same for the creation of the Jewish State of Israel in May of 1948, and the consolidation of Jerusalem in June of 1967, lest we forget. It seems that at every moment when obvious fables are attacked the "newspaper exegis" label comes out.
The Bible identifies the AntiChrist as the "Prince that shall come", it also identifies him as the "King of Babylon", not the "King of Rome". I think it is pretty clear what kingdom the AntiChrist will establish!
Babylon and Rome are one in the same. The early church referred to Rome as Babylon, and for good reason. Babylon and Rome were the only empires to invade Israel, destroy Jerusalem and the temple, and take the Jews out of the land. It is the same system. It has happened twice, and Satan will try it for a third time. Again, both come back. Rome re-emerges, and when the antichrist comes to power he sets up his global empire headquarters in Babylon.
Your arguments seem to be based solely on current events. Scripture tells us a different story. I again, will use the example of the collapse of the Weimar Republic. Germany was in deep depression, their money was worthless, and their people were starving. Hitler comes to power, issues a new currency and puts people immediately to work building a military the world had never seen in a matter of a few years. The moral of this story: don't look at Europe in the sense that it is all going to fall apart.
Every nation on earth is in financial trouble at this time. Power is about to shift from the US to Europe. The elimination of hundreds of world currency to a single world currency will solve numerous economic problems. Scripture says this will happen.
The antichrist is also called the King of Tyre, Pharaoh, The Assyrian, King of the North, etc. These are titles he gains from conquest.
I do believe he will wield his power out of Babylon, but these are titles, not his ethnicity or where he originates from.
John Chingford says:
Please remember that the Book Of Revelation says "MYSTERY Babylon". If it was referring to "literal" location of Babylon, it would have said "in Babylon" full stop!!!
Paul talks about the "mystery" of iniquity as already beginning to have influence in the Roman Empire 2 Thes 2:7.
MYSTERY BABYLON is surely referring to the satanic evils behind the Babylonic religion and systems – not the location. Besides is Babylon a City on 7 hills?
Daniel refers to the demonic powers behind the kings of Persia and Greece. So I would say that the king of Babylon is probably referring to the spiritual forces behind Babylonic religion which will re-emerge with great power in the Last Days – headquarters ROME
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125 Moments: 097 Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
July 21, 2016 in Uncategorized | Tags: 125Moments, Alan Opie, Ben Heppner, CSO125th, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Duain Wolfe, Herbert Lippert, Iris Vermillion, John Culshaw, John von Rhein, José van Dam, Karita Mattila, London Records, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, René Pape, Sir Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic | 1 comment
Sir Georg Solti and soloists (standing) Herbert Lippert, Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, and Alan Opie; (seated) José van Dam, Iris Vermillion, and René Pape (Jim Steere photo)
In September 1995, Sir Georg Solti led three concert performances of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Orchestra Hall. The performances were split: the first two acts on one concert and the third act on a separate concert over the course of two open dress rehearsals and four concerts. Principal soloists included Karita Mattila, Iris Vermillion, Ben Heppner, Herbert Lippert, José van Dam, Alan Opie, and René Pape, along with the Chicago Symphony Chorus prepared by Duain Wolfe.
“Last weekend you could call the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, without fear of contradiction, the best and most prestigious Wagnerian pit band in the world of opera,” wrote John von Rhein in the Chicago Tribune. “Even as Solti blockbusters go, [these concerts] were an extraordinary experience—painstakingly prepared and powerfully executed. . . . It would be no exaggeration to call this a milestone in Solti’s Wagnerian career to rank with his historic recording of the Ring.”
The subsequent London Records release won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. The award marked Solti’s thirty-first Grammy, more than any other recording artist in any genre. He received seven awards in addition to his twenty-four awards with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Solti and producer John Culshaw also received the first NARAS Trustees’ Award in 1967 for their “efforts, ingenuity, and artistic contributions” in connection with the first complete recording of Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen with the Vienna Philharmonic. Solti also received the Academy’s 1995 Lifetime Achievement Award.
This article also appears here and portions previously appeared here.
Solti 51: Grammy champ
May 31, 2012 in Uncategorized | Tags: Alan Opie, Alison Krauss, Anne Sofie von Otter, Arleen Augér, Ben Heppner, Bernd Weikl, Birgit Nilsson, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Christa Ludwig, Christopher Raeburn, David Harvey, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Doreen Rao, Duain Wolfe, Eva Randová, Felicity Lott, Frederica von Stade, Giorgio Tozzi, Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, Gottlob Frick, Grammy Award, Gwynne Howell, Hans Hotter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Hans Sotin, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Helmut Froschauer, Herbert Lippert, Hildegard Behrens, Iris Vermillion, Isobel Buchanan, James King, James Mallinson, Janet Baker, Júlia Várady, Jessye Norman, John Alldis Choir, John Culshaw, John Shirley-Quirk, Jon Vickers, José van Dam, Judith Blegen, Karita Mattila, Kenneth Riegel, Kiri Te Kanawa, Leontyne Price, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Records, Lucia Popp, Malcolm King, Mallory Walker, Margaret Hillis, Martti Talvela, Michael Haas, Michael Woolcock, Mira Zakai, Montserrat Caballé, Morten Winding, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Norbert Balatsch, Pierre Boulez, Pilar Lorengar, Plácido Domingo, Quincy Jones, Ray Minshull, Régine Crespin, RCA, recording, Reinhild Runkel, René Kollo, René Pape, Rita Gorr, Robert Merrill, Robert Schunk, Rome Opera House, Ruggero Raimondi, Sherrill Milnes, Siegmund Nimsgern, Singverein Chorus, Sir Georg Solti, Solti 100, Stephen Trainor, Stuart Burrows, Sumi Jo, Veriano Luchetti, Vicente Sardinero, Vienna Boys’ Choir, Vienna Philharmonic, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, William Shimell, Yvonne Minton | 5 comments
Solti and Margaret Hillis show off their 1986 Grammy Awards for Liszt’s Faust Symphony and Orff’s Carmina burana.
Sir Georg Solti won thirty-one Grammy Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences—more than any other recording artist. Twenty-four of those awards were with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. In addition, Solti and producer John Culshaw received the first NARAS Trustees’ Award in 1967 for their “efforts, ingenuity, and artistic contributions” in connection with the first complete recording of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen with the Vienna Philharmonic. Sir Georg also received the Academy’s 1995 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Alison Krauss and Quincy Jones tie for the number two slot with twenty-seven awards each, and Pierre Boulez—CSO conductor emeritus and former principal guest conductor—is number three, with twenty-six Grammy Awards, including eight with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
Following is a complete list of Sir Georg Solti’s Grammy Awards.*
Best Opera Recording (1)
VERDI Aida
Leontyne Price, Rita Gorr, Jon Vickers, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Tozzi
Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus
WAGNER Die Walküre
Birgit Nilsson, Régine Crespin, Christa Ludwig, James King, Hans Hotter, Gottlob Frick
Vienna Philharmonic
Album of the Year—Classical (3)
Best Choral Performance—Classical (other than opera) (4)
Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Augér, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts, René Kollo, John Shirley-Quirk, Martti Talvela
Norbert Balatsch and Helmut Froschauer, chorus masters
David Harvey, producer
Best Classical Performance—Orchestra (5)
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
PUCCINI La bohème
Montserrat Caballé, Judith Blegen, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Vicente Sardinero, Ruggero Raimondi
John Alldis Choir
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
Beethoven’s Complete Symphonies
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 in B flat Major, Op. 60
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 (Pastoral)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125
BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
BEETHOVEN Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton, Stuart Burrows, Martti Talvela
Ray Minshull and David Harvey, producers
Best Classical Orchestral Performance (10)
STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
Ray Minshull, producer
Best Choral Performance (other than opera) (11)
Leontyne Price, Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, José van Dam
Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera) (12)
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis in D Major, Op. 123
Lucia Popp, Yvonne Minton, Mallory Walker, Gwynne Howell
Best Classical Album (13)
Best Classical Orchestral Recording (14)
Brahms’s Complete Symphonies
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
James Mallinson, producer
BRAHMS Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Kiri Te Kanawa, Bernd Weikl
Isobel Buchanan, Mira Zakai
BERLIOZ La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Frederica von Stade, Kenneth Riegel, José van Dam, Malcolm King
Best Opera Recording (22)
MOZART Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492
Kiri Te Kanawa, Lucia Popp, Frederica von Stade, Samuel Ramey, Thomas Allen, Kurt Moll
London Opera Chorus
This recording actually tied with the soundtrack for Verdi’s La traviata with James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; principal soloists Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, and Cornell MacNeil.
Norma Burrowes, Sylvia Greenberg, Rüdiger Wohlers, James Morris, Siegmund Nimsgern
SCHOENBERG Moses und Aron
Franz Mazura, Philip Langridge
LISZT A Faust Symphony
Siegfried Jerusalem
Michael Haas, producer
Best Orchestral Recording (26)
Jessye Norman, Reinhild Runkel, Robert Schunk, Hans Sotin
WAGNER Lohengrin
Jessye Norman, Eva Randová, Plácido Domingo, Siegmund Nimsgern, Hans Sotin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Best Chamber Music Performance (28)
BARTÓK Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
Sir Georg Solti and Murray Perahia, pianos
Evelyn Glennie and David Corkhill, percussion
Best Performance of a Choral Work (29)
Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, William Shimell, Gwynne Howell
STRAUSS Die Frau ohne Schatten
Hildegard Behrens, Júlia Várady, Sumi Jo, Reinhild Runkel, Plácido Domingo, José van Dam
Christopher Raeburn, Morten Winding, and Stephen Trainor, producers
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Karita Mattila, Iris Vermillion, Ben Heppner, Herbert Lippert, José van Dam, Alan Opie, René Pape
Michael Woolcock, producer
*A database of former Grammy Award winners can be found here; category titles have changed over the years. For opera recordings, only principal soloists are listed.
Solti 94: Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
January 18, 2012 in Uncategorized | Tags: Alan Opie, Ben Heppner, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, Grammy Award, Herbert Lippert, Iris Vermillion, James Lock, John Pellowe, José van Dam, Joseph Golan, Karita Mattila, Krzysztof Jarosz, Michael Woolcock, Neil Hutchinson, recording, René Pape, Sir Georg Solti, Solti 100 | 3 comments
In September 1995, Sir Georg Solti led three concert performances of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Orchestra Hall. The performances were split: the first two acts on one concert and the third act on a separate concert over the course of two open dress rehearsals and four concerts.
Pictured here at a rehearsal, Solti discusses the score with Joseph Golan, a member of the Orchestra since 1953 and principal second violin since 1969. Tenor Herbert Lippert looks on.
The cast included Karita Mattila, Iris Vermillion, José van Dam, Alan Opie, René Pape, Ben Heppner, and Herbert Lippert, and the Chicago Symphony Chorus (prepared by Duain Wolfe).
For London Records, the recording was produced by Michael Woolcock; James Lock, John Pellowe, and Neil Hutchinson were the balance engineers; and Krzysztof Jarosz was the location engineer.
The recording won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.
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Happy birthday, Renée Fleming!
February 14, 2019 in Uncategorized | Tags: Andreas Schmidt, Christoph Eschenbach, Daniel Barenboim, Dean Peterson, Denyce Graves, Duain Wolfe, Evgeny Kissin, Great Performances, Gregory Kunde, Heidi Grant Murphy, John Aler, London Records, Lynn Redgrave, Margaret Hillis, Mary Stolper, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Paavo Järvi, Peter Rose, Plácido Domingo, Ravinia Festival, Renée Fleming, Riccardo Chailly, Richard Bado, Steven Blier, Susan Graham, Timothy Dalton, Timothy White, Vance George, Waltraud Meier | Leave a comment
Renée Fleming (Timothy White photo for Decca)
Wishing a very happy sixtieth birthday to the incomparable American soprano Renée Fleming!
For nearly thirty years, Fleming has been a regular guest with the Chicago Symphony, both in Orchestra Hall and at the Ravinia Festival, as follows:
MOZART Requiem in D Minor, K. 626
Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano
John Aler, tenor
Peter Rose, bass
January 27, 28, 29, and 30, 1993, Orchestra Hall
FAURÉ Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48
Andreas Schmidt, baritone
Vance George, director
August 5, 1994, Ravinia Festival
VERDI Te Deum from Quattro pezzi sacri
Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
Gregory Kunde, tenor
Dean Peterson, bass-baritone
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
STRAUSS Moonlight Music and Morgen mittag um elf! from Capriccio
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming onstage at Orchestra Hall, January 26, 1998 (Dan Rest photo)
BERNSTEIN Tonight from West Side Story
BERNSTEIN Somewhere from West Side Story
GOUNOD Il se fait tard . . . O nuit d’amour from Faust
ELLINGTON In a Sentimental Mood
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
This special concert—entitled Star-Crossed Lovers—featured Fleming with Plácido Domingo in songs, arias, and duets, along with narrators Lynn Redgrave and Timothy Dalton. The concert was recorded for a Great Performances telecast and a London Records release.
STRAUSS Marie Theres’! . . . Hab’ mir’s gelobt and Ist ein Traum from Der Rosenkavalier
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
HANDEL Morrai, sì l’empia tua testa and Ombre, piante from Rodelinda
MASSENET Adieu, notre petite table and Obéissons quand leur voix appellee from Manon
TRADITIONAL/Grusin Shenandoah
TRADITIONAL/Grusin The Water is Wide
PORTER So in Love from Kiss Me, Kate
RODGERS You’ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel
CATALANI Ebben, ne andrò lontana from La Wally
PUCCINI O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi
VERDI Merci jeunes amies from Les vêpres siciliennes
CILEA Poveri fiori from Adriana Lecouvreur
PUCCINI Vissi d’arte from Tosca
Chicago Symphony Orchestra opening night gala, October 3, 2009
October 3, 2009, Orchestra Hall
STRAUSS Freundliche Vision, Op. 48, No. 1
STRAUSS Zueignung, Op. 10, No. 1
STRAUSS Winterweihe, Op. 48, No. 4
STRAUSS Verführung, Op. 33, No. 1
Paavo Järvi, conductor
In recital, Fleming also has appeared in Orchestra Hall on three occasions:
SCHUBERT Die Männer sind méchant, D. 866, No. 3
SCHUBERT Du bist die Ruh, D. 776
SCHUBERT Im Frühling, D. 882
SCHUBERT Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 531
SCHUBERT Nacht und Träume, D. 827
SCHUBERT Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118
STRAUSS Befreit, Op. 39, No. 4
STRAUSS Muttertändelei, Op. 43, No. 2
STRAUSS Waldseligkeit, Op. 49, No. 1
STRAUSS Cäcilie, Op. 27, No. 2
WOLF Heiß’ mich nicht reden (Mignon I)
WOLF Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Mignon II)
WOLF So laßt mich scheinen (Mignon III)
WOLF Kennst du das Land (Mignon’s Song)
FAURÉ Lydia, Op. 4, No. 2
FAURÉ Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2
FAURÉ Chanson d’amour, Op. 27, No. 1
FAURÉ Les roses d’Ispahan, Op. 39, No. 4
FAURÉ Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1
ELLINGTON Prelude to a Kiss
ELLINGTON Do Nothin’ till You Hear from Me
ELLINGTON It Don’t Mean a Thing
Christoph Eschenbach, piano
SCHUBERT Suleika I, D. 720
SCHUBERT Scene from Faust, D. 126
GLINKA Gretchen am Spinnrade
LISZT Kennst du das Land, S. 275/1
MENDELSSOHN Suleika, Op. 57, No. 3
WOLF Heiss mich nicht reden (Mignon I)
WOLF So lasst mich scheinen (Mignon III)
WOLF Kennst du das Land (Mignon IV)
DEBUSSY Ariettes oubliée
STRAUSS Einerlei, Op. 69, No. 3
STRAUSS Ich trage meine Minne, Op. 32, No. 1
STRAUSS Efeu from Mädchenblumen, Op. 22, No. 3
STRAUSS All mein’ Gedanken, Op. 21, No. 1
STRAUSS Morgen!, Op. 27, No. 4
STRAUSS Ich liebe dich, Op. 37, No. 2
Steven Blier, piano
HANDEL Ritorna, o caro e dolce mio tesoro from Rodelinda
HANDEL Mio caro bene! from Rodelinda
SCHUBERT Lachen und Weinen, D. 777
SCHUBERT Seligkeit, D. 433
BERG Seven Early Songs
PREVIN The Giraffes Go to Hamburg
RAVEL Shéhérazade
Mary Stolper, flute and alto flute
Richard Bado, piano
And be sure to catch Fleming with Evgeny Kissin in recital next season at Symphony Center, on Sunday, April 19, 2020!
Happy birthday, Cecilia Bartoli!
June 4, 2016 in Uncategorized | Tags: Bruno Lazzaretti, Carnegie Hall, Cecilia Bartoli, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Christopher Alden, Daniel Barenboim, David Alden, Dawn Kotoski, Don Horisberger, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Günter von Kannen, Graham Clark, Joan Rodgers, Larry Combs, Lella Cuberli, Michele Pertusi, Mimi Lerner, Oscar de la Renta, Peter Rose, Richard Garrin | Leave a comment
Wishing a very happy fiftieth birthday to the remarkable mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli!
A favorite visitor to Chicago, Bartoli made her debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in February 1992, during Daniel Barenboim‘s first season as music director. She appeared in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and Così fan tutte, in semistaged productions (directed by Christopher and David Alden with costumes designed by Oscar de la Renta) presented in rotating repertory along with the composer’s Don Giovanni.
A complete list of Bartoli’s performances with the Orchestra is below:
February 2, 7, and 12, 1992, at Orchestra Hall
MOZART The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Figaro Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass
Susanna Joan Rodgers, soprano
Doctor Bartolo Günter von Kannen, bass
Marcellina Mimi Lerner, mezzo-soprano
Cherubino Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
Count Almaviva Michele Pertusi, bass
Don Basilio/Don Curzio Graham Clark, tenor
Countess Almaviva Lella Cuberli, soprano
Antonio Peter Rose, bass
Barbarina Dawn Kotoski, soprano
Members of the Chicago Symphony Chorus
Richard Garrin, chorus director
Cecilia Bartoli and Daniel Barenboim on Opening Night, September 25, 1998 (Dan Rest photo)
February 5, 10, and 15, 1992, at Orchestra Hall
MOZART Così fan tutte, K. 588
Ferrando Bruno Lazzaretti, tenor
Guglielmo Michele Pertusi, bass
Don Alfonso Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass
Fiordiligi Lella Cuberli, soprano
Dorabella Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
Despina Joan Rodgers, soprano
Don Horisberger, chorus director
September 25, 1998, at Orchestra Hall (Opening Night Gala)
MOZART Ch’io mi scordi di te? . . . Non temer, amato bene, K. 505*
MOZART Un moto di gioia, K. 579
MOZART Parto, parto from La clemenza di Tito, K. 621**
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano*
Larry Combs, clarinet**
March 6, 2001, at Orchestra Hall
March 9, 2001, at Carnegie Hall
BERLIOZ Les nuits d’éte, Op. 7
BERLIOZ Zaïde (Boléro), Op. 19/1 (performed as an encore)
125 Moments: 066 Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust
April 19, 2016 in Uncategorized | Tags: 125Moments, Anne Sofie von Otter, CSO125th, Frederica von Stade, Grammy Award, Grosses Festspielhaus, José van Dam, Keith Lewis, Kenneth Riegel, London Records, Malcolm King, Margaret Hillis, Medinah Temple, Peter Rose, Proms, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Sir Georg Solti, South Bank Centre, Tom Sutcliffe | 3 comments
Royal Albert Hall, August 28, 1989 (Jim Steere photo)
On August 28, 1989, in London’s Royal Albert Hall, Sir Georg Solti led the Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Chorus—in its European debut—in Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust. Soloists included mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, tenor Keith Lewis, bass-baritone José van Dam, and bass Peter Rose.
“I doubt that there will be a better Prom this year,” wrote Tom Sutcliffe in The Independent. “The sheer accuracy of the playing is astounding. . . . The crispness of the rhythms, the ability to switch mood in a phrase, ran throughout the ensemble— and of course when excitement or shock was needed, it sprang out instantly at Solti’s slightest indication, providing marvelous evidence of a long and deep relationship between instruments and conductor in which little needed to be said or shown for everything meant to be instantly understood. . . . And what a chorus the Chicago Symphony has, to comply with Solti’s needs, youthful, beautiful in tone and robust in attack, every word totally clear, understood and stylishly enunciated. Well, Solti’s chorus master is Margaret Hillis—simply the best.”
The Orchestra and Chorus also performed Berlioz’s Faust on August 30 in Salzburg’s Grosses Festspielhaus, and Solti and the Orchestra continued on through Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, France, and the Netherlands before returning to London’s Royal Albert Hall* for the final concert of the tour on September 18.
The August 28 concert was recorded for television broadcast and later released by London Records on video.
Also for London, Solti conducted the Orchestra, Chorus, and soloists (including mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, tenor Kenneth Riegel, bass-baritone José van Dam, and bass Malcolm King) in recording sessions of The Damnation of Faust in May 1981 at Medinah Temple. The recording was awarded the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance–Choral.
*The September 18 concert originally had been scheduled for London’s Royal Festival Hall. As a result of a pay dispute earlier that month, there was the prospect of a strike between the unions representing the technicians and box office staff and management at South Bank Centre. The concert was moved to Royal Albert Hall to avoid the possibility of Orchestra musicians crossing picket lines.
This article also appears here.
Solti 30: 1989 tour to Europe
August 2, 2012 in Uncategorized | Tags: Anne Sofie von Otter, Chicago Symphony Chorus, James O'Donnell, José van Dam, Keith Lewis, Kenneth Corden, Margaret Hillis, Peter Rose, recording, Rodney Greenberg, Sir Georg Solti, Solti 100, tours, Westminster Cathedral Choir | Leave a comment
Royal Albert Hall, London, England – August 28, 1989
Sir Georg Solti led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s sixth trip to Europe in August and September 1989, including stops in Austria, Denmark, England, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. And for the first two concerts of the tour, the Chicago Symphony Chorus joined the Orchestra for the first time on an overseas tour.
August 28, 1989 – Royal Albert Hall, London, England
August 30, 1989 – Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria
BERLIOZ The Damnation of Faust
José van Dam, bass-baritone
Westminster Cathedral Choir
James O’Donnell, chorus director
September 3, 1989 – Kunsthaus, Lucerne, Switzerland
September 8, 1989 – Grosse Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany
September 15, 1989 – Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
September 16, 1989 – Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
September 18, 1989 – Royal Albert Hall, London, England
September 5, 1989 – Philharmonie am Gasteig, Munich, Germany
September 7, 1989 – Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
September 9, 1989 – Tivoli, Copenhagen, Denmark
September 11, 1989 – Göteborgs Konserthus, Göteborg, Sweden
September 12, 1989 – Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica)
The August 28 performance of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust was recorded for television broadcast and later released on VHS and DVD. Kenneth Corden was the executive producer and the film was directed by Rodney Greenberg. A couple of clips from the program are below.
The attached YouTube videos are not the property of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. We just thought they were interesting.
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Machine Room in Dow Tabulating Department
General view of the Machine Room in the Tabulating Department at the Dow Chemical Company facilities located in Midland, Michigan. Several employees and machines, including tabulator, sorter, and interpreter units, are…
Creator Dow Chemical Company
Subject Corporations, Tabulating machines, Machinery, Dow Chemical Company, Employees, and International Business Machines Corporation
Key punch operators at Dow Tabulating Department
General view of key punch operators transcribing written data into tabulating cards in the Tabulating Department at the Dow Chemical Company facilities located in Midland, Michigan. The operators are identified as…
Subject Corporations, Tabulating machines, Machinery, Dow Chemical Company, Women employees, and International Business Machines Corporation
Machine tabulating room at Dow Chemical Company
General view of unidentified employees at work in the machine tabulating room at the Dow Chemical Company facilities located in Midland, Michigan. Per an article in the December 16, 1947 edition of The Brine Well, the…
Alphabetic tabulator in use at Dow Tabulating Department
Close-up view of IBM Corporation customer engineer Neil Grover servicing the electrical relays on an alphabetic tabulator in the Tabulating Department at the Dow Chemical Company facilities located in Midland, Michigan.…
Dow Chemical Company Styron manufacturing facilities
General view of an unidentified employee at work in the Styron manufacturing facilities at the Dow Chemical Company plant located in Midland, Michigan. Styron is the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically…
Subject Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery, Plastics, and Employees
Styron belt at Dow Chemical Company facility
General view of employees examining a Styron belt (also known as a ribbon) as it is extruded from a machine in the Styron manufacturing facilities at the Dow Chemical Company plant located in Midland, Michigan. Per…
Subject Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Extrusion process, Plastics--Extrusion, Machinery, Plastics, and Employees
General view of unidentified employees at work in the Styron manufacturing facilities at the Dow Chemical Company plant located in Midland, Michigan. A Styron belt (also known as a ribbon) is visible being extruded from…
Saran film rolls at Dow facility
General view of packaged rolls of saran film at a Dow Chemical Company manufacturing facility in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport during World War II,…
Subject Plastics industry and trade, Industries, Plastics, Corporations, Machinery, and Dow Chemical Company
Dow employee at saran film manufacturing facility
Close-up view of an unidentified employee at work in the saran film manufacturing facilities at the Dow Chemical Company plant located in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and…
Subject Plastics industry and trade, Industries, Plastics, Corporations, Machinery, Dow Chemical Company, and Employees
Packaging of Saran Wrap at Dow facility
General view of a conveyor belt transporting cases of Saran Wrap at a Dow Chemical Company manufacturing facility in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport…
Subject Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery, Consumer goods, Belt conveyors, and Plastics
Transport of Saran Wrap at Dow facility
General view of two unidentified employees prepping cases of Saran Wrap for transport at a Dow Chemical Company manufacturing facility in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and…
Subject Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Industries, Order picking systems, Plastics, and Employees
Saran film production at Dow facility
General view of sheets of saran film moving through a rolling machine at a Dow Chemical Company manufacturing facility in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport…
Subject Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Industries, Machinery, Plastics, and Employees
Elevated view of a conveyor belt transporting boxes of Saran Wrap at a Dow Chemical Company manufacturing facility in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport…
Subject Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Industries, Machinery, Belt conveyors, Plastics, and Employees
Saran Wrap production at Dow facility
General view of a conveyor belt transporting rolls of Saran Wrap at a Dow Chemical Company manufacturing facility in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport…
Subject Employees, Machinery, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Consumer goods, Belt conveyors, and Plastics
Extrusion of saran bubble at Dow Chemical Company
Two views of an unidentified employee observing the extrusion of a saran bubble from a rolling machine at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. During production, saran film passed through a series of…
Subject Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Extrusion process, Plastics--Extrusion, Machinery, Plastics, Industries, and Employees
Tour of Dow saran manufacturing facilities
Two views of a tour group observing the extrusion of a saran bubble from a rolling machine at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. The individuals visible in the photograph are identified as follows…
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Extrusion of saran bubbles at Dow Chemical Company
Four views showing various stages of the extrusion of saran bubbles from a rolling machine at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. The employee visible in the photographs is unidentified. During…
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Saran bubble at Dow Chemical Company
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General view of an unidentified employee observing the extrusion of a saran bubble from a rolling machine at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. During production, saran film passed through a series of…
General view of the extrusion of saran bubbles from rolling machines at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. During production, molten saran polymer was extruded from circular dies, then cooled and…
General view of employee Louis Vallaincourt observing the extrusion of a saran bubble from a rolling machine at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. During production, saran film passed through a series…
General view of a saran bubble as it is extruded from a machine during the production of saran film at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. The individuals visible behind the bubble, likely taking a tour…
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Proposal to form the Dow Chemical Company
Six-page photographic reproduction of a typewritten proposal concerning the formation of the Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan. The proposal begins with general remarks concerning the commercial market for…
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Factor Analysis and Cut-Off Scores for the Autism Spectrum Disorders-Observation for Children
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Megan Alice Hattier, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeFollow
Optimal prognoses for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) often rely upon early intervention; thus, there has been a call for reliable and valid assessment tools in order to ensure accurate diagnoses among youth at risk for developmental disabilities (DDs) such as autism. The target of this paper is to inspect the underlying factor structure of a recently developed observation tool for assessing autistic symptoms, the Autism Spectrum Disorders – Observation for Children (ASD-OC). More importantly, cutoff scores were also developed for clinical use in order to distinguish between those with and without an ASD. Given that marked changed were made to ASD diagnostic criteria with the release of the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), two sets of cutoff scores were developed according to the DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5. Study 1 found that the underlying factor structure of the ASD-OC was best explained by two components (i.e., social/communicative behaviors and repetitive/restricted behaviors and interests). Studies 2 and 3 found the ASD-OC to have excellent discriminating ability when differentiating between those with and without ASD according to both the DSM-IV-TR and the DSM-5. Corresponding cutoff scores were developed based upon these analyses. Although there are a number of ASD observation tools already in existence, the ability of the ASD-OC to satisfy many of the shortcomings of these pre-existing measures appears to be promising.
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Hattier, Megan Alice, "Factor Analysis and Cut-Off Scores for the Autism Spectrum Disorders-Observation for Children" (2014). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 1200.
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Making the Grade: Items from Captain America’s Need-to-Check-Out List
“I Love Lucy (Television)”
Cap: “Hey, cool, that gal from Five Came Back landed her own TV show… [watches five minutes of pilot episode] … yeah, this isn’t funny.” Don’t get me wrong, Lucille Ball was a pioneer comedy legend who blazed a trail for all future funny women, and her show — together with Milton Berle’s and whatever that Ed Sullivan guy was doing Sunday nights — were the LOLcats memes of their day, the early hits that gave a nascent medium the star power it needed to take off. But to be honest, I would have told Cap to start his binge-watching with something a little more current. Or in color, at least. That candy conveyor belt bit is only funny the first five or so times, you know? And don’t get me started on whatever kinky shit Lucy and Ricky had to pull to get her pregnant — whoops, “expecting” — in that twin-bed-separated-by-a-nightstand bedroom setup. That’s messed up even for the ’50s. C-
Definitely the defining moment of the 20th century, with only the debut of the single by that old lady from the “Where’s the Beef?” ads coming in a close second. Pretty hard to argue against putting this on anyone’s 20th-century highlights reel. Though I gotta say I would be mightily amused if a future Marvel movie shows the moon landing from the Watcher’s perspective: “Well, crap — there goes the neighborhood.” A
“Berlin Wall (Up + Down)”
Having been born too late to watch the moon landing on TV, I’m happy my generation got our own history-is-now moment in 1989 — two of them, if you also count the tank standoff at Tiananmen Square. (Oh, and also “I’m Batman.” And “He chose… poorly.” Man, 1989 was awesome.) Though I’m thinking Cap would have gotten really pissed with the rest of us when he learned why the wall went up in the first place. “I fought Nazis and heroically sacrificed myself just so you guys could spend your kids’ lunch money building walls and tanks and freakin’ nuclear missiles? Geez, guys. Oh, sorry, language.” B+
“Steve Jobs (Apple)”
Apple products, sure, that’s worth catching up on, if only to see the awesome advances we’ve made in entertainment media since the last time The Andrews Sisters topped the charts. Hell, even that “1984” Apple commercial is worth checking out, but not before reading Orwell’s 1984 to understand the joke behind that “why 1984 won’t be like 1984” line. But I’m having a hard time imagining a conversation where someone says, “So, you just woke up from a 70-year coma, huh? That’s wild. What should you check out first? Um… You know, lots of cool stuff. Microwave popcorn, Tetris and… oh yeah, Steve Jobs, go get that book about him. Skip the Kutcher movie, though. Like the rest of us did.” D+
Look at the bright side, at least Cap didn’t write “Line Dancing (Achy Breaky Heart?)” on his list. At this point in his list, I like to imagine Steve deciding to save time by tackling items on his catch-up list all at once, inviting Tony, Natasha and the rest of the gang over for a fun night of Thai food, Guitar Hero, Netflix binge-watching and Wikipedia-surfing, capped off by re-enactments of every dancing scene from Saturday Night Fever. Why the hell not? I’d sure as hell watch that. I mean, if we were all willing to sit through end credits just to watch them eat shawarma… C+
Speaking of awesome ethic cuisine. Assuming the Super-Soldier serum and vita-rays took care of any peanut or shellfish allergies the 4-F version of Steve Rogers might have had, this is a great place to start for anyone from the past eager to try the many awesome mall food court options of the present. What I’d really like to see, though, is a montage of scenes showing a recently unfrozen Captain America going to places like a vegan restaurant, a Whole Foods store, and one of those avant-grade restaurants where all the lights are out, the food is served by blind little people and the entrées are served in edible test tubes. That’s sitcom magic, y’all. B+
Yes, for the love of God, Steve, do not spend one more minute of your post-Popsicle life not knowing the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek. Entire continents have been ravaged by fans arguing over who is the better Enterprise captain, or whether Han shot first. And the look that either side gives anyone who thinks Trek is the one where they carry lightsabers? Priceless. Anyway, this entry makes me wonder where Steve will start his Star Wars education. Would he look at the Roman numerals and start with Phantom Menace first, or would he go chronologically to fully appreciate every Star Wars fan’s journey from unbridled joy to crushing bitterness? One thing’s for sure: if Nick Fury offers to watch the films with him, that will make for some interesting running commentary. “Yeah, never mind that New Hope shit, all you need to know is this series is the story of one badass Jedi mother—er named Mace Windu who does nothing but kick sweet Sith ass. Damn, you see that move? Here, let me rewind that for you.” B
I imagine a guy who grew up on Buck Rogers serials as a kid wouldn’t be too impressed by the (ahem) cutting-edge special effects of the original Trek, but I hope he starts his education there instead of, say, that last Abrams movie, the one with the ‘Batchster playing “KHAAAAAAAAANNNNN!” like a guy dumb enough to allow torpedoes on his ship and then be surprised they were actual armed torpedoes. I’m sure I’m not the only one who had issues with that film. B+
“Nirvana (band)”
Good thing he added “band” here, because I’m sure the first thing most people think of when they see “Nirvana” is the Buddhist concept of the elimination of desire that comes with escaping the cycle of rebirth. Can’t argue with this one, though I hope a fellow like him starts his education with “No Apologies” and works his way up to “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Am I the only one thinking how hilarious it would be watching Cap find the Weird Al parody of that video on YouTube? “But why are they all playing the kazoo, Clint? Why?” A-
“Rocky (Rocky II?)”
What I love here is the question mark. Like he’s pretty sure he should watch the last good movie Stallone ever made (sorry, Cobra fans, but it’s true), but he’s not sure if he wants to see the sequel. I’m with him on this one; I remember Rocky III as the one with “Eye of the Tiger” and Mr. T in it, and Rocky IV was the one with Ivan “I vill break you” Drago, and Rocky V was the one where Rocky and the Mighty Ducks beat Iceland in the big tournament, or something… but what happened in Rocky II? I dunno, something about rising up to the challenge, I know that much. C
“Troubleman (soundtrack)”
I appreciate Sam trying to inject a little soul into Cap’s pop-cult education. Disco, Rocky, Nirvana, Thai food, Star Wars — this list was starting to veer away from “big things you missed” and into “things white people like” territory. Having said that… you’re putting Gaye’s Trouble Man album ahead of What’s Going On? or Let’s Get It On? Or even Midnight Love…? The hell? Not on my watch, Wilson. Not on my watch. C-
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The Best Games Period - Episode 26 - Passage
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The 2007 indie game Passage could be considered one of the standard bearers for the art game genre. Created by Jason Rohrer, for a game jam event, Passage went on to receive a significant amount of attention in the mainstream press with some critics outside of the gaming world claiming it was the first game to make them cry - essentially a proof of concept to some industry outsiders that games could be vehicles for emotion and meaningful expression. Passage is free and can be downloaded on Jason Rohrer's website: http://hcsoftware.sourceforge.net/passage/ It's only five minutes long, so play it a time or two and listen along to our discussion this week! Each week we will be tackling a video game, old or new, that at least one of us believes deserves to stand as one of the greatest games of all time. We'll dive into its history, development, and gameplay, while trying to argue for or against the game of the week. Sometimes we will be in harmonious agreement, other times we might be fighting a bitter battle to the very end. However each episode shakes out, we hope that everyone who listens will find the show entertaining and informative. Outro music: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 'Please, please make it rain...' by Benjaipod (http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03347) You can download or listen to the podcast over on Soundcloud, our hosting site, and iTunes. A YouTube version is (sometimes) available as well, so you can watch what we are talking about while we talk about it! You can also follow the show on Twitter: @BestGamesPeriod New episodes of The Best Games Period will be released every Monday
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Podcast:The Best Games Period - Episode 26 - Passage
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The 2007 indie game Passage could be considered one of the standard bearers for the art game genre. Created by Jason Rohrer, for a game jam event, Passage went on to receive a significant amount of attention in the mainstream press with some critics outside of the gaming world claiming it was the first game to make them cry - essentially a proof of concept to some industry outsiders that games could be vehicles for emotion and meaningful expression. Passage is free and can be downloaded on Jason Rohrer's website: http://hcsoftware.sourceforge.net/passage/ It's only five minutes long, so play it a time or two and listen along to our discussion this week! Each week we will be tackling a video game, old or new, that at least one of us believes deserves to stand as one of the greatest games of all time. We'll dive into its history, development, and gameplay, while trying to argue for or against the game of the week. Sometimes we will be in harmonious agreement, other times we might be fighting a bitter battle to the very end. However each episode shakes out, we hope that everyone who listens will find the show entertaining and informative. Outro music: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 'Please, please make it rain...' by Benjaipod (http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03347) You can download or listen to the podcast over on Soundcloud, our hosting site, and iTunes. A YouTube version is (sometimes) available as well, so you can watch what we are talking about while we talk about it! You can also follow the show on Twitter: @BestGamesPeriod New episodes of The Best Games Period will be released every Monday View full article
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Jane Mayer: FOX Becomes State TV. Gave Trump Debate Questions, Killed Stormy Daniels Story Etc
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Jane Mayer brings us news regarding the nexus between Trump and Fox News and how FOX has finally reached State TV status. Ailes gave Trump debate questions in advance, FOX buried the Stormy Daniels story before the 2016 election and they also use NDA’s to force people working there into silence. According to Mayer’s reporting things at FOX have become worse since Ailes departure. Without Ailes, the star talent is running the place with no restraint. It seems power went from Ailes > Shine > Hannity. And perhaps the scariest part of all is how Trump’s Justice Dept is catering specifically to FOX/Murdoch’s interests.
Hannity had warned that it would be “the total end” of Fox News if his friend Shine were ousted. But, with O’Reilly and Kelly gone, Hannity was in his strongest position yet: he was now Fox’s top-rated star, and Trump’s highest-profile promoter. He’d taken Kelly’s 9 p.m. slot and was getting even higher ratings—some three million viewers a night. Two months after Shine left Fox, Hannity became a matchmaker, arranging a dinner with the President at the White House, attended by himself, Shine, and Scaramucci, at that time Trump’s communications director. Hannity proposed Shine as a top communications official, or even as a deputy chief of staff. A year later, Shine was both.
The story is superbly written and worth the read. Please support The New Yorker for this reporting. Mayer ties a lot together in this piece and leaves me wondering how corporate sponsors can keep running ads on FOX.
The Making of the Fox News White House
Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda?
Hannity was treated in Texas like a member of the Administration because he virtually is one. The same can be said of Fox’s chairman, Rupert Murdoch. Fox has long been a bane of liberals, but in the past two years many people who watch the network closely, including some Fox alumni, say that it has evolved into something that hasn’t existed before in the United States. Nicole Hemmer, an assistant professor of Presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center and the author of “Messengers of the Right,” a history of the conservative media’s impact on American politics, says of Fox, “It’s the closest we’ve come to having state TV.”
Hemmer argues that Fox—which, as the most watched cable news network, generates about $2.7 billion a year for its parent company, 21st Century Fox—acts as a force multiplier for Trump, solidifying his hold over the Republican Party and intensifying his support. “Fox is not just taking the temperature of the base—it’s raising the temperature,” she says. “It’s a radicalization model.” For both Trump and Fox, “fear is a business strategy—it keeps people watching.” As the President has been beset by scandals, congressional hearings, and even talk of impeachment, Fox has been both his shield and his sword. The White House and Fox interact so seamlessly that it can be hard to determine, during a particular news cycle, which one is following the other’s lead. All day long, Trump retweets claims made on the network; his press secretary, Sarah Sanders, has largely stopped holding press conferences, but she has made some thirty appearances on such shows as “Fox & Friends” and “Hannity.” Trump, Hemmer says, has “almost become a programmer.”
Trump has made the debate a point of pride. He recently boasted to the Timesthat he’d won it despite being a novice, and despite the “crazy Megyn Kelly question.” Fox, however, may have given Trump a little help. A pair of Fox insiders and a source close to Trump believe that Ailes informed the Trump campaign about Kelly’s question. Two of those sources say that they know of the tipoff from a purported eyewitness. In addition, a former Trump campaign aide says that a Fox contact gave him advance notice of a different debate question, which asked the candidates whether they would support the Republican nominee, regardless of who won. The former aide says that the heads-up was passed on to Trump, who was the only candidate who said that he wouldn’t automatically support the Party’s nominee—a position that burnished his image as an outsider.
For years, Ailes had been the focus of liberal complaints, and so when Fox pushed him out many people thought that the channel would change. They were right. The problem, Fox’s critics say, is that it’s become a platform for Trump’s authoritarianism. “I know Roger Ailes was reviled,” Charlie Black, the lobbyist, said. “But he did produce debates of both sides. Now Fox is just Trump, Trump, Trump.” Murdoch may find this development untroubling: in 1995, he told this magazine, “The truth is—and we Americans don’t like to admit it—that authoritarian societies can work.”
By the time Trump was elected, Murdoch had adeptly improved ties with him. In the summer of 2016, he and his fourth wife, Jerry Hall, joined Trump for a visit to Trump’s golf club in Scotland. Murdoch appears to have been wise in securing a rapprochement. Telecommunications is a highly regulated industry, and under Trump the government has consistently furthered Murdoch’s business interests, to the detriment of his rivals. Hundt, the former F.C.C. chairman, told me that “there have been three moves that have taken place in the regulatory and antitrust world” involving telecommunications “that are extremely unusual, and the only way to explain them is that they’re pro-Fox, pro-Fox, and pro-Fox.”
much, much more at the link:
www.newyorker.com/…
Lots of news in latest from @JaneMayerNYer: the killing of the Stormy Daniels story before the election; ordering Gary Cohn to pressure DOJ to file lawsuit to block AT&T-Time Warner deal; possible tipping off Trump on debate question; more. https://t.co/lXCwppOGbb
— Michael Luo (@michaelluo) March 4, 2019
New from me: Fox News HAD the story of Trump's hush money payoffs to Stormy Daniels BEFORE the election but killed it because the reporter said she was told, "Good reporting Kiddo, but Rupert Murdoch wants Donald Trump to win. So set it aside." Reporter sued, is bound by an NDA. https://t.co/md9B4fLm1i
— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) March 4, 2019
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Last nights meeting and a talk with Nasrene
Last night Nasrene Muhammad, David Rattler and Tammi Herichini of Gemini Website Design and Hosting met to discuss the upcoming changes to the C-Panel. It was decided they would close and external panel to realigned both local and global servers with The Gemini Matrix. David also announced a redesigning of their lock step philosophy and reexamination of the Symbology of The Lair.
On Dec 3rd the Rattler Publishing website will be down for maintenance as designers and technicians realign servers protocol and signals. This will cause minor interruptions to The Rattler Publishing emailing system but according to Nasrene the disruption is expected to minimal at best. She advises all email send to Rattler Publishing should be forward to admin@melanatedcommunityradio.net until the realignment is complete; which is expected to take no more than a few days.
For the remainder of the week executives of both companies will meet is secrecy and discuss the upcoming plans.
It has been rumored of the concerns of the hierarchy of the foundation of Rattler Publishing. In it's creation it is written the co-owners shall be one melanated male and one melanated female and that both masculine and feminine energies must flow from the top down. And I suspect they will consider rewriting one of more of the articles and by-laws of the corporation to accommodate their constitution of forward motion.
To be honest I didn't know the complexities of Rattler Publishing and Gemini. One has to stand in awe of the existence of such an entity. The Symbology of The Lair, the Lock Step Philosophy, all indicates a passion to exceed and redesign the concepts of excellence itself.
Even the Rattler Publishing symbol the ax and the heart has a special meaning to all of them. I asked Nasrene what did it really mean and she stated "The ax is the symbol of death, because we slay our enemies with unmatched brutality, and we never leave an enemy to rise up against us, and the heart is the symbol of the passion we have for our own and not the others. Welcome to the Dawn as she pointed to a depiction of The Great Eagle and the Lion, the Symbology of when two great civilization collide."
I expect their tornadic whirlwind will move forward with a precision, a total annihilation of their enemies with extreme brutality which is written in the articles of Rattler Publishing and The Gemini.
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UPDATE 2-AmEx wins China approval to clear card payments
(Adds details on status of competition, background, statement from Mastercard)
BEIJING, Nov 9 (Reuters) - American Express Co on Friday won approval to clear card payments in China, making it the first U.S. card network to gain direct access to what is set to be the biggest bank card market by 2020.
The move comes months after Beijing started allowing foreign companies to apply for licenses and ahead of a G20 meeting in Argentina where the United States and China will try to resolve their trade disputes.
The preliminary approval allows the company to process and settle payments in yuan domestically by setting up its own network with its Chinese joint venture partner LianLian Group.
Rivals Visa and Mastercard have also submitted requests for licenses but are yet to get approval.
AmEx's JV, named Express (Hangzhou) Technology Services Co, is required to complete operation preparations within a year and get a nod from the central bank before running the card clearing business, the People's Bank of China said in a statement on its website.
The approval is a "significant step toward opening up China's bank card market to foreign investors", the central bank said, adding that it would continue to ease in an orderly way market access for clearing and settlement institutions.
Up until now, foreign card companies have had to partner with China's UnionPay, a state-controlled consortium that enjoyed a monopoly on all yuan payment cards issued and used in the country, for access to the country's payments network.
Foreign card companies, especially behemoths like Visa and Mastercard, have been lobbying for more than a decade for direct access to China - where the number of cards in circulation is expected to rise to 9 billion by 2020 from 6 billion in 2016, according to research firm GlobalData Plc.
UnionPay counts Visa, Mastercard, and Apple Inc among its partners for payments-related services in China.
Visa was the first to submit its application for a license in July 2017 but its request was put on hold and the company was asked to firm up its local equity partnership before resubmitting its application, sources told Reuters last year. reut.rs/2AVx1Hx
Mastercard told Reuters on Friday that it would continue to remain engaged with regulators during the application process. (Reporting by Beijing Monitoring Desk, Shu Zhang, and Aparajita Saxena Editing by Kim Coghill, Robert Birsel and Anil D'Silva)
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Rich Family's Son - Episode 5 (KimJiCap)
kakashi: Kim Ji-hoon is SO CUTE. That is all.
JoAnne: Well, I suppose it's better to be cute and have his career than ugly and have his career, eh?
Trotwood: Trying not to bang my head into things because I'm tired of him wasting his talents in these mediocre shows. The daily I'm watching is crazier plotwise but is still better. Should I hope that he chooses one of them next if he is going to insist on doing this kind of thing?
I don't think it's a choice at all, sadly. He just doesn't get offered things, Trot.
WHY?!?!? WHYYYYY?!!? (shaking my fist at the universe)
In a very chipper mood, Kim Young-Ha appears to her new part-time job... at Gwang-Jae's daddy's restaurant. Within minutes, she handles a difficult situation with an overlapping reservation to everybody's great satisfaction. Less successful: sister Kyung-Ha. She can't go on a business trip to Milan because she doesn't speak Italian. Btw, what does she do exactly? It's the fashion industry, that much I get.
I don't know...she's a bit of a whiny bitch, isn't she? I'm already tired of her.
The second I found out she was hiding handyman and acting embarrassed about him, I was done with her.
I could accept hiding (for a bit) because you fear family reaction, but hiding because you don't even think he's 'worthy' yourself? No.
Tae-il tells Young-ha about his big plans (make this company ten times bigger) whereas she is mainly impressed by "the chef" (which would be Mr. Lee). Tae-il also tells her to "watch him" as he succeeds.. well, girl. That is a confession, you dummy!
This relationship...they're both really stupid.
It's painful to watch because I think he deserves better.
Kyung-ha hears that one of their ex-colleagues is getting married to the director of the company and that makes her go rather marriage-crazy. First, she's pissed that lawyer guy hasn't called yet. Then, she's miffed her Handyman hasn't called her. Methinks you should make up your mind, missy.
Or just go away.
She is spoiled and used to being the pretty successful sister.
He suffers in silence, our broody handyman. The two daughter-in-laws are at granny's house in her absence, cleaning. God, I'd kill them. Granny has a safe. Young-Ae suspects the family fortune must be in there.
I hope Grandma leaves all of it to a dog shelter.
See. I really dislike these two. they really are hateful. Thank you for the pic of Handyman. I needed it.
Gwang-Jae - wearing something right out of the 1990s in a bad way (that's why I asked earlier why he was dressed like a member of the Backstreet Boys) - sees Young-ha at the restaurant and gets very excited about it. Even Tae-il notices something strange when Gwang-Jae is unusually interested in the "new waiters". But then, Gwang-jae finds a ring catalogue in Tae-il's office... pffft, and they talk about Tae-il's girl again for many minutes.
I thought it was just acid washed, which is bad enough, but no! It's also screen printed with palm trees and...was there a sunset, too? Where is he finding this mess?
Silly Gwang-Jae starts stalking Young-ha. He calls her from behind a pillar, calling himself "the guy who was passionately in love with her" and "the idiot who was so foolish to break up with her." Hint, hint. Come on, Young-ha. Even if it's just a romp. Go for it!
Are you suggesting they do it? That might be wise advice - naked is an improvement over those clothes and ANYTHING to stop seeing that ass-blonde hair, please.
I have to say, I read this as "anything to see that ass" and nodded in agreement before realizing that I didn't read what you said correctly.
That is because you read what my heart writes, Trot.
He's too cute.....
When my Sensei is right, she's right
His mom calls him away (she bought him less eyecatching clothes and tells him to go back to school and finish his studies, but he doesn't want to). But the driver, who witnessed it all, is coming to talk to Young-ha. He chuckles loudly at her calling the man she just spoke on the phone with a "jerk". Gwang-jae and his stepmom are quite cute together, I hope it stays that way... she drops her purse and he sees she is taking tranquilizers. Uh-oh. A few minutes later, Gwang-jae overhears some women talk about her as "the woman whose husband committed suicide". Oh no.,, I feel very sorry for her.
So do I. She's quite nice and has been through such a tragedy, not to mention she raised Gwang Jae with love despite her really unattractive husband's clear neglect.
This is the one relationship in this show that I like. It seems both he and Tae-Il care for her. I hope she doesn't die. He also asks the question we are all wondering when he asks her if it isn't hard to married to his dad because they like such different things. He even recognizes that she is classy when his dad is definitely not.
Yes, so I posted mainly pictures of Kim Ji-hoon in this recap. Sue me!
Why on Earth would I ever?
To be honest, it's the only thing good about this show.
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Students will be able to: (general competences) demonstrate mastery of research methodology and carry out independent research, demonstrate autonomy in professional work and research, demonstrate autonomy in decision-making, identify scientifically interesting topics, provide technical criticism and show responsibility, engage in scholarly activity, write and present own scholarly work, demonstrate creativity, search for new sources of knowledge in the relevant professional and academic field, undertake constant study (lifelong learning), (subject-specific competences) demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental fields in the scientific study of language, demonstrate knowledge of the rudiments of syntax, phonology and semantics as the three core disciplines of language study, demonstrate knowledge of key problems of the modern theory of language, demonstrate understanding of the position of scientific linguistics in the context of the cognitive sciences, demonstrate knowledge of the possibility of development of scientific linguistics in combination with the natural sciences, particularly neurology and biology, demonstrate mastery of the scholarly apparatus necessary for the study of language, above all the rudiments of transformational-generative grammar, demonstrate knowledge of the principal opportunities for transferring linguistics knowledge into practice, above all in the context of computing and computer-supported speech and text analysis, demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of linguistic science in th ...
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Students will be able to: (general competences) perform logical and abstract analyses, syntheses and evaluations, express in depth their knowledge of both specialist fields in written and oral form and evaluate them critically, competently transfer intra- and interdisciplinary knowledge into practice, independently enhance, refine and link acquired knowledge and qualifications with various professional fields, contextualise and independently supplement information, transfer own knowledge and skills to other problem areas (ability to transfer), resolve problems, conflicts and work tasks in an intra- and interdisciplinary manner, approach problem-solving as part of a team, organise and lead expert groups, perform (self-)evaluation and (self-)assessment, and think critically and holistically, find new sources of knowledge independently and interpret and apply them in professional and academic fields, use ICT professionally and effectively in searching for, selecting, processing, presenting and disseminating information, ensure the quality of own work and raise quality standards in the work environment, competently receive the opinions of others and respond to them in an authoritative and reasoned way, assess own and others' capacities and abilities and act effectively and economically, apply scientific methods innovatively, win, conceive and lead projects, develop management and leadership skills and develop high-quality and effective interpersonal relations inside and outside the professional sphere, monitor cur ...
Bachelor's degree in Slovene language and literature and... (no legal status)
Students will be able to: (general competences) think in a logical, abstract, analytical and synthetic way, participate in the resolution of technical issues, integrate knowledge and skills acquired across the two disciplines and with other, different fields, transfer own knowledge to other problem areas (ability to transfer) and address them in an intradisciplinary manner, demonstrate a more comprehensive approach to recording and addressing problems, use two different specialised discourses that enable clearer argumentation, successful participation in teamwork, contextualise information from a double perspective, respond more easily and more competently to new challenges and adapt to them and/or modify them, develop reflection on specialised issues, including in the wider social context, collect bibliographic and other data from databases and other sources, use ICT to find, select, process and present information, participate in the assessment and quality assurance of own work, develop and participate in the development of effective interpersonal relations, participate in the preparation, organisation and treatment of a topic in the form of projects, and cooperate with others (in groups, teamwork), put findings into words in a comprehensible, persuasive and linguistically correct form in the appropriate register in a specialist or journalistic text and present them in public, present own views in a reasoned, logical and convincing way in spoken or written discussions, critically evaluate own achievements o ...
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Radio system operator (no legal status)
Candidates will be able to: plan, prepare, carry out and check own work and the work of others, make rational use of energy, material and time, protect life, health and the environment, communicate with colleagues and the environment and work in a team, prepare personal equipment and equipment for work with radar systems, handle personal weapons and equipment, participate in international military operations and protection and rescue missions and carry out security tasks, use information and communication technologies, use radar technology, supervise the transmission of radar data. ...
Artillery NCO (no legal status)
Candidates will be able to: plan, prepare, carry out and check own work and the work of their unit, protect life, health and the environment, protect the confidentiality of military information, communicate with colleagues and the environment and work in a team, carry out tasks in international military operations and in the protection and rescue system, handle personal equipment and weapons, lead and command sections or platoons, supervise and check the work of subordinates, handle the weapons, ammunition and equipment of an artillery battery, handle optical/electronic devices and equipment of a reconnaissance section, handle the fire direction and control system and instruments and the equipment of a fire control section, handle optical/electronic devices and the equipment of a topographic section, handle meteorological devices and the equipment of a meteorological section, implement tactical procedures in a combat zone, organise and maintain weapons, ammunition, mines and other explosive devices, and other material and technical resources. ...
Air defence NCO (no legal status)
Candidates will be able to: plan, prepare, carry out and check own work and the work of their unit, make rational use of energy, material and time, protect life, health and the environment, protect the confidentiality of military information, communicate with colleagues and the environment and work in a team, lead and command sections or platoons, supervise and check the work of subordinates, prepare personal equipment, crew-served weapons and technical equipment, handle and maintain personal weapons and equipment, carry out tasks in international military operations and in the protection and rescue system, carry out security tasks, prepare a radar, rocket or artillery system and the material and technical resources to move it, prepare a section and a weapons system for operation, train and lead a section in training exercises and control and execute preliminary and combat firing, perform airspace control. ...
Security Technician (no legal status)
Certificate holders will be able to: assess security situations (threat assessment) and discreetly provide security in the field of the protection of property, persons and structures; prepare and draw up relevant documentation for the provision of a security service; provide advice on the addressing and elimination of security weaknesses and problems; use modern forms and methods of technical security such as protection of data, documentation, computer centres, production technologies; perform security and reception work in various institutions and environments (e.g. nursery school, school, hospital, theatre, old people's home); implement fire protection measures and take action in the event of fire, natural disaster or other disaster; use equipment, installations and other technical security devices and tools; alarms, fire safety and other security installations; plan technical security systems for structures, buildings, immovable property, movable objects; shops, areas of special security importance (courts, airports, stores of hazardous substances); implement simple procedures in the exercise of powers, use self-defence skills and physical force; provide urgent first aid; work in a group, establish contacts with people, communicate and resolve problems, work with data and material; act responsibly and ethically in relation to co-workers, partners and those with whom they are conducting procedures, and in particular in relation to the more vulnerable (disabled people, minors, pregnant women, elderly people); ...
Armoured unit NCO (no legal status)
Candidates will be able to: plan, prepare, carry out and check own work and the work of their unit, protect life, health and the environment, communicate with co-workers and the environment and work in teams, use information and communication technologies, protect the confidentiality of military information, prepare personal equipment, crew-served weapons and technical equipment, handle and maintain personal weapons and equipment, carry out tasks in international military operations and protection and rescue missions and carry out security tasks, handle the equipment of a section and platoon and direct the fire of a subordinate unit or weapons system, direct and command an armoured vehicle and other temporary groups or platoons, supervise the work of subordinates, lead a small tactical unit or special group, organise and maintain weapons, ammunition, mines and other explosive devices, and other material and technical resources. ...
Specialist scout/observer in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence (CBRND) (no legal status)
Candidates will be able to: plan, prepare, carry out and check own work, make rational use of energy, material and time, protect life, health and the environment, communicate with co-workers and the environment and work in teams, prepare personal equipment and technical equipment, participate in international military operations and protection and rescue missions and provide security, handle personal weapons, NRCB equipment and other equipment, maintain weapons, ammunition, mines and other explosive devices, and other material and technical resources, handle systems, resources and equipment for NRCB observation/scouting, implement NRCB protection procedures and ensure survival, implement NRCB observation and scouting tasks in a section/group, carry out NRCB detection and identification, implement NRCB and meteorological observation and reporting, carry out RCB sampling and RCB decontamination. ...
Municipal warden (no legal status)
Candidates will be able to: - autonomously plan, prepare, carry out and check own work - make rational use of energy, material and time - implement tasks within the competence of the local community - act in accordance with regulations when performing tasks and exercising powers and identify infringements that are within the competence of a municipal warden - carry out tasks in accordance with regulations governing road safety - protect the environment, public property and the natural and cultural heritage - maintain public order - prevent criminal offences and take action in the case of detection of criminal offences - exercise powers and implement practical procedures - communicate with co-workers, customers and superiors - ensure the quality and efficiency of work in the working environment in accordance with standards - use application software adapted to the field - protect health and the environment ...
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence (CBRND) soldier (no legal status)
Candidates will be able to: plan, prepare, carry out and check own work, make rational use of energy, material and time, protect life, health and the environment, communicate with co-workers and the environment and work in teams, prepare personal equipment and technical equipment, participate in international military operations and protection and rescue missions and provide security, handle personal weapons, NRCB equipment and other equipment, maintain weapons, ammunition, mines and other explosive devices, and RCB and other material and technical resources, implement NRCB protection procedures, carry out NRCB detection and identification, implement NRCB and meteorological observation and reporting, carry out RCB decontamination. ...
Security supervisor (no legal status)
Candidates are able to: ensure conditions and plan the implementation of internal control, independently carry out internal control of the performance of duties of the security personnel in compliance with the law, implementing regulations, professional standards, internal regulations, the customer’s and the employer’s requirements, document the specifics of internal control, monitor and analyse it according to the code of conduct of the profession and professional standards, manage and organise work of the security personnel in performing different types of protection of people and property, taking into account the internal regulations and the customer’s instructions, examine the work of the security personnel and their use of measures and other means as security officers, while ensuring respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms and ethical principles, participate in security planning according to the regulations and code of conduct of the profession, monitor appropriate communication of security personnel in different life situations and eliminate shortcomings, monitor the integrity of the use of equipment, technical security systems and modern ICT according to the customer’s and the manufacturer’s instructions, implement safety and health measures, protection of the environment and fire safety according to regulations and internal regulations. ...
Candidates will be able to: plan, prepare and check own work develop entrepreneurial characteristics, skills and behaviour make rational use of energy, material and time study technical documentation and the requirements of the client and prepare a proposal of technical solutions for technical security systems along with a timetable for implementation assemble, configure, install and set up a technical security system carry out work in accordance with standards and regulations communicate verbally and in writing with contracting entities, professional contractors and other competent authorities work in accordance with regulations on health and safety at work, fire safety and environmental safety ...
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Christopher Butler
Anthony Hernandez
Joshua I. Stewart
Bev Perdue
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Neerav Kingsland
Enrique Duarte IV
Joyce Chiao
School Quality and Accountability
School Choice and Charter Schools
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Sharif El-Mekki
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No One Kept Track of Me: Why This Father Supports School Choice
Posted June 15, 2015 in Charter Schools, The Belief Gap
Frank (Cisco) Saldaña is a stand-up comedian from Huntington Park, California. He is the father of two boys, one in fourth grade and one in… Full profile →
There wasn’t a clear path to educational success for me, but I’m hopeful that higher expectations for my two sons will pave the way to a brighter academic future.
They both attend a public charter school in Huntington Park, the same working-class Latino community in Los Angeles County where I grew up. And the biggest difference between my children’s educational experience and my own is that their school demands more from both students and parents.
Parents are expected to help with homework and to be engaged in their child’s education. I’m regularly sent email messages informing me how my sons are performing in class. This kind of communication with parents decreases the likelihood that students will get off track academically.
Another significant difference between my children’s educational experience and my own is that much is expected of teachers. At our school, Aspire Antonio Maria Lugo Academy, the teachers and the principal work hard to promote college preparation.
There’s a concrete plan for students at this school and that wasn’t the case with my own education.
The only child of a single mother, I attended public schools in Los Angeles Unified School District. At that time, there were no charter schools. Until I reached high school, I was placed in honors and gifted classes.
I was motivated and eager to please. I remember being in the first grade and working quickly through math workbooks with another advanced student; it was a competition to see who could finish the problems the fastest.
When I was in the third grade, my mother went to a parent-teacher conference, and the teacher told her that I always walked into class with the sports page. I enjoyed reading as a small child and would look for things to read that interested me.
‘Falling Through the Cracks’
Fast forward to my high school years, and I started to get sidetracked. I discovered girls and lost focus as a student. I also had a lot of freedom because my mom worked long hours while also attending school, so I was left unsupervised a lot of the time. For various reasons (some related to school crowding), I attended five high schools before I graduated.
I went from being a motivated honors student to making up credits just to get out of high school. I was lucky to be able to attend community college and transfer to the local state university.
Lots of kids, who have backgrounds similar to mine, fall through the cracks, where no one keeps track of how well they’re doing in school. I want my boys to stay on track and know that their school cares about their progress, too.
Get Up, Get Out and Do Something
Last year, the Los Angeles Unified School District board voted to shut down Aspire Antonio Maria Lugo despite its record of success as the highest-performing public school in Huntington Park. Faced with the possibility of my kids having to attend a lower-performing neighborhood school, I reached out to one of my childhood friends who currently advocates for high quality K-12 education.
My friend suggested that I support a candidate who successfully ran for the district school board, replacing an anti-charter incumbent. The newly elected school board member, Ref Rodriguez, has vowed to protect successful charter schools like Aspire Antonio Maria Lugo so that families have more options in educating their students. (As it turns out, my kids’ school will stay open because the county agreed to renew the charter for the school.)
I think all kids should have the opportunity to attend quality schools that demand excellence. It’s important for parents to get involved because they act as their children’s voice when it comes to the voting booth. When we get parents involved in the local education policies, we can lift our communities.
Frank (Cisco) Saldaña is a stand-up comedian from Huntington Park, California. He is the father of two boys, one in fourth grade and one in kindergarten at Aspire Antonio Maria Lugo Academy.
Photo courtesy of Frank Saldana.
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No association between losartan use and acute pancreatitis in hypertensive patients
Shih-Wei Lai1,2,
Hsien-Feng Lin2,3,
Cheng-Li Lin1,4,
Kuan-Fu Liao5,6,7
1College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
2Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
3School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
4Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
5College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
6Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
7Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Correspondence to Dr Kuan-Fu Liao, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Tzu Chi General Hospital, No 66, Sec. 1, Fongsing Road, Tanzi District, Taichung City 427, Taiwan; kuanfuliaog{at}gmail.com
Background and objective Clinical evidence is scarce about the relationship between losartan use and acute pancreatitis. We therefore conducted a population-based case–control study using the database from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program to investigate this question.
Methods The study consisted of 1449 hypertensive subjects aged 20–84 years with a first episode of acute pancreatitis during the period 2000–2011 as the case group and 2479 hypertensive subjects without acute pancreatitis as the control group. Both the case and control groups were matched for sex, age, comorbidities and index year of acute pancreatitis diagnosis. According to the history of losartan prescription before the date of diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, subjects who had never received a prescription for losartan were defined as ‘never use of losartan’, those whose last remaining losartan tablet was detected within 7 days before the date of diagnosis of acute pancreatitis were defined as ‘current use of losartan’ and those whose last remaining tablet of losartan was detected ≥8 days before the date of diagnosis of acute pancreatitis were defined as ‘late use of losartan’. ORs and 95% CIs were measured to investigate the risk of acute pancreatitis associated with losartan use by the multivariable unconditional logistic regression model.
Results After adjustment for potentially confounding factors, the adjusted OR of acute pancreatitis was 0.96 (95% CI 0.68 to 1.37) for subjects with current use of losartan compared with those with never use of losartan, but the difference was not statistically significant. For subjects with late use of losartan the adjusted OR of acute pancreatitis was 1.05 (95% CI 0.80 to 1.37), which also was not statistically significant.
Conclusions No significant association can be detected between losartan use and acute pancreatitis in hypertensive patients. More research is required to determine the potential role of losartan in the risk of acute pancreatitis.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2015-000840
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Security Bulletin
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-039 - Critical
Vulnerability in .NET Framework and Microsoft Silverlight Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2514842)
Published: June 14, 2011 | Updated: October 26, 2011
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Silverlight. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution on a client system if a user views a specially crafted Web page using a Web browser that can run XAML Browser Applications (XBAPs) or Silverlight applications. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. The vulnerability could also allow remote code execution on a server system running IIS, if that server allows processing ASP.NET pages and an attacker succeeds in uploading a specially crafted ASP.NET page to that server and then executes the page, as could be the case in a Web hosting scenario. This vulnerability could also be used by Windows .NET applications to bypass Code Access Security (CAS) restrictions.
This security update is rated Critical for all affected releases of Microsoft .NET Framework for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2; and Microsoft Silverlight 4. For more information, see the subsection, Affected and Non-Affected Software, in this section.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the manner in which the .NET Framework validates values passed to trusted APIs. For more information about the vulnerability, see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) subsection for the specific vulnerability entry under the next section, Vulnerability Information.
Recommendation. The majority of customers have automatic updating enabled and will not need to take any action because this security update will be downloaded and installed automatically. Customers who have not enabled automatic updating need to check for updates and install this update manually. For information about specific configuration options in automatic updating, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 294871.
For administrators and enterprise installations, or end users who want to install this security update manually, Microsoft recommends that customers apply the update immediately using update management software, or by checking for updates using the Microsoft Update service.
See also the section, Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance, later in this bulletin.
Known Issues. Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2514842 documents the currently known issues that customers may experience when installing this security update. The article also documents recommended solutions for these issues.
Affected and Non-Affected Software
The following software have been tested to determine which versions or editions are affected. Other versions or editions are either past their support life cycle or are not affected. To determine the support life cycle for your software version or edition, visit Microsoft Support Lifecycle.
Maximum Security Impact
Aggregate Severity Rating
Bulletins Replaced by this Update
Windows XP Service Pack 3 [Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=686e5192-63e4-410e-b653-2cfddd5b409f) (KB2478656)
[Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3db8a718-4441-4e1a-889f-abcc4bde1125) (KB2478658)
[Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c72635e4-c733-4fa1-9db0-75de6ead9e1c)[1]
(KB2478663) Remote Code Execution Critical None
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 [Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=686e5192-63e4-410e-b653-2cfddd5b409f) (KB2478656)
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 [Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=686e5192-63e4-410e-b653-2cfddd5b409f) (KB2478656)
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 [Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=686e5192-63e4-410e-b653-2cfddd5b409f) (KB2478656)
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems [Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=686e5192-63e4-410e-b653-2cfddd5b409f) (KB2478656)
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 [Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2eabacce-394f-4b9a-8306-0875ca19a3a9) (KB2478657)
[Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=55fd3254-7e59-4cf9-afa8-45ae66bc7390) (KB2478659)
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 [Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=afa11dda-a543-42a7-b997-5292fd869a8b) (KB2478660)
[Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c72635e4-c733-4fa1-9db0-75de6ead9e1c)[1] (KB2478663) Remote Code Execution Critical None
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 [Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2eabacce-394f-4b9a-8306-0875ca19a3a9) (KB2478657) [Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=55fd3254-7e59-4cf9-afa8-45ae66bc7390) (KB2478659) [Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c72635e4-c733-4fa1-9db0-75de6ead9e1c)[1]
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 [Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=afa11dda-a543-42a7-b997-5292fd869a8b) (KB2478660)
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems [Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2eabacce-394f-4b9a-8306-0875ca19a3a9)\*\* (KB2478657)
[Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=55fd3254-7e59-4cf9-afa8-45ae66bc7390)\*\* (KB2478659)
[Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c72635e4-c733-4fa1-9db0-75de6ead9e1c)\*\*[1]
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 [Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=afa11dda-a543-42a7-b997-5292fd869a8b)\*\* (KB2478660)
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems [Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2eabacce-394f-4b9a-8306-0875ca19a3a9)\*\* (KB2478657)
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 [Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=afa11dda-a543-42a7-b997-5292fd869a8b)\*\* (KB2478660)
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems [Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2eabacce-394f-4b9a-8306-0875ca19a3a9) (KB2478657)
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 [Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=afa11dda-a543-42a7-b997-5292fd869a8b) (KB2478660)
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems [Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9720a317-ca4c-4a47-b99c-2c66301e62c6) (KB2478661)
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 [Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c8152a18-0367-4c00-a3c7-669325a899f4) (KB2478662)
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems [Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9720a317-ca4c-4a47-b99c-2c66301e62c6) (KB2478661)
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 [Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c8152a18-0367-4c00-a3c7-669325a899f4)
(KB2478662) [Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c72635e4-c733-4fa1-9db0-75de6ead9e1c)[1]
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems [Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9720a317-ca4c-4a47-b99c-2c66301e62c6)\* (KB2478661)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 [Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c8152a18-0367-4c00-a3c7-669325a899f4)\* (KB2478662)
[Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c72635e4-c733-4fa1-9db0-75de6ead9e1c)\*[1]
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems [Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9720a317-ca4c-4a47-b99c-2c66301e62c6) (KB2478661)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 [Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c8152a18-0367-4c00-a3c7-669325a899f4) (KB2478662)
**\*Server Core installation affected.** This update applies, with the same severity rating, to supported editions of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 as indicated, whether or not installed using the Server Core installation option. For more information on this installation option, see the TechNet articles, [Managing a Server Core Installation](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee441255(ws.10).aspx) and [Servicing a Server Core Installation](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff698994(ws.10).aspx). Note that the Server Core installation option does not apply to certain editions of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2; see [Compare Server Core Installation Options](http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/compare-core-installation.aspx).
**Server Core installation not affected. The vulnerabilities addressed by this update do not affect supported editions of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 as indicated, when installed using the Server Core installation option. For more information on this installation option, see the TechNet articles, Managing a Server Core Installation and Servicing a Server Core Installation. Note that the Server Core installation option does not apply to certain editions of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2; see Compare Server Core Installation Options.
[1].NET Framework 4.0 and .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile affected. The .NET Framework version 4 redistributable packages are available in two profiles: .NET Framework 4.0 and .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile. .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile is a subset of .NET Framework 4.0. The vulnerability addressed in this update affects both .NET Framework 4.0 and .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile. For more information, see the MSDN article, Installing the .NET Framework.
Microsoft Silverlight 4
[Microsoft Silverlight 4](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2f71b104-b66f-4146-9d70-fcde766c91b8) when installed on Mac (KB2512827) Remote Code Execution Critical None
[Microsoft Silverlight 4](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2f71b104-b66f-4146-9d70-fcde766c91b8) when installed on all releases of Microsoft Windows clients (KB2512827) Remote Code Execution Critical None
[Microsoft Silverlight 4](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2f71b104-b66f-4146-9d70-fcde766c91b8) when installed on all releases of Microsoft Windows servers\*\* (KB2512827) Remote Code Execution Critical None
**\*\*Server Core installation not affected.** The vulnerabilities addressed by this update do not affect supported editions of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 as indicated, when installed using the Server Core installation option. For more information on this installation option, see the TechNet articles, [Managing a Server Core Installation](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee441255(ws.10).aspx) and [Servicing a Server Core Installation](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff698994(ws.10).aspx). Note that the Server Core installation option does not apply to certain editions of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2; see [Compare Server Core Installation Options](http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/compare-core-installation.aspx).
Non-Affected Software
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to This Security Update
Where are the file information details?
Refer to the reference tables in the Security Update Deployment section for the location of the file information details.
Is this security update related to MS11-044, Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote Code Execution?
No. Although both of these updates affect the .NET Framework, the security updates affect different components within the .NET Framework and are not related. These updates may be applied in any order.
How do I determine which version of the Microsoft .NET Framework is installed?
You can install and run multiple versions of the .NET Framework on a system, and you can install the versions in any order. There are several ways to determine which versions of the .NET Framework are currently installed. For more information, please see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 318785.
What is the difference between .NET Framework 4.0 and .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile?
The .NET Framework version 4 redistributable packages are available in two profiles: .NET Framework 4.0 and .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile. The .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile is a subset of the .NET Framework 4.0 profile that is optimized for client applications. It provides functionality for most client applications, including Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Forms, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), and ClickOnce features. This enables faster deployment and a smaller install package for applications that target the .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile. For more information, see .NET Framework Client Profile.
What is Microsoft Silverlight?
Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform implementation of the Microsoft .NET Framework for building media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. For more information, see the official site of Microsoft Silverlight.
Which Web browsers support Microsoft Silverlight applications?
In order to run Microsoft Silverlight applications, most Web browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, require Microsoft Silverlight to be installed and the corresponding plug-in to be enabled. For more information about Microsoft Silverlight, see the official site, Microsoft Silverlight. Please refer to the documentation of your browser to learn more about how to disable or remove plug-ins.
What versions of Microsoft Silverlight 4 are affected by the vulnerability?
Microsoft Silverlight build 4.0.60531.0, which is the current build of Microsoft Silverlight as of when this bulletin was first released, addresses the vulnerability and is not affected. Builds of Microsoft Silverlight previous to 4.0.60531.0 are affected.
How do I know which version and build of Microsoft Silverlight is currently installed?
If Microsoft Silverlight is already installed on your computer, you can visit the Get Microsoft Silverlight page, which will indicate which version and build of Microsoft Silverlight are currently installed on your system. Alternatively, you can use the Manage Add-Ons feature of current versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer to determine the version and build information that is currently installed.
You can also manually check the version number of sllauncher.exe located in the "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Silverlight" directory (on x86 Microsoft Windows systems) or in the "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Silverlight" directory (on x64 Microsoft Windows systems).
In addition, on Microsoft Windows, the version and build information of the currently installed version of Microsoft Silverlight can be found in the registry at [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Silverlight]:Version on x86 Microsoft Windows systems, or [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Silverlight]:Version on x64 Microsoft Windows systems.
On Apple Mac OS, the version and build information of the currently installed version of Microsoft Silverlight can be found as follows:
Open the Finder
Select the system drive and go to the folder Internet Plug-ins - Library
Right-click the file Silverlight.Plugin (if your mouse has only one button, press the Ctrl key while clicking on the file) to bring up the context menu, then click Show Package Contents
Inside the contents folder, locate the file info.plist and open it with an editor. It will contain an entry like this, which shows you the version number:
SilverlightVersion
4.0.60531.0
The version installed with this security update is 4.0.60531.0. If your version number is higher than or equal to this version number, your system is not vulnerable.
How do I upgrade my version of Microsoft Silverlight?
The Microsoft Silverlight auto-update feature helps makes sure that your Microsoft Silverlight installation is kept up to date with the latest version of Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Silverlight functionality, and security features. For more information about the Microsoft Silverlight auto-update feature, see the Microsoft Silverlight Updater. Customers who have disabled the Microsoft Silverlight auto-update feature can enroll in Microsoft Update to obtain the latest version of Microsoft Silverlight, or download the latest version of Microsoft Silverlight manually using the download link in the Affected Software table in the earlier section, Affected and Non-Affected Software. For information about deploying Microsoft Silverlight in an enterprise environment, see the Silverlight Enterprise Deployment Guide.
I have .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 installed; this version is not listed among the affected software in this bulletin. Do I need to install an update?
This bulletin describes a vulnerability in the .NET Framework 2.0 and the .NET Framework 4.0 feature layers. The .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 installer chains in the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 setup, so installing the former also installs the latter. Therefore, customers who have .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 installed need to install security updates for .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2.
I have .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 installed. Do I need to install any additional updates?
This bulletin describes a vulnerability in the .NET Framework 2.0 and the .NET Framework 4.0 feature layers. The .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 installer chains in both the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 setup and the .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 setup. Therefore, customers who have .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 installed also need to install security updates for .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2.
I am using an older release of the software discussed in this security bulletin. What should I do?
The affected software listed in this bulletin have been tested to determine which releases are affected. Other releases are past their support life cycle. For more information about the product lifecycle, visit the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Web site.
It should be a priority for customers who have older releases of the software to migrate to supported releases to prevent potential exposure to vulnerabilities. To determine the support lifecycle for your software release, see Select a Product for Lifecycle Information. For more information about service packs for these software releases, see Lifecycle Supported Service Packs.
Customers who require custom support for older software must contact their Microsoft account team representative, their Technical Account Manager, or the appropriate Microsoft partner representative for custom support options. Customers without an Alliance, Premier, or Authorized Contract can contact their local Microsoft sales office. For contact information, visit the Microsoft Worldwide Information Web site, select the country in the Contact Information list, and then click Go to see a list of telephone numbers. When you call, ask to speak with the local Premier Support sales manager. For more information, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy FAQ.
Severity Ratings and Vulnerability Identifiers
The following severity ratings assume the potential maximum impact of the vulnerability. For information regarding the likelihood, within 30 days of this security bulletin's release, of the exploitability of the vulnerability in relation to its severity rating and security impact, please see the Exploitability Index in the June bulletin summary. For more information, see Microsoft Exploitability Index.
Vulnerability Severity Rating and Maximum Security Impact by Affected Software
.NET Framework Array Offset Vulnerability - CVE-2011-0664
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 on Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems\*\* **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems\*\* **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 when installed on Windows XP Service Pack 3 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 when installed on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 when installed on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 when installed on Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 when installed on Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 when installed on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 when installed on Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems\*\* **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2\*\* **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems\*\* **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2\*\* **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 on Windows Server 2008 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 when installed on Windows XP Service Pack 3 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 when installed on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 when installed on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 when installed on Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 when installed on Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 when installed on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 when installed on Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems\*\* **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems\*\* **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 when installed on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 when installed on Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2\*\* **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2\*\* **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems\* **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows XP Service Pack 3[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2\*\*[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2\*\*[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and Windows 7 for x64-based Systems[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1\*[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1[1] **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft Silverlight 4 when installed on Mac **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft Silverlight 4 when installed on all releases of Microsoft Windows clients **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
Microsoft Silverlight 4 when installed on all releases of Microsoft Windows servers\*\* **Critical** Remote Code Execution **Critical**
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Microsoft .NET Framework that can allow a specially crafted Microsoft .NET application to access memory in an unsafe manner. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the security context of the logged-on user. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
To view this vulnerability as a standard entry in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures list, see CVE-2011-0664.
Mitigating Factors for .NET Framework Array Offset Vulnerability - CVE-2011-0664
Mitigation refers to a setting, common configuration, or general best-practice, existing in a default state, that could reduce the severity of exploitation of a vulnerability. The following mitigating factors may be helpful in your situation:
In a Web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a Web site that contains a Web page that is used to exploit this vulnerability. In addition, compromised Web sites and Web sites that accept or host user-provided content or advertisements could contain specially crafted content that could exploit this vulnerability. In all cases, however, an attacker would have no way to force users to visit these Web sites. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to visit the Web site, typically by getting them to click a link in an e-mail message or Instant Messenger message that takes users to the attacker’s Web site.
By default, Internet Explorer on Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 runs in a restricted mode that is known as Enhanced Security Configuration. This mode mitigates this vulnerability only on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and only in a Web-based attack scenario. See the FAQ section of this vulnerability for more information about Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration.
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user or the user account of ASP.NET. Users or accounts that are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users or accounts that operate with administrative user rights.
In a Web-hosting scenario, an attacker must have permission to upload arbitrary ASP.NET pages to a Web site and ASP.NET must be installed on that Web server. In default configuration, an anonymous user cannot upload and run Microsoft .NET code on an Internet Information Server (IIS).
Workarounds for .NET Framework Array Offset Vulnerability - CVE-2011-0664
Workaround refers to a setting or configuration change that does not correct the underlying vulnerability but would help block known attack vectors before you apply the update. Microsoft has tested the following workarounds and states in the discussion whether a workaround reduces functionality:
Disable partially trusted Microsoft .NET applications
To disable all Microsoft .NET applications running at partial trust, including XAML browser applications (XBAPs) and Microsoft .NET applications located on the network, run the following commands from an elevated command prompt:
caspol –pp off
caspol –m –resetlockdown
caspol –pp on
Note You must be logged in as administrator or have administrative credentials to complete this workaround.
Impact of workaround. Microsoft .NET applications may not run.
How to undo the workaround.
To reset the Microsoft .NET security policies to the defaults, run the following commands from an elevated command prompt:
caspol –m –reset
Note You must be logged in as administrator or have administrative credentials to undo this workaround.
Disable XAML browser applications in Internet Explorer
To help protect against this vulnerability, change your settings to prompt before running XAML browser applications (XBAPs) or to disable XBAPs in the Internet and Local intranet security zones as follows:
In Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu and then select Internet Options.
Click the Security tab, click Internet, and then click Custom level. Under Settings, for Loose XAML, click Prompt or Disable, and then click OK.
Click the Security tab, click Internet, and then click Custom level. Under Settings, for XAML browser applications, click Prompt or Disable, and then click OK.
Click the Security tab, click Internet, and then click Custom level. Under Settings, for XPS documents, click Prompt or Disable, and then click OK.
On the Security tab, click Custom level. Under .NET Framework-reliant components, set Run components not signed with Authenticode to either Prompt or Disable, and then click OK. Repeat this step for Run components signed with Authenticode, and then click OK.
Click Local intranet, and then click Custom Level. Repeat steps 3 and 4. If you are prompted to confirm that you want to change these settings, click Yes. Click OK to return to Internet Explorer.
Impact of workaround. Microsoft .NET code will not run in Internet Explorer or will not run without prompting. Disabling Microsoft .NET applications and components in the Internet and Local intranet security zones may cause some Web sites to work incorrectly. If you have difficulty using a Web site after you change this setting and you are sure the site is safe to use, you can add that site to your list of trusted sites. This will allow the site to work correctly.
Add sites that you trust to the Internet Explorer Trusted sites zone
After you set Internet Explorer to require a prompt before it runs ActiveX controls and Active Scripting in the Internet zone and in the Local intranet zone, you can add sites that you trust to the Internet Explorer Trusted sites zone. This will allow you to continue to use trusted Web sites exactly as you do today, while helping to protect you from this attack on untrusted sites. We recommend that you add only sites that you trust to the Trusted sites zone.
To do this, perform the following steps:
In Internet Explorer, click Tools, click Internet Options, and then click the Security tab.
In the Select a Web content zone to specify its current security settings box, click Trusted Sites, and then click Sites.
If you want to add sites that do not require an encrypted channel, click to clear the Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone check box.
In the Add this Web site to the zone box, type the URL of a site that you trust, and then click Add.
Repeat these steps for each site that you want to add to the zone.
Click OK two times to accept the changes and return to Internet Explorer.
Note Add any sites that you trust not to take malicious action on your system. Two in particular that you may want to add are *.windowsupdate.microsoft.com and *.update.microsoft.com. These are the sites that will host the update, and it requires an ActiveX Control to install the update.
How to undo the workaround. Perform the following steps:
In Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu, and then select Internet Options.
Click the Security tab, click Reset all zones to default level, and then click OK.
Temporarily prevent the Microsoft Silverlight ActiveX control from running in Internet Explorer (Method 1)
You can help protect against these vulnerabilities by temporarily preventing attempts to instantiate the Silverlight ActiveX control in Internet Explorer by setting the kill bit for the control.
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
We recommend that you back up the registry before you edit it.
Use the following text to create a .reg file that temporarily prevents attempts to instantiate the Silverlight ActiveX control in Internet Explorer. You can copy the following text, paste it into a text editor such as Notepad, and then save the file with the .reg file name extension. Run the .reg file on the vulnerable client.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{DFEAF541-F3E1-4C24-ACAC-99C30715084A}]
"Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000400
Close Internet Explorer and reopen it for the changes to take effect.
For detailed steps about stopping a control from running in Internet Explorer, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 240797. Follow these steps and create a Compatibility Flags value in the registry to prevent the Silverlight ActiveX control from running in Internet Explorer.
Impact of workaround. Applications and Web sites that require the Microsoft Silverlight ActiveX control may no longer function correctly. If you implement this workaround it would affect any Silverlight ActiveX control you have installed on your system.
How to undo the workaround. Remove the registry keys added to temporarily prevent attempts to instantiate the Silverlight ActiveX control in Internet Explorer.
Temporarily prevent the Microsoft Silverlight ActiveX control from running in Firefox or Chrome
To modify the registry key to disable Microsoft Silverlight, follow these steps:
Note Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or view the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe.
Using the Interactive Method
Click Start, click Run, type Regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins\@Microsoft.com/NpCtrl,version=1.0
Right click on **@Microsoft.com/NpCtrl,version=1.0** and select Export. Save the file to disk.
Delete the entire **@Microsoft.com/NpCtrl,version=1.0** key.
Quit the registry editor.
Using a registry file
Create a backup copy of the registry keys. A backup copy can be made using a managed deployment script with the following command: Regedit.exe /e SL_backup.reg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins\@Microsoft.com/NpCtrl,version=1.0
Save the following to a file with a .REG extension (e.g. Disable_Silverlight.reg): Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins\@Microsoft.com/NpCtrl,version=1.0]
Run the above registry script created in step 2 on the target system with the following command: Regedit /s Disable_Silverlight.reg
On the File menu, click Import.
In Look in, select the drive, folder, or network computer and folder where the file you previously exported is located.
Select the correct file name and then click Open.
Using a Managed Deployment Script
Restore the file backed up in Using a registry file Step 1, above, with the following command:
Regedit /s SL_backup.reg
FAQ for .NET Framework Array Offset Vulnerability - CVE-2011-0664
What is the scope of the vulnerability?
This is a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
What causes the vulnerability?
The vulnerability is caused when the .NET Framework and Microsoft Silverlight improperly validate arguments passed to built-in networking functions.
What might an attacker use the vulnerability to do?
In the Web browsing scenario, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain the same permissions as the currently logged-on user. If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take complete control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
In the Web hosting scenario, an attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could obtain the same permissions as the service account associated with the application pool identity of the application pool in which a Microsoft .NET application is running. Depending on application pool isolation configuration and permissions granted to the service account, an attacker might be able to take control over other application pools on the Web server or be able to take complete control of the affected system. For more information about application pool identities and configuration, see the TechNet article, Configure Application Pool Identity.
How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability?
There are three scenarios possible for exploiting this vulnerability: a Web browsing scenario, a Web hosting scenario, and a Windows .NET application bypass of Code Access Security (CAS) restrictions. These scenarios are described as follows:
Web browsing scenario
An attacker could host a specially crafted Web site that contains a specially crafted XBAP (XAML browser application) that could exploit this vulnerability and then convince a user to view the Web site. The attacker could also take advantage of compromised Web sites and Web sites that accept or host user-provided content or advertisements. These Web sites could contain specially crafted content that could exploit this vulnerability. In all cases, however, an attacker would have no way to force users to visit these Web sites. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to visit the Web site, typically by getting them to click a link in an e-mail message or in an Instant Messenger message that takes users to the attacker's Web site. It could also be possible to display specially crafted Web content by using banner advertisements or by using other methods to deliver Web content to affected systems.
Web hosting scenario
If a Web hosting environment allows users to upload custom ASP.NET applications, an attacker could upload a malicious ASP.NET application that uses this vulnerability to break out of the sandbox used to prevent ASP.NET code from performing harmful actions on the server system.
Windows .NET applications
This vulnerability could also be used by Windows .NET applications to bypass Code Access Security (CAS) restrictions.
What is an XAML Browser Application (XBAP)?
An XAML browser application (XBAP) combines features of both a Web application and a rich-client application. Like Web applications, XBAPs can be published to a Web server and launched from Internet Explorer. Like rich-client applications, XBAPs can take advantage of the capabilities of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). For more information about XBAPs, see MSDN article, Windows Presentation Foundation XAML Browser Applications Overview.
What are .NET Framework Code Access Security (CAS) Restrictions?
The .NET Framework provides a security mechanism called code access security to help protect computer systems from malicious mobile code, to allow code from unknown origins to run with protection, and to help prevent trusted code from intentionally or accidentally compromising security. Code access security (CAS) enables code to be trusted to varying degrees depending on where the code originates and on other aspects of the code's identity. Code access security also enforces the varying levels of trust on code, which minimizes the amount of code that must be fully trusted in order to run. Using code access security can reduce the likelihood that your code will be misused by malicious or error-filled code. For more information on CAS, see the MSDN article Code Access Security.
What systems are primarily at risk from the vulnerability?
There are three types of systems at risk from this vulnerability, described as follows: systems that are using the Web browsing scenario, systems that are using the Web hosting scenario, and systems that are using the Windows .NET applications scenario.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that a user is logged on and is visiting Web sites using a Web browser capable of instantiating XBAPs. Therefore, any systems where a Web browser is used frequently, such as workstations or terminal servers, are at the most risk from this vulnerability. Servers could be at more risk if administrators allow users to browse and read e-mail on servers. However, best practices strongly discourage allowing this.
Web hosting sites that allow users to upload custom ASP.NET applications are at increased risk.
Workstations and server that run untrusted Windows .NET applications are also at risk from this vulnerability.
I am running Internet Explorer for Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Does this mitigate this vulnerability?
Yes. By default, Internet Explorer on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 runs in a restricted mode that is known as Enhanced Security Configuration. Enhanced Security Configuration is a group of preconfigured settings in Internet Explorer that can reduce the likelihood of a user or administrator downloading and running specially crafted Web content on a server. This is a mitigating factor for Web sites that you have not added to the Internet Explorer Trusted sites zone.
What does the update do?
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the manner in which the .NET Framework validates values passed to trusted APIs.
When this security bulletin was issued, had this vulnerability been publicly disclosed?
No. Microsoft received information about this vulnerability through coordinated vulnerability disclosure.
When this security bulletin was issued, had Microsoft received any reports that this vulnerability was being exploited?
No. Microsoft had not received any information to indicate that this vulnerability had been publicly used to attack customers when this security bulletin was originally issued.
Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance
Security Central
Manage the software and security updates you need to deploy to the servers, desktop, and mobile systems in your organization. For more information see the TechNet Update Management Center. The Microsoft TechNet Security Web site provides additional information about security in Microsoft products.
Security updates are available from Microsoft Update and Windows Update. Security updates are also available from the Microsoft Download Center. You can find them most easily by doing a keyword search for "security update."
Finally, security updates can be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog. The Microsoft Update Catalog provides a searchable catalog of content made available through Windows Update and Microsoft Update, including security updates, drivers and service packs. By searching using the security bulletin number (such as, "MS07-036"), you can add all of the applicable updates to your basket (including different languages for an update), and download to the folder of your choosing. For more information about the Microsoft Update Catalog, see the Microsoft Update Catalog FAQ.
Detection and Deployment Guidance
Microsoft provides detection and deployment guidance for security updates. This guidance contains recommendations and information that can help IT professionals understand how to use various tools for detection and deployment of security updates. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 961747.
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) allows administrators to scan local and remote systems for missing security updates as well as common security misconfigurations. For more information about MBSA, visit Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.
The following table provides the MBSA detection summary for this security update.
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Yes
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 Yes
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Yes
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 Yes
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems Yes
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Yes
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 Yes
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 Yes
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 Yes
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 Yes
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 Yes
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 Yes
Microsoft Silverlight 3 when installed on Mac Yes
Microsoft Silverlight 3 when installed on all releases of Microsoft Windows clients Yes
Microsoft Silverlight 3 when installed on all releases of Microsoft Windows servers Yes
Note For customers using legacy software not supported by the latest release of MBSA, Microsoft Update, and Windows Server Update Services, please visit Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and reference the Legacy Product Support section on how to create comprehensive security update detection with legacy tools.
Windows Server Update Services
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) enables information technology administrators to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers that are running the Windows operating system. For more information about how to deploy security updates using Windows Server Update Services, see the TechNet article, Windows Server Update Services.
Systems Management Server
The following table provides the SMS detection and deployment summary for this security update.
SMS 2003 with ITMU
Configuration Manager 2007
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Yes Yes
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems Yes Yes
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Yes Yes
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 Yes Yes
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 Yes Yes
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 Yes Yes
Microsoft Silverlight 3 when installed on Mac Yes Yes
Microsoft Silverlight 3 when installed on all releases of Microsoft Windows clients Yes Yes
Microsoft Silverlight 3 when installed on all releases of Microsoft Windows servers Yes Yes
Note Microsoft discontinued support for SMS 2.0 on April 12, 2011. For SMS 2003, Microsoft also discontinued support for the Security Update Inventory Tool (SUIT) on April 12, 2011. Customers are encouraged to upgrade to System Center Configuration Manager 2007. For customers remaining on SMS 2003 Service Pack 3, the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU) is also an option.
For SMS 2003, the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU) can be used by SMS to detect security updates that are offered by Microsoft Update and that are supported by Windows Server Update Services. For more information about the SMS 2003 ITMU, see SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates. For more information about SMS scanning tools, see SMS 2003 Software Update Scanning Tools. See also Downloads for Systems Management Server 2003.
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 uses WSUS 3.0 for detection of updates. For more information about Configuration Manager 2007 Software Update Management, visit System Center Configuration Manager 2007.
For more information about SMS, visit the SMS Web site.
For more detailed information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 910723: Summary list of monthly detection and deployment guidance articles.
Update Compatibility Evaluator and Application Compatibility Toolkit
Updates often write to the same files and registry settings required for your applications to run. This can trigger incompatibilities and increase the time it takes to deploy security updates. You can streamline testing and validating Windows updates against installed applications with the Update Compatibility Evaluator components included with Application Compatibility Toolkit.
The Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) contains the necessary tools and documentation to evaluate and mitigate application compatibility issues before deploying Microsoft Windows Vista, a Windows Update, a Microsoft Security Update, or a new version of Windows Internet Explorer in your environment.
Security Update Deployment
For information about the specific security update for your affected software, click the appropriate link:
Windows XP (all editions)
Reference Table
The following table contains the security update information for this software. You can find additional information in the subsection, Deployment Information, in this section.
Inclusion in Future Service Packs The update for this issue will be included in a future service pack or update rollup
Installing without user intervention For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows XP 32-bit systems:
NDP20SP1-KB2478656-x86.exe /q
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 on Windows XP 32-bit systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows XP Service Pack 3:
NDP40-KB2478663-x86.exe /q
For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows XP Professional Edition x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 on Windows XP Professional Edition x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
Installing without restarting For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows XP 32-bit systems:
NDP20SP1-KB2478656-x86.exe /q /norestart
NDP40-KB2478663-x86.exe /q /norestart
Update log file For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5:
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0-KB2478656_\*-msi0.txt
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0-KB2478656_\*.html
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0:
KB2478663_20110328_114205093-Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile-MSP0.txt
KB2478663_20110328_114205093.html
Further information See the subsection, Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance
Restart Requirement
Restart required? In some cases, this update does not require a restart. If the required files are being used, this update will require a restart. If this behavior occurs, a message appears that advises you to restart.
To help reduce the chance that a restart will be required, stop all affected services and close all applications that may use the affected files prior to installing the security update. For more information about the reasons why you may be prompted to restart, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 887012
Hotpatching Not applicable
Removal Information For all supported versions of Microsoft .NET Framework, use the Add or Remove Programs tool in Control Panel.
File Information See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2514842
Registry Key Verification For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows XP 32-bit systems:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1\SP1\KB2478656
"ThisVersionInstalled" = "Y"
For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Updates\Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1\SP1\KB2478656
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 on 32-bit systems:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\Updates\Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile\KB2478663
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 on x64-based systems:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Updates\Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile\KB2478663
Note For supported versions of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, this security update is the same as supported versions of the Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition security update.
Deployment Information
Installing the Update
When you install this security update, the installer checks whether one or more of the files that are being updated on your system have previously been updated by a Microsoft hotfix.
If you have previously installed a hotfix to update one of these files, the installer copies the RTMQFE, SP1QFE, or SP2QFE files to your system. Otherwise, the installer copies the RTMGDR, SP1GDR, or SP2GDR files to your system. Security updates may not contain all variations of these files. For more information about this behavior, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 824994.
For more information about the installer, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 832475.
For more information about the terminology that appears in this bulletin, such as hotfix, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 824684.
This security update supports the following setup switches.
Supported Security Update Installation Switches
**/help** Displays usage dialog box.
Setup Modes
**/q** Sets user interface level
Install Options
**/extract \[directory\]** Extract the package to the specified directory.
Restart Options
**/norestart** Does not restart when installation has completed.
**/forcerestart** Always restarts the computer after installation.
**/promptrestart** Prompts the user to restart if necessary.
Logging Options
**/l\[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x| + |!|\*\] <LogFile>** Sets logging options
i – status messages
w – non-fatal warnings
e – all error messages
a – start up of actions
r – action-specific records
u – user request
c – initial UI parameters
m – out-of-memory or fatal exit information
o – out-of-disk-space messages
p – terminal properties
v – verbose output
x – extra debugging information
+ – append to existing log file
! – flush each line to the log
\* – log all information, except for v and x options
**/log <LogFile>** Equivalent of /l\* <LogFile>
**Removing the Update**
**/q** No user interface
**Verifying That the Update Has Been Applied**
To verify that a security update has been applied to an affected system, you may be able to use the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) tool. See the section, Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance, earlier in this bulletin for more information.
File Version Verification
Because there are several editions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your system. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.
Click Start, and then click Search.
In the Search Results pane, click All files and folders under Search Companion.
In the All or part of the file name box, type a file name from the appropriate file information table, and then click Search.
In the list of files, right-click a file name from the appropriate file information table, and then click Properties.
Note Depending on the edition of the operating system, or the programs that are installed on your system, some of the files that are listed in the file information table may not be installed.
On the Version tab, determine the version of the file that is installed on your system by comparing it to the version that is documented in the appropriate file information table.
Note Attributes other than the file version may change during installation. Comparing other file attributes to the information in the file information table is not a supported method of verifying that the update has been applied. Also, in certain cases, files may be renamed during installation. If the file or version information is not present, use one of the other available methods to verify update installation.
Registry Key Verification
You may also be able to verify the files that this security update has installed by reviewing the registry keys listed in the Reference Table in this section.
These registry keys may not contain a complete list of installed files. Also, these registry keys may not be created correctly when an administrator or an OEM integrates or slipstreams this security update into the Windows installation source files.
Windows Server 2003 (all editions)
Installing without user intervention For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2003 32-bit systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2003 32-bit systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2003 32-bit systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2003 x64-based systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2003 x64-based systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2003 x64-based systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2003 Itanium-based systems:
NDP20SP1-KB2478656-ia64.exe /q
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2003 Itanium-based systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2003 Itanium-based systems:
NDP40-KB2478663-IA64.exe /q
Installing without restarting For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2003 32-bit systems:
NDP20SP1-KB2478656-ia64.exe /q /norestart
NDP20SP2-KB2478658-ia6.exe 4 /q /norestart
NDP40-KB2478663-IA64.exe /q /norestart
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0-KB2478656_*-msi0.txt
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0-KB2478656_*.html
To help reduce the chance that a restart will be required, stop all affected services and close all applications that may use the affected files prior to installing the security update. For more information about the reasons why you may be prompted to restart, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 887012.
Hotpatching This security update does not support Hotpatching. For more information about Hotpatching, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 897341.
Registry Key Verification For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5:
**Note** You can combine these switches into one command. For backward compatibility, the security update also supports many of the setup switches that the earlier version of the Setup program uses. For more information about the supported installation switches, see [Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 262841](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262841).
Removing the Update
Windows Vista (all editions)
Installing without user intervention For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Vista Service Pack 1:
Windows6.0-KB2478657-x86.msu /quiet
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 on Windows Vista Service Pack 1:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 on Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
Installing without restarting For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Vista Service Pack 1:
Windows6.0-KB2478657-x86.msu /quiet /norestart
Restart required? This update does not require a restart. The installer stops the required services, applies the update, and then restarts the services. However, if the required services cannot be stopped for any reason, or if required files are being used, this update will require a restart. If this behavior occurs, a message appears that advises you to restart.
Removal Information WUSA.exe does not support uninstall of updates. To uninstall an update installed by WUSA, click Control Panel, and then click Security. Under Windows Update, click View installed updates and select from the list of updates.
Registry Key Verification Note Registry keys do not exist to validate the presence of these updates.
#### Deployment Information **Installing the Update** When you install this security update, the installer checks whether one or more of the files that are being updated on your system have previously been updated by a Microsoft hotfix. For more information about the terminology that appears in this bulletin, such as *hotfix*, see [Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 824684](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684). The Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1, Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 security updates support the following setup switches: | Switch | Description | |-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | **/?, /h, /help** | Displays help on supported switches. | | **/quiet** | Suppresses the display of status or error messages. | | **/norestart** | When combined with **/quiet**, the system will not be restarted after installation even if a restart is required to complete installation. | **Note** For more information about the wusa.exe installer, see [Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 934307](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934307). The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 security update supports the following setup switches:
Verifying That the Update Has Been Applied
Click Start and then enter an update file name in the Start Search box.
When the file appears under Programs, right-click the file name and click Properties.
On the General tab, compare the file size with the file information tables provided in the bulletin KB article.
You can also click the Details tab and compare information, such as file version and date modified, with the file information tables provided in the bulletin KB article.
Finally, you can also click the Previous Versions tab and compare file information for the previous version of the file with the file information for the new, or updated, version of the file.
Installing without user intervention For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems:
Windows6.0-KB2478657-ia64.msu /quiet
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2:
Installing without restarting For Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems:
Windows6.0-KB2478657-ia64.msu /quiet /norestart
Windows 7 (all editions)
Installing without user intervention For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1:
Installing without restarting For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems:
HotPatching Not applicable.
Removal Information To uninstall an update installed by WUSA, use the /Uninstall setup switch or click Control Panel, click System and Security, and then under Windows Update, click View installed updates and select from the list of updates.
Registry Key Verification Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.
#### Deployment Information **Installing the Update** When you install this security update, the installer checks whether one or more of the files that are being updated on your system have previously been updated by a Microsoft hotfix. For more information about the terminology that appears in this bulletin, such as *hotfix*, see [Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 824684](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684). The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 security update supports the following setup switches: | Switch | Description | |--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | **/?, /h, /help** | Displays help on supported switches. | | **/quiet** | Suppresses the display of status or error messages. | | **/norestart** | When combined with **/quiet**, the system will not be restarted after installation even if a restart is required to complete installation. | | **/warnrestart:<seconds>** | When combined with **/quiet**, the installer will warn the user before initiating restart. | | **/promptrestart** | When combined with **/quiet**, the installer will prompt before initiating restart. | | **/forcerestart** | When combined with **/quiet**, the installer will forcefully close applications and initiate restart. | | **/log:<file name>** | Enables logging to specified file. | | **/extract:<destination>** | Extracts the package contents to the destination folder. | | **/uninstall /kb:<KB Number>** | Uninstalls the security update. | **Note** For more information about the wusa.exe installer, see "Windows Update Stand-alone Installer" in the TechNet article, [Miscellaneous Changes in Windows 7](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd871148(ws.10).aspx). The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 security update supports the following setup switches:
Click Start and then enter an update file name in the Search box.
Windows Server 2008 R2 (all editions)
Installing without user intervention For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1:
For Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 when installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1:
Installing without restarting For Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems:
NDP40-KB2478663-x64.exe /q/norestart
Microsoft thanks the following for working with us to help protect customers:
Michael J. Liu for reporting the .NET Framework Array Offset Vulnerability (CVE-2011-0664)
Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP)
To improve security protections for customers, Microsoft provides vulnerability information to major security software providers in advance of each monthly security update release. Security software providers can then use this vulnerability information to provide updated protections to customers via their security software or devices, such as antivirus, network-based intrusion detection systems, or host-based intrusion prevention systems. To determine whether active protections are available from security software providers, please visit the active protections Web sites provided by program partners, listed in Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) Partners.
Customers in the U.S. and Canada can receive technical support from Security Support or 1-866-PCSAFETY. There is no charge for support calls that are associated with security updates. For more information about available support options, see Microsoft Help and Support.
International customers can receive support from their local Microsoft subsidiaries. There is no charge for support that is associated with security updates. For more information about how to contact Microsoft for support issues, visit the International Support Web site.
The information provided in the Microsoft Knowledge Base is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Microsoft disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages so the foregoing limitation may not apply.
V1.0 (June 14, 2011): Bulletin published.
V1.1 (October 26, 2011): Corrected Server Core installation applicability for .NET Framework 4 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems.
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Drabbledark
July 13, 2018 By Ethan Hedman in Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction Leave a comment
Fans of extreme brevity, rejoice! Drabbledark is nearly out. It’s an anthology of drabbles, stories told in exactly 100 words (excluding the title). There’s 101 stories from 86 writers with a lot of variety; my contribution is post-apocalyptic, but the themes of the pieces run the gamut from monsters and murders to stalkers and summonings. The sole common denominator is, as the title suggests, that the stories within are all quite dark.
Usually I wait until an official publication date to mention anything which includes my work, but Drabbledark’s a bit of a special case. Technically the book releases on the 20th, but the paperback version was made available slightly early to account for shipping times. You can find both with a quick hop over to Amazon.
But wait, there’s more! Drabbledark’s editor, Eric S. Fomley, also recently launched Martian, an online magazine specifically dedicated to publishing science fiction drabbles. I’ve got a tidbit of military scifi coming up over there sometime, too.
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Case Study: Creative Caregiving Guide
Earthling Interactive worked with the National Center for Creative Aging to design and launch a tool to help adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related cognitive disorders experience the powerful benefits of arts, music and dance with their caregivers.
Enhance quality of life and enable healthful caregiving with arts, music and dance for adults with Alzheimer’s and the family, friends and professionals that provide their care.
The National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA) is the nation’s leading advocate for arts programs that support creative aging. NCCA identified a lack of readily accessible tools to encourage joy in the caregiving experience as one of the major challenges to taking care of aging seniors. They asked Earthling to help them vision, design and build a program that would address this need.
Working with leaders in the creative aging field, NCCA and Earthling explored building a program that would:
Empower caregivers to experience positive, creative caregiving that supported their need for renewal.
Acknowledge the complex interior emotional and intellectual landscape of adults with age-related cognitive challenges.
Connect artists with the caregiving community and demonstrate the importance of engaging with artists as valued professionals.
The NCCA Creative Caregiving Guide ©, a free, web-based module series with instructional videos and materials guide based on a courseware plugin.
Earthling Interactive identified a plugin to support a courseware program to structure the caregiving modules. We also developed a mechanism for tracking participation to provide data for research professionals in the caregiving community. We worked closely with NCCA to modify the plugin to meet the specific goals of the program and to integrate the outstanding instructional videos produced by NCCA partner program OMA The Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University.
NCCA released the Creative Caregiving Guide © at the 2015 annual Arts & Wellness Symposium. The project was enthusiastically received and is already recognized as a cutting edge achievement for the caregiving community. With relatively few online resources dedicated to this population, and with even fewer free and accessible programs, the NCCA Creative Caregiving Guide © is helping to usher in a period of exciting growth in technology geared toward enhancing quality of life for seniors.
Find out more about how we can help your idea take flight!
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F13 one page release notes
Revision as of 17:13, 23 June 2010 by Lewis41 (talk | contribs)
Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that brings the latest in free and open source software to your desktop, laptop and server, and gives you access to thousands of different open source applications. This helpful, user-friendly operating system is built by people across the globe who work together as a community to create the the Fedora Project.
Fedora is free to use, modify, and distribute, and includes software that helps you work, play, organize, and socialize. You can read more information about the Fedora Project on our Overview page.
What's new in Fedora 13?
Fedora 13 (Goddard) is filled with improvements that make Linux better than ever for all types of users. Here are a few of the new things you can expect to see when you try out Fedora 13.
Desktop users
Step 1: plug in your printer. Step 2: print. That's it!
Have you ever tried to use a new printer and been frustrated by error messages and having to hunt for the correct driver to install? With the new easy printing feature in Fedora 13, plug your printer in and Fedora automatically finds and installs the correct driver. This feature allows you to print in many different locations and churn out copies within minutes. It's one of several innovations in Fedora 13 that let you take better advantage of your system's hardware.
Color management helps artists, photographers, and designers to display and print their work more accurately by using 100% free software. Accurate color outputs for displays, printers, and scanners help you to ensure that the photo you scanned looks exactly the same on screen. And after you touch it up or enhance it, the colors you've chosen are true to how it will print. Color management provides true color workflow for illustrators, designers, photographers, publishers, and creators of all skill levels.
User-friendly dialogs put profile graphs for each of your devices at your fingertips.
Tech preview of GNOME Shell in action in Fedora 13. A revolutionary new interface to help you find your stuff, and get things done.
Want 3D? We've got it, in completely free, accelerated video drivers for ATI, Intel, and now NVidia too. Out of the box you can run a variety of 3D accelerated games, enable cool desktop effects, and even try out the next-generation GNOME Shell on Intel and ATI cards. To set up the new bling for NVidia, just install the mesa-dri-drivers-experimental package using Fedora's handy PackageKit tool.
And since these drivers are completely free (as in cost and freedom), we can continue improving them like any other free and open source software so your enjoyment grows over time.
If you spend your day managing how other people around you use Linux, Fedora 13 is loaded with features that will make your life even easier. Whether you want to migrate new users to a Linux environment or experiment with the newest in open-source technologies to give yourself an edge, Fedora has all the tools you need.
For instance, you can download a single, tiny image file from boot.fedoraproject.org, based on the work of boot.kernel.org, and from it run and install current and future versions of Fedora without having to download additional images.
Do you need to log in to your office's domain even though you're on the go with a laptop? Then you'll love the brand-new SSSD (System Security Services Daemon). This new software provides expanded features for logging into managed domains, including caching for offline authentication. So even if you're sitting in a coffeeshop in San Diego, you can still access your office back in New York using Fedora.
http://boot.fedoraproject.org puts you right into a network boot menu.
Measuring disk performance with udisks.
The things you know and love are still here - but better than ever. NFSv4 -- the latest version of NFS -- is now available by default in Fedora 13, bringing you better performance and IPv6 support. Support for flexible, expandable logical volumes (LVM) has been added to Fedora's disk utilities, making the measurement of disk performance a snap.
The best part? They're all free and open source software -- just one more thing you can impress the boss with.
Are you a hacker who loves to play with open source? Are you building the world's next great web application? Then you'll love Fedora's new features for software developers.
SystemTap already gives you plenty of ways to monitor what your system kernel is doing, whether it's reading from the network or writing to a disk. But with new static probes in Fedora 13, SystemTap can look beyond the kernel to let you see what's happening inside your application and language runtimes like Java, Python and TCL.
Did we mention advances in Python? If you love Python like we do, you'll also love Fedora 13's ability to generate dual-language backtraces. Debugging your work when you're mixing Python and C/C++ just got easier in Fedora 13 with this feature, which originates in Fedora and is making its way into the Python language upstream. Fedora 13 also blazes a trail with a parallel-installable Python 3 stack that helps you write and test code for use in both Python 2.6 and Python 3 environments.
Debugging Python system calls in GNOME Sudoku. You can find a video explaining the feature here.
And if you're into Java, you'll find version 6.8 of the NetBeans IDE, the first to offer complete support for the entire Java EE 6 spec. It also has improved support for JSF 2.0/Facelets, Java Persistence 2.0, and EJB 3.1.
And of course Fedora's package ecosystem is rich with thousands of other tools for many languages and development styles. After all, we use it for development ourselves.
Spins are more specialized versions of Fedora that allow you to run programs that suit your interests. For example:
The Moblin Spin features calendaring and social media interfaces for mobile devices.
Got a netbook?
Try the Moblin™ spin, a version of Fedora featuring the Moblin Core architecture. Everything from application choice to screen resolution has been designed to support multiple platforms and usage models -- ranging from Netbooks and NetTops to Mobile Internet Devices and embedded devices.
Know a curious kid?
Try the Sugar on a Stick spin! This spin features the award-winning Sugar Learning Platform originally developed for the One Laptop Per Child project and used every school day by one million children in more than forty countries. Students can take their stick (an ordinary USB thumbdrive) to any machine running any operating system -- at school, at home, at a local library or community center -- and boot their custom Sugar environment without touching any files on the host machine, bringing personalized computing within the reach of any child.
Sugar's Home View, displaying a few of the Activities designed to reach specific pedagogical goals through play.
The Design Suite's full-featured graphics workflow will have you drawing and sketching within minutes.
Feeling artistic?
The Fedora Design Suite was constructed for designers, by designers. It features the tools the Fedora Design Team uses on a daily basis to create the wallpapers, icons, and interfaces that you see in Fedora. This spin includes everything from document layouts, to vector and bitmap graphics, to 3D modeling. If you can dream it, you can create it with this powerful assortment of free and open source artistic tools.
Learning about computer security?
The Fedora Security Lab is an environment designed by and for computer security professors and professionals. With applications for everything from security auditing and forensics, to penetration testing and intrusion detection, it's an ideal tool for the classroom, or for the system administrator who needs to diagnose and rescue broken computers.
The Security Lab provides all the instruments needed to follow a proper test path for security testing or system rescue.
Find more spins at http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ -- there's a spin for everyone, from education and gaming to science and more!
Intrigued? Want to give Fedora 13 a try?
You can visit http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora to download a LiveCD, regardless of what operating system you're running. This will give you a working version of Fedora, complete with common applications, all running off your CD drive - your hard drive won't be touched at all. And when you're ready, installation is just a click away.
Want an even more enjoyable way to use Fedora, risk-free? Try the Live USB option. You can use the same download to create a bootable USB stick so you can take Fedora with you anywhere you go. It works great with netbooks without CD drives, too. Check out the instruction page here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB
And if you're running Fedora 12, upgrading is easy. Refer to our handy documentation for help.
Help make Fedora!
Everyone is welcome to join our community of Fedora contributors - all experience levels welcome. We're happy to teach!
Want to join the Fedora community and help us make the best Linux distribution even better? Get started at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join. Our diverse community from all over the globe welcomes contributors of all types. From artists to marketers to coders to testers to writers to translators and more, you too can get involved. Share what you know or help with something you've always wanted to learn; mentors are always available to help you get started. Any help is appreciated!
We'd love to hear your thoughts on Fedora 13. Have a suggestion? Find a bug? Start by taking a look at the Common F13 bugs to see if it's something we know about. (That page has information on what to do if you don't find your bug, too.)
Want more? Here are some further resources on Fedora 13, or talk with a community member in our live chat 24/7.
Fedora 13 release announcement (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_Announcement)
Fedora Overview (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview)
Fedora FAQ (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ)
Help and Discussions (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate)
Fedora 13 release notes (http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Release_Notes/)
Fedora 13 feature profiles (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F13_feature_profiles)
Fedora 13 talking points (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_Talking_Points)
Common Fedora 13 Bugs (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F13_bugs)
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APsystems joined the approved vendor list for Sunnova, a leading U.S. residential solar and energy storage service provider.
February 8, 2018 /in Article, Press Coverage /by Max Boiron
Read PES solar article here
The agreement brings APsystems advanced microinverter technology to Sunnova’s portfolio of top-tier, consumer-friendly solar services. Sunnova offers an array of solar lease, lease-to-own, and power-purchase options for customers all across the United States.
“Sunnova has earned a strong reputation for easy, no-nonsense solar packages for consumers,” said Jason Higginson, Senior Director of Marketing for APsystems USA. “We’re glad to bring our solar microinverter technology to their platform, to help more homeowners nationwide enjoy energy self-sufficiency and savings.”
“Our goal is to offer our customers a brilliant choice for energizing their lives,” said John Santo Salvo, SVP of Channel Operations and Chief Procurement Officer at Sunnova. “We believe APsystems’ advanced microinverter offering is an ideal addition to our customer-empowering portfolio of solar solutions.”
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Smart Software for fewer truck rolls
September 5, 2017 /in Article, Press Coverage /by Max Boiron
By Larry Busby, Technical Services Manager at APsystems USA
For a PV installer, there’s nothing worse than having to return to a jobsite. Except, of course, having to do it more than once. We’ve all heard the expression “work smarter, not harder,” but you would be surprised how often solar installers get in a truck and roll out to a jobsite to adjust or repair something that probably could have been fixed remotely back at HQ. Many software-savvy solar installers are boning up on best-practices to better utilize the systems and information already available to them—most of it right at their fingertips—to save both time and money.
For solar arrays, the most critical software typically lies within the power conversion devices, gateways and interconnected online monitoring platform provided by the inverter manufacturer. The online platform not only monitors the performance of the system, but also tracks a profusion of data points simultaneously and stores that information in the cloud. By checking certain performance specs, settings, activity and historical data, installers can quickly troubleshoot and fix common hitches or, at worst, narrow down the problem that’s plaguing a PV system.
Every inverter monitoring interface is a little different, but much of the information and tools available are typically the same. With an MLPE system like microinverters, you’re able to drill down to the PV panel level to see what each module is producing at any given time. When troubleshooting a system issue, or perhaps if you see a PV panel which is reporting low or zero watts, first try rebooting the system remotely if your monitoring platform offers that capability. With some systems, a reboot may help the interface identify the issue or it might reset the array to its default parameters in case an unusual grid event threw a monkey wrench at it. It could also spur the system to begin downloading recent updates which may have stalled when the system encountered the issue. You may even consider rebooting more than once.
If you’re still troubleshooting the issue, check the DC side of your system. For a microinverter system, you want to be sure each inverter is reporting at its minimal operating range (such as 16V) incoming DC from the panel. Next, check your AC output. If your system shows it registering 0V or 120V, the inverter may not be sensing the grid or enough volts from the grid to register as a 230V grid connection. Without an identified grid connection, the inverter will not convert energy, so if you see this as an issue with multiple sequential inverters, it could be a cable or connector problem. If it applies to the entire string or array, the problem could be a loose wire in the junction box, or a tripped or off breaker.
With a low wattage problem, you can drill down to the panel level online and check the voltage. If it’s registering under its minimal operating range, it’s likely a panel problem and not the inverter. You may still have to visit the site, but at least you know what you’re replacing and exactly where it is on the array which saves you time troubleshooting. When you hit the site, unplug the suspect panel from the inverter and take a live load DC voltage and current reading. If your panel is reading below its minimum startup voltage and 0 current, then the panel is the culprit and needs replacing.
Also, don’t underestimate the value of historical data. Looking back over a system’s history—especially that of a single panel—may allow you to identify recurring issues that seem to affect that particular panel. Perhaps a chimney shadow hits the panel at the same time each day. You can look back through the production history to see if it occurs often, or if you have multiple installations in a particular area, you can check each of those when you see unusual grid activity to see if and how it may be affecting your other sites.
Understanding what the site metrics are telling you will give you better insight into what’s happening at a job site. Learning what you can do to troubleshoot an issue online can not only save you a truck roll, but also significantly reduce your time identifying the problem if you do have to drive to the site. Most importantly, if you do need to hit the job site, remember that safety is paramount and to always turn off the AC before doing any work on the roof.
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APsystems at the JF4S 9th PV Briefing and Networking @ Intersolar Europe
June 1, 2017 /in Article, Press Coverage /by Max Boiron
APsystems participated in the 9th ‘PV Briefing & Networking Forum Europe’ on Thursday, 1 June 2017 from 10.00 am to 11.30 am at Intersolar Europe in Munich, Hall 4 Booth A4.530 in the Innovation and Application Forum.
In addition to a lively exchange of ideas and knowledge, the programme offered outstanding networking opportunities with more than 200 like-minded experts from the international solar and energy storage industry.
Olivier Jacques, APsystems’ Executive Vice President, has been a featured speaker at the panel discussion entitled Future Paths for the European Solar Business – Winning Strategies to Compete in the Market of Tomorrow, part of the conference.
For more information on the Joint Forces for Solar 9th PV Briefing & Networking Forum Europe, click here.
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Olivier Jacques named APsystems Executive Vice President of USA & EMEA
May 11, 2017 /in Article, Press Coverage /by Max Boiron
Extract from PES Solar website, May 10th, 2017.
SEATTLE, Wa., and LYON, France – May 10 2017— APsystems, the global leader in advanced microinverter technology for the solar PV industry, today announced Olivier Jacques has been named Executive Vice President, USA & EMEA. Jacques is based in Lyon, France and most recently served as APsystems Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa. He will report to Dr. Zhi-Min Ling, Co-founder, President & CEO of APsystems worldwide.
“APsystems globalization and scale have increased dramatically under Olivier Jacques’ leadership,” said Dr. Ling. “His appointment to EVP of USA and EMEA opens up new horizons for product portfolio development, go-to-market strategies, and the MLPE innovation for which APsystems is known worldwide.”
Jacques will be a featured speaker at the upcoming GTM Solar Summit, May 16-18 in Scottsdale, Ariz. He will appear at the forum “Residential Inverters – Differentiating in a Maturing Market,” at 2 p.m. May 17. See www.greentechmedia.com for information.
“I am delighted to lead APsystems’ next stage of growth across USA and EMEA, two of the most developed PV regions in the world,” Jacques said. “Synergies are becoming more and more evident as the fast-growing PV industry is maturing. We are observing convergence today with tomorrow’s winning business models, system sophistication and customer expectations. In this context, I believe APsystems is now ideally positioned within this dynamic.”
Read the full article on PES (Power Energy Solutions) Solar website here
Discover similar press articles in the French media here
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Largest Bifacial solar PV plant in Europe has started construction in the Netherlands
March 20, 2017 /in Article, Press Coverage /by Max Boiron
Extract from PES Solar website, March 20th, 2017.
To see other articles in Dutch from dutch media, click here.
To see other articles in French from French media, click here.
Tempress Systems B.V., part of the Amtech Group started the construction of Europe’s largest bifacial PV solar plant of close to 400 kilowatt-peak (kWp) capacity in the Netherlands, using n-type PANDA Bifacial modules manufactured by China-based
Yingli Solar and YC1000 native 3-phase microinverters from APsystems. The plant is located next to the headquarters of Tempress in Vaassen in the Netherlands and is due for completion in Q2 this year.
In contrast to standard monofacial modules, PANDA Bifacial modules generate electricity from both sides. As the rear side makes use of the reflected light from the surroundings and of diffuse light, the modules can yield up to 30% more energy, depending on the circumstances. It is expected that the annual energy production of the bifacial PV plant will exceed 400 MWh.
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What are the advantages of Microinverters going into 2017
Start early, work late – low-light production at either end of the day is just one more advantage of solar microinverters over conventional string systems.
Learn about the many others in “What Are the Advantages of Microinverters Going Into 2017,” a feature in Solar Power World’s 2017 Renewable Energy Handbook. Read it here
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New APsystems’ White Paper : Quality, Innovation and Bankability
November 29, 2016 /in Article, General News /by Max Boiron
Quality Management enabling MLPE Innovations to scale Globally while Driving Sustainable Profitability.
APsystems (Altenergy Power Systems) is a global leader in microinverter technology development & manufacturing serving the photovoltaic Industry.
In 2014 and 2015 APsystems ranked no.2 in global market share among microinverter suppliers in units shipped and is the world’s third largest vendor of Module Level Power Electronics (MLPEs) for the solar industry (source: GTM Research). The company has experienced steady growth every year since being founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 and has been profitable since 2012. APsystems is the largest microinverter supplier to China and Australia, and is no.2 in the US and the European regions, increasing its market share dramatically through a robust distribution network worldwide.
This paper describes the crucial aspects of quality control and management taken by APsystems to achieve industry leading standards and scaling its operations globally while improving its financial performance year on year.
Find out more by downloading the full White Paper in English here.
French version also available for download here .
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New 32-home San Antonio, US, project powered by APsystems micros
November 28, 2016 /in Article /by APsystems
When it comes to solar growth, it doesn’t get much hotter than San Antonio.
The market ranked no. 6 nationally for metropolitan growth in 2015, and no. 7 for the spread of solar, setting the pace for the Lone Star State.
Those trends converge at 330 Clay Street, a 32-home planned-solar neighborhood by PSW Real Estate now underway in the San Antonio’s arts and culture district, at the south edge of downtown.
Billed as “an oasis in the heart of the city,” the New Urbanism-inspired project features geometrically distinct homes clustered around a winding pedestrian path and drought-friendly, native vegetation. The modern designs are stylish, with acute angles, dramatic roof slopes, and accents of corrugated metal and cedar.
Efficiency features abound, from eco-friendly siding to high-performance windows, tankless water systems with “smart” fixtures, and the latest heat-pump systems for indoor climate control. Sustainable, low-impact materials are used throughout.
Topping it off is solar, with a compact array designed onto every single roof.
Austin-based installer Lighthouse Solar is pairing APsystems YC500 dual-module microinverters with Phono Sun 310W modules. Capacity across the whole neighborhood will be about 73kW from 234 modules at buildout.
Lighthouse chose APsystems equipment on the recommendation of regional distributor The Power Store, said Burke Ruder, procurement manager.
The Lighthouse installation team found the dual-module microinverters made for a quick install, and less time on the roof under the punishing Texas sun.
“Pretty easy wire management – just plug n’ play, man,” said Josh Bernard, one of the three-man crew at Clay Street.
Elijah Zane Echeveste, PSW Real Estate sales consultant for San Antonio, said PSW has been including a solar component on its homes for about three years.
Individual arrays at 330 Clay Street are modest – seven or eight modules per roof – putting solar onto every home while keeping price points attractive to a range of buyers. Home start at $295,000 for 1,250-sf, two-bedroom unit.
The energy package is paying off in early interest from buyers.
“Solar was important, and green-built was important,” said David McDonald, 330 Clay Street’s very first resident. On a recent afternoon, the expatriate Briton was taking delivery of appliances even as the half-finished neighborhood around him thrummed with the sounds of construction.
“We do a lot of green builds back in the Britain,” McDonald said, “and this might be one of the first ones in San Antonio with the option of solar and all of the sort of ‘green’ things around the house.”
Several other projects are also planned or underway in the corridor, including a sprawling former Lone Star brewery complex slated for mixed-use redevelopment on the banks of the San Antonio River.
The influx of stylish new residential and commercial development amplifies Southtown’s reputation as the city’s hot “bohemian” center for galleries, nightlife and culture.
“The area was important – we didn’t want to go outside of downtown,” McDonald said. “You can walk to all the restaurants and bars, even walk into downtown. We were the first to sign up, and it’ll be a good investment for us.”
The 330 Clay Street project reflects a fast-growing local solar market.
San Antonio is the top-ranked market in Texas, according to a recent report by Environment America. Solar capacity within the city limits jumped 23 percent year over year, from 88 megawatts to 108 megawatts – with significantly more capacity coming online in surrounding areas thanks to utility-scale solar farms.
About 207 megawatts were installed statewide in 2015, according to Environment Texas. Solar advocates credit a successful incentive program, which has fed consumer interest despite the state not having a net-metering law.
“Solar is an attractive feature for our buyers,” said Echeveste of PSW. “One of the largest reasons is that the solar panels reduce cost in energy bills and also increase the value of the homes. There is an environmental responsibility aspect with buyers wanting to be a part of this.”
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New Live Technical Webinars
November 9, 2016 /in Article, General News /by Max Boiron
Innovation and Performance
APsystems acknowledges installer’s commitment to Solar Power and offers solar professionals the opportunity to improve their technical skills in order to stand out from competition. A full range of seminars and live webinars are available for our customers to register for free.
Each seminar or webinar is led by a dedicated APsystems product trainer in your local language.
Don’t miss the opportunity to discover a new range of Microinverters systems ideal for self-onsumption, residential or commercial solar arrays.
Go on APsystems training page here and register to the session that suits you most.
To view this news in French, click here.
To view this news in Dutch, click here.
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ECU + EMA = a powerful duo for your microinverter array
March 21, 2016 /in Article, General News /by APsystems
Module-level monitoring is an essential feature of a microinverter solar array. APsystems offers advanced and user-friendly system monitoring for installers and end users alike.
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Nankinmachi - Kobe's Chinatown
Culture, history, and food, food, food. Come hungry!
By Todd Wojnowski Jul 14, 2017 - 2 min read
Nankinmachi, the name of the Chinatown district in Kobe, is famous not only for its cultural and historical significance, but also its status as a great tourist destination.
SEEING AND DOING
The primary draw to Chinatown is food, food, and more food. There are over 100 restaurants here, ranging in price and formality. More striking is the heavy presence of street food, with vendors lining the streets and selling a wide variety of snacks and small foods to be eaten while walking around. There is a lot of traditional Chinese dishes (dim sum, jian dui (sesame balls), steamed buns, and mini Peking duck wraps), some Chinese interpretations of Japanese and Western food (I tried a "Chinese chicken burger" that was excellent), plus things like ice cream and tapioca drinks. Whatever you do, come hungry.
As Nankinmachi is also home to about 10,000 people, it is also a functioning town full of grocery stores, clothing shops, and odds and ends stores.
There is also a temple, as well as a famous festival held here during the Chinese New Year season.
Kobe's Chinatown dates back to the year 1868, when Kobe's nearby port was opened to foreigners and an influx of Chinese traders and immigrants entered the region. The Chinese people - who were from various parts of China - were generalized as "people from Nankin" (Nanjing), hence the nickname of the area, "Nankin-machi."
The region suffered major structural damage twice. The first time came during World War II, during the bombings of Kobe. Then, in 1995, it was severely damages during the Great Hanshin Earthquake. It was obviously rebuilt each time, and continues to thrive today.
Chinatown is a 3-minute walk from Motomachi Station (JR Kobe Line, Hanshin Main Line, Kobe Kosuku Line). It's near other popular tourist destinations such as Kobe Port Tower and Meriken Park.
Todd Wojnowski @todd.wojnowski
I am an avid backpacker, writer, marathon runner, hiker, eater of spicy foods, watcher of B-movies, and user of the Harvard comma. I'm originally from Buffalo, New York, and arrived in Japan in 2008.
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Elena Lisina 2 years ago
I like Chinese food, too! :)
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The Cat of the Stars
The Cat of the Stars (1919)
by Sinclair Lewis
1321561The Cat of the StarsSinclair Lewis1919
The fatalities have been three thousand, two hundred and ninety-one, to date, with more reported in every cable from San Coloquin, but it is not yet decided whether the ultimate blame is due to the conductor of Car 22, to Mrs. Simmy Dolson’s bland selfishness, or to the fact that Willis Stodeport patted a sarsaparilla-colored kitten with milky eyes.
It was a hypocritical patting. Willis had been playing pumpum-pullaway all afternoon, hence was hungry, and desirous of winning favor with his mother by his nice attitude toward our dumb friends. Willis didn’t actually care for being nice to the dumb friend. What he wanted was cookies. So slight was his esteem for the kitten — whose name was Adolphus Josephus Mudface — that afterward he took it out to the kitchen and tried to see if it would drown under the tap of the sink.
Yet such is the strange and delicate balance of nature, with the lightest tremor in the dream of a terrestrial baby affecting the course of suns ten million light-years away, that the patting of Adolphus Josephus Mudface has started a vicious series of events that will be felt forever in star beyond mounting star. The death of exiled Napoleon made a few old men stop to scratch their heads and dream. The fall of Carthage gave cheap bricks to builders of dumpy huts. But the false deed of Willis Stodeport has changed history.
Mrs. Simmy Dolson was making an afternoon call upon the mother of this portentous but tow-headed Willis, who resides upon Scrimmins Street, in the Middle–Western city of Vernon. The two matrons had discussed the price of butter, the iniquities of the fluffy-headed new teacher in Public School 17, and the idiocy of these new theories about bringing up young ones. Mrs. Dolson was keeping an ear on the car line, for the Oakdale cars run only once in eighteen minutes, and if she missed the next one she would be too late to prepare supper. Just as she heard it coming, and seized her hat, she saw young Willis edge into the room and stoop to pat the somnolent Adolphus Josephus Mudface.
With a hatpin half inserted Mrs. Dolson crooned, “My, what a dear boy! Now isn’t that sweet!”
Willis’s mother forgot that she had intended to have words with her offspring in the matter of the missing knob of the flour bin. She beamed, and to Willis she gurgled, “Do you like the kittie, dearie?”
“Yes, I love our kittie; can I have a cookie?” young Machiavelli hastened to get in; and Aldebaran, the crimson star, throbbed with premonition.
“Now isn’t that sweet!” Mrs. Dolson repeated — then remembered her car and galloped away.
She had been so delayed by the admiration of daily deeds of kindness that when she reached the corner the Oakdale car was just passing. It was crowded with tired business men in a fret to get home to the outskirts of Vernon, but Mrs. Simmy Dolson was one of those plump, amiably selfish souls who would keep a whole city waiting while she bought canary seed. She waved at the car and made deceptive motions of frantic running.
The conductor of the car, which was Number 22, was a kind-hearted family man, and he rang for a stop halfway down the block. Despite the growling of the seventy passengers he held the car till Mrs. Dolson had wheezed aboard, which made them two minutes late. That was just enough to cause them to miss the switch at Seven Corners; and they had to wait while three other cars took the switch before them.
By that time Car 22 was three and three-quarters minutes late.
Mr. Andrew Discopolos, the popular proprietor of the Dandy Barber Shop, was the next step in the tragedy. Mr. Discopolos was waiting for this same Oakdale car. He had promised his wife to go home to supper, but in his bacchanalian soul he desired to sneak down to Barney’s for an evening of poker. He waited one minute, and was tremendously moral and determined to eschew gambling. He waited for two minutes, and began to see what a martyr he was. There would never be another Oakdale car. He would have to walk home. His wife expected too darn much of him, anyway! He waited for three minutes, and in rose tints and soft gold he remembered the joys of playing poker at Barney’s.
Seven seconds before the delayed Oakdale car turned the corner Mr. Discopolos gave up the struggle, and with outer decorum and inner excitement he rushed up an alley, headed for Barney’s. He stopped at the Southern Café for a Denver sandwich and cuppacoffee. He shook for the cigars at the Smoke House, and won three-for’s, which indicated to him how right he had been in not going home. He reached Barney’s at seven-thirty. He did not leave Barney’s till one-thirty in the morning, and when he did leave he was uncertain of direction, but very vigorous of motion, due to his having celebrated the winning of four dollars by buying a quart of rye.
Under a dusty and discouraged autumn moon Mr. Discopolos weaved home. Willis Stodeport and Mrs. Simmy Dolson and the conductor of Car 22 were asleep now; even the disreputable Adolphus Josephus Mudface had, after a charming fight behind the Smiths’ garbage can, retired to innocent slumbers on the soft folds of the floor mop in the corner of the back porch where he was least likely to be disturbed by mice. Only Mr. Discopolos was awake, but he was bearing on the torch of evil destiny; and on one of the planets of the sun that is called Procyon there were floods and earthquakes.
When Mr. Discopolos awoke in the morning his eyes were filmy and stinging. Before he went to his shop he had three fingers of pick-me-up, which so exhilarated him that he stood on the corner, swaying and beaming. Normally he had pride in his technic as a barber, but now all his more delicate artistry was gone in a roving desire for adventure. With a professional eye he noted the haircut of a tough young man loafing in front of the drug store. It was a high haircut, leaving the neck and the back of the head bald clear up to the crown. “Be a joke on some fellow to cut his hair that way!” giggled Mr. Discopolos.
It was the first time in a year that he had needed, or taken, a drink before afternoon. Chuckling Fate sent to him the next torchbearer, Mr. Palmer McGee.
Palmer McGee was one of Vernon’s most promising young men. He lived at the University Club; he had two suits of evening clothes; and he was assistant to the president of the M. & D. R. R. He was a technical-school graduate and a Spanish scholar as well as a business-system expert; and his club-grill manners were as accurate as his knowledge of traffic routing. Today was his hour of greatness. He had, as the result of long correspondence, this morning received a telegram inviting him to come to New York to see the president and directors of the Citrus and Southern Steamship Company about the position of Buenos Aires manager for the company. He had packed in ten minutes. But he had an hour before his train, with the station only twenty minutes away by trolley. Instead of taking a taxi he exuberantly walked from the club to Selden Street to catch a car.
One door from the corner he beheld the barber shop of Mr. Discopolos, which reminded him that he needed a haircut. He might not have time to get one in New York before he saw the steamship directors. The shop was bright, and Mr. Discopolos, by the window in a white jacket, was clean and jolly.
Palmer McGee popped into the shop and caroled “Haircut; medium.” Magnetized by Mr. Discopolos’ long light fingers he closed his eyes and dreamed of his future.
About the middle of the haircut the morning’s morning of Mr. Discopolos rose up and jostled him and dimmed his eyes, with the result that he cut too deep a swath of hair across the back of Mr. McGee’s sleek head. Mr. Discopolos sighed, and peeped at the victim to see if he was aware of the damage. But Mr. McGee was sitting with eyes tight, lips apart, already a lord of ocean traffic, giving orders to Singhalese planters and to traders in the silent northern pines.
Mr. Discopolos remembered the high-shaved neck of the corner loafer, and imitated that model. He ruthlessly concealed the too-deep slash by almost denuding the back of Mr. McGee’s head. That erstwhile polite neck stood out as bare as an ostrich.
Being an artist, Mr. Discopolos had to keep the symmetry — the rhythm — correct, so he balanced the back by also removing too much hair from in front — from above Mr. McGee’s Yalensian ears.
When the experiment was complete, Mr. McGee looked like a bald young man with a small wig riding atop his head. He looked like a wren’s nest on top of a clothes pole. He looked painstakingly and scientifically skinned. At least it was thus that he saw himself in the barber’s mirror when he opened his eyes.
He called on a number of deities; he said he wanted to assassinate Mr. Discopolos. But he hadn’t time for this work of mercy. He had to catch his train. He took his maltreated head into a taxi, feeling shamefully that the taxi driver was snickering at his haircut.
Left behind, untipped and much berated, Mr. Discopolos grumbled, “I did take off a little too much; but rats, he’ll be all right in couple of weeks. What’s couple of weeks? Believe I’ll go get a drink.”
Thus, as ignorant as they of taking any part in a progressive tragedy, Mr. Discopolos joined Willis Stodeport, Adolphus Josephus, Mrs. Dolson and the too-generous conductor of Car 22, in the darkness of unimportance, while Palmer McGee was on the Pullman — and extremely wretched.
He fancied that everyone from the porter to the silken girl across the aisle was snickering at his eccentric coiffure. To Mr. McGee, queerness of collar or hair or slang was more wicked than murder. He had rigidly trained himself to standards in everything. There were, for example, only three brands of whisky on which a gentleman could decently get edged. He was the most dependable young man in the general offices of the M. & D. R. R., and before that he had been so correctly pleasant to the right fellows and so correctly aloof with the wrong fellows, so agreeably pipe-smoking and laudatory of athletics, that he had made both junior and senior societies at Yale. He had had no experience to teach him to bear up under this utter disgrace of a variation from the standard of haircutting.
As the train relentlessly bore him on toward New York he now and then accumulated courage to believe that his haircut couldn’t be so bad as he knew it was. He would stroll with noble casualness into the smoking compartment, and the instant it was free of other passengers he would dart at the mirror. Each time he made the same quaking discovery that he was even more ridiculous than he remembered.
By day, trying to read or scan the scenery or impress fellow smokers, by night, folded in his swaying berth — he could think of nothing else. He read only one paragraph of the weighty book which all persons carry on all Pullmans in the hope that they will be forced to finish it because they have nothing else to read. He grew more and more sensitive. Every time he heard a laugh he was sure that it was directed at him; and because he so uncomfortably looked away from the absent-minded gaze of fellow passengers he made them gaze the harder.
The beautiful self-confidence which had always concealed Mr. McGee’s slight defects from himself and had helped him to rise to the position of assistant to the railroad president was torn away, and he began to doubt himself, began to feel that others must doubt him. When he finally crept up the cement incline in the New York station, after a writhing glance at the redcaps, to see if New Yorkers would notice his ludicrousness as much as people had on the way through, he wondered if he could not return to Vernon and wire the steamship directors that he was ill.
He was not exaggerating about the importance of this trip to New York. The directors of the Citrus and Southern Line really were waiting for him. They needed him.
It is a curious fact of psychological economics that there are almost as many large employers waiting and praying for the chance to pay tens of thousands a year to dependable young men as there are dependable young men waiting and praying for the chance to earn a thousand a year. The president of the Citrus and Southern, the pouchy blob-nosed dean of South American and West Indian shipping, had been in the hospital for six months, after peritonitis. From his bed he had vaguely directed the policies of the company. Things had run well enough, with the old clerks working mechanically. But a crisis had come. The company had either to expand or break.
The Green Feather Line, weary of litigation, wanted to sell all its ships to the Citrus and Southern, which if it bought them might double its business. If some other company bought them and vigorously increased competition, the Citrus and Southern might be ruined.
The Citrus and Southern held a five months’ option. By the end of that period they hoped to have found the man who could connect the sick president’s brain with the general office’s body — and they believed that in Palmer McGee they had found that man.
McGee did not know how carefully he had been watched. He had never met one of the directors or officers of the Citrus and Southern, had never seen one of them, and their correspondence had been polite but not exciting. But the two suave gentlemen who had been poking about Vernon lately had been commercial secret agents of the Titanic Rating and Credit Company; and they knew all about McGee, from the number of drinks he had at the club to the amount of his bank account and his manner of listening to the stories of the chief shippers of the M. & D. R. R.
The Citrus and Southern chiefs were certain that they had found their man. McGee was to be sent to Buenos Aires, but only on test. If he was as good as they thought, he would in three months be brought back as vice president at a salary nearly four times as large as the one he had received in Vernon. In this crisis they had the generosity of despair.
They were to meet McGee in the president’s suite at the hospital at four-thirty; and the train got in at three-fifteen.
McGee went to a hotel, and sat still, scared, looking at himself in a dressing-table mirror. He became momently more rustic, more tough, more skinned and awkward in his own eyes.
He called up the hospital, got the president. “Th-this is McGee. I— I’m coming right over,” he quavered.
“Huh! That fellow sounds kind of lightwaisted. Not much self-confidence,” complained the president to his old friend, the chairman of the board of directors. “Here, prop me up, Billy. We must give him a thorough look-over. Can’t take any chances.”
The note of doubt was a germ which instantly infected the chairman. “That’s too bad. The Rating and Credit people reported he was a find. But still — of course —”
When Palmer McGee faced the president, the first vice president and a committee of four directors, three of the six had already turned from welcoming eagerness to stilly doubt. He felt that doubt. But he interpreted it thus:
“They think I’m a complete boob to have a haircut like this. Think I don’t know any better. And I can’t explain. Mustn’t admit that I know there’s anything wrong — mustn’t admit I was an easy mark and let a drunken barber carve me up.”
He was so busy with these corroding reflections that he did not quite catch the sharp question which the president fired at him:
“McGee, what’s your opinion of the future of the competition between Australian wheat and the Argentine crop?”
“I— I— I didn’t quite understand you, sir,” lamented poor McGee, victim of the cat of the trembling stars.
The president thought to himself: “If he can’t get as dead simple a question as that — Wonder if the first vice president wouldn’t do, after all? No. Too old-fogyish.”
While he meditated he was repeating the query without much interest; and without interest he heard McGee’s thorough but shaky answer.
And McGee forgot to put in his usual information about the future of New Zealand grain.
Two hours later the president and directors decided that McGee “wouldn’t quite do”; which meant that he wouldn’t do at all; and they wearily began to talk of other candidates for the position. None of the others were satisfactory.
Four months later they decided that they would have to go slow; wait for the president to recover. They could find no one adaptable enough to coordinate the president and the working management. So they gave up their option on the steamers of the Green Feather Line.
The best of the jest was that Palmer McGee had looked rather well in his flippant haircut. Because the Chapel Street barber had started cutting his hair a certain length when he had been a Freshman in Yale he had kept up that mode, which was respectable but dull. But the semi-shave had brought out his energetic neck muscles. Never had he looked so taut and trim. Though dozens of people between the Vernon barber shop and the New York hospital had noticed his uneasiness none of them had considered his coiffure queer — they had merely wondered whether he was an embezzler or a forger.
McGee returned to Vernon broken, and General Coreos y Dulce, ex-president of the Central American republic of San Coloquin, entered the train of victims of Willis Stodeport, of Scrimmins Street.
The general had colonized Ynez Island, lying off the coast of San Coloquin. Fields of cane and coffee he had created, and he was happily expropriating ten thousand melodious natives. The general was a merry and easy ruler. When he had accepted the presidency of San Coloquin, after certain military misunderstandings, he hadn’t even executed anybody — except a cousin or two, merely for politeness’ sake.
His colony on Ynez Island was served by the steamers of the Green Feather Line. The business was not yet sufficient to warrant a regular stop, but General Dulce had a private agreement with the manager of the Green Feather, as well as one with the sick president of the Citrus and Southern, which later agreement was to take effect if the company took over the Green Feather boats.
But when the Citrus and Southern gave up their option the Green Feather fleet was bought, not by another Atlantic line but by a Seattle firm, for their Alaskan and Siberian trade. Consequently the general had to depend for service on a tin-can line which ran out of San Coloquin.
The owner of that line hated the general; had hated him when the general had been president, and had added to that hate with every meditative gin rickey he had sipped in the long years since. The general’s fruit spoiled aboard the creaky old steamers; it was always too late to catch the boat north. His coffee was drenched, and his sugar short weight. When the general desperately bought a freighter of his own it was mysteriously burned.
Poverty and failure closed in on Ynez Island. The colonists hadn’t enough to eat. When the influenza reached the island the weakened natives died in hordes. Some of them fled to the mainland, carrying the disease. The number of fatalities that would probably have been prevented by comfort and proper food and a supply of drugs has been estimated by Dr. Prof. Sir Henry Henson Sturgis at three thousand two hundred and ninety. One of the last to die was the broken-hearted general.
Before he died the wheel of Fate had turned past him and stopped at a certain European monarch. The general had in all his colonizing and his financial schemes been merely the secret agent of that monarch. The king was uncomfortable on his throne. It rocked and squeaked and threatened to give way at the seat. It was kept together only by many fees for repairs — jolly gifts to the duke who hypocritically led the opposition party, to a foreign agent, to certain clerics and editors and professors, even to the ostensible leader of the left wing of the radical party.
Five years before Willis Stodeport had patted Adolphus Josephus Mudface, the king had realized that he was in danger of using up all his private estate. He had speculated. He had called General Coreos y Dulce from Central America; and it was royalty’s own money that had developed the colonization of Ynez Island.
It had been impossible for the king to keep in touch with the details of the colonization. Had he learned of the loss of the Green Feather service he might have raised funds for the purchase of the whole fleet when the Citrus and Southern gave up the option. But the proud, dogged general, with his sky-climbing mustachios and his belief that one Castilian was cleverer than four Andalusians or eight gringos, had been certain that he could pull through without help from the royal master.
It was not till the approach of death that he sent the coded cablegram which informed the king that he could expect no income from Ynez Island. Then the monarch knew that he could not keep his promises to certain peers and ministers; that his wordiest supporters would join the republican movement; that the gold-crusted but shaky-legged throne would at any moment be kicked out from beneath him by rude persons in mechanics’ boots.
So it came to pass that at a certain hour the farthest stars quivered with mystic forces from the far-off fleck of dust called Earth, forces which would, just for a sketchy beginning, change all the boundaries and customs of Southern Europe. The king had at that hour desperately called in the two ministers and the one foreign emissary whom he trusted, and with that famous weak smile had murmured: “Gentlemen, it is the end. Shall I flee or — or — You remember they didn’t give my cousin the funeral even of a private gentleman.”
At that hour, in a hovel in the Jamaica negro quarter of the capital of San Coloquin, General Coreos y Dulce, friend of composers and masters of science, was dying of nothing at all but sick hope and coldly creeping fear, and a belief that he had pneumonia.
A thousand and more miles away the president of the Citrus and Southern Steamship Company was writing his resignation. His old friend, the chairman of the board of directors, again begged: “But this means the ruin of the company, Ben. We can’t go on without you.”
“I know, Billy,” the president sighed, “but I’m all in. If we could have found someone to carry out my ideas I could have pulled through — and the company could have. Shame we were fooled about that McGee fellow. If we hadn’t wasted so much time looking him over we might have had time to find the right man, and he’d have taken enough worry off my shoulders so that — Well, I’ll about pass out in three months, I reckon, old man. Let’s have one more go at pinochle. I have a hunch I’m going to get double pinochle.”
About half an hour after that, and half a continent away, Palmer McGee left the home of the president of the M. & D. R. R. He walked as one dreaming. The railroad president had said: “I don’t know what the trouble is, my boy, but you haven’t been worth a hang for quite a while now. And you’re drinking too much. Better go off some place and get hold of yourself.”
McGee crawled to the nearest telegraph office that was open, and sent a wire to the Buffalo & Bangor, accepting their offer in the purchasing department. The salary was not less than the one he had been receiving, but there was little future. Afterward he had a cocktail, the fourth that evening.
It cannot be authoritatively determined whether it was that evening or the one before that a barber named Discopolos first actually struck his wife, and she observed, “All right, I’ll leave you.” The neighbors say that though this was the first time he had mauled her, things had been going badly with them for many months. One of them asserts that the trouble started on an evening when Discopolos had promised to come home to supper but had not shown up till one-thirty in the morning. It seems that, though he had forgotten it, this had been her birthday, and she, poor mouse, had prepared a feast for them.
But it is certainly known that at the same hour on the same evening there was much peace and much study of the newspaper comics in the house of the Stodeports on Scrimmins Street.
Willis stooped to pull the tail of Adolphus Josephus Mudface, now a half-grown cat. Mrs. Stodeport complained: “Now, Willie, do let that cat alone! He might scratch you, and you’ll get fleas and things. No telling what-all might happen if you go patting and fooling with —”
Mr. Stodeport yawningly interrupted: “Oh, let the child alone! Way you go on, might think something dreadful would happen, just because he strokes a cat. I suppose probably he might get one of these germs, and spread it, and before he got through with it, maybe be the cause of two-three people taking sick! Ha, ha, ha! Or maybe he might make somebody rob a bank or something just awful! Ha, ha, ha! You better hold in your imagination, Mamma! We-ell —”
Mr. Stodeport yawned, and put the cat out, and yawned, and wound the clock, and yawned, and went up to bed, still chuckling over his fancy about Willis having a mysterious effect on persons five or six blocks away.
At exactly that moment in a medieval castle about five thousand miles from Willis Stodeport, the king of an ancient nation sighed to the Right Honorable the Earl of Arden, K. C. B., special and secret emissary of the British throne: “Yes, it is the twilight of the gods. I take some little pride in saying that even in my downfall I can see clearly the mysteries of Fate. I know definitely that my misfortune is a link in a chain of events that impressively started with —”
“— with the loss of thousands of lives and millions of pounds, in San Coloquin,” mused Lord Arden.
“No! No! No! Nothing so earthy and petty. I have long been a student of astrology. My astrologer and I have determined that this evil chance of myself and my poor people is but the last act in a cosmic tragedy that started with an esoteric change in the magnetism of Azimech, the cold and virgin star. At least it is comforting to know that my sorrows originated in nothing trivial, but have been willed by the brooding stars in the farthest abysses of eternal night, and that —”
“Um. Oh, yes. Yes, I see,” said the Earl of Arden.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924.
The author died in 1951, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 60 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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Sol Invictus - Cupid & Death CD Digipak
2012-01-06 Item #: AB 044 Auerbach
Noble re-release of the Tony Wakeford album with five bonus tracks under the name of Sol Invictus
Similar to "La Croix", "Cupid & Death" was originally released in 1996 as a solo album by Tony Wakeford. At Wakeford's explicit request, this acoustic jewel is now re-released under the name of Sol Invictus and is thus made a part of the Neofolk legend's oeuvre. This re-release is limited to 700 copies and comes in a portrait-format Digipak with revised artwork and liner notes. In addition, there is rare bonus material in the shape of the songs from the 1994 vinyl EP "Summer Ends" (which was also released under the name of Tony Wakeford back then) and the track 'Above us the Sun' in a version that was originally only available on a compilation included with the "On" magazine.
Cupid & Death
Sol Invictus - The Last Man Vinyl 7" | black
The Dark Red Seed - Becomes Awake Vinyl LP | Black
The Dark Red Seed - Stands With Death Vinyl 12" EP
The Dark Red Seed - Stands With Death CD Digipak
The Dark Red Seed - Becomes Awake CD Digipak
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The Age of Fable: by Thomas Bulfinch
XL. The Death of Baldur — The Elves — Runic Letters; Skalds — Iceland — Teutonic Mythology — The Nibelungen Lied — Wagner's Nibelungen Ring
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57413The Age of Fable: — XL. The Death of Baldur — The Elves — Runic Letters; Skalds — Iceland — Teutonic Mythology — The Nibelungen Lied — Wagner's Nibelungen RingThomas Bulfinch
1 THE DEATH OF BALDUR
2 THE ELVES
2.1 RAGNAROK, THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
3 RUNIC LETTERS
4 THE SKALDS
6 TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY
7 THE NIBELUNGEN LIED
7.1 THE NIBELUNGEN HOARD
8 WAGNER'S NIBELUNGEN RING
XL. THE DEATH OF BALDUR — THE ELVES — RUNIC LETTERS — ICELAND — TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY — NIBELUNGEN LIED
THE DEATH OF BALDUR[edit]
Baldur the Good, having been tormented with terrible dreams indicating that his life was in peril, told them to the assembled gods, who resolved to conjure all things to avert from him the threatened danger. Then Frigga, the wife of Odin, exacted an oath from fire and water, from iron and all other metals, from stones, trees, diseases, beasts, birds, poisons, and creeping things, that none of them would do any harm to Baldur. Odin, not satisfied with all this, and feeling alarmed for the fate of his son, determined to consult the prophetess Angerbode, a giantess, mother of Fenris, Hela, and the Midgard serpent. She was dead, and Odin was forced to seek her in Hela's dominions. This Descent of Odin forms the subject of Gray's fine ode beginning,—
"Uprose the king of men with speed
And saddled straight his coal-black steed"
But the other gods, feeling that what Frigga had done was quite sufficient, amused themselves with using Baldur as a mark, some hurling darts at him, some stones, while others hewed at him with their swords and battle-axes; for do what they would, none of them could harm him. And this became a favorite pastime with them and was regarded as an honor shown to Baldur. But when Loki beheld the scene he was sorely vexed that Baldur was not hurt. Assuming, therefore, the shape of a woman, he went to Fensalir, the man- sion of Frigga. That goddess, when she saw the pretended woman, inquired of her if she knew what the gods were doing at their meetings. She replied that they were throwing darts and stones at Baldur, without being able to hurt him. "Ay," said Frigga, "neither stones, nor sticks, nor anything else can hurt Baldur, for I have exacted an oath from all of them." "What," exclaimed the woman, "have all things sworn to spare Baldur?" "All things," replied Frigga, "except one little shrub that grows on the eastern side of Valhalla, and is called Mistletoe, and which I thought too young and feeble to crave an oath from."
As soon as Loki heard this he went away, and resuming his natural shape, cut off the mistletoe, and repaired to the place where the gods were assembled. There he found Hodur standing apart, without partaking of the sports, on account of his blindness, and going up to him, said, "Why dost thou not also throw something at Baldur?"
"Because I am blind," answered Hodur, "and see not where Baldur is, and have, moreover, nothing to throw."
"Come, then," said Loki, "do like the rest, and show honor to Baldur by throwing this twig at him, and I will direct thy arm towards the place where he stands."
Hodur then took the mistletoe, and under the guidance of Loki, darted it at Baldur, who, pierced through and through, fell down lifeless. Surely never was there witnessed, either among gods or men, a more atrocious deed than this. When Baldur fell, the gods were struck speechless with horror, and then they looked at each other, and all were of one mind to lay hands on him who had done the deed, but they were obliged to delay their vengeance out of respect for the sacred place where they were assembled. They gave vent to their grief by loud lamentations. When the gods came to themselves, Frigga asked who among them wished to gain all her love and good will. "For this," said she, "shall he have who will ride to Hel and offer Hela a ransom if she will let Baldur return to Asgard." Whereupon Hermod, surnamed the Nimble, the son of Odin, offered to undertake the journey. Odin's horse, Sleipnir, which has eight legs and can outrun the wind, was then led forth, on which Hermod mounted and galloped away on his mission. For the space of nine days and as many nights he rode through deep glens so dark that he could not discern anything, until he arrived at the river Gyoll, which he passed over on a bridge covered with glittering gold. The maiden who kept the bridge asked him his name and lineage, telling him that the day before five bands of dead persons had ridden over the bridge, and did not shake it as much as he alone. "But," she added, "thou hast not death's hue on thee; why then ridest thou here on the way to Hel?"
"I ride to Hel," answered Hermod, "to seek Baldur. Hast thou perchance seen him pass this way?"
She replied, "Baldur hath ridden over Gyoll's bridge, and yonder lieth the way he took to the abodes of death"
Hermod pursued his journey until he came to the barred gates of Hel. Here he alighted, girthed his saddle tighter, and remounting clapped both spurs to his horse, who cleared the gate by a tremendous leap without touching it. Hermod then rode on to the palace, where he found his brother Baldur occupying the most distinguished seat in the hall, and passed the night in his company. The next morning he besought Hela to let Baldur ride home with him, assuring her that nothing but lamentations were to be heard among the gods. Hela answered that it should now be tried whether Baldur was so beloved as he was said to be. "If, therefore," she added, "all things in the world, both living and lifeless, weep for him, then shall he return to life; but if any one thing speak against him or refuse to weep, he shall be kept in Hel."
Hermod then rode back to Asgard and gave an account of all he had heard and witnessed.
The gods upon this despatched messengers throughout the world to beg everything to weep in order that Baldur might be delivered from Hel. All things very willingly complied with this request, both men and every other living being, as well as earths, and stones, and trees, and metals, just as we have all seen these things weep when they are brought from a cold place into a hot one. As the messengers were returning, they found an old hag named Thaukt sitting in a cavern, and begged her to weep Baldur out of Hel. But she answered,
"Thaukt will wail
With dry tears
Baldur's bale-fire.
Let Hela keep her own."
It was strongly suspected that this hag was no other than Loki himself, who never ceased to work evil among gods and men. So Baldur was prevented from coming back to Asgard.[1]
THE FUNERAL OF BALDUR
The gods took up the dead body and bore it to the seashore where stood Baldur's ship "Hringham," which passed for the largest in the world. Baldur's dead body was put on the funeral pile, on board the ship, and his wife Nanna was so struck with grief at the sight that she broke her heart, and her body was burned on the same pile as her husband's. There was a vast concourse of various kinds of people at Baldur's obsequies. First came Odin accompanied by Frigga, the Valkyrie, and his ravens; then Frey in his car drawn by Gullinbursti, the boar; Heimdall rode his horse Gulltopp, and Freya drove in her chariot drawn by cats. There were also a great many Frost giants and giants of the mountain present. Baldur's horse was led to the pile fully caparisoned and consumed in the same flames with his master.
But Loki did not escape his deserved punishment. When he saw how angry the gods were, he fled to the mountain, and there built himself a hut with four doors, so that he could see every approaching danger. He invented a net to catch the fishes, such as fishermen have used since his time. But Odin found out his hiding- place and the gods assembled to take him. He, seeing this, changed himself into a salmon, and lay hid among the stones of the brook. But the gods took his net and dragged the brook, and Loki, finding he must be caught, tried to leap over the net; but Thor caught him by the tail and compressed it, so that salmons ever since have had that part remarkably fine and thin. They bound him with chains and suspended a serpent over his head, whose venom falls upon his face drop by drop. His wife Siguna sits by his side and catches the drops as they fall, in a cup; but when she carries it away to empty it, the venom falls upon Loki, which makes him howl with horror, and twist his body about so violently that the whole earth shakes, and this produces what men call earthquakes.
THE ELVES[edit]
The Edda mentions another class of beings, inferior to the gods, but still possessed of great power; these were called Elves. The white spirits, or Elves of Light, were exceedingly fair, more brilliant than the sun, and clad in garments of a delicate and transparent texture. They loved the light, were kindly disposed to mankind, and generally appeared as fair and lovely children. Their country was called Alfheim, and was the domain of Freyr, the god of the sun, in whose light they were always sporting.
The Black or Night Elves were a different kind of creatures. Ugly, long-nosed dwarfs, of a dirty brown color, they appeared only at night, for they avoided the sun as their most deadly enemy, because whenever his beams fell upon any of them they changed them immediately into stones. Their language was the echo of solitudes, and their dwelling-places subterranean caves and clefts. They were supposed to have come into existence as maggots produced by the decaying flesh of Ymir's body, and were afterwards endowed by the gods with a human form and great understanding. They were particularly distinguished for a knowledge of the mysterious powers of nature, and for the runes which they carved and explained. They were the most skilful artificers of all created beings, and worked in metals and in wood. Among their most noted works were Thor's hammer, and the ship "Skidbladnir," which they gave to Freyr, and which was so large that it could contain all the deities with their war and household implements, but so skillfully was it wrought that when folded together it could be put into a side pocket.
RAGNAROK, THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS[edit]
It was a firm belief of the northern nations that a time would come when all the visible creation, the gods of Valhalla and Niffleheim, the inhabitants of Jotunheim, Alfheim, and Midgard, together with their habitations, would be destroyed. The fearful day of destruction will not, however, be without its forerunners. First will come a triple winter, during which snow will fall from the four corners of the heavens, the frost be very severe, the wind piercing, the weather tempestuous, and the sun impart no gladness. Three such winters will pass away without being tempered by a single summer. Three other similar winters will then follow, during which war and discord will spread over the universe. The earth itself will be frightened and begin to tremble, the sea leave its basin, the heavens tear asunder, and men perish in great numbers, and the eagles of the air feast upon their still quivering bodies. The wolf Fenris will now break his bands, the Midgard serpent rise out of her bed in the sea, and Loki, released from his bonds, will join the enemies of the gods. Amidst the general devastation the sons of Muspelheim will rush forth under their leader Surtur, before and behind whom are flames and burning fire. Onward they ride over Bifrost, the rainbow bridge, which breaks under the horses' hoofs. But they, disregarding its fall, direct their course to the battlefield called Vigrid. Thither also repair the wolf Fenris, the Midgard serpent, Loki with all the followers of Hela, and the Frost giants.
Heimdall now stands up and sounds the Giallar horn to assemble the gods and heroes for the contest. The gods advance, led on by Odin, who engages the wolf Fenris, but falls a victim to the monster, who is, however, slain by Vidar, Odin's son. Thor gains great renown by killing the Midgard serpent, but recoils and falls dead, suffocated with the venom which the dying monster vomits over him. Loki and Heimdall meet and fight till they are both slain. The gods and their enemies having fallen in battle, Surtur, who has killed Freyr, darts fire and flames over the world, and the whole universe is burned up. The sun becomes dim, the earth sinks into the ocean, the stars fall from heaven, and time is no more.
After this Alfadur (the Almighty) will cause a new heaven and a new earth to arise out of the sea. The new earth filled with abundant supplies will spontaneously produce its fruits without labor or care. Wickedness and misery will no more be known, but the gods and men will live happily together.
RUNIC LETTERS[edit]
One cannot travel far in Denmark, Norway, or Sweden without meeting with great stones of different forms, engraven with characters called Runic, which appear at first sight very different from all we know. The letters consist almost invariably of straight lines, in the shape of little sticks either singly or put together. Such sticks were in early times used by the northern nations for the purpose of ascertaining future events. The sticks were shaken up, and from the figures that they formed a kind of divination was derived.
The Runic characters were of various kinds. They were chiefly used for magical purposes. The noxious, or, as they called them, the bitter runes, were employed to bring various evils on their enemies; the favorable averted misfortune. Some were medicinal, others employed to win love, etc. In later times they were frequently used for inscriptions, of which more than a thousand have been found. The language is a dialect of the Gothic, called Norse, still in use in Iceland. The inscriptions may therefore be read with certainty, but hitherto very few have been found which throw the least light on history. They are mostly epitaphs on tombstones.
Gray's ode on the "Descent of Odin" contains an allusion to the use of Runic letters for incantation:
"Facing to the northern clime,
Thrice he traced the Runic rhyme;
Thrice pronounced, in accents dread,
The thrilling verse that wakes the dead,
Till from out the hollow ground
Slowly breathed a sullen sound."
THE SKALDS[edit]
The Skalds were the bards and poets of the nation, a very important class of men in all communities in an early stage of civilization. They are the depositaries of whatever historic lore there is, and it is their office to mingle something of intellectual gratification with the rude feasts of the warriors, by rehearsing, with such accompaniments of poetry and music as their skill can afford, the exploits of their heroes living or dead. The compositions of the Skalds were called Sagas, many of which have come down to us, and contain valuable materials of history, and a faithful picture of the state of society at the time to which they relate.
ICELAND[edit]
The Eddas and Sagas have come to us from Iceland. The following extract from Carlyle's lectures on "Heroes and Hero Worship" gives an animated account of the region where the strange stories we have been reading had their origin. Let the reader contrast it for a moment with Greece, the parent of classical mythology:
"In that strange island, Iceland,—burst up, the geologists say, by fire from the bottom of the sea, a wild land of barrenness and lava, swallowed many months of every year in black tempests, yet with a wild, gleaming beauty in summer time, towering up there stern and grim in the North Ocean, with its snow yokuls [mountains], roaring geysers [boiling springs], sulphur pools, and horrid volcanic chasms, like the waste, chaotic battlefield of Frost and Fire,—where, of all places, we least looked for literature or written memorials,—the record of these things was written down. On the seaboard of this wild land is a rim of grassy country, where cattle can subsist, and men by means of them and of what the sea yields; and it seems they were poetic men these, men who had deep thoughts in them and uttered musically their thoughts. Much would be lost had Iceland not been burst up from the sea, not been discovered by the Northmen!"
TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY[edit]
In the mythology of Germany proper, the name of Odin appears as Wotan; Freya and Frigga are regarded as one and the same divinity, and the gods are in general represented as less warlike in character than those in the Scandinavian myths. As a whole, however, Teutonic mythology runs along almost identical lines with that of the northern nations. The most notable divergence is due to modifications of the legends by reason of the difference in climatic conditions. The more advanced social condition of the Germans is also apparent in their mythology.
THE NIBELUNGEN LIED[edit]
One of the oldest myths of the Teutonic race is found in the great national epic of the Nibelungen Lied, which dates back to the prehistoric era when Wotan, Frigga, Thor, Loki, and the other gods and goddesses were worshipped in the German forests. The epic is divided into two parts, the first of which tells how Siegfried, the youngest of the kings of the Netherlands, went to Worms, to ask in marriage the hand of Kriemhild, sister of Gunther, King of Burgundy. While he was staying with Günther, Siegfried helped the Burgundian king to secure as his wife Brunhild, queen of Issland. The latter had announced publicly that he only should be her husband who could beat her in hurling a spear, throwing a huge stone, and in leaping. Siegfried, who possessed a cloak of invisibility, aided Günther in these three contests, and Brunhild became his wife. In return for these services, Günther gave Siegfried his sister Kriemhild in marriage.
After some time had elapsed, Siegfried and Kriemhild went to visit Gunther, when the two women fell into a dispute about the relative merits of their husbands. Kriemhild, to exalt Siegfried, boasted that it was to the latter that Gunther owed his victories and his wife. Brunhild, in great anger, employed Hagan, liegeman of Gunther, to murder Siegfried. In the epic Hagan is described as follows:
"Well-grown and well-compacted was that redoubted guest;
Long were
his legs and sinewy, and deep and broad his chest;
His hair, that
once was sable, with gray was dashed of late;
Most terrible his
visage, and lordly was his gait."
—Nibelungen Lied, stanza 1789.
This Achilles of German romance stabbed Siegfried between the shoulders, as the unfortunate King of the Netherlands was stooping to drink from a brook during a hunting expedition.
The second part of the epic relates how, thirteen years later, Kriemhild married Etzel, King of the Huns. After a time, she invited the King of Burgundy, with Hagan and many others, to the court of her husband. A fearful quarrel was stirred up in the banquet hall, which ended in the slaughter of all the Burgundians but Gunther and Hagan. These two were taken prisoners and given to Kriemhild, who with her own hand cut off the heads of both. For this bloody act of vengeance Kriemhild was herself slain by Hildebrand, a magician and champion, who in German mythology holds a place to an extent corresponding to that of Nestor in the Greek mythology.
THE NIBELUNGEN HOARD[edit]
This was a mythical mass of gold and precious stones which Siegfried obtained from the Nibelungs, the people of the north whom he had conquered and whose country he had made tributary to his own kingdom of the Netherlands. Upon his marriage, Siegfried gave the treasure to Kriemhild as her wedding portion. After the murder of Siegfried, Hagan seized it and buried it secretly beneath the Rhine at Lochham, intending to recover it at a future period. The hoard was lost forever when Hagan was killed by Kriemhild. Its wonders are thus set forth in the poem:
"'Twas as much as twelve huge wagons in four whole nights and days
Could carry from the mountain down to the salt sea bay;
Though to and fro each wagon thrice journeyed every day.
"It was made up of nothing but precious stones and gold;
Were all the world bought from it, and down the value told,
Not a mark the less would there be left than erst there was, I ween."
—Nibelungen Lied, XIX.
Whoever possessed the Nibelungen hoard were termed Nibelungers. Thus at one time certain people of Norway were so called. When Siegfried held the treasure he received the title "King of the Nibelungers."
WAGNER'S NIBELUNGEN RING[edit]
Though Richard Wagner's music-drama of the Nibelungen Ring bears some resemblance to the ancient German epic, it is a wholly independent composition and was derived from various old songs and sagas, which the dramatist wove into one great harmonious story. The principal source was the Volsunga Saga, while lesser parts were taken from the Elder Edda and the Younger Edda, and others from the Nibelungen Lied, the Ecklenlied, and other Teutonic folklore.
In the drama there are at first only four distinct races,—the gods, the giants, the dwarfs, and the nymphs. Later, by a special creation, there come the valkyrie and the heroes. The gods are the noblest and highest race, and dwell first in the mountain meadows, later in the palace of Valhalla on the heights. The giants are a great and strong race, but lack wisdom; they hate what is noble, and are enemies of the gods; they dwell in caves near the earth's surface. The dwarfs, or nibelungs, are black uncouth pigmies, hating the good, hating the gods; they are crafty and cunning, and dwell in the bowels of the earth. The nymphs are pure, innocent creatures of the water. The valkyrie are daughters of the gods, but mingled with a mortal strain; they gather dead heroes from the battle-fields and carry them to Valhalla. The heroes are children of the gods, but also mingled with a mortal strain; they are destined to become at last the highest race of all, and to succeed the gods in the government of the world.
The principal gods are Wotan, Loki, Donner, and Froh. The chief giants are Fafner and Fasolt, brothers. The chief dwarfs are Alberich and Mime, brothers, and later Hagan, son of Alberich. The chief nymphs are the Rhine-daughters, Flosshilda, Woglinda, and Wellgunda. There are nine Valkyrie, of whom Brunhild is the leading one.
Wagner's story of the Ring may be summarized as follows:
A hoard of gold exists in the depths of the Rhine, guarded by the innocent Rhine-maidens. Alberich, the dwarf, forswears love to gain this gold. He makes it into a magic ring. It gives him all power, and he gathers by it a vast amount of treasures.
Meanwhile Wotan, chief of the gods, has engaged the giants to build for him a noble castle, Valhalla, from whence to rule the world, promising in payment Freya, goddess of youth and love. But the gods find they cannot spare Freya, as they are dependent on her for their immortal youth. Loki, called upon to provide a substitute, tells of Alberich's magic ring and other treasure. Wotan goes with Loki, and they steal the ring and the golden hoard from Alberich, who curses the ring and lays the curse on all who shall henceforth possess it. The gods give the ring and the treasure to the giants as a substitute for Freya. The curse at once begins. One giant, Fafner, kills his brother to get all, and transforms himself into a dragon to guard his wealth. The gods enter Valhalla over the rainbow bridge. This ends the first part of the drama, called the Rhine-Gold.
The second part, the Valkyrie, relates how Wotan still covets the ring. He cannot take it himself, for he has given his word to the giants. He stands or falls by his word. So he devises an artifice to get the ring. He will get a hero-race to work for him and recover the ring and the treasures. Siegmund and Sieglinda are twin children of this new race. Sieglinda is carried off as a child and is forced into marriage with Hunding. Siegmund comes, and unknowingly breaks the law of marriage, but wins Nothung, the great sword, and a bride. Brunhild, chief of the Valkyrie, is commissioned by Wotan at the instance of Fricka, goddess of marriage, to slay him for his sin. She disobeys and tries to save him, but Hunding, helped by Wotan, slays him. Sieglinda, however, about to bear the free hero, to be called Siegfried, is saved by Brunhild, and hid in the forest. Brunhild herself is punished by being made a mortal woman. She is left sleeping on the mountains with a wall of fire around her which only a hero can penetrate.
The drama continues with the story of Siegfried, which opens with a scene in the smithy between Mime the dwarf and Siegfried. Mime is welding a sword, and Siegfried scorns him. Mime tells him something of his mother, Sieglinda, and shows him the broken pieces of his father's sword. Wotan comes and tells Mime that only one who has no fear can remake the sword. Now Siegfried knows no fear and soon remakes the sword Nothung. Wotan and Alberich come to where the dragon Fafner is guarding the ring. They both long for it, but neither can take it. Soon Mime comes bringing Siegfried with the mighty sword. Fafner comes out, but Siegfried slays him. Happening to touch his lips with the dragon's blood, he understands the language of the birds. They tell him of the ring. He goes and gets it. Siegfried now has possession of the ring, but it is to bring him nothing of happiness, only evil. It is to curse love and finally bring death. The birds also tell him of Mime's treachery. He slays Mime. He longs for some one to love. The birds tell him of the slumbering Brunnhilda, whom he finds and marries.
The Dusk of the Gods portrays at the opening the three norns or fates weaving and measuring the thread of destiny. It is the beginning of the end. The perfect pair, Siegfried and Brunhild, appear in all the glory of their life, splendid ideals of manhood and womanhood. But Siegfried goes out into the world to achieve deeds of prowess. He gives her the Nibelungen ring to keep as a pledge of his love till his return. Meanwhile Alberich also has begotten a son, Hagan, to achieve for him the possession of the ring. He is partly of the Gibichung race, and works through Gunther and Gutrune, half-brother and half-sister to him. They beguile Siegfried to them, give him a magic draught which makes him forget Brunhild and fall in love with Gutrune. Under this same spell, he offers to bring Brunhild for wife to Gunther. Now is Valhalla full of sorrow and despair. The gods fear the end. Wotan murmurs, "O that she would give back the ring to the Rhine." But Brunhild will not give it up,—it is now her pledge of love. Siegfried comes, takes the ring, and Brunhild is now brought to the Rhine castle of the Gibichungs, but Siegfried under the spell does not love her. She is to be wedded to Gunther. She rises in wrath and denounces Siegfried. But at a hunting banquet Siegfried is given another magic draught, remembers all, and is slain by Hagan by a blow in the back, as he calls on Brunhild's name in love. Then comes the end. The body of Siegfried is burned on a funeral pyre, a grand funeral march is heard, and Brunhild rides into the flames and sacrifices herself for love's sake; the ring goes back to the Rhine-daughters; and the old world—of the gods of Valhalla, of passion and sin—is burnt up with flames, for the gods have broken moral law, and coveted power rather than love, gold rather than truth, and therefore must perish. They pass, and a new era, the reign of love and truth, has begun.
Those who wish to study the differences in the legends of the Nibelungen Lied and the Nibelungen Ring, and the way in which Wagner used his ancient material, are referred to Professor W. C. Sawyer's book on "Teutonic Legends in the Nibelungen Lied and the Nibelungen Ring," where the matter is treated in full detail. For a very thorough and clear analysis of the Ring as Wagner gives it, with a study of the musical motifs, probably nothing is better for general readers than the volume "The Epic of Sounds," by Freda Winworth. The more scholarly work of Professor Lavignac is indispensable for the student of Wagner's dramas. There is much illuminating comment on the sources and materials in "Legends of the Wagner Drama" by J. L. Weston.
↑ In Longfellow's Poems will be found a poem entitled "Tegner's Drapa," upon the subject of Baldur's death.
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24 August 2018 News
The President of Russia awards employees of the RSCC for their contribution to development of satellite communications
Presidential Certificates of Merit and Certificates of Gratitude in recognition of their services in the development of satellite communications of the Russian Federation and long-term good-faith work were awarded to seven employees of the RSCC.
The relevant Order No. 224-rp was signed by the President of Russia V.V. Putin on August 21, 2018.
The Presidential Certificates of Merit were given to the following individuals:
• GANIN, Alexander Anatolyevich, First Deputy General Director
• LEVASHOV, Sergey Dmitrievich, Head of the Operational Management Division
• SAZONOV Anatoly Pavlovich, Head of the Satellite Communication Channels Department
• SOLOVYOV Denis Sergeevich, Head of the Department of Ground-based Communication Channels.
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• MIKHAILINA Lyudmila Anatolyevna, Head of the Department of Television and International Sales
• MOTOV Sergey Konstantinovich, Head of the Communication Networks Department of the “Vladimir” Satellite Communications Station.
Congratulations to our distinguished colleagues on their well-deserved awards! We wish you further success in advancing Russian satellite communications and broadcasting!
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Sue has more than 35 years of corporate, entrepreneurial, and venture capital experience, all geared at turning untapped potential into real value. In this role, Sue leads GE Ventures, a multimodal innovation engine focused on accelerating promising start-ups, creating and launching new companies, licensing GE's intellectual property, developing new markets, and nurturing innovative ideas into scalable initiatives both inside and outside of GE.
Sue is currently a board member at Align Technologies (ALGN), Illumina, Inc. (ILMN), and MIT's The Engine. She has been recognized in Fortune as one of "34 Leaders Who Are Changing Health Care" and as one of "The 100 Most Influential Women in Silicon Valley" by Silicon Valley Business Journal.
Other speakers at this year's event include Imran Eba, partner at Action Potential Venture Capital, Evan Norton, divisional vice president at Abbott Ventures, Jeff Erb, senior director of business development at Medtronic, Kip Ludwig, associate professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Elliot Krames, past president of the International Neuromodulation Society, Marom Bikson, professor of biomedical engineering at City University of New York, Shai Gozani, CEO of NeuroMetrix Inc., and Victor Pikov, a former Galvani Bioelectronics scientist and now CEO of startup Medipace Inc.
Several promising bioelectronic medicine entrepreneurs will be presenting at the meeting. These include Daniel Powell, CEO of Spark Biomedical, Thomas Oxley, CEO of Synchron Inc., developer of the Stentrode device, Jennifer Ernst, CEO of Tivic Health, Don Deyo, CEO of FemPulse LLC, Doug Adams, CEO of Qura Inc., Nader Yaghoubi, CEO of PathMaker Neurosystems Inc., and Samuel Hamner, director of technology and product marketing at Cala Health. Also presenting will be Gaurev Sharma from Battelle and Jake Zabara from the Jacob Zabara Family Foundation. Dr. Zabara was the original developer of vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy and a cofounder of Cyberonics Inc. (now LivaNova).
Key topics will include promising indications, alliances with bio/pharm firms, regulatory and reimbursement issues, and pricing/commercialization issues.
"Bioelectronic medicine is one of the most promising new segments of the healthcare industry," said James Cavuoto, editor and publisher at Neurotech Reports. "This second-annual conference will be a key meeting place for entrepreneurs and executives helping to found this industry."
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Official Multiplayer Discussion Thread
kryo
October 18, 2006 3:24:26 PM from GalCiv II Forums
Multiplayer in Galactic Civilizations II is commonly discussed. You can read HERE the rationale as to why it wasn't part of the base game.
This thread has been created so that people can discuss multiplayer in a single place. Multiplayer will not be added as part of some update (or "patch"). There has been discussion of having it be in some future "Ultimate" edition of the game (i.e. in the future) once the Stardock multiplayer libraries for Society are completed.
Please do not create additional threads on the topic of multiplayer unless there is something new to add that isn't contained herein. Thank you!
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Mumblefratz
Reply #1 October 18, 2006 3:56:02 PM
from GalCiv II Forums
I would like to see Multiplayer in whatever form possible.
I would be happy to pay for a seperate expansion or add-on to get multiplayer.
I wouldn't want to make any compromises in the integrity of the single player game. Any compromise needed should be made in multiplayer functionality.
I would probably play multiplayer infrequently at most, but I would definitely like the option.
I can't believe that I got in first on this thread.
P.S. If it takes a year or two, I don't mind.
Magnumaniac
If it is to be an expansion, please make it a seperate one with no additional single player content - so that those who couldn't care less about MP can ignore it completely.
Evil Stormbringer
If it is to be an expansion, please make it a seperate one with no additional single player content
I agree with Magnumaniac. Multiplayer doesn't mean much to me with regards to this game, whether I have an internet connection or not(hee hee). Judging from the posts there are alot of people who do want it however. The idea of a seperate expansion which wouldn't include single player content would work fine in my opinion.
Philocthetes
I second both Mumblfratz and Magnumaniac. Options are good; making everyone pay for multiplayer is bad.
I agree that anyone that doesn't want multiplayer should neither have to pay for it nor be inconvienced in the slightest.
SrGalen
Kyro, may I suggest you sticky this and the carrier dead horse thread to ensure (as much as possible) no more threads get started on the topic?
As far as my opinion goes - I am supremely ambivalent about MP for GalCiv. Actually, whether or not I got it would depend on an earnest desire on the part of family to try and beat me at it head to head...
SrGalen seems to share my core POV on the matter. I know a few folks who might be able to talk me into a multiplayer game (and associated costs), but the MMO thing will likely remain a turnoff until AI components are frighteningly sophisticated (meaning I don't want to mess around with some unsupervised horde-of-idiots version of a good 4X game).
p.s. Re "MMO," I admit that I've been decreasingly interested in online games since the rise of the consumer Internet (yes, I'm that old--anyone else ever put a handset in a modem cradle?), but I'm also seriously fascinated by South Park's recent engagement with World of Warcraft. A great game should not force one to need a mother like Eric Cartman has
Achillus
Ultimate Edition... Is that like an expansion or do we have to buy the game at full price again to gain the MP option?
I also like the idea of only a MP expansion so if I decide that I dont' want it, i can skip buying it and still not worry that i'll miss out on some SP stuff.
But I think MP might be fun. Knowing that there's the human factor on the other end. The worst thing is waiting for the other guy to click turn.
Yarnith
Reply #9 October 26, 2006 11:30:32 PM
I've played GalCiv II now for months to the point I find no challenge in it as have all my family and friends. Our only real enjoyment at this point is arguing whos methods and tactics are the better. I didnt mind single player only when I purchased it but at this point the game is shelved until I have that ability. I have no interest in playing Joe Schmuck off the net I want to play my friends at the lan party in the next room.
Proloton
Reply #10 October 27, 2006 1:03:20 AM
Hi. My name is Joe Schmuck. Pleased to meet you all. If I may, I'd like to address the rumors of my uninteresting gameplay on the net. As I'm sure you're all aware, what with the media blitz and pundit pseudo-intellectual satirical expositions, some unscrupulous persons have started a hate campaign against me, accusing me of such unsubstantiated and alleged crimes such as the afforementioned "uninteresting" game play. I ask that you do not judge me by the color of my skins, the size of my hardware, or my deeply held strategic beliefs. I have a dream, that one day, people of vastly different opinions on mods, tactics, and aesthetic starship design can come metaphorically together in one place, in mutual respect, then try to desperately and utterly destroy one another. I think it's just as important to reduce to rubble the fragile ego of some nameless clownshoe on the net who thought he was good, as it is to do it to your best friends who thought they might be cool. Let's end the hate... or... wait a sec... ummmm... or maybe... start it??? Uh... what was I talking about?
Coplann
Reply #11 October 28, 2006 3:03:25 PM
me wants multiplayer too: TCP/IP, Hotseat and play-by-e-mail
poludamas
Reply #12 November 14, 2006 1:16:53 AM
I'd love to have multiplayer and I hope it will happen eventually.
Duodecimal
Reply #13 November 17, 2006 2:54:13 PM
Yes on multiplayer.
This community is rather insular and I'm not surprised internal polling didn't turn up big pro-multiplayer figures, particularly after the devs relished pooping all over the idea ("Well, if we implemented multiplayer, we wouldn't be able to program game saving/loading!", or whatever the nonsense was). Don't know how many others who were very interested in multiplayer have stuck around with the community after all this time. I know I almost never post or play anymore (and won't be spending money on the Expansion... the game is fine for me as it is, as a intermittent sandbox mode diversion; nothing really compelling is going to be added).
AI will never compete with humans, ever. The cheating -- sorry, bonuses -- the AI gets at higher levels is the obvious concession to this fact. And I rarely play against anonymous opponents - family, friends, and guildies from other games would be my primary antagonists. Probably the same for most others. So the social aspect decried by the anti-MP individuals is immaterial to the debate.
As for feature losses - I never play storyline or scripted games. Why do those who hate the idea of multiplayer get to demand that they not spend money on a multiplayer feature, while I get to spend money on expansions that contain all this story I have no interest in?
webnavigator
Question: Did you buy the game?
If yes> Then obviosly something attracted you
If no> You have nothing to worry about.
On a side note; I think an option between the two would be nice; but more of a configuration feature like say during the install "Would you like the Multiplayer button visible?" and a sort of 'Option' to toggle it on and off; and the same thing to be said for offline-play. So an offline player would not have to bother with even thinking about the online players and visa versa.
Personally I'm anti-multiplayer. Too many times have I played an online game with some online person or whatever get called a cheater whined at and complained at; what I'm trying to say is that my experiences on multi-player are less than satisfying. Hopefully though there are some who will never stop enjoying it
I for one though; will settle for the AI
I bought the game expecting, eventually, multiplayer would be added, like what every. other. turn-based strategy game had. I knew GC1 didn't have it, but, honestly, that game was fairly ghetto in a few areas but spectacular in others (beyond MOO3 as far as I was concerned).
It would be lose-lose for Stardock if they spent resources on multiplayer and tried to sell it as a single-feature expansion to appease the rabid anti-MP crowd, from a simple economic and marketing point of view. As for people with mental health issues who do not even want to know that the game they play even has a multiplayer feature, I'm not qualified to respond to that.
From what I gather Stardock might get arround to getting MP for GC2 last I saw there was a poll on who would want MP as a feature or expansion or whatever; even though I voted as "No" it still seemed to say that most people would.
They've said "No promises" ; probably because they work extremely hard on their various projects and support. Though I wouldn't doubt that it's a big possibility
n0v4k4n3
Ok, I can kind of understand wanting to play multiplayer by TCP/IP... but what's with this hotseat? And did somebody actually say play by email?
Wouldn't those games take longer than a chess match with a pen-pal in Antarctica?
"Hey buddy, while you finish up your turn, I'm gonna go get my master's degree at MIT"
JoeTrow
I would love a Multiplayer option, in all ways possible:
Hot Seat would not take any longer than CivIII or Heros of Might and Magic.
WAN or LAN capability would be good, with about the same playing time above.
and playing by eMail would be great -
1st off you only move one piece at a time in chess it would be different if you were taking care of 20 planets and dozens of fleets. With battles going on all around you - I think that would be the ultimate war game.
Yes to multiplayer in all forms possible!!
acepilotf14
Reply #19 November 23, 2006 10:39:03 PM
I support multiplayer, but I want some sort of roleplaying thing in my games. I remember playing a Civ3 game once, someone was about to annhialate me but I cut a deal with him: I will be his servant country, In a way. He agreed, and we were allies. Twas awesome. Mostly, people would just play a super small 2 minute game. What about massive sized worlds? I want a 10 hour game, people.
WhoStoleMyNickName
I've played multi-player 4x games. They are a lot of fun. Here is what is not fun.
- Drop-out players
- Angry, foul-mouthed players
- Experienced players who pass themselves off as beginners
- Beginners who get pissed when they don't sweep everyone the first time out of the gate
- Players who spend hours finding exploits in the game system so they can "cheat" themselves to victory, using the excuse that it is the fault of the developers for having poorly programmed security algorithms
- Players who have multiple, on-line personalities so they can form up "alliances" with themselves
- Players who form pre-game alliances that other players don't know about
- Players who have the knowledge and the time to figure out cheats with hex editors, modifying the game files used in PBEM games
- Hackers who successfully invade MMO servers
- Players who try to slip trojans to opposing players so they can investigate the opposition. "They use spies in real life, don't they?"
Then it becomes a never-ending cycle. The players rant about the inadequate security for multi-player. The developers publish security patches. The hackers develop new attacks. The players rant ...
I completely understand the desire to play multi-player. I played it for years. I also completely understand why Stardock is skittish about getting into the multi-player developer cycle.
Here's is hoping you all get what you want, and less than you deserve.
Davy_Jones
Reply #21 December 2, 2006 2:20:03 AM
I've seen a lot of complaints regarding the idea of multiplayer in that it would take an incredibly long amount of time waiting for everyone to take their turn. I believe I have a solution. What if everyone moved at the same time, and once everyone was done with the turn, it went to the next? It doesn't seem that unfeasible to me. You'd have everyone going at the same time while perfectly maintaining the turn-based style. I also noticed someone complain about having to wait for people to design their ships. The solution to that should be obvious. Allow players to create a set of ships that goes with their team, and the different ships become available as technology is researched. You could even allow for the review of production queues whilst other players are finishing the turn. IMO, this game should have shipped with multiplayer. As a matter of fact, I bought it under the impression that it did, seeing as how every other PC game that I have ever bought has had multiplayer, and I didnt see a huge WARNING: THIS GAME DOES NOT HAVE MULTIPLAYER written on the box. I almost had a heart attack when I found out that it didn't. What replay value could a game have without multiplayer? Warcraft III would be completely off my playlist if it didnt have multiplayer, which I play, like, every day. I may be wrong in saying that it wouldn't seem too difficult to implement, but it didn't seem to me that they were pulling a whole lot of teeth in order to put a multiplayer in Civ4... On a side note, I think it would be awesome if the fleet battles were a little more RTS-esque (eg allow for control of the ships individual ships and maybe have special abilities from parts placed on the ships). In conclusion, I would pay for a multiplayer expansion, but honestly, I'm pretty bummed out that my original $40 investment did not supply me with one.
SpiceAce
I would pay for multiplayer.
Lord Grimgorn
Coçnsurning the multiplayer game i would be verry intrested in it and i can asure you there are a lot of my palls that owuld be intrested in it to
so lets say that they fix it how would i know when it is out ?
this might be a silly quistion but then again there arent silly quistion only silly ansers
V1mFuego
Reply #24 January 12, 2007 5:03:14 AM
Let's turn that around: it would be a lose-lose for Starock if they tried to force their existing customers to subsidise a feature they don't want to appease the rabid pro-MP crowd.
When I want to play alongside other people, I log into EVE-Online, which was designed from the beginning specifically as a multiplayer game. Oddly enough it's not that great as a single-player experience. I wonder if one might draw some kind of analogy with that...?
As far as multiplayer is concerned, I'm not against the idea per se, and if a fairly simple, non-intrusive hotseat version was implimented I guess I'd be pretty pleased and would probably even try it once or twice, but it's just that I want the smartest, sneakest most vindictive AI possible, so I grudge every application of dev resources not spent on it. Galciv2 is there for when I don't feel like dealing with other people, and it's the best game I know of for doing that. Putting a hammerhead on the end of a screwdriver will mean you can hammer nails with a screwdriver; would you buy one?
lamaslany
Reply #25 January 13, 2007 6:16:20 PM
A turn-based multiplayer game seems feasible to me. Personally I would make use of an email-type devilery system for my opponents 'turn'. Actually 'loading' the player's turn should be extremely easy.
If player A performs a turn and clicks to end the turn then a file is generated containing the information. This is then sent via email, or protocol if you can be bothered, to player B. Player B then 'loads' player A's turn into GalCiv2 and watches the 'enemy' make his move. Player B then takes their turn, ends their turn and another file is generated for transmission to player A. This is not hard to program - maybe a day or two of coding including the validation?
Perhaps the problem relates to the ability to prevent cheating - even if the other player's file is validated to ensure that their moves are valid is would almost certainly be possible for an unscrupulous player to 'cheat' and find the location and composition of the enemy forces...
Of course it wouldn't bother me as I know that the people I'd play wouldn't cheat and if they did they'd know they'd not beaten me fairly... This probably wouldn't translate well to playing with people you don't know...
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Science, Skepticism, Politics, and Atheism. Not from a PhD, but from an ex-junkie. Let the ad hominem attacks begin!
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Blair County, Pennsylvania: Fair and Just Criminal Sentencings
July 10, 2013 fosterdisbelief Drug War Stories, Uncategorized"Justice?", blair county, criminal justice system, current-events, Prison, War on Drug Users, War on Drugs
The Blair County criminal justice system knows its priorities. They make sure those priorities are known by everyone in the community with the fair and just sentences they pass down to those convicted of crimes in this area.
For example, are you a non-white person convicted of dealing drugs? You are in luck! The county is dedicated to rehabilitating you.
Like Gene “Shorty” Carter:
Philadelphia native Gene “Shorty” Carter, considered the kingpin of an organization that distributed a million dollars’ worth of cocaine and heroin in Blair County, was sentenced Thursday afternoon to 104 to 216 years in prison by Blair County Senior Judge Thomas G. Peoples.
The sentence stunned Carter’s attorney, Scott Pletcher of State College, who said he knew Carter would receive a hefty sentence but at the most he thought it would be in the 30-year range.
In a statement to the judge, Pletcher said after representing Carter for more than a year, he felt the 40-year-old could be rehabilitated and could become a productive citizen.
He asked Peoples to give Carter a chance to “see a light at the end of the tunnel,” suggesting a sentence of 15 years.
The Blair County branch of the NAACP has been following the case, and three members of the civil rights group were in attendance at the sentencing.
“We want the community protected,” said Donald Witherspoon, NAACP president. “[But] we just don’t believe it warranted that amount of time.”
“We just thought at this particular time the court went overboard,” he added.
Or the man who once owned the record broken by Shorty, Efrain Hidalgo:
Efrain Hidalgo, now 36, was convicted a decade ago by a Blair County jury during a weeklong trial in which many of his former dealers testified against him.
Former Judge Norman D. Callan imposed the longest sentence ever handed down by a Blair County judge on a convicted drug dealer because of the harm caused to the community by the drugs that the Hidalgo gang was distributing.
Since he was sentenced in 2000, Hidalgo has been consistent in his claims that he did not receive a fair trial and that his sentence was unconstitutional.
His most recent claim went before U.S. District Judge Kim Gibson, who dismissed Hidalgo’s request for a new trial.
The convicted drug dealer calls his sentence “unreasonable” and claims that the judge showed “animosity” toward him because he “blamed [Hidalgo] for all the problems in the county.”
He claimed before Gibson that his sentence was “cruel and unusual punishment.”
Hidalgo complains that he won’t be eligible for parole until he is 86 years old, and he concluded that “rather than being a taxpaying, upstanding member of society, [he] will be a burden to other taxpayers for his entire life.”
In case you are interested, Hidalgo lost his appeal, as reported by today’s print Altoona Mirror. I’d link to it, but the article is not online yet…
Ok, you may be saying, “Come on, Foster. Those are kingpins. They deserve what they get.” To which I’d reply something about you not knowing what the Altoona area is like, and how these aren’t drug lords from Mexico border towns, or gang members in the inner city turning neighborhoods into war zones. Their crimes were selling drugs, period. No kidnapping tourists, or killing multiple competitors, or raping narcotics agents, or whatever. But they were selling drugs for profit as a business venture, so I’ll concede half your point. How about Kenneth Piner Sr.? He was an addict who was selling drugs just for his own fix. I’m sure his sentence was more fair….
Kenneth Jon Piner Sr. was sentenced to 36 to 72 years in a state correctional institution after being found guilty in April of 28 drug-related offenses.
Piner was arrested in November 2011 as the West Drug Task Force ended an 18-month investigation called Operation Last Call. Police used confidential informants and phone taps to break up a Baltimore-Altoona drug ring.
The judge also imposed $192,000 in fines on the 52-year-old Piner.
Piner’s cocaine dealing, Milliron said, brought “unfathomable torture” to drug addicts, their families and the community.
“Unfathomable torture”? So that’s why people use cocaine. Interesting. I’m surprised at how light this sentence was. I mean, when he gets out of jail at 88 he’ll still possibly have a year or two to sell more drugs, probably to elementary school students. He is black, after all.
So I know everyone is now expecting this to turn into a rant for either drug legalization, decriminalization, or at least a sane and rational approach to the nations drug issues. Psych!
I will save that for another day. Instead, I want to mention this one other bit of news while you have the preceding information fresh in your mind. For comparison.
Sex offender takes plea
Centre County man pleads no contest to assault of girl, 5
A 39-year-old Centre County man who entered a no contest plea to indecently assaulting a 5-year-old Tyrone girl will be required to register his whereabouts with state police for the rest of his life.
Kevin J. Ross, 39, 1052 W. Fowler Hollow Road, Port Matilda, agreed to the requirement in Blair County court on Monday, where he also pleaded no contest to corruption of minors.
Judge Jolene G. Kopriva handed down the negotiated sentence of three to 23 months in prison, followed by five years probation. Because Ross already served five months in prison before posting bail, he was credited for time served and allowed to remain free.
Blair County. Sell a highly demanded product that is illegal to people who, make no mistake about this, will find a way to get the product whether or not you provide it, sacrifice the rest of your life behind bars.
Sexually abuse a five year old girl? 3 months and change.
Seems fair and just to me.
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3 thoughts on “Blair County, Pennsylvania: Fair and Just Criminal Sentencings”
Wonderful, Rational, and Above All Else, Fair. Our Justice System. | Foster Disbelief says:
[…] county that handed down a totally reasonable 104 1/2 to 216 year prison sentence (not a typo, and not the only insane sentence for drug distribution to come out of Blair County courts) for non-violent drug offenses while […]
Blair County’s Idiotic “Justice” System, Take 217 | Foster Disbelief says:
[…] judges think nothing of piling on sentences that beg to be overturned by a higher court, such as the Carter case, where a non-violent drug dealer was sentenced to 104 to 216 years in prison. I’m sure […]
Let’s Revisit the Blair County Justice System in Honor of Dawn of Justice. | Foster Disbelief says:
[…] Blair county dole out to drug dealers. If not, I’ll wait while you do the required research here and […]
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GOD in my garden
Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia
The Flight of the Bumblebee
Mulberry leaves, Silkworms and Mulberries
A hard nut to crack… macadamias
Avocados – Patience pays off
Intergalactic visitor to our Aussie garden
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Visitors to my garden
My garden is full of delights! It fills the senses with beauty, color and wonder. It helps me to understand beautiful truths about God, the Creator of heaven and earth.
Posted on July 11, 2019 July 13, 2019 by merrylbethelhouse
Healesville Sanctuary, a Zoo in Badger Creek, east of Melbourne, is a lovely place to enjoy Australian wildlife, native animals, reptiles and birds. Sharing just a few photos…
Australian Koala
Kangaroos and Wallabies
Reptiles, Snakes and Lizards
Wild bird exhibit : owl, osprey
Quite a few others not included here: the platypus, dingo, reptiles and birds, nocturnal creatures, emu and more. With a nice Cafe and facilities. A lovely day out.
Posted on July 6, 2019 July 7, 2019 by merrylbethelhouse
The Bumblebee is a special little creature!
As we don’t have Bumblebees in Australia, the photo above is of necessity a Honeybee. I haven’t seen bees around lately tho as it’s winter here in Melbourne. But soon the spring flowers will again attract our faithful little workers in busily pollinating the nectarines, plums, cherries, avocados, macadamia and apples.
Pollinating the plum tree ….
The first time I saw a Bumblebee was in Wales, UK. They were the furriest, fatest, cutest bees I had ever seen!
If you have some time to relax, perhaps you’d enjoy a read of a short story I wrote some years ago …..
Her flight was so fast that time stood still, and hung as it were, suspended in space while the colors of the spectrum merged into white. The scorching heat simmered all around her. She knew the way home, guided by signals from her three miniature eyes or photoreceptors which messaged to her the positioning of light.
Courageously she set her course, willing her every muscle to respond which did so with astonishing speed. The speed of her flight challenged the laws of aerodynamics as her wings flashed astoundingly fast at two hundred times every second. The buzzing sound generated by her flight merged harmonically with the summer hum of the scrubland. She flew with all the strength she possessed, skillfully navigating the rugged terrain covered sporadically with red-flowering bottlebrush, grevillea and tiny bush orchids.
Bombus was making her escape! Every instinct was now alerted to danger and her whole system focused solely on her flight of self-preservation. One thought motivated her return flight,
“To the safety of the colony!”
Resolutely, she flew the shortest route from the pollen source to her hive, a true bee line through the hot, dry scrub. Her thorax muscles vibrated like a taut rubber band as her nervous system sent rapid impulses to the muscles below her wings, driving her two sets of flight wings faster than the human eye could see.
Behind her, the heat haze of the summer noonday blended into the blue-gray mountains in the distance and the occasional yellow box gums towering around her stood at attention, motionless, as she sped in full flight.
She relived her encounter again and again.
“Terrible assassins!” She felt like shouting a warning to every living thing around her.
In awful clarity, her mind supplied the hideous image of the ambushing monster, for covertly hiding deep within the reddish bloom, a deadly red and brownish-black assassin bug had lain camouflaged, awaiting her arrival! The horrifying vision of her would-be assassin loomed even larger now in her imagination and filled her with apprehension.
It was in late spring that Bombus, now a mature trained worker, had been hatched into the busy colony which she called her home. The colony was comprised of more than a hundred bumblebees which included the queen, the workers and the drones. The dance of the worker bees in the hive that morning had clearly informed her of the location of the pollen she was to collect that day. The dance was actually a complex communication system, for as they circled together, the bees’ glands secreted a liquid and their antennae and bodies received the chemical messages held within the vapors. This elicited the required responses in the bumblebees. Thus receiving direction, unerringly, she had flown toward the prized bed of crimson blooms flourishing by a deserted homestead.
“I did not anticipate such a reception“, she thought grimly, as she retraced her flight, fleeing home with nothing at all to contribute to the maintenance of the hive.
Involuntarily, she quivered again at the remembrance of the horror she had found awaiting her. Cold eyes had lain focused upon her and worse, a deadly poisonous beak was raised at the ready to strike! She knew about these killers, they were called assassin bugs. All the pathetic victims of the dreaded assassin bug suffered the most dreadful fate. The assassin bug held its unfortunate captive in its powerful legs and thrust its long piercing beak into the victim’s body. It then injected a poisonous liquid which struck the nerves, liquefying the muscles and tissues of their prey, on occasion many times their size. Thus quickly overcome, the inside tissues of the unfortunate prey turned into a liquid…which the assassin bug then drank through its beak.
Bombus quivered at this ghastly prospect, nevertheless she bravely persevered in flight toward her home. She had often seen the tragic remains these marauderers had left behind after their rampage…nothing but an empty shell of some ill-fated insect, or even a small bird, with literally all the life sucked out through the assassin bug’s deadly beak. She shivered again.
As she made her escape, her short life flashed in vivid snapshots across her mind. Bombus thought of the day she was newly hatched…she was a larvae then, safe and warm in her own little cell of wax. For six days, her nursemaids had taken good care of her, feeding her a delicious soup of pollen and nectar. The remembrance of the sweet honey made her feel even thirstier, since the assassin bug had barred her from drinking any nectar. However, she didn’t linger now to quench her thirst but stoically continued her flight homewards.
The next period of her life was a black screen in her memory. They recounted to her that for twelve more days she had stayed in her little wax cell, not eating at all, while a most amazing thing was happening. From her life as a helpless, wriggling little grub to the day she emerged from her wax cell, she had undergone a complete change.
“Unbelievable“, she thought. Yes, she had changed dramatically from the larvae first hatched in her wax cell. Bombus had been transformed.
Her four beautiful wings of which she was so proud, were of finest gauze but very strong. Her two sets of wings were linked with tiny hooks and moved together in flight. She also had two large ‘compound’ eyes, wonderfully composed of hundreds of smaller eyes. These supplied her with the most wonderful vision. She also had three eyes on the top of her head to enable her to navigate by the position of the sun. Even on a cloudy day, Bombus could navigate using cloud-penetrating ultraviolet light.
Her antennae were a very special addition to her equipment. When she lifted them high, she detected new and exciting fragrances which filled her senses, awakening and exciting her to explore. She used her antennae when foraging among the flowers, not only to identify fragrances, but also to detect the slightest movement.
Bombus sustained her flight homewards without wavering. Her thoughts again reverted to her almost ill-fated visit that day. It was her antennae that had alerted her to the vibrations in the flower caused by the dreaded assassin bug surreptitiously hiding there. She kept her antennae folded back against her body to protect them as she flew. She didn’t breathe through her antennae, but tiny air holes called spiracles which were located along the sides of her thorax and abdomen allowed air in to travel through tiny tubes inside her body.
Bombus felt much safer now that she had flown quite a distance from that awful assassin and as she flew, she continued to think about her life.
“Yes, flight was the most incomparable experience of all!” The thought filled her with excitement.
Bombus’ first flight had been a truly memorable occasion. With unbelievable speed, she had flown that very first flight with a feeling of exhilaration and freedom hard to describe. Her speed was incredibly fast because her wings encountered dynamic stall in every single oscillation cycle. This speed had most likely saved her not only today, but from many predators, not the least of these were the crab spiders. Often called flower spiders, this enemy of bumblebees would lie in ambush waiting for unsuspecting prey and hunt by jumping on their victim. Looking like a crab with their flattened, angular bodies, they hold their first two pairs of legs out to the side. They also cleverly move sideways and backwards and Bombus knew that these venomous crab spiders whose bite, she was told, killed the cells and the tissues, were her bitter enemy, should she ever see one.
Not that she was unarmed for self defense or in defending the colony, for unlike the female honey bee who may die after she stings, Bombus had the weaponry to sting repeatedly, pumping a dose of venom through the barb at the end of her abdomen, and live to see another day. Though maybe of small comfort for the recipient of her sting, it was not as painful as the tormenting sting of the tarantula hawk wasps, bullet ants and velvet ants.
Still, as she flew, leaving the assassin bug far behind, Bombus continued to reflect about the many events of her life within the colony.
Bombus thought now of their queen, honored and respected in the colony and very, very old, at least four summers it was said. Decorated with bold black and yellow stripes alternating strikingly around her big, fuzzy body, the queen was particularly fine indeed. The golden fuzz, which wrapped beautifully around her like a lady’s fox fur, gave her quite a stately appearance. Larger than all her subjects, who were remarkable miniature replicas of their distinguished monarch, she was dutifully attended by all the female workers. Bombus knew that without her, their colony would eventually die out.
So Bombus continued to fly homewards. She was no longer fearful however, having greatly recovered from her shock encounter with the assassin bug, and so she continued to reminisce about life in her colony.
She had been told that some years ago, that at the very beginning of the colony, a young virgin bumblebee matured, who was to eventually become their queen. That first spring, after emerging, she had discovered a deserted rodent hole which lead underground and there the young queen had begun to establish her own colony. Bombus was informed that initially, the queen built hexagonal brood cells which she cleverly built of wax. Here, in these symmetrical polygon cells, she lay unfertilized eggs. Small workers hatched, developed, and were dispatched to visit flowers for nectar and to construct new brood cells. With the warmer weather, larger adults, including male drones, matured in the colony. Bombus knew that the queen mated with the drones and then laid fertilized eggs in the cells. These became the female workers and the emerging virgin females became new young queens which would grow and subsequently leave their hive to establish a new colony of their own, thus repeating the cycle.
Bombus continued her flight home along with her recollections of that summer.
She had heard there were some female bumblebees which looked just like Bombus and her companions, yet were deceptive and dangerous. These females were known as cuckoo bumblebees, who could not, or would not collect their own pollen. They were known to sneak into another colony and heartlessly kill the queen. Then the intruder would brazenly enslave all the workers in the hive and force them to supply her with food as well as all her own young.
“Would this terrible scenario ever happen in her hive?” Bombus wondered apprehensively.
“I am almost home”, she thought with relief, as she located familiar landmarks close to her hive.
Now this particular summer, Bombus was experiencing, and enjoying, her one and only opportunity to live Life. Cognizant that her close shave with the dreaded assassin bug and the great escape from its conniving devices had been a miracle get-away, she valued every precious moment of her short existence. Instinctively, she knew her purpose for being and fulfilled it without question or demand. However, sometimes, ignorance may be bliss and Bombus naively had no understanding at all of the sudden and final termination that the approaching bitter winter held for her.
For the present moment, her one aim was to gain the safety of the colony and at last her flight culminated in a rapid descent into the entrance of the hive. Safe at last! Wearily, slowly now, she climbed the entrance. Here she was among friends. She savored the familiar music of the hive, for her kind make a buzzing sound not so much when in flight, but prior to flight, as they can decouple their flight wings and vibrate the flight muscles to warm themselves, hence making their signature buzzing sound.
It was very cool in the earth, sheltered from the searing heat outside and her system adjusted to the lower temperatures and maintained her body at the right temperature enabling her to work comfortably. Sociable activity within the bumblebee colony now surrounded her and eventually resting in the shelter of the colony, Bombus sank her long thirsty maxilla into a welcome storage of food, savoring the taste of the sweet honey on her tongue. Foraging was thirsty work and there had been no time on this eventful almost disastrous trip to suck the sweet nectar from the flowers she had scheduled to visit.
Refreshed now, and systematically prioritizing her tasks within the colony, Bombus crawled deep inside the hive to the nursery. She, as with all the other adult workers in their colony, had a hormone which regulated the workers’ division of labor tasks in the hive. Surrounding her in the nursery, were many, many wax cells with other workers carefully attending the young of the hive called larvae. These larvae eventually became additional female workers or male drones, both very important to the survival of the colony. Bombus was a good worker and made sure her young charges had the sustenance they required, using the honey from her own body and also bringing bee-bread made of honey and pollen to the nursery cells. Later on, Bombus would return to the work outside the hive, foraging again among the flowers to collect the pollen and sometimes drink of the sweet nectar. With her tongue she was able to reach deep into the throat of the flowers to suck up the nutritious nectar. Once the nectar was inside her stomach it was converted into honey. Bombus and all the other workers used most of this honey to feed the young ones.
Gathering the pollen was one of her favorite jobs… when no assassin bugs were lurking. An expert forager, Bombus provided well for her hive, skillfully gathering a load in three minutes flat, visiting about sixty to ninety flowers. This awesome task sometimes took a less skilled worker up to eighteen minutes to accomplish. Expertly, she would bite and scrape the pollen from the flower with her beak and legs. With her moistened tongue, she then brushed all the pollen that had adhered to her body onto her back legs. Bombus completed the task by combing, pressing and compacting all the precious pollen onto the tibia of her hind legs and into her pollen bag. After storing her precious cargo for the flight home, she secured her load onto her leg pinning it with a single hair. On warm, still days the task was easy, but sometimes, when the wind blew and the flowers waved wildly, she would grip securely with the two sharp claws on each of her feet and just hang on. Yet even if her work had to stop during the gusts, it was a great sensation riding the flowers.
So the summer passed and the colony functioned as if guided by an unseen master designer. With her small perspective on life, Bombus was not cognizant that bumblebees are one of the most important pollinators in the world, both systematic and effective. Being bigger than their cousin the honeybee, and having a longer tongue, bumblebees are wonderfully equipped to do this very important work. Without workers like Bombus, the world‘s crops and vegetation would fail to fruit and reproduce in any abundance.
So Bombus proficiently fulfilled her destiny. All summer she worked, flying many, many kilometers. On occasions she foraged even further from her hive than the normal five kilometers, searching the scrubland up to a distance of thirteen kilometers, although she rarely did so unless absolutely necessary.
However, as the summer drew to a close and the days grew shorter and the sun lost its heat, Bombus somehow instinctively knew that she was nearing the end of her short existence. Already, many of her co-workers had died, but fortunately for their colony‘s survival, the loyal work of the bumblebees throughout the summer had produced many more young virgins.
One day, after the work of foraging and having subsequently returned to the hive to offload her precious cargo, Bombus exited her hive again for the last time. She rested for a moment in the cool sunlight, allowing the breezes to blow around her. She was still an exceptional bumblebee, ingenious and conspicuously striking. Carefully, she preened herself with meticulous attention to detail. Commencing with her wonderful antennae, Bombus dexterously used her front legs to preen them. Having attended carefully to this duty, she stopped for a moment, extending her antennae, listening and sensing. She was not far from the hive and as she listened, a high piping sound, like the sound of a child’s toy trumpet, could be heard coming from the hive.
“Something of great importance is taking place inside the colony,” she whispered to herself . Alerted, she heard the piping again and yet again.
“It’s a battle-cry!”
New emerging virgin queens were announcing their willingness to fight. Bombus knew that virgin bumblebees who have never mated with a drone, will quickly find, challenge and kill by stinging, any other emerged virgin, and even kill the ones still encased in their wax cell. Some of the workers had made a series of supercedure where they had carefully raised replacement virgins who would be suitable to become queen. At least one of these, the victorious one, would take the place of their old queen whose strength to increase the colony by laying many eggs had now diminished.
Bombus bowed her fine dark head. She was glad she would not be joining with the other workers who would ‘ball the queen‘. For as soon as the victorious virgin was accepted as the new queen into the colony, Bombus knew all the workers would gather around the old queen to form a warming ball that would cause her to overheat and kill her.
“Yes“, she thought, “when that big wasp threatened us right inside our own hive, we used that very strategy.”
For together, the bumblebees had bunched around the large predator and overcame it by the heat created by their own bodies.
She sighed.
“I am old. I will leave the responsibilities of the colony to the younger workers.”
The piping sounds from the hive had stopped now.
Casting all these deliberations away from her, Bombus began to prime herself once more for flight .
Decoupling her wings, Bombus vibrated her flight muscles as she had done thousands of times before. Now that the autumn days had grown colder, she more than ever needed this warming procedure to enable her to fly. She relished the feeling of warmth and the buzzing resonance, now so familiar. Though the temperatures were beginning to drop down to five degrees, the bumblebees were incredibly resilient to the cold, wind and rain, being equipped with splendid insulating fur coats. Of these impressive coats, Bombus and all her companions were rightfully proud. Wearing their coats, the valiant co-workers stoically persisted in the work of pollination when other species of bees could no longer exist in the lowering temperatures.
Somewhat tragically, unspoken, yet somehow instinctively understood, this was to be her final flight.
As she launched once more, there were no goodbyes and there was no applause. Navigating with her ultraviolet light detection under the darkening clouds, Bombus had covered some kilometers, when imperceptibly at first, but then alarmingly, the light diminished and the temperature rapidly plummeted toward zero. The stoic little creature, dramatically alerted to impending disaster, turned to retrace her flight. She was aware that the young fertilized females would already be hiding now in the shelter of hollow trees or under loose bark in a dry protected place, preserved there to hibernate until the winter freeze was over.
The temperature continued to plummet but even though sensing her life-threatening predicament, she bravely flew on. The storm broke with terrible ferocity and the cold was more than Bombus could endure. Weakened now, she endeavored to shelter under some bark, but being old and her body colder than even she could tolerate, the small worker knew her time had finally come.
As she began to enter her final sleep, once again she heard the beautiful pulsating music rising and swelling to a crescendo, filling her senses with the wild exhilaration of the flight of the bumblebee.
Author: Merryl Vaughan, 2008
Note to the reader:
The information included in this short story about bumblebees has been carefully researched in Wikapedia and other sources.
This wonderful little insect has inspired my fascination and admiration.
Bumblebees are insects of the genus Bombus* in the family Apidae – hence the name I have chosen for the main character, Bombus, used in this story.
Rimsky-Korsakov composed the music “The Flight Of the Bumblebee”:
A couple of wonderful musical versions of this on the web:
https://youtu.be/cdGwOmijRJ4
Eight grand pianos in concert (video) :
https://youtu.be/xXHd-ZLN
*According to Wikapedia, there are many species of bumblebee:
Bombus hortorum, Bombus ruderatus, Bombus cullumanus, Bombus subterraneous, Bombus distinguendus, Bombus Sylva rum, Bombus territories, Bombus affinis, Bombus appositus, Bombus ashtoni, Bombus binaries, Bombus immaculate, Bombus borealis, Bombus citrinus, Bombus fervid us, Yellow-faced bumblebee, Bombus flatirons, Bombus fraternus .Bombus frigid, Bombus griseocollis , Bombus impatiens, Bombus insularis , Bombus kirbyellus, Bombus lucorum, Bombus lapidaries, Bombus occidentalis, Bombus pascuorum. Bombus pensylvanicus, Bombus perplexus, Bombus polaris, Bombus pratorum, Bombus rufocinctus, Bombus sylvicola, Bombus vagans.
Posted on June 27, 2019 June 28, 2019 by merrylbethelhouse
Our first mulberries….
but let me start at the beginning….
The tree was bought to supply mulberry leaves for my latest acquisition….. one hundred and seventy-eight silkworm eggs!
The new tree was about five feet high and was thought to be adequate for the food supply. Little did we know!
The modest supply of eggs obtained hatched almost one hundred percent. You can see the developing silkworm inside the egg in the macro photo above. Below: young silkworms and the next photo is a macro.
However, extremely enthusiastic munching of the tasty mulberry leaves and the resulting very rapid growth of the grubs demanded I search for mulberry leaves farther afield.
It wasn’t long before our car boot was full of juicy mulberry leaves offered by a kind donor in the country. And so the munching continued…
Fatter…. and fatter they grew. The boxes were increased until the living area was filled with many more boxes of fat silkworms!
After they could eat no more, the silkworms started wandering around looking for a suitable place to spin.
Once the silkworm found just the right place the task began.
Spinning so cleverly with glistening silk thread the silkworm completely housed itself in a beautiful cocoon, where an amazing miracle of change took place!
Eventually a beautiful moth emerged from the cocoon! With much fluttering the males each found a female who subsequently laid many eggs.
… and the Cycle starts all over again!
The silkworm is a wonderful creature! It’s amazing Life Cycle is a series of miracles. It is an absorbing and fascinating experience to observe this amazing journey in detail.
I have shared several photos here, but if you would like to, you may visit my blog, Amazing Silkworms which is detailed with many more photographs and information not shared fully here.
Amazing Silkworms:
http://amazingsilkworms.blogspot.com/
We observe, we wonder…. but human beings cannot create these miracles.
As a person of faith in The Creator God, the things I observe around me in nature, the things that the Holy Bible declares that God has made, direct my gaze to Almighty God in awe, humility and praise.
Footnote: I discovered a very interesting blog about mulberry farming in Hanoi. My handful of mulberries has paled to insignificance! However, as space in my garden is at a premium, I am attempting to “bonsai” our mulberry tree in a large crate.
https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/92270376/posts/32576
Planted a grafted Macadamia Nut tree quite some years ago, maybe ten years or so. About four years ago it started flowering, just a few flowers, but no nuts formed that I could find.
Last year, I picked a small green fruit up from the ground. It looked like a small green orange about 1” diameter.
To my astonishment it was our first macadamia nut! The green skin split open to reveal a brown casing and inside, hopefully, the delectable macadamia nut!
After five minutes of my attempt at hammering “my” nut, the man of the house swung the hammer and the result, well, it tasted good, even if in pieces!
As usual, ever hopeful for a fruitful crop next season.
There are four species of Macadamia, two of which are used for production of Macadamia nuts in Australia (Macadamia tetraphylla and M. integrifolia.
The macadamia nut tree is native to Australia. It is Australia’s only native food tree export.
Following is a brief history of the Macadamia Nut Tree in Australia, (Ref. Wikipedia.org and Macadamias Australia):
Allan Cunningham, a British Botanist and explorer was the first European to encounter the macadamia plant.
German-Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller gave the genus the scientific name Macadamia– named after von Mueller’s friend Dr. John Macadam, a noted scientist and secretary of the Philosophical Institute of Australia.
Walter Hill, superintendent of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens (Australia), observed a boy eating the kernel without ill effect, becoming the first nonindigenous person recorded to eat macadamia nuts.
King Jacky, aboriginal elder of the Logan River clan, south of Brisbane, Queensland, was the first known macadamia entrepreneur, as his tribe and he regularly collected and traded the macadamias with settlers.
Tom Petrie plant macadamias at Yebri Creek (near Petrie) from nuts obtained from Aboriginals at Buderim.
William H. Purvis introduced macadamia nuts to Hawaii as a windbreak for sugar cane.
The first commercial orchard of macadamias was planted at Rous Mill, 12 km from Lismore, New South Wales, by Charles Staff.
Joseph Maiden, Australian botanist, wrote, “It is well worth extensive cultivation, for the nuts are always eagerly bought.”
The Hawaiian Agricultural Experiment Station encouraged planting of macadamias on Hawaii’s Kona District, as a crop to supplement coffee production in the region.
Tom Petriebegins trial macadamia plantations in Maryborough, Queensland, combining macadamias with pecans to shelter the trees.
Ernest Van Tassel formed the Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Co in Hawaii.
Tassel leased 75 acres (30 ha) on Round Top in Honolulu and began Nutridge, Hawaii’s first macadamia seed farm.
Tassel established a macadamia-processing factory on Puhukaina Street in Kakaako, Hawaii, selling the nuts as Van’s Macadamia Nuts.
Winston Jones and J. H. Beaumont of the University of Hawaii’sAgricultural Experiment Station reported the first successful grafting of macadamias, paving the way for mass production.
Steve Angus, Murwillumbah, Australia, formed Macadamia Nuts Pty Ltd, doing small-scale nut processing.
A large plantation was established in Hawaii.
Castle & Cooke added a new brand of macadamia nuts called “Royal Hawaiian”, which was credited with popularizing the nuts in the U.S.
Australia surpassed the United States as the major producer of macadamias.
The Australian company, Macadamias Australia introduced Macadamias – further diversifying the Steinhardt brand and today maintains over 130,000 trees and produces 2000 tonnes of macadamias, which are distributed both in Australia and throughout the world. Macadamias Australia is one of Australia’s largest single variety plantations.
May 2019, the harvest has just begun in one of Australia’s key growing areas, Bundaberg, and the national forecast is looking good.
This year’s crop was expected to produce 53,500 tonnes in-shell, topping the record-setting 2018 harvest. (Ref. ABC News)
Mmmmm…. the avocado has been cut! Delicious! Had to wait seventeen years for this! Unsure of the variety, but it may be a Reed Avocado. The fruit is quite rounded as shown in photo.
I planted the seed nineteen years ago and waited…. patiently. After about twelve years it started to flower but no fruit until two years ago. Six beautiful avocados!
Trying to keep the water up plus fertiliser, but a large Gumtree nearby doesn’t help I’m sure, as the roots reach far and wide and leave the ground dry and devoid of goodness. So lots of fertiliser, mulch and water and a bit more patience.
The avocado tree is quite large, about 4 to 5 metres high and still growing. I’ve left it unpruned at this stage as it is an excellent screen tree and blocks the hot western sun.
So looking forward to next spring and hopeful the next season’s blossom will result in lovely avocados.
Many Bible verses encourage Believers to develop and exercise patience in our Christian walk:
“Be assured and understand that the trial and proving of your faith bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience.” James 1:3 AMPChttps://www.bible.com/8/jas.1.3.ampc
“But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.” Romans 8:25 GNB https://www.bible.com/296/rom.8.25.
Astounding!
Didn’t know where he came from.
We only knew that his flight on beautiful wings had brought him into the safe haven of our leafy green deck. His final flight.
Who was he? Where had he come from?
There was something special, something fascinating, and a sort of sadness, in his wizened expression.
I felt strangely drawn toward our “Intergalactic visitor”….I wanted to know more about him.
Sadly I reminisced, now I guess I will never know.
But…. so glad he came.
The above portrait photos of this wonderful Dragonfly and photos below were taken with an App on my phone, using magnification and camera. (Photos Copyright: Merryl Vaughan)
Our visitor “from Space” now has me intrigued and has started me on a journey to learn more, some of which is shared here.
Dr Dan Bickel, an entomologist with the Australian Museum, says that the dragonflies’ powerful eyes and impressive flying abilities are chief among their abilities.
“They can fly further, higher and faster than most insects, sometimes at speeds of up to 70km per hour.”
Dragonflies are able to propel themselves upwards and downwards, backwards and forwards, side to side and hover in midair.
And many of these flying abilities are thanks to the insect’s distinctive wings.
The dragonfly has two sets of wings — one behind the other — that can be used in tandem or independently.
Running through each wing is a network of veins that adds strength and flexibility. This allows the dragonfly to curve and cut through the air.
It’s a very dynamic sort of system — it’s very lightweight, flexible and strong.
This vein structure is held together by a very thin, shiny film made from chitin (pronounced kite-en); a starch variation that makes up the exoskeletons of most insects.”
Dr Ken Walker, Senior Curator of Entomology and Arachnology at Museum Victoria says chitin in its natural form is translucent and it’s the “extreme thinness” of dragonfly wings that make them appear glassy.
Also, not all dragonfly wings appear glassy. With some 6,000 species worldwide — 320 of which are found in Australia — there is a great variety to how their wings look.
Some are transparent while others are brightly coloured, reddish, brown or even metallic. Those which lack pigment look more pure and glassy.”
The following is quoted from “Backyard Buddies”, an education initiative of the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife (Australia): “Dragonflies have another secret, making them one of the best predators in your backyard. They have mastered the art of camouflaging themselves while flying.
The dragonfly manages motion camouflage by adjusting its position to always occupy the same spot in its prey’s retina – so they can track other insects with incredibly intricate manoeuvring that makes them appear motionless to their target. They achieve this by using a system even more sophisticated than the radar-avoiding technology of aircraft.
Dragonflies can catch their prey in mid flight by forming a basket with their spiny front and middle legs.”
An amazing creature!
Nature speaks to us in so many ways. yet most distinctly it speaks of a Creator, The Creator, God Almighty, who made heaven and earth and all things in it. Jesus said that God clothes the lilies of the field and that He feeds the birds.
This is beautifully expressed in Psalm 104.
“BLESS (AFFECTIONATELY, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great! You are clothed with honor and majesty–
Who lays the beams of the upper room of His abode in the waters [above the firmament], Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, Who makes winds His messengers, flames of fire His ministers. [Heb. 1:7.]
You laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. [Job 38:4, 6.] You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. [Gen. 1:2; II Pet. 3:5.] At Your rebuke they fled; at the voice of Your thunder they hastened away. The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which You appointed for them.
You have set a boundary [for the waters] which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to deluge the earth.
He sends forth springs into the valleys; their waters run among the mountains. They give drink to every [wild] beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst there.
Beside them the birds of the heavens have their nests; they sing among the branches. [Matt. 13:32.]
He waters the mountains from His upper rooms; the earth is satisfied and abounds with the fruit of His works.
He causes vegetation to grow for the cattle, and all that the earth produces for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth– And wine that gladdens the heart of man, to make his face shine more than oil, and bread to support, refresh, and strengthen man’s heart.
The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly and are filled with sap, the cedars of Lebanon which He has planted, Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies and badgers.
[The Lord] appointed the moon for the seasons; the sun knows [the exact time of] its setting. You [O Lord] make darkness and it becomes night, in which creeps forth every wild beast of the forest.
The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God. When the sun arises, they withdraw themselves and lie down in their dens.
Man goes forth to his work and remains at his task until evening.
O Lord, how many and varied are Your works! In wisdom have You made them all; the earth is full of Your riches and Your creatures.”
Psalm 104:1, 3-24 AMPC
Posted on June 11, 2019 July 6, 2019 by merrylbethelhouse
Spring, blue skies and magnolia buds. One of the first trees to burst into beauty, the Star Magnolia, or Magnolia Stellata Rosea is delicately beautiful.
At the end of the summer, as the seed pods develop and eventually begin to open, revealing juicy red berries, the call of the Currawong starts to be heard.
They love, love, love (!) the red berries of the Magnolia tree!
Sharp eyed, they compete for these tasty treats with amazing agility. Their call is quite musical and beautiful. It feels that it ‘belongs’ among the Australian landscape. A link on YouTube is the closest to the sound of the Currawongs in our area, Victoria, Australia, every summer.
Summer over, the Magnolia is still beautiful in its Autumn display…
Posted on June 9, 2019 June 10, 2019 by merrylbethelhouse
This plant is causing me some duress in my garden, though it is with some sadness that it is removed. Not because of the plant itself, but because of its name.
As I work, there’s plenty of time to think about the history of the Jewish people and of the warnings recorded in the Bible that were given to Israel and Judah in the Old Testament and of the resultant defeat and dispersion of the Jewish people to distant lands.
God patiently pleaded with and warned His people to return to Him, but they didn’t listen to His pleadings….“and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.” Joel 2:13
Yet, even when the Israelites were captive in a foreign land, God still called them to Himself:
“For if ye turn again unto Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.”
2 Chronicles 30:9 ASV
https://www.bible.com/12/2ch.30.9.asv
Today, God still patiently calls His people to Himself with mercy, love and grace.
“Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God: but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin: for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end: while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.”
Hebrews 3:12-15 ASV
https://www.bible.com/12/heb.3.12-15.asv
And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Jehovah your God, and there is none else; and my people shall never be put to shame. And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:”
Joel 2:13, 27-28 ASV
https://www.bible.com/12/jol.2.13,27-28.asv
Tradescantia or Spiderwort is known by the common name Wandering Jew.
Here is a brief overview of the three species of this perennial plant:
Tradescantia fluminensis
In Australia, this plant is listed in some States as an Invasive Species, and as I understand it, though not prohibited, it’s necessary to take reasonable steps to minimise any risks associated with it.
It is also toxic to dogs. When we had a small Westie, we had to be vigilant to remove this plant as it can cause irritation to the dog’s skin.
This species is native to South America. T. fluminensis leaves are ovate to oblong- with leaves that are dark green. The flowers are white. There is also the Tradescantia fluminensis ‘Variegata’.
Tradescantia zebrine
This species is native to Mexico and gets its name from its zebra-like leaves. T. zebrina leaves are paired, creamy white in the middle of each half, and silvery green on the edges. Its flowers are light purple.
Tradescantia pallida (Purple Heart)
This Spiderwort species is also native to Mexico and is arguably the most popular of the three. Its flowers are light purple.
God is His great love for His People, desires that we have a “place” where we belong and where we are loved.
Jesus said: “In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
John 14:2-3 ASV
https://www.bible.com/12/jhn.14.2-3.asv
Posted on June 6, 2019 June 6, 2019 by merrylbethelhouse
The morning sky took my breath away! Just a regular suburban street, but for now it blazed with color and light.
Glancing down to navigate the steps, the concrete greyness lay in stark contrast.
Life is like that sometimes. The destination of my gaze affects my senses, emotions and mind, either in positive exhilaration or dismal negativity.
Faith directs the gaze up to God, to His positive promises, to His glory and beauty. Doubt and unbelief bring a greyness to the soul like the cold grey concrete.
At times the journey requires and sometimes demands a glance at the greyness confronting me, but a renewed and determined upward gaze fixed on the goodness of God restores His light to my eyes and is a lamp to my pathway.
“looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:2 ASV
https://www.bible.com/12/heb.12.2.asv
In the early morning sunlight, it glistened. A jaw-dropping feat of overnight engineering confronted me across our driveway. The eight-legged engineer was nowhere to be found but his astounding creation stretched three to four metres wide right across our driveway. It was anchored in a huge triangle from the ground to trees on either side up to 3 metres high!
How did the spider do this? The work was absolutely astounding! Surely, he must have laboured ceaselessly all night. One small insect had fallen prey in the trap but still the clever spinner was absent. I marvelled at his creation. I wondered “who” he was….
God’s Word speaks of His wonders that He has created. It says everything He has made is good. Surely He is worthy of all praise!
“I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well.”
Psalm 139:14 AMPC
https://www.bible.com/8/psa.139.14.ampc
The following is the record in God’s Word of His creative power:
“IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth. [Heb. 11:3.] The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness. [II Cor. 4:6.] And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. And God said, Let there be a firmament [the expanse of the sky] in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters [below] from the waters [above]. And God made the firmament [the expanse] and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so. And God called the firmament Heavens. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be collected into one place [of standing], and let the dry land appear. And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the accumulated waters He called Seas. And God saw that this was good (fitting, admirable) and He approved it. And God said, Let the earth put forth [tender] vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees yielding fruit whose seed is in itself, each according to its kind, upon the earth. And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed according to their own kinds and trees bearing fruit in which was their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good (suitable, admirable) and He approved it. And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs and tokens [of God’s provident care], and [to mark] seasons, days, and years, [Gen. 8:22.] And let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light upon the earth. And it was so. And God made the two great lights–the greater light (the sun) to rule the day and the lesser light (the moon) to rule the night. He also made the stars. And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth, To rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good (fitting, pleasant) and He approved it. And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly and swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth in the open expanse of the heavens. God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good (suitable, admirable) and He approved it. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the fowl multiply in the earth. And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creeping things, and [wild] beasts of the earth according to their kinds. And it was so. And God made the [wild] beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and domestic animals according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good (fitting, pleasant) and He approved it. God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth. [Ps. 104:30; Heb. 1:2; 11:3.] So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them. [Col. 3:9, 10; James 3:8, 9.] And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth. And God said, See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the land and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to all the animals on the earth and to every bird of the air and to everything that creeps on the ground–to everything in which there is the breath of life–I have given every green plant for food. And it was so. And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.”
Genesis 1:1-31 AMPC
https://www.bible.com/8/gen.1.1-31.ampc
Do we wonder Who this Creator is? His works speak to us. Even by a Spider and his Web.
Posted on June 3, 2019 July 6, 2019 by merrylbethelhouse
We called it our “Taffy” Rose, chosen for it’s apricot shades in remembrance of our beloved cat “Taffy”, of nineteen years.
Memorials comfort and remind. We are so prone to forget.
Paul the apostle shared with the believers in Corinth:
“For I received from the Lord Himself that which I passed on to you [it was given to me personally], that the Lord Jesus on the night when He was treacherously delivered up and while His betrayal was in progress took bread,
And when He had given thanks, He broke [it] and said, Take, eat. This is My body, which is broken for you. Do this to call Me [affectionately] to remembrance.
Similarly when supper was ended, He took the cup also, saying, This cup is the new covenant [ratified and established] in My blood. Do this, as often as you drink [it], to call Me [affectionately] to remembrance.
For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are representing and signifying and proclaiming the fact of the Lord’s death until He comes [again].”
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 AMPC
https://www.bible.com/8/1co.11.23-26.ampc
Delighted by yet another exquisite creation by my heavenly Father! This beautiful flower is a Bromeliad.
“All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made.” John 1:3
“It was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him.”
Colossians 1:16 AMPC
https://www.bible.com/8/col.1.16.ampc
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Men of America
Bank robbers and killers cause mayhem in a small western town.
Genre : Crime, Drama, Western
Actors : Alphonse Ethier, Charles 'Chic' Sale, Dorothy Wilson, Eugene Strong, Frank Mills, Fred Lindstrand, Gene Layman, Henry Armetta, Ralph Ince, Theresa Maxwell Conover, William Boyd
Director : Ralph Ince, William Boyd
Lion of the Desert
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.
Country: Libya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, United States of America, USA
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Dead in 5 Heartbeats
Adapted from the successful novel, Dead in 5 Heartbeats, by Ralph “Sonny” Barger with Keith and Kent Zimmerman. The story follows the Infidelz MC’s former President, Patch Kinkade, who has left his personal demons behind for the calm of desert life. When war erupts between his brothers he left behind and the rival Hooligans, Patch rides back into town to either make peace or do battle.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Deep in Louisiana’s swampland, a woman wakes from a fever dream where it has been August for 16 years.
As single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after finding inspiration in the coming-of-age stories she’s reading for school.
Natsu no owari
The story, set in the heady post-war 50s into the early 60s , revolves around a love triangle between Tomoko, long playing the mistress to married older writer Shitto (Kaoru Kobayashi) and the new stud who comes into her life, Ryota Kinoshita (Gou Ayano). Tomoko (Hikari Mitsushima) is sick and tired of her relationship with writer Shingo, who is married and has children. Shingo is a talented writer, but has yet to be recognized by the public. Tomoko then enters into a sexual relationship with younger man Ryota Kinoshita, but Tomoko is not satisfied.
180° South
The film follows adventurer Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia.
Genre: Documentary, Drama, Sport
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman’s experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Country: France, Germany, Poland, UK, United Kingdom, USA
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
The Babysitters
Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works for, confesses he’s unhappy with married life. Shirley has a crush on Michael, and seizes this moment to kiss him. Michael is so happy he presents Shirley with a big tip, which gives her an idea. Shirley plans to make extra money by setting up her teenage friends with other unhappy fathers.
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and vicious streak.
When Jenn’s old pal Sandra becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, it’ll be up to her to discover who done it before time runs out.
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Respected opinion, expert judgement
Private Damages
with Jonathan Clark and Thomas Paul
Slaughter and May , Hengeler Mueller (Frankfurt)
"As cartel damage claims continue to arrive before the courts in large numbers, methods of collective redress remains a topic that attracts significant attention – but also a good deal of controversy and concerns about potentially abusive litigation..."
Parental Liability in Cartel Infringements
with Geert Goeteyn and John F Cove
Shearman & Sterling (Brussels) , Shearman & Sterling (San Francisco)
"Vigorous cartel enforcement remains the focus of both the US and EU antitrust authorities..."
with Patrick Gay and Sarah Benbow
Herbert Smith Freehills Australia
"The priorities of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) are reflected in its Compliance and Enforcement Policy and Priorities, which is published annually..."
with Paola Pugliese and Milena Fernandes Mundim
Demarest Advogados (São Paulo)
"Following the trend of previous years, cartel investigations are certainly still the top priority of the Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE), the Brazil competition authority..."
with Fay Zhou and Xi Liao
Linklaters (Beijing)
"By way of background, cartel enforcement under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) has been shared with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) since the AML came into force in 2008..."
with Hans-Jörg Niemeyer, Hannah Ehlers and Anna Lyle-Smythe
Hengeler Mueller (Brussels) , Slaughter and May (Brussels)
"As regards cartel decisions the Commission has more or less maintained its level of activity and decided seven cases against 31 undertakings in 2017..."
with Thorsten Mäger and Florian von Schreitter
Hengeler Mueller (Düsseldorf)
" In the past year, the Federal Cartel Office (FCO) again dealt with cases in a broad range of sectors, including industrial batteries, harbour towage services, automotive parts and sanitary wholesale..."
with Natalie Yeung
Slaughter and May (Hong Kong)
"The past year marked a turning point in the enforcement of competition law in Hong Kong. In 2017, the Competition Commission (the Commission) commenced proceedings before the Competition Tribunal (the Tribunal) in two cartel cases..."
with Yogi Sudrajat Marsono, Vovo Iswanto and Farid Nasution
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners (Jakarta)
" Despite several issues related to the selection of its new commissioners, the Indonesian competition commission (KPPU) has been maintaining its persistence in enforcing Law No. 5 of 1999 regarding the Prohibition of Monopoly and Unfair Business Practices (the Indonesian Competition Law (ICL)), which is the primary law regulating business competition in Indonesia..."
with Richard Ryan, Florence Loric and Patrick Horan
Arthur Cox (Dublin)
"We continue to see the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) being very active on the investigation and enforcement front – this has been the case since the Competition Authority and Consumer Agency were amalgamated in October 2014..."
with Lucio D'Amario, Matteo Farneti, Alice Galbusera and Giorgio Valoti
Linklaters Studio Legale Associato in association with Linklaters LLP
"In line with recent years, the activities of the Italian antitrust authority (the authority) have been characterised by a renewed vigour, particularly with reference to cartels and, in general, anticompetitive agreements..."
with Shigeyoshi Ezaki and Vassili Moussis
Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune
"In recent times, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has turned its attention to enforcement against international cartels, imposing very high surcharge payments on the contravening companies..."
with Antonio Cárdenas Arriola
White & Case (Mexico City)
"In general, collusion aiming to fix prices, segment markets, restrict supply and boycott competitors, among others, is pursued..."
with Ruben Elkerbout, Linde Bremmer and Mattijs Baneke
"Over the past few years, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (the ACM) has developed a focus on sectors..."
with Pieter Steyn
Werksmans Attorneys
"Collusive bidding and price fixing are the key cartel offences being prosecuted, followed by market division cases. In 2013, the South African Competition Commission settled with 15 construction companies for collusive tendering with agreed penalties of about US$140 million being paid..."
with Rafael Baena and Javier Torrecilla
Ashurst (Madrid)
" In 2017, the competition authorities in Spain focused mainly on horizontal cases and infringements by object, and gave special attention to cases on information exchange and cartels in public tenders (bid-rigging practices)..."
with Patrick L. Krauskopf and Blaise Carron
Agon Partners (Zurich)
"The Competition Authority (COMCO) is putting a lot of resources into vertical restraints..."
with Gönenç Gürkaynak and Oznur Inanılır
ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
"The Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) places equal emphasis on all areas of enforcement..."
with Lisa Wright
Slaughter and May (London)
"It is hard to say that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) (the UK’s primary competition authority) is focusing on any industry in particular – over the past year, it has opened investigations into a range of sectors including construction, financial services, pharmaceuticals and transport..."
with Adam C Hemlock
Weil Gotshal & Manges (New York)
"The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division (DOJ) focuses its criminal enforcement efforts on so-called ‘hardcore’ cartels involving price fixing, bid-rigging and market allocation..."
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Articles under Spoiler Watch, Major character, GB:TVG Characters,
Ghostbusters: TVG Characters
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"Hold your fire til we see a moment of weakness"
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Egon Spengler, Ph.D.
Scientist, Ghostbuster
88MPH Studios
Ghost Busted (manga)
Ghostbusters: The Board Game
Ghostbusters: Deviations
Ghostbusters: Funko Universe
"I collect spores, molds, and fungus."
- Egon Spengler; Ghostbusters
Dr. Egon Spengler, Ph.D. is a former professor of paranormal studies at the Columbia University. Upon his termination, Egon founded Ghostbusters, Inc. along with Doctors Ray Stantz and Peter Venkman. He is considered the brain behind the Ghostbusters and has designed and built nearly all of their equipment, including the Proton Pack and the Storage facility. Typically, Ray is the only other member of the Ghostbusters who has no trouble understanding Egon's technical jargon.
Egon is hard-working and constantly focused on the paranormal activity of New York. His life revolves around scientific study, in general as well as on ghosts. In his spare time, he collects spores, molds, and fungus. He doesn't articulate his emotions well and has described himself as "always serious." His childhood may have not been a very happy one, as is suggested his parents were emotionally neglectful; Egon once shared with Ray that they "did not believe in toys"; he described Oscar's playroom as "very cheerful" in a tone that suggested he was aware he missed out on something nice. His parents gave him part of a Slinky once, and he straightened it. Once, during the Vigo incident, Egon flatly informed Mayor Lenny's porter that the Proton Pack was not a toy. Despite Janine Melnitz' hints that she was attracted to him, he seemed to ignore her romantic advances, kept quiet, and their relationship remained platonic. However, even though Egon admitted when he was terrified at the sight of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, he stayed with the others, showing bravery and a cool head even in the face of doom. It was his idea to cross the streams, which ultimately saved the world. Egon also has a dead-pan sense of humor and has been known to be sly, such as after the Ghostbusters' first case, he discretely holds up his fingers to show Peter the amount the Sedgewick Hotel will be billed.
Egon has a very dry sense of humor, once jokingly stating that most women would be "more interested in his epididymis," rather than his intellect. He is not immune to anger, as under duress he has been shown to swear twice during the Gozer incident. He even lunged at Walter Peck in anger when Peck ordered them arrested for the disruption regarding the shutdown of the containment grid, despite the fact Peck himself was entirely responsible, and ignored Egon's repeated explanation of why it would be so dangerous to do so. After the Ghostbusters narrowly escaped from Shandor Island, Ray began enthusiastically asking how it was and if they seen anything cool, Egon simply told him to "Shut up."
Egon does, on occasion, smirk and give a wisecrack; such as during their encounter with the Opera Diva ghost during the Shandor incident Egon says "The fat lady's singing!" And while exploring Central Park's Cult Cemetery, Peter says "This isn't the Central Park I'm used to." to which Egon replies, "You still have your wallet?" Generally though, Egon remains largely pragmatic with a straight-to-the-point demeanor.
Egon puts few restraints on the scope of his paranormal research. This is evident shortly after Dana Barrett's First Avenue incident, as he conducts experiments in his lab in which he deliberately incites couples to argue. When Egon and Ray discover the Psychomagnotheric Slime, aka "mood slime", he and Ray perform various tests themselves, including shouting verbal abuse at it, singing to it, saying sweet, nurturing things to it, and Egon even sleeps with it to learn its' response. His efforts, and arguably sacrificing a personal life, pay off, as it his theories and decisions from clear-thinking, that ultimately save his friends multiple times.
Egon was very interested in paranormal phenomenon, even while working with Ray Stantz and Peter Venkman at the University. He and Ray Stantz studied paranormal literature in their spare time and were interested in theories of reincarnation.
Egon was usually the first to interview case subjects, adding to their mantra, "we're ready to believe you." Examples were Dana Barrett from her Zuul encounter and her carriage phenomenon with Oscar. Even people Peter called "schizo" always went to either Egon or Ray to describe their paranormal experiences, no matter how far-fetched their stories were. For his part, Venkman once took back everything negative he said about him, rewarding the fellow scientist with his favourite candy bar (a Crunch bar). Egon's only weakness is evidently sugar (or at least snacks), as he is seen, on occasion, snacking.
Egon developed the technology behind the P.K.E. Meter, the Proton Pack, the Trap, and the storage facility. He was also aware of the risk of crossing the streams. He spent a lot of time focusing on the stability of the storage facility, and was concerned about the possibilities of a P.K.E. surge of dangerous proportions. Egon was particularly critical of Walter Peck's actions, and his attitude that the Ghostbusters were responsible for the explosion of the containment unit that occurred when Peck ordered a municipal worker to shut the unit down. After their encounter with Stay Puft, Egon suggested an atypical solution when he recommended blasting Gozer's dimensional portal while crossing the proton streams to reverse the particle flow and send Gozer back to his/its' dimension.
Egon once tried to drill a hole in his own head, (A process known as trepanation.) which "would have worked" if Venkman hadn't stopped him.
Egon as seen in Ghostbusters II
Due to the large amount of collateral damage the city of New York suffered from the battle with Gozer, the Ghostbusters were sued by nearly every county and city agency in New York. Additionally a judicial restraining order was enacted which barred the Ghostbusters from performing services as paranormal investigators and eliminators, effectively putting them out of business. Five years after the events of the first film Egon was working at the Institute for Advanced Theoretical Research and was conducting experiments on human emotions. A negative test involved keeping a couple with marriage problems locked in a room for hours and gradually raising the temperature. A positive test involved a girl in a room with dozens of stuffed animals and a puppy. He was the first person Dana Barrett contacted when her baby carriage took off by itself. Egon recommended bringing in Ray, and they both performed a physical exam on Dana's son Oscar. Egon, along with Peter and Ray were later arrested after digging a large hole under 1st avenue as part of their paranormal investigations to help Dana. During the course of their trial they were found guilty of willful destruction of public property, fraud, violating their judicial restraining order, and malicious mischief by judge Stephen Wexler (whom Egon said was known as "The Hammer"). While angrily insulting the trio judge Wexler inadvertently released the ghosts of the Scoleri Brothers; two murderers he sentenced to death by the electric chair. During the chaos judge Wexler dismisses the charges against the Ghostbusters, and rescinds the judicial restraining order allowing Egon, Ray, and Peter to capture the ghosts, effectively putting the Ghostbusters back in business. Egon had a dry sense of humor, of which he used on Peter to bewilder him, and smirked at his friend's cluelessness on what the word "epididymis" was. Egon primarily worked with Ray, both of whom were still living at the Firehouse, conducting research on the pink slime. Still very scientifically minded, Egon seems to have loosened up a little bit, letting his sense of humor show and even giving Dana a smile and Peter (who was carried away with photographing Vigo's portrait), a knowing smile.
Dr. Egon Spengler as seen in Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Egon becomes significantly more 'hands-on' during the course of the video game. He and Ray instruct the Rookie in the use of the Proton Pack and its eventual PCS (Paranormal Countermeasure System) upgrades. Over the course of the game, it becomes evident that he was somewhat traumatized by their exhausting trek up the stairs of 55 Central Park West. While in the alternate dimension of the library, Egon is heard to groan, "Oh no," and when Ray asks if he saw something scary, Egon replies, "Stairs, lots of stairs.."
Egon still collects spores, molds, and fungus. When the Ghostbusters return to the Sedgewick Hotel, Ray reveals Egon was once a licensed coroner in the past.[1] He still has a minor interest in it as a hobby.[2]
Secondary Canon History
IDW Comic Series
Roughly in the 1970s, Egon witnessed a car accident involving his friend Eugene Visitor. Eugene was hit by a car but vanished without a trace. It was one of several events that got Egon interested in supernatural phenomena. In reality, Eugene somehow captured Death in his bag and teleported to 20 years in the future. During his undergraduate years in college, studying abroad, Egon learned the Swedish language while he was researching Gjenganger and studying Draugr in Sweden.[3][4] While studying abroad, Egon became interested in the Rauoskinna. He invented the P.K.E. Meter to aid him in his search for the book. He managed to collect some strong related readings in northern Europe but ultimately decided it would be better to leave well enough alone and suspended his search. He never closed his investigation and it became something of a cold case.[5][6][7] Recognizing their interests and thinking a connection would be good, Peter introduced Ray and Egon to each other in college, which sparked a wealth of research.[8] Egon attained several degrees in various scientific disciplines, a PhD in Parapsychology and a PhD in Microbiology (with a specialization in mycology), as well as being self-taught in electronics, mechanics, mathematics, and fluent in three and a half languages.[9][10]
When the Ghostbusters were banished by Koza'Rai, only Egon suffered from the effects of chronological displacement. It had an adverse effect on his personality manifesting as a form of cognitive dissonance. He also began to speak in third person. Egon adopted the tyrannical guise of the Great Defender and protected the Outer Colony of Mars from Exploding Manifestations. He automated the colony's defenses and initiated a police state. After Ray knocked him out twice, Egon came back to his senses in the present. Egon quickly deduced Koza'Rai's plans to turn Earth into a Netherworld and told the team Rachel Unglighter was not a student of his. While Egon, Ray, and Winston distracted Koza'Rai and his army, Peter and Rachel toppled the nearly reassembled Stonehenge and pulled all non-living beings back to the Netherworld.
Egon continued to create new additions to the team's arsenal, including Ectoplasmic Glasses and Arm Mounted Proton Packs. After saving some Necrotic Slime, Egon was able to quickly rig a "zombie radar" to track Zombies, controlled by Britt. During the Infestation, he was mainly concerned with safely neutralizing the caustic properties of the slime which was achieved with the team's other problem, Poltergeists.
After Ray had a weird dream, Egon analyzed him with the Aura Video-Analyzer and discovered his brain was not quite in sync. To compound matters, Ray's alpha waves were behaving like a seismograph during an earthquake. Egon concluded the dream was a precognitive episode and wished to examine Ray's brain, at Ray's suggestion, with an MRI. According to his calculations, Egon predicted the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man would return by the weekend. While going over data from his instruments and researching what could be possessing Jim Silver, Egon discovered a new entry forming out of thin air in Spates Catalog. However, the Gozerian Terror Bear returned. During the bust, Egon donned the Boson Pack and easily destabilized it with a few Boson Darts.
After the Idulnas incident, Egon wrote a computer program that calculated an almost random pattern of words that positively stimulated the brain. He ran a sample in Newer York Magazine. A month later, Peter observed the effect in action. A young woman ran up to Egon in public and asked him to sign her chest. Egon planned on publishing a paper on the reactions once he sorted through all the data.
After the Schenectady case, the ambient P.K.E. was still a lot higher than it should be. To compensate for the lasting increase, Egon modified the power of the Proton Streams but the Ghostbusters continued to have a more difficult time on standard cases. Egon concluded the spike was not related to Gozer's recent manifestation nor Idulnas' presence, it was something more potent. For a period of three days, Egon adopted a Polyphasic sleeping schedule and tried to figure out what the problem was. Once research reached an effective standstill, Egon went to Delgado's Gym and ran six miles. After running into Janine and meeting her boyfriend, Roger Baugh, Egon returned to the spot where he thought he saw Eugene Visitor and took scans. 20 minutes later, he got a ping. Egon took Ecto-1a to Belleville in New Jersey and discovered Eugene alive and well in the home of his father, Mr. Visitor. Egon tried to explain to Eugene that he was endangering the natural order of things and the physical plane by keeping Death in his bag. Eugene countered he deserved as second chance and refused to release Death until Egon returned with concrete proof about his claims.
While continuing research into the augmentation of ambient P.K.E., Egon began to suspect it was not exclusive to Manhattan. The Ghostbusters set off on a road trip across America taking on several jobs. During a private job in New Orleans, Egon and the ghost of Marie Laveau shared an interesting conversation about what defines being alive or not. Laveau contended love mattered and gifted Egon with some powerful Gris-Gris for when he was ready to be "alive." In New Mexico, Egon met Special Agent Jim Savage and the two had a heated ideological clash about the paranormal and extraterrestrials.
While investigating the Ghost Smashers, Egon concluded it would only take a day or two for the atomized ghosts to reconstitute and wreak havoc on the city. During his analysis, Egon asked Janine if she was trying to make him jealous by dating Roger. He told Janine he had noticed how she would date men who shared one or more superficial characteristics with him whenever her advances on Egon failed, only to leave these new men when she lost interest and resume aggressive flirting with Egon. Egon told her made a flow chart of this process once for contrast while studying the haunting of a chapel in Yonkers. Janine reacted angrily, telling Egon that who she dated was not all about making him jealous and stormed off. After she left, Egon told himself he may have ironically become jealous, and would run an analysis when there was time. In the battle against the Megaspook, Egon had enough of Ron Alexander and choked him.
Months later, in February, Egon was taken by a blue tentacled demon while on the second floor of the Firehouse. He was awoken by Peter and found the Ghostbusters were imprisoned in another dimension. Egon and Ray dismantled Ray's Proton Pack and planned to rip a hole through the dimensional fabric in order to return to New York. However, it was likelier to cause the universe to fold over and destroy both realms. Egon was elected to rip the hole. The plan was a success and the guys found themselves in Times Square. Janine was elated to see them and kissed Egon on the lips. After the Ghostbusters were freed of the Collectors, Ray and Egon elected to delve into pioneering research into extradimensional theory and went over an exhausting compilation of data. Egon even went consulted with a witch doctor on Bleecker about barring the Collectors from the physical plane of existence.
While conducting an experiment, Egon was interrupted by Roger Baugh. While upset, Egon eventually noticed Roger had Yellow Slime on him. They returned to Roger's Apartment had found Janine floating and covered in ectoplasmic discharge. Egon's attempts to neutralize the slime with the Slime Blower failed. Egon and Roger took Janine back to the Firehouse. Egon dropped his Gris-Gris on Janine but she remained unchanged. However, three Draugar manifested behind them. Egon asked how to dispel the curse but was told Janine's soul was forfeit for cheating against the Grendel weeks ago. Egon then threatened them. When they refused, Egon activated the Wall-Trap and captured two of the Draugar. Roger Baugh intervened and before Egon could stop him, the Draugar agreed to show them what happened to Janine.
Both were subjected to a form of astral projection and transported to Janine's mind. They worked their way from the fringes to where the Draugar were with Janine. Egon attempted to talk them into releasing Janine. However, the ghosts decided to kill Egon and Roger and offer their souls to Hel in addition to Janine's. While in a memory of Peter's apartment from New Years Eve 1989, Egon realized the power of mind made things tangible. They quickly ventured to a memory of the Firehouse where Egon donned the Boson Pack. Egon once again issued a threat to release Janine or else. The lone Draugar from before engaged Egon but was dispersed. The other Draugar returned Janine, Egon and Roger to their bodies. The Draugar declared they would have their revenge but Egon activated the Wall-Trap again and captured them all. Instead of discussing what all just happened, Egon went down to the basement to check on the Containment Unit.
Concerned with his well being from the Draugar battle, Egon began a thorough analysis. After several days and no sleep, all tests indicated he was in perfect health. Egon was even more concerned and wanted to know why nothing was wrong. Peter tried to get him to go out on a maritime bust involving the John Milton but Egon was adamant about studying himself. Janine attempted to talk some sense into him, but Egon made a chart. Egon finally found evidence his perceptions were mis-calibrated upon return to his natural form, a gamma wave variance of .00076%. Before he could start to corroborate it, Egon answered a call from Winston who was in Las Vegas. After insisting the Arm Mounted Proton Pack would never jam, Egon quickly guided Winston on how to troubleshoot the pack's issue which was just a loose wire.
As standard precaution, Egon and Kylie ran a series of tests on Dana and Louis in the wake of Tiamat's continued presence on the physical plane. They came to the same conclusion both were still displaying signs of the Terror Birds possessing them. Egon sprayed them with the Miniature Slime Blower but that proved to be a miscalculation. The Terror Birds manifested and chased after them. Egon and Kylie raced to the footlockers in the garage bay and armed themselves with Arm Mounted Proton Packs. Egon opened fire but obliterated Janine's computer instead. While Kylie declared she was telling Janine, Egon blasted a Terror Bird. Observing the lack of damage, Egon ordered Kylie to maximize the power output on her pack. Ten minutes later, the Terror Birds were neutralized. Egon got a Trap from his locker and shared his theory about modifying it to compensate between the difference in frequencies of a human soul and a possessing entity. With no time to think of alternatives, Egon and Kylie went to work. Egon managed to successfully extract and trap Mot from Louis Tully's body. They moved to exorcise Dana.
Egon and Kylie ran more tests on Dana and Louis and confirmed they were back to normal. Egon moved on and was pleased to study the effects of Ray's direct mental contact with Gozer. However, he and the others watched as Ray became possessed and rose up in the air. After Winston sacrificed himself to get rid of Tiamat, Egon examined him and realized his heart was no longer beating. Peter took one of Egon's medical cocktails, a mixture of Atropine, Adrenaline, and other things, and injected it into Winston. While Peter raced after the very animated Winston, Egon helped Ray manually vent the Containment Unit. Tribeca was spared from being turned into a smoking crater but a few ghosts were still released. During the firefight against Ellen Gold, Egon broke away and searched for a Trap, obscured by the Wander Hills Manifestation. Eventually, he found one and recaptured Gold along with the Crybaby Ghost. At some point, Ray and Egon constructed a Dimensional Inverter to detect and warn of fallout from a dimensional breach.[11][12] On September 14, Egon was one of the personnel contracted to help Special Agent Ortiz deal with Hedylogos in St. Louis, Missouri. He believed Hedylogos' power was similar in nature to pheromones and collected some Ectoplasm for the Gateway Arch to test the theory post-incident.
Egon realized the situation at the Emmanuel Baptist Church was bigger than he thought due to the presence of Possessed Humans and four anthropomorphic constructs. Stranger when the constructs were left behind after Chi-You retreated. He examined his P.K.E. Meter and noticed levels were declining. That and a lack of aggression from them led Egon to conclude they were something else. Winston, in turn, called a cease fire. Egon continued scanning the Turtles and April O'Neil. He confirmed they were also emitting low-level phase variance at the cellular level which matched, in part, with Chi-You's readings. He believed they were out of sync with the dimension and part of the breach Kylie reported. After introductions, Egon suggested they reconvene at the Firehouse where there was equipment that could be used to track Chi-You and Casey Jones. Donatello's skepticism towards the existence of ghosts and inclination towards an alien theory caught Egon's attention. Egon made it clear ghosts existed and aliens didn't. When news of an incident at the Madison Square Garden reached the Ghostbusters, Egon felt time was better served building a teleportation unit but Leonardo pointed out not all of the Turtles were mechanically inclined. Egon revealed the energy readings he detected off the Turtles and April were degrading, readings that were crucial in them returning home to their dimension. He estimated they had 72 hours at the most.
With the added task of severing the bond between Chi-You and his thralls, Egon agreed with Donatello's suggestion of utilizing low-voltage pulses. Hours later, Egon presented modified Arm Mounted Proton Packs to the Turtles and instructed them to press the hand attachment to each thralls' chest. Meanwhile, Egon and Ray worked on building an Interspatial Teleportation Unit with April and Donatello. Once Casey was brought back, Egon examined him and determined he was back to normal. Egon went back to work on the teleporter with Donatello and suggested April work with Ray on an EMP device to take out Chi-You's thralls all at once. After several hours, Egon and Donatello made strides in recreating a functional teleportation unit in the Firehouse basement. Undaunted by the proximity alarm being tripped, Egon continued and had Donatello power on the unit. However, it became apparent Egon miscalculated the intense drain the teleportation unit would have on the containment grid's power supply. They rushed to stabilize the grid before it ruptured and caused a horrific explosion. Egon rerouted power from a panel and Donatello located several blown boards in the Containment Unit's control panel. They managed to avert disaster while the others captured Chi-You. Sparing any extraneous goodbyes, Egon stated it was time for them to go through the portal back to their proper dimension. Egon then adjusted the coordinates for Winston to dump the Trap holding Chi-You in Proxima Centauri.
The Ghostbusters returned to the Firehouse from a case and discovered parallel versions of themselves let Slimer loose by accident but retrapped him. They talked. Egon scanned and poked them. Egon suggested their first course of action should be a full battery of tests. With enough biometric data, they could be sent home. They went to the basement to look at the Interspatial Teleportation Unit. Egon and Ray compiled biometric data off the parallel Peter and Winston in order to isolate the frequency of their home dimension. A couple hours later, after double checking their findings, Egon confirmed they achieved a stable frequency and the parallel team could return home. P.K.E. readings take by Ray in the alternate Ghostbusters' dimension indicated Proteus had a potential susceptibility to quantum interruption. Egon held out a Proton Grenade and noted the yield had to be boosted. The Egons armed their Proton Grenades and tossed them at Proteus, effectively stunning him. The Ghostbusters caught him in their streams but as a result Proteus had to show them the future eight times. The Ghostbusters were knocked out.
During reconstruction at the Firehouse, Egon determined the integrity of the Containment Unit was maintained but that the damage to the building caused by Proteus would require a massive amount of money and effort to repair. He, himself, worked a lot of extended hours and wasn't sleeping much. He proposed they should talk about decentralizing operations and make use of the Ghostbusters' other properties. They were approached by Brent Mitchell to investigate a bizarre case of a woman named Karen Pearson who woke up missing an eye. The culprit, the Sandman, focused on Egon as his next target because of his habit of avoiding sleep. Ray, Peter, and Winston escaped their dream states and found Egon writing equations and notes in a room that looked like a limitless white board. The Sandman soon appeared to them. Egon conjured the Boson Pack and fired at him. The others joined in. Sandman conjured walls separating Ray, Peter, and Winston from himself and Egon. He proceeded to remove Egon's eye with a curved blade while admitting this was the first time someone fought him and caused him pain. After Ray, Peter, and Winston destroyed the barrier, Egon quickly instructed them to shoot the Sandman's hourglass totem. He was dispersed and the Ghostbusters regained consciousness on the physical plane. Back at the Warehouse, Ray determined that Egon only suffered superficial damage to the supraorbital foramen then shared his findings on the Sandman. Egon soon feel asleep.
During the bust at the United Nations Building, Egon's left leg was injured when the Werecat Ghost expelled chemically volatile ectoplasm on him. A $15,000 surcharge was added to the invoice to cover Egon's injury. As Egon was placed in the back of an ambulance, his P.K.E. Meter oddly registered something, but the paramedics were more concerned with treating him than handing it to him. Some new theories came to mind as he received medical attention and he wanted to explore where they led.[13] He contacted Kylie and asked her to bring reference material, including the expanded Spates Catalog and three volumes of Kemp's Paranormal Encyclopedia, and six months of citywide P.K.E. scan logs. Kylie dropped them off at his apartment and tried to inquire about these "theories" but Egon rushed her into the hall. Egon got sick from some couscous he ordered from a new Moroccan restaurant down the block and was unable to attend the Ghostbusters' meeting with Erland Vinter a few days later.[14]
As Egon continued with his recovery and investigation, he declined to take part in any extensive field work including a trip to Europe as part of a deal struck with Vinter. In particular, he refused to take any jobs with stairs.[15] While the other Ghostbusters took a private jet to Venice, Egon visited the New York Public Library in search of a copy of "The Johansen Argument" but it was missing. He called up Ray's Occult and asked Kylie if the store had a copy but it appeared to have been already sold. He promptly hung up. During a confrontation with the Plague Doctor Ghost, Ray shot his way into a basement and discovered a Poveglian Artifact, a parchment drenched in P.K.E. with a rune drawn on it and with faint Swedish written underneath. Ray took photographs and emailed them a few hours later to Egon for a translation. They held a conference call. From his apartment, Egon confirmed the readings on the artifact matched both the readings he picked up at the United Nations and readings he took years ago in Sweden. He admitted it unearthed something of a "cold case" of his and confirmed he would continue with his investigation while the others were dispatched by Vinter to another city in Europe. Egon bid them to be careful, he didn't like where this was all heading. Egon looked at one of his old journals, open to a drawing of the exact rune on the Poveglian artifact.
Melanie informed Janine she wanted to borrow Egon and Kylie for a FBI investigation that just came up. She gave Melanie two cases to work with them while she was in town for the day and suggested she ask them for their help then. During the bust at The Olympia Restaurant, Egon prematurely blasted a register but Melanie jinxed it and one of the Olympia Restaurant Ghosts shot coins out of it. Egon tried to back out from helping Melanie on her case due to his vital research on a Scandinavian spell book. Melanie countered it was a four hour flight to Puerto Rico and he'd get plenty of reading done en route. On the off chance he was severely incapacitated during the Puerto Rico case, Egon recorded his research on the Rauoskinna for future reference. He was interrupted by the ghost in his research tank. Egon reminded him of the security measures in his apartment. He was surprised to see the ghost knew a certain gesture.
On May 12, Melanie, Egon, and Kylie arrived at a hospital in Cayey, Puerto Rico. After hearing Miguel Castillo's account of a woman in white, Egon posited they were dealing with a type of manifestation related to the Weeping Woman in White lore that included La Llorona from Mexican legend. They spent the next few hours searching locations where the ghost was sighted. After nearly exhausting every lead, the ghost appeared and tried to drown Kylie. Melanie was about to jump in after her but Egon cautioned her since Proton Packs were never tested for use in water. They watched as the ghost and a Proton Stream erupted from the surface, followed by Kylie. Despite extreme pain in his thigh muscle, Egon hurried after her with the others. It attacked Kylie with possessed earth. She used her Trap to trick her into vacating the earth. Melanie and Egon opened fire and wrangled her. Egon noticed she was almost strong enough to pull free because of his Arm Mounted Proton Pack's lower output. He threw out a Trap and captured her. They later found the Ghost Dog and determined it was just trying to warn people of the other ghost. Kylie and Egon returned home while Melanie stayed behind to verify they trapped the correct entity.
After the Cayey case, Egon got an epiphany while going over some data from recent encounters. He made some adjustments to the Psychokinetic Defibrillator to give it more offensive capability to efficiently force out a possessor while minimizing any harm done to the human host. Egon was interrupted by a visit from Loftur Þorsteinsson. Loftur presented a copy of "The Johansen Argument." Egon saw through his story about being referred by Eduardo Rivera and blasted him with the Defibrillator. However, no damage was done. Egon realized he wasn't possessed. Loftur sent Egon flying across his room. Loftur formally introduced himself. Egon released the Gulper Ghost and it slimed Loftur. Egon called him a coward for trying to manipulate the Ghostbusters into finding the Rauoskinna. Loftur admitted he should have directly asked the them for help then offered a deal to Egon, help him locate the book. Egon refused. Loftur atomized Egon and mused they might talk again once he's thought about his answer.[16] Egon experienced a state of profound relaxation and peace, was able to fully focus his thoughts, and began working on solving the Riemann Hypothesis.[17][18] The Ghostbusters and staff reviewed the security footage. Peter was nonchalant about Egon's disappearance and recalled when the four of them were kidnapped by the Collectors a few years back. Ray speculated he could have been sent to a parallel dimension or a sub-quantum pocket realm. Peter stressed they should explore all options before concluding the worst. Kylie and Melanie searched his apartment and came across his recorder. It pointed them to Logbook 2714 where he kept his research on the Rauoskinna. However, Kylie had a difficult making out his notes. It was decided they would recruit the Egon from the parallel dimension they had recently met. He confirmed Egon's research and their recent encounters indicated they were being manipulated into finding the Rauoskinna. Kaia May arrived and verified it further. She passed along an ultimatum to the Ghostbusters. If they delivered the Rauoskinna, Egon would be restored.
The Ghostbusters and most of the support staff met with Loftur at Umpire Rock in Central Park at midnight. Ray held a lighter to the Rauoskinna and demanded Egon's return. Loftur didn't care and blasted the lighter out of his hands. Jenny Moran panicked and read a spell from the book. It cast everyone but Winston to Hell. Loftur was filled with dread as The Devil approached them. He promised to return everyone to Earth and bring back Egon if they gave him the book. They declined and The Devil collected his soul. The Devil called it even with the Ghostbusters and gave them permission to leave. During their journey, Aibell sensed the Rauoskinna and teleported them to her home, Craig Liath in Ireland. She called in her favor from Peter and asked for the book. Janine wanted to hold onto the book until they were sure there was nothing that could be used to bring back Egon. As a token of good faith, Aibell used her powers to restore Egon back to life. Janine immediately hugged him. Egon only recalled being in his apartment then stated he needed to scan himself at once. Peter handed the book to Aibell but Jenny destroyed it, deeming it was too evil. Aibell was furious and vaporized Jenny. Peter insisted he complied with her demands. Aibell was at a loss and tossed him on the Egons. She angrily sent them back to Central Park. Winston hugged Egon. Back at the Firehouse, Egon was subjected to the Aura Video-Analyzer and asked a series of questions. The Ghostbusters were called away to the Bronx to deal with a dog-eating-toilet. As they departed, Egon smiled - causing Ray to become concerned. Egon remarked it was good to be back. He ultimately chose to process the experience intellectually and forced himself not to process it emotionally.
Egon was present when Ray's students Cait Banner, Zoe Zawadzki, and Evan Torres asked what Slimer was a ghost of. Egon acknowledged there were theories. Egon didn't believe Kylie's theory he was a chef working at the Sedgewick Hotel but conceded it wasn't outside the realm of possibility that he could have been a vagrant given his anti-social behavior and obsession with food. After Ray shared his findings, they were amazed to see and hear Slimer talk to them for the first time and state he was once a king. Ray, Egon, and Kylie rushed around to document the development. Cait, Zoe, and Evan found Peter hiding in the sleeping quarters and asked if they did all right. Peter thought of something else and spoke into his walkie talkie. No one noticed the other walkie talkie he hid behind the containment tank. Slimer 'spoke' again and revealed Ray gave him Egon's stash of snack cakes to see if it would digest differently. Egon wasn't pleased to hear it.
During an incident on Coney Island, Egon and Ray searched the sewers for the true source of the disturbance while Peter and Winston dealt with a nostalgic Class 3 ghost on the surface. Ray and Egon discovered a pool of Psychomagnotheric Slime. Upon further inspection, Ray realized it was positively charged and clued Egon in. Ray concluded it was for the best to neutralize it before it did something worse than influence a ghost. He suggested using negative emotions then Egon suddenly punched him in the face. Ray clarified to directly apply it to the slime. Egon cited how he was recently atomized by Loftur as the reason for the misunderstanding. Ray wasn't falling for it and recalled Egon used that same excuse when he stole his Lo Mein from the company refrigerator. Ray asked for a Proton Grenade then threw it in. Egon contributed by urinating into the slime. They underestimated the slime's reaction and it erupted all over Coney.
During the appearance of twin Statues of Liberty, Egon encountered Kevin Beckman in the Firehouse. Since Beckman was so interested in Slimer, Egon told him he could name it if he was good. Erin Gilbert, Jillian Holtzmann, Patty Tolan, and Abby Yates later met up outside the Firehouse and entered. After some confusion with Kevin Tanaka, Egon interjected from the stairwell and deduced Beckman was with them. Both teams and the support staff gathered on the second floor. Egon used his Dimensional Frequency Scanner on Abby and verified hers was in pronounced state of flux. Abby didn't quite understand and became irritated, claiming her frequency was just fine. The conversation moved to the basement, where the teleportation unit was demonstrated and a portal was opened to their dimension. Holtzmann stuck her hand through and it reappeared above her arm. It was worse than what Egon initially suspected. He stated the frequency fluctuation indicated that their respective dimensions were in a state of overlap. Abby didn't outright accept that claim and asked for more proof like a control like any scientist would use in an experiment. Egon called up a stable alternative and invited Holtzmann to try again. She thrust her head through the portal and observed the Firehouse of the Ghostbusters who were pursued by the god Proteus. Ray and Egon explained their study of other dimensions and the theoretical ramifications of when they crossed the streams on Gozer's portal years ago.
Egon remained behind at the Firehouse while most of both teams headed out to Ellis Island. He gathered some equipment for research and carried them back to the lab in a cardboard box. Abby noticed the Ghost Sniffer and Long-Range P.K.E. Scanner first. A build-up of P.K.E. released an amount of pressure large enough to rock the Firehouse. Equipment from the other dimension's Firehouse appeared in the office area. Egon and Abby set out to collect data. They ended up in City Hall Park. Abby noticed the Ley Lines were the same in this Manhattan and they were lit up. Egon checked with the Ecto Monocle and confirmed. Abby admitted the best solution she could think of wouldn't stop the situation from getting worse. Egon concurred and stated they needed more information about what the 101 pilot team did. He dialed Jenny's cellphone and asked if they were still with her at the Warehouse. They already left but Jenny remembered Ray still had a class scheduled the next day. She asked if something was up. Egon simply replied "yes" and hung up.
Egon, Ray, Kylie, Abby, and Erin scanned the 101 pilot team for residual ectoplasm so they could track the Bronx Spook. He gathered that the teleportation unit's portal was shut with enough of the ghost's spectral mass on this side to tether it to both dimensions. He theorized it could draw enough power from the psychokinetic energy between dimensions to cause the dimensional overlap. Egon, Ray, and Kylie concluded it was a three-part problem. They had to sever the ghost's connection to the Manhattan Ley Lines, pull it fully into their dimension and trap it, and seal the breach behind it. Erin returned to the lab with Abby, who had an idea to re-purpose their Containment Unit into a vehicle. They went to work on the Ultimate Mobile Trap. Holtzmann was aghast at the sight of the Containment Unit. Abby believed they would to get used to the overlap if the plan didn't work. Egon clarified if the plan didn't work, the world would be overrun with ghosts and the misalignment of their dimensional frequencies would shake the world apart at a molecular level inside of six months. Egon tuned the Ultimate Mobile Trap to the overlapping frequency of the other dimension so it would trap the ghost when activated. He joined the standby teams above Times Square in the scenario where they would have to help pull the ghost from between dimensions. After the ghost was trapped, the breach remained. Erin suggested crossing the streams to close it and split their dimensions. Ray objected but Peter stated they did it twice without any major after-effects. Egon stated that wasn't how probability worked but didn't think they had any other choice in the matter. It worked but Egon estimated there would be some residual memories duplicated in some people.
Ray and Egon attempted to recalibrate the sensor array set-up on the Dimensional Inverter on the second floor. Ray asked for the needle nose pliers and sarcastically commented finding a working security measure for the Interspatial Teleportation Unit was easier. Egon felt the level of difficulty was comparable. As soon as Ray finished, the Inverter sensed an extra-dimensional incursion and the alarm sounded. They were surprised to see Donatello cross over. Donatello quickly explained he and his brothers were attacked by strange entities. The strange entities, the Collectors, crossed over and grabbed Donatello. They recognized Ray and Egon. After shrugging off a Proton Stream fired by Ray, the Collectors warned them not to interfere or they would turn their attention back to them. Peter and Winston were called up for a meeting. Egon revealed the Collectors left behind trace ectoplasm that would yield the dimensional frequency of their limbo. Ray hinted he already had an idea on how to deal with the Collectors. Over a period of roughly three weeks, they formulated a plan and devised new technology to aid them, Remote Portal Access Bands to allow them to open portals in the field and Experimental Mental Communications Devices to temporarily camouflage Donatello's presence. Peter, Ray, and Winston went through the Interspatial Teleportation Unit to the Collectors' Limbo and instructed only Donatello to go through. Egon explained the situation as they went up to the third floor. Egon revealed he needed Donatello's knowledge of transdimensional mechanics to construct a permanent means of containment for the Collectors while the others slowed them down with random dimensional hopping. To compound things, Egon turned Donatello's attention to a simulation he was running. It was projected the others had less than a day before they would be captured. Donatello asked if there was a way to warn them. Egon confirmed there was but he preferred to use it when absolutely needed because it required a lot of power.
Donatello admitted he was amazed with how much Egon and Ray modified his original design for the teleportation unit as well as with inventing the access bands. Egon admitted a drawback of the technology was it stirred up P.K.E. and attracted ghosts. Egon revealed the idea was to combine the portal technology with the Trap to directly transport the four Collectors into the Containment Unit. He needed Donatello's help to recreate the original technology rather than spend days on trial and error because he and Ray modified their unit immensely. And Ray might have lost the notes Donatello left behind when Egon was temporarily dead. Before Donatello could question Egon about being dead, data from the dimensional breach alarm allowed Egon's simulation to more accurately predict when the Collectors would capture the others. They had even less time. Donatello got an idea on how to prevent the Collectors from escaping before they could trap them. While they worked on the Trap-Gate, Donatello believed they had to boost the power of the Trap-Gate by a factor of three for it to be a one-way trip for the Collectors. Donatello's Communications Device suddenly went haywire and he suffered neural confusion with Winston. His speech pattern and inflections began to resemble Winston's. Likewise, across dimensions, Winston's began to resemble Donatello's. Donatello observed it felt like his soul was in two places again. Egon moved to adjust the sensitivity when he realized Donatello said "again." He briefly felt like his brain was everywhere at once and gleaned the Collectors breaching dimensions. Janine entered the room with a delivery from Kung Fu Hustle Supply Emporium. She was concerned to see Donatello in distress. Egon admitted it was partly his fault but Donatello downplayed it. Egon was concerned. Janine suggested he sit down for a bit but Donatello insisted there was no time for that because he could feel the Collectors searching for the Turtles then revealed his idea was to build proton-powered ninja arsenal based on the Turtles' primary weapons.
Egon and Donatello went to the Warehouse to use the ionized glass enclosure to test their prototypes. Egon cautioned Donatello the glass may not be able to withstand too many hints from his Proton Weapon then placed a Trap into a slot and released a Mouth Critter Ghost into the enclosure with Donatello. Donatello asked Egon to humor his request and talk about what it was like being dead. Egon was surprised and asked if wanted to just focus on the matter at hand. He offered to provide copies of all the tests he took upon his return. Beyond that, Egon didn't think there was much to tell. Donatello explained talking while fighting was something he did with his brothers and found it comforting. He added he found the ghost terrifying and asked Egon to humor him. Egon replied he experienced a feeling of peace and was able to fully focus on his thoughts then asked Donatello what he meant by his soul being in two places. Donatello explained he was mortally wounded and his consciousness was temporarily placed in a robot shell. He likened it to a dream, sometimes clear and sometimes fuzzy. Donatello managed to hit the ghost with his proton-powered staff. The ghost retaliated and knocked him across the enclosure. The force and Donatello's shell made a crack in the glass. Donatello decided to try the Trap-Gate but soon realized they miscalculated the power needed. Egon grabbed the Trap but remembered there was a safety in place that kept the door locked to keep any active ghosts contained. He asked Donatello to stall but noticed he sounded like Winston again. Egon instructed him not to let himself drift then asked him to continue with his story. Donatello recalled his body was hollow but part of him felt warm. Egon ripped out several red wires and unlocked the door. He threw out the Trap and recaptured the ghost. Egon concluded they had to boost the Trap-Gate's power considerably then inquired if he ever felt guilty about coming back. Donatello replied he shouldn't but admitted he did and read up on Survivor's Guilt. They rushed back to the Firehouse to do their final modifications.
Donatello finished soldering the Trap-Gate and completed boosting it five fold. Egon reminded him they had to capture all four Collectors or they would escape. Donatello reassured him they were ready thanks to the Proton Weapons then probed him about his death again. Egon stated he would have preferred a robot was involved then admitted he would have been preferred to been restored to life by technology than by a god. He didn't want to push their luck and decided it was time to contact the others. Donatello checked the access bands' trackers and realized they were all in the same place. Fearing they were recaptured, they rushed down from the third floor to the basement and used the teleportation unit. Donatello went through with his Proton Weapon ready. Egon and Janine waited in the basement for the others to return then they went over the plan to capture the Collectors in detail. Egon performed some calculations and determined the odds were in favor that they would manifest in Central Park. Peter distracted them then the Turtles attacked while Egon and Ray fine-tuned the Trap-Gate to their unique P.K.E. signature. It was a success and they were transported into the Containment Unit. Egon was fascinated by Michelangelo's comment about Ghostbusturtles while the others were shocked. A short time later, the Turtles prepared to return home. Donatello thanked Egon and promised to send a detailed set of data on the Metalhead experiment when he figured out where it all was. Egon admitted he was actually salivating.
The Ghostbusters were called to investigate City Water Tunnel No. 3. Based on Murdock the Miner's account of opening a box from a side cavern, Egon didn't think they were dealing with a typical ghost of an accident. The strong readings confirmed as much. They headed into the cavern and found the box. Egon got an extraordinarily high P.K.E. signature off of it and wanted to run tests and find out where it came from. Peter pointed to an entity hovering above them. Ray attempted to communicate but it simply warned him against giving away his name so freely then disappeared. They were slimed by a swarm of Bat Spectral Constructs. Egon noticed the readings dropped but advised the miners to wait at least a day to resume work and promised to have a P.K.E. alarm installed for their safety. He believed the entity's Irish accent, unique appearance, and the box were enough clues to start researching. A short time later, Ron came along as the fourth with Ray, Egon, and Kylie since Peter and Winston weren't answering. Ray joked his presence may also be a curse and Egon was going to look into it. Ron just wanted to get the bust over with, get his recertification paperwork, and leave. He added he wanted to get a look at the schematics for the teleportation unit. Egon refused. Ron took out a badge and claimed the Chicago Ghostbusters had a right for parity with the main branch. Egon asked what the badge was for. Ron explained it was so people knew he was a Ghostbuster when he was out of uniform. Egon noted they never had that problem. Egon stated the Chicago branch had no need for a dimensional portal because they took no part in research, which was what it was almost exclusively used for. Ron claimed he did research. Ray pinched his cheeks and mocked him for thinking what he did was research. Ron called bull and believed they just didn't want to share.
After they arrived at Grand Central Station, Egon stated they explore alternate realities to answer the questions they never knew they had, the kind of research they got into parapsychology for. Ray added they didn't want to share with Ron. Ron vowed the conversation wasn't over. Kylie initiated PCOC and they city's evacuation protocol, Code Dan, and cleared the station. Connla recognized Egon and Ray from a previous encounter in City Tunnel No. 3. He dodged Kylie's proton stream and asked them if they were druids. Ray denied it and referred him as "Sammy" since it was believed he was an entity that manifested during Samhain. Ron called him out for mispronouncing the name and pointed out Halloween was still weeks away. Connla confirmed it wasn't his usual time to manifest but the veil to the other side was so thin, he couldn't resist the opportunity to widen it permanently. Then he punched Ron. Ray reckoned he couldn't be that bad. Egon agreed then threw a Proton Grenade. The explosion blew off Connla's head and the ectoplasm splashed onto Ron, to his chagrin. Ray clarified he was joking and punching Ron wasn't a metric for goodness. Egon argued it was one for basic sentience. Kylie captured Connla in a stream then Ron trapped him. Connla was insulted from being attacked from behind then entrapped. He escaped the Trap in an enraged state and grabbed Kylie by the throat. He pointed out they tried to trap him without even knowing his real name. Connla's head reformed then it, his eyes, and ribs ignited. Kylie noticed a ring on his right middle finger. With little other choice, Ron dispersed Connla with an atomizing stream. Kylie was enraged and pointed out he was going to reconstitute in a few days, having absorbed a ton of ambient psychokinetic energy in the process. Egon suggested they make the most of the time Ron bought them by coming up with a permanent solution. Ray asked who was going to call Peck about the mess. They noticed ectoplasm was now all over the station. Kylie quickly excused herself from contention with a "not it."
As a result of being in direct contact during the dispersal, a latent mental link was forged. In the few days before Connla's reconstitution, Kylie had a precognitive dream about her and the four original Ghostbusters encountering Connla's Army. Connla declared the veil to the other side would open permanently, more armies would come, and night would last forever. She awoke and went to the Firehouse to share details of the dream with the others. Egon noticed strange readings picked up by the Dream Analyzer Helmet but lied to her they were normal to assuage her fears. Kylie admitted she felt physical sensations during the dream. Egon asserted no matter what, they took dreams seriously. Peter contended he never took his seriously. Janine added they all learned that lesson already. Peter brought up the ghost had an Irish accent and hinted at a connection to Kylie like with Janine and the Draguar. Egon doubted it. Kylie revealed her great-grandfather chose her family's surname when he immigrated to America because it had a good ring to it. She realized something and ran off to double check her theory. Janine yelled out to leave the helmet on the front desk. She signed and reckoned Ray had too much of an influence on her. Peter thought Egon was more to blame. With knowledge of the army coming, Egon went to work preparing for the possibility. He dug out a Remote Portal Access Band from a box.
As Connla was trapped, he ordered his army to destroy the Ghostbusters then free him. More and more ghosts manifested. Lacking enough Traps, Kylie regretted sending Egon's friend away in his helicopter. Egon assured her it was fine and used his access band to teleport away. Ron was infuriated and thought he ran away. Ray ordered everyone to keep the ghosts at bay until Egon returned. Egon returned soon after and opened six portals. Proton Streams shot out at the ghosts and teams of Ghostbusters from different dimensions emerged. The rest of the Chicago Ghostbusters, the Real Ghostbusters of Dimension 68-R, the Extreme Ghostbusters of Dimension 68-E, the Ghostbusters of Dimension 50-S, the Ghostbusters of Dimension 80-C, and Mike the Golem joined the fight. Egon of 68-R, Roland Jackson of 68-E, and Abby of 80-C checked their respective P.K.E. Meters and confirmed all the ghosts were captured. Ray and Egon prepared to conduct an experiment aimed at observing the interior of the Containment Unit. Ray hoped it tapped into a pocket dimension like the unit of their counterparts' in Dimension 68-R, the Real Ghostbusters. Egon turned a valve and insisted they still needed to be very careful. He felt it was potentially dangerous territory and didn't care to speculate how many days they went without an incident. Ray emphasized it was a lot and stipulated as long as there was no direct connection to the Containment Unit when they fired up the dimensional portal, everything would stay perfectly copacetic. Egon inquired if he was going to turn off the interdimensional transport array but Ray revealed it was running a diagnostic to sync up the monitoring equipment. He felt it was okay as long as no one activated the portal and Containment Unit at the same time. Ray left a note just to be safe then they left to eat. Ray was thinking of orange duck. Peter later tried to deposit the captured Phyllis Hasskamp but unbeknownst to him and the others, Ron and Holtzmann built their own Remote Access Teleportation Unit that piggybacked off the original teleportation unit in the basement and tested it. Before Peter could turn it off, the basement was enveloped in a white flash. Egon's resurrection did not go unnoticed. Death came to the decision he wasn't supposed to survive and gave Egon his full attention.[19]
Egon disagreed with Ray's assessment of the Containment Unit after the explosion. In addition to a blown capacitor, Egon discovered several major entities were missing and thus, the structural integrity was compromised. Gareth Dibello was suddenly released. He took control of a Proton Pack and fired at Holtzmann while the others took cover. The teleportation unit activated and several miniature portals were generated. Dibello flew through one with Holtzmann but she got stuck halfway. Egon and Ray pulled Holtzmann back into the basement, with part of Dibello's arm, just in time before the portal closed. Egon looked at the logs and realized all the missing entities used similar portals to go to other dimensions. Once Peter regained consciousness in the hospital, he had Egon summarize what happened. To contain the situation, Ray and Egon moved the teleportation unit to the Warehouse. In order to capture and return all the entities in the quickest and most efficient manner, Egon gathered in the support staff, Chicago Ghostbusters, and nine teams from other dimensions they worked with before. They had to re-capture and return all the entities, or an equivalent amount of P.K.E., back into the Containment Unit then recalibrate it as soon as possible or else there would be a fatal structural collapse. He opened the floor to questions.
Ray was about to go over the equipment but Gabriel Sitter spoke up. Samuel Hazer asked why they didn't just use the teleportation unit to go back in time and prevent the entire incident from happening. Ray tried to explain it wasn't a time machine but Kylie Griffin and Eduardo Rivera, of the Extreme Ghostbusters, pointed out they were trained by Egon Spengler, an older version of the Egon from The Real Ghostbusters, who was perplexed. Roland Jackson believed that was proof of an element of time travel. Alan and Gabriel chimed in about how they could have used it. Janine heard enough and whistled. She yelled at everyone to listen, shut up, and pay attention. Egon thanked her then reiterated the teleportation unit could not time travel but time was a dimension they could access in so far as they went to parallel realities that could be further ahead or further behind what they knew as the present but no action they took had an effect on their timeline. After Melanie left with Winston, Rookie, Dani, Lou, and Holtzmann to take care of a case at the George Washington Bridge, Egon explained the functions of the Remote Portal Access Band. Some screams interrupted him. Egon requested someone to turn the volume down. Kevin apologized. Erin Gilbert asked if they should go and help the field team. Egon was probably sure they were fine and continued. He moved on to the Trap-Gates and using them to send an entity directly into the Containment Unit. The 101 Pilot team was tasked with watching over the teleportation unit's controls under the supervision of Egon Spengler of Dimension 68-E, the mentor of the Extreme Ghostbusters. Egon introduced him to everyone. Egon also convinced Janine to come along on the retrieval mission.
A field team consisting of Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore, Alan Crendall of Dimension 50-S, Abby Yates of Dimension 80-C, Eduardo Rivera of Dimension 68-E, and Winston Zeddemore of Dimension 68-R arrived outside the gates of Helsingor Brewery in Dimension 75-B. Winston guessed the Remote Portal Access Band's randomization circuits made an error and shuffled the teams around. Abby didn't see the point of randomization circuits in teleportation technology. Egon explained they were useful in helping the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles escape The Collectors but they only generated a portal to a random dimension. He added they were also built into the Trap-Gates, too. He shut up mid-sentence upon recognizing Tiamat's P.K.E. signature and became worried for everyone. Death blocked their path into the brewery. Abby couldn't believe Death might be the ghost they were after and questioned what would happen if it was trapped then declared it couldn't be personified. Winston disagreed and reminded her he told her team that Death was trapped in a backpack. Before Abby could retort, Egon asked them to stop bickering in front of Death and tried to explain to it they were in the middle of rectifying an error. Death countered it was, too, and stated it came for Egon, who it thought was not supposed to come back to life. Not ungrateful for helping free it, Death proposed a game of chess for his life and soul. Egon thought chess was just an affectation of the movies. Death confirmed as much but admitted it found the concept amusing. Egon asked for clarification if accepting meant his colleagues could continue into the brewery. Death confirmed. Egon accepted but he was blocked from pulling out a chair. Death explained he accepted the challenge but he wasn't going to play. Death chose Eduardo instead.
Egon elected to search the brewery with the others instead of watching the game and risk making Eduardo nervous. After he explained himself, he heard laughter. Egon turned to Abby but she denied it was her. The Fire Goblins burst out a vat of warm beer atop a Moose Ghost. Death began playing mind games, telling Eduardo he wasn't going to win and the game was merely a courtesy because Egon shouldn't have returned. Eduardo countered if things didn't return all the time, there wouldn't be any ghosts to get busted. Death called check. Eduardo wished he went into the brewery. Winston couldn't recall ever trapping a damn moose. Egon explained it was new but the Fire Goblins were trapped when he went on a vacation but suddenly clutched his chest in pain. Abby ran over and checked Egon. She confirmed his pulse was still strong and nothing was visibly wrong but noticed Egon's heart beats were far apart. She almost got hit by flames. Abby had enough and blew up the Moose Ghost with a Proton Grenade. Alan and Winston 68-R wrangled the Fire Goblins and Winston captured them with a Trap-Gate. Alan checked his P.K.E. Meter and called the room clean aside from the Moose Ghost's particles. Winston told everyone Egon was unconscious but still alive and it was time to head outside and keep him that way.
Egon started to regain consciousness as Winston and Abby carried him outside. Egon stated his spirit felt like a kite tethered to his body by the thinnest of strings and the wind was blowing very hard. Abby teased him about getting so poetic but was glad he was back. Alan speculated the reason was because Eduardo made the right move against Death. Eduardo declared checkmate. Death smashed the table in anger. Abby thought Death was supposed to be better at chess than that. Egon explained he was emulating a movie and in that story, Death only won because he cheated and tricked his opponent into giving away his strategy. Death decided he was going to reap everyone. Abby reacted quickly and trapped him. Egon blasted the Trap-Gate apart before it transported Death into the Containment Unit. He explained trapping Death was going to create a spectral bottleneck and influence a massive P.K.E. surge. Egon realized it would be chaos and they were being manipulated by Tiamat. He opened a portal but Death suddenly dispersed it by slicing it in half with his sickle. Unable to trap him or disperse him, Winston 68-R and Winston wrangled Death to keep him immobile while Egon opened another portal. Egon warned them they would have a fraction of a second to escape Death once they released him. Winston joked it was a good thing they kept in shape. After all the others went through, Egon called out to them. Instead of returning to the prime dimension, the team was redirected by Tiamat to the Collectors' Limbo. Egon tried to tell Winston about detecting Tiamat's P.K.E. signature earlier in the mission but didn't want to alarm him at the time but Winston told him to save it. He was already alarmed. The 23 Ghostbusters beheld Tiamat standing before them in a towering form.
The field teams were whisked away by Tiamat to the Collectors' Limbo. Rather than serve her, they fought back. Tiamat's appearance confirmed Egon 68-R's suspicions that a Class 7 was following them. Egon countered she was influencing their situation. Winston came up with an ad hoc plan to utilize the remaining Trap-Gates to strip Tiamat's P.K.E. and send it to random dimensions. Egon was one of the seven to use a Trap-Gate on her. Peter, Egon, and Ray invited Winston to be the one to trap her. She cursed them all as she was pulled in. Despite the ghosts recaptured and the ghosts captured by the fill-in teams, the Containment Unit was still on the verge of total meltdown.Jenny sacrificed herself and went into the unit to stabilize it. Overcome with anger, Ray shot the teleportation unit. Holtzmann objected but Peter asked if she heard what just happened then reckoned Egon could fix it in a couple of hours. Egon claimed less. Holtzmann rescinded her panic then reminded Ray about the Containment TV Monitor he and Egon were working on.
After a day's worth of work, Egon, Ray, Egon 68-R, and Holtzmann of 80-C finished work on the Containment TV Monitor. Once the grid was stable and the monitor was ready, it was turned on. It worked and Ray inputted Jenny's P.K.E. signature. Jenny was found but a Mail Fraud Ghost charged her. Ray was aghast but Holtzmann told him to slow down. Jenny punched out the ghost. Holtzmann declared they were locked in there with her. Ray was relieved and hugged everyone at once. Ray vowed to make sure Jenny's promise they would see each other again would come true. Before Holtzmann left, Egon asked for her thoughts on a new application to old research of his. Holtzmann read his strip of paper but it made no sense. Ray inquired what that was. In reality, it was Egon's subliminal messaging code. He reworked it to interrupt any memory of the transdimensional technology. Ray asked if there were any side effects. Holtzmann was confused why the Chicken Dance was suddenly stuck in her head. Egon didn't think there were any side effects as far as he knew and planned to show it to Ron next. Ray was satisfied and added they should limit their dimensional travel for the time being. He didn't think he could handle anymore change for awhile.
Dimension 50-S
After failing to get the junior team a day off, Alan insisted they just got back and were too exhausted to take on a case. Peter told him they were young and didn't need sleep. Alan wanted to at least change flight suits for a clean one. Egon was intrigued by the readings coming off the ectoplasmic residue on his. Alan informed him it was from a Moose Ghost that got blown up. Egon wanted to study it before the suit was further contaminated but Peter wasn't having any of it. After the junior team returned from Bayside, Egon scanned Alan's suit with the Giga Meter. He was surprised the readings weren't as dormant as he expected. Egon was buzzed on the intercomm system by the others and informed that the Trap they used to capture Wat was empty. Egon asked if they had any issues with the Containment Unit's secure access system. Alan elected himself and the team to figure it out while Egon studied his suit. Wat had stowed away on the suit and soon immobilized Egon, intent on using him to open the Containment Unit then conscripting the ghosts into an army so he could take over the physical plane.
The junior team returned and witnessed Wat dangling Egon in mid-air like a puppet. They fired on Wat but it transformed into its true form then chased after them into the streets. Wat proclaimed they were going to die. Bridget quipped they all would eventually but doubted they would today. Egon implored her not to antagonize it further. Gabriel believed Wat had the energy profile conducive to trapping but Egon informed them the Traps weren't powerful enough. Alan pointed out they lived in a major city and tasked Gabriel and Egon with tapping into a utility box for the extra power while everyone else tried to distract Wat. Gabriel hailed Alan on comms about a change in plans and asked him to lure Wat to the alley. Alan was exasperated. Wat clamped down on him. Alan blew Wat's head off and ran to Egon and Gabriel. Still headless, Wat took the bait and pursued Alan. Egon gave Gabriel the signal and he trapped Wat. Gabriel begged the question who was was the best. The ordeal triggered a city-wide black out. Egon presumed he shouldn't answer. Gabriel asked him to tell the others it was Samuel's fault.
Egon discovered the supernatural activity, caused by the Relic of Nilhe, had a predictable migratory progression southeast from its point of origin. According to his analysis, Egon believed it was headed to the Sedgewick Hotel. However, with the team exhausted, Egon suggested it was time for the junior team to take on their first solo mission. Some time later, with testimony from Janosz Poha, Egon allowed the junior team to follow a preemptive strategy and go after other shards of the Relic.
He appears in the cartoon with a blonde yellow hair color and red glasses. Much like his movie counterpart he is the egghead of the group. One noted difference between him and the movie version is in later seasons when he plays more of a leadership role than he did in the two films.
The following is part of the animated canon universe for this character:
Secondary Canon
NOW Comics "The Real Ghostbusters"
NOW Comics "The Real Ghostbusters starring in Ghostbusters II"
NOW Comics "Slimer! and Marvel Comics Ltd Reissues
Marvel Comics Ltd "The Real Ghostbusters"
The Real Ghostbusters Magazine series
IDW Comics "Mars Attacks The Real Ghostbusters" one-off
IDW Comics "The Real Ghostbusters" back up story (four part series)
Data East's "The Real Ghostbusters" video game
"Extreme Ghostbusters" the video game
"Extreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1" the video game
"Extreme Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Invasion" the video game
To read more about the Animated counterpart character, please check out "Egon Spengler "Animated".
The character of Egon Spengler was named after Oswald Spengler and a classmate of Harold Ramis' at Senn High School named Egon Donsbach who was a Hungarian refugee.[20]
Christopher Walken, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd and Jeff Goldblum were considered for the role of Egon.[21]
Egon's character was envisioned as a human computer - a 'New Wave Mr. Spock'.[22]
In the first movie novelization, Egon spent his childhood in the quiet suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio.[23]
In the novelization, young Egon read books such as "The Mysteries of Latent Abnormality," "Electrical Applications of the Psycho-sexual Drive," "Your Friend the Fungus," "Astral Projections as an Untapped Power Source," and "The Necronomicon."[24]
Egon is also said to have a brother in the novel. Aside from the aforementioned Slinky, Egon's brother was said to own a Lionel train set, the tracks of which young Egon had commandeered to use in an experiment. Young Egon used three concentric rings from Plasticville houses in his brother's Lionel train layout as components in a compact explosive.[25]
In the novelization, Egon displayed a scientific attitude quite early in life, as he would pester librarians into ordering various arcane books to read, conducting an anti-gravity experiment utilizing a jungle gym and hundreds of feet of industrial copper wire (which managed to brown out all of Brooklyn in a crude EMP burst). By observing fellow high school students making out in the park and applying a variety of scientific principles, Egon managed to precisely forecast the exact number of VD cases in Ohio state for that year. As a result, most parents would express a strong aversion to letting their children associate with him.[26]
In the novelization, Peter introduced Egon and Ray to each other.[27]
In the novelization, Egon lives in an apartment and maintains a rooftop fungus farm.[28]
In the novelization, Egon tells Janine that his rationale behind his interest in spores, molds and fungi is that he believes that they will become the food of the future. To which Janine flatly replies "remind me to never have lunch with you."[29]
In the novelization, Egon was the first scientist to hypnotize a hamster by subjecting it to low-frequency radio waves. He also made a sonic gun that set off soft-drink cans at 100 yards.[30]
In the 8/5/1983 script, Egon owned a 1957 Saab car.[31]
In the 10/7/1983 script, it was noted Egon single-handedly got Peter through graduate school.[32]
In the 10/7/1983 script, Egon tells Vinz Clortho he is a "Doctor of Physics, Graduate of M.I.T."[33]
Harold Ramis wrote the line about Egon trying to drill a hole in his head. It was inspired by a thwarted experiment by John Lilly, a prominent researcher in dolphin communication who proposed drilling a hole in his head to test some higher brain function.[34]
Egon has a fondness for junk food. In the first movie he's shown to be eating Cheez-Its and a candy bar, and scarfs down the Twinkee he uses to illustrate the level of PKE in the New York area. In the Ghostbusters role-playing game Egon is known to eat large quantities of fish. It's implied that this helped him attain his high intelligence quotient. (fish is regarded by some as a brain nurturing food.) Egon is also shown to enjoy Chinese takeout.
During the first commercial, Egon looks down at his mark.
Egon subtly gives Peter the numbers to the cost of the bill that Peter quotes to the manager of the Sedgewick in the first movie.
In the West End role-playing game, Egon's motivation is "Soulless Science." Which means he's far more interested in the overall goal of acquiring knowledge, with little to no regard of how it might inconvenience or endanger others.
In the Ghostbusters II August 5, 1988 draft, Egon was working as a physics professor specializing in quantum theory.[35] [36][37]
In the Ghostbusters II August 5, 1988 draft, Egon refused to help Peter at first. [38]
In the August 5, 1988 and February 27, 1989 versions of the Ghostbusters II script, during the set up to the final battle and the epilogue scene respectively, Egon revealed his grandparents came to America from Ostrov in Eastern Poland.[39][40]
Egon's favorite foods seem to be Thai and Mexican.
The 1990 Earth Day Special included Harold Ramis portraying a new character named Elon Spengler who was Egon's twin brother. Elon is President of the Wastebusters.
The game Dungeons of Dredmor has a skill named "Fungal Arts", which says "You collect molds, spores, and fungus", a reference to Egon's hobby.[41]
In the 88MPH Studios Legion miniseries, Egon reveals he's moved on from a fungus to a coral hobby, admits he prefers free diving over scuba because he doesn't believe in compressed air, reveals he worked at a Krazy's one summer... and experimented in the deep fryer.
In the Ghost Busted (manga), in Chapter One Page 18, Egon tells an actress he studied four years at Columbia University, studied two years at Oxford University, and had an extended residence with the Gnostic Monks of Carpathia.
In Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions), posted up in the second floor lab area is a child's drawing. It is addressed to "Uncle Egon From Ed"
This was a nod to the Denver Ghostbusters fan-film series, "Freddy vs. Ghostbusters" and "Return of the Ghostbusters". In the fan-films, Ed Spengler is the Denver team's resident scientist, nephew of Egon Spengler, and has an unnamed sister.
In Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions), Egon has three total messages on the Firehouse answering machine after Checking Out the Library, Museum of (Super)Natural History, and Lost Island Rising.[42][43][44]
In the Beeline Mobile game, Michelle Ying is introduced as Egon's half-step-niece and the only person ever diagnosed with Acute ADHD.
In the IDW Comics canon, Egon is occasionally accused of having Asperger's.[45]
In Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #20, Egon revealed he was once a victim of forced delusion but he doesn't talk about it.[46]
Egon's admission is meant to be open to interpretation.[47]
On his Ghostbusters: The Board Game character card, Egon's employee ID # is listed as 111 75 0730.
On page 19 of Ghostbusters Annual 2015:
On panel 2, to the upper left of Egon is his "Print is dead" line from the first movie, "Epidiymus" line in the second movie, and "We eat gods for breakfast" line at the end of The Video Game.
On panel 2, to the middle left of Egon is "Oswald Donsbach," a nod to the inspirations for the name 'Egon Spengler' - Oswald Spengler and Egon Donsbach
On panel 2, left of Egon's boots is "Balloon will pop," a nod to the four dimensional balloon that was originally part of the Twinkie metaphor seen in drafts of the first movie and explained in annotation on Making Ghostbusters page 104
On panel 2, left of Egon's boots is Thai Mexican," to ideas Egon proposed to Ray for take out as they analyzed the photographs of Vigo in the second movie.
On panel 2, in the lower right is a nod to Egon admitting to straightening part of a slinky to Ray in Ghostbusters II.
In Ghostbusters International #3, on page 20, Egon's Vista credit card is visible on the table. The credit card number is 4024653159.
Egon and Ray were once convinced the Eiffel Tower was engineered to be some kind of primitive Containment Unit.[48][49]
On page 2 of Ghostbusters International #6, Egon revealed he did research on conscious thermoregulation and as a result, he never sweats.[50][51]
In Ghostbusters International #7, Egon is atomized by Loftur in a way that is visually similar to what happened to his animated counterpart in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Egon's Ghost"
In Ghostbusters International #11, on page 20, Egon mentions the Riemann Hypothesis, one of the famous unsolved problems in Mathematics. It was a conjecture that the Riemann zeta function has its zeros only at the negative even integers and complex numbers with real part 1/2.
In Ghostbusters International #11, on page 20 panel 3, Peter plays with a Slinkie - a nod to a line about Egon's childhood in Ghostbusters II
On page 3 of Ghostbusters: Funko Universe, Egon wears his blue lab coat from Ghostbusters.
On page 15 of Ghostbusters 101 #3, Winston alludes to Egon's experiments on himself.
On page 23 of Ghostbusters 101 #5, it is mentioned Egon and Ray have started working on a condensed version of Tobin's Spirit Guide updated with specific information from the Ghostbusters' cases to attract mainstream audiences. Ray promises copies to participants of Ghostbusters 101. This a nod to Tobin's Spirit Guide (Insight Editions).[52]
Egon appears on Cover B and C of Ghostbusters 101 #6.
In the What Came Before page of Ghostbusters 101 #6, Egon's "It would be bad" line from Chapter 13 of the 1984 movie is quoted.
On page 18 of Ghostbusters 101 #6:
The first image is from the first movie, Chapter 3 "Get Her!", when the Library ghost roars at them. Erin and Patty appear in place of Peter and Egon.
The tenth image is from Ghostbusters II, Chapter 28 "World is Safe Again", of the 'cleaned' Vigo portrait. Holtzmann appears in place of Egon.
On page 8 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #4, it is revealed Harold doesn't believe in aliens, like Egon.
On page 18 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #4, Egon admits he would have preferred to be brought back to life by science.
On page 18 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #4, in panel 4, Egon's watch is based on the Seiko Voice Note M516 4009 watches worn in the first movie. They can be notably seen in most of the press photos worn by Egon and Ray.
On page 17 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #5, Egon wears his flip down sunglasses from the first montage of Ghostbusters II during the Orrefors case.
On Cover A of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #1, Egon appears.
On Cover A of Ghostbusters: Answer The Call Issue #4, Egon's spores, molds, and fungus line from the first movie is referenced.
Egon appears on cover RI of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #2.
On page 15 of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #2, Egon alludes to when he was terrified by the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in the first movie.
On page 19 of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #2, in panel 4, Egon is wearing his suit and vest outfit from the first movie.
On May 15, 2018, Egon is mentioned in the Crossing Over Virtual Trading Card #25 featuring Janine Melnitz.[53]
On May 17, 2018, Egon is mentioned in the Crossing Over Virtual Trading Card #26 featuring Peter Venkman.[54]
On June 21, 2018, Egon was mentioned in Death's bio in the 36th Crossing Over Virtual Trading Card.[55]
On July 10, 2018, Egon is mentioned in Ray's bio on the 41st Crossing Over Virtual Trading Card.[56]
On Cover B of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #5, Egon is featured.
On page 9 of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #5, Egon admits he was told he has an intimidating presence.[57]
Egon appears in Cover RI of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #6.
On Cover RI of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #7, Egon is featured.
On page 13 of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #7, Egon alludes to "The Seventh Seal" and several details of the movie.
Egon appears on Cover A and B of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #8.
In Ghostbusters IDW 20/20, Egon 50-S first appears wearing his blue lab coat from the commercial in the first movie.
"Print is dead."
"I think they're more interested in my epididymis."
"We eat gods for breakfast!"
Secondary Canon Appearances
The Zeddemore Factor
"The Other Side 1"
"Displaced Aggression 1"
"Past, Present, and Future"
"Tainted Love"
"Con-Volution"
"What in Samhain Just Happened?!"
"Guess What's Coming to Dinner?"
"Ghostbusters: Infestation 1"
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters Get Real
Ghostbusters Annual 2015
"Daydreams and Nightmares!"
"Hot Foot"
"No Sale"
"A Fall Wind in Summer"
Ghostbusters International #1
Benvenuti A Venezia
Haunted America Case File
Mentioned Haunted America Case Files on page 23[58]
Mentioned on what came before page! and pages 1-6, 17-20
Ghostbusters International #10
Where Winston Was
Second City Ghostbusters
Mentioned by Trask Manager on page 24
The Origins of Slimer
Ghostbusters 101
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Volume 2
Ghostbusters Crossing Over
Ghostbusters IDW 20/20
IDW 20/20 (Dimension 50-S)
Tobin's Spirit Guide
Mentioned on Page 4.[59]
Section III: Metaspecters
Mentioned on Page 41.[60]
Ghostbusters: Times Scare!
The X-Files: Conspiracy: Ghostbusters
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↑ Egon Spengler (2013). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #6" (2013) (Comic p.2). Egon Spengler says: "I know what he said. I learned Swedish when I was researching Gjenganger as an undergrad."
↑ What Came Before! page (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #3" (2016) (Comic What Came Before! page). Line reads: "This kept him from joining the others in Europe...but Egon's already been there back in his college days. He was studying Draugr in Sweden."
↑ Egon Spengler (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #3" (2016) (Comic p.19). Egon Spengler says: "They also correlate to readings I took years ago in Sweden. It's brought something of a "cold case" back to life."
↑ Egon Spengler (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #5" (2016) (Comic p.5). Egon Spengler says: "The data collected on Poveglia aligned with a startling consistency to those I personally recorded more than twenty years ago in northern Europe, as well as those from the United Nations."
↑ Egon Spengler (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #5" (2016) (Comic p.6). Egon Spengler says: "I admit, I was fascinated by the Rauoskinna - this was what I invented the PKE Meter to help me find - but during the course of my search, I came to the belief that maybe, just this once, it would be better to leave well enough alone."
↑ TomWaltz Tweet 5/17/18
↑ Dramatis Personae (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #1" (2016) (Comic Dramatis Personae). Line reads: "Degrees in several scientific disciplines, and is willing to go to great ends to get the answers he seeks."
↑ Peter Venkman (2014). IDW Comics- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Issue #1" (2014) (Comic p.12). Peter says: "Sides, you and Egon built a big, expensive toy to warn us if bad vibes were in the air, right?"
↑ Winston Zeddemore (2014). IDW Comics- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Issue #1" (2014) (Comic p.13). Winston says: "'Rays says 'Fallout from a dimensional breach.'"
↑ Egon Spengler (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #1" (2016) (Comic p.17). Egon says: "Some new theories occurred while I was receiving medical attention, and I want to see where those theories lead. Also, I'm waiting on delivery from the new Moroccan place down the block."
↑ Peter Venkman (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #1" (2016) (Comic p.18). Peter says: "Sorry Egon couldn't make it. Something about bad couscous."
↑ Janine Melnitz (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #4" (2016) (Comic p.2). Janine Melnitz says: "I got Egon with a bum leg, refusing to take any jobs with stairs even though I know he lives in a walk-up."
↑ Ray Stantz (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #8" (2016) (Comic p.1). Ray Stantz says: "It looked like accelerated cellular dispersal!"
↑ Egon Spengler (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #11" (2016) (Comic p.20). Egon Spengler says: "Just a profound sense of relaxation. I was this close to solving the Riemann Hypothesis. It was Heaven, yes."
↑ Egon Spengler (2017). IDW Comics- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #1" (2017) (Comic p.11). Egon Spengler says: "There was a feeling of peace. I was able to fully focus on my thoughts."
↑ TomWaltz Tweet 6/21/18Virtual Trading Card reads: "Some time later, Egon was killed by an immortal warlock and resurrected by an Irish faerie. (These things happen when you work with the paranormal) and Death had to decide what he would do about it. Egon wasn't supposed to survive, he decided. Death is now giving Egon his full attention. Will the Ghostbusters have to zap and trap the Grim Reaper himself, or is there another option...?"
↑ Harold Ramis (2005). Ghostbusters- Commentary (2005) (DVD ts. 21:46-21:56). Columbia TriStar Home Video. Harold Ramis says: "Egon Spengler. Egon came from Egon Donsbach. I went to school with a Hungarian refuge and Spengler was from Oswald Spengler. "
↑ Shortlist 30 Facts
↑ Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 9. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Harold Ramis says: "For my character, we went for a human computer -- someone who had no emotional life whatsoever, who only deals in facts and information -- a 'New Wave' Mr. Spock."
↑ Mueller, Richard (August 1985). "Ghostbusters: The Supernatural Spectacular," p. 23. Tor Books, New York NY USA, ISBN 0812585984.
↑ Aykroyd, Dan & Ramis, Harold (1983). Ghostbusters (First Draft August 5, 1983) (Script p. 19). Paragraph reads: "Spengler's '57 Saab is parked outside an abandoned brick, four-story fire station built by the city around the turn of the century.""
↑ 10/7/1983 Script, p.9 via Spook Central
↑ 10/7/1983 Script, p.89 via Spook Central
↑ Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 27 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Paragraph reads: "Venkman's line was inspired by a bizarre, but thwarted, experiment by John Lilly -- a prominent researcher in dolphin communication -- whi seriously proposed drilling a hole in his head to test some higher brain function. Harold Ramis, who wrote the line, piggy-backed on it during the take by responded: "That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me.""
↑ Aykroyd, Dan & Ramis, Harold (1988). Ghostbusters II (August 5, 1988 Draft) (Script p. 16). "Paragraph reads: "EGON SPENGLER, the soberly intellectual techno-wizard of the Ghostbuster team, is at the blackboard speedwriting an incredibly complex set of formulae while simultaneously explaining one of the axioms of celestial mechanics."
↑ Aykroyd, Dan & Ramis, Harold (1988). Ghostbusters II (August 5, 1988 Draft) (Script p. 43). "Peter Venkman says: "You going to give up that fat teaching paycheck every week and those crazy physics department babes?"
↑ Aykroyd, Dan & Ramis, Harold (1988). Ghostbusters II (August 5, 1988 Draft) (Script p. 43). "Egon Spengler says: "I just don't find quantum theory that challenging anymore."
↑ Aykroyd, Dan & Ramis, Harold (1988). Ghostbusters II (August 5, 1988 Draft) (Script p. 20). "Egon Spengler says: "I'm not doing any more ghostbusting, Venkman, so if that's what you're thinking--"
↑ 2/27/89 Script, Page 109 via Spook Central
↑ Aykroyd, Dan & Ramis, Harold (1988). Ghostbusters II (August 5, 1988 Draft) (Script p. 97). "Egon Spengler says: "It's probably the first thing my grandparents saw when they came to this country. They came from Ostrov in Eastern Poland."
↑ http://dungeonsofdredmor.wikia.com/wiki/Fungal_Arts
↑ James; After Checking Out the Library, Firehouse 2nd Floor Answering Machine Message 8 of 13 (2009). Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions) - Firehouse (2009) (PC/PS3/Xbox 360). Terminal Reality. James says: "Dr. Spengler, this is James from We Ship It. Listen, you got to come down and pick up this package of Carpathian Dungbach Mold we've been holding for you. It's starting to spread. It's taken over half the dock and uh, I think it's singing!"
↑ Male Caller; After Museum of (Super)Natural History, Firehouse 2nd Floor Answering Machine Message 6 of 11 (2009). Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions) - Firehouse (2009) (PC/PS3/Xbox 360). Terminal Reality. Male says: "Ah..hello, Dr. Spengler. This is Gilgamir Electronic Supply. We have all the parts you requested. But a representative from the Mayor's office, a Mr. Peck has recently informed us that all invoices from you must be approved through his office first. We called him about your order and he just laughed then hang up. For all we know, he's still laughing."
↑ Male Caller; After Lost Island Rising, Firehouse 2nd Floor Answering Machine Message 5 of 8 (2009). Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions) - Firehouse (2009) (PC/PS3/Xbox 360). Terminal Reality. Male says: "Egon, man. So, have you ever stopped to think? I mean, really think about how the ghosts feel all cramped up inside those little boxes of yours? That could be somebody's grandma in there, you know? It's not right. That kind of cruelty is a drag! Have a nice day, oppressors!"
↑ Dramatis Personae page (2014). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #13" (2014) (Comic p.ii).
↑ Egon Spengler (2014). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #20" (2014) (Comic p.19). Egon says: "It happened to me, too. I don't talk about it."
↑ Erik Burnham post IDW Forums 10/7/14
↑ Peter Venkman (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #5" (2016) (Comic p.7). Peter Venkman says: "How Egon and Ray used to be convinced that Louvre was engineered to be some kind of primitive French Containment Unit."
↑ Winston Zeddemore (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #5" (2016) (Comic p.7). Winston Zeddemore says: "That was the Eiffel Tower, man."
↑ Egon Spengler (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #6" (2016) (Comic p.2). Egon Spengler says: "If I'd known you'd be this uncomfortable, I would have lent you my research on conscious thermoregulation."
↑ Egon Spengler (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #6" (2016) (Comic p.2). Egon Spengler says: "I never sweat."
↑ 101 Class Notes (2017). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters 101 #5" (2017) (Comic p.23). 101 Class Notes reads: "Tobin's Spirit Guide is so in depth, Dr. Spengler and I have begun on working on a condensed version - updated to include specific information from our cases -- to attract the interest of mainstream audiences, and ease them into the topic. Copies will, of course, be made available to you as part of this program."
↑ Egon Spengler (2018). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #5" (2018) (Comic p.9). Egon Spengler says: "I'm told I have an intimidating presence."
↑ Spectral Incident Report (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #3" (2016) (Comic p.23). Spectral Incident Report reads: "Dr. Spengler has recommended, when possible, to use verbal communication with ghosts in order to encourage peaceful dispersal."
↑ Narrator (2016). Insight Editions- "Tobin's Spirit Guide" (2016) (Comic p.4-5). Paragraph reads: "My colleague Dr. Egon Spengler and I put in weeks of effort to boil the essence of Tobin's down into this slim pocket reference you now hold in your hands: a book that contains basic information on some of the most common types of entities that manifest themselves on this side of the dimensional wall, be they spirit, demon, or even minor gods with aspirations to end life as we know it via destruction, subjugation, or both."
↑ Narrator (2016). Insight Editions- "Tobin's Spirit Guide" (2016) (Book p.41). Paragraph reads: "It didn't take long for the entity responsible to make its presence known, trapping us in a kind of lucid dream state while it focused its attentions on Dr. Spengler, who was suffering from exhaustion at the time, making him an irresistible target."
↑ Narrator (2016). Insight Editions- "Tobin's Spirit Guide" (2016) (Book p.50). Paragraph reads: "Communicating with the Manitou on a psychic plane, Dr. Venkman put his psychology doctorate to full use and managed to exorcise the Manitou from his own body (a feat Dr. Spengler and I would like to attempt ourselves at some point, should a controlled experiment ever prove possible)."
He found what he was looking for....
First impressions...
Egon as seen in Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions)
As seen in Legion miniseries
As seen in Zeddemore Factor
As seen in Ghost Busted (manga), Chapter 1
Egon as seen in Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Stylized Versions)
Egon as seen in Profile in Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Stylized Portable Versions)
As seen in "The Other Side 1"
As seen in "Displaced Aggression 3"
As seen in "Past, Present, and Future"
In his 60's in "Past, Present, and Future"
As seen in "Tainted Love"
As seen in "Con-Volution"
As seen in "What in Samhain Just Happened?!"
As seen in "Guess What's Coming to Dinner?"
As seen in "Ghostbusters: Infestation 1"
As seen in Ghostbusters Issue #5
As seen in Volume 1 Issue #5
As seen in 1970s in Ghostbusters Issue #8
As seen on back of Volume 2 TPB
As seen in Ghostbusters Issue #10
As seen in Volume 1 Issue #10
As seen in Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #3
As seen in Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #10
Future version seen in Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #16
Future version seen in Volume 2 Issue #16
As seen on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #1 Subscription Cover
As seen in TMNT/Ghostbusters Issue #3
As seen in Ghostbusters: Get Real Issue #1
As seen in Get Real Issue #1
As seen on Ghostbusters Get Real Issue #2 subscription cover
As seen on Get Real Issue #3 Regular Cover
As seen in Ghostbusters Annual 2015
As seen in Ghostbusters International #1
Dispersed by Loftur in Ghostbusters International #7
As seen in Ghostbusters International #11
As seen on Ghostbusters Annual 2017 Subscription Cover
As seen on Ghostbusters 101 #1 Subscription Cover A
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As seen on Ghostbusters 101 #3 Regular Cover
As seen on Ghostbusters 101 #3 Subscription Cover
As seen on Ghostbusters 101 #6 Cover B
As seen on Ghostbusters 101 #6 Cover C
As seen in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #1
As seen on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #5 Cover B
As seen on Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #1 Cover A
Crossing Over Virtual Trading Card #19 4/24/18
As seen on Cover B of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #5
As seen on Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #8 Cover B
As seen in Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #8
50-S version seen in Ghostbusters IDW 20/20
As seen in Times Scare!
As seen in The X-Files: Conspiracy: Ghostbusters
As seen on X-Files: Conspiracy: Ghostbusters Cover RI
As seen in Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime 1st Cinematic
As seen in Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime Final Cinematic
3d rendering of Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters: The Board Game
3d 360 Turn rendering of Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters: The Board Game
Egon from in Ghostbusters: The Board Game Introduction Video
Front of figure from Ghostbusters: The Board Game
Back of figure from Ghostbusters: The Board Game
Side of figure from Ghostbusters: The Board Game
Preview of Egon's Ghostbusters: The Board Game Character Card
Egon's Ghostbusters: The Board Game Character Card
As seen in Ghostbusters: Deviations
As seen in Ghostbusters: Funko Universe
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Egon in the 2008 E3 trailer for Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Egon as seen in Ghostbusters: The Video Game Rule 3 trailer
Ghostbusters Movie Continuity
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Films/Games/Comics Ghostbusters • Ghostbusters II • Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions) • Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Stylized Versions)
Ghostbusters/Main Characters Peter Venkman • Ray Stantz • Egon Spengler • Winston Zeddemore • Janine Melnitz • Dana Barrett • Louis Tully • Rookie
Major Enemies Walter Peck • Janosz Poha • Jack Hardemeyer
Supernatural/Ghosts Gozer • Stay Puft Marshmallow Man • Terror dogs (Vinz Clortho and Zuul) • Slimer • Vigo • Scoleri Brothers • Ivo Shandor
Equipment Ecto-1 • Ecto-1a • Ecto-1b • Proton Pack • P.K.E. meter • Ecto goggles • Ghost Sniffer • Slime Blower
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Tag: Earthworm Jim
Original Team Behind Earthworm Jim Have Another Game In The Works
May 2, 2019 / Gigamaxgames / 0 Comments
Fans of retro games can rejoice. A new Earthworm Jim game is on the way and it's being developed by the series original team.
The new title is being developed by ten of the original programmers, artists, audio team, and level designers. While the full team has yet to be revealed, it is most likely comprised of Doug TenNapel, David Perry, Tommy Tallarico, Nick Bruty, Mike Dietz, Tom Tanaka, and Joey Kuras, the original members of the Earthwork Jim team.
Earthworm Jim Making a Comeback
The new game is being exclusively developed for the Intellivision Amico, a new console that is due to release in October 2020, essentially a remaster of the console from the 1980s. The composer and sound designer for the original Earthworm Jim games, Tommy Tallarico, is the CEO and President of Intellivision Entertainment.
Fans first look at the new Earthworm Jim title will come in the form of a livestream on May 4th at noon PT. The team will hold a design meeting and discuss their vision for the game during the stream.
“We have been talking about this moment for many years, it’s a dream come true to finally get the entire team back together. We’re looking forward to sharing a small part of our reunion and initial design meeting with fans from around the world,” said Tommy Tallarico in a press release.
Although the announcement doesn't offer any information on what the new Earthworm Jim might play like, knowing the nature of the console it will probably play like the originals. The launch of the Intellivision Amico is still a ways off so be sure to keep checking back with us here at GigamaxGames.com for all the latest details!
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@ CTIA: Lauer Touts Sprint’s Entertainment, Enterprise Initiatives
Rafat Ali Sep 30, 2005 - 1:09 AM CDT
Len Lauer, COO of Sprint, outlined the company’s entertainment and enterprise offerings and provided a glimpse into the future at this morning’s keynote address at CTIA. He gave some details on its upcoming music service: He said that Sprint believes it will be the first carrier in the U.S. to have full downlaod music store: Sprint Music Store, which will offer full music downloads and personalization to the handset. The service will operate on Sprint’s EV-DO network and will use AAC audio compression technology.
He said that like other Sprint services — such as PictureMail — the company will have a user interface (UI) for Sprint Music Store that will make the service simple and easy to use.
Lauer also provided some details on the company’s exclusive NFL content, saying that for $6 a month subscribers will be able to have NFL highlights pushed to their handset after every quarter and then a couple hours after the game ends they will receive the top 10 plays of the game.
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“Stop molesting Spiderman!”
He grins and holds up her stuffed Spiderman doll.
“How does Peter feel about you having this?”
“He’s the one that bought it.”
Mike cocks a brow on this.
“Seriously? Even after those pictures of your naughtiness got released? What is he glutton for punishment?”
“Yes that’s it. Peter prefers to live in misery.”
“That explains why he’s dating you.” Mike fires back.
Her jaw drops and she tosses her pillow at him. He chuckles and lies back on her bed.
“So we all got automatic A’s for our projects. We have to return to school tomorrow though. The counselor is also supposed to have a one on one with each of us at school tomorrow.”
Bella wrinkled her nose in thought.
“To make certain none of us are suffering from any sort of trauma.”
“Ugh. Thanks, but no thanks.”
“I think it’s mandatory.”
“They can’t force us to talk if we don’t want to Mike.”
He shrugs and rolls over looking upon her.
“I never did thank you.”
She narrows her eyes.
“Thank me?”
“Yeah Bella they told me what you did. I’d have died if it wasn’t for you.”
He leans over and kisses her forehead.
“I know I give you a hard time Bella, but you’re something else. If I wasn’t gay…”
“We’ve been down that road already remember?”
He chuckles.
“Yeah, yeah rub it in why don’t ya?”
She smiles shaking her head.
“You’re too funny Mike.”
“By the way I got a hot date this weekend!”
“Yep, this guy Bella you should see him. He’s like sex on legs. I might finally get me some.”
“That’s really cool Mike.”
Mike takes out his wallet.
“Damn… Way to go Mike!” The guy in the picture had midnight hair, blue eyes, and was athletically built.
“Yep that’s about what I thought.” They high five one another.
“So how are you and Parker doing?”
“Good actually.”
“So he’s ok?”
Bella nods.
“I still can’t believe the poor guy fell out of the bus.”
Mike shakes his head on this.
“By the way you look exhausted. Peter keeping you up at night?!”
Bella’s eyes widen as her father was at the doorway.
“Excuse me?” Charlie snaps.
Mike shuts his eyes tightly.
“Oh… Um… Hi Charlie!”
Charlie sighs.
Bella takes in a breath and shoves Mike off her bed.
“I was just going to see if you two wanted to go grab a bite to eat.”
Mike gives Charlie a thumbs up from the ground.
“Sounds good sir.”
Charlie shakes his head and turns to Bella.
“I’m leaving in five minutes.”
Charlie clears his throat and he turns back to Mike.
“Oh and Newton get Spiderman out of your pants!”
Bella’s jaw drops as she sees that Mike’s stuffed her doll into his jeans. All that was sticking out was his legs.
“MICHAEL NEWTON!”
They hear Charlie chuckling as he leaves the room.
Bella grabs her pillow and leaps onto Mike’s stomach. She starts smacking him with the pillow.
“JERK! JESUS MIKE!”
He’s dying with laughter.
“You hit like a girl!”
“Screw you Mike!”
He rolls her over.
“How many times do I have to tell you?!”
“Yeah, yeah funny aren’t you bitch?!”
Mike dies in laughter.
“I do believe that’s a first Bella Swan!”
“Yeah well I decided to call it like I see it. You Mike Newton are a bitch!”
He reaches to his gut in laughter. He comes to his feet and helps Bella up.
Peter grits his teeth as he peels his shirt off. He looks upon the mirror. He runs his fingers along the area on his chest. So far all was good. He couldn’t get over how precise Bella was on her stitching. He started the sink and warmed up the water. He grabbed a wash rag. He gently began to cleanse over the areas. He then doctored him the way Bella had showed him. Once he was done he placed the cream on. He took in a breath and washed off his hands. He toweled them off and looked into the mirror again.
The pain was becoming more bearable. He popped a couple of pain meds into his mouth. He downed a bottle of water. Peter began to think about Mr. Connors. He had been one of Peter’s favorite teachers. He always was one of the nicest guys he knew. This was all so hard for him to believe. He couldn’t believe just how bad his obsession got out of hand. Now he left behind a wife and children. The mere thought made Peter ill. What made him even more ill. He couldn’t save him. He’d hoped to be able to bring him back. To somehow give his family back the Curtis Connors he knew. The one that loved his students and bragged about his family constantly. But that man had become lost he was too enwrapped in his personal issues.
Peter rubbed his face in thought. He couldn’t even bring his family back a body to bury. His hands balled up into fists. He cut the water back on; this time towards the cold mark. He splashed his face repeatedly. Peter then cut off the water and hovered over the sink. Drops of water fell from his face into the sink.
“Trophy…” Peter mumbled to himself remembering his words.
“Who are you?” Peter growled under his breath.
He dried his face off and put a clean black shirt on. He tossed the dirty one into the hamper. Peter made his way downstairs. Aunt May was setting a pot of beans on the table.
“Smells good.” Peter said taking a seat.
She smiled and took a seat as well. Peter led the prayer. Afterword they began to eat supper.
“You should know my dad is running an appeal.”
Charlie and Bella look up from their burgers.
“He didn’t agree with what George did. In fact a lot of fellow officers didn’t agree. Two of them quit the day they found out you got suspended. The ones that fight for Spiderman’s cause are fighting for yours Charlie.”
Charlie clears his throat on this. Mike winked at Bella and patted her hand.
“He won’t get away with this guys.”
Charlie nodded he was at a loss for words.
“What happens if the appeal goes through?”
“Charlie will be paid for anytime he was forced to take off. He will also have his gun and badge returned to him. All write ups against you Charlie will be as if they never existed. You’d be a free man again. George hasn’t a clue about this yet. The plan is to catch him completely off-guard. Once they build up enough back up for you. They will stand against George. The plan is to make him step down from Captain. Force into early retirement.”
“Sure if they have enough officers against how George Stacy runs things as captain. You’re damn right they can. “
“Who would run things then?”
The three of them look to one another in wonder.
“The Commissioner…” Charlie says in thought.
“How you feeling?”
“Much better.”
Bella sighs in relief. She grabs the collar of his jacket and reaches up kissing his lips. He wraps his arms around her. She leans into his chest as they wait for the bus. Mike was texting his new boyfriend. After the bus arrives, they hop on. Bella leans into Peter as they take their seats. He puts his arm around her. They noticed the bus was more bare than usual. It seemed a lot of parents didn’t want their students ridding the bus after what happened.
Peter takes Bella’s hand once the bus pulls up in front of the school. They head to their lockers. Gwen prances her way over and Bella’s grabbing her books.
“Heard about your dad. I’m so sorry.”
Bella froze at Gwen’s words. She says nothing she just shuts her locker. She turns and Gwen is still standing there.
“He really should’ve known better though. It’s a shame he didn’t think about what this would do to you. I mean after losing your mother as it is… How will you two possibly make it?”
Bella half laughs shaking her head. Mike’s eyes widened. He knew that laugh, that look.
“No Bella!”
It was too late though. Bella already had Gwen by the collar. Her teeth were grinding together.
“Don’t you ever talk about my father again! AT LEAST MY FATHER HAS A FUCKING HEART! YOURS IS THE MOST WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT…!”
Mike covers Bella’s mouth as it takes him and Peter prying her off Gwen. Gwen looks to Bella in shock.
“What’s come over you?!” She snaps.
Bella’s eyes become murderous. She reaches over for Gwen again. Peter and Mike pin her back.
“Seriously!” Gwen says with a scowl.
Peter shakes his head. He turns back to Gwen.
“GET LOST GWEN!”
Her jaw drops.
“You heard him Blondie get to class!” Mike adds furiously.
Peter and Mike drop their hold. Bella’s entire face is lit up. She takes off to the bathroom. She throws her backpack up against the wall. She lets out a scream and pulls at her hair. Peter doesn’t’ even bother knocking. He enters the bathroom. He grabs ahold of her.
“Shh…” He whispers and holds her.
Mike enters the class. He walks right up to Gwen.
“You’ve got to be the coldest BITCH I’ve ever known. That girl just lost her mother, stepfather, and her father damn near lost his job. THANKS TO YOUR BITCH OF A FATHER!”
Gwen pops up and slaps Mike hardcore. He shakes his head and starts laughing.
“Like father like daughter!” Mike barks in her face.
“You’ve a wonderful future ahead of you Gwen.”
“Screw you!”
“Hunny you’re not my type. Now your man however…”
Gwen’s jaw drops. Mike winks at her and takes his seat. The teacher comes into the room right after the little fiasco.
Not long after Peter and Bella come to class. Bella takes her seat. Peter cuts Gwen a rueful glance and takes his seat as well.
Throughout the day each student that was involved in the accident; was called on the intercom to the counselor’s office.
Peter gets called eventually. He shrugs towards Bella and grabs his books. He heads to the office. The petite red headed woman looks to Peter. She takes off her reading glasses.
“So Mr. Parker how are you today?”
“I’m good and you?”
“I’m fine thank you.”
Peter nods and kicks up a leg. He looks around her office.
“So you were one of the one involved in the incident the other day.”
“Yes mam.”
“Tell me Mr. Parker how are you fairing?”
He shrugs and presses his lips together.
“I’m good I guess.”
“You guess?”
“Yeah well there’s this irrational fear of zoos now, but other than that…”
“Zoos?”
“Well you did see the thing right?”
She narrows her eyes at this.
“There’s also another issue.”
Peter sighs and leans over. He looks to her then to the door.
“What’s that?” She questions.
He clears his throat and whispers.
“The issue of when someone tells me they’ve got to drain their lizard now. I just can’t see it the same way. I don’t think I ever will again!”
The woman pinches the bridge of her nose.
“Mr. Parker?”
“You may go now.”
“OH. Well… ok.”
The woman shakes her head as he exits the room.
“Strange kid.”
After lunch Mike gets called in.
“Mr. Newton how are you?’
“I’m ok.”
“How are you feeling? You know since the incident?”
“I guess I’m ok.”
“Yes well I almost died. How is one ok with that?”
“You almost died?”
“Yes. If it wasn’t for my best friend I’d have died. I almost drowned. She did CPR and revived me.”
“Oh wow, sounds like you’ve got quite a friend there.”
“You’re very lucky.”
“Yes I am.” Mike says leaning back with a grin.
“So any other issues?”
Mike shrugs, but looks to be in thought.
“I still remember that thing’s tongue wrapping around my friend.”
“The same one that saved you.”
“Yes mam. The creature nearly ate her.” Mike says with his head down.
“I feared I was about to witness my friend’s death. She’s had such a hard time with everything else as it was. Then the son of a bitch attacks her of all the students on the bus. I swear Bella has the worst luck.”
The woman looks down to her notes. She sees that Bella’s next on her list.
“Bella huh?”
“She just lost her mother and stepfather recently. They were brutally murdered.”
Mike shakes his head feeling ill in thought.
“What about you though Mr. Newton. How are you personally dealing with the situation?”
“It gets a little easier. However, my nightmares haven’t’ quite been the same since.”
“I can imagine so.”
“Everyone lived though. That’s what matters right?”
She smiles warmly and takes off her reading glasses.
“Yes that’s one of the things that does. However, during times such as these. It helps to have someone to express your emotions with. That’s what I’m here for. So if there’s ever a time you need me Mr. Newton, I’m just a phone call away.
“Thank you Mr. Newton.”
She smiles and shakes his hand.
“Please send your friend in next. She just happens to be my last one.”
He Okays this and heads out.
Bella enters her office.
“And how are we today Ms. Swan?”
Bella shrugs and looks around. There were a lot of green plants and books about the woman’s office.
“You’re one of our newest students right?”
“My name is Julia Armand, the school counselor.”
Bella shakes her hand.
“Please take a seat Ms. Swan.”
“Um ok.”
“So how are you holding up?”
“Holding up?”
“Yes since the incident.”
Bella takes in a breath.
“All’s well.”
The counselor narrows her eyes.
Bella shrugs.
“I’m alive so is everyone else.”
Bella breaks into a smile. The counselor leans back curiously watching Bella. Bella softly giggles.
“And why are we laughing Ms. Swan?”
“I’m afraid you’ve lost me.”
Bella sighs and leans over.
“Sometimes you just have to laugh in the face of death.”
The counselor tilts her head on this.
“Death is hardly a laughing matter.”
“Oh believe me it is. You can’t always live in fear. If you do it’ll only eat you alive.”
“Are you living in fear Ms. Swan?”
“Not anymore.”
“Anymore?”
Bella narrows her eyes.
“Are you just going to repeat everything I say Ms. Armand?”
The counselor swallows back on this.
“I do apologize Ms. Swan. Are you certain you’re doing alright?”
“Yep, for once things are going just fine.”
“Were they not before?”
“Is this about the incident on the bus or something else Ms Armand?” Bella says coming to her feet.
“Please just a few more questions Ms. Swan. I’ve not released you for class yet.”
Bella grabs the release note from her desk and her bag.
“You just did.”
“Ms…” The counselor goes to argue this, but Bella exits the room.
“So we’re all set for this weekend?” Peter questions.
“What’d you tell your dad?”
“Mike covered for me actually. He thinks we’re going out of town.”
“That was cool of him.”
“Yeah it was actually.”
Peter wraps his arms around her waist.
“So an entire weekend, no interruptions? Just you, me and a hotel room?”
She beams at this and leans into him.
“Hmmmmm.” He says pressing himself against her.
“Can’t be helped.”
She turns around and kisses him.
“So one more day…” He says as if to pep talk himself.
Peter smirked as he caught her body reacting just as badly as his was.
“Goodnight Bella.”‘
She sighs breathlessly.
“Goodnight Peter.”
Peter crawls out of her window and heads back home.
2 thoughts on “Chapter 12 Draining The Lizard”
Oooooohhhh la la!! A hotel room???? THINGS ARE GETTING HOT!!!!
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Fashion’s Coolest Teens Join Dolce & Gabbana Spring Campaign
Dolce & Gabbana has not been one to shy away from the celebrity teen brood. Earlier this summer, the Italian brand had shone the spotlight on cool millennials on the runway and front row during its Spring 2017 menswear presentation.
Now, the brand has tapped the same fresh faces for their latest yet-to-be-released spring menswear campaign.
Late last week, the designers teased behind-the-scenes photographs on Instagram, showing a star-studded cast that includes Cindy Crawford’s son Presley Gerber, Jude Law’s son Rafferty Law, Daniel Day-Lewis’ Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis, Pamela Anderson’s sons Dylan Jagger and Brandon Thomas Lee, Internet celebrity Cameron Dallas and street style star Luka Sabbat. The campaign is lensed by photographer Franco Pagetti.
The millennial cast, aptly named #DGMillenials, is definitely young, signalling Dolce & Gabbana’s not-so-subtle ploy to hook in the younger generation. The eldest star in the campaign, Dallas, is only 22, while Gerber is just turned 17.
On the ladies side, Dolce & Gabbana has enlisted actress and singer Zendaya to front the women’s spring/summer campaign. The 20-year-old joins French models Thylane Blondeau and Sonia Ben Ammar in the glamorous shoot, also shot by Pagetti in Capri.
Check out more behind-the-scenes photos of what looks like an immensely fun Italian adventure on Dolce & Gabbana's Instagram.
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Belinda Blumenthal vs. Wonder Woman: Who is 2017’s Foremost Feminist Icon?
July 19, 2017 ~ howtolearnyourtwenties
© DC Comics
It’s a monumental period for women’s representation in the media. Rey and Jinn from Star Wars, the ladies of Game of Thrones, the cast of Hidden Figures, Jodie Whittaker as the first female Doctor. This influx of well-written, inspiring women is awesome and long-awaited, and yet none of them are quite as vital, quite as badass as two female leads in particular: Diana of Themyscira, better known as Wonder Woman, and the titular character of Rocky Flinstone’s breakout erotic sensation, Belinda Blinked.
That’s right, girls and guys. This is a Feminism-Off between Wonder Woman and the queen of pots and pans herself… Belinda Blumenthal.
Let’s start with the basics. At her core, Wonder Woman is an Amazon, born of the Amazonian Queen Hippolyta, clay, and sheer willpower. She has an unflagging moral compass, unparalleled combat skills, and has proven time and again that she is not above paying the highest price – self-sacrifice – for the sake of the greater good.
And then there is Belinda. Belinda, who has managed to climb up the lube-slippery rungs of the pots and pans industry with her delicate, skilled hands and weathered such horrors as self-aware Brazilians and the papery, pancake-thin breasts of the Duchess of Epsom. Despite these obstacles, she has still managed to come out on top (literally) in a male-dominated industry.
So how do these women hold up in the face of modern feminist standards?
Wonder Woman is literally a superhero, which earns her major points since every large-scale superhero film to date has featured a male protagonist. Her film has shattered the glass ceiling of the testosterone-heavy comic book world and paved the way for future kickass female super-characters. She also dedicates her life to fighting off global-scale threats to save everyone, which is very cool and embodies the feminist tenet of equality. Anything a man can do, so can she. Her aforementioned moral compass keeps her on the arrow-straight path to justice and ensures that she strikes a balance in her own actions, meaning she is conscious of the means she employs to achieve her ends.
On the other hand, we have Belinda. Belinda is a scrappy, self-motivated sales director at Steele’s Pots and Pans, a cutthroat company where you must be willing to do heinous things for the greater good. Unlike Wonder Woman, Belinda has absolutely no moral compass and will do anything – seriously, anything – to achieve her ends. There is no act too depraved, no penis too small, no dildo too black. Her story is one of female triumph as she shatters a glass ceiling of her own: that of the pots and pans industry. She is the spirit of modern-day feminism, with a no-holds-barred attitude and no qualms with rolling her sleeves up and getting dirty. Really, really dirty.
As for each character’s outside support, it couldn’t be more different. Wonder Woman has her Lasso of Truth, her bullet-proof wristguards, and the entire Justice League in her camp, whereas Belinda has her raw sexual charisma, tumbling tits, and a veritable menagerie of bizarre friends to back her as necessary. If it came down to Aquaman versus Bella, you better believe I’d put my money on Bella to blow her way out of any situation with a finesse that Aquaman’s brute strength just couldn’t beat. And if her mouth failed her, that ear-bleeding accent would definitely debilitate her attackers long enough for her to escape.
It’s a close call, to be sure, but after careful analysis the verdict is that Belinda Blumenthal, for sheer pluck and determination, is the embodiment of feminism in 2017. Like any good feminist, she is unintimidated by her male counterparts and impervious to any attempts at slut-shaming. She’s a #girlhelpinggirls, using her status in the company to connect with and support fellow feminists like the short-lived Donna, her balding friend Giselle, and her lover Peter’s wife Christina. She can take a beating (as evidenced by everyone’s crude, horrifying handling of her cervix) and remain standing.
She’s tough, resilient, and hungry for more. And while the same can be said for Wonder Woman, Belinda’s lust for life (and penis) as well as her willingness to do anything to get what she wants makes her 2017’s feminist icon.
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character of belinda pdf says:
Having a Cleopatra-like variety, Belinda is the one who is all pervasive and central character in Alexander Pope’s mock heroic, “The Rape of the Lock”. Pope’s attitude to Belinda is very mixed and complicated: mocking and yet tender, admiring and yet critical. The paradoxical nature of Pope’s attitude is intimately related to the paradox of Belinda’s situation. She is as a bundle of contradictions as is the society she represents. She is a complex character and is more than a mere type. It is impossible to find a parallel of Belinda in any poem of the 18th century.
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho frustrated by his team’s dip in motivation and focus
September 29, 2018 Dianne Reeves Online news
Jose Mourinho is frustrated by Manchester United‘s tendency to dip in focus and motivation just as they begin to build up a head of steam.
The Old Trafford giants have had to deal with a large amount of scrutiny in the opening weeks of the season due to a topsy-turvy start.
An opening-day win at home to Leicester was followed by back-to-back defeats to Brighton and Tottenham, which they reacted to with a three-match winning streak on the road.
Manchester United’s inconsistency this season has been very frustrating for Jose Mourinho
But the positive momentum has gone again after last weekend’s draw with Wolves at Old Trafford was followed by a shock Carabao Cup exit to Derby.
United head to improving West Ham looking to kick-start their campaign again, with the failure to maintain positive results clearly frustrating Mourinho.
‘First of all, if you want to be pragmatic, if you want to be analysing what sport is and what sport can be, Real Madrid lost 3-0, Barcelona lost five points in two matches, AC Milan drew against Empoli, a newly-promoted team,’ the United boss said.
‘It looks like in football it is getting shorter and shorter and shorter the distance between the big clubs and the other clubs. That, for me, is an obvious situation.
The Manchester United boss says the gap is closing between big clubs and small clubs
‘But, you know, I sometimes feel frustrated because the work we do and what we give to the process, I’m always expecting more.
‘Especially I’m expecting more in terms of stability in the process and it looks like when we feel that we are really improving and playing better and having a good run of results, it looks like there is always a little going down in terms of the focus or the motivation.
‘That I feel. That’s why when I come to you, you never see me speaking like ‘I don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow’. I expect to win tomorrow, I expect to play very well tomorrow.
Jose says his team have trained well this week, even Paul Pogba after the two’s falling out
‘We work very, very well, especially Wednesday and Thursday, so tomorrow I expect a very good performance and I expect to win a very difficult match.’
Mourinho does not believe that any of it is down to players being frightened by the expectation of playing for United, who could do with a shot in the arm in east London to avoid slipping further behind the pack.
‘I don’t come here (to the press conference) and say, “the training session was not very good and the players are not committed and I have a bad feeling, I have the feeling that tomorrow we are not going to play very well, that we are not going to win” the Portuguese said.
‘No, that’s why after matches sometimes I have that feeling of being frustrated or surprised by a lack of concentration, by a lack of apparent. I repeat apparent because, I believe, in a lack of commitment and lack of attitude.
Mourinho wants to see more ambition and a better attitude from his players against West Ham
‘But if I put myself in the position of a journalist or in the position of somebody that understands, sometimes I feel maybe people think ‘the boys are not committed’.
‘Maybe people can think ‘the manager doesn’t demand enough from them’, maybe people think ‘on the training ground we don’t train enough this area or that area or that area’. That’s quite frustrating.
‘But, again, I repeat I think tomorrow we are going to play very well and I think we are going to win, I repeat, a very difficult match against a very good opponent.
‘An opponent with great investment, an opponent with a champion manager, with lots of experienced players, with lots of very talented players. Very difficult but I am very positive.’
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Winners 2009: Details
Attention: The detailed description texts of the winning games have been automatically translated. There is a high probability of errors.
Noblemen Dwight Sullivan
3-5 players from 12 years approx. 90-120 minutes
In the England of the 16th The leaders of several clans of families compete for more influence at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. They increase and beautify their land holdings and try in different ways to gain more prestige and the favor of the queen. As a reward for their efforts beckons them a higher nobility title, which brings more benefits.
WampumJeffrey D. Allers
2-5 players from 10 years approx. 45-60 minutes
Wampum are decorated with shells ornamental ribbons, which were used by the Indians as a gift or exchange currency. In this card game players travel with their canoes to different villages and exchange their goods for other goods or wampum.
NomolassonStefan Risthaus
2-4 players from 8 years approx. 90 minutes
In a fantastic world, mighty knights try to win the favor of the Nomolasson, the son of the Queen. For this, the heroines, the various races of the country must make friends and difficult adventures. The one who cleverly deals with the interests of the races and manages to dispute the adventures of the others will receive the most points and end up with the victory.
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Russia: Deutsche Bank internal report
Deutsche Bank asked two in-house financial crime investigators – Philippe Vollot and Hinrich Völcker – report on the Russian Laundromat.. Their nine-page presentation was shared last year with the audit committee of the bank’s supervisory board and is marked “strictly confidential”.
The pair identified numerous “high-risk entities”. They included 1,244 in the US, 329 in the UK and 950 in Germany. These entities were responsible for nearly 700,000 transactions, the report says, involving at least £62m in the UK, $47m in the US, and €55m in Germany.
As part of its investigation, Deutsche Bank sent 149 “suspicious activity reports” to the National Crime Agency in London. Similar disclosures of potential money-laundering transactions were made to authorities in the US and elsewhere – with 30 private and corporate Deutsche Bank clients reported. Some may have been “unknowingly used”, the report says.
[ Troika Dialog, Quantus Division, Ltd[BVI] $billions out of Russia ]
The system dubbed the Troika Laundromat by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project involved at least 75 offshore companies and exported about $4.8 billion between 2006 and 2013, often through fictional deals, with help from a now-defunct Lithuanian bank, according to the OCCRP’s investigative journalists.
NEW: One of the largest leaks of banking records and related documents ever reveals an $8.8 billion network of offshore companies that allowed corrupt politicians and criminals to secretly launder money and hide assets abroad. Here’s the #TroikaLaundromat. https://t.co/yv1KnkPoZP pic.twitter.com/6MiJh0jWlz
— OCCRP (@OCCRP) March 4, 2019
The oligarch, Ruben Vardanyan, is the former boss of Moscow investment bank Troika Dialog. The payments were from a company called Quantus Division Ltd, registered in the British Virgin Islands, which is revealed today to have been part of a network of offshore companies that sent billions of dollars out of Russia.
The network was managed by a Moscow investment bank, Troika Dialog, whose chief executive at the time was Mr Vardanyan, who was the 99th richest man in Russia two years ago,
[December 19 2018 U.S.Sanctions- Oleg Deripaska real estate seized — Rusal sanctions lifted ]
Today, OFAC submitted a notification to Congress of its intention to terminate the sanctions imposed on En+ Group plc (“En+”), UC Rusal plc (“Rusal”), and JSC EuroSibEnergo (“ESE”) in 30 days…to remove sanctions on Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska’s aluminum company, United Co. Rusal, after reaching an agreement to significantly reduce his ownership stake.
Deripaska will remain under U.S. sanctions and his property will remain blocked,
https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20181219_33.aspx
[October 8 2018]
Washington has frozen Oleg Deripaska’s US-based assets, including massive mansions in Manhattan and Washington, DC. But the feds are also negotiating with him to give up some of his European-based operations to keep them running free of sanctions, Treasury officials say.
Deripaska’s US assets include a mansion at 11 East 64th St.
FBI agents tried unsuccessfully to flip Deripaska in exchange for information on Russian organized crime — and Russia’s aid to President Trump’s 2016 campaign, the New York Times reported last month.
In an affidavit attached to a July 2017 application, an FBI agent said he had reviewed tax returns for a company controlled by Manafort and his wife that showed a $10 million loan from a Russian lender identified as Oleg Deripaska. When Manafort joined the Trump campaign, he owed Deripaska close to $20 million, according to legal complaints Deripaska’s lawyers filed in the Cayman Islands and New York
[ September 2018 Abramovich divorced then transferred holdings to her ]
Listed by Treasury as Putin-related oligarch, Roman Abramovich has transferred Manhattan property to his ex-wife (2017).
On Sept. 14, the city recorded the transfer of the three townhouses at 9, 11 and 13 E. 75th St. from Roman Abramovich to Dasha Zhukova for a total $74 million. In addition, Abramovich transferred 15 E. 75th St. to Zhukova for $16.5 million. (11, 13 and 15 are the ones being combined after June approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission.)
Abramovich also transferred a fourth floor co-op at 225 E. 73rd St. to Zhukova for $900,000, as well as another first floor co-op at 215 E. 73rd St. for another $900,000, according to property records.
[April 22 Oerlikon is neither sanctioned nor blocked ]
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury has identified Viktor F. Vekselberg and Renova Group, Moscow, as specially designated nationals pursuant to US sanctions rules, effective April 6, 2018.
Viktor F. Vekselberg indirectly holds an interest of 43.04 % in Oerlikon. Pursuant to the regulations of the OFAC of the US Department of the Treasury, Oerlikon is neither considered a sanctioned nor a blocked party because Mr. Vekselberg’s ownership interest in Oerlikon is less than 50 %. US persons and entities, as well as any other persons and entities, are therefore not restricted in their dealings with Oerlikon or in investing in Oerlikon. Press release(04/09/18).
Assets totaling between $1.5 billion and $2 billion have been frozen as a result of sanctions imposed on Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg and his Renova Group conglomerate, Renova, which is headquartered in Moscow and has a subsidiary in Zurich, intends to maintain its Swiss holdings, which include a stake in Oerlikon (OERL.S).
[ April 10 Oleg Deripaska is a SDN. What does that mean? ]
“We [Oleg Kouzmin and Daniel Salter] note that the fundamentals surrounding the Russian market remain mostly unchanged and that Russian equities still provide among the healthiest dividend returns globally. We would thus ignore the current jitters and buy into the current weakness, particularly with dividend season almost upon us.”
The economic impact of the new sanctions was also unclear and analysts said it was too early to revise forecasts.
[April 7]
SDN stands for “Specially Designated National.” In its statement announcing the sanctions, the U.S. Treasury Department said U.S. entities will be “generally prohibited from dealings with” the people and firms on the sanctions list.
In addition, it said, companies outside the United States “could face sanctions for knowingly facilitating significant transactions for or on behalf of” sanctioned entities.
Deripaska, with a net worth of $6.7 billion, is the main owner of the conglomerate EN+, which in turn is the co-owner of some of the world’s biggest metals producers, Rusal and Nornickel.
Hong Kong-listed Rusal is one of the world’s biggest aluminum producers. It says exports to the United States account for over 10 percent of its output.
Rusal owns assets in Italy, Ireland, Sweden, Nigeria, Guyana, Guinea. It owns a stake in Australian QAL, the world’s top alumina refinery.
Nornickel has assets in Finland, in Australia, where it holds a license to develop the Honeymoon Well Project, and in South Africa, where it has a 50 percent stake in the country’s only nickel concentrate producer, Norilsk Nickel Nkomati.
Swiss-headquartered Glencore is a shareholder in Rusal, and his said it plans to switch those shares to Deripaska’s newly-created holding company, EN+. According to a Rusal prospectus, its major customers include Glencore, Toyota, and Rio Tinto Alcan.
Other foreign firms with ties to Deripaska’s empire include Austrian construction company Strabag, in which the Russian’s firm Rasperia has a blocking stake, and Singapore’s Changi Airports International, which is a partner with a Deripaska-owned airports firm.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/coca-cola-about-cost-you-more-thanks-trump-s-tariffs-n894951
[April 6 Oligarchs and Russian meddlers sanctioned: up to April 6 2018 ]
Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin
AKIMOV, Andrey Igorevich,
BOGDANOV, Vladimir Leonidovich,
DERIPASKA, Oleg Vladimirovich,
DYUMIN, Alexey Gennadyevich (a.k.a. DYUMIN, Alexei),
FRADKOV, Mikhail Efimovich (Cyrillic: ФРАДКОВ, Михаил Ефимович),
FURSENKO, Sergei (a.k.a. FURSENKO, Sergey; a.k.a. FURSENKO, Sergey Aleksandrovich);
GOVORUN, Oleg,
KERIMOV, Suleiman Abusaidovich (Cyrillic: КЕРИМОВ, Сулейман Абусаидович) (a.k.a. KERIMOV, Suleyman)
KOLOKOLTSEV, Vladimir Alexandrovich,
KOSACHEV, Konstantin,
KOSTIN, Andrey Leonidovich,
LEONE MARTINEZ, Miguel Jose (a.k.a. LEONE, Miguel),
MILLER, Alexey Borisovich,
PATRUSHEV, Nikolai Platonovich,
PEREZ ALVEAR, Jesus (a.k.a. “Chucho Perez”),
REZNIK, Vladislav Matusovich,
ROTENBERG, Igor Arkadyevich (a.k.a. ROTENBERG, Igor Arkadevich)
SHAMALOV, Kirill Nikolaevich
SHKOLOV, Evgeniy Mikhailovich
SKOCH, Andrei Vladimirovich (a.k.a. SKOCH, Andrey)
TORSHIN, Alexander Porfiryevich,
USTINOV, Vladimir Vasilyevich,
VALIULIN, Timur Samirovich,
VEKSELBERG, Viktor Feliksovich,
ZHAROV, Alexander Alexandrovich (a.k.a. ZHAROV, Aleksandr)
ZOLOTOV, Viktor Vasiliyevich,
• AgroHolding Kuban
• Basic Element Limited
• B-Finance Ltd.
• EN+ Group PLC
• JSC EuroSibEnergo
• GAZGroup
• Gazprom Burenie, 000
• Ladoga Menedzhment, 000
• NPV Engineering Open Joint Stock Company
• Renova Group
~ Russian Machines
~ United Company RUSAL PLC
• Any other entity in which one or more of the above persons own, directly or indirectly,
a 50 percent or greater interest
e, all transactions and activities
otherwise prohibited by the Ukraine Related Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 589, that are
ordinarily incident and necessary to divest or transfer debt, equity, or other holdings in the following
blocked persons to a non-U.S. person, or to facilitate the transfer of debt, equity, or other holdings in
the following blocked persons by a non-U.S. person to another non-U.S. person, are authorized through
12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, May 7, 2018:
• GAZ Group
• United Company RUSAL PLC
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0338
[ March 15 targets are the same as Mueller’s? ]
Targets are the same as those identified by an indictment by Robert Mueller?
Internet Research Agency LLC
Concord Management and Consulting LLC
Concord Catering
Dzheykhun Nasimi Ogly Aslanov
Anna Vladislavovna Bogacheva
Maria Anatolyevna Bovda
Robert Sergeyevich Bovda
Mikhail Leonidovich Burchik
Mikhail Ivanovich Bystrov
Irina Viktorovna Kaverzina
Aleksandra Yuryevna Krylova
Vadim Vladimirovich Podkopaev
Sergey Pavlovich Polozov
Gleb Igorevich Vasilchenko
Vladimir Venkov
Sergei Afanasyev
Vladimir Alexseyev
Sergey Gizunov
Igor Korobov
Igor Kostyukov
Grigoriy Molchanov
[February 1 Oligarchs listed by U.S. Treasury – from Forbes ]
Yevgeniy Kasperskiy
“A lot of work had gone into compiling the original list, but someone high up in the administration had ordered for it to be binned and replaced by the Forbes-based list.
In an emailed statement to Forbes, a Treasury spokesperson explained that the unclassified report was derived from open sources, including Forbes and others
Appendix B: List of Oligarchs
1 Aleksandr Abramov
2. Roman Abramovich
3. Araz Agalarov
4. Farkhad Akhmedov
5. Vagit Alekperov
6. Igor Altushkin
7. Aleksey Ananyev
8. Dmitriy Ananyev
9. Vasiliy Anisimov
10. Roman Avdeyev
11 Petr Aven
12. Yelena Baturina
13. Aleksey Bogachev
14. Vladimir Bogdanov
15. Leonid Boguslayskiy
16. Andrey Bokarev
17. Oleg Boyko
18. Nikolay Buynov
19. Oleg Deripaska
20. Aleksandr Dzhaparidze
21. Leonid Fedun
22. Gleb Fetisov
23 Mikhail Fridman
24. Aleksandr Frolov
25. Filaret Galchev
26. Sergey Galaskiy
27 Valentin Gapontsev
28. Sergey Gordeyev
29. Andrey Guryev
30, Yuriy Gushchin
31. Mikhail Gutseriyev
32. Sait-Salam Gutseriyev
33. Zarakh Iliyev
34. Dmitriy Kamenslichik
35. Vyacheslav Kantor
36. Samuel Karapetyan
37. Yevgeniy Kasperskiy
38. Sergey Katsiyev
39 Suleyman Kerimov
40. Igor Kesayev
41. Danil Khachaturov
42. German Khan
43. Viktor Kharitonin
44. Aleksandr Klyachin
45. Petr Kondrashev
46. Andrey Kosogov
47 Yuriy Kovalchuk*
48 Andrey Kozitsyn
49. Aleksey Kuzmichev
50. Lev Kvetnoy
51 Vladimir Lisin
52. Anatoliy Lomakm
53 Ziyavudin Magomedov
54. Igor Makarov
55 Iskander Makhmudov
56. Aleksandr Mamut
57 Andrey Melnichenko
58. Leonid Mikhelson
59 Yuriy Milner
60. Boris Mints
61. Andrey Molchanov
62. Aleksey Mordashov
63. Vadim Moshkovich
64. Aleksandr Nesis
65. God Nisanov
66. Aleksandr Ponomarenko
67, Sergey Popov
68. Vladimir Potanin
69. Mikhail Prokhorov
70. Dmitriy Pumpyanskiy
71. Megdet Ralchimkulov
72. Andrey Rappoport
73 Viktor Rashnikov
74. Arkadiy Rotenberg*
75. Boris Rotenberg*
76. Dmitriy Rybolovlev
77. Ayrat Shaymiyev
78. Radik Shaymiyev
79 Kirin Shamalov
80. Yuriy Sheller
81. Albert Shigabutdinov
82. Mikhail Shishkhanov
83. Leonid Simanovskiy
84. Andrey Skoch
85. Aleksandr Skorobogatko
86. Rustem Sulteyev
87 Aleksandr Svetakov
88. Gennadiy Timchenko*
89. Oleg Tinkov
90. Roman Trotsenko
91 Alisher Usmanov
92. Viktor Vekselberg
93. Arkadiy Volozh
94. Vadim Yakunin
95. Vladimir Yevtushenkov
96. Gavril Yushvayev
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5634145/Putin-linked-Russian-billionaires-bid-hide-183m-superyacht-ex-wife-fails.html
Tags: British Virgin Islands, Concord catering, Concord Management, DB internal report, deripaska, Internet Research Agency, nornickel, oerlikon, Oleg Deripaska, oligarchs, Quantus, renova, roman abramovich, Ruben Vardanyan, rusal, russians meddling in election, russians sanctioned, U.S. election interference, Ukraine, vekselberg, Vekselberg and Renova
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Shame On You, United
I don't often comment on current events, but the story about the passenger that United Airlines beat bloody and dragged off a flight -- for no reason but to accomodate some of their own deadheading employees, and despite the fact that he had a ticket that he'd bought and paid for and was doing nothing but sitting peacefully in his assigned seat -- has me seeing red.
Jimmy Kimmel said it better than I could.
I stand with Jimmy, with Alan Grayson, and with millions of other ordinary Americans from coast to coast who were outraged by these videos, and by the mealy-mouthed corporate bullshit the United's CEO chose to offer afterwards.
One point Jimmy did not raise: in what world does an airline employee's need to get to his next flight take precedence over a doctor's need to return to his hospital?
The "police" who dragged the man off the plane and beat him do not deserve the name of police officers, and should be fired immediately. "They were just following orders" is no excuse.
The United CEO should also resign. He's a disgrace.
I am old enough to remember when airlines were regulated, and passengers had rights. But we deregulated the airlines, and now passengers are cattle. The present rule seems to be just what Kimmel says: do what we say, or else. You may have given us your money, but we owe you nothing.
And here's the cherry for your (bloody) sundae: United has also announced plans to begin charging passengers for carry-on luggage.
Current Mood: angry
everyday life,
gruelestx
Re: Not cops, security guards.
Fire that Commander in Tweet while we're at it.
gruelestx : Re: Not cops, security guards. [+0]
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Traditional Icelandic Dishes You Have to Try
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he best way to truly experience Icelandic culture is by sampling our food. Traditional Icelandic dishes are unique to the island, with few being found outside of the country. This is because their diet is heavily affected by their remote location, with the island being surrounded by the vast Atlantic Ocean. To help you work out the best parts of the native cuisine to try on your next trip to Iceland, we have compiled a list of dishes for you to add to your to-eat list.
Fermented Shark
Known locally as Hákarl, one of the most popular local delicacies is fermented shark, often served in small cubes. The dish is usually made from Greenland shark or other sleeper shark species and is fermented for four to five months. This gives the dish a strong ammonia smell and it is extremely fishy in taste. The overwhelming smell and taste are known to overwhelm people the first time they try it as it is a very acquired taste. Fermented shark is regularly stocked in two bars in Reykjavik, at The Icelandic Bar (Íslenski Barinn) and Café Loki. It is also readily available in many Icelandic shops and comes in two varieties -chewy or soft meat.
Brennivín
Another traditional Icelandic staple that you should make sure to try is the traditional spirit Brennivín, also referred to as Black Death. The spirit is often thrown back as a shot but has recently been used as a key ingredient in cocktails throughout Iceland. It is also consumed after eating a cube of Hákarl to wash the taste away. The traditional spirit is made using fermented grain, potato mash and caraway seeds, and has been described as similar to Akvavit. The spirit is usually clear, but can sometimes be coloured too, and is typically bottled at 37.5 or 40% ABV.
Sheep Head
Possibly the most unusual of the Icelandic dishes, Sheep Head is a traditional dish that many natives will have tried at least once. However, it is not as popular as it once was and you wouldn’t usually find it at your local restaurant in Iceland. Referred to in Iceland as Svið, you can still find it in Iceland at BSÍ bus station cafeteria, as part of a traditional Icelandic platter. Locals often swear that the cheeks are the tastiest part of the sheep’s head, but many people are put off by how it looks on the plate.
Dried Fish Jerky
This is probably the most palatable of all traditional Icelandic dishes. The perfect snack for you if you like fish, it’s a particularly good dish to try if you are a pescatarian and haven’t tried jerky, as it has a very similar texture to traditional beef jerky. Known as Harðfiskur, Dried Fish Jerky is always available at local supermarkets, normally for a very affordable price. It can also sometimes be found as a bar snack around Iceland too, and is a popular snack among locals. Make sure you that you store the jerky in an airtight bag though, as the smell can often spread and contaminate other food.
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he best way to truly experience Icelandic culture is by sampling our food. Traditional Icelandic dishes are unique to the island, with few being found outside of the country. This is because their diet is heavily affected by their remote location, with the island being surrounded by the vast Atlantic Ocean. To help you work out the best parts of the native cuisine to try on your next trip to Iceland, we have compiled a list of dishes for you to add to your to-eat list. Fermented Shark Known lo
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The Government vs Your Food
February 2014 Volume 23 Number 1
Defending School Choice in North Carolina
IJ Earns Two Civil Forfeiture Victories In Michigan
Turning Individuals into Activists is Liberty in Action
With Deepest Gratitude for Robert W. Wilson’s Legacy
Got Free Speech? IJ Challenges Oregon’s Ban on Raw Milk Advertising
Free the Treats! IJ Fights for the Right to Sell Home-Baked Goods
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Michael Bindas
There are few things more intimate than sitting around the table to eat with family and friends. But with alarming frequency, government is also demanding a seat at the table. This uninvited guest seeks to dictate what we have on our plates and in our glasses . . . and, ultimately, what we put in our bodies.
But now IJ is fighting back. On November 19, 2013, we launched our National Food Freedom Initiative: a nationwide campaign to end government’s unconstitutional interference in our food choices. With the initiative, IJ will fight for the growing number of small-scale food entrepreneurs and consumers tired of government dictating what foods they can grow, sell and eat.
In this issue of Liberty & Law, you’ll read about the first three cases in the initiative: a property rights challenge to a ban on front-yard vegetable gardens in Miami Shores, Fla.; an economic liberty challenge to Minnesota’s restrictions on the sale of homemade baked goods; and a free speech challenge to Oregon’s ban on the advertisement of “raw”—or unpasteurized—milk.
In a historic first for IJ, we filed these three cases on a single day. The logistical challenges were daunting, but everything went off seamlessly and we accomplished exactly what we set out to accomplish: set the terms of the debate from the get-go.
Of course, this was only the opening salvo in what will be a sustained, nationwide campaign. IJ will not rest until Americans are once again free to produce, market and consume the foods of their choice.
Michael Bindas is an IJ senior attorney.
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Real Food Encyclopedia | Burdock
Burdock is the rare plant that has so many beneficial properties that it’s not just good for you, it’s good enough to be considered by many to be medicinal. It can be found in the supplement section of the health food store where you can take it as a powder, a pill, a tea or a tincture. Alternatively, you can feature it as part of a tasty meal.
While burdock is native to Europe and Northern Asia, it is now widespread throughout the United States. It grows so freely it is labeled a weed in some areas where its prolific nature has earned the plant a bit of a reputation. In Japan, parts of Europe, and increasingly in the gardens and farms of the US, it is cultivated as a vegetable.
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Fun Facts about Burdock:
Burdock, like artichoke, is a member of the sunflower botanical family (Asteraceae).
Burdock is a common ingredient in root beer recipes.
Burdock continues to be part of the party at Stonehenge where a tonic of the root, popular since the pillars were constructed, is traditionally imbibed during equinox celebrations.
The tenacious burrs that bloom on mature plants cling to everything they brush against. They were the inspiration for Velcro® hook and loop fasteners.
What to Look for When Buying Burdock
While it’s possible to eat the leaves and stems of the plant, the most commonly eaten part of burdock is the root. You can find it in farmers markets and Asian groceries where it is sometimes labeled “gobo.” Burdock roots look more like something you’d throw on the woodpile than something you’d eat. They are long (often two feet or more) and thin, with a tough brown skin that should be removed before cooking.
Select roots that are about an inch in diameter without a lot of scarring or cracks. Like carrots, they shou0ld be firm enough to snap when bent. Soft or rubbery burdock is old and dried out.
Sustainability of Burdock
Burdock is extremely hardy and requires very little in the way of inputs to thrive. It self-seeds and can take over a garden if allowed to do so.
Burdock Cultivation
Burdock grows in the wild and can be foraged in most of the United States. You can find it along roadsides, in meadows and in vacant lots where it is allowed to undergo its two-year lifespan. It can be planted as well. To grow burdock, sow it from seed in the spring or early summer in well-drained soil in full-sun or part-shade.
Find Out When Burdock Is in Season
Burdock Seasonality
Burdock is a biennial, meaning that it has a lifecycle of two years. In the spring, the small leafy rosettes form. As the plant grows, it sets down deep roots. The second spring, the plant rejuvenates and sends up an impressive stalk, which can range in height from three to over six feet depending on the variety. From the stalk sprout numerous round flowers, which are covered with prickly barbs and purple petals that bloom between the months of June and October.
Eating Burdock
Storing Burdock
Fresh burdock can be stored in the refrigerator’s crisper drawer, cut into sections of a manageable length and loosely wrapped in a damp towel or reusable wrap for up to one week.
Use Leftover Root Vegetables to Make Potage
Cooking with Burdock
To cook burdock root, you need to clean it meticulously. It’s often crusted with dirt that gets into the skin’s crevices. If you are hand-harvesting very young, tender roots, you can get away with giving them a good scrub. For older roots, over six inches, you would be best to give the root a rinse and use a vegetable peeler to remove the outer layer of the root and the dirt that goes with it.
You can cut up burdock anyway you like. Slice it into coins or strips or julienne or shred the root. It oxidizes quickly, though, so have a bowl of acidulated water (2 cups water mixed with two tablespoons lemon juice) handy and add prepped burdock to it to prevent browning.
You can also eat the leaves and stems of the plant, though they can be quite bitter. The seeds are also used in medicinal preparations.
You can try burdock root in lots of different recipes:
In Soups and Stews: You can toss burdock in your soup pot or make a lovely Chinese inspired stew.
Sautéed: Add burdock to your favorite stir-fry.
Braised Kinpira: a traditional Japanese side dish of burdock and carrot.
Pickled: Burdock is often pickled and use in sushi, but this pickle from Karen Solomon’s “Asian Pickles” stands on its own.
As a Soda: The Brits enjoy it as a soft drink, similar to root beer.
As Tea: You can buy burdock tea bags to take as a health tonic or brew up your own.
Preserving Burdock
Burdock can be shaved into slivers and dried to be added to soups or stews or brewed into tea. It can also be pickled.
Burdock Nutrition
The plant is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat a variety of conditions ranging from constipation to mumps. Burdock contains phenolic acids, quercetin, and luteolin, which are all powerful antioxidants and the plant is often sought out for its detoxifying abilities. Burdock contains inulin, a natural dietary fiber that improves digestion and promotes the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gut.
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NFL Week 16 picks against the spread
December 20, 2018 by admin 0 Comments
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The weeks just keep getting crazier and crazier around the NFL. Bettors took a real hit last week, and now it’s time to look to make a major bounce back in Weeks 16 and 17.
Man, things went really bad last week. Vegas cashed in huge. On the New England Patriots loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers alone, bettors took a major loss. They bet that game so big, it pushed the line from opening at -1 all the way to -2.5. It takes a ton of money to move a line more than one point.
There were plenty of other games that had to kill bettors. Seattle’s major upset to the hapless San Francisco 49ers had to lose some west coast bettors some major money. The Saints forgetting how to score on Monday Night Football couldn’t have helped either. The Los Angeles Rams made Eagles fans wonder if Nick Foles should be the future (that’s a bad idea, by the way). It even started on Thursday night, when the Chargers took out the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. It was a bloodbath for any and all parlays. Those who chased the upset made out like bandits.
This bettor did no better. This was the worst week in months, and now we have two weeks to make up for it. No worries, however. Week 15 has always been one where weird things happen. Stay the course, because things should even out this week. One good week, and were back in the black.
Last Week: 5-10-1
Season Record: 104-108-1
As usual, we get our picks from the Westgate sportsbook.
New York Giants @ Indianapolis Colts (-9.5)
With no Thursday night game to speak of this week, we had to go a little unconventional with how to put these picks together. We’ll start with this game because I really like this bet. The New York Giants had their fleeting playoff hopes officially dashed when they were shut out by the Tennessee Titans. There’s really nothing they are playing for at this point. Odell Beckham Jr. could return to the lineup. That won’t be enough.
The Colts are rolling right now. They just demolished the Dallas Cowboys at home, a team that’s much better than the Giants. They already had their slip up when they allowed the Jacksonville Jaguars to shut them out. Now, they need to win every game if they have any chance at the playoffs. Andrew Luck is playing like a top-five quarterback, and the Giants just don’t have the defense to stop him.
Nine and a half points is a lot, but this is a mismatch to say the least. The Colts will take control of this game early, and will win it quite easily. I expect Saquon Barkley to bounce back, but he won’t be enough to keep them in this game.
Indianapolis 24, New York (G) 14
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Jan 29, 2019 2:28PM PT
Bergdorf Goodman Men’s Store to Debut Shop Featuring Global Products
By Barbara Schneider-Levy
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Bruce Pask, men's fashion director, Bergdorf Goodman
Bergdorf Goodman Men’s store will be unveiling B., a new 250-square-foot shop created by Bruce Pask, its men’s fashion director. Set to open on Feb. 4, it will include a selection of product curated by Pask, who is a world traveler, will be a selection of his favorite global finds.
“We saw the opportunity for more personalization in the retail environment,” said Pask, in an exclusive interview with FN about his inspiration for the curated selection of apparel, footwear and accessories. “I travel a lot and have a strong Instagram following and get a lot of direct messages from people asking what I’m wearing, where I got those wide khakis or those Clarks [shoes].”
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According to Pask, while he supports Bergdorf Goodman when it comes to his personal wardrobe, he regularly sprinkles in items he buys while globetrotting. “I buy lots of things here, but see things elsewhere I really love,” he explained. “There was a lot of anecdotal evidence there was a guy looking for things that were wardrobe-driven, but also a little special. By putting a lot of [these styles] together, you really get a [distinct] point of view. I think there was a guy out there we could better address in the store.”
For footwear, the B. shop will debut with footwear collaborations Pask has personally codesigned. “I created a desert boot with Clarks Originals that is a basket weave [pattern] in its classic sand-colored suede,” he said. “I’ve been wearing Desert boots my entire adult life and the [company] was open to the opportunity. We also did a version in brown leather.”
Common Projects is also included in the mix, and Pask said he’s been a fan since the brand launched. “We currently have an exclusive with them that we call our Goodman’s gray, a great charcoal color. So for the B. shop, we did a textured suede with a white outsole that I really love.”
The B. shop will also serve as a showcase for brands the store doesn’t currently carry as well as a place to showcase young designers. “We can bring Emily Bode and her line, Engineered Garments, and Margaret Howell, a designer I’m excited about from the U.K.,” said Pask. “The overarching idea behind it is that they’re all wardrobe-driven pieces — things people can wear again and again. They’re neutral enough that they can be worn daily but have a little bit of a design component that I think sets them apart.”
The shop was also an opportunity to work alongside his twin brother Scott Pask, a Tony award-winning set designer whose repertoire includes Broadway hits such as “Waitress,” “The Band’s Visit,” and “The Book of Mormon.” Scott designed the space, his first retail project, along with the store’s design team.
For an even more high-level experience, the retailer has developed exclusive packaging that will only be available to customers shopping in B. A selection from the in-store collection will also be available online.
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The official AHF (WW2 and pre-WW2) movie trivia quiz thread
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Re: The official AHF (WW2 and pre-WW2) movie trivia quiz thread
Post by Simon K » 28 Jan 2009 21:31
BTW Phylo..is it Ill met by moonlight?
phylo_roadking
Post by phylo_roadking » 30 Jan 2009 23:21
I'd missed the hint request earlier!
Yes, it is indeed Ill Met by Moonlight The stretch of road is more commonly seen nowadays on the telly with supercars whizzing back and forth on it!
Post by Marcus » 18 Oct 2009 11:18
As Simon is away from the forum, can someone please post a new question to get things moving, thanks.
Sewer King
Post by Sewer King » 19 Oct 2009 15:21
We've mentioned earlier that the film Dr. Strangelove: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) caused a small security scare for accurately depicting the crew stations of a Boeing B-52 strategic bomber.
What other popular film of this time (after Dr. Strangelove) caused a similar small concern, for using a specially-equipped CIA aircraft from the Cold War?
-- Alan
Hint: the aircraft was fitted with a Skyhook retrieval system, then only recently in use in a number of clandestine operations. Although flown for CIA-related work the plane itself was not identified and certainly not credited as such in this well-known film.
Post by DNS » 30 Oct 2009 03:02
Hello, I have heard that an MC-130 was used in the film "Airport 1975". Have not actually seen the film though, so it remains a guess.
No, it was earlier than Airport 1975. I remember that film in the "Airport" series when it came out. But I only saw it later on TV, and I think that was an attempt to deliver a pilot to the ruptured cockpit while the endangered 747 was in flight?
The Skyhook system appears in one of another well-known movie series that, in fact, continues to this day. The unmarked plane had been a bomber remade for civilian use. Later it was equipped with Skyhook for one of the CIA's air services, just as you see it in the film today. A little research on the clues to date should lead toward the answer.
How about the 007 series, "Thunderball", filmed in 1965.
Correct! The James Bond film Thunderball (1965).
Skyhook retrieval was designed in the 1950s and used in a number of agent operations (Operation COLDFEET). Fitted to an old civilian B-17, it was flown for the film by the CIA-front air service Intermountain Aviation. The dummies that it picked up for the shot were unable to be taken in by the system’s winch and they had to be dragged and bounced down the runway when the plane landed.
The best single account of this real-life spy equipment used in Thunderball is in the book by Curtis Peebles, Twilight Warriors: Covert Air Operations against the USSR (Naval Institute Press, 2005), pages 193-224. Some CIA officials were incensed that their Skyhook-equipped B-17 had been used in the film, but the concern proved unfounded since the device itself was already openly demonstrated for the US Air Force and US Forest Service.
Reportedly this very B-17 still survives today as a warbird in flying condition, in Oregon’s Evergreen Aviation Museum, though there may be dispute about the plane's serial numbers.
Over to DNS for the next question!
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Huzza!
Unfortunately, I don't have a question lined up yet, so ill hand it off to any one with a question.
Post by DNS » 04 Nov 2009 06:21
Having had some time, I recently heard a fun fact which I think will do well. And will hopefully keep the thread going.
This Movie had over 15,000 extras, and 1,000,000 props, making it quite a project.
Whats that famous title.
Post by waldorf » 24 Feb 2010 17:31
Post by DNS » 25 Feb 2010 00:48
Your turn Waldorf
Post by waldorf » 14 Mar 2010 20:43
Over 200 horses were killed during filming, resulting in the US Congress passing new laws to protect animals used in motion pictures. What was the name of the film?
Re: The official AHF (WW2 and pre-WW2) movie trivia quiz thr
Post by Galahad » 21 Apr 2010 20:02
That's got to be the 1930's Errol Flynn movie, The Charge of the Light Brigade.
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Qualitative Data Analysis: A Sourcebook Of New Methods
Product Description: Qualitative data is unsurpassable for richness of detail, explanatory power, and intuitive 'undeniability' -- but can the data be described as scientific? Qualitative researchers are badly in need of systematic methods for drawing conclusions; for testing them; and for communicating them...read more
By A. M. Huberman, Michael Huberman and Matthew B. Miles
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9780803922747 | Sage Pubns, April 1, 1984, cover price $44.00 | About this edition: Qualitative data is unsurpassable for richness of detail, explanatory power, and intuitive 'undeniability' -- but can the data be described as scientific?
The Lives of Teachers
Product Description: This book is part of a new international series on teacher development and its relationship to teaching quality and school improvement - an area of increasing importance in educational policy and practice. Teacher development has become a focal point for motivation and commitment amongst both new and experienced teachers...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By A. M. Huberman
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9780807733226 | Teachers College Pr, September 1, 1993, cover price $44.00 | About this edition: This book is part of a new international series on teacher development and its relationship to teaching quality and school improvement - an area of increasing importance in educational policy and practice.
9780304325962 | Cassell, October 1, 1992, cover price $42.01 | About this edition: This book is part of a new international series on teacher development and its relationship to teaching quality and school improvement - an area of increasing importance in educational policy and practice.
Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourcebook
Product Description: The latest edition of this best-selling textbook by Miles and Huberman not only is considerably expanded in content, but is now available in paperback. Bringing the art of qualitative analysis up-to-date, this edition adds hundreds of new techniques, ideas and references developed in the past decade...read more
By A. M. Huberman and Matthew B. Miles
9780803946538 | 2 sub edition (Sage Pubns, March 1, 1994), cover price $89.95 | About this edition: The latest edition of this best-selling textbook by Miles and Huberman not only is considerably expanded in content, but is now available in paperback.
9780803955400 | 2 edition (Sage Pubns, January 12, 1994), cover price $80.00 | About this edition: The latest edition of this best-selling textbook by Miles and Huberman not only is considerably expanded in content, but is now available in paperback.
The Qualitative Researcher's Companion
Product Description: There is no longer any question that qualitative inquiry is fundamental to the enterprise of social science research, with a broad reach and a history all its own. This book seeks to introduce―to reintroduce―readers to selections that provide a solid intellectual grounding in the area of qualitative research...read more
By A. M. Huberman (editor) and Matthew B. Miles (editor)
9780761911906 | Sage Pubns, March 19, 2002, cover price $167.00 | About this edition: There is no longer any question that qualitative inquiry is fundamental to the enterprise of social science research, with a broad reach and a history all its own.
The Qualitative Researcher's Companion: Classic and Contemporary Readings
By A. M. Huberman (editor), Michael A. Huberman (editor) and Matthew B. Miles (editor)
9780761911913 | Sage Pubns, March 19, 2002, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: There is no longer any question that qualitative inquiry is fundamental to the enterprise of social science research, with a broad reach and a history all its own.
Escape from the Market: Negotiating Work in Lancashire
Product Description: This book questions the conventional wisdom that in the heyday of laisez-faire capitalism wages were set by thorough going competition. Drawing on the experience of a key group of workers during industrialization, this book shows that even in the absence of trade unions, minimum wage legislation or unemployment insurance, wages do not always move with changes in the demand for and supply of labor...read more
By Michael Huberman
9780521561518 | Cambridge Univ Pr, December 1, 1996, cover price $110.00 | About this edition: This book questions the conventional wisdom that in the heyday of laisez-faire capitalism wages were set by thorough going competition.
9780521142663 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, June 10, 2010), cover price $44.99 | About this edition: This book questions the conventional wisdom that in the heyday of laisez-faire capitalism wages were set by thorough going competition.
Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook
Product Description: The Third Edition of Miles & Huberman′s classic research methods text is updated and streamlined by Johnny Saldaña, author of The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers. Several of the data display strategies from previous editions are now presented in re-envisioned and reorganized formats to enhance reader accessibility and comprehension...read more
By A. M. Huberman, Matthew B. Miles and Johnny Saldana
9781452257877 | 3 edition (Sage Pubns, April 18, 2013), cover price $93.00 | About this edition: The Third Edition of Miles & Huberman′s classic research methods text is updated and streamlined by Johnny Saldaña, author of The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers.
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Bidding Goodbye to Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation
[The following post is contributed by Vinod Kothari of Vinod Kothari &
Co. The author may be contacted at [email protected]]
winding up under the Companies Act, 1956 has been segregated into two different
types, i.e. members’ voluntary winding up and creditors’ voluntary winding up.
But the Companies Act, 2013 eliminated distinction between members’ voluntary
winding up and creditors’ voluntary winding up by making creditors’ approval
necessary in all cases. Part II of Chapter XX of the Companies Act, 2013
comprising sections 304 to 323 deals with voluntary winding up. This sections
have not been notified till date and shall be omitted pursuant to section 255
read with eleventh schedule of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016[1]
(‘the Code’).
The run-up to voluntary
liquidation option
Irrespective
of the oft-repeated concern about the slow pace of liquidation proceedings in
India, both compulsory and voluntary, the provisions of law on winding up of
companies have continued to evolve.
regards methods of winding up, the Companies Act, 1956 followed the provisions
of the UK Companies Act, 1948 in distinguishing between 3 modes of winding up:
(a) Compulsory
winding up by the court;
(b) Voluntary
winding up, classified into:
(i) Members’
voluntary winding up;
(ii) Creditors’
(c) Voluntary
winding up subject to supervision of court.
last of these, voluntary winding up subject to supervision of court, had long
back become antiquated and dysfunctional. This actually meant a voluntary
winding up, where the creditors or the members approach the court to bring the
winding up to supervision of the court, presumably to secure justice.
Evidently, the purpose may have been more creditors’ protection, who may feel
insecure in a members’ voluntary winding up. Palmer’s Company Law[2]
mentions that post the introduction of creditors’ voluntary winding up in 1929,
this method had been rarely used. In India, the Eradi Committee also mentioned
that this method had become redundant.[3]
leaves us with two options – winding up on orders of the court (or compulsory
winding up), and voluntary winding up. Voluntary winding-up is like private
liquidation proceeding – the intervention of courts is limited, and comes
essentially at the time of obtaining final orders for dissolution. While
normally it will be expected that a company opting to wind up voluntarily is a
solvent company, there are situations where the company may not be solvent –
hence, the law distinguished between members’ voluntary winding up and
creditors’ voluntary winding up. In case of a members’ voluntary winding, the
directors are required to make a declaration of solvency, which, to put
succinctly, is an affirmation that the company has enough assets to pay all its
creditors, and if the company is unable to so pay, it shall be presumed that
the declaration was wrongly made, exposing the directors to prosecution.
may be situations where the assets are either insufficient to pay all
creditors, or the directors are unwilling to make the declaration. In such
cases, the company will be put under “creditors’ voluntary winding up”. The
terms “creditors’ voluntary winding up” seems like a self-contradictory
expression, since “voluntary” would mean at the instance of members. However,
while creditors’ voluntary winding up is also initiated at the instance of the
members, it is just that creditors have intrusive control over this process,
since the company is presumably not a solvent company.
following table shows the similarities and differences between members’
voluntary winding up and creditors’ voluntary winding up
Members’ voluntary
Creditors’ voluntary
Initiation of winding up
of members – ordinary if the winding up is as per articles or expiry of the
duration for which company was formed, otherwise, special – section 484 (1)
Commencement of winding
the passing of resolution of shareholders – section 485
by directors
the demarcating line between members’ and creditors’ voluntary winding up
[sec 488 (5)], hence required
not arise; however, the Board makes a statement of financial position [sec
500 (3) (c) ]
– sec 500. Resolution to be passed as per Rule 205 of Companies (Court) Rules
Appointment of liquidator
the members [sec 490]
the company as well as by creditors, but in case of a difference, creditors’
view prevails [sec 502 (2)]
Committee of Inspection
not arise
may appoint the Committee of Inspection
liquidation proceedings stretch beyond a year, the liquidator shall call a
general meeting every year [sec 496]
general meeting of the company, as well as creditors’ meeting every year [sec
508]
Final meeting
meeting pre-dissolution is general meeting of the company [sec 497 (1) (b)]
meeting pre-dissolution is general meeting of the company as well as meeting
of creditors [sec 509 (1) (b)]
distinction between members’ voluntary winding up and creditors’ winding up is
significant, and was retained in section 90 of the UK Insolvency Act as
well. The distinction exists in Hong
Kong and Singapore as well.
issue that arises is – if company is indeed insolvent, why will the creditors
opt for a voluntary winding up, and instead, why would they not force the
company to go into compulsory winding up on the ground of inability to pay?
Several reasons explain this:
– First, the creditors’ voluntary winding
up is not winding up forced by the creditors – it is a members’ option; just
that the company is either not solvent or the directors are unsure of the
solvency.
– Second, and very importantly – where a
creditor goes to court on account of inability to pay, it is taking an
individual action against the company. Where creditors, although at the
instance of members, pass a resolution for liquidation, they are taking a
collective action. The court petition is
a contested matter, and normally, the company files tooth and nail to have this
petition dismissed. On the other hand, the creditors’ voluntary winding up is
initiated by the members in the first place; hence, this bears full consensus
of the members.
– Third, in case of court-ordered
liquidation, the liquidation is controlled by the official liquidators’
machinery, which may be slow, and may hamper value maximisation. Creditors may,
on the other hand, opt for the voluntary liquidation process where the
liquidator is appointed by the creditors.
these alternative options – individual pursuit by creditors before the court,
and collective decision of creditors based on a members’ wishes – has held good
ground in other countries, the Companies Bill 2008 reduced the winding up
options to only two – compulsory and voluntary.[4]
The underlying philosophy seems to have been that if the company is insolvent,
it may be taken to liquidation under compulsory liquidation process. Thus,
under the voluntary winding up option, both a declaration of solvency, as also
creditors’ resolution, were made mandatory. Thus, it be noted that while the
Companies Act, 1956 provided that the directors may make a declaration of solvency [section 488, Companies Act,
1956], the Companies Act, 2013 [section 305] says, the directors shall make a declaration of solvency.
Additionally, the 2013 Act makes the obtaining of creditors’ resolution also
necessary, and provides that if the creditors are of the view that the company
may not be able to pay its debts in full, then the company shall file a
petition for compulsory winding up [section 306 (3) (b)].
the process of creditors’ voluntary winding up came to an end, and Indian law
now has only two options – insolvent companies come for liquidation under
compulsory liquidation process, and solvent companies come for liquidation
under the voluntary liquidation process.
Is end to creditors’
voluntary liquidation justified?
India has, thus, put an end to out-of-court liquidation of unhealthy companies,
the fact remains that creditors’ voluntary liquidation remains the most
important form of winding up of insolvent companies.[5] In
the UK,[6] as
per the estimates, total of 14,629 companies entered into insolvency in 2015.
Of which, total of 2,874 companies were subject to a compulsory winding-up
order, 9,981 companies entered into creditors’ voluntary liquidation, 357
companies opted for voluntary arrangement and there were an estimated 1,406
administrations in 2015.
process of voluntary winding up shifts from the Companies Act/LLP Act to the
Code. However, all the matters are not shifted to the Code; the residual
matters of winding up by the NCLT still remain in section 271 of Companies Act,
2013. Thus, as regards companies, the winding up options are viz. under the Code or the Companies
Act, 2013. The Code does not extend its arm to include financial service
provider. Therefore, in case of financial service providers, until explicit
provisions are enacted, either the Companies Act 2013, and/or the relevant
special laws, will continue to prevail.
Vinod Kothari
[1] Received
the assent of the President on the 28th May, 2016.
[2] 1982 edition, para 86-63.
[3] “There is hardly any matter which is referred for winding up
subject to supervision of the High Court under section 425. The entire
procedure is redundant. Compulsory winding up would take care of winding up
subject to supervision of the Court” – para 4.3
[4] This
seems surprising, since the N L Mitra
Committee had also appreciated the useful role played by the creditors’
voluntary winding up – “If the members of the company resolving to go for
voluntary winding up can not submit a certificate of solvency the voluntary
winding up procedure is regulated by the creditors with the help of a
liquidator or liquidators appointed by the creditors. Both Members’ voluntary
winding up and creditors’ voluntary winding up are cost and time efficient
modes of liquidation” [Page 16 of the Mitra Committee report, at https://indiacorplaw.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/20811.pdf ]
[5] “Creditors’ voluntary liquidation (a form of liquidation usually
initiated by a shareholders’ resolution) is currently by far the most common
form of proceeding.” – Plymouth Law and Criminal Justice Review (2016) 1 at
http://www.plymouthlawreview.org/vol8/Hamish%20anderson.pdf
[6] Source: https://indiacorplaw.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Q4_2015_statistics_release_-_web.pdf – site last visited on June 7, 2016.
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