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Huawei legal team writes to Wall Street Journal over spying allegations
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The Huawei legal team has sent a demand letter to USA’s Wall Street Journal newspaper over its August 14 article that described the company’s alleged involvement with government cyber security forces in Uganda and Zambia.
In letter dated 16, 2019, the law firm Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP represented by Steven A. Friedman said the the article is neither a fair nor a responsible representation of Huawei’s legitimate business activities in these countries.
“Huawei is especially disappointed in the Article and video and radio podcast in light of the information Huawei provided to you during your research for this Article, including its email communications from June 19.
Those email communications included specific information that a number of the statements in the Article about Huawei’s alleged involvement with government cybersecurity forces were demonstrably false,” said Mr Friedman.
He further revealed that the world’s largest telecom and IT solution provider does not know the identity of Wall Street Journal’s alleged anonymous sources, but it is clear that they provided the newspaper with false and misleading information.
“Based on Huawei’s June 19 email and other information it provided to you, it is reasonable to conclude that you knew that these sources were not reliable. As a result, and at a minimum, the Journal published these false statements in reckless disregard of their veracity.”
The legal team also said that their client takes these false and defamatory statements about its business seriously, especially when published by a news source as well regarded as the Journal.
“The publication of these false statements has and will continue to damage Huawei’s reputation and business interests across the globe. Huawei reserves all rights and claims in this regard and will defend its conduct and reputation. We would be happy to discuss with you related to this matter.”
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Ebmud Water Treatment Project, San Franciso
3 x conventional filtration plants; 3 x in-line plants
1.4 million cubic meters per day
Sand & anthracite/carbon
Chlorine/chloramines; ozone at Sobrante & Upper San Leandro WTPs
Water Quality (2006 average)
Total Coliforms
<0.1%
Turbidity (NTU)
Colour (in colour units)
Odour (TON)
TDS (in mg/l)
pH (in pH units)
EBMUD Service area
Water Supply Management Program adopted
Seismic Improvement Program adopted
East Bay Watershed Master Plan Adopted
Water System Revenue Bonds Authorised
EIR Certified
Main Project Anticipated Duration
Plant Improvements
$225m
Distribution System Improvements
EBMUD
Carollo Engineers
Northwest Pipes
Microtunnelling
Modern Continental
Population Served
Length of Pipelines
Pumping Plants
Reservoirs/Tanks
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Lafayette reservoir; the associated WTP is due to be expanded – along with EBMUD’s five others – to meet future water demand.
The project is set to meet forecasted demand increases.
The entrance to Orinda WTP; this plant is the largest of the six, with a daily capacity of 755,000 cubic meters.
The entrance to Lafayette WTP; one of the options considered – and rejected – would have seen this plant decommissioned.
With increased demands for water in California’s San Francisco Bay area, the Water Treatment and Transmission Improvements Program represents a major attempt by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) to safeguard supply to parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties in the East Bay – including the cities of Berkeley and Oakland.
Phased over a number of years, the project requires new construction work and the refurbishment of existing facilities with the bulk of the work expected to be completed between 2011 and 2014, although some elements are scheduled to begin sooner. A series of improvements are also planned for the water distribution system itself, principally involving the provision of neighbourhood pipelines, pumping plants and water storage tanks.
Plant improvement costs amount to around $225m, with wider associated improvements to the distribution system costing a further $145m.
EBMUD’s six water treatment plants (WTPs) have a combined maximum capacity of 1.4 million cubic meters per day. With a stand-alone daily capacity of 755,000 cubic meters, the Orinda facility has the largest output and supplies all, or parts of, Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Moraga, Oakland, Orinda, Piedmont, Richmond and San Leandro. Varying amounts of water are supplied by the five other WTPs to balance the demand of the EBMUD service area.
WATER TREATMENT BACKGROUND
Although the existing system copes with average daily water requirements, the capacity of some of the facilities makes meeting current peak usage difficult and is insufficient for the area’s projected increased demands. In addition, changes are also afoot in federal and state water quality requirements, which demand enhanced levels of treatment.
Attempts to safeguard the continuity and sustainability of supply included the formulation of a water supply management program in 1993, adoption of a scheme to provide seismic improvements to facilities in 1994 and the development of a watershed protection plan in 1996. However, amid these and other measures it became clear that it would be necessary to enhance and modernise the treatment regime and improve the ability to supply potable water.
EBMUD IMPROVEMENT OPTIONS
To address these issues, EBMUD came up with two alternative options. The first involved upgrading the area’s six WTPs – El Sobrante, Lafayette, Orinda, San Pablo, Upper San Leandro and Walnut Creek – and making improvements to the treatment of the raw and backwash water together with changes to treated water storage and transmission.
The second option would require the decommissioning of the Lafayette works, requiring a new treated water storage clear-well and pumping plant. A combined tunnel/pipeline – the Orinda/Lafayette aqueduct – would also be needed to take water to Lafayette for subsequent distribution. The changes to the remaining plants were to be largely unchanged from the first option, although some of the facilities at El Sobrante and Upper San Leandro would have to be made larger.
After due consideration, the EBMUD board selected the first option – to expand the Lafayette WTP and upgrade the other plants. The second option would have proved more expensive, caused more disruption and removed the back-up potential of the extra plant.
EXISTING TREATMENT
The plants employ a conventional treatment approach involving filtration using sand and anthracite or carbon media, coupled with disinfection, fluoridation and steps to help control corrosion.
Water arriving at the plants is forced through fine nozzles to aerate it before coagulants are added to encourage particulates to flocculate and settle in the sedimentation basins – achieving a suspended solids removal efficiency of around 85%.
After filtration, chlorine solution is dosed into the water, using finely controlled amounts on an ongoing basis, with small volumes of ammonia being added to form chloramine before the water enters the distribution system. Two of the plants – El Sobrante and Upper San Leandro – use ozone and peroxide for disinfection and to help control taste and odour. By law, fluoride must be added to the water leaving the plants.
To stop lead from the pipes and plumbing leaching out into the supply, the water is dosed to keep it slightly alkaline – the average pH being maintained at around 8.5pH–9.1pH. Calcium or sodium hydroxide is added either at water treatment plants themselves or to the associated source reservoir.
The East Bay Municipal Utility District is the project sponsor, with design services being provided by Carollo Engineers. Northwest Pipes are to provide pipework. Modern Continental did some of the initial microtunnelling.
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Wausau Center Mall up for sale, Miami-based owner mum on details
Rialto Capital Management, owners of the Wausau Center Mall since 2016, is actively seeking buyers to take over the struggling mall.
Wausau Center Mall up for sale, Miami-based owner mum on details Rialto Capital Management, owners of the Wausau Center Mall since 2016, is actively seeking buyers to take over the struggling mall. Check out this story on wausaudailyherald.com: https://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/2019/07/18/wausau-center-mall-up-sale-miami-based-owner-mum-details/1766184001/
Laura Schulte, Wausau Daily Herald Published 12:52 p.m. CT July 18, 2019 | Updated 1:59 p.m. CT July 18, 2019
WAUSAU - Wausau Center Mall is finally for sale, and the future of the building is unknown.
The mall, which is owned by Miami-based Rialto Capital Management, was recently listed for sale. Owners are actively seeking interested buyers, said Christian Schock, the city's Planning, Community and Economic Development director.
Schock said it is good news for the city that Rialto is seeking a buyer.
"The city needs them to move forward," he said. "We've been pushing them to do that."
The city has long been asking Rialto to sell the property, in hopes of propelling the space forward. Last year, a consulting firm presented ideas for the mall space, which included knocking down the structure and building mixed-use buildings that would still offer retail space, in addition to different types of housing.
The entrance to Wausau Center mall on July 23, 2013. (Photo: Dan Young/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
Schock said those ideas have been shared with the owners to use in the literature potential buyers can look through.
Rialto took control of the mall in 2016 after the former owner, CBL & Associates Properties, surrendered the downtown shopping center as a result of a foreclosure. The former owner surrendered not just the building, but its $18 million mortgage as well.
When Rialto took control of the building, it was only supposed to be short-term as the firm looked for a new buyer. City leadership hoped a new owner would re-invigorate the mall, but instead, a steady stream of businesses have left in the years since the switch.
A large number of spaces stand empty, such as the former anchor spot that once belonged to J.C. Penney, as well as scores of smaller storefronts.
But the mall hasn't faced all bad news. In June, HOM Furniture opened in the former Younkers space, filling a large anchor space that was empty for nearly a year. Also in June, a new Asian-fusion restaurant, Pho Zone, opened, boasting a large seating area and a range of choices on its menu. And in 2016, the city purchased the former Sears box, but has yet to redevelop it, despite an approved proposal for a downtown movie theater.
Museums and even a haunted house have helped to fill some of the other empty spaces, as well.
There isn't a set listing price for the mall, Schock said, but Rialto is considering setting a bid date during which multiple parties would submit their offers for the properties. There's also no limit to what could become of the mall after the sale. It all depends, Schock said, on what the buyer has in mind.
"Under a different owner, it's going to be interesting to see," he said. "I'm sure they likely would like to retain some of the current tenants, while implementing new ideas as well."
Rialto is working through a national broker, Thomas Dobrowski of Newmark Frank Knight, for the sale. Dobrowski declined to answer questions via email Thursday, saying that Rialto typically prohibits the company from talking to press during the marketing of an asset.
Schock said the city will likely work alongside the new owner, not just because Wausau taxpayers own the land under the building, but because it's part of the city's role to be involved in difficult projects.
"That's what we do. The nature of the job is to tackle tough jobs," he said. "Those are the ones we need to be involved in."
Contact Laura Schulte at 715-496-4088 or leschulte@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @schultelaura.
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Then and now: Photos of Wausau Center mall through the years
An undated postcard of the Wausau Center mall shows the interior of the shopping center. Photo courtesy of the Marathon County Historical Society
The plans for the Wausau Center mall show the building, not far from the Wisconsin River, spanning eight city blocks. It was the anchor to a main thoroughfare leading into the center of downtown. Photo Courtesy of the Marathon County Historical Society
This is how the eight-square-block future Wausau Center mall site looked in March 1981, prior to any demolition. The area is highlighted with a black border. Wausau Daily Herald file photo
The demolition of an eight-block area in downtown Wausau in preparation for the future Wausau Center mall continues in this June 13, 1981, file photo. A significant number of buildings had already been knocked down. This photograph was taken from the roof of the Johnson Hill’s store at 300 Third Street. (Wausau Daily Herald photo) Wausau Daily Herald archives
This aerial view of the site of the future Wausau Center mall shows the amount of demolition and landscape work as of July 10, 1981. The view is looking west. In the lower left is the Marathon County Courthouse and to its right the Courthouse Annex. Just above the annex is the site of the new Sears store, the foundation work already started. On the far left is Forest Street and the far right Washington Street. In the middle of the picture is Third Street and just above it to the right is the existing Sears store. To the left of the existing Sears store is a group of buildings including the Wausau Bowling Center, Leath Furniture and Wausau Cleaners. Wausau Daily Herald file photo
This is the way the Wausau Center mall’s eight-square-block site looked with more than 90% of the exterior work completed. The focus of activity by this time had shifted to interior finishing and mall store construction. The picture looks northwest with Forest Street in the foreground. Wausau Daily Herald photo
Construction inside the Wausau Center mall, around 1982 or 1983. Early designs show the inclusion of natural light, ample benches and the occasional sculpture. Photo Courtesy of the Marathon County Historical Society
Wausau Center mall map and store directory appeared Aug. 2, 1983, in a special section published in the Wausau Daily Herald ahead of its grand opening celebration. Wausau Daily Herald archives
A full-page ad in the Wausau Daily Herald on Aug. 2, 1983, announced the grand opening celebration for the Wausau Center mall. Wausau Daily Herald archives
The crowd outside the Wausau Center mall during grand opening celebrations in August 1983. Sally Scinto-Reinertson , who worked on the entertainment committee for the mall opening, said they believed opening the mall with a big bang would bring it success. Photo Courtesy of the Marathon County Historical Society
During the opening celebrations for the Wausau Center mall in August 1983, people in the parade dressed up as characters from Star Wars. Photo courtesy of the Marathon County Historical Society
Former Senator Robert Kasten attended opening celebrations for the Wausau Center mall in August 1983. Photo courtesy of the Marathon County Historical Society
Children watch as Santa arrives Nov. 13, 1998 at the Wausau Center mall. Michelle L. Stocker/Wausau Daily Herald
Wausau Center mall map and store directory in the Wausau Daily Herald on Feb. 3, 1996, shows 14 vacancies in the shopping center. Wausau Daily Herald file photo
A person dressed up as Santa Claus at the Wausau Center mall, where he would take photos with children. Photo courtesy of the Marathon County Historical Society
Fanny Farmer pictured in the background as shoppers walk through Wausau Center mall on Sunday, March 30, 1997. (Wausau Daily Herald photo) Wausau Daily Herald archives
An undated postcard of the Wausau Center mall shows the old exterior of the shopping center. Photo courtesy of the Marathon County Historical Society
Wausau Center mall map and store directory in the Wausau Daily Herald on March 29, 1998, shows the current lineup of stores and five vacancies in the shopping center. Wausau Daily Herald file photo
Hundreds of shoppers fill the Wausau Center Mall during the holiday shopping season in November 1999. Wausau Daily Herald file photo
The food court at Wausau Center mall pictured on April 29, 2001. (Wausau Daily Herald photo) Wausau Daily Herald archives
Stores like Hat World, Bath & Body Works and Things Remembered pictured in the Wausau Center mall on April 29, 2001. Wausau Daily Herald file photo
The Wausau Center mall is adorned with holiday decorations during the Christmas season in November 2002. Wausau Daily Herald file photo
Shoppers walking through the Wausau Center mall in October 2003 avoid the construction work in the mall's center court. The fountains and plants were replaced with a children's play area and space for events. Wausau Daily Herald file photo
An artist’s rendering shows what the Wausau Center court will look like when a multi-million dollar renovation project is completed in November 2006. Wausau Daily Herald archives
The exterior of the Sears department store in Wausau Center mall is pictured in December 2011. Wausau Daily Herald file photo
The entrance to Wausau Center mall on July 23, 2013. Dan Young/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
J.C. Penney announced on Jan. 15, 2014, that its store in Wausau Center mall was one of 33 locations nationwide that would be closing. Wausau Daily Herald file photo
Shoppers eat at the food court in the Wausau Center mall on May 27, 2014. Txer Zhon Kha/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
The entrance to Wausau Center mall lights up the downtown in December 2014. Wausau Daily Herald file photo
Going-out-of-business and discount signs display on the windows at Deb Shops in Wausau Center mall on Jan. 12, 2015. T'xer Zhon Kha/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
The entrance to Wausau Center mall is shown on Dec. 15, 2015. Wausau Daily Herald file photo
Sears announced it would close its store in Wausau Center mall in May 2016. Txer Zhon Kha/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
Packerland Plus in Wausau Center mall closed at the end of September 2016. Laura Schulte/ USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
A shopper leaves Younkers in Wausau Center mall on Jan. 31, 2018. The store closed in April 2018 and left the mall without an anchor store. Wausau Daily Herald file photo
Pho Zone, a sit-down Vietnamese restaurant, opened in May 2019 in Wausau Center mall. Megan Stringer/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
The new HOM Furniture store in the Wausau Center mall is opening June 28, 2019 in the former Younkers department store site. Megan Stringer/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WCIA) — After losing four in a row to drop to 2-4, the Illini have rattled off two in a row to put themselves squarely in the bowl game conversation.
With the 24-6 win over Purdue on Saturday, the postseason chances for the Illini took a huge leap. Illinois have four games left to find two wins, and two of those games are against Rutgers and Northwestern, two of the worst teams in the Big Ten.
“I feel like we’re finally playing like the team we should be playing like anyways so no shock,” Reggie Corbin said. “Just keeping going out there and keep fighting because no body is gonna give us anything.”
“We’re real excited that we’re putting ourselves in the best possible chance from what we’ve done in the second half of the season on,” Jake Hansen said.
“There’s definitely a great vibe going throughout this program right now,” Brandon Peters said. “For the team, we’ve just got to keep looking forward and keep preparing. Coming up we’ve got Rutgers and Michigan State and this next ones a big one to put us even closer to making a bowl game.”
Illinois hosts Rutgers on Saturday.
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CONFIRMED GAMES STILL ON: Centennial vs. Central Monticello vs. Paxton-Buckley-Loda 5:30 start Varsity only Unity vs. Bloomington Central Catholic 5:30 JV start Breese Mater Dei vs. Effingham St. Anthony Georgetown Notre Dame De La Salette vs. St. Thomas More Clifton Central vs. Cissna Park St. Joseph-Ogden vs. Teutopolis
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WCIA) -- The Big Ten continued to prove this week just how difficult it is to win in the conference.
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BISMARCK (WCIA) -- Emily Meidel is the WCIA 3 Athlete of the Week. The Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin basketball senior recently scored her 2,000th career point, becoming one of the select few girls' basketball players in the area to reach the milestone accomplishment.
"It's super exciting, obviously it wasn't something that I was solely focused on," Meidel said. "I'm focused on the team and what we want to do as a team, but to achieve that was kind of a personal goal of mine, so it was really exciting."
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#SolidarityWithoutLimits to the Anti-Fascist Resistance in Turkey – Smash Turkish fascism!
The following statement was agreed by all the organisations in the RiseUp4Rojava platform in response to the Turkish state’s seizure of the three largest Kurdish municipalities on Monday, arresting the mayors and co-mayors along with hundreds of activists. It is important to note the highly gendered nature of this violent coup, with the mostly male mayors labelled stooges to the mostly female co-mayors, themselves labelled terrorists. Since Monday resistance has been fierce and ongoing, and at this time all the organisations in the platform, including Plan C and the Kurdistan Solidarity Network in the UK, declare their deep, practical solidarity without limits to democratic and revolutionary forces in Turkey and northern Kurdistan. We are friends and comrades in the same struggle, and stand ready to rise up against Turkish state fascism to defend the Kurdish Freedom Movement along with all democratic and revolutionary forces in Turkey – join us for days of action at the DSEI arms fair on the 6th and 7th of September to do just that.
On Monday, August 19, in the Kurdish cities of Amed (Turkish Diyarbakir), Mêrdîn (Mardin) and Wan (Van), the HDP mayors were deposed on the instructions of the Turkish Ministry of the Interior and replaced by forced administrators loyal to the regime. The town halls were surrounded and over 400 activists arrested. The attack against the Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP) must be seen as a political coup. “The government no longer has any democratic legitimacy”, explained the HDP in a statement, “The population will not accept this action and will stand behind their elected representatives and the HDP.
To answer this call the people in Northern Kurdistan and everywhere in Turkey stood up. They have not accepted the coup and are now carrying out continuous acts of resistance. Not only in the affected Kurdish areas, but also in the Turkish metropolises determined protests have taken place. There are daily protests throughout Europe. Straight away on Monday there were spontaneous demonstrations in numerous European cities.
The attack on the HDP shows how weak the fascist regime in Turkey has become. They try to silence every critical voice immediately. They cannot allow criticism. There must be no alternative. Because that would mean their downfall. But we know the truth: the resistance in Kurdistan will very soon be Erdogan’s grave!
The war against the Kurdish guerilla in Turkey and in Iraq, as well as the threats against Rojava, are a tactic to distract from the miserable conditions within Turkey. Whether against Rojava, the parliamentary opposition or the guerrillas in the mountains, more violence, more war, more threats are the only answer of the weakening AKP regime to the growing strength of anti-fascist forces in Turkey, Kurdistan and the whole Middle East!
However, they have only awakened the will of the women, the oppressed peoples, the workers, the young and the old to the resistance! More and more young people join the Kurdish freedom movement! More and more people are determined to end Erdogan’s regime.
As a platform of 41 democratic and revolutionary organisations from 12 countries we stand behind the anti-fascist forces in Turkey! Each anti-fascist fight within Turkey, weakens also their power outwardly. Each new weakness deprives the fascist Turkish state piece by piece of the leeway for genocidal wars. The fight must be fought on all fronts! In Turkey itself and in the countries and metropolises of Turkey’s European brothers-in-arms! We condemn all associations, governments and alliances which support the fascist Turkish state.
We call for this: Let us smash Turkish fascism. For a democratic Turkey, peace in Kurdistan and a secure future for the revolution in Rojava!
Turkish fascism is our common enemy along with all other forms, our unity is internationalist anti-fascism! Fight fascism in every country!
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Updated 12:10 am EST, Friday, January 17, 2020
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020. file photo, President Donald Trump, left, and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, right, walk along the colonnade of the White House in Washington. The federal government's watchdog agency says a White House office violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine aid. The Government Accountability Office said Thursday the White House Office of Management and Budget violated the law in holding up the assistance. less
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020. file photo, President Donald Trump, left, and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, right, walk along the colonnade of the White House in Washington. The federal ... more
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The Government Accountability Office said in a report that the Office of Management and Budget broke the law in holding up the aid, which Congress passed less than a year ago, saying “the President is not vested with the power to ignore or amend any such duly enacted law."
The aid in question was held up last summer on orders from Trump but was released in September after Congress pushed for its release and a whistleblower's complaint about Trump's July call with the Ukrainian leader became public.
The independent agency, which reports to Congress, said OMB violated the Impoundment Control Act by delaying the security assistance for “policy reasons,” rather than technical budgetary needs.
“Faithful execution of the law does not permit the President to substitute his own policy priorities for those that Congress has enacted into law,” wrote the agency's general counsel, Thomas Armstrong, in the report.
Capitol Hill Democrats seized on the report as evidence of a lawless White House. led by acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who is a key figure in the impeachment investigation of Trump.
“The OMB, the White House, the administration broke — I'm saying this — broke the law," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
Democrats want Mulvaney, who is still officially the OMB director, to be subpoenaed as a witness in Trump's impeachment trial. The Senate opened the trial Thursday, with opening arguments set to begin next week.
“Congress makes funding decisions, and the Trump Administration’s illegal impoundment of these vital national security funds was a brazen assault on the checks and balances inherent to our democracy," said House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey, D-N.Y. “Given that this illegal conduct threatened our security and undermined our elections, I feel even more strongly that the House has chosen the right course by impeaching President Trump. No one is above the law."
OMB has argued the hold was appropriate and necessary.
“We disagree with GAO's opinion. OMB uses its apportionment authority to ensure taxpayer dollars are properly spent consistent with the President's priorities and with the law," said OMB spokeswoman Rachel Semmel.
Trump was impeached last month on charges of abusing his power for pressuring Ukraine to investigate Democratic rivals, as he was withholding the aid, and for obstructing Congress' ensuing probe. The Senate will decide whether to convict him on either charge, which would result in his removal from office. A two-thirds vote is required for conviction.
The GAO finding concludes that the White House budget office “withheld the funds for an unauthorized reason in violation” of the Impoundment Control Act, a federal law that requires the executive branch to spend money that is appropriated by Congress.
The impoundment control law is rigorously adhered to by career officials in agency budget offices, who can face severe trouble for violating it.
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Have your say on Worthing town centre improvements
'The Portland Road project kick-starts ambitious plans to completely transform Worthing town centre under the Growth Deal agreement'
A quirky interactive wall and a seaside-themed public square are set to be the focus of major improvements to transform a key street in Worthing’s town centre.
The proposal to pedestrianise the busy area of Portland Road is being developed by West Sussex County Council in partnership with Worthing Borough Council through the Worthing Growth Programme.
New plans will be revealed at a public exhibition held between Monday 21 January and Friday 8 February in Worthing Library on Richmond Road. Residents are invited to come along and view the plans for the Portland Road area. They will also have the opportunity to give comments about the new designs by completing a form or an online survey by visiting Worthing Borough Council's Proposals for Portland Road Area page.
Two drop-in events will also take place in Worthing Library (24 January 12pm-5pm) and Worthing Town Hall (6 February 12pm-5pm) where local people can discuss the project with representatives from West Sussex County Council and Worthing Borough Council.
Residents, councillors and businesses have previously been consulted about improvements to Portland Road and their feedback has been used to create final designs. Once the plans have been approved, work on the area is set to begin in early 2020.
Councillor Kevin Jenkins, Worthing Borough Council’s Executive Member for Regeneration, said: “These improvements have the potential to turn Portland Road into a vibrant destination for visitors and residents, as well as contributing to our wider ambition to regenerate the town centre.
“We made it clear from the start that the input of everyone was to be welcomed. Now the designs have been revealed I hope they can see that we not only listened but we have delivered.
“I believe what is presented are plans which are truly distinctive to Worthing as a location, creating a really special place where people of all ages can come together.”
Along with a new continental-style boulevard, the proposals include creating an interactive art installation with revolving square cubes.
This will be flanked by new planted ‘green walls’, trees and semi-vertical bike racks, all of which will make the area more attractive.
At the heart of the new area will be a place for people to gather and socialise at all times of the day.
Above the street, designers have suggested a canopy of suspended kites, which light up at night and become an eye-catching attraction in the local area.
The plans, known as public realm improvements, form part of a Growth Deal agreed by West Sussex County Council and Worthing Borough Council in 2017. The aim is to create cohesive, well designed and connected public spaces between Worthing Railway Station, the town centre and seafront.
Louise Goldsmith, Leader of West Sussex County Council said, “The Portland Road project kick-starts ambitious plans to completely transform Worthing town centre under the Growth Deal agreement. The eleven public realm projects form part of a £12 million plan delivered over the next five to ten years to regenerate the public spaces in the town centre.
“This really is an exciting time for Worthing, and I encourage as many people as possible to come along to the Portland Road exhibition and see the innovative designs for themselves.”
For more information about the Adur and Worthing Growth Deal visit the West Sussex County Council website.
Pictured: Proposed designs for Portland Road in Worthing include a pedestrianised, continental-style boulevard
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Endangered baby toads fly to Puerto Rico
Updated: 11:14 AM CST Jan 4, 2017
More than 4,000 wiggling tadpoles conceived via wine fridges in California and then packed in a passenger plane headed to Puerto Rico on Thursday as part of a program to re-establish a technicolor native toad once thought extinct. The Oakland Zoo since 2014 has taken part in a campaign by North American zoos breeding the critically endangered Puerto Rico crested toad for release into protected ponds on the island, their ancestral home. Zoological manager Adam Fink was using flight-tracking apps Thursday to monitor the 4,069-week-old tadpoles on their layover in Atlanta. They were traveling in double-bagged baggies topped up with oxygen. "Every single tadpole is important," Fink said. He and others had spent the day before the flight netting, packing and counting the tadpoles, bred from two pairs of the 19 Puerto Rico crested toads at the zoo. The toads — their hides a mix of brown, red, green and yellow — thrived on Puerto Rico until sugar growers introduced a foreign toad they hoped would eat pests that feed on sugar cane. The introduced toad ate the native toad’s young and took over its habitat, while human development eliminated much of the native toad’s range. Biologists thought the crested toad had gone extinct, until a few survivors were found in 1984 and became the basis of the breeding program. At the Oakland Zoo, breeders use wine fridges to cool the adult toads to a state near hibernation, inducing them to breed, Fink said. This is the second year the toads have been flown from the zoo to Puerto Rico, traveling in the cargo holds of commercial airlines.
SAN FRANCISCO —
More than 4,000 wiggling tadpoles conceived via wine fridges in California and then packed in a passenger plane headed to Puerto Rico on Thursday as part of a program to re-establish a technicolor native toad once thought extinct.
The Oakland Zoo since 2014 has taken part in a campaign by North American zoos breeding the critically endangered Puerto Rico crested toad for release into protected ponds on the island, their ancestral home.
Zoological manager Adam Fink was using flight-tracking apps Thursday to monitor the 4,069-week-old tadpoles on their layover in Atlanta. They were traveling in double-bagged baggies topped up with oxygen.
"Every single tadpole is important," Fink said.
He and others had spent the day before the flight netting, packing and counting the tadpoles, bred from two pairs of the 19 Puerto Rico crested toads at the zoo.
The toads — their hides a mix of brown, red, green and yellow — thrived on Puerto Rico until sugar growers introduced a foreign toad they hoped would eat pests that feed on sugar cane. The introduced toad ate the native toad’s young and took over its habitat, while human development eliminated much of the native toad’s range.
Biologists thought the crested toad had gone extinct, until a few survivors were found in 1984 and became the basis of the breeding program.
At the Oakland Zoo, breeders use wine fridges to cool the adult toads to a state near hibernation, inducing them to breed, Fink said. This is the second year the toads have been flown from the zoo to Puerto Rico, traveling in the cargo holds of commercial airlines.
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'The Other Cavaliers' take center stage in unaired 'SNL' skit
Posted: 11:46 AM, May 07, 2018
By: Kaylyn Hlavaty
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<p>CLEVELAND, OH - MAY 05: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers celebrates after hitting the game winning shot to beat the Toronto Raptors 105-103 in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2018 NBA Playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena on May 5, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)</p>
Game after game, LeBron James carried the Cavs against the Indiana Pacers, and the people at "Saturday Night Live" noticed.
Boy, did they notice.
In a skit that went unaired, "SNL" poked fun at "The Other Cavaliers" who will do anything for their fearless leader as long as it doesn't involve defense or scoring any points. Anything? Yep. From giving LeBron a high-five to holding his several cell phones, his teammates are always there when he needs them, unless it's for something important.
In the show's defense, the sketch was probably written early in the week, before the Cavs went up 3-0 against the Raptors.
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Power unleashed
The Microsoft Store has changed into a home for powerful apps
The Microsoft Store has transitioned into a destination for powerful apps, with many big names coming in 2017.
Sean Endicott
The Microsoft Store was once a second thought for many users on Windows 10, but in 2017 the store has transformed. Big name companies are bringing their apps to the store, and powerful apps are populating it. This transition is thanks to a continued effort by Microsoft to make bringing apps to the Microsoft Store more accessible as well as developers seeing value in bringing their apps to Windows 10.
The Microsoft Store, or Windows Store before its name change, has always had a set of dedicated developers. And these developers are still a core part of the community and Windows 10 experience, filling in the gaps big companies won't and creating their own impressive apps. But the addition of well-recognized powerful apps brings an additional boost to store, greatly improving its viability as a platform.
Today, many users go to apps and services they are familiar with. Even if another app or a third-party client does the job as well, or even better, than a well-recognized app, people will search for the name they know. This makes apps that people recognize a core element to the store, and in 2017 some of the most important apps that were missing from the Microsoft Store arrived.
The most recognizable is Spotify. The massive music streaming service is so popular that companies like Apple are trying to play catch up. Spotify coming to the Microsoft Store helps legitimize the platform, making it a more desirable destination for more companies and developers. Even though Groove Music was a good app, before Microsoft decided to gut it, Spotify being available on Windows 10 is more important than Groove Music.
Spotify is a big name in the eyes of the general public but the Microsoft Store has also gained apps that are big names within their respective fields. Evernote jumped on board, Photoshop Elements, Paint.net, Affinity Photo and designer are available for creators, dJay Pro, MuseScore, and Staffpad are available for musicians, and Slack became available for workplaces to communicate online. These apps aren't just good at what they do, they're some of the biggest names in their industries and will be some of the first things that people search for when opening an app store.
Microsoft has a number of projects that help developers port code from other platforms. These allow companies that have invested resources making their programs and apps work on older versions of Windows and other platforms like iOS to bring their apps to the Microsoft Store with significantly less effort. The store having these apps has led to confusion over what UWP actually means but the benefit is that more apps are in the Microsoft Store.
Project Centennial, the bridge that allows you to bring over traditional Windows programs into the Microsoft Store, has been especially successful. These apps are already recognized and used by PC users but now can be purchased or downloaded safely through the Microsoft Store. In fact, many of the most powerful apps in the Microsoft Store come from this bridge including Evernote, Slack, Spotify, and Affinity Photo.
Fewer apps come using Project Islandwood, which allows developers to use code from their iOS apps, but dJay Pro shows that it is possible to create a beautiful and powerful Windows 10 app using this bridge.
And if developed want to, they can use these bridges to do more than just port over the same experience. They can use the bridge to get the base of their app into the Microsoft Store and build on top of it. Djay Pro does this very well as it is optimized for the Surface Studio and works with peripherals exclusive to Windows 10 such as the Surface Dial.
Microsoft has made an effort to lure creators to its platform, naming two major Windows 10 updates after them, and that focus seems to be paying off. The makers of many creative apps brought their apps to the Microsoft Store this year making Windows 10 devices a more viable choice for content makers.
The Microsoft Store has seen an influx of apps for a variety of types of creation and art. Photo editors can use Photoshop Elements, Paint.net, and Affinity Photo. Musicians can use Staffpad and Musescore. Animators have Animation Desk, and digital artists have Krita. These aren't the only apps available in these categories but are solid examples of apps being available for a wide variety of content creation.
The Microsoft Store hosts other content than apps including movies and games. Games arriving in the Microsoft Store this year could warrant its own article, but it's worth mentioning that game developers are also beginning to see the Microsoft Store in a better light. More games support Play Anywhere than ever, and more companies are bringing their games to the Microsoft Store.
State of the store
The Microsoft Store has transitioned very well in 2017. Microsoft's bridges are gaining traction with developers and the store as a whole is being viewed more positively. Specifically, the makers of powerful PC software have jumped on board to the Microsoft Store. This shows great promise for the platform and Windows 10 S which is restricted to apps from the Microsoft Store.
This doesn't mean that the app gap is completely closed or that there isn't work to do by both Microsoft and developers, but it is a very positive trend. The reputation of the Microsoft Store is like a rolling snowball, the more powerful and diverse apps arrive, the more other developers will want to bring their software to it.
Do you think the Microsoft Store has turned a corner and become a destination for powerful apps? Let us know in the comments below.
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Even Ryanair says its hand luggage rules make boarding too chaotic
Ryanair has admitted its ingenious plan to ask passengers to leave their hand luggage at the gate isn’t helping planes leave on time. So is the budget airline about to change its confusing baggage allowance policy all over again?
By Nicole Kobie
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Getting onto a Ryanair flight is way more chaotic than it should be. And changes made last year to try and ease the confusion might have made things worse, the budget airline has now admitted. So what happens next?
First, a quick baggage policy history lesson. Ryanair last year tweaked its bag policy, checking the larger of passengers' two allowed carry-on bags for free at the gate. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that's caused another kind of quietly infuriating airport chaos. According to The Guardian, CEO Michael O'Leary isn’t happy. "It is creating a handling issue, especially at peak periods. There are many flights where we're now having to put 100 or 120 gate bags free of charge into the hold. If that continues to build, it's something we may have to look at it again."
As part of last year's changes, Ryanair tweaked the rules for both hold luggage and for carry on. Passengers who did pay for hold luggage were charged less, with fees falling from £35 to £25, and allowed more weight in their bag. For carry-on, Ryanair stopped allowing passengers to bring on-board two bags, such as a small wheelie suitcase and a laptop case, though the second, larger bag would be checked for free at the gate — hence the boarding queue carnage. Passengers who simply can't bear to be apart from their wheelie bag can shell out £5 for "Priority Boarding", which allows two carry-on bags as before.
The company said last year it believed the combination of larger checked-in weight allowances and cheaper hold bag prices paired with in-cabin limits would encourage customers to pay to check their luggage. As Kenny Jacobs, Ryanair's chief marketing officer said at the time: "This will speed up the boarding of flights and eliminate flight delays being caused by not having sufficient overhead cabin space on busy flights to accommodate over 360 carry-on bags".
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But it hasn’t worked. On the contrary, it appears to have exacerbated the problem — and no wonder. That £5 "priority" charge is still a lot less than £25 to put it in the hold. Passengers can do the maths.
There must be a better way, as everyone hates the current model, from passengers to gate staff, cabin crew to airports facing slower turnaround times. "The business passengers hate the wait for baggage and potentially missing the baggage at destination, with all the consequences of that, low-cost tourists just want to save any ancillary costs on top of the cheap ticket," explains Tilmann Gabriel, director of the aviation management programme at City, University of London. "There is only limited space in the cabin, and baggage cannot stand around, [it] has to be stowed in the bins or underneath the seat. The cabin crew has the problem to find space, to avoid delays, as any offloading is certainly delay prone."
The obvious answer to the problem is to re-bundle hold luggage into the price of the ticket, says Nick Coleman, course leader of London Metropolitan University’s airline, airport and aviation management BSc. But don't expect that to happen — neither side wants it. "The only way to entirely get rid of it is the old tactic of having the price all inclusive," Coleman says. "But obviously the point is the low price. It's why they buy Ryanair."
And Ryanair – and the rest of the airline market – make heaps of cash out of charging for luggage. Over the last decade, the fees earned from "ancillary" or "a la carte" charges has lept tenfold to more than $28 billion in 2017 across the top ten airlines, according to industry research. The bulk of that money comes from baggage fees, says Coleman.
Ryanair's latest annual results reveal that the amount it makes from each passenger in ancillary revenue is actually declining. In 2013, Ryanair charged an average €48.20 per customer on the ticket and €13.43 on extra charges. In 2014, that shifted to €46.40 on the ticket and €15.27 on extras. Last year, Ryanair charged an average €40.58 for the fare and €14.83 for extras — down on both counts. Despite the tighter margins, Ryanair is doing a better job filling its planes (exacerbating the carry-on baggage issue) and has more passengers, so profit is soaring. Revenue from ancillary services, which includes bags as well as reserved seating and hotel booking, was €1.5bn last year, up from the year before.
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It's not only Ryanair, of course. "Airlines have been charging passengers for checked baggage for a long time," says David Warnock-Smith, associate head of the school for aviation and security at Buckinghamshire New University. "On short haul routes there are not many airlines left now that offer free checked baggage, regardless of whether they are low-cost or full-service airlines. In terms of revenue generation some airlines have had good success with checked bags. In 2016, 47 per cent of easyJet’s ancillary revenues, for example, came from baggage fees."
There are other incentives that could be used to nudge passengers into behaving better for Ryanair. Warnock-Smith suggests encouraging checked bags by further lowering the price of hold bags, or cutting priority boarding charges so more people sign up for that. Gabriel suggests Ryanair could discount prices for passengers who bring only a small handbag onto the plane, or "make the hold baggage an item for the loyalty scheme, not just an ancillary revenue item, with rewards for giving up your baggage ten times in a row".
Alternatively, Ryanair could make better use of the sizing frames airlines use to check if carry-on bags really fall inside the official limits, cracking down on those who break the rules, as Ryanair has previously said oversized bags are at the root of the carry-on problem. Many people aren't checked by airline staff until the gate as they print their tickets at home and head straight to security when they arrive at the airport. But Warnock-Smith says that "could lead to further administration-related delays, and staff and customer exacerbation, especially during peak periods".
Or it could really crack down on rogue luggage. "I suspect Ryanair might end up putting weighing scales down at the gate and charging you to put it in the hold [if it's over the carry-on limit]," says Coleman. "I would never be surprised to see that happen." It's logical, if not consumer friendly: extra weight costs more in fuel, after all.
Aside from cost, one of the reasons passengers are keen to keep their bags in the cabin is fear of losing them, leaving you on the beach without a swimsuit or in a meeting in yesterday’s clothes. Better baggage handling could alleviate such concerns. Gabriel points to one idea already being used, an RFID label. "[The] airline can see where the luggage is, and can now link the luggage to the information system," he explains. "Passengers know on arrival, when turning on their mobile where the bag is, which belt, or if it did not make the flight." In that case, you can indicate via your phone where you'd like it delivered to when the bag does arrive.
But the ultimate solution, says Coleman, is to fully separate passengers from their bags. "That could work on long flights," he says, and notes that there's already companies offering such services. But on short haul flights – which Ryanair and other low-cost carriers specialise in – people travelling for a couple of days may not want such hassle, or the additional cost.
Of course, Ryanair might not be planning any changes – the CEO's comments may simply be a way to warn passengers that their bags are becoming a problem in the hopes they get nervous and pack a little lighter. Or he could be planning more drastic changes and be preparing customers for a bit more travel discomfort. It's tough to tell with O'Leary, a master of controversial suggestions that go inevitably go nowhere. "O'Leary once said he wanted to charge people to use the loo onboard," says Coleman. "Frankly I don't think he was serious – he likes to grab headlines, he even said he was evaluating people standing up on board. He's a brilliant PR man."
In the meantime, what should passengers do? Pack light and use a rucksack that fits under the seat in front of you, or make sure to check Ryanair's baggage policy for new changes before you head to the airport. But even if you're well prepared, your fellow passengers may not be. "Customer anger can sometimes come about either through not understanding this or because a certain number of airlines have genuinely tried to fleece passengers by making their baggage fees too high or by failing to lower the base fare," says Warnock-Smith. "In such cases, passengers are often able to vote with their feet – and their bags – and choose a different carrier."
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This Gear Helped Me Run Faster Marathons in My 40s
These sensors and shoes—and a beet juice elixir—gave speed back to a slowing runner.
We usually run slower as we age. But this year, turning 43, I set a goal to run a faster marathon, and use the best technology I could find to help me train. I detail the whole journey in a long feature for WIRED. It ended up working, twice! Here's the gear that helped me on the way.
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For Proper Form
Garmin Running Dynamics Pod
You strap this little green device to the middle of your shorts—and then try to remember to take it off before you put everything in the washing machine. It measures how much your body sways when you run, the cadence and length of your stride, and how much time your feet spend on the ground. It’s a useful way to help figure out how to optimize your form and posture as you run. The speed we go basically comes down to a simple formula: fitness times form, divided by mass. Some running coaches doubt that we can really improve form, but I’m convinced we can, particularly if we have data that tells us how much energy we are spending moving forward—and how much we are wasting by bopping up and down.
RunScribe
For a Symmetrical Stride
Scribe Labs RunScribe Plus
You lace one of these little guys into each shoe and it measures the symmetry of your motion and the power you are generating. It can help you figure out the right shoes to run in, and whether there are inefficiencies in your stride. You can test, for example, whether you pronate more in one kind of shoe than another, or whether it takes more effort to run at a certain speed on a certain course.
$249 at CleverTraining
Photograph: Joseph Shin
For Run Tracking
This is on the higher-end of Garmin’s performance watch line. I used it to measure my resting heart rate, to accurately track runs, and as the central repository for all the data I was gathering. It would give me, for example, my TRIMP score, a measure of the total effort put into each run. It’s not entirely accurate—it predicted I would run a 2:20 marathon based, I think, on a few workouts where the GPS didn’t connect properly and had me running faster than world-record pace. But it’s by far the most accurate watch I’ve run with.
$500 at Amazon
For Racing
Nike VaporFly 4%
A lot has been written about these shoes. They are light and well cushioned, and they contain a small carbon-fiber plate, shaped like a spoon, that may help return energy to you as you run. At least with me, they also seem to help with recovery. I was able to run the NYC Marathon this fall four weeks after the Chicago Marathon. Normally, four weeks after a marathon, I’m still sitting on a couch with my feet in a bucket of ice.
For Stamina
Pomona Organic Beet Juice (12 Pack)
Beet juice, as I write in the article, contains nitrates, which may help with blood flow, and thus stamina. The problem is that most beet juice tastes disgusting. I experimented and eventually settled on these little bottles, which are flavored with a little lemon juice too. I would order them by the box and then drink one little bottle down each morning before breakfast.
Nicholas Thompson is the editor in chief of Wired. You can send him story tips at nxthompson@protonmail or via Twitter DM. And you can find more information at nickthompson.com.
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Inside the Second Coming of Nest
After some bumps in the road to home-automation nirvana, the maker of smart thermostats tries to level up.
Nest CEO Marwan Fawaz, left, and cofounder Matt Rogers, right.Balazs Gardi
“We have better light rings than any other products on the market,” says Adam Mittleman. This is a sentence that I have never before heard uttered by anyone, even after a long time living on Planet Earth. But because I am visiting Nest, and Mittleman is its Head of Product Design, working on a new gadget that this startup-turned-controversial Alphabet division is launching, I can’t say I am surprised. After all, light rings—the shimmering glow-circles that allow digital appliances to provide feedback—have been a leitmotif for Nest throughout its eventful journey of disrupting the home. Thermostats, smoke alarms, and now Nest’s new home security system signal users via rings. Nest has given a lot of thought to them. Literally years of thought.
Naturally, there is a light ring on the Nest Guard, which is the hub of the Nest Secure suite. That suite has been in the works since well before the company was acquired by Google in January 2014 and then underwent a second recalibration in October 2015 when Google made Nest one of the divisions (“bets”) in the Alphabet archipelago. Depending on the message the new Nest Guard wants to convey, its ring might glow red, yellow or green.
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Mittleman passionately cites the three potential problems that occur if a company does not pay attention to the design of its light rings. “One, the light is too direct, so that calls too much attention to itself,” he says. “Two, color uniformity can be really bad. Say, a yellow might look like some mix between oranges and reds and yellows, and it just doesn't look really good. Three, hotspots. That’s the most common affliction—they’ll be much brighter in one location and then get dim and then bright and then dim and bright and dim.”
Red, yellow, green. In its brief history, Nest’s own progress might also be charted by a color-shifting light ring signaling the unit’s varying fortunes. Because Alphabet doesn’t break out sales figures or other numbers for Nest, it’s hard to say for sure what those actual fortunes are, but these days a yellow beam might be cutting the company a break. For a long stretch, Nest’s biggest splashes have been product recalls, destructive public infighting, and the departure of its CEO and cofounder. Meanwhile, Nest hasn’t announced a major new product category in ages. Until today. In Nest’s biggest moment in years, it is announcing a series of products that take it onto new ground—and, it hopes, flips its light ring to green for good.
The new products include the aforementioned Nest Secure, a home security system; Nest Hello, an internet-connected doorbell; an outdoor version of its Nest Cam IQ security camera (which uses Google face recognition to identify people who wander into range); and, perhaps most significant, the integration of the voice-based Google Assistant into Nest products, beginning with the indoor IQ camera.
Nest’s new security system (bottom), video doorbell (left), and outdoor security camera (right).Balazs Gardi
The launch not only brings Nest into new territory, but also sends a signal that despite changes and setbacks, it’s still powered by the same impulse: to transform the home by reinventing mundane home appliances and services with internet connectivity and cutting-edge design. “The DNA hasn't changed,” says Matt Rogers, who cofounded the company in 2010 with its first CEO, Tony Fadell. “But I think we finally are able to achieve what we’ve always talked about doing. We’re in millions of homes now. We’ve laid this foundation of products that solve really important problems and now we can link them together and do more with them.” Given, of course, that the lights glow green.
The face of Nest used to be Fadell, a visionary product designer best known for his iPod work, and a famously exacting leader. (He reportedly tried to cut short his cofounder’s honeymoon so the new bridegroom could address some product crises. Rogers refused.) The new leader would prefer not to be its face. When Fadell left in June 2016, Larry Page replaced him with Marwan Fawaz, a nuts-and-bolts guy who is much in the mold of other recent Alphabet division leaders: experienced, middle-aged guys (always guys) known less for vision than for delivering quarterly results. Though Fawaz is not reticent about invoking his considerable experience, his approach is methodical and straightforward. And decidedly not flamboyant. “They call me No Drama Marwan,” he says.
Fawaz’s previous jobs have involved launching and managing products for cable and telecom firms. The jewel of his resume was leading the Motorola Home product, a rare success in the troubled recent history of that firm. Also of note is his chairing the Technical Advisory Board of the security firm ADT. Fawaz says that his marching orders from Alphabet CEO Page were clear: “We want to make sure the presence in the home, and the business, is meaningful and global and [that] it’s successful. That it could thrive on its own as a business. You can interpret that by financial discipline, bringing new products to market, scaling the business.” Though it was widely believed that Alphabet was considering offers to sell off Nest (a rumor confirmed to me by knowledgeable sources), Fawaz assured Nesters on day one that the company was not for sale. He takes pains to assure me that despite what some may believe, the company will not go back on the block. “Selling Nest is not the right decision,” he says. “Nest has so much potential being in the Alphabet family.”
Nest CEO Marwan Fawaz.Balazs Gardi
Fawaz sees his job as carrying forth the Nest mission by scaling its current products to larger audiences and markets. “We’re about creating the conscious home,” Fadell once said about the mission. “To take a truly important device that has had no great innovation and make that device really, really great.”
But that message got lost in a series of blunders and corporate shifts. The calamities began soon after the Google acquisition, when the company discovered a serious flaw in its smoke alarm. Its coolest feature, the Nest Wave—the ability to shut down a false alarm by waving your hand—held a potential danger: Under some circumstances it could have kept the alarm silent during a real fire or carbon monoxide release. Though no case like that had ever been reported, Nest halted sales for a few weeks and issued a recall to disable the feature in 440,000 Protect units.
During the next few years, news from Nest always seemed to have a bite to it. Users pestered the company with lawsuits about marketing promises and other issues. Rumored products didn’t appear. And everybody wondered just how many gadgets Nest was selling. Alphabet’s silence did not build confidence.
Nest's video doorbell system.Balazs Gardi
In June 2014, Nest bought Dropcam for $555 million, filling a gap in its smart home strategy with the connected camera leader. Though Nest’s painstaking integration of the technology into its system proceeded, however, it failed at combining the two companies’ cultures. Dropcam’s former CEO Greg Duffy, who had joined Nest to head the camera team, became so frustrated—primarily with Fadell—that he reportedly suggested that Page remove Fadell and make him CEO. After Duffy was rebuffed, he took his gripes public in a scathing Medium post.
Meanwhile, under the new Alphabet structure, tough-minded CFO Ruth Porat was putting the “bets” on a shorter leash, demanding better quarterly results. This didn’t please Fadell, who believed that investing in innovation was more important at the moment than focusing on profits. (All these woes and more were mercilessly recounted in a well-circulated takedown by The Information.)
Fadell left Nest in June 2016. Fawaz immediately replaced him.
(Some wondered why Fadell’s cofounder Rogers did not get the nod. His answer is: not yet. “I love spending time on product and design [but] having a sole product- and design-focused CEO is not enough. You need someone who’s focused on either the business or product, but it's hard to do both. I think the split that Marwan and I have works really well. Maybe I’ll be CEO of Nest one day. Maybe a CEO of a different company.”)
Nest cofounder Matt Rogers.Balazs Gardi
The pileup of calamities might have hurt Nest’s profile among the digerati. But those who remained at the company (though, indeed, some Fadell loyalists have split) say that aside from the personalities of the respective leaders, the culture is still pretty much the same. One positive sign was the return early this year of Nest’s original VP of technology, Yoky Matsuoka, who left the company in 2015 and wound up at Apple. “When I started to look for the place where I can really have the most impact, I was really surprised to see that Nest was on the top of the list,” she says.
The real measure of Nest’s success, however, rests on its sales figures. Alphabet keeps those closer than the secrets of its search algorithm—but if you shake the tea leaves just right, you can see signs that Nest has sold pretty well. The fact that it had to recall 440,000 smoke detectors indicates that, even at its high price, the Nest Protect was a hit. Also, Nest products always seem to hold high positions on Amazon’s best seller lists. As I was researching this story, I actually got some concrete evidence: While talking about how he hoped the company would grow in the future, one of Nest’s executives blurted out a number: “Nest is on track to be a billion-dollar run rate company by the end of the year.” And that’s before Nest hits the market with the roster of products it’s launching today.
Making a security system—a connection-dependent home appliance whose current incarnations have been driving users crazy—has always seemed to be in Nest’s wheelhouse, and everyone has long assumed the company was working on one. Indeed, Nest has being doing just that—for almost four years. So the introduction of Nest Secure (shipping in November) and the companion video doorbell (out early next year) have been years in the making. In that time, Nest has finished up a communications protocol (Weave) and a wireless standard (Thread) to develop a platform where not only Nest products but also outside developers could plug in together and connect a whole Internet of Things-worth of stuff. But another reason it took so long was the high stakes of getting something wrong. “If a music app fails, people can say, ‘Wow. That’s a crappy product.’ The consequences aren’t so big,” says Matsuoka, who is now Nest’s Chief Technology Officer. “But in security, you have to make sure the door sensor works reliably every time the door cracks open.”
Nest CTO Yoky Matsuoka.Balazs Gardi
As with most Nest products, the apparent star of the show is a control device that gives users a window into the workings of a tool that was previously buried in analog obscurity. In the case of Nest Secure, that is a sleek tabletop disk—much in the mold of the recent routers from Eero or Google—that replaces the standard (ugly) keypad where customers anxiously tap in their codes before an alarm shrieks.
Head of Product for Nest Secure Sophie Le Guen explains the advantages: flexibility in placement (not everybody uses the same door to enter a house); no need to rip open the walls to install wiring; and it looks good. It also provides a number of ways to avoid what Nest discovered was the biggest failing of current systems: false alarms, the majority of which are caused by the same beloved family members (and their pets) that the system is meant to protect. The most important way of defeating those unwelcome, ear-piercing warnings (the Nest Guard is capable of 85db of eardrum misery) is a walnut-sized fob known as the Nest Tag—a $25 personalized pebble that verifies (via near-field communications) someone who’s supposed to be there. If you open a door or window when the system is alarmed, holding the Tag near the Nest Guard prevents the sound blast. “I can give it to my mother-in-law, I can give it to my kid, and they have no stress about how to arm and disarm because you just tag in and tag out,” says Le Guen. Not that you have to give your mother-in-law (or, say, the dogwalker) constant access: Using the Nest App, you can specify limited times and dates that the tag will work.
Nest’s security system.Balazs Gardi
Like memorable character actors crushing in cameos, the real showstoppers of Nest products are often its sensors—and this is especially the case with Nest Secure. Called Nest Detect, the security system’s new $59 sensor performs double duty as a motion detector and a magnet-equipped monitor that detects when a door or window is opened. Another advantage of the Nest Detect is something it doesn’t do: light up when it detects motion. “People don’t want to be reminded that there’s a security device [watching them],” says Le Guen.
Nest head of product Sophie Le Guen (center) with her team members Andy Hengel (right) and Adam Mittleman (left).Balazs Gardi
The Nest Secure system sells with a basic kit at $499 including the Guard, two Detects, and two Tags—at which point, unless you live in one of those twee tiny cottages, you will stock up on more sensors and fobs. It’s still cheaper than a “professional” rig from the likes of ADT. And unlike those traditional products, Nest Secure users can get considerable value without having to buy a service contract. For those who do, Nest has contracted with a security company, MONI, to automatically call in the gendarmes when necessary. But many people will be happy to do their own monitoring via the Nest app, especially if they use the system in tandem with internet-connected Nest Cams.
A logical companion to a security system is a video doorbell—another product that Nest won’t be the first to release. But with its expertise in cameras, Nest has a shot at making its entry the best, especially if it successfully uses Google’s AI to recognize who’s ringing the bell.
What’s clear is that Nest has a tough road ahead of it. The thermostat was an unloved product category that Nest made cool. Now the low-hanging fruit has been plucked. The new categories—security systems, doorbells, smart cameras—already have multiple competitors who are basically using Nest’s playbook. Nest’s best pitch might be its ability to tie all the pieces together in one home network and control them in one app. As the different sensors Nest plants in your home pool their data, they can start to help each other do more—a network effect.
All of this makes sense. But though every piece is well thought out—including, of course, the light rings—there is no single jaw-dropping feature like the flashing green leaf on the Nest Learning Thermostat that rewards you for saving energy, or the ill-fated Nest Wave on the Nest Protect. That’s no accident.
Nest's outdoor security camera.Balazs Gardi
Le Guen says that after the Wave debacle, Nest learned a lesson in simplicity: “You really have to focus on the core experience—what is the purpose of the product? Here, it’s, ‘I want to be able to secure my home’ and ‘I want to be able to arm and disarm and be able to trust the system.’ Convenience is important, but it has to be convenience that helps me—not convenience where there is potentially a risk, which is what happened with Nest Wave.”
In fact, though Nest certainly won’t be putting this on billboards, the company seems to be recalibrating toward everyday consumers rather than tech-savvy aficionados. The most explicit example of that was the recent release of the Nest Thermostat E, a lower-cost version of the original Learning Thermostat that began Nest’s quest to become a stalwart brand. Director of Product Marketing Maxime Veron, who has been a marketing exec at Nest since 2011, explained to me that the company’s original customers were “people who really care about the kind of furniture, the specific furniture they have in their home, and spend months looking for the right floor lamp.” (Like…the people who work at Nest.) Though there are apparently hundreds of thousands of those people, there aren’t millions of them. So the “E” is for the masses who “don’t want something that stands out, they just want something that blends in, does its job in the background.”
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That’s why I shouldn’t have been surprised that while its partner Google intones an “AI-first” mantra like a broken record, Nest is downplaying its own machine-learning chops, even with its new product. “I wouldn’t say what we’re shipping is going to be the most amazing AI that nobody has ever seen,” says Yoky Matsuoka. “That’s not what this is about.”
In fact, though Nest says it will indeed add AI when appropriate for its products, the company seems more comfortable with tapping the fearsome AI powers of its sister Alphabet company, Google. The prime example of that comes with the announcement that Nest products will begin to utilize Google Assistant, the voice-controlled bot that competes with Amazon’s Alexa and other services. Some observers thought it was a dis when Google, not Nest, built the Assistant-powered Google Home, and other devices like OnHub, a combination router and music speaker. Indeed, there seemed to be a rivalry between Nest and a fortified Google Hardware group under a recently hired Rick Osterloh—like Fawaz, a Motorola veteran. Nest’s Google Home collaboration—first on the IQ Camera, later on other devices—would seem to put a rest to that speculation.
“The last six months [working together] deepened our relationship,” says Rishi Chandra, VP of product management of Google’s Home Products. “We want to think of ourselves as one company.” Which was exactly the way Google operated when it was one company.
This past August, I sat in on a series of product and strategy meetings at Nest. I’d done this in the Fadell days, and in some ways the routine was the same. The agenda and slide decks were displayed side by side on two screens in front of the room. The CEO sat at the head of the table. Of course, this spot was now occupied by no-drama Fawaz, with Rogers sitting to his left—both a sidekick and a corporate conscience. The sessions took place in Nest’s new headquarters in the hills above Palo Alto, an expansive space necessary to accommodate a workforce that has grown to over 1,000.
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As you’d expect in meetings approaching perhaps the company’s most important launch, there were tensions. As launch date loomed, there were still bugs and technical issues to be resolved, from serious ones that absolutely had to be resolved before shipping to others that would certainly be nice to check off. (The feature that let the motion sensors ignore dog activities didn’t work so well with cats.) All that unfinished work led to a problem. With so many projects headed toward completion, there weren’t enough engineers at Nest to dispatch all the issues fast enough—at least not to Fawaz’s satisfaction. It was also clear that the delay—along with other issues that needed to be dealt with—was hugely annoying to Fawaz.
Fawaz didn’t mince words. He expressed pique that he hadn’t been alerted to the problem earlier. He prioritized the Google collaboration with Assistant as something that had to be done. But he wanted the other problems addressed as well. When his team noted that there was only a finite number of engineers, Fawaz’s voice turned cold. “We will revisit this,” he said, perhaps aware that an outsider was in the room.
Speaking to one of the meeting’s participants afterward, I remarked that for a low-key leader, Fawaz seemed pretty hardcore. I was assured that compared to to Nest’s first volcanic, charismatic CEO, what I saw was pretty mild. Then we returned to the subject at hand: Nest Secure. From here on in, Nest’s fortunes will rise and fall not on its drama but on its products.
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MPS Board names acting superintendent
Updated: 9:11 PM CDT Jun 5, 2014
The Milwaukee Public School District has named an acting superintendent.Dr. Darienne Driver will take over for Dr. Gregory Thornton, who signed a contract to be the new CEO of Baltimore schools. Driver has served as chief innovation officer for MPS since 2012.She will start the new job on July 1 when Thornton starts in Maryland.The board will continue its search for a permanent superintendent.
The Milwaukee Public School District has named an acting superintendent.
Dr. Darienne Driver will take over for Dr. Gregory Thornton, who signed a contract to be the new CEO of Baltimore schools.
Driver has served as chief innovation officer for MPS since 2012.
She will start the new job on July 1 when Thornton starts in Maryland.
The board will continue its search for a permanent superintendent.
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by Patrick J. Buechi
Tue, Oct 29th 2019 12:15 pm
Hopes, tradition and celibacy all came up for discussion as three young priests took part in a question and answer session as part of St. Leo the Great Parish's Speaker Series.
"Let's Talk About ... Hope for the Future: The Voice of Young Priests" welcomed Father Paul Cygan, Father Peter Santandreu and Rev. Mr. Denning Achidi, a transitional deacon, to the Amherst parish to discuss the Catholic Church from the viewpoint of the recently and soon-to-be ordained.
Msgr. Robert E. Zapfel, pastor of St. Leo's, welcomed the crowd with the words of St. Paul: "We know that affliction makes for endurance, endurance for tested virtue, tested virtue for hope."
Father Cygan, parochial vicar of St. Gregory the Great Parish in Williamsville, opened the panel discussion with a description of St. John Bosco's dream. The patron of youth in Italy had a vision of the Church as a ship in a stormy sea, with the pope at the time as captain. What kept the ship from capsizing was the fact that it was anchored to the Eucharist and Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary.
"These are the two pillars that brought me to the priesthood," he said.
Looking at today's choppy seas rocking our ship, we need to make sure our vision is upon the sacraments, upon the Eucharist, and upon the Blessed Virgin Mary, he explained. "My vision for hope in the Church always has to start from there. Are we spending time with prayer? Are we spending time going in an adoration chapel, making sure we are devoted to the sacraments, the Eucharist, the Blessed Virgin Mary? That's where I see our hope."
Father Cygan added that, one year in, the priesthood has been the best part of his life, and that he learns something every day. "I really sense the support of the people of God, the Church as we're moving together in this ship of ours," he said.
Father Santandreu, parochial vicar of St. Amelia Parish in Tonawanda, said the future is grounded in what we believe now.
"If we truly have that faith in the Holy Spirit all things are possible. All things can happen the way they are supposed to be," he said.
As a missionary in Argentina with a group called Heart's Home, he found young people who wanted to serve the Lord in community.
"It is that unity that I think we are all striving for as Christians in this world. That unity is what we're going to see more and more of as our Church continues to change. That is the big thing that I see now, just that element of change. It's not going to be like it was," he said.
He feels it's a personal challenge to be that beacon of light we are all called to be. "A real true saint will attract other people to the Church by his or her holiness," he said. "It can come from anywhere. It does not need to be this young person who is the future. We can be those people. I think we need to journey into that a little more. We are all called to be a little bit better."
We achieve that by asking, "Is God really the most important thing about me? Where am I taking my faith?" He admitted that it is a challenge.
Deacon Achidi, who is expected to be ordained next spring, was raised Presbyterian, but has wanted to become a priest since age 12, when he was received into the Catholic Church. He spoke of hope.
"Hope, as a theological virtue, is God's gift," he said. "We are challenged to see hope where we see little or no practical reasons for it. Our cooperation with the gift of hope leads to perfect happiness."
The audience was a little shy with questions, so Msgr. Zapfel kicked things off by asking Father Cygan what brings him the greatest joy.
"First and foremost, the greatest joy is just being able to lift up the Eucharist during the consecration," Father Cygan said. "I make sure I hold up the Eucharist for a while so that I can pray, so that the people in the church can pray."
Father Santandreu was asked what surprised him the most about the clerical life.
"I suppose it's how nice everybody is. People love their priests," he replied.
Msgr. Zapfel asked the men if they are properly prepared for celibate life, which led to a discussion of the necessity for priests to be wholly devoted to the Church instead of having a wife. Interestingly, bishops from the Amazon have asked the Vatican to allow priests to marry as a way to deal with a clerical shortage.
Father Cygan looked to his seminary education for an answer. "The Church has in its tradition and its teaching has brought forth such a beautiful theology in celibacy and the meaning of that priest deacons in their celibate life are supposed to be signs of the kingdom to come," he said. "So, there's that theological understanding, sure. That's the goal to strive for. Is it lived up to perfectly? Certainly not, because very priest is human. However, I think within my own life, I'm trying to live up to that call, and it's something that I am acutely aware of in the seminary has been taught so well."
After the talk, Msgr. Zapfel gave his opinion of the night, the third in a series of talks the Amherst parish has been holding over the past year.
"The questions were about the state of the Church and the answers were very personal. I was happy about that," he said. "They talked about their personal selves, their feelings, their commitment to the Lord and to the Church. What came through was their deep love for both."
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Government panel and ministries disagree on banning of Internet based communication services
A telecommunication security panel setup by the Indian government has made recommendations on banning and blocking of services like Skype, BlackBerry, Nokia mail, Gmail which have been opposed by the Home Ministry and the Information Bureau as they don't overcome current problems.
By Manan Kakkar for India IT | June 16, 2011 -- 00:26 GMT (17:26 PDT) | Topic: Government
The past year has seen a tussle between BlackBerry maker RIM and the government of India. The encryption offered by RIM on their BlackBerry services did not allow the security agencies to monitor the email communication over the service. The government threatened to ban BlackBerry for not complying, which resulted in RIM granting the government access to communication over BlackBerry Messenger.
The saga raised more concerns over Internet based communication using services like Gmail, Skype, Nokia Mail and how these security concerns can be addressed. A government committee comprising of members from the telecommunications and IT ministries was setup and they have made the following recommendations:
Improve upcoming Central Monitoring System's capabilities to intercept communication over these services
Developers of the Central Monitoring System should consult top Indian IT firms (Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra) in improving the system's interception capabilities
Consider impact of banning or blocking encrypted services on businesses and the industry
Raise encryption levels in India from 40bits to 256bits
If an enterprise needs to have overseas email communication servers for its employees in India, remote access to these emails should be provided
Servers in India would have to be registered with the Department of Telecom and service providers
Some of the recommendations made by the panel are refreshing. The Central Monitoring System as proposed by Telecom Minister, Kapil Sibal, will allow the government to decrypt communications and at the same time not allow misuse of the system. The policies defined in the system will be crucial since questions will arise as to how and when does the government decrypt communication over a service like RIM's BlackBerry and how do private companies like Nokia, Skype, RIM react to their secure communication services being subject to interception by the government.
The Home Ministry and Intelligence Bureau (IB) made the following reservations on the panel's recommendations:
Proposing that the CMS decrypt communication is a problem since the government's recent experiences show it is difficult to access the encrypted communication
Raising encryption from 40bits to 256bits will make it all the more difficult to intercept the communication
The IB does have a case as we would go back to square one by making the government attempt decryption and not having the service providers being responsible for decrypting the secure communication. The ministries need to come to some consensus on the technicalities, however, the panel's suggestion of considering impact of banning or blocking a service on facilities like e-commerce and e-governance should be seriously considered.
Regarding encryption, the United States and Europe, encrypted transactions below 128bit encryption aren't allowed whereas in India, encryption of 40bit is allowed. Given the rise of mobile payments in the country, upgrading the encryption level would be beneficial to service providers and the users.
The recommendations and the following reservations show a positive sign in the process of dealing with a sensitive and complicated issue.
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There’s a Network for That… But Does There Need to Be?
April 13, 2012 8:29 pm Published by Jamie Horton
The trend of specialization that is at the heart of Apple’s infectious “there’s an app for that” campaign has come to the social media world in the form of specialized networks like LinkedIn (the professional network), Pinterest (the photo network), and Twitter (the information network). But is this really necessary? Facebook seems not to think so. With its recent $1 billion acquisition of Instagram, the company is making the case that in the social media world one network is enough.
All Your Interests in One Place
With every update Facebook is making your profile *ahem* Timeline a more dynamic online representation of your offline self. Its new Open Graph app architecture takes advantage of the more visual Timeline interface by prominently presenting app content on individuals’ pages. Interested in movies and photography? With Open Graph your friends can now see what movies you watched on Netflix and your pictures from Pinterest or Instagram. Many people don’t want to share this information with everyone, and luckily Facebook has also taken that offline instinct online.
Real World Privacy
Social interactions are a complicated process of give and take in which you end up sharing different parts of your personality with different friends and acquaintances. This fundamental aspect of social life has slowly made its way into Facebook’s user experience as more specific, easier to use (but far from perfect) privacy controls have been implemented. So, rather than maintaining separate professional and social profiles they suggest you just restrict what co-workers or contacts have access to. With these new features Facebook is aiming to become the everything network.
Bringing Social to Every Corner of the Internet
Just like Apple’s iOS, Facebook is providing an easy-to-use interface that stills allows for originality and creativity while keeping familiarity across all its uses and tools. While it has developed its own resources like Marketplace and Questions, it has also embraced other social tools with one example being FourSquare’s close integration into Places. Other apps, like our own Work for Us has leveraged Facebook for recruiting and to socialize job applications. By involving outside developers, Facebook has created not just a social network, but a social platform.
While all these other social media outlets aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, the future looks Facebook blue. What do you think Facebook’s Instagram purchase says about the future of social media? Let us know in the comments!
This post was written by Jamie Horton
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Bill Maxwell
0 - 22nd February 2015
Context The Greatest American Hero was a 1981-1982 super-hero comedy TV show. The hero was given a super-powered red costume, but lost the instruction booklet. Bill Maxwell is one of his close allies. I only had detailed notes through the first season of the show, so this is not a full...
Lester Carlisle
0 - 22nd October 2018
Context Lester Carlisle was Bill Maxwell’s boss on The Greatest American Hero, a 1981-83 TV series. For more context, you can read our Greatest American Hero (Ralph Hinkley) character profile first. Background Marital Status: Unrevealed. Known Relatives: None. Group Affiliations:...
Pam Davidson
I only have detailed notes through the first season of the show (though information from subsequent episodes is included), so this is a partial profile. Background Real Name: Pamela “Pam” Davidson. Marital Status: Married. Known Relatives: Ralph Hinkley (husband), Kevin (step-son)...
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From £120, Palnackie, Dumfries and Galloway
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Control warehouse hazards with specialized JHSC certification training (new resource)
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Do You Have a Competency-Based Selection Strategy?
When it comes to hiring, looking at the competencies of a candidate can support your talent management strategies. Looking at job-related competencies helps with selection, promotion, training and development, performance management, career planning, and succession planning.
Read this article...
3 Things Not To Do in Behavioral Interviews
Behavioral interviewing can be a powerful tool in the hiring process when used properly. Unfortunately behavioral interviewing is being used incorrectly every day. Whether it's not having identified skills-needed, not evaluating properly, or not asking the right questions, the misuse of behavioral interviewing can effect your ability to place the right candidate in the right position.
6 Interviewing Tips for your Next Hire
Finding the ideal candidate the first time around saves both time and money for you and your job applicant, but finding this perfect addition to your team is more easily said than done.
Why Employers Are Using Video Interviewing & Recruiting
Effective recruiting in the future will require "going digital" with social networking, mobile technology, and online methods. But is video also the future of interviewing and recruiting? Here's why video is increasingly being incorporated into the interviewing, recruiting, and hiring process, and how employers are using it.
Behavioral Interviewing: 7 Tips for Hiring Superstars
Does your organization want to hire superstars and top performers? Behavioral-based interviewing is one of the most effective interviewing techniques and is the chosen form of interviewing by most employers to hire and select top performers. Time and time again, employers tell us that behavioral interviewing practices help them select top people for the job.
50 Sample Interviewing Questions for Employers
When conducting interviews, it's helpful to not only develop standard interview questions unique and specific to each position's requirements, but also to compile a bank of questions for critical competencies common to many jobs that you can choose from for your interviews.
Such competencies include a number of soft and analytical skills including critical thinking, judgment, decision-making, initiative, risk taking, creativity, diligence, resilience, communication, conflict management, time management, supervision, among others. Many of these are relevant to a number of jobs.
We've compiled a list of 50 common interview questions, mostly behavioral in nature, which you can use to interview your job candidates.
Tell me about a time when you were creative in solving a problem.
Give me an example of a time when you found an innovative or a new and better way of doing something on the job.
Describe an idea that came to fruition because of your efforts. What was your role? What was the outcome?
What is the biggest risk you've ever taken at work? What happened?
Tell me about a time you made a mistake.
Give me an example of a time when you used good judgment when solving a problem.
Give me an example of a difficult decision you had to make at work in the last year.
Give an example of a time when you had to make a decision or come to consensus in collaboration with others.
Tell me about a time when you had to make an unpopular decision. What was the outcome?
Describe a problem at work that you were unable to solve. Why couldn’t you solve it?
Explain a situation in which you needed to successfully convince or influence someone to accept your viewpoint.
Tell me about a time when you disagreed with a coworker.
Discuss a situation in which you had to work with a frustrating coworker and how you worked with them.
Tell me about a time when you dealt with a difficult team member on a project or task.
Describe a negotiation you were involved with. What did you do and what were the results for you and the other party?
Explain a time when you had to motivate others to achieve certain results. What did you do?
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Tell me about a crisis that you had to handle at work. How did you respond to the crisis?
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Explain a time when you had to adjust to a change over which you did not have control.
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Explain a time when you needed to step into a situation, create support, and achieve results.
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Describe how you have developed others in the past.
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Describe a task that you had to accomplish without any direction.
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Give me an example of a time when you had to go above and beyond your usual duties to accomplish a task.
Describe a time when you had to balance multiple conflicting priorities and did so effectively.
Provide an example of a situation when you prioritized elements of a large project or initiative.
Tell me about a time when you faced an unreasonable deadline and how you handled it.
What work accomplishment are you most proud of?
If I was to contact your previous manager, what would they say about you?
These sample interview questions can help you identify how a candidate would act in real life work situations based on how they have acted in the past on many general competencies. But be sure to supplement these with questions that evaluate specific competencies you are looking for and the essential skills you would like your ideal candidate to have.
Behavioral Interviewing Training
Participants will learn the importance of proper preparation for an behavioral interview.
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The 20 Craziest Interview Questions We've Heard
Some employers are taking interviewing to an entirely different level by asking job candidates creative, outside of the box, seemingly absurd, but effective and unique interview questions during the hiring process. The following are 20 of the craziest questions we’ve heard of that are asked in interviews at companies like Google, Marriott, Bain & Co., and Mastercard.
Interviewing Tips: What to Say and Ask (PDF)
When conducting an interview, employers and their hiring managers need to keep in mind what to say and what not to say and ask in an interview to stay legal, attract great talent, and make good hiring decisions.
We've compiled a list of What to Say, What and What Not to Ask, How to Ask and How to Close. Click below to download the PDF:
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Interviewing Skills Training
To learn more about interviewing, including legal issues, effective questions, planning and evaluation strategies, and actual practice in preparing and delivering interviews, consider attending ERC’s upcoming workshop on “Interviewing Skills for Managers & Supervisors.” For more information or to register, please click here. Or, for interviewing training delivered on-site and customized to your organization’s needs, please contact ckutsko@yourerc.com.
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HTML5 & CSS3 - Project Based Learning
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This course is 100% project driven and teaches you how to build a professional website WHILE teaching the core HTML and CSS concepts along the way.
Hi and welcome to the HTML5 & CSS Professional Development course, where we'll walk through the same course I teach code bootcamp students around the world. My name is Jordan Hudgens, and I'll be your instructor for the course. In addition to being the lead instructor for devCamp I've also been building web applications for over a decade for organizations such as Eventbrite and Quip.
In this course, you're going to learn all of the key skills that you're going to need in order to start building out professional websites. Before building this new course out, I interviewed hiring managers at companies around the world and asked them what HTML/CSS skills they expected developers to know and that's how I came up with the list of concepts that you're going to learn.
Some of the skills that you're going to learn are going to be:
Media queries for building responsive layouts from scratch
CSS Selectors
How to integrate and style images
Front end development best practices
As we go through the course material, you'll notice that I'm going to teach you my own process that I use whenever I'm building out a website.
My goal for this entire course isn't just to teach you how to build a single website, but instead my goal is to be able to leverage this project build that we're going to put together, teach you the fundamentals as we implement every single feature, and then by the end of it, you're not just going to be able to build the single website and follow along with what I do, but you'll be able to build any type of website.
There are no technical prerequisites for going through this course. This is the perfect course to go through if you want to learn how to build websites completely from scratch.
The ideal student is someone who is dedicated, wants to learn, and also wants to learn how to build websites using the most modern and up to date technologies. So, thank you for spending the time and going through this material, and good luck with the coding.
Anyone interested in learning what it takes to build websites with HTML and CSS
Hi and welcome to the HTML5 & CSS Professional Development course, where we'll walk through the same course I teach code bootcamp students around the world. My name is Jordan Hudgens, and I'll be your instructor for the course. In addition to...
Section 1: Course Introduction and Source Materials
1 HTML, CSS, Flexbox, and CSS Grid Course Introduction 00:02:01
2 What are HTML and CSS 00:06:08
3 The Website We're Going to Build in the HTML/CSS Course 00:04:47
Section 2: HTML and CSS Basics
1 Tools We'll Use in the Course and Basic HTML Structure Overview 00:17:44
2 Introduction to Using CSS Styles 00:12:49
3 Deep Dive: How the CSS Cascading Process Works 00:10:29
4 Guide to HTML Links 00:16:13
5 Working with the div Tag in HTML 00:09:52
6 Guide to HTML Classes and IDs 00:08:33
Section 3: Flexbox, CSS Grid, Animations, and Images
1 Introduction to Flexbox 00:15:40
2 Guide to Padding in CSS 00:07:52
3 Guide to Margin in CSS 00:04:03
4 Integrating Icons with Font Awesome 00:05:22
5 How to Select and Style Child Tag Elements 00:08:42
6 Introduction to CSS Grid 00:13:16
7 How to Import and Use Custom Fonts in HTML 00:10:07
8 How to Import and Style Images in HTML 00:07:39
9 Refactoring the CSS Code to Use More Specific Selectors 00:13:58
10 Integrating Flexbox Inside of a CSS Grid Container to Align Items 00:07:22
11 Introduction to CSS Animations 00:09:17
12 Styling the Right Column of the Navigation Bar 00:13:45
13 Finalizing the Navigation Bar and Organizing the Style Files to Conform with Dev 00:08:01
14 How to Build a Parallax Scrolling Feature 00:10:47
15 Adding Text Overlays On Top of the Parallax Image 00:07:13
16 Adding the HTML Structure and Icons for the Feature Section of the Homepage 00:09:13
17 How to Create Columns with Animated Hover Effects in CSS 00:13:37
18 Working with nth Child Selectors in CSS 00:08:17
19 How to Work with Box Shadows in CSS 00:09:28
20 How to Embed a Google Map into a Website 00:04:26
21 Building the Footer's HTML Structure 00:11:29
22 Controlling the Flex Direction to Layout the Footer Styles 00:09:46
23 How to Apply Filters and Control an Image's Opacity with CSS 00:02:56
24 Finalizing the Footer Styles 00:15:55
Section 4: Transforming Image Styles, Box Layouts, and Content Integration
1 Building the HTML Structure for the About Page Header 00:06:05
2 How to Skew Images in CSS 00:16:18
3 Using the CSS Float Property to Have Text Flow Around an Image 00:14:52
4 Building the Square Grid HTML Structure 00:08:13
5 Creating a Two Column Layout with CSS Grid and Flexbox 00:13:00
6 Finalizing the About Page Styles and Review of Code Organization Best Practices 00:10:15
Section 5: Lists, Anchor Tags and Pseudo Elements
1 Populating the Menu Page with the Two Column Grid 00:05:04
2 Guide to HTML Bullet Point and Numbered LIsts 00:05:13
3 How to Implement Anchor Tags in HTML 00:07:13
4 Overview of the Before and After Pseudo Selectors in CSS 00:07:18
Section 6: HTML Forms
1 Creating the Initial Structure for the Contact Page 00:15:46
2 Building the Contact Page Layout with CSS Grid 00:09:45
3 Introduction to HTML Form Elements 00:08:38
4 How to Style Text Inputs with CSS 00:10:41
5 Styling the Form Textarea and Button 00:07:29
6 Building the Label and Form Element Drop Shadow Styles 00:09:08
7 Integrating Custom Form Placeholder Text Styles 00:02:39
8 How to Animate Form Labels 00:06:05
9 Finalizing Contact Page Styles 00:08:45
Section 7: CSS Media Queries
1 Introduction to CSS Media Queries 00:13:35
2 Finalizing the Homepage Responsive Styles 00:06:59
3 Implementing Responsive Styles to the Square Grid, Image Skew, and Form Elements 00:16:05
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I didn't have much of a background in coding before taking this course. Due to a recent career change, some basic knowledge of HTML and web building was required. This was a great introduction for me and I feel I know much more than required. It is a wonderful course for any one new to the subject, or looking to expand your existing skills.
Jose F
Good content. Look forward to more form this instructor.
Miguel A
Thank you for your great course. Also this team provides excellent support. I have taken three courses here and each time I am impressed.
Excellent program. Very comprehensive. I am enjoying it very mush and learning a lot.
Austin W
Very clear. Explains every move. Easy to follow.
As always, the content and presentation from this instructor is top notch! I would definitely recommend to others interested in learning this subject matter.
Violeta D
Very well organized and presented course that took me from beginner, to some of the tricky stuff in building a website. I've been coding as a hobby for some time now, but this course made me believe that I can actually do it. The tutor explains very simple flex box and grid and I actually fell in love with CSS, as I was a bit lost before. Thank you so much!!!
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Andras P
I'm a visual learner so this course fulfills my learning style by working on a real project and explaining the process of how to structure the layout of the website.
Pedro A
Very nice and calm, step-by-step
So far so good. The content seems to be complimenting my previous knowledge by providing useful tips on how to use the text editors and developer tools while also explaining many of the 'why?' of the methodology. It also clearly demonstrates the direction of the course so the student doesn't get too distracted wondering when the juicy stuff will come.
My second course with Jordan. He increments things at a perfect pace and explains everything thoroughly. I am excited to start the next two courses I have from him as well.
This is a great course. I love how Jordan explains everything clearly.
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Dante – When We Were Beautiful (2016)
Posted on April 24, 2016 by zapniles
To my tastes, this German act is probably one of the better Progressive Metal bands to have emerged in the past decade. Indeed, the band burst out of the gate with The Inner Circle, a debut album that made me immediately sit up and take notice. For a debut release, the sound was quite impressive and sometimes jaw-dropping, with the band displaying a high level of sophistication with its classy, diverse, and grand orchestrations and melodies, not to mention the outstanding musicianship. And with each subsequent release, Dante proved that its debut album was no fluke, and the band was no flash in the pan.
And now along comes the band’s fourth release, When We Were Beautiful. And beautiful it is, indeed! Thankfully, Dante has lost none of its metal-tinged elegance, none of its solid backbone, none of its brilliance for delivering engaging melodies within the often-complex framework of its songs. And one thing’s for certain—like the previous three releases, the band’s music is never boring. Not in the least. Indeed, throughout the seven tracks on offer here, it’s soon clear that Dante possesses a talent for keeping the listener on the edge of their seat.
The nearly eleven-minute opening track, “Rearrangement of the Gods,” blasts from the speakers with everything a fan of Prog-Metal in the vein of Threshold, Adagio, and Empty Tremor can fully and joyously embrace…some thunderous and often-complicated rhythms, some beefy and crunchy guitar riffs, some orchestrated and luscious keyboards, and a melody line delivered by a powerful singer, who (to me) sounds similar in tone and style to Zach Stevens (Savatage/Circle II Circle/etc.).
“Ambitious” comes next, offering up another killer and dense guitar riff, and some grand keyboard washes and licks, somehow bringing to mind another German band, Poverty’s No Crime. The verses, somewhat sparsely orchestrated, allow the vocals to really punch forward with some eerie keyboard sound effects in the background. For me, the high point of the song, however, comes after the second chorus, where a truly bizarre guitar riff bursts forth, backed by an odd and melodic counterpoint bass riff, then the keyboards pop in to add additional stabs of counterpoint rhythms, offering up an image of what might have happened had Gentle Giant gone heavy metal during its glory days. For the next few minutes, more intriguing instrumental fun ensues, including wicked guitar riffage, some galloping rhythms, some strange atmospheric keyboard sound effects, and even a jazzy piano solo. Terrific stuff overall, which shows the band’s creativity and musicianship has risen to the level of groups such as Dream Theater and Vanden Plas at their peak. As the song title indicates, the orchestration of this track is quite “Ambitious” indeed. Bravo to Dante for this track alone! Impressive.
The title of the following track, “Beautiful Again,” is misleading, as the orchestration is rather dark in tone, especially with the slamming guitars and punchy metal rhythms. The bands Circus Maximus and Spheric Universe Experience spring to mind here, and perhaps the band Redemption as well, when it comes to the overall sound of the track, the various complex arrangements, the tone of the instruments, and the vocal melodies. The powerful, frenetic pace is given a rather surprising break only when a “beautiful” grand piano comes in, left to its own melodic devices for only a brief period, before the rest of the instruments return full force, bringing the track to a monster close.
Another lengthy track, “Until the Last Light Breaks In,” contains an engaging and mellow opening, with vocals accompanied by only an electric piano. All too soon, however, a driving riff pounds forth, with guitars and keyboards both given a chance to shine through shifts and twists in timing and melodies. Intricately orchestrated verses follow, including opposing vocal lines, all of it bringing to mind Shadow Gallery at its Prog-Metal finest. Then, more outrageously terrific instrumental passages eventually bring the song to a reprise of the mellow opening, closing the track with an elegant grace.
Although several other tracks of a Prog-Metal nature are also included, I feel I must mention one specific track since it falls into a different spectrum. “Sad Today” is where comparisons to Savatage are (in my eyes) inevitable. With its lovely melody, the comparatively short (under four minutes), straight-forward, and gentle tune contains vocals with only a grand piano accompaniment and some added “atmosphere,” and could have easily appeared on an album such as Edge Of Thorns or Dead Winter Dead. Here, also, is where Dante’s singer once again does his best “Zach Stevens impersonation,” whether intentional or not. Regardless, the track is quite splendid and stands out due to its sparse instrumentation and its dissimilarity to the rest of the material on offer here.
So, for fans of highly creative and diverse Prog-Metal acts such as Threshold and Circus Maximus, Subsignal and Vanden Plas, Adagio and Dream Theater, Dante is perhaps another band you’ll happily embrace. Sadly, on this album, the band probably did not surpass the material it delivered on its previous three releases. But then again, Dante had set the bar extraordinarily high for itself. Therefore, the joyous news is that none of the new material on When We Were Beautiful is in any way below par, but of equally high quality, and nothing less than I have come to expect from such a talented group of individuals. The band shows no signs of letting up, or of selling out its “progressive soul” to a more commercial audience. So I strongly suggest that Prog-Metal fans seeking a wild ride should grab a copy of this album (and Dante’s previous albums) and revel in the majesty of it all.
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The new history of the West
"American Pravda: John McCain, Jeffrey Epstein, and Pizzagate" (Unz) (and the comments are starting out with vigor):
"As I gradually became aware of these enormities casually hidden in McCain’s background, my initial reaction was disbelief that someone whose record was so deeply tarnished in so many different ways could ever have reached such a pinnacle of American political power. But as the media continued to avert its eyes from these newly revealed facts, even those disclosed in the pages of the Times itself, I gradually began to consider matters in a different light. Perhaps McCain’s elevation to great American political power was not in spite of the devastating facts littering his personal past, but because of them."
"Similar rumors swirl around events much farther back in history as well, sometimes with enormous consequences. Well-placed contemporary sources have claimed that Samuel Untermyer, a wealthy Jewish lawyer, purchased the secret correspondence between Woodrow Wilson and his longtime mistress, and that the existence of that powerful leverage may have been an important factor behind Wilson’s astonishingly rapid rise from president of Princeton in 1910 to governor of New Jersey in 1911 to president of the United States in 1912. Once in office, Wilson signed the controversial legislation establishing the Federal Reserve system in 1913 and also named Louis Brandeis as the first Jewish member of the U.S. Supreme Court despite the public opposition of nearly our entire legal establishment. Wilson’s swiftly changing views on American involvement in the First World War may also have influenced by such personal pressures rather than solely determined by his perceptions of the national interest.
Without naming any names, since 2001 it has been difficult to avoid noticing that one of the most zealous and committed supporters of the Neocon party-line on all Middle Eastern foreign policy matters has been a leading Republican senator from one of the most socially-conservative Southern states, a man whose rumored personal inclinations have long circulated on the Internet. The strikingly-sudden reversal of this individual on a major policy question certainly supports these suspicions. There have also been several other such examples involving prominent Republicans."
He then drifts into Pizzagate, which undermines his strong opening, as I think Pizzagate is one of those stories, quite possibly with some real basis in truth (some of the emails have some inexplicable and bizarre wording, and the Podestas appear to be deeply weird), that has been manipulated into a reductio ad absurdum by (((the usual suspects))).
We're all coming around to what I think is the simple and correct solution - American (and British etc) political ponerology is based entirely in large Khazar blackmail operations, with the 'leaders' chosen specifically for their blackmailability. The decisions that are made - naturally backed up by the (((media))), with the unanimity of opinion providing cover - are just so stupid, and so obviously and consistently and ruinously stupid - that there is literally no other possible explanation. All of history since the beginnings of the 20th century has to be rewritten in a woke manner.
If I did it
9/11, solved
'Illegitimate'
The wine of the filthy thieves
The Reverse #metoo
Victoria's Real Secret
The Epsteins and the damage done
#arkancide / look good on the dance floor
Friends of Jeffrey
The Khazar Deluxe Package For Distinguished Gentle...
Lady Black
Epstein-Iran
Use the other door / Yglesii
'The Limited' hangout
Fake news technique III
Fake news technique II
Fake news techniques
Everyone was mystified
(((Secret decoder ring)))
The ((())) and the )))(((
The Epstein Plan
Emboldened Sultan
Mega Group
Little Israel
Treating me like a Palestinian
Epstein II: Return to Orgy Island
Bowdlerizing Browder
Could generate unrest
Old flag
Weeeeird
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Article Stubs, Volume 12 Chapters, Cuvitidala Arc Chapters
"Starting Sound"
始まりの音
Hajimari no Oto
2018 (#36-37)
Starting Sound (始まりの音, Hajimari no Oto?) is the ninety-eight chapter of The Promised Neverland.
A month after the escape, the children and adults slowly adjust to their new life in Shelter B06-32. While they try to contact their allies, Peter Ratri's underling, Andrew searches for them.
December 2031. The caught traitors has been executed by Peter Ratri. Present day, March 2046, his underling Andrew, along with other men, searches for the cattle children only to be fooled with an empty shelter.
A month has passed since the children escaped and destroyed The Hunting Ground, Goldy Pond, and they are enjoying their lives in their new home, Shelter B06-32. Everyone is given tasks in order to help each other, and everyone is currently living a content life.
While everyone works, Emma, Ray, and Lucas are waiting for their allies to contact them in the "Secret Room."
Seven days prior to the present day, Emma and the children talks about contacting their allies. While there were some doubts, Gilda assured everyone that the shelter was made hidden from outside detection, also there are a couple of dummy shelters that were set up/
Even though it's risky, Emma told them with determination that she wants to make sure if they do have allies or not. And if not, they'll just have to make other plans. She then told them "I must absolutely save them in time," flashing back to Phil and the other relocated Grace Field orphans.
They then went to the "Secret Room," where a telephone lies. After seven days of trying to contact their allies, no one responded.
While they did all that, Andrew and his men are still on the search for the cattle children after leaving the dummy shelter.
While he did that, the telephone in the Secret Room rang, surprising Emma, Ray, Lucas, and Rossi.
The message was in Morse code and Emma gave it to Ray to translate it. The messenger apologized that they cannot meet. They then told the information about Peter Ratri, Minerva's younger brother.
Ray then asked the question about the lock, but was not answered. Instead, they said that they should stay where they and they'll come and see them. After that, the line cuts of.
Somewhere, their cloaked ally told the boys and girls to stay alive.
Peter Ratri
Numerous surviving orphans
Numerous unnamed orphans
Phil (flashback)
Other Relocated Grace Field Orphans
Mysterious Ally
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← Dragoon 81: The Young Men and the Festival’s Eve
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Dragoon 82: The Night Before the Festival and the Pitch Black Armor
In the academy, preparations were underway for- what would be to Rudel and the other fifth years- their final individuals’ tournament.
This time’s tournament would be the last festival for what those in the academy had started to call the golden generation. The royal family and the nobles wouldn’t miss this last great competition, with tensions rising far above the norm.
It goes without saying the royal family’s participation was something Fina laid the groundwork for. But once the royal family showed interest, the nobles began volunteering one after the next.
The academy was a ruckus from top to bottom and it was decided the tournament would take on a different form from the usual. Competitors would still be selected in the same way from their achievements up to the appointed date, but they had decreased the numbers. They planned to hold only the finals, but from the voices of nobles and other hopeful competitors, the top eight students were chosen to take part.
Of course, with balance in mind, Rudel, Eunius, and Aleist would be in different groups during the preliminaries. It was concluded so, for if the three of them collided in the preliminaries, the spectators would likely find the finals to be quite unsatisfactory.
The reconstruction of the arena had it reinforced, taking into account the possible matchup between the white and black knights. Luecke had personally volunteered to take on the task. He said he would secure the safety of the arena’s spectators.
He planned to use the individuals’ tournament to unveil the knight brigade the Halbades House had been preparing for a few years. While he had considered concealing them, the Halbades House was never said to excel in military might, and he intended to show the other nobles their power.
By his work, the top eight competitors could take on their matches at full strength. But those involved with the school held their heads as they imagined Rudel mustering all his might again.
In a meeting room where those personnel gathered, a meeting on the tournament was running on. Preparations were underway, but they couldn’t help but be anxious. The reason being all their problem children starting with white knight Rudel. They could never be optimistic about those students who would always run contrary to their expectations.
“Finally, the time has finally come.”
On the heavy words the headmaster spat out, everyone gathered silently nodded. Ever since the golden generation enrolled, there were numerous problems that plagued the academy, all leading up to their graduation year.
Two dangerous monster appearances during wilderness training, one of which was an incident that enraptured princess Fina. It was an incident that made the academy considerably fearful.
In the class battles, a number of matches unthinkable at the level of the fundamental curriculum. These would often produce abnormal situations where all the legitimate heirs of the Three Lords were hospitalized at once.
If Rudel participated, he would be hospitalized without fail. In the infirmary, there were some rumors of a perfect attendance award being prepared for him.
The problem involving the commoner Fritz, and the First Princess Aileen’s interference… Rudel’s free pass into the girls’ dormitory, toleration of Aleist’s implied illicit sexual relations, Eunius’ customary breaking of curfew, the ever-updating record of destroyed facilities in Luecke’s magic research… there would be no end if everything was brought up, but to the teachers and staff who had surmounted countless incidents, their sensations had been numbed.
They who supported Rudel and the others from the shadows, they were now putting the finishing touches on what could be called their last festival.
“Reinforcement of the arena is going steadily. No problem in the security of the royal family and high-ranking nobles… but I’m sure you all already understand. That is never enough!”
Everyone nodded. No matter how wary they were of Rudel and co, they could never be wary enough.
“Fina-sama also gave an order to remain cautious of Aileen-sama’s movements. This year, Fritz-kun is going to be competing in the matches, and there are some grudges to be had. She wants us to be wary of the competitors as well. Well, I doubt they’ll do anything too stupid.”
“Leave it to us, headmaster. In this tournament, we’ve prepared a separate waiting room for each individual competitor. Thanks to Fina-sama, we’ve prepared an ample number of guards.”
“As I recall, they were a unit established to fill in the hole created by the royal guard, correct? Are the ‘defenders’ up to par? We can’t allow failure at the end of the end.”
“That isn’t a problem. They are seasoned fighters gathered from the farthest reaches of the kingdom.”
“… But why are there so many demi-humans? No, I’m not trying to say I hate demi-humans or anything, it’s just a strange inclination in their selection, or rather…”
“The royal guard’s in the same boat. That side feels like a gathering of ideologists, after all.”
As the conversation derailed, the headmaster held up a hand. Everyone grew quiet and eyes began gathering on his face.
“Everyone, this is our last festival. Exercise adequate caution.”
The festival they spoke of, it was a word that referred to any school event that involved the problem children. While it was a word laced with cynicism, it was strangely accurate.
The festival’s preparations were steadily on their way.
The fact the teaching staff was busy at work meant Fina was carrying out her preparations as well. In order to oppose Aileen, Fina had formed the defenders that would come under her control. They were formed as a miscellaneous job squadron readied to fill in the hole left by the royal guard’s formation.
The royal guard whose reason for existence was still in question were Aileen’s pieces to play. With Fritz as its future captain, it was an organization of knights who endorsed Aileen. They held high conceit, and from their position that placed them as higher existences than the other knights, they were terribly particular about their work. They were a problem even in the royal palace, and Fina made use of that.
She proposed they gather those of lower status and put them to odd jobs. The maintenance costs of the royal guard were enormous, but maintaining knights originally of lower status could be passed cheaply. Fina’s father Albach had shown disapproval of its formation, his opinions aligning with that of the ministers who didn’t want anyone forming any more organizations.
With their work taken away, the high knights were also opposed. They were desperate not to let the value of their own existence fall any further.
But by taking a stance that they would take on the work that no other knight brigades wanted to do, their formation was approved. They investigated into the work looked down on by each and bit on.
On top of monster control around the capital, they would respond to calls for reinforcements on the border. While they called themselves defenders, in the name of odd jobs, they stole away the authority of other knight brigades bit by bit, increasing in numbers from the sheer breadth of their work. They were already on the level of a knight brigade. The only reason they could grow to such a size in the short period from their formation came in the demi-human units wasting away in the outer reaches that Fina had recalled.
For Rudel’s sake, the captain seat was left empty, but there were plenty of knights abundant in experience to take on deputy roles. Demi-humans were always low in status, so there were those who hated their noble superiors. Fina had sold favors as she gathered them up.
Before the knights whose eyes sparkled at their final chance, Fina expressionlessly expressed her delight.
(Veteran fluffies are the bessssssttt!!)
But unfortunately, Rudel had no interest in the royal guard or defenders. That alone was Fina’s largest oversight.
“… I’m getting a chill for some reason.”
“What’s this all of a sudden, Rudel?”
In the cafeteria of the academy busily preparing for the individuals’ tournament, Rudel and Izumi were sitting at a table together. They finished lunch and were putting their mouths to their drinks as they measured the right time to leave. They were so laid back the other students were unable to cause them any trouble.
While the two of them were letting out a calming air, Rudel suddenly began looking around. Finding it strange, Izumi tried asking what had happened, but Rudel’s answer was an ambiguous out.
“No, I suddenly got the feeling someone was aiming at me. Well, the tournament’s ahead of us, so I’m sure everyone’ just high strung. There are quite a few busily moving about.
Luecke was securing the arena’s safety, while Eunius had no other thought than his final adjustments.
“More importantly, you’re really participating in the tournament, Izumi? I’m not sure what to think of that.”
“Are you worried? I’m happy, but you don’t need to hold back. In most cases, women don’t take part in the tournament. But this one’s a bit of a different case.”
Every year, the individuals’ tournament would have many male participants. Besides those confident in their skills, women generally wouldn’t take part. But when it came to making use of mana, there was a tendency for women to be more skilled than men. With the greater ability to reinforce their bodies with magic, rather than the power difference between genders, it came more to the difference in ability among individuals.
The reason there were so many female knights lay in a woman’s advantage in using magic. Lilim was an elf, and thus on a different spectrum, but Cattleya was a good example.
The royal family would be watching this time’s individuals’ tournament. Izumi had still yet to learn of her tentative high knight offer, so this individuals’ tournament was her chance. She would be able to sell herself.
“To be honest, it will be difficult for me to fight you.”
Rudel made a displeased face, but he did know Izumi’s ability. Her peculiar swordsmanship was on a level Eunius recognized. It was simply Rudel’s selfishness in not wanting to take Izumi on in a serious match.
“If you let your guard down, then apart from me, there are plenty who’ll pull the carpet out from under your feet. And I passed through the harsh nomination process too, you know. It would be fine if you recognized me a bit.”
Like a child with a thing for mischief, Izumi enjoyed teasing Rudel. She already knew Rudel recognized her ability, and it was intended as a bit of a joke.
But jokes often didn’t get through to Rudel. While he had been calm as of late, the one with their guard down was Izumi.
“I don’t want to hurt you. If any of the other competitors injures you…”
As Rudel’s face clouded, the gazes gathered from the students who had been listening in. Rudel and Izumi were famous in the academy. In crowded places, they stood out.
“N-no, Rudel, I’m joking.”
“I don’t want your pretty body to be wounded.”
The man in question put the words to mouth with an innocent sentiment, but the pubescent student body went and interpreted it on your own. ‘Your body is mine’, the rumor was reinterpreted as hit spread like the nonsense of a telephone game. As embellishments and fins were tacked on to their conversation, it eventually turned into the following.
‘I want to enter the individuals’ tournament, Rudel.’
‘… It makes me sick to my stomach to think any man apart from me will be touching your body.’
‘It’s just a match, it’ll be fine.’
‘Then I’ll kill whoever goes up against you. If they injure you, I’ll slaughter their household.’
Why did it come to this? The delusions of the students that could only bring those words to mind continued to spread, eventually reaching the ears of the staff, and by it, the first matchup of the tournament was forcefully changed to be Rudel against Izumi.
“Sophina, there aren’t many high knights applying.”
Fina expressionlessly processed paperwork with respectable speed. Her form, unlike usual, actually looked diligent. The papers she dealt with pertained to the defenders she had established, and she was doing a proper job.
The reason she was filling those forms in her room was that the one in charge of the defenders was substantially Fina.
“… There’s the matter with the royal guard, but the high knights are facing a shortage of hands. It will be quite bad if we lose any more members.”
While Sophina was by her side, helping out with her work, she was making an unpleasant face. Because she was Fina’s guard, and by no means her secretary. Similarly helping out with work, Mii could only fulfill odd jobs like preparing tea.
Even so, rather than Sophina who could actually help out, Fina’s evaluation of Mii was higher. From how hard she tried to teach Mii the work, Sophina noticed Fina was slowly grooming her into her secretary, and wouldn’t let her run away.
“We really do have too many organizations. While few in numbers, the feuding between knights has increased. It really is a bother.”
“Yes… no matter how you look at it, aren’t you being too wary? Maintaining a knight brigade simply to oppose Aileen-sama is going too far.”
“You’re right. There sure are a lot… then we’ll be having the high knights disappear.”
Sophina’s hands stop, and Fina cautioned her to keep working. But that wasn’t the problem for Sophina.
“W-what are you talking about, princess?”
“Hmm? We have too many organizations, so we’ll chip some away. The high knights are short on hands, and on top of their jobs being stolen away by the royal guard, their strength falls short of the defenders.”
“W-we do not!”
“We’ll need some organizational reform.”
As Fina calmly carried on with her work, Sophina felt something off. When Fina never stuck hands into anything that didn’t interest her, she suddenly spoke up about organizational reform.
To her lord and master who she knew was scheming as could be, Sophina sent a doubtful look. By the way, normally, Sophina’s master was originally supposed to be the king Albach. The high knights swore loyalty to the king.
Sophina had accepted within that she was rolling on the palm of Fina’s hand.
“Your real goal… is Izumi, isn’t it.”
“… That black hairrr, it’s master’s fault for saying he’ll slaughter the house of whoever touches black hair. If it’s to crush her, I’ll even crush the high knight system. While I’m at it, I’ll be able to take the high knights who’ve lost their place into the defenders all too easily.”
“So we’re just a ‘while I’m at it’!? What do you think our loyalty is supposed to be…”
“Hah, listen well, Sophina. In any case, organizational reform will be needed. On top of Courtois’ standing knight force, we have the dragoons, high knights, royal guard, defenders… if our neighbor wasn’t the Gaia Empire, our military would be severely curtailed. The maintenance cost of a dragon is nothing to laugh at. You can rear dozens of horses at the price of one.”
Sophina couldn’t accept the words of the princess who had flooded the market with organizations to begin with.
“The fragmentation of factions within the organizations was going on from the start. To this point, that wasn’t particularly a problem, but now it won’t stand. By the way, I actually have a proper reason.”
Fina finished up her paperwork before pulling a document from her drawer. It detailed the events surrounding what seemed to be a mystery case on the border.
Terrible as she was at dealing with ghost stories, Sophina divided her attention between the document and her work.
The document suggested the Gaia Empire might be behind the mystery. This was outside Sophina’s jurisdiction, so had never even heard of it before.
“It’s certain there’s been movement. Father’s trying to take measures, but he said something was strange. It’s as if some force is getting in his way, and he can’t take any countermeasures… up to now, there have been a number of small skirmishes. But it does seem they’re serious this time.”
Fina had a few pieces of evidence that the empire had moved on hand. On top of the movements of people near the border, the flow of goods… they were even strengthening their military. It was the largest movement they had shown in the last few decades.
But what about Courtois on the other side? Even if Albach moved to counteract, for some reason, he wasn’t getting anywhere. The high knights were weakening, and the royal guard’s increasing authority was creating friction between them and the normal knights.
“Then, then why did you establish the defenders? If you pull troops from the border, we won’t be able to do anything when the time comes! Let alone that, I can only think you two princesses are the ones getting in the way…”
“This is why muscle heads are… even if it’s the same border, it’s not like I pulled any forces off the border with the Empire. And did you really think I’d do anything as foolish as to pull out knights in command of the troops? I’ve already sent those very defenders to the empire’s border to augment their forces.”
“G-good work… huh? I didn’t hear anything about that!”
“I didn’t tell you.”
Fina expressionlessly gave a cute gesture, but she was simply covering for the fact her father Albach couldn’t move. Sadly, there was a limit to Fina’s authority.
In regards to the high knights as well, she wanted to resolve their lack of commanders on site. She foresaw a situation where the skilled high knights could no longer only be used for defense.
Gathering goods on the border, she stationed soldiers and defenders. But she was overwhelmingly short on numbers. As she was pushing it a bit, she didn’t want to involve Sophina.
If someone only heard that much, Fina was proficient. But her motives were simply impure.
Soothing Sophina before she could start a lecture, little by little, Fina explained.
“I cannot accept it, but I understand you are working hard for the sake of this country. So you’ve finally realized your position as a princess?”
“Of course, that’s just a front. When the empire invades, my sister will go on a rampage, unable to read the mood, so I’ll restrain her and increase my own value as I grow closer to my dreams of fluffadise… while I’m at it, I originally planned to crush the high knights to get back at black hair. See, when the royal guard and my defenders are fighting in the palace if the high knights aren’t under my control, there’s no telling how they’ll move. (It’s obvious, isn’t it? Even if I’m rotten, I’m a princess of Courtois. So can’t you show some understanding about the high knight matter?)”
Fina accidentally flipped her true feelings and front, Sophina held her head, filling up with the urge to cry out. Right, looking at the results, Fina’s actions were correct when it came to defending Courtois. There were surely better ways to go about it, but with Fina’s objectives, she couldn’t take any other means.
In a situation where the empire was about to invade, Sophina was among the few individuals who had noticed the two large bombs within Courtois.
Mii did listen in to their conversation, but she didn’t quite get it so she didn’t open her mouth. But from Mii’s eyes, it looked as if Sophina was worrying over the discharge of the high knights.
The reason Albach couldn’t move was tied in with the setting. For the sake of the final event to come, the world had begun to move. To make sure Aileen didn’t stand out, the ministers turned to oppose Alback, and a large divide was made in Courtois.
So the main character could perform on a desolate battlefield. The enemy was vast… his allies were powerless, and the protagonist came out as a hero.
The Gaia Empire was taking this situation as a chance. Askewell distinguished himself in the military, gradually getting his preparations together.
And once more, Fina was fighting against fate.
“You want armor? Aleist, you don’t have any blacksmiths under your house?”
As Rudel was eating lunch with Izumi, Aleist hurriedly rushed in as if fleeing from something. While he had failed to read the mood, Aleist did have a reason.
He wasn’t thick enough to spend lunch every day in that grating, hellish environment. Starting with the slight sharpening of eyes, the checks, restraints, and threats slipped into casual conversation… Aleist could no longer taste his food.
Thinking up an arbitrary reason, Aleist had evacuated to Rudel.
Even Aleist’s harem couldn’t do anything reckless before Rudel.
And the arbitrary reason that came from his mouth was armor. His knight uniform would be prepared for him wherever he was assigned, but the problem was the armor. As the next head of the Hardie House, there were talks about how he needed an armor to represent his own house as well.
“Yeah, mine’s an upstart house, and we don’t have too many craftsmen under us. There’s no problem when it comes to weapons, but I’ll have to make a request elsewhere when it comes to armor.”
Unlike usual, being able to eat without constraint left Aleist careless. Even when the perpetrator behind his harsh training under the tiger tribe men was undoubtedly Rudel.
Sitting beside them, Izumi watched Rudel think as she sipped her tea.
(It’s Rudel we’re talking about, so I’m sure he’ll cause a problem… but it’s just introducing a smithy, so maybe nothing will happen? No, but that’s where the Rudel kicks in.)
Izumi’s worries perfectly hit on the mark. Rudel had currently left his entire set of equipment to some craftsmen from the east. With maintenance in mind, the craftsmen had shown some interest when the sword and armor they forged had grown, and a new shield had been added on.
Rudel remembered their bloodshot eyes when those craftsmen saw his changed armor.
“I do know some skilled craftsmen.”
“Really!?”
“They’re a bit strange, but they’ve got some nice, determined eyes. I left my entire equipment set to them so you can trust in their skill.”
At that moment, Izumi’s guard was down. When Rudel said he knew a good craftsman, she never even thought they were a troupe from the east. She was sure they were blacksmiths under the Arses House’s wing.
If she knew they were an eastern troupe, perhaps she could have cautioned Aleist. That they had peculiar tastes…
“Then is it alright if I make a request?”
“No problem. It’ll actually serve as advertising, so I’m sure they’ll rejoice. I had them go above and beyond for me, after all.”
Rudel had asked them to abandon appearance and make an armor completely specialized to sturdiness, and he remembered how it turned out sturdy enough to surprise him. It really was an armor that had abandoned appearance. It hadn’t the slightest hint of an ornament.
But now, because of the boar, it was made into an armor worthy of the white dragoon.
“Then I think I’ll take you up on that. How much will it cost?”
“I can’t really specify. If you just want an ornament, you might get it cheap, but in your case, you might use it outside of ceremonies… it this case, I think you should get something nice. Even if the country provides them, it’s better to have more usable armaments.”
“Got it. My parents said it was fine if I pushed it a bit, so I think I’ll go and see.”
Aleist delightedly finished his lunch, but when the craftsmen Rudel introduced delivered a pitch black armor to his doorsteps a few months later, he crumbled at the knees.
62 Responses to Dragoon 82: The Night Before the Festival and the Pitch Black Armor
Kags says:
This chapter was absolutely amazing!
Starltyz says:
How’s your day sir Yoraikun?
Not bad, not bad.
Glad to hear that, I was worried you didn’t show up lately
I spent yesterday trying to get a Miko on Tree of Savior.
Get a miko? Job-class?
Ah forgive my rudeness, I forgot time difference
Hawgnes says:
Which server are you in Yoraikun?
I logged into Tree of Savior few months ago, and it’s desolated
Yes that’s the problem, as I was late in joining that game and then my friend banned me from playing it because no-one play it anymore :(
Nyamsus says:
i am cat [self-proclaimed]
A talking cat? Team Rocket!
Pong-san says:
This is getting out of hand~pong
they top eight students were chosen to take part. (the)
They for formed as a miscellaneous job squadron readied to fill in the hole left by the royal guard’s formation. (were)
we won’t be able to anything when the time comes! (to do)
the ministers turned to oppose Alback, (Albach)
Izumi’s worried perfectly hit on the mark. (worries)
mllhild says:
Yay! \o/ I have been waiting the entire day for a new chapter!
A POV of those smiths would be fun, I think?
rhekatan says:
It would be funny if it turned out to be samurai armor.
It would be funnier if it were Catarina armor.
Tensai Megane says:
It would be funnier if it were Magic Armor MK. I
Fina keikaku’ing all around. She sure knows how to stay busy.
Thanks for all your hard work! 😄
Thanks for the chapter ~!!!
Doesn’t everybody already knows that he’s a black knight? What’s wrong with having a black armor?
So…chuuni armor?
zekkendo says:
“Darkness blacker than black and darker than dark,
I beseech thee, combine with my deep crimson.
The time of awakening cometh . . .” for you, Aleist.
Explosion!
Lewd Anon says:
At this rate, with things falling back into the rhythm of the original story with changes, my guess is that Izumi ends up as head of the Defense Force, against Fina’s expectations (or plans), while Rudel ends up as one of the Supreme Commanders, if not the Supreme Commander.
Also, ‘ROFL’ at the rumors over Rudel’s possessiveness for Izumi. It’s definitely the world trying to write Rudel back into being the possessive, selfish, narcissistic, bullying, abuse-of-power, womanizer that his original self was (although his selfishness is wanting to be a Dragoon at all costs). Nice to see the world once again attempting to make Rudel the “bad guy” that he was, in a completely different way.
As for Aleist’s armor, I’m wondering if it’s “pure evil” looking to fit the Black Knight theme. Considering this is an Eastern armorsmith; I’m half-expecting a demonic Samurai-Knight fusion that only makes Aleist more feared (and more infamous). Aleist himself is now in a hilarious spot; he’s running from his own harem, is getting called a womanizer in his own right (not just Rudel; though Rudel still has the honor of being the only male allowed in the females’ dorm).
Looking forward to Aleist’s continued suffering. I really hope he ends up misunderstood in a hilarious way, including having a permanent harem that runs him haggared (even if he gets Milla).
Murali says:
Aleist has completely turned into Erhart.
EroOtoko says:
i suddenly imagining Aleist in orz pose
KozuKy says:
Would be hilarious if Rudel loses on the first match because of Izumi and then whole staff goes panic. Eunius also at the side throwing a fit
Thanks for the chapter :3
myworldisruin says:
Somehow i see their match will be like lover quarrel instead
Or maybe it’ll finally cause their relationship to progress
sodemaso says:
Thx for the chapter o/
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darkm3d says:
Thanks for the chapter. Chunibuni??? aleist, what was the word again? =)
smoggythebear says:
Crumbled at the knees? I’m imagining some exaggerated versions of a shogun’s armor, with horns and stubs XD
Thanks for the chapter :)
Fina’s crazy politics for the win!
Black chuuni armor for Aleist?
Selinus says:
Rafu~
Tali~
Iyo.
Lia~~?
heavenjudgement2 says:
Fuee
darkwingedflower says:
Amazing as always.
Can’t stop laughing because of the last scene…
Vostok says:
Black armor is cool Aleist lol
Is it me or are the chapter starting to get a bit more longer ? it’s so sweet =D
Thanks for the Tank yoraikun…
Alavaria says:
If Fina ends up fixing everything on her end but nevertheless somehow is unable to attain her fluffy desires, it would be hilarious.
habib1100 says:
Thanks for doing this chapter! 😁
ShinItsuwari says:
I really like the relationship between Rudel and Izumi. Those two really go well together.
I’m starting to think the villain character of the story is Aileen. Also she’s obviously the prototype for the airhead princess Annerinne.
Thanks for the chapter, so mutch is goign on behinf the scene, and Fina is loosing it, revealing her true feelings so carefree!!!!!! Is funny how she puts Izumi so high in her priority of enemys while the person in question doesn’t give her to mutch face!!!!!
Newface says:
Aleist finally has his dark knight armor
yuzuhaa says:
Finally caught up with with this one(: thanks for all the chapters thus far !
LOLOLOLOLOL at Izumi/Rudel talk on cafeteria.
HAHAHAHAH crushing highknight to get back on izumi??? HAHAHAH
Kirigaya Kazuto says:
The dragoons, high knights, royal guard and defenders are equivalent to current Air force for Dragoons, Ground Force/Army for High Knights, Head of State Security for Royal guard while Paramilitary/Border guards for Defenders. That what I thing the military organization of Courtois.
michael smith says:
I made it to chapter 82…. wow i had to take many breaks to get here…. the world setting is okay. But i be honest i reading this to see a happy ending with a harem.
Termt says:
And we all love him for it.
ZMan says:
He’s basically the prankster who dont even know what pranks he was pulling
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VIDEOsPAIN TRANSVISUAL CROSSINGS
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VIDEOsPAIN TRANSVISUAL CROSSINGS | Curated by Iury Lech (ES)
VIDEOsPAIN is an international program of video art that aims to exhibit the most avant-garde and up-to-date elements in the varied Spanish audiovisual scene to day, with a theme compelling enough to capture the attention of a broad and diverse audience. This broad selection of works offers a caustic, unusual and critical tribute to twenty one works produced by Spanish video artists, whose works form part of the MADATAC archive. Many of these artists have been awarded the prestigious annual prizes given by MADATAC Festival. The subtitle “Transvisual crossings” alludes to the themes addressed by the video creations in this selection, which describe the dilemmas of fragmented societies in transit into yet unidentified new models, and recognise the changing terrain in which we exist and create, readapting landscapes and objects derived from an unexplored audiovisual digital culture. Here both dreamlike visions and realistic ones, oriented by networks of the in- tangible, encounter organic textures of great sculptural intensity and expand into different forms through which we may observe the dissimilar landscapes of captive sensations and emotions, as well as the one that expose the wakeful body.
Albert Merino (ES) | The essence of the stone
This is a journey through the architectural elements of a space in which the olfactory qualities and the walls are evoked through the appearance of decontextualized objects, unexpected presences and heavy elements. Two figures seek each other through the hallways, chambers and gardens in a static chase, while the space itself gradually undresses itself, leaving its fragments and wounds exposed in a display that overwhelms the gaze and transcends the senses. The images of this specific architectural space reflect a geometrical vision similar to blueprints and their “ideal” conception of space. However the space is also comprised of a series of elements that do not form part of its ideal conception, which are only perceptible at an unconscious or non-visible level. Among these components are all the visions that ever transited that space, moments that accumulate one on top of another through different temporal strata, leaving traces. Therefore the space is overflowing and replete with strange elements that evoke qualities such as aroma or absence.
Duration: 7:53 nmin
Alex de la Croix (ES) | Yurei, the ghost misconception
Conceptual video art drawn from the concept of the “phantasm or spirit” in Jap-
anese folklore and Shintoism. In this piece, the artist develops a character using influences from what is called “J-Horror” or “Japanese Horror” (a term used to describe Japanese psychological thrillers) and from Japanese mysticism, making use of experimental and abstract compositional techniques to create a sinister feeling of disorientation and tension. This is the feeling of the Yürei (the specific name in Japanese culture for this kind of being) who cannot be in peace after his death due to something incorrect which occurred in his life, as is also the case of the Borei or the Shiryo, spirits with different but equally disturbing characteristics. Here, as the title of the piece suggests, the character is shown as a confused spectre, immobilized and displaced from his impenetrable habitat, confined to a diaphanous space which outlines her silhouette exposing not only her vulnerabil-
ity by also an invisible but latent menace.
Duration: 2:13 min
Alfredo G. Barroso (ES) | Pictorialismo
Digitalism might just as well have been the title of this work, which imitates the form of the first moving image devices which reproduced animation cycles in a loop. The title also makes reference to the academic style in photography practiced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that, appropriating pictorial genres, made the body its principle object of representation. This trans-media fact is equivalent, in this audiovisual work, to the recent effort by digital media to assimilate to analogical forms, in which the graphic and the symbolic once again take on importance in contrast with the real. The ingenuity of bringing new life to iconography through a gesture—desaturated photographs, developed in erotic tones by a camera which passes through the scene—here allows us a visual study of traditional techniques within a digital context. In this piece, each frame constitutes an environment more than a timeline. The perspective becomes fractaloid, and a transition, independent of narrative, is resolved through morphism. More than a medium, the digital is a paradigm and a field of cultural action.
Ana Marcos & Angela Ruíz (ES) | entreVELADAS
Two artists of two different generations here present a frank and dynamic look at their female bodies, partially seen through a patina of time and experience, in a performative act in which the body shows itself as it wants to be shown: subject and not object of its own gaze. The whole image has been processed, perturbed, but swathed in emotions. The body is constructed in folds and surfaces that, in the multiplication of their gestures, generate signs of resistance, identities that are repeated in various layers manifest in a collective body, bearer of life expe-
riences. In search of fictions that inhabit us and in dialogue with contemporary notions of identity, these artists of different generations ask themselves how the emotional and artistic language about women affects them/us. entreVELADAS is a tale of how human beings of the present have the option to design their own in/ external bodies. They show the conflict between an ideal, open, living and chang-
ing body and a silenced, sexualized, closed and pornographized body. We cannot know what we seek unless we recognize its contrary.
Belén Patón (UK) | City of Caves
City of Caves is a video dance that forms part of the larger project Cities Interpreted (Road Closed), developed by Belén Patón. This is an interdisciplinary project which brings together photo-montage, painting and video, seeking to reinterpret the atmosphere of different cities and their intrinsic characteristics: their life, architecture, and the continuity of their identity over time. This work, carried out in Nottingham, focuses on the complex web of caves underneath the city center, which reveal its medieval past and the city’s development over the centuries as a pre-industrial center. The final product is a dream-like space composed of digital composi tions. The point of departure for this product is collage, digitally animated to endow the work with atmospheric sensations that situate us in space (light, movement, sound, time). Thus an environment is generated which is surreal in effect but based upon real elements, in which the perception of the individual and the perspective vary continuously. Maya Brinner performs in the piece, lending it a corporeal element that compels us to look again at our interaction with the space around us.
David Rodríguez Gimeno (ES) | Develop / Movement No1
This series of three pieces filmed in Antarctica addresses the process of approaching a territory through a structure projected upon it, exploring the access of the body, the gaze and the notion of time through three geometrical constructions which gradually open out from the spherical to the panoramic in direct analogy to cartographic projections. Indeed, the appearance of Antarctica changes dramatically depending upon the perspective from which it is seen: it goes from seeming a formless mass at the bottom of a flattened cartographic representation of the globe to appearing as the center of that geometry in a spherical representation. This is a reflection of the process that has drawn interest to Antarctica, and layered the place with expectations, myths and fables. Time passes differently here, on another scale; it situates the observer in a situation without limits: from this derives the distinct aesthetic experience of the place. In the first piece the move-
ment of the body defines the schema applied to this space, in the second it is the gaze, and in the third it is the passage of time.
Elena Gaztelumendi (ES) | Leak Out / Defacebook Serie
Defacebook is a reflection on the speed of adaptation to which character is subjected in our times. The constant transformation of models of social interaction and communication, spurred on by the commercialization of technological and scientific advances, has turned the process of identity formation into a grotesque deformation of personality. This generates unexpected mutations, as human be-
ings do not quite manage to fully integrate these new advances. In this series the artist uses video and 3D animation to create fantastical environments. She draws upon the kind of animations used by scientists to communicate their discoveries to society when those discoveries cannot be seen. She uses this to interpret aspects of the psyche that also are unseen until represented. Her work is based on the re-creation of symbolic environments, as symbols are a language which works over time and across languages: she extracts ideas from mythology and the symbolism of ancestral cultures which called upon us to waken unconscious languages and to communicate through their processes.
Fernando García Malmierca (ES) | Neonova
Neonova is a work that constructs and simulates future human evolution. The beings herein represented are taller, their dorsal curve is more pronounced, their cranium is oversized, and the loss of hair and the atrophying of the toes might suggest a natural logic of evolution. Above all, however, this work looks at the issue of genetic engineering. The idea is the creation of beings that are archetypes of future evolved humans (post-humans), both through natural evolution and through genetic engineering with the incorporation of technological elements. The Neonova have subcutaneous osmotic mechanisms that increase their specialization and functionality, in a wink to Freud’s “gods with prostheses” those persons with artificial elements or even hybridization with animals to increase their abilities and powers. These are not beings with a defined sexual identity: sexual organs disappear or persist without any function, conserved as an aesthetic element or as nostalgia for an earlier phase of evolution. The morphological design and choice of skin color mean that older concepts of race become meaningless.
Isabel Pérez del Pulgar (ES) | Opus Nigrum
The objective of alchemy is to achieve—or at least to attempt—through a complex and labyrinthine process of thought and codification, the purification of the impure and through this purification to obtain knowledge of the absolute. Opus Nigrum is the alchemical formula that indicates the phase of separation and dissolution of matter. The artist takes the definition of this alchemical process as a metaphor for the creative process, a battlefield in which the construction and decon-
struction of the subjective and unconscious self is continually pushed onwards by dissatisfaction, frustration and doubt, impelling a permanent search for fresh answers. Marcel Duchamp, in his essay “The creative act” says: “Apparently the artist acts as a medium that, from the labyrinth beyond time and space, seeks his path towards a clearing.” In the creative act, the artist transits from intentions to creation through a chain of totally subjective reactions. Her struggle towards fulfillment is a series of efforts, pains, satisfactions, negations and decisions that cannot and should not be fully conscious, at least at an aesthetic level.
Iury Lech (ES) | Transmorph Realities
Just when everything around us presents itself as inalterable is perhaps when reality is most susceptible to being transformed into something visually stirring and mutant. Transmorph realities make reference to the current of transformation from the real to the virtual and vice versa as a way of capturing the past in order to lend the present a complex and exotic many-sided existence. The imperceptible metamorphosis of the visible means that nothing remains unchanged, everything varies in order to readjust and stir up the consciousness and the imagination of the spectator/observer. These random realities waver between perplexity and hypertrophy, living like a barely-tolerated guest on the retina, which in turn is surrounded by a passive world that marginalizes a creative practice based on constantly questioning the foundations of the dominant culture of the spectacle, which in turn pretends that the revolution of video art never occurred.
Javier Lloret (NL) | Detached Series
Detached Series is a succession of evocative and artistic videos in which the characters show symptoms of alienation. Their lack of expression stands in marked contrast to the violence of the transformations generated by their repeated actions. A series of secondary characters observe this and interfere in the unfolding events. This piece makes use of a minimalist mise en scène, in which the austerity of the stage contrasts with the slow and controlled movement of the camera, cinematic in style. The slow and gradual unfolding of the highly ambiguous situations creates a tension that builds by the moment. The lack of dialogue or of music increases the impact of the sounds generated by the characters’ actions.
Juan Carlos Sánchez Duque (ES) | Still Life
In this piece we see an animation of natural elements that have been filmed throughout the night in a frenzy of movement and activity, but are illuminated by a ghostly light that transforms them into beings closer to death than to life. The still life (or naturaleza muerta), so frequent in painting, represents inanimate natural objects—animals, fruit, flowers, plants—relying on color and light to produce a sensation of serenity, wellbeing and harmony. In contrast but in direct dialogue with this tradition, the images displayed here have a mysterious aura that brings to light the shared essence of extreme opposites.
Julio Fernández Arpón (ES) | Effect 02
This piece is a video collage made with footage of the movement of leaves on trees. As a symbol of the cyclical transformation of matter, they compose a new form in constant metamorphosis. Effect 02 pertains to a series begun in 2011 that continues in process to this day, as every autumn, with the falling of the leaves, the piece is re-edited with subtle changes in color and movement. The piece uses its medium as both theme and content, distancing itself from conventional formulas and exploring new terrains. Its images mix a close observation of objects with a special tactile sensitivity and the distance that the imaginary provides.
Laura & Sira Cabrera (ES) | Dreamworld
This piece alludes to good and evil, to the beautiful and the dark, to the dance of life and death, to subjective time and simultaneous time, to the abyss of the uncon-
scious, to finitude and the transformation that pushes forward into an inexorable and unknown future. These are impossible spaces, times and movements, not realistic ones. Mental images of a woman made up of parts of herself, as if drawn from a drowsing state, or perhaps from a human sentiment as multiple as it is ubiquitous which confronts us with the beyond. The technique is based on the overlapping of footage through which different moments of dance are joined, playing with sizes and transparencies, with the angles of earth and transpositions, such that the content of the video prevails over its techniques and that the techniques subordinate themselves to the theme addressed. With a figure dancing in subjective time, in which she may disappear, become paralyzed, transform herself into various replicas of herself, shrink, enlarge or multiply as in dreams, we fall into a black magma which gradually covers everything, leading us into the bottomless depths of destiny and death.
Lisi Prada (ES) | Haiku Time
Haiku Time is a metaphor of survival which questions the traditional separation between nature and culture, between what is human and what is not, between the masculine and the feminine, between nationalities and languages—including languages such as poetic or scientific language—proposing an abolition of the borders and boundaries which distance us from the other and from otherness, in favor of all that unites us. It questions the alienation of contemporary urban life in which we behave like sheep, ants or pawns on a chessboard, obliged to continue in a meaningless daily routine imposed by the rule of the clock. In the form of a “video-haiga”, these images accompany a haiku preceded by a poetic text, which is recited simultaneously in English and German. Some verses are heard like a Greek chorus in Japanese, Norwegian, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish, emphasizing that what is being recounted could happen to anyone, anywhere. Based on simple and profound observations of daily life and poetic images among which references to the moon and to nature predominate, the haiga is a painting style from which the haiku poetic form is derived, with its three verses of 5-7-5 syllables, here represented symbolically through the use of three divisions of the screen, subtitles in three languages, and a total length of 5 minutes, 7 seconds and 5 micro seconds.
Luis Bezeta (ES) | The Factory
The Factory (42764203) is a project that makes reference to video art and experimental cinema, both tendencies that arose out of the 1960s. A long take shows a creative space like the New York Silver Factory, founded in 1963, where Andy Warhol began to make his first films showing elements of daily life (sleeping, eating, cutting hair, drinking). In this spirit, the video work of Luis Bezeta uses a simple and direct point of view to approach issues of his daily life. The piece tells us little of his daily routine, his walks, or his personal reflections; rather it comes closer to a poetic dissertation on very simple acts. All of this is shot from a very personal perspective, the visual strategies of which are surprising and unpredictable. There is virtually no separation between life and work. This piece, between video art and film, aims to tell a story with many layers, with a final result that is much more complex than it might at first seem.
Marina Núñez (ES) | Device 3
A mechanical gizmo, in which mutant and illogical heads might fit, holds the head of a woman immobilized on the floor. Perhaps they are her doubles, chimera arisen from her unconscious, or else real but ill-advised scientific ventures. We witness the end of the canonical body, so thoroughly represented in our culture as re-
strained and stable matter, consistent with the unitary human being, lord of the world and of himself. In the age of the post-human these foundations crumble. It has been some time now since the discourses about the unconscious made it clear that otherness is not external to us but rather something that constitutes us. Certain technical advances, especially in the field of biotechnology, acceler- ate the dismantling of old representations of the body and with them, obsolete definitions of the individual. If our bodies are reconstructed through mechanical, chemical, genetic and electronic inventions, it is difficult to maintain the image of bodily integrity. It becomes inevitable to think of the body as a collage, in which the boundaries between the self, the world and other beings become porous and blurry. This kind of body possesses the whole cumulous of characteristics which popular imagination has traditionally attributed to monsters, which have always fascinated us—attracting us and repelling us at the same time—precisely because they force us to see them as an only very slightly distorted reflection of ourselves.
Miguel Ángel Concepción (ES) | The Last Supper
Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper and the conjugation of religion, gastronomy and creation/destruction, the artist invited twelve other artists to participate in The next last supper, a meeting around a table filled with food and concepts, in which the artists played the role of the apostles and of Jesus Christ. Each artist was to make a self-portrait and give it to the host, along with all the rights to its use and manipulation. Confronting creation (artists enacting the last supper, the classical painted image, the self-portrait as a form of creation) and destruction (the fire, Savonarola) is a fascinating subject, considering that religion has paradoxically served as the greatest form of creative patronage and also the greatest suppressant of art: from the magnificent commissions for the decoration of Church porticos, chapels and altarpieces to the Church’s retrograde attitude in various historical moments, quite particularly in the present.
Ohn (María Roja & Berio Molina) (ES) | Minuison
The title of the piece Minuison is made up of three concepts: min-, meaning miniscule; -ui- which refers to User Interface, and –son, which means sound in Galician. Minuison plays with the idea of the miniscule in relation to exaggerated make-up, body gestures and sound drawing. All the visual and acoustic actions arise from the facial micro-movements made by the performer: blinks, opening of the lips, deformations of the mouth, stretchings of the skin and agitations of the body. These movements change the form of the drawing traced with make-up over the skin, while they also generate and modulate the sound in real time. This creates visual layers that are projected over the performer’s face in a digital interaction of changing emotional suggestions. The tracking system is done with Devuison, a self-made software based on openframeworks. It uses techniques of Computer Vision and Color Tracking. Part of the code being used is drawn from the project L.A.S.E.R. Tag, by the Graffiti Research Lab. The sound is generated and modulated in real time using Supercollider. Previously recorded samples of the performer’s voice are used. These sounds are transformed as a function of the data sent by openframeworks using OSC protocol.
Rocío López Zarandieta (ES) | Within
Within is a self-portrait in which the artist uses her own pregnant image as a window and as an interior screen in which things occur which might not be seen by the naked eye. In the majority of the productions she has made using her own body, “my own self” as she says, she has transformed it into eyes, into nests, into a bearer of obstacles and, in this most recent work, into a screen or porthole, from which it is possible to look into the inside while showing the outside. There is nothing like a woman’s feeling in certain moments that some-
thing is taking place inside, a mutation she is secretly undergoing. The artist’s naked body is inside the window—inside her own body—like bipolarity, like a symbiosis between the static exterior and the dynamic interior. Living near the beach, the artist feels and hears how the wind moves the ocean and the sand, which buries her and uncovers her, thus revealing the domestic body, the container body, the cocoon body, the body on spin cycle.
Rrose Present (ES) | Life, or burning shadows
The collective ritual of the bonfires of San Juan, in which citizens burn old objects in order to purge themselves of the past and renew themselves for the summer solstice, is here transformed into an individual ritual for bringing light (giving birth) to our own shadows. A hand lights a flame that gives life to a silhouette’s shadow. It grows, moves, dancing with the flame until the flame consumes itself and dies: a metaphor for the three phases of life. Or is it a ritual act of giving birth to our shadow; the shadow which is a psychic element representing our worst nightmares, the monsters and demons hidden under a mantle of fear in the darkness of the individual or collective unconscious, which is then illuminated by the “transforming” fire in order to exorcise our own fears and worst enemies.
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During the L.A. Lakers' 114-106 overtime win versus the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night, Kobe Bryant joined the exclusive 25,000 point/5000 rebound/5000 assist club. Unfortunately, every media account of this accomplishment that I have seen disregarded the fact that Julius Erving accomplished this feat; Erving played five of his 16 professional seasons in the ABA and it is a travesty that the NBA still refuses to admit that ABA Numbers Should Also Count, a point that I have been emphasizing for the better part of a decade (and it sure would be nice if some media members who have been fortunate enough to be blessed with a larger platform than I currently have would use that influence constructively to make that point as well).
Here is the real membership list of the 25,000/5000/5000 Club (in order of career points scored):
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 38,387 points/17,440 rebounds/5660 assists (1560 games played)
Karl Malone: 36,928 points/14,968 rebounds/5248 assists (1476 games played)
Michael Jordan: 32,292 points/6672 rebounds/5633 assists (1072 games played)
Julius Erving: 30,026 points/10,525 rebounds/5176 assists (1243 games played)
Kobe Bryant: 27,061 points/5663 rebounds/5015 assists (1071 games played)
Oscar Robertson: 26,710 points/7804 rebounds/9887 assists (1040 games played)
John Havlicek: 26,395 points/8007 rebounds/6114 assists (1270 games played)
Jerry West: 25,192 points/5366 rebounds/6238 assists (932 games played)
Labels: Jerry West, John Havlicek, Julius Erving, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson
What is Wrong With the Lakers, Part II
If you believe the headlines and the soundbites, the two-time defending NBA champions L.A. Lakers have been in perpetual decline for several seasons; it seems like every year around this time we hear all the reasons that the Lakers cannot win the championship--and then by the time June rolls around the Lakers are back in the NBA Finals. Obviously, the Lakers will not make it to the Finals indefinitely, so one of these years the naysayers will be able to smirk and say, "I told you so." Kobe Bryant responded curtly to the newest spate of critiques: "People that criticize, they can all kiss my ass. I don't give a s---. I really don't. I keep the train moving. We're gonna keep on moving and in June, they'll say nothing."
Most of the people who are doubting the Lakers are not even worth listening to, let alone answering, but Jerry West's recent remarks should not be cavalierly dismissed; the Hall of Fame guard/member of the Lakers' 1972 championship team said that the Lakers are old and slow, that they do not consistently play good defense because they are no longer capable of doing so and that the Lakers' run as an elite team is nearing the end. I am not sure why those comments, delivered at a luncheon of car dealers, created such an uproar; unlike the Mike Wilbon/Bill Simmons/Henry Abbott form of basketball "analysis" that consists of little more than mindlessly saying that Kobe Bryant shooting too much/not being a great clutch player is the Lakers' primary problem, West's blunt assessment rings true in many ways. Here is my take on each of West's assertions:
1) The Lakers are old: By the time the 2011 NBA Finals end, the Lakers' primary starters this season will be 36 years old (Derek Fisher), 32 years old (Kobe Bryant), 31 years old (Lamar Odom), 31 years old (Ron Artest) and 30 years old (Pau Gasol); Andrew Bynum, the only other Laker who has started any games this season, will be 23 but apparently his knees are aging in dog years. Bynum and Shannon Brown (25 years old) are the only players younger than 30 who are currently part of the Lakers' nine man rotation.
2) The Lakers are slow: Without testing the team individually and/or collectively in a sprint, this is a subjective statement but watching the Lakers lumber/labor down the court in transition defense hardly conjures up thoughts of Usain Bolt. As Jeff Van Gundy often says, horses trot, players run; in his taxonomy, the Lakers often look like donkeys that are suffering from arthritis in their legs.
3) The Lakers do not consistently play good defense because they are no longer capable of doing so: By the numbers, the Lakers are a very good defensive team; they rank a solid 11th (out of 30 teams) in points allowed and they are among the elite teams in rebounding differential (third) and defensive field goal percentage (fourth). However, West is quite correct that the Lakers are very inconsistent defensively, both from game to game and also from quarter to quarter within games. West clearly believes that this is a result of the aging process impacting the Lakers' ability to play intense defense on a consistent basis and he may be right; we will not know the answer for sure until after the playoffs but one factor that will be in the Lakers' favor during the postseason is the extra days off between games: even if the Lakers are a bit old and fatigued they will have more recuperation time during the postseason.
4) The Lakers' run as an elite team is nearing the end: This is almost certainly true. The Lakers have already made it to the NBA Finals for three straight years, winning back to back titles. The last team to make it to four straight Finals was the 1984-87 Boston Celtics, who alternated victories with defeats in those seasons; the 1982-85 Lakers overlapped that Celtics run by sandwiching two championships around back to back defeats. The only other NBA teams to make it to the Finals for at least four straight seasons are the 1957-66 Celtics, who won nine championships during those years (including eight straight from 1959-66). Yes, that's right--while some fools are crunching meaningless numbers regarding how many times Kobe Bryant shoots the ball they have missed the larger story: Bryant's Lakers are attempting to make their fourth straight Finals appearance, something that has only previously been accomplished by Larry Bird's Celtics, Magic Johnson's Lakers and Bill Russell's Celtics. It will be remarkable if Bryant and the Lakers pull this off but it certainly will not be easy to do so--and even if the Lakers win a third consecutive title while making their fourth straight championship round appearance the road to the 2012 Finals will be exponentially more difficult: Coach Phil Jackson has committed to retiring after this season, 13 years after his "Last Dance" in Chicago and seven years after his first retirement from the Lakers; although Jackson came back twice before, his age (and, just as significantly, Kobe Bryant's age) makes it very unlikely that Jackson will grace an NBA sideline after this season concludes. Based on both historical factors and on an objective evaluation of the Lakers' current roster, this season will probably be the last season as an elite team for the Lakers as currently constructed: to stay at the top they will have to bring in an excellent coach to replace Jackson and they will also have to retool the roster, adding more speed and more players who can create shots for themselves and others.
What does all of this mean? Simple: it is foolish to write off the Lakers as championship contenders this season--they still are, at worst, one of the top four or five teams in the league and unless Bryant's body completely falls apart in the next six months they will be very difficult to beat four times in seven games this spring. However, if the Lakers win the 2011 championship that will likely represent the crowning, final achievement for this unit before major changes are made.
Indiana Jones once famously lamented, "It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage." Kobe Bryant is 31 years old and he keeps himself in great condition but he has already logged over 39,000 regular season minutes in 1070 games, plus an additional 7811 minutes in 198 playoff games; West retired at 35 after playing 36,571 regular season minutes in 932 games, while by the time Michael Jordan had played 39,000 regular season minutes he was a 39 year old Washington Wizard. Bryant has admitted that his right knee--which was surgically repaired last summer, the third time he has undergone such a procedure on that joint--is already essentially bone on bone; as a concession to that condition and to try to prevent injury, Coach Jackson minimized Bryant's practice time and he has slashed Bryant's minutes this season to just 33.5 mpg, Bryant's lowest average since his second season in the league and more than five mpg fewer than he averaged last season. It is evident that without Bryant logging full practice time the team has lost some of its sharpness and intensity but I assume that during the stretch run Bryant's activity level will be ramped up to some degree in the practice sessions. Remarkably, despite that extra half a quarter of rest per game, Bryant has nearly maintained his other per game averages, which means that his per minute productivity has increased; he is playing some of the most efficient basketball of his career: his overall field goal percentage (.465) is the fourth best of his career, his assists per minute average is his second best ever and his rebounds per minute average is his fifth best ever. On the downside, his steals rate is down and his turnover rate is up. Overall, though, Bryant is playing at a very high level--MVP caliber in fact, though his name seemingly is no longer mentioned when that award is discussed (LeBron James is still the best, most productive regular season player in the league, but Bryant is a more legitimate MVP candidate than just about anyone else right now). Part of the reason that the Lakers have slipped a bit in the standings compared to previous seasons (besides the fact that the Spurs have been incredibly good) is that the drawback of keeping Bryant fresh and rested is that this comes at the cost of losing some games that the Lakers likely would have won if Bryant had played 38-40 minutes like he did in the past; presumably, Bryant's minutes will go up during the playoffs and that will most likely cure (or at least mask) many of the team's other problems.
Sift through the hype and the reality is that not much has changed since a month ago when I wrote an article titled What is Wrong With the Lakers?:
Bryant is performing at a comparable level to the way he played the three previous seasons but his supporting cast is playing worse--so much worse, in fact, that Bryant has been unable to carry the Lakers to the finish line with the score close enough for him to attempt many game-winning shots, let alone nail half a dozen of them. Pau Gasol's productivity and efficiency have plunged after he initially started off the season playing as well as he ever had during his career. Gasol is a talented player but he seems to need to be incessantly pushed and prodded by Jackson and Bryant in order to play up to his full capabilities. Jackson wants Gasol to be a presence in the paint at both ends of the court but Gasol has a tendency to drift and play very passively. If Gasol wants more shot attempts then all he needs to do is to either post up aggressively or else set aggressive screens and then roll strongly to the hoop: in the first case he will often get one on one coverage because the defense is tilted to Bryant and in the second case he will often get a free run to the hoop because both defenders trap Bryant to make him give up the ball. It seems like Gasol goes through stretches when he wants to play without having to deal with a lot of physical contact but when Gasol does what he is supposed to do Bryant delivers him the ball on time and on target; I have seen many instances when Bryant encouraged Gasol to cut harder or take an open shot but I have never seen Bryant criticize Gasol for shooting too much. There is no reason to suggest that Bryant is intentionally hogging the ball or trying to diminish Gasol's role.
Bryant referenced the film "Black Swan" recently when describing the transformation he would like to see Gasol make: "It's against his nature. He's very white swan. I need him to be more black swan." As NBA TV analyst (and Hall of Fame post player) Kevin McHale recently explained, Gasol and the other Laker bigs must demand the ball by being active and aggressively posting up in the paint. McHale's fellow NBA TV analyst Chris Webber offered a more blunt take: "Very honestly, 90% of the people that play with Kobe are frontrunners. When you are a frontrunner that means you will be lackadaisical in the game." Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak has publicly said that if the team does not play better he may make a trade; Webber translated what that message means: Bryant is the only untradeable Laker, so the other Lakers who were "mere mortals" (Webber's words) prior to joining the team need to get their acts together. That may sound harsh but it is true: even Gasol, who is clearly the team's second best player, was just a one-time All-Star who had never won a single playoff game before he hooked his caboose to the Kobe Bryant gravy train. No one--not general managers, not coaches, not TV analysts, not beat writers, not fan bloggers--called Gasol an "elite" player until he settled into a comfortable role as the Lakers' second option. I seriously doubt that the Lakers would trade Gasol but Webber's point is valid: instead of standing around watching Bryant play hard and then complaining afterward about not getting enough shots, Bryant's teammates need to play with a lot more intensity and toughness at both ends of the court.
Epilogue: Snapshots from the Lakers' last two games
The Lakers lost 109-96 to the Boston Celtics on Sunday and then bounced back to beat the Houston Rockets 114-106 in overtime on Tuesday. Several plays from those games provide meaningful glimpses into what is going on with the Lakers right now but before we examine those plays here is a quote from an article that I wrote after game one of the 2008 NBA Finals (Kobe Bryant's Missed Shots and the Torrent of "Psycho-Basketball Analysis" That They Unleashed): "Kobe Bryant's shot selection is subject to a play by play microscopic evaluation that I have never seen applied to any other player of his status; literally every time he shoots--or doesn't shoot--someone questions his judgment and motivations, alternately suggesting that he is either forcing the issue or else playing too passively in order to allegedly make some kind of point. All great scorers are expected to shoot the ball 20-plus times a game and shots that would rightly be termed 'forced' if someone else took them are not forces if they are shots that the great player has a reasonable chance of making or if the shot clock is winding down and there are no other good options left."
The relevance of that quote now is that Bryant scored 41 points on 16-29 field goal shooting versus the Celtics yet if you only watched the highlight shows and/or read the articles by certain misinformed writers you would assume that the Lakers' primary problem was that Bryant selfishly shot the Lakers out of the game. I am a student of basketball history and I am straining to think of an example of another player who had such an efficient game and yet received such disproportionate blame for a loss. It is interesting that game analysts Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy had a much different (and more honest) take; I often wonder if Jackson and Van Gundy ever talk about basketball with Mike Wilbon and, if so, how those conversations go.
Much has been made of the fact that Bryant did not log a single assist versus Boston; apparently, there are a lot of people who do not understand that (1) in order to get an assist the recipient of the pass must make a shot and (2) assists are, at best, a semi-bogus stat. Here is a sampling of some of the Lakers' offensive possessions versus Boston:
1) Bryant feeds Lamar Odom the ball in the paint but Odom hesitates to shoot despite being at point blank range.
2) Ron Artest conducts a dribbling exhibition before passing to Andrew Bynum in the post. Bynum then passes to Bryant well outside the three point line for what I call a "hand grenade" shot--i.e., the shot clock is about to expire so the recipient of the pass has to get rid of the ball before it "explodes" in his hand. Thanks to tentative post players like Gasol, Odom and Bynum, Bryant may very well lead the league in "hand grenades" (I distinguish "hand grenade" shots from the kind of low percentage shots that players like Gilbert Arenas and J.R. Smith fire by choice after wasting time dribbling aimlessly)--and those "hand grenades" increase Bryant's field goal attempt total while decreasing his assist total.
3) Bryant feeds a wide open Shannon Brown for a three pointer that was such a brick I thought it might shatter the backboard.
4) Gasol catches the ball at the elbow versus Kendrick Perkins and settles for a jump shot that barely grazes the rim instead of using his length and mobility to create a better shot.
5) Gasol catches the ball on the left block and shoots a fadeaway jumper over the much shorter Glen Davis, again barely grazing the rim. After Gasol misses, Mark Jackson declares, "If I'm Kobe Bryant I'd shoot more. After watching that last post move by Pau Gasol against Glen 'Big Baby' Davis--that's a soft move. If I'm Kobe Bryant, I'm thinking, 'Get me the basketball and we're running offense through me.'" Bryant scored 11 points on 5-10 field goal shooting in the final 6:58 of the game but the Celtics pulled away thanks to horrible defense by the Laker bigs, who Jackson and Van Gundy lambasted for playing softly on offense and for trotting back on defense while the Celtic bigs sprinted past them for layups. As Bryant went on his scoring binge, Van Gundy noted that it is difficult to beat great teams with isolation plays; Mark Jackson agreed but said that through three-plus quarters the Lakers had already proven that they could not win the other way by feeding their "soft" big men so Bryant trying to take over was the team's last, best hope. Van Gundy conceded that Jackson was right about that and added, "I always feel like they can go to Bryant pick and rolls and get great shots every time because you have to double team the ball." I have said for years that the Lakers' deadliest offensive option is the Bryant-Gasol screen/roll action but it is most effective when Gasol sets solid screens and rolls to the hoop with authority; versus Boston, Gasol often acts like there is an electric fence sealing him off from the paint, particularly if Perkins is involved in the play. Mark Jackson concluded that the Celtics are very confident that they can beat the Lakers in a seven game series because the Laker bigs look like they don't want to play against the Celtic bigs.
The Lakers also had some inexplicable breakdowns in their perimeter defense; everyone knows that Rajon Rondo is a pass first player with a suspect jumper, yet Shannon Brown went over a screen while guarding Rondo (instead of going under the screen, protecting the paint and daring Rondo to shoot a jumper), starting a chain reaction that led to a Celtics score. During the ensuing timeout, both Bryant and Coach Jackson went up to Brown and repeatedly said, with great emphasis, "Under, under."
No discussion of this game is complete without mentioning Odom's play at the end of the first half, an action that defies rational explanation: Odom fouled Davis at halfcourt just before the buzzer, giving away three free throw attempts. Odom would not even look Bryant in the eye after this gaffe and Bryant, sensing that Odom was probably suffering enough, tried to make light of the situation (at least publicly), joking that Odom's foul should make ESPN's next list of "Not Top 10 Plays."
The Lakers jumped out to an early lead versus the Rockets as Bryant spoonfed several of his teammates for layups or wide open jumpers--he had seven of his game-high 11 assists in the first quarter--but the Rockets eventually recovered from a 12 point deficit (including a six point margin with just 2:05 left in the fourth quarter) to force overtime thanks to some mindboggling defensive lapses by the Lakers that resulted in layups on inbounds plays. The Lakers ultimately needed a game-high 32 points from Bryant on 13-25 shooting in 45 minutes of play in order to barely squeak past a sub-.500 Houston team. Gasol and Odom were much more effective than they had been versus the Celtics but no one is going to confuse Houston's hardworking but undersized frontcourt with Boston's talented and deep rotation of bigs.
During the pregame, halftime and postgame shows, McHale and Webber kept emphasizing that the Laker bigs must energetically run the floor and aggressively fight for post position. McHale said that the only way to prove whether Bryant shoots a lot because he has to or simply because his teammates are not carrying their weight is for the big guys to camp out in the paint until they get the ball--if Bryant does not pass to them then there will be a three second call. Bryant has been the Lakers' leading playmaker for the better part of the past decade and he is all but begging Gasol to get into the post so it is exceedingly unlikely that Bryant will not pass Gasol the ball if Gasol aggressively posts up.
Bynum is the Lakers' most aggressive big--at least offensively--but he hurt his knee versus Boston and thus sat out the Houston game. We have been hearing for years how valuable Bynum is and/or could be but in his first five full seasons he played all 82 games just once, in 2006-07, and since that time he has missed between 17 and 47 games a year. He did not play at all in the 2008 playoffs, was largely a bystander in the 2009 playoffs and was dragging his injured leg around for most of the 2010 playoffs. Bynum's size is certainly useful but the reality is that he has spent most of his career either out of the lineup or trying to get in good enough shape to be effective for more than short bursts. The Lakers should not be planning on him being anything more than a role player once again during the 2011 postseason.
Odom has never made the All-Star team in his 12 year career but some people have been touting him as a potential reserve this season (the reserves will be announced later today). Odom had a great game versus Houston (20 points, 20 rebounds) and he is shooting a career-high .566 from the field this season but his overall numbers (15.4 ppg, 9.6 rpg) are in line with his career averages (14.7 ppg, 9.0 rpg) and he is his team's third option; since Odom never made the All-Star team before with those numbers--even when the Lakers had the best record in the West--it is hard to understand, from a general standpoint, why he should make the All-Star team this season. More specifically, how could one justify selecting Odom over the league's leading rebounder (Kevin Love), a rookie who is putting up scoring/rebounding numbers that have not been posted by a first year player since Shaquille O'Neal (Blake Griffin) and a legit MVP candidate from one of the West's top teams (Dirk Nowitzki)? Pau Gasol is clearly more productive and valuable than Odom, so if the Lakers are going to have a second All-Star then Gasol should get the nod. For that matter, even though his individual numbers are down (in large part because his minutes have been reduced), Tim Duncan is the defensive anchor for the team that has the best record in the league by far and a very good case could be made that Duncan is more worthy of All-Star honors this season than Odom. The coaches select just two forwards, two guards, one center and two wild cards, so I will be surprised if they choose Odom over the players listed above, particularly since at least one of the wild card slots will probably be used to deal with the glut of top notch point guards. Odom's only chance is probably if the coaches bend the rules and put Gasol and Duncan at center but even if that happens I still suspect that Odom will be left out.
Labels: Andrew Bynum, Jerry West, Kobe Bryant, L.A .Lakers, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol
Team USA Wins the 2008 Olympic Gold Medal
Analyzing Team USA's 12 Man Roster
Scenes From "Road to Redemption"
Team USA Opens Exhibition Tour With 120-65 Win Over Canada
Jason Kidd's Value Goes Far Beyond Numbers
Huge Second Quarter Run Lifts Team USA to 114-82 Win Over Turkey
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Team USA Grinds Out 89-68 Win Versus Russia
Team USA Overcomes Sluggish Start to Beat Australia, 87-76
Team USA Pre-Olympic Exhibition Tour Report Card
Team USA Exhibition Tour Report Card
Team USA Olympic Schedule and Preview
Bryant, James and Wade Dazzle as Team USA Routs China, 101-70
Team USA Improves to 2-0 With 97-76 Win Over Angola
Team USA's Suffocating Defense Stymies Greece, 92-69
When Did Jason Kidd Become Public Enemy Number One?
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Team USA Demolishes Spain, 119-82
Team USA-Argentina Olympic Semifinal Preview
Team USA Topples Defending Olympic Champion Argentina, 101-81
Team USA-Spain Gold Medal Game Preview
Kobe Takes Over in the Fourth Quarter, Team USA Defeats Spain 118-107 to Claim Olympic Gold
The Difference for Team USA Was Kobe Bryant
Team USA Olympics Report Card
2012 Team USA Coverage
Team USA's 12 Man Roster is Officially Announced
Kevin Durant Leads the Way as Team USA Cruises to 113-59 Victory Against the Dominican Republic
Sluggish Team USA Outlasts Brazil, 80-69
Team USA's Quickness Overwhelms Great Britain
Team USA Survives Against Veteran Argentina Squad
Team USA Trails Early, Rallies to Rout Spain
Team USA Opens Olympics With 98-71 Win Over France
Team USA Sleepwalks Early Before Routing Tunisia
Team USA Dominates Nigeria
LeBron James Takes Over in the Clutch as Team USA Survives Major Scare Versus Lithuania
Team USA's Depth Overwhelms Argentina
Bryant Emerges from Shooting Slump and James Has Historic Triple Double as Team USA Beats Australia
Team USA Wears Down Argentina to Reach Gold Medal Game
Durant, James and Bryant Lead as Team USA Beats Spain in Gold Medal Game
2012 Team USA Report Card
Team USA Routs China 119-62 in Olympics Opener
Team USA Blows Out Venezuela After First Quarter Wake-up Call
Team USA Rallies From Halftime Deficit to Beat Australia, 98-88
Team USA Takes Big Lead, Then Survives Furious Comeback to Edge Serbia, 94-91
Team USA Edges France 100-97 to Finish 5-0 in Group A Play
Team USA Overcomes Typical Sluggish Start to Defeat Argentina, 105-78
Team USA Outlasts Spain to Advance to the Gold Medal Game Versus Serbia
Kevin Durant Dominates as Team USA Routs Serbia 96-66 in Gold Medal Game a
2010 All-Star Weekend
LeBron James' Impressive All-Star Game Resume
Dreary Weather Does Not Put a Damper on the Start of All-Star Weekend in Dallas
Dream Team, Top 50 Players Malone and Pippen Among 19 Hall of Fame Finalists
Jerry Colangelo Pledges that Hall of Fame Will Recognize Worthy Players Who Have "Slipped Through the Cracks"
News, Nuggets and Notes From Saturday's Media Availability Sessions
Tyreke Evans Earns MVP Honors as Rookies End Sophomores' Seven Game Rookie Challenge Winning Streak
LeBron James All-Star Saturday Interview
Nowitzki and Nash Lend a Maverick Flavor to All-Star Saturday Night
Legends Brunch Honors Alonzo Mourning, Five Great Mavs
Dwyane Wade Leads East All-Stars to Thrilling Victory in Front of the Largest Basketball Crowd Ever
Jam Session Grand Opening, Wheelchair All-Star Game Highlight First Day of All-Star Weekend
Rick Barry Interview
Jordan, Robinson, Stockton Headline List of Hall of Fame Finalists
Kobe Talking About Shaq, Shaq Talking About Kobe--and Phil Jackson Talking About Both
Adidas Formally Unveils New High Tech Uniforms
Will the Triangle Offense Make an Appearance in the All-Star Game?
NBA Finals MVP Trophy Named After Bill Russell
Champions Dethroned on All-Star Saturday Night
NBA Legends Brunch Honors Phoenix' Rich Basketball History
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Gibson Shoots Down Rookies (Friday February 15)
Superman Takes Over New Orleans (Saturday February 16)
James' Jam Punctuates East's Win (Sunday February 17)
No Time to Sleep (Thursday February 15)
Potential Pip Comeback Creates Extra Buzz (Friday February 16)
The Kobe Show is in Full Effect/Veteran Shaq Still the Class Clown (Reports from Saturday and Sunday)
Observations from Barkley and Naismith (Friday Feb. 17)
Honoring the Past, Anticipating the Future (Saturday Feb. 18)
Spud Helps Nate Steal the Show (Sunday Feb. 19)
King James Reigns in Houston (Monday Feb. 20)
All-Star Weekend Recap (Tuesday Feb. 21)
ABA Reunion Held in Denver During NBA All-Star Weekend
Interview with Bob Lanier and NBA Senior VP Kathy Behrens
The ABA "Ol’ School Reunion" Rates a Perfect 10
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The Statistical Profile of a Title Team
Stepping Up in the Playoffs
Best of the Worst or Worst of the Best?
Pro Basketball's 2000 Points Club
5-9 and Under
The Ultimate "Five Tool" Players
Is It Possible to Steal a Championship?
NBA Allows Their Stars to Shine
Pro Basketball's Most Decorated Players
The Evolution of the Usage of the Three Point Shot
From Rookie of the Year to the Hall of Fame
Despite the Disappointing Finish, Dallas' 2007 Season Still Ranks Among the Best of All-Time
Defining the Value of a Superstar
The Greatest Power Forwards of All-Time
The Legacy of the ABA
Acing the Finals Test
For Openers: The Significance of Game 1
LeBron Rewards Long-Suffering Cleveland Fans
The Accelerated Growth Curve of LeBron James
Basketball 101: Spurs Put on a Clinic Against the Cavaliers
Spurs on the Brink of a Sweep
King James and His Court Can't Stop Spurs' Coronation
Vincent Mallozzi's "Doc": The Ultimate Hack Job (November 11, 2009)
Pluto-Windhorst Book Details LeBron's Formative Years (February 25, 2010)
Roland Lazenby Describes Jerry West's Triumphs and Torments, Part I (March 23, 2010)
Roland Lazenby Describes Jerry West's Triumphs and Torments, Part II (March 24, 2010)
Pat Williams' "The Winning Combination" (June 28, 2010)
Wooden: Basketball & Beyond Documents a Life Well Lived (November 1, 2011)
West by West Paints an Intimate Self Portrait of a Driven and Complex Man (November 3, 2011)
When the Garden was Eden: A Nostalgic Trip Through the Golden Age of New York Hoops (November 21, 2011)
Joe Tait: A Cleveland Treasure Recalls a Lifetime Spent Behind the Microphone (December 4, 2011)
Scott Raab's Hate Letter to LeBron James (January 3, 2012)
Echoes from Laettner's Shot Still Reverberate 20 Years Later (February 3, 2012)
James Wolfe's New Novel Explores NCAA's Worst Nightmare: A Fixed Championship Game (March 14, 2012)
Garret Kramer's Stillpower Provides a Fresh Perspective About Coaching, Competition and Life (October 3, 2012)
The Power of Negative Thinking: Bob Knight Explains His Coaching Philosophy (March 4, 2013)
Tim Grover's Relentless Training Approach and the Dark Side of Greatness (April 15, 2013)
Beating the NBA: Tales From a Frugal Fan (June 27, 2013)
Warren Jabali Biography Provides Insight About a Unique Athlete/Philosopher (December 7, 2013)
Julius Erving Offers Thoughtful, Moving Reflections in his Autobiography (December 23, 2013)
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Michael Jordan: Feels Like Another One (February 17, 2012)
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Dr. J, Air Jordan, Kobe, LeBron and William Goldman's Battle to the Death (July 2, 2013)
Love of the Game (July 25, 2013)
The NBA in the 1970s
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The NBA in the 1970s: Spencer Haywood Jumps Leagues; the Bucks Blank The Bullets
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The NBA in the 1970s: Rick Barry Is Superman
The NBA in the 1970s: The Greatest Game Ever Played
The NBA in the 1970s: One Big Happy League
The NBA in the 1970s: The Dynasty That Never Was; the Opera Isn’t Over Until the Fat Lady Sings
The NBA in the 1970s: Sonic Boom
The NBA in the 1970s: Roone’s Revenge
The Way We Were: Celtics-Lakers
The Way We Were, Part I: Celtics-Lakers, 1984 (June 3, 2008)
The Way We Were, Part II: Celtics-Lakers, 1985 (June 4, 2008)
The Way We Were, Part III: Celtics-Lakers, 1987 (June 5, 2008)
Classic Confrontations
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Classic Confrontations: Boston vs. St. Louis (October 2004)
Classic Confrontations: Pacers vs. Colonels (December 2004)
Classic Confrontation: Dave DeBusschere versus Gus Johnson (April 14, 2006)
Classic Confrontation: Wilt Versus Shaq (May 23, 2006)
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Part II of my Interview with Gus Alfieri, author of Lapchick
Part III of my Interview with Gus Alfieri, author of Lapchick
Part IV of my Interview with Gus Alfieri, author of Lapchick
Part V of my Interview with Gus Alfieri, author of Lapchick
Part I of my Interview with Andrew Blauner, editor of Coach: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference
Part II of my Interview with Andrew Blauner, editor of Coach: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference
Interview with Bill Woten, Author of Game Seven: Inside the NBA's Ultimate Showdown
Interview with Filip Bondy, Author of Tip-Off: How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever
Part I of an Interview with Dr. Charles "Chic" Hess, Author of "Prof Blood and the Wonder Teams"
Part II of an Interview with Dr. Charles "Chic" Hess, Author of "Prof Blood and the Wonder Teams"
Part III of an Interview with Dr. Charles "Chic" Hess, Author of "Prof Blood and the Wonder Teams"
Interview with Orlando Magic Senior Vice President and Co-Founder Pat Williams, Part I
Interview with Orlando Magic Senior Vice President and Co-Founder Pat Williams, Part II
Pat Williams' Quest to Understand the Winning Combination (May 2010)
Interview With Gary Pomerantz, Author of Wilt, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era (March 2012)
Interview with Tim Grover, Author of Relentless (April 2013)
Interview with Edward Hershey (September 2013)
Interview With Gene Jones, Developer of Triviation (July 2014)
NBA/ABA History
Andrew Toney: A Postseason Strangler (August 2004)
Supergames I & II: The 1971 and 1972 NBA-ABA All-Star Games (October 2004)
The ABA's Unsung Heroes (October 2004)
Bob Dandridge Reconsidered (October 2004)
Sam Jones: The Smoothest Celtic (December 2004)
James "Captain Late" Silas Commanded Respect in the Clutch (February/March 2005)
The NBA in the 1970s (April 18, 2005)
Artis Gilmore: Still Waiting for Hall of Fame Call (July 2005)
Oscar Robertson Interview (July 25, 2005)
The Enigmatic Antoine Walker (August 2005)
Warren Jabali in his own Words (August 31, 2005)
The Greatest Basketball Players of All-Time, Part I (September 9, 2005)
The Greatest Basketball Players of All-Time, Part II (October 25, 2005)
Walt Frazier: The Embodiment of Seventies Style (December 2005)
Artis Gilmore: When Will the A-Train Arrive at the Hall of Fame? (December 2005)
Hal Greer: Productive, Consistent and Durable (January 2006)
Lanier's Impact Felt on and off the Court (January 2006)
Oscar Robertson Black Heritage Celebration Interview (January 26, 2006)
Carr's Records Stand Test of Time (March 7, 2006)
Patrick Ewing: From "Hoya Destroya" to Yao's Mentor (April 3, 2006)
Virtuoso Artists Kobe and LeBron Make the Playoffs a Joy to Watch (May 2006)
Would You Pay $20 million for an Old Diesel? (June 3, 2006)
Alex English: A True Basketball Artist (June 9, 2006)
John Havlicek: The Ultimate Complete Player (July 3, 2006)
Mario Elie on the "Kiss of Death" Shot and His Long Road to the NBA (August 2006)
Mario Elie Compares Hakeem Olajuwon and Tim Duncan (August 2006)
Len Elmore: Athlete, Attorney and Advocate for Social Change (August 4, 2006)
Phil Chenier: A Straight Shooter (September 5, 2006)
Satch Sanders: Unsung Celtic Hero (October 13, 2006)
Phil Hubbard: Playing Within Limits (November 9, 2006)
World B. Free: From Rucker Park to the NBA Finals (December 23, 2006)
Transcript of February 9, 2007 Online Chat at Sports.Sina.com
Mark Aguirre: Dropping Knowledge (February 14, 2007)
Mark Aguirre: "DVD Extras" (February 18, 2007)
Billy Knight: The Quiet Assassin (April 9, 2007)
Steve Kerr: "I Just Got by With What I Had" (May 14, 2007)
Dave Cowens Helped Restore Celtics Pride (June 21, 2007)
John MacLeod: The Man Behind the Suns' Rise (July 18, 2007)
Joe Caldwell: Banned from Basketball (August 16, 2007)
Mike Gale's Journey from Elizabeth City State to the ABA Finals (September 16, 2007)
Ollie Taylor: Battling Giants at 6-2 (October 9, 2007)
Paul Westphal: Celtic Sub Shined Brightly as a Sun (November 20, 2007)
Dan Majerle: Evolving to Survive (December 18, 2007)
LeBron and Boobie Turn New Orleans into Cleveland South (February 23, 2008)
Jack Sikma: Dependable and Durable (February 27, 2008)
T-Mac Proves Worth During Streak (March 15, 2008)
Dennis Johnson: "Airplane" Flew to Three NBA Titles (March 18, 2008)
Making a Point About MVPs (April 18, 2008)
Dell Curry: Stephen's Dad Was a Great Sharpshooter Too (April 22, 2008)
The "25-5-5" Club (May 5, 2008)
Playoff Scoring Champions (May 21, 2008)
Mark Price Shot, Passed and "Split" His Way Into The NBA's Elite (June 22, 2008)
To Repeat or Not Repeat--That is the Question (June 29, 2008)
Memorable Moments and Milestones in Sonics' History (July 5, 2008)
Hakeem Olajuwon's Journey from Nigeria to the Basketball Hall of Fame (September 3, 2008)
Patrick Ewing: Fifth Member of "Dream Team" to be Inducted in Basketball Hall of Fame (September 4, 2008)
Adrian Dantley: The Mystery Man (September 5, 2008)
High Flyers and Free Throw Shooting (November 10, 2008)
Sam Cassell: A Student of the Game Evolves into A Teacher (November 18, 2008)
Durant Back in his Comfort Zone at Small Forward (November 27, 2008)
One-on-One With Shane Battier (January 14, 2009)
Chuck Daly: A Winner at All Levels of the Game (May 9, 2009)
Slam Top 50 is a Typically Sloppy Production (June 6, 2009)
LeBron James’ Magnificent Playoff Run is One for the Ages (June 19, 2009)
Who's The Boss (October 13, 2009 reprint of 2006-07 Lindy's Pro Basketball Cover Story)
Ronny Turiaf Interview (November 3, 2009)
Allen Iverson's Legacy (November 26, 2009)
Sporting News Strikes Again (February 4, 2010)
Beckett Basketball Ranks the 50 Greatest Players (June 30, 2010)
Love's Double Double Streak is Impressive but the NBA's Orwellian Memory Hole is Disturbing (March 10, 2011)
Shaq Achieved So Much--and Could Have Achieved So Much More (June 6, 2011)
The A Train Makes an Overdue Arrival at the Basketball Hall of Fame (August 13, 2011)
Sporting News Selects All-Time NBA Team (November 9, 2011)
Mel Daniels Finally Receives Long Overdue Hall of Fame Call (February 24, 2012)
Deron Williams Did Not Set Nets' Single Game Scoring Record (March 5, 2012)
Reflections on the 2012 Basketball Hall of Fame Class (September 8, 2012)
Herb Turetzky: The Original Net (October 5, 2012)
Strong Leadership is David Stern's Legacy (October 26, 2012)
Remembering Warren Jabali (February 18, 2013)
Jerry Buss: Championship or Bust (February 19, 2013)
Hill, Kidd Retirements Mark End of an Era (June 3, 2013)
Twyman-Stokes Award Honors the Enduring Importance of Friendship and Character (June 10, 2013)
1973 ABA All-Star Game Highlights Showcase Warren Jabali's MVP Performance (June 26, 2013)
Sam Smith's 2002 List of the 10 Greatest NBA Centers (July 17, 2013)
Tracy McGrady is Clearly a Hall of Famer (August 27, 2013)
Tracy McGrady's Underrated Career (August 31, 2013)
Remembering Bill Sharman, Star Player and Coaching Innovator (November 5, 2013)
The Amazing Allen Iverson (November 12, 2013)
Walt "Big Bells" Bellamy Rang Up Some Impressive Numbers (November 26, 2013)
Basketball Hall of Fame Finally Honors Bobby "Slick" Leonard (February 28, 2014)
Bobby "Slick" Leonard Remembers the ABA During his Basketball Hall of Fame Speech (August 9, 2014)
"Bobby 'Slick' Leonard: Heart of a Hoosier" Captures the Essence of an Indiana Sports Icon (August 17, 2014)
Louie Dampier Earns Direct Election into the Basketball Hall of Fame (February 28, 2015)
Olympic Star/ABA MVP/NBA All-Star Spencer Haywood Receives Overdue Hall of Fame Selection (April 12, 2015)
Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins Leaves Behind a Legacy of Dunks, Laughter and Love (August 28, 2015)
Three-Time MVP Moses Malone Dies Unexpectedly at Age 60 (September 13, 2015)
Mel Daniels, Cornerstone of the Pacers' ABA Dynasty Years, Leaves Behind a Rich Legacy (October 31, 2015)
Selecting a "Franchise Four" for the NBA's Cornerstone Franchises (November 25, 2015)
Dolph Schayes, Scorer/Rebounder/Passer Extraordinaire, Passes Away at 87 (December 10, 2015)
Justin Termine's All-1970s and All-1980s Teams (September 17, 2016)
In Perpetuity: The Story of the Silna Brothers (October 18, 2016)
Wayback Machine, Part I: The 1975 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball
Wayback Machine, Part II: The 1976 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball
Wayback Machine, Part III: The 1977 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball
Wayback Machine, Part IV: The 1978 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball
Wayback Machine, Part V: The 1979 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball
Wayback Machine, Part VI: The 1980 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball
Wayback Machine, Part VII: The 1981 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball
Wayback Machine, Part VIII: The 1982 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball
Wayback Machine, Part IX: The 1983 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball
Wayback Machine, Part X: The 1984 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball
Bill Tosheff and the Plight of the Pre-1965ers
Bill Tosheff: NBA Co-Rookie of the Year and Tireless Advocate for the "Pre-1965ers" (Part I, March 1, 2009)
Bill Tosheff: NBA Co-Rookie of the Year and Tireless Advocate for the "Pre-1965ers" (Part II, March 2, 2009)
Bill Tosheff: Champion for the "Pre-1965ers" (November 25, 2011)
Basketball Digest Columns, 2001-2004
ABA Numbers Should Also Count (May 2001)
The Most Dominant Championship Teams in NBA/ABA History (Summer 2001)
Pro Basketball Teams of the Decade (November 2001)
More Than A Passing Fancy: The Best Playmaking Forwards Ever (December 2001)
The Greatest Scoring Machines in Pro Basketball History (January 2002)
Pro Basketball's "Five-Tool" Players (February 2002)
Midseason Maestros (March 2002)
Pro Basketball's 100-100 Club (April 2002)
Rising to the Occasion: Pro Basketball's Greatest Playoff Scorers (May 2002)
Pro Basketball's Greatest Playoff Upsets (Summer 2002)
Young at Heart: Pro Basketball’s All-Time Ageless Wonders (November 2002)
Running a One Man Fast Break: Pro Basketball's Greatest Rebounding Guards (December 2002)
Pro Basketball's Almost Scoring Champions (January 2003)
Midwest Division "Dream Teams" (January 2003)
Missed it by that Much: Pro Basketball’s Closest Races for the Rebounding Title (February 2003)
SurPASSed: These Playmakers Narrowly Missed Winning the Assists Crown (March 2003)
Honor Roll: Pro Basketball's Most Decorated Players (April 2003)
Champions Club: Pro Basketball's Dynasties by the Numbers (May 2003)
Not Exactly the Wonder Five: Pro Basketball's Worst Finalists (Summer 2003)
Pro Basketball’s 2000 Point Club: Iron Men Who Shoot With a Feathery Touch (December 2003)
Pro Basketball's 1000 Rebound Club: The Meek Need Not Apply for Membership (February 2004)
Fountain of Youth: Life Begins at 40 for These NBA Players (April 2004)
Carolina Connection
Bob McAdoo Reconsidered (June 2004)
Bobby Jones: The Ultimate Team Player (October 19, 2005)
Larry Miller: Tar Heel Legend and ABA Single Game Scoring Leader (October 2005)
Billy Cunningham Interview (November 2005)
Billy Cunningham: The "Kangaroo Kid" has Never Forgotten his Tar Heel Roots (January 2006)
Bob McAdoo: The Numbers Don't Lie (February 6, 2006)
Brad Daugherty: From the Court to the Race Track (January 26, 2007)
Brad Daugherty "DVD Extras" (January 29, 2007)
Kenny Smith: Always Ahead of the Game (March 16, 2007)
Kenny Smith: "DVD Extras" (March 20, 2007)
Catching Up With...
Dave Bing
Greg Kelser
Articles Originally Published in Sports Collectors Digest
Etched in Time: George Vlosich III Turns a Child’s Toy into a Unique Sports Collectible (November 11, 2004)
The ABA "Ol’ School Reunion" Rates a Perfect 10 (July 29, 2005)
Larry Miller: The ABA’s All-Time Single-Game Scoring Leader and an ACC Legend (July 29, 2005)
Kobe Bryant: Perception Versus Reality (February 2005)
All-Star Weekend Interview with Kobe Bryant (March 2005)
Kobe 62, Dallas 61 (December 2005)
Kobe versus LeBron: The Measure of Greatness (January 2006)
81! Kobe Bryant Overshadows Championship Sunday (January 2006)
Kobe's January Performance is One for the Ages (February 2006)
Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson: More Top 40 Hits Than Anyone on the Billboard Charts (March 2006)
Kobe Bryant: 2006 MVP (March 2006)
Virtuoso Artists Kobe and LeBron Make the Playoffs a Joy to Watch (April 2006)
"Everything Turns on a Trifle" (May 2006)
Kobe Bryant Unplugged (November 2006 Chris Myers interview)
Perfect Storm: Kobe Bryant Scores 30 Third Quarter Points Without Missing a Shot, Drops 52 as Lakers Rout Jazz, 132-102 (December 2006)
Kobe Bryant is Amazing (53-10-8 versus Houston, December 2006)
Kobe Bryant Makes History With his Fourth Straight 50 Point Game (March 2007)
Who is the "Best Player," Kobe Bryant or Steve Nash? (March 2007)
Kobe's 50 Point Streak Ends, But the Lakers Winning Streak Continues (March 2007)
How to Detect Wack NBA Analysis (April 2007)
Suns Wear Down Lakers in Fourth Quarter (April 2007; includes statistics about Bryant's 37.2 ppg post All-Star Game scoring average)
Why Blogging is Booming and Newspapers Are Scrambling to Catch Up (May 2007; includes skill set evaluation of Bryant)
"Know This Above All Else...Time Waits for No Man": Kobe Bryant Talks to Esquire Magazine (October 2007)
Game Within the Game: Kobe Bryant Outduels Manu Ginobili as Lakers Topple Spurs (December 2007)
Will Laker Improvement Help Kobe Bryant to Win his First MVP? (December 2007)
Choosing Kobe Over Shaq Looks Smarter Every Day (January 2008)
Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat's Hard Knock Life (February 2008)
Unstoppable: Kobe Drops 49 as Lakers Smash Nuggets, 122-107 (April 2008)
The Best Player is Finally Recognized as the "Most Valuable" (May 2008)
Bryant Dominates Second Half as Lakers Erase 20 Point Deficit to Edge Spurs (May 2008)
No More Butter Knives: Kobe Bryant and His "Guns" Shoot Down Spurs (May 2008)
Bryant Lifts Lakers to Within One Win of Returning to the NBA Finals (May 2008)
A Performance for the Ages: Kobe Drops 39 as Lakers Eliminate Spurs (May 2008)
Kobe Bryant's Missed Shots and the Torrent of "Psycho-Basketball Analysis" That They Unleashed (June 2008)
Faulty Comparisons: Career Legacies Are Not Defined by One Game (June 14, 2008)
Shaq Versus Kobe (Again) (June 24, 2008)
Kobe Takes Over in the Fourth Quarter, Team USA Defeats Spain 118-107 to Claim Olympic Gold (August 2008)
Scouting Report: Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James
Michael Jordan and Tex Winter Discuss the MJ-Kobe Comparisons (September 2008)
Kobe Bryant on Jim Rome is Burning (September 2008 transcript)
Sporting News NBA Survey, Revisiting Kobe Bryant's Evolution (October 25, 2008)
Is Kobe New and Improved or Just More Appreciated? (December 2008)
Lakers Lose Second Game in a Row Despite Bryant's Season-High 41 Points (December 2008)
Kobe Bryant: "A Straight-A Student Who Still Goes to all the Extra Study Sessions" (January 2009)
Breaking Down Kobe's 61 Point Game (February 2009)
Savor This Sunday’s Matchup Between LeBron and Kobe (February 2009)
NBA TV Panel Weighs in on Kobe Versus LeBron (February 2009)
Kobe Bryant: Perception Versus Reality (March 2009)
Kobe's Complete Skill Set 4, Houston's "Advanced Stats" 0 (April 2009)
Comparing Wade Version 2009 to Bryant Version 2006 (May 15, 2009)
Kobe: Doin' Work (May 17, 2009)
Bryant Outduels Anthony, Carries Lakers Past Nuggets (May 20, 2009)
"No Mercy": Bryant Produces, Directs and Stars as Lakers Smash Nuggets (May 30, 2009)
Are the Lakers Really Better Off When Kobe Bryant Shoots Less Frequently? (June 1, 2009)
Kobe Bryant's NBA Finals Resume (June 2, 2009)
Brilliant Bryant Shreds Magic as Lakers Roll, 100-75 (June 5, 2009)
Maestro Bryant Orchestrates Lakers' Championship, Wins Finals MVP (June 15, 2009)
Kobe Bryant Literally Molded This Lakers' Team in his Hardworking Image (June 16, 2009)
Deconstructing Bad Writing: Krolik's Slam Job on Kobe Bryant, Part I (June 2009)
Deconstructing Bad Writing: Krolik's Slam Job on Kobe Bryant, Part II (June 2009)
When Did Kobe Bryant Really Become a Team Player? (July 2009)
Kobe Bryant Learns Low Post Moves From Hakeem Olajuwon (October 2009)
"Kobe Doin' Work" DVD Extras Provide Compelling Portrait of a Basketball Artist (November 2009)
Lakers Pound Pacers in Paint, Roll to 118-96 Win (January 2010)
Bryant Returns to Action, Rescues Lackluster Lakers (February 2010)
Heat Victory Over Lakers Calls Into Question Assertions About Lakers' Depth (March 2010)
Being a Clutch Player is More Significant than Just Making Clutch Shots (March 2010)
Bryant Saves the Day (Again), McHale Explains why the "7-11 Defense" Does not Work (March 2010)
Kobe Bryant Adds to his Glittering Playoff Resume, Carries Lakers to Third Straight NBA Finals Appearance (May 2010)
Lakers Repeat as Champions, Kobe Bryant Earns Second Finals MVP (June 2010)
Placing Kobe Bryant's Career in Historical Context (June 2010)
Bryant's Handling of his Injuries, Lakers' Offseason Moves Provide New Perspectives on "Great Debate" (July 26, 2010)
Kobe Bryant's Impact on the Lakers Goes Far Beyond What Statistics Can Measure (August 2010)
The Ability to Control a Game Down the Stretch is More Significant than Simply Making Buzzer Beating Shots (September 2010)
Lakers Jump on Pacers Early, Cruise to 109-94 Win (December 2010)
Kobe Bryant in the Clutch...the Rest of the Story (February 2011)
Lakers Edge Celtics, Spoil Allen's Record-Setting Night (February 2011)
Kobe Bryant's All-Star MVP Performance Provides a Flashback--and a Possible Playoff Preview (February 2011)
Bryant Leads the Way as Lakers Pummel Spurs (March 2011)
Lakers Face Crossroads After Being Swept by Mavericks (May 2011)
Kobe Bryant's Shot Selection Endlessly Fascinates Self-Proclaimed Experts (January 2012)
Kevin Ding Provides Excellent Lakers Coverage (January 2012)
Kobe Bryant's Tank is not on "E" (January 2012)
Kobe Bryant Tops 40 Points for the Third Straight Game (January 2012)
Kobe Bryant Versus LeBron James: The Non-Rivalry Rivalry (January 2012)
Kobe Bryant Moves Past Shaquille O'Neal on the All-Time Scoring List (February 2012)
Kevin Ding Provides Insight Regarding the Challenges that Kobe Bryant has Overcome (March 2012)
The Difference Between Kobe Bryant and LeBron James (April 2012)
Seven Games of Life Without Kobe Bryant (April 2012)
Kobe Bryant Feels Like the Old Eric Carmen Song: All by Myself (May 2012)
Kevin Ding Once Again Hits the Ball out of the Park (May 2012)
Thoughts on the Lakers-Thunder Series and the Difference Between Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade (May 2012)
Kevin Ding: Lakers' Biggest Problem is Gasol's Passivity (May 2012)
Thunder Domination Conclusively Proves that Lakers are not Championship Contenders (May 2012)
Howard-Bynum Trade Would be Good for All Concerned Parties (July 2012)
Can the Lakers' Methuselah Backcourt Lead a Championship Run? (July 2012)
Ralph Wiley Understood Kobe Bryant's Genius (July 2012)
Blockbuster Dwight Howard Deal Vaults Lakers Back into Championship Hunt (August 2012)
Andrew Bynum Benefited from Kobe Bryant's Mentoring (August 2012)
Similarities Between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan (August 2012)
Gasol and Howard Must Match Bryant's Aggressiveness (December 2012)
Kevin Ding Describes Kobe Bryant's Defensive Focus (January 2013)
Assessing the "New" Lakers and the "New" Kobe Bryant (January 2013)
Simers' Interview Provides Insights Into Kobe Bryant's Mindset (February 2013)
Lakers Discover Correct Formula (February 2013)
Bryant Posts Rare Stat Line in Big Comeback Win (March 2013)
Bryant Posts Second Consecutive 40 Point, 10 Assist Stat Line (March 2013)
Kevin Ding's Take on Kobe Versus Shaq (April 2013)
Classic "Cleaner" Performance by Kobe Bryant (April 2013)
Kobe Bryant's Achilles Ruptures Under the Weight of the Lakers' Ineptitude (April 2013)
Sleepwalking Lakers End "Nightmare" Season by Being Swept (April 2013)
Preliminary Thoughts About Dwight Howard's Decision (July 2013)
Ralph Wiley Describes the Young Kobe Bryant's Evolution (August 2013)
Kobe Bryant Ponders His Basketball Mortality (October 2013)
Lakers are not Good Even With Kobe Bryant--but They are Awful Without Him (January 2014)
Kobe Bryant: "I'm a Difficult Person to Deal With" (February 2014)
Sans Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers Sink to Historic Lows (March 2014)
Assessing Kobe Bryant as a Lion in Winter (November 2014)
Kobe Bryant is not as Good as Michael Jordan--So What? (December 2014)
Kobe Bryant the Realist Faces His Basketball Mortality (January 2015)
Thoughts About Kobe Bryant's February 2015 Interview With Ahmad Rashad (July 2015)
Genius Talks: Kobe Unplugged (October 2015)
Kobe Bryant Quotes Provide Insight Into His Basketball Philosophy (October 2015)
The Twilight of Kobe Bryant (November 2015)
Kobe Bryant, Carl Lewis, Jon Drummond and the Olympic Spirit (November 2015)
Looking Back on the Kobe Bryant Era (December 2015)
Kobe Drops 60 to Drop the Mic on an Unparalleled 20 Year Career (April 2016)
Evaluating Kobe Bryant's "Two Careers" (December 2017)
"The Mamba Mentality" (December 2018)
Shootout at the Q: King James Versus J Rich (February 12, 2006)
LeBron James and the Cavaliers Deliver a Perfect Birthday Present for Coach Brown (March 6, 2006)
Murray "Flips" the Script in a Big Win for the Cavs (March 20, 2006)
King James Reigns Supreme in his Playoff Debut (April 23, 2006)
"Playoff Basketball is War and Hell" (April 26, 2006)
Cavaliers and Wizards Work Overtime to Produce an Instant Classic (May 4, 2006)
Put Away the Brooms, Detroit (May 14, 2006)
This "Guaran-Sheed" was Bogus (May 16, 2006)
Rasheed's Play Speaks Volumes as the Pistons Force a Game Seven Showdown with the Cavaliers (May 20, 2006)
Detroit Smothers Cleveland in Game Seven (May 21, 2006)
LeBron's First Triple Double of the Season is not Enough as the Cavs Fall to Denver (January 20, 2007)
Instant Classic: LeBron's 48 Points Lift Cavs to Thrilling Double Overtime Win (June 1, 2007)
LeBron Lifts Cavs to 111-108 Win Over Raptors (November 24, 2007)
Is the Status Quo Really So Bad for the Cavs? (January 25, 2008)
Cleveland Rolls the Dice (February 24, 2008)
Taking Care of Business: Cavs Tame Timberwolves, 92-84 (March 1, 2008)
The Trade: A "Mid-Term" Report Card (March 19, 2008)
Will Third Time Be The Charm for Wizards? (April 17, 2008)
Will the Real Cavs and Celtics Please Stand Up? (May 5, 2008)
Cleveland Cavaliers 2008-09 Preview
Cleveland Cavaliers 2008-09 Eight Game Progress Report (November 12, 2008)
Cavs Rout Listless Knicks, 119-101 (Nov. 26, 2008)
Cavs Set Individual and Team Records in 114-94 Win Over Toronto (Dec. 10, 2008)
Cavs Are "Mo" Better (Dec. 18, 2008)
The Potential Impact of Big Z's Injury (January 4, 2009)
Cavs Have Weathered the Injury Storm (January 27, 2009)
Sometimes the Best Trades are the Ones You Don’t Make (February 20, 2009)
LeBron’s Long Range Accuracy (March 6, 2009)
Cleveland's One-Two Punch Knocks Out Heat (March 8, 2009)
Mike Brown Coaches by Feel, Not Numbers (March 9, 2009)
Cavs Begin Championship Quest by Facing Familiar Foe (April 16, 2009)
Cavs’ Defense and Depth Will be Too Much for Hawks (May 3, 2009)
Playoff-Tested Cavs Well Equipped to Deal With Magic (May 18, 2009)
Hubie Brown Breaks Down Cleveland-Orlando and LeBron-Kobe (May 21, 2009)
Cavs Upgrade With Parker for Pavlovic "Swap" (July 17, 2009)
The Evolution of Cleveland’s Roster Since 2007 (July 22, 2009)
Defensive-Minded Celtics Spoil Cavaliers' Home Opener (October 28, 2009)
Improving Cavs Defeat Eastern Conference Champion Magic (November 12, 2009)
Why Would LeBron James Become Captain of the Gotham Titanic? (November 24, 2009)
Shaq: The "Big Bill Cartwright" (November 30, 2009)
Upcoming Road Games Will Test Cleveland’s Mettle (December 11, 2009)
Reexamining Cleveland’s Offseason Moves (December 19, 2009)
Matchups to Watch in the Cavs-Lakers Game (December 24, 2009)
Cavs Surge to the Top of the Eastern Conference (January 10, 2010)
Hungry, Tough Cavaliers Outwork Lakers, 93-87 (January 22, 2010)
Shorthanded Cavs Own NBA’s Best Record (January 26, 2010)
Jamison Could be Final Championship Piece--If Big Z Rejoins Cavs (February 19, 2010)
O’Neal Injury Could Imperil Cavs’ Championship Hopes (March 2, 2010)
Cavs Shock World, Win Game Without LeBron James: Stunned Bill Simmons Declares that Kobe Bryant is the MVP (March 9, 2010)
With Big Z Back in the Fold, Cavs Prepare for Championship Run (March 28, 2010)
Cavs Use Balanced Attack to Tame Raptors (April 7, 2010)
Cavs Will Battle Bulls in the Playoffs for the First Time Since the Michael Jordan Era (April 15, 2010)
Cavs Build 22 Point Lead, Coast to 96-83 Win Over Bulls (April 17, 2010)
LeBron Takes Over Down the Stretch as Cavs Beat Bulls, 112-102 (April 20, 2010)
Jamison, James, O'Neal and West Lead the Way as Cavs Edge Bulls 96-94 (April 27, 2010)
Reloaded Cavs Seek Revenge Against Aging Celtics (April 30, 2010)
Energetic Celtics Outhustle Cavs, Spoil LeBron's MVP Ceremony Night (May 4, 2010)
James and the Cavs Need Less Talk, More Action (May 7, 2010)
LeBron Comes Up Empty as Celtics Obliterate Cavaliers in Cleveland (May 12, 2010)
What is Wrong With the Cavs? (May 13, 2010)
Celtics Advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, Cavs Begin Long and Challenging Offseason (May 14, 2010)
Don't Believe the Historical Revisionism About the Cavaliers (May 16, 2010)
Cavs Fire Mike Brown After Best Five Year Run in Franchise History (May 25, 2010)
What Have We Learned During "LeBron-a-Palooza"? (July 7, 2010)
LeBron James Abandons Cleveland, Creates Power Trio in Miami (July 9, 2010)
Bryant Gumbel Blasts LeBron James (July 14, 2010)
LeBron James Asks, "What Should I Do?" (October 27, 2010)
Cavaliers Surprise "Experts" (November 22, 2010)
Lukewarm Heat on Pace for 47 Wins (November 23, 2010)
Stumbling Heat Once Again Falter in the Clutch (March 7, 2011)
Miami's Big Three Are Two Wins Away From the NBA Finals (May 23, 2011)
The Difference Between LeBron James and Derrick Rose (May 25, 2011)
Does Any Sensible Person Still Think That Miami is "Dwyane Wade's Team"? (January 18, 2012)
James and Wade Have a Long Way to Go to Justify Comparisons with Jordan and Pippen (March 27, 2012)
LeBron James Joins Elite Three MVP Club (May 14, 2012)
Is LeBron's Historic Performance a Preview of Coming Attractions? (May 21, 2012)
Maybe LeBron James was Right about Winning "Not One" Championship (June 6, 2012)
Brilliant LeBron James Performance Lifts Heat over Celtics (June 8, 2012)
Miami's Energetic Big Three Wears Down Boston's Old Big Three (June 10, 2012)
The Difference Between Analyzing LeBron's Game and Hating LeBron James (June 29, 2012)
LeBron James is Rarely Called for Fouls (January 3, 2013)
LeBron James Has Become Amazingly Efficient (February 11, 2013)
LeBron James Joins Pro Basketball's Elite Four MVP Club (May 6, 2013)
LeBron Leads the Way as Heat Win Pivotal Game Five (May 31, 2013)
Pacers Pound the Paint, Beat the Heat (May 29, 2013)
Heat's Game Seven Showdown Versus Pacers Will be a Defining Moment in the Big Three Era (June 2, 2013)
Miami's Big Three Overwhelm Pacers, Earn Third Straight NBA Finals Appearance (June 4, 2013)
LeBron James Talks About Personal Growth, Lists his Top Three Basketball Players of All-Time (August 26, 2013)
LeBron James Posts 500th Consecutive Double Figure Scoring Game (November 6, 2013)
LeBron James Explains How Dwyane Wade Helped Him to Develop a Championship Mentality (February 20, 2014)
Pass First Players Do Not Score 61 Points in a Game (March 6, 2014)
Fully Evolved LeBron James Returns to Cleveland (July 13, 2014)
LeBron James' Rescinded Phony Triple Double is a Symptom of a Larger Problem (November 14, 2014)
Tristan Thompson Should Have Hired a Real Agent (October 18, 2015)
Advice for the Cleveland Cavaliers (January 19, 2016)
Timing of Blatt Firing is Odd (January 22, 2016)
LeBron James is Presiding Over the Implosion of the Cleveland Cavaliers (February 8, 2018)
LeBron James Spurns Cavaliers to Sign With Lakers (July 3, 2018)
The Paradox of LeBron James (March 4, 2019)
Basketball 101: Strategy, Tactics and Analysis
The Art and Science of NBA Defense (February 2005)
Interview with Sacramento Kings' Assistant Coach Pete Carril (April 2005)
Interview with Dallas Mavericks' Assistant Coach Del Harris (April 2005)
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EVA AIR to Offer In-Flight Mobile and Wi-Fi Services
London, England | December 14, 2012– A testament to its reputation for innovation and service, EVA Air has today announced plans to provide in-flight mobile and WiFi communications aboard its brand new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Approved by Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration, this new service will be made available on the new aircraft in 2014, making EVA Air the first airline in Taiwan to secure approval for its passengers to make mobile phone calls and use WiFi in-flight.
The seven Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, ordered in May 2012, will be equipped with the latest Panasonic eX3 in-flight entertainment system and a GCS (Global Communications Suite), making them the first aircraft of their kind to combine both technologies on assembly. Approved by Taiwan’s National Communications Commission, EVA Air will operate its GCS on an independent frequency which will not interfere with flight navigations communications or jeopardise flight safety. The GCS service will enable passengers to make mobile phone calls, browse the internet and use their own personal, WiFi-enabled mobile phones, tablets or laptops to read and send e-mails from the comfort of their own seats.
EVA Air’s Executive Vice President for PR, Mr. Nieh, commented: “The Panasonic eX3 is a new and upgraded in-flight entertainment system that provides our passengers with a more user-friendly and visually inviting environment, complete with a high definition screen for watching films and feature programmes. It will be available to all our passengers, regardless of which cabin they book – Economy, Elite and Royal Laurel classes.”
The Android-based eX3 system will give passengers a wide range of options to choose from and will even enable them to browse an online library and check connecting flight status an baggage claim locations.
Taiwan’s leading airline is further enhancing in-flight entertainment experiences for its passengers, such as watching films and playing video games, by upgrading systems in its Royal Laurel Class business cabins with eX3 16-inch touch screens and 4.1 inch LCD touch screen remote controls. At the same time, its Elite and Economy classes will be equipped with upgraded eX3 11.1 inch monitors.
Well-known for its innovation, EVA Air became the first airline in Taiwan to provide in-seat audio video on demand (AVOD) entertainment when it introduced the systems in 2003 and the carrier continues to iprove and upgrade its seats, cabins and overall service quality to successfully meet passengers’ needs and expectations and make their flying experience a pleasure.
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Lexington Apartments Hold Parties to Attract and Reward Residents
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When is the last time a bank held a pool party for its mortgage holders just to say, “Thanks for doing business with us”? Try never.
But, in the competitive apartment marketplace, things are heating up and the parties are in full swing.
Take Andover Property Management Group as an example. Their Lakewood Luxury Apartments property in Lexington, KY, recently hosted a resident appreciation event at a popular restaurant and covered all costs for food, drinks and entertainment. In the recent past, they have also held pool parties, community cookouts and even taco nights at their property.
Sounds like an expensive way to say “thanks”. But, it’s not just about saying thanks: It’s about smart marketing and good business practices.
“These events are entirely about keeping residents happy, getting to know them and make them feel at home, and getting them to bring their friends who might be in need of an apartment,” said property manager, Brad Rose.
After experiencing significant increases in demand for apartments in 2011, the Lexington apartment market has dropped significantly. According to MPF Research, Lexington recorded a net move-out of 697 units and an occupancy drop of 2.6 points in the last six months. That translates into increased competition for residents, and more creative marketing campaigns like free social events.
“There is a lot of competition for apartments in Lexington,” said Townes Rawls, owner of Lexington Apartment Guide. “These personal touches are a great way for owners to build relationships with residents, which in turn retains residents and attracts new ones,” he continued.
While amenities like high-speed internet, fitness centers, clubhouses and swimming pools influence renters’ decisions to continue to lease at a particular property, the personal touch of holding parties and events seems to make a difference too. As the Andover Management Group website states, “It takes more than buildings and people to make a community.”
Given that the largest check a person writes each month is typically for rent or mortgage, it’s good to see apartment complexes saying “Thanks” while they nurture resident retention and enhance their communities.
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Simulating Gravity In a Fluid
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Post by Patroklos » 2018-02-14 04:07am
I have been contemplating the idea of aquatic species and their likelihood to develop technology, including eventual space flight. Specific to this question, I am speaking of aquatic species that are generally suspended, not in general contact with the ocean floor (those species would just use normal rotation sections similar to us, just with water as the atmosphere). Reading through discussions online regarding assumptions on what such a species requires, there seems to be a general notion that an aquatic animal doesn't require gravity and that this represents a significant advantage in developing space flight. One of the few relative to a terrestrial species (similarly, raising aquatic life for food by real world human travelers is easy and can similarly be accomplished in micro gravity is often an idea encountered).
Recent experiments on the ISS disprove that. Even though buoyancy and other factors may change an aquatic organisms perception and experience of gravity, fish still suffer bone deterioration in micro-gravity just as humans do. More species specific to some aquatic species, some adaptations like swim bladders require gravity to work correctly.
So given that aquatic species need gravity, how do you simulate it for their circumstances?
I was watching The Expanse recently because it has some good visualizations of artificial gravity. Especially relevant is the depiction of birds essentially being near weightless when flying over people and objects experiencing simulated gravity. In this situation the bird is not flapping its wings so much to stay elevated (unless it just recently took off), it is doing so to catch up with the objects rotating away from it. Am I missing something?
So relevant to artificial gravity in a fluid, and an individual suspended in it, I understand things thus:
1.) In a ring habitat, rotated to simulate Earth gravity, if it is filled with air and the surfaces of the walls and floor and ceiling are perfectly smooth a suspended object would feel effectively no simulated gravity.
2.) In the same habitat, but with a more realistic array of equipment and other friction causing irregularities with the habitat surfaces in line with what you would expect with a spacecraft, there will be some spin forces imparted to the air which will simulate a fraction of the surface simulated gravity to a suspended object.
2a.) The character of the surface elements imparting acceleration to the air will drastically vary simulated gravity inside the fluid medium. If the habitat is a ring subdivided by walls, essentially all the air from floor to ceiling is getting some acceleration via pushing and the effect to the suspended object will be stronger, perhaps perceptibly uniform, between the surfaces and an air suspended object (I am not talking about Coriolis effects, just the actual magnitude of acceleration)
2b.) If the habitat is a cylinder( so no ceiling), and if the objects on the floor and the wall are not so large that there exists a significant void space in the center, the simulated gravity forces present in the air closer to the surface will fall off precipitously as you move cloer to the center axis of the cylinder to the point that if the radius of the void space within the cylinder is big enough simulated gravity falls off to near zero as you approach the axis of rotation.
3.) Applying this to a water filled habitat, essentially all of this is the same except due to the density of water over air, the acceleration effects are more effectively transmitted away from any acceleration imparting surfaces or objects, meaning stronger simulated gravity relative to distance from the surface than in air. In a cylinder, you could presumably have a significant void radius where there is no weightless zone unless you were perfectly balanced around the axis of rotation.
Question: If the habitat is not being actively rotated, ie its just accelerated to provide surface and then left to spin, wouldn't the friction with the fluid (air or water) eventually slow it to a stop? Can there never be equilibrium because while the solid habitat structure won't encounter friction in a vacuum as long as its suitably rigid, the fluid interior atmosphere will forever be in friction with the interior surfaces as long as they are moving. Like the difference between spinning a hard boiled or raw egg. So an atmosphere filled habitat using rotation for artificial gravity will always need some sentimental spin force? Or will an equilibrium eventually be achieved?
So after all of that, assuming I am correct, the chief difference to an aquatic species over a terrestrial one regarding gravity and spaceflight is not that they can do without simulating gravity at all, but rather that once gravity is simulated they are more adopt at utilizing a three dimensional environment without wasting void spaces, just like in any other situation. To me this means more usable space per volume enclosed, so a better habitat mass/crew ratio.
Elheru Aran
Re: Simulating Gravity In a Fluid
Post by Elheru Aran » 2018-02-15 07:20pm
*Disclaimer: Not an expert, nor even a scholar, this is just off the cuff here*
As for the fluid-filled space habitat thing... wouldn't the fluid inside it be moving *with* the habitat? Without gravity affecting it externally, only its internal gravity generated by rotation, it should be moving simultaneously with the rest of the habitat around it. Even if it's subdivided by airlocks or whatever, that won't be an issue. The only reason it would stop moving is if there was a sudden deceleration of the habitat; then inertia would do its thing, and the fluid would start sloshing around. Otherwise, it should remain static, artificially induced currents for freshness aside.
Consider the classic demonstration of centrifugal force-- putting water in a small bucket on the end of a rope and then spinning it around quickly, even vertically. The water won't start sloshing around unless your centrifugal force starts slowing down too much, it'll more or less stay in one place. Same thing, I think.
Now where there might be friction is if the habitat is being rotated around some kind of central, static hub. Then that's where you would see any deceleration from friction, but the change in inertia should be extremely minimal if the friction is being managed well. If the entire thing rotates, then I would expect no issues in the gravity ring itself since it should keep rotating till kingdom come or they stop it rotating by using rockets or whatever.
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Post by Esquire » 2018-02-16 10:01am
I'd be more interested in the psychological advantages of a water-dwelling species for space travel - obviously removing water pressure from the environment would mess with the physiologies of our spacefaring fishpeople, but I imagine they'd still be better mentally-suited to it, on average, than a human who wasn't 99th-percentile-in-literally-everything and also massively trained beforehand. We have yet to see anything resembling an 'average' human in space, as far as I'm aware. Spin gravity works just as well if the spin section is full of water, in any case.
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Post by SpottedKitty » 2018-02-16 09:36pm
Patroklos wrote: ↑
My WAG is partly that, partly the bird having learned that it still needs to flap now and then to overcome a small amount of air friction.
It really is a very unintuitive situation. I'm reminded of a scene in Babylon 5, which had a railcar system running along its length close to (but not quite at) the station axis, so the spin gravity is very low but not quite zero. Our Hero jumps out of a car just before a bomb in the next seat explodes; but because the gravity is artificial, not real, he isn't falling. He's moving through the few hundred yards of air between the car-shattering kaboom behind him and the rotating inner surface, with only the speed he kicked off from the car. He's not in danger from the "fall", but he will get the great-grandaddy of all road rashes when he gets side-swatted by the ground (stated in-episode to be trundling along at about 60mph). So he's being hit by a truck instead of falling off a tall skyscraper.
Spoiler: he gets saved by a literal deus ex machina.
FWIW, I'd say the effects of using water instead of air would be very similar, except the overriding force on moving objects would be friction instead of centripetal/Coriolis forces.
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Post by Sea Skimmer » 2018-02-18 12:25am
Esquire wrote: ↑
I don't see why water dwelling species would have any advantages mentally. Not as a rule at least. Species which are largely stationary in the water might have an advantage, but those which normally swim around fair bit would probably feel much more limited and cramped then humans do confined inside a spacecraft. Water species in real life also tend to have very strong senses of smell, which might create it's own problems concerning lack of natural smell stimuli vs smelling a bunch of industrial coatings.
As far as water pressure goes, nothing would stop you from having pressurized water inside a spacecraft, however it would increase the hull mass. But the mass issue is already horrendously worse for a water species anyway. A 3x3x6ft block of water, a space a human can comfortably stand in, would already weigh around 3,370lb, which is just about 1.5 metric tonnes.
The equipment to pump and purify the water will also consume more mass and electrical power, and while the water itself may have some advantages for temperature control they of course mean you need complete electrical isolation of all systems at all times....which is a bloody nightmare. Operations and maintenance would be complicated to say the least. Any kind of noise, from for example engines, will also be much harder to mitigate though how much this matters depends on what kind of ship or space station we are talking about. This is a non trivial issue in it's own right, and one that isn't just about comfort but actual physical safety if we start talking about noise sources from high voltage switch gear or large engine systems.
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Post by Sky Captain » 2018-02-18 10:41am
I think it is unlikely a water based species would develop advanced technology. For example species living in water will have trouble using or even discovering fire and fire is essential in a path to anything more advanced than sharpened sticks and rocks. Unless those species are partially aquatic like frogs there will be very hard to overcome barriers in a path to advanced technology. If the planet is water world then it is even more problematic because there is no land surface to base advanced industry required to develop space flight.
Sky Captain wrote: ↑
I want to say I saw a concept one time which discussed in lieu of fire, an aquatic species using underwater lava as their source of high heat...
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Post by madd0ct0r » 2018-02-18 06:12pm
So, if you fill a large bowl with water and soap for bubbles and place it on a lazy susan and start turning it...
1) liquid has zero shear strength so a film of water along the inside will get dragged along with the turning wall. The bubbles a little off the wall wont be spinning, at least initially. You are right that if you stop inputting enegy at this point the wall will slow down until the whole mass is rotating at the same uniform rate.
2)in a small diameter if you keep inputting energy to keep the wall turning at same rate the mass will gradually speed up until it matches the wall rotation
3) in a large one where some critcal ratio of enrgy input to diameter to viscosity is passed shit gets weird. You get counter rotations forming, like orbital gears turing against the layer that is being dragged along by the wall. Then you get a counter counter rotation in the center, and horrific slip stream currents between the gears. Things that"d tear a hyper intellectual jellyfish in half. One real world example is Saturn's hexagonal polar storm. A variant of this effect occurs in wide rivers. Peak stream speed is normally 0.1 depth below center of surface.
4) as a varaiant of 3) you get unstable gear sets that grow, fly out of line and whirl off in a dissapation of turbulent energy.
The extra mass and viscosity of a liquid means certain effects are more important then in air cylinders
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Post by Ziggy Stardust » 2018-02-19 11:50am
Basically any time there is a density differential in a large enough closed container of fluid, you will start to see some weird effects. There's a reason fluid dynamics often uses modelling techniques derived from chaos theory to explain such behavior.
Post by Sky Captain » 2018-02-19 02:11pm
Elheru Aran wrote: ↑
Maybe, but anything involving hot stuff will be extremely difficult in water. Water is just so damn good at taking heat away. Now imagine you want to forge some tool out of iron meteorite you found on seafloor nearby active underwater volcano. Stick it into lava (that also cools rapidly possibly generating deadly steam explosions in the process) then pull out and it will cool back down in seconds before useful work can be done.
Setting up any kind of smelting operation underwater with Stone Age tools seems nearly impossible.
Sea Skimmer wrote: ↑
Apologies - I'd been imagining there might be a psychological advantage in being more used to thinking and operating in three-dimensional spaces, but on further reflection I think that's just a brainbug I picked up from somewhere. I can't believe the water weight issue didn't occur to me, it really should have.
Post by Sea Skimmer » 2018-02-21 03:25pm
I'm still waiting for that day when we take a bird into space. But the water 3D thinking thing is a common brainbug, found among other places in the TNG tech manual which claimed the ship was carrying gene spliced killer whales and dolphins to work in an astrometrics lab.
The problem with using any kind of volcanic heat source is this is a highly contaminated heat source. Literally it's blowing out sulphur and other gross impurities that will make physical voids in forged metal and castings besides leading to hopeless weakness of the microstructure. Impurities are basically THE difference between modern steel and old timey stuff. It's also why you use charcoal or coke and not wood or coal to conduct metalworking. The later types of fuel are too impure to be effective. Magma is way worse. Throw some metal into magma and you might as well forget about it being usable.
Seems to me it's far worse then that, because you don't even have wood to make a stick to poke stuff with.
The clear compromise solution is walking catfish metal working. All the swim you need, but the ability to do the metal working on sandbars or something. Throw in some mangrove swamps for a wood source and a place to build early walking catfish fortresses.
Then write a story about how burning down the mangroves to build spearpoints in a war against crabs also happened to allow a tsunami to wipe out the protohumans of the world and cede total control to the catfish empire.
Post by Esquire » 2018-02-21 03:55pm
You know what? I'd pay good money for that story.
I don't think it works the way you describe. If all the mass in the habitat is stationary relative to each other, and you impart spin onto the hapitat ring or cylinder, you have to transfer that to the fluid, air or water, inside it otherwise the habitat will just rotate around it. In our bucket example the reason the water doesn't sill out is because there sides of the bucket are pushing it perpandicular to the radius of the circle its rotating around, This would be analogous to bulkheads inside a habitat ring.
So in a situation where force is being transfered from the rotating habitat by something less than barriers completely traversing the volume, possibly just friction between the fluid and the habitats surfaces, will that be enough to accelerate the entire fluid to a meaningful degree?
I think this is a good observation regarding some species like dolphins or whales that live in the water column (pay attention David Brin), but for something lat lives in a reef environment this should be a problem. A reef fish, shrimp, or octopi essentially lives in a 3D honeycomb, spending their lives drating in and out of cramped crevices and chambers within living and dead coral formations often with no regard to up and down orrientations. Its a very analogous situation to a cramped shipboard environment.
As for scents and whatnot, yeah, but I assume they would have the same issues in their terrestrial industrial environments as well.
Unless we are talking about a deep dwelling species the pressure isn't ridiculously increased. You have to go down to 33ft to double the pressure over sea level. Given how much sea life lives above that, I don't think the increased pressure needed would be that much of a penalty regarding pressure vessel strengthening.
On the mass of the water, I have been playing with the idea that essentially the habitat module is just another propellant tank. Water is extremely useful in space, and with electrolysis your habitat model becomes a less efficient expansion of your hydrogen propellent storage. But it does allow for duel purposing, which is a good way to achieve mass savings. This gets a bit more complicated in practice because we are not talking about pure water or even fresh water, all those impurities would have to be considered.
Also a positive is that a water filled habitat is its own radiation shield, water being somewhat good medium for that. Real world designs often use water tanks for this purpose, but such a setup would have no need for dedicated water tanks (another mass win). Being able to duel purpose your breathing atmosphere as radiation protection is a giant mass win. I imagine that such a species would arrange their habitat so the least used equipment or stations are on the edge, with the most used like food prep/sleeping quarters/command stations in the center so that average shielding thickness is a certain value, it being monitored closely for dosage over time (btw I am not saying this is necessarily ALL your radiation shielding...).
Another note is that if this is an aquatic species that doesn't actually breath the air, like our dolphins, you don't need a solid water column. Rather, just enough humidity or misting to keep the animal moist.
Yeah, I consider these all hurdles that will have to be tackled for any industrial application, so not unique to space flight. Its a big topic so I was trying to cut this down to "This species is achieving space flight, so whatever hurdles needed to get there have been solved. Now that its there, what are the unique ADDITIONAL challenges an aquatic species face moving forward."
I am not minimizing what you are saying here, just that I was attempting to restrict the scope a bit.
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I figured this was the sort of stuff I was missing. That the lack of a uniform transfer of forces via structure would lead to wacky layers and currents. Do you have any thoughts on how to counter this to get a uniform gravity simulation? Baffles perhaps? Its sounds like these effects make the maintenance of a large open area of water untenable.
I was also thinking much more energy would be needed to maintain the system. In an air based rotating ring, its not actually the case that you can accelerate it and forget about it. The whole concept works by accelerating objects into the rigid structure, using friction to simulate gravity in the fluid medium. Since there is no shear strength in a fluid, and the habitat is accelearing the fluid into itself vice along, the atmosphere is constantly slowing the system down. This is probably negligible for air, but for the increased mass of a liquid it certainly won't be. Again, I am thinking of spinning a hard boiled vice a raw egg. It might not actually work that way in space.
Spin a raw egg for long enough and itll keep spinning.
Same for the water mass. Like you noted, baffles inside the structure work fine for causing it all to move as effective solid wheel.
Post by Patroklos » 2018-02-25 01:50pm
So the fact that the water mass is constantly being accelerated into the outer shell, tangential to the radius, vice coincident with the curvature of the diameter like something bolted onto or otherwise held to it via friction (person standing on it), won't eventually slow it down?
That's what I am having a hard time getting my head around. As you said fluid has no shear strength. Its going to be accelerated in a straight line away from whatever is pushing it if the entire volume is accelerated uniformly (if not all sorts of craziness happens until this is the case), so anything being accelerated near the outer edge should be causing drag even if it is at the same velocity as the rotating structure unless it achieves some sort of current perfectly conforming to the outer surface. Baffles would seem to make this problem worse in this regard as eventually all of the fluid accelerated in straight lines will hit something at a none 90 degree angle.
I guess to make things simply I get how you can accelerate something solid in a non linear fashion if there is no resistance via a wheel. I am not seeing how this can happen with a fluid with no structure to dictate how force is transferred throughout it.
Post by SpottedKitty » 2018-02-26 03:57am
Any forces at any given point on the outer shell would be counteracted by forces on the opposite point of the outer shell; net effect zero.
Also, don't forget friction. Unless you're dealing with a supercooled superfluid e.g. liquid helium, friction and turbulence will eventually cause a transfer of angular momentum until the liquid and shell are all rotating more or less together. This will happen faster if there are baffles.
You need vanes or other suitable structure to make the fluid spin. We already had to figure that out to make artillery shells with liquid payloads like mustard gas work. Without internal vanes the payloads wouldn't spin and the shells wobbled around inaccurately. This is of course a very high rotational situational, but the physics are the same as anything else.
This will also mean the fluid through it's friction and slight compression will exert a braking effect on the spinning metal structure, somewhat like a gyroscope. This will mean additional thrust is needed to keep the RPM of the spinning habitat stable, air would have some kind of braking effect too but it'd be slight in comparison.
That is exactly how I understand it to work regarding the braking.
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Post by Feil » 2018-03-07 01:17am
Angular momentum is conserved. There is no magical braking effect that a fluid exerts. A body with a given angular momentum keeps its angular momentum, whether it is compressible or incompressible, rigid or flexible, solid or fluid. Once the fluid is spun up, the fluid-solid system will stay spun up until acted on by an outside force. Any loss of angular momentum is exclusively due to external forces such as gravity, solar wind, or another object with a different angular velocity doing work on it.
It is in this latter case that the two will tend to equalize their angular velocity over time, while strictly conserving their total combined angular momentum. This is the effect described in the case of the artillery shell, in which the shell has one angular velocity (defined presumably by the linear velocity of the shell and the rifling of the barrel) and the fluid has a different angular velocity (increasing over time according to its viscosity and the geometry of the shell's interior).
If you lined up a bunch of trucks (or submarines) inside a spinning cylinder and had them accelerate spinward, you would of course spin down the cylinder. Angular momentum is conserved, and you're giving the trucks/subs more, which means that the rest of the system has to have less. But when they lost enough weight to lose control and had a giant pileup until they all came to a stop relative to the cylinder... as long as the pileup didn't change the location of the cylinder's center of mass... the cylinder will go back to its original angular velocity again at the end when the trucks come to a stop, in spite of all the work being done. It'll just be warmer than it was to start with. Angular momentum is conserved.
You can observe the behavior of a spun-up fluid for yourself by watching a video of someone spinning it up in a flat-sided container. When the fluid equilibriates, its surface will form a parabola. At any point on the parabola*, the slope of the normal line equals the force of gravity divided by the force of 'artificial gravity' at that point in the fluid.
*Except at the interface with the container, where surface tension may dominate.
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The recent removal of several high profile and popular prescription pain medications of the same pharmaceutical family, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories, from the buyer's market has left many people searching for a safer alternative for powerful, fast and effective pain relief. The most recent removal was Pfizer's pulling of Bextra, citing serious skin reactions, sometimes fatal, and two others, Vioxx and Celebrex have been linked to heart related risks. The dangerous side effects of this particular family of medications is definitely cause for alarm, and has many seeking alternatives that will manage their pain effectively, without the serious risks of several pharmaceutical pain killers.
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Lamisil Side Effects Lawyer: Lamisil Tablet
While the recent Lamisil commercial featuring Digger, a disgusting cartoon fungus, is still fresh in our mind (who could forget the imagery of a toenail being pulled back and colorful germs crawling in?) it is a good time to look at the side effects of this seemingly innocuous drug. Despite the disturbing advertising campaign, who would have guessed that an antifungal tablet could have so many negative side effects?
The Lower Cost Prescription Drug Alternative
Today in the United States, there are hundreds of thousands of people who do not have and cannot afford adequate health care coverage. Sadly, many must pay out of pocket for medical treatment of any kind, not to mention much needed prescriptions. These expenses can add up quickly and are usually very costly. Consumers often find themselves cutting back on other expenses, in order to pay for medical procedures and medication. Oftentimes they are forced to go without.
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Birmingham Public Library
Library Home : Local Databases : Online Resources
Birmingham Local Databases - Quick Search Alabama Coal Mine Fatalities, 1898-1938Alabama Decorative Arts SurveyAlabama Episcopal Church RegistersAlabama InventorsBirmingham Black BaronsJefferson County Probate Court, Loose Records (1852-1936)Oak Hill Memorial Cemetery IntermentsObituary Index : Birmingham Area NewspapersRed Mountain Cemetery Record of Interments, 1888-1906Shadow Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery IntermentsWPA Index to Alabama Biography
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In 1871 the City of Birmingham purchased from the Elyton Land Company 21.5 acres of land (map) for a city cemetery (later named Oak Hill). The deed was issued December 29, 1873. As the first city cemetery, Oak Hill became the resting place for virtually all of the Birmingham pioneers. Although the majority of burials at Oak Hill Cemetery date back before the 1930's, it remains an active cemetery, averaging fifteen burials per year.
Oak Hill Cemetery has been placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage. Oak Hill Cemetery was also placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1977. It was the first cemetery in the State of Alabama to be listed on this prestigious register.
The Oak Hill Cemetery interments database lists records found in the Oak Hill Cemetery interments books. The Oak Hill Memorial Association compiled the database from the interment records maintained at the cemetery.
Please direct inquiries to Stuart Oates at the Oak Hill Memorial Association.
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The cemetery map can be used to identify the locations of the blocks
Database Coverage (as of Jan 17, 2020)
Years Indexed: 1111 - 2014 (Some records are not dated)
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Interactive tour of teen’s room teaches parents red flags of drug use
Thursday, August 15, 2019 6:48 AM EDT
FORDHAM -
Parents, are you missing signs in your own home that your teenager is using drugs?
An interactive experience at Poe Park is helping Bronx residents young and old know what to look out for when it comes to drug use.
Raina Goodman took a tour through the RALI Cares trailer on Wednesday with her two kids to learn more about the opioid crisis, and most importantly how children and teens might be hiding their own crisis right in their room.
“Make myself more aware as a parent of what’s going on with these opioids and how to save my kids as well as other people's children,” says Goodman. "Again, as a parent, a concerned parent,I’m going through all of his clothing and really anything I can.”
Dean Welch, a former Washington, D.C. police officer, is now an associate with Code 3 traveling the country teaching parents what to look out for in this makeshift teen room with all the red flags.
“They just figured it was a candy wrapper; I didn’t think it was anything bad until it's too late and their kid overdoses,” says Welch.
Tiny ripped off clear wrappers, remnants of colored bags, tiny plastic tops, shoelaces off of shoes and a pack of some sort that they don't leave home without are all things officials say parents should be looking out for.
Welch says the most important sign to look out for in children and teens is a noticeable shift in behavior, like losing interests in sports or hobbies, school grades dropping and loss of friends.
“We’ve got to watch what our kids are doing, who they're hanging out with and all those kinds of things,” says Welch.
Raina's daughter Asha is 15 years old. She tells News 12 she's glad she went through the tour, especially at this point in her life.
“A lot of kids are going through tough things and they lean on drugs, but you have to look out for your friends because drugs can kill you,” says Asha.
Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke accused of transporting stolen Rolls Royce across state lines
Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke was in federal court after being arrested on charges that he transported a stolen Rolls Royce across the state lines.
Bronx community board puts the brakes on annual church festival
A Bronx community board is putting the brakes on the St. Theresa Italian American Family Feast feast after incidents of violence have plagued the celebration over recent years.
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A Father's Prayer
by General Douglas MacArthur
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
Build me a son whose wishbone will not be where his backbone should be; a son who will know Thee and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.
Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge. Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who fail.
Build me a son whose heart will be clean, whose goal will be high; a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men; one who will learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.
And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously. Give him humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity of greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength.
Then I, his father, will dare to whisper, "I have not lived in vain."
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Mirrorless Camera News
BREAKING NEWS: Fujifilm Launches 102-Megapixel GFX 100 Medium Format Mirrorless Camera
Dan Havlik | May 22, 2019 | First Published: May 23, 2019
Fujifilm just maxed out the megapixels by announcing its new GFX 100 medium format mirrorless camera, which boasts a 102-megapixel, 55mm diagonal length "large format" sensor. Fujifilm first announced it was developing a 100MP GFX camera at the photokina show in Cologne, Germany last year.
That camera development announcement will become a reality on June 27, 2019 when the 102MP Fujifilm GFX100 camera is slated to go on sale for $9,999.95 USD ($13,299.99 CAD). According to Fujifilm, the GFX100 includes several "world firsts" for a large format camera with an image sensor bigger than 35mm (aka full frame) format including: a 102MP back-side illuminated (BSI sensor), in-body image stabilization (IBIS), and on-board phase detection hybrid autofocus (AF) with nearly 100% coverage.
The Fujifilm GFX100 would also be the world's first digital camera with an image sensor this large that's capable of shooting 4K, 30p (4:2:2 10-bit) video. The GFX100 will be Fujifilm's new "flagship" digital camera, rounding out the GFX line that already includes the 51.4MP GFX 50R and the 51.4MP GFX 50S.
This is a breaking news story. Read more details about the new 102MP Fujifilm GFX100 in the company's press announcement below.
FUJIFILM INTRODUCES THE GFX100, A GAME CHANGER IN DIGITAL CAMERA TECHNOLOGY AND CAPABILITY
-100+ megapixel sensor in a 55mm diagonal length large format offers highest resolution in the history of mirrorless cameras
-Fast, accurate autofocus with the world’s first phase detection system, 4K video capability, and in-body image stabilization in a large sensor format.
Resolution Redefined: World’s First 100 MP BSI CMOS Sensor in a Mirrorless Camera
The GFX100 pairs a newly-developed back-illuminated 102MP CMOS imaging sensor with Fujifilm’s blazingly fast X-Processor 4 processing engine to create a combination capable of outputting 16-bit images with amazing color fidelity, rich shadow detail, and incredible dynamic range. Its back-illuminated structure promotes crisp image quality by bringing the exposure plane in extremely close proximity to the color filter array, which results in ultra-low noise levels and a native ISO of ISO 100.
Noteworthy Stability When It Matters: World’s First Five-axis IBIS in a Camera Featuring an Image Sensor Bigger than the 35mm Format
High-resolution image sensors require high-level stability to ensure image sharpness. With built-in 5-axis image stabilization, GFX100 users are reassured that vibrations won’t interrupt the capture process. The function offers up to 5.5-stop image stabilization (when using the GF63mmF2.8 R WR lens)2. The entire shutter unit is suspended with four springs to minimize the effect of shutter shock. This dramatically broadens the scope of situations where a user can hand-hold the camera and still enjoy the world of 100MP+ ultra-high resolution, pushing the boundaries of photographic expression.
Practical Auto-Focus for Large Format: World’s First On-Board Phase Detection Hybrid AF with approximately 100% Coverage
Compared to traditional medium format digital systems, the GFX100 raises the bar in AF performance by utilizing phase detection pixels across the sensor to help photographers obtain focus wherever they choose to position their subjects in the frame. With 3.76 million phase detection pixels, at approximately 100% coverage, near perfect auto-focus performance with speed and accuracy is now a reality for photographers needing optimum performance in subject tracking, face/eye detection and low-contrast environments. The effect is particularly notable when using fast prime lenses, achieving speed improvement of up to 210% over the conventional contrast AF system used in GFX 50R.
Pushing Creative Boundaries for Filmmakers: Large Format Camera with 4K video at 30p
With a sensor size of 43.9mm x 32.9mm, the GFX100 supports filmmakers in achieving their creative visions. The new sensor and processor combination support 4K video recording at 30p with a unique cinematic look. It’s now a breeze to explore shallow depth-of-field, wide tonal reproducibility and extra high ISO sensitivity, producing high- quality video footage with detailed textures while reproducing three-dimensional definitions and even capturing the atmosphere of the scene. With the ability to apply Fujifilm’s highly respected Film Simulations (including ETERNA cinema film simulation mode), record in F-Log Rec 2020, and capture 4:2:2 10-bit uncompressed footage through the HDMI port, GFX100 should certainly be coming soon to a screen near you.
Dust-resistant, Weather-resistant, Lightweight and Highly Robust Magnesium Alloy Body with Integrated Vertical Grip
Maximizing its use for even the toughest conditions, the GFX100 has weather sealing in 95 locations across the camera body and detachable EVF to ensure an exceptionally high level of dust and moisture resistance. Photographers will have the opportunity to capture moments in even the most remote locations as the GFX100 can maintain reliable operation even under tough natural conditions.
Although it sports a large image sensor, the GFX100’s body is equivalent to that of a flagship 35mm full-frame DSLR camera in terms of dimensions (6.15” (W) x 6.44” (H) x 4.05” (D), measuring 1.93” at the thinnest part) and weight (approx. 3 lbs. including two batteries, memory card and EVF).
Designed for protection, the GFX100’s core imaging unit, consisting of the lens mount, image stabilization mechanism and image sensor, has been structured completely separate from the main body panels. This “double-structure” is designed to ensure a high level of precision and robustness while minimizing resolution degradation caused by external stress to the body. To maximize usability, the GFX100 incorporates a vertical grip, enabling effective use of in-body space.
Advanced Color Reproduction Technology, Delivering Astonishing Quality in Stills
The combination of the newly-developed image sensor and the fourth-generation X- Processor 4 processing engine means the camera supports the 16-bit RAW capture requested by many professional photographers seeking files that tolerate heavy post- processing. The GFX100 also features the newly-developed “Smooth Skin Effect” function, which automatically smooths the skin tone of the subjects, as is often performed in portraiture. It allows the photographer to skip a portion of post-processing work so that images captured with this function can be finished at an extremely high level of perfection, faster.
The GFX100 will be the flagship model of the GFX Series of mirrorless cameras, which have garnered strong praise from professional photographers and photo enthusiasts for their use of 55mm large format image sensor, measuring 55mm diagonally (43.8mm x 32.9mm) and providing approximately 1.7 times the area of the regular 35mm full-frame sensor.
The GFX100 digital camera body will be available on June 27, 2019 at a suggested retail price of USD $9,999.95 and CAD $13,299.99.
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Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3, Episode 18: The Singularity
Reviews are late this week because the goddamned storms that hit my city Tuesday night knocked half the TV stations off the air. I had to find alternative sources to view the various shows I watch, which delayed everything.
This week's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. was mostly about arranging the pieces on the board for the season finale endgame.
The reveal that Daisy and the other Inhumans are actually addicted to the euphoric effect of Hive's spores was an interesting one, and something different than the usual mind control. Well done, writers!
I enjoyed May's dressing down of Coulson, as she accused him of being willing to callously sacrifice Lincoln to get his precious Daisy back. Even better, she's absolutely right. Since the series began, Coulson has always unfairly favored Skye, er, I mean Daisy.
Now for the bad— I cannot believe Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. just eliminated HYDRA, in the worst and most off-handed way possible. HYDRA's been a thorn in their side since Season 1. Heck, they've even been a big part of the movies as well. And in this episode they're taken out in less than five minutes. In fact we don't even get to see it happen live. Instead we see a few fleeting glimpses of it on a couple of video monitors.
I expected a more epic sendoff for such an important part of the show. Jesus Christ, they spent more time on whether or not FitzSimmons were finally going to start boning than they did on the end of HYDRA! What the hell, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. writers?
The Plot:
The Team digs out of the rubble after Daisy collapsed the S.H.I.E.L.D. base last week. Lincoln gets the power grid back on by zapping it. Fitz determines that Daisy was the only Inhuman affected by Hive Ward. Coulson's got a broken leg, but says it can wait (!), as he orders everyone into Zephyr One so they can track down Daisy. Mack says they can only get the hangar doors halfway open. May says that's no problem and tilts the ship sideways so it can squeeze through the doors. I have my doubts that that's possible, but it looked pretty cool.
Daisy and Hive Ward overlook the city. Hive asks her if S.H.I.E.L.D. will come after her. She says she doesn't know, which is bullsh*t. Of course Coulson will come after her! He thinks of her as a daughter! Hive Ward tells Daisy that once Inhumans take over the planet, it'll finally become a perfect world.
FitzSimmons determine that Hive Ward's spores cause Inhumans to feel euphoria and become addicted to the sensation. It also makes them immune to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s icer guns. Simmons says Dr. Holden Radcliffe, an expert in transhuman experiments (whatever that is), may be able to help them come up with an antidote for the spores. Coulson sends FitzSimmons and Mack to locate Radcliffe and bring him back.
General Talbot suggests attacking Hive Ward, but Coulson doesn't want to try anything while Daisy's with him. Somehow Coulson determines Hive Ward's next convert will be Alisha, the Inhuman who can create clones of herself. Coulson wants to get to her before Hive does.
Lincoln wants to go on the mission to find Alisha. Coulson says that due to the danger of Lincoln being infected by Hive Ward, he can only come if he agrees to wear a "murder vest"-- one lined with explosives, which can be triggered by a remote. Lincoln must really want to go on the mission, because he agrees.
FitzSimmons track Radcliffe to Bucharest, and go undercover to a transhumanist nightclub. Fitz brings a pair of cybernetic eyes similar to Deathlok's, to interest Radcliffe. A woman named Anon (who has major cybernetic modifications) greets them, and takes them into a secret room in the club. There they see a patient strapped to a table. Anon tells them to implant their cybernetic eye into the patient to prove it works. Gulp!
Lincoln finds Alisha, and asks if she's seen Daisy. She says nope. To no one's surprise, she's already been infected and attacks Lincoln. May joins the fight as well. Lincoln grabs one of the Alishas, as another manages to get May's gun away from her. Lincoln threatens to electrocute his Alisha if the other doesn't drop the gun. Alisha 1 shoots Alisha 2. Couson then appears and shoots Alisha 1.
Meanwhile, Daisy and Hive Ward go to James' house. He's the wannabe Inhuman we met a few weeks ago in Paradise Lost. Alisha Prime is with them, and feels her other selves die. Hive Ward comforts her.
Daisy tells James that Hive Ward is Alveus, the ancient Inhuman he told her about. Apparently when Lincoln stole the Kree Orb from James, it was incomplete. Hive Ward says he wants the missing part. Daisy tosses a Terrigen crystal at James, which at last transforms him into an Inhuman. He finds he can now cause objects to explode just by touching them (hopefully his power doesn't work on himself!). James says the other piece of the Kree Orb is buried under his trailer. Daisy uses her power to dig it up. Hive Ward looks at the piece and says the Kree Orb is the only thing that can destroy him (Foreshadowing Alert!)
Back in Bucharest, Simmons says she'll go through with the surgery, and savagely plunges a syringe into the patient's eye. The man sits up and pulls out the syringe. She says she recognized the eye as a prosthetic. The man reveals he's Dr. Radcliffe.
Radcliffe discovers FitzSimmons are with S.H.I.E.L.D., and Anon sounds an alarm. FitzSimmons try to tell Radcliffe about the Inhuman threat and beg him to help. A guard takes Simmons away.
S.H.I.E.L.D. detects unusual seismic activity in South Dakota, and realize it's Daisy. They head there in Zephyr One. When they arrive, they find James' trailer destroyed, and the Inhumans gone. Coulson is upset that he just missed Daisy.
In Bucharest, Fitz tries to convince Radcliffe to help them, as Daisy bursts in. Man, these people can get from one side of the globe to the other quick, can't they? Alisha takes Radcliffe away. Daisy puts a Force choke on Fitz, telling him she doesn't want to hurt him, but if she ever sees him again, she'll kill him. She also tells him about her vision, that a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent is going to die soon.
Hive Ward kills the guard that took Simmons. He speaks to Simmons in Will's voice (the astronaut who was stranded on Maveth with her). He threatens her, while creepily stroking her cheek. Simmons moves in closer and then shoots Hive Ward several times in the gut. She runs away.
Simmons makes it back to Mack at the rendezvous point. Fitz returns as well. They argue for a bit, then at long last submit to their mutual lust. Mack hurriedly makes himself scarce.
Coulson gets a call from Talbot. Using the intel that the disillusioned Gideon Malick handed over to Coulson, S.H.I.E.L.D. troops begin taking down HYDRA's infrastructure. So after all this time, I guess that's the end of HYDRA? Anticlimactic!
Hive Ward, Daisy, Alisha, James (who's now calling himself Hellfire) and Dr. Radcliffe wander into a deserted town. Hive Ward says he used Malick's fortune to buy an entire town for them to hide out in. He tells Dr. Radcliffe he wants him to recreate the original Kree experiment, which I guess will turn everyone on the planet into an Inhuman or something.
• This is some extreme nitpicking, but that's the best kind, right? When Simmons is briefin the others about Dr. Radcliffe, she describes him as a "fellow Scottsman." Um... Fitz is definitely Scottish, but Simmons has always sounded English to me. Her statement would have made more sense if she'd referred to him as a "fellow Brit."
• Over on The Walking Dead, any time a character hooks up with another or experiences even a small amount of joy, it means their days are numbered and they're about to be killed off. It's happened too many times to count.
Maybe I'm just gun-shy, but I'm worried that FitzSimmons finally submitting to their feelings and becoming a couple will result in the same thing, and one of them will get killed in the season finale. I hope I'm wrong, but they've got me feeling uneasy.
• As a precaution, Coulson makes Lincoln wear a "murder vest" on the rescue mission. If he's infected by Hive Ward, the vest can be detonated by a remote.
Lucky for Lincoln that his electrical powers didn't accidentally set off the explosives in the vest! I wonder if Coulson even tested it out before giving it to him?
• We need more info on how Alisha's powers work. How many copies of herself can she make? Is there a limit, or can she replicate herself endlessly, like Agent Smith in The Matrix movies? Is Alisha Prime the only one who can make copies of herself? Or can the copies make copies? If a copy is killed, Alisha Prime feels it, but is otherwise unharmed. What about the opposite? If Alisha Prime is killed, do all the copies die? Inquiring minds need to know!
• Believe it or not, Dr. Radcliffe is based on a Marvel comics character. Well, sort of. There was a Holden Radcliffe who was a villain in the Machine Teen comic. Machine Teen was based on Machine Man, a Marvel character created by comics genius Jack Kirby in the 70s.
• I loved Coulson's awesome energy shield, that he can project out of his bionic arm. It even had a S.H.I.E.L.D. logo in the center!
In The Avengers, Coulson confessed he was a Captain America fanboy (owning an original set of vintage Cap trading cards), so it makes sense that he'd want a cool shield of his own.
• After James is transformed into an Inhuman by the Terrigen crystal, he develops the power to make objects explode just by touching them. As I mentioned earlier, let's hope his power doesn't work on himself, or it's going to make going to the bathroom problematic. It would be nice if he could turn if on and off, so he doesn't make his clothing explode while getting dressed. Or his fork explode while eating. Or his steering wheel explode while... well, you get the idea.
• James decides on the codename "Hellfire." There was a Hellfire in Marvel comics, but he was a lot younger, and wasn't an Inhuman. He was a descendant of The Phantom Rider (sort of an Old West version of Ghost Rider), and got his powers from a mystical chain that burned with supernatural fire (?). Yeah, I don't get it either.
• Welp, that was easy! After battling HYDRA for at least seven decades (or thousands of years, if you believe Gideon Malick), S.H.I.E.L.D. destroys HYDRA once and for all in five minutes.
As I said before, I cannot believe they did this. Surely such a huge part of the mythos deserved a better swan song. Their extermination was like an afterthought, as if the writers couldn't wait to be done with them. Apparently now that Hive is back on Earth, the writers must think there's no more need for HYDRA, and discarded them like an old rag. Imagine if in Star Wars, the Death Star was destroyed offscreen, and the characters just talked about it! Surely there was a better way.
• Lines Of The Week:
May: “No one comes to me with their feelings.”
Mack: “Makes sense.”
Lincoln: “So it’s a murder vest?”
Daisy: “Are you drunk?”
James: “I’m Australian so yes.” (someone's gonna complain about that line!)
Coulson: “I thought it would be cool if the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. had a shield.”
Labels: agents of s.h.i.e.l.d., agents of shield, captain america, episode 18, hive, inhumans, marvel, season 3, the singularity
Told You, I Did!
Welp, I knew this was going to happen.
A few weeks ago in my epic takedown of The Walking Dead season finale, I denounced pinheaded showrunner Scott Gimple for completely botching Negan's introduction, and giving us one of the worst and most ill-advised cliffhangers in TV history.
In case you don't remember, Negan captures our heroes, lines them up and decides to kill one of them with his trusty barbed wire-wrapped baseball bat he calls Lucille. He can't decide, so he plays "Eeny Meeny Miney Moe" to choose his victim.
In the comic (SPOILER ALERT!) he chooses Glenn and literally smashes his head open with Lucille. In the season finale he picks a victim, but the audience isn't privy as to who it is. For some unfathomable reason, Gimple chose to show us the scene from the victim's point of view, hiding their identity until the Season 7 premiere.
In addition to being a giant middle finger to the viewers, this cockamamie idea simply cannot work. We're living in an era in which absolutely nothing is secret. This is an age in which people use their phones to snap photos of their genitalia and email them to one another! So how in the name of Zeus' Mighty Nose Hair did Gimple think he could keep the identity of Negan's victim a secret until Octorber?
Well, it looks like I was right. Last month actor Steven Yeun, who plays Glenn, quietly began filming a movie called Mayhem, about a virus that causes people to act out their wildest impulses.
Then earlier this week Yeun joined the cast of a scifi movie called Okja, about a girl who befriends a genetically modified pig (?). The movie also stars Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano, and is currently shooting in Seoul, South Korea.
Season 7 of The Walking Dead begins filming on May 2. So unless Yeun is going to attempt a very epic, around-the-world daily commute, I'd say this is a pretty good sign he's no longer going to be on the show.
There's a chance that Yeun's role in Okja is a small one, and he could be back in the States by the time the series starts filming again. But it's a very minute chance. Which means Glenn was Negan's victim. Which means that any impact that his death may have had is now rendered moot and meaningless. Which means that Scott Gimple is an incompetent boob who just botched the most famous moment from the comic book, and needs a good firing.
Labels: glenn, last day on earth, negan, season finale, steven yeun, the walking dead
The Flash Season 2, Episode 19: Back To Normal
Reviews are gonna be late this week, because the goddamned storms that hit my city Tuesday night knocked half the TV stations off the air. I had to find alternative sources to view the various shows I watch, which delayed everything.
So the wind blows a little and our TVs go black? Jesus, what is this, the 1950s? Why are we still at the mercy of whatever the weather sees fit to throw at us? It's the 21st Century! Forget jetpacks, I want weather control! But I digest...
To be honest I really wasn't looking forward to this episode. I've never been a fan of the "Superhero Loses His Powers" plot. It's supposed to give us insight on what makes a character tick, and show us that even when he or she is stripped of their powers, they still have what it takes to be a hero. Yawn.
That plot's been around since the dawn of superhero comic books, and it was dull then and it's still dull eighty years later. I read comic books to see colorful characters with powers battle evil villains. If I want a story about ordinary schmoes, I'll watch Melrose Place or whatever the kids, with their hula hoops and their big pants, watch these days.
Not only did this week's The Flash trot out this worn out trope, but they did absolutely nothing with it. The only thing we learned about Barry this week is that being powerless makes him sad and depressed.
In fact most of this episode isn't even about Barry. He takes a back seat as Harry, Caitlin and even Wally carry the plot on their shoulders this week. Why give us an episode about Barry becoming normal if they're not even going to take the time to go into detail about the ramifications? The closest they come is the brief montage at the beginning in which Barry learns that riding the bus and waiting in line for coffee sucks.
Harry seemingly learns a lesson in this episode, as the villain of the week mistakes him for the Earth-1 Harrison Wells, who was secretly Eobard Thawne (Programs! Can't tell yer characters apart without yer programs!). Even though Harry's not responsible for what Wells/Thawne did, he still has a lot to atone for. And just when it seems like he's going to take responsibility for his actions, he announces he's going to recreate the particle accelerator explosion— the very event that created the Flash, and also gave rise to an endless tide of dangerous metahumans. Wha...?
The scenes of Caitlin meeting Killer Frost were fun, and Danielle Pannabaker did a fanatastic job playing two sides of the same character. That said, Killer Frost definitely seemed to be channeling Wentworth Miller as Captain Cold here. What is it about cold-themed villains that makes them act so over the top?
Zoom was definitely much scarier before we knew who he really is. Now he's just Jay in a funny suit. I kind of wish he'd leave the mask on all the time.
Cisco "vibes" and sees Caitlin alive and well in Zoom's lair on Earth-2. Unfortunately since Barry stupidly gave up his powers last week, they have no way of crossing over and rescuing her. Harry, who's disgusted with the entire STAR Labs Gang for ignoring his warnings, leaves to track down his daughter Jesse. Why do characters on TV shows always insist on looking for people who don't want to be found?
Over on Earth-2, Zoom has Caitlin chained to a bed (kinky!). Zoom, aka Jay Garrick, aka Hunter Zolomon (confusing!) tells Caitlin he won't hurt her because he loves her. When she recoils in revulsion at his touch, he tells her that she'll come around soon and love him back. Amazingly he then removes her chains and zooms off, leaving her free to wander around the lair (!). She sees Iron Mask in one of the escape proof carbonide cells, still tapping away about something. In the other cell she sees Killer Frost, her Earth-2 counterpart!
Back on Earth-1, Wally tells his dad Joe he wants to meet the Flash. Apparently now that Wally's no longer involved in illegal street racing, the writers can't think of anything else for him to do. Joe tells him no, as technically there's no longer a Flash.
Harry uses some Earth-2 technology to track down Jesse to an apartment. He tells her to get her things and come with him, but she refuses. She brings up the fact that he murdered the Turtle a while back, and says she's as afraid of him as she is of Zoom. I have to admit, she's got a point there.
Harry looks crushed and drives off his his white creep van. He crashes into a man standing in the middle of the road. Apparently the man's a metahuman, as the van is demolished but he doesn't get a scratch. He rips off the van door and abducts Harry. Back at STAR Labs, Cisco gets an alert and checks the video feed in the van. He sees the metahuman take Harry. Cisco triangulates the van's position, and Barry calls Iris (?) for help.
On Earth-2, Caitlin and Killer Frost chat. Frost tells Caitlin that her powers won't work inside the cell, so if she frees her, she'll help her get back to Earth-1. Caitlin, perhaps swayed by the fact that she's talking to her own doppelganger, stupidly agrees.
Harry wakes inside an abandoned carnival. His captor introduces himself as Griffin Grey. He thinks Harry is the Earth-1 Harrison Wells, and blames him for causing the particle accelerator explosion that turned him into a metahuman. He demonstrates to Harry that he has super strength, but every time he uses his power he ages prematurely. Chronologically Grey is only eighteen, but he looks forty. He's afraid at this rate he'll die of old age within the week. He demands that Harry cure him or die.
While we weren't looking, Barry and Iris somehow tracked down Jesse, told her Harry was abducted, and brought her to STAR Labs. They I.D. Grey from fingerprints he left on the van. Jesse, who's apparently normal on Earth-2 but the equivalent of a genius here, examines some of Grey's blood found at the scene and figures out his powers are causing him to age rapidly. They determine if they can get him to use his powers enough he'll turn into a harmless old man (!).
Barry deduces the location of Grey's hideout. He, Cisco and Joe go to rescue Harry. Barry dresses as the Flash, hoping Grey won't realize he's powerless. At the hideout, Harry tries to come up with a cure for Grey. Still thinking Harry is Wells, Grey blames him for ruining his life, saying his irresponsible actions affected the entire city. Even though Harry had nothing to do with that, he's still affected by Grey's accusations.
Caitlin uses science to break Killer Frost out of her cell. Of course Frost immediately tries to kill Caitlin by firing a large icicle at her. Just then Zoom appears, vibrating through Caitlin (yikes!), catching the icicle, and plunging it into Frost's heart. That's cold. Zoom tells Caitlin if she tries to free Iron Mask, he'll kill him too.
Harry hands a potion to Grey, saying it'll cure him. Even though he's only eighteen, Grey's no idiot, and realizes Harry's been faking it, and there is no cure. He's about to kill Harry when Barry, Joe and Cisco enter the building. Barry gets Grey to attack him, barely dodging his super punches. Grey visibly ages each time he attacks. He starts slowing down, and finally collapses, dying of old age. For no good reason at all, his body reverts back to eighteen again. Jesse runs to Harry and tells him she's sorry for being angry with him for being a cold blooded murderer. He promises from now on he'll be the kind of father she can be proud of. Not killing anymore people would probably be enough, Harry.
Joe brings Wally to a rooftop so he can meet the Flash. He tells the Flash thanks for sacrificing his powers to save him, and says he won't waste the second chance he was given. Actually I think by now it's like the fifth chance, but whatever.
Zoom chains Caitlin to the bed again (still kinky). She begs him to take her back home. He agrees, saying he'll take her back to Earth-1 in order to conquer it.
Harry tells Barry he wants to atone for all the mistakes he's made, and says he's going to help him get his speed back. When Barry asks how the hell he plans on doing that, Harry says he's going to recreate the particle accelerator explosion that created the Flash in the first place. I'm sure nothing could possibly go wrong with that plan!
• This is some hardcore nitpicking, but hey, it's what I do. At the beginning of the episode we see superpowered Barry get his morning coffee by zooming into Jitters, cutting to the front of the line, grabbing a cup and zipping back out.
So what exactly is happening when he runs into the coffee shop at super speed? There's no way he could be ordering something specific, unless the barista has super speed as well.
If you watch the episode closely, the barista sets two cups on the counter, and it appears that Barry just grabs one of them and zooms out. Hopefully it's some kind of coffee he likes! What if he gets some kind of frothy, frou-frou cappuccino thing he hates?
And hopefully he drops some money on the counter before he zips away too, and hasn't been stealing a four dollar cup of coffee every day for two years.
• We see a montage of Barry slogging through a typical day without super speed, as it takes him forever to get dressed, get to work and get his coffee. All through this scene he looks depressed and disgusted, as he has to do everything like us powerless sheep.
This whole scene reminded me of a comic I read way back in the 1990s— X-Factor #87. In that issue, the members of X-Factor are all psychologically evaluated by Doc Samson, a superhero who also happens to be a psychiatrist.
Sampson has a session with Quicksilver, who's sort of Marvel's version of the Flash, and who's always been a bit of an asshole. He tells Sampson how frustrating it is to live in a world that literally crawls along in comparison to him. I doubt the writers copied Barry's montage from this comic, but the two are pretty similar.
• Poor Griffin Grey— he's so inconsequential that Cisco doesn't even bother to give him a cool code name.
By the way, Griffin Grey is a comic book name if ever I've heard one.
• As near as I can tell, Grey isn't based on any character from the comics. Looks like he was made up just for the series.
• Grey wants Harry to cure him, because he prematurely ages every time he uses his power, and is afraid he'll die of old age within the month.
There's a really easy solution to his problem— stop using his power! As near as I can tell he only ages when he uses his super strength and hurls barrels at the Flash. So stop throwing crap and live a normal lifespan!
• Cisco says that Harry's van crashed into Grey at the corner of Woodman and Shore. The Flash loves sneaking the names of famous comic artists and writers into addresses like this. I don't recognize either of those names though. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and not an Easter egg.
• Killer Frost says she had a younger brother named Charlie, who died. Oddly Caitlin doesn't have a brother. They do both have mothers that are "cold and distant" though.
• When Killer Frost attacks Caitlin by hurling a giant icicle at her. Zoom saves Caitlin by literally vibrating though her body and catching the icicle.
I wonder if that'll have some sort of effect on Caitlin later on? Like maybe some of Zoom's atoms interacted with hers or something, giving her powers? Maybe even turning her into the Earth-1 Killer Frost?
• I was sorry to see Killer Frost, er, killed off so soon. She was a hoot. This is a comic book show though, so who knows? It's entirely possible she'll get better.
• Jesse tells the STAR Labs Gang that she had five different majors in college, which is apparently the norm over on Earth-2!
• Wally tells Joe he wants to meet the Flash, so he can thank him for giving up his powers to save him. At first I was wondering how the heck Wally knows about that. Surely Joe wouldn't blab something like that, not even to his son?
Then I remembered that last week Zoom left a message scrawled on the wall of Wally's room that said, "Your speed for Wally." So I guess Wally probably saw Zoom write that, and put two and two together.
• Barry tracks down Grey to Ace Chemical, which appears to be another of the many, many empty and/or abandoned warehouses in Central City.
In the comics, Ace Chemical is where the Joker was created, after falling into a vat of acid.
• Jesse keeps busting her dad's chops for killing the Turtle (and rightly so). But Barry's no better, as he just killed Griffin Grey. OK, so he didn't callously murder him (like Harry), but he indirectly killed him by forcing him to use his power until he died of old age. They both seem equally guilty.
• At the end of the episode, Harry tells Barry that he's decided to atone for his mistakes. For a second I thought he was going to turn himself into the police and confess to murdering the Turtle, but of course he doesn't. Can you tell I'm obsessed with this subplot? Does it bother anyone else that Harry's a coldblooded murderer who's walking around scot-free?
• Harry announces he's going to help Barry get his powers back by recreating the particle accelerator explosion. Besides being a monumentally stupid, dangerous and irresponsible idea, it also potentially opens a big can of worms. After the accelerator exploded the first time, Barry was in a coma for nine months before waking up with super speed. Hopefully the writers haven't forgotten about that.
If they do remember, I'm sure they'll technobabble their way around that particular inconvenient detail.
Labels: back to normal, dc comics, episode 19, season 2, the cw, the flash
It Came From The Cineplex: The Huntsman: Winter's War
The Huntsman: Winter's War was written by Evan Spiliotopoulos and Craig Mazin, and directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan.
Spiliotopoulos has written a ton of direct-to-video Disney sequels, such as The Jungle Book 2, The Lion King 1 1/2, Tarzan II, Cinderella III: A Twist In Time and The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning. Apparently he's the go-to guy when you need a quick followup to a popular fairy tale film. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2014 Hercules (the one starring The Rock), proving he's a sadistic bastard who hates humanity.
Mazin previously wrote Rocket Man, The Specials, Scary Movie 3 and 4, School For Scoundrels and The Hangover Part II. It looks like Mazin also hates the human race and is trying to hurt us all deeply.
Nicolas-Troyan was the special effects supervisor for Snow White And The Huntsman. This is his first time in the director's chair.
Confusingly, The Huntsman: Winter's War is both a prequel AND a sequel to Snow White And The Huntsman. The first half hour or so takes place years before the original film, while the rest happens shortly after. It's like the Godfather 2 of fairy tale movies. In structure, that is. Definitely not in quality.
The movie features an A-List cast including Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain— both of whom ought to know better than to sign up for something like this. Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron were reportedly paid $10 million each to reprise their roles, so that may have had something to do with the quality cast.
So let's get to the question everyone's no doubt asking— why the hell is there no Snow White in this Snow White sequel? There doesn't seem to be any clear answer. There are rumors floating around alleging that Universal fired actress Kristen Stewart (who played Snow in the first film) because she had an affair with Rupert Sanders, the (married) director of the first film. Others claim the studio never had any plans to use Stewart in any sequels, intending all along to spin off Chris Hemsworth's Huntsman character into his own franchise. Who knows what really happened?
If I had to guess I'd say they dropped her because of money. Believe it or not, four years ago when Snow White And The Huntsman was made, Kristen Stewart was the highest paid actress in Hollywood (the bloom's definitely off that particular rose now). It would not surprise me if they just couldn't afford to bring her back this time out.
Whatever your feelings about Kristen Stewart's acting talents, there's no denying that the absence of Snow White leaves an awkward hole in the film. The writers feel the need to address her truancy, explaining that due to the influence of the Magic Mirror, she's "not well" and unable to participate in the proceedings. This is realized through the magic of a couple of brief clips from the first film, and a body double seen only from the back (shades of Ed Wood and Plan 9 From Outer Space!).
This feels like a slap in the face to fans of the character (and to Stewart herself, I suppose). In the first film, Snow White went from a lowly prisoner to the badass commander of an entire army. She even killed Queen Ravenna singlehandedly! And now we're told that she's holed up in her castle, overcome by an obsession with a stupid mirror? Better they should never have mentioned her at all.
I have to admit, I remembered absolutely nothing about the original film. I know I saw it, as I wrote a review of it four years ago. Apparently it was so spectacularly unmemorable that every aspect of it faded completely from my mind. I watched it again right before seeing the new film, and I swear it was like seeing it for the first time.
SPOILERS, I GUESS.
Many years before the events of the first film, the evil Ravenna (played by Charlize Theron) hoodwinks a King into marrying her, then kills him and inherits his kingdom, because every gal needs a hobby. We also discover that Queen Ravenna has a younger sister named Freya (played by Emily Blunt), who she loves so much she never talked about her at all in the first film.
Freya has a secret and forbidden affair with the Duke of Blackwood. Ravenna finds out about the affair, and that Freya is pregnant. She learns the child will grow up to become "fairest of them all," something Ravenna cannot abide. Shortly after Freya gives birth, Ravenna uses the Jedi Mind Trick or something on the Duke, compelling him to kill his own daughter. Well, that took a dark turn, didn't it? When Freya finds her dead child, she flies into a rage, which wakens her dormant ice powers. She kills the Duke and flees into the north.
Elsa, er, I mean Freya uses her powers to build a massive ice palace in the north. She sends out regular raiding parties to capture children, training them to become deadly warriors. Among these abducted children are Eric and Sara. She warns her child army that love is forbidden in her kingdom, because it only leads to misery and heartache. Well, I can't argue with her there.
Time passes. Seven years before the start of the first film, Eric (played by Chris Hemsworth) and Sara (played by Jessica Chastain) have grown up to become Freya's two best warriors. Eric's a master with an axe, while Sara's an expert archer. They're also secretly in love, and vow never to leave one another's side, brazenly tempting the screenwriting gods. Sara gives Eric her heirloom medallion, announcing they're now "married." Freya finds out about their forbidden love, and zaps a large ice wall between them. Eric watches helplessly as Sara is seemingly killed on the other side of the wall by a fellow huntsman. Riddled with grief, Eric escapes the ice palace. He then wanders the realm, drowning his sorrows with massive amounts of booze.
The movie then jumps completely over the events of Snow White And The Huntsman, which I'm sure can't possibly confuse the audience. It's now several months after that film. Snow White's husband King William meets with Eric in the forest. He says Snow isn't doing well, as she's become obsessed with Ravenna's magic mirror. It seems the mirror's now talking to her (?), much like the One Ring. William ordered the Mirror taken to Sanctuary (the magical fairy realm from the first movie) for safe keeping. Unfortunately the Mirror was stolen en route. William asks Eric to recover the Mirror and make sure it gets to Sanctuary. Eric agrees. William sends two dwarves, Nion (played by Nick Frost, reprising his role from Snow White And The Huntsman) and his half brother Gryff, along with Eric. I guess due to downsizing throughout Snow White's kingdom, they couldn't afford to send seven dwarves this time.
At an inn, Eric and the dwarves are attacked by Freya's hunstmen. They're rescued by a mysterious, hooded figure with a bow and arrow. Gosh, I wonder who that could be? Turns out it's Eric's "wife" Sara, who's not dead after all! Gasp! She's furious with Eric, who she saw leave her for dead when Freya erected the ice wall between them. Eric tells her that's not what happened, swearing he saw her killed. He figures out that in addition to physically separating them, Freya caused each to have visions to emotionally drive them apart.
Sara doesn't buy the whole "magic visions" thing, and feels betrayed by Eric. The two spar for a while in an effort to eat up some screentime, and of course eventually reconcile, to absolutely no one's surprise.
Just then the four are caught in a snare by two female dwarves named Bromwyn and Doreena. Eric convinces them to help find the Magic Mirror. Despite the fact that Nion and Gryff hate all dwarvish women and think they're hideous, they warm up to these two diminutive ladies very quickly.
The group tracks the Magic Mirror to a goblin city, and after an underwhelming battle with the very gorilla-like goblin king, manage to steal it back. They take it to the borders of Sanctuary. Unfortunately before they can stash it there, Freya appears with her army. She reveals that Sara was working with her the whole time to get the Mirror. Gasp again! Nion and Doreena attack, but Freya freezes them solid and has them hauled back to her castle so they can be thawed out at the end of the movie. Whoops! Spoiler Alert! Eric tries to stop Freya, but Sara fires an arrow into his chest, seemingly killing him.
After Freya leaves with Sara, Gryff and Bromwyn see that Eric is still alive. Sara, the expert archer, deliberately shot an arrow into the medallion she gave him, making it appear she killed him. They head for Freya's palace to rescue Sara.
At the palace, Freya looks into the Magic Mirror and asks it who's the fairest of them all. The Mirror seems to melt, and transforms into Ravenna. Apparently seconds before she died in the first film, she uploaded her soul into the Mirror, and has been chilling inside until now. She begins making plans to kill Snow White and invade her kingdom, blatantly trying to usurp Freya's kingdom. Rwarrr! Cat fight!
Eric, Gryff and Bromwyn sneak into the ice palace. Eric's captured by Freya's huntsmen, and Ravenna sentences him and Sara to death. Eric manages to convince the huntsmen to revolt. Ravenna starts sprouting black spidery arms, which is a new power for her, and uses them to kill several of the huntsmen. Freya erects another ice wall to protect her and Ravenna. Eric and the others then simply start climbing the wall to get over it (a concept Donald Trump doesn't seem to understand).
Meanwhile the two sisters start arguing again. Freya realizes that the Duke killed their child because Ravenna zapped him with a spell (because she couldn't stand the idea of the child becoming more beautiful than her). Freya then turns against Ravenna, joining forces with Eric and Sara. Ravenna stabs Freya. Before she dies, she freezes the Magic Mirror, and Eric shatters it with his axe, causing Ravenna to shatter. Freya sees Eric and Sara embrace and says they're lucky, and then dies.
Freya's child army is freed, and Eric, Sara and the dwarves live happily ever after, until the next movie. Of course we see a gold-coated bird fly overhead, implying that Ravenna will be back yet again.
• Rarely have I seen a franchise that rewrites or outright ignores major events the way this one does. In order for this film to work, it has to negate much of what happened in the first movie. The biggest of these retcons is Freya The Ice Queen herself.
In Snow White And The Huntsman, Queen Ravenna had a very intimate relationship with her brother Finn. In fact they seemed more like lovers than siblings (gross). She even used her immortality powers to keep him young (well, young-ish) and alive far past his natural age. Ravenna even spoke about how Finn had has been at her side since they were children.
Note that never once in the first movie does Ravenna ever mention having a younger sister. Freya is a completely new character who's grafted onto this story to serve as a fill-in for Ravenna until she reappears. Retcon!
The first time we meet Eric in Snow White And The Huntsman, he's a hopeless drunk who's trying to drown his grief after the death of his beloved wife. At no time does he ever imply that she was anything other than a normal stay-at-home wife.
The Huntsman: Winter's War tramples all over that continuity by revealing that Eric's wife Sara is a skilled and accomplished huntsman, just like him! We also see that they were never actually wed in the traditional sense. Sara placed her medallion around Eric's neck, pronouncing them "man and wife" herself, without the benefit of clergy. And their "marriage" apparently lasted for a couple of hours at most, before Sara was seemingly killed. Recton again!
In Snow White And The Huntsman, Finn taunts Eric by telling him that he raped and murdered his wife (yikes!). This enrages Eric so much that he kills Finn. In The Huntsman: Winter's War, we see that Finn did no such thing. In fact he doesn't even appear in the film at all! As far as we know he never even met Sara! I suppose we could say that Finn lied in the first movie just to mess with Eric— he is a sadistic bastard after all. If that's the case, then his little joke backfired, as it caused him to get killed. Did someone say retcon?
In the first film the Magic Mirror contained a passive "Mirror Man" entity whose sole function was to always tell the truth. It's also implied that only Ravenna can see the Mirror Man, as Finn saw her seemingly talking to herself. In this film the Mirror is an evil, corrupting presence that compels anyone who gazes into it to kill everyone around them. In essence it's now become the One Ring, from The Lord Of The Rings.
I suppose I could be generous and say that Ravenna, who's stored her soul in the Mirror, has taken it over and is the one handing out these orders. It still seems like a major retcon to me though.
As I said, the script has to bend over backwards (and how) in order to work.
• I'm sure the fact that this movie features an Ice Queen with wintery superpowers has absolutely nothing to do with the phenomenal success of Disney's Frozen. Nope, all purely coincidental!
Seriously, Freya IS Elsa here. They might as well have gone all the way and just made her a CGI animated character.
• Missed opportunity: At no point does any character in the film tell Freya the Ice Queen to "Let it go."
• In a related note, Eric's wife Sara has wavy red hair, is an expert archer, and is suspiciously similar to Merida from Disney/Pixar's Brave.
• In the first film, Ravenna becomes Queen by marrying Snow White's father and then killing him. She does the same thing in the prequel part of this film. It's implied that she's done this many times before, tearing through kingdom after kingdom like a swarm of locusts through a field.
So just how big is this realm? You'd think after usurping eight or ten thrones over the years, news of her little scam would spread. Seems like after a while kings would start recognizing her and turn off the lights and pretend they're not home when she comes a knockin.'
• Liam Neeson is the narrator of the film. They get their money's worth out of him too, as he's forced to spout a ton of expository dialogue to set up the story, and then explain that we're jumping over everything that happened in the first film, as we go from prequel to sequel. I'm surprised he didn't lose his voice after all that narration.
• Chris Hemsworth's faux Scottish accent is much better this time around. Well... maybe not better, but at least it's consistent this time. It came and went quite a bit in the first movie.
• In Snow White And The Huntsman there were eight dwarves, played by an amazing group of character actors, including Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan, Johnny Harris, Brian Gleeson and Nick Frost.
Apparently the studio could only afford one dwarf from the first film this time out, as Frost is the only actor to reprise his role.
• In the first movie the "Little People Of America" organization complained because Universal Studios cast actors of normal stature as dwarves and digitally shrank them, instead of hiring actual little people. I didn't hear a peep out of them this time out. Maybe they finally gave up complaining about such methods after The Hobbit films?
• When Eric first hooks up with Nion and Gryff, they go on and on at length about how much they hate all dwarf women, who they consider hideous and repulsive. Later we meet two female dwarves, Bromwyn and Doreena. The thing is, they're nowhere near as ghastly as the males implied. In fact they look about like everyone else in the film. Then minutes after the male dwarves meet the females, they start shamelessly and awkwardly flirting with them.
So... I guess the joke is that the males were exaggerating? Is that it?
• At one point Sara betrays Eric by revealing she's really working with Freya. She shoots him with an arrow and he falls dead to the ground.
Of course he's not really dead, since they're trying to set up a franchise with him as the star. Seconds after Freya and Sara leave, Eric comes back to life. Apparently Sara actually shot the medallion (the one she gave him) around his neck, which only made it look like she killed him. Wha…?
We clearly see the arrow sticking out of his chest after he falls. But when he wakes up, he yanks it out of the medallion, which is all of an eight of an inch thick. How the hell could an arrowhead stick into something that thin? Even worse, he holds up the medallion and there's no hole in the middle!
The only way any of this could work is if Sara shot him with a novelty suction cup arrow.
• Snow White And The Huntsman featured some interesting creature designs, such as trolls and fairies. Here we get some goblins who look pretty much like hairless gorillas. Oh, and Freya rides some half polar bear, half snow leopard thing, that's realized through the magic of circa 1995 CGI.
In fact everything in this film feels scaled down and smaller. The budget for the first film was $170 million, while this one was a mere $115 million, so that's no doubt why everything looks cheaper here.
The Huntsman: Winter's War is a completely unnecessary prequel/sequel hybrid that has to overwrite much of the first movie in order to work. It feels like a desperate attempt to set up a franchise by shifting the focus to the Huntsman character, who's honestly not all that interesting. I give it a C.
Labels: chris hemsworth, elsa, frozen, it came from the cineplex, movie review, snow white and the huntsman, the huntsman: winter's war
Chip Faced
Take a look at this billboard I recently saw for Hacienda, a regional Mexican restaurant chain here in Indiana. Their food's pretty good, but they're definitely not taking the high road with their marketing strategy.
Obviously their "Get Chip Faced" slogan is a thinly disguised version of "sh*t faced." That has to be what it means, right? I can't think of anything else they could be going for here.
Oddly enough this isn't the first time they've done something like this. A while back they were running these "Code Brown" billboards all around town.
As you no doubt know, many hospitals use the "code" terminology to alert the staff of an emergency without alarming the public. Code Red means "Emergency." Code Blue means "Cardiac Arrest." And Code Brown means "Patient has soiled themselves, their bed and possibly the walls, bring a mop and bucket."
Someone on the Hacienda Marketing Team is definitely a big fan of turd-based advertising puns.
Labels: billboard, chip faced, code brown, fail, graphic design, hacienda, marketing, mexican restaurant
Legends Of Tomorrow Season 1, Episode 12: Last Refuge
It was inevitable that Legends Of Tomorrow would eventually get around to doing their own version of The Terminator franchise. Unfortunately The Terminator and its sequels handled the whole "Killing A Person In The Past To Erase Them In The Present" thing much, much better, not to mention more coherently.
The time travel in The Terminator was well thought out, internally consistent and actually made sense. On Legends Of Tomorrow the rules of time travel change from week to week (sometimes in the same episode!) depending on the needs of the script. It's hard to use time travel as a dramatic device when there are no boundaries and literally anything can happen for any reason. I understand it would be limiting, but this show really needs to lay down some ground rules about time travel and then stick with them.
The series has done its best to set up the Time Masters as secondary villains, to be the Big Bad when Savage isn't around. But the thing is, they're not inherently evil. Savage just wants to watch the world burn. The Time Masters are simply trying to keep the timeline safe from Rip Hunter and his blundering Legends, whose constant, clumsy meddling threatens all of reality. I can understand their point. Their methods may be extreme, but... they're not villains!
I could have sworn I read that Season 1 of Legends would consist of just thirteen episodes, but now I'm seeing it's actually sixteen. Chalk it up to my faulty memory, I guess.
The Time Lords, er, I mean Time Masters sentence space pirate Kaylex Druzan to death by the Omega Protocol. They send The Pilgrim to kill him at some point in the past, which kills him in the present. Don't think too hard about that; just roll with it. They give The Pilgrim her next assignment— eliminating the Legends by killing their younger selves.
In Central City in 1990, a young Heat Wave watches his home burn, with his parents inside (yikes!). The Pilgrim sneaks up behind him and draws her blaster. At the last second Atom appears and blasts her, saving Young Heat Wave. They bring him onboard the Waverider for safe keeping.
Their next stop is Starling City in 2007, to rescue younger White Canary. Her father, Sgt. Quentin Lance, has brought her to the police station as part of "Bring Your Daughter To Work Day." The Pilgrim appears and Present Canary and Heat Wave stop her. They bring Young Canary onto the Waverider and toss her in with Young Heat Wave, which seems like a bad idea.
Gideon then announces she's lost The Pilgrim's trail, and has no idea where she'll strike next. Atom suddenly collapses, and develops internal injuries. Gideon detects a temporal anomaly two years in the past. Apparently The Pilgrim's trying to kill Atom in 2014. Hunter and Firestorm arrive at Palmer Tech in 2014, and blast The Pilgrim out of the building, saving Atom just in time.
OK, let's just plow through this and get it over with. After his near death experience, Atom proposes to Hawkgirl and gives her the engagement ring he bought when they were stuck in the 1950s. She hems and haws through most of the episode, he realizes it was a mistake and tries to take back the proposal, and in the end she agrees to marry him. Yawn.
To prevent a repeat of Atom's near-death, Hunter decides to abduct Captain Cold, Professor Stein and Jackson shortly after they're born, to prevent The Pilgrim from finding them. He says it's a risky move, as leaving them out of the timestream for two long can cause their friends and families to forget they ever existed.
Hawkgirl and Canary steal Baby Cold, while Hunter and Heat Wave take Baby Stein. Atom and Stein go to take Baby Jackson. Stein sees Jackson's father, a soldier who was killed in action two weeks after his son's birth. He brazenly flaunts the rules of time travel by fetching Jackson so he can talk to his father. Jackson does so, but seems more upset than happy to meet the father he never knew.
Hunter then takes all the Legends' younger selves to "The Refuge," the Time Master orphanage where he grew up. It's run by a stern headmistress, who's Hunter's adoptive mother. She says her loyalty is to the children under her care, not the Time Masters, which makes one wonder how she's kept her job all these years. She gladly takes in all the kids.
The Pilgrim sends a message to Hunter. She says since he's prevented her from killing the Legends' younger selves, she's abducted their various loved ones, including Sgt. Lance, Stein's wife, Cold's sister and Jackson's father. She says she'll execute Jackson's father first, unless they hand over their younger selves. Hunter makes her a counter offer— he'll turn himself over to The Pilgrim, which will prevent the team from ever being formed.
Hunter sets up a meeting in an abandoned Time Masters outpost. His "mother" brings Young Hunter (who was one of the kids we saw at the orphanage) to the meeting. The Pilgrim arrives and hands over Jackson's father, as Hunter hands over his younger self. Atom has been secretly hiding on Young Hunter's back, and flies out and attacks The Pilgrim. The rest of the Legends then appear and attack. The Pilgrim uses her time-stopping ability to freeze them all— and their various energy blasts— in midair. She promises to kill all their loved ones as revenge, but forgets about Young Hunter, who repeatedly stabs her in the gut with a knife. Her concentration broken, the Legends are unfrozen and fry The Pilgrim into oblivion.
At the orphanage, Hunter's mom says she'll keep the young Legends safe. Hunter gives the Legends' various loved ones amnesia pills before returning them to their respective times. Professor Stein notes that his wife doesn't recognize him even before the pill. Hunter says due to their younger selves being absent from the timeline for so long, they're fading from existence. He says they need to hurry and kill Vandal Savage once and for all before it's too late. They now have to go to the one time they know he exists— the year 2166, when he's at the one place in time where they'll know he'll be: 2166 at the height of his powers. And thus the stage is set for the season finale.
• As is typical for this series, the rules and mechanics of time and time travel are wildly inconsistent and make no logical sense. The Time Masters sentence Kaylex Druzan to death. He's standing right there before them. The Pilgrim then kills him at some point in the past, which erases him from existence in the present.
But if he was killed when he was ten years old, then how the hell could he be standing in front of the Time Masters as a thirty year old man? See what I mean? Kaylex Druzan ceased to exist at age ten. There's no way he could have grown to adulthood and took up pirating for a living.
The writers attempt to smooth over this anomaly by having Rip Hunter say that it takes a while for time to "cement" and adjust itself after a major change. Nice try, guys, but I ain't buying it.
This is one of those time where we should probably stop trying to figure it out, and just follow Basil Exposition's advice in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, where he says, "I suggest you don't worry about those things and just enjoy yourself. (To audience) That goes for you all, too."
• At the beginning of the episode, the Time Masters execute a space pirate named Kaylex Druzan. That's such a specifically bizarre name that I was sure it was a shoutout to a character from the comics, but as near as I can tell he was made up for the show.
• Good news for Apple, Inc.! Apparently iPads will still exist in the 22nd Century, as the Time Masters hand one to The Pilgrim and she swipes left through her targets, like a deadly version of Tinder.
• In 1990, Atom uses his Iron Man blasters to knock The Pilgrim on her ass, saving Young Heat Wave. Why didn't he just go ahead and kill her while he had the chance? I get that that's not very heroic, and we're straying into Dark Knight V Hopeman territory here, but... she's trying to wipe out the entire team by murdering them when they were defenseless children. Doesn't that justify deadly force this one time?
OK, so they don't want to kill her. So then why not grab her while she's knocked out and throw her into the brig? Then drop her off someplace in the Jurassic era, where she'll no longer be a threat. Problem solved.
Of course if they did that then this episode would have lasted about ten minutes, so... the writers are no doubt hoping the audience doesn't think too much about this.
• After saving Young Heat Wave from The Pilgrim, Atom asks what's to stop her from going back in time a day or two earlier and killing him then? Good question! Hunter and Heat Wave (who, after becoming Chronos, is now also an expert on the Time Masters) explain:
Hunter: "'Cause the Omega Protocol calls for precision. Multiple attempts from The Pilgrim could do irreparable temporal damage."
Heat Wave: "Which means she's only got one shot at killing each and every one of us."
Hunter: And we only have one shot to extract your younger selves from the timeline before she pulls the trigger."
Wow. That is a glorious example of technobabble bullsh*t that makes absolutely zero sense, but at least shows the writers realized there was a plot hole in their script and they tried their best to plug it. I'm willing to give them this one.
• This episode establishes the age of several of the Legends.
They pick up Heat Wave's younger self in 1990. That was twenty six years ago, and Young Heat Wave looks to be about fifteen. That would make him forty one years old in 2016, which seems about right. Actor Dominic Purcell, who plays Heat Wave, is currently forty six.
Next they rescue White Canary's younger self, "circa 2007." That was nine years ago, and she appears to be around fifteen or sixteen. That would make Canary around twenty five now. Actress Caity Lotz is currently twenty nine.
Captain Cold was born in 1972, which makes him forty four. For some reason I assumed he was younger than that, but I'll take the show's word for it. Actor Wentworth Miller is currently forty three.
Professor Stein was born in Ivy Town in 1950, which makes him sixty six. Actor Victor Garber is currently sixty seven.
Jefferson Jackson was born in 1993, making him twenty three. Actor Franz Drameh is also twenty three.
• Arrow has a long running tradition of featuring some of the most god-awful, unconvincing wigs in the history of TV hairpieces. That said, Sgt. Lance's wig looks pretty darned good in this episode (at least to my eyes). It's definitely better than that dead possum Stephen Amell wears on his head during the Arrow island flashbacks.
• Actress Caity Lotz plays a very convincing younger version of herself in this episode. Somehow she even sounded younger!
• Apparently Rip Hunter's a fan of discontinued breakfast cereals. At one point we see Atom eating a bowl of Fruit Brute cereal that he got from Hunter's secret stash.
I have to assume this means Hunter is actually using his time machine to buy cereal in the past (!). Just think about how he's trampling on the timeline by doing so. How many kids from the 1970s were denied their boxes of Fruit Brute because a grown-ass adult from the future bought the last box in their local store?
• Was Young Heat Wave's outfit an homage to Marty McFly in Back To The Future Part II?
• For some reason The Pilgrim attacks the adult version of Atom from two years ago, instead of his younger self. I have a feeling that was due to budget restrictions, so they didn't have to hire a child actor who resembled Brandon Routh.
• At The Refuge, Hunter's "mom" says his first name is Michael.
In the comics, Rip Hunter's father is Michael John Carter, aka Booster Gold. Carter was born in the 25th Century, and went back in time to 1986, where he became a superhero.
I'm betting the TV version of Rip Hunter was named after his famous father.
• Cold's sister Lisa was apparently kidnapped by The Pilgrim, but once again, there must not have been room in the budget for one more speaking part, because we were told rather than shown that she's been taken.
• At one point we see Professor Stein standing near a locker, with a couple of helmets stacked on top.
I don't know whose helmet's on the right, but the one on the left that looks like a kettle belongs to Ma Hunkel, who was the Red Tornado in the comics. Note that she was the Golden Age version of the character, not to be confused with the Red Tornado who appeared in Season 1 of Supergirl. I assume this means we'll see the Red Tornado before the season's over?
• Jackson travelling back in time and interacting with his late father was very reminiscent of Agent J doing the same thing in Men In Black 3. And not just because the characters are all black.
Their scenes together were pretty well done, but they'd have been even better if this wasn't the first time we'd ever heard of Jackson's father. He'd never been mentioned even once before this week. Maybe if Jackson had ever wistfully mentioned him before now, their meet-up would have been even more poignant.
• Looks like someone on the writing staff really likes Kylo Ren from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The Pilgrim is able to use "temporal micro-manipulation" to freeze the various Legends' blasts in mid air, allowing her to waltz away unharmed.
• By the way, this does not seem like a wise tactical move on the part of the Legends. All The Pilgrim has to do is duck, and they'll end up frying one another.
• Professor Stein gets the best line of the episode. Seconds after he's born in 1950 (in a car, yet!), Hunter and Heat Wave show up in an ambulance, claiming to be from the hospital. They take Baby Stein with them and vanish. Stein says, "It's somewhat disconcerting that my father would give me up so willingly to two complete strangers."
• At the end of the episode, Hunter says have to act quickly and destroy Savage before the Legends are erased from history. The only way to do that is to go to the one time in which they're certain he exists— 2166, when he's at the height of his power, and the most dangerous.
Um... why not just take a page from the Time Masters Handbook and kill Savage as a child? Hawkgirl could probably come up with a pretty good guess as to when he was born. Just go back five thousand years or so to ancient Eqypt, kill him in his wooden crib and be done with it.
I suppose that might alter the timeline quite a bit, since Savage has played a part in many key moments in history, but so what? For all his blustering, Hunter's never seemed all that worried about it before. I guess they might also be reluctant to implement this plan because it would involve killing a baby or a kid, which they all went through a couple weeks ago. Still, if they're serious about eliminating Savage, that seems like the way to go to me.
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Record apple harvest means China exports targeted
From Idared to Ligol, via Jonagold, Cortland and other varieties, Poland’s apple season is in full swing again.
Fruit-growers expect a record harvest this year, amounting to as much as 5 million tonnes of apples. Much of this will go abroad, from other countries in Europe to China.
Poland is the EU’s leading producer of apples, accounting for around one in four apples grown in the EU, followed by Italy, France and Germany, according to Eurostat. Apple orchards account for over half of the total fruit area in the country.
In the past, Russia was a leading destination for Polish apples. Many of these were of the Idared variety, a bright red apple and with the ability to keep well.
But when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the EU responded with trade sanctions. In turn, Moscow blocked the import of agricultural products from EU countries – including Polish apples.
As a result, apple exports from Poland plummeted by 19% between 2014 and 2015, according to Eurostat. Exporters catering to the Russian market were badly hit.
Poland has sought to offset this fall in apple exports by increasing domestic consumption. As part of the online initiative “Jedz jabłka na złość Putinowi” (Eat apples to annoy Putin), Polish celebrities posted figures of themselves eating apples on social media.
There were also efforts to channel Poland’s surplus of apples into cider, with fruit-growers seeing it as a strategic opportunity to develop new products.
Poland has also been eyeing new markets for its apples – including China, the world’s largest producer of the fruit. With Russia out of bounds, Polish sellers have come to see the country as a promised land for the fruits of their labour.
Over the past few years, there have been efforts to popularise Polish apples through campaigns like “Bicoloured apples from Europe”, launched by the Polish Association of Fruit and Vegetable Growers, which focused on China and the United Arab Emirates.
Exporters have emphasised Poland’s long tradition of growing apples, low use of chemicals and quality. “The advantage of Polish fruits is their process of growth and care, which apple-growers have been putting many special, deep emotions into for a millennium,” the Polish-Chinese Chamber of Industry and Commerce wrote in its website.
As this year’s apples are harvested, Polish fruit-growers are aware that much in the sector will depend on the situation in Chinese agriculture. If China produces fewer apples this year, Poland could fill the gap left in other countries’ markets with its own ones, they suggest.
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Hitachi. The first hybrid battery storage project in Poland is being built in cooperation with Hitachi and the Polish transmission system operator, PSE, on a site close to Energa’s 24-MW Bystra wind farm in Pruszcz Gdansk, Pomerania. The Bystra storage project, which will house batteries in a 1,200 square meter warehouse with a target capacity of 6 MW (27 MWh), is currently in its final stages and the investment will be launched by the end of 2019.
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Welcome to the Past!
While anxiously waiting for my novel BREATHE to come out, I'm deep into the past researching and writing a brand new novel, which is set in the late 1950s in a suburb of Boston, where I grew up. I found my old cache of hilariously awful old cookbooks (check out the photos. I think the dish with the franks in a star pattern is particularly attractive). This particular cookbook advises you to boil veggies for 45 minutes so they will be "nice and tender" and encourages wives to "let hubby toss the salad."
Because I got so nostalgic, I flash forwarded into the future and dug out my old high school yearbook, which bypasses the buttoned up fifties and is well into the hippie era. That's me, a portrait of the artist as a young hippie, in the ironed hair, black boots, love beads, wrist band and hippie dress, 4th from the left, in a Russian Club photo. Of course, in my high school, there WAS no Russian club, and I am actually the only one in the photo beside the Russian teacher, Mr. Corcoran, with the dapper mustache, who took Russian class. Everyone else just showed up for a photo op and so they could put "Russian Club, President" on their college applications. It's funny, I look at this photo and I can feel the way I felt back then, overdramatic, desperately in love with the wrong boy and sneaking out to be with him every chance I could get, aching to be a writer, and lost in my own world.
Read Ask My About My Divorce
I used to be one of the writers for The Boston Globe's "A Reading Life" column, work I adored. When they pared down the column, they offered me the chance to write the bi-monthly Sunday Self Help column instead, and I jumped at the chance to do it, both to keep working for a place and people I loved, and because, frankly, I like the idea of Self Help. I don't think Self Help has to be all about "Ten Ways You Can Make Yourself Into A Hot Mama" and there are actually some fabulous, quirky, and very smart books out there and I like that it is my job to point out those sort of books to others.
I became friends with Candace Walsh after I read Ask Me About My Divorce, which means I can't give it press in The Boston Globe or Dame Magazine, but I can, with full disclosure, write about her book here. As someone who also had a much better life after getting out of a bad marriage, and who has a wonderful second marriage after getting out of a disturbingly controlling relationship, I loved her take on the Great Split. Divorce can be liberating. Divorce is not always traumatic. Divorce can open up worlds. And as someone who writes about her life--including my own relationship splits--in essays and for anthologies, I was fascinated by the stories all these women told.
The website will be up May 1st, and there's a great interview in Redbook here. Candace was great enough to let me ask her tons of annoying questions, too. Thank you Candace!
What gave you the idea to do a book about divorce?
I was chatting with a woman at a dinner party, and the topic of my divorce came up. Instead of launching into an entirely mournful and sympathetic response, she asked, neutrally, "How's that going?" "Great, actually," I said, surprised that that was the answer that surfaced when I wasn't in the midst of disentangling myself from another person's projection of how horrible divorce must be. "Awesome!" she said. "I got divorced, and I've never regretted it. My life has improved so much since then." "The whole idea of divorce needs a makeover." I riffed. "Divorce is rad--it's leveled my life in some ways, but there is so much fertile growth going on." It felt like accelerated time lapse photography of springtime coming on, lushly and ferociously. And we toasted to that.
Unlike many "great ideas" that I've had at a dinner party two glasses of wine in, this one stuck with me. Within the month, I wrote the book proposal, printed it out, and mailed it to Seal Press, without an agent or a personal contact there. I share that because I think it is encouraging news. It's great to have an agent, and to be able to drop someone's name when you're writing to an editor. But if the idea's good, and the publishing house is paying attention, you don't need those things. Don't let that stop you from putting yourself out there if you feel inspired.
What's so interesting about your book is the slant it takes--that divorce is not the end of the world, but often a beginning to a richer and fuller life with greater possibilities. Divorce, in fact, can be liberating, as anyone with a miserable ex can attest to. Did anything about any of these essays surprise you as you were collecting them? Has any reader response surprised you?
My sense is that the truth has been out there--that I'm just shining a light on it. If we all stopped defining divorce as one of life's great tragedies, I think it would be a lot less difficult to go through that process. We do have to grieve the loss of a dream, and accept the scrapped plan. We have to say, "I thought I was going to do that. But it ended up being this." Scary stuff! But embracing that having an intention doesn't guarantee its execution is one of the great life lessons of all time. We are not in control. Learning that makes us wiser, more surrendered, more able to flow with what life has in store for us. My big happy surprise is that what I thought would make me happy ultimately did not. And I am now in a position of savoring a greater happiness than I ever imagined was possible. If that's the result of my scrapped plan, I'm not only okay with that, I'm deeply grateful and humbled.
To be honest, the only thing that surprised me (very gratifyingly, I might add) as an editor was how much my instinct had been on target. My call for submissions got a huge and very varied response. It felt like I stood on top of the mountaintop and shouted, "Am I alone here?" and instantly, all of these women were thundering towards me with their essays in hand, shouting, "No, you're not! Choose me!"
I love how varied the stories are. The book includes a woman who left a polygamous Mormon relationship to strike out on her own...a woman who left her French husband and Paris both...a woman who left her bland Bay Area marriage to her best guy friend, and ended up falling in love with a Finnish woman via the internet. They now live in Finland, and are married with twins. And then there are the quiet, non-spectacularly framed stories that contain a lot of really insightful and trenchant interiority.
I felt so lucky to read all of these stories, because each one had a bit of healing medicine to it. I benefited from that. I think I must have read each essay at least ten times, and there are still essays that make me completely choked up, or make me cackle, every single time. If I had not had the idea to put this book together, if I had not read the essays, I would be in a different place--back there a bit. I don't think I would have transcended the experience of divorce quite as much. It accelerated the pace of my healing and my thriving.
How do you juggle work/writing/family life?
Oh, lordy. Let's just put it this way. I think I only manage to keep most of the balls in the air by waking up at 3:30am once every couple of weeks and playing a grand game of catch-up. I do feel a day late and a dollar short in many ways. It's been an ongoing exercise in mindfulness to accept myself, accept my life, accept what I can give, and claim my birthright--to both be a mother and to be a writer. And a magazine editor. And the head of my household. And a partner, and a friend...
My life is rich. It is so much richer than it used to be. I'm starting to think that inadequacy is a bugbear that follows us, if we let it, both when we are doing 10% of what we're supposed to be doing, and 110% of what we're supposed to be doing. I am lucky, though--my partner Laura and I have a very fruitful symbiotic relationship. You know how in a relationship, one person is often the giver and one is the taker? Well, Laura and I are both the givers, and I have to say that it's a delight to experience a relationship that is so rich in giving. I don't feel tapped out, because everything comes back to me times two. She scrutinized every page of the manuscript four or five times, has done piles of my children's laundry, is the first person I want to tell any news, good, bad, or innocuous. She has been so supportive over the last year. I know that I could have done this all without her, but I wouldn't have had as much fun or done as good of a job. I juggle it all with the help of two extra hands--hers.
What are you working on now--and why?
Doing this anthology has been so much fun. So, I want to do another one. I love the feeling of weaving together a series of stories, making them cohesive, preserving their voices. I love nudging writers to go a little farther here, pull back there. I get to be therapist, mother hen, polisher of brilliant passages and ruthless executioner of flabby paragraphs. On top of that, the vibe of the Ask Me About My Divorce bunch has been very slumber party, very sorority (in a good way). I wasn't the type to rush a sorority in college--I was more into hanging out with the pensive, smoking, literary, black-clad types, so I feel like I got a second chance to be in an all-girls society of very chummy, supportive, warm women--the Sisterhood of the Big D, aka, Delta (which is the symbol for change in math and physics, incidentally). So, I want to do another all-women anthology, and I have the topic, but it's something I'd like to keep it under wraps for now. When I do unveil it, I will update you, I promise. I also want to write a full-length memoir. I can't say that I've had a dull life--it's been both comically and tragically interesting so far—and for a writer, that's a gift.
Things I like..and things I don't
Good and bad, hence the Mrs. Mustard's Baby faces book. (So appropriate for all kinds of things!)
First, the bad news. Times are sort of soul-killing, at least financially, and every time something great freelance comes my way, I feel the need to grab it, because I want to fill up our depleted accounts. I had one offer of what seemed a fabulous job--blogging about books and all things literary for a literary site at a decent rate of pay. The guy running the show liked me, we bonded, and all seemed a go until there was "one last thing I needed to do"and to please click this link. Guess what it was? PAY HIM. Put my credit card on the line and pay for the privilege of working. I said, "You've got to be kidding," and that was that.
Fast forward two days. Another good gig. Manuscript consulting, (I do developmental editing for other people's novels) which I d love. Lots of work, reputable company, nice owner. Yes, they can use me. The catch? $200 to join the pool of editors.
Please tell me this is not a new trend.
So grousing is over. The good news is that after months of yin-yanging from one novel to the other, and hundreds of pages on each, I have cracked the first chapter of the novel I have decided to do first. I think it works. I keep staring at it in wonder. I'm a little afraid to venture into chapter two for fear the magic will dissipate. But what an amazing feeling. It seems alive to me. The voice feels real. And there is some mystery. Writing takes its own sweet time to reveal things to you, and sometimes it happens when you have given up trying so hard.
Now all I need is a title...
Travel, anyone?
I have my first ad! From Wu Travel. (See banner on the left.) Of course, this makes me ache to go see Vietnam and Thailand.
Guest blog from Jessica Berger Gross
(While I am drowning in novel pages, Jessica Berger Gross has come to my rescue with a wonderful new book, and a wonderful guest blog. Thank you, Jessica.)
Getting enLIGHTened
When I was younger – as a girl growing up on Long Island, and later as a young woman living in New York City – I subsisted on bagels with cream cheese, cheap beer and cigarettes. Exercise meant forcing myself to the gym and hanging out on a workout machine for twenty minutes before heading home to my studio apartment to put up a box of pasta. It was thrilling to be bar hopping in the Lower East Side at 4 am, but I could have done without the morning after hangover and feelings of emptiness. Not to mention the too tight jeans.
I hit bottom at age 29. I was depressed, 40 pounds overweight, and newly unemployed. Some mornings, I couldn’t get out of bed. I had dreams though – crazy-sounding dreams for my life: I wanted to write, I wanted to practice and teach yoga; I wanted to, one day, become a mother. More than anything, I wanted to learn how to wake up happy.
Sometimes when we’re most desperate, that’s when the answers come. I started paying attention – to the yoga philosophy my teachers mentioned in class; to the connections between what I ate and how I felt the next day; to how great it felt to take a walk whether through nature or down city sidewalks. Fast forward through a year of walking everyday, eating more fruits and vegetables and whole grains and lentils and much less of everything else, and cutting out drinking and smoking – not to mention dysfunctional relationships – I’d lost 40 pounds, had my first piece of writing published, and started teaching yoga. In the eight years since, my far-fetched dreams have somehow come true. I’m a writer, a yogi, and a new mom.
In my book enLIGHTened: How I Lost 40 Pounds with a Yoga Mat, Fresh Pineapples, and a Beagle Pointer (Skyhorse, May 2009) I share my story, along with the lessons I learned from yoga philosophy – and some of my most inspiring healthy living friends and teachers. enLIGHTened is both a memoir and a conscious-living and eating guide complete with yoga poses and philosophy, simple vegetarian recipes, and suggestions for conscious living, eating and moving.
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Read this Book: Singular Intimacies
There is something about Bellevue hospital. One of the most famous hospitals in the world, Bellevue shares doctors with NYU Medical Center, (some of whom treated me when I was so sick years ago) and has a certain indelible mystique.
I have a particularly soft spot for one of Bellevue's physicians, Danielle Ofri. She's an incredibly talented writer (her books are intimate, ravishing and moving) and she is also the editor of the wonderful Bellevue Literary Review. (I hold the BLR responsible for my upcoming novel. A short story they published, which went on to win a prize, bloomed into my novel.)
Now in paperback, Singular Intimacies is an astonishing look at what it really means to be both doctor and patient. Publishers Weekly raved that it is a "powerful collection, tied together by the struggle of a clearly gifted physician to master the complexities of healing" and Jerome Groopman aptly categorized the book as the place where "science and soul meet."
Danielle graciously agreed to let me pepper her with questions.
I have had experiences with doctors who steel themselves from caring too much about their patients or getting too involved because they feel they can be more effective that way, and because otherwise, it can be too emotionally challenging. (I've since changed doctors!) Yet, writing is anything but detached and to tell a really important story about a patient requires really knowing the patient and allowing yourself to really open up to your own emotions. Your chairman began the requirement that all third year internal medicine students write 1,000 word essays about patients, which I think is wonderful. During the outpatient medical rotation, you ask your students, in lieu of one of their standard patient write-ups to hand in a narrative write-up that simply tells the patient's story in their own words. Do they initially balk, especially given their workload? Do you find students are often transformed or surprised by what emerges?
The standard "medical writeup" (also know as "the history and physical") is a formal document that describes the patient's illness in preset categories. When students learn how to write these, they learn the particular language of medicine (the patient admits to having chest pain, the patient denies chest pain, etc.) Not only is this language very stilted, it also casts the patient's experience of illness in a very subjective, even suspicious light. This is contrasted sharply with the "factual" language that is used when the doctor examines the patient or performs diagnostic tests ( a rash was noted, a murmur was appreciated, the EKG showed...).
When I ask my students to do a narrative write-up, I tell them to eschew the structure and language of the standard H&P and to simply tell the patient's story. Initially, they are quite baffled because the assignment is so open-ended. They've worked hard to acquire this argot of doctoring and now I'm asking them to simply toss it aside. But I give the some tips. For a patient with diabetes, they may simply ask, "What is it like to have diabetes?" This straightforward question can reveal an enormous divide between how we physicians view diabetes ( a pancreatic disorder of insulin regulation that is associated with extensive renal, vascular, cardiac, retinal and metabolic complications ) and how a patient might view diabetes ( a pain-in-the-neck illness that requires shots or pills that cause diarrhea and impotence, a tasteless diet that means giving up everything I like, my doctor haranguing me to lose weight, etc.).
Almost without fail, the students are amazed at how easy it is to write the patient's story, and how much they learn about their patient--information that they probably never would have had the opportunity to know. Many students comment that they've gotten to know the subject of their narrative write-up better than an other patient in their entire medical school career. Occasionally, this has important diagnostic and therapeutic implications. There was a young woman whose asthma was exacerbated by their dog. But she wouldn't get rid of it because she knew that her boyfriend would be crushed. For balanced POV, the students interviewed the boyfriend, who felt terrible about the asthma, but commented ruefully that they could ever get rid of the dog because the girlfriend would be crushed. The medical student was able to bring these two opinions to the forefront and the couple agreed to give the dog to a friend. The asthma immediately improved.
Your essays about becoming an intern and a doctor are eloquent, intelligent and gorgeous. What prompted you to begin writing about your experiences through medical training? And when did you (and do you) find time to write?
I didn't start out planning to write a book or even planning to write. But after a full decade of medical training at Bellevue, I needed some time away. I took on some short-term temporary doctoring jobs around the country, and in between assignments, I'd travel in Latin America for as long as my money would last. It was during this period that I finally had some time to breathe and to think. I started writing down these stories, these one-of-a-kind experiences. The act of writing and revising and editing gave me the opportunity to really consider all that had transpired during my medical training. I then started taking some writing courses and worked on these essays that eventually formed the book Singular Intimacies.
As to finding the time to write, this is always a challenge. When I was first hired by Bellevue as an attending physician, there was an economic crisis, and the only job available was a three-day-per week job. Working part-time was not something I ever planned to do, but it was the only thing available. I began to use the other two days for writing. When the full time job became available, I turned it down. To this day, I spend only three days each week in the hospital. I try to keep my other days for writing only, but they now have to encompass editing the Bellevue Literary Review as well as cello lessons.
What I loved about your book was how you humanized the medical profession and gave a gritty, heart-scorching look at what happens in medical training. Given your experience, do you think the way doctors are made should change, and if so how?
So much of medical training occurs in a maelstrom, and there is very little time for contemplation. It would help to have a little bit of space to consider the effects of the tectonic transformations that are occurring. This is why I try to hand out a poem at the end of rounds, if possible. A few minutes to consider a metaphor or a poetic image hopefully allows the mind and the spirit space for a thoughtful sigh.
I'm writing a new book entited Medicine in Translation: Journeys with My Patients, to be published by Beacon Press in early 2010 This book focuses on my patients who are immigrants. Illness itself is a sort of immigration--from the land of the healthy to the land of the sick. I'm interested in the many types of journeys that my patients have take.
What is the Bellevue Literary Review, and why does a city hospital host a literary magazine?
When we started having medical students write patients' stories, we thought about creating a student journal for these writings Then we realized that there was a larger audience for creative writing that deals with issues of health, healing, illness and disease. The Bellevue Literary Review was created in 2002 as an outlet for fiction, poetry and nonficton on these themes. As the nation's oldest public hospital, Bellevue Hospital has been home to early three centuries of stories that run the full gamut of the human experience, and somehow feels like a perfectly natural place for a creative tribute to this history. Published twice yearly, The BLR hosts an annual literary competition. The biannual readings are free and open to the public. The next reading is Sunday, May 3rd, 2009.
Wanda Jewell's fabulous free book stimulus plan!
Wanda Jewell has a problem. After serving nearly 20 years as executive director of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA), she is overrun with books. All kinds of books: finished copies and galleys, paperbacks and hardbound, limited editions, signed, personalized, and more. Each publishing season brings more. So how will she weed her collection and support her southern indie bookstore at the same time? Wanda created her own FREE BOOK STIMULUS PLAN.
Books can be purchased anywhere, but when you buy at an indie store, you don't just stimulate your reading, you stimulate the local economy. Shopping local is an investment in your neighborhood and good karma all around. And you get a free book!
Hoping to stimulate sales at indie bookstores, Wanda is dismantling her personal library and offering it to shoppers, one free book at a time. It began April 2 and is still going on Readers who purchase a book at a SIBA-member indie store and send her a copy of the receipt will receive a book from her collection completely free of charge. Visit FreeBookStimulusPlan.com for details and a list of participating bookstores Print out the request form on the site and mail it in with a copy of the store receipt (which must carry the name of the store.)
Completed form and receipt must be mailed to Free Book, 3806 Yale Ave, Columbia, SC 29205 and only while supplies last. All that Wanda asks is that you pass this on. Post it to your blog, pay it forward, print it, shout it out, Tweet and Facebook about it. What a great way to increase your karmic footprint!
Read People Are Unappeaing
Welcome to the strange, raunchy and savagely funny world of Sara Barron. In People are Unappealing, she riffs on everything from waitressing meltdowns at the Olive Garden to dirty dancing on the bar top of New York City’s notorious Coyote Ugly. Barron’s gimlet eye seeks out the most appallingly strange situations, which also just happen to be the most hilarious. Trust me, this is one book—and one writer—you don’t want to miss.
What's so interesting about Sara is..well, Sara. While her therapist thinks she has "a crippling amount of self-absorption", it's clear she isn't self-absorbed to the point of not noticing the foibles of everyone else. "I don't hate humanity as a whole," Sara says. "Just in parts. I'm a big fan of well-mannered construction workers, good tippers, babies, and Christmas tree farmers, but the good people just aren't as fun to write about"
People are Unappealing came about because of the solo show she was doing, and the lucky appearance of a literary agent who told Sara this could be a book. But writing her second collection has its problems. Says Sara, " I'm going to try to buy a second computer just for book writing that won't have access to Facebook. Honestly, I feel like People are Unappealing would've taken half the time to write or been three times as long if I didn't spend upwards of two hours a day checking the "pages" of every ex-boyfriend or high school nemesis. "
What's next? Says Sara, "I'm working on another collection, tentatively titled, PEOPLE ARE JERKS, focusing on sing-a-longs, Facebook and hand sanitizer. And I just want everyone writing to remember, that when it comes to humor writing, remember: economy. of. words. Also, the funniest word goes at the end of the sentence."
Go read the book. When I was reading the book, I was laughing so hard on the subway that people got up to sit at the other end of the car.
praise where praise is due!
Jennifer Gooch Hummer, who began as my student at UCLA and ended up as my friend, just told me that her novel APRON (a novel I love) was selected by Amazon as one of the top 100 in the Amazon Breaththrough Novel Awards. Now Penguin editors are going to go through the manuscripts and choose the top three.
Hey. I know who I would choose.
Eureka moment
I took off this afternoon to have lunch with a brilliant writer and wonderful friend. She knew the problems I had been having and said, "So tell me about these novels." I launched into a long discussion about the first one and she said casually, "Now this is interesting. I didn't tell you to tell me about the first novel, just these novels, but you chose to talk about the first one. This is telling--your heart is in this one right now." Something sparked in me and I knew she was right. I just felt it.
Then as I was talking about the problem of moving these characters 20 years into the future,a plot point that had me stymied, she calmly ate her pasta and said, "So, why do you have to do that? Why can't you keep the story in the present moment? It sounds as if you are trying to do what you did in Breathe and you really don't need to for this particular story. It's rich enough to be in one contained time period."
Instantly, there was another internal shock. Fireworks, really.
That one comment solved my major problems, focused the novel and gave me the voice.
I cannot tell you how freeing this was. How jazzed I am. How brimming with gratitude. Sometimes when you are so deep in the writing forest, not only do you not see the trees, you don't even see the forest.
And if you are very lucky, you have a loving friend with a powerful flashlight and an excellent sense of direction.
Sayonara AOL
I think I have had it. Jeff's AOL began sending all his new mail into his old mail so he is now off. And I noticed that about half of the important mail I have been sending out--to agent, editor and to friends, including one long impassioned email to a friend who felt neglected--never got there.
So I am now a gmail gal. (I have hotmail, too.) I'll gradually tell everyone and I'll still keep AOL to catch the ones that get away, but already I feel better. There is no worse feeling than sending mail and wondering if it has been received or not. (And usually it NOT.) Plus, I now get to have an official sounding email address with my name-- Isn't that spiffy?Easy to remember? Theleav was given to me by my husband when AOL first began and email was brand, shiny new and everyone was making up names like goddessearth@aol.com or biglard@aol.com.
Sigh, guess I am growing up. (Well, not really. Just ask any of the people around me.)
A plan, I think
Ok, I cannot torment myself any further by working on two novels side by side. One has to take precedence, so I am going to work ferociously hard on the first two or three chapters of each and then show it to some writer friends and see which one, at this point in time, seems more alive. I love them both, but I need to be able to hunker down and work through the problems of just one.
Sigh. anyone got any magic potions for me?
torn between two novels and feeing like a fool
I seem to be torn between two novels and have no idea what to do. I have about 150 pages on both. I want to do both--I will do both, but I have no idea which one to do first. Both ideas are compelling to me, but as I work on one, I start to have my usual "what the hell am I doing" moment, and then I shift to the other. And back again. But I worry, does this shifting mean that I am not immersing myself deeply enough into the characters? Is it okay to be waffling like this back and forth as long as I am writing?
Clea Simon just told me to keep writing, that the novel will reveal itself to me, but I cannot get either one into any sort of line and I am baffled what to do. Do others write two novels at once? I wonder if this is an outgrowth of my also writing scripts as I write my novels--a frustrating new ability.
How do you ever choose???? Both sets of pages are far too messy to show anyone, so I don't even have that option yet. Should I show people I trust two synopsis and ask which one sounds most compelling at this moment? Or should I just keep writing and see what happens?
Boy, I leave Malibu Barbie alone for three days and look what happens! Bullwinkle moves in!
We came home to more mail than any person could possible go through in a year, way too many emails (I was so exhausted going through it, I accidentally deleted 154 Spam messages, and not all of them were about enlarging parts of my anatomy, either.) I am aching to work on my novel, and I just remembered that today is Good Friday which means it will be blessedly quiet.
We bought this airbed to take to my mother's because her beds are really uncomfortable, but this airbed was even worse! For some reason, it was freezing cold and we had to layer a blanket on the bottom, which didn't help much. It also kept losing air so it felt like a waterbed, which was odd and unsettling. I wanted to marry our bed when we came home and I saw it.
Ok, so I am still tired and cranky. Anyone know any jokes?
Writers Op!
From Ariel Sabar, the author of:
MY FATHER'S PARADISE:
A Son's Search for his Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq
[Algonquin Books]
Winner of the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography
http://www.arielsabar.....com/newyorkheart.html
WANTED: A CERTAIN KIND OF NEW YORK LOVE STORY
I'm starting a new book project. And for part of it, I need your help.
Ask yourself this: Did you and your spouse meet in one of New York's celebrated public places? Did you speak your first words to each other at Central Park, the Met, the Subway, Grand Central, Rockefeller Center, Prospect Park, the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Bridge?
Then ask yourself this: Were the two of you totally different? Was she, say, a bond trader, and he, a bike messenger? Was he a Brazilian ballet dancer and she, a Latvian librarian? Was a tourist map the only thing you had in common, because he was from Denmark, and you, from Djibouti? Or, like my own parents, was he a son of hard-luck Kurds from northern Iraq, and she, the daughter of a Manhattan businessman?=2 0That is, were you from such wholly different backgrounds that – were it not for that chance encounter – you almost certainly would never have met?
If this sounds anything like your story, I would very much like to hear from you. I am looking for a massively diverse group. Differences in age, race, nationality, creed and orientation are encouraged. You need not still live in New York. You need not ever have lived there. What matters is that you first locked eyes there, in one of its great public places.
If you know couples like this – your kid sister, your grandparents, that guy at work, anyone – please ask them to email me at ourstory@nylovestories.com. Or send them to www.nylovestories.com. Thank you.
Please mail me at: ourstory@nylovestories.com.
Bye! See you next Friday!
We're off. That's Malibu Barbie waving goodbye in the photo and she isn't coming with us. Instead, Malibu Barbie is going to guard the house and look fabulous and work on her tan even though I warned her repeatedly that it is bad for her skin, but she never listens to me. We're going to Boston and returning late Thursday.
When I get back, it is time to get cracking:
1. I have to hunker down with the new novel beloved agent wants to see (are there more beautiful words than that? But I don't feel any where near ready to show any pages yet).
2. I need to begin teaching an intensive Novel V class.
3. I have to worry over a new script.
4. I have juggle freelance jobs and always try to find more.
5. I have to try not to panic about what we owe income tax and why our money is just sitting in the bank earning just about no interest because the market is a crap shoot right now.
On a brighter note, today is National Chocolate Mousse Day.
Carole Parker is also cool
Carole Parker is astonishingly great screenwriter, a hard-boiled dame who is also one of my email lifelines during the day. As we both are slogging through our work, we must send at least ten emails every day, just touching base, cheering each other on, and offering help.
Anyway, Carole has this fantastic blog which lets you into the mind of a working screenwriting. Go take a look!
Ken Volok is cool
My friend Ken is a smart, funny, and brilliant photographer and filmmaker and I think everyone should check out his film. I've even provided the link--and one fo rhte companion book, too. Part surf film, part crime drama, part romantic comedy, it's an exploration of life and culture on Santa Barbara Ventura coastline. Backed by the beat of The Indignitaries, Mondo Domingo and more.
Amazon.com: Land of Milk and Honey (Special DVD Edition): Shaun Sullivan, Dan Perrine, Ben Banner, B
Amazon.com: Land of Milk and Honey (Special DVD Edition): Shaun Sullivan, Dan Perrine, Ben Banner, Bryan Taylor, Drew Greeley, Chaz Hottinger, Chuck Jones, Stacy Peralta, Budgie, Ken Volok
Finished Revisions!
I am tired, happy, and so thrilled. I finished the second set of revisions from my editor and just sent them off. I love my editor, love my publishing house, love my agent. But sending these things off has made me homesick for the novel. I miss being in the thick of the characters, and when I got to the last pages I was crying--not just for the story, but because I realized I had to let them go.
Lucky for me, I started something else and am deep into that, so I have a new set of people to start to worry about, fuss over, and love.
Now, if only I could get a film deal....
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Talent Press – DIFF Opening Night Film: KNUCKLE CITY a film by Jahmil Qubeka
DIFF Opening Night Film:
KNUCKLE CITY a film by Jahmil Qubeka
Jeoffrey Mukubi, Talent Press
KNUCKLE CITY Rafiki-
18 July | 20:00 | International Convention Centre (ICC)
Bongile Mantsia made for a good lead playing the role of a down-and-out boxer from Mdantsane in Jahmil Qubeka’s latest film, Knuckle City. Raw, unfiltered, thrilling and hilariously unconventional, it is the first boxing feature film in South Africa. The apparent emotional intelligence in the opening scenes quickly sets the film’s tone as the characters and their roles slowly start to make sense. The constant use of profanity might at times be a turn off for some, but Qubeka’s nonlinear narrative is one that depicts the ugly truths of South African township life and it is also one that touches on the that men are expected to play in family life. it was amazing to see Thembikile Komani’s character play an important supporting role as Dudus careless, quick-witted, younger gangster brother. In hindsight, Dudu ultimately believes that he should get a chance at boxing match that could potentially change his life and that of his family for the better. That journey, however, becomes increasingly difficult as he comes face to face with the ghosts of his past and the problems of the present. Technically, it felt like watching an hour-and-a-half-long boxing commercial, yet the diversity in the scoring enhanced the film’s dramatic narrative, making the film all the more compelling. Without spoiling anything, the film is one that is certainly for the books. It is sad, funny, entertaining and riveting all at once.
This story emanates from the Talent Press, an initiative of Talents Durban in collaboration with FIPRESCI and the Goethe-Institut. The views of this article reflect the opinions of the film critic, reviewer Mandimby Maharo
https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt//talent/jeoffrey-mukubi/profile
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Montana cop accused of pulling gun while drunk at party
Phillip Jay Clark allegedly pointed his gun at an Asian man he called "an ISIS."
What is up with drunken cops brandishing guns this week? In Montana, a sheriff's deputy was arrested for allegedly assaulting and pulling a gun on an Asian man he called "an ISIS" while drunk at a party.
Sheriff's Deputy Faces Felony Charge of Assault With a Weapon
49-year-old Lewis and Clark County sheriff's deputy Phillip Jay Clark was arrested on a felony charge of assault with a weapon. He is accused of pointing the gun at a man's chest three times with his finger on the trigger while "super intoxicated" at a bonfire outside his home last month.
The victim, who is described in court documents as "half-Asian," says that Clark, "got a little bit violent and a little bit aggressive right away." After shaking his hand, Clark "pulled out his gun, pointed it at me and then laughed, handing it somebody else like we were about to fight."
Clark him in the ribs and in the groin, then later called him "an ISIS" and pulled the gun on him again.
The documents say C.F. told the investigator Clark hit him in the ribs, then asked the victim to name the capital of Thailand, responded "Bangkok" and hit him in the groin before the man could respond.
"C.F. had long hair on his head, facial hair and he is half-Asian," court documents note.
Later during the bonfire, Clark is accused of becoming aggressive toward the man again and calling him "an ISIS" while brandishing his gun. C.F. reported a friend telling him to flee.
"He said as he ran away he was '100% positive he was gonna start shooting,'" the documents say.
Phillip sounds like a really fun guy, if you like racism and getting a gun pointed at you, for no fucking reason.
An investigation into the incident began when the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's office received an officer complaint about Clark. An agent with the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation was brought in to lead the investigation in order to avoid a conflict of interest with the sheriff's office.
Clark was arrested on Monday morning, but released on his recognizance. He still employed by the county.
More here: Local officer arrested on suspicion of pulling gun while drunk
FILE UNDER: assault, crime, drunk, drunk deputy, guns, montana, police
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Cushman & Wakefield’s Dallas Office Honored By CoreNet Global
Dallas April 10, 2017 Dallas No Comments
By Christine Perez
The North Texas chapter of CoreNet Global held its annual awards program Thursday night, and the Dallas office of Cushman & Wakefield was proud to walk away with two awards. The firm won Workplace Strategy recognition for its new office in Uptown, and Executive Managing Director Mike Wyatt won the group’s CRE Professional Excellence award.
Cushman & Wakefield took occupancy of its new space in December 2016, when former offices at Rosewood Court and Sherry Lane Place were combined under one roof at McKinney & Olive. Firm leaders wanted space that supported business goals, promoted innovation, and made a statement about “the new C&W,” following its $2 billion merger with DTZ. Gensler was selected to design the new interiors, with Cushman & Wakefield’s Project & Development Services group overseeing the buildout.
“This award puts an exclamation point behind what we want to achieve at Cushman & Wakefield,” said Bret Bunnett, Executive Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield. “Our new space at McKinney & Olive is a big part of our foundation. It provides a workplace that allows for greater collaboration and teamwork and fosters the sense of energy that is driving our momentum.”
A theme of hospitality pervades the timeless office, with informal lounge-type meeting spaces, custom artwork, and warm, rich, tailored finishes. It also leverages the latest in high-tech tools, including sit-to-stand desks in every office and work area and Microsoft Surface Hubs.
“It’s a major investment and also a major departure from what has been in place for years,” Bunnett said. “Our goal is for our new workplace to be a real beachhead for our organization in Dallas and to visually convey the incredibly bright future for our firm and the people within it.”
CoreNet’s CRE Professional Excellence Award recognizes innovation in management and work processes, specifically as it produces world-class, superior performance and delivers a desired, measurable, and sustained result. This year’s winner, Mike Wyatt, has successfully represented more than 1,000 clients throughout his career and developed long-term relationships built on trust, collaboration, and results. He’s also one of commercial real estate’s most active leaders in philanthropic and community organizations, ranging from the Urban Armadillos (which he co-founded) to the State Fair of Texas.
“Mike is the winner for 2017, but this award is not about one year of success, Bunnett said. “It represents a decades-long career of representing clients and Cushman & Wakefield at the very highest level. Mike is passionate about doing the very best for his clients, our firm, and the city of Dallas.”
CoreNet Global represents nearly 10,000 executives in 50 countries with strategic responsibility for the real estate assets of large corporations. The organization’s North Texas chapter created the Black White & Blue Awards to recognize excellence in commercial real estate. Other winners for 2017 include the new Perot Headquarters (Sustainable Leadership), Legacy West (Economic Development-Major Deals and Projects), and Gensler (Service Provider of the Year).
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Cushman & Wakefield Named ‘Service Provider of the Year’ By CoreNet Global
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The Blaster
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About Franklin C. (Chuck) Spinney
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The Domestic Roots of Perpetual War
Anatomy of the Deep State
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Introduction to the Strategic Theories of John Boyd
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The Deep State: The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government
Mike Lofgren, Viking, 5 January 2016
Just about everyone knows something is dangerously wrong with our nation’s political system. There is a growing awareness that the United States is drifting blindly into a state of greater inequality, stagnation, oligarchy, and perpetual war, with a ruling establishment that neither responds to the will of the people nor to the problems our nation faces. For evidence of this pervasive sense of unease, look no further than the 2016 presidential election, where a bombastic celebrity billionaire and a crusty grandfatherly democratic socialist are claiming the political system is rigged and are driving the scions of the status quo into the rubber room -- at least for now. In his most recent book, The Deep State, Mike Lofgren has written a timely exegesis of that status quo and its staying power. He makes it easier for any concerned citizen to understand the realities of the political and constitutional crises now facing the United States -- and perhaps even improve the reader’s sense for the madness and anger that now characterizes 2016 presidential election.
Before reading further, be advised, I am biased: the author, Mike Lofgren, is a long time colleague and close friend. Lofgren worked on Capitol Hill while I worked in the Pentagon. Over the years, beginning in the late 1980s, we discussed and tried to understand the many hidden connections that had evolved insensibly over time to disconnect the money siphoning operations of the Military - Industrial - Congressional Complex from the system of checks and balances designed by the Framers of the Constitution.
Lofgren’s book goes much further. It grew out of a stunning essay -- Anatomy of the Deep State (Feb 2014) — that Lofgren produced at the request of journalist Bill Moyers. Lofgren has written a tour de force that takes the reader on a wild ride through a swamp of confusion and disorder that reeks of corruption. His writing is at once witty and particular, but also general and prescriptive. Making sense out of that mix is no mean feat. To be sure, the story Lofgren weaves is complex, and at times overwhelming and disgusting, but anyone can understand it, if one takes the time to read and think about what Lofgren is saying.
Lofgren's analysis centers on how the looting operations of three mutually reinforcing “pillars" (my word) of the contemporary American Deep State evolved over time. These “pillars” are themselves self-organizing groupings of coincident interests that work to insensibly co-opt and exploit the fissures in the mechanistic distribution of power designed into the Constitution by James Madison. These emergent groupings form what some essayists have called an “iron triangle” of capitalists in the private sector and professional bureaucrats as well as elected officials in the legislative and executive branches of government, as well as in the menageries inhabited by hangers on, wannabees, journalists, and parasites feeding off the triangular host. These triangles are energized by money flows and influence peddling, and their operations are lubricated by a maze of revolving doors that enable the individual players to climb the greasy pole to power and riches by moving freely back and forth from one corner to another — all the while pumping the money and propaganda needed by the triangle to survive and grow. Lofgren’s discussion of the career trajectory and policy actions of Robert Rubin, President Clinton’s Secretary of the Treasury, is a particularly illuminating, if extreme, example of how an adept player games the triangle to accrete fabulous riches and oligarchical power.
Figure 1 is my simplified schematic outlining the basic features of an iron triangle.
Lofgren's analysis takes us around three triangles by examining the maze of living relationships making up (1) the triangular money pumping operations of the Military - Industrial - Congressional Complex, as well as the more subtle looting and power grabbing operations of (2) the de-regulating scams of Big Finance and (3) the big-brother spying operations of the pseudo-libertarian hyper capitalists of Silicon Valley. To be sure, there are many other iron triangles Lofgren does not discuss in great detail (e.g., Big Pharma, Big AG and the food supply, etc.), but his story is clear enough and sufficiently broad enough to make the larger argument.
But there is more. Lofgren explains how the more obvious idea of an iron triangle is only the inner core of a far reaching web of interests. This web includes, inter alia, the machinations of lobbyists, think tanks, political action committees (PACs), universities, pseudo intellectuals and ideologues, establishment promoting pundits in the fourth estate, tax deductible foundations, and behind them, the deep pockets of the secretive billionaire oligarchs, who have had their influence unleashed by the recent decisions of the Supreme Court. The blood giving life to the inner and outer aspects of this pulsating web of non-democratic power and influence is MONEY, which the Supreme Court in its Citizens United Decision legitimated as a form of free speech protected by the First Amendment.
To Lofgren’s argument, I would add the accumulating result of America’s insensible descent into the Deep State is a work in progress. I also argue that work is being been accompanied by a gradual emergence of a peculiarly American amalgam of fascist, corporatist, and neoliberal organizational ideologies. This amalgam is evolving into “winner take all” political economy that subordinates citizens and workers and the state to growing oligarchical powers. Figure 2 is a kind of thought experiment I designed to explore the ramifications of this possibility. It lists some of the political and economic features of the fascist, corporatist, and laissez faire (aka neoliberal) ideologies. To be sure, these are murky features, especially in the case of those relating to fascism, but I think most objective readers would agree that the features outlined in Figure 2 are very prominent in each of these forms of political-economic organization.
The experiment is to ask yourself if the emergent American political economy exhibits hints of these features. The boxes checked in red are my affirmative answers to these questions.
While Lofgren does not say so, I would argue there are growing signs that the emerging American political economy combines many elements of classical fascism and corporatism with neoliberal laissez faire economics into something that is new and peculiarly American — a political economy that exhibits fascist tendencies, but unlike classical fascism, subordinates the state to neoliberal corporatist interests, while it exploits many of fascism’s authoritarian organizing principles to stabilize the emerging status quo. Don’t take my word for it. Read Lofgren’s book, then think about how you would check or redefine the boxes in Figure 2 and draw your own conclusions.
One of the most important aspects of Lofgren's analysis, at least to my thinking, lies in his frequent reminders that the structural aspects of this current state of affairs are not the results of a centrally guided conspiracy hashed out in a smoke filled room. The “structure” of the contemporary American Deep State is more an emergent property triggered by the incremental give and take by thousands of players, whose successes and failures are conditioned by an interplay of chance and necessity, in what is really a cultural evolution. To be sure, there are lots of smoke filled rooms conspiring invisibly to play this game of chance and necessity, but they are competing with each other as well as cooperating -- and it is the evolutionary character of the Deep State that enables it to survive, adapt, and grow on its own terms, and that emergent character is what makes the Deep State so dangerously resistant to change.
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Poliesportiu hosts 'family fitness day'
As part of local observance of Universal Children's Day, the sports department of the Formentera Council announces on that Saturday November 24 the Antoni Blanc sports centre and swimming pool is hosting the Jornada Esportiva Familiar, a special day of activities for the whole family.
“It's a day to get the island's youngest excited about active living”, said CiF sports secretary Jordi Vidal. “We want islanders to see that sport can be a family activity,” he said, “and young islanders to see their parents as role models for just that”.
Swimming pool programming
From 10.00am to 1.30pm, there will be a special “aquatic circuit for kids”, plus chances for families to try scuba-diving (participants must sign up beforehand, and be 8 or older and accompanied by an adult).
From 12.30pm to 1.15pm, visitors will get to watch the winter 2018 third-place junior Balearic champions, a duet, perform a demonstration of artistic swimming.
Sports centre programming
From 10.00am to 1.30pm, the floor of Antoni Blanc fitness facility will be the site of a “psychomotricity circuit for tots”. Additional sports games and a round of dodgeball are on the programme as well.
Artistic swimming demo
At 5.30pm there will be a demonstration by Club Natació Formentera in the Antoni Blanc swimming pool.
First round of signups starts for Formentera half marathon, 8K run
The office of sport of the Formentera Council announces that Thursday November 22 marks the start of the first round of signups (preinscipcions) for the Formentera half-marathon and 8K run, both of which are scheduled to take place Saturday May 11, 2019, with space available for 2,000 and 1,000 respectively.
At the close of signups today, the first day, the sports department reported 300 requests.
How the first round works
Due to the large number of runners who wish to participate every year, organisers use a lottery system for the two events to determine who can run. The first round of registration closes Monday December 17. After completing this step, hopeful participants will receive an email with their lottery number.
Runners wishing to compete together should complete preinscripcions simultaneously to ensure consecutive lottery numbers.
The notary public overseeing the drawing on Wednesday December 19 will choose a number at random for each distance. The process continues until no places remain, and runners whose number is called will compete in the corresponding circuit.
The second round of registration, including online payment, can be completed between December 21 and January 10, 2019 at unisportconsulting.com. Registration costs €33 for the half-marathon and €18 for the 8K run from Sant Ferran to La Savina. Runners who not already have the required “yellow chip” must add another €3 for chip rental to the final price-tag.
If places remain at the close of signups, available spots will be assigned consecutively to the numbers after the cut-off point until none are left.
Some runners, like those who have competed in at least five past editions of the runs, are not required to participate in the lottery and are guaranteed inclusion. These individuals will receive instructions via email on how to access the second-round signup page. Also exempt are Formentera residents, who should contact the CiF sports department for their access code.
Cros de Formentera
The Formentera Council's sports office reports that Sunday November 18 will mark the season's first cross-country, or cros, running meet. The race will play out on the trails of Ses Illetes. There will be intermittent restrictions on circulating vehicle traffic between 10.30am and 1.30pm on Sunday.
The day will also feature a school cross-country meet. Lower categories will compete between 10.30am and 12.30pm, and the centrepiece is a 5.2K run kicking off at 12.30pm. Participants can register on site until thirty minutes before the start. Some 160 runners are expected to compete in both modalities.
The Formentera Council, Grup Esportiu Espalmador and Federació Balear d'Atletisme are organising the event. Baleària transport company is offering runners from Eivissa 50% off the price of their ferry ticket, and a free bus will link La Savina and Ses Illetes, departing between 9.45am and 10.00am and returning between 1.45pm and 2.00pm.
Hundred plus cyclists expected for Friday’s mountain-biking Volta Cicloturista
This morning the Formentera Council’s sports office unveiled plans for the third edition of the island’s Volta Cicloturista, a mountain-biking challenge. CiF sports secretary Jordi Vidal was on hand at the gathering, along with spokespeople from the organising entities, Grup Esportiu Espalmador and Unisport Consulting, as well as a representative from Trasmapi, which is cosponsoring the event.
Secretary Vidal said organisers are counting on seeing over a hundred cyclists take part in the event, part of Discover Formentera in October, which he called “a push to put Formentera and its natural surroundings on the map with a range of sporting activities”.
Third BTT Volta Cicloturista
Once again, organisers tried to organize an event where mountain bikers of all backgrounds would find in Formentera a meeting point. The toughness of the trails and the breathtaking natural beauty on the island make it a star event on the calendar of mountain biking events in the Balearics.
Set to unfold between Friday and Sunday, the three-stage, 97.5-km route has a combined elevation gain of one thousand metres and each stage is estimated to take approximately three and a half hours.
Distances in the Volta Cicloturista are what make the trial ideal for cyclists of all stripes, whether or not they have a competitive bent. Timed segments include the first and third stages.
On Sunday more experienced cyclists can participate in a classic. Back for its 24th year, the demanding BTT La Mola offers up a demanding 37.6km and 850 metres of elevation gain. Times count towards another mountain-biking event, the Challenge del Campionat Pitiús.
Participants interested in a ride that’s slightly less technically-demanding can choose a route that borrows from segments of the established course. Completion times for this trial will not be recorded.
Traffic closures
For five minutes on Saturday at approximately 11.00am, crews will block the segment of highway from Sant Ferran to Sant Francesc near the windmills. Intermittent road closures are also anticipated on Sunday from 11.30am to 12.30pm at the Club Maryland turnoff near the restaurant Acapulco. Organisers thank motorists in advance for their cooperation and apologise for any inconveniences.
Council and sailing club sign deal to help put projects –sports-related, socially-impactful, cultural and educational– in motion
CiF chief Jaume Ferrer sat down today with Vicent Tur, president of the island's club nàutic, to sign into action a partnership agreement in support of sport, social, cultural and educational initiatives.
As part of the deal, the “nautical” or sailing club pledges €50,000 to help the Council stage sporting events, like windsurf regattas with Formentera's surfing club or a sailing league as well as the programme “Descobreix la mar” in collaboration with the sailing school.
The sailing club will collaborate in the Aula de Titulacions Nàutiques, a nautical accreditation site, on training courses and work with the diving school to offer year-round programming. The club will also coordinate “Setmana de la mar”, an event with wide-ranging learning and cultural activities about underwater ecosystems.
The sailing club will likewise put together a yearly photo contest, an annual speed painting contest and an interactive classroom that will serve as a staging area for exhibits, conferences, seminars, concerts, cinema discussions and other activities promoting knowledge about the sea.
One of the sailing club’s main focuses is social inclusion. Club staff take part in disability and special needs training. Partnerships with other specialised associations like APMIPTEA and APNEEF are on the horizon as well.
The sailing club commits to a series of earth-friendly actions as well, like participating in future editions of Save Posidonia Project; helping draft a guide to green sailing; fomenting and spreading not just knowledge but a spirit of care and conservation as well...for the planet at large and for Formentera’s surrounding beauty, especially at Estany des Peix.
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Proportion of the population aged 19 and over that exceed the low-risk alcohol drinking guidelines (LRADG), (1) i.e.:
males that drank more than 15 drinks per week, females that drank more than 10 drinks per week OR
males that drank more than 3 drinks per day, females that drank more than 2 drinks per day OR
males or females with less than 2 non-drinking days a week OR
males or females that drank 5 or more drinks on any one occasion in the previous year
* Note: This indicator excludes pregnant women and breastfeeding women.
Proportion of the total population 19 and over that exceed LRADG #1 (guideline #1)
Proportion of the total population 19 and over that exceed LRADG #1 AND/OR #2 (guideline #1 and/or #2)
*See "Definitions" section for description of LRADG #1 and #2.
Societal Outcome (Prevention of Injury and Substance Misuse): There is reduced incidence and severity of substance misuse and substance-related injuries, hospitalizations, disabilities and deaths
Societal Outcome (Prevention of Injury and Substance Misuse): Members of the public have an increased capacity to prevent injury and substance misuse.
Assessment and/or Surveillance Requirements
The board of health shall conduct epidemiological analysis of surveillance data...in the area of alcohol and other substances (Prevention of Injury and Substance Misuse).
Corresponding Health Indicator(s) from Statistics Canada and CIHI
Prevalence of alcohol consumption in excess of LRADG #1
Note: The Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey, (CADUMS) (2), reports on the population aged 15 and over and uses the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) module "Alcohol Use in the Past Week (ALW)" to calculate exceedance of both LRADG #1 and LRADG #2. This APHEO Core Indicator will use the CCHS ALW module to calculate exceedance of LRADG #1, and the "Alcohol Use (ALC)" module (i.e., alcohol consumption in the past 12 months) to calculate exceedance of LRADG #2.
Corresponding Health Indicator(s) from Other Sources
Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (3):
Prevalence of binge drinking (5 or more and 4 or more drinks on one occasion during the last 30 days for males and females respectively)
Prevalence of heavy drinking (male respondents aged 18 years and older who report an average of more than 2 drinks per day and female respondents aged 18 years and older who report an average of more than 1 drink per day in the past 30 days).
Australian Bureau of statistics (4):
Proportion of persons 18 years and older who exceeded lifetime risk alcohol guidelines
Proportion of persons who exceeded single occasion risk alcohol guidelines
Data Source(s)
Numerator and Denominator: Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS)
1. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)
1. Canadian Community Health Survey [year], Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario MOHLTC
The indicator is derived from several modules. A syntax file (Stata) is available to run on all years of CCHS data (see Analysis Check List for details). The syntax file is based on the following information:
Alcohol use during the past year.
Available from the module Alcohol Use. This module was core content in 2003, 2005, 2007-08, 2009-10 and 2011-12. Formerly, this question was in the Alcohol module in 2000/01 (core). Both current and non-drinkers are included in the denominator of the indicator.
Alcohol use during the past week:
Available from the module Alcohol use during the past week. This module was optional content in 2007-08, 2009-10, and 2011-12. Formerly, these questions were core content in the Alcohol Use module in 2003 and 2005, and the Alcohol module in 2000/01.
Pregnancy status:
Available from the module Height and Weight - Self-reported. This module was core content in 2007-08, 2009-10 and 2011-12. Formerly, these questions were core content in the Mammography module in 2000/01, 2003, 2005.
Breastfeeding/lactation status:
Available from the module Maternal experiences - Breastfeeding. This module was core content in 2007-08, 2009-10 and two year core (two year biennial common content for all health regions) in 2011-12. Formerly, these questions were core content in the Maternal experiences module in 2003 and 2005, and the Breastfeeding module in 2000/01.
Thinking back over the past week, that is from [date last week] to
yesterday, did YOU have a drink of beer, wine, liquor or any other alcoholic beverage?
Starting with yesterday, that is Day, how many drinks did YOU have?
XX number of drinks (MIN: 0 MAX: 99),
Refusal 2000/01
ALCA_5A1 - ALCA_5A7
During the past 12 months, that is, from [date one year ago] to
yesterday, have you had a drink of beer, wine, liquor or any other alcoholic beverage
During the past 12 months, how often did you drink alcoholic beverages?
Less than once a month
2 to 3 times a month
Thinking back over the past week, that is from [date last week] to yesterday, did YOU have a drink of beer, wine, liquor or any other alcoholic beverage?
XX number of drinks (MIN: 0; MAX: 99)
Refusal 2005
ALCE_5A1 - ALC3_5A7
ALCC_5A1 - ALCC_5A7
During the past 12 months, how often did YOU drink alcoholic
1 less than once a month
2 once a month
3 2 to 3 times a month
4 once a week
5 2 to 3 times a week
7 every day
DK, RF
How often in the past 12 months have YOU had 5 or more drinks on one occasion
1 Never
6 More than once a week
DK, RF 2011/12
ALC-3
Alcohol Use During the Past Week
ALW_1 (ALW_Q5)
XX Number of drinks (MIN: 0; MAX:99)
ALW_2A1 - ALW_2A7
Height and weight - self-reported
It is important to know when analyzing health whether or not the person is pregnant. Are you pregnant?
MAM_037
MAME_037
MAMC_037
MAMA_37
Maternal Experiences - Breastfeeding
Are you still breastfeeding
2011/12*
MEX_05
Maternal Experiences
MEXE_05
MEXC_05
Are you still breastfeeding?
BRFA_03
Alternative Data Source(s)
The Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System (RRFSS) Alcohol Use module was optional content in 2001 and 2003-2005, core in 2002 and has been rotating core since 2006.
Note: a rotating core module in RRFSS is a module that, within a two year cycle, is core in one year but optional in the other. The RRFSS indicator measures the percent of adults (18+) who are low risk drinkers or non-drinkers of alcohol, defined as males who drink 14 or fewer drinks per week and women who drink 9 or fewer drinks per week.
Note: the questions from RRFSS (see table below) ask about average daily consumption, whereas the CCHS asks about specific consumption patterns over the past week.
RRFSS
How many days a week do you drink alcohol?
Enter days a week,
Less than once a week,
Don' know
al2b
On the days when you had a drink, how many drinks did you have on average
Enter number of drinks
Analysis Checklist
It is recommended that ‘total population' be used as the denominator. ‘Total number of current drinkers' (ALCn_1 = 1) may be considered for the denominator for a supplemental indicator. In this case, exclude respondents who have not had an alcoholic drink in the past year.
The syntax file (Stata) "Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines" calculates the proportion of respondents who have exceeded or adhered to the low risk drinking guidelines in Ontario for CCHS 2000/01-2010. After running the syntax file, categories 98 (those pregnant or lactating and respondents aged <19) and 99 (Not stated, Don't Know, Refused may be excluded (see note below).
Not applicable respondents should be excluded; however, it is important to understand who these respondents are from the questionnaire skip patterns to be able to describe the relevant population.
Caution should be taken when comparing the results from Cycle 1.1 (2000/01) to subsequent years of the survey, due to a change in the mode of data collection. The sample in Cycle 1.1 had a higher proportion of respondents interviewed in person, which affected the comparability of some key health indicators. Please refer to http://www.statcan.gc.ca/imdb-bmdi/document/3226_D16_T9_V1-eng.pdf full text copy of the Statistics Canada article entitled "Mode effects in the Canadian Community Health Survey: a Comparison of CAPI and CATI".
Users should refer to the most recent RRFSS Manual of Operations for a complete list of RRFSS analysis guidelines.
Denominator Data - cell size less than 30 not to be released (based on unweighted data).
Numerator Data - cell size less than 5 not to be released (based on unweighted data).
Coefficients of variation (CV) should be calculated for every estimate. The following categories determine the release of the data:
CV between 0 and 16.5: estimate can be released without qualification.
CV between 16.6 and 33.3: estimate can be released with qualification: interpret with caution. High variability.
CV greater than 33.3: estimate should not be released, regardless of the cell size.
95% confidence intervals should accompany all released estimates. If estimates are close to 0 or 100% and a simple computation confidence intervals include values less than zero or greater than 100 then the Fleiss 2nd edition computation for skewed estimates should be employed.
Weighting:
General household weight will be applied for questions related to the individual.
Household weight is to be applied for questions about households when we wish to determine the population/number of people affected.
Household weight is not to be applied for child proxy questions (bicycle helmet use, car seat safety), dog and cat immunization modules, or other questions that relate to the household rather than the respondent.
Household weights are not required to be recalculated for sub-population based questions; for example mammography in women ages 35+ years and 50-74 years.
If the weights supplied with the data set (health unit wave specific, health unit cumulative total, all health units combined wave specific, all health units combined cumulative total) are not appropriate for the required analysis, then a time-specific weight must be calculated. For example, a new weight is required for all seasonal modules.
If the cell size of ‘Don't Know' responses is 5% or greater, ‘Don't Know' responses should be included in the denominator of the analyses and reported separately.
If the cell size of ‘Refusal' responses is 5% or greater, ‘Refusal' responses should be included in the denominator of the analyses and reported separately.
When an indicator is being compared between groups (e.g. health units, time periods, gender), if any one group has ‘Don't Know' and/or ‘Refusal' responses that are 5% or greater, ‘Don't Know' and/or ‘Refusal' responses should be included in the denominator of the analyses and reported separately for all groups.
A provincial sample is not available with the RRFSS.
Refer to the RRFSS Data Dictionaries for more information about module questions and indicators: http://www.rrfss.ca/
Proportion of the population that exceeds low-risk alcohol drinking guideline #1:
weighted number of respondents aged 19 and over than exceed LRADG #1
weighted number of respondents aged 19 and over
Proportion of the population that exceeds low-risk alcohol drinking guideline #1 and/or#2:
weighted number of respondents aged 19 and over than exceed LRADG #1 and/or LRADG #2
Ages: 19-24, 25-44, 45-64, 65+. It may be necessary to aggregate data based on age groups to produce stable rates. (Refer to Document: Methods for Calculating Moving Averages).
Sex: male, female and total
Geographic areas for:
CCHS - Public Health Units
RRFSS - all RRFSS participating health units
Alcohol consumption is associated with a number of risks and health problems, as well as potential benefits. The three intermediate mechanisms are dependence, intoxication and biochemical effects (toxic and beneficial) (5). The major burden of morbidity and mortality related to alcohol use falls into two main categories: injuries and chronic disease.
According to studies by the World Health Organization, alcohol consumption is a leading contributor to chronic diease and is recognized as a strong risk factor affecting health in developed countries (6 - 8).
Both the volume of alcohol consumed and high-risk drinking patterns were found to contribute to chronic disease and disability (9). High-risk drinking patterns impact chronic disease, especially ischemic or other cardiovascular disease categories (10).
The health benefits associated with low-risk drinking are mostly relevant from middle-aged onwards (when risk of cardiac illness increases). It is not recommended to start drinking or to drink more to achieve health benefits, as health benefits can be better achieved through other means (11).
The World Cancer Research Foundation (WCRF) and the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) maintain "there is no level of consumption of alcoholic drinks below which there is no increase in the risk of cancers it causes", but recognize there may be a protective effect of alcohol against coronary artery disease (12). The WCRF/AICR recommends:
no more than two drinks a day for men and one drink a day for women
The LRADG
Canada's Low Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines, intended for Canadians of legal drinking age who choose to drink alcohol, are informed by the most recent and best scientific research and evidence (1). They are intended to provide consistent information across the country to help Canadians moderate their alcohol consumption and reduce their immediate and long-term alcohol-related harm. For more information on Canada's Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines see http://www.ccsa.ca/eng/priorities/alcohol/canada-low-risk-alcohol-drinking-guidelines/pages/default.aspx
Five specific guidelines that identify three distinct types of risk from drinking were developed (1):
Guideline 1: increased long-term risk of chronic diseases caused by the consumption of alcohol over a number of years (e.g., liver disease, some cancers);
Guideline 2: increased short-term risk of injury or acute illness due to the overconsumption of alcohol on a single occasion; and
Guidelines 3-5: risk associated with situation-specific or individual circumstances that are particularly hazardous (e.g., woman who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant, teenagers, persons on medication) and for which abstinence or only occasional light intake is advised.
A relative risk approach was used to establish the guidelines, i.e., a level of average daily consumption was identified at which the potential health risk and benefits exactly of alcohol consumption cancelled each other and the net risk of premature death was the same as that of a lifetime abstainer (11, 13). This zero-net risk point compared with lifetime abstainers was two drinks on average per day for women and three for men (11, 13).
This Core Indicator addresses:
guideline #1 (long-term risk) which provides sex-specific daily and weekly limits for alcohol consumption and recommends at least two non-drinking days every week, and
guideline #2 (short-term risk) which provides sex-specific limits for alcohol consumption on special occasions. Guideline #1 is assessed using alcohol use in the past week (i.e., using CCHS "Alcohol use during the past week" (ALW) module) to measure daily and weekly consumption; and guideline #2 is being assessed using binge drinking episodes in the past year (i.e., using CCHS "Alcohol use" (ALC) module) to measure consumption on special occasions.
Note: The Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey (14) reports on the population aged 15 and over and uses the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) module ALW to calculate exceedance of both guideline #1 and guideline #2.
While guideline #2 specifies that females should not consume 4 or more drinks on one occasion, the CCHS asks both males and females if they have consumed 5 or more drinks on one occasion. Since the exact definition of exceedance of guideline #2 cannot be calculated for females, this Core Indicator will underestimate the proportion that exceeded guideline #2. A conversion factor has been proposed to convert this proportion from 5 or more drinks to 4 or more drinks for females (15)
Additional risk categorization for those exceeding moderate risk drinking on special occasions (i.e., 5+ drinking occasions weekly or more often in the past year) has been suggested (15). Although not included in this Core Indicator, this further detail of risk categorization may be useful.
The LRADGs also address drinking for teens and young adults up to age 24 (1). It is recommended that if teens choose to drink, they should do so under parental guidance; never consume more than 1-2 drink at a time; and never more than 1-2 times per week. The daily and weekly limits should never be exceeded.
This Core Indicator defines low-risk drinking using CCHS data, which are based on self-reported alcohol consumption in the previous week. For some respondents this consumption may be more or less than their typical pattern of alcohol intake, but discrepancies should even out over the whole year and over the population.
The perception of social approval or disapproval by respondents may affect the responses to survey questions on drinking habits.
This indicator excludes pregnant and lactating women because Canada's Low Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines state that for pregnant females, those planning to become pregnant, or about to breastfeed, the safest choice is to abstain from alcohol (1).
Note: Cancer Care Ontario alcohol consumption indicator, based on WCRF/AICR recommendations, currently excludes pregnant females but includes lactating females (16).
In 2011 Cancer Care Ontario (CCO), introduced a new definition for their alcohol consumption indicator to align with WCRF/AICR recommendations for cancer prevention:
Proportion of adults (19+) exceeding the cancer prevention maximum for alcohol drinking, i.e., No more than 1 drink per day for women; No more than 2 drinks per day for men.
In 2013, CCO began to calculate exceedance of this guideline based on average weekly consumption (16). Prior to 2013, exceedance of the guideline was based on maximum number of alcoholic drinks consumed on any day in the previous week, which resulted in a higher estimates.
Canadian Guidelines for Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking (LRADG) (1)
Guideline 1: To reduce long-term health risks (chronic disease)
Males: 0 - 3 standard* drinks per day. No more than 15 standard *drinks per week
Females: 0 - 2 standard*drinks per day. No more than 10 standard* drinks per week
Always have some non-drinking days per week to minimize tolerance and habit formation
Guideline 2: Maximum special occasion alcohol consumption to reduce short-term risks (injury or acute effects associated with excess alcohol consumption)
Males: 4 standard* drinks in one day in any 3 hour period
Females: 3 standard* drinks in one day in any 3 hour period
*Standard drink - see below
Alcoholic drink:
CCHS (17) - defined as one bottle or can of beer or a glass of draft, one glass of wine or a wine cooler, one drink or cocktail with 1 and a 1/2 ounces of liquor.
RRFSS (18) - one drink is defined as 1 can or bottle of beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 can or bottle of wine cooler, 1 cocktail, or 1 shot of liquor.
These definitions are not as precise as the definition of standard drink.
Standard drink (1) - quantities of different alcoholic beverages that contain roughly the same amount of alcohol. The the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) defines one standard drink as 17.05 ml or 13.45 g of pure alcohol. This is roughly equivalent to:
341 mL (12 oz.) bottle of 5% beer, cider or cooler
142 mL (5 oz.) glass of 12% wine
43 mL (1.5 oz) shot of 49% spirits
Binge drinking (19) - consumption of 5 or more alcoholic drinks on at least one occasion in the past 12 months. Binge drinking for females, defined as consumption of 4 or more alcoholic drinks on at least one occasion in the past 12 months. Cannot currently be calculated from existing data sources.
Heavy drinking (20) - consumption of 5 or more alcoholic drinks on at least one occasion per month in the past 12 months.
Short-term of "acute" effects (11) from drinking are associated with the 'dose' taken on one occasion and the degree of impairment
Long-term or "chronic" effects (11) from drinking are associated with the volume of alcohol consumed in the longer term and result from its effects mainly on the central nervous and digestive systems.
Lifetime abstainer (11) - a person who has never had even one drink of alcohol.
Cross-References to Other Indicator(s)
Heavy Drinking Episodes (Section 5B: Alcohol)
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse [homepage on the Internet]. Ottawa: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse; 2012 Dec 17 [cited 2013 Apr 24]. Canada's low-risk alcohol
drinking guidelines. Available from: http://www.ccsa.ca/eng/priorities/alcohol/canada-low-risk-alcohol-drinking-guidelines/pages/default.aspx.
Health Canada [homepage on the Internet]. Ottawa: Health Canada; 2012 Jul 3 [cited 2013 May 9]. Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey: summary of results for 2011. Available from: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/drugs-drogues/stat/_2011/summary-sommaire-eng.php#a7.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [homepage on the Internet]. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2012 Jan 9 [cited 2013 Apr 24].
Alcohol and public health. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/pub-health-surveillance.htm.
Australian Bureau of Statistics [homepage on the Internet]. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics; 2012 Dec 4 [cited 2013 Apr 25]. Australian Health Survey: first results, 2011-12 - alcohol consumption. Available from: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/D522399EBE2DAB46CA257AA30014BE96?opendocument#endnote1.
Babor TF, Caetano R, Casswell S, Edwards G, Giesbrecht N, Graham K et al. Alcohol: Noordinary commodity. Research and public policy. Oxford, UK: University Press, 2003.
World Health Organization. World Health Report 2002: reducing risks, promoting healthy life. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2002 [cited 2013 Jun 7]. Available from: http://www.who.int/whr/2002/en/whr02_en.pdf.
Ezzati M, Lopez AD, Rogers A, Vander Hoorn S, Murray CJL, Comparative Risk Factor Assessment Collaborating Group. Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease. Lancet. 2002 [cited 2013 Jun 7]; 360(9343):1347-60. Available from: http://ehs.sph.berkeley.edu/guat/publications/CRA%20Lancet.pdf.
Rehm J, Room R, Monteiro M, Gmel G, Graham K, Rehn N, et al. Alcohol use. In: Ezzati M, Lopez A, Rodgers A, Murray CJL, editors. Comparative quantification of
health risks: global and regional burden of disease attributable to selected major risk factors. Vol 1. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2004 [cited 2013 Jun 7]. p.959-1109. Available from: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2004/9241580348_eng_Volume1.pdf.
Rehm J, Ashley MJ, Room R, Single E, Bondy S, Giesbrecht N. On the emerging paradigm of drinking patterns and their social and health consequences. Addiction. 1996;91(11):1615-21.
Rehm J, Room R, Graham K, Maristela M, Gmel G, Sempos CT. The relationship of average volume of alcohol consumption and patterns of drinking to burden of
disease: an overview. Addiction 2003;98(9):1209-1228.
Butt P, Beirness D, Stockwell T, Gliksman L, Paradis C. Alcohol and health in Canada: a summary of evidence and guidelines for low-risk drinking. Ottawa: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse; 2011 [cited 2013 Apr 25]. Available from: http://www.ccsa.ca/2011%20CCSA%20Documents/2011-Summary-of-Evidence-and-Guidelines-for-Low-Risk%20Drinking-en.pdf.
World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF); American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR). Food, nutrition, physical activity and the prevention of cancer: a global perspective Washington, DC: AICR; 2007 [cited 2013 June 5]. Available from: http://eprints.ucl.ac.uk/4841/1/4841.pdf.
Stockwell T, Butt P, Beirness D, Gliksman L, ParadisC. The basis for Canada's new low-risk drinking guidelines: a relative risk approach to estimating hazardous levels and patterns of alcohol use. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2012;31(2):126-34.
Statistics Canada [homepage on the Internet]. Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada. Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey (CADUMS): summary of results for 2011; 2012 Jul 3 [cited 2013 Jun 7]. Available from:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/drugs-drogues/stat/_2011/summary-sommaire-eng.php#a7.
Thomas, G. Levels and patterns of alcohol use in Canada: alcohol price policy series, report 1 of 3. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse; 2013 [cited 2013 June 7]. Available from: http://www.ccsa.ca/2012%20CCSA%20Documents/CCSA-Patterns-Alcohol-Use-Policy-Canada-2012-en.pdf.
Cancer Quality Council of Ontario [homepage on the Internet]. Toronto, ON: Cancer Quality Council of Ontario. Technical document; 2013 May 16 [cited 2013 Jun 5]. Available from: http://www.csqi.on.ca/by_patient_journey/prevention/modifiable_risk_factors/technical_info/.
Statistics Canada. Canadian Community Health Survey, Annual Component: 2012 Questionnaire. Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada; 2012 [cited 2013 Jun 7]. Available from: http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb-bmdi/instrument/3226_Q1_V9-eng.pdf.
Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System. Alcohol use questionnaire. Toronto, ON: RRFSS. 2004 Jul 26 [cited 2013 Jun 7]. Available from: http://www.rrfss.ca/index.php?pid=14.
United States Department of Health and Human Services. NIAAA Council approves definition of binge drinking. NIAA newsletter. 2004 [cited 2013 May 3];3(3). Available from: http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Newsletter/winter2004/Newsletter_Number3.pdf.
Statistics Canada [homepage on the Internet]. Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada; 2010. Heavy drinking; 2010 Jan 11 [cited 2013 May 8]. Available from: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-229-x/2009001/deter/hdx-eng.htm.
Sawka E, Liepold H, Lockhart N. Reducing Alcohol-related harm in Canada: toward a culture of moderation. Synopsis of a proposed National Alcohol Strategy. Ottawa: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse; 2007 [cited 2013 May 6]. Available from: http://www.ndphs.org/documents/515/Canada_Paper_NAS_to_Riga_Conference_Jan_30_07_1.pdf.
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Overview of Positive and Negative Effects of Alcohol Consumption - Implications for preventive policies in Canada. 2006.
Type of Review (Formal Review or Ad Hoc?)
January - May, 2013
Formal review.
Healthy Eating Active Living subgroup
Core Indicator updated to be consistent with Canada's Low Risk Alcohol Drinking guidelines, released in December, 2011.
The indicator was renamed "Drinking in Excess of the Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines" from "Drinking in Excess of the Low-Risk Drinking Guidelines".
Special occasion alcohol consumption (i.e., exceedance of LRADG#2) is now derived using the CCHS "Alcohol Use" module (which examines consumption in the past year), rather than "Alcohol Use During the Past Week" module.
Corresponding indicators from Statistics Canada and other sources (i.e., CDC) were added.
A new syntax file was created. The old syntax file which used to be on the APHEO website should not be used.
Added an "Acknowledgements" section.
Elizabeth Rael on behalf of Healthy Eating Active Living subgroup of CIWG
Added a third bullet under Definitions about the review of the low-risk drinking guidelines.
Harleen Sahota on behalf of CIWG
Removed an out-of-data point in the Analysis Check List on how the Health Indicators department at Statistics Canada handles 'Not Stated' respondents when using CCHS data.
Formal review
Healthy Eating and Active Living subgroup of Core Indicators.
A section on the Ontario Public Health Standards was added to replace the section of Corresponding Mandatory Objectives (Mandatory Health Programs and Services Guidelines), which are now out-of-date.
All sections were updated to reflect the Guide to Creating or Editing Core Indicator Page
This indicator now applies to persons aged 19 + as compared with the old indicator which measured respondents 20+. This change was aligned with the CAMH Low Risk Drinking Guidelines.
This indicator now measures persons that exceeded the Low Risk Drinking guidelines, as compared to those that met the guidelines, to obtain a measure that is more useful for program planning and is risk focused. Also, this matches publications from key organizations such as the Canadian Addiction and Mental Health Monitor (see Corresponding Indicators from Other Sources), the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's website (see Corresponding Indicators from Other Sources) and the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (Canadian Addiction Survey
The indicator has been renamed "Drinking in Excess of the Low-Risk Drinking Guidelines" from "Low-Risk Drinking".
Oct. 22, 2013 Formal Review
For this revision, the indicator was updated to reflect Canada's LRADGs released in Nov. of 2011, whereas the previous version of this indicator was based on Ontario's LRDGs. Now, men are not allowed more than 3 drinks a day (15 per week), women are not allowed more than 2 drinks a day (10 per week), and both men and women must abstain from drinking alcohol for at least 2 days a week.
There is also a calculation change recommended in this revision in relation to Guideline #2 - males and females should not drink 5+ drinks on any occasion. The indicator was updated to include those who answered that they drink 5+ drinks "less than once a month" as people who exceed Guideline 2. In the previous indicator, these people were considered to not exceed Guideline 2. Thus this change will affect the calculation of those who exceed Guideline #2 and the calculation of those who exceed Guideline # 1 and/or Guideline #2.
A new syntax file was created. The old syntax file which used to be on the APHEO website should not be used. As well, this syntax file should not be confused with the syntac file that the MOHLTC uses to calculate the 2011/12 Accountability Agreement on those who exceed the LRADGs.
The indicator has been renamed "Drinking in Excess of the Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines" from "Drinking in Excess of Low-Risk Drinking".
Suzanne Fegan, KFL&A Public Health (Healthy Eating Active Living subgroup lead)
Natalie Greenidge, Public Health Ontario
Jeremy Herring, Public Health Ontario
Elsa Ho, Ministry of Health and Long-term Care
Carma Lynn Koole
Ahalya Mahendra, Public Health Agency of Canada
Elizabeth Rael, Ministry of Health and Long-term Care
Katherine Russell, Ottawa Public Health
Fangli Xie, Durham Region Health Department
Erica Clark, Huron County Health Unit
Michael Roerecke, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Marine Stegne, Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit
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Myrexis, Inc.
Drug Names(s): tarenflurbil, R-flurbiprofen, MPC-7869, E-7869
Description: Flurizan is the pure R-enantiomer form of flurbiprofen - an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) with 25 years of clinical experience behind it. Unlike NSAIDs, however, Flurizan is not an inhibitor of cyclooxygenase enzymes (COX-1 and COX-2). Flurizan is the first in a new class of drug candidates known as selective amyloid beta 42 lowering agents (SALAs). Flurizan is the first to receive the new word stem, --flurbil, and will now be known generically as tarenflurbil.
The amyloid hypothesis states that Alzheimer's disease is initiated by the accumulation of toxic amyloid beta (Aß42) which causes cell death in the brain and initiates the formation of amyloid plaques. In contrast, shorter forms of the amyloid peptide are less toxic and do not initiate plaque deposits. Flurizan has been demonstrated by Myriad scientists and their collaborators to be a Selective Aß42 Lowering Agent (SALA) in cultured human cells and in animal models. The data generated to date suggest that Flurizan modulates, rather than inhibits, gamma-secretase to preferentially reduce the generation of the longer toxic Aß42 peptide without much effect on Aß40. As a Selective Aß42-lowering Agent, Flurizan does this without affecting the processing of other essential gamma-secretase substrates.
Deal Structure: In May 2008, Myriad Genetics announced the selection of H. Lundbeck A/S for European commercialization of Flurizan for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Myriad and Lundbeck have entered into a European commercialization agreement under which Lundbeck will have rights to market and sell Flurizan in the European Union and several associated non-EU countries and will manage the regulatory process. Lundbeck has agreed to pay Myriad an initial $100 million and will pay up to $250 million in connection with regulatory approvals. Furthermore, Lundbeck has agreed to pay commercialization milestones and will purchase bulk pharmaceutical material from Myriad. Lundbeck has also agreed to pay escalating royalties of 20 - 39% on sales, less the amount paid for the bulk drug.
In October 2008, Myriad Genetics announced that its Board of Directors has authorized management to proceed with preparations to spin off its research and drug development businesses from its molecular diagnostics...See full deal structure in Biomedtracker
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Frédéric Bastiat – The Law…
- Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
-- Frederic Bastiat
Martin Armstrong talks a lot about the law and the importance of following the rule of law, it’s one of the primary ingredients to the formation of capital. Without it, capital will flee. Without it, society breaks down – just view the video on the preceding post to see that happening in real time. Allow the rule of law to break down too far, and eventually you will get revolt.
That’s exactly what Frederic Bastiat wrote about when he wrote “The Law,” first published in the year 1850 (he died that Christman Eve). Frequent contributor, Joe, turned me onto his writing this morning by posting the following passage from his Bastiat’s pamphlet:
"Man can live and satisfy his wants only by ceaseless labor; by the ceaseless application of his faculties to natural resources. This process is the origin of property.
But it is also true that a man may live and satisfy his wants by seizing and consuming the products of the labor of others. This process is the origin of plunder.
Now since man is naturally inclined to avoid pain — and since labor is pain in itself — it follows that men will resort to plunder whenever plunder is easier than work. History shows this quite clearly. And under these conditions, neither religion nor morality can stop it.
When, then, does plunder stop? It stops when it becomes more painful and more dangerous than labor.
It is evident, then, that the proper purpose of law is to use the power of its collective force to stop this fatal tendency to plunder instead of to work. All the measures of the law should protect property and punish plunder.
But, generally, the law is made by one man or one class of men. And since law cannot operate without the sanction and support of a dominating force, this force must be entrusted to those who make the laws.
This fact, combined with the fatal tendency that exists in the heart of man to satisfy his wants with the least possible effort, explains the almost universal perversion of the law. Thus it is easy to understand how law, instead of checking injustice, becomes the invincible weapon of injustice. It is easy to understand why the law is used by the legislator to destroy in varying degrees among the rest of the people, their personal independence by slavery, their liberty by oppression, and their property by plunder. This is done for the benefit of the person who makes the law, and in proportion to the power that he holds."
Simply stated and oh so true. What he could not see was the eventual entanglement of corporations and their money with government. Plunder is a severe understatement for what's happening in America, and why I say that we need to separate our coporations and their money from state.
So, we have a ying and a yang with government… too much law and too much government and we head into socialism (plunder); too little law and we degenerate into lawlessness. Once again life is a balance, just as Freedom and Security are intertwined and must also strike a balance. Pursue freedom, you will find security. Pursue security, you will compromise both security and freedom. Pursue security no matter the cost, and you will have neither security nor freedom.
Reading the entire work of Bastiat’s "The Law" pamphlet doesn’t take long and I highly recommend that you read it online at this site - The Law - Frédéric Bastiat.
Scroll down and you’ll begin reading with his work broken clearly into little, easy to read, pieces. Be sure to read the introduction there.
You’ll find that his thinking and writing was shaped by a revolutionary period in France. The introduction draws the analogy of France at that time (The French Revolution) to the U.S. of today and the similarities are striking.
Not only does he slam socialism, but he also slams other forms of government as well. The closest thing to perfection, in his opinion, was the then pre-Civil War United States. Of course the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence were founded upon many of the same principles as the Magna Carta. Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are, according to Bastiat, a part of the order of nature.
Definitely timeless thinking and timeless writing, below are some of passages that caught my attention:
The Cause of French Revolutions
…This will remain the case so long as human beings with feelings continue to remain passive; so long as they consider themselves incapable of bettering their prosperity and happiness by their own intelligence and their own energy; so long as they expect everything from the law; in short, so long as they imagine that their relationship to the state is the same as that of the sheep to the shepherd.
The Enormous Power of Government
…But if the government undertakes to control and to raise wages, and cannot do it; if the government undertakes to care for all who may be in want, and cannot do it; if the government undertakes to support all unemployed workers, and cannot do it; if the government undertakes to lend interest-free money to all borrowers, and cannot do it; if, in these words that we regret to say escaped from the pen of Mr. de Lamartine, "The state considers that its purpose is to enlighten, to develop, to enlarge, to strengthen, to spiritualize, and to sanctify the soul of the people" — and if the government cannot do all of these things, what then? Is it not certain that after every government failure — which, alas! is more than probable — there will be an equally inevitable revolution?
A science of economics must be developed before a science of politics can be logically formulated. Essentially, economics is the science of determining whether the interests of human beings are harmonious or antagonistic. This must be known before a science of politics can be formulated to determine the proper functions of government.
Immediately following the development of a science of economics, and at the very beginning of the formulation of a science of politics, this all-important question must be answered: What is law? What ought it to be? What is its scope; its limits? Logically, at what point do the just powers of the legislator stop?
I do not hesitate to answer: Law is the common force organized to act as an obstacle of injustice. In short, law is justice.
The Basis for Stable Government
Law is justice. In this proposition a simple and enduring government can be conceived. And I defy anyone to say how even the thought of revolution, of insurrection, of the slightest uprising could arise against a government whose organized force was confined only to suppressing injustice.
Under such a regime, there would be the most prosperity — and it would be the most equally distributed. As for the sufferings that are inseparable from humanity, no one would even think of accusing the government for them. This is true because, if the force of government were limited to suppressing injustice, then government would be as innocent of these sufferings as it is now innocent of changes in the temperature.
As proof of this statement, consider this question: Have the people ever been known to rise against the Court of Appeals, or mob a Justice of the Peace, in order to get higher wages, free credit, tools of production, favorable tariffs, or government-created jobs? Everyone knows perfectly well that such matters are not within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals or a Justice of the Peace. And if government were limited to its proper functions, everyone would soon learn that these matters are not within the jurisdiction of the law itself.
But make the laws upon the principle of fraternity — proclaim that all good, and all bad, stem from the law; that the law is responsible for all individual misfortunes and all social inequalities — then the door is open to an endless succession of complaints, irritations, troubles, and revolutions.
Justice Means Equal Rights
Law is justice. And it would indeed be strange if law could properly be anything else! Is not justice right? Are not rights equal? By what right does the law force me to conform to the social plans of Mr. Mimerel, Mr. de Melun, Mr. Thiers, or Mr. Louis Blanc? If the law has a moral right to do this, why does it not, then, force these gentlemen to submit to my plans? Is it logical to suppose that nature has not given me sufficient imagination to dream up a utopia also? Should the law choose one fantasy among many, and put the organized force of government at its service only?
There is much more worth reading, I hope you take a few minutes to read it if you aren’t familiar.
If you wish to read it in one piece, below is his work as published by the Mises Institute. The Foreword here is written by Thomas DiLorenzo and is excellent.
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I will leave you with the last two paragraphs from his work simply entitled “Government,” and ask simply, under which of the following forms of government do we currently reside?
Citizens! In all times, two political systems have been in existence, and each may be maintained by good reasons. According to one of them, Government ought to do much, but then it ought to take much. According to the other, this two-fold activity ought to be little felt. We have to choose between these two systems. But as regards the third system, which partakes of both the others, and which consists in exacting everything from Government, without giving it anything, it is chimerical, absurd, childish, contradictory, and dangerous. Those who parade it, for the sake of the pleasure of accusing all governments of weakness, and thus exposing them to your attacks, are only flattering and deceiving you, while they are deceiving themselves.
For ourselves, we consider that Government is and ought to be nothing whatever but the united power of the people, organized, not to be an instrument of oppression and mutual plunder among citizens; but, on the the contrary, to secure to every one his own, and to cause justice and security to reign.
--Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850)
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Mark Newton's New Series Announced - Fantasy Crime
While I rarely propagate deal announcements since there are enough sff sites that like doing it, here at FBC we are big fans of Mark Newton and I am very happy that his writing career is continuing to progress well.
I quite like his writing style and his imagination is among the best in the genre today, so his first three Legends of the Red Sun novels have all been "read on receive the early version, reread on receive the next version, up to the final one", while of course at any subsequent installment I would go back and reread at least partly the earlier ones too.
Not surprisingly they have also been in my top 25 of 2009 - Nights of Villjamur - , top 25 of 2010 - City of Ruin - and top 25 of 2011, The Book of Transformations.
So while the closure of the Legends of the Red Sun is a highly anticipated release for the summer of 2012 - as of now I still have no idea of the title, cover or the precise date - and from the author's posts on his popular website linked above I had an inkling that something like this will be his next project, I am really happy to see it official and of course those books are asap's for me whenever they will come out!
Here are the official details, while more details are on the author's site HERE:
"PRESS RELEASE – NEW DEAL FOR MARK CHARAN NEWTON
Bella Pagan, Senior Commissioning Editor at Tor UK, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, has acquired world rights to the first two volumes of a fantasy series by Mark Charan Newton. The agent was John Jarrold.
The first book in a series provisionally titled DRAKENFELD introduces the eponymous hero, an investigator. The series is set in a fantasy world, but will appeal to fans of historical mysteries. In this opening volume, Lucan Drakenfeld is called home after the death of his father – but is immediately thrown into the investigation of a royal death. He also finds that his father’s demise is not as clear-cut as it at first appears…
Pagan said ‘Mark writes compulsive adventures set in utterly convincing new worlds – he’s a terrific writer. I couldn’t ask for a better start to my new position at Tor UK than this first deal’.
Tor UK have successfully published three fantasy novels by Mark in the Legends of the Red Sun series since 2009, with a fourth to appear in the summer of 2012. They have been strongly acclaimed by China Miéville, Peter F Hamilton and reviewers on both sides of the Atlantic.
The first book in the new series will be published in 2014."
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Its been quiet in here for some time now, I hope everything is allright.
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*whips out the old pool noodle and noodles Scion again*
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Post by Olterin » Sat, 19. May 18, 18:34
Think we might want to start using new pool noodles at this point, the old ones might be a bit ... moldy ... On that note ...
*whips out freshly unpacked pool noodle and prods Scion*
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Post by Zaitsev » Thu, 14. Jun 18, 05:27
I was going to say that I take very good care of my noodle, but that might sound a bit wrong ...
*unpacks a fresh pool noodle as well and noodles Scion*
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Withdrawal effects are starting to get serious. I hope Scion is doing alright.
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This has been my fav story of all time. NS and Helge have all written great stories but this became something else entirely.
Started as a DiD but has become an iconic here due to the creativity of the master story teller and the many excellent additions from all the team.
Having the main story PLUS the anecdotes, and character stories is a great way to develop characters and plots alongside the main yarn.
Bloody Fantastic !!
Please, dont let it end with a whimper .. its too good a journey to just let die.. someone check if scion is ok and i will be happy yo send oxygen and duck tape from aussie to help it get finished.
Seriously tho .. hope scion is ok.
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Post by Song Of Obsidian » Mon, 30. Jul 18, 03:14
Shot Scion an email a bit ago to check on him, and just got a reply.
Greetings my friend.
I am still alive and still writing. I actually have a small update planned but cannot seem to log in to the forum. I've emailed Xenon_Slayer but am still waiting for a reply.
Would you kindly inform everyone that I am well?
He lives!
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Post by Scion Drakhar » Tue, 31. Jul 18, 11:16
I love you guys.
Chapter 88 is in the works. I won't bother giving you a timeline cos... well, cos I'm terrible at sticking to them. It shouldn't be too long, however, as I've been having quite a bit of fun writing it.
In any case there shall be NO whimpering... lest it be committed by our enemies at the sight of us.
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Post by Scion Drakhar » Sat, 4. Aug 18, 03:01
88. The King is Dead...
Eri palmed the hatch open and stepped into her cramped little office. The lights powered on and the coffee maker promptly began gurgling steam through a filter containing her best approximation of the black gang coffee that crotchety old Chief Davis taught her nearly a decade earlier when she'd been stationed on the USCSS Buzzsaw, a fighter bus where the pilots doubled as mechanics and learned quite a bit about improvosational repairs. She took a slow, cautious breath as the ventilation system kicked in. The room always smelled like a combination of grease, engine cleaner, ozone, rubber, old farts and, of course, coffee, and tended to be stale first thing in the morning. Yet today...
Eri's nostrils flared.
...there was another smell in the air. It was an odor she knew instantly. It was also an odor that should not have been there; an odor that simply could not be here, in this place, on this ship, a hundred and twenty five thousand light years from where it belonged.
Emotion swelled up to give her goosebumps and her breath exited her lungs as a ragged sigh. "Shit," she shook her head and stepped into the compartment. "Now I'm imagining things."
As usual she left the hatch open behind her to clear the staleness from the air. When the space was unoccupied the ship re-routed ventilation to avoid wasting O2. As a consequence the office always smelled stuffy in the morning. She hung her coat on the hook to her right, crossed the room to her coffee and stole the strongest part of the brew to help jumpstart her day. For a moment she just stood in front of the pot, sipping at her cup and scowling into the silence. It was 0520, the end of the graveyard shift, and the ship was in a mostly friendly sector. The CAP wasn't due to land for another forty five minutes and the day wouldn't really begin until 0600. So the hangar deck was quiet except for a pair of crewmen shouting at each other while they coordinated one of the thousands of routine tasks that went into keeping the hangar deck running. She drained her cup, wincing at the sting of the scalding liquid on the roof of her mouth, and then refilled it.
When she turned around she saw the bottle Seldon had left sitting on the edge of a narrow table behind her desk. She stared at it for a moment and flexed her jaw. The marine's words seemed to hang in the air, scornful and condemning. It had been roughly thirty two hours since they'd been spoken. Since then Eri found herself amazed at just how badly those words had cut her. She took a slow breath, silently cursed her life for bringing her to this lonely, bitter place, took another sip of coffee and then decided to just get to work. So she took a step toward her desk and the chair behind it... and froze.
There was something out of place on her desk. It was right in front of her chair where she couldn't fail to see it. Eri scowled. Her jaw flexed. Her mind identified the shape while simultaneously rejecting it the same way she'd rejected the scent in the air. It was impossible. What she was seeing could not, simply could NOT be here.
She set her coffee down and collected the impossible thing from her desk. It rested in her hand like a lie made solid. Eri lifted the thing to the light and turned it, hoping... indeed, needing the thing to be something else. Anything else. Yet the impossible thing remained. It was a hard purple candy with a wax-coated paper stick, all wrapped up in clear plastic cellophane printed with smiling rainbow stars and tiny lettering spelling out words in American English. In other words it was a lollipop.
It was a grape lollipop.
It was a grape lollipop from Detroit, Michigan, made by a company called ACG Candy.
Eri stared at the thing and suddenly realized that she was shivering. A slick, freezing sweat coated the back of her neck. Her breath was ragged and the hand which held the lollipop, a hand that had been steady even when she turned the Warlock's nose toward Gil Jerigan's shrike, was now shaking.
S'jar t'Chk knew the trouble he was in. He was, in fact, intimately familiar with the trouble he was in... albeit from the other side of the experience. What was to come would smell of his own cooking flesh seasoned with ozone and the sour stench of his own excretions. In previous safari, in which he'd had the lead, the experience started with razor blades and needles. The razors were for the victim's eyelids, of course. While the needles ensured his guest was properly hydrated and topped off with all the important electrolytes, hormones, coagulants, stimulants and, of course, his secret ingredient: a nice healthy dose of terror inducing hallucinogenics. All this was to make sure that the guest of honor didn't miss a single moment of the experience planned for him by doing something as rude or uncouth as falling unconscious or, even worse, dying.
S'jar t'Chk grinned in anticipation. Thane would surely have an entire funhouse full of red delights planned for him. T'Chk wondered if alligator clips would be involved; alligator clips attached to the most tender and delicate of his places while electrical currents cooked him from the inside out.
S'jar t'Chk groaned with frustration. He was securely bound, currently possessed a throbbing erection, and his restraints were preventing him from touching himself.
Of course the pain ahead was just a gateway, wasn't it? It was a path; a journey that would lead him through the red lands of pain beneath the black sky of despair unto his final destination.
"In other words it's really fracking BAAAD! Do you understand me?! You little SHIT?! It's BAAAAD! This is end-of-days bad, Artie! THIS?! This is the fracking APOCALYPSE! This is the kind of bad where an army of walking corpses would actually be a STEP UP!"
For a moment S'jar t'Chk glared into the brilliant white glare of his prison cell, felt the snug and inescapable hug of his restraints and knew that he was, once more, captivating an audience. He couldn't see the camera but he could feel the attention upon him. Behind him, in the darkness way back behind his ears, he heard a whimper. He bared his teeth until he could feel the air upon them and stared into the source of the attention he was getting... and began to giggle.
"By heaven's grace and my mama's garter," Corporal Derrick Cohen whispered to himself and shivered. "You," he said to the man staring at him through the camera in cell A-4, "are, without a doubt, the creepiest motherfrakker I have ever seen in my entire life."
The man in the camera suddenly smiled, as if he'd heard the thought in Derrick's head... and wanted to eat it.
Artie, meanwhile, didn't move. S'jar t'Chk couldn't see him, for Artie had always been good at hiding, but he could feel the other. He could feel the hateful little shit watching him. He could feel the shock and horror oozing out of the darkness his other had found to hide within. He could feel how he had the other one's complete and undivided attention. S'jar t'Chk whirled away and roared.
He was furious. He was furious that he was in this brig. He was furious that he wasn't, just then, counting the number of nukes at his disposal. He was furious that he couldn't reach any of the sources of his frustration and squeeze the life out of them with his fingers. He was furious that he hadn't seen it coming and both disturbed... and a little relieved... to discover that he was, in fact, certifiably insane. It just explained so much. Oh sure, it was inconvenient. That whole 'losing touch with reality thing...' On the other hand, amongst the Yaki it might actually be a plus; 'The Mad Captain. The Mad Clan Leader. S'jar t'Chk! The MAD GOD!!!'
Corporal Cohen winced as he stared at the vid screen. Six weeks earlier he'd been hired as security personnel for the Necromancer; a guy with a gun, armor and the training to use them in order to maintain the security of the ship. Due to his earlier experience as military police in the Argon navy he'd been assigned to brig watch almost since the day he'd come on board. Normally guard duty aboard a deployed ship involved little more than supervising the ship's drunk tank. More serious offenses usually involved taking a swing at a superior officer or failing to show up for muster. It was rare for dangerous prisoners to be stored aboard an active warship. In fact it was rumored that Drakhar had a prison ship tucked away somewhere where he kept all of the people he really didn't like. Several marines even assured him that the man employed a mad scientist who provided him with fresh marines created from captured enemies who'd been slave-chipped. Derrick didn't know if any of that was true. What he was completely sure of, however, was that S'jar t'Chk wasn't like any guest who had enjoyed Corporal Cohen's hospitality thus far.
There was just something insidious about the man.
Derrick had only signed on to his watch five mizura earlier. He'd filled his coffee cup and managed to get all the way through his pre-watch checklist before glancing at the cameras to see the prisoner in A-4 staring back at him.
Through the camera.
Reacting to his thoughts as if Derrick had not only spoken them aloud but through the PA into the man's cell. He'd had to shake himself in order to look away. Cohen turned and reached for the hand sanitizer on his desk. He actually felt soiled. His uniform and under garments were all freshly laundered. He himself still smelled of soap and aftershave. Yet the expression on the other man's face made him feel as if he'd just gone swimming in a sewer.
He scrubbed his hands with the sanitizer and then, as if he couldn't quite help himself, looked back at the camera-feed from A4. When he was first informed who he was going to be guarding Derrick had been curious: a Yaki Clan Leader; a man infamous for countless crimes against the rest of the commonwealth. What was he like? Derrick had heard all sorts of stories out in the fleet but he'd always thought of himself as a rational man. He tried to be the kind of person that looked at all available information while doing his best to discern fact from fiction in order to arrive at working theories which could then be tested and verified instead of simply leaping directly to claiming certainty. In other words he tried to keep his head and not jump to any conclusions.
On screen S'jar t'Chk was staring at the camera...
'The hidden camera,' Cohen corrected himself.
...the way Narcissus must have stared at his reflection in the pool. That fact alone made it very hard to look away and Derrick briefly wondered if he was experiencing the same kind of hypnosis a field mouse felt staring into the eyes of a hungry snake.
On screen S'jar t'Chk suddenly grinned from ear to ear.
"Frak me," Derrick whispered, "but you are one creepy son of a bitch."
S'jar t'Chk threw his head back and started laughing. The man was in a straightjacket and chained to a gurney inside of a locked cell with the repulsor field up... and Derrick still found himself torn between staring back into that madman's stare and immediately cutting the feed so that the son of a bitch couldn't see him.
Still... the most infuriating thing of all was that he actually understood what Artie was feeling. S'jar t'Chk despised the little bitch. He hated Artie's frailty, held the fool's cowardice in utter contempt, loathed his indecisiveness, and was completely disgusted by the self pity which, as far as S'jar t'Chk could tell, was the very substance of which the 'other man's' psyche seemed to be made. Artie was weak. He was prey. He was too stupid to run and, well, when it came to fighting... Artie had stabbed a friend in the back once. Or, to be precise, Artie had shot a friend in the back once.
S'jar t'Chk grinned.
That had been the very moment S'jar t'Chk had come into existence, wasn't it? The moment he'd burst through the web of fears and insecurities that defined the other and finally erupted into existence to the sound and smells of a gunshot.
You murdered me. It was a shameful whisper from the back of his mind.
'What?!' S'jar t'Chk barked, instantly furious at the accusation. 'What did you say, you little shit?!'
Silence from the darkness at the back of his head.
'MURDERED YOU!?' He scoffed. 'I just did what you couldn't!'
'You killed him!'
'No sweetie,' S'jar t'Chk crooned. 'All I did was give that trigger one last. Little. Squeeeze. It was you what did the aiming.'
'I hate you...'
'HAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HAAA! AAAAAAAAAH!'
The darkness went silent and, after a moment, S'jar t'Chk's laughter petered out.
'Well so what?!' S'jar t'Chk demanded. 'Who cares about your hate, Artie?! Your hate is like the taste of naked skin! I love you're hate! You little SHIT!' S'jar t'Chk sneered.
In the grand scheme of things Artie was little more than a feeder fish and S'jar t'Chk despised him for it. At the same time he could feel the other's torment and despair and what suddenly disturbed him was that he could suddenly understand it. He snarled at the realization and hated himself for the understanding but it was there nonetheless. It was in the fleeting shadow at the edge of his vision. It was in the finality of every breath. It was in the space between his heartbeats. There was a shadow on the future now... and it was getting rapidly darker.
'... I hate you...' Artie whimpered from the darkness in his mind.
S'jar t'Chk closed his eyes and opened his mouth. "FRAK YOUUUUUUU!" he screamed, both into the darkness behind his eyes as well as the glaring white overheads in his brig cell.
'You're not real,' the other whispered. No. WAS whispering. It was like mice skittering across a hard floor, like branches scraping against the outer wall of the house, like some nagging thought that something important was left undone. 'You're not real. You're not real. You're not real.' Over and over and over and over and over again, whispers like the touch of tiny things that landed on the back of his neck and skittered across his skin, things that crawled and crept sideways through the shadows of his mind.
'I thought you HATED me!' He taunted the other. 'Now I'm not REAL?! I think you need to make up your mind, Artie.' He blinked at the unexpected pun. Then he started to laugh. 'Ha ha ha!' Oh that was funny! "Make up your MIIIIND!" He howled. "HA HA HAAA!"
'You'renotreal! You'renotreal! You'renotreal! You'renotreal! You'renotREAL!'
S'jar t'Chk groaned. It was too much. He could take it no longer. "Shut up!" he barked. "Just shut the hell UUUUUUUP!!!"
'You'renotreal!You'renotreal!You'renotreal!You'renotreal!You'renotREEEEEEEAAAL!'
"SHUT UUUP! JUST SHUT UUUP! You WEAK, SNIVELLING, SNOT-NOSED, COW-EYED, STUPID! LITTLE! SHIIIIIIIIIIIT! SHUT UP! Before I come in there and SHOW you who's not real!"
"Goddamn, son," Derrick shook his head. "You are seriously bat-shit crazy." In the scene the camera showed him, S'jar t'Chk was screaming at himself in two completely different voices and, somehow, managing to do it at the same time.
S'jar t'Chk took a breath and waited. His eyes darted left, right, up, and down. He even looked behind him. He saw the pristine white surfaces of the brig. He heard the soft, hissing sigh of air moving through the vents and the warbling electrical hum of the repulsor field. Behind it all he heard the ever present deep rumble and hum of the ship itself. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly, listening for the slightest hint of a whimper from the shadows. When his breath was gone he even let it stay out of his lungs for a long moment in order to listen from the silence. He listened and listened and listened into the dark.
Finally he snorted, satisfied. It was bad enough that he was about to be tortured to death by a giant, hairy man-bear, but on top of that he was condemned to share his last moments with the most contemptible little kicked-cur of a human being he'd ever had the misfortune of knowing. He rolled his eyes.
God! How it gutted him to learn the truth. All these jazuras t'Chk remembered, actually remembered depositing Arthur Ramsey, the patron S'jar t'Chk had so cleverly scammed, upon a long-lost pirate base in Aquisition Repository. If he closed his eyes he could actually see Ramsey standing on the pier and shaking his fist at S'jar t'Chk. All these jazuras he'd remembered bilking the man out of everything he owned; all of his assets, all of his resources, all of those accounts that could be emptied to finance S'jar t'Chk's ascension through the Yaki.
S'jar t'Chk began to chuckle.
They were his all along! His assets! His resources! His accounts! And the patron who had inadvertantly financed S'jar t'Chk's stellar rise? Artie wasn't merely some mark, a victim and loser who'd fallen for t'Chk's every argument and every soft suggestion. No. Artie, who had been led like a lamb to the slaughter, hadn't been fleeced, bilked and then left to die on some irrelevant no-named station in the middle of nowhere. No.
S'jar t'Chk stopped laughing.
Artie was not merely the rich banker that he'd scammed, the rich banker on the run after losing his shit and...
S'jar t'Chk grinned. He could almost smell the ozone wafting off the Redding EM37 pulse pistol in his hand, and the sickly-sweet smell of Willis Stern's back cooking like a ham left on a barbecue just a little too long as the man lay twitching on the carpet near the door to Arthur Ramsey's office.
S'jar t'Chk took a slow, steadying breath and glared at the ceiling of his cell.
Artie was all of those things, of course, but he was something else as well and t'Chk kept looking at the truth with stunned fascination.
'Well,' he snarled through a vicious sneer, 'at least we'll be dead soon and I shall finally be rid of you.'
'You're not real,' the other informed him. 'You're not real. I made you up! So you can't be real...'
'OHHHH! Can you PUH-LEEEEEASE just..! Do me a favor and just...! Just let me forget that you EXIST! Okay?! That's not too much to ask! Is it?! Just... ! Just let me keep pretending that you're dead in a cube of compacted trash floating through the dark far far away from me! Will you? That would be great! Thanks.'
The air sighed in the vents. The hum of the repulsion field warped and threatened the air. He heard the low rush of water moving through a pipe. And from the darkness within his mind? The loathsome, snivelling sounds of Arthur Ramsey trying to cry himself to sleep. "Uuuugh!" t'Chk groaned dramatically. Really! The things he had to put up with!
"I should be counting my nukes," he pouted.
He knew where he'd gone wrong, of course. He supposed he'd known it the instant Drake met his eye in The Pitt. He'd underestimated the man. "You know, honestly?" he said to himself. "When he agreed to come aboard the Brimstone? That really should have tipped me off."
"Yeah," he agreed with a rueful shake of his head. Then he grinned, thinking of the look in the man's eye again. In his mind's eye t'Chk could see Drake staring at him from inside that golden bubble while hundreds, perhaps thousands of hyper-velocity impacts rippled across the shield's surface. The man's marines were shooting into the crowd and E'AT... that bloody Split... had been setting his crew on fire! Yet t'Chk only had eyes for Drake. Even with the violence, the explosions, the energy discharges that incinerated armor and atomized flesh, and the screaming of countless warriors all around him... Drake's eye was completely steady and this small, victorious smile had formed on the man's lips.
"Oh Drake!" S'jar t'Chk sighed, again wishing he could touch himself, "I hope you live to be a thousand jazuras old! Don't ever change."
"You're not REEAL!" The voice tore through the nice peaceful quiet in his mind and clawed at his brain like talons.
"Uuugh!" S'jar t'Chk groaned and rolled his eyes. "I was having a moment, you shit!"
"You're not REAL!"
"Will you PLEASE just fracking DIIIIE!"
"You're not REEEE-ALL!"
"DIEEEEE!!"
"You'renotREAL! You'renotREAL! You'renotREEEEEEAL!"
"DIIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!"
"HO-lee shit, Day-ik!"
Jackson was standing behind Corporal Derrick Cohen's chair. The other man's eyes were riveted on the monitor currently showing S'jar t'Chk. His mouth was open wide enough to catch flies. On screen t'Chk was writhing and screaming as if there were two people inside the one body... and they were trying to KILL each other.
"You know this has gotta leak, man..."
"Day-i..."
"Hell, no."
"Brother we part of a fleet! A fleet is lots of brothers and sisters who would just love that shit, Yo! We got a duty to spread as much wonder and good cheer as possible and THAT motherfrakker is a frakkin' RI-OT! I mean look at that shit!"
"Jackson," Cohen looked at other man sideways, "where the hell did you learn how to talk, son?"
Jackson turned and met Cohen's eyes. All trace of humor had fallen off the other man's face. In that instant the other man looked as chilly and dangerous as a weapon that had just been un-safed.
"HAAA!" Jackson nearly doubled over as he pointed at him. "Ha-ha-ha HAAA! Hey!" Jackson gave Cohen a heavy clap on the shoulder while blinding him with a broad, brilliant, and impossibly friendly smile. "I HAAAD you! I so had you!"
Cohen shoved the other man away and turned back to the screen. He never noticed the wireless shunt the marine had activated through his armor. In just three sezuras Jackson had the feed from S'jar t'Chk's cell up on a small window inside his currently open-faced and clear-visored helmet. He only let it play for a fraction of a sezura, just long enough to confirm it was working. Then he minimized it and continued to give his friend a hard time.
"You're not REEEEEAL! You're not REEEEEAL! You're not REEEEEAL!"
S'jart t'Chk smiled viciously.
"I just..! I just made you up!"
T'Chk arched an eyebrow and regarded the pathetic thing in the back of his mind viciously. "Oh yeah, Artie?"
"YOU'RE NOT REEEEAAAL!"
"Well," he purred and Artie stopped screaming. "I suppose we'll see. We'll see very soon, my love. Oh yes we will."
Artie wrapped his arms around himself and began rocking and moaning as he pressed his palms to his ears... as if that would help.
"You know," S'jar t'Chk said idly, "you'd better hope you're wrong, precious." S'jar t'Chk purred into the darkness where Artie hid. "When Thane gets his giant, hairy-knuckled mitts on us, my sweet, we shall find out precisely which of the two of us is real and which of us is not." T'Chk sneered viciously. "And, considering what lies before us, my love, you had better hope and pray with all your might... that it is not you."
Seldon climbed the stairs from the servants' quarters, stepped through the elaborately decorated hatch into the gilded marble antechamber outside Drake's apartment... and stopped. She stood before the left-hand hatch leading within and took a breath. For the last thirty six hours Drake had been living on the shipyard. He'd been playing politician by courting, bribing and, to some small extent, threatening the other Yaki warlords in order to secure the votes he'd need to be named Leader of his own clan. Considering who he was and what he'd already done Seldon was of the opinion that it should have been a foregone conclusion. As usual, however, her opinion didn't amount to much more than a fart in a strong wind.
Drake said that, according to Thane, the other clans were afraid of him and needed to be appeased. So Drake was playing peacemaker, mostly in the form of granting concessions and offering bribes. It was apparently tedious work, especially for Drake as it required him to set aside how much he wanted to murder the lot of them and assuage their fears and tend to their needs instead. Lu called it diplomacy and statesmanship, and insisted that Drake was stepping up to 'be the leader his people needed'. Drake responded to this by rolling his eyes and looking sour.
"It's always the same frakkin' thing," he snarled. "Some asshole tries to take what you have and then, after you break his nose for him, the motherfrakker starts whinin' like a little bitch, complainin' that he's the one bein' treated unfairly!"
Seldon had listened and said nothing but secretly thought the entire process was good for him, even if the little prick had been as sour and catty as a ninety year old virgin. She stared at the hatch and took one more breath, then reached out and palmed the control panel. The door hissed open and she winced. She'd been staying one floor down along with the rest of Drake's security, support, and service staff, many of whom had recently become very skittish when it came to entering their employer's private quarters.
"Can't imagine why," she whispered sarcastically.
An instant later she heard the scrabble of clawed and padded paws grasping for purchase on glassy marble tiles. A moment later Drake's new best friend stampeded into the corridor about thirty meters ahead of her, tried to make a turn that the laws of physics refused to support and promptly slid into the marble bulkhead opposite the hatch to the garden courtyard where the Lord and Master of the universe had been spending most of his time. Seldon winced despite herself. The big dog hit hard enough for her to feel the impact through her boots. The dog, apparently oblivious to the bone-crushing blow, was, an instant later, cheerfully barrelling down the hallway toward her with his fur rippling in the wind and his tongue flapping from one side of his mouth.
"Hey buddy," she said, just a little nervously.
In addition to being enormous Max was frighteningly intelligent... and very mischievous. He stole towels, nipped heels, snuck up behind people and used his nose to goose crotches and generally seemed to enjoy making people uncomfortable. But, worst of all, the son of a bitch liked to push. Max had roughly the same mass as a heavily muscled human male and, on his hind feet, stood well over two meters high. With his mass and proportions the dog found it very easy to shove people... often clean off their feet. He simply bounced up, placed his paws on someone's chest or shoulders... and shoved. It was an act that he obviously found highly entertaining. In just a single morning he'd shoved one of her marines into the pool, another into a thick, flowering bush (that Drake would have to pay for) and he'd upset one of the stewards so badly that Drake had to promise the terrorized woman a raise, the pick of her next assignment, and a vacation before she'd calm down again. And every time the dog saw Seldon she saw a glint in his eye that told her he was just waiting for the chance to mess with her.
So she watched the big bastard gallop towards her. His forward paws reached out while his back legs tucked up under him to grab as much ground as possible. At full speed she was pretty sure the dog could manage roughly twenty meters per second, which meant he might even be able to keep up with Gin Ookami. Seldon stepped through the hatch and waited for him. Just as Max bounced up to place his forepaws on her shoulders she stepped smoothly to the side and threw herself against the wall to her right. Max flew through the air just in front of her with a confused expression on his face. He dropped back onto all fours but, with his momentum and the smooth surface of the floor, was unable to stop his slide. By the time he was able to get a grip on the floor again the dog had slid over three meters into the antechamber. Just as he scrabbled around to look at her Seldon winked at him and palmed the door controls again. The hatch hissed closed and Seldon grinned triumphantly at the expression on the dog's face. It was equal parts shock and confusion.
"Sucker," she chuckled and started to walk away.
Which is when the hatch opened behind her.
She turned and saw the dog trotting back through the hatch with his tongue hanging from the side of his mouth. He was holding her eye and looked decidedly smug.
"Oh you have got to me kidding me!"
Max barked once, loud enough to rupture eardrums. To Seldon it sounded like, 'You're gonna have to do better than that, bitch.' A moment later he gave her a look of what she thought was amused respect before scrabbling back into a run. He headed back the way he'd come, barking to inform his family of her arrival. She scoffed, shook her head, and then followed the dog down the corridor, shaking her head and listening as her footsteps echoed off the marble.
A few moments later she stepped into the garden that Drake was obviously enjoying. Once again she was amazed by how convincing the illusion was. It really did feel like she was stepping out of some country villa into a lush, sub-tropical garden. Late morning sunlight fell through the tree tops, casting dappled shadows on the lawn and glittering off the surface of the pool. Colorful birds and insects darted this way and that, filling the warm, humid air with their songs. Overhead she heard the sound of gulls and, in the distance, the boom and wash of ocean meeting shore. Through the trees she heard the sound of running water and the muted sounds of men talking.
She followed the path out of the 'jungle', around the pool to her right, and onto the lawn. On the veranda she saw Drake sitting at one of the tables with Lu and Ea't. As she watched, Max bounded up to his master and promptly tried to climb into Drake's lap. As Seldon crossed the lawn the dog twisted so that his chest and forepaws were pointed roughly upward while he used his back legs to push himself against his master. The dog was so big that Drake had to hook the table base with one foot to prevent himself, the dog, and the chair they were both occupying from all tumbling over in a heap.
Meanwhile Ea't was thundering away while making grand, sweeping gestures with his hands. He was facing away from her so it was hard to make out what he was saying but Seldon had no doubt the words 'great battle' were a part of whatever it was. Lu was reading the datapad in his hands, or trying to anyway. He was laughing so hard that he had to stop and wipe the tears from his cheeks.
"Oof!" Drake grunted as he wrestled with the dog.
"It will be a GREAT BATTLE, Lord Drake!" Ea't bellowed. "We will teach ALL Yaki to fear and respect you!"
"Didn't we just do that?" Seldon asked as she stepped onto the patio. Lu immediately turned her way and smiled. She returned it more enthusiastically than she expected to. It was good to have Lu back. He felt like sanity.
Drake shoved the dog out of his lap and shook his head. "Tell ya what, Ea't," he said, "why don't we wait and see what Wen Digo does before... you know... murderin' him?"
Ea't gave Drake a sour look and hoisted what looked like an already half-empty bottle of whiskey into the air. "Already SAW, Lord Drake!" he thundered. "Wen Digo ATTACKED you! Attacked US! Must ensure he never does so AGAIN!"
Drake squinted his eyes at Ea't. "Right now I'm tryin' to play nice, Ea't..."
"Why?!" Ea't demanded. "You should RULE, Lord Drake! Not," he waved the bottle of whiskey at him, "coddle and cuddle, sit on babies and hold hands with snivelling worms too WEAK to enforce their will!"
"Sure," Drake replied sarcastically, "and if the rest of the council learns that I baited and destroyed another clan I think my hopes of..."
Ea't interrupted him with an utterance of profound disgust.
Drake shook his head and then looked up at Seldon. "How's Schroeder?" he asked while ignoring his friend and continued to fend off his dog.
"Traumatized," she told him, "shaken," she shrugged, "but appeased. I think the paid vacation helped a lot."
"What happened?" Lu asked.
Drake took hold of one of the dog's cheeks and gave him a shake. "This giant asshole of a dog gave one of my stewards a scare," he growled affectionately.
Max snarled at this and snapped his teeth at Drake's hand.
Lu blinked, obviously amused. "A scare?"
"The shit-head cornered her while she was making beds," Seldon explained.
Lu frowned. "Was she hurt?"
"No," Drake told him. "Not hurt, but..."
"Son of a bitch snuck up behind her and, after shoving his nose up her ass, decided to stop her from screaming by shoving her clear across the room."
"Shoved her?" Lu blinked.
"Yeah," Drake met his friend's eye. "He's figured out that he's bigger than everyone and now he thinks it's fun to jump up and push."
"I see," Lu said and glanced sideways at the dog.
"Watch yourself around the pool," Seldon suggested.
Lu turned and arched a severe eyebrow at the happily panting dog. The scolding expression was spoiled, however, by the smile he couldn't quite suppress. "Well," he said, "it's good to see the circus is as lively as ever."
Seldon turned back to Drake. "You know you're gonna have to break him of that, right?"
"Why?!" Ea't asked her.
"Cos he plays really goddamn rough!" She snapped. "Half my guys are scared to get anywhere near him! And that doesn't say anything about the stewards..."
Ea't cut her off with a look of withering contempt.
"Riiight," Seldon replied sarcastically, "they're just supposed to risk their lives and their jobs by defending themselves from the boss's new pet?"
Max barked at her. Seldon blinked, pretty sure she'd just been told off for calling the monster a 'pet'.
"How smart is that dog?" Lu asked. Max promptly met the man's eyes with very happy doggy-grin.
"Too damn smart," Seldon replied while Drake grunted, "smart enough."
Lu pursed his lips and nodded. "I see," he said again.
Max barked at him. It was so loud that all three humans winced.
"Hey," Drake gave the dog a shove with the ball of a bare foot. The dog looked at him and he pointed at the floor. "Lie down, will ya? Let the grown ups talk a while."
Max tilted his head and produced a whistling whine through his nose.
"I don't care," Drake replied. "You're drivin' me nuts!" He pointed at the deck again. "Now park it."
Max actually seemed to roll his eyes. Then he flumped down onto the terracotta tiles with a very dramatic groan of protest. Drake sighed. Lu chuckled with a shake of his head. Ea't lifted the whiskey bottle to his lips.
Seldon turned to Drake and nodded at Max. "Did you know that he can open doors now?" She didn't mean for it to sound like an accusation. But it did.
Drake sighed and nodded wearily. "Aye," he groaned.
"How the hell can he open doors, Drake?!" she demanded.
Max barked at her happily, looking very pleased with himself.
"Same as you or me," Drake told her. "He just waves a paw in front of the control panel."
"But how does he have the clearance?!" she demanded.
Drake looked up at her. "Legion gave it to him," he said. Then he shrugged, "makes it easier for him to come out here and," he shrugged, "you know. Do his business?"
At that Max leapt back to his feet and promptly tried to climb into Drake's lap again.
"Wha-at?!" Drake whined while trying to keep the dog from knocking them both over. "What do you want? What's the matter?!"
The dog produced that nasal whine again.
"Well, why don't you go for a swim?" Drake asked him.
Max pawed at Drake's knee.
"Ow! Quit it."
Ea't stood up across the table and collected the cattle hoof that Max had been working on. The instant he touched it Max stopped paying attention to Drake and focused on the thing in the Split's hand. Ea't looked at the dog. The dog looked at Ea't. Every hair on Max's body suddenly seemed a little bit more erect and his already thick coat seemed to bristle. Ea't sniffed the hoof and then gave the dog an appraising look. "Come!" Ea't said to Max, "let the true warriors share a DRINK together!"
"Don't you dare get him drunk, Ea't!" Drake barked, sounding as if he already knew it was hopeless. "I mean it! He's a big enough pain in the ass as it is without you throwin' spacefuel on the fire! You know what I mean?"
Ea't met Drake's eyes. "No." He replied with the typical high Split monotone.
Max barked. Seldon winced at the volume. Ea't turned and threw the hoof out onto the lawn. Max was instantly after it. In one bound the dog jumped clear over the wrought iron rail and the flowering plants that bordered the lawn. He landed on the lawn and tore off after the still bouncing hoof, running so hard that his paws dug clods of turf out of the lawn. Seldon heard him snarling as he ran the thing down and clamped his jaws upon it. Ea't strode calmly passed her, tilting the bottle to his lips along the way.
"I mean it, Ea't!" Drake yelled after him. "Don't you make him sick!"
Ea't ignored him.
"I swear," Drake said, wide-eyed and sounding small as he collapsed back into his chair. He looked at Lu. "It really is like herdin' cats!"
"So what does the vote look like right now?" Lu asked him.
Drake shook his head as if trying to clear it. "What?!" he barked, obviously distracted by the dog and not quite following the train of Lu's thinking.
"What does it look like?" Lu asked again. "How many votes do you have? How many against? That kind of thing."
"Oh! Ahh..." Drake blinked as he tried to mull it over. His eyes kept returning to Ea't and the dog. "We've got the Split and the Boron, as strange as that combo is. We've got all the Argon votes except for Wen Digo..."
"I heard some scuttlebutt," Lu interjected, "that Wen Digo left some kind of virus on the weapons complex. Is that true?"
Drake inhaled through his nose and lifted a glass of something red to his lips. After a healthy swallow he met his friend's eye and nodded. "It was a computer virus, a kill switch," he said.
"Literally," Seldon muttered.
"What do you mean?" Lu asked.
"The son of a bitch had it rigged," Drake told him, "so that he could kill just about everyone on that complex with a single command. It was all set up and ready to go. One button-press would have vented all the people spaces on that complex."
"That's a LOT of people," Lu pointed out.
"Yeah it is," Drake nodded. "I think the idea was to use them as hostages," Drake explained. "That way, if he'd been able to actually take the HUB, Wen Digo could have threatened to murder thirty thousand of my people if I didn't back off and let him keep it."
Lu raised an eyebrow. "Cute," he said.
"Aye," Drake growled through a twisted sneer.
"As for that other thing?" Seldon smoothly changed the subject. Both men looked at her and she met Drake's eye. "Everything is in place," she told him. "They're having us use his private dock. With the exception of Thane's security nobody will even know we were there."
He nodded. "Good," he said. "What about tomorrow?"
Seldon took a breath and smiled at him before answering. Drake arched an eyebrow, suddenly on guard and ready to lean away from an incoming punch. "No change," she said, deliberately breathing into her belly through her nose. "They'll summon us when they're ready and we'll escort you to the chamber." 'Where you will be alone and unguarded in a room where twenty two bloodthirsty snakes will be watching your every move, where we will be trusting Thane with your safety. Where...'
"Tasha?" Drake was staring at her. "Breathe."
"I don't like you walking in there alone..."
"Yes," he nodded. "You have made that very clear."
She opened her mouth and watched him try not to smirk. She felt the urge to punch him and watched him lean away from her.
"I'll be fine, Seldon," he told her.
"Uh-huh," she grunted noncomittally and put her hands on her hips. She stared at him until she realized Lu was also hiding his mirth. "What?! You got something to say now too?"
"Only that I've really missed you," Lu replied. He looked from her to Drake and then at the Split and dog on the lawn. "All of you."
She grinned at Lu. Then she turned her grin back to Drake. "Nine clans just tried to kill you, Drake," she informed him. "Now you're just gonna walk into a room where they all know," she held up a thumb, "where," she extended a forefinger, "and when you're going to be there," she leaned forward, "in the flesh," her grin stretched toward her ears, "because you can't let them see that you're afraid of them."
"You know," Lu said, sounding contemplative, "I never realized before just how intimidating you can be, Tasha."
She blinked and turned her grin on him. "That's cos when you were around I was usually standing behind Rana."
"Aah!" Lu nodded. "That must be it."
"THAT woman was scary, now," she told him.
He chuckled and continued nodding. "That" he said, "I do remember."
"I'm not afraid of them," Drake interjected.
For a moment both Lu and Seldon stared at him in silence. Drake met her eye and smiled.
"Well maybe you should be, Drake!" she barked at him. "Do you honestly think any of them is above poisoning you or..."
"Seldon is there anything else that can be done to keep me safe?"
"You can use that holographic projector..." she waved her hand toward the apartment, "thingy! That happens to be right down the hall! In a nice secure apartment where I can put a platoon of armed guards between you and anyone who might want you dead!" She saw the look on his face and roared. "Like THEY do!"
He shook his head. Just like she knew he would. "Not gonna happen," he told her. Just like she knew he would.
"All right!" She threw up her hands without bothering to keep the frustration out of her voice. "Fine! Then I guess I'll just have to go do my level best to make sure nobody murders you at your own coronation!"
"It's not a coronation," Drake corrected her but she was already stomping away. As she trotted down the stairs she saw Ea't and Max out on the lawn and promptly missed a step. The Split and dog were playing tug of war with a rolled up beach towel between them. It was a ferocious battle complete with snarls and growls from both contestants; a battle that was not only destroying what she knew to be an absurdly expensive towel but also tearing furrows in the absurdly expensive lawn. But what threw her off her step and dropped her mouth open into a gaping 'O' was that both dog and Split were down on all fours holding their respective end of the towel with their teeth... and neither side was giving ground.
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Eri realized she was pacing.
She forced herself to stop and, after a moment, realized that she was just staring out into space.
She growled and bared her teeth. Her mind was racing. The morning had come and gone and she could barely remember any of it. Her staff meetings were little more than a blur of faces and disconnected questions that she couldn't remember answering. She was stunned, alternating between a shocked numbness and a dizzying flight through an endless array of horrified questions that she simply had no answers for. Her mind kept returning to the piece of candy that simply could not be here and the lingering scent that that was even more impossible than the candy. It just could not be. She had to be mistaken. There had to be another explanation. Because the explanation her mind kept coming to was impossible.
It HAD to be impossible.
Because if it wasn't...
...that meant that...
Eri shuddered, recoiling as if she'd just been slapped. She stood in the center of her office feeling cold and quiet, feeling her head ring as if her mind was a chime that had just been struck and was now ringing and ringing as she slowly faded out of existence. She shook herself and tried to push herself out of the shock. It wasn't the first time it had happened that morning. It wasn't even the tenth or twentieth. There was a conclusion that her mind kept trying to arrive at, a summation of all the facts available to her, but that conclusion was wrong.
It had to be wrong.
T'Chk grunted and it was the sound of his own voice that woke him. He blinked, struggling to remember where he was and why he felt as if he'd been robbed of something suddenly precious. He tried to look around but found that he could not. His breath was loud and close in his ears, although strangely muffled, and there was something on his face, like a hand pressing a cloth over his mouth and nose.
'They drugged me,' t'Chk snarled within his own mind. He couldn't move his real tongue. It was pinned beneath what t'Chk was sure was a rubber ball gag that kept his teeth apart and forced his breath through his nose.
'Of course they did,' Artie explained. 'You bite.'
S'jar t'Chk smiled at the words. It was true. He did. He realized then that the air in his nose was cold, smelled of rubber, silicone, antiseptic and something brighter and cleaner than ozone. It was waking him quickly. 'Even so,' he snarled at the hated other, 'it was an unforgivable theft.'
'For you,' the hated other told him and the contemptuous fool even had the audacity to NOT sound smug.
'You were awake?!' he roared, now feeling even more cheated.
'Of course I was,' the other moaned pitifully.
S'jar t'Chk snarled. He wanted to rage but knew it would only drive the other away and, suddenly, the idea of being alone terrified him. That shadow on the future had grown closer, like storm clouds that had drifted from the horizon to loom almost directly overhead. So S'jar t'Chk did something that astounded him: he exercised restraint. 'Well, if you were awake then you must know where we are."
'Of course,' the other whispered.
After a moment S'jar t'Chk lost his patience. 'Well?!' he barked. 'Where the hell ARE we?!'
'Don't you know?' the other whispered from the blackness behind his eyes.
T'Chk felt a shiver crawl over his skin and looked around again. There was a breather mask pressed against his face. Beyond that was a cage that reminded t'Chk of the muzzles some of his father's dogs wore. There was a confined darkness around him and a single square of light positioned just above his face. He blinked and tried to will his body to wake up faster. Slowly his vision began to pick out details. The square was perhaps half a meter above his face. It was composed of several layers of impact resistant plastic. The outermost of which was scarred by repeated blows from something hard enough to leave scars...
T'chk sighed. 'Of course,' he thought. 'I'm inside a life support coffin to protect me from the crew...'
He arched an eyebrow at the number and apparent ferocity of the scars on the plastic.
'...or was it crews?' He wondered.
To protect him, in any case, from whatever attention he might have otherwise been made to endure on his journey from the cell aboard Drake's Necromancer to... he blinked, trying to make out anything informative through the lingering drugs in his system and the damaged plastic... this intriguing locale.
The coffin slid along so smoothly that it was almost dream-like. He imagined that he was on some kind of hover-lift, leviatating the coffin along above the floor by repelling the gravity plating. So he had no idea what kind of surface was below him. Through the tiny window over his face, however, he saw expensive ceiling tiles and soft, indirect lighting. A moment later he saw the graceful shadow of a potted plant and the imposing edifice of a first class portal. S'jar t'Chk scoffed. He knew where he was. Even from within this awful little box, with his senses clouded and his mind dulled by drugs, Thane's insufferable tastefulness was apparent in every well placed light, indirect shadow, and subtle change of lighting.
'Aaahgh!' He shivered into the darkness behind his eyes and growled deep into his chest. He heard Artie whimper and snarled. 'So here we are, my love! You hateful little shit! Here we are, all trussed up and delivered like a feastday lamb! A gift we are, my love, a gift to solidify the alliance between the two men we hate most in this...'
Artie cut him off. 'You shouldn't have attacked Thane.'
'Oh! PISS OFF! You... DARE?! You insufferable little shit! Where the hell was your sage advice' when it would have made a bloody difference?!'
'You stopped listening to me a long time...'
'Really, though!' S'jar t'Chk snarled. 'What's the big deal? A wife? A child? It's not like he doesn't have others!'
'...ago.'
S'jar t'Chk bared his teeth. He felt the darkness in his mind where Artie hid. It moved. It was always moving and yet always in the same place. It was impenetrable to him and he hated it just as he hated the one it concealed.
'Then say something interesting now and again, why don't you?! Ohh... I know. Because you're dull. You're dull and afraid and you've wanted to die all your life.'
Artie began to weep in the dark.
'What?!' S'jar t'Chk barked. 'You're life?! You're LIFE?! You weren't USING your life! YOU WEREN'T USING IT! So yes! YES! I took it! I took it and lived a life of...'
'No' regrets?' the other interjected.
S'jar t'Chk grinned. 'Not many, my love,' he crooned, 'not many t'all. Ha ha ha ha!'
Just then they passed through another doorway and t'Chk knew they'd arrived. It was the goddamn tree. He'd secretly hated Thane for jazuras; hated everything about him; his size, his volume, his accent, even his smell. The man's body odor was incredible. Even freshly bathed the man's pure, animal stench surrounded him like a cloud. But that tree...
'Well,' S'jar t'Chk asked his mind, 'at least I don't have to pretend to like him anymore.' He giggled. 'Or anyone else for that matter, eh?'
The other was silent and that silence was cold.
'Well frak you, then!'
Firelight swayed beneath the boughs of Thane's tree. It was soft and thin but warm; a candle or lantern flame. In the blue shadows of the tree's crimson crown that light picked out golden veins in the five-pointed, blood-red leaves and silver ridges of the bark. S'jar t'Chk huffed angrily and bared his teeth. He'd always envied that tree. He'd even learned it's name. It was acer palmatum or, in one search result, a 'Japanese Maple'. Once, in a fit of pique, he'd even decided that if he couldn't have the tree then he'd make sure to set it on fire so that Thane couldn't have it either. He sighed at the memory. It was unlikely that either goal would ever be realized now.
Suddenly there was a familiar booming outside the coffin. A shadow fell over his window from above and behind him, moving toward his feet. A moment later the coffin elevated and changed pitch. The tree fell away behind him as t'Chk's head rose above his heels. He saw the wrought iron railing of Thane's loft leap up into view, followed by the stairs leading up. Then the tops of Thane's bookshelves rose on either side of him. Then, suddenly, he saw the great hairy, hoary visage of his enemy rise up before him: Thane, the dockmaster, the greatest of the Yaki warlords, he with fleets of warships, he with a finger in every pie, he... the great hairy git. Thane. He was the one man no one dared to cross; the man who's name alone could and did silence disagreements on dozens of ships and stations each and every day. The man's great maned and bearded countenance swung up into view before S'jar t'Chk and S'jar t'Chk snarled behind his mask. Thane didn't so much as glance in his direction.
In that instant the first and arguably greatest of the indignities S'jar t'Chk would suffer leapt up and kicked him in the crotch. He was outraged. He was deeply, mortally offended.
He was horrified.
He was...
...invisible.
Thane was walking in t'Chk's general direction with his arms held high and wide, as if he was embracing the whole world before him. He clapped with wide swings and thunderous claps as he approached. S'jar t'Chk could feel the boom and wash of the man's voice upon the outside of the coffin. The man's deep bass transformed the steel shell of the coffin into the skin of a drum. No syllable was distinct enough to be clear but each hit the outside of his prison like a mallet. S'jar t'Chk screamed against the back of the rubber ball in his mouth. It was then that the next of the great indignities he would suffer on his way to a rapidly approaching end roared at him with his own voice.
He was utterly impotent.
The shadow's owner appeared in the window before him. S'jar t'Chk could only see the man's back but he knew instantly who he was looking at. He'd known this man's shape, coloring and lithe, athletic grace in his sleep, in his dreams. Watching him S'jar t'Chk sighed. The man was magnificent. S'jar t'Chk had loved showing him off to the other warlords.
'He's mine,' he'd thought at the time. The greatest treasure in my collection.
Before him Thane was laughing over the great spill of his beard. His chest was bare between velvet lapels pulled wide as he stepped toward to embrace the young man. In the great thicket of Thane's beard S'jar t'Chk saw the delicate glitter of precious gems and metals. Between the sight of the man's lips and the distorted boom of his voice against the coffin and S'jar t'Chk was able to make out most of what Thane said.
"AYE, LADDIE! YOU DID IT! COME HERE AND GIVE ME A HUG, YOU RASCAL!"
For an instant Drake's posture became rigid. A moment later, however, T'Chk watched as Drake vanished into an avalanche of meat, hair, velvet and silk. For the briefest of instants S'jar t'Chk actually took pleasure in not being in Drake's shoes. He even wondered if his nemesis was gagging on the stench of the Thane's armpits.
A moment later Thane released the boy and instead siezed him by the shoulders. At which point the big man shook the smaller one cheerfully. It was then that S'jar t'Chk heard another sound. It wasn't as deep or thunderous as the sound of Thane's voice but it was louder and far more enthusiastic; a cacophy of yips and barks.
'Dogs!' He sneered. 'Thane's bloody dogs!' He sighed. 'Well, at least I don't have to smell them.'
Drake had managed to extricate himself from the giant's embrace and quickly stepped back out of Thane's reach. From the expression on Thane's face t'Chk was sure that Drake was speaking but t'Chk couldn't hear it. A moment later, however, Drake turned and gestured to the coffin. For one instant the man met S'jar t'Chk's eye. In that instant there was a sudden rush of vicious mirth into the other man's face and, for the briefest of moments, Drake showed him an almost boyish sneer.
Then the life support coffin hissed.
'Shit,' S'jar t'Chk cursed.
There was an onslaught of sensation. The first was light. As the lid of the coffin separated and fell away to either side of him the sudden rush of light was blinding. The next was noise. The dogs were barking and whining in that whistling way they had. He could hear their nails on Thane's floor. They were all barking and yipping, wiggling and circling 'round the two men. A moment later he was hit by the sudden rush of smells... and nearly gagged: dogs, books, candles, dogs, incense, food, spices, dogs, the water feature around Thane's crimson and silver tree, dogs, Thane's massive and overwhelming odor, dogs...
He was screaming behind his mask when he heard Thane laugh again. He tried to skewer the man with his gaze but Thane didn't meet his eye. He was just looking the coffin and its occupant up and down while nodding his massive head.
"Aye, there he is," Thane was saying and t'Chk heard the man's lip curl around a sneer.
S'jar t'Chk screamed into the ball gag and focused all of his hate into his eyes. Thane lifted his head and, for a brief but timeless moment, glared grim and black contempt back at him. Suddenly the big man blinked in surprise and looked away. S'jar t'Chk followed his gaze just as a black and tan blur filled his vision. He caught a glimpse of teeth and an instant later something crashed into him hard enough to knock the breath out of him.
The entire coffin tottered backward as hot, moist breath washed over his face. Drops of warm saliva spattered his cheeks and forehead. Just in front of his eyes was a ridged maw with brilliant white teeth. A flat tongue and two pairs of massive canines gripped the black metal wire of the cage that was, just then, preserving his life. Beyond it a monster snarled, twisting a massive, fur-coated head as it bit and yanked at the cage. To the left and right of t'Chk's vision, bare centimeters from his eyes, teeth the length of his little fingers clutched and tore at it. The beast's jaws were so strong that the metal of the cage bent and twisted with every tug. He was distanly aware of a sudden warmth spreading out and downward from his crotch. It was precisely then that he heard and recognized the pitiful swell of his own voice screaming around the ball-gag in his mouth.
The beast pressed its paws against him and gave the cage a massive tug. It was standing on the sensor array that still covered S'jar t'Chk's torso. The array was made of a clear composite supported by a thin metal frame. As the monster tugged and yanked on the cage it crushed the array into S'jar t'Chk's chest. There was a flare of deep, thick pain across his sternum and S'jar t'Chk suddenly found it impossible to breathe. It only took the beast five good tugs to rip the cage clean off of the table but, by then, t'Chk was subjected to several explosions of deep red pain as at least two of his ribs broke.
The cage came free with the squeal of protesting sheet metal and the ripping clatter of screws being torn from their seats. The monster turned its head to the side and tossed the cage away. Then it turned and looked at him. S'jar t'Chk watched subtle membranes move within the thing's eyes as its pupils hardened into deadly little points. From the depths of the monster's massive chest came a sound that was simply the most genuine threat S'jar t'Chk had ever heard. The beast bared its teeth again and S'jar t'Chk knew he was about to die.
"MAX!" Drake's voice. Short and thunderous as a gunshot. T'Chk blinked. He was still staring at the teeth and trembling flews before him... but those teeth were not yet buried in the tender flesh of his face. "Eeeasy, boy," Drake crooned, gentle and calming. From the corner of his eye S'jar t'Chk saw the man's hand bury itself in the fur of the monster's hackles. "Easy. I don't like him any more'n you do, but he's not ours to kill."
The dog shuddered and snapped its teeth at S'jar t'Chk's face.
Drake laughed. "Yeah," he said and from the corner of his eye t'Chk saw the young man's gaze find his face. Those eyes were so bright and so clear. "I know," Drake said to the beast. "Trust me. I know exactly how you feel."
Drake took hold of the monster's scruff then and gave the beast an affectionate shake. The dog turned to look at the boy. As it did its entire demeanor changed. Teeth and terrible growl vanished as it whined a question through its nose. Drake gave the thing a smile and another affectionate shake. The dog turned back to t'Chk. It seemed sullen, like a child accepting an unwelcome verdict from a parent.
Then it saw t'Chk looking, bared its teeth again and barked. Once. Directly into S'jar t'Chk's face. The sound was so loud that it felt to t'Chk as if he'd just taken a blow to the head from someone strong and what was left in his bladder emptied onto his leg. The monster lifted its head and gave t'Chk one last terrible look, then turned and dropped away.
The instant it did S'jar t'Chk gasped for air. Without the thing's weight upon it the machinery no longer pressed against his chest. For a moment the only thing he was truly aware of was the air he was able to gasp into his lungs and his own heart beat pounding inside his skull. Then he heard the horrible booming of Thane's laughter. When he raised his eyes he saw both of his enemies gazing back at him. Thane was wearing a broad grin that radiated both amusement and smug satisfaction. Drake's expression was more subtle. There was amusement in it but also curiosity.
"Well, boy," Thane announced and clapped Drake on the shoulder. "If I'd had any doubts remaining ye just laid them to rest."
T'Chk was still gasping for breath then while he looked from one face to the other. His higher brain functions had simply shut down while he faced the rage and teeth of the monstrous dog that still, rather obviously, wanted to kill him but were slowly returning. His eyes darted and twitched between the faces of the two men who now owned his life. They were both looking down at the monster that had just ripped the cage off S'jar t'Chk's face. T'Chk glanced down and saw that there was a whole wriggling mass of the horrid creatures surrounding the two men's legs but it was the largest that had their attention. The dog was slowly wagging his tail and bouncing on his forepaws while he looked back and forth between Thane and Drake. Finally Thane looked up and met the boy's eye again. He pursed his lips and nodded. Drake clapped the big man on the shoulder in an expression that was almost conciliatory. The massive dog produced another thunderous bark. This one sounded approving somehow.
S'jar t'Chk's eyes suddenly grew wide and his eyebrows shot toward his hairline. He suddenly understood what had happened. 'YOU!' he thought at Thane like a dagger thrust at the enormous man's heart. 'GAVE! One of your DOGS! To .... HIM?!!"
At precisely that moment the massive dog looked at him again. In an instant all of the puppyish happiness vanished from it's demeanor. It's blue eyes hardened into deadly little points and it bared it's teeth again and growled, low and deadly from it's massive chest. An instant later the rest of the dogs turned their eyes toward him; blue and yellow and dark reddish-brown. An instant later all of them bared their teeth filled the air with more of the most genuine threats S'jar t'Chk had ever heard.
"Wow," Drake remarked to Thane, "they do NOT frakkin' like him."
"He has that affect on people," Thane declared. Along with the dogs both men were now staring at him and S'jar t'Chk saw his death in every eye.
"So what are you gonna do with him?" Drake asked.
Thane gave the boy a complicated look involving secrets, hesitation, and the warm condescension of an older man for a younger one. Then he chuckled. "What do you think I'm going to do with him, lad?" Thane turned and met S'jar t'Chk's eye again. "I'm going to give him to my wife."
"Oh good," Drake said and his tone earned him both Thane's and S'jar t'Chk's attention. The lad met Thane's eye and showed him a boyish grin. "She wasn't too happy," he explained with a shrug, "when we made her stop hitting that coffin on the landing platform aaaand I'd rather not have that particular woman angry at me."
Thane chuckled and met t'Chk's gaze again. "That's wise, lad," he said to Drake. "Very wise."
I watched S'jar t'Chk die tonight.
I honestly don't know what to make of it.
Thane gave the son of a bitch to his wife and... hell! I gotta tell yah, I think that woman scares me more than he does. She took one look at that son of a bitch and, I swear, t'Chk paled so much that he looked like a drowned corpse. I mean even his eyes were sweatin'. And just as he started tryin' to scream around that rubber ball in his mouth she turned away and told Thane to 'feed him to the dogs'.
I tell yah. It was perfect. I got to watch that piece of shit's ego deflate right before my very eyes. Of course... hoo-wee! Man! I can think of some bad ways to go but... bein' ripped apart by dogs? Let's just say that on my list of 'ways not to die' it's pretty close to the top.
I mean, don't get me wrong, if anybody had it comin' to 'em it was that sleazy little shitbag but...
*sigh!*
Okay, I'll just say it. S'jar t'Chk talked a lot. He talked to anyone that would listen as long as he was the center of attention, right? Well, while we were watchin' him... uh... get... hunted? Yeah. That's about right. Hunted. We were in Thane's apartment and he had the whole thing up on five meter screens so that you could see every drop of sweat on the man's face from just about anywhere in Thane's apartment. Yeah! It was better'n box seats at a stadium. Close ups, replays, the whole bit. So, needless to say, the audio sensors were perfect. I mean if I wanted I could isolate the sound his eyelids made when he blinked. So I could hear him talkin', right? I could hear him talkin' to himself.
I could hear him... taunting himself.
I mean that's weird, right?
Yeah-well, it got weirder. The longer it went on, and Thane took his time. I mean his wife was watchin' and he was takin' his cues from her. So he let S'jar t'Chk climb butt-naked out of that coffin. He let him figure out where he was. He watched and waited and we all savored every moment.
I mean S'jar t'Chk had it comin'. He used me. He planned to betray me from before I ever met him. If he'd had his way... well, I suppose even if he'd managed to kill me he'd still have Ea't and Lu and H'nt and everybody else to deal with. So we'd be at war with Yaki now. But, I mean, if he actually GOT what he wanted and captured my ships and stations? My mind starts to answer those questions and I just won't even let it. I'm pretty sure none of my people would have fared well under his "rule". Point is I have every right to hate him. Same with Thane and his wife and... I got to admit I don't know what to make of them lettin' the kid watch but, I'm thinkin' he had a right too. I mean the asshole tried to kill his mom, right? So we all wanted him to suffer and enjoyed it as he did. I enjoyed watchin' him drag himself out of that tube and tumble into the dirt. Thane released him at the bottom of the garden, near the pool where I finally choked Ricky out. It was sandy and dirty and he was naked as the day he was born. He knew what was comin'. We all knew what was comin'. And I enjoyed watchin' him know it and try to survive even though he had to know it was hopeless. Hell! I even enjoyed listenin' to him. I mean that son of a bitch was crazy!
Thing is...
Hell, I can't believe I'm sayin' this. Did I once actually claim to not have a conscience? Bloody hell! If only.
See, I'm pretty sure there was two people inside S'jar t'Chk's head. I had the same feelin' when I was starin' down my sword at him when we took the Brimstone but, well, with t'Chk I always figured at least half of what he did was for dramatic effect and the rest was just him frakkin' with people. In that garden, though. Listenin' to the things he said to himself! I mean he taunted and teased and pled with himself. And, after a while, it was really obvious that we were listenin' to two distinct people. One of them was the psychopathic shitbag I know and hate but the other was... not. Where t'Chk was manic and hateful the other one was, I don't know... shy? Sensitive?
And depressed! Talk about fatalistic!
Of course, now that I think about it, given the circumstances...
Ha! Shit! I'd be depressed too!
Thing is, at the end?
At the very end.
When S'jar t'Chk was watchin' those dogs charge at him from the rocks and the bushes, flankin' him from three directions at once, all of 'em bigger'n he was and so fast you could barely see 'em... I was watchin' his face.
Shit, I don't know how else to say it. I think, at the end, S'jar t'Chk managed to...
I don't think it was him.
I mean, it was. It's not like I expect the guy to restring his intestines and sew his throat shut and his arms and legs back on. I mean he's dead. He's VERY dead. They're gonna be pickin' pieces of him out of Thane's water filter for weeks.
But ...
I just can't help but feelin' that, somehow, he managed to escape the fate we had planned for him. That, in those last instants, we killed the wrong man.
Oh well. The dogs didn't seem to care. Heh! I tell yah! That is not how I want to go. Hoo! Naked and facin' off against five killer dogs? NO thank you! Bein' ripped apart by those dogs? Mmm-mm-mm! No sir. Not for me. Naked and in bed with a beautiful woman at Sal's age? Dyin' durin' orgasm as my heart gives out? Yeah. Yeah that sounds about right. Lemme go with a smile on my face.
Damn. Now I'm lonely. Seldon has been trackin' her. Gin, I mean. We're pretty sure she's in Argon City. Or was, at least. It looks like she just committed some political sabotage by choppin' one guy's head off and puttin' it in this other douchebag's err... bag, puttin' the spotlight on both men AND the shady-ass shit they've been up to. Turns out betrayin' your own people can be-ah lucrative, and these two were paddin' their pockets with a LOT of Terran credits.
So she's on a mission. She's doin' what she has to do.
I just don't know why she felt like she had to do it alone.
Eri didn't know how many times she'd circled her own mind. She didn't know how many times she'd tallied up the facts and arrived at the same conclusion. She didn't know how many times she'd rejected that conclusion to begin the dance again. She did know that she'd been at it all day. It was nearly sixteen hundred and she was tired. So when her mind arrived once again at the same "impossible" conclusion she sighed, feeling heavy with exhaustion. When she filled her lungs again, though, she stood and swiped the candy from the surface of her desk. Then she strode from her office. A few seconds later she was at the bottom of the ladder where she turned and began striding toward the very center of the hangar deck.
Even though the hangar never really slept it was a relatively quiet moment in the day. There were still crewmen servicing the planes of the last CAP, and others running diagnostics on a sensor array, but the last several days had been quiet and the deck crew was enjoying the light load by being elsewhere. She tapped her leg with the lollipop as she walked. It was quiet enough for her to be able to hear the wrapper crinkle and snap as she did. She imagined that she could feel watchful eyes upon her. All of a sudden every crewman and darkened corner seemed ominous and threatening.
Halfway down the center of the central lane Eri stopped walking. She slowly turned in a circle, allowing her eyes to scan in a three hundred and sixty degree circle. Then she lifted the lollipop, tore the wrapper from the candy... and stuck it in her mouth.
'Okay, little bird,' she thought. 'Your move.'
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Post by _Zap_ » Sat, 4. Aug 18, 04:38
What a pleasant surprise to find after waking up!
So today we see the fate of the mad clan leader and have some fun with dogs. Also, Eri finds a mysterious lollipop! I wonder just where that's going to lead.
Great DiD-based Story:
Prodigal Son - Cooperative Storytelling by Scion Drakhar
Glad I could brighten your day.
Post by Sirrobert » Sat, 4. Aug 18, 13:23
Does anyone have a link to the previous chapter?
Also request for Scion, can you add a link to the previous chapter in your new chapters?
Makes it much easier to remember where we were.
Post by Triaxx2 » Sat, 4. Aug 18, 13:36
It's on page 90 Sirrobert.
Personally I think Eri's an idiot and I hope it's a slow acting poison, so Legion can cure her and she can spend a long time being berated for shoving impossible food into her mouth.
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Ancient DNA points to the Eurasian steppe as a proximate source for Indo-European migrations into Europe
This is yet another teaser for the upcoming Corded Ware/Yamnaya paper from the Reich lab. Sadly, it doesn't mention Y-chromosome haplogroups, so perhaps the authors are going to tackle this issue later. However, check out what they say about the German and Spanish farmers being of the same stock, and the resurgence of hunter-gatherer ancestry in Western Europe after the early Neolithic. Fascinating stuff.
David Reich and Nick Patterson
Abstract: We generated genome-wide data from 65 Europeans who lived between 8,000-3,000 years ago by enriching ancient DNA libraries for a target set of about 390,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms. This strategy decreases the sequencing required to obtain genome-wide data from ancient DNA samples by around 1000-fold, allowing us to study an order of magnitude more individuals than previous studies and to obtain new insights about the past. We show that in western Europe, the farmers of both Germany and Spain >7,000 years ago were descended from a common ancestral stock. These farmers did not replace the earlier hunter-gatherers, but continued to mix with them, leading to a resurgence of hunter-gatherer ancestry in both Germany and Spain ~1,000-2,000 years later. In eastern Europe, the hunter-gatherers of Russia >7,000 years ago were distinct from those of the west, having an increased affinity to a ~24,000 year old individual from Siberia, but this affinity was reduced by ~5,000 years ago in the Yamnaya steppe pastoralists because of admixture with a population of Near Eastern ancestry. Western and Eastern Europe collided ~4,500 years ago with the appearance of the Corded Ware people in Central Europe, who derived at least two thirds of their ancestry from an eastern population closely related to the Yamnaya. The evidence for mass migration into Europe thousands of years after the arrival of agriculture, in combination with linguistic and archaeological data, makes a compelling case for the steppe as a proximate source for the spread of Indo-European languages into Europe.
Source: INA Kolloquium Ws 2014/15
Update 11/02/2015: Massive migration from the steppe is a source for Indo-European languages in Europe (Haak et al. 2015 preprint) .
Lets see the claims......
''In eastern Europe, the hunter-gatherers of Russia >7,000 years ago were distinct from those of the west, having an increased affinity to a ~24,000 year old individual from Siberia, but this affinity was reduced by ~5,000 years ago in the Yamnaya steppe pastoralists because of admixture with a population of Near Eastern ancestry. Western and Eastern Europe collided ~4,500 years ago with the appearance of the Corded Ware people in Central Europe, who derived at least two thirds of their ancestry from an eastern population closely related to the Yamnaya. ''
Whats new on that!!! Where are the Y-DNA DATA for gods sake!!....
Weren't you claiming recently that someone from Iran brought ANE to Eastern Europe during the Neolithic?
That didn't work out, did it?
No i said of the ineffectiveness of ANE as it is very old and inconclusive for Asia at least! And to the Fact that we can't differentiate the non-IE ANE ancestry in Europe(E Europe Mostly) BTW the Near Eastern type population was from Iran....
ZeGrammarNazi said...
I wish we would get a more clear picture of how this "mass migration into Europe thousands of years after the arrival of agriculture" affected the other areas of Europe besides the North and East.
@ZeGrammarNazi and Others
It will all depend on the Periodic presentation of Y-DNA of E European Area ONE thing I am 100% sure that Samara etc aDNA will provide YHG-I from the Earliest Levels.....
Before this gets bogged down by Nirjhar's posts
"a compelling case for the steppe as a proximate source for the spread of Indo-European languages into Europe."
Very exact / cautious phrasing there.
"proximate" (perhaps pointedly not "ultimate") and "into Europe" (not generally). They may only be hedging their bets, or may have found something that has caused them to adopt this phrasing.
Interesting to me they found a resurgence in HG ancestry in Spain as well and no mention of any divergence between the Neolithic Farmers in Spain and Germany, despite mtdna divergence between the two being reportedly substantial (and indicating significant drift) according to one Skoglund's newest.
If a resurgence of HG ancestry in Spain is notable (how it compares to say the TRB) I wonder how much freedom Yamnaya would have to contribute to Spain population without shifting Spain "north" or "west" of where Spain actually is, without later Iron Age population flows from an opposite direction.
Helgenes50 said...
Finally, the number of hunters in Western Europe may have decreased with the arrival of IE,and not the contrary
''Before this gets bogged down by Nirjhar's posts''
It will not happen Sorry:)
I'm not sure on the Y-DNA haplogroups of the earliest Samara peoples, but if Y-DNA's R and Q are linked to ANE ancestry and ANE was actually reduced over time in the Samara region due to contact with farmers from the Near East, R1a may have been present in Samara from very early on.
Also, Y-DNA I2, which has been found commonly in Mesolithic European remains, seems to have no clear affinity to ANE ancestry and makes linking Y-DNA I lineages with early Samara inhabitants questionable, at best.
''"proximate" (perhaps pointedly not "ultimate") and "into Europe" (not generally). They may only be hedging their bets, or may have found something that has caused them to adopt this phrasing.''
Its obvious that they have presumed the Steppe Theory as the Basal anyway their main documentation so far we can see is the spread of ANE in Europe from Post-Neolithic period which is logical and reasonable...
''R1a may have been present in Samara from very early on''
That's the Cornerstone Question but there are many other factors one is Asia which's aDNA is Vastly lacking from Important Archaeological sites....
''Also, Y-DNA I2, which has been found commonly in Mesolithic European remains, seems to have no clear affinity to ANE ancestry and makes linking Y-DNA I lineages with early Samara inhabitants questionable, at best.''
They Say-
'''In eastern Europe, the hunter-gatherers of Russia >7,000 years ago were distinct from those of the west, having an increased affinity to a ~24,000 year old individual from Siberia,''
The Word Is Increased Affinity NOT total Affinity which means With ANE-R1a the I-WHG type ancestry should also be expected....
All but one Scandinavian was I, so it is probably there as well. WHG goes pretty far to the East. It's probably in the minority.
As Matt said, they may be leaving various routes open.
Yep but the I will be there Keep that in Mind but Chad Along with R1a,I which other Y-DNA's do you expect R1b,E,G2?
We may find some form of Y-DNA C in Samara remains. La Brana and Kostenki both had C haplogroups, as well as some of the Neolithic remains from Hungary and I believe one of the later Andronovo guys was C(xC3), too.
Yes that is possible ZeG good suggestion:).
Now we have prove in ancient genomes native/HG ancestry gradually rose in Neolithic-Copper age Spain, Germany, and Hungary. All present-day Euros fit as mostly being a mixture of those genomes. That may be a suprise to people several years ago who either supported Palaeolithic continuation or Neolithic-Iron age replacement.
I'll be very surprised if Reich doesn't suggest that Ajv58-like people contributed ancestry to north Europeans, because they obviously did.
I agree krefter but what is your opinion with the high WHG type ancestry that Indians show? They also have high ANE.
"I agree krefter but what is your opinion with the high WHG type ancestry that Indians show? They also have high ANE."
I haven't looked into that. My impression from skimming through West Eurasia K8 spreadsheet is that WHG doesn't show any patterns in Asia, and that it's pretty much non-existent there.
Maybe it pops up in some Indians and is non-existent in others. It might be real ancestry or noise.
I tend to think Yamna-type people with 30-40% WHG brought Indo Iranian languages to Asia, and so I do expect to see WHG in Indo Iranian speakers.
I think the Near eastern component is absorbing WHG ancestry Asians got from Yamna-type people, and that Siberian ancestry in central Asia is erasing signs of Yamna ancestry, by making them much more ANE than WHG.
There very well may be significant Yamna-type ancestry in Asia.
But the Corded ware were the most successful Indo Europeans in erasing native gene pools.
''There very well may be significant Yamna-type ancestry in Asia.''
Without aDNA from Asia that is meaning less Krefter.
''I tend to think Yamna-type people with 30-40% WHG brought Indo Iranian languages to Asia, and so I do expect to see WHG in Indo Iranian speakers. ''
I disagree no such mass movement can be detected from there to SC Asia and Iran on Evidence basis.
''But the Corded ware were the most successful Indo Europeans in erasing native gene pools.''
That is proven again on the basis ofaDNA and there are also Archaeological correlation isn't there Krefter?
"I disagree no such mass movement can be detected from there to SC Asia and Iran on Evidence basis."
That's why I said I tend to think. It could be a totally different story in SC Asia. The IEs who arrived in SC I'm sure were very different from the Yamna, but probably still had Yamna-type ancestry.
It's very confusing why Yamna genomes from Samara which is pretty far east had so much WHG(maybe our estimations were wrong and they had under 30% WHG), when Asians have so little WHG.
It's a pitty they went the chip route and didn't do whole genome sequencing. IMO, if they had tested Y-DNA, the wording on their abstract wouldn't be so wishy-washy.
@Krefter
'' It could be a totally different story in SC Asia. The IEs who arrived in SC I'm sure were very different from the Yamna, but probably still had Yamna-type ancestry.''
I tentatively agree though i am quite sure that N Iran was the Seed Of PIE from where it dispersed...
''It's very confusing why Yamna genomes from Samara which is pretty far east had so much WHG(maybe our estimations were wrong and they had under 30% WHG), when Asians have so little WHG.''
PIE didn't had much WHG type ancestry that is the best proposal.
@RR
''It's a pitty they went the chip route and didn't do whole genome sequencing. IMO, if they had tested Y-DNA, the wording on their abstract wouldn't be so wishy-washy.''
Yup!:).
Now keep the discussion on i meet you guys in 9 Hours.....
"It's a pitty they went the chip route and didn't do whole genome sequencing. IMO, if they had tested Y-DNA, the wording on their abstract wouldn't be so wishy-washy."
What? Autosomal tells more than parental. Anyways, we know what Neolithic and WHG Y DNA was like, we know Yamna will probably be mostly R1a, and that EHG will probably be P(R and Q), C, and I.
"These farmers did not replace the earlier hunter-gatherers, but continued to mix with them, leading to a resurgence of hunter-gatherer ancestry in both Germany and Spain ~1,000-2,000 years later".
Exactly as I expected. The resurgence must be attributed to Megalithic (and BB) expansion.
"In eastern Europe, the hunter-gatherers of Russia >7,000 years ago were distinct from those of the west, having an increased affinity to a ~24,000 year old individual from Siberia"...
Again exactly as I expected.
"... but this affinity was reduced by ~5,000 years ago in the Yamnaya steppe pastoralists because of admixture with a population of Near Eastern ancestry".
This is interestingly novel. Is it maybe when the R1a people arrived from Iran/Turkey (as per Underhill)?
Archaeologically speaking, we know little of the exact origins of the PIE or early Kurgan people. Samara has only been dug up to the Neolithic layer, before it is a mystery.
In any case it seems to imply that IE-speaking Kurgan peoples, carriers of ANE into Europe, were also carrying an unknown fraction of both WHG-like and EEF-like genomes (although surely subtly different from those Western references), rendering the analysis even more complicated.
"Corded Ware people in Central Europe (...) derived at least two thirds of their ancestry from an eastern population closely related to the Yamnaya".
That's a figure. And a big one indeed! Wonder how Corded compares with their Eastern BB successors, my impression is that they were not fully related, as BB probably gathered rather the pre-IE substrate, even if under IE language and still coalescing identity clues.
"It's very confusing why Yamna genomes from Samara which is pretty far east had so much WHG(maybe our estimations were wrong and they had under 30% WHG), when Asians have so little WHG".
That's because both Western and Eastern pre-Neolithic Europeans descended from the same original founder populations, associated to Aurignacian and Gravettian cultures. Soon they diverged, with the Eastern group admixing with paleo-Siberians (different from East Asians and rather akin by origin to Europeans, West Asians and maybe Indians, as well as partly to Native Americans), but they still retained a "European aboriginal" affinity, detected here as WHG.
It's important to understand that:
1. Earliest UP or "Aurignacoid" expanded from probably West Asia (Iran?, Uzbekistan?) to Europe, Altai, West Asia and probably much of NE Africa, as well as maybe India as well (not too clear how earliest UP procceded in the southern arch yet).
2. Already in Europe, Aurignacian expanded from Central Europe in West and East directions c. 41 Ka BP.
3. Later, also in Europe, a second wave (maybe of West Asian origin) known as Gravettian and associated with the famous "Crô-Magnon" man, spread in the same fashion from Central Europe, reaching as far as Central Siberia (Mal'ta for example belongs to Gravettian culture). This happened after c. 32 Ka BP.
4. After that, Western and Eastern Europe evolved separately. So the affinity between Eastern and Western paleo-Europeans must be attributed to steps 1, 2 and 3, and shouldn't be any more recent.
Maju, according to hand written notes from ASHG 2014 (from Razib?), Late Bronze Age Europeans (presumably Unetice and Bell Beaker) plot very close to Corded Ware peoples.
So, Eastern BB were likely similar to Corded Ware groups, but with a bit more ancestry from Old European groups.
Sorry, that was supposed to be Early Bronze Age Europeans; not Late.
The more I hear about this paper the more disappointing I think it will be.
It is all vague, inaccurate, sloppy...
In the last sentence of the abstract quoted in the post, at least they could have written North Eastern Europe, instead of Europe (2 times). Just to gain some credibility.
Anyway no one doubts that the steppe people expanded to NE Europe. We all know that for decades (Balto-Slavic languages, R1a, Kurgans,...). Nothing to see there.
At least they do write something coherent that will inform some people:
"These farmers [EEF] did not replace the earlier hunter-gatherers, but continued to mix with them, leading to a resurgence of hunter-gatherer ancestry in both Germany and Spain ~1,000-2,000 years later."
Though of course "resurgence" is a very wrong and sloppy word to use in that context. The HG did not come back from the dead. They were there all along. And they (obviously) had more HG ancestry before mixing than after.
I do hope the final paper is much better written. But better to keep the expectations low...
"Y-DNA's R and Q are linked to ANE ancestry"...
Not necessarily in an exclusive form. Actually we only know that R(xR1,R2) was present in Mal'ta. Full stop.
We can infer that Q1 was already present there (or had been earlier) because of its association with Native Americans and its necessary origins near Iran (where it's less common but much more basally diverse).
Similarly we can infer that R did not originate in Siberia but further South and we have absolutely no reason to associate R1 (nor R2, nor R1a, nor R1b) with the paleo-Siberians of Mal'ta and Afontova Gora (ANE). That's a conclusion that has no evidence whatsoever.
In fact basal diversity strongly suggests that R and R1 arose in the NW of the Indian subcontinent, while R1a and R1b did in the Fertile Crescent. We also know with some certainty (elaborating on Underhill's data) that the spread of R1b is much older than that of R1a, which could be even as late as Neolithic.
"Late Bronze Age Europeans (presumably Unetice and Bell Beaker)"
Late Bronze Age are Urnfields, i.e. proto-Celts and possibly also proto-Italics and proto-Germanics. At most they could be talking of their predecessors of the Tumuli culture (actually Middle Bronze Age but whatever) and never of Bell Beaker (late Chalcolithic, not yet Bronze).
Interesting bit anyhow.
"Interesting to me they found a resurgence in HG ancestry in Spain"...
That should be obvious. Modern Spaniards are more WHG-like than the individual of El Mirador (likely local EEF proxy), who was close to modern Italians (particularly Tuscans) per a previous Swedish thesis.
From Razib:
"But, I am nearly 100% sure that R1a1a coalesces to a period more recently than 10,000 years ago in the past. The reason is that I saw some posters using whole genome sequences from the Y chromosome at ASHG. These should be a more precise estimates because of the enormous marker set of more slowly mutating SNPs, and they too arrived at a relatively recent period for the last common ancestor of these common male lineages. In fact, if I recall correctly the divergence between R1b and R1a dates to ~10,000 years before the present in these studies, so R1a must have a much more recent coalescence."
It is a bit early to say where and when R1 lineages diverged. Perhaps the information Razib is referring to will become public before too long and we will have a clearer picture.
Maju, you will see that I meant to type Early Bronze Age in previous post. To be even more precise, the group was labeled "Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age." (LNE/EBA)
Yes, Grammar, I didn't read that. My bad.
A problem detectable here in mtDNA (see here) is that while true BB groups had massive mtDNA H, "fake" ones like Kromsdorf or post-BB ones like Unetice had exactly zero. Pooling them is surely erroneous, while only using some of the samples (say Unetice ones) is also misleading.
Neither Unetice nor (presumably CW-derived) Kromsdorf can explain modern levels of mtDNA H in Germans, which are ~40%. You need BB and whatever preceded it (Megalithism, Funnelbeaker) and almost certainly the origin of all that excess mtDNA H is to the West, not the East.
"4. After that, Western and Eastern Europe evolved separately. So the affinity between Eastern and Western paleo-Europeans must be attributed to steps 1, 2 and 3, and shouldn't be any more recent."
Thanks for the archaeologically-minded info.
K-14(http://anthropology.net/2014/11/07/kostenki-14-a-36000-year-old-european/), suggests that WHG-type ancestry in East Europe and west Asia arrived later than 30,000 years ago. This is because he was neither, and Loschbour is more related to Stuttgart than to K-14.
Mesolithic(even bronze age and modern) east European's U5 was mostly or solely U5a, suggesting a very old introduction of WHG into east Europe.
More (weak)evidence that WHG-type ancestry in east Europe is old but younger than Aurignacian, is two FMS U5* aka pre-modern U5(xU5a'b) samples from 30k< Gravettian in central Europe.
ANE and WHG might not be clean cut ancestral components, but they are differnt, and we can confidentially say Mesolithic Russians were a mix of east and west Upper Palaeolithic north Eurasians, who had been living in that part of the world for over 30,000 years.
I agree, Maju. I believe the majority of mtDNA H found in Western and Central Europe today is derived from BB groups that expanded from the West of Europe, likely the Iberian peninsula.
I also do not think Kromsdorf was a "true" BB site, but likely influenced by BB. The mtDNA looks more like steppe populations than the typical BB site, which is usually >80 mtDNA H. Also, the grave goods were lacking. Two beakers and BB-style burial positions was about all that could be used to label it "Beaker". No v-shaped button, wrist guards, etc.
Very lacking.
I believe Reich told someone (Jean M?)that at least one mtDNA H was found in hunter-gatherer remains from Samara, but I doubt these Eastern groups are responsible for the presence of the majority of H lineages in Central and Eastern Europe.
Central and Western Europe*. Geez, I can't think or type correctly today, it seems.
Maju, I think you might like this source for ancient mtDNA.
http://www.anthrogenica.com/showthread.php?3701-The-new-way-to-look-at-Ancient-mtDNA
Maps, haplotypes, frequency charts, etc.
I can't find the haplotypes of most ancient Iberian mtDNA from recent studies, because of pay walls and other obstacles. The results from old studies don't make sense. There's a load of R*(xR0, most basal U clades, JT) and L3*(xall west Eurasian N and R* clades).
Also, isn't it possible there was natural selection for mtDNA H? mtDNA frequencies of H, JT, U, etc. don't matter very much to me. Mesolithic and Neolithic Euros had very different mtDNA frequencies than modern ones but still are the main ancestors of modern ones.
Most Euros have 40-75% Mesolithic blood, but only 15-25% Mesolithic(confirmed)-derived mtDNA.
Okay, firstly, I find it very difficult to believe that the Near Eastern farmers who lowered the levels of ANE on the steppe by ~5,000 YBP (but probably appeared there much earlier during the Neolithic) also brought R1a to Eastern Europe.
What I think happened is what we already know happened in Central Europe, which is that is male hunter-gatherers often mated with female farmers. In other words, R1a looks to me like an eastern hunter-gatherer lineage that expanded during the Chalcolithic with a subset of the mixed hunter-gatherer/farmer population from the Russian steppe. It arrived in the Near East with ANE and the Indo-Europeans.
Also, I find it hard to believe that there's no WHG in Central Asia, considering that this is what the K8 results show, and also that Tajiks have higher affinity to Loschbour than Armenians do (so their WHG affinity can't be mediated entirely via farmer gene flow from the Near East).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9o3EYTdM8lQMkNod1ZNZldvUHc/view?usp=sharing
apostateimpressions said...
"In eastern Europe, the hunter-gatherers of Russia ... The evidence for mass migration into Europe"
If the Eastern HG were long in Russia, then why do the authors say that there is evidence for "mass migration into Europe"? Why could then EHGs not have just spread from eastern Europe into the West?
"These farmers did not replace the earlier hunter-gatherers, but continued to mix with them, leading to a resurgence of hunter-gatherer ancestry in both Germany and Spain ~1,000-2,000 years later."
Surely a resurgence of HGs would have depended on those who did not mix.
The claim that Neos did not replace HGs seems false. They took over most of the land.
The authors seem to have a preset
agenda of mass migration into Europe and mixing. Maybe they are just PC?
When I read the line "mass migration into Europe" in the context of the entire abstract I actually see "mass migration from the Russian steppe deeper into Europe".
Also, even if the farmers took over most of the land (which doesn't sound right to me, because only some of the land in Europe at the time was suitable for the early Neolithic farming package), that doesn't mean pure hunter-gatherers didn't manage to hang on for over a thousand years on the peripheries of the Neolithic settlements. It's these people who would have mixed with the farmers very gradually, as both groups became more familiar with each other and less hostile.
As a result, hunter-gatherer ancestry would rise among the farmer population, and thus hunter-gatherer ancestry would increase as part of the total ancestry in Europe, because farmers had the demographic advantage.
@Krefter: Kostenki-14 is certainly pre-Gravettian (not sure if he was part of Aurignacian). What we need are samples from Gravettian or Epigravettian Eastern Europe.
→ http://forwhattheywereweare.blogspot.com/2012/02/gravettian-culture-in-central-europe.html
Per Svoboda 2007, it would seem that Gravettian is an intrusive wave from West Asia (allegedly related to Amharian) that truly replaced the previous Aurignacian layer, at least partly and maybe in different degrees in different areas.
I know well that these kind of analyses are often controversial but the fact that such a (partial?, patchy?) replacement is possible and even likely underlines the need to sequence more recent samples than K14, which is even older than Mal'ta by 12,000 years! It's plausible and even likely that Gravettian substantially altered the genetic pool of paleo-Europeans.
We cannot discard later reshuffling of the European populations and their genetic pool (interesting question) but it seems most unlikely that they affected both Western and Eastern Europe for all I know.
"I can't find the haplotypes of most ancient Iberian mtDNA from recent studies, because of pay walls and other obstacles".
→ http://forwhattheywereweare.blogspot.com/2012/06/mtdna-h-found-in-epipaleolithic-basques.html (linked: freely accessible doctoral thesis in French)
→ http://forwhattheywereweare.blogspot.com/2012/04/ancient-mitochondrial-dna-from-basque.html (linked: open access paper, Hervella personally confirmed to me the methodology used)
Both studies evidence the presence of notable frequencies of mtDNA H in the pre-Neolithic Cantabrian strip. To that add the sequences of Chandler 2005 from Portugal (hard to find but last time I could find it at Zilhao's personal page, being co-author), which is a conference "paper" only but still the best we have re. the Neolithic transition in Portugal. All that, as well as other indirect evidence (Skoglund's Swedish Megalithic samples being near identical to modern Basques, Iberians, South French) point to a Western origin of the bulk of the Chalcolithic rearrangement we see in Germany particularly, be it Megalithic or Bell Beaker (both original from Iberia, although with secondary centers further North).
(continues)
I can't but agree with the sad state of old aDNA studies, which often only sequenced the HVS-I region, which is totally inconclusive for mtDNA haplogroup H. But much of the R* data (not R(xR0) but rather R0(xR0a) very often) can perfectly be H and in a few cases looks like H1b (Portugal) or H17'27 (Sunghir).
We can't but continue the quest for knowledge of course.
"L3*(xall west Eurasian N and R* clades)"
Not really (with maybe rare exceptions). L3* per HVS-I can be M or N(xR). Neither M nor N are defined by any HVS-I mutation, as happens with H (but this one is downstream of R, so only R* sequences can be it).
I compiled (and revised carefully) much of that ancient DNA data HERE. Notice that Jean Manco and I fell out on her irrational rejection of the finding of H in North Iberian late Paleolithic, so I had to personally revise every single sequence that had even the slightest doubt when doing such maps according to the most up-to-date mtDNA phylogeny (PhyloTree). In many cases I had to review the original classification by the researchers, which had become outdated.
"isn't it possible there was natural selection for mtDNA H?"
It's always a possibility but so far unproven.
"Most Euros have 40-75% Mesolithic blood, but only 15-25% Mesolithic(confirmed)-derived mtDNA".
That depends on what you consider "Mesolithic mtDNA". It's not something clear at all, among other reasons because we do not have enough data for West Asia, for example. I'd say that X, W and probably much of N1 is Neolithic as is J and T (as such sublineages of JT). But H (which subclades?), HV0 (incl. V), U5 and U4 were surely present in Paleolithic Europe.
Re. H, I think that H1, H3, H4 and probably also H7 should be among the pre-Neolithic ones, because they are shared across the Strait of Gibraltar (with apparent "Iberian" origin) and that is best explained by Gravetto-Solutrean influence in the Oranian (Iberomaurusian) genesis (later largely replaced surely by Capsian arrivals from the Nile, Afroasiatic speakers surely).
It's very complicated I reckon but I have been following the matter, in great detail and with critical thought, for almost a decade now, so I believe I have an idea. Detailing all that and sourcing everything in comment format is not really possible however.
"If the Eastern HG were long in Russia, then why do the authors say that there is evidence for "mass migration into Europe"?"
Terminology. It's not like "Europe" is a well defined objective region like could be Australia. In this case clearly the ad-hoc definition of "Europe" is West of the Odessa-Kaliningrad isthmus, rather than the equally arbitrary Ural border decided by some tsar or the Volga border used by ancient Greeks. Arbitrary sure, wrong?, not necessarily so.
What is clear is that "Europe" is a relative and somewhat elastic concept. And in any case a geographic accident of Asia.
Well, we have a common use of the word Europe and migration from the eastern half of Europe into the western is correctly stated as "migration ACROSS Europe" and not "into Europe".
To say that HGs survived on the periphery does not mean that farmers did not replace them in much of Europe. The statement that farmers "did not replace" HGs misses all of the replacement that did take place.
And the suggestion that "mixing led to" a resurgence of HGs is crass.
A better statement would have been that "farmers gradually replaced HGs in much of Europe, although some mixing did take place; HGs survived on the peripheries, which led to a resurgence, and some HGs spread from east Europe to the west."
But no, they are clearly pushing the idea of "mass immigration into Europe and mixing."
It is plain PC.
@Davidski and others:
What most likely happened is that there was greater remix with paleo-Europeans (WHG) in the Atlantic zone. The Atlantic Neolithic is complex and often neglected (both in Prehistorical and Genetic approaches) but shows a vast array of unique cultures or groups since early on, from Portugal to Belgium, etc. Some areas like Britain or Denmark remained in HG status until the Megalithic period.
The Oceanic climate must have been challenging to the neo-European farmers (EEF) with their crops used to drier conditions. Even in Central Europe it is very probable that, after the initial bubble, coincident with the Neolithic climate optimum (warmest temperatures ever until recently) there was a poof as climate worsened. There are several archaeo-statistical studies that seem to confirm this.
While in the SW (Portugal-to-Belgium) we see these unique cultures early on (probably more mixed populations similar to Gokhem), in the NW (Denmark-to-Ireland) the Neolithic only arrived a millennium later and with roots in those probably mixed areas of Atlantic mainland Europe. It also arrived with Dolmenic Megalithism (in a complex manner, no doubt), which has its ultimate origins in the Portuguese early Neolithic.
The Megalithic backflow, surely carrying that remixed Atlantic genetic pool, is very apparent in Germany in much of the Funnelbeaker phenomenon, particularly Michelsberg culture, which displaced Danubian (epi-Rössen) from North to South West of the Elbe and even in North France. So there was a backflow from the Atlantic and North Sea, surely complex and hard to interpret at times, but that is necessary to explain what we see in the data.
apostateimpressions,
Well, I think it's pretty obvious they're talking about intra-European population movements when they say "Western and Eastern Europe collided ~4,500 years ago".
But anyway, feel free to point out your concerns to the authors when the paper goes up for public comment at bioRxiv, which will probably happen soon.
I have all the samples from those studies you listed(except the one from Greece, but I have one from Italy) in my "Ancient mtDNA package's" spreadsheet. All except the Neolithic samples are in my "Likely false positives" section.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HcAhe7QvggT792VruuoZX6IsTg4LhWXV-Z_ZfTk2KGA/edit#gid=1562774546
I think it is possible they could have some true results, but I'm very skeptical. I have several reasons for being skeptical.
1.Upper Palaeolithic-Mesolithic Euro mtDNA from recent studies comes out 100% U, except C1, pre-H2a2b, and Z1a from Russia and R3 from Hungary. La Brana-1 was basically identical to Loschbour and K01(Hungary), so why would Mesolithic Iberians have such a different mtDNA gene pool?
2.Chandler 2005 found very similar haplotypes from Mesolithic and Neolithic Portugal, not found in any other ancient mtDNA study. Which makes me think the connection is a common contamination source.
3.The L3*, M*, or N*(xR, western Ns). You're right that R0 people oftnly lack 73A, but it R-73G is still fairlly common in Neolithic Iberia.
4.The samples from that French-language study have contradicting calls.
I also understand the evidence that they're are legit results, so I'm seriously considering they're.
If the R*s and R0s are mostly H(some are HV6-17 and HV0), then H was very popular in Neolithic SW Europe.
Something important to remember, incase you don't already know, is that ANE not WHG(like previously believed by many) is the main thing that makes north Europeans different from Neolithic Europeans and modern SW Europeans.
SW Euros don't have much less WHG than north Euros, and Basque have as much as NW Euros. The only modern Euros with more WHG than Gok2 are Balts.
C01 from copper age Hungary had a modern European-like level of WHG, so WHG was also rising in Hungary.
The Late Neolithic WHG-rise could have come from anywhere in central-west Europe.
How much ANE did Raghavan 2013 estimate for Karitiana?
Nothing we didn't know already however. The main body of the paper is still the main thing.
Addressing the discussion above, I think that many older archaeological movements would not have great informative power for the autosomes of populations alive today, because it seems, while the earliest divergences of the roots of the tree we have now are present from a timeframe circa 50kya ago, the recent situation for the distribution of the three branches of WHG, ANE and the sub-branches of ENA is much more recent than the UP.
Ust-Ishim is almost certainly not the progenitor of Mal'ta, K14 is almost certainly not the progenitor of Loschbour, and Tianyuan is definitely an outgroup to all East Asians+Papuans, and so also not a progenitor to ENA.
UP movements before the LGM would probably inform older movements of ghost pops that we haven't defined yet, strongly suggested by the failure of the tree to address K14 and the weird positions of Tianyuan and Ust-Ishim. Mal'ta, Loschbour, and Stuttgart, are all at or post LGM, and inform modern genomes far more greatly. The fact that all E+SE. Asian form a clade to the exclusion of Jomon, and that the phylogeographic isolation this corresponds to, aka the cutting off of Japan, only happened after the LGM, also implies that the formation of E+SEAsian autosomes dates from periods after the LGM when the Jomon were cut off.
For this reason I think that most population structure in northern Eurasia took form post-LGM, and most events with relevance to modern autosomes do not have such great time depth. The northern tier of Eurasia was probably repopulated from the south over and over, and we are looking at the most recent repopulation here.
Have you bothered asking Hervella? Nope. Exactly the same as Joan Manco (JoanL in your forum, I believe). I did when doubts arose and Dr. Hervella gently confirmed to me that the methodology excluded any "false positives", that her H is H because it was tested with RFPLs, a method so far uncontested, even if a bit old.
So if you want to join the heavily biased camp of Jean (who has too many personal interests invested in a book she published just before those results and whose ultimate "archaeological" reasoning is also extremely problematic and not accepted by anyone else I know of), feel free. But you will be wrong.
In the long term, facts will pile to the ones already existing in the direction I say. Why am I so sure: because there's already a huge pile of evidence in that direction, pile of evidence that some are in denial about for their own extremely biased reasons.
Who should I trust more: a historian of art who has never been able to properly argue her jingoist denial of hardcore aDNA evidence or real geneticists like Hervella and Lacan, two independent sources pointing in the same direction? And never mind mtDNA H in Epipaleolithic Karelia, different source, and the old Portugal conference paper of the very prestigious team made up Chandler, Sykes and Zilhao.
This is not even considering the many old studies that do suggest but can't confirm mtDNA H in Paleolithic Europe, East and West. Those are indeed doubtful but not "unlikely", just unclear.
"Upper Palaeolithic-Mesolithic Euro mtDNA from recent studies comes out 100% U".
False! Two different, independent, recent and good quality studies in the Late Paleolithic/Epipaleolithic Cantabrian Strip have provided three unmistakable H sequences. Another one found also H in Epipaleolithic Karelia. Why would you deny those FACTS?! Beats me.
What seems clear is that that was the case in Central Europe (Germany in essence) but Iberia presents a more mixed picture with both U5 and H, as well as some other oddball lineages. France sadly enough remains unresearched.
"Chandler 2005 found very similar haplotypes from Mesolithic and Neolithic Portugal".
Yes but they are not identical. The Epipaleolithic sample has some L3* (N*?) and lacks V (or HV0). Both have lots of apparent H but the Neolithic sample has even more (and at least one sequence is unmistakable H1b in my analysis). The individual sequences seldom are the same ones, what in mtDNA wouldn't be so rare. So it's still possible that there was some degree of replacement. Still I concur with you that (partial) continuity in Meso-Neolithic Portugal is possible, so we both disagree with the conclusions of that paper, because their own data does not seem to support unmistakable massive replacement at that point (the genetic pools are too similar before and after the arrival of Neolithic).
"I also understand the evidence that they're are legit results, so I'm seriously considering they're."
Cool. That's my stand: they look very real and there are several independent studies showing H in Late UP Europe (mostly in Iberia but also in Karelia). One may be wrong but which are the odds that all them are? Virtually zero.
"Something important to remember, incase you don't already know, is that ANE not WHG(like previously believed by many) is the main thing that makes north Europeans different from Neolithic Europeans and modern SW Europeans".
There is more than just that. Their WHG is more distant from the actual samples by IBD, meaning that Northern Europeans (at least not Danes and Scots) are not direct descendants from the Lochsbour meta-population but from some relative. Instead the French look more directly descended from Lochsbour, even if they have less WHG apportion. I've been told (who?) that the same happens with La Braña and Basques/Iberians but haven't read anything specific yet.
→ http://forwhattheywereweare.blogspot.com/2014/04/lochsbours-ibd-in-modern-europeans-is.html
A mystery to me is how much of that Northwestern excessive ANE arrived with Indoeuropeans and how much corresponds to Nordic paleo-Europeans, who (as Motala data shows) had already a significant amount of ANE affinity. This has not been sufficiently clarified yet and I see no particular reason to think that IE demic flows (Bronze Age onwards) had greater impact in Britain/Ireland than in France or Italy.
Furthermore, another recent study showed that diet in Britain changed radically from fish to milk with the arrival of Neolithic and that this pattern continued until the Viking invasions introduced again the like for fish. This suggests that the population was stable in Britain between the Neolithic and (at least) the Danelaw.
→ http://forwhattheywereweare.blogspot.com/2014/02/neolithic-peoples-from-britain-and.html
It also suggests that those Atlantic farmers were lactose tolerant, what is a topic on its own right. Interestingly enough we see how two such populations (one lactose tolerant and another intolerant) were just beginning to mix in the southern Basque Country (Upper Ebro) in the Chalcolithic:
→ http://forwhattheywereweare.blogspot.com/2012/01/caught-in-act-lactose-intolerant-and.html
EEFs were in general lactose intolerant (at least judging by this gene, there may be others). So I presume that the lactose intolerant population we see in the Chalcolithic Ebro were EEFs (probably related to El Mirador sequence), while the lactose tolerant one were probably "Atlantic farmers" (Gokhem-like), which for whatever reason carried the gene (fluke or selection?)
Well, food for thought. I do think that there is something really interesting to tap in the Atlantic Neolithic, that was important in the shaping of modern European populations. What else?
Like I said I'm considering the mtDNA from old Iberian studies, I'm not die-hard for no-H and alot of H.
There's Mesolithic H from France, you gave me a link to the study, it's written in French.
Not counting Hervella, Karellia, and Hungary my statement about 100% U is true. Also, U2-K14, U5*, U8c, and U-MA1 from Upper Palaeolithic north Eurasia, is convincing evidence there is something special about U and the WHG-ANE-K14 branch.
The only Mesolithic Iberian-French H is from the 2011 French-language study. The other Hs you're mentioning were tested for R0 at best, besides that all we know is that they had R.
There was an abstract a few weeks ago about genomes from Mesolithic-bronze age Spain, and so in the next few years there might be undisputed Mesolithic-H from Iberia.
@David,
''Okay, firstly, I find it very difficult to believe that the Near Eastern farmers who lowered the levels of ANE on the steppe by ~5,000 YBP (but probably appeared there much earlier during the Neolithic) also brought R1a to Eastern Europe.''
Who said of ANE David? ANE was obviously there from the times of Dinosaurs but its more about the Y-DNA and Mtdna structure......
''When I read the line "mass migration into Europe" in the context of the entire abstract I actually see "mass migration from the Russian steppe deeper into Europe".''
Isn't that obvious also?? Russian steppe was a refuge of the Indo-European folks when they arrived there....
@ZeG
''"But, I am nearly 100% sure that R1a1a coalesces to a period more recently than 10,000 years ago in the past. The reason is that I saw some posters using whole genome sequences from the Y chromosome at ASHG. These should be a more precise estimates because of the enormous marker set of more slowly mutating SNPs, and they too arrived at a relatively recent period for the last common ancestor of these common male lineages. In fact, if I recall correctly the divergence between R1b and R1a dates to ~10,000 years before the present in these studies, so R1a must have a much more recent coalescence."
Then I think it can be around 6000 bc
Which correlates the Zarzian Migration towards the Urals Which brought R1a!.
"A mystery to me is how much of that Northwestern excessive ANE arrived with Indoeuropeans and how much corresponds to Nordic paleo-Europeans, who (as Motala data shows) had already a significant amount of ANE affinity. This has not been sufficiently clarified yet and I see no particular reason to think that IE demic flows (Bronze Age onwards) had greater impact in Britain/Ireland than in France or Italy."
I agree, because based on leaks about the upcoming study with 65 ancient genomes, north Euros can't be explained as Gok2+Yamna, there has to be significant Loschbour and Motala12-like ancestry.
Lithuanians actually look like a mix of SHG and Yamna.
http://www.anthrogenica.com/showthread.php?3694-ANE-K8-oracles-for-Euros-using-ancient-Euros-and-modern-Middle-easterns
But it has been confirmed Yamna-types made a big genetic impact, and more so in north Europe than in south Europe.
Corded ware, Bell Beaker, and Unetice from Germany were practically modern northern Europeans, and could fit as being mostly Yamna, with EEF and I'm sure also WHG ancestry.
Now we know the steps that took place to create north and east Europeans, and Yamna may be their main ancestor.
Southwest Europeans, even non-IE Basque, show the same signal of Yamna ancestry but much less. By much less I mean possible as much as 20%, which is alot considering how far away Russia is from Iberia.
@ Krefter @ David
One weird issue is how to reconcile the expected high ANE figures from Corded Ware, with the very low/no ANE from the BR1 and BR2 genomes, who are post corded-ware.
There seems to be a theme of autosomal diversity and inhomogeneity. We have very EEF-like genomes from bulgaria well into the Iron Age, even when IR2 and BR1-like genomes existed before. It seems like Europe was a jumble of diverse genotypes for a long period.
This makes me think that BR1 and BR2 were IE-ized culturally but not similar to Corded Ware genomically, and that the process of spread of ANE across Europe is not 100% correlated with the spread of IE culture across history, even when in the broadest sense movements from the steppe introduced ANE into Europe. Issues of class, ethnocultural status and adoption of culture with little introgression, probably kept high WHG, high EEF and high ANE genomes highly distinct for some period.
@ Krefter
About the Hap U connection, agree strongly.
David pointed out the reach of U into mesolithic Siberia years ago as well.
Addendum to previous comment: The whole picture painted by aDNA makes me think a consolidated, modern-looking picture for regional European autosomes took place very late, maybe well into historic times. The figures you quote seem to suggest slavic expansion driving up affinity to autochthonous WHG on top of Corded Ware+Farmers. This might be one such phenomenon.
This was certainly the case for e.g. Japan, SEAsia and South China. So might be similar for Europe.
I've never seen it. Offer it up. I might know more about Archaeology and the IE tree than you think. Several others too, I'm sure.
@ryu
"One weird issue is how to reconcile the expected high ANE figures from Corded Ware, with the very low/no ANE from the BR1 and BR2 genomes, who are post corded-ware."
Maybe different routes i.e.one group drifting west in the forest zone beyond the northern limit of LBK and another heading down the Danube with the two strands only mixing later?
"it would seem that Gravettian is an intrusive wave from West Asia (allegedly related to Amharian) that truly replaced the previous Aurignacian layer, at least partly and maybe in different degrees in different areas."
This is what makes me wonder about a single WHG - seems to me there ought to be two, the main one and a minority one mostly restricted to refuge zones mostly in the west.
What about r1b and bell beaker? Perhaps the implication is that only corded ware is from a yamnaya like source but r1b is from western anatolia via the aegean. Both finally clashing around 2500 BC in germany. I made a guess that r1a-L664 ancestors moved with r1b.
I doubt L664 moved into Europe with R1b from Anatolia. L664 very likely originated near the North Sea after its ancestral mutation CTS4385 moved west into Europe from the steppe, along with R1a-Z282.
The Corded Ware R1a haplotype from Eulau looks like CTS4385+ (L664-). In other words, its potentially ancestral to L664.
" if I recall correctly the divergence between R1b and R1a dates to ~10,000 years before the present"
Makes no sense whatsoever. The divergence is necessarily much much older (see Underhill 2014, which uses full sequence, the only way to make some "molecular clock" sense). It is R1a coalescence (node) which seems so recent (10-6 Ka) but R1 as such is like 3-4 times that age and the complex branching or R1b is much older than the very recent coalescence of R1a.
For practical purposes R1b and R1a are two different things, much like I is different from J. While R1a has low complexity it has some (particularly a sharp distinction between European and Asian main branches). R1b has a great complexity that reflects its likely very ancient migrations.
"Zarzian Migration towards the Urals"
Uh? Can you document that claim Nirjhar? I'm unaware of that "migration" or even that Zarzian existed with that label for so long (6000 years ago is fully in the midst of the Sumerian period and right at the very end of the Ubaid period, arguably the first "empire" ever) but I'm willing to learn.
@Krefter: "Theoretical Yamna is 25% ANE, 40% Near eastern, and 35% WHG" (from the linked forum thread)
Where do you get such high figures of "Near Eastern" component? Also, does that "Near Eastern" component includes or not the so called "Basal Eurasian" (African like) element found in EEFs?
Anyhow, please notice that Yamna culture as such had no impact in Europe west of the Odessa-Kaliningrad isthmus, being contemporary of Baalberge and Globular Amphorae, as well as other scattered nodes of early IE expansion in the Balcans, Caucasus and Central Asia. Yamna is what remained behind in the steppes after the first IE expansion waves and is likely at the ultimate origin of the Indo-Iranian branch (explained with nice maps: HERE).
For the record, because a lot of people imagine Yamna at the origin of IE expansion and it is just not correct. Although they were probably still good representatives of the original steppe IE stock (depending where the sample comes from).
"... north Euros can't be explained as Gok2+Yamna, there has to be significant Loschbour and Motala12-like ancestry".
That sounds like loosely correct to me but I'd like to see ancient samples (other than Motala, for example from Britain) to be safer. Also, in the case of Britain, Neolithic (Megalithic) colonization seems very strong and original from NW France. Why don't we see a Lochsbour IBD signal in them as we do among (North) French?
"Corded ware, Bell Beaker, and Unetice from Germany were practically modern northern Europeans"...
Maybe in the autosomal aspect (want clear data anyhow - all kind of doubts) but not in mtDNA, unless you pool them (i.e. unless you complete the process of admixture that was still incipient in the Late Chalcolithic).
"Southwest Europeans, even non-IE Basque, show the same signal of Yamna ancestry but much less".
Again I need clear data and a discernment of what is actually "Yamna" and what is "Motala". It's obvious that Basques have double ANE than Sardinians but it was unclear if that was caused by greater ANE affinity of WHGs relative to EEFs or by later waves, as you propose. And, if it is later waves, what part is attributable to actual IE flows (Yamna-like) and what part to earlier contacts with NW Europe (Motala-like)? 20% IE genetic infiltration seems a very high figure for peoples who were still speaking pre-IE languages (presumably Neolithic languages) in Roman times and where IE cultural (and demic) flows had only began arriving c. 1300 BCE (Urnfields wedge via Catalonia). If real it needs an explanation but, so far lacking detailed data, I cast a big question mark on this claim. Also notice how the paleohistorical Basque mtDNA pool (rather well documented nowadays) seems stable since at least Chalcolithic (possibly even Neolithic proper), what strongly suggests a continuity that does not allow for 20-25% IE immigration, much less if we understand that whatever IEs arriving so far West were already heavily mixed, so it'd be like 50%, something I deem impossible because it would have meant the indoeuropeanization of Basques (and Aquitanians, Iberians, etc.) necessarily.
Therefore there's some sort of substantial error in your estimates, Krefter. But, considering they are a draft, all is good.
@Ryukendo: "the process of spread of ANE across Europe is not 100% correlated with the spread of IE culture across history"
Almost certainly right. The ANE signal is very interesting but should not be taken as automatically meaning IE genetic flow from the steppes in every case. Not at this (oh-so-preliminary) stage of the research certainly.
I already mentioned above that NW Europe (particularly the islands, where the population seems largely stable since Neolithic) has way too high ANE to have been caused by IE flows alone. The Motala mystery must be addressed properly before we jump to conclusions, likely to be too hasty.
My very tentative opinion is that, in the context of Atlantic Neolithic (~ Megalithic phenomenon) there were significant demic flows between SW and NW Europe that altered the simple WHG-EEF landscape described by Lazaridis. Extra complexity as you suggest may have also existed, of course, but even in the simplified scenarios there are way too many things that do not fit.
''I'm willing to learn.''
Please do that in the NI Blog as it is discussed and should be discussed more there:).
BTW Maju What is the age for R1a-M417 mutation??
@Nirjhar:
Link, please! I can't recall all the comments, articles or whatever other references that I'm sure you remember perfectly but I do not.
Okay, But please answer the question first:)
About the link in the Article there are various references for Zarzian migrations to the Urals the important one is from Bernard Sergent's data from his book (Les Indo-Européens. Histoire, langues, mythes, Paris 1995).
Re-Read it make your points....
@Grey:
"This is what makes me wonder about a single WHG - seems to me there ought to be two, the main one and a minority one mostly restricted to refuge zones mostly in the west".
Yes... but what about the LGM and post-LGM rearrangements? They'd be internally European (no new waves from West Asia in any case, it seems) but they could be very complex. Also we don't understand well the expansion of Gravettian, how much it mixed with the previous layer, etc. In the particular case of Iberia (excluded Basque Country probably) it'd seem that Gravettian had more impact than Aurignacian or any other wave. On the other hand Magdalenian is like a "neo-Aurignacian" with harpoons (and it's been argued that it arose from epi-Aurignacian survival pockets, maybe in North France or Dordogne or wherever). And there are other complexities.
Well, the case is that do not understand well enough the demic-cultural processes affecting Europe and how they unfolded in the more than 30 millennia of Upper Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic. But one thing seems most likely: at least two different waves from West Asia seem to have happened prior to the LGM. And in this context it can be argued that one could be related (with all cautions) to yDNA I and mtDNA U (U5 particularly) and the other to yDNA R1b and mtDNA HV (H particularly).
My tentative idea is that it'd be Gravettian the one associated to R1b/HV and Aurignacian (and later Magdalenian) to I/U5. But this looks like it could be extremely oversimplifying, so there should be room to greater complexity, admixture and patchiness.
@Postneo: "r1b is from western anatolia via the aegean."
This has two common misunderstandings:
1. Western Anatolian Neolithic is more recent than Thessalian Neolithic, so all chances are that West Anatolia as such did not have a genetic nor cultural impact in the European Neolithic (whose known origin is Thessaly) but rather than the immigrant seed of EEFs actually arrived via a coastal migration (they were good sailors judging on Cardial culture and Cyprus may well have been an intermediate step).
2. European R1b does not clearly derive from Anatolian R1b but both derive from a common source that could well be Balcanic (or alternatively West Asian, but in this case Iran seems a more likely option).
In any case, European R1b is in essence (M412) a distinctive subclade with its own patterns: a relatively rare core R1b-M412* that suggests origins somewhere between Hungary and the Pyrenees and then two subclades: R1b-S116 (the most common one) originating almost certainly in SW Europe and R1b-U106 originating probably near the Netherlands. Hence R1b in Europe (S116 and U106) most likely expanded from Western original cores, regardless of timeline (although my best estimates make it happen between the LGM and Epipaleolithic, for the record).
→ http://leherensuge.blogspot.com/2010/08/r1b1b2a1-is-almost-unique-of-west.html
→ http://leherensuge.blogspot.com/2010/05/finally-some-good-research-on-r1b1b2.html
Tesmos said...
I doubt R1b is from Anatola. i guess that R1b expanded deeper in Europe from the Southwestern steppes.
Perhaps you can enlighten the rest of us why R1b succeeded in all habitable regions of Europe during the stone age, but common haplogroups like I2, I1, now defunct branches of I* (pre-I1?), C-V20 died out or nearly died out.
I'm curious what theory or technological advantage the "stone age" R1b guys might have had over equivalents of their time.
Don't counter with giving me statistics on tiny outlier populations in the Balkans or NE Europe where R1b is low. My statement is clear that "Habitable" is referring to locations which would have drawn people and encouraged outbreeding. Not only that but we're aware that I2/I1 were at the very latest present in stone age Europe.
@AWood:
No idea. I only know the data and what the data says is that.
My best idea, as the PC model seems inviable, is that populations dominated by those R1b subclades (and lots of mtDNA H) re-expanded within that expansion from the Atlantic in Megalithic times. But only further evidence can confirm this hypothesis (so far nothing clear).
I'm not Maju, but I'd say R1a1a1-M417 is about 4-7 thousand years old, based on average branch lengths from Hallast et al 2014, with K at 50 kya. We know from aDNA that it is more than 3400 years old, but that doesn't help much. We should of course have solid aDNA calibration very soon for a much better estimate.
So I guess more or less Chalcolithic, in the same time frame as the spread of wheeled vehicles, Caucasus copper metallurgy, extended trade networks stretching from the Pontic Steppe and E Mediterranean to Tajikistan and India, the Kurgan expansion, Kura-Araxes expansion, beginning of the Early Harappan, cultural influence from South Asia into the Kopet-Dag region.... And umpteen other things, which may or may not be connected.
R1, using the same method, should be around 24 kyo, give or take a few millennia. R1b1a2-M269 looks to be around 6-8 kyo.
"Near eastern" aka "ENF" is a proxy for early Neolithic near eastern farmers that Davidski created. Stuttgart is 68-72% ENF and 28-32% WHG.
http://eurogenes.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/crowdfunding-for-2015-new-test.html
Here's my thread agian:(http://www.anthrogenica.com/showthread.php?3694-ANE-K8-oracles-for-Euros-using-ancient-Euros-and-modern-Middle-easterns).
My oracles reveal that Northwest Europeans can't be explained as European hunter gatherer(WHG+ANE) and EEF. So at some point there was heavy gene flow from somewhere east(more ANE-like) of west Europe.
We know it wasn't from west Asian-like populations, so what does that leave us with? East Europe.
It looks like to me Southwest Europeans simply were less effect by this admixture event.
In a basic PCA of west Eurasia you can see a cline starting at Sardinians and going all the way to Lithuanians. Northwest and southwest Europeans are in-between the two.
I forgot to mention Maju, that theoretical Yamna beats out Motala12 and modern middle easterns almost every time, as the source of ANE in Europeans. The Gaussian method is best.
There's no way Hunter gatherers are the main source of ANE for any Europeans. Lithuanians are the best proxy for most, but It is possible a Lithuanian-like pop was created from a EEF+SHG/WHG+Yamna admixture event.
Cernavoda matches the accepted age of ancestral L23(ancestor of L51 and Z2103/2105) at 4200BCE.
@Krefter: I don't understand well what is your basis for your "theoretical Yamna", personally I'd advocate for a much smaller "Near Eastern" apportion in that group but better let's just wait for a sample or two, OK? In the end, our opinions and models are pretty much rendered worthless if direct evidence says otherwise.
Anyway, using David's "fateful triangle" model, an a ruler and a calculator, and assuming the early Kurgan people were somewhere between NE European and Volga-Ural, I get that their WHG was around x2.6 their ANE (top axis), while you instead claim that it's just x1.4. Then the WHG+ANE is like x2.5 the ENF, so my "theoretical Yamna" is:
→ 29% ENF (<40%)
→ 20% ANE (<25%)
→ 51% WHG (>35%)
We are not that far from each other but I feel you're minimizing the WHG component and aggrandizing the others.
But then again, lacking a direct sample we can't but speculate. What if the real Yamna was (as is very possible) a more simple WHG+ANE composite with almost no ENF, for example? There's nothing that argues against a, say mere 5% ENF, all the rest coming from EEFs and other later admixtures maybe. Only actual ancient DNA data can tell us how they actually were.
"My oracles reveal that Northwest Europeans can't be explained as European hunter gatherer(WHG+ANE) and EEF".
Can't they? West Scots:
→ 1 pop.: Gokheim
→ 2 pops.: Armenian+Motala
→ 4 pops: Cyprus+Georgia+2xMotala
What do we see here? That (barring Gokheim) Motala is key. And what is Motala? Aboriginal Euro with more ANE than WHG and less than what I'd expect from Yamna. Where does the West Asian element (not ENF) come from? EEFs, naturally. And why is the West Asian element "displaced north"? Not sure but it's possible that it is because those pops have more WHG+ANE affinity than Palestinians (close to ENF). What happens if you force ENF or Palestinians as one of the references (is it even in your list?) that the Paleo-Euro and the Paleo-Siberian components grow. It's all cladistics and the choice of pops is key.
Really: why don't you have a Palestinian sample or a "theoretical ENF" one? You're artificially enhancing the West Asian element in those "oracles" by not having the right references.
Of course if you told me that "I do have a Palestinian/ENF sample but just does not shows up", then I would have to reconsider but my impression is that you're artificially displacing the West Asian immigrant pop. to the North by using the wrong reference pops.
The French example instead works well (quite as expected from Lazaridis): Motala+(Neolithic_Hungary+Stuttgart=2x EEF)+"Yamna", what may need a correction because we do not how exactly were the real Yamna people. Also apportions do not need to be exact quarters nor halves, so it'd be cool if your "oracle" algorithm could calculate other percentiles, because that may be a cause of error and confusion in itself.
What I retain of your attempt is that in 1st position for all Western European populations (and some not so western nor so modern) in the single best approximate, it's invariably Gokhem. That alone speaks volumes!
The abstract above says that Yamnaya had its ANE lowered by ~5000 years ago after mixing with people of Near Eastern ancestry.
So it's highly unlikely that Yamnaya had almost no ENF (aka Near Eastern admixture).
Patterson said that linguistic evidence has tracked the ancestral language, called “late proto-Indo-European” to about 3,500 years ago in the Caucasus, among a people who had wheeled vehicles at a time when they were just being put into use.
Genetic evidence ruled out one likely related group in the region, the Yamnaya, because their DNA showed the group had hunter-gatherer ancestry, which is inconsistent with the fact that two Indo-European groups, Armenians and Indians, don’t share it, Patterson said. That made Patterson look south, to the Maikop civilization, which likely had significant contact with the Yamnaya, as a plausible culture where Indo-European languages originated. Samples have been obtained from Maikop burial sites, but the DNA work to test that proposal is pending, Patterson said.
3,500 years ago is the late Bronze Age. So the date is wrong.
There are other problems with that article too.
The abstract you posted has a date of 12-12-2014, the article I quoted is 4-12-2014, I think that abstract was probably written before Patterson gave the interview. Do you think Patterson didn't read the article and wouldn't have had it corrected if they misquoted him?
Yes, I think the reporter made a mess of Patterson's presentation, and it wasn't corrected.
Presume you are incorrect and the article is valid, why would they completely rule out the Yamna for having hunter gatherer ancestry? Would they rule them out if it was only hunter gatherer autosomal they contained, would it be logical to?
Maju, and others:
Only when you realize the problem of making statements like "Corded ware was northern Indo-European", or 'pre-Germanic and Balto-Slavic', or the Catacomb culture was a "Graeco-Indo-Iranian' block, then you can *only begin to develop a more sophisticated understanding of European prehistory.
Its a very specific thing to be incorrect about...
Peoples of the Baltic circle of cultures (Ertebo/lle) were hunters and fishermen, and produced only one or two pottery forms. This was a rather tall, broad-faced population of the North Europoid type, who buried their dead in the extended position on the back.
Certain cultures of syncretic appearance involving Northern and Southern features were formed in Central Europe and the Baltic during the 4th-3rd millennium BC, e.g. Comb Ware, TRB, and Globular Amphora cultures. During the Early Bronze Age these cultures were displaced by the Corded Ware (Battle Axe) culture characterized by flexed inhumation on the back or side under a barrow. Specifically, this culture embraces both bottle-like vessels and bowls with funnel-like neck of the Northern circle of cultures, and also vessels of the Danubian type. In an anthropological sense this population combines traits of southern gracile and northern massive types, in particular bearers of TRB culture (Schwidetzky 1978).
The Yamna culture of the Pontic-Caspian steppe is recorded for an enormous territory between the North-Western Pontic area and Trans-Uralia. Its sites are known here in the basin of the Emba and Tobol rivers, the Karaganda region and further eastward (Merpert 1974). The Yamna population generally belongs to the European race. It was tall (175.5cm), dolichocephalic, with broad faces of medium height. Among them there were, however, more robust elements with high and wide faces of the proto-Europoid type, and also more gracile individuals with narrow and high faces, probably reflecting contacts with the East Mediterranean type (Kurts 1984: 90).
http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/2006/05/anthropological-types-of-corded-ware.html
Maju, I didn't explain how theoretical Yamna came about.
Theortical Yamna is based on leaks Reich and Laz have given about Yamna genomes over the last few months.
Here's a hand drawn PCA someone gave Davidski. LNE/EBA=German Bell Beaker and Unetice. MNE is middle Neolithic(Germany) and ENE is early Neolithic(Germany). CWC is German Corded ware, and EHG are Mesolithic Russians.
http://imageshack.com/f/540/blmKW4.png
It was said that Yamna(from Samara Russia) could be modeled as 50% Aremenian and 50% EHG. Making them as Near eastern as Central Europeans, so and making it impossible for north Europeans to be Yamna+Gok2.
Another leak said CWC could be fit as 73% Yamna, and no Europeans today could be fit so high, and Lithuanians were the highest today. We assumed they predicted Yamna ancestry purely based on ANE, and so if Lithuanians with 18-20% ANE are close to 70% Yamna(assumption), maybe Yamna had something like 25% ANE. So 40% near eastern, 25% ANE, leaves us with 35% WHG.
If anything 35% WHG is a high-bound estimate for Yamna.
Romulus,
I can't presume I'm incorrect, because obviously the date in that article ought to be 3,500 BCE, which is the early phase of the Maikop culture. That's just basic knowledge and the only thing that makes sense in this context.
And it also seems to me that the proposal Patterson is testing is that the earliest Proto-Indo-Europeans had very little WHG ancestry and expanded from the Maikop culture both north into Yamnaya and south into Armenia and India.
If so, this would get around the problem that Armenians and Indians supposedly don't harbor any WHG ancestry.
However, since we're dealing with a language spread, then it might not be a problem in the first place, because we can't expect to find specific autosomal signals in every group that adopted Indo-European speech.
And I'd like to see how Patterson worked out that Armenians don't have any hunter-gatherer ancestry. I'm very skeptical of this claim.
I'd hate to break this to you, but reporters make mistakes all the time, particularly in science articles, so second hand sources like these aren't very useful, especially when the mistakes are very obvious, like that 3,500 YBP date. Also, Patterson put out a paper not long ago saying that all Europeans had significant East Asian ancestry: Ancient Admixture in Human History. That was a mistake. He makes mistakes too, like we all do.
What point are you making with those outdated anthro quotes?
We already know that Corded Ware and Yamnaya fit into modern North and East European genetic variation.
lol 3500 years ago? That has to be a typo or the reporter misunderstood what was being said.
Wheeled vehicles came into existence during the second half of the 4th millenium BC, so 3500 BCE has to be what was meant.
That is a really complicated answer, the simple answer is that they didn't find R1a in the Yamna, or that they found a majority I.
OK, here's a much less complicated answer that you might actually understand: 3,500 years ago? LOL
Did you get that? Just wanna make sure.
3500 BC fits though. That kind of typo I can see. Getting one of the core points wrong, especially a follow up quote from Patterson about having to look south to the Maikop for the PIE people seems unlikely.
You're missing the point. If they got that wrong, then what else did they get wrong?
Actually, the other key point you're missing is that this has nothing to do with Y-DNA, but rather with inflated hunter-gatherer ancestry among the Yamnaya, which Armenians and Indians supposedly lack.
That's what's causing the models not to fit. These models they're testing are based on autosomal ancestry.
If we assume ANE K8, west Eurasian PCAs based on genptype, and the Basal Eurasian+WHG+ANE model are true, there's a very low chance east Europe isn't the main source for west European ANE.
There's absolutely no way around this, so I don't understand why you keep pushing for local ANE in west Europe.
In Oracles the Gaussian method is much more accurate than the Least-squares method.
Rankings don't matter, Oracle scores are what matter.
For west Scots this is a very good fit.
1 50% Yamna +25% Loschbour +25% Neolithic_Hungary @ 1.878936
I think you are grasping at straws :). They wouldn't ignore uniparental markers. You can tell by the language they use in the abstract you posted. Two words are important imo, "descended" and "affinity".
If the Yamna don't show any Y DNA I I'll donate $50 to your blog.
I think you misunderstood what David was saying, Romulus. He isn't saying they did not recover Y-DNA from Yamnaya.
What he is saying is that the claim made by Patterson that Armenians and Indians lack the hunter-gatherer ancestry found in Yamnaya peoples, was made based on autosomal results and not based on sex-specific markers.
Chad said...
Yamnaya is modeled as 50% Armenian and 50% Karelian. You can't get 51% WHG with that. Our model follows the outline of the study. It could be that Yamnaya is 23%ANE, Corded at 16%, and Bell Beaker at 13%. Either way, they have to be close to 40% Near Eastern, as that is about half of what Armenians are.
2/3 Yamnaya makes sense for Corded, as that is what I figured, just based on how they deviate from the 73% mark when a line a drawn from Gok2. About 60% Yamnaya is my guess. Corded Ware likely evolved out of the northern area around Samara and to the west. More than 75% of Yamnaya is found below this mark, so I would bet that there could certainly be IEs living in Yamnaya that are close to 60% Near Eastern with little WHG. Probably less than 10-15%. This would solve the WHG issue. They need samples from the Pontic region to get a full picture.
The quotes attributed to Patterson in that article you posted are related to the autosomal DNA of the Yamnaya samples and the mixture/migration models based on it.
Whether the Yamnaya Y-chromosomes were tested or not is completely irrelevant to these mixture/migration models and the statements attributed to Patterson.
Do you understand what I'm saying?
I would bet my money rather on lineages such as J* and R1b and maybe some R1a (not meaning there wasn't already R1a in the Steppes) beeing brought by Caucasian like pastoralists from Kurdistan-North Iran into the Yamna horizone.
@Krefter 40-50% WHG is far too high Not even modern Ukrain and South Russia, which has been heavily influenced by the Slavic expansion has that high WHG admixture. IF Western Europea was 50/50 farmer WHG like, and the Steppes differed in having much more affinity to ANE than West Europans. How can WHG reach levels of 50% in Steppes?
If we take into account that your average North Caucasian has levels of 7-10% WHG, and that WHG is a minor component in all Indo Europeans outside Europe, I think an average of 20% WHG in Yamna is a good guess.
We already know that Yamnaya and Corded Ware genomes cluster much further north than early and middle Neolithic farmers from Western and Central Europe, the latter of which are around 50/50 WHG/ENF.
So you need to take that into account. The estimate of 40% or more WHG among the Yamnaya might well be correct, and indeed, this is what might be causing the problems for Patterson.
I think that our Yamnaya was 36% WHG, correct?
Yes, which put it close to the Erzya people of the middle Volga region on the K8 PCA.
"So you need to take that into account. The estimate of 40% or more WHG among the Yamnaya might well be correct, and indeed, this is what might be causing the problems for Patterson."
I never thought of that. Middle Neolithic Germans must have been 35% or more WHG, and Yamna is much farther north, not just east of them.
CWC or BB+EEF might not work for many modern Europeans, but the similarity between bronze age Central Euros(In Hungary and German) with modern Euros, is no coincidence(I guess a similar genetic makeup can be created multiple times), and since the bronze age not a whole lot has changed.
The only people excluded from this even are Sardinians.
The Neolithic Spanish genomes are probably what caused this paper to be later than expected.
It was a horrible idea of Reich to do this in my opinion, because everyone knows Neolithic Spain was the same as Neolithic Germany, Sweden, Hungary, etc. If anything he should have gotten a bronze age Spaniard, or a bronze age genome west of Germany in general.
Yeah, this paper would really kick ass if it also had:
- Near Eastern Neolithic farmers
- Bell Beakers from Iberia
- Sintashta samples
@David: yes, it says so but which are the figures? Is it 10%, 20% or 40% (as K. claims a bit happily)?
Also what kind of Near Eastern input is that: ENF/proto-Palestinian as in EEF or some other sort of more Northernly kind, as in K's "oracles"? I ask this because in some ADMIXTURE analysis it's possible to spot that dual kind of West Asian genetic influence in Europeans in an apparently irregular manner, so wondering.
@Mike: you come again arrogant and jerky, so I pass of even discussing whatever may be worth in your comment. Suffice to say that we disagree almost totally.
My personal guess is
20% WHG, 50% NE farmer and 30% ANE.
There are simply too many points speaking against this.
1. There was some statement made by Lazaridis and co that Yamna can be explained as 50/50 "Armenian like farmer and Karelian.
Average Near East for Armenians is 78%. Average of Near East for pure NE Europeans is 25%. This is roughly 50% Near East.
2. WHG is very minor in every Indo European group outside of Europe. Which again speaks against WHG as a strong elements.
3. We know that Yamna and every ther late and post neolithic sample in Europe cluster further NorthEAST. How does Yamna clustering further Northeast indicate more WHG in them, if the ANE element on itself can explain this as well?
So ~30% ANE in combination with 20% WHG can is much more of a possibility as 50% WHG.
Corded Ware was 1/3 different from Yamna this adds more WHG into the game for them.
Kurti & Maju,
We don't know how much EEF or ENF admixture the Yamnaya genomes have. But we do know that they cluster just southeast of Corded Ware genomes, which themselves cluster in present-day North Central Europe.
It seems that the reason Yamnaya cluster there is because of a greater pull towards MA-1, which probably translates to more ANE ancestry, rather than a higher level of EEF/ENF/Near Eastern admixture.
Indeed, there's really only one type of Near Eastern admixture, which is what I call ENF on my K8 PCA. The others that show up in various Admixture runs form due to the variable levels of ANE and probably very recent drift among modern Near Eastern and Caucasian populations.
The Karelian genomes are from the Mesolithic, so they probably have 0% Near Eastern admixture.
Thus, 50/50 Armenian/Karelian is much less than 50% Near Eastern.
The majority point however which speaks against WHG beeing present close to 40-50% is that no Indo European outside of Europe show enough of this ancestral component. If it were only some groups we could argue that WHG got deluded. But all Indo Europeans outside Europe (suprise suprise the place where WHG peaks before IE expansion) have very little of that.
Also what I forget to add. No even nowadays, after the Slavic expansion which should increase WHG allot, does it reaches anywhere close to 50%. Even Ukrainians have around 44% despite beeing relative "new comers" from further North.
Simply too many aspects speaking against WHG as major component imo.
Has anyone on Reich's team commented on ANE K8, or anything people on this blog have theorized about Yamna? I'm afraid the BB-WHG-ANE model is going to fall apart after their study. We might not get numbers from their study we're familiar with, just new models for relatedness and admixture.
What's your rough estimate for WHG among the Karelian hunter-gatherers?
Keep in mind that the nearby Swedish hunter-gatherers were 80% + WHG.
Krefter,
I'm pretty sure all of these new samples will land within the K8 triangle.
@Davidski "so they probably have 0% Near Eastern admixture."
OK but probably is not sure enough though.
The Armenian/Karelian thing was a rough explanation anyways. But still that would make ~40% Near East. Which I still think is higher considering that Yamna was an agricultural society to begin with and I don't know of any agricultural society with below 50% Near East.
But than even if it was below 50%.
That would only increase my estimations for ANE, because the other arguments against strong WHG still stay.
@Davidski"What's your rough estimate for WHG among the Karelian hunter-gatherers?
Keep in mind that the nearby Swedish hunter-gatherers were 80% + WHG."
As already said I doubt that Yamna can perfectly be explained as 50/50 karelian/Armenian, it was probably a rough visualation. Otherwise the ANE scores would be around ~16%. That doesn't sound like very much to me as the recent speaches of Reich, and lazaridis would indiciate.
And I already gave other reasons why I don't believe WHG could be that strong. Simply because other Indo Europeans outside Europe are very weak in that. Heck even Semites from The Levant and North Africans have much more of it.
I would correct my estimations to from 20 to 30% WHG at max. But still I doubt for many reasons.
I said probably because they might have a couple per cent, who knows? But I know for a fact they cluster as far north as the Swedish foragers, so even a couple per cent is unlikely.
These Karelian foragers have to be mostly WHG. That's probably why Armenians were chosen as the other 50% for Yamnaya, because they have some ANE. If the Karelians had extremely high ANE, like nearly 50%, then Stuttgart would suffice as the other 50%.
And what do you mean that the Yamnaya genomes have to be over 50% Near Eastern because they're from an agricultural society? Northeast Europeans were agricultural too until recently, when they started becoming urbanized. This argument can't be applied to post-Neolitic populations.
Kurti, we can only guess what Yamna was based on Leaks. The 50/50 Armenian/EHG thing might not be exactly correct. That is the basis of our estimate on what Yamna would score in ANE K8.
There's no disputing now that Bronze age pops from east Europe made a big effect on all western Europeans, but we don't know whether Samara Yamna is the best proxy for that eastern pop(s?), and we are even further from knowing what type of people brought IE languages to Asia.
IEs may have made little genetic impact on Asia.
It would be nice to get a genome of a early Indo Iranian from Iran or India.
Obviously I hit a nerve with the basques
Sorry that , for you , nationalism takes precedence over scholarship
Why would ANE in the Yamnaya genomes be only 16% with a 50/50 Karelian forager/Armenian model?
If the ancient Karelians had something like <40% ANE, and the modern Armenians even just 12%, that makes around 25% ANE, which sounds reasonable.
Here's another problem, Maju mentioned.
Celts expanded recently and much of western Europe before Rome was non-IE. So, how do we explain the ANE? One way or another most of it must of come from east Europe.
Assuming all ANE in Basque is of east Euro origin, Basque have to have a big chunk of east Euro ancestry. To be honest this sounds wrong.
Where's the archaeological evidence of over 30% of west Europe's gene pool being replaced during the bronze age, before Celts expanded?
We always have to consider in the back of our minds the Laz 2013/14 model might be wrong.
You would still need an explanation why Basques and in fact all modern Europeans except the HGDP Sardinians cluster east of all Neolithic and Copper Age genomes from Western and Central Europe.
I can't see a better explanation than the arrival of ANE in most of Europe after the final Neolithic.
Armenians are 15% ANE. Karelians are probably double that, or a bit more. Yamnaya will be near 25% ANE.
@Krefter: that plot is most interesting. On that data alone CW and derived groups were almost exactly 50% EEF + 50% EHG, maybe with a slight tendency towards ANE only. This is a very simple explanation for the admixture in late Chalcolithic Central Europe (and the main source of ANE further west).
It seems apparent that the "Lazaridis triangle" (WHG-EEF-ANE) can and should be replaced here by a new triangle EHG-EEF/ENE-ANE in order to explain best CW and the rest of the Kurgan peoples. I annotated that here for our convenience.
If so CW/(...)/Unetice appear as almost exact 50-50 admixture of EHGs and EEFs (ENE, the proportions vary slightly using MNE but I stuck to ENE for consistence with Lazaridis' EEF). Yamna is about the same as CWC but with strongest tendency towards ANE (and maybe also slightly towards EHG).
There's no apparent need per the graphic to get West Asians (other than the fraction already present in EEF/ENE) in this. Also, as a side note, Armenians are surely not the best proxy for West Asianness, as they quite apparently have some European backmigrant ancestry (attributable to Phrygians) and hence may introduce confusing factors. It only becomes necessary, maybe, if you stick to the "Lazaridis triangle" but if there's already an EHG sample that explains things better...
I'm guessing that the EHG sample is Kostenki 14 and therefore not too reliable as representative (too old) and therefore Reich et al. feel the need to explain the displacement of Yamna towards the bottom of the graph, which indeed looks like pushed by some Caucasus-like population.
An alternative explanation could be that it is a mix of WHG+ANE (or something equivalent) with only a very slight West Asian tendency. I will have to accept that you know more of those leaks and that there are actual formal tests that actually suggest that Caucasus-like apportion - but I want to read it in depth before I make up my mind.
Thanks for sharing that information in any case. Very interesting and worth thinking about it.
"Rankings don't matter, Oracle scores are what matter."
I thought they were sorted by best score. My bad.
I know it's sounds wushu washy, but we need to fully exclude the seeds of change to be *within* Europe itself ?
Are u content we have done this ?
"IEs may have made little genetic impact on Asia.''
Also archaeological,archaeotextual,anthropological,traditional.
Still no problems then....
''It would be nice to get a genome of a early Indo Iranian from Iran or India.''''
Rakhigarhi coming soon....
So if CW derived groups were almost 50% EEF (~40% ENF) like and 50% H&G (which already includes at least ~20% ANE). despite beeing 1/3 local substratum
How can we assume that Yamna could have been anything over 20-30% WHG?
I also gave my other arguments against this.
And I will add another one. Lets assume.
Yamna was 40% WHG, they would have to be more ENF like anyways since they would be slightly further south than CW. But just for the heck of it let's assume their ENF was also just 40%.
Only 20% would remain for ANE. 20% ANE is almost the same amount as among modern Northeast Europeans. So why would Lazarides, Reich speak of substantial MORE ANE in Yamna if it was the same amount found in modern Northeast, Central-East Europeans.
Alone if we take into account that some of the ANE must have been deluded on it's way further into Europe.
Absolutely NO WAY is it possible that ANE could have been as low as 15-20%
Now at all the other arguments
weak WHG in Indo Europeans outside Europe and even higher in Afro_Asiatic speakers
All the close neighbors, who have not been affected by the Slavic expansion do not have anything close to 30%, let alone 40% WHG
EHG = Mesolithic Karelians
Another "cheap analysis" on your leaked plot, Krefter: HERE. What that plot suggests to me is that the "Lazaridis triangle" WGH-EEF-ANE can be simplified and reduced to a new "Reich triangle" in which the ANE vortex is replaced by a much more real vortex in Yamna itself. This seems enough to explain modern European ancestry (barring maybe some places like Sicily) as WHG-EEF-Yamna, which seems archaeologically consistent.
My logic to do that "shrinking" was that if K14 (EHG) is problematic for too old, the same can be said of Ma1 (ANE). They are not representative (neither) of early Holocene populations of Europe, even if they are possibly their partial ancestors (particularly of Yamna people).
So there is another problem about what was behind the Yamna genesis but, following your plot, it would seem that they can be explained (tentatively at least) as a mix of EHG-ANE-EEF, without obvious need to resort to further West Asian inputs.
All that is annotated in this last graph, for our easier visualization. Please tell me what you think.
We have Yamnaya at 38% Near Eastern, 36% WHG, and 26% ANE. It works. Why wrestle with it?
26% ANE, then CW is at least 66% of that. We went by the original 73%, and had CW at 19% ANE. 26% ANE is quite a bit more than 19%. It causes a major eastward shift.
@Chad
who were the EEHGs according to you then???
I think they're about 65% WHG, 35% ANE.
To all
Let me ask a simple question:
Why does Ust-Ishm shared more derived alleles to the Mesolithic European sample from La Brana than modern Europeans ? How does this sit with a position for 'massive eastern Intrusions' c. 4000 BC ?
COuld it be the antiquity of Ust-Ishm itself ?
I did share with Reich, where I thought everyone would plot. Plus, some other hypothesis' about the shift. He didn't tip his cap though. He just said thanks.
''I think they're about 65% WHG, 35% ANE.''
And their Y-DNA Structure?
You can't put a triangle on that plot because it's based on a genotype PCA. You can only put triangles on plots created with output from Admixture, Structure etc.
There are no hints in any of the data we have seen to date or in the leaks coming through about the new data that expansions from within Western and/or Central Europe after the Neolithic could have produced the current European genetic structure.
All indications are that all Western and Central Europeans could be fit as pure WHG or mixtures between WHG and ancient Near Easterners (ENF) until the final Neolithic. Then, rather abruptly from the Copper Age onwards, no Europeans could be fit like that except some Sardinians.
Go up to 35% WHG and we have a deal.
I'm not sure... R1a is a common choice, I wouldn't be bad, but there is a good chunk of L23 and M73 among the Bashkir, today.
Maybe, a C and a Q scattered around as well.. It's just gonna have to wait for the paper.
@ Mike Thomas
Well, I think many of the disagreements have sublimated into semantics at this point. But they are still valid.
I don't think people here ever made a biology=culture argument. ANE not 100% associated with IE is probably true, but ANE generally associated with the spread of IE culture is probably true as well.
'Culture is only a social construct'
We had a class recently where a group of history graduate students attempted to dispute the existence of the 'east Eurasia cultural complex' and 'west Eurasia cultural complex' in Niall Ferguson and Pomeranz and other world hist texts with precisely that argument. Some of the undergraduates incl. me--the 'less educated ones' if you would like--immediately disputed this, because this was obviously a misunderstanding of the authors' terms. The authors were obviously using these words to refer to a system of inheritance of practices and ideas--which is what culture is; and it makes no sense to trace the bulk of the culture of Ming China to Ancient Egypt, no matter how hard we try. Such things as curly-leaved plantlike border decorations and realistic portrayal of the human form in sculpture, or anthropomorphic sculptures of gods, would not be present in East Asia in the post-Qin period were it not for contact with West Eurasia, which was set apart from East Asia in having these early on and having them all over. So distinct traditions exist, and these terms obviously have methodological significance at the very least, even if the boundaries were permeable. Just because colors are arbitrarily defined doesn't mean they are a 'social construct' and don't exist.
The existence of an 'IE culture' is abundantly inferred by philologists and linguists. It has been noted for some time that IE-speaking areas tend to associate knowledge and religion with sight, and semitic areas assoc. same with hearing. Linguistics give Proto-IE *wid, 'see/know' to become Ind 'Vedas', Eng 'wise, wit', Lat 'videre', Gr 'idea', 'eidon'--a testament to the deep grooves such a culture has carved in myth, epic, and even philosophy in West Eurasia even today since the axial age.
In fact, Dumezil's scholarship traces a trifunctional separation of priest and warriors over husbandmen, and India and Europe maintained the intellectual separation of the position of priesthood and coercive power well into the historic period, while on the other hand the Midddle East and China/Japan have sacred and worldy power fused, are essentially ceasaropapist in political origins and retain strong vestiges today, as Fukuyama highlights.
So 'IE culture' is undeniable, no matter how complex the social milieu.
@David: Sure, I know it's a simplification and that more data is needed but anyhow the Lazaridis triangle at least is implicit in the PC graph, so I wonder if the other triangles I tentatively inferred are also valid. Particularly relevant is the case of the "Reich triangle" in which we can skip ANE (a poor reference) and replace it directly with Yamna (a good one). The Yamna genesis is surely a bit more complicated but still worth wondering about.
Last of all, I think you can forgive us if we doubt the usefulness of paleoanthropology/'advanced anthropological models' in the understanding of human history. That entire field is absolutely notorious for its political bias from the time of Boas. It tried to whitewash human history of any sign of violence or migration, and had to be literally strongarmed into accepting theory after theory it had formerly anathemised/villified after evidence--most often from other fields--came to contradict it directly.
When evidence of widespread cannibalistic infanticide and domestic violence in Australian Aborigines surfaced, it was censored for three decades. When people raised the hunting hypothesis, they were villified. When Jane Goodall uncovered warfare in Chimps, she was castigated. When people investigated death rates and reprod. success of tribal warriors, they were ostracized. When the bonobo sex utopia was described in Sex at Dawn it was promptly refuted by primatologists. Now we know better.
The interpretation of the neolithic by anthropologists/archaeologists was literally forced to change to migrationist by ancient DNA, and, if you count Cavalli-Sforza and mtDNA, shocks to the discipline have been forced in this way no less than three times. The evidence in archaeology was always the same, but it was genetics that provided more solid information than the countless volumes of 'diffusionist' vs 'migrationist' debate/interpretations could ever give.
Until recently everyone thought that people all over north Eurasia descended mostly in a stream of paleolithic local continuity from 'interpretation', and this was completely overturned. It turned out that archaeological groupings reveal precious little about the autosomes of those concerned.
Since places like UCL are already fusing data crunching on pop gen, aDNA and archaeology in wholly new methodologies, I have no doubt that future publications in those esteemed journals of yours will be affected by the results here, in time.
I didn't pick the ancestral populations that form the K8 triangle.
The ANE, WHG and ENF populations have left very strong signals in modern genomes, so much so that even after tens of thousands of years I can tell that the Karitiana are ~42% ANE, Lezgins ~27%, Lithuanians ~18%, and so on.
These results can be reproduced using different samples and different marker sets, and I don't even need ancient reference samples to get the correct ANE scores, more or less anyway.
But without such strong signals there's not much I can do. Kostenk14, for example, doesn't seem to want to trigger anything like ANE or WHG.
The Karelian/Samara EHG might well form a cluster in Admixture, but if I analyze them with the K8, I have no doubt they will just turn out to be a simple mix of WHG, ANE and maybe East Eurasian.
I don't think Yamnaya samples will form a cluster. They'll be very mixed, like modern Eastern Europeans, IMO.
Ryu, you have misunderstood my commentary.
I am not critiquing the study of genetic evidence per se, but I am highlighting the gap between advanced anthropological theory and that proposed by geneticists. Naturally, one cannot wholly blame them as their field, afterall, is genetics and not social anthropology, or the like.
But before you get on your high horse on the social sciences, it is of course obvious that it has been abused by nationalist goals or political agendas. But then again so was physical anthropology, arguably the forerunner of genetic anthropology, even more so. And of course, today, one could argue that the anti-migrationist (archaeological) bias is a lefteist reaction in the post-war period, and sure it is, to a certain extent. But today's post-processual archaeology and post-modernistic discourse on the nature of ethnicity, identity, etc; only exists because of the very recognition of previous flaws with the field. THis is a sign of a discipline in a healthy state of self-criticism.
You say "Until recently everyone thought that people all over north Eurasia descended mostly in a stream of paleolithic local continuity from 'interpretation', and this was completely overturned"
Clearly you're mistaken. Even before the advent of genetics people were assuming (rightly or wrongly) waves of invaders based on skull shapes, etc. Are you unaware of this ? ?
I can only hope ancient DNA will make more impact. All evidence is good evidence. However, this has much further to go. The geneticist role models, and their community blogger-followers, first of all need to cease being 1 dimensional analysts, and academically 'grow up'. Based on the level of knowledge I have seen here , that will take many years. So for now, you can keep making your nice little Indo -European packages of **Corded Ware = Indo -European ethnic-historical community = ANE = R1a**, but you will be shown that this is simplistic *at best* , or frankly incorrect at worst.
But don't take my word for it; a quote from but one of millions of academics: '"In the past generation or so, archaeologists have recognized that boundaries of
archaeological cultures, based on material culture traits, do not neatly correspond to
how the people themselves perceive social, cultural, and ethnic boundaries. To
complicate matters further, the old sense that identities are discrete and long-lived
has been seriously challenged. Instead, anthropologists now consider identity to be
situational and relational and in the constant process of making, unmaking, and, sometimes, disappearing" ( D Hu; 2013).
This has actually been known since the 1960s. Hopefully, you boys will join the 21st century on this matter.
As for your analysis of DNA, I cannot doubt that there are many bright sparks here and I commend you dedication to the topic. But imagine how much more brilliant you'd all be if you got other disciplines up to scratch ?!
As a final point, I m sure that aDNA will contribute even more than to questions of mass migrations. Looking at kin structures, relations, etc within settlements and burials,as has already been done, will certainly assure a happy marriage between the natural and social sciences.
If you do supervised ADMIXTURE analysis, you always end up with the analyzed pops. being expressed as mixture of the fixed reference ones, be them real or "zombies". I understand that you know that, right? So if you don't use Yamna as reference, the results won't be expressed in Yamna terms, and if you don't use Basques or Gokhem as references the results will not reflect that possible origin but something else. This is the main problem I see with your and Dienekes' fixed reference exercises, which I consider unreliable unless other data backs the results (which sometimes may happen but not always).
The key problem is why do you choose this or that reference population? Not always clear nor, I'd dare say, intellectually honest, really.
That's why in studies like Lazaridis' they choose other methods, namely the f4 formal test, which seems much more reliable and unbiased, providing us with those fascinating results.
Anyhow, why not to try to replace ANE by Yamna? Ma1 is indeed still important to understand Native American origins, which have nothing to do with Yamna/Kurgans/Indoeuropeans, but European origins have a much more direct connection to Yamna than to ANE, which can only be explained by mediation of Kurgan expansion (plus whatever leftover that can be attributed to Motala-like pre-IE admixture). I'm pretty sure that ANE can be scrapped almost totally if we use Yamna instead as reference.
It'd be also interesting to use Yamna to evaluate South Asian populations (assuming other references are approximately correct) and see how well the results correspond with those using ANE. I say this because I don't have clear at all how reliable are your results using ANE and, if ANE affinity or part of it has to be attributed to IEs, then Yamna is no doubt the reference to use, because Yamna is closest to the original PIE and almost undoubtedly ancestral (at least culturally) to Andronovo and hence historical Indo-Iranians.
''It'd be also interesting to use Yamna to evaluate South Asian populations (assuming other references are approximately correct) and see how well the results correspond with those using ANE. I say this because I don't have clear at all how reliable are your results using ANE and, if ANE affinity or part of it has to be attributed to IEs, then Yamna is no doubt the reference to use, because Yamna is closest to the original PIE and almost undoubtedly ancestral (at least culturally) to Andronovo and hence historical Indo-Iranians.''
Andronovo is not Indo-Iranian its Just Pre-Scythian-Sarmatians likely mentions In Avesta As Tuirya Nomads fond of the Horse etc....
I will also look forward to see that how much Yamanaya type Ancestry The South Asians Will Score....
BTW aDNA will be trillion times more decisive.
It is possible to run the type of supervised test you describe, but to do that I'd have to limit the number of test samples to just a handful, and ideally also have very solid reference panels.
Using single ancient genomes in such tests doesn't work well at all, especially if at most one of these genomes is low coverage. The results never resemble formal mixture stats very closely. They usually just look like garbage.
The type of test that I run to flesh out ancient components like ANE and WHG is based on a few well chosen reference samples - be it ancient genomes, modern individuals or synthetics with certain admixtures removed - and a large dataset of test samples. But these reference samples are really nothing more than pointers and the algorithm decides whether they reflect the patterns in the given dataset.
If I mark a chimp as one of the reference samples in a dataset of humans, I can assure you that I won't get a chimp cluster. The algorithm will just find a more suitable signal in the context of the number of K specified and the dataset it has to work with and just completely ignore the chimp.
The fact that I can get reasonable estimates of ANE ancestry based on a dataset of well over 2,000 individuals and 220,000 SNPs is amazing. If there was no clear signal of ANE in the dataset I'd get something else that might be ANE related, like an Amerindian, Kalash or Caucasus cluster, but maybe not even that.
So I can try and run a very limited supervised test with the Yamnaya samples when they become available, especially if there's a decent number of them. But I doubt the result will be very useful. I'd say that running the Yamnaya with the K8, getting their ANE/WHG/ENF proportions, and then trying to fit modern Europeans as mixtures of Yamnaya and other ancient samples based on these proportions will be more informative.
@ MT
I look forward to that as well. Hopefully we can have a very civil discussion on social processes when societies interact once we have a panoply of aDNA across time in different archaeological contexts.
Greg clark, an economic historian who you might want to read, discovered that social status is highly heritable in ancient societies, and that out-reproduction of the lower classes by the elites of settled agricultural societies is common, and that elite overproduction led to downward social mobility and further downward displacement of the lower classes by scions of the elite. The overall effect was to result in genetic turnover over generations as the population comes to resemble the elites more and more. I wonder if such a process was in operation as the no doubt small number of IE-speakers created those 'chiefdoms' and hierarchical proto-polities over peoples that outnumber them.
The other possibility is something like the interaction between Comanches and American settlers, or the Mongols and the Chinese in the Ordos, or Japanese pirates and the Ming coast, where continual raids resulted in virtual depopulation.
Do you have time now to do ADMIXTURE before the paper comes out? I know this is highly off-topic, but HUGO Pan-Asian finds a Hmong-mien admixture component that is intriguingly elevated in Japanese and Koreans to the exclusion of North Han, who have almost none. This is despite the fact that the Sinitic component and other SEAsian components are lower, and the Ryukyuan/NE Asian components are higher, in Japanese and koreans compared to Han.
In the multiple runs in the SI, certain runs have the Hmong component appear in a fraction in in North han as well, and when that happens that component literally explodes in Japanese and korean.
This is very interesting, because as we know O2b has an ultimately southern provenance, and modern Japanese and Koreans mostly descend from a population that introduced rice farming, which once again is of southern provenance. Northern China had millet, and rice was not important till later. Lastly the rice/agri vocabulary in Japanese and Korean cannot be traced to any language on the continent.
If possible, could we do an ADMIXTURE experiment on a subset of the HUGO-PanAsian incl. N+S Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Ryukyuan, Miao, Atayal, Dai, Mal, and Kensiu? This can also be preparation for when we get the Jomon genomes.
Thank you so much if you have time for this.
Where is the HUGO-Pan Asian dataset? I'm having trouble finding a live link.
http://www4a.biotec.or.th/PASNP
I've put in a request to access the PASNP database.
For what it's worth, the Kensiu and Jehai populations found in the PASNP database seem to be closely related to the Onge, so they should constitute good ASI references for South Asians. It would be pretty cool if you could run a ADMIXTURE test with this data-set that would include the K8 ANE cluster, but I'm not sure if the SNP overlap is good?
I can try and run them with the K8 if and when I get the dataset. Haven't got a reply yet.
@ Sein
The overlap is very bad with most datasets if I remember correctly.
Nevertheless Zack managed to run HUGO merged with some HarappaDNA South Asians on only 5400 snps, and got results consistent with others.
http://www.harappadna.org/2012/03/pan-asian-ref3-k11-admixture/
A synthetic Onge created from this would still be quite bad I suspect.
@Chad Rohlfsen
Who are we? And on what do you base it? The frequencies simply don't fit. A "why wrestle it" is not any answer to my concerns/arguments.
I also heard by other users who said Russian H&G were more like ~50/50 ANE, WHG.
@ btw David, if you do have any time to download any of the Jorde Lab's public data (http://jorde-lab.genetics.utah.edu/?page_id=23) on Tibetans, and test via K8, that would be appreciated, if there is overlap between the SNPs they have and you have.
E.g. the available data for "Shared and Unique Signals of High-Altitude Adaptation in Geographically Distinct Tibetan Populations" 2014 or "Genomic analysis of natural selection and phenotypic variation in high-altitude Mongolians" 2013, with Maduo and Qinghai Tibetans.
If ANE is beyond what would be expected for a population most similar to Han (North Han average 2.5% ANE, Mongolian average 10% ANE) that might give us an indicator of whether the "High Altitude Adapted" population that Tibetans get ancestry from via the Sherpa had any ANE ancestry (I think it's probably not but it would be interesting if it was).
Krefter said... "...much of western Europe before Rome was non-IE."
No it wasn't. Outside of pockets in NEW Spain and Italy, most of Western Europe was already IE speaking long before the Romans.
They can't be 50/50. If they were, mixing with an Armenian would make yamnaya over 30% ANE. This isn't possible with keeping corded ware at 66%+Yamnaya and in Northcentral Europe. It can't be done mathematically.
75% of Yamnaya is south of Samara. A hunter group at 65/35 make more sense, with incoming pastoralists picking up or having about 15% ANE on their way north.
It is possible that southern hunters near the Caucasus had more ANE and less WHG if the northern Caucasus populations are an indication. It also leaves room for a near eastern and ANE mix coming up out of western Iran. Let's just wait for the paper.
@Rocca:
"Outside of pockets in NEW Spain and Italy, most of Western Europe was already IE speaking long before the Romans."
No, not "most" and and certainly "long before the Romans". At the arrival of written History most of Iberia and much of what is now France were not IE-speaking and all IE known there was Celtic, which in most cases had arrived only in the few previous centuries (La Tène) and in the last millennium at most (Urnfields-Hallstatt, whose greatest impact was precisely in Iberia, not elsewhere). There were also important pockets of likely pre-IE areas in Italy and the nearby islands. The exact ethno-linguistic situation in Britain and even "Gaul" itself in some cases is not well known (at least not before Caesar) but the usual archaeologically based consensus is that Celtic only arrived with La Téne, which pre-dates Hannibal by 200 years at the most and Caesar by 350 years or less. So barring Celtiberians, Lusitanians and possibly Arvernians, Indoeuropean (Celtic in essence) only arrived to West Europe c. 400-300 BCE.
Don't doubt the full Beaker package being IE. Bell Beaker will plot by Corded Ware. It certainly could've been pre-Celtic. Basques needn't be IE speaking with 80% R1b. There more than a few Native American tribes that are just like that, yet retain their own culture and language.
Bronze age warrior from Poland
http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2015/01/bronze-age-warrior-from-poland.html
They tested his DNA, but i heard nothing about a paper or genetic info. Would he be Corded ware, or a descendant of Corded ware?
@Chad: that's nonsense. It's not just R1b (whose aDNA origins and spread still remain utterly mysterious) but mtDNA. Basques are a stable population since the Neolithic.
Also, what do you say about Iberians, Tartessians, paleo-Sardinians, Ligures, etc.? It's a wide area and we don't know so well the details of what was spoken in other regions further north but nothing point to IE before La Tène.
I was just reading on how, per the accounts of the time and lack of Celtic survivals in English (there may be more Vasconisms than Celticisms, oddly enough) the language shift from Celto-Roman to Anglo-Saxon in Britain must have been radical, partly because of colonization and partly probably because of brutal subjugation. Why can't you accept that the same happened as the Celts moved westwards with La Tène (and the previous more tentative migrations towards Iberia)? 300-400 years are enough to totally change the language and identity of a people, you can find many historical examples.
Anyways, what we see here with all this aDNA data is that there was a quite impacting Kurgan migration (in various phases) and that Indoeuropean languages in Europe must be attributed to it. Bell Beaker is now quite clearly demonstrated NOT to originate in the Kurgan (Corded Ware) area but in Iberia (several centuries earlier). The Central European branch of it may mean whatever (I'm not sure exactly of its implications) but it's not the expression of an East-to-West early IE migration in any case. Actually I don't think Bell Beaker is that important, that's another of Jean Manco's fetishes that have been debunked (but are still oddly popular in these forums, so populated by "Indoeuropeans" who feel their ethnic identity threatened by these discoveries): (1) archaeo-statistical data does not suggest major demic impacts with BB (except in Ireland) and (2) the BB symbolical flow was from SW to NE and not the other way around.
Maybe Celtic for Iron age west Europe is like Slavic for medieval east Europe. Meaning Celts expanded in territory where the natives already had significant Yamna-type ancestry, and some could have been Indo European speakers.
Southwest Europeans(which makes sense with what you said about non-IE languages), are similar to Neolithic west Euros, but they are also shifted to the east towards MA1.
British and Irish are about as Yamna-like as Corded ware descendants, and so there's no way before Celts British-Irish were unaffected by eastern migrations, unless La Tene exterminated the natives.
@Krefter: but how would IE arrive there? I understand that you are archaeologist, which cultural flow could have brought anything IE/Kurgan westwards before the Urnfields and La Tène expansions? There is NOTHING!
Many have argued in the past that Bell Beaker could be that but nowadays it seems very apparent that BB symbolism flowed in the opposite direction. There's nothing else unless you want to go for what I call "Indoeuropean pan-spermia", by which IE was spoken simultaneously from Ireland and Portugal to Nagaland and Sri Lanka since "always". Believe it or not there are some scholars tempted by this nonsense but it's utter nonsense nonetheless. Indoeuropean must have expanded and diverged from some common origin and the most parsimonious theory by far is the Kurgan model. The genetic data we are seeing here and before that in Lazaridis, etc. only confirms this.
That Bronze Age Pole might be from the Unetice Culture, but I guess we'll find out soon when the full results are released. I'll write up a blog post when that happens.
Sorry but the way you underline your argument doesn't convince me. Actualy you simply ignored my whole arguments and didn't even go into one of them and all you did was say "why wrestle it" Certanly a half Armenian wouldn't turn Yamna to 30% ANE but an half Armenian would no way turn an Yamna individual into only 35% ENF. You also seem to go down with your ENF estimation down from one post to another.
An half Armenian, Half Karelian (if the Karelian was indeed 80% WHG which I doubt) would turn Yamna ANE to less than 17%. And this is less amount in modern Northeast Europeans. So how are you going to explain that? No what you are going to do is simply ignore this.
I am not going to sum up all my arguments which make your estimation unlikely. So I only tell to reread my comment and please only answer my post if you are willing to answer my questions and not put a phrase like "why wrestle it".
Thanks and Good Day.
@Maju - My understanding was that Ma-1 was more closely related to the European ANE ancestry than Amerindian ANE ancestry, no?
I'd think he'd be especially relevant for studying the later migration to the Americas too. Mitochondrial haplogroup C4a'b'c is present in early kurgan burials, and also common specifically in northern North American aboriginal populations. While Ma-1 belonged to haplogroup U, I wouldn't be surprised if he had some strong affinities to the the people belonging to haplogroup C4a'b'c both in kurgan burials in Eastern Europe and in present day North American aboriginal populations like the Dene and the Algonquins.
http://www.pnas.org/content/110/35/14308.full.pdf
@Davidski Re: the spread of R1a, I'm not sure why you're still so skeptical of this ancestry passing through the Iran/Turkey region on its way to the Ukraine. It's supported by archaeology (the spread of micro blade technology from Lake Baikal to the Zagros - something I only found out about because of you referring to it on this blog) and genetics (both this paper and the Underhill paper). If R2 made it to South Asia somehow, I don't see why it's implausible that R1 made it to the Zagros mountains. That doesn't exclude it from passing through Siberia earlier.
Re: the Basques' ANE - let me throw out a few hypotheticals here that I'd love to hear people's thoughts on.
Suppose there are a group of nomadic hunters living on the mammoth steppe ~20-30 kya. Suppose they are HIGHLY mobile, and are dominated by haplogroups C-M217, P, Q and R (as the latter two emerge), and are mostly genetically homogeneous, with a bit of an East-West cline, and with C-M217 entering the population somewhat late from the south east. Suppose they follow migrating megafauna - their major food source - where those megafauna migrate.
Now, as we get later and later in the Pleistocene, the megafauna begins to die out. The mammoth steppe changes from one large continuous expanse to disconnected patches of surviving megafauna. The range of these mammoth steppe hunters collapses into isolated pockets as well, before eventually shifting to other species (ie bison, gazelles) as the mammoths and others go extinct. This collapse is fairly rapid, and changes the population structure from one that is highly homogeneous to one that is highly structured between each of these surviving pockets.
Here's a map of the different ecozones at at the LGM and at the start of the Holocene - http://a.foucault.free.fr/HotSprings_col.jpg
So suppose one such pocket is in and around the savanna-like grasslands in and around the Zagros at the start of the Holocene, hunting bison and gazelle and the like, and that this group is mostly R1a. This population may also be present in the grasslands around the Caspian.
Another pocket is along the northern fringe of Eurasia, following the retreating steppe, and where mammoth populations briefly expanded before crashing around ~11-12 kya. This group is mostly haplogroup Q with some C-M217 along its south eastern edge.
Another pocket is in the grasslands of southern Spain and the Morroco. This group is mostly R1b.
Another would be around Mongolia, with high levels of C-M217, and India could have received R2 this way too.
Is this totally implausible? It strikes me that if we look at the plausible distribution of haplogroups Q and R at 9 kya, it corresponds to places that are 1) savana and 2) were either tundra/steppe at 21 kya or adjacent to tundra/steppe at 21kya, and haplogroups N, I and O correspond to places that were forested and hence not conducive to nomadic hunters of megafauna.
Am I out to lunch?
" Bell Beaker is now quite clearly demonstrated NOT to originate in the Kurgan (Corded Ware) area but in Iberia"
Only half true. Certainly BB has little to do with Kurgan, but the BB did not "begin" in Iberia. Apart from Iberian archaeologists who emphasize the early C14 dates for Sites in the Targus, there is still advocates of the influences from the low Countries. Whatever, the case, the BB was a pan-West European phenomenon from the outset, and not a spreading wave from Iberia.
Maju, whilst I agree in that most of West Europe was likely non-iE until the 1st mill BC, I fear that your rationale for this might derive from Vennamans' hogwash.
Forgot to include this link in my previous post: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v3/n6/images/ncomms1881-f1.jpg
@Mike - R1b does seem to have swept over western Europe around the late Neolithic / Chalcolithic though. Where did it come from?
Adding to the mystery is R1b's presence in Cameroon too.
It must have come from somewhere. I do think the pre-IE ANE signal being discussed here is real, and I think it would make sense that both it and R1b are related. Perhaps there was reservoir of ANE heritage isolated somewhere that we haven't yet discovered. Iberia seems as likely a place as anywhere.
I'd think the appearance of vigesimalism in Celtic languages is pretty good evidence for some sort of Basque-like substrate.
There's no evidence at the moment that Near Eastern R1a is ancestral to European R1a.
The last Underhill paper doesn't provide such evidence, even though the authors think that it does, and many people believe them.
The data in that paper show the presence of a rare form of R1a-M420* in the Near East, which, judging by its haplotypes, is the result of a recent founder effect in the region.
We don't know when and how that R1a-M420* ended up in the Near East, and what its origins are. But it's not ancestral to R1a-M417, and thus to European R1a.
Also, like I said, why would a population that lowered the level of ANE on the steppe bring R1a to the steppe? Mal'ta boy, the main ANE proxy, belonged to R* and lived on the steppe.
The Near East is not a plausible source of Y-DNA R for Europe. To me it looks like a sink.
Also, Iberia could not have been a reservoir of ANE, because if it was, then we'd hear about it in this last Reich abstract, because it features samples from Spain.
Kurti, it doesn't go down with each post. 38% Near Rastern is what we settled on a few weeks ago. Think and say what you wish. It makes no difference to me.
Maju, you will see with the Beaker genomes. NW European like with different uni-parental markers from Corded Ware. R1b is not from some Atlantic refuge.
The bronze age Pole can't be Unetice because he was from the eastern edge of Poland.
http://www.anthrogenica.com/showthread.php?3732-Reconstruction-and-possibly-a-genetic-analysis-in-the-future-of-4-000YBP-Pole&p=65530#post65530
There are Unetice burial sites as far east as present-day western Ukraine. There was a study done on them recently.
Has everyone forgotten about the 4000YBP guy from Portalon Spain?
Remember he clustered east of Basque, and by Tuscan? There's a good chance he had ANE ancestry, and more near eastern than modern Iberians.
He could have been part near eastern or east European.
@ Ryan "@Mike - R1b does seem to have swept over western Europe around the late Neolithic / Chalcolithic though. Where did it come from?"
I honestly can say I don't know any over anything that I've read from the commentary by academics and bloggers alike. My guess would be via West Asian highlands, Southeastern Europe, etc.
but its difficult to say with virtually 0 ancient DNA from SEE (also w.r.t. R1a)
Krefter, this was also posted by Davidski via his post on the UISPP Burgos 2014 abstracts:
"Five of the 10 individuals analysed have not yielded sufficient coverage for genomic analysis. We present low coverage genomic sequences (average depth between 0.2 and 1%) of five early Iberian farmers dated to between 4,000 and 5,000 years old, from El Portalón. These individuals display a similar pattern to that observed for central and northern European farmers and all show genetic similarities to modern-day southern Europeans, particularly to Sardinians, in contrast to the recently published 7,000 year old hunter-gatherer from near-by La Brana in Spain."
No ANE in Spain at 2000BCE... Probably no R1b either.
David, where do you think R1b "came from"? If it is shown to have come from the north of the Black Sea, then I'll readily accept defeat.
If R1b was from West Asia that late, it wouldn't be able to create NW Europeans by mixing with a Gok2 type.
R1b came from Central Asia. It somehow made it to present-day Bulgaria by the Copper Age, from where it expanded into Western Europe via the Carpathian Basin and the Near East via Anatolia. However, some of the R1b in the Near East arrived there directly from Central Asia, even as late as the Turkic migrations.
Agree . Is there actual day from copper age Bulgaria?
*data*
I wish there was some way to just use those Onge samples. In Zack's Reference 3 K=11 run, the Onge cluster pretty much acted as a perfect ASI reference. East Asian and Papuan noise disappeared from all South Asian populations, even tribal South Indians. Without the Onge, ASI tends to leak into East Asian and Oceanian percentages for South Asians, even with an ASI-like cluster present (as is the case with West Eurasia K8's "South Eurasian" cluster).
Then again, perhaps it's not a big deal, since we already know how various populations breakdown in terms of actual ASI. In my general neighborhood, the average Non-Punjabi Jatt was around 20% ASI, the average Punjabi Jatt was around 15% ASI, the average HGDP Pashtun was around 11% ASI, the Baloch were around 7% ASI, and a Persian individual from the Iranian province of Khorasan was 3% ASI. Based on how these things correlate, Tajikistani Tajiks are probably 4% ASI, in this scheme. HGDP00244 is almost a carbon copy of myself in genetic terms, something which has been demonstrated again in our K8 results (we are pretty much identical). HGDP00244 is 7.87% ASI, so I guess I'm 8% ASI in this context. Most western Afghan Pashtuns are probably around 7% ASI, ranging from 5% to 10%. Scheduled caste South Indians were pretty much 40%-45% ASI.
Although we didn't realize this at the time, but the "South Asian" cluster in K=11 was strongly ANE-shifted. It was very high among Lezgins (and other Caucasians), and peaked among the Kalash. In terms of Fst, it behaved just like David's K8 ANE cluster (similar distances to other comparable components). At the time though, we were really confused as to the nature of this component. Ancient DNA has clarified so much which was previously muddled and confusing.
Davidski - "We don't know when and how that R1a-M420* ended up in the Near East, and what its origins are. But it's not ancestral to R1a-M417, and thus to European R1a."
Fair enough. They're operating under the assumption that the greatest diversity will be found close to the origin, but the diversity in the Zagros may just be because it is from one of the earliest migrations from the Urheimat, with that diversity subsequently being lost in the steppe due to the various demographic turnovers there.
It really won't be settled until we get many more ancient DNA samples from the steppe, the Zagros and Siberia that predate the expansion of R1a.
I'd like to point you back to this post of yours from last year again though: http://eurogenes.blogspot.ca/2014/01/another-look-at-lazaridis-et-al-ancient.html
You say you don't really know where the Near Eastern R1a comes in. The microblades figure from that posts suggests it could also be a parallel migration from Siberia that occurred simultaneous to a migration to the Pontic steppe. Just throwing that out there.
We're not really talking about the Near East there though so much as we're talking about the interface between the Caucasus, the Near East and Central Asia.
"Also, like I said, why would a population that lowered the level of ANE on the steppe bring R1a to the steppe?"
A counter intuitive suggestion I suppose. The introduction of agriculture to Europe seemed to bias the genomes of the population in favour of the migrants in terms of the Y DNA, and in favour of the indigenous people in terms of the mitochondrial DNA. Why would we expect something different in the Ukraine?
But yah, I am arguing that the surviving R1 lineage came from the group that had less ANE heritage (though not none), which I suppose isn't all that logical.
Re: R1b in Spain - the coverage in terms of samples isn't exactly impressive. There doesn't seem to be evidence of ancient R1b anywhere else that I'm aware of either, so it must be "hiding" somewhere unsampled so far.
So we just haven't been lucky enough to find ancestral R1b yet, or it was present in an area that is now inaccessible - under water or in the Sahara or something, though I think that's unlikely.
Definitely a big mystery so far. It seems to predate IE expansion to the region at least, so while IE is probably the largest source of ANE in Europe, it may not be the only one.
Just to clarify, I meant the "average non-Jatt Punjabi". Although, Punjabi Brahmins were 16% ASI.
I'm not aware of any Copper Age genomes from Bulgaria. From memory Chad was in contact with Reich recently trying to talk him into testing some samples from Ezero and related cultures. I'm not sure how that went.
But as I mentioned before, I have seen PCA with two good quality Bulgarian genomes, one of which was from the Bronze Age. They both clustered between Spain/Tuscany and Sardinia on a PCA that basically looked like my own, so my impression was that they were largely derived from a Neolithic Sardinian-like population that was shifted east by an influx of ANE into the Balkans during the Bronze Age or a little earlier.
There are some basal lineages of Q in Iran and of course the ancestral mutation of R1b-V88 probably arrived in the Near East fairly early too, so these would be my candidates for the markers of the groups that introduced microblade technology to the Near East.
Sein,
I think the Onge component underestimates the true native South Asian input into present day South and South Central Asian populations, because it's based on a tiny and extremely isolated group located a fair way east of India.
I suspect that ancient DNA will show indigenous South Asian foragers to be Onge-like, but shifted closer to ANE. In other words, I'm expecting the native South Asian component to be almost intermediate between the Onge component and ANE, albeit much closer to the former.
David, do you think that high ANE in those pops is due to the lack of an ancient genome there?
Btw, paper on Dagestan..
http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ejhg2014299a.html
No, I think South Asians do carry ANE at levels of up to 30%, and South Central Asians at around 30%.
I just think that the real levels of ASI are higher in these regions than what the Onge component suggests, because actual ASI isn't the Onge component.
It seems to me that what happened in the ANI/ASI Reich paper is that the real ASI was split between ANI/ASI because of the use of the Onge references, with some of it, the most ANE-like part, going into ANI. So ANI was actually a mix of ENF, ANE and ASI.
South Central Asia might have been a contact zone between ANE and ASI for a very long time, or perhaps these two components, and even WHG, derive from the same basal branch?
Ancient genomes from South and Central Asia are needed to clarify this. Using modern isolates like the Onge only confuses the issue.
Half of our ancestry comes from the Pontic-Caspian...
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Sign at a Restaurant in Wuhan, China "No Entry for Japanese", No Tee Time for Japanese at a Golf Course
Toyota, Honda, Nissan's slump in China will continue.
From Bloomberg News (4/23/2013):
No Tee Time for Japanese Shows Depth of Toyota China Slump: Cars
Honda Motor Co. employees in the Chinese city of Wuhan need only visit the popular Feng Bo Zhuang restaurant to see the resentment their company faces. A sign at the door says Japanese are barred from entering.
Discrimination against Japanese is common in China, according to Yasuhide Mizuno, the head of Honda’s venture in Wuhan, some 500 miles (800 kilometers) up the Yangtze River from Shanghai. Mizuno -- who has also been assigned to Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia and Australia -- says he’s never worked in a more hostile place.
“Wherever I go, like department stores or in taxis, people ask me whether I am Japanese,” Mizuno, 49, president of Dongfeng Honda (GHAJCZ), said in an interview at the Shanghai auto show. When he says yes, he said, the reception can be frosty.
Mizuno’s experiences in the city, site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Sino-Japanese war in the 1930s, illustrate why sales for Honda and Toyota Motor Corp (7203). have yet to recover since violent protests across China seven months ago. Though the riots -- triggered by a territorial dispute over uninhabited islands -- have subsided, Japanese carmakers are continuing to lose share in the world’s biggest auto market.
...First-quarter China deliveries for Honda, Nissan Motor Co. and Toyota (7203) fell even as overall Chinese car sales rose 17 percent. The share of Japanese brands dropped to 15 percent, versus a peak of 23 percent in 2011, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. LMC predicts the Japanese will see no growth in China this year, while the country’s auto market will expand 10 percent. Toyota doesn’t expect deliveries in the country to reach pre-protest levels before this autumn, China chief Hiroji Onishi said at the Shanghai show.
...For Honda’s Mizuno, the numbers are personal, though he says things are slowly improving. Japanese expatriates are still turned away from grocery stores, but not as often as before, he said. The Wuhan Tianwaitian Golf Country Club is always booked when he tries to reserve a tee time, he says, though it’s better than simply being told Japanese aren’t welcome on the course, as was the case a few months ago.
“I’ve never had that kind of experience in Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou,” Mizuno said. “They don’t understand that what they do affects foreign impressions of the city.”
Wang Qian, a representative at Tianwaitian’s reservations hotline, said the club doesn’t discriminate, though she acknowledged it refused Japanese golfers in September and October. Currently, the club prioritizes bookings for members and Japanese executives don’t belong to the club, she said.
At Feng Bo Zhuang near Wuhan’s bustling shopping district, workers in the 150-seat restaurant make no secret of their prejudices.
“My boss thinks the Japanese are way wrong on the Diaoyu islands issues, so he decided to put up the sign,” said a manager dressed in a Kung Fu master’s outfit who identified himself only by his family name, Zhong. “It’s also our way of marketing, because Chinese people were all angry.”
Japanese automakers can’t pin all the blame on political disputes as their cars have a lackluster reputation, according to Zhu Bin, an analyst at LMC Automotive. Sales at Toyota had been falling in the two months preceding the protests, while Nissan was underperforming the broader market.
"Lackluster reputation". Coming from Chinese is priceless.
Meanwhile 1,000 officers of Japan's Self Defense Force will have a joint drill in June in California with the US military to recapture an isolated island, according to Kyodo News.
When I tweeted the military drill news, one follower responded by saying "There is no way that the US will side with Japan. Only a token gesture, because they don't want to anger China." The same kind of people also accused the US for not helping Japan enough in March 2011.
Labels: china, Senkaku Islands
Hikarius said...
The interesting thing is that, the Chinese phrase next to the anti-Japanese sign means "beyond one's own control". Do they want to imply that they don't really want to repel Japanese but they have no choice?
Most Chinese (in mainland China as well as those pro-Peking dumbheads here in Hong Kong) seldom recognize that the notion of patriotism is primarily the strategy of communist regime, choreographed by Hu Jintao, as a measure dealing with the ideological vacuum after the collapse of USSR.
Vyse Legendaire said...
"There is no way that the US will side with Japan. Only a token gesture, because they don't want to anger China."
Think he meant to say there is no way US will NOT side with Japan? I didn't know letting Japan get trampled on by China is somehow going to curb their ambitions, haha.
I think you should be more fair reporting the news. I try not to be one-sided... Some people still play these old games. Please read and be FAIR! PLEASE GIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF SPACE TO THIS NEWS AND BE IMPARTIAL!
Student seeking Kyoto flat told: No foreigners allowed
Campus cooperative says it is powerless to prevent landlords from discriminating
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/23/issues/student-seeking-kyoto-flat-told-no-foreigners-allowed/#.UXhQmsrvunE
Thomas said...
I am not sure if Japan is in the position to be angry about such signs as long as they put up "no foreigner" signs in their own country. E.g. check this http://www.debito.org/roguesgallery.html how Japanese certain business deals with foreigner who want to pay a visit to their shops.
hypocrasy much?
Everyone sucks.
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DeepTech Summit
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Viv Labs
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The Green Glove, a film by Rudolph Mate, 1952
March 30, 2019 Alphonse 2 comments
The Green Glove, 1952
A film by Rudolph Mate
“An ex-soldier and his new girlfriend comb France for a valuable relic…which others are willing to kill for.” (IMDB) (Browse our Movie Archive)
https://ia800204.us.archive.org/28/items/the_green_glove/greenglove.mp4
Let’s Get Tough, a film by Wallace Fox, 1942
March 28, 2019 Alphonse Leave a comment
Let’s Get Tough, 1942
A film by Wallace Fox
Some patriotic, street-wise city kids get wise to a cabal of Japanese and German war-time Saboteurs. Just see how they take care of business in the old neighborhood! (Browse our Movie Archive)
https://ia800304.us.archive.org/28/items/lets_get_tough/lets_get_tough_512kb.mp4
Impact, a film by Arthur Lubin, 1949
A femme fatale marks a wealthy business man for death, but he gives her the slip in this film noire classic inspired by The Killers (1946.) (Browse our Movie Archive)
https://ia800504.us.archive.org/4/items/impact/impact_512kb.mp4
Penny Serenade, starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, 1941
Penny Serenade, 1941
A film by George Stevens
Cary Grant was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in this film, following a couple who must face adversity and overcome life’s challenges to raise their family. (Browse our Movie Archive)
https://ia800301.us.archive.org/33/items/penny_serenade/penny_serenade_512kb.mp4
Palooka, starring Jimmy Durante, 1934
Palooka, 1934
A film by Benjamin Stoloff
In this comedy Jimmy Durante plays a boxing manager of questionable repute who takes a young, morally upright boxer under his wing, leading him astray.
(Browse our Movie Archive)
https://ia802604.us.archive.org/3/items/Palooka/Palooka_512kb.mp4
My Favorite Brunette, starring Bob Hope, 1947
A film by Elliott Nugent
“Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, tells reporters how he got there.” – from IMBD.com (Browse our Movie Archive)
https://ia801400.us.archive.org/35/items/my_favorite_brunette/my_favorite_brunette_512kb.mp4
I Love Trouble, a film by S. Sylvan Simon, 1948
I Love Trouble, 1948
A film by S. Sylvan Simon
“A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife’s past. The detective (Franchot Tone) discovers that the wife had been a dancer and left her home town with an actor. The latter is killed before he can talk, but, with the help of a showgirl, the detective learns that the wife had used stolen papers from a girl friend to enter college after she had stolen $40,000 from the night club where she worked. The detective eventually learns that the husband had killed his wife when he discovered her past in order to avoid a scandal, and had hired the detective to try and frame him for the killing.” (IMDB)
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Jail Bait, a film by Edward D. Wood Jr., 1954
Jail Bait, 1954
A film by Edward D. Wood Jr.
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A Cuckoo in the Nest, 1933
A Cuckoo in the Nest, directed by Tom Walls, 1933
A comic farce about marriage.
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The Red House, 1947
The Red House, starring Edward G. Robinson, 1947
“Middle-aged farmer goes to extreme lengths to protect the dark secret associated with a deserted house on his property. Murky psychological thriller with resonant settings and an emotive Miklos Rozsa score.” – noir expert Spencer Selby
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—– Six live ammunition shells casings, nine teargas canisters found in the minister’s home after demolition
Minister of State for Transport, Sen. Gbemi Saraki has described the demolition of her late father’s property in Ilorin, known as ‘Ile Arugbo’ by the Kwara State government as illegal.
The minister in a personally signed statement sent out Friday night, further described the demolition sanctioned by Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazak as borne out of envy.
Sen. Saraki accused AbdulRazak of taking laws into hands by demolishing her father’s property, which she said her family used solely for humanitarian service.
She expressed shock that the Kwara State Government could unleash violence on old people living in the property. This is as she disclosed that she was not consulted on plans to demolish the said property by the governor, whom she said she has always accorded respect.
The statement read in part: “I condemn in totality the actions taken on Thursday 2nd January 2020 by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq, especially unleashing terror and mayhem on innocent defenseless aged women simply exercising their right to peacefully protest.
“I call upon the Inspector General of Police to call the State Commissioner of Police to order — using security agencies and live ammunition to settle political and personal scores is NOT what the Buhari Administration is about.
“We must stand up against vindictive politics, driven by envy, motivated by jealousy and practiced without integrity”.
Recall that Frontline News Online reported that Gbemi’s home which about 400 meters away from ‘Ile Arugbo’ felt the impact of the forceful demolition carried out with support from the police. Sources say six live ammunition shells casings and nine teargas canisters where found in the minister’s private resident following demolition.
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SEN. GBEMISOLA RUQAYYAH SARAKI*
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phone: 0703.000.4003
Email: gbemisolasaraki@gmail.com
*”Those Who Come To Equity, Must Come With Clean Hands” The Demolition of Ile Arugbo*
[ABUJA, FCT, January 3,
2020—1 At 3:00am
Thursday 2nd of January 2020, the Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, gave orders to the Police to open fire on aged women, at the contested welfare home, popularly known as “Ile Arugbo” (Home for Aged), owned by my father, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki.
As a staunch and loyal member of APC, I have kept quiet to date on the happenings in my state, Kwara State. I had done this for a number of reasons including trying to “keep my head when all about me are losing theirs”.
But all in all, I had kept quiet, as being a loyal member and supporter of the party, i did not want to get into any squabble with the Governor despite so many provocations.
Again, as a loyal and dedicated daughter of my father, Dr. Abubakar Olusola
Saraki, whom I hold in very high esteem, I did not want to express my opinion on the propriety of the Governor’s recent political actions as it would be seen as biased because the late Waziri is my father.
However, given the turn of events and the violent nature of the Governor’s position, it is only right for me to speak now.
There might have been some elements within my party, APC, who wanted to change the OToGe narrative ofthe 2019 elections to be about the Sarakis, and not about what it was — the removal of a failing PDP Administration.
But clearly by some recent steps taken, especially with Thursday’s actions, Kwara State APC must be careful to not allow a few elements with their own agenda, other than governance, to turn their personal vendetta into the official
position of APC in the State.
They must not be allowed to hijack the narrative of what our party stands for.
The APC has, since its inception, preached and worked earnestly for genuine good governance, security, increased welfare, progress and development of the people, as exemplified by President Muhammadu Buhari, who in the face of direct provocation and deep personal attacks remains true to the oath he took to govern ALL Nigerians, in spite of allegiances.
That is why it is important that my silence is not misconstrued as tacit approval or support for the actions taken by the Governor.
As stated earlier, I chose to refrain from commenting on the onset of this landsaga and did so for three reasons:
(1) I believed that this was a matter that would go through the rightful forum and due process to ascertain and establish my father’s legal rights or otherwise.
(2) My family individually and/or collectively have NEVER derived and continue not to derive ANY commercial benefit from that piece of land.
At the end ofthe day, what is on that land is nothing — no block of flats that the family is getting rent from; no office building, no factory, or any other commercial venture. Just a bungalow where the old women gather and get their basic needs attended to.
(3) Nonetheless, were my father alive today, surely, he would have been saddened to see bulldozers in Ile Arugbo. However, I am comforted by the knowledge that my father’s good work and his respect, support and love for the aged, which was sadly lacking in the Governor’s activities of Thursday, simply cannot be erased by demolishing a bungalow.
When it comes down to it, Ile Arugbo is a piece of bare land that holds symbolic value of what my father stood for — humanitarianism, and that doesn’t start nor end with a building.
But after the events of Thursday when the aged women were tear gassed and shot at in the wee hours of the morning (3:00AM), I do not want my silence to be misconstrued, as mischief makers have used that silence to attribute false statements allegedly made by me.
The level of force and violence that the Governor chose to adopt was totally unwarranted.
What resistance to protest justifies firing live ammunition and tear gassing old women? Even my own personal home was not left out of the attack as numerous empty bullet shell casings and dispersed tear gas cannisters were found inside my home.
I feel that at this point not only as a child ofthe late Waziri but as a member of the APC, I need to speak.
I do so not only as a daughter but as a member of the party, to ensure that those thousands of members of APC who are Sarakites that supported the OToGe Movement are not alienated. In addition, I do so to ensure that the resounding victory that APC enjoyed in Kwara is not short-lived or diminished.
Governments acquire properties, even compulsorily without necessarily resorting to unprovoked violent attacks in the dead of night.
It is especially disrespectful to me personally, as a member ofthe APC since 2015, who welcomed and supported those who only joined us a couple of months to the elections, which includes the Governor himself, that my position as a member of the party was not given any consideration and/or regard when approaching this issue.
Furthermore, given how well and how long I have personally known the Governor beyond Kwara State, so much so that I have always regarded him as one of my older brothers.
Even in the political arena, over the years, we have known each other as political opponents and allies and I have always accorded him respect which he has not accorded me.
As one of the APC leaders in the State, I have consulted broadly and have also sent messages appealing to party members not to be provoked by this unwarranted assault on my late father.
I do this with all sense of responsibility so that party cohesion and unity is not undermined by arbitrariness to rush into an attempt to settle perceived old generational family political scores.
Revenge cannot be a policy thrust of governance.
I am also using this opportunity to appeal to our teeming supporters to remain calm and poised and maintain peace in the face of unwarranted provocation. “Allah Bring about ease after difficulty” Q 65 vrs 7.
I condemn in totality the actions taken on Thursday 2nd January 2020 by
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq, especially unleashing terror and mayhem on innocent defenseless aged women simply exercising their right to peacefully protest.
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What were the Romans, and the natives they conquered, actually like? Hear stories from typical citizens, some of which are illustrated with photos of Roman re-enactors:
Gaius the Potter
“I travelled from Gaul with my skill in my hands and a cartload pots; pots for the army, pots for the locals. Wherever the road leads and the Emperor’s coin holds good, I can make my living.”
Learn more about the life of Gaius the Potter (PDF) and take a look at Gaius at his wheel (jpg image)
Mascius the Decurion
"I am a Batavian, from the Netherlands, stationed at Vindolanda in command of a turma (squadron) of cavalrymen.
When scouting beyond the frontier, I once sent a message to my Commanding Officer Cerialis asking for more beer. We like our home comforts!"
Maximus the Centurion
“I’ve travelled the breadth of the Empire and thought I’d seen it all, but these wretched Britons with their haunted woods and barbaric customs are hard to stomach.”
This soldier has quite a story to tell! Read more in Maximus the Centurion (PDF)
Muriel the Herbalist
“Tickle your taste buds, lighten your hair, send you a lover or soothe your soul; there’s nothing that can’t be remedied by my premium herbal preparations.”
Learn all about the aspirations of Muriel the Herbalist (PDF)
Nest the Weaver
“The only way I’m going to visit Roma will be as a spinning and weaving slave. So I’m going to slip away to my home in the hills and see what happens. Mind you, some of these soldiers could do with new tunics and warm cloaks.”
This native isn't too fond of the Romans. Hear more from Nest the Weaver (PDF) and view Nest’s weaving comb (jpg image)
Shamus the Wise Man
“Don’t talk to me about those Romans. They're destroying our way of life and calling it peace! Mind you, I don’t object to a handful of juicy dates washed down by a beaker of fine wine.”
Decide for yourself whether Shamus deserves his title in Shamus the Wise Man (PDF)
Sulwyn the Bronzesmith
“My family has been working metal for generations. Our swords and spears were well respected throughout the lands of the Brigantes. Now these Romans have arrived everything has changed.”
Would you have agreed with Sulwyn the Bronzesmith (PDF)?
Tagomas the Standard Bearer
"I'm a Vardullian, from northern Spain. I'm stationed at Vindolanda and mentioned in two tablets. In one I'm buying lances. The other is an account for 'the messmate of the standard bearer Tagomas'. My girlfriend is always running up bills!"
Victor the Auxiliary
“I’ve been there, seen it, done it, worn the tunic and carried the standard. Now I’m saving for a proper retirement. I’ve my eye on a local woman and fancy settling down and opening a taverna.”
Find out more about the plans of Victor the Auxiliary (PDF) and take a look at Victor’s firka (backpack) (jpg image).
Victor the cavalryman
"I am named in the Vindolanda Tablets as 'Victor the Hunter'. I am a Vardullian from Northern Spain. My horse is called Regalis. I am part of the largest cavalry regiment on Hadrian's Wall, the ala Petriana.
I share a room with two fellow soldiers. We have to keep all our kit with us and it's bit crowded, especially as our three horses live in the front room!"
The characters illustrated by the Roman reenactors are from just one section of The Eagles Have Landed teaching resource.
You can find out more about Victor, Mascius, Tagomas and his fellow cavalrymen in our Hadrian's Cavalry section.
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The Peeps experiments: A seasonal celebration of science
Why experiment on Peeps? "Because they're there!" says Emory chemist Douglas Mulford. Photo by Carol Clark.
It’s that time of year again when Peepus Marshmalleous, commonly known as Peeps, pop up everywhere — even in an Emory University chemistry lab.
Emory's groundbreaking Peeps research began in 1999 when researchers Gary Falcon and James Zimming investigated the effects of smoking and alcohol on Peeps health and performed the medical miracle of separating quintuplet Peep siblings, conjoined at birth. You can read more here: peepresearch
Douglas Mulford, senior lecturer and director of undergraduate studies for the Department of Chemistry, continues the tradition by treating students every spring to a Peeps show. “Basically, it’s 45-minutes of every chemical thing that you can do to a Peeps,” Mulford explains. “It’s amazing what they can survive.”
Watch a brief video summarizing the show, below. And check out Emory’s new Instagram account, Science Seen, for more quick, behind-the-scenes looks at science at Emory.
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Physicists show why it's hard to clog a drain with soft particles
Emory sophomore Mia Morrell conducted the experiments with hydrogel balls. "You can learn a lot from them because they provide a simple model for physics, kind of like fruit flies do for biology," she says.
For decades, scientists have studied how groups of solid objects — everything from falling grains of sand to a rushing crowd of panicked people — can get stuck as they try to pass through a small opening. The classic result is known as “faster is slower.” When the objects flow out, if an arch of the objects forms across the opening, then a large pressure can stabilize the arch and cause a clog.
Now scientists have shown that when the objects are squishy instead of solid, the reverse is true. The journal Physical Review E published the findings by physicists at Emory University, demonstrating that when soft particles feel a larger pressure, they squish together and the arch breaks, and so clogging is less likely.
“We’ve quantified the clogging dynamics of soft objects for the first time and identified the parameters that seem to explain why it’s completely opposite physics to that of hard objects,” says Emory physics professor Eric Weeks, whose lab conducted the research. “One surprising result is that, while friction is often suspected to be important for arch formation, our particles are frictionless and yet still form arches.”
Questions about how clogs form have implications for everything from improving highway design and the flow of traffic to avoiding jam-ups of people fleeing a burning building.
The dynamics of soft objects that the Weeks lab investigated could give insights into biological processes such as the flow of cells, bacteria and other “squishy” particles through blood vessels.
“It’s new physics and yet it’s so simple,” Weeks says. “We used tools such as a basic physics formula from 1882 and some cheap hydrogel balls that we ordered from Amazon.”
"Hydrogels have interesting properties and that makes them fun to work with," says Mia Morrell, a member of the Weeks lab.
Weeks, who specializes in the study of soft condensed materials, became intrigued by the growing number of studies on how solid objects clog. It sounds counterintuitive — after a rush of solid particles through an opening forms an arch, greater pressure behind them solidifies that arch. But the process appears to work similarly to a keystone arch in architecture: The pressure from the weight of stones above presses the stones in the arch below more firmly together.
Weeks and his students decided to explore the process of soft-particle clogging. Graduate students Xia Hong and Meghan Kohne worked on experiments involving tiny oil droplets and then computer simulations.
Motivated by those preliminary results, Emory senior Haoran Wang (who graduated in 2017) conducted early experiments with the marble-sized, water-filled hydrogel balls. They are sometimes called plant balls since they are commonly used to hold up stems in flower vases. Wang built a two-dimensional, Plexiglas hopper that allowed gravity to pull the hydrogel balls down through two triangular wedges that could be adjusted in width to change the size of the opening between them.
Mia Morrell, a sophomore, continued the work when she joined the Weeks lab last year.
“I loved doing the hydrogel experiments because it’s really hands-on — not just sitting at a desk,” Morrell says, adding that the project also required her to learn how to become handy with a drill and a laser cutter.
The hydrogel balls start out as deflated polymer husks. They are left in a tray of water until they swell up into squishy, slippery, plastic spheres that feel almost like living tissue.
“Hydrogels have interesting properties and that makes them fun to work with,” Morrell says. “You can learn a lot from them because they provide a simple model for physics, kind of like fruit flies do for biology.”
Morrell loaded the hydrogels into the two-dimensional hopper. She tilted the hopper to vary the effects of gravity and checked to see if the particles would clog as they flowed through it. This process required her to reload the hopper more than 400 times to investigate different conditions.
The Hertzian force law, an 1882 formula by Heinrich Hertz, allowed the researchers to measure the displacement and compression force of individual hydrogel spheres and compare the hydrogel results with the oil droplet experiments and the computer simulations. The comparison showed that these different systems all have the same physical behavior, apparently universal to soft particles.
“We quantified the dynamics of soft particles in a two-dimensional environment under the influence of gravity and what happens when you present them with an obstacle,” Morrell says. “What we learned from this single system may have many broader applications.”
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Frankenstein at 200 sparks wonder and debate
Emory's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library holds an 1881 original edition of "Frankenstein" and an 1831 edition, above, with a depiction of the "creature" and a prologue by Mary Shelley.
It’s the 200th anniversary year of “Frankenstein, Or the Modern Prometheus,” an enduring novel at the nexus of major questions of our time. Emory faculty explore many of them in a newly published anthology, “Frankenstein: How a Monster Became an Icon, the Science and Enduring Allure of Mary Shelley’s Creation.”
“When you see a contemporary film about androids, like ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ you’re seeing the ‘Frankenstein’ story in a 21st-century guise,” says Sidney Perkowitz, Emory emeritus physicist and co-editor of the new anthology. “The androids are sleek and modern instead of the shambling, stitched-together creature in ‘Frankenstein,’ but they have the same questions swirling around them. Even as we’re on the verge of artificially generating life, we’re no closer to knowing whether we should.”
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Biologists unravel another mystery of what makes DNA go 'loopy'
Interior of a cell showing the nucleus with the chromatin fiber (yellow) arranged in the three-dimensional space by loops formed by the CTCF protein (shown in pink). DNA is represented by thin blue lines on the chromatin. Graphic by Victor Corces.
Scientists discovered another key to how DNA forms loops and wraps inside the cell nucleus — a precise method of “packing” that may affect gene expression.
The journal Science published the research by biologists at Emory University, showing that a process known as hemimethylation plays a role in looping DNA in a specific way. The researchers also demonstrated that hemimethylation is maintained deliberately — not through random mistakes as previously thought — and is passed down through human cell generations.
“In order for a protein called CTCF to make loops in the DNA, we discovered that it needs to have hemimethylated DNA close by,” says Emory biologist Victor Corces, whose lab did the research. “Nobody had previously seen that hemimethylated DNA has a function.”
Chenhuan Xu, a post-doctoral fellow in the Corces lab, developed experimental methods for DNA methylome mapping to conduct the research for the Science paper.
Chromatin is made up of CTCF and other proteins, along with DNA and RNA. One role of chromatin is to fold and package DNA into more compact shapes. Growing evidence suggests that this folding process is not just important to fit DNA into a cell nucleus — it also plays a role in whether genes are expressed normally or malfunction.
The Corces lab specializes in epigenetics: The study of heritable changes in gene function — including chromatin folding — that do not involve changes in the DNA sequence.
DNA methylation, for example, can modify the activity of DNA by adding methyl groups to both strands of the double helix at the site of particular base pairs. The process can be reversed through demethylation.
As cells divide they make a copy of their DNA. In order to do so, they have to untangle the two strands of DNA and split them apart. Each parental strand then replicates a daughter strand.
“When cells divide, it’s important that they keep the methylation the same for both strands,” Corces says, noting that altered patterns of methylation are associated with cancer and other diseases.
Hemimethylation involves the addition of a methyl group to one strand of the DNA helix but not the other. Some researchers observing hemimethylation have hypothesized that they were catching it right after cell division, before the cell had time to fully replicate to form a daughter strand. Another theory was that hemimethylation was the result of random mistakes in the methylation process.
The methods developed by Xu in the Corces lab allowed the researchers to observe hemimethylation on DNA in human cells in real-time before, during and after cell division. They also mapped it as the cells continued to replicate.
“If the parental DNA was hemimethylated, the daughter DNA was also hemimethylated at the same place in the genome,” Corces says. “The process is not random and it’s maintained from one cell generation to the next over weeks.”
The researchers found that hemimethlyation only occurs near the binding sites of CTCF — the main protein involved in organizing DNA into loops.
“If we got rid of the hemimethlyation, CTCF did not make loops,” Corces says. “Somehow, hemimethylation is allowing CTCF to make loops.”
And when CTCF makes a loop, it does so by binding ahead, going forward in the DNA sequence, they observed.
“Research suggests that some disorders are associated with CTCF binding — either mutations in the protein itself or with the DNA sequence where the protein binds,” Corces says. “It comes back to the story of how important these loops are to the three-dimensional organization of chromatin, and how that organization affects the gene expression.”
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Biophysicists discover how small populations of bacteria survive treatment
"We showed that by tuning the growth and death rate of bacterial cells, you can clear small populations of even antibiotic-resistant bacteria using low antibiotic concentrations," says biophysicist Minsu Kim. His lab conducted experiments with E. coli bacteria (above).
Small populations of pathogenic bacteria may be harder to kill off than larger populations because they respond differently to antibiotics, a new study by Emory University finds.
The journal eLife published the research, showing that a population of bacteria containing 100 cells or less responds to antibiotics randomly — not homogeneously like a larger population.
“We’ve shown that there may be nothing special about bacterial cells that aren’t killed by drug therapy — they survive by random chance,” says senior author Minsu Kim, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and a member of Emory’s Antibiotic Resistance Center.
“This randomness is a double-edged sword,” Kim adds. “On the surface, it makes it more difficult to predict a treatment outcome. But we found a way to manipulate this inherent randomness in a way that clears a small population of bacteria with 100 percent probability. By tuning the growth and death rate of bacterial cells, you can clear small populations of even antibiotic-resistant bacteria using low antibiotic concentrations.”
Jessica Coates, as a graduate student at Emory, and Bo Ryoung Park, a research associate in the Kim lab, are co-first authors of the paper. Additional authors are graduate student Emrah Simsek and post-doctoral fellows Dai Le and Waqas Chaudry.
The researchers developed a treatment model using a cocktail of two different classes of antibiotic drugs. They first demonstrated the effectiveness of the model in laboratory experiments on a small population of E. coli bacteria without antibiotic-drug resistance. In later experiments, they found that the model also worked on a small population of clinically-isolated antibiotic-resistant E. coli.
“We hope that our model can help in the development of more sophisticated antibiotic drug protocols — making them more effective at lower doses for some infections,” Kim says. “It’s important because if you treat a bacterial infection and fail to kill it entirely, that can contribute to antibiotic resistance.”
Antibiotic resistance is projected to lead to 300 million premature deaths annually and a global healthcare burden of $100 trillion by 2050, according to the 2014 Review on Antimicrobial Resistance. The epidemic is partly driven by the inability to reliably eradicate infections of antibiotic-susceptible bacteria.
For decades, it was thought that simply reducing the population size of the bacteria to a few hundred cells would be sufficient because the immune system of an infected person can clear out the remaining bacteria.
“More recently, it became clear that small populations of bacteria really matter in the course of an infection,” Kim says. “The infectious dose — the number of bacterial cells needed to initiate an infection — turned out to be a few or tens of cells for some species of bacteria and, for others, as low as one cell.”
It was not well understood, however, why treatment of bacteria with antibiotics sometimes worked and sometimes failed. Contributing factors may include variations in the immune responses of infected people and possible mutations of bacterial cells to become more virulent.
Kim suspected that something more fundamental was a factor. Research has shown unexpected treatment failure for antibiotic-susceptible infections even in a simple organism like the C. celegans worm, a common model for the study of bacterial virulence.
By focusing on small bacteria populations, the Emory team discovered how the dynamics were different from large ones. Antibiotics induce the concentrations of bacterial cells to fluctuate. When the growth rate topped the death rate by random chance, clearance of the bacteria failed.
The researchers used this knowledge to develop a low-dose cocktail drug therapy of two different kinds of antibiotics. They combined a bactericide (which kills bacteria) and a bacteriostat (which slows the growth of bacteria) to manipulate the random fluctuation in the number of cells and boost the probability of the cell death rate topping the growth rate.
Not all antibiotics fit the model and more research is needed to refine the method for applications in a clinical setting.
“We showed that the successful treatment of a bacterial infection with antibiotics is even more complicated than we thought,” Kim says. “We hope this knowledge leads to new strategies to fight against infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.”
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Mathematician works to improve artificial intelligence
Emory mathematician Lars Ruthotto is pioneering a new field that applies the logic of differential equations to refine the chaos of deep learning. (Emory Photo/Video)
By April Hunt
If you’ve ever told Siri to call your friend Bob and she answers with, “Calling cops,” you’ve seen the instability of artificial intelligence (AI) in action.
Those mistakes are the limitation of the AI technology known as deep learning. They arise from the design of the deep neural network, as well as the network’s “training,” which applies mathematical optimization methods to massive amounts of data rather than hand-crafting rules to accomplish a specific task.
Emory mathematician Lars Ruthotto has dedicated his research to modeling and solving such 21st century problems with the innovative use of differential equations that date back to the late 1600s. The National Science Foundation has rewarded his efforts with a CAREER Award, its most prestigious honor for junior faculty.
Put simply, Ruthotto is pioneering a new field — combining applied math, engineering and computer science — that applies the logic of differential equations to refine the chaos of deep learning.
“Focusing on this research question can impact specific areas of deep learning now as well as emerging technology,” says Ruthotto, an assistant professor in mathematics and computer science. “It’s uncharted territory, and my students and I will be at the forefront exploring it.”
The award is recognition of the new knowledge Ruthotto and his students are creating in the emerging field and also a hint of what’s to come, says Vaidy Sunderam, chair of Emory's Department of Math and Computer Science.
“This grant establishes Emory as a research and education pioneer in innovative methods for robust deep learning, a key technology in the coming AI decade,” Sunderam says.
Read more in Emory Report.
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After qualifying on the front row for Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix, Ferrari’s new star Sebastian Vettel believes he can win the race.
After missing pole by just 0.074s in a rain-affected qualifying session, and outpacing Nico Rosberg's Mercedes, four-time world champion Vettel is in upbeat mood after a strong race simulation run on Friday.
When asked if he can win, he replied: "I think yes, we can, but it depends on a lot of things that I cannot tell you now.
"As you saw today, there is rain in the air, if it comes at the right moment for you, it can be quite good but it can work against you too. Our race pace looks decent, but we have to be realistic.
"Mercedes has an advantage which hasn't just disappeared. It is still there, so we have to look after ourselves, then we'll see."
Vettel believes there is a genuine chance of registering Ferrari's first win since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix by defeating the thus-far dominant Mercedes.
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"But with the rain in the air, it can always be a tricky race for everyone."
Today was the first time a Ferrari qualified on the front row since the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix.
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Restaurant Owner Kicks Out WH Press Sec Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Her Family
June 23, 2018, 12:55 pm by Terresa Monroe-Hamilton Leave a Comment
When I first heard this story, frankly, I didn’t believe it. But it turns out it is true. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and seven members of her family were kicked out of The Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, VA last night. The owner kicked her out because of what he called ‘moral convictions’. Sounds like a total lack of them if you ask me. She was embarrassed and booted simply because she works for President Trump. That’s appalling and totally out of line.
The report first surfaced when Jaike Foley-Schultz, who says he is a waiter at the Lexington restaurant The Red Hen, posted on Facebook that his boss kicked out the press secretary and her party early this morning. “I just served Sarah huckabee sanders for a total of 2 minutes before my owner kicked her out along with 7 of her other family members,” he wrote. This happens just a couple of days after Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was chased out of a D.C. Mexican restaurant by Democratic Socialists of America protesters.
People from both sides of the political aisle bombarded the restaurant’s Facebook page after this came out. According to The Hill, the post went viral when the director of Clean Virginia, a left-leaning energy focused nonprofit, shared the post on Twitter, along with a handwritten note purportedly from the restaurant that reads, among other things, “86 — Sara Huckabee Sanders.” “86” is restaurant industry slang meaning “throw out” or “get rid of.”
Sanders later confirmed on Twitter the incident did indeed happen, “Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so.” The Red Hen’s owner in D.C. panicked and let everyone know his restaurant does not hold the same views as the one in Lexington.
Many people blasted the owner as intolerant. “If you are a whining liberal feel free to eat here, if you are a TRUE AMERICAN stay away,” wrote one Facebook reviewer, while another wrote: “Thank you for not serving that liar.” “I won’t spend a dime in this place,” wrote another commenter. “The owner is a disgusting human being whose absurd liberalism has driven him to lunacy … Let’s hope your ‘moral convictions’ can pay your bills.” One five-star review on Yelp read: “The best. I’ve heard that they serve crow to those deserving of it.” “Everyone should boycott this restaurant. Put them out of business. Asking a paying patron to leave because she’s a Republican is repulsive,” one Yelp review said.
Sanders was also defended by her father, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who blasted the restaurant’s “bigotry.” “Bigotry. On the menu at Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington VA. Or you can ask for the “Hate Plate”. And appetizers are “small plates for small minds,” he tweeted. The voicemail is now full for the restaurant and I predict a severe drop in customers. Hopefully, they will go toes up over this hateful behavior.
The actions of this business owner are despicable and it is behavior like hers that is simply tearing this country apart. I’ve never seen so much hate against an administration before, not even when Reagan was in office. It’s political stalking. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was treated shamefully. If the left keeps this up, someone is going to get hurt or killed very soon. Then we’ll see how leftist moral convictions justify that.
Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) June 23, 2018
.@PressSec got kicked out of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Va tonight. Apparently the owner didn’t want to serve her and her party out of moral conviction. pic.twitter.com/jr3bfiY3XY
— Brennan Gilmore (@brennanmgilmore) June 23, 2018
I live in the Midwest and have already heard what you did to Mrs. Sanders and her party. What a total disgrace you are!…
Posted by Sandy Calhoun on Saturday, June 23, 2018
Bigotry. On the menu at Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington VA. Or you can ask for the “Hate Plate”. And appetizers are “small plates for small minds” https://t.co/rHEVdcQwwh
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 23, 2018
Good morning! @PressSec went to the unaffiliated @RedHenLex last night, not to our DC-based restaurant.
— The Red Hen (@RedHenDC) June 23, 2018
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Schneider-Electric light up young minds
A very big THANK YOU to Schneider-Electric – the global energy specialists – from a very excited group of Ivory Park Ikamvanites as staff from Schneider-Electric spent the afternoon with our learners and awarded awesome gifts to our top attending Ikamva-KNIGHTS!
After a presentation on Schneider-Electric and some insight into the multitude of career opportunities available to young motivated learners leaving school, we heard from Schneider-Electric staff who shared their personal career stories and experiences in the working world.
It’s easy to see that Schneider-Electric is a company specialising in energy management as the energy levels grew quite palpably as awards were made for learners based on their levels of attendance over the past year. Learners with the best attendance each received scientific calculators and a stationery pack in recognition of their commitment and dedication. Those learners who made the minimum 75% attendance criteria also received very cool stationery packs for their efforts too.
What’s more, Schneider-Electric purchased Mindset teaching DVDS to help with revision across a range of school subjects in grades 10-12. These DVDs will be sure to come in extremely handy as learners try to get to grips with sections of the curriculum they are struggling with. We look forward to the queues of learners lining up to work with the DVDs as they seek to improve their understanding.
Once again… a very big debt of gratitude to Schneider-Electric for a memorable afternoon and for enabling us to recognise the dedication of learners who truly are ‘taking their future’s into their hands’.
IkamvaYouth’s Self-Selection Admission Process
Given IkamvaYouth’s learner’s consistently high achievement, we’re often asked about our learner selection process; the quick answer is that our learners select themselves. This approach is based on our organisational values (i.e. equal access to opportunities) and beliefs (that anyone can achieve success with commitment and hard work).
IkamvaYouth’s open days are held at each branch at the beginning of the year. They’re open to all (learners, parents, volunteers etc) and any learner in grades 8 to 11 can take an application form. The application requires learners to motivate why they would like to be an Ikamvanite and why they’re willing to commit to attending more than 75% of all IkamvaYouth’s after school and holiday programmes. Applications are considered on a first-submitted first-served basis; only those who have failed to make significant effort are placed aside. IkamvaYouth does not consider academic results or writing ability in selecting learners. Most providers of supplementary academic support that we know of in South Africa either select learners who already demonstrate academic achievement and potential or rely on teachers to select appropriate learners. IkamvaYouth doesn’t do these things because we believe that everyone has the potential to succeed and that it’s only those who have decided for themselves to take their future into their own hands that are likely to do so. Learners who join us with significantly poor academic results often demonstrate the greatest improvement.
Personal Goal Setting in Ivory Park
At last… we’ve been threatening for a while to step up the non-academic aspect of Ivory Park’s Saturday IkamvaYouth sessions and we were able to take our first step in this direction on Saturday as Danny Naidoo led the learners through one of the fundamental components of improving one’s personal effectiveness: GOAL SETTING.
Danny presented a step-by-step account of what this might entail and spoke about identifying goals for one’s life and the resilience and perseverance that is essential for achieving these goals. Over the next few weeks we’ll be looking to build on this goal setting framework and provide opportunities for Ikamvanites to identify the areas they most want to target in their own lives.
To a large extent we are using these sessions as an experimental opportunity to identify where the learners find value with a non-academic focus. If you are interested in contributing in this area then find the branch nearest to you and get in touch. Basically if you have a talent or a gift that you’d like to share that is something other than tutoring then why not try it out.
So to prospective artists, creative types, life coaches, motivational speakers, drama fundi’s, etc – come join us.
My first Strategic Planning Workshop for IkamvaYouth
Before I attended my first Strategic Planning Workshop for IkamvaYouth, I was kinda apprehensive, not knowing what kind of people to expect…it only took a fraction of a second to realise that Ikamvanites from other provinces are such open minded people, free spirited, passionate about the improvement and development of an African child’s education.
The whole session can be easily summed up as sharpening of our skills to advance the objectives and programmes of IkamvaYouth. Big up to all the Ikamvanites who renewed their commitments to the vision of IkamvaYouth South Africa.
SPW Catches a Vision
Our Vision for South Africa
Our SPW particiapnts were asked about their visions for this country and asked to complete the sentence… “A South Africa where…”
Phil: where knowledge is a matter of choice irrespective of class race or discrimination but it dependent on choice.
Nombu: equality for everyone that reflects our diversity. Everyone has access to the best of everything
Naledi: working together we can do more – where education is priority and education is fully functional
Andrew: a world with cooperation rather than competition – everyone brings what they have to be a part of the solution
Khona: Everyone has equal access to quality opportunities in education, health, housing, career opportunities. Everyone knows and understands their worth and they can contribute meaningfully to the country’s benefit
Zoe: a better education for all and equal opportunities for all SAs where all schools have the necessary resources
Joe: SA that creates and sustains equal opportunities for wealth among its youth. A high values-based South African society through access to equal educational opportunities for all learners.
Themba: SA where every citizen has motivation to make use of opportunities
Nico: Identity is not by origin or status or class – IY tools for cooperation. Tools for developing own identity and to take initiative. People aware of themselves and able to work together to make something better
Charles: People having opportunity to realise their potential. Everyone with the opportunity to become who they can become
Joy: high quality education for all enables equal access to opportunities and prosperous, peaceful, caring nation
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Decisions to be made on the World News Desk
The World Desk offers a firsthand perspective into the increasing complexity of print and online news production - only on a scale that makes the experience truly one of a kind. And as someone who has worked only in newsrooms in the United States, I was eager to experience a different news environment.
As one of the busiest and most content-diverse sections of the FT paper and website, World has the responsibility of managing international coverage for the FT’S print editions distributed worldwide while also balancing the increasing competitive pressures of getting news online.
Throughout the day, the desk’s regional editors (Americas, Asia-Pacific, Middle East-Africa, and Europe) liaise with correspondents around the world while editing copy, planning graphics and preparing articles for the FT’s four editions: Asia, Europe, Americas (United States) and the final United Kingdom edition. And as many readers migrate to Web-based news outlets, the FT is aggressively pushing a “web-first” mentality of getting the news to readers’ eyes faster than ever before.
One interesting aspect of the internship is sitting in on the paper’s editorial conferences and World Desk “huddles,” where the paper’s top editors for all sections conduct a post-mortem of the previous day’s edition and discuss the news agenda for the following day. The paper’s top editor leads the meeting.
News judgement - what belongs in the newspaper, at what length and on which position on the page - is an important decision in itself. But the discussion becomes even more interesting when considerations must be made for what readers of four different editions - not to mention online readers and blogsters - are interested in. Should a story on Iceland’s application for accession to the European Union appear in the Asia edition? Maybe/maybe not in Asia, but certainly in Europe and UK. Those are the types of issues debated, sometimes hotly, among World Desk editors daily.
My specific role has been to keep an eye on the newswires for any breaking news, and to assist with updating articles on FT.com. It’s not likely you’ll get to do any writing or reporting on this Desk - after all, most of the news they cover is happening elsewhere - but you can still get your hands on a variety of different things.
Which leads me to my main piece of advice any one interested in an internship at the World Desk: do not be afraid to ask around if any one, whether it’s a regional editor or someone on the online team, needs help. Like most internships in the newspaper industry, you will be welcomed warmly at the FT but not spoon-fed when it comes to work. The staff are simply too busy to always help you; it is usually hectic for editors from the moment they land at their desk in the morning to the time the last filed story is sent for layout. So keep your eyes, ears and mind open to lend a hand.
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Title: Accumulation of Copper from Application of Copper-Based Fungicides and its Relationship with Soil Chemical Properties and Microbial Biomass in Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District of Ghana
Authors: Kakutey, Kingsford
Abstract: Black pod disease is a major cause of yield loss in cocoa production worldwide and the disease is mostly controlled by copper-based fungicides. However, prolong usage of these fungicides might have negative impact on soil fauna and other soil chemical properties. Ghana Cocoa Board continues to assist farmers to spray their cocoa farms with copper-based fungicides. This study was conducted in selected cocoa farms and uncultivated forests close to these farms which have never been sprayed with fungicides as reference. The study was to investigate the extent of accumulation of copper from the application of copper-based fungicides and its relationship with soil chemical properties and microbial biomass in three communities namely Akaasu, Kyeikrom and Tuntum in Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District. Soil samples were collected at two distinct depths, 0-15 cm and 15-30 cm. The fresh soil samples were divided into two. One was immediately sieved through 4 mm mesh and stored at 4 0C for the soil microbial test. The other half was air dried, sieved through a 2 mm mesh and stored in plastic bags for the chemical analysis. Results showed that Tuntum cocoa plantation recorded the highest concentration of total copper (286.54 mgkg-1) while Akaasu cocoa plantation recorded the least total copper concentration of (215.63 mgkg-1). Extractable and total copper vary significantly (P < 0.05) in both top and sub soils of the cocoa plantations from their respective reference values. However, soil pH, nitrogen and organic matter from soils of the cocoa plantations did not vary significantly (P > 0.05) from their reference soils. Results from correlation analysis revealed that extractable and total copper in both the top and sub soils correlated negatively with the levels of organic matter. The relationship between extractable and total copper with microbial biomass were also negatively correlated but not significant (P > 0.05) from the regression analysis in all the study locations. The findings have also shown that the concentrations of copper in the soils of cocoa plantations have not reached their critical levels.
Description: A thesis submitted to the Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Master of Science degree in Environmental Science, 2016
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10074
Appears in Collections: College of Science
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Home Research > Members > 1604-1629 > ROUS, William (c.1595-1635)
ROUS, William (c.1595-1635), of Halton, nr. St. Dominick, Cornw.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
Available from Cambridge University Press
b. c.1595, 1st s. of Ambrose Rous* of Edmerston, Devon and Magdalen, da. of Peter Osborne of Chicksands, Beds.1 educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1612 aged 17; M. Temple 1614.2 m. 24 Apr. 1617 (with £1,500), Mary, da. of Sir Richard Robartes of Truro, Cornw., 5s. 2da.3 suc. fa. and grandfa. Sir Anthony Rous* 1620.4 d. 6 Mar. 1635.5 sig. Will[iam] Rous.
Bailiff, honour of Trematon, Cornw. 1620-d.;6 j.p. Cornw. 1621-d.,7 commr. subsidy 1622, 1624,8 Benevolence 1626,9 Forced Loan 1626-7.10
Rous’s education conformed to patterns already established within his family. He attended the same establishment in Oxford as his uncle Francis*, and followed in his father’s footsteps at the Middle Temple. His marriage in 1617 to Mary Robartes reflected his religious background, both parties being of the ‘godly’ persuasion.11 The deaths of his father and paternal grandfather in 1620 brought him an estate of almost 10,000 acres, though several properties were encumbered with annuities. Rous was executor to his grandfather, who left debts of around £1,200, but administration of his father’s affairs fell to his mother, who engaged him in a long-running legal battle over her jointure and the provision for Rous’s siblings.12 As head of his family, he was appointed to the Cornish bench in early 1621, subsequently serving as a subsidy commissioner. The Robartes family, who were dominant figures in Truro, no doubt arranged his election to Parliament for the borough in 1625.13 Rous is not known to have spoken in the House or sat on any committees.
In the Cornish factional disputes of the later 1620s Rous adopted a somewhat ambiguous position. After his efforts as a Benevolence commissioner in 1626 met with failure, he probably distanced himself from the Forced Loan, though not to the extent of refusing to contribute like his uncle Humphrey Nicoll*.14 In 1628 he signed the election indenture returning Sir John Eliot and William Coryton as the Cornish knights of the shire, but he was not otherwise a conspicuous member of their anti-Buckingham grouping.15 His most important relationship around this time was rather with his father-in-law, Sir Richard Robartes. Under the terms of his marriage contract, virtually all Rous’s inheritance had been conveyed to trustees, led by Robartes, to prevent the disposal of the estates, a restriction which apparently stopped Rous clearing his accumulated debts. In 1629 he persuaded Sir Richard to give him £2,000 to pay off his creditors and stabilize his affairs, in return for renewal of the trust agreement, but in May 1630 he was outlawed for debt at the suit of his own sister.16 In the following year, he pleaded fear of arrest for debt as his reason for not appearing before the commissioners for knighthood compositions.17 Following his death in March 1635, administration of his estate was granted to a creditor; no will has been found. He left a minor as his heir, but the wardship was secured by his widow with the assistance of Sir Edward Seymour* and (Sir) James Bagg II*, whose connection with the family is uncertain.18 Rous’s second son Richard represented Bossiney in the Cavalier Parliament.
Author: Paul Hunneyball
C3/375/31.
1. (J. Polsue), Complete Paroch. Hist. of Cornw. i. 301.
2. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss.
3. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 413; WARD 7/58/188; Cornw. RO, FP113/1/1.
4. G.C. Boase and W.P. Courtney, Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, ii. 595; WARD 7/58/188.
5. C142/520/111.
6. WARD 7/58/188; C142/520/111.
7. C231/4, f. 120v; C193/13/2.
8. C212/22/21, 23.
9. SP16/37/50.
10. C193/12/2.
11. A. Duffin, Faction and Faith, 50-2.
12. WARD 7/58/188; C2/Jas.I/R8/26; 2/Chas.I/R11/35; C3/375/31.
13. J. Palmer, Truro in Seventeenth Cent. 12.
14. SP16/37/50; 16/71/2; R. Cust, Forced Loan, 314.
15. C219/41B/135; Duffin, 87-8.
16. WARD 7/58/188; C142/520/111; C2/Chas.I/R11/35.
17. E178/7161.
18. PROB 6/15, f. 108v; WARD 9/163, f. 60v.
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Holly Williams
Journalist and writer
Why Sonoma County makes a great introduction to the California wine scene
Published in Evening Standard on June 25, 2018
Arriving in Sonoma County in northern California after an 11-hour flight, I needed a drink — but I wanted a local drop. The first part of my itinerary involved wine surfing but crashing waves were nowhere to be seen — it’s just a cute rebranding of a wine flight, dreamt up by the folks at Gourmet au Bay, a beachside bar in the town of Bodega Bay. A tasting selection of three local, small-production wines are served on a dinky wooden surfboard.
The sun burned low over the Pacific, placid but glittering, and the salty breeze was matched by the mineral tang of the white wine.
Sonoma County, an hour north of San Francisco, is largely overshadowed by Napa Valley but Sonoma County locals are proud of their pedigree: I’m told more than once how in the infamous 1976 “Judgment of Paris”, when Californian wines beat those from France in a blind tasting, the victorious bottle was made with Sonoma-grown grapes.
California took a battering after last autumn’s wildfires but Sonoma County largely escaped, with just one winery destroyed. The area makes for a relaxed introduction to the California wine scene: it’s three times the size of Napa and there’s no risk of getting stuck in traffic jams around its rugged coastline and rolling hills. The famous San Francisco fog rolls in up here — bad news if you planned a day at the beach but good news for wine-makers. It can act as a natural air-conditioning system for vineyards, meaning Sonoma County has various microclimates. Different grape varieties thrive in different terroir, with cabernet, zinfandel, chardonnay and pinot noir the main crops.
Twisty drives along the coast, or through the interior — it’s slower but prettier, if you detour off the 101 highway — make adventurous exploration rewarding. Admittedly, it’s less merry if you’re the designated driver; chauffeured wine tours may be the way forward. I was whisked around by Beau Wine Tours (beauwinetours.com), whose luxurious SUVs made me feel like I was in a rap video curated by a sommelier.
I spent the night at Bodega Bay Lodge, where chalets nestle along the seafront, allowing for ocean views through gauzy mauve haze the next morning. The in-house Drakes restaurant offered a strong introduction to Sonoma County food — alongside the expected fresh seafood there was a whole list of local artisanal cheese, all washed down with Sonoma County wines, naturally.
But the county boasts more than vines — California has long been at the forefront of foodie trends, from micro-breweries to artisan sourdough bakeries, and Sonoma County has its fair share. The Cheese Trail map (cheesetrail.org) — that explains which of the region’s 28 artisan cheesemakers are open to the public, and which require calling ahead — is brilliant.
The Barlow, a hub for small producers in the town of Sebastopol, was next on my hit list. Formerly an industrial estate used for canning apples, in the past few years it has flowered into a buzzing destination and foodie magnet, with hipster-filled coffee joint Taylor Made Farms and the Two Dog Night Creamery, which uses local ingredients in its gelato. There are more wine-tasting rooms too: small-batch pinot noirs at Friedeman Wines, wild skin-fermented wines from Wind Gap, and a tasting flight at MacPhail Wines.
Bored with grapes? No problem. I dropped into the Spirit Works distillery to hear how they make their grain-to-glass vodka and gin. Unusually for the drinks industry, seven of the eight-strong team are women.
The West Coast is also home to the craft beer revolution and Sonoma County helped set the trend, with brewers such as Bear Republic, Lagunitas and Russian River Brewing forming in the mid-Nineties.
I stopped at Bear Republic’s base in Healdsburg — another new hub for the trendy set, with new bars and restaurants and a Michelin star for Madrona Manor.
Bear Republic is known for its bold IPAs, beloved by craft beer fans but a little bitter for me. Then I tried a “tartare” beer — it’s more like a very dry cider but I became an instant convert.
I was also converted to the idea that Sonoma County is about more than just wine; but I’ll happily raise a glass to the region getting back on its feet.
Details: Sonoma County
British Airways (ba.com) flies to San Francisco from Heathrow from £400 return. Doubles at Bodega Bay Lodge (bodegabaylodge.com) from $176 room only. sonomacounty.com
June 29, 2018 July 21, 2018 by holly in Travel Tagged California, craft beer, Napa Valley, Sonoma, wine
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Lauren Hough and Valinski S Victorious in $36,000 Equinimity WEF Challenge Cup CSI 2*
January 18, 2019 Associate Editor Leave a comment
Lauren Hough and Valinski S. Photo © Sportfot.
Wellington, FL – January 17, 2019 – Lauren Hough rode Valinski S to the win in the $36,000 Equinimity WEF Challenge Cup CSI 2* on Thursday, January 17, at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, FL.
A starting field of 100 entries faced off in Thursday’s featured event, the $36,000 Equinimity WEF Challenge Cup CSI 2*, with 15 advancing to jump off over the Oscar Soberon (MEX) designed short course.
Jennifer Bauersachs and Another Love Jump to Championship in Equine Tack & Nutritionals Green Hunter 3’9”
The Equine Tack & Nutritionals Green Hunter 3’9” division concluded on Thursday, January 17, at the Winter Equestrian Festival with a victory for New Jersey native Jennifer Bauersachs aboard Another Love. The pair performed well in the previous day’s over fences and under saddle classes having placed first, third, and fifth. Returning to the E. R. Mische Grand Hunter Ring, the duo took another first place to secure the championship.
The reserve champion title went to Havens Schatt of Georgetown, KY aboard Spectacular, a nine-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Cachas x Varese) owned by SHP Barn, LLC. The duo claimed two seconds, a third, and a ninth place.
Bauersachs has piloted the 10-year-old Holsteiner mare for Debra Carey’s Meritage Stables, LLC for two years, but she only began competing her a year ago after Bauersachs came back from an injury.
For full results, please visit www.PBIEC.com.
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US Show Jumping Team Begins 2018 FEI Jumping Nations Cup Season at CSIO5* Ocala
February 17, 2018 Associate Editor Leave a comment
Ocala, Fla. – The U.S. Show Jumping Team returns to action this week, taking on six countries in the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ USA on Sunday, February 18 at HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, Fla. U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland will lead the team of Lauren Hough and Ohlala, Laura Kraut and Confu, Beezie Madden and Darry Lou, and McLain Ward and HH Callas as they compete for a strong start in the North American standings. The U.S. Show Jumping Team will compete second in the order. Devin Ryan and Eddie Blue will serve as the reserve combination.
The U.S. Show Jumping team placed second in the 2017 FEI Nations Cup CSIO4* Ocala.
Hough and Ohlala had a strong start to the 2018 competition year, finishing in the top 10 in the FEI NetJets Grand Prix CSI4* at the Winter Equestrian Festival on Saturday.
Kraut and Confu placed second in the $220,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Wellington presented by Sovaro® at the Palm Beach Masters earlier this month.
Madden and Darry Lou last competed at the CP National Horse Show in Lexington, Ky., placing third in the $130,000 CP Grand Prix International Open Jumpers CSI4*.
Ward and HH Callas earned fifth-place finishes at the Palm Beach Masters in the $220,000 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Wellington presented by Sovaro® and $35,000 Sovaro Palm Beach Masters Qualifier CSI3*.
Hough: Member of the silver-medal winning 2017 Longines FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final team, 2017 member of the first all-women’s FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Dublin gold-medal winning team and recipient of the Aga Kahn Trophy, team and individual bronze medalist at the 2015 Toronto Pan American Games, and member of the 2000 Sydney Olympics U.S. Show Jumping Team
Kraut: Member of the silver-medal winning 2017 Longines FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final team, 2017 member of the first all-women’s FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Dublin gold-medal winning team and recipient of the Aga Kahn Trophy, 2017 recipient of the “Prize of the Federal Minister of the Interior” award at CHIO Aachen, and two-time Olympian, including a team gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Games
Madden: Member of the silver-medal winning 2017 Longines FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final team, 2017 member of the first all-women’s FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Dublin gold-medal winning team and recipient of the Aga Kahn Trophy, four-time Olympian, including team gold medals at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Games, and a team silver medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games
Ward: Member of the silver-medal winning 2017 Longines FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final team, first place at the 2017 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final, four-time Olympian, including team gold medals at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Games, and a team silver medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games
Competition begins Sunday, February 18, at 1 p.m. EST at HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, Fla. The event will be streamed live on FEI TV.
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It’s Ladies’ Day in Dublin as Team USA Sweeps to Victory
August 12, 2017 Associate Editor Leave a comment
Laura Kraut, Lillie Keenan, Lauren Hough and Beezie Madden with Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland (FEI/Christophe Taniere)
Team USA secured a definitive victory in the eighth and last leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2017 Europe Division 1 League in Dublin (IRL) when producing the only zero score in a hard-fought competition. On level pegging with the Irish at the halfway stage they stood firm while their hosts lost their grip to drop to fifth behind Spain.
In the closing stages the Netherlands and France threw down a challenge, and American anchor Laura Kraut (51) was under pressure when last to go with Confu. But the double-Olympian didn’t crumble, posting the second US double-clear of the competition to seal it ahead of the runners-up from France, while the Dutch slotted into third place.
This was the first all-female team triumph in the 91-year history of Nations Cup Jumping for the world-famous Aga Khan Cup in Dublin.
“We said at the beginning of the year this was one of the shows we are bringing our ‘A’ team to… it’s our view that the Aga Khan is the greatest trophy in our sport. And more than that there are many ways to win a Nations Cup; sometimes you get lucky, but today in my view there was no luck. These four riders did an unbelievable job!” — Robert Ridland (Chef d’Equipe Team USA)
The time-allowed of 80 seconds proved difficult for many over Irish course-builder Tom Holden’s track, and a speedy turn to the final oxer was often costly. Beezie Madden’s (53) mistake here with her new ride Darry Lou was the American drop score in round one, but the pair got it absolutely right in round two after pathfinders Lauren Hough (40) and the brilliant mare Ohlala produced their second clear of the day and rising talent Lillie Keenan (20) made her only mistake at the first element of the penultimate double with Super Sox.
Kraut clinched it with a crisp, clear run to leave a five-fault margin between the winning US side and the French in second while the points earned by the third-placed Dutch, whose final tally was just seven faults, saw them overtake Italy at the top of the Europe Division 1 leaderboard at the end of the eight-leg series.
Beezie Madden – Team USA (winners), talking about her horse Darry Lou: “He’s a new horse. He came from Mexico and the highest he jumped there was 1.55m or so. I got him in May and this was only his third 1.60m course today. It was my mistake in the first round. He’s like a Cadillac to ride!”
Laura Kraut – Team USA, talking about the similarities between her winning ride, Confu, and her legendary 2008 Olympic team gold medal winning horse Cedric, who is now retired: “Oddly enough I found out when we were in Aachen that they share the same grandmother or something. I had no idea that they were remotely related so that’s very exciting. He (Confu) is as much of a cheeky monkey as Cedric, so for me he’s wonderful. I love him, he’s a trier, he’s a pet and he’s fun to ride and be around. But Cedric can’t be replaced.”
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Lauren Hough and Ohlala Are Victorious in Great American $1 Million Grand Prix
March 28, 2017 Associate Editor Leave a comment
(C) ESI Photography. Lauren Hough and Ohlala.
Ocala, FL (March 27, 2017): Spectators filed into the grandstand at HITS Post Time Farm to witness a world-class line-up of national and international riders battle for the blue in the fourth annual Great American $1 Million Grand Prix, sponsored by Great American Insurance Group. Just one week after the AIG $1 Million Grand Prix in Thermal, California, the richest prize purse in show jumping returned to the Horse Capital of the World in Ocala, Florida.
With a bustling grandstand, thousands watching from a live webcast on HITS TV, two sold out VIP tents, and the grass berm surrounding the stadium filled to capacity, it was a day packed with family-friendly fun and world-class show jumping competition.
The final lineup was stacked with previous HITS $1 Million Grand Prix winners, but the team to beat was USA equestrian Lauren Hough and Ohlala, owned by The Ohlala Group. Hough returned to HITS Ocala after competing for Team USA at the FEI Nations Cup™ earlier in February. Hough also placed fourth in the Great American Million in 2015 and 2016. They topped the leaderboard, and 49 other show jumping stars, to take home the day’s top honor by less than a one-second margin over second place finisher Aaron Vale and Finou 4, owned by Thinkslikeahorse and Don Stewart.
“I was lucky enough to come back to Ocala after the Nations Cup, and I was so impressed with how the footing was,” said Hough. “My horse is happier here, and so I really made coming back a priority in my schedule.”
Coming back to HITS Ocala certainly paid off for the decorated equestrian of Wellington, Florida. Hough’s round held up over the 14-horse jump-off, going seventh in the order, right in the middle of the pack. Vale was not far behind, finishing less than one-second behind Hough for second place.
“Everything I did with my horse this winter was aimed at this class,” said Vale. “This second place finish is worth more money than any win I’ve ever had, so I’d say it was a pretty good day!”
Third place went to Germany’s Andre Thieme, winner of the inaugural 2014 edition of the Great American Million.
“This Million dollar class is a very good thing that HITS does for our sport,” said Thieme. Thieme also won the 2011 Saugerties $1 Million Grand Prix.
Thieme rode Conthendrix to the third-place prize in just one second behind Vale for the yellow ribbon and his slice of the million dollar pie.
Forty-nine riders, including World Cup champions, Olympic Gold Medalists and Grand Prix stars tested a course of 17 fences set at up to 1.60 meters. The meticulously decorated course, designed by Werner Deeg of Germany would yield 14 clear rounds ensuring a competitive jump-off.
“Here in Ocala we have the best footing, and it’s amazing how well the horses jump here,” said Deeg. “We had some top riders here, like the ones sitting next to me [at the press conference]. We also had some less-experienced riders at this level, so I built this course being aware of everybody.”
First of the top five to challenge the shortened course was Great Britain equestrian, Ben Maher, piloting Don Vito, owned by Poden Farms. They set down a fault-free trip in 50.874, which would ultimately slide them into fourth place.
American rider, McLain Ward, was next to try his luck in the jump-off riding HH Callus, owned by Double H Farm. Ward, a two-time HITS Million Grand Prix winner, competed alongside Hough in the FEI Nations Cup™ Ocala earlier this season, and both were a part of the winning Team USA at Nations Cup Ocala last year.
Ward steered his mount through the course with precision and skill. To the sound of cheers from the crowd, they crossed the timers clear in 51.379, eventually settling them in the final spot of the top five for the fifth-place prize.
Hough and Ohlala followed Ward. They took to the course at an all-out gallop, zipping through the turns. The excitement from the crowd grew throughout the round and cheers erupted as they crossed the timers in a blazing fast 48.966, setting the Great American Time to Beat and topping the rankings, where they would remain for the eventual win, an impressive feat going in the middle of the order of 14 challengers.
“I was not feeling very confident in actually winning the class, because there were seven more behind me [in the jump-off],” said Hough in the post-victory press conference. “I rode the fastest round that I could with [Ohlala], and tried to keep the pressure on the ones to follow – and of course, you always hope to have a bit of luck on your side at events like this. I had all of the above.”
Andre Thieme was next of the top five to complete his jump-off round. He and Conthendrix valiantly fought for speed towards the finish. As they crossed the timers in a cool, clear 50.086, they stepped up the leaderboard over Ward, but were not quite quick enough to overtake Hough.
“I watched Lauren’s round at the gate, and I knew her horse was very fast, and my horse is not so quick across the ground,” said Thieme. “He’s an amazing horse and partner, but I know him well enough that if the jump-off starts to get really quick, I will probably not win it. So with that in mind, I did everything that I could and am very happy with this result.”
(C) ESI Photography. Aaron Vale and Finou 4
When hometown hero, Aaron Vale, stepped into the ring with Finou 4, he had his eyes on the prize. He laid down a speedy ride through the jump-off course, galloping at every opportunity to shave time off the clock. The talented pair crossed the timers clean, but they were unable to catch Hough’s time as they finished in 49.442, good enough for the coveted, second-place payout.
“Following Lauren, I got to watch the first seven go, so I had an idea of what my horse could do,” said Vale of his jump-off round. “I was hoping to get one less stride from the first fence to the second, which I did, and I almost got exactly what I wanted the whole way, aside from one extra stride in the middle. I felt like I made up for it in the turn to the last line, and leaving out a stride to the last jump. I got the best round that I think I could have, it just wasn’t quite good enough today.”
Several big contenders followed in the jump-off including Todd Minikus, winner of the 2014 Saugerties Million riding Valinski S, owned by Michael Dorman and Wyndmont, Inc. Although he had the fastest time in the jump-off, 46.660, a rail and four faults earned him in sixth.
Last to go in the jump-off was last weekend’s AIG $1 Million Grand Prix winner, Mandy Porter and Milano, owned by Abigail Weese. As she started the course, it looked like she might be the first back-to-back Million Grand Prix winner, and she carried a clean round all the way to the last fence getting the crowd to their feet to cheer. The stadium let out a collective sigh as the last rail came down for four faults, giving Porter the purple ribbon for seventh.
It was unanimous amongst the top finishers that the prize purses offered by HITS are remarkable and HITS President and CEO Tom Struzzieri gave full credit to the event’s title sponsor.
“We’re fortunate to have one of the best sponsors in the world, Great American [Insurance Group], and lucky to have them again for the fourth consecutive year,” said Struzzieri. “The fact that we can host two $1 Million classes back to back, for several years in a row, speaks volumes as to what HITS does, and that caliber of competition will certainly carry into the future.”
As ten weeks of show jumping competition at HITS Ocala came to a close with a $1 Million Grand Prix to remember, riders are already looking ahead to the HITS Championship in Saugerties, New York later this year. Boasting the richest weekend in show jumping and with the Saugerties $1 Million Grand Prix returning as an FEI CSI-5* class, riders from around the globe await another opportunity for their chance at international bragging rights and the quintessential prize purse.
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Lauren Hough Tops Competitive Field in the $130k FEI World Cup Jumping Washington
October 30, 2016 Associate Editor Leave a comment
Lauren Hough and Ohlala. (FEI/Anthony Trollope)
Washington, D.C., (USA), 30 October 2016 – A mix of veteran riders and up-and-coming talent advanced to the final round in the third leg of the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2016/2017 North American League Eastern Sub-League. With the advantage of riding at the end of the order, Lauren Hough (USA) delivered the fastest, double clear performance aboard 12-year-old mare Ohlala to claim the victory.
In the heart of the country’s capital city, at the Verizon Center, the area’s main sports and entertainment arena, a starting field of 28 competed over a track designed by Alan Wade (IRL). A technical course in the small, indoor space prompted competitors to note throughout the night that the jumps came up quickly and multiple questions were asked over the 12 obstacles, which included three double combinations.
Notable surprises in the first round included refusals from top, proven pairs: McLain Ward (USA) and HH Carlos Z and Todd Minikus (USA) and Quality Girl. Both riders retired and did not complete the class.
Seven horse-and-rider pairs went on to record clear first rounds. The initial competitor to ride clear, 22-year-old Catherine Tyree (USA), is part of a rising talent pool of North American riders. But the class would eventually go to the seasoned professionals, with all top four riders having Olympic experience and ranked within the top 50 in the Longines World Rankings.
In the final round, that featured four, consecutive rollback turns, bookended by long, galloping lines, Laura Kraut (USA), aboard Confu, set the score to beat midway through the order with a fast, clear performance. The next two riders, Beezie Madden (USA) on Quister and Kent Farrington (USA) on Creedance, both recorded faster times, albeit with a rail each. Last to ride, Hough showcased her four-year partnership with Ohlala to add strides to two lines – but combined with tighter turns, she managed to steal the victory from Kraut.
“I had the advantage of going last and seeing what Kent’s time was and Laura’s time was, and I decided to play it on the safe side and put in extra strides,” Hough said. “But my horse is naturally fast and she can cut turns short. She’s been in great form all week. I did take a bit of a risk with the turns because Laura’s not a slow rider. I had to ride a smart round.”
The class was Ohlala’s first indoor competition of the season, although Hough herself had competed in one prior indoor competition in advance of the Washington International Horse Show. The veteran mare will next show at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in an effort to accrue more points toward qualifying for the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final.
“She’s always been a great horse – a competitor and a winner,” Hough added. “As you grow with the horse, you change some things here and there, and I changed her bridle in the last year and have really concentrated on her rideability on the flat. The jumping comes natural to her – so I’m just tweaking little things here and there. She’s very adaptable to all types of venue. I would say, in the last couple years, her rideability indoors has improved quite a bit.”
Following this event, Kent Farrington currently holds the top position in the Eastern Sub-League standings, tied with Audrey Coulter (USA) in total number of points, heading into the next event at the National Horse Show in Lexington, Kentucky on November 5.
Full results: http://www.longinestiming.com/#!/equestrian/2016/1253/html/en/longinestiming/resultlist_214.html
Full Standings for Eastern Sub-League: http://results.hippodata.de/2016/1253/docs/longines_fei_world_cup_nal_esl_standings_after_washington_and_calgary_2016.pdf
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Lauren Hough and Ohlala Top $35,000 Welcome Stake at WIHS
Lauren Hough and Ohlala. Photos by Shawn McMillen Photography.
Laura Kraut and Andretti S Victorious in $35,000 Accumulator Costume Class; Isabel Ryan and Eve Jobs Win Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Speed Rounds
Washington, D.C. – The 2016 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) hosted its third day of equestrian competition at Verizon Center in downtown Washington, D.C. on Thursday. USA’s Lauren Hough and Ohlala were the winners in the $35,000 International Jumper Welcome Stake, presented by CMJ Sporthorse LLC. Another win for the USA went to Laura Kraut riding Andretti S in the $35,000 International Jumper Accumulator Costume Class, presented by the Gochman Family.
The Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumpers also competed on Thursday with a win for Eve Jobs and Sandor de la Pomme in the $5,000 High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper speed class, sponsored by Staysail Farm, and a one-two finish for Isabel Ryan with Levistano 2 and Abilitydance in the $2,500 Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper speed class, sponsored by The Strauss Family.
In Thursday’s $35,000 International Jumper Welcome Stake, presented by CMJ Sporthorse LLC, course designer Alan Wade (IRL) set for 29 entries with seven clear rounds over his first round track. Callan Solem (USA) and Horseshoe Trail Farm LLC’s VDL Wizard chose not to return for the jump-off and finished in seventh place. David Will (GER) and Centin Güngor’s Cento du Rouet were first to go over the short course, finishing fifth with four faults in 34.67 seconds. Alison Robitaille (USA) and Bertram and Diana Firestone’s Ace were next to go, jumping a double clear round in 38.00 seconds to eventually finish third. Shane Sweetnam (IRL) and his own and the Blue Buckle Group’s Cobolt dropped two rails in 36.94 seconds to end in sixth place. Next to go, Amanda Derbyshire (GBR) and David Gochman’s Lady Maria BH were double clear in 37.92 seconds to take a brief lead. Laura Kraut (USA) jumped into fourth place with her time of 38.54 seconds riding St. Bride’s Farm’s Confu. Last to go, Lauren Hough (USA) and The Ohlala Group’s Ohlala clocked the winning round in 35.27 seconds.
Hough first partnered with Ohlala, a 12-year-old Swedish Warmblood mare (Orlando x Cardento), five years ago and last competed at WIHS in 2012 when the pair won the $32,000 International Open Jumper faults converted class. At that time, Hough had been riding Ohlala for just one year and was stepping the mare up to the grand prix level with high hopes. Ohlala has since lived up to great expectations and won major classes all over the world.
Explaining her decision to return to WIHS after a three-year hiatus, Hough said, “I am really trying to concentrate on the World Cup qualifiers. I would like to go to the World Cup Finals with her this year, and so I decided to do a tour here. I did Tryon last week. I will go back to Europe to go to Doha next week and then carry on to Toronto.”
“She is wonderful. She loves to win,” Hough said of Ohlala. “I think her favorite part was the prize giving today. Indoors obviously suits her, being a small horse. I felt in the jump-off I did what I needed to do without taking too much risk, and still keeping Saturday night in the back of my mind and having a good prep for that. I feel like I have left enough in the tank to try to win again on Saturday as well.”
The pair will compete in Saturday night’s $130,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Washington, presented by Events DC, so Hough did not want to take too much risk in the jump-off.
“She is naturally very quick, so I just rode my round and kept the turns a little bit short,” Hough detailed. “I made quite a short turn into the double and she did that great. Then I still took my time to the last. I didn’t leave out, but just her natural rhythm and the pace she carries over the ground made my job very easy.”
Hough added, “We bought her the end of her seven-year-old year and she has won her whole life. She jumps at a very high level, and I have been concentrating a lot on Nations’ Cups, so it is nice to let her go enjoy it a little bit and be able to go fast.”
Hough is based part of the year in the United States and part of the year in Europe. Being back at WIHS after several years, she has enjoyed the competition.
“I love America, and I love riding here. I am very lucky to have the opportunity to compete all over the world and be based in both places, but it is always really special to be back in America in front of a home crowd,” Hough acknowledged. “This is a great horse show. In the nighttime they get great crowds, and to be in the middle of D.C. is something special. I know they try really hard, and I like to support good American shows.
Laura Kraut Wins $35,0000 Accumulator Costume Class
The $35,000 International Jumper Accumulator Costume Class, presented by the Gochman Family, was held on Thursday evening during the show’s always-popular Barn Night, presented by Dover Saddlery with the generous support of The Peterson Family Foundation and National Harbor. Local young riders and horse enthusiasts attended in groups and had the chance to enter contests, win big prizes, and enjoy a fun, horse-filled evening that included the WIHS Shetland Pony Steeplechase Championship Races, presented by Charles Owen, and internet sensations Dally & Spanky.
Laura “Little Red Riding Hood” Kraut and Andretti S
For the win, Kraut and her mount, Stars and Stripes’ Andretti S, cleared the course and the high side of the joker fence for a 65-point total in the fastest time of 44.47 seconds. Kraut was awarded the Crown Royal Trophy, donated by Crown Royal, as the winning rider, and Andretti S earned the Sue Ann Geisler Memorial Trophy, donated by the Washington International Horse Show, as the winning horse.
Dressed as Little Red Riding Hood for the costume class, Kraut had a great time competing in front of the Barn Night crowd and was proud of Andretti S for his great performance. The 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Corland x Animo) has shown at WIHS three times and thrives in the atmosphere at Verizon Center.
“He has been really good. He started out the year fantastic in Florida,” Kraut detailed. “Then we had an accident; he fell at a water jump, and it took him a little while just to get his confidence back. He never did anything bad, but he just was nervous. Sort of starting at the Gold Cup he has gotten better. He always seems to like that show, and he has been going well again, and he has been very consistent.
“For some reason he loves Washington,” Kraut added. “He is a claustrophobic-type horse. He doesn’t like other horses coming towards him, but I think this is the third year I have brought him here and he always does well, so it is fun. I am happy with him.”
Second place honors went to Catherine Tyree (USA) riding Mary Tyree’s Bokai with a score of 65 in 45.15 seconds. Amanda Derbyshire (GBR) and David Gochman’s Luibanta BH finished third with 65 points in 45.50 seconds. Andrew Kocher (USA) earned a perfect score of 65 as well riding Eagle Valley Partners LLC’s Ciana, and finished fourth with his time of 51.63 seconds. Kocher and Ciana then earned the Best Costume Award, presented by Equestrian Sport Productions, for their impressive clown attire.
Barn Night was a huge success as some of the region’s top groups came out Thursday night to participate in special contests and enjoy the unique competition. Memory Hill earned the award for Best Group Video, Harmony Ridge won Best Group Banner, Meadowbrook won Overall Largest Group, and Serene Acres took home the award for Best Group Spirit.
Isabel Ryan and Eve Jobs Triumph in Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumpers
The $2,500 Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper speed class, sponsored by The Strauss Family, was held on Thursday afternoon with a one-two finish for 17-year-old Isabel Ryan of Locust Valley, NY. Ryan rode Heritage Farm, Inc.’s Levistano 2 to victory and finished second riding her own Abilitydance.
Twenty-two entries started over Alan Wade’s (IRL) one-round speed course, which saw eight clear trips. Ryan and Levistano 2 cleared the course in 48.52 seconds. Abilitydance stopped the clock in 49.21 seconds, and Quinn Larimer and Nestledown Equine Services LLC’s Bronson CR finished the track in 49.40 seconds to place third.
For the win, Ryan was awarded the Beagle Brook Farm Perpetual Trophy. This was her first time winning at WIHS since riding ponies, and her first trip back to the show in three years. In 2014, she started riding with Andre Dignelli at Heritage Farm and just started doing the jumpers last year.
“It was a good return (to WIHS),” Ryan admitted. “My horses were so good. I was really happy because Billy (Abilitydance) is younger, and he was perfect. He really listened to me, which I was worried about. Levi (Levistano 2) was amazing. He was fast, but I was able to get him back really easily, and that was the goal going in. They were both amazing.”
Ryan first started showing Levistano 2 in the jumpers last year and learned quickly with an experienced partner in the 14-year-old Holsteiner gelding (by Levisto). Abilitydance is a newer partnership, but the 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (by Orame) has also given the young rider great experience.
“I’m fairly new to the jumpers, and I first got Levi because he is older and very experienced,” Ryan detailed. “He was my first real jumper. I started with him at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) this year in the Low Junior Jumpers and then I slowly moved up. Billy was actually my equitation horse last year and then we switched him to the jumpers in week two of WEF this year. He has been getting used to this job, and he was amazing.”
It was a different experience competing on a horse in the jumpers compared to Ryan’s last experience at WIHS on ponies, but her horses gave her two great rounds.
“It was a little nerve-wracking, especially because the last time I was here I was jumping 2’3”, so that was a big difference,” Ryan acknowledged. “It was really nice to have Levi because I have a lot of confidence in him, and I knew that even if it wasn’t the most competitive round, at least he was going to help me have a nice, good experience at Washington. With Billy, my main goal was just to have a nice round and be clean because this is a big step up from anything that he has done before, so it was a great experience showing here.”
WIHS was Ryan’s last show before heading down to the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL for the winter show season. She is a senior in high school and recently submitted applications to colleges. She plans to continue riding as much as possible.
The $5,000 High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper speed class, sponsored by Staysail Farm, was held during the evening session with a win for 18-year-old Eve Jobs of Palo Alto, CA riding her own Sandor de la Pomme. The pair was awarded The “Footloose” Perpetual Trophy in remembrance of Ruth Ellen Wilmot, donated by The Curtin Family in honor of 1990 winner “Footloose.”
Twenty-four entries showed in the speed competition with just eight clear rounds. Katherine Strauss and All In led with a time of 52.88 seconds, but were pushed to second place in the end as Jobs crossed the finish line in a time of 50.16 seconds. Alexandra Pielet and Co-Pielet LLC’s Helene Ve finished third in 54.62 seconds.
Jobs was competing at the Washington International Horse Show for the first time on Thursday and had great confidence in her mount, a 14-year-old Belgian Sport Horse gelding (Vigo d’Arsouilles x Darco) that she has ridden for two years. The pair also won the Junior Jumper Championship at the Devon Horse Show earlier in the year. Jobs has trained with Missy Clark and John Brennan at North Run in Warren, VT for the last six years and will take a gap year to continue her riding in 2017 before heading to college at UCLA in September. For now, the rider will enjoy a hard-won victory in the challenging competition on Thursday.
“These are my really good friends, and I know that a lot of them are very fast riders. I did not get to watch much, so I was a little intimated walking in there of course,” Jobs admitted. “I think because my horse had such a big stride I was able to do the nine strides down the second to last line, and then the six coming home, which I don’t think many people did. That is probably where I picked up the most time.”
Speaking further of her mount, Jobs said, “This horse is so special. Everything that I have done has been because of this horse. He has taught me an exponential amount. He is truly one of the best horses I have ever ridden.”
Jobs’ main goal this year was to compete in the major equitation finals, and she will also show in the WIHS Equitation Finals this week, starting with the hunter phase on Friday. She then heads to the CP National Horse Show in Kentucky to conclude the season. She will begin competing as an amateur at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL starting in January.
Commenting on her first experience at WIHS, Jobs stated, “All of the horses were wonderful. I think the show is a lot of fun. I think the atmosphere is unlike anything I have ever been to. It is a small ring, but the track rode really nice, and I am very happy with my first day.”
The Washington International Horse Show continues on Friday with the championships for the Junior Hunter divisions as well as the hunter phase of the WIHS Equitation Finals. The Low and High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumpers will have jump-off classes in the afternoon session. The evening session begins with a $50,000 International Jumper Speed Final, followed by the $25,000 International Jumper Puissance, presented by The Boeing Company. For full results, visit www.wihs.org.
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Bronze for Hermès US Show Jumping Team at Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final
September 25, 2016 Associate Editor Leave a comment
Lillie Keenan and Super Sox (Libby Law Photography)
Barcelona, Spain – The Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final came to an exciting conclusion at CSIO5* Barcelona Saturday evening. Led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland, the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team of Audrey Coulter, Lauren Hough, Lillie Keenan, and Laura Kraut stood strong against tough competition in the Final’s second round. Building off the momentum from a Silver-medal win at the Rio Olympic Games in August, the U.S. once again stood on the podium, this time earning Bronze. In a sensational evening for the sport, Great Britain and Germany battled it out for top honors in a jump-off. Germany ultimately took Gold, while Great Britain won Silver.
Riding as pathfinders for the U.S. over Santiago Varela’s big and technically demanding course was Hough (Wellington, Fla.) and The Ohlala Group’s Ohlala, a 2004 Swedish Warmblood mare. The pair had a brilliant round until the last fence, an oxer set a long six strides off the triple combination at 12. Hough rode forward, but ended up long, taking the top rails down for a four-fault total.
Next in the order was Coulter (San Francisco, Calif.) and Copernicus Stables, LLC’s Capital Colnardo, a 2005 Holsteiner stallion. With rails down at fences 3 and 12c, the pair added eight faults to the board.
Prior to the final round, the U.S. replaced Lucy Davis and Barron in the team’s starting order due to minor swelling in Barron’s forelimb. The gelding is expected to make a full recovery. Davis and Barron contributed to the final round qualification with a clear round in the opening competition on Thursday. As the alternate members of the team, Keenan and Super Sox stepped into the order. Keenan and Chansonette Farm LLC and Ronnoco Jump Ltd.’s 2006 Hanoverian gelding delivered a clutch clear round in their Nation Cup Final debut.
Laura Kraut and Zeremonie (Libby Law Photography)
Preceding the U.S. in the final rotation was Ireland, Switzerland, and Italy, with each nation adding four faults to put all on a five-fault total. With Great Britain and Germany securing zero-fault round-one totals, the door was open for the U.S. to secure a Bronze medal with a clear round from anchor rider, Kraut. Aboard Old Willow Farms, LLC’s Zeremonie, a 2007 Holsteiner mare, Kraut (Royal Palm Beach, Fla.) rode with steel nerve to deliver the necessary clear round to secure a podium finish for the U.S.
“The course was very tricky. There were options for striding in almost every line,” said Kraut. “It was fortunate for me that I went late in the class and had a lot of time to make up my mind on what would be best for my horse. Initially after walking the course, I thought adding strides would be best, but as I watched, leaving strides out seemed to be working better, especially with the tight time allowed. I was very pleased with my round. Zeremonie is young and that was a lot of pressure on her.”
Speaking to the team’s overall performance, Kraut noted, “Obviously we like to win, and we were one fence away from being in the jump-off, but this was a strong finish for us. Lillie pulling through in the 11th hour and going clear was an amazing feat. Audrey was great; it just wasn’t her week, but she rode really well.”
In the jump-off, Great Britain was first in the order and opted to send forward 2016 Individual Olympic Gold medalists, Nick Skelton and Big Star. The pair jumped clear in 41.57 to put the pressure on Germany. With the advantage of knowing exactly what was needed to secure the win, Marcus Ehning and Pret A Tout delivered for their nation, going clear in 39.80.
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Hermès US Show Jumping Team Fights for Podium Finish at CSIO5* Dublin
July 23, 2016 Associate Editor Leave a comment
Laura Kraut and Cavalia (Laurence Dunne/Rockmountain Studios)
Dublin, Ireland – The United States overcame immense pressure to tie with Sweden for the Bronze medal at the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ presented by Longines at CSIO5* Dublin, Ireland. The Hermès Show Jumping Team of Georgina Bloomberg, Lauren Hough, Laura Kraut, and Jessica Springsteen battled a tough field to extend its podium success in Nations Cup competition. In an intense jump-off, Italy went clear to snatch the Gold medal on zero faults from the home team of Ireland, who claimed Silver on six faults.
“Obviously, we always want to win, and be in the jump-off. The Irish and Italians were very strong, and we knew that going in. We had a couple nine year-old [horses]. To have a podium finish, I was very proud of them and their performance,” said Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland.
The U.S. team put up an impressive first-round effort. Hough (Wellington, Fla.) and Ohlala, The Ohlala Group’s 2004 Swedish Warmblood mare, were the pathfinders for the U.S. team. The growing combination dug deep to finish with zero faults. Springsteen (Colts Neck, N.J.) and Cynar, Stone Hill Farm’s 2007 Dutch Warmblood gelding, nearly matched Hough and Ohlala’s efforts. Unfortunately, they were eliminated due to two refusals at the water jump, obstacle 10.
Knowing there was little room for error, the seasoned combination of Bloomberg (New York, N.Y.) and Lilli, Gotham Enterprizes LLC’s 2004 Deutsches Sportpferd mare, came up big for the U.S. and posted a clear round to keep the team on zero faults. Kraut (Royal Palm Beach, Fla.), the 2016 U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team alternate, and Cavalia, St. Bride’s Farm’s 2007 KWPN mare, executed their job perfectly as the anchor combination, posting zero faults.
Georgina Bloomberg and Lilli (Laurence Dunne/Rockmountain Studios)
The U.S. entered the second round tied for first place with Ireland and Italy. Sweden narrowly trailed with four faults. Every jump counted, and the U.S. needed clean performances in the second round to remain medal-worthy. Hough and Ohlala were unable to match their first-round performance and finished with eight faults. She and the mare had rails down at the Harp oxer, obstacle three, and the Furusiyya oxer, obstacle seven. Springsteen and Cynar did not jump a second round so it was up to Bloomberg and Kraut to carry the team through.
“To not have him [Cynar] go in the second round put huge pressure on the other three so that every fault was going to count from that point on. That’s Nations Cup pressure, in front of an absolutely packed house in Dublin, one of the most important Nations Cups of the calendar year,” said Ridland.
With Sweden right on the U.S. team’s tale with eight faults and Springsteen’s second round score dropped, the U.S. needed Bloomberg and Lilli to jump clear. They knocked one rail at the Furusiyya oxer for four faults, leaving them tied with Sweden going into Kraut and Cavalia’s final attempt on the course. The young combination delivered a perfect round to end the day with a double-clear and solidify a tying Bronze medal effort.
“I thought they did a great job. For us to end up in the medals and tied for third is a great finish. Laura’s double clear on Cavalia and it being her [Cavalia’s] first Nations Cup, and only being nine years old, it was just a tremendous finish,” said Ridland.
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Hermès US Show Jumping Team Finishes Second in FEI Nations Cup at CSIO5* La Baule
May 13, 2016 Associate Editor Leave a comment
Lucy Davis and Barron (Eric Knoll)
La Baule, France – The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team took the Silver medal in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup at CSIO5* La Baule in France on Friday. Led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland, the team of Lucy Davis, Margie Engle, Lauren Hough, and Todd Minikus put in solid rounds to finish on four faults. This performance sets an excellent tone for the summer as the event served as the first of four observation events for members of the Short List for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team, as part of the selection process for the Team. The field of eight nations was stacked with some of the world’s top talent, producing a close competition to the very end. The Netherlands topped the leaderboard on one fault and the home country of France came in third on five faults.
“It definitely went well today; we beat some really good teams. Going head-to-head with the best in the world is why we are here,” said Ridland. “To come out with four clear rounds right off the bat was impressive. It was a great effort. The course was not tricky or highly technical, but it wasn’t easy. This is a wonderful show with a great crowd; it was great to be back here at one of the best shows in the world.”
The Americans had a foot-perfect round one, with the first three combinations, Hough (Wellington, Fla.) and The Ohlala Group’s Ohlala, Davis (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Old Oak Farm Inc.’s Barron, and Engle (Wellington, Fla.) and Elm Rock Partners, LLC’s Royce, all turning in clear rounds. These performances put the U.S. forward to round two in a four-way tie for the lead on zero faults. Anchor combination, Minikus (Loxahatchee, Fla.) and Jack Snyder and Two Swans Farm’s Babalou 41, put in a round one performance in an effort to qualify for Sunday’s Grand Prix. The pair also produced a clear round, giving the U.S. the only clean sheet in round one.
Round two did not start as smoothly as round one, with lead combination Hough and Ohlala pulling three rails. Davis and Barron got the U.S. back on track with a second clear round that was followed by another double-clear effort from Engle and Royce. When the order got down to the final combinations for each nation, the competition was extremely tight. The U.S. and The Netherlands were on zero faults, followed closely by Switzerland and Great Britain on four faults. Going before the U.S. in the order, Switzerland’s anchor rider had the last fence down to add four faults to their score, and the Dutch came home with one time fault. The pressure was on Minikus and Babalou 41 as they entered the arena. The pair had a solid round over the wet ground, but an unfortunate rail at fence four meant it would be the Silver medal for the U.S.
Margie Engle and Royce (Eric Knoll)
“They all handled the pressure great,” said Ridland of his team in round two. “That part of it is the fun part, and they certainly all buckled down. Margie and Lucy were able to duplicate their clear round one efforts and we were more than in the game when Todd went in. It was ours to win, and Todd came really close; the horse had a little slip in the turn and then the rail down, but that’s show jumping. With so many great teams here, we are pretty pleased with today.”
“The course was straight forward, and we had a lot of clears in first round,” said Engle. “I was really pleased with how Royce jumped as he is fresh off a break. It did take him a little bit to get used to the footing because it was soft, but he handled it well. They raised the jumps a bit in round two, and he felt even better. He held his composure and kept his energy level up which was nice – he was super. The whole team here felt really positive; everyone has been in good spirits.”
This Nations Cup competition marked the fourth of the year for the U.S., having showcased great results in Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup events at Ocala and Coapexpan, where they placed first and second, respectively. The U.S. also finished second at the FEI Nations Cup in Wellington.
“The year is young, but so far we are having a really good year,” said Ridland. “We have competed in four Nations Cups with 16 different horses, that shows incredible depth in both the riders and horses we have.”
All members of Friday’s U.S. team will move forward to Sunday’s Grand Prix Longines – Ville de La Baule.
The U.S. will head to CSIO5* Rome, May 26-29, 2016, for the second observation event for the Short List for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team.
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Lauren Hough and Cornet 39 Victorious in $130,000 Engel & Völkers Grand Prix CSI 4*
Lauren Hough and Cornet 39. Photos copyright Sportfot.
Kaely Tomeu and Gentille Win $50,000 Artisan Farms Under 25 Grand Prix Series Final; Kelli Cruciotti Tops 2016 Series Overall
Wellington, FL – March 26, 2016 – Competition on Saturday during week eleven of the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) featured international show jumping on both sides of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL. The $130,000 Engel & Völkers Grand Prix CSI 4* was featured in the International Ring on the main show grounds in the evening with a win for Lauren Hough (USA) aboard Paris Sellon’s Cornet 39. Laura Chapot (USA) and ISHD Dual Star finished second, and Carly Anthony (USA) riding Dublin placed third.
The $50,000 Artisan Farms Under 25 Grand Prix Series Final, presented by Equiline, was held in the International Ring at The Stadium at PBIEC earlier in the day with a win for Kaely Tomeu and Gentille. The series also awarded its top competitors over all seven events with Kelli Cruciotti finishing on top of the standings.
WEF 11 concludes on Sunday, March 27, with the $86,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic to be held on the derby field at The Stadium at PBIEC beginning at 11:30 a.m. The 12-week WEF circuit continues through April 3 offering more than $9 million in prize money.
Forty-four entries contested Olaf Petersen, Jr.’s (GER) course on Saturday night, with ten clear rounds and seven double clear in the jump-off as times got faster and faster. Juan Ortiz (VEN) and Synchronicity Group’s d’Ulien van de Smeets set the pace with a clear round in 42.01 seconds to eventually finish seventh. Nick Dello Joio (USA) upped the pace with the Corlida Group’s Corlida in 39.56 seconds to finish sixth. Carly Anthony (USA) and Artisan Farms’ Dublin were next to go in a faster time of 37.67 seconds that ended in third place. Amy Millar (CAN) and AMMO Investments’ Heros jumped into fourth place with their time of 38.57.
Laura Chapot (USA) and Mary Chapot’s ISHD Dual Star briefly took the lead with their time of 36.29 seconds, but were soon bested by Lauren Hough and Cornet 39, who stole the show with a blazing round in a time of 35.98 seconds. Last to go, Laura Kraut (USA) and Old Willow Farms’ Zeremonie jumped into fifth place, crossing the timers in 39.49 seconds.
Cornet 39 is a 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Cornet Obolensky x Caletto I) that Hough rides for owner Paris Sellon. Sellon rode him herself and then Hough took over the ride at the end of the winter last year. They have since been progressing slowly.
“He was part of the winning Nations’ Cup team in Ocala a few weeks ago, and then he had a little break and really felt fantastic tonight,” Hough detailed. “He was also very good in the WEF (Challenge Cup) the other day. He has sort of been knocking on the door, and I am very proud of him.”
Speaking of the tiebreaker, Hough stated, “There were ten in the jump-off with some of the best horses and riders, and they kept setting the bar higher and higher. Laura (Chapot) is always very fast, and my horse was fantastic tonight. He was really on my side. Sometimes he can go a little against me, and he was really trying hard for me. I think I was very fast back to the double and very fast to the second-to-last (jump), which actually put me out, and at the last minute I had to do one more stride to the last jump. I had a little bit of luck on my side, but I was really pleased with the horse’s performance tonight.”
Commenting on the course, Hough remarked, “I thought it was excellent. I thought Olaf Petersen did a fantastic job. He had a little bit of a mixed field tonight with some younger horses, but it was excellent. There were rails everywhere and the time was just tight enough. Ten in the jump-off was just fine for this week, and I really hope we get to see more of Olaf because he does a great job.”
Hough will continue to develop Cornet 39 this year and plans to compete him again in week twelve CSI 5* competition.
“I think he has a really bright future,” she stated. “I am going week by week, as I had a setback myself, and had knee surgery this winter. My original plans got a little off-kilter, but he will go next week and we will go from there. We head back to Europe the 15th of April and start back over there.
“I did come back very quickly,” Hough said of her surgery. “I have an amazing team of doctors and physios. I have been really lucky to have great people around me in this village of Wellington, so I am very grateful to all of them. Thank you to Engel & Völkers for their sponsorship tonight. This is the second time I have won their class, and I am really thankful for their support.”
Laura Chapot settled for second place with her round aboard ISHD Dual Star, a 14-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare (Quick Star x Concorde), but was pleased with her Saturday night.
“I could not be happier with my horse tonight. I think she jumped fantastic, and I think she had a fantastic jump-off,” Chapot stated. “I think Lauren was a little bit faster back to the combination. Even with my horse’s big stride leaving out, it got a little bit steady, so it did not allow her to run the whole way around. I have no regrets; I would not take back any strides. She was super. Lauren was just a little faster, and she deserved the win today.”
Carly Anthony had her best finish ever riding Dublin for Artisan Farms. Anthony brings along young horses for Olympic gold medalist Eric Lamaze (CAN), and has been slowly developing the nine-year-old German Warmblood gelding (Cobra x Calido).
“I am really excited,” Anthony said after the class. “Artisan has owned Dublin for the last two years, and it has been my job to bring him along for Eric. I am very fortunate that they have let me take that on and bring him along to this level. He is special. He is a little difficult to ride sometimes. I got eight strides in the first line in the jump-off, which I think is where I lost a bit of time. But the more you push him and the more competitive you feel, he comes right back with it and wants to win just as badly as you do.”
Anthony continued, “This is the biggest thing he has done ever. We did the WEF (Challenge Cup) this week, which was also a step up, and until then we had done three 1.50m classes. In two out of the three he was clear, so I felt like we had enough of a good chance to go today and see what we got, and I think he exceeded expectations. This is a top finish. I am very happy with it and happy with how he went today. It makes me proud, and I am glad I can represent Artisan Farms.”
Carol Sollak and Amy Carr of Engel & Völkers presented prizes to the top riders Saturday evening and were thrilled with the fantastic evening of competition.
“We are so excited to have this grand prix,” Sollak stated. “It is our third grand prix that we have sponsored, and it seems like it has been ladies day every one that we have done. We are very happy with the girls, and we love being a sponsor here. We think this show is the most amazing horse show in the world.”
Carr added, “I think a lot of our clientele are here and competing, and we feel it is something we can do to give back because we support the sport and we think so highly of all the competitors. Congratulations to all of them on the whole circuit and doing so well. Certainly we thank the Bellissimo family and the Wellington Equestrian Partners for everything they do for this sport. We are very happy and proud to be a part of the sport that we all love.”
Cornet 39’s groom, Sinead Anglin, received the Groom’s Initiative Award presented by Mark Bellissimo, managing partner of Wellington Equestrian Partners, to reward her dedication and hard work as an integral member of the winning team.
Amy Millar (CAN) earned the Leading Lady Rider Award for week eleven, presented by Martha Jolicoeur of Douglas Elliman in memory of Dale Lawler.
The Potcreek Meadow Farm Junior Sportsmanship Trophy was awarded to McKayla Langmeier as the junior rider that consistently demonstrates outstanding conduct, horsemanship, attitude, and courtesy appropriate for a competitor at the highest levels of our sport. The trophy is presented in memory of Candida C. Fortsmann by Cara Anthony.
Also competing in the International Ring on Saturday, Emily Moffitt kicked off the morning with a win in the $10,000 Sleepy P Ranch SJHOF High Junior Jumper Classic aboard Hilfiger van de Olmenhoeve. Lucas Porter and Sleepy P Ranch LLC’s B Once Z won the $15,000 MAYBACH – ICONS OF LUXURY SJHOF High Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic, and Olivia Chowdry and Cosma 20 topped the $1,500 Animo USA Medium Amateur-Owner Jumper speed class.
Kaely Tomeu and Gentille Win $50,000 Artisan Farms Under 25 Grand Prix Series Final, presented by Equiline; Kelli Cruciotti Tops 2016 Series Overall
Starting off Saturday’s competition in the International Ring at The Stadium at PBIEC, 30 entries jumped in the $50,000 Artisan Farms Under 25 Grand Prix Series Final, presented by Equiline, with eight clear rounds over Olaf Petersen, Jr.’s course. In the jump-off, Kaely Tomeu (USA) and Siboney Ranch’s Gentille jumped to the fastest of four double clear rounds in the winning time of 36.34 seconds.
Victoria Colvin (USA) and Take the High Road LLC’s Echo van’t Spieveld finished second in 38.28 seconds. Stephen Moore (IRL) and Vlock Show Stables’ Team de Coquerie placed third in 39.20 seconds, and Rachel Reid (USA) and her own Huckleberry earned the fourth place honors with a time of 41.17.
Kaely Tomeu and Gentille
Tomeu (20), of Wellington, FL, trains with Shane Sweetnam, Ali Sweetnam, and Michael Delfiandra at Sweet Oak Farm and just purchased Gentille in January. She and the ten-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare (Heartbreaker x Kannan) also won the $25,000 Artisan Farms Under 25 Grand Prix Semi-Final, presented by Seabrook LLC, during week nine.
“After winning the semi-final I was really excited, so I came in today with high hopes for this one,” Tomeu stated. “I never imagined I would win, especially two in a row, and especially the final. I just got this horse in January and she has been nothing but absolutely amazing. I did the team event and she was double clear, and then I won the semi-final and now this one, and those are the only Under 25 classes I have done this year with her. We did not make it overall in the series to get anything, but she was so perfect and I was happy enough with doing this. It was a dream come true.”
Commenting on her winning jump-off round, Tomeu detailed, “She is really fast naturally, so I do not have to try at all. You just sit there and it is her pace that she wants to go. I just sit there, try to hold on, and she is honestly so easy. She knows what she is doing, and she just looks for the next jump. I knew she was going to go fast no matter what, so as long as I participated and helped her out, I knew she was going to do her best.”
Tomeu has been competing in the U25 Series for the last few years and has learned a lot from riding in the different classes.
“I think this series is a great experience,” she noted. “I have done it a few years before, but always on a different horse. With her, I think great things are to come. I hope I get to have her for a long time and go to finals and everything. You never know, but she is a horse of a lifetime for me.”
Second place finisher, Victoria Colvin, was aboard Echo van’t Spieveld, a horse that she got six months ago and has not shown much. She explained that the horse bucking in her jump-off round lost the pair a little time.
“He is a little quirky in that he will try and buck you off,” Colvin explained. “In the jump-off, I landed off fence one and I was hoping he was not going to buck, but then he bucked twice and it takes a very long time for him because he is a big boy. He is really easy though, and he is like a big pony.”
Colvin previously won the U25 Series in 2014 and explained what a great thing the series has been for her career.
“I think it is really important,” she noted. “It is a middle step to the real grand prix level. It is great for us to be able to show in a series that is super important with classes at a very high level before moving all the way up to showing with the top Europeans and international riders. It is such a pleasure to be able to compete in this, and thank you to all of the sponsors for helping the series come true.”
Irish rider Stephen Moore finished third in the final aboard Vlock Show Stables’ Team de Coquerie in his second year competing in the U25 Series.
“I had two horses last year, and they were both really good, and I was placed in the final as well,” Moore explained. “This year I got a new horse in Team de Coquerie. I was a little late getting him, so I only got to do the last three classes, but he was brilliant in all of them. He was double clear on the grass, and then he had one down in the semi-final, and now he was double clear here again today. Thank you to the Vlock family – they own him, they got him for me. He is going really well, so we are delighted.”
Going first in the jump-off, Moore detailed, “I knew I had all of the very fast riders coming after me, so I did the best I could, but I could have been faster. I ended up doing one extra stride in a couple of places, but I do not know the horse that well, so I was not really sure. I could have been faster, but Kaely and Tori are always really fast, so I am not surprised that they beat me anyway.”
Kelli Cruciotti (18), of Elizabeth, CO, placed eighth in Saturday’s final with two rails down in the jump-off, but she and her 15-year-old Swedish Warmblood mare Chamonix H were the most consistent pair in the seven classes of the series overall. Saturday’s class was the final event in the 2016 Artisan Farms Under 25 Grand Prix Series, which also awarded top prizes for its overall standings after the competition.
Cruciotti was the series winner for her exceptional performance throughout the winter. Madison Goetzmann finished second, and Tina Yates placed third. Lucas Porter (4th), Lucy Deslauriers (5th), and Brett Burlington (6th) rounded out the top six in the 2016 Series.
As the overall winning rider, Cruciotti will be invited to compete at the CSI 2* Chantilly Horse Show, part of the Global Champions Tour, from May 26-29, 2016, in France. In addition to her entry, Cruciotti receives two tickets to the Chantilly VIP lounge, transportation for one horse generously provided by The Dutta Corp. in association with Guido Klatte, and layover at Artisan Farms in Vrasene, Belgium. She also received an Equiline saddle.
“I am so excited. I cannot even believe it. It feels unreal,” Cruciotti said of her win. “I have to thank the Ziegler family and everybody that put this series together. For us to be able to compete in so many different venues, it is invaluable experience for us as young riders. I also have to thank my team, my mom Cindy Cruciotti, Peter Lutz, and all of the horses that helped me.”
Speaking of her top mount, Chamonix H, Cruciotti acknowledged, “She is fantastic. She was actually my first high junior jumper. I have had her now for four years, and she has been nothing but the best teacher for me to move up and learn how to do things correctly. Today was not our day; we gave it a shot and sometimes it happens that way, but I could not be happier with her. She has jumped some incredible rounds this circuit, and I am excited for the rest of the year.”
Cruciotti has never competed in Europe before and is excited for her first trip to show abroad. After this circuit the horses will go home to Colorado in April for some rest and relaxation. At the end of April, Cruciotti will go to Europe for a couple of shows, and she is now lucky enough to qualify to go to the Global Champions Tour in Chantilly.
Colvin traveled to Europe for her first time two years ago through her win in the U25 series and told Cruciotti of the experience, stating, “It was so much fun. It was my first time ever in Europe or anywhere out of the country, so to be able to go and compete in Europe was completely different for me. Everything was different – the ribbon presentations, the courses, the people, the surroundings – it was all different, but it was a really fun experience. You are going to have a great time.”
Now in its sixth year at the Winter Equestrian Festival, the Artisan Farms Under 25 Grand Prix Series, presented by The Dutta Corp. in association with Guido Klatte, has proven to be a launching pad for young show jumping talent. Offering a total of $170,000 in prize money, the Artisan Farms Under 25 Grand Prix Series is open to competitors of all nationalities aged 25 and under. Developed as a bridge to the international level of grand prix competition, the Series offers all of the components of international competition without the pressure of going head-to-head against seasoned professionals and Olympic athletes.
Carlene Ziegler of Artisan Farms spoke of the development of the series over the last six years, stating, “It has been so wonderful to watch the progression. When we started this, this division did not exist. It was not a USEF division; it was only something that we knew was being done in Europe. There was no series or group of classes during the year for these riders who had just graduated from the junior or even high amateur ranks, but were trying to make that bridge to the big grand prixs, to do that. It has been incredible to watch what has happened.
“This is the sixth year, and I still remember the first year there was a U25 championship that was going to happen in conjunction with the World Cup Finals, and the top six riders got invited to participate in that,” Ziegler continued. “It was names that you all know now. It was Reed Kessler, and the Coulters, and Lucy Davis, and my daughter Caitlin. It was an incredible first year, and since then it has just gotten better and better in the quality of riders. There are so many riders that are qualified to do this now that are riding at this very high level, so it has been very gratifying. Congratulations to everybody.”
Ziegler added, “I also want to say thank you to Kelli (Cruciotti) for competing today. The way the scoring works for the series, it rewards consistency, and Kelli had been very consistent throughout the whole series. She already had the points to win the series overall before today, but she chose to be here and participate in the final, and in the spirit of competition, it was really great to have her here.”
Part of the Ziegler family’s goal was to encourage other sponsors to come forward and augment support for the seven events comprising the Series. To that end, several sponsors stepped forward to strengthen the efforts of title sponsor Artisan Farms and presenting sponsor, The Dutta Corp. in association with Guido Klatte. Equine Couture/Tuff Rider, EnTrust Capital, Equiline, the McNerney family, and Seabrook, LLC all sponsored classes within the 2016 Series.
Kelli Molinari of Equiline was on hand for Saturday’s final and spoke of the wonderful experience that the series gives these young riders.
“Thank you to the Ziegler family for allowing us to sponsor the final,” Molinari stated. “It is a great opportunity for Equiline to be able to reward and encourage the young riders to take advantage of this opportunity to bridge the middle gap between the juniors and the grand prix. It is a tremendous learning experience for them, and for us it is rewarding to be able to help. We are really happy to support the future of our sport.”
Equiline awarded a custom show coat to Sarah Bagworth (CAN) for their Amateur Appreciation Award for the Series.
Tim Dutta of the Dutta Corp. was also present for Saturday’s final event and thanked the Ziegler family for putting on such an important series.
“Thank you to the Ziegler family. It is world-class what they do for the sport of show jumping,” Dutta stated. “We are very delighted to be part of this series. We think these riders are our next superstars and Olympians. Dutta Corp. gives horses wings, so we are looking forward to their journey and showing them how it is done in Europe. Of course we support these riders, and I hope this is one of many times that they will go to Europe and I hope they do us proud. We have had Olympians come out of this series and some of our superstar young riders started out here. It is a huge growth, and truly I think it is the finest U25 series that I know of anywhere in the world. To have it over a period of weeks, to have this kind of competition, to have this kind of venue, to have this much pressure, to deal with sponsors, media, veterinarians, stewards, rules, to be a lady and a gentleman, and after all of that to see the sport grow, it is just very gratifying for The Dutta Corp.”
WEF 11 concludes on Sunday with the $86,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic to be held on the derby field at The Stadium at PBIEC beginning at 11:30 a.m. The FarmVet Adult Amateur Hunter 36-49 Sec. B will award championship honors in Ring 8. For full results and more information, please visit www.pbiec.com.
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A couple of years later, I reprinted them in a revised form in My Devotion, Black Sparrow Press, 2004. Several years after that, I again edited them and added a few of the sightings, aphorisms, and probings that had appeared in some of my books. I also added some quotations of writers and artists whose insights have stayed with me over the decades.
This is now the final version of “Erratics,” the form of which is once again determined by Caryl’s random pick (other than for the first and final entries). This last entry is Northrop Frye’s penetrating statement on Blake’s figure of Enion, from “The Four Zoas,” whose lament is the epigram to The Price of Experience. The first entry concerns the multifoliate spider experience in 1962 that has invested my poetry with a daemon familiar.
The challenge of such notations is to avoid the traps associated with aphorisms: clichés, truisms, commonplace. Here, while many of the entries reflect each other, the random pick creates a shifting galaxy. My aim has been in this labyrinth of tesserae to register the focal points, and the gists and piths, that have supported my poetics over the years. Such are set against a backdrop of speculations on the origins of image-making initially worked out in my book Juniper Fuse: Upper Paleolithic Imagination & the Construction of the Underworld.
1]: 1962, Kyoto: There was a gorgeous red, yellow and green Aranea centered in her web attached to a persimmon tree in the Okumura backyard. I got used to taking a chair and a little table out there under the web where I’d read. After several weeks of “spider sitting” the weather turned chill, with rain and gusting wind. One afternoon I found the web wrecked, the spider gone. Something went through me that I can only describe as the sensation of the loss of one loved. I cried, and for several days felt nauseous and absurd. When I tried to make sense out of my reaction, I recalled César Vallejo’s poem “La araña”—“The Spider”—which I first read in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1958, right at the time that I had started to get serious about writing poetry. Like the death of the Kyoto spider, the poem had gone right through me. I could not get it out of my mind for months:
It is an enormous spider that now cannot move
a colorless spider, whose body,
a head and an abdomen, bleeds.
Today I watched it up close. With what effort
toward every side
it extended its innumerable legs.
And I have thought about its invisible eyes,
the spider’s fatal pilots.
It is a spider that tremored caught
on the edge of a rock;
abdomen on one side,
head on the other.
With so many legs the poor thing, and still unable
to free itself. And, on seeing it
confounded by its fix
today, I have felt such sorrow for that traveler.
It is an enormous spider, impeded by
its abdomen from following its head.
And I have thought about its eyes
and about its numerous legs…
And I have felt such sorrow for that traveler!
A week later, I decided to motorcycle out to northwest Kyoto and visit Gary Snyder. Gary was not home, so I had tea with Joanne Kyger and, late in the afternoon, started the half-hour drive back home. Riding south on Junikendoori, it appeared that the motorcycle handlebars had become ox horns and that I was riding on an ox. A lumber company turned into a manger of baby Jesus and kneeling Wise men. I forced myself to stay aware that I was in moving traffic. Looking for a place to turn off, I spotted Nijo Castle with its big tourist bus parking lot. Getting off my ox-cycle, I felt commanded to circumambulate the square Castle and its moat. I saw what seemed to be Kyger’s eyeballs in the moat water. At the northwest corner, I felt commanded to look up: some thirty feet above my head was the spider completely bright red, the size of a human adult, flexing her legs as if attached to and testing her web. After maybe thirty seconds the image began to fade…
In my spider vision, the green and yellow of Aranea’s abdomen disappeared. The visionary spider was all red.
I had been given a totemic gift that would direct my relationship to poetry. Out of my own body, I was to create a matrix strong enough in which to live and hunt.
2]: Robert W. Brockway: “It is very doubtful that we have any myths that could be traced back to the last Ice Age, although Wilhelm Schmidt, Mircea Eliade, and other scholars have made such claims. Both, for example, think that the creation story of the animal who dives into deep water to bring up the stuff of which the earth is made originated in central Asia and was brought to the Americas in Paleolithic times.”
3]: A squirrel peers, traffic-confused,
through its Jurassic periscope
darts out
flattened anthem.
4]: As an early form of Ariadne, Arihagne (“the utterly pure”) was a spinning hag or sorceress who enjoyed intercourse with the labyrinth and its grotesque inhabitant. When patriarchal consciousness overwhelmed matriarchal centering, Ariadne became a “maiden to be rescued,” who “falling in love” with the hero Theseus gave him a “clew” or thread that would enable him to get in and out and, while in, to slaughter the sleeping Minotaur. The labyrinth, without its central hybrid, was thus emptied of animality.
5]: The uroboros is hardly “prior to any process, eternal” (Neumann à la Jung), but rather a major arrest of movement drawing into its vortex an overwhelming preoccupation with mother-goddessing the earth (carrying in its wake the attribution to women of many of the horrors to be found in nature). Of relevance here is a little poem by Charles Olson excluded from The Maximus Poems:
the IMMENSE ERROR
of genderizing
the ‘Great Mother’
incalculable
6]: Reality is a feminine wall
soft and cloud-like, a white Hermitage with a skeleton
of steel.
[NOTE. The title of Clayton Eshleman's forthcoming The Price of Experience, from which the preceding has been extracted, comes from "Night Two" of William Blake's The Four Zoas. This work is a literary anatomy, including two long poems ("The Moisinsplendor," written on LSD in NYC 1967 and "An Anatomy of the Night," a “summational vision” completed in 2011); "Adhesive Love," an essay based on Whitman's distinctions between "adhesive" and "amatory" love; three New York city stories; a memoir of selling vacuum cleaners door to door as a teenager in Indianapolis; a poetry and prose journal kept during a 1985 trip to Brittany; essays on Paul Blackburn, César Vallejo, Pierre Joris and Aimé Césaire; three sections of "Noticings" from Sulfur magazine; reviews of works by Leland Hickman, Charles Olson, Adrienne Rich, Chaim Soutine, and Leon Golub; eleven lectures on the Upper Paleolithic painted caves of southwestern France; notes on Carolee Schneemann, apprenticehood, the Medusa, Rodin, and Steven Antinoff’s "Spiritual Atheism”; four interviews and a conversation with Robert Kelly; prose poems inspired by the work of Daumier and Laura Solorzano; a translation of Henri Michaux's poem "Movements"; and "Erratics," a chance-assembled collection of sightings, aphorisms, tiny poems, and quotations.]
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THE GAME I Don’t Wanna Piss Off My Mama, but … 50 MIGHT BE RIGHT ABOUT OPRAH
The Game knows he’s walking a thin line when it comes to criticizing Oprah — but says 50 Cent‘s got him thinking it’s time to do a deep dive into who she targets...
The Game knows he’s walking a thin line when it comes to criticizing Oprah — but says 50 Cent‘s got him thinking it’s time to do a deep dive into who she targets with her documentaries.
We got Game out in L.A. and got his take on Fiddy calling out O … claiming she’s targeting famous black men accused of being sexual predators for her upcoming #MeToo documentary.
You gotta see Game’s reaction … he’s seriously dumbfounded at the possibility Oprah’s giving the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein a pass while putting Russell Simmons and Michael Jackson in her crosshairs.
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Not yet, anyway. Check out the clip, and you’ll get a better idea of what he’s diving into this weekend.
Oprah’s doc premieres at the Sundance Film Festival next month, and it’s a good bet Game will be well versed on the subject by then.
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FOD Chapter 169: The Real World
Posted on 05/14/2018 by Keztrans
Chapter 169: The Real World
Zhao Xuan really fulfilled his promise and sent Zhou Yun Sheng back to the capital, then he went to the Northwest by himself. The Northwest’s chaos was originally incited on his orders, so he went to the Northwest and once again suppressed the barbarians’ rebellion after a few months. Then he hurried back to the imperial court in triumph, and never again stepped foot out of the capital. When the Emperor turned 37 years old, he abdicated the throne to the First Prince. The First Prince was barely fifteen, quite immature, so there was worry that he wouldn’t be able to control the officials, especially the overwhelmingly powerful Northwest King, Zhao Xuan. But surprisingly, after the abdication ceremony, Zhao Xuan also handed over his accounts book and announced his retirement.
The consecutive withdrawal of two influential figures from the stage of history caused no small shake up in Da Qi. Fortunately, the First Prince had inherited the pervious emperor’s ingenuity, and after learning through experience for a few years, the country slowly stabilized. But he often missed his Father Emperor, who was out traveling the world together with Duke Yu Guo.
Zhou Yun Sheng received a lot of code from Zhao Xuan, but when only the last section was remaining, the man was reluctant to hand it over for some reason. Helpless, Zhou Yun Sheng could only accompany him, slowly dilly-dallying. Finally, when they were old and white haired, teeth dropping out, unable to even travel anymore, Zhao Xuan pulled him into a shaky embrace, and kissed his earlobe for a long time.
The last string of code entered 008’s database, and Zhou Yun Sheng cried tears of joy, exhausting all his strength to hug his lover back, saying over and over, “Zhao Xuan, I love you. No matter who you are, or what name you have…I’ll always love you! You must remember that!”
The nurses noticed that the boy lying in the restoration cabin was silently crying, his heart rate gradually increasing. Thinking that he couldn’t support himself anymore, they quickly pressed the help button. When the doctors rushed in, the boy suddenly opened his eyes, his expression confused.
He half sat up, and pushed the doctor blocking his line of sight away. Seeing Orr Assai quietly lying on the neighboring sick bed, his EEG very stable, he finally let out a relieved breath.
“Prepare the most advanced workshop for me, I need four MYS097 model computers, four Noma processors, two satellite signal receivers… …” He stepped out of the restoration cabin relaying clear instructions. Two nurses toweled off the blue restoration fluid on his body, while another nurse dutifully recorded his demands, then they excitedly asked, “Mr. Zhou, did you find a way to break into the Queen’s terminal?”
“Yes, go quickly.” Zhou Yun Sheng asked the doctor for a white lab coat and casually threw it on, then walked up to the bedside to carefully look over Orr’s condition.
“Nothing happened to him, right?” He gently smoothed the other man’s disheveled hair, seeing the rough stubble littering his jaw, he couldn’t help but rub it, then his lips hooked up in a tender smile. He would definitely resurrect his lover in this empty vessel.
“General Orr’s condition is very stable, but there’s still no signs of awakening. When we saw his brain signals suddenly so active, we thought he’d be able to return to normal. But recently, the hospital has to daily shut off the ventilators of patients who’ve died of brain death, it’s so unbearable, I hope General Orr isn’t the next one to go.” The nurse performed a “God bless” gesture. Once General Orr’s EEG stopped fluctuating, in order to save on energy and costs, thereby saving more people who needed recovery, the hospital would need to euthanize him.
“No, he won’t die.” Zhou Yun Sheng gave a very confident smile.
The Imperial Marshal rushed over when he got the news, pointing to the soldiers carrying in equipment behind him, he said, “Everything you’ve requested is ready. Are you thinking of connecting them through the Star Network? Won’t this expose our location?” Currently, humanity could only hole up in the air raid shelters their ancestors built hundreds of years ago. Because these air raid shelters were not accessible from all sides, and not covered by any network signals, they were in the Queen’s blind spot. But once a satellite signal receiver was used, the Queen would be able to follow the trail to them.
She was already completely wrathful, constantly dispatching robot armed forces to suppress human beings, and she’d even started using several munitions factories, manufacturing a steady stream of robot soldiers. If they let her get the drop on them again, humanity would eventually go extinct.
“I have a way to shield the signal from her. Since you’ve selected me for this mission, you should believe in me.” Zhou Yun Sheng caressed Orr Assai’s emaciated cheek and carefully instructed, “Please help me look after General Orr, don’t let anyone touch him before I come out of the studio, including his family. Can you do that?”
“What’s your relationship with Orr?” The Old Marshal asked in reply.
“I’m his biggest fan.” Zhou Yun Sheng grinned.
The Old Marshal looked skeptical, but he still nodded, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of him. I’ll make sure no one touches a hair on his head before you come out.”
Zhou Yun Sheng made an ok gesture, then helped the soldiers assemble and install the devices. The he holed himself up in the studio for two months, transforming his lover’s source code from data to a pure energy form. During this process, he accidentally found that as long as he reverse sorted his lover’s source code, he could get a different body of energy. Seeing this ball of red energy about to solidify, he immediately scattered it with an ion pulse device, his forehead breaking out in a layer of cold sweat.
Unquestionably, his lover’s source code had a sister code, which was none other than the Queen’s source code. Just now, he’d almost created an avatar for the Queen to come out, too close! After almost dooming the world, Zhou Yun Sheng proceeded more carefully, analyzing the Queen’s source code. Two months of repeated scattering and combining later, he finally developed a specialized virus for the Queen. As long as the chip containing the virus was inserted in the Queen’s terminal system, she would immediately collapse. In this way, his lover didn’t need to die with her.
Since the father of the Star Network, Dr. Wilson, had foreseen the rebellion of AI, he would naturally create the most secure method to deal with it. In order to avoid re-creating another self-aware AI, the self-destruct program he wrote would cease to exist after encountering the Queen. In other words, he needed the two to kill each other. As a top hacker, Zhou Yun Sheng already saw through the doctor’s thoughts, so he did everything he could to pull his lover out to the real world, because if he stayed in the virtual world, he would be destroyed.
All this took four months, which would usually not be a long time for human beings, whose life expectancies have been greatly extended, but in this world on the brink of destruction, it was harder to endure than forty years. The Old Marshal paced in front of Zhou Yun Sheng’s studio every day, his expression gradually turning from hopeful to desperate. But he hadn’t forgotten the boy’s instructions, so during this time period, no one was allowed to visit Orr, he even repeatedly stopped Orr’s brother, Jeram, at the door, only allowing him to look in through the windows.
Today, as usual, the Old Marshal went to the studio to look over the situation, and was habitually pacing in front of the door. After finishing a cigarette, he was turning to leave when he heard a rustling sound. The door opened, and an unkempt boy stumbled out.
“It’s done, but don’t ask me any questions right now. I need to see Orr, then eat some food, note, real food, with meat and vegetables, not another goddamn nutrient pack, then let me sleep. Afterward, I’ll sit with you and talk.” Zhou Yun Sheng reclined on the door frame, his temper prickly. He seemed to have caught some of Dr. Bai Mo Han’s bad habits, as soon as he started working, he neglected sleep and forgot about food, often letting two or three days pass by before pouring a nutrient pack into his mouth. Currently, he was skin and bones, alarming even himself.
When the youngster went in, he was gorgeous- snow white skin, red lips, bright eyes, very beautiful. Now, this emaciated, sallow skinned, dim eyed person, the Old Marshal was afraid to recognize him. He stared blankly for a moment before reacting, quickly stepping forward and ordering his bodyguards to fetch a doctor.
“You really found a way to destroy the Queen?” The Old Marshal’s low voice was full of excitement.
“There’s a way, but I need the help of the army. I want to be alone with Orr for a while, you leave first.” Zhou Yun Sheng dragged his weak body to the hospital ward and locked the door behind him, after using an interference device to block out the monitor in the corner, he affixed a computer chip between Orr’s eyebrows. The royal blue chip flashed, it seemed to be transferring energy. Ten minutes later, it slowly began to fade, twenty minutes later, it was thoroughly transformed into a pile of fine powder, the energy inside all transferred into Orr’s brain.
Zhou Yun Sheng brushed away the powder sticking to the other man’s forehead, then held his breath, staring at the EKG. The gray areas of Orr’s brain slowly turned orange-red, that was the sign of brain cell resuscitation, he would wake up soon, his fingers were even twitching already.
Zhou Yun Sheng quickly pulled open the door and shouted, “Doctor, where’s the doctor?! Come look at General Orr, he seems to be responding!”
A pack of doctors and nurses rushed into the ward, half to look over Orr’s condition, half to take care of their only 16 years old Little Savior. Some measured his blood pressure and monitored his heart rate, some were scrubbing his body clean, and some carried over hot congee and supplement soup.
The Old Marshal pointed to Orr’s brain chart, which was already resembling the state of a normal person, and asked, “What did you just do?” He always felt that Orr’s sudden recovery and the boy’s presence was greatly tied.
“I stole a kiss. You’ve heard of those ancient fairy tales, right? The Prince kisses Sleeping Beauty, and Sleeping Beauty immediately wakes up. I’m very lucky!” Zhou Yun Sheng spouted some nonsense as he waited for the nurses to finish inspecting his body, then he quickly began devouring a bowl of congee. The taste of the nutrient packs really was too unpleasant, unpalatable things, they nearly murdered his taste buds.
After drinking the porridge and cleaning himself up, Zhou Yun Sheng gave in to the nurses’ pleas to enter the restoration cabin to restore his strength. He turned on the inner wall’s transparency so he could see Orr’s condition from the inside at all times, as soon as the other man opened his eyes, he would be the first to know.
Probably because he’d stayed too long without sleep, he barely stared at Orr for a minute before falling into a deep sleep, his head tilted towards the bed, his brow furrowed in longing and concern.
Orr felt like he’d been sleeping for a long time, it felt like a whole century had passed. When he opened his eyes, he almost couldn’t remember who he was, it took him half an hour to pull out the memories buried in his brain. His last memory was of entering an induction cabin, connecting to the Star Network, then falling unconscious.
As a soldier, he was very vigilant, finding himself in a strange environment, he didn’t loudly call for help, nor act rashly. Of course, he couldn’t move even if he wanted to, because all his muscles were painfully stiff. He barely managed to turn his neck to assess his surroundings, then he unconsciously held his breath.
If it weren’t for the dilapidated environment, he’d think he was in heaven, and was looking at an angel. A transparent restoration cabin was next to his bed, a teenager was floating in the bubbling light blue restoration fluid, his pure black hair bobbing gently. He was very thin, like he would snap in half if he bent over, his pale skin looked transparent because of the light blue shading. His profound and beautiful facial features were somewhat babyish, but he still looked good.
Orr stared blankly, dazedly thinking: God certainly spent a long time patiently crafting this boy, to make him look like a flawless crystal. Who is he? Why is he in my room?
Because the basement’s surroundings were too simple, it never occurred to Orr that he wasn’t kidnapped by terrorists, but was receiving treatment in a hospital.
T/N:
Dr. Bai Mo Han- Reread Chapter 9. Not like you guys needed the reminder, that seems to be your favorite chapter lol
I’m surprised you guys waited (relatively) patiently for this one. I guess it’s always bitter sweet when a story you’ve been reading for a long time ends huh?
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FOD Chapter 170
Navleu
Yey! The ML is alive! Yey!
The end is near Boo-hoo!
ecle chan
Ese momento en el cual la historia es tan buena, que no deseas que termine… agridulce, llena de llanto pero a la vez de una sonrisa…
💖💘
Zhao Xuan, te amo”. No importa quién seas o el nombre que tengas… ¡Siempre te amaré! ¡Debes recordar eso!
Amé esas palabras, me hizo recordar la canción de Floricienta:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsIDhBdPgbE
😭❤😭❤
RenTheWitch
siiigh i was hoping he would remember something else
Kailyria20
Real world now, just thinking that it’s ending is a bit sad… but we can read it again.
Lina Urh
I can’t believe it’s all coming to an end. Thank you so much for all your hard work!
…but I would like to just point out that the EKG should be an EEG (I don’t know if this was a mistake by the author or a mistranslation). EKGs (or ECGs, electrocardiograms) are used to monitor the heart, whereas EEGs (electroencephalograms) monitor brain activity. Both consist of squiggly lines, but they’re quite different.
Oh man, first I wanna thank you for sticking to this series and wonderful translations. It takes so much diligence and there’s no way QFOD would be the most well known bl novel on NU if it weren’t for you.
Secondly, this is finally the last stretch! I feel so bittersweet.
CCCCCROW
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I didn’t want this story to end yet ;-;;;;;;;;;
Arghhhhh I’m going to miss both of them so so much >-<
I'm saddd aaaa
MaliciousBurial
OMG yes. The doctor was my favourite. I cried buckets of tears for him 😭
Also, I feel reluctant and expecting at the same time, reading and knowing that this is the end 🤭🙈😖
Thank you so much. Can’t say it enough. Thank you!
Good so far. But you are right. Chapter 9 was one of my favorites because the person ZYS became was a misunderstood “evil scientist” who was just trying to help humanity. It also deviated from the classic ZYS and ML get together in the end plot. So sad T.T
Thank goodness I don’t have to work tomorrow!
Thank you very much, you’re a goddess. I’m off to read…
Oh my Godd!! Thank youu soo muchh for the update!! (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o))) But also I’m crying cos the story is complete now.. (╥_╥)
Alix Sinclaire
I can’t do this! I can’t read this yet! I’m not ready for this to end ahhhhh! I’m going back to chapter one 🤯
Worldwide handsome jin
I just finished rereading the last two arcs to get myself hyped up for this final arc…
But I’m so reluctant to finish this amazing story ㅠㅠ
Thank you kez for translating this wonderful story
Uuuuhhh the last arc…. I’m torn between happiness and sadness…
Yeah, I LOVE that chapter!
Crystal J Williams-Brown
I’m both excited to find out what happens and sad to know it’s over
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Shooter (TV Series)
Across the Rio Grande (2017)
crowbarsys1 September 2017
As opposed to some other reviewers who confuse an action drama TV show to a seal training video, (or have such expectations), I find the show greatly entertaining. Yeah the story line might be sketchy here and there and perhaps the M24 is only good to 1600 but who cares? The episodes are suspenseful and action packed. Keep up the good work and looking forward to more.
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Across the Rio Grande
bobcobb30122 August 2017
Warning: Spoilers
It wasn't as bad as previous weeks, but this show just continues to be missing the mark week after week. We got a lot of action here, we actually saw the villain vulnerable at a point, but the scenes away from the battlefield are particularly painful to watch.
Shooter won't even get wrapped up properly in the final two episodes so I hope they have something good in the next two or the season will be a total waste.
Nope, this Series is becoming less credible
dncorp23 August 2017
Range M4 250 meters
Range M16 350 meters
Range M110 1000 meters Range
M14/M21/M25 1200 meters
Range M24 1600 meters
Range of the Mexican
Military and Federal Police Rifles 7.62mm x 51mm 600 meters
U.S. Marines, U.S. Marine Snipers are NOT U.S. Military Special Operations Forces, while U.S. Army Special Forces, U.S. Air Force Special Operations Wings, U.S.M.C. MARSOC, U.S. Navy S.E.A.L.s are Special Operations Forces as fully trained to do those things previously depicted by this Sniper TV Series, that Conventional Warfare U.S. Marines ARE NOT TRAINED TO DO.
Anybody that has been trained (Basic Combat Training) has to be rolling on the floor laughing their rears off. Anybody trained as a Sniper will just change channels or turn off the boob tube. Range of the weapons.
Taking off gloves and face mask and throwing on the ground, not very smart, as connected to crime scene by DNA. They would have known this if actual U.S. Military Special Operations Forces (that usually work with the CIA). The Mexican Police will then tie them to the Murders.
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Runners: Stop the Pronation Panic
By Elizabeth Preston on Monday, June 24, 2013
If you walk into a sporting goods store and ask for shoes, you're likely to be thrown on a treadmill and have your strides dissected on video as if you were crossing an Olympic finish line. Salespeople will give you a thorough analysis of your gait. They may break the news that you "over-pronate," rolling your foot inward to some degree at the end of each step. Don't worry! It's common—and they sell a shoe made for your specific flaw. It's all very scientific, except that it isn't.
Rasmus Nielsen, a sport science graduate student at Aarhus University in Denmark, has seen the process from both sides of the in-store treadmill. When he first started running, he was told he should buy motion-control shoes to correct his pronation. Five years later, he started working in a running store.
"I was told to advise individuals to buy stability or motion control shoes if they were pronators," Nielsen says. "I started to ask the question, 'Why do we do this?' No evidence-based answer was provided."
Since becoming a physical therapist and seeing thousands of runners in his clinic—and dealing with his own running injury—Nielsen has developed a new perspective about where injuries come from. He doesn't think pronation or supportive shoes matter much at all. To add some evidence to the discussion, he conducted a study of more than 900 novice runners.
The subjects were healthy Danes of various ages and sizes—on average, 37 years old with a BMI of 26—who didn't run before the study. Physical therapists assessed their gaits and scored each person's feet as neutral, moderately or highly pronated, or moderately or highly supinated (rolling outward). Then subjects spent the next year running as much as they wanted. They logged their miles with a GPS watch and called the study leaders for an appointment if any injury cropped up.
Whatever their gait, all subjects were given identical "neutral" running shoes. Nielsen reasoned that if matching running shoes to foot type prevents injuries, then people with pronating or supinating feet should injure themselves sooner in these shoes than people with neutral feet.
That didn't happen.
Injuries were common; more than a quarter of the new runners were sidelined by injury at some point. But people's foot types had no relation to how soon they got injured. In fact, pronators had slightly (but significantly) fewer injuries per thousand kilometers run than neutral runners did.
Nielsen isn't the first researcher to find plot holes in the story told by shoe companies. A 2009 review concluded that there was no evidence behind the way different shoe types are prescribed. In 2011, a study of female runners found that those randomly assigned to wear motion-control shoes experienced more injuries than those assigned to other types of shoes.
Since the current study only involved uninjured, novice runners, the authors point out that motion-control shoes could be helpful to people who've already had an injury. It's also possible that the most extreme pronators are more prone to injury; in the study, this group was so small—only 18 people—that no real conclusions could be drawn about them. Yet for garden-variety pronators, there was clearly no extra injury risk.
These days, Nielsen says he can run in any type of shoe, once he gets used to it. He thinks how people train matters much more for their injury risk. Worrying about your sneakers, he says, isn't worth it. "I would definitely advise other runners [to do] otherwise than I did."
Image: by Danielle Walquist Lynch (via Flickr)
Nielsen, R., Buist, I., Parner, E., Nohr, E., Sorensen, H., Lind, M., & Rasmussen, S. (2013). Foot pronation is not associated with increased injury risk in novice runners wearing a neutral shoe: a 1-year prospective cohort study British Journal of Sports Medicine DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092202
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inkdestroyedmybrush June 25, 2013 at 3:56 PM
once again, you're asking the wrong questions and getting terrible conclusions from bad data. Why are you looking at the shape of the foot for the degree of pronation? You can have overpronation both from an inflexible arch and a hypermobile navicular bone, both of which will over-rotate the knee prior to the hip loading up with weight, but the answer will be different for both when it comes to realigning the leg. Its way more complex than is being described here, so to present such data as being conclusive is spurious.
"In 2011, a study of female runners found that those randomly assigned to wear motion-control shoes experienced more injuries than those assigned to other types of shoes." And this is absurd also. There is no meaningful data here what so ever. To randomly assign a specific style of shoe onto a number of feet, when we have no idea what they should actually be using, is to gain no meaningful assessment of the efficacy of the shoe's abilites, or whether it could even potentially be helpful whatsoever. It makes zero sense.
What is spurious is the fact that numerous studies link under or overpronation (measured in the same way, through gait analysis) to plantar fascitis and a large number of conditions. You can't have it both ways. Sure sure, I agree it is more complex, but you to incorporate seemingly contradictory information in a novel way. And you cannot do that through simplistic ideas of pronation but instead must actually measure the forced being exerted on the foot. Why isn't this done?!
By the way, I mean forced exerted on the foot for plantar fasciitis. There is no doubt weight is a factor, as is age and so on. But why do some people develop it while others do not, yet have all the risk factors? I have plantar fasciitis now and also as a teen but it lasted only 1 month. Then I ran on hard surfaces in soccer shoes for about (no exaggeration here) 10 hours per week. Then I stopped exercising, and gosh-darn it, at 21 my foot began to hurt again. I think clinicians are real assholes when they point out a change in activities caused my problem. I didn't come in to talk about something as obvious as that anymore than a doctor should get paid to say eat right and exercise.
To be utterly clear, I mean to say that I had foot problems as a teen for a month, then recovered and was fine. There is no reason to believe my gait changed in a one month period, nor my foot either. Anyway, pronation as the cause of 'instability' or 'imbalance' is as nonsensical as the chiropractors adjusting spines. If you are so smart than fix the fucking problem. (Oh, its more complex than that!) Fuck you. If you know whats wrong than fix it, don't critique and analyze. If you don't understand, by all means, go back to doing research.
Joan Savage June 28, 2013 at 5:24 PM
Barefoot runners apparently don't have this problem at all.
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The Pfunky Griddle puts the “pfunk” in new Murfreesboro breakfast eatery
Melinda Lorge | Contributing Writer 5 years ago
The Pfunky Griddle offers breakfast with a twist in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
If you were to walk into The Pfunky Griddle, you will quickly notice that it’s not your typical breakfast eatery. Here, you’re handed a series of items including a pitcher of all you can eat batter, your choice of toppings and a spatula to make your own breakfast. The restaurant also offers alternatives for those with milk or egg allergies, a gluten free menu and a special griddle for those with Celiac Disease, an autoimmune disorder that causes sufferers’ bodies to have a negative reaction when they consume gluten.
This new breakfast eatery is owned by former Middle Tennessee State University student, Matt Pfuntner.
“Does it look okay in here? Don’t laugh,” said Pfuntner with a look of uncertainty, inspecting the dining room décor of the new Murfreesboro location, which opened in August.
The family owned restaurant originated in Nashville where it first opened its doors for business on Bransford Avenue in 2007, before it was handed down to Pfuntner by his mother, Penelope.
“I was in the middle of a management class at MTSU and I had a missed call on my phone from my mom,” he said with a look of astonishment. “I called her back she was like, ‘Hey, Matt I don’t want to mess with this restaurant anymore. I just want to focus on catering.”
THE PFUNKY GRIDDLE PROVIDES CUSTOMERS WITH INGREDIENTS TO MAKE THEIR OWN BREAKFAST ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH PHOTO BY DYLAN SKYE AYCOCK MTSU SIDELINES FEATURES EDITOR
Ms. Pfuntner gave her son the restaurant with only one stipulation: that he would have to pay $10,000 over the course of three months, which he ended up paying through money he made working in the restaurant.
“We had our busiest day ever in Nashville last Sunday,” he beamed. “We were on a two-hour wait, and we also just recently had 80 girls from a sorority rent out the Nashville location.”
Pfuntner spent his time juggling school and working under his mother before he was handed the reins of the business, and when he got his hands on it, he already had plans for new whereabouts and renovations.
“When it was hers, it was untapped potential,” he said, and pointed to the carefully carved grey table in front of him, “I made these tables,that tile was cut by me, I shaved the legs down and made them in my garage and stained it. It took about two and a half weeks to make 24 tables.”
Pfuntner said that his vision was to have a more industrialized restaurant. He described the Nashville location as one that planted the seed for opportunity to expand overtime. The Nashville location was his place to see what needed to be changed.
“This place is built to handle more than Nashville, and this is the way I want the company to go,” he smiled about the Murfreesboro location. “It’s a more well thought out place here, but Nashville’s where we started, and the Nashville location allowed us to do this.”
The idea for The Pfunky Griddle stemmed out of an idea that his grandmother had while working for a woman in Florida.
“My grandmother worked for a lady named Patti who had a place called the Sugar Mill,” he started. “My grandma and my mom worked together to come up with a plan because they wanted to bring the concept to the Nashville community. Patti didn’t have the set-up to franchise and my grandma was supposed to handle the restaurant, but my mom was more business savvy and eventually bought her out, before it came to me.”
When asked where he sees himself in the next ten years he jokes, “Hopefully retired. Actually, I hope to have a franchise.”
Once Pfuntner has things in order in Murfreesboro, he plans to open up a third location in Hendersonville.
“This place is set-up for success,” he said with a smile. “It’s a gimmick, but it’s a gimmick that has replay value.”
The Pfunky Griddle is open Monday through Tursday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and and weekends from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and located at 525 N Thompson Ln, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 and 2800 Bransford Ave, Nashville, TN 37204.
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The original Punky Griddle has been a long time resident of Nashville on Bransford Avenue in a house that is hand painted with local artists designs. Although it is a place to go make your own breakfast it is also a place to socialize and enjoy the creative creations others have developed on their skillet. Part of what has always drawn people to Pfunky Griddle is without a doubt the amazingly sweet and unique staff. This is not a typical waiter/waitress job, you need to have an encouraging and creative natural state of mind. Whether you’re a child or an adult making your own pancakes is always an adventure. They have plenty of toppings from fruit to candy and two batter choices plain and whole wheat. Personally, I love the whole wheat with walnuts and chocolate chips for the taste and the texture. Don’t be fooled by the popularity of their pancakes because they have more than just that. The menu varies from Bacon, eggs, fruit bowls, and even French toast. Even more notable than their variety in food pancakes aren’t the only thing you can cook yourself. Some other things on their menu that come out to you mise en place is omelets, French toast, Grilled Cheese, and finally, Biscuits and Gravy. To round things up Pfunky Griddle is ultimately a stop you should not turn down if you are in the area.
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PulteGroup, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2014 Financial Results
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Q1 Pretax Income Increased 58% to $130 Million; Up from $82 Million in 2013
Q1 2014 Pretax Includes $19 million of Income Relating to the Reversal of Mortgage Repurchase Reserves and $9 Million of Expense Relating to Debt Redemption Charges
Net Income of $75 Million, or $0.19 Per Share, Includes Income Tax Expense of $55 Million; Prior Year Net Income of $82 Million, or $0.21 Per Share, Includes Income Tax Expense of $1 Million
Average Selling Price Up 10% to $317,000
Gross Margin of 23.8% Increased 580 Basis Points Over Prior Year and 60 Basis Points Over Q4 2013
Value of Net New Orders Increased 2% to $1.6 Billion, as Increased Absorptions Per Community Generate New Orders of 4,863 Homes
Unit Backlog of 7,199 Homes Valued at $2.4 Billion
During the Quarter, Company Redeemed $246 Million of Senior Notes and Repurchased $45 Million of Stock
PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) announced today financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014. For the quarter, the Company reported pretax income of $130 million, an increase of 58% over prior year pretax income of $82 million. Net income for the period was $75 million, or $0.19 per share, compared with prior year net income of $82 million, or $0.21 per share.
Net income in 2014 included income tax expense of $55 million, or $0.14 per share, compared with prior year income tax expense of $1 million, or less than $0.01 per share. The first quarter effective tax rate of 42% was higher than expected primarily as the result of deferred tax expense associated with changes in certain state income tax rates.
"PulteGroup has gotten off to a strong start in 2014, with first quarter results showing gains resulting from our efforts to drive better pricing, operating margins and pretax earnings in support of higher returns on invested capital," said Richard J. Dugas, Jr. , PulteGroup Chairman, President and CEO. "Our first quarter gross margin of 23.8% is up 580 basis points over last year and 60 basis points over the prior quarter, marking our ninth consecutive quarter of gross margin expansion."
"We are pleased with the start of the spring selling season, as absorption paces per community improved from year ago levels and demand accelerated through the quarter. We continue to believe housing is in the early stages of a multiyear recovery benefitting from low interest rates, low inventory and continued relative affordability of homes, and with consumers looking for well-located houses and displaying a clear willingness to invest in those features they value most."
Home sale revenues for the first quarter were $1.1 billion, which was comparable with last year. Revenues for the quarter reflect a 10%, or $30,000, increase in average selling price to $317,000, offset by a 10% decrease in closings to 3,436 homes. The higher average selling price was the result of price increases in each of our entry level, move-up and active adult demographics.
The Company's home sale gross margin for the quarter was 23.8%, which is an increase of 580 basis points over the prior year and 60 basis points over the fourth quarter of 2013. Homebuilding SG&A expense for the period was $144 million, or 13.3% of home sale revenues. SG&A expense for the first quarter of 2013 was $129 million, or 11.8% of home sale revenues.
For the quarter, the Company reported 4,863 net new orders, a decrease of 6% from prior year. The dollar value of new orders was $1.6 billion, which is up 2% from the prior year. For the quarter, the Company operated out of 584 communities which is a decrease of 10% from the first quarter last year.
PulteGroup's backlog at quarter end totaled 7,199 homes valued at $2.4 billion, compared with prior year backlog of 7,825 homes valued at $2.4 billion. The average selling price in the Company's current backlog increased 9%, or $28,000, over the prior year to $336,000.
The Company's financial services operations reported pretax income of $22 million for the quarter, compared with pretax income of $14 million in the prior year. Mortgage capture rate for the quarter was 78% compared with 82% in the comparable prior year period. Pretax income for the period reflects the reversal of $19 million of mortgage repurchase reserves, offset by a decrease in operating profitability due to the more competitive operating conditions that currently exist within the mortgage industry.
During the quarter, PulteGroup repurchased 2.2 million shares of common stock in the first quarter for $45 million, or an average price of $19.95 per share. The Company also completed its previously announced redemption of $246 million of senior notes, resulting in a first quarter charge of $9 million.
A conference call discussing PulteGroup's first quarter results is scheduled for Thursday, April 24, 2014, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Interested investors can access the live webcast via PulteGroup's corporate website at www.pultegroupinc.com.
PulteGroup, Inc.
Consolidated Results of Operations
($000's omitted, except per share data)
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Company Contact: Investors: Jim Zeumer, (248) 433-4502, Email: jim.zeumer@pultegroup.com
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Zero Gravity [Dru :Open to Delilah]
Once a former abbey, the building now serves as a pub that’s popular for co-eds and football fans alike. Its business is hopping thanks to the atmosphere and the customer service provided by owner-operator Kara Viridian.
Re: Zero Gravity [Dru :Open to Delilah]#13249
by: Delilah Chase - Wed Aug 09, 2017 12:59 pm
- Wed Aug 09, 2017 12:59 pm #13249
Just as Delilah was about to turn around, Teague spotted her. Go figure. And now she was stuck in the awkward position where she had to stay. Whether she sat with Teague and his female companion or declined the invite on grounds of not wanting to intrude, she had to stay and have a drink or eat some food. She glanced at the woman as Teague introduced her, averting her eyes only for a moment to avoid rolling her eyes at the blasted nick name. "Del." If he were anyone but Teague, he'd get an earful. As it were, at least her name wasn't the only one whose name had been shortened. Unless there really were females these days running around with the name "Drew." She had her doubts. Some male names simply didn't cross over well.
"The pleasure's mine," Delilah replied as Dru greeted her and held her hand out. Delilah gave a fair handshake of her own, choosing to slide into the booth next to Teague a moment after her hand returned to her side. She didn't know Dru. To do otherwise would have simply been presumptuous. Besides, with the prudish smile she had received, Delilah wanted to be able to assess this woman further. She wasn't entirely certain the woman was as happy to see her here, and truthfully, the feeling was mutual if that was the case. But Delilah wouldn't let on. To show a weakness of any sort was simply not something she could afford.
"Well, you two can enjoy your drinks. I'd prefer tea. Long day," she replied, casting a glance at Teague. Delilah wasn't quite so sure Teague would put up with that, but honestly, she wanted to relax--not invite on a bloody headache for the next morning. She wanted a quiet, peaceful Sunday spent going for a jog or reading the paper or whatever else she might fancy come morning. She'd sit and visit with the two of them at least til she'd had a couple cups of tea and then dismiss herself. "Don't let me interrupt your conversation, though. Seemed you two were deep in before Teague saw me."
Delilah Chase
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by: Teague MacTail - Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:32 pm
- Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:32 pm #13286
"Well not a bodyguard really.... well ok, guess it's a bodyguard when you get right down to it but I need more than that. I need-" The tracker paused there and realized he didn't know where he was going with that train of thought. Was this all just a broken heart talking or was there something else there? He needed someone to watch his back, a trustworthy asset he could send out to track things he didn't necessarily want known to anyone else to know about, in much the same way he'd done for Trevor and Voldemort. Teague let out a laugh and ran a hand through his hair before settling back to take a good long pull from his drink. "Yeah, a'right, I need a bodyguard."
Teague let the notion flit through his head for a fraction of a second before burying it deep behind the normal aloof persona he tended to show everyone. Teague's grin widened when it seemed like Del was going to join the pair and when she slid in beside him, the tracker shifted and slid over to make room. He watched the women shake hands with an amused glint in his eye. If it was possible the trackers grin widened further when Dru dropped the line about being presentable and the sarcastic tone of Dru's invitation to sit had Teague aiming a soft kick toward her shin under the table.
"Presentable? Hell, if ya got any fancier it'd make me look like some sort of scrub lass and then I'd be forced to up my game."
Teague flashed Del a grin that stated the woman wasn't going to simply just get away with tea tonight. Heck no! If she was going to sit with him then Teague was going to make it his job to get the younger woman to relax and maybe have a little fun. They'd all been working non stop the past bit and the tracker was certain the wizarding world wasn't going to implode over night. Teague reached for another handful of chips before motioning to Del to help herself.
"Tea? C'mon luv, you need to unwind as much as I do. At least have one shot with us before you do the non alcoholic thing." The tracker searched the table for an extra glass only to realize there wasn't one. Dru had waved to presumably get the bartender to bring them an extra glass but the tracker was a bit buzzed and feeling rather playful. So rather than make a big deal out of it, Teague slid Delilah his glass with a cheeky grin. "Or we can share if that makes ya feel better. Besides I've been told whiskey is good for mending broken hearts and tracker hiring."
Teague MacTail
Rank: Lord
by: Dru Windsor - Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:32 pm
- Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:32 pm #13317
Dru's face changed from confused, surprised, to amused all in one go as the tracker went through his roundabout with the term bodyguard. She couldn't help but snicker into her glass as she took another drink and she crinkled her nose with a smile as she looked across the booth at her old friend. She was both surprised and not surprised at all when he summoned her for that particular position, since they'd mentioned it the time before when he'd seen her in Belfast--but she was also intrigued by the offer that it came to her and not some other desperate, brown-nosing and groveling follower from the city. There was no doubt, however, that she was flattered and honored to come back to work for him, but if it was any other Lord asking her of this particular favor, she might not have accepted...at least, not so quickly. Because it was Teague, her answer was a no-brainer.
But her answer was cut off because they had a visitor. Delilah. Dru's eyes flickered with a flash of shock but quickly died down when she tilted her head at Teague. He kicked her? Brat. She just snickered. "The day I see you get fancy with your get up, MacTail--especially to come out and have a drink at a pub--is the day hell will surely freeze over, I'm sure." Dru poked fun at him for his fashion sense, whose idea of casual attire wasn't as refined as much as the Lords and Ministers she'd run into before. She'd seen him dressed up from time to time but those moments were few and far between.
The woman sat down, which was disappointing since she wanted to have a bit of privacy to further discuss the terms and conditions of this bodyguard situation, but at the same time Dru found it interesting she chose to sit by Teague. Not that she wanted a stranger to crowd on her space, but it gave her a chance to observe their behavior and interactions in a more casual setting than a stuffy old office at Puxley or wherever they operated together nowadays. She just shook her head with the hint of a grin tugging at the corner of her mouth when Teague offered to share a glass with her, a better expression than the sour face she made when Delilah opted for tea. "I'd take the offer if I were you, ol Teague here is a pretty persistent bugger."
Dru Windsor
by: Delilah Chase - Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:08 pm
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:08 pm #13333
Teague was persistent. Delilah would give him that. Any more persistent and she might actually find grounds to dislike him at times. She gave him the side eye as he slid his drink toward her, suggesting they share, and shook her head at Dru's comment. "Fine, fine! I give in," she replied, holding her hands up a moment in concession before grabbing the drink and bringing it toward her lips. At least it wasn't ale. Whisky by the way it burned going down. She refused to let herself make a face. She was used to the foul-tasting stuff of the future, which burned much worse and was rudimentary at best. At least this had some flavor, albeit not all that great.
"So, what's this, anyway?" she asked, motioning between them to indicate she was not talking about Teague's drink, which she pushed back over toward him. Maybe he'd leave her be now, but knowing Teague? He'd have a drink of her own in front of her in no time and keep 'em coming. He seemed set on drinking, after all. It'd be a while before he'd be gone enough she could switch.
by: Teague MacTail - Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:03 pm
- Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:03 pm #16886
It was hard not to laugh at Dru's antics and Teague barely managed to hide it behind a grin when Del gave in and took his offered drink, downing a decent swallow. He didn't miss the side eye he was given though his inner child was hollering out in victory since Delilah didn't seem like she was going to fight back to much. Dru was right when she said he could be a persistent bugger. Hell, most people that knew him even in the slightest already knew he could be out right tenacious if he set his mind to something.
When his glass was passed back, Teague took another pull from it before reaching for a few chips. Now that he had a decent amount of alcohol in his system he was starting to get a serious case of the munchies. The tracker flashed wry grin when Del asked what was going on. Honesty he didn't even know anymore. Not that he'd say that bit out loud so the tracker opted for the truth since he was certain his fellow Death Eater would figure it out sooner or later.
"Just asked a friend to help distract me from a mangled up heart and it kinda shifted gears to a job interview I guess. Not really sure what else to call this so yeah.... " Teague downed a few more chips and raised his glass in a mock toast before draining it dry and moving to pour himself a refill. He was certain Del would have questions and he needed to get a decent buzz going if he was going to answer anything with more than a halfassed attempted deflection. With both Dru and Del here he highly doubted either would let him get away with that.
by: Dru Windsor - Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:47 pm
"The best damn interview, if I've ever had one." She laughed as she poured more into her glass, topping off Teague's and after the cute Irish lad behind the bar brought another glass, she poured some for Delilah too. She slid the glass over to her, and nodded with a light smile to the woman, to show that she'd warned up just slightly at her presence. Though still unsure about her, Dru acknowledged her as a friendly; She was someone Teague trusted, and for now Dru decided to play nice.
"I guess unless there's anything you might add, Ms. Chase, I think I've already made my decision about the job." Dru raised a brow, pausing to hold the glass at her lips as she waited for Delilah's answer, if any.
Dru hadn't fully bypassed the whole heartbreak thing, though. Even though he'd given her vague explanation about what happened earlier, she hoped he understood that she was really there for him if he needed her shoulder to cry, vent, or in this case, drink on. Teague was the master of locking away his emotions in a tiny little box and throwing away the key, so Dru had to reiterate her willingness to be there for her friend from time to time. She wanted him to know that it was okay to let those feelings loose--because she didn't want to see him break down like she had once before.
With Jon... She shook the thought from her mind, and took a drink. A broken heart could tear down some of the strongest people, herself included, so she wanted to protect Teague from that ever happening to him.
by: Teague MacTail - Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:16 pm
- Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:16 pm #17267
At Del's silence Teague didn't know if he should laugh or cry, which should have been an indication that he wasn't taking the whole Cora thing well. Thankfully Dru piped up with some timely banter. Best damn interview? Teague smiled wide. Boom, point Teague. Looked like whiskey and apps were the perfect tool to win people over. He'd have to remember that for the next interview he had to run.
"Awww man, if I would have known the way to get you on board and out of retirement was to buy you a bottle and feed ya some good apps I would have done this our first night out. Guess having me around ain't to bad either huh?" Teague let out a laugh at that and took a good pull of his drink, nudging Del at the same time and tilting his head in the direction of her own drink that Dru had poured for her.
"Guessing this means you're good?" His spirits lightened at the thought of something finally going right. "Hear that Del! I got me a legit tracker/bodyguard out of retirement."
Teague reached out and grabbed a few more apps, downing then with his normal grace and gusto. Yup, if this was how the rest of the night was going to go it was perfect in his books. Now he just needed Del to lighten up and have a bit of fun and everything would be right with the world, at least for the night.
by: Dru Windsor - Mon Oct 16, 2017 8:50 am
- Mon Oct 16, 2017 8:50 am #17271
She watched carefully at Teague's delight as he spoke. His face seemed to lighten up over her comment about it being a great interview and even moreso when she said she had made her decision about the job he was offering. Her eyes settled on Delilah for a spell; Would the woman object? Seeing that she was Teague's...right hand as it were, more of a personal assistant from where Dru was sitting, she wasn't so much intimidated by the woman as she was curious to see how she would react to Dru's presence on Teague's council. If she objected, it wouldn't scare Dru way, but it might convince her that she needed to figure out the ins and outs of The Dark Lord's Press Secretary.
"I mean, my terms are simple. Ones we've already discussed. I would answer to you and only you, as your personal guardian. I'll track, hunt, whatever--hell, I'll even furnish weaponry for our people for cheap. But no, I mean no rubbish from the other Death Eaters or I walk. I have your back as long as you... have mine." She winked at him with a smirk as she grabbed a quick bite of the apps, and she wiped her fingers on the napkin before speaking again. "We can discuss pay and post later of course, but you know me, Teague, and you know what I'm capable of. You want me back, then you'll have me. Consider it a friend helping a friend."
Dru didn't need a full rundown for now, especially since he seemed to be a little tipsy already. Those other details needed him of sound mind, so she would wait. Teague had already given her bits and pieces of the Why. The Resistance might be coming back, and he needed help. He even needed a friend to lean on due to certain issues with a love interest that was no more. Of course she would come back for him. So, now it was a matter of when she would start and where she would move in. Sure, she could stay in Aldergrove and apparate every day but that was quite taxing and not as convenient if she were somehow incapable or injured to travel. Flat hunting was on the list of things to do in the next day or so, though it would have to be more of a house, possibly in rural country so she could transport her forge.
She chuckled at just how proud he was over managing to pull her from retirement. It was a tremendous step after hiding out for all this time, but she felt like she was ready.
by: Delilah Chase - Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:13 am
- Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:13 am #17305
Delilah snorted lightly in amusement at Teague's jolliness. Was he feeling the alcohol or just in a good mood? Sometimes it was hard to tell the difference in people. Teague was so generally laid back that she could see it simply being his mood. It was still strange to see people laid back sometimes, strange to catch herself even managing it at times. So much time over the years spent on guard, on edge, made such a thing a luxury. Delilah found herself smiling with Teague and his companion yet just as much wondering who precisely this Dru was. She could consult Trevor's notes this evening, yet she would feel much more at ease if she could get her own feel for the woman before relying on someone else's notes. For the moment, she would choose to trust Teague could be a decent judge of character and go with it.
Delilah grabbed for one of the appetizers after Dru did, wondering to herself how it was that she expected other Death Eaters to act around her that would warrant Teague having her back with them. Not being one to sit and simply be one hundred percent quiet when she wanted to know something, Delilah finished chewing what she had in her mouth before asking her question. "Rubbish from other Death Eaters?" It was the easiest way to refer the other woman's mind back to her earlier statement. There were politics at work she wasn't familiar with, technically being much more their junior than she appeared.
by: Teague MacTail - Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:27 pm
- Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:27 pm #17335
Teague quirked an amused grin at Delilah's question. she had to know of all the crap that went along with being a Death Eater. The internal bullshit and political plays for power, climbing the ever so coveted ladder... then again maybe she hadn't. From what he knew about the future she'd come from maybe there was no room for any of the games. That or she was simply to young to have had to deal with all the old guard. The originals. the Dark Lords minions.
A laugh broke out from the tracker. Whether or not Del thought he was laughing at her question or at Dru's demand he had no idea. Maybe it was the alcohol. Either way for whatever reason the whole situation struck him as funny. "Yeah, rubbish love. The games, the internal politics. My bite's bigger than yours. Friends are richer than yours. Most of the old guard ain't gonna take to kindly to someone like Dru comin' in and get all buddy buddy with the Lord without havin' ta work 'er way up the ladder. Yer probably seen in the same light honestly. Two nobodies, all of a sudden become somebody's. Ya got what they all want love."
As annoying as it all was, and as much as Teague wouldn't mind starting from scratch, the old guard did have it's uses. They knew how things worked, had resources at their disposal that he as a tracker couldn't even dream of. Wealth, connections, families. And yet look who's Lord now.
Teague shook his head with an amused snort at that thought.. Lord indeed. A title he felt he would be more than a site bit better without. He picked up his glass and downed the rest of it with ease before moving to grab the bottle and grant himself a refill.
by: Dru Windsor - Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:15 pm
- Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:15 pm #17342
Dru was mid-bite when Delilah asked for clarification on her usage of the word rubbish. She thought it was a fairly clear point, but would happily oblige to clarify. Teague took the reins as she chewed down her food, pretty much taking the words out of her mouth. She nodded and pointed before swallowing the last bit of chip down so she could speak again. "Precisely. When I was in before, and I know it'll happen regardless of my opinion or request--but I just want to make it clear that I don't answer to them. Their bloody complaints will be just that, and if they roll their eyes then...well, I'd be happy to poke them right out and feed 'em to 'em, right." It was a throwaway comment but mostly a stand to Delilah to show that she wouldn't go down without a fight. Teague was her employer, not whoever else was on the Death Eater roster nowadays, and he was the sole reason she decided to come out of Aldergrove. "If anyone remembers me from the old days, I'm sure they don't need the refresher but Teague's right. Everyone's going to have something to say about everyone else, which is fine. Let them have their opinions, but if they come at me with a command, I may just have to knock them down a few."
She took a drink. Whether or not Delilah would like that last little bit had yet to be seen, but Dru wasn't shy about standing her ground against any potential aggressors. She'd been preparing herself for this call, even though she didn't expect it to be under such gloomy circumstances with Teague's aforementioned heartbreak, but Dru knew she had to be ready for push back about her swift climb to the high guard. "But enough about me for now, unless you got anything else running through that pretty head of yours, Delilah. What's your story?" She paused a beat, reaching for another chip, but she pinched it between her fingers before leaning forward to say, "I suppose if I'm working closely with you and our grace here--I should get to know you right?"
How was that for playing nice? The girl seemed nice enough and didn't give her that ill-feeling when she sat down, so that meant something. Plus, if Teague didn't mind her she probably wasn't that bad. Dru offered a quick glance to Teague, and if he looked up she winked before taking a bite out of her food.
by: Delilah Chase - Mon Nov 13, 2017 2:03 pm
- Mon Nov 13, 2017 2:03 pm #17482
Delilah rolled her eyes slightly at Teague's explanation and listened to Dru's addition. "Well, if they wanted to be somebodies, they missed ample opportunities," she said before taking a moment to ponder Dru's question. She glanced toward Teague for a moment as she tried to decide where to even start and how much to say. If Teague trusted this woman, though, perhaps she could trust her with a degree of the truth. It wasn't information she had simply offered to anyone who had asked. Teague, Trevor, the Order and Evie when she and Julian were gaining footing, but the general person off the street had had no reason to know. And until today, that was all Dru would have been to Delilah.
"Well, let's put it this way," she said, "I'm here to prevent the future from playing out the way it has. Trevor's thrown a wrench in some of that progress assigning me as this one's press secretary, and then this one," she pointed her thumb over toward Teague without looking at him, "complicated things going and getting himself captured as he did." She shook her head. "Men. Can't live without 'em but damn well can't live with 'em either at this rate. Hey, give me that." She reached out for Teague's mug to take a drink. Her explanation was hardly complete, but the fewer people who knew every single bloody detail of the future, the better.
by: Teague MacTail - Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:40 pm
- Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:40 pm #17645
Teague rolled his eyes at the garbage titles Dru seemed hell bent on throwing at him. Normally he would have called her out on it but the tracker was far more interested in his friends follow up question. She wanted to know more about Del? A soft chuckle broke out at that considering this conversation just took a turn for the very interesting. What would the woman from the future divulge?
When Del offered a glance in his direction, Teague quirked her a smile an nod. He'd leave it up to her as to what story, if any, she wanted to concoct. Outside of himself and Trevor, Del had kept pretty tight lipped about her and Julian being from the future and the tracker would have figured that she'd still want to keep that on the down low, especially considering she had no idea who Dru was aside from his word that the swords-woman was good people.
He was more than a little surprised that Delilah gave away the info she did, and he took a decent pull of his drink to hopefully hide it. Normally he was pretty good at keeping his thoughts and emotions unreadable but with the buzz he felt Teague wasn't certain he succeeded. Ah well.
"Hey now," Teague squawked out in protest to the quip about having to babysit him and then the follow up about men being men. "Weren't like I meant that to all go down that way but I found the lot of em... And at least you get to be press secretary. But ya know if you don't like it we could do a tradesies."
He went to take another drink when he found his glass swiped away from his and he turned to look at the younger woman with a slightly raised brow and a slight pout Well he supposed sharing wasn't going to kill anyone and he had offered earlier... or at least he thought he had. After a moment he offered a shrug and went back to chowing down on the various apps in front of him, curious to know what Dru would fire back with.
by: Dru Windsor - Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:18 pm
- Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:18 pm #17704
Delilah's jab at the current board of Death Eaters was unexpected, and impressive. It was mostly because she'd initially pinned her as the prim and proper type, and to hear her lash out at the lot of them was refreshing. Good. So she might be decent company after all, and that meant Dru wouldn't be forced to hold her tongue around her. Well, not completely. She'd still need to get to know her a bit better before unleashing her true colors, which wasn't a far leap from where she sat now. It wasn't because she was already in Teague's good graces as her best friend, no. She wouldn't want to have to pull that card out that often because it should be implied--but Dru wanted to be sure she didn't offend someone who Teague seemed to fancy.
Yep. She could spot the tension from a mile away, the two of them. It didn't make her jealous, per se, but it meant that Dru would keep a close watch on Delilah. She was quite territorial when it came to women taking interest in her best mate.
She raised her eyebrows at the woman's explanation of her mission here. "Future?" Dru chuckled, in disbelief. Was she serious? But then she snickered at the quip about men and raised her glass, aiming to clink it against Delilah's acquired mug if she would humor her. "Amen to that." She winked at Teague with a devilish grin as she took a sip of her whiskey. "Mm, no-no." Dru shook a finger at Teague as she swallowed the bitter liquor, dabbing the corners of her mouth with a small bar napkin. "You are the one-and-only, the one who shall be named." Dru laughed at the title, odd that she found humor in mocking the Lord of ages past. "No take-backsies, now that you've gotten me out of my hideyhole. Or I can just go back to Aldergrove if you'd rather run away from the job with your tail between your legs."
Still, there was something Dru didn't want to pass up on asking. She needed clarification. "Now winding back here, Delilah...sorry, but the future?" She shook her head and leaned in, as if seeking more explanation there. It was way too vague and a comment said in passing, but if she was going to be in this court alongside his grace's press secretary, Dru definitely wanted to know. "I didn't think there were any time-turners around--ah--did you develop a timey-wimey machine then?" It wasn't meant to mock, only said in jest to flow with the current tone of their wild conversation.
"And Trevor. Merlin, that's a name I haven't thought of in...quite some time." She'd left about a year after Williams took hold of the government, but something about that man didn't sit well with her.
by: Delilah Chase - Mon Feb 25, 2019 6:46 pm
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 6:46 pm #18921
Delilah snorted at Teague's "offer" and clinked the mug against Dru's extended mug before she knocked back some of Teague's drink before setting it down and pushing it slightly over to him. She'd need a lot more of that to think his idea sounded remotely tempting. Saddled to the job as Lord, Teague wasn't free as a tracker. Delilah wouldn't be able to stand the idea. She'd be horrible with the job. She was much better as his (micro) manager. She needed freedom to figure things out outside of their world.
She laughed under her breath as Dru made her comment to Teague. It felt weird to be amongst a group of friends. Were things different, she might become one of the group. As it was, the idea of making ties sounded horrible. For all she knew, this was a suicide mission, and the fewer people she cared about?
At Dru's questions, Delilah picked Teague's drink back up and took another swig. "Time turners? Plenty. Just under lock and key where a certain...former lord placed them." She rolled her eyes. In a moment of clarity before Trevor's complete loss of sanity, he had at least thought to do that. Otherwise, the other side would have had them before she could get any. Delilah shook her head at Dru's comment. "Yeah, well, when your job was to prevent him going batty, he tends to linger." She sighed, setting Teague's drink down again. Maybe she ought to get one of her own.
"Good thing this one," she said while placing an arm around his shoulders and pulling him toward her before letting go just as quickly, "entertains enough crazy ideas to keep me occupied, but not so many I can't find ways to see things through."
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Entertainment | Published: Jul 14, 2010
Comedians Gina Yashere, Russell Kane, Jenny Eclair and Joe Pasquale; speakers David Lloyd and Tony Benn and entertainer Julian Clary are among the stars planning performances at a Shropshire arts venue.
Oakengates Theatre @ The Place, in Telford, today unveiled its autumn/winter programme and venue spokeswoman Maria Smallcombe said there would be plenty to look forward to.
There will also be dance, children's entertainment, drama, wrestling, music, parties and performances by psychics and mediums. And there is an opportunity for local musicians to perform to large crowds during a showcase run in conjunction with The Hive, in Shrewsbury, on September 22.
A fundraising evening called Oxjam on October 6, in support of Oxfam, will feature local bands Envy of the State, Hill Valley High, Babytwin, The Yipes, Capture Kendal, Damaged Gods and Broken Again.
Ms Smallcombe said London-born Gina Yashere would appear on September 27, following her inclusion in the Observer's Top 10 Best Female Comedians list.
Triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Russell Kane will return on October 7 while Peter Donegan and the Lonnie Donegan Band will appear on October 16 and U2 tribute band U2 - 2 will play on October 21.
Former King of the Jungle Joe Pasquale will be at the venue on October 22, firebrand leftwinger Tony Benn will appear on October 28 and comics Shappi Khorsandi and Jon Richardson will play on October 30. There will be an Evening with Bumble, aka cricket coach David Lloyd, on November 2; Julian Clary will appear on November 5 and Jenny Eclair on November 20.
The pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, will run from December 9 until January 2.
Tickets for all events are available from www.theplacetelford.com
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Sandy Hook Documentary Isn’t About Sandy Hook: The Fortress and What’s Inside
December 10, 2014 concettafannin2 356 Comments
The release of the documentary, “We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook” by the group, Independent Media Solidarity has become a story of aggressive copyright fraud, a massive video upload movement and an unexpected Internet solidarity more than a story of the controversial Sandy Hook event itself.
The weakest link in a chain is the one you choose to break.
If you imagine manufactured events like 9/11, the Aurora theater shooting, Sandy Hook and others as links in the greater chain of deception, you might be close to understanding the circumstances in which these events are allowed to go unchecked. This chain of events cannot survive if any one of its links is broken.
On November 30th, the fortress that protects the truth about these grand deceptions was dealt a very different kind of blow. Unlike fleeting exposures or leaks of evidence that quickly get swept into the memory hole, this blow has caused a festering wound that will persist indefinitely. The opening act in this play, long in production was the release of the documentary, “We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook.” This, nearly 3 hours long video exposing the numerous anomalies and ongoing cover-up is in itself an important, historical document. But, it’s the stories behind this story that are becoming a phenomenon.
A Documentary by and for the Common Man
In February of 2014, over a year since Sandy Hook many groups were deeply involved in research and analysis of the Sandy Hook event. This may come as a surprise considering that the media had long since moved on to speak of it as a well-documented, historical event. Referring to the little-understood, Adam Lanza as “the shooter” is but one example of their portrayal of the event as authentic and undeniable. What little attention the media paid to anyone who thought otherwise was limited to stories of “conspiracy theorists” harassing and even stalking victim’s family members. Behind these stories of bloggers turned stalkers was a large body of people who continued to question the event.
One such group questioning Sandy Hook was a research group on the topic comprised of 60 some odd members. Back in February, one of its members approached the group with an idea for a project that would involve a number of segments, each focusing on a different piece of evidence. The Sandy Hook event is, if you weren’t aware is brimming with anomalies and curiosities. These segments would then be combined to form a painstakingly factual and revealing expose. The only caveat was that nothing contained within a segment would be included if any of the others in the group specifically objected to it. In addition, each participant would be required to narrate their segment. The topics would be submitted to a coordinator beforehand, to prevent participants from covering the same topic.
Once a core group had formed, a repository for evidence such as photographs, video clips, news stories as well as narration scripts and cut lists was established and the work began. Over the course of 9 months, the work continued and the segments were produced with little consideration of cohesion or the end result. The coordinator and editor were tasked with producing an introductory and closing segment. As each completed segment was previewed, a picture began to form and as fate would have it the picture was that of a complete and very intriguing documentary.
Creating a Home for the Project and the Group behind It
One other significant development emerged from within the project early on. One of the participants, who was also the editor had conceived of a way to give life to the project, prevent the video from becoming just a static document as well as give the group an informal identity. Without much fanfare, Independent Media Solidarity (IMS) was born. This would become the moniker under which the group could be identified. A website and various social media accounts were established in support of the group. Although the significance of this move was predicted to some degree by the group, none predicted just how significant or in which ways IMS would become a useful platform.
Video Take-Downs and the Surprising Counteraction
Long before the documentary was completed, it was determined that the usual method by which the video would be disseminated through YouTube would not work in this case. Many of the members had been stung previously by having videos flagged or removed through claims of copyright or privacy infringement. YouTube is heavily invested in the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) implementation, having designed an automated system by which to prevent copyright violations.
One component of the system is built into YouTube’s uploading function. As videos are uploaded, they are screened for audio that matches anything within a massive database of copyrighted material. If a match is found, one of two things happens. Either the uploader is presented with the option of disputing the claim or accepting it as accurate, or YouTube simply rejects the video on the basis of it being a violation of their terms. The second major component of their DMCA system involves the copyright owner making a claim against a particular video. In this process, the owner of the material flags the offending video and YouTube responds automatically by taking the video offline while notifying the video’s producer that a claim has been made. The video producer at this point must either accept the claim as accurate and forfeit the video or dispute the claim, at which time notice of the dispute is sent to the claimant.
The unfortunate side-effect of the overall process is that, during a 10 day period in which the claimant has to choose whether to take further action the video is offline.
As you might imagine this policy of allowing anyone to make a claim against any video is easily abused. The function largely favors claimants over producers of videos the claims are made against. As it stands, anyone can make a claim against any video to have it removed for a period of between 10 days and 3 weeks, and the uploader of the video has no recourse whatsoever. They are simply not afforded a means to legally challenge the claim aside from the initial dispute option. But this does nothing to prevent the take down of the video. It’s this concerning reality at the root of the next story behind the story.
As mentioned, the group chose not to upload their documentary to YouTube. After researching the options, it was determined that Vimeo would likely be the best home for the video. So, on November 30th it was uploaded to a newly established Vimeo account, a trailer was loaded to the group’s YouTube account and those of the participants. Despite there having been little hype in the time preceding its release, many people began to watch and the buzz was that people liked it.
Within less than 24 hours, Vimeo removed the video and sent notice that it was removed due to a violation of their terms. Here is the relevant text of that message…
Your video “We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook” has been removed for violating our Guidelines. Reason: Vimeo does not allow videos that harass, incite hatred or depict excessive violence.
If you haven’t yet seen the video, this might appear to be a legitimate reason for its removal. However, if you have seen the video it’s very unlikely that you’ll find the reason given to make much sense. There simply isn’t anything that could be construed as harassment or inciting of hatred. Not only is their not excessive violence, there’s no violence depicted at all. Therefore, it appears that Vimeo chose to remove the video for other reasons. I won’t begin to speculate what those reasons were and the group hasn’t bothered to inquire further into the matter. Both Vimeo and YouTube are notoriously steadfast in their take-down decisions and rarely, if ever provide detailed explanations for them.
Although the plan had been to load the video to a secondary host as back-up, that simply hadn’t been done when the primary source at Vimeo was removed. Being faced with a newly-released video now totally unavailable, the decision was made to upload it to the group’s YouTube channel. Although it was predicted that it wouldn’t last more than a day or two, this seemed the quickest way to make the video viewable again. Concerned about and fully expecting it to be removed from YouTube, the group also scrambled to upload the video to Archive.org, which seemed like a suitable back-up source.
By this time there was a growing buzz across the Internet in places where conspiracies were discussed as well as matters of free speech. The group began to receive numerous requests through the simple contact form on its website for a copy of the video that people could upload to their channels both on YouTube and elsewhere. A completely unexpected phenomenon was showing its first signs when discussions of the take down by Vimeo was seen as unfair censorship. This generated more interest, the assumption being that for it to have been taken down so quickly what it contained must be bombshell material.
Although the matter of whether any material in the video constitutes being described as “bombshell” is relative, this notion did lead to increased interest. As the group struggled to ensure the video was viewable, considering the take-down of it at Vimeo to be a setback it was in no way a ruse by them to gen up interest through promoting a perceived notion of scarcity. This appears to have been an organic phenomenon.
Then the video was taken down from YouTube. In just over 24 hours, the video was taken offline by a copyright claim made by the HONR network, represented by one Lenny Pozner. For those who may be unfamiliar with the Sandy Hook characters, Lenny is the purported father of child victim, Noah Pozner. Although Lenny wasn’t amongst the many victim’s parents making the rounds on news programs and morning shows, Lenny has been highly involved in post Sandy Hook event affairs. At the point at which it was taken down, just this single source of the video had received over 117,000 views. This was learned thanks to an observant viewer who kindly emailed a screenshot to the group.
Some members of IMS had previously had videos removed through copyright claims. What was different in this case was that the claim made no reference to any specific material. It wasn’t possible to determine which specific material within the video was supposedly infringing on a copyright. The reader might be interested to know that, in order for a claim to be made at all the person or group making the claim must be the owner of the material. The group was perplexed, as it seemed extremely unlikely that any material in the video was owned by the HONR Network or Lenny Pozner.
Once again, the documentary was offline and a seemingly endless string of notices of this fact and requests for a different link to the video began to flood the group’s inbox. The uploading process for a nearly 3 hours long video can take many hours to complete, depending upon conditions like bandwidth availability. At the time the video was removed a second time by YouTube, the upload to Archive.org was not yet completed. Once again, the video was inaccessible for a few hours until traffic could finally be redirected to Archive.org. At this time, the primary source of the video stream remains Archive.org.
Acts of Kindness and of Rebellion
Once the dust began to settle after scrambling to keep the video online, the group finally had a chance to see a sampling of the public’s reaction to it. It was overwhelmingly positive. Some comments online read like letters written to Charles Lindbergh after landing at Le Bourget Field. Messages coming in through the contact form often referred to the group as heroes. Even in places where the tone was typically cynical and comments were often times ugly, there was a swell of appreciation for the producers and many recommendations that others take the time to watch.
Below is a sampling of the comments found or received by IMS…
“The video you made was GREAT!…I’ve made a video with you guys in it to promote your work.”
YouTube User: HighImpactFlix
“Great work! Independent journalism is the only journalism. Thank-you for helping us understand reality in this lifetime.”
YouTube User: David Gordon
“i am sharing now………..i will do my part, world, how bout you?”
Beforeitsnews.com commenter: truthlovingsoul
“It’s truly a great video! Very informative!!!… Well worth the time to watch!”
Lunaticoutpost.com commenter: LoP Guest
“Great job! I actually learned a thing or two. I’ll do what I can to get it out for you…here’s to viral status”
Vimeo User: SusanL
“Great video and i am so relieved this event is being looked into by so many talented people…”
Vimeo User: Stuart Heathcote
“HOLY MOLY! Who gets the Nobel prize for investigative journalism? Now THAT’S what the truth looks/sounds like. Many thanks!”
Vimeo User: Ron Trinny
“Thank you very much. I have forwarded your website and Vimeo link to my family members and will continue to promote your work at every possible opportunity, because, yes, we do need to talk about Sandy Hook.”
Received through Web Form: Anonymous
“Thank you for your incredible work exposing the Defrauding of the American people,”
“Keep doing what you’re doing. Thank you for your time and effort.”
Received though Web Form: Anonymous
The list above would be dozens of pages long if you were to compile all the supportive comments. It’s fair to say the response was generally positive, despite some negative assessments. But, in another example of how this whole phenomenon is different, the documentary found its way into the Internet Movie Database. That, in itself is unusual for videos produced as non-commercial ventures that didn’t receive wide release. Again, the views of those discovering the documentary through IMDB are highly favorable. At the time of this writing, 81 IMDB users have rated the video and the overall rating is a 9.5.
It doesn’t require re-printing the entirety of the eight reviews of the video to get a clear impression of the reviewer’s opinion. Just take a look at the review titles alone…
Worth the time. Amazing.
Very well prepared.
A Oscar worthy documentary that will change everything
Paradigm shifting
A must see!!!!!
Excellent documentary! 10 star
The Smoking Gun of Sandy Hook Research
View the complete reviews on IMDB…
Some will argue that the phenomenon of numerous people uploading portions of or all of the video was born entirely from the early reports that it had been taken down. The perception this led to was that the material in the video was explosive and that taking it down stood as another example of an attack on free speech. They will likely cite the spreading news of the many other video take-downs as only supporting their theory that all the uploading was in response to this.
There’s little doubt that this partly accounts for motivating this mass upload, but it simply doesn’t make sense that it accounts for it all. Fundamentally, a video is uploaded to a user’s channel with the expectation that at least some people will view it. Popular YouTube channels that regularly see thousands of views of any video uploaded to their channel would expect similar results from this video. But, the channels where videos barely garnered any views and had few or no subscribers wouldn’t expect so many viewers. Some of these less-trafficked channels broke up the video into as many as 15 or more parts. So, when a couple days had been spent uploading the first half as only a handful of viewers took notice, it was clear their channel wasn’t going to receive much traffic. Yet they diligently uploaded the remaining parts.
Simply put, never before has such a mass upload occurred on YouTube. It’s astonishing to see. As IMS isn’t aware of a method to track exactly how many copies of the video were uploaded before being taken down, the true number may be impossible to know. What is apparent is that comments from users on various channels and comment threads indicate that they too had uploaded the video and had it taken down. IMS is making efforts to record the account names and titles of copies of the video still available on YouTube. But, the take-downs are occurring at about the same rate as the new copies that are uploaded in response.
The Coordinated Efforts to Eliminate this Video and the Greater War on Free Speech
I’ve made reference to the various incidents of copyright claims being made against the documentary appearing on the official IMS YouTube channel and many others. These incidents, however aren’t limited to the actual documentary itself. It has been discovered that, likely in response to this mass upload event they’ve upped the ante.
Well known YouTube user, blogger and activist Dutchsinse has a very compelling story to tell involving his copy of the documentary being taken down, videos that merely report on the take-down phenomenon being taken down and even efforts by YouTube and other social media outlets to limit his ability to communicate with his fan base. Dutchsinse is no stranger to difficulties with YouTube and other social media portals, having had his account shut down 6 times in 4 years. Each time his account was shut down it was as a direct result of false copyright claims. In each case, he fought the claim and his account was restored.
Not only was Dutchsinse in the sights of those who falsely file claims of copyright infringement, he’s also been the victim of anonymous claims that he is an imposter. This actually led to his story being covered in grotesque detail on Nasdaq.com and other main-stream sites. In short, when an anonymous individual flagged his unwanted and unused Google+ account which happened to be connected to his popular YouTube account, it resulted in the interconnected accounts being taken offline. The 800 videos and his 75,000 subscribers just disappeared and no mechanism existed for him to refute the false claim.
Only because he had a connection inside Google was his issue raised with the proper departments, resulting in his YouTube account being restored. However, his access to the Google+ account tied to the YouTube account was not restored requiring he go through an identity verification process. Surprisingly, this was still deemed necessary despite the fact that his account was under the name Dutchsinse, not his real name Michael Janitch. The passport he used as the photo ID required by Google didn’t contain a reference to this pseudonym, and the processes in place seemed insufficient to reconcile this.
If not standing as an example of a serious campaign to harass Dutchsinse, then certainly standing as evidence of the unfair policies of Googe/YouTube he was forced to comply with this identity verification process 6 times. In each case, the anonymous person making the claim wasn’t required to identify themselves or provide any contact information.
When Dutchsinse recently produced a video in which he merely describes how his copy of the documentary was given a strike by Lenny Pozner of the HONR Network, that video too was given a strike and taken down. But, this time there was something different about the claim and something that should be very concerning to anyone hoping to keep the Internet a home for free speech. Unlike other copyright or privacy claims he had received, this one didn’t allow him to dispute it. When he clicked on what had formerly led him to the copyright claims dispute form, there was a message instead that read simply… “This video is not eligible for a counter-notification.”
As Dutchsinse explains in an article on his blog, “The fact that I cannot dispute this means that even though I committed no crime, I have been deemed guilty by the person accusing me of the crime. I now have to get a lawyer and sue to have this accusation of a crime removed”.
It’s known who is doing the targeting of certain online content, in Dutchsinse’s case and in the case of IMS and others. But it isn’t only Lenny Pozner and the HONR network that’s working hard to oppose the efforts of IMS and others to speak freely about the Sandy Hook event. Take, for example one CW Wade. Wade began to appear first through his YouTube channel, Wadesvids. His very first video was a lengthy analysis of the official report in which he attempted to reconcile as many of the anomalies discovered by independent researchers with the official report. From there, he graduated to appearing on radio shows and podcasts where his position as a supporter of the official account of events was cemented.
Over the following months CW Wade began to establish a number of online blogs which he has devoted to the singular topic of Sandy Hook “hoaxers” and “stalkers.” Through first one and now a handful of blogs, he slanders many people researching Sandy Hook with an obvious proclivity to bend the words he uses to better portray his subjects as “stalkers.”
One example is an article in which he accuses one researcher of soliciting the help of another, whereby he claims they put a “…stalking hit…” on someone related to the Sandy Hook event. I’ve heard examples of stalking, but this is truly the first time I’ve heard that one stalker may have asked someone else to stalk on their behalf. It’s clear that CW Wade’s intent is to do as much damage as he can to people questioning Sandy Hook. The answer to whether anyone in the IMS group knows who CW Wade is working for isn’t being revealed.
In a bold move that only leads people to further suspect deception, Wade published another blog that this time he acquired a domain name for. The reason why a proprietary domain name was a requirement in this case was that it was needed to create the impression of being a regional news site. Writing articles now for the “Newtown Post-Examiner,” Wade appears to be making an attempt to pose as a writer working for a non-biased news organization. The strategy appears to be paying off to some degree. A few news stories on the web cite quotes from the Newtown Post-Examiner. They don’t bother to clarify that it’s a blog and likely doesn’t employ an editorial review process.
Incidents of this online persona slandering people who produce content questioning the Sandy Hook event is not only impacting the individuals but, by association anyone in the growing community of those who question the event. Making these acts even more sinister is the possibility that they are part of a coordinated effort working with other groups, one of which was mentioned previously.
When one member of IMS had received two copyright strikes made by Lenny Pozner resulting in two videos being taken offline, he noted something CW Wade said in one of only two exchanges they had with each other. Only the member and the claimant, Lenny Pozner knew that they had been saddled with two copyright strikes. In closing a comment made to the member, CW Wade asked, “How many strikes is that now?” Without explaining exactly how, the comment made it clear that CW Wade received this information from Lenny Pozner. It’s likely that CW Wade didn’t wish to make this fact known. It doesn’t seem all that far-fetched considering that Wade has allowed his blogs to be used as a pulpit by Lenny.
The relationship between Lenny Pozner and the HONR Network has been well established. In what is unlikely to be a simple case of showing appreciation for having shared values, CW Wade openly supports the HONR Network which has even been the subject of articles by Wade. Because Lenny Pozner is engaged in making false and illegal claims against members of IMS and their supporters, and CW Wade has made numerous statements that slander IMS members as well as others, they are engaging in a criminal conspiracy. CW Wade has openly called for IMS members to be the targets of law enforcement actions, claimed that they are lying to their respective subscribers and that it’s just a matter of time before they WILL commit acts of violence. IMS requests that these claims be examined carefully. They state that not a single shred of evidence exists to support them and that, to view them individually isn’t likely to reveal Wade’s true intent. But, to view them within the context of Wade’s single-minded body of work shows clearly his intent to manipulate public opinion of those who dare to question officialdom.
What’s in a Name and Why it’s a Very Serious Matter
It is an act of perjury to file a claim of copyright infringement via YouTube using anything but your legal name. An alias may not be used when filing these claims. It is through the work of IMS members beginning before their documentary project even began that many now suspect “Lenny Pozner”is not the actual name of the person presenting himself using that name.
One very simple technique by which the average person may see evidence of this is to conduct a search of any number of public records databases, such as Radaris. Searching “Lenny Pozner” may, depending upon the system being queried result in a match for a person in Connecticut. On Radaris, for example a result for “Leonard P Osner” can be seen in Newtown CT. Researchers who have looked into the matter of Lenny’s true identity have cross-referenced the data available through both public and commercial sources and determined that “Leonard P Osner” is almost certainly an identity used by Lenny Pozner.
With that name in Radaris are associated aliases. They include “Enta C Pozner, Len Pozner, Lenny Pozner, Leonard Posner, Leonard Pozner and Eliezer Pozner”; six in total. How many aliases do you have? The more appropriate question in this case is, how many aliases are connected to your identity? My age is close to that of Lenny’s. I checked to see in Radaris how many aliases I was shown to have. I have one alias, which is a simple misspelling of my name with the last character of my middle name missing. Likely this was the result of an input error. If, however, Lenny’s actual legal middle initial and last name is “P. Osner” the fact that he’s credited for his editorials and has established a family under the last name “Pozner” is no simple clerical error.
Evidence is said to be in possession of IMS members indicating that Lenny has committed numerous acts of federal fraud by providing affidavits using names other than his legal name. This is not just a case of whether there was intent to defraud. It’s a simple requirement of certain documents. If the person who has filed no less than dozens of copyright claims on YouTube using the name Lenny Pozner has a different legal name, then this is a clear case of perjury, as YouTube specifies that they require the claimant’s sworn oath.
As IMS has been forced to deal with what are likely illegal attempts to disrupt dissemination of their new documentary, the plight of their supporters has become a concern as well. Not that the people who took it upon themselves to upload a copy of the video and been subject to its removal have been taking it sitting down. Many have been quite vocal in expressing their dissatisfaction with how easily the system allows for their videos to be taken offline. In one sense, YouTube is being exploited for this purpose. However, it’s YouTube’s lopsided system, favoring the claimant that doesn’t prevent and even facilitates the fraud.
IMS has determined that the best course of action to remedy the conditions that are impacting their supporters is to provide a detailed report of the problem to YouTube. As stated, YouTube is both being defrauded by these illegal claims and are themselves employing a system that facilitates it. There seems no party better situated to resolve the matter than YouTube themselves. The support mechanisms available to YouTube users are tailored for copyright owners making claims of infringement. Although there are mechanisms for some other scenarios, there simply isn’t anything amongst their standard support means suitable for reporting the situation IMS and their fellow YouTube users are in. Therefore, IMS is considering their options as it’s in the best interest of everyone concerned to report this activity in the most expedient way possible.
At present, IMS doesn’t know of any way to obtain a comprehensive list of YouTube videos taken offline through unwarranted and illegal copyright claims. That may require an in-depth and lengthy search effort. This should give you an idea of the numbers of users that could have potentially been impacted just in relation to the IMS documentary. Presented below are just the first 125 accounts that have uploaded the video to their respective channels…
Documentary Video Uploaders
documentaire Angel White Aaron Schuett
AnarchyWorld Jessica Morgan B3LI3V3R 1- FREEDOM FOR ALL
Kieran T ZeeRoeThree rorscharch5380
Jack Larson Hans Fuchs Stop Obooma
Qadosh Stephanos theunimaginables Kons Piracy
Jenn Openyoureyes The Vigilant Christian Paul Williams
houseoflogic1969 Overdose Denver SloppyCatProductions
Tatoott1009Reloaded 2 MIN NEWS tatoott1009 2 MIN NEWS xatisis
Skid Davidson a Voice Crying in the Wilderness grat mccall Useless Eater
psyopdestroyer druid189189 Eddie Rodrigues
Unorganised Confusion lee lee Richard Rowell
AnarchyWorld BIGBABYZIP Kevin Wright
jstark551 Miss Island Spice alex blazquez
Vigilant Guardian radroofer HighImpactFlix
dmonat truth4wtc7 Dwaven Gully
?????? (Documentary) Kieran T Anthony Barrea
Exposing The Big Three Scott Anthony xxxDemonDavexxx
YORAKHUNT Coy Calderon Red Angel
Lunos Pariah TheGronkeyKong stertim
B1GDADDYDUNK UNLIMITED 57freak57 John Lee
santiagovalecallampa Christopher Yates Global Agenda
Taylor French Run2Christ {R2C} Bore Hog
SpreadingTruth Georgette Washington Kevo Palapala
13andsim Daniel Wierzbicki 1933Truth
tomtomandt John Mutch VeritasPress
Truth Seeker Free Mind Revolution Mole Nopoly
Vick Nash macek677 ST3ADYxKICKS
Reversed News TheFubar1066 TheWindjunkie
garuchillajoe Vick Nash KJV Only
Em Bean dextro org DITRH
Widiar Adam LeeBerty Free Thinker
Gary orGibby Bill Owens OFC Go F Yourself
peekay22 Wilson Phillips Fred Dagg
Keylontic Science The Knowing 101 Dicegirl72
ARMWORTH100 Leah-fathoms-stars Tom Goffnett
An Ony MattyD 4TruthAlt Beloki Memorial
DIGIVOXJ23 Joe Piscapo lavzee lavzee
Craig French Jeff Curtis silver palomino
Lee Beezy lucidmoment71 Wakulasan
MaximDaBoss ECKIEL JOSSER MANIN THESTREET
Timmy Richardson Amanda Saor Alba Lv4music1
Aussieinthefight franco3830
The above list is in no way comprehensive. It lists only the first 125 uploaders. IMS will continue to record the account names of uploaders in a master list for future reference. Everyone’s efforts will not be forgotten.
The Future Remains Uncertain but One in Which We Might Speak Freely
There are definitely stories emerging from a simple, yet unprecedented act. Regular people came together to share their individual contributions in research of the Sandy Hook event. In addition to the sensible presentation of the information, people seem to appreciate that those presenting it are personally motivated to give of their time and energy without being paid to do so. Maybe this is why harsher criticisms of the amateur effort are set aside in favor of giving thanks.
There is mounting evidence that this controversial documentary is the target of a coordinated effort to prevent it from being seen. Because of this, the very people who appreciate the work of its producers found an opportunity to help by uploading the video themselves. In so doing, they’ve joined with IMS in solidarity; in sharing their goal of achieving full disclosure. Others who watched as people came to IMS’s aid, helping ensure their documentary would be seen were touched by the display and decided to join in.
It’s unclear how long this phenomenon will continue. We can’t know for sure how far the opposition will go to disrupt it. More interestingly, we don’t yet know what other twist will develop out of all this. One thing that it calls to mind is that the Sandy Hook matter appears far from being concluded. For so many people to express their thanks, there must be far more conspiracy theorists out there than traditional media would have us believe. For still more people to go to such great length to help the video get seen, there may be a bright future in which we’re free to speak our minds in store for us after all.
Please direct questions or requests to the IMS group: staff@mediasolidarity.com
Independent Media Solidarity on the Web
Official Website: http://mediasolidarity.com/
Watch the Full Documentary: http://mediasolidarity.com/watch_video.html
IMS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheIMSMediaGroup
IMS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IMSolidarity
IMS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndependentMediaSolidarity
IMS Contributors to the Documentary “We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook”
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shine says:
It is so obvious – so over reaching – If you have nothing to hide and it IS what happened on the 14th of December, 2021 why censor and attack this video? Bigger Question – WHY CAN’T WE QUESTION THIS EVENT UNDER FREE SPEECH??? Wake – up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ESH says:
Great article, yes, they protest too much! Nothing short of full disclosure will put a rest to Sandy Hook, they could end the debating right away, by opening the full reports and redactions to anyone who wishes to file an FOIA request. If I was a family member & this was a real event, that is where I’d spend my energy, lobbying for full disclosure….to stop what they contend is harassment etc….their actions to cover up have caused the publics reactions!
Jed Marlin says:
I recall another change that was made to youtube many years ago:
I used to be able to see where my youtube clips were re-posted, and I can’t do this anymore (or if there is a way I’m not aware of it, it used to be very easy)
in effect, it reduces the ability of like-minded people to congregate in cyberspace
freedom of association, freedom to peaceably assemble, freedom of expression, all curtailed
Great article, but please check spelling. “Their” instead of “there” in multiple instances… But overall great. Keep it up!
Derrick Smithers says:
Thank you, Teresa. This didn’t get reviewed before submitting to Professor Tracy. Lesson learned. Thanks for the kind words.
JFT says:
There are a handful of these that have now been addressed.
Perfect! There’s a balancing act between writing correct English and not writing at all because one fears misspelling. Correct English helps promote trust in the messenger. But one must never go to the extreme of not writing at all because of fear of errors. The message is too important.
I was going to send a private message to the author, but I couldn’t find one, so I posted it in comments instead. If I get some time over today I can look through it for the spelling errors I can find.
I enjoyed every minute of the movie, too, even if I couldn’t stand Rosen. I was way too uncomfortable with his embarrassing charades.
Eagerly awaiting more from you guys!
dinophile says:
Have someone correct your punctuation, too (especially commas and semicolons). 🙂
fromawaysite says:
Reblogged this on Today,s Thought.
If nothing else, this story confirms that the insulation around the perpetrators from top to bottom is solid. The untouchables.
To add more fuel to the Sandy Hook fires, here is the latest from the fire zone, all smoke and mirrors:
http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Sandy-Hook-victims-families-laying-groundwork-5946013.php
Bookmakers should be taking bets – will they or won’t they file actual suits? I’m betting on the latter.
lophatt says:
Yes Anne, me too. Of course they may be bold enough to try to extort a settlement from the gun maker. We’re talking money here!
I’d love to see them file. We could all help with that. I suspect this is just another publicity stunt.
But if they go to court over it, won’t they have to produce actual evidence? And won’t that be open to the public afterwards?
Who would they sue? They are already in cahoots with local, state and federal government. The media and charities as well. We should welcome lawsuits against an outsider, a non Sandy Hook player. Material for another documentary.
Teresa, yes. I doubt anyone will sue. I meant that they could try to “bluff” the firearms manufacture into thinking they’d go through with a lawsuit. After all, to date I wouldn’t call them “bashful” when it comes to money.
dachsielady says:
” I wouldn’t call them “bashful” when it comes to money.”
This brings up a whole new area of consideration. I would think that the SHES plotters would want the money for themselves and not only make their actors/beneficiaries very rich.
“and the light shines on in the darkness and darkness could not overcome it.” John 1:5
Possible defendants are the manufacturer of the car that drove the phantom killer to the school, manufacturer of the many weapons found, manufacturer of the bullets, the Lanza dad with the many names, the failed security system manufacturer, the glass window manufacturer, the expat psychiatrist who did not see this coming and various professionals at Yale who did not see it coming either.
Not that I think any lawsuits are forthcoming, but the paper work was up against a deadline on Sunday leaving plaintiffs no choice amidst their yearnings for privacy.
For someone not familiar with my view on the Sandy Hook event, I am being facetious.
CuriousQuestioning says:
I just commented on article thru the link you provided ….
Acacia says:
Anne B.,
Just read that article you posted, thanks BTW.
I find it odd that not one mention of suing the town and/or state, for not following emergency medical protocols, very telling. Perhaps anyone of the “victims” could have been saved had EMTs been allowed to do the job they are trained for…
-Acacia
LJ (@rebelready) says:
The Pozners do not exist. The alternate names in the article are not Lenny’s actual name either; there are three candidates that could have played the role and all from the same family. The actual mother has been identified and the in real life children that represented Noah and Charlotte Bacon are actually brother and sister. He is a member of the Davis, Morse, Moreno, Ondo, Bunn crowd that appears to be a more than apparent crisis actor clan with connections to It Works which is a health in beauty aide company that appears to be a haven of crisis actors and government sanctioned FRAUDS. Some of these people have two and three names beyond their fictitious Sandy Hook name and it appear a good many of the fringe Sandy Hook crowd also have fictitious names. Every one of these parents is using a fictitious name and the family histories and claimed credentials are all fabricated lies including public record.
The years in planning is more than evident where they may have actually interacted and functionted under their alter in order to deceive the public. Even the histories beind the Wheelers is a load of BS and their history speaks to the pre-planning to defraud the public.
The actor that is portraying Mark Barden is listed in public as the Present of a company called Video Pros https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4NzSBKCEAAyA-Y.jpg:large
The Pozner lie
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More in the photo line on Twitter @rebelready
In the past we’ve visited that thought, up to and including longterm assumption of various personalities. After all, there is a history of planting personalities, “characters” into operations. There isn’t any reason why said characters couldn’t be under contract.
I admit to being very bad with faces. I trust the judgement of others on that score better than my own. So when I look at the “actors”, I am not so much concentrating on their appearance as I am on their demeanor.
In the same way that those who have been trained in “communication” tend to have certain postures and inflections in their delivery, actors do as well. The “normal” general public are not usually that polished in public situations.
As a suggestion, those of us without your skills in facial recognition may have a difficult time trying to understand some of your allusions. The charts with the arrows, etc., would be easier to understand if there were a “For Dummies” version. I do, however, appreciate what you’re doing.
I did several searches to see how many hits I would get on
Deanna Spingola, C W Wade
AmericanFreePress, C W Wade
In each case I got over 1800 hits
If C W Wade is closely connected to Lenny Pozner and Lenny Pozner is increasingly associated with the prospect of being a false name/identity used illegally, then perhaps Deanna Spingola and American Free Press, and perhaps also “Keith Johnson”, are closely associated with this coordinated false scheme to discredit those who question Sandy Hook event.
I believe Wolfgang Halbig has been harassed by someone identifying themselves as Lenny Pozner and that speaks very well of Wolfgang Halbig.
I am beginning to see that
YouTube (owned by Google – Larry Page et al.) and Vimeo (owned by iac.com — names associated — Zach Klein, Jakob Lodwick and Barry Diller)
and Wiki
and GoFundMe
and on and on I could go
are all themselves a coordinated network.
I hope that a lawsuit can be filed against “Lenny Pozner” and YouTube and Vimeo.
I would be happy to donate to such a cause and I would love to have my own copy of the video
https://archive.org/details/WeNeedToTalkAboutSandyHook_20141207
We Need to Talk About Sandy Hook
If I get the energy, I plan to index the video giving where timewise on the track each subject is presented and where each segment begins and the screen name of each presenter.
This video is an important reference document and this indexing at least needs to be done.
There really should be a full transcript of this video. I may take a shot at that when I get better vision wise.
I really appreciate your input and knowing that you’re in support of our work. FYI, if anyone should do the transcript it’s me as I have the narration scripts and could fill in the gaps. It’s a long process even still. But, I’ve heard that YouTube’s automatic English transcript can be exported for editing, taking advantage of the built in timing.
Although I’m not wanting to advertise this, it’s important that I start sharing news of the general concept, get feedback and start building the support needed. There’s a plan being considered with the group now involving first a goal to have all the formerly removed copies of the documentary restored to their respective accounts on YouTube. There’s enough evidence in place now to prove that YouTube has been used in 100 or more copyright claims that were both fraudulent and cases of perjury. Rather than target the group filing the claims, the idea is to leverage the evidence to convince YouTube to take action as they are the primary victim in each case.
Knowing how YouTube is positioned and limited obligation to their users, we think a video “Message to YouTube Management” if mass uploaded as in the case of the documentary would convince them to at minimum restore the videos, and at most cause them to “appear to be” taking action against the perps. Who knows? Maybe YouTube would appreciate being forced to do this, as they may not entirely be willing participants. This might be the perfect “out” opportunity.
At this point, I just want our fellow-YouTubers who had their videos taken down to prepare for a second wave with this, much shorter video message that will not only mention their account but speak from their perspective.
Honr Network is using a You tube video, hosted by Secular Network, to advise people as to how they can have “We Need To Talk About Sandy Hook” videos pulled.
The fans of secular network are having a big pow wow tonight. Lenny is working overtime.
http://youtu.be/caJ-UL503V4
I tried twice to upload to my channel ( took 6 hours, I believe ) and received, each time, a message that said that I had exceeded my 15 minute video length. I have no such restrictions as my channel was upgraded 3 years ago to allow for extended uploads. Also, I had a copyright infringement notice strike against my account this past summer when I produced a very short video of Vani Hari and Michael Adams on two separate daytime shows ( The Doctors and Dr. Oz, irrespectively ) parroting the very same mantra about the FDA. I titled the video, ‘Controlled Opposition’ and even copied the link to Vani Hari’s site. Within a day it was pulled. My comments were then afterwards censored. The same goes for Mike Adams’ Natural News website and Jeffrey Smith’s IRT website. My comments somehow just conveniently disappear when I give an alternate view of the subject matter. That does not sound like an open society to me. Dr. Oz claimed copyright infringement on the ‘Controlled Opposition’ video and it has been “banned worldwide”. Why “worldwide”? Why ‘banned”?? I merely edited a portion of the clip and made no changes to the dialogue.
( just checked my channel and the video has been removed from my upload list. ) I have tried numerous times to out certain frauds and carpet baggers but their web of connections is wide and tightly woven.
The charges of ‘We Need To Talk About Sandy Hook’ documentary being hateful, harassing or violent is beyond ludicrous. Should we levy these charges at the mainstream media for promulgating fear and horror when they show images of “Ferguson”, ” Aurora”, “Columbine”, “9-11″ or ” Oklahoma City bombing”? Or any other nightly “news” feature that permits the footage of war atrocities? Is it not hateful to show the bombing of Iraqi citizens? Did we not harass these people with our guns, bombs, tanks, planes and door to door round ups of innocent citizens? Talk about hypocrisy! I had a video on YouTube for years that demonstrated the horror of war yet the video was never removed until I did so myself. I suppose one can show maimed and mutilated babies on YouTube…as long as they ain’t ‘white’…..and from New England.
What the hell kind of insane world are we living in and why are we talking ‘politely’ about the gigantic shaft buried deep in our posteriors? Surely we are blind now with the penetrating reality that we are being duped beyond any doubt? Is there anyone still asleep at the ‘wheel’?
Ah, yes….there are, now that I recall. I do have sisters that believe that their ‘government’, and provider of a monthly stipend, loves them unconditionally. So there are still many who could benefit from intrepid investigators like the IMS…..and polite talk thereof.
The more widely you circulate your stories about the censorship you are experiencing, the better.
As Dachsielady said, all these entities which control our ability to get the message out are connected. They are all CFR/CIA. Their blatant censorship of your videos shows they are threatened, to the point they have thrown caution to the winds and are clumsily tromping all over free-speech rights. Their justification for their conduct is sheer babble. And there is this air of desperation about it: the public must at last begin to see not only the hypocrisy, but the level of censorship and control even these hip “populist” news channels like YouTube exercise over communications which do not toe the party line.
Thanks so much for what you are doing, jamie and all you videomakers and writers. I see cracks forming in the monolith.
Dinophile, I think that you are an unsung hero. I have my ‘theories’ as to the reasons behind the blatant absence of recognition for your personal contributions. Nonetheless, you have my respect and admiration.
Wow, thanks so much! That really means a lot to me, jamie.
Of course, there are many “unsung heroes” on this blog–I learn new things all the time!
I’d be interested in knowing your theories! I am at: dinophile@gmail.com. Thanks.
joekano76 says:
Reblogged this on TheFlippinTruth.
Pendantic Skirt says:
This is strange, some of the Sandy Hook parents have announced plains to sue as reported by the courant and MSNBC.
Predict another mass payout settled out of court.
Great job on the video again!
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Nicholas Marlowe says:
I started watching the video this morning; viewed a few segments, and when I came back to look at the rest a few minutes ago, it had been made unavailable. — What to do?
The video is accessible at the Independent Media Solidarity site, now linked to in the widget above in lieu of the internet archive site that has also now taken the video down.
The irony that the Internet Archive, which is supposed to be a nonpartial curator of online documents of all types, is now beginning to make the rounds as well. See, for example, this piece.
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/12/09/we-need-to-talk-about-sandy-hook/
Yes, that’s good. I know I’m going to expose my ignorance here, but aren’t there other ways besides “YouTube” and “Vimeo”? I don’t understand the mechanics of this.
As the article says, this is truly disturbing, not just because of SHES. If someone makes a video and another claims a copyright infringement, doesn’t the maker have the right to ignore it unless there is a court order? Anyone can be sued, of course, but what if someone posts it and refuses to remove it?
I suppose that is what “Veterans Today” is doing, but if that is possible, why would anyone need “YouTube” or “Vimeo”. Is there a technical issue I’m missing?
patrickchatsamiably says:
Is your point, James, that even Veterans Today can’t keep the thing from being snatched away? Or is it the case that when you published your comment the video was still available there?
I’m no authority, loofah, but the way I see it YouTube and Vimeo are, in the end, just web sites. Very big ones, and ubiquitous, but they are not public utilities. They might SEEM public, but they are private property and no one can force them to change the rules by which they allow the public to post things on them.
Long ago, practically anything could be posted on Youtube. I don’t know if it coincided with the evil giant Google purchasing YouTube for billions of dollars, but there came a point when it became an everyday event to find that a video is no longer available. Which is a problem for researchers who post articles and embed videos as virtual footnotes. If the video is a “prooftext” in an article someone reads years later, and the video “no longer exists,” it damages the integrity of the researcher’s work.
That is, we’ve complacently grown accustomed to treating YouTube as a permanent, virtual, library where we can deposit materials that will stay there forever. But it’s more like Wikipedia, where anything can be removed at any time, and there’s nothing we can do about it.
That’s the Mac, always trying to “fix” your moniker, lophatt. Such a helper, it is.
“YouTube and Vimeo are, in the end, just web sites. Very big ones, and ubiquitous, but they are not public utilities.”
So right. I was way off base in thinking they could be sued.
It sounds like Derrick and company are dealing with this most intelligently.
Derrick refers to YouTube and Vimeo as “the system” but I really do not see how we can “put pressure” the system unless we could boycott them and put financial pressure on them to do right and that does not seem like something that could happen.
It needs to come about that YouTube is not basically the only game in town.
Certain identification of Pozner and C W Wade is a very big ace in hole though.
Patrick, my mind may be like a “sponge”, but its depressing when others start to notice!
Anyway, I think the point I was trying to make was that I realize that they’re private concerns and, therefore, they can make their own rules, but I don’t understand the significance of why everyone uses them. Is there some reason why you couldn’t just post a video to any website?
My other question is that, once posted to YouTube or Vimeo, do they now control it? I have deliberately remained ignorant of many things surrounding the internet. I have too many other interests than to devote the necessary time to studying it. I am grateful that others are willing to go through this to host sites.
I realize that by not getting promotion from Google it would adversely affect the distribution. That said, word of mouth is pretty good. I have noticed that some videos are “taken down” on other sites. If the owner of the video wants it played how does that happen?
I guess I’m assuming that if I posted a video here someone could complain about it but I don’t think they could make Dr. Tracey take it down unless it was a term of his agreement with the host. YouTube’s choice to do that is just that, their choice.
After they went to so much trouble to produce the video I am having trouble understanding how either of the two main hosts can have that much control. If they don’t want it there can’t you just post it elsewhere. Maybe not, like I said, I don’t completely understand how this works.
https://twitter.com/internetarchive/status/543072665380999169
Marzi says:
I just saw it on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dnZtrmxdyI
I wonder why the IMS folks have not yet found themselves a good private investigator willing to do some nominal pro bono work. PI’s have access to huge databases with names, alias’s, family members etc. While PI’s tend to charge a lot for these background checks, in reality that only cost about $6-10 per run. It is easy to analyze them for inaccuracies if you know the ropes. I know because I used to be a PI years ago. There is a huge amount of data to be had on these Sandy Hook actors out there. I would be willing to help with an analysis, but don’t have a license right now to do the computer runs.
Gail, I’ve been saying that for a long time. This needs someone with skills and access to databases. Everyone here tries in their own way, but a skilled investigator has access to and knowledge of various other avenues.
I would love to see what a good investigation could unearth. They’ve hidden a lot of the common records, there are certainly others that those with the services could discover.
Gail, who says we haven’t found a good PI? Who says some of us aren’t PIs? I’m being cheeky, but you get the idea. My response to why we haven’t hired an outside PI on behalf of the group is based on previous experience and in light of what we’ve already obtained. We aren’t daring to share the most damning evidence. The reasons to withhold evidence of some types are many. Much of it relates to individuals. Some of it is only partially useful until related evidence can be obtained. Finally, I’m afraid we’re in a difficult spot with SH and other events. Reminds me of the mysterious death of Spinal Tap’s drummer that they said was, “best left unsolved.” The struggle isn’t to research this further as much as it is to gain sufficient public support to pressure the “system” into solving it themselves. I hope this makes some sense and it isn’t meant to diminish the research work ongoing.
Derrick, that’s interesting. I can see your point. I, of course, have no way to know just who has investigated this and to what extent. I know that many of us have spent considerable time on it.
That said, I, for one, do not possess the skills or the sources to do a “professional” job. As far as pressuring “the system” to investigate this, I’m afraid I don’t hold much faith in that happening. I personally think that, if enough embarrassing information came out the best one could hope for was some spin and damage control.
That said, I don’t suggest that we don’t investigate. If someone has concrete evidence there would have to be a serious conversation about how to get that into public awareness. I don’t think that is impossible, it would take some creativity, however. The video is certainly a good start.
elfmom55 says:
It’s not there at the media archive. Removed due to issues with item content.
It’s not at IMS either due to copyright complaint by whatever the heck his name is.
Daniel Noel says:
Very refreshing article, thank you. It is a nice change from the constant and almost boring complaint about the mainstream media’s role in the censorship of conspiracies against humanity. The mainstream media could not do it alone. YouTube, Vimeo and other alternative information providers need to censor unorthodox information with the same zeal, albeit through different processes. Ditto, in the case of the probable Sandy Hook conspiracy, for the NRA, the John Birch Society, and other institutions that should denounce the hoax as a treasonous and repugnant assault against gun rights, using arguments that even gun control partisans would have to accept.
Plato’s cave is big. Indeed it is so big that very few activists encompass its size.
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Fascist Slayer on Youtube says:
I just watched it on YT. Sensational, phenomenal, amazing, riveting, thrilling, chilling and shocking. AWARD WINNING !! Without a doubt the best documentary on Sandy Hook, without question. Easily one of the best produced documentaries ever on youtube. I know it’s almost 3 hours long, but give it 15 minutes and I promise you’ll be hooked, no pun intended, you won’t be able to stop watching.
Recynd77 says:
I downloaded a copy of the movie. If anyone wants me to email it to them (is that possible to do?), I’d be happy to.
Is there anywhere I can post it where it won’t be taken down?
A search of the movie title and “torrent” will provide links to download with any torrent client. At YouTube, simply search the title and scan for a copy that’s over 2 hours in length. There are dozens or more versions of it that remain on YouTube at the moment. FYI, the version at Archive.org is available again. It’s not clear what happened, but it’s now the official stream on our group’s site, http://mediasolidarity.com/
I am listening again to the video, this time the one that is now restored on Archive.org.
The quality of the audio on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 the best is about a 4.
Breaking up bad.
You could burn it onto DVD format and mail a hard copy. I have done this with many a good documentary.
I think you could probably also upload it to box.com, which is a secure online vault, and give people a link to it. Box costs only $10/mo. While I haven’t tried it with videos, I have documents in an account there and each one is protected by a 20-character password. That means it cannot be cracked.
Remember Wilfrido Cardenas Hoffman of threatening Newtown calls fame? He’s back in the news.
http://www.newstimes.com/news/crime/article/Man-expected-to-plead-guilty-in-Newtown-threats-5948294.php
The in-on-it media needs to remind and constantly reinforce to the public that the poor people of Sandy Hook have been hounded and threatened by the mentally deranged from the get go. Remember, they’ve already told us that Sandy Hook “victims” will need assistance ($$$$$) for many, many years to come. Like 9/11, it’s implanted.
Anne, according to your article he’s been locked up the whole time. I like this line from the story; ccording to a filing from a dense lawyer” (direct quote).
I wonder if he knows “Carlos”?
The article states he has been locked up since June and guess we can assume the loony tune year was shortly thereafter the horrid hoax. No doubt it took his dense lawyer all these years to get him extricated to Venezuela for proper mental health care.
Wilfrido Cardenas Hoffman pleaded guilty as charged yesterday. Having been in custody since June, his psychiatric diagnoses must be extensive.
Witnesses were prepared to testify. However, what I gather from the article, none did. Mr. Hoffman’s dense (defense?) attorney came from the Federal Defense Office.
The top federal prosecutor said Mr. Hoffman’s actions “compounded the collective suffering of the town”. $uffering.
http://www.newstimes.com/default/article/Man-pleads-guilty-to-threatening-Newtown-residents-5951164.php
lophatt – Carlos, a Costa Rican-American, has his own Wikipedia site. I doubt Wilfrido, a Venezuelan who spoke English well enough to frighten Newtown residents; will be elevated to Carlos’ status.
http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Man-who-made-threatening-Newtown-calls-faces-5951790.php
“He admitted making 90 calls to 47 families and businesses two days after the Dec. 14, 2012, shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.”
“Speaking through two interpreters, including a bilingual public defender, Hoffman pleaded guilty to a single felony count of making threatening phone calls.”
I am still wondering about “Our Man in Venezuela” and have some unanswered questions. If Wilfrido can’t speak English, how did his victims in Newtown understand what he said? Perhaps he sought out residents with Hispanic names, but not a heck of a lot of those in Newtown. More luck in Danbury.
How can a man in Venezuela make 90 phone calls to Newtown, having those numbers handy, not speak proper English, but still make those Newtowners believe he is Adam Lanza from the other side?
On the eve of the 2nd anniversary of the Sandy Hook event, they are getting more and more brazen with their tales.
Next we’ll have a national holiday declared for December 14th.
I believe the article, timely in that it was published day before the 2nd SHES anniversary, is “a shot over the bow” …. an intimidating message to anyone who may want to open their mouth about the event. Look at this nut’s photograph … his neck and ears look totally photo-shopped, but at least this psychotic, rifle-toting wannabe doesn’t have googly eyes in HIS featured photo… maybe his meds are working!
Boy, you can’t make this stuff up … or maybe you can …
Que lastima! Mui mal esuarte de las Wilifridito. I can’t get that image out of my mind. The phone call: “Es Genaro en casa? Genaro, dees ees Adam. No Gene, leesen, I no have to show you no EYE DEE, I a gonna keel you!”, comprendo? Muerte!.
I don’t know what little Winifredo was drinking down at the cantina, but my guess is that the worm died. Maybe “Adam” was dancing a hat dance down at the “Dance, Dance (whatever)” emporium. “Aye carumba”.
All I can say is that somehow it fits. Just like a giant rabbit named Harvey would fit.
lophatt, thanks for the laugh – much needed in these times.
This Wilfrido character, why write him into the script? Btw, I have more on Wilfrido who apparently can’t speak English. It’s in moderation. Frequent moderations now. It’s not Professor Tracy.
That got me thinking, probably over thinking which now is epidemic in Newtown with a price tag attached. Now we have one Wilfrido, he is presumably Spanish speaking, calling English speaking Newtown residents. Yet later he needs several translators because he can’t speak English.
How does this man acquire all these Newtown numbers two days after 12/14/12? He threatens them in English, but in captivity needs several translators? He knows the slang word “gonna”, but needs translators. Does he have connections/handlers?
According to msm, Wilfrido hails from El Hatillo, Venezuela. El Hatillo has a 29 year old mayor with the name of David Smolansky, a descendent of Russian immigrants via Cuba.
David Smolansky received a diploma from the Global Competitiveness Leadership Program at Georgetown University.[2]
The Constitution of Venezuela of the year 1999 declared Spanish and languages spoken by Indigenous people from Venezuela as official languages.
From msm:
“This is Adam Lanza. I’m gonna [expletive] kill you. You’re dead. You’re dead. You hear me? You’re dead,” the caller said, according to authorities. In another phone call, Cardenas is accused of saying: “This is Adam Lanza. I’m gonna kill you. You’re dead. With my machine gun. You’re dead [expletive].”
On the eve of another anniversary, this is the latest jewel in the Sandy Hook cockamamie crown.
“…according to a ‘dense’ lawyer….” according to the article you posted,hahaha
Mr. Hoffman’s actions “compounded the collective suffering of the town”
They all need another $283K infusion to keep going…haha What a sick joke.
Ric – funny you should mention that. Almost another million is on the way:
http://newtownbee.com/news/news/2014/12/12/esty-blumenthal-murphy-announce-775000-federal-gra/245261
Newtown has another problem – overthinking. Associated Press says so:
http://newtownbee.com/news/news/2014/12/12/mental-health-needs-persist-two-years-after-school/245253
Should be good for another million or two.
On Sunday flags will be waving at half-staff all over the state of Connecticut:
http://newtownbee.com/news/0001/11/30/governor-directing-flags-half-staff-sunday/245257
Hey, times are HARD! Besides, I’m told there’s a bumper crop in Afghanistan this year. Maybe this “healing” will continue until a drought makes it impossible.
By now you’d think the streets would be awash in money. This is like the fabled City of Cibola.
Ric, I can hardly hear the sobbing over the rending of garments and the gnashing of teeth. “Leave us alone…….but send money”. It’s no wonder why people get into show business. The royalties are hard to beat.
CW Wade engages in malicious adhominem attacks- he tries to always interject and associate allegations of stalking, threats , harassment and other adverse allegations against “truthers”. Wade rarely debates the merits of the evidence and simply promotes an environment of indignation and disgust against anyone who questions the official story.
He should be ostracized and exposed at all costs. There should be complaints to Face Book that he is using a false name and identity and his ID should be verified.
Complaints should be lodged against his FB and youtube accounts- is it not ironic that both he and Lenny have not had their youtube accounts suspended ?
Carry on to expose this lie at Sandy Hook
I would like to know what does CW Wade and Mick West get out of protecting SHE and BMB perps at their own expense and time.
Has anybody ever seen these 2 guys standing together in the same room? Just joking.. Cw West and Mick Wade…
Do they know “D.B. Cooper”?
I need to also interject that I am amazed that some of the parents , Nicole Hockley and Mark Barden, have created a new profession now working as full time “Professional Victims”.
I watched 2/3 of the video and someone took it off line last night. I know another distribution method. Make into DVD and sell the DVD on line right here and people will pay and they can show their friends.
Or make it into a DVD and GIVE IT AWAY to anyone that wants to see it.
So if anyone wants a copy of the Sandy Hook documentary, let me know and we can exchange emails so I can get a shipping address. Unless the request is from outside the US, I’ll burn and ship on my own dime (outside the US starts getting very, very pricey). The offer will remain open until further notice 🙂
Not sure how to get my address to you. Would love to have this and certainly will pay for it to cover your costs. Thank you for the kind offer. My email address is archie the letter k the number 1 at prodigy do net
prophetoftruth7676 says:
great piece man.the video was amazing i urge everyone to see it i posted a link on my wordpress blog to it.
bill fred says:
The vid was good but way too long. If we want to get Sandy Hook to the masses, we need to spice it up with some Beyonce, violence, Peyton Manning, drugs, mixed messages, spin – all the stuff the masses are used to seeing. Folks don’t have 2.5 hours to watch a real investigative documentary. Its interesting to truthers because we already know most of the presentation but for the outsider, they won’t be interested. I think we need to give up on Sandy Hook and focus on 9/11 because we have much more evidence, data, witnesses and experts to support a ‘conspiracy theory.’
But, it can be used in it’s shorter segments, one at a time, when a person finds one subject they find interesting. Then they go for the whole movie. I don’t think you can condense all the facts/questions down more than int the movie already. Lest it becomes a slogan.
Sofia Smallstorms vid hit it off pretty good I thought.
Bill Fred,
I respectfully disagree with you on 911. That event is locked in titanium chains from the Capstone.
I personally think Boston is the lowest hanging fruit because of all the solid video evidence. But Boston has been put on the back burner while so many hard working people are still working on SHE and I think they have them almost “cornered”.
The time is now for a video just like “We Need to Talk” but about Boston and hit them from both sides and see who creeps out from the shadows as Pozner has for SHE.
If and When either of those events falls apart and the roaches start running for cover and ratting each other out to save themselves, that is when 911 will fall apart and all the other staged events we have all seen these last 6 years play out.
” The time is now for a video just like “We Need to Talk” but about Boston.”
I spent most of my time on 9-11 but did spend a little time researching one aspect of Boston, i.e., the alleged 16 people who sustained traumatic leg amputations. Most people only knew about Jeff Bauman, the supposed bilateral amputee, but believe it or not, there are actually 16 people claimed to be so injured and millions in donations going to the “victims” and many fake social websites involved. I have identified, or should I say “identified”, about 12 of the people but gave up on that never ending rabbit hole area of research a few months ago.
Anyway, I would be willing to share what I learned with anyone who attempts a Boston video. I wish Nathan Folks would do that video, but for various reasons I do not think that will happen.
9-11, SHES, and Boston just seemed so incredibly in our faces and so full of anomalies that I just could not help being swept up in to reading and researching. I read and watched and listened to everything I could for many years, starting on 9-11-01, regarding 9-11. Now I am away from that somewhat.
To me, the great thing about We Need to Talk About Sandy Hook video is that, aside from its careful and professional production and great segmental format, it covers the the subject in one video with solid quality information. The makers of the video have gone non-commercial and that is extremely important too.
(P.S. I watched a recent OdinRock YouTube upload today regarding how ABC TV coverage on 12-14-12 showed many signs of being prepared before that event date. I should have save the link and now I cannot find that video on YouTube.)
I think SH is the event locked in titanium chains. Although they had some serious flaws, aint no way people are getting through.
The list of architects, scientists, former politicians, lawyers, professors, etc. that don’t buy into the official 911 narrative is growing. NY recently had the failed ballot initiative to re-investigate building 7.
Check Wikipedia’s page about world polling/opinions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polls_about_9/11_conspiracy_theories
You will see that only 46% of the world polling believes that Al Queda was responsible. This is very bad for the propaganda machine pushing the official story. In some countries, like Pakistan, only 2% think Al Queda did it!! YIKES!!
9/11 is the ONLY way to get somewhere. OKC, Waco, JFK are too distant. Sandy Hook and Boston were so well marketed and so emotional that people won’t go there.
Joseph Charles Miroddi says:
Bill, thanks much for the levity. I laughed heartily, though I quickly sobered and understood your point.
I think the video is a very good refresher for SH hoax vets, and will most likely send a good percentage of novices to examine the work of other independents.
Exposure. Hope. Sandy Hook Hoaxers Strong!
This is such bull. I commented to Bill 5 hours ago why I think we should stay the course and went in moderation from WordPress and didn’t save it.
Tracy get your own website and this will stop
Ric, Dr. Tracy has seemingly decided to moderate my comments too. I don’t know if he is moderating all comments, or just certain people. Maybe he moderates those that get a little too spicy, like mentioning Jews. I don’t mind Dr. Tracy moderating my comments as he almost always lets them through.
Bill, I think it’s WordPress not Dr. Tracy who puts certain comments in moderation and then Dr. Tracy has to sort through them which can take a while. There doesn’t seem to any rhyme or reason as to why things wind up in the Mod. bin.
Anyways, your point is well taken on 911.
Everything seems to be locked up pretty good and that’s how they want us to feel, Despotic, Defeated.
My reasoning on Boston and SHE is there are actual physical human beings that are somewhat approachable to squeeze until they break. Where as with 911 its all the same untouchable Lizard people(Icke joke)
in the Capstone we have been after since JFK.
This group of players (all the gun control people) seem more accessible because it appears that well known Corporations/Charities seem to have a hand in this as the beneficiaries, where as 911 was all top military brass and defense contractors who benefited.
Ric to comment on your comment below. I don’t think SH is about guns. Maybe a small benefit, but not the big picture – probably more like Alex Jones type dis-information intended to keep us grabbing the short straws.
I think all of these recent false flag hoaxes are more about pushing legislation and taking over more control of the federal government. I think the plans are being fast forwarded because the people are sick of the crap and seeing the truth behind 9/11.
The internet is changing everything right now and people are changing their attitudes about our crooked government, media, military and corporations teaming up against the common folks. Five years ago I had no idea about the facts behind JFK, OKC, and now 9/11 as the major recent-history ‘inside jobs.’ Now its all so much in our faces and I can see them laughing at us through my tv screen.
Without the internet, we would still be a bunch of brainwashed zombies following the crap we see on their tv, hear on their radio, or read in their magazines. The internet, Google and Youtube might be in the same category and as world-changing as Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press.
Vincent Nunes says:
I didn’t mind watching it at all – what you need is to have an AUDIENCE.
Stop it every once in a while for questions and observations.
Make a partty out of the whole thing – if people can sit through baseball games, when it’s a pitcher’s duel and everything is a slow as bloody molasses, one should be able to have fun with this and other like documentaries.
We can’t win if we can’t think out of the box every once in a while.
Thank you for the very pertinent reference to 9/11. I’ll add other essential attributes that distinguish 9/11 from virtually any other staged event:
* 9/11 has been inducing deep, global, long-lasting sociological changes of variegated kinds, starting with war.
* Building 7’s conspiracy offers several entry points that lend themselves to elevators speeches that affirm the mythical destruction by office fires while forcing people to explore it further.
* The 9/11 conspiracy’s demonstration can be learned through only a moderate intellectual effort, thanks to the Master conspirators’ strategic decision to televise live to the entire world the key event, the terrorist controlled demolition of the twin towers under evacuation.
* The above makes it fairly easy to demonstrate the existence, overwhelming size and effectiveness of the 9/11 censorship, the conspiracy against heretics who question the official myth.
So, with all due respect to activists and leaders who seek to expose SHE or other real or alleged grand lies, they may reach their goals faster and with less energy if they table their work and instead research the poorly understood 9/11 censorship and seek more effective ways to educate the general public on it.
Folktruther says:
Although homicidal false flags have been part of American rule and manipulation since the Kennedy assassinations, James has drawn attention to FANTASY homicidal false flags initiated in the Obama administration. Three of these are most important: first, the bin Laden caper where the pretense is the killing of bin Laden who has been reliably reported dead of kidney disease for a decade. This may include the killing of a dozen or so Seals who were involved in the operation. It was highly successful historically, bumping up Obama’s support by 6% or so, helping him the 2012 election.
The second fantasy false flag was Sandy Hook, revealed largely by James, to disarm the American population of their guns. It was largely unsuccessful gun-wise, and US power is apparently trying to bury it now.
The third fantasy false flag was the Boston marathon bombings, which was successful in shutting down part of Boston and surrounding towns. It was related in an unclear way to US support for the Cheznya rebellion in Russia, two of the Americans involved being murdered by the police and FBI, and others being prosecuted and imprisoned.
These fantasy false flags are quite surreal and bizarre, even by American standards of media mendacity. Referring to evidenced real homicides as staged events, for ideological purposes, detracts from the credibility of reports revealing these fantasy homicidal events.
“Referring to evidenced real homicides as staged events, for ideological purposes,
“evidenced real homicides” maybe, but don’t you want this fully investigated and don’t you want important questions asked, like WHO for sure was homicided.
I am beginning to think that every big media event that has thousands marching in the streets is a staged event. Somebody used it and promoted it “for ideological purposes” at just the most useful time. Yes, sometimes real people are really killed and sometimes not. But WHO exactly was killed by whom and when, we have no business just automatically accepting at face value what the MSM is feeding us.
Of course, I want homicides justly adjudicated in a just trial, but these days, it is just as likely that some poor innocent patsy will be convicted if there ever even is a trial.
I do not think Dr. Tracy and MHB are doing their work for “ideological purposes” unless the ideology is to get to the truth.
Did anyone hear if Lanza is being put on trial? They do try dead people.
I don’t think there were any criminal cases or convictions from 911 either, right?
Can you please name some 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s false flag attacks please? Operation Northwoods was the original blueprint as far as documents from the feds in my opinion.
The only way that SH is about guns is, say in 3-5 years from now, if their silly little games lead to such an outrageous public that the active controlled president calls for an executive order on guns and forces all Americans to turn in their weapons and we go Japan style where citizens are not allowed to arm.
If the plan is a long drawn out plan to disarm Americans, then I don’t believe SH, or any of the other numerous recent false flag hoaxes are about guns. Its about 9/11. Its about controlling the federal government, passing legislation that furthers their powers, controlling our schools, showing their force to the public, keeping a constant fear status among the people, its another MSM spin story to run and rerun and rererun in our faces for months and years, and yes, its a little about guns but mostly to distract us.
Probably some money laundering too.
Last night I watched a movie set in Mississippi in the sixties. During a conversation one character says to another “We rich have to keep the poor in constant fear. That is how we keep our money”.
Bill, we tend to use the terms “false flag” or “hoax” to describe what is actually a category of event. They actually vary in scope and complexity. Some are almost hidden, some are done to create public emotional reactions.
I suppose the defining character of them is that they are not completely true. Some are totally false, while others have truthful elements in them that have manufactured bits imprinted on them for the author’s purposes.
“Northwoods” is well known. You can rest assured that there are many others. Initially creation of this type of thing was why the CIA was created. “Dirty tricks”.
My observations lead me to believe that there is NEVER one purpose for such events. There may be a primary purpose, but there are always ancillary purposes as well. It is not uncommon for what seems the “primary” purpose to be a ruse.
It may be that the nature of the progress that’s been made is causing these to be more and more public in nature. They are at a point in their plan where it is necessary for standards to change and it is much easier to do that when a population supports them.
It is obvious that gun confiscation is necessary for them. This has nothing to do with “crime” and everything to do with resistance. When they think the time is right they will simply come for them. It would be easier for them if people surrendered them.
I personally think that SHES was more about “modeling” than gun control. I would say the same about Boston as well. That is one reason for the use of actors. They are there, just like Ozzie and Harriet to show what “good obedient NWO citizens do in situations such as these”. Obedience is rewarded, resistance gets the “Fergeson Treatment”.
None of this is new. What is “new” is the technology and its use in the delivery. Secret, underhanded dealings have been going on in the United States since its inception. “Undercover” operations were going on during the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, and in all other periods of our history.
We are in a period where they are “takin’ it to the streets”. We should never forget some of the wisdom expressed in “The Protocols”. Whether a “forgery” or not, it is impossible to argue with the methods described and their use.
Remember that Kissinger recently reiterated a “protocol”. To paraphrase, he said that “there will come a time when you will beg us to take control”. They would very much like us to be so disgusted with “government” that we rebel and allow them to replace it with one of their own making. So you see, they can’t “fail”.
The only mystery in this to me is why we keep going back to them and expecting them to “fix” a problem of their own creation. I suppose it is because we want so badly to believe that what we see is not true. Sadly, it is true. So why don’t we quit asking the mugger for a loan?
“Gun control” will come, whether we agree or not. The only question is how we will respond when it does. If you think they are brutal now, wait until they think they have nothing to fear.
The best definitions I’ve seen are as follows:
False flag: a real-time event that occurs under false pretense (evidence-based facts demonstrate that some people actually died, property was damaged, etc.)
Hoax: event where most of the story appears false and there is no evidence of any true harm (no evidence, that real people died, no real damage sustained)
USS Liberty 1967 Not on US soil, but is false event
Iran Contra Affair 1985 A false event
1993 Waco, Brand Dividians, a false event
1995 Oklahoma City Murrah Bldg. Bombing
1996 Siege at Ruby Ridge, a false event
1997 NeoCon Think Tank PNAC setsUS world hegemony stage /911
All during these years there were mysterious deaths of people who knew too much about JFK assassination – read The Dead Witness by Roberts.
Do search on “Bush Body Count” for all mysterious deaths connected with George W. Also search Clinton Body Count.
There were at least 20 mysterious deaths associated with the aftermath of 9-11, and it is looking like there are at least two mysterious deaths with Sandy Hook so far.
I count all these strange “disappearances” of people and imprisonments over the years as part of the one main big conspiracy in USA and the world.
Manipulating people to get control of people has been going on for millennia. Nero burned Rome and blamed it on the Christians.
All the wars the US has been involved in over last century are false contrived events.
World false events are related to domestic false events. It really is one ‘grand chessboard.”
There is one big conspiracy that may appear to have warring factions and it has been operating from the days of ancient Babylon, The goal is a one world death and slavery system for all. It is not so much that one group wants to be super rich and rule the world. That one group is nihilistic and megalomaniacal and wants only to lie, kill and destroy in worship of their Father, the Father of Lies.
Whoa, dachsie, I differ on several of your false flags. The USS Liberty was basically not publicized in the U.S., bolstering the claim that it was real–I’ve never read that it wasn’t.
Ditto with Iran Contra and Waco. As for Ruby Ridge, I could buy that.
The Gulf of Tonkin incident, the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, and the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana in 1898 were probable false flags, all of which were the triggers for war.
Doxie, I was trying (unsuccessfully) to address Bill’s comment. The term “false flag”, has a rather “loose” usage here and elsewhere. You listed several “events”. To me at least, “false flag” implies that something was engineered and was blamed on another country.
“Hoax” (in the sense that we discuss here), isn’t usually blamed on other countries. It may be blamed on other perpetrators. In our context they are actions created by others for social or political gain.
You left off Gordon Caul from the list. He predated Ruby Ridge. Same basic scenario. He was a perceived threat.
I got the impression that Bill was saying this was a relatively new phenomena. I would say that it isn’t, but the scope of these are larger now due to the technology involved. These are older than Mesopotamia, it just wasn’t televised.
What we’re seeing now is social engineering. They float an idea, create a need for change, and produce an excuse. That old Hegelian magic. We might do well to ask ourselves, “why do I need someone else to tell me what we need to do?”.
I do not limit myself to “false flag” or “‘hoax” as may be defined here. I just call them false events. I recognize understanding meanings of words and terms and using them consistently, but I have simply stated that I look at all these Big Lie events broadly as “false events.”
There are people at the top creating, covering up or allowing crime and evil of every kind. It is a giant blackmail, extortion and bribery grid. All go along with the evil because of fear.
LBJ called the planes back that were sent to help the USS Liberty under fire. Why would he do that?
but here is a good speech by
John Pilger: War by Media and the Triumph of Propaganda
https://www.you tube.com/watch?v=HAGyXF80u2g
Hmm; good question (about LBJ calling the planes back). I didn’t know that. I assume it was a political decision not to retaliate against Israel, but I’ll see what I can find out.
I recently read a fantastic book, by the way, “LBJ: the Mastermind of the JFK Assassination,” by Philip Nelson. I had thought of LBJ as a pathetic boor. In fact, he was a criminal and a sociopath. He had a personal hit man, a convicted murderer named Mac Wallace who carried out 17 murders in LBJ’s behalf, including (probably) of LBJ’s own sister. All kinds of people delivered suitcases full of cash to him, payoffs for various favors. LBJ was headed to prison, with a big expose planned for publication in Look Magazine on Nov. 22, 1963–which was pulled, and charges against him dropped, when the assassination happened, because he was now the president.
Nelson makes a very strong case that LBJ planned the JFK assassination long before the 1960 election, knowing the only way he would ever become president would be as a vice-president succeeding a president who died in office. In the motorcade in Dallas, LBJ ducked down on the floor right after his car turned onto Houston St. There’s lots more, but it definitely muddies the waters vis-a-vis current acceptance of the theory that CIA were the top dogs–but I won’t spoil it for you all.
The USS Liberty was a false flag in the true sense of the term. Johnson employed the services of Israel to sink an American ship in the eastern Mediterranean, but it was supposed to look like Egypt did it. Israel’s planes were unmarked, and its pilots were given very little information; the reason the ship did not go down was because some of the Israelis, when they realized what the target was, refused, and disobeyed orders.
Johnson was enraged, shouting “I wand that God damned ship at the bottom of the Sea!” But it was able to limp to Cyprus, and the survivors were made to know that if they ever talked about it they would be killed, and their families, too. Some of them have been talking in recent years, and it’s clear they do not understand that Israel was just a “hit man” hired by the American president; they blame Israel for almost murdering them–and who can blame them? Still, I doubt Israel could have refused, in its weak condition in those years; without America’s patronage, it would certainly not have survived the 70s.
The false flag failed; the Soviet Union remained Egypt’s patron for the time being, and America was not drawn into war.
Thanks, Patrick. Very interesting history. LBJ was a psychopath.
We were not drawn into a war *against Israel*, I guess is what you mean. We were certainly up to our necks in an outrageously unjustified war elsewhere, of course, in Vietnam, LBJ’s gift to his benefactors General Dynamics, Brown & Root, Bell Helicopter, and probably others. General Dynamics is Mafia. It continues to drive all our warmongering adventures around the world today (as I see it).
I did know that the commanding officer of the Liberty had ordered a counterattack on Israel, and that his order was countermanded by Washington. You know, I trust, that that admiral was the father of Jim Morrison (of The Doors)? There’s a theory out there that Jim Morrison was assassinated by the Mossad in retaliation for his father’s order.
Back to Sandy Hook, the NYT has a piece today about the disposition of the blighted property on Yogananda St.:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/13/nyregion/in-newtown-conn-a-question-of-what-to-do-with-adam-lanzas-home.html?emc=edit_th_20141214&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=67497406
“one of greatest unknown chapters in LBJ’s presidency is that he personally gave the order to Israel to bomb and utterly destroy the USS Liberty and its entire crew of 294 Americans. Astoundingly, when the mission went awry and Sixth Fleet Commanders were ordering the rescue of the besieged and bloodied USS Liberty crew, LBJ ordered that rescue operations be called back, at least twice. Against all odds, the USS Liberty survived but after the attack, 34 Americans lay dead. Except for 4 worthless 50 caliber machine guns, the USS Liberty was unarmed and defenseless against the far superior firing power of the Israeli navel and air force armada that descended upon it with relentless and unspeakable terror.”
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/01/the-uss-liberty-israel-president.html
A little more on LBJ’s background, especially in regard to his long supportive relationship with the Jews and with Israel.
http://5tjt.com/our-first-jewish-president-lyndon-johnson-an-update/
Our First Jewish President Lyndon Johnson? – an update!!
article by by Morris Smith
And maybe his personal ancestry is totally irrelevant and maybe not…
“The facts indicate that both of Lyndon Johnson’s great-grandparents, on the maternal side, were Jewish.
These were the grandparents of Lyndon’s mother, Rebecca Baines. Their names were John S. Huffman and Mary Elizabeth Perrin. John Huffman’s mother was Suzanne Ament, a common Jewish name. Perrin is also a common Jewish name. ,,,
The line of Jewish mothers can be traced back three generations in Lyndon Johnson’s family tree. There is little doubt that he was Jewish.”
“We were not drawn into a war *against Israel*, I guess is what you mean.”
Not at all, dino. Israel was our agent, not our enemy. They did not attack us, we hired them to get us into the war that was already underway; the idea was to reshape the Middle East–especially to end Soviet influence in the region. It was about establishing American hegemony. Israel was always our anchor in that part of the world; we were never adversaries. Israel was only two decades away from its declaration of independence against the British Mandate at the time, and still quite weak, with American support, almost half a century later, it today serves the American empire in many false flags that are far less crude–as many commenters at MHB have alluded to over time. Israel was an invaluable help to the globalists in 9/11 and Boston, for instance. A great investment–if you want a partner in conquering the world. Innovative, Western, and willing to absorb bad publicity hits all the time, sort of running interference for America’s bumbling giantism.
You must consider the time frame. Here’s a quick summary from everyone’s favorite authority:
“The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship, USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War. Wikipedia
The idea was to draw America into that war. It is only because individual Israeli military personnel defied their orders that the false flag failed, and we did not go to war against Egypt.
Heck, *I* am the one who has said I believe Israel acts as the U.S.’s agent!
I just misunderstood what you meant, by saying we were not drawn into war.
Dachsielady’s and your information about LBJ’s order is absolutely chilling and horrifying. I did not know that he had actually ordered Israel to attack our ship. I knew only that he refused to retaliate against Israel when it happened and countermanded Admiral Morrison’s order.
I think, as Patrick says, that LBJ withdrew the assistance that was on its way to the USS Liberty. In other words, he allowed Israel to try and sink a U.S. ship and murder the crew to facilitate a false flag by Israel.
Ironically, it was Adm. McCain (yes, the senator’s father) who briefed the survivors and swore them to secrecy. Psychopathy looms large in some circles.
All of these years the survivors have been trying to get this recognized. Everyone in power ignores them. I have to say that I don’t believe that Israel is “our” agent, I think it’s the other way round.
Everyone of these mutts is beholden to them. If they aren’t bribed they’re blackmailed, sometimes both. It’s an outrage.
“he allowed Israel to try and sink a U.S. ship and murder the crew to facilitate a false flag by Israel. ”
Yes, and I offered a strong explanation as to why LBJ would commit such an heinous act, murdering his own country’s troops. This forum censored my two postings and they never made it to posting though I am unaware of any rules broken by me.
lophatt, you wrote:
“I don’t believe that Israel is “our” agent, I think it’s the other way round.”
You are right; it is the other way around.
Don’t know if this comment will pass censorship, but I have found some more revealing information between the town in Venezuela, its mayor, Newtown with the main players and the boss our country serves as agent for.
The young, globalist mayor is on a list of the most influential – fill in the blank – in Latin America.
Yes Anne, I read your link. I don’t know what’s going on with the “moderation” either. Almost all of mine are getting that lately. As you well know it is impossible to discuss certain subjects without alluding to the obvious authors of chaos.
Why our comments disappeared as a group is strange indeed. Obviously somebody didn’t like them. Of all the things we were discussing those seemed pretty innocuous.
When you start down a path you follow it. If it leads somewhere uncomfortable for some you either have to be dishonest and ignore it, or say what needs to be said.
After all, those tactics only work because people cower in the face of them. We both know that Latin America is not immune either. In fact, if you’ve been reading much lately you will notice a whole new understanding of what is really going on in Ukraine. It’s rather like Venezuela.
It depends on what the meaning of “is” is, to quote everyone’s favorite bubba. In 1967, Israel was extremely new, and very weak. The globalists plans for Israel’s role in the New World Order would not come to fruition. Anyone who thinks Israel cooked up a scheme to sink its patron’s ship out of malice is delusional. Israel needed America desperately at that time. Johnson used its client to create a Remember the Maine excuse for us to go to war in Egypt as a proxy for the Soviet Union.
What Israel is today is quite different.
Patrick, to “tippytoe around this”, let’s call it “Fred”. Fred is a state of mind. Just like “America” is a state of mind. There are no countries left in the traditional sense.
At the moment, Fred is “the Center of the Universe” for control and corruption. Even evil needs a headquarters. In the mega-corporation that we live in, it is where the CEO and CFO operate from. The rest are, at most, division heads.
So we can always discuss things within the context of commonly accepted reality, or we can do that based on the obvious. For now Fred calls the shots. While their bought and bribed minions go about their tasks Fred collectively laughs at them.
Fred has been working toward this denouement for a very long time. It makes little difference whether anyone realizes this or not. Fred will continue, as always. As we weaken Fred grows strong.
This argument perplexes me, lophatt. Were we Israel’s agent the day after Israel secured her independence from Britain? Was that pathetic weakling of a nothing country already our master? Or did they become our overlords five years after the Kibbutzes were up and running? 10 years?
As I said, whatever the globalists had in store for Israel’s role in crafting the New World Order, it had certainly not come to fruition by the mid-1960s. What Israel has become since then bears no resemblance to what they were in 1967. Even 1973, when Nixon, against all his advisors’ council, rescued Israel be forcing the shipment of arms, saving the day. Israel NEEDED America, desperately, in those early decades of its existence. The idea that they would launch a senseless attack on their primary benefactor is ridiculous. Whatever future role Israel was intended to have, they were far from holding that position when the Liberty was attacked.
Top of that, we know that Johnson ordered Israel to sink that ship, and was very angry when Israel failed to get the job done. And it being such a world-class false flag, the plot thus had to be covered up–and was, perfectly, until very recently. It is the equivalent in seriousness of 9/11, in terms of identifying the real motivation, and the people who were really behind it. In the case of the Liberty, if it had gone according to plan, the whole world would be instantly made to know that Egypt did it, and thus America has to go to war, and history would not record the suspicions of people who smelled something fishy. With 9/11, which was successful, it was Arabs the whole world were instantly made to know had attacked America, justifying the same kind of war, in the very same region. The difference is the success factor: since the World Trade Center was successfully destroyed, the agents who were hired to do the job are not part of the official history–because the false flag was a success. Those who smell a rat are dealt with by the “conspiracy theorist” dismissal process. Since the Liberty survived, and the plot could not be allowed to saturate the news but in fact had to be completely suppressed, ironically, over time everyone knows who really did it. Very few know it was a false flag; all people who learn about it tend to learn is that Israel inexplicably attacked the American military. Some hate Israel for it, because they know who the hit man was; some shake their heads and wonder why Israel took such an insane action. But no one knows that Israel was just the hit man, and the mafioso who ordered the hit lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Mordor.
Ha! Mordor, indeed.
I found this site about the Six-Day War, wondering whether it was Nasser’s closure of the Suez Canal (again) which prompted LBJ’s need to attack Egypt–and it does not even mention the attack on the U.S.S. Liberty. (And I could not find any immediate connection to the Suez–looks like Egypt did block Israel’s shipping routes through the Straits of Tiran, though. I’m still trying to pin down where that is–I am only pulling up dive site maps!)
http://www.sixdaywar.org/timeline.asp
Patrick, you have certainly given me a more complete understanding of the USS Liberty incident.
I remember listening to the medical doctor who survived the attack being interviewed on a radio show several years ago. He spoke of it only as Israel having been the perpetrator but he did say clearly that Johnson called the planes back. This doctor was with a group collecting signatures to get the Congress to open an investigation of the incident, which of course never happened. Admiral Thomas Moorer, now deceased, of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke out valiantly to try to get truth and justice about the event .
I think LBJ from his very beginnings in politics way back when in Texas was taking several political steps and big chances to help Jews in Europe and help Israel. I do not think his Jewish ancestry is irrelevant.
Patrick, this is the best primer there is:
http://www.controversyofzion.info/
The place is just that, a place. The perceived “weakness” is a ruse. “We” (the U.S.) don’t control anything. We are the execution arm (literally).
Location or “nationhood” has never meant anything to them. It is misdirection.
Elisabeth E Sensus says:
Yes, Lophatt, I think there might be a mistake to think about these things in terms of nation states. In the higher echelons there are no nations, there are important persons/groups/families and the rest are just peasants. These people in power have no allegiance to any state, they merely use nations, nationalities, religions and ethnicities to reek havoc, to destroy and gain. I think it’s a mistake in history as well as in current affairs to think in terms of nation states. It’s a useful illusion that can be used against ut.
Us pays foreign aid to said country. Said country use the money by lobbying individual congressmen to work for the interests of said country, not for the interest of the US. Not only money works like this. There’s blackmail (all the spying is good for something), incrimination, sting operations, planting of evidence, you name it. If you only manage to have a system where you get to the key persons in a large country, that large country can be totally governed by a small group of people from a small country, or before that, by a small clique of a nationless people. And it’s even better when the great majority of the same ethnicity are totally innocent of these schemes, and only left to take the blame. Brilliant system. Reminds me of the 30’s.
Oh. It’s the Joooowzzz. I get it now. No matter how weak they are, they rule the world, and no matter how dependent they are, they are really the masters of those they seemingly depend on. Got it. Israel was America’s master even before it existed. I understand. Not.
Straw man!
You understand not. You got that right, patrickchatsunamiably!
Dach, I have no idea what you’re talking about when you say the words “Straw man!’ I was perhaps not clear that I was replying to the link lophatt posted.
lophatt originally argued that Israel was America’s master in 1967, and is today. I replied that whatever Israel is today, it certainly was America’s CLIENT in the 1960s. I wrote another comment to make my case in more detail. Then lophatt provided a link which I interpreted to mean that he meant that Israel is a mystical thing, that the nationstate with that name is irrelevant and that my fixation on the political history is missing the point. I do not agree, and I replied sarcastically. Perhaps I should try harder to suppress my sarcastic impulse, lest I be misunderstood.
I happen to hold the view that Israel is merely a tool on the globalists’ hands today, and do not believe that globalism and the looming New World Order is an exclusively “Jewish” conspiracy. I agree with Stan Monteith, in his lecture comparing it to Agatha Christy’s Murder on the Orient Express (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbfl3iyA6bA): there are too many clues. Some people say it’s the Jesuits, some say it’s the Vatican, some say it’s the Masons, etc. A good case can be made for ALL of these views–as long as you leave out the evidence pointing to all the rest. I’m with Stan: there is a Brotherhood of Darkness behind all these conspiratorial efforts. Focussing on one to the exclusion of the others will only lead you away from the true source of the evil we are confronting. And that’s anything BUT a straw man.
Pat, don’t forget the attack on the British.
The King David Hotel bombing was an attack carried out on Monday July 22, 1946 by the militant right-wing Zionist underground organization, the Irgun, on the British military.housed in the southern wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. 91 people were killed and 46 were injured.
The Irgun committed the attack in response to Operation Agatha, known in Israel as “Black Saturday”. British troops had searched the Jewish Agency on June 29 and confiscated large quantities of documents which contained incriminating information about the Agency’s involvement with violent acts.
The intelligence information was taken to the King David Hotel, where it was initially kept in the offices of the Secretariat in the southern wing.
In order to destroy the documentation, the Irgun therefore determined to destroy that wing of the hotel.
The Irgun planted a bomb in the basement of the main building of the hotel, whose southern wing housed the Mandate Secretariat and a few offices of the British military headquarters.
Quite right, Ric. But it’s far worse than that, though. There is, after all, the Transfer Agreement, which was a deal that should be known to history as one of the most evil ever made. The new country was born in ignominy, no question. I am no apologist for evil.
All I am saying to lophatt is that Israel, as a state, wasn’t in a position to boss anyone around in its early decades, much less attack one of its few powerful supporters. But I don’t think anything I have written can be construed to indicate that I run interference for that crew. Maybe it’s just a sensitive topic, and undercurrents can’t be avoided, and people read in stuff. I can’t control that.
Those who have been around here a long time probably notice that I avoid commenting on this general subject. It is deep, and fraught, and too nettled to treat in short form. At least, in my view. Only gets you in trouble you can’t sort out later, because everyone has an unchangeable opinion. Not my cup of tea.
In replay to
I guess I thought your comment to Lophat was for me.
I think that you have a unique take on USS liberty and I think it is good for me to consider all ideas. I cannot say for sure that I agree with how very weak Israel was in the 60s. The establishment of the nationa state of Israel always have Rothschild money backing as well as the backing of the international banking community. JFK thought it important to ban Israel from having nuclear weapons so he must have considered Israel a formidably player even then.
It is probably best to avoid theJewish issue in MHB but I really do not see how we can pursue full truth and fully and openly discuss anything when we do not look at that issue. We have to examine WHO are “the globalists”, why really make up “the Zionists” and who really are “the Jews.” Unfortunately this subject cannot be fully and openly discussed without everyone getting in arguments and getting way off the Sandy Hook event or the subject of the article. But you always have to have thread drift if you want a open and relevant conversation.
Of course there are limits but I think as a Christian that I must search for truth and I have to search for a way to understand the involvement of the people of the Jewish revolutionary spirit.
I was influenced by E. Michael Jones, Ph.D. book, The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit and Its Impact on World History.
http://www.culturewars.com/Reviews/RevolutionaryReviews.html
I always have read and been influenced by the books of William Guy Carr.
I believe Freemasonry comes straight from the Cabbalism and Cabbalism was born in “Judaism” and is from the Babylon mystery religions. The relationship between “Judaism” and Freemasonry simply cannot be ignored. I know why Freemasonry is anti-Christ ideology is seriously wrong but even the Church, who has always condemned Freemasonry, has not explained fully enough the connection to Cabbalism. I guess Texe Marrs has done that most fully.
Yes, there are many secret societies and as JFK we Americans find secret societies repugnant. We know where there is great darkness, there is great evil. There is the all-seeing eye.
Yes, at the top of the pyramid, it is the Brotherhood of Darkness, but the “Jews” and “Israel” are pawns very near the top of the pyramid with the international bankers. We cannot just skip over that major area of truth and just completely avoid the subject altogether, using other terms like “Zionists”, globalists, or the “global elite.” That is not what Christ would have us do.
Whenever you start searching for truth about the conspiracy for a New World Order, a one world death and slavery system for all, you, as Dr. Jones has explained, you observe a dark revolutionary spirit and you cannot avoid the words in the bible about the “synagog of Satan.” Those who self-identify as “Jews” have a solidarity. They hold a different set of values. They have money, not all or most have it, but those few at the top do have incredible disproportionate great wealth. And they get to make the decisions based on their values and their goal is a one world government.
Dr. Stan taught me a lot, but I do not believe he ever acknowledged the role of “the Judaics”, to use Michael Hoffman’s term.
One thing I know for sure, whenever you start examining and searching for truth about false flag events and hoaxes, and generally “false events” as I call them, you end up in Satanism or Luciferianism.
Sister Lucy, a visionary of Fatima apparition, said the world is in a “diabolical disorientation” and that is true. I cling to truth because I cling to the One Who is Truth.
Who are the “banksters”? Who are the “Globalists”? Who has a credo that only reaches fulfillment when others are destroyed?
Read Reed (at my link). It isn’t perfect but its as close as anyone’s come to explaining it.
I don’t have any sacred cows. I didn’t set out to blame someone. It is what it is.
I’m speechless over the suggestion of them being “weak”. No one group on earth has more power and influence, no one. All those other convenient frontmen dance to their tune.
I didn’t make it this way, I just report what I see. I could pretend that I didn’t see it, but I do. I wish it were the Samoans, it would be much simpler. Unfortunately, it isn’t.
The echelon of global power is in the hands of very few who’ve manipulated and orchestrated events for eons. Due to their stolen wealth, cunning nature and inhumane traits they have managed to dupe peoples of all nations and all religions. I do not believe they have the same human DNA as we do.
Some are willing dupes and others are ignorant of the roles they’re given. However, without dupes the echelon of global power could not maintain their position.
The Balfour Declaration is important in this discussion:
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/baltoc.html
I agree with lophatt, read Douglas Reed who was vilified for his writings. Danish researcher Knud Eriksen wrote this biography of Douglas Reed:
http://www.thedodo.info/The%20Dodo/A_Biography_of_Reed.htm
SH actors (and powers behind the actors) have Jay Leno running for cover:
http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Sandy-Hook-principal-s-daughter-emerges-as-vocal-5969413.php
The media never miss an opportunity to rehash the usual SH fare as evident here.
“I’m speechless over the suggestion of them being “weak”. No one group on earth has more power and influence, no one.”
I suggested no such thing, lophatt. I offered the entirely accurate observation that the tiny, new, country Israel was very weak in the 1960s, and in fact would have lost the 1973 war and be wiped off the map if Nixon did not override the federal government’s insistence that Israel not be rearmed at the last minute. This is a matter of fact and history. Israel had to be built up over time. It is not weak today–and I never suggested it is. I said, in fact, it all depends on what the definition of “is” is: if “is” refers to 1967, Israel “is” weak. If “is” means today, Israel is very, very strong.
I also made clear that the plot to create a tyrannical world government has a key role for Israel. But that plot is far older. It goes back far earlier even than 1879, when the land began to be resettled (land was ruled by the Ottoman Turks in those days, and after WWI by the British; when Israel declared independence in 1949, it was very weak indeed). Some track the plot back to the time of Napoleon, but I’d take it back to the Knights Templar.
My argument has nothing to do with the strength of the people group that Israel was created to represent, or those peoples’ relative strength on in international affairs (I never even hinted what I think about that issue, in fact). It is about the process of building up the military strength of a new country, and the strategic choices involved in doing it. Israel’s military NEEDED America to get that done. Israel had no arms industry when it declared independence from Britain. No submarines. No nukes. Two decades later, Israel was equipped to fight wars, but their wins against the Arabs were always considered miraculous by military historians.
The point is not that banking families were going to ensure that Israel’s political and economic future would be financed. The point is that for Israel’s pathetic little military to attack the most powerful navy in the world in 1967 would be utterly insane, because it is America that was going to ensure that Israel’s MILITARY future would be what it became.
I don’t know when the plotters determined to re-create national Israel, whether the idea started before 1879, or if it started to seem like a good idea after WWI. I know that the plotters are adaptable. I think that, in fact, is why they have Bilderberg meetings–to coordinate strategy in response to new developments. But one thing is absolutely certain in my mind: they knew that the new country could not become strong enough to defend itself militarily except by friendship with America.
That is, things like nation-building, from scratch, take time.
lophatt, I have a reply in moderation, but meanwhile, as we wait, I’d like to say to Anne that the link you provide is quite excellent. I just read a few of the history articles–which are mercifully brief–and they are completely accurate. I’d recommend them to anyone who has not studied that stuff. Thanks.
Patrick, I apologize if I misunderstood what you were saying. I know you to be an exceptionally bright guy and you are seldom, if ever, off the mark.
I encourage you to finish reading Reed. It isn’t a long or difficult undertaking. It isn’t 100% “accurate” (in my opinion), but it is very close. I have probably read it a dozen times. I have much more on the subject but this is the best overview and he does an excellent job of tying it all together. Remember, this was written in the 1950’s.
Pay particular attention to the early chapters. Once a person comes to understand that things we take for granted aren’t entirely as advertised, the rest becomes obvious.
Regarding Israel, the country, I meant to say that it is not important. It is a ruse. It is a keystone ruse in terms of how a population is controlled and guided, but it really means nothing to those in positions of control. It is all in the mind.
That is why I say they are anything but weak. They are, and have been, in the catbirds seat since the beginning. All those royal families and banker bloodlines are merely high-level cattle. They hitched their stars to a machine that was set in motion long ago and they hope to milk it for everything its worth on the way.
Sorry for the misunderstanding.
All good, lophatt.
It’s just weird that my remarks about the specifics of a military attack end up in a conversation so far removed from those details. Even you, now, after many back-and-forths, don’t wish to pay attention to those details.
As for me, I shall continue to hold the two issues separate. I think it is very important, in fact, because the Liberty incident is an excellent window into the true nature of the American government. Whatever the true nature of the conspiracy to enslave us all, the practical reality of what the United States has become seems to me very important. And the president’s ordering the sinking of an American ship seems to me at least as important as the agent he used–no matter how deeply connected that agent is. You might not agree, and that’s fine with me. But most people have no idea that Johnson ordered the sinking of the ship; all they know is that Israel did the attacking. Johnson is the villain in this event, not Israel–whatever Israel represents in the bigger picture.
bankanglesensor says:
I managed to find the video on Daily Motion (not sure if it is still there) the other day by doing a search on its title. My Internet connection is slow, so it was rather a chore to attempt to watch it due to its length. As someone who has watched many SH vids, the only new info I derived from the long vid was the apparent activity going on in the house next door to the alleged Lanza house. Good work, though – very professional looking.
Stackpot says:
I can personally vouch for each and every member of Independent Media Solidarity, Stackpot.
sheepeater says:
Reblogged this on The Sheepeater.
The archived video is back working, the individual segment feature is not functioning, probably because of the first removal.
For those not wanting to see the whole version in one setting, press the pause key and come back later, it is well worth the viewing for those of us who have followed the hoax and for the new comers.
Earlier today the archived version worked perfectly with good sound and no interruptions that was experienced with my first viewing on Veterans Today, on it’s first showing.
Seems the recently published notice of intent to file lawsuit by 10 of the families may have been prompted by this all telling expose. If it actually went to trial, which is doubtful, would they have to disclose how many millions they have already received?
We have long wondered why lawsuits were not filed for failure to provide proper medical care, but according to the papers the wrong doers were the bushmasters gun manufacturers, the lack of security at the school and perhaps the Nancy Lanza estate that is only worth 60k!
Thought the evidence revealed of all the spent bullets, the bushmaster was not identified but was in the trunk, there was so much bs who knows what if anything was there.
God speed ladies and gentlemen, will continue to share your link on any site that brings up this despicable affront against us.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/sandy-hook-parents-filing-notices-wrongful-death-claims-article-1.2039040
THX1138 says:
Right off the bat, I would like to point out the large menorah in the segment about the Swiss ambassador, just saying. Get a clue.
I have no idea why Deanna can’t see or won’t see this tremendous hoax, however I suspect influence by American Free Press, who are irrelevant in my world view…
Youtube is NOT a victim, they are part of the perpetrators. And, just saying, look at the tribal affiliation of the google founders.
I am right now downloading the mp4 2GB version of the film to my local hard drive, I have already saved to cloud storage the smaller ogv version. I downloaded both at We Need To Talk About Sandy Hook : Independent Media Solidarity : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
And last, don’t forget bittorrent as a distribution channel. I’ll look into creating an account at kickasstorrents http://kat.ph and get it out there. The Pirate Bay has died (at least for now), thanks to the military-type tactics of fanatical government.
Thanks for this video, good work.
Gran1te says:
thepiratebay was taken down by one of the founders who just got out of prison and did not agree with the way it was being ran. But they are already talking about multiplying servers to get it back online.
More concerning is the bill that passed yesterday authorizing unlimited surveillance of any US citizen communications without due process. Unfortunately, this bill will retain digital communications indefinitely when a “crime” has been committed, and then this evidence can be routed to your local Law Enforcement.
Sorry if this was a little off-topic but given the ramifications if/when Obama signs this into law, I feel it is warranted.
http://longstrangejourney.com/2014/12/10/intel-authorization-bill-would-expand-surveillance-against-americans/
http://pastebin.com/G3yrGAqe
Disagree that Youtube is with the perps. There is almost enough evidence on Youtube about 9/11 to convict the perps but they are running scared. They are quickly passing new bills and staging new hoax attacks so they can fast-forward their plans of complete control of our federal government.
Youtube is the ‘Wild West’ of the internet. Just about anything goes. Remember, the perps need Youtube also to spread their propaganda.
I personally don’t think Google/Youtube is in on it.
That’s an interesting point, Bill. I have noticed a lot of videos on YouTube about SHES. Why don’t they remove those? Is the current on too close to the mark?
All of us here appreciate “Lets talk”. It certainly doesn’t contain “everything” we’ve uncovered, some of it pretty damning. But its a good introduction.
I gathered from watching that they plan a sort of “library” of SHES information to go with it. That’s a good idea as well. I think I would mirror that several places if I were they.
Given what you said about the other videos being available I wonder what it is about this one that has them twitchy?
I tried to watch it again tonight, on the IMS channel itself, and during Insanemedia’s segment suddenly there was no video–only audio.
His presentation was about the 12/13/12 Bing cache date of the Newtown Bee’s “interview” with Dawn Hochsprung, along with his communications with Bing about it. I think he had more evidence, too, but, in fact, I went away from the page, and then back to reload it, and it would not play again, at all, for me.
While I don’t know if that’s the piece that the PTB are most sensitive about, those 12/13/12 cache dates–think about it–being presented with the emails are unassailable evidence of a scripted event, with false stories planted in trusted news sources to carry it off. Insanemedia also pointed out the CIA sweatshirt worn by Hochsprung’s “daughter.” There is more of the cache date evidence elsewhere in the video. While it’s certainly damning for the public to realize there are all these actors involved, the hoaxsters, I’m sure, really don’t want people to understand that the media are full participants in the hoax and that they are lying to us, concertedly, all the time.
If the public doesn’t trust their propaganda organs, the jig is up.
Dino, yeah, that is a pretty compelling piece of evidence. There are others, as you know, equally compelling. It is impossible to explain away unless you convince somebody that it’s a technical glitch.
A poster here has the same thing happening for the FSU event. I’m not technically savvy enough to know how all of this works in terms of their ability to “disappear” things. I have noticed many instances where things with serious evidence have become unavailable, while other, more speculative pieces remain.
If it is possible to prevent the censorship it is puzzling why someone hasn’t developed a site for that purpose. Maybe it isn’t possible.
There was a man who claimed to be a local during the early days of SHES. He posted two or three pretty interesting videos. He stopped and said that he was frightened to continue. He was believable. He was a burly sort of construction guy who didn’t look like he would be easy to threaten.
I don’t think that they worry one bit about prosecution. I think they want to maximize the return on their investment. If it became a laughing stock, that might prove embarrassing.
thepaulstalservice says:
@ Bill Fred: I have personally had videos simply comparing Annie Haddad/Nancy Lanza and “Dawn Hochsprung”/Mary Maloney Removed for “Content Inappropriate”
They were removed simply for comparing “two people.”
If YouTube is the “Wild West” of the internet.. it sure is a tame place.
I have never bought the bit about YouTube being the “Wild West” of the Internet. I have seen enough of what they post and fail to post as 9-11 videos to see it is the fined tuned, fine science Tavistock of the Internet.
Also never bought the “they’re running scared.” That is Alex Jones marketing speech to make the listeners think they are actually doing something effective by just listening to radio shows and buying their wares.
No, “they” are not “running scared.” THEY are sprinting naked the last mile. They have a time schedule to meet to install the one world death and slavery system for all.
Some here at MHB may remember that earlier this year I had planned to make a third trip of inquiry to that bucolic little hamlet of Sandy Hook, Connecticut. The first two rendered some very interesting results, which I will not refresh at this point.
Because of life, I did not go back as I had planned. But the SH juices are flowing again and I am determined to execute that trifecta.
My first two excursions to that cesspool of a town were oppressive, to say the least. I expect the next one will be no less.
I am as serious as a 3 am heart attack.
I am prepared to go alone, but if someone from the said documentary, or any MHB stalwart would think it productive, I welcome you to join me. I am thinking sometime in January.
I have an itinerary that is not etched in concrete. A list of questions to ask the locals. A visit to a local church (would they lie?), and perhaps another knock on the SH Volunteer FD door. I am surely open to suggestions.
I am pressing forward at the potential expense of my freedom, or worse (I have been threatened with a baseball bat by a poster here on MHB). While I applaud the efforts of the producers of this documentary, I also see the value of what law enforcement officials term as “canvassing.”
I may be kidding myself as to what good can come from going back there. But Sandy Hook has had an enormous effect on me personally, and I am no longer satisfied with merely listening, reading and watching Sandy Hook material.
At some point you have to deploy. If any are interested in joining me please contact my email; joe@answersfortheparanormal.org.
We will work out the details.
I suggest a few rounds of whiskey shots at the local pub, with the common people (if there are any in SH). Whiskey loosens tongues.
bewisetoday says:
I agree, there must be someone who is literally dying to tell the truth…
Joseph, bless you! Be careful out there. The place reeks of a sort of “Children of the Corn” environment.
As a suggestion, it would be good to talk to bus drivers and cafeteria workers. I think they use a contract service.
There also appeared to be houses that abut the old school in the back. They would have had a front row seat. They would also know if kids had been attending.
It might be good to start with a neighboring town. It seems to me that it would be less likely to be watched over and people might be more willing to talk. They may have leads in Newtown that they could give you.
It might be worthwhile if you could find an old phone book. I think I would avoid talking to people indiscriminately as you would soon receive a visit from the local cabal.
It would be interesting if you could get one of those construction workers who did the demolition to talk. I don’t think anyone is likely to discuss this with you unless you have a safe place where they won’t be observed.
Bar none this video, ‘We Need To Talk About Sandy Hook’, was the best documentary on SH I have seen since Sofia Smallstrom’s ‘Unraveling Sandy Hook…’! Great article, Professor. Will be sharing on FB.
Excellent job and many thanks to IMS!
…and the truth shall make you free…
There is new competitor to YouTube called Zeekly TV that says it won’t censor. We Need To Talk About Sandy Hook is available on there. Dutchsinse has a channel there now. They have experienced explosive growth so problems may be encountered trying to access the site. I tried to access Dutchsinse’s account and got message of too many connections and had to wait until later. So, they are adjusting to the growth spurt in their membership and patience will be needed during this period.
Thanks for the info on Zeekly TV. But you can guess that if they don’t “censor” like YT does, that Zeekly TV will not be long for the Internet world. Lawsuits will drive them out of business – even the threat of lawsuits will do them in. Their IP provider will also be threatened. This is how it works now. Unfortunately. But in the meantime…I’m heading over to Zeekly TV.
Can someone please help? I am from maine and have recently witnessed ex sandy hook resident sarah walker caron pen an article about her and her daughters recovery from the sandy hook “shooting”.
Apparently her daughter was a student there. These articles are very damaging and perpetuate the lie. Who is this lying shill sarah walker caron? She now works for the bangor daily news! Please help…
Also an article today in the portland press herald about the “healing” from sandy hook….these things are so egregious
Since no one else is responding to you, James, I think you should try the letter-to-the-editor route. If there is a comments page, you could express your strong disapproval of what she’s saying and post a link to “We need to talk about Sandy Hook.” I would also refer people to Veterans Today, because it has information on it, such as evidence for the abandonment of the school and fakery of the conga line photo, which didn’t make it into the movie.
Thank you. I am a regular at veterans today and have posed the same question too. Thanks again
This site, too, of course, such as the recent post about Obama’s student mental health tracking initiative. There are many. many other good ones.
I think we should ALL protest every lie, and expose every shill, whenever we get the opportunity.
dino,
I responded to him about 3 blogs ago where I stumbled upon an article about her from the Los Angeles Daily News dated 12/13/12. I posted it here at MHB. James has posted this same question on the last 3 blogs or articles here which I thought was a strange.
Sorry ric, didn’t see any responses. Thank you. I will check them out
Sarah Walker Caron is a former reporter for the New Haven Register in Connecticut whose son was allegedly in attendance at SHES on the day of the event.
They have people in every area pushing the tragic reinforcement buttons and apparently as a journalist, she not only has a propensity to continue to write stories about her “experience” that day, but also to catalogue the struggle she and her children continue to face. Expect it to continue.
You can easily find out more about her… just google her full name + Sandy Hook.
Dachielady, I sent away for the Quigley history which was quite expensive, no doubt to keep it out of the hands and heads of the population. Do you remember what page the reference was to Morgan and the other oligarchs buying up the major papers?
A page number was not referenced but it was a “publiser’s note” so it will probably be in the front matter or the back matter of that edition of the Quiqley book. The Quigley books were destroyed by the government and had to be republished by Books in Focus anonymously.
I copied and pasted the quote from Dr. Stan Monteith’s book, Brotherhood of Darkness, which I have a Word file copy of because I prepared the Kindle format edition for him for Amazon. I typed the whole book within a strict set of Kindle rules but I do not think Dr. Stan ever got the Kindle edition of his book up on Amazon.
I did a lot of transcriptions free of charge for Dr. Stan and Dr. Fetzer and others over the years, but Dr. Stan, God rest his soul, did offer to pay me $100 for that work and I did accept the payment. It was physically hard for me to do that transcription and took quite a bit of time and caused me to go off my good weight loss regime, but I am one of those people that think $100 is a whole whole lot of money so it seemed worth it to me.
Mark, Cleon Skousen summarized the most damning sections in a slim volume called The Naked Capitalist. It was published shortly after Tragedy and Hope came out (Tragedy is 1,200 pages or so, and is not indexed for some strange reason).
Dr Stan was given access to Quigley’s papers (he taught at Georgetown) after he died, and found a taped interview, which Stan was given permission to distribute (Radio Liberty–it’s not very expensive to get a copy). In it, Quigley bitterly references the publisher destroying the plates to the first half of the book, and the “pirate” who re-created them (it’s why those pages are printed on tinted paper) and was selling the book–Quigley was receiving no royalties. Of course, since his publisher refused to sell “official” copies he should have been grateful people were actually reading it.
But the problem was, for him, the people who wanted to read it. Most of them were interested not in the noble dreams of the Great Progressive, Scholar. They were turned on to its existence by Skousen’s book, which in the interview Quigley is very unhappy with. These people were conservatives who despised everything Quigley represented.
See, Tragedy was subtitled “A History of the World In Our Time,” and it was about the conspiracy to reshape human society. He later wrote a much smaller volume, The Anglo-American Establishment, which is more or less a vast list of names and connections which authenticate what he wrote about in Tragedy. He had been given access to the archives of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Tragedy was a history of their doings–but especially the doings of those who created that organization, the Royal Institute for International Affairs (The Roundtable Group), Cecil Rhodes, and Alfred Lord Milner.
He heartily approved of this secret plot to take over the world, and wrote Tragedy not to denounce it, but to reveal it because it was so wonderful. His only complaint was that an ongoing operation so important and so excellent should not be kept a secret. The conspirators should be PROUD of what they were doing.
Well, the book got through the publishing process without review, because Quigley was an unimpeachable member of the Academic Elite, and presumably could be trusted to keep the Establishment’s secrets. When Skousen publicized Tragedy (The Naked Capitalist sold like hotcakes), something had to be done-hence, the destruction of the plates for the first half of the book.
As I say, Quigley was quite bitter about the whole thing. He was, after all, an impeccable foot soldier in the ranks of the Academy, and truly admired the work of the Cabal, and he was being shafted in the most unreasonable way by his own masters, when he was congratulating them with all the talent he’d spent a lifetime demonstrating. On top of that, this ignominious dumping by his heroes, the people he hated the most were the only ones who wanted to learn what he had to teach–people who joined the John Birch Society! ARGGGGH!
Thanks for nice summary, Patrick. Dr. Stan referred to the John Birch Society as “a great scam” in a 2013 email to me. He became very disillusioned with the JBS and called it “controlled opposition” , but I think he and G. Edward Griffen and Joel Skousen and others were sort of the charter members of the JBS when it began in 1959.
I think it is important to get familiar with Quiqley’s two famous books.
Don’t want to get too far off topic but Dr. Stan Monteith recognized the whole dialectic of “conservatism” verses “liberalism.” I learned so much from him, though I did not ascribe to some of his “Christian” dispensationalist and “prophecy” type radio show guests’ ideas.
Dr. Dennis Cuddy said …
“…Nelson Rockefeller was working with the NAZIs
David Rockefeller was working with the Communists.”
So Nelson, who managed the Right wing, bought Robert Welch’s candy company for 3 times its asking price and got him to be the leader of the JBS.
The world’s ruling elite always control all sides of the conflicts and issues, so they win, and win big finanally too, even when they lose.
The Congressional Record for Senator Oscar Callaway quote can probably be checked for its accuracy, though I do not know if there is internet access to Congressional Record going back that far.
(Quiqley had a mistress and the royalties for his book went to her and Quiqley’s wife was rather miffed about all of this and fought it, I think, after Quiqley’s death.)
I joined the JBS for a minute, mostly because of a few of its past supporters, like Sam Blumenfeld, Ezra Taft Benson, and Cleon Skousen. However, it didn’t take me very long to realize that JBS was supporting the official narrative on Sandy Hook and the BMB, two incidents that, to me, were CLEARLY manipulated.
I think Dr. Stan was one of a few who have made the assertion that NO group can go un-infiltrated; once infiltrated, the group’s methods and goals become perverted. It certainly makes sense, though it is truly mind-boggling to take that assumption and run with it (just think of the implications!).
Some very good discussions going on here at MHB lately! It’s hard to keep up, though!
Patrick – you wrote:
“He had been given access to the archives of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Tragedy was a history of their doings–but especially the doings of those who created that organization, the Royal Institute for International Affairs (The Roundtable Group), Cecil Rhodes, and Alfred Lord Milner.”
You mean Lord Alfred Milner. Someone who is still alive and well, and who frequently lectures on the above characters, is Alan Watt. Well worth listening to. His website:
http://www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com/
Anne, as usual, you are quite correct. The CFR was the “Colonial” branch. It always amuses me that people think empire is dead.
I rather suspect that’s the answer to the constant refrain; “why do they keep doing things like that?”. Perhaps, it is in THEIR best interest to.
Great, inspiring posts throughout. Although I am concerned that we are missing the big picture here. SHE, BB, and 9-11 have been exposed – this fact is obvious to those of us unplugged from the matrix, yet the masses will NEVER believe as long as the power structure controlling the mass media remains. Doesn’t it seem likely that even if a jury trial reveals SHE to be a hoax, it will either be blacked-out by the mass media, continuously spun or superseded by a more “important” story “worthy” of continuous coverage. Hell, another “fantasy event” would likely be deployed as a distraction. No, our focus should be on weakening the power structure controlling public minds, from any and all angles we can conceive.
our focus should be on weakening the power structure controlling public minds, from any and all angles we can conceive.”
Great comment, Rick.
We need to find a thread where we can brainstorm ideas. I like boycotts and passive agressive behaviors.
One little bright spot. I recently called 5 different charities to try to give away 3 nice TVs and not one of them would take them. They are flooded with TVs being donated and they only want the late model very big screens now. I also rolled them out in my driveway with a huge bright FREE sign on them and no takers. Finally muscled up and put them in my car trunk and drove them over to Goodwill where maybe they can trade them for scrap metal or something.
Calimom says:
Thank you! Thank You!, to all involved for all your hard work. As always I am impressed by your courage and tenacity. It is amazing to me the amount of programming that one has to overcome to question things in our current milieu. I had to fight against myself in a way to share the video, fight against an inner voice that tells me to not speak out, and to keep my head down. I agree, the fight is against mind control. Thanks again Independent Media Solidarity group.
School shooting going on right now in Portland, OR according to Fox News. Anybody else watching the other MSM?
Here is a good article we could all comment on, could not actually stand to read how our children are being terrorized with active shooter drills, but noticed most of the obviously young commenters indicate this is normal as that is how they were schooled.
May the great Lord Almighty help us!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/how-school-lockdown-culture-became-normal-post-newtown
Skirt, I agree. I could easily list twenty such things that seemed outrageous when first proposed that are now considered absolutely “normal”.
Unfortunately, this is especially easy to do when children are involved. Anyone who protest is labeled irresponsible, etc.. As if shooting events in schools are daily occurrences. Oh, I forgot, they HAVE become daily occurrences. Must be those Muslims or something.
Just look at the Boston fiasco. Those were adults who were only too willing to be barked at by Gestapo and to “shelter in place” on command. If they get to them young enough that won’t be a problem later on.
Meanwhile, the little kiddies will grow up thinking that the only thing that keeps them alive are the vigilant eyes of authority. Can’t get much handier than that.
dandelionnexus says:
This is part of the desensitization plan. Cable has been disconnected and this year I am homeschooling my son. In second grade his school was demanding I change his psychiatrist, change his medication and then they finally got to the point where they wanted to put him in a special program for emotionally disturbed children. It was a dropout prevention program. At the time, I was given 12 hours notice to consider. He would have had to change his pediatrician his counselor and psychiatrist. The school gave me no time to review the decision or investigate the program. Oh and did I mention there would be home visits? And prior to the Principal trying to force this upon our family, she was so mad that none of his doctors would get on board with what they wanted to do. She was screaming at me “how on earth did you convince a pediatrician a counselor and a psychiatrist to disagree with me?” . When I refused, they began to harass my son. When the counselor, who works with the county, tested him, they all of a sudden did not accept his testing and wanted to do their own. In kindergarten he was reading at a fifth grade, level his IQ was 121. They also said they would not test until 2nd grade. Them trying to push him out of the school and into that program happened as I was pushing for testing in second grade. My child is a nonconformist he never liked to color in the lines, he does not fit with their program or their agenda. Then they tried to come after me with unexcused absences. Protective services, Jail excetera. Thank God I keep detailed records. I had documentation for every time he wasn’t there. Three of the days was due to a sprained neck and back from getting jumped on on the playground. He used to sit on my lap and cry “mommy I know I’m normal why are they trying to make me feel like I’m not” Taking him out of school was the best decision I’ve ever made. He just finished learning HTML and CSS and has been coding away making pixel art and animated gifs. The fact that he no longer watches regular TV and does not have access to commercials has made a humongous difference as well. He’s even given up certain Xbox games because he can feel the programming and the change in his brain and says mommy “I don’t think I should play this it makes me feel funny”. He sees newspaper headlines at the checkout counter when I’m getting gas and will say out loud “mom that can’t be true, are they lying again” Cracks me up. I’m just glad I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to provide his schooling for him. It has been a big change for our family but it be worth it years to come. The best part is I now have a happy, healthy, confident, secure, 9 year old boy who is learning everything I can give him, like a sponge absorbing it all, enjoying his life. This is important so America’s parents can wake up and protect their children from becoming slaves of the system!
You, madam, are an absolute nightmare to the world control grid. It was no accident that you were home to see the SH event unfold. The powers and principalities of this world certainly didn’t show you that. What you are doing now will have a positive ripple effect well into the future for many. It renews my hope to see the true living God working in the lives of the younger generation.
You are very kind. What a beautiful heartfelt compliment. I agree 100 percent it was no accident I was home sick that day. Nor was it an accident I caught Mr Tracy on AC360. I thank God everyday for the day my eyes truly opened to this real world. And I thank God for this opportunity to be there for my son. He is my sunshine, truly a gift to our world, a beautiful soul. Peace 🙂
Old fogey says:
I have tried to watch the video using Foxfire, Explorer and Opera and in none of the browsers did the audio work. I tried yesterday and today and will try again tomorrow. Sad story, overall.
Recynd has offered to provide free cds for all those wanting, she just requests an email address to correspond, will be happy to assist recynd, if the requests are overwhelming. Now if there are individual computer issues, that may be another challenge…
Thank you, Skirt, I will let you know if I need help. So far, I’ve had only a single taker, which I handled quickly and cheaply.
Again: my offer stands to send a hard copy of the “We Need To Talk About Sandy Hook” video at my cost to whomever wants it. Hopefully it will be available online for all to see (if it’s not already).
Finally, just a note that I’m having a time of it trying to stay on top of all the posts, so if someone makes a request and doesn’t hear from me within a day, ask again…I may have missed your post. Cheers!
The latest debate with Wolfgang and Keith – I must say Wolfgang’s debating acumen on the subject has sharply improved. I just wish he would stop harping on how filthy the school was since that is totally irrelevant and entirely speculative as to the conclusion that can be drawn on that. Keith goes out of his way to ignore the many anomalies and irregularities that substantiate the official story as a lie.
Biggest AHA issue – LT Vance stated that the crime scene was horrific and the asserted without equivocation that the shooter was in the hall. How could Vance have gotten that wrong since EVERYONE else said the shooter was in room 10. Vance = PROVEN LIAR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aK0P-WxjU8
And more laughing police officers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl0m2J9ZUmI
Suppose we are going to have to take back all those negative things we have said about AJ in the past, there is also an excellent interview with Tyranny & QK Ultra.
Sure seems like the paid trolls have all disappeared, perhaps they are all fired as their rude arguments probably brought more attention to the whole hoax.
http://www.infowars.com/must-see-explosive-debate-over-sandy-hook/
“Suppose we are going to have to take back all those negative things we have said about AJ in the past”
Don’t take them back quite yet.
John Birch Society supports official narrative of Sandy Hook and Boston Bombing, and they were twisted and wrong about 9-11.
Jack Blood has accepted official story of Sandy Hook.
Keith Johnson, Deanna Spingola and other American Free Press people accept and strong defend the official story of Sandy Hook by using every obvious logical fallacy in the book, mostly straw man and ad hominem.
Infowars has their token objective good guy, Rob Dew, moderating the “debate” nicely, but AJ and Infowars has always had the wrong take on 9-11 and is very much in with the Birch Society type thinking. But he wants to hold on to his popularity so he tips his hat to the “We Need to Talk About Sandy Hook” faction mainly because that group is very popular with a big part of his regular audience and he always wants to associate himself with the winning team for his selfish reason.
American Free Press has their token objective debate moderator good guy, Dave Gahary, putting him out there lately for the same selfish deceptive reasons as AJ et. al.
There is some kind of behind the scenes collaboration motivated by something I do not know but is no doubt something quite ugly. I do not believe these true believer Sandy Hook people reached their ridiculous, totally and obviously untruthful coordinated positions randomly and individually.
These show hosts and bloggers have had to abandon reasonable discussion and argumentation for the most crass obvious logical fallacies.
Something has happened and is happening behind the scenes. Let us maintain Sandy Hook truth solidarity and keep speaking truth to power.
Wow! I’m disappointed in Deanna. I used to listen to her on RBN. I believe Jack Blood recently went on RBN. I don’t listen to it much anymore.
NPR issues statement families at SH suing Bushmaster Rifle! Well time to put witnesses on the stand and open the empty coffins and bring the laughing State Coroner back for a chuckle.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/12/15/370931214/families-of-newtown-victims-sue-rifle-manufacturer
Sandy Hook is a good litmus test for sorting out the real truth-seekers from the shills. Those who are defending the official story are obviously on the side of TPTB and not to be trusted, ever.
Yes I was being sarcastic. Was thinking since most of us view AJ as the provocateur in chief, the posting this enlightening “We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook” was their attempt to discredit it and it seems it back fired in their faces.
Will admit like to see their & CNN’s latest headlines to get a feel for what the propaganda machine is puking out at the moment..
https://www.you tube.com/watch?v=fn7SyXUL2n8&list=UU-mVGa_qBlTNOx5UzGFkVDQ
I put a space in URL because others seem to do that.
Here is a show covering Sandy Hook second anniversary.
Red Pill Radio
I think it was live streamed on YT but I have never heard of that happening.
Join us tonight [ this show was last night,12-13] at 9pm eastern on Red Pill Revolution’s You Tube for We’ll Do it LIVE: The REAL Alternative Podcast 2 YEAR Sandy Hook Special! (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-mVGa_qBlTNOx5UzGFkVDQ)
Sandy Hook Damage Control Just Up Today
Bad actors should know there’s always a job for them with Uncle Sam and they can collect big bucks for it.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/america-continues-protect-gun-nuts-sandy-hook-article-1.2044666
The link shows St Rose of Lima Catholic Church and its Monsignor Robert Weiss participating in the Big Lie. If that does not kill already depressed mass attendance numbers and coins in the basket, I do not know what will. Shame.
In closing of the 2nd anniversary, Danbury News Times reports on a mass at St. Rose of Lima Church with more than a thousand people in attendance. The governor and his entourage were there as well, and bells were available for ringing outside. So much for the privacy they demand.
http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Crowd-fills-St-Rose-of-Lima-to-remember-Sandy-5956661.php
I hope the fire department was nearby.
lophatt, the fire dept. is just around the corner.
This has nothing to do with St. Rose of Lima Church participating in the Big Lie and is purely coincidental, I’m sure. The article accepts some false premises to support its thesis but there are many interesting facts in this story to indicate that the very darkside pedophile coverup ops is playing a role in what can have the people of a whole town and a whole state participate in a conspiracy of silence.
http://counterpsyops.com/2012/12/21/mk-ultra-links-to-the-sandy-hook-assault/#more-9824
“The Lanzas attended the Saint Rosa of Lima Church, where eight child parishioners were among the shooting victims. Santa Rosa is the very same order that sponsors the western-state hospital that employed Michael Jackson’s physician Dr. Conrad Murray.”
“Newtown, like Fairfield and Stamford, is part of the Diocese of Bridgeport, which got into legal trouble in 2001 due to lawsuits by 23 victims of pedophilia committed by priests. Bishop Edward Egan, then diocese head, was a protector of sexual offender priests, sending them to other areas when parental complaints reached the ears of the police. After the plaintiffs won an out-of-court settlement, the Diocese petitioned the US Supreme Court to quash the thousands of documents detailing the beastly sex crimes. In 2009 Opus Dei honcho Justice Antonin Scalia determined that the court records should not be made public.”
Yes, Monsignor was “compromised”. We discussed this at length previously both here and at another site. Just because I’m Catholic doesn’t imply that I think that other Catholics are incapable of evil things. It is a “hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints”.
Anyway, several of the players were compromised in some fashion. If you think about it, if you were going to bring an operation to a location you could use whatever was at your disposal to “soften up” the locals.
Frankly, the place strikes me as a bastion of New Age idiocy and is ripe for plunder. All of the Kool Kidz escap The City and set up shop in little Newtown. Comrade Holder pays a visit to the Governor and enlists the support of the Connecticut Cheka.
I would imagine that if one is facing serious charges for pedophiliac activities, some “relief” would be welcome. Unfortunately, The Church is full of offenders in the clergy, as are other churches. After all, if you are a pervert where would you go to practice your art?
It is a great shame and outrage that more isn’t done to correct this. On the other hand one should be aware that The Church is a perennial target. In fact, if you look around you may notice that it isn’t just Christians who are being locked up for this. Of course, they don’t get near the publicity.
Frankly, I never left my kids alone with clergy, of any variety. I wouldn’t trust Scout Leaders either. In fact, I am leery of any adult (especially male) who enjoys the company of children too much. It isn’t natural.
There is little doubt that St. Rose had a major role in this operation. I would like to understand the connection to SHES. Was it open? Wouldn’t they know that? If it wasn’t and they knew then they are actively complicit. They would certainly know if any parishioners lost loved ones.
Helfpful insightful comment, lophatt.
There is much blackmail material these days, pedophilia among the clergy and elites not the least of which.
I hope St. Rose of Lima Church gets religion and starts walking in the steps of the One Who is Truth.
These days, I am not sure children or adults are to be trusted into the company of teachers, doctors, clergy or Hollywood or mainstream media oligarchs , etc., without witnesses.
Amen to that Doxie. It’s an awful thing to admit that you don’t trust leaving your children with clergy, but its worse if you don’t act on your fears.
Many of those in power have this sort of baggage and others know of it. When the bribes don’t work they can always wave the pictures.
At another site, early on, we ran across the accusations related to St. Rose. Oddly, Veronique’s alleged lawyer “brother” was in a law firm that was representing them. It was strange on several levels.
The tale that has Monsignor Weise giving Extreme Unction to the kids of SHES does not pass the smell test in my opinion. They are saying that they would not allow medics in to treat the wounded but they let a priest in? I wish I could say that those in the Monsignor’s position were above reproach. Sadly, I could provide examples of others who were not.
It’s one thing to use your personal reputation to further something like this, it’s quite another to represent the Church when you’re doing it. As I grow older, with each passing year I see a diminution in people’s personal moral consciences.
If the whole thing were just as advertised I would not allow myself to be used and manipulated to further their agenda. There is no excuse for it.
Last year, one of the Sandy Hook “moms” wrote an article for Magnificat, a Catholic publication. It was near the one year anniversary. I am sorry to not have her name readily available, but she is the one raising money for an animal sanctuary in her daughter’s memory. One of Magnificat’s priest editors serves at St. Rose of Lima. As a Catholic, I was very disturbed by this as it shows a deep connection between Sandy Hook and the Catholic community of Newtown.
Puddy Dunne says:
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Nice link, Paddy.
Huff on the “2-yr anniversary”
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/12/13/developments-in-newtown-2-years-after-massacre/21115927/?cps=gravity
Today is the anniversary of the SHE shooting.
I wonder how many grieving parents have visited their child’s grave today? (it’s sad for me to even say this)
I’d guess Zero unless there is a news crew or photo op for promotion.
I did some research on the Venezuelan’s hometown. Found some interesting information on the mayor of that town and tried to post it here. It vanished right away and it has not been posted. Perhaps there is something there that someone does not want known. I will try to repost, but if someone is interested look up the town, the mayor, his name, his schooling and his background. Naming those names here may disappear this comment. We are being censored, and it is not by professor Tracy.
Anne, my responses to your posts disappeared as well (including a joke, sigh!). It was there when I went to bed.
Maybe if you don’t use a reference to the name of him or the town and post the links it’ll remain (maybe!).
Ok, lophatt – here is a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Smolansky
Anne, I think its a safe bet he isn’t a Chavez supporter. It’s a small world.
lophatt, lately most of my comments have gone to moderation – even those without links.
Anne, this may be related:
http://pocketsandshasha.blogspot.com/2014/12/censorship-20-shadowy-forces.html
lophatt, thanks for that article. Very informative and sobering. It hit the spot. The digitized generation may be able to handle this. For some of us who grew up in what we now think of as normal times (I‘m sure it was not, but I like to keep that illusion), the digitized world with all its benefits and also shortcomings will remain a puzzle. I am starting to question my time spent in front of a computer screen. Knowing I could be a lot more productive elsewhere, my new year’s resolution is accordingly.
On this 2nd Sandy Hook Event anniversary, there are family photos and sob stories everywhere. Even one reminiscent of a professional modeling photo of Ms. Lewis, probably from her portfolio. There are siblings on park benches with Sandi Hook victims’ names inscribed, and on and on.
What is missing, and what would be appropriate for this occasion, is a photo of each victim’s grave with a small American flag next to it. Why not?
Yes Anne, you would expect to find them in the cemeteries honoring their dead. That is what normal people do under the circumstances.
Of course, there isn’t the access to media in the cemetery, usually. I’m looking forward to the lighting of the 20 Christmas trees. It will set the tone for “Amputee Day” just around the corner.
Here’s another opportunity to comment, not that it will change anything, but sure makes me feel better for speaking up to the other side! Do not think they except urls here.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/14/newtown-shooting-anniversary/20400127/
There’s that “resiliency” again (choke!). This is likely to replace The Nativity as a Christmas tradition. They tell this tale like “Grendl’s Mother”. “Yes children, this is what it was like before psychiatry and RESILIENCE”.
Ooohhh… a new video by Betsy McGee!
Controlled Opposition Promotes Demolition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75wE9Dzng2U&list=UUdVJR0Frm3_6LRz9mZAOfmA
I hope she gets to the mini-nukes theory in the depth she did on this one. Last go-round, many months ago, lophatt made a pretty good case for it, although I have long been partial to the Tesla technology model. For those who have not watched her earlier videos about 9/11 and the World Trade Center, her comment that the buildings were built to be destroyed might be cryptic, so go back in her archives (it’s a two-parter). Very strange stuff, but I tend to believe it.
There’s a lot in her video that would be explained by the mini-nukes. As well as other things like the diseased 1st responders and their very unusual cancers, that tritium, the amount of elements found in the dust, etc. In fact, mini-nukes explains everything better than these vague space beams.
Well, lophatt has made these points about the evidence of a nuclear event with great eloquence, and at length, here, in the past. I will not reopen that conversation just to repeat it.
But I will repeat that talk of “vague space beams” is a calumny on Dr. Wood, and I won’t have it. Tesla technology is anything BUT vague. It is proven and real. Dr. Wood postulates that it has been weaponized, and we witnessed its use that morning. No one who cares about the truth should dismiss it with such glibness. If these monsters who are behind these fake traumatic events are demonstrating their possession of such weapons, along side demonstrations of their complete control of the media, people seeking to know the truth should keep that possibility open, and not mock it in the way you are doing.
I think the best explanation is something was used which has never been revealed to the american people as a new american weapon. I also think that a little bit of “everything” from their bag of tricks was used in conjunction such as explosives.
I don’t think there was just one super weapon used.
There is a lot of information out there. The short course is at “Veterens Today”. Dr. Ed Ward, M.D., also has good information on the physics and the math.
I’m convinced. There is argument over the delivery and placement, etc., but, it really doesn’t matter. If you study the information with an open mind you’ll see it. You have to stop thinking “BOOM!”.
All of the anomalies noted by Dr. Wood can be accounted for, including the melted cars. It is an EMP phenomenon. And yes, Patrick, that applies to toilets as well.
For Patric, mainly:
I have listened to more than 20+ hours of Wood’s lectures on directed energy weapons, on free energy and on what happened to the towers. It is not very convincing. The towers were blown apart from the top down to below street level, in sequence, floor by floor. Concrete turned to micron sized dust and the steel into small iron balls the diameter of a human hair and smaller. It took around 10 seconds per tower.
Nothing that Hutchison demonstrates does anything like that. It “cold works” metal blocks, it levitates stuff if we are to believe him, and his low resolution grainy videos. It does nothing even remotely like the rapid disintegration that we see on the morning of 9/11.
The toasted cars, the remaining paper and all the other weird effects seen down town after the atrocities, bear resemblance to strong emp weaves created by neutron/nuclear bombs. Peoples injuries, the apparent readiation sickness that the 1st responders suffered and that killed them by very unusual cancers in the end, anll speak to inhalation of alpha particles with the dust.
Whe Wood claims that there’s no evidence of high temperatures at the WTC site she directly lies and discards al lot of 1st responder testimony, claiming lingering heat and molten metal. The one photo that is supposed to show “glow” without heat turned out to depict 1st responders using strong flash light into a cavity and the photo was tampered with for color temperature and such.
There may very well exist directed energy weapons. They may even have been used on 9/11 (for example on the jumpers) or other such things. But they most likely didn’t blow the towers into particles, because if we follow the evidence (Fall-out elements, tritiated water, unusual cancers in 1st responders, china syndrome molten metal, spheres in the dust, emp toasted cars, everything ) there’s overwhelming evidence of nukes at WTC NYC.
I find that the “directed energy weapons” is a diversion bottomless pit to disappear researchers into. Anything is possible in a scenario where the laws of physics no longer apply. So there could have been just about anything. I don’t believe it was “anything” since it seems so obvious what it actually was.
Yes, a lot of her video is pretty good. One problem is that all those who don’t agree with her are not “liars”. Maybe some are, but many simply can’t get their minds around this.
Molecular dissociation is very real. What she’s missing is that the cause can be something other than a “Tesla weapon”. There are signature decay patterns that happen when a nuclear device has been deployed. All of those patterns were inadvertently documented in the test samples taken when they were looking for asbestos.
There are other indicators as well. It is precisely the obvious disassociation that points to the nukes. It may be possible to have some other device responsible for this, but the nukes are known to cause the effects observed. Another, theoretical device is less likely.
The so-called Hutcheson Effect that Dr. Wood is so enamored of, is unpredictable by his own admission. I don’t believe that they would risk something of this magnitude on an uncontrollable device. I don’t claim that they haven’t developed this, I am just not aware of a functioning one at this time.
The first step is to realize that the buildings, and their contents, were sublimated. Judy Wood says “dustified”. Thermite/thermate, kerosine, TNT and moose drool don’t do that. They did not “collapse”.
This is like the narrative in SHES. You are looking at something with your own eyes and someone is telling you that you are seeing something else. The shot of that girder vaporizing and blowing away says it all.
Once one gets to that point real progress can be made. While I certainly think that some are disinformation agents, not all are. Many people simply refuse to believe this as too “out there”. Just like the airplanes.
I suppose everyone is free to think what they will. The trouble is that they will be wrong. There is no shortage of evidence here. Just because a lot of people aren’t familiar with the physics doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. This was not what they call “conventional”. The results prove it. The “toasted cars” are actually pretty easy to explain. I won’t do that here because it is a long-winded explanation, but it isn’t an unknown explanation. In fact, her observations prove it.
Very eloquently put, Lophatt! Thank you.
We have a lot to thatnk Judy Wood for. But probably not what she and most of her followers think. I believe it was her FOIA for all the photos that actually got us all the photographic evidence. She also “de-programmed” us enough to see that the towers actually dustify, that they didn’t collapse or fall – they exploded up and out and the pieces trailed dust and turned to dust on their way. That is a very important realisation for most people who have been so programmed by media as to think they actually collapsed into their footprints.
I don’t know what to make of the good Dr herself, if she believes her own theory, or if she just promotes it for some reason (such as a cover for the real events.) But I’m very sceptical of people arriving late to the truth movement with ground breaking information (Like professor Steven Jones, like dr Judy Wood, etc) especially if they claim to have known all along. Why didn’t they come forth earlier? What were they waiting for? It actuallly in many cases looks like layer upon layer of misdirection and obfuscation that is pushed when the old explanation is starting to leak.
Betty duely notes that Dr Wood was “ambush interviewed” by Jenkins. Quite true. She was asked ad hoc to sit down with Jenkins for an interview. But if you look at the footage in Betty’s own video, Gage is packing his lecture stuff while being ad hoc interviewed, so by the same definition that is also a hostile interview. Why is that OK, then?
I’m not a huge fan of Gage either. I’m honestly not a huge fan of top steered movements that are controlled. Because they are so easily controlled. He is going on about thermite. And thermite is like directed energy weapons in thes case. It may or may not have been used on 911, to some extent. But it did not disintegrate the towers. Even thermite proponent Niels Harrit’s estimate of how much nano-thermite would have to have been used makes that idea impossible. It would also have been so bright it would have been seen from outer space. It wasn’t.
Nuclear bombs are very very powerful. Thus, very very small nuclear bombs can do a lot of damage. If you fill Wembley stadium with dynamite, the same explosive power would be derived from a soccer ball sized nuclear bomb.
In the towers they could have been placed inside vending machines, in the elevator shafts, inside dry walls, anywhere. And since it’s all gone, we will never know. But we “know” they were used, some how. All the evidence is there.
Lophatt, I disagree that the collapse needs “mini-nukes,” or “directed energy,” whatever is meant by the latter. Conventional means (which I use to include nanothermite, maybe not so conventional!) fully explain what we see. The videos of the collapse of the J.L. Hudson building by Controlled Demolition, Inc., as well as of the Kingdome (on the same website), look just like the collapse of the WTC towers. They are reduced to small particulate matter in their own footprint, too–very little rubble left. Here’s that link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP1HJoG-1Pg
Because Controlled Demolition, Inc., brought down the Murrah Building “after” the truck bomb of fertilizer and fuel oil, one cannot help conclude this company was involved in placing and setting charges there beforehand. And if they did it in OK City, they could do it at the WTC.
As for the toasted cars, they appear to be all in or around a single parking lot located well away from the towers. They could very well be explained by a separate event or mechanism from that which took place in the towers, another red herring thrown into the false flag event.
Dino, you are, of course, free to disagree. I’ll keep my position on this. I’m convinced.
Peter McPumpkin (@khunopie) says:
How about the proof that nukes even exist? Pics and videos of nuke testing has been asserted to be fake. The Japan nuke blast video show the blast wave PASSING THRU CLOUDS. The Cold War was a psy-op as was the Nuclear Arms Race. One could put the use of nukes in the same category as the moon landings – why have they not happened again?
Same with the Directed Energy theory – where is the evidence outside of the 9/11 imagery pool?
I think a lot of pre-demolition hollowing in mostly vacant towers and thermite/ tnt is the most likely scenario
Regular explosives?
http://911research.wtc7.net/talks/wtc/ndocs/tower2_exp1.jpg
It is likely that the Bali bombing was done with micro nukes, too. So they take the rubble and sink it in the sea…
I have a theory about Judy Wood that is in no way meant to discredit her or her research. I think she has been befriended by handlers. I can think of no other example that compares to the tactics employed by many of Wood’s “supporters.” Many of them use a similar tactic, that of accusing anyone discussing possibilities that don’t involve Wood’s research of being disinfo agents.
This appears to result in turning people off to her work. I’ve seen countless examples of people reacting by saying in effect, “Hey, nobody’s dismissing Judy’s work here!” or “We have a right to our opinion.” Yet, they persist in insisting that if you’re not with Wood’s angle then you’re pushing disinformation.
They also like to claim there’s an organized campaign to discredit her work or suppress it. Most of them making this claim seem to list the same culprits, which includes James Fetzer. I don’t know for sure that Fetzer even supports any particular theory or if he is misdirecting. But, it’s hard to discount that he’s apparently interviewed her as a guest on his show over a dozen times and even allowed her to guest host in his absence once. I did see that he rated her book 5 stars on Amazon, which spawned a 5,000+ thread of comments bashing him for this or that. That kind of behavior is unusual and seems to me almost cult-like.
I don’t envy the position that Judy Wood is in. She’s not likely to be as expert at public relations or marketing as she is at science. If Wood was a well-funded corporation with a marketing department, I have no doubt that her influence in the truth movement would be significant and she would be a respected figure. But, with the reality being that her supporters are largely unregulated (for lack of a better word) it just seems unlikely that her work will be seen for what it is in the near future. I remain neutral on what happened to the WTC complex, but find the notion of hijacked planes meritless and most explanations for the degree of pulverization to be unsatisfactory.
And there is the suspicious death of her assistant/student Michael Zebuhr (murdered March 19, 2006).
Just because one 9-11 well-known “researcher” is persecuted and appears to actually be fired from her position and one of her students was mysteriously killed, does not make this well-known researcher right in her “theories” nor does it make her right and sincere in her agenda. It does not make her “theory” not right either. She did have a series of horrible “coincidences happen to her, she was deliberately run over by a truck while on her bicycle in 2006, as well as to several of her students.
That kind of thing is part of deep multi-layered psyops against us.
I would additionally state that Michael Zebuhr’s death was more closely related to sabotage of Pons and Fleishman’s “cold fusion” theory and Eugene Mallove’s journalistic work in his book, Fire and Ice.
When you get to the subject of “free energy”, ever renewable and free for all the people of the world, you naturally are getting too close of the fire, and many mysterious deaths and psyops will be set in motion.
The energy industry is basically the same as the international banking cabal, and the BigPharma industry is closely related to the petrochemical (energy) industry.
These are world control issues, not simply USA domestic “false flag” or “hoax” events.
I was not stating that as evidence for or against her theories. I was stating it as a fact that it was a suspicious death. I haven’t looked into it closely enough to state why I think it happened, although the circumstances surrounding it are curious, and it was murder not an accidental death.
I also hold Dr. Wood at arm’s length because when I was learning about her and her work, she never stated an opinion about anything. She would always state, this is the evidence, here is the evidence, see that there? here is another picture, look at this, isn’t this interesting? all with a coy little smile; she never once EVER said what she BELIEVED, what the evidence added up to, even when asked point blank. She always said, I am just showing evidence. She may have since come out with a statement, This is what I think happened, I don’t know, haven’t looked at her work in years.
That approach is eventually what caused me to turn away from her work: hell if she can’t make up her mind after studying evidence for years, why do I need to listen to her? I can just look at all the pictures myself. I dislike cat and mouse games, and a number of these researchers play them.
” She would always state, this is the evidence, here is the evidence, see that there? here is another picture, look at this, isn’t this interesting? all with a coy little smile; she never once EVER said what she BELIEVED, what the evidence added up to, even when asked point blank. She always said, I am just showing evidence.”
Nice summary of JW’s style with which I also became similarly vexed. I did not express it as nicely as you, but I would post statements like “Dr. Wood will never say what the heck she is saying.”
All of the main researchers focus on that word “evidence” but I see big variances in how each define “evidence.” We do not have on-the-scene true forensic evidence for the most part in any of these false events. We have dates of internet documents, and videos and still photos and government reports and a few FOIA releases.
Another focus of the different researchers is adhering to the true “scientific” approach but that fails for Dr. Stephen Jones and Gage et.al.
Dr. Judy Woods’ book is not really research toward an hypothesis or theory. It is a nice catalog or compendium of data points. She never interprets the data. Whenever anyone states that she stated something, she is quick to say ‘No, I did not say that.’ But she leaves it there. She never will say what she is stating. She is a crafty manipulative woman who has apparently amassed a large collection of mindless groupies.
Right—well put, Heather. I remember thinking the same thing.
musings says:
Any thoughts on Sydney? It reminds me of school drills where students are led to believe a gunman is for real, but it turns out to be a “drill” (not a very good one) gauging the reactions of the school children if someone actually did break in.
Although I have not pored over the “evidence” of the raid on the chocolate/coffee shop, it doesn’t seem as serious as all the riot geared police would make it seem.
An employee arrives, the other employees wave him away.
Some women are allowed to escape.
There is only one gunman holding a whole bunch of people.
Iconic Sydney opera house is shut down because of a suspicious package. Some other places are evacuated.
For a Muslim fanatic, it’s kind of interesting that the demands are to talk to the PM and for an ISIS flag. Talking to the PM (or President) would be something a native Ausralian (or American) might ask to do, because they’d have a need to assert power in a conventional sense, the sense they grew up with where the chief executive mattered.
This is just my surface impression of the situation, and I really have no idea. But the worldwide publicity is very sure this is something coming out of Muslim terror – and of course, even in the face of the torture memo, it justifies the Global War on Terror: Headlines blare “And we thought Sydney was safe!!!” Oh, how wrong they were, but perhaps not in the way they are supposed to think.
Musings, I watched a little of that today and read some articles. Of course we have the perpetrator’s whole life story, as usual, right out of the chute.
I haven’t really formed an opinion yet. I have noted anomalies. There was a burst of shooting when they entered the cafe. Then silence. A few minutes later there was another burst. If the wounded are really wounded it could be from that.
There was also the medics. They were right in front of the door. Supposedly it was “all clear”. There were gurneys, etc.. For some reason they hand-carried a wounded woman out for her photo op. Why? It was dramatic but not therapeutic. A second woman right behind her was wheeled away in the normal fashion.
When it was safe for the medics, they still were seen running with the hostages. Why?
They said that he was accused of murdering his wife. They didn’t say why he was loose. I suppose he must have been acquitted.
They said he had over forty sexual assault claims filed against him. He must have been as holy as Rasputin.
Did I mention he was Eye-ranian?
He was supposedly stalking the Prime minister. With a record like that you’d think they’d at least deport him to New Zealand.
Busted? Drill held at same exact Lindt Café location in Sydney last year
Please excuse if this has already been posted.
Imagine that! A drill just like all the other psyop hoaxes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0xK9MLLdLU&feature=em-uploademail
Hi Elfmom….here is another piece of info for you to examine….
5 Reasons to Question the Official Story of the ‘Sydney Siege’
Thanks Bev, good article.
http://www.activistpost.com/2014/12/5-reasons-to-question-official-story-of.html
Well that didn’t work…ha ha…
Here’s a little more on this:
There have been other questions raised as well. Most notably, there is a Jewish run competitor right across the street from this cafe and, as the say in real estate (and 7/7), “location, location”.
I should also mention that there was much talk of “drill gone live” immediately after this began. It seems that they indeed have a drill there recently.
So, either we are being manipulated, or these “lone-nut, religious fanatic” shooters just follow the drill schedule and can’t help themselves.
At the very minimum, it is being seriously exploited. It is statistically unlikely (to say the least), that something like this would happen that involved an iranian ex-pat, coincidentally.
It is something like the odds of having a bus explode in London right across the street from Tavistock (and the cameras just happened to be broken). It could happen……..not!
Pedantic Skirt says:
Yes they seem to ramping up the propaganda machine as of late. Noted to my husband, there are probably dozens of hostage situations all over the world everyday, but let the news all stop to cover this one particular event.
Likewise the Sony internet breach coverage is equally bizarre. Do not really give a rats arze about who said what, or bombshells on how unsuccessful movies are and have they been stolen pre-release? Does that make new criminals on those that download them and now we hear movie theaters that show one certain movie will be attacked by terrorists?
Find this blurb from the NYT telling, “Sony is the only entertainment company without some kind of news operation somewhere in the corporate mix.”
So all entertainment companies are also involved in the news business, except this one which surely has to go. Or is it the free internet that has to go?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/15/business/sony-pictures-demands-that-news-organizations-delete-stolen-data.html?_r=1
Skirt, while it is undeniable that there are more of these put out every day lately, I doubt very much that there is anything “natural” about them. I mean, there isn’t something in the water that makes people do this. I’m equally sure that they aren’t “copy cats” either.
I suppose you could say that it is a form of “entertainment”, although I prefer manipulation. I’ve developed a sort of checklist for these. When you see that certain camera angles are taken “in harm’s way” you can bet it’s a hoax. When you see people milling around, in and out of the “action’, you can bet its a hoax, etc..
There are often certain shots that could have come right out of Hollywood. Those are usually of the “hunk” ambulance driver who looks like a movie star, or the overly attractive female cop.
I don’t know about where you live but I don’t see people who look like that doing those jobs. The female cops here “wear comfortable shoes” and look like they want to arm wrestle. The EMT’s usually have a “unibrow” and a mullet.
The cast of some of the vids on the Sydney production looked like they were on a break from a fashion shoot. Haven been in Sydney I don’t recall that everyone walked around dressed to the nines. Of course, women being women the world over, if they went to be photographed it would be understandable.
We went from Hollywood escapism to “reality TV” to “unreality ‘news”. The plots keep getting weaker and the acting worse, but at least they don’t have to pay union scale.
There may be more to this Sony Hack Attack than meets the eye.
Obama’s trying to change the Internet into a Public Utility to be over seen by the FCC bypassing Congress.
When Sony changed “The Interview” from 12/18 to Christmas Day, I thought here we go…Now they have dropped it and stupid Paramount Pictures is shutting down that old Team America Puppet movie for drama. You see, we need SOPA through an EO Order.
This article claims they have been plotting this all year.
“At the beginning of this year, the MPAA and six studios… joined together to begin a new campaign” to determine how it could “secretly revive SOPA,” Walker alleged.
In a blog post Thursday, Kent Walker, Google’s senior VP and general counsel, wrote, “We are deeply concerned about recent reports that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) led a secret, coordinated campaign to revive the failed SOPA legislation through other means.”
SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act legislation introduced in 2011, failed to pass muster in Congress after a major grassroots effort opposing it led by Google and others.
“While we of course have serious legal concerns about all of this, one disappointing part of this story is what this all means for the MPAA itself, an organization founded in part ‘to promote and defend the First Amendment and artists’ right to free expression,’” Walker wrote. “Why, then, is it trying to secretly censor the Internet?”
http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/google-deeply-concerned-about-hollywoods-anti-piracy-campaign-in-wake-of-sony-cyber-attack-1201382896/
This person went straight from Capitol Hill to head MPAA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dodd
Perfect, “Newtown Green” tie and all. All of this “concern” about copyrights is bunk. It is a trojan horse to control the internet.
I don’t think it would be an exaggeration to say that anything emanating from this administration is a production number. More social engineering.
Another senator from CT, interesting his wiki profile includes 4 ‘controversies’ which in reality are 4 banking frauds that he got away with and now he is in charge of the MPAA. How fitting, and now that industry has managed to commandeer the news cycle as if this is the most pressing news of the day.
Recall senator Lieberman, also from CT, stepped right up to ensure all the SH charities were following the laws, and soon there after disappeared into a fancy lawyer job that also happened to be in charge of administering a large SH fund.
Speaking of Lieberman, just what is he doing in his retirement? Wiki says he is a lawyer for NBR – U.S. Alliances and Partnerships at the Center of Global Power , just bizarre. Is there any chance the normal states can divorce themselves from these loony tunes?
http://www.nbr.org/publications/issue.aspx?id=307
Dodd was succeeded by Richard Blumenthal who has missed very few Sandy Hook photo ops. The other CT senator, Chris Murphy, is usually seen at the same events. Good for the career. Both attended the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church memorial mass on Dec. 14th.
http://ctmirror.org/sandy-hook-remembered-with-prayer-politics-and-litigation/
Ric, there is little if any doubt that internet use will soon be “officially” policed and controlled by TPTB. All that is publically required is the alleged compromise by some alleged N. Korean hackers to cancel the release of another moronic Hollywood release. A nice, juicy cyber attack to fulfill another agenda.
Check. More internet mischief to come. Mark it.
Trolls on this site, and others like it who dare to push back, will need to find something else to pass the time.
Christo says:
I just wanted to address some issues raised by this excellent Sandy Hook video with respect to the dash cam footage presented by Sherrie QA. It is obviously very odd that no children or adult teachers can be seen exiting the school for the entire morning of 12/14/12. However, this does not conclusively prove that there was no one at the school. I don’t mean to quibble here, as I think that the missing photos of students and faculty were intentional, and their absence is significant. Whoever put that police car where it was parked knew that its dash cam would show nothing. I can’t see this as an oversight. I think that it was intended to provoke speculation in certain quarters that the school might have been closed. In fact, the children and teachers could have easily exited the school from the back, walked behind the police car through the baseball diamond and on to the firehouse, without ever being seen on the dash cam.
I am not saying that this must have happened, just that it could have. On the other hand, it is also possible that few students were there that day even though the school was not closed, for reasons I have detailed elsewhere. As I have argued previously, I think that it would have been very difficult to conceal a closed school from the general public of Newtown. Too many dog walkers, and kids looking for a place to throw the ball around would have questioned the empty building. You can’t create the illusion of an operational school without school busses coming and going, and you can’t do that without having children on board. Unless the whole place was cordoned off, someone would have seen something and said something.
So why am I highlighting the dash cam footage if it is so inconclusive?Because it suggests that the “school was closed” angle was written in to the script from the beginning, to misdirect those who might question the official story. The people who plan these things have learned over the years that skeptics can be confused and ultimately banished to obscurity by leading them up a blind alley where their claims become preposterous. To this end they seed these flaws into the narrative, then send in the controlled opposition to promote them to the rest of us.
With this thought in mind, I want to propose an explanation for an anomaly in the WTC debris which is the subject of the video linked to above. Proponents of the Judy Wood “space beams” theory of the demolition argue that the oddly burnt cars hundreds of feet from the towers cannot be explained by the consensus view that explosives, and thermite charges in particular, were the cause of the destruction. But what if thermite charges were actually placed in these cars beforehand to create just this conundrum. It is likely that wireless technology was used to initiate the charges in the buildings, so why couldn’t it have been used to remotely melt a few cars as well? Then we have an anomaly that can’t be readily explained by controlled demolition, thus creating an opening for “conspiracy theorists” (controlled opposition) to look for “extraterrestrial” explanations. Such theories are kooky, technically impossible (see Kevin Ryan’s blog on this subject), and will never gain traction with the general public.
Re the presentation of Sherrie Questioningall, Christo, she was very careful. She never said, “This dash cam footage proves there was no evacuation.” Instead, she said, “The dash cam footage does not support what the dispatch tape says is going on at the same time.”
As for your theory about the toasted cars, that’s interesting, and does address why those particular cars in that particular parking lot well away from the towers were toasted. And I like it because it uses technology we are familiar with. I have never seen this term “directed energy” defined. Do they mean lasers, or what? And where is the beam supposed to originate from? I tried to watch Prof. Judy Wood’s video on this, and the beginning was so poor and unprofessional, wasting so much time, I could not stick it out.
dino, I have no idea why Christo attributes to Dr Wood the proposition of “space beams.” Weird. She postulates Tesla technology, and does not speculate on how it is deployed–only that we know it exists.
It is not lasers, and certainly the term “directed energy” is misleading, because that is a category conventional research falls under. Tesla’s work is verboten to reference in mainstream chat. It is free energy, infinite in supply, available everywhere in the universe. Can’t have that being known to the public. But the powers who stole it have certainly weaponized it. The video states this notion as well as anyplace I have seen.
Also, if you want to hear great interviews with Dr. Wood, Rollye James did some fantastic ones, where she really gets to explain her research. You can find them on Wood’s site, or go to http://www.rollyestream.net/downloading.html
Patrick, thank you for the compliment regarding “directed energy”, nuclear or otherwise. As you know I have never ridiculed Dr. Wood’s work. I think she got it largely right. I just happen to think that she has a “blind spot”, for some reason, on a couple of evidence items that she refuses to acknowledge.
She certainly got it right with regard to the effects and the materials. After all, materials are her specialty. She also categorically discounts government involvement. Go figure.
I should have said “police report” rather than “dispatch tape” above, it appears. Also, the way she said it was, “They don’t match.”
Also, Christo, rereading what you wrote–seeing you invent reasons why Sherrie’s very clear analysis could be wrong, such as the hoaxsters having built in a false trail for researchers to follow, leading them to conclude the school was closed when, in fact, the police took the children out the back–well, I think I see a disinfo agent at work, and it is YOU.
I don’t think you can call it a “blind alley” which can confound skeptics when you consider the totality of the evidence that it was a closed school, not the least of which was the poor state of repair of the parking lot and the lack of markings mandated by law. So of course they had to destroy that and the rest of the substandard facility. Do you have any idea how rich that part of Connecticut is? It’s not called the “Gold Coast” for nothing.
I have relatives who live near there. I have been in the area. I live in a similar environment. The game is to keep up the public schools so they are just as attractive as the private day schools, which compete directly with them for warm bodies.
That’s why your argument seems a non-starter, as the case is a circumstantial one, with a pile of other evidence besides the non-view of the evacuation of the school. They don’t especially need to make provisions for the skeptics, when everyone in the media, superficial thinkers that they are and more interesting in drama than truth, have signed on. “They” would not even need to lay traps for us because they can rely on the believers (who are the vast majority) to stifle criticism. After all, what’s not to like in the gun control mental health angle for them?
All true, musings. In addition, Christo wishes to believe that the kids were taken to the firehouse, but the video supposedly taken that day makes it abundantly clear that THEY DID NOT GO THERE. It;s just a bunch of actors circling the building, and genuine reporters being chased away by hostile set coordinators. If the video everyone has been shown about the firehouse is false, and kids really were sheltered there, the story breaks down just as surely as if the school was defunct.
The evidence for the school being long abandoned is too abundant to brush aside. I, for one, always repair to the fact that the handicapped spots in the parking lot evidenced no blue, and no public school anywhere would define the Americans With Disabilities Act for decades.
And of course, you are absolutely right that that dump is impossible to imagine the very rich sending their kids to.
That’s DEFY.
Absolutely Musings, don’t forget that they hyped the idea that people from NYC came all the way to little Newtown just to have their darlings enrolled in such a fine school.
Of course, all of this is circumstantial. But, most evidence is just so. The “preponderance” of the evidence suggests that it was not a functioning school.
Even some of the footage in “the Report”, could have been taken anywhere. Wherever that was it was a pig’s sty.
Let us not forget the tale of the miraculous “recreation” of the former school in all its unspoiled glory. The whole story is like a house that’s eaten up with termites and somebody keeps slathering plaster on it hoping no one will notice.
As Hunter Thompson said; “when the going gets weird, the weird get going”. They are going to keep pushing this against impossible odds and insist that “you’re either with us or against us”. This thing has given corruption a whole new meaning.
tyrannynews says:
I too felt the claims of how people were flocking to the area just so their kids could attend SH to be nonsense. So, I made a comparison with the school up the street from me…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbOeKzIVVnc
Nice video, and to the point. It follows a pattern, “listen to what we say, not what you see”.
Christo, I like your idea of how they program in false trails. That is true, though there are several reasons to doubt the school was operational, not just that dash cam video. Repeat, several good reasons. Read Dr. Fetzer’s articles on VeteransToday.
You do not seem to have researched 9-11 extensively from all angles. There were some who sarcastically referred to Dr. Judy Wood’s theory as “space beams.” However, If you had followed her 14 or so radio shows on Dr. Fetzer’s radio shows several years ago, you would know that she herself named several places from which directed energy weapons could be directed and from space was one of those.
Also she named her computer files that people could access on her site to tell about her “theory”, which she claims is not a theory and not even an hypothesis in any usage of those terms, filenames like
StarWarsBeam1.html
StarWarsAppendix1.html
StarWarsAppendix1.html#ExtraReading
StarWarsAppendix1.html#Possibilities
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So all the sarcasm directed at her by the term “space beam” is of her own making. She should have known better.
Don’t want to get into discussing 9-11 theories here, but it is still extremely important and one does best in just not fully subscribing to any theory out there. The entire 9-11 “truth movement” has been infiltrated by the worst elements of the blotters of these false events and the degree of misinformation and disinformation inserted into 9-11 truth discussion is off the charts.
Christo –
You are missing a major and very compelling, convincing proof of lying with Sherrie’s video, which I will admit missed it on the first viewing also.
She is reading an officers report that is based on viewing this actually dash cam video. He is reporting seeing evacuations that did not occur. He reports precise times and numbers of children that were not there.
While I can appreciate you all’s passion on proving 911, this would not be the forum to hash out old debates. My opinion is that our only hope is to bust the fresh frauds, as it appears many commenters on various sites on not at all convinced SH happened.
Wonder how receiving millions in charitable contributions works tax wise. Heard on the radio today, although every one knew Al Capone was a murderer and major mafia criminal – they only got him on tax evasion in the end.
Yes, exactly. So, if we’re looking at the same video that was allegedly the source of the transcription then the time stamp should match the action.
To all who have commented on “the” dash cam video; there were MULTIPLE dash cam videos (I painstakingly watched every moment of every one of them) which showed ZERO SH staff nor children being evacuated from ANY building exit (multiple angles as well).
The argument will be presented that we do not see an evacuation because the content has been redacted. Fine. Tell me WHY such footage would NEED to LAWFULLY be redacted. Its ludicrous.
Forget the redactions. If you time each redaction (which I did), you will find that THERE ISNT ENOUGH TIME WITHIN EACH REDACTION TO ALLOW FOR ANYONE TO BE ESCORTED ACROSS THE SH PARKING LOT.
The argument is so patently absurd that any debate is unwarranted.
Joseph, I’m not arguing anything. I’m making the statement that, according to “The Report”, the transcriptions are done FROM THE VIDEOS.
That is obviously not the case. So we have a sworn statement that the transcriptions are a true and accurate record of what the transcriber saw.
The other point I was trying to make is that there were other cars with video in the area (lots of them). If they are trying to sell the idea that the action was occurring off camera, why not show us footage from another unit that shows this?
I’m saying that this is purely an example of the same type of obfuscatory narrative that can be found throughout the whole operation. You are looking at a purple giraffe and they are telling you it is a green pig in a red tutu.
A lot of the frustration from investigating this is due to being played for a fool. The arrogance is obvious. When questioned they simply up the ante. They are showing all of us their middle finger.
Lophatt, my comment was not at all directed at you, but rather to those who find ANY official validation from these dash cam vids. I especially want to indict Shannon Hicks, whose alleged 10:09 photo splashed across every front page in the world, making her, in my mind, the photog poster child for the NWO.
Actually my comment was meant as an encouragement to the vast majority of MHB participants, as well as those who read without posting.
Christo, It is true that without a full panoramic view it isn’t possible to say that nothing was happening. However, the transcript in the report states that the written report is a narrative based on the dash cam video. That in itself would make it defective.
You could say that the pantomime going on in front of the car that seems to indicate that they are directing others behind it could be the students. The problem for them is that they said it was transcribed by watching the video footage and, clearly, that isn’t so.
To take it a step further, there was no shortage of police cars. I assume most of them have video as well. Where is it? To accept this as “evidence” would require ignoring the transcription as compared to the video and assuming that something was happening off camera.
lilsen says:
Here’s a video of three dash cam recordings side by side:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9XLc1EpKv0
I find it important to note that one of the three time stamps was actually off by 1:20 min, a flaw that Sherry didn’t take into consideration in her portion of the documentation and thus cannot arrive at an accurate evaluation of the material — according to this video comment by brendan hunt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny5vzpyiPus
I haven’t verified these claims yet, just recently stumbled upon his remarks and wonder what IMS has to say about the matter…
Without knowing for certain the opinion of the others in the group, I can say I’m partly to blame for not putting the brakes on that segment just to make clear that the timing was not to be taken as absolutely accurate. At the time we released the video, I wasn’t aware of the 1:20 discrepancy but did note a few seconds variance. That didn’t cause me to think the segment lost any of its value.
What I am considering is a 3-dimentional look at the evacuation time frame. In this, I would sync the 3 source videos and add positioning of the cameras into the mix. I would do this by setting up a 3D stage and place the videos into that set exactly as the vehicles were positioned. I’d also add the rough shape of the school and parking lot features.
What this would enable me to do is as quickly or slowly as I’d like move the view in 3-d space, which I believe will greatly improve our ability to visualize the scene. Something tells me this will help confirm the likelihood that the groups of children would have exited the front entrance, hugged the school building as they headed S/W to then pass behind the camera on route to the firehouse. The problem with that though is that it would add at least double the distance as compared to simply cutting right through the parking lot.
I’d like to see bloggers here chime in on the comments section of the ABC News piece for SHE Families Suing Gun Manufacturer (I did!): http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/families-newtown-victims-sue-gunmaker-seller-27606516
Rick, it might be more effective to send email to the manufacturers. Their legal team might appreciate it. You know, when you accuse someone of negligence that caused damage, you have the burden of proving that damage actually occurred.
In addition, you get to request documents and other records and take depositions. Somehow, I can’t imagine them allowing that to happen.
But remember that a big part of the hoaxes and false flags is to enable stock plays for those on the inside track.
So if we knew (maybe we could find out) who bought put options against Bushmaster in recent months, with this exquisitely timed suit against Bushmaster we would know who stands to profit. Its stock undoubtedly has already fallen.
My guess, anyway.
Oh, how I wish I’d bought stock in school security system manufacturers before Dec. 14, 2012, too!
Dino, great point. I guess I just don’t have larceny in my soul. I hadn’t considered that aspect. This could be the gift that keeps on giving.
Posted comments there Rick and for what it is worth up voted those making sense, but with so many, did not get through them all. While the machine works hard to stifle us all, believe we have them wondering on how the propaganda machine failed….
Here’s some more:
http://www.newsforage.com/2014/12/the-absurdity-of-sandy-hook-families.html
The cartoon is pretty good, so are the comments.
Hey guys- I responded to Swan Song’s assertions in my video exposing Mary Maloney as Dawn Hochsprung:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqcQgyiPJso&list=UUV_J8–LzIOSSH5nkW06WSQ
Here is a higher- resolution image of Hochsprung/Maloney..
1. Same Wrinkles around Eyes, Mouth, Fake.
2. Same eye color, eye shape
3. Same freckle locations
4. Same hairline
http://i.imgur.com/7ZE3n5x.jpg
Case closed..
Paulstal, do you have any high resolution photos of the “two women” in other poses? Perhaps with more of their bodily stature showing?
@ Elisabeth.. there are images of Maloney Standing.. you should do an image search for “Mary Maloney St. Rose” or “Mary Maloney Newtown Bee”
If you click on the above image it is larger.. The resolution of the “Mary Maloney” image is very high in its original form.. in fact it’s huge.
Here is the original, high-res. image from Immaculate: http://www.immaculatehs.org/uploaded/faculty/mmaloney/Mary_R_Maloney.JPG
Of course, the “Dawn Hochsprung” image is the highest resolution image of her we have been shown, that is why I used it.. even though the resemblance is more recognizable in other shots.
The only thing that to me looks “different” about these “two women” is the under-eye wrinkles/indentation. I think they photoshoped the “Dawn” images and drew those strange under-eye lines in there just so it wasn’t a 100% total dead wringer.
Oh, and for the record.. I don’t even think anything besides her height should be considered in the “Body Comparison shot” and even that as you know is easy for women to change using heals etc..
Body “shape” is also easy to change by gainging weight, or wearing “shoulder bads” in your shirts- or choosing “clown like” clothing like “Maloney” has done..
Anyway, that’s just my ipinion on comparing “Body types” in images that were taken 15-20 years apart.
I don’t think they look at all alike.
One has a round face, one oval.
Their ears are different.
Their noses are different: one straight, one bulbed.
Their teeth are very different.
Their eyebrows are different.
Their necks are not only different, but the one on the right looks like she had her thyroid removed.
This is a dead end, they are not the same person in my opinion.
Some SH families filed lawsuit today:
http://touch.courant.com/#section/2224/article/p2p-82291538/
“In addition to Bushmaster, the lawsuit names Camfour, a firearms distributor and Riverview Gun Sales where Nancy Lanza, the shooter’s mother, purchased the Bushmaster in 2010.”
Anne, obviously a lawsuit could not be allowed to move to trial. In order for them to allow a suit they must have it all sewn up. Maybe they made the manufacturer an offer they can’t refuse.
The defense is obvious. This is a publicity stunt. A counter suit would be fun. Just think of all that discovery.
For all we know they may have used some of that poppy money to give to the manufacturer to “settle”. This whole thing reeks.
This lawsuit against Bushmaster is not something that was meant to be a real lawsuit to be adjudicated in a court of law. It is a deception for control of the public mind. Another hoax within the hoax.
The Ct. state attorney, Stephen Sedensky, official report on Sandy Hook showed no causal nexus between a 223 Bushmaster gun and ANY of the deaths. There would be no proof against a Bushmaster gun even if there were sincere intent of the lawsuit plaintiffs.
Dr. Fetzer’s latest radio show interviews for the second time Ct. resident independent film maker, William Brandon Shanley. Mr. Shanley filed a lawsuit against AP and the Newtown Bee — U.S. District Courthouse in New Haven. This will ask the court to make a judgement on the validity and accuracy of the Shanon Hicks famous “conga line” photo.
Mr. Shandley has an admirable plan. Check RadioFetzer.blogspot.com in a few days for the recorded show.
lohatt, I was discussing this with a friend today and you made my points. This is another propaganda stunt from the fast and the furious. Also, why did not all families join in the suit? If this suit does not go as planned, they have reserve families for Plan B.
Money is no object in this lawsuit – the coffers are full in local, state and federal tills for the desired outcome. We should not forget Bloomberg and his billions working feverously behind the scene.
You may recall that at Sandy Hook Truth we researched the Riverview Gun Sales Shop in Windsor, CT. It was not what the media wanted us to believe. Now they are conveniently of business, but being sued nevertheless.
This latest stunt will assure Sandy Hook a place in the sun forever. More like the dark side of the moon. The last publicized words from Pat Llodra were that the families would spend the 2nd anniversary in private. It was anything but private, just the way they have come to love their newfound status as celebrities.
Anne, thank you. Yes, consider that you are the government and can cause all sorts of trouble for a business. Let’s say you pay them a visit and basically say, “I’ll cover the settlement costs, and maybe a little for your trouble”, or I’LL DESTROY YOU!
Then you take the settlement as “proof” of how irresponsible gun manufacturers, dealers and owners are. Why, more legislation may be in order. Bloomberg dances a jig.
You folks forget that the denizens of Sandy Hook may be wealthy, but they are wealthy Yankees, as in “use it up, wear it out, make do, or go without” kind of yankees. If you read the Newtown Bee, they are constantly one-uping each other at school board meetings about ways to save money. “Oh shouldn’t we expand the pre-k at Sandy Hook to a full day program”….argued Dawn Hochsprung at one meeting…”No no no” said a parent, “the half day program shows gains equivalent to the full day one by the third grade level.” “Why waste the money.” is the argument.The people in a position to suggest replacing the school knew that it was not long for this world. Upgrades were discussed but put on hold. Homeowners weren’t eager to increase their already high property taxes.
Part of the reason I feel so certain that this “school was closed” angle is misdirection is that Fetzer is ALWAYS misdirecting. He did it with the Kennedy Assassination by pushing the Judith Very Baker story. This was done because her (fabricated) testimony contradicts the research of John Armstrong, who has shown that the conspiracy reached to the highest levels of the CIA and FBI. (I will provide a link on this in a follow up if anyone wants it.) In fact, it was a systemic conspiracy, not the work of isolated individuals like Ferie, Bannister, Shaw and “Oswald”. This is just an update of the “lone nut theory”. The “lone nuts theory”.
Fetzer does it again with 911 by pushing Judy Wood’s “directed energy beams”. Kevin Ryan has shown that the energy needed to accomplish this is astronomical; a technical impossibility. And Fetzer is doing it now with the “school was closed” refrain. Wolfgang Halbig, who also pushes this, is just the American version of Andrew MacGregor, also a former police official, who was the misdirector for the Port Arthur shooting. That shooting was just as fake as Sandy Hook. All of these guys are pushing the idea that the school was closed.
Christo, I have nothing but respect for Dr. Fetzer. He has his issues, like all of us. If there is a fault it is in his willingness to “go all the way” on something, sometimes prematurely.
I have never seen an instance of deliberate misdirection. Since his involvement with Dr. Wood, he has now changed his position to nukes. I happen to agree with him. That is the sign of someone who is willing to change his opinion when new evidence appears. That is exactly as it should be.
I am more cautious than he, but I admire his enthusiasm and courage. He’s one of the good guys. You are free to your opinions on JFK. Dr. Fetzer has done extensive research on this as well. I haven’t seen any fatal flaws in his logic.
How did Fetzer “misdirect” with the Judith Vary Baker story? Yes, provide your link, Christo.
I’ve just read “Dr. Mary’s Monkey,” and it’s firmly supported, about the work being done in New Orleans on monkey viruses. The author really checked Judith Vary Baker out: she is no fraud. Rather than she and Oswald and David Ferrie being loners or lone nuts, the CIA is all over them–even Oswald’s mother, for God’s sake!
dinophile- “Oswald” had two very different looking mothers because there were two “Oswalds”. Lee’s (real) mother was tall, well dressed and good looking. Harvey’s ( not his real mother) was short, overweight, and poorly dressed. She is the person presented as Oswald’s mother after the assassination. All of them were working for US intelligence. This whole story is very well researched in John Armstrong’s “Harvey and Lee”. Misdirectors in the JFK research community are constantly trying to debunk Armstrong’s findings because they prove that the conspiracy was widespread and originated at the very top of America’s intelligence establishment.
Here is Fetzer trying to debunk Armstrong using the “recollections” of Judith Vary Baker:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWfpxiVMI58&list=UUBpXpoq5sEill4lqDjBTpWQ There is no hard evidence that Baker and Oswald had an affair, or even knew one another. They both worked briefly at the Reily Coffee Co., but that’s about it. Judith makes no distinction between Harvey and Lee. That is the whole point of her rather late appearance in the “Oswald” story.
I’ll read yours if you read mine: “Dr. Mary’s Monkey,” by Ed Haslam.
Judyth Vary Baker is entirely credible, and her story was thoroughly vetted by Haslam.
A response to Christo from Jim Fetzer, who had trouble posting this on the site:
Reading the comments here, I have been struck by their thoughtful, well-informed and relevant content–with one or two exceptions from Christo. Having devoted myself to exposing governmental complicity in JFK, 9/11, Wellstone, Sandy Hook and the Boston bombing since my retirement from UMD in 2006, I am fairly astonished to read this trash.
I organized a research group of the best qualified experts to ever study the assassination in later 1992. We established that the autopsy X-rays had been altered to conceal a fist-sized blow-out at the back of the head, that another man’s brain had been substituted for that of JFK, and that the Zapruder film had been altered, where I was the first to notice that you can see the blow-out in frame 374. Is this “misdirection”?
I have published three collections of studies by experts on JFK that Vince Bugliosi, who defends the “lone nut” theory, has described as “the only exclusively scientific books” ever published on JFK, which are ASSASSINATION SCIENCE (1998), MURDER IN DEALEY PLAZA (2000) and THE GREAT ZAPRUDER FILM HOAX (2003).
Others that are among the most important in addressing the medical evidence using scientific reasoning include BEST EVIDENCE (1980) by David Lifton and now Douglas Horne, INSIDE THE ARRB (2009). Their research is consistent with and confirms the same conclusions on most of the key issues related to the medical evidence. Since there are many contributors to my books, are we all supposed to be “misdirecting”?
On 9/11, I founded Scholars for 9/11 Truth in December 2005, organized its first national conference in Madison in 2007 and its first international conference in Vancouver in 2012. (See 911vancouverhearings.org and 911scholars.org.) I published its first book, THE 9/11 CONSPIRACY, which included a chapter by Judy Wood. Was including work from a wide range of perspectives “misdirection”?
I have published dozens of articles about 9/11 on Veterans Today, which support the conclusion that the towers were taken down using a sophisticated arrangement of mini or micro nukes. They are very well supported, which, of course, as a professional scholar who has 29 books to his name and 150 or more scholarly articles, is my practice. Are all of them also “misdirection”?
My work on Wellstone, which you can see in “The Senator Wellstone Assassination” (2005), “The NTSB Failed Wellstone” (2005), where my collaborative work on this–including my co-authored book, AMERCIAN ASSASSINATION (2004)–has been substantiated by snoeshoefilms, “WELLSTONE–THEY KILLED HIM” (2011/2013/2013). Was all of this collaborative research also “misdirection”?
I have published around three dozen articles on Sandy Hook, where, as in the case of my research on other subjects, I have revised my views with the acquisition of new hypotheses and new evidence. The school was closed by 2008 (see “Sandy Hook Elementary School: Closed in 2008, a stage in 2012”), where I am simply dumbfounded that anyone would continue to insist it was an operating school at this point in time.
We also know that there were no evacuations taking place and that Shannon Hicks’s “iconic” photograph was staged. I believe I was the first to expose that she had faked them. And I was probably the first to analyze the inadequacies of the “official report” by Danbury State’s Attorney Stephen Sedensky. Was all of this simply more “misdirection”?
My latest presentations on 9/11 and Sandy Hook have been with Bev Collins on her “911 Talks” program, where I appeared a few weeks ago on 9/11 and just this week on Sandy Hook. Check ’em out and, if you find something to disagree with me about, identify what I say and why I say it, then explain what I have wrong and how you know. You are not doing that here, for the obvious reason that you don’t have the goods.
You don’t have to have taught logic, critical thinking and scientific reasoning for 35 years to know that, unless all of my work falls into the category of “misdirection”, it cannot be the case that “Fetzer is ALWAYS misdirecting”. Indeed, I am stunned at the blatancy with which you are attempting to diminish, to disvalue and to discredit my work WITH NO PROOF AT ALL. The two cases you cite, for example, are baseless.
Indeed, talking about Judyth Vary Baker and Judy Wood together is simply bizarre. I was every supportive of Judy Wood and featured her on my radio shows 15 times. I gave her three hours to speak during the Madison conference. But I was never quite sold on her views about DEWs and was convinced by the Vancouver Hearings (2012) that the heavy lifting had been done my mini and micro nukes.
Others here have observed that Ed Haslam vetted her story and give her a clean bill of health in DR. MARY’S MONKEY. And Nigel Turner did the same for the 8th segment of “The Men Who Killed Kennedy”. So the best qualified experts on Judyth Vary Baker are on my side, not yours. The question that comes to my mind is, why are you giving out so much false information about me? One of us may be an op, but that ain’t me.
Dr. Fetzer, your efforts in so many areas are greatly appreciated. I would never attempt to malign your work or your character.
Changing an hypothesis when better information becomes available is precisely the appropriate action. I fear that some are rather quick to form opinions and become so wedded to them that they will defend them in the face of all evidence to the contrary. Avoidance of that, sir, has been the focus of your life’s work, to teach people how to think critically and form opinions based on facts.
Thanks so much for your contributions. You’ve truly been a giant in the search for truth.
I second lophatt. I am very impressed by Jim Fetzer’s work. I have learned a lot from it (and look forward to each new instalment!)
Ditto that! I have followed Dr Fetzer’s work for a number of years now, and he invites all kinds of guests to his show, and considers all kinds of information in a very fair and scientific way. It is apparent that he is searching for the truth no matter where that might take him. He considered Judy Wood’s theories for quite a while, before partially dismissing them for not explaining what had actually happened, and because other theories fit ALL the evidence. It is typical of science to change ones hypothesis/theory according to what new evidence reveals, and not stick to an old pet theory because one has managed to paint oneself into a corner with it.
I may not agree with Dr Fetzer on everything, but I find him honest and doing scientifically sound work.
Thank you, dr Fetzer.
/Elisa
Learning about Dr. Fetzer after the Wellstone assassination, and his work in that regard, I admire his extensive work on the other events as well.
From my in-the-field recent experience at Thanksgiving, materialism is alive and well in Connecticut. A lot of the “Gold Coast” types are in the media in NYC, to which they commute. The frugal old Yankee types may still exist in dwindling numbers, but their descendants have assimilated with the rest of the world and its values. So no, cheap-ing out on Sandy Hook wouldn’t be the reason it looked like a neglected ghetto school that should have been surrounded with razor wire. There can only be one reason: it wasn’t a viable school. It was a defunct school. I’d do the Monty Python dead parrot routine if I remembered it. How many metaphors for that kind of school are there?
Musings, the preponderance of the evidence suggests it was closed. I’ve seen Fetzer’s stuff as well. We’ve seen the “Report” footage as well, although that could have been shot anywhere.
Then we get the Chinese lessons before school, etc., to mitigate against closure. I keep saying that the maintenance and support staff could be critical in settling this once and for all.
Nonetheless, the film we saw looks more like an old school that is closed and possibly has business or school administration activities still going on inside. It does not look like a place for kids.
You know the rest. School demolished, $50M replacement. Whatever the reason for that it certainly doesn’t naturally ‘follow’ the storyline.
So, for those with doubts, consider that you would have to be crazy to believe this tale in its entirety. Not only do things not happen like that, the reaction to them is not even similar. This is the product of very poor writing and someone’s fevered imagination.
Fascinating new angle to the Sandy Hook incident in this article posted on insanemedia.net:
http://www.insanemedia.net/sandy-hook-and-the-new-world-order/5402
John, yes I read this earlier today. I’m not sure what I think yet. The connections to Chinese trade seem straightforward enough, but I’m still processing the other bits.
There is the Peter Lanza/Cudiner (his new wife) connection. There is the alleged “Adam” taking language classes. There is the alleged offering of Chinese language classes at SHES before school.
I agree that some of the players belong to groups that appear to have specific tasks within this operation. I agree that every aspect of it is in accord with the NWO agenda.
I don’t know what to make of the “Newtown Bee” printing an article in Chinese on 12/14/12.
I get the author’s implication that they are trying to show that they’re working on a climate more acceptable to China. I think he is trying to say that the whole state is pushing this and that Newtown was a show piece.
This still leaves the problem of whether the school was open or not. It also raises issues of “Adam”, both as a real person and as a strange recluse with darkened windows who drives to Chinese lessons every morning. Is he implying that he was there that morning because he came for language lessons?
There certainly seems to be connections, as usual. It isn’t totally clear how they all tie together and they all can’t be right. I wonder where one goes to continue their Mandarin studies now that the school has bee bulldozed?
Wow, thanks for posting. BTW, Mandarin is being taught in charter schools in FL at the KINDERGARTEN level.
I agree that it would be too conspicuous for the school to be closed. However Sandy Hook was clearly in disrepair going by the crime scene photos. It would be logical to stage an event at a school that was on it’s last legs so to speak with a skeleton staff and a few small classrooms.
As much as I agree that it would appear too conspicuous for the school to be closed for all the above stated reasons, the photo evidence of SHES makes a strong case for a very poorly maintained building, inside and out, that supposedly was housing close to 500 students and dozens of staff and supporting staff.
Here’s a new helicopter video (at least I had not seen this before) of footage of the exterior allegedly filmed that day. Take careful note of what appears to be rather fresh white markings on the blacktop roadway adjoining the parking lot from approximately 2:50-3:15 into the video. “CBYD,” or Call Before You Dig, clearly marks two rather large sections of the road.
We know from Newtown Board of Ed notes that there were discussions about declining enrollment and the possibility of building closings. Does this discovery (CBYD) suggest they were already planning the demolition?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWIk-kI2PVQ&spfreload=10
John, do you see any bicycles? I know that I rode my bike to school, even when it was cold.
That is the most deserted elementary school I’ve ever seen. All the cars lined up, just so. It looks like what it was, a drill.
Lophatt,
Good question. I’ve watched every known video to date that alleges to be shot on 12-14-12. I have not seen one bike or bike rack anywhere.
There is a CBS “live” helicopter video from that evening making the rounds on Youtube that appears to reveal yet another anomaly of this event. There was an abundance of portable lighting set up in the SHES parking lot; but, for the life of me, the only other installed lighting I can locate anywhere outside the school is two lights above the “Sandy Hook Elementary” lettering in the area where the black Honda alleged to belong to Nancy Lanza is still positioned.
As a retired high school teacher who taught for 33 years in a district similar to Newtown’s population breakdown, I can unequivocally state that all parking lots, as well as all fronts and corners of functioning school buildings I have taught in and visited over the years are well lit at night. They have to be for the most obvious of reasons- safety.
Where are the lights at SHES?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuNMvjhalYA&spfreload=10
John, yes, exactly. Just glancing at it casually you are struck by the feeling that “something’s missing”. My wife worked both at a university and for a public school district for many years. I’ve made hundreds of visits to schools. They are ALL lighted at night.
I have never seen an elementary school without bicycle racks. I’ve never seen a campus where nothing was stirring, not even a maintenance man.
According to the timeline, there should have been busses lingering from having just dropped students. There would be parent’s cars as well. Where did they go and how did they leave? The road was blocked.
In Gene’s story, “a bus driver” dropped off kids. Are they saying that, after a shooting, at an unscheduled time, they had a bus driver pick up six kids and drop them at Gene’s? Why? How did he get there?
It boggles the mind.
This is proof positive it was not a functioning building, there would be lighting along the whole perimeter and emergency exits clearly lit up.
In the NE, the children go to school in the dark and leave in the dark during these short winter days.
A building contractor commented long ago with this rarely seen aerial of the roof – it is not a functioning building. We should expect to see shiny aluminum pipes and other air handling equipment. Instead, they did a shoddy job of white washing the roof and it appears what equipment is there is shrink wrapped in white. On a cold day, a visible stream of steam would be seen coming from the boiler.
There is also a few seconds view of the ‘playground’ that appears to be a pile of rusted metal and some plastic that is thrown together in a trash heap.
Skirt, yes, even with this, it isn’t “proof positive”, it is just strong circumstantial evidence. It is the same here too. Dark morning and night.
Besides, even if they wanted to cheap out on lighting, the insurance (risk assessment) wouldn’t let them. Too much liability.
The roof is very bad. It appears to be a “built up” roof. The white should be rocks. If its black it means the rocks are gone and all that’s left is tar.
My guess would be that they either used this for storage or maybe some small administrative tasks for the district. They don’t mind freezing the staff, the kids are another matter.
For the record (and for the videomakers, commenters, etc.!): circumstantial evidence is good evidence. In many cases, it is better than direct evidence (which would be eyewitness testimony, notoriously fallible).
In point of fact, the Rules of Evidence do not distinguish between direct and circumstantial evidence. The key word, instead, is relevance: if it is relevant, it is admissible in court (unless “its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury […]”).
The lack of lighting around the school, the lack of steam coming out of boilers on that cold day, and the physical state of the property not meeting the standards of a safety code or regulation in effect at the time of the event, would all be admissible on the question of whether the school was operating that day. (The lack of light and steam might even be considered direct evidence.)
Dino, you are, as usual, correct. I’m not saying what I’m saying with a view toward proving this in court. As much as I would like to see that happen, there is about as much chance as me becoming a triple lottery winner.
I am reasonably satisfied that the school was not functioning as a school, (unless in some very limited fashion). The reason I’m looking for “the smoking gun”, is that it would pretty much put an end to the whole charade.
I don’t think I’ve misspoken about the nature of evidence. I agree that it can be persuasive and compelling, perhaps even more so than “direct” evidence. I suppose I’m trying to “eliminate the jury”. The reason being, this isn’t such a hard thing to dispose of.
Whether the school was open or not should not be a matter of opinion. It was either open for business, or it was not. All of the evidence “suggests” it was not, but this is not something that should be difficult to prove one way or another.
That is why I think it is the weak link to this operation. A lot of the other stuff is speculative. This is not. Whether Dawn (or “Mary) had a face peel or not may be interesting, but it isn’t definitive.
I suspect that this was a strong motivator in the rush to destroy the evidence. Many, many things in this are “things that make ya’ go, hmmmm?”. Whether the school was open or not is a show stopper.
Interesting story here on the question of lawsuits by SH families:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sandy-hook-families-suit-against-gun-maker-will-test-federal-law/ar-BBgQAzT?ocid=mailsignout
Has anyone looked into this?
(Apologies if someone has already referred to it here, I don’t have time to check every post here.)
I found out who was playing Dawn Hochsprung and she’s alive.. does anyone care?
This is not a joke and I am 100% Sure it is in fact the same person as Dawn Hochsprung, just aged..
Remember the St. Rose of Lima “Confusion”.. Where they had 3 bomb scares called in etc.. “Adam Lanza” attended there… They showed the police running in etc. etc. etc.?
Who is the principal at St. Rose of Lima (or who was)? Mary Maloney.. Has anyone noticed that Mary Maloney looks exactly like Dawn Hochsprung?
Here’s the comparison:
http://i.imgur.com/nMNB8a7.jpg
This is TOTAL proof of hoax.. End of story..
Sure looks pretty convincing to me, now can anyone zero in to see if this person communicates with the Hochsprung daughter or is her name an alias too?
mathewmeyerotto says:
For me the most telling portion are the teeth. Both women have sharp lateral incisors. I have a round lateral incisor as do most people. Here is a photo with the tooth names:
http://www.dentalartandscience.com/images/toothnames1.jpg
They have exactly the same teeth, hairline, nose, wrinkles, eyes, eye color… She even has a lazy eye that shows up in “both women”…
Because it’s the same person.
That’s exactly correct Mathew. The teeth match up perfectly after the image is flipped horizontally. Her lazy eye also matches better if the image is flipped horizontally.. so either the “Dawn” images have been flipped, or her staff photo was flipped.
Then, they changed the hue to give her a more “red” look and just had her wear a ton of old woman style makeup, put her in clownish looking clothing, with the world’s dumbest “wave comb forward” haircut, way-too red lipstick, and you’ve got yourself exactly what we see-
Take a look at those eyes- those are very recognizeable eyes- not only are they obviously the exact same shade of brown, but the shape of the eye- notice the crows feet wrinkles near the eye, and how they are exactly the same in “both women”.
Their noses and chins are different. I don’t think the teeth on both are that clear. One woman looks very Irish, the other doesn’t, and from my experience could be from Eastern Europe or Germany, ethnically.
No, the noses and the chins are not different.
Frankly, I have to respectfully disagree that the two women are the same. “Dawn” has a ton of sun damage to her skin, and her features suggest a different ethnicity to me. She’s probably one of the clowns up from Florida who do crisis acting (plenty at Boston Marathon too). Mary (not in quotes yet, but who knows) looks to have spent a lot of years out of harm’s way sun-wise. Which is why New England, as crummy as it is sometimes, can have a hidden benefit.
In every image, “Dawn’s” skin looks different- in some it looks like she has nice skin.. It’s funny how much variation there is.
But it’s for sure the same person. I am very good at facial analysis, and every single wrinkle matches up, as does the nose, teeth, hairline, eyes, and cheeks, chin, well, everything.
Dawn Hochsprung is 100% Without doubt just based on younger images of Mary Maloney.
Also, It’s amazing how blurry most of the shots and videos of “Dawn” are.. and the only “sharp” enough one looks wrinkle-for wrinkle like Mary Maloney..
Oh, and you’ve heard of makeup, right? It’s pretty easy to get rid of freckles and blemishes.. women are pretty fond of it actually… smear it all over their faces, and neck down to their neckline…
Some women even have fat injected under their eyes to fill up their sunken looking eyes.. it’s actually a rather common thing.
Musings, me too. Besides, even if they were, what does it prove? We already know it was a hoax. I am not good with faces, admittedly. But, even to me, they have similarities, but are not the same person.
They would have no need to select someone from the local pool. They could have picked anyone they wanted for the part. How would we know?
There is also confusion about “Adam” going to St. Rose. For that matter there is confusion over whether he actually existed. They showed us a picture of him (allegedly). Do you believe that was a normal photo?
Several photos are obviously from another era. They are as useful as discards from the animated film “Roger Rabbit”. Whoever cut this thing threw whatever they thought useful into the final mix.
Well, the women are quite alike, but I’m fairly good with faces and my feeling is that they are not one and the same. BUT. And it’s a bit but. I believe there’s a reason for them being so alike. I suspect one acted the other. Just like with Lanza and Haddad. Lanza may not have been at #37 but rather that Haddad was occasionally there, went to bars, Parents club or whatever it was. And people around them remember a blonde woman looking about like that and that she must have been Lanza. Same thing could have been going on with Hochsprung and Maloney.
Someone noted that Hochsprung had sun damaged skin. In fact, I feel that Haddad does too, in comparison with Lanza. Florida office of Crisis Actors, maybe?
Chemical Peels, botox, fillers, laser … any of those procedures or a good application of liquid foundation, which neither woman may have worn when younger, can certainly change one’s skin complexion … and make it less blotchy …
There also seems to be a large discrepancy in height. Hochsprung appears short while Maloney appears both tall and large. I say “appears” because with camera angles and other things such things can be worked on. There aren’t very many photos of Hochsprung. I’m beninning to doubt Maloney could have acted Hochsprung with such large differences in bodily build.
Elizabeth, that’s an interesting thought. If I’m following you, you are suggesting that, perhaps, they mixed with the locals, etc., to plant a memory? That’s certainly possible.
If you think about it, the core group isn’t large. The psychology of groups would need to be used in order to get everyone on board. That way they could all “belong” when a reporter asked them “do you remember…….”. They could say; “oh yes, she came here all the time….”.
Of course I don’t know, but that certainly fits.
This is an interesting video from St. Rose of Lima Church/School. Its has “Mary”, I’m assuming Mary Maloney telling her story of what happened that day 12/14/12.
But, it also has that Priest(can’t remember his name) who was there and one of his stories was he was asked if he wants to Bless all the dead children. He went into the school and saw rivers of blood running out the classroom doorways and stopped there in his tracks.
Now remember, at this point NO first responder had entered the SHE school.
In the video while speaking to the church he claims he NEVER entered the school, But in a separate interview he nod’s his head in agreement when the Priest interviewing his claims he in fact THE first responder and went in and Identified the children!
That’s 3 different stories from this Guy.
That’s at about 10:30. Watch the whole video, it’s pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3rty4RXiwY
Listen to “Mary’s” story of what happened that day at St. Rose of Lima. I have never heard this before. We were all told they had a drill going on yet she never mentions a drill and claims they were threatened twice and had two separate lock downs with Guns a blazing by the cops until 4pm that day..? Strange…
Ric, thank you for bringing this extremely important video to our attention.
Someone needs to do a whole line of investigation just on what is said by Monsignor Robert Weiss and St. Rose of Lima School principal, Mary Maloney.
There are so so many inconsistencies and incongruities throughout this video that I personally am just thinking that “Monsignor” Weiss and Mary Maloney are liars and bottom dwelling slugs.
Notice all the New Age Speak mixed in with vague “Christian” spiritual counseling by the “priest” saying that …
“there are no coincidences…
“there is a plan”
We all know there are “no coincidences and that there is a plan”, “Monsignor Weiss. We just have a whole different take on that than you imply by your fake “Christian” speak.
I would mention that there is extensive coverage of A DRILL going on at St. Rose of Lima Catholic elementary school, one mile from Sandy Hook school, on the same day at the same time, as the Sandy Hook false event.
I searched online again today for the photogragh of two policemen dressed as nuns walking in a parking lot on the SRofL school. I sent the intelhub URL of that photo to Joyce Riley and was hoping I had saved the photo and URL in a Word file, but I did not. The IntelHub URL is no longer a working link. Joyce R. may have saved the photo to her site or files, not sure. We need to find that picure.
http://theintelhub.com/2013/01/15/sandy-hook-shooter-suspects-last-seen-on-stony-hill-multiple-people-in-a-van-with-masks-one-appears-to-be-dressed-in-a-nun-outfit/
http://theintelhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Nuns.png
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I sure would like to find that photograph online. (IntelHub may still exist but it has mysteriously faded off the scene and they were doing some outstanding work. Wonder what happened to them.)
This Monsignor Weiss and that fakey, tear wiping, fake breaking up, speaker, Mary Maloney are truly sold out liars and I am so so ashamed of these people.
I wish someone would zero in on those two false speakers and give St. Rose of Lima school and the diocese pure Hell.
Astounding, Amazing, Unbelievable……I surrender, Chemical Peels…
I’m sorry and don’t want to be an arse. But you really need to listen to what MARY, yes the woman who everyone is comparing to Nancy Lanza says about what happened that day.
It’s insane and explains or gives cover to the video of the Cops rushing St Rose a Lima we saw on CNN which we know is bull and claims there was more going on at her school than SHE minus the 26 dead. It’s insane.
The video starts out slow but hang on and watch.
Again, Sorry for me wanting someone to see this.
Ric, nobody is confusing Maloney and Lanza. If you think that I suggest you are the confused one 😉 Possibly Hochsprung/Maloney and Haddad/Lanza…
HaHa..Sorry I meant Dawn
Just for the record- I made the video above originally, and it has been mirrored.. That’s my work above. Thanks for the compliments.
Here I took the highest resolution images of Maloney- I flipped it Horizontally and adjusted the Hue- They changed the Hue to make the same woman look like 2 different people.
You’ll see why I did that flip- Because that’s how her teeth and lazy eye match up- Whoever assembled this hoax did a horizontal flip to make Maloney/Hochsprung look a little different.
Check out this comparison: Same person FOR SURE:
http://i.imgur.com/nMNB8a7.jpg
You guys have GOT to see the above image.. haha.. It’s so OVER for this hoax.
– The Paulstal Service
Check this out guys.. 56 Cars parked “in rows” @ St. Rose of Lima..
and 56 Cars parked.. “facing forward” @ Sandy Hook..
That’s why the cars were “facing forward @ Sandy Hook”.. They were brought over in order from St. Rose and staged daily.
http://i.imgur.com/6Wzwnle.jpg
Ric, thanks for the video. Actually, Weise said that he drove to the school with two priests in a silver BMW.
How he drove and walked with a cop is unclear.
She is talking about arranging for “a funeral a day” before the bodies are even cold.
She talks about the EMT’s leaving with empty gurney’s like that is normal.
How would ha be in a position to be a “first responder” if they were still searching?
She talks about a van with suspects.
They are describing TWO drills, one at SHES and another at St. Rose.
How does a “lockdown” work with catered lunch?
If it were real, he would have a duty to bless the dead. Any priest would do that.
The simultaneous drills is too hard to wrap my mind around.
Lastly, we get the obligatory “mental health” advertisement.
So I’m left with several feelings. I’ve never belonged to a parish that would allow cops to run around (guns blazing) or police dogs scouring the area. I can’t imagine interrupting Mass.
How do these “lockdowns” originate if the administration is apparently so unaware of what’s going on? Who has the authority to do that?
This is all over the top. Is this place even real? Are all those parents going to quietly sit there with them telling them that they’ve got their kids until 4:00 P.M.? i wouldn’t.
Father Bob was the hip priest at my parish in the early 70’s. He left rather abruptly with a bad case of Hepatitis that turned him yellow and pretty much assumed it must of been drug related. If a priest declares they could not give the last rights to a dying child, he surely is a fraud.
Yeah Skirt, I could tell you a few similar stories as well. We had one who always wore dark glasses and played “Phantom of the Opera” on the organ before Mass. The send a little irish deacon to collect him.
You bring up a whole bunch of things I didn’t even address from that video. It’s loaded with many contradictions to the official story.
I have no idea when this was filmed. I just stumbled on it checking out the whole Mary, Dawn gig.
The EMT’s told to just leave with empty gurneys? Who made that call? On and On. The Van of Nuns. The MEN Nuns there at SHE.
Who was making all these threats to St. Rosa a Lima for 5 hours?
Lanza was dead before 10:00 am that morning. Who was calling them?
It just proves many Govt. agencies were involved.
Yes Ric, Anne and others looked at this early on when it was fresh. I remember the “silver BMW” because we were concentrating on the cars (all the black hondas) and I made some remarks about priests driving Beemers being unseemly.
The original tale had St. Rose having a drill sometime much earlier (like maybe a year earlier).
The whole tale doesn’t make sense. We talked about the “nuns” too. The whole thing makes my head hurt.
The Church has traditionally been a place of sanctuary. That means that you don’t let jack-booted thugs run amok on the premises. They seem to be preaching a sort of “New Age” statist theology. It is very unbecoming.
They are “modeling” something all right. It’s something I want no part of.
Wow Lophatt, your right. This is a deep rabbit hole and brings up 2 years of thoughts and pains.
But for $287, 000 a year for life I may, just maybe, be able to let this go.
Everyone here on MHB gets $287K for ALL our troubles.
Haha, but its true. I think we have suffered the most watching our own country men turn to treason for money. I know I’m being harsh and can’t prove a thing, but somethings wrong on Elm Street…..
To sound like Jim Fetzer: “The Idea that a PRIEST would be invited into a FRESH crime scene is ABSOLUTELY PREPOSTEROUS!!!”
“It has to be carefully taught.” Just in time for Hanukah and even Christmas — in a town near mine, one where the Boston Marathon passes, up Heartbreak Hill, past the gravestone of Johnny Kelly looking out through the railing of the Newton Cemetery — a woman (a long time resident of the Oak Hill section of the town, who recently moved to Boston after raising a daughter in the city, according to the article) has published a book: “Twenty Twinkling Stars.” Please connect this with the Holocaust book, “Number the Stars”.
By the way, I am NOT a Holocaust denier in any way. They killed members of my husband’s family and imprisoned his mother, as well as killing his little half-brother. But Newtown was NOT like the Holocaust, because Newtown is a fiction.
The headline above the story in Newton’s Tab (one of those papers like the Newtown Bee, I suppose, owned by outside publishing chains), reads: “Newton honors Newtown.” The woman, Laurie Schloff said she began to write the book “days after the tragedy.”
“Everyone copes with tragedy in their own way. I couldn’t stop thinking about their spirits. There is nothing more beautiful than the spirit of a child.” Oh my. Can I be rude here? Shall I number the children you don’t care about? How about the moppets who find this under the tree or the kindergarteners/first graders who have this in their classroom? How about dropping the book on Gaza?
Second-hand sentiments derived from tv interviews with Stepford Parents? Or something far more sinister.
Musings, there is money aplenty to hire the best marketing firms. As the Monsignor says, “it’s all according to plan”. There is something for everybody. There is the “schmaltzy” emotion-laden sell, and the “angry” there oughta be a law, sell.
In the other post Sutton talks about “Hegelian statists”. That’s what they are. They will enforce what the State decides is “best for us”. If they can’t get that cooperation voluntarily, they’ll impose it.
A great many find comfort in their docility. They are frightened and angered by those who are individuals. It is dangerous when they have power. They are the ones who destroy the village to save it.
“Those who the gods would destroy, first they make proud”.
Newtown families are suing Bushmaster in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting second anniversary. Bushmaster is the gunmaker that manufactured the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle used by Adam Lanza in the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting.
Bushmaster- owned by Freedom Group Inc.
Freedom Group- owned by Cerberus Capital Management
Cerberus- Co-founder and man at the helm- Stephen A. Feinberg
Stephen A. Feinberg’s father- Martin Feinberg
Martin Feinberg- Place of residence- Newtown, CT on 12-14-12.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-18/cerberus-founder-feinberg-s-father-is-resident-of-newtown.html
Interesting information. Also on the “executive team” of Cerberus, in addition to Stephen Feinberg, are J. Danforth Quayle and John Snow (former Secretary of the Treasury) (with others I haven’t looked into).
Thanks John and dinophile for refreshing our memories. This one went deep into the memory hole. I’ll do some more research on these – another cast of characters.
On December 18, 2012 Los Angeles Times had this information on the subject matter:
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/dec/18/business/la-fi-mo-cerberus-freedom-bushmaster-connecticut-20121218
Boy, with all those “coincidence” little Newtown must be the center of the universe. How convenient. Got a little free advertising as well.
You are right Anne, many of these little items have slipped below the radar over time. That’s the trouble with conventional film making. You only get one shot at it and it only lasts so long. With these they can “give it a trial run” and come back and “reinvent” it if they like.
This is a sort of “mini-series”. Just think of the actors who always wanted a soap role. They finally have one.
Global Digital Solutions, “a company that is positioning itself as a leader in providing cyber arms manufacturing, complementary security and technology solutions and knowledge-based, cyber-related, culturally attuned social consulting in unsettled areas,” has filed a letter of intent to purchase Remington Outdoor Co. (Freedom Group) for $1.082 billion.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/global-digital-solutions-files-form-8-k-announces-unsolicited-letter-of-intent-to-acquire-remington-outdoor-company-with-estimated-annual-sales-of-125-billion-and-a-purchase-price-of-approximately-1082-2014-03-11
Global’s website: http://www.gdsi.co
A Christmas miracle: while at a Christmas party this weekend, I was talking to someone about Sandy Hook and told him about the censorship surrounding WNTTAK. He said he’d like to see it (and I happen to have it downloaded), so I burned a copy and gave it to him today. Huzzah! One mind at a time…
That is a very happy story that I hope has a happy ending, one where he later reveals how much he appreciated the video and you for sharing it. I know I do.
Reece says:
Along the lines of your last comment about there possibly being more conspiracy theorists seeking the truth than we know about; I’ve said for quite a while that I suspect there are more than we know that doubt, say, 9/11, but the media must surely have to control this (as much as the official story). I sometimes suspect that if we only knew how many others doubted what we’re told, we’d be seriously emboldened . . . and a much more serious force.
Theresa Graf says:
I am one of the 125 channels who first uploaded the video. I just got a copyright strike against my account today, 1/7/2015. I did a counter notification and will wait to see what happens. If you have anything help you can offer I would greatly appreciate it.
Theresa, can you post the exact language they used?
Meelusine says:
My god ! Be careful guys one of their next move will be to infiltrate your group like they did and still do with every group (truthers, etc.).
And, this will be with a guy or an event who will first seem to be “to good to be true”. Careful guys. I trust you to be able to find a way to counter-attack this old trick, once for all …
Gook luck guys and thank-you for your work and God help you !.
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The diverse consequences of a widespread introduction of micro CHP for the energy market, the customers, the environment and the economy require an interdisciplinary investigation into the real benefits and barriers of micro CHP. This book not only introduces micro CHP systems and technologies, but also presents the results of the first such investigation carried out by four German research bodies. As micro CHP is being developed worldwide, experts from the five most important micro CHP countries – Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Japan, and the United States of America –report on the energy markets, the micro CHP hard- and software, and the respective peculiarities in these countries.
This book is an indispensable source of information and analysis for decision makers in local and national authorities, energy companies, utilities, and associations, but also for lecturers and students who want to understand the principles and consequences of decentralized energy supply with Micro CHP systems.
This interesting book aims to contrast the existing and developing generating systems typically in the range 1kW to 2MW for use in hospitals, supermarkets, leisure centres, government and commercial building and domestic housing generally and for direct connection to the grid.
Renewable energy in the UK – an issue of scale
Wind turbines – a review of smaller units
Run of river hydro for the UK and overseas
Small hydro for remote areas – an international view
Micro CHP – energy services and smart metering
Micro combined heat and power
Stirling engine based microenergy systems
Running microturbines on biogas
Community biomass gasification CHP
Really small micro-scale generation (PV)
The ‘RICT’ engine in micro energy and CHP systems
Pressurized hybrid fuel cell system
Reinventing electricity distribution
Micro Energy Systems will be useful to project developers, power generators, local government and building services engineers in the industrial and commercial sector in the UK and throughout the world
This site was last updated on 12th August 2017 © Jeremy Harrison
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Author: mikemusic
Photo Credit: MarkRubens — iStock Photo # 1011442690
If you take pleasure in words as I do — even if you have no desire to write songs — you might find interest in my experience as a lyricist.
I have few gifts in life, but words seem to be my friends … whether I’m writing speeches, coaching a client on how best to deliver them, giving speeches myself or writing lyrics for an artist. I find satisfaction from the sheer power of words and from seeing that my writing can be part of someone’s success in the spotlight.
I first got involved with lyrics when I was in charge of meetings and events at Avon Products. Back then, companies often used “theme songs.” Even now, organizations that use the power of a song to drive a message home, seem to gain greater memorability with their audiences. The right song helps a message “stick” better into the brains of those who hear it.
After leaving corporate life and becoming a freelance writer, I had so much fun working on songs — collaborating with freelance composers for corporate clients — that I eventually asked several of my favorite writing partners to experiment with me …creating songs for the public, not just for motivating sales forces.
One of those was Jim Papoulis, widely considered one of the best choral music composer-conductors in the world. Working with the Young People’s Chorus of NYC, Jim was creating an album of choral Christmas classics called, “CoolSide of Yuletide”. Along with making songs like “Silent Night” sound fresher to young ears, Jim wanted to include a few original songs and invited me to come up with one.
Here’s a bit of the chorus from the result, combining the voices of choirs from around the world ….
HOW MANY CHRISTMASES
How many Christmases will there be
Till we learn to live as one
How many Christmases will we need
Before a new world has begun
When “peace on earth” is truly real
and not just words we’ve sung
This was my first song recorded for a non-corporate audience. I’ll always remember a tip from Jim, who had vastly more experience with music than I did. He urged me not to artificially establish a rhyme — becoming too “Moon-June” with my lyrics.
That advice — not to “force” it — has remained with me. Although in “How Many Christmases” (still a favorite of mine) I managed to create phrasing that, at least to my satisfaction, feels relevant and appropriate. BTW, whenever I do need a reminder of options for my words — which is often enough — rhymezone.com is a helpful service I turn to.
So what came next?
I’d just published that Christmas choral song (remembering that Irving Berlin, who created “White Christmas”, was born Jewish like me.) With Paul Guzzone — another composer I’d met on corporate assignments — I determined to pursue country music.
Key learning: if you’ve written a country song, do not try to pitch to Tim McGraw, etc., from afar. They don’t cotton to Yankee “New Yawkers” like me sending ’em songs from Up North, even though I grew up in Beaufort, SC. You need “boots on the ground” in Nashville.
After experimenting with several local song pluggers, I was lucky to find Chris Keaton. I’ve been working with him for 15 years and consider him the best in the business. For one thing, he understands music in a way many song pluggers don’t. He’s a former musician (Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons) from Virginia, now transplanted into Nashville. He is also a genuine extrovert which I’m not — even though I’ve learned how to comfortably give a talk to an audience of 5,000. I’d never have become a successful Fortune 500 VP if I hadn’t learned to conquer “stage fright” … knowledge that helps me now in coaching exec clients who hire me.
Chris maintains strong, ongoing relationships with the gatekeepers and decision makers of Nashville. He’s been part of my discovering how a song can mutate, collecting collaborators and opportunities along the way.
Paul Guzzone and I wrote “Everything Happens for a Reason”.
We produced a demo with a country sound. Chris began pitching it.
Well-known Italian tenor, Michéal Castaldo, heard and fell in love with it when he and Paul were on the same radio show.
Michéal not only recorded our song (in multiple production styles.) He translated and sings it in Italian as “Una Ragione”. ( “A Reason”.)
What’s more, Michéal had my lyrics translated as video subtitles into nearly a couple dozen languages on YouTube (including American Sign Language.) Honestly, it thrills me that something I wrote is now so accessible to different cultures in the world.
Next, Tony Moran heard the song. He’s a super-talented, twice Grammy-nominated remixer and Global DJ whom Billboard named one of the Top 100 Dance artists of all time. He heads his own label, Mr. TanMan Music.
I was delighted when Tony and Michéal further transformed the work into a totally different production — in the Dance Club genre, with its own music video.
This evolution — and the ability to work with such talents — has taught me always to be open to fresh ideas and re-imaginings of a song … never to be limited by my own, initial conception.
But back to working with Chris Keaton in Nashville for the country market ….
Thanks to Chris, during my visit to Music City many years ago, I met Ralph Murphy, an ASCAP exec at the time. For those who don’t know, ASCAP is the acronym for the “American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.” If you want payment for your songs, you’ll need to register them with a performing rights organization like ASCAP, BMI or SESAC.
Ralph listened to my work and, as Jim had done, he cautioned me about over-rhyming. He warned against making my lyrics too obvious and “predictable” — the “Moon-June” trap, again. Ralph also pointed out that more women than men make the buying decisions for country music.
You can see the impact of Ralph’s counsel in my lyrics for the chorus of “Common Ground” — written with composer-collaborator Gil Polk and currently being pitched by Chris Keaton to artists in Nashville:
Everyone is different
All of us are equal
Can’t we find a common ground?
Think about our future
Everything affects us
It’s time we found our common ground
Common ground.
See what I mean? I didn’t struggle to find rhyming or sound-alike words for “different,” “equal,” “future” or “us.”
I’m tremendously proud of the song and the way Gil brought my words to life. I wish I could play it for you as part of this chapter, but if you search on the web for “Common Ground” and my name, you’ll find its music video.
Another key learning I’ve acquired over the years concerns the multiple ways one can get ideas for a new song. Whenever I hear a phrase that sounds like a song line or title, I make it a point to add it into the ongoing file I keep on my computer for inspiration.
For “Common Ground” the words came first, given my personal frustration at the increasing polarization I was feeling in American politics … and how often I heard TV news analysts wishing we could find better ways of getting along with each other — using the words I chose as my song title.
Sometimes I’m given a melody to work on, with nothing more than a starting word or two from a composer. That’s how I wrote several Billboard-charting Dance songs with Jim.
Our first was “Get Up” by Kimberly Davis. Jim simply said he had the idea of telling the listener just to “get up” and do something. The rest was on me and, as you’ll see, I never reject a rhyme if feels (to me, at least) natural and not forced.
Tired of feelin’ worried
Had enough of feelin’ down
No more time for sadness
Time to turn the world around
Sick of feelin’ under
Get yourself on top
Once you get it goin’
You won’t wanna stop
Get up, Get up,
That’s what life is for
Get up, Let go
Get out here on the floor
The song was published by Peter McLean’s D1 Music team and rose to #12 on the Billboard Dance Club chart. Several years later, Kimberly earned me a #1, in a self-empowerment song called “My Fire” which I wrote with Tony Moran and singer-songwriter, Audrey Martells.
MY FIRE
(from Verse)
I can feel the fire
burning deep inside me
Universe is glowing
and I’m right where I meant to be
I’ll pass it on to you
Share the light and sound
This Rhythm is my dancer
So dance like nobody’s around
(from Chorus)
Can you feel it- My fire
Can you see it- My fire
Can you hear it- My fire
Can you live it- My fire
Kimberly has recorded others of my songs, including “You’re Good for Me which became another #1 hit on the Billboard Dance Club chart. It was written with Jim Papoulis, Tony Moran and legendary Dance DJ and music producer, Tony Smith (famous for helping Disco music become a transformational success across the globe.)
Having told you of my consciousness not to force a rhyme, I notice that most of the examples thus far do rhyme … although to me, they don’t feel contrived.
In a bit of contrast, here’s another song I wrote with Tony Moran. It was superbly performed by a remarkably gifted artist, Jason Walker and became my first Billboard #1 on the Dance Club chart. You’ll notice that the lyrics avoid the conventional “a-b-a-b” structure of rhyming every other line ….
Was it a dream
That feeling when I saw you
Drawn to you
It was special
You felt it too
Takes two and we both knew
It’s not a dream
It’s time for us to say Yes
The lack of a standard structure didn’t prevent the song from becoming a hit.
Meanwhile, another song with virtually no rhyming at all became a major milestone in my life. I’d gotten a call from noted author/historian, Prof. James (“Bud”) Robertson, who wanted a new state song for his beloved Virginia. The previous anthem, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”, had been “retired” because of its racist overtones. It’s about a slave feeling nostalgic for slavery and picking cotton. The song had become culturally outdated and an embarrassment, so it eventually was “retired.”
Dr. Robertson said he wanted his beloved Virginia to have a state song again — one to be proud of. He asked me to write lyrics for the classic American folk song, “Oh, Shenandoah” — with Virginia, of course, being linked to the Shenandoah river and valley. If you check rhymezone.com for “Shenandoah”, you’ll get suggestions like “feather boa” and “protozoa.” No thanks!
OUR GREAT VIRGINIA
You’ll always be
our great Virginia.
You’re the birthplace of the nation.
Where history
was changed forever.
Today, your glory stays,
as we build tomorrow
I fill with pride
at all you give us –
rolling hills, majestic mountains,
from the Shenandoah
to the Atlantic
rivers wide and forests tall,
all in one Virginia
With the help of Bud and his tremendously effective wife, Betty (a former high school principal whose charm and educational skills were valuable in lobbying state politicians) I became the author of the Official Traditional State Song of Virginia, signed into law by Gov. Terry McAuliffe on March 28, 2015.
For sure, I’ve learned that, no matter how worthy a contribution I might be fortunate enough to bring to a song with my words … without the help of people like the Robertsons, or a “pro” like Chris Keaton in Nashville, I’m headed straight to nowhere.
Another example is Bobby Shaw, a top promoter in the Dance Club market. Without his help, I never would have attained 10 Billboard-charted hits, including the #1 toppers mentioned above.
Yet another example of collaboration: the diverse “remixers” who’ve recast my Dance songs into different styles for different clubs, DJ tastes and audience preferences. The accumulation of these options for varying tastes can help a Dance song get charted by Billboard. (If you search for my Dance titles on amazon or iTunes, you’ll find tracks by individual remixers, each of whom helped my songs become hits.)
Add one more collaborator: Curtis Urbina. He’s a music industry veteran, label owner and a steady source of wisdom and practical savvy.
I’ve also learned it’s important to invest in support services. Like the RowFax report, which lets me know which artists have needs that one of my songs might fulfill. “RowFax” was named for the “Music Row” area of downtown Nashville, home to hundreds of businesses relevant to country, Christian and gospel music. Founded in 1992, its listings used to be faxed to subscribers.
These days, I get alerts via email — e.g., that Luke Bryan with Capitol Records is looking for “quality songs” along with the contact info about how to submit them for consideration. For each weekly RowFax I receive, I compile a song list for telephone review with Chris. Together we decide if my catalog includes anything of potential interest for the performers who are looking. If so, Chris pitches the artists or management teams.
I never used to think about how songs are made and marketed. Today, the topic is always in mind. Which reminds me of another learning: the worst time to pitch to an artist is when they’re actively promoting a new or recent release. Their focus at that moment is on marketing current work, not some new wonder from Mike Greenly or anyone else!
Some other insights I’ve gained …
Song demos matter
Generally, I’ve learned it’s not wise to “over produce” a demo if you’re pitching a song in hopes that Artist “X” will record it. You want a demo to be well-produced, for sure, but not with the show-off vocal runs and ad libs that your target artist (or type) might exhibit on-stage.
The point is to help artists appreciate a song while picturing themselves singing it. These days, I don’t waste effort or funds on making a demo that sounds overly “polished” and “produced.”
The Internet offers access to musical connections and support that have vastly expanded since I began writing non-corporate songs in 2001.
A great example is the Indie Collaborative, a networking group for songwriters, musicians, artists and producers. It was founded and is administered by two independent songwriting artists, Grant Maloy Smith (an American Roots songwriter) and Eileen Sherman (playwright, lyricist and producer.)
This team performs a volunteer service for the entire songwriting community, holding meetings around the U.S. which are valuable opportunities to connect with other songwriters. You’ll find “Indie Collaborative” on Facebook and can request membership on their page.
As a result of the people I met at their meetings, I not only ended up creating “Common Ground” with Gil Polk, but was invited to create the first Spoken Word piece I’d ever written.
WHAT DIFFERENCE?
What color do you happen to be?
What love do you happen to see?
What are the joys that set you free?
Red … brown … yellow … black … white … all of it
Each has a place in the spectrum of light.
Different ages, different stages of the lives we each lead
Different genders, trans-genders, mind-benders — agreed!
My little piece was part of a charity project called Action Moves People United, created by three highly accomplished producers — Kevin Mackie, Krista Wallhagen and Rupam Sarmah. All participating artists shared their talents for free in order to benefit UNESCO-USFUCA, a grassroots organization affiliated with the United Nations that encourage world peace. Participants included a distinguished range of artists including Janis Ian, Julian Lennon, Patrick Moraz, Kathy Sledge, Lillias White and more.
I was honored to record “Common Ground” for the album. You can hear it on YouTube with the music of Grammy-winning composer, Paul Avgerinos.
Supportive Partners
One of my satisfactions from being a lyricist has been the opportunity to affiliate some of my work with worthy non-profit agencies and causes.
Example: “I Will Carry You” was written with Paul Guzzone, beautifully performed by Shara Strand and released by D1 Music, becoming another Billboard Dance hit. At the time, it contributed to the American Humane Association, protecting animal welfare. It was later re-purposed to help raise funds for the Rottweiler Foundation of America in hopes of curing the bone cancer that afflicts the breed. (This is in honor of my friend and client, John Cassese, who lost his beloved Stella.)
Example: “We Can Plant a Forest” promotes an award-winning agency, Trees for the Future, which helps communities around the world to plant trees — replenishing the forests that industry has stripped.
Example: thanks to Kabir Sehgal — another Grammy winner — I was honored to write a poem for Dr. Deepak Chopra and his project, “HOME: Where Everyone is Welcome”, a collection of poems and songs inspired by American immigrants. (You can hear this, too, on YouTube.) Also because of Kabir, I was invited to consult for Valerie Smalkin and her creation of an album in support of young students at the Maryland School for the Blind. These inspiring kids wrote and have recorded their own work, helped by many volunteers in addition to myself.
I don’t want to give you the wrong impression. I have not “made money” (yet!) from my songwriting. On the contrary, I’ve used my Day Job income as an executive speechwriter, speech coach and motivational speaker to fund the labor of love that writing lyrics is for me.
Money or not, I’m confident — sincerely — that I’ll be happier and healthier and will enjoy a longer life by following my passion with My Friends, The Words.
As I publish this story, my two most recent songs are tugging at me to be included with at least a “mention.” One celebrates women’s equality and performed by the spectacular Natalie Jean. LOVE YOUR OWN POWER has received awards and recognition on both sides of the Atlantic.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/SdLTVMoyf18
My newest project is I SEE YOU, written with and performed by Billboard Top 10 American Roots artist, Grant Maloy Smith. It’s intended to recognize and honor those of us who are aging. They often feel “invisible” to younger people who lack any awareness of the contributions and value of older generations.
Grant and I are grateful to be partnering with Masterpiece Living, a wonderful organization whose mission is to help older people across the country retire and live well … to “live long and die short” with maximum focus on a happy and productive live even in one’s final years. Amazingly, this important and visionary group has chosen “I See You” as the centerpiece of their anti-ageism campaign, launched in the autumn of 2019. I’m honored that my words can be of help in this way.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/IQBoJKLz8gM
I close with the hope that my songwriting adventures have been of at least some small interest to you. Thank you!
Posted on December 29, 2019 December 29, 2019 Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Learnings of a Lyricist
I grew up in Beaufort, SC on the ocean, where my grandfather owned the only bakery in town. My dad and I would drive a green delivery truck filled with donuts, brownies, pecan pies, etc. – fresh and delectable – to the marines on Parris Island. The aura and other-worldliness of a military base was striking to me as a boy … so different from the informality of MY life off the base, except for those brief exciting rides. It made me feel good to know that actual marines would be munching on delicious treats from my grandfather … treats that I’d personally helped to deliver.
Well, that’s as close to military service as I ever came. I got a medical deferment (required back then to avoid the draft) … officially because of flat feet, but really because I was torn and scared as I struggled with my impulses as a young and tormented gay man … who didn’t wish to be “different” in that way but was.
I’ve admired – then and now — everyone who serves. And I will always feel humbled and indebted, having performed no military service at all.
What gives me satisfaction, though — as puny as it may be – is that my friendship with words has enabled me, in a small way, to help CELEBRATE and HONOR our military.
Dr. Richard Jadick –
Surgeon, War Hero & Motivational Speaker\
When I got a call for my speechwriting help from a former marine, Dr. Richard Jadick, I readily gave him a significant discount from my normal corporate fees for clients like ExxonMobil, Roche Pharmaceuticals, etc. It was a tiny way to express my respect.
https://richardjadick.com
What I soon learned was that Rich Jadick was not just a former military man but actually a bona fide HERO. He was a military physician in Iraq during the war. To quote his commanding officer in the NEWSWEEK cover story about him at the time, “I have never seen a doctor display the courage and bravery that Rich did during Fallujah.” It is estimated that – because of the innovative thinking put into action – 30 our men came home ALIVE. His story – in the book, ON CALL IN HELL – now inspires audiences who book him as a speaker. The letters praising his speeches to a Novartis sales force, University of North Carolina, TEDx talk, etc. are deservedly glowing.
As it happens, a choral song I wrote with distinguished composer-conductor, Jim Papoulis is called “To Those Who Came Before Us”. My lyrics are a tribute not only to those who have served our country for centuries in U.S. history, but also to ALL of the ancestors we wish to remember – like my father, Sam, and my mother, Lucille.
My father was in the army, meeting my mother when she helped host a dance for Jewish military men in Atlanta. Many years later, it was her dad’s donuts I was helping deliver.
When I wrote the song, though, I was also thinking about the many stories I’d heard of my parents’ and grandparents’ lives … and then memories of them created by my own life’s experience. I concluded as I finished the lyrics that they were meant for EVERYONE who has come before us.
Here’s the chorus:
To those who came before us
To all who led the way
May the memories we hold
Give us wisdom for today
We can still hear your voice
The echoes of your stories
Are living on in me
Now my song helps promote The Independence Fund with volunteers who, in very meaningful ways, support severely injured military veterans.
A young student in Texas, Anita Riddle Schmidt, used my song in a creative school assignment: to create a video honoring a personal hero. The video she made honors her uncle, Command Sergeant Major Sergio Riddle, for his service.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih9p74ATe2E
As I often say, because it’s the truth, I have virtually no mechanical skills at all. (I’d likely hurt myself just trying to hang a picture on the wall.) But Words seem to be my friends. So when I’m not writing speeches for executives, improving their PowerPoints or coaching them privately or in workshops on how to better communicate on-stage, I’m still writing … more lyrics.
Lyrics are what led me to another military-supportive friend, 1985’s Miss America, Sharlene Wells Hawkes.
My friendship with Sharlene came about from my having written what is now the state anthem of Virginia. Professor James (“Bud”) Robertson and his wife, Betty, approached me to create lyrics for the classic American folksong, “Oh, Shenandoah” and the result was “Our Great Virginia”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQw9-ZQ21MQ
Bud and Betty have become dear friends and, because of them, I met another wonderful friend – Miss America 1979, Kylene Barker McNeill. Through Kylene I met Sharlene.
Sharlene Wells Harkes
President: Remember My Service
For many years now, Sharlene has worked to help veterans and their families. In 2015, she was appointed by U.S. Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter, to the Defense Advisory Committee for Women in the Services (DACOWITS).
In 2016, she began serving as executive vice president of Story Rock Electronic Publishing, and as president of its military division: Remember My Service. This worthy organization produces historical records for military personnel … capturing for all time for future generations an individual’s service to his or her country.
http://www.remembermyservice.com
Like Rich Jadick, Sharlene has become a friend. And although I’ve never worn a uniform nor marched in military drills, I consider it an honor to do my own small bit to make the world aware of these distinguished individuals and the work they do.
My father – who served in the Army – would be proud that I know these two who are so dedicated to our military heritage. Just thinking about Dad makes me want to reminisce over coffee and a fresh donut.
Posted on October 31, 2019 November 1, 2019 Categories Uncategorized3 Comments on At least I can offer my words & my heart
Here is Mike’s interview with popentertainmentblog.com
Mike Greenly – From the Corporate World to the Billboard Charts, a Songwriter Moves on Up
Posted on July 31, 2019 Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Interview
I will always feel pride when I do a great job on a speech. Whether writing for an exec or coaching his/her delivery, I do my best to live up to my tagline: “Sound like yourself … only BETTER.”
But THIS … this is a different kind of pride. It’s the pride AND humility I feel when I hear my lyrics sung by the great Jason Walker. Jason brings my friends, The Words, to places they never thought they’d see. He inspires me, plain and simple. As do my collaborators in creating “I’m In Love With You” – each of them, a musical phenomenon: Tony Moran and Ryan Shaw.
“I’m In Love With You” was released on Friday, May 25, 2018. A lucky day and I’m grateful. Thanks to Paul Norman of PNP Videomix for his help, and big thanks to all the remixers and promoters who are contributing their talents to helping the world hear my song and Jason’s phenomenal ability in singing it.
Posted on May 2, 2018 May 23, 2019 Categories Tony Moran, Tony S SoulbeatsLeave a comment on “I’m In Love With You”
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Jackets can’t capitalize off of turnovers, fall to Pitt 20-10
John Edwards on November 2, 2019 in Sports
Photo by Taylor Gray, Student Publications
Despite a stout showing from Tech’s defense, 20 points were more than enough for the Pittsburgh Panthers as they took down the Yellow Jackets at homecoming to go 6-3 on the season. With the loss, Tech falls to 2-6 on the season and 1-4 in ACC play, effectively ending whatever slim hopes the Jackets may have had for a postseason bid. The Jackets mustered just 10 points for the game as QB James Graham went 3-13 with 57 passing yards, Tech’s worst offensive showing since recording just 2 points against Temple earlier this season. Here were the biggest takeaways from Tech’s loss under the lights.
Graham hits the bench, Johnson shines
Tech’s QB competition was the talk of the off-season this year, and it continued into the start of the season as Tech rotated Tobias Oliver, Lucas Johnson, and James Graham at QB for some of the first games of the season. While Graham won the job outright by mid-season and appeared solid against Miami, he hit the bench during halftime after going just 2-9 with 54 yards, and Johnson — who had previously appeared in the game as a kick-holder for placekicker Brenton King — took over. Johnson went 5 for 8 with 51 yards, good for a 62.5% completion rate and a 116.1 passer rating in the half before coming up limping after a red-zone fumble. Graham returned to QB following Johnson’s injury and finished the game, going 1 of 4 with 3 passing yards.
“There were some balls [Graham] wishes he could have back,” Collins explained post-game, effusively praising Graham’s attitude. “We brought him in at halftime, talked him through it, he settled down… he was the consummate teammate, he was cheering for [Johnson] and was excited to see him back out there playing.”
Despite a poor showing, Graham was collected post-game, and promised to improve: “I didn’t play as well as I wanted to — I missed a lot of throws that I should have made and I felt like I was rushing everything. I should have just settled down, set my feet — I’m just going to get better this week at practice, working at things like that in the pocket.”
Tech run game stifled by Pitt defense
The Jackets torched one of the nations’ top run defenses last game, racking up 207 rushing yards against Miami, but against a stout Pittsburgh defensive unit the Jackets struggled. Tech put up just 86 yards rushing, averaging 3.0 yards per carry. Workhorse back Jordan Mason had a game to forget as well, as despite accumulating plenty of volume — the sophomore recorded 56 yards per carry on 15 carries, a far cry from his breakout game against Miami. Graham, slotting in at QB for the first half, was reasonably successful with keeper plays, going for 30 yards on 8 attempts, but both Graham and Mason tended to avoid the perimeter on rush plays and usually found plenty of Panthers ready to receive them up the middle, limiting Tech’s capacity for big plays. Tech’s longest rushing play of the game was just 18 yards.
Tale of the Takeaways
Collins made a name for himself as a top-tier defensive coordinator at schools like Mississippi State and Florida, but Tech has struggled on the other side of the ball this year, allowing 412 yards per game entering today. Saturday’s game, however, represented Tech’s finest defensive effort on the season in terms of turnovers — Tech picked up 3 takeaways and a blocked punt against a Pittsburgh offense that had allowed just 1.6 turnovers per game on the season prior to today. Tech’s brightest defensive star was on full display, as Juanyeh Thomas recorded 8 tackles and a dazzling one-handed interception. Despite ample opportunity, however, Tech recorded just 7 points off of turnovers. Tech’s defensive line also struggled to pressure the pocket, recording just 1 sack.
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Schumer: Dems didn't 'tell people what we stood for' in 2016
"When you lose to somebody who has a 40 percent popularity, you don't blame other things-Comey, Russia-you blame yourself", Schumer told the Washington Post.
The ad describes Democrats as the "party of resistance" to President Donald Trump that is toting the same liberal ideas, despite the release of the new Democratic slogan, "A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future".
Following their party's devastating presidential loss in November, Democrats have been in a period of soul-searching as they seek a new message and cohesive identity in the Trump era.
When Tapper pointed to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll that found most people think the Democrats stood against Trump as opposed to "for something", Schumer reiterated his point and explained the new campaign is meant to demonstrate the party has a real economic agenda. People didn't know what we stood for, just that we were against Trump.
Months after watching working-class voters flee them, congressional Democrats promised Monday to try to win them back by vowing to be the economic populist warriors that President Trump had promised to be - but which they said he's fallen short on. Tackling the rising cost of prescription drugs. "And this is the first time we're going to have it, and our party is going to be unified". "And third, we're going to provide workers with the tools they need for the 21st-century economy". "They like that. But they want to know what do you stand for?"
Schumer also blamed Democrats, saying they're a reason why Americans are unclear of what the party represents. We are still below the median wage when you compare us to other communities across the country", she said, adding: "We can't rely on tourism and real estate any longer.
As Democrats tried to rebrand as the party offering "a better deal" for voters, Republicans panned the effort as little more than "recycled" talking points.
Russia calls for more oil output cut discipline
Russian Federation calls for more oil output cut discipline
He pointed to discrepancies between countries' production and export figures, calling the difference "a matter of concern". The Saudis have belatedly woken up to how oil traders react to a USA that's visibly awash with crude.
Cops seek man in 2 slayings across 2 MI counties
Joseph County Undersheriff Mark Lillywhite told 24 Hour News 8 that the suspect is 32-year-old Zachary Michael Patten. Lillywhite said after shooting a female in Kalamazoo County, the suspect fled to his ex-wife's house in St.
Alexis Sanchez nearing move after spending Friday with PSG's sporting director
Speaking today after his side's 3-0 defeat to Chelsea in Beijing, Wenger called the latest Sanchez rumours: 'Only media imagination'.
Sergio picks a fight with a bush and loses
The Masters champion took a painkiller on the fifth tee, and then spoke with a medical official on the seventh hole. The Spaniard grabbed at his shoulder, presumably in pain, and was visibly sore for the next few holes.
Three Palestinians killed in soaring Jerusalem violence
By contrast, the Red Crescent reported at least 450 Palestinians were wounded in the demonstrations, almost half from tear gas. Also, three Palestinians were killed and tens were injured on Friday during the clashes with the Israeli security forces.
Why General Electric Earnings Won't Move the Needle Much
The healthcare segment saw revenues rise 4% to $4.7 billion and transportation segment revenues fell 14% to $1.07 billion. GE reported $29.6 billion in revenue for the second quarter, down 12 percent from the same period past year .
Lyft changes gears to build its own self-driving tech
Building autonomous driving systems is a complicated and expensive endeavor, and brings a new layer of complexity to Lyft. Lyft had announced in June that it was partnering with nuTonomy, the technology company behind the autonomous cars.
Gal Gadot Snaps A Quick Selfie With Her Justice League Bros
Thus, it's quite possible he won't get the main writing credit for Wonder Woman 2 and is just formulating the broader story ideas. IGN reports that during the Warner Bros . panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, a sequel to Wonder Woman was officially confirmed.
'Ready Player One' Trailer Breakdown Explains the Iron Giant and 80s References
There are a few obvious references here, including the Iron Giant , Freddy Kruger, and a DeLorean. Starring X-Men actor Tye Sheridan , the film is based on the novel by Ernest Cline .
Usher Sued for $10 Million for Allegedly Exposing a Woman to Herpes In California, "it is illegal to knowingly or recklessly transmit a sexually transmitted disease", according to the Daily News . She is concerned because she was "exposed" and says she wouldn't have had sex with Usher if he'd disclosed he has the virus.
Marvel Unleashes Black Panther And Avengers: Infinity War Footage One of the stars from Comic-Con was the highly anticipated " Black Panther ", with footage and posters on display for attendees. Wright spoke proudly of being given the opportunity to play a smart, strong black woman in a big movie like this.
Brooks Koepka holes out from bunker for share of Open Championship lead So, nothing you can do about that other than keep your head down, play as well as you can, and see what happens after two days. A victory for either man this week would end the recent run of seven consecutive majors going to first-time major winners.
China trying to change status quo on border: Sushma The Chinese daily article said China will by never agree to withdraw its troops as a precondition for the talks. The editorial asked India to "abandon the long-term fantasy" of the Doklam area.
Spieth, Koepka, Kuchar lead American charge at British Open Rain began pounding Royal Birkdale on Wednesday afternoon, closing the course because of the lightning that accompanied the storm. However, patches of bad weather often last for only part of the day, creating different course conditions for different players.
Branden Grace shoots 62 at British Open to set majors record Grace, whose caddie told him of the record after he holed out at the last, added: "I feel I'm playing well". Watch LIVE coverage of the Open Championship on TSN1, TSN4, TSN5, and TSN GO.
GLAS: Microsoft's first smart thermostat Currently, Microsoft and Johnson's pride rivals with other smart thermostats like the Nest , Ecobee , and Honeywell devices. Developed in partnership with Johnson Controls , the swish looking GLAS thermostat was unveiled quietly via YouTube .
William and Kate to meet Holocaust survivors during tour of Poland If Kate does indeed fall pregnant again, there's one aspect she certainly won't enjoy having to repeat. "She said it's not true, ' said Magda".
YouTube to redirect "terror" searches Google says it will measure success based on the amount of engagement the debunking videos get from the Redirect Method . While superficially commendable, the Redirect Method does raise the specter of intervention and censorship.
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