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Facebook trials paid e-mail service
Social networking giant is testing the viability of charging users a fee for allowing them to send e-mail messages to other users that are not in their online social circle.
By Kevin Kwang | December 21, 2012 -- 00:57 GMT (16:57 PST) | Topic: Social Enterprise
Facebook is looking at charging users for sending e-mail messages to other users who are not in their online social circle, as it looks for alternative revenue sources besides advertising.
In a blog post issued Thursday, the social networking giant said it is starting a "small experiment" to test the usefulness of "economic signals" to determine the relevance of messages sent to users. This trial would give a small number of people the option to pay to have a message routed to the Inbox folder of a recipient they are not connected to, which would otherwise have landed in the person's Other folder, it explained.
"Several commentators and researchers have noted that imposing a financial cost on the sender may be the most effective way to discourage unwanted messages and facilitate delivery of messages that are relevant and useful," Facebook said.
The company currently relies on social "signals", such as friend connections on the platform to determine whether a message is likely to be one users wants to to see in their Inbox. It also depends on algorithms to identify spam and use broader signals from the social graph--such as friend of friend connections or people the user may know--to determine relevance, it explained.
The trial is currently open to select users in the United States, and the number of messages a person can have routed from their Other folder to the Inbox folder will be limited to one per week, it added.
This pay-for-e-mail service is just one of the many initiatives Facebook has been exploring to increase its revenue fields. In recent times, it has been increasing advertising efforts by testing out advertising on third-party sites and apps, working with companies to advertise existing consumers, and tracking user activity online to re-target ads, as the company looks to recover from its plunging stock valuation .
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Qantas, volcanoes or telepresence?
You've got to wonder if Special Minister of State Gary Gray purposely chose the Qantas week to announce the success of the government's telepresence program.
By Suzanne Tindal for Going Public | October 31, 2011 -- 03:19 GMT (20:19 PDT) | Topic: Telcos
I mean, Innovation Minister Kim Carr decided to postpone his release of the Book Industry Strategy Group's report on the publishing industry (which I would have been really interested to read) because of the Qantas affair. But then, books don't have a whole lot to do with planes, except if you're one of those people who don't spend their whole time during their flight watching movies.
Telepresence, on the other hand, has everything to do with planes, or avoiding them.
Two years ago, the Federal Government announced that it would roll out 20 Cisco TelePresence units at a cost of $13.8 million for federal and state government use.
Today, Gray said that the government finished its roll-out 18 months ago, fielding an increased footprint of 36 units instead of 20, at a cost of over $18 million.
Back in 2009, former Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner had said that cost savings were set to start slow as it was impossible to change the ingrained habits of thousands of public servants. I gave him a bit of a hard time about it then, saying he should just lay down the iron fist of law and force people to make use of the new technology bling.
Previous comments aside, I'm sure it was a bit of an uphill battle to try and get people to ditch a flight for a video call. Yet, despite the difficulty, it must have happened, because the units have saved $12 million in the 18 months since the network has been operational. And I'll bet that some public servants wished that they had gone the telepresence option after last weekend, where Qantas made the shock decision to ground its fleet. As it turns out, it's not only the internet that can be unreliable.
If you think about the problems of a telepresence unit not working — being that you have to return to the office and back to work — versus the problems of a flight not flying — you get stuck somewhere and have to pay thousands of dollars to try and get home — telepresence seems like an attractive option.
Gray did say at the announcement that the industrial dispute had shown that "There is no doubt that these systems come into their own when otherwise transportation systems are placed under stress".
Indeed, I wonder how many businesses will consider installing units after last weekend's debacle. The Qantas weekend, following the volcanic ash issue in Europe (at least it's worth getting stuck there), really does drive home the ease of just pressing a button to have that meeting.
Updated at 5.09pm, 31 October 2011: the minister mistakenly said that the cost of the telepresence units was $24 million when it was $18.4 million.
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Home Headlines Keystone XL will be approved ‘in the first week’: Expert
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The Keystone XL tweets started early.
So it looks like KeystoneXL is back from the dead. Good news for Alberta!
— Blaise Boehmer (@boehmerB) November 9, 2016
And then they came fast.
Congratulations to Donald Trump on his impressive victory. Canada/US partnership is strong. There is much to do, incl moving ahead with KXL.
— Stephen Harper (@stephenharper) November 9, 2016
The final ballots were still being counted when speculation began about the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline. President Obama killed the project a year ago, which led the project’s backer, Calgary-based TransCanada, to file a lawsuit against the U.S. government, as well as a NAFTA challenge.
That legal action is probably not needed with Donald Trump in charge.
Here is what the president-elect said about the thought-to-be-dead pipeline while campaigning in North Dakota last May.
“I would absolutely approve it, 100 per cent, but I would want a better deal. I want it built, but I want a piece of the profits,” Trump said. “That’s how we’re going to make our country rich again.”
‘I think [approving Keystone XL] it’s something he does in the first week, if not the first two or three days.’ – Joseph McMonigle, president of Abraham Group
It certainly sounds like Trump wants a cut from TransCanada, something that’s likely to be difficult under NAFTA.
Of course, we all know Trump is no fan of NAFTA. But there are other challenges to charging Canada to move energy through the United States.
“It would start a ‘me too,”’ said Jackie Forrest, vice-president of energy research with ARC Financial in Calgary.
“We import a lot of [natural] gas into eastern Canada — should there be a charge for that? That one simple issue — we will charge for Keystone XL — there’s a lot of domino effects that would come out of the system if we started charging a toll for moving energy.”
Pipes from the Keystone XL pipeline lay ready for use in North Dakota, in the spring of 2015. They may now be put to work. (Alex Panetta/Canadian Press)
Quick approval?
Joe McMonigle, who was chief of staff in the U.S. Department on Energy under President George W. Bush, said Trump’s demand for profit-sharing was simply campaign rhetoric and he expects a Keystone XL approval quickly.
“I think Keystone is going to be one of the very first actions that President Trump will take after the inauguration,” McMonigle said. “It’s a very simple approval for him, a quick reversal of an Obama policy and quite easy for him to do. I think it’s something he does in the first week, if not the first two or three days.”
TransCanada released a statement Wednesday afternoon saying it is exploring ways to work with the incoming administration.
Christopher Sands, the director of the Canadian Studies program at Johns Hopkins University, also expects Keystone XL to be approved in short order, but said that TransCanada needs to first reapply for a permit and drop its U.S. legal challenges — but also to make the benefits of Keystone XL very clear to Trump.
“Putting it together in a nice package gives Trump the ability to say ‘I’m doing something for America’ and not just offering concessions to a foreign country,” said Sands.
Iran and oil supply
The price of oil popped up Wednesday slightly from its dip after the election result was announced. That’s because the over-supply issue just got a little murkier. Trump has vowed to tear up the Iran nuclear deal, which would mean re-imposing sanctions — and potentially removing a million barrels per day of supply off the market.
“There is a lot of momentum in Congress and bipartisan support for re-imposing Iran sanctions,” said McMonigle. “He would have support in Congress, he wouldn’t be flouting Congress.”
OPEC was looking to reduce supply by approximately 700,000 barrels per day in its hoped-for agreement later this month. That deal was appearing to fall apart, as members of the cartel were looking for exemptions. If the Iran deal is scrapped, the OPEC deal might not be necessary anymore.
On the flip side, though, Trump has also talked about U.S. energy independence and growing U.S. production. Right now, the United States consumes just under 20 million barrels per day of oil; it produces 8.6 million bpd. That’s still a considerable gap. If production ramps up under Trump, OPEC will be scrambling to protect its market share.
However, there is a general impression in the market that Trump has warmer feelings toward fossil fuels than Hillary Clinton.
“If you look at all of the policies that he’s talked about, you would say that’s a more favourable environment toward oil and gas producers than under a Clinton administration,” said Forrest.
ARC Financial’s Jackie Forrest said so much is still unknown about Trump’s energy policy. (Kyle Bakx/CBC)
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Trump certainly has a less favourable attitude toward renewable energy and climate change policy.
You could see that reflected in the markets Wednesday. Shares in Vesta Wind Systems, the world’s largest wind turbine maker, dropped nearly 15 per cent today, while coal producers like Cloud Peak were up by a similar margin.
Trump has promised to pull out of the Paris Accord, and his future nomination of a conservative Supreme Court justice means it is more likely President Obama’s Clean Power Act could die in the courts, where it is being litigated right now.
Meanwhile, Canada is moving toward pricing carbon.
“The fact that Trudeau is talking about a $50 per tonne carbon tax would mean that our industries, like the oil and gas industry, that sell into the United States will have higher costs,” said Forrest. “So it does put us at a competitive disadvantage vis-a-vis the U.S.”
But she also cautions that many of Trump’s policies are vague and that there is much to be nailed down.
“There are so many things that are talked about during an election. I’m going to be listening for what are the policies that are rising to the top.”
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Beagle Sniffs Out Bacterial Infection
Hemera/Thinkstock (file photo)(NEW YORK) -- A 2-year-old beagle in the Netherlands has been trained to sniff out Clostridium difficile, a skill that could help doctors catch the deadly infection days before laboratory tests.
Clostridium difficile infections often occur in people who are already taking antibiotics, causing symptoms that range from mild diarrhea to severe inflammation of the colon. And to make matters worse, the bug is particularly adept at spreading through hospitals, uncontrolled by the usual surface cleansers.
The clever canine, called Cliff, correctly identified 50 stool samples containing the bacterium, which kills 14,000 Americans each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cliff also identified 47 of 50 stool samples that were Clostridium difficile-free (he couldn’t make up his mind about the last three).
Laboratory tests for Clostridium difficile -- dubbed C. diff -- can take up to 48 hours. But Cliff gives his answer immediately by sitting or lying down.
“The sooner the clinician has a diagnosis, the better it is,” said Dr. William Schaffner, an expert in infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. “You can also reduce the risk of transmission to other patients.”
Stool from patients with the C. diff has a characteristic smell, often likened to horse manure, which Cliff learned to identify over two months of training. Now, he can smell the bug even without the stool, correctly identifying 25 of 30 patients with the infection and 265 of 270 without.
“We’ve always known that dogs make us feel good, but now we know that they’re good for us,” said veterinarian Dr. Marty Becker, who is based in Sandpoint, Idaho, and is the author of The Healing Power of Pets and a writer for VetStreet.com.
Dogs have also been trained to sniff out cancers of the lung, bowel, skin, breast and bladder with high accuracy, and petting animals can also be therapeutic.
“We use them in our institution, largely in pediatrics, and have brought in reptiles, dogs and even miniature ponies,” said Schaffner.
However, Cliff has struggled with staying focused at work, according to the study authors. A plastic cup, urine on the floor, excited children and the strong smell of cleaners proved distracting.
“This may not work in the context of much more hectic U.S. hospitals,” said Schaffner. “I don’t think [dogs] will replace [existing laboratory tests].”
But Becker said the healing power of pets should not be underestimated.
“There was a time when you expected to see this kind of stuff in the tabloids,” he said. “Now the science is there to show how it works. What are we going to find next?”
Friday, December 14, 2012 at 7:13AM by Jeanette Torres Permalink
tagged Bacteria, Clostridium difficile, Dog, infection
How to Ease a Dog's Fireworks Freakout
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Every year around the beginning of July, Gerald and Sarah Willick find their French Bullmastiffs, who weigh a combined 235 pounds, hiding in the bathtub.
The Willicks' dogs, Bosley and Roxy, are terrified of fireworks.
"They'll be panting and then when the firework goes off they'll stop," Gerald told ABC News. "They normally come up to the couch and lay down alongside the couch and alongside of us. When the fireworks get more repetitive and intense they'll actually start pacing."
That's when Bosley and Roxy work their way to the tub.
"To get them in the tub to have a bath it's almost impossible," Gerald said. "But when the fireworks are going off, they love the tub. They feel more comfortable in there."
The Willicks, from Fort Erie, Canada, get a double whammy. Their dogs head for the tub each year on July 1 when fireworks are set off to celebrate Canada Day. But because they live so close to the United States border, the Willicks have to deal with fireworks on July 4, too.
One possible solution for the Willicks could be the Thundershirt, a product for dogs that provides a dramatic calming effect with the use of gentle, constant pressure.
Phil Blizzard, the creator of the Thundershirt, had tried everything from training to sedatives to calm his golden doodle Dosi's fear of thunder and fireworks. After countless nights of Dosi keeping the family awake, Blizzard needed a new solution. A friend suggested putting a tight wrap around Dosi's chest.
"It didn't make very much sense to me," Blizzard told ABC News. "But one night with a 50 pound dog on my chest, my wife was like, 'We're trying this.' When the wrap "worked like a charm," there was no turning back for Blizzard and the Thundershirt was born. The company launched in May 2009 and has a success rate of 80 percent, Blizzard said. The shirt is made out of durable, washable fabric and comes in seven sizes at a cost of $39.95.
"We've had probably three returns and we've sold hundreds," a store employee at Friendly Paws Pet Supplies and Grooming in Athens, Ohio told ABC News.
"So many dogs do suffer from anxiety, it's one of the biggest concerns people have when they come in," an employee at The New York Dog Shop in Manhattan said.
According to a survey sponsored by Thundershirt, 13 percent of dogs have a significant fear of fireworks.
For some dogs, it could require two to three uses before they become comfortable with a Thundershirt, Blizzard said.
Cesar Millan, who stars in the Nat Geo WILD reality show The Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, advises using the shirt before a dog gets too anxious. On an anxiety scale of one-to-ten, dog owners should try to use the shirt early.
"You want to catch it from zero-to-five," Millan told ABC News. "If you're 5-10 you have to come out with another thing before you use the Thundershirt. They work, you just have to know how to use the tool. All tools are great you just have to learn how to use them."
Sarah Perkins, a dog owner and groomer, said the Thundershirt doesn't work if she doesn't use it early enough on her pitbull, Rucca. But when she gets it on right, the Thundershirt is a success for Rucca, who is terrified of everything from storms to car rides.
"He tries to crawl in my pocket. He is a wreck," Perkins told ABC News. "He sits there and pants and tries to hide anywhere he can and shakes. If you put the shirt on him he'll lay on the bed. There is a definite difference when he has the shirt on."
But why is it that 50 pound dogs think they are lap dogs when fireworks go off?
"The ears of dogs are very sensitive," Millan told ABC News. "Dogs get over stimulated often by sounds."
Another problem is that most dogs do not get enough physical challenge. The majority of dogs in America walk an average of 15-20 minutes a day, Millan said. In order to remain calm, they need much more than that.
"A dog spends too much time behind walls without going outside to drain energy," Millan said. "Their level of frustration is so high that it will take loud sounds to have a nervous breakdown"
Millan advises to act more like a paramedic to your dog than a family member when it is freaking out over thunder or fireworks. When taking care of others, paramedics stay very calm. You staying calm is the key to your buddy staying calm.
"Dogs can pick up on your vibe," Millan said. "They are wondering why you are getting so concerned, upset, bothered. Then the sound comes and they think 'oh that's what it was.'"
For more tips on how to relax your dog, visit Millan's website. The Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan returns to Nat Geo WILD for the 9th and final season on July 7 at 8 pm ET/PT.
Monday, July 2, 2012 at 4:11PM by jc Permalink
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Oklahoma Blind Dog Gets New Life with Canine Pal
Goodshoot/Thinkstock(TULSA, Okla.) -- Putting two dogs of different breeds and from different backgrounds together in a confined space will usually end up in a lot of bark and likely some bite. Rarely does that pairing end up in the two pooches becoming an inseparable pair.
That latter, more unlikely scenario was just the case, however, with two young dogs in Oklahoma who not only built a friendship but also cured each other’s ills.
Blair is a 1-year-old black Labrador mix brought to the Woodland West Animal Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., after she was shot while living on the streets. After he recovered from his wounds, Blair remained at the clinic, a timid and nervous pup whose difficult history made her hard to place with an adopted family, the hospital’s director, Dr. Mike Jones, told ABC News.
Then there was Tanner, a two-year-old Golden Retriever puppy who was born blind and with a seizure disorder so severe he was sent to Woodland Hospital as a last resort after his first owner died and the Oklahoma City-based Sooner Golden Retriever Rescue organization that had assumed his care, was unable to find a family to give him the around-the-clock care he needed.
“His seizure disorder was really, really bad and nothing -- no medications -- seemed to be helping,” Jones said. “Anytime he [Tanner] seizes he expresses his bowels. It’s a nightmare anytime you have a 90-lb dog experiencing this nightly; it made living in a home very, very difficult.”
Tanner and Blair lived with their respective conditions until the two were placed together a few months ago in a chance encounter, first reported by local ABC affiliate KTUL.
“One day they were exercising in a play yard together and they got together," Jones said. “Blair all of a sudden seemed to realize that Tanner was blind and just started to help him around.”
Recognizing the dogs’ immediate connection, hospital staff began to board Tanner and Blair together, and the results spoke for themselves.
Tanner had been seizing almost nightly, Jones said. ”After two or three weeks, we realized Tanner wasn’t seizing anymore. He’s not completely seizure free but it’s not constant anymore.”
“We’ve worked with a lot of different service dogs to provide these services for people,” said Jones. “But it’s the first time I’ve seen anything like this, the special relationship these two dogs have.”
The bond is so strong and instinctive that if Tanner has a leash on, Blair will pick it up and guide her friend around, according to Jones. Likewise, he said, Tanner has had a calming influence on Blair, making the former street dog much less timid and anxious.
The next task is to find the two dogs a home together to continue their joint recovery.
“They absolutely have to be adopted together,” Jones said. “But it’s going to take a special home with someone who understands their special relationship plus understands seizure disorder and is ready to take on the responsibility.”
The adoption search is being handled by the same Sooner Golden Retriever Rescue organization that brought Tanner to the hospital, a lucky decision that brought on the recovery process no one could have predicted. The hospital has, to this point, taken care of Blair’s recovery through its own foster care account.
“The big thing about this is just finding the right home for Tanner and Blair, which is a very specific mission,” said Jones. “This is not a typical adoption. Tanner is only two-years-old. We’re looking at probably ten years or so care for Tanner.”
Calls to the Sooner Rescue organization placed Friday by ABC News for comment were not returned.
Friday, April 27, 2012 at 3:52PM by Carmen Cox Permalink
tagged Adoption, Blind, Canine, Dog, Oklahoma, Veterinarary, seizures
Musher Saves Dog with Mouth-to-Snout
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(RAINY PASS, Alaska) -- When Marshall collapsed on the Iditarod trail, Scott Janssen did what any good friend would do: He stopped the sled and gave mouth-to-mouth CPR.
Or mouth-to-snout, as the case may be. Marshall is a veteran sled dog, and a personal pet of Janssen and his wife Debbie Janssen.
On Monday night, 22 miles from the next checkpoint at Rainy Pass, Alaska, the dog suddenly fell.
“Marshall was running really tight on the line, no problems at all, and all of a sudden, he collapsed,” said Debbie Janssen.
When Scott Janssen stopped the sled and grabbed Marshall, the dog wasn’t breathing, so he closed the dog’s mouth and began breathing into Marshall’s nose, all the while compressing the animal’s chest.
Scott Janssen had to administer mouth-to-snout twice, because after the first attempt, Marshall woke up but then quickly fell unconscious again.
The second time, Debbie Janssen said, her husband could see in his dog’s eyes that he was coming to.
“He looked at Marshall and said, ‘Come on! Come back to me!’” Debbie Janssen said. “And Marshall did. He came back. He started breathing.”
At 9 years old, Marshall is one of the oldest dogs on Scott’s team. He has competed in about six Iditarod races, and given his age, this was to be his final attempt.
After Marshall was resuscitated successfully, Scott Janssen tucked the pooch into his sled bag and then approached the front of the sled to reassure each dog with a quiet voice or a gentle hug.
“They were all freaking out,” Debbie Janssen said. “They’ve been a team and could tell something was wrong.”
The team then continued on to Rainy Pass, where Marshall showed no signs of stress, according to Iditarod spokesperson Erin McLarnon. Leaving Marshall with the Iditarod vet, Scott and his team of 14 dogs continued on toward the finish line in Nome.
Marshall is being flown back to Anchorage, where the Janssens own a funeral home.
Scott Janssen, who calls himself the “Mushing Mortician,” is competing in his second Iditarod. He trained with experienced musher Paul Gebhardt for four years. And it was Gebhardt who taught him how to perform mouth-to-snout resuscitation.
“It’s his dog,” said Debbie Janssen. "He loves all these dogs. He told me he couldn’t imagine Marshall dying in front of him.”
Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 7:24PM by Carmen Cox Permalink
tagged CPR, Canine, Dog, Dogsled, Mouth-to-Snout, Musher, Sled Dog
Denver News Anchor Bitten by Dog: 'Having a Baby Hurt More'
Denver Post(DENVER) -- The Colorado news anchor who was bitten by a rescued dog live on the air told the Denver Post in her first interview that the first thought she had after the dog bit her was, "I'm bleeding, and it had to be on television."
Kyle Dyer, a veteran morning news anchor for NBC News' Denver affiliate KUSA, was reporting an uplifting story of a dog rescued from a frozen reservoir on Feb. 8.
When Dyer bent down to kiss the dog's nose, the 85-pound Argentine Mastiff named Max turned his head and bit into Dyer's face as his owner and rescuer watched in disbelief.
"It was a fluke, it happened," Dyer told the Denver Post. "It could have been so much worse. Not once was I afraid or scared. Yeah, it hurt, but having a baby hurt more."
Dyer received 70 stitches and had her mouth stitched shut so that she could heal. A plastic surgeon grafted skin from her lower lip to build her a new upper lip, the Denver Post reported.
"We all think we know how to pet a dog, but we don't. You know, I don't, obviously," Dyer said. "By the end of that interview, it was just a fluke. I didn't see anything that I felt threatened [by]. I didn't realize that I was threatening [the dog]. It just happened."
The on-camera bite became a viral sensation, circulated all over the world.
"My niece lives in Lithuania, and it was in the newspaper in her small town in Lithuania. Can you believe that?" Dyer asked incredulously.
Dyer has already undergone two surgeries and is having the remaining stitches taken out this week. In the summer, a doctor will decide whether she needs any more surgery.
She has received an outpouring of support from people everywhere, who have left messages on her Facebook page and sent her cards. Dyer has also gotten some negative messages from people blaming her for the dog's temporary detention.
"People get heated and protective over dogs," she said. "I never felt any ill toward Max."
"The dog went and did his time, as the city says, and I'm glad he's back with his family because that must have been a really hard 24 hours for that family to go through that, so I'm glad they've got their dog back," Dyer said. "It was just an accident."
Dyer said the negativity was a "shame" because, for her, the experience had been oddly positive, and she is looking forward to getting back to work.
"I just keep reading the letters and know that I'm going to heal," she said. "I don't know how quickly, but I will and I'll be better than ever."
Friday, February 24, 2012 at 2:49PM by Carmen Cox Permalink
tagged Dog, Dog Attack, Kyle Dyer, News, TV
News Anchor Bitten by Dog Received 70 Stitches, Mouth Stitched Shut
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(DENVER) -- The Colorado news anchor bitten by a rescued dog live on air posted on her Facebook page that she received 70 stitches on her face and is unable to speak because her mouth is stitched shut.
Kyle Dyer, a veteran morning news anchor for NBC News’ Denver affiliate KUSA, was reporting on an uplifting story of a dog rescued from a frozen reservoir when the dog bit her on the lip Feb. 8.
When Dyer bent down to kiss the dog’s nose, the 85-pound Argentine Mastiff named Max turned his head and bit into Dyer’s face, as his owner and rescuer watched in disbelief.
Dyer has received an outpouring of support from thousands of well-wishers on her Facebook page. Over the weekend, she took to the page to update them on her status.
“After a 4 hour surgery, I have 70 stitches in my upper lip, lower lip and nose,” Dyer wrote. “I am unable to talk because my mouth is stitched shut to allow for the skin graft to take and get the blood circulating in my lips again.”
Dyer thanked the medical team at Denver Health Medical center for taking “excellent care” of her. She was released from the hospital on Thursday and is at home recovering.
“I can’t say thank you enough for all of your notes and prayers of encouragement and love,” Dyer wrote. “They give me great strength, which along with my faith, will see me through a successful recovery!”
Dyer is scheduled to return to the doctor this week and to undergo another procedure in the next few weeks and is already looking to the future and her return to TV.
“Once I’m all healed, I will return to my friends at 9NEWS who have been remarkably supportive as have viewers and friends throughout the country,” she wrote.
tagged Anchor, Dog, News
Teen Blinded by Stargardt's Disease Chases Dreams -- and Guide Dog
Courtesy Sami Stoner(LEXINGTON, Ohio) -- Ohio teen Sami Stoner loves to run. But when a rare eye disease swiftly stole her vision, the tree-studded trails of cross country running became too dangerous to tackle.
Stoner has Stargardt's disease -- a hereditary form of macular degeneration that causes irreversible blindness.
At first, it seemed running would be yet another sacrifice for the 16-year-old, who will never be able to drive. But she found her way back into the race with a one-and-a-half-year-old golden retriever called Chloe.
"When one door closes, another one opens," said Stoner, a high school junior in Lexington, Ohio. "Even if you have a disability or you don't think you can do something, there's almost always a way."
Stoner met Chloe, a specially trained guide dog, in July at the Pilot Dogs facility in Columbus, Ohio. Tethered by a sturdy harness, the pair endured four weeks of intense training -- first walking and then running under close supervision.
"I've never bonded with even a person like that," said Stoner. "She knows she has to watch out for me. I can't imagine being without her now."
Stoner returned to Lexington with Chloe on Aug. 17. Although Chloe could safely guide Stoner through three miles of uneven terrain, one obstacle required outside help: Ohio High School Athletic Association rules barred Stoner from participating in cross country runs with a dog.
"There's never been a blind athlete with a dog sanctioned to compete," said John Harris, director of athletics for Lexington Local Schools.
Harris urged the association to allow Stoner and Chloe to run. Eventually, they said yes -- with some stipulations. Stoner has to start 20 seconds after the other runners. And while she's allowed to pass them, and she does, she can't impede them.
With the Association's OK, Stoner and Chloe raced the following day on Sept. 17. In three meets since, the pair has bettered their time.
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 7:33AM by Jeanette Torres Permalink
tagged Blindness, Dog, Ohio, Runner, Stargardt's Disease, Teenager
Surfing Dog, Ricochet, Helps Disabled Surf
Comstock/Thinkstock(SAN DIEGO) -- There are dogs who play ball, dogs who chase cats and dogs who catch Frisbees. But near San Diego there is Ricochet, a 3-year-old golden retriever who catches waves and captures hearts.
Ricochet helps teach disabled people how to surf by acting as a canine co-pilot.
"She stabilizes the board," said Sabine Becker, who was born with no arms. "Somehow, she does it so we're not off-balance. She is just standing there and just surfs with us."
Surfing isn't even Ricochet's first career. From birth, she was trained to be a service dog, a companion to someone who needed help with everyday tasks. But she is a little mischievous and likes to chase birds -- poor traits for a companion who needs to provide constant attention.
Owner Judy Fridono discovered Ricochet had other ways to help.
"I wanted her to make a difference in one life, and she's touched millions and millions now," Fridono told ABC News.
Ricochet started boogie boarding at 8 weeks old and is now a pro on the surfboard. Fridono swears she adjusts her balance and stance depending on the disability of the person she is surfing with.
Ricochet is just as valuable on land: She has raised more than $100,000 for different charities on her Facebook page and her videos have gone viral, garnering more than 3 million views.
She is also a finalist for the annual "Hero Dog Award" from the American Humane Association, where she is up against a guide dog and even a military dog -- all amazing animals. And while they all might rate a 10, only Ricochet can hang ten.
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 7:29PM by Carmen Cox Permalink
tagged Disabilities, Dog, Ricochet, Service Dogs, Surfing, disabled
Dog Raises Over $17,000 After Running Marathon for Cancer Research
Goodshoot/Thinkstock(BALTIMORE) -- In 2008, when his new family adopted him, Dozer the Goldendoodle was the only pup left in the litter. It made Dozer kind of an underdog. But fast forward three years to the day of the Maryland Half Marathon -- a 13-mile race for cancer research -- and this pup found his way to the front of the pack.
That was the day Dozer slipped past the virtual fence surrounding his yard as the marathon runners passed by. He got quickly caught up in the current at the 5-mile mark -- and kept up the pace for the remainder of the race, with people snapping his picture all along.
When he crossed the finish line, the bewildered pup with muddy paws turned to walk the eight miles back home, where he was awarded a finisher's medal from the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center.
Suddenly Dozer's life story changed. A Facebook page was put together in his name to raise money for cancer research. Donations came pouring in, as did the fans. He now has 2,500 friends on the social networking site and has raised more than $17,000.
While the wonder dog seems to inspire all and gives laughs to some, his run has benefited others in the best way of all. Diane Salvatore, 55, was just diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. She is a direct beneficiary of Dozer's fundraising -- the more than $17,000 that the pup raised has already been designated to go toward research that will help her and others like her.
"I don't think he's last anymore," said Salvatore. "I think he's come in first place. Great job to be the spokesdog for this type of research that needs to be done for this kind of breast cancer."
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 8:43PM by Carmen Cox Permalink
tagged Cancer Research, Dog, Dozer, Fundraising, Marathon
One-of-a-Kind Dog Walks with Four Prosthetic Paws
File photo. Ryan McVay/Thinkstock(DENVER) -- Naki'o has the rambunctious spirit of most dogs -- he loves to run, jump and play fetch -- but one thing is different about this red heeler cattle dog: his four bionic paws. OrthoPets, a Denver company that specializes in pet prosthetics, outfitted Naki'o, who lost his paws to frostbite after he was abandoned in the Nebraska winter.
When Naki'o was adopted, his legs had healed to rounded stumps, making mobility a struggle. He had to crawl on his stomach to move, but he was determined.
"Even though he was hobbling, he was still just trying to enjoy life," said Martin Kaufmann, the founder of OrthoPets, who outfitted Naki'o with his new paws. "Naki'o's personality was great."
And it was that spirit that captivated his owner, a veterinary technician, to adopt him from a shelter and raise money for him to get two prosthetics.
Two became four when Kaufmann heard about Naki'o's plight and completed the set, making him, Kaufmann said, the first dog in the world to have four prosthetic paws.
Veterinarian Marty Becker said prosthetics are becoming increasingly common on disabled pets.
One prosthetic can cost anywhere form $1,000 to $3,000.
"It's really heartwarming," said Becker. "Dogs just soldier on. They could be in incredible pain but still greet you with their tail wagging."
Naki'o can now play fetch to his heart's content and enjoy his newfound mobility.
Kaufmann said Naki'o's only challenge would be learning once again what the ground feels like to walk on -- and he has no doubt Naki'o's playful spirit will help him adjust to his new paws.
"We get to work with patients with drive and determination," he said. "They have a real willingness to thrive."
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 6:28PM by Carmen Cox Permalink
tagged Dog, Naki'o, OrthoPets, Prosthetics, Veterinarian
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ATG Launches Mobile Look-Up Application
With today’s launch of its new tire look-up mobile app, the Alliance Tire Group reaffirmed its commitment to make doing business with the swiftly-growing global manufacturer easier than ever, said Barry Clifford, Manager of Marketing Communication at Alliance Tire Americas, Inc.
“In the last year, we’ve launched our Warranty Wizard app, upgraded our corporate website, and revamped our online ordering system, and now we’re launching our tire look-up app,” Clifford said. “It’s part of our effort to make sure ATG’s dealers, customers and OEMs have the fastest access to our services and the best, most updated information about our tires right at their fingertips.”
The easy-to-use ATG Tire mobile application gives users access to detailed technical specifications for the company’s extensive lineup of Alliance, Galaxy and Primex brand tires. Intuitive and user-friendly, users can search the new app by tire size, machine application, and industry segment (Agriculture, Construction, Forestry, etc.). Results include detailed load and pressure tables.
According to Clifford, the app has all the information ATG customers will need to drill down to the best tire for any job from among the company’s more than 2,000 SKUs.
“Not sure about which tire will be best your specific needs? Ask the app!” he says. “Are you looking for the air pressure that will minimize soil compaction for your load? Here you go!”
In addition to its tire look-up features, the app allows users to stay updated with new products, save items to a “wish list,” or email tire information directly from inside the app.
The ATG Tire mobile app is available for free download and can be found by searching for “ATG Tire” on the Google Play and iTunes platforms.
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Athensville
David and Matthew met at a Philadelphia area fundraiser for a friend’s cancer non-profit. Cocktail party banter turned to music and the two realized they were both at the same place in their lives: too far away from playing in a band.
In the summer of 2016, Dave and Matt learned a list of covers from their wheelhouse: the nineties and 2000s. U2, Radiohead, REM… It was nostalgic. Fun. But somewhere along the way, covers lost their intrigue and writing songs became a priority. Riffs recorded and texted met lyrics on the other end, Sunday all-day rehearsals became creative sessions. And goals were set: Share music with others. That’s what music is for.
This venture needed a name. Dave noticed a sign on his way to Matt’s house in Ardmore, PA. “Ardmore. Formerly Athensville. Renamed… 1873.” An obscure historical footnote and a serendipitous allusion to a shared favorite band’s hometown gave both David and Matt a sense of permanence, of concreteness. Athensville would be a good place to stay.
After a screen-shattering ‘launch’ party at Dave’s house, at which the electric/acoustic duo played 30 covers and entertained the invited neighbors and friends, Athensville began playing out.
Throughout the summer and fall of 2017, Matt and Dave played The Grape Room in Manayunk, Fergie’s Pub in Center City, The Philadelphia Brewing Company, and a few other local bars. Covers started to make way for their originals as the duo set new goals: record these songs and add a rhythm section.
With influences as far-flung as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Smiths, and Rodriguez, and with Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies in their heads (“Remember the quiet evenings,” “Don’t be afraid of things because they are easy to do”), Athensville took five original songs into the studio in March of 2018. Good friend and drummer Tom Mellon of Philly’s own The Parsnip Revolt, along with good friend and singer Jenn Wilkinson of East Branch Revival, joined them to lend their abundant talents to the project.
Outside of the studio or, more precisely, in the lobby and hallway of the studio, the BandMix and Craigslist search for other musicians to help perform these songs gained steam and soon made headway.
Enter James Farrell, veteran drummer playing with several area bands. As James walked into the rehearsal studio for an audition, the Athensville sound was about to take a massive step forward. Dave and James began the opening instrumental measures to a U2 classic and a genuine rock and roll chemistry revealed itself. James’s precision and acumen were immediately evident and his depth and range were so strong that Dave and Matt didn’t hesitate for a second. Athensville had found a drummer. The fact that he works for the National Park Service, guaranteeing Athensville free entrance to Yellowstone for life, was not a factor.
As the recording came together, Matt and Dave took a moment to reflect on the flourishing of this project since its conception two years prior. They agreed that this EP is the essence of what they had started; a true manifestation of why they connected on that first night. This EP is the center of Athensville. It’s Athensville, Proper. The EP is now available on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, CDBaby.com, and of course the enduring Compact Disc featuring the impressive artwork of Steve Perry.
Throughout 2019 Athensville continues the writing and recording of their next set of new tunes, the band now rounded out by the experienced and skillful bassist, Mark S. Walsh. A brother in arms, a meeting of the minds ... whatever the metaphor, Mark weaves rhythmically into the fabric of the band and punctuates the beginning of the next exciting chapter for Athensville.
Join Athensville as they perform throughout the Philadelphia area and beyond.
David Perry - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Matthew Taglang - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards
James Farrell - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Mark S. Walsh - Bass Guitar
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Research Personal Named Asteroids (PNAs)
Alex by the Numbers
Minor planet numbers, that is.
I’ve been researching the effects of PNAs, Personal-Named Asteroids, for almost a decade now, first in mundane events charts and later in those of celebrities. They always show up reliably, in just the places you’d expect them to be, describing an individual’s or locale’s pivotal importance in the story at hand. In birth charts, too, places and persons of prominence in the native’s biography will animate the chart at appropriate positions, natally or by transit, fleshing out the details of a life.
I’ve only just begun to work with these points in the charts of “ordinary mortals”, largely because, with 17,000+ named asteroids at this point, it’s well nigh impossible to tell in advance which may be significant, or where to look for them. And people already know their pasts – they come to astrologers because they want to hear about their future.
But I’m here to tell you, the past is prologue, and exploring for yourselves the meanings of these PNAs embedded in your psyche, or assailing you by transit, can prove a worthwhile and affirmative venture. I could give pertinent examples from a variety of charts, but a really in-depth look at just one chart might be more revealing of the potential of these minor bodies to point up major themes in a life.
And whose life do I know better than my own? So I’m going to do something now that every Leo Sun absolutely hates to do – I’m going to talk about myself. (OK, yes, that was sarcasm, and you can blame my Scorpio Ascendant for that one.)
The first issue we encounter when looking at PNAs in a birth chart is any that represent the individual’s own names. Typically, these will conjoin or aspect one of the Big Three – Sun, Moon or Ascendant. In my own case, I was born Kevin Miller on July 27, 1960, at 1:37 PM EDT, in Bethlehem, PA (born in Bethlehem and raised in Nazareth – has a familiar ring to it, particularly in the fundamentalist Christian family in which I grew up).
Asteroid Kevin (#23729) at 0 Leo conjoins the 4 Leo Sun, identifying that name as aligned with me personally, a part of my core identity. Asteroid Miller (#1826) falls at 23 Pisces, opposing my natal Moon at 19 Virgo, with the Moon representing family heritage and ancestry.
So think of that a bit – Kevin on my Sun, identifying me specifically as an individual, and Miller opposed my Moon, expressing my family roots. Pretty stunning.
But I never liked my name. Kevin is not precisely on the Sun, there’s some wiggle room there and an intimation that there may be some distance between this name and the true core essence of the individual, his most authentic expression. I never changed my name officially, but these days it’s only my dad and the tax man who use the “K” word. “Kevin” means “handsome”, which is of course in the eye of the beholder, and I thought that to be a rather superficial identity. I preferred “Alexander”, which means “warrior”, for that was how I saw life, as a struggle or competition, something to rise above.
So when I came out as gay at age 17, I unofficially changed my name to “Alexander”. The use of that grew gradually, at first just among close friends, later more generally. When I went to The Restaurant School in 1986, I was signing my test sheets “Kevin Miller (Alex)”. By the time I enrolled in Computer Learning Center in 1995, it was “Alex Miller (Kevin)”. By then, though employers needed to know my legal name for tax purposes, no one else ever heard it.
Now here’s the amazing part – even that self-chosen name shows up prominently in my birth chart! In fact, even more strongly than my birth names. Asteroid Alexandra (#54, the feminine version, there is no Alexander asteroid) falls EXACLY on my 4 Scorpio Ascendant, and exactly squared the Sun. Imagine that – the name I chose to present myself to the world when I announced my sexuality, and which eventually came to represent me almost exclusively, is exactly on the point which governs how others see us, and how we present ourselves to them! Moreover, the exact square to the Sun shows this name caught up in identity issues, and reflective of that “conflict” (square) which the name’s meaning, warrior, implies.
So we have my names in my chart – what about those closest to me, biologically? My father is Marshall, my mother Lorraine. His parents were Frank and Leah Miller; hers were Paul and Mildred Werkheiser. We hit a bit of a snag at the outset – there is no “Marshall” asteroid. But there is a “Marcia,” a close phonetic match, if the wrong gender (feminine forms of names, which still predominate in asteroid nomenclature, will often need to be used for their masculine counterparts).
The author’s immediate family: left to right, Mildred Werkheiser, Paul Werkheiser, Lorraine & Marshall Miller, Leah Miller; Olympia, WA, 1959
Asteroid Marcia (#269484) appears natally at 18 Libra, in square to my Saturn at 13 Capricorn, which represents the father or parent; the five degree orb on this aspect is likely a reflection of the variance between Marcia and Marshall – I have no doubt that if there’s ever a “Marshall” asteroid named, it will be very strongly in the mix (it has been my experience that the closer the match, the tighter the aspect, and the greater the impact in the story). That “distance”, both in orb and by name, also reflects my early experience of my father, who I found it difficult to connect with; it wasn’t until I was well into my twenties that we began to develop a truly intimate bond.
Asteroid Lorraine (#1114) falls at 8 Aries, trine my Sun, and more broadly trine my Venus at 14 Leo. This reflects the ease with which my mother and I interacted, and the bond of love we shared, especially as a child. 8 Aries also squares Saturn, establishing my mother as a teaching, formative, parental authority figure (and in Aries, I saw her as the “leader” of the family).
Asteroid Franck (#4546), for Frank, my paternal grandfather, appears at 13 Cancer, exactly opposed Saturn, that opposition denoting the one-step-removed paternal tie (as opposed to conjunction). Saturn here also represents obstruction or limitation, reflective of the fact that I had no relationship with him whatsoever. There is no “Leah” asteroid for my paternal grandmother, but there is a Leahmarie (#19572), which just happens to be a combination of both her first and middle names, and at 2 Scorpio, that squares my Sun. The square here indicates a strong connection, but potentially adversarial; I wouldn’t say Nana Miller and I were often at odds, but we were never close, and the regular Sunday afternoon visits to her home were definitely the low point of my week.
Things were more intimate with my mother’s relations. Asteroid Paul (3525), my maternal grandfather’s name, falls at 10 Cancer, more widely opposed Saturn (again signifying a male ancestor) than Franck; despite this similarity by aspect, I have many more happy memories of my maternal grandfather than my paternal, though I wouldn’t describe our relationship as “close”, either. Asteroid Mildred (878) at 23 Pisces opposes my Moon, and more than anyone, she was “family” to me, my roots, my “home base” (we lived in their house until I was three, creating a lifelong bond that continued until her death at age 99). I spent two weeks every summer with Nana Werki (who only lived three miles from my parents, but in town, a totally different world for my country-raised self), we attended the same church, all the family holidays except Christmas (which was spent with my father’s family) revolved around her house and yard.
The author’s parents; engagement photo, 1955
So we now have the full cast of characters in my family represented (I have no siblings), with the males all contacted to Saturn and the females to my Sun or Moon. But it’s not just people that appear with PNAs in the chart. Physical attributes can be detected also. I’m indebted to Martha Lang-Wescott for this revelation; her three decades plus of asteroid research is an invaluable resource, and her work with cold case crime investigators and medical research teams is truly mind-boggling.*
Several of Wescott’s physical markers apply to me, and fit naturally into my chart. She uses Barto (#2279) for facial hair, based in its root, “bart”, which means “beard” in German. I have consistently worn a beard since age 18, and I have Barto natally at 12 Virgo, conjunct the Moon, which rules the physical body. Asteroid Baldone (#274084) is actually named for an observatory in Latvia, but if broken down into its component parts in English, “Baldone” becomes “bald-one”; I started losing my hair in my early twenties and was largely bald by 35, and I have Baldone natally at 1 Scorpio, on my Ascendant, which rules how we present ourselves to others and how they see us. Asteroid Stout (#20430) is pretty much self-explanatory; I have struggled with my weight all my life, and I have Stout natally at 8 Leo, on my Sun. I’d just like to take this opportunity to thank the cosmos for its excellent timing! (There’s that Scorpio sarcasm again!)
Two other physical markers are more peripheral, but I think I can build a good case for them. My hair is brown, and I have asteroid Brunetto (#8253) at 28 Virgo, in close semisquare to Venus, which rules hairstyles. For hair rulership itself, that’s commonly attributed to Saturn, and there is also an asteroid Brunet (#72819), which at 28 Leo is sesquiquadrate natal Saturn, so I guess I’ve got that covered coming and going. Rulership of the eyes is generally attributed to the Sun (though eyesight, as one of the senses, is Mercury); mine are hazel in color, and I have asteroid Hazel (#3846) at 27 Aries, in a broad, out-of-Sign square to the Sun.
So much for physicality, family roots and genetic inheritance. Let’s move on to an endlessly fascinating topic: sex (remember my Scorpio Rising, folks!).
As noted above, I am gay. Traditionally, astrologers point to hard aspects between Venus or Mars and Saturn or an outer planet as indicators of this preference. And in that regard, my credentials are impeccable. Venus at 14 Leo is conjoined Uranus at 20 Leo, inconjunct Saturn at 13 Capricorn, and widely square Neptune at 6 Scorpio. Mars at 26 Taurus squares Uranus and is sesquiquadrate Saturn.
But there are other indicators as well, on an asteroid level, and once again, I shine. Principal MNA (Mythic-Named Asteroids) indicators of same-sex attraction include Sappho (named for an ancient Greek poet and lesbian – in fact, the originator of the term “lesbian”, as residing on the isle of Lesbos), Ganymed (named for Zeus’ underage cupbearer and boy-toy lover), and Eros (the origin of our term “erotic” and representing romantic passion generally, but also the acknowledged patron of homosexual unions in ancient Greece). I have Sappho at 22 Leo squared Mars; Ganymed at 8 Leo conjunct both the Sun and Venus; and Eros at 23 Taurus conjunct Mars.
PNAs enter the fray via euphemism, and also by virtually cataloging my sexual history to a “T”. Common English euphemisms for “penis” include dick, wiener, pecker and dong, all of which have matching asteroids, though not officially designated as penis placeholders. Asteroid Dick (#17458) at 4 Leo exactly conjoins the Sun, suggesting a strong self-identification with the male member (as well, I must admit, as an unfortunate tendency to react churlishly when affronted, i.e., “acting like a dick”). Asteroid Wiener (#18182) at 23 Virgo conjoins the Moon, adding an emotional component, and trines Mars/Eros, suggesting an ease of expression sexually. Asteroid Pecker (#1629) at 27 Aries conjoins asteroid Yes at 29 Aries, and together these broadly square the Sun, with Pecker also semisextile Mars, a rather self-affirming, green-lighting (Yes) stance toward the penis generally (Pecker). Asteroid Dong (#150520) at 28 Cancer is broadly conjoined the Sun and sextile Mars.
I will forbear to state the name of the first boy I had sex with, at age 12, due to considerations of his status as a minor at the time. So you’ll just have to trust me when I tell you that an asteroid representing his first name falls at 24 Taurus, conjunct Mars and Eros, and one for his last name falls at 10 Virgo, conjunct natal Pluto at 4 Virgo. This very aptly describes his importance as my first sexual encounter, initiating my sexuality (Mars) and awakening passion (Eros), as well as highlighting the hugely transformative experience (Pluto) this was for me.
At our first sexual interaction, both his PNAs were transiting my Pluto, transit Kevin was with transit Wiener on my Mars, and transit Sappho conjoined natal Pecker/Yes, with a transit Pecker/Mars/Child (underage/Child male/Pecker sex/Mars) conjunction squared natal Venus/Uranus and a transit Lust/Saturn/Eros (cementing/Saturn homosexual/Eros desire/Lust) conjunction squared natal Moon. One might call that Fate.
My first serious relationship was with Jeff Bittner; beginning at age 16, it was more romantic and emotional than overtly sexual (though we did sporadically engage in carnal acts), but it was the mainstay of my psycho-sexual identity for over 8 years. There is no “Jeff” or “Jeffery” asteroid, but there are some suitable stand-ins. Asteroid Geoffroy (#12896) at 26 Gemini is exactly semisextile Mars and semisquared Venus; asteroid Jeffers (#1934) at 24 Scorpio opposes Mars, both conveying a potential for indicating sexual/romantic ties. But the kicker was probably asteroids Jeffrich (#262295) and Bittner (#6596), which at 6 Aries and 10 Libra both conjoin and oppose my natal asteroid Lust at 8 Aries. And that was just how it felt – like having a ton of sexual bricks dropped on top of me. Just to be next to him set my skin tingling, an attraction unlike any other I’ve experienced, fueled no doubt by raging teen hormones.
When Jeff and I had our first date, transit Venus and Wiener conjoined natal Lust/Jeffrich, in square to transit Kevin and trined natal Venus; Transit Jeffers conjoined my Sun, transit Bittner squared it and Venus from my Ascendant, while transit Miller, Alex (#3367, a “nickname” version of Alexander/Alexandra, and what I am mostly called) and Ganymed clustered on natal Mars, with transit Lust and Pecker conjoined and trined my natal Sun. You may recall that I mentioned taking the name “Alexander” when I came out at 17; my relationship with Jeff, which started a year earlier, was the catalyst for that announcement. Before this, I questioned if what I was experiencing was genuine attraction or mere experimentation; my feelings for Jeff made that answer very plain.
The next major relationship of my life was with John Mignone, whose last name I spliced with my own for over 15 years as my nom de plume. Over the years, our relationship has run the gamut of emotions from white-hot passion to icy indifference, but we just celebrated the 25th anniversary of whatever-this-is last spring. At this point, we’re mostly just good friends, and he is also my landlord, but our early interactions were vital for my own spiritual growth (as well as his), and I would not be the person I am today if we had never met.
Asteroid Mignonette (#12632, closest match to “Mignone”) falls at 29 Scorpio natally, opposed Mars and denoting the sexual component of our relationship (as well as its sometime fractiousness), but the truly amazing contact stems from asteroid Johnny (#3252). At 12 Sagittarius, it EXACTLY conjoins natal Juno, representing partners, pretty startling for someone whose name I used hyphenated with mine for 15 years. Johnny is also broadly squared the Moon, reflecting the domestic arrangements. We don’t cohabit, exactly, but we share the property (a duplex) and are constantly in and out of each other’s homes.
When John and I met, transit Sun/Lust/Venus squared natal Sun/Venus and opposed transit Pluto, forming a T-Square with a transit Alex and Dick conjunction; transit Kevin conjoined natal Lust and squared transit Johnny, forming a T-Square with transit Wiener; transit Ganymed exactly conjoined natal Mignonette and opposed natal Mars; transit Eros conjoined my natal Sun from atop natal Kevin; and transit Mignonette was traveling in tandem with Mars and Aphrodite, opposing natal Jupiter. Once again, Fate seems to have lent a hand.
Many things can be divined from a chart with a judicious mix of PNAs and MNAs. With my Sun closely squared Neptune at 6 Scorpio, I have a naturally addictive personality, and this has taken many forms over the years, from excessive TV watching as a kid, to excessive binge drinking in my teens, and drug use in my twenties (at around the time of my Saturn Return I began to channel this energy more productively into a study of spiritual disciplines, including astrology, though one could argue that my obsessive research into PNAs is just another manifestation of that addictive quality).
But Neptune’s chemical-escapist effect is powerfully shored up by the presence of asteroid Dionysus at 2 Leo, conjunct my Sun. Dionysus is the Greek god of wine and ecstatic trance, and rules intoxicants generally, as well as the loss of self in any number of ways (his somewhat androgynous persona leads some to consider him a sort of patron deity of gays also). Much of my time with Jeff was spent drinking, as advanced intoxication enabled him to relax and express his physical feelings for me more readily. When we broke up, it felt weird and socially stigmatized to drink alone, but I still needed that escape from reality, so I turned to drugs.
Marijuana was my drug of choice in my twenties, and this, too, can be readily surmised from PNA placements. Two common terms for marijuana, grass and herb, both have asteroid referents which fit snugly into my chart. Asteroid Herba (#880) at 19 Cancer is an exact match for natal Mercury, indicating the racing, overactive mind and intrusive thoughts which pot was used to quell. Even more apt, asteroid Grass (#11496) at 5 Scorpio closely conjoins Neptune/Ascendant and factors into the solar square.
Astoundingly, my drug connection from those days is present, too! Again, in light of the fact that this was an illegal activity, I’m suppressing the name, but my source for almost a decade at that time was a friend, originally a co-worker. An exact PNA match for her first name appears at 10 Scorpio, conjunct Neptune/Grass. But she didn’t make the actual purchase, either – that was farmed out to her younger sister, who was heavily into the drug culture (but whom I never met at the time, our transactions proceeding via the intercession of my friend). When I first plugged her name into my chart, I was amazed, but perhaps not surprised, to find it at 6 Cancer, in exact trine to my natal Neptune. The ease of the trine was well reflected in that connection, which was so natural, simple and risk-free for me, three steps removed from the actual dealer. Even after I stopped buying, my friend and I remained in sporadic contact over the years, and just this spring I heard that she had passed suddenly, only a few weeks after a solar eclipse which fell within two degrees of her PNA in my chart. It was at her funeral that I first met her sister, who had helped me out all those years ago, and had the opportunity to thank her personally.
The author, with mother Lorraine and grandmother Mildred; Easter 1993
Even my work history can be seen in PNA contacts of several employers and teachers. After graduation from The Restaurant School, my first boss was Beatrice Nichols, owner of Ecco restaurant in Philadelphia. Asteroid Nichols at 28 Libra opposes asteroid Cook (#3061) at 24 Aries, asteroid Nichol (#163641) at 16 Pisces opposes my Moon at 19 Virgo (ruling cooking) and sextiles Saturn (bosses) at 13 Capricorn. Asteroid Beatrix (#83) at 21 Scorpio squares Uranus at 20 Leo (she was foreign, and frankly, a bit mental).
After leaving the cooking profession, for years I worked for Joe Sherman at his video rental store; asteroid Sherman (#21621) falls at 15 Leo, in my Tenth House (ruling work and career), conjunct my Venus, which rules entertainment, and inconjunct Saturn, bosses again. This was a transitional phase where I was more focused on my inner development than material success. My mentor and first teacher in astrology was Amanda Owen; asteroid Owen (#164792) at 20 Gemini opposes Jupiter (teaching after primary education) and is semisquare asteroid Urania, named for the muse of astrology, at 4 Taurus. Asteroid Amanda (#725) at 0 Aquarius squares Urania and opposes my Sun.
This spring I finally found a home for the revised and expanded version of “The Black Hole Book”, which I originally self-published in 1995, as an e-book through Crossroad Press. My publisher, David Wilson, is doubly represented in eerily appropriate ways, with asteroid Davida (#511) at 27 Sagittarius, on my Jupiter (publishing) at 24 Sagittarius, and asteroid Wilson (#2465) at 22 Cancer, on my Mercury (ruling writing) at 19 Cancer.
And on it goes. I recently had occasion to note that my car, a 2004 Chevy Cavalier, died under a transit Mercury/Pluto opposition which loosely overlaid my natal Mercury/Saturn opposition. Certainly an appropriate manifestation, both of the moment (demise/Pluto of a car/Mercury) but also the natal potential (cars/Mercury being a problem or hassle/Saturn). Mercury was at 12 Cancer and Pluto was at 11 Capricorn, and when I checked, I found an asteroid Cavalieri (#18059) which, at the time my Cavalier died, was at 10 Libra, nicely fitting into a T-Square.
I hope this chronicle has provided convincing evidence of the importance and impact PNAs can have in a birth chart, and may encourage you to research your own personal connection to the cosmos.
January 1st, 2017 at 07:50pm
3 comments, add yours.
“Asteroid Miller (#1826) falls at 23 Virgo, opposing my natal Moon at 19 Virgo” ??
Sorry about the confusion, but thanks for your eagle eye, Jane! It’s good to know someone is actually paying attention! :^) The correct degree for Miller is 23 Pisces, not Virgo.
So lovely to hear about you Alex. I loved your black hole reading you did for me many years ago which helped greatly over some trying times. Do you have time to do asteroid readings at all as it is an area I never had found time to research. 🙂
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Alleghany County Public Schools » School Board » Minutes » 2017-2018 » 8-21-2017 Regular Meeting Minutes
REGULAR MEETING OF THE ALLEGHANY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
The Alleghany County School Board held its regular meeting on August 21, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. at Central Office Complex in Low Moor, Virginia.
PRESENT: Gerald E. Franson; R. Craig Lane; Danielle I. Morgan; Norman L. Persinger, Jr.; Jennifer S. Seckner; Randall S. Tucker, and Jacob L. Wright. Also present: Eugene P. Kotulka, Superintendent; and Lorie C. Bess, Clerk.
ABSENT:
(18-37) SCHOOL BOARD COMMENDATION: ABCD Award – Lucas Conner
(18-38) PUBLIC COMMENT
Cindy Fox (547 White Oak Lane) read the following statement: “Mr. Chairman, Members of the School Board, and Mr. Kotulka, thank you for allowing me to speak tonight on behalf of myself and those present from Clifton Middle School (CMS). First, I would personally like to thank each of you for volunteering your time to serve as a member of our School Board. I would also like to extend a warm welcome to our new board member, Mrs. Morgan. In late July, I was approached by a CMS parent asking what in the world was going on in our school and with our school board. I had no idea what they were talking about. They told me to go on Facebook and see the video links. Since I don’t do social media, I found the videos on YouTube. As I was listening and watching these videos, so many emotions came over me. First, I was stunned, then angry, then very hurt and sad. In the video, someone mentioned “the behavior at CMS”. Another board member stated that “accreditation denied is pretty bad” and “we must be accredited this time next year and nothing less”, “teachers need to be held accountable for what is done in their classroom”. I agree that accreditation is very important. Do you not think that we as teachers hold ourselves accountable every day? We hold ourselves accountable when our student comes in crying because they had to move in the middle of the night. We hold ourselves accountable when a student is hungry because they have no food at home. We hold ourselves accountable when a student is poorly dressed and has no self-esteem or feeling of self-worth. We hold ourselves accountable when a student is acting out and disrupting our classroom. We hold ourselves accountable when our student misses 30+ days of school. We hold ourselves accountable when our student is just barely getting by on survival mode. We as teachers have comforted, we have clothed, we have fed, we have disciplined, and we have given our unconditional love and understanding. We work above and beyond trying to reach our students where they are. Is it fair to point fingers as to who is at fault because we didn’t make accreditation? Is it the School Board’s fault? The Superintendent’s? The Administration? The staff? The parents? The students? We need to work together and not against each other. We encourage each one of you to take a couple days off from your job and come to CMS and spend it with us in our classroom and see the challenges we face each day. I’m not making excuses; I’m just stating the facts. The fact that we missed accreditation by less than 1 percentage point in reading overshadows all of the other outstanding SOL achievements we have in Civics, Math, and Science. We need to celebrate the positives that happen at CMS each day. We are excited about our new Principal, Mrs. Rowe. You will never find another group of middle school teachers who will do everything in their power to make sure their students succeed. I am so proud to work with this group of people at CMS. Thank you again for allowing me to share my feelings and please come and visit us!”
(18-39) SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS
Mr. Wright thanked Mrs. Fox for her passion and noted these issues will be discussed at the upcoming board retreat on September 29. He congratulated Lucas Conner on his ABCD award. He noted Clifton Middle School rolled out their Chromebooks today. He thanked all the Clifton Middle School teachers who attended in support of Mrs. Fox. He reported he watched the solar eclipse earlier that day at Mountain View Elementary and heard many “wows” from the students and staff.
Mr. Persinger thanked Lucas Conner for his hard work and dedication. He noted during the reorganization meeting there were more people interested in the Jackson River Technical Center board positions than in the past and he felt the appointments were not handled properly. He stated he feels the Board does not always adhere to Roberts Rules of Order. He stated the Board should stick to the agenda as it is written and not allow members to speak about something not on the agenda. He thanked the Clifton Middle School staff for speaking and stated he was glad they are willing to talk about things. He said he believes there is a resource issue, not a staff issue, and that teachers need to hold the central office and the superintendent accountable for supplying the resources they need. He concluded by stating he would not be apologetic for his prior comments because it is not acceptable to not be accredited.
Mr. Lane congratulated Lucas Conner on his award and successful implantation of the One-to-One Initiative. He thanked the Clifton Middle School staff for their passion and stated he would love to spend a day in one of their classrooms and he would be in touch to schedule that.
Mrs. Morgan thanked the School Board members, Central Office, and staff for entrusting her to serve on the Board. She thanked Lucas Conner for his dedication to the Chromebook initiative. She thanked Mrs. Fox and the Clifton Middle School staff for their dedication and passion. She noted she had toured all the schools during her board member orientation and saw first-hand how dedicated the teachers are. She stated she would like to spend a day in a classroom.
Mrs. Seckner commented that she had served as a substitute at Clifton Middle School and has seen what they do, which is more than prep for an SOL, more than review for tests. She stated she supports all the Clifton Middle School staff and will schedule a day in the classroom. She stated she watched the solar eclipse at Sharon Elementary School earlier that day and thanked Mr. Kotulka and Mrs. Mutisipaugh for staying open for classes so the students could experience this event. She stated it was very exciting to see the happy faces on the students. She welcomed Mrs. Morgan to the Board and thanked Mr. Conner for his hard work with the Chromebooks.
Mr. Franson congratulated Lucas Conner on his award and thanked him for his extra work. He thanked the Clifton Middle School staff for their comments. He stated it is evident the staff love the kids and want them to be the best they can be. He stated we need to teach kids more than how to pass an SOL and if a student struggles in reading at the elementary level, that will follow him through middle and high school. He said he would schedule a day to spend in the classroom.
Mr. Tucker reported he watched the solar eclipse at Mountain View Elementary. He thanked the Mountain View Elementary teachers for taking the school out of being a focus school. He thanked the Clifton Middle School staff for attending the meeting and stated teachers are the lifeblood of the division. He stated public education is the most discriminating business there is and he thinks the world of each of them for what they do. He invited Mr. Persinger to discuss his parliamentary procedure concerns with him after the meeting.
Mr. Kotulka stated the school year is off to a good start and thanked all staff for making it happen. He stated he was once a teacher and he remembers what it is like to be in the classroom, and he appreciates everything they do. He welcomed Mrs. Morgan to the Board and stated she will be a great addition. He thanked Mrs. Mutisipaugh for her management of the solar eclipse event and making sure everyone had their glasses. He stated he does hold himself accountable but he cannot manage individual school buildings because he is not there on a daily basis. He stated he does hold principals accountable, as well as central office administrators. He stated it is true that SOLs are important, but not as important as getting kids ready for life. He encouraged Mr. Persinger to speak with him about his questions or concerns before board meetings.
(18-40) CONSENT AGENDA
The following items were included for approval.
A. Approval of Minutes of July 10, 2017 Reorganization/Year End/Regular Meeting and July 26, 2017 Called Meeting
B. Approval of payment of bills
C. Cafeteria report – June year-end, July 2017
D. Communications/Monthly Reports
1. JRTC monthly report
MOTION: That the items listed on the consent agenda be approved as presented.
MOTION: Mr. Lane
SECOND: Mr. Franson
ROLL CALL VOTE: Unanimous
(18-41) BUDGET REPORT
School Operating Fund
School Textbook Fund
Alleghany Foundation Nursing Grant
Governor’s School
Alleghany Foundation Mental Health Initiative
School Capital
SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
(18-42) CALENDAR INFORMATION
Mr. Kotulka reminded the Board of the following meetings:
- September 12 – 12:00 p.m. – JRTC Joint Board of Control meeting at JRTC
- September 18 – 6:00 p.m. - Regular monthly meeting at Sharon Elementary School
- September 29 – 9:00 a.m. – Board retreat/annual training at Merry Go Round Farm
- September monthly calendar
- November 15-17 – VSBA Annual Conference in Williamsburg
(18-43) APPOINT ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE JACKSON RIVER GOVERNOR SCHOOL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman Tucker appointed Danielle Morgan to serve on the Jackson River Governor’s School Executive Committee.
(18-44) APPOINT BOARD MEMBERS FOR SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Chairman Tucker appointed Craig Lane, Jennifer Seckner, and Jacob Wright to serve on a committee to create guidelines and procedures for board governance. The committee will be called the Special Committee on Board Governance. The committee will set their own meeting dates, which will be advertised, and report back to the Board a summary of their discussions.
(18-45) PRELIMINARY REPORT ON STATE ACCREDITATION STATUS AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TIMELINE
School divisions in the Commonwealth of Virginia are bound by a dual system of accountability. Schools and divisions must meet state accountability standards and federal accountability standards. For this year, federal accountability is operating under the approved Virginia’s Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) waiver application. Final data will be provided to school divisions and will be available through school quality profiles on the Virginia Department of Education website. Preliminary results indicate that three schools in Alleghany County will be fully accredited under state accreditation standards-Callaghan Elementary School, Mountain View Elementary School and Sharon Elementary School. One school will be accredited with warning in math-Alleghany High School. One school will be accreditation denied-Clifton Middle School; however, we are currently in the process of appealing this designation.
(18-46) CERTIFICATION THAT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE REVIEWED AND APPROVE OF SCHOOL CRISIS PLANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA § 22.1-279.8
Code of Virginia requires School Boards to annually review the written school crisis plans.
MOTION: That the Board certifies its review and approval of school crisis plans, as presented.
MOTION: Mr. Wright
SECOND: Mr. Lane
(18-47) DISCIPLINE, CRIME AND VIOLENCE REPORT
Board members were provided a copy of the 2016-2017 Discipline Summary. This data has been submitted to the state as part of our annual Discipline, Crime and Violence Report. Administrators reported 1270 discipline referrals for 2016-2017; 440 at Alleghany High School, 439 at Clifton Middle School, and 391 at the elementary schools. Not all discipline referrals are reported to the state because they have a discipline sanction that is considered a minor offense. The total number of referrals is an increase of 50 from the previous year. School Resource Officers (SRO) reported 344 referrals. For clarification purposes, some categories of the SRO report do not match the division’s summary report. This is a reflection of different terminology used by law enforcement and the Department of Education. Based upon our data reported, no school within the Alleghany County Public Schools is considered persistently dangerous.
(18-48) ANNUAL HOMEBOUND REPORT FOR 2016-2017
Temporary w/IEP
Full Year w/IEP
* This represents the efforts of 14 instructors with 27 different students over the course of the 2016-2017 school year.
(18-49) ANNUAL HOMESCHOOL REPORT FOR 2016-2017
Religious Exemption
The overall total of students educated in the home was 115 for the 2016-2017 school year. This is an overall increase of 12 students.
(18-50) EARLY CHILDHOOD DOOR AT MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Federal law requires school divisions to provide appropriate services for two year olds identified as special education eligible. For a school division to start a class for two year olds in an elementary school would cost upwards of $100,000 per school year for the staffing of the program. This does not include the cost of building modifications or the cost of equipment that would be needed to supply the classroom. Working cooperatively with the Early Childhood Program operated by the YMCA to address this issue, there would be a need for a second egress from a classroom to have a class for two year olds. The school division would be able to place children in this age appropriate class in the early childhood program operated by the YMCA and provide services there. The YMCA has agreed to provide $7,000 towards the installation of an egress door. This item was presented for review at the July meeting.
MOTION: That the Board approve installation of an additional exit door in a classroom at Mountain View Elementary School for the Early Childhood Special Education – 2 year old students.
MOTION: Mrs. Seckner
SECOND: Mr. Wright
(18-51) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE UPDATE
Board members were provided the work orders in their agenda packet.
(18-52) SCHOOL SECURITY EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM
An itemized list of security projects for each facility requested in the grant was presented. The total amount of state funding that has been requested for the 2017-18 school year is $82,188.80 and the 25% local match is $21,677.20 for a total of $108,386.00.
MOTION: That the Board approve the School Security Equipment Grant application, as presented.
MOTION: Mr. Franson
SECOND: Mrs. Morgan
(18-53) APPROVAL FOR RESURFACING OF TENNIS COURTS AT CLIFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
This is for the repair and resurface of the cracks in the six 15-year-old tennis courts at Clifton Middle School. Upon completion, the tennis courts will have a new playing surface and new lines. The total cost for the project will be $22,500.
MOTION: That the Board approve resurfacing the tennis courts at Clifton Middle School, as presented.
(18-54) ANNUAL REPORT ON ENERGY MANAGEMENT OUTCOMES
The annual energy report was presented.
(18-55) UPDATE ON ONE-TO-ONE INITIATIVE
An update on the One-to-One initiative as it pertains to:
Chromebook Distribution- AHS
Chromebook Distribution- CMS
Elementary Schools’ Network Installations
Staff Training- SAMR
(18-56) UPDATE ON APEX TOWER PROPOSAL
Apex Tower has offered a lease agreement proposing the construction of a cell tower on the Clifton Middle School/Mountain View Elementary School property. The proposed pad site (100’ x 100’) is to be located near the river on the Mountain View Elementary side of the property. Per the proposal, Apex Tower will construct an access road that will extend from Gleason Drive to the pad site.
Final Negotiated Proposal
$16,800 annual rent
3% annual escalation
10% revenue sharing of fees paid to Apex by carriers locating on the tower
40 year term
Apex Tower will own the tower and at termination (by either party at conclusion of the 40 year term), Apex Tower will remove all components of the installation to a depth of eighteen inches below grade. The lease has no impact on other potential right-of-ways. The Agreement is being reviewed by our attorney and the proposal will be presented for action in September.
(18-57) REPORT ON STUDENT RETENTIONS
Total students retained
(18-58) REPORT ON SOL RETAKES AND ABSENTEEISM
The School Board requested information on the number of students taking expedited retakes who passed and the number of students missing 10% of the school year and SOL scores.
Alleghany High School - expedited retakes - 89/274 passed = 32.4%
Alleghany High School – 11 students taking SOLs missed 18 or more days
Students eligible for retests:
Identify students who are eligible for a retest by August 28, 2017, including students who are eligible for a writing retest.The list of eligible students will be submitted to Mrs. Hobbs for review and verification.
Individual retest plans for each student will be finalized and submitted to Mrs. Hobbs by September 11, 2017, for review and verification.
Intervention strategies will include:
Identifying areas of intervention using student performance detailed report (SPDR);
Providing targeted intervention; and
Practicing higher level thinking skills.
Students eligible for expedited retakes
Expedited retest remediation plan submitted to Mrs. Hobbs for review by November 20, 2017,
Identify students who are eligible for expedited retests by the end of the day as listed below
a. English – December 5, 2017
b. Science – December 6, 2017
c. Social Studies – December 7, 2017
d. Mathematics – December 8, 2017
3. Staff who are providing the remediation shall be provided individual student SPDR
reports the next day after the test dates listed above.
Clifton Middle School - expedited retakes - 64/134 passed = 47.7%
Clifton Middle School – 66 students taking SOLs missed 18 or more days
Parents will be notified and a conference requested regarding our remediation plan to ensure that the students will be present for all remediation sessions and retake testing sessions.The student and parent will sign a contract stating they have received this information and will adhere to the plan.
Remediation will take place over a four to five-day span
Each subject will have a minimum of 6 hours of remediation in all tested areas.The students will receive remediation during their 66 minute class periods as well as Falcon Time.
Students will be homogeneously grouped based on:
reporting category
strand and standard
individual detail by question
Students will be remediated by the teacher of record as well as another teacher within the department using the data listed above.Special Education teachers will be utilized as needed to meet the needs of any students with Individualized Education Plans.
Callaghan Elementary School - expedited retakes - 19/29 passed = 65.5%
Callaghan Elementary School – 6 students taking SOLs missed 18 or more days
1. Address and provide remediation in the weak areas as indicated by the Student Performance by Question data
2. Provide a minimum of 5 hours of remediation in the subject
3. Talk personally with parents about the importance of the retake
4. Provide extra practice at appropriate websites such as IXL, and IA
Mountain View Elementary School - expedited retakes - 34/74 passed = 45.9%
Mountain View Elementary School – 32 students taking SOLs missed 18 or more days
This past school year, we found that one team had a higher success rate with re-takes. We want to use that model for next year at each of the grade levels.
Students were grouped during instruction time in three groups with all the retake students in one group.
During the instructional time, students would remediate in the SOL during the hour of instruction in addition to power-up time. These students actually received close to 10 hours of remediation this way.
By keeping the instructional rotations, the students could also review for upcoming SOLs while the students who needed remediation could get both.
The teachers used the performance by question to review and reteach.
Sharon Elementary School - expedited retakes - 13/24 passed = 54.10%
Sharon Elementary School – 4 students taking SOLs missed 18 or more days
1. Provide at least 5 hours of individualized remediation, more if teacher feels that student can benefit and needs it
2. Collaboration/co-teaching of staff outside of the normal subject matter teacher
3. Use of remediation and other expert staff to assist in remediation of students
4. Pull out for small group or 1:1 instruction with weak area focus that doesn’t come from a time period in which the child would normally be involved in more “interesting” activities/electives
(18-59) REPORT ON NON-RESIDENT/NON-DISTRICT STUDENTS
School Board Regulation JEC-R states non-resident and non-district students must complete an application to attend a different school from the school he/she should attend due to residency. As of August 8, 2017, 121 non-resident applications have been accepted for the 2017-18 school year; 61 non-district applications were accepted; and 14 applications were denied attendance in Alleghany County Schools. Students denied access were because of the students failing to follow all policies, rules and regulations of the Alleghany County School System. Numbers for the 2016-17 school year were provided for comparison.
(18-60) FOLLOW UP REGARDING ATTORNEY ATTENDING REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS
Mr. Kotulka offered the following costs associated with having an attorney attend regular board meetings each month. Mr. Kotulka recommended the Board not approve funds for this purpose.
a. Reed Smith, LLP - $3,400 per meeting - $51,000 per year (15 meetings)
b. Guynn and Waddell, P.C. - $710 per meeting - $10,650 per year (15 meetings)
MOTION: That the Board not hire an attorney to attend board meetings.
POLICY REVISIONS
(18-61) POLICY GCBD-RE, “ANNUAL LEAVE: TWELVE MONTH EMPLOYEES”
Regulation GCBD-RE, “Annual Leave: Twelve Month Employees”. Revisions clarify annual leave credit and years of service. This item will be presented for approval at the September meeting.
(18-62) POLICY GCA-R1, “ORGANIZATION CHART”
Policy updated to reflect new staff and title changes for Transportation Manager and Administrative Assistant for Division Support.
MOTION: That the Board approve the revisions to Policy GCA-R1, Organization Chart, as presented.
(18-63) ADDITION TO THE AGENDA
There were no further additions to the agenda.
CLOSED SESSION
(18-64) CODE OF VIRGINIA: PERSONNEL MATTERS 2.2-3711.A.1., STUDENT MATTERS 2.2-3711.A.2, AND SCHOOL SAFETY REPORTS
MOTION: That the School Board enter closed session to discuss Personnel Matters, Student Matters, and School Safety Reports as authorized by the Code of Virginia Sections 2.2-3711.A.1, 2.2-3711.A.2, and 2.2-3711.A.19.
MOTION: That the School Board return to open session from closed session.
CERTIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE SESSION
The Chairman requests a motion to certify that to the best of each member’s knowledge:
Only public business matters lawfully exempted from opening meeting requirements by Virginia law were discussed in the closed meeting to which this certification applies; and
Only such public business matters as were identified in the motion convening the closed meeting were heard, discussed or considered by the School Board.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Mr. Franson – YES
Mr. Lane - YES
Mrs. Morgan - YES
Mr. Persinger - YES
Mrs. Seckner - YES
Mr. Tucker - YES
Mr. Wright - YES
7 -YES 0 – ABSENT 0 -NO
Chairman, Alleghany County School Board Clerk
(18-65) PERSONNEL ACTIONS
MOTION: That the Board approve all personnel actions as discussed in closed session and recommended by the Superintendent.
(18-66) DISPOSITION OF PUPIL PERSONNEL
a. Case #17-43
MOTION: That the Board approve the disposition of pupil personnel case #17-43, as discussed in Closed Session.
(18-67) BOARD MEETING EVALUATION SURVEY
Board members were provided an evaluation summary from the July meeting.
MOTION: That the August 21, 2017 meeting of the Alleghany County School Board be adjourned.
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On Facebook, We Get More Love Than We Give
February 2, 2012 at 9:01 pm PT
We receive significantly more likes, messages, tags and friend requests from our Facebook friends than we send out ourselves, according to a new Pew Internet report.
In one month, Pew study participants “Liked” other people’s Facebook content an average of 14 times, and had their own Facebook content “Liked” 20 times. They sent nine personal messages, and received 12. Twelve percent of them tagged friends in photos, and 35 percent were themselves tagged in at least one photo. Forty percent made a friend request, and 63 percent received one. Every category showed that same pattern.
This probably isn’t surprising if you’ve heard of the “80:20 rule,” or something similar, where the minority of any group generates the majority of activity. Thus, the majority of the group is on the receiving end.
Pew finds that 20 to 30 percent of people on Facebook are “power users” — meaning they perform these various social networking activities at a higher rate, often on a daily basis.
(Interestingly, these power users tend to specialize in one particular Facebook activity. Some people are power- “Likers” and others are power photo-taggers.)
Pew’s findings are based on getting direct access to 269 Facebook users’ accounts, with their permission.
Admittedly, that’s not an enormous sample, but here are some other findings about the frequency with which Facebook users perform various actions:
On average, users make seven new Facebook friends per month; they initiated three requests and accepted four.
80 percent of friend requests that are initiated are accepted.
Women average 11 updates to their Facebook status per month, while men average six.
On average, Facebook users contribute about four comments/”Likes” for every status update that they make.
Less than five percent of users hid content from another user on their Facebook feed.
Pew also didn’t find much evidence of Facebook fatigue among those who chose to be in its study. People who had been on Facebook for longer, and people who had more Facebook friends, tended to “Like,” post, tag and comment more.
But here’s a cautionary note, for those who wish to restrict their personal content within a relatively close network of people. Many Facebook users choose to share content using the “friends of friends” option. The median Facebook user, according to the Pew sample, has 31,170 friends of friends. That’s a ton!
What’s more, the average Facebook user — which includes some people who have enormous networks of people that are not densely connected to each other — reaches 156,569 people with the “friends of friends” setting.
Please see the disclosure about Facebook in my ethics statement.
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Shaughn and John
Palace Gates Specialize in Nostalgic, Airy Tunes that Glimmer With Synth
Regan Wojick August 30, 2018
Think about the words “palace gates.” Almost immediately, your thoughts are flooded with ethereal visions of pearly gates, clouds… white horses perhaps? We’ll try not to get carried away. Upon hearing those words, however spiritual you may be, I’m sure you imagine something particularly beautiful and otherworldly.
New Los Angeles band, Palace Gates, have quite a name to live up to with those connotations, but so far they’re doing a fine job. As of now, the three-piece have just a few songs under their belt, yet they’ve managed to cultivate a unique look and sound while showcasing their musical depth in the same breathe. Palace Gates specializes in nostalgic, airy tunes with glimmers of 80’s synth pop. Each song tends to swell around you and with the opening lines like “spill your guts on me/share your fantasies,” I knew I wouldn’t mind being sucked into their world for a moment.
I had a chance to talk with Dean, Dan, and Sonja about the origin of their group, working with different artists, and the enigma that is Los Angeles.
Hey Dean, Dan, and Sonja! First, can you tell us the role each of you plays in the band?
Dan, vocals. Sonja, vocals, keys. Dean, guitar, keys, programming.
Can you tell us how you know each other and about the formation of the band?
Dan: Dean and I met at a friend’s party in Los Feliz. I came up in classical music, training primarily in Opera, so it was great to discover that the two of us had similar musical ideas and tastes. We decided to get into the studio and see what happens. Down the line, it became clear that we would need someone to play keys. I had met Sonja through our friend Sheela and I remember thinking, that could be a vibe. Once we were all together, a new group dynamic formed quickly.
Sonja: Sheela had come to see me play keys for a band called Drool and recommended I meet up with Dean and Dan. The dynamic between us is pretty brotherly now – Dean is our older brother and Dan and I are the twins in the back of the car sticking gum in each others’ hair.
Dean: It turned out Sonja could sing as well, which was a total bonus for us.
I did some research and saw that you, Dean, have worked with artists like Lana Del Rey, Lykke Li, and the list just goes on. What is the biggest difference between working with big named artists then working with your own band?
Dean: Doing my own band is harder, funny enough. When you’re brought in on someone else’s project it’s easier to step back and see what it needs, if anything. When it’s your own thing it’s harder to have that objectivity. You find yourself second-guessing everything.
What is your writing process like?
Sonja: Dean will hear something and bring it to us, I’ll hear something and bring it to Dean – sometimes it’s lyrics or melodies Dan’s been working on. We lay down the basics first and go from there.
Dan: From the start, it has felt pretty natural and creative. I think that we have developed a healthy intuition or ability to sense when one member of the band has a strong feeling or impulse about a song. Dean can do a lot very quickly with a song so it’s cool to be able to say, hey maybe this could work… and Dean’s like yeah let’s try it, and then boom it’s there. I would say that Dean and Sonja are more students of pop and indie music than myself. Maybe because I come from classical performance, I tend to work off of how a song feels to me to express, like a story.
The name “Palace Gates” is quite otherworldly/spiritual, much like your music which also sounds wonderfully ethereal. Where did the name come from?
Dean: It was originally just a combination of words I liked, but over time to me, it’s come to represent something that’s forever out of reach.
Sonja: For me, it’s a nod to disillusionment.
Your songs, specifically the chorus in “Impossible,” sound very 80’s influenced. Was that a conscious decision to go the dreamy, shoegaze route or do you just let the song take its course and see what happens?
Dean: We didn’t have a lot of synth in our early songs before Sonja joined. She really encouraged us to expand our sound. Also, I was a kid in the 80s and a lot of those sounds are thoroughly baked into my brain. We have a shared love of 80s Japanese synth pop and new age.
Sonja: For a long time all I did was go to raves and listen to noise and house music like Omar S., Axolotl, Galcher, Inga Copeland, Dean Blunt, early Andy Stott… It was painfully emotional and intellectually stimulating and informed so much. For me, it wasn’t about the party; I would just stand there by myself at three in the morning with my mouth open and think about the choices these artists were making.
Although as a listener I might say your music sounds like alternative shoegaze with a bit of pop influence, I do find your music is hard to pin down. With tunes like “Go On” I’m not sure how I would categorize it, which I love. How would you sum up your sound for new listeners?
Dean: Thanks, that’s nice of you to say. I’d prefer to let the listener decide for themselves what we are.
Sonja: Thrilled you can’t categorize! Best thing I’ve heard in a month.
Since you’re based in LA, do you find your music to be inspired by the culture here?
Sonja: I can only speak for myself but I’m from new york, and I was really confused about LA for a while. I think I’m still confused. But what I love about LA is that people actually give a shit about putting in the work; it’s process-based. Of course, there should be a focus on the outcome, but that focus alone can eclipse the work altogether. I found this to be indicative of the creative culture in NYC and it was really depressing.
Dan: LA can feel isolating. Depending on who you are, you won’t necessarily be around anyone else for long stretches of a day. In my mind, our music comes from a feeling of longing, ruminating.
Do you find the Los Angeles music community to be a tight-knit, supportive one?
Sonja: I think it’s pretty tribal, yeah.
Dan: To be determined…
Where do you draw influence or inspiration from most often?
Sonja: Personally, I go to classical music – Satie and Debussy – and jazz. I still have a ton of vocal jazz/chorus/ a cappella nerd rage coupled with a deep love – as most of us do – for Ryuichi Sakamoto. Everything that inspires me still ties to those formative listening experiences as a kid. When I’m working on stuff at the piano, I’m twelve – if it’s good. and it’s not always good…
Who are your band crushes at the moment?
Dean: Alvvays, Anemone, Beach House
Sonja: Oh man… Vexxed, Sophie, Clairo, Actress, George Clanton (and all the 100% electronica stuff) Neon Indian, Kirin J Callinan, Anenon, Dean Blunt. I also really like some of the new gang gang dance.
Dan: Westerman, Florist, Gabriel Garzon-Montano
What do you want listeners to take away when they listen to Palace Gates?
Dean: I hope it’s something people can escape into.
Sonja: Sexy!!!
Dan: Mostly I just hope that it rings true.
Can you tell us what else the future holds for Palace Gates?
Dan: Impossible to say. I love it right now, let’s keep it going.
Sonja: Hopefully one that involves Japan.
For more from Palace Gates, head to their Soundcloud.
Photography by Shaughn and John.
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Posted on 20 March 2018 | Leave a Comment
Photo: © Mercedes AMG Petronas
A new season dawns: 2018 championship predictions
Finally the 2018 season is upon us, and with just days to go until the cars take to Melbourne’s Albert Park street circuit, now is the time to get your season predictions in.
Across a gruelling 21-race calendar, which teams will succeed and which will flounder? Who can best their teammate and who will fail to find a seat for 2019?
Lewis Hamilton (44), Valtteri Bottas (77)
Throughout preseason testing the reigning constructors champion oozed the coolness of a squad that knows it’s onto a winner, and with the W09 an evolution of last year’s car, there are no prizes for plumping for a fifth Mercedes constructors title.
An advantage as large as some preseason models suggest would leave the responsibility for creating title tension with Valtteri Bottas, but the Finn had teammate Lewis Hamilton’s measure on precious few occasions last year. Without employing Nico Rosberg-style mind games to destabilise the increasingly confident Briton, there’s little reason to believe Hamilton’s fifth title isn’t there for the taking.
2. RED BULL RACING
Daniel Ricciardo (3), Max Verstappen (33)
Red Bull Racing’s principal recent weaknesses have been underpowered engines and underprepared cars. Late last season its chassis won with a lack of grunt; an out-of-the-box quick car should therefore present a credible threat regardless of power.
While Ferrari has struggled with aerodynamic reimaginings, RBR’s design team have penned an evolutionary chassis that will contend for class-of-the-field honours.
Max Verstappen is newly re-signed; Daniel Ricciardo is out of contract, and the Australian’s decision will be based on the RB14’s competitiveness as well as his own against his teammate. Ricciardo performs in crunch moments. This battle is too close to call.
Sebastian Vettel (5), Kimi Raikkonen (7)
Ferrari has historically struggled to perpetuate momentum after underdog seasons, and this year looks unlikely to be an exception. The team has been bold to adapt its competitive 2017 car, but it has fallen behind Red Bull Racing in the process, and RBR must be favourite to out-develop the Italian team.
Can the Ferrari power unit bridge the gap? Only if the Renault engine is a genuine shocker, which is unlikely. The real challenge will be handling a small step backwards without embarking on an ugly and unnecessary round of bloodletting.
Sebastian Vettel beats Kimi Raikkonen in a landslide. Obviously.
Carlos Sainz (55), Nico Hulkenberg (27)
The first of many fascinating midfield battles. Renault made enormous strides last year despite its underwhelming power unit to have the fourth-fastest car by season’s end. Consistency and momentum will win it fourth place against engine customer McLaren, and with title tilt pegged to 2020, nothing less would be acceptable.
Fascinating too is Carlos Sainz’s battle with Nico Hulkenberg. The former’s reputation rests on beating his teammates and the latter needs a competitive teammate to perform. They will benefit each other, but Hulkenberg will come off second-best in what could become a defining season for the — whisper it — journeyman.
Romain Grosjean (8), Kevin Magnussen (20)
The quasi-American team’s 2018 performance — its sophomore season but the first under new regulations — was an important clue that Haas is made of the right stuff, and preseason testing suggested it’s in the P4 hunt. I’m buying the hype.
The trick to that consistency is the blending of off-the-shelf Ferrari and Dallara parts with Haas’s own performance bits. This and no major changes this year will pay dividends.
This is therefore a big year for Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen as they continue rehabilitating their careers. If the car is as refined as testing suggested, Grosjean will use it best.
Fernando Alonso (14), Stoffel Vandoorne (2)
McLaren set the bar impossibly high by proclaiming it would be a Red Bull Racing-beater with the same power unit. Inevitable and predictable teething problems during testing have likely put paid to that dream.
I expect McLaren-Renault to be competitive by the end of the season, but lost points to unreliability early will cost it championship positions and leave it with a well-egged face.
Fernando Alonso, if he can control his emotions, will put Stoffel Vandoorne away in a close contest while the team pulls itself together.
Sergio Perez (11), Esteban Ocon (31)
F1’s best bang-for-buck team tested with a car scarcely upgraded from last year’s version, but even though Force India, with the smallest budget of all constructors, has a major upgrade for Australia, holding back the cashed-up Renault and McLaren was always going to be a bridge too far. Haas’s leap forward, however, will be a disappointment.
Though Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon agreed to an armistice after numerous clashes last season, both know beating the other is crucial to any big-team promotion. Only Ocon comes out of it alive.
Pierre Gasly (10), Brendon Hartley (28)
Honda’s preseason reliability pleasantly surprised Toro Rosso, Formula One and perhaps even Honda. Though it remains the weakest of the four power units, Toro Rosso expects the gap could close this season — but that’ll be too late to make up for small early scores.
Pierre Gasly is a highly rated rookie, but Brendon Hartley is a two-time World Endurance Champion, making this a more potent line-up than appears on paper. Harley’s experience should see him edge the Frenchman.
Lance Stroll (18), Sergey Sirotkin (35)
Williams’s slide from successive third places in 2014–15 has been excruciating — last year it barely managed fifth, and this year looks only worse.
Paddy Lowe is now in control of design and believes this new-concept car has potential to be unlocked, but the team has a poor development record in recent years. Reversing that trend will define this season.
The Lance Stroll-Sergey Sirotkin battle holds much intrigue, with neither highly rated. Stroll, with a year of F1 experience, would be disappointed not to lead the Russian, cementing his reputation as a pay driver in the process.
Marcus Ericsson (9), Charles Leclerc (16)
Sauber, with fresh backing from Alfa Romeo, will continue the arduous rebuilding process after teetering on the brink of collapse in 2016. The Italian euros will begin taken effect this season, so meaningful advances won’t be evident until late in the year and into 2019.
Charles Leclerc’s junior results have marked him as one of the generation’s most exciting new talents, and few rate Marcus Ericsson’s chances of beating the Monegasque — the Swede’s main task is to limit the damage sufficient to keep his seat from Antonio Giovinazzi in 2019.
Now we only need wait for the lights to go out this Sunday at Albert Park, when even the best of predictions could yet be proved flawed.
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Bayfield offers a delightful, nautical escape
Matthew B. Clark
The Island Queen ferries traffic between Bayfield and La Pointe on Madeline Island.
If I ever want to abandon my responsibilities and run away, I may just head for Bayfield, a wonderful little harbor town on Lake Superior.
Once I got there, I'd buy a boat, sail to my heart's content and explore the nearly two dozen sandstone isles that make up the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
Since that's not going to happen, I'll just have to content myself by visiting from time to time, chartering a boat and pretending that I live in what is arguably one of the Badger State's treasures.
Cruise Lake Superior with the Apostle Islands Cruise Service, based at the Bayfield City Dock. You'll see historic lighthouses, including the Raspberry Island Lighthouse, the showplace of the Apostles, and beautifully sculpted sea caves. Call (800) 323-7619 or see www.apostleisland.com.
Take the 20-minute ferry ride to Madeline Island, shop eclectic downtown La Pointe, visit the Madeline Island Museum (www.madelineislandmuseum.org), Big Bay State Park or funky Tom's Burned Down Café, which is really an outdoor bar.
The ferry dock is on N. Front St., Bayfield. Contact the Madeline Island Ferry Line at (715) 747-2051 or see madferry.com.
Enjoy a half or full day of sailing among the Apostle islands with one of many Bayfield charters like Dreamcatcher Sailing, 100-B Rittenhouse Ave. Call (800) 682-1587, or see www.dreamcatcher-sailing.com. Superior Charters, 34475 Port Superior Road, (715) 779-5124, www.superiorcharters.com, also offers sailing courses.
(I took a Dreamcatcher class with my son recently and now know the difference between a jib and the main sail, plus some other cool nautical jargon like spinnaker and anchor.)
Pick fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and other tasty fruits.
Bayfield is home to more than 14 orchards and berry farms just minutes outside of downtown Bayfield. Download an orchard map on bit.ly/iBrc0m.
Learn about the rich heritage of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and its collection of lighthouses at the Park Service Visitor Center, 415 Washington Ave. See www.nps.gov/apis or call (715) 779-3397.
Enjoy live musical performances in Big Top Chautauqua's giant tent, 32525 Ski Hill Road.
Performers can include the likes of Garrison Keillor and Gaelic Storm, as well as the Big Top's own Blue Canvas Orchestra. Call (888) 244-8368 for tickets, or see www.bigtop.org.
Take a historical, ghost or cemetery tour with a guide from Bayfield Heritage Tours. See www.bayfieldheritagetours.com or call (715) 779-0299 to reserve tickets.
Visitors can also buy a Historical Walking Tour book at the Bayfield Heritage Center, 30 N. Broad St., and take a self-guided walk around Bayfield's historical buildings.
Pick a festival. You'll find 90 fine art and craft vendors at Bayfield's Festival of Arts, July 30-31. This year's 50th annual Bayfield Apple Festival, Oct. 7-9, was named one of Discover Wisconsin's Top Ten Favorite Small Town Festivals.
There's also a Fall Harvest Celebration and the Apostle Islands Sled Dog race in February, to name a few. Call (800) 447-4094 or see bit.ly/jAmjZ5.
Kayak the Apostles and explore sea caves up close and personal with Living Adventure.
Call (715) 779-9503 or see www.livingadventure.com. For other outfitters, see 1.usa.gov/lOsKKS.
Shop Bayfield's low-key (no franchises) downtown, full of art galleries, specialty gift shops, bookstores, outdoor gear stores and even a high-end wine boutique.
Watch artisans crafting their work while you browse at the Donalee Designs silversmith studio, 83150 state Highway 13, www.donaleedesigns.com; see hand-thrown pottery demonstrations at Eckel's Pottery, 85205 state Hghway 13, www.eckelspotterybayfield.com, visit the working studio of watercolor painter France Austin Miller, 33615 Ski Hill Road, www.austinmillerstudio.com or the metal works at the Kerr Studio, 21 Front St., www.kerrart.com.
Look for pink flamingos at the quirky Maggie's Restaurant, 257 Manypenny Ave. It's a busy and fun place, with food ranging from whitefish livers (yes, livers) to burgers and salads. Call (715) 779-5641 or see www.maggies-bayfield.com.
The Candy Shoppe, 217 Rittenhouse Ave. makes a delicious pastry called "winebread" that melts in your mouth, plus plenty of other goodies. Call (715) 779-3668.
The Pub Restaurant and Wine Bar on Madeline Island, 700 Main St., has delicious food and great views of the lake. See www.madisland.com or call (715) 747-6315.
Rittenhouse Inn's Landmark Restaurant, 301 Rittenhouse Ave., serves wonderful gourmet breakfasts and five-course dinners, all in the ambience of a charming Victorian B & B. Call (715) 779-5111 or see www.rittenhouseinn.com.
Chef Jim Webster of the Wild Rice Restaurant, 84860 Old San Road, has been a Midwest James Beard Foundation semifinalist for four years in row. Call (715) 779-9881.
Other dining options include Big Water Cafe and Coffee Roasters, 117 Rittenhouse Ave., (715) 779-9619, www.bigwatercoffee.com; Ethel's at 250, 250 Rittenhouse Ave., (715) 779-0293, www.ethelsat250.com; and Pier Plaza Restaurant and Lounge, 15 Front St. (715) 779-3330, www.bayfrontinnbayfield.net.
Bayfield Inn, 20 Rittenhouse Ave., is located on a greensward and is within spitting distance of the harbor. Call (800) 382-0995 or see bayfieldinn.com.
Rittenhouse Inn, classic Victorian B & B with outstanding restaurant, 301 Rittenhouse Ave. Call (888) 611-4667 or see www.rittenhouseinn.com.
Bayfront Inn is near the ferry and cruise service at 15 Front St. Call (715) 779-3330 or see www.bayfrontinnbayfield.net.
Winfield Inn & Gardens, 225 E. Lynde Ave., has spectacular gardens and view. Call (715) 779-3252 or see www.winfieldinn.com.
Pinehurst Inn, 83645 state Highway 13, is an eco-elegant B&B. Call (877) 499-7651 or see www.pinehurstinn.com.
July 4: Enjoy views of fireworks from Bayfield and Madeline Island.
July 30-31: Bayfield's Festival of Arts and gallery tour, with 90 artists in Memorial Park. See bayfield.org or call (800) 447-4094.
Sept. 1-Oct. 31: Fall Harvest Celebration including self-guided orchard tours, a scarecrow-making workshop and fall lodging package giveaways. See bayfield.org or call (800) 447-4094.
Oct. 7-9: 50th annual Bayfield Apple Festival features apple delicacies of every kind, art and craft vendors, apple pie-making contest, music and a parade. See www.facebook.com/Bayfield.Apple.Festival.
Bayfield is 370 miles northwest of Milwaukee.
Contact the Bayfield Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Bureau, 42 S. Broad St., at (800) 447-4094 or see www.facebook.com/Bayfield.WI for details on lodging, dining and recreational activities.
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Traffic signals in Alwarthiru Nagar to be commissioned soon
By V. Soundarani
Automatic traffic signals have been installed on Arcot Road, at Alwar Thirunagar junction and the municipality office junction of Valasarawakkam. But they have to be commissioned now.
These are very busy junctions. Minor and major accidents have been the order of the day here. Same is the case of the Keasavardhini and Sridevi Kuppam junctions too.
Right from the time, the present municipal council took charge of the municipality in Valasarawakkam, the chairman has been writing letters to Traffic Police commissioners and aggressively pursuing the installation of traffic signals at these junctions.
It took sustained efforts to get these signals here, says E C Sekar, Chairman. He says that this has been on top of the demand list of the residents here every time we met.
The signals are awaiting electric connections to be commissioned.
Valasarawakkam Municipality can be contacted on 2489 7054, for all the civic grievances. Separate complaint registers are being maintained for each department of the municipality.
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V.SRIRAM on June 2nd, 2009 at 10:13 pm
As a traffic volunteer, even I was finding it difficult to conrol this point.After the installations, I observe while going to Porur the traffic from virugambakkam bus stop to Porur with an added signal in valsaravakkam nearer to the turning for Pon Vidhyashram school. If the encroachments on this road, the flow will be much better.
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Hundreds of birds come to roost on the rocky shores of La Jolla.
Just after sunset something startled them and they filled the air, squawking as they went.
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Able Danger and Philip Zelikow
Hmm, I wonder why Philip Zelikow might not have wanted the 9/11 Commission Report to include the fact that Able Danger, a program shut down in February 2001 just after Bush took office, had been actively tracking the movements of Mohammed Atta at the time? Think it might have jeopardized his promotion to the State Department?
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Arthur Silber analyzes the mind-set of Volokh : "While I try to get my nausea under control, perhaps we ought to keep in mind some of the relevant context—about the kind of “thinker” we’re dealing with. Volokh is, after all, the man who told us that he thought Iran had exactly the right idea: for truly heinous criminals, “slow throttling” and “flogging” are a wonderful idea prior to execution—and in certain circumstances, he’d like to administer the torture himself....read on"
(DV) Goldsmith: Government by Dirty Tricks
The hijacking of the probe into the 9-11 hijackers
Whether or not U.S. military intelligence was prevented by Pentagon superiors from alerting the FBI to the presence of Mohammed Atta in 1998, there is little doubt the U.S. was well aware of the infamous hijacker by then. The Republican right wing is raising the Atta issue at a time when Bush is sinking in the polls, people are fed up with Iraq, and there are continuing questions about the administration's handling of 9-11 and the war on terror. One way to take some of the heat off is to shift the blame to Bill Clinton.
In his book Countdown to Terror, Republican Congressman Curt Weldon, vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, lays the blame for our lousy intelligence on Clinton: "Given the intelligence community's poor track record and the political corruption of the intelligence process during the Clinton administration, the intelligence community's failure to detect and stop the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington seems inevitable. "
By 1998, Atta was living in a Hamburg apartment (later found to be an Al Qaeda cell) and under surveillance by German intelligence. The Germans were passing along what they knew to the CIA. There are suggestions that Atta may have been known to U.S. intelligence as far back as 1993 and, according to the German press, the CIA itself had other people in the apartment under surveillance. This raises the question of whether this cell might not have been taken out well before 9-11.
In 2004, the German prosecutor who was in charge of the investigation was scheduled to testify about this Hamburg cell to the 9-11 Commission. But his testimony was unexpectedly canceled. The documents from the investigation are reported to be missing.
Last week, Mounir al-Motassadek, one of Atta's associates, was convicted of belonging to a terrorist organization in a German court and sentenced to seven years in prison. He had been acquitted in another court on charges related to whether he knew anything about the 9-11 attacks. The Germans had him under surveillance and had been tapping his phones since August 1998. He was an associate of Atta's in the Hamburg apartment. He witnessed Atta's will and had power of attorney over the hijackers' bank accounts, shifting money to them while they took flying lessons in the U.S. He trained with them in Afghanistan.
What Weldon and Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer are claiming is that the Army Intelligence and Special Operations Command in 1998-1999 launched a secret program, Able Danger, to map out the international Al Qaeda network. One Defense official has said the project was approved by General Henry H. Shelton, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Shelton said recently that he does not remember the project but that "we had lots of initiatives to find out where Al Qaeda was."
By September 2000, so the story goes—and much of it depends on Shaffer's shaky memory—Able Danger had discovered Atta and other hijackers working out of a "Brooklyn cell." They wanted to tell the FBI about their findings in hopes the Bureau would take out the cell. But military lawyers blocked them from doing so on grounds it would reveal the existence of illegal military intelligence operations within the U.S., and that would cause controversy for Clinton—and perhaps damage Al Gore's campaign against George W. Bush.
In July 2004, a naval officer testified to the 9-11 Commission that he saw an Able Danger document in 2000 that linked Atta to the Al Qaeda cell. Commission chair Thomas Kean and vice-chair Lee Hamilton later said that one piece of testimony had not been "sufficiently reliable" to merit further investigation.
This month Weldon asked the commission how come it had not pursued Able Danger, and Hamilton replied, "The 9-11 Commission did not learn of any U.S. government knowledge prior to 9-11 of surveillance of Mohammed Atta or of his cell. Had we learned of it, obviously it would've been a major focus of our investigation." Later both said Able Danger "did not turn out to be historically significant."
Even if the Pentagon's supposed discovery of Atta before 9-11 succeeds in shifting some of the political blame from Bush to Clinton, it also raises new questions about the role of the Pentagon and especially that of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in 9-11 and the war on terror. And this comes at a time when the military is clamoring for a greater role in intelligence gathering.
At 9:53 on the morning of 9-11, the National Security Agency intercepted a call from an Osama bin Laden operative in Afghanistan to a person in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, as noted in the 9-11 Timeline compiled by Paul Thompson at cooperativeresearch.org. The caller said he had "heard good news" and another target was still to be hit (apparently by the plane that was brought down in the Pennsylvania countryside). This was the first firm indication the government had that bin Laden was behind the attack. Two hours later, at 12:05, CIA director George Tenet told Rumsfeld about the NSA intercept.
As reported by CBS News, based on leaked notes from a National Military Command Center teleconference, the Secretary of Defense was surprisingly reluctant to make much of the call: "Rumsfeld felt it was 'vague,' that it 'might not mean something,' and that there was 'no good basis for hanging hat.' In other words, the evidence was not clear-cut enough to justify military action against Bin Laden. But later that afternoon, the CIA reported the passenger manifests for the hijacked airliners showed three of the hijackers were suspected Al Qaeda operatives."
According to the notes, Rumsfeld learned that "one guy is associate of bomber"—the Al Qaeda suicide bomber who attacked the U.S. warship in Yemen in 2000.
At 2:40, the notes report, Rumsfeld was beginning to take aim at the target close to his heart: He wants the "best info fast. Judge whether good enough hit S.H. [Saddam Hussein] at same time. Not only UBL [Osama Bin Laden]. Go massive. Sweep it all up. Things related and not." This was the first indication that Rumsfeld was disregarding specific intelligence clearly linking the attack to Al Qaeda and instead had begun to fantasize about getting Saddam Hussein.
Hours later, White House terrorism adviser Richard Clarke went to the White House for meetings that Clarke believed would concern U.S. vulnerabilities, possible future attacks, and what might be done to prevent them. As he writes in one of the most famous passages from his book, Clarke "instead walked into a series of discussions about Iraq."
"At first," Clarke writes, "I was incredulous that we were talking about something other than getting Al Qaeda. Then I realized with almost a sharp physical pain that Rumsfeld and [Deputy Defense Secretary Paul] Wolfowitz were going to try to take advantage of this national tragedy to promote their agenda about Iraq. Since the beginning of the administration, indeed well before, they had been pressing for a war with Iraq. My friends in the Pentagon had been telling me that the word was we would be invading Iraq sometime in 2002."
Rumsfeld's breezy dismissal of Al Qaeda's involvement in the attacks in the face of specific intelligence is hard to fathom. And if there is buried somewhere in the Pentagon a military intelligence operation—its existence approved at the highest levels—that knew all about Atta and Al Qaeda, then Rumsfeld's behavior is indefensible.
The 9-11 Commission was established to get to the bottom of the attacks that day. However, it often skipped over key issues:
*Bush and Cheney were interviewed together, in secret, with no record of the meeting.
*Florida senator Bob Graham's joint congressional inquiry had unearthed the outlines of what may have been a Saudi spy operation linked to Al Qaeda and operating in the U.S. But the commission dismissed Saudi involvement and cleared the royal family.
*The commission never seriously inquired into the activities of Pakistan, whose secret intelligence agency had created the Taliban and subsequently backed Al Qaeda.
*The commission had no time for FBI translator Sibel Edmonds, who came up with one tale after another of fishy operations in the FBI translations section, including the mind-boggling information that FBI interpreters were being sent to Guantánamo to translate languages they could not speak.
*The congressional joint inquiry discovered that an FBI informant on the West Coast, unbeknownst to the Bureau, rented an apartment to two hijackers. When Graham tried to interview the landlord, the FBI refused. Later a top FBI official told Graham that the White House had blocked the informant's testimony. The commission dismissed all this.
*The commission skipped over the scandalous mess at the FAA, suppressing a staff study saying that the agency had ignored numerous warnings issued in the months before the attack. After the election, the commission released parts of this study, leaving some of it classified.
*The commission never seriously inquired into intelligence failures at the Hamburg cell where Atta lived off and on and which was a key center for planning the attacks.
Every day it looks as if the government's main probe of 9-11 has turned into a political fix.
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CNN report survey results: Duped Public
Poll: Most think bin Laden planning another U.S. attack
As the five-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks approaches, nearly three-fourths of those responding to a CNN poll said they believe Osama bin Laden is planning another significant attack against the United States.
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The US role in Saddams Trial
Roads to Iraq
When Human Rights Watch questioned the fairness of Saddams trial, they kept their statement short, but for many times we heard people saying this is not an Iraqi court, it is a American court, even Saddam said it today. Still we dont have any details about the American role in Saddams court. Here is the only document available from Bushra Khalil a member in the defense team explaining American role the court, I managed to get a copy of the document. "This paper never! published before"...
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Israeli Apartheid: Segregation, Control and the Creation of Bantustans in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
Bethlehem Bloggers: Voices from the Bethlehem Ghetto
The question of Israel as an apartheid state has received increasing attention over the last years as Israel has continued colonial expansion in the West Bank while simultaneously attempting to diverge itself from the Palestinians. The purpose of this post is to highlight the growing systemization of apartheid in the OPT with particular referenc! e to Israel's policy of unilateral disengagement. The need for this debate is highlighted by the effective outcomes of disengagement which has already resulted in the segregation of Palestinian communities and delineation of exclusive Jewish space by means of the segregation barrier. Furthermore the creation of Palestinian enclaves or ghettos in the OPT bears a striking resemblance to the South African policies during the apartheid era which sought the establishment Bantustans as a means to facilitate segregation and to secure privileges for an ethnic minority...
More Free Mazuma Sent to Small Criminal State
On the Ynet Money page, there is a photo of Israeli finance minister Abraham Hirchson, a big smile spread across his face. Hirchson is tickled because, once again, the American taxpayer, a royal chump, has come through. "The Bush administration has agreed to an Israel demand that a loan guarantee deal be extended by an additional three years, until 2011," reports Ynet. "In 2003, the United States approved a USD 9 billion aid package to Israel in the form of! loan guarantees which allow Israel to borrow money on the international market for low interest rates."..
AIPAC, the Religious Right and American Foreign Policy
Rodrigue Tremblay, The New American Empire
Nobody can understand what's going on politically in the United States without being aware that a political coalition of major pro-Likud groups, pro-Israel neoconservative intellectuals and Christian Zionists is exerting a tremendously powerful influence on the American government and its policies. Over time, this large pro-Israel Lobby, spearheaded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), has extende! d its comprehensive grasp over large segments of the U.S. government, including the Vice President's office, the Pentagon and the State Department, besides controlling the legislative apparatus of Congress. It is being assisted in this task by powerful allies in the two main political parties, in major corporate media and by some richly financed so-called "think-tanks", such as the American Enterprise Institute, the Heritage Foundation, or the Washington Institute for Near East Policy...
Sectarian clashes in Baghdad
Zeyad, Healing Iraq
A massive wave of sectarian violence engulfed several districts of Baghdad yesterday. The violence was sparked by news reports of sniper attacks against Shiite pilgrims heading to the shrine of Imam Musa Al-Kadhim in Kadhimiya to commemorate his death anniversary. When the news had spread, armed members of 'popular committees (militias) accompanying the pilgrims opened fire against residences in some Sunni districts surrounding Kadhimiya. Others took over Sunni m! osques in Sulaikh, DolaI, and Palestine Street, and reprisals were reported from several areas of Baghdad. For some reason, Western news agencies have completely missed these serious developments, highly reminiscient of the confessional violence that followed the Samarra shrine attack, but both the Iraqi Al-Sharqiya and Baghdad satellite channels aired video footage of the clashes. The events were corroborated by dozens of eyewitness accounts. In the DolaI neighbourhood, just south of Kadhimiya, gunmen occupied the Duat Al-Islam mosque and kidnapped the Imam, Sheikh Hassan Ali Yassin, and two guards who were in the mosque. Their battered corpses were found later...
Campaign for Accountability for U.S./Israeli War Crimes
On August 30, 2006 the International Action Center will launch a major campaign to require accountability by the United States and Israel for their wars of aggression and assaults on the equal sovereignty of nations, which are crimes against peace, and their war crimes which include excessive force, indiscriminate bombing, targeting civilians and civilian facilities and collective punishments of entire populations. Reparations are required for more than a thousands deaths, many thousands of injures and an estimated $10 billion for destruction of civilian facilities in Lebanon in one month alone; and thousands of deaths and injuries in Palestine since the Oslo Accords, the systematic destruction of the government of Palestine, the kidnapping of half the cabinet and the speaker of the Palestinian Parliament, the assassination of leaders and indiscriminate killing of others, and the destruction of the offices of President Arafat, the Foreign Ministry and civilian facilities t! hroughout Gaza and the West Bank.
Poll: Opposition to Iraq war at all-time high
Opposition among Americans to the war in Iraq has reached a new high, with only about a third of respondents saying they favor it, according to a poll released Monday. Just 35 percent of 1,033 adults polled say they favor the war in Iraq; 61 percent say they oppose it -- the highest opposition noted in any CNN poll since the conflict began more than three years ago. Despite the rising opposition to the war, President Bush said the U.S. will not withdraw from Iraq ! while he is president...
Who Started Terrorism in the Arab-Israeli Conflict?
Bombs in Cafes: first used by Zionists in Palestine on March 17th, 1937 in Jaffa.
Bombs on Buses: first used by Zionists in Palestine Aug. 20th-Sep. 26, 1937.
Bombs in Market Places: first used by Zionists on July 6th, 1938 in Haifa.
Bombing of Hotels: first used by Zionists on July 22nd, 1946 in Jerusalem.
Bombing of Foreign Embassies: first used by Zionists on October 1st, 1946 in Rome (against the British).
Mining of Ambulances: First used by Zionists on October 31st, 1946 in Petah Tikvah...
Bush Now Says What He Wouldnt Say Before War: Iraq Had Nothing To Do With 9/11
President Bush was in the midst of explaining how the attacks of 9/11 inspired his "freedom agenda" and the attacks on Iraq until a reporter, Ken Herman of Cox News, interrupted to ask what Iraq had to do with 9/11. "Nothing," Bush defiantly answered. Watch it...
Losing its Morals and Marbles: Israels Fight for Lebanon
Remi Kanazi
If Hezbollah were a military, given Western standards, it would certainly be the most moral in the world. During Israels five week offensive, Hezbollah killed 118 Israeli soldiers and 41 Israeli civilians (18 of which were Israeli Palestinians). Hezbollah killed three Israeli soldiers for every one Israeli civilian. In contrast, Israeli forces killed more than 1000 Lebanese civilians during the onslaught (more bodies are expected to be discove! red during the current period of "calm"). Robert Fisk, based in Lebanon, reported, "They are digging them [Lebanese bodies] up by the hour." Israeli forces killed 25 Lebanese civilians for every Israeli civilian killed by Hezbollah. Israel claims it killed three to four hundred Hezbollah fighters during the 33 day war. Hezbollah argues the number is much lower, but since the world maintains that Hezbollah is a "terrorist organization," Hezbollahs figure is swiftly rejected. Supposing Israels numbers are accurate, the state still killed roughly three Lebanese civilians for every one Hezbollah fighter...
An outlaw state: Israel breaks ceasefire, threatens to assassinate Hezbollah leader
Patrick Martin
Israeli forces on Saturday carried out a flagrant violation of the ceasefire along the Lebanon-Israel border, as dozens of military commandos attacked the village of Boudai, near Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon. The raid was the first full-scale breach in the ceasefire between Israeli and Hezbollah forces in south Lebanon which took effect on Monday, August 14. Both Lebanese and United Nations officia! ls denounced the raid. Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora issued a press statement in Beirut calling the attack a "flagrant violation" of the UN ceasefire resolution, while UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said he was "deeply concerned about a violation by the Israeli side of the cessation of hostilities."...
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 21 August 2006
Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice
...In a dispatch posted at 1:15pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that gangs of Shi'i sectarians, including members of the Badr Brigades and Jaysh al-Mahdi militia, at that moment were attacking the predominantly Sunni district of al-A'zamiyah. Local residents of al-A'zamiyah were battling the attacking gangs near the Ras al-Hawass Fu! el Station opposite the courthouse and around the cathedral Mosque of Abu Hanifah an-Nu'man and its adjoining madrasah (religious school). The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Shi'i sectarian gangs were being backed up by puppet "Iraqi National Guards."...
Rove Revisited
Joseph Cannon, Cannonfire
Just when it seemed Rove's status in the CIA leak case had gone the way of Florida's 2000 election results and bin Laden's whereabouts, Jason Leopold provides us with an updated refresher. For those of you following this case, the only information the public has gained in the past several months, technically since Libby was indicted, has come from Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin of "my innocent client paid me in gold bricks" fame, and Robert Novak, of "publish the CIA identit! y" fame. Like we should trust either one of these guys...
Interview With Ray McGovern, Part 1
Dahr Jamail, t r u t h o u t | Perspective
During the Veterans for Peace National Convention in Seattle, I conducted an interview with Ray McGovern. McGovern was a CIA analyst for 27 years and is co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). In this first installment of this short interview series for Truthout, I asked McGovern what he thought of the fact that Israel had been planning their attack on Lebanon for well over a year. Ray McGovern: The! most important thing, from our perspective, is to determine what role the US government played. It's very clear that the US government not only gave the green light to the Israelis, but actively encouraged them to do what they are doing now, and then blocked diplomatic efforts to prevent them, to halt them, or to have an immediate cease-fire. That much is clear. You can even read Charles Krauthaumer, who says precisely that: that we are proud that we not only gave the permission, but we encouraged them to do precisely what they are doing...
Four US servicemen killed in Iraq
The U.S. military said on Monday four U.S. servicemen had been killed in action in Iraq in the past 24 hours. Two Marines and a sailor were killed on Sunday in the western province of Anbar, where Sunni Arab insurgents are active, the military said in a statement. U.S. Navy medics serve with the Marines in the desert province...
Bush Loses Lebanon at the Roulette Table
Ahmed Amr, www.dissidentvoice.org
On the Arab Street, the United States is getting a well-deserved share of vilification for promoting the orgy of violence that has already claimed the lives of over a thousand Lebanese civilians. That figure might be no more than a statistic in America. But, because of extensive live coverage on satellite TV, millions of Arabs now have the ability to attend the funerals of many of the victims. Every casualty is seen as an individual traged! y more so when the funerary rituals are for a child. After weeks of exposure to the mutilated lifeless bodies dug up from the wreckage of south Lebanon, Arab audiences now get to witness what the victims looked like before some anonymous Israeli assassin pulled the execution switch from an air-conditioned plane financed with American tax dollars....
Pakistan's ISI assists Scotland Yard, while also supporting the terror network
MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY, Global Research
According to The Senate Foreign Relations Committee (July 2004 Hearings), Pakistan's Military intelligence has played a key role in developing the Islamic terror network with financial assistance provided by Saudi Arabia. (Committee on Senate Foreign Relations, Hearings, July 14, 2004). More recently, The Nixon Center (July 2005) has confirmed that the ISI still supports the main Kashmiri Islamic gr! oups including Lashkar-e-Tiaba and Jaish-e-Muhammad. Recent Indian Press reports provide concrete evidence and details regarding the ISI's links to Lashkar e Taiba, which is suspected of having played a key role in the foiled UK terror plot:. Reports suggest that LeT operational commander had meetings with ISI's top brass...
Are You Proud to be an American and a Supporter of Fascism?
"Confessions of an American Ex-Patriot, Revisited"
Dhane Blue
It all began about a year ago. I had just finished watching the morning news over a cup of coffee, and nothing felt quite right. Having dutifully pecked the cheek of my wife with a kiss, I stood beside my sporty new car with mug in hand. The engine was purring away before my drive to work, and my favorite bumper sticker caught my eye. "Proud to be an American" it read. I paused for ! a moment, reflecting upon this. For some reason it just didnt set well, like a lunch eaten too fast. On the way to the office I was at a loss to explain, in fact, why it began to seriously irritate me. I see statements like these on countless other cars every day, and I wondered how many people think for themselves these days. Then the question arose
What are we so proud of?...
Scientists suspect Israeli arms used in South contain radioactive matter
Mohammed Zaatari, Daily Star staff
Mohammad Ali Qobeissi, a member of the National Council for Scientific Research, said on Sunday that a crater caused by an Israeli munition in Khiam contained "a high degree of unidentified radioactive materials." Qobeissi, along with Ibrahim Rashidi from the Faculty of Sciences at the Lebanese University, have inspected the crater - which is 3 meters deep and has a diameter of 10 meters - in the Jlahiyyeh ! quarter in Khiam, with a Geiger-Muller radioactivity counter and nuclear material detector. "A team from the council will test a sample from the crater in order to find out what kinds of radioactive materials it contains," Qobeisi told The Daily Star...
GI Special 4H21: Comment Unnecessary - August 21, 2006
Thomas F. Barton
What prompted you to enlist in the military?
Well there were two things that really affected my decision to enlist. One was 9/11, and being a native New Yorker and seeing those people on that day. I didnt know President Bush at the time. And he came on TV at one time and said, "Every man should do two years for his country." So I said, "You know what, the dude is right."
There was also no direction in my life. I didnt want to do the college thing yet, Id just finished high school, and I didnt know where to go. So I just checked army.com, and put in my information. It just so happens that the week the recruiter called, I was going through a life crisis, if you want to call it that. So it was good timing on his part.
Bernard Lewis Hidden Imam Campfire Story
Be afraid, very afraidand cash in your life insurance policy. "In Islam, as in Judaism and Christianity, there are certain beliefs concerning the cosmic struggle at the end of timeGog and Magog, anti-Christ, Armageddon, and for Shiite Muslims, the long awaited return of the Hidden Imam, ending in the final victory of the forces of good over evil, however these may be defined," warns neocon doyen and "Orientalist," Bernard Lewis, in the War Street, er Wall Str! eet Journal. "Mr. Ahmadinejad and his followers clearly believe that this time is now, and that the terminal struggle has already begun and is indeed well advanced. It may even have a date, indicated by several references by the Iranian president to giving his final answer to the U.S. about nuclear development by Aug. 22. This was at first reported as "by the end of August," but Mr. Ahmadinejads statement was more precise." Naturally, since them Ay-rabser, Persians, not that most Americans can tell the differenceare crazy, hate our freedoms, and want to convert every last human on the planet to Islamor short of that, kill 'em allwe need to make darn sure Iran does not get its hands on nukes, and also confront Ahmadinejad over his desire to build up a stockpile of nukes, never mind there is no evidence of this. But since when did the neocons ever need evidence?...
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Able Danger Blog
Able Danger was a small, military intelligence unit under Special Operations Command. It was created as a result of a directive in September 1999 to develop a campaign against transnational terrorism, specifically al-Qaida. According to claims made by Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer and confirmed by others, Able Danger had identified the 9/11 attack leader, Mohamed Atta, and the three other lead 9/11 hijackers as possible members of an al Qaeda cell operating in the United States by early 2000.
Peter Lance on KGO 810 AM tonight
By TopDog08
Via 1115.org:
If you are on the west coast, Lance will be on KGO 810 AM tonight at 7 PM PDT with everyone’s favorite Libertarian Gene Burns. They should have audio on their site if you can’t get the signal.
UPDATE: Lance was on for the full three hours. He cited hundreds of facts and references from memory and covered a lot of material. One thing that caught my ear was new evidence, apparently related to the Kahane murder from 1991 which relates to a store near the Al Farooq mosque in Brooklyn. Apparently, Lance has learned three of the 9/11 hijackers obtained fake IDs at the same place ten years later, in 2001. Obviously, if the FBI had staked the place out, they might have disrupted the plot, considering that I believe the same hijackers were also on their terror watch lists.
He mentioned Rory O'Connor and Scott Malone, to include their work on the subject. In a strange twist at the end, it almost sounded to me like Ali Mohammed's wife - who Lance said lives in the Bay Area - called in using the name Lydia and made a veiled threat, asking if he feared being killed.
Anyway, it was a very interesting interview. I will check if I can get audio.
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Do you think Iran will back down? Are they playing the odds that the UN would rather negotiate than prove that Iran is building nuclear weapons? What would you expect to see in an agreement between Iran and the West?
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Ralph Peters: Ethnic Cleansing as Benefaction
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According to Ralph Peters, writing for the Armed Forces Journal, there is a “dirty little secret from 5,000 years of history: Ethnic cleansing works,” never mind this technique, offered by Peters as a panacea for ethnic division in the Middle East, falls under the definitions for genocide or crimes against humanity.
“While the Middle East has far more problems than dysfunctional borders alone—from cultural stagnation through scandalous inequality to deadly religious extremism—the greatest taboo in striving to understand the region’s comprehensive failure isn’t Islam but the awful-but-sacrosanct international boundaries worshipped by our own diplomats.” In order to address this “scandalous inequality” and realize “a more peaceful Middle East,” Peters proposes “borders re-imagined,” that is to say the forced migration of millions of people.
Said like a retired Lieutenant Colonel given to writing fiction. Peters’ fictional “characters are often presented as military mavericks who have the clairvoyance and courage to tackle problems others can’t or won’t,” according to a Wikipedia write-up. “His novels progressed from futuristic scenarios involving the Red Army to contemporary terrorism and failed state issues.”
If not for British and French colonialism, culminating in the secret 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement to partition the Middle East, and the plot to hand a religiously charged bit of real estate over to conniving European Zionists, chances are good things would be different, even less culturally stagnate and rife with inequality, the defeated Ottoman Empire not withstanding.
Indeed, ethnic division was a determined policy from the outset in Syria and Lebanon, as the French set up “protectorates” where little protection was required prior to their intervention. Meanwhile, the British set about finding corrupt kings to rule over Iraq (Faisal bin Husayn) and Transjordan (Abdullah I), a chunk of desert adjoined to Palestine under the British Mandate, formerly autonomous territories under the Ottoman millet system. In Arabia, the Brits set up a protectorate, ruled by the austere Wahhabi Ibn Saud. Naturally, the French and British did not consult the natives.
All of this brazen colonialism, with its attendant racism and impudent exploitation, led to pan-Arab nationalism, which gained momentum under Gamal Abdel Nasser. As Nasserism was a form of cultural nationalism, revolutionary and vaguely socialist, sprawling from the Middle East to northern Africa, it was regarded as an ominous threat, and was studiously undermined at every turn, eventually resulting in the political emergence of pan-Islamism.
For instance, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, collaborating with British and later U.S. intelligence, challenged the secular government of the Wafd Party and, later, Nasser’s government. Even later, in Palestine, Hamas evolved from cells of the Muslim Brotherhood, and this was supported by Israel as “a direct attempt to divide and dilute support for a strong, secular PLO,” according to a former senior CIA official cited by Richard Sale of UPI.
“In a region where only the worst aspects of nationalism ever took hold and where the most debased aspects of religion threaten to dominate a disappointed faith, the U.S., its allies and, above all, our armed forces can look for crises without end,” writes Peters, conveniently omitting the fact Arab nationalism was undermined and poisoned at every turn (one case of poisoning, supported by the CIA, arose in Iraq and produced Saddam Hussein). Likewise, Britain and the United States supported and nurtured “the most debased aspects of religion,” resulting in the Taliban, Frankenstein products incubated in CIA-ISI run Pakistani madrasahs. Naturally, Ralph Peters rolls national liberation movements, such as Hamas and Hezbollah, into his witch’s brew of debased religion.
Mr. Peters offers what can only be described as an Oded Yinon inspired plan for ethnic cleansing and reshaping borders in the Middle East. In order to understand how Peters would reshape borders, see this map. Yinon, at one time attached to Israel’s Foreign Ministry, wrote an article, published in the World Zionist Organization’s periodical Kivunim in 1982, calling “for Israel to bring about the dissolution and fragmentation of the Arab states into a mosaic of ethnic groupings,” as Stephen J. Sniegoski summarizes.
Israeli foreign policy expert Yehoshafat Harkabi critiqued the war/expulsion scenario—”Israeli intentions to impose a Pax Israelica on the Middle East, to dominate the Arab countries and treat them harshly”—in his very significant work, Israel’s Fateful Hour, published in 1988. Writing from a realist perspective, Harkabi believed that Israel did not have the power to achieve this goal, given the strength of the Arab states, the large Palestinian population involved, and the vehement opposition of world opinion. Harkabi hoped that ‘the failed Israeli attempt to impose a new order in the weakest Arab state—Lebanon—will disabuse people of similar ambitions in other territories.’8 Left unconsidered by Harkabi was the possibility that the United States would act as Israel’s proxy to achieve this goal.
Ralph Peters, however, does not propose dominating Arab countries and treating them harshly, as his Israeli counterparts obviously have done and would continue to do, that is if they were not confronted with a new and troublesome reality in the presence of Hezbollah, a dedicated, robust, and asymmetrical opponent, an inspirational template for all Arab resistance to come. Peters would have us believe his plan, including the “dirty little secret” of ethnic cleansing, a crime against humanity, will be accomplished with the good of Arab and Muslim people in mind, whereas the Israelis do not bother with such translucent sugarcoating.
At the end of the day, it is arrogance, hubris, and indeed racism that drives the ethnic cleansers and border redrawers. It is not the wish to benevolently hand down “democracy” to benighted Arabs and Muslims, but a continuation of imperialism, albeit gussied up in modern vestment.
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Neolib Vultures Perch Over Lebanon
It is a classical case of adding insult to injury—or maybe usury and theft to injury. “Upcoming donor meetings to raise funds for rebuilding war-damaged Lebanon could be an opening for Western lenders to look for fresh commitments from Beirut to resume politically difficult economic reforms,” reports Reuters. “Western lenders are signaling they are willing to help with overall economic support if Lebanon agrees to adopt reforms, possibly seeking an International Monetary Fund program as a signal of its commitment to reform and to frame how donor money could be best used.”
Of course, we know what “reforms” means in the context of the IMF and World Bank “help,” the latter now headed up by the neocon Paul Wolfowitz—it means Structural Adjustment Policies, of SAPs, requiring nations to reduce spending on things such as health care, education, and other social programs in order to ensure debt repayment and economic restructuring. “Debt is an efficient tool. It ensures access to other peoples’ raw materials and infrastructure on the cheapest possible terms,” writes Susan George. It results in, as David C. Korten explains, a “race to the bottom.”
In rural areas, for instance the south of Lebanon, which took the brunt of the Israeli invasion, “75% of families whose primary provider works in agriculture are poor, and 40% of these are extremely poor. Two thirds of the extremely poor—around 165,000—live in rural areas and represent more than a quarter of the population in these areas,” explains Antoine Haddad for the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies. “Lebanon’s experience in the last three decades shows that the improvement in the standard of living generally follows economic growth,” a situation that will become impossible if the ruling elite of Lebanon, primarily Christian and Sunni Muslim, accept IMF-World Bank loan sharking and extraction schemes. As the Daily Star, a Lebanese newspaper, reported on October 21, 2003, “Lebanon’s poverty rate is among the highest in Western Asia, while its middle class is facing a serious threat of extinction,” a prospect greatly exacerbated by the Israeli invasion.
Prior to Israel’s mass murder rampage, Lebanon’s national debt stood at over 40 billion dollars, largely owed to the banksters and the IMF and World Bank, and economic “restructuring,” in the form of privatization and dismantling the country’s social sector was well underway. Of course, the pressure to “liberalize” (as in “neoliberalize”) further will be a temptation, as large sections of the country are in ruin, thanks to Israel, using U.S. supplied weapons.
“Before the recent fighting that killed 1,181 people and destroyed vital infrastructure, the IMF had warned of a potential Lebanon debt crisis. Its annual review of the Lebanese economy, issued in May, said it needed more than the expanding Middle Eastern funding and investments and without policy changes the debt ratio could rise steadily to over 210 percent of gross domestic product by 2011.”
“Some analysts question, however, why Lebanon would bow to Western pressures when the Arab world is willing to provide help without conditions attached,” Reuters continues. “Saudi Arabia already has pledged $1 billion for the war reconstruction effort, and Kuwait says it will donate $300 million. The United States on Monday announced $230 million in humanitarian, reconstruction and security assistance.”
In short, Lebanon may be in a position, unlike more than a few countries in South America and Africa, to resist the banksters and their neoliberal schemes to further impoverish the country and steal everything not nailed down.
“Samir Makdisi, a former Lebanese economy and trade minister and director of the Institute of Financial Economics at the American University of Beirut, noted that irrespective of who assists Lebanon, the government requires domestic consensus for any of its plans,” Reuters concludes. “Remember, Hizbollah is represented in the cabinet and in Parliament, and in Lebanon mutual agreements among the main players are normally sought on main issues.”
Of course, this is yet another reason, in addition to Israeli demands, to get rid of Hezbollah. Jason Kenney, a Canadian version of an American neocon, may compare Hezbollah to the Nazis, a silly and mindless comparison at best, however nothing the Americans or the Israelis do will get rid of Hezbollah, especially now with Israel threatening to re-invade.
If the Lebanese, at least the Shia, around 40 percent of the population, know anything it is that Hezbollah stands between them and decimation and humiliation at the hands of the Israelis, who have long coveted the southern part of their country. Hezbollah may, as well, fend off the international banksters, perched over the smoldering ruins of Lebanon like a gaggle of hungry vultures.
Was George Bush Sr.'s Carlyle Group Involved In 9/11?
The 911 Skies
By A Restrainer
If you want to be a "History Detective", an Expert in 911 studies, it is prioritary for you to do a careful analysis of the original sources to slowly track the 911 skies. You may want to see every documentary and newscast containing original footage of 911 portraying its sky.
Apart of the original newscasts of the day, we, for example suggest the next documentaries that show the 911 sky (of course, there are more):
1) In Memoriam - New York City, 9/11/01 (2002), HBO Home Video,
2) PBS NOVA "Why the Towers Fell," originally broadcast on Tuesday, April 30, 2002, Also available at Amazon,
3) WTC: The First 24 Hours (9.11.2001) (Widescreen), Clamshell, NTSC,
4) PBS American Experience, NY episode eight: "New York: V8 Center Of The World",
5) CNN Tribute - America Remembers,
6) Abundant CameraPlanet clips filmed by live witnesses (including their movies "Seven Days in September" and "Witness 9.11"),
7) 9/11 - The Filmmakers' Commemorative Edition (2002) ,
8) The Learning Channel documentary World Trade Center Anatomy of the Collapse
9) History Channel, A&E's "The Anatomy of September 11th"
10) 911 Eyewitness, by Rick Siegel:
"911 Eyewitness Website" (link to some samples)
11) Compilations of 911 newscasts:
http://www.archive.org/download/911-Chronology-Source/911-Chronology-Source-Impact-Collection.mpg
Historical/Research 9-11 video, 68 min, unedited (2001) :
http://www.archive.org/details/9-11_video_off_air_VHStoDivXviaConvertX
Index to multilanguage videos:
http://ams.reopen911.org/video/
12) Loose Change V. 2:
13) How the Twin Towers Collapsed, Discovery Channel (check there min. 18:00, 22:40-24:50, 33:00-34:20... ) RealPlayer
14) The Fall of the World Trade Center, Horizon - UKTV, BBC - WGBH (check there min. 13:30, 22:50, 29:18, 30:20, 31:17, 36:45...) Real Player (Transcript)
15) What We Saw: The Events of September 11, 2001, in Words, Pictures, and Video, by CBS News, Dan Rather (narrator).
16) The World Trade Center: Rise And Fall Of An American Icon. The History Channel.
And, if you are compelled to, to take action according to it (like signing Dr. Jones' petition).
Report from Slate
http://www.slate.com/id/2148197
What a Moronic Presidential Press Conference!It's clear Bush doesn't understand Iraq, or Lebanon, or Gaza, or …
By Fred Kaplan
Posted Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006, at 5:48 PM ET
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Jul 03 2019 FRANK TURNER ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM NO MAN'S LAND
FRANK TURNER ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM NO MAN’S LAND
RELEASED AUGUST 16TH 2019
DEDICATED TO TELLING THE FASCINATING STORIES OF WOMEN WHOSE INCREDIBLE LIVES HAVE ALL TOO OFTEN BEEN OVERLOOKED
FIRST SINGLE “SISTER ROSETTA” OUT NOW
LAUNCHES NEW PODCAST “TALES FROM NO MAN’S LAND”
FRANK TURNER has announced details of his forthcoming eighth new album, NO MAN’S LAND, released on August 16th on Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor Records. With GRAMMY® winning producer Catherine Marks (St. Vincent, Local Natives) at the helm and featuring a dynamic cast of all-female musicians, NO MAN’S LAND is an album dedicated to telling the fascinating stories of women whose incredible lives have all too often been overlooked. “These stories should have been told already,” says Turner of the album and its accompanying podcast series, “Tales From No Man’s Land” which launches its first episode today. “And I suspect if they were men they would be better known.”
PREORDER NEW ALBUM NO MAN’S LAND
LISTEN TO NEW PODCAST “TALES FROM NO MAN’S LAND”
The women featured on the album’s 13 tracks come from across wide geographical and historical lines. There’s Byzantine princess Kassiani (The Hymn of Kassiani), Egyptian feminist activist Huda Sha’arawi (The Lioness), and Resusci Anne (Rescue Annie), an apocryphal drowned virgin whose face was used as the model for the medical CPR mannequin across the world (“You can’t not write a song about a woman who died never having been kissed and then became the most kissed face in history,” reasons Turner). There’s the serial killer from the Deep South who plucked her victims from lonely hearts pages (Nannie Doss), the jazz-obsessed heiress who fought for the Free French (Nica Rothschild), a rowdy coach house landlady from 17th century Camden Town accused of witchcraft (Jinny Bigham), the Wild West vaudeville star shot by a small town outlaw (Dora Hand). These are just a few of the fascinating characters who feature on No Man’s Land and have long been ignored by the mainstream.
“It’s bringing together my two main interests in life, which have always been separate from each other – history and songwriting,” explains Turner, who can be found seeking out long-forgotten historical sites on self-guided psychogeographical strolls when he’s not packing out arenas or headlining festivals.
First single ‘Sister Rosetta’ is about the unparalleled Sister Rosetta Tharpe, one of the most important and influential musicians in American History. On it you can hear guitar breaks lifted from Tharpe’s own back catalogue. “Which I found challenging, because she’s a way better guitar player than me,” admits Turner.
Despite the record’s implicit feminism, it doesn’t see Turner’s clambering onto any kind of soapbox. “It’s not telling anyone what to do or how to live or how to be,” he explains, prepared for a variety of different reactions to the project, including those who might be wondering if it’s really his place to be singing songs of disenfranchised women. “If there was a crowded field of people writing songs about Princess Kassiani then I would see the argument for me bowing out, but there isn’t,” he states. “No-one else is writing these songs right now. That’s why I want to share these stories.”
NO MAN’S LAND also includes perhaps the most revelatory song of Turner’s career. Written in tribute to his mother, Rosemary Jane honors her grit and determination through the harder parts of his childhood.
No stranger to appearing on other people’s shows, Turner’s own podcast “Tales From No Man’s Land” takes a deep dive into each song, like a sonic Cliffs Notes. Produced in collaboration with Somethin’ Else content agency, it sees Turner talking to historians and experts at places important to the women on the record, from Jinny Bingham’s coach house – which is now Camden’s Underworld venue – to Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame which only last year honored Rosetta Tharpe, the Dodge City’s Boot Hill Museum and Southwark’s Cross Bones graveyard. Each finishes up with Turner singing an acoustic version of the song. “I’m not someone who believes in the supernatural, but there’s definitely an imprint when you’re at the place that was important to them,” says Turner. “It feels like a nice honoring, and a way to say ‘hey, we’re still thinking about you’.”
The first episode of the podcast is out now. There will be 13 episodes, releasing weekly and the podcast will be available from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast and all other podcast platforms.
(Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor Records)
1. Jinny Bingham’s Ghost
2. Sister Rosetta
3. I Believed You, William Blake
4. Nica
5. A Perfect Wife
6. Silent Key
7. Eye of the Day
8. The Death of Dora Hand
9. The Graveyard of the Outcast Dead
10. The Lioness
11. The Hymn of Kassiani
12. Rescue Annie
13. Rosemary Jane
UK SUMMER TOUR DATES
4th Coventry Empire (Solo Show Benefit for Wayout Arts)
5th Ashton Hall, Lancaster (Solo Show Benefit for Morecambe Food Bank)
6th & 7th King Tuts, Glasgow (Solo Show)
11th2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham
12th Wasteland Festival, Newcastle
14th Folk By The Oak Festival, Hatfield
3rd Wickham Festival, Fareham
4th Tunes in the Castle, Exeter
9th Cropredy Festival, Cropredy
22nd Cottingham Folk Festival (Solo Show)
25th Greenbelt Festival, Kettering
Jul 11 2019 FRANK TURNER RELEASES NEW TRACK AND LATEST PODCAST EPISODE
FRANK TURNER RELEASES NEW TRACK AND LATEST PODCAST EPISODE
STREAM “THE DEATH OF DORA HAND” NOW
NEW ALBUM, NO MAN’S LAND, OUT AUGUST 16
ALBUM IS DEDICATED TO TELLING THE FASCINATING STORIES OF WOMEN WHOSE INCREDIBLE LIVES HAVE ALL TOO OFTEN BEEN OVERLOOKED
FRANK TURNER has released the latest song, “The Death of Dora Hand,”from his forthcoming album, NO MAN’S LAND, set to be released on August 16 via Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor Records. Produced by the GRAMMY® winning Catherine Marks (St. Vincent, Local Natives) and featuring an all-female cast of musicians, NO MAN’S LAND is an album dedicated to telling the fascinating stories of 13 women whose incredible lives have all too often been overlooked. Turner created a podcast called Tales from No Man’s Land in order to dig deeper into the lives of the women featured on the new album. The podcast hit #2 on the Apple UK podcast chart upon its launch last week. There will be 13 episodes, releasing weekly and available from Apple, Spotify, Acast and all other podcast platforms. This week’s latest episode focuses on 1800’s Dodge City vaudeville star and philanthropist Dora Hand, the titular subject of the new song.
LISTEN TO “THE DEATH OF DORA HAND”
LISTEN TO THE NEW PODCAST EPISODE
PRE-ORDER NEW ALBUM NO MAN’S LAND
The women featured on the album’s 13 tracks come from across wide geographical and historical lines. There’s Byzantine princess Kassiani (The Hymn of Kassiani), Egyptian feminist activist Huda Sha’arawi (The Lioness), and Resusci Anne (Rescue Annie), an apocryphal drowned virgin whose face was used as the model for the medical CPR mannequin across the world (“You can’t not write a song about a woman who died never having been kissed and then became the most kissed face in history,” reasons Turner). There’s the serial killer from the Deep South who plucked her victims from lonely hearts pages (Nannie Doss), the jazz-obsessed heiress who fought for the Free French (Nica Rothschild), a rowdy coach house landlady from 17th century Camden Town accused of witchcraft (Jinny Bigham), the Wild West vaudeville star shot by a smalltown outlaw (Dora Hand). These are just a few of the fascinating characters who feature on No Man’s Landand have long been ignored by the mainstream.
NO MAN’S LANDalso includes perhaps the most revelatory song of Turner’s career. Written in tribute to his mother, Rosemary Jane honors her grit and determination through the harder parts of his childhood.
Jul 15 2019 FRANK TURNER ANNOUNCES US TOUR DATES
FRANK TURNER ANNOUNCES US TOUR DATES
TICKET PRE-SALE BEGINS WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 AT 11AM ET
TICKET ON-SALE BEGINS FRIDAY, JULY 19 AT 10AM (LOCAL)
FRANK TURNER today announces details for a 19-date US headline tour in support of his forthcoming eighth album, NO MAN’S LAND out August 16 on Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor Records. Produced by the GRAMMY® winning Catherine Marks (St. Vincent, Local Natives) and featuring an all-female cast of musicians, NO MAN’S LAND is an album dedicated to telling the fascinating stories of 13 women whose incredible lives have all too often been overlooked. The album is accompanied by a new 13-episode podcast series called Tales from No Man’s Land. Two episodes have been released thus far. The tour dates will see Turner put a new twist on his formidable live set up, featuring a solo set followed by an unplugged band performance in seated venues.
Speaking about the format, Turner says; “For this tour, I thought it would be good to give the new album some proper attention, so the first set of mine of the night will be a solo run through some of those songs and stories; once the Souls are up with me, we’re playing around with a slightly more stripped back, thoughtful folk approach to some of the older material, which feels different and powerful. Looking forward to sharing a slightly different show with everyone for this run.” Pre-sale tickets for the tour go on sale this Wednesday, July 17 at 11am ET. General ticket on-sale begins Friday, July 19 at 10am (local).
The women featured on the album’s 13 tracks come from across wide geographical and historical lines. There’s Byzantine princess Kassiani (The Hymn of Kassiani), Egyptian feminist activist Huda Sha’arawi (The Lioness), and Resusci Anne (Rescue Annie), an apocryphal drowned virgin whose face was used as the model for the medical CPR mannequin across the world (“You can’t not write a song about a woman who died never having been kissed and then became the most kissed face in history,” reasons Turner). There’s the serial killer from the Deep South who plucked her victims from lonely hearts pages (Nannie Doss), the jazz-obsessed heiress who fought for the Free French (Nica Rothschild), a rowdy coach house landlady from 17th century Camden Town accused of witchcraft (Jinny Bigham), the Wild West vaudeville star shot by a smalltown outlaw (Dora Hand). These are just a few of the fascinating characters who feature on No Man’s Land and have long been ignored by the mainstream.
LISTEN TO TALES FROM NO MAN’S LAND PODCAST
3 – Wickham Festival, Fareham
4 – Tunes in the Castle, Exeter
9 – Cropredy Festival, Cropredy
22 – Cottingham Folk Festival (Solo Show)
25 – Greenbelt Festival, Kettering
US FALL TOUR DATES
8 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theater
10 – Toronto, ONT – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
11 – Jersey City, NJ – White Eagle Hall
12 – Scranton, PA – FM Kirby
14 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre
15 – New York, NY – Town Hall
17 – Chicago, IL – The Anthenauem
18 – Minneapolis, MN – The Pentageous
20 – Kansas City, MO – Liberty Hall
21 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theatre
23 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
25 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
29 – Phoenix, AZ – Ikeda Theatre
30 – Albuquerque, NM – Kimo Theater
1 – Dallas, TX – The Majestic
2 – Houston, TX – Revention
4 – Nashville, TN – James K. Polk Theatre
5 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
6 – Tampa, FL – Palladium
UK FALL TOUR DATES
3 – Fareham – Wickham Festival
4 – Exeter – Tunes in the Castle
9 – Cropredy – Cropredy Festival
22 – Cottingham – Cottingham Folk Festival
25 – Kettering – Greenbelt
22 – Dumfermline – Alhambra Theatre
24 – Cardiff – St. David’s Hall
25 – Shouthampton – 02 City Hall
26 – Manchester – Opera House
27 – Newcastle – 02 City Hall
29 – Bexhill – De La Warr Pavilion
30 – London – Alexandra Palace Theatre
1 – Birmingham – Symphony Hall
3 – London – Alexandra Palace Theatre
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Ingo Money, Inc. Closes On Growth Capital
Investors now include Spring Capital, CNF Investments and MissionOG, led by industry veteran Gene Lockhart
ATLANTA – Ingo Money, a leading mobile payments company, and the pioneer of instant, guaranteed mobile check cashing, announced today that it has received additional growth capital totaling $13.5 million. The company intends to use these funds to finance its operations and fuel accelerating growth led by overwhelming demand for its mobile check cashing and risk management platform. More than 120 prepaid programs have adopted Ingo Money as their solution to enable their customers to gain immediate access to approved check funds using a smartphone.
Recognizing the power of mobile technology to transform consumer financial health and access to money, Ingo Money began investing heavily three years ago in the development of a consumer-direct, partner-centric mobile servicing platform. “We built and commercialized a mobile app and set of mobile integration services, supporting an issuer-independent regulatory framework provided by a national bank,” said Drew Edwards, founder and CEO, Ingo Money. “Most critically, we deployed and refined the risk management processes and capabilities necessary to manage and control the unique risk posed by the mobile channel. We are emboldened by the response of the industry and customers, and excited about the growth and momentum we have experienced.”
Camden Partners based in Baltimore, MD, which led the first institutional round in 2013, co-led this round of financing with MissionOG. Lead investors were joined by Spring Capital and CNF Investments. Matrix Partners and Ribbit Capital also joined as part of Ingo Money’s recent acquisition of Fuze Network, Inc.
“We are pleased to partner with MissionOG as their operational and investment leadership in payments is exceptional. Gene Lockhart’s background in payments is unparalleled with executive roles at MasterCard International, BankAmerica Corporation, Midland Bank and AT&T,” said Shane Kim, managing member, Camden Partners. “I have been watching Ingo Money for many years,” said Gene Lockhart, chairman and managing partner, MissionOG. “I see a convergence of marketplace timing and consumer readiness for Ingo Money’s technology, and I believe the company has the right management team to deliver on the accelerating momentum in the business.”
Andrew Kese, founder and managing partner, MissionOG, joined Ingo Money’s Board of Directors as part of the transaction. He added, “Having built and managed general purpose reloadable and payroll programs, when we saw Ingo Money’s mix of positive economics, its ability to integrate seamlessly with partners and program managers, and its success in managing the risk associated with providing real time funds via mobile, we realized it was a must-have feature.” Andrew brings to the Ingo Money Board of Directors broad market knowledge and operational experience from Ecount and Citi, for which he led the global prepaid group.
For more information, contact Rusty Pickering at rusty.pickering@ingomoney.com.
About Ingo Money
Ingo Money, Inc. is a leading mobile payments company focused on expanding and accelerating the flow of funds between monetary instruments to provide immediate, guaranteed funding and payment services that fuel consumer adoption of new and existing digital payment platforms.
Ingo Money owns and operates two lines of business. Ingo™ Network Solutions, operated in conjunction with First Century Bank, N.A., is a consumer-direct network accessible via mobile and retail channels. Ingo™ Enterprise Solutions is an omni-channel commercial platform that enables independently licensed financial services firms to deliver immediate, non-provisional funding and payment services to their customers. Ingo Money’s clients include some of the leading banking and alternative financial services brands in the country for which the company powers retail, branch, ATM and mobile solutions that accelerate funds availability and payments for millions of consumers.
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Lifelong Learning for Mentors and Mentees
August 28, 2018 | Filed under: Trish Morgan and tagged with: editing, Editors Canada John Eerkes-Medrano Mentorship Program, lifelong learning, mentees, mentoring, mentors, mentorship, Trish Morgan
Editors Canada launched the John Eerkes-Medrano Mentorship Program in the spring of 2017. For information about how you can become a mentor or a mentee, click here.
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Let’s begin with three playful suppositions. First, the best kinds of editing involve learning. Second, the best editors have learned from mentors. Third, the best mentors keep on learning. These three suppositions I hold to be true.
The incomparably brilliant — and unfailingly generous — Rosemary Shipton, editor par excellence and founding academic coordinator of the Publishing Program at Ryerson University in Toronto, remains my most important publishing mentor. I cannot begin to describe how thrilling it was for me to learn from her how to work with words and with writers. And I’ve been fortunate to have several other strong, excellent women and men as mentors.
When I first learned about Editors Canada’s mentorship program, I knew it would be a meaningful volunteering opportunity, and one that would play nicely with my other commitments. I had previously mentored interns and junior colleagues, both in-house and informally as a freelancer, as well as helped those who occasionally contacted me through the Online Directory of Editors. But I wanted to do more. One final reason I knew this mentorship program was for me was my memory of the dearly missed John Eerkes-Medrano, who mentored so many with such gentle warmth, grace, humour and sharp editing acumen. I only met him in person once, but — until his sad, untimely death — his was an important and favourite voice on the Editors Canada listserv.
My mentorship with my superb mentee, Sarah Jefferies, could not have gone better. We began with an informal two-hour café meet-and-greet to get to know one another, during which I did my best to let her know my strengths and weaknesses. Sarah knew she was under no obligation to continue our two-month mentorship, but continue we did. One of the best things about the mentorship program is that it is mentee-directed. We began with a framework of topics that Sarah developed, covering four broad objectives: developing a freelance editing business, exploring next steps (education, networking, credentials), working through the resources on the Editors Canada website and examining self-care strategies for maintaining good mental health when working remotely. In near-weekly phone calls, usually lasting about an hour, we dived into the details of these topics. Unfailingly, Sarah sent a pre-meeting outline of questions and objectives, and she and I shared more notes following them, too.
Mentors learn every single time a mentee asks, “Why?” and “How?” When I couldn’t answer a question, I did my best to learn the answer. Every good editor I know is curious, and to me, editing and mentoring (of both promising new editors, like Sarah, and of our authors) go hand in hand.
The excellent Building Bridges conference in Saskatoon in May was the first I had managed to attend since 2008. Unfortunately, even lifelong learners sometimes get sidetracked by the commitments of work and life! I made it, though, and savoured every moment. (Choosing among all the tempting concurrent sessions was tortuous.) While there, I also spoke to many about my mentorship experience — how valuable Sarah found it and how enjoyable it was for me. If, as educator Charles Eliot surmised in 1910, “books are the quietest and most constant of friends . . . and the most patient of teachers,” then mentorships — equal parts mentee and mentor — must surely come in a close second.
Share your experience as a mentor or mentee below!
Written by Trish Morgan
Trish Morgan edits psychology textbooks among other interesting works in St. Albert, Alberta, and mentors new editors for continuing engagement, learning, and fun.
6 Responses to "Lifelong Learning for Mentors and Mentees"
Anita Jenkins says:
Thank you so much, Trish, for this superbly written ode to mentoring. It means a lot to me, as I believe so strongly in this method of learning and self-development. I like to say that every successful person has been mentored, whether they know it or not.
Trish Morgan says:
Glad you enjoyed it, Anita! I could also have mentioned many other excellent mentors I’ve had the pleasure of learning from; I’ve been fortunate, indeed.
Rosemary Shipton says:
Good point, Anita! You, Trish, and the other committee members have done a great service in shaping up Editor Canada’s mentorship program. Mentoring is one of the best ways to learn: it complements formal educational programs and works well for professional development. I suspect that most people like to share their professional knowledge and experience, so it’s unfortunate that the modern workplace generally doesn’t encourage in-house mentoring. It could be a win-win situation for both parties. Thanks for your Ryerson memories, Trish – yes, I loved every minute in the classroom and, in the process, I honed my own skills too.
I think of you often, Rosemary. You have mentored so many!
Claire Wilkshire says:
I am very fortunate to have been mentored by Beverly Ensom, who was generous with her advice and thoughtful in her responses to my questions.
I love this statement: “Every good editor I know is curious.” That is so true, and Bev and I both mulled over points of discussion and asked other people and had follow-up thoughts, so that what began in my head as a straightforward question became an ongoing topic of fruitful discussion.
We are so lucky to have a program like this! Many thanks to Bev and to the hardworking volunteers who make these relationships happen!
So glad to hear about your fulfilling mentorship experience with Beverly, Claire! The meeting of minds that this program enables is really something special.
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Movie Review - Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Eoin Macken, Fraser James, Ruby Rose, William Levy, Rola, Ever Anderson, and more.
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson Written by: Paul W.S. Anderson Cinematography by: Glen MacPherson Music by: Paul Haslinger
Premise: Having survived a trap in Washington, D.C. Alice gets contacted by the Red Queen - Umbrella's AI Computer. She warns that in 48 hours the three thousand plus humans left on the surface of the planet will be exterminated. Their only hope is for Alice to come back to the Hive to retrieve the antidote for the T-virus. One the Umbrella Corporation has kept hidden from the world. The ultimate secrets are about to be revealed. (Rated R)
1) Acting - Thumbs Up: Familiar and new characters fill the cast. Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, and Shawn Roberts reprise their previous roles in the Resident Evil universe. A couple of them get to play more than one. :) Milla Jovovich continues to give Alice some nice layers with what little she's given to work with. Iain Glen looks to have had a lot of most fun playing multiple roles in this one.
2) Special Effects - Thumbs Up: It's hard to say if it was due to budget cuts or the direction the group was ordered to follow, but some of the filming choices made a lot of the special effects look cheap or mediocre. Which is a shame, because there were some neat effects in there.
The first creature that attacks Alice is filmed in such a way the audience can't get a sense of what it look like. All you see is a blurred, giant blob of flesh. Between all the shaky cam and giggling, weaving viewpoints. They did slightly better with the next creature, but even that one the good glimpses seemed doled out rather than consistent.
Great work on the zombies. The ones hung from a bridge and only reacting when the trucks drove beneath them were an awesome detail. There's one that shows up in the Hive that gave it all he had despite being hung to dry, poor thing. He looked great!
The Hive itself was fab. The recreations of several familiar places and the transformation of others were well done. The evil laser corridor makes a comeback. Bwahaha! The bridge/walkway coming up out of the water was awesome.
3) Plot/Story - Thumbs Down: Hubby has loved this franchise since day one. I've gone and seen all of the films with him. Some have been better than others, yet you don't tend to expect too much in that department. The action and special effects are what people truly come for, and they usually deliver quite well on that aspect of things. This time, though, they failed at both. :(
The plot was awful. Too much of it was contrived for convenience. No real surprises.
It was bad enough that the audience gets thrown into the deep end with little explanation. (And with information that doesn't match info previously given in other films!) Then we're "told" Alice survived a trap in D.C. but got to see none of it. New characters are thrown at us, but the audience is given no time to get to know them. Yet we're expected to care when they die...
Alice has 48 hours to get the antidote and save humanity. Yet the story has the characters waste hours upon hours preparing for a coming attack on the human "stronghold" rather than just go to the Hive to save what little of the human race is left. Instead, Alice leaves herself two measly hours to break into and infiltrate a giant underground facility and find the elusive antidote. One that could be locked up anywhere in the facility and not easily accessible. Right...
Wesker's job is to keep people out of the Hive. He knows Alice is coming. He and Isaacs keep talking about doing lockdowns and having all the security primed. So what does he do? He keeps the giant door leading into the hive WIDE OPEN! Even taking into account the supposed "power grid issues" he still had plenty of time to close the thing but doesn't. (What's hilarious about the super convenient "power grid issues" is that if they truly had rolling power outages, all of the people in the cryo tubes would be DEAD!)
Don't get me started on how the "power grid issues" get used to make convenient problems for the infiltrators. Ugh.
As if the plot issues weren't bad enough, they ruined most of the action shots with shaky cam, blinking lights, wobbly angles and any excuse to not get a good clear shot of the action. Made no sense. You'd get one impressive bit of fighting, then a ton of jerky crap you couldn't keep track of. *sigh*
4) Stunts - Thumbs Up: Lots of stunts and neatly choreographed battle scenes. But they too suffered from the horrible shaky cam, wobbly angles, and strobe light effects. Boo! It was frustrating to get something super cool and then something almost unrecognizable. Double boo!
5) Music - Total Thumbs Up: The one bright spot of the movie was the music. Paul Haslinger's "A Force so Evil" track which is used as the film opens got the blood flowing and built a growing sense of excitement. Too bad the plot and bad filming couldn't follow through on what he created with the score.
Conclusion: The final installment in the "Resident Evil" saga will not leave a good impression overall. Bad plots might be expected in films like these, but when they muck with the action, they've drained what little fun could be had at all.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 (Hubby's Rating: Better for Matinee.)
Posted by Gloria Oliver at 10:24 PM
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Constitution for a Disunited Nation
On Hungary's 2011 Fundamental Law
Gábor Attila Tóth
$75.00 /€70.00 / £65.00
More than two decades after the post-communist constitutional transition, Hungary got into the spotlight again. As a result of the 2010 elections, the governing majority gained two-thirds of the seats in parliament, which made constitutional revision exceptionally easy, bypassing extensive political and social deliberations. In April 2011, on the first anniversary of the 2010 election, a brand new constitution was promulgated, named the Fundamental Law.
This collection is the most comprehensive account of the Fundamental Law and its underlying principles. The objective is to analyze this constitutional transition from the perspectives of comparative constitutional law, legal theory and political philosophy. The authors outline and analyze how the current constitutional changes are altering the basic structure of the Hungarian State. The key concepts of the theoretical inquiry are sociological and normative legitimacy, majoritarian and partnership approach to democracy, procedural and substantive elements of constitutionalism. Changes are also examined in the field of human rights, focusing on the principles of equality, dignity, and civil liberties.
Introduction: From the 1989 Constitution to the 2011 Fundamental Law
János Kis
I. Legitimacy
What Democracy Is?
Ronald Dworkin
Regime Change, Revolution and Legitimacy
Andrew Arato
Constitution-Making, Competition and Cooperation
Zoltán Miklósi
II. History and Community
A Sacred Symbol in a Secular Country: The Holy Crown
Sándor Radnóti
From “We the People” to “We the Nation”
Zsolt Körtvélyesi
III. Human Rights
Human Dignity: Rhetoric, Protection and Instrumentalisation
Catherine Dupré
Equality: The Missing Link
Kriszta Kovács
Freedom of Religion and Churches: Archeology in a Constitution-making Assembly
Renáta Uitz
IV. Institutional Design
From Separation of Powers to a Government without Checks: Hungary’s Old and New Constitutions
Miklós Bánkuti, Gábor Halmai and Kim Lane Scheppele
Between Revolution and Constitution: The Roles of the Hungarian Constitutional Court
Christian Boulanger, Oliver W. Lembcke
Governance, Accountability and the Market
Márton Varju
V. European Perspectives
No New(s), Good News? The Fundamental Law and the European Law
András Bragyova
Trees in the Wood: The Fundamental Law and the European Court of Human Rights
Jeremy McBride
VI. Appendix
The Fundamental Law of Hungary
Transitional Provisions of the Fundamental Law
First Amendment of the Fundamental Law
Bill on the Second Amendment of the Fundamental Law
Opinion on the Fundamental Law of Hungary (Amicus Brief)
Edited by Andrew Arato, Gábor Halmai and János Kis
Opinion on the New Constitution of Hungary
European Commission for Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission)
Jan-Werner Müller, Professor of Politics, Princeton University, author of Contesting Democracy: Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe
“This is an excellent volume which deserves a wide readership, beyond specialists in Hungarian or European law and politics. Its theoretical chapters are important contributions to discussions about transitions to and, especially, away from constitutionalism. The careful legal analyses in the latter part of the book show how what at first glance may look like a fine liberal-democratic constitution in fact contains deeply illiberal elements and potentially disables democracy. Given that many enemies of liberal democracy nowadays are eager to present themselves as good liberals or flawless democrats, such analyses are particularly valuable.”
"The Fundamental Law of Hungary that came into effect on 1 January 2012, and the political and legal contexts that led to its promulgation, has been generating headlines that fit in with a general perception of the disappointing state of constitutionalism and democracy in eastern and central Europe. This edited collection contributes to such critical debates, and it should be placed in the wider context of the trials and tribulations of the post-1989 wave of constitutional and democratic reforms in the region. The two main aims of this book are stated in the introduction: to provide a 'comprehensive account of the Fundamental Law’s main attributes and its underlying principles', and to “examine a constitutional transition [in Hungary] from the perspective of comparative constitutionalism, legal theory and political philosophy'. There is a strong unifying theme clearly present in most of the contributions, and that is the exposition of the illegitimate nature of... more
Susanne Baer, Justice, Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
“Constitutionalism as a democratic practice to safeguard human rights can never be taken for granted. This book takes constitutionalism seriously — it is a guiding light for Hungary and beyond, and a forceful, enlightened intervention in complicated political times.”
Wojciech Sadurski, Challis Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Sydney
“The title of the book says it all: a sad and dispiriting story about the ways in which the constitution of a modern state in the heart of Europe divides instead of integrates, excludes rather than includes, and entrenches the position of electoral victors rather than embracing all political competitors within an overarching constitutional framework. The story is told in different voices, from different perspectives, and with varying degrees of emotion, by the very best scholars in the field. For students of law and politics there is a powerful and universally applicable cautionary tale about the mistakes to be avoided and temptations to be resisted by a government if it wins an election and secures a constitution-changing majority.”
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Austin, Texas: We like to have fun here. Photo by Katie Friel
We may joke that there is always something going on in Austin, but now we have proof that, yes, there is literally always something going on in Austin. According to a new study by ticketing and marketing platform Eventbrite, not only do we host a ton of events, but Austinites are happy to participate in the fun.
Analyzing ticket data trends in the country's 25 biggest cities, Eventbrite was able to determine what kind of events are popular in each place. Using four umbrella categories (Live Music & Concerts, Fitness Events, Food & Drink Events and Art Events), each city was then ranked by the popularity of each category. Unsurprisingly, Austin ranked in the top 10 across the board. (Well, almost. It seems we're not as keen on fitness events.)
For Live Music & Concerts, Austin earned her Live Music Capital of the World moniker beating out Nashville; Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles and New York City to be named the top city for music. Austin came in at No. 1 in all categories including electronic music, rock 'n' roll, country, hip-hop and jazz. Joining us in the top three were San Francisco (No. 2) and Houston (No. 3).
Austin did almost as well in Food & Drink Events, which should surprise no one considering our burgeoning culinary scene. Overall, we ranked No. 4 in the country, coming in behind New York City, San Francisco and Chicago, respectively.
Proving we're about more than music and food, Austin also ranked high in Art Events, coming in at No. 6. New York City took the top spot followed by Los Angeles (No. 2), San Francisco (No. 3), Houston (No. 4) and Chicago (No. 5).
And though Austin has been named one of the fittest cities in America, it looks like we have been dethroned. San Francisco, San Diego and New York City took the top three spots while the Capital City earned a paltry No. 15. It seems Austinites aren't too fond of running events, but we did earn a semi-respectable No. 12 when it comes to yoga class attendance. Namaste, y'all.
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BPF Party
Alaksej Janukevich
Belarusian nationalism[1][2]
Christian democracy[3]
Political position
National affiliation
Belarusian Independence Bloc
International affiliation
International Democrat Union (associate member)
European affiliation
European People's Party (observer)
House of Representatives:
Council of the Republic:
.orgnarodny
Politics of Belarus
The BPF Party (PBNF) (Belarusian: Партыя БНФ, ПБНФ, Partyja BNF) is a political party in Belarus. It was founded as the social movement Belarusian Popular Front "Revival" or BPF (Belarusian: Беларускі Народны Фронт "Адраджэньне", БНФ, Biełaruski Narodny Front "Adradžeńnie", BNF) during the perestroika era by members of the Belarusian intelligentsia, including Vasil Bykaŭ. Its first and most charismatic leader was Zianon Pazniak.
After a 2005 decree by president Alexander Lukashenko on the restriction of the usage of the words Беларускі ("Belarusian") and "Народны" ("National", "Popular", "People's") in the names of political parties and movements,[4] the party had to change its official name to "BPF Party".
Early history 1
1999 split and modern history 2
International relations 3
The Belarusian Popular Front was established in 1988 as both a political party and a cultural movement, following the examples of the Popular Front of Estonia, Popular Front of Latvia and the Lithuanian pro-democracy movement Sąjūdis. Membership was declared open to all Belarusian citizens as well as any democratic organization.
Its goals are democracy and independence through national rebirth and rebuilding after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
The main idea of the Front was the revival of the national idea, including a revival of the Belarusian language. Initially, its orientation was pro-Western with a great deal of scepticism towards Russia. At one point they propagated the idea of a union from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea that would involve Ukraine, Poland, Belarus and Lithuania, similar to Józef Piłsudski's "Międzymorze".
The party was in favor of removing Russian as an official language in Belarus. Russian became an official language following a national referendum in 1995, at the beginning of the Lukashenko era, when a proposal for making Russian a state language received 83.3% support from the turnout.
A meeting at Kurapaty in 1989 organized by the Belarusian Popular Front
Among the significant achievements of the Front was the uncovering of the burial site of Kurapaty near Minsk. The Front claims that the NKVD performed extra-judicial killings there.
Initially, the Front had significant visibility because of its numerous public actions that almost always ended in clashes with police and KGB. It was BPF parliamentarians who convinced the Supreme Soviet (the interim Belarusian parliament) to restore the historical Belarusian symbols: the white-red-white flag and the Pahonia coat of arms. During Soviet-times people faced arrest in the streets for displaying white-red-white symbols in Belarus.
In 1994 the BPF formed a so-called "shadow" cabinet consisting of 100 BPF intellectuals. Its first Prime Minister was Uładzimir Zabłocki. It originally contained 18 commissions that published ideas and proposed laws and plans for restructuring the government and economy. Its last economic reform proposal was published in 1999. In opposition to Alexander Lukashenko's government, the party supports Belarus' entry into NATO and European Union.
1999 split and modern history
Pahonia, the historical Coat of Arms of Belarus
In the late 1990s the party's conservative wing under Zianon Pazniak split from the main BPF to found an independent political party – the Conservative Christian Party BPF (Kanservatyŭna-Chryścijanskaja Partyja BNF). The Party claims to be the only true BPF successor and does not recognize the "other" BPF. It also distances itself from the rest of the Belarusian opposition and labels them "regime accomplices".
At the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission [1]) significantly short of OSCE commitments. Universal principles and constitutionally guaranteed rights of expression, association and assembly were seriously violated, calling into question the Belarusian authorities’ willingness to respect the concept of political competition on a basis of equal treatment. According to this mission, the principles of an inclusive democratic process, whereby citizens have the right to seek political office without discrimination, candidates to present their views without obstruction, and voters to learn about them and discuss them freely, were largely ignored.
In October 2005 Alaksandar Milinkievič, a candidate proposed by the BPF and "The Greens" Zialonyja party was elected the common democratic candidate for the 2006 Presidential election.
During the 2010 presidential election the BPF Party nominated its own candidate for the presidency, Ryhor Kastusioŭ, who is the current Deputy Chairman of the BPF Party. According to the official results, he gained 1.97% of the votes, which is quite doubtful, as international observers claimed the elections and the process of vote count to have fallen short of democratic standards.
After the brutal dispersal of a protest, which took place on December 19, 2010, when more than 600 people were arrested and sentenced to administrative arrest, the BPF Central Office became the center of solidarity with the arrested people.
The party became an associate member of the International Democrat Union in 2007.
It is an observer member of the European People's Party. Its youth wing, BPF Youth, is a member of the European Young Conservatives.
2009–Current: Alaksiej Janukievich, elected at the XII Congress on September 5, 2009,[5] reelected at the XIV Congress on September 10, 2011
2007–2009: Lyavon Barshchewski[5]
1999–2007: Vincuk Viačorka
1989–1999: Zianon Pazniak
Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic - the Belarusian government in exile
^ Korosteleva, Elena (2005), "The Emergence of a Party System", Postcommunist Belarus (Rowman & Littlefield): 42–43
^ Tarnauski, Andrei (2005), "The Peculiarities of Party Politics in Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine: Institutionalization or Marginalization?" (PDF), Political Parties in Post-Soviet Space (Praeger): 45,
^ Bugajski, Janusz (2002), Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in a Post-Communist Era, The Center for Strategic and International Studies, pp. 23–24
^ http://pravo.by/webnpa/text_txt.asp?RN=P30500247 О дополнительных мерах по упорядочению использования слов «национальный» и «белорусский»
^ a b "Belarusian Popular Front elects new chairman"
Belarusian People's Front BPF (Belarusian)
Belarusian Popular Front (English)
Political parties in Belarus
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Ratcatcher
on October 13, 2000 by Susan Green
As gritty as it gets, "Ratcatcher" has all the elements of neorealism: an authentic setting (a bleak Glasgow housing development), a cast that includes non-professionals, unobtrusive camera techniques, an episodic plot depicting social problems and the rhythm of everyday life.
Vittorio De Sica's 1948 neorealist classic, "The Bicycle Thief," concerns the poverty that plagues a small boy and his father. In "Ratcatcher," director Lynne Ramsay examines the oppressive conditions that gnaw away at the dreams of 12-year-old James Gillespie (a deadpan William Eadie) and his Da (Tommy Flanagan), a man who drinks too much. The entire Gillespie family is waiting to be approved for a new home, away from the filthy canal that already claimed one young drowning victim--an accident James guiltily witnesses. He and Margaret Anne (Leanne Mullen), a teen willing to endure joyless sex with the local boys, find innocent solace in each other's company.
In this spare and harrowing production, Scotland never looked grimmer. Starring Tommy Flanagan, William Eadie, Mandy Matthews, Leanne Mullen, John Miller, Michelle Stewart and Jackie Quinn. Written and directed by Lynne Ramsay. Produced by Gavin Emerson. A First Look release. Drama. Scottish-dialect; subtitled. Unrated. Running time: 92 min.
Tags: tarring Tommy Flanagan, William Eadie, Mandy Matthews, Leanne Mullen, John Miller, Michelle Stewart, Jackie Quinn, Written, directed by Lynne Ramsay, Produced by Gavin Emerson, First Look, Drama
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Nirvana in Fire 琅琊榜 - Episode 44 (Recap)
kakashi: So far, this show was not very much like Game of Thrones, even though it has been called the Asian Game of Thrones (Eleanor! Don't get angry! Joyce, Moonlil and Miao ... you neither!). This episode is quite a bit like it though: Long (and sadly beautiful) battle scenes! Blood! Gore! Deaths! Defeat! Okay, but there's a big difference too: in this drama, all the main characters survive for now, for what I am grateful.
JoAnne: I was close to rioting there for a few minutes, watching our Sunshine Boy and Fei Liu.
Eleanor: *grumble grumble* I think I would be less grumbly about inaccurate comparisons if people who had seen it wrote pieces instead of people who didn't even check the synopsis...oh well. That Meng shot is AWESOME!!!
Prince Jing has gone for help, and the rest of the party gets ready to fight (while the women and children are moved up to the Hunting Palace). Mei Changsu councils for a preventive strike on Prince Yu's vanguard army - they're far too outnumbered to be able to defend their camp if the full force of the enemy attacks. Using a combination of archers and spears and a sneak attack from General Meng's cavalry from the flank, the Imperial guards completely smash Prince Yu's vanguard army.
It was interesting watching that particular battle unfold. The most classic of maneuvers and a textbook defensive posture.
I LOVE that the brilliant young marshall, Lin Shu is getting to use his awesomeness in this episode! Go team Mei Changsu!
While the renegade General Xu Anmo thinks this means nothing and wants to immediately go on to conquer the Hunting Palace, Prince Yu cautions against any rash action and orders them to set up camp, despite the fact that this will give his opponents more time to set up their defenses. Mei Changsu does not trust the quietness, though: he thinks Prince Yu will secretly send troops to surround them. He orders General Meng to set an ambush halfway down the mountain. And lo and behold, indeed, Prince Yu sends some of his men up the mountain on foot at daybreak - only to be crushed by huge boulders that the Emperor's army drops on them. When they start charging to save themselves, a group of archers finishes many of them off.
Not gonna lie, that tickled me.
Muahahahaha. The bad guys are getting their just desserts!
Up on the mountain, they get ready for a siege. It seems to be Consort Jing who does most of the organization on part of the royals. The Emperor - useless as usual - is just pretty heartbroken over Jinghuan's treason. He now even considers him "worse" than Prince Qi and the Chiyan army. I wish he would stop whining already.
Is he dead yet? No? There's more whining coming, then. He'll stop with his last breath.
He's such a useless leader. How did he even get to be emperor? Oh wait, he had awesome allies who he then had massacred. Ugh. He's just awful.
Mei Changsu gives Tingshen, who came down to the camp from the Hunting Palace in a fit of bravery inspired by Jingyan, a task: him and Stalker Musician Gon Yu are to go back to the Hunting Palace and protect the Imperial family! As if he didn't have enough to deal with already, tsk.
Haha we are such modern moms! All I could think about was how this would traumatize the poor kid even further.
Haha. But it's totally a fake task. He's making him feel important but making sure he's not really in danger.
When Prince Yu's guys finally make it to the camp, they only find bombs in the tents - that the Emperor's guards light with burning arrows. But will this be enough? Mei Changsu estimates that the enemy still has 30'000 to 40'000 men left. Waiting out what's coming is their last stand; Mei Changsu is out of strategies. And General Meng, who has been shouting "Kill! Kill!" for most of this episode, adds: "The only way is to defend until death". Yeah, I don't know. I guess.
I'm telling you though, hearing Su say he didn't have anything else up his sleeve, that was a sobering moment.
This episode has some truly beautiful shots. I want to hug the cinematographer and editor.
Prince Yu realizes that they probably sent for reinforcement, if they hope to survive at the Hunting Palace. This means: they need to take the Hunting Palace today! Prince Yu tells himself that the only one to blame for this whole thing is his father - who "forced" him into it. Hmm, I don't know, Jinghuan. Sounds a bit far fetched to me? You're just making excuses, you silly man.
He is foolish, isn't he? But I understand his feeling of betrayal.
I do understand his feeling of betrayal but yeah, blaming his dad for trying to kill him is a bit of a stretch. Man up and take responsibility for your actions Prince Yu.
And thus, the siege begins. Yujin and Fei Liu are positioned outside the inner hall, where the whole nobility has taken cover, with those able to fight from the different households. Many of them have never seen blood. Like in any proper siege, there is a battering ram, ladders, and other siege engines. The defense gets stones and oil and other things ready - and uses longbows to slow down the approaching troops. That seems like mere drops in the ocean though ... there are so many! I'm not sure what's worse: standing outside, waiting for the enemy to breach the walls - or sitting inside, hearing all the horrible sounds but not able to do anything?
I've always thought hearing but not seeing would be the scariest. (Will you look at my MENG?)
Yeah, I would think being inside would also be pretty scary. Meng is AWESOME!!! Ah! This episode! Don't die Meng. Don't die Fei Liu. Don't die anyone we love, please!
More arrows are exchanged, the first casualties on our side occur. The enemy uses burning arrows and the hunting palace catches partial fire - they get it extinguished fairly quickly though. Meng positions his troops on the wall now. Many more soldiers die. The first ladders are positioned, the defense throws stones and logs on them - but how many stones do they have? The first of the enemy troops breach the wall, but the Emperor's troops manage to repulse them - for now.
What a fantastic shot...it captures their resolve, but also the exhaustion.
As I said, I want to hug the cinematographer. Beautiful. I love the mood depicted. The lighting. The filters. LOVE!
But now, the battering ram is in position - and soon, the booming sound of its assault resounds through the compound. Inside the hall, there is much despair - but Marquis Yan speaks up, giving them courage, saying that as long as they are alive, they have not lost. Good point. He even gets the Emperor to draw his sword. Sadly, they're out of arrows and stones outside ... but they still have oil! And Zhen Ping, who manages to throw the oil on them despite being pierced by an arrow and light it.
Zhen Ping's sacrifice was impressive. I feel very guilty that my first thought was 'Red Bull gives you winnnnngs!' Sometimes I am trolled by my own brain.
LOL Marquis Yan is the man. I like him more and more and more.
Well, sorry guys ... that did not help at all - the battering ram is at it again almost immediately. And then, the gate collapses. The enemy is through! It's a few hundred against thousands, but they fight valiantly. It's pretty pointless though, even if they have several extremely good fighters on their side (Meng, Zhen Ping, Yujin and Fei Liu). Yujin gets to heroically save a wounded Gong Yu (ship?)(ship - remember back when he brought the uncle to listen to her, I think we noticed a little spark then, too), but as I said ... pointless. Marquis Yan wants to run out and help but Mei Changsu holds him back. They need him inside. Only a matter of minutes now until the enemy breaches the inner hall. The fight is right outside on the steps leading up to it. Pointless. They will all die.
I thought the Marquis was thinking about his son, but you're probably right - he's much more noble than that.
They can't lose! Noooooo!!! Come on Jingyan! Come and save them!
But what is that?! All of a sudden, Nihuang appears outside!! With a small army!! Prince Jing sent her a message and she rode here from the mausoleum that she guarded. Oh, my beautiful Nihuang! With one stroke, she kills General Xu Anmo and lets it be known that Prince Yu and the General have committed treason. If they do not surrender immediately, they will all be killed. As morale among these troops already is low anyway, it has an effect - many stand down.
She was glorious, wasn't she? I might be wrong but it seems Su never thought of her as a resource - but Prince Jing did! Very clever, little buffalo.
Nihuang!!!!! She is awesome!!! I love her! Maybe Su mentioned it to Jingyan but they didn't want to let us in on the surprise of seeing her. Or maybe Su didn't think of it. Either way, it's awesome.
And thus, Nihuang saves the day - and everybody who is still alive. Wow, the relief!!! It's palpable. All she thinks about is Su Gege, but she cannot talk to him, glances have to be enough for now (I think they will have time for a sweet reunion in his tent later, yes?)(make it yes, please, writer)(yes please) Prince Jing is approaching as well, going right for Prince Yu. Ah, you fool.... You have lost everything, Prince.
Because this is NOT Game of Thrones after all, everybody we care for is still alive, including the wounded Gong Yu. Their losses are immense, though... they were really saved at the last minute. Also, Mei Changsu's white robes are still completely white. Congrats, that's probably the most miraculous thing in the whole episode. Who would even put on something white in a battle?
Well, he was inside where nothing much happened...but you'd think the bottoms at least of those robes would get dirty as they walk around, right? I have that thought very often.
Well, they probably are in real life, but my guess is that the camera isn't going to focus on that. haha. I'm so relieved everyone survived that we cared about most. I'm not sure what I would have done if they had died. Cried some more?
As Prince Jing ascends the stairs to the inner hall, Mei Changsu says: "No one can stop Jingyan now". He hands back the Military Seal... which had his blood all over it. The Emperor is visibly moved. Even more so when Prince Jing refuses to rest before everything is sorted out. Now that the crisis is over, the Emperor has only ONE thing on his mind - seeing his traitorous son.
All I could think is 'how long before Dad is jealous of his heroic son?'
Jingyan! Jingyan! Jingyan! So hotte right now!
Prince Yu is kept in a cage further down the mountain, completely broken and severely hurt. He only has contempt and cynicism for his father (who rants at him for his low morals and tells him "I have been blind in my favour of you"). He tells him he should not have stopped at killing his mother - he should have killed him too, "cut the grass and pulled out the roots too". That way, he could have prevented future problems.
Dad looked shocked that his boy knew the full story. I can see why Yu is so hurt and bitter, really, but it does seem that he misunderstood his father a bit, too. Consensus seems to be that the Emperor really did love his son and think he was worthy. I guess the fact that he is still alive, and didn't die as an infant, is something.
Communicate people. Communicate. This would have saved a lot of bloodshed. Then again, Prince Yu has pretty much made Prince Jing that favourite. Thanks bro, you totally helped team Mei Changsu to get Jingyan closer to the throne. I do feel for Prince Yu though. This father-son relationship is really twisted and painful and toxic.
I can only imagine the time and effort it took to make this episode. Wow! Let's just say it was extremely aesthetically beautiful, even if that word should not really be used for anything war-related.
No, but it was. Beautiful in places, stunning even; very effective.
It was a beautiful episode. Beauty amid the ugliness of war.
It's a dramatic turning-point, of course, in more than one sense. Prince Yu is defeated, the Emperor is told the truth about his cruelty, and Prince Jing is the shining example of virtue and bravery. No one can stop Jingyan now. I am most curious to see what happens to the Emperor now. Does he finally understand what he has done? That he is to blame for the festering corruption in his Kingdom? That it is his example, his deeds that have led to all this?
I was wondering all that myself. It could really go either way. Like Yu, the Emperor isn't a BAD man. He's just not a GOOD man.
Whether or not the Emperor is good or bad is irrelevant in some ways. He is a terrible leader and that's why he needs to be gone. I still don't think the pathway to the throne is going to be easy for Jingyan though. I'm sure the Emperor's paranoia is going to create problems.
It is of course not true that Prince Yu has no fault in this (like he says to himself) - he is the one who took the actions. But it is true that there is a whole system of injustice all around the Emperor - and that system makes just and selfless actions all the more surprising, and all the more powerful.
Cue trumpets and Jing!
Which is why the Emperor and all the consequences of his poor rule have been so carefully and methodically weeded out by Mei Changsu.
In contrast to many "Western" entertainment products who are written by people who learned about postmodernism and the end of grand narratives in art school (which often leads to broken, struggling heroes), Nirvana in Fire uses an old-fashioned, comfortably black and white scheme for establishing who is good and who is bad. It is based on Taoist and Confucian virtues and ethics. The good characters in this drama follow the eight virtues as outlined in Emperor Guan’s Book of Enlightenment: “It is through Filial Piety, Sibling Harmony, Dedication, Trustworthiness, Propriety, Sacrifice, Honour, and Sense of Shame that we become fully human.”
Well look at you.
Hey, my father, just like Marquis Yan, studied the Dao for many years. Not in original Chinese though.
Maybe the world needs a little more of those eight virtues.
I have nothing against black and white and I think it serves this drama really well. Let us have unchallenged heroes! We sometimes need them.
It's very nice to have a real hero, sometimes, one that's easy to spot and easy to get behind. I can't imagine Jing ever doing anything wrong, really. But I don't think that's realistic....we may never see it, but he can't be perfect. Well, there was that time he was mean to Mei Changsu...
I don't think he's perfect, but he's certainly good. I know some truly good people, who maybe aren't perfect, because no one is, but who exude goodness and virtue. I think if more people strived for it, instead of resigning themselves to not being able to reach for virtue, maybe we'd be surprised.
A man of highest virtue
Will not display it as his own;
His virtue then is real.
Low virtue makes one miss no chance
To show his virtue off;
His virtue then is nought.
High virtue is at rest;
It knows no need to act.
Low virtue is a busyness
Pretending to accomplishment.
Truly, once the Way is lost,
There comes then virtue;
Virtue lost, comes then compassion;
After that morality;
And when that's lost, there's etiquette,
The husk of all good faith,
The rising point of anarchy. — The Way of Life, by Lao Tzu
I had to read that a couple of times because at first glance it seems to be saying that compassion, morality, and etiquette are higher than virtue...but of course that's not what they mean. Key is 'once the Way is lost, then comes virtue' - but he actually means low virtue, right? Maybe I just need coffee.
I love how this drama makes one ponder deeper things. This conversation about virtue makes me think of Aristotle and Ἀρετή (arete - virtue, excellence) that I spent much of my undergrad discussing. My Jingyan has virtue in buckets. It's a major reason why I love him.
There are different translations out there, JoAnne ... though none make the type of sense that you might be looking for. But indeed, the low virtue is the problem. There are people with low virtue in the drama, and people with high virtue. The categories of good or bad don't really work as well.
Wear today's tee to show your support for virtue!
Chen Long Hu Ge Lang Ya Bang Liu Tao Nirvana in Fire Recap sinopsis synopsis Wang Kai 王凯 琅琊榜 胡歌
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Daniel Diez
Drafted #54 in the 2015 NBA Draft by the Trailblazers
Position: SF
Jerseys: #11, #33
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Agent: Jose Ortiz
Current Team: Malaga
Daniel Diez Updated NBA Draft Scouting Report
Matt Kamalsky
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Working his way up the ranks of Spanish basketball over the last five years, Daniel Diez saved his breakout season for his draft eligible year, averaging 12.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per game for San Sebastian in the ACB.
Also See: Daniel Diez Interview at the 2015 adidas EuroCamp
Identified as a national team caliber talent very early in his career, Diez made his debut for Spain at the 2009 FIBA U16 European Championships. Averaging 13 points and 5.3 rebounds per-game while leading Spain to a gold medal, the Madrid-born forward subsequently signed with Real Madrid playing primarily for their junior team in the 3rd and then 4th division until 2012. A staple of the Spanish junior National Teams over the years, Diez made his ACB debut in 2011. He didn't see significant playing time in Spain's top league until the 2012-2013 season when he was loaned to San Sebastian for the first time. Appearing in 30 games, mostly off the bench, the then 19 year old forward averaged 3.8 points over 12.4 minutes per game. After pouring in 18.7 points and pulling down 8.8 rebounds per game at the 2014 FIBA U20 European Championship, Diez went back to Madrid last season playing a small role for the Euroleague power, before once again being loaned to San Sebastian prior to the start of this season.
Taking on a very prominent role for the one of the worst teams in the ACB, Diez has gotten a chance to showcase his game for the first time this season. Playing power forward at the junior level before beginning to make the transition to the small forward position a few years ago, Diez was a bit stuck between positions early in his career, raising some questions about whether he'd develop the skill set necessary to plant himself firmly on the NBA Draft radar. However, with his increase in usage as San Sebastian's second leading scorer, he's shown marked improvement as a shooter, seemingly take the next step towards filling in at the small forward position full time and putting himself in position to hear his name called on June 25th.
Measured 6'8.5 with an inexplicably short 6'5.5 wingspan and a solid 216-pound frame at the 2013 EuroCamp, Diez has solid size for a small forward, but is just an average athlete by NBA standards, lacking great explosiveness and lateral quickness. As he has throughout seemingly his entire career, Diez compensates for his average athleticism with a very strong feel for the game, a knack for making hustle plays, and a rapidly improving skill-level.
Doing a bit of everything for an often out-manned Gipuzkoa squad offensively, the hard-working Spaniard sees most (41.8%) of his touches in spot up situations according to Synergy Sports Technology, but is otherwise a jack of all-trades. Not operating with the ball in his hands frequently due to his lack of great quickness and ball-handling ability, Diez is not a prolific shot creator. He's only recorded 15 assists this season, representative of how much time he spends off the ball.
Diez was one of the most improved jump shooters in all of Europe this season. Making 34.3% of his catch and shoot jump shots a year ago for Real Madrid, the 22-year old forward knocked down an impressive 46% this season. Making up roughly half of his attempts in the half court, his development as a set shooter has played a key role in his emergence as a high level contributor in the ACB, and as an NBA prospect. Diez doesn't have the prettiest mechanics and tends to short arm some shots and shoot off balance at times, but his increased confidence as a shot maker and 43% shooting from beyond the arc are a very promising development for a player who has shot only 27% from deep over the previous two seasons, and wasn't even a factor from the perimeter early in his career.
Aside from his perimeter shooting ability, Diez does most of his damage right around the rim. He's a reliable finisher shooting 62% inside, even though he seldom plays above the rim. Diez made a name for himself generating looks inside with heady off-ball movement in the half court and with diligent effort filling lanes in transition. Finishing in the top-10 in the ACB in points per game and field goal percentage, this has been a breakout season from Diez offensively even if his role is more that of a high volume role-player by NBA standards.
Defensively, Diez's lack of length and lateral quickness are limiting factors on his NBA potential. In addition to his physical limitations, Diez also finds himself out of position lunging into passing lanes and doesn't always get low when he's defending one-on-one. On the plus side, he's extremely competitive and won't come up short in terms of effort. This shines through for him in the ACB on the defensive glass, where he ranks among the league leaders in the percentage of available rebounds he pulls in on this end of the floor when he's on the court. Gipuzkoa's defense was far stronger than its offensive, finishing in the middle of the pack.
A bit of a late bloomer in terms of his NBA potential, Diez's sudden viability as a small forward puts him in position to hear his name called in June as a draft and stash candidate. Considering how far he's come in the last 12 months, a team could take a flier on seeing how the next 12-24 play out for him. If he can continue his upward trajectory as a spot up shooter, he could provide some value as a roleplayer down the road. It will be worth keeping an eye on where he winds up playing though, as he's a player who would benefit immensely from another season of heavy playing time in the ACB regardless of how competitive his team is. If he winds up back in Real Madrid, it will be interesting to see what kind of role he's able to carve out. Being a free agent this summer, he could take a flyer on the NBA right away as well.
adidas Eurocamp Interview: Daniel Diez
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Daniel Diez is likely the most interesting player in this group, a 6-8 small forward who improved his perimeter shooting dramatically and turned himself into a viable NBA prospect. Diez has always been known for his toughness and feel for the game, but adding a real 3-point shot to his arsenal (he shot 41% for 3 on a high volume) makes him a highly draftable prospect considering he did so in the very tough ACB league. He has a chance to move up with a strong showing here, even if it remains to be seen whether he will actually play, as he is coming off an injury. This would be his third EuroCamp appearance.
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-Daniel Diez was named the top small forward at this year's camp. The Spanish wing has good size at 6'8 with shoes on, an improving frame, and solid athleticism. He is able to score in a number of ways offensively, as he can shoot the three, runs the floor with purpose, and has a very high basketball IQ. He seems like an excellent prospect for the highest levels of Europe at the least, especially as he's matured from an undersized four to a true small forward. He saw a few minutes for Real Madrid's senior team last season, but spent most of his time with their second team in the EBA. If he continues to improve his shooting mechanics and ball-handling ability, he could emerge as a NBA prospect. Considering he's a 1993-born prospect, he'll have plenty of time to do so.
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The best long-term prospect on an extremely disappointing Spanish squad (which shockingly failed to even make the quarterfinals of this tournament after winning the U-16 European Championships last summer), Daniel Diez has the requisite size and skill-set needed to carve out a solid career in his home country.
Standing around 6-9 with a solid frame, long arms and average athleticism, Diez has clearly put in the time to maximize his physical tools. He's a solid finisher, making him an excellent target in the post (for crafty layups) or on the perimeter (where he made shots with nice touch). He doesn't have much of a back-to-the-basket game or any real ball-handling skills, but he is able to get good production thanks to his excellent work on the offensive glass, where he shows nice timing and intelligence pursuing loose balls. A smart, competitive player who isn't going to wow you with amazing upside, Diez will likely be a solid fixture on the Spanish national teams throughout the junior stages, perhaps longer.
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5-Deoxykaempferol Plays a Potential Therapeutic Role by Targeting Multiple Signaling Pathways in Skin Cancer
Kyung Mi Lee, Ki Won Lee, Sanguine Byun, Sung Keun Jung, Sang Kwon Seo, Yong-Seok Heo, Ann M. Bode, Hyong Joo Lee and Zigang Dong
Kyung Mi Lee
Ki Won Lee
Sanguine Byun
Sung Keun Jung
Sang Kwon Seo
Yong-Seok Heo
Ann M. Bode
Hyong Joo Lee
Zigang Dong
DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-09-0137 Published April 2010
Nontoxic small molecules with multitargeting effects are believed to have potential in cancer prevention. Dietary phytochemicals were shown to exhibit cancer-preventive effects attributed to their antioxidant capacities. In this report, we show that the natural compound 5-deoxykaempferol (5-DK) exerts a chemopreventive effect on UVB-induced skin carcinogenesis by targeting multiple signaling molecules. 5-DK suppressed the UVB-induced expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and vascular endothelial growth factor in mouse skin epidermal JB6 P+ cells. Moreover, 5-DK inhibited phosphorylation of MKK3/6, MKK4, and Akt, but had no effect on phosphorylation of Src, extracellular signal–regulated kinases, or ribosomal S6 kinase (RSK). However, 5-DK affected multiple targets by reducing Src, phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), and RSK2 activities. In particular, pull-down assays revealed that 5-DK specifically bound to and competed with ATP for binding with Src, PI3K, and RSK2. Exposure to 5-DK significantly suppressed UVB-induced tumorigenesis in mouse skin in a dose-dependent manner, and it inhibited the UVB-induced expression of COX-2, proliferating cell nuclear antigen, vascular endothelial growth factor, and matrix metalloproteinase-9. Our data suggest that 5-DK docks at the ATP-binding site of Src, PI3K, and RSK2. For RSK2, the ATP-binding site is located between the N- and C-lobes of the kinase domain. Taken together, our results indicate that 5-DK holds promise for the treatment of UVB-induced skin cancer by targeting Src, PI3K, and RSK2 signaling. Cancer Prev Res; 3(4); 454–65. ©2010 AACR.
Skin cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers, with an estimated 1 million new cases reported each year in the United States. Repeated and excessive exposure to UV irradiation eventually causes skin cancer. In particular, UVB is a key contributor serving as complete carcinogen, acting as a tumor initiator and promoter in humans (1). UVB irradiation triggers inflammation and angiogenesis, which promotes the development of malignancies (2, 3). A high level of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), which is a major inducible enzyme in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins, has been shown to be a primary mediator of inflammation and carcinogenesis (4). In addition, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a crucial role in vascularization in the development of inflammatory skin diseases, including skin cancer (5).
In photocarcinogenesis, the activation of various signaling molecules, including numerous nonreceptor tyrosine and serine/threonine kinases, plays an important role in the clonal expansion of UVB-initiated cells into visible skin tumors (6). Src, which is a nonreceptor tyrosine protein kinase, is overexpressed and highly activated in various cancers; moreover, increased Src activity has oncogenic potential in tumor cell development (7, 8). The Src-family tyrosine kinases are involved in signal transduction pathways that regulate such physiologic processes as proliferation, survival, metastasis, and angiogenesis (9, 10). Src is a critical component of the signaling pathways that control tumor development, and thus, it is also an appealing target for cancer prevention. In addition, UV radiation induces the activation of protein kinase cascades, including the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt cascades. The MAPKs and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways play important regulatory roles in a variety of cellular functions, including COX-2 and VEGF expression (11, 12). Based on these data, the idea of targeting multiple signaling pathways has emerged as a promising approach for the innovative and effective medical treatment of skin cancer.
Flavonoids are naturally occurring compounds that are believed to exhibit preventive effects in various diseases, including cancer. For many years, the anticancer activities of flavonoids were attributed to their antioxidant activities. Thus, the determination of novel targets for the chemopreventive effects of flavonoids was largely ignored. Recently, some small-molecule inhibitors have proved to be effective in cancer prevention because they target multiple protein kinases (13, 14). The cancer chemopreventive effect of 5-deoxykaempferol (5-DK), which is a natural compound derived from Anthyllis vulneraria (15), is unknown. Herein, we report that 5-DK suppresses UVB-induced expression of COX-2 and VEGF through direct inhibition of Src, PI3K, and ribosomal S6 kinase-2 (RSK2) activities. Topical treatment with 5-DK also significantly repressed UVB-induced skin cancer in mice. Thus, 5-DK acts as an inhibitor of Src, PI3K, and RSK signaling and is expected to have beneficial effects in the prevention or treatment of skin cancer.
5-Deoxykampferol was purchased from Indofine Chemical Co. Eagle's MEM, gentamicin, and l-glutamine were obtained from Life Technologies, Inc. Fetal bovine serum (FBS) was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. An ELISA kit for the measurement of VEGF was purchased from R&D Systems. The COX-2–specific antibody was purchased from Cayman, and the β-actin–specific antibody was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. The antibodies used to detect phosphorylated p38 (Tyr180/Tyr182), total p38, phosphorylated c-jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) (Thr183/Tyr185), total JNK, phosphorylated Akt, total Akt, phosphorylated MKK3/6, total MKK3, phosphorylated MKK4, total MKK4, phosphorylated p90RSK (Thr359/Ser363), total p90RSK, and phosphorylated Src (Y416) were purchased from Cell Signaling Biotechnology. Antibodies against total Src were obtained from Upstate Biotechnology. Antibodies against VEGF and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology. CNBr-Sepharose 4B, glutathione-Sepharose 4B, [γ-32P]ATP, and the chemiluminescence detection kit were purchased from Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, whereas the protein assay kit was obtained from Bio-Rad Laboratories.
JB6 P+ mouse epidermal cells were cultured in monolayers at 37°C under 5% CO2 in 5% FBS-MEM that contained 2 mmol/L l-glutamine and 25 μg/mL gentamicin.
SKH-1 hairless mice (6 wk of age; mean body weight, 25 g) were purchased from the Seoul National University Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (Seoul, Korea). The animals were stabilized for 1 wk before the study and had free access to food and water for the entire study. The animals were housed in climate-controlled quarters (24°C at 50% humidity) with a 12-h light/12-h dark cycle.
In vitro Western blotting
For our Western blot assay, 1.5 × 106 cells were cultured in a 10-cm dish for 48 h and then starved in 0.1% FBS-MEM for 24 h to eliminate the FBS activation of MAPKs. The cells were then treated with 5-DK (0, 10, 20, or 40 μmol/L) for 30 min and irradiated with 0.05 J/cm2 UVB. The harvested cells were then disrupted with lysis buffer [10 mmol/L Tris (pH 7.5), 150 mmol/L NaCl, 5 mmol/L EDTA, 1% Triton X-100, 1 mmol/L DTT, 0.1 mmol/L phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (Calbiochem), 10% glycerol, and a protease inhibitor cocktail tablet] and the supernatant fractions were boiled for 5 min. The protein concentration was determined using a dye-binding protein assay kit (Bio-Rad Laboratories) as described in the manufacturer's manual. Lysates were then prepared, subjected to 10% SDS-PAGE (40 μg/well), and transferred onto polyvinylidene difluoride membranes (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech). After blotting, the membranes were incubated overnight at 4°C with the primary antibody. The bands were visualized using a chemiluminescence detection kit (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech) after hybridization with a horseradish peroxidase–conjugated secondary antibody. The relative amount of protein associated with each specific antibody was quantified using Scion Image (NIH).
Determination of VEGF production
JB6 P+ cells (5 × 105) were cultured in 96-well plates and incubated for 48 h. The cells were then pretreated with 5-DK (10, 20, or 40 μmol/L) for 30 min, irradiated with UVB (0.05 J/cm2), and harvested 12 h later. The amount of VEGF in the culture medium was measured according to the manufacturer's instructions. The data were normalized by the protein concentration in each sample.
Src, RSK2, extracellular signal–regulated kinase-2, p38, and JNK1 assays
The kinase assays were done in accordance with the instructions provided by Upstate Biotechnology. The effects of 5-DK (0-40 μmol/L) were evaluated using reaction mixtures held at 30°C for 30 min. Each experiment was done three times.
PI3K assay
Active PI3K (100 ng) was incubated with 5-DK for 10 min at 30°C. The mixture was then incubated with 20 μL of 0.5 mg/mL phosphatidylinositol (Avanti Polar Lipids) for 5 min at room temperature, followed by incubation with reaction buffer [100 mmol/L HEPES (pH 7.6), 50 mmol/L MgCl2, and 250 μmol/L ATP containing 10 μCi of [γ-32P]ATP] for an additional 10 min at 30°C. The reaction was stopped by the addition of 15 μL of 4 N HCl and 130 μL of chloroform/methanol (1:1). After vortexing, 30 μL of the lower chloroform phase were spotted onto a 1% potassium oxalate–coated silica gel plate that had been previously activated for 1 h at 110°C. The resulting 32P-labeled phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate was separated by TLC, and the radiolabeled spots were visualized by autoradiography.
Mouse skin tumorigenesis analysis
The UVB irradiation source (Bio-Link Crosslinker, Vilber Lourmat) emitted at wavelengths of 254, 312, and 365 nm, with peak emission at 312 nm. SKH-1 mice were divided into four groups of 15 animals each: the control group, the UVB group, and two 5-DK–treated groups. The control mice were treated topically with 200 μL of acetone. In the UVB group, the mice were treated topically with 200 μL of acetone before treatment with 0.18 J/cm2 UVB. The mice in the third and fourth groups were treated topically with 5-DK 1 h before irradiation with 0.18 J/cm2 UVB. The frequency of irradiation was set at three times per week for 27 wk. The respective doses of 5-DK (8 or 20 nmol in 200 μL of acetone per mouse) and UVB (0.18 J/cm2) were topically applied to the dorsal area. The incidence of skin tumors was recorded weekly. A tumor was defined as an outgrowth >1 mm in diameter that persisted for 2 wk or more. Tumor incidence, multiplicity, and volume were recorded each week until the end of the experiment at 27 wk.
Preparation of skin lysates
Mice treated topically on their backs with 5-DK (8 or 20 nmol in 200 μL of acetone) 1 h before UVB irradiation were sacrificed after the last round of UVB exposure. For protein isolation, the dorsal skin of each mouse was excised, the fat was removed on ice, and the skin was immediately pulverized in a mortar using liquid nitrogen. The pulverized skin was then homogenized on ice (IKA T10 basic homogenizer, Staufen) and the proteins were extracted using a 20% SDS solution that contained 1 mmol/L phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, 10 mmol/L iodoacetamide, 1 mmol/L leupeptin, 1 mmol/L antipain, 0.1 mmol/L sodium orthovanadate, and 5 mmol/L sodium fluoride. The lysates were centrifuged at 12,000 rpm for 20 min. Each supernatant fraction was collected and the protein concentration was determined using the Bio-Rad protein assay kit.
In vivo Western blotting
For Western blotting, skin lysates prepared from the epidermis and dermis were centrifuged at 12,000 rpm for 20 min and the protein content was determined using the Bio-Rad protein assay kit. A sample of each mouse skin extract (100 μg) was subjected to 10% SDS-PAGE and then transferred onto a polyvinylidene difluoride membrane (GE Healthcare). After blotting, the membrane was incubated overnight with the primary antibody at 4°C. The bands were visualized using a chemiluminescence detection kit (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech) after hybridization with a horseradish peroxidase–conjugated secondary antibody. The relative amount of protein associated with each antibody was quantified using Scion Image (NIH).
Gelatin zymography
To assess the gelatinolytic activity of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9, gelatin zymography was conducted as follows. The protein content was determined using the Bio-Rad protein assay kit, and equal amounts of conditioned media were mixed with nonreducing sample buffer, incubated for 15 min at room temperature, and separated by 10% SDS-PAGE using gels that contained 1 mg/mL gelatin. After electrophoresis, the gels were washed twice with 2.5% Triton X-100 for 30 min each; rinsed three times for 30 min each with 50 mmol/L Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.6) that contained 5 mmol/L CaCl2, 0.02% Brij-35, and 0.2% sodium azide; and incubated overnight at 37°C. The gels were then stained with a 0.5% Coomassie brilliant blue R-250 solution that contained 10% acetic acid and 20% methanol for 30 min and destained with a 7.5% acetic acid solution that contained 10% methanol. Areas of gelatinase activity were detected as clear bands against the blue-stained gelatin background. Protein quantification was achieved by densitometric analysis of the protein bands (as scanned JPEG images) using the Image J software.
Immunohistochemical analysis
The expression profiles of COX-2, PCNA, and VEGF were analyzed in UVB-treated (0.18 J/cm2) mouse skin treated or not treated with 5-DK (8 or 20 nmol/L in 200 μL of acetone). Sections (5 μm thick) of 10% neutral formalin solution–fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue were cut on silane-coated glass slides, deparaffinized three times with xylene, and then dehydrated through a graded alcohol series. The deparaffinized sections were boiled in 10 mmol/L citric acid buffer (pH 6.0) for antigen retrieval. To remove nonspecific staining, each section was treated with 3% hydrogen peroxide for 20 min and with 1% bovine serum albumin blocking solution for 2 h. For detection of the target protein, the slides were incubated with affinity-purified primary antibodies at 4°C overnight in 1% bovine serum albumin and then developed using the antirabbit or antimouse horseradish peroxidase EnVision System (Dako). The peroxidase binding sites were detected by staining with 3,3-diaminobenzidine tetrahydrochloride (Dako). Counterstaining was done with Mayer's hematoxylin.
The Insight II program (Accelrys, Inc.) was used for the docking and structural analyses with the crystal coordinates for Src (accession code 1YOJ), PI3K (1E8X), and RSK2 (2QN8) from the Protein Data Bank.5
The data are expressed as mean ± SD. The Student t test was used for single statistical comparisons, with P < 0.05 used as the criterion for statistical significance.
5-DK suppresses UVB-induced expression of COX-2 and VEGF in JB6 P+ cells
We examined the effect of 5-DK on UVB-induced COX-2 expression in mouse epidermal JB6 P+ cells. 5-DK dose-dependently inhibited UVB-induced COX-2 expression (Fig. 1B) and UVB-induced cox-2 promoter activity (data not shown). Next, we examined whether 5-DK was capable of preventing UVB-induced VEGF secretion and found that 5-DK significantly attenuated UVB-induced expression of VEGF (Fig. 1C). Thus, 5-DK regulates UVB-induced COX-2 and VEGF expression in JB6 P+ cells.
Effects of 5-DK on UVB-induced COX-2 and VEGF expression and UVB-mediated signaling. A, chemical structure of 5-DK including the numbering scheme. B, 5-DK inhibits UVB-induced COX-2 expression in JB6 P+ cells. Cells were pretreated with 5-DK at the indicated concentrations (0, 10, 20, or 40 μmol/L) for 30 min, then stimulated with UVB (0.05 J/cm2) and harvested 4 h later. COX-2 and β-actin expression were assessed by Western blot analysis as described in Materials and Methods, using antibodies against the respective proteins. C, 5-DK inhibits UVB-induced VEGF expression in JB6 P+ cells. Cells were treated with 5-DK at the indicated concentrations (0, 10, 20, or 40 μmol/L) for 30 min, then stimulated with UVB (0.05 J/cm2) and harvested 12 h later. The conditioned medium was then collected and analyzed by ELISA for VEGF expression as described in Materials and Methods. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01, significant decrease in VEGF expression in the 5-DK– and UVB-treated group compared with the group irradiated with UVB alone. D, 5-DK inhibits UVB-induced phosphorylation (p-) of p38, JNK, Akt, MKK3/6, and MKK4, but not of Src, ERK, or RSK2. Cells were treated with 5-DK at the indicated concentrations (0, 10, 20, or 40 μmol/L) for 30 min, then stimulated with UVB (0.05 J/cm2) and harvested 15 or 30 min later. The levels of phosphorylated and total p38, JNK, Akt, ERK, Src, MKK3/6, MKK4, and RSK2 were determined by Western blotting as described in Materials and Methods, using antibodies against the corresponding phosphorylated and total proteins. Representative data of three independent experiments that gave similar results.
5-DK inhibits UVB-induced phosphorylation of p38, JNK, and Akt but has no effect on phosphorylation of Src, extracellular signal–regulated kinase, or RSK in JB6 P+ cells
To determine the effect of 5-DK on UVB-induced signaling, JB6 P+ cells were treated with increasing concentrations of 5-DK (0, 10, 20, and 40 μmol/L) for 30 minutes and then exposed to UVB irradiation. The phosphorylation of p38, JNK, and Akt, but not of extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK; Fig. 1D, left), was inhibited by 5-DK. In addition, 5-DK blocked the phosphorylation of MKK3/6 and MKK4, which are specific upstream activators of p38 and JNK, whereas it had no effect on the UVB-induced phosphorylation of Src (Fig. 1D, right). Furthermore, 5-DK did not affect the UVB-induced phosphorylation of RSK, a downstream kinase of ERK (Fig. 1D, right). These results suggest that the inhibition of p38, JNK, and Akt signaling by 5-DK leads to decreased COX-2 and VEGF expression.
5-DK represses Src, PI3K, and RSK2 activities
We also investigated the effects of 5-DK on Src, PI3K, and MAPK kinase activities. The results of a kinase assay showed that 5-DK strongly inhibited Src or PI3K activity (Fig. 2A, top and middle). 5-DK was reported to be an inhibitor of RSK2 (16), and in the present study, 5-DK also dramatically attenuated RSK2 activity (Fig. 2A, bottom). To confirm the specific inhibition of Src, PI3K, and RSK2 by 5-DK, we examined the activities of other kinases; however, 5-DK had no effect on ERK, p38, or JNK kinase activity (Fig. 2B). These results imply that the inhibition of COX-2 and VEGF expression by 5-DK is mainly due to the suppression of Src, PI3K, and RSK2 activities.
Effects of 5-DK on Src, PI3K, RSK2, ERK2, p38, and JNK1 kinase and binding activities. A, 5-DK inhibits Src, PI3K, and RSK2 kinase activities. Src, PI3K, and RSK2 kinase assays were done as described in Materials and Methods. The effects of 5-DK on Src, PI3K, and RSK2 are expressed as percent inhibition relative to the level of activity in the untreated control. B, 5-DK has no effect on ERK2, p38, or JNK kinase activities. ERK2, p38, and JNK1 kinase assays were done as described in Materials and Methods. The effects of 5-DK on ERK2, p38, and JNK1 are expressed as percent inhibition relative to the level of activity in the untreated control. For A and B, the mean 32P count was determined from three independent experiments (columns, mean; bars, SD). **, P < 0.01, significant decrease in activity for the group irradiated with UVB and treated with 5-DK versus the group exposed to UVB alone. C, 5-DK binds directly to Src, PI3K, or RSK2. The binding of 5-DK to Src, PI3K, or RSK2 was confirmed by immunoblotting using antibodies against Src, p85 (for PI3K), and RSK (for RSK2), respectively. Lane 1, Src, PI3K, or RSK2 as the input control; lane 2, negative control (Sepharose 4B was used to pull down Src, PI3K, or RSK2 as described in Materials and Methods); lane 3, Src, PI3K, and RSK2 were pulled down using 5-DK-Sepharose 4B affinity beads. D, 5-DK binds Src, PI3K, or RSK2 in an ATP-competitive manner. Active Src, PI3K, or RSK2 (2 μg) was incubated with ATP at 10 or 100 μmol/L and 50 μL of 5-DK-Sepharose 4B or 50 μL of Sepharose 4B (as a negative control) in reaction buffer to give a final volume of 500 μL. The mixtures were incubated at 4°C overnight with shaking. After washing, the pulled-down proteins were detected by Western blotting. Lane 2, negative control (Src, PI3K, or RSK2 does not bind Sepharose 4B); lane 3, positive control (Src, PI3K, or RSK2 binds to 5-DK-Sepharose 4B); lanes 4 and 5, increasing amounts of ATP alter the binding of 5-DK with Src, PI3K, or RSK2. Each experiment was done three times.
5-DK specifically binds to and competes with ATP for binding to Src, PI3K, and RSK2
To confirm that the inhibition of Src, PI3K, and RSK2 activities by 5-DK is caused by a direct interaction, we performed pull-down assays using 5-DK with Src, PI3K, or RSK2. Src, PI3K, or RSK2 was pulled down by 5-DK-Sepharose 4B, but not by Sepharose 4B alone (Fig. 2C). Furthermore, the binding abilities of 5-DK to Src, PI3K, and RSK2 were decreased in the presence of ATP (Fig. 2D), indicating that 5-DK competes with ATP for binding to these protein molecules. These results suggest that 5-DK interacts with Src, PI3K, or RSK2 in an ATP-competitive manner.
5-DK suppresses UVB-induced skin tumorigenesis in SKH-1 hairless mice
To examine further the anticancer effect of 5-DK in vivo, we evaluated the effect of 5-DK on UVB-induced tumorigenesis in mouse skin. Topically applied 5-DK strongly inhibited UVB-induced mouse skin tumor formation compared with exposure to UVB alone (Fig. 3A). The UVB-only group averaged 8.2 tumors per mouse, whereas the 5-DK group averaged 2.8 or 1.3 tumors per mouse after treatment with 5-DK at 8 or 20 nmol, respectively (Fig. 3B). Exposure to UVB resulted in the development of skin tumors in all of the mice in the UVB-only group within 22 weeks; however, 26 weeks was required for all of the mice in the 8 nmol 5-DK group to develop tumors, and only 83% of the mice in the 20 nmol 5-DK–treated group developed tumors by the end of the experiment at 27 weeks (Fig. 3C). The average tumor volume per mouse was also decreased from 86.6 mm3 in the UVB-treated group to 19.0 mm3 or 5.3 mm3 in the 8 nmol or 20 nmol 5-DK–treated groups, respectively, corresponding to an 88% to 94% decrease (Fig. 3D). Overall, these results clearly show that 5-DK exerts a strong protective effect against UVB-induced tumorigenesis in mouse skin.
Effect of 5-DK on UVB-induced skin carcinogenesis in SKH-1 hairless mice. A, external appearance of UVB-induced tumors. B, 5-DK strongly inhibits UVB-induced tumor incidence in SKH-1 hairless mice. The 12 mice in the control group received topical treatment with 200 μL of acetone; in the UVB group, the mice were treated topically with 200 μL of acetone before UVB (0.18 J/cm2) exposure for 27 wk. The mice in the 3rd and 4th groups received topical treatment with 5-DK (8 or 20 nmol, respectively) 1 h before UVB (0.18 J/cm2) irradiation for 27 wk. The frequency of irradiation was set at three times a week. The respective doses of 5-DK (8 or 20 nmol in 200 μL of acetone per mouse) and UVB (0.18 J/cm2) were applied topically to the dorsal area. The incidence of skin tumors was recorded weekly. A tumor was defined as an outgrowth >1 mm in diameter that persisted for 2 wk or longer. Tumor incidence and multiplicity were recorded each week until the end of the experiment at 27 wk. C, 5-DK reduces the number of UVB-induced tumor–bearing mice. The mice were treated as described in the legend to Fig. 5B. D, 5-DK strongly inhibits UVB-induced tumor volume in mice. The mice were treated as described in the legend to Fig. 5B. At the end of the study, the dimension of each tumor in each mouse was recorded. Tumor volume was calculated using the hemiellipsoid model formula: tumor volume = 1/2 (4π/3) (l/2) (w/2) h, where l is the length, w is the width, and h is the height. The data were analyzed using the SAS software (SAS Institute) program.
5-DK inhibits UVB-induced COX-2 and PCNA expression in SKH-1 hairless mice
We next assessed the effect of 5-DK on UVB-induced COX-2 expression in SKH-1 hairless mouse skin. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that 5-DK inhibited UVB-induced COX-2 expression in the mouse skin epidermis (Fig. 4A, top). Skin tissues from mice treated with 5-DK showed strong inhibitory effects against hyperproliferation (Fig. 4A), and because enhanced proliferation is a hallmark of cancer (17), we evaluated the effect of 5-DK on proliferation by examining the level of PCNA. UVB-induced PCNA expression was attenuated by the topical application of 5-DK (Fig. 4A, bottom). Western blotting confirmed that 5-DK inhibited UVB-induced COX-2 and PCNA expression (Fig. 4B and C). These results indicate that UVB-induced inflammation and hyperproliferation are suppressed by 5-DK.
Effects of 5-DK on UVB-induced COX-2 and PCNA expression in SKH-1 hairless mice. A, 5-DK inhibits UVB-induced COX-2 and PCNA expression in SKH-1 hairless mice. The mice were treated as described in the legend to Fig. 3B. Serial sections were mounted on silane-coated slides and immunostained with antibodies to detect COX-2 and PCNA, as described in Materials and Methods. The representative pictures are from five or six tissue samples. COX-2 and PCNA appear brown. B and C, 5-DK inhibits UVB-induced COX-2 and PCNA expression in SKH-1 hairless mice. The expression patterns of COX-2, PCNA, and β-actin were analyzed by Western blotting, as described in Materials and Methods, using antibodies against the corresponding proteins. All tissues or proteins were isolated from the chronic UVB carcinogenesis experiment at the end of 27 wk. Each band was densitometrically quantified by image analysis and the results were averaged (n = 5 each group) and are shown as means ± SD in C. *, P < 0.05, significant decrease in expression for the group irradiated with UVB and treated with 5-DK versus the group exposed to UVB alone.
5-DK attenuates UVB-induced neovascularization, VEGF expression, and MMP-9 expression in SKH-1 hairless mice
To explore further the effects of 5-DK on UVB-induced skin cancer, we examined the consequences of 5-DK on angiogenic markers in UVB-exposed mouse skin treated or not treated with 5-DK. We found that 5-DK significantly reduced UVB-induced blood vessel formation in mouse skin (Fig. 5A, top). In addition, 5-DK reduced epidermal VEGF expression, which was detected by immunohistochemistry (Fig. 5A, bottom). Western blot analysis confirmed that 5-DK at 8 or 20 nmol inhibited UVB-induced VEGF expression by 50% or 81%, respectively (Fig. 5B and C). Extracellular matrix remodeling through MMP upregulation is essential for irregular new blood vessel formation. Therefore, we also examined the effect of 5-DK on UVB-induced MMP-9 activity. Topical administration of 5-DK at 8 or 20 nmol suppressed UVB-induced MMP-9 activity by 88% or 97%, respectively (Fig. 5B and C). Overall, our results indicate that 5-DK exerts protective effects against UVB-induced angiogenesis and skin cancer in mouse skin.
Effects of 5-DK on UVB-induced blood vessel formation, VEGF expression, and MMP-9 activity in SKH-1 hairless mice. A, 5-DK inhibits UVB-induced blood vessel formation and VEGF expression in SKH-1 hairless mice. The mice were treated as described in the legend to Fig. 3B. Photographs of blood vessels were taken using a Samsung digital camera after euthanization of the animal at the end of the experiment. Serial sections were mounted on silane-coated slides and immunostained using anti-VEGF, as described in Materials and Methods. Representative pictures are from five or six tissue samples. The VEGF is stained brown. B and C, 5-DK inhibits UVB-induced VEGF expression and MMP-9 activity in SKH-1 hairless mice. The levels of VEGF and β-actin were determined by Western blotting, as described in Materials and Methods, using antibodies against the corresponding proteins. MMP-9 activity was measured by gelatin zymography, as described in Materials and Methods. All tissues or proteins were isolated from the chronic UVB carcinogenesis experiment at the end of 27 wk. Each band was densitometrically quantified by image analysis and averaged (n = 5 per group) and the results are shown as means ± SD in C. *, P < 0.05, significant decrease in expression for the group irradiated with UVB and treated with 5-DK versus the group exposed to UVB alone.
Flavonoids are considered to exert chemopreventive effects on the development of various cancers (18, 19). However, the cancer-chemopreventive effect of the flavonoid 5-DK has not been reported. In the present study, we show for the first time that 5-DK has strong chemopreventive effects on UVB-mediated skin carcinogenesis. Treatment with 5-DK decreased the expression of COX-2 and VEGF in JB6 P+ cells, which may explain its strong chemopreventive effect. Several studies have shown that COX-2 and VEGF are critical for UVB-induced skin carcinogenesis. Many groups have reported aberrant COX-2 expression in various human cancers, including skin cancer (20, 21), and a specific inhibitor of COX-2 was shown to prevent UVB-induced carcinomas in murine skin (22, 23). The upregulation of VEGF is an important factor in tumor vascularization and a key regulator of angiogenesis in skin inflammation (24). Therefore, our current findings suggest the usefulness of 5-DK in the prevention of skin cancer.
The anti-inflammatory and antiangiogenic effects of 5-DK may be attributed to the inhibition of UVB-induced active mitogenic and cell survival signaling in skin cancer. Previous studies indicated that the MAPK and PI3K/Akt pathways are involved in UVB-induced COX-2 and VEGF expression (25–27). Therefore, we investigated whether the inhibition of MAPK phosphorylation by 5-DK could suppress UVB-stimulated COX-2 and VEGF expression. Our results indicate that 5-DK inhibits UVB-induced phosphorylation of p38, JNK, and Akt. Because 5-DK suppressed the activation of MAPK kinase signaling and Akt, but not ERK, we hypothesize that the molecular targets of 5-DK are the upstream kinases of MAPK kinases and Akt and a downstream kinase of ERK. We expected that phosphorylation of ERKs would decrease because of inhibition of Src activity by 5-DK. However, phosphorylation of ERKs was sustained. Some have reported that under some conditions, cross talk between PI3K/Akt and MEK/ERK signaling could occur (28). Because 5-DK inhibits not only Src but also PI3K, suppression of the PI3K/Akt pathway might have increased phosphorylation of ERKs. Src is a clinically relevant oncogenic kinase that has been implicated in the progression of many types of cancer (7). The Src signaling pathway is now considered to be as important as the MAPK pathway for cell survival and proliferation (29). PI3K/Akt signaling plays a major role in several processes associated with skin tumorigenesis (30). RSK, which is a downstream substrate of ERKs, is a key regulator of tumor promoter–induced cell transformation (16).
Therefore, the identification of inhibitors of Src, PI3K, and RSK activities offers a novel therapeutic strategy. We found that treatment with 5-DK strongly inhibited Src, PI3K, and RSK2 activities, but not ERK, p38, or JNK activities, suggesting that 5-DK acts as a multikinase inhibitor of Src, PI3K, and RSK2. The most important limiting factor in target-based therapy is the narrow target specificity of the agents used, which may be overcome by targeting alternative kinase pathways that are also hyperactivated during cancer progression. Therefore, the use of multitarget chemopreventive agents may be a useful tool for avoiding these limitations (13, 14).
To investigate the molecular mechanism underlying 5-DK inhibition of Src, PI3K, and RSK, we carried out a modeling study using the crystal structures of the respective kinases (31–33). The catalytic domains of the kinases consist of an N-lobe and a C-lobe with similar folding, and this structural similarity extends to the ATP-binding site flanked by the two lobes. The N- and C-lobes are linked by a loop, which is known as the hinge region. The backbone of the loop interacts with the adenine moiety of ATP through hydrogen bonds. Considering the finding that 5-DK is an ATP-competitive inhibitor of Src, PI3K, and RSK2, we docked this compound in the ATP-binding site of each kinase (Fig. 6A-C). Interestingly, our results suggest that 5-DK interacts with the backbone of the hinge region in each kinase in a similar manner. The hydroxyl group at position 3 and the carbonyl group at position 4 in the compound form two hydrogen bonds with Met343, Val882, and Met496 in Src, PI3K, and RSK2, respectively. The hydroxyl group at position 4′ in 5-DK can form an additional hydrogen bond with Asp350 of Src and Lys890 of PI3K. In RSK2, an additional hydrogen bond may be formed by the interaction of Asp561 with the hydroxyl group at position 7 instead of 4′. In addition, the inhibitor may be sandwiched by the side chains of the hydrophobic residues in the ATP-binding sites of the kinases, which include Ala295, Ala405, Leu395, Val325, Leu275, and Val283 of Src; Tyr867, Trp812, Ile881, Phe961, Met953, Ile963, Ile831, and Ile879 of PI3K; and Ala449, Ile428, Leu546, Lle477, Cys560, and Cys436 of RSK2. 5-DK binds in the ATP pocket of Src, PI3K, and RSK, and thus this may explain why 5-DK does not affect the phosphorylation level of the target kinases but merely affects the activity of target kinases to phosphorylate downstream molecules of Src, PI3K, and RSK. Additional X-ray crystallographic studies to determine the inhibitor-complex structures may elucidate the exact binding modes of 5-DK to Src, PI3K, and RSK2.
Hypothetical models for kinase complexing with 5-DK. A, predicted binding mode of 5-DK to the kinase domain of Src. The hydrogen bonds are depicted as white lines, whereas the hydrophobic contacts are indicated by small curves. B, predicted binding mode of 5-DK to PI3K. The kinase domain is colored yellow, whereas the other domains are shown in gray. C, predicted binding mode of 5-DK to the kinase domain of RSK2. D, simplified depiction of the proposed anti–skin cancer mechanism of 5-DK.
To examine the novel effects of 5-DK on UVB-induced skin cancer in vivo, we used a multistage mouse skin carcinogenesis model. Topical application of 5-DK strongly inhibited skin tumor development in SKH-1 hairless mice by decreasing the number and volume of the tumors and also by delaying tumor initiation. Specifically, UVB enhanced COX-2 and PCNA expression, promoted vascular formation and VEGF expression, and increased MMP-9 activity. Moreover, these events were strongly suppressed by topical 5-DK treatment, leading to significant photoprotection. The in vivo antitumor effect of 5-DK was observed in conjunction with its anti-inflammatory, antiproliferative, and antiangiogenic activities. The effects of 5-DK were accompanied by decreases in COX-2 and VEGF expression in JB6 P+ cells. A simplified depiction of our proposed mechanism for the anti–skin tumor effects of 5-DK is shown in Fig. 6D. Thus, our data support the hypothesis that natural products, such as 5-DK, can have functional effects on skin cancer both in vitro and in vivo by selectively inhibiting Src, PI3K, and RSK2 activities. 5-DK represents a natural compound that should be considered as a multimolecule-targeting inhibitor for the clinical prevention or treatment of skin cancer.
Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest
No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.
Grant Support: The Hormel Foundation; NIH grants CA27502, CA120388, CA111536, CA88961, and CA81064; BioGreen21 Program grants 20070301-034-027 and 20070301-034-042; Rural Development Administration and World Class University Program grant R31-2008-00-10056-0; Priority Research Centers Program grant 2009-0093824; the National Research Foundation of Korea; and the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, Republic of Korea.
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Review: Climax
DIR/WRI: Gaspar Noe • DOP: Benoit Debie • ED: Denis Bedlow, Gaspar Noe • DES: Jean Rabasse • PRO: Richard Grandpierre, Vincent Maraval, Eduoard Weil • CAST: Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, Thea Carla Schott, Giselle Palmer
A group of dancers, choreographed by Selva (Boutella), gather together in an abandoned school in order to rehearse prior to an American tour. Things are going well until they start to party. They soon realise that somebody has drugged the sangria they have been drinking and they all succumb to a collective psychosis of paranoia and violence.
Gaspar Noe returns to our screens with this simultaneously seductive and horrifying original that fuses dance and extreme psychological horror to winning effect. In keeping with the mischievous nature of the piece, Noe announces his influences in an ingenious early sequence in which he introduces the characters via audition tapes. The small TV screen from which their auditions play are surrounded by a host of VHS boxes (apparently from Noe’s own personal collection), as well as various books related to film and philosophy. Amongst the film titles namechecked are Possession, Querelle and Un Chien Andalou. This is a film in which cine-literacy is worn as a badge of honour, with Noe exuberantly suggesting that if you get his references you probably get him as a filmmaker.
Isabelle Adjani’s infamous metro breakdown sequence in Zulawski’s Possession is once again explicitly referenced in a scene in which Boutella’s Selva has a dance-infused meltdown after getting her hands seemingly stuck in her tights. The physicality of Adjani’s performance in the scene being referenced could even have been the inspiration for the central conceit of dance’s potential as an expression of psychosis. The Fassbinder and Bunuel references tell us more about Noe’s aims in both practise and social commentary. He has stated that part of his desire in making the film was to do something quickly, in the vein of Fassbinder. Indeed it is positively mind-boggling that this dazzling picture was shot in just 15 days. Noe said recently in Sight and Sound that he was hoping he might carry on in the Fassbinder vein and complete three or four other films before the end the year, something which he then lamented ‘unfortunately is very unlikely to happen’.
An air of Bunuelian social satire also hangs over Climax, which is probably Noe’s most political work. Noe’s nihilistic worldview is here used to good effect as he satirises society and humanity’s inability to work together or simply get along for any sustained period. The film proclaims itself at the beginning as: ‘a French film and proud of it’, as Noe seems to making barbed digs at nationalism and the idea of a National Cinema. He is also cheekily framing the action within the context of it representing French society or even society in general as a whole. There is also a winking engagement with mortality. The climax of the title refers very much to death, decay and destruction.
True to form, Noe remains committed to his central premise of fusing dance and horror. There is not a single scene which does not feature a track from the outstanding soundtrack which features everything from Aphex Twin to Daft Punk to The Rolling Stones. Always a filmmaker in tune with the formal capabilities of his medium, Noe utilises every directorial trick in his armoury to create an overwhelming, singular atmosphere. The film begins with the end credits, the opening credits happen half-way through the film. Benoit Debie’s camera frequently turns on its head with some scenes shot completely upside down. The picture is littered with tongue in cheek intertitles which state such nuggets as: ‘Life is a unique opportunity’ and ‘Death is an extraordinary experience’.
Noe counteracts his directorial flourishes with moments of formal restraint – a long sequence sees him shift from different two shots of characters talking to each other, setting up these disparate characters’ world-views and desires. An overhead take of a slightly aggressive dance sequence subsequent to this, renders the dance moves hypnotic and abstract by way of the stillness of the frame.
This is a masterfully realised vision. Whether or not someone is open to Noe’s considerable virtues as a filmmaker or not, there is no denying the cinema is a far more interesting place with him in it. After the disappointing Love, it’s great to see Noe return to form. It is also heartening that in amongst the high quantity of vanilla film titles being released weekly there is something as formally adventurous and assured as this.
Consistently visceral, frequently playful and by turns beautiful and disturbing. This is a deliriously cinematic romp that demands to be seen on the big screen.
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Feds Fracking Rule Would Allow Disclosure of Chemicals After the Fact
WASHINGTON, DC, May 5, 2012 (ENS) – A federal government proposal requiring oil and gas companies to disclose the chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing only after the completion of fracking operations is running into opposition from environmental groups.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, involves the high pressure injection of chemicals, sand and water into shale rock several thousand feet deep, fracturing it to release hydrocarbons trapped in tight spaces.
The Bureau of Land Management Friday issued a proposed rule that would, for the first time, require companies to publicly disclose the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations on 700 million subsurface acres of federal public lands and and 56 million subsurface acres Indian lands – but not before the chemicals are pumped deep underground.
Sign in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, April 1, 2012 (Photo by majneni)
The current fracking-enabled gas drilling boom across the United States has brought reports of poisoned drinking water, polluted air, mysterious animal deaths, and sick families. But industry secrecy has made it difficult for researchers to get the facts on health and environmental impacts of fracking.
Currently, there is no specific requirement for operators to disclose these chemicals on federal and Indian lands, where 90 percent of the wells drilled use hydraulic fracturing to greatly increase the volume of oil and gas available for production.
Now, the BLM proposes three new practices to protect public health, drinking water, and the environment. First, the agency proposes to require the public disclosure of chemicals used in fracking operations on federal and Indian lands after fracturing operations have been completed.
Second, the BLM proposes to require confirmation that wells used in fracturing operations meet appropriate construction standards. The agency says this would improve assurances of well-bore integrity to verify that fluids used in wells during fracturing operations are not escaping.
And third, the agency proposes to confirm that oil and gas operators have a water management plan in place for handling fracturing fluids that flow back to the surface.
Natural gas fracking operation near Pinedale, Wyoming, 2009 (Photo by Tim Minelli)
“As the President has made clear, this administration’s energy strategy is an all-out effort to boost American production of every available source of energy,” said Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, announcing the proposed rule late Friday.
“As we continue to offer millions of acres of America’s public lands for oil and gas development, it is critical that the public have full confidence that the right safety and environmental protections are in place,” said Salazar. “The proposed rule will modernize our management of well stimulation activities – including hydraulic fracturing – to make sure that fracturing operations conducted on public and Indian lands follow common sense industry best practices.”
Over the past few years, several states, including Colorado, Wyoming, Arkansas, and Texas, have revised their regulations governing hydraulic fracturing.
In September 2010, Wyoming became the first state to require full disclosure of fracking chemicals, which was set forth in a rule approved by the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Two states have followed Wyoming’s lead.
Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality issued a rule requiring lists of chemical additives, including the volumes used, to be submitted to the Department of Environmental Quality. Most recently, Texas enacted a law that requires public disclosure of fracking fluid chemicals.
Bills requiring public disclosure of fracking chemicals are pending in California, Illinois, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Click here for more about state regulations.
Near a Pennsylvania gas field the head blew off this family’s well in March; water mixed with methane exploded out. Now, the well is vented and the family gets water from a tank in the padlocked box shown. The water tank is refilled daily but the family has no key. (Photo by majneni)
A range of opinions has greeted the proposed rules; industry groups say they go too far, while environmental groups say they should be more protective.
The National Association of Manufacturers says the states are already regulating in their jurisdictions and objects to any federal regulation.
NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons said, “The states are already effectively regulating hydraulic fracturing. New federal rules will be confusing and duplicative and will add unnecessary regulatory burden for energy producers.”
“It’s time the Administration’s actions reflect its rhetoric so that we can begin to include shale development as an essential part of a real all-of-the-above energy strategy,” said Timmons. “We urge the Department of Interior to carefully reconsider these proposed regulations and the impact on such a vital industry.”
Some in the oil and gas industry are content with the proposed regulations.
Chris Faulkner CEO of Breitling Oil and Gas, said, “Fracking regulations such as this, which demand complete transparency with regards to what chemicals are used and the methods by which fracking is achieved, have been a long time coming. Those of us in the industry who have upheld high standards and maintained clean track records will collectively breathe a sigh of relief today, as after 40 years of fracking in the U.S., there is now an industry standard.”
“Thanks to fracking, the U.S. may well be energy self-sufficient with a decade. It is on track to be a net exporter of petroleum products and crude oil for the first time in 62 years,” Faulkner said. “By 2020 the U.S. will surpass Russia and become the largest producer of hydrocarbons in the world.”
Environmental groups say the BLM should require that oil and gas operators disclose the chemicals in their fracking fluids, before, not after, they are injected into the ground.
Natural gas drilling rig in Tarrant County, Texas on the Barnett Shale Formation, January 2012 (Photo by Lynne Jacobs)
Jessica Ennis, legislative representative with the nonprofit, public interest law firm Earthjustice, said, “The oil and gas industry needs to disclose the chemicals they’ll be using in fracking before they are pumped into the ground. This information is essential so communities can test drinking water before fracking occurs and monitor the safety of water supplies in real time. If there’s a problem with their water, families deserve to know immediately – not after they’ve been drinking it for years.
Amy Mall, senior policy analyst at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said, “Oil and gas operations are expanding rapidly with new technologies and into new areas, including closer and closer to where families live and children go to school, but federal safeguards have not caught up.”
“Industry does not inspire confidence when it balks at the notion of sharing chemical ingredients upfront,” said Mall. “Communities shouldn’t have to wait for that information till after the deed is done.”
Bruce Baizel of the Earthworks’ Oil and Gas Accountability Project, said, “We need a final rule that encourages reuse or recycling of the produced waters. Allowing operators to simply dump toxics in to pits is unacceptable.”
“We also have real concerns that disclosure only occurs after fracturing begins,” said Baizel. “This precludes the opportunity for baseline water testing to determine whether contamination has occurred.”
Once the proposed rule is published in the Federal Register, a 60-day public comment period will begin, during which the public, governments, industry and other stakeholders are encouraged to provide their input.
Diesel in Fracking Fluid
On a separate but fracking-related issue, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Friday released draft underground injection control program permitting guidance for class II wells that use diesel fuels during hydraulic fracturing activities.
EPA developed the draft guidance to clarify how companies can comply with a law passed by Congress in 2005, which exempted hydraulic fracturing operations from the requirement to obtain a underground injection control permit, except in cases where diesel fuel is used as a fracturing fluid.
Poster campaign against diesel in fracking fluid (Image by David Pohl / Your Place at the Banquet)
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 exempted hydraulic fracturing from the Safe Drinking Water Act in the Halliburton Loophole, except when diesel is used.
Recent Congressional investigations revealed diesel use in fracking fluids remains widespread.
Several national environmental groups called on the EPA to ban the use of diesel in fracking fluids, instead of issuing guidance regulating the practice.
These groups warn that diesel when injected underground poses serious risks to drinking water sources. They say EPA guidance is not enough to protect families from benzene and other highly toxic chemicals contaminating underground drinking water sources.
“It’s no secret that diesel is dirty and dangerous, and belongs nowhere near our drinking water. But the natural gas industry has been using this dangerous fuel for fracking, showing once again that they cannot be trusted to police themselves,” said Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club. “We urge the EPA to ban diesel fracking and keep Americans’ drinking water clean and safe.”
“Nobody wants to drink diesel-infused tap water,” said Ennis with Earthjustice. “That’s why the oil and gas industry needs to stop pumping diesel underground during fracking. The risk to drinking water sources is too high and the oil and gas industry’s track record is too dismal. The EPA can and must ban this reckless practice.”
President of Clean Water Action Bob Wendelgass said his group is urging the agency “to ban diesel use and to do whatever is necessary to protect precious underground drinking water sources from chemical contamination.”
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Introduction: Crying over Little Nell
Bown, Nicola (2007) Introduction: Crying over Little Nell. 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century (4), ISSN 1755-1560.
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Do you ever find yourself coming over all sentimental? And if you do, do you like it, or do you feel embarrassed by your sentimental proclivities? Is sentimentality a pleasurable indulgence, a minor vice, or a lapse of aesthetic and moral taste? That Victorian culture is steeped in sentimentality is axiomatic. Its cast of pathetic children, fallen women, faithful animals, lachrymose deathbeds, hopeless sunsets and false dawns, fated quests, angelic mothers and innocents betrayed – to name only the most obvious topoi of literary and visual sentimentality – is familiar to the point of parody. (Or perhaps, thinking of Wilde's witticism on the death of Little Nell, it is beyond parody already.) The taste for Victorian culture's sentimentality, like the taste for Victorian culture more generally, has waxed and waned, yet whereas a fascination for kitsch or a delight in melodrama's excesses can sit happily with serious scholarly interests, it has rarely been respectable to stand up for sentimentality. Sentimentality is excessive feeling evoked by unworthy objects; it is falsely idealising; it simplifies and sanitises; it is vulgar; it leads to cynicism; it is feeling on the cheap; it's predictable; it's meretricious. In short, it's an emotional and aesthetic blot on the landscape.
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Biography, Continuing Story, Family Stories, New Found Line, New Information, Photos
April 17, 2019 Eric F. James Leave a comment
Help is needed. Virginia Hill Mimms escaped. Do you know where she is?
The front page of the Santa Cruz Sentinel in Santa Cruz, California reported Virginia’s child burglary ring on June 20, 1940:
“Burglary Ring Arrest of two young women, one the mother of two children, arrest of a third juvenile boy and ‘cracking’ of four additional theft cases, were reported yesterday by the police department as they believed a local theft ring had been broken. Ten burglaries and petty theft cases were marked ‘solved’ as the prisoners confessed their activities… Mrs. Virginia Mimms, 21, of 131 Sycamore Street, was formally charged with first-degree burglary.”
Virginia Hill Mimms was identified as the mother of two children. The two juveniles in the gang implicated the second woman as Betty Sages, age 16, who then was arrested. A total of five juveniles were identified in the gang.
A week later, the Sentinel reported:
“Woman Burglar Asks Probation pleading guilty to burglary. Mrs. Virginia Mimms, a 21-year-old mother of two children yesterday asked Superior Judge James L. Atteridge for probation. The court referred her case to the probation officer who will report his findings July 17.”
After June 28, 1940, Virginia Hill Mimms disappeared. Her two children disappeared with her. Since then, nothing more is known of Virginia Hill Mimms.
Virginia Hill Mimms Dropped Out of Sight
Virginia Hill Mimms is the second of the several wives of Wyatt Leon Mimms. Mimms and Hill were married in August of 1938 in the neighborhood of Naglee Park in San Jose, California.
Wyatt Mimms is a third cousin of Frank and Jesse James. Virginia Hill also is a half 15th cousin of Frank & Jesse James herself. The common ancestor shared by the distant-cousin couple reaches back numerous generations into the royalty period with Edward I, King of England. Very likely, this remote fact of distant kinship went entirely unrecognized by Wyatt and Virginia at the time.
Virginia’s full maiden name is Virginia Helen Hill. She was born to Richard Taylor Hill 1882-1934 of Kansas and Mary “Mae” Freeman, born in California in 1880. While much has been learned about her parents and her only brother, the research does not reveal anything new about Virginia.
The brief marriage of Wyatt and Virginia produced two children. Wanda Mimms was born in 1939. Another child was born in 1940. Both children still may be living.
Virginia apparently formed the burglary gang with neighborhood children of other parents. Her own children were too young to act on their own. Wyatt abandoned Virginia. She and her children were left penniless and desperate.
A Relative in Syria Won’t Let Virginia Flee
Lilly Martin Sahiounie has lived in Syria for forty years since she married her Syrian husband. Her son, Steve Sahiounie, is a writer and political analyst. Lilly is the granddaughter of Henrietta Keller, the second wife of Eddie Bernard Mimms, the father of Wyatt Leon Mimms by a prior marriage.
Lilly Martin Sahiounie
Lilly’s son, Steven Sahiounie
For almost a generation, Lilly has sought her Mimms relatives. Her research has produced a large amount of information. At the heart of her research, Lilly wants to learn more about the missing Virginia Helen Hill Mimms.
Researching deeply into the Mimms genealogy, Lilly has assembled the following Mimms history. Information about this Mimms line never has been compiled before.
The Trail Takes Off with Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms
Lilly’s research begins in Goochland County, Virginia, the seedbed of the Mimms family. Lilly’s focus is Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms, the son of Robert Mimms and Lucy Poor, both migrants to Logan County, Kentucky from Goochland.
This family is well known to the Jesse James family. Drury S.W. Mimms, as he was called, is a brother of Rev. John Wilson Mimms who married Mary James, the eldest of the orphans of John M. James and Mary “Polly” Poor, the grandparents of Frank and Jesse James. The marriage was arranged by Drury Woodson Poor.
Marriage bond for John James and Mary “Polly” Poor, witnessed by William Hodges Jr.
Drury S.W. Mimms operated a mill on Whippoorwill Creek. He did so with the help of two slaves. One was 53 years old. The second was only 17. Drury also farmed 112 acres on the Logan County border with Robertson County, Tennessee.
In 1857 when Drury S.W. Mimms died, his widow Elizabeth M. Rose Mimms asked her brother James B. Rose, the executor of Drury’s estate, to sell Drury’s mill. With no immediate prospects of a second marriage in sight, the widowed mother was desperate to receive the income from the sale to provide for her children Gideon M. and Virginia R. Mimms, as well as for herself.
Gideon Mason Mimms in Logan County, Ky.
Gideon Mason Mimms was only a year and a half when his father died. For almost a decade, his mother struggled to provide for Gideon and his sister. When Gideon was eleven, his mother married John Joseph Pope of Robertson County, Tennessee. Gideon acquired an instant family of six step-brothers and sisters. He also gained some family stability. Unlike his distressful early childhood that followed his father’s passing, the few years left in his childhood were relatively comfortable.
When Gideon was twenty-two in 1876, he married Lou Ella Riley of Lickskillet. Gideon’s new father-in-law, James Albert Riley, had a harsh reputation for extreme cruelty and frugality that was downright stingy.
From: Freedom, a Documentary History of Emancipation, Series II the Black Military Experience, Ira Berlin, Editor, Cambridge University Press, p.706
On the eve of the Civil War, a slave woman who had acquired her freedom through the Freedman’s Bureau escaped with a child slave who James Riley claimed to still own. Riley overtook the woman, beat her senseless with a club, and took the child back to Lickskillet. When searched for, Riley disappeared. He did so, he later stated, “to put the child out of reach of the damned Yankees.” Shortly afterward, Riley shot a Negro soldier. Once more, Riley disappeared to escape arrest. In due time, Riley was apprehended in Tennessee. He was tried for having “maltreated” Catherine Riley and found guilty. He was fined $100, almost half of which went to the freedwoman Catherine.
Gideon Mason Mimms and youngest son Eddie Bernard Mimms
In time, James Albert Riley returned to Lickskillet to operate his mill. When the Bethany Church sought him out to acquire land for their house of worship, Riley sold the church one acre plus precisely an additional twenty-nine hundredths of an acre. Riley attached a caveat to the transfer that should the church convert the building to some other purpose or relocate, the land would revert to Riley.
Lou Ella Riley-Mimms Returns to Logan County
A pregnant Lou Ella was visiting her brother in Kansas Territory in Crawford County in the town of Girard. Although Lou Ella suspected she would give birth to twins, she was pregnant in fact with triplets. Around midnight between September 9 and 10 in 1892, Lou Ella gave birth to three children. The last of the three to be born was named Eddie Bernard Mimms.
The first and second-born of Lou Ella and Gideon’s triplets were two females named Addie and Ettie Belle Mimms. As a child, Eddie Bernard Mimms chose to call himself Bill, so there would be no confusion among the three siblings Addie, Ettie, and Eddie Mimms. The name Bill Mimms stuck with Eddie Bernard Mimms for the rest of his life.
Eddie Bernard “Bill” Mimms Hightails to California
Eddie Bernard “Bill” Mimms 1892-1967
Events in Girard, Crawford County, Kansas, where his uncle lived, eventually impacted the life of Bill Mimms.
The strip mines of Carbon Creek offered the only employment around Girard. The need for miners was so great, word was sent to Eastern Europe to recruit young immigrant men to come to Kansas. Girard was flooded by a wave of immigration from Balkan countries.
With the arriving immigrants came a rising tide of socialist politics. Girard attracted the luminaries of the socialist movement – Percy Daniels, the novelist Upton Sinclair, the founder of Chicago’s Hull House Jane Adams, presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs, and publisher Emanuel Haldeman-Julius.
Ambitious Bill Mimms associated with the Brotherhood of Local Fireman and the American Railway Union founded by Eugene V. Debs. Bill got a job with a railroad as a fireman. Working on trains, Bill hightailed from Logan County, Kentucky to the fields of the California Gold Rush. Bill was too late, though, to strike any gold. Instead, Bill found steady work on the trains pulling logs out of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
In his late teens, Bill found himself a wife, too. He married Pearl Myone Rogers. Within a year, Wyatt Leon Mimms was born to the couple. For whatever misfortune, the marriage did not last long. Young Wyatt soon was living with his mother in San Luis Obispo, California, not too far from the town of Paso Robles, founded by Drury Woodson James. Later, Wyatt and his mother relocated to Santa Cruz, where his mother remarried.
“I know that Grandpa Bill did not like Jesse James, because of the outlaw reputation. My grandpa did have a Rebel flag always hanging in the house, and he identified with that.” – Lilly Martin Sahiounie
Six years of single life had passed before Bill met and married Henrietta Keller. Like Bill, Etta also had been married before. She brought a one-year-old child to their marriage. The child’s name was Billy Joe Martin.
The couple moved to Sultana, California. There, Bill bought a new home for Etta, paying $1,000 with his cash savings. In this house, Etta bore Bill two children of his own. The couple raised their combined three children as one family.
Visiting Mimms cousins in Russellville, Kentucky
Bill worked as an equipment operator, maintaining the county roads of Tulare County. For 32 years, Etta worked in tandem with the fruit pickers of the field worker’s movement. Etta was a fruit packer around Dinuba. With their joint income, Bill and Etta visited Kentucky in the ‘30s and later in the ‘50s, to maintain ties with Bill’s relatives among the Mimms.
Bill died in 1967. Etta followed in 1985. Etta occupied their home for all of 51 years. Today, Bill and Etta’s two children who lived in Fresno, California are deceased now. One daughter survives. She lives in Montgomery County, Alabama. Lilly Martin Sahiounie maintains contact with her on a daily basis.
Wayne Homer Mimms, son of Bill & Etta Mimms (L) & Billy Joe Martin, Etta’s first child by Joe Alfred Martin (R)
Etta’s first child Billy Joe Martin also grew up and married. The couple gave birth to Lilly Martin who is now Lilly Martin Sahiounie, living in Syria.
Bill Mimms is the only father and grandfather Billy and Lilly Martin ever knew. If you ask them, Bill Mimms is not just their biological ancestor. They continue to speak of Bill Mimms as their father and grandfather and consider him so.
Lilly’s immediate motivation for studying this Mimms family line of ancestors is to understand the relationship between Wayne Homer Mimms, a half-brother of Wyatt Leon Mimms, and her father Billy Joe Martin. The two were lifelong friends, as well as cousins. They also link Lilly and her family to the Mimms family.
It was Lilly’s father, Billy Joe Martin, who re-discovered Wyatt Leon Mimms. In Honolulu, Hawaii in 1945, Billy Joe Martin looked inside a bar-room telephone book. There, he found Wyatt listed!
The Restless Flight of Wyatt Leon Mimms
Young Wyatt Leon Mimms
Little is known about the childhood of Wyatt Leon Mimms. The boy grew up in the household of his mother Pearl Myone Rogers Mimms and his step-father. He visited his biological father Billy Mimms often. That is about all that can be said, other than, Wyatt must have been a restless person. When he grew to adulthood, Wyatt took flight.
The research of Lilly Martin Sahiounie is voluminous. It would compose a small book quite nicely. For purposes here of clarity and brevity, the story of Wyatt Leon Mimms might best be represented in the following timeline.
Wyatt Leon Mimms in Hawaii
1917: born in Hooker, Oklahoma
1920: living with his mother in Santa Cruz, California
1930: living in Santa Cruz with his mother and step-father
1936: issued a marriage license in Reno, Nevada to marry his first wife, Catherine Chilcote of Powder River, Montana, on November 10th
1936: arrested on December 20th, following his marriage, in Reno for disorderly conduct
1938: when he was an office clerk at the Pasatiempo Country Club in Santa Cruz, California, Wyatt married a second time to Virginia Helen Hill. He later is employed as an usher at the Santa Cruz Theater
1939: a first child is born to Virginia and Wyatt. The child’s name is not known
1940: their second child, Wanda Mimms, is born. Later in the years when the U.S. Census is taken, Virginia and Wanda are each identified as a “lodger,” living in San Jose, California
1941: Wyatt, while on duty in Hawaii as a police officer, is witness to the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan
1942: Wyatt arrives in Honolulu aboard the K.V. Japara from the Canton Island of Kiribati in Micronesia on March 20 to work with the Hawaiian Construction Company on development of the Maryknoll School in Honolulu
1942: On December 31 Wyatt is mustered into the U.S. Armed Services
1943: Wyatt marries his third wife, Lila Kananioehowa Lee in the Hawaii Court of Domestic Relations on May 23rd
1947: Wyatt arrives in Honolulu aboard the S.S. Matsonia from Los Angeles and San Francisco
1948: On the 4th of July Wyatt marries his fourth wife Josephine Ruby West of Boise, Idaho in the Central Union Church
1949: Wyatt arrives in Hawaii aboard the S.S. Lurline with Josephine. Again he is employed as a police officer
About 1952: Wyatt marries his fifth wife Jeanne June.
1953: Rodney Mimms is born to Jeanne June and Wyatt
1955: Wyatt is working as an agent for the GTE telephone company, a job he will hold until at least 1970. Josephine is a clerk for Standard Oil
1956: Josephine departed Nandi, Hawaii to travel to the mainland United States alone on January 23rd
1957: While still working for the GTE telephone company, now as a chief special agent, Wyatt flies aboard Pan American World Airways on March 22 to San Francisco alone
1976: Wyatt sells property in Hawaii that was held in the name of Wyatt and Margaret L. Mimms. The precise relationship between Wyatt and Margaret is unknown
1981: Wyatt’s granddaughter, Taryn D. Brewer, is born in California
1982: Wyatt obtains a divorce on May 26th from Virginia Helen Mimms in Alameda County Court in California
1982: Wyatt marries Margie Belle Hunnicutt on June 6th in Las Vegas, Nevada. The couple establish their home in Visalia, California, but travel extensively “living life to the fullest.” The marriage will last 26 years. This represents the most settled and stable period of Wyatt’s life
1994: Virginia Hill Mimms is recorded living in Berkeley, California, with a former residence in Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama
2000: On October 1st, Virginia is last recorded living in Paris, Texas.
2005: Margie Hunnicutt Mimms dies in a rest home on April 14th in Visalia, California
2005: Margaret R. Mimms paid taxes in Hawaii on May 16th
2005: Wyatt dies in a rest home on August 18th in Placerville, California
Wyatt Leon Mimms and Margie Hunnicutt Mimms in London, England, 1987
Do You Know Where Virginia Hill Mimms Is?
Nothing would be known about this Mimms family line were it not for Virginia Hill Mimms gone missing and the research of Lilly Martin Sahiounie. Virginia is last identified in 1949, living in Berkeley, California. Somewhere in the world of Mimms family genealogy, the rest of this story is waiting to be discovered.
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What’s Wrong With Dating the “Fat Girl”?
By Eligible Magazine @eligiblezine · On May 14, 2014
Telling a fat girl that she’s “not fat” may be more offensive than not saying anything at all.
Louis C.K.’s sitcom Louie is known for its surreal humor and on the latest episode, it is clear when he addresses the huge stigma that is placed on being “fat”.
Louis meets Vanessa, a smart, funny and pretty waitress. Vanessa asks him out after an encounter at the Comedy Cellar but he says no. Why? Because Vanessa is a lot heavier than most of the women he has dated and he feels slightly awkward.
Despite multiple attempts at asking Louis out, he agrees to go to coffee after she gives him free Ranger playoff tickets. The date turns into a stroll around the city, getting to know each other. After Vanessa half-jokingly says, “Try dating in New York in your late 30’s as a fat girl”, his immediate reaction is to then tell her that she’s not fat.
Louis’ reaction to her is realistically, what most men would say in that situation, but what he thought would be more of a “comforting” statement turned out to be more offensive than he had anticipated.
“Louie, you know what the meanest thing is you can say to a fat girl? “You’re not fat.” I mean, come on, buddy. It just sucks. It really really sucks”
Vanessa’s okay with being fat and accepts who she is, although she hates how society reinforces the negativity associated with dating someone who is.
She’s comfortable in her own skin so why can’t society just accept that? Louis has been intimate with heavier women before, but he has never dated one. Perhaps men aren’t afraid of being with a fat girl but instead, they’re afraid of the judgment they’ll receive from others.
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Checking for interest about a Promethean short game set in 14th century Florence
Just as the title says, I'm checking if anyone would be interested in such a game, ran in Play by Post format. For now it's just an idea, I'm honestly not sure if I'll manage to make it happen or if life will make me change my mind. Also, in any case, there's no chance for it to happen before a bunch of months, because of college, exams and work. But I still wanted to check and know if there are potential players for it (and maybe let people start to gather some ideas)
A little premise.
First, the cold details. I never ran or played a Play by Post, so it might be awkward for me, at least at first. The game will be a short chronicle, not a big campaign with a huge overarching plot. Probably quite modular, made of short interconnected stories. There's a beginning and end, that's for sure, but it's intimate and generally low-tier in structure. Not made for a big group, with the idea being 3/4 players at most. Part of it it's because I'm not familiar with the Play by Post medium and that helps me not screw up, but also because it serves better the story I have in mind.
As for the pitch: game's set in Florence and surroundings during the 14th Century. The plague, focus of the Dark Era The Soulless and the Dead, is not the only period covered (might have some adventures before, some later) but it will be central. The chronicle takes a lot of inspirations from Dante's Divine Comedy (the Promethean thread I made about stuff inspired by those books is one of the many on my list of things I need to get back to) and Boccaccio's Decameron.
I'm an Italian literature student. It's safe to say I'm familiar with those, if not a true expert. At least they're books I love, not like others I could not avoid but hated.
The story themes come from the conundrum given by life, death, faith, wars, ruin and the best and worst mankind has to offer when it comes to a Pilgrimage. Overall grim (especially the plague part) but with the typical black humor of the sources here and there and the mandatory spots of light, hope and hard-earned peace that work well with Promethean and I think to be important in general.
By using a frame device of people telling stories to each other shamelessly stolen by Boccaccio, it allows to jump between years and locations with more ease than usual. The stories these people tell are, no surprise here, about the Throng. Little stories that highlight Promethean's aspects while showing pictures of the era at the same time.
Last thing: all Lineages allowed, but instead of the Frankestein we'll use the Amirani, for rather obvious reasons.
I don't want to fool people, there's no guarantee the game will happen. But the idea is there, and I really wanted to see if some appreciated it and would be interested to help me make it happen, should it become a more defined possibility sometime in the future.
That said, I'm open to discuss the pitch, the characters and reply to possible questions.
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i'm already n a promethean game,but y'know what? I've a lot of free time,so i'm in!
I don't have time, but for Promethean, I will make it. Especially for The Soulless and the Dead. And extra especially for Florence if La Divina Comedia is in play.
I would be exceptionally interested. I love Storytelling Promethean, and I love playing it.
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i've wanted to try Prom 2e. i've yet to play a 2e game. i'm interested if you have room. the concept may be a bit over my head, though, as i'm not very versed in the inspirations.
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If there is place for me at virtual table - I'm eager to play. Question - How would Golems works in that time? They still would be about Holy Words?
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Originally posted by wyrdhamster View Post
With the caveat that this is all very preliminary, I'm afraid that for now the places are taken (there's also ArchonAres that expressed interest about this in another thread). That said, if the game does happen and something changes, I'll keep you all informed.
As for the Tammuz, their relationship with language does not change.There might be some "cultural" differences for them in this time and space window due to Tammuz myths not being exactly well-known in 14th century Italy, but nothing that The Soulless and the Dead has not already described. Also, generalizations are always a useful but flawed tool when it comes to Promethean: if a Golem's concept deals with holy words, I'd have no issues with it.
EDIT: there's also a fair number of medieval Italian folktales about man born from dirt, but that's a plus. It's the usual weirdness that happens when you mix local folklore with the Catholic faith, except we have the Church right there and that does make things bizarre
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So if you've never done PbP before, they moves slow. Slower still. Keep slowing down. Your idea to keep things short and modular is perfect. Trying to do long arcs is tempting, but I've found even the most dedicated players start to lose forcus.
Yeah, I had the impression that small stories we can keep at low pace and are not hurt as others by periods of pause or slow rhythm could be better, so I started making plans in that sense. Glad it turned out to be a good idea.
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I am interested as a player! I've had ideas about running a medieval Promethean game myself, with an eye toward storytelling and journeys and anthology stuff like Decameron or Canterbury Tales. (the intersection between Roles and stuff like the Knight's Tale, the Pardoner's Tale, is interesting to me.) I would love to play something in the vein of der Popanz from Year Without a Summer, a vain and florid Unfleshed (or Extempore?) puppet who isn't particularly male or female and has a critical empathy deficit. Also it would be really cool to visit a mysterious monastery in the vein of The Name of the Rose, if we're in 14th century Italy.
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Originally posted by Caladriu View Post
That's a nice character concept. And mysterious monasteries do feature in the list of story ideas I wrote down so far
I'm leaning towards either an Arimani or a Tammuz (my two favourite Lineages). Either Plumbum or Cuprum to start with. I already have a character concept in mind- sort of Quasimodo-esque, but primarily a character fascinated with language, divinity, Truth, and how those things intersect.
Lineage will colour from which side I'll approach it; divinity to language, or language to divinity.
Okay, I have a character idea now.
Name: Alichino's Jester
Concept: A Promethean who believes the secrets of the Pilgrimage can be unlocked by understanding the spiritual philosophy of humanity. The Jester is particularly fixated on the works of Dante, especially the Divine Comedy, a copy of which was only memento his creator left him. The Jester believes that the works connected to the Comedy provide guidance not only for the Pilgrimage, but also for setting ghosts to rest and placating the spirits of Twilight.
Lineage: Ulgan
Refinement: Stannum (Outcast) - Much like the Poet and the Pilgram, Alichino's Jester starts in a Dark Wood with his path to humanity blocked by fierce beasts.
Merits: Companion (some book related spirit)
FYI, I primarily work from the Mark Musa translation of the Comedy in English. More to come.
Originally posted by Arcanist View Post
Seems cool. Considering that Dante pretty much created a language for the whole country with his works and that the Comedy, on one of his many levels, starts from the raw and brutal language of the Inferno and grows to the sublime of the Paradise (you could say the language goes through a refinement), I think I can provide some decent analogies to work with your character's Pilgrimage
Nice idea. The time window for the game is after Dante's death and the Comedy was already famous in the following decades (and beloved by the time the plague struck), so things are perfectly cool there..
Overall, the connections to the Comedy and the Decameron are mostly in symbolism and themes, with some of my ideas mirroring certain characters or situations, so that we can have an historic game in the CoD setting where knowledge of the books is not a strict requirement, but the inspirations will be there for sure and color a typical Promethean game more than usual.
...and my idea for the introduction might be a in medias res of the characters lost in a dark wood and stalked by three bestial Pandorans, just to give a shameless example of that.
A disclaimer that I feel might be needed, considering the elements at work here and some ideas I learned people sometimes have about those of my nationality, even on these forums.
Now, the game's set in medieval Italy and has one of the most famous Christian allegories ever written as one of the main sources of inspiration. The characters are trying to earn a soul, a struggle which will be inevitably colored by the historical and cultural context. If your character wants to explore its Pilgrimage as a someone devoted to a faith, that's perfectly fine and there will be plenty of chances for that aspect to shine.
But the game itself won't say whether a certain religion is right or not. I don't feel at ease with that for several reasons and I think it would be a bad idea. It's a Promethean game more than all, which means the characters, who they meet and how they learn to become human while on the Pilgrimage are the most important things. Angels? Might be some. Qashmallin that have some similar aspects to holy apparitions? Almost certainly. Creatures that resemble others from the medieval religious beliefs? Sure, why not. Visions, Azothic memories and conflicts that draw on Christian symbolism? Probably. But I'm not planning a Divine Comedy game with Prometheans, I'm planning a Promethean Dark Era game inspired by the Comedy and the culture of the time. Odds are the game will have spiritual elements, but in a Promethean sense.
Which means things are not as direct as they might be. Dante would hate me for what I'm doing.
I'm not a Catholic, I have my beliefs (that don't matter here), and while I absolutely would not dare to disrespect those who are (or those who aren't), the game is not gonna be about that. The Divine here is the Divine Fire, and there's no "one true way" to achieve New Dawn. Philosophies, life experiences, Refinements...we're gonna explore that. Which is nothing unusual for Promethean, but I wanted to be clear about that. Those who are familiar with my work around here might know that I take inspirations from lots of different sources, many of which are myths and religions, but things are never direct and straightforward. I'm just not a fan of that approach, whether I'm writing fanmade material for RPGs or something else.
The game's more a "standard Promethean game set in the Middle Ages with a little academical twist" than anything. If that's an issue and it's not what you wanted from it, I apologize.
Sorry if it turns out this was not needed (I'm fairly certain it was not, since I know most of you), but unfortunately I experienced that there's some baggage that comes with being an Italian and that sometimes people expect me to act, write, behave and relate to others in a certain way, often related to aspects of the Catholic Church. That's not the case.
With that out the way, let's get back to the cool things and the characters
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Hamlet @ CSU
I went to see the performance of Hamlet at CSU last weekend, and overall it was pretty great. I encourage anyone to go out and see it these following weekends, as tickets are reasonably priced.
The important thing is, that the actors got lil’ biographies in the handy-outy-thing, which listed their previous works in film and theater. Let me read you a snippet of Second Grave Digger, Soldier’s bio.
“… He appeared recently in CSU’s production of Cyrano de Bergerac, and also participated in the local short film, TERMINAL PHILOSOPHY*, this past summer”
Ho ho! A blurb! A blurb I say!
Yes, none other than Austin Hall, AKA Odin, was in Hamlet as the second grave digger.
CSU also plans to perform Picasso at the Lapin Agile, a play written by Steve Martin. Yes, that Steve Martin.
So go see it if you’re still in Colorado, (sorry Andrew) and congrats Austin!
*Capitalization added for efffect
13 thoughts on “Hamlet @ CSU”
Andrew on October 30, 2006 at 8:32 pm said:
Good to see that involvement in our films hasn’t crippled the careers of ALL actors concerned.
On a related note, Picasso at the Lapin Agile is a fantastic, hilarious play about how Picasso resents Degas’s success, and winds up arguing with Albert Einstein.
And how’s this for wacky coincidences: Eric Corneliuson, who plays Jesus Christ in Terminal Philosophy, also starred as Albert Einstein in an OpenStage production of Picasso several years ago.
Still haven’t figured out how Kevin Bacon figures into this. Let me know if you can find a connection.
Mikhail on October 30, 2006 at 11:18 pm said:
Someone surely ordered bacon at the Ever-open.
Andrew on October 31, 2006 at 12:26 pm said:
Come to think of it, Austin might have! How freaky is THAT?
Evan on October 31, 2006 at 2:41 pm said:
I was going to see Hamlet with my theatre class, but when we showed up we were told that we were a day early. The director freaked out and told us that the actors were fine with the whole shebangabang but he just wasn’t ready for an audience so we went home and I got a ticket for riding my bicycle without a light which I still have to pay off and we couldn’t come back the next night because we were going to Denver to see the Lion King which is an amazing show despite being a cash cow for Disney so I missed out and I haven’t seen the Odin sequences in Terminal Philosophy so I wouldn’t have recognized Austin Hall anyway had I seen Hamlet that night which I didn’t and I still haven’t and my photo teacher Richard Ney who doesn’t like me calling him Richard in front of other students is walking over to ask what I’ve been typing because I technically shouldn’t be on the computer and he’ll tell me to get off so
Speaking of sightings, I worked strike at the Lincoln Center production of Italian-American Reconciliation, and who should I see but Satan and Jesus. Working together. Who’da thunk it.
Ahem. Gale Miller and Eric Corneliuson.
Not the actual Jesus and Satan.
But now that I think of it…
Wow. Satan and Jesus, side by side. Wish I could’ve been there.
And YES, Evan, you WOULD recognize Austin (or you SHOULD, anyway) because you sang with him at the Ever Open, and I think you were at his audition, too.
(speaking of which, what is this business about the Ever Open not being ever-open anymore? I must write my congressman!)
Paul on October 31, 2006 at 5:31 pm said:
Speaking of the Ever-Open, it is no longer ever open! It closes at 10 pm.
Other town news: The owner of Cazzola’s is working with another man to open an independent and foriegn movie theater. I think Wholesale (with perhaps a trailer for Terminal) would be something they would be interested in. It is at least partially involving MOCA…
Anyway, I think we should look in to contacting them.
by all means, yes! All I need is contact info and I will make myself a nuisance until they agree to look at Wholesale Souls!
Mikhail on November 1, 2006 at 11:19 pm said:
Who hath Italisized mine words?!
Arin on November 2, 2006 at 10:04 pm said:
“So go see it if you’re still in Colorado, (sorry Andrew)”
Hey! What about me and Greg? Don’t we matter somewhat?
Evan on November 3, 2006 at 11:53 pm said:
Well, Gregs pretty much a lost cause at this point (he’s in WYOMING, after all), but we’re willing to negotiate your worth.
Eric Corneliuson on March 9, 2007 at 2:50 pm said:
Whats up guys. Hows everyone doing. just wanted to check in and say I. You guys got anything going on this summer? let me know. Hope all is well. fling me an email. Keep in touch bitches. word.
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Washington Post: Judge Assailed Over Sexually Explicit Images on Web Site
Judge Assailed Over Sexually Explicit Images on Web Site
The Washington Post by Carrie Johnson - June 12, 2008
A federal appeals court judge came under fire yesterday after a news report disclosed that he was presiding over a criminal obscenity trial even as graphic, sexually explicit material appeared in what he thought was a hidden part of his own Web site. Alex Kozinski leads the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, one of the nation's largest and most prestigious legal assignments. For years, the judge has drawn notice for his wide-ranging, irreverent intellect and his vocal support for the First Amendment.
The Romanian immigrant was named to the bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, when he was 35 years old. Since then, Kozinski has made appearances on short lists of candidates for the Supreme Court, as well as a legal blog contest seeking "the #1 male super hottie" of the federal judiciary. Kozinski nominated himself for the latter post, and he won. The judge did not return calls for comment yesterday. But he told the Los Angeles Times, which reported the incident, that he did not think the public could have viewed the explicit photos and videos, available on a subdirectory at Alex.Kozinski.com. The material included a picture of naked women painted to look like cows, a short video of a man with a sexually excited farm animal, and images of masturbation, contortionism and transsexuals, the newspaper said. Access to the site has since been blocked, though records confirm it dates back to 2004.
Cathy Catterson, the executive who manages the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, said the computer server at issue is private property, maintained by one of Kozinski's sons, who downloaded "some but not all" of the images in question. "The bottom line is: The server and contents are a private matter, and it was not meant to be accessed by others," Catterson said. "Had he known, he would have been more careful of its contents." Legal ethics experts predicted that the disclosure of Kozinski's Web site would draw formal complaints from members of the public. But the code of conduct on Internet postings by federal judges is far from clear.
As a federal judge confirmed by the Senate, Kozinski has lifetime tenure and could be removed from office only for an impeachable offense. Historically, a small number of judges have been publicly reprimanded and had their caseloads reduced as punishment for various infractions. The issue came into focus on the same day that Kozinski heard opening arguments in the obscenity prosecution of Ira Isaacs, a self-described "shock artist" who peddled movies that portrayed bestiality and sexual incidents involving urine and feces. Kozinski later yesterday granted a motion to suspend the trial until Monday after prosecutors said they need time to look into the Web site issue.
rye atty said...
just because someone has a law degree and is a Judge doesn't mean they have a brain! This guy is unfit and should go. ALso, saw this on the Drudge Report.
not surprised said...
just another bum Judge with feet of clay
2 cents said...
what has the Judiciary done to clean their own house?
the green hornet said...
let's get real here people, first, it's not just about this off the beam Judge - second, the complete court should be investigated, this jerk is no different than all the other idiots ... this jerk is the same as all the rest, they are all sick.
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JOAN & ELLEN SHEPP
Philadelphia-based retailer Joan Shepp runs her namesake boutique on Rittenhouse Sqaure with her daughter Ellen. By featuring an eclectic mix of designers including Rick Owens, Dries Van Noten, Yohji Yhmamoto and Junya Watanabe, Shepp’s establishment is often credited as one of the first destinations responsible for making Philadelphia more fashion forward.
What do you two enjoy most about working together as a mother-daughter team?
Joan: It’s different. For starters, you know that someone has your back and it’s not like the employer-employee relationship. Ellen happens to be amazingly creative and we bring different things to the table. That’s why I think we are very lucky that we have each other. We have this unspoken bond; we can laugh at each other’s mistakes and we can laugh at the things we do together. It’s just nice to have this best friend you can trust.
What would you say is the biggest challenge about working together?
Ellen: Sometimes we have trouble separating the work and the family. They can intertwine; I will have one of my kids’ birthday parties and get sidetracked and we will start talking about work…but over the years we’ve learned how to communicate and I think a big part of that is respecting each other and respecting our taste. I don’t see it as a negative experience.
Did both of you always think you would work in fashion?
Joan: I have been in the business for a while and when Ellen went away to college and came back from school, she decided she wanted to be in the business.
Ellen: I think I had trouble figuring out if I was going to be a doctor or a lawyer, but nothing really came naturally. I had bumped into a high school friend during Christmas break my first year of college and I had dinner with my mother and started talking about transferring schools by the end of dinner because I was so excited to transfer schools and start working in the store.
How has your business evolved over the past 28 years?
Ellen: I think one of our gifts is that my mother has this crystal ball—not really sure where it is—and for some reason every season, she will come back half way through and say, “Ok. I have it. I got it,” and she will finish the buying for the season. I think we are always a little bit ahead of our time and I give my mother full credit, but she doesn’t take credit for anything.
Joan: I do listen to what the customer has to say and where they are. We went through times where our customers were not buying collections; they were buying pieces and things that we love. What I buy a ton of is accessories. I could sell 150 hats and scarves and things that don’t do as much in a one-unit store.
Who is your best selling accessory designer right now?
Joan: There isn’t necessarily a specific designer, but in accessories it’s more about what the actual accessory is, like scarves or shoes.
Is there a particular brand that has done well from season to season for you?
Joan: Things like Dries Van Noten clothes and shoes are doing really well. And we sell tons and tons of hats. I would also say the Givenchy Pandora. It’s more about the piece and the shape; Johnny Farah has been selling for twenty years. And we do a lot of handbags and wallets too. We are just starting out with menswear, which we are going to bring upstairs.
Why did you decide to branch into menswear? Were people asking you to start carrying it?
Joan: We have Y-3 and we were selling both men’s and women’s. The men kept saying, well where is the men’s fashion? Where is all the stuff that you’re selling to my girlfriend?
What are some of the menswear collections that you are going to carry?
Ellen: Rick Owens, the DRKSHDW collection, Levi Vintage and Transit. We started with a big assortment and many different kinds of men’s collections because we have a lot of different guys that come shopping. In spring we broke into Dries Van Noten, Martin Margiela and Issey Miyake. There is a mix of prices and styles so it’s not all expensive and it’s not all inexpensive.
What do you admire most about the women in Philadelphia? Are they adventurous? Fashion forward? Do they like staples?
Ellen: They are very adventurous and classy and I think they come to us because they want to be adventurous, but they also want to be respected for their style. They want to be adventurous without going off the deep end and we can give them style that they’re comfortable with. The women in Philadelphia have a lot more style than the women in other places.
Joan: I think the women that I interact with have made a big difference in Philadelphia’s government and styling. There are really some amazing people here.
Do you find that the customer that shops in your store is also shopping online, or are you shipping to other states?
Joan: The people in the area are on the website to see what has come into the store. The other customers in Middle America, California and Europe are looking for something specific that we may happen to carry.
You are amongst an exclusive group of women like the Linda Dresners—you all really have a knack for what your doing. What’s your secret (aside from the crystal ball)?
Ellen: We’re not sharing our secret with you!
Well, what is it that intrigues you about a designer? You obviously have some long-term designers, like Maria Cornejo, but you also bring in fresh designers. Your store has been around for a long time and people are still coming back to you.
Ellen: This is because customers want to see what we are presenting and they know it will be high quality. Right now, we are doing a big promotion for Made In America for Fashion’s Night Out, and the following week we’re doing something on Paris. Right now the manufactures are much more conscious of the product they’re presenting. Some of these new designers we’re carrying have products and collections that are made so unbelievably and I think the customers are more conscious about what they’re purchasing. I want to go back to that secret, I don’t want you to think I won’t answer it.
Ok, let me hear it.
Ellen: I think when you’re in business for 40 years, people will trust you and believe that you must know what you’re doing. I think what I have always learned from my mother is that we really keep an open mind and we’re open to changing things. It seems that this is what happens when you see people closing doors; they just do the same thing over and over. That is pretty much the opposite of what we do.
You two seem like you have a great relationship—you’re even finishing each other’s sentences! If you could work on anything else together, other than retail, what would it be?
Ellen: We would open a bed and breakfast. We always said if this whole retail thing doesn’t work out, we should open a bed and breakfast.
Joan: And then we could have some cool antiques and get into furniture.
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European Meeting to Support Albania as the Strategic Nation
Moon Myungho · June 17, 2017
by Martine Masner, FFWPU Europe
We held a special european leaders’ meeting for “Supporting Albania as the Strategic Nation for Vision 2020” on June 9 to 11, 2017, in Tirana Albania.
The purpose of this meeting was for all regions of Europe to visit their twin city in Albania, and to discuss with the local members in how to advance the providence specifically. Before the leaders’ meeting started, European leaders were visiting their respective cities and shared afterwards their experiences with everybody, and the Albanian community leaders also gave their feedback. Here are some testimonies:
Tirana Center: Maryvonne Calvis, Regional Leader of Spain, Portugal and Andorra : It has been a short visit but very helpful to understand why Albania is a strategic nation chosen by our True Mother. The center of Tirana which is our town sister for our region (Spain, Portugal and Andorra), has 6 or 7 young people, including UPA internship and one Korean CIG missionary. They gave me a warm welcome at my arrival.
The first impression was how amazing it is to have all these young members in their twenties…with such dedication, and such purity and love for Heavenly Parent and True Parents.
It´s beautiful to see also their guests coming to hear Divine Principle or just coming to greet passing by. On Friday, one young girl came to study DP. She is actually doing Ramadan and she was explaining how it is important through this condition to be able to come closer to God and to live for others. I realized later she is not a member of our family but she was speaking like us.
I have been so amazed for their dedication, love and strong desire to grow internally so that they could really become True sons and daughters of Heavenly Parent and True Parents.
Manjola Vasmatics, Community Leader: The twinship project between Albanian communities and European regions gives me a “visionary feeling “and I hope we can catch this moment and allow Heavenly Parent to use this project to show a model of building one Global Family with True Parents. This is God’s project and we want to do our best to make it substantial reality.
We were visited by Mrs. Maryvonne, regional leader of Iberia, and I can say that the difference between the understanding of what is happening in Albania before and after the visit is really big. Even though we shared in Prague and exchanged some emails we couldn’t grasp our realities so well. Mrs. Maryvone had the chance to meet and share with our members, to talk to the guests and see how they receive True Parents as the Second Coming, visiting holy ground, living in the center together with other devoted brothers and sisters etc. Activities which are part of our daily center’s life. Members and guests felt so much embraced from her humble and sincere attitude.
We could see the possibility for counseling from professional members who have a lot of experience especially on business, even by using technology though zoom or skype. My feeling is that we can learn, feel and hopefully inherit a lot from our elders who had the chance to receive direct guidance from True Parents. It looks like members in Albania are eager to receive such foundation and build on it.
At the same time I hope Iberian brothers and sisters and t all other regions as well, will not feel more stress and burden from this project as another direction coming from HQ, but would see it as an opportunity to stand as one united Europe and have a great give and receive collaboration. I hope Albania can give you some more pride beside your life long efforts to bring the providence forward.
I really want to thank you Mr. David Pique for donating a computer, and all Iberian family for donation they gave and hope to use them well and I wish and pray that this will return to your region as great blessing in the future, and whatever you sown here will be ripen in your countries.
One more thing I want to say that Sunday Service with regional leaders was a beautiful thing for all. It looked like a heavenly army equipped with the power of true love could conquer anyone. If there will be a next time I really would love to have a bigger Sunday Service where we can freely invite our guests, because I’m sure they will be in good hands.
Elbasan: Jean-François Moulinet, Regional Leader of France, Belgium and Luxembourg (A French Rooster in the Country of Eagles)
I greatly appreciated my short visit to Albania (the country of eagles) for the opportunity of getting to better know the community of Elbasan. Arriving Thursday morning at the Tirana airport, I was warmly welcomed by the city leader, Ajet Bosi, who took me to Elbasan.
I was moved to see the activities in the witnessing center, with a number of guests coming and going. It was impressive to see the young members passionately giving lectures on the Principle. One sister for example would hit the white board to insist on an important point and keep the guests focused.
At 4 pm a film was shown and several guests came for that. Then, at 6 pm I could give a short testimony to the members and was pleased to present an offering from our region of €1,200 for the purchase of items needed for the centre. I then offered the members a copy of True Father’s speech “Let Us Be Grateful” given in London in 1978. In the evening, I was moved to stay in their apartment (10 people in a small apartment) and to see them offering conditions.
On Friday morning, we could visit shortly the Elbasan castle (built in the 15th century), an Orthodox church and a mosque. Visiting these three sites helped me better understand the history of the city.
Already four members went from France to work in Elbasan (Patrice and Nelly Huard, Alexander Kempf and Naoko Nadal) and shared their testimony, but, even if my visit was short, it allowed me to see by myself the seriousness of these young brothers and sisters who are investing themselves to expand the solid foundation that has already been established in this city.
Thank you, Elbasan, I look forward to cooperate with you again!
Shkoder: A few days before, there was a very successful Peace Road event in the city of Shkoder. One sister from Finland came there for three weeks and did there 7 day fasting for the success of this city.
Ardys Sheqi, Community Leader: When I first heard for the sisterhood between Albania’s centers and European’s regions I was very happy. It felt like unity between older brother and younger brother. This time the representative of Scandinavian region couldn’t come, but listening to all brothers and sisters sharing in the meeting was so wonderful and very helpful. I wish that now all what we discussed can be practically fulfilled. Thank you, Heavenly Parent, for everything.
Kosovo: Giuseppe Cali, Regional Leader of Italy and San Marino
Actually, I was very surprised to find out that Pristina, the capital city of Kosovo, is a beautiful city, with a bright spirit, full of young people and vitality. People are dignified, the environment generally clean and the citizens are also very active culturally and socially. It is clear the effort they are making to build a new future for their country, even though they are still in pain for the recent war.
Spending four days in our center with STF team and young Albanian members brought me back to the early times when we all were living in communities, with reduced personal space, some physical difficulties, lining up for the toilette in the morning, but such family spirit and sharing life style, that made me forgetting all those problems and enjoying my staying with them. I would never exchange that for the comforts of a hotel, also because this is the best way to connect heart to heart with the members. I appreciated a lot spending time with Savjola and Shaban, leaders of the community, and I saw how well they are doing their responsibility. We could connect instantaneously, by recognizing especially our common roots in True Parents.
That main part of our program was an evening seminar for all four days, from 6 pm to 9 pm, in which I could convey True Parents life course, parts of Divine Principle, internal guidance on the Blessing and an explanation of the Cheong Pyong providence, to all members. They were so attentive and stimulating that the lectures became soon full of depth, spirit and love. The last night we had a full session with questions and answers that lasted even longer, since nobody wanted to stop it. After the lecture, every evening we could share all together a nice dinner, during which we could know each other more.
I had the chance to meet also the President and Secretary of UPF and receive from them some explanation of the situation of Kosovo and the development of our effort for peace. We could share so some reflections on the possibilities to help substantially the population to build a more stable and peaceful future.
At the beginning of my staying in Pristina, I asked Savjola to take me to some of the most meaningful places of the city, in order to pray and connect to the ancestors of the country. We visited the holy ground, the new Catholic Cathedral and one of the main mosques. The STF members join our spiritual tour and we prayed together for the sake of Kosovo. In the last day, on the way to Tirana, in what I consider an answer to my prayers from the spirit world, we ended almost by chance visiting a village were Serbian soldier slaughtered 50 people. Among them independence fighters but also innocent women and children. While I was deeply praying in front of each of those tombs, I felt the pain the country, that absurdity of the violence of any war and the resentment that it generates. I lovely comforted spiritually especially all those children and prayed God and good spirits to embrace them and help them liberating from their fear and continue to grow in the spiritual world.
Savjola Konja, Community Leader: When I heard about the lottery I was inspired, and since I knew Mr. Cali from SODP lectures I was very happy to hear that Italy was chosen to be with Pristina community. Not knowing what to expect, since our first meeting with Mr. Cali we discussed about ways how to help each-other, and so planned to welcome Mr. Cali or the representative of San Marino to our centre, to give guidance and share their experience. We were blessed to have that chance from 5-9 of June 2017, when Mr. Cali came in Kosovo.
All the afternoons were busy with lectures that were deep in content and experiences with True Parents, something that members really needed. They were coming from a father, older brother and teacher, in a simple but very caring way, so the hearts of our young members were moved. It looked like they needed this since a long time ago. They were attentive, not tired but inspired. I understood that the generation which lived with True Parents should be treasured in a particular way, for their efforts, heart and spiritual world they bring wherever they go. Also when Rev. Shin and Mr. Gani comes, is the same feeling, just they never stayed so long. It means in my viewpoint that we need this support between generations to be more effective and frequent, because I also felt that Mr. Cali was inspired, so is not onside support, but a way for the love to flow and circulate. During the day he gave his support in counseling me and Shaban, STF, members, and chairwoman of UPF, but also trying to relate with the Kosovo spirit through prayers in special places like Moscow, Church, Holy Place and Prekaz where 51 people were killed. A projector was also sent from Mr. Giorgio the leader of San Marino who really took care following up with e-mails, because he could not come. We are grateful for all of them. I think that Italy, San Marino, and Kosovo are now substantially related in a common base where we and spiritual world can freely work. We did some plans that hopefully will be realized.
I also want to say some words about the Regional Leaders Meeting. It was my first time coming in such a meeting and that was impressive for three reasons. First of all because of the respect I have for all older brothers and sisters that were gathered there, and for the love I felt was coming from them, like from the spirit of True Parents. So was a privilege to be part of it and felt I did not deserve it, I should do my best to improve. Then I could give a presentation together with Mr. Cali. I felt emotion on doing that in front of everyone. I was not sure what the right thing to say was, and for sure I know there are many things that we should be doing in the future. Communicating like this I think will help us all to do better. I also felt that something real, substantial thing in national level, will happen in Albania. I felt real support. For a moment I was thinking how this will be registered in history and what we will leave behind. It looked to me like the meetings Jesus had with his disciples after his crucifixion, just I was not sure if we would be able to get the holy spirit with us or not. For a moment I was trying to imagine how the angels and ancestors were there… While we were there listening, everyone gave a different perspective, but I liked the most the ones that were oriented toward realistic solutions or suggestions like monthly support for one member, visits from other families or young people, conditions together, or Zoom meeting, est. All this things I think will help us to find more strategic ways how to fulfill our national responsibility and Heavenly Parents and True Parents expectations. So I wish for all of us success! God bless you all!
New Tirana Center: Matthew Huish, Regional Leader of the United Kingdom, visiting the New Tirana Center, he felt that he could become instantly friends with this center. It is located in a prosperous area, so Matthew felt that we should take advantage of this, and capture the spirit of the people and do the most out of it. Matthew met also with the European University’s administrator, and gave a very inspiring lecture to the members about the Three Blessings.
Majlinda Matraku, Community Leader: The past week was a very special one because in our center came our dear brother Mr. Matthew Huish, national leader of UK. His visit was very fruitful for me as community leader. We could share ideas and also explain the current situation of the center. Members were also very inspired and touched by his life testimony . As a new center, we really appreciate older members’ experience in following God and True Parents. In the same time his speech at the carp culture meeting made clear the purpose of life to new guests that were present. We are also very grateful that our dear sister Jeong-hye Yeom was in our center as well. She alwas inspire members with here love and attitude. Afterwards in the regional leaders’ meeting i could understand how important the sisterhood between Albania communities and Europe regions is. I think we absolutely need the experience of Europe in order to bring success in Albania and then this success to spread in all Europe as well. Many ideas were shared, many planes, many feelings now we just need to act. Thank you.
Fier: Mr. Rainer Fuchs, Regional Leader of East Europe, was sharing: “What does Albania need? How can we stabilize the members?” He suggested that by visiting their parents and showing to them how our movement is great so that the parents’ support can be there. Mr. Fuchs feels that a system using IWs could be a good way to revive the blessed couples that are inactive.
Ermela Stena, Community Leader: We were really blessed to be visited by Mr. Rainer and Ms. Jeong Hye this time, We felt that there is some different spirit coming in Albania. We could feel the love and care of Heavenly Parent and True Parents, by their testimony, their speech in CARP meeting, during the discussions groups while they had to answer to brothers and sisters questions, than diner time also taking really good care by Mr. Rainer. They could feel how practical Mr. Rainer made the Divine Principle for them, but also they were touched how he carefully explained to them with details to their questions.
Blessed families felt supported and also they are able to support even more if he or other elder members come more often. STF were so happy to spent personal time with Mr. Rainer and they really love him a lot and got not only clear with their questions, but they could create a heartistic relationship with him. Members feel not only inspired but also more confident, amazed by them. But some of them also felt amazed when they saw all European leaders together, they said there was something there, some very high and happy spirit!
Some of our conclusions that we could plan with Mr. Rainer, and I talked a bit with Mrs. Martine Masner also, are:
sending elder members to come in Fier for sometimes, maybe 3 months
The blessed families that come to support its good that they can visit the parents of the members and create trust between us
life testimony from elder members
Blessed families studying DP with the guests
Inspiring the members for heavenly tribal Messiahship, (Mrs. Martha example)
Blessing ceremony with Mrs. Martine Masner in October 29th in Fier
visit of Ermela in twinned nations to create a heartistic relationship with blessed families, meeting with Second Generation and make some project with them.
Thank you very much for this idea of twinned nations Rev. Jack Corley and also Mrs. Martine who initiated, but all the European leaders, brothers and sister who are supporting already! We are very happy and can’t wait to meet and live, and work with you more and more, and serve to Heavenly Parents and True Parents by serving to our second generation and all of you!
Vlora: Peter Zöhrer, Regional Leader of Austria and Slovenia
A few members from Austria have already visited their twin city of Vlora. Mr. Wolfgang Czerny went recently with his family to Albania, and this time, Peter Zöhrer could already meet some of his spiritual children. Ridi Wurzer, former Mission Butterfly missionary, also visited Albania. One CIG Missionary from Austria, Chinatsu, was witnessing in Albania for 8 months, and he left 9 spiritual children behind.
Lubin Argjir, Community Leader: It was a great pleasure and experience to have the regional leader of our sisterhood nations. The members where really happy and inspired to have Mr. Peter here in Vlora community. Despite the fact that he could share his testimony with the members and give a speech on the Carp meeting. We could also share a lot about the situation of our community discuss about our strong and weak point and find a real solution in developing the providence here in our community, something which was finalized on the European leaders meeting in Tirana i was happy and inspired to see how other communities were seriously working to really shift the providence of our nation to a higher level.
All other communities had discovered other important elements for the victory of our nation for vision 2020. We really hope that we can unite and do our best to bring heavenly parent blessing to Europe through our nation.
Korca: Heiner and Carolyne Handschin, Regional Leader of Switzerland and Liechtenstein, visited Albania, Korca, and they used this opportunity to hold a powerful conference on the Family Day. The members felt so much love from the Swiss team! They met with many Ambassadors for Peace and they were amazed how much young members are respected by the AfPs even twice as old as themselves. They could meet with the assistant mayor of the city of Korca, and they felt that there was a lot of purity among young people of this city. They would like to develop a seminar centered on the UN Development Goals.
Ermir Hoxha, Community Leader: Vision 2020 is so near but in the same time so far away. This vision has a great importance. We are happy that among the local and national project for fulfilling True Mother’s expectation for our nation, was made possible to have a sisterhood of Korca center with Swiss and Lichtenstein.
The first meeting with representatives of this community was during European assembly in Czech Republic. We had a short presentation of our community and we established our connections. With just one meeting is difficult to understand the situation, so the Swiss community decided to visit our center. They could see our activities and the situation in our center. In this way we became more familiar with each other and we created a beautiful bridge of communication.
During the visit of Mr. Heiner and Ms. Caroline we could have few meetings with people with high influence in public administration, peace ambassadors, guests and members. They show a good example of following Heavenly Parent and True Parents, and they gave so much parental love to us. In this way, they could see more closely the situation in our center and in our city of Korca.
From the meeting in Tirana i was so happy to listen to other European Leaders experiences. I felt that we are not alone in this difficult and important path. We wish a lot of blessing for Europe and Albania.
Durres: Mr. Dieter Schmidt, Regional Leader of Germany and the Netherlands, shared that Albania was the poorest country of all in Europe and also the most closed Communist country. But now he feels that it is such a joy to witness there. “The last ones shall be the first.” Mr. Hans Campman, NL of Netherlands, shared that for Holland it was new to work with the city of Durres. “Albania is a window of opportunity, and we should not miss it!”
Makoto Noguchi, Düsseldorf FFWPU Representativ: I feel connected to Albanian providence from the beginning of sending the Japanese CIG youth missionaries almost 5 years ago. This was my biggest desire to make a picture about this country by living and doing the mission together with the local members. I experienced here the center life spirit, which cannot be felt in Germany in these days. Local members and Japanese missionaries are following the direction from the Center leader and the unity among them centered on the God’ s will bring the new members.
Our original mind is stimulated by this face of life and guests are also inspired. Not only we support them but we are also supported through this spirit. The both parties can get the merits in the cooperation. Sending our youth there can help them to grow in faith and gain the conviction on the value of the truth.
Arjan Haziraj, Community Leader: I would like to share a few things about how I felt during this time that national leaders of Germany and Netherlands together with two other brothers came in Durres. For me it was such an inspiration when I was hearing that many other brothers and sisters will come in Durres for Blessing Ceremony. I felt good and inspired that they will come to participate but in the same time I wanted Heavenly Parent and True Parents to be happy too. I felt very good when German and Netherlands brothers came not only for Blessing Ceremony but also to inspire members. It was such a joy to see them, even though they were old, they could transmit in us young spirit. I felt good in leaders meeting in Tirana because we could share more with each other and I got hope and inspiration. I am really grateful for everything. Sincerely
On June 9, all leaders came to Durres, to attend the local Blessing where 37 couples were blessed. And on June 10, we had a meeting with Ambassadors for Peace from all over the country. We sat together by cities to make relationship with them, and see if we can develop some project together.
Mrs. Martine Masner was sharing about the need of finding a person that would work full-time in Albania for raising up and educating the newly blessed couples and support the community leader in this task. This person could be financially supported by all the regions of Europe. This idea was welcomed with great interest. So, Mr. Gani Rroshi is now looking for such a person who could fulfill this role.
The meeting we had in the training center of Mullet with both the regional leaders and the community leaders from Albania has showed us how we can work as a family, as older brothers and sisters who want to help our younger brothers and sisters from Albania. They can inherit our experience and we have to learn a lot from them from their joyful, bright and young spirit.
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|_nomimecode = on LAST=SHAFRANOVICH PUBLISHER=INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE >DATE=OCTOBER 2005 PAGE=1, harv, | type code =| uniform type =| magic =| owner = Shafranovich|2005}} states, "This RFC documents the format of comma separated values (CSV) files and formally registers the "text/csv" MIME type for CSV in accordance with RFC 2048".| latest release version =| latest release date =| genre = multi-platform, serial data streams| container for = database information organized as field separated lists| contained by =| extended from =| extended to =| standard = RFC 4180| url =}}In computing, a comma-separated values (CSV) file is a delimited text file that uses a comma to separate values. A CSV file stores tabular data (numbers and text) in plain text. Each line of the file is a data record. Each record consists of one or more fields, separated by commas. The use of the comma as a field separator is the source of the name for this file format.The CSV file format is not fully standardized. The basic idea of separating fields with a comma is clear, but that idea gets complicated when the field data may also contain commas or even embedded line breaks. CSV implementations may not handle such field data, or they may use quotation marks to surround the field. Quotation does not solve everything: some fields may need embedded quotation marks, so a CSV implementation may include escape characters or escape sequences.In addition, the term "CSV" also denotes some closely related delimiter-separated formats that use different field delimiters, for example, semicolons. These include tab-separated values and space-separated values. A delimiter that is not present in the field data (such as tab) keeps the format parsing simple. These alternate delimiter-separated files are often even given a .csv extension despite the use of a non-comma field separator. This loose terminology can cause problems in data exchange. Many applications that accept CSV files have options to select the delimiter character and the quotation character. Semicolons are often used in some European countries, such as Italy, instead of commas.
CSV is a common data exchange format that is widely supported by consumer, business, and scientific applications. Among its most common uses is moving tabular dataWEB,weblink CSV - Comma Separated Values, 2017-12-02, WEB,weblink CSV Files, June 4, 2014, between programs that natively operate on incompatible (often proprietary or undocumented) formats. This works despite lack of adherence to RFC 4180 (or any other standard), because so many programs support variations on the CSV format for data import.For example, a user may need to transfer information from a database program that stores data in a proprietary format, to a spreadsheet that uses a completely different format. The database program most likely can export its data as "CSV"; the exported CSV file can then be imported by the spreadsheet program.
{{IETF RFC|4180}} proposes a specification for the CSV format; however, actual practice often does not follow the RFC and the term "CSV" might refer to any file that:WEB,weblink Comma Separated Values (CSV) Standard File Format, Edoceo, Inc, June 4, 2014,
is plain text using a character set such as ASCII, various Unicode character sets (e.g. UTF-8), EBCDIC, or Shift JIS,
consists of records (typically one record per line),
with the records divided into fields separated by delimiters (typically a single reserved character such as comma, semicolon, or tab; sometimes the delimiter may include optional spaces),
where every record has the same sequence of fields.
Within these general constraints, many variations are in use. Therefore, without additional information (such as whether RFC 4180 is honored), a file claimed simply to be in "CSV" format is not fully specified. As a result, many applications supporting CSV files allow users to preview the first few lines of the file and then specify the delimiter character(s), quoting rules, etc. If a particular CSV file's variations fall outside what a particular receiving program supports, it is often feasible to examine and edit the file by hand (i.e., with a text editor) or write a script or program to produce a conforming format.
Comma-separated values is a data format that pre-dates personal computers by more than a decade: the IBM Fortran (level H extended) compiler under OS/360 supported them in 1972.{{Citation |title=IBM FORTRAN Program Products for OS and the CMS Component of VM/370 General Information |edition=first |date=July 1972 |id=GC28-6884-0 |url=http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/370/fortran/GC28-6884-0_IBM_FORTRAN_Program_Products_for_OS_and_CMS_General_Information_Jul72.pdf |page=17|accessdate=February 5, 2016|quote=For users familiar with the predecessor FORTRAN IV G and H processors, these are the major new language capabilities}} List-directed ("free form") input/output was defined in FORTRAN 77, approved in 1978. List-directed input used commas or spaces for delimiters, so unquoted character strings could not contain commas or spaces.{{Citation |title=Fortran 77 Language Reference |chapter=List-Directed I/O |chapter-url=http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/805-4939/6j4m0vnc5/index.html |publisher=Oracle |doi= }}The "comma-separated value" name and "CSV" abbreviation were in use by 1983.WEB,weblink SuperCalc², spreadsheet package for IBM, CP/M, December 11, 2017, The manual for the Osborne Executive computer, which bundled the SuperCalc spreadsheet, documents the CSV quoting convention that allows strings to contain embedded commas, but the manual does not specify a convention for embedding quotation marks within quoted strings.WEB,weblink Comma-Separated-Value Format File Structure, December 11, 2017, Comma-separated value lists are easier to type (for example into punched cards) than fixed-column-aligned data, and were less prone to producing incorrect results if a value was punched one column off from its intended location.Comma separated files are used for the interchange of database information between machines of two different architectures. The plain-text character of CSV files largely avoids incompatibilities such as byte-order and word size. The files are largely human-readable, so it is easier to deal with them in the absence of perfect documentation or communication.WEB,weblink CSV, Comma Separated Values (RFC 4180), June 4, 2014, The main standardization initiativeâtransforming "de facto fuzzy definition" into a more precise and de jure oneâwas in 2005, with RFC4180, defining CSV as a MIME Content Type. Later, in 2013, some of RFC4180's deficiencies were tackled by a W3C recommendation.See sparql11-results-csv-tsv, the first W3C recommendation scoped in CSV and filling some of RFC4180's deficiencies.In 2014 IETF published RFC7111 describing application of URI fragments to CSV documents. RFC7111 specifies how row, column, and cell ranges can be selected from a CSV document using position indexes.In 2015 W3C, in an attempt to enhance CSV with formal semantics, publicized the first drafts of recommendations for CSV-metadata standards, that began as recommendations in December of the same year.WEB,weblink Model for Tabular Data and Metadata on the Web - W3C Recommendation 17 December 2015, March 23, 2016,
General functionality
CSV formats are best used to represent sets or sequences of records in which each record has an identical list of fields. This corresponds to a single relation in a relational database, or to data (though not calculations) in a typical spreadsheet.The format dates back to the early days of business computing and is widely used to pass data between computers with different internal word sizes, data formatting needs, and so forth. For this reason, CSV files are common on all computer platforms.CSV is a delimited text file that uses a comma to separate values (many implementations of CSV import/export tools allow other separators to be used). Simple CSV implementations may prohibit field values that contain a comma or other special characters such as newlines. More sophisticated CSV implementations permit them, often by requiring " (double quote) characters around values that contain reserved characters (such as commas, double quotes, or less commonly, newlines). Embedded double quote characters may then be represented by a pair of consecutive double quotes,*{{Citation |last=Creativyst |year=2010 |title= How To: The Comma Separated Value (CSV) File Format |publisher= creativyst.com |accessdate= May 24, 2010 |url=weblink |doi=}} or by prefixing a double quote with an escape character such as a backslash (for example in Sybase Central).CSV formats are not limited to a particular character set. They work just as well with Unicode character sets (such as UTF-8 or UTF-16) as with ASCII (although particular programs that support CSV may have their own limitations). CSV files normally will even survive naive translation from one character set to another (unlike nearly all proprietary data formats). CSV does not, however, provide any way to indicate what character set is in use, so that must be communicated separately, or determined at the receiving end (if possible).Databases that include multiple relations cannot be exported as a single CSV file{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}. Similarly, CSV cannot naturally represent hierarchical or object-oriented data. This is because every CSV record is expected to have the same structure. CSV is therefore rarely appropriate for documents created with HTML, XML, or other markup or word-processing technologies.Statistical databases in various fields often have a generally relation-like structure, but with some repeatable groups of fields. For example, health databases such as the Demographic and Health Survey typically repeat some questions for each child of a given parent (perhaps up to a fixed maximum number of children). Statistical analysis systems often include utilities that can "rotate" such data; for example, a "parent" record that includes information about five children can be split into five separate records, each containing (a) the information on one child, and (b) a copy of all the non-child-specific information. CSV can represent either the "vertical" or "horizontal" form of such data.In a relational database, similar issues are readily handled by creating a separate relation for each such group, and connecting "child" records to the related "parent" records using a foreign key (such as an ID number or name for the parent). In markup languages such as XML, such groups are typically enclosed within a parent element and repeated as necessary (for example, multiple nodes within a single node). With CSV there is no widely accepted single-file solution.
The name "CSV" indicates the use of the comma to separate data fields. Nevertheless, the term "CSV" is widely used to refer a large family of formats, which differ in many ways. Some implementations allow or require single or double quotation marks around some or all fields; and some reserve the very first record as a header containing a list of field names. The character set being used is undefined: some applications require a Unicode byte order mark (BOM) to enforce Unicode interpretation (sometimes even a UTF-8 BOM). Files that use the tab character instead of comma can be more precisely referred to as "TSV" for tab-separated values.Other implementation differences include handling of more commonplace field separators (such as space or semicolon) and newline characters inside text fields. One more subtlety is the interpretation of a blank line: it can equally be the result of writing a record of zero fields, or a record of one field of zero length; thus decoding it is ambiguous.
RFC 4180 standard
Reliance on the standard documented by RFC 4180 can simplify CSV exchange. However, this standard only specifies handling of text-based fields. Interpretation of the text of each field is still application-specific.RFC 4180 formalized CSV. It defines the MIME type "text/csv", and CSV files that follow its rules should be very widely portable. Among its requirements:
MS-DOS-style lines that end with (CR/LF) characters (optional for the last line).
An optional header record (there is no sure way to detect whether it is present, so care is required when importing).
Each record "should" contain the same number of comma-separated fields.
Any field may be quoted (with double quotes).
Fields containing a line-break, double-quote or commas should be quoted. (If they are not, the file will likely be impossible to process correctly).
A (double) quote character in a field must be represented by two (double) quote characters.
The format can be processed by most programs that claim to read CSV files. The exceptions are (a) programs may not support line-breaks within quoted fields, (b) programs may confuse the optional header with data or interpret the first data line as an optional header and (c) double quotes in a field may not be parsed correctly automatically.
OKI frictionless tabular data package
In 2011 Open Knowledge International (OKI) and various partners created a data protocols working group, which later evolved into the Frictionless Data initiative. One of the main formats they released was Tabular Data Package. Tabular Data package was heavily based on CSV, using it as the main data transport format and adding basic type and schema metadata (CSV lacks any type information to distinguish the string "1" from the number 1). An initial v1 of Tabular Data Package was released in 2015, and after extensive real-world testing and tool development, v1 of a CSV-based Tabular Data Package was officially released in September 2017.WEB,weblink Frictionless Data 1.0 released, 2016, Open Knowledge International, 2017-09-04, The Frictionless Data Initiative has also provided a standard CSV Dialect Description Format for describing different dialects of CSV, for example specifying the field separator or quoting rules.
Internet W3C tabular data standard
In 2013 the W3C "CSV on the Web" working group began to specify technologies providing a higher interoperability for web applications using CSV or similar formats.WEB,weblink CSV on the Web Working Group, 2013, World Wide Web Consortium, W3C CSV WG, 2015-04-22, The working group completed its work in February 2016, and is officially closed in March 2016 with the release of a set documents and W3C recommendationsCSV on the Web Repository (on GitHub)for modeling "Tabular Data",Model for Tabular Data and Metadata on the Web (W3C Recommendation) and enhancing CSV with metadata and semantics.
Many informal documents exist that describe "CSV" formats.IETF RFC 4180 (summarized above) defines the format for the "text/csv" MIME type registered with the IANA.Rules typical of these and other "CSV" specifications and implementations are as follows:{{unordered list delimited data format that has field (computer science)>fields/columns separated by the Comma (punctuation) grapheme>character and records/rows terminated by newlines.| A CSV file does not require a specific character encoding, byte order, or line terminator format (some software do not support all line-end variations).| A record ends at a line terminator. However, line-terminators can be embedded as data within fields, so software must recognize quoted line-separators (see below) in order to correctly assemble an entire record from perhaps multiple lines.| All records should have the same number of fields, in the same order. character (computing)>characters, not as a sequence of bits or bytes (see RFC 2046, section 4.1). For example, the numeric quantity 65535 may be represented as the 5 ASCII characters "65535" (or perhaps other forms such as "0xFFFF", "000065535.000E+00", etc.); but not as a sequence of 2 bytes intended to be treated as a single binary integer rather than as two characters (e.g. the numbers 11264â11519 have a comma as their high order byte: ord(',')*256..ord(',')*256+255). If this "plain text" convention is not followed, then the CSV file no longer contains sufficient information to interpret it correctly, the CSV file will not likely survive transmission across differing computer architectures, and will not conform to the text/csv MIME type. Locale (computer software)>locales where the comma is used as a decimal separator, semicolon, TAB, or other characters are used instead.1997,Ford,E350| Any field may be quoted (that is, enclosed within double-quote characters). Some fields must be quoted, as specified in following rules."1997","Ford","E350"| Fields with embedded commas or double-quote characters must be quoted.1997,Ford,E350,"Super, luxurious truck"| Each of the embedded double-quote characters must be represented by a pair of double-quote characters.1997,Ford,E350,"Super, ""luxurious"" truck"| Fields with embedded line breaks must be quoted (however, many CSV implementations do not support embedded line breaks).1997,Ford,E350,"Go get one nowthey are going fast" date=September 2017}}, leading and trailing spaces and tabs are trimmed (ignored). Such trimming is forbidden by RFC 4180, which states "Spaces are considered part of a field and should not be ignored."1997, Ford, E350not same as1997,Ford,E350| According to RFC 4180, spaces outside quotes in a field are not allowed; however, the RFC also says that "Spaces are considered part of a field and should not be ignored." and "Implementors should 'be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others' (RFC 793, section 2.10) when processing CSV files."1997, "Ford" ,E350| In CSV implementations that do trim leading or trailing spaces, fields with such spaces as meaningful data must be quoted.1997,Ford,E350," Super luxurious truck "| Double quote processing need only apply if the field starts with a double quote. Note, however, that double quotes are not allowed in unquoted fields according to RFC 4180.Los Angeles,34°03â²N,118°15â²WNew York City,40°42â²46â³N,74°00â²21â³WParis,48°51â²24â³N,2°21â²03â³E| The first record may be a "header", which contains column names in each of the fields (there is no reliable way to tell whether a file does this or not; however, it is uncommon to use characters other than letters, digits, and underscores in such column names).Year,Make,Model1997,Ford,E3502000,Mercury,Cougar}}
Example{| class"wikitable"
!Year||Make||Model||Description||Price
|3000.00
The above table of data may be represented in CSV format as follows:
Year,Make,Model,Description,Price
1997,Ford,E350,"ac, abs, moon",3000.00
1999,Chevy,"Venture ""Extended Edition""","",4900.00
1999,Chevy,"Venture ""Extended Edition, Very Large""",,5000.00
1996,Jeep,Grand Cherokee,"MUST SELL!
air, moon roof, loaded",4799.00
Example of a USA/UK CSV file (where the decimal separator is a period/full stop and the value separator is a comma):
Year,Make,Model,Length
1997,Ford,E350,2.34
2000,Mercury,Cougar,2.38
Example of an analogous European CSV/DSV file (where the decimal separator is a comma and the value separator is a semicolon):
Year;Make;Model;Length
1997;Ford;E350;2,34
2000;Mercury;Cougar;2,38
The latter format is not RFC 4180 compliant.{{harvtxt|Shafranovich|2005}} states, "Within the header and each record, there may be one or more fields, separated by commas." Compliance could be achieved by the use of a comma instead of a semicolon as a separator and either the international notation for the representation of the decimal mark or the practice of quoting all numbers that have a decimal mark.
The CSV file format is supported by almost all spreadsheets and database management systems, including Microsoft Excel, Apple Numbers, LibreOffice Calc, and Apache OpenOffice Calc.CSV format is supported by libraries available for many programming languages. Most provide some way to specify the field delimiter, decimal separator, character encoding, quoting conventions, date format, etc.The emacs editor can operate on CSV files using csv-nav mode.WEB,weblink EmacsWiki: Csv Nav, Many utility programs on Unix-style systems (such as cut, paste, join, sort, uniq, awk) can split files on a comma delimiter, and can therefore process simple CSV files. However, this method does not correctly handle commas within quoted strings.
Comparison of data-serialization formats
Simple Data Format
Tab-separated values
Delimiter-separated values
Delimiter collision
WEB, IBM DB2 Administration Guide - LOAD, IMPORT, and EXPORT File Formats, IBM,weblink 2016-12-12, no,weblink 2012-12-12, (Has file descriptions of delimited ASCII (.DEL) (including comma- and semicolon-separated) and non-delimited ASCII (.ASC) files for data transfer.)
- "Comma-separated values" does not exist on GetWiki (yet)
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Literary Treks: A Star Trek Books and Comics Podcast
243: An Upside-Down Tellarite Organ
Released: Sep 23, 2018
The Fall of Terok Nor.
Mysterious events are taking place on Deep Space Nine: Quark is accused of murdering a visiting Andorian, Jake and Nog reveal a mysterious, hidden holosuite deep in the bowels of the station, and a fearsome Cardassian scientist arrives for sinister purposes. All of these events relate to a mystery that has lain dormant since the withdrawal of the Cardassian forces from DS9 following the end of the Occupation of Bajor: a lost set of orbs that may have the ability to set the apocalypse in motion!
In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Bruce Gibson and Dan Gunther discuss the first book in the Deep Space Nine: Millennium trilogy: The Fall of Terok Nor by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens. We talk about the periods of time the book covers, a somewhat confusing but compelling plot, some fun elements of the story, the varied cast of villains, questions we're left with at the end of the novel, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
In the news segment, we talk a bit about Star Trek: Discovery: The Making of Season One, available now from Titan books!
Discovery Special Edition (00:03:22)
Feature: The Fall of Terok Nor
Periods of Time (00:07:36)
A Confusing Good Plot (00:14:07)
Other Story Points (00:21:37)
The Rogues Gallery (00:38:50)
Questions We're Left With (00:49:52)
Ratings (01:07:06)
Final Thoughts (01:10:02)
Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson
Bruce Gibson (Editor and Producer) Dan Gunther (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Jeffery Harlan (Associate Producer)
243: An Upside-Down Tellarite Organ: The Fall of Terok Nor. We talk about the periods of time the book covers, a somewhat confusing but compelling plot, some fun elements of the story, the varied cast of villains, questions we're left with at the end of the novel, and wrap up with our final
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Exec Coaching
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Southern Tyres Recycling opens new Dublin depot
Leading waste tyre disposal expert Southern Tyre Recycling has expanded its operations by opening a new depot in Dublin to complement its existing Cork facility.
The opening of the second facility in Damastown Industrial Estate, Mulhuddart represents a significant investment by Southern Tyre Recycling and enables it to provide a same-day nationwide waste tyre collection service. It has also led to the creation of four new jobs, bringing its overall number of staff to 12.
“It’s a state-of-the-art recycling facility which we feel was needed in Dublin. It gives us a presence in both Dublin and Cork and gives us the scope to collect tyres anywhere in Ireland,” managing director Seamus Kelleher says.
Founded in 2012, Southern Tyre Recycling specialises in responsible tyre disposal and recycling. Providing a reliable and fully compliant collection service, the company reprocesses car, truck, agricultural and earthmover tyres. Its customer-base includes garages and tyre retail outlets, scrapyards, farms, local authority depots, industrial sites, household waste recycling centres and even the Irish Navy.
Southern Tyre Recycling holds a full Waste Licence issued by the Environment Protection Agency in respect of its two purpose-built sites in Damastown Industrial Estate and Hollymount Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, and is also a member of Repak ELT, which was approved in November 2015 by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to operate the only waste tyre compliance scheme in Ireland. Customers are provided with all necessary Duty of Care documentation for every collection of waste and a full audit for all ensuing processes. The company has a modern fleet of collection vehicles, including three 18-tonne rigids (two Mercedes and one MAN), which allows it to efficiently pick up a wide variety of tyres and quantities from 20 to 20,000.
“Our collection service offers a hassle-free, convenient and cost-effective means to dispose of your end-of-life tyres. Our distinctive fleet of collection vehicles is fully licenced to carry waste tyres, transporting them to our processing plants,” Seamus adds.
Consisting of steel, fabric and rubber crumb components, tyres can be recycled into many different things, including building materials, school and office stationary, shoes, sports and recreational surfaces, cement kiln fuel, carpet underlay and garden mulch. Some of the tyres reprocessed by Southern Tyre Recycling are used to generate energy and electricity in India.
“We shred and granulate tyres for a wide range of applications, including carpet underlay, road building, all-weather training areas for horses, playgrounds, rubber matting, sports pitches and renewable energy. We also supply tyre shred for fuel in the manufacture of cement.
“If you have tyres that need to be recycled responsibly, then we can shred and dispose of them in a way that complies with legislation and is good for the environment.”
Seamus is full of praise for the Southern Tyre Recycling team, saying: “They have played a big part in our success to date. They are good at what they do, have a great way with the customers and are extremely loyal. I’m a firm believer in the old saying, ‘if you look after your staff, they will look after you’. Martin Finnegan is managing our new Dublin depot and I’ve no doubt that he’ll be a success in the role.”
Southern Tyre Recycling is a sister company of Kelleher Tyres which Seamus formed 10 years ago to cater for a growing demand for budget tyre brands caused by the economic downturn.
“I identified a niche in the market for value-for-money tyres after the recession hit. The construction sector which I had been working in had collapsed, so it was a case of ‘sink or swim’. I brought in the Toledo economy brand from China and Kelleher Tyres took off from there,” the 37-year-old entrepreneur recalls.
Kelleher Tyres has since become Cork’s leading tyre provider with branches in Victoria Cross, Upper John Street, Albert Road, Ballincollig, Bandon and Mallow. The company’s helpful and knowledgeable staff are on hand to advise on its range of budget, mid-range and premium tyres. They will help find a tyre that suits your vehicle and your pocket. Seamus’ brothers Padraig, Colm and Michael are all involved in this end of the business.
Kelleher Tyres’ head office in Victoria Cross incorporates Kelleher’s Auto Service which is one of the most modern garages in the country. Operating from a 6,000 sq. ft. purpose-built premises on a .6-acre site, Kelleher’s Auto Service provides everything from full servicing, NCT preparation, brake and clutch checks to 3D wheel alignment, battery checks and light focusing.
Two years ago, Seamus opened a wholesale tyre business called Tyres 2 U which is the largest distributor of passenger car tyres in Munster. Also based in Hollymount Industrial Estate, the company prides itself on having one of the most comprehensive tyre ranges in the industry and is committed to delivering outstanding customer service. As a stockist of tyres from all the major manufacturers, Tyres 2 U offers a range from budget to premium. In addition, it supplies a number of private and exclusive brands that offer customers attractive dealer support packages to reward valued loyalty through benefits such as preferential purchasing prices, in-store marketing support, substantial margins and personalised rebate schemes.
Southern Tyre
Recycling (Cork)
Hollymount Industrial Estate,
Hollyhill,
Cork.
South Tyre Recycling (Dublin)
Damastown Green,
Damastown Industrial Estate,
Mulhuddart,
Web: www.southerntyrerecycling.ie
Taken from Irish Trucker & Light Commercials magazine, August 2018, Vol 21 No 6
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Culturology
Ideas and Ideals Volume 8 (2016), Issue 2, part
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Forgotten War. The 100th Anniversary of the First World War
SUNSET OF HUMAN AND BEGINNING OF HUMANKIND (THE RESULTS OF GREAT WAR). Article 1
Donskikh Oleg
DOI: 10.17212/2075-0862-2016-2.1-9-24
Annotation Text
УДК: 008; 94(481).081-82
In the article the First World War is seen as the transition from the ideology of Enlightenment to the emerging world of mass man. The specific features of this war are formulated which radically distinguish it from previous conflicts of different scale. It is shown that the First World War has discovered and tested a new control over human masses. The particular importance of the First World War for Russia is analyzed, for which it has become the beginning of the cultural catastrophe. The ideology and practice based on the belief that any person can be transformed by changing the external forms of his existence have succeeded, while the intellectual parties of opposition, particularly the KD’s aspired to democracy and respect for individual rights. After the formal end of the First World War it continued both in domestic and foreign policy of several European countries, primarily in Germany and Russia. This continuation is reflected in the labour armies, reinforced by the propaganda, in the shift from religion to ideology, in the establishment of totalitarian regimes, deriving its power from the idea of the constant struggle. At the end the First World War opened up the possibility of transition to mass man, united in humankind.
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Темы материала: история, культурология, философия
Philosophy tradition and modern world
THE INFORMATION BREAK OF SOCIAL SYSTEM AND "QUANTUM PHANTOMS" OF SOCIETY
Ignatyev V.I.
DOI: 10.17212/2075-0862-2016-2.1-25-39
УДК: 316.32
The article analyses social, anthropological, cognitive and psychological causes and consequences of information explosion. The transformation of communications mechanisms under the influence of information overload is explored. Information as the essence of modern society is defined. Splitting phenomenon of social action into the actual and virtual is fixed. A theoretical sociological explanation of growing confrontation between social reality and social actuality is provided. The increase of contradictions between the private and the public as a consequence of the widening digital tension in a zone of social communications is examined. The author substantiates the claim that information explosion puts the destruction of the foundations of the existence of social – his systemic, up to a limit of exacerbating the conflict between the individual and the collective. It has been found that communication practices increasingly dominate the exchange and the use of information. Consequently, the structures of everyday life acquire the character of individuals’ absorption into the space of social alternatives constructed by communications. The author thinks that “individualized society” according to the one of the scenarios in the “Forsyte” genre has already become a reality and it has acquired the appearance of “quantified social reality”. In this regard, the article describes the possibility of applying quantum paradigm approach in the version of “relativity states” by H. Everett in order to explain and understand what happened in the society with the growth of discreteness and its consequences. The author draws attention to development of the idea of the existence of many social worlds. “Quanta of information” are interpreted as “shadow particles” of social actions.
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Темы материала: философия
«WOMEN'S ISSUES» IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF PIATO
KHitruk E.B.
УДК: 111
Conceptualization problem of gender differences in Plato’s philosophy (based on “Pir”, “State” and “Laws” dialogues) is considered in the article. In research literature there is a widespread unilateral interpretation according to which Plato’s standpoint is reduced to “intellectual misogyny” (following Sergey Zherebkin terminology). The author of the article insists on a wider interpretation of gender concept in Plato’s philosophy. Plato revealed an essential discrepancy of sexes concerning their social destination. On the one hand, Plato’s philosophy includes the idea of female deficiency or weakness; on the other hand it discloses historical and social sources for gender asymmetry, suggesting the plan of its overcoming. A new look at the Plato’s gender concept highlights the eternal exigency of his classic philosophy.
Bourdieu P. Muzhskoe gospodstvo [Masculine domination]. Bourdieu P. Sotsial’noe prostranstvo: polya i praktiki [Social space: field and practice]. Translated from French N.A. Shmatko. Moscow, Institute of Experimental Sociology Publ., St. Petersburg, Aleteiya Publ., 2005, pp. 286–365. (In Russian)
Windelband W. Platon [Plato]. Kiev, Zovnishtorgvydav Ukrainy, 1993. 176 p.
Zherebkin S. Gendernaya problematika v filosofii. Vvedenie v gendernye issledovaniya. Ch. 1 [Introduction to Gender Studies. Pt. 1]. Ed. by I. Zherebkina. Khar’kov, KCGS Publ., St. Petersburg, Aleteiya Publ., 2001, pp. 390–426.
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FROM THE HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGYCAL THEORIES: TWO MODELS OF FREEDOM
Karmazina E.V.
УДК: 123: 316.3, 32.01
The article presents a comparative analysis of theoretical positions of F. Tönnies and E. Durkheim on the problems of the relationship and the historical development of the social system, individuality and freedom. The author highlights the differences between substantial grounds (liberty vs activities), the correlation of the part and the whole, internal and external (“own” and “alien”) applied to the relationship of an individual and society, the significance of personal and impersonal phenomena in different types of sociality. In the F. Tönnies`s concept of Gemeinschaft (community) creating the image of collective personality social system is evaluated as a factor of alienation, lack of freedom and moral degradation. According to the theory of Emile Durkheim individualization and personal development emerge as a result of objective processes of differentiation and complexity of systematically executed activities. The logic of an impersonal system development with its imperatives of efficiency and functionality expands the social space of personal self-determination to ensure the autonomy of the individual. The author argues for the thesis about the continuity of today`s alternative interpretations and evaluations of traditional and modern types of society in relation to the ideas of F. Tönnies and E. Durkheim.
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Philosophy of the Economics
THE FRENCH MONEY THEORISTS ABOUT PRICE REVOLUTION
Makarova Nina
УДК: 336.741.282
The article considers the theoretical views of French monetary economists of the second half of the XVI century in connection with the price revolution of the period. The usual explanation of this inflation is based on the quantity theory of money, which was first propounded by Martin de Azpilcueta Navarro (1492-1586) in Spain and by Jean Bodin (1529-1596) in France. According to this theory, the precious metals, arriving in Spain from the New World, increased the quantity of metallic currency in the state. This in turn led to the increase in prices in Spain and to a balance-of-payments’ deficiency, as the demand for foreign merchandise, including goods supply from Spain to America, exceeded the Spanish own export abroad. This deficiency was financed by metallic currency which, respectively, affected price increase in foreign countries. However, the French theorists, besides the increase of precious metals in circulation, emphasized also other reasons for the inflation, such as a population growth, the actions of monopolists and the increased demand for luxury goods. In their works, they also offered a number of measures for a stabilisation of national currency. Their conclusions promoted the preparation of the monetary reform which was carried out by the government of France in 1577.
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Темы материала: философия, экономика
RELIGIOUS FACTOR IN ECONOMY: ON THE INTEPRETATION OF WEBER
Raskov D.E.
УДК: 330.341.2
The artcile considers the Max Weber’s interpretation of the interrelations between economy and religion. The concept of «elective affinities» which played one the central roles in explaining complex correlations between the material culture and the religious experience is in the focus. The article argues that Goethe’s famous novel «Die Wahlerwanschaften» (1809) and various critical replies do help to understand better the logic of Weber’s essay “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism” (1905). In addition, this interpretation gives an opportunity to show the formal similarities and the content differences of the role of Protestantism and Old Belief (Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church) in the economic modernization of Europe and Russia.
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Weber M. Protestantskaya etika i dukh kapitalizma [The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism]. Weber M. Izbrannye proizvedeniya [Selected works]. Moscow, 1990, pp. 602–643. (In Russian)
Gaidenko P.P., Davydov Yu.N. Istoriya i ratsional’nost’ [History and rationality]. Мoscow, Politizdat Publ., 1991.
Goethe I. Izbiratel’noe srodstvo [Elective affinities]. Translated from German by A. Fedorov. Moscow, Olma-press Publ., 1998.
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Zarubina N.N. Sovremennaya veberiana o roli induizma i buddizma v khozyaistvennoi zhizni [Contemporary Weberian thinking on the role of Induism and Buddism in economic life]. Kul’turnye i literaturnye protsessy v stranakh Vostoka [Cultural and literary processes in the countries of the East]. Ed. by K.I. Golygina. Moscow, 1987, pp. 46–56.
Sombart W. Evrei i ikh uchastie v obrazovanii sovremennogo khozyaistva [Jews and their role in forming of modern economy]. Translated from German. St. Petersburg, E.O. Levinson Publ., 1910. (In Russian)
Miropol’skii D.Yu. Ekonomicheskaya teoriya i tipy khozyaistvennykh sistem [Economic theory and types of economic systems]. Ekonomika i upravlenie – Economics and Management, 2007, no. 2, pp. 22–28.
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Febvre L. Kapitalizm i Reformatsiya [Capitalism and Reformation]. Boi za istoriyu [Fights for history]. Moscow, 1991, pp. 203–216. (In Russian)
Heidegger M. Vremya kartiny mira [Time of the picture of the world]. Vremya i bytie [Time and Being]. Moscow, Respublika Publ., 1993. (In Russian)
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Philosophy of the Culture
PHILOSOPHY IN THE FORMATION OF A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN
Kurlenya Konstantin
DOI: 10.17212/2075-0862-2016-2.1-81-101
УДК: 101.2
The article studies topical problems of teaching philosophy at musical colleges. The author proves that the main goal for students of creative specialties to study philosophy is in offering a set of basic visions motivating to choose consciously the purpose of existence. The article consistently expands on issues of cognitive theory, ontology, sociology, axiology, aesthetics, and ethics, essential for the formation of a student’s personal and professional status. In modern conception of Russian higher education, the searches of new role and meaning of philosophy are far from being finished. The process of decreasing the subject’s teaching hours in college programmes is accompanied with students’ significant loss of interest in philosophical problematics. This drastically decreases both the learners’ general thinking culture and their inability to confront challenges of life concerning their personal identity and behaviour. The possibility to group the essential topics of European culture philosophical experience around the current aspects of a professional musician’s formation is one of the ways to increase the efficiency of teaching philosophy at a musical college.
Veber M. Ratsional’nye i sotsiologicheskie osnovaniya muzyki [Rational and Sociological Music Foundations] // Veber M. Izbrannoe: Obraz obshchestva: Per. s nem. – M.: Yurist, 1994 – S. 469 – 550.
Kamyu A. Mif o Sizife. Esse ob absurde // Sumerki bogov. [The Myth of Sisyphus. An Essay of the Absurd // Twilight of the Idols] – M., Politizdat, 1990. – S.222-318.
Nitsshe F. Po tu storonu dobra i zla. Prelyudiya k filosofii budushchego [Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future]// Nitsshe F. Sochi-neniya v 2 t.- T. 2 / Per. s nem.; Sost., red. i avt. Primech. K.A. Svas’yan. – M.: Mysl’, 1990. – S. 238-406.
Platon Teetet // [Plato Teetet] Sobranie sochinenii v 4 t.- T. 2 / Per. s drevnegrech.; Primech. A.F. Losev i A.A. Takho-Godi – M.: Mysl’, 1993. – S. 192-274.
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Темы материала: искусствоведение, культурология, образование, философия
CULTURAL AND CREATIVE IDEAS OF SYMBOLISM ART IN VYACHESLAV IVANOV’S PHILOSOPHY
Astakhov O.Yu.
DOI: 10.17212/2075-0862-2016-2.1-102-109
The questions for determination of cultural and creative ideas of the symbolical art focused on transforming reality in philosophy of Vyach. Ivanov are considered in the article. The attention is drawn to his work “Two Elements in Modern Symbolism” in which the content of new art is explained opening creative opportunities of culture. Differentiating Realistic and Idealistic Symbolism as significant activity of the realist artist and converting – the idealist artist, the author comes to the idea about opportunity in Realism to show the myth creation installations focused on the divine unity opening the cathedral agreement of opinion and unanimity, establishing real connection of separate consciousness in live unity. In Vyach. Ivanov’s ideas about the nature of myth creation in symbolical art the problem for coordinating religious experience of life with cultural development of the world is stated, this problem is solved through the appeal to comprehensive synthesis of a teo-centrism and a culture-centrism.
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Asoyan Yu., Malafeev A. Otkrytie idei kul’tury: opyt russkoi kul’turologii serediny ХIХ – nachala ХХ vekov) [Discovery of culture ideas: experience of the Russian culture of the mid XIX – early XX centuries]. Moscow, OGI Publ., 2000. 344 p.
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Kondakov I.V. “Vertikal'” i “gorizontal'” v kul’turfilosofii Vyacheslava Ivanova [“Vertical” and “horizontal” in Vyacheslav Ivanov’s culture philosophy]. Vyacheslav Ivanov. Materialy i issledovaniya [Vyacheslav Ivanov. Materials and researches]. Moscow, Nasledie Publ., 1996, pp. 262–273.
Losev A.F. Istoriya antichnoi estetiki. T. 8, kn. 1. Itogi tysyacheletnego razvitiya [History of an antique esthetics. Vol. 8, bk. 1. The results of thousand-year development]. Khar’kov, Folio Publ., Moscow, AST Publ., 2000. 832 p.
Solov’ev V.S. Tri rechi v pamyat’ Dostoevskogo [Three speeches in Dostoyevsky’s memory]. Solov’ev V.S. Filosofiya iskusstva i literaturnaya kritika [Art philosophy and literary criticism]. Moscow, Iskusstvo Publ., 1991, pp. 227–259.
Titarenko S.D. “Faust nashego veka”: mifopoetika Vyacheslava Ivanova [“Faust of our century”: Vyacheslav Ivanov’s mithopoetics]. St. Petersburg, Petropolis Publ., 2012. 654 p.
Темы материала: искусствоведение, философия
ABOUT CHARITY AND JUSTICE: RESPONSE TO A. RAND
Yaduta L.I.
The article describes the experience of novels interpretation. The novels are written by an American writer of the Russian origin, the founder of the philosophical trend of rational individualism (objectivism) Ayn Rand. A comparative analysis of the two lists of values that form the basis of Western civilization, one of which is the subject of her criticism (refuting). A new formulation of the question concerning the relationship between the values of charity and justice is suggested in the article as a response to A. Rand. The author substantiates that the notion of justice is derived from the notion of charity. The value of charity in Christian consciousness binds together humanity and freedom. The author highlights the idea, that the principle of «rational personal gain», proposed by A. Rand is the principle of cynical reason and it cannot be a sustainable basis for the modern society.
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Rand A. Atlas Shrugged. New York, Penquin Group, 1997. 1096 p. (Russ. ed.: Rend A. Atlant raspravil plechi. Translated from English. Moscow, Al’pina Pablisher Publ., 2011. 378 p.).
Yaduta L.I. Filosofiya zhizni (Shopengauer, Nitsshe) [Philosophy of the Life (Schopenhauer, Nietzsche)]. Ocherki po istorii filosofii [Essays on the history of Philosophy]. Ed. by O.A. Donskikh, Yu.P. Ivonin. Novosibirsk, NSUEM Publ., 2009, pp. 225–242. (In Russian).
MAJORAT» OF СULTURE: «ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TULA» BY A. NIKOLEV. ARTICLE 1
Vasileva G.M.
УДК: 82 – 31. 09 + И (Нем) + 659. 145. 7
The paper considers a novel of antiquity-scientist A.N. Egunov who was writing under pseudonym Nicolev. Studying antiquity wasn’t considered to be antique. It led to the culture of the XX century and one’s own experience. In the 1920s it was insistently advised «to learn from classics». But the writer’s roles and social profile as well as his relations with his own gift were changing. A. Nikolev’s subtle and clever structures are involuntary perceived as «intensifying» editing.
The novel is set in the specific topography. All the toponyms are acknowledged historically except for «the magical village Mirandino». «Ancient Tulsky district» represents the living tract, a museum «without walls». The names of Goethe and Tolstoy remind of definitive features which formed the world of culture. A slight touch on the meaning, writing-wandering, reading will become a storyline of the text. Physically «light hand» is a prevailing metaphor. The moments of revelation capture the turning points in a wonderful wandering. Essential is the suddenness of a crucial question. It concerns the semantics and function of the word «Faust» (fist). The character’s name is connected with the linguistic theory of nominations, with a long-standing argument about the nature of names. Semantics and grammar are opposed: the weaker sex is opposed to the stronger sex, «humane place» – to the chauvinistic culture. The main rhythm of emotions is repeated: violence, power, «weak» power. Egunov was a musically gifted person. In his translations from the ancient Greek language he kept the atmosphere of rhythmo–melodic inflexional features of the text. The novel is particularly in the need of contextualization. The context is constantly changing, and reminds of the Heraclitus river.
Akhill Tatii Aleksandriiskii. Levkippa i Klitofont [Levkippa and Klitofont]. Translation from the ancient Greek. Moscow, GI Publ., 1925. 192 p. (In Russian)
Vishnevetskii I.G. [Thule joys]. “Vtoraya proza”: russkaya proza 20-kh – 30-kh godov XX veka [“Second prose”: ХХ’s century 20–30s Russian prose]. Trento, Dipatimento di Scienze Filologiche e Storiche, 1995, pp. 231–257.
Gavrilov A.K. O filologakh i filologii: ctat’i i vystupleniya raznykh let [About philologists and philology: articles and speeches of different years]. St. Petersburg, SPbSU Publ., 2011. 380 p.
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Egunov A.N. [Аscription and atithesis in classical philology]. O printsipakh opredeleniya avtorstva v svyazi s obshchimi problemami teorii i istorii literatury: nauchnaya sessiya (tezisy dokladov i soobshchenii) [About authorship determination principles in connection with general problems of literary theory and history: scientific session (theses of reports and messages)]. Leningrad, Institut russkoi literatury AN SSSR Publ., 1960, рр. 16–17.
Egunov A.N. Pis’ma Evripida [Euripid’s letters]. Antichnaya istoriya i kul’tura Sredizemnomor’ya i Prichernomor’ya: k stoletiyu so dnya rozhdeniya akademika S.A. Zhebeleva [Antique history and culture of the Mediterranean and Pontic littoral. Festschrift in honor of 100th anniversary of academician S.A. Zhebelev]. Ed. by V.F. Gaidukevich. Leningrad, Nauka Publ., 1968, pp. 121–129.
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Krause E. Richard Strauss. Gestaltund Werk. Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel Musikverlag, 1955. 564 p. (In English: Krause E. Richard Strauss: the man and his work. Translated from German by J. Coombs. London, Collet, 1964. 587 p.) (Russ. ed.: Krauze E. Richard Shtraus. Obraz i tvorchestvo. Translated from German by G.V. Nashatyr’. Moscow, Muzgiz Publ., 1961. 611 p.).
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Manshtejn S.A. Materialy dlja usvoenija grecheskoj jetimologii i kljuch k nim: Posobie dlja gimnazistov i postoronnih lic, gotovjashhihsja k ispytanijam zrelosti, a takzhe dlja studentov-filologov i repetitorov [Materials for learning greek etymology and a key to them: A manual for gymnasiumstudents and outliers getting ready for maturity tests and also for philology-students and tutors]. St. Petersburg, Tipografija V. Bezobrazova i K. Publ., 1894. 300 p.
Nikolev A. Po tu storonu Tuly [On the other side of Tula]. Leningrad, Izdatel’stvo pisatelej v Leningrade Publ., 1931. 220 p.
Saltykov-Shchedrin M.E. Ubezhishche Monrepo [Mon Repos asylum]. Saltykov-Shchedrin M.E. Sobranie sochinenii. V 20 t. [Complete Works. In 20 vol.]. Moscow, Khudozhestvennaya literatura Publ., 1972, vol. 13, pp. 265–404.
Shmakov G.G. Mikhail Kuzmin i Rikhard Vagner [Michail Kuzmin and Rihard Vagner]. Studies in the Life and Works of Mixail Kuzmin. Ed. by J.E. Malmstad. Wiener Slawistischer Almanach, 1989, vol. 24, pp. 31–45.
Lessing G.E. Laokoon oder Über die Grenzen der Malerei und Poesie [Laocoon or about painting and poetry borders]. Lessings Werken. In 3 Bd. [Lessing G.E. Сomplete Works. In 3 vol.]. Ed. by K. Wölfel. Frankfurt am Main, Insel Verlag, 1967, vol. 3, pp. 7–171.
“THE DIARY OF A WRITER” BY F.M. DOSTOEVSKY IN THE FOCUS OF MODERN INTERPRETATIONS
Borisova V.V.
УДК: 82-821
In this article the peculiarities of perception and interpretation of “The Diary of a Writer” by F. Dostoevsky are considered from historical and functional points of view in the following aspects: literary, cultural and political. The new paradigms of its study on representative examples of the latest research are identified. In the focus of modern interpretations intermedial and metadiscursive nature of Dostoevsky’s magazine, writer’s syncretism of creative thinking, the limited actuality and justification of many of his prophecies in the context of our time are substantiated. As a result, we can observe the full rehabilitation of “The Diary of a Writer” as one of the greatest works of Dostoevsky, which is remaining the standard of journalism and artistry.
Borisova V.V. “Dnevnik pisatelya” Dostoevskogo kak fenomen interdiskursa [“The Diary of a writer” by Dostoyevsky as a phenomenon of interdiscourse]. Dostoevskii i zhurnalizm [Dostoevsky and journalism]. St. Petersburg, Dmitrii Bulanin Publ., 2013, pp. 229–235.
Viktorovich V.A. Mezhdu “Besami” i “Podrostkom”: zhurnalizm kak tvorchestvo [Between “Demons” and “The Teenager”: journalism as work]. Dostoevskii i zhurnalizm [Dostoevsky and journalism]. St. Petersburg, Dmitrii Bulanin Publ., 2013, pp. 129–148.
Volgin I.L. Nravstvennye osnovy publitsistiki Dostoevskogo (Vostochnyi vopros v “Dnevnike pisatelya”) [The moral foundations of Dostoevsky’s journalism (the Eastern question in “The Diary of a writer”)]. Izvestiya Akademii nauk SSSR. Seriya literatury i yazyka – News of Academy of Sciences of the USSR. A series of literature and language, 1971, vol. 30, iss. 4, pp. 312–324.
Volgin I.L. Dostoevskii i russkoe obshchestvo (“Dnevnik pisatelya” 1876–1877 godov v otsenkakh sovremennikov) [Dostoevsky and the Russian society (“The Diary of a writer” 1876–1877 years in the estimates of contemporaries)]. Russkaya literatura – Russian Studies in Literature, 1976, no. 3, pp. 123–143. (In Russian)
Volgin I.L. “Dnevnik pisatelya”: tekst i kontekst [“The Diary of a writer”: text and context]. Dostoevskii. Materialy i issledovaniya [Dostoyevsky. Materials and research]. Leningrad, Nauka Publ., 1978, vol. 3, pp. 151–158.
Gabdullina V.I. Literaturno-kriticheskii diskurs v “Dnevnike pisatelya” F.M. Dostoevskogo [Literary-critical discourse in “The Diary of a writer” by F.M. Dostoevsky]. Barnaul, Altaiskaya gosudarstvennaya pedagogicheskaya akademiya Publ., 2013. 149 p.
Grishin D.V. Dnevnik pisatelya F.M. Dostoevskogo [“The Diary of a writer” by F.M. Dostoevsky]. Mel’burn, Otdelenie russkogo yazyka i literatury Mel’burnskogo universiteta Publ., 1966. 270 p.
Denisova A.V. Publitsistichnost’ v tvorchestve F.M. Dostoevskogo 1870-kh gg. (“Dnevnik pisatelya” i “Brat’ya Karamazovy”). Diss. kand. filol. nauk [Publicity in the works of F.M. Dostoevsky in the 1870 years (“The Diary of a writer” and “The Brothers Karamazov”). PhD diss. in Philology]. Leningrad, 1986. 245 p.
Dostoevskii F.M. Polnoe sobranie sochinenii. V 30 t. T. 23 [Complete set of works. In 30 vol. Vol. 23]. Leningrad, Nauka Publ., 1981. 423 p.
Zakharov V.N., Stepanyan K.A., Tikhomirov B.N., eds. Dostoevskii i zhurnalizm [Dostoevsky and journalism]. St. Petersburg, Dmitrii Bulanin Publ., 2013. 379 p.
Zakharov V.N. Predislovie [Preface]. Dostoevskii i zhurnalizm [Dostoevsky and journalism]. Ed. by V.N. Zakharov, K.A. Stepanyan, B.N. Tikhomirov. St. Petersburg, Dmitrii Bulanin Publ., 2013, pp. 9–17.
Novikova E.G. Ekonomicheskaya problematika publitsistiki Dostoevskogo [The economic problems of Dostoevsky’s journalism]. Dostoevskii i zhurnalizm [Dostoevsky and journalism]. Ed. by V.N. Zakharov, K.A. Stepanyan, B.N. Tikhomirov. St. Petersburg, Dmitrii Bulanin Publ., 2013, pp. 58–76.
Tarasova N.A. “Dnevnik pisatelya” F.M. Dostoevskogo (1876–1877): kritika teksta [“The Diary of a writer” by F.M. Dostoevsky (1876–1877): a critique of the text]. Moscow, Kvadriga Publ., 2011, p. 150.
Prokhorov G.S. “Dnevnik pisatelya” F.M. Dostoevskogo: voprosy kompozitsii [“The Diary of a writer” by F.M. Dostoevsky: the problems of composition]. Kolomna, MGOSGI Publ., 2013. 100 p.
Fokin P.E. “Dnevnik pisatelya” aktual’nyi tekst ХХ veka [“The Diary of a writer” as the actual text of the twentieth century]. Dostoevskii i ХХ vek [Dostoevsky and the twentieth century]. Moscow, IMLI RAN Publ., 2007, vol. 1, p. 427.
Shaulov S.S. Stroenie i funktsii “zhurnalistskogo narrativa” u Dostoevskogo [The Structure and function of the “journalistic narrative” in Dostoevsky]. Dostoevskii i zhurnalizm [Dostoevsky and journalism]. St. Petersburg, Dmitrii Bulanin Publ., 2013, pp. 170–179.
Chavdarova D. Metaliteraturnye teksty Dostoevskogo-publitsista i khudozhestvennyi obraz literatury v romanakh pisatelya [The metaliterature lyrics Dostoevsky-writer and artistic image of literature in the novels of the writer]. Dostoevskii i zhurnalizm [Dostoevsky and journalism]. St. Petersburg, Dmitrii Bulanin Publ., 2013, pp. 49–58.
Bogach D.A. Literaturno-publitsisticheskii kontekst tvorchestva F.M. Dostoevskogo v osveshchenii politicheskogo krizisa na Ukraine [Literary and publicistic context of creativity of F.M. Dostoevsky according to political crisis in Ukraine]. Vestnik Chelyabinskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta – Bulletin of Chelyabinsk State University, 2015, no. 15 (370), pp. 7–14.
Prokhorova I. Svetskoe obshchestvo i klerikal’noe soznanie [The secular society and the religious consciousness]. Available at: http://philologist.livejournal.com/6883772.html (accessed 22.04.2016)
Ofitsial’nyi sait Lyudmily Ivanovny Saraskinoi [The official site of Lyudmila Ivanovna Saraskina]. Available at: http://www.ludmila-saraskina.info (accessed 22.04.2016)
Темы материала: искусствоведение, культурология
Geopolitics and culture
"EAST PROJECT" OF K.N. LEONTIEV AND EURASIANISM
Likhomanov I.V.
УДК: 130(2)
In this article the author offers arguments in defense of the view that philosophical-historical views of K. Leontiev and his historical vocation of Russia cannot be included in the system of Eurasian views without significant restrictions. The similarity between the views of Leontiev and views of classical Eurasians 20-30-ies of the XX century is only superficial. A comparative analysis of Eurasian concepts with the views of Leontiev, taken in their systemic integrity, on the contrary, reveals the deep contradictions between them. While the Eurasians were concerned to make relevant state-political form peculiar and coherent Russian (Eurasian) culture, Leontiev claimed that Russia is a loose, amorphous and heterogeneous in cultural terms “body”, the integrity of which is supported by external bonds of Russian statehood and the Church. “East project” in the process of working out which philosophical, historical and political views of Leontiev became systemic integrity, called for the creation in Russia of a new cultural and political center in Istanbul, around which in the distant future needs to encounter a fundamentally new world civilization (cultural and historical type). This civilization will unite in the synthesis of higher-order Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Islam, would include the Greek, Slavic, Romanian, Turkish, Persian, and other ethnic and cultural components. Russian culture and culture of other peoples of Russia will join this new civilization only along with many other ethno-cultural components. Thus, also the “East project” and the concept of the Eurasian cultural-historical specificity of Russia differ from each other in such essential traits as K. Leontiev considered as a direct predecessor of Eurasianism, in the author’s opinion, hardly acceptable.
Berdyaev N.A. Konstantin Leont’ev: ocherk iz istorii russkoi religioznoi mysli; Aleksei Stepanovich Khomyakov [Konstantin Leontiev. sketch of the life of Russian religious thought; Aleksey Khomyakov]. Moscow, AST Publ., Khranitel’ Publ., 2007. 445 p.
Danilevskii N.Ya. Rossiya i Evropa: vzglyad na kul’turnye i politicheskie otnosheniya slavyanskogo mira k germano-romanskomu [Russia and Europe: the sight at cultural and political relations of the Slavic world to the Romano-Germanic]. Moscow, Izvestiya Publ., 2003. 607 p.
Zen’kovskii V.V. Russkie mysliteli i Evropa [Russian thinkers and Europe]. Moscow, Respublika Publ., 1997. 368 p.
Leont’ev K.N. Polnoe sobranie sochinenii i pisem. V 12 t. T. 6, kn. 1. Vospominaniya, ocherki, avtobiograficheskie proizvedeniya 1869–1891 gg. [Complete works and letters. In 12 vol. Vol. 6, bk. 1. Memoirs, essays, autobiographical works 1869–1891 years]. St. Petersburg, Vladimir Dal’ Publ., 2003. 817 p.
Leont’ev K.N. Vostok, Rossiya i slavyanstvo: filosofskaya i politicheskaya publitsistika. Dukhovnaya proza (1872–1891) [East, Russia and Slavic people: philosophical and political journalism. Religious prose (1872–1891)]. Moscow, Respublika Publ., 1996. 799 p.
Seliverstov S.V. “Evraziiskaya tema” v rannem tvorchestve K.N. Leont’eva [“Eurasian theme” in the early oeuvre of K. Leontiev]. Vestnik Chelyabinskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta – Bulletin of Chelyabinsk State University, 2008, no. 13 (114), pp. 19–33.
Trubetskoi S.N. Razocharovannyi slavyanofil [Disappointed the slavophile]. K.N. Leont’ev: pro et contra: v 2 kn. [K. Leontyev: pro et contra. In 2 bk.]. St. Petersburg, RGHI Publ., 1995, bk. 1, pp. 123–159.
Florovskaya K.I. Leont’ev kak predshestvennik Evraziistva [Leontiev as a precursor of Eurasianism]. Praga, 1925, p. 17.
Темы материала: культурология, философия
History of the scientific life in USSR-Russia in the memoirs of contemporaries
THE FIRST POST-CRISIS YEARS (1998-2001)
Khanin Grigory
Scientific and pedagogical activities during the period of 1998-2001 are considered in the article. The author describes the work of the Siberian Transport University (STU) of that time as well as students and lecturers of the Economic Theory Department and the World Economy Department and he also recollects his work with postgraduate students. The author spells out the most significant conclusions he made while writing his book “The Economic History of Russia in Modern Times”, its gaps and inaccuracies. An important place is given to the content of the discussion at the Russian-American conference on the economic history of the Soviet Union in Zvenigorod in the summer of 2000 as well as the description of its participants. The author speculates upon the reasons for his resignation from the Siberian Transport University (STU).
Темы материала: история, экономика
Hystory of Artistic Life
Muratov P.D.
УДК: 7.036
The article is a part of the investigation “Art Life of Novosibirsk of the XX Century”. The author considers the organizational forms of the professional and amateur painting, the evolution and interaction of easel painting and monumental kind of Art during a century. The given article is a continuation of a series of investigations published in “Ideas and Ideals”. The chronological frames of the article are the second half of the 1980s – the beginning of 1990s.
Dorofeev P.M. Vstupitel’naya stat’ya k katalogu Shestoi zonal’noi khudozhestvennoi vystavki “Sibir’ sotsialisticheskaya” [Introductory article to the catalogue of the 6th regional art exhibition “Socialist Siberia”]. Sibir’ sotsialisticheskaya: katalog [Socialist Siberia: catalogue]. Ed. by P.D. Muratov. Kemerovo, 1985, p. 10.
Novosibirsk–Novonikolaevsk, 1893–1993: sobytiya, lyudi [Novosibirsk–Novonikolaevsk, 1893–1993: events, people]. Novosibirsk, Nauka Publ., 1993. 472 p.
Regulations of the Union of Artists of the Soviet Union of 7 March 1957. Moscow, 1957, pp. 3–4. (In Russian)
Regulations of the All-Russian creative public organization “The Artists Union of Russia”. Irkutsk, 2001, pp. 3–4. (In Russian)
Ushakova O. “Zapad. Zapad. Zapad” [“West. West. West”]. Nauka v Sibiri – Science in Siberia, 1989, no. 37, 22 September.
Темы материала: искусствоведение
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Mayweather-Nasukawa a laughable event
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Floyd Mayweather-Tenshin Nasukawa a laughable event
Keith Bedford for ESPN
All along, Floyd Mayweather insisted his three-round welterweight boxing exhibition fight with Japanese kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa was supposed to be "all about entertainment."
Mayweather preached that line throughout the unusual buildup to the bout that was first on with no rules announced, then off when Mayweather suddenly backed out and then back on again with the rules being outlined that it would be a regulation boxing match -- but would not count on anyone's record and would not use any judges or have scores rendered if the fight went the distance.
Well, if you call watching Mayweather, now 41 and not even close to being in the kind of supreme condition he was always in for his real boxing matches, annihilate a 20-year-old non-boxer in a little over two minutes entertainment, congratulations, you were probably entertained.
The rest of us? Meh.
In reality the whole thing was downright embarrassing and at times looked almost staged. That said, nobody should blame Mayweather for getting paid for essentially doing nothing. He has had much more grueling workouts in the gym, yet he wrote on social media that he would be paid $9 million for the scheduled nine-minute fight that wound up lasting only a fraction of that.
Mayweather showed up about two hours later than scheduled to the Saitama Prefecture Super Arena in Saitama, Japan -- about a half-hour drive outside of Tokyo -- on Monday to headline the Rizin Fighting Federation's New Year's Eve mixed combat sports card.
There had been 13 previous official bouts before Mayweather left everyone waiting through an interminable intermission before making his arrival and then laying waste to Nasukawa, a Rizin kickboxing champion who was left in tears in the ring after the fight as Mayweather raised his hand and paraded him around the ring.
"It was all about entertainment. We had fun," Mayweather said in the ring, apparently believing that Tenshin, a natural junior featherweight, had fun getting knocked down three times with an assortment of clean punches from a much bigger man. "Tokyo, Japan, you guys have been amazing. Thank you."
Mayweather, who was barely touched, knocked down Nasukawa with a left hook, a right uppercut and another right hand to the top of the head. After the third knockdown, Nasukawa's corner threw in the towel, and referee Kenny Bayless, who has worked several of Mayweather's biggest real fights, waved it off.
The fight was televised in Japan and available around the world as a pay-per-view on a combat sports app -- except in North America, where Mayweather apparently did not want the fight seen.
For anyone who actually paid for the event specifically to see Mayweather assault Nasukawa, you got what you deserved. But, again, nobody should blame Mayweather for taking the money.
He played this to the hilt. He came to the ring with a baseball hat emblazoned with "U$A" and wore trunks that had his own image on one leg and hundred-dollar bills on the other.
Floyd Mayweather walks to the ring to face Tenshin Nasukawa for their exhibition match. Keith Bedford for ESPN
As Mayweather pummeled poor Nasukawa, the broadcasters sounded like the fight was something for the ages, gushing over how awesome Mayweather looked beating up a tiny opponent. They were more over the top than a typical WWE telecast. The way they sounded, Mayweather had knocked out Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Leonard in the same night.
Just before Nasukawa walked back to the dressing room with assistance from two men holding him up by each arm -- and with his face covered by his robe -- Mayweather at least took the high road when discussing the laughable event, his first in-ring action since he came out of a two-year retirement in August 2017 and knocked out UFC superstar Conor McGregor in the 10th round of a massively hyped boxing match that was the second-highest grossing event in combat sports history behind only Mayweather's 2015 victory over Manny Pacquiao.
"I want to say thank you to Tenshin. It's all about entertainment," Mayweather said, once again using his favorite phrase and forgetting that Nasukawa probably did not find much entertainment on the night. "This don't go on my record. This don't go on Tenshin's record. Tenshin is still undefeated. I'm still undefeated. This was just entertainment for the people."
In September, Mayweather said he would fight Pacquiao in a rematch this month, but he instead took the exceptionally easy money for the exhibition with Nasukawa, while Pacquiao lined up a defense of his secondary welterweight world title against Adrien Broner for Jan. 19 on a Showtime PPV at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The plan, Mayweather and Pacquiao had both said, would be to still fight a rematch sometime in 2019, a Pacquiao victory being assumed.
But Mayweather changed his tune after knocking out Nasukawa, who is 27-0 with 21 knockouts in kickboxing and 4-0 with two knockouts in MMA.
"I'm still retired. I don't look forward to coming back to boxing," Mayweather said. "But, you know, I did this just to entertain the fans in Japan. They wanted this to happen over here in Japan, so I said why not. So once again, I'm still retired. I'm still 50-0. Tenshin is still undefeated. He's still a true champion. Tenshin is a hell of a fighter and he's a great champion. ... I want the fans all around the world to support Tenshin. He's a great guy, he's a great fighter. He's a great champion."
Perhaps Mayweather, who laid it on a bit thick given that Tenshin showed zero aptitude for boxing, will in fact remain retired from real boxing.
After all, if he can make millions for not training seriously, showing up late to the arena and going through the motions of fighting for a couple of minutes, take the money -- if anyone would actually pay for another one of these farces.
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The Head Count begins...
We're sorry but we really must vehemently disagree with the Fiji Times Editorial today which urges us to support the census.
Yes it has been a while since the last one but we would ask where are priorities for the people of Fiji? Vatukoula miners have been lamenting their patch for a long time and yet we are about to splurge on an exercise that really does nothing for us. Policy formulation and reform plans (based on census results) be damned! Bread and butter cries are resonating from every corner of this country.
We are constantly bombarded with contradictory words and actions. We are told that the civil service needs to be "reformed" because it costs too much but in the very next breath the Government has committed to renting more space from the Kadavu Provincial Council (as a thank you to Rt Jo Nawalowalo for sticking his neck out and supporting the GCC Reform of course).
Not only that, we have the iPSC Permanent Secretary lamenting poor per diems and the need to use UN rates (need we remind her that UN rates are for UN officials and those countries and entities that can afford it). Then we have Mr Teleni lamenting his contract conditions (for which he gets what he wants), followed by the huge delegation about to leave for Brussels with Mr Chaudhry for more sugar talks. Oh and we cannot forget about the pretty pennies all these legal consultants are costing us. Last but not least we are told that military purchases that are more then the $10K ceiling that have been rejected by the govt tender board gets instant cabinet approval.
The junta just don't get it (when have they ever we ask?). They say that our economy needs help yet they aren't really ready to face up to the fact that they need to PRIORITISE what's best for the people. It's safe to say that they just don't care.
So in relation to counting heads and this wasteful exercise we frankly just aren't interested. In fact let's make this fun. Let's give them numbers and data that will make their heads spin.
Because the fact of the matter is they have NO LEGAL RIGHT to be conducting a census. The census we suppose could be the preparatory part for phase 2. Once they understand the constituency demographics, we subscribe to the conspiracy theory that they will then re-draw up the boundaries to help skew election results.
After all no one is holding their breath for proposed election date promises anytime soon. They have yet to put the pieces of the puzzle that they need for their "mission" together -- chief among them which is banishing the key election threat Qarase into never-never land.
"Friend" of the Court?
We were half right. The court decided not to grant The Shyster with intervenor status but frankly the amicus curaie status is a whitewash.
We all know who's "friend" within the court The Shyster will be. Yep thats right the 2 Judges who would be stupid to rule against themselves (read: selective memories re: Treason).
But we sussed out their strategy. The junta knows full well that much rides on this case so apart from stacking the courts they need to stack the case so that it falls to their advantage. Enter the HRC who is now shamelessly flaunting themselves as coupsters and yet conveniently, as wolves in sheeps clothing do, pretending that they are still independent.
The junta knew full well that iState party needed help and what better platform then the generous human rights provisions as protected in the Constitution. The junta also knew new full well that as intervenors to the case they wouldn't have a chance. But intervenor status wasn't what they wanted anyway. It's the oldest trick in the book, negotiate upwards but your real "want" is what you will get when you reduce the options downwards.
They wanted to enter as amicus which more or less allows them to pick and choose all the human rights violations committed by Qarase (and if they're feeling generous they might point out that the junta also committed human rights violations like oh you know some minor traffic violation).
As a by the way, we must applaud the state lawyers McCoy, Pryde and Sherry. They learn pretty quick from their newly adopted junta mother as probably coached to them from I-arse who's still being breast-fed from the bhaini's in terms of bollywood acting. The fake "indignation" is most entertaining as they are the one and same!
Note to Mr Pride: keep those monthly free-booze sessions for the staff going -- its going to get your pockets nowhere and you may soon notice the peaks in "loyalty" on those nominated booze days.
Back to the cruncher. Byrnes & Gates let her be their "friend" and she advises the court using the most marvellous human rights fantasies that you could ever imagine, in order to put Mr Qarase away. Ties in well with the iPM's wishes too and then they'll withdraw the PER as a measure of good-will.
Then they'll pull the sob stories with the international community for sympathy and money and profess that the people have spoken by wanting a new way forward for Fiji a la Peoples Charter aka New Constitution.
Only problem with this is the best laid plans (especially where the junta is concerned) very often go awry.
But our question is who will be the friend of the people in these perplexing times?
Bending the Rules
Now this little bit of news was again sooo predictable on the part of the junta....
Twist to ousted PM court case
The Fiji Human Rights Commission wants to be an additional party in the case in which Mr Qarase is questioning the legality of the removal of his government by the Fiji Military last December.
Radaus/ Pacnews
Tue, 11 Sep 2007
SUVA, FIJI ---- There’s been a surprise twist in Fiji concerning the case brought out against the island’s military government by ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
Radio Australia reports outgoing director of the Fiji Human Rights Commission Shaista Shameem is asking the High Court for permission to be the intervener in Mr Qarase’s case.
She told acting chief justice Judge Anthony Gates this privilege is allowed for under the island’s Human Rights Act.
Dr Shameem said she also want to submit two reports her Commission has compiled about the legality of the military action.
But both the plaintiff and defendants’ lawyers objected to Dr Shameem’s application.
Mr Qarase’s lawyer Tevita Fa wondered whether the reports were authored by the Commission or by Dr Shameem herself.
He suggested the Human Rights Commission’s involvement can be considered at a later date.
The state lawyer agreed, submitting that both the two primary parties be allowed to continue on their own, without the intervention of Dr Shameem’s Commission.
Judge Gates will rule on the matter on Wednesday.
What she essentially suggests in her application is that the Human Rights Commission (HRC) Act can more or less bend the rules of our courts. Now the HRC Act does allow the Proceedings Commissioner (and not the Ombudsman) to be heard in the High Court, the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court in relation to any proceedings for which on unfair discrimination or violations of rights are at issue.
But the HRC's position as intervenor as clearly outlined in this media piece will (predictably) stoke the dying embers of "this coup was not a really a coup" and "Qarase et al committed crimes against humanity".
However, practically thinking the REAL role of the HRC in such a matter whether as amicus curiae or as an intervenor should be to provide specialist (human rights) advice and the HRC MUST BE INDEPENDENT of the parties to the case. There are court standards already in place to ensure this and they are called the High Court Rules.
But what will be most telling is when the learned Judge Gates rules in The Shyster's favour to intervene in this case (and mark our words he will because he wants to save his own neck as co-conspirator).
But wait! Thats not all. In July this year our good ol President under the expert advice (ho hum) of the iAG, Messrs Saiyed Khaiyum promulgated yet again changes to the High Court Act which allowed for judges from Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and India to sit on our benches.
Court stacking anyone? Cus that's really what's going down here.
Yes we’ve got déjà vu too. We’ve been down this road before and already the regional and international condemnation is coming thick and fast.
Sorry FVB folks. You will again bear the repeated brunt of having to perform miracles of turning water into wine on the tourism front. The upgraded travel advisories won’t make this task any easier.
So again we citizens have to make do with reduced public outbursts. You know what that means on the Letters to Ed and blogging fronts.
What is extremely entertaining tho’ is the continued charade of their continued upholding of our constitution. This time around the junta has firmly placing a noose around the Presidents neck who does not really have powers to declare a state of emergency. A Promulgation does not cut it folks…check your constitution. It is very unclear how The Shyster is interpreting her version of the light blue book.
But if there’s one thing we can count this junta on its PREDICTABILITY. Their cycle of governing has consistently been as follows
• Problem
• Knee Jerk reaction
• Rethink reaction
And so it goes. Only thing is the initial problems they encounter end up metamorphisizing into 3 more problems. Do not be surprised therefore that we aren’t going anywhere. Do not be further shocked to discover that original thinking nahi hai.
So where are we heading right now? Your guess is as good as ours. But hold fast and hold true to the fact that every cloud has a silver lining.
God is with us.
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Audio Interference 66: Poor People’s Campaign
In this episode of Audio Interference, we’re speaking with activists, organizers, musicians and artists who are a part of The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.
Audio Interference 63: Radical Access 2
We’re back to continue our series on radical, community libraries! In this episode, we chat with Ola Ronke Akinmowo of the Free Black Women’s Library, Dev Aujla of Sorted Library, and Jen Hoyer and Daniel Pecoraro from our own Interference Archive library.
Audio Interference 62: Alison Alder
This episode features an interview with artist and collector Alison Alder, a visual artist whose work blurs the line between studio, community and social/political art practice.
Audio Interference 61: 7K or Strike!
“We don’t believe that big gains and big transformations to unjust systems happen by just asking nicely. It happens by, as we’ve seen in all of the inspiring teacher’s strikes across the country – change happens by people really coming out and being disruptive. This is how folks throughout American history have gotten the things that they asked for, by going on strike. It’s really not some kind of radical theory.”
Audio Interference 60: Radical Psychology at Alternate U
In this episode, Keith Brooks and Phil Brown share their experiences in the critical psychology movement that was a part of the revolutionary environment at Alternate U.
Audio Interference 59: Politics of Sound
Listen to a discussion at Interference Archive about the various ways archiving sound can be a political act. With Mario Alvarez, Natiba Guy-Clement, Daniel Horowitz, and Samara Smith.
Audio Interference 58: Radical Access
“Our lending policy is: as many books as you want, for as long as you want. We want people to take the time to live with the books as long as they need to, to figure out how they fit into the larger picture of how they live.” — Dawn Finley, FLOW
Audio Interference 57: Free Education!
“I think we were interested in finding a true story. We were interested in telling the truth, not to make a propaganda film and not to make a film that would make people feel heroic. We wanted to make a film that was both sympathetic to the project and its goals and purposes, and at the same time was realistic about the world that it was operating in.”
– Robert Machover
Audio Interference 56: WTO Protests, Seattle 1999
“I remember walking home from that huge protest and feeling this sense of huge hope in the air…And it was just really exciting and it felt like things actually could change.”
Audio Interference 55: Steal This Radio and WBAD
“We knew it was illegal, and we knew the FCC would probably come after us at some point, and they did.”
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Venezuela's opposition leader declares 'final phase' of 'usurpation'
Speaking from a military base, Guaido and his supporters say the time has come to confront Maduro's government.
The Trump administration was quick to boost Guaido and the opposition, issuing statements of support.
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognised as the country's rightful interim ruler and fellow opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez address a crowd of supporters in Caracas, Venezuela April 30, 2019.
Maduro said on Tuesday he had spoken with military leaders and that they had shown him "their total loyalty".
He said he was at the Caracas air base La Carlota. Protesters were also seen throwing rocks, but being repelled by tear gas and water cannon.
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In spite of steady pressure from the USA, most Latin American nations and Europe, Maduro has clung to power - thanks in large part to support from Russian Federation.
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Lopez then joined Guaido and a handful of members from different branches of the armed forces in the Altamira highway in eastern Caracas close to La Carlota airbase.
"They negotiated for a long time on the means of restoring democracy but it seems that today they are not going forward", said US envoy for Venezuela Elliott Abrams, while USA national security adviser John Bolton said: "All agreed that Maduro had to go".
The U.S. "fully supports the Venezuelan people in their quest for freedom and democracy", added Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, although he stopped short of outright endorsing the actions taken Tuesday.
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In Washington, D.C., White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said President Donald Trump "has been briefed and is monitoring the ongoing situation".
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Bravo named in West Indies' World Cup squad
Kieron Pollard , Sunil Narine and Devendra Bishoo are among the big names who have not been named in the 15-man squad . This year's World Cup will be played as a 10-team league before semi-finals and the final.
England's Hales banned for recreational drug use
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Air India servers restored after shutdown affected operations across the world
The airline's internal server SITA went down at around 3:30 am, following which the airlines failed to issue boarding passes. The system was down till 8.45 am and restored around 9.30 am, he said, according to ANI .
Sri Lanka bans burqas for 'public protection' after bomb attacks
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Uber targets $91bn valuation for debut
Ride-hailing giant Uber seems to be underpromising in hopes of overdelivering when it goes public as early as next month. The company also recently launched Uber Freight, which creates an on-demand marketplace for shippers and carriers.
National Basketball Association playoffs wrap 2019: Rockets close out Jazz
Clippers defeated the Warriors 129-121 to grab their second win in the series, making it 3-2. Curry added: "It's one of those nights that we've got to erase from our memory quick".
Socialists lead Spain vote as far right gains
Or, rather, as a general rule, Europeans have cozied up to socialism in much larger numbers than Americans historically have. In May 2018 the PP was found guilty of having benefitted financially from the "Gurtel" corruption scandal.
Trump meets with Japan's Abe on trade
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Amazon pulls in a record $5.4 billion profit
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Pogba refuses visa for Man Utd summer tour — Real Madrid
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Kerr ranks Durant's 50-point performance among the best
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Portland's Kanter uncertain for 2nd round with hurt shoulder
All the guys out there were telling me just run to the ball and that's what I did. Damian Lillard with the Portland Trail Blazers . "I'm not playing nice".
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The Queen has bestowed the honour on Kate, 37, which is likely to be in recognition of her work as a member of the monarchy. The next morning, they released photos of their youngest son Prince Louis ahead of his first birthday on April 23.
Real Madrid to send frustrated youngster out on loan
But manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reiterated he "definitely" still wants the midfielder at the club yesterday. It is the same for many players because they know that this club is important", Zidane said.
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Trump distills his take on Mueller report to ‘No C or O!’
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Bottas wins in Azerbaijan and retakes championship lead
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Kim Jong Un leaves Vladivostok after summit with Putin
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The conflict between the Ukrainian government and breakaway rebels began after Moscow annexed Kiev's Crimea peninsula in 2014. DiCarlo, calling for a withdrawal of heavy weapons, disengagement of forces and more protection in the east, for civilians.
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Around Oklahoma OGA Tournaments
Wood wins battle of friends, teammates for OGA State Amateur title
July 19, 2018 July 19, 2018 Ken MacLeod
By Ken MacLeod
Photos by Rip Stell
OWASSO – Oklahoma State teammates Hayden Wood and Austin Eckroat have been playing similar schedules this summer, so when Wood learned his Edmond buddy had signed up for the Oklahoma Golf Association State Amateur, he followed suit.
When they saw they were seeded on opposite sides of the bracket, both egged the other on to meet them in the finals.
That they did, where Wood prevailed 3 and 2 at the end of a long and exhausting three days of two matches per day in searing heat at the superbly conditioned Patriot Golf Club.
“As soon as we saw we were on opposite sides of the bracket, we thought we would have a chance to meet in the finals,” Eckroat said. “I think the two guys that should have been in the finals were there. But it didn’t quite go my way.”
“We were hoping it would shake out this way,” Wood said. “I’ve known Austin since he was eight years old. We play golf all the time together and we’re good friends too.”
Temperatures were right around 100 degrees and heat index at 108 when Wood hit an 8-iron from 180 yards to inside a foot for eagle on the par-5 16th hole to close out the match. It capped a four-birdie, no bogey performance in the championship match after he had defeated Cody Burrows of Chickasha 2 and 1 in the morning semifinal.
Eckroat, who led qualifying with a 62 at Lincoln Park and had made 28 birdies in his previous five matches, made three birdies in the first seven holes, but also lost three balls in the first eight by hitting into hazards. He compounded the errors by three-putting the par-3 ninth to fall one down at the turn.
Wood reached the 605-yard par-5 10th in two for an easy birdie to go two up. Eckroat responded with a birdie on the par-3 11th, but then hit his tee shot wide on the par-4 12th and was facing bogey when Wood holed out a bunker shot for a birdie.
From there, both birdied the par-5 15th and Eckroat missed a 15-foot eagle putt on 16 before conceding.
“I told myself on the tee that I was going to make eagle and end it,” Wood said. “I knew he would make at least birdie and I didn’t want it to go on. “
“I didn’t hit it nearly as good in the final match and take advantage of the holes I have been throughout the week,” Eckroat said. “The holes I was killing people on I was hitting in the hazards and losing golf balls. Just out of position.
“But I’m happy for Hayden. He played well and deserved to win.”
Wood said it was a relaxed final match, as he and Eckroat play numerous practice rounds together at Karsten Creek and also play matches against each other in the summer. Both had returned from a tournament in South Carolina on Sunday, played a practice round Monday and then six matches in three days. Both will head from here to the Pacific Coast Amateur and later hopefully play in the U.S. Amateur, where Wood has qualified and Eckroat is an alternate.
There was no tension related to the fact that Eckroat was a starter for the OSU national championship team while Wood was one of five talented players to sit out. Wood said speculation that he had considered not returning for his senior season was overblown and he was looking forward to joining Eckroat in pursuit of something no OSU team has ever accomplished, which is a repeat national championship.
“I thought I was coming back the whole time,” Wood said. “I’m not ready to go professional yet. I just need to keep getting better and better and be ready next summer.
“It was just a bad timing thing. I started playing bad at the wrong time. But you just have to keep going forward. If you’re not beating the guys on your team, you’re not going to beat tour players. I’m looking forward to another year at school and I think if I just keep working on the things I’m working on, I’ll be ready to go next summer.”
While Eckroat steamrolled four of his five opponents to reach the final, Wood played a steadier game, making bunches of pars and the occasional birdie or eagle and taking advantage of his opponent’s miscues. He was in most danger two down through 10 holes to 59-year-old Mike Hughett in the quarterfinals before the 21-time OGA winner had a couple of bad drives on 12 and 14.
“There was some pressure in that match,” Wood laughed. “If I had lost to a guy older than my dad (PGA Tour veteran Willie Wood) and who has a day job. I would have caught some flak from the guys. He played good and had his mistakes and I did the same.”
Burrows, who will return for his senior season at ORU, said his ball striking was shaky in his semifinal match and not up to the standards he set in his four impressive victories earlier.
Richardson, who works at Golf Galaxy in Tulsa, will turn professional shortly. He had his chances against Eckroat, particularly after making a 55-foot birdie putt on the ninth hole to even the match, then taking his first lead with a birdie on 10. But he faltered on the par-3 13th and the par-4 14th with wayward tee shots into trees that gave Eckroat a 2 up advantage.
Oklahoma Golf Association
State Amateur Championship
The Patriot Golf Club
Austin Eckroat, Edmond, Okla. (1) def. Brady Richardson, Tulsa, Okla. (28), 2 and 1
Hayden Wood, Edmond, Okla. (19) def. Cody Burrows, Chickasha, Okla. (2), 2 and 1
Championship Match
Hayden Wood, Edmond, Okla. (19) def. Austin Eckroat, Edmond, Okla. (1), 3 and 2
Austin Eckroat
Cody Burrows
Hayden Wood
Brady Richardson
← Turner, Unger capture titles in Lincoln Park Junior in Oklahoma City
Son bumped from U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship in round of 16 →
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Low Testosterone has a big impact on men. Some males suffer debilitating symptoms when their bodies produce insufficient levels of testosterone, resulting in a condition called hypogonadism. Hypogonadism is the decreased functionality of the testes in producing an adequate amount of testosterone. Hypogonadism is not permanent, and can be treated with hormone replacement therapy, specifically Low Testosterone Therapy.
Testosterone is the main hormone associated with muscle mass, strength gains, and libido. But that's far from the only thing it does in the body. As Chris Lockwood, Ph.D., explains in the article "All About Testosterone," it impacts everything from mood and memory to bone health—but yes, to be clear, it also makes muscles bigger and stronger, and helps increase endurance and athletic performance.
The Prime Labs Men’s Testosterone Booster made our top spot for testosterone booster caplets. These natural testosterone supplements improve the symptoms of low testosterone, which include low energy, a lack of stamina, a low sex drive, and a decrease in strength. The results include improvement in all of the above and the can also boost your overall mood, making you feel more confident and in control.
Magnesium comes with a strict upper cap. Excess magnesium is hard on your kidneys, and can lead to kidney failure. The NIH recommends that men consume 400-420 mg of magnesium daily, but that they should not exceed 350 mg of supplemental magnesium per day. Because while it’s rare for people to chronically overdose on magnesium through diet (you’d have to eat a lot of almonds and spinach, for example), overdose by supplement is far more common.
Testosterone, historically believed to be important only for male sexual function, has over the past decades transformed from niche hormone to multi-system player.22 There is increasing recognition of the harmful consequences of hypogonadism (also known as testosterone deficiency) wide spectrum of beneficial health effects of testosterone therapy and.23, 24
Most people associate testosterone with facial hair, gigantic muscles & illegal steroids. Naturally produced testosterone plays a very important role in male/female metabolic function. Lowered testosterone is a chronic epidemic that is threatening lives all around the world. This article will go over 12 ways to boost testosterone levels naturally through healthy lifestyle measures.
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In fact, high cortisol deals a crushing blow to testosterone in two ways. During, long-lasting stress, high amounts of cortisol release very often and have a direct negative influence on T levels. Thus, cortisol inhibits testosterone synthesis in the testes and hypothalamus. In addition, the production of cortisol is impossible without cholesterol. But testosterone synthesis also demands cholesterol. Since during stress cholesterol is first of all used for making cortisol, T levels simply plummet.
‘Testosterone boosting’ products - found online, or in health food or body-building shops, these products claim to boost testosterone levels if you buy them. The majority of these products will not have the effect you want and are not worth spending money on. Any of these products that do have a real effect may have a form of prescription medication in which is both dangerous and illegal.
The regular intake of testosterone boosters is known for the high level of safety comparing to the hormone injections and the use of illegal steroids. But still to protect yourself against any possible adverse reactions, you should remember that the supplementation can’t be continuous. The breaks from time to time are required. Such an approach to the use of boosters is healthy and best-working if you aspire to enhance own hormone production without any harm.
If you're completely inactive, or if you're completely burned out from overly intense training, neither one is going to help your T-levels. And when it comes to nutrition, eating enough—and getting adequate dietary fats—are both essential for healthy testosterone levels, and for general health.[2] In "All About Testosterone," Chris Lockwood, Ph.D., notes that extreme low-calorie dieting and fasting will hinder testosterone levels from staying at their peak, along with better-known villains like chronic stress.
Xenoestrogen is a chemical that imitates estrogen in the human body. When men are exposed to too much of this estrogen-imitating chemical, T levels drop significantly. The problem is xenoestrogen is freaking everywhere — plastics, shampoos, gasoline, cows, toothpaste. You name it and chances are there are xenoestrogen in it. The ubiquitous nature of this chemical in our modern world is one reason some endocrinologists believe that testosterone levels are lower in men today than in decades past. It’s also a reason doctors say the number of boys born with hypospadias — a birth defect in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis and not at the tip — has doubled. Note to expecting parents: make sure mom stays away from xenoestrogens during the pregnancy.
DAA (D-Aspartic Acid): When it comes to potent ingredients, D-Aspartic Acid is probably one the most potent ones currently available for boosting testosterone levels. This ingredient is used by sportsmen and bodybuilders alike to boost performance and gains, while it has also been shown to aid infertile men. DAA works with the brain, which stimulates the release of the luteinizing hormone that produces testosterone and also the secretion of growth hormone. Testosterone Synthesis also increases along with the other effects.
Testosterone is the primary sex hormone in men, and it is responsible for the development of many of the physical characteristics that are considered typically male. Women also produce the hormone in much smaller amounts. Testosterone, part of a hormone class known as androgens, is produced by the testicles after stimulation by the pituitary gland, which is located near the base of the brain, and it sends signals to a male's testicles (or to a woman's ovaries) that spark feelings of sexual desire. (1)
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Indonesian election: The grass-roots campaign
Catriona Croft-Cusworth
Published 27 Jun 2014 08:53 0 Comments
Indonesian Elections
With two weeks to go until Indonesia chooses its next president, mainstream and online media are flooded with political messages. Mainstream media has given up any pretense of nonpartisanship, while social media has become a battleground of slogans and symbols. But even for those who choose to switch off media completely, the barrage of political messages is unavoidable. Jostling for attention in the public space are metres and metres of spanduk, the colourful banners strung up from trees, electricity poles, fences and doorways from one side of the densely populated archipelago to the other.
In Jakarta, banners bearing the faces of presidential contenders Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, as well as their respective vice presidential candidates Jusuf Kalla and Hatta Rajasa, are filling up intersections, main roads and alleyways. Some banners are produced by the parties backing the candidates, while others are made by supporting associations, institutions or volunteer groups that have joined the campaign.
Last week I took a trip around several neighbourhoods of different income levels in South Jakarta to see how the candidates are presenting themselves, or being presented by their supporters, in the public space. I found that many neighbourhoods were dominated by banners supporting one side or the other, suggesting that communities were either going to, or were expected to, vote as a bloc.
In my small sample, I found that income level was not a determining factor for a neighbourhood's support for either candidate. If anything, community support was more closely linked to existing organisations and institutions. Support for Prabowo was seen from both lower-income and elite groups, while Jokowi was supported by his political party and volunteer groups across the spectrum. This confirms suggestions that middle-class voters, with fewer affiliations to such groups, are the ones to win over in the upcoming election.
For example, one crowded neighbourhood in North Gandaria was filled with banners, stickers and flags supporting Prabowo. At the community watch post, a banner showed that the Prabowo-Hatta pair was supported in the area by the Betawi Brotherhood Communication Forum (Forkabi), a mass organisation that claims to provide community services, but which has also been accused of involvement in gang violence. The advertising extended into the nearby goldfish market, where garbage collectors live around the perimeter.
In an even more crowded area a few neighbourhoods over in Bangka, Jokowi-Kalla posters dominated the streets, and community watch posts were covered in the red-and-black bull of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the party supporting Jokowi's bid for president. There, the pair were backed by the owners of motorcycle repair shelters and tiny stalls selling sweets and cigarettes.
At an intersection in the wealthy area of Panglima Polim, where residences are rapidly being converted to hipster middle-class cafes, banners supporting Jokowi and Prabowo were hung one above the other (see photo above), something less commonly seen in lower income neighbourhoods. Jokowi and Hatta, dressed in their signature casual shirts, promise to push 'towards a great Indonesia' while Prabowo and Hatta, wearing traditional peci caps as a reference to both Islamic piety and President Sukarno's nationalist movement, promise to 'save Indonesia'. Both use the red-and-white Indonesian flag as a backdrop.
The slogans and imagery reinforce the themes of the two campaigns: Jokowi and Kalla emphasising solidarity with the people (at least through their attire), while Prabowo and Hatta promise to 'save' the people and raise Indonesia's dominance on the world stage, once again claiming the title of 'Asian tiger' (some banners in the area are even decorated with roaring tigers). Jokowi and Kalla are described on their banners as 'honest, of the people and simple', while Prabowo and Hatta are described as 'smart, firm and capable'.
Meanwhile, banners made by volunteer groups and supporting organisations put their own spin on reasons to choose one candidate over another.
The above banner, made by Generasi Muda FKPPI, an association of families of military and police veterans, supports Prabowo's bid with the slogan 'One Commando for All'. It suggests that Prabowo maintains military support, despite being dismissed from service over allegations regarding his role in the kidnapping and disappearance of student activists in 1998. His former superior, the retired General Wiranto, whose Hanura party is part of the coalition supporting Jokowi's bid, last week publicly confirmed that the abductions were the reason for Prabowo's dismissal. Prabowo earlier responded to a question about the incident in a televised debate by saying that he was only following orders.
Aside from his connections to Wiranto, Jokowi has also found support in less powerful circles. At the edge of a leafy neighbourhood and a busy overpass, some motorcycle taxi drivers in Brawijaya have turned a sign for their transport service into a campaign poster, supported by the Red-White People's Volunteers (Relawan RMP), a pro-Jokowi group.
Why Jokowi? 'Because Jokowi is a man of the people!' they said, echoing the slogans seen on banners in the area. After having their photograph taken, holding up two fingers to indicate Jokowi's ballot number, the motorcycle drivers rushed to present me with a T-shirt, stickers and pins from the nearby campaign centre.
Across the overpass in the neighbourhood of Mampang Prapatan, where the streets are so narrow they can only accommodate one motorcycle at a time, a shopkeeper just as enthusiastically endorsed Prabowo. His shop was draped with posters and his family, who were sitting in front of it, said they would all be voting for Prabowo. Why? The reply again came in the form of slogans: 'Prabowo tegas, kerja keras!' (Prabowo is firm, works hard).
My own motorcyclist guide, after seeing so many banners, said he was confused about who he would vote for on 9 July. It can't help having banners turning up around Jakarta like the one below: vote for Prabowo, it suggests, and Jokowi will remain governor of Jakarta. The banner has already been reported to the Elections Monitoring Agency (Bawaslu) for being displayed on public property such as the Jakarta People's Representative Council (DPRD) building. Over the weekend, I saw it displayed on a billboard-sized LED screen on the side of the popular Plaza Senayan shopping centre.
It's a powerful message for Jakartans who placed their hope in Jokowi as governor to help the city overcome chronic problems of traffic, flooding and inequality.
Perhaps this is the kind of message that is turning the loyalties of swing voters and the middle class, who voted for Jokowi in the Jakarta election. Without connections to community organisations, institutions or political parties, these voters are left to make decisions based on the information available to them, whether via the warped messages of the media, the zealous debate online, or the collage of competing interests on every street corner.
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Home Festivals and Culture The Biggest Mystery of Srimad Bhagavatam – Srimati Radha
The Biggest Mystery of Srimad Bhagavatam – Srimati Radha
Despite the fact that Srimati Radha is always remembered and worshiped along with Lord Krishna, and despite the fact that Srimad Bhagavatam is specifically about the glories of Lord Krishna, not even once there appears, in the entire book, the most auspicious name of Srimati Radha! Not even once! Why?
Bhadra Balaram das
Popularly known as a Hindu scripture, Srimad Bhagavatam, also known as Bhagavat Purana, is actually a post graduation study in the subject matter of self realization for every human being regardless of his or her faith or religion. The mystery of Srimad Bhagavatam deepens as it includes the science of creation of the universe, manifestations of different material elements, how the Supreme Soul enters the universe and activates it, how He maintains it and how He not only destroys it but also regenerates it through His multifarious energies and agencies.
Srimad Bhagavatam talks about the dimension of the universe, the fourteen planetary system along with the names of the rulers and their lifespan, and the names, time period, descriptions, and activities of the incarnations of the Lord. It is no surprise that with its 18000 well-composed verses and the mind-blowing yet purely scientific knowledge that it delivers, Srimad Bhagavatam is often considered a mythological text by the less intelligent class of people claiming to be scholars.
Fortunately, with emerging technologies and progressing modern science, the concept of the universe and the core principles of physics that we know of have seen significant changes. Scientists have begun to wonder if the universe was indeed created with intelligence, as opposed to the struggling big-bang theory, and whether interplanetary communication and space travel indeed existed in previous ages as described in Srimad Bhagavatam and other Vedic scriptures.
The mystery of Srimad Bhagavatam is not limited just to the so-called atheists and rationalists; it also bewilders believers, religionists, and even spiritualists. However, this is true only so far the seeker of truth does not hear it from the acharyas, the spiritual masters who come in the line of disciplic succession, or guru parampara.
One well-debated mystery of Srimad Bhagavatam is about whether God is a person. Srila Prabhupada says the following right in the beginning of his introduction to the first chapter of Srimad Bhagavatam, titled Creation:
“The conception of God and the conception of Absolute Truth are not on the same level. The Srimad-Bhagavatam hits on the target of the Absolute Truth. The conception of God indicates the controller, whereas the conception of the Absolute Truth indicates the summum bonum or the ultimate source of all energies. There is no difference of opinion about the personal feature of God as the controller because a controller cannot be impersonal. Of course modern government, especially democratic government, is impersonal to some extent, but ultimately the chief executive head is a person, and the impersonal feature of government is subordinate to the personal feature. So without a doubt whenever we refer to control over others we must admit the existence of a personal feature.” (S.B. Introduction to Canto 1)
Another mystery of Srimad Bhagavatam is, if Krishna is the incarnation of Vishnu as most people believe, why is He described as Bhagavan svayam, meaning the original personality of Godhead? Also, if Lord Krishna was not the original Vishnu, why did Srila Vyasa deva dedicate more than a full Canto, or skandha, exclusively to Lord Krishna in Srimad Bhagavatam when all other incarnations are described in only one or more chapters? One reason other incarnations are described in the book is to show how they are all incarnations of Lord Krishna.
ete chamsa-kalaah pumsah kṛishnas tu bhagavan svayam
indrari-vyakulam lokam mridayanti yuge yuge
TRANSLATION: All of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Sri Krishna is the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets whenever there is a disturbance created by the atheists. The Lord incarnates to protect the theists.
Besides, the fact that many other puranas also declare Krishna as the source of all Vishnu incarnations adds to this mystery. Who is whose incarnation? Vishnu is Krishna’s or Krishna is Vishnu’s?
One more mystery of Srimad Bhagavatam is its name itself. If Bhagavatam was only about the pastimes of Lord Krishna, why did Vyasa deva named it Srimad Bhagavatam or Srimad Bhagavat? The word Bhagavat synonymizes with Bhagavan, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are many more mysteries but almost all of them are answered in Srimad Bhagavatam.
However, there is one mystery of Srimad Bhagavatam that the readers hardly notice. The fact that they hardly notice it is in itself is another mystery, but the real biggest mystery is Srimati Radha, or Radharani.
Practically, the whole world worships Lord Krishna along with Radharani. There are millions of images showing the divine couple. When there are lectures on Srimad Bhagavatam, widely known as Bhagavata saptah, especially by professional reciters , all they talk about is Radha and Krishna. There are thousands of songs written to glorify the pure love between Radha and Krishna. In fact, especially in India, there could be hardly any person who knows Krishna and does not know Radha. Despite all these and despite the fact that Srimad Bhagavatam especially is about the glories of Lord Krishna, not even once there appears, in the entire book, the most auspicious name of Srimati Radha!
Thanks to the previous acharyas, the most confidential eternal associates of Lord Krishna, the answer to this particular mystery of Srimad Bhagavatam is available to us.
They biggest of mystery of Srimad Bhagavatam – Srimati Radha
The main speaker of Srimad Bhagavatam is Shukadeva Gosvami, the son of Vyasa dev. Shukadeva Gosvami is a parama-hamsa, maha-bhagavat devotee of the Lord. His intense love for Sri Sri Radha-Krishna is simply inconceivable. It is said that he is incarnation of Srimati Radharani’s favorite parrot in Goloka Vrindavan known as Lila Shuka, who sings the sweet glories of Sri Krishna to Srimati Radha for Her pleasure, especially when She feels intense separation from Her beloved, Krishna.
There is also a story how when Lord Shiva, in Kailash, was narrating Srimad Bhagavatam to his dear wife Parvati devi, at one point she fell asleep but whenever Lord Shiva asked if she was listening, he would get a “yes” in reply. Later on Lord Shiva realized that the “yes” was coming from a parrot sitting on a nearby tree, who was attentively listening to Lord Shiva’s narration, not from Parvati devi. This made Lord Shiva angry. He chased the parrot who fled in fear and took shelter of Vyasa dev’s ashram in Badrinath. In order to hide, the parrot entered the mouth of Vatika, the wife of Vyasa dev, and after remaining for 16 years in her stomach, he took birth as Shukadeva. There are other stories as well regarding the identity of Shukadev Gosvami and varying opinions too but the central point is, he was a highly elevated, spontaneous devotee of Lord Krishna from the very birth.
It is explained that when Shukvadeva Gosvami was speaking Srimad Bhagavatam to King Parikshit, the king had only seven days to live. Shukadeva knew well that if he spoke of Srimati Radha, even uttered Her name once, he would go into trance, samadhi, for months remembering his eternal loving service to Srimati Radhika and wouldn’t be able to complete the narration. For this reason he didn’t speak about Radha directly although he did mention the words “aradhana”, aradhitah, and “gopi” indicating Her name.
anayaradhito nunaṁ bhagavan harir isvaraḥ
yan no vihaya govindaḥ prito yam anayad rahah
TRANSLATION: Certainly this particular gopi has perfectly worshiped the all-powerful Personality of Godhead, Govinda, since He was so pleased with Her that He abandoned the rest of us and brought Her to a secluded place. (S.B. 10.30.28)
Srila Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur explains that the word aradhitah refers to Srimati Radha. He comments, “The sage Shukadeva Gosvamī has tried with all endeavor to keep Her name hidden, but now it automatically shines forth from the moon of his mouth. That he has spoken Her name is indeed Her mercy, and thus the word aradhitah is like the rumbling of a kettledrum sounded to announce Her great good fortune.”
Srmati Radha on a swing with Lord Krishna
This mystery of Srimad Bhagavatam can be appreciated only by the devotees of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna. For others it remains just a theory with no real substance. In fact, Radharani Herself has remained a great mystery to mundane scholars since centuries.
Loved, directly or indirectly, by one and all, moving and non-moving beings, Srimati Radharani, more commonly known as Radha, Radhika, Radhe and many other names, the eternal consort of Sri Krishna, has remained a mystery since millenniums. Some say She was the most beautiful gopi in Vrindavan among other gopis, who loved Krishna more than their very own selves. Others say She was an incarnation of Lakshmi devi, the eternal consort of Lord Vishnu. People also curiously discuss whether She was older than Krishna or younger, whether She was married to Krishna or not, and so on. Radha is not what most people think, an ordinary village girl who fell in love with Krishna, or a mythological beauty, or, even worse, an imaginary icon of love…One cannot understand Srimati Radha or Her relationship with Sri Krishna unless and until one’s heart is completely purified of lusty desires…(http://mayapurvoice.com/svagatam/knowing-more-about-srimati-radha-on-radhastami-day-2/)
Srimati Radharani is Lord Krishna’s pleasure potency, or ahladini shakti. What this means is She cannot be separated from Krishna because energy cannot be separated from the energetic. Her another name is Madana-mohana-mohini because She attracts Krishna, who is known as Madana-mohana. The mystery of Srimad Bhagavatam remains a mystery to those who do not learn from Vaishnava acharyas like the Gosvamis of Vrindavan, who appeared when Lord Chaitanya descended to freely distribute the transcendental love Lord Krishna.
Srila Prabhupada says: “To perform devotional service means to follow in the footsteps of Radharani, and the devotees in Vrndavana put themselves under the care of Radharani in order to achieve perfection in their devotional service. In other words, devotional service is not an activity of the material world; it is directly under the control of Radharani. In Bhagavad Gita it is confirmed that the mahatmas or great souls, are under the protection of daivi prakrti, the internal energy—Radharani. So, being directly under the control of the internal potency of Krishna, devotional service attracts even Krishna Himself.” (NOD pg. 16).
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'Faceshopping' (2018) with Sophie Xeon/SOPHIE
Joseph Owen Jackson
While her entrancing brand of stuttering electronic dance music clatters and clangs in the background, Sophie Xeon's musical alter ego SOPHIE is both present and absent throughout the self-directed music video for her third single 'Faceshopping' (2018). Oscillating between the white canvas and black mirror of a panoptic screen, grotesque animated versions of the artist’s cosmeticized face flash, mutate, deflate and flicker across an empty non-location. Mechanical percussion sounds clash against artificial keyboard noises in a disjointed, uneven manner, creating a fractious posthuman sensorium that exacerbates the dehumanising CGI effects wreaking havoc on SOPHIE’s animated visage.
The sassiness of lyrics “I’m real when I shop my face” embrace unsavoury aspects of self-love which are deemed corrosive elements of consumer culture’s cash-generating narcissism. However, beneath an unflappable veneer of bold and confident dissent, SOPHIE’s video encapsulates fundamental paradoxes connected to the contemporary practice of digitally beautifying one’s image – or, indeed, [photo]shopping one’s face.
Playing with the postcinematic ‘inverted panopticon’ technique that characterises so many of today’s digital music videos, SOPHIE forces us to gaze at all the contortions and twists of her mutating features as the viewing experience becomes increasingly uncomfortable and unsettling. Emphatic lyrical rallying cries for digitalisation’s empowering superficiality are thus juxtaposed against nightmarish transformations of SOPHIE’s face, thereby generating sophisticated sensations of incongruity between overlapping strains of horror, awe and gorgeousness which [over]flow from unfiltered and unstrained approaches to online self-mediation.
Towards the video’s denouement, we visualise an animated version of SOPHIE’s suspended torso floating into nothingness. Does the wisdom of self-mediated perfectionism offer serene, angelic transcendence? Perhaps the price of ‘shopping’ or ‘selling out’ our identities catapults the soul into an unending purgatorial drift within, between and beyond online and offline media worlds? Unlike fame-hunters and shameless self-promoters pursuing stardom through makeup tutorials on Youtube and amateur modelling careers on Instagram, SOPHIE’s music video depicts digitalised self-mediation as a volatile, unstable force of expression, a new and unknown power that must be respected and harnessed wisely in order to capture those precious glimpses of divine technophilia.
'Faceshopping' actively performs the defiant, determined aspects of self-promotion to address a complex, contradictory phenomenon of our contemporary networked environment. When left unchecked, disfiguring corollaries engendered by excessively narcissistic behaviour may deflate our fragile, oversized egos, transforming the most beautiful and charismatic beings into ugly, empty shells. Exemplifying self-mediation's tensions within our congested and contested digisphere, SOPHIE’s posthuman aesthetics cautiously obfuscate and, simultaneously, joyously commingle simplistic dichotomies between: nobility and narcissism - vitality and vanity - the precocious spirit of innovative human instincts and wave after rampant wave of our cold, arrogant, dehumanising technologies.
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Stuck "in-between" mediation and lived experience
By Dewey Musante
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 — 1:41 am
Awesome stuff Joe! That song and video were an...experience. I'm really interested in the fundemental paradox that you're teasing out here that seems to haunt yours and Jenny's post: is there a way to perform any meaningful criticism of the affect of self-mediation without crashing into the ambivilence these works excavate from the methods of mediation itself. Personal Shopper and "Faceshopping" seem to emphasize both the horrorbile and freeing nature of "shopping" for a self-image. Is there a type of ideological compromise going on here? If so, what might it be revealing about the lived experience of self-mediation? Those questions might be waaaay to large to answer in a comment, but I think your insighfully poking at them.
similarly stuck betwixt and between
By Joseph Owen Jackson
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 — 10:06 am
haha yes, I think 'experience' is a very diplomatic way of putting it!
'Shopping' and 'selling' metaphors keep cropping up within discussions of contemporary self-mediation... I guess one of the most nefarious lived experiences of self-mediation is our willingness to commodify the self and turn other people into products, rather than a calculated decision to reject the commodification of humans absolutely.
Tensions between critical assessment of self-mediation and the vortex of ambivalance which seems to pervade this particular topic may stem from the ways presenting or 'selling' the self (as though a product in a shop window, or the digital image of an item available on Amazon, eBay, etc.) are always constructed through subjective lenses. The 'selling points' that one sees in themself might not necessarily be the same aspects that others regard highly in that individual, and vice versa. When trying to articulate these tensions, I guess we theorists play similar games and negotiate analogous minefields - and the outcomes may not necessarily correspond with our critical intensions.
Can you think of any music videos which echo SOPHIE's style, or explore self-mediation in a comparable fashion? Working on a project and am trying to pool together relevant resources.
Cheers, all the v best, Joe
Interesting! I buy that
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 — 5:12 pm
Interesting! I buy that argument. I agree with Jenny about Corperate Cannibal. I also thought of the deflated bodies in Under the Skin (2013). There's also the Robbie William's video for "Rock DJ." It seems similar in that the body and its "stripping down" are positioned as a way of being seen and selling the self.
Corporate Cannibal
By Jenny Gunn
To your last comment and while reading your post I couldn't help but think of Grace Jones' Corporate Cannibal (Nick Hooker 2008). Steven Shaviro has argued that Corporate Cannibal affectively maps the mutability of the digital and its extensiveness. My advisor, Alessandra Raengo has argued that Shaviro's analysis relies on (but overlooks its reliance on) the affectability and metaphorics of blackness to make its point. It seems that the idea of mutability is very differently approached in these two works although they have a lot of overlap. Is this a result of an increasing pessimism regarding the promise of digital extension, for example. the rise of selfie culture as creating self-imposed limitations to the experience of digital media, or is there something racial happening here as well. I wonder how the idea of shopping could also be thought through in terms of the appropriations (cultural and otherwise) digital mediation makes possible
Grace Jones is a fantastic artist
Thursday, May 23, 2019 — 8:42 am
Absolutely love Corporate Cannibal - incidentally, I first encountered the video through Shaviro's writings on the postcinematic.
Can definitely see a) connections between the video's aesthetic and Raengo's work with liquid blackness journal, and b) how the 'liquid blackness' concept illustrates ways in which contemporary manifestions of 'blackness' discourses (as demonstrated by Grace Jones) defy rigid or concrete definitions as they flow across borders and boundaries.
'Shopping' and 'corporations' do keep popping up.. A comparison between methods of advertising the self in the 'Faceshopping' and 'Corporate Cannibal' videos could certainly shed some interesting light on the racialisation of certain discourses in our digitalised epoch.
My face is the front of shop
By Joseph DeLeon
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Friday, May 24, 2019 — 2:06 pm
What a great text to put into conversation this week on self-images. There's a lot going on in this video! I was drawn to the break-down moment in the middle of the clip, where the glittery water droplets form text in the absence of SOPHIE's digitally rendered, warped, and chopped face. The song and the text say: "So you must be the one that I've seen in my dreams. Come on touch me. Set my spirit free. Test me. Do you feel what I feel? Do you see what I see? Reduce me to nothingness." I think the ambiguity that Jenny's post and your post point us towards with self-images is the nature of the recipient or reception of the self-image. On this point, I think this middle part of the song gets at Dewey's question of getting at the lived experience of self-mediation, because the clip ambivalently incorporates a dialogue with an imagined object of desire that is also the self. Does any self-image not have a dual address outward and inward, toward a public and back to one's own usually harsher view of oneself? With these lines in the song, SOPHIE could be either looking into the mirror or looking at her Instagram feed of facetuned images, asking her followers and herself if the images align with an unattainable construct of beauty. In either case, SOPHIE desires critique if not annihilation, to be reduced to nothingness. Considering lived experience, I think the trans YouTuber Contrapoints provides another interesting context for this song/video in her recently uploaded video on facial feminization surgery, which incorporates SOPHIE's "Faceshopping" song in light of navigating the cultural constructs of beauty & gender identity. SOPHIE's line of "I'm real when I shop my face" takes on an empowering tone in light of Contrapoints' arguments in her video.
Saturday, May 25, 2019 — 4:20 pm
I love that break-down moment in the video! When the shrill voice stops singing with discernable words, the text dissolves into glittery nothingness while the singer ecstatically warbles strange, alien sounds. Perhaps this points towards how elements of SOPHIE's art transcend the limitations of language, articulating certain sensations and feelings in ways that mere words cannot. However, the video with Contrapoints then challenges this reading, because her clear and enlightening breakdown of the nuances and niches of facial plastic surgery are as empowering and stimulating as SOPHIE's avant-garde audiovisual aesthetics.
I think your observation that self-images are bound with tensions between inward and outward addresses is v v astute - and, maybe, this could also be flipped to encapsulate the sensations experienced by percipients of other peoples' self-images. How do we experience a Facebook friend's self-image inwardly as a complex concoction of signs and symbols, and then, after having processed this new information contained within and surrounding the self-image, how do we project or construct our reactions outwardly in a way that enforces social hegemonies and adheres to social contracts, or indeed challenges or subverts these broader metanarratives?
From: Self-Mediation in Contemporary Media
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The original story can be found at http://m.bpnews.net/51645/lifeway-workers-fine-after-bullet-destroys-window
LifeWay workers 'fine' after bullet destroys window
by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, September 21, 2018 (10 months ago)
Tags: LifeWay Christian Resourcesshootings
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was updated at 2:05 p.m. Sept. 21 with comments from LifeWay President and CEO Thom Rainer.
NASHVILLE (BP) -- "Employees are fine" a day after a bullet destroyed a fifth-floor window at LifeWay Christian Resources' downtown Nashville complex, company spokesperson Carol Pipes told Baptist Press.
No employees were injured when a bullet of unknown origin shattered a large fifth-floor window Sept. 20 at LifeWay Christian Resources' new downtown Nashville complex.
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"We're just really thankful no one was hurt," said Pipes, LifeWay director of corporate communications, who noted police are investigating the incident. The window, destroyed by the shot, is nearly level to nearby Interstates 40 and 65.
LifeWay President Thom Rainer praised employees today (Sept. 21) for their response to the event.
"Our employees were naturally shaken by the event, but many continued to work in the office while others exercised the flexibility to work off-site the rest of the day," Rainer said. "I am always amazed at the resilience of our employees. We are certainly thankful for God's grace and protection."
Employees were informed of the incident in an email, Pipes said, after police were called to the office at 11:45 a.m. Thursday (Sept. 20).
According to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department's incident report, a LifeWay employee called police and said he heard a "loud pop" coming from outside the building. "When he walked to the window he noticed a bullet hole in the window and the remains of that bullet resting on the ground beside a filing cabinet," the report said.
"He stated that no one working in the office at this time was injured," investigating officers wrote, "nor did anyone see who was responsible for the damage." No other areas of the building were damaged and no injuries were discovered, police said. The remains of the bullet were collected as evidence.
No hate crime, terrorism nor gang activity is suspected, police said, but no suspect has been named. The large glass window had an estimated value of $5,000.
Diana Chandler is Baptist Press' general assignment writer/editor. BP reports on missions, ministry and witness advanced through the Cooperative Program and on news related to Southern Baptists' concerns nationally and globally.
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The Strangest Soccer Match Ever Played
BY Dan Lewis
Dan Lewis runs the popular daily newsletter Now I Know (“Learn Something New Every Day, By Email”). To subscribe to his daily email, click here.
In 1994, twenty-one Caribbean nations gathered to play for the Shell Caribbean Cup. Trinidad and Tobago would emerge victorious, but, in the group stage, Barbados and Grenada would play the tournament's most memorable match— quite possibly the strangest soccer match ever played.
Barbados, Grenada, and Puerto Rico were grouped together in the qualifying round. In their first games, Grenada beat Puerto Rico 2-0 while Barbados lost to Puerto Rico, 1-0. With Grenada and Barbados set to play, the potential outcomes were clear: Grenada would advance with a win. For Barbados to advance, they would need to win by at least two goals because of goal differential being used as a tiebreaker.
There were no draws in the qualifying round, so games went into sudden death “golden goal” extra time. For some inexplicable reason, the tournament organizers decided that extra time goals would be worth two goals. So when Barbados found themselves winning 2-1 in regular time with less than ten minutes left, they had two choices: try and score a third goal, unlikely versus a lock-down Grenada defense, or intentionally score an own goal, knot the game up at 2-2, and hope to score and secure a two-goal victory in extra time. They went with the second strategy, as shown in this video:
With the game tied, 2-2, what was strange became stranger. Grenada realized that a 3-2 win or a 3-2 loss would be equally effective, so they tried to score in either goal — Barbados' or their own. For five frantic minutes, Barbados defended both goals against the two-fronted Grenada assault. Grenada failed, and Barbados netted the game-winner in overtime, winning 4-2 and advancing past the qualifying round.
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Home / Columnists / Bruce Brothers / Wild’s talent, depth creates tough decisions
Wild’s talent, depth creates tough decisions
By Bruce Brothers
After playing a starring role in the Wild’s first-round win over Colorado a year ago, Minnesota’s depth has Erik Haula, among others, battling just to be in the lineup as the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs begin. (MHM Photo / Brent Cizek)
Deepest lineup ever presents good ‘problem’ as playoffs begin
St. Paul – With the Stanley Cup Playoffs about to open and Minnesota considered one of the better of the 16 candidates, there are a lot of happy faces these days in the Wild dressing room.
However, donning a smile when you are out of the lineup for your team’s opening Stanley Cup Playoff game does not come easily.
And the Wild, who kick off a seven-game series against the ultra-tough St. Louis Blues Thursday evening in St. Louis, have an abundance of extra bodies who will not be suiting up.
It’s a good thing and it’s a bad thing.
This is without question the most talented team in coach Mike Yeo’s four seasons and — possibly — the most talented team in Wild history. That means sometime-regulars like Nate Prosser, Erik Haula, Sean Bergenheim and possibly Ryan Carter might be scratched Thursday.
Carter was among the top 12 forwards in Tuesday’s Wild practice at the Xcel Energy Center because Matt Cooke sat out with what Yeo called “discomfort,” but Yeo declined to speculate about who’s in and who’s out between Cooke and Carter.
As of Tuesday, Prosser, Haula and Bergenheim looked to be on the outside.
No one has had a crazier ride to this point than Prosser, who was among the Wild’s top six defensemen a year ago, then signed as a free agent with the Blues before he was claimed off waivers by Minnesota at the beginning of the season.
“I’m happy to be back,” Prosser said. A native of Elk River, Minn., he pasted on his trademark smile after practice Tuesday before admitting that it stings to be on the outside.
“It’s out of my control,” he said, noting that all he can do is work hard in practice, offer as much psychological and physical support to teammates as possible and be ready if called to play.
Minnesota’s depth – thanks to players who have recently returned to full health like Jason Zucker, Carter and probably Cooke – is at an all-time high.
“It’s probably as deep as it’s ever been,” Prosser noted, crediting additions obtained by general manager Chuck Fletcher including Jordan Leopold, Chris Stewart and Bergenheim. “We’ve got a lot of guys who are ready and good players. It’s a testament to our team.”
Selecting his lineup and keeping the ones who aren’t in it happy is part of Yeo’s job.
“That’s part of the challenge,” Yeo said, “but guys that were here last year remember and guys that have been part of the playoffs know things change quickly.”
Haula, Yeo pointed out, played limited minutes a year ago before taking on more responsibility “and obviously having quite an impact as things went on.”
Haula’s smile following practice Tuesday appeared a bit forced.
“It’s an exciting time,” he said. “Of course it’s disappointing not being in, but I’ve just got to do the work and be ready when called upon.”
Carter has ridden the roller coaster of emotions, slipping out of the team’s top 12 forwards before climbing back in with Cooke missing Tuesday.
Although Carter beamed after practice, he knew his status could change quickly.
“I think we’re all prepared to play at any time,” he said. “That’s kind of where my head’s at right now.”
The differences between a year ago and today on the Wild’s roster are large: Cody McCormick, Stephane Veilleux, Clayton Stoner, Jon Blum and Ilya Bryzgalov have been replaced by Zucker, Stewart, Leopold, Devan Dubnyk, Thomas Vanek, Matt Dumba and Justin Fontaine. Also available besides Prosser and Haula are Bergenheim, Christian Folin and Jordan Schroeder.
“This team’s more talented than last year,” radio analyst Tom Reid said. “They understand a bit more what’s expected of ’em.”
The Wild’s lineup is not only deep, Reid pointed out, it’s healthy.
“Minnesota’s got more bullets in the chamber than they had previous years,” he added.
Yeo says he’s not about to declare this a Stanley Cup contender, even if the possibility of Minnesota advancing deep into the playoffs does exist.
“Definitely, this is the best team in my tenure,” Yeo said. “The most complete team. Again, we’re not going in the locker room saying, ‘OK, this is our year, this is do or die,’ or anything like that. We’ve got a quiet confidence about us.”
That said, he noted, the Blues present too tough of an opponent to think too big.
“Our expectations,” Yeo said, “are nothing more than to be ready for Game One right now.”
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BB covered sports for the Minneapolis Tribune for 13 years and for the St. Paul Pioneer Press for 20 years following stints at the International Falls Daily Journal and the Duluth News-Tribune. He was on the Wild beat as well as Gophers men's and women's hockey at the Pioneer Press. He lives in Minneapolis. Follow Bruce on Twitter @RealBBrothers
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Hi-tech Lo-tech
Posted on April 27, 2001 by chet
There’s something wonderful about using the web to distribute a QuickTime short done in the style of Atari 2600 graphics.(QT 4 required)
How to Move a Million-Pound Turbine
This guy has some pretty cool pictures of the migration of a million-pound turbine from its point of manufacture (CT) to its eventual home in New Hampshire. The logistics of this sort of thing are pretty amazing — coordinating the highway department, state and local police, the telco, electric company, and the transportation contractor. According to the site, the convoy was about half a mile long and moved at about 1 mph.
Dept. of Obsessive Lego Robotics
The Intrepid Dr. Girlfriend and I have thus far built robots capable of frightening her dog. We are therefore shamed by this guy (you’ll probably have to scroll down), who has created a Rubik’s Cube solving machine using the Mindstorms kit.
It should be noted that it amounts to a computer controlled system, as a PC program creates the code based on the scrambled state of the cube, but it’s pretty damned impressive nevertheless.
(Thanks, Cory!)
Dept. of Other Blogs
Check out a similar list of goofy stuff over at Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things.
Sort of a distillation, really.
I promise that this is the best stick-figure martial arts sequence you’ll ever see.
Excelcior!
Stan Lee Media may be on the ropes, but his influence is clearly felt on this site.
Just Wait ‘Til They Discover the X-Men
The hip among us area aware of India’s vibrant and growing film industry. The work of directors like Satyajit Ray is known by film buffs worldwide — the Academy even gave him an honorary Oscar in ’92 for his ongoing contribution to the art and craft of filmmaking.
Unfortunately, the directors of this gem were in no way acquainted with such concepts.
Safety First for the Executive Branch
Finally, a peak inside Dubya’s preferred mode of transportation, Department Of Education One
Twenty Twenty Twenty Four Hours To Go
Proto-punk pioneer Joey Ramone died Sunday from lymphoma. He was 49.
Even if you don’t know who he was, you know his music and his influence — without the Ramones’ tour of England in 1976, we’d have had no Clash, no Sex Pistols, no X, no punk. The Ramones were also fixtures at seminal New York clubs like CBGB’s and Max’s Kansas City, alongside folks like Patti Smith, Richard Hell, Blondie, and the Talking Heads.
Play something really loud.
Links: SonicNet ABCNews CNN plus a feature at Salon
Dept. of Cool Web Projects
Or maybe it’s just collaborative art. Or found art. Or something. But it’s very cool: 1000journals
Lobsters, Magnets, Monkeys, Robots
I try not to grab too many links from other weblogs, but these are just far too good not to point out.
Lobster Magnet
Monkey vs. Robot (requires Windows Media Player)
I am a Bad Person
If I had any human decency at all, I wouldn’t post things like this. But it’s already haunting me, and I felt that, by rights, I shouldn’t be alone in this.
In some tremendous alternative universe, we could have an altogether different Dubya.
An Ego Bigger Than Mine
Harry Bruce reviews The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers by the inimitable Ayn Rand in the current National Post.
Suffice it to say that he pulls no punches, and in an amusing way.
If it weren’t for the part about the hair, I’d apply
Posted on April 9, 2001 by chet
Despite the dot-com downturn and layoffs-a-go-go in the broad economy, it’s good to see that certain institutions still have openings for qualified applicants.
I can’t begin to describe how wrong this is.
This product appears to be predicated on the notion that sometimes one may need caffeine when one is not in fact thirsty.
Um, yeah.
Rant.
Cary Tennis has a lovely, Thompsonesque rant about the state of energy in his (her?) home state over at Salon (as spotted by E).
Ok, this is just cool.
Two college kids have circumnavigated the globe in a 1957 twin-engine Aero Commander, thanks to lots of corporate and nonprofit sponsorship and, one must suspect, ample amounts of stubborness. Their story is recapped here; their web site is here.
Meme Gumbo, Japanese Style
Can someone please explain this to me? Hyakugojyuuichu!!!!!!!
Oh, The Sweetest Thing
My old pal Mikey has raised the bar for any man considering popping the question — of course, as Charlotte points out, he did take his own sweet time, so I guess it all evens out.
First comes the press release, but the really impressive part is the video (9mb streamed QuickTime) of the actual event. In Hawaii. The soundtrack is perfect.
I Got Yer Pocket Veto Right Here
If you’ve got a sense of humor and a Palm OS handheld, you owe it to yourself to grab the latest toy from Minor Demons, the brand new PortaBush.
For some reason, I just like this a bunch.
It appears France is being overrun by enormous, alien frogs.
“From Hell to Fargo”
At the risk of sounding like an infomercial, if you read no other links from here, read this one. It will take a while. It’s long. Close your office door, put the phone on busy and read this. It’s all about perspective.
There is a group of orphan boys in Africa called the Lost Boys of the Sudan. They started out maybe 18,000 strong. When the Khartoum-led forces crushed their villages and killed their families, they were sent to Ethiopia. On foot. As children. With no idea how far that was (hint: it’s a long-ass way).
Those who survived the drought, starvation, sickness, marauding bandits, and wildlife — many of the weaker ones were eaten by lions, and more than a few drowned or were eaten by crocs crossing an Ethiopian river — managed to walk a thousand miles, from Sudan to Ethiopia back to Sudan and then on to Kenya and refugee camps. A few have made it here, where “culture shock” doesn’t begin to describe their experience. These guys haven’t seen stairs or light switches or stoves. Ever. Let alone supermarkets — or “cold,” for that matter.
So: Sara Corbett has this nice long piece in the current New York Times magazine. The header title I’m using here comes from the print version; online they’ve retitled it, but it’s the same piece. Go. Read.
Dept. of Legislative Embarrassments
Once upon a time, my home state of Mississippi had great elder statesmen in the Senate. John Stennis served for what seemed like forever until Strom kept ticking like some sort of undead Timex, and our junior man was Thad Cochran — while a Republican, he’s typically been altogether free of dogma and pretty moderate besides.
Then things went to hell when plastic-haired pork-barrel-king Trent Lott ascended from the House. He’s dogma central, and now everyone in the damn country knows where this slick-talking cracker is from. If supporting Ashcroft and Dubya wasn’t enough, he’s now on-record supporting cockfighting.
Way to go, Trent. That’ll show those yankees how much progress we’ve made in Dixie. Thanks.
Genuinely Useful Stuff
Amazing, huh?
About a year ago, my brother and I gave our mother a Ceiva picture frame. You log in to their web site, upload digital pictures, and every night the frame itself dials up and checks to see if there’s anything new to get. Mom had to know next to nothing about it — all you have to do to enjoy it is hook it to a phone line & plug in its power adapter. Neat toy.
Now I’ve found a nice companion service at Zing.com. I haven’t used many of their features — really, I just found it when some pals used it to share their honeymoon shots — but their prints-from-digital-shots service is darned nice & pretty prompt. I had them run some prints of a shot late last week; the site prepped me for about a 2-week wait, but I got them today (I did pay for expedited shipping). The prints themselves were a buck each (5×7) and came on actual Kodak paper. Probably not hardcore shutterbug quality prints, but for snapshots and grandmother-gifts, they’re spot on. Enjoy.
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MUSE, THE NEW CINEMATIC JEWEL OF THE DAD OF REC
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The DVD release for download afdah movies is scheduled for April 4. The film is a Gothic thriller and tells the story of a professor of literature who is consumed by a supernatural mystery involving seven mythological muses. Muse is the film adaptation of José Carlos Somoza’s novel “The Lady Number Thirteen“, and critics say it’s a film you should not miss.
Muse is the third English language film directed by Jaume Balagueró, after the films Darkness in 2002 and Fragile in 2005.
Muse: a horror film as we like them
Muse tells the story of Professor Samuel Solomon, who lives in Dublin and whose girlfriend was brutally killed. When he reads a document about the ritual murder of a young woman, exactly the same way he has dreamed about it many times, he feels compelled to investigate.
It was during his investigation that Samuel’s path crossed that of Rachel, a prostitute who had similar visions. Together, they are investigating a clandestine organization known as the White Ring. They will then face terrifying and dangerous beings who are none other than the Muses.
The critics of the film
This new film seems at first gather all the essential criteria to make a good horror film for free online movie stream.Compared with its predecessor, the film is certainly less scary, but it’s more captivating. Far from being gore and bloody, Muse has been designed to create a feeling of almost obsessive anxiety among viewers.
The movie would be perfect for those looking for thrills. Fans should also realize that the producer has used his previous experiences to produce a more elaborate and detailed work.
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Home Art Inwood Arts Pioneer: Aimee Le Prince Voorhees
Inwood Arts Pioneer: Aimee Le Prince Voorhees
Inwood Pottery Works photographed in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1926.
In the early part of the twentieth century a pioneering woman named Aimee Le Prince Voorhees and her husband Harry built a pottery works in the shadow of Inwood hill.
In this pastoral setting, lacking any modern conveniences, Voorhees created a world-class pottery studio and inspired a future generation of artists, ceramicists and sculptors. Among the students who studied under Mrs. Voorhees as a child was Lorrie Goulet who went on to become one of the most prominent figures in American sculpture.
What follows is a 1926 portrait of Aimee Le Prince Voorhees captured in her studio located within the current Inwood Hill Park.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
“Practices Ancient Art in Virgin Forest“
Studio of Mrs. Aimee Voorhees Hidden in Little Known Part of Manhattan Island
By Esther A. Coster
Mrs. Aimee Le Prince Voorhees, creator of a new idea in pottery, is a living example of the truth of Emerson’s saying about the path being worn to the door of anybody who would make a fine article, even though it be a mousetrap. Mrs. Voorhees has hidden her studio in the virgin woods, and only a seeker for the place could ever find it except by accident. But there is a well-worn path up the steep hill to her studio.
Amiee and Harry Voorhess in front of the Inwood Pottery Works, MCNY.
Let me give you a picture of this most unusual retreat of two artists, Mrs. Voorhees and her husband, Harry, who work together in the studio and play together in their cruiser. The Thyra is moored at the foot of the dooryard in the little harbor made by the original channel of the old Ship Canal in upper New York City, no longer used by larger craft.
This studio is perched on the side of a hill, with the buildings rising one above the other, with the steepest of steps to connect them. To reach it you walk along West 207th Street, Manhattan, to the end of the street and still farther to the end of a cinder road. Then you take a steep wooded path up the hill until a sign, “Indian Life Reservation,” greets you. Just beyond this is a small rustic gate with the very modest shingle of the studio.
Inwood Pottery Works, MCNY.
The mistress of the domain, dressed in a blue smock and comfortable slippers, greeted her visitor with a cordial handshake and insisted on tea before we began our interview. We sat down to a round rustic table, the most primitive sort of stand, with rustic chairs, all set out in the woods in front of the studio.
Mrs. Voorhees is not a bit the stereotyped artist type that is supposed to be connected with kilns and pottery and crafts. A well-built woman, past thirty years, she was dressed in skirts longer than the style calls for now, and with long golden-brown hair piled high over her head in a big coil. She talked freely and simply about her work, used none of the patter by which less genuine artists try to camouflage their attempts at art expression, and was very proud of her home and its unique environment. How she might dress when visiting “the city” is probably another story.
Brooklyn New York Daily Eagle, Inwood Pottery Works
“As you see, we live the most primitive life,” she said, “but we do not lack a single comfort. We have no electricity up here, but we get fine light from gasoline lamps. We have no heat, but our coal stoves keep us warm on the coldest days. We have no city water piped to our home, but we the purest water, ice cold, from springs that are at least one hundred years old. We are surrounded by the inspiration of nature and the traditions of the Indians who made their homes here hundreds of years ago. What more can anybody ask?”
Mrs. Voorhees and her husband, for it is impossible to write of the hostess of the studio without including the host, have two deep-seated enthusiasms that have influenced their entire work. They love the sea and they love Indian lore. From the sea they have drawn many of their designs and on the bowls and vases the seahorse, shells and other nautical motifs occur constantly. When the Half Moon of Hendrik Hudson was in the “orick,” as they call the strip of water below their dooryard, Mrs. Voorhees made studies of the ship and has embodied them in a doorstop interpreted in pottery.
Example of Inwood Pottery from collection of Cole Thompson.
These people are also devoted to Indian traditions, and it is from Indian art that their chief inspiration has come from a unique type of Pottery. We will let Mrs. Voorhees explain for herself:
“We have been interested for years in Indian history and art,” she said, “and have studied deeply into the subject. The Indian Museum has worked with us. As you see, I draw inspiration for many of my shapes from the Indian pottery, adapting them to modern ideas without spoiling the purity of the primitive form. The designs, when we add decoration, are authentic Indian designs, with only such changes as are necessary to fit the shape decorated. In the finish of the pottery I use two methods. For table service I use glazes. For pieces that do not have to be used for table service I use the method of the Indians as closely as I have been able to follow it. I cannot make true Indian pottery, for I do not know what clays they use and I do not use the same sort of colors for the under glaze decorations. But after these decorations are fired I finish the surface with wax, rubbing it into the body until a smooth dull finish is obtained. The pieces will hold water, but I do not sell them for table service like plates or cups. I use as many Indian designs as I can. See this little Indian frog? I love to make frogs, they have such a humorous look.”
1932 Charlotte Livingston watercolor shows the Inwood Pottery Works to far right of frame. (Collection of Cole Thompson)
Right here Mrs. Voorhees unconsciously gave away one of the deep secrets of her success. She has a keen sense of humor and it shows in all her work. She models small animals for whistles that you can’t help smiling at, they are so full of happy thoughts. Her seahorses that climb up her lamps or serve as handles to her bowls are almost alive in their gaiety. Surely here is a woman who finds life happy and cannot help putting it into her work.
Of course, we wanted to know how our hostess came to take up pottery and how she happened to choose such an ideal spot for her work. The lady of the manor flashed her brilliant smile and settled down for a chat, meantime keeping her eye on her kiln, in which were precious pieces for an exhibition in the Woman’s Exposition of Arts and Industries.
“I inherited my love for art work,” she said. “My mother and father were both artists. They conducted the League School of China Painting in England, where I absorbed the art almost by instinct. On their coming to this country my mother founded the New York Society of Ceramic Arts and the National League of Mineral Painters. At the first exhibit of the New York Society at Carnegie Hall the crowd was so great the police and fireman were called. Can you imagine that now at an exhibition of porcelains or pottery? I studied porcelain decoration with my mother and at the National Academy of Design and Teachers College. I also for a time conducted a private school. When I married, fifteen years ago, my husband was also an artist, and we dreamed of establishing a colony for craftwork. But little by little this has been displaced in our interests by the pottery, so that now our chief work is right here with the wheel and the kiln.”
Boats on Stuyen Duyvil Creek, 1910, photo by William Hassler.
Then she shifted to the story of how she came to settle on the Inwood hill. “We were cruising ten years ago,” she said, “and our engine went dead just in this little harbor. We moored her and started exploring and were fascinated by the primitive beauty of the hill. There was an old house, all tumble down, occupied by ‘Pop,’ an old boatman. Six years ago we found it vacant and bought it. We remodeled it, put in floors and added to it to suit our needs. The other buildings we have added as the work expanded. We do not own the land, as it is park property, but the buildings are all ours. We had painting parties, fencing parties and all sorts of parties till we got that house fixed. It was the best kind of fun.” And you should have seen her eyes twinkle as she told of those groups of city folks trying to paint floors and put up fences.
Mrs. Voorhees is original even in her tools. She uses the regulation potters wheel, but the motive power is certainly unique. She cannot draw on electric or steam power, so she has gone back to the ancient foot power. She has taken an old motorcar tire, filled it with cement and Inwood rocks and placed flat circular pieces of wood on each side for the lower wheel. It is placed on ball bearings and when touched lightly with her foot it whirls the wheel above as perfectly as the most approved electric plant. It is also much more in keeping with the studio.
Even the showroom of the studio is unique. It was originally the cabin of a canal-boat which was, somehow and sometime ago, hitched to the old house. By cutting an added window it makes an ideal showroom and fits the spirit of the house, which has a nautical atmosphere.
The tiny, compact kitchen is fitted up like a ship’s galley, with brass bands on the edges of the shelves and everything spick and span in the smallest possible space. The living room has as its chief decoration a ship model, given to the artists by a seafaring friend.
The love of nature that permeates every corner of Mrs. Voorhee’s soul crops out in her work at every hand. She took up a small glass jar and exultingly said:
“Just look at this. I found this in our woods. Did you ever see such wonderful design as those wings.”
And what do you think she had carefully kept in the jar? The largest mosquito I ever saw, larger than anybody’s imagination could picture. It is known as the “stork mosquito.” The artist will use that design on one of her bowls or pitchers, and everybody will wonder where she found it. Her talent has also been used for scientific purposes. A set of models, heroic size, of three varieties of mosquitoes, is now in the Sesquicentennial. These were made originally for the Board of Health.
Inwood Pottery, Replica of Iroquois vase
Near the studio are the famous Indian caves, in which hundreds of Indian relics have been discovered. Mrs. Voorhees, like all artists handling mineral glazes, feels the fascination of the art, because once a piece is in the kiln one is never sure what will come out. She showed two bowls of turquoise blue glaze mottled in a most unusual manner with brown. “That was pure accident,” she said. “I wish I knew what caused it, for I would like to use that effect again. The accidents are the most fascinating part of pottery, for one can never duplicate accidental color effects.”
Mrs. Voorhees has the distinction of having the only pottery in Greater New York except a studio in Greenwich House, which turns out a few pieces for pupils, and, so far as known, the only pottery in any large city. But to visit the studio one feels that one is in the far wilderness. Nothing could be harder to realize than that “this is New York,” when virgin trees are all about, there is no sound except the noises of the woods, and nowhere are there evidences of those adjuncts of city life that we have come to believe essential to happiness. “If I lived in a city apartment or house,” said Mrs. Voorhees, “I know I could not do the work I do now. It is the close contact with nature that gives me inspiration. When I look across the water and see that great tulip tree that is the tallest tree in New York State and is two hundred and forty years old, I realize the Indian art that flourished on this hill centuries ago and it makes me very humble. But I love this work and hope to some day realize more nearly my ideals.”
But, with a longing look at the river where the Thyra lay moored, she said, with a glance across at her husband: “Some day we hope to be able again to enjoy the long cruises we both love. At present we have been too busy to spare the time.”
A black kitty and a white doggie added the last touch of domesticity to an ideal combination of home and profession.
Examples of Inwood Pottery:
For more information on the Inwood Pottery Works click on either of the below links:
The Inwood Pottery Studio
A Potter’s Lament
Aimee Le Prince Voorhees
ernest lawson
Harlem Ship Canal
Houseboat
Indian Life Reservation
inwood hill
Inwood Pottery
League School of China Painting
Lorrie Goulet
National Academy of Design and Teachers College
National League of Mineral Painters
Pop Seeley
Sky Pape
Spuyten Duyvil
Woman’s Exposition of Arts and Industries
York Society of Ceramic Arts
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Lorrie Goulet April 22, 2011 at 3:46 pm
I was very happy to see this article. I was a student of Mrs. Voorhees from age seven to eleven. This was from 1932 to 1936. It was one of my happiest experiences. I was there when Mrs. Voorhees had to abandon her pottery.
I wrote a letter to Mayor LaGuardia asking him to give Mrs. Voorhees more time to move. He did give her three months more. Because of my time at the pottery, my life in art was very much influenced. I became a sculptor, and have never forgotten Mrs. Voorhees, my first teacher.
I am now eighty-five years old, and still working!
Cole Thompson April 22, 2011 at 4:14 pm
I’m honored. Thank you for writing in. If you have any more memories you’d care to share, please keep typing away. All the best. Cole
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Dyslexia, Music 6th January 2006
Tigger Has Rhythm
The internet is fantastic. Without being able to search through archives of news and science reports this blog would be impossible. What prompted this appreciation is the discovery of an BBC News article Poor rhythm ‘at heart of dyslexia’ from…
The internet is fantastic. Without being able to search through archives of news and science reports this blog would be impossible. What prompted this appreciation is the discovery of an BBC News article Poor rhythm ‘at heart of dyslexia’ from 2002.
“Researchers from University College London (UCL) found dyslexic children were less able to detect beats in sounds with a strong rhythm. But children who read exceptionally well for their age were found to be much better than most at spotting rhythms“.
The study its based on is from Professor Goswami, from the Institute of Child Health at University College London, who wrote the snappily entitled Amplitude envelope onsets and developmental dyslexia: A new hypothesis.
“Before testing, the children were trained by using the two extremes of the continuum. The 15-ms stimulus (which yielded a clear beat) was presented as the sound of two toys (Tigger and Eeyore) swinging on a double-toy swing. The back-and-forth rhythm of their swing coincided with the beat in the signal. The 300-ms stimulus was presented as the sound of Winnie the Pooh sliding down a solid plastic straw in the form of a spiral (he got nearer to the child or further away as the training sound got louder and quieter, respectively). The children then were asked to decide whether subsequent stimuli (given by computer through headphones) belonged to Winnie the Pooh or to Tigger and Eeyore“
The result led Professor Goswami to conclude:
“…individual differences in sensitivity to the shape of amplitude modulation account for 25% of the variance in reading and spelling acquisition even after controlling for individual differences in age, nonverbal IQ, and vocabulary“.
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MLB.com writer Marty Noble covered the Mets for the better part of 40 years and experienced or discovered hundreds of facts and anecdotes about the team. This being the 50th anniversary season of the Mets, Noble regularly will provide snippets from the club’s history. This one is from 1990.
These installments also mark the resurrection of Noble’s blog, “Noble Thoughts,” dormant since August, 2010. Reactions and reponses to what appears here are expected and welcome. Other baseball topics also are welcome.
The player who inspired the first Conehead was guilty of a bonehead play on this date, 22 years ago.
David Cone suffered a mind cramp during a Mets’ game in Atlanta. He held the ball while arguing a call at first base with umpire Charlie Williams. Two runners scored while he disputed Williams’ call.
Cone was pitching with runners on first and second and two out. Mark Lemke hit a ground ball that second baseman Gregg Jefferies handled cleanly. Cone covered first base and took Jefferies’ throw seemingly in time to retire Lemke. But Williams called Lemke safe. Cone erupted. With Jefferies urging him to throw the ball – at one point Jefferies tried to pry the ball from his teammate’s grasp — Cone argued loud and long. Dale Murphy and lumbering Ernie Whitt advanced and finally scored without challenge.
“I’ve seen a lot of strange things in my lifetime,” Mets manager Davey Johnson would say. “This one goes to the top of the list. I’ve seen one guy score on something like that, but never two. It was double-vapor lock.”
The epilogue to this episode was priceless. The official scorer ruled the runners advanced on “player’s indifference,” a term that doesn’t exist in the scoring rules. “Defensive indifference” does, but it didn’t apply.
A word with the scorer had no effect, so I called the Elias Sports Bureau who would stepped in regardless. The ESB convinced the scorer to credit Jefferies with an assist and charge Cone with an error.
After the game, when Cone was done explaining and apologizing for his gaffe, I advised him of the original call. He became angry again. “Indifferent isn’t what I was,” he said. “I was anything but that.”
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13 buildings shortlisted for RIBA Yorkshire 2018 Awards
Thirteen buildings have been shortlisted for RIBA Yorkshire (Royal Institute of British Architects) 2018 Awards; the winners will be announced at an Awards evening at The Museum Gardens, York on Thursday 24 May.
The buildings that have been shortlisted are:
Albert Works, Sheffield by Cartwright Pickard Architects
Leeds College of Music, Leeds by Group Ginger Architects
National College for High Speed Rail, Doncaster by Bond Bryan Architects
Nelson’s Yard, York by Mesh Architects
Oastler Building, Huddersfield by AHR
Old Shed New House, North Yorkshire by Tonkin Liu
Scarborough Market Hall and Vaults, Scarborough by Group Ginger Architects
SHU Institute of Education, Sheffield by Bond Bryan Architects
Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax by Evans Vettori
The Hide, Driffield by Group Ginger Architects
The Piece Hall and Calderdale Central Library and Archives, Halifax by LDN Architects
Vita Student York, York by Fuse and Reform. (In addition, Purcell was the Conservation Architect during the Planning stage of the project)
York Mansion House, York by De Matos Ryan
Roger Hawkins, Chair of the Yorkshire Judging Panel said:
“The RIBA awards are the most rigorously judged awards for architectural excellence. In Yorkshire we are at the start of this journey for 2018 considering a wide range of projects from throughout the Region. On offer were buildings and places, both large and small, public and private, including new construction and conservation work that demonstrated innovation in architecture. All members of the jury were impressed at the quality of submissions and detailed information provided. This year has been a new focus on sustainability, both economic and environmental as well as the capacity to stimulate, engage or delight. Our lively debate resulted in an exciting shortlist for jury visits next month.”
All shortlisted buildings will be assessed by a regional jury and the winning buildings will be announced at the RIBA Yorkshire and North East Awards evening and reception on Thursday 24 May at The Museum Gardens, York. The event will be hosted by Harry Gration who presents ‘Look North’ on BBC One, Yorkshire.
Regional Award winners will be considered for a highly-coveted RIBA National Award in recognition of their architectural excellence, the results of which will be announced in June. The shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize for the best building of the year will be drawn from the RIBA National Award-winning buildings later in the year.
RIBA Yorkshire Awards Shortlist:
The Piece Hall and Calderdale Central Library and Archives, Halifax
The Piece Hall is a unique and iconic Cloth Hall of the late 18th Century that illustrates the international scale of the Yorkshire textile industry and the great wealth, pride and ambition of the 18th century cloth manufacturers. The building has had a number of uses throughout its history but had been in decline for a number of years and in the early 2000s its future was in doubt. LDN, working for Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, have since then helped to revitalise the Piece Hall as the cultural, creative and community focus for Halifax and Calderdale. Its fabric has been conserved and restored; essential infrastructure and building services have been installed; and it has been sympathetically altered to deliver high quality commercial space for shops and cafes, and state of the art learning and heritage interpretation spaces. Architect: LDN Architects
Albert Works, Sheffield
Albert Works is the conversion of four disused red-brick industrial warehouses with the integration of a new central open plan infill to create approximately 1,600sqm GIA // 1,500sqm NIA of flexible workspace for Jaywing, a Sheffield based creative marketing agency. This scheme is the first stage of a larger regeneration project, known as Alsop Fields, within the Cultural Industries Quarter conservation area of Sheffield.
Architect: Cartwright Pickard Architects
Leeds College of Music, Leeds
Leeds College of Music is the largest conservatoire in the UK. The College wanted to create an inspiring welcome to all visitors to one of the city’s most important concert venues. The 350 capacity auditorium is located above the
BBC in an adjacent building to the main college and accessed via a bridge link. The design competition, sought ideas to improve the visitor experience by providing new foyer facilities, to accommodate the venue’s audience and extend the college’s out-reach programme with conferencing and teaching space.
Architect: Group Ginger Architects
National College for High Speed Rail, Doncaster
The Project brings a contemporary design to a commercial teaching environment and was heavily influenced by the clients’ vision to create a world class facility and landmark building. The brief was delivered by designing a mixture of
external and internal engineering teaching areas along with flexible project spaces and traditional teaching rooms providing a dynamic learning environment for engineering and digital learning. Architect: Bond Bryan Architects
Nelson’s Yard, York
Located in a Conservation Area in York City Centre, Nelson’s Yard was purchased as a pair of vacant properties with a disused rear yard and outbuilding. The scheme is a sensitive conversion of the former Nelson’s Public House into two unique houses, with a new build terrace of six contemporary townhouses in the former yard. The scheme provides contemporary living in the historic context.
Architect: Mesh Architects
Oastler Building, Huddersfield
The design competition brief was to provide an inspirational place to study and work within a professional and commercial setting that provides a high degree of flexible
and adaptable learning space. The brief called for a contemporary statement building that could become a symbol for the University, showcasing the activity occurring
within it in order to express it’s transparent and open nature. By meeting this criteria through form and fenestration, we were able to significantly enhance how the University engages with its community in an openly transparent manner.
Architect: AHR
Old Shed New House, North Yorkshire ‘Old Shed New House’ is a home nestled within the agricultural landscape of North Yorkshire. The client sought a high quality, energy-efficient and low-cost building to
serve as a house, library and gallery. An existing agricultural shed on the site – once a container for tools and tractors – is now a container for a lifetime collection of books and art. The steel frame and ground slab have been reused and enlarged, retaining the original form of the shed. Architect: Tonkin Liu
Scarborough Market Hall and Vaults, Scarborough
Scarborough Council were looking to revitalise the original Victorian Market Hall, retaining the use of the grade two listed structure as a market and add new life and activity to the area through the investment in local independent business. The market had deteriorated through a lack of vision and investment. The project needed to repair the building fabric, add new space with the introduction of a mezzanine and improve accessibility with the inclusion of a lift and new level entrance.
SHU Institute of Education, Sheffield
Housing the majority of the University’s Department for Teacher Education, the solution maximises the opportunity to deliver stimulating learning spaces. The
project is located within an extremely complex set of planning and conservation issues due to the nature of its tight city centre site within a conservation area adjacent a Grade II * listed building. The Cultural Industries Quarter forms a key heritage asset of the city and a key contextual issue to respond to. Two flexible teaching blocks are positioned either side of Brown lane, clad in transparent and translucent glass panels, they allow natural daylightinto the teaching and office spaces whilst providing an iconic visual identity to the building.
Architect: Bond Bryan Architects
Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax
Square Chapel organised a national competition in 2005 to design a major extension to a thriving but cramped community arts centre, based in a Grade II* listed chapel. The project was halted numerous times due to lack of funding, works to the adjoining Grade I listed Piece Hall, and finally, the discovery of unknown graves. It was finally handed over on time and within the £4.75m budget in June 2017, the culmination of 30 years of ‘passion, grit and determination’. Clients Brief • Large foyer space • Multiuse performance and workshop space • Improvements to allow level access to all areas • Re-ordering of the existing
chapel, and link to Piece Hall. • Reinforcement of the unique character of Square Chapel Design. The centrepiece of the design is a bold triangular ‘prism’,
linking Square Chapel to Piece Hall by reconciling the geometry between them.
Architect: Evans Vettori
The Hide, Driffield
Yorkshire Water operates a large reservoir and nature reserve which attracts significant numbers of migratory birds. The reservoir and surrounding reserve are
recognised as a SSSI, Site of Special Scientific Interest. Yorkshire Water were keen to improve the visitor experience and broaden visitor diversity by providing a new reception Bird Hide as a centre piece to the reserve offering spectacular views over the main reservoir and opportunities for interpretation and education. The hide combines classroom facilities, overlooking the new dipping pond, a public viewing gallery with large picture windows to view the extensive reservoir and a twenty-four hour twitcher’s hide for the dedicated bird watchers wanting to catch migratory birds on their last stop in the country before departing to warmer climes.
Vita Student York, York
Select Property purchased the former convent site, following an open-market bid process. The 6.5 acres site presented a unique challenge: enclosed by a 5 metres high grade II listed brick wall, contains a nationally registered orchard, numerous tree preservation orders, listed buildings/structures and slopes approximately 7 metres from north to south. Fuse collaborated with Re-form
Landscape Architects in the creation of a masterplan concept which responded to and respected the site topography and existing landscape features.
Architect: Fuse Studios Ltd
York Mansion House, York
The ‘Opening Doors’ project delivers the most comprehensive restoration of the first purpose-built house for a Lord Mayor in the country since its completion in
1732 and develops a new, unique and dynamic visitor experience designed to reveal the past, present and future significance of the house, its collections and the stories they hold to a wider and more extensive audience than ever before. For the first time, the Mansion House opens its doors permanently to the public and in so doing, this £2.4 million project, made possible with a £1.2 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, enables the conditions for this historic building to develop a sustainable resilient financial future. Architecturally, the project completed an extensive external and internal refurbishment of works which stripped out decades of intrusive additions to the Grade 1 Listed fabric.
Architect: De Matos Ryan
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Model predicting discomfort glare caused by LED road lights
Yandan Lin, Yihong Liu, Yaojie Sun, Xiaoyan Zhu, Jushui Lai, and Ingrid Heynderickx
Yandan Lin,1,* Yihong Liu,1 Yaojie Sun,1 Xiaoyan Zhu,2 Jushui Lai,2 and Ingrid Heynderickx3
1Institute for Electric Light Sources, Fudan University, Engineering Research Center of Advanced Lighting Technology, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200433, China
2Philips Research Asia, Shanghai, 200233, China
3Human Technology Interaction group, Eindhoven Technical University and Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
*Corresponding author: ydlin@fudan.edu.cn
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Yandan Lin, Yihong Liu, Yaojie Sun, Xiaoyan Zhu, Jushui Lai, and Ingrid Heynderickx, "Model predicting discomfort glare caused by LED road lights," Opt. Express 22, 18056-18071 (2014)
Vision, Color, and Visual Optics
LED sources
Illumination design (220.2945)
Light-emitting diodes (230.3670)
Perception psychology (330.5020)
Visual optics, modeling (330.7326)
Original Manuscript: May 6, 2014
Revised Manuscript: June 14, 2014
Equations (12)
To model discomfort glare from LED road lighting, the effect of four key variables on perceived glare was explored. These variables were: the average glare source luminance (Lg), the background luminance (Lb), the solid angle of the glare source from the perspective of the viewer (ω) and the angle between the glare source and the line of sight (θ). Based on these four variables 72 different light conditions were simulated in a scaled experimental set-up. Participants were requested to judge the perceived discomfort glare of these light conditions using the deBoer rating scale. All four variables and some of their interactions had indeed a significant effect on the deBoer rating. Based on these findings, we developed a model, and tested its general applicability in various verification experiments, including laboratory conditions as well as real road conditions. This verification proved the validity of the model with a correlation between measured and predicted values as high as 0.87 and a residual deviation of about 1 unit on the deBoer rating scale. These results filled the gap in estimating discomfort glare of LED road lighting and clarified similarities of and differences in discomfort glare between LED and traditional light sources.
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Fig. 1 The schematic of the experimental set-up, in which (a) refers to the side view and (b) to the front view. The number (1) refers to the glare source, (2) to the projection wall, (3) to the head rest used during the experiment, (4) to the projector, (5) to a fluorescent lamp used to generate a low amount of ambient illumination, (6) to a support for the glare source, and (7) to a fixation point used to determine the line of sight.
Fig. 2 Change in the deBoer rating for the four independent variables used in the experiment: glare source luminance, solid angle, background luminance and viewing angle.
Fig. 3 Relation between the vertical illuminance at the eye produced by the glare source and the product of the glare source luminance and its solid angle (for a viewing angle of 10°).
Fig. 4 Linear fit of the deBoer rating as a function of the logarithm of the product of the glare source luminance and solid angle (for a viewing angle of 10°).
Fig. 5 Linear fit of the deBoer rating as a function of the logarithm of the ratio of the glare source luminance and background luminance (for a solid angle of 1 × 10−5 and a viewing angle of 10°).
Fig. 6 Comparison between the predicted values calculated by Eq. (8) and the experimental data (for a viewing angle of 10°).
Fig. 7 Comparison between the verification data and the predicted values calculated from Eq. (8) for light conditions with a CCT of 3000K.
Fig. 9 Comparison between the verification data and the predicted values calculated from Eq. (8) for light conditions with a CCT of 5000K, measured in the real field.
Fig. 10 Curve fitting of the mean deBoer rating vs. the percentage of people indicating that the light setting was comfortable (note that each data point represents a light condition).
Fig. 11 Comparison between our model for discomfort glare and the one of Schmidt-Clausen for the 72 light conditions used in the main experiment.
Table 1 Values of the parameters selected in the experiment.
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Table 2 Details of the light conditions used in the verification experiment.
(1) G s = L s a · ω s b L b c · p d
(2) E eye ∝ L g ×ω
(3) R deBoer ∝lo g 10 ( L g / L b )
(4) R deBoer =cte+α×lo g 10 ( L g ×ω L b )+β×θ
(5) R deBoer ∝lo g 10 ( ( L g ×ω) α L b β × θ γ )
(6) R deBoer ∝α×lo g 10 ( L g ×ω)−β×lo g 10 ( L b )−γ× log 10 (θ)
(7) R deBoer =3.45−2.21×lo g 10 ( L g ×ω)+1.02×lo g 10 ( L b )+1.62× log 10 (θ)
(8) R deBoer =3.45−lo g 10 ( ( L g ×ω) 2.21 L b 1.02 × θ 1.62 )
(9) R deBoer ∝α× log 10 ( L g ×ω )−β× log 10 ( L b )-γ× log 10 ( θ )+δ× log 10 ( L g ×ω )× log 10 ( L b )
(10) RES= ∑ i=1 n ( R pi − R vi ) 2 n
(11) R deBoer =5.0−2.0× log 10 E i 0.03×(1+ L a 0.04 )× θ max 0.46
(12) R deBoer =3.45−lo g 10 ( ( L g ×ω) 2.21 L b 1.02 × θ 1.62 )
Values of the parameters selected in the experiment.
Adaptation time to the background luminance(min) 5-10
Illuminance of the surrounding light at the eye position(Es:lx) 0.2
Tilt angle(°) 5°
Colour temperature (K) 3000K
Observing distance (m) 2
Variables Average luminance of the LED glare source (Lg: cd/m2) 2500/10000/40000/160000
Background luminance (Lb: cd/m2) 1/5/8
Solid angle of the glare source (ω: sr) 1x10−5/9x10−5
Viewing angle (θ:°) 10/15/20
Details of the light conditions used in the verification experiment.
Colour temperature of the glare source
Real field
Light condition
Lg:1 × 104cd/m2
Lb:cd/m2
ω:1 × 10−5Sr
θ:°
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OSA Publishing > Optics Letters > Volume 14 > Issue 19 > Page 1060
Xi-Cheng Zhang, Editor-in-Chief
Glass fiber laser at 1.36 μm from SiO2:Nd
F. Hakimi, H. Po, R. Tumminelli, B. C. McCollum, L. Zenteno, N. M. Cho, and E. Snitzer
F. Hakimi,* H. Po, R. Tumminelli,* B. C. McCollum, L. Zenteno, N. M. Cho, and E. Snitzer†
Polaroid Corporation, 38 Henry Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
*Present address, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.
†Present address, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855.
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Amplified spontaneous emission
Dielectric mirrors
Original Manuscript: March 2, 1989
By adding 14 mol % P2O5 to the core of a SiO2:Nd fiber, laser emission was obtained at 1.36 μm. From the fluorescent spectra and laser thresholds for the 4F3/2 to 4I11/2 and 4F3/2 to 4I13/2 transitions, the net gain at 1.36 μm is 0.024 dB/mW, and the ratio of excited-state absorption (the 4F3/2 to 4G7/2 transition) to stimulated emission is estimated to be 0.78.
Flash-lamp-pumped laser operation of Nd3+:Y2SiO5 at 1.074 μm
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2.0 μm Nd3+/Ho3+-doped tungsten tellurite fiber laser
L. X. Li, W. C. Wang, C. F. Zhang, J. Yuan, B. Zhou, and Q. Y. Zhang
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Flyweights
Perez started wrestling in the sixth grade along side with his two brother Silverio Esparza and Julian Perez. Perez represent West Hills College Lemoore in wrestling and he was the regional champion and All-American wrestler in his sophomore year in college.[5]
Mixed martial arts career
Perez fought all of his fights in United States where he made his professional debut on May 6, 2011 at TPF 9. He faced Jesus Castro and knockout Castro in round one.[6] He amassed a total of 16-4 before joining Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series Season 1, Episode 5, facing Kevin Gray. He defeated Gray, and with the win, he was signed by UFC.[7]
Perez made his promotional debut on December 9, 2017 at UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega against Carlos John de Tomas.[8] He won the fight via submission in round two.[9]
On February 24, 2018, Perez faced Eric Shelton at UFC on Fox: Emmett vs. Stephens.[10] At the weigh-ins, Perez weighed in at 126.5 pounds, a half pound over the flyweight non-title fight upper limit of 126 pounds. As a result, the bout proceeded at catchweight and Perez was fined 20% of his purse which went to his opponent Eric Shelton.[11] He won the fight via unanimous decision.[12]
Perez faced Jose Torres on August 9, 2018 at UFC 227.[13] He won the fight via knockout in round one.[14]
Perez faced Joseph Benavidez on November 30, 2018 at The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale.[15] He lost the fight via technical knockout out in round one.[16]
Perez is expected to face Mark De La Rosa in a bantamweight bout on March 30, 2019 at UFC on ESPN 2.[17]
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However, Sarri again acknowledged that Higuain "needs to improve" and is not finding the transition to English football easy.
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the comfort of why
Unnecessary Movie Audience Restrictions
Hieronymus Bosch. A late-Medieval Dutch painter and an artist whose work intrigues my son.
This month the Vancouver International Film Festival Society (VIFF) is screening a movie about curators preparing an upcoming exhibition of Bosch’s work. How interesting! How cultural! How … wait a minute: what do you mean I can’t take my son to see the film?
It turns out that if a film is unclassified, the regulations prohibit the sale of a ticket to anyone under 19. How absurd! Furthermore, when a film is classified and those under 19 are able to attend, the VIFF theatre concession can no longer serve its adult patrons alcohol. How ridiculous!
So, I’ve written a letter to Minister Oakes urging her to cut this red tape and I will mail it this evening.
If you share my point of view on this, please write the Minister, too.
The more she hears from BC voters, the more likely the government will address these anachronistic provisions, which make a mockery of consumer protection.
Honourable Coralee Oakes
Minister of Small Business, Red Tape Reduction
& Responsible for the Liquor Distribution Branch
P.O.Box 9054, STN Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W9E2
Dear Minister Oakes,
I had wanted to buy tickets for my family to one of the Vancouver International Film Festival Society (VIFF) screenings of a movie about Hieronymus Bosch, the visionary late-Medieval Dutch painter.
Unfortunately, I’m unable to do so since the movie is unclassified and I cannot buy a ticket for my fifteen year-old son.
My son is an artist and has long been intrigued by Bosch’s work. As his parent, I’m very comfortable in accompanying him to this movie. Its content is cultural, informative, historical, and fascinating. It is in no way a threat to his well-being or his psyche. I think anyone would be hard-pressed to argue that he doesn’t have the maturity necessary to watch this particular film.
In inquiring as to why I was unable to take my son to the movie, I have learned that it is provincial law, not VIFF policy, which demands the classification of films before they can be shown to teenagers. Apparently this law covers only theatrical screenings and DVD releases, but not television nor the internet.
This regulatory policy is based on a logical fallacy that an unclassified film is the same as an unsuitable one. It is a level of red tape that not only hinders operations at VIFF, one of Vancouver’s outstanding cultural institutions, but it also assumes that parents are incapable of determining which movies their teenage children may watch.
The same anachronistic regulations prohibit VIFF from allowing liquor in the theatre on Seymour Street when youth under 19 are present. This seems like an unnecessary duplication of restrictions given that concession staff would be prohibited from serving minors. It also diminishes the experience for older patrons who are denied their full privileges simply because the broader classification of a particular movie expands the audience for that particular screening.
I am writing to ask that you review these particular regulations and amend them at the earliest opportunity. Allow teenagers to attend unclassified movies with their parents’ approval and allow liquor service when a movie audience includes those under 19. That would be an effective red tape reduction and a positive support for small business in the cultural sector.
Thank you Minister Oakes for your consideration of the above. I hope that you will take the measures necessary to introduce a more enlightened approach for screenings of unclassified films in Vancouver, whether at the VIFF theatre or at other locations. Such an approach would facilitate the attendance of teens at film events. It is an approach that will draw in younger audiences, not shut them out and without diminishing the experience of older patrons.
Reema Faris
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Honourable Suzanne Anton, Attorney General & Minister of Justice
Jacqueline Dupuis, Executive Director, VIFF Society
Rob Gialloreto, President & CEO, Consumer Protection BC
An “Old Country” Family Favourite
Three days ago, I posted a photo of what I’d made for dinner on social media. It received likes, hearts, compliments, and requests for the recipe.
I’m pleased to share that recipe with you now albeit with hesitation.
Because I learned to cook from my mother and my grandmother and they didn’t use recipes!
And while I always use recipes for baking and sometimes for savoury dishes, my version of cooking is a little bit of this and a little bit of that and I wonder what this would taste like if I added that.
So take this more as a guideline for preparing Fateh al Laban (laban is the Arabic word for yogurt). Make the dish your own by experimenting with the proportions and the seasoning. There’s a vegetarian option, too, that Mom developed. I’ll describe that alternative after I’ve given you the details for preparing the traditional dish.
There are six components to Fateh: croutons, chickpeas, pine nuts, ground beef, yogurt, and herb garnish. I find it easiest to serve the components separately. Each diner can then assemble a plate according to their likes and dislikes. That also means the leftovers keep better than if they’ve been mixed together.
Take two loaves of pita bread. Separate the halves of each loaf and tear them up into bite-sized pieces. Spread on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and cook in a 350˚ oven until golden brown. Remove and set aside. Regular croutons will work but then you’ll miss out on the Lebanese look!
Open a small can of chickpeas. Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Let them sit in a colander to dry until you’re ready to serve.
Fry a handful of pine nuts in butter until golden. Remove and set aside. Alternatively, mix them with a touch of olive oil and bake in a 350˚ oven until golden brown. Pine nuts burn easily, so check on them frequently if you have them in the oven. If you’re frying the pine nuts, turn off the heat just as the pine nuts begin to brown.
I typically use .5 kilogram (1 pound) of lean or extra lean ground beef for two and that leaves a lot for leftovers. Fry the ground beef in a pan until cooked through. Season with salt, pepper, and allspice (no more than 15 ml, 1 teaspoon, of the latter). You can also add chopped jalapeño and a few drops of Worcestershire Sauce. Drain and keep at room temperature. As I’m writing this out, I realize that it would also work to mix the pine nuts in with the beef. I might try that next time.
Use approximately 250 ml (1 cup) of plain yogurt. It doesn’t matter which brand you choose or whether the yogurt is skim, 2%, or whole. I’d recommend the 2% or whole — just make sure it’s plain and not French Vanilla! In a mortar, crush 1/2-1 clove of garlic with salt, pepper, and a few, washed, shredded fresh mint leaves. Add the spiced garlic paste to the yogurt and mix thoroughly. You can also mix in diced cucumber to the yogurt mixture for an extra bite.
Finely chop a green herb to use as garnish. I use cilantro because L. likes the flavour; parsley is the traditional option. You could also use mint or a combination of any or all three.
And that’s it. Seriously. Those are the components and once they’re ready to go, layer them in a bowl and dig in! I prefer to put the croutons on top rather than using them as a base so that they stay crunchy. If you place them under the yogurt, they get soggy pretty quickly.
Vegetarian Option
Substitute boiled pasta — rotini or penne works best — for the croutons.
Substitute broiled eggplant slices for the ground beef.
Leave out the chickpeas.
Mix all ingredients together to serve and garnish with chopped herbs.
Sahtain — bon appétit in Arabic — and let me know how your version of this dish works out.
For me, this dish is one of my comfort foods and L. loves it, too.
As with so many things, to share this dish with you is to share memories of Mom and to honour her legacy. Thanks for requesting the recipe.
A Life In Script
I feel the absence of my mother most keenly when I catch a glimpse of her writing.
When I look at the carefully crafted words and sentences she moulded; the ones she wrote down. An alchemy of thought, energy, effort, pen, and paper.
Mom used writing to express her thanks. To scold political leaders. To extend congratulations. To advocate for causes. To nurture connections.
She cherished the handwritten note even after her grandsons helped her learn to use email.
My mother believed there was a personal quality to a handwritten note that was impossible to replicate in type form. I agree. Each stroke of the pen captures a person’s personality, their character, history, and experience. The way in which hand-written words create a web of meaning is the most affirmative statement of “I am here”. When I catch sight of my mother’s writing script I wonder how it is that she is not here.
How can the person whose heart propelled the pen across the page not be here to cross that t and dot that i?
I feel the absence of my mother most keenly when I see her writing, with an intake of breath and a vise clamped around my heart.
My mother’s script is from an earlier era when education had not been commodified and contorted. When it was a gift to learn. A time when writing was valued not only for its content but for its form. When penmanship spoke of culture and education and, yes, privilege.
That script, her unique cursive style, is undeniably and uniquely my mother, Yulanda.
I feel the absence of my mother most profoundly when I stare at her writing.
René Descartes said, “I am thinking, therefore I am.” My mother’s cursive script says, “I wrote, therefore I have been.” And as the ability to recall her physical presence becomes the dream of time lapsed, her writing will remain forever real and tangible.
As her daughters, her children, and perhaps someday her grandchildren and descendants, we will carry her DNA forward in time. However, her letters, the drafts of her speeches, the thank-you cards, her recipes, the quotations she noted down, her signature — like the one in the volume of William Shakespeare’s collected works that she used for her studies at McGill — these all serve as a testament to her personal spirit.
No other hand shaped those words, no other mind developed those ideas, no one else forged those connections: letter to letter, person to person, heart to heart.
I feel the absence of my mother most keenly when I catch a glimpse of her writing. The words and sentences that flowed from the pen she held, the pen she guided into forever.
In the year and months since my mother died (and a month before what would have been her 79th birthday), my family has cried, laughed, and celebrated birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and weddings. We’ve attended funerals. We’ve had time at home, we’ve been away together and separately. Time has carried us forward. It is life’s imperative.
And she, my mother, has been there with us. In each moment, in each thought, in each word.
She always will be.
“If we danced more and sang more, we’d be happier people.”
Yulanda M. Faris
July 2, 1937 – April 23, 2015
Author’s Note: I’m sad to report that FUB passed away on May 27, 2014. The world is a dimmer, duller place without him.
There is a man I know.
His name is Robert.
Bob.
Or as we like to call him FUB – Funny Uncle Bob.
Funny because he is witty and bright. Even in a serious discussion with Bob, there will come a point when you find yourself laughing. Maybe a chuckle, but more often than not a belly laugh, a laugh from the heart.
Bright because he is a spark. He creates, he paints, he draws, he writes. He is an artist, an inspiration, a giver, a friend, a husband, a father, a grandfather.
He’s not actually my uncle, but the dearest and closest of family friends. If I were to ask my parents, I’m sure they would recall the moment when they first met Bob and his wife Carol. For me, and I think for my sisters, it’s as if Bob has always been there. There is no first moment, there just is.
In 2010 my parents received the Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Voluntarism in the Performing Arts. Each recipient of a Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards is allotted a number of tickets to the events held for honourees. The number in our group exceeded the limit because my father lobbied to ensure he could include Bob and Carol.
Our four days in Ottawa were magical. From evenings in the bar, to Question Period in the House, to receptions and galas, Bob’s wry gaze, Bob’s singular perspective, Bob’s irreverence enhanced and enlivened every moment.
Bob’s generosity of spirit has spilled over into his interactions with my son who is an emerging artist. During a visit to Hornby Island in 2008, we went on walks together and we would sketch en plein air to capture the golden aura of Helliwell Park and the shimmering blue of the ocean. I was even required to join in and put pencil to paper!
Bob also sat down with my son indoors and they drew together in the creative stillness of common purpose. It was mentorship of a seven year-old to show what it means to observe as an artist, to be diligently aware of your surroundings, and how to express what you’ve seen for others to experience.
This past summer, my mother, my son, and I went out to visit Bob and Carol at their home. It was an opportunity for my son to see Bob’s studio, to have a look at Bob’s world, the world of a successful artist. My son was whisked away upon arrival and when the two rejoined us for lunch, my son was clutching canvases, drawing paper, and pens. Gifts from one artist to another with the most priceless one being the encouragement to do.
That’s FUB.
That’s Bob and he has decided to discontinue chemotherapy. He is at home with his family and he is embraced within a circle of love which extends beyond the boundaries of time and place.
And thus it shall be forever.
The Speed of Life
Math was not my favourite subject in high school, but I was proficient with the material presented. Decades later a modicum of what I learned is hardwired for my general use, but don’t ask me to explain an advanced concept and please save me from anything that has to do with calculating probabilities.
One formula that has stuck with me is d = rt or distance (d) equals the rate of travel (r) multiplied by time (t). And while familiarity with the relationship between these three factors comes in handy for planning, lately I’ve been thinking about the formula’s applicability in a different way.
Because I think the distance we travel daily contributes to the feeling we have that life is hurtling by us at breakneck speeds.
On days when I teach, for example, the 25 kilometre journey to SFU’s Burnaby campus takes me about thirty minutes each way if traffic is flowing smoothly. That’s nothing compared to those who may commute in to Vancouver from the Fraser Valley or drive down each day from Squamish or ferry over from the Sunshine Coast.
Compare that to the daily distance my Grandmothers would have travelled as young women, my paternal Grandmother in rural Lebanon and my maternal Grandmother in rural Jamaica. Until they married, their circle of travel likely extended no further than 10 kilometres, by foot, over the course of a day.
We have extended the distances we travel dramatically and not just for essentials. How many consider a drive to the Bellis Fair Mall, a three-hour roundtrip from the Lower Mainland depending on border waits, a simple excursion? Or consider how cavalier we have become about booking vacations requiring hours if not days of travel?
So if the distances we traverse have become more extensive, and if you accept that our time is fixed (not just in the sense of 24 hours a day, but in the finite sense of our mortality), it would seem that the factor which has changed the most with regard to our day-to-day is r, the rate.
And that may help explain why it feels like we are living at a faster and faster rate, one which increases with each passing year.
Is it any surprise then, as we’re preparing to celebrate the arrival of the new year, that many of us wonder what happened to the old one? How is it that we are celebrating graduations when it seems like just yesterday we were celebrating the births of the children in our families?
And nothing drives home the finite nature of time as much as the loss of those around us, whether people we’ve known and loved, young and old, or strangers from far away whose images fill the news.
That’s why it’s vital to recognize, sooner rather than later, in our instantaneous 140-character world, that we do not have another now.
And unless we take control of the speed of our life, it will pass by in a blur.
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Trick Play by Max Monroe
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Booze, women, and brotherhood—that’s what my good friend Quinn’s bachelor party should have been.
Booze, one mysterious raven-haired woman, and an arrest—that’s what it was.
As Cam Mitchell, a New York Maverick and one of the best tight ends in the professional football league, my to-do list should be pretty simple.
Get laid.
But after one hour with a stripper named Trixie, that list of mine has shifted dramatically.
Tell Quinn to call my lawyer.
And, for the love of God, don’t get fired from the Mavericks.
I swear, I tried to make it stop there.
But one tiny thing keeps finding its way to the very top…
Find out more about the dark-haired beauty with the big blue eyes and make her mine.
Too bad it’s a hell of a lot more complicated than that.
How do you fall in love with a woman whose real name you don’t know?
Well, ladies and gentlemen…I’m about to find out.
From the New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of TAPPING THE BILLIONAIRE comes a hilarious and sexystandalone about a secret, forbidden romance and just how tricky love can be.
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Cam!! This guy is so…sweet. Cue the swoon.
Trick Play was one of those reads that is loaded with feels. Cam and Trixie are so freaking cute together that I just want to squeeze them. My cheeks were aching from all the smiles and I was drowning in the (sexual) tension that exploded from the pages.
Max Monroe are a go to author for me and I feel like they are just getting started. This book was addictive, sexy, witty and left me salivating for more. More Max, more Monroe, more Mavericks!! If you haven’t had a chance to pick up one of their books yet, this is a great place to start.
~ Kimberly Anne
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Boy Scout Jamboree
My nephew Zach Wright of Crowley, La. is attending the Boy Scout National Jamboree outside of Washington, D.C.
Following is his first dispatch sent to his hometown newspaper.
Hello, my name is Zach Wright and I’m attending the Boy Scout National Jamboree. I’m a 14 year old freshman at Notre Dame High in Crowley, LA. I am the senior patrol leader in Troop 70 in Crowley. We are sponsored by the United Methodist Men of the First United Methodist Church of Crowley. With me is Eagle Scout Steven Dial, a senior at Crowley High and fellow troop member. For the Jamboree we are in troops representing the Evangeline Area Boy Scout Council. Altogether there are about 70 Scouters from our council and 45,000 Scouters at the jamboree.
The 2010 Boy Scout Jamboree occurs about every four years, so it has taken lots of planning.
The staff here is nice, and everything is going smoothly. There are 21 subcamps divided into four geographical regions of the U.S. Each subcamp has troops from various councils and each troop is divided into patrols. We’ve built a huge tent city with many campers. Fortunately our tents are big enough so that we could get two cots inside. Our lunches are provided as a bag lunch we can eat on the run, but our breakfast and dinners are cooked in the campsite by each patrol. We’re all eating the same menu, and the Jamboree staff distributes the food supplies. So far the best meal has been the July 28th. dinner of jambalaya.
Just like the staff has been planning and training for four years for this event, the scouts have spent months planning, preparing and training. We all took Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge and first aid lessons. While here we will attend a CPR/EAD training course and hope to set a world record for the largest ever held.
The variety of Scouts here is amazing. I’ve meet scouts from Japan, Canada, Egypt, Barbados, Sweden, Great Britain, South Korea and some Scouts from a little island in the Caribbean Sea near the coast of Venezuela. We’ve encouraged to mingle with the aid of a jamboree wide game of trading cards.
We each have a deck of 21 cards representing our subcamp. The idea is too meet and trade cards with a Scout from each subcamp. By the end of the Jamboree we should have a card from each subcamp. So far I have 6 out of the 20 other subcamps.
I’m also trading patches with other Scouts. Friends and family members have been collecting council strip patches from out of state for me for a year, so I have a head start on that collection, but I’ve added lots more!!!
While at jamboree, Scouts are trying to earn five rockers that will ever after be worn on their uniform around a National Jamboree patch. These rockers represent effort in core value areas of Scouting, and several requirements must be met in each area to earn a rocker.
The first rocker is for a 5k run/walk which was scheduled on the 30th. of July.
The second rocker is Duty to God. We’ve been leading grace at meals and sharing Scout devotionals in our patrols every evening. Attendance at a religious service, meeting our subcamp chaplin and visiting the exhibit table of our denomination are also required.
The third rocker is for participating in the outback centers. This area includes lots of fun aquatic activities like fishing, snorkeling, scuba diving, canoe races, kayak races and rafting. My favorite will be scuba because I have not been able to go to any of them yet, but I cannot wait.
The fourth rocker is for participating in the activities centers. These include a merit badge midway where professionals lead Scouts in earning any merit badge available. I’ve earned engineering, and I’ve seen a promotion for a merit badge called robotics (which I loved), but for now I am not working on any merit badges.
Other activity areas include an American Indian village display that is run by the Order of the Arrow (the Boy Scout honor society).
I can’t wait to see the pow wow dances. I’ve heard they’re amazing. There’s also a replica of the Brown Sea Island, the first Scout camp held in England by Lord Baden-Powel, founder of scouting. Scouts from Canada and Britain are running that display area.
The final rocker is for participating in the action centers. This area hosts friendly Scout competition in new areas for me including mountain boarding, trapshooting, muzzle-loaded gun shooting and a bikathlon – mountain biking and air rifle shooting.
Every evening there are area shows. So far we have seen the author of the book series “Eragon”. Tuesday, July 27th. many musical groups performed, but my favorite was a Trinidad and Tobago group. Wednesday, July 28th. another author talked to us about his “Alchemyst” series (which I started reading that night). Until next time from the Hill, Good bye.
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“Wolf Ruger of Dead Drive is back! Once again Carley weaves a tight tale of murder, money and sex while giving readers an up-close, behind-the-scenes look into the rarified world of Formula racing. Speed counts in this taut investigation.” — Michele Drier, award-winning author of The Kandesky Vampire Chronicles and The Amy Hobbes Mysteries
Another quest for the truth.
Private Investigator Wolf Ruger, returning Iraq veteran with PTSD, navigates the fast-paced world of Formula racing. Indianapolis-based HH Racing has a high-stakes technical problem the week before the last big race of the season. The race car’s telemetry malfunctions, baffling the racing team’s experts.
Wolf’s experience and instincts kick into high gear to determine if the telemetry failure and a mysterious fatality are related. Simultaneously, murders strike a mob operation involving espionage and the FBI. Wolf’s best friend Tito Rodriguez provides PTSD support, and his retired mentor Max advises him through the twists and turns of the case.
Wolf must untangle the turmoil before he becomes a victim. While juggling passionate relationships in his personal life, he remains undeterred in pursuit of answers.
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SASKATOON KENNEL & OBEDIENCE CLUB
CONFoRMATION Classes
What is a Dog Show?
Events & triaLS
56th Annual Dog Show
2019 Show Information
Janice Gunn SEMINAR
Thanks to Supporters
Rally classes
Remembering members
**Brag Page**
Member of the Year
Established over fifty years ago, the Saskatoon Kennel and Obedience Club became an accredited club on May 12, 1963 for the purpose of promoting purebred dogs.
The Club’s founding members were Joan Wiik (Shetland Sheepdog), Alex and Pat Randall (American Cocker Spaniel), Lorraine Whitehead (Pomeranian), Marilyn Taylor (Shetland Sheepdog), Margaret Stevenson (Pembroke Welsh Corgi) and Ruby and Greg McGregor (Elkhounds).
Obedience classes started in April, 1963, and the club’s first Conformation and Obedience matches were held two months later.
SKOC’s first all-breed Championship shows and Obedience trials were held on September 19 & 20, 1964, at the Kinsmen Arena.
Classes were first held in the Stock Pavilion at the University of Saskatchewan as well as outdoors.
The Club moved to its present location in 1981.
The SKOC will serve its membership and the community at large by giving support, understanding, help and guidance in all their canine-related endeavors.
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Thrislery & Thirunelli Temples in Wayanad [Kerala,India] the oldest ones made none other than Parasurama.
Kerala is aptly called the God's own country because the land was supposed to have emerged from beneath the Sea by the effort of none other than the first incarnation of Lord Vishnu called Parasurama,who took it upon himself to punish those Kshatriya kings, who had gone power crazy due to their greed and started to unleash terror among the populace then.He was told to have created the temples mentioned above during Satya Yuga, called so, due to the righteous way of living during those periods.Till now Keralites celebrate Onam in memory of those periods when people were all nice and had no fraudsters or crooks. Mahabali or Maveli was mentioned as the king those days.But how old the said period is surprisingly at least hundreds of thousands years ago.Unbelievable to many perhaps, yet the truth because, folklore says so since generations. unique but true 'Onam' is only celebrated in Kerala alone, unlike other Hindu festivals celebrated all throughout India.
Gradually the world sank into chaos and violence which creep-ed into the minds of people after Satya yuga, which lasted for hundreds of thousands of years. Now after the second incarnation of Shri Ram followed by Dwapara yuga during which Shri Krishna, all tried their very best to inculcate Truth,Dharma and Satkarma [good deeds] and showed the people by leading examples, living righteously, but very few takers were there by the end of Dwapara Yuga when Kaliyuga,present one, started about 5000 years back.
The destruction of places all around the world due to natural calamities of mind boggling proportions are all happening due to the naive nature of todays populace, when greed and materialism has become the order of the day.But still people does not believe it is because of god's wrath.they are convinced it will happen anyway.God never forgives the wrongdoers is the ultimate truth.The sooner people realise the better for humanity.
Coming back to those temples the oldest in terms of age, forgotten and was destroyed many times, the latest being the time of Tipu Sultan,while fighting with the British. Pazhassi Raja who too was a freedom fighter took shelter in Thirunelli and with the help of tribals formed an army to fight the British.Also nearby you can find the place where Lava & Kusha along with Sita devi must have lived or that must have been the place where Shriram met his children because, I found it mentioned somewhere near to present day Sultan Battery.It must have survived all these years only due to the dense forests surrounding those places.
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Sweet Valley Twins #56: The Wakefields Strike It Rich
Sweet Valley Twins 56: The Wakefields Strike it Rich
Title: The Wakefields Strike It Rich
Tagline: Now they can buy anything!
Summary: You can’t be too rich… or can you? When Jessica, Elizabeth, and Steven Wakefield’s great-aunt Helen arrives in Sweet Valley, she brings a big surprise: one hundred dollars in cash for each of them!
Now the Wakefield kids are faced with a problem: how will they spend all this cash? [Dove: #FirstWorldProblems]
Jessica shows off by showering her friends with presents. When the money runs out, how will she explain she is broke? Elizabeth buys an autographed copy of her favorite author’s latest mystery, and her money madness leads her to believe there’s a mystery right under her nose! Steven takes beautiful Jill Hale on a dream date to an expensive restaurant. But when the dinner bill arrives, Steven realizes he is not so rich after all.
Can money buy the Wakefields friendship, mystery and romance?
Let’s get this out of the way before we start:
EXTENDED, y’all! Two minutes of amazement. If you’ve not watched Orphan Black, you’re missing out. Seriously. [Dove: I think Orphan Black was inspired by Sweet Valley High, when so many people looked like the twins/stole their lives/twin switches/etc. Also: EXTENDED SCENE FOR THE WIN.]
Next… one hundred dollars. In cash. Each. DAMN, that’s a pretty hefty sum for a tween in the late Eighties.
Only two Wakefields on the cover? I’ll be generous and say it’s Steven and Elizabeth. Jessica’s obviously out of shot, having spent her cash on drugs, now earning Steven’s cash in a time-honoured fashion.
[Wing: I am thrown by the FUCK YOU TAMARA CHASE tag, so this is going to be interesting.]
I’ll let you in on a trade secret: Usually, when recapping a Sweet Valley Twins book, I read it a few days (if not weeks) beforehand. Then I revisit the text when writing the recap. That was so, I kid myself to believing, I can add a little structure and theme to what I’m bringing to the table.
This time? GOING IN BLIND.
This is by design, I promise you. I think it’ll be fun. Or it’ll be rubbish. Either way, it’ll be different.
We start with the twins heading home from school, on the day that their Great-Aunt Helen is coming to visit. That means one thing: cleaning, at the Elder Wakefield’s behest, before the arrival of the Grand Poobah (Hereafter Known As GAH).
In a nice piece of continuity, Jessica complains that they just cleaned the entire house that weekend, after their exciting party sans-parents that almost ended in disaster.
“We’ll have to polish the silver or wax the floors. There’s no way I’m going home before Aunt Helen gets there.”
Never mind, Jess. At least you’ll learn karate while you work.
She believes the best way to shirk work is to persuade her saintly sister to ditch dinner and creep to Casey’s Place with a plethora of scornful Unicorns. Liz agrees, as her spine is marshmallow as usual.
There’s an exchange about twins being the same but different. This is the same as in other books, but different. But in this one, we learn that Elizabeth is interested in ONE BOY (Todd Wilkins), while Jessica is interested in BOYS, plural. So fuck you, Aaron Dallas.
After hooking up with Team Unicorn (with no Ellen?! Sacrilege!) the girls hit Casey’s Place and discover that Steven is there too, with a bunch of his friends. For ice cream? Unlikely. To perv on his sister and her friends? Probably. Get your hands out of your pockets, Steven!
But wait! Steven, it seems, only has eyes for a mystery blonde…
[Jessica] looked over at Steven’s table. “Who’s that girl with the blond hair? I’ve never seen her before.”
“Beats me.” Elizabeth pulled out a chair and sat down.
“That’s Jill somebody-or-other,” Janet said.
Jill somebody-or-other… thanks Janet. I’m betting that JSOO ain’t atop the list of prospective Unicorns.
Steven is besotted, so much so that he fails to notice his giggling sisters. This blonde bombshell has him firmly in her thrall. Then Janet reveals a potential fly in the pie: her brother, Joe, who is sat with Steven, also likes this JSOO girl. And to make matters worse for poor love-struck Steven, Joe has skills (what you gonna do about it?).
We skip into Steven’s head, and discover that JSOO is actually Jill Hale. And we discover that Joe does indeed have skills. He’s telling stories, making Jill and the gang laugh, coming across as a fun guy and prospective lover. While Steven sits with his metaphorical balls in his hand, feeling powerless and alone.
In a weird exchange, Joe conducts a perfectly acceptable group conversation with everyone at the table, which Steven tries to hijack to impress Jill. Steven then concludes that because Jill didn’t laugh at his non-jokes about wrestling, Joe must be a cunt.
It’s all Joe’s fault, Steven thought. When it came to girls, Steven felt that Joe took over every conversation. Girls always laughed at Joe’s jokes, and it seemed that he could talk to them easily. Steven, meanwhile, always ended up feeling like a fool.
Steven vows to ask Jill on a date, figuring that once they are alone together she would see the Real Steven and not this bumbling cretin. And while he’s on the date, he would have a perfect alibi to cover himself over Joe’s disappearance… being related to Jessica the psychopath does have its benefits. [Dove: The first time I read this, it came across as shady but feasible. I thought that Joe and Jill were dating, and in my group of friends, if you kissed someone then you and that person were coupled up, exclusively, with no need to discuss. So if Joe had dated Jill, and Steven wanted a date with her too, he was stealing Joe’s girlfriend. Shady. But also the boys I knew back then would definitely pull something like that on their “best friend”. Tween Dove was very confused by the whole concept of romance based on the idiots she hung out with.]
[Wing: During this scene, I got horrible second-hand embarrassment for Steven and wasn’t sure if I could finish this story.]
We cut back to the Unicorns. And Elizabeth. Which is weird, now I think about it. I guess that’s why the ghostie(s) ran with Mary Wallace, Brooke Dennis, Janet Howell and Mandy Miller, and not some of the screeching harridans we usually see. I’m looking at YOU, Tamara Chase. [Dove: *blinks* What did Tamara do? And how can you tell the difference between Tamara Chase and Kimberley Haver?] [Raven: Picked her name out of a metaphorical hat.]
The bill for the ice cream arrives, and the girls discuss tipping etiquette.
Jessica discovers that – shock horror – she doesn’t have the two dollars and fifty cents required to cover her share of the bill. What she DOES have, however, is fifty cents. Fifty cents and two dollars’ worth of hair ribbons. Hair ribbons, which as we all know can make a stylish and devastating garrotte.
Elizabeth only has her share, so can’t help cover, although I’m surprised she doesn’t offer to pay for Jessica’s sundae and then try to sell her shoes to cover her own.
Jess turns to Lila, who lectures her on the perils of being a spendthrift. Money does not grow on trees, except on the money tree in Lila’s private orchard. Jessica thinks that Lila’s being a Grade A Beeyatch for not just paying the shortfall, but Lila has a point. She has an allowance too, even if adults call it a ‘credit limit.’
Eventually, Lila caves and loans Jess the two dollars. She then belittles her in front of the rest of the group. Everyone laughs except Elizabeth, who is SUCH a saint she’s opening an orphanage in Calcutta by chapter three. At least that would solve Jessica’s cash flow problems. SATIRE.
Jessica vows revenge on Lila, as she seems to do every fourth book or so. Get a grip, Jess. Lila’s amazing.
Back at the Wakefield Compound, we see the Wakefield Siblings meet GAH, who has her arm in a cast. Probably because of her nieces and nephews using her as a 100%-payout slot machine.
Miraculously, the twins and Steven appear genuinely pleased to see her. There’s some sweet small talk about Coco and the Sixers – nice continuity there – before GAH produces three envelopes, and we get into the story proper.
One envelope each, for Steven, Elizabeth and Jessica.
Each envelope containing TEN ten-dollar bills.
One Hundred Dollars.
Each.
LET’S MAKE IT RAIN!
The kids are suitably impressed, while the elder Wakefields are predictably shocked. GAH is generous, but she didn’t have to do that, blah blah blah. Who fucking cares, LET’S GO SHOPPING!
Naturally, the Twatted Alice punches the Magical Fantasy Fairy right in the fluffy gusset.
“Maybe you three should think about putting it in your savings accounts,” Mrs. Wakefield said.
Jessica turned to Elizabeth and mouthed, “No way!”
“Yes, that sounds like a very good idea,” Mr. Wakefield said. “You could put it toward your college education. If you deposit it in the bank now, it’ll earn lots of interest by the time you need it for college.”
Oh, GET FUCKED, Elder Wakefields. One hundred dollars will earn zippetty-fuck interest in six years. Not everything has to be a life lesson. Sometimes you need to waste it on hookers and blow, because THAT’S a life lesson too. Given that Ned and Alice grew up in the Sixties, I’m pretty sure they’ve spent far more than $300 apiece in one sitting on soft drugs and hard porn. And I’m sure Great Aunt Helen isn’t a stranger to a speedball. That twinkle in her eye is probably a needle scar. [Dove: Also, even in the 80s, exactly how much college eductation would $100 buy? A fabled number 2 pencil? Also, what is a number 2 pencil? Over here, they were HB (your standard) and then 1B, 2B, 3B, etc., the higher the number, the fatter and softer the lead for drawing.]
[Wing: Quick research says that on average, for a 4-year public school, tuition/room/board/fees would average around $10k to $15k in the late 80s and early 90s. For me, $100 would have covered about a semester’s worth of books or so, because we rented our textbooks still. It wouldn’t have covered a single book for law school.]
I researched how much interest they’d each make on their $100 investment over six years, at the US savings rate of 8.2% (average in 1990, apparently).
Their $100 would become $163.28.
Pretty decent, I guess, but I’d rather have a thousand-dollar memory than a sixty-three-dollar payment.
So fuck it, Wakefields. Piss it up the wall.
GAH reiterates that they can do whatever they like with the money. Elizabeth says she wants to save for a camera, which I’m totally down with. Jessica vows to “spend it”, which is suitably vague, and Steven doesn’t even get a mention. Probably gonna buy Viagra or something… THAT’D impress Jill, and at the very least he could use his erect penis to club Joe into unconsciousness.
After dinner, Jessica calls Lila to gloat. Lila’s all like, “Big whoop, my gardener wipes his cock on Benjamins,” and Jess is like, “Why you fronting?”
Lila’s just lonely.
Instead of taking notes on her reading assignment, Jessica wrote down a list of things she could do with her money.
#1. Clothes.
#2. Compact Discs.
#3. A party for all my friends.
But then she crossed the last one out. The last party she’d had turned into a disaster.
Of course, she could pay back some of the money she’d borrowed from Elizabeth. But Elizabeth didn’t need it—she had a hundred dollars, too.
Gotta say, that list is SUPER-cute. And fuck Elizabeth and her historic debt.
On the way to school the following morning, Amy and Elizabeth brainstorm on how Liz can spend the money. Amy tries to convince Liz to spend the money on, well, AMY. Get fucked Amy. [Dove: Amy, the only reason I don’t hate you as much as I hate Elizabeth is because of those five pages where Ellen thought you were brilliant.] [Wing: *pours one out for Amy/Ellen TRU LUV 4EVA.]
We cut to the Steven plot, briefly. Our poor greedy fourteen-year-old horndog is waiting for Jill to enter the classroom. Apparently Jill – a new girl who joined school a few weeks earlier – was love at first wank for Steven. And English Class was his morning glory, in that it represented the first time he’d see the object of his spiffy affection each day.
Jill enters the classroom, and Steven squeaks at her. Literal squeaks. Jill smiles and sashays off.
Jesus, Steven. Get a fucking grip, lad.
As he sits and daydreams about impressing Jill with Roses, his teacher calls him out and belittles him. Everyone laughs, including Jill. Steven is mortified. Isn’t this how school shootings happen? [Dove: It’s ok, if any town is filled with thoughts and prayers, it’s Sweet Valley. They have Elizabeth.]
Next, it’s lunch in the Unicorner. Jessica is bursting to tell the her friends all about her stoke of good fortune. Happily, she doesn’t have too long to wait. In front of all of the Unicorns – that’s right, ALL of the Unicorns – Jessica makes her big announcement.
“I was thinking of going to the mall,” Jessica said. “I thought maybe you’d want to come.”
“Why, do you need to borrow more money?” Janet asked. She and Lila laughed.
“No,” Jessica said slowly. “I’m going on a major shopping spree!” She looked around the table at everyone and smiled. “I have a hundred dollars—in cash.”
Dove has helped me determine exactly what is meant by “all of the Unicorns.”
I picture fifty, sixty, ONE HUNDRED purple-clad harpies, gaggling round Jessica like a cabal of melons.
Apparently, it’s ten. A little underwhelming, if I’m honest.
Jess could give them all ten dollars each, then we could head to book 57.
Everyone is suitably impressed. Except Lila, obviously.
“Wow, a hundred dollars,” Mandy said.
“You can buy a lot of stuff with that,” Kimberly added.
“Not really,” Lila said. “I mean, it’s not really enough for a shopping spree.”
“It’s not?” Mary asked.
“I could spend a hundred dollars in an hour,” Lila said.
“Yeah, but that’s because you practice,” Jessica replied.
Now THERE’S a book I’d read the shit out of… Brewster’s Millions, but with Lila Fowler at the helm, trying to spend $30,000,000 in thirty days.
I mean, if Lila spent at $100 an hour, for 24 hours a day, for 30 days, she’d rack up a tab of £21,600.
Even so, I reckon she’d smash it.
[Dove: *wibbles* I think we have your NaNoWriMo project this year.] [Raven: I may be persuaded.]
Lila demands her two dollars. Because why not.
We cut to a bookstore at the mall. Elizabeth and Amy are there. As anyone who reads this series knows, Elizabeth loves a mystery, especially the works of Amanda Howard. Amy, on the other hand, likes Johnny Buck all of a sudden.
Does she? I mean, she’s never really had an opinion on the Buckster one way or another. This feels like the author jamming in a slew of new facts. Either way, she and Liz spend a great deal of time pointing to pictures of Johnny Buck with slightly different hair in an unauthorised biography and laughing maniacally.
Eventually a shop assistant, who I TOTES thought was doing the “excuse me, ladies, but this is a shop and not a fucking library” schtick. But no, she’s there to point Elizabeth to the latest hardcover Amanda Howard mystery, about which Liz is oblivious (OBLIZIOUS!). As luch would have it, Amanda Howard herself is due to do a signing in the bookstore the following afternoon, and she’ll sign copies of the book on the production of a receipt.
Are we expected to believe that Elizabeth Wakefield, Amanda Howards BIGGEST FUCKING FAN, has NO CLUE that a new book by her FAVOURITE AUTHOR has JUST BEEN RELEASED?!
I call bullshit.
Okay, I can let the whole signing-at-a-local-store thing passing her by slide. I have missed a few gigs / comedians in my home town due to that. But missing her latest BOOK? Nope.
Liz buys the book ($22) and the Johnny Buck Hairstyle Pamphlet for Amy, and they head off to Casey’s Place, which I believe must be a major sponsor of the series considering the amount of time it gets name-dropped.
By the way, Casey’s Place exists. But not how we know it.
On the way, they spot Steven outside a jewellery store, and deduce he’s going to buy something for Jill. A diamond cock-ring would be a nice gift for the girl you love, I suppose.
The girls bug him, and he fucks off.
Amy and Elizabeth burst out laughing. “He was so nervous!” Elizabeth said. “I’ve never seen him act so weird about a girl.”
“Do you think he was meeting her here?” Amy asked.
Elizabeth shook her head. “He probably wanted to go into the store, only he couldn’t, with us here.”
Amy laughed. “Can you imagine Steven buying some girl jewelry?”
“If Steven picks it out, I feel sorry for her!” Elizabeth said
FUCK YOU, you pair of giggling twats. Poor Steven! [Wing: I find it too cute. Younger sibling + friend giggling away.]
As they enter Caseys, Jessica exits with a bunch of Unicorns. The twins compare spending notes. Liz has bought the books. Jessica has bought sundaes for her friends. Which is, again, SUPER CUTE.
Later, we see the Unicorns shopping. And Jessica starts flashing her cash, helping her pals buy things they want through a sense of generosity and as a pointed snark at Lila’s perceived meanness.
I’m actually surprised at the Unicorns here. They aren’t being manipulative bell-fruits, their shopping habits seem genuine and not ruses to part Jessica from her money. I think I enjoyed this scene a little more than the words warrant.
Overall, like Elizabeth, Jessica spends roughly thirty dollars. Even though she has nothing to really show for it other than the grateful smiles of her fellow Unicorns, she’s happy enough with that.
At five pm, we cut to a browbeaten Steven, waiting for the girls to leave the mall so he can buy something shiny to impress Jill. In an exchange with a marvellously snooty salesman, he’s offered a $300 pair of earrings, then a $200 pair, before eventually settling for a $28 pair. The salesman isn’t impressed.
Steven watched him put them in a black box with the Precious Stones logo on it. At least Jill would know that he bought them at an expensive store. The salesman wrapped the box in shiny gold paper and tied a black ribbon around it. He couldn’t wait to see Jill’s face when she opened the box—she was going to be so impressed.
She’s not going to be impressed.
So! Four chapters down, and each Wakefield Sibling has spent around $30. How very structured!
Back at the Wakefield Compound, Aunt Helen interrogates the siblings about their purchases as they are force-fed scalloped potatoes by their gurning parents. She ooh and aahs over their spending habits, although Steven is understandably silent about the earrings for JSOO to avoid the mockery such and admittance would ensue.
Talk turns to GAH’s mysterious cast, about which she’s being pretty tight-lipped. Does it have something to do with her generosity, perhaps? Did she fall down the stairs and think she was going to die, and vowed to spend her money as life is fleeting? Yeah, I’ll bet that’s it.
NO! Actually, this is AMERICA. Has she amassed a huge medical bill for spraining her wrist, and is frantically giving her savings away in order to qualify for Medicaid lest they repossess her house or send in the bailiffs to forcibly acquire her titanium hip? [Wing: Don’t think it would cover pre-existing hospital bills, though I’m not certain. Also, had to double-check her age; at 64, she’s less than a year from qualifying for Medicare, which provides better coverage. So close, GAH. SO CLOSE.]
After dinner, the girls quiz Steven on his spending habits. They tease him about spotting his window-shopping at Precious Stones, the inexplicably-not-named-in-the-system-way jewellery store at the Sweet Valley Mall. He denies being there, of course, but the twins deduce he must’ve bought something for Jill, and that he luuurves her, and that this is somehow hilarious. Jessica actually gives him some romantic advice, laying out that she’d expect a kick-ass date and flowers and jewellery and at least seven inches, preferably on the slack.
Later, as Liz enjoys her new book – she hopes to finish it before meeting Amanda Howard the following day – she overhears GAH talking to Ned. A mystery is afoot!
“Don’t worry, Helen, we’ll make sure you get a good lawyer,” Mr. Wakefield said. “If one of the people I’ve recommended can’t help you, I’ll fly out there and help you myself.”
Aaaah, so that’s what’s happening. GAH’s ‘medicinal’ herb garden has been raided by the cops, and she’s frantically laundering the profits through her nieces and nephew. [Dove: Why can’t Ned represent her? We all know he’s doing about a zillion different disciplines of law.]
Or, I guess, she was involved in an accident and there’s a dispute over the blame.
Let’s take a moment to appreciate yet another area of Ned’s legal expertise.
The man is indeed a Lawyer With Many Hats.
End aside:
Elizabeth ends the section awash with the mystery in her house, and the mystery in her new book. Will she ever discover what’s happening. Yeah, I’ll wager she’ll have gotten to the bottom of it in another six or so chapters.
We cut to Steven, who’s been practicing lines for his next performance: the role of possible suitor for Jill.
“Hi, Jill, this is Steven. How are you? I was wondering if you’d like to go out with me this Friday night. I thought maybe we could go to dinner, say, around seven. How does that sound?”
“That sounds like you’re a total dweeb!” Steven answered himself.
Naturally, this makes me think of the below:
Why? Because I’m really tired.
As he heads to phone Jill and carom towards his certain romantic doom, he trips over a magazine that Jessica has slipped under his door. It’s not porn: it’s a description of a so-called “Dream Date.”
Happily for Steven, it all seemed roughly what he’d been planning. Apart from dancing. In the Dream Date, there is more Dancing.
Fighting back the fear, he calls Jill… and blow me down with a fucking feather, he manages to secure a date for that coming Friday!
Although, if I’m being totally honest, she doesn’t really seem that keen…
“I was wondering if you’d like to go out with me Friday night,” he mumbled.
“Sorry. What was that about Friday?” Jill asked.
“Are you doing anything?” Steven asked.
“Probably,” Jill said. “I don’t know what yet.”
“Well, would you like to go out?” Steven asked. “To dinner?”
Jill didn’t answer right away, and for a second Steven was afraid she had hung up. “I guess that would be OK,” she finally said.
Not exactly frothing at the gusset, is she, Champ? Well, who can blame her after such Wildean bon-mots as this:
“Oh, hi, Steven,” Jill said. “What’s up?”
“Not much. Just working on my English homework.” Steven laughed nervously.
“We didn’t have any,” Jill reminded him.
“Right,” Steven said. “That was a joke.”
“Oh,” Jill said.
Fucking hell. That’s some weak shit right there.
Nevertheless, a date is a date. After a tiny bout of self-doubt, Steven basks in the glory of his accomplishment.
Next morning, Elizabeth dresses to impress Amanda Howard, who she will be meeting. She invites GAH, who continues on the nervous route. The Wakefields comment that she is usually so full of life, and she laughs nervously. I’m definitely calling shell shock after a crash at this point.
Steven and Jessica enter shortly after, and the banter continues apace. Steven, it seems, has been tossing all night.
Next, GAH takes delivery of an envelope. As the kids watch, she puts the envelope unopened on the window sill. Elizabeth wonders if this has anything to do with her overheard conversation from the previous day.
OF COURSE IT DOES, you cleft. I’m guessing summons.
After school, Amy and Liz arrive at the mall in fine time. Liz is nervous, and Amy tries her best to chivvy her best friend along.
They join a queue of twenty fans, all waiting for a moment with their literary heroine. After a ten-minute wait, she gets a few moments with the author.
“How shall I sign it?” Amanda asked.
“To Elizabeth,” she said.
“My biggest fan,” Amy added.
“No, you don’t have to write that,” Elizabeth said. “Just ‘to Elizabeth’ is fine.”
GET FUCKED, Amy. This is not your moment. I actually hate Amy in this book thus far, and usually I’m the recapper with the most time for her.
Liz and AH share a few minutes of small talk, of which THIS is the most likely important part:
“Can I ask you one question, before we go?”
“Sure,” Amanda said.
“How do you come up with the ideas for your books? I mean, you’ve written so many,” Elizabeth said. “How did you think of all those plots?”
“Elizabeth’s a writer, too,” Amy said, “so she needs to know this kind of thing.”
“Well, it’s simple, really,” Amanda said. “Most of the time, there are mysteries going on right under our noses. We just don’t notice them. I pay attention, that’s all.”
Basically, Amanda Howard just gave Elizabeth Wakefield the permission to snoop into her Great Aunt’s private affairs. Way to go, Aman-Duh. [Dove: Damn, that woman’s got a lot to answer for. Although Liz has been doing this for 55 books without permission, so…] [Wing: She gave a really kind answer to one of the questions most authors I know find terribly boring.]
Also at the mall, we discover that Jessica is still treating her friends. This time, it’s frozen yoghurt. And she has to delve into her shoe safe to fish out the wonga to do it. She hands it to the cute boy server.
He held it a few feet away from him and wrinkled his nose, as if the money smelled. Lila and everyone else in their group cracked up. The boy slid it into the cash register and got out Jessica’s change. “Here’s your change. If you want, you can just hand me your shoe and I’ll put it in.”
Poor Jessica. Even when she’s being nice, she gets the shitty end of the butt plug. [Wing: I don’t blame him. That’s super gross, and sweaty money from customers is a horrific part of retail.]
The Unicorns thank Jessica for their delicious frozen treats, then Tamara and Lila do the nice thing: they tell Jessica she needn’t keep treating them to iced products. Tamara, I take it all back. Maybe you’re not such a cunt after all.
Lila warns her not to go spending like a lottery winner, lest she run out of funds. Jess, being Jess, attributes that to Lila’s jealousy.
Later, Jessica spies a flouncy blouse of many colours. Thing is, it’s $40, which would pretty much clean her out, thus fulfilling the Lila Fowler Prophecy, So Mote It Be. So she holds back.
“Hey, Jessica, while you’re thinking it over, can I show you a T-shirt I want to get?” Tamara asked.
Actually, Tamara, you ARE a proper cunt.
Later that afternoon, at the Wakefield Compound, Elisabeth hears someone crying… and, after following the sound of sobbing, she comes across Great Aunt Helen, weeping alone in the living room. Liz asks her what’s wrong, and GAH evades the question with lies.
Aunt Helen pointed at the television. “It’s embarrassing, really. I was crying because of that silly thing.”
Elizabeth glanced at the television. At the moment, a commercial for diapers was on the screen. “What do you mean?”
“One of my favorite people just died,” Aunt Helen said, sniffling. “I was watching ‘Days of Turmoil.’”
Really, Aunt Helen? REALLY?
To be fair, even Liz calls bullshit, although she doesn’t say it out loud.
For some reason, Elizabeth had trouble believing that Aunt Helen—reasonable, dependable, witty Aunt Helen—could get so concerned about a soap opera character. It didn’t make sense.
Liz goes on to question GAH on the mysterious letter from that morning, but the wily pensioner no-ma’ams the whole thing. So Liz trots back to the kitchen to tell Amy. They head to the bedroom, and Liz spills what’s occurring.
Amy jumps to the ludicrous.
“Maybe the letter was a threat or something,” Amy suggested. “You know how people cut letters from magazines and send notes to people?”
“You mean like a ransom note?” Elizabeth asked.
“Right! It could be a ransom note,” Amy said excitedly.
Considering that not TWENTY BOOKS AGO, so like three days ago in Sweet Valley Time, the girls were embroiled in an actual kidnapping plot with an actual snippy snippy ransom note, I find it hard to believe that Liz needs the concept of ransom notes explained to her.
After a little more asinine deduction, Amy reaches the conclusion that someone is after Great Aunt Helen. The same someone, in fact, that broke her arm.
Y’know what, maybe Amy’s right. Maybe Great Aunt Helen actually HAS wandered south of the tracks, and gotten herself involved with some of Trump’s Bad Hombres.
Maybe Great Aunt Helen has broken bad.
In Sweet Valley, the meth is purple.
Liz decides the only way to help her aunt is to get hold of the mysterious letter. Nothing like a maguffin to focus the mind (and the plot).
We cut to Steven with his friends at the Dairi Burger. He’s sitting next to Jill, and unable to stand because of his raging boner. Also there are a bunch of others, and the love rival that is Joe Howell.
Joe, as usual, is displaying his skills.
It’s pretty clear that Jill only has eyes for Joe. Even when Steven cracks a semi-respectable joke regarding Joe’s outfit, which has the rest of the party in stitches, Jill simply sits and stares into Joe’s baby blues.
“You look like the skipper on a cruise ship,” Steven said. “Welcome aboard the SS Howell,” he added and saluted Joe. Cathy Connors, Megan Moore, and Larry all cracked up. Steven looked eagerly at Jill for her reaction. She was gazing at Joe.
Eventually, Joe leaves the table, and Steven tries some more bush-league chat, which is horrible (in universe, at any rate; it’s actually well written and suitably awkward). Joe returns with free fries for Jill, and Steven kicks himself for missing such a great opportunity. HE could have fetched fries for Jill!
He fetches ketchup instead. And more fries for everyone. But it appears that he can’t even fetch ketchup correctly…
Steven slid back into the booth and ripped open a ketchup packet. “Here you go,” he said, handing it to Jill with a smile. But his hand slipped, and ketchup squirted out onto the table, just missing Jill’s arm.
“Hey!” she cried. She grabbed a napkin from the napkin holder and started cleaning up the mess.
“Is that one of those trick ketchups they advertise in the back of comic books?” Megan asked, giggling.
Joe laughed. “Way to go, Wakefield.”
I actually like nervous, klutzy Steven. Embarrassed, ham-fisted, jealous, pubescent teenager. Pretty well handled.
Now, if he were ripe with acne, unable to modulate the pitch of his voice, and furiously masturbating whenever no one is looking, we’d be looking at a well-rounded kid.
It’s now Thursday, and Jess is down to her final fifteen dollars. She forlornly does her accounts, convinced that the sums don’t add up. Surely she can’t have spent fifty-five dollars in a single afternoon?
She begins to think that Lila was probably right all along. OF COURSE SHE IS, JESS. For a particular definition of the word “right,” of course.
We cut to Elizabeth, again quizzing Great Aunt Helen on what exactly was bothering her. And again, GAH tells her to politely fuck the fuck off. Seriously, Liz, you have zero emotional empathy. Read the room, kid. Maybe Great Aunt Helen doesn’t want to spill her personal shit to a fucking twelve year old.
Next, it’s Friday, and Steven has a real-to-goodness conversation with Jill at the lockers at school. Jill is off to an algebra test, but she still has time to cement the details for the evening’s date: dinner (dressy), 7pm, taxi.
Jill also shows her true colours re: dating boys. Apparently, cars are sexy (unlike most instruments).
“I was thinking I’d pick you up around seven,” Steven said.
“Pick me up? You don’t drive, do you?” Jill’s eyes suddenly lit up, and she smiled at him.
Steven had never seen her look so interested in him before.
Maybe she’s looking for some parking action [Dove: The make-out place is called Miller’s Point, and everyone goes there, but they only kiss, and only when they’re at least sixteen.], a little under-jumper over-bra fumbling. Steven can only hope.
At lunch, Jessica faces a barrage of questions from the Unicorns, who seems to be growing greedier by the second. They ask if Jess is going to the mall again, and when Jess says she’s not up for it, they decide they don’t want to go without her and her bottomless purse.
It’s nice that the Unicorns doing the cajoling are the old-school uber-bitch squad of Janet, Kimberly, Ellen and Lila. It’s wise to avoid signing a lot of cool peripherals to the Unicorns in one book only to follow it by trashing their reputations in the book after.
Eventually, Jessica is persuaded to drop by the mall the following day. But she silently promises herself that she mustn’t spend her last fifteen dollars on anyone but herself, and vows to leave the tiny wonga at home.
On the walk home, Elizabeth and Amy chat shit about Aunt Helen. Amy thinks GAH could be a retired spy, and waxes lyrical about how the logistics of spyhood would be easier to maintain than a rogue grandma spreading state secrets because she doesn’t know how to send a coherent email. Rightfully, Elizabeth thinks the whole scenario is ludicrous.
Back at the Compound, they devise a plan: distract GAH, then rifle through her belongings for the letter / further clues. Fucking hell, girls, it’s no wonder she’s not visited for a while if that’s the way you treat house guests.
While GAH selects an outfit for Elizabeth’s forthcoming School Dance, Amy searches her room and suitcase to no avail. Then, in the face of Elizabeth’s protestations, she looks through Great Aunt Helen’s purse. Dirty little tea-leaf!
In the purse, she finds a picture of a stern-looking man.
Okay, so that’s a bit weird. Who’s this chump? The person who she had the accident with? Her lawyer? Bit odd to have a photo of them.
Maybe she IS a spy. Is it her handler?
Down in the kitchen, Steven is preparing for the date. Jessica enters, and mocks him for having a box of flowers. She then quizzes him on his plans for the evening, and in a nice bout of brotherly / sisterly affection, she helps him dress to impress.
Eventually, Steven confides in Jess that he’s bought Jill some nice gold earrings.
“Did you spend your whole hundred dollars on this date or what?” Jessica asked.
“Practically,” Steven said. “Actually, I think I’ll have some left over.”
“Really?” Jessica said. “In that case, how about some money for your fashion consultant.”
Steven gives her ten dollars, and Jess dashes off before he changes his mind.
The next section has Steven, dressed to the nines, heading out for his date. As his family mock / support him, he takes his corsage and takes a taxi over to Jill’s house. We establish that she’s looking wonderful in a green sleeveless dress, and Steven is all thumbs when trying to pin the corsage. Eventually, they head to Jacqueline’s, the posh restaurant, which makes me smile as I only know one person called Jacqueline and she’s quite possibly the worst cook in the world. [Dove: Food poisoning. Three times.]
The issue I have with this section is likely to do with me being British. This whole thing is the quintessential Prom story. Corsage, awkwardness, nice clothes, family involvement… we’ve seen it writ large in movies and books since entertainment began. It really feels odd to me that this ISN’T a story about Steven’s Prom, especially since I presume there are a slew of Prom-related stories in the books to come. [Dove: It might be though. When we get to Sweet Valley High, they have a dance every third day, so today might actually be a Sweet Valley prom day.]
But, as I said, maybe I’m just so very British here. Maybe this is the USA’s version of a twee date, and that’s just manifested itself in Prom Tales because of that. Wing, care to elaborate? [Dove: On our first date, Raven took me to the pub. On our second, he took me to see the Potter movie of the moment and bought me Haribo. Then we moved in together.] [Wing: This sort of date really does feel more like a pre-dance kind of dinner, though that’d often be with a group of friends. My high school friends and I didn’t really do the dating thing so often; you were boyfriend/girlfriend, but mostly there were parties and making out and hanging out and sneaking out, but not these sorts of formal dates. Maybe rich people do it differently, though. My first date with Ostrich was to watch a local band practice and then in a boat out onto a lake under a pretty (though not full) moon. And then I managed to tip the boat when we were almost back to shore. This was the time I learned about drive-through liquor stores and heard my first Live song (“Lightning Crashes”).]
We cut from the date to head back to the Compound. Elizabeth is about to head to Amy’s for a ninja sleepover, and Jessica is irritated by that, as she’ll have no one to annoy while her sister is away. Jess asks Liz if she’s got any money left, to which Liz replies in the affirmative. Maybe Jessica is shaping to steal cash from her siblings? I wouldn’t put it past her.
Elizabeth asks if Jessica has noticed anything weird about Great Aunt Helen, and Jessica claims to be completely oblivious. Of course you are, Jess, you magnificent self-centred sociopath. Jess convinces Elizabeth that she’s worrying over nothing, and that GAH is fine. Let’s face it, Elizabeth has form in this regard.
Oh, and apparently Amy and Liz will be watching a movie before enjoying the comedy show Staying Up With Bob. Apparently, the school is abuzz with how brilliant it is. I smell foreshadowing.
We now cut to Steven’s date. Of course, it’s a disaster.
The waiters are snooty. Well, they’re French. I think if I went to a French restaurant and the waiters weren’t snooty, I’d complain to the manager. [Wing: Very low chance that they are actually French.]
The meals are super-expensive, and Steven only has forty-five dollars after the cab fare. Luckily, Jill orders the cassoulet, which is cheap. Steven orders the same. What the fuck is a cassoulet? Oh, some sort of bean soup / stew. Looks pretty good, actually. Hell, at least it’s not Donuts Flambe. [Wing: BEST. DESERT. EVER.]
Steven is rubbish at being suave. He confuses the maitre d for a waiter, and has literally nothing of interest or import to say.
They do some dancing to a jazzy tune, on the restaurant’s dance floor. Wait, what? Posh restaurants have dance floors, do they? Either way, Steven is completely shit and injures Jill, and she hobbles back to the table.
All this happens before the food arrives. Nice work, Steven, you melon. What are you going to do before desert, Steven, shit in her fucking handbag?
The chapter ends at Amy’s house. Elizabeth and Amy are watching Don’t Talk, a crime and courtroom caper in which someone is witness to a murder, a witness who the killer saw… just like the character on Days of Turmoil that Aunt Helen was crying over!
The girls put two and two together, and make a fucking cassoulet. [Dove: I recently finished the game, Orwell. One of my achievements was “2 + 2 = 5”. It kind of killed my buzz.]
Apparently, Great Aunt Helen is in danger, as she’s hiding from a murderer. A murderer who’s broken her arm, sent her threatening letters, and is likely to pounce any second to finish the job!
Liz and Amy rush to the Compound. GAH must be warned!
Back at the date, Jill orders a seven-dollar portion of chocolate mousse. Standard. The bill comes, and it’s a total of fifty dollars… Steven has forty-five.
If only I hadn’t given Jessica that ten dollars! How did I let her talk me into that, anyway?
Hah! Nice.
In a brazen attempt to stall, while frantically looking round the restaurant for a family acquaintance or friendly face, he decides to give Jill his gift: the plain gold earrings bought from Precious Stones.
Jill unwrapped the package and lifted the lid off the box. “Oh,” she said, taking out the earrings. “These are nice.”
“Do you like them?” Steven asked. Then he checked to make sure Jill had pierced ears. She did, all right. The earrings she was wearing were the same as the ones he had just given her!
“Yeah, I like them a lot,” Jill said. “I have some that are kind of like them, but they’re not exactly the same.”
“I noticed,” Steven mumbled. “Sorry.”
“That’s OK,” Jill said. “I can use them. Thanks.”
Again, lovely. I particularly like the final line… “I can use them. Thanks.” Just what any gift-giver wants to hear.
As the scene fades to black, Steven looks to solve his lack of funds the only way he can think of… he asks his date if she has any cash.
Poor Steven! I do feel for him. Although I reckon if Jess was in the same predicament, she’d pick up a butter knife and mug someone before admitting defeat. [Dove: If you think Jess has ever paid/will ever pay for anything on a date in her life, I don’t think we’re reading the same series.]
At this point, I think it’s safe to say I enjoyed this “B” plot more than the A-Plot(s) of Great Aunt Helen’s Mystery and Jessica’s generosity. Maybe it’s the teenage boy in me, but I did feel for Steven throughout the date. The whole “unrequited love” angle, with Jill OBVIOUSLY crushing on Joe, was also nicely handled.
Completely not caring about GAH and Liz, and even Jess is boring me. Ah well.
Next, we have the denouement of the GAH saga. Elizabeth rushes into the compound, and promises to protect GAH fro evildoers or somesuch nonsense. The trutch comes out immediatey.
Great Aunt Helen was in a car accident. CALLED IT, motherfuckers.
She is being bullied by the insurance company, who are refusing to pay because they claim she missed her last policy payment. Sounds about right.
She’s been quiet and “not herself” because the accident took a lot out of her.
The stern looking man in her purse-picture is her boyfriend. To be fair, that did make me laugh.
Steven then returns home, and runs through the greatest hits of the Date From Hell. Aside from all the crap I’ve already outlined, Jill was collected by an irate father (who called him an irresponsible jerk), he borrowed fifteen dollars from his date to cover the cost, and he had to take the bus home like some goddamn HOMELESS PERSON. [Dove: I’m the last person on this site that would defend Steven, but fuck off Jill’s dad. Boo hoo, you had to pick up your fourteen year old on a Friday night – that’s a Friday night for a parent of a non-driving kid with a social life. Calling a kid an irresponsible jerk is a little harsh. Isn’t it bad form to shout at someone else’s kid? If you’re that offended by him misjudging the cost of two taxis and an expensive dinner, have a quiet word with his folks, but don’t just yell. Dick. On the topic of irresponsible, I know Sweet Valley only has Tony Rizzo as the criminal element, but I think I’d be cross with a parent who saw two fourteen year olds stranded at the mall, an only picked up their own child, leaving the other to make their way home by themselves.]
Everyone laughs at Steven. He’s an idiot!
Jessica gives him the ten dollars back, which is a little out of character but we can forgive that. Especially because she says “here’s your ten dollars so you can pay (Jill) back tomorrow.”
Steven borrowed fifteen dollars, love.
So, the romance is dead. All that’s left is to deal with Jessica’s super-generous spending spree, and the ensuing fallout…
At the mall the following day, the bratty entitled contingent of the unicorns – FUCKING Tamara Chase (and Kimberly and Ellen) try their damndest to convince Jessica to buy them more purple tat. Jessca, however, refuses to play ball. Partly because she’s sticking to her guns, and party because, well, she’s almost broke.
As the puzzled Unicorns trail Jessica from shop to shop, desperately hinting that Jess should buy them this thing or that thing, Lila is shrewd enough to get a handle on the truth.
“You ran out of money, didn’t you?” Lila whispered. “That’s why you didn’t buy that necklace for Kimberly. It’s OK, I won’t tell anybody. But they’re going to find out pretty soon.”
“No, I didn’t run out of money,” Jessica said. Not completely, anyway—she still had her fifteen dollars.
“But you don’t have a whole lot left,” Lila said. “I know. I saw all that stuff you bought for everybody. It adds up. And the worst thing is, they don’t even care.”
“You’re right, it does add up.” Jessica shrugged. “Well, easy come, easy go.”
“Huh?” Lila stared at Jessica.
“I got really upset when I realized I’d spent so much money on everybody,” Jessica explained. “But then I figured, I was just kind of passing it on. Aunt Helen gave it to me, so I’d give it to everyone else.” Jessica smiled at the puzzled expression on Lila’s face. She liked watching Lila go crazy.
Nicely handled, ghostie. I do like Lila’s telling line “And the worst thing is, they don’t even care.” I suspect she’s been there plenty of times herself. Poor little rich girl, she just wants a hug. [Wing: Buying friendship doesn’t work, and Lila would know. This is such a subtle and yet heartbreaking through-line of this book.]
Liz and Jess hook up with their remaining cash (Liz has bought her camera), and they buy a present for Great Aunt Helen: a silver photo frame for the stern looking boyfriend picture. Nice, now Helen can stand the picture up and use both hands while fapping. They also buy some clothes after some peculiar horse trading over sweaters and somesuch, all very confusing. At the end of it, it seems that Jessica’s got loads of cool stuff for some reason.
Next up, the Unicorns make amends for spending all Jessica’s money by gifting her a set of polka dot earrings. Cute, I guess. Still a bunch of bitches. I notice that it’s Mandy who hands over the gift. Gotta get the nice Unicorns back out for the happy stuff, right? Again, FUCK YOU, TAMARA CHASE. (New tag!)
The book ends with Steven, standing in the rain outside Jill’s house, apologising for his behaviour and repaying the money he borrowed. Jill isn’t particularly interested (or interesting), but Steven vows that he WILL convince her that they belonged together. DUDE, TAKE THE HINT. I thought the romance was dead after the date?
No, hang on, the next book is Big Brother’s In Love. So the B Plot was actually the foreshadowing? What the hell was all that crap about Staying Up With Bob?
I didn’t really like this one.
For a start, I really couldn’t care less about Great Aunt Helen. Or Elizabeth. Or Jess. Or the Unicorns. Or even Lila, although I did feel for her a little at the end. Steven? Yeah, his story was decent enough, aside from the weird Prom vibe. But even then, Jill can pretty much fuck right off.
And it transpires that the only part of this book I bought into was mere foreshadowing for the next? That’s just odd.
I think the recapping-as-I-read-it thing didn’t do the text any favours. I don’t think I’ll do that again… back to reading ahead, and re-reading to recap. I enjoy the books much more that way, as I can polish them off in an hour and don’t have to piecemeal them up across multiple writing sessions.
So yeah. Disappointing.
[Dove: This book throws me because the most interesting plot is Steven’s. And I hate Steven. I have no idea why he likes Jill so much, she’s a completely bland non-entity. I do actually like the Jessica plot, and I couldn’t care less about the Liz plot. Not sure if it’s because it’s boring, not my thing, or because I really don’t like Liz and/or Amy. Probably all three.]
[Wing: Steven’s awkwardness killed me, in a way that I think really works for the story that is being told but that I don’t much want to read, right up until the end. Take a fucking hint, dude. Back. Off. I enjoyed Jessica’s story quite a bit, and found Liz and Amy’s part kind of fun in a ridiculous way that I’m not sure works for kids their age.]
Category: Sweet Valley Twins
Tags: comments by Dove, comments by Wing, FUCK YOU TAMARA CHASE, Plucky girl detectives, recaps by Raven
Characters: Amy Sutton, Elizabeth Wakefield, Great Aunt Helen, Jessica Wakefield, Jill Hale, Lila Fowler, Steven Wakefield, Tamara Chase
Relationships: Jill Hale/Steven Wakefield
Posted 30 July 2018 at 6:46 pm • Permalink
As a kid, I always got really REALLY excited when Wakefield family members were invited to guest star in a book. Because, although Twins was my series of choice, I was obsessed with the Saga’s – the family histories. These books had family trees in the front of them and I loved working out where people fitted in.
ANYWAY, I tell you all this so you’ll understand the real mystery-under-Elizabeth’s-nose-that-she-isn’t-observant-enough-to-notice: GAH isn’t their Great Aunt at all! She isn’t even related to them! WHO IS THIS INTERLOPER?
No? Damn. I need a GAH that I’m not related to that gives me the equivalent of $100 in the late 1980s.
Who the hell is GAH then?
Also, I will never forgive the sagas for saying that the Wakefields are originally from Yorkshire. And, just a little, you for telling me that. 🙂
Posted 13 August 2018 at 6:35 pm • Permalink
Dove brought the Yorkshire point up AGAIN while we recorded this weekend, that is how big an impact you’ve made, Rosey.
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Time's Fool
...wherein a woman shakes her soul and things fly out...
Funerals and Futures
As many of you know, I am in the process of looking for a house to buy in or near my old home town, a place in western Massachusetts that is a small town made up of a still uneasy mix of old-time New Englanders, families of mostly European and Asian immigrants from the recent and distant past, privileged families, small-acreage farmers, factory and mill workers --white collars, blue collars and as my long-deceased aunt would have said - "people who are Catholic and people who are not".
A couple of years ago I attended the wake and funeral of an elder cousin, who at that time was one of my few remaining relatives. I sat in the back of the small funeral home that every member of my family in that town had used for years.
I watched them file in -- the people who were distant relatives, fifth and sixth cousins - those seen only at weddings and funerals. It was as though they now did a circuit tour of major events after reaching a certain age. Plus, they all had attended the same church, and had lived in the same neighborhoods. After a while they became family to each other by proximity and shared memory if nothing else.
I sat behind a group of good and decent women - farm women who had given every inch of their lives for farm and family. These were hard-working women, women wearing slacks to fend off the winter cold, sensible winter shoes, quilted fibrefill coats and knitted wool hats with matching scarves. Each one of them had raised a family, endured hardships and given up a great deal so that their children could have a better life. They were rough-hewn, but solid, dependable. Theirs are hands that had never known manicures -- chapped, calloused, toil-worn hands, hands made rough in service to family.
I sat quietly behind them and listened as they heralded the arrival of each visitor in hushed whispers -- "Oh, you know her -- she is the one whose daughter married the Puerto Rican boy." "You know him - he is the one who got fired for messing around with the boss's wife." "Oh sure, she's the one with son who isn't 'quite right'." "His son killed himself." "Her daughter is the one who got married five times." If they had been chickens, they would have been nervously raising and lowering their heads, and giving those tiny, low, broody, almost-baritone chest clucks as they nervously picked at the soil. "bwakkkkk scandal bwaaaaaaawk tragedy" They were the biddy Greek chorus of the funeral parlor.
This association of person with controversy or sad event in a ritual recounting is typical of my old town. Despite their fundamental goodness, each of these women could be wearing a button that said "DAMN IT. I DIDN'T GET MY DREAM" on their jackets. So in some sense it was only natural that they would note first and foremost the interstitial places in the souls of others, the cracks where their dreams had also fallen through.
After the wake, the saying of the rosary, the burial, we were told to meet up at one of the town's new and pleasant restaurants to gather and remember the departed. After the meal I was to drive to my father's home -- a place that was not a welcoming place since his remarriage to a rather difficult woman late in life. Let us just say that much water had gone under that bridge, and I spent a long time understanding over and over again what it means to forgive, or to bear the burden of needing to forgive.
As I was about to back my car out of the parking place, I heard a "TAP TAP " on my window. A woman I did not know, but had seen at the wake stood there, motioning for me to let down my window. She reached in and patted my shoulder as she said "We just wanted you to know that we think what your father did to you was awful, really awful, and we are so sad." I looked at her and said "I am sorry, but do I know you?" She told me her name. It didn't ring a bell. (I found out later that she was the daughter of one of the farm women -- my generation of her ilk.) She repeated how awful it had been. I told her thanks, but life moves on. Forgiveness happens. But thank you.
I drove away with the shocking awareness that I had now been toe-tagged for any future event. I had my rural legend attached now..."Oh you know her -- she is the one whose father...." I was conspicuous to those who did not know me, standing in the glare of my family's dysfunction. I was a resident-by-anecdote now.
So, fast forward a year and a half. I am now moving back. My father has died, that dysfunction has been dealt with. I feel free to build a new anecdote "Oh you know her -- she was the one who lived her dream and then decided to build a new one. She came back here because she loves the land and has friends here."
It isn't as exciting, but it is real -- and has the potential for much more joy. I know I can never be one of the women in the funeral parlor. My life has taken wholly different turns.
Yet, part of me thanks them, as well. They watched from afar, saw that hurt had been caused and wanted to let me know that they felt sad for me. While I had not wished for observers during that period, it is a strange sort of comfort that they noticed. My guess is, great praying women that they are, that my name was even carried forward in prayer. And there is goodness in that.
posted by Mata H at Monday, April 16, 2007
Quotidian Grace said...
A beautifully written post. Thanks for joining the RevGals!
Maggie Rose said...
Mata. this particular post has captured the bitter-sweet and the complex mystery of life, struggle, and forgiveness. becoming aware that private pain is being seen as through in a fish bowl certainly is startling. but a hearty congratulations on the newest version of your life...and a replacement of the previous (and partial) understanding of who you are with who you truly are. success to your move and to your new community life.
Maggie Rose
"OH, you know her... she's the one who dared to follow her dreams, and she's...egads!... happy!" :c) Smiling and thanking God for the gift of forgivness and love (and your friendship). You GO GIRL!
I loved this post! Like maggie rose said, you've "captured the bitter-sweet and the complex mystery of life, struggle, and forgiveness." I'll look forward to reading more as you find your way back, and might I say you're very brave. I'm not sure I could ever go back to my beginnings . . . funny how the women there are EXACTLY like the women at the funeral. Thanks for sharing this.
Name: Mata H
Location: Northeast, United States
I am tall, divorced, usually content. I have an abundant spiritual and intellectual life, and am descended from Polish parents, with gypsies in my mother's background.
Rain and Prayer
Easter Evening
Goodnight Beloved -- Dobranoc Kochanie!
Maundy Thursday - In search of feet
Easter Cleaning, Lamb Cake, Onion Skins, My Mother...
Living Into The Dayenu
Passover is coming!
This is one reason I love Amherst
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Tales of the TMNT (Vol. 2) #58
Plot: Steve Murphy and Ryan Brown
Script: Steve Murphy
Art: Dario Brizuela
Lettering: Eric Talbot
Frontispiece: Michael Dooney
Front cover: Dario Brizuela and Steve Lavigne
Back cover: Fernando Leon Gonzalez
“All Tomorrow’s Yesterdays”
Frontispiece: Leonardo recalls some of the batshit crazy creatures he has met in his many adventures, both good and evil, as he, his brothers and a very young Shadow get better acquainted with Cudley the Cowlick.
Down on Earth, the Turtles, Casey and the Utrom Glurin are tracing the whereabouts of the Utromi Preservi, who had stolen the Cosmic Stigmatifier Monitor from Glurin's lab, and find they’ve gone to Alpha Centauri. Since the Preservi had also stolen the powerful Crystal Shard from Moo Mesa in their last encounter, the group decides to split up. Leo, Don and Glurin take a spaceship and go to Alpha Centauri while Mike, Raph and Casey cross dimensions with Don’s Gridshift remote to warn the C.O.W.-Boys over in Moo Mesa.
Leo and the others arrive safely in Alpha Centauri, only to discover the fleet of Preservi cruisers using the Cosmic Stigmatifier Monitor to open a weird rift in reality. One of the Preservi flies into "the singularity" and launches a missile containing the Crystal Shard. A few seconds later, he returns from the singularity…dead. He was successful in his endeavor, though, and out of the singularity comes a gigantic sarcophagus: The sarcophagus of the Space Vampire. They intend to use its power for themselves. Or something.
At the Tumbleweed Saloon in Moo Mesa, Mike, Raph and Casey are engaging in a good ole fashioned brawl with such nasties as Saddle Sore and Boot Hill Buzzard, among others, as Lily Bovine watches on with little amusement. However, the C.O.W.-Boys (Marshal Moo Montana, the Dakota Dude and the Cowlorado Kid) quickly arrive and break up the act.
Back in space, the Preservi have noticed Leo and the rest and open fire, destroying their ship. The trio bail out in their spacesuits just as the sarcophagus of the Space Vampire opens up, unleashing Galactose (who looks like a not-so-subtle cross between Galactus, Annihilus and a bat), who now wields the power of the Crystal Shard.
Back in Moo Mesa, the Turtles are in the middle of explaining what’s happening to the C.O.W.-Boys when the Sacred Cave (where the Muta-Crystal is buried) begins to glow like crazy. They arrive at the cave to investigate.
Back in space, Galactose has added the Shard to his “Chaos Scepter” and is draining the life from all the Preservi. He then turns his attention to the Turtles and fires, but luckily for them, Cudley the Cowlick arrives at the last second and whisks them away from the danger. Inside Cudley’s mouth, the Turtles are reunited with Ola of the Una, who is still clinging to life. Ola explains that she has survived because she still has a purpose and it involves the Shards of the Muta-Crystal and their profound link to one-another.
As she explains this, Galactose begins to drain the life from a nearby planet: Earth. When Galactose feeds, he becomes capable of tearing open the space-time continuum, granting him access to parallel versions of the world he’s devouring. With the power of the Shard, Galactose also has a clear path back to Moo Mesa for further nourishment. Cudley takes the gang to Moo Mesa where they reunite with the other Turtles, Casey and the C.O.W.-Boys. Unfortunately, the Muta-Crystal is glowing because it is drawing Galactose near. The guys escape the cave just as it collapses, only to find Moo Mesa crumbling to pieces thanks to Galactose.
As reality shatters to pieces, the Turtles see versions of themselves from all across the multiverse: very awkwardly drawn versions of themselves (from TMNT (Vol. 1) #1), themselves in wacky wrestling costumes battling Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady (from TMNT Adventures #7), the Mighty Mutanimals (from, uh, The Mighty Mutanimals), and a sharp-looking version of themselves with pupils visible through their bandanas (presumably from the 2007 Imagi TMNT film). Thinking fast, Don takes the Gridshift remote, adjusts it and zaps himself, his brothers, Casey and Glurin away...leaving the C.O.W.-Boys to die. Nice.
We’re taken back in time, to when Don, Raph, Ola and the C.O.W.-Boys failed to stop the Preservi from stealing the Shard from the Muta-Crystal. Suddenly, Leo, Mike, Glurin and the NYPD Xenosquad (the Police Captain, Sergeant Xitor and Detective Falina) arrive from the future and take down the Preservi with their laser guns, then trap them in a force field. The day saved, Leo explains to past-Don that his future invention, the Gridshift remote, allowed them to travel through time and save the day. The Xenosquad then return to their time and dimension with the Preservi as Cudley takes Ola back to her homeworld to die. As the Turtles bid their goodbyes to the C.O.W.-Boys, a rightfully confused Raph asks Casey what future they will be returning to and whether their future selves will be there. Casey says he doesn’t know, but all he cares about is thanking Don for making sure they have a future to return to.
Meanwhile, out in space, the sarcophagus of the Space Vampire remains undisturbed, having never been opened.
*This story is continued from Tales of the TMNT (Vol. 2) #52.
*NYPD Xenosquad members the Police Captain and Detective Falina last appeared in the story "The Raisin'". Sergeant Xitor last appeared in the story "The Risen".
*The Turtle Multiverse will be revisited in the TV movie, "Turtles Forever".
*This issue also featured a bonus TMNT/C.O.W.-Boys pin-up by Fernando Leon Gonzalez (in addition to his back cover).
As you may or may not know, I’m usually very fond of the actual multi-issue story arcs that exist in Tales, as there are far too few of them. This one, however, never really hit it off with me. I didn’t like the C.O.W.-Boys cartoon when I was a kid and wasn’t one of the eight people who read the original comic book series, so I just don’t have any inherent love for the characters or their universe. This issue in particular hardly includes them at all, with them making mostly token appearances and not contributing to the plot in any significant way whatsoever. I mean, the Cowlorado Kid gets only two lines of dialogue in the whole thing! They’re just so superfluous to the story, at least as far as this concluding chapter is concerned.
What this story does do, however, is establish that the TMNT exist in a multiverse (mentioned offhandedly in the past every now and again), somewhat tying all their alternate versions from other media together. This, at least in theory, opens up the door for future crossovers. I mean, I doubt we’ll ever see a TMNT: The Next Mutation crossover in any of these comics, but I guess it’s soothing to know the possibility exists (or maybe it isn’t so soothing). Oddly, the collage of alternate reality versions of the TMNT includes a glimpse of TMNT (Vol. 1) #1 which, last time I checked, took place in the same continuity as the one these Turtles come from (the Mirage continuity). I guess…just…try not to think about it.
The time jump confused me terribly at first. All four Turtles skip through time on page 31, yet only Mike and Leo come back (and with a bunch of weird characters, too). I had to read it over and over to really get it, but I guess only those two came back so that two Dons and two Raphs wouldn’t be together at the same time. Shit, I don’t know. Time travel gives me a migraine.
Then there’s Galactose and the onslaught of horrible, horrible barnyard puns. All these C.O.W.-Boys crossovers have been polluted with them and you can really tell Murphy’s running out of steam by this point. That three-legged dog joke was a crime against nature. Then there’s Galactose, that oddball parody of Marvel Comics’ Galactus who just came out of freakin’ nowhere. Why randomly parody a cosmic Marvel Comics villain in a crossover about talking animals in the Wild West? Hell if I know. I got the feeling the overtly goofy tone of the story was meant to evoke nostalgia for the often lighthearted TMNT Adventures series, but that may be a bit of a stretch.
On the bright side, we’ve got Dario Brizuela’s excellent artwork to feast upon. I’ve always loved his rendition of the Turtles, with their oh-so expressive eye slits. His version of Cudley is horribly adorable, I’m sad to confess. Or at least as adorable as a severed cow head can be, anyway. His digital shading is excellent and there are some very impressive moments, particularly the big brawl at the saloon. One oddity, though, is Page 15, which is just the bottom half of the last panel of Page 14, blown up to fit an entire page. I imagine this was done in order to allow for the two-page spreads on pages 16-17 and 28-29. Still, they could have done something a little more remarkable than… that.
Overall, this arc has been all over the place. I actually enjoyed it more when it was just a cheesy gratuitous crossover and not a cosmic epic. This last installment faltered pretty badly, shuffling the C.O.W.-Boys off to the background and throwing in some partly incomprehensible time travel mumbo jumbo, all for the sake of a cheap “Hey, remember those other TMNT cartoons and comics?” gimmick. Brizuela’s art is a treat, but it can only do so much.
Grade: D+ (as in, “Dario’s Cudley is adorable. Dooney’s Cudley is creeeeeeepy!”)
Labels: Mirage issues, Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
Guille from Argentina said...
1- i always thought that the utromi obscura secreti or the illuminated utrom alliance where the "bad guys", while the utromi preservi the "good guys"... i mean, preserve = good thing, right? and awakening a world destroyer isn't really a preserving action... just sayin'.
2- Ola is a she, not a he. in the previous issue one of the COWboys calls her "Ma'am" (and if he was wrong, no one cared to correct him).
3- i've read the previous issue, not this one, but from reading your sinopsis and review i couldn´t agree more. This arc was really weird, in the story telling way (this two issues only). This utroms, for whatever reason, were "de-evoluting" the cows from moo mesa and at the end of the issue, the turtles (and etc) they all just leave, not even concerned about HOW the COWboys are gonna turn them back.. or forth. And this Ola character also appears from nowhere, though she says she travells using the crystals. But she was attacked on space... i just don't know. And the time travel from this issue, well, it just doesn't make much sense.
I've been following your blog for some months now. Really really good, keep 'em coming!
@Guille from Argentina,
Thanks! Good call on Ola's gender; I'll fix that. What I really need to do is reread the 4-part COWboys crossover from the start, since I've already forgotten much of what happened in the first 3 installments. I can't even recall what the difference between the Illuminated and the Preservi is, offhand. I'll have to bump this arc further up my review priorities.
Nacho said...
Hello! What does the stigmatifiers do? O.O Cheers!!
@Nacho
I had to reread it because I totally forgot. The stigmatifier opened the singularity that released Galactose. I rewrote the summary to make that more clear.
(I really shouldn't have reviewed the last chapter of the C.O.W.-Boys crossover first)
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Story: Kevin Eastman, Bobby Curnow and Tom Waltz
Art: Cory Smith
“Attack on Technodrome, Part Two”
In Old Hob’s bunker, Leonardo breaks the news to the cat that he and his brothers will not be joining them for their attack on the Foot. Hob isn’t happy, but Splinter vows to stay by his side and fulfill his end of the bargain. However, even though his sons won’t be with them, they will still be helping them.
On Burnow Island, the Fugitoid comes to General Krang with the news that Shredder and the Foot will be attacking the Technodrome. Krang is furious and demands to know the Fugitoid’s sources, but the robot refuses to give them up, claiming that Krang wouldn’t dare destroy him because he’s so important to the project.
Baxter Stockman then betrays his alliance with the Fugitoid and reveals that he’s been spying on him all this time with a miniature Flyborg. He offers to tell Krang the whole story in exchange for an un-terraformed sanctuary on New Utrominon. Krang concedes and Stockman tells him the whole yarn about the Fugitoid contacting the Turtles and delivering teleportal blueprints to them. He also tells him that the Turtles will be attacking the Technodrome in addition to Shredder. Krang rewards Stockman by having him thrown in the brig along with the Fugitoid.
At Harold’s lab, Donatello is setting the coordinates for Burnow Island. For safety, Harold is operating Metalhead from a remote location. Don informs his brothers that he can’t go with them to Burnow Island because he has to stay behind and work the portal with Harold/Metalhead. Leo understands and the Turtles leave through the portal.
Moments later, Don lets the Shredder and his forces into the lab. He opens the portal for him, but as insurance against treachery, Shredder leaves Bebop and Rocksteady behind to watch Don.
Elsewhere, Dr. Miller returns to his office to find April waiting for him. She says that they risked their lives to save him from the Foot, only to be betrayed, and that he owes them for that. Dr. Miller says that he still believes that saving the “Ashi no Himitsu” (“Secret of the Foot”) was the right decision, but admits that he’s now in way over his head with a criminal organization. He says that if April and her friends can get him out of it, he will gladly help them in whatever way possible.
Outside Foot HQ, Hob’s gang and Splinter ready themselves to fight. Splinter recalls a powwow with his sons from a few hours earlier…
Down in the lair, Leo, Raph and Mike come to Splinter to tell him that there’s been a change of plans. Leo had an epiphany about turning Krang and Shredder against each other and went to Donnie to try and concoct a way of planting a double-agent in the Foot. Don came up with the whole “betraying his family for the greater good” act and began diplomatic discussions with the Shredder via Metalhead. The idea was that the Foot and Krang’s army would be so busy fighting each other that it would leave the Technodrome unguarded, allowing the Turtles to get at it. And with any luck, the two despots would destroy each other in the chaos. Splinter asks why they kept this plan from him and they explain that he was so hung up on revenge against Shredder that they feared he wouldn’t give their plan a chance. Splinter concedes that they were right and that he’d been blind this whole time.
The present. Shredder and the Foot arrive on Burnow Island only to be greeted by General Krang and his army of human and Rock Soldiers. The two forces clash while Shredder, Koya and Bludgeon take on Krang, Tragg and Granitor.
*Leo came up with his plan to turn Shredder and Krang against each other (with a little help from the Rat King) in TMNT (IDW) #36.
*This issue was originally published with 3 variant covers: Cover A by Cory Smith, Cover B by Eastman and Pattison, and Cover RI by Brian Churilla.
Ah, the “How I did it” issue. A necessary evil.
I’ll admit that I hadn’t put all of it together, myself. I wasn’t sure if Donatello’s appealing to Shredder for help was part of the big plan (which it was) or if he was actually betraying his family (which he wasn’t). While the fact that it was all part of Leo’s scheme did sort of hit me as a surprise, part of that is because the script cheated so much.
I mean, look at pages 8 through 10. It’s Donatello and his brothers in private, yet they’re still acting like they aren’t aware of Don’s “betrayal”. Who are they putting this show on for? Harold? If so, then why is he being kept out of the loop?
The “Don was in on it all along” reveal only works for as long as it takes the reader to say, “Hey, wait a minute…”
That being said, I suppose I’m happy that Don DIDN’T betray his family. We just got done with a “Turtle goes to the side of the Foot” story arc and its tiresome aftermath; we really didn’t need to travel down that road again so soon. But while there won’t be any fallout for Don between him and his family, Don still looks to be in a tight spot with Bebop and Rocksteady watching over him. So there’s likely to be some sort of comeuppance on the horizon (evidently, the next story arc is called "Vengeance" so you figure it out).
And with all this “whose betraying who?” stuff going on, you’re left questioning everything you see. Did Baxter REALLY betray the Fugitoid? Or next issue will there be a “It was all part of the plan!” monologue? Is Dr. Miller REALLY genuine about wanting to get out of the Foot? Or is he just playing April? I hope we don't have too many more "Aha! FOOLED YOU!" moments waiting for us in the immediate future. I think I’ve had my fill of that.
It looks like this first half of the “Attack on Technodrome” arc has been all the laborious setup (even though, let’s be real, the way this comic is written the past 40 issues have all been setup). With that in mind, hopefully the next half will be more action oriented and less indulgent with exposition and monologues. I understand that this is one of those comics that’s “written for the trade” so the intention is that you’ll be reading the whole thing together in a paperback, but man, this book can be a real grind for those of us who invest in the floppies.
If anything, you’d think after 40+ issues, the three (!) plotters would find a better way to distribute the exposition between the action for more balanced arcs instead of front-loading quite so much.
Grade: C (as in, “Chatty Cathy: The Comic Book”.)
Posted by Mark Pellegrini at 11:10 AM
BulletTooth504 said...
It shouldn't have been that much of a surprise that Leo was involved with Donnie's fake treachery. Leo told Splinter he had a plan, but never elaborated on it. He had an offpage talk with Donnie shortly before he approached the Shredder. It turned out to be how I expected. In my opinion, the script did not cheat.
As for pages 8-10, the only thing Leo, Mikey, and Raph seemed unaware of was Donatello's real reason for staying behind: that he agreed to be a hostage as insurance against betrayal. There will certainly be an attempt on his life since Don did in fact betray the Shredder. Fortunately Don has Metalhead for backup, and I'm betting Alopex and Nobody are nearby, as well.
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Bits Bucket for April 27, 2013
Post off-topic ideas, links, and Craigslist finds here.
Comment by goon squad
Globe and Mail - Potential first-time home buyers: Bide your time
“Pity the first-time buyer in today’s housing market.
Wait, that’s a bad idea. Giving someone your pity implies they are suffering and need a helping hand, which is not the case for young adults who can’t afford to buy a house. It’s an economic fact that Generation Y is being priced out of the housing market, but let’s be careful in what we do about it.
We put so much significance on young people buying homes. It’s how they join our tribe, so to speak. Owning a house means you’re buying into widely shared ideas of family, stability and consumerism. When young people buy homes, they validate the choices made by those who came before, and show they’re ready to take their place in society.
You can see the importance society puts on home ownership in the targeted help provided to first-time buyers. Examples are the Registered Home Ownership Plan and successors such as the Home Buyers’ Plan and the First-Time Home Buyers’ Tax Credit. Recently, the group representing mortgage brokers lobbied the government to provide additional help for first-time buyers.
Measures for first-timers are as much about the needs of the real estate industry as those of buyers. We could better help young people buy houses by ensuring they have the education, training and career opportunities needed to generate the income required for home ownership. Failing that, we need to understand and be okay with young people choosing to stay out of the housing market. Respect the renter.”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/mortgages/home-buying/potential-first-time-home-buyers-bide-your-time/article11532666/
I have no pity for them, as nobody is putting a gun to their heads and forcing them to buy (though perhaps young wives crazed with out-of-control nesting instincts are putting the screws on their p*$$3-whupped husbands)…
Recently, the group representing mortgage brokers lobbied the government to provide additional help for first-time buyers.
Translated: “Direct more transfer payments to us.”
If the government is really interested in helping first time buyers, they’ll stop propping up prices.
Comment by sustainable development
“What’s really going on in California”
MS-13 gang members charged with extortion, targeting food trucks in Hollywood
By City News Servicedailybreeze.com
Posted: 03/19/2013 07:55:56 AM PDT
LOS ANGELES - Twenty reputed MS-13 gang members and associates were arraigned Monday in a series of grand jury indictments charging them with operating an extortion ring that targeted food truck owners in Hollywood.
Five separate indictments, returned Jan. 28 and unsealed Monday, charged 25 different individuals, but five of those were not arraigned Monday. Their names were redacted from the indictments and the District Attorney’s Office said they could not name them or provide any further information.
The indictments were the culmination of a yearlong investigation dubbed “Protecting the Dream,” conducted by the Los Angeles Police Department, the District Attorney’s Office and other law enforcement agencies.
The suspected Mara Salvatrucha members and associates allegedly targeted catering trucks at construction job sites, shaking down owners and operators over a five-year period beginning in July 2007. They demanded “rent” ranging from $30 to $100 a week to operate trucks parked in Hollywood, according to prosecutors.
In at least one instance, a defendant threatened to kill a food truck operator and his employees if he did not pay the “rent” money, according to the indictments.
All 20 named defendants — arrested early Friday morning — pleaded not guilty before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo.
– Marlon Juarez, 27;
– Jose Parada, 23;
– David Alfaro, 20;
– Alberto Chojolan, 32;
– Christian A. Serranno, 21;
– Gerson Perez, 32;
– Edwin Quintanilla, 21;
– Jaime Moran, 18;
– Juan Gomez, 27;
– Angel Navarro, 18;
– Edin Juarez, 25;
– Francisco Ruiz, 19;
– Isamar Marroquin, 21;
– Kevin Perez, 22;
– Yesenia Alfaro, 39;
– Noemi Cornel, 21; and
– Hugo Fernandez, 23.
They were ordered to return April 18 for a pretrial hearing.
Mara Salvatrucha, formed in Los Angeles by immigrants from El Salvador and other Central America nations in the 1980s, was recently labeled a transnational criminal organization by federal law enforcement authorities, a designation that enables federal agents to freeze assets.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_22822874/ms-13-gang-members-charged-extortion-targeting-food - 80k
Isn’t multiculturalism grand?
I saw this everywhere in Mexico and Central America.
From taxis to food stand operators to street vendors.
Only difference is there the police take a cut too.
Comment by Jess from upstate SC
Wonder how many of them will show up for the next court hearing? I tend to like the way the Russians responded to the Boston Bombing …They went to the Mosque over there where the radicals train and preach ,and ‘detained’ 140 of them ….bet they aren’t walking the streets for a while.
But they’re just coming here for opportunity, those poor people. All they want to do is work hard. Let’s give them amnesty.
Black Families in Compton Being Targeted by Latino Gang Members Telling Them to Leave the Area
When one mentions Compton, California, the image is usually that of a predominantly black neighborhood, and not one where African American families are led to fear for their lives. A family was affected by this racial terrorism recently, when their home was surrounded by 15 to 20 gang members who were telling them that black people aren’t allowed to live in the neighborhood.
Three men, Jeffrey Aguilar, 19 and Efren Marquez, 21, along with an unnamed juvenile, have been arrested for the alleged hate crime. The crimes were against a black family that had moved onto 154th street. One of the male family members was approached by four men in an SUV as he walked through a neighborhood. The men shouted a number of racial obscenities at the young man and threatened him with violence. As he tried to run, the men jumped out of their car and beat the boy with metal pipes.
One of the men, Efren Marquez, pointed a gun at the boy and threatened to kill him. The men left and then came back to the victim’s home 30 minutes later with 15 – 20 gang members, who surrounded the family’s house. Two of the men had hand guns and the others yelled obscenities at the family. One of them threw a beer bottle through the front window.
After seeing the gang members drive by their home several times a day, the family eventually moved away.
“This gang has always made it clear they have a racial hatred for black people,” Lt. Richard Westin told the Los Angeles Times. “They repeatedly used racial epithets, they use racial hatred graffiti and they tag up the black church a lot.”
“We need to address these issues,” Compton Councilwoman Yvonne Arceneaux told the Times. “Because if they continue to fester like this then it can spread to the city.”
http://www.blackbluedog.com/2013/01/news/black-families-in-compton-being-targeted-by-latino-gang-members-telling-them-to-leave-the-area/ - 407k -
Speaking of Compton, we will be rocking out to Eazy-E’s album “Eazy Duz It” on our way up to the mountains today.
“Beavis, shut up. You’ve never been to Compton. you’re never gonna go to Compton, you’re gonna be here for the rest of your life, you’re stupid, you don’t have any money, and you’re never gonna score.”
beavis and butthead - evolution sucks.avi - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-NnGI-SYwg - 214k -
Comment by Dale
I haven’t seen this in the news. If the gang had worn white sheets and hoods the MSM would be all over this.
Also, don’t let the family own an assault weapon - firing a shotgun in the air should be enough.
4 Things You Need to Know About MS-13 and This Mexican Cartel
By SANTIAGO WILLS
1. They have a wide — and growing — international network
The U.S. State Department dubbed MS-13 a transnational criminal organization (TNO) last October. In the U.S., it reportedly has a presence in more than 300 cities spanning upward of 40 states, and it is actively expanding to South America and Europe. The IASC report also noted that, as part of a new recruitment effort, the gang is accepting non-Salvadoran and non-Latino members for the first time in its history.
One way the gang spreads is by having members deliberately seek deportation to countries where MS-13 plans to start new operation centers.
2. They are becoming more sophisticated criminals
For years, MS-13 has dealt in extortion, murder for hire, small-scale drug trade, weapons trafficking, money laundering and human smuggling. Until recently, however, it wasn’t considered a big player in any of those activities, at least when compared with Mexican drug-trafficking organizations like the Sinaloa cartel and Los Zetas. But that may be changing.
According to the IASC report, MS-13 is closely working with Los Zetas on human trafficking across Central America. The gang has a complex coyote network that can reportedly move individuals from Mexico’s Northern Triangle to the U.S. in less than 72 hours, and Los Zetas are using it to the mutual benefit of both groups.
At the same time, MS-13 is currently escalating its weapons and drug trafficking. The gang’s arms caches now include high-powered weapons like RPGs and surface to air missiles, some of which are apparently being sold to terrorist organizations such as Colombia’s FARC, according to the report. Meanwhile, the group appears to be expanding its role in the cocaine trade, as suggested by the dramatic increase in arrests of MS-13 drug lords in the past few years.
3. They are deepening ties with Los Zetas
Apart from the human-trafficking activities already noted above, MS-13 is also working with Los Zetas on enforcement and paramilitary operations.
“There have been important efforts, many of them successful, by Los Zetas to recruit the best and most skilled MS-13 killers and gunmen, both in El Salvador and Guatemala,” the IASC report says. “Many of the recruits receive enhanced military training in the Petén region of Guatemala and then operate either in Guatemala or Mexico.”
4. They are becoming politically savvy
http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/ABC_Univision/mara-salvatrucha-gang-mexican-cartel-united-states-problem/story?id=18920021 -
We really should have background checks for RPGs and surface to air missiles. Or smokin Joe Biden could tell people to fire their RPG through the front door when they feel threatened.
Comment by usury camp resident
Really? Are they voting independents?
No need to strengthen the border. Amnesty will take of all this. The Republicans should cave…
According to the IASC report, MS-13 is closely working with Los Zetas on human trafficking across Central America. The gang has a complex coyote network that can reportedly move individuals from Mexico’s Northern Triangle to the U.S. in less than 72 hours,
If only we had sensible gun control and gun bans - these things wouldn’t happen. FYI - Mexico is a liberal’s wet dream when it comes to guns. The average law abiding citizens is essentially banned from owning a weapon.
At the same time, MS-13 is currently escalating its weapons and drug trafficking. The gang’s arms caches now include high-powered weapons like RPGs and surface to air missiles,
“No need to strengthen the border.”
Border Security No Barrier to Immigration Reform, Napolitano Says …
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/02/border-security-no-barrier-to-immigration-reform-napolitano-says/ - - Cached - Similar pages
Feb 13, 2013 … Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano insisted that the U.S. border has “ never been stronger” and dismissed the notion that border …
The story about an MS 13 gang member who was deported last year and just got arrested yesterday for running a bounce house kid party business in Palm Beach County should be showing up below.
Comment by ahansen
After reading all of this, boy am I glad for the Department of Homeland Security and all those bullets and equipment they’re buying up!
Welcome to the recoveryless recovery:
“An Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll released Thursday found that while most Americans (56 percent) hold out hope that they‘ll be in a higher class at some point, even more Americans (59 percent) are worried about falling out of their current class over the next few years. In fact, more than eight in 10 Americans believe that more people have fallen out of the middle class than moved into it in the past few years.
The poll paints a picture of a group that is scared to death about its station in life.
By the way, 58 percent of respondents in the poll viewed themselves as either middle class (46 percent) or upper middle class (12 percent).
According to the poll, Americans see a middle class with less opportunity to get ahead, less job security and less disposable income than the middle class of previous generations.
Respondents were most likely (52 percent) to say that losing a job would put them at the greatest risk of falling out of their current class, followed by an unexpected illness or injury in the family.
Most of those polled believe that higher education is the key to staying in the middle class, but many worry about its prohibitive cost and inaccessibility.
And who did most of them say is responsible for making it worse for the middle class? Congress, chief executives of major corporations and big financial institutions.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/opinion/blow-the-morose-middle-class.html
Comment by Salinasron
Gotta love the MSM! Keep selling that daily dose of fear to control the different segments within our society! When a nation of people are willing to sell everything for Security they cease to exist as a nation.
FBI — 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment
■Gangs are responsible for an average of 48 percent of violent crime in most jurisdictions and up to 90 percent in several others, according to NGIC analysis. Major cities and suburban areas experience the most gang-related violence. Local neighborhood-based gangs and drug crews continue to pose the most significant criminal threat in most communities. Aggressive recruitment of juveniles and immigrants, alliances and conflict between gangs, the release of incarcerated gang members from prison, advancements in technology and communication, and Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization (MDTO) involvement in drug distribution have resulted in gang expansion and violence in a number of jurisdictions.
■Gangs are increasingly engaging in non-traditional gang-related crime, such as alien smuggling, human trafficking, and prostitution. Gangs are also engaging in white-collar crime such as counterfeiting, identity theft, and mortgage fraud, primarily due to the high profitability and much lower visibility and risk of detection and punishment than drug and weapons trafficking.
■US-based gangs have established strong working relationships with Central American and MDTOs to perpetrate illicit cross-border activity, as well as with some organized crime groups in some regions of the United States. US-based gangs and MDTOs are establishing wide-reaching drug networks; assisting in the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and illegal immigrants along the Southwest Border; and serving as enforcers for MDTO interests on the US side of the border.
■Gangs encourage members, associates, and relatives to obtain law enforcement, judiciary, or legal employment in order to gather information on rival gangs and law enforcement operations. Gang infiltration of the military continues to pose a significant criminal threat, as members of at least 53 gangs have been identified on both domestic and international military installations. Gang members who learn advanced weaponry and combat techniques in the military are at risk of employing these skills on the street when they return to their communities.
■Gang members are acquiring high-powered, military-style weapons and equipment which poses a significant threat because of the potential to engage in lethal encounters with law enforcement officers and civilians. Typically firearms are acquired through illegal purchases; straw purchases via surrogates or middle-men, and thefts from individuals, vehicles, residences and commercial establishments. Gang members also target military and law enforcement officials, facilities, and vehicles to obtain weapons, ammunition, body armor, police gear, badges, uniforms, and official identification.
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Anyone who is familiar with the Mr. Poe character of “A Series of Unfortunate Events” realizes how utterly clueless bankers can be about what seems completely obvious to anybody else.
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How bankers believed their own hype
Gillian Tett By Gillian Tett
Financiers who were repackaging housing loans not only lived by the mortgage sword, but suffered under it too
An illustration depicting bankers plagued by tunnel vision and groupthink©Shonagh Rae
When American financiers were flogging subprime mortgages back in the credit boom, were they completely delusional? Or were they driven by cynicism and greed? Did they, in other words, know that the housing market was a bubble – or did they actually believe their own hype, even as the frenzy grew?
It is a question that armies of lawyers and prosecutors have asked in recent months, as the public flails around seeking a culprit to blame for the financial crisis. Unsurprisingly, many politicians and prosecutors have tended to err on the “greedy and cynical” side. With the benefit of hindsight it’s hard to imagine that any banker close to the mortgage market in 2006 could have failed to spot the excesses; or that anyone who was repackaging those loans into bonds – or “securitising” them, to use the industry jargon – did not spot the risks. Documents subpoenaed from the banks and credit rating agencies certainly show that some individuals felt uneasy – and (unwisely) expressed their concerns in colourful emails.
But last week three American economists at Princeton and Michigan issued some startling new research – and it should make us all pause for thought. For if you look at the personal financial decisions of the bankers involved in securitisation in that period – at the very heart of the credit bubble – it seems many believed their own hype. Many of them not only bought large quantities of housing stock at the worst possible moment (ie in 2005 and 2006), but also did so in some of the most “bubbly” markets, such as southern California. They then failed to sell those properties in time – and thus were left nursing losses after 2007. Or to put it another way, the bankers who were repackaging housing loans not only lived by the mortgage sword, but suffered under it too.
In some senses, this does not surprise me. Back in 2007 and 2008 I wrote a book about the financial crisis and spoke to many bankers who were involved in the securitisation game. And, on the basis of that anecdotal evidence, I concluded that most of the financiers who inflated that bubble were not crazy or evil (as popularly perceived) – but plagued by tunnel vision and groupthink.
“Investors have nearly completely abandoned the private label [mortgage-backed securities] market— the government is responsible for nearly 100 per cent of the securitisation market,”…
And this is actually a good thing because…(CRICKETS: CHIRP!… CHIRP!)
As for those federal mortgage guarantees, those of us who paid attention noticed when Timothy Geithner summarily ramped them up into hyperdrive in the wake of the Fall 2008 GSE collapse.
Markets Insight: US mortgage market depends on state support
Private sector involvement in the mortgage-backed securities market has practically disappeared
This week, the American economy passed a small milestone. For the first time in six years, a Gallup survey showed that just over half of Americans now expect house prices to rise over the next year.
That is a sharp contrast to last year, when most people expected further falls. And it follows a host of other upbeat signals: CoreLogic reports that US house values rose at their fastest pace in February since 2006; the pace of home sales has jumped; unsold inventories have declined; and developers have even started to build more homes again.
Little wonder that some senior US economic officials are quietly celebrating an end to the great housing market crash; or, at least, are expressing hopes that the market is “healing” due to a typically American combination of creative destruction (ie. defaults) and entrepreneurial instincts (bottom-fishing investors).
But amid these hints of optimism, there is a profound irony too: if you look at what is currently driving America’s housing “market”, the funding side of this equation has less and less to do with genuine market forces. Never mind the fact that the US Federal Reserve is gobbling up mortgage-backed securities at a rate of $40bn a month, to try to lower mortgage rates. And ignore the modest (and generally ineffective) measures that the Federal government has unveiled for homeowners who are underwater on their mortgage loans.
What is most startling of all is the level of government guarantees for mortgage bonds, following the collapse of the private securitisation market in the wake of the financial crisis. “Investors have nearly completely abandoned the private label [mortgage-backed securities] market— the government is responsible for nearly 100 per cent of the securitisation market,” a Congressional committee on financial services noted this week.
Part of the reason for the obama housing market v2.0
Because high housing prices are a sign of economic prosperity
Now get back to work and pay your fair share.
What is most startling of all is the level of government guarantees for mortgage bonds, following the collapse of the private securitisation market in the wake of the financial crisis. “Investors have nearly completely abandoned the private label [mortgage-backed securities] market— the government is responsible for nearly 100 per cent of the securitisation market,”
US home buyers revive memories of bubble
By Anjli Raval in New York
An Exit Realty Consultants ‘for sale’ sign is displayed in front of a house in Stockton California, US
©David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
The housing crisis in America may finally be over, but the bill has yet to be paid
James Jeddeloh, a 61-year-old consultant from Oregon, loves to play golf in Scottsdale, Arizona. So much so that last month the soon-to-be retiree decided to buy a house in the state that boasts 300 days of sunshine a year and turn his holiday destination into a home. But he is not the only one.
Since house prices bottomed out in 2012, homebuyers have rushed to snap up properties at depressed prices in one of the states hit hardest by the housing bust.
“I had been waiting for prices to reach rock bottom and stabilise. The market finally gained some sanity so it was time to get back in the game,” said Mr Jeddeloh.
In the past year, newly confident Americans – particularly families and retired people – bought homes after years of holding off, while investors, large and small, came in their droves looking to turn properties into rental housing.
Spurred by record low mortgage rates and an improving jobs market, homebuyers sopped up existing inventories. Price rises accelerated as homebuilders struggled to meet demand and banks sold fewer foreclosed properties. The question now being asked is this: is the US witnessing the creation of a new housing bubble?
Property research provider CoreLogic said its national home price index rose 10.2 per cent in February, the biggest year-on-year gain since March 2006, with Arizona among the states seeing the largest home price appreciation, up 18.6 per cent.
“Prices were up significantly, with a lot of the subprime properties off the market, so we had to strike while the iron was hot,” Mr Jeddeloh added. “We asked a friend to see the place for us and we put in an offer within 48 hours of the house going on the market.”
Mr. Jeddeloh is 61, but dumb as a box of rocks. He has more money than sense, and learned nothing from the crash. Have fun, sucker.
Very few if any depressed places in Scottsdale, and next to nothing bottomed-out there either.
Immigrants boost US housing recovery
By Pan Kwan Yuk and Anjli Raval in New York
Third Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn©Corbis
The litter-filled streets of Sunset Park are an unlikely setting for a housing comeback. Flanked by an elevated six-lane highway on one side and a 478-acre cemetery on the other, the Brooklyn neighbourhood has seen house prices climb since the economic downturn.
For that it can thank immigrants such as Liu Song Yan, whose dreams of home ownership are driving the neighbourhood’s housing market recovery – an increasingly common pattern across the US.
“It is important for me to own my own home,” says 66-year old Mr Liu, who started life in New York as a clothing factory worker after arriving from Taishan, China in 1985. After 20 years of long working days, scrimping and saving to build a cash stash, he put down a deposit on a modest two-storey brick house in Sunset Park, an area that has long been a magnet for working-class immigrants.
“It is about financial security. Even if you have nothing to eat, at least you have a roof over your head. For me, this is the American dream.”
Even as the country’s housing bust battered the confidence of many Americans and turned them away from owning homes, Mr Liu’s sentiment still holds strong among recent immigrants – a saving grace for the sector and in turn, the US economy.
Home ownership in the US fell to a 17-year low of 65.3 per cent in the third quarter of last year, but among immigrant households – accounting for existing families and new arrivals – it has steadily increased. Typically purchased after renting for a few years, for many upwardly mobile immigrants owning a home is a symbol of economic success.
Although they represent close to 13 per cent of the US population, immigrants accounted for nearly 36 per cent of growth in home ownership between 2000 and 2010, according to a report by the Research Institute for Housing America and the Mortgage Bankers Association. While this has been driven mainly by the Hispanic community, other minority populations have also boosted gains.
The number of homeowning immigrant households is projected to rise by 2.8m in the decade ending 2020, compared with a 2.4m gain in the previous 10 years. They will account for more than 50 per cent of the rise in homebuying in six gateway states, such as California and New York, the report adds.
Economists have long said immigrants provide an important and growing source of new housing demand that could bolster the US economy, which has fuelled campaigns for legislative reform.
New immigration laws being debated in Washington could potentially increase the number of homeowners in the US by 3m over the next few years. Economists say new legal status for current non-citizens could result in a potential $100bn in new mortgage loans.
While it has been well documented that China’s wealthy are buying up high-end US property, less attention has been drawn to working-class immigrants who have invested in less desirable parts of New York and other cities, transforming neighbourhoods such as that of Mr Liu.
Once an enclave for Scandinavian immigrants, it underwent a period of decline in the 1980s as the “white flight” to the suburbs accelerated. Attracted by low rents and the ease of commuting to Manhattan’s Chinatown, Chinese immigrants started buying boarded up shops and homes in the early 1990s. They now account for nearly 40 per cent of Sunset Park’s population.
Local property agents credit the rise of these immigrant homeowners with helping the neighbourhood avoid the downturn seen elsewhere in the US during the financial crisis, when house prices dropped 35 per cent from their peak.
“There’s a strong cultural bias towards home ownership among immigrants,” says Leung Hon, a real estate agent at LCCW Realty. “If anything, the rise in house prices in the decade to 2008 has made people want to invest more than ever.”
Traveling around the world and talking with people.
No one has the insane property taxes that Americans have (especially in the NE).
No one (except maybe a few European countries) have the insane public unions Americans have.
I don’t thank these immigrants understand what they are really buying into…
They are the knifecatchers, which will also make them a likely future recipient of Democrat pity parties and target group for bailouts of “responsible” homeowners.
You should go to Mexico. Public employees get bennies down there that are pretty darn good: subsidized housing, supermarkets, their own separate healthcare system, they’re paid much better, they get 90 days year end bonuses, they retire young, get months of paid time off, etc.
Property taxes are insane in the NE US. You’d think all those good paying jobs would come to low tax places like Colorado, but they don’t. Sure, corporate America builds factories in low wage locales, but that has more to do with the low, low wages that prevail in such places.
Every cop and firefighter and teacher?
I wonder if anyone bothered to point out that the MID is really nothing more than WELFARE FOR THE WEALTHY?
US lawmakers consider fate of mortgage interest tax break
By James Politi in Washington
The biggest tax break supporting America’s housing sector faced deep scrutiny at a congressional hearing on Thursday, as lawmakers weigh changes to one of the most politically sensitive provisions in the US tax code.
The ways and means committee in the House of Representatives is working on the most sweeping tax reform legislation since the 1980s, with a plan to lower rates for companies and individuals, and pay for the effort by limiting tax breaks.
One of the largest tax breaks that would have to be curbed is the deduction that some 37m US homeowners claim for their mortgage interest payments, estimated to cost the government $68bn in 2012.
Supporters of limiting or scrapping the mortgage tax break argue that this would remove big inefficiencies in the US economy that lead people to own rather than rent homes and to buy more expensive properties than they otherwise would.
Some have pointed to such tax preferences for housing as being as one of the roots of the sector’s boom-and-bust that triggered the 2008 financial crisis.
“Our current tax code introduces significant, and costly, distortions into our housing and financial markets,” Mark Calabria, director of financial regulation studies at the libertarian Cato Institute, told the committee on Thursday.
Does bribery still work these days?
Last updated: 6:53 p.m.
Kansas Realtors spend $100,000 in March on lobbying to protect mortgage deduction
By BRENT D. WISTROM
Eagle Topeka bureau
Published Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at 6:52 p.m.
TOPEKA — Fueled by a big marketing campaign to protect the home mortgage tax deduction, the Kansas Association of Realtors spent nearly $100,000 on lobbying in March, according to a new report by the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission.
That topped the list of $219,000 in lobbyist spending in March.
Realtors were among the special interest groups with the most to lose as Gov. Sam Brownback proposed eliminating the mortgage interest tax deduction as part of his effort to cut income taxes.
In March, the Realtors spent $60,000 on an advertising blitz to protect the mortgage deduction and $37,500 on other communications aimed at swaying lawmakers who were asked by the Republican governor to eliminate the deduction.
The Realtors’ campaign appears to have paid off to some extent.
Comment by Anon In DC
Non story - a marketing campaign is hardly bribery.
Will Congress do the right thing and close this reverse-Robin Hood tax break for the rich?
Business in The Beltway
3/28/2013 @ 6:45PM
This May Be The Ideal Time To Reform The Mortgage Interest Deduction
Howard Gleckman, Contributor
Housing industry lobbyists often make the case that, whatever you think of the mortgage interest deduction, now would be a terrible time to eliminate or restructure the subsidy. After all, they say, the housing market remains so shaky that ending the deduction would send home prices back into a tailspin.
However, there is a contrary case to be made: It may be that with both interest rates and prices so low, this could be the ideal time to redesign the tax subsidy for home ownership. Because monthly mortgage payments for many homeowners and buyers are lower than they have been for years, trimming or restructuring the MID might have less impact than we thought.
Last November, a panel of housing experts brought together by the Urban Institute concluded that “current housing conditions reveal several factors that would likely dampen the marketwide effects” of reforming the mortgage interest deduction.
According to a summary of the session, the roundtable participants concluded that “post-recession housing market conditions have disrupted the normal relationships between user costs, rents, and house prices.” In other words, the market is such a mess that it is no longer possible to predict what would happen if the MID were repealed today.
Studies of the pre-bust housing market found that eliminating the MID and the tax deduction for property taxes would substantially knock back prices, especially in communities with high housing costs. For instance, in a 2010 paper based on 2007 data, my Tax Policy Center colleague Ben Harris found that scaling back the MID would lower prices significantly.
But new research that looks at the housing market from 2006 to 2010 finds “no discernible relationship” between house prices and the MID, according to the session summary. What was clear to most researchers before the housing bubble burst is now ambiguous at least.
The roundtable included representatives of the U.S. Treasury Dept., the White House, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae, Congress, the housing industry, the Federal Reserve Board, the Wharton School, and several think tanks including Urban.
Keep in mind that while studies often look at the consequences of eliminating the MID, most proposals would restructure, not repeal, the tax subsidy for home purchases. In addition, any reforms would likely be phased in over a period of years. This could soften any short-term effects.
Among the more realistic alternatives to outright repeal, Congress could cap mortgage debt at $500,000 instead of today’s $1 million, or replace the deduction with a refundable credit.
Such changes would shift the subsidy to people with low- and moderate-incomes who buy in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. The current deduction mostly benefits the highest-income 20 percent of households.
Of course “tax breaks” go to the rich. They pay most of the taxes.
I fully expect muddle-headed thinking and politics to trump reason and keep the MID in place.
Lawmakers, economists spar over “wasteful” U.S. mortgage tax break
Kim Dixon Reuters
1:03 p.m. CDT, April 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The popular U.S. tax deduction for mortgage interest is wasteful and does little to spur home ownership, economists from across the political spectrum said at a congressional hearing on Thursday, but many lawmakers mulling a tax code overhaul were having none of it.
Congress is scrutinizing many tax breaks, including the one enjoyed by about 40 million Americans - mainly middle-class voters - for the home mortgage interest they pay.
The value of the deduction collectively is about $100 billion a year, according to the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation.
Experts from a free-market think tank, a liberal-to-centrist group and other organizations mostly agreed that the mortgage deduction is inefficient because it encourages debt and disproportionately helps those in the highest income brackets.
I would bet them getting rid of it now since mortgage rates are so low.
The wealthy - that’s a judgment not objective criteria - but the top 25% of taxpayers (adjusted gross income) pay 87% of all federal person income tax collected.
There is no tax problem (other than almost 50% of people have no skin in the game) there’s massive spending problem.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/us/farm-loan-bias-claims-often-unsupported-cost-us-millions.html?src=me&ref=general
I think I read somewhere that the 87% the highest on record. Is that your understanding?
Don’t know what the record is. But possible since there are so many unemployed.
“But possible since there are so many unemployed.”
Also since we are currently at record levels of income and wealth disparity here in the U.S.
Roundtable to Address Worker Income Gap
The gap between the wealthiest Americans and the vast majority of U.S. citizens is larger than most people think, according to Craig Little, a Distinguished Service Professor and professor of sociology at SUNY Cortland.
“It is much, much greater than what people believe,” he stated.
Little will address the extent of American social and economic disparity in a Community Roundtable presentation titled “Inequality in America: Where in the World Are We?” Thursday, May 2.
The event, sponsored by the President’s Office, takes place from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Park Center Hall of Fame Room. The roundtable is free and open to the public. Refreshments will precede the lecture at 7:45 a.m.
In his presentation, Little will share evidence of disturbing economic trends. His talk will raise awareness about the implications of the growing inequality in the U.S. and throughout the world. He will contribute his own knowledge of the true distribution of wealth, including its relation to the current economic crisis in the United States.
“Not that I have the actual truth, because no one really does,” Little commented. “But I am a sociologist and I have a perspective on the world and this issue, which is what I wish to bring to the discussion.”
From the country’s founding until the 1970s, the wealth-distribution profile of the U.S. was similar to most industrialized democracies, Little noted. However, this wealth gap between the few at the top and the mass of average Americans has widened dramatically with American inequality beginning to resemble that of the world’s most economically and politically dysfunctional societies.
Today, the wealth gap between the top one percent and the mass of the average Americans has dramatically widened much more than most people are aware of, Little said.
“Many people may think that there is a lot of inequality in America,” he said. “But I think after the discussion, they will come away saying, ‘I didn’t think it was as great as it is.’”
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, the bottom 40 percent of U.S. households have about one percent of all of the wealth, while the top one percent of all households have nearly 30 percent.
The Short View
Cracks show in US housing recovery hopes
By James Mackintosh
Shares of housebuilders have been anticipating a slowdown
Economists may have been created to make weather forecasters look good but they just keep making predictions. On Tuesday it was the turn of the IMF to lower growth forecasts for this year, to 1.2 per cent for developed countries. The 2014 prediction was up slightly to 2.2 per cent as it doubled its estimate for Japan (where it expects inflation ahead even of the central bank’s hopes).
Investors are more focused on US housing. The US property market has become the great hope for recovery, given recession in Europe and the lacklustre growth of Japan, even if the IMF is proved right. Construction creates jobs and rising house prices help banks and bolster household finances.
US housing starts in March passed a 1m annual rate for the first time since mid-2008. Construction of multi-family units, typically apartments to rent out, soared to an annualised 417,000 – a figure beaten in only three months since the 1980s.
The superstitious will not be impressed. Those three months were January 1990, February 2000 and January 2006 – all at or near the peak of the cycle.
More seriously, there are cracks in the bull case. While construction data were ahead of forecasts, fewer building permits were granted than predicted and the number fell even after the previous month was revised down. Construction may not stay this strong.
Shares of housebuilders have been anticipating a slowdown, too. On Tuesday they rose slightly, but the S&P 500 housebuilding sector is down 14 per cent in three weeks (after tripling in 18 months). Lumber futures, driven by construction, have also been falling and on Tuesday were down 10 per cent from last month’s high before bouncing.
Comment by Realtors® Are Liars
Realtors® Are Liars
Housing is always a loss. Always.
Comment by AmazingRuss
Thus endeth the lesson.
Documentary PBS Frontline online
The documentary has John Bogle, the Index Fund King, disclosing the
massive amount of fee gouging in 401Ks, and the documentary ties in the housing bubble. Nothing earth shattering, but worth an hour of your time.
Thank you for this. Was very enlightening, and after viewing I now know what I’m going to do with my own 401 soon. I was once a financial midget, but Ben and you people have always been here to further my economic education, and I appreciate it. This blog is great!
And Yes, I have contributed to Ben’s ongoing efforts. Thank you Ben!
Here is a little tidbit on IRA stuffing:
Friday, Apr 12, 2013 08:32 AM PDT
10 tax dodges that help the rich get richer
How Mitt Romney stashed millions in a tax-free IRA, and other industry secrets
By Alexander Arapoglou and Jerri-Lynn Scofield
Latest echo bubble shoe-shine boy moment:
A plethora of articles about U.S. housing bubble reflation has recently graced the pages of the Financial Times of London.
Comment by azdude
welcome to american serdom disguised as home ownership?
Most people have no clue that 10 years into a 30 yr mortgage all you have really paid is thousands of dollars in interest to bankers.
And maybe - you paid off the closing costs…
And what percentage of people stay in the same house for more than 10 years?
Big “get wealthier” strategy for a lot of folks I know.
How’s that working out?
For us, we’ve always bought a place to call home, not an investment. Unless you’re buying in the Hollywood Hills, Del Mar, or another cool area, most of us just own a home.
One thing I admire about the well to do, they can afford some great homes on nice properties, and the rest of us buy a tract home.
Look at what those 1500 Sq ft tract homes bought in the 40s and 50s in places like Burlingame, Ca are going for now!
Comment by Bill in Los Angeles
Or RPV or PVE. But old stucco boxes are as unimpressive as new stucco boxes. Even if you tore it down to build an architectural dream, you would still be looking out your window at old stucco boxes.
Not only that, but today’s 30 yr mortgage home buyer is tomorrow’s bag holder, as any potential post-recession gains in home prices have already been fully exploited by the hedge funds, investment banks and all-cash foreign investors who recently bid up prices.
The long-term buy-and-hold owner occupants will get to ride out a protracted period of housing price hammering due to a couple of decades of Baby Boomer retirements to come.
And the future is all about higher and higher property taxes filetered to support those same Boomers til they die.
Whac
Ca Prop 13 helps us aging baby boomers who have paid off homes. Yeah inflation is baked in the cake, but some of us do our best to plan. Prop 13 holds down our property taxes some.
J6P-By 65 yrs old you should be mortgage free, or you’re in deep doo-doo.
The interest to the bankers is the real cost of the debt, not the entire payment…this is lost on most people…I agree.
The lower the rate however, the higher the proportion of payment #1 goes to principal reduction. For a 30-year fixed rate mortgage:
3.75%: 32.5% of payment #1 goes to principal, first 10 years pays off 21% of the mortgage.
4.25%: 28%
6% (still pretty low): 16.6%
8%: 9%, first 10 years pays off 12%
IMHO, focus on payment as the “cost” of the borrowing/ownership is a remnant of prior times when principal reduction was a minimal part of each payment in the early years. With rates at 3.75% (or less), there is significantly more principal reduction in the early years of a loan as compared to higher interest rate times.
Posted: 9:57 a.m. Friday, April 26, 2013
Feds: West Palm man organized kids’ birthday parties, ran in violent gang
By Alexandra Seltzer
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
A man who allegedly spends his time running children’s birthday parties while also participating in a violent Central American gang is in the custody of federal authorities after they found he is in the country illegally.
West Palm Beach’s Dilbert E. Coreas faces a federal charge of illegal reentry after deportation, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.
Detectives with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s gang unit started their investigation into Coreas when they saw him in photos uploaded on social media websites that suggested he was involved in the violent Central American Mara Salvatrucha gang, also known as MS-13.
The gang originated in Los Angeles, Calif., and then spread to different areas in the country, including South Florida.
The social media websites also suggested that Coreas was running Itza Kidzworld Party Planning and Rental, a business selling bounce houses and pony rides for children’s birthdays, the complaint says.
An April 14 posting on Coreas’ Facebook page advertises $85 bounce houses, $115 water slide bounce houses, $70 pony rides and cotton candy, snow cone or hot dog machines for $60 each.
The gang unit conducted surveillance of Coreas operating the bounce houses and conducting the pony rides at events around Palm Beach County, the complaint says.
The gang unit asked for the Homeland Security Investigations assistance in looking at Coreas’ immigration file and found that in June 2009 he was convicted of felony possession of cocaine with intent to sell, felony tampering with evidence and resisting arrest.
In September 2012 he was ordered to be removed from the country and was sent back to El Salvador a few months later.
Posted by borderpatrol at 11:05 a.m. Apr. 26, 2013
Another FINE example of OBUMA”S Border security…. yea right!! …He will get deported again and be back in 6 mos. Our Government probably gave him the small business loan to get started in busisness after being deported…. Makes me wonder who’s social security number he was using?
Posted by CaptMike at 11:08 a.m. Apr. 26, 2013
OK, sent back in 2012 and back here in 2013. No problem with crossing the borders for this guy and the 11-12 million other illegals
Posted by MissWTF at 11:09 a.m. Apr. 26, 2013
How much is it for my kid to get an awesome neck tat??
Posted by conchgirl at 1:00 p.m. Apr. 26, 2013
Revolving door of illegals. He’ll be back. The MS-13 is active all over the country. They chopped off the fingers of a kid who was to testify in VA/DC area over 9 yrs ago (while I lived in VA). They also killed a pregnant girlfriend of a gang member in the same time frame I think she was to testify (don’t remember the specifics).
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/feds-west-palm-man-organized-kids-birthday-parties/nXYc7/ -
Still no info if they had an obama phone and if it was used in the bombings…
Boston bombing suspect began collecting food stamps and welfare (govt conceals details)
THE DAILY MAIL–UK | 4/26/13
Gov Deval Patrick refused to divulge info WRT public assistance to the Tsarnaev’s. But welfare officials were forced to b/c the info is available to lawmakers.
Chechen immigrants Tsarnaev parents were eligible as legal, non-citizen residents who claimed “asylum” status and met the eligibility criteria for DTA, DTA interim commissioner Stacey Monahan said in a letter to David Linsky, Chairman of the Mass House Post Audit and Oversight Committee.
News that alleged terrorists received state money sparked outrage in the community w/ 3 dead and more than 260 injured. On Thursday, multiple state agencies, at the prompting of Gov Patrick, refused to comment on the brothers’ benefits.
WRT Tamerlan receiving UI benefits, Labor dept spokesman Kevin Franck refused to comment….
Univ of Mass– Dartmouth spokesman Robert Connolly refused to comment on the financial aid app of 19-year-old soph Dzhokhar. ‘It is our position - and I believe the accepted position in higher education - that student records including academic records and financial records (including financial aid) cannot under federal law be released without a student’s consent.’
The FCC would not discuss whether the suspected bombers had a govt-paid cellphones.
Cambridge housing officials would not comment on if the brothers had Section 8 rental subsidy offered by the HUD to low income households.
Never underestimate the idiocy of the ruling class.
An article in US Today about this said that in Mass. a single mom with 2 small kids could collect $45K per year in benefits. Not sure why they gave an example of this. These were federal benefits. Do they vary from state to state? Imagine a $45K hand out. Sure there is no place to cut spending. Raise taxes.
What kind of crazy immigration policy makes it nearly impossible for highly-skilled legitimate immigrants to enter the U.S., yet provides welfare to immigrants who are terrorists?
How much do folks like Rental Watch get paid to try to refute the evidence presented here on the eventual collapse of the echo bubble?
Fascinating.
long term I think this will fall apart again. But I think there are opportunities to make money in the meantime. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow but always be looking over your shoulder.
They don’t need to get paid, the kool-aid drinkers have convinced themselves that it tastes just fine, even as they climb over piles of bodies to get to the kool-aid punchbowl.
One kool-aid drinker I work with has been in CO for several years, but just sold his long-underwater and vacant AZ house. He got hit with capital gains taxes from that sale and had to do an IRA withdrawal (and pay more taxes on that) to get the cheese to pay his taxes. This dude is in his early 60’s. And the father of two teenagers.
Housing is financial suicide.
Underwater house with capital gains?
What did he do with the HELOC loans?
The HELOC loans probably paid for the muscle car he takes to car shows. And assume the wife who is 20 years younger may have been responsible for some of that liberated equity.
I get paid a big fat $0.
I post data to refute the “evidence” that has no source.
Still waiting on that backup for 4 million homes in CA.
Don’t get me wrong, my biggest fear is a rebubble and crash, but I think prices will rise much more before they re-crash.
Fair enough…and sorry for my earlier belligerence.
With trolls coming out of the woodwork again, just like they did back in 2006 before the first bubble-era housing crash, one can never be too vigilant…
And if you look through my posts of that same era, I was opposite those trolls, and I may be again, if the current rate of appreciation doesn’t slow.
Today however, I see the likes of RAL as equivalent to those trolls, spewing off unsubstantiated garbage as support of their views that increasingly, are looking incorrect.
I hope I don’t get to be opposite again…my hope is that lending doesn’t get as outrageous as before (with massive fraud via liars loans, and CDS squared’s via Goldman and the like, and underwriting based on a below market interest “teaser” rate), and construction comes back to provide a pressure release on the supply side. If these two things happen, then I think we’ll see the rate of price appreciation flatten before it gets too out of hand.
In fact, I think that momentum will carry us too far in any event, and prices will then need to fall in order to correct, but as long as lending doesn’t get nuts, I don’t think that next correction will be a crash of the same magnitude of the last crash.
By the way, we had a discussion a LONG time ago (perhaps a year ago, if not more) regarding the trends that I was seeing in terms of data in California, and what I thought it would eventually mean in the context of the housing market…I have always been driven by the data, and asked frequently on this board for people to come up with data that would somehow counteract the likely result of trends supported by the data I post.
The most significant pieces of data with respect to CA are:
1. Strong employment growth (250k+ jobs annually, higher than the US average; BLS data)
2. Low Vacancy Rates (pre-recession levels, and much lower than the US average; Census data)
3. Way below-trend construction (60k annually or so; Census data)
4. Affordability levels as high as they’ve ever been (as measured by incomes, prices, and interest rates; CAR data…but you can do your own math and get to the same place)
5. Non-current loan rates steadily falling (on target to be close to “normal” by the end of 2013; LPS and a ruler)
6. The number of non-distressed sellers being far below normal levels (low supply, with lots of the sales being distressed; CAR releases this data, but I don’t think people would debate this one)
7. Undersupply of housing as measured by homes/population ratio (last I checked this was second lowest behind Utah; Census again)
Absent the Fed taking their foot off the accelerator in a BIG way, don’t you see how this movie is going to end?
So when people start making claims about numbers and what they mean without any support (and some other blog posting isn’t support, unless they reference where the numbers come from), it drives me nuts, because it obfuscates reality.
And it drives me even crazier that people who were so objectively data driven when the bubble was raging choose to believe unsubstantiated data (because they want to believe it), instead of taking a hard look at supportable data…and drawing their own conclusions from that supported data (even if it means that their own world view isn’t supported).
Hey liar…… you’re misrepresenting the data once again.
1) CA is in thetop 10 highest unemployment states at 10%.
2)Your Biggest lie SFR vacany rates in CA are at multi decade highs per Census bureau.
3) Construction? Why build when there are millions of excess, empty and defaulted properties in CA?
4) 5X annual income is NOT affordable. You damn liar.
6) 4 MILLION distressed and empty properties isn’t “low” no matter how many times you scream your lies.
7) “Undersupply of housing” huh? You’re shameless. You reall are.
1. Unemployment rate is irrelevant. Number of people employed is, and when you add in low vacancy rates and high job growth, you hit a supply crunch.
2. That’s funny, the Census doesn’t provide decades of state by state homeowner vacancy rates. The number is currently at 1.4%, down from 2.8% at the peak, less than the US average (2005-2006 ranged from 0.5% to 2.0%). Rental vacancy rates are at 4.7%, down from 7.5% at peak, and below the national average (and below the 2005 level).
3. You have yet to substantiate your 4MM number…it’s a lie.
4. The data is the data. Refute it. Homes are more affordable in CA than they have been in couple of decades as measured by interest rates, incomes and prices. Affordability levels didn’t reach today’s level in crash in the 90’s.
6. Source?
7. Refute the data. You can’t. The data is the data.
You’re proving my points. If your numbers were true, it would be easy for you show me several sources…the fact that you can’t should speak volumes.
1.It’s only relevant when it supports your lies. And vacancy rates are at multi decade highs.
2.YOU’RE LYING. Vacancy rates were in the 11% range and still hovering there.
3.You have yet to refute 4 MILLION excess empty houses. Refute it.
4. That’s right. It’s there for you to refute. We’re waiting.
6. Census Bureau. Take it up with them.
7. You’re correct. The data is the data. 4 Million excess empty houses in CA isn’t an “undersupply”.
You’re a shameless paid liar. Readers be advised.
‘I have always been driven by the data’
In 2004, the economy was fantastic according to the numbers. I recall a Sedona UHS telling me in 2006 that there was no danger because there were so many buyers. I replied that many of them would end up in foreclosure, so the prevalence of buyers at that point was a negative.
It’s really simple; if there’s a bubble, it’s gonna pop. And now we don’t have the fired up economy we had in 2005 or 06. Every day I become more convinced it’s going to be a disaster.
A big part of the reason the economy was raging was because of housing development.
At that point, we were developing WAY above the trendline (2MM per year), at prices WAY higher than the inflation-adjusted trendline, with lending completely out of control, which fueled higher than normal consumption.
Things were set up for disaster.
Now, a big part of the reason the economy sucks is because we are developing dramatically BELOW the trendline (600k per year), at prices that are in line with prior market troughs, and consumption is being restrained because employers are still scared to hire, and people are being very conservative in their spending.
We are not set up for the same disaster.
If lending gets out of control and fuels a similar bubble, we could have a replay, but we are not there yet (and hope we don’t get there).
1 and 2:
http://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/data/rates/tab1_state05_2012_rvr.xls
http://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/data/rates/tab2_state05_2012_hvr.xls
There are about 14 MM housing units in CA for 38 million people. Your unsubstantiated claim of 4 million homes that are excess, vacant, distressed, etc. is completely made up.
If not, you should be able to show me a nice link to the Census data, like I did for my vacancy numbers.
There are about 14 MM housing units in CA for 38 million people.
And 4.4 MILLION of them are defaulted, delinquent, excess and empty.
You’re a paid liar.
Anyone who shamelessly lies to the public day after day is a paid liar.
Comment by Housing Analyst
California imposed a new law on banks innocuously called “Homeowners Bill of Rights” which forces banks to switch over to a judicial foreclosure process, which they can opt to do on their own, but takes a year or more to renegotiate contracts and compensation structures for the foreclosure law firms who do all the leg work for the banks. And while those changes are being made… it makes it appear that foreclosures have slowed down dramatically in the state.
The reality?
Defaults (undeclared) are spiraling upward that yet have to pass through the foreclosure pipeline.
California is still the highest foreclosure state in sheer volume and percentage.
The low-down?
Resale housing is still massively overpriced as a result of unprecedented interference by individual states and the federal government. The market distortions will be removed and the down draft will continue allowing the market to correct.
With 25 MILLION excess empty houses, 4 million of which are in California and housing demand at 17 year lows, housing prices a long way to fall. A very long way to fall.
Comment by Iwog
Washington State Housing Prices Headed Lower
http://picpaste.com/pics/17c52b168bba17c3c93eb46f5505ef39.1366424283.png
If you buy a house now, you’re going to lose alot of money.
Washington, DC Rental Rates Falling YoY, QoQ and MoM
http://picpaste.com/pics/49d0e4a69ba16592aa9a78878a3d0291.1366555662.png
Why pay massively inflated prices for DC housing when you can rent for half the cost of buying?
Comment by Bigsby
California Housing Prices Falling MoM and QoQ
http://picpaste.com/pics/99598d907cd6300ec2d61601a5979ed3.1366555437.png
If you buy a house now in California, you’ll will sustain irrecoverable losses. BEWARE
Your data is outdated and affected by seasonality:
http://www.zillow.com/local-info/CA-home-value/r_9/#metric=mt%3D19%26dt%3D1%26tp%3D5%26rt%3D14%26r%3D9%26el%3D0
Your lies are dated and you’re affected by the envelopes you’re handed.
Phoenix Rental Rates Falling
http://picpaste.com/26273c3db9397c561caa2d110997c6f7.png
Why pay these massively inflated housing prices when rental rates are increasingly more affordable with each passing day?
I like that! I am seeing $2000 monthly rents more numerous in a gated area in North Scottsdale. I might dive in and rent a SFH there in a couple years.
Comment by brother_jimmy
yes, just drove out there this am. Everything is for rent. Rental prices are falling rapidly due to the hot season coming. It will be quite telling what happens in July/August when the snowbirds are done searching for winter homes. That’s when the prices will dump.
The State of North Carolina is passing a new law that Public Schools must again teach kids the multiplication tables… 2×2 ,5×5 etc & etc.
Hold it ,are there really vast numbers of younger and not so young people in the work force that do not know them ??? Exactly what have Public Schools been teaching , except the ‘Self esteem”,and ‘I am somebody’ junk ?
A lot of the problem of schools not teaching basic stuff is that the teachers get bored and want something new for themselves.
Comment by Brett
It’s time to pay property taxes!
As y’all know, I am leasing a slightly older condo in downtown Austin for about $1300 a month, which is much less than the $1800 I was paying at a high rise across the street.
Anyways, I got a latter from the Travis county tax assessor office, band instead of opening it, I looked up online the tax assessment for this property.
2012 assessment ~ $240k
2013 assessment - $300k!!!!
I have no doubt the owner will contest it, but this comes to show how cities are delusional and out of touch with reality. Somehow we gotta pay got everything the city and school districts want!
The $892 million bond package for the Austin school district features a number of first-ever proposals. If it is approved by voters, the district hopes to create its first magnet school for students interested in health careers, its first all-boys school, and its first shared swim center.
http://m.statesman.com/news/news/local-education/prop-4-1686-million-to-build-medical-high-school-a/nXZBK/
Texas might not have a state income tax, but the property taxes they levy … whooooweeee!
My brother used to live in Texas. His house was assessed at around 80K and he paid about 1.5K in property tax. I’m guessing that the owner of your condo is paying about 6K. So about 40% of your rent goes to pay property tax.
Taxes are 2.38%, so the owner will be paying around $7k. 5.5 months of my rent to pay for taxes!
Day-um! That’s crazy!
Don’t Texans have to pay a lot to register their cars? I guess it’s considered to be not such a bad thing, because it’s not called a tax.
Comment by ?
It’s so over-the-top Orwellian, you wouldn’t believe it anyways.
Average Joe, For you…. question everything and always doubt.
the kool-aid drinkers have convinced themselves that it tastes just fine, even as they climb over piles of bodies to get to the kool-aid punchbowl.
THIS is poetry.
I was thinking that, too.
Comment by tresho
Detroit News: Eviction turns to arrest when corpse discovered
Finally saw some of this food inflation. Bought Trader Joe’s shelled walnut halves & pieces. $7 and change for 1 lb. Paid about $5 and change about 1.5 years ago. But walnuts are a luxury. Many other basics still cheap and the weekly specials at the Giant and Safeway are great.
You have to know what to buy to avoid the inflation pulses. A good choice is wine from countries in the throws of financial crises: Argentina, France, Italy, etc. I’ve been enjoying bottles on the $4-$6 price range which would easily go for north of $20 in fairer times.
Go to Trader Joe’s, where they have wines broken out by national origin, and head for the countries with raging financial crises underway…
Comment by Hard Rain
Hard to imagine how these brilliant folks got in to financial difficulty in the first place.
“Michele and Russell Poland’s credit was shot, but they managed to buy their suburban dream home anyway.
After a business bankruptcy and a home foreclosure, they turned to a rare option in this era of tightfisted banking — a subprime loan.
The Polands paid nearly $10,000 in upfront fees for the privilege of securing a mortgage at 10.9% interest. And they had to raid their retirement account for a 35% down payment.”
http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-subprime-mortgage-20130427,0,6498564.story
WOW! Did not even click the link. Guess you can’t make this stuff up.
Clearly the Pollocks are innocent victims of the latest wave of subprime mortgage lending to descend on America’s households.
They will [ N-E-V-E-R ] leave that place if they can’t make the payments.
Sounds like the Pollocks aren’t very bright…
+1 Likely motivated by impulse anxiety too.
How many Pollocks does it take to screw in a light bulb?
a 4 bedroom house for 3 people ….raiding an IRA….guess she wants more kids….do i see disaster ahead?
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K-Electric & FIA Conduct a Successful Raid; Theft of Electricity worth almost Rs 2.5 million Caught
June 19, 2014 Monitoring Desk Karachi
KARACHI: K-Electric, formerly KESC, released a press statement and gave details about a successful raid against electricity theft at Columbus Towers with the help of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
The FIA and the KE teams were accompanied by the KE Police and raided Columbus Towers – a residential apartment building located in Frere Town, Clifton. According to the press statement, the supervisor of the building was arrested on the spot and is currently being questioned by FIA.
The inspection of the aforementioned building revealed that electricity theft was being carried out after the meters were found tampered and used for lifts and water pumps. The meters were confirmed tampered by Meter Department with holes right on the front glass. Meters have been taken over by FIA office as evidence of case. The electricity theft amounts to Rs. 2.5 Million approximately.
KE along with the FIA has been conducting an anti-theft drive all over Karachi and KE vows to continue such drives so that theft of electricity can be controlled. The reprehensive exercise will help curtail electricity theft and ensure more fair and equal distribution of electricity to the citizens of Karachi.
BADIN PEOPLE OPPOSE newly created Bhambhore Division Tightening the noose? B-Town reacts as Censor Board introduces new rules
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Friday Night Nice
NBCSN calls their Friday night college hockey game "Friday Night Ice" and it is a huge boost for those who love watching US college hockey as the 2013-2014 season will have more games televised on a national basis than ever before. Between the NBCSN, CBS Sports Network, Big Ten Network, and even the ESPN family there will be games available to watch just about every weekend.
NBCSN announced that it had reached an agreement to televise 12 Notre Dame home hockey games during each of the next 3 seasons
For New York Ranger and New York Islander fans it will mean that they will get multiple chances to see their US prospects in action. If the first real night of college hockey is any indication then this will be a very entertaining season.
Kyle Burroughs (Regina Pats)
First Star Kyle Burroughs (Regina Pats)
While college hockey was providing plenty of entertainment, it was a WHL defenseman who stole the show as Kyle Burroughs (NYI 2013 7th) earns the first star of the night. Burroughs had a 4 assist evening which including the primary assist on the game winning goal as his Regina Pats defeated the Vancouver Giants 5-4 in overtime.
Burroughs set a new career high in assists while recording his 2nd career 4 point night as the Pats earned their 3rd win of the season (3-5-0-0) and 2nd straight. Vancouver actually jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead before Regina could get on the board.
Burroughs got the first of his assists when he set up Dyson Stevenson for a goal at 17:18 of the 1st. It was an even strength goal that cut the lead to 2-1 which is how the game would wind up after the 1st period. In the 2nd, Burroughs would earn secondary assists on 2 Regina goals that would give them the lead.
The 1st goal was a power play goal at 8:31 which tied the game at 2-2. The 2nd was an even strength goal at 16:36 which put Regina up 3-2 and Regina would add another goal to end the 2nd period up 2 goals at 4-2. In the 3rd period Regina would let the lead slip away as Vancouver would score to force overtime.
In overtime, Burroughs would earn his 4th point and the game's 2nd star when he fed Boston Leier for the game winning goal at 1:57 of overtime. Burroughs doubles his point output for the season as he is now 0-8-8.
Anthony Duclair (NHLMedia.com)
Second Star Anthony Duclair (Quebec Remparts)
When the game between Anthony Duclair's (NYR 2013 3rd) started, it did not start well for Duclair as he took a goaltender interference penalty just 1:34 in the Rempart's game against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Taking bad penalties at the wrong time has hurt Duclair as it affected his play for the entire game. Against the Titan, it had the opposite effect as Duclair would wind up as the game's first star as his Quebec Remparts would shut out the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 3-0.
The Remparts wound up down 2 men during Duclair's minor but 12 seconds after Duclair's penalty ended, it would be Duclair scoring his 8th goal of the season at 3:48. It was a shorthanded goal which gave the Remparts a 1-0 lead and because of the shutout would give Duclair his 2nd straight game winning goal. For the game Duclair was 1-0-1 on 2 shots, a +1 with his minor penalty and 2 hits.
Robbie Russo (NYI 2011 4th) provided the "dagger" goal as his 8th ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish opened their 2013-2014 season with a 4-0 shutout of 18th ranked Western Michigan in a game televised on NBCSN. Russo scored a shorthanded empty net goal at 17:36 of the 3rd period for Notre Dame's 4th goal of the game.
Russo a junior defenseman had the goal on 3 shots and a +1. His teammate sophomore center Steven Fogarty (NYR 2011 3rd) on paper did nothing but that would be wrong as it was Fogarty who was running the Notre Dame power play that scored 2 of the Notre Dame scored (2 for 9) as the point man. I would like to see some shots from Fogarty but if the Irish are winning he won't complain about his own stats.
Adam Tambellini (NYR 2013 3rd) scored his 1st career NCAA goal as his 7th ranked North Dakota hockey team rallied from down 3-1 to defeat Vermont 5-3. Tambellini scored North Dakota's 1st goal of the game just 29 seconds after Vermont had scored the first goal of the game. Tambellini was the starting left wing and was 1-0-1 on 1 shot, even with 2 minors (tripping and high sticking).
Adam Pelech (NYI 2012 3rd) had a secondary assist while teammate Troy Donnay (NYR 2013 UFA) recorded his 2nd fight of the season as their Erie Otters defeated the Kitchener Rangers 4-0. For Pelech it was his 4th assist of the season as he is now 1-4-5 as the Otters have won 3 straight to improve to 5-2-1-0.
Victor Crus-Rydberg (NYI 2013 5th) returned to the Plymouth Whalers lineup after missing the last 2 game for undisclosed reasons. Crus-Rydberg had a primary assist on Plymouth's 1st goal of the game just 1:43 into the game.
It wasn't enough as the Saulte Ste Marie Greyhounds defeated the Whalers 3-2. Cru-Rydberg is now 1-4-5 on the season.
In the QMJHL, it was the battle of defensive prospects as Loic Leduc's (NYI 2012 4th) Cape Breton Screaming Eagles looked to earn 2 points on the road against Ryan Grave's (NYR 2013 4th) Charlottetown Islanders. Neither prospect scored although Graves did have 2 shots but it was the Screaming Eagles earning a 3-2 win to improve to 5-3-0-2 while the Islanders fell to 7-2-0-1.
Sophomore defenseman Brady Skjei (NYR 2012 1st) and freshman winger Taylor Cammarata (NYI 2013 3rd) made their season debuts as their Minnesota Golden Gophers had little trouble with Mercyhurst shutting them out 6-0 in the opening round of the "Ice Breaker" Tournament. Neither player scored as Skjei took 2 shots and was a +2 while Cammarata took 3 and was even.
Freshman defenseman Jake Bischoff (2012 7th) was a health scratch.
Ryan Pulock (NYI 2013 1st) returned to the Brandon Wheat King lineup as the Wheat Kings needed the shootout before being able to defeat the Moose Jaw Warriors 3-2. Pulock was scoreless with a slashing minor.
Griffin Reinhart (NYI 2012 1st) made his return to the Edmonton Oil King lineup as the Oil Kings defeated the Spokane Chiefs 4-1. Reinhart was scoreless with a roughing minor and a -1 for his evening.
Doyle Somerby (NYI 2012 5th) was scoreless on no shots as he made his NCAA debut for the Boston University Terriers as they started their season with a 3-1 win over UMass. If you have not see Somerby, he is a 6'5 225 lb defenseman who looks more like a middle linebacker than hockey player. I want to see him in 3 years when his body matures.
Sophomore goalie Stephon Williams had a nightmare of a debut for his 11th ranked Minnesota State Mavericks giving up 5 goals on 22 shots before getting yanked with 12 minutes left in the game. Minnesota State lost 5-1 to the 14th ranked Providence Friars. Just a really bad effort in this game.
Freshman goalie Eamon McAdam (NYI 2013 3rd) was DNP in his Penn State Nittany Lions defeated the Army Golden Knights 4-1.
Labels: Hockey East, NCAA, New York Islanders Hockey, New York Ranger's Hockey, OHL, Prospects, QMJHL, WCHA, WHL
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North American Publisher / ISBN: Fireside Books - 0-671-22928-1
Does this pass the Bechdel test?: no
Positive minority portrayal?: no
Categories: Anthology, Superhero
The Superhero Women
Frank Thorne
Carole Seuling
Linda Fite
Review by Frank Plowright
Fireside’s 1970s anthologies reprinting Marvel material rather hit a brick wall of credibility with this fourth in the series, and it’s no surprise they concentrated on single character collections thereafter. The problem with calling a book The Superhero Women was that even allowing for less enlightened times, Marvel’s attitude to their female characters was largely patronising at best, and extremely misguided at worst.
As an example, in 1977 they launched Ms. Marvel, intended to represent the new liberated woman of the 1970s. Despite only making her début earlier in the year of publication, such is the relative paucity of choice, she’s there on the cover in the skintight red and blue outfit, a star motif accentuating her breasts, and a large section of her perfectly toned midriff on display. Stan Lee’s commentary notes how the series needed to prioritise how a woman thought, her emotions and reactions, so Gerry Conway was selected as writer! If further evidence was needed, in 1977 only four of the featured characters had hosted a series under their own name, and at the time of publication none had managed even ten issues. This wasn’t a problem affecting the male heroes spotlighted in Origins of Marvel Comics and Son of Origins.
Having said all that, this book contains material not since reprinted by Marvel, so has a validity beyond Lee’s engaging comments. The Cat and Shanna the She-Devil date from 1972 and a previous attempt to engage with female readers by having a near-naked jungle heroine and a victim turned burglar in a skintight costume. These at least employed female creators. Linda Fite’s origin story for the Cat’s has promise, and is nicely drawn by Marie Severin and Wally Wood (sample art).
Much of the content is merely mundane (Spider-Man taking on Medusa and the Black Widow) and some additionally handicapped by being of it’s era (The Wasp, Ms. Marvel, Shanna). The Invisible Woman story has dated, but works as re-think of how Sue Storm could use her powers, and Jack Kirby’s art is spirited. In general it’s the art that impresses. Frank Thorne’s style was unlike any other seen at Marvel to that point, and his Red Sonja, although ludicrously costumed, is lithe and athletic, while however daft the costume and premise, John Buscema’s art on Ms Marvel is a storytelling masterclass. Buscema is even better when it comes to Hela, contrasting the everyday of New York with the grandeur of Asgard. Yet she’s an odd choice when, for instance, the Scarlet Witch, far more prominent at Marvel, is entirely absent.
There is one final treat, the unintentionally hilarious Femizons. This is Lee’s idea of feminism as applied to an Amazonian society of the future, where female warriors battle for male slaves and have a creed of “Sexuality! Solidarity! Superiority!” Except when they fall in love and wonder what good a kingdom is when it lacks a king. Nice art from John Romita, though.
Lee’s introductory comments, insightful in previous volumes, are somewhat diminished here due his lack of direct involvement with the characters, but still entertain, often unintentionally. It’s to be presumed that at some point Marvel Unlimited will eventually make all these strips available online, but until then around 25% of the content is only found here or in the original comics, and that might be an inducement. 2006’s Women of Marvel features some of the same strips, but sadly no Femizons.
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Wonder Woman: Down To Earth
Rat Queens: Sass and Sorcery
Journey Into Mystery Featuring Sif: Stronger Than Monsters
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Home > About Massey > News > Massey jumps into top 300 internationally
Massey jumps into top 300 internationally
Professor Jan Thomas
Professor Giselle Byrnes
Massey University has climbed up the rankings in the latest QS World University Rankings published today.
The University is placed at 287-equal – up 45 places from 332-equal last year, making Massey the most improved New Zealand university and returning it to the top 300 for the first time in a decade.
The results puts Massey in elite company, among the top 2 per cent of universities in the world, according to QS, which ranks what it regards as the top 1001 universities each year.
Massey Vice-Chancellor, Professor Jan Thomas says this is a tremendous effort by our staff and reflects the work we all have invested over the years across many different parts of our University. “We’ve been ranked against our peers and improved our position by nearly 50 places. It reflects improved reputation with peers, with stakeholders and the employers of our graduates. It reflects the quality of research we are producing and our research productivity. It also reflects the diversity brought by our international students and staff.”
QS ranks universities worldwide based on six indicators – academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations, staff-student ratios, international student ratio and international staff ratio.
Massey Provost Professor Giselle Byrnes says Massey improved across virtually all indicators. “This is an impressive achievement by any standard. We have set our sights on improving our ranking standing from the mid 350 band to a 200-250 band. At 287 this year, we have made significant progress towards achieving our goal.”
In the assessment of the Performance-Based Research Fund’s 2018 Quality Evaluation, the Government’s national rating’s system, earlier this year, Massey saw a 40 per cent increase in the number of highest-rated academics.
In April, Massey was also ranked 38 in the world in the inaugural Times Higher Education Impact Rankings which measure the extent to which universities are working towards fulfilling the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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INTERZONE #242
7th Sep, 2012
The fifth of Ben Baldwin's 2012 covers is called The Priestess.
Wonder by Debbie Urbanski
illustrated by Richard Wagner
My mom has a friend named Alex who lives on the other side of the phone. He wants to know everything about her. He asks what she ate for breakfast, and what shirt she wore, and the color of her underwear. She sings him bits of funny songs and her voice gets soft when she sings, I pretend she’s singing to me. Alex knows about our private things because my mom’s told him. She used to be someone else. We used to live somewhere else. We used to live in a valley with a lot of other people, where my mom wore a brown dress every day until it smelled, and I wore a button shirt and brown pants like my dad and Jacob, who is my brother. I don’t like it when my mom talks about where we came from. She makes my dad and our old home sound stupid. “The stupid shit you do when you’re young,” she says to Alex. She forgets about the water pump my dad pushed down and up and down whenever we got thirsty, and the four red chickens we chased around the yard, and how every day little girls braided my mom’s hair so she looked pretty. I think she should tell Alex about the day we left, because that day my mom woke us before the sun came out, and Jacob and I ate pretzels, a whole bag, we never got to eat pretzels, and in the sky I saw every star, but my mom never tells that story. Instead, she says everybody had to wash in each other’s dirty bath water. Also she says my dad was crazy, he woke us up whenever he wanted, even at two in the morning he woke us up and made us go downstairs to listen to him talk.
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Where you had been is now a massive emptiness, blacker than any hole between the stars, and I craved to fill it with news of you. So I went and did a stupid thing, only I didn’t know it was stupid until I got a reply. Even before the message finished deconvolving, I could see it was bad. Very bad.
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One day in spring a strigoi came to Central Station.
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United Methodist Church of Mount Pleasant
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Bob and his wife Jill come to the UMC of Mt Pleasant after first attending, then serving at the First United Methodist Church in Murrysville. After an enjoyable and rewarding business career, Pastor Bob answered God's call into full time vocational ministry 15 years ago. Walking through the process towards ordination and being nurtured by his home church has been a joy and a blessing. Bob and Jill look forward to the next chapter in their ministry together serving God with the good people at the United Methodist Church of Mt Pleasant.
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Neil Young to Release New Album ‘A Letter Home’ in March
January 23rd, 2014 Nina Corcoran
According to Rolling Stone, American icon Neil Young confirmed at a Grammy party last night (where he received the President’s Merit award) that he is releasing a new album in March called A Letter Home.
Let’s not forget that he is also teaming up with Jack White to release a covers album sometime, too. Yesterday morning, however, Young’s Facebook page dismissed the “false rumors,” saying that, “Neil Young and Jack White are not doing a record of duets as has been erroneously posted on various outlets. We are certain those rumours have no basis in truth.”
The original report by journalist Michael Goldberg never mentioned the album was a duet, but that Young had recorded it at White’s Third Man Records studio and assumptions were made that White therefore produced the tracks. What Young’s Facebook post said does not negate that. Take what you will away from this, but we’re hoping the two did work together somehow on the album. If you have any theories to explain it all, let us know in the comment section below.
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Sándor Szilágyi: The Hungarian Paradox
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This is the third of ten essays on photography by Sándor Szilágyi.
VASA thanks the Hungarian Museum of Photography for permission to reference and link to
the images in this essay.
Nándor Bárány: Bodies of Rotation, 1934. Permission: Hungarian Museum of Photography
The Hungarian Paradox
Hungary is a small country, but a great power in terms of photographers: the names of Kertész, Brassaï, Moholy-Nagy, György Kepes, Robert Capa, Stefan Lorant, Martin Munkacsi, Lucien Hervé and a good few other Hungarians could not be omitted from a history of photography. This is ample reason for national pride – although it would be more correct to talk about artists of Hungarian origin, as they did not produce their oeuvres in Hungary. And, to be even more precise, they were mainly Hungarian Jews who fled the country between the two World Wars not simply because of the intellectual milieu stifling their talent but also because of the specter of racial or political persecution. This does not detract from justified national pride: I mention it merely to give a fuller picture.
Rudolf Balogh: Yoke of six oxens 1, 1930 Permission: Hungarian Museum of Photography
Rudolf Balogh: Yoke of six oxens 2, 1930. Permission: Hungarian Museum of Photography
At the same time – and this is the Hungarian paradox – the world does not really value the photographers who worked in Hungary at that time. Rudolf Balogh, József Pécsi, Károly Escher, Olga Máté, Nándor Bárány and other prominent figures from Hungarian photography are usually passed over in histories and encyclopaedias, although many profess they are significant artists whom the world ought to take note of.
I do not share this view and will tell you why.
Amateur late pictorialism
Rudolf Balogh: Girl in national dress, 1935 Permission: Hungarian Museum of Photography
In the early, heroic age of photography everything was just fine: Hungarian photography was up to date. A couple of weeks after the report of Daguerre’s invention the Hungarian public knew about it and a year later a manual in Hungarian – although published in Vienna – spread the knowledge of the invention. Shortly afterwards Daguerreotypists started working in Hungary. Later, Hungarian traveller/explorer photographers (Pál Rosti, Balázs Orbán), natural science photographers (Loránd Eötvös, Jenő Gothard, Miklós Konkoly-Thege) and professional photographers (György Klösz, the Divalds, Mór Erdélyi, Manó Mai) were no worse – alas no better either – than their contemporaries likewise busying themselves in other parts of the world. The Hungarian inventors József Petzval and Ferenc Veress even pop up in the international vanguard.
So for the first sixty years everything was just fine – only from the aspect of the theme we are concerned with, the history of photography as art, this is of no significance, as this was before photography as art existed at all.
Photography as art creating lasting values was born with pictorialism precisely as a counter to the amateur dilettantism of club photography. In England the decisive step was the establishment of the Linked Ring Brotherhood in 1892, while in America in 1896 Alfred Stieglitz came to the helm of the New York Camera Club, then a couple of years later, in 1902, announced the Photo-Secession.
Rudolf Balogh: Matyó mother with five kids in front of the Fishermen’s Bastion, 1935. Permission: Hungarian Museum of Photography
In Hungary, however, something entirely different happened. The Hungarian amateur movement began a good decade later than in other European countries. It only started to take shape in 1904, which in itself is no real problem. What is, however, is that as a result of the delay it set out in the spirit of readily adopted pictorialism! To put it the other way round, as this is really the point: Hungarian pictorialism was amateur beyond help, third rate and imitative. I think it does matter whether a Stieglitz, Käsebier or Steichen sensitised their paper by hand or dilettanti like Zoltán Kiss, Géza Szakál or Dr Győző Kemény did so.
And what is even worse is that our truly talented photographers such as István Kerny, Iván Vydarény, Angelo (Pál Funk), József Pécsi, and Rudolf Balogh were still working in the pictorialist spirit when the rest of the world had long ago moved on. Just look at the catalogue of the 2nd International Art Photograph Exhibition in Budapest − from 1927!
The “Hungarianisch” style
And that’s not all! In Hungary it was not just that pictorialism was intertwined with the amateur movement, and or even that it had outlived itself. In Hungary the rejection of pictorialism was likewise ambiguous, dilettante.
In America at the turn of 1916-17 Paul Strand and in his wake Edward Weston, Margaret Bourke-White, Ansel Adams and others created the modern, Straight Photography by breaking with the pictorialist approach lock, stock and barrel. But one element – the most important one – they took with them: the requirement that a photographic work of art, a print, be a manual creation of exceptional standard.
In Hungary between the wars, the representatives of the emergent Hungarian style demanding modern (or rather semi-modern) photography did exactly the opposite. Although they radically changed the printing syntax of photography, the external appearance of the print, in that the gloss print – what’s more a print “glazed” with the aid of a heated chrome sheet – was favoured,1 they retained the most important component of pictorialism’s camera syntax: the cult of the soft-focus lens, emphasising the highlights in part by a supplementary softening lens, in part by shooting “backlight” opposite a source of light. These are only the external signs, the signs of form, but they already betray a crude dislocation of taste, the ambiguous “progress” of photography imitating painting.
Rudolf Balogh: Geese in counter-light, 1935. Permission: Hungarian Museum of Photography
More importantly than this, however, the Hungarian style not merely “modernised” the softening aestheticism of pictorialism, but also – and clearly not divorced from this – preserved for posterity its idealizing pictures of people and nature. I know of no one who has actually noticed the curious parallel2 that Edward S. Curtis, who started as a pictorialist, and got stuck in it, photographed the North American Indians in the same lying and idealizing manner as the photographers of the Hungarian style – Rudolf Balogh, Ernő Vadas, Kálmán Szöllősy, Tibor Csörgeő and others – did the villages around Budapest. (NB villages of the assimilated Swabian or Slavic minorities in Hungary.) Curtis made his subjects put on ceremonial dress, on top of which he even stuck “Indian” wigs and headdresses out of the props basket on their heads, and put copper rings in their noses and ears for the sake of an aesthetic effect. But where was all this between 1907 and 1930, when the shots were taken – and which, not surprisingly, have a nineteenth-century feel? Rudolf Balogh’s romance of the plain and peasantry, the Hungarian -style’s “pearly bouquet” of rural idylls were similarly anachronistic occurrences.
To avoid any misunderstanding, the trouble with the Hungarian style was not its folk subject matter, but its untruthfulness.3 Out of this arises -like the chicken and the egg of course- its false aesthetics. This is why it couldn’t be Hungarian, only Hungarianisch, and by no means folk, merely folksy. This was the wrong answer to the contradictions of modernisation, and industrial and urban society.
Rudolf Balogh: Inn in the “puszta”, 1936. Permission: Hungarian Museum of Photography
Unfortunately, it wasn’t the only wrong answer. In an aesthetic sense the reverse of the Hungarian style, the committed left-wing, politically progressive, socio-photography (Kata Kálmán, Kata Sugár, Judit Kárász, Kassák’s circle) from an aesthetic viewpoint produced similarly ambiguous, idealizing results. It seems there’s no mistake about it: if we approach people with ideological presuppositions, if we only see them as representing a social category, then all we get is stereotyped answers and ideological intimations.4
Recto and verso: it is no coincidence that later Hungarian social realism during the communist era was stitched together from elements of the Hungarian folk style and socio-photography – by often the very same semi-amateur photographers, and photographing writers and pioneers of the movement who between the wars occupied themselves in one area or the other.
The Hungarian “orange”
Representatives of the belated, semi-amateur Hungarian pictorialism that outlived itself and of the pure-bred amateur Hungarian style that was raised to a quasi official status have no place in the universal history of photography. And socio-photography that appeared in opposition did not enrich the photographic way of seeing in any way. The world has not lost a thing by not knowing about them. That’s the sad truth of the matter.
József Pécsi: Sebastian Droste, 1925. Permission: Hungarian Museum of Photography
There were, however, figures in Hungarian photography between the two world wars who, if not in the international vanguard, were in the second or third rank, albeit if in the applied genres of photography.
Above all, the work of the advertising photographer (and writer on photography) József Pécsi deserves mention. In these areas he was a true pioneer in many respects. His artistically motivated images, however, are almost as if Drtikol had made them – only Pécsi was somehow less bold than the experimenter from Prague.
Rudolf Balogh’s Hungarian style and country propagandist idealism have already been mentioned, but his earlier “realist” work from the First World War is by no means without interest. It’s a shame that he didn’t go further in this direction. Károly Escher was also good in an applied category: in his photoreports he applied a Moholy-Nagy-/Rodchenko-like overhead view with a remarkable aesthetic sense (Ernő Vadas produced more modest results in the same way), although Escher, too, is only in the second rank of the Constructivist-Bauhaus style.
I believe more attention should be given to Olga Máté, who used the abstract, geometrical approach of Straight Photography, and did so very finely. Her career has many parallels with Margaret Bourke-White. Nándor Bárány’s photographic nonsenses, his grotesque and almost bizarre way of seeing were an entirely special phenomenon; the only comparison that comes to my mind is (the slightly commercial) William Mortensen.
Olga Máté: Wranglers preparing to watering, 1937. Permission: Hungarian Museum of Photography
Of course, no harm will come of it if the wider world gets to know the life’s work (or the best of it) of the above mentioned. But let’s not kid ourselves: even for their sake, there’s no need to rewrite the history of photography. Not one of them is of comparable stature to Sudek, Kertész, Cartier-Bresson or Brassaï.
It would be good to finally lay the ghost of the double standard of national inferiority. We need to learn what is the lasting achievement of original talent and what is the fleeting imitation of fashion – not only in the past, but in the present, too.
We should call a lemon a lemon, if it’s small, yellow and tart, rather than lie that it’s a Hungarian “orange”.
(First published in Beszélő, November 2002. Translated by Christopher Claris.)
Followers of Straight Photography either used platinum-palladium from the start, that is matt photographic papers, or gelatin silver papers dried semi-matt. ↩
Not even Károly Kincses, in the time writing this essay the director of Hungarian Museum of Photography, in his otherwise excellent review Mítosz vagy siker? A magyaros stílus Myth or success? The Hungarian style. Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kecskemét, 2001. ↩
Counter examples are Béla Bartók’s music, and the folk roots of the poetry of Attila József or the sociology of Ferenc Erdei. ↩
Nowadays the basis of ideologically motivated photography is not any more social class but race and gender and its theme is not work and struggle but entertainment and sex. However, clichés remain naturally clichés. ↩
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Archd. of New York’s particular law forbidding Catholic ministers any participation in same sex “marriage”
The Canonical Defender, Prof. Ed Peters, author of a useful book on “annulments” (paperback and Kindle) has posted at his excellent blog In The Light Of The Law about particular laws for the Archdiocese of New York issued by Archbishop Dolan.
This merits attention because, as I see recent developments, the harshest attacks on the Catholic Church are going to come, not from the pro-abortion industry, but from homosexuals. Also, Peters says that “other bishops” have issued similar decrees. Therefore, priests should double check the state of the question in the dioceses where they serve and also inform their employees about this matter.
Thus, Prof. Peters:
I understand that other bishops have issued decrees similar to the one issued by New York Abp. Timothy Dolan a few days ago, but anything that New York does inevitably serves as a reference for other local Churches, and so “Dolan’s Decree”, as it has been dubbed, against formal ecclesiastical cooperation with so-called “same-sex weddings”, deserves a closer look. Catholics striving to think with the Church will, I think, like what they see.
Preambulatory matters
Most of the first paragraph of the decree is taken directly from Canon 1055 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law. The last sentence of the paragraph resonates strongly with Canon 747 § 2.
The second paragraph recites facts not in serious dispute.
The third paragraph begins with themes enunciated by Canon 386 § 1 and, drawing on episcopal authority recited in Canons 381 § 1 and 392, proceeds to enact particular legislation for the Church of New York. My lone quibble with the decree is here, with +Dolan’s use of the word “moral” to describe the authority he has over those subject to this decree. I would have suggested that he say “canonical” authority, as its meaning is clearer in this context, but “moral” works too.
Disciplinary matters
Norm 1. Catholic clergy belonging to or working within the AONY are expressly forbidden from taking any part, at any time, in “same-sex wedding” ceremonies. While ministry to homosexual persons, even those claiming to be married to a same-sex partner, is not prohibited, of course, I would take the decree to prohibit clergy’s mere attendance (as a type of ‘advantage’) at a “same-sex wedding”. Canon 209 § 1 is also relevant here, as is, of course, Canon 273.
Church lay and religious employees acting in the course of their duties are also prohibited as above, but it’s not easy to think of how they might actually be involved in such ceremonies, except as specified in norm 2, below.
The reference in the last sentence of norm 1 to canon law expressly prohibiting ecclesiastical solemnization or celebration of “same-sex marriages” comes about, I suggest, as follows:
Canon 1055 defines marriage as a consortium between a man and a woman, and Canon 1066 requires Catholic ministers to assure themselves, before any wedding is celebrated, that nothing stands in the way of its valid and licit celebration. Such could never be verified of a “same-sex wedding”, of course, so a Catholic minister could never lawfully participate in such a ceremony. Indeed, to attempt to do so under these circumstances would be to violate Canon 1389. Moreover, among Catholics (and for that matter, among baptized persons), marriage is a sacrament (c. 1055 § 2) and, where a wedding would be null on its face (as would the case of two persons of the same sex attempting marriage), to attempt that wedding would be to simulate a sacrament, an action forbidden by Canon 1379. For the ecclesiastical would-be officiant, such would again be a violation of Canon 1389.
Norm 2. Specification of directives contained in norm 1.
Norm 3. In part, a specification of directives contained in norm 1, but also an application of Canon 1376.
Norm 4. It is not necessary, for the enforcement of most canonical penalties, to recite this kind of warning, but it serves to underscore the gravity of formal cooperation with actions forbidden by divine and canon law.
Finally, the decree became effective as soon as it was issued (as opposed to after 30 days, per c. 8 § 2), another sign of the immediacy of the problem that the Church is confronting here.
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20 Responses to Archd. of New York’s particular law forbidding Catholic ministers any participation in same sex “marriage”
I am glad that my weak words have struck but thus much show of support from Fr. Z.
My one point of confusion is why the particular law was needed, as the canons seem to have covered pretty much everything. Or is this simply a we of emphasizing the canons and saying “I am watching”?
Dr. Peters, if you are still observing, your book on the annulment process helped me to understand, and more importantly, helped me find the patience for what took almost three years to finish.
MyBrokenFiat says:
I apologize if this is redundant to the point of ignorance, but for my feeble-minded sake…
Does this, then, prohibit LAY-PERSONS for attending these marriages as well? I see where it stipulates this for clergy and those lay-folks exercising duties within the Church, but what about attendance as a member of the family or friend?
I, myself, feel this is a way of condoning or accepting that such a marriage is licit, but would it be considered sinful? In my eyes, yes. Does the Church specify this, though? Don’t wanna be putting words into the mouth of Dear Mother. :)
Thank you in advance for condescending to answer.
Rob Cartusciello says:
It is sad commentary that such an instruction needs to be issued by the Archdiocese. It is even sadder to know that such instruction is necessary because of the conduct of certain clergy within the archdiocese. I know from first-person sources in another archdiocese that the blessing of “same-sex weddings” was occurring at a parish there.
At least now the standard of conduct has been published. Whether it will be obeyed, and what the sanction for its violation will be, is another question.
wmeyer, glad you liked the book. the decree is useful because, while consistent with canon law, it makes a practical application of the canons to concrete circumstances. the law is a teacher, and this decree teaches well.
brokenfiat: attendance by laypersons at such ceremonies is not forbidden by the decree, but canon 209, not to mention moral theology (say, that against giving scandal), need to be recalled.
Supertradmum says:
from Mortalium Animos, a forgotten encyclical of Pius XI on the idea of “pan-Christianity”, which is to me the philosophy behind this false idea of same sex marriages:
“Who then can conceive a Christian Federation, the members of which retain each his own opinions and private judgment, even in matters which concern the object of faith, even though they be repugnant to the opinions of the rest? And in what manner, We ask, can men who follow contrary opinions, belong to one and the same Federation of the faithful? For example, those who affirm, and those who deny that sacred Tradition is a true fount of divine Revelation; those who hold that an ecclesiastical hierarchy, made up of bishops, priests and ministers, has been divinely constituted, and those who assert that it has been brought in little by little in accordance with the conditions of the time; those who adore Christ really present in the Most Holy Eucharist through that marvelous conversion of the bread and wine, which is called transubstantiation, and those who affirm that Christ is present only by faith or by the signification and virtue of the Sacrament; those who in the Eucharist recognize the nature both of a sacrament and of a sacrifice, and those who say that it is nothing more than the memorial or commemoration of the Lord’s Supper; those who believe it to be good and useful to invoke by prayer the Saints reigning with Christ, especially Mary the Mother of God, and to venerate their images, and those who urge that such a veneration is not to be made use of, for it is contrary to the honor due to Jesus Christ, “the one mediator of God and men.”[19] How so great a variety of opinions can make the way clear to effect the unity of the Church We know not; that unity can only arise from one teaching authority, one law of belief and one faith of Christians. But We do know that from this it is an easy step to the neglect of religion or indifferentism and to modernism, as they call it. Those, who are unhappily infected with these errors, hold that dogmatic truth is not absolute but relative, that is, it agrees with the varying necessities of time and place and with the varying tendencies of the mind, since it is not contained in immutable revelation, but is capable of being accommodated to human life.”
AS such, may I add, that to attend a ceremony pretending to be something it isn’t, as there is no such thing as same sex marriage, is to commit a fraud and enter into witnessing a deceit and condoning one of the Four Sins Which Cry Out to God.
Dr. Peters, I did like the book, though there were many questions for which I did not find answers, mostly in my wife’s case (native Chinese, married to a Chinese, in China, neither then Christian). But obviously, the possibilities are nearly endless, and you did a much better job than the diocesan pamphlets which left me befuddled and unsatisfied.
ah, yes, well, as an annulment case, it would have been covered in the book, but your facts suggest this could have gone p.f. as well, which is only mentioned. different process, etc. best. edp.
Dr. Peters, thanks. I have taken the liberty of e-mailing you on canonlaw.info.
Brian Sullivan says:
What, no Episcopal Spine Award for my Archbishop? Heaven forfend!
jhayes says:
MyBrokenFiat said:
As written, it doesn’t include even church employees outside of work hours (otherwise it would have said “any person employed by the Church” rather than “any person while acting as an employee of the Church.”). In other words, it doesn’t bar a teacher at the parish school from attending a same-sex wedding outside of school hours, or the church organist playing at a same sex wedding on his/her own time, or the school food service director from catering a same sex wedding on her own time – as long as the wedding isn’t on Church property.
It doesn’t bar family or friends of the same sex couple from attending their wedding.
It probably won’t be until a Catholic priest attends (only as a guest) the same sex wedding of his friend the Episcopal priest that we will find out what the diocese intended “participate in” to mean.
I’m commenting only on what the “Dolan Decree” says. As Dr. Peters has pointed out there are issues other than the decree that would need to be taken into account in deciding whether to attend a same sex wedding.
PostCatholic says:
My reading of it is that it does, if that family or friend is a priest. But you’re probably right with your second paragraph.
10 November 2011 at 8:43 AM
Thanks, all. I feel as though I’m of the same school of thought that Supertradmum relays. I, too, believe that it’d be a sin to witness something that is obviously in direct conflict with God’s commands, thus, to partake of a wedding celebration in which a licit wedding very obviously did not occur would be fraudulent (and an act of condoning the behavior).
Thank you all for your input! Definitely is much clearer now.
catholicmidwest says:
wmeyer,
I’m always left wondering this myself, when the church has to come out and tell some people something that ought to be as obvious as dirt. But I suppose some people either have a) the comprehension skills of a bag of hammers, or b) no motivation to do good on this topic, or as is usually the case, BOTH. In each case, I think we’d ought to be blunt about a & b when we come across them, because I see no good that comes from glossing it over and pretending it’s perfectly all right to act in public like a farm animal in heat.
Why would anyone attend something which is called a wedding, a marriage, but it isn’t? Why would anyone support the relationship between a same sex couple? Basically, that lay person would be stating publicly that sodomy is ok and I stated four sins, but the Catechism rightly, of course, my mistake, lists Five: # 1867 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church,the sins which cry out to heaven for God’s vengeance are:
(1) Wilful murder – the blood of Abel, [Gen. 4:10]
(2) The sin of the Sodomites, [Gen. 18:20; 19:13]
(3) The cry of the people oppressed in Egypt, [Ex. 3:7-10]
(4) The cry of the foreigner, the widow and the orphan, [Ex. 20:20-22] and
(5) Injustice to the wage earner. [Deut. 24:14-5; Jas. 5:4]
Supertradmum said:
According to the NAB, that sin was:
Sodom and Gomorrah became types of sinful cities in biblical literature. Is 1:9–10; 3:9 sees their sin as lack of social justice, Ez 16:46–51, as disregard for the poor, and Jer 23:14, as general immorality. In the Genesis story, the sin is violation of the sacred duty of hospitality by the threatened rape of Lot’s guests.
http://www.usccb.org/bible/genesis/18
As to why anyone would want to attend a same sex wedding, one obvious situation is the mother of a child who is entering a same sex marriage. It’s a matter of prudential judgment.
jhayes,
As a mum, I can assure you I would not attend a non-marriage wedding. I have two friends, both mums, who did not attend their childrens’ wedding to non-baptized persons, as the marriages were not Catholic, one witnessed by a woman priestess.. I have a priest friend who did not attend his brother’s civil only wedding. These are not questions of prudential judgement, but public scandal and assent to evil. If you assent to evil, you are sinning as well by supporting it.
jhayes
from the life of Queen Blanche of France:
“Saint Louis had the additional advantage of a strong-willed, pious mother who created the proper ambiance for spiritual and intellectual improvement. This influence was such that his sister Isabella also devoted her life to God and has been beatified. Blanche of Castile in an often-repeated remark told her son that she would rather see him die than commit one mortal sin.”
Andrew Saucci says:
One possibility that has not been mentioned is for a lay person to attend such a ceremony, but to wear all black (and preferably not elegant black clothing, but something simple) as a sign of mourning for unrepentent sinners. A woman would wear a black veil.
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The land for the cemetery was given to the Methodists by parishoner David Barlow along with a piece of land on which the First Methodist Church as built in 1823. Lot is 80’ x 80’. Earliest burial in this cemetery appears to be 1812. Latest burial was 1904. It is sometimes referred to as Ragged Hill Cemetery.
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This church was built in the summer of 1823 and dedicated, free of debt, the following November, with a sermon by Rev. Joseph A. Merrill. The building was 32 X40 feet and cost $600, beside much donated labor. The large stone over which the porch was built was drawn to its place by eight yoke of oxen. The church was regularly supplied by conference with a pastor until 1847. The old church remained until 1864, when it was taken down.
1- Mr. Darius Eaton – Died 3/23/1828 at 58 yrs.
2- Phebe Eaton, wife – Died 11/9/1831 at 81 yrs.
3- Hope Leonard – Died 2/18/1843 at 65 yrs.
4- Mr. Dan Leonard – Died 5/2/1839 at 82 yrs.
5 -Mrs. Hope Leonard, wife of Dan Leonard – Died 7/12/1833 at 79 yrs.
6- Mrs. Ruth Ross, wife of Mr. Lemuel Ross- Died 6/20/1828 at 72 yrs.
7- Mrs. Christian Bonney, wife of Job Bonney – Died 7/6/1829 at 82 yrs.
8- William Bonney- Died 9/11/1852 at 65 yrs.
9- Fanny Bonney- wife of William Bonney 11/16/1790-11/8/1863-73 yrs.
10- Aphia Bonney- daughter- Died 10/18/1812
11- Harrison H. Hooker- Died 9/29/1855 at 37 yrs, 9 mo.
12- Mary Ann Hooker- wife – Died 10/23/1904 at 87 yrs, 9, mo.
13- Lydia Bartlett- Died 7/8/1852 at 57 yrs.
14- Betsy Bartlett- wife of Ezra Bartlett- Died 11/26/1851 at 79 yrs.
15- Miss Maria C. Bartlett- Died 10/21/1831 at 32 yrs.
16- Tutus Eddy- Died 9/3/1872 at 77 yrs.
17- Elizabeth Eddy, wife- Died 7/1/1859 at 61 yrs.
18- Eunice Eddy- Died 8/8/1867 at 66 yrs.
19- Mary Eddy- Died 10/3/1861 at 55 yrs, 7mo.
20- Isaac S. Bonney- 1824-1897
21- Olive Eaton, his wife- 1824-1857
22- Mary Ella, daughter 1848-1849
23- Hepzibah Stone- Died 11/2/1860 at 79 yrs.
24- Mrs. Hepzi, wife of Rev. Luther Paine- Died 6/11/1828 at 27 yrs.
25- Lydia Paine, daughter- Died 7/3/1826 at 10 yrs.
26- Francis Paine, son – Died 2/5/1828 at 13 mo.
27- Mrs. Laura Leonard, wife of Mr. Alvin Leonard-Died 10/8/1825 at 23 yrs.
28- Norman A. Leonard, son- Died 10/14/1825 at 4 weeks.
29- David Barlow- Died 8/22/1885 at 92 yrs.
Patience Barlow, wife- Died 9/2/1880 at 82yrs.
30- Edwin Barlow- Born 4/20/1819- Died 5/23/1892 at 75 yrs.
31- Elizabeth Barlow, wife- Died 6/22/1881 at 61 yrs, 10mo.
32- Avalena Frances Bush, only child of John & Laura Bush- Died -3/25/1858 at 5yrs, 6 mo.
33- Atwell Barlow- Died 6/5/1890 at 73 yrs.
34- Clarrissa Barlow, wife- Died 3/18/1855 at 36 yrs.
35- Eliza Jane Barlow, daughter- Died 10/25/1855 at 15 yrs, 8 mo.
36- Elizabeth L. Barlow, daughter of Ira & Sarah Barlow- Died 4/9/1840 at 3 yrs.
37- Elizabeth M. Barlow, wife of Ira Barlow- Died 3/17/1838 at 29 yrs.
38- Mr. Seth Tinkam- Died 9/4/1833 at 14 yrs.
39- Mrs. Mary Tinkam, wife of Mr. Levi Tinkam- Died 5/15/1834 at 68 yrs.
40- Isaac Barlow- Died 8/19/1854 at 83 yrs.
41- Hannah Barlow, wife of Isaac Barlow, Died – Jan.20,1846
42- Miss Lucinda, wife of Mr. Benjamin Armitage- Died 10/19/1834
43- Maryan, daughter of Benj. & Lucinda Armitage- Died- 2 yrs, 11 mo.
This burial place is referenced to in the book “Vital Records of Brookfield, Massachusetts to 1850” as G.S.5.
Internments can be found at:
www.findagrave.com
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